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BANCROFT    LIBRARY 


PORTRAIT  AND 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


RECORD 

OF  THE 

STATE) 


OF 


COLORADO 


Containing  Portraits  and  Biographies  of  many 
well  known  Citizens  of  the  Past 
and  Present 


CHAPMAN    PUBLISHING   COMPANY 
CHICAGO 
1899 


Bancroft  Library 
q  o°  5 

PREFACE 


'HE  greatest  of  English  historians,  MACAULAY,  and  one  of  the  most  brilliant  writers  of  the 
present  century,  has  said:  "The  history  of  a  country  is  best  told  in  a  record  of  the  lives  of  its 
people."  In  conformity  with  this  idea,  the  PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD  of  this 
state  has  been-  prepared.  Instead  of  going  to  musty  records,  and  taking  therefrom  dry  statistical 
matter  that  can  be  appreciated  by  but  few,  our  corps  of  writers  have  gone  to  the  people,  the  men  and 
women  who  have,  by  their  enterprise  and  industry,  brought  the  state  to  a  rank  second  to  none  among 
those  comprising  this  great  and  noble  Union,  and  from  their  lips  have  the  story  of  their  life  struggles. 
No  more  interesting  or  instructive  matter  could  be  presented  to  an  intelligent  public.  In  this  volume 
will  be  found  a  record  of  many  whose  lives  are  worthy  the  imitation  of  coming  generations.  It  tells 
how  some,  commencing  life  in  poverty,  by  industry  and  economy  have  accumulated  wealth.  It  tells 
how  others,  with  limited  advantages  for  securing  an  education,  have  become  learned  men  and 
women,  with  an  influence  extending  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land.  It  tells  of  men 
who  have  risen  from  the  lower  walks  of  life  to  eminence  as  statesmen,  and  whose  names  have  become 
famous.  It  tells  of  those  in  every  walk  in  life  who  have  striven  to  succeed,  and  records  how  that 
success  has  usually  crowned  their  efforts.  It  tells  also  of  many,  very  many,  who,  not  seeking  the 
applause  of  the  world,  have  pursued  "the  even  tenor  of  their  way,"  content  to  have  it  said  of  them, 
as  Christ  said  of  the  woman  performing  a  deed  of  mercy — "They  have  done  what  they  could."  It 
tells  how  that  many  in  the  pride  and  strength  of  young  manhood  left  the  plow  and  the  anvil,  the 
lawyer's  office  and  the  counting-room,  left  every  trade  and  profession,  and  at  their  country's  call 
went  forth  valiantly  "to  do  or  die,"  and  how  through  their  efforts  the  Union  was  restored  and  peace 
once  more  reigned  in  the  land.  In  the  life  of  every  man  and  of  every  woman  is  a  lesson  that  should 
not  be  lost  upon  those  who  follow  after. 

Coming  generations  will  appreciate  this  volume  and  preserve  it  as  a  sacred  treasure,  from  the 
fact  that  it  contains  so  much  that  would  never  find  its  way  into  public  records,  and  which  would 
otherwise  be  inaccessible.  Great  care  has  been  taken  in  the  compilation  of  the  work,  and  every 
opportunity  possible  given  to  those  represented  to  insure  correctness  in  what  has  been  written,  and 
the  publishers  flatter  themselves  that  they  give  to  their  readers  a  work  with  few  errors  of  consequence. 
In  addition  to  the  biographical  sketches,  portraits  of  a  number  of  representative  citizens  are  given. 

The  faces  of  some,  and  biographical  sketches  of  many,  will  be  missed  in  this  volume.  For  this 
the  publishers  are  not  to  blame.  Not  having  a  proper  conception  of  the  work,  some  refused  to  give 
the  information  necessary  to  compile  a  sketch,  while  others  were  indifferent.  Occasionally  some 
member  of  the  family  would  oppose  the  enterprise,  and  on  account  of  such  opposition  the  support  of 
the  interested  one  would  be  withheld.  In  a  few  instances  men  could  never  be  found,  though 
repeated  calls  were  made  at  their  residences  or  places  of  business. 

CHAPI*A.N  PUBLISHING  Co. 
June,  1899. 


STATE 


—OF— 


COLORADO 


**  J 


INTRODUCTORY 


[")  IOGRAPHY  alone  can  justly  represent  the  progress  ef  local  history  and  portray  with  accuracy 

Bthe  relation  of  men  to  events.  It  is  the  only  means  of  perpetuating  the  lives  and  deeds  of 
those  men  to  whom  the  advancement  of  a  city  or  county  and  the  enlightenment  of  its  people 
are  due.  The  compilers  of  this  work  have  striven  to  honor,  not  only  men  of  present  prominence, 
but  also,  as  far  as  possible,  those  who  in  years  gone  by  labored  to  promote  the  welfare  of  their  com- 
munity. The  following  sketches  have  been  prepared  from  the  standpoint  of  no  man's  prejudice, 
but  with  an  impartial  aim  to  render  justice  to  progressive  and  public-spirited  citizens  and  to  collect 
personal  records  that  will  be  of  value  to  generations  yet  to  come. 

To  be  forgotten  has  been  the  great  dread  of  mankind  from  remotest  ages.  All  will  be  forgotten 
soon  enough,  in  spite  of  their  best  works  and  the  most  earnest  efforts  of  their  friends  to  preserve  the 
memory  of  their  lives.  The  means  employed  to  prevent  oblivion  and  to  perpetuate  their  memory 
have  been  in  proportion  to  the  amount  of  intelligence  they  possessed.  The  pyramids  of  Egypt  were 
built  to  perpetuate  the  names  and  deeds  of  their  great  rulers.  The  exhumations  made  by  the 
archaeologists  of  Egypt  from  buried  Memphis  indicate  a  desire  of  those  people  to  perpetuate  the 
memory  of  their  achievements.  The  erection  of  the  great  obelisks  was  for  the  same  purpose. 
Coining  down  to  a  later  period,  we  find  the  Greeks  and  Romans  erecting  mausoleums  and 
monuments,  and  carving  out  statues  to  chronicle  their  great  achievements  and  carry  them  down  the 
ages.  It  is  also  evident  that  the  Mound-builders,  in  piling  up  their  great  mounds  of  earth,  had  but 
this  idea — to  leave  something  to  show  that  they  had  lived.  All  these  works,  though  many  of  them 
costly  in  the  extreme,  give  but  a  faint  idea  of  the  lives  and  character  of  those  whose  memory  they 
were  intended  to  perpetuate,  and  scarcely  anything  of  the  masses  of  the  people  that  then  lived.  The 
great  pyramids  and  some  of  the  obelisks  remain  objects  only  of  curiosity;  the  mausoleums, 
monuments  and  statues  are  crumbling  into  dust. 

It  was  left  to  modern  ages  to  establish  an  intelligent,  undecaying,  immutable  method  of 
perpetuating  a  full  history — immutable  in  that  it  is  almost  unlimited  in  extent  and  perpetual  in  its 
action;  and  this  is  through  the  art  of  printing. 

To  the  present  generation,  however,  we  are  indebted  for  the  introduction  of  the  admirable 
system  of  local  biography.  By  this  system  every  man,  though  he  has  not  achieved  what  the  world 
calls  greatness,  has  the  means  to  perpetuate  his  life,  his  history,  through  the  coming  ages. 

The  scythe  of  Time  cuts  down  all;  nothing  of  the  physical  man  is  left.  The  monument  which 
his  children  or  friends  may  erect  to  his  memory  in  the  cemetery  will  crumble  into  dust  and  pass 
away;  but  his  life,  his  achievements,  the  work  he  has  accomplished,  which  otherwise  would  be 
forgotten,  is  perpetuated  by  a  record  of  this  kind. 

To  preserve  the  lineaments  of  our  companions  we  engrave  their  portraits;  for  the  same  reason 
we  collect  the  attainable  facts  of  their  history.  Nor  do  we  think  it  necessary,  as  we  speak  only 
truth  of  them,  to  wait  until  they  are  dead,  or  until  those  who  know  them  are  gone;  to  do  this  we 
are  ashamed  only  to  publish  to  the  world  the  history  of  those  whose  lives  are  unworthy  of  public 
record. 


v^t^^ 


HON.  C.  S.  THOMAS. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


NON.  CHARLES  SPALDING  THOMAS, 
governor  of  Colorado,  has  for  years  held  a 
position  of  prominence  among  the  profes- 
sional and  public  men  of  Denver,  and,  indeed,  of 
the  entire  state  of  Colorado.  Since  he  came  west 
in  the  fall  of  1871  with  limited  means  and  little 
influence  he  has  gained  a  place  as  one  of  the  emi- 
nent and  successful  lawyers  of  his  city,  his  suc- 
cess being  due  to  his  untiring  industry,  business 
ability  and  keen  discrimination  of  men  and  things. 
Not  alone  in  his  profession,  but  in  politics  as 
well,  he  has  become  widely  known.  He  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  leading  Democrats  of  the  state. 
From  1884  to  1896  he  was  a  member  of  the  Colo- 
rado Democratic  national  committee;  from  1889 
until  1890  held  the  chairmanship  of  the  state  cen- 
tral committee;  besides  which  he  has  in  many 
ways  promoted  actively  the  welfare  of  his  party. 
Though  of  southern  birth  (born  in  Darien,  Ga. , 
December  6,  1849,)  the  subject  of  this  review  is 
of  northern  parentage  and  descent.  His  father, 
William  B.  Thomas,  was  born  in  Connecticut  and 
removed  from  there  to  Georgia.  His  wife  was 
Caroline  B.  Wheeler,  daughter  of  Amos  H. 
Wheeler,  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.  In  the  village  of 
Macon,  where  his  father  had  removed,  our  subject 
attended  school  and  passed  the  uneventful  years 
of  early  youth.  He  can  scarcely  recall  the  time 


when  he  first  formed  the  plan  of  studying  law. 
All  of  his  studies  in  youth  were  directed  toward 
that  end.  His  first  law  readings  were  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  there  he 
continued  in  the  law  department  until  his  gradu- 
ation with  the  class  of  1871. 

Coming  to  Denver  within  a  few  months  after 
his  graduation,  Mr.  Thomas  entered  the  law  office 
of  Sayre  &  Wright,  then  the  leading  law  firm  in 
the  state.  In  1873  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
T.  M.  Patterson,  which  connection  continued  for 
a  year  at  that  time.  Afterward  he  continued 
alone  until  1879,  when  he  again  entered  into 
partnership  with  Mr.  Patterson,  with  whom  he 
remained  until  1890.  During  some  years  of  this 
time  he  made  his  home  in  I,eadville,  where  he 
conducted  the  practice  of  the  firm  at  that  point. 
At  this  writing  he  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Thomas,  Bryant  &  Lee.  While  he  has  managed 
cases  of  all  kinds,  his  specialty  is  mining  law, 
and,  having  made  a  study  of  it,  he  is  able  to  con- 
duct successfully  and  skillfully  all  matters  com- 
ing within  this  department  of  jurisprudence. 

Always  stanch  in  his  adherence  to  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  Mr.  Thomas  had  not  been  in  Denver 
long  before  he  began  to  be  actively  identified  with 
political  affairs.  To  the  information  gained  by 
study  and  observation  he  added  natural  abilities 


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of  a  high  order,  and  his  influence  was  apparent 
in  the  advanced  success  of  his  party.  In  1875-76 
he  served  as  city  attorney.  In  1884  and  1896  he 
was  chosen  as  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  na- 
tional conventions.  In  September,  1898,  he  was 
chosen  the  nominee  of  the  Teller  silver  Repub- 
licans, Populists  and  Democrats,  in  their  respect- 
ive conventions,  for  the  office  of  governor,  and 
was  elected  November  8,  1898. 

In  social  relations  Governor  Thomas  is  con- 
nected with  the  Athletic  Club  of  Denver,  and 
fraternally  is  a  Knight  of  Pythias.  In  Kalama- 
zoo,  Mich.,  December  29,  1873,  he  married  Miss 
Emma,  daughter  of  Thomas  Fletcher,  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  that  place.  Mrs.  Thomas  was 
given  the  best  educational  advantages  when  a 
girl,  and  is  a  lady  possessing  refinement  and  the 
highest  culture.  She  is  an  active  member  of  the 
Woman's  Club  of  Denver.  The  five  children 
born  of  her  marriage  are:  Mrs.  William  P.  Mai- 
burn,  Edith,  Charles  S.,  Jr.,  Hubert  F.  and 
George  K. 

The  professional  career  of  Governor  Thomas 
proves  the  individuality  of  his  character  and  its 
force.  He  has  pursued  his  course  in  life  un- 
moved by  those  obstacles  that  often  daunt  and 
undismayed  by  hardships.  With  a  mind  capable 
of  grasping  great  things,  he  has  stored  it  with 
information  of  incalculable  value  to  him  in  his 
practice,  and  this  knowledge  he  uses  in  the  con- 
duct of  his  cases  and  the  successful  evolving  of 
tangled,  intricate  technicalities.  Endowed  with 
mental  vigor,  he  is  prompt  in  forming  and  reso- 
lute in  carrying  out  any  purpose  or  plan  of  action 
decided  upon.  Great  emergencies  would  have 
developed  to  their  utmost  his  large  abilities,  but 
even  in  the  ordinary  walks  of  life,  in  the  man- 
agement of  cases  affecting  only  local  interests,  he 
has  nevertheless  labored  with  such  sagacity  and 
skill  that  he  has  proved  himself  to  be  a  man  of 
large  mental  endowments. 

"Charles  S.  Thomas  has  been  a  public  figure 
of  consequence  in  this  community  and  state  for 
many  years.  In  political  campaigns  he  has  been 
criticised  and  even  denounced,  for  he  is  a  man  of 
strong,  even  profound,  convictions,  who  always 
stands  firmly  for  the  principles  which  he  advo- 
cates. After  all  that  can  be  said  has  been  said 
these  facts  stand  forth  unchallenged.  He  is  a 
man  of  very  unusual  talents.  While  on  the  one 
hand  a  man  of  affairs,  practical,  level-headed  and 


shrewd,  he  is,  on  the  other  hand,  a  hard  student, 
a  wide  reader,  with  a  bent  toward  governmental 
science,  of  which  he  is  a  master.  Loyal  in  his 
friendships,  square  in  his  business  dealings,  do- 
mestic in  his  tastes,  there  is  no  man  in  Colorado 
who  knows  the  state  from  top  to  bottom  more 
thoroughly,  who  understands  more  clearly  the 
public  questions  which  affect  it,  or  who,  in  our 
judgment,  will  labor  more  earnestly  to  improve 
existing  conditions.  Some  good,  earnest  and 
able  men  have  occupied  the  gubernatorial  chair 
of  this  state,  but  we  risk  nothing  in  saying  that 
Charles  S.  Thomas  is  in  each  and  every  respect 
the  peer  of  the  best  of  them. ' ' 


HON.  SAMUEL  H.  ELBERT,  governor  of 
the  territory  of  Colorado  1873-74,  chief  jus- 
tice of  the  supreme  court  1876-82  and  1886- 
88,  is  one  of  the  most  distinguished  citizens  our 
state  has  ever  had.  Under  appointment  by  Pres- 
ident Lincoln  as  secretary  of  the  territory,  he 
came  to  Colorado  in  1862  and  his  life  since  that 
time  has  been  a  part  of  the  history  of  the  state.  As 
the  chief  executive  of  the  territory  it  was  his  aim  to 
promote  the  welfare  of  the  people;  as  chief  justice 
of  the  supreme  court,  he  was  wise,  impartial  and 
fearless;  as  a  citizen,  he  has  ever  been  progressive 
and  public-spirited;  and  as  a  friend,  those  who 
know  him  best  have  found  that  beneath  his  dig- 
nity of  manner  and  apparent  reserve  beats  a  kind, 
generous,  warm  heart,  untainted  by  a  shadow  of 
dishonor  or  disloyalty. 

The  life  which  this  narrative  sketches  began 
in  Logan  County,  Ohio,  in  1833.  The  family, 
while  not  wealthy,  was  in  comfortable  circum- 
stances and  the  son  was  given  every  educational 
advantage  which  the  schools  of  Ohio  afforded. 
Dr.  Elbert,  the  father,  was  an  eminent  physician 
and  surgeon,  with  honorary  degrees  from  Cincin- 
nati and  Philadelphia  medical  colleges.  In  1840  the 
family  removed  to  Iowa,  but  in  1848  young  Elbert 
returned  to  Ohio,  where  he  took  the  regular  col- 
legiate course  of  Wesleyan  University,  graduating 
in  1854.  During  the  next  two  years  he  studied 
law  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  was  there  admitted  to 
the  bar.  In  the  spring  of  1857  he  opened  an 
office  at  Plattsmouth,  Neb.  His  connection  with 
public  and  political  affairs  began  in  May,  1860, 


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when  he  was  a  delegate  from  Nebraska  to  the 
Republican  convention  that  nominated  Abraham 
Lincoln  for  President,  and  in  the  exciting  cam- 
paign that  followed  he  was  an  active  participant. 
In  1860  he  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature, 
his  first  public  position. 

When  Hon.  John  Evans  was  appointed  gov- 
ernor of  Colorado  to  succeed  William  Gilpin,  Mr. 
Elbert  was  at  the  same  time  appointed  territorial 
secretary,  and  he  came  to  Denver  in  May,  1862. 
The  intimate  friendship  between  himself  and  the 
chief  executive  was  still  further  deepened  by  his 
marriage  to  the  governor's  daughter,  Miss  Jose- 
phine Evans,  whose  death,  with  that  of  their  only 
child,  in  1868,  was  the  heaviest  bereavement  that 
ever  befell  Mr.  Elbert. 

Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  secretary, 
in  1866  Mr.  Elbert  began  to  practice  law  in  Den- 
ver, in  partnership  with  Hon.  J.  Q.  Charles,  and 
the  firm  of  Charles  &  Elbert  carried  on  a  very 
large  practice.  In  1873  he  was  appointed  gov- 
ernor of  the  territory  by  President  Grant  and  at 
once  began  the  forwarding  of  plans  for  the  develop- 
ment of  the  state,  the  enlargement  of  its  resources 
and  the  prosperity  of  the  people.  He  was  es- 
pecially interested  in  the  subject  of  irrigation,  for 
he  realized  that  Colorado  could  attain  no  perma- 
nent prosperit}'  unless  this  problem  was  satisfac- 
torily solved.  He  secured  a  meeting  of  delegates 
in  Denver  from  the  states  and  territories  west  of 
the  Missouri  River,  in  the  summer  of  1873,  and 
delivered  an  address  in  this  convention  upon  the 
necessity  of  government  aid  in  the  irrigating  of 
the  vast  tracts  in  the  west. 

Bitter  political  feuds  in  the  summer  of  1874  cul- 
minated in  the  removal  of  Governor  Elbert  from 
office.  Later  President  Grant  ascertained  the 
real  facts  of  the  case  and  openly  acknowledged 
that  he  had  been  misled  by  unscrupulous  persons. 
With  the  dignity  that  always  characterized  him, 
Governor  Elbert  wasted  no  time  in  disputes,  but 
withdrew  from  office,  and  went  abroad,  visiting 
all  the  prominent  cities  of  Europe  and  making  a 
careful  study  of  political  economy.  The  people 
had  always  been  his  friends  and  on  his  return  to 
Denver  they  showed  their  appreciation  of  his  serv- 
ices and  their  confidence  in  his  integrity  in  many 
ways  that  won  his  gratitude.  When  Colorado 
was  admitted  to  the  Union  as  the  Centennial  state, 
he  was  called  to  the  recently  organized  supreme 
bench,  and  the  confidence  of  the  people  that  he 


would  discharge  its  duties  faithfully  was  not  mis- 
placed. In  drawing  for  terms,  he  secured  a  ten- 
ure of  six  years.  As  chief  justice  he  was  noted 
for  impartiality  and  integrity.  The  high  office  he 
held  was  never  betrayed  by  him;  he  was  faithful 
to  its  smallest  duty  and  to  the  trust  reposed  in 
him.  When  his  term  expired  in  1882,  the  people 
urged  him  to  become  a  candidate  for  re-election, 
but  his  health  had  been  affected  by  overwork,  and 
he  declined.  However,  when  they  again  urged 
him  to  become  a  candidate  in  1885,  he  consented 
to  the  use  of  his  name  and  was  re-elected,  his  ju- 
dicial term  beginning  in  January,  1886.  After 
two  years,  in  the  latter  part  of  1888,  he  was  com- 
pelled to  withdraw  from  the  position,  a  fact  which 
was  deplored,  not  alone  by  the  public, but  especial- 
ly by  the  attorneys,  who  had  the  warmest  admira- 
tion for  his  ability  and  integrity. 

While  serving  as  chief  justice  his  alma  mater, 
which  had  bestowed  upon  Judge  Elbert  the  de- 
grees of  Bachelor  and  Master  of  Arts  in  previous 
years,  tendered  him  the  degree  of  LL.D.  Since 
his  retirement  from  the  bench  he  has  devoted  his 
attention  to  the  management  of  his  property  and 
has  also  traveled  considerably.  He  justly  ranks 
among  the  most  -prominent  men  of  the  state.  His 
services  have  not  been  solely  of  a  gubernatorial 
and  judicial  nature,  but  in  many  ways,  impossi- 
ble to  recount,  he  has  been  helpful  to  the  increased 
prosperity  of  the  state  and  has  labored  to  pro- 
mote its  highest  interests.  As  president  of  the 
State  Industrial  Association,  he  was  an  important 
factor  in  the  development  of  Colorado's  agricult- 
ural resources,  during  the  early  days  of  our  his- 
tory. By  assisting  in  the  solution  of  the  problems 
connected  with  irrigation,  he  aided  every  interest, 
for  the  advancement  of  the  state  has  been  simul- 
taneous with  the  introduction  of  facilities  for  irri- 
gation. In  the  annals  of  the  state  his  name  will 
occupy  a  position  of  eminence  through  the  gener- 
ations to  come. 


HON.  HORACE  M.  HALE,  A.  M.,  LL.D., 
superintendent     of    public    instruction    of 
Colorado  1873-77,  an(^  president  of  the  Col- 
orado State  University  at  Boulder  1887-92,  is  one 
of  the  distinguished  citizens  of  Denver  and  has 
taken  a  very    active   part   in   the   promotion  of 
movements  for  the  advancement  of  the  city  and 
state.      A    resume  of  his  lineage  and   life   will 
therefore  be  of  especial  interest  to  the  readers  of 


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this  volume.  He  is  a  descendant  of  Thomas 
Hale,  an  Englishman,  who  settled  in  Newbury, 
Mass.,  in  1635,  and  several  succeeding  generations 
of  Hales  were  identified  with  the  history  of  New 
England.  His  great-grandfather,  Col.  John 
Hale,  M.  D.,  was  a  surgeon  on  the  staff  of  his 
brother-in-law,  Colonel  Prescott,  during  the 
Revolution,  and  he  and  his  son,  David,  then  a 
lad  of  sixteen,  were  both  present  at  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill. 

John  Hale,  our  subject's  father,  was  born  at 
Hollis,  N.  H.,  in  1800.  He  was  a  mechanic  and 
being  a  man  of  great  originality  and  fertile  brain, 
he  devoted  much  time  to  the  invention  of  useful 
articles.  Among  his  inventions  were  the  essen- 
tial features  of  the  present  planing  machine,  one 
of  the  earliest  power  threshing  machines,  one  of 
the  first  machines  for  manufacturing  barrels,  and 
an  improvement  in  the  tread  horse  power.  In 
1837  he  removed  to  Rome,  Oneida  County,  N.Y. , 
where  he  engaged  in  manufacturing  his  threshers 
and  horse  powers,  but  after  three  years  he 
removed  his  business  to  North  Bloomfield, 
Ontario  County,  N.  Y.,  and  added  to  it  the  manu- 
facture of  agricultural  implements.  In  1849  he 
crossed  the  plains  to  California,.the  trip,  which 
was  made  with  his  mule  team,  taking  about  six 
months.  Arriving  at  his  destination  he  engaged 
in  prospecting  and  mining  on  Feather  River,  also 
manufactured  mining  rockers  and  became  inter- 
ested in  a  scheme  for  draining  Feather  River,  but 
this  proved  a  failure.  He  returned  east  with 
health  much  impaired  by  the  hardships  of  western 
life,  and  died  in  April,  1852.  Politically  he  was 
a  Whig  and  in  religion  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church. 

The  mother  of  our  subject,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Jane  Morrison,  was  born  in  Peterboro,  N.  H., 
in  1801,  and  died  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1865. 
The  Morrison  family  came  from  Scotland  to  New 
Hampshire.  John,  who  was  born  in  Aberdeen, 
probably  in  1628,  was  of  Protestant  faith  and  on 
account  of  religious  persecution  went  to  the 
north  of  Ireland,  being  in  the  city  of  Londonderry 
before  and  during  its  siege.  About  1720  he 
joined  his  sons  in  New  Hampshire,  where  he  died 
in  1736,  aged  one  hundred  and  eight  years.  His 
son,  John,  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1678,  married 
Margaret  Wallace  there,  settled  in  Londonderry, 
N.  H.,  in  1719,  being  one  of  the  first  sixteen 
settlers  there,  and  in  1750-51  became  one  of  the 


first  settlers  of  Peterboro,  where  he  died  June  14, 
1776.  Capt.  Thomas,  son  of  John  Morrison,  was 
born  in  Ireland  in  1710,  came  to  America  with 
his  parents  in  childhood,  and  served  as  captain  of 
a  company  during  the  early  Indian  wars.  By  his 
marriage  to  Mary  Smith  he  had  a  son,  John, who 
was  born  in  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  but  spent  his 
life  principally  in  Peterboro.  His  daughter  Jane 
(Mrs.  John  Hale)  had  six  children  that  attained 
maturity,  one,  Mary  Jane,  having  died  in  infancy. 
They  are:  Charles  G.,  who  has  been  master 
mechanic  for  forty  years  with  the  New  York 
Central  road  at  Rochester  and  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ; 
John  Albert,  a  mine  operator,  residing  in  Denver; 
Benjamin  Franklin,  a  photographer  of  Rochester; 
Horace  Morrison,  our  subject;  Ellen  Amelia, 
Mrs.  Rand,  of  Bellefontaine,  Ohio;  and  Henry 
William,  a  miner  and  mechanic,  residing  in 
Denver.  The  combined  ages  of  the  brothers  and 
sister,  at  this  time  (1898)  is  three  hundred  and 
ninety-six  years. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Hollis, 
N.  H.,  March  6,  1833,  and  was  in  his  eighth 
year  when  the  family  removed  to  Bloomfield. 
His  school  advantages  were  limited  to  about 
three  months'  attendance  in  a  public  school  dur- 
ing the  winter.  He  early  began  to  work  in  his 
father's  foundry,  machine  and  woodwork  shops, 
learning  every  department.  Soon  after  his 
father's  death  the  business  was  discontinued. 
Meanwhile,  having  gained  a  fair  common-school 
education,  he  began  to  teach  in  the  winter  of 
1852,  having  charge  of  a  three  months'  country 
school  in  Mendon,  N.  Y.,  where  he  "boarded 
round"  and  was  given  $14  a  month.  In  the 
spring  of  1853  he  entered  Genesee  Wesley  an 
Seminary  at  Lima,  N.  Y.,  and  in  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  took  a  school  in  Victor,  Ontario 
County,  where  he  boarded  among  the  pupils  and 
was  given  $18  a  month.  Returning  to  Lima  in 
the  spring  of  1854,  he  entered  the  sophomore 
class  in  Genesee  College,  helping  to  pay  his  way 
by  working  during  the  summer  vacation  at 
carpentry  and  harvesting.  In  the  winter  of 
l854'55  he  taught  at  Fisher's  Station,  Ontario 
County,  resuming  collegiate  work  in  the  spring, 
and  teaching  in  West  Bloomfield  union  school  as 
principal  the  following  winter.  At  the  close  of 
his  junior  year  he  left  Genesee  to  enter  Union 
College  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1856  with  the  degree  of  A.  B. 


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Later  he  was  again  principal  at  West  Bloomfield. 
When  he  entered  the  seminary  at  Lima  he  had 
only  $42,  the  proceeds  of  his  three  months'  teach- 
ing. When  he  graduated  from  Union  he  had 
$230  and  owed  no  debts. 

In  the  spring  of  1858  he  went  to  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  where  he  was  principal  of  the  primary 
department  in  the  public  schools  that  had  been 
established  the  previous  year.  After  one  year  he 
was  made  principal  of  a  school  of  four  rooms  and 
the  next  year  was  given  the  principalship  of  the 
Howard  school,  one  of  the  largest  in  the  city. 
When  the  Civil  war  broke  out,  he  being  a  Union 
man  was  warned  to  leave  and  the  house  and  lot 
and  other  real  estate  he  had  bought  were  confis- 
cated, but  he  finished  the  school  year,  which 
ended  with  June,  before  leaving  the  city. 

While  in  Nashville,  in  1859,  Mr.  Hale  married 
Miss  Martha  Eliza  Huntington,  a  teacher  in  the 
schools  there,  a  native  of  Barry,  Vt.,  and  his 
schoolmate  of  former  years.  Her  father,  Leonard 
Huntington,  was  a  member  of  an  old  family  of 
New  England  and  was  a  carriage  and  wagon 
maker  in  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.  The  morning  after 
the  close  of  his  school,  in  June,  1861,  Mr.  Hale 
started  north,  going  first  to  Bloomfield,  and  later 
to  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  he  studied  law  in  C.  I. 
Walker's  law  office  and,  at  the  same  time,  taught 
in  an  evening  school  and  in  a  German-English 
school  there.  Soon  after  the  close  of  the  war  he 
recovered  his  property  in  Nashville.  In  1862  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Michigan,  but  his 
health  having  become  seriously  impaired  and 
suffering  greatly  with  bronchitis,  he  deemed  it 
imprudent  at  that  time  to  begin  practice.  His 
brother  Albert,  from  Colorado,  was  just  then 
visiting  in  the  east  and  on  his  return  Horace 
accompanied  him,  driving  from  Atchison,  Kan., 
to  Denver  in  a  buggy,  and  spending  seven- 
teen days  on  the  trip.  He  went  from  Denver  to 
Central  City,  where  he  arrived  in  October,  1863, 
and  for  a  short  time  he  was  in  H.  M.  Teller's  law 
office,  but  the  confinement  being  injurious,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  outdoor  business,  such  as 
mining  and  freighting  between  Denver  and  the 
mountains. 

In  1864  he  formed  one  of  a  cavalry  company 
of  home  guards  organized  under  Capt.  Sam 
Browne  for  the  purpose  of  defense  against  an 
anticipated  attack  by  Indians.  Each  man 
furnished  his  own  horse  and  equipments;  the 


territory  supplied  rations.  The  company  served 
but  two  weeks.  In  1865  he  went  east  for  his 
wife  and  child,  whom  he  had  left  in  Bloomfield 
when  starting  for  Colorado.  He  crossed  the 
plains  on  this  trip,  both  ways  with  a  mule  team, 
the  westward  journey  covering  forty-two  days' 
time  from  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  to  Central  City.  This 
was  during  Indian  troubles,  and  emigrants  had 
to  travel  in  large  companies,  hence  slowly. 

In  1868  he  accepted  the  principalship  of  the 
Central  City  public  schools,  where  he  remained 
until  1873  and  then  resigned  to  take  the  office  of 
territorial  superintendent  of  public  instruction 
to  which  he  had  been  appointed  by  Governor 
Elbert  to  fill  a  vacancy.  In  1874  he  was  again 
appointed  by  Governor  Elbert,  for  a  full  term  (two 
years),  and  was  reappointed  by  Governor  Routt. 
When  Colorado  was  admitted  to  the  Union, 
August  i,  1876,  he  was  filling  this  office,  and  by 
provision  of  the  statute  he  retained  it  until  Janu- 
ary i,  1877,  thus  making  him  the  last  territorial 
and  the  first  state  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion. Returning  to  Central  City,  he  resumed  his 
work  as  principal,  and  remained  in  the  position 
for  ten  years,  meanwhile  serving  as  mayor  of  the 
city  in  1882  and  1883,  and  also  as  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  for  Gilpin  County.  In  1878 
he  was  elected,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  regent 
of  the  State  University  for  a  term  of  six  years. 
He  was  therefore  at  one  and  the  same  time 
principal  of  the  schools,  county  superintendent, 
mayor  of  the  city  and  state  regent.  In  1887  he 
resigned  as  principal  in  Central  City  to  accept 
the  presidency  of  the  Colorado  State  University 
at  Boulder,  which  was  tendered  him,  unsolicited, 
by  the  board  of  regents.  This  position  he  'ably 
filled  for  four  and  one-half  years,  returning  to 
Denver  in  January,  1892.  While  president  of 
the  university  the  honorary  degree  of  LL-  D.  was 
conferred  upon  him  by  Iowa  Wesleyan  University. 
Several  buildings  were  added  to  the  univer- 
sity during  his  incumbency,  among  them  the 
Hale  Scientific  building,  named  in  his  honor 
after  his  resignation  had  been  tendered.  Thus, 
after  forty  years  of  almost  continuous  service  in 
educational  work,  he  retired  from  active  duty. 

While  superintendent  of  public  instruction, 
Mr.  Hale  organized  the  State  Teachers'  Associa- 
tion, of  which  he  was  the  first  president  in  1875, 
and  again  president  in  1883.  He  is  a  member  ot 
the  National  Educational  Association  and  has 


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been  a  frequent  and  valued  contributor  to  educa- 
tional journals  of  the  country.  While  in  Central 
City  he  was  president  of  the  Mining  Exchange, 
and  in  1894-95  was  president  of  the  Charity  Or- 
ganization Society  of  Denver.  In  the  Knights  of 
Honor  he  is  grand  chaplain  of  the  grand  lodge. 
In  former  years  he  was  a  Republican,  but  since 
1894  has  been  independent  in  his  political  views. 
During  all  the  years  of  his  connection  with  the 
history  of  Colorado  he  has  been  interested  in  its 
growth  and  active  in  furthering  its  development, 
and  he  has  contributed  his  quota  to  the  advance- 
ment of  its  influence  and  resources. 

The  only  son  of  our  subject  is  Gen.  Irving 
Hale,  who  was  born  in  North  Bloomfield,  N.  Y., 
August  28,  1861,  came  with  his  parents  to  Colo- 
rado in  1865,  and  lived  in  Central  City  until 
1873,  when  he  came  to  Denver.  He  graduated 
from  the  East  Denver  high  school  in  1877,  at  the 
head  of  its  first  graduating  class,  and  then  went 
back  to  Central  City,  where  he  remained  until 
1880.  The  next  four  years  were  spent  at  West 
Point  Military  Academy,  where  he  graduated  in 
1884,  with  the  highest  honors  ever  attained  there 
by  any  graduate.  In  1887  he  married  Miss  Mary 
King,  daughter  of  Col.  W.  R.  King,  of  the 
United  States  engineering  corps.  They  have 
four  children,  William  King,  John  Huntington, 
Dorothy  and  Marjory.  He  resigned  from  the 
army  in  1889.  In  the  war  with  Spain  (1898)  he 
was  commissioned  colonel  of  the  first  regiment  of 
the  Colorado  National  Guard  and  with  his 
command,  volunteered  for  two  years'  service  in 
the  United  States  army,  and  left  Denver  for  the 
Philippine  Islands  May  17,  1898. 


HON.  JOHN  F.  SHAFROTH,  M..  C.  The 
character  of  a  city  is  the  character  of  its 
citizens.  The  character  of  the  city  of 
Denver  may  be  judged  in  a  measure  from  the 
names  of  its  leading  public  men,  who  have 
become  closely  identified  with  its  interests  by 
long  residence  and  have  contributed  to  the  ex- 
tension of  its  interests.  Few  of  its  citizens  are 
better  known  throughout  the  entire  nation  than 
Mr.  Shafroth,  and  certainly  none  has  a  more  en- 
viable reputation  for  breadth  of  intellect  and  up- 
rightness of  life.  To  write  of  his  career  is  to 
write,  in  part,  a  history  of  Colorado  during  a 
similar  period,  for  his  name  has  been  associated 


with  all  the  leading  measures  for  the  benefit  of 
the  state  and  the  development  of  its  industries. 

The  life  of  Congressman  Shafroth  began  in 
Fayette,  Howard  County,  Mo.,  June  9,  1854. 
His  father,  John,  who  was  born  in  Canton  Berne, 
Switzerland,  was  the  son  of  a  hotelkeeper  who 
took  part  in  the  French  wars  under  Napoleon, 
but  died  at  an  early  age.  Orphaned  at  twelve 
years,  John  Shafroth  had  few  advantages  in  his 
youth.  When  a  young  man  he  came  to  America 
and  in  1839  settled  in  Booneville,  Mo.  The 
following  year  he  married  Miss  Annis  Aule,  a 
native  of  Frankfort,  Germany,  and  an  orphan 
who  came  to  America  with  two  sisters.  After 
his  marriage  he  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile 
business  until  his  death,  in  1866.  Thirty  years 
afterward  his  wife  passed  away  in  Fayette,  where 
she  had  lived  for  fifty-six  years,  having  come 
there  at  the  age  of  twenty.  She  was  the  mother 
of  six  children,  five  now  living,  of  whom  John  F. 
is  the  youngest. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  begun  in  the 
public  schools,  continued  in  Central  College  and 
finished  in  the  University  of  Michigan,  where  he 
studied  from  1872  to  1875,  graduating  with  the 
degree  of  B.  S.  He  then  studied  law  with 
Samuel  C.  Major,  of  Fayette,  and  was  there  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  August,  1876,  after  which  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  former  preceptor 
under  the  title  of  Major  &  Shafroth.  Upon  the 
election  of  Mr.  Major  to  the  state  senate,  the 
business  of  the  firm  fell  upon  the  junior  member. 
In  1879  he  came  to  Colorado,  reaching  Denver 
on  the  ist  of  October,  and  soon  afterward  forming 
a  partnership  with  Andrew  W.  Brazee,  ex-judge 
of  the  supreme  court.  Two  years  later  this  con- 
nection was  dissolved,  and  the  firm  of  Stallcup, 
Luthe  &  Shafroth  formed.  Soon  afterward  Mr. 
Luthe  was  elected  district  attorney  and  Mr. 
Shafroth  became  prosecuting  attorney.  The 
latter,  in  1887,  was  elected  city  attorney  of  Den- 
ver upon  the  Republican  ticket,  was  re-elected 
two  years  later,  serving  until  the  spring  of  1891. 
Meantime  the  senior  member  of  his  firm  was  ap- 
pointed a  judge  of  the  supreme  court,  and  in 
1888  he  formed  another  partnership,  becoming  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Rogers  &  Shafroth. 

In  the  fall  of  1894  Mr.  Shafroth  was  nominated 
on  the  Republican  ticket  as  member  of  congress 
from  the  first  congressional  district  of  Colorado, 
and  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  thirteen  thou- 


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sand  and  five  hundred.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
term,  in  1896,  he  was  re-elected  on  the  silver 
Republican  ticket  by  a  majority  of  fifty -eight 
thousand.  During  both  terms  in  congress  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  committees  on  public  lands 
and  the  irrigation  of  arid  lands.  The  numerous 
bills  introduced  by  him  have  been  largely  in  the 
interests  of  his  constituents,  and  among  those 
that  passed  perhaps  the  most  important  was  that 
providing  for  the  opening  of  forestry  reserves  to 
mining,  exploration  and  the  location  of  mining 
claims.  He  introduced  and  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  securing  the  passage  of  bills  providing 
for  water  reservoir  sites  at  Colorado  Springs, 
Leadville  and  Sugar  Loaf;  also  for  the  protecting 
of  the  forests  from  fire. 

Always  an  active  Republican,  Mr.  Shafroth 
favored  the  readjustment  of  the  currency  of  the 
nation  and  the  placing  of  silver  upon  its  proper 
standard.  He  was  one  of  the  party  of  seven  sen- 
ators and  five  congressmen  who  issued  a  paper 
calling  for  the  organization  of  the  silver  Repub- 
lican party  and  a  meeting  of  its  supporters  in 
Chicago.  He  believes  prosperity  will  never 
come,  in  fullest  measure,  to  the  great  west  until 
the  present  financial  policy  of  the  government  is 
altered.  That  he  is  sustained  in  this  belief  by 
his  constituents  is  shown  by  the  largely  increased 
majority  he  received  at  his  last  election. 

In  matters  pertaining  to  the  improvement  of 
Denver  Mr.  Shafroth  has  always  been  interested. 
While  city  attorney  he  succeeded  in  securing 
from  the  supreme  court  a  reversal  of  the  decision 
rendered  by  the  same  court  in  the  past,  and  under 
this  new  decision  abutting  property  can  be  as- 
sessed and  taxed  for  street  improvements,  a 
measure  that  has  been  most  helpful  to  the  city. 
He  also  began  a  case  against  all  the  railroads 
here  to  compel  them  to  construct  a  viaduct  over 
Nineteenth  street.  This  was  defeated  before  the 
district  court,  but  when  taken  to  the  supreme 
court  the  latter  body  held  that  the  railroads  were 
compelled  to  construct,  at  their  own  cost,  a  via- 
duct over  streets  rendered  useless  to  the  general 
public  by  their  use  for  railroad  purposes.  This 
decision  has  not  yet  been  made  effective,  but  will 
be  in  time. 

In  Fayette,  Mo.,  October  26,  1881,  Mr.  Shaf- 
roth married  Virginia  F.  Morrison,  who  was 
born  there,  is  a  graduate  of  Howard  Female  Col- 
lege and  in  religious  belief  is  connected  with  the 


Baptist  Church.  Her  father,  John  L.  Morrison, 
a  prominent  business  man  of  Fayette,  at  one  time 
was  sheriff  of  Howard  County  and  later  warden 
of  the  state  penitentiary.  Her  grandfather,  Al- 
fred Morrison,  settled  in  Fayette  about  1824  and 
became  a  man  of  prominence  in  public  affairs. 
He  was  elected  state  treasurer  and  filled  the  posi- 
tion for  four  years;  also  held  other  offices  of 
responsibility.  Mr.  Shafroth  has  four  sons, 
John,  Jr.,  Morrison,  George  and  William. 


RT.-REV.  JOHN  FRANKLIN  SPALDING, 
D.  D.  The  life  of  this  distinguished  bishop 
began  in  Belgrade,  Kennebec  County,  Me., 
August  25,  1828.  He  is  a  member  of  an  old  and 
patriotic  family  that  has  been  identified  with  the 
history  of  America  since  an  early  period  of  its 
settlement.  In  1619  two  brothers,  Edmond  and 
Edward,  came  to  this  country  from  Lincolnshire, 
England,  the  former  settling  in  Maryland  and 
the  latter  in  Virginia.  However,  in  1627  he 
went  to  Massachusetts  and  settled  at  Braintree, 
but  later  he  and  his  son,  Col.  John  Spalding, 
with  others,  incorporated  the  town  of  Chelms- 
ford.  Col.  John,  who  gained  his  title  by  service 
in  King  Philip's  war,  had  a  son  Joseph,  whose 
son,  Lieut.  John,  was  an  officer  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, while  a  brother  of  Lieut.  John,  Hon. 
Simeon  Spalding,  was  a  member  of  Washington's 
staff  and  a  prominent  statesman  of  Massachu- 
setts. Jesse,  son  of  Lieut.  John,  was  born  in 
Chelmsford,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  until 
his  death.  He  was  a  young  man  at  the  time  of 
the  Revolution  and  enlisted  in  the  American 
service. 

John,  son  of  Jesse  and  father  of  Bishop  Spald- 
ing, was  born  in  Chelmsford,  but  removed  to 
Maine  and  improved  a  tract  of  land  lying  on  the 
Kennebec  River.  He  was  selectman  of  Belgrade 
and  a  man  of  prominence  in  his  locality.  His 
death  occurred  when  he  was  quite  advanced  in 
years.  His  first  wife,  who  died  in  early  woman- 
hood, bore  the  maiden  name  of  Lydia  Coombs, 
and  was  born  at  Vinalhaven,  Me.  Her  father, 
Sylvanus,  who  was  a  shipbuilder  and  farmer 
there,  was  the  son  of  a  Revolutionary  soldier, 
who  removed  from  Massachusetts  to  Maine  and 
entered  land  around  Coombs  Neck.  He  married 
a  daughter  of  James  Stinson,  also  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution  and  a  member  of  a  Massachusetts 


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family.  John  Spalding  had  four  children  by  his 
first  marriage,  of  whom  three  are  living,  John 
Franklin  being  the  eldest.  By  his  second  mar- 
riage he  had  two  children,  one  now  living. 

Having  fitted  himself  for  college  at  Camden, 
Kent's  Hill  (Me.)  Wesleyan  Seminary  and 
North  Yarmouth  Academy,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  entered  Bowdoin  College  in  1849  and 
graduated  in  1853  with  ^e  degree  of  A.  B., 
later  receiving  the  degrees  of  A.  M.  and  D.  D. 
from  his  alma  mater.  Afterward  he  taught 
school,  being  principal  of  East  Pittston  (Me.) 
Academy  for  one  term,  and  preceptor  of  Dennys- 
ville  Academy  in  the  winter  and  spring  terms  of 
1854.  In  October  of  that  year  he  entered  the 
General  Theological  Seminary  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  New  York  City,  from  which 
he  graduated  June  24,  1857.  July  8  he  was 
ordained  deacon  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Port- 
laud,  Me.,  and  August  i  was  appointed  mission- 
ary to  St.  James  Church,  Oldtown,  Me.;  July  14, 
1858,  ordained  priest  by  Bishop  Burgess  in 
Christ  Church,  Gardiner,  Me.;  August  i,  1859, 
appointed  rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Lee, 
Mass.;  November  i,  1860,  became  assistant  min- 
ister of  Grace  Church,  Providence,  R.  I.,  of 
which  Bishop  Clark  was  the  rector;  November  i, 
1 86 1,  dissolved  his  connection  with  that  church 
and  April  i,  1862,  became  rector  of  St.  Paul's 
Church  in  Erie,  Pa.,  where  he  remained  for 
twelve  years  and  of  which  his  son,  Rev.  Frank 
Spalding,  is  now  the  rector. 

In  1865  he  commenced  the  erection  of  a  church 
edifice  of  stone,  built  in  the  early  English  style 
of  architecture,  and  with  a  seating  capacity  of 
eight  hundred.  This  magnificent  building  cost 
$65,000.  During  the  same  year  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  Church  for  Western  Pennsylvania 
and  was  subsequently  re-elected  every  third  year 
for  the  diocese  of  Pittsburg.  In  1866  he  organ- 
ized St.  John's  Church  of  Erie  and  the  following 
year  built  a  church  that  cost  $5,000.  In  1868  he 
was  a  member  of  the  general  convention  of  the 
Episcopal  Church,  meeting  in  New  York.  The 
next  year  he  organized  the  Church  of  the  Cross 
and  Crown  in  Erie,  and  built  a  church  that 
seated  three  hundred.  In  October,  1871,  he  was 
a  member  of  the  general  convention  that  met  in 
Baltimore,  and  the  next  year  he  built  Trinity 
Chapel  in  Erie. 


September  28,  1873,  he  was  unanimously 
elected  and  December  31  was  consecrated  bishop 
of  Colorado,  Wyoming  and  New  Mexico,  as  suc- 
cessor to  the  late  Bishop  Randall.  He  reached 
Denver  February  27,  1874,  and  at  once  entered 
upon  the  duties  of  his  large  diocese.  Railroads 
were  few  and  far  apart  in  those  days,  and  the 
bishop  was  obliged  to  do  much  of  his  visiting  on 
horseback  or  by  stage  over  rough  mountain  roads. 
The  labor  was  enormous,  but  his  courage  was 
equal  to  the  responsibility.  Soon  the  number  of 
communicants  was  greatly  increased.  New 
churches  and  chapels  were  built,  parsonages  were 
erected  and  parishes  were  organized.  The  work 
grew  to  such  an  extent  that  in  1881  New  Mexico 
was  separated,  and  in  1887  Wyoming  was  formed 
into  another  diocese.  He  built  the  Wolfe  School 
for  girls  and  Jarvis  Hall,  a  military  academy  for 
boys;  also  Matthews'  Hall  Theological  School,  of 
all  of  which  he  is  the  president.  He  also  was  in- 
strumental in  the  erection  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital 
and  the  Home  for  Consumptives. 

In  Erie  Bishop  Spalding  married  Lavinia 
Spencer,  who  was  born  there  and  received  an  ex- 
cellent education.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Judah 

C.  Spencer,  a  native  of  Connecticut  and  a  de- 
scendant of  Revolutionary  ancestors.     She  is  a 
lady  of  sweet  disposition  and  noble  character,  a 
fitting  companion  for  her  husband  in  all   his  re- 
sponsible undertakings.     They  are  the  parents  of 
five  children,  of  whom  Frank  is  a  graduate  of 
Princeton  and  rector  at  Erie,  Pa. ;  William,  also  a 
graduate  of  Princeton,  is  engaged  in  business  in 
Denver;  Elizabeth  and  Sarah  were  given  splendid 
advantages,  the  latter  being  a  Vassar  graduate; 
and  John  Edward  died  in  Erie. 

Three  times  Bishop  Spalding  has  gone  to  Eu- 
rope to  attend  great  meetings  of  bishops  in 
London,  and  twice,  in  1878  and  1888,  he  also 
visited  the  continent,  but  the  last  time,  in  1897, 
his  visit  was  limited  to  England.  Fraternally  he 
is  a  Knight  Templar  Mason.  The  degree  of 

D.  D.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  both  Bowdoin 
and    Trinity   Colleges,  the  latter  of   Hartford, 
Conn.     He  is  a  fluent  writer  and  has  published 
a  number  of  books,  among  them  the  "Church 
and  Apostolic   Ministry"    (1886);    "The  Best 
Mode  of  Working  a  Parish  "  (used  in  the  Syra- 
cuse (N.  Y.)    Theological   Seminary);    "Jesus 
Christ,  the  Proof  of  Christianity"  (1889),  and 
many  pamphlets  and  short  articles.     In  length  of 


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time  of  service  he  is  next  to  the  oldest  bishop 
west  of  the  Mississippi.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Sons  of  the  Revolution,  was  its  first  president, 
and  served  for  two  years;  is  also  identified  with 
the  New  York  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  and  the 
Colorado  Society,  having  been  a  charter  member 
of  the  latter  and  its  president  for  two  years. 

The  life  of  Bishop  Spalding  has  been  a  busy 
and  active  one.  Nor  is  there  any  noticeable 
diminution  of  his  activity  now,  although  his 
twenty-five  years  of  service  in  his  present  position 
certainly  entitle  him  to  a  lightening  of  labor, 
should  he  so  desire.  By  all  who  know  him, 
whether  or  not  they  are  identified  with  his  de- 
nomination, he  is  recognized  as  a  man  of  scholarly 
attainments  and  great  executive  ability,  and  is 
respected  and  admired  for  his  kindness  to  the 
poor,  his  great  heart  that  is  open  to  every  de- 
served appeal  for  assistance,  and  his  noble  char- 
acter that  has  stood  the  fiery  crucible  of  hardships 
and  has  come  unscathed  through  every  trial. 


HON.  HENRY  MOORE  TELLER.  In  its 
entire  history  as  a  state,  it  is  doubtful  if 
Colorado  has  given,  to  assist  in  framing  the 
laws  of  the  nation,  any  citizen  who  has  attained 
a  fame  equal  to  that  of  Senator  Teller.  His  name 
is  indelibly  written  upon  the  annals  of  his  state 
and  his  country.  Through  his  long  and  brilliant 
career  as  United  States  senator  he  has  not  only 
retained  the  friendship  of  his  political  supporters, 
but  has  won  the  admiration  even  of  those  whose 
opinions  upon  political  subjects  are  diametrically 
opposed  to  his  own.  He  stands  now,  near  the 
climax  of  his  career,  as  he  has  always  stood,  for 
what  he  believes  to  be  true  and  right,  for  what  he 
believes  will  promote  the  national  welfare.  To 
these  principles  he  would  remain  stanch  and  true, 
though  it  cost  him  defeat  for  the  highest  position 
within  the  gift  of  the  people,  for  he  is  a  man  of 
fearless  courage  and  values  integrity  more  than 
position,  honor  more  than  office. 

A  publication  of  the  nature  of  this  should 
justly  devote  considerable  space  to  the  life  and 
works  of  such  a  man.  In  this  resume  it  will  be 
our  effort  to  give  an  account  of  his  ancestry,  in 
order  that  the  reader  may  understand  the  quali- 
ties that  have  come  by  inheritance;  also  a  sketch 
of  the  career  that  has  been  so  remarkable  in 
amount  of  good  accomplished  for  the  people  of 


the  state  and  nation.  From  the  presentation  of 
his  biography  may  be  gleaned  lessons  worthy 
of  emulation  by  all,  and  especially  by  the  young 
man,  starting  out  in  the  world,  with  every  possi- 
bility before  him  if  he  but  have  the  courage  to  do 
and  dare. 

The  founder  of  the  Teller  family  in  America 
was  William,  a  native  of  Holland,  born  in  1620. 
In  1639  ne  came  to  New  York  and  settled  at  Fort 
Orange,  where  the  king  of  Holland  had  appointed 
him  trustee  of  a  tract  of  land.  In  1664  he  moved 
to  New  York,  where  his  remaining  years  were 
passed.  By  his  marriage  to  Mary  Douchen  he 
had  a  son,  William  (2d), whose  son,  William  Qd), 
was  the  father  of  William  (4th) ,  and  the  latter 
had  a  son,  Isaac  Teller,  M.  D.,  a  prominent 
physician  of  New  York,  having  an  office  on  the 
corner  of  Chambers  street  and  Broadway.  Dur- 
ing the  Revolution  he  volunteered  as  a  surgeon 
in  the  colonial  army  and  died  while  in  active  serv- 
ice. By  his  marriage  to  Rebecca  Remsen,  who 
was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  of  Dutch  parent- 
age, he  had  a  son,  Remsen  Teller,  who  was  born 
about  1769  and  resided  at  Schenectady.N.Y.  He 
married  Catherine  McDonald,  of  Ballston  Spa, 
N.  Y.,  daughter  of  David  McDonald  and  Sarah 
(DuBois)  McDonald,  the  latter  a  daughter  of 
Col.  Louis  DuBois,  of  Ulster  County,  N.  Y., 
who  was  a  colonel  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 
Remsen  Teller  and  his  wife  had  a  son,  John,  who 
was  born  in  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  February  15, 
1800,  and  married  Charlotte  Moore,  who  was 
born  in  Vermont  in  1808  and  is  now  living  in 
Illinois.  John  Teller  located  on  a  farm  in  Alle- 
gany  County,  N.  Y.,  but  later  he  removed  to 
Girard,  Erie  County,  Pa.,  and  after  ten  years 
there,  in  1862  he  settled  in  Morrison,  Whiteside 
County,  111.,  where  he  died  in  1879.  His  wife 
was  a  daughter  of  Willard  Moore,  who  was  born 
in  Vermont,  removed  thence  to  Ballston  Spa, 
N.  Y.,  from  there  went  to  Allegany  County  about 
1821,  and  in  1840  settled  in  Rochester,  the  same 
state. 

Upon  his  father's  farm  in  Allegany  County  the 
subject  of  this  review  was  born  May  23,  1830. 
The  years  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  passed  un- 
eventfully in  farm  work  and  study.  His  indomit- 
able perseverance  was  apparent  at  an  early  age. 
Knowing  his  parents  would  be  unable  to  give  him 
the  advantages  he  desired  he  set  himself  reso- 
lutely to  work  to  secure  them  for  himself,  and  by 


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teaching  school  earned  the  money  necessary  for 
the  prosecution  of  his  academic  studies.  On  the 
completion  of  the  academic  course  he  entered  the 
law  office  of  Judge  Martin  Grover,  under  whose 
preceptorship  he  acquired  an  accurate  knowledge 
of  the  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  January 
5,  1858,  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Coming  as  far 
west  as  Morrison,  Whiteside  County,  111.,  he 
engaged  in  active  general  practice  until  his  re- 
moval to  Colorado. 

During  his  residence  there  gold  was  discovered 
in  Pike's  Peak  and  thousands  of  men  crossed  the 
plains,  joining  the  army  of  gold-seekers  in  the 
mountains  of  Colorado.  Other  lines  of  activity 
sprang  into  existence  with  the  birth  and  develop- 
ment of  bustling  towns  from  the  primitive  min- 
ing camps.  He  was  among  those  whose  attention 
was  called  to  the  opening  offered  men  of  energy 
and  determination  in  this  part  of  the  country. 
He  determined  to  come  west,  and  in  April,  1861, 
made  the  long  and  tedious  overland  trip  to  the 
mountains.  He  opened  an  office  at  Central  City, 
then  the  chief  center  of  population  and  mining 
in  the  territory.  Three  years  later  he  was  joined 
by  his  brother,  Willard,  and  the  firm  of  H.  M. 
&  W.  Teller  was  established.  In  1865  he  drew 
up  the  charter  for  the  Colorado  Central  Railroad 
and  presented  it  to  the  territorial  legislature.  As 
he  was  the  originator  of  the  railroad  and  its  most 
enthusiastic  promoter,  he  was  selected  as  the 
president  of  the  company  and  for  five  years  held 
that  position,  his  excellent  management  placing 
the  concern  upon  a  sound  financial  basis.  During 
the  Indian  troubles  in  1863  he  was  appointed 
major-general  of  militia  by  Governor  Evans  and 
held  the  office  for  two  years,  then  resigned. 

Senator  Teller  was  reared  in  the  Democratic 
faith,  but  when  the  Republican  party  was  organ- 
ized he  found  himself  in  sympathy  with  its  prin- 
ciples and  therefore  joined  its  ranks.  Soon  after 
coming  to  Colorado  he  began  to  participate 
actively  in  politics,  and  in  1876,  when  Colorado 
was  admitted  to  the  union,  he  and  Mr.  Chaffee 
were  elected  its  first  representatives  in  the  United 
States  senate.  He  drew  the  term  of  three  months, 
and  on  its  expiration  was  elected  for  a  full  term 
of  six  years,  1877  to  1883.  His  record  in  the 
senate  is  a  part  of  history,  and  his  acceptable 
service  in  behalf  of  his  constituents  has  led  to 
his  re-election  at  every  election  since  1876. 
Shortly  after  he  entered  the  senate  he  was  made  a 


member  of  the  committee  on  privileges  and  elec- 
tions and  was  sent  to  Florida  to  investigate  the 
alleged  frauds  in  the  election  of  1876.  In  1878 
he  was  made  chairman  of  a  special  committee  to 
investigate  alleged  election  frauds  in  southern 
states,  his  report  of  which  was  most  thorough. 
As  chairman  of  the  committee  on  civil  service 
and  retrenchment  lie  rendered  efficient  service. 

In  1882  Senator  Teller  was  chosen  secretary  of 
the  interior  in  President  Arthur's  cabinet  and  he 
served  in  that  responsible  position  until  the  ex- 
piration of  the  presidential  term,  March  3,  1885. 
The  following  day  he  took  his  seat  in  the  senate, 
having  been  elected  to  succeed  Hon.  Nathaniel 
P.  Hill.  In  1891  he  was  re-elected  for  the  term 
ending  in  March,  1897,  and  at  the  latter  time  was 
again  the  people's  choice  for  the  position.  He 
has  served  as  chairman  of  the  committees  on 
pensions,  patents,  mines  and  mining,  and  as  a 
member  of  the  committees  on  claims,  railroads, 
judiciary,  appropriations  and  public  lands.  On 
all  questions  relating  to  public  lands  he  is  con- 
sidered an  authority. 

Perhaps  in  no  way  is  Senator  Teller  better 
known  than  for  his  championship  of  the  free 
coinage  of  silver.  He  is  a  stanch  advocate  of 
the  restoration  of  bimetallism,  believing  that  the 
act  of  1873  demonetizing  silver  has  proved  prej- 
udicial to  the  welfare  of  the  nation,  and  especi- 
ally injurious  to  the  interests  of  Colorado.  Be- 
lieving that  the  prosperity  of  the  working  people 
can  never  be  subserved  until  silver  is  restored  to 
its  proper  standard  and  the  currency  issue  is 
honestly  and  fairly  settled,  he  has  given  much  of 
his  thought  and  time  in  late  years  to  this  matter. 
His  labors  in  the  interests  of  free  coinage  in  the 
senate  of  1893  are  too  recent  to  need  especial 
mention.  On  his  return  to  Colorado  at  the  ex- 
piration of  that  session,  the  people,  appreciating 
what  he  had  done  in  their  behalf,  accorded  him  a 
most  heart y  welcome  and  demonstration.  It  was 
said  at  the  time  that  the  reception  was  the  most 
brilliant  ever  given  anyone  in  the  state.  But, 
grand  as  it  was,  the  reception  given  him  in  1896, 
after  the  famous  St.  Louis  national  convention, 
eclipsed  every  previous  affair  of  the  kind.  In 
the  national  convention  of  his  party  in  1896  he 
had  stood  firmly  for  the  free  coinage  of  the  white 
metal,  which  he  desired  to  be  made  a  plank  in  the 
party  platform.  The  majority  were  against  him, 
and,  feeling  that  his  party  had  turned  its  back 


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upon  principles  it  should  have  supported,  he  and 
his  followers  left  the  convention  hall,  disappointed 
and  sad  at  heart.  Whatever  disappointment  he 
may  have  experienced,  however,  was  forgotten 
in  the  gratitude  he  felt  toward  the  people  whom 
he  represented  and  who,  upon  his  return  home, 
showered  upon  him  expressions  of  heartiest 
appreciation  and  thanks  for  his  steadfast  support 
of  their  interests. 

In  1886  Alfred  University  conferred  upon  Sena- 
tor Teller  the  degree  of  L,L.D.  In  fraternal  rela- 
tions he  is  a  Mason  and  has  done  much  for  the 
upbuilding  of  the  order  in  Colorado.  He  has 
attained  the  thirty-third  degree,  Scottish  Rite, 
and  has  been  honored  by  his  brethren  of  the 
Mystic  Tie  with  many  important  and  honorable 
offices.  For  seven  years  he  was  grand  master  of 
the  state  and  was  also  the  first  grand  commander 
of  the  Knights  Templar  of  Colorado. 

At  Cuba,  N.  Y.,  June  7,  1862,  he  married 
Harriet  M.,  daughter  of  Packard  Bruce,  a  farmer 
of  Allegany  County.  They  have  three  children, 
Emma  A.,  John  Harrison  and  Henry  Bruce,  all 
of  whom  were  born  in  Central  City. 

Of  the  personal  characteristics  of  Senator  Tel- 
ler, one  of  the  most  conspicuous  is  that  quality 
which  enables  him  to  look  ahead,  measuring 
forces  and  their  effects  upon  the  future.  He  is 
peculiarly  far-seeing,  able  to  discern  influences 
that  will  bear  upon  the  prosperity  of  the  people 
in  days  yet  to  come.  As  a  leader  he  is  safe, 
because  he  is  cool,  calm  and  keen,  never  allowing 
himself  to  become  excited  and  nervous,  but  main- 
taining a  steady  control  over  his  own  mind  as 
well  as  over  others.  Because  of  the  wonderful 
control  he  exercises  over  himself,  he  has  some- 
times been  called  cold;  but  he  may  be  compared 
with  the  ocean  beneath  which  flows  the  gulf 
stream,  the  ocean  itself  on  the  surface  giving 
little  indication  of  the  warmth  of  the  current 
below.  So  it  is  with  him;  on  the  surface  he  is 
great,  awe-inspiring  and  cold,  but  below  flows 
the  warm  and  genial  current  of  kindness,  sympa- 
thy and  love. 

Perhaps  we  cannot  better  conclude  this  sketch 
than  with  a  quotation  from  the  pen  of  that  versa- 
tile and  brilliant  writer,  Fitz-Mac,  which  appeared 
in  a  recent  character  study  of  Senator  Teller, 
published  in  the  Denver  Evening  Post.  "He  has 
this  mark  of  genuine  greatness  above  any  man 
whom  I  know  in  Colorado,  or  perhaps  any  that  I 


personally  know  anywhere  in  public  life,  except 
Tom  Reed ,  speaker  of  the  house  of  representa- 
tives. He  is  simple.  He  is  natural.  He  is  with- 
out affectations.  He  is  simple  because  it  is  natural 
for  him  to  be  simple,  and  simplicity  indicates  the 
calm  mind  and  clear  vision  as  to  the  relations  of 
things,  their  real  values. 

"  It  seems  to  me  that  the  holy  spirit  of  patriot- 
ism has  descended  upon  Teller  and  enveloped 
him  and  entered  into  his  soul  and  sanctified  his 
purposes.  He  stands  before  the  country  as  the 
tongue  of  Colorado,  but  he  speaks  not  for  Colo- 
rado alone,  not  alone  for  the  United  States,  but 
for  the  humbler  three-fourths  of  all  humanity. 
Soberly,  bravely  and  ably  he  is  fighting  human- 
ity's holy  cause  for  us  and  for  all,  and  it  behooves 
us  as  an  intelligent,  appreciative  and  generous 
people  to  hold  up  his  honored  hands  steadfastly 
and  stand  by  him  with  a  courage  as  dauntless,  as 
devoted  as  his  own." 


(JOHN  W.  ILIFF.  Among  the  men  who 
I  gained  fortune  in  Colorado  was  one  who  was 
(*)  known  all  over  the  country  as  the  "cattle 
king"  of  this  state.  When  people  by  thousands 
were  coming  west  during  the  Pike's  Peak  excite- 
ment, he  decided  to  join  the  tide  of  emigration 
that  moved  westward.  He  had  the  sound  com- 
mon sense  to  bring  with  him  a  wagon  train  of 
provisions,  and  these  he  sold  in  Denver  at  a 
large  profit.  With  this  money  he  bought  a 
small  herd  of  cattle,  the  nucleus  of  the  immense 
cattle  business  he  afterward  conducted.  Study- 
ing his  chosen  occupation  with  care  and  giving  it 
his  entire  time,  he  was  naturally  rewarded  with 
success.  With  the  exception  of  about  a  year  in  the 
banking  business  with  Hon.  Amos  Steck,  in 
Wyoming,  he  engaged  in  no  business  but  the 
raising  and  selling  of  stock,  and  as  his  means  in- 
creased he  increased  his  herds.  Some  cattle- 
men, attaining  a  fair  degree  of  success,  relaxed 
efforts  and  thus  reduced  their  profits,  but  he 
seemed  to  grow  more  energetic  with  the  passing 
years.  He  was  the  head  and  mainspring  of  all 
the  work,  accompanied  the  men  on  the  round- 
ups and  worked  side  by  side  with  them.  His 
possessions  extended  over  such  a  large  tract  of 
land  that  it  is  said  he  could  travel  for  a  week, 
yet  always  eat  and  sleep  at  one  of  his  own 
ranches.  He  had  twenty  thousand  acres  of 


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pasturage,  watered  by  springs  and  creeks.  From 
here  he  shipped  cattle  to  eastern  markets.  At 
one  time,  during  the  early  days,  he  supplied 
dressed  beef  to  all  the  military  posts  along  the 
line  of  the  Union  Pacific.  He  also  had  large 
government  contracts  and  contracts  with  whole- 
sale butchers.  Over  the  plains  from  Julesburg 
on  the  east  to  Texas  on  the  south  ranged  his 
cattle,  numbering  more  than  fifty  thousand  head, 
of  which  he  marketed  perhaps  fifteen  thousand 
per  annum.  He  was  a  man  of  vast  wealth,  with 
a  princely  income;  yet  his  life  was  unostentatious 
and  to  the  last  he  retained  the  simplicity  of  habits 
that  marked  his  earlier  years. 

For  the  facts  given  in  regard  to  the  origin  and 
early  history  of  the  Ayloff,  or  Iliff,  family,  we 
are  indebted  to  Morant's  history  of  Essex,  Eng- 
land. In  Austria,  where  one  branch  of  the  fam- 
ily resides,  the  name  was  Ayecliffe.  From  Eng- 
land some  of  the  name  emigrated  to  New  Eng- 
gland  in  a  very  early  day  and  with  the  subse- 
quent history  of  that  part  of  our  country  later 
generations  were  intimately  identified.  From 
there  they  moved  west  to  Ohio,  where  our  sub- 
ject's father,  Thomas  Iliff,  cultivated  a  farm  near 
Zanesville.  Thomas  Iliff  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania April  24,  1803,  and  died  October  10,  1874. 
By  his  first  wife,  who  was  Salome  Reed,  he  had 
ten  children,  of  whom  four  are  deceased.  His 
second  wife  was  Harriet  Halcomb,  who  survived 
him  twenty-four  years.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
successful  and  intelligent  farmers  of  Ohio  and 
accumulated  a  fair  property.  In  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  of  which  he  was  a  member, 
he  filled  offices  of  trust.  Politically  he  was  a 
Republican  and  a  man  of  influence  in  his  locality. 
His  name  was  a  synonym  for  everything  that 
was  substantial  and  trustworthy  and  his  life  was 
worth)'  of  emulation. 

The  shrewd  judgment  of  Mr.  Iliff  is  illustrated 
by  an  incident  that  happened  in  his  youth.  He 
was  living  near  Zanesville,  Ohio,  on  the  farm 
where  he  was  born  in  1831,  and  was  about  to  em- 
bark in  the  world  for  himself.  His  father,  wish- 
ing him  to  remain  near  the  old  home,  offered  to 
invest  $7,500  in  a  farm  for  him,  but  he  asked  him 
to  give  him  $500  and  permit  him  to  go  west. 
With  that  small  capital  he  went  to  Kansas,  where 
he  remained  for  three  years,  until  he  settled  in 
Colorado. 

In  January,  1864,  Mr.  Ilift  married  Miss  Sarah 


E.  Smith,  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Smith,  of 
Pocahontas  fame,  and  a  native  of  Delaware,  Ohio, 
but  for  some  years  a  resident  of  Kansas,  where 
she  was  educated.  The  only  son  born  of  this 
marriage  is  William  S.,  of  Denver.  In  March, 
1870,  Mr.  Iliff  married  Miss  Elizabeths.  Fraser, 
of  whose  family  mention  is  made  in  the  sketch  of 
her  brother,  J.  J.  Fraser.  She  was  born  in 
Canada,  but  came  to  Colorado  at  an  early  age 
and  afterward  made  her  home  with  an  aunt  near 
Pueblo.  By  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Iliff  three  chil- 
dren were  born,  one -of  whom  died  when  young. 
In  spite  of  the  fact  that  his  journeyings  around 
the  country  brought  him  into  frequent  contact 
with  Indians,  Mr.  Iliff  never  carried  weapons, 
but  he  did  not  molest  the  savages  and  they  in 
turn  did  not  molest  him.  Politically  he  was  a 
Republican,  and  in  religious  belief  adhered  to 
the  Methodist  faith.  He  died  February  9,  1878, 
and  was  buried  in  Riverside  cemetery  at  Denver. 
Afterward  his  son  erected  the  Iliff  School  of 
Theology  at  University  Park  as  a  memorial  to 
him.  His  widow  is  now  the  wife  of  Bishop 
Warren,  of  University  Park. 


Gl  B.  DANIELS.  During  the '703  there  was 
LJ  no  citizen  of  Denver  who  was  more  in- 
I  I  timately  associated  with  its  business  inter- 
ests or  held  a  position  higher  in  the  confidence  of 
the  people  than  did  Mr.  Daniels,  and  his  death, 
which  occurred  April  8,  1881,  was  mourned  as 
a  public  loss.  His  great  business  ability  was 
recognized  by  all,  and  was  the  chief  factor  in  his 
financial  success;  another,  and  scarcely  less  vital 
force  in  his  success,  was  his  boundless  energy, 
the  enterprise  that  no  obstacle  daunted,  the  in- 
dustry that  the  hardest  labor  could  not  diminish. 
A  member  of  an  old  family  of  New  York  and 
himself  a  native  of  that  state,  Mr.  Daniels  was 
reared  upon  a  farm  there,  but  early  in  life  went 
to  New  York  City,  where  he  embarked  in  busi- 
ness as  a  ship  chandler.  About  1865  he  came 
west  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  but  after  three 
years  settled  in  Denver,  which  continued  to  be 
his  home  during  his  remaining  years.  For  a 
time  he  was  interested  in  the  wholesale  grocery 
business,  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Daniels  & 
Brown.  Later  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of 
the  Colorado  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
vice-president  until  his  death.  He  was  inter- 


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ested  in  the  real-estate  business,  and  built  a 
number  of  business  blocks,  among  them  the 
building  occupied  by  the  bank.  He  was  also 
the  head  of  the  banking  house  of  Daniels,  Brown 
&  Co.,  of  Del  Norte,  known  as  the  Bank  of  San 
Juan,  which  _under  his  management  gained  a 
reputation  as  one  of  the  strongest  financial  in- 
stitutions in  the  west. 

Like  the  majority  of  the  early  residents  of 
Denver,  Mr.  Daniels  held  important  interests  in 
the  cattle  business.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to 
buy  and  improve  a  ranch  in  the  San  Luis  Val- 
ley and  he  also  owned  large  tracts  in  Jefferson 
County.  His  business  affairs  received  his  entire 
attention,  to  the  exclusion  of  public  matters,  but 
he  did  not  forget  the  duty  he  owed  to  his  coun- 
try and  kept  himself  posted  upon  the  questions 
before  the  people.  In  politics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat. His  first  residence  in  Denver  stood  on 
Curtis  and  Sixteenth  streets,  where  is  now  the 
Tabor  opera  house,  and  afterward  he  moved  to 
Court  place  and  Fourteenth  street,  where  he 
died. 

In  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  Mr.  Daniels  married 
Hattie  Ramsen,  who  was  born  in  St.  Catharines, 
Canada,  her  father  having  come  there  from  Scot- 
land, and  her  mother  from  England.  She  died 
in  1879,  when  thirty-five  years  of  age.  Two  of 
her  children,  Olive  E.  and  George  Sheedy,  died 
in  childhood,  and  the  only  survivor  is  A.  B.,  Jr. 


HON.  JEROME  B.  CHAFFEE.  From  what- 
ever point  the  life  and  character  of  Senator 
Chaffee  may  be  viewed,  whether  as  the 
head  of  large  and  valuable  mining  interests,  the 
organizer  and  first  president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Denver,  or  as  a  man  of  public  affairs, 
devoted  to  the  welfare  of  his  state  and  intensely 
interested  in  its  progress,  it  will  be  readily  con- 
ceded that  he  was  a  great  man.  His  representa- 
tion of  Colorado  in  the  United  States  senate  was 
of  such  a  nature  as  to  reflect  credit  upon  his  own 
high  order  of  talents  and  secure  for  him  the 
regard  of  his  constituents. 

Born  in  Niagara  County,  N.  Y.,  April  17,  1825, 
Mr.  Chaffee  was  quite  a  young  man  when  he  came 
west  to  Adrian,  Mich.,  where  he  taught  school 
and  afterwards  kept  a  store.  Later  he  removed 
to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  where  he  engaged  in  bank- 
ing. In  1857  he  organized  the  Elmwood  Town 


Company  in  Kansas,  of  which  he  became  secre- 
tary and  manager.  Soon  after  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  Colorado  he  decided  to  come  here,  and  in 
1860  he  crossed  the  plains  to  Gilpin  County, 
where  he  developed  some  gold  lodes,  and,  with 
Eben  Smith,  erected  the  Smith  &  Chaffee  stamp 
mill.  In  1863  he  sold  the  interest  in  the  lode  he 
was  working,  but  afterward  bought  it  back  and 
consolidated  it  with  other  lodes,  the  whole  form- 
ing the  famous  "Bob-Tail  Lode  and  Tunnel," 
the  name  of  which  is  said  to  have  been  derived 
from  the  fact  that  a  bob -tailed  ox,  harnessed  to 
a  drag,  made  by  stretching  a  rawhide  across  a 
forked  stick,  was  used  for  hauling  the  first  pay- 
dirt  to  the  gulch  for  sluicing.  Mr.  Chaffee  be- 
came the  largest  owner  of  the  Bob-Tail  Company, 
which  owned  the  best  paying  mine,  largest 
tunnels  and  one  of  the  most  complete  mills  in  the 
state  at  that  time.  He  became  the  owner  of  one 
hundred  or  more  gold  and  silver  lodes,  among 
them  the  Caribou  silver  mine  in  Boulder  County, 
and  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  principal 
stockholders  in  the  Little  Pittsburg  Consolidated 
Mining  Company. 

The  business  energies  of  Mr.  Chaffee  found  a 
new  outlet  in  1865,  when  he  bought  the  banking 
interests  of  Clark  &  Co. ,  and  organized  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Denver,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent until  January,  1880.  Politically  he  was  a 
Republican  from  the  organization  of  that  party, 
and  he  was  its  leader  in  Colorado  for  many  years 
before  his  death.  Though  from  1860  to  1888 
extensively  interested  in  mining,  yet  the  larger 
portion  of  his  time  was  given  to  public  affairs. 
In  1861  he  was  elected  to  represent  Gilpin  County 
in  the  first  territorial  legislature,  two  years  later 
was  re-elected  and  chosen  speaker  of  the  house. 
In  1865  the  people  organized  a  state  government 
under  the  enabling  act  of  congress  and  he  and 
Hon.  John  Evans  were  elected  United  States 
senators.  A  bill  to  admit  the  state  was  intro- 
duced and  passed  by  the  congress  and  senate  in 
1865-66,  but  President  Johnson  vetoed  it.  Again 
introduced  in  the  session  of  1867-68,  it  was  again 
vetoed  by  President  Johnson.  This  veto  and  the 
subsequent  controversy  are  memorable  events  in 
the  administration  of  Johnson,  nor  was  Senator 
Chaffee's  connection  with  the  matter  of  insig- 
nificant importance. 

When  elected  a  delegate  to  congress  and  be- 
ginning upon  his  duties  in  the  spring  of  1871, 


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Senator  Chaffee  at  once  presented  a  new  enabling 
act.  During  his  four  years  of  service  as  delegate 
he  labored  hard  for  the  passage  of  the  act,  but  it 
was  not  until  near  the  expiration  of  his  term  that 
he  was  successful.  When  the  news  reached 
Denver  there  was  the  wildest  enthusiasm,  and 
both  parties  united  in  praising  Mr.  Chaffee,  for 
both  Democrats  and  Republicans  wished  the 
territory  admitted  to  the  Union,  each  believing  it 
would  have  a  majority  of  votes.  On  the  admis- 
sion of  the  state  into  the  Union,  Mr.  Chaffee  was 
unanimously  elected  to  the  senate,  a  well-merited 
recognition  of  his  efforts  in  the  attainment  of  the 
end  long  desired.  Hon.  H.  M.  Teller  was  elected 
as  junior  senator.  When  they  reached  Washing- 
ton, Mr.  Chaffee  drew  by  lot  the  long  term  ex- 
piring March  4,  1879.  After  his  election  his 
first  effort  in  behalf  of  the  state  was  an  arrange- 
ment of  facts  relative  to  the  question  of  pro  rata 
between  the  Kansas  Pacific  and  the  Union  Pacific 
roads.  These  he  drew  up  and  presented  to  the 
senate  in  a  speech  that  attracted  the  attention  of 
the  ablest  men  of  the  country  and  proved  the  be- 
ginning of  the  final  settlement  of  the  question. 
He  introduced  a  bill  authorizing  a  treaty  with  the 
Ute  Indians  for  the  cession  of  a  part  of  their 
reservation,  thus  opening  to  development  the  rich 
mining  district  of  San  Juan.  He  introduced  a 
bill  changing  the  rules  of  the  house  so  as  to  give 
the  territories  representation  in  the  committee  on 
territories,  thus  establishing  a  precedent  for  per- 
mitting delegates  to  participate  in  the  business  of 
other  committees.  He  drafted  and  secured  the 
passage  of  a  bill  for  enlarging,  confirming  and 
defining  the  power  of  territorial  legislature. 
Largely  through  his  labors  an  excellent  mining 
code  was  passed  by  congress.  Under  the  new 
state  organization  he  was  again  elected  United 
States  senator  and  drew  the  short  term,  expiring 
March  3,  1879,  when  he  refused  further  election 
on  account  of  ill  health.  His  friends  were  ex- 
tremely reluctant  to  accept  his  refusal  of  further 
nomination,  but  when  he  urged  his  physical 
inability  to  discharge  the  duties  of  the  responsible 
position,  Hon.  Nathaniel  P.  Hill  was  placed  in 
nomination  and  afterward  duly  elected  to  the 
office. 

Beginning  with  the  convention  in  Buffalo  in 
1844,  when  J.  G.  Birney  was  nominated  by  the 
Liberal  party,  Senator  Chaffee  was  a  delegate  to 
every  national  convention  of  his  party.  During 


many  years  he  represented  his  state  as  a  member 
of  the  Republican  national  committee.  He  did 
much  for  the  advancement  of  the  state,  giving 
liberally  of  his  time  to  promote  progressive  proj- 
ects and  also  contributing  with  the  greatest 
generosity  to  matters  for  the  benefit  of  the  people. 
His  talents  were  of  an  unusually  high  order,  and 
he  is  remembered  as  one  of  the  most  eminent 
men  that  the  state  has  ever  had  among  its  citizens. 
At  Adrian,  Mich.,  in  1848,  Senator  Chaffee 
married  Miriam,  daughter  of  Warner  and  Mary 
(Perry)  Comstock.  Their  children  were:  Horace 
Jerome,  Nellie  Virginia,  Edward  Fenton  and 
Fannie  Josephine,  wife  of  U.  S.  Grant,  Jr.  In 
his  last  years  Senator  Chaffee  divided  his  time 
between  Colorado  and  the  home  of  his  daughter 
at  Murry weather  farm,  Westchester  County,  N.Y. 
He  died  there  March  9,  1886,  and  lies  buried  in 
Adrian,  by  the  side  of  his  wife  and  three  of  his 
children. 


J  EWIS  E.  LEMEN,  M.  D.,  president  of  the 
It  Colorado  State  Medical  Society,  and  surgeon 
l_3  for  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  was  born  in 
Belleville,  St.  Clair  County,  111.,  April  i,  1849. 
The  first  of  his  ancestors  who  settled  in  America 
was  his  great-grandfather,  James Lemen,  a  native 
of  Scotland,  but  in  early  manhood  an  emigrant  to 
Harper's  Ferry,  Va.,  and  during  the  Revolution 
a  brave  defender  of  the  colonial  honor.  After 
the  war  closed  he  was  sent  west  by  the  govern- 
ment in  order  to  locate  lands  for  soldiers  in  the 
western  territory.  He  settled  in  St.  Clair  County, 
of  which  he  was  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers. 

Rev.  James  Lemen,  the  doctor's  grandfather, 
was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Illinois  in  the 
old  Indian  fort  at  Kaskaskia.  Amid  the  pioneer 
influences  and  environments  of  his  day  he  grew 
to  manhood,  and,  selecting  the  ministry  for  his 
profession,  he  was  ordained  a  preacher  in  the 
Baptist  denomination.  For  forty-five  years  he 
was  pastor  of  Bethel  Church  in  St.  Clair  County, 
and  in  addition  to  his  ministerial  duties  he  also 
entered  and  improved  land.  He  passed  away 
when  eighty -six  years  of  age. 

Born  in  St.  Clair  County,  Sylvester  Lemen, 
father  of  the  doctor,  was  given  better  educational 
advantages  than  had  been  possible  when  his 
father  was  young.  He  made  agriculture  his  prin- 
cipal vocation  and  became  the  owner  of  a  valuable 
farm  near  Belleville,  on  which  his  active  years 


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were  passed.  He  was  also  a  licensed  preacher  in 
the  Baptist  Church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican and  strong  in  his  advocacy  of  the  Union 
during  the  Civil  war.  His  last  days  were  spent 
in  Belleville,  where  he  died  at  fifty-six  years. 
His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Illinois  and  died  in 
Denver  at  the  age  of  sixty-six,  was  Susan  K., 
daughter  of  Aaron  Shook,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania and  a  pioneer  farmer  of  St.  Clair  County. 
The  family  of  Sylvester  and  Susan  Lemen  con- 
sisted of  nine  children,  of  whom  seven  attained 
mature  years  and  six  are  living  now,  the  four 
sons  all  being  professional  men.  H.  A.,  the 
eldest,  is  a  physician  in  Denver,  and  E.  C.  is  a 
physician  at  Upper  Alton,  111.,  while  the  young- 
est, Rev.  T.  A.,  is  a  minister  in  the  Evangelical 
Church  in  Oklahoma. 

The  early  years  of  Dr.  Lemen's  life  were  un- 
eventfully passed  on  his  father's  farm.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  entered  Shurtleff  College  in 
Alton,  111.,  where  he  carried  on  his  literary 
studies.  From  there  he  went  to  the  St.  Louis 
Medical  College,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1871  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  In  1876  the 
degree  of  A.  M.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  his 
alma  mater,  Shurtleff  College.  After  graduating 
in  medicine  he  practiced  in  St.  Louis  for  a  year, 
but  in  1872,  owing  to  impaired  health  caused  by 
overwork,  it  became  necessary  for  him  to  seek  a 
change  of  climate.  He  had  heard  much  of  the 
salubrious  air  and  healthful  climate  of  Colorado 
and  accordingly  came  to  this  state,  where  he 
opened  an  office  in  Georgetown,  Clear  Creek 
County,  and  engaged  in  practice  there  until  his 
removal  to  Denver  in  1884.  Here  he  was 
appointed  surgeon  for  the  Omaha  and  Grant 
Smelting  Works,  also  in  1887  surgeon  to  the 
Globe  Smelting  and  Refining  Company.  During 
most  of  the  time  since  1884  he  has  been  surgeon 
for  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  and  in  1885  he  was 
appointed  surgeon  with  the  Denver  City  Cable 
Railway  Company,  filling  the  position  at  the 
present  writing.  He  is  also  consulting  surgeon 
of  the  Denver,  Texas  &  Gulf  Railroad;  ex-presi- 
dent of  the  staff,  and  surgeon  of  St.  Joseph's 
hospital,  consulting  surgeon  of  St.  Luke's  hos- 
pital, and  president  of  the  staff  of  surgeons  of  the 
Cottage  Home.  He  is  professor  of  clinical 
surgery  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Denver,  for  three  years  held  a  similar 
position  in  the  University  of  Colorado,  and  for 


one  year  held  the  chair  of  fractures  and  disloca- 
tions in  Gross  Medical  College.  He  is  ex-presi- 
dent of  the  American  Academy  of  Railroad 
Surgeons  and  is  now  president  of  the  Colorado 
Medical  Society. 

In  April,  1893,  Dr.  Lemen  was  appointed 
health  commissioner  of  Denver  by  Mayor  Van 
Horn.  In  1889  he  was  appointed  a  commissioner 
of  the  Colorado  Insane  Asylum,  and  was  presi- 
dent of  the  board  until  1895.  With  the  various 
medical  associations  he  holds  membership, 
national,  state,  and  city  and  county,  of  which 
last  he  was  president  for  some  time.  His  con- 
tributions to  medical  journals  have  made  his 
name  a  familiar  one  to  the  profession  throughout 
the  country.  He  has  been  especially  successful 
in  surgery,  in  which  department  his  skill  is 
universally  recognized,  and  his  articles  upon  any 
branch  of  that  subject  are  always  accepted  as 
authority.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  a  Knight 
Templar  and  has  taken  the  thirty-second  degree 
in  Masonry.  In  politics  he  adheres  to  the  prin- 
ciples of  that  body  known  as  the  silver  Republi- 
cans. The  demands  of  his  profession  have  been 
such  that  he  has  had  no  time,  had  he  possessed 
the  inclination,  to  enter  the  political  arena.  The 
positions  he  has  held  have  been  those  that  were 
directly  connected  with  his  profession  or  with 
the  educational  interests  of  his  community. 

May  5,  1875,  Dr.  Lemen  married  Miss  Lizzie, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Henry  T.  Mudd,  of  St.  Louis, 
Mo.  She  died  in  Georgetown,  Colo.,  in  1876. 
His  second  marriage,  April  12,  1882,  united  him 
with  Elsie,  daughter  of  Hon.  William  H.  James, 
of  the  Omaha  and  Grant  Smelting  Company. 
Three  children  have  been  born  of  their  union, 
of  whom  two  are  living,  Margaret  Lemen  and 
Lewis  James  Lemen. 


(I  T.  ESKRIDGE,  M.  D.,  president  of  the 
I  State  Board  of  Lunacy,  ex-president  of  the 
Q)  Colorado  State  Medical  Society,  is  one  of 
Denver's  most  prominent  physicians.  In  the 
profession  he  is  regarded  as  an  authority  on 
nervous  and  mental  diseases  and  he  has  written  one 
hundred  and  five  articles  upon  this  type  of  disease 
for  medical  journals  in  this  country.  A  number 
of  his  contributions  have  been  translated  into 
other  languages  and  copied  in  their  medical  jour- 
nals. He  has  written  for  "Practical  Therapeu- 


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tics"  by  Foster,  "American  Textbook  of  Ap- 
plied Therapeutics"  by  Wilson,  "American  Sys- 
tem of  Practical  Medicine"  by  Loomis  and 
Thompson,  and  "American  System  of  Medical 
Jurisprudence"  by  Haynes  and  Peterson.  What- 
ever subject  he  treats,  within  the  realm  of  medi- 
cal thought,  is  dealt  with  in  a  vigorous  manner, 
so  that  it  is  made  clear  to  the  mind,  and  it  is 
doubtless  due  to  this  vigor  and  terseness  of  style 
that  his  contributions  to  scientific  literature  are 
so  valuable. 

The  Eskridge  family  was  founded  in  America 
by  Judge  George  Eskridge,  a  native  of  Scotland, 
who  came  to  America  in  1660  as  judge  of  the 
king's  bench  in  Virginia  and  continued  to  preside 
over  the  court  until  his  death.  Among  his  de- 
scendants are  numerous  planters,  physicians  and 
attorneys.  His  son,  who  was  a  planter,  par- 
ticipated in  the  Revolution.  The  latter's  son, 
John,  was  born  in  Virginia  and  took  part  in 
the  war  of  1812.  Removing  to  Sussex  County, 
Del.,  he  carried  on  farming  extensively  there  un- 
til his  death. 

Jeremiah,  the  son  of  John,  and  the  father  of  the 
doctor,  was  born  in  Delaware  and  took  part  in 
the  Seminole  war  from  1835  to  1838,  and  was 
wounded.  By  trade  a  sea-captain,  he  owned 
vessels  and  schooners  in  Chesapeake  bay.  Final- 
ly he  retired  from  the  sea  and  settled  on  a  farm 
in  Sussex  County,  where  he  still  resides,  quite 
sturdy  in  spite  of  his  eighty-five  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
His  wife,  who  died  in  1865,  was  in  maidenhood 
Mary  Marvel  and  was  born  in  Sussex  County, 
member  of  a  prominent  family  there.  Her 
brother,  Josiah  Marvel,  was  recently  the  gov- 
ernor of  Delaware  and  died  during  his  term  of 
office. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  the  sixth  among 
twelve  children,  was  born  in  Sussex  County, 
Del.  After  completing  the  public  school  studies 
he  entered  the  classical  institute  at  Laurel,  Del., 
where  he  spent  three  years.  The  next  three 
were  devoted  to  teaching.  He  then  studied 
medicine  under  Dr.  Fowler,  of  Laurel,  Del.,  and 
in  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1875  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  Afterward  he  practiced 
in  Philadelphia  until  1884.  For  a  time  he 
was  assistant  demonstrator  of  anatomy  in  Jeffer- 
son Medical  College  and  physician  to  the  Phila- 


delphia Dispensary.  In  1 876  he  was  physician 
to  the  eye  and  ear  department  of  the  Philadelphia 
Dispensary  and  attending  physician  to  the  Cath- 
erine Street  Dispensary.  From  1875  to  1881  he 
was  quiz-master  on  physiology  and  during  these 
years  gave  lectures  before  the  students  of  Jeffer- 
son Medical  College.  In  1879  he  was  a  lecturer 
on  physical  diagnosis  at  the  Philadelphia  School 
of  Anatomy  and  attending  physician  to  St.  Mary's 
Hospital.  In  1880  he  was  elected  attending 
physician  to  Jefferson  College  Hospital;  in  1882,' 
neurologist  of  Howard  Hospital, and  in  1883  post- 
graduate instructor  in  mental  and  nervous  dis- 
eases in  Jefferson  Medical  College. 

The  duty  of  filling  so  many  positions  neces- 
sarily was  a  great  strain  upon  Dr.  Eskridge, 
and  his  health  broke  down  in  the  winter  of  1883- 
84.  In  August,  1884,  he  came  west  on  account 
of  tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  and  located  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  where  he  spent  four  years  in 
recuperating  his  health.  In  1888  he  removed  to 
Denver,  where  he  has  his  office  in  the  Equitable 
building.  In  1889  he  was  appointed  neurologist 
and  alienist  to  the  4  rapahoe  County  and  St. 
Luke's  Hospitals,  and  the  next  year  began  giv- 
ing a  course  of  lectures  on  the  diseases  of  the 
nervous  system,  in  the  University  of  Colorado. 
In  1892  he  was  appointed  dean  of  the  medical 
faculty  of  the  same  institution  and  professor  of 
nervous  and  mental  diseases  and  medical  juris- 
prudence, but  in  1859  he  resigned,  severing  all 
connection  with  the  college.  Each  year' he  has 
delivered  a  course  of  lectures  at  Colorado  Col- 
lege, in  Colorado  Springs,  on  cerebral  localiza- 
tion and  physiology  of  the  nervous  system.  In 
1 894  Governor  Mclntire  appointed  him  commis- 
sioner of  the  State  Insane  Asylum,  and  since 
that  time  he  has  been  the  president  of  the  board, 
to  which  position  he  was  elected  shortly  after 
he  became  a  member. 

In  Philadelphia,  in  1876,  Dr.  Eskridge  mar- 
ried Miss  Jane  Gay,  who  was  born  in  Ireland, 
but  came  to  this  country  in  childhood,  her  father, 
James  Gay,  becoming  a  real-estate  owner  and 
capitalist  of  Philadelphia.  While  a  resident  of 
the  Quaker  City  Dr.  Eskridge  was  president  of 
the  Philadelphia  Northern  Medical  Society  (now 
the  Clinical  Society  of  Philadelphia) ;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  directors  of  Philadelphia 
County  Medical  Society;  a  member  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Pathological  Society;  the  Philadelphia 


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Neurological  Society  and  the  American  Neu- 
rological Society.  Later  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Climatological  Society  and 
the  American  Medical  Association,  with  all  of 
which  he  still  retains  his  connection.  He  also 
belongs  to  the  New  York  Medical-Legal  Society, 
the  Denver  and  Arapahoe  County  Medical  So- 
ciety and  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Association 
(president  of  the  last-mentioned)  and  also  presi- 
dent of  the  El  Paso  County  Medical  Society. 
Dr.  Eskridge  has  devoted  the  best  years  of  his 
life  to  the  noble  work  of  alleviating  the  sufferings 
of  his  fellow- men  and  his  scholarly  research, 
indefatigable  labors  and  invaluable  experience 
make  him  an  authority  on  subjects  relating  to 
his  profession.  His  fame  is  far-reaching,  and  his 
carefully  prepared  articles  for  publication  are  al- 
ways eagerly  sought  for  and  thenceforth  quoted. 
Toward  the  young  and  aspiring  physician  he  has 
proved  a  sincere  friend  and  adviser. 


BAVID  H.  MOFFAT.  He  who  contributes 
to  the  commercial  prosperity  of  a  place;  who, 
by  his  judgment  and  foresight,  assists  in  the 
development  of  its  resources;  in  whose  hands 
large  financial  trusts  are  placed  and  safely,  faith- 
fully guarded;  such  an  one  may  justly  be  called  a 
public  benefactor.  To  this  class  belongs  Mr. 
Moffat,  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Denver,  and  long  one  of  Denver's  most  progress- 
ive and  distinguished  citizens.  It  would  be  im- 
possible to  write  an  accurate  history  of  Denver 
and  omit  mention  of  his  connection  with  the  city, 
which  has  been  his  home  since  1860,  and  the 
scene  of  his  financial  successes.  The  supremacy 
acquired  by  Denver  over  other  towns  of  the 
mountain  states  is  due  in  no  small  measure  to  his 
business  acumen  and  sagacity,  for  he  used  his  in- 
fluence to  bring  railroads  to  the  city  and  to  intro- 
duce manufacturing  enterprises  and  business  proj- 
ects that  would  be  of  permanent  value  to  the 
place. 

The  success  attained  by  Mr.  Moffat  is  especially 
deserving  of  mention  when  the  fact  is  considered 
that  he  left  home  at  the  age  of  twelve  years,  with 
little  money,  to  begin  the  battle  of  life  for  him- 
self. He  went  from  Orange  County,  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  born  July  22,  1839,  to  the  city  of 
New  York,  and  there,  by  a  strange  providence, 
he  found  employment  in  the  line  of  business  for 


which  he  was  best  fitted  by  nature.  He  was  given 
a  place  in  the  New  York  Exchange  Bank  as  mes- 
senger boy,  and  this  apparent  chance  determined 
the  occupation  of  his  life.  He  was  quick  to 
learn,  and  his  increasing  knowledge  of  the  bank- 
ing business  was  recognized  by  the  president, 
Selah  Van  Duser,  who  promoted  him  to  a  clerk- 
ship in  the  bank. 

In  1855,  having  received  an  offer  of  employ- 
ment in  Des  Monies,  Iowa,  he  went  to  that  city  and 
there  for  a  time  was  teller  in  the  banking  house 
of  A.  J.  Stevens  &  Co.  While  connected  with 
that  bank  he  made  the  acquaintance  of  B.  F. 
Allen,  of  Des  Moines,  who,  recognizing  his  finan- 
cial talents,  offered  him  a  more  lucrative  position 
in  Omaha.  Going  to  that  city,  he  took  charge 
of  the  Bank  of  Nebraska,  as  cashier.  At  the  end 
of  four  years  he  closed  the  bank,  paid  its  indebt- 
edness in  full,  and  divided  the  surplus  among  the 
stockholders.  He  then  left  at  once  for  Denver, 
making  the  trip  in  a  wagon  drawn  by  mules  and 
loaded  with  a  full  supply  of  provisions.  When 
he  reached  his  destination,  he  found  on  the  banks 
of  the  Platte  River  a  settlement  of  a  few  thousand 
people,  the  most  of  whom  were  prospectors.  In 
partnership  with  C.  C.  Wool  worth,  he  opened  a 
book  and  stationery  store,  which  was  carried  on 
for  six  years.  In  those  days  gold  dust  was  the 
medium  of  exchange.  Interest  rates  were  very 
high,  and  there  was  a  profit  in  the  purchase  of 
bullion  and  its  shipment  east. 

When  Mr.  Moffat  came  to  Denver  he  was 
a  slender  youth,  weighing  only  one  hundred 
pounds,  and  bearing  the  appearance  of  one  in 
delicate  health.  However,  he  was  much  stronger 
than  his  appearance  indicated,  and  as  he  became 
older  he  increased  in  weight,  being  now  a  man 
of  splendid  physique  and  robust  health.  Two 
years  after  he  came  to  Denver  he  established  a 
home  of  his  own,  being  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Fannie  A.  Buckhout,  of  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  by 
whom  he  has  a  daughter,  the  wife  of  J.  A. 
McClurg. 

April  17,  1865,  the  comptroller  of  treasury 
authorized  the  organization  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Denver,  and  it  was  opened  for  business 
May  9.  The  original  stockholders  and  directors 
were:  Austin  M.  and  Milton  E.  Clark,  Bela  S. 
Buell,  Jerome  B.  Chaffee,  Henry  J.  Rogers, 
George  T.  Clark,  Charles  A.  Cook  and  Eben 
Smith;  the  officers  being:  J.  B.  Chaffee,  presi- 


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dent;  H.  J.  Rogers,  vice-president;  and  George 
T.  Clark,  cashier.  The  private  banking  busi- 
ness of  Clark  &  Co.  was  merged  into  the  new 
institution,  which  was  located  on  Blake  street, 
then  the  business  center  of  the  city.  No  especial 
success  rewarded  the  investments  of  the  stockhold- 
ers until  1867,  when  Mr.  Moffat  was  elected  cashier, 
but  after  that  there  was  an  immediate  improvement 
and  from  that  year  the  bank  enjoyed  a  steady  and 
increasing  prosperity.  It  now  has  a  capital  of 
$500,000,  with  a  surplus  larger  than  that,  and 
deposits  amounting  to  $13,000,000.  During  the 
panics  that  engulfed  so  many  banks  throughout 
the  country  it  retained  its  credit  unimpaired, 
meeting  every  demand  on  time. 

Besides  being  connected  with  Mr.  Chaffee  in 
the  bank,  Mr.  Moffat  was,  with  him,  interested 
in  real-estate  and  mining  operations.  They  owned 
the  Caribou  mine,  near  Boulder,  the  Breece  iron 
mine,  in  Leadville,  and  the  Henrietta,  also  in 
Leadville.  They  also  purchased  Senator  Tabor's 
stock  in  the  Little  Pittsburg  Consolidated  Mining 
Company,  of  which  Mr.  Moffat  became  vice-pres- 
ident and  from  which  he  derived  a  large  income. 
In  addition,  they  together  owned  nearly  a  hundred 
mines  in  different  parts  of  the  state. 

In  projects  for  building  railroads  Mr.  Moffat 
has  always  borne  an  active  part.  In  1869  he  co- 
operated with  Governor  Evans  in  building  the 
Denver  Pacific  Railroad  from  Denver  to  Chey- 
enne, thus  securing  a  connection  with  the  Union 
Pacific.  After  silver  was  discovered  at  Leadville 
he  took  part  in  organizing  a  syndicate  that  built 
the  Denver  &  South  Park  Railroad,  one  hundred 
and  fifty  miles  long,  and  which  at  one  time  yielded 
larger  profits  then  any  railroad  of  its  length  in 
world.  Upon  the  construction  of  the  Boulder 
Valley  Railroad  he  was  chosen  treasurer  of  the 
company  and  himself  built  the  extension  from 
Boulder  to  the  Marshall  coal  banks,  in  Boulder 
County.  For  years  he  held  the  responsible  posi- 
tion of  president  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad  Company,  of  whose  stock  he  was  a  heavy 
owner,  but  in  1891  he  resigned  the  position.  He 
was  largely  interested  in  the  building  of  the 
Florence  &  Cripple  Creek  Railroad,  connecting 
Cripple  Creek  with  Florence,  and  one  of  the  most 
profitable  lines  in  the  state. 

During  the  administration  of  Governor  Evans, 
Mr.  Moffat  held  the  office  of  adjutant-general. 
For  four  years  he  was  territorial  treasurer.  In 


the  organization  of  the  Denver  City  Water  Com- 
pany he  took  an  active  part  and  was  for  years  its 
treasurer.  Other  local  enterprises  have  received 
his  warm  support  and  active  assistance.  Perhaps 
no  trait  of  his  character  is  more  worthy  of  admi- 
ration then  his  generosity.  In  great  financial 
crises  he  has  helped  many  men  to  brave  the  storm 
and  retain  their  financial  credit,  who,  without 
his  aid,  would  have  succumbed  to  the  tempest. 
The  amount  of  his  gifts  no  one  knows,  unless  it 
be  himself,  but  they  must  amount  to  thousands 
annually.  Fitz-Mac,  in  an  admirable  character 
sketch  of  Mr.  Moffat,  says:  "His  friendship 
takes  not  so  much  the  smiling  as  the  helping 
turn.  I  speak  not  of  what  he  gives  away  in 
charity,  but  in  a  straight  business  way  he  has 
helped  more  men  then  any  other  man  in  the 
state.  That  would  be  little  to  say  of  him  now 
because  he  is  the  richest  man  in  the  state,  but  it 
could  have  been  truly  said  of  him  long  before  he 
became  the  richest  man;  and  actually  was  widely 
said."  Great  riches  bring  great  responsibilities, 
but,  did  all  our  men  of  wealth  possess  the  help- 
ful, practical  sympathy  that  has  made  Mr.  Moffat 
a  man  among  men,  there  would  be  less  of  the 
socialistic  spirit  prevalent  in  our  country,  and 
anarchism  would  be  relegated  to  the  dark  ages, 
or  to  unenlightened  countries,  where  it  might 
hope  to  find  followers. 


HON.  HORACE  A.  W.  TABOR.  The  old 
adage,  "Truth  is  stranger  than  fiction," 
finds  exemplification  in  this,  the  most 
famous  of  the  men  who  crossed  the  plains  in  1859 
and  became  the  pioneers  in  the  development  of 
the  mining  resources  of  Colorado.  For  years 
newspapers  chronicled  his  successes,  reporters 
wrote  glowing  descriptions  of  his  triumphs  in  this 
modern  El  Dorado,  and  people,  both  in  this  country 
and  throughout  the  entire  civilized  world,  were 
attracted  by  the  spectacle  of  a  man  who  rose  by 
such  rapid  bounds  to  the  pinnacle  of  fortune  and 
under  whose  leadership,  like  that  of  Midas  of  old, 
every  path  became  a  road  to  fortune. 

The  record  of  the  life  of  such  a  man  has  more 
than  temporary  or  local  interest,  and  it  will  there- 
fore be  the  biographer's  effort  to  present  it  in  full  ,so 
that  the  reader  may  understand  the  circumstances 
and  characteristics  that  contributed  to  his  success. 
Horace  A.  W.  Tabor  was  born  in  Orleans  County, 


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Vt.,  November  26,  1830,  and  in  early  life  acquired 
habits  of  industry  and  perseverance.  His  parents 
being  poor,  he  had  meagre  educational  advan- 
tages and  was  forced  to  supply  by  observation  and 
experience  the  knowledge  that  most  boys  gain  in 
school.  In  youth  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  stone- 
cutter, which  he  followed  in  Vermont  until 
twenty-five  years  of  age.  In  1855  he  came  west 
as  far  as  Kansas,  where  he  settled  upon  a  farm. 
While  he  failed  to  gain  financial  success  there, 
he  gained  a  position  of  prominence  among  the 
Free  Soil  party,  and  when  Kansas  became  a  state 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Topeka  legisla- 
ture in  1857,  but  that  body  was  dispersed  by 
Federal  troops,  acting  on  the  orders  of  the  war 
department. 

His  experience  in  Kansas  offered  little  induce- 
ment to  Mr.  Tabor,  to  remain  there,  and  when 
rumors  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Colorado 
reached  him  he  resolved  to  join  the  Argonauts 
westward  bound.  He  spent  the  winter  of  1859- 
60  in  Denver,  and  in  the  spring  started  for  Cali- 
fornia Gulch  (now  Leadville) ,  he  and  his  wife 
making  the  trip  in  a  "prairie  schooner"  drawn 
by  oxen.  After  six  weeks  of  travel  he  reached 
his  destination  in  April,  and  at  once  began  pros- 
pecting and  mining.  The  mining  camp  was  then 
in  the  zenith  of  its  prosperity  and  when  the  sea- 
son was  over  he  had  $5,000,  a  fair  fortune,  as  it 
seemed  to  him  then.  When  cold  weather  rendered 
mining  impossible,  he  opened  a  grocery  store, 
but  in  the  spring  resumed  mining,  and  at  the  end 
of  his  second  season  he  had  a  total  sum  of  $15,000. 
In  1865  he  sold  out  his  mine  and  moved  to 
the  Buckskin  Joe  district,  in  Park  County,  where 
was  then  a  booming  camp,  but  is  now  a  wilder- 
ness. He  opened  a  store  there  and  also  served 
as  postmaster.  When  the  Printer  Boy  mine  was 
discovered  in  California  Gulch,  in  1868,  he  moved 
back  there  and  opened  a  store  at  Oro  City,  also 
officiated  as  postmaster.  For  a  long  time  his  life 
was  only  ordinarily  successful,  but  in  the  spring 
of  1879  the  tide  of  fortune  changed. 

In  Fairplay,  Park  County,  were  two  shoe- 
makers, August  Rische  and  George  T.  Hook, 
who,  being  poor,  applied  to  Mr.  Tabor  for  assist- 
ance in  their  search  for  carbonates.  Mr.  Tabor 
had  always  been  kind  and  accommodating,  as 
many  a  poor  miner  knew,  and  he  generously  aided 
these  two  men.  They  went  to  the  apex  of  Fryer 
Hill,  and  began  digging  late  in  April.  Many 


laughed  at  their  credulity  in  imagining  any  hid- 
den wealth  there,  but  they  worked  patiently, 
undisturbed  by  ridicule  or  sneers.  Early  in  May, 
at  a  depth  of  twenty-six  feet,  they  struck  a  vein 
and  discovered  what  has  since  been  famous  as  the 
Little  Pittsburg  mine.  During  the  first  half  of 
July  the  yield  from  the  mine  was  $8,000  a  week, 
and  soon  the  mine  was  producing  seventy-five  to 
one  hundred  tons  of  ore  daily.  The  three  part- 
ners purchased  neighboring  claims.  In  Septem- 
ber Mr.  Hook,  who  had  gained  a  fortune  from 
the  intermediate  sale  of  ore,  sold  his  interest  to 
his  associates  for  $90,000,  and  soon  Mr.  Rische 
disposed  of  his  interest  to  J.  B.  Chaffee  and  David 
H.  Moffat  for  $262,500.  In  November  the  New 
Discovery,  Little  Pittsburg,  Dives  and  Winne- 
muc  properties  were  merged  into  the  Little  Pitts- 
burg Consolidated  Company,  with  a  capital  of 
$20,000,000,  and  the  production  of  the  mines 
from  the  spring  of  1878  until  April  i,  1880,  was 
$2,697,534.91  for  receipts  of  ore  sold,  and  $4,246,- 
239.81,  actual  yield.  Afterward  Mr.  Tabor  sold 
his  interest  to  his  partners  for  $1,000,000. 

Meantime  the  other  interests  owned  by  Mr. 
Tabor  became  important  and  extensive.  He 
bought  about  one-half  of  the  stock  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Denver,  purchased  the  Match- 
less mine  at  Leadville,  and  bought  a  one-fourth 
interest  in  the  mines  of  Borden,  Tabor  &  Co., 
the  receipts  from  which  were  $100,000  a  month. 
In  company  with  Marshall  Field,  of  Chicago,  he 
acquired  possessions  that  yielded  millions.  The 
Matchless,  which  he  bought  for  $117,000,  yielded 
him  a  net  income  of  $2,000  a  day,  and  for  a  time 
its  returns  amounted  to  $100,000  a  month.  He 
owned  the  Alaska,  Adelphi,  Acapulco  and  Vic- 
tory mines  in  the  San  Juan  country,  and  was  the 
sole  owner  of  the  Red  Rogers  and  the  Saxon.  He 
bought  interests  in  mines  in  Arizona,  New  and 
Old  Mexico,  and  became  the  wealthiest  man  in 
the  state.  No  other  man  in  the  state  has  ever 
made  money  so  rapidly.  It  seems  almost  as  if 
everything  he  touched  turned  into  gold,  and  the 
reports  of  his  phenomenal  career  spread  all  over 
the  world. 

It  has  been  said  that  no  man  in  the  state  made 
money  so  rapidly  as  Mr.  Tabor.  With  equal 
truth  it  may  be  said  that  no  man  did  more  for  the 
upbuilding  of  the  state.  He  did  not  remove  to 
foreign  lands,  there  to  dazzle  nobles  and  royalty 
with  his  wealth,  but  devoted  it  to  the  advance- 


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ment  of  his  state.  He  was  especially  interested 
in  the  growth  of  Denver.  February  i,  1879,  he 
purchased  the  Broadwell  corner,  on  Sixteenth  and 
Larimer  streets,  for  $30,0x30,  and  at  the  same 
time  paid  $40,000  for  a  block  of  ground  and  a 
residence  on  Broadway.  In  the  spring  of  1880 
he  built  the  Tabor  block,  of  sandstone  cut  at 
Clough's  quarries  in  Ohio.  March  8,  1880,  he 
bought  the  corner  of  Sixteenth  and  Curtis  streets, 
and  at  once  made  preparations  for  the  building 
of  an  opera  house  to  equal  or  surpass  the  finest 
in  the  country.  A  Chicago  firm  was  employed 
to  draw  the  plans,  with  instructions  to  visit  the 
best  theatres  in  America  and  Europe  and  erect  a 
building  that  would  be  above  criticism  in  every 
respect.  How  well  the  contractors  succeeded 
ail  residents  of  Denver  know.  September  5, 
1 88 1,  the  house  was  formally  opened  to  the  pub- 
lic by  Emma  Abbott's  opera  company.  He  pur- 
chased the  corner  of  Arapahoe  and  Sixteenth 
streets,  and  offered  it  to  the  government  as  a  site 
for  a  postoffice,  which  was  afterwards  erected 
there.  Other  lots  he  also  bought  and  improved, 
thus  adding  to  the  prosperity  of  Denver.  He 
was  also  interested  in  Leadville,  of  which  he  was 
the  first  and  second  mayor.  He  built  an  opera 
house  there,  aided  in  securing  the  water  works 
and  gas  works,  and  was  a  factor  in  the  securing 
of  the  fire  department. 

In  1878  Mr.  Tabor  was  elected  lieutenant-gov- 
ernor of  the  state.  When  Henry  M.  Teller  be- 
came a  member  of  President  Arthur's  cabinet, 
Mr.  Tabor  was  chosen  to  fill  his  unexpired  term 
of  thirty  days  as  United  States  senator.  He  was 
a  candidate  for  election  to  the  office,  but  his  op- 
ponent, Judge  Bowen,  was  elected  by  a  majority 
of  one  vote.  As  chairman  of  the  state  central 
committee,  he  conducted  the  Republican  cam- 
paign of  1886  with  success.  In  1891  he  was 
chosen  president  of  the  Denver  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  Board  of  Trade.  His  present  position 
as  postmaster  of  Denver  was  tendered  him  in 
1898.  There  was  a  time  when  his  friends  hoped 
to  see  him  elected  the  chief  executive  of  the  state, 
and  had  he  been  chosen  for  the  position  undoubt- 
edly he  would  have  done  his  utmost  to  advance 
the  welfare  of  his  adopted  state. 

Although  unfortunate  investments,  the  most 
of  them  in  other  states,  have  deprived  Mr.  Tabor 
of  almost  his  entire  property,  it  has  not  robbed 
him  of  the  esteem  of  the  people  among  whom  he 


has  lived  for  so  many  years.  When  the  last  rem- 
nant of  his  property  was  gone,  he  was  not  deser- 
ted by  his  acquaintances.  Through  the  medium 
of  Senator  Wolcott,  he  received  the  appointment 
of  postmaster;  everyone,  no  matter  of  what  political 
belief,  rejoiced  that  this  honor  should  be  conferred 
upon  one  who  had  done  so  much  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  state,  and  who  had,  through  so  many 
years,  been  an  important  factor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  its  resources. 


BRADFORD  H.  DUBOIS,  president  of  the 
State  Sanitary  Board,  has  been  very  success- 
fully connected  with  the  mining  interests  of 
Colorado.  Coming  to  Colorado  in  1877,  he, 
with  Gen.  John  A.  Logan,  Governor  Routt  and 
J.  V.  Holcomb,  hired  a  large  carriage  for  the 
season  and,  amply  provided  with  provisions,  set 
out  for  the  mining  regions  of  the  state.  In  July 
of  that  year  they  arrived  in  Oro.  In  February 
of  the  next  year  Leadville,  three  miles  below 
Oro,  was  located  and  named.  At  the  suggestion 
of  J.  J.  DuBois,  the  only  brother  of  our  subject, 
the  original  name  of  Stabtown  was  changed  to 
the  more  pleasing  and  appropriate  appellation 
of  Leadville.  After  some  months  among  the 
mines,  in  November,  1877,  General  Logan  and 
Mr.  DuBois  returned  to  Illinois;  but  in  the 
spring  of  the  next  year  the  latter  again  went  to 
Leadville,  where  he  engaged  in  mining.  With 
three  others  he  located  the  Maid  of  Erin,  which 
has  produced  nearly  $6,000,000  and  paid  div- 
idends to  the  amount  of  about  $3,000,000. 
This  mine  is  still  being  worked  and  is  one  of 
the  most  famous  in  the  world.  After  some  time, 
by  consolidation,  the  Henrietta  and  Maid  Con- 
solidated Mining  Company  was  incorporated  in 
1884.  The  same  gentlemen  also  discovered  and 
located  the  best  portion  of  the  Crystallite,  that 
has  since  become  famous,  but  their  interest  in 
this  they  soon  sold.  In  addition  to  other  mining 
interests  Mr.  DuBois  is  vice-president  of  the 
Hill  Top  Mining  Company,  which  is  in  active 
operation;  and  owns  the  largest  lead-producing 
mine  in  Colorado. 

Tracing  the  record  of  the  DuBois  family,  we 
find  that  Louis  DuBois  was  born  in  France,  but 
on  account  of  religious  persecution  fled  to  Hol- 
land, where  he  married.  In  1624  he  came  to 
America 'and  was  one  of  the  original  twelve 


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patentees  of  Ulster  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
bought  a  large  tract  of  land  at  New  Paltz.  His 
son,  Jonathan,  had  a  son,  Cornelius,  who  was  a 
captain  in  the  Revolution.  Next  in  line  of  de- 
scent was  Mathelsohn,  a  large  land  owner.  His 
son,  John  B.  DuBois,  our  subject's  father,  was 
born  near  Kingston,  Ulster  County,  and  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business  at  Libertyville  until 
his  retirement,  when  fifty-two  years  of  age.  For 
years  he  held  the  office  of  supervisor.  His  wife 
was  Mary  Hand,  who  was  born  in  Libertyville, 
and  died  in  Denver  in  1895.  Her  father,  Abel 
Hand,  was  born  in  Connecticut,  removed  to  New 
York  and  carried  on  a  mill  at  Libertyville,  later 
going  to  Palatine  Bridge,  the  same  state,  where 
he  died.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 
He  had  only  two  children,  sous,  and  they  reside 
in  Colorado,  J.  J.  being  proprietor  of  a  ranch  six 
miles  east  of  Denver. 

Born  in  Ulster  County  in  1853,  our  subject 
attended  the  Libertyville  school  and  New  Paltz 
Academy,  then  was  a  student  in  the  Illinois 
University  at  Champaign,  remaining  there  until 
the  close  of  the  junior  year.  Later  he  engaged 
in  business  in  Decatur,  111.,  where  he  remained 
until  his  removal  west.  In  1885  he  became 
interested  in  ranching,  purchasing  a  tract  one- 
half  mile  from  the  city  limits,  and  at  once  pro- 
ceeded to  improve  its  seven  hundred  and  fifty 
acres,  which  he  irrigates  from  the  High  Line 
ditch,  beside  having  artesian  water  in  every  field. 
General  farm  products  are  raised  here,  also 
standard  bred  horses,  several  of  which  have  made 
world's  records,  and  Jersey  cattle. 

Politically  Mr.  DuBois  is  a  Democrat.  He 
made  his  headquarters  in  Leadville  until  1885, 
when  he  removed  to  Denver.  Under  the  adminis- 
tration of  Governor  Mclntire  he  was  appointed 
president  of  the  state  sanitary  board,  and  when 
Governor  Adams  became  chief  executive  he  was 
again  chosen  for  this  responsible  position.  In 
Denver  he  married  Mrs.  Eva  (Speer)  Moore,  the 
first  girl  born  in  Lawrence,  Kan.,  of  which  her 
father,  John  Speer,  was  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent pioneers,  also  editor  of  the  abolition  paper 
that  excited  the  wrath  of  the  slavery  supporters. 
In  his  family  there  were  eight  children,  the 
eldest  of  whom,  John,  a  married  man,  was  mur- 
dered August  21,  1863,  and  the  second  son, 
Robert,  who  it  is  supposed  was  murdered,  was 
buried  on  the  day  his  older  brother  was  killed. 


The  third  son,  William,  is  a  railroad  man  in 
Wichita,  Kan.;  Mary,  Mrs.  Wood  Neff,  died  in 
Topeka  in  1886;  Eva  was  next  in  order  of  birth; 
Rosa  died  when  a  young  lady;  Hardin  lives  in 
Denver;  and  Joseph  was  accidentally  killed  by  a 
playmate  when  seven  years  of  age.  Mrs.  DuBois 
was  educated  in  the  University  of  Kansas,  at 
Lawrence,  and  when  a  young  woman  was  married 
to  Charles  D.  Moore,  who  was  born  in  Bridge- 
ton,  N.  J.,  and  grew  to  manhood  in  Kansas, 
but  in  1881  removed  to  Robinson,  Colo.,  where 
he  was  manager  of  the  Robinson  mine  until  his 
death  in  1886.  He  left  one  daughter,  Edna. 
The  year  after  her  husband's  death  Mrs.  Moore 
came  to  Denver,  where  afterward  she  was  married 
to  Mr.  DuBois.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Trinity 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  a  lady  of  fine 
mental  endowments,  whose  superior  attributes  of 
character  attract  many  friends. 

Hon.  John  Speer,  father  of  Mrs.  DuBois,  was 
born  in  Armstrong  County,  Pa.,  December  27, 
1817,  of  Scotch  descent  on  both  sides.  One  of 
the  ancestors,  Donald  Cargill,  was  a  leader  of  the 
last  struggle  against  Charles  II. ,  and  was  beheaded 
in  1 66 1.  John  Speer  emigrated  from  Ireland  in 
1792  and  settled  in  South  Carolina,  but  his  anti- 
slavery  opinions  made  the  neighborhood  un- 
pleasant and  he  removed  to  Mercer  County,  Pa. 
where  he  purchased  a  farm  now  owned  by  de- 
scendants. His  son,  Capt.  Robert  Speer,  learned 
nail  manufacturing  in  Pittsburg,  and  followed 
the  trade  until  steam  power  took  the  place  of 
hand  work.  In  1830  he  removed  to  a  farm  in 
Armstrong  County,  where  he  died  at  ninety-five 
years.  His  wife,  Barbara,  was  a  daughter  of 
Adam  and  Nancy  Lowrey,  who  were  born  in 
Ireland,  of  Scotch  descent. 

When  twelve  years  old  John  Speer  secured 
a  horseback  mail  route,  to  help  pay  for  the  land 
his  father  had  bought.  The  route  extended  from 
Kittanning  to  Carversville,  a  distance  of  seventy- 
five  miles  through  a  ragged,  rough  country,  and 
sixteen  miles  of  which  was  a  most  dreary  wilder- 
ness. He  gave  the  name  of  Rock  Springs  to  one 
place  in  the  wilderness.  After  following  this 
work  for  some  years  he  became  a  printer's  ap- 
prentice, at  which  he  served  for  three  years  in 
Indiana,  Pa.,  meanwhile  continuing  his  private 
studies  of  grammar,  mathematics  and  the  sciences. 
For  four  months  he  was  employed  on  the  Kit- 
tanning  Gazette.  In  1839  he  began  the  publica- 


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tion  at  New  Castle,  Pa. ,  of  the  Mercer  and  Beaver 
Democrat,  a  Whig  paper,  which  supported  General 
Harrison  for  president.  In  1840  he  was  employed 
on  the  Portsmouth  Tribune,  and  also  made  a 
trip  through  Kentucky,  Indiana  and  Ohio,  later 
taking  a  flatboat  trip  to  New  Orleans.  In  1842 
he  established  the  Harrison  Gazette,  a  Whig 
weekly,  at  Corydon,  Ind.,  but  soon  returned  to 
Ohio  and  assisted  in  the  editing  of  the  Mount 
Vernon  Times,  after  which,  in  September,  1843, 
he  established  the  Democrat  Whig  at  Medina, 
Ohio.  The  office  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1848, 
but  was  soon  re-established,  and  he  continued  to 
publish  the  paper  until  1853,  when  he  declared 
that  the  Whig  party  had  outlived  its  usefulness. 
On  the  passage  of  the  Kansas  and  Nebraska  bill 
he  went  to  Kansas,  locating  at  Lawrence  Sep- 
tember 27,  1854,  and  on  the  isth  of  October 
publishing  the  first  number  of  the  Kansas  Pioneer, 
which  in  January,  1855,  was  changed  to  the 
Kansas  Tribune.  In  November  of  that  year  the 
paper  was  moved  to  Topeka  and  published  there 
by  Speer  &  Ross  until  1854,  when  it  was  sold  to 
the  junior  partner.  Afterward  Mr.  Speer  engaged 
in  dealing  in  lumber,  but  in  December,  1859, 
bought  the  Lawrence  Republican,  which  he  con- 
ducted until  September  4,  1862.  January  i,  1863, 
he  revived  the  Kansas  Tribune  at  Lawrence,  and 
this  he  conducted  until  August  21,  1863.  On  that 
day  the  plant  was  destroyed  by  Quantrell's  band, 
who  went  up  to  Lawrence  intending  to  kill  or  cap- 
ture John  Speer,  its  editor.  In  November  the 
paper  again  started  and  he  continued  its  editor  un- 
til 187 1 ,  when  he  retired  temporarily.  From  Octo- 
ber, 1875,  to  March,  1877,  he  was  again  connected 
with  the  paper  as  its  editor.  Since  his  retirement 
from  editorial  work  he  has  devoted  much  of  his 
time  to  literary  work,  for  which  his  wide  travels, 
extensive  experience  and  vigorous  style  of  writ- 
ing admirably  qualify  him.  In  1864  he  was  a 
delegate  to  the  convention  at  Baltimore  that 
nominated  Abraham  Lincoln  and  Andrew  Johnson 
for  president  and  vice-president.  At  one  time 
he  was  state  printer  of  Kansas.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  house  of  representatives  of  the  first 
free  state  legislature,  from  1862  to  1866  was 
United  States  collector  for  the  state  of  Kansas, 
and  in  1864  was  elected  to  the  state  senate. 

In  Corydon,  Ind.,  July  14,  1842,  Mr.  Speer 
married  Elizabeth  D.,  daughter  of  John  and 
Martha  (Withers)  McMahan,  the  latter  a  descend- 


ant of  Governor  Dinwiddie,  of  Virginia,  the 
former  a  relative  of  the  Hardins  of  Kentucky. 
She  was  educated  in  a  Catholic  school  near 
Bardstown,  Ky.,  and  was  a  woman  of  exemplary 
character,  and  in  religious  belief  a  Methodist. 
The  night  when  the  Tribune  office  was  set  on 
fire,  her  son,  John  M. ,  was  shot  down  in  cold 
blood,  and  a  younger  son  was  either  murdered 
or  burned  to  death  in  the  office;  the  house,  too, 
was  set  on  fire,  but  she  prevented  it  from  being 
destroyed.  She  died  April  9,  1876. 


RT.-REV.  J.  P.  MACHEBEUF  is  remem- 
bered by  all  who  knew  him  as  a  talented 
bishop,  a  tireless  worker  and  a  genial  friend. 
He  was  born  in  Rione,  France,  August  n,  1812, 
and  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  on  Christmas 
of  1836.  For  three  years  he  was  in  charge  of  a 
parish  near  Clermont,  after  which,  in  1839,  he 
came  to  America.  He  spent  a  short  time  in  Cin- 
cinnati, where  he  made  a  study  of  the  English 
language  and  became  familiar  with  its  use.  Jan- 
uary i,  1840,  he  was  ordered  to  Sandusky,  Ohio, 
where  he  built  the  first  church  in  the  place,  it 
being  a  fine  stone  edifice,  and  he  also  founded  an 
academy  in  the  same  city.  In  1844  he  visited 
his  old  home  in  France  and  on  his  return  to  the 
United  States  brought  with  him  ten  sisters  of  the 
Ursuline  order,  introducing  into  this  country  one 
of  its  finest  body  of  teachers. 

In  January,  1851,  Father  Machebeuf  left  San- 
dusky  and  joined  Bishop  Larny  at  New  Orleans, 
from  which  place  they  went  to  San  Antonio,  and 
thence  traversed  the  entire  breadth  of  the  state 
of  Texas,  accompanied  by  a  guard  of  soldiers. 
On  their  arrival  at  their  destination,  Santa  Fe, 
the  people  of  that  place  gave  them  a  brilliant 
reception,  showing  every  courtesy  to  their  new 
bishop,  Lamy  and  his  vicar-general,  Machebeuf. 
The  frequent  absences  of  the  bishop  on  mission- 
ary tours  left  the  charge  of  the  diocese  almost 
wholly  upon  his  vicar-general,  who  faithfully 
discharged  every  duty.  Afterward,  for  six  years, 
he  was  pastor  of  the  Albuquerque  parish,  and  be- 
sides his  duties  there,  he  visited  all  the  military 
posts  on  the  frontier  of  New  Mexico.  In  1858, 
when  there  was  a  partial  organization  of  Arizona, 
Bishop  Lamy  was  made  ecclesiastical  adminis- 
trator of  Arizona,  and  Father  Machebeuf  was  sent 
to  take  possession  of  the  missions  established  by 


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the  former  missionaries  at  different  points.  These 
missions  had  been  under  the  bishop  of  Sonora, 
Mexico,  whom  Father  Machebeuf  was  obliged  to 
interview.  After  considerable  delay  he  reached 
the  Villa  de  Alamos,  where  he  met  the  bishop 
and  conferred  with  him  in  regard  to  the  matter. 
On  his  return  to  Santa  Fe  he  was  enabled  to  re- 
port to  Bishop  Lamy  that  his  mission  had  been 
most  successful.  In  1859  he  was  again  sent  to 
Arizona,  this  time  to  take  charge  of  all  its  mis- 
sions. After  a  short  time  Bishop  Lamy  ordered 
him  to  return  to  Santa  Fe,  and  on  doing  so  he 
learned  that  the  bishop  had  been  granted  by  the 
Pope  jurisdiction  over  what  is  now  the  state  of 
Colorado.  He  was  asked  to  come  to  Colorado, 
and,  in  company  with  Father  J.  B.  Raverdy,  in 
September,  1860,  left  Santa  Fe  for  Denver,  where 
they  arrived  the  last  of  October.  In  1866  he 
was  made  vicar-apostolic,  and  in  1868  he  was 
consecrated  a  bishop  in  the  Cincinnati  Cathedral. 
He  remained  a  resident  of  Denver  until  his  death, 
August  10,  1889. 

Of  the  results  of  the  bishop's  work  in  Denver, 
too  much  cannot  be  said  in  praise.  Without 
doubt  he  was  a  man,  not  only  of  great  piety  and 
deep  faith  in  God,  but  also  of  unusual  executive 
ability  and  determination  of  will.  His  church, 
on  Stout  street,  in  Denver,  was  the  first  brick 
house  of  worship  built  in  the  state.  In  his  diocese 
there  are  eighty  or  more  priests,  ninety  churches, 
one  hundred  and  twenty  or  more  stations,  a  large 
number  of  academies  and  parochial  schools,  many 
hospitals,  an  immense  Catholic  population;  and 
all  this  largely  due  to  the  pioneer  work  of  the 
great-hearted  Bishop  Machebeuf. 


E.  ROSS-LEWIN,  cashier  of  the 

First  National  Bank  of  Denver,  was  born  in 
the  city  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  March  28,  1857, 
and  is  of  Irish  parentage,  but  of  Welsh  descent. 
The  first  of  the  name  in  the  United  States  was 
his  grandfather,  Francis  Burton  Ross-L,ewin,  who 
settled  in  Rochester  and  made  that  city  his  home 
until  his  death.  The  father,  W.  H.  Ross-Lewin, 
was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland  and  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Rochester,  where,  on  attaining 
manhood,  he  embarked  in  the  mercantile  business 
and  continued  a  successful  and  extensive  business 
man  until  his  retirement.  In  1889  he  removed 
to  Chicago,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 


From  an  early  age  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
displayed  an  aptitude  for  commercial  affairs.  On 
the  completion  of  the  studies  of  the  grammar 
school,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  entered  upon  his 
active  business  career.  His  first  situation  was 
that  of  clerk  in  a  Rochester  bank,  where  he  re- 
mained for  a  number  of  years,  by  his  fidelity  and 
ability  winning  merited  promotion  to  the  position 
of  teller.  He  continued  to  make  his  home  in 
Rochester  until  1881,  when  he  came  west  to  Colo- 
rado, arriving  in  Denver  June  19.  His  first 
position  here  was  that  of  collection  clerk  in  the 
First  National  Bank.  May  i,  1886,  he  was  pro- 
moted to  the  position  of  assistant  cashier,  and  in 
the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  that  office  was  so 
conspicuously  successful  that  in  1891  he  was 
made  cashier. 

In  addition  to  his  connection  with  the  bank, 
Mr.  Ross-L,ewin  is  treasurer  of  all  the  companies 
of  which  Mr.  Moffat  is  the  president,  as  well  as  a 
number  of  other  concerns,  among  them  being  the 
Denver  Consolidated  Tramway  Company,  the 
Florence  &  Cripple  Creek  Railroad  Company, 
Victor  Gold  Mining  Company,  Metallic  Extrac- 
tion Company  and  the  Anaconda  Mining  Com- 
pany, the  prosperity  of  all  of  which  he  has  pro- 
moted by  his  sound  judgment  and  acute  intellect- 
ual powers.  He  is  vice-president  and  one  of  the 
directors  of  the  Bimetallic  Bank  of  Cripple  Creek, 
and  is  also  vice-president  of  the  Bank  of  Victor. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Denver  Club,  and  in  polit- 
ical faith  adheres  to  the  policy  of  the  Republican 
party.  In  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  he  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Closterman,  whose  father,  Henry  Clos- 
terrnan,  was  a  manufacturer  in  that  city.  They 
have  an  only  child,  Elizabeth. 

The  state  of  Colorado  owes  much  of  her  pros- 
perity to  a  number  of  wide-awake  business  men 
representing  various  interests,  and  among  these 
the  bankers  of  Denver  have  done  much  to  pro- 
mote enterprise  and  give  security  to  investors.  It 
requires  just  the  class  of  men  that  Mr.  Ross-L,ewin 
represents  to  conduct  vast  enterprises,  which  by 
their  phenomenal  success  made  Colorado  famous 
among  her  sister  states  and  attracted  millions  of 
eastern  capital.  It  requires  tact  as  well  as  busi- 
ness ability  to  successfully  manage  the  affairs  of 
one  concern,  and  it  is  rare  that  one  man  has  been 
equipped  by  nature  to  ably  conduct  a  variety  ot 
enterprises  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned. 

Mr.  Ross-Lewin  owes  much   of  his  success  to 


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his  early  training  and  to  those  precepts  given 
him  by  his  parents,  from  whom  he  also  inherits 
the  energy  of  the  Celt  and  the  thrift  and  persever- 
ance of  the  old  Welsh  ancestors,  which,  properly 
applied,  lead  to  success. 


j"~  REDBRICK  J.  BANCROFT,  M.  D.  The 
rft  eminence  attained  by  Dr.  Bancroft  in  his 
I  *  profession,  and  his  high  character  as  a  citi- 
zen, have  won  for  him  a  place  among  the  most 
influential  of  the  physicians  and  surgeons  residing 
in  Denver.  The  fact  that  he  has  been  called  to 
many  positions  of  trust,  professional,  military  and 
educational,  testifies  to  the  recognition  of  his 
ability  by  others.  During  the  long  period  of  his 
residence  in  Denver  he  has  aided  in  the  carrying 
out  of  progressive  enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  the 
place;  his  most  valuable  service  probably  being 
his  articles  relating  to  the  climate  of  Colorado 
written  in  the  early  days,  by  which,  directly  and 
indirectly,  he  added  more  to  the  permanent  pop- 
ulation of  Colorado  than  any  citizen  of  the  state. 

The  descendant  of  early  settlersof  New  England, 
Dr.  Bancroft  was  born  in  Enfield,  Conn.,  May  25, 
1834.  His  literary  education  was  received  in  the 
academy  at  Westfield,  Mass.,  and  the  Charlotte- 
ville  (N.  Y.)  Seminary,  and  upon  leaving  school 
he  began  the  study  of  medicine.  In  February, 
1 86 1,  he  graduated  from  the  medical  department 
of  the  University  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ,  and  in  April 
of  the  same  year  he  opened  an  office  in  Blakely, 
Pa.  About  that  time  the  war  broke  out,  and  after 
six  months  of  private  practice,  in  November  he 
enlisted  as  a  surgeon  in  the  army,  being  detailed 
by  the  surgeon-general  of  the  state  to  take  charge 
of  the  Church  hospital  in  Harrisburg.  In  the 
spring  of  1862  he  was  ordered  to  the  Seventy- 
sixth  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  at  Hilton  Head, 
S.  C.,  and  in  May  became  medical  attendant  of  the 
troops  on  Pinckney  Island,  Seabrook's  and  El- 
liott's plantations,  in  South  Carolina.  His  next 
appointment  was  to  take  charge  of  a  small  portion 
of  the  Fourth  and  Seventh  New  Hampshire  Reg- 
iments, in  transit  from  Hilton  Head,  S.  C. ,  to  New 
York  quarantine,  which  troops  were  infected  with 
yellow  fever.  Afterward  ordered  to  Philadelphia, 
and  assigned  to  the  Third  Pennsylvania  Heavy 
Artillery,  he  served  as  examining  surgeon  of  re- 
cruits until  the  spring  of  1863,  when  orders  came 
for  him  to  fit  up  a  hospital  for  Confederate  pris- 


oners, at  Fort  Delaware.  He  attended  to  that 
matter,  then  rejoined  his  regiment,  the  Third 
Pennsylvania  Artillery,  at  Camp  Hamilton,  Va., 
in  May,  1863.  In  June  he  was  appointed  post 
surgeon  at  Fortress  Monroe  by  General  Dix  and 
remained  there  until  the  close  of  the  war.  While 
there  Jefferson  Davis,  the  vanquished  Confederate 
president,  was  brought  to  the  fort,  but  Dr.  Ban- 
croft's nativity  as  a  New  England  man  being  ob- 
jected to,  another  physician  was  summoned  to  at- 
tend Mr.  Davis.  With  two  other  officers,  Dr. 
Bancroft  was  detailed  to  investigate  the  past  man- 
agement of  military  hospitals  near  Fortress  Mon- 
roe. 

On  resigning  from  the  United  States  military 
service,  at  the  close  of  the  war,  Dr.  Bancroft  re- 
turned to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  took  a  course 
of  lectures  in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  In 
April,,  1866,  he  came  to  Denver,  where  he  has 
built  up  a  large  practice.  For  several  years  he 
was  surgeon  for  the  Wells  Fargo  stage  lines,  and 
later  was  surgeon  for  the  Denver  Pacific,  Kansas 
Pacific  and  Rio  Grande  Railroads,  being  connec- 
ted with  the  last-named  company  as  chief  surgeon 
from  1871  to  1887.  He  is  to-day  chief  surgeon  of 
the  Rio  Grande  Western,  Union  Pacific,  Denver 
&  Gulf,  and  the  Denver,  L,eadville  &  Gunnison 
Railways.  He  was  elected  president  of  the  Den- 
ver Medical  Society  in  1876;  he  became  identi- 
fied with  the  American  Medical  Association;  was 
vice-president  of  the  National  Association  of 
Railway  Surgeons;  served  as  examining  surgeon 
for  pensions  from  1868  to  1885;  held  the  office 
of  city  physician  1872-77,  1878-79;  was  the  first 
president  of  the  state  board  of  health,  holding  the 
office  for  two  years,  and  later  was  secretary  for  a 
year.  He  became  identified  with  the  medical 
department  of  the  Denver  University,  having  as- 
sisted in  its  organization  and  has  been  an  active 
worker  ever  since.  He  was  elected  to  the  chair  of 
fractures  and  dislocations  and  holds  that  position 
at  the  present  time. 

In  1875  he  was  made  president  of  the  Agricult- 
ural Ditch  Company,  which  position  he  held  until 
1887,  and  was  re-elected  in  1897  and  1898.  Dur- 
ing his  service  as  president  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion in  East  Denver,  1872-76,  he  was  instrumen- 
tal in  advancing  the  interests  of  the  public  schools 
and  promoting  the  standard  of  scholarship.  An 
Episcopalian  in  religion,  he  was  a  member  of  the 
standing  committee  of  that  denomination  in  1878- 


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79,  and  for  years  he  served  on  the  board  of  trus- 
tees for  Wolfe  Hall,  Jarvis  Hall  and  St.  Luke's 
Hospital .  When  the  Colorado  State  Historical  and 
Natural  History  Society  was  organized  January 
10,  1879,  he  was  made  its  president,  an  office  that 
he  held  till  1897,  when  he  resigned.  The  result 
of  his  work,  with  that  of  others,  in  this  society  is 
shown  in  the  large  collection  of  pre-historic  relics 
now  in  the  capitol.  When  the  first  Grand  Army 
post  was  established  here  in  1868,  largely  through 
his  efforts  among  the  soldiers  in  enlisting  their  in- 
terest in  the  work,  it  was  felt  that  he  was  the 
one  to  occupy  the  highest  office  in  the  post;  and 
he  was  made  the  commander.  Soon  afterward 
Gen.  John  A.  Logan  appointed  him  provisional 
department  commander  of  Colorado  and  Wyo- 
ming, he  being  the  first  to  occupy  that  position. 
From  1866  to  1876  many  articles  concerning  the 
climate  of  Colorado,  and  its  effect  upon  certain 
types  of  disease,  were  written  by  him. 

June  20,  1871,  Dr.  Bancroft  married  Miss  Mary 
C.  Jarvis,  daughter  of  George  A.  Jarvis,  of  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  who  endowed  Jarvis  Hall  of  Denver, 
Colo.  This  union  was  blessed  with  three  chil- 
dren, vizr:  Mary  M.,  George  J.  and  Frederick  W. 


HON.  WILLIAM  N.  BYERS.  It  would  be 
impossible  to  write  a  history  of  Denver  with- 
out making  frequent  allusion  to  the  subject 
of  this  article,  for  he  has  been  intimately  identi- 
fied with  its  most  important  enterprises  since  the 
days  of  its  infancy.  To  his  enterprise  the  city  is 
indebted  to  an  extent  impossible  to  estimate.  His 
far-seeing  sagacity  and  business  acumen  have 
overleaped  obstacles  that  seemed  to  others  insur- 
mountable. Especially  is  his  name  associated 
with  the  founding  and  early  history  of  Denver's 
oldest  paper,  the  Rocky  Mountain  News.  He 
arrived  in  Denver  April  17,  1859,  bringing  with 
him  the  first  printing  press  west  of  Omaha,  and 
at  once  established  a  weekly  newspaper.  Success 
smiled  upon  his  efforts  and  rendered  possible  the 
establishment  of  a  daily  paper,  the  first  issue  of 
which  appeared  August  18,  1860.  He  continued 
the  manager  and  editor  of  the  paper  until  1878, 
when  he  severed  his  connection  with  it.  In  the 
early  days  of  Colorado  he  did  much  to  attract 
settlers  by  publishing  articles  pertaining  to  this 
state,  explaining  its  resources,  the  advantages 
it  presented  for  stock-raising  and  farming,  the 


wealth  of  its  mountains  in  minerals,  and  the 
salubrity  of  its  climate.  Through  his  pen  he  did 
probably  as  much  as  anyone  in  Colorado  to 
enhance  the  interests  of  the  state  and  render 
possible  its  wonderful  development  of  to-day. 

The  organization  with  which  the  name  of  Mr. 
Byers  is  now  most  intimately  associated  is  the 
famous  festival  of  mountain  and  plain,  which  has 
been  held  annually  since  1895.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  first  board  of  directors,  and  since  the 
second  year  has  been  the  president.  Much  of  his 
time  is  given  to  preparation  for  this  great  cele- 
bration, which  attracts  thousands  to  Denver. 
Many  of  the  most  striking  features  of  the  festival 
are  original  with  him,  among  them  the  bal 
champedre  (outdoor  ball),  when  five  thousand  or 
more  persons,  in  masquerade  attire,  dance  under 
a  covered  canvas  on  Broadway.  There  are  four 
grand  parades,  the  one  on  the  first  day  repre- 
senting a  pageant  of  progress  in  the  history  of 
the  state  and  five  miles  in  length.  On  the  second 
day  occurs  the  great  masked  parade,  while  on  the 
third  day  is  the  military  and  social  parade,  ending 
with  a  sham  battle  at  City  Park,  and  in  the  even- 
ing the  parade  of  the  slaves  of  the  silver  serpent. 

Mr.  Byers  is  descended  from  a  Scotch  family 
that,  during  the  religious  persecution  of  the  six- 
teenth century,  was  driven  into  the  borders  of 
Ireland,  and  there  took  part  in  the  siege  of 
Londonderry.  They  emigrated  to  Pennsylvania 
when  that  state  was  still  a  wilderness,  at  the 
beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century.  The  great- 
grandfather of  our  subject,  and  his  three  sons, 
took  part  in  the  Revolution.  The  father,  Moses 
Watson  Byers,  was  born  in  Washington  County, 
Pa.,  and  at  the  age  of  four  years,  in  1808,  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Ohio.  They  settled  at 
Circleville,  Pickaway  County,  but  later  he  and  a 
brother  removed  to  Darby  Plains,  in  Madison 
County,  where  he  improved  a  place  of  nearly 
three  hundred  acres.  In  1 850  he  sold  his  prop- 
erty there  and  settled  near  Muscatine,  Iowa, 
where  he  improved  a  large  tract.  His  last  days 
were  spent  in  Muscatine,  where  he  died  in  1866, 
at  the  age  of  sixty-two  years.  In  religious  belief 
he  was  a  Presbyterian.  His  wife,  Mary  A. 
Brandenburg,  was  a  member  of  a  well-known 
German  family  that  became  early  settlers  of 
Montgomery  County,  in  the  Miami  Valley  of 
Ohio;  she  died  in  Iowa  in  1884. 

Of  the  family  of  six  children,    five  attained 


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maturity  and  four  are  liviug,  William  N.  being 
the  eldest.  Mrs.  Ann  Eliza  McDonald  resides  in 
Washington,  Iowa;  Mrs.  Olivia  M.  Kessinger 
makes  her  home  in  Muscatine;  Mrs.  Rachel  Jane 
Morris  resides  in  Denver.  One  of  the  sons, 
James  H.,  was  a  member  of  an  Iowa  regiment 
during  the  Civil  war  and  was  killed  in  1863,  dur- 
ing the  siege  of  Vicksburg.  Our  subject  was 
born  in  Madison  County,  Ohio,  February  22, 
1831,  and  spent  his  early  years  upon  a  farm.  In 
1850,  with  team  and  wagon,  he  removed  to  Iowa, 
and  the  following  year  he  engaged  in  government 
surveying  in  western  Iowa,  soon  becoming  deputy 
United  States  surveyor  in  Iowa,  and  later  in 
Oregon  and  Washington.  From  there,  in  the 
winter  of  1853-54,  he  went  to  California,  return- 
ing east  after  a  few  months.  For  a  short  time  he 
engaged  in  railroad  surveying,  but  when  the 
Kansas  and  Nebraska  bill  opened  those  territories 
for  settlement,  he  went  to  Omaha,  which  then 
had  only  one  house  and  that  a  log  cabin.  As 
county  surveyor,  he  laid  out  a  large  part  of  the 
city.  He  was  the  first  deputy  United  States 
surveyor  appointed  in  Nebraska,  in  which  capa- 
city he  ran  the  township  and  section  lines  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  territory.  When  the  city 
government  of  Omaha  was  established,  he  was 
elected  an  alderman,  and  in  1854-55  he  was  a 
member  of  the  first  territorial  legislative  assembly 
of  Nebraska.  From  Omaha  he  came  to  Denver 
early  in  1859.  Here  he  established  the  now 
famous  Rocky  Mountain  News,  which  in  1872 
became  an  incorporated  company,  with  himself  as 
president. 

The  connection  of  Mr.  Byers  with  Denver's 
history  has  by  no  means  been  limited  to  journal- 
istic work.  He  has  been  interested  in  the  develop- 
ment of  mining  properties,  is  now  a  member  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  city  library,  and 
a  member  of  the  chamber  of  the  commerce,  of 
which  he  was  president  in  1893  and  1894.  He 
was  interested  in  the  Denver  Pacific,  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande,  South  Park,  and  Denver,  Utah  & 
Pacific  roads,  all  of  which  had  an  important  part 
in  the  developing  of  Denver's  resources.  From 
the  organization  of  the  Denver  Tramway  Com- 
pany he  has  been  a  director,  and  since  it  became 
the  Denver  Consolidated  Tramway  Company  he 
has  also  been  vice-president  and  acting  president 
of  the  company,  and  a  member  of  the  executive 
and  auditing  committees.  In  Muscatine,  Iowa, 


in  1854,  he  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Minerva 
Sumner,  granddaughter  of  Governor  Lucas,  an 
early  governor  of  Ohio  and  afterwards  the  last 
territorial  and  first  state  governor  of  Iowa.  The 
Sumuers  are  an  old  Virginia  family  and  are  con- 
nected with  the  famous  statesman,  Charles 
Surnner,  of  Massachusetts.  Two  children  were 
born  to  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Byers.  Frank, 
the  son,  owns  a  horse  and  cattle  ranch  at  Hot 
Sulphur  Springs,  Grand  County,  this  state.  The 
daughter,  Mary  Eva,  is  the  wife  of  William  F. 
Robinson. 

From  the  organization  of  the  party  Mr.  Byers 
has  been  a  stanch  Republican.  For  years, 
through  his  influence  with  his  pen,  he  was  a 
power  in  public  affairs.  For  the  admission  of 
Colorado  into  the  Union  he  labored  unceasingly. 
In  June,  1859,  he  was  chairman  of  the  first  con- 
vention called  to  secure  a  state  organization,  but 
this  convention  adjourned  without  definite  action. 
In  1864  he  was  a  member  of  the  convention  that 
framed  the  first  state  constitution,  under  which 
the  enabling  act  was  passed  by  both  houses  of 
congress,  but  vetoed  by  Andrew  Johnson.  In 
1864  President  Lincoln  appointed  him  postmaster 
in  Denver,  which  office  he  held  until  1867,  resign- 
ing then  on  account  of  the  pressure  of  business. 
Again,  under  the  administration  of  President 
Hayes,  he  was  appointed  postmaster  April  14, 
1879,  and  served  until  1883. 

The  rapid  growth  of  the  city  between  his  first 
term  as  postmaster  and  his  second  tenure  of  the 
office  brought  many  problems  before  the  postal 
authorities  for  solution.  During  the  summer 
months,  when  the  city  was  crowded  with  visitors 
from  the  east,  the  throngs  around  the  postoffice 
were  so  great  that  it  was  almost  impossible  to 
gain  access  to  the  building.  In  front  of  each 
delivery  window  would  form  long  lines  extending 
out  into  the  street,  and  although  the  delivery 
clerks  worked  unceasingly  people  sometimes  were 
obliged  to  wait  an  hour  for  their  mail.  Such  a 
condition  of  things  could  not  be  tolerated  in  a 
growing  and  enterprising  city.  Upon  accepting 
the  position  the  second  time,  Mr.  Byers  again  set 
himself  to  work  to  secure  improvements.  It  was 
largely  through  his  influence  and  untiring  efforts 
that  the  free  delivery  system  in  Denver  was 
organized  and  he  at  once  began  to  plan  for  its 
establishment.  It  was  the  work  of  many  days 
before  the  system  was  put  into  operation.  The 


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force  at  first  consisted  of  only  six  letter  carriers 
who  were  properly  equipped  and  trained.  Letter 
boxes  were  placed  on  convenient  corners  through- 
out the  city,  and  soon  the  people  began  to  reap 
the  benefit  of  the  improved  system.  Before  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  office  about  thirty 
carriers  were  employed.  The  telegraph  had  been 
introduced  in  October,  1863;  the  street  railway 
system  had  been  inaugurated  in  January,  1872; 
the  steam  cars  had  brought  Denver  into  touch 
with  other  localities  June  24,  1870,  when  the  first 
railroad  train  reached  Denver  over  the  JDenver 
Pacific  road;  water  and  gas  works  had  been 
introduced,  fire  alarms  and  telephones,  so  that 
the  free  delivery  system  was  about  the  last ' '  link' ' 
that  was  necessary  to  constitute  Denver  a  metro- 
politan city.  It  was  during  Mr.  Byers'  term  of 
office  from  1879  to  1883  that  Denver  made  giant 
strides  toward  becoming  a  metropolis  and  the 
queen  of  all  our  mountain  states  and  it  was  dur- 
ing these  busy  years  so  fruitful  of  future  greatness 
that  Mr.  Byers  worked  faithfully  and  enthusiasti- 
cally to  bring  his  department  to  its  subsequent 
excellence,  thus  adding  no  small  share  towards 
its  growth  and  development. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Byers  is  past  master  of  Denver 
Lodge  No.  5,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  past  high  priest 
of  Denver  Chapter  No.  2,  R.  A.  M.,  and  for  two 
terms  grand  high  priest  of  the  grand  chapter  of 
Colorado.  On  the  organization  of  the  Knights 
Templar  Commandery  in  Denver,  he  was  elected 
the  first  candidate  for  the  orders  in  Colorado  and 
later  was  elected  eminent  commander  and  served 
as  such  several  years.  In  the  organization  of 
the  Pioneer  Society  he  took  an  active  part,  and 
served  as  its  first  secretary,  later  was  president 
for  several  years.  Some  years  after  the  organiza- 
tion in  1859  the  records  were  lost  and  in  1866  the 
society  was  re-organized.  He  is  president  of 
the  Colorado  State  Historical  and  Natural  History 
Society  which  has  the  best  collection  of  cliff 
dwellers'  relics  in  the  world. 

From  this  resum<§  of  the  life  of  Mr.  Byers  it 
will  be  seen  that  he  has  borne  a  very  active  part 
in  the-growth  of  Denver  and  indeed  of  the  state 
itself.  His  sympathy  and  support  have  always 
been  given  to  measures  calculated  to  promote  the 
welfare  of  the  people.  In  earlier  days  the  influ- 
ence of  his  pen  was  given  toward  the  advance- 
ment of  the  city;  later,  through  other  ways,  he 
has  been  no  less  potent  in  securing  the  promotion 


of  public-spirited  and  progressive  projects.  It  is 
doubtful  if,  in  a  review  of  the  eminent  men  of  the 
state,  there  could  be  found  a  man  who  has  done 
more  than  he  in  the  promotion  of  the  state's 
welfare  from  the  early  settlement  of  Colorado  to 
the  present  time. 

HON.  FRED  DICK,  A.  M.,  formerly  state 
superintendent  of  schools  of  Colorado,  now 
principal  of  the  Denver  Normal  and  Pre- 
paratory School,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Aurora, 
Erie  County,  N.  Y.,  May  17,  1852.  He  is  the 
descendant  of  ancestors  who  came  from  Holland 
and  settled  in  Pennsylvania  in  an  early  day.  His 
father,  J.  B. ,  who  was  a  native  of  New  York 
and  a  farmer  by  occupation,  was,  under  Presi- 
dent Lincoln,  appointed  assessor  of  internal  reve- 
nue in  western  New  York,  his  territory  embrac- 
ing fourteen  counties.  He  held  the  position  until 
Andrew  Johnson  became  president,  when  he  re- 
signed. Under  the  administration  of  General 
Grant  he  was  re-appointed  to  the  same  position 
in  the  internal  revenue  department,  and  filled  it 
with  credit  until  his  death  in  1871. 

The  mother  of  Mr.  Dick  was  Ann  Eliza  Pratt, 
daughter  of  Luke  N.Pratt,  a  native  of  Connecticut, 
and  member  of  an  old  family  in  that  state,  her 
father  removing  to  Erie  County,  N.  Y.,  and  be- 
coming a  pioneer  farmer.  She  died  in  that 
county,  leaving  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  two 
of  whom,  our  subject  and  Mrs.  A.  M.  Hawley, 
of  Canon  City,  reside  in  Colorado.  The  former, 
who  was  next  to  the  eldest  in  the  family,  was 
educated  in  Aurora  Academy,  and  taught  for  two 
years  in  district  schools  prior  to  entering  Hamil- 
ton College  in  1871.  Immediately  upon  his 
graduation  in  1875,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  he 
was  appointed  principal  of  Hamburg  Academy, 
and  two  years  later  accepted  a  more  favorable 
position  as  principal  of  the  Gowanda  (N.  Y.) 
schools.  In  1880  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  for  three  years  practiced  law  in  Buffalo, 
N.  Y. 

Removing  to  Colorado  in  the  fall  of  1883,  Mr. 
Dick  accepted  the  superintendency  of  the  Trini- 
dad schools,  where  he  remained  for  five  years, 
and  during  two  years  of  this  time  he  served  both 
as  county  and  city  superintendent.  He  was  the 
first  Republican  who  was  elected  county  superin- 
tendent in  Las  Anitnas  County.  At  the  state 
election  in  1888  he  was  elected  by  the  Repub- 


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lican  party  to  the  office  of  state  superintendent  of 
schools,  which  position  he  filled  with  credit  for 
one  term.  During  his  term  of  office  he  laid  the 
corner  stone  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Gree- 
ley. 

The  Denver  Normal  and  Preparatory  School, 
of  which  Mr.  Dick  is  principal,  was  founded  by 
himself,  and  was  the  first  school  of  the  kind  es- 
tablished in  the  state.  It  is  a  most  creditable 
educational  institution,  and  has  received  the 
highest- endorsements  from  educators.  Until  the 
ist  of  May,  1898,  the  school  was  located  in  the 
Kittredge  building,  but  at  that  time  it  was  moved 
to  the  Normal  building,  Nos.  1543-45  Glenarm 
street.  It  has  seven  complete  departments,  viz. : 
Normal,  for  the  training  of  public  school  teachers; 
Kindergarten,  with  life  diplomas,  valid  through- 
out the  state  of  Colorado;  College  preparatory, 
fitting  pupils  for  Yale  and  Harvard,  or  any  other 
leading  educational  institution;  Grade  depart- 
ment, where  instruction  is  given  in  any  of  the 
eight  grades  of  the  grammar  schools;  Modern 
language  department;  Commercial  department, 
and  department  of  oratory,  physical  culture  and 
dramatic  art.  The  faculty  consists  of  Mr.  Dick, 
R.  M.  Streeter,  Margaret  Grabill,  Fordyce  P. 
Cleaves,  Mrs.  R.  M.  Streeter,  Nelson  Rhoades, 
Jr.,  Henry  Reade,  W.  J.  Wbiteman,  and  Mina 
McCord  Lewis.  A  special  summer  term  of  five 
weeks  is  held  each  year.  The  Denver  Commer- 
cial Institute  has  been  incorporated  with  the 
Normal  school,  and  furnishes  instruction  in  sten- 
ography, bookkeeping,  typewriting,  Spanish, 
commercial  law  and  arithmetic,  and  general  cor- 
respondence. 

In  addition  to  his  work  in  connection  with  the 
school,  Mr.  Dick  is  treasurer  oi  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tain School  Aid  &  Supply  Company.  He  was 
the  founder  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Educator,  a 
monthly  journal  devoted  to  the  interests  of  teach- 
ers, students,  school  directors  and  educational 
institutions  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  region.  Of 
this  he  is  now  the  editor  and  manager.  The 
journal  is  high  in  its  standard  and  interesting 
and  comprehensive,  and  is  now  uearing  its  fourth 
volume  as  a  successful  paper  for  educators.  Po- 
litically Mr.  Dick  is  a  Republican,  and  has  at- 
tended every  state  convention,  with  one  excep- 
tion, since  his  residence  in  Colorado.  He  and 
his  wife  are  members  of  the  Unity  Church.  At 
one  time  he  was  president  of  the  State  Teachers' 


Association  of  Colorado,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Colorado  School  Masters'  Club,  the  National 
Educational  Association  (of  which  he  has  been 
state  manager)  and  the  Educational  Alliance. 
Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  being  a  charter  member  of  the  latter 
lodge  in  Trinidad. 

In  Erie  County,  N.  Y.,  June  29,  1876,  Mr. 
Dick  married  Miss  Florence  E.  Sprague,  who 
was  born  in  that  county,  a  daughter  of  Norman 
B.  Sprague.  She  is  a  very  intellectual  woman, 
was  a  charter  member  of  the  Woman's  Club  of 
Denver,  and  is  now  president  of  the  educational 
department  of  that  organization.  Their  only 
child,  Florence  E.,  died  in  Trinidad  when  nine 
years  of  age. 

HON.  GEORGE  W.  BAXTER,  one  of  the 
most  prominent  representatives  of  the  cattle 
industry  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  region,  is 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  is  the  owner  of 
the  Baxter  ranch,  six  and  one-half  miles  in  extent, 
and  situated  on  Horse  Creek  on  the  line  of  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad,  near  Cheyenne.  Here 
he  is  engaged  in  raising  full  blooded  Hereford 
cattle,  as  fine  as  any  to  be  found  in  the  west. 
Since  1888  he  has  been  identified  with  the  West- 
ern Union  Beef  Company  (now  the  Western  Live 
Stock  and  Land  Company),  of  which  he  is  presi- 
dent and  manager,  and  which  is  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  Colorado. 

Mr.  Baxter  was  born  in  Henderson,  N.  C., 
and  is  a  grandson  of  William  Baxter,  a  native  of 
Ireland,  who  came  to  America  and  settled  in 
Charleston,  S.  C.,  at  seventeen  years  of  age,  but 
later  removed  to  Rutherford,  N.  C.,  where  he 
became  owner  of  a  plantation.  He  married  Miss 
Katherine  Lee.  Their  son,  John  Baxter,  was 
born  in  Rutherford  in  1819  and  became  an  attor- 
ney. When  his  son,  our  subject,  was  two  years 
of  age  he  removed  to  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  where 
he  became  a  prominent  lawyer.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  constitutional  convention  of  Tennessee 
in  1870,  at  which  time  the  present  constitution 
was  adopted.  In  1877  ne  was  appointed  by 
President  Hayes  as  one  of  the  United  States  cir- 
cuit judges,  his  territory  being  the  sixth  circuit, 
embracing  Tennessee,  Ohio,  Kentucky  and  Mich- 
igan. He  was  filling  that  office  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  in  the  spring  of  1886,  when  he  was 


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sixty-seven  years  of  age.  During  the  war  he  ad- 
hered to  the  Union.  His  was  a  turbulent  career, 
for  his  talents  brought  him  into  prominence 
during  the  critical  period  of  our  nation's  history. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Orra  Ann  Alex- 
ander, who  was  born  in  Asheville,  N.  C.,  the 
daughter  of  Mitchell  Alexander  by  his  marriage 
to  Nancy  Foster,  both  natives  of  Virginia.  Her 
grandfather  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  and 
lost  a  limb  in  one  engagement.  The  family  is  of 
Scotch  descent.  Mrs.  Baxter  died  in  1859.  She 
was  the  mother  of  four  sons  and  three  daughters, 
all  of  whom  are  living  but  two  daughters.  The 
third  of  these  was  George  W.,  who  was  born 
January  7,  1855.  He  was  educated  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Tennessee  at  Knoxville  and  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  South  at  Sewanee,  Tenn.  In  May, 
1873,  he  entered  the  Military  Academy  at  West 
Point,  from  which  he  graduated  in  June,  1877, 
and  was  then  assigned  to  the  Third  United  States 
Cavalry  as  second  lieutenant  of  Company  H,  with 
which  he  served  in  Wyoming,  Dakota  and  Ne- 
braska. In  July,  1881,  immediately  after  his 
promotion  to  first  lieutenant,  he  resigned  from 
the  service  and  turned  his  attention  to  ranching. 
In  1886  President  Cleveland  appointed  him  gov- 
ernor of  Wyoming,  but  becoming  involved  in  a 
controversy  with  his  immediate  superior,  the 
secretary  of  the  interior,  he  resigned  after  filling 
the  office  three  months.  In  1889  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  constitutional  convention  that  adopted 
the  present  constitution  of  Wyoming,  and  after 
the  admission  of  the  state,  in  1890,  he  was  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  governor,  but  the  state 
being  Republican  by  a  large  majority  his  candi- 
dacy was  with  no  expectation  of  success.  He 
made  Cheyenne  his  home  until  1895,  when  he 
came  to  Denver,  and  has  since  resided  in  this 
city. 

At  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  in  1880,  Mr.  Baxter 
married  Miss  Margaret  McGhee,  who  was  born 
there  and  received  her  education  in  Georgetown 
Academy,  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  in  Europe. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Charles  M.  McGhee,  who 
was  closely  identified  with  railroad  interests  in 
Tennessee.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baxter  are  the  parents 
of  five  children,  Cornelia,  Margaret,  Katherine, 
Charles  McGhee  and  George.  The  family  attend 
St.  Mark's  Episcopal  Church.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Baxter  is  connected  with  Cheyenne  Lodge  No.  i, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter  and 


Knight  Templar  Commandery,  also  El  Jebel 
Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver.  He  is  still  a 
member  of  the  Association  of  Graduates  of  West 
Point. 


HON.  JOHN  W.  NESMITH.  There  is  no 
concern  of  its  kind  which  has  become  more 
prominently  known  throughout  the  state 
than  the  Colorado  Iron  Works  Company,  of  Den- 
ver, which  was  established  in  1860,  and  incor- 
porated in  1876  and  again  in  1896.  In  January, 
1879,  Mr.  Nesmith  accepted  the  position  of  super- 
intendent and  continued  in  that  capacity  until 
1886,  when,  he  and  his  family  having  acquired 
the  larger  portion  of  the  stock,  he  was  made 
president  and  has  since  been  in  active  manage- 
ment of  the  plant.  At  the  time  he  became  con- 
nected with  the  works,  they  were  small  and  un- 
important, and  it  is  due  almost  wholly  to  his  en- 
terprise and  judicious  management  that  he  has 
now  one  of  the  largest  mining  machinery  factories 
in  the  west.  The  three  hundred  and  fifty  men  em- 
ployed at  the  works  assist  in  the  manufacture  of 
copper,  silver  and  lead  smelting  furnaces.  The 
company  has  built  most  of  the  important  smelters 
from  Helena  to  the  City  of  Mexico;  they  also  build 
mills  and  manufacture  works  for  the  treatment  of 
ores  of  precious  metals.  In  1881  the  shops  were 
destroyed  by  fire,  but  were  rebuilt  soon  at  the  same 
place,  Thirty- third  and  Wynkoop  streets. 

The  Remolino  Coffee  and  Sugar  Company  was 
established  in  1893,  with  Mr.  Nesmith  as  presi- 
dent, and  his  son-in-law  and  daughter,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  F.  L.  McFarland,  as  associates  in  the  en- 
terprise. They  own  a  coffee  plantation  situated 
south  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  on  the  Coatzacoalcos 
River,  on  the  Isthmus  of  Tehauntepec,  state  of 
Vera  Cruz,  Mexico.  In  addition  to  the  manage- 
ment of  the  plantation,  they  operate,  for  general 
traffic,  a  steamboat  on  the  river,  the  vessel  being 
small,  but  as  large  as  the  exigencies  of  that  traffic 
demand.  Not  only  on  account  of  his  business  in- 
terests there,  but  also  because  he  is  fond  of  travel, 
Mr.  Nesmith  has  visited  almost  every  point  of 
interest  in  Mexico.  Of  late  years  he  has  taken 
up  the  study  of  the  Spanish  language,  in  which 
he  has  gained  such  proficiency  as  to  construction 
and  grammar  that  he  can  read  and  write  the  lan- 
guage correctly  and  with  facility. 

From  Parker's  history  of  Londonderry,  N.  H., 


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page  290,  we  quote  the  following  regarding  the 
pedigree  of  the  Naesmyth,  Nasmyth  or  Nesmith 
family  (for  in  these  various  ways  the  name  has 
been  spelled): 

i: — "James  Nesmith  emigrated  from  River 
Bann,  Londonderry,  Ireland,  to  America,  in 
1718.  He  was  one  of  the  first  sixteen  settlers  of 
Londonderry,  N.  H.,  a  highly  respectable  mem- 
ber of  the  colony  and  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  married,  in  Ireland,  Elizabeth 
McKeen,  and  by  her  had  children:  Arthur,  James, 
John,  Thomas  and  Elizabeth. 

"Arthur  (i),  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  settled 
in  Maine,  and  had  children:  James,  John,  Benja- 
min and  Mary.  This  James  (son  of  Arthur  i) 
served  in  the  Revolution  in  the  company  com- 
manded by  Capt.  George  Reid;  was  at  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill;  afterwards  was  promoted  to  cap- 
tain and  commanded  a  company  in  Canada; and 
also  in  Rhode  Island  under  General  Sullivan. 
He  was  frank  and  generous  in  disposition,  digni- 
fied, and  was  distinguished  for  intrepedity,  ac- 
tivity and  muscular  strength. 

"James  Nesmith  (2),  son  of  James  (i),  was 
also  born  in  Ireland  and  was  also  in  Captain 
Reid's  company  as  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  He 
lived  at  Londonderry,  and  had  children:  James, 
who,  married  Martha  McClure,  and  was  an  elder 
in  the  church;  Jonathan,  who  married  Eleanor 
Dickey  and  removed  to  Antrim  in  1778  and  was 
an  elder  in  the  church;  Robert,  who  married 
Jane  Anderson;  and  John,  who  married  Eliza- 
beth, sister  of  Gen.  George  Reid,  and  died  at 
Londonderry  in  1815,  aged  eighty-seven.  John 
and  Elizabeth  left  the  following-named  children: 
James,  who  married  Elizabeth  Brewster,  of  An- 
trim; Arthur,  who  married  May  Duncan  and 
moved  to  Ohio;  John;  and  Thomas,  born  1731, 
who  married  Annie  Wilson,  settled  at  Windham, 
near  Londonderry,  and  had  children. 

"John  Nesmith  (3)  was  born  November  26, 
1766,  at  Londonderry,  N.  H.  Lived  on  the 
homestead.  Married  February  28,  1797,  Susan 
(Sukey)  Hildreth,  who  was  born  at  London- 
derry, June  22,  1777;  they  left  children:  John 
Piukerton,  Isabella,  Samuel  Hildreth,  James  P., 
Mary,  Thomas  and  Elizabeth. 

"Samuel  Hildreth  Nesmith  (3),  born  August 
21,  1803,  at  Londonderry,  N.  H.,  married  April 
19,  1831,  Priscilla  Brown  at  Circleville,  Ohio. 
The  father  died  in  August,  1876,  and  the  mother 


July  10,  1851.  They  had  children:  John  Well- 
ington; James  Browne,  born  February  5,  1837; 
and  Ellen  Mary,  born  August  20,  1840. 

"John  Wellington  Nesmith,  born  January  4, 
1834,  near  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  married  October  30, 
1856,  Miss  Elizabeth  R.  Dickson,  of  Pittsfield,  111. 
Children:  Isabel,  born  June  13,  1859,  at  Pitts- 
field,  111.;  Eleanor,  born  July  13,  1869,  at  Black- 
hawk,  Colo.  Eleanor  Nesmith  married  February 
26,  1890,  Finlay  Le  Roy  McFarland,  of  Denver; 
Isabel  Nesmith  married  October  7,  1891,  James 
Porter  Evans,  of  Denver." 

Tracing  the  more  remote  lineage  of  the  Nesmith 
family,  we  find  that  they  were  represented 
among  the  families  going  from  Scotland  to  the 
Valley'  of  the  Bann,  Ireland,  in  1690.  There 
James  Nesmith  was  born  in  1 692  and  from  there 
he  emigrated  to  America  in  1718.  As  before 
stated,  he  was  one  of  the  sixteen  original  settlers 
of  Londonderry,  N.  H.  He  was  a  signer  of  the 
memorial  to  Governor  Shute,  and  was  appointed 
elder  of  the  West  Parish  Church  on  its  organiza- 
tion in  1739.  He  died  in  1767,  aged  seventy- 
five.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  James 
and  Janet  (Cochran)  McKeen,  was  born  in  Ireland 
and  died  in  New  Hampshire  in  1763,  aged  sixty- 
seven  . 

From  the  autobiography  of  Sir  James  Nasmyth 
we  learn  the  following  regarding  the  history  and 
traditions  of  the  Nasmyth  or  Nesmith  family. 
He  writes:  "Sir  Bernard  Burke,  in  his  'Peerage 
and  Baronetage,'  gives  a  faithful  account  of  the 
ancestors  from  which  I  am  lineally  descended. 
The  family  of  Naesmyth,  says  Burke,  is  one  of 
remote  antiquity  in  Tweeddale,  and  has  possessed 
large  lands  there  since  the  thirteenth  century. 
They  fought  in  the  wars  of  Bruce  and  Baliol, 
which  ended  in  the  independence  of  Scotland. 
The  following  is  the  family  legend  of  the  origin  of 
the  name  of  .Naesmyth:  In  the  troublous  times 
which  prevailed  in  Scotland  before  the  union  of  the 
crowns,  the  feuds  between  the  king  and  the 
barons  were  almost  constant.  In  the  reign  of 
James  III.  the  house  of  Douglas  was  the  most 
prominent  and  ambitious.  The  earl  not  only 
resisted  his  liege  lord,  but  entered  into  a  combi- 
nation with  the  king  of  England,  from  whom  he 
received  a  pension.  He  was  declared  a  rebel  and 
his  estates  were  confiscated.  He  determined  to 
resist  the  royal  power,  and  crossed  the  border 
with  his  followers.  He  was  met  by  the  Earl  of 


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Angus,  the  Maxwells,  the  Johnstons  and  the 
Scotts.  In  one  of  the  engagements  which  en- 
sued, the  Douglas  appeared  to  have  gained  the 
day,  when  an  ancestor  of  the  Naesmyths,  who 
fought  under  the  royal  standard,  took  refuge  in 
the  smithy  of  a  neighboring  village.  The  smith 
offered  him  protection,  disguised  him  as  a  ham- 
merman, with  a  leather  apron  in  front,  and  asked 
him  to  lend  a  hand  at  his  work. 

"While  thus  engaged  a  party  of  the  Douglas 
partisans  entered  the  smithy.  They  looked  with 
suspicion  on  the  disguised  hammerman,  who,  in 
his  agitation,  struck  a  false  blow  with  the  sledge 
hammer,  which  broke  the  shaft  in  two.  Upon 
this  one  of  pursuers  rushed  at  him,  calling  out, 
'Ye' re  nae  smyth.'  The  stalwart  hammerman 
turned  upon  his  assailant,  and  wrenching  a  dag- 
ger from  him,  speedily  overpowered  him.  The 
smith  himself,  armed  with  the  big  hammer,  ef- 
fectually aided  in  overpowering  and  driving  out 
the  Douglas  men.  A  party  of  the  royal  forces 
made  their  appearance,  when  Naesmyth  rallied 
them,  led  them  against  the  rebels,  and  converted 
what  had  been  a  temporary  defeat  into  a  victory. 
A  grant  of  lands  was  bestowed  upon  him  for  his 
service.  His  armorial  bearings  consisted  of  a 
head  dexter  with  a  dagger,  between  two  broken 
hammer  shafts,  and  there  they  remain  to  this  day. 
The  motto  was,  Non  arte  sed  marte  (Not  by  art 
but  by  war)." 

The  father  of  our  subject,  who  removed  from 
New  Hampshire  to  Ohio  about  1830,  was  a  civil 
engineer  on  the  Ohio  canal,  and  later  a  con- 
tractor. In  the  fall  of  1834  he  removed  to  Pike 
County,  111.,  settling  near  Pittsfield,  where  he 
was  a  pioneer  farmer.  About  1850  he  moved  to 
Barry,  111. ,  and  engaged  in  merchandising,  but 
later  went  to  Canton,  Mo.,  where  he  remained 
until  his  death  at  the  age  of  over  seventy.  His 
first  wife,  Priscilla,  who  was  born  near  Chilli- 
cothe,  Ohio,  was  a  daughter  of  White  Brown,  a 
native  of  Delaware,  settling  in  Ohio  about  1808 
and  dying  upon  a  farm  there.  He  owned  many 
slaves  at  one  time,  but  becoming  convinced  that 
slavery  was  wrong,  he  freed  them,  thus  losing 
his  fortune.  Mrs.  Nesmith  died  when  our  sub- 
ject was  fourteen  years  of  age,  leaving  besides 
him  a  younger  brother  and  sister,  James  B. ,  later 
a  civil  engineer  engaged  on  the  Iron  Mountain 
road  at  Cape  Girardeau,  Mo.;  and  Mrs.  Ellen 
Burke,  now  of  Kansas. 


When  a  boy  our  subject  learned  the  machinist's 
trade  in  Pittsfield  and  followed  it  in  St.  Louis  for  a 
time;  while  there  he  was  asked  to  come  to  Colo- 
rado and  erect  a  mill  in  what  is  now  Gilpin  Coun- 
ty, which  he  did,  afterward  running  the  mill  for  a 
year,  but  before  the  year  expired  the  firm  failed. 
It  was  in  June,  1860,  that  he  arrived  in  the  moun- 
tains, after  an  ox-train  journey  of  forty -two  days, 
from  Nebraska  City  via  Fort  Kearney  to  Ne- 
vada Gulch.  In  February,  1861,  he  came  to 
Denver  and  entered  a  small  machine  shop  and 
foundry  owned  by  Langford  &  Co.  In  the  fall  of 
1862  the  shop  was  moved  to  Blackhawk,  Gilpin 
County;  in  1864  he  was  made  superintendent  of 
the  shop  and  remained  with  the  company  until 
1869,  when  he  resigned  to  enter  the  milling  busi- 
ness. Building  a  mill  in  Blackhawk,  he  had 
charge  of  it  some  two  years.  About  1874  he  was 
locomotive  engineer  on  construction  of  the  Colo- 
rado Central  Railroad,  and  when  the  line  was 
completed  into  Blackhawk  he  became  master 
mechanic.  The  next  year  he  was  made  master 
of  transportation,  with  headquarters  at  Golden. 
About  1876  he  was  made  master  mechanic  of  the 
Upper  Division  of  the  Kansas  Pacific  (now  a  part 
of  the  Union  Pacific),  including  the  lines  from 
Denver  to  Wallace,  Denver  to  Boulder,  Kit  Car- 
son to  Los  Animas,  and  Denver  to  Cheyenne.  In 
1878  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Evans  super- 
intendent of  the  South  Park  Railroad,  and  con- 
tinued in  that  position  until  January,  1879,  when, 
the  iron  works  having  been  moved  back  to  Den- 
ver, he  resigned  to  become  superintendent  of  the 
plant. 

In  Pittsfield,  111. ,  Mr.  Nesmith  married  Eliza- 
beth, sister  of  Judge  Dickson,  of  Leadville.  They 
are  the  parents  of  two  daughters.  The  family 
attend  the  First  Congregational  Church  and  take 
an  interest  in  its  welfare.  Mr.  Nesmith  is  a 
member  of  the  chamber  of  commerce  and  board 
of  trade.  While  in  Illinois  he  was  made  a  Ma- 
son, and  was  past  master  of  Blackhawk  Lodge 
No.  1 1 ,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  but  is  now  a  member  of 
Oriental  Lodge  No.  87,  in  Denver,  also  a  member 
of  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter.  He  represented  Gilpin 
County  iu  the  upper  house  of  the  territorial  legis- 
lature, sessions  of  1868  and  1870,  during  which 
time  he  was  a  stalwart  supporter  of  the  cause  of 
woman's  suffrage. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Nesmith  has  been  a  stu- 
dent of  the  physical  sciences.  He  is  an  expert  in 


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the  chemistry  and  metallurgy  of  the  smelting  of 
ores  of  the  precious  metals,  as  gold,  silver,  cop- 
per, lead,  etc.,  and  is  a  recognized  authority  on 
blast  furnace  construction  and  practice  as  adapted 
to  such  minerals.  While  in  Blackhawk  and  vi- 
cinity, from  1868  to  1874,  he  practiced  civil  and 
mining  engineering,  in  which  he  has  few  superi- 
ors to  this  day.  He  is  a  member  of  the  National 
Association  of  Mining  Engineers,  also  of  the  Den- 
ver Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and  the  Colorado 
Scientific  Society,  of  Denver. 

Associated  with  him  in  the  Colorado  Iron 
Works,  Mr.  Nesmith  has  a  half-brother,  S.  H., 
who  was  born  to  the  marriage  of  Samuel  H. 
Nesmith  and  Caroline  Rush,  of  Barry,  111.,  and 
by  that  union  there  was  a  daughter  born,  Julie, 
who  married  William  H.  Drescher,  and  resides 
in  Hannibal,  Mo.  In  addition  to  Mr.  Nesmith 
and  his  brother,  the  former's  daughter,  Mrs.  Isa- 
bel Evans,  is  connected  with  the  company,  being 
its  secretary  and  treasurer,  while  John  H.  Mor- 
com  fills  the  position  of  superintendent. 


fi>  QlLLIAM  W.  GRANT,  M.  D.  During 
\  A  /  the  years  that  have  elapsed  since  he  came 
Y  V  to  Denver,  Dr.  Grant  has  built  up  a  large 
practice  in  this  city  and  has  become  known  as  a 
skillful  surgeon  and  a  successful  physician,  who 
is  accurate  alike  in  the  diagnosis  and  treatment 
of  disease.  While  his  specialties  are  surgery  and 
gynecology,  yet  in  every  department  of  the  pro- 
fession his  knowledge  is  exhaustive  and  his  skill 
recognized.  He  has  had  the  advantage  not  only 
of  study  in  the  institutions  of  our  own  land,  but 
in  those  abroad,  having  spent  one  year  in  the 
study  of  surgery  and  gynecology  in  the  hospitals 
of  Berlin,  Vienna  and  London. 

The  record  of  the  Grant  family  appears  in  the 
sketch  of  ex-Governor  Grant,  the  doctor's 
brother.  The  family  consisted  of  seven  children, 
of  whom  William  was  the  third.  He  was  born 
in  Russell  County,  Ala.,  near  Columbus,  Ga., 
and  in  boyhood  attended  a  private  school  there. 
His  boyhood  life  was  spent  on  a  southern  planta- 
tion, where  he  was  instructed  by  his  father  in  the 
making  of  every  kind  of  farm  implement  and  in 
their  use  in  the  cultivation  of  corn,  cotton  and 
other  farm  products.  He  also  learned  to  fell 
trees,  split  rails  and  dig  ditches,  and,  in  fact,  did 
every  kind  of  farm  work,  and  did  it  well.  He 


worked  side  by  side  with  the  colored  help,  and 
no  favors  were  shown  him,  although  his  father 
was  a  kind  and  indulgent  man.  Thus  he  learned 
to  appreciate  individual  effort  and  its  results. 
School  study  and  farm  work  were  alternated; 
yet  before  the  age  of  fifteen  he  and  his  brother, 
the  ex-governor,  read  Virgil  and  had  commenced 
Sallust.  However,  they  were  not  "hothouse" 
products,  for  neither  was  familiar  with  the  letters 
of  the  alphabet  until  seven  and  eight  years  of  age 
respectively. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  our  subject  entered  as  a 
private  a  company  of  Alabama  artillery  known 
as  Clanton's  battery  in  Gen.  James  H.  Clanton's 
brigade,  and  served  during  the  last  sixteen 
months  of  the  Civil  war,  being  promoted  from 
the  ranks  to  the  position  of  sergeant  of  artillery, 
in  charge  of  the  gun.  He  was  present  in  the  en- 
gagements of  Mount  Hope  Church  and  Colum- 
bus, Ga.  Returning  home  at  the  close  of  the 
war  he  attended  school  for  a  year  and  then  began 
the  study  of  medicine.  For  a  time  he  read  under 
private  tutelage,  then  spent  a  year  (1867)  in 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  of  Philadelphia,  and 
the  following  year  entered  Bellevue  and  Long 
Island  Medical  College,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1868  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 

Shortly  after  his  graduation  Dr.  Grant  opened 
an  office  in  Nebraska,  near  Sioux  City,  Iowa, 
but  in  1872  removed  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  where 
he  continued  for  a  number  of  years,  and  while 
there  held  the  office  of  president  of  the  Scott 
County  Medical  Society.  He  was  also  president 
of  the  Iowa  and  Illinois  Central  District  Medical 
Association.  In  1885  the  surgeon-general  of  the 
United  States  army  appointed  him  post  surgeon 
at  the  Rock  Island  arsenal,  and  he  held  the  po- 
sition until  1888,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of 
going  to  Europe.  On  his  return  from  abroad,  in 
December,  1889,  he  came  to  Denver,  where  he 
has  an  office  in  the  Mack  building.  In  addition 
to  his  general  practice  he  is  one  of  the  surgeons  to 
St.  Joseph's  hospital  and  president  of  the  staff, 
and  is  also  surgeon  to  the  Rock  Island  Railroad 
here.  The  various  professional  organizations — 
the  American  Academy  of  Railway  Surgeons, 
American,  State  and  Denver  and  Arapahoe 
County  Medical  Societies — number  him  among 
their  members.  All  discoveries  in  therapeutics, 
all  improvements  in  surgery,  and,  in  fact,  every 
development  made  in  the  profession,  receives  his 


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thoughtful  attention  and  study.  Himself  one  of 
the  foremost  members  of  the  medical  fraternity, 
his  articles  concerning  professional  work  and  the 
treatment  of  disease  frequently  appear  in  medical 
journals  and  are  valuable  additions  to  the  profes- 
sional literature. 

The  residence  of  Dr.  Grant  is  at  No.  930 
Pennsylvania  avenue.  He  was  married  in 
Franklin,  Tenn.,  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Moseley,  who 
was  born  in  that  state  and  died  in  Davenport, 
Iowa,  leaving  two  children,  William  W. ,  Jr., 
and  James.  In  Denver  he  was  a  second  time 
married,  his  wife  being  Miss  Nanny  Green, 
daughter  of  the  late  Judge  James  Green,  of  Cul- 
peper  C.  H.,  Va. 

HON.  JOB  ADAMS  COOPER,  governor  of 
Colorado,  1889-91,  was  born  near  Green- 
ville, Bond  County,  111.,  and  is  a  son  of 
Charles  and  Maria  (Hadley)  Cooper,  members  of 
old  English  families.  His  father,  who  was  born 
at  Maidstone,  County  Kent,  England,  forty  miles 
south  of  London,  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Cooper,  a 
paper  manufacturer  of  Kent  County,  who  came 
to  the  United  States  late  in  life  and  died  at  Yolo, 
Cal.,  when  eighty-nine  years  of  age.  Charles 
was  one  of  a  large  family  of  children  who  eventu- 
ally came  to  America.  He  was  educated  at  Maid- 
stone  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  crossed  the  ocean 
on  a  sailing  vessel,  settling  in  Newark,  N.  J., 
where  he  learned  the  carriage  manufacturer's 
trade.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  he  went  to 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber business.  It  was  there  that  he  married  Miss 
Hadley.  Removing  to  Illinois  in  1840,  he  be- 
came a  pioneer  of  Bond  County,  where  he  im- 
proved a  valuable  farm  and  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death,  in  1865,  at' the  age  of  fifty-nine 
years.  Fraternally  a  Mason,  he  was  active  in 
the  work  of  his  order.  He  was  a  firm  supporter 
of  Democratic  tenets.  During  the  war  he  was 
loyal  to  the  Union  and  assisted  in  raising  troops 
for  the  Federal  service.  His  wife  died  at  fifty- 
nine  years  of  age,  and  of  their  seven  children, 
five  of  whom  reached  maturity,  only  two  are 
living,  Thomas  Cooper,  of  Morgan  County,  Colo., 
and  Job  Adams  Cooper. 

The  last-named  was  educated  at  Knox  College, 
Galesburg,  111.,  from  which  institution  he  was 
graduated  in  1865,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B. 
Three  years  later  the  degree  of  A.  M.  was  con- 

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ferred  upon  him  by  his  alma  mater.  While  a 
student  in  Knox  College,  in  May,  1864,  he  en- 
listed, with  many  other  students,  in  Company  C, 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-seventh  Illinois  Infan- 
try, Capt.  B.M.  Veatch,  and  served  until  mustered 
out  in  the  latter  part  of  the  same  year.  He  was 
stationed  near  Memphis  when  the  Confederate 
general,  Forest,  made  his  memorable  raid. 

In  Galesburg,  111.,  September  17,  1867,  Mr. 
Cooper  married  Miss  Jane  O.  Barnes,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Romulus  E.  Barnes,  one  of  the  early 
Congregational  home  missionaries  of  Illinois. 
She,  too,  is  identified  with  that  denomination  and 
has  done  much  work  of  a  benevolent  nature.  She 
was  educated  in  Rockford  Seminary  in  Illinois, 
and  is  a  lady  whose  culture  makes  her  a  valuable 
acquisition  in  the  most  select  social  circles.  The 
four  children  that  comprise  the  family  are  named 
as  follows:  Olivia  D. ,  wife  of  Edwin  S.  Kassler; 
Mary  Louise,  Mrs.  Lucius  S.  Storrs,  of  St.  Paul, 
Minn.;  Charles  J.,  a  graduate  of  Knox  College, 
class  of  1897,  and  now  engaged  in  the  real-estate 
business  in  Denver;  and  Genevieve  P.,  a  gradu- 
ate of  Ogontz  School,  near  Philadelphia. 

On  completing  his  literary  studies  at  Galesburg, 
Mr.  Cooper  began  to  read  law  with  Judge  S.  P. 
Moore,  at  Greenville,  and  in  1867  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  after  which  he  opened  an  office 
for  practice  in  Greenville.  In  1868  he  was  elected 
circuit  clerk  and  recorder  of  Bond  County,  which 
position  he  continued  to  fill  until  he  resigned,  on 
coming  to  Denver  in  1872.  He  arrived  in  this 
city  May  14,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  at 
the  bar  here  September  i,  1872.  Forming  a 
partnership  with  A.  C.  Phelps,  as  Phelps  & 
Cooper,  he  gave  his  attention  closely  to  his  law 
practice.  Afterward,  for  about  two  years,  he  was 
interested  in  a  fire  insurance  agency,  but  retired 
from  the  insurance  business  in  order  to  accept  a 
position  with  the  German  Bank  (later  the  Ger- 
man National  Bank  of  Denver). 

During  the  early  years  of  his  residence  in  the 
west,  he  was  interested  in  the  stock  business, 
buying  cattle  in  Texas  and  feeding  them  on 
Colorado  ranches.  Sometimes  he  shipped  as 
many  as  two  trains  full  of  cattle  a  da)'  from  Brush, 
on  the  Burlington  Railroad.  The  advent  of  set- 
tlers, however,  caused  him  to  retire  from  the 
business. 

During  the  years  that  followed  he  became 
known  as  a  keen,  discriminating  financier  and 


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public-spirited  man.  His  circle  of  acquaintances 
increased,  and  his  influence  waxed  constantly 
greater.  The  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  and 
the  prominence  which  he  had  attained  made  the 
choice  of  his  name  by  the  Republicans  for  the 
gubernatorial  chair  a  most  happy  selection.  He 
was  elected  by  a  majority  of  ten  thousand 
(which  was  considered  large  at  that  time)  over 
his  Democratic  opponent,  Thomas  M.  Patterson, 
of  the  Rocky  Mountain  News.  He  took  the 
oath  of  office  January  i,  1889,  succeeding  Gover- 
nor Adams  at  the  expiration  of  the  latter's  first 
term.  He  had  never  been  a  partisan  politician, 
and,  although  always  a  stanch  supporter  of  the 
Republican  party,  he  had  not  actively  identified 
himself  with  party  matters;  however,  he  was  well 
known  throughout  the  state  as  a  successful, 
honest,  progressive  and  efficient  business  man, 
and  it  was  the  desire  of  the  party  to  have  such  a 
man  fill  the  executive  chair. 

On  his  retirement  from  the  office  of  governor, 
he  accepted  the  position  of  president  of  the 
National  Bank  of  Commerce,  and  this  he  filled 
successfully  and  ably  until  1897,  when  he  resigned; 
since  then  he  has  devoted  his  attention  to  the 
management  of  his  large  and  valuable  property 
interests  in  this  state  and  to  mining  at  Cripple 
Creek  as  a  member  of  the  Tornado  Gold  Mining 
Company.  In  1868  he  erected,  on  the  corner  of 
Grant  and  Colfax,  the  elegant  residence  where  he 
has  since  (and  especially  during  his  term  as 
governor)  entertained  with  a  lavish  and  genial 
hospitality.  In  1891  he  began  the  erection  ofthe 
substantial  block  known  as  the  Cooper  building, 
which  is  situated  on  the  corner  of  Seventeenth 
and  Curtis  streets,  and  which,  in  its  interior  finish, 
is  surpassed  by  no  block  in  the  state. 

During  Governor  Cooper's  term  the  superstruct- 
ure of  the  magnificent  state  capitol  approached 
completion.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  state 
board  of  capitol  managers  for  six  years,  and 
yet  holds  that  position.  During  his  term  the  state 
also  made  a  notable  advance  in  mining,  stock-rais- 
ing and  commerce.  The  commonwealth  reached 
the  climax  of  its  development  and  attained  a  pros- 
perity never  before  enjoyed,  and  indeed,  dreamed 
of  by  few.  The  World's  Fair  preparations  were 
being  made  while  he  was  at  the  head  of  the  gov- 
ernment, and  he  took  an  active  part  in  arranging 
for  a  representation  of  Colorado  at  the  Fair  that 
would  do  justice  to  the  industries  ofthe  state. 


As  an  executive  official  he  was  conservative  in 
judgment,  never  hasty  in  his  decisions,  but  firm 
in  carrying  out  any  given  course  of  action  when 
once  decided  upon.  He  possessed  a  sagacity 
sound,  well  defined  and  trustworthy  and  was  a 
man  of  profound  foresight.  Having  made  a 
study  of  constitutional  law,  he  was  well  versed  in 
the  principles  of  wise  statesmanship  and  public 
policy,  and  was  admirably  fitted  to  stand  at  the 
head  of  the  greatest  state  in  the  mountain  regions 
of  the  west. 


HON.  JOHN  L.  ROUTT.  The  last  territoria 
and  the  first  state  governor  of  Colorado,  also 
governor  in  1891-93,  enjoys  the  distinction 
of  being  the  only  one  who  has  three  times  filled 
the  gubernatorial  chair  ofthe  state,  and  but  two 
other  governors  have  served  more  than  a  single 
term.  Coming  to  Colorado  prior  to  its  admission 
as  a  state,  he  has  from  that  time  been  closely 
identified  with  its  history  and  has  contributed  to 
its  progress.  The  development  of  the  common- 
wealth has  been  ever  near  to  his  heart,  its  mining 
and  stock-raising  industries  he  has  promoted  in 
many  important  ways,  while  its  commercial  in- 
terests have  been  given  an  impetus  through  his 
executive  ability  and  tireless  energy. 

In  view  of  the  close  connection  of  Governor 
Routt  with  the  business  and  political  history  of 
the  state,  considerable  mention  should  be  made 
of  his  life  and  public  career.  Whatever  success 
he  has  achieved  is  the  result  of  his  unaided  efforts, 
for  he  started  out  in  the  world  with  but  a  limited 
education,  wholly  destitute  of  money  and  also 
lacking  influential  friends.  Money,  friends  and 
prominence  have  come  to  him,  as  the  result  of 
the  honorable  and  efficient  manner  in  which  he 
has  conducted  busine'ss  and  his  genial  qualities 
as  a  man  and  friend. 

The  Routt  family  came  from  Wales  to  America. 
Daniel,  a  son  ofthe  founder  ofthe  family  in  this 
country,  was  born  in  Virginia  and  became  a 
pioneer  of  Kentucky,  settling  in  the  woods  three 
miles  from  Booneville,  where  he  died  at  the  age 
of  eighty-five  years.  John,  son  of  Daniel  and 
father  of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Clark  County, 
Ky. ,  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Caldwell  County, 
where  he  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-four.  During 
the  war  of  1812  he  was  a  member  of  Captain 
Long's  company. 

The  marriage  of  John  Routt  united  him  with 


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Martha  Haggard,  who  was  born  in  Clark  County, 
of  Welsh  descent.  Her  father,  David  Hag- 
gard, was  born  in  Virginia  and  at  the  age  of 
seventeen  enlisted  in  the  American  army,  where 
he  served  until  the  close  of  the  Revolution. 
Later  he  removed  to  Kentucky  and  became  a 
very  early  settler  of  Clark  County,  where  he 
located  very  soon  after  the  arrival  of  Daniel 
Boone.  In  after  years  he  cultivated  a  farm  in 
Trigg  County,  Ky.,  from  which  place  he  re- 
moved to  Illinois  and  spent  his  last  days  with 
relatives  in  Bloomington,  dying  there  at  the  age 
of  eighty  years.  About  1835  our  subject's  mother, 
who  had  in  the  meantime  married  Henry  New- 
ton of  Kentucky,  took  her  family  to  Illinois  and 
for  two  years  resided  in  Hancock  County,  next 
removed  to  McDonough  County,  and  later 
settled  in  McLean  County,  where  she  died  at 
seventy-seven  years;  Mr.  Newton  died  at  the  age 
of  eighty-five  years.  Her  family  consisted  of  two 
sons  and  two  daughters,  of  whom  two  survive: 
John  L.,  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Newton,  of  McLean 
County. 

The  life  which  this  narrative  sketches  began 
in  Caldwell  County,  Ky. ,  April  25,  1826.  Early 
orphaned  by  his  father's  death,  the  boy  was 
taken  to  Illinois  by  his  mother  and  attended  the 
public  schools  there.  Although  his  educational 
advantages  were  meagre,  he  supplemented  them 
by  reading  night  and  morning  and  at  all  spare 
moments.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  began  to 
earn  his  own  livelihood.  He  learned  the  trades 
of  machinist,  architect  and  builder  in  Blooming- 
ton,  where  he  secured  steady  employment,  and 
also  held  the  position  of  alderman  of  Bloomington 
and  sheriff  of  McLean  County.  The  latter 
position  he  resigned  in  order  to  enter  the  army 
soon  after  the  opening  of  the  war.  In  1862  he 
raised  Company  E,  of  the  Ninety-fourth  Illinois 
Infantry,  which  was  mustered  in  at  Bloomington 
with  himself  as  captain.  The  regiment  served 
in  Missouri  and  Arkansas  in  1862-63,  under 
command  of  General  Herron,  and  took  part  in 
several  closely  contested  engagements.  In  the 
battle  of  Prairie  Grove,  Ark. ,  he  narrowly  escaped 
death,  for  three  times  bullets  passed  through  his 
clothing.  In  the  spring  of  1863  he  became 
quartermaster  of  an  expedition  organized  near 
Rolla,  Mo.,  to  march  upon  Little  Rock.  Soon 
afterward  the  regiment  joined  General  Grant  at 
Vicksburg,  where  they  remained  until  the  fall  of 


that  city.  While  at  Vicksburg  General  Grant 
gave  an  order  to  the  commanding  general  to 
have  a  large  amount  of  ammunition  removed  the 
following  day  from  Chickasaw  Bayou,  eighteen 
miles  away,  by  noon.  This  was  considered  im- 
possible, but  was  accomplished  by  Quartermaster 
Routt,  which  so  pleased  General  Grant  that  he 
wrote  John  L.  Routt's  name  in  his  note  book. 
Years  afterwards  General  Grant  met  Mr.  Routt 
in  Chicago  and,  remembering  the  name,  a  friend- 
ship began  that  lasted  through  life.  In  the  fall 
of  1880  General  Grant  spent  four  weeks  in  the 
company  of  Governor  Routt  in  the  mountains  of 
Colorado,  and  these  are  the  most  memorable  four 
weeks  in  the  governor's  recollection.  The  next 
movement  was  to  Port  Hudson,  Miss. ,  thence  to 
Brownsville,  Tex.,  where  Captain  Routt  was  ap- 
pointed to  duty  as  chief  quartermaster  ofthe  army 
of  the  frontier  on  the  Rio  Grande,  with  the  rank 
of  colonel.  He  was  ordered  to  New  Orleans 
after  the  defeat  of  General  Banks  in  1864  and 
was  then  stationed  at  Baton  Rouge  in  charge  of 
the  outfitting  depot  until  he  was  mustered  out  of 
service  September  20,  1865.  He  was  a  personal 
friend  of  President  Lincoln,  whom  he  warmly 
admired  for  his  depth  of  character  and  breadth  of 
mind. 

Returning  to  Bloomington,  Colonel  Routt  un- 
expectedly found  himself  the  Republican  candi- 
date for  count}1  treasurer.  He  was  elected  and 
served  for  two  terms,  but  declined  further 
renomination.  During  his  administration  an 
elegant  courthouse  was  built  and  other  improve- 
ments were  made,  in  all  of  which  his  careful 
handling  and  wise  disbursement  of  money  was 
apparent.  At  the  close  of  his  second  term,  in 
November,  1869,  he  went  to  Washington  as  chief 
clerk  to  the  second  assistant  postmaster-general 
under  President  Grant.  During  his  services  in 
that  capacity  a  controversy  arose  in  regard  to  the 
United  States  marshal  for  the  southern  district 
of  Illinois,  and  he,  without  his  knowledge,  was 
appointed  by  President  Grant  to  that  position. 
In  1870  he  took  the  census  of  his  district,  com- 
prising seventy-two  counties. 

In  the  fall  of  1871  Colonel  Routt  received  a 
telegram  from  President  Grant,  offering  him  the 
appointment  of  second  assistant  postmaster-gen- 
eral. He  accepted  the  position,  resigning  as 
marshal,  and  the  following  day  started  for 
Washington.  In  this  office  he  had  charge  of  the 


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James  Beuton;  D.  C.,  of  Scott  County,  Iowa; 
and  Whitaker  M.,  an  attorney  in  Oklahoma. 
James  Benton  Grant  was  born  on  a  plantation 
near  Columbus,  in  Russell  County,  Ala.,  Jan- 
uary 2,  1848.  His  boyhood  was  spent  on  a 
plantation  in  that  county.  His  father  taught 
him  to  make  every  kind  of  farm  implement  and 
its  practical  use  in  the  cultivation  of  corn,  cotton 
and  farm  produce.  He  also  learned  woodcraft 
and  the  use  of  the  axe  in  felling  trees  and  splitting 
rails.  Thus  he  laid  the  foundation  for  a  strong 
mental  and  physical  development.  Though  he 
alternated  school  work  with  farming,  yet  before 
the  age  of  fifteen  he  had  read  Virgil  and  had 
commenced  to  read  Sallust.  As  he  was  growing 
toward  manhood  the  dark  clouds  of  war  fell  upon 
the  nation  and  when  he  was  but  seventeen,  Jan- 
uary 2,  1865,  he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate 
army  as  a  member  of  Waddell's  battalion,  in 
which  he  remained  until  the  close  of  the  war 
brought  the  disbandment  of  the  troops,  and  he 
returned  home  in  April,  1865. 

In  December,  1870,  Mr.  Grant  went  to  Iowa, 
where  he  had  an  uncle  in  Davenport.  Soon  aft- 
erward he  entered  the  Iowa  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, where  he  remained  for  two  years.  He 
then  spent  a  year  in  Cornell,  where  he  took  a 
course  in  civil  engineering.  In  1874  he  went  to 
Freiburg,  Saxony,  Germany,  where  he  studied 
mining  and  metallurgy  for  two  years,  then  re- 
turning to  the  United  States  via  Australia,  New 
Zealand  and  the  Sandwich  Islands.  Reaching 
this  country  in  1877  he  at  once  located  in  Colo- 
rado and  engaged  in  mining  and  assaying,  but 
soon,  in  partnership  with  his  uncle,  started  the 
Grant  smelter  atLeadville.  In  1882  the  concern 
was  removed  to  Denver,  where  he  has  since 
made  his  home. 

During  1882  Mr.  Grant  was  nominated  for 
governor  on  the  Democratic  ticket  and  enjoyed  the 
distinction  of  being  the  first  Democratic  governor 
the  state  ever  had.  He  entered  upon  the  duties 
of  office  in  January,  1883,  and  served  until  Jan- 
uary, 1885.  Besides  holding  this  important  of- 
fice he  has  been  prominent  in  his  party  in  other 
ways.  In  1884  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  national 
convention  at  Chicago,  where  Grover  Cleveland 
was  first  nominated  for  president,  and  at  that 
convention  was  chairman  of  the  Colorado  delega- 
tion and  chairman  of  the  committee  on  permanent 


organization .  Another  important  position  he  has 
held  is  that  of  chairman  of  the  state  board  of 
arbitration. 

No  biography  of  Governor  Grant  would  be 
complete  that  failed  to  mention  his  interest  in 
educational  work.  He  is  a  champion  of  the  pub- 
lic school  system  and  one  of  its  most  earnest  sup- 
porters. Of  his  time  and  influence  he  gives 
freely  for  the  cause  of  free  instruction  to  the 
youth  of  our  land.  In  1891  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  board  of  education  in  Denver,  and 
he  has  served  as  its  president  for  six  years  (since 
1892),  filling  that  responsible  position  with  the 
same  accuracy  and  efficiency  he  has  endeavored 
to  fill  every  position  to  which  he  has  been  called. 
In  the  moral  training  work,  too,  he  is  deeply  in- 
terested, giving  it  the  weight  of  his  influence. 

With  ajust  pride  in  the  record  of  his  ancestors, 
he  holds  membership  in  the  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  was  honored  by  the  state  association  by 
being  elected  its  president.  His  marriage  oc- 
curred in  Leadville  and  united  him  with  Miss 
Mary  Matteson  Goodell,  the  granddaughter  of 
Joel  A.  Matteson,  at  one  time  governor  of  Illi- 
nois. Two  sons,  Lester  E.  and  James  B.,  Jr., 
have  been  born  of  this  union.  Mrs.  Grant  is  a 
daughter  of  R.  E.  Goodell,  who  formerly  en- 
gaged in  farming  in  Illinois,  but  removed  from 
there  to  Leadville,  and  now  resides  in  Denver. 

A  public  office  is  a  public  trust.  Realizing 
this  fact,  Governor  Grant,  while  occupying  the 
gubernatorial  chair,  endeavored  to  discharge  his 
duties  honestly,  faithfully  and  efficiently.  His- 
tory attests  that  during  his  administration  the 
industries  for  which  the  state  is  famous  flourished 
and  prospered.  Settlers  were  attracted  to  the 
state  in  large  numbers,  new  lines  of  business  were 
opened  and  new  industries  inaugurated.  Ranches 
were  opened  up  for  stock-raising,  towns  were 
founded,  while  mining  continued,  as  before,  to 
draw  thousands  of  men  to  the  mountains.  The 
whole  career  of  Governor  Grant  has  been  one  of 
progress  and  will  furnish  numerous  lessons  to 
other  generations.  He  rose  above  and  conquered 
many  obstacles  in  his  life  and  his  successes  have 
been  more  the  result  of  his  indomitable  will  and 
courage  than  a  chain  of  lucky  circumstances.  In 
his  social  life  he  was  ably  seconded  by  his  wife, 
who  by  her  rare  tact  and  intelligence  made  many 
of  the  social  functions  of  Denver  a  success. 


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HON.  ALBERT  W.  McINTlRE,  governor 
of  Colorado  1895-97,  is  a  member  of  a  family 
that  has  borne  an  active  part  in  American 
history  for  many  generations.  The  first  of  the 
name  in  this  country  was  a  Jacobite  who  came 
from  Ayrshire  in  the  Highlands  of  Scotland  and 
settled  in  Delaware.  He  had  a  son,  John,  who 
was  born  in  Delaware  and  was  engaged  in  the 
transportation  business  between  Maryland  and 
Delaware  until  he  was  financially  ruined  by  the 
British  during  the  war  of  1812. 

Next  in  line  of  descent  was  Thomas  Mclntire, 
who  was  born  near  Dover,  Del.,  but  in  early  man- 
hood removed  to  Bellefonte,  Center  County,  Pa., 
and  engaged  in  farming.  Prosperity  attended  his 
efforts  and  through  industry  and  good  business 
judgment  he  became  one  of  the  wealthy  men  of 
his  locality.  Unfortunately,  in  1837  he  endorsed 
the  bonds  of  state  officers  and  was  obliged  to  pay 
the  security,  which  caused  his  failure.  He  then 
removed  to  Cincinnati,  where  soon  afterward  he 
died  of  yellow  fever.  During  the  war  of  1812  he 
served  as  a  commissioned  officer  of  the  American 
army.  He  married  a  Miss  Phillips,  a  native 
of  Connecticut  and  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends. 

One  of  the  children  of  Thomas  was  J.  P.  Mc- 
lntire, who  was  born  in  Bellefonte,  Center  County, 
•  Pa. ,  and  accompanied  his  father  to  Cincinnati. 
He  was  about  seventeen  when  the  latter  died,  and 
upon  him  then  devolved  the  responsibility  of  car- 
ing for  his  mother,  five  sisters  and  a  brother. 
His  first  venture  was  a  very  successful  one. 
From  Pittsburg  he  went  up  the  Monongahela  to 
secure  lumber  for  the  manufacture  of  barrels. 
The  weather  was  unpleasant  and  rains  were  fre- 
quent. He  was  obliged  to  wade  and  swim  through 
creeks,  carrying  his  pack  on  his  back.  Finally, 
however,  he  secured  the  lumber,  cut  it  out  and 
loaded  a  couple  of  boats  he  had  hired  for  the  pur- 
pose. When  he  reached  the  lock  the  dam  was 
broken,  but  with  the  assistance  of  an  Indian  he 
succeeded  in  shooting  the  boats  through  the  break, 
though  he  was  almost  drowned  in  the  attempt. 
When  he  arrived  in  Pittsburg  he  found  that  the 
price  of  staves  and  hoop-poles  had  risen  enor- 
mously and  he  sold  off  half  his  cargo  for  enough 
to  pay  for  the  whole  and  start  him  in  business. 
He  then  engaged  in  the  cooper's  trade  for  a  few 
years  in  Pittsburg,  after  which  he  became  inter- 
ested in  the  coal  mining  and  shipping  business 


near  the  city.  During  the  war  one  of  his  boats 
was  chartered  by  the  government  and  he  ran  the 
rebel  works  at  Vicksburg  in  order  to  take  coal  to 
the  Union  fleet  below.  In  1867  he  retired  from 
business,  and  in  1894  he  died  in  Pittsburg.  In 
religion  he  was  identified  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church. 

Governor  Mclntire's  mother  was  Isabella  A. 
Wills,  a  native  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  daughter  of 
James  and  Mary  (Thompson)  Wills,  natives  of 
Belfast,  Ireland.  Her  father,  who  came  to  Amer- 
ica in  1790  and  settled  in  Washington  County, 
Pa. ,  was  a  prominent  attorney  of  Pittsburg  and 
about  1820  was  elected  state's  attorney.  During 
his  term  of  office,  while  on  his  way  home  from 
Harrisburg,  he  died  from  the  effects  of  a  sun- 
stroke. In  religious  belief  he  was  a  Presbyterian. 
His  wife  was  a  babe  when  her  father  came  to  this 
country  in  1790  and  located  in  Washington  Coun- 
ty. Mrs.  Isabella  Mclntire  is  now  in  her  eigh- 
tieth year  and  makes  her  home  in  St.  Louis  with 
a  daughter. 

The  older  of  the  two  children  of  his  father's 
second  marriage,  Governor  Mclutire  was  born  in 
Pittsburg,  January  15,  1853.  He  was  educated 
in  private  schools,  the  Newall  Institute  and  Yale 
College,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  1873,  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  He  then  entered  Yale  Law 
School,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1875,  receiv- 
ing the  degree  of  LL.  B.,  and  admission  to  the 
bar  of  Connecticut.  He  then  returned  to  Pitts- 
burg, and  passing  the  examination  there  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar.  In  1876  he  went  to  Colorado, 
living  alternately  in  Denver  and  the  mountain 
regions  until  1880,  then  turned  his  attention  to 
the  cattle  business,  in  the  San  Luis  Valley,  being 
the  owner  of  four  thousand  acres  there  that  he  still 
devotes  to  stock-raising  and  farming.  In  1883 
he  was  nominated  for  county  judge  by  both  the 
Republicans  and  Democrats  and  was  of  course 
elected,  holding  the  position  for  three  years,  when 
he  refused  renomination.  In  the  fall  of  1886  he 
was  candidate  for  representative  from  Conejos 
County,  but  was  defeated  by  William  H.  Adams, 
a  brother  of  Governor  Adams.  In  the  year  1889 
he  adjudicated  the  water  rights  for  the  Rio  Grande 
River  in  Colorado.  Two  years  later  he  was 
appointed  judge  of  the  twelfth  judicial  district 
by  Governor  Routt. 

Having  for  years  been  prominent  in  the  Repub- 
lican party,  in  1894  he  was  made  its  candidate  for 


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governor,  his  opponent  being  his  predecessor  in 
office,  Hon.  David  H.  Waite.  He  was  elected  by 
nineteen  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eight  ma- 
jority over  the  Populist  candidate,  and  began  the 
duties  of  office  January  8,  1895.  During  his  ad- 
ministration he  introduced  a  modification  of  the 
attachment  law,  providing  that  attachments  could 
no  longer  be  served  upon  overdue  promissory 
notes  and  overdue  book  accounts,  which  was  of 
the  greatest  assistance  to  debtors.  The  same 
thing  had  been  attempted,  unsuccessfully,  by 
every  legislature  since  1 88 1 .  He  strongly  urged 
upon  the  legislature  the  industrial  employment  of 
convict  labor.  During  his  term  occurred  the  Wal- 
senburg  lynching,  which  he  settled  in  a  manner 
satisfactory  both  to  the  Italian  government  and 
the  secretary  of  state  of  the  United  States.  He 
also  handled  the  Leadville  strike  troubles,  which 
occurred  during  his  term.  Since  his  retirement 
he  has  given  his  attention  to  his  mining  interests 
and  private  business  affairs. 

In  New  Haven,  Conn.,  in  1873,  occurred  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Mclntire  to  Miss  Florence  John- 
son, who  was  born  in  New  York  City,  the  daugh- 
ter of  William  L.  Johnson,  a  manufacturer  there. 
Three  children  were  born  of  their  marriage: 
Joseph  Phillips,  who  is  manager  of  the  ranch  in  the 
San  Luis  Valley;  Elizabeth  Lord,  deceased;  and 
Dorothy.  Fraternally  Governor  Mclntire  is  a 
Knight  Templar  and  member  of  the  Shrine.  He 
is  connected  with  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi,  the  Colo- 
rado Yale  Association  and  the  Denver  Athletic 
Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  silver  Republican.  He 
is  a  man  of  broad  information,  especially  in  the 
direction  of  scientific  subjects.  He  is  also  a  lin- 
guist, speaking  German,  Spanish  and  French  and 
reading  Latin  and  Greek.  His  state  papers  show 
careful  thought  and  preparation;  and  his  message 
was  declared,  even  by  opposition  papers',  to  be 
the  peer  of  any  of  its  kind  ever  issued  in  the  state. 


RALPH  TALBOT,    senior  member  of  the  law 
firm    of   Talbot,    Denison   &  Wadley,    of 
Denver,  and  president  of  the  fire  and  police 
board,   was  born  in  Fayette,   Howard   County, 
Mo.,    August    17,   1850,  and  is  the  son  of  Dr. 
John   A.   and  Alice  (Daly)  Talbot,   natives    of 
Maryland  and    Lexington,    Ky.,    respectively. 
His  paternal  grandfather,  John  Talbot,  resided 
on  the  Eastern   Shore  of  Maryland   in  Talbot 


County,  which  was  named  in  honor  of  his  an- 
cestors. The  maternal  grandfather,  Laurence 
Daly,  was  born  in  Ireland  and  at  an  early  age 
settled  in  Kentucky,  where  he  married.  Some 
years  later  he  moved  to  Missouri  and  engaged  in 
teaching  school,  having  among  his  pupils  such 
men  as  Gen.  John  B.  Clark,  Colonel  Switzler, 
and  others  who  became  distinguished  in  national 
history.  Dr.  Talbot  graduated  from  the  Jeffer- 
son Medical  College  of  Philadelphia  and  after- 
ward practiced  his  profession  in  Fayette,  Mo., 
where  he  died  in  1858,  at  the  age  of  fifty-four. 
His  wife  died  at  the  family  residence  in  Missouri 
in  1871.  Of  their  family  of  six  sons  and  three 
daughters,  all  survive  with  the  exception  of  one 
daughter. 

The  fourth  son  in  order  of  birth,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  prepared  for  college  in  Kemper's 
Institute  in  Missouri.  In  1868  he  entered 
Dartmouth  College  in  New  Hampshire,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1872  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  For  two  years  after  completing  his  ed- 
ucation he  taught  Latin  and  modern  history  in 
St.  Paul's  school  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  which  is 
the  largest  Episcopal  school  in  America.  He 
resigned  to  study  abroad  and  went  to  Germany 
in  1874,  entering  Leipsic  University,  where  he 
spent  three  years  in  the  study  of  jurisprudence. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Missouri  in  1878 
and  opened  an  office  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  re- 
mained two  years  or  more.  In  1881  he  came  to 
Denver,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  profes- 
sional practice.  Though  always  a  stanch  Dem- 
ocrat, he  never  sought  office,  and  the  first  position 
that  he  held  was  in  1897,  when  the  governor 
appointed  him  president  of  the  fire  and  police 
board  of  Denver,  and  as  such  also  became  ex- 
officio  fire  commissioner. 

In  Mexico,  Mo.,  Mr.  Talbot  married  Miss 
Fannie  (Jewell)  Hardin,  a  descendant  of  the  well- 
known  family  of  Kentucky,  who  are  prominently 
identified  with  the  history  of  that  state.  She  was 
born  in  Missouri,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  J. 
Hardin,  and  when  she  was  about  seven  years  of 
age,  on  account  of  her  father's  death,  she  was 
taken  into  the  home  of  her  uncle,  ex-Governor 
Charles  H.  Hardin,  of  Missouri.  For  some 
years  she  was  a  student  in  the  William  Jewell 
Baptist  College,  Mr.  Jewell  having  been  a  relative 
of  the  Hardin  family.  The  five  children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Talbot  are:  Alice,  Ralph,  Jr.,  Charles 


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Hardin,  Robert  and  Laurence  Daly.  Fraternally 
Mr.  Talbot  is  connected  with  Union  Lodge 
No.  7,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Denver,  and  in  1894 
was  grand  chancellor  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
of  the  state.  While  in  Dartmouth  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Psi  Upsilon  fraternity.  He  is 
connected  with  the  bar  associations  of  Denver 
and  Colorado,  and  for  eight  years  was  one  of  the 
board  of  examiners  for  admission  to  the  bar  in 
the  city  of  Denver. 


(1  SIDNEY  BROWN,  president  of  the  J.  S. 
I  Brown  &  Bro.  Mercantile  Company,  of  Den- 
O  ver.  The  family  of  which  this  gentleman  is 
a  prominent  member  was  founded  in  .America  by 
Henry  Brown,  who  emigrated  from  England  to 
Salisbury,  Mass.,  about  1639.  Representing  the 
fifth  generation  in  descent  from  him  was  Moses 
Brown,  born  in  East  Kingston,  N.  H.,  in  1750, 
a  soldier  in  the  Revolution.  He  married  Mary 
Hobbs,  of  Poplin,  N.  H.,  and  afterward  removed 
to  Strafford,  in  Orange  County,  Vt.  Their  son, 
Reuben,  was  born  in  Strafford  in  1797,  and  when 
a  young  man  located  in  Conneaut,  Ashtabula 
County,  Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He 
died  in  1863.  His  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Laura  (Bushnell)  Hill,  was  born  in 
Starksboro,  Vt.,  and  died  in  Denver  in  1889, 
aged  eighty-seven.  She  was  a  sister  of  Gen. 
Charles  W.  Hill,  of  Ohio,  who  during  Governor 
Todd's  administration  was  adjutant-general  of 
Ohio,  and  assisted  greatly  in  putting  Ohio's 
quota  of  soldiers  in  the  field  during  the  war  of  the 
Rebellion,  and  cousin  of  Rev.  Horace  Bushnell,  of 
Hartford,  Conn.,  and  Judge  James  Campbell, 
judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  Michigan. 

On  the  mother's  side  Mr.  Brown  is  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  Gen.  Robert  Sedgwick,  colonist  and 
soldier,  who  was  born  in  England  in  1600.  The 
Sedgwicks  came  from  among  the  mountains 
which  form  the  borders  of  Lancashire,  Yorkshire 
and  Westmoreland,  England,  and  suffered  in  the 
border  wars  of  York  and  Lancaster.  Gen.  Rob- 
ert Sedgwick,  the  ancestor  of  the  Sedgwicks  of 
New  England,  became  an  inhabitant  of  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  June  3,  1636,  and  in  1637  a  freeman 
of  that  town.  His  residence  was  in  the  market 
place,  now  the  square  near  the  site  of  the  Bunker 
Hill  Bank.  He  was  captain  of  the  first  "Trained 
Band' '  in  Charlestown.  He  was  chosen  represent- 


ative in  1637  and  for  several  successive  years 
served  in  that  capacity,  and  as  selectman  of 
Charlestown.  From  1641  to  1648  he  commanded 
the  "Castle."  In  1644  he  was  the  first  major  of 
the  Middlesex  regiment.  In  1645  he  was  com- 
missioned to  take  care  of  the  fortifications  of  the 
town  and  the  harbor.  He  was  elected  major- 
general  May  26,  1652.  In  1654  he  visited  Eng- 
land and  engaged  in  the  service  of  Cromwell  as 
commander  of  a  contemplated  expedition  against 
the  Dutch  of  New  York,  but  peace  was  made 
with  them  and  he  led  the  expedition  against  the 
French  forts  in  Nova  Scotia.  He  captured  St. 
Johns,  Port  Royal  and  another  fort.  This  vigor- 
ous action  was  so  acceptable  to  Cromwell  that  the 
next  year  he  was  appointed  to  service  in  the 
West  Indies.  Jamaica  had  been  captured  and 
General  Sedgwick  was  sent  with  a  fleet  to  re-in- 
force  General  Venable.  He  arrived  at  the  Bar- 
badoes  August  27,  1655,  and  learned  that  Gener- 
al Venable  had  been  repulsed.  A  council  was 
formed  to  govern  the  island  and  manage  the  af- 
fairs. He  was  made  commissioner  for  the  gov- 
ernment and  afterwards  major-general  and  gov- 
ernor. Carlyle  said  he  was  very  brave,  zealous 
and  pious.  He  was  one  of  the  most  distinguished 
men  of  his  time.  He  was  an  enterprising  mer- 
chant. He  built  wharves  on  the  shore  east  of  the 
old  ferry-built  ways  and  the  old  tide  walls.  In 
1643  he  joined  the  younger  Winthrop  in  starting 
the  first  iron  works  in  America. 

Charlestown  has  cause  to  remember  the  public 
spirit  of  General  Sedgwick.  He  took  a  warm 
interest  in  its  welfare  and  was  constantly  in  its 
service.  His  regard  for  education  is  seen  in  his 
gifts  to  the  college.  He  was  a  representative  of 
the  liberal  Puritans  of  New  England;  religion 
was  in  all  his  thoughts  and  yet  he  openly  opposed 
the  prevailing  intolerance.  "He  was  nursed  in 
the  London  Artillery  Garden  and  was  stout  and 
active  in  all  feats  of  war. "  While  in  London  he 
joined  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Com- 
pany and  after  coming  to  America  was  active  in 
organizing  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company  of  Boston,  Mass.,  becoming  its  captain 
in  1640.  He  died  in  Jamaica  May  24,  1656. 

John  Sidney  Brown  was  next  to  the  youngest 
of  five  children,  the  others  being:  Junius  F. ,  a 
member  of  thej.  S.  Brown  &  Bro.  Mercantile 
Company;  Mrs.  Adelia  Dayfoot,  who  died  in 
Canada;  Mrs.  Hannah  Gillett;  and  Charles  H., 


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who  died  in  Denver.  J.  Sidney  Brown  was  born 
in  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio,  June  10,  1833,  the 
son  of  Reuben  and  Betsey  Horton  (Hill)  Brown. 
He  was  educated  in  public  schools.  In  1858  he 
joined  his  brother  in  Atchison,  Kan.,  and  they 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  lumber.  In  1861 
he  began  freighting  between  Atchison  and  Den- 
ver, and  made  two  trips  that  year  with  an  ox- 
train,  and  early  in  1862  he  came  with  a  mule 
train  and  founded  the  present  business.  The 
freighting  business  he  continued  until  1870,  when 
it  was  discontinued.  In  1864  one  of  his  mule- 
train  was  attacked  by  Indians  and  destroyed. 

The  first  location  of  the  firm  in  Denver  was  on 
Blake  street  near  Fifteenth,  where  they  remained 
until  1876,  and  then  removed  to  their  present  lo- 
cation on  Wazee  street.  In  1893  the  firm  was 
incorporated  under  the  name  of  the  J.  S.  Brown 
&  Bro.  Mercantile  Company,  of  which  J.  S. 
Brown  is  president,  J.  F.  Brown  vice-president, 
H.  K.  Brown  secretary,  F.  S.  Brown  treasurer 
and  F.  A.  Hall  general  manager.  The  firm 
erected  the  first  roller  flouring  mill  and  grain  ele- 
vator in  Colorado,  on  the  present  site  of  the  Cres- 
cent mill.  They  were  interested  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Bank  of  San  Juan,  at  Del  Norte,  also 
in  the  founding  of  the  banks  at  Alamosa  and  Du- 
rango,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  organization 
of  the  Denver  Tramway  Company.  In  1882  they 
embarked  in  the  stock  business  in  the  Platte  Val- 
ley, where  they  are  still  extensively  interested. 
The  Brown-Iliff  Cattle  Company  have  a  large 
ranch  near  Snyder,  Colo. ,  between  South  Platte 
River  and  the  Wyoming  state  line,  the  range  be- 
ing owned  principally  by  the  land  company  of 
which  J.  F.  Brown  is  president. 

In  the  building  of  railroads  Mr.  Brown  is  in- 
terested. He  was  a  director  in  the  South  Park 
line,  assisted  in  the  building  of  the  Denver  Pacific 
Railroad,  between  Denver  and  Cheyenne,  was  a 
promoter,  director  and  vice-president  of  the  Den- 
ver &  New  Orleans  Railroad, and  assisted  in  other 
enterprises  of  an  important  nature.  Only  one 
man  in  Denver  has  been  engaged  in  the  same 
line  of  business  continuously  for  a  longer  period 
than  Mr.  Brown. 

Mr.  Brown  was  married  to  Miss  Irene  Sopris,  in 
Denver,  in  1868.  She  was  born  in  Indiana,  a 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Allen) 
Sopris,  and  died  in  January,  1 88 1 ,  leaving  five  chil- 
dren, viz.:  Frederick  S.,  treasurer  of  the  J.  S. 


Brown  &  Bro.  Mercantile  Company;  Elizabeth, 
Mrs.  A.  B.  Inglis,  of  Paterson,  N.  J. ;  Edward  N. , 
who  is  with  J.  S.  Brown  &  Bro. ;  Katherine  and 
William  K.,  the  latter  a  member  of  the  class  of 
1900,  Sheffield  Scientific  School,  of  Yale  Univer- 
sity. 

The  present  wife  of  Mr.  Brown  was  Miss  Adele 
Overtoil,  who  was  born  in  Wisconsin.  She  grad- 
uated from  the  University  of  Wisconsin  in  1871, 
with  the  degree  of  B.  S. ,  and  the  same  year  came 
to  Colorado,  where  she  was  assistant  principal  in 
the  Denver  high  school.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  Revolution  and  treasurer  of  the 
Colorado  State  Society.  She  is  the  mother  of 
five  children  now  living:  John  Sidney,  Jr.,  Ben 
Overtoil,  Carroll  Teller,  Alice  and  Irene.  The 
father  of  Mrs.  Brown,  John  Overtoil,  was  born 
near  London,  England,  May  n,  1822,  and  died 
at  Parker,  S.  Dak.,  May  14,  1888.  His  parents, 
Robert  and  Maria  (Roy)  Overton,  came  to  Amer- 
ica and  died  in  Wisconsin.  He  was  their  young- 
est child  and  only  sou,  and  was  eighteen  years 
old  when  he  came  to  this  country.  His  wife, 
Lucina  Otto,  was  born  in  New  York  in  1824,  and 
died  in  Parker,  S.  Dak.,  in  1892.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  John  Otto  and  Maria  (Teller)  Otto, 
the  latter  a  descendant  of  Dr.  Isaac  Teller,  a 
Revolutionary  soldier.  Senator  Teller's  father, 
John  Teller,  late  of  Morrison,  111. ,  was  a  brother  of 
Maria  (Teller)  Otto;  while  Senator  Jerome  B.  Chaf- 
feewas  a  son  of  John  Otto's  sister.  The  originator 
of  the  Teller  family  in  America  was  William  Tel- 
ler, born  in  1620  in  Holland,  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica in  1639,  settled  in  Fort  Orange  and  appointed 
by  the  king  of  Holland  a  trustee  for  a  tract  of 
land  there,  but  in  1664  he  returned  to  New  York 
City  and  married  Mary  Douchen.  From  them 
descended  Dr.  Isaac  Teller,  who  lived  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Chambers  and  Broadway,  New  York, 
and  died  while  serving  as  a  surgeon  in  the 
Revolution.  He  married  Rebecca  Renisen,  of 
Brooklyn.  Their  son,  Reinseu  Teller,  who 
was  born  about  1769,  married  Catherine  Mac- 
Donald,  ofBallstonSpa,  N.  Y. ,  daughter  of  David 
and  Sarah  (DuBois)  Mac  Donald,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Col.  Louis  DuBois,  of  Ulster,  N.  Y., 
who  was  a  colonel  in  the  Revolution.  Renisen 
and  Catherine  Teller  had  a  daughter,  Maria, 
who  married  John  Otto,  a  native  of  Schoharie 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  a  son  of  Franz  Otto,  who 
served  during  the  entire  period  of  the  Revolution. 


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The  originator  of  the  Otto  family  in  America 
was  Rudolph  Otto,  born  in  Baden-Baden,  Ger- 
many, in  1715,  and  settled  in  Schoharie  County, 
N.  Y.,  in  1741.  He  had  two  sons,  John  and  Franz, 
or  Francis.  The  latter,  born  in  1757  and  died  at 
the  age  of  ninety-six,  married  Barbara  Schultz, 
later  moving  to  Mount  Morris, Livingston  County, 
N.  Y.  Among  their  nine  children  was  John, 
born  in  1796.  He  was  a  brother  of  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Chaffee,  who  was  the  mother  of  Jerome  B. 
Chaffee,  United  States  senator  and  one  of  the  most 
prominent  mining  men  of  the  state  of  Colorado. 

In  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Brown  is  a  Knight 
Templar  Mason.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of 
the  Revolution.  Politically  he  gives  his  affilia- 
tion to  the  silver  branch  of  the  Republican  party. 
As  a  director  he  has  been  actively  interested  in 
the  Colorado  Cattle  Growers'  Association,  and 
has  done  all  within  his  power  to  promote  the  in- 
dustry which  is  so  vitally  connected  with  the  wel- 
fare of  the  state.  He  attends  the  First  Congre- 
gational Church  and  contributes  liberally  to  its 
support,  as,  indeed,  he  does  to  all  enterprises  of  a 
religious  and  philanthropic  nature. 


r)ROF.  WARREN  EZRA  KNAPP,  superin- 
Ly  tendent  of  public  instruction  of  Arapahoe 
f3  County,  is  a  member  of  a  family  that  traces 
its  lineage  back  to  Saxony  and  to  Scotland.  For 
many  generations  its  representatives  have  been 
identified  with  the  history  of  the  United  States. 
From  Connecticut  Oliver  Pickett  Knapp  removed 
to  Westmoreland,  Oneida  County,  N.  Y. ,  where 
he  died  at  an  advanced  age.  His  son,  Ezra  Ab- 
bott Knapp,  was  born  near  Fairfield,  Conn. ,  and 
removed  to  Oneida  County,  N.  Y. ,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  farming  until  his  death,  in  December, 
1841,  at  the  age  of  forty-three  years  and  eight 
months.  When  a  mere  lad  he  had  taken  part  in 
the  battle  of  Sacket  Harbor.  He  married  So- 
phronia  Waters,  who  was  born  in  Connecticut, 
and  accompanied  her  father,  Elijah  Waters,  to 
New  York  state,  where  he  followed  the  carpen- 
ter's trade. 

In  the  family  of  Ezra  Abbott  Kuapp  there  was 
a  son,  the  oldest  of  the  family,  Edwin  A.  Knapp, 
M.  D. ,  who  served  as  surgeon  of  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Twenty-second  New  York  Infantry, 
during  the  Civil  war,  and  died  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Another  son,  Jairus  S.,  who  was  the  third  among 


the  six  children  of  the  family,  was  born  in  West- 
moreland, Oneida  County,  N.  Y.,  May  8,  1825, 
and  grew  to  manhood  on  the  home  farm.  He 
made  farming  his  life  work,  and  for  fifty-four 
years  tilled  the  soil  of  the  old  homestead.  Mean- 
time he  held  a  number  of  local  offices  and  took 
part  in  many  enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  the 
town  and  county.  In  1891  he  retired  from  farm- 
ing and  has  since  resided  in  Denver. 

In  1849  Jairus  S.  Knapp  married  Harriet  A. 
Kellogg,  who  was  born  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y. , 
January  31,  1825,  being  a  descendant  of  one  of 
the  passengers  of  the  historic  "Mayflower."  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Deacon  Warren  Kellogg,  who 
was  born  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  became  an 
early  settler  of  Oneida  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  and  carpentering.  He  died 
in  1869,  at  the  age  of  ninety.  His  father  was 
Abraham  Kellogg. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  the  oldest  child  of 
Jairus  S.  and  Harriet  A.  Knapp,  the  other  mem- 
bers of  the  family  being  Leonard  Kellogg,  of 
Denver;  Harriet  Antoinette,  who  is  Mrs.  Newell 
DeRoy  Lee,  of  Westmoreland,  N.  Y. ;  Edwin 
Abbott,  who  has  been  in  Boulder,  Colo.,  since 
November,  1877,  and  is  now  the  city  marshal; 
Helen  Maria,  of  Denver,  and  Alice  Emeline,  who 
has  been  in  Honolulu  since  August,  1891,  and  is 
now  principal  of  the  Kamehameha  preparatory 
school  for  native  boys  in  that  city. 

Born  in  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,  January  22, 
1850,  Warren  Ezra  Knapp  was  a  student  in  the 
Whitestone  (N.  Y.)  Seminary,  where  he  pre- 
pared for  college.  About  the  same  time  he  began 
to  teach  school,  teaching  in  his  native  town  and 
at  Jamesville,  N.  Y.  In  September,  1871,  he  en- 
tered Cornell  University  (having  won  a  state 
scholarship),  where  he  remained  for  two  years, 
and  then  spent  one  year  as  principal  of  the  Savan- 
nah Union  school  in  Wayne  County,  N.  Y.,  after 
which  he  applied  his  earnings  as  teacher  to  the 
completion  of  his  college  course.  He  re-entered 
Cornell  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1876,  having 
among  his  classmates  Jesse  Grant  and  R.  B. 
Hayes,  Jr.  After  leaving  Cornell  he  held  his 
former  position  as  principal  of  the  Savannah  school 
for  one  year. 

In  August,  1876,31  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  Professor 
Knapp  married  Miss  Sarah  E.  Cochrane,  who 
was  born  in  Ithaca,  the  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Eliza  J.  Cochrane,  whose  occupation  was  farming. 


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After  his  marriage,  for  three  years  Professor 
Knapp  was  principal  of  the  Union  school  at  West- 
moreland, his  native  place.  In  the  fall  of  1880 
he  became  principal  of  the  Union  graded  school 
and  academy  at  Madison,  N.  Y.,  which  position 
he  held  for  two  years.  He  had  entered  into  a 
contract  for  a  third  year,  but  within  a  month  re- 
signed, iu  order  to  accept  the  position  of  cashier 
of  the  banking  house  of  A.  K.  &  E.  B.  Yount,  at 
Fort  Collins,  Colo.  He  reached  Fort  Collins 
July  22,  1882,  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of  his 
position,  remaining  there  until  he  came  to  Denver, 
in  October,  1883.  He  was  chosen  principal  of  the 
Franklin  school,  which  was  then  being  erected, 
and  entered  upon  his  work  in  January  of  the  fol- 
lowing year.  At  that  time  the  school  was  the 
largest  and  finest  building  of  its  kind  west  of 
Omaha  and  Kansas  City.  He  remained  its  prin- 
cipal until  January,  1898,  when  he  resigned  to 
enter  upon  his  duties  as  county  superintendent 
of  Arapahoe  County.  To  this  position  he  was 
nominated  on  the  silver  Republican  ticket  and 
endorsed  by  the  McKinley  Republicans,  and  was 
elected  by  a  large  plurality  at  the  election  in  No- 
vember previous.  The  county  has  nearly  one 
hundred  school  districts,  with  six  hundred  and 
fifty  teachers  and  thirty-five  thousand  children  of 
school  age,  being  the  most  populous  county  in 
the  state. 

In  1884  Professor  Knapp  became  identified  with 
the  State  Teachers'  Association,  also  the  national 
association,  and  in  1890  was  appointed  superin- 
tendent of  the  Colorado  state  educational  exhibit 
made  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in  July,  at  the  meeting 
of  the  national  association.  He  was  present  at 
the  national  meeting  of  teachers  at  Madison, 
Wis.,  in  1884;  at  San  Francisco  in  1888,  when 
he  had  charge  of  the  Colorado  state  headquarters; 
and  at  St.  Paul  in  1890,  where  was  the  first  ex- 
tensive educational  exhibit  ever  made  by  Colorado 
at  a  meeting  of  an  educational  association.  In 
December,  1890,  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
State  Teachers'  Association,  and  soon  'afterward 
was  appointed  state  manager  for  Colorado  for 
the  association  meeting  in  Toronto,  in  July,  1891, 
the  duty  of  manager  being  to  arrange  for  the  state 
representation  and  take  charge  of  the  delegation. 
During  the  Toronto  meeting  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors,  National  Edu- 
cational Association,  to  represent  Colorado.  The 
following  year  he  was  again  made  manager  of 


the  state  delegation,  which  he  took  to  the  Nation- 
al Educational  Association  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y. 

At  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  president  of 
the  state  association,  in  December,  1891,  the  for- 
mer treasurer,  Hon.  J.  C.  Shattuck,  who  had 
held  the  office  for  fourteen  years,  resigned,  and 
Professor  Knapp  was  elected  to  the  place,  which 
he  has  since  filled.  At  the  meeting  of  the  Na- 
tional Educational  Association  in  Asbury  Park, 
N.  J.,  in  July,  1894,  he  was  again  elected  to 
represent  Colorado  on  the  board  of  directors. 
He,  with  the  influence  of  other  Colorado  del- 
egates, succeeded  in  securing  the  convention  of 
1895  for  Denver,  and  he  was  the  state  director 
for  the  meeting  here.  In  1896  he  again  had 
charge  of  the  Colorado  delegation  to  the  National 
Educational  Association  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  With 
one  exception  he  has  attended  all  the  meetings  of 
the  National  Educational  Association  since  1888. 

The  first  connection  of  Professor  Knapp  with 
politics  was  in  the  fall  of  1892,  when  he  was  a 
candidate  for  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction before  the  Republican  convention  at 
Pueblo.  Before  the  nomination  he  withdrew  from 
the  race  in  favor  of  his  only  opponent,  geograph- 
ical and  political  reasons  influencing  him  in  this 
decision.  However,  the  convention  by  acclama- 
tion placed  him  in  nomination  as  a  regent  of  the 
state  university,  but,  with  the  whole  ticket,  was 
defeated,  Governor  Waite  and  the  entire  Populist 
ticket  being  elected. 

In  the  Republican  state  convention  of  1894, 
Professor  Knapp  was  again  a  candidate  for  state 
superintendent  of  public  instruction,  and  until 
the  convention  opened  it  seemed  that  he  was  likely 
to  be  nominated.  However,  a  new  candidate 
appeared.  Universal  suffrage  had  come  into 
Colorado,  and  a  lady  appeared  as  a  candidate. 
An  exciting  condition  of  affairs  followed,  but,  as 
the  ballot  was  about  to  be  taken,  he  voluntarily 
withdrew  from  the  race  and  moved  the  nomina- 
tion of  Mrs.  Angenette  J.  Peavy  by  acclamation, 
which  was  done,  although  hundreds  of  his  friends 
protested  against  his  withdrawal. 

The  legislature  in  1891  organized  the  state  into 
normal  institute  districts,  Arapahoe  County  being 
the  third  district.  He  was  the  first  regular  normal 
institute  conductor  for  this  county  and  after  this 
organization  held  the  institute  in  the  Franklin 
school.  In  1892  he  was  again  appointed  conduc- 
tor, and  held  the  institute  in  the  East  Side  high 


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school,  being  in  each  case  appointed  by  the  Hon. 
A.  D.  Shepard,  county  superintendent  of  schools. 
Since  then  he  has  engaged  in  institute  work  every 
summer  in  the  various  counties  of  Colorado  and 
in  Cheyenne,  Wyo.  Since  1892  he  has  been  a 
member  of  Washington  Camp  No.  14,  P.  O.  S. 
of  A. ,  in  which  he  is  now  president.  For  sixteen 
years  he  has  been  identified  with  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Third  Congregational  Church  of  Denver,  is 
its  treasurer  and  for  six  years  was  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday-school.  His  daughter,  Evelyn,  is 
the  only  survivor  of  his  five  children. 


HENRY  C.  BROWN.  The  first  member  of 
the  Brown  family  of  whom  there  is  any 
definite  knowledge  was  Samuel,  son  of 
Nicholas  Brown,  and  a  native  of  Reading,  Mass. 
He  was  a  man  of  considerable  force  of  character 
and,  for  those  early  days,  was  considered  wealthy, 
leaving  valuable  property  at  his  death.  After- 
ward his  widow  took  charge  of  the  property, 
which  she  managed  until  her  death,  after  a  widow- 
hood of  fifty  years.  Elisha,  son  of  Samuel,  was 
seven  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death.  In  1744  he  moved  to  Cambridge,  and 
later  married  Elizabeth  Davis,  of  that  city.  By 
inheritance  he  was  a  rich  man,  and  through  the 
exercise  of  good  judgment  he  added  to  the  fort- 
une left  him  by  his  father.  He  and  his  wife 
were  the  parents  of  four  children,  Hannah,  Mary, 
Samuel  and  Elisha.  At  different  times  he 
resided  in  several  Massachusetts  towns,  and 
finally  died  in  Acton,  where  his  mother  had  left 
some  property.  His  wife  also  died  there,  in  1781. 
The  fate  of  their  children  is  not  definitely  known, 
excepting  Samuel,  the  progenitor  of  our  subject. 
He  was  the  third  child  of  his  parents  and  was 
probably  born  in  Cambridge,  but  spent  his  youth 
principally  in  Acton,  from  which  place  he  enlisted 
for  service  in  the  Revolution.  Among  the  en- 
gagements in  which  he  participated  were  the 
battle  of  Concord,  siege  of  Boston,  battles  of 
Bunker  Hill  and  Quebec;  and  at  the  latter  place 
he  was  wounded  and  taken  prisoner,  but  later 
was  sent  home  on  parole.  He  ranked  as  a  second 
lieutenant.  He  was  fifty-one  years  of  age  when, 
in  1800,  he  removed  to  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio,  and 
there  he  died  in  1828,  and  was  buried  with 
military  honors.  Twice  married,  his  first  wife 


was  a  daughter  of  Maj.  Daniel  Fletcher,  of  Acton, 
and  his  second  wife  was  Polly  Newkirk.  In  his 
family,  by  both  marriages,  there  were  twenty- 
one  children,  but  only  two  of  them  are  living, 
Elizabeth  Fletcher  Lennon  and  Henry  Cordis 
Brown,  both  of  Denver. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  was  the  son  of 
Samuel  Brown,  was  born  near  St.  Clairsville, 
Ohio,  November  18,  1820.  He  was  educated  at 
Franklin  Brooks  Academy,  St.  Clairsville.  At 
the  age  of  seven  years  he  was  orphaned  by  his 
father's  death  and  soon  afterward  he  began  to 
earn  his  own  livelihood.  He  remained  on  the 
farm  until  sixteen  years  of  age  and  later  learned 
the  carpenter's  and  joiner's  trade  and  the  ar- 
chitect's business  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  re- 
mained until  the  spring  of  1852,  assisting  his 
brother,  Isaac  H.  Brown,  an  architect  and  builder. 
From  St.  Louis  he  crossed  the  plains  to  Califor- 
nia, making  the  trip  with  ox-teams,  and  after  a 
journey  of  many  hardships  landed  in  Placerville 
(then  called  Hangtown  on  account  of  the  historic 
tree  used  for  hanging)  after  one  hundred  and  ten 
days  on  the-way.  After  one  day  in  that  town  he 
went  to  Sacramento,  thence  to  San  Francisco,  and 
from  there,  a  month  later,  to  Portland,  Ore., 
where  he  spent  a  month.  He  then  went  down 
the  Columbia  River  and  from  there  crossed  by 
land  to  the  Willamette  River,  thence  to  Olympia, 
Wash.,  where  he  spent  a  month.  Forming  a 
partnership  with  two  men,  Messrs.  Reader  and 
Peabody,  he  began  the  construction  of  a  sawmill 
for  sawing  lumber,  and  located  a  mill  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Whatken  River,  emptying  into 
Bellingham  Bay. 

After  eight  months  Mr.  Brown  sold  his  interest 
in  the  mill  and  returned  to  San  Francisco,  where 
he  followed  the  occupation  of  an  architect  and 
builder,  among  the  buildings  he  erected  being  a 
bank  building,  then  considered  the  best  building 
in  the  city,  and  still  standing.  He  spent  three 
years  in  San  Francisco,  meeting  with  varying 
success.  From  there  he  went  to  Oroville,  Cal. , 
where  he  spent  six  months,  engaged  in  the  build- 
ing and  commission  business,  and  was  so  success- 
ful that  he  accumulated  $6,000  in  that  time.  Re- 
turning to  San  Francisco,  he  sailed  in  a  clipper 
ship,  "The  Golden  Eagle,"  for  Peru,  South  Am- 
erica. He  spent  sixty  days  touring  in  Lima  and 
Calleo,  then  sailed  in  the  "Golden  Age,"  for 
Hampton  Roads,  Va.  From  there  he  went  to 


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Baltimore,  then  to  Philadelphia  and  New  York, 
next  to  Chicago  and  from  there  to  St.  Louis, 
reaching  that  city  after  an  absence  of  five  years. 
After  a  short  visit  there,  he  took  passage  up  the 
Missouri  River  to  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  and  from 
there  went  to  Decatur,  Neb.,  where  he  remained 
for  two  years.  Next  he  spent  a  year  or  more  in 
St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

June  9,  1860,  Mr.  Brown  arrived  in  Denver, 
finding  here  a  frontier  town  of  one  thousand 
inhabitants,  and  with  no  substantial  buildings  ex- 
cept the  Broadwell  Hotel,  corner  of  Larimer  and 
Sixteenth  streets.  The  first  building  he  erected 
was  a  large  structure  on  Cherry  Creek  that  was 
used  by  the  Methodist  Episcopal  congregation  as 
a  church  house  until  the  disastrous  and  memor- 
able flood  of  May  4,  1864,  washed  the  building 
away.  Just  two  weeks  before  the  flood  he  had 
moved  from  the  neighborhood  of  the  creek  to  his 
pre-emption  claim,  later  known  as  Brown's  addi- 
tion, on  which  subsequently  the  state  capitol  was 
built,  also  many  of  the  most  beautiful  residences 
in  the  city,  and  the  famous  Brown  Palace  Hotel, 
the  most  magnificent  hotel  between  Chicago  and 
San  Francisco,  and  erected  at  a  cost  of  $i  ,600,000. 


HON.  HENRY  NEIKIRK,  a  pioneer  of  Colo, 
rado,  ex-state  senator,  and  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Boulder,  is  a  representative,  in 
the  fourth  generation,  of  a  family  that  was  found- 
ed in  Pennsylvania  by  three  brothers  from  Ger- 
many. His  grandfather,  Henry,  the  son  of  one  of 
these  pioneers,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  but  re- 
moved to  Maryland,  where  he  continued  to  engage 
in  farm  pursuits  until  his  death;  during  the  war  of 
1812  he  rendered  service  in  the  American  army. 
His  son,  Manassas,  was  born  in  Washington 
County,  Md.,  and  after  his  marriage  removed,  in 
1836,  to  Carroll  County,  111.,  where  he  improved 
a  large  tract  of  government  land  that  still  remains 
in  the  possession  of  the  family.  He  was  born  in 
1809  and  died  in  1871,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two 
years.  His  wife,  Mary,  daughter  of  Josiah  Pope, 
was  born  in  Maryland,  of  Irish-German  descent, 
and  died  in  Illinois  in  1892,  when  more  than 
eighty  years  of  age.  They  were  the  parents  of 
three  sons  and  four  daughters  who  attained  mature 
years,  of  whom  all  but  one  daughter  are  still  liv- 
ing, Henry  being  the  eldest  of  the  sons. 

At  Elkhorn  Grove,  near  Mi'ledgeville,  Carroll 


County,  111.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born 
November  27,  1839.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  in  Mount  Carroll  Seminary, 
where  he  remained  for  three  years.  He  studied 
law  in  Mount  Carroll  under  William  T.  Miller, 
then  the  most  prominent  attorney  of  that  section. 
However,  after  a  year  of  study,  he  was  seized 
with  the  western  fever  and  in  1861  started  for  the 
mountain  regions,  going  down  the  Mississippi  to 
Hannibal,  from  there  to  St.  Joseph,  then  horse- 
back to  Nebraska  City,  where  he  outfitted  with 
an  ox-train.  Going  up  the  Platte,  he  established 
a  trading  post  at  Alkali,  on  the  river,  two  hun- 
dred and  thirty  miles  east  of  Denver,  building  the 
first  post  there.  During  the  summer  he  carried 
a  load  of  freight  to  Denver  and  returned  with  a 
load  of  lumber  for  building  on  his  ranch.  Alkali 
was  the  greatest  place  for  trading  he  had  ever 
seen,  but  he  was  too  young  to  take  advantage  of 
the  opportunity.  While  there  he  had  many  in- 
teresting experiences,  such  as  fall  to  the  lot  of  a 
pioneer.  On  the  25th  of  December  he  returned 
to  Nebraska  City,  and  in  the  spring  of  1862 
again  came  west,  beginning  as  a  prospector 
and  miner  in  Blackhawk,  Gilpin  County.  He 
continued  in  the  vicinity  of  that  place  during 
most  of  the  time  until  1875.  In  the  meantime, 
as  early  as  1867,  he  began  to  work  the  Hoosier 
mine  in  Boulder.  In  1875  he  located  the  Mel- 
vina,  near  Salina,  which  was  one  of  the  finest 
mines  of  its  kind  that  had  been  opened  up  to  that 
time;  after  running  it  for  five  years  he  sold  the 
property.  In  1886  he  with  others  bought  the 
White  Crow  at  Sunshine,  and  operated  it  for  five 
years.  He  is  interested  in  the  Freiburg  at  Gold 
Hill,  of  which  he  is  superintendent;  Sunshine  and 
Black  Swan  at  Salina;  Black  Swan  Gold  Mining 
Company,  of  which  he  is  superintendent  and  a 
director;  Golden  Sheen  and  Maveric;  Colonel 
Zellar's  mine  at  Sunshine;  and  Gold  Farms,  com- 
prising one  hundred  and  seventy-three  acres  near 
Magnolia,  the  most  extensive  mining  property  in 
Boulder  County,  and  operated  by  the  Gold  Farms 
Mining  Company,  of  which  he  is  superintendent 
and  a  director. 

In  1875  Mr.  Neikirk  brought  his  family  to 
Boulder,  where  he  established  his  home.  In  1881 
he  located  at  his  present  place,  buying  thirty-four 
acres,  of  which  he  has  sold  sixteen.  He  has 
built  a  substantial  brick  residence,  set  out  shade 
and  ornamental  trees,  as  well  as  a  number  of  fruit 


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trees,  and  introduced  a  system  of  irrigation.  In 
the  spring  of  1898  he  platted  and  placed  on  the 
market  the  Neikirk-Stewart  addition  to  Boulder 
City,  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  lots 
situated  to  the  north  and  west  of  the  main  busi- 
ness portion  of  the  city.  For  fourteen  years  he 
was  a  director  and  the  vice-president  of  the  Na- 
tional State  Bank  of  Boulder,  but  finally  resigned. 
He  has  been  a  large  land  owner,  having  real  es- 
tate in  Denver,  also  owned  several  ranches,  com- 
prising twelve  hundred  acres  in  Boulder  and 
Weld  Counties,  and  six  hundred  and  forty  acres 
north  of  Longmont,  where  he  built  a  reservoir  of 
one  hundred  acres,  that  furnishes  excellent  irri- 
gation facilities. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Neikirk  took  place  in 
Jamestown,  Boulder  County,  and  united  him  with 
Miss  Emily  Virden,  who  was  born  in  Grant 
County,  Wis.  Her  father,  John  Virden,  was  born 
in  Kentucky,  and  became  a  pioneer  farmer  of 
Wisconsin,  but  in  1863  brought  his  family  to 
Colorado,  settling  in  Gilpin  County,  but  later  re- 
moved to  Jamestown.  Born  in  1816,  he  is  now 
eighty-two  years  of  age,  and  can  no  longer  en- 
gage actively  in  business  pursuits;  he  is  spending 
his  last  days  in  the  home  of  Mr.  Neikirk,  where 
four  generations  of  his  family  are  represented. 
His  wife  was  Jane  Hunt,  born  in  Kentucky,  died 
in  Colorado. 

The  six  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Neikirk  are 
named  as  follows:  Fannie,  wife  of  Fred  Angove, 
of  Boulder;  Jessie,  a  graduate  of  the  State  Uni- 
versity, in  1897;  Lewis,  member  of  the  class  of 
1898,  in  the  university;  Thomas,  who  assists  his 
father  in  mining;  Burr,  who  is  a  member  of  the 
high  school  class  of  1900;  and  Abigail,  who  is  a 
student  in  the  high  school. 

In  1878  Mr.  Neikirk  was  urged  to  accept  the 
nomination  for  the  state  senate  and  was  elected 
by  a  majority  of  four  hundred,  his  opponent  be- 
ing the  noted  Joe  Wolf,  who  had  organized 
Greenback  clubs  throughout  the  county  and  had 
worked  the  district  for  two  years  hoping  to  secure 
the  election.  Mr.  Neikirk  served  in  the  second 
and  third  sessions,  1879-81,  was  chairman  of  the 
committees  on  irrigation  and  fees  and  salaries  the 
first  session,  and  chairman  of  the  finance  com- 
mittee the  second  session.  During  the  first  ses- 
sion he  drew  the  bill  that  levied  the  tax  of  one- 
half  mill,  the  nucleus  of  the  fund  that  built  the 
present  state  capitol  building.  He  secured  ap- 


propriation to  pay  expense  of  martial  law,  declared 
by  Governor  Pitkin  in  1880,  during  the  strike  at 
Leadville.  He  has  frequently  served  the  Republi- 
can party  as  delegate  to  conventions.  During  the 
campaign  of  1896  he  advocated  the  silver  cause, 
and  has  since  served  as  chairman  of  the  county 
convention  of  that  party. 


HON.  MOSES  HALLETT.  While  it  was 
the  hope  of  discovering  gold  in  the  mines  of 
the  mountains  that  induced  Judge  Hallett 
to  come  to  Colorado  at  the  time  of  the  Pike's 
Peak  gold  excitement,  the  competence  he  has 
gained  here  was  not  unearthed  from  hidden  re- 
cesses of  the  mountains,  but  has  come  to  him  in 
the  honorable  discharge  of  his  duties  as  a  jurist. 
When  Colorado  was  admitted  as  a  state,  during 
the  Centennial  year  of  our  country's  history, 
President  Grant  appointed  him  judge  of  the 
United  States  district  court  of  Colorado,  and  this 
honorable  position  he  has  since  most  efficiently 
filled .  He  is  also  dean  of  the  Colorado  School 
of  Law,  which  is  the  law  department  of  the  Colo- 
rado University,  and  holds  the  chair  of  American 
constitutional  law  and  federal  jurisprudence. 

Judge  Hallett  was  born  in  Galena,  Jo  Daviess 
County,  111.,  July  16,  1834.  His  father,  who 
was  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  came  west  in  an 
early  day  and  engaged  in  pioneer  farming  in 
Missouri,  and  later  in  Jo  Daviess  County,  111., 
and  served  during  the  period  of  the  Black  Hawk 
war.  When  a  boy  the  subject  of  this  sketch  at- 
tended the  public  schools,  then  continued  his 
studies  in  Rock  River  Seminary,  and  subse- 
quently became  a  student  in  Beloit  (Wis. )  College. 
At  the  age  of  twenty,  in  the  fall  of  1855,  he  be- 
gan to  study  law  in  the  office  of  E.  S.  Williams, 
of  Chicago,  and  four  years  later  was  admitted  to 
the  bar,  after  which  he  opened  an  office  in 
Chicago.  In  the  spring  of  1860  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado for  the  purpose  of  mining,  and  for  a  time 
worked  in  Gilpin  and  Clear  Creek  Counties,  but 
the  employment  was  uncongenial  and  unprofit- 
able. He  was  soon  brought  to  realize  that  he 
was  more  fitted  for  the  practice  of  law  than  for 
the  discovery  of  mineral  wealth,  and  he  decided 
to  return  to  practice.  Coming  to  Denver,  he 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  Hon.  Hiram  P. 
Bennett.  In  April,  1866,  he  was  appointed 
chief  justice  of  the  territorial  supreme  court,  as 


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the  result  of  a  joint  memorial  that  was  passed  by 
the  general  assembly  of  the  territory  of  Colorado 
in  Feburary,  1866,  and  presented  to  President 
Andrew  Johnson,  asking  him  to  make  a  citizen 
of  Colorado  the  appointee  and  recommending  Mr. 
Hallett  for  the  position. 

The  memorial  being  approved  by  the  governor 
was  forwarded  to  the  president,  and  the  result 
was  that  April  10  Mr.  Hallett  was  commis- 
sioned chief  justice.  He  was  very  successful  in 
the  position,  winning  recognition  for  fairness  and 
impartiality.  He  was  re-appointed  by  General 
Grant  April  6,  1870,  and  in  April,  1874,  serving 
until  the  territory  was  made  a  state.  It  was  not 
his  first  experience  as  an  office  holder,  for  he  had 
previously  represented  the  counties  of  Arapahoe 
and  Douglas  in  the  legislature.  In  January, 
1877,  he  was  made  judge  of  the  United  States 
district  court  by  President  Grant,  with  whom  he 
was  personally  acquainted.  It  has  been  well  said 
of  him,  "He  has  aided  very  largely,  not  only  in 
settling  many  of  the  disputes  that  have  come  up 
in  the  territory  and  state,  but  he  has  done  a  great 
deal  towards  establishing  justice  and  dignity  in 
the  Colorado  courts,  without  which  no  community 
can  ever  prosper. ' ' 

The  memorial  alluded  to,  asking  the  president 
of  the  United  States  to  appoint  a  citizen  of  the 
territory  as  chief  justice  and  approved  February 
8,  1866,  read  as  follows: 

"To  His  Excellency,  the  President  of  the 
United  States: 

"The  people  of  the  territory  of  Colorado, 
through  their  representatives  in  the  legislative 
assembly,  respectfully  represent  unto  the  presi- 
dent that  many  of  the  questions  growing  out  of 
mining  operations  and  concerning  mining  titles 
in  this  territory  are  novel  and  peculiar,  while 
other  questions,  concerning  the  irrigation  of  lands, 
and  growing  out  of  the  peculiar  situation  of  the 
people,  remote  from  all  other  communities,  are 
almost  unknown  to  the  laws  of  the  eastern  states; 
and  persons  residing  in  the  territory  have  ac- 
quired a  knowledge  of  these  questions,  necessary 
to  a  correct  understanding  of  them,  which  is  not 
possessed  by  residents  of  eastern  states;  and  for 
this  reason,  among  others,  the  people  of  this 
territory  are  exceedingly  anxious  that  citizens  of 
this  territory,  who  are  identified  with  the  people 
and  will  attend  to  their  public  duties,  should  be 
appointed  judges  of  the  territory;  therefore,  the 


council  and  house  of  representatives  of  Colorado 
territory  do  most  earnestly  and  respectfully  pray 
that  your  Excellency  will  appoint  Moses  Hallett, 
a  citizen  of  this  territory,  in  whom  we  have  con- 
fidence, to  be  chief  justice  of  this  territory." 

In  his  capacity  as  judge  of  the  district  court 
and  in  every  duty  connected  with  his  high 
position,  Judge  Hallett  has  shown  himself  to  be 
well  informed,  impartial  and  of  profound  sagacity. 
By  the  people  of  Colorado  he  is  held  in  the  high- 
est esteem.  Personally,  he  is  amiable,  kind- 
hearted,  genial  and  companionable,  and  when 
relieved  from  service  on  the  bench  the  dignity  of 
the  judge  is  lost  in  the  affability  of  the  man.  In 
addition  to  his  work  as  judge  he  is  dean  of  the 
law  school,  of  which  James  H.  Baker  is  the 
president. 

In  February,  1882,  Judge  Hallett  married  Miss 
Katharine  Felt,  daughter  of  Lucius  S.  Felt,  a 
merchant  of  Galena,  111.  They  have  one  son  now 
living,  Lucius  F.  Mrs.  Hallett  was  educated  in 
New  York  City.  She  is  prominently  connected 
with  St.  Luke's  Hospital  Society  and  is  also  an 
active  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  which 
the  judge  attends.  He  is  connected  with  the 
Masonic  fraternity  and  the  University  Club. 

General  Hall,  who,  as  a  citizen  of  the  state,  has 
been  familiar  with  the  judicial  record  of  Judge 
Hallett,  says  of  him,  in  his  History  of  Colorado: 
"He  is,  and  from  the  first  has  been,  noted  as  an 
industrious  and  intelligent  student  of  the  law, 
penetrating  the  depths  of  every  proposition  sub- 
mitted to  him  for  determination.  He  never  was 
a  fluent  or.  eloquent  advocate,  but  always  a  wise 
and  safe  counselor,  rigidly  honest,  forceful  and 
frequently  profound;  had  he  never  been  elevated 
to  the  bench,  he  would  still  have  been  an  eminent 
lawyer.  With  a  strong  judicial  mind,  he  has 
brought  to  his  office  the  great  advantage  of  a 
thorough  training  in  his  profession.  Long  years 
of  experience  upon  the  bench  sometimes  begets  a 
certain  disinclination  to  re-consider  expressed 
views,  but  no  judicial  officer  is  less  governed  by 
pride  of  opinion  than  Judge  Hallett.  He  is  firm, 
without  question,  but  the  position  is  taken  only 
after  deliberation.  The  effect  of  his  own  training, 
discipline  and  kindly  disposition  is  manifest  in  his 
court;  business  is  dispatched,  but  there  is  no 
evidence  of  haste;  dignity  in  its  true  sense  is  al- 
ways apparent, "and  casts  its  pleasant  influence 
upon  all  who  enter  the  temple.  The  respect  of 


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bar  and  the  confidence  of  the  entire  mass  of  the 
community  are  his,  while  his  standing  in  the 
supreme  court  of  the  United  States  is  that  of  one 
of  the  purest  and  best  officers  in  the  service. ' ' 


EOL.  HARPER  M.  ORAHOOD.  In  the 
minds  of  most  people,  the  history  of  Colorado 
dates  from  the  year  1859,  when  the  news  of 
the  discovery  of  gold  in  Pike's  Peak  spread 
through  the  eastern  states.  Attracted  by  the  re- 
ports of  the  immense  deposits  of  gold,  thousands 
of  men  came  from  the  east,  some  to  mine  and 
some  to  engage  in  other  industries  which  the 
rapidly  increasing  population  rendered  necessary. 
Among  those  who  made  the  long  and  tedious 
journey  across  the  plains  was  a  youth  of  less  than 
nineteen  years,  who  abandoned  the  study  of 
medicine  to  join  a  train  at  Rock  Island,  111., 
starting  from  there  March  5,  1860,  and  after 
walking  almost  the  entire  distance,  arriving  in 
Blackhawk,  Colo.,  on  the  istof  June.  His  after- 
life has  been  inseparably  associated  with  the 
history,  of  Colorado,  of  which  state  he  is  a  distin- 
guished citizen. 

The  first  of  the  Orahood  family  in  America 
was  Thomas,  a  native  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  and 
a  pioneer  of  Virginia.  His  son,  Amos,  removed 
from  the  Old  Dominion  to  Union  County,  Ohio, 
settling  near  the  county-seat  and  engaging  in  farm- 
ing. He  had  a  son,  William  J.,  who  was  born 
in  Virginia,  and  worked  as  a  mechanic  near 
Columbus  for  a  time,  later  went  to  Mount  Vernon, 
the  same  state,  thence  removed  to  LaSalle  County, 
111.,  later  went  to  Utah,  and  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight,  in  1894,  passed  away  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
His  wife,  Ann  Messenger,  was  born  in  Wilming- 
ton, Del.,  and  died  in  Denver,  leaving  three 
daughters  and  a  son. 

The  latter,  who  was  the  eldest  of  the  family, 
forms  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  in 
Columbus,  Ohio,  June  3,  1841,  and  received  his 
education  in  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio,  and  Earlville, 
111.  For  two  years  he  clerked  in  a  drug  store  in 
Rock  Island,  111.  On  coming  to  Colorado  he 
settled  in  Blackhawk,  Gilpin  County,  where,  and 
in  Central  City,  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  for  ten  years.  In  the  office  of  Hon. 
Alvin  Marsh  he  began  the  study  of  law,  but  after 
one  year  entered  the  office  of  Henry  M.  &  Willard 
Teller,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  October  i, 


1873.  Entering  upon  active  practice  he  soon 
acquired  a  large  clientage  and  became  known  as 
a  well-informed  rising  attorney.  For  some  years 
he  was  in  partnership  with  Senator  Teller  and  is 
now  associated  with  the  latter's  brother  in  the 
firm  of  Teller,  Orahood  &  Morgan,  of  Denver. 
Under  E.  O.  Wolcott  he  served  as  deputy  district 
attorney  and  upon  the  latter's  resignation  in  1878, 
Mr.  Orahood  succeeded  to  the  position  of  district 
attorney  for  the  first  judicial  district,  comprising 
Clear  Creek,  Gilpin,  Jefferson,  Boulder  and 
Grand  Counties.  On  the  next  election  he  was 
chosen  for  a  three  years'  term  in  the  office,  but 
in  1 88 1,  about  the  middle  of  the  term,  he  resigned 
in  order  to  remove  to  Denver.  From  1866  to 
1868  he  was  county  clerk  and  recorder  of 
Gilpin  County. 

In  1 86 1  Mr.  Orahood  became  connected  with 
the  Colorado  National  Guard,  and,  in  company 
with  Frank  Hall,  he  raised  the  first  company  of 
militia  mustered  into  service  in  Colorado,  it 
being  Company  A,  known  as  the  Elbert  Guard. 
In  that  company  he  was  made  a  lieutenant.  In 
1864  he  was  made  first  lieutenant  and  regi- 
mental commissary  of  subsistence  of  the  Third 
Colorado  Cavalry,  afterward  becoming  captain  of 
Company  B,  of  this  regiment,  and  doing  duty 
guarding  mails,  stages  and  wagon  trains  on  the 
plains  and  in  Indian  warfare.  December  27, 
1864,  the  regiment  was  mustered  out  at  Camp 
Weld  in  Denver.  His  title  of  colonel  was  con- 
ferred upon  him  by  his  appointment  on  Governor 
Mclntire's  staff. 

The  marriage  of  Colonel  Orahood  was  solem- 
nized in  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Blackhawk 
and  united  him  with  Miss  Mary  Esther  Hurlbut, 
who  was  born  in  Linn  County,  Mo.  She  is  the 
eldest  daughter  of  Hiram  E.  Hurlbut,  who  came 
to  Colorado  in  1860  and  engaged  in  mining  in 
Gilpin  County  for  years,  but  is  now  a  resident  of 
Denver.  They  have  five  children:  William  F. , 
a  graduate  of  Peekskill  Military  Academy  and  of 
the  Denver  Law  School,  and  now  an  attorney  in 
Central  City;  Harper,  of  Denver;  George  and 
Albert,  who  are  students  in  school;  and  Gertrude, 
who  is  attending  Emerson  College  in  Boston. 

In  1863  Colonel  Orahood  was  made  a  Mason  in 
Central  City  Lodge  No.  6,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Later 
he  was  a  charter  member  of  Blackhawk  Lodge 
No.  n,  of  which  he  was  master  for  several  years. 
In  1876  he  was'grand  master  of  the  grand  lodge 


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of  Colorado.  He  is  a  member  of  Denver  Chapter 
No.  29,  R.  A.  M.  For  years  he  was  commander 
of  Central  City  Cominandery  No.  2,  and  is  now  a 
member  of  Denver  Cominandery  No.  25.  In 
1879-80  he  was  grand  commander  of  the  grand 
coiumandery  of  Colorado,  and  held  that  position 
at  the  time  of  the  triennial  conclave  in  Chicago. 
He  belongs  to  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  Denver 
Consistory,  S.  R.,  and  is  a  thirty-third  degree 
Mason.  It  was  in  a  large  measure  due  to  his 
efforts  that  the  conclave  of  1892  was  held  in 
Denver;  he  was  the  first  chairman  of  the  triennial 
committee  and  afterward  first  vice-chairman,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the  work  that  made  the 
conclave  such  a  memorable  triumph  for  this  city. 
Since  1880  he  has  attended  all  the  conclaves  of 
Knights.  He  is  past  commander  of  the  Loyal 
Legion  and  has  been  an  aide  on  the  department 
staff  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  For 
years  he  has  been  vice-president  of  the  Bar 
Association  of  Denver,  and  he  is  a  member  of 
the  Gilpin  County  and  State  Pioneer  Associations. 
Politically  Colonel  Orahood  is  a  silver  Repub- 
lican. For  eight  years  he  was  city  treasurer  of 
Blackhawk.  With  other  citizens  he  succeeded  in 
having  the  postoffice  established  there  and  in 
1862  was  appointed  postmaster  by  President 
Lincoln,  holding  the  office  until  1871.  For  some 
years  he  was  city  attorney  of  Central  City,  re- 
signing on  his  removal.  The  only  position  he 
has  accepted  in  Denver  was  that  of  director  of 
school  district  No.  i,  in  which  office  he  did  all 
within  his  power  for  the  advancement  of  the 
schools.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  the  build- 
ing of  the  Colorado  Central  from  Blackhawk  to 
Central  City,  and  later  was  the  attorney  for  that 
road,  now  a  part  of  the  Union  Pacific.  His  firm 
are  now  the  attorneys  for  the  latter  railroad. 
Personally  he  is  a  man  of  many  winning  traits, 
liberal,  large-hearted,  enterprising  and  approach- 
able, and  he  has  won  a  deserved  position  of  prom- 
inence among  the  people  of  the  state. 


HON.  R.  S.  LITTLE.    In  the  history  of  Ara- 
pahoe  County  considerable  mention  deserv- 
edly belongs  to  the  founder  of  the  beautiful 
suburban  village  of  Littleton.     The  Little  family 
was  founded  in  America  in  1640  by  George  Little, 
who  cauie   from  Unicorn  street,    near    London 
bridge,  in  London,  and  settled  in  Newbury,  Mass. 


His  descendants  were  among  the  patriotic  men 
who  fought  for  the  liberty  of  our  country.  Lieut. 
Moses  Little,  of  New  Hampshire  (born  1742, 
died  1813),  served  as  first  lieutenant  under  Capt. 
Samuel  Richards,  in  Col.  John  Stark's  regiment, 
and  he  and  his  son,  George  (our  subject's  grand- 
father), took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 
He  marched  from  New  Hampshire  with  Col. 
Jacob  Gates'  regiment  and  joined  the  Continental 
army  in  Rhode  Island  in  August,  1778.  George 
Little  (born  1762,  died  1850)  was  a  private  in 
Capt.  John  Duncan's  company,  commanded  by 
Col.  Moses  Kelly,  and  with  his  command  started 
for  Ticonderoga  on  receiving  the  alarm  July  i , 

1777,  marching  as  far  as  Washington  and  Charles- 
town,  when  he  was  ordered  back.      As  a  member 
of  the  company  of  Capt.  James  Arkens,  in  a  regi- 
ment commanded  by  Colonel  Kelly,  he  marched 
from  New  Hampshire  to  Rhode  Island  in  August, 

1778,  and  joined  the  Continental  army. 

The  subject  of  this  review  was  born  in  Grafton, 
N.  H.,  May  12,  1829,  a  son  of  John  and  Betsey 
(Jackman)  Little.  He  was  seven  years  of  age 
when  he  accompanied  the  family  to  Nashua,  near 
which  place  his  father  carried  on  a  hotel  until 
his  death  in  1854.  R.  S.  Little  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  Norwich  University,  graduating 
there  in  1850:  He  was  a  classmate  of  Gen.  G.M. 
Dodge,  U.  S.  A.;  Rear- Admiral  George  Dewey 
was  also  a  graduate  of  this  school.  He  proved 
himself  especially  gifted  in  mathematics.  His 
expenses  in  college  he  partly  paid  by  means  of 
his  musical  skill,  for  he  was  a  skilled  violinist. 
He  graduated  at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  After- 
ward he  assisted  in  the  survey  of  the  first  railroad 
from  Danforth  Corners  to  Milford,  N.  H.,  under 
General  Stark.  In  1851  he  started  west  via 
Ogdensburg,  from  which  place  he  traveled  by 
stage  to  Watertown  and  then  pursued  his  way  to 
Rome,  from  there  by  rail  to  Buffalo,  then  took  a 
boat  for  Detroit,  and  sailed  up  the  lake  until 
stopped  by  a  blockade  of  ice.  He  finally  reached 
Detroit,  from  which  place  he  traveled  by  steam- 
cars  to  Michigan  City,  making  six  or  eight  miles 
an  hour  over  the  strap  rails.  From  Michigan 
City  he  went  by  boat  to  Racine,  Wis. ,  thence  by 
stage  seventy  miles  into  the  interior  of  the  state, 
stopping  for  a  time  in  Janesville.  From  that  city 
to  Chicago  he  ran  the  levels  for  the  first  railroad 
survey  on  the  line  now  belonging  to  the  Chicago 
&  North-western  Railroad.  The  company  for 


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whom,  he  worked  failed,  owing  him  $500.  He 
then  shouldered  his  pack  and  walked  to  Eagle, 
Wis. ,  where  he  found  employment  on  the  Mil- 
waukee &  Mississippi  Railroad,  making  the  pre- 
liminary survey  from  Madison  to  the  Wisconsin 
River,  and  having  charge  of  the  construction  of 
the  road  west  of  Whitewater.  Afterward  he  sur- 
veyed a  line  from  Milwaukee  to  Fond  du  Lac. 

In  1853  Mr.  Little  located,  constructed  and 
operated  a  road  from  Milwaukee  to  Columbus, 
Wis.,  as  assistant  to  E.  H.  Broadhead.  Septem- 
ber 24,  1854,  he  married  Angeline,  a  daughter  of 
John  Harwood,  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  afterward 
settled  in  Watertowu,  where  he  did  much  toward 
the  development  of  the  city.  In  1858  he  laid  the 
track  from  Fond  du  Lac  to  Oshkosh.  In  1860 
he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
construction  of  the  capital  hydraulic  ditch  from 
the  present  site  of  Littleton  to  Denver.  Under 
the  claim  law  he  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres,  to  which  he  afterward  added  a  homestead 
of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  When  the 
railroad  lands  came  into  the  market  he  purchased 
a  section  and  engaged  in  ranching,  gardening  and 
dairying. 

Mrs.  Little  had  been  greatly  troubled  with 
asthma,  and  as  soon  as  Mr.  Little  found  this  cli- 
mate beneficial  for  that  disease,  he  sent  for  her. 
He  met  her  in  Chicago  in  1862  and  brought  her 
across  the  plains  with  a  mule-team,  spending 
two  months  on  the  way.  The  air  of  these  high 
altitudes  at  once  relieved  her,  and  she  has  had  no 
recurrence  of  the  trouble,  except  when  visiting 
the  east.  She  lived  six  months  in  Littleton  before 
she  saw  a  white  woman.  She  has  been  one  of 
the  prominent  women  in  all  enterprises  that  would 
tend  to  benefit  the  town  and  its  people.  Her 
charity  is  proverbial  and  her  love  for  humanity 
is  beautiful  as  it  is  rare.  She  is  the  mother  of 
Lucius  H.  Little. 

In  1867  Mr.  Little,  in  company  with  others, 
erected  the  Rough  and  Ready  flour  mills  in  Little- 
ton, which  were  destroyed  by  fire  in  1872,  with  a 
loss  of  about  $45, coo,  including  the  stock  on 
hand.  They  at  once  erected  another  mill  on  the 
same  site.  In  1873  he  was  elected  to  the  terri- 
torial legislature,  receiving  three  thousand  votes 
out  of  three  thousand  and  one  hundred  votes  cast 
in  the  county.  He  was  the  Republican  nominee, 
but  was  endorsed  by  the  other  parties.  While  a 
member  of  the  house,  he  introduced  a  bill  provid- 


ing for  a  general  system  of  irrigation  for  Colorado, 
making  the  land  owners  under  it  stockholders  and 
assessing  the  land  thus  benefited  pro  rata.  How- 
ever, owing  to  a  variety  of  causes,  the  bill  failed 
to  pass.  In  1874  the  mill  again  burned  down 
with  a  heavier  loss  than  before;  they  at  once 
erected  the  present  stone  mill,  which  is  fireproof 
throughout,  with  five  sets  of  burrs,  and  a  capacity 
for  three  hundred  sacks  per  day.  The  storehouse 
has  a  capacity  of  twenty  thousand  bushels.  From 
the  time  of  the  building  of  the  mill  the  flour 
steadily  grew  in  reputation,  and  is  now  famous 
throughout  the  entire  country  as  the  best  brand 
in  the  market. 

A  number  of  people  having  already  settled 
here,  in  1875  Mr.  Little  platted  the  village  of 
Littleton,  which  has  since  become  one  of  the  most 
attractive  towns  in  the  state,  its  churches,  public 
schools  and  public  improvements  of  all  kinds, 
making  it  a  desirable  home  for  a  family.  In  1871 
Mr.  Little  donated  the  ground  on  which  he  built 
St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church.  He  has  also  do- 
nated the  sites  of  the  present  Presbyterian  Church, 
the  school  house,  four  lots  to  build  the  first  store, 
and  also  lots  for  other  public  enterprises.  He  has 
been  the  leading  spirit  in  the  village  since  its  in- 
ception, and  with  commendable  energy  has  fur- 
thered every  measure  for  the  benefit  of  the  people 
and  the  advancement  of  local  interests. 


j  UMAN  M.  GIFFIN,  M.  D.  The  medical 
It  department  of  the  University  of  Colorado, 
I \  J  or,  as  it  is  more  frequently  called,  the  Colo- 
rado School  of  Medicine,  of  which  Dr.  Giffin  is 
dean,  was  opened  in  September,  1883.  The 
faculty  for  1883-84  consisted  of  seven  members, 
but  was  increased  from  year  to  year  until  it  num- 
bered twenty-two  professors,  besides  lecturers 
and  assistants.  Soon  after  the  opening  of  the 
school  a  hospital  was  established  on  the  grounds 
and  a  clinic  was  maintained.  The  course  of 
study  covered  three  years  until  1895,  since  which 
time  there  has  been  a  four-year  course  only.  In 
September,  1892,  arrangements  were  made  to 
conduct  the  last  two  years  of  the  course  in  Den- 
ver until  such  time  as  sufficient  hospital  advan- 
tages might  be  secured  in  Boulder,  and  since  then 
the  plan  has  been  to  have  the  work  of  the  first 
year  in  the  university,  the  other  part  of  the 
course  being  pursued  in  Denver,  By  a  recent 


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decision  of  the  supreme  court,  however,  all  reg- 
ular instruction  must  be  retained  at  the  univer- 
sity until  the  constitutional  right  to  continue  the 
former  arrangement  may  be  obtained.  A  build- 
ing has  recently  been  erected  to  give  more  room 
for  the  medical  school,  and  every  modern  equip- 
ment is  being  furnished  that  will  assist  in  the 
work  of  clinic  and  laboratories. 

The  faculty  of  the  School  of  Medicine  consists 
of  the  following:  James  H.  Baker,  1,1,.  D., 
president;  Luman  M.  Giffin,  M.  D.,  dean  and 
professor  of  anatomy  and  physical  diagnosis; 
Charles  Skeele  Palmer,  Ph.  D.,  professor  of  chem- 
istry; John  Gardiner,  B.  Sc.,  professor  of  his- 
tology and  bacteriology;  A.  Stewart  Lobinginer, 
M.  D.,  professor  of  surgical  pathology;  Emley  B. 
Queal,  M.  D.,  professor  of  physiology;  Horace 
O.  Dodge,  M.  D.,  professor  of  materia  medica 
and  therapeutics;  E.  H.  Robertson,  Ph.  M., 
M.  D.,  professor  of  pathology;  John  H.  Parsons, 
D.  D.  S.,  professor  of  operative  and  prosthetic 
dental  technics;  Charles  Fisher  Andrew,  M.  D., 
lecturer  on  hygiene;  George  O'Brien,  M.  D., 
demonstrator  of  anatomy;  and  Mary  Alice  Lake, 
M.  D.,  demonstrator  of  anatomy. 

Dr.  Giffin  was  born  in  Heuvelton,  St.  Law- 
rence County,  N.  Y. ,  October  30,  1850,  the  son 
of  Horace  and  Roxalana  (Wright)  GifEn,  natives 
of  Vermont.  His  father,  who  was  of  Irish  de- 
scent, was  a  member  of  a  family  that  settled  on 
the  original  site  of  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and 
from  there  removed  to  northern  New  York.  He 
came  from  Vermont  to  Heuvelton,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  until  his  death 
at  thirty-seven  years.  His  wife,  who  was  the 
daughter  of  a  miller,  was  of  English  descent,  her 
family  name  being  originally  Wreut.  She  was 
twice  married,  by  her  first  union  having  two 
sons  and  a  daughter.  After  her  first  husband's 
death  she  became  the  wife  of  Israel  Rowland,  by 
whom  she  had  four  children.  She  died  in  Colo- 
rado at  sixty-five  years  of.  age,  and  all  her  chil- 
dren are  in  the  west  except  a  daughter  of  her 
first  marriage. 

At  the  age  of  nine  years  our  -subject  accom- 
panied his  mother  to  Morristown,  St.  Lawrence 
County,  where  he  attended  a  district  school. 
Afterward  he  was  a  student  in  Black  River 
Academy  at  Ludlow,  Vt.  He  took  one  course 
of  lectures  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Vermont,  after  which  he  took  two 


courses  in  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  February,  1875,  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  He  practiced  in  Rossie,  St. 
Lawrence  County,  until  March,  1881,  when  he 
came  to  Boulder.  Soon  after  the  organization  of 
the  medical  department  of  the  state  university  he 
became  connected  with  it  as  professor  of  anatomy 
and  physiology,  which  chair  he  held  until  1897, 
and  was  then  made  professor  of  anatomy  and 
physical  diagnosis  and  dean  of  the  department. 

At  one  time  Dr.  Giffin  was  president  of  the 
Boulder  County  Medical  Association.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  State  and  American  Medical  As- 
sociations, is  examining  physician  for  different 
insurance  companies,  and  local  surgeon  for  the 
Union  Pacific,  Denver  &  Gulf  and  Colorado 
Northwestern  Railroads.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  Boulder  Lodge  No.  45.  When  the 
United  States  Pension  Examining  Board  was  or- 
ganized in  1894  in  Boulder  County  he  was  chosen 
secretary  of  the  board  and  served  in  that  capacity 
for  some  time. 

In  Rossie,  N.  Y.,  in  1875,  Dr.  Giffin  married 
Miss  Lillie  J.  Forester,  who  was  born  there  and 
died  in  Colorado  in  1887.  Two  sons  were  born 
of  the  union:  Horace,  who  was  educated  in  the 
high  school  of  Boulder  and  is  now  with  a  book 
firm  in  this  city;  and  Clay,  who  is  a  member  of 
the  high  school  class  of  1902.  Dr.  Giffin  was 
married  a  second  time  in  Denver,  his  wife  being 
Miss  Fannie  Lake,  who  was  born  in  Lake  Forest, 
111.  Three  children  were  born  of  this  union: 
Ruth,  Alice,  and  Louise,  who  died  at  three  years 
of  age.' 

fDGjILLIAM  P.  DANIELS,  president  and 
\  A  I  manager  of  the  Big  Five,  was  the  founder 
V  V  of  the  town  of  Frances,  where  he  resides. 
He  is  of  remote  Scotch  descent,  but  the  first  rep- 
resentatives of  the  family  in  America  came  here 
from  England.  His  father,  William  F.  Daniels, 
was  born  near  Hamilton,  Canada,  and  in  boyhood 
accompanied  the  family  to  Wayne  Junction, 
Mich. ,  but  a  short  time  afterward  he  settled  near 
Rockton,  Winnebago  County,  111.,  of  which,  as 
also  of  Forreston,  Ogle  County,  he  was  a  pioneer. 
In  1856  he  moved  to  Iowa,  becoming  an  early 
settler  of  Howard,  where  he  followed  the  mill- 
wright's trade  and  the  milling  business.  For 
some  years  after  1865  he  carried  on  a  mercantile 
business  in  Howard  County.  During  the  Civil 


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war  he  volunteered  in  the  Union  service,  but  was 
rejected,  and  so  was  compelled  to  remain  at 
home,  while  five  of  his  brothers  were  accepted  for 
service.  In  1884  he  removed  to  Louisiana, 
where  his  death  occurred  in  1893,  when  he  was 
seventy  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Mary  G.  Preston,  was  born  in 
Penn  Yan,  N.  Y.,  and  is  now  living  in  Louisiana. 
Her  father,  Richard  G.  Preston,  was  born  in 
Scotland  and  accompanied  his  parents  to  America, 
settling  in  New  York. 

Of  the  family  of  nine  children  five  attained  ma- 
ture years  and  four  are  now  living,  William  P. 
being  the  oldest  of  these.  He  was  born  near 
Rockton,  Winnebago  County,  111.,  June  16,  1851, 
and  was  a  child  of  five  years  at  the  time  the 
family  removed  to  Howard  County.  At  the  age 
of  fifteen  he  left  home  and  began  working  on 
what  is  now  the  St.  Paul  (then  the  McGregor 
Western)  Railroad,  the  first  through  line  to  St. 
Paul.  In  1872  he  began  as  conductor  with  the 
Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad,  with 
which  he  remained  for  two  years,  and  then  for 
twelve  years  he  was  with  the  Burlington,  Cedar 
Rapids  &  Northern  Railroad  as  conductor.  In 
1873  he  became  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Rail- 
way Conductors  and  five  years  later  was  elected 
its  grand  secretary  and  treasurer,  with  head- 
quarters at  Cedar  Rapids.  This  position  he  held 
for  seventeen  years,  having  in  1886  retired  from 
the  railroad  in  order  to  devote  his  entire  attention 
to  the  secretary  and  treasurer's  office.  At  the 
time  he  became  secretary  there  were  about  six 
hundred  members  and  when  he  left  the  order 
had  twenty-five  thousand  members  in  the  United 
States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  In  1895  he  resigned 
the  position  and  came  to  Colorado,  accepting  the 
position  as  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
Dew-drop  Company,  that  was  organized  in 
1893-94. 

Since  becoming  president  of  the  Dew-drop 
Company,  Mr.  Daniels  has  been  instrumental  in 
the  organization  of  four  other  companies,  viz.: 
the  Dew-drop  Mill  Company;  the  Adit  Mining 
Company,  the  Adit  Tunnel  Company  and  the 
Ni  Wot  Mining  Company.  The  original  name 
of  the  company  was  the  Orphan  Boy  Extension 
Mining  and  Milling  Company,  which  in  1896  was 
changed  to  the  Dew-drop  Mining  Company. 
The  Ni  Wot  Mining  Company,  with  the  mines, 
mill  and  manager's  office,  is  located  at  Frances, 


a  town  that  he  named  after  his  youngest  daugh- 
ter. A  tunnel  has  been  excavated  which  will, 
when  completed,  be  six  thousand  feet  in  length 
and  which  extends  under  Bald  Mountain.  There 
is  also  a  branch  tunnel  of  twenty-four  hundred 
feet,  to  cut  the  celebrated  Ni  Wot  lode.  The 
company  has  among  its  members  a  large  number 
of  railroad  men,  whose  long  acquaintance  with 
Mr.  Daniels  has  given  them  abundant  reason  to 
rely  in  his  judgment. 

Politically  Mr.  Daniels  is  a  Democrat.  While 
in  Cedar  Rapids  he  served  as  mayor  of  the  .city 
for  two  terms.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Lime 
Spring,  Iowa,  and  is  now  identified  with  the 
lodge,  chapter,  commandery,  consistory  and 
temple  at  Cedar  Rapids,  having  attained  the 
thirty-second  degree.  In  Washburn,  Iowa,  he 
married  Miss  Julia  C.  Close,  who  was  born  in 
that  state,  daughter  of  Cicero  Close,  a  pioneer  of 
Washburu.  They  have  two  daughters,  Mary  C. 
and  Frances  W. 


HON.  JAMES  MOYNAHAN,  mayor  of 
Alma,  Park  County,  is  the  owner  of  large 
mining  interests,  the  most  of  which  are  in 
Park  County.  Among  the  mines  in  which  he  is 
especially  interested  may  be  mentioned  the  Or- 
phan Boy,  two  and  a-half  miles  from  Alma, 
which  was  discovered  in  1861  and  has  since  been 
successfully  operated.  By  consolidating  the 
entire  slope  of  the  hill  and  running  a  tunnel  four- 
teen hundred  feet  into  the  mountain,  he  not  only 
proved  that  such  a  plan  was  feasible,  but  profited 
by  it  materially  himself.  He  is  now  the  presi- 
dent and  general  manager  of  the  company  operat- 
ing the  mine.  Recently  he  became  connected 
with  the  newly  organized  Gold  Drift  Mining 
Company  of  Park  County,  operating  near  Alma, 
and  he  is  now  its  president  and  general  manager. 
Among  the  other  mines  in  which  he  has  been  in- 
terested is  the  Falkland.  In  addition  to  his 
mining  interests,  he  is  engaged  in  the  ranch  busi- 
ness in  South  Park,  in  Park  County. 

Of  Republican  belief,  Mr.  Moynahan  has  been 
prominent  in  politics.  From  1870  to  1873  he  was 
commissioner  of  Park  County,  being  chairman  of 
the  board  for  one  year.  In  1876  he  was  elected 
to  represent  his  district  in  the  state  senate,  and 
the  length  of  his  term  being  decided  by  lot,  he 
drew  the  short  term,  being  a  member  of  the  first 
general  assembly,  which  was  in  session  for  more 


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than  five  months.  In  1882  he  was  chosen  to  rep- 
resent Park  and  Fremont  Counties  in  the  state 
senate  and  served  in  the  fourth  and  fifth  general 
assemblies,  a  term  of  four  years.  For  two  years 
he  was  president  pro  tern  of  the  senate  and  during 
this  time,  by  virtue  of  the  state  law,  when  both 
the  governor  and  lieutenant-governor  were  out  of 
the  state,  he  was  acting  governor,  but  there  be- 
ing no  special  business  to  be  brought  up,  he  was 
not  in  active  service  as  the  chief  executive. 
Many  times  he  has  served  as  mayor  of  Alma. 
He  was  elected  in  1896, /re-elected  the  following 
year,  and  in  1898  was  nominated  and  elected 
without  any  opposition.  He  assisted  in  the  incor- 
poration of  Alma,  was  a  member  of  its  first  board 
of  trustees,  and  laid  out  a  part  of  the  town.  Since 
the  fall  of  1884  his  family  have  resided  in  Denver, 
where  he  owns  a  residence  at  No.  6  Broadway. 
In  addition  to  this,  he  owns  some  vacant  property 
in  the  city. 

In  Greenfield,  Wayne  County,  Mich.,  Mr. 
Moynahan  was  born  June  7,  1842,  the  son  of 
James  and  Catherine  (Hart)  Moynahan,  both 
natives  of  Ireland.  His  grandfather,  Matthew 
Moynahan,  settled  in  Canada  at  Maidstone  Cross, 
near  Windsor,  and  there  engaged  in  farming 
until  his  death.  James  Moynahan  located  in 
Wayne  County,  Mich.,  where  he  carried  on  a 
farm  and  followed  the  blacksmith's  trade.  He 
was  with  the  Michigan  men  in  the  Toledo  war. 
He  died  at  the  age  of  forty-eight.  His  wife  also 
died  in  Michigan,  her  age  being  sixty-two.  They 
had  three  sons  and  two  daughters  who  attained 
maturity,  and  one  son  and  two  daughters  are  now 
living,  the  latter  being  Mrs.  Parks,  of  Leadville, 
and  Mrs.  Clinton,  of  Michigan.  Two  sons  are 
deceased,  Matthew  having  died  in  Breckenridge 
and  John  in  Georgetown,  Colo. 

After  the  death  of  his  father,  which  Occurred 
in  December,  1858,  our  subject  went  to  the  upper 
peninsula  of  Michigan,  where  he  worked  in 
copper  mines.  Later  he  was  in  the  lower  pen- 
insula. At  the  first  call  for  troops  during  the 
Civil  war  he  volunteered  in  the  Fifth  Michigan 
Infantry,  but  the  quota  being  filled,  the  regiment 
was  not  called  into  service  at  that  time.  In  1862 
he  entered  Company  C,  Twenty-seventh  Michi- 
gan Infantry,  and  enlisted  as  a  private  at  Copper 
Harbor,  thence  going  to  Kentucky  and  joining 
the  Ninth  Corps  under  General  Burnside,  in  the 
Department  of  the  Ohio.  He  took  part  in  the 


siege  of  Vicksburg  and  later  was  at  Jackson,  go- 
ing from  there  back  to  Kentucky,  then  to  East 
Tennessee  and  taking  part  in  the  siege  of  Knox- 
ville.  In  the  spring  of  1864  the  corps  was  re- 
organized at  Annapolis,  Md.,  and  was  incorpo- 
rated with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  taking  part 
in  all  the  engagements  in  the  Wilderness.  At 
Spottsylvania,  while  acting  as  second  lieutenaut, 
May  12,  1864,  he  was  wounded  by  a  minie-ball 
that  lodged  in  the  right  breast  and  remained 
there  for  eleven  months  before  it  was  removed. 
When  he  was  wounded  he  was  taken  to  Fred- 
ericksburg  and  for  four  days  lay  on  a  blanket, 
without  medical  attention,  during  which  time 
the  wound  became  so  swollen  that  the  surgeon 
could  not  probe  for  the  bullet.  He  was  moved 
to  Washington,  sent  from  there  to  Philadelphia, 
and  finally,  though  the  bullet  was  still  in  his 
breast  and  the  wound  still  open,  he  requested  to 
be  returned  to  his  regiment,  which  was  done. 
He  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  in  February, 
1865.  While  participating  in  the  assault  on  Fort 
Mahone  at  Petersburg  April  2,  1865,  in  com- 
mand of  his  company,  before  daybreak  he  was 
shot  in  the  left  forearm  by  a  minie-ball,  which 
would  have  entered  the  left  side  had  it  not  been 
for  his  silver  watch  and  a  memorandum  book  in 
his  overcoat  pocket.  Previous  to  this  the  fort 
had  been  taken  and  with  it  three  pieces  of  artil- 
lery, and  his  company,  which  carried  the  colors, 
had  planted  the  stars  and  stripes  on  the  fort,  so 
that  he  was  permitted  to  participate  in  the  vic- 
tory before  incapacitated  for  further  service.  On 
his  way  from  the  field  he  met  General  Potter, 
whom  he  notified  of  the  victory,  news  that  natu- 
rally rejoiced  the  general's  heart.  He  went  to  the 
hospital  at  City  Point,  where  he  had  his  arm 
dressed;  the  old  bullet  in  his  breast,  which  was 
lodged  against  the  shoulder  blade,  was  operated 
for  and  removed  at  that  time,  April  12,  1865. 
He  participated  in  the  grand  review  at  Washing- 
ton and  was  mustered  out  as  captain  of  Company 
G,  July  26,  1865,  at  Washington,  and  a  few  days 
later  was  honorably  discharged  at  Detroit.  Dur- 
ing the  period  of  service  his  regiment  crossed  the 
Rapidan,  May  5,  1864,  with  eleven  hundred  men 
and  forty-three  commissioned  officers,  and  after 
the  blowing  up  of  mine  fort  at  Petersburg  in  July, 
three  commissioned  officers  and  sixty-three  men 
reported  for  duty.  The  regiment  stands  eleventh 
in  regard  to  proportionate  loss,  according  to  the 


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statistics  by  Fox,  and  first  in  percentage  of  loss 
of  the  regiments  that  entered  the  service  in  1862. 

After  his  retirement  from  the  army,  Captain 
Moynahan  studied  in  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Com- 
mercial College  in  Detroit.  In  April,  1866,  he 
graduated  from  the  college  and  shortly  afterward 
came  to  Colorado,  where  for  two  years  he  super- 
intended a  mine  in  Park  County,  then  turned  his 
attention  to  merchandising.  In  1874  he  started 
a  store  at  Alma,  of  which  place  he  has  since  been 
the  most  prominent  business  man.  His  name  is 
so  well  known  throughout  the  state  that  both  in 
1884  and  1886  he  was  prominently  mentioned  for 
governor  of  the  state.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Abe  Lincoln  Post,  G.  A.  R. ,  in  Denver,  of  which 
he  is  past  commander.  In  the  Colorado  Com- 
mandery  of  the  Loyal  Legion  he  holds  member- 
ship. 

In  Greenfield,  Mich.,  our  subject  married  Mary 
Monaghan,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  a  daughter 
of  Peter  Monaghan,  who  came  to  America  and 
settled  in  the  upper  peninsula  of  Michigan,  there 
engaged  in  mining.  The  four  children  born  of 
the  union  are:  Alice,  Ambrose  Edwin,  James  W. 
and  Clarissa. 

0AVID  GRIFFITHS,  state  inspector  of  coal 
mines,  was  appointed  to  this  position  by 
Governor  Mclntire  February  18,  1895,  for  a 
term  of  four  years.  The  coal  industry  in  Colo- 
rado is  yet  in  its  infancy  and  only  the  croppings 
have  been  mined,  the  vast  wealth  in  coal  that  lies 
underneath  the  surface  of  the  earth  having  never 
been  touched.  This  statement  will  give  an  idea 
of  the  immense  veins  that  wait  to  be  freed  from 
their  prison  beds  within  the  earth.  While  the 
output  is  so  very  small  in  comparison  with  the 
actual  amount  here,  yet  it  is  sufficient  to  provide 
the  entire  state  with  coal  for  its  railroads,  manu- 
facturing industries,  public  buildings  and  private 
residences,  and  besides  this,  large  shipments  of 
coal  and  coke  are  made  to  other  states.  The 
manifold  duties  connected  with  the  development 
of  the  industry  require  the  entire  time  of  the  state 
inspector  and  an  assistant. 

The  family  of  which  Mr.  Griffiths  is  a  member 
has  long  been  known  in  Carmarthaenshire,  Wales. 
His  grandfather,  John,  who  was  born  there, 
made  it  his  home  throughout  life,  tilling  one  of 
its  farms.  William,  father  of  David,  was  born  in 
that  shire,  but  after  his  marriage  to  Ann  Evans 


he  removed  to  Glamorganshire,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  farming  until  his  death,  in  1888,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-one.  His  wife  passed  away  in  1878, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-one  years.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Hugh  Evans,  who  was  a  weaver  and  manufact- 
urer of  woolen  goods. 

Of  four  children,  three  being  daughters  and 
still  in  Glamorgan,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is 
the  eldest.  He  was  born  at  Glynneath,  Vale  of 
Neath,  Glamorganshire,  February  i,  1856,  and 
in  early  childhood  was  a  pupil  in  the  British 
schools.  Before  he  was  ten  years  of  age  he  be- 
came a  helper  in  a  coal  mine  near  Resolven,  and 
while  there  learned  to  dig  coal,  in  which  work  he 
began  before  he  was  sixteen,  meantime  becoming 
fire  boss  in  a  mine  in  the  Neath  district.  In  1882 
he  took  passage  at  Liverpool  for  America,  and 
after  landing  in  New  York  proceeded  at  once  to 
Colorado,  where  he  arrived  in  May.  He  en- 
gaged in  mining  in  Erie  district  until  February, 
1883,  when  he  went  to  Como,  Park  County, 
Colo.,  and  continued  mining.  March,  1884, 
found  him  in  Crested  Butte,  where  he  was  fire 
boss  for  the  Colorado  Coal  and  Iron  Company, 
and  this  company  in  1885  sent  him  to  take  the 
position  of  fire  boss  at  the  Walsenburg  mines. 
In  May,  1886,  he  resigned  the  position  and 
visited  his  old  home  in  Wales,  spending  six 
months  in  renewing  associations  with  the  com- 
rades and  scenes  of  his  youth.  While  in  Wales 
he  married  Miss  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Reese 
and  Elizabeth  Howells. 

On  his  return  to  America  Mr.  Griffiths  re- 
sumed his  former  place  as  fire  boss  in  the  Wal- 
senburg mines,  and  was  later  promoted  by  the 
company  to  be  pit  boss  at  the  Robinson  mines. 
Resigning  in  June,  1889,  he  went  to  Sopris,  Las 
Animas  County,  where  he  took  the  position  of 
fire  boss  with  the  Colorado  Fuel  and  Iron  Com- 
pany, but  this  he  resigned  in  October,  1890,  in 
order  to  accept  a  position  as  mine  foreman  with 
the  Trinidad  Fuel  Company  at  Chicosa,  Colo. 
During  his  time  with  them  he  had  entire  charge 
of  the  group  of  mines,  with  three  openings.  In 
1894  ne  resigned  and  took  full  charge  of  the  Oak 
Creek  mines  at  Williamsburg  for  the  United  Coal 
Company,  being  superintendent  and  mine  fore- 
man for  the  company  until  he  accepted  his  pres- 
ent position  of  state  inspector.  During  the 
administration  of  Governor  Waite  he  was  one  of 
seven  who  took  the  competitive  examination  for 


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state  inspector,  and  of  the  seven  four  passed  the 
minimum,  which  was  sixty  per  cent;  of  these  he 
received  the  highest  grade,  his  being  ninety-nine 
and  a  fraction  per  cent,  while  the  others  received 
respectively  sixty-six  and  eight-tenths  per  cent, 
sixty-two  and  sixty-one  and  a  fraction.  The  ap- 
pointee was  the  one  who  had  sixty-two  per  cent. 
He  was  again  examined  at  the  regular  time  in 
1895,  this  time  receiving  ninety-nine  and  a  frac- 
tion, while  not  one  of  the  three  other  competitors 
received  ninety  per  cent,  which  was  the  minimum. 
February  18,  1895,  he  was  appointed  state  in- 
spector for  a  term  of  four  years.  For  three  years 
he  studied  in  the  International  Correspondence 
Schools  of  Scranton  and  graduated  from  that  in- 
stitution in  the  mining  course,  receiving  his 
diploma  September  11,  1897.  In  the  final  ex- 
amination his  standing  was  ninety-eight  and 
seven-tenths  per  cent,  which  was  remarkably 
high. 

Since  his  appointment  as  state  inspector  Mr. 
Griffiths  and  his  wife  have  made  their  home  in 
Denver.  They  have  five  children:  William, 
Martha  A.,  Elizabeth,  Catherine  Jane  and  Blos- 
som. In  national  politics  Mr.  Griffiths  is  a  silver 
Republican.  He  was  made  a  Mason  at  Crested 
Butte  and  is  still  a  member  of  Lodge  No.  38  at 
that  place.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Unity  Lodge 
No.  70,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Walsenburg. 


I  EWIS  CHENEY.  Few  men  who  have  been 
1C  citizens  of  Boulder  at  any  period  of  its  history 
IT)  became  so  well  known  as  Mr.  Cheney,  and 
still  fewer  gained  a  wider  personal  popularity  or 
warmer  friendships.  For  years  before  his  death 
he  was  president  of  four  banking  institutions,  for 
which  responsible  work  his  superior  mental  qual- 
ities abundantly  qualified  him.  He  accumulated 
an  ample  fortune  through  the  steady  prosecution 
of  business  enterprises,  not  by  any  lucky  turn  of 
fortune's  wheel,  or  the  fortunate  issue  of  specula- 
tive schemes. 

Born  in  Cattaraugus  County,  N.  Y. ,  April  4, 
1830,  Mr.  Cheney  was  reared  on  a  farm.  When 
a  boy  he  removed  to  Stephenson  County,  111., 
settling  on  a  farm  near  Lena.  At  the  age  of  twenty 
he  journeyed  over  the  plains  with  an  ox-team  to 
California,  where  he  engaged  in  mining,  freight- 
ing and  stock  dealing,  which  yielded  him  a  hand- 
some revenue.  In  1854  he  returned  overland  to 
Illinois,  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 


in  Lena  until  1866,  when  he  sold  out  and  started 
for  Montana.  On  the  aoth  of  May  he  met  his 
brother  in  Nebraska  City  and  together  they 
bought  four  hundred  cattle  and  freight  teams, 
which  they  loaded,  and  started  up  the  Platte.  At 
Fort  Larimer  they  were  informed  by  officers  that 
they  would  have  no  trouble  in  passing  over  the 
Bozeman  route.  After  they  had  traveled  some 
distance  they  were  attacked  by  Sioux  and  Chey- 
ennes  at  Dry  Fork  and  Wind  River.  His  brother 
was  shot  and  killed,  and  he  narrowly  escaped  the 
same  fate.  He  spent  the  winter  at  the  head  of 
the  Missouri  River  and  sold  out  in  the  spring  of 
1867,  returning  to  Illinois  in  July,  accompanied 
by  his  brother's  family. 

After  selling  his  property  in  Lena,  Mr.  Cheney 
removed  to  Holden,  Mo.,  and  in  partnership 
with  I.  M.  Smith,  under  the  firm  name  of  Smith 
&  Cheney,  opened  a  bank  July  i,  1868.  In 
1871  the  Bank  of  Holden  was  organized,  with 
himself  as  president.  In  1874  he  assisted  in  or- 
ganizing the  Bates  County  National  Bank,  in 
Butler,  Mo. ,  and  was  made  its  president.  Three 
years  later,  in  1877,  he  organized  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Boulder,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent until  his  death.  He  also  organized  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Gunnison  and  was  its  president 
during  the  remaining  years  of  his  life.  Through 
his  business  and  financial  ability  and  sound  judg- 
ment in  investments,  he  became  one  of  the  wealth- 
iest men  in  Boulder. 

In  1855  Mr.  Cheney  married  Margaret  Blair, 
who  died  in  1867.  His  second  marriage  took 
place  in  Holden  in  1871,  and  united  him  with 
Sarah  A.  Milner,  who  was  born  near  Connors- 
ville,  Fayette  County,  Ind.  One  of  her  earliest 
recollections  is  of  leading  by  the  hand  her  great- 
grandfather, Amos  Milner,  who  was  a  native  of 
Kentucky,  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  and  was 
nearly  blind  at  the  time  of  his  death,  when  little 
less  than  one  hundred  years  old.  His  son  John 
moved  from  Ohio  to  Indiana  and  died  there;  the 
latter's  son,  Amos,  was  born  in  Ohio,  settled  in 
Fayette  County,  Ind. ,  and  engaged  in  farming  un- 
til his  death,  which  occurred  when  his  daughter 
was  ten  years  of  age.  His  wife,  Rosanna,  was  a 
daughter  of  John  Boyd,  a  farmer  in  Indiana;  she 
died  when  her  daughter,  Sarah  A.,  was  eight 
years  old.  Of  her  five  daughters  and  three  sons 
one  daughter  and  two  sons  are  living.  John,  an 
attorney,  died  in  Indiana;  William  I.  and  Amos 


GEN.  BYRON  L.  CARR. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


O.  reside  in  Boulder,  the  latter  being  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  war.  Three  of  the  sisters  died  in 
Indiana  and  one  iu  Missouri.  When  a  girl  Mrs. 
Cheney  lived  with  her  grandparents,  Milner,  in 
Indiana,  but  she  was  married  in  Holden,  Mo. 
Since  fifteen  years  of  age  she  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Christian  Church.  She  owns  and  occupies 
a  beautiful  residence  at  No.  1205  Bluff  street, 
where,  surrounded  by  every  comfort  which  ample 
means  can  provide,  she  may  reasonably  hope  to 
spend  her  declining  days.  She  is  a  lady  of  gentle 
character,  kind  to  the  deserving  poor,  as  was  her 
husband,  and  generous  to  all  in  need.  In  her 
family  there  are  three  children:  Oliver  I.,  who 
is  engaged  in  mining  at  Somerville;  Charles  H., 
who  is  bookkeeper  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Boulder;  and  Lynette,  a  graduate  of  the  Christian 
College  at  Columbia,  Mo. 

The  life  of  Mr.  Cheney  closed  March  31,  1885. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  and 
an  active  participant  in  its  enterprises.  Frater- 
nally he  was  a  Knight  Templar  Mason.  He  was 
interested  in  everything  that  would  promote  the 
well-being  of  the  city,  and  was  ever  willing  to 
sacrifice  private  interests  for  the  public  welfare. 
Although  deeply  engrossed  in  his  banking  enter- 
prises, yet  he  was  interested  in  every  good  work, 
ever  public-spirited  and  efficient,  and  believing 
as  he  did  that  there  is  but  one  thing  that  will 
make  a  state  great,  an  educated  Christian  citizen- 
ship, all  along  the  pathway  of  his  busy  life  he 
was  the  friend  of  the  church,  the  school  and  col- 
legiate education.  As  a  progressive  citizen,  an 
able  banker,  a  consistent  Christian  and  a  kind 
friend,  he  is  remembered  by  all  who  knew  him. 


I  EN.  BYRON  I,.  CARR.  There  are  among 
the  citizens  of  Colorado  many  men  of  un- 
usual breadth  of  mind  and  brilliancy  of  intel- 
lect, men  who  would  be  valuable  acquisitions  to 
the  citizenship  of  any  state,  and  to  whose  mental 
acumen  and  excellent  business  judgment  much 
of  the  progress  made  by  this  state  during  the 
past  two  decades  may  be  attributed.  Such  a  man 
is  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  has  been  hon- 
ored by  the  people  of  the  state  with  election  to 
the  office  of  attorney-general.  Since  coming  to 
Colorado  in  1871  he  has  held  many  responsible 
positions,  both  under  the  territorial  and  the  state 
government,  and  the  highest  interests  of  the  com- 


monwealth have  been    visibly  enhanced  by  his 
sagacity  and  practical  judgment. 

The  Carr  family  has  been  represented  in 
America  since  the  days  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers. 
The  ship  carpenter  of  the  "Mayflower,"  1620, 
was  George  Carr,  who  settled  at  Plymouth,  but 
later  removed  to  Salisbury,  Mass.,  where  gen- 
erations of  his  descendants  lived  and  died.  The 
town  was  situated  on  an  island  in  the  Merrimac 
River,  and  under  the  name  of  Carr's  Island,  by 
which  it  was  commonly  known,  was  granted  to 
George  Carr  in  1625.  Some  of  the  family  were 
in  the  colonial  wars,  and  two,  one  of  whom  was 
named  James,  took  part  in  the  enterprise  against 
Quebec.  Capt.  Daniel  Carr  was  born  in  Salis- 
bury in  1710,  and  attained  the  age  of  one  hun- 
dred years.  His  son,  Deacon  John  Carr,  was 
born  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  in  1774,  and  when 
a  young  man  removed  to  Grafton  County, N.  H., 
where  he  engaged  in  farming.  For  a  long  time 
he  served  as  deacon  in  the  Congregational 
Church. 

Next  in  line  of  descent  was  General  Carr's 
father,  Capt.  John  Carr,  who  was  born  in  Graf- 
ton  County,  served  as  captain  of  a  company  of 
New  Hampshire  militia,  and  for  years  was  a  con- 
tractor and  builder  of  bridges  and  churches.  He 
made  his  home  in  Haverhill  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  sixty-four  years.  His  wife 
was  Susan  Ryder,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  the  daughter  of  Seth  Ryder,  who  was  born 
in  Newburyport,  Mass.  The  latter,  who  was 
the  son  of  a  sea  captain,  married  Mary  Hibbard, 
whose  father,  Thomas,  was  an  officer  in  the 
Revolution,  having  served  as  clerk  of  a  company 
of  militia  in  1775-76,  sergeant  on  guard  and 
scout  duty  in  1777,  and  captain  of  a  company 
from  May,  1779,  to  1781,  being  continuously  in 
the  service  from  1775  to  1781.  He  was  of  Eng- 
lish descent.  Mrs.  Susan  Carr  died  in  1889,  at 
seventy-five  years;  she  was  the  mother  of  seven 
children,  four  of  whom  attained  maturity,  By- 
ron I/,  being  the  youngest  child  and  the  only 
son  now  living. 

In  his  native  town  of  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  and 
in  the  Newbury  (Vt.)  Academy  General  Carr 
received  his  education.  While  a  student  in  the 
academy,  April  19,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  Sec- 
ond New  Hampshire  Infantry,  serving  for  three 
months.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  the  First  New 
Hampshire  Cavalry,  Company  M,  and  re-enlisted 


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in  1864,  serving  until  June,  1865,  when  he  was 
discharged  as  acting  sergeant-major  of  the  First 
Cavalry.  With  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  he 
took  part  in  the  battles  of  Cedar  Mountain,  sec- 
ond battle  of  Bull  Run,  Chantilly,  Fredericks- 
burg,  Chancel lorsville,  the  Wilderness  and  Shen- 
andoah  campaigns,  battles  of  Antietam  and  Cold 
Harbor;  the  campaign  around  Richmond  and 
Petersburg,  and  the  battle  of  Appomattox.  At 
Fisher  Hill,  in  September,  1864,  he  was  four 
times  wounded  and  lost  his  left  thumb.  At  Ap- 
pomattox, the  day  before  Lee  surrendered,  he 
was  wounded  in  the  right  arm,  which  was  so  se- 
riously injured  as  to  make  amputation  necessary. 
He  remained  in  the  hospital  from  April  8,  1865, 
to  the  following  July,  when  he  was  able  to  leave. 
At  Middleburg,  Va.,  June  17,  1863,  he  was  cap- 
tured by  Stuart's  cavalry  and  sent  to  Libby 
prison,  thence  to  Belle  Island,  remaining  as  pris- 
oner until  October,  when  he  was  exchanged. 
While  in  prison  he  suffered  all  the  privations  and 
hardships  incident  to  life  as  a  prisoner  of  war. 

On  his  return  from  the  war  he  completed  his 
academic  course  in  Vermont,  and  then,  in  1867, 
went  to  Waukegan,  111.,  where  he  was  principal 
of  the  high  school.  In  1868,  by  appointment, 
he  was  made  county  superintendent  of  schools, 
to  which  office  he  was  elected  in  1869  for  four 
years.  While  in  that  position  he  studied  law 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Resigning  his  of- 
fice in  1871  he  came  to  Colorado  in  April  of  that 
year  and  located  at  Longmont,  where  he  taught 
for  a  year  and  also  practiced  law.  In  1873-74 
he  was  attorney  of  the  first  judicial  district  of 
Colorado,  including  Gilpin,  Clear  Creek,  Boul- 
der, Jefferson  and  Larimer  Counties.  In  1875  he 
was  chosen  a  member  of  the  constitutional  con- 
vention of  Colorado,  and  in  the  convention  of 
1875-76  he  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
military  affairs  and  drew  up  the  military  article. 
He  also  served  as  a  member  of  the  committees 
on  education,  mines  and  mining,  agriculture,  and 
revision  and  adjustment.  The  convention  was 
composed  of  thirty-nine  men,  who  stood  among 
the  brainiest  and  most  influential  in  the  state. 
In  the  convention  March  14,  1876,  the  constitu- 
tion was  adopted,  and  President  Grant  issued  his 
proclamation  admitting  the  state  on  the  ist  of 
August.  On  the  ist  of  July  it  was  submitted  to 
the  people  for  ratification,  and  by  them  was 
adopted. 


On  the  Republican  ticket,  in  1894,  Mr.  Can- 
was  nominated  for  the  office  of  attorney-general 
and  was  elected,  taking  his  seat  in  January, 
1895.  The  following  year  he  was  re-elected  on 
a  fusion  ticket  of  silver  Republicans  and  Demo- 
crats. In  addition  to  discharging  the  duties  of 
his  office,  he  is  interested  in  farm  lands  in  Boul- 
der County,  and  in  real  estate  elsewhere.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  lodge  in  Longmont, 
and  has  been  past  grand  master  of  Colorado; 
Longmont  Chapter  No.  8,  R.  A.  M.,  in  which  he 
is  past  high  priest;  Long's  Peak  Commandery  No. 
12,  K.  T. ,  in  which  he  is  past  eminent  com- 
mander and  past  grand  commander  of  the  state, 
holding  the  latter  position  at  the  time  of  the  con- 
clave in  Denver  in  1892,  when  he  gave  the  ad- 
dress of  welcome;  also  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen.  In  the  Grand  Army 
he  is  quite  active.  He  aided  in  organizing  Mc- 
Pherson  Post  No.  6  of  Longmont,  of  which  he  is 
past  commander,  and  in  1884  was  department 
commander  of  Colorado.  The  most  of  the  na- 
tional conventions  of  the  army  he  has  attended. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  national  executive  council 
of  administration  in  the  Grand  Army. 

In  Chicago  General  Carr  married  Miss  Mary 
L>  Pease,  who  was  born  in  Maine,  the  daughter 
of  Eliphalet  Pease,  who  was  a  native  of  Maine 
and  died  in  Colorado.  They  have  two  children, 
Jerome  B.,  a  student  in  the  Denver  high  school; 
and  Susie,  wife  of  Capt.  L-  P.  McGuire,  of  Den- 
ver, who  is  private  secretary  to  his  father-in-law. 
Mrs.  Carr  is  grand  worthy  matron  of  the  Order 
of  Eastern  Star  of  Colorado.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Woman's  Relief  Corps  No.  32  at  Longmont; 
is  past  department  president  of  the  state  corps, 
and  in  1895  held  office  as  national  inspector. 


\A  F.  LEECH.  The  record  of  the  life  of  Mr. 
I Y I  Leech  for  some  years  past  has  been  the  his- 
1(3 1  tory  of  the  Inter  Mountain  Railway,  or,  as 
it  is  now  known  under  the  more  recent  laws  of 
incorporation,  the  Colorado  Northwestern  Rail- 
way. The  road  extends  from  Boulder  west  and 
north  to  Ward,  passing  through  Crissman,  Sa- 
lina,  Copper  Rock,  Sunset,  Sunnyside  and  Dew- 
drop.  The  charter,  under  the  laws  of  Colorado, 
shows  a  capital  stock  of  $500,000  and  bears  date 
of  1897.  The  contract  was  let  August  i,  1897, 
and  the  road  was  completed  to  Sunset  February 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


28,  1898,  the  first  trail!  running  on  that  day.  By 
the  latter  part  of  May,  1898,  the  line  was  ex- 
tended to  Ward,  twenty-six  and  one-half  miles 
from  Boulder.  A  branch,  running  from  Gold  Hill 
Junction  to  Eldora,  will  be  completed  in  the  fall 
of  1899,  and  will  be  eighteen  miles  in  length. 
The  undertaking  has  been  one  of  great  responsi- 
bility and  represents  an  immense  amount  of  labor, 
much  of  which  has  been  accomplished  by  Mr. 
Leech,  who  is  a  director.  The  officers  are:  E.  C. 
Thompson,  of  Meadville,  Pa.,  president;  Col.  C. 
W.  Mackey,  of  Franklin,  Pa.,  vice-president  and 
secretary;  Thomas  R.  Mann,  of  Lockhaven,  Pa., 
treasurer;  J.  T.  Blair,  of  Greenville,  Pa.,  general 
manager;  and  T.  S.  Waltemeyer,  of  Omaha,  who 
is  a  director. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Tionesta, 
Forest  County,  Pa.,  November  24,  1850.  His  fa- 
ther, D.  E.,  was  born  in  Leech  burg,  Armstrong 
County,  Pa.,  his  grandfather,  John,  in  Mercer 
County,  and  his  great-grandfather,  John,Sr. ,  in 
York  County.  The  last-named,  who  was  a  far- 
mer, served  as  government  surveyor  and  civil  en- 
gineer in  Pennsylvania  and  received  in  payment  a 
large  tract  of  land  in  Mercer  County,  upon  which 
he  settled  and  engaged  in  farm  pursuits;  he  died 
on  that  place  at  the  age  of  ninety-nine  years. 
His  father,  who  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war,  was  a  member  of  a  family  that  be- 
longed to  the  Society  of  Friends  and  came  from 
England  to  Philadelphia  with  William  Penn. 

The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  together  with 
his  brother  David,  had  the  contract  to  build  the 
western  end  of  the  Pennsylvania  Canal,  which 
they  completed  from  the  Allegheny  River  east 
over  the  mountains,  it  being  the  greatest  feat  of 
engineering  that  had  been  accomplished  up  to 
that  time.  They  founded  the  town  of  Leechburg, 
now  on  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  with  a 
present  population  of  twenty  thousand  people. 
Both  were  stockholders  in  the  canal  until  it  was 
sold  by  the  state.  The  grandfather  died  when 
visiting  in  Tennessee,  aged  seventy-two. 

Our  subject's  father,  who  was  a  fanner  in  For- 
est County,  removed  from  there  to  Greenville, 
Mercer  County.  Prior  to  that,  in  1850,  he  went 
via  the  Panama  route  to  California,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  mining  for  two  years.  On  his  return 
east  he  bought  a  farm  in  Greenville,  where  he 
continued  until  the  war.  He  then  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  Company  I,  Second  Pennsylvania  Cav- 


alry, where  he  served  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
under  General  Stoneman  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  a  period  of  four  and  one-half  years  of  service. 
He  was  slightly  wounded  in  the  battle  of  City 
Point.  For  meritorious  service  he  was  promoted 
to  be  first  lieutenant.  When  the  war  ended  he  re- 
turned to  his  farm.  In  1873  he  removed  to  Ogal- 
lala,  Keith  County,  Neb.,  where  he  remained  for 
six  years  upon  a  ranch.  The  year  1879  found 
him  in  Boulder,  Colo. ,  where  he  continued  to  re- 
side until  shortly  before  his  death.  While  on  a 
visit  to  his  ranch  in  Nebraska,  he  died,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-four;  the  remains  where  brought  to 
Boulder  for  interment.  He  was  identified  with 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  was  com- 
mander of  the  post  at  Ogallala. 

Our  subject's  mother  was  Elizabeth  Hilands,  a 
native  of  Tionesta,  Pa.,  and  now  a  resident  of 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Hilands,  a  civil  engineer,  who  resided  in  Tiones- 
ta until  his  death,  when  but  little  less  than  one 
hundred  years  of  age.  In  her  family  there  were 
four  sons  and  four  daughters,  namely:  M.  F. ; 
Mrs.  Charlotte  Tanner,  of  Denver;  Mrs.  Dora 
Lonergan,  of  Manitou;  Mrs.  Carrie  Simms,  who 
died  at  Fort  Collins  in  December,  1897;  Elmer 
E.,  a  cattleman  at  Big  Springs,  Neb.;  William 
H.,  a  locomotive  engineer  running  on  the  Atch- 
ison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  into  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.;  Mrs.  Ida  M.  Stansfield,  of  West 
Australia;  and  C.  D.,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

When  our  subject  was  a  boy  his  father  entered 
the  service  of  the  Union,  and  he,  being  the  oldest 
of  the  children,  assisted  his  mother  in  the  man- 
agement of  the  farm.  In  1865,  when  his  father 
returned  home,  he  secured  work  as  a  newsboy  on 
the  Atlantic  &  Great  Western  (now  the  Erie) 
Railroad,  and  soon  after  was  given  employment 
in  the  McHenry  House  at  Meadville,  Pa.  Later 
he  was  fireman  on  the  Atlantic  &  Great  Western 
road,  between  Meadville  and  Kent,  and  during 
his  leisure  hours  he  learned  telegraphy.  This  lat- 
ter occupation  he  followed  to  some  extent.  From 
Pennsylvania  he  went  to  join  his  father,  who  had 
moved  to  Sparta,  White  County,  Tenn.,  and  he 
secured  work  as  locomotive  engineer  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Nashville  &  Lebanon  Railroad,  where 
he  remained  for  six  months,  when  he  was  injured 
in  a  wreck.  Going  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  he  was 
for  a  time  employed  in  the  Western  Union  Tele- 
graph Company's  office.  Believing  that  a  change 


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of  climate  would  benefit  his  health,  in  1871  Mr. 
Leech  came  west,  making  the  run  along  the 
Union  Pacific  from  North  Platte  as  extra  agent 
and  train  dispatcher.  For  a  time  he  engaged  in 
railroading  in  Wyoming,  but  he  suffered  with  the 
ague  there,  and  concluded  to  "rough  it"  among 
the  Indians.  He  went  among  the  Sioux,  whose 
language  he  learned  and  among  whom  he  spent 
the  greater  part  of  three  years  in  the  western  part 
of  Nebraska  and  Wyoming.  When  he  went  to 
Sherman,  Wyo.,  in  the  fall  of  1871  he  was  in  such 
poor  health  that  the  inhabitants,  believing  he 
would  not  survive  the  winter,  dug  a  grave  for 
him  at  once,  as  it  was  their  custom  to  prepare 
graves  in  the  fall,  in  order  that  it  would  not  be 
necessary  to  dig  in  the  frozen  ground  in  the  win- 
ter. However,  the  climate  and  his  outdoor  exer- 
cise benefited  him  so  much  that  he  soon  regained 
his  former  strength.  Fiom  the  fact  that  he  is  a 
very  reserved  man,  the  Indians  called  him  "Wah 
see  chee  yoppa  chinclullah,"  meaning  "White 
man  talks  little,"  and  one  might  well  add,  "and 
that  little  is  to  the  point." 

In  1875,  when  the  war  broke  out  with  the 
Sioux,  Mr.  Leech  offered  his  services  to  the  gov- 
ernment and  became  a  scout  with  General  Crook. 
On  account  of  his  familiarity  with  the  Sioux, 
their  country  and  their  language,  he  was  a  very 
valuable  aide,  and  guided  the  army  in  their  scouts 
and  rencontres.  During  one  of  these  expeditions 
he  was  captured  three  times  by  three  different 
bands  of  Sioux  and  each  time  talked  his  way  to 
freedom.  Knowing  their  language,  character  and 
habits  he  succeeded  in  making  them  think  he  was 
the  agent  of  the  government,  authorized  to  secure 
the  number  of  beef  cattle  that  was  needed  to  feed 
the  families  of  the  Indians  on  the  reservations.  It 
was  the  custom  of  the  government  to  send  a  man 
out  every  ten  days  to  get  from  the  Indians  the 
number  of  cattle  needed  on  the  reservations,  and 
he  succeeded  in  "convincing  the  Indians  that  he 
was  this  agent,  showing  them  his  sealed  orders, 
which  were  large  and  official-looking,  to  prove 
the  truth  of  his  assertion;  while  if  they  had  been 
able  to  read,  the  papers  would  have  been  his 
death  warrant.  He  participated  in  the  battle  of 
Rosebud. 

After  the  close  of  the  Sioux  war,  in  the  fall  of 
1875,  Mr.  Leech  went  into  the  employ  of  the  Uni- 
ted States  government,  the  Union  Pacific  Rail- 
road and  the  Wyoming  Cattle  Growers'  Associa- 


tion, to  hunt  down  and  exterminate  the  outlaws, 
train  and  stage  robbers  and  cattle  thieves  who 
had  a  strong  foothold  in  Wyoming  and  western 
Nebraska  during  the  war,  as  the  government 
could  not  pay  much  attention  to  them  during  the 
Indian  troubles.  He  was  placed  at  the  head  of  a 
band  of  men  and  continued  in  the  service  for  three 
years,  until  he  had  all  exterminated.  During  this 
time  he  had  sixty-one  of  the  outlaws  either  hung 
or  sent  to  the  penitentiary,  while  others  were 
hung  by  vigilance  committees  before  he  got  on 
their  track.  Sometimes,  he  rode  after  them  days 
and  nights  in  succession  and  had  more  than  one 
pitched  battle.  The  outlaws  were  desperate  and 
when  they  found  he  was  after  them  they  threat- 
ened his  life  and  several  times  they  attempted  to 
assassinate  him  at  his  home  in  Ogallala,  Neb.  In 
1878  he  moved  his  family  to  Boulder,  thinking  it 
would  be  a  safe  place  for  them.  Once,  in  that 
place,  his  life  was  attempted,  but  he  maimed  his 
assailant  to  prevent  further  harm.  As  the  out- 
laws scattered,  it  took  him  all  over  the  country 
and  he  traveled  under  assumed  names.  It  was  on 
one  of  these  trips  that  he  met,  in  Salem,  Ind.,  the 
lady  whom  he  afterward  married.  In  1878  he 
visited  Leadville  on  business,  and  became  inter- 
ested in  mining.  He  remained  with  the  United 
States  government  until  July,  1880,  when  he 
cleared  up  the  last  gang,  Dock  Middleton's,  at 
Keya  Pah  Hah.  In  1884  he  was  again  called  in- 
to the  service  of  the  Pacific  Express  Company,  to 
hunt  the  perpetrators  of  the  Minnedoka  and  Al- 
bion stage  robbery  in  Idaho.  In  three  weeks  he 
had  them  arrested,  but  it  took  one  year  to  work 
up  the  evidence  against  and  convict  them. 

From  1878  Mr.  Leech  engaged  in  mining  oper- 
ations in  Leadville  until  1880,  when  he  returned 
to  Boulder  County  and  became  manager  of  the 
mines  and  mills  at  Ward  and  Gold  Hill.  Later, 
going  to  Idaho,  he  was  manager  of  the  Alturas 
and  Poor  Man  mines  and  was  also  interested  in 
mining.  In  1893  he  returned  to  Boulder,  for  the 
purpose  of  working  up  interest  in  a  railroad  from 
Boulder  to  Ward  and  other  mining  camps.  He 
was  familiar  with  the  canons  and  made  the  orig- 
inal survey  himself;  and  it  is  of  interest  to  note 
that  the  road  when  completed  did  not  vary  fifty 
feet  from  his  survey.  After  making  the  prelim- 
inary survey  he  went  east  to  secure  the  capital 
needed  for  building  the  road,  having  already  cor- 
responded with  Mr.  Ames,  a  capitalist  of  Boston, 


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whom  he  knew  personally.  On  the  way  east, 
when  at  Chester,  within  one  hundred  miles  of 
Boston,  the  train  was  wrecked,  going  through  a 
bridge  into  the  river,  and  fifteen  were  killed  and 
forty  wounded.  In  the  Pullman  sleeper  there 
were  eleven  passengers  and  he  was  the  only  one 
of  the  number  who  escaped  death.  When  he  re- 
gained consciousness  his  head  was  under  the  wa- 
ter and  his  body  was  caught  between  a  pair  of 
trucks,  the  flanges  of  the  wheels  holding  and 
crushing  his  left  hip.  He  lifted  his  head  out  of 
the  water  and  was  fortunately  seen  by  rescuers, 
who  placed  a  board  under  his  head,  to  hold  it  out 
of  the  water.  Five  hours  passed  before  he  was 
taken  out,  and  it  was  then  found  that  his  left  hip 
was  crushed,  arm  broken  and  his  head  injured. 
He  was  sent  to  the  hospital  in  Springfield,  Mass., 
where  the  physicians  held  out  no  hope  for  his 
recovery;  but  he  slowly  regained  his  strength, 
though  in  the  hospital  for  more  than  one  year. 
During  his  conscious  moments  he  studied  the 
plans  for  the  Inter  Mountain  Railway  (for  he 
had  already  given  a  name  to  his  projected  road); 
and  doubtless  the  same  thought  filled  his  mind 
even  in  moments  of  unconsciousness.  One  day 
he  asked,  "Why  did  the  Lord  spare  my  life 
and  make  me  a  cripple,"  to  which  his  old  nurse 
replied,  "God  has  spared  you  so  that  the  Inter 
Mountain  Railway  can  be  built  and  you  be  the 
means  through  the  railroad  of  making  thousands 
of  homes  prosperous  and  happy. ' ' 

A  year  after  he  was  injured  Mr.  Leech  was 
able  to  leave  the  hospital,  though  still  using 
crutches.  Meantime  Mr.  Ames  had  died,  so  his 
original  plans  were  necessarily  changed.  He  went 
to  New  York  City,  but  was  taken  worse  and  was 
compelled  to  remain  in  a  hospital  for  almost  an- 
other year.  In  spite  of  discouragements  and  long 
illness,  he  did  not  give  up  his  hopes.  In  1897 
he  succeeded  in  interesting  a  few  parties  in  the 
road,  among  them  T.  S.  Waltemeyer,  of  Omaha. 
They  incorporated  the  company  and  started  a  sur- 
vey, when  E.  C.  Thompson  and  other  parties 
from  Pennsylvania  became  interested  and  sent 
out  J.  T.  Blair,  the  manager  of  the  Pittsburg, 
Bessemer  &  Lake  Erie  Railroad,  to  examine  con- 
ditions and  prospects.  After  going  over  the  sur- 
vey, Mr.  Blair  made  a  favorable  report,  and  him- 
self resigned  his  position  and  took  stock  in  the 
new  enterprise. 

In  addition  to  his  connection  with  the  railroad, 


Mr.  Leech  is  vice-president  and  general  manager 
of  the  Midget  Mining  and  Milling  Company, 
which  he  organized  and  which  is  developing  the 
Midget  group  of  mines,  containing  eight  claims. 
His  office  is  in  the  Masonic  Temple  building,  on 
Pearl  street,  Boulder,  and  he  has  a  beautiful  resi- 
dence on  the  corner  of  Sixth  and  Arapahoe 
streets,  surrounded  by  a  fine  lawn  and  a  fruit 
orchard.  By  his  marriage  to  Emma  A.  Goslen, 
a  native  of  Indiana,  he  has  six  children,  namely: 
Susie,  Ralph,  Hoyt,  Edith,  Winniefred  and  Doro- 
thy. Mrs.  Leech  is  identified  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  to  which  he  is  a  liberal  contrib- 
utor. Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  in  politics  is  a  Republican. 


.  WILLIAM  VAN  CLEVE  CASEY 
yf  occupies  a  leading  position  among  the  edu- 
\S  cators  of  Colorado,  and  the  town  of  Boulder 
considers  itself  particularly  fortunate  in  having 
so  scholarly  and  efficient  a  gentleman  as  superin- 
tendent of  its  public  schools.  In  the  fall  of  1888 
he  was  honored  by  being  elected  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  and  served  with  marked  ability 
in  that  responsible  position  until  January,  1893, 
having  been  re-elected  in  the  meantime,  in  1890. 
He  is  identified  with-the  State  Teachers'  Associa- 
tion, the  National  Educational  Association  and 
the  Boulder  County  Teachers'  Association.  The 
last-mentioned  he  was  very  influential  in  organiz- 
ing and  has  several  times  been  its  president.  For 
some  time  he  has  delivered  lectures  on  school 
law  before  the  class  in  pedagogy  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Colorado. 

The  professor's  paternal  grandfather,  Abraham 
Casey,  was  a  minister  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  riding  on  the  old  "circuit"  in  southern 
Illinois,  preaching  "without  money  and  without 
price"  on  Sundays,  and  carrying  on  his  farm 
during  the  rest  of  the  week,  in  order  to  make  a 
livelihood  for  himself  and  family.  He  was  a  na- 
tive of  Kentucky,  was  a  descendant  of  one  of  the 
respected  old  families  of  Virginia,  and  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  Jefferson  County,  111.,  settling 
there  in  1818.  His  son,  Rev.  La  Fayette  Casey, 
father  of  the  subject  of  this  article,  was  born  in 
Illinois,  and  likewise  became  a  Methodist  minister. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  conference  of  southern 
Illinois  for  many  years,  and  during  the  Civil  war 
was  stationed  at  Alton,  111.  He  was  captain  ot 


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a  company  in  the  Black  Hawk  war  and  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  Jefferson  County.  Having  at- 
tained almost  the  allotted  age  of  man,  three-score 
and  ten,  he  was  summoned  to  his  reward,  his 
death  occurring  at  his  home  in  Centralia,  111. 
His  wife,  Eleanor  (Herrold)  Casey,  was  a  native 
of  Missouri,  her  birth  having  taken  place  upon  a 
farm  near  Cape  Girardeau.  She  departed  this 
life  when  in  her  fifty-fourth  year.  Of  her  six 
children  all  but  two  survive.  One  son,  Robert, 
now  of  Denver,  and  interested  chiefly  in  mining 
enterprises,  was  formerly  quite  prominent  in  ed- 
ucational circles,  having  been  a  teacher  in  Illi- 
nois, in  Greeley,  Colo.,  and  in  Boulder. 

Prof.  W.  V.  Casey  was  born  in  Edwardsville, 
111.,  February  23,  1860,  and  after  graduating 
from  the  Greenville  high  school  in  1877  began 
his  career  as  a  teacher.  He  taught  in  southern 
Illinois  until  1883,  when  he  came  to  Colorado, 
and  became  principal  in  the  Louisville  school. 
At  the  end  of  two  years  he  succeeded  his  brother 
Robert  as  superintendent  of  the  Boulder  school, 
and  later  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Pine 
streetschool.  In  January,  1893,  he  finished  out 
the  school  year  (for  he  had  just  left  the  place  of 
county  superintendent  of  schools)  for  Professor 
Harding,  principal  of  the  Longmont  high  school. 
Since  that  time  he  has  occupied  his  present  posi- 
tion, and  under  his  able  management  the  local 
schools  are  steadily  advancing  toward  perfection. 
When  he  was  first  connected  with  the  schools 
here,  there  were  but  two  school  buildings,  the 
Central  and  the  Pine  street,  and  now,  in  addi- 
tion to  those  there  are  the  fine  new  Mapleton  and 
Highland,  as  well  as  the  high  school,  which  has 
been  merged  into  the  preparatory  school  of  the 
university.  In  his  political  views  the  professor 
is  a  Democrat,  though  he  was  elected  by  the  Re- 
publicans to  the  superintendency  of  the  county 
schools  in  1888.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Odd 
Fellows'  society,  being  past  officer  of  the  same; 
is  also  a  past  officer  of  the  encampment;  belongs 
to  the  Woodmen  of  the  World;  the  Fraternal 
Union,  being  a  charter  member  of  the  Boulder 
Lodge;  the  Imperial  Legion;  and  Boulder  Lodge 
No.  45,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Of  the  last-mentioned 
lodge  he  has  twice  been  master. 

The  marriage  of  Professor  Casey  and  Miss  Ida 
Row  was  solemnized  in  Denver  in  1888.  Mrs. 
Casey  was  born  in  Centralia,  111.,  being  a  daugh- 
ter of  S.  and  Susan  (Brown)  Row,  natives  of 


Westmoreland  County,  Pa.,  and  Tennessee,  re- 
spectively. Her  father,  who  is  of  German  de- 
scent, is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  and  is  in  the 
employ  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company. 
His  wife  removed  to  southern  Illinois  with  her 
parents  in  her  girlhood.  Mrs.  Casey  is  one  of 
six  children.  She  was  educated  in  music  in  the 
College  of  Music  of  the  Illinois  Female  Seminary 
of  Jacksonville  and  in  the  Chicago  Musical  Col- 
lege. She  is  gifted  as  a  musician  and  is  a  valued 
member  of  the  Young  Ladies'  Musical  Club  of 
Boulder.  Professor  Casey  and  wife  have  two 
children,  Eleanor  and  Robert  Lafayette. 


T.  DURBIN,  M.  D.,  surgeon  to  the  Den- 
JiL  ver  Consolidated  Tramway  Company  and 
LJ  one  of  the  successful  physicians  of  Denver, 
is  a  descendant  of  an  English  family,  whose  first 
representatives  in  America  were  two  brothers. 
His  father,  Jesse,  who  was  born  in  Maryland, 
was  the  son  of  William  Durbin,  a  jeweler  in  Bal- 
timore. He  was  educated  for  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  ministry  and  for  a  time  he  preached, 
both  in  Maryland  and  Ohio,  but  his  health  broke 
down  and  he  was  obliged  to  seek  a  change  of  oc- 
cupation. For  a  time  he  engaged  in  banking  in 
Wooster,  Ohio,  and  later  had  a  drug  store  in  Can- 
ton. In  1871,  believing  the  change  would  be 
beneficial  to  his  health,  he  came  to  Colorado,  and, 
settling  in  Denver,  purchased  W.  S.  Cheesmau's 
wholesale  and  retail  drug  business  on  Blake 
street,  where  he  remained  for  nine  years.  He 
embarked  in  the  surgical  and  dental  business  in 
1880  and  continued  in  the  same  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1884,  at  the  age  of  fifty -six. 
Since  then  the  business,  which  is  incorporated, 
has  been  carried  on  by  his  children,  under  the 
name  of  J.  Durbin's  Surgical  and  Dental  Instru- 
ment Company.  Until  his  death  he  retained  his 
connection  with  the  Northern  Ohio  Conference. 
He  was  instrumental  in  the  founding  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Denver  and  was  one  of  its  trustees. 

Rev.  Jesse  Durbin  married  Lucy  Ann  Cain, 
who  was  born  in  Winchester,  W.  Va. ,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Levi  Cain,  of  that  place.  She  died  in 
Denver,  February  16,  1898.  Her  five  living 
children  reside  in  Denver.  Her  oldest  son,  Will- 
iam R. ,  who  was  his  father's  bookkeeper,  died  in 
Denver  at  the  age  of  twenty-five,  leaving  one 
son,  William  R.  Durbin,  now  residing  in  the  state 


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of  Washington.  The  others  are:  Mary  E. ,  wife 
of  George  S.  Van  Law,  who  is  a  member  of  the 
real-estate  firm  of  Van  Law  &  Gallup,  in  Denver; 
L.  T.,  our  subject;  JesseB.  and  Edward  A.,  who 
are  managers  of  the  business  left  by  their  father; 
and  Charles  K. ,  who  is  superintendent  of  the 
Denver  Consolidated  Tramway  Company. 

In  Wooster,  Wayne  County,  Ohio,  Dr.  Durbin 
was  born  May  5,  1858.  He  was  educated  in  the 
high  school  of  Canton.  In  1873  he  entered  the 
drug  business  there,  giving  attention  to  the  study 
of  pharmacy,  but  in  1876  joined  his  father,  with 
whom  he  continued  in  business  until  1880,  the 
business  being  at  that  time  disposed  of.  Next 
he  engaged  in  general  merchandising  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Durbin  Brothers  at  Gold  Park, 
but  after  eighteen  mouths  sold  out.  He  then 
entered  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Denver,  from  which  he  graduated  two 
years  later,  in  1884,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
For  a  few  months  he  was  engaged  as  a  physician 
in  the  county  hospital,  but  soon  began  in  prac- 
tice for  himself.  From  188410  1886  he  was  dem- 
onstrator of  anatomy  in  the  University  of  Den- 
ver, but  resigned  in  the  latter  year  owing  to  his 
removal  to  Central  City.  Two  years  were  spent 
in  that  city,  during  which  time  he  was  coroner 
of  Gilpin  County .  From  there  he  removed  to 
Villagrove,  Saguache  County,  in  the  San  Luis 
Valley,  where  for  four  years  he  was  a  prac- 
ticing physician,  county  coroner  and  local  sur- 
geon for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  and 
the  Colorado  Coal  &  Iron  Company,  the  latter 
concern  having  two  or  three  hundred  men  em- 
ployed at  Orient,  eight  miles  up  the  mountain. 
While  in  Villagrove  he  became  interested  in 
the  San  Luis  hot  springs  and  assisted  in  organiz- 
ing a  company  under  the  leadership  of  Chamber- 
lin  Brothers.  The  San  Luis  Hot  Springs  Com- 
pany secured  the  finest  hot  springs  in  that  locality 
and  bought  a  section  of  land,  upon  which  they 
built  hotels  and  residences.  The  enterprise  is 
yet  in  its  incipiency,  but  without  doubt  the  place 
in  time  will  become  a  noted  health  and  summer 
resort,  for  the  water  possesses  curative  properties 
and  the  climate  is  delightful. 

Returning  to  Denver   in  November,  1891;  Dr. 
Durbin  has  since  engaged  in  practice,  having  his 
-  office  on  Fifteenth  and  Arapahoe  streets.   He  is  en- 
gaged in  general  professional  practice,  and   has 
been  surgeon  to  the  Denver  Tramway  (now  the 


Denver  Consolidated  Tramway)  Company  since 
his  return  to  the  city.  He  was  also  appointed  on 
the  hospital  staff,  but  pressure  of  other  duties  pre- 
vented his  acceptance.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Denver  and  Arapahoe  County  and  the  State 
Medical  Societies,  and  at  one  time  was  president 
of  the  alumni  of  the  University  of  Denver.  In 
1897  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  general 
surgery  at  the  New  York  Polyclinic.  Politically 
he  is  a  Republican,  and  fraternally  belongs  to 
Denver  Lodge  No.  7,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen  and  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World.  In  this  city,  in  November,  1886,  he 
married  Miss  Ella  Avery,  who  was  born  in  Bara- 
boo,  Wis.,  and  in  1871  came  to  Denver  with  her 
father,  James  B.  Avery,  a  retired  capitalist. 
They  have  two  children,  Jessie  A.  and  Helen  A. 
Durbin. 


HARRY  S.  BADGER,  president  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  Alauka  Mining  and  Milling 
Company  at  Salina,  Boulder  County,  was 
born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1862,  the  only  child  of 
Charles  W.  and  Mary  M.  C.  (Fowler)  Badger, 
natives  respectively  of  Montpelier,  Vt.,  and 
Portland,  Me.  His  father,  who  was  a  son  of 
Charles  Badger,  a  merchant  of  Montpelier,  early 
gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  mercantile 
business,  in  which  he  engaged  for  some  years  in 
Boston;  but  in  1870  he  removed  to  California, 
where  for  years  he  operated  a  mine  in  Amador 
County.  Returning  to  Boston  in  1894  he  died 
the  same  year.  His  wife  makes  her  home  with 
their  only  child. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  largely  ac- 
quired in  Boston,  but  was  completed  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1884,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  Afterward,  with 
his  father,  he  became  interested  in  mining  and 
the  stock  business,  and  for  nine  years  engaged 
in  dealing  in  cattle  at  San  Luis  Obispo.  In  1897 
he  came  to  Boulder  County,  Colo.,  and  was  em- 
ployed as  superintendent  of  the  Gold  Extracting 
Mining  and  Supply  Company  at  Wall  street  camp. 
His  connection  with  the  Alauka  Mining  and  Mill- 
ing Company  dates  from  January,  1898,  when  he 
organized  the  company  and  began  remodeling  the 
old  Williamson  mill.  The  mill  has  a  capacity  of 
thirty  tons,  and  the  removal  of  the  product  is  fa- 
cilitated by  a  siding  from  the  Colorado  North- 
western Railroad.  The  location  could  not  be 


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surpassed,  this  district  comprising  Gold  Hill, 
Sugar  Loaf  and  Sunshine,  which  are  among  the 
best  mining  districts  in  the  state.  A  practical 
mill  man  of  long  experience  has  charge  of  the 
mill,  and  a  complete  assaying  and  sampling 
plant,  with  every  facility  for  the  sampling  of 
ores,  is  an  important  adjunct.  The  ores  are 
purchased  on  a  sliding  scale,  proportionate  to  the 
value  of  the  gold  and  silver  they  contain.  A 
specialty  is  made  of  handling  low-grade  ores, 
averaging  from  $6  to  $20  per  ton,  thus  bringing 
into  the  market  a  product  from  the  mines  never 
before  handled  commercially.  Politically  Mr. 
Badger  is  a  believer  in  Republican  principles, 
but  the  demands  of  his  business  interests  are  such 
as  to  preclude  his  active  participation  in  public 
affairs.  However,  he  is  a  progressive  and  pub- 
lic-spirited citizen,  and  favors  all  measures  for 
the  benefit  of  the  people  and  the  advancement  of 
the  community. 


D.  McKENZIE,  one  of  the  most  prom- 
r  inent  mine  operators  of  Boulder  County,  is 
}/•)  a  representative  citizen  of  Boulder  and  is 
vice-president  and  a  director  of  the  National 
State  Bank  here.  He  has  been  extensively  in- 
terested in  mining  and  agricultural  affairs  since 
he  came  to  Colorado  some  thirty-two  years  ago, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  Mining  Exchange  of 
Denver.  Politically  a  strong  Populist,  he  was 
sent  as  a  delegate  to  the  national  convention  in 
St.  Louis  in  1896  which  nominated  Bryan. 

In  a  family  numbering  six  sons  and  three 
daughters,  Neil  D.  McKenzie  is  the  seventh  in 
order  of  birth.  He  has  lost  one  brother  and  one 
sister,  and  two  of  his  brothers,  Colin  and  Daniel, 
are  in  Colorado,  being  engaged  in  mining  in  the 
vicinity  of  Boulder.  The  father,  Prof.  Donald 
McKenzie,  was  born  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Loch  Elch,  Scotland.  With  his  father  he  came 
to  America  when  a  young  man  and  was  reared 
upon  a  farm  in  Nova  Scotia,  which  the  senior 
McKenzie  carried  on  as  long  as  he  lived.  The 
younger  man  received  a  superior  education  and 
was  engaged  in  teaching  and  kindred  work  dur- 
ing his  active  years.  For  a  long  time  he  taught 
in  the  public  schools  of  Cape  Breton,  in  which 
place  he  lived  up  to  the  day  of  his  death.  He 
was  in  his  sixty-eighth  year  when  he  died,  and 
his  wife,  who  survived  him  many  years,  reached 


the  advanced  age  of  eighty-four.  She,  too,  was 
a  native  of  Scotland,  and  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Catherine  McLeod.  She  accompanied  her 
family  to  Nova  Scotia,  and  in  Cape  Breton  be- 
came acquainted  with  the  man  she  later  married. 

N.  D.  McKenzie  was  born  November  29,  1842, 
in  Cape  Breton,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  island.  In  1862  he  went  to 
New  Brunswick  and  engaged  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness on  the  St.  John's  River.  Thence  he  went 
to  the  Allegheny  Mountains  in  Pennsylvania, 
and  for  about  a  year  subsequent  to  the  close  of 
the  Civil  war  carried  on  a  lumbering  trade  in 
that  state.  In  1866  he  came  west,  and  for  about 
two  years  was  interested  in  mining  near  Brecken- 
ridge,  in  Summit  County.  He  then  went  to 
Blackhawk,  Gilpin  County,  and  there  bought 
and  sold  claims  and  finally  invested  considerably 
in  mines  in  Boulder  County.  He  improved  and 
placed  iti  a  favorable  condition  a  mine  at  Cari- 
bou, known  as  the  Poor  Man's  Mine,  which  he 
operated  for  twelve  or  fifteen  years  alone.  He 
then  sold  that  mine,  in  which,  however,  he  re- 
tained an  interest.  He  was  superintendent  of 
the  company  until  1894,  when  he  withdrew  from 
the  concern.  Among  his  possessions  is  a  fine 
ranch  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres.  It  is 
situated  about  two  and  one-half  miles  east  of 
Boulder,  is  improved  with  fences,  good  buildings 
and  facilities  for  irrigation,  and  is  a  valuable  and 
model  ranch.  Since  settling  permanently  in 
Boulder  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board  here.  He  belongs  to  Silver  Queen  Lodge 
No.  112,  I.  O.  O.  F.  A  Mason  of  high  stand- 
ing,' he  was  identified  with  Blackhawk  Lodge 
No.  n,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  now  associated 
with  Columbia  Lodge  No.  14,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.; 
Boulder  Chapter  No.  7,  R.  A.  M. ;  Mount  Sinai 
Commandery  No.  7,  K.  T. ,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Denver  Consistory  and  El  Jebel  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine. 

The  pleasant  home  of  Mr.  McKenzie  is  pre- 
sided over  by  his  estimable  wife,  formerly  Miss 
Isabelle  M.  Backus,  a  native  of  Milburn,  111. 
Her  parents,  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Griswold) 
Backus,  who  were  natives  of  New  York  and  Con- 
necticut respectively,  were  early  settlers  in  Illi- 
nois. The  eldest  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mc- 
Kenzie, Neil  Backus,  is  a  member  of  the  Boulder 
high  school,  class  of  '99.  The  four  daughters  are 
Maud,  Isabelle,  Catherine  and  Pauline. 


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HON.  JAMES  B.  ORMAN,  mayor  of  Pueblo. 
The  life  record  of  this  gentleman  is  worthy 
of  careful  perusal,  for  it  shows  how  a  young 
man  without  capital  or  influential  friends,  but 
solely  by  the  exercise  of  good  judgment,  deter- 
mination and  perseverance,  has  gained  a  place 
among  the  prominent  men  of  Colorado.  Mr. 
Orman  was  born  in  Muscatine,  Iowa,  November 
4,  1849.  He  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  that  state  and  afterward  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  until  the  spring  of  1869, 
when  he  came  to  Denver,  Colo.  Perceiving  that 
there  was  a  demand  for  freight  animals  he  deter- 
mined to  enter  into  the  business.  With  his 
brother,  William  A.  Orman,  he  purchased  a 
large  number  of  horses  and  mules,  which  they 
sold  with  profit  during  the  next  two  years.  In 
the  fall  of  1869  the  brothers  took  a  contract  for 
work  on  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad,  then  build- 
ing between  Sheridan  and  Denver,  which  contract 
they  filled  promptly  and  satisfactorily. 

From  that  time  forward  Mr.  Orman  gained  in- 
creasing prominence  as  a  railroad  contractor  and 
builder,  and  such-was  the  demand  for  his  services 
that  he  was  kept  constantly  busy.  He  has  con- 
structed more  miles  of  railroad  than  any  other 
man  in  Colorado.  Among  the  roads  which  he 
assisted  in  building  are  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande, 
Colorado  Midland,  Canadian  Pacific,  Oregon  Pa- 
cific, Elk  Mountain,  Texas,  Santa  Fe  &  North- 
ern, and  Crystal  River  Railroads,  and  he  also 
had  the  contract  for  the  Colorado  &  Northwest- 
ern Railroad  from  Boulder  to  Ward,  Colo. 

Railroad  contracting  does  not  represent  the  en- 
tire field  of  Mr.  Orman's  labors  and  activity. 
He  has  identified  himself  in  every  way  with  the 
development  of  Colorado,  and  is  a  large  holder  of 
real  estate  in  Pueblo,  Denver,  Trinidad  and  in 
Huerfano  County  (where  he  owns  coal  lands). 
In  addition  to  erecting  a  number  of  substantial 
business  blocks  he  built  in  Pueblo  a  residence 
that  is  among  the  most  elegant  in  the  state.  Col- 
orado, and  especially  the  city  of  Pueblo,  owes 
much  of  its  progress  to  his  enterprise  and  public 
spirit.  With  his  associates,  in  1879,  he  com- 
menced to  build  the  Pueblo  horse  railway,  and 
within  the  following  five  years  the  company  con- 
structed ten  miles  of  road.  A  re-organization 
was  effected  in  1890  with  a  capital  stock  of  $500,- 
ooo,  and  since  then  the  road  has  been  operated 
by  electricity,  Mr.  Ormau  having  for  five  years 
held  the  position  of  president  of  the  company. 

Among  other  interests  with  which  he  has  been 

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identified  may  be  mentioned  the  Bessemer  Irri- 
gating Ditch  Company,  which  has  been  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  development  of  the  agricult- 
ural districts  of  Pueblo  County.  He  is  also 
financially  interested  in  coal  properties  in  Pitkin, 
Gunnison  and  Huerfano  Counties;  and  mines  in 
Iveadville  and  Cripple  Creek.  The  fact  that  he 
is  successfully  identified  with  so  many  and  varied 
interests,  each  different  from  the  others,  proves 
him  to  be  a  man  of  energy,  keen  discernment  and 
excellent  judgment  in  all  matters  of  business. 
He  has  the  foresight  to  grasp  a  business  problem 
in  its  entirety,  not  only  in  its  present,  but  in  its 
future  relations.  While  superintending  large  in- 
terests he  also  overlooks  matters  of  detail,  which, 
though  small  in  themselves,  yet  affect  the  success 
of  the  whole.  His  activity  is  untiring,  while  his 
capacity  for  details  is  extraordinary. 

Mr.  Orman  has  attained  the  thirty-second  de- 
gree in  masonry,  and  is  one  of  the  prominent 
members  of  the  order  in  Colorado.  Politically 
he  is  active  in  the  Democratic  party.  For  some 
time  he  was  a  member  of  the  city  council  of 
Pueblo.  In  1880,  and  again  in  1882,  he  was 
elected  a  representative  to  the  third  geneial  as- 
sembly. In  the  session  of  1883,  when  a  United 
States  senator  was  elected,  he  became  the  unani- 
mous choice  of  the  Democratic  minority  for  the 
short  term  for  this  position.  On  joint  ballot 
there  were  only  twenty-two  Democratic  votes. 
Not  only  did  he  receive  these,  but  at  different 
times  he  received  from  two  to  five  Republican 
votes.  On  one  ballot  he  received  twenty-seven 
votes,  which  lacked  but  three  of  the  number  nec- 
essary for  an  election.  The  Democratic  nomina- 
tion for  governor  was  oifered  him,  both  in  1888 
and  1890,  but  was  refused  on  both  occasions.  In 
1892  he  was  appointed  a  delegate  to  the  Demo- 
cratic national  convention.  In  the  spring  of  1897 
he  was  elected  mayor  of  Pueblo,  in  which  office, 
as  in  every  position  he  has  filled,  the  service  he 
has  rendered  in  behalf  of  the  people  has  been  able 
and  constant. 

September  27,  1877,  Mr.  Orman  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Nellie,  daughter  of  William  P. 
Martin,  of  Pueblo.  Two  children  were  born  of 
their  union:  Frederick  B.,  who  is  a  student  in 
Princeton  University;  and  Edna  A.,  who  died  at 
two  years  of  age.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orman  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Pueblo. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Orman  has  been  a  promi- 
nent figure  in  the  city  of  Pueblo,  active  and  es- 
teemed alike  in  its  financial,  political  and  social 


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circles.  In  his  elegant  home,  surrounded  by  all 
the  luxuries  of  modern  life,  he  and  his  wife  en- 
tertain with  cordial  hospitality  the  many  friends 
who  frequently  congregate  within  its  spacious 
walls. 


COLORADO  COLLEGE.  On  a  plateau  at 
I  {  the  base  of  the  Pike's  Peak  range  and  corn- 
Vj  manding  a  fine  view  of  the  mountains  and 
foothills,  stands  one  of  the  most  widely  known 
educational  institutions  of  the  west.  The  history 
of  Colorado  College  extends  back  to  1874,  when, 
during  the  period  while  Colorado  was  still  a  ter- 
ritory, and  before  any  other  institution  for  higher 
education  had  been  established  within  its  borders, 
a  college  was  begun  upon  a  broad, Christian  foun- 
dation in  Colorado  Springs.  The  authorized  an- 
nouncement for  that  year  contains  the  following 
words: 

"It  is  the  purpose  of  the  trustees  to  build  a  col- 
lege in  which  liberal  studies  may  be  pursued  un- 
der positive  Christian  influences.  .  .  The  col- 
lege is  under  no  ecclesiastical  or  political  control. 
Members  of  different  churches  are  on  its  board  of 
trustees.  .  .  The  character  which  is  most  de- 
sired for  this  college  is  that  of  thorough  scholar- 
ship and  fervent  piety,  each  assisting  the  other, 
and  neither  ever  offered  as  a  compensation  for 
the  defects  of  the  other." 

The  events  of  the  first  fourteen  years  of  patient 
labor  and  self-sacrifice  need  not  be  recalled,  but 
those  were  days  when  foundations  were  being 
laid.  The  material  and  intellectual  expansion  of 
the  present  is  only  an  expression  in  stones  and 
mortar  and  students'  faces  of  what  a  few  pro- 
phetic souls  in  those  hard  years  prayed  and 
planned  for. 

The  second  epoch  of  the  college  began  with  the 
coming  of  President  Slocum  in  the  fall  of  1888. 
Since  that  time  the  growth  has  been  steady  and 
rapid.  The  one  building  which  then  looked  so 
lonesome  on  the  fifty  acres  of  campus  has  multi- 
plied to  eleven,  large  and  small.  Where  there 
were  no  dormitories  are  now  to  be  seen  three, 
these  crowded  to  their  full  capacity.  Instead  of 
occupying  a  single  room  in  the  one  building,  the 
library  has  a  home  of  its  own,  a  building  worthy 
to  be  the  center  of  the  varied  life  of  the  institu- 
tion. Instead  of  the  stoves  and  lamps  which 
used  to  vex  teachers  aud  students  alike  in  the  one 
recitation  building  of  a  decade  ago,  a  central 
heating  and  electric  plant  furnishes  warmth  and 
light  to  every  building  on  the  campus.  The  ath- 


letic life  of  the  college,  instead  of  being  compelled 
to  shift  for  itself  without  any  possibility  for  scien- 
tific training  and  without  any  field  of  its  own  for 
sports,  now  finds  its  home  in  the  small  but  well- 
planned  gymnasium,  and  its  playground  in  the 
athletic  field,  by  far  the  finest  in  the  state.  The 
property  of  the  college,  instead  of  aggregating, 
as  it  did  then,  the  paltry  sum  of  about  $75,000, 
now  reaches  nearly  to  the  million  mark,  about 
$350,000  being  in  the  endowment  funds.  Its  ex- 
penses, instead  of  being  in  all  about  $7,000,  have 
increased  to  about  $40,000;  while  the  students 
and  faculty  which  the  college  has  gathered  here, 
spend,  besides,  thousands  of  dollars  every  year 
through  various  channels  in  the  community. 

The  catalogue  issued  nine  years  ago  has  a  list 
of  eight  members  of  the  faculty.  Of  these  Pro- 
fessor Marden  was  in  the  east,  busy  with  the 
financial  work  of  the  institution;  Professor  Hend- 
rickson  was  expected  to  begin  work  the  follow- 
ing fall,  being  at  that  time  a  student  in  Berlin; 
Mademoiselle  Graf  had  but  just  taken  up  the  work 
in  modern  languages.  President  Slocum,  Pro- 
fessors Sheldon,  Loud  and  Strieby,  and  Miss 
Wickard,  had  been  the  working  force  through- 
out the  year,  and  there  were  so  few  students  in 
the  advanced  classes  that  President  Slocum  had 
not  held  a  recitation  or  delivered  a  lecture  during 
the  year.  Professor  Strieby  had  all  the  science 
work,  which  is  now  divided  among  four  hard- 
worked  teachers.  The  working  faculty  of  five 
has  increased  to  one  of  thirty-two,  of  whom  twen- 
ty-four are  in  the  college  department.  A  few 
years  ago  it  was  not  an  easy  thing  to  get  men  ol 
the  best  quality  and  training  to  take  positions  in 
the  institution.  Now,  through  most  of  the  year, 
the  applications  average  three  or  four  every  day, 
and  the  college  could  easily  secure  a  number  of 
fully  trained  men  for  any  position  left  vacant. 

Ten  years  ago  there  were  about  twenty-five 
students  in  the  college  and  academy,  and  not 
one  regular  college  student.  There  was  almost 
no  college  life  and  almost  no  college  spirit.  No 
one  reached  the  graduating  class.  But  all  this 
has  changed.  There  have  been  about  four  hun- 
dred students  enrolled  this  year.  The  classes  in 
some  departments  number  more  than  sixty.  Ir- 
regularity in  classes  is  becoming  rapidly  less,  until 
now  it  is  incidental  rather  than  the  rule.  The 
great  majority  of  the  students  are  working  for  de- 
grees. The  graduating  classes  are  steadily  grow- 
ing. Already  the  company  of  graduates  is  becom- 
ing an  appreciable  power  in  the  life  of  the  college. 


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All  this  development  could  not  go  on  without 
a  great  increase  in  the  intensity  of  college  spirit 
within  the  institution  itself.  That  has  grown 
steadily  within  the  last  ten  years,  but  especially 
during  the  last  two  or  three  years.  Class  spirit 
could  not  exist  where  there  were  no  classes;  now 
every  class  has  its  peculiar  individuality,  organi- 
zation and  achievements.  The  college  traditions 
are  fast  crystallizing  under  this  influence.  Ath- 
letics— child  and  parent  alike  of  college  enthusi- 
asm— has  worked  marvels.  A  few  years  ago  the 
college  stood  no  chance  of  success  with  any  other 
college  team  in  the  state;  it  was  repeatedly  beaten 
in  every  form  of  sport  by  younger  local  teams. 
This  year  the  college  is  pre-eminent  in  baseball, 
and  has  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  it  has  the 
best  football  eleven  in  the  state.  The  institution 
not  only  has  won  its  place  within  the  boundaries 
of  this  state  itself,  but  has  attracted  attention 
from  without.  The  debate  last  spring  with  the 
University  of  Nebraska  was  an  evidence  of  the 
estimation  in  which  it  is  held  by  those  whose 
opinion  is  most  worth  having. 

The  development  has  been  most  rapid  and  in- 
tense during  the  year  which  has  just  closed. 
There  is  no  need  to  do  more  than  enumerate  the 
steps  of  the  progress.  The  dedication  of  Ticknor 
Hall,  the  installing  of  the  electric  plant,  the 
success  of  the  glee  club,  the  opening  of  the  ath- 
letic field  and  the  winning  of  the  baseball  cham- 
pionship, the  debate  with  the  University  of  Ne- 
braska, the  graduation  of  the  largest  class  in  the 
history  of  the  institution,  the  net  addition  of  five 
and  of  one  hundred  to  the  student  body,  the  rec- 
ord of  the  football  team,  the  preparations  for  the 
erection  of  the  Perkins  Memorial  Hall  for  the 
use  of  the  departments  of  music  and  art,  these 
are  alike  the  effects,  and  in  their  turn  the  new 
causes  of  the  steadily  intensifying  life  of  the 
college. 

The  college  is  provided  with  the  various  de- 
partments of  a  first-class  educational  center.  The 
department  of  philosophy,  in  charge  of  Dr.  Slo- 
cum,  assisted  by  Dr.  Lancaster,  includes  work  in 
logic,  psychology,  comparative  religions,  history 
of  philosophy  and  ethics.  A  number  of  electives 
are  also  offered.  Special  lectures  are  given  by 
the  president  in  the  four  higher  branches,  and  a 
series  of  lectures  on  "Brain  Anatomy,"  "Locali- 
zation, ""The  Neuron,  ""Psychology  of  Speech," 
and  "Hypnotism"  are  given  by  Drs.  Eskridge, 
Freeman  and  Pershing,  of  Denver. 

The  department  of  geology  and  biology  con- 


tains a  fine  collection  of  geological,  mineralogical 
and  paleontological  specimens,  as  well  as  twelve 
compound  microscopes,  a  sledge- microtome,  etc. 

The  department  of  physics  contains  four  col- 
lege classes,  two  pursuing  laboratory  courses,  and 
a  third  confining  itself  to  the  study  of  the  text. 
The  first  Roentgen  pictures  in  the  state  were 
taken  here. 

In  the  department  of  chemistry,  besides  the 
usual  work  of  study  and  experiment,  much  at- 
tention has  been  given  to  the  application  of 
chemistry  to  the  arts. 

The  department  of  mathematics  and  astronomy 
is  thoroughly  organized,  as  are  all  the  other  de- 
partments. 

There  are  nine  courses  in  the  department  of 
history  and  political  science,  two  of  which  are 
strictly  historical  courses. 

The  department  of  English  aims  at  the  train- 
ing of  the  powers  of  expression,  and  the  creating 
of  an  intelligent  interest  in  English  and  Ameri- 
can literature  by  familiarity  with  the  best  read- 
ing matter  of  the  ages. 

In  the  classical  and  Latin  scientific  courses, 
four  years  of  preparatory  Latin  are  required;  in 
the  scientific  course  but  two  years;  full  college 
courses  are  provided  in  Latin  and  Greek. 

In  German  six  courses  are  offered,  and  in 
French  five  courses,  while  in  the  Spanish  depart- 
ment there  are  two. 

Systematic  instruction  has  been  given  in  voice 
culture,  declamation  and  oratory. 

Two  university  extension  courses  were  inau- 
gurated' in  March,  1894.  For  1898-99  three 
courses  of  six  lectures  each  have  been  planned. 

Classes  in  drawing  and  painting  work  daily 
in  the  studio,  and  exhibitions  of  studies  are  given 
from  time  to  time. 

The  faculty  in  the  music  department  is  the 
finest  that  can  be  secured,  and  includes  instruct- 
ors of  broad  culture  and  training  and  wide  repu- 
tation. 


IILLIAM  F.  SLOCUM,  A.B.,  B.D.,  LL.  D., 

president  of  Colorado  College,  is  a  descend- 
ant of  ancestors  who  were  prominently 
identified  with  the  history  of  New  England  in  an 
early  period  in  the  history  of  our  country.  The 
Slocum  family  was  founded  in  Rhode  Island  in 
an  early  day  and  its  members  were  of  the  Quaker 
faith.  Later  generations  removed  to  Massachu- 
setts, where  Dr.  Slocum  was  born.  His  grand- 
father, Oliver  E.  Slocum,  was  a  man  of  promi- 


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nence  iu  the  western  part  of  the  state;  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Polly  Mills,  daughter  of  Cephas  Mills, 
a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  a  direct 
descendant  of  Governor  Bradford,  of  Massachu- 
setts. During  colonial  times  the  Mills  family 
were  very  influential. 

Judge  William  F.  Slocura,  the  doctor's  father, 
was  born  in  Grafton,  Worcester  County,  Mass., 
where  in  early  manhood  he  was  an  attorney. 
Removing  from  there  to  Boston  he  engaged  in 
practice  in  that  city  and  also  served  as  a  jurist 
for  some  years,  being  noted,  on  the  bench,  as  at 
the  bar,  for  his  impartiality  of  attitude,  vigor  of 
mind  and  breadth  of  knowledge.  Alike  in  politi- 
cal, professional  and  religious  matters,  he  was  a 
leader  of  thought  in  Massachusetts,  and  his 
opinions  are  still  frequently  quoted  as  of  recog- 
nized authority.  Fraternally  he  was  connected 
with  the  Masons.  In  1896,  when  seventy-seven 
years  of  age,  he  was  killed  in  a  railroad  accident. 
He  was  a  brother-in-law  of  Hon.  D.  A.  DePew, 
chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  New  Jersey. 

The  marriage  of  Judge  Slocum  united  him  with 
Margaret  Tinker,  who  was  born  in  Tolland,  Mass. , 
and  whose  father,  Edward  Tinker,  was  a  manu- 
facturer in  that  town.  The  founder  of  the  Tinker 
family  in  America  was  John  Tinker,  of  England, 
who  crossed  the  ocean  in  the  historic  "May- 
flower." From  that  time  onward  the  family  bore 
an  active  part  in  the  development  of  New  Eng- 
land and  in  the  colonial  wars  and  the  Revolution 
its  representatives  bore  all  the  hardships  that  fell 
to  the  lot  of  soldiers  and  patriots.  Judge  and  Mrs. 
Slocum  were  the  parents  of  four  sons,  one  of 
whom,  H.  O. ,  died  at  twenty-one  years  of  age. 
Another,  Winfield  S. ,  is  a  leading  attorney  of 
Boston  and  city  attorney  of  Newton,  Mass.; 
while  Edward  T.,  also  an  attorney,  is  a  judge  on 
the  bench  in  western  Massachusetts  and  resides 
in  Pittsfield. 

Of  the  four  sons,  the  third  was  William  Fred- 
erick Slocum,  the  subject  of  this  review.  He 
was  educated  in  Amherst  College  and  soon  after 
his  graduation  received  an  appointment  that  sent 
him  to  Europe  and  gave  him  excellent  advantages 
for  post-graduate  work.  By  an  investigation  of 
the  political  and  social  issues  of  Germany,  he  be- 
came familiar  with  questions  of  vital  importance 
to  the  welfare  of  the  age.  On  his  return  to  the 
United  States  he  entered  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  where  he  continued  until  graduation, 
and  afterward  accepted  a  pastorate  in  Amesbury, 
Mass.  The  important  part  that  he  took  in 


ameliorating  the  conditions  of  existence  among 
the  laborers  in  the  factories  there  was  largely  the 
result  of  his  careful  study  of  economics,  both  in 
this  country  and  abroad.  Later,  while  acting  as 
pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Baltimore,  Md.,  he  was  intimately  identified  with 
the  formation  of  the  Charity  Organization  Society 
and  the  Evangelical  Alliance.  In  that  city,  too, 
he  continued  his  studies  in  philosophy  and  politi- 
cal economy  at  Johns  Hopkins  University. 

In  the  year  1888  the  trustees  of  Colorado  Col- 
lege offered  Dr.  Slocum  the  presidency  of  the 
institution.  In  accepting  the  position  he  began 
his  work  with  the  ardor  and  determination  char- 
acteristic of  him  in  every  enterprise.  The  finances 
of  the  college  were  at  that  time  in  a  deplorable 
condition.  There  were  seven  instructors,  twenty- 
eight  students  in  the  college  and  academy,  and  the 
annual  expense  was  about  $8,500.  The  effect  of 
his  enthusiasm  and  excellent  judgment  soon  be- 
came apparent.  The  faculty  was  enlarged,  the 
courses  reorganized,  and  Cutler  Academy  was 
incorporated  as  an  associated  preparatory  school, 
in  which  students  are  trained,  not  alone  for  Colo- 
rado College,  but  for  all  of  the  leading  institu- 
tions of  the  country.  Within  the  next  two  years 
$100,000  was  given  for  an  endowment  fund, 
donated  entirely  by  citizens  of  Colorado.  In  1889 
Hagerman  Hall  was  built,  the  Woman's  Educa- 
tional Society  was  organized  and  the  erection  of 
Montgomery  Hall  begun.  The  following  year 
the  Colorado  ,  College  Scientific  Society  was 
founded,  and  the  first  number  of  the  college 
paper,  Colorado  College  Studies,  issued. 

As  the  college  grew  in  numbers,  there  became 
evident  the  possession  of  the  college  spirit,  and 
an  esprit  de  corps  among  students,  so  essential 
to  success  in  any  educational  institution.  In  time 
the  college  took  a  prominent  place  in  inter-colle- 
giate athletics,  and  won  the  championship  in 
base  ball  and  track  athletics.  The  general  finan- 
cial depression  did  not  affect,  disastrously,  the 
attendance,  which  showed  a  constant  increase. 
Simultaneously  with  this  growth  was  an  enlarge- 
ment of  equipment  and  facilities.  The  gymna- 
sium was  built  through  the  efforts  of  the  students; 
the  library  building  was  donated  by  the  late 
N.  P.  Coburn,  and  the  observatory  by  Henry 
R.  Wolcott,  of  Denver.  In  1897  Ticknor  Hall 
was  completed,  as  a  second  dwelling  house  for 
young  ladies,  and  was  the  gift  of  a  donor  who 
insisted  that  his  name  remain  unknown,  though 
his  gift  amounted  to  $23,000.  Another  important 


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movement  has  been  the  consolidation  of  Tillotson 
Academy  with  Cutler  Academy. 

Without  doubt  the  most  important  work  ac- 
complished by  Dr.  Slocum  as  president  was  the 
securing  of  an  endowment  fund  of  $200,000, 
rendered  possible  by  the  offer  of  the  great  educa- 
tional philanthropist,  D.  K.  Pearsons,  of  Chicago, 
to  present  to  the  college  the  sum  of  $50,000  pro- 
vided $150,000  in  addition  could  be  raised.  The 
success  of  this  great  project  is  due  very  largely  to 
the  energy  and  indomitable  perseverance  of  Dr. 
Slocum,  who  labored  arduously  and  unceasingly 
in  order  to  secure  the  consummation  of  this  end 
so  important  to  the  future  of  the  college.  From 
the  summer  of  1892,  when  Dr.  Pearsons  made 
his  offer,  until  the  dawn  of  the  year  1897,  the 
movement  was  kept  constantly  before  the  public, 
and  finally  the  last  dollar  necessary  was  pledged. 
Afterward  additional  gifts  were  received,  which 
increased  the  pledges  to  $5,000  more  than  Dr. 
Pearsons'  offer  made  obligatory.  Fully  one-half 
of  $150,000  raised  came  from  the  east,  mainly 
from  Massachusetts,  a  state  that  has  always  been 
a  friend  to  education;  but  the  people  of  Colorado 
were  also  liberal,  especially  when  it  is  remem- 
bered that  those  were  years  of  great  depression. 
Senator  Hill  started  a  movement  in  Denver  by 
subscribing  $5,000,  and  other  citizens  seconded 
his  efforts,  while  the  people  of  Colorado  Springs, 
from  first  to  last,  did  all  within  their  power  to 
secure  what  they  recognized  would  make  of  their 
college  one  of  the  greatest  educational  centres  of 
the  west,  and  their  donations  were  large,  to  the 
point  of  self-sacrifice. 

In  the  west,  as  in  the  east,  Dr.  Slocum  has 
been  a  friend  to  all  efforts  looking  to  the  eleva- 
tion of  the  laboring  classes  and  the  systematic 
relief  of  the  poor.  The  Organized  Charities  of 
Denver  was  the  result  of  an  address  by  him,  and 
to  his  influence  largely  was  due  the  organization 
of  the  state  board  of  charities  and  correction,  and 
the  board  of  pardons.  He  took  part  in  the  legis- 
lation concerning  the  penal  and  reformatory 
institutions  of  Colo'rado,  and,  as  chairman  of  the 
state  board  of  charities,  has  led  in  penal  and  re- 
formatory measures.  He  continued  a  member  of 
the  state  board  of  pardons  until  1896,  when  he 
resigned.  While  he  is  not  a  politician,  on  account 
of  his  prominence  in  public  affairs,  he  was  urged 
by  the  Republican  party  of  his  state,  in  1894,  to 
allow  his  name  to  be  used  as  candidate  for  gov- 
ernor, but  he  declined,  preferring  to  devote  him- 
self entirely  to  his  chosen  work.  Invitations  to 


accept  the  presidency  of  Illinois  University  at 
Champaign  and  Oberlin  (Ohio)  College  were  also 
refused,  for  a  similar  reason.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  State  and  National  Educational  Associa- 
tions, and,  for  the  latter,  arranged  an  important 
part  of  the  exhibit  for  the  Trans-Mississippi  Ex- 
position at  Omaha  in  1898.  The  following  degrees 
have  been  conferred  upon  him:  A.  B.,  by  Amherst 
College  in  1874;  B.  D.,  Andover  Seminary,  1878; 
LL,.  D.,  Amherst  College  in  1893,  and  L,L.  D.  by 
the  University  of  Nebraska  in  1894.  In  addition 
to  his  work  as  president  of  the  college  and  pro- 
fessor of  philosophy,  he  has  been  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  the  journals  of  the  day  and  his  articles 
have  had  a  direct  and  important  bearing  upon 
educational,  religious  and  philosophical  subjects. 
He  is  identified  with,  and  an  officer  of,  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Colorado  Springs.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, president  of  the  Colorado  branch  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Colonial  Wars,  president  of  the  Colorado 
branch  of  the  New  England  Society,  a  charter 
member  of  the  University  Club,  and  a  member  of 
the  D.  K.  E.,  of  Amherst. 

In  Saco,  Me.,  Dr.  Slocum  married  Miss  Mary 
G.  Montgomery,  who  was  born  in  New  York 
state  and  educated  in  New  England.  She  is 
prominent  in  social  circles  and  state  regent  of  the 
Colorado  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution.  Her  father,  William  Mont- 
gomery, was  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  for  many 
years  a  resident  of  Maine,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  cotton.  Her  mother  was  a 
member  of  the  Goodale  family,  of  New  England, 
and  an  aunt  of  Prof.  G.  L.  Goodale,  botanist  at 
Harvard. 


HON.  IRVING  HOWBERT.  The  various 
successful  interests  with  which  Mr.  Howbert 
is  identified  indicate  his  versatile  abilities, 
and  his  prominence  in  business  and  political  af- 
fairs is  a  striking  evidence  of  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  the  people,  not  only  of  his  own  lo- 
cality, but  of  the  state.  Having  been  a  resident 
of  Colorado  from  his  boyhood  days,  and  develop- 
ing in  his  early  manhood  unusual  business 
ability,  it  was  but  natural  that  he  should  become 
interested  in  many  of  the  principal  industries  of 
the  state.  In  mining,  banking,  manufacturing 
and  other  enterprises  that  have  aided  in  building 
up  the  state  he  has  been  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent factors,  and  with  hardly  an  exception,  his 
business  efforts  have  been  successful. 


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The  Howbert  family  is  of  German  extraction, 
and  has  been  identified  with  American  history 
since  colonial  days.  George  Howbert  was  a 
planter  and  slave  owner  in  the  Shenandoah  Val- 
ley of  Virginia.  His  son,  Jacob,  was  born  in 
that  valley,  removed  to  Salem,  Roanoke  County, 
Va.,  and  engaged  in  farming.  From  Virginia  he 
removed  to  Coshocton  County,  Ohio,  and  thence 
to  Bartholomew  County,  Ind.,  where  he  died  at 
an  advanced  age.  During  the  war  of  1812  he 
enlisted  in  the  army,  but  the  war  ended  before  he 
was  called  into  service. 

William,  son  of  Jacob,  and  father  of  Irving 
Howbert,  was  born  in  Salem,  Roanoke  County, 
Va.,  and  passed  his  early  manhood  in  that  state, 
Ohio  and  Indiana.  In  1852  he  removed  to  Iowa 
and  entered  the  Methodist  Episcopal  ministry. 
He  continued  in  Iowa  until  1860,  when  he  crossed 
the  plains  to  Colorado,  having  been  assigned  to 
missionary  work  in  the  southern  part  of  the  then 
territory.  After  three  years  of  indefatigable 
labor,  failing  health  forced  him  to  relinquish  his 
work.  He  had  previously  located  his  family  at 
Colorado  City,  and  there  he  began  the  improve- 
ment of  his  property.  He  died  in  1871.  His 
wife,  Martha  Marshall,  was  born  in  Mount 
Vernon,  Ohio,  and  died  in  Colorado  City  in  1863. 
She  was  a  descendant  of  a  branch  of  the  family 
to  which  belonged  Chief  Justice  Marshall.  Her 
father,  Robert  Marshall,  was  born  in  Pennsylva- 
nia. The  children  of  William  and  Martha  How- 
bert were  six  in  number,  and  all  are  still  living, 
viz. :  Irving;  Edgar,  who  at  the  present  writing  is 
clerk  of  the  district  court  of  El  Paso  County; 
F.  W.,  who  is  United  States  collector  of  internal 
revenue  for  the  district  of  Colorado  and  Wyoming; 
C.  W. ,  general  manager  of  the  Anchoria-Leland 
Mining  and  Milling  Company;  Irene  and  Alice, 
of  Colorado  Springs. 

The  subject  of  this  article  was  born  in  Colum- 
bus, Ind.,  and  received  most  of  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  southwestern  Iowa.  He  was  four- 
teen years  of  age  when  he  accompanied  his  father 
to  Colorado,  making  the  trip  overland  with  ox- 
teams  via  Plattsmouth  and  the  Platte  River,  and 
arriving  in  Denver  in  June,  1860,  after  a  journey 
of  thirty  days.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he 
returned  to  Iowa,  but  the  spring  of  1861  found 
him  again  on  the  road  west,  with  his  father  and 
family.  In  1862  the  -family  settled  in  Colorado 
City,  where  subsequently,  fora  time,  he  attended 
the  academy.  In  August,  1864,  he  enlisted  in 


Company  G,  of  the  Third  Colorado  Cavalry,  and 
served  with  his  regiment  until  the  beginning  of 
the  year  1865,  meantime  taking  part  in  the  battle 
of  Sand  Creek.  In  1865  he  accompanied  the 
family  to  Clarinda,  Iowa,  where  for  a  time  heat- 
tended  high  school.  On  his  return  to  Colorado 
in  1866  he  secured  employment  at  any  occupa- 
tion he  could  find,  and  for  a  year  or  more  fol- 
lowed freighting,  herding  cattle,  farming  and 
clerking  at  different  times.  In  1869  he  was 
elected  clerk  of  El  Paso  County  and  served  by  re- 
election for  five  consecutive  terms,  four  of  which 
times  he  was  elected  without  opposition.  Re- 
fusing a  re-election,  he  resigned  on  election  day 
of  1879,  in  order  to  give  his  entire  attention  to 
the  position  of  cashier  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Colorado  Springs,  to  which  he  had 
been  elected  in  1878.  Two  years  later  he  was 
made  president  of  the  institution,  in  which  ca- 
pacity he  served  with  the  greatest  efficiency  for 
ten  years,  when  he  resigned  on  account  of  injury 
to  his  health,  caused  by  close  confinement  to 
business.  Since  then  he  has  held  the  office  of 
vice-president,  and  still  takes  an  active  part  in 
the  management  of  the  bank.  When  he  became 
connected  with  the  bank  as  cashier  in  January, 
1878,  it  was  in  a  failing  condition,  but  within 
two  years,  through  his  good  management,  the 
institution  was  placed  in  excellent  financial 
shape,  and  it  has  continued  to  grow  from  that 
date  until  it  is  now  one  of  the  strongest  banks  in 
the  state. 

At  the  inception  of  the  Colorado  Midland  Rail- 
road Mr.  Howbert  was  one  of  its  principal  or- 
ganizers, and  svas  made  treasurer  of  both  railway 
and  construction  company.  On  the  completion 
of  the  road,  owing  to  the  pressure  of  other  busi- 
ness, he  severed  his  connection  with  the  com- 
pany. 

In  1878  he  became  one  of  the  owners  of  the 
Robert  E.  Lee  mine,  at  Leadville,  and  largely 
through  his  judicious  management  it  became 
for  a  time  one  of  the  largest  producers  and  most 
noted  mines  of  the  state.  It  yielded  a  compe- 
tence for  himself  and  each  of  his  associates. 
Since  that  date  he  has  been  more  or  less  closely 
connected  with  mining  operations  in  various 
parts  of  the  state.  He  has  taken  a  prominent 
part  in  the  development  of  the  Cripple  Creek 
mining  district,  and  at  the  present  writing  is 
president,  vice-president  and  director  in  half  a 
dozen  companies. 


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In  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party  Mr. 
Howbert  has  been  a  potential  factor.  For  many 
years  he  was  a  delegate  to  almost  every  state  con- 
vention. In  1882  he  was  elected,  without  oppo- 
sition, a  member  of  the  state  senate,  and  during 
his  term  of  four  years  he  forwarded  many  im- 
portant bills,  and  served  upon  various  commit- 
tees. At  the  close  of  his  terra  he  declined  a  re- 
nomination.  In  1888  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 
Republican  national  convention  in  Chicago  when 
Benjamin  Harrison  received  his  first  nomination 
for  the  presidency.  In  1894  he  was  chairman 
of  the  state  central  Republican  committee,  and 
to  his  efforts  was  largely  due  the  defeat  of  Gov- 
ernor Waite.  The  Republican  nomination  for 
the  office  of  governor  was  repeatedly  offered  him, 
when  such  nomination  was  equivalent  to  election, 
but  he  has  always  refused  to  accept. 

In  1888  he  went  to  Europe,  where,  with  his 
family,  he  spent  fifteen  months  in  travel  and  rec- 
reation. In  1897,  with  his  family,  he  made 
another  tour  of  Europe,  spending  the  winter  in 
Italy,  Egypt  and  Greece.  He  has  always  taken 
a  great  interest  in  educational  matters.  Since 
1880  he  has  been  a  trustee  of  Colorado  College, 
and  for  a  short  time  he  was  regent  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Colorado,  having  been  appointed  to 
fill  a  vacancy  in  the  board.  In  the  organization 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  he  took  an  active 
part  and  has  since  officiated  as  one  of  its  di- 
rectors. 

In  1874  Mr.  Howbert  married  Lizzie  A., 
daughter  of  William  L.  Copeland.  She  was  born 
in  Illinois,  a  descendant  of  many  generations  of 
New  England  ancestors.  The  two  children  born 
of  their  union,  are  Alice  May  and  William. 

When  Colorado  Springs  was  started  in  1871, 
Mr.  Howbert  was  serving  as  county  clerk  and 
assisted  in  securing  the  land  on  which  the  town 
was  located.  He  has  not  only  watched  with  pleas- 
ure the  development  of  Colorado  Springs,  his 
chosen  home,  with  which  his  personal  interests 
are  so  closely  identified,  but  he  has  also  wit- 
nessed with  pride  the  growth  of  Colorado,  to 
which  he  came  in  its  territorial  days.  Through 
his  connection  with  banking,  mining  and  rail- 
roads, he  has  done  much  to  develop  the  state. 
From  his  first  residence  at  the  Springs  he  has 
been  prominently  identified  with  the  financial, 
educational  and  social  interests  of  the  city.  To 
the  town  since  the  days  of  its  infancy  he  has 
been  a  tower  of  strength.  In  society  he  is 
known  and  appreciated  as  a  gentleman  of  liberal 


views,  broad  information  and  public  spirit,  one 
who  is  entitled  to  high  regard  by  reason  of  his 
upright  character,  sincerity  of  purpose  and  hon- 
orable life. 


EYRUS  F.  TAYLOR,  M.  D.,  has  been  iden- 
tified with  the  history  of  Pueblo  since  1880, 
and  has  been  prominent,  not  only  profes- 
sionally, but  in  many  important  enterprises  tend- 
ing toward  the  material  prosperity  of  the  city. 
For  one  term  he  officiated  as  mayor  of  Central 
Pueblo,  in  the  days  when  it  was  separate  from 
Pueblo.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  Central  Pueblo  and  served  as  city  physi- 
cian of  South  Pueblo.  From  1884  to  1886  he 
held  the  office  of  coroner  of  Pueblo  County,  and 
afterward,  for  two  terms,  he  held  the  position  of 
county  superintendent  of  schools,  retiring  in  Jan- 
uary, 1890.  From  1890  to  1892  he  held  the 
chairmanship  of  the  county  central  committee  of 
the  Republican  party.  Since  his  retirement  from 
the  latter  position  he  has  not  participated  actively 
in  politics,  but  his  interest  in  the  success  of  the 
Republican  party  is  as  great  as  ever,  and  his  in- 
formation concerning  current  events  is  thorough 
and  broad. 

Dr.  Taylor  is  a  grandson  of  Jonas  Taylor,  a 
native  of  England,  who  accompanied  his  parents 
to  America  in  childhood  and  settled  with  them  in 
Knox  County,  Me.  During  the  war  of  1812  he 
took  part  with  the  army  of  his  adopted  country. 
By  occupation  he  was  a  farmer.  His  son,  Cyrus 
Taylor,  was  born  in  Warren,  Knox  County,  and 
in  boyhood  learned  the  shipbuilder's  trade,  which 
he  followed  at  intervals  through  his  entire  life. 
He  also  took  charge  of  his  farm  at  Hope,  Knox 
County,  where  he  died  in  1889,  at  fifty-four  years 
of  age.  He  married  Caroline  Bowley,  who  was 
born  in  Hope,  Me.,  and  died  there  in  1876.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  William  Bowley,  a  native  of 
Maine  and  of  Scotch  descent;  by  occupation  a 
farmer,  he  spent  his  entire  life  upon  a  farm  in 
Knox  County,  with  the  exception  of  the  time 
when  he  was  at  the  front  in  the  army  during  the 
war  of  1812. 

Born  in  Hope,  Me.,  October  21,  1857,  Dr.  Tay- 
lor was  the  eldest  of  a  family  of  three  sons  and 
one  daughter,  of  whom  he  and  his  sister  were 
the  only  ones  who  attained  maturity.  He  was 
reared  on  the  home  farm  and  graduated  from  the 
Union  high  school,  at  Union,  Me.,  afterward 
preparing  for  college  in  the  Maine  Wesleyan 
Seminary  at  Kent's  Hall.  Choosing  the  profes- 


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siou  of  medicine  for  his  life  work,  he  became  a 
student  in  the  Maine  Medical  School  at  Bruns- 
wick (the  medical  department  of  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege) ,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the  spring  of 
1880,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  In  December  of 
the  same  year  he  came  to  Pueblo,  where  he  has 
since  carried  on  a  general  practice.  Since  1890 
he  has  made  a  specialty  of  the  treatment  of  the 
morphine  and  whisky  habit  from  a  medical  stand- 
point, and  in  this  he  has  been  remarkabty  suc- 
cessful. 

Besides  his  city  interests  Dr.  Taylor  owns  a 
ranch  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres  near  Rye, 
this  county,  where  he  is  engaged  in  raising  cat- 
tle. He  has  brought  into  the  state  some  of  its 
best  race  horses,  among  them  Wilkes,  Wichita 
Tom,  Noxy  Morrell,  Cleopatra,  Modestie,  Walter 
Steele  and  Jennie  June;  but  the  horse  business 
has  not  proved  profitable,  so  he  has  discontinued 
it  and  now  gives  his  attention  to  fanning  and 
raising  cattle.  In  the  organization  of  the  Pueblo 
Driving  Park  Association  he  was  a  prime  factor. 
He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Pueblo  County 
Medical  Society.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  South 
Pueblo  Lodge  No.  31,  at  South  Pueblo,  and  was 
made  an  Odd  Fellow  in  Ark  Lodge  No.  28,  South 
Pueblo,  in  which  he  has  been  an  officer.  He 
contributes  to  religious  enterprises,  particularly 
to  the  Baptist  Church,  of  which  his  wife  is  a 
member.  He  was  married  in  this  city  to  Miss 
Nancy  A.  Robinson,  who  was  born  in  Appleton, 
Me.  They  are  the  parents  of  four  children  now 
living:  Laura,  Guy,  Ray  and  Cyrus  F.,  Jr. 


J.  COX.  The  town  of  Aspen  is 
surrounded  on  a^  sides  by  lofty  mountains 
rich  in  silver.  Among  the  mines  that  have 
been  placed  on  a  paying  basis,  especial  mention 
belongs  to  the  Mollie  Gibson  mine,  owned  by  the 
Mollie  Gibson  Consolidated  Mining  and  Milling 
Company  of  which  Mr.  Cox  is  the  superintendent. 
There  is  no  mine,  as  is  universally  conceded, 
that  has  produced  silver  ore  as  rich  as  this.  In 
some  instances  the  ore  has  shown  eighty-two  per 
cent  of  pure  silver.  One  specimen,  weighing 
three  hundred  and  seventy-eight  pounds  and  con- 
taining seventy-five  per  cent  of  pure  silver,  was 
placed  on  exhibition  at  the  Omaha  Exposition  in 
1898  and  attracted  wide  attention. 

Mr.  Cox  was  born  in  Orange  County,  N.  Y., 
July  6,  1845,  a  son  of  Charles  and  Jane  (Gray) 
Cox.  His  father,  a  native  of  England,  settled  in 
New  York  in  boyhood  and  in  early  manhood 


entered  the  ministry  of  the  Baptist  Church,  to 
which  work  he  gave  consecrated  and  successful 
service  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Had  his 
life  been  spared  to  maturity  of  his  mental  powers, 
he  would  undoubtedly  have  attained  prominence, 
but  he  died  in  1848,  while  still  a  young  man. 
His  wife,  who  was  born  near  Baltimore,  Md.,  was 
the  daughter  of  William  Gray,  an  extensive 
planter  in  Maryland.  She  died  five  years  after 
the  death  of  her  husband,  when  our  subject  was 
eight  years  old,  and  left,  besides  him,  a  daughter, 
now  Mrs.  Mary  Homan,  of  New  Jersey. 

Upon  the  death  of  his  mother,  our  subject  was 
taken  into  the  home  of  his  grandfather,  Charles 
Cox,  Sr.,  who  was  a  minister  in  the  Baptist 
Church  in  eastern  Pennsylvania.  With  his  grand- 
father he  remained  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of 
age.  His  education  was  meantime  received  in  a 
private  academy.  In  1866  he  came  to  the  western 
territories,  crossing  the  plains  with  an  ox-team. 
He  did  not  at  the  time  settle  in  Colorado,  but 
traveled  through  Utah,  Idaho,  Wyoming  and 
Montana.  In  March,  1879,  he  settled  in  Lead- 
ville,  where  for  two  years  he  engaged  in  mining. 
From  there  he  went  to  Rico,  where  he  was  simi- 
larly interested  for  seven  years.  The  year  1887 
found  him  in  Aspen,  where  he  has  since  been 
actively  engaged  in  mining.  Since  1891  he  has 
been  general  superintendent  of  the  Mollie  Gibson 
mine,  one  of  the  most  famous  silver  mines  in  the 
world.  In  1891  he  opened  the  Bonanza  mine, 
which  he  has  since  developed.  He  is  also  con- 
nected with  other  mining  interests  in  the  state. 
His  office  is  in  the  Bank  building,  Aspen,  where 
he  has  a  fine  suite  of  rooms. 

In  1872  Mr.  Cox  married  Miss  Johanna  M. 
O'Farrell,  daughter  of  John  O'Farrell,  who  was 
a  banker  and  civil  officer  in  Ireland.  They  are 
the  parents  of  three  sons  and  one  daughter:  W. 
Rowland,  who  was  educated  in  the  School  of 
Mines,  at  Rolla,  Mo.,  as  an  engineer;  John  C., 
who  also  took  a  course  in  engineering,  graduating 
from  the  Rolla  State  School  of  Mines,  and  is  now 
assayer  and  chemist  for  the  Mollie  Gibson  mine: 
Samuel  J.,  a  student  in  the  Jesuit  College,  Den- 
ver; and  Emily,  a  student  at  the  Loretto  Acad- 
emy, Denver. 

While  in  Rico  Mr.  Cox  was  elected  mayor  of 
the  city.  For  a  number  of  years  he  held  the 
office  of  school  director.  While  he  is  not  par- 
tisan in  his  preferences,  he  is  stanch  in  his  allegi- 
ance to  the  Democratic  party.  A  Mason  in  fra- 
ternal relations,  he  is  identified  with  the  blue 


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lodge,  chapter  and  commander}^.  He  is  con- 
sidered one  of  the  most  thorough  mining  men  of 
this  section,  and  his  experience  and  judgment  are 
relied  upon  with  confidence  by  those  who  are 
connected  with  mining  interests  in  Aspen. 


HON.  BENJAMIN  F.  CROWELL.  The  his- 
tory of  any  state  is  made  up,  so  far  as  its 
most  interesting  features  are  concerned,  of 
the  events  in  the  lives  of  its  prominent  citizens. 
In  any  history  of  Colorado,  an  outline  of  the 
career  of  Mr.  Crowell  could  not,  with  justice,  be 
omitted.  A  pioneer  of  the  state,  he  was  one  of 
the  few  men  who,  after  a  long  and  active  life  in  a 
community,  are  held  in  the  highestesteem  by  all, 
irrespective  of  politics,  wealth  or  other  conditions, 
one  who  sustained  the  character  of  a  gentleman, 
and  who,  in  his  declining  years,  might  proudly 
feel  that  he  had  wronged  no  man,  but  had  en- 
deavored, by  a  consistent,  upright  life,  to  fulfil 
his  duty  to  God  and  his  fellowmen. 

Mr.  Crowell  was  born  at  Manchester-by-the- 
Sea,  Mass.,  January  8,  1835,  anc^  m  that  same 
place  had  occurred  the  birth  of  preceding  genera- 
tions as  far  back  as  the  records  can  be  traced. 
The  first  representatives  of  the  family  in  this 
country  came  from  England  in  an  early  day.  His 
father,  Capt.  Samuel  Crowell,  was  a  man  of  en- 
ergy, remarkable  business  ability  and  upright 
character.  His  three  brothers  were  sea  captains 
and  took  part  in  the  Revolution,  while  he  served 
in  the  war  of  1812.  From  the  time  that  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age  he  was  master  of  ocean 
vessels,  and  during  the  forty  years  of  his  seafar- 
ing life  he  crossed  the  ocean  forty  times,  but 
never  met  with  an  accident  during  that  entire 
period.  His  death  occurred  in  Massachusetts  in 
1867.  He  married  Miss  Susan  Allen,  member 
of  an  old  family  of  New  England. 

When  fifteen  years  of  age  our  subject  went  to 
Boston,  where  he  served  an  apprenticeship  to  the 
bookbinder's  trade.  At  the  time  of  the  Pike's 
Peak  gold  excitement  he  fell  a  victim  to  the  pre- 
vailing fever.  When,  in  the  fall  of  1859,  the 
Green  Russell  party  returned  from  Colorado  and 
told  of  their  discoveries  on  Cherry  Creek,  fol- 
lowed by  the  opening  of  the  Gregory  diggings, 
he  determined  to  come  west.  He  was  acquainted 
with  the  Tappan  brothers,  who  were  pioneer 
merchants  of  Colorado,  with  stores  in  Denver 
and  Colorado  City.  With  James  Tappan,  A.  Z. 
Sheldon  and  a 'Mr.  Spencer,  he  journeyed  up  the 
Arkansas  River,  arriving  in  Colorado  City  in 


July,  1860.  During  the  summer  he  prospected, 
but  as  he  was  not  fortunate,  he  decided  to  begin 
ranching.  He  homesteaded  a  piece  of  land  south 
of  Colorado  Springs,  now  known  as  the  Rose 
ranch.  Soon  he  became  one  of  the  leading  farm- 
ers of  Fountain  Valley.  In  time  he  also  engaged 
in  sheep-raising  extensively. 

At  the  first  election  after  the  organization  of  El 
Paso  County  in  1862,  Mr.  Crowell  was  elected 
county  commissioner  and  assisted  in  perfecting 
the  county  organization;  but  after  one  term  he 
declined  renomination.  In  1869  he  was  elected 
county  treasurer,  and  two  years  later  was  elected 
to  the  territorial  legislature,  where  he  served  for 
two  years.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  was 
again  elected  county  treasurer  and  served  until 
1879,  when  he  refused  further  election.  He  and 
his  lifelong  friend,  Irving  Howbert,  had  remained 
in  office  side  by  side  and  both  retired  about  the 
same  time,  turning  their  attention  to  the  banking 
business,  and  laying  the  foundation  of  what  be- 
came one  of  the  most  substantial  banks  in  the 
state.  Of  this  bank  Mr.  Crowell  was  for  twenty 
years  a  director  and  officer.  In  1879,  at  the  out- 
break of  the  Leadville  excitement,  he  became  in- 
terested in  mining,  in  which  he  met  with  success, 
securing  an  interest  in  the  Robert  A.  Lee  mine, 
from  which  he  secured  a  fortune.  He  was  also 
successful  in  Cripple  Creek.  With  others  he 
erected  the  Colorado  Springs  opera  house,  at  "a 
cost  of  $100,000.  His  health,  however,  became 
impaired  by  his  close  attention  to  business,  and 
in  1885,  with  his  sisters,  he  went  to  Europe, 
where  he  remained  for  a  year,  returning  greatly 
benefited  by  the  trip. 

When  it  was  decided  to  erect  a  capitol  building 
in  Denver,  the  governor  appointed  Mr.  Crowell 
one  of  the  commissioners  having  charge  of  the 
work.  The  responsibility  was  a  great  one,  but 
he  discharged  it  efficiently.  He  traveled  through- 
out the  country  at  his  own  expense,  and  investi- 
gated capitol  buildings  in  different  states,  utiliz- 
ing the  best  points  of  each  in  his  suggestions  for 
the  Colorado  building.  The  result  is  the  state 
has  a  most  magnificent  structure,  vicing  in  ele- 
gance with  the  New  York  state  capitol,  which  is 
said  to  be  the  finest  in  the  country.  In  fact,  to 
him,  more  than  to  any  other  one  person,  the 
substantial  character  of  the  building  is  due,  and 
it  stands  as  a  monument  to  his  taste  for  the  beau- 
tiful and  artistic  as  well  as  his  business  ability. 
He  was  always  a  leader  in  the  Republican  party, 
and  had  he  chosen,  could  have  occupied  the  gov- 


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ernor's  chair.  In  1884  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 
convention  in  Chicago  that  nominated  James  G. 
Elaine,  and  was  also  a  presidential  elector  that 
year.  For  a  time  he  served  as  major-general  of 
the  state  militia.  He  was  one  of  the  representa- 
tives from  Colorado  at  the  celebration  in  New 
York  of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  in- 
auguration of  President  Washington. 

Every  enterprise  for  the  benefit  of  Colorado 
Sp'rings  received  the  earnest  support  of  Mr.  Cro- 
well.  When  the  county-seat  was  removed  to  it 
he  took  an  active  part  in  its  upbuilding,  was  a 
member  of  the  town  council  and  acting  mayor. 
One  of  the  fire  companies  was  named  in  his 
honor,  in  recognition  of  the  interest  he  had  ever 
manifested  in  the  fire  department.  In  1861  he 
published  the  first  newspaper  in  El  Paso  County, 
and  this  he  .conducted  for  a  year.  It  was  known 
as  the  Colorado  City  Journal  and  was  a  weekly 
paper.  In  whatever  line  he  turned  his  activities 
he  met  with  success.  His  genius  was  versatile, 
as  his  experiences  were  wide.  He  is  remembered 
as  an  exceedingly  genial  man,  and  the  life  of  any 
company  with  whom  he  chanced  to  be.  Full  of 
humor  and  wit,  his  sallies  always  had  a  bright 
point  to  them,  and  his  anecdotes,  which  were 
ever  appropriate  and  entertaining,  covered  as 
many  points  as  would  often  be  found  in  a  long 
speech.  He  never  married,  but  found  a  pleasant 
home  with  his  sisters,  who  ministered  with  the 
deepest  affection  to  his  comforts.  During  the 
last  years  of  his  life  he  spent  the  summer  months 
at  his  old  home  by  the  seaside,  and  there,  a  few 
days  after  his  death,  which  occurred  June  5, 
1897,  he  was  buried  by  the  side  of  his  father  and 
mother,  as  had  been  his  wish. 


EOL.  HENRY  SCHLEY  ERVAY.  The  fam- 
ily represented  by  this  influential  citizen  of 
Colorado  Springs  has  long  been  identified 
with  the  history  of  America,  the  first  of  the  name 
in  this  country  having  emigrated  from  England 
to  Virginia  in  an  early  day.  Jacob  Ervay,  the 
colonel's  father,  was  a  native  of  the  Old  Domin- 
ion, and  resided  for  a  short  time  in  Elmira,  N.  Y. , 
thence  removed  to  Tioga  County,  Pa.,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming.  His  death  occurred  in  1848 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  when  en  route  to  the  west. 
His  wife,  Sophia  Schley,  was  born  in  Maryland, 
a  member  of  one  of  the  distinguished  families  of 
that  state  and  a  cousin  of  the  illustrious  com- 
modore who  won  distinction  in  the  Spanish- Amer- 
ican war.  Her  father,  Henry  Schley,  was  a. soldier 


from  Maryland  in  the  Revolutionary  war;  after- 
ward he  removed  to  Tioga  County,  Pa.,  where  he 
died  at  an  advanced  age.  He  had  married  a  Miss 
Greenleaf,  whose  family,  prominent  in  the  early 
annals  of  Maryland,  traced  its  lineage  to  the  no- 
bility of  England.  Mrs.  Sophia  Ervay  died  in 
Springfield,  Mo.,  in  1894,  at  eighty-four  years  of 
age.  In  her  family  there  were  four  sons  and  six 
daughters,  of  whom  all  are  living  except  one 
daughter,  Henry  Schley  being  the  third  child. 
Of  the  four  sons,  two  served  in  the  Federal,  and 
two  in  the  Confederate  army.  Frank,  who  was  a 
major  in  a  Pennsylvania  regiment  and  was 
wounded  in  the  service,  is  now  living  in  Dallas, 
Tex. ;  Charles,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Second 
Texas  Infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  and  later  served  in  the 
hospital  department,  now  resides  in  Springfield, 
Mo. ;  Jacob,  who  served  in  a  Pennsylvania  regi- 
ment, is  now  postmaster  at  Ervay,  Wyo.,  and 
register  of  the  district. 

Though  Colonel  Ervay  was  born  in  Elmira, 
N.  Y.  (the  date,  June  29,  1834), his  boyhood  years 
were  spent  mostly  in  Tioga  and  Mercer  Counties, 
Pa. ,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools.  At 
nineteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  Minnesota  and 
British  Columbia  with  a  surveying  and  exploring 
corps,  and  remained  for  a  year  in  their  employ. 
He  then  went  to  Red  Wing,  Minn. ,  and  embarked 
in  the  real-estate  business.  Early  in  the  spring 
of  1858,  while  the  ground  was  still  covered  with 
snow  and  the  rivers  were  frozen  over,  he  drove  a 
team  of  Canadian  ponies  in  a  sleigh  as  far  south 
as  Dubuque,  Iowa,  on  the  Mississippi,  and  from 
there  proceeded  by  land  to  Keokuk.  Thence, 
with  team  and  carriage,  he  drove  to  St.  Louis 
and  from  there  to  Little  Rock,  Hot  Springs  and 
across  the  Red  River  into  Texas,  reaching  that 
state  May  i.  On  the  roth  of  that  month  he  saw 
men  harvesting  wheat.  He  joined  the  Texas 
Rangers  and  fought  the  Comanche  Indians.  La- 
ter, joining  the  Butterfield  Overland  Mail  Com- 
pany, he  drove  to  Fort  Davis,  in  the  Pecos  Val- 
ley, and  from  there  to  El  Paso,  thence  to  Lower 
California,  remaining  one  year  on  that  trip.  In- 
dians were  exceedingly  troublesome  at  the  time, 
and  the  government  was  obliged  to  furnish  troops 
to  protect  white  men.  While  he  was  superinten- 
dent of  the  stage  line  he  slept  with  two  six-shoot- 
ers, loaded,  by  his  side.  On  more  than  one  occa- 
sion he  engaged  in  fights  with  the  red  men,  and 
sometimes,  on  riding  up  to  a  lonely  frontier  sta- 
tion, he  found  all  the  men  dead,  the  victims  of 
Indian  hate  and  jealousy.  While  perils  were 


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many,  yet  there  was  much  that  was  interesting 
and  even  enjoyable  about  the  life  he  then  led. 
Being  an  amateur  photographer,  he  took  a  num- 
ber of  pictures  of  the  Indians,  and  some  of  these 
he  still  retains. 

After  one  year  Mr.  Ervay  went  to  Dallas, 
Tex.  At  that  time  Gen.  William  Walker  was 
forming  a  company  to  assist  him  in  his  effort  to 
be  reinstated  as  governor  of  Nicaragua,  and  Mr. 
Ervay  joined  the  company  at  New  Orleans  in 
the  spring  of  1859.  The  men  were  dispatched  in 
small  parties  and  rendezvoused  on  a  small  island 
in  the  Caribbean  Sea.  About  two  hundred  suc- 
ceeded in  effecting  a  landing  at  Fort  Truxillo, 
Honduras,  and  just  before  daybreak  divided  into 
squads  (one  of  which  Mr.  Ervay  commanded)  ; 
they  made  a  dash  against  the  fort,  routed  four 
hundred  men,  and  for  one  month  held  it  unmo- 
lested. The  natives  meantime  did  not  dare  to 
attack  them.  In  July  he  discovered  a  large  sail 
on  the  gulf  and  decided  it  was  a  man-of-war.  It 
proved  to  be  a  British  sloop,  whose  commander, 
Captain  Simons,  sent  a  lieutenant  ashore  to  de- 
mand Walker's  surrender.  The  latter  asked  until 
six  o'clock  the  next  morning.  As  soon  as  dark- 
ness fell  the  men  were  ordered  to  pack  their 
things  and  they  started  for  Mosquito  coast.  With 
the  exception  of  a  skirmish  with  the  natives  they 
had  no  trouble,  and  making  their  way  to  Black 
River  crossed  in  canoes  just  as  night  came  on. 
They  camped  out  for  the  night,  with  sentinels 
stationed  to  warn  them  if  the  enemy  approached. 
Early  in  the  morning,  a  large  number  of  natives 
(ten  times  as  many  as  were  in  Walker's  party) 
rushed  out  from  the  bushes,  but  they  were 
charged  by  Walker's  men,  and  fell  back.  While 
making  the  charge,  Mr.  Ervay  was  wounded  alto- 
gether nine  times.  His  wounds  were  moistened 
with  cold  water,  then  wrapped  with  cloths,  after 
which  he  was  loaded  on  a  pack  pony,  to  accom- 
pany the  others  on  their  retreat.  Through  the 
intense  darkness  of  the  night  they  traveled  con- 
stantly, and  on  reaching  a  village  were  attacked 
by  the  natives  from  ambush,  but  these  they 
routed  in  a  half-hour;  they  then  entered  the  vil- 
lage and  at  once  proceeded  to  construct  a  trans- 
port to  carry  the  woulided  to  Roman  River.  The 
following  morning  the  British  man-of-war  again 
appeared.  The  same  lieutenant,  who  had  before 
demanded  surrender,  again  came  ashore  and  re- 
peated the  demand,  made  in  the  name  of  Her 
Majesty,  the  Queen  of  England.  Walker  re- 
plied that  he  would  surrender  to  the  Queen  of 


England,  but  not  to  Honduras.  This  answer  sat- 
isfied Captain  Simons  and  he  took  all  of  the  Wal- 
ker party  on  board  his  ship,  caring  for  the  sick 
and  wounded  of  their  number.  When  the  phy- 
sicians examined  Mr.  Ervay 's  wounds,  they  were 
so  serious  that  the  decision  was  made  to  amputate 
the  wounded  limb,  but  to  this  he  so  strenuously 
objected  that  it  was  not  done.  The  sloop  sailed 
back  to  Fort  Truxillo,  where,  in  spite  of  all  prom- 
ises to  the  contrary,  Captain  Simons  put  all  the 
men  in  prison,  and  there  they  remained  for  twelve 
days,  and  they  were  days  of  suffering  and  agony 
to  Mr.  Ervay.  He  lay  upon  mats  on  the  floor, 
where  by  fanning  and  keeping  cold  water  on  his 
wounded  limb  he  managed  to  keep  alive.  Fi- 
nally the  soldiers  were  notified  that  the  natives 
intended  to  shoot  General  Walker  and  this  threat 
was  soon  carried  into  execution.  Three  days 
afterward  Captain  Hinkley  came  with  a  British 
man-of-war,  took  all  the  men  onboard  and  sailed 
for  New  Orleans. 

On  reaching  that  city  three  days  were  spent  in 
quarantine,  after  which  the  wounded  were  taken  to 
the  hospital,  and  there  Mr.  Ervay  spent  the  en- 
tire winter.  In  the  spring,  with  the  aid  of 
crutches,  he  was  able  to  walk  once  more.  He 
went  to  Galveston,  Tex.,  but  for  two  months  lay 
ill  with  the  fever  there,  being  cared  for,  mean- 
time, by  a  friend.  On  recovering  sufficient!)'  to 
travel  he  made  his  way,  on  horseback,  to  Dallas, 
Tex.,  and  arriving  there,  a  friend,  who  was  a 
large  planter,  miller  and  merchant,  gave  him  em- 
ployment in  a  store  at  Trinity  Mills,  sixteen  miles 
from  the  city.  Later  he  secured  a  position  that 
paid  him  $35  a  month,  and  in  the  spring  of  1861 
he  bought  an  interest  in  the  business.  His  part- 
ners, W.  H.  Witt  &  Son,  enlisted  in  the  Confed- 
erate army  and  he  was  left  in  charge  of  the  store, 
mill  and  plantation,  and  also  served  as  postmaster 
of  the  little  village.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he 
married  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  Captain 
Witt  returned,  soon  afterward  selling  out  the 
business. 

In  the  fall  of  1863  Mr.  Ervay  enlisted  in  the 
Confederate  service  and  was  made  assistant  quar- 
termaster, with  the  rank  of  colonel,  by  which  title 
he  has  since  been  known.  He  remained  at  the 
front,  in  charge  of  supplies,  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  when  he  returned  to  Dallas  and  em- 
barked in  the  real-estate  and  live-stock  business. 
For  two  years  he  served  as  an  alderman,  after 
which,  in  1870,  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Dallas, 
serving  two  terms,  and  then  filled  the  office  of 


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alderman  for  seven  years.  After  a  time  in  the 
drug  business  he  entered  the  wholesale  imple- 
ment trade  and  built  a  large  house,  50x200,  in 
which  he  carried  machinery  of  every  description. 
His  sales  were  not  limited  to  Dallas,  but  were 
made  throughout  the  entire  state,  and  the  busi- 
ness was  one  of  the  largest  of  the  kind  in  the 
state.  In  1891  his  building  was  burned  down, 
but  he  immediately  rebuilt.  However,  since  1888 
he  has  not  been  interested  in  the  business,  though 
he  still  retains  the  property,  as  well  as  other  city 
holdings. 

Coming  to  Colorado  Springs  in  1888  Colonel 
Ervay  purchased  seventy-two  acres  and  platted 
Ervay's  addition  to  the  city,  also  assisted  in  build- 
ing the  boulevard.  In  addition  to  the  real-estate 
business  he  has  been  interested  in  mining,  and 
is  now  president  of  the  Bob  Lee  Mining  Com- 
pany in  the  Cripple  Creek  district.  For  four 
years,  and  until  all  claims  were  patented,  he 
served  as  president  of  the  Cripple  Creek  Consoli- 
dated Mining  Company,  which  he  assisted  in  or- 
ganizing. He  is  still  interested  in  this  company, 
as  vice-president  and  a  director.  He  aided  in  the 
organization  of  the  Provident  Gold  Mining  Com- 
pany and  was  its  president  until  the  twelve  claims 
had  been  patented,  since  which  time  he  has  con- 
tinued as  a  director.  Formerly  he  held  the  posi- 
tion of  president  of  the  Long  Lead  Gold  Mining 
Company,  in  which  he  still  retains  an  interest. 
Besides  his  other  interests,  he  owns  property  in 
the  oil  regions  of  Wyoming,  he  and  his  brothers 
having  more  than  ten  thousand  acres  there.  He 
built  a  commodious  and  comfortable  home  at  No. 
1 1 6  East  Boulder  street,  and  has  other  valuable 
property  in  Colorado  Springs. 

Politically  Colonel  Ervay  is  a  Democrat,  and 
takes  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs.  While 
in  Texas  he  was  made  a  Mason  and  took  the 
Royal  Arch  and  Knight  Templar  degrees;  he  is 
now  identified  with  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  in 
Denver.  In  religious  connections  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Christian  Church,  and  socially  belongs 
to  El  Paso  Club. 

Mrs.  Ervay,  who  was  Louise  Hickman,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Hickman,  was  born  in  Danville,  Ky. 
Her  father,  who  was  a  planter  there  in  early 
manhood,  afterward  removed  to  Dallas,  Tex., 
where  he  died.  Her  grandfather,  Capt.  James 
L.  Hickman,  was  born  in  Culpeper,  Va.,  and 
during  the  Revolution  was  captain  of  a  company 
under  Washington,  while  a  brother  of  Captain 
Hickman  was  a  general  in  the  army.  Afterward 


he  removed  to  Kentucky,  where  he  was  a  plan- 
ter. His  mother  was  a  daughter  of  David  Lewis, 
a  Revolutionary  hero.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth 
Bryan,  daughter  of  William  Bryan,  of  Culpeper, 
Va.  The  mother  of  Mrs.  Ervay  was  Mary  Bro- 
naugh,  a  native  of  Danville,  Ky.,  and  a  daughter 
of  William  and  Jennie  (Tinsley)  Bronaugh.  He 
was  born  in  Virginia  and  became  a  planter  in 
Kentucky.  The  family  descended  from  French- 
Huguenot  refugees,  who  were  exiles  from  their 
native  land  owing  to  religious  persecution.  A 
brother  of  Mrs.  Mary  Hickman,  Thomas  Bro- 
naugh, was  a  captain  in  the  war  of  1812  and  was 
held  a  prisoner  in  Quebec  for  a  time.  Mrs.  Ervay 
was  educated  in  Missouri  and  is  a  lady  of  refined 
character  and  charming  manner.  In  various 
charitable  organizations  she  assists  actively,  be- 
ing deeply  interested  in  philanthropic  projects. 
In  the  three  orders,  Eastern  Star",  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  and  Daughters  of  the 
Confederacy,  she  holds  active  membership.  Col- 
onel and  Mrs.  Ervay  are  the  parents  of  two  chil- 
dren. Their  daughter,  Maude  M. ,  was  graduated 
from  Wolfe  Hall,  in  Denver,  and  resides  with  her 
parents.  Their  son,  Henry  Schley,  Jr.,  is  a  stu- 
dent in  the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  class  of 
1899;  during  the  war  with  Spain  he  volunteered 
for  service,  but  the  quota  being  filled,  his  company 
was  not  called  into  action. 


NON.  HARRY  H.  SELDOMRIDGE.  The 
services  which  in  the  past  Mr.  Seldomridge 
has  rendered  his  fellow-citizens  and  which 
he  is  now  rendering  the  people  of  the  third 
senatorial  district  (comprising  El  Paso  and 
Douglas  Counties)  in  the  state  senate,  entitle 
him  to  rank  among  the  influential  and  most 
prominent  men  of  this  part  of  the  state.  In  the 
fall  of  1896  he  was  nominated  for  the  senate  on 
the  Democratic  ticket,  endorsed  by  the  Silver 
Republican,  Populist  and  National  Silver  parties, 
and  was  elected  by  eleven  thousand  majority, 
which  was  the  largest  majority  received  by  any 
state  senator  elected  that  year.  In  the  session 
of  1897  he  voted  for  H.  M.  Teller  for  the  United 
States  senate.  His  work  upon  the  executive 
committee  of  the  State  Democratic  Central  Com- 
mittee has  been  of  the  highest  value  and  has 
contributed  to  the  success  of  the  party  in  the 
state.  In  1896  he  was  elected  to  represent  the 
Second  Congressional  district  of  Colorado  in  the 
national  Democratic  convention  at  Chicago, 
where  he  was  a  member  of  the  committee  on 


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rules,  and  gave  his  support  to  Bryan.  He  has 
attended  every  Democratic  state  convention  since 
1885  and  has  been  influential  in  their  councils. 
He  has  also  served  as  chairman  of  the  county 
central  committee,  and  in  other  ways  has  con- 
tributed to  the  success  of  his  party. 

In  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  born  October  i , 
1864,  our  subject  attended  the  public  schools. 
In  1878  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  and  at 
once  entered  Colorado  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1885.  For  fifteen  months  he  worked 
on  his  father's  ranch  in  Bent  County.  In  1886 
he  accepted  a  position  as  city  editor  of  the  Daily 
Gazette,  continuing  for  eighteen  months,  and  then 
resigning  to  enter  the  firm  of  J.  F.  Seldomridge 
&  Sons,  with  his  father  and  brother.  After  his 
father's  death  the  firm  name  was  changed  to 
Seldomridge  Brothers.  They  are  wholesale  and 
retail  dealers  in  flour,  feed  and  grain,  and  own 
two  large  warehouses  on  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad,  having  a  very  large  trade. 

In  addition  to  this  business,  Mr.  Seldomridge 
is  interested  in  mining  in  Cripple  Creek  and  lo- 
cated one  of  the  first  claims  there.  He  also  has 
interests  in  New  Mexico  and  Arizona.  He  owns 
one-half  interest  in  the  Manitou  Red  Sandstone 
Quarry  Company,  owners  of  the  quarry  at  Mani- 
tou. He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church.  For  years  he  held  the 
office  of  Sunday-school  superintendent.  His  mar- 
riage, which  took  place  in  Colorado  Springs, 
united  him  with  Miss  Irene  Barnes,  who  was 
born  in  Wisconsin,  daughter  of  G.  S.  Barnes,  of 
the  firm  of  G.  S.  Barnes  &  Son,  in  Colorado 
Springs. 

HON.  CASIMIRO  BARELA.  There  are  few 
men  in  Colorado  who  are  more  widely  or 
favorably  known  than  Senator  Barela.  An 
article  recently  published  in  the  Mecca  says  of 
him  that  "While  Mr.  Barela  is  purely  of  Spanish- 
Mexican  blood,  he  is  just  as  surely  a  stanch 
American,  both  in  sentiment  and  action;  which 
characteristics,  it  may  be  remarked  in  passing,  he 
claims  are  shared  by  President  Diaz  of  the 
republic  to  the  south  of  us,  who  at  heart  has 
the  fullest  sympathy  for  co-operative  relations 
between  his  republic  and  ours." 

In  many  respects  the  senator  is  a  most  remark- 
able man,  not  only  from  a  political  standpoint, 
but  also  in  appearance  and  temperament.  He 
possesses  a  most  unusual  combination  of  traits 
of  character,  which,  with  his  vast  experience 


through  many  years  of  active  contact  with  the 
world,  have  rendered  him  a  power,  and  little 
short  of  an  adept  as  a  delineator  of  character;  and 
he  turns  his  experience  to  the  strictest  account, 
for  who  can  forget  one  of  those  characteristic 
scrutinizing  glances  from  his  eagle  e)'es;  while, 
if  seeking  what  does  not  meet  his  approval,  one 
is  made  to  wince,  if  not  retire  entirely;  for  in  per- 
ception and  sensibility  he  is  clear  and  forcible, 
and  yet  at  heart  he  has  a  nature  as  gentle,  kindly 
and  responsive  as  a  woman.  His  sense  of  dis- 
crimination between  right  and  wrong  is  especially 
acute,  all  of  which  is  evinced  by  the  abiding  good- 
will of  the  people  whom  he  has  represented  so 
long  and  so  ably.  He  is  neat  in  dress  and  appear- 
ance, polite  in  manner,  polished  in  speech,  and 
though  quick  almost  to  impulsiveness,  is  ever 
guarded  and  careful,  weighing  every  word,  being 
choice  in  his  enunciation  to  the  minutest  degree, 
and  using  good  English.  In  addressing  the  sen- 
ate, he  is  eloquent,  logical  and  convincing,  clear 
in  argument  and  a  recognized  power  in  that  body. 
Mr.  Barela  has  been  a  member  of  the  state 
senate  of  Colorado  for  twenty-eight  years,  an 
honor  which  no  other  man  can  claim,  either  in 
this  state  or  in  the  entire  country.  He  has 
assisted  to  organize  more  than  two-thirds  of  all 
the  counties  in  the  state.  In  1875  he  was  a 
member  of  the  constitutional  convention,  three 
members  of  which  afterward  served  as  judges  on 
the  supreme  bench.  In  1870  he  was  appointed 
assessor  of  Las  Animas  County;  from  1871  to 
1874  he  represented  his  county  as  a  member  of 
the  territorial  legislature.  When  Colorado  was 
admitted  as  a  state  he  was  elected  to  the  senate 
of  the  first  assembly  for  the  long  term,  and  was 
re-elected  in  1880,  1884,  1888,  1892  and  in  1896, 
his  present  term  expiring  in  1900.  He  was  a 
delegate-at-large  to  the  national  Democratic  con- 
vention in  Cincinnati  in  1880,  also  to  the  St. 
Louis  convention  in  1888,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  committee  which  notified  Grover  Cleveland 
and  Senator  Thurman  of  their  nomination  for  the 
presidency  and  vice-presidency.  He  was  elected 
sheriff  of  Las  Animas  County,  which  office  he 
held  for  two  years,  at  the  same  time  he  served 
as  county  treasurer.  Later  he  was  elected  count)' 
judge  for  a  term  of  three  years,  but  he  resigned 
after  serving  for  one  year.  In  1884  he  was  presi- 
dential elector  on  the  Democratic  ticket.  By 
unanimous  vote,  in  1894,  he  was  elected  president 
pro  tern  of  the  Colorado  senate,  being  the  only 
Spanish- American  out  of  thirty-five  in  the  senate; 


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and  he  was  elected  unanimously  by  the  three 
parties,  a  thing  which  never  occurred  in  Colorado 
before  or  since,  up  to  this  writing.  During  his 
term  of  service  he  saved  to  the  state  nearly 
$200,000  by  refusing  to  sign  ill-advised  measures 
providing  for  certain  appropriations  which,  if  he 
had  favored,  would  probably  have  received  the 
signature  of  the  governor.  Owing  to  the  stand 
he  took,  he  was  urged  strenuously  to  resign,  but 
this  he  bluntly  refused  to  do,  and  won  the  day  in 
consequence  of  his  familiarity  with  the  constitu- 
tion he  had  helped  to  frame. 

While  not  inconsistent  with  the  support  of 
capital  when  it  worked  for  the  public  good,  the 
senator  may  rightly  be  said  to  be  a  friend  of 
labor  and  the  producer,  and  ever  has  guarded 
such  interests,  and  favored  just  and  wholesome 
laws  bearing  upon  questions  of  public  economy. 
In  the  last  session,  in  the  absence  of  the  presi- 
dent of  the  senate,  he  frequently  occupied  the 
chair,  and  ruled  with  grace  and  dignity.  It  is  con- 
ceded that  he  is  one  of  the  best  parliamentarians 
in  the  state.  Politically  he  exercises  a  potential 
influence  in  the  ranks  of  his  party  in  Colorado, 
and  especially  is  he  strong  in  his  own  county  and 
among  the  people  who  know  him  so  well.  At 
times  when  the  Republicans  carry  the  county,  he 
is  never  defeated,  being  often  the  only  Democrat 
elected  on  the  ticket. 

In  addition  to  the  above  record  of  work,  he  was 
one  of  the  committee,  with  Governor  Pitkin, 
which  met,  escorted  and  banqueted  at  Trinidad, 
General  Grant,  at  the  time  of  the  latter's  historic 
visit  to  Mexico  in  behalf  of  reciprocity,  this  being 
the  only  visit  the  general  ever  made  to  Colorado, 
and  just  after  his  tour  around  the  world.  For 
six  years  he  has  been  consul  for  Mexico  in  Colo- 
rado and  for  two  years  consul  for  Costa  Rica.  He 
is  a  director  in  the  Trinidad  &  San  Luis  Valley 
Railroad  and  also  in  the  American  Savings  Bank 
of  Trinidad. 

Senator  Barela  was  born  at  Enibudo,  N.  M., 
March  4,  1847,  being  the  son  of  Jose  M.  Barela 
and  Maria  Abeyta,  his  wife,  descendants  of  a  long 
line  of  Spanish  ancestry.  He  was  educated  at 
Mora,  N.  M.,  under  the  personal  supervision 
of  Archbishop  J.  B.  Salpointe.  In  1867  he  re- 
moved with  his  father  and  family  to  Colorado, 
and  settled  in  the  San  Francisco  Valley  upon  the 
property  he  now  owns.  His  ranch,  one  of  the 
finest  and  most  extensive  stock  ranches  in  Colo- 
rado, is  situated  twenty  miles  from  Trinidad,  and 
has  a  postoffice  and  a  railroad  station  on  the 


Union  Pacific,  Denver  &  Gulf,  named  Barela  in 
his  honor.  On  the  twentieth  anniversary  of  his 
birth  he  was  married  to  Miss  Josefita  Ortiz, 
daughter  of  Don  Fernandes  Ortiz  and  Dona 
Salome  Garcia,  at  Las  Vegas,  N.  M.  Born  of 
this  union  are  three  daughters  now  living: 
Leonora,  wife  of  Eugenio  Garcia;  Juanita,  wife  of 
Juan  C.  Martinez;  and  Sophia,  wife  of  E.  Chacon; 
the  first  and  last-named  residents  of  Las  Animas 
County,  and  Mrs.  Martinez,  of  Folsom,  N.  M. 
The  mother  of  these  daughters  died  October  7, 
1883.  The  present  wife  of  the  senator  was  Miss 
Damiaua  Rivera,  daughter  of  Don  Miguel  and 
Paulita  Rivera,  and  they  reside  five  miles  below 
Trinidad. 

As  a  public  official,  Senator  Barela  has  been 
consistent,  always  identifying  himself  with  any 
progressive  movement  for  the  advancement  of  the 
interests  of  the  community  or  the  state.  Through- 
out his  career,  covering  a  period  of  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century  in  the  public  service,  he  has 
maintained  a  reputation  for  integrity  and  sound 
judgment  that  proves  him  to  be  a  man  of  ability. 


'HEODORE  P.  AIRHEART.  From  the 
early  days  in  the  history  of  Cripple  Creek 
Mr.  Airheart  has  been  intimately  associated 
with  the  development  of  its  mining  and  property 
interests,  and,  while  he  has  met  with  his  share  of 
reverses  (mainly  on  account  of  the  great  fire 
here)  he  has  on  the  whole  been  very  successful. 
He  is  one  of  the  leading  property  owners  of  Crip- 
ple Creek,  where  at  one  time  he  was  the  largest 
tax-payer  in  the  district.  Among  his  holdings 
are  one-fourth  interest  in  the  Masonic  block,  as 
well  as  the  ownership  of  a  large  block  bearing 
his  name  and  many  business  houses  and  dwel- 
lings. 

In  Cleveland,  Bradley  County,  Tenn.,  Mr. 
Airheart  was  born*October  15,  1843.  His  father, 
John  M.,  a  native  of  the  same  county,  removed 
to  Newton  County,  Mo.,  in  1851,  and  there  en- 
gaged in  farming.  His  last  years  were  spent  in 
Cooke  County,  Tex.,  where  he  settled  in  1866 
and  where  his  death  occurred  at  seventy  two 
years.  In  religion  he  was  a  very  active  Method- 
ist. His  wife,  who  was  Pauline  Howard,  was 
born  in  Bradley  County,  Tenn.,  in  1817,  and  is 
now  living  in  Cooke  County,  at  eighty-one  years 
of  age.  She,  too,  has  been  an  earnest  worker  in 
the  Methodist  Church.  Of  her  six  children, 
William  L.  is  a  farmer  in  Young  County,  Tex.; 
James  was  a  private  in  Company  E,  Third  Regi- 


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ment  of  Shelby's  Brigade,  in  the  Confederate 
army,  and  was  killed  near  Little  Rock,  Ark.; 
our  subject  was  third  in  order  of  birth;  Henry 
R.  is  a  farmer  in  Cooke  County,  Tex. ;  Mollie  C. 
married  William  Grundy  and  died  in  1883;  and 
Fannie  is  the  wife  of  Lafayette  Jones,  of  Cooke 
County,  Tex. 

When  seven  years  of  age  our  subject  was  taken 
to  Missouri,  and  there  his  boyhood  days  were 
passed  on  a  farm.  In  July,  1861,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  H,  Third  Regiment  of  Shelby's  Bri- 
gade, and  served  as  a  private  in  the  Confederate 
army  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  by  the 
side  of  his  brother  when  the  latter  was  shot  oft 
his  horse.  He  was  wounded  below  the  right 
knee  at  Newtonia,  Mo.  While  participating  in 
the  Price  raid,  from  Arkansas  to  Jefferson  City, 
Mo.,  two  horses  were  killed  as  he  rode  upon 
them,  and  he  himself  narrowly  escaped  death  or 
captivity  more  than  once. 

Settling  in  Gainesville,  Tex.,  at  the  close  of  the 
war,  Mr.  Airheart  served  as  deputy  sheriff  oi 
Cooke  County  for  one  year,  after  which  he  spent 
a  year  in  Professor  Smith's  private  college. 
Later  for  four  years  he  clerked  in  a  mercantile 
store  in  Gainesville,  after  which  for  two  years  he 
engaged  in  freighting  from  Gainesville  to  Jeffer- 
son, Tex.  His  next  venture  was  the  purchase 
of  the  Kagle  Hotel  at  Gainesville.  After  a  year 
he  organized  a  stock  company  and  built  the 
Western  hotel  in  the  same  place,  this  being  one 
of  the  largest  hotels  in  that  city.  This  house  he 
managed  for  a  year  and  then  sold  his  interest  in 
the  property,  after  which  he  turned  his  attention 
to  the  buying,  feeding  and  shipping  of  cattle.  In 
1878  he  came  to  Colorado,  intending  to  engage 
in  the  cattle  business,  but  was  seized  with  the 
goldfever,  and  went  to  Lead ville,  where  he  became 
interested  in  mining  and  also  for  four  years  car- 
ried on  a  grocery.  Going  to  Aspen  in  1882,  he 
built  the  North  Texas  Smelter,  and  when  he  sold 
it,  in  1883,  he  went  to  Mexico,  and  for  five  years 
engaged  in  mining  there  with  an  English  com- 
pany. In  1886  he  closed  a  transaction  involving 
$250,000,  in  the  City  of  Mexico.  After  five  years 
in  Mexico  his  health  failed,  and  he  resigned  as 
manager  of  mining  property  there. 

Believing  that  a  change  would  benefit  his 
health,  Mr.  Airheart  spent  a  week  in  El  Paso, 
Tex.,  six  weeks  in  Hudson  Hot  Springs,  two 
weeks  in  San  Francisco,  and  two  months  in  Port- 
land, Ore.,  and  Tacoma,  Wash.  As  soon  as  he 
had  recovered  sufficiently  to  resume  business,  he 


engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  and  ranching 
at  North  Yakima,  Wash.,  where  he  remained 
for  three  years.  Returning  to  Denver,  Colo.,  in 
the  winter  of  1891-92,  he  proceeded  at  once  to 
Cripple  Creek  upon  hearing  of  the  great  gold 
camp  here.  January  27,  1892,  he  reached  the 
new  mining  district,  and  February  i  invested 
$10,000  in  property  when  it  was  cheap.  He  now 
owns  two  patented  claims  on  Beacon  Hill,  near 
the  Prince  Albert  mine,  and  is  interested  in  other 
claims.  He  has  recently  organized  the  Rocky 
Mountain  Gold  Mining  and  Milling  Company, 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $1,500,000,  divided  into  the 
same  number  of  shares,  with  a  par  value  of  $i. 
The  properties  are  located  in  the  Cripple  Creek 
district,  containing  forty-two  and  one- half  acres 
of  patented  ground,  besides  other  claims  unpat- 
ented. 

By  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Airheart  to  Miss 
Duckie  Boniiar,  of  Texas,  two  sons  were  born. 
John  Stelle  Airheart  is  corporal  of  Company  E, 
First  Colorado  Infantry,  at  Manila,  where  his 
familiarity  with  the  Spanish  language  led  to  his 
selection  as  interpreter.  After  the  battle  of  Ma- 
nila he  took  charge  of  the  stables  there,  and  has 
since  had  the  oversight  of  the  purchase  of  horses, 
carriages,  etc. ,  having  from  seventy-five  to  one 
hundred  men  under  him.  The  younger  son, 
Ralph  A.,  formerly  a  student  in  Georgetown 
University,  is  now  in  Gainesville,  Tex.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Airheart  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  in  which  he  is  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees.  Politically  he  is  a  stanch  Democrat, 
and  in  fraternal  relations  belongs  to  Mount  Pisgah 
Lodge  No.  96,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 


HON.  ALBINUS  z.  SHELDON,  since  the 
early  days  of  Colorado  Mr.  Sheldon  has  been 
closely  identified  with  its  history.  When, 
in  1860,  he  arrived  in  Colorado  City,  it  was  a  vil- 
lage containing  a  few  cabins  built  of  logs,  but 
destitute  of  frame  or  brick  houses.  With  all  the 
transformation  wrought  in  the  years  that  have 
since  passed  by  he  has  been  intimately  connected. 
In  1887-88  he  built  a  large  stone  residence  on 
Colorado  avenue  and  has  since  made  this  house 
his  home.  It  is  surrounded  by  ten  acres  of  well- 
kept  lawn,  constituting  a  small  island  just  out- 
side of  Colorado  City  and  Colorado  Springs. 

The  Sheldon  family  was  first  represented  in 
this  country  about  1630.  Noah  Sheldon,  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, grandfather  of  our  subject,  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  war  of  1812.  Rev.  Chester  Sheldon, 


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the  father,  was  born  in  Southampton,  Mass.,  and 
devoted  his  life  principally  to  the  ministry  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  he  labored 
without  expectation  of  pecuniary  reward.  He 
died  in  Massachusetts  when  eighty-six  years  of 
age.  His  wife,  Charlotte,  was  born  in  Massa- 
chusetts and  died  there  at  sixty-eight  years  of 
age.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Joel  Moore,  a  farmer 
of  Massachusetts,  and  her  mother  was  a  sister  of 
Captain  Bosworth,  who  was  a  well-known  cap- 
tain in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Our  subject  was 
one  of  five  children,  of  whom  four  grew  to  ma- 
ture years,  namely:  Mrs.  E.  A.  Thayer,  of  Mas- 
sachusetts; A.  Z. ;  L.  L. ,  of  Ontario;  and  Mrs.  E. 
L.  Hills,  of  Ontario. 

In  Southampton,  Mass.,  our  subject  was  born 
July  28,  1833.  He  was  educated  in  Williston 
Seminary  and  Amherst  College,  where  he  spent 
two  years  in  the  civil  engineering  course.  In 
1855  he  went  to  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. ,  and  in  1856 
made  the  preliminary  survey  on  the  Vicksburg 
&  Shreveport  Railroad.  In  1857  he  went  to 
Kansas,  where  he  remained  during  most  of  the 
free  state  strife.  He  laid  out  towns  on  the  Leav- 
enworth  &  Fort  Gibson  Railroad,  among  them 
Burlington,  DeSoto,  Poland  and  part  of  Law- 
rence. When  the  legislature  passed  an  act  pro- 
viding for  a  relocation  of  the  old  Santa  Fe  trail 
he  was  appointed  to  survey  it  and  find  a  shorter 
route.  When  a  stagnation  in  business  came  in 

1860  he  assisted  in  organizing  the  first  Lawrence 
party   that  came  to  Colorado.     Just  before  the 
party  started  he  was  notified  that  he  had  received 
the  contract  for  surveying  the  Indian  lands  in  the 
Ottawa  reservation.     He  soon  completed  the  sur- 
vey and  then  outfitted  an  ox-train  and  came  to 
Colorado  via  the  Arkansas  route,  with  Benjamin 
F.  Crowell,  Fred  Spencer  and  Jim  Tappan.     He 
arrived  in  Colorado  City  June  29,  1860,  and  spent 
the  summer  on  the  divide,  during  which  time  he 
discovered    Palmer  Lake.     With   his  friends  he 
built  a  cabin  on  the  divide,  which  was  named 
"  Ivencracken."   During  the  summer  he  engaged 
in  hunting  and  in  the  fall  returned  to  town.     In 

1861  he  went  to  the  mines  in  Breckenridge,  Ham- 
ilton, Fairplay  and  Little  French  Gulch,  and  at 
the  last-named  place  fitted  up  hydraulic  works  in 
order  to  secure  water. 

Returning  to  Colorado  City  in  the  fall  of  1861, 
Mr.  Sheldon  began  surveying,  and  made  the  con- 
nection with  the  fifth  standard  meridian,  survey- 
ing the  entire  valley.  In  1863  he  was  given  the 
contract  to  survey  portions  of  Pueblo,  Douglas, 


Fremont,  El  Paso  and  Arapahoe  Counties.  Af- 
terward, until  1877,  he  engaged  in  government 
surveys,  and  since  then  has  been  retired.  He 
made  the  first  government  survey  of  the  San  Luis 
Valley,  establishing  the  thirty-eighth  parallel  of 
latitude.  For  years  he  has  been  interested  in 
mining.  Since  the  organization  of  the  Colorado 
Cit}r  and  Manitou  Mining  Company  he  has  been 
its  president,  and  under  his  supervision  have  been 
developed  twelve  claims  on  Bull  Hill,  on  the 
ridge  between  Poverty  and  Grassy  gulches,  Crip- 
ple Creek,  and  on  Galena  Hill.  He  is  also  inter- 
ested in  the  Home  Mining  Company  and  several 
others.  At  one  time  he  was  president  and  at  an- 
other time  secretary  of  the  Colorado  City  Town 
Company,  which  was  an  important  organization 
for  twenty  years.  He  also  served  as  a  director 
in  Wheeler's  Bank,  Incorporated. 

From  the  birth  of  the  Republican  party  Mr. 
Sheldon  has  upheld  its  principles.  While  in  Kan- 
sas he  was  a  member  of  an  association  of  free 
state  men,  formed  to  further  the  interests  of  those 
pledged  to  the  free  state  cause  and  to  afford  them 
protection  when  in  danger.  In  the  early  days  of 
El  Paso  County  he  served  as  a  justice  of  the  peace 
for  several  terms,  and  ever  since  then  he  has  been 
known  as  "Judge."  He  was  the  first  county  sur- 
veyor of  El  Paso  County  and  held  the  office  for 
years.  In  1864  he  was  elected  to  the  territorial 
legislature  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  second 
and  last  sessions,  where  he  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  ways  and  means.  In  1864  he  used 
his  influence  in  behalf  of  the  bill  providing  for 
the  subdivision  of  government  laud,  which  was 
passed  and  has  remained  unchanged  ever  since. 
He  also  forwarded  other  bills  for  the  organization 
of  counties.  In  1864  Governor  Evans  appointed 
him  one  of  the  first  three  brigadier  generals  of 
Colorado,  his  duty  being  to  organize  militia  in 
the  different  counties  and  establish  defenses  for 
the  people.  He  was  one  of  the  first  commission- 
ers of  the  Deaf  Mute  School  and  served  one  term 
during  the  inception  of  the  charity.  As  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  he  assisted  in  building 
some  of  the  first  school  houses  in  the  county.  At 
this  writing  he  is  vice-president  of  the  El  Paso 
County  Pioneers'  Society. 

Mr.  Sheldon  was  married,  in  Colorado  City,  to 
Miss  Calanthe  Everhart,  who  was  born  in  Ohio. 
Her  father,  Andrew  Everhart,  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania, was  a  machinist  and  manufacturer  in 
Ohio,  but  in  1859  removed  to  Nebraska  and  the 
next  year  settled  in  Colorado.  After  mining  in 


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Gilpin  County  for  two  years  he  located  on  Bear 
Creek,  Jefferson  County,  and  embarked  in  the 
stock  business.  In  the  fall  of  1863  he  settled  on 
a  ranch  occupying  a  part  of  the  present  site  of 
Colorado  Springs.  When  one  of  his  sons,  Charles, 
was  killed  by  the  Indians,  in  1868,  he  removed 
to  Colorado  City  and  retired  from  ranching.  He 
died  April  15,  1880.  His  wife,  Rebecca,  was 
born  in  Tompkins  County,  N.  Y.,  and  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Colorado  City.  Her  family  name  was 
Everhart,  both  she  and  her  husband  tracing  their 
ancestry  back  to  the  Everharts  of  Wurtemberg. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sheldon  became  the  parents  of  three 
children,  namely:  Flora,  Mrs.  J.  T.  Janes,  of 
Cripple  Creek;  Herbert,  who  died  young;  and 
Edgar. 

HON.  FRANK  BULKLEY.  During  the 
years  of  his  identification  with  the  mining 
interests  of  Colorado,  Mr.  Bulkley  has 
established  a  wide  acquaintance  among  the  men 
who  are  connected  with  this  industry  in  the  state 
and  he  has  also  gained  a  reputation  for  accuracy 
of  judgment  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  this 
occupation.  A  resident  of  Aspen  since  1888,  he 
is  especially  interested  in  mines  in  this  region, 
and  has  acted  as  general  manager  of  the  Chloride 
Mine,  Bushwhacker  Mining  Company,  Park 
Regent  Mining  Company,  Mollie  Gibson  Con- 
solidated Mining  and  Milling  Company,  and  a 
number  of  smaller  properties,  and  at  this  writing 
is  manager  of  the  Aspen  Mining  and  Smelting 
Company.  For  some  time  he  acted  as  general 
manager  of  the  Grand  River  Coal  and  Coke  Com- 
pany of  Garfield  County,  with  headquarters  in 
Glenwood  Springs.  He  is  connected  with  and 
interested  in  mines  in  Lake,  Summit  and  Pitkin 
Counties,  and  together  with  others  operates  the 
Bulkley  and  New  York  mines  in  Summit  County, 
which  produce  rich  ore.  The  estimation  in  which 
he  is  held  in  mining  circles  is  shown  by  the  fact 
that  he  was  selected  to  serve  as  a  director  of  the 
Colorado  School  of  Mines  at  Golden,  and  by  re- 
appointment  is  serving  his  second  term. 

The  progenitor  of  the  Bulkley  family  in  Amer- 
ica was  Peter  Bulkley,  who  established  the  town 
of  Concord,  Conn. ,  in  1636.  Later  representatives 
of  the  family  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  nation's 
history.  Some  of  the  name  took  part  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.  Ex-Governor  Bulkley,  of 
Connecticut,  was  a  member  of  one  branch  of  the 
family.  Judge  G.  T.  Bulkley,  our  subject's 
grandfather,  was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  from 

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there,  in  1835,  removed  to  Michigan.  He  had 
previously  engaged  in  farm  pursuits,  but  after- 
ward engaged  in  merchandising  and  for  some 
time  acted  as  postmaster  at  Monroe,  Mich.,  also 
as  associate  judge. 

Gershom  Bulkley,  our  subject's  father,  was 
born  in  Williamstown,  Mass.  For  some  time  he 
was  engaged  in  railroad  building  in  Iowa,  but 
later  went  to  Michigan,  where  he  continued  in 
the  railroading  business.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat,  though  not  an  active  one.  He  took 
an  interest  in  Masonry,  in  which  he  attained  sev- 
eral degrees.  In  1891  he  came  to  Colorado, 
where  he  died  the  following  year.  His  wife, 
Fidelia,  a  native  of  New  York,  was  a  daughter 
of  Asa  T.  Groendycke,  whose  ancestors  owned 
Staten  Island  at  one  time  and  were  of  Dutch  ex- 
traction. He  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
and  in  railroad  building,  and  built  the  first  rail- 
road in  Iowa  west  of  the  Mississippi  River.  Our 
subject  has  a  brother  and  sister,  and  lost  one 
sister  when  she  was  sixteen.  His  brother,  Fred 
G. ,  is  engaged  in  mining  in  Leadville,  where'he  is 
manager  of  the  Ibex  Mining  Company;  the  sister 
is  the  wife  of  Dr.  J.  C.  Wood,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Born  in  Washington,  Iowa,  July  10,  1857,  our 
subject  received  his  early  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  the  University  of  Michigan.  At 
twenty  years  of  age  he  started  out  for  himself, 
and  for  two  years  he  followed  civil  engineering 
in  Michigan.  In  1879  he  located  in  Leadville, 
Colo.,  where  he  was  afterward  connected  with 
different  mining  properties,  and  from  1883  to 
1888  acted  as  manager  of  the  New  Pittsburg 
Mining  Company.  He  became  a  prominent 
Democrat  in  Leadville,  and  while  there,  in  1884, 
was  elected  to  the  state  legislature,  being  the  only 
Democrat  on  the  ticket  who  was  elected.  The 
majority  which  he  received  showed  the  high 
esteem  in  which  he  was  held.  Subsequently  he 
was  nominated  for  mayor  of  Leadville  and  also 
sheriff  of  Lake  County.  Owing  to  pressure  of 
business  duties  he  was  obliged  to  decline  these 
nominations.  In  1888  he  resigned  his  position  as 
general  manager  of  the  New  Pittsburg  Mining 
Company,  in  order  to  accept  inducements  offered 
him  to  take  charge  of  mining  interests  in  Aspeu. 

In  1885  Mr.  Bulkley  married  Miss  Luella  Berg- 
stresser,  daughter  of  Reuben  Bergstresser,  who 
was  at  one  time  a  merchant  in  Illinois,  but  later 
engaged  in  mining  in  Leadville.  To  their  umon 
have  been  born  four  children:  Louise,  Ronald  F. , 
Ralph  G.  and_Eleanor. 


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(£JKORGE  NATHANIEL  HARDEN.  The 
I  life  of  Professor  Marden  has  been  insepar- 
|jj  ably  identified  with  the  history  of  Colorado 
College.  Through  all  the  years  of  its  adversity 
and  discouragements,  he  remained  its  stanch 
friend,  never  becoming  disheartened  even  when 
others  gave  up  hope,  but  by  the  force  of  his  enthu- 
siasm inspiring  them  with  renewed  faith  in  the 
future  of  the  institution.  When  the  clouds  were 
lifted  and  a  new  era  dawned  upon  the  college,  no 
one  rejoiced  more  than  he,  for  in  its  prosperity 
he  feels  amply  repaid  for  whatever  of  sacrifice  he 
may  have  made  in  its  interests  and  whatever  of 
hardship  he  may  have  experienced  in  its  behalf. 

A  resum6  of  the  life  and  lineage  of  Professor 
Marden  will  show  the  elements  that  combined  in 
the  formation  of  his  character.  The  family  name 
has  long  had  its  roots  in  English  soil,  and  it  was 
early  represented  in  New  England  by  patriotic, 
sturdy  men  and  women.  During  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  six  of  the  name  enlisted  from  New 
Hampshire,  and  several  from  Massachusetts. 
Daniel  Marden,  ST.,  the  professor's  grandfather, 
was  a  ship  carpenter  at  Newburyport,  Mass., 
and  Daniel,  Jr.,  the  father,  was  in  early  life  a 
shoemaker  and  later  a  farmer  at  Concord,  N.  H., 
dying  there  at  seventy-eight  years  of  age.  His 
wife  was  Clara  Ferrin,  daughter  of  Philip  Ferrin, 
who  was  born  in  Vermont,  and  spent  his  active 
years  upon  a  farm  in  Concord,  N.  H.  The 
daughter  was  a  native  of  that  city,  and  died  there 
in  1887,  at  seventy-two  years.  She  had  two 
brothers  who  served  in  the  Civil  war  and  one  son, 
Alfred  L- ,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Second  New 
Hampshire  Regiment. 

Born  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  March  18,  1836,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  inherited  the  sturdy  at- 
tributes that  distinguish  the  New  Englander.  In 
boyhood  he  studied  under  Dr.  Cyrus  Richards,  at 
Meriden,  N.  H.,  and  afterward  continued'  his 
studies  during  several  years  while  teaching.  For 
three  years  he  was  a  student  in  the  theological 
seminary  at  Bangor,  and  in  1862  was  ordained 
to  the  ministry  of  the  Congregational  Church, 
after  which  he  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the 
church  at  Boxboro,  Mass.  Subsequently,  for  seven 
months,  he  acted  as  agent  for  the  United  States 
Christian  commission  in  Virginia.  At  the  close 
of  the  war  he  went  to  Washington,  D.  C.,  where 
he  labored  in  behalf  of  the  freedman  for  eighteen 
months.  Later  he  was  for  five  years  pastor  of 
the  old  South  Church  at  Farmington,  Me., 
after  which  he  spent  a  year  in  traveling  in  Europe 


and  the  east,  returning  to  the  United  States  in 
1876  and  becoming  pastor  of  the  Union  Church 
in  South  Weymouth,  Mass.  It  was  from  that 
place  that  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs  in  1881, 
to  accept  the  chair  of  political  economy  and  his- 
tory in  Colorado  College,  and  from  that  day  to 
the  present  he  has  been  associated  with  the 
progress  of  this  institution.  October  16,  1862, 
he  married  Miss  Sarah  Hayford,  of  Bangor,  Me., 
member  of  an  old  family  of  New  England.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Jennie  M.,  Mrs.  George 
Soule,  of  Colorado  Springs.  The  family  are  con- 
nected with  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Colorado  .Springs. 

The  connection  of  Professor  Marden  with  Colo- 
rado College  can  perhaps  best  be  told  in  the 
words  of  his  friend,  Rev.  Dr.  James  B.  Gregg, 
a  trustee  of  the  college  and  pastor  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Colorado  Springs,  who 
has  kindly  prepared  the  following  article  for  pub- 
lication in  this  work: 

"April  9,  1 88 1,  Mr.  Marden,  at  that  time  pas- 
tor of  the  Congregational  Church  in  South  Wey- 
mouth, Mass. ,  was  elected  to  the  position  of  pro- 
fessor of  history  and  political  science,  and  prin- 
cipal of  the  preparatory  department  in  Colorado 
College,  an  institution  founded  in  1874  at  Colo- 
rado Springs,  Colo.  It  was  further  provided 
that  Mr.  Marden  should  be  the  acting  president 
of  the  college  in  the  absence  of  the  president. 
His  work  began  in  September,  1881.  Three 
years  later,  in  consequence  of  the  disastrous  fail- 
ure of  extensive  land  speculations  which  had 
been  entered  upon  in  the  hope  of  realizing  large 
profits  that  would  assist  in  the  endowment  and 
maintenance  of  the  college  (speculations,  how- 
ever, with  which  Professor  Marden  was  in  no 
wise  connected),  the  institution  became  loaded 
down  with  a  debt  of  $150,000.  Two  land  com- 
panies avowedly  operating  in  the  interests  of 
the  college  had  incurred  a  debt  of  more  than 
$150,000  more. 

"Looking  back  tothosedays,  it  seems  little  less 
than  a  miracle  that  the  college  under  these  cir- 
cumstances did  not  close  its  doors  and  cease  to 
exist.  But  it  had  a  faculty  characterized  by  rare 
constancy  and  devotion,  and  a  board  of  trustees 
which  contained  in  its  ranks  men  of  singular 
faith  and  hope.  Above  all,  in  this  dire  crisis, 
the  man  for  the  hour  appeared  in  the  person  of 
Professor  Marden,  who  gave  himself  with  heroic 
courage  to  the  work  of  soliciting  funds  in  the 
east,  to  carry  on  the  work  of  the  institution  until 


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some  plan  could  be  devised  to  lift  the  crushing 
burden  of  its  indebtedness  and  assure  its  con- 
tinuance. 

"On  this  errand  Professor  Marden  started  for 
New  England  on  Christmas  eve,  1884.  How  un- 
pleasant and  disheartening  a  task  he  had  to  face 
it  is  not  difficult  to  conceive.  The  splendid 
heroism  that  illuminates  the  narratives  of  Dr. 
Kane  and  Nansen  affords  about  the  only  adequate 
parallel  that  I  can  think  of  to  the  work  done  by 
this  unfaltering  son  of  New  Hampshire's  granite 
hills.  What  he  had  to  meet  and  to  endure  is  best 
told  in  eloquent  words  of  his  own,  spoken  seven- 
teen months  later,  on  his  return  to  Colorado: 
'When  I  went  east  as  your  representative,  the 
days  were  short,  cold  and  dark.  New  England 
air  was  crisp  and  somewhat  stinging  with  inter- 
rogation and  exclamation  points.  I  had  often  to 
rise  and  explain.  Suspicion,  prejudice  and  not  a 
little  of  wholesome  indignation  and,  what  was 
worse,  a  frozen  apathy  in  some  high  places,  in- 
creased greatly  the  difficulties  of  a  work  which 
under  the  most  favorable  circumstances  is  not 
easy.  One  of  the  solid  men  of  Boston  said,  "Mr. 
Marden  has  got  the  toughest  job  on  his  hands  of 
anytnan  I  know."  A  large-hearted  pastor  con- 
fessed that  he  had  so  little  hope  that  he  hadn't 
courage  enough  to  say  "God  bless  you."  One  of 
my  friends  insisted  that  I  was  throwing  myself 
away  on  the  cause  of  Colorado  College.'  (Then 
this  sentence,  which  marks  the  high-hearted  and 
indomitable  quality  ofthe  man)  'Well,  I  thought 
it  was  about  as  good  a  throw  as  I  could  make. ' 

'  'At  the  end  of  four  months  this  gallant  and 
tactful  solicitor  had  received  some  $4,000.  Then, 
with  characteristic  sagacity  and  shrewdness,  while 
on  the  train  to  Newburyport  on  Decoration  day, 
deeply  meditating  on  the  needs  of  the  college  and 
how  to  meet  them  most  successfully,  he  devised 
the  plan  of  finding  one  hundred  persons  who 
would  each  give  $100  a  year  for  five  years,  so 
providing  for  the  institution  an  annual  income  of 
$10,000  a  year  for  a-half  decade,  until  it  could  get 
upon  its  feet.  In  thirty-four  days  he  had  placed 
twenty-six  such  shares,  and  in  due  time  they  were 
nearly  all  obtained. 

"In  this  remarkable  campaign  Professor  Mar- 
den exhibited  faith,  courage,  patience,  insight 
into  human  nature,  skill  and  fertility  in  laying 
plans  and  ability  in  carrying  them  to  a  successful 
issue,  which  were  the  admiration  of  all  who  fol- 
lowed his  career  of  conquest.  He  traveled  thou- 
sands of  miles.  He  made  the  acquaintance  of 


multitudes  of  generous  men  and  women  all  the 
way  from  Maine  to  Michigan.  He  won  their 
hearts  by  his  gracious  courtesy,  their  respect  by 
his  superb  courage,  their  confidence  by  his  con- 
scientious thrift  and  frugality,  joined  to  his  hard 
common  sense  and  large  wisdom.  His  addresses 
from  pulpits  and  in  lecture  rooms  awakened 
marked  interest.  Rev.  John  Lindsay  Withrow, 
D.  D.,  wrote  from  the  Park  Street  Congregational 
Church  of  Boston  to  Dr.  Storrs  concerning  Pro- 
fessor Marden:  'Up  here  we  have  learned  that  he 
is  an  exceptionally  eloquent  advocate  of  our  work 
in  the  west.  Of  all  we  have  had  in  Park  street 
since  I  knew  it,  none  made  the  impression  that 
he  did.  He  handled  his  great  subject  grandly.' 
Lyrnan  Abbott  wrote  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  urg- 
ing him  to  give  Professor  Marden  a  chance  to 
speak  in  Plymouth  Church,  and  saying.  'He 
has  given  me  a  better  idea  of  the  dimensions  of  the 
Mormon  problem  than  I  ever  had  before  and  of  its 
true  solution — -education;'  and  when  Professor 
Marden  had  spoken  there,  Dr.  Abbott  wrote  again 
enthusiastically  about  his  address.  Dr.  Gordon, 
of  the  Old  South  Church,  speaks  of  one  of  his 
addresses  as  'Thorough,  of  great  force,  and  im- 
pressively instructive. '  One  western  college  presi- 
dent wrote:  'I  do  not  think  the  annals  of  the 
College  'Society  show  greater  results  for  the  same 
length  of  time.'  Another  wrote:  'I  think  you 
are  securing  more  friends  and  future  funds  than 
any  other  officer  of  any  other  college. ' 

"In  addition  to  his  public  addresses  Professor 
Marden  wrote  considerably  for  the  press.  The 
most  notable  of  these  productions  was  an  article 
contributed  by  request  to  the  Christian  Union 
February  21,  1884,  and  subsequently  reprinted  in 
pamphlet  form,  entitled  "The  Growth  and  Grip 
of  Mormonism,"  which  Dr.  Lyman  Abbott  char- 
acterized, editorially,  as  the  'clearest  account  of 
the  rise,  development  and  present  condition  of 
Mormonism,  and  the  secret  of  its  power,  that  we 
have  ever  seen.'  This  article  was  so  able  and 
attracted  such  wide  attention  that  it  may  also  be 
found  reprinted  in  the  proceedings  of  the  national 
house  of  representatives,  forty-eighth  congress, 
first  session  (Rep't  1351  part  2).  Professor  Mar- 
den also  contributed  to  a  series  of  articles  on 
"Our  Western  Colleges,"  published  in  the  Ad- 
vance, one  on  Colorado  College,  which  was  pro- 
nounced the  best  of  the  series.  In  addition  he 
made  hundreds  of  visits  and  wrote  thousands  of 
letters  to  possible  or  actual  benefactors  of  the 
college. 


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"After  a  brief  period  of  rest  from  his  first  suc- 
cessful campaign,  in  behalf  of  the  college,  Pro- 
fessor Marden  returned  to  his  task  with  redoubled 
hope  and  enthusiasm.  It  was  apparent  that  in 
consequence  of  his  labors  the  college  was  going 
to  live.  By  the  exceeding  generosity  of  its  early 
friends,  who  not  only  surrendered  their  claims 
against  it,  but  poured  fresh  funds  into  its  treasury, 
and  by  the  help  of  many  new  friends  who  had 
been  secured  through  his  winsome  personality 
and  untiring  efforts,  the  institution  grew  and 
prospered. 

"In  1888  Mr.  Marden  rendered  another  signal 
service  to  Colorado  in  discovering,  by  his  discern- 
ing and  prescient  eye,  the  right  man  to  take  the 
presidency  of  the  college,  in  Rev.  William  F. 
Slocum,  at  that  time  pastor  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Baltimore.  Events  have 
abundantly  justified  the  wisdom  of  that  choice. 
The  institution  at  once  entered  upon  a  very  re- 
markable career  of  steadily  increasing  prosperity. 
When  President  Slocum  began  his  work,  the 
number  of  students  was  very  small.  Ten  years 
later  there  were  two  hundred  students  in  the 
college,  besides  nearly  a  hundred  more  in  the 
preparatory  department.  In  that  period,  a  presi- 
dent's house  was  bought,  one  hall  for  men  and 
two  for  women,  an  observatory,  a  gymnasium, 
and  a  library  building  were  erected,  and  funds 
secured  for  a  music  and  art  building;  an  endow- 
ment fund  of  over  $300,000  was  secured  and  a 
faculty  of  over  thirty  instructors  created,  and  both 
the  college  and  the  academy  raised  to  a  position 
among  the  foremost  institutions  of  the  kind  in  the 
country.  In  this  great  work  those  who  knew 
what  was  going  on  behind  the  scenes  are  con- 
strained to  say  concerning  Professor  Marden, 
'Magna  pars  fuit.'  Not  only  in  the  most  critical 
part  of  the  history  of  the  college,  but  for  ten 
years  thereafter,  he  largely  contributed  to  the  se- 
curing of  the  sinews  of  war.  His  efforts  have  al- 
ready resulted  in  placing  more  than  $200,000  in 
the  treasury  of  the  college,  and  the  end  is  not 
yet. 

"When  we  reflect  that  'Colorado  is  the  key- 
stone of  the  Continental  arch,  with  a  position 
and  resources  that  will  always  make  it  the  em- 
pire state  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,'  and  that 
Colorado  College  is  clearly  destined  to  be  to  this 
vast  region  what  Harvard  has  been  to  New  Eng- 
land, the  abiding  importance  of  Professor  Mar- 
den's  work  becomesapparent.  He  was  the  savior 
and  to  a  large  extent  for  many  years  the  sus- 


tainer  of  Colorado  College.  The  words  of  Presi- 
dent Thwing  in  a  private  letter,  written  to  Mr. 
Marden,  were  simple  fact:  'You  have  brought 
forth  life  under  the  very  ribs  of  death."  It  is 
difficult  to  find  words  to  express  the  honor  and 
the  praise  which  are  due  to  this  'faithful  serv- 
ant.' The  words  of  the  president  of  Colorado 
College,  addressed  in  a  private  letter  to  Mr.  Mar- 
den, constitute  a  fitting  close  to  this  sketch:  'I 
believe  in  this  college  and  nothing  makes  me 
believe  in  it  more  than  you.  Your  faith  is  a 
constant  inspiration  to  me."' 


HAMES  CLOPTON  GATES,  while  the  pe- 

I  riod  of  his  residence  in  Hinsdale  County  has 
Q)  been  comparatively  brief,  Mr.  Gates  has  al- 
ready become  well  known  among  the  people  of 
this  part  of  Colorado.  On  coming  to  this  state, 
in  February,  1898,  he  purchased  the  Lake  City 
Times,  a  weekly  newspaper,  that  was  founded  in 
1891  by  O.  H.  Knight,  and  that,  under  the  vigor- 
ous policy  which  he  has  inaugurated,  promises  to 
become  a  prominent  organ  of  the  Democratic 
party.  Himself  an  active  Democrat,  he  wields 
an  influence  among  the  members  of  his  party  in 
this  county.  In  November,  1898,  he  was  elected 
justice  of  the  peace,  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and 
January  10,  1899,  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the 
district  court  by  Judge  Theron  Stevens,  and  he 
has  also  served  as  deputy  sheriff  under  J.  W. 
Deck.  At  this  writing  he  is  chairman  of  the 
Democratic  central  committee. 

The  son  of  William  Carey  and  Mary  Booker 
( Michaels)  Gates,  the  latter  born  and  reared  in 
Virginia,  the  former  a  native  of  Tennessee,  our 
subject  was  born  in  Alton,  111.,  June  25,  1870. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Alton  public  schools  and 
in  Shurtleff  College,  a  Baptist  institution  at  Upper 
Alton,  111.,  where  he  was  a  student  for  four  years. 
His  first  employment  was  as  freight  brakeman 
on  the  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  &  St.  Louis 
Railroad,  his  headquarters  being  at  Mattoon,  111. 
He  was  promoted  to  be  freight  conductor  in 
1893,  but  soon  afterward  resigned  his  position 
with  that  company  and  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Chicago  &  Alton  Railroad  Company,  by  whom 
he  was  soon  made  a  local  freight  conductor.  As 
president  of  the  American  Railway  Union,  he  led 
the  great  strike  in  Roodhouse,  111.,  in  1894. 
Afterward  he  did  not  apply  for  his  former  posi- 
tion again,  but  returned  to  the  Cleveland,  Cin- 
cinnati, Chicago  &  St.  Louis  road,  and  %vas  soon 
made  a  passenger  conductor,  December  20,  1897, 


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while  walking  through  the  freight  yards,  he 
slipped  on  the  ice  and  was  seriously  injured.  He 
then  resolved  never  to  enter  the  service  of  a  rail- 
road company  again.  Thus  terminated  his  ex- 
perience as  a  railroad  man.  While  engaged  in 
the  occupation,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Order  of 
Railway  Conductors  and  the  Brotherhood  of 
Railroad  Trainmen.  He  is  now  identified  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  is  grand  sachem  of 
the  local  tribe  of  Red  Men.  He  has  some  mining 
interests,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  his 
connection  with  the  Cracker  Jack  mine  in  Hins- 
dale  County  and  the  Piasa  Bird  Mining  and  Mill- 
ing Company  in  Saguache  County. 


(lAMESJ.  HAGERMAN,  former  president  of 
I  the  Colorado  Midland  Railway  Company, 
(2)  and  now  president  of  the  Pecos  Valley  & 
Northeastern  Railway,  is  among  the  most  suc- 
cessful and  prominent  citizens  of  Colorado 
Springs.  Of  Canadian  birth,  he  is  a  descendant, 
in  the  third  generation,  from  the  founder  of  the 
family  in  America — a  native  of  Hanover,  Ger- 
many, who  settled  in  Dutchess  County,  N.  Y., 
and  was  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  on  the 
shores  of  the  Hudson  River.  During  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  his  sympathies  were  with  the  British 
government,  and  on  that  account  he  transferred 
his  place  of  residence  to  Ontario,  where  he  con- 
tinued a  farmer  until  his  death. 

James  P.  Hagerman,  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  and 
removed  from  there  to  Michigan,  settling  near 
St.  Clair,  on  the  St.  Clair  River,  where  he  pur- 
chased and  improved  a  farm.  Besides  this,  he 
had  milling  and  other  business  interests.  He 
continued  to  reside  there  until  his  death.  His 
wife,  Margaret  Crawford,  was  born  in  the  north 
of  Ireland,  of  Scotch-Presbyterian  descent,  and, 
when  a  girl  accompanied  her  parents  to  Canada, 
where  much  of  her  life  was  passed.  Her  death 
occurred  in  Colorado  Springs  in  1 890.  Of  her  three 
children  only  one  survives,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  who  was  born  in  Ontario  in  1839.  He 
was  reared  near  St.  Clair,  Mich.,  and  received 
his  education  in  the  University  of  Michigan  at 
Ann  Harbor,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1861, 
with  the  degree  of  B.  S. 

The  first  employment  secured  by  Mr.  Hagerman 
was  as  purser  on  one  of  the  Ward  Line  of  steam- 
ers, from  Buffalo  to  Chicago.  He  was  a  protege 
of  Capt.  E.  B.  Ward,  a  wealthy  shipman,  who, 
upon  organizing  the  Milwaukee  Iron  Company 


in  1866,  made  Mr.  Hagerman  its  manager.  A 
few  years  later  he  was  made  president  of  the 
company,  and  continued  in  that  capacity  until 
1873,  when  he  resigned.  In  company  with  a 
number  of  business  men  of  Milwaukee  he  opened 
the-iron  mines  in  the  Menominee  district,  in  the 
northern  peninsula  of  Michigan,  and  was  elected 
president  of  the  Menominee  Mining  Company, 
the  largest  organization  of  its  kind  in  the  state. 
He  was  the  principal  discoverer  and  became  the 
principal  owner  of  the  Chapin  mine,  which  was 
the  largest  producer  of  iron  in  the  entire  country, 
and  which  brought  to  its  owners  a  large  fortune. 
When,  in  1883,  the  company  sold  its  interest  to 
the  Cambria  Iron  Company  for  a  large  sum,  he 
seyered  his  connection  with  the  iron  mountains 
and  went  to  Europe,  in  order  that  the  change  of 
scene  might  enable  him  to  recuperate  his  health, 
which  had  been  injured  by  the  demands  of  a 
large  business. 

Returning  to  this  country  in  1884,  Mr.  Hager- 
man settled  in  Colorado  Springs.  He  soon  be- 
came interested  in  mining  in  Leadville  and 
Aspen,  and  was  the  largest  owner  of  the  Mollie 
Gibson  mine.  The  shaping  of  the  policy  that 
resulted  in  the  building  of  the  Colorado  Midland 
Railroad  was  due  to  his  wise  business  judgment 
and  energy,  and  he  was  president  of  the  com- 
pany at  the  time  it  was  building  from  Colorado 
Springs  to  Aspen,  and  on  to  Glen  wood.  His 
large  interests  in  other  connections  led  him,  in 
1889,  to  resign  the  presidency  of  this  road,  and 
he  was  interested  in  and  secured  the  sale  of  the 
road  to  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
road Company. 

About  1890  Mr.  Hagerman  became  interested 
in  the  Pecos  Valley  of  New  Mexico,  a  section  of 
country  which  he  believed  would  prove  most 
valuable  by  the  securing  of  irrigation.  He 
originated  and  became  the  head  of  large  land 
and  irrigation  companies,  and  was  also  the  pro- 
jector and  builder  of  the  Pecos  Valley  &  North- 
eastern Railway,  of  which  he  is  now  president. 
To  his  energy  and  keen  judgment  is  largely  due 
the  development  of  the  resources  of  a  valley 
formerly  almost  unknown,  but  now  recognized  as 
one  of  the  most  fertile  valleys  of  the  southwest. 
Besides  his  connection  with  the  development  of 
that  valley,  he  is  president  of  a  number  of  min- 
ing companies,  and  at  one  time  was  president  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Colorado  Springs, 
but  his  interest  in  other  enterprises  caused  him 
to  resign,  in  order  that  he  might  give  them  more 


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thought  and  attention.  For  many  years  he  has 
been  a  trustee  of  Colorado  College,  and  his  inter- 
est in  this  institution  of  learning  is  evinced  by 
his  gifts  and  contributions  to  various  departments 
of  the  college. 

One  of  the  finest  and  largest  business  blocks  in 
Colorado  Springs  is  the  Hagerman  block,  which 
was  built  by  Mr.  Hagerman  in  1890  and  is  still 
owned  by  him.  In  this  building  he  has  his 
business  office.  His  residence,  on  North  Cascade 
avenue,  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  city.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  as- 
sists in  the  various  enterprises  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  city's  business  interests.  While  he 
votes  the  Republican  ticket,  he  has  never  actively 
identified  himself  with  public  affairs,  preferring 
to  devote  himself  to  his  business.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  El  Paso  and  Denver  Clubs,  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  New  York  and  the  Metropolitan 
Club  of  New  York. 

In  Tecumseh,  Mich.,  Mr.  Hagerman  married 
Miss  Anna  Osborne  of  that  city.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  Hon.  William  H.  Osborne,  a  native 
of  New  York  State  and  a  pioneer  farmer  of 
Michigan  ;  he  was  in  younger  years  quite  active 
in  public  affairs  and  served  with  distinction  in 
the  state  legislature,  as  well  as  in  a  number  of 
local  offices.  He  is  still  living  in  Tecumseh.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hagerman  are  the  parents  of  two  sons: 
Percy;  and  H.  J. ,  a  graduate  of  Cornell  and  an 
attorney-at-law,  who  is  now  second  secretary  of 
the  United  States  embassy  in  St.  Petersburg, 
Russia. 


[~\KRCY  HAGERMAN,  Ph.  B.,  treasurer  of 
LX  the  Pecos  Valley  &  Northeastern  Railway 
\3  Company,  and  president  of  the  Mollie  Gib- 
son Consolidated  Mining  and  Milling  Company 
of  Aspen,  also  a  charter  member  of  the  Colorado 
Springs  Mining  Stock  Association,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  is  a  son  of  J.  J. 
Hagerman,  of  Colorado  Springs.  He  was  born 
in  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  January  24,  1869,  and  in 
boyhood  attended  Markham's  Academy  in  that 
city.  In  1882,  when  his  father  went  to  Europe, 
he  accompanied  him,  and  remained  on  the  con- 
tinent until  1884,  meantime  having  the  excellent 
advantages  offered  by  the  best  schools  of  Europe. 
After  coming  to  Colorado  Springs  he  entered 
Colorado  College,  where  he  was  a  student  for  one 
year.  In  1886  he  entered  Cornell  University, 
where  he  took  the  regular  course  of  study,  grad- 
uating in  1890,  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.  Dur- 


ing his  university  course  he  took  a  special  inter- 
est in  athletics,  particularly  in  rowing,  and  dur- 
ing the  three  years  that  he  was  a  member  of  the 
crew  he  was  victorious  in  every  contest. 

For  one  year  Mr.  Hagerman  was  a  student  in 
the  department  of  law  in  Yale  University.  Re- 
turning to  the  Springs  in  1891,  he  became  inter- 
ested in  mining  in  Cripple  Creek.  Previous  to 
this  he  had  formed  important  mining  interests 
with  his  father  at  Aspen,  and  now  holds  the 
presidency  of  one  of  the  most  successful  mining 
companies  there.  In  the  organization  of  the 
Pecos  Valley  &  Northeastern  Railway  Company 
he  assisted  his  father,  and  has  been  the  treasurer 
of  the  company  from  its  inception,  his  father 
being  the  president.  The  road  is  now  completed 
from  Pecos,  Tex.,  through  Eddy  to  Roswell, 
N.  M.,  and  to  Amarillo,  Tex.,  a  distance  of 
three  hundred  and  seventy-two  miles.  Its  com- 
pletion will  enhance  the  success  of  the  land  com- 
panies in  the  valley,  in  a  number  of  which  he  is 
an  officer  and  director. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Hagerman,  in  Minnea- 
polis, Minn.,  united  him  with  Miss  Eleanor 
L,owry,  of  that  city,  daughter  of  Thomas  L,o\vrv, 
whose  name  has  long  been  intimately  connected 
with  the  street  railways  of  Minneapolis.  Mr. 
Hagerman  has  one  son,  L,owry  Hagerman.  The 
various  social  organizations  of  this  city  have 
found  in  Mr.  Hagerman  an  active  and  interested 
friend.  The  Alumni  Association  and  Kappa 
Alpha  Society  of  Cornell  number  him  among 
their  members.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  El 
Paso  and  Cheyenne  Mountain  Country  Clubs  of 
Colorado  Springs,  and  the  University  Club  of 
New  York  City. 

HON.  NATHAN  BROWN  COY,  A.  B., 
former  state  superintendent  of  public  in- 
struction of  Colorado  and  president  of  the 
State  Teachers'  Association,  and  now  professor 
of  ancient  classics  in  Colorado  College  and  prin- 
cipal of  Cutler  Academy  at  Colorado  Springs,  also 
a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  State 
Normal  School  at  Greeley,  has  been  identified 
with  educational  work  during  almost  the  entire 
period  of  his  residence  in  Colorado,  and  has  be- 
come known  as  one  of  the  most  successful  edu- 
cators in  the  state.  He  has  secured  a  substantial 
recognition  of  the  genuineness  of  his  merits  in  his 
professional  capacity,  and  by  his  conscientious 
discharge  of  duty  as  official  and  educator  he  has 
won  the  confidence  \vhich  is  manhood's  crown. 


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Not  only  has  he  advanced  the  interests  of  educa- 
tional institutions  with  which  he  has  been  directly 
connected,  but  he  has  given  an  impetus  to  the 
schools  of  the  state  and  has  forwarded  various 
enterprises  for  their  benefit. 

Born  in  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ,  August  30,  1847,  Na- 
than Brown  Coy  is  a  son  of  Edward  Gustin  and 
Elizabeth  Esther  (Brown)  Coy,  natives  respect- 
ively of  Winchester,  N.  H.,  and  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
Through  his  father's  maternal  ancestors  he  is  re- 
lated to  the  Howe  of  sewing  machine  fame,  and 
General  Howe,  the  Indian  fighter.  Edward  Gus- 
tin Coy,  who  was  a  son  of  Martin  Coy,  a  farmer, 
followed  the  trade  of  foundryman  and  machinist 
in  Winchester,  then  in  Ithaca,  and  finally  in  San- 
dusky,  Ohio.  He  died  while  visiting  at  Plants- 
ville,  Conn.,  at  sixty-five  years  of  age.  His  wife 
'was  a  daughter  of  Nathan  Luce  Brown,  who  was 
born  in  New  Jersey,  and  engaged  in  the  mercan- 
tile business  in  Ithaca.  At  one  time  he  was  war- 
den of  the  state  prison  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.  From 
Ithaca  he  removed  to  Sandusky,  Ohio,  where  he 
engaged  in  merchandising  until  his  death.  His 
wife  was  a  member  of  the  Corwin  family.  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  E.  Coy  died  in  Ithaca,  and  of  her  five 
children  all  but  one  are  living.  One  of  the  sons, 
Edward  Gustin,  was  for  twenty  years  head  of  the 
Greek  department  in  Phillips'  Academy,  and  is 
now  head  master  of  Hotchkiss  school  in  Lake- 
ville,  Conn. 

When  the  family  removed  to  Sandusky,  Ohio, 
the  subject  of  this  article  was  eight  years  of  age. 
He  prepared  for  college  in  Williston  Seminary  at 
East  Hampton,  Mass. ,  where  he  remained  for  two 
years,  being  graduated  at  the  head  of  his  class. 
Afterward  he  took  the  regular  literary  course  in 
Yale  University,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1870,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  At  once  after 
completing  his  studies  he  entered  upon  the  work 
of  teaching.  For  a  time  he  was  engaged  in  teach- 
ing in  New  York,  later  in  New  Jersey  and  Con- 
necticut. In  1875  he  was  appointed  head  of  the 
Latin  department  in  Phillips'  Academy  at  An- 
dover,  but  he  had  scarcely  begun  his  labors  in 
this  institution  when  he  was  stricken  with  hem- 
orrhages and  obliged  to  resign. 

Realizing  that  he  could  regain  his  health  only 
by  removal  to  a  more  congenial  climate,  in  1876 
Professor  Coy  came  to  Colorado.  He  purchased 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  ten  miles 
southwest  of  Denver,  near  Fort  Logan,  and  there 
the  constant  outdoor  exercise  and  delightful  cli- 


mate combined  to  restore  him  to  his  former  vigor. 
He  still  owns  the  farm,  but  as  soon  as  his  health 
permitted  he  resumed  the  work  of  his  life,  that  of 
teaching.  For  five  years,  from  1881  to  1886,  he 
was  engaged  as  instructor  in  classics  in  the  Den- 
ver high  school,  but  the  failure  of  his  health 
forced  him  to  return  to  his  farm.  Buying  a  herd 
of  full-blooded  Jersey  cows  he  embarked  in  the 
dairy  business,  which  he  conducted  in  conjunction 
with  general  farm  pursuits. 

A  Democrat  in  politics,  Professor  Coy  has  al- 
ways been  interested  in  public  affairs,  but  his 
interest  has  been  that  of  a  private  citizen  rather 
than  a  partisan.  When,  in  1887,  he  was  nomi- 
nated for  county  superintendent  of  schools  of  Jef- 
ferson County  by  the  Republicans,  he  positively 
declined  to  accept  the  nomination.  Three  years 
later,  in  the  fall  of  1890,  he  was  nominated  by 
the  late  Rev.  Myron  Reed,  without  having  been 
consulted  in  the  matter,  as  state  superintendent 
of  public  instruction,  on  the  Democratic  ticket. 
•  After  thoughtful  consideration  he  accepted  the 
nomination  and  at  once  entered  into  the  campaign 
with  his  customary  vigor.  He  was  elected  at 
the  head  of  his  ticket  and  began  the  duties  of 
office  in  January,  1891,  for  a  term  of  two  years. 
Prior  to  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  requested 
that  he  should  not  be  made  a  candidate  for  re- 
election, but,  notwithstanding  this  request,  the 
Democratic  state  convention  renominated  him  and 
persuaded  him  to  accept  the  nomination.  How- 
ever, he  refused  the  endorsement  of  the  Popu- 
lists, not  being  in  sympathy  with  their  party  plat- 
form, and  as  that  was  the  year  of  the  great  Popu- 
list victory,  he  was  defeated  with  the  remainder 
of  his  ticket,  which  he  led  in  number  of  votes  re- 
ceived. 

In  1891  Professor  Coy  was  elected  president  of 
the  State  Teachers'  Association.  The  conven- 
tion of  that  year  he  made  a  memorial  meeting,  at 
which  appeared  on  the  platform  the  first  territo- 
rial superintendent  of  schools  in  Colorado  (Mr. 
Curtis)  and  Mr.  Baker,  who  taught  the  first 
school  in  the  territory.  They,  with  Governor 
Gilpin,  the  first  territorial  governor  of  Colorado, 
delivered  appropriate  addresses.  There  was  also 
on  the  platform  a  fac-simile  in  miniature  of  the 
first  school  house  in  Colorado  (in  Boulder  Coun- 
ty). The  memorial  celebration  took  place  in  a 
building  that  cost  $300,000,  while  the  picture 
shown  of  the  first  school  building  indicated  that 
it  probably  cost  less  than  $50.  The  convention 


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was  an  exceedingly  interesting  one  and  reflected 
great  credit  upon  Professor  Coy,  who  had  worked 
unceasingly  in  order  to  make  it  a  success. 

In  1891  Governor  Routt  appointed  Professor 
Coy  a  member  of  the  Colorado  board  of  directors 
for  the  World's  Fair.  He  was  made  responsible 
for  the  educational  exhibit  from  Colorado.  To 
this  work  he  devoted  his  energies,  throwing  into 
it  his  vigor,  enthusiasm  and  intelligence.  Early 
in  1893  he  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  remained, 
as  chief  of  the  educational  department  for  Colo- 
rado, until  the  close  of  the  exposition.  He  then 
superintended  the  packing  of  books  and  papers 
and  their  return  to  original  owners.  His  success 
in  this  exhibit  is  proved  by  the  fact  that  it  re- 
ceived some  fifteen  or  twenty  medals  at  the  Fair. 
Besides  this  work  he  improved  the  occasion  to 
make  a  memorial  of  the  educational  history  of 
the  state,  and  his  biennial  report  of  the  educa- 
tional department  gave  a  comprehensive  summary 
of  the  educational  history  of  Colorado,  as  well  as 
a  review  of  the  work  of  his  administration.  This 
report,  in  published  form,  comprises  a  volume  of 
almost  nine  hundred  pages  and  has  received  the 
highest  commendation  from  competent  judges. 

For  two  years  Professor  Coy  owned  a  controll- 
ing interest  in  and  acted  as  editor  of  the  Colorado 
School  Journal,  during  which  time  he  enlarged 
the  journal,  increased  its  circulation  and  trans- 
formed it  into  a  first-class  school  periodical.  He 
then  sold  it  and  returned  to  his  country  home. 
In  1894  he  declined  to  be  considered  a  candidate 
for  the  superintendency  of  the  state  reform  school 
for  boys  at  Golden.  The  next  year,  while  liv- 
ing in  Denver,  he  was  requested  to  become  a  can- 
didate for  superintendent  of  schools  of  Arapahoe 
County,  but  refused.  In  1895  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Mclntire  as  trustee  of  the  Colorado 
State  Normal  School  at  Greeley  for  a  term  of  six 
years.  He  had  previously,  as  state  superintend- 
ent, been  an  ex-officio  member  of  the  board,  and 
had  made  the  equipment  of  the  school  one  of  the 
special  objects  of  his  administrative  work,  secur- 
ing for  the  presidency  the  present  incumbent, 
Dr.  Snyder,  who  has  filled  the  office  with  the 
greatest  efficiency  since  1891. 

In  February,  1 897,  Professor  Coy  came  to  Colo- 
rado Springs  as  associate  professor  of  classics  in 
Colorado  College  and  principal  of  Cutler  Acad- 
emy. Possessing  literary  taste  and  fluency  of 
speech,  he  has  frequently  been  called  upon  to  give 
addresses  and  lectures.  At  the  national  labor 
convention  in  1892  he  gave,  by  request,  a  paper  on 


Child  Labor.  He  is  now  (1898)  president  of  the 
college  and  high  school  section  and  acting  presi- 
dent of  the  State  Teachers'  Association.  In  the 
National  Educational  Association  he  has  been  in- 
terested, and  at  the  Brooklyn  convention,  in  1892, 
he  was  a  member  of  the  department  of  superin- 
tendents, having  an  active  part  in  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  department.  He  was  formerly  iden- 
tified with  the  University  Club  of  Denver,  and  was 
a  charter  member  of  the  School  Masters'  Club,  at 
the  organization  of  which  he  presided.  For  many 
years  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church  in  Denver.  Reared  in  the  faith  of  the 
Republican  party,  he  became  a  Democrat  at  the 
time  of  the  Tilden  campaign  and  has  ever  since 
been  a  strong  advocate  of  the  principles  of  this 
party.  He  was  married  in  New  Haven,  Conn., 
to  Miss  Helen  Frances  Parish,  who  was  born  in 
Springfield,  Mass. 

There  is  no  profession  more  honored  than  that 
of  the  educator,  to  whom  is  given  the  training  of 
the  youthful  mind,  the  development  of  the  men- 
tal powers.  Not  only  may  it  be  said  of  Profes- 
sor Coy  that  he  has  been  efficient  and  progressive 
as  a  teacher,  but  the  still  higher  commendation 
may  be  given  him  that  he  has  aroused  enthusiasm 
among  other  teachers  and  created  in  their  minds 
a  desire  to  reach  the  highest  success  in  their  pro- 
fession. It  is  the  united  testimony  of  the  educa- 
tors of  Colorado  that  his  connection  with  the 
schools  has  proved  beneficial  in  a  high  degree  to 
the  educational  interests  of  the  state. 


H.  BEMAN,  president  of  the 
Williams  Lumber  Company  of  Leadville 
and  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Beman 
Brothers,  hardware  merchants,  was  born  in 
Franklin  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1860,  a  son  of  Na- 
than and  Helen  (Hilliker)  Bemau,  natives  of 
New  York  state.  His  father,  who  for  years  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  in  Franklin 
County  and  owned  several  stores  there,  is  now 
living  retired  in  Chateaugay.  A  Republican  in 
politics,  he  was  for  years  president  of  the  town 
and  custom  house  officer.  During  the  Civil  war 
he  served  as  captain  of  the  home  guards.  He 
was  a  son  of  George  W.  Beman,  a  lawyer  of  New 
York  state,  but  deceased  in  middle  age;  the  lat- 
ter's  father,  Nathan  Beman,  conducted  Ethan 
Allen  through  an  underground  tunnel,  rendering 
it  possible  for  him  to  take  possession  of  Fort 
Ticonderoga.  The  Beman  family  were  among 
the  earliest  pioneers  of  New  York  state.  Our 


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subject's  mother,  a  daughter  of  William  Hilliker, 
a  farmer,  is  still  living.  Of  her  children,  Frank 
W.  is  associated  with  William  H.  in  the  Beman 
Hardware  Company,  of  Leadville;  George  W. 
resides  in  Beatrice,  Neb. ;  and  Jessie  is  the  wife 
of  Dr.  J.W.  Campbell,  of  Franklin  County,  N.Y. 

At  the  age  of  nineteen  our  subject  came  to 
Colorado,  settling  in  Leadville  during  the  early 
days  of  the  camp.  For  a  few  years  he  engaged 
in  mining,  after  which  he  followed  various  occu- 
pations. In  1889  he  became  connected  with  the 
Williams  Lumber  Company  as  secretary  and 
treasurer,  but  after  two  years  was  made  vice- 
president,  and  soon  afterward,  in  1891,  when  Mr. 
Williams  died,  he  succeeded  to  the  presidency. 
He  also  bought  out  three  hardware  firms  and  es- 
tablished a  large  hardware  business,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Beman  Brothers.  The  company 
was  incorporated  in  1898,  with  him  as  president. 
Besides  his  other  enterprises  he  is  interested  in 
mining. 

A  Republican  in  his  political  opinions,  Mr.  Be- 
man is  well  posted  concerning  public  affairs  and 
is  especially  interested  in  local  improvements. 
For  four  years  he  served  as  councilman  of  Lead- 
ville. Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Elks 
and  the  Patriotic  Order  Sons  of  America.  In 
1886  he  married  Miss  Eunice  Burris,  who  was 
born  in  Kansas,  and  they  have  three  children, 
William,  John  and  Martha.  Mrs.  Beman  is  a 
daughter  of  Col.  John  Burris,  who  was  an  officer 
in  the  Mexican  and  Civil  wars,  and  had  a  num- 
ber of  engagements  with  Quantrell  and  the  James 
boys.  An  attorney  by  profession,  he  has  been 
district  judge  of  his  district  in  Kansas  since  1885, 
and  as  a  lawyer  and  citizen  he  stands  high  in  his 
community. 

v 

HON.  OLIVER  H.  P.  BAXTER.  It  is  a 
trite  but  true  proverb  that  "Times  change 
and  we  change  with  them."  Many  are  the 
changes  that  the  past  forty  years  have  wrought 
in  Colorado.  Cities  have  sprung  up  as  though 
by  magic;  great  mining  camps  stretch  like  huge 
arteries  between  the  mountains;  land,  irrigated 
and  improved,  responds  quickly  to  the  care  of  the 
farmer;  and  schools  and  colleges  afford  to  the 
young  the  best  possible  opportunities  for  acquir- 
ing an  education.  Few  among  the  residents  of 
Colorado  have  been  identified  with  its  history 
through  all  these  years  of  change  and  progress. 
Here  and  there  may  be  found  a  pioneer  of  '59, 
but  rarely  do  we  meet  with  a  pioneer  of  '58,  for 


the  tide  of  emigration  had  then  scarcely  begun. 
As  a  representative  of  this  small  and  distin- 
guished class,  the  name  of  Oliver  Hazzard  Perry 
Baxter  deserves  prominent  mention.  Since  1858 
he  has  been  identified  with  the  history  of  this 
state,  and  from  1866  to  the  present  time  he  has 
been  a  resident  of  Pueblo  and  connected  in- 
timately with  its  most  important  enterprises. 

The  Baxter  family  is  of  Welsh  and  Scotch- 
Irish  descent,  and  its  first  representatives  in 
America  (three  brothers)  settled  in  New  England, 
whence  later  generations  scattered  throughout 
the  country.  William  Baxter,  our  subject's 
father,  was  born  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  became  a 
pioneer  of  Indiana,  where  he  improved  a  farm 
ten  miles  from  Madison,  in  Jefferson  County. 
There  he  died  at  fifty-one  years  of  age.  His 
wife  was  Jane  Kerr,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  member  of  an  old  family  of  Pittsburg  and 
Allegheny  City,  Pa.  Of  their  ten  children, 
seven  are  living,  and  several  of  their  sons  were 
members  of  Indiana  regiments  during  the  Civil 
war.  The  fourth  in  order  of  birth  was  the  one 
who  forms  the  subject  of  this  article.  He  was 
born  on  the  home  farm  in  Jefferson  County,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1835,  and  in  childhood  had  such  advan- 
tages as  pioneer  schools  could  afford.  At  the 
age  of  thirteen  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  black- 
smith's trade  in  Indiana.  About  1852  he  went 
to  Keokuk,  Iowa,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade 
for  six  months.  Later  he  was  employed  in  the 
first  factory  erected  in  Moline  by  John  Deere.  In 
1854  he  went  to  Council  Bluffs,  and  from  there 
to  St.  Joe,  thence  to  Nebraska  City,  where  he 
built  a  shop  and  entered  a  claim  of  land  near  the 
present  site  of  J.  Sterling  Morton's  residence. 

When  the  first  rumor  of  the  discovery  of  gold 
reached  Mr.  Baxter  he  prepared  to  come  to 
Colorado,  without  waiting  for  the  verification  of 
the  rumor.  He  made  the  trip  with  four  com- 
rades, whose  names  were  Golden,  Drake,  Gould 
and  Carpenter,  not  one  of  whom  is  now  in  this 
state.  They  left  Nebraska  City  in  August,  1858, 
and,  with  ox-teatns,  journeyed  up  the  Platte  via 
Kearney,  making  their  way  along  the  South 
Platte,  where  as  yet  no  wagon  road  had  been 
made,  and  arrived  in  Aurora  (Denver)  October 
4,  1858.  They  started  a  town,  Arapahoe,  on 
Clear  Creek,  but  the  enterprise  was  a  failure,  and 
in  the  early  winter  they  went  to  the  present  site 
of  Colorado  City,  then  marked  by  only  one  cabin. 
Going  from  there  into  South  Park,  they  were  the 
first  to  locate  mines  where  Fairplay  now  stands. 


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While  there  they  were  snow-bound  for  some  time, 
and,  being  short  of  provisions,  they  lived  for 
two  months  on  such  game  as  they  could  find. 

In  the  spring  of  1859  Mr.  Baxter  went  to  Den- 
ver, and  after  Gregory's  discovery  prospected  in 
Gilpin  County,  where  he  had  made  some  good 
locations,  but  mining  and  assaying  being  crude, 
the  work  proved  unprofitable.  He  then  turned 
his  attention  to  his  trade,  which  he  followed  in 
Central  City  during  the  winter,  thus  securing  the 
means  to  enable  his  partners  to  continue  pros- 
pecting. In  the  spring  of  1860,  at  the  time  of 
the  Tarryall  excitement,  he  was  one  of  the  first 
to  secure  a  claim  there,  and  in  1861  he  was 
among  the  first  in  California  Gulch,  where  he  had 
some  good  claims  and  made  considerable  money. 
In  the  fall  of  1861  he  returned  to  Denver  with  his 
gold  dust,  which  he  had  coined  at  Clark  and  Gru- 
ber's  mint.  Afterward,  with  three  companions, 
he  started  by  ox- team  for  Arizona,  but  went  no 
further  than  Pueblo.  He  squatted  on  land  six 
miles  below  Pueblo,  at  the  mouth  of  the  St. 
Charles,  where  he  opened  up  a  ranch,  built  a 
ditch  and  in  1862  raised  his  first  crop.  Farming 
brought  him  good  returns  from  the  first.  His 
crops  were  large  and  prices  high,  and  he  con- 
tinued, successfully,  for  five  years. 

Moving  to  Pueblo  iti  1866,  Mr.  Baxter  became 
president  of  a  company  that  built  and  operated 
the  first  flouring  mill  on  the  Arkansas  River,  the 
mill  occupying  the  present  site  of  the  Federal 
building,  while  a  ditch  ran  through  the  land  now 
occupied  by  the  opera  house.  For  more  than 
twenty  years  he  continued  as  manager  of  the 
mill.  Meantime  he  became  connected  with  other 
important  enterprises.  Near  the  mill  he  built  the 
first  house  in  the  town  that  could  boast  of  a 
shingle  roof.  When  the  erection  of  the  Federal 
building  was  planned,  he  and  the  mill  company 
donated  to  the  United  States  Government,  for 
$i ,  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  structure,  for 
which  property  the  mill  company  had  refused 
$75,000.  He  also  became  interested  in  the  com- 
pany that  erected  the  opera  house,  which  is  not 
only  the  finest  building  in  the  city,  but  one  of 
the  finest  theatres  in  the  entire  country,  and  this 
is  due  largely  to  his  energy  and  judgment  as 
president  of  the  company. 

Mr.  Baxter  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
American  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was  the 
first  president.  It  was  afterward  consolidated 
with  the  Stock  Growers'  National  Bank,  under 
the  title  of  the  Mercantile  National  Bank,  and  he 


is  a  director  in  the  latter  institution.  From  an 
early  day  he  was  interested  in  real  estate  in  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  city,  and  many  valuable  pieces 
of  property  passed  through  his  hands.  He  also, 
with  others,  engaged  extensively  in  the  cattle 
business,  and  transferred  their  herd  from  the  Pan- 
handle of  Texas  to  the  Indian  Territory,  thence 
to  South  Dakota,  and  finally  sold  out.  Through 
his  efforts  the  gas  company  was  formed,  and  he 
superintended  the  building  of  the  plant;  he  has 
since  been  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
Pueblo  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company.  He  is 
also  interested  in  the  Pueblo  Street  Railway  and 
Power  Company.  In  the  building  of  the  first 
w-ater  works  in  the  city  he  took  an  active  part. 
While  it  was  with  the  expectation  of  proceeding 
to  Arizona  that  he  first  came  to  Pueblo,  he  did  not 
become  interested  in  Arizona  mines  until  1896; 
he  is  now  president  of  the  Colorado- Arizona  Gold 
Mining  and  Leasing  Company,  which  has  good 
prospects  of  success.  He  was  married,  in  Pueblo 
County,  to  Miss  Edna  Alice  Henry,  who  was 
born  in  Leavenworth,  Kan.  They  are  the  parents 
of  two  children  now  living:  Maude,  wife  of  Otis 
W.  Bruner,  of  Denver,  and  May,  wife  of  L.  S. 
McLean,  of  Pueblo,  both  of  whom  were  educated 
in  New  York.  They  also  had  two  sons  and  one 
daughter,  who  died  when  quite  young. 

During  the  Civil  war,  when  the  Indians  com- 
mitted ceaseless  depredations  in  Colorado,  Mr. 
Baxter  raised  Company  G,  of  the  Third  Colorado 
Cavalry,  and  was  made  its  captain.  The  company 
bore  an  active  part  in  the  battle  of  Sand  Creek, 
and  remained  in  service  until  the  regiment  was 
mustered  out.  While  serving  as  captain  in  the  In- 
dian war  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  ter- 
ritorial legislature,  and  immediately  after  being 
mustered  out  he  proceeded  to  the  capital,  where 
the  session  had  already  opened.  In  1865-66  he 
was  a  member  of  the  territorial  council,  during 
which  time  the  capital  was  transferred  from 
Golden  to  Denver.  He  was  appointed,  by  Gov- 
ernor Gilpin,  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
county  commissioners  to  organize  Pueblo  County, 
and  served  as  chairman  of  the  board  at  the  time 
of  organization.  Frequently,  in  later  years,  he 
was  elected  county  commissioner,  and  at  one  time 
served  for  eight  consecutive  years.  He  was  also 
a  member  of  the  city  council  for  many  years.  In 
politics  a  Republican,  he  was  formerly  actively 
connected  with  the  state  central  committee  and 
also  served  as  chairman  of  the  county  central 
committee.  One  of  the  organizers  of  the  Pueblo 


JUDGE  D.  W.  ROBINSON. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


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Club,  he  held  the  office  of  president  and  also 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  in 
that  organization.  He  assisted  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  first  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  in  Pueblo 
and  was  frequently  elected  to  the  highest  posi- 
tions in  the  lodge,  which  he  also  represented  in 
the  grand  lodge.  He  is  a  member  of  the  As- 
sociation of  Colorado  Pioneers,  of  which  dis- 
tinguished society  he  is  one  of  the  oldest  members. 
The  foregoing  is  a  summary  of  the  leading 
facts  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Baxter.  It  is,  however,  im- 
possible to  show  the  extent  to  which  he  has  in- 
fluenced the  progress  of  Pueblo,  his  close  identifi- 
cation with  every  progressive  movement,  and  the 
public-spirit  he  has  displayed  as  a  citizen.  The 
high  regard  in  which  he  is  held  by  his  fellow- 
townsmen  show  that  he  has  been  successful  in 
his  endeavor  to  discharged  every  duty  of  life  with 
honesty  and  fidelity. 


(lUDGE  D.  W.  ROBINSON,  ex-county  judge 
I  of  Prowers  County,  came  to  Colorado  in  the 
(*/  spring  of  1889  and  homesteaded  land  near 
Granada,  where  he  now  owns  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land  irrigated  from  the  Bent  ditch. 
To  the  cultivating  of  this  land  he  gave  some  at- 
tention, but  his  time  was  devoted  principally  to 
the  harness  business,  which  he  successfully  con- 
ducted in  Granada.  In  1894  he  was  the  Repub- 
lican candidate  for  county  commissioner,  but  was 
defeated  by  thirty  votes.  In  1895  he  was  nom- 
inated for  county  judge  by  the  independents, 
with  the  Democratic  endorsement,  and  was  elected 
by  a  fair  majority.  He  removed  to  Lamar  upon 
beginning  official  duties  and  occupies  a  comfort- 
able residence  here,  which  property  he  owns. 

A  son  of  George  W.  and  Delilah  (Baker)  Rob- 
inson, our  subject  was  born  in  Kosciusco  County, 
Ind.,  April  20,  1844.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm 
and  received  common-school  advantages.  When 
eighteen  years  .of  age,  in  1862,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  A,  Seventy-fourth  Indiana  Infantry, 
and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Perryville,  Ky., 
Chickamauga,  and  a  number  of  skirmishes. 
Being  taken  ill  he  was  sent  to  a  hospital  at  Nash- 
ville and  from  there  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  fell 
a  victim  of  the  small-pox  and  was  then  sent  to 
the  hospital  at  Covington.  Finally  he  rejoined 
his  company  at  Washington,  D.  C.  He  saw  and 
shook  hands  with  President  Lincoln  a  few  days 
before  the  latter  was  shot,  and  afterward  he  was 
called  upon  to  aid  in  guarding  the  war  department 
and  saw  the  remains  of  the  illustrious  dead  as 


they  reposed  in  the  casket.  He  now  has  in  his 
possession  a  cord  of  crepe  and  silver  that  was  on 
the  hearse  used  to  convey  the  body  to  its  resting- 
place.  After  having  taken  part  in  the  grand  re- 
view he  was  mustered  out,  June  29,  1865. 

While  Mr.  Robinson  had  been  in  the  army  his 
parents  had  removed  to  Madison,  Jefferson  Coun- 
ty, Ind.,  and  he  joined  them  there.  For  a  few 
years  he  engaged  in  farming  on  his  father's  land. 
June  13,  1867,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Harriet  Austin,  of  Jefferson  County.  The 
following  year  he  removed  to  Decatur  County, 
Iowa,  where  he  cultivated  a  farm  for  a  year  and 
afterward  engaged  in  the  shoe  and  harness  busi- 
ness for  some  time.  In  1873  he  was  appointed 
postmaster  at  Decatur,  which  office  he  held  for 
five  years,  and  in  the  meantime  he  closed  out  his 
shoe  and  harness  business.  After  resigning  as 
postmaster  he  became  interested  in  an  implement 
and  machinery  business  in  Decatur,  remaining 
there  until  his  removal  to  Colorado  in  1889. 
While  in  Decatur  he  was  made  a  Mason  and  is 
now  worshipful  master  of  the  blue  lodge  at  Gran- 
ada, which  position  he  has  also  filled  in  Iowa. 
He  has  been  representative  of  the  Granada  lodge 
in  the  grand  lodge  and  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  its  work. 

Eight  children  were  born  to  the  union  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Robinson.  They  are  named  as  follows: 
Walter  W.,  a  farmer;  Lillie  E.,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Koen, 
who  resides  five  miles  west  of  Lamar  and  has  one 
child;  Ira  M. ,  a  farmer;  Laura  A.,  who  married 
D.  H.  Dickason,  of  Granada,  and  has  one  child; 
George  D.,  who  is  employed  as  a  clerk  in  a  store 
in  Lamar;  C.  May,  a  school  teacher  in  Prowers 
County;  E.  Verne  and  Lulu. 


r~RANCIS  THEODORE  FREELAND,  a 
j>)  prominent  and  successful  mine  manager  and 
I  *  mining  engineer  of  Aspen,  was  born  in 
Philadelphia  in  1859,  a  son  of  Thomas  Miller 
and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Mapes)  Freeland,  natives 
respectively  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  Orange 
County,  N.  Y. ;  the  latter  of  English  descent,  the 
former  of  Dutch  extraction.  The  family  name 
was  originally  Vreeland,  and  ancestors  of  that 
name  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  Manhattan. 
His  uncle,  Theodore  H.  Freeland,  is  treasurer  of 
the  American  Bank  Note  Company,  of  New  York 
City;  his  grandfather,  David  Niles  Freeland,  was 
a  well-known  manufacturer  in  New  York  and 
Philadelphia,  and  also  his  father,  Thomas  Miller 
Freeland. 


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Mr.  Freeland's  boyhood  was  passed  in  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  was  boru  in  1859.  He  re- 
ceived his  technical  education  at  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  graduated,  with 
the  highest  honors  and  as  valedictorian  of  his 
class,  in  1879,  from  the  department  of  engineer- 
ing. In  1880  and  1881  betook  a  post-graduate 
course  in  mining  engineering,  and  at  the  same 
time  held  the  position  of  assistant  professor  in 
the  engineering  department  and  librarian  of 
Rogers  engineering  library.  Later  he  was  em- 
ployed as  calculator  on  the  United  States  coast 
survey,  and  with  the  William  Sellers  &  Co. 
machine  tool  works,  Philadelphia. 

In  the  fall  of  1881  Mr.  Freeland  came  to  Colo- 
rado, where  he  was  employed  as  mining  engineer 
to  the  American  Mining  and  Smelting  Company, 
of  Leadville.  From  1882  to  1885  he  held  a 
similar  position  with  the  Iron  Silver  Mining 
Company  of  Leadville;  in  1885  he  was  made  su- 
perintendent of  this  company,  which  position  he 
held  for  two  years.  From  1887  his  time  was 
largely  given  to  consulting  mining  and  mechani- 
cal engineering,  and  the  erection  of  mining  and 
smelting  machinery  and  buildings.  He  was  also 
frequently  called  as  expert  witness  in  many  im- 
portant law  suits,  where  his  testimony  was 
esteemed  of  value.  He  reported  concerning 
many  mines,  not  only  in  the  west,  but  also  in 
British  Columbia  and  Mexico.  From  1893  to 
1897  he  acted  as  manager  of  the  Isabella  Gold 
Mining  Company  of  Cripple  Creek,  also  the 
Zenobia  Gold  Mining  Company,  and  was  con- 
sulting engineer  to  the  Ingham  Consolidated 
Mining  Company  and  the  Work  Mining  and 
Milling  Company.  Since  1893  he  has  been 
manager  of  the  Durant  Mining  Company  at 
Aspen,  the  Compromise  Mining  Company  and 
the  Late  Acquisition  Consolidated  Mining  Com- 
pany, and  also  has  charge  of  the  Mineral  Farm 
Consolidated  Mining  Company,  the  Aspen  Con- 
tact Mining  Company,  the  Bimetallic  Mining  and 
Milling  Company  and  the  Buckhorn  Mining 
Company.  He  is  interested  in  various  mining 
enterprises.  He  has  his  offices  in  the  Bank  build- 
ing in  Aspen. 

Mr.  Freeland  is  identified  with  the  Denver 
University  Club,  the  Denver  Athletic  Club,  and 
the  Elk  Club  of  Leadville.  His  close  attention 
to  business  affairs  leaves  little  leisure  for  society. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Institute  of 
Mining  Engineers,  the  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers,  and  the  Colorado  Scien- 


tific Society.  His  engineering  library  is  one  of 
the  most  complete  in  the  west.  He  is  a  frequent 
contributor  to  the  technical  press  and  transactions 
of  engineering  societies  on  subjects  connected 
with  mining.  Personally  he  is  dignified  and 
somewhat  reserved,  but  genial  among  his  friends. 
His  reputation  for  probity  and  discretion  in  con- 
fidential employment  is  of  the  best.  Many  a 
young  engineer  will  remember  with  pleasure  his 
interesting  and  suggestive  talks  over  new  and 
odd  mines,  mills  or  machinery  and  methods  of 
working.  His  success  is  largely  due  to  his  own 
unaided  efforts. 


iEORGE  K.  HARTENSTEIN,  county  at- 
torney of  Chaffee  County,  residing  in  Buena 
Vista,  was  born  in  Sanatoga,  Montgomery 
County,  Pa.,  January  31,  1852.  His  boyhood 
days  were  spent  on  a  farm.  After  completing 
the  usual  public-school  studies  he  entered  the 
Franklin  and  Marshall  College,  of  Lancaster,  Pa., 
where  he  remained  until  his  graduation,  in  July, 
1875.  While  attending  college  he  devoted  his 
evenings  to  the  study  of  law,  and  still  continued 
to  read  law  while  teaching  school  in  a  seminary 
in  Dauphin  County,  Pa.,  where  he  remained  for 
a  year. 

In  the  spring  of  1877  he  came  to  Denver,  Colo. , 
and  for  ten  months  read  law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
T.  M.  Patterson.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  in  February,  1878, 
went  to  Leadville,  then  in  the  height  of  its 
mining  boom.  He  opened  an  office  and  engaged 
in  practice.  In  connection  with  his  practice  he 
became  interested  in  mining.  From  Leadville,  in 
1881,  he  removed  to  Buena  Vista,  where  he  has 
since  made  his  home.  Besides  his  practice  he 
has  continued  to  be  connected  with  mines,  and, 
like  most  investors  in  mining  stocks,  has  made 
and  lost  considerable  money.  He  was  the  locater 
of  the  mine  Amie,  which  produced  well.  He 
also  engaged  in  mining  in  the  Ten-Mile  district 
in  Summit  County,  and  at  this  writing  has  inter- 
ests in  a  number  of  mining  properties. 

September  3,  1879,  Mr.  Hartenstein  married 
Miss  Minnie  Dunning,  of  Leadville,  by  whom  he 
had  one  son,  Harry.  By  his  marriage  to  Miss 
Ella  Marquis,  an  estimable  lady,  born  in  Ohio,  he 
has  a  daughter,  Helen.  In  politics  he  was  affili- 
ated with  the  Democratic  party  until  1893,  when 
the  financial  panic  and  depression,  resulting,  as 
he  believed,  from  an  injudicious  policy  regarding 
the  currency  question,  led  him  to  ally  himself 


JUDGE  CHARLES  A.  PIKE. 


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with  the  People's  party.  For  fifteen  or  more 
years  he  has  served  as  city  and  county  attorney, 
and  has  been  active,  both  in  politics  and  profes- 
sional circles.  In  religion  he  is  a  Lutheran. 
Fraternally  he  belongs  to  Buena  Vista  Lodge 
No.  42,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Buena  Vista  Lodge  No. 
88,  K.  P. 

In  1879  Mr.  Hartenstein  purchased  the  Cotton- 
wood  Hot  Springs,  situated  five  miles  west  of 
Buena  Vista.  There  he  erected  a  hotel,  but  it 
burned  down  in  1886,  and  he  sold  the  springs. 
However,  the  amount  of  selling  price  did  not  re- 
imburse him  for  his  investment,  as  the  springs 
are  back  in  the  mountains  and  therefore  not  very 
accessible.  When  the  town  of  Buena  Vista  was 
started  in  1880,  it  was  a  very  rough  place  and  for 
two  years  was  full  of  thugs,  gamblers  and  des- 
peradoes. These  he  was  employed  to  prosecute 
by  the  better  class  of  citizens  and  he  did  his  work 
well,  although  it  brought  him  in  peril  of  his 
life  many  times,  the  lawless  element  frequently 
threatening  to  shoot  him  for  his  efforts  to  get  rid 
of  the  town's  undesirable  class  of  residents. 


A.  PIKE,  who  came  to  Durango 
1 1  in  1889,  has  since  been  identified  with  many 
\J  of  the  important  interests  of  La  Plata  Coun- 
ty. He  opened  an  office  here  and  began  the 
practice  of  his  profession — that  of  the  law.  In 
this  he  has  since  continued,  although  much  of 
his  time  has  been  given  to  the  duties  of  offices  to 
which  he  has  been  elected.  In  1889  he  was 
chosen  to  serve  as  superintendent  of  schools  of 
the  county,  which  office,  by  re-election,  he  filled 
for  four  years.  The  Republican  party  received 
his  allegiance  until  the  issues  of  1896  arose,  when 
he  cast  his  influence  on  the  side  of  the  silver 
cause.  In  the  year  1898  he  was  the  candidate  on 
the  fusion  ticket  for  county  judge  and  was  elected 
to  the  office.  For  two  years  he  served  as  chair- 
man of  the  silver  Republican  county  central  com- 
mittee, during  which  time  he  contributed  to  the 
success  of  that  party  in  his  locality. 

A  son  of  Charles  W.  and  Susan  Pike,  who 
spent  their  entire  married  lives  upon  a  farm  in 
York  County,  Me.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  on  the  family  homestead  in  1852.  His  edu- 
cation, commenced  in  public  schools,  was  com- 
pleted in  Bowdoin  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1874.  Afterward  he  read  law  in 
the  office  of  Ayres  &  Clifford  at  Cornish,  Me. , 
and  in  1876  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar. 
He  remained  in  York  County  for  little  more  than 


a  year,  when,  in  1878,  he  removed  to  Atchison 
County,  Mo. ,  and  for  a  time  taught  school  there 
in  addition  to  engaging  in  law  practice.  In  1882 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  took  up  his  residence  at 
Animas,  La  Plata  County,  where  he  remained 
until  1889,  meantime  engaging  in  mining  in  the 
San  Juan  country.  Upon  his  election  as  county 
superintendent  of  schools  he  came  to  Durango, 
where  he  has  since  been  intimately  connected 
with  local  affairs.  For  five  years  he  was  secre- 
tary of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  city  schools, 
and  his  influence  in  educational  matters  has  been 
of  great  benefit  to  the  schools  here.  Besides  his 
property  in  Durango  he  still  owns  real  estate  in 
Animas.  By  his  marriage,  in  1878,  to  Elizabeth 
C.  Cobb,  he  has  a  daughter,  Charlie  K. 

Mr.  Pike  is  actively  connected  with  Durango 
Lodge  No.  46,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  of  which  he  was 
formerly  senior  warden  and  is  now  master.  For 
two  years  he  was  clerk  of  Aztec  Camp  No.  30, 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  Sitting  Bull  Tribe  No.  48,  I.  O.  R.  M.  As  a 
citizen  he  is  highly  respected,  as  an  official  has 
proved  himself  to  be  faithful  to  every  trust,  and 
as  a  friend  he  has  ever  been  accommodating  and 
helpful.  

I  EE  KAHN,  M.  D.,  was  one  'of  the  most 
I  C  prominent  and  successful  physicians  of  Lead- 
|_3  ville,  where  he  engaged  in  practice  from 
1889.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  secretary  of 
the  Lake  County  Medical  Association,  a  member 
of  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society,  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Society,  the  Alumni  of  Rush  Medical 
College,  and  the  American  Public  Health  Associa- 
tion. In  1893  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  board 
of  health  of  Leadville,  and  from  1894  until  his 
death  he  was  secretary  of  the  United  States  board 
of  pension  examiners  of  this  city.  During  1895 
and  1896  he  served  as  vice-president  of  the  Colo- 
rado State  Medical  Society.  In  1898  he  was  a 
delegate  to  the  convention  of  the  American 
Medical  Society  at  Denver,  and  received  appoint- 
ment as  secretary  of  the  section  of  physiology 
for  this  society  in  1899.  He  published  a  num- 
ber of  papers  bearing  upon  important  diseases 
and  the  best  remedial  agencies  to  be  employed, 
all  of  which  attracted  thoughtful  attention  on  the 
part  of  the  medical  fraternity.  He  was  the  in- 
ventor of  the  Lee  Kahn  applicator  and  injector, 
manufactured  by  Tiemann  &  Co.,  of  New  York. 
The  Kahn  family  is  of  German  origin.  Isaac 
Kahn,  the  doctor's  father,  was  born  near  Frank- 


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fort,  Germany,  and  in  early  life  came  to  the 
United  States.  After  having  for  some  time  en- 
gaged in  merchandising  in  New  York,  he  re- 
moved to  Morrison,  111.,  where  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  1867.  Thence  he  came  to 
Colorado  about  1880  and  settled  in  Leadville, 
where  he  has  since  had  mercantile  and  mining 
interests.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  fra- 
ternally is  a  Mason  and  Odd  Fellow.  By  his 
marriage  to  Mina  Guthman,  a  native  of  Germany, 
he  had  four  sons:  Lee;  Jacob,  deceased;  Maurice 
G.,  a  graduate  of  the  medical  department  of  Har- 
vard University  and  now  a  practicing  physician 
of  Leadville;  Colo;  and  Herman  E.,  a  student. 

The  education  of  Dr.  Kahn  was  obtained  in 
public  schools  and  under  private  tutorship.  In 
youth  he  was  given  excellent  advantages,  includ- 
ing study  in  Europe,  where  he  spent  six  months, 
traveling  with  his  mother.  For  fourteen  months 
he  studied  pharmacy,  after  which  he  took  up  the 
study  of  medicine  under  Drs.  John  Law  and 
S.  A.  Bosanko.  In  1882  he  matriculated  in 
Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  but  learning 
that  he  would  not  be  permitted  to  graduate  at 
the  close  of  three  years,  on  account  of  being 
under  age,  he  left  college  at  the  close  of  his  first 
year,  and  for  one  year  studied  in  St.  Luke's  Hos- 
pital in  Leadville.  He  then  returned  to  Chicago, 
where  he  completed  the  course,  graduating  in 
1889,  after  which  he  engaged  in  practice  in  Lead- 
ville. In  1894  he  received  the  honorary  degree 
of  A.  M.  from  the  college  at  Ewing,  111.  May 
17,  1890,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Ruth 
Ward,  a  well-known  poet  and  writer  residing  in 
Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  They  had  one  child,  Milo 
Ward  Kahn. 

The  death  of  Dr.  Kahn  occurred  February  26, 
1899,  and  was  a  loss,  not  alone  to  his  family  and 
friends,  but  also  to  the  profession  in  which  he 
had  won  merited  distinction. 


P  QlLBUR  W.  BULETTE,  M.  D.,  ophthalmo- 
\  A  I  tologist,  otologist,  laryngologist  and  rhin- 
Y  Y  ologist,  of  Pueblo,  and  a  prominent  prac- 
titioner of  this  city  since  May,  1894,  is  one 
of  the  most  successful  specialists  in  the  state.  In 
addition  to  his  private  practice  he  holds  the  posi- 
tion of  ophthalmotologist  and  laryngologist  to  the 
State  Asylum  for  Insane  at  Pueblo,  Work's  Sani- 
torium  for  Nervous  and  Mental  Diseases,  the 
Pueblo  Children's  Home,  also  for  the  Missouri 
Pacific  Railroad  Company.  He  is  a  fellow  of  the 
American  Laryngological,  Rhinological  and  Oto- 


logical  Society,  also  of  the  Western  Ophthal- 
motological,  Laryngological,  Rhinological  and 
Otological  Society,  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  American  Climato- 
logical  Association,  the  Rocky  Mountain  Inter- 
state Medical  Society,  the  Colorado  State  Medi- 
cal Society,  the  Pueblo  Count}'  and  Otero  Coun- 
ty (Colo.)  Medical  Societies,  the  Northern  Medi- 
cal Society  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  formerly  an 
active  member  of  the  Philadelphia  County  Medi- 
cal Society. 

The  Bulette  family  is  of  English  and  Scotch 
extraction,  and  was  early  established  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. Emanuel,  son  of  Emanuel  Bulette,  Sr., 
was  born  upon  his  father's  farm  in  York  County, 
Pa. ,  and  in  time  became  the  owner  of  the  old 
homestead,  but  resided  upon  an  adjoining  farm. 
In  religion  he  is  connected  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  During  the  war  he  volun- 
teered for  service,  but  was  rejected.  He  married 
Martha  Helen  Blake,  a  direct  descendant  of  Gen- 
eral Blake,  of  the  English  army.  She  was  born 
in  Lancaster  County  and  was  a  daughter  of  As- 
bury  Blake,  a  fanner  and  manufacturer  of  Lan- 
caster County.  She  is  still  living,  as  are  six  of 
her  nine  children.  The  four  surviving  sons  are: 
Lorenzo  D.,  an  attorney  in  Philadelphia;  Wilbur 
W. ;  Clarence  E.,  a  graduate  of  Gross  Medical 
College  of  Denver  and  a  practicing  physician  in 
that  city;  and  Harry  L. ,  who  is  with  his  parents. 
The  two  daughters  are  Elma  L.  and  Helen  Maud. 
Our  subject  was  born  at  Constitution,  York 
County,  Pa.,  August  17,  1862.  In  boyhood  he 
was  a  student  in  the  public  schools  and  Fawn 
Grove  Academy,  after  which  he  attended  the 
York  Collegiate  Institute  in  York.  From  boy- 
hood it  was  his  ambition  to  become  a  physician, 
and  his  studies  were  directed  with  that  end  in 
view.  In  1888  he  graduated  from  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  and  afterward,  by  suc- 
cessful competitive  examinations,  he  became  as- 
sistant visiting  physician  to  the  Philadelphia 
'Lying-in  Charity,  which  position  he  held  until 
1894.  Meantime  he  carried  on  a  general  practice 
in  Philadelphia  from  1888  to  1891,  and  was  also 
assistant  in  the  throat  and  ear  dispensaries  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  Hospital  and  of  the 
ear  department  of  the  Philadelphia  Polyclinic. 
In  1891  he  stopped  dispensary  and  hospital  work 
and  gave  his  attention  to  the  practice  of  Ms 
specialties,  at  first  studying  only  the  ear,  nose 
and  throat,  but  after  1891  making  a  specialty 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


also  of  diseases  of  the  eye,  which  he  made  his 
special  study  for  a  few  years  at  Wills  Eye  Hos- 
pital, Philadelphia.  In  May,  1894,  he  opened  an 
office  in  Pueblo,  where  he  has  since  established 
an  enviable  reputation  for  skilland  ability.  Prior 
to  leaving  Pennsylvania  he  had  charge,  for  five 
years,  of  the  medical  department  of  J.  B.  Lippin- 
cott  Company,  of  Philadelphia.  After  settling 
in  the  west  he  assumed  charge  of  the  throat  and 
ear  department  of  the  Medical  Herald  oi  St.  Joseph, 
Mo.,  and  the  department  of  diseases  of  the  chest 
in  the  Medical  Fortnightly,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  He 
has  also  been  a  contributor  to  other  medical 
journals  in  the  east.  He  has  his  office  in  Central 
block,  Pueblo. 

Dr.  Bulette  is  a  stanch  Republican.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Church  and  in  fraternal 
relations  holds  membership  with  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  In  Denver,  Colo.,  in 
February,  1893,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Henrie  May  Patrick,  who  was  born  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  her  father,  Hon.  William  Patrick, 
having  been  an  early  settler  and  a  lumber  mer- 
chant of  that  city,  treasurer  of  St.  Louis  County 
and  member  of  the  state  legislature.  The  doc- 
tor and  his  wife  have  two  children,  Frances 
McCall  and  Helen  May. 


[""RANK  D.  GREEN,  M.  D.,  a  resident  of 
rft  Pueblo  since  1892,  is  a  prominent  and  suc- 
|  cessful  specialist  in  the  treatment  of  diseases 
of  the  ear,  eye,  nose  and  throat,  and  has  his  of- 
fice in  the  Central  building.  In  addition  to  his 
private  practice,  which  is  of  an  important  char- 
acter, various  professional  associations,  Pueblo 
County,  Colorado  State,  American  and  Missis- 
sippi Valley  Medical  Societies,  number  him  among 
their  active  members,  and  in  them,  as  in  every 
organization  bearing  upon  his  profession,  he 
maintains  an  active  interest. 

Referring  to  the  history  of  the  Green  family, 
we  find  that  they  originated  in  England  and 
were  represented  with  the  Calverts  at  the  time  of 
the  settlement  of  Baltimore,  Md.  The  original 
spelling  of  the  name  was  Greene,  but  the  final 
"e"  was  dropped  by  the  doctor's  grandfather, 
Zachariah.  From  the  eastern  shore  of  Maryland 
Levin  Greene  removed  to  Kentucky,  at  a  period 
so  early  in  the  history  of  the  state  that  it  had 
only  three  counties,  Jefferson,  Fayette  and  Wash- 
ington, and  Daniel  Boone  had  been  in  the  prime- 
val forests  of  that  section  but  a  short  time. 
Reared  in  the  Catholic  faith  (the  religion  of  his 


ancestors),  after  his  removal  to  Kentucky  he 
married  Mary  Ellis,  a  Protestant,  and  through 
her  influence  identified  himself  with  the  Method- 
ist Episcopal  Church.  His  death  occurred  in 
Washington  County  when  he  was  more  than  sev- 
enty years  of  age. 

Zachariah,  son  of  Levin  Greene,  was  born  in 
what  is  now  Nelson  County,  Ky.,  and  in  early 
life  participated  in  many  Indian  fights.  His  life 
occupation  was  farming,  though  for  a  time  he 
also  engaged  in  the  distilling  business.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  was  forty-five  years  of  age. 
His  son,  Thomas  D.  Green,  was  born  in  Nelson 
County,  where  he  became  an  extensive  stock- 
dealer  and  farmer.  He  died  in  that  county  at 
fifty-four  years  of  age.  In  religion  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Baptist  Church.  His  wife  was 
Elizabeth  Berkeley,  a  native  of  Nelson  County, 
and  daughter  of  Jeptha  Berkeley,  who  settled  in 
Nelson  County  in  1814  and  engaged  in  farming 
there;  also  taking  a  prominent  part  in  public  af- 
fairs, and  served  as  sheriff  of  the  county  for  sev- 
eral terms.  His  father,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolutionary  war,  was  a  member  of  the  family 
to  which  Governor  Berkeley  belonged,  and  was 
himself  a  man  of  prominence  in  Virginia.  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Green  died  in  Kentucky.  Of  her  eight 
children  five  sons  and  one  daughter  are  now  liv- 
ing, the  doctor  being  next  to  the  youngest  of 
these.  Two  of  his  brothers  are  farmers  in  Ken- 
tucky and  two  are  ministers  in  the  Christian 
Church,  Rev.  P.  W.  Green  being  pastor  of  a 
church  in  Florida,'  while  Joseph  B.  has  a  pas- 
torate in  Kentucky. 

In  Nelson  County,  Ky.,  where  he  was  born 
December  6,  1865,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  Nelson  Normal 
School,  graduating  from  the  latter.  Afterward 
he  took  the  classical  course  in  the  University  of 
Kentucky,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1885, 
with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  The  degree  of  A.  M. 
was  conferred  upon  him  in  1890.  In  1885  he 
took  up  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  Kentucky 
School  of  Medicine  at  Louisville,  where  he  took 
the  regular  course,  of  lectures,  graduating  in 
1888,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  For  two  years 
he  practiced  in  Louisville,  after  which  he  took  a 
post-graduate  course  in  the  Manhattan  Eye  and 
Ear  Hospital  in  New  York  City,  where  for  a  year 
he  made  a  special  study  of  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear, 
nose  and  throat,  receiving  a  diploma  in  recognition 
of  excellent  work  in  these  departments.  Returning 
to  Louisville  he  remained  there  until  the  spring 


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of  1892,  when  the  failure  of  his  health  caused  him 
to  remove  to  Colorado.  He  is  known  as  one  of 
the  skillful  specialists  of  Pueblo,  and  has  attained 
high  rank  among  the  professional  men  of  the 
state.  During  his  residence  in  Kentucky  he 
married  Miss  Virginia  L.  Moore,  who  was  born 
there  and  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Jeffersonian  Democrat. 


r~RANK  A.  HASSENPLUG,  M.  D.  Saga- 
rft  cious  judgment,  enterprise  and  skill  have  all 
I  *  been  marked  elements  in  the  character  of 
Dr.  Hassenplug,  and  it  is  due  to  these  that  he  has 
attained  a  high  position  in  the  medical  fraternity 
of  Cripple  Creek.  The  prominence  he  has  at- 
tained among  his  professional  co-workers  is  evi- 
dent from  the  fact  that  they  chose  him  to  occupy 
the  position  of  president  of  the  Cripple  Creek 
District  Medical  Society,  which  office  he  now 
holds.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  treating  diseases 
of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat,  and  is  a  thorough 
student  of  these  departments  of  the  medical  sci- 
ence. A  very  busy  man  professionally,  he  has 
few  leisure  moments,  but  such  as  he  has  he  de- 
votes, in  part,  to  hunting  and  fishing,  for  .he  is 
fond  of  the  rod  and  the  gun.  He  also  has  many 
relics  that  he  collected  iu  this  country  and  Eu- 
rope. 

Near  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Dr.  Hassenplug  was 
born  August  26,  1866,  and  there  his  boyhood 
days  were  passed.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  an  academy  in  Philadelphia  and  after- 
ward entered  that  famous  institution,  Jefferson 
Medical  College,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
April,  1889.  After  his  graduation  he  spent  fifteen 
months  in  the  Wilson  Wills  Eye  Hospital  and 
the  eye  and  ear  department  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Hospital.  Wishing  to  gain  a  more  thorough 
knowledge  of  specialties  than  could  be  obtained 
in  this  country,  he  went  abroad  and  studied  in 
Vienna  and  London,  devoting  his  attention  prin- 
cipally to  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose  and  throat. 
Nine  months  were  spent  in  London  and  a  year  in 
the  hospital  department  of  the  University  of 
Austria,  Vienna. 

Prior  to  his  study  in  Europe  Dr.  Hassenplug 
had  engaged  in  practice  in  Denver,  Colo. ,  for  a 
short  time.  On  his  return  to  the  United  States 
he  again  came  to  Colorado,  this  time  settling  in 
Cripple  Creek,  where  he  engaged  in  an  office 
practice  of  his  specialties.  He  has  been  a  resident 
of  this  city  since  1894  and  in  the  meantime  has 
gained  a  reputation  for  his  skill,  accuracy  and 


careful  judgment.  His  advice  is  regarded  as 
authoritative  and  his  opinion  sought  in  all  cases 
where  superior  skill  and  wise  judgment  are 
necessary.  In  fraternal  connections  he  is  identi- 
fied with  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen, 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  Degree  of  Honor  and  Sons  of 
Veterans. 


pQASHINGTON  I.  EDGERTON,  county 
\  A  I  judge  of  Hinsdale  County  and  a  prominent 
Y  V  business  man  of  Lake  City,  was  born  near 
Hillsdale,  Mich.,  September  21,  1846,  a  son  of 
Volney  and  Martha  (Sheriff)  Edgerton,  natives 
respectively  of  Connecticut  and  Maryland.  His 
father,  who  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  spent 
the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Ontario  County, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  was  prominent  in  politics  and 
represented  his  district  in  the  legislature.  Much 
of  his  time  during  the  closing  years  of  his  life 
was  spent  in  the  settlement  of  estates  of  which  he 
was  executor.  He  died  in  1893,  when  seventy- 
seven  years  of  age.  Of  his  four  children  all  but 
one  are  still  living.  The  eldest,  Mary  J.,  mar- 
ried Albert  Vroman,  of  Ontario  County,  and  is 
now  deceased.  Frank  P.  resides  on  the  old  home- 
stead, as  does  also  Ruth  A.  Our  subject  was 
third  in  order  of  birth  among  the  children.  He 
was  reared  on  the  old  homestead  and  received  a 
common-school  education. 

September  3,  1864,  Mr.  Edgerton  enlisted  in 
the  Third  New  York  Light  Artillery,  Battery  E, 
under  General  Kirby,  and  was  assigned  to  the 
army  of  the  Potomac.  He  took  part  in  the  sieges 
of  Richmond  and  Petersburg,  and  a  decisive  en- 
gagement at  Spring  Hill.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  mustered  out,  in  June,  1865.  Re- 
turning to  New  York,  he  entered  a  seminary  at 
Genesee  and  afterward  engaged  in  teaching  for 
some  time.  Later  he  followed  various  occupa- 
tions (principally  clerking),  for  several  years. 
In  1876  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Lake 
City,  where  he  began  prospecting  and  mining. 
For  two  years  he  made  this  his  principal  occupa- 
tion, and  mined  not  only  in  this  vicinity,  but  also 
in  the  Animas  Forks  district.  Afterward  he  was 
employed  as  driver  for  Barlow  &  Sanderson, 
owners  of  the  stage  route  from  Lake  City  to 
Saguache,  and  later  he  became  agent  at  Lake 
City  for  the  different  stage  companies.  In  1890, 
forming  a  partnership  with  O.  McCreery,  he  em- 
barked in  the  hay,  grain  and  coal  business.  Soon 
he  bought  his  partner's  interest,  after  which  he 


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continued  alone.  From  A.  M.  Wilson,  in  1893, 
he  purchased  the  book  and  stationery  business,  to 
which  he  has  since  given  his  attention,  having 
disposed  of  his  fuel  and  feed  business. 

Active  in  local  affairs,  in  1885  Mr.  Edgerton 
was  elected  county  treasurer.  At  the  expiration 
of  his  term  he  was  re-elected,  and  continued,  by 
re-election,  in  the  office  for  four  successive  terms. 
He  also  served  one  term  as  deputy.  Elected  a 
member  of  the  town  board,  in  that  position  he 
was  influential  in  advancing  local  projects  for  the 
development  of  the  city's  resources.  In  1898  he 
was  the  successful  candidate  of  the  Republican 
party  for  county  judge.  From  1884  to  1893  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Lake  City  school  board  and 
its  secretary.  As  a  county  official  he  is  impartial, 
painstaking  and  trustworthy,  and  wins  the  confi- 
dence of  the  people.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  John  A.  Rawlins  Post  No.  28,  G.  A.  R., 
at  Lake  City,  in  which  he  is  serving  as  past 
commander.  He  is  past  noble  grand  of  Silver 
Star  Lodge  No.  27,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  a  member 
of  Golden  Rule  Encampment  No.  12;  also  Can- 
ton Rogers  No.  13,  of  Denver.  The  Denver 
Athletic  Club  numbers  him  among  its  members. 
In  1874  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  C., 
daughter  of  Wh-itley  Gilmore,  of  Minneapolis, 
Kan.,  and  a  native  of  Warren  County,  111.  They 
are  the  parents  of  one  daughter,  J.  Ruth. 


HON.  ALLEN  T.  GUNNELL.  The  services 
which  in  the  past  Judge  Gunnell  has  ren- 
dered the  people  of  El  Paso  County  and 
Colorado  entitle  him  to  rank  among  the  promi- 
nent public  men  of  his  county  and  state.  From 
the  time  of  his  arrival  in  Colorado  to  the  present 
he  has  been  identified  with  its  political  and  public 
affairs  and  has  been  recognized  as  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  members  of  its  bar.  As 
representative,  county  judge  and  state  senator 
(in  fact,  in  every  position  to  which  he  has  been 
called),  his  devotion  to  the  interests  of  his  con- 
stituents has  been  as  conspicuous  as  his  ability 
and  broad  information.  Since  the  spring  of  1894 
he  has  made  his  home  in  Colorado  Springs,  where 
he  has  his  office  in  the  Giddings  Block,  having  as 
his  partner  C.  C.  Hamlin,  under  the  firm  title  of 
Gunnell  &  Hamlin. 

While  the  Gunnell  family  originated  in  Eng- 
land, by  intermarriage  the  present  generation  is 
principally  of  French- Huguenot  descent.  They 
were  represented  among  the  pioneer  planters  of 
Virginia.  John  Gunnell,  who  was  born  in  the 

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Old  Dominion,  removed  to  Christian  County,  Ky., 
and  engaged  in  farming,  .but  after  a  time  he  went 
to  McLean  County,  111.,  becoming  a  pioneer 
farmer  near  Bloomington.  He  remained  there 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  when  he  was 
seventy  years  of  age.  His  son,  Thomas  A. 
Gunnell,  was  born  in  Christian  Count)',  Ky., 
and  was  educated  for  the  bar.  His  mother  died 
in  his  infancy,  leaving  him  a  large  number  of 
slaves.  In  order  to  support  them  he  was  obliged 
to  turn  his  attention  to  farming.  Establishing  his 
home  in  Saline  County,  Mo.,  which  had  the 
largest  hemp  fields  in  the  world,  he  embarked  in 
hemp- raising.  Believing  the  institution  of  slavery 
to  be  a  great  moral  evil,  when  the  war  came  on 
he  gave  his  support  to  the  Union  cause.  After 
continuing  the  management  of  his  farm  until 
1884  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  and  now,  at 
seventy-seven  years  of  age,  makes  his  home  with 
his  son,  Judge  Gunnell.  In  religion  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Christian  Church. 

The  marriage  of  Thomas  A.  Gunnell  united 
him  with  Marion  Wallace  Thomson,  who  was 
born  near  Georgetown,  Ky.,  and  died  in  1896, 
while  visiting  at  Buena  Vista,  Colo.  The  Thom- 
son family  originated  in  Scotland,  whence  two 
brothers  emigrated  to  America  many  years  prior 
to  the  Revolution,  one  settling  in  Massachusetts, 
and  the  other  going  to  Alabama  or  Mississippi, 
and  from  there  going  into  Virginia.  Her  father, 
David,  was  a  commissioned  general  in  the  war 
of  1812;  his  oldest  son,  Manlius  V.,  who  was 
a  prominent  attorney  and  politician  of  Ken- 
tucky, enlisted  in  the  Mexican  war  when  very 
young  and  was  given  a  commission  as  colonel. 
Some  years  afterward,  while  serving  as  lieutenant- 
governor  of  Kentucky,  he  died,  at  about  thirty- 
five  years  of  age.  General  Thomson  was  a 
pioneer  and  large  farmer  of  Pettis  County,  Mo., 
where  he  established  the  town  of  Georgetown, 
the  original  county-seat.  One  of  the  tracts  that 
he  entered  from  the  government  he  presented  to 
his  daughter,  the  wife  of  Gen.  George  R.  Smith, 
who  laid  out  the  land  as  a  town  and  named  it  in 
honor  of  his  daughter,  Sarah,  whose  nickname 
was  Sed,  from  which  the  name  Sedalia  was 
derived.  This  General  Smith  was  a  man  of  great 
influence  in  Missouri  and  was  the  principal  pro- 
moter of  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  son  of  Thomas 
A.  Gunnell,  was  born  near  Marshall,  Saline 
County,  Mo.,  January  29,  1848,  and  was  the 
oldest  of  seven  children,  of  whom  three  are 


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living,  Volney  C.  being  an  attorney  in  Ogden, 
Utah,  while  Eva,  Mrs.  John  Bradley,  resides 
in  Wellington,  Kan.  He  prepared  for  college 
under  Dr.  Yantis,  in  Sweet  Springs  Acad- 
emy, and  in  1866  entered  Bethany  (W.  Va.) 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1869,  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  He  studied  law  with  Judge 
Phillips  of  the  United  States  District  Court  of 
Kansas  City  and  Senator  Vest,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Sedalia,  Mo.,  in  1872,  but  in  the 
summer  of  the  same  year,  owing  to  impaired 
health,  he  came  to  Colorado.  When  winter  came 
on  he  went  south  to  Austin,  Tex.,  but  the  climate 
there  did  not  agree  with  him.  In  the  spring  of 
1874  he  returned  to  Missouri  and  during  the  same 
year  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  began  in 
practice.  In  1876  he  went  to  Lake  City,  in  the 
San  Juan  country,  and  two  years  later  was  elected 
to  represent  Hinsdale  County  in  the  state  legis- 
lature, serving  as  a  member  of  the  second  general 
assembly.  While  there  he  was  employed  on  a 
mining  case  in  Leadville,  where  he  bought 
mining  interests.  On  retiring  from  the  legisla- 
ture he  became  a  partner  of  L.  J.  Laws,  in  the 
general  practice  of  law  at  Leadville.  In  1881  he 
was  elected  county  judge  of  Lake  County  and 
two  years  later  was  re-elected,  but  resigned 
during  the  last  year  of  his  second  term  in  order 
to  form  a  partnership  with  Hon.  J.  B.  Bissell, 
now  judge  of  the  court  of  appeals  of  Colorado. 
The  partnership  of  Bissell  &  Gunnell  continued 
until  the  former  was  elected  to  the  bench,  after 
which  Mr.  Gunnell  carried  on  practice  alone  in 
the  same  place.  In  the  spring  of  1894  he  opened 
an  office  in  Colorado  Springs. 

On  the  Democratic  ticket,  in  the  fall  of  1890, 
Judge  Gunnell  was  elected  to  the  state  senate, 
and  served  in  the  sessions  of  1891  and  1893  and 
the  special  sessions  of  1894.  In  1893  he  was 
chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee,  and  at  other 
times  served  on  various  important  committees. 
His  first  partner  in  Colorado  Springs  was  Judge 
William  Harrison,  who  died  in  June,  1894,  two 
months  after  the  partnership  had  been  formed. 
Since  then  he  has  had  Mr.  Hamlin  as  partner. 
While  his  practice  is  general,  he  has  made  a 
specialty  of  mining  cases.  He  is  president  of  a 
number  of  mining  companies  at  Cripple  Creek 
and  is  interested  individually  in  Leadville  mines, 
where  he  owns  some  good  properties.  He  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  prominent  represent- 
atives of  the  Democratic  party  in  El  Paso  County 
and  Colorado.  In  1896  he  was  elected,  on  the 


regular  Democratic  ticket,  as  presidential  elector 
and  met  with  the  other  electors  in  Denver,  where 
he  cast  his  vote  for  Bryan. 

In  Saline  County,  Mo.,  Judge  Gunnell  married 
Miss  Elizabeth  M.  Hancock,  who  was  born  in 
Hopkinsville,  Ky. ,  a  descendant  of  the  Waller 
family  of  Virginia,  and  a  daughter  of  Rev.  T.  W. 
Hancock,  a  native  of  Christian  County,  Ky.,  and 
a  pioneer  preacher  of  the  Christian  Church  in 
Missouri.  They  have  two  children:  Allen  W. , 
member  of  the  class  of  1899,  University  of 
Michigan  law  department;  and  Seddie,  a  graduate 
of  the  Christian  College  at  Columbia,  Mo.,  now 
the  wife  of  Hon.  Clarence  C.  Hamlin.  Judge 
and  Mrs.  Gunnell  are  members  of  the  First  Pi«s- 
byterian  Church  of  Colorado  Springs.  Fra- 
ternally he  was  made  a  Mason  in  Lake  City,  and 
is  now  a  member  of  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M. ,  Colorado  Springs  Chapter  No.  6,  R.  A.  M. , 
Pike's  Peak  Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T.,  and  the 
Scottish  Rite  and  Shrine. 

Judge  Gunnell  is  thoroughly  grounded  in  the 
philosophy  of  the  law,  and  among  his  contem- 
poraries is  said  to  excel  as  a  counselor.  How- 
ever, he  is  particularly  strong  in  the  presentation 
of  a  case  before  both  the  court  and  jury. 


HENRY  JAMES  HOLMES,  editor  of  the 
Avalanche  (daily)  and  the  Avalanche- Echo 
(weekly),  of  Glenwood  Springs,  has  been 
connected  with  the  newspaper  business  from  early 
boyhood,  and,  by  sheer  force  of  energy  and  de- 
termination, has  risen  from  the  position  of  ap- 
prentice to  the  head  of  an  important  publica- 
tion. March  n,  1891,  he  moved  his  plant 
from  Carbondale,  a  town  thirteen  miles  from 
Glenwood  Springs,  to  this  city,  where  his 
previous  publication,  the  Carbondale  Avalanche, 
was  continued  as  the  Weekly  Avalanche.  In  June 
of  the  same  year  he  purchased  the  Glenwood 
Echo,  the  first  paper  published  in  this  place,  and 
by  consolidation  established  the  Avalanche- Echo. 
The  first  issue  of  the  Daily  Avalanche  appeared 
May  6,  1891,  since  which  time  the  paper  has  en- 
joyed a  constantly  increasing  prosperity,  and  has 
wielded  a  large  influence  in  local  affairs. 

Mr.  Holmes  was  born  in  Portland,  Me.,  No- 
vember 18,  1852.  His  father,  Thomas  Holmes, 
a  native  of  Ireland,  emigrated  to  America  with 
his  family  in  early  manhood  and  settled  in  Port- 
land, Me.  In  Cork,  Ireland,  he  married  Fannie 
Caughlin,  who  died  when  our  subject  was  a 
small  cljild,  The  father,  who  has  engaged  in 


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the  shoe  business  during  his  entire  active  life,  is 
still  living  in  Lewiston,  Me.  Politically  he  is  a 
Democrat.  Of  his  children,  Thomas  M.  is  en- 
gaged in  the  retail  shoe  business  in  Lewiston, 
Me. ;  John  W.  lives  in  Meriden,  Conn. ;  Michael 
J.  is  a  shoe  merchant  of  Lewiston,  Me.;  Marga- 
ret is  the  wife  of  J.  J.  Sullivan,  of  Charlestown, 
Mass.;  Mary  Ann  married  J.  F.  Constantine,  a 
mill  operator  living  in  Lewiston,  Me. ;  and  Lizzie 
is  the  wife  of  W.  J.  Wills,  editor  of  the  Goldfield 
Daily  Leader,  at  Goldfield,  Colo. 

When  twenty  years  of  age  our  subject  became 
an  apprentice  in  the  office  of  the  Daily  Press,  of 
Portland,  Me.,  where  he  continued  in  that  ca- 
pacity until  1874,  and  afterward  remained  for 
three  years  on  a  salary.  Meantime,  he  carried  on 
his  studies  in  night  schools.  From  Portland  he 
went  into  other  towns  in  Maine,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade.  March  27,  1879,  he  started 
west,  and  arriving  in  Colorado,  secured  employ- 
ment as  a  printer  in  Denver,  but  in  the  spring  of 
1880  went  to  Breckenridge,  where  he  prospected 
for  a  year.  Not  meeting  with  much  success,  he 
sought  other  fields  of  labor,  and  packing  his  blank- 
ets on  his  back, he  crossed  the  Ten-Mile  range  into 
Eagle  Park.  At  Holy  Cross,  in  Eagle  County, 
he  engaged  in  prospecting  and  mining  until  1884. 
Later  he  worked  in  mines  at  Leadville  for  a  short 
time.  During  the  same  year  he  rode  on  horse- 
back from  Leadville  to  Glenwood  Springs,  and 
from  this  place  went  to  White  River,  where  he 
located  a  ranch.  Soon,  however,  he  abandoned 
the  land,  having  determined  that  Glenwood  was 
to  be  his  future  home.  At  that  time  the  town 
had  no  houses,  its  site  being  unmarked  save  by 
a  few  tents,  but  he  had  faith  in  its  future  and  be- 
lieved at  no  distant  day  it  would  be  one  of  the 
best  towns  in  western  Colorado.  For  a  time  he 
engaged  in  prospecting  at  Aspen,  expecting  to 
strike  a  vein  of  rich  ore,  but  in  this  he  was  dis- 
appointed. Packing  his  blankets,  he  again  sought 
Glenwood  Springs,  and  accepted  the  first  work 
that  was  offered  him.  For  several  months  he 
worked  at  breaking  rock  in  the  tunnel  of  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad,  east  of  the  town, 
after  which  he  was  employed  in  the  office  of  the 
Ute  Chief,  a  weekly  paper,  and  in  the  spring  of 
the  following  year  (1887)  he  purchased  the  Daily 
News,  a  newly -started  paper.  This  he  conducted 
until  1889,  when  it  was  consolidated  with  the 
Daily  Ute  Chief,  and  soon  afterward  sold  to 
George  Banning.  After  disposing  of  it  he  went 
to  Carbondale  and  purchased  the  plant  of  the 


Advance,  the  name  of  which  he  changed  to  the 
Carbondale  Avalanche.  The  first  issue  of  this 
paper  was  made  July  12,  1889,  and  he  continued 
to  publish  it  until  he  moved  the  plant  to  Glen- 
wood. The  paper  gives  expression  to  the  edi- 
tor's opinions,  which  are  strongly  in  favor  of  the 
re-establishment  of  silver  upon  a  1 6- to- 1  basis, 
and  also  in  favor  of  a  protective  tariff  which  will 
protect  home  industries. 

In  1891  Mr.  Holmes  married  Miss  Mary  Nixon, 
of  Lewiston,  Me.  They  are  the  parents  of  five 
daughters,  Carrie  Nixon,  Etta  May,  May  Linn, 
Josephine  and  Clara  Frances. 


(JACOB  J.  ABBOTT,  member  of  the  firm  of 
I  Abbott  Brothers,  civil  and  mining  engineers 
(*/  and  United  States  deputy  mineral  surveyors 
at  Lake  City,  was  born  in  Uxbridge,  Mass.,  in 
1850,  a  son  of  Jacob  J.  Abbott,  D.  D.,  and  Mar- 
garet Whitin  Abbott,  natives  respectively  of  Ver- 
mont and  Massachusetts.  His  father,  who  was 
educated  at  Dartmouth  College,  gave  his  active 
years  tothe  ministry  of  theCongregational  Church, 
holding  pastorates  in  Massachusetts,  Maine  and 
Vermont.  Deeply  interested  in  whatever  tended 
to  advance  educational  interests,  he  served  for 
many  years  as  .a  trustee  of  both  Dartmouth  and 
Bowdoin  Colleges.  During  the  war  he  had 
charge  of  the  work  of  the  Christian  Commission 
at  Washington,  in  connection  with  which  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  filled  an  importantposition, 
although  then  but  a  boy  of  fourteen  years.  In 
the  ministry,  in  educational  affairs  and  in  public 
matters  alike  his  influence  was  felt.  His  life  was 
useful  and  active  and  no  one  more  than  he  lived 
solely  to  do  good  to  others.  He  died  at  his  home 
in  New  Haven  in  1878,  and  church  and  educa- 
tional circles  of  New  England  keep  his  memory 
green.  The  family  of  which  he  was  an  honored 
member  has  been  represented  in  this  country 
since  the  early  part  of  the  seventeenth  century, 
coming  from  England  to  Andover,  Mass. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  four  sons, 
the  others  of  whom  were  named  as  follows:  James 
W.,  his  partner  at  Lake  City;  William  W.,  form- 
erly a  resident  of  Lake  City,  but  more  recently  a 
teacher  in  Massachusetts,  Connecticut  and  North 
Carolina;  and  Paul  W.,  of  Whitinsville,  Mass. 
There  was  also  a  daughter,  Helen,  who  is  no 
longer  living. 

The  classical  education  of  our  subject  was 
acquired  at  Yale  University,  from  the  Sheffield 
scientific  department  of  which  he  graduated  in 


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1872,  and  then  continuing  his  studies  in  the  higher 
course  of  the  post-graduate  department  of  the 
university  he  obtained  in  1874  a  second  degree  of 
Civil  Engineer. 

In  1875  he  came  to  Lake  City,  in  company 
with  his  older  brother,  and  the  two  embarked  in 
civil  and  mining  engineering  at  this  place,  since 
which  time  the  firm  of  Abbott  Brothers  has  sur- 
veyed and  patented  most  of  the  mining  claims  in 
Hinsdale  County  and  many  in  other  counties  of 
Colorado.  His  work  has  been  principally  that  of 
establishing  boundary  lines  and  perfecting  titles 
for  mining  claims.  This  work  is  always  ably 
done  and  its  accuracy  has  never  been  called  into 
question.  He  and  his  brother  built  the  Henson 
Creek  toll  road  from  Lake  City  to  Engineer 
Mountain,  known  as  the  Lake  City  and  Uncom- 
pahgre  road,  without  which  neither  the  town  nor 
the  county  could  maintain  an  existence.  Nearly 
all  of  the  roads  in  the  county  have  been  built 
under  his  supervision.  He  now  has  charge  of 
the  construction  of  the  great  reservoir  at  Lake 
San  Cristobal, owned  by  A.  E.  Reynolds,  of  Den- 
ver, which  will  be  one  of  the  largest  in  the  state 
and  will  generate  electric  power  for  the  use  of 
several  important  mines  of  the  county.  He  is 
actively  engaged  in  the  development  of  the  min- 
eral resources  of  Hinsdale  County  and  his  work 
in  that  direction  is  of  the  most  important  nature. 
He  has  in  turn  been  both  mayor  and  trustee  of 
the  town  of  Lake  City  and  has  served  a  term  as 
superintendent  of  public  instruction  and  held  the 
office  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  a  number  of 
years. 

February  26,  1877,  Mr.  Abbott  married  Jenny, 
daughter  of  Enoch  and  Mary  (Seabury)  Farring- 
ton,  of  Auburn,  Me.  Mr.  Farrington  was  the 
most  noted  tenor  singer  in  New  England  for  a 
long  term  of  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abbott  are  the 
parents  of  six  living  children:  Margaret,  Dudley, 
Farrington,  Jacob  J.,  Jr.,  Catharine  and  Cush- 
man,  all  of  them  born  in  Lake  City.  Their 
youngest  child,  Dorothy,  rests  by  her  grand- 
father's side  in  the  beautiful  family  cemetery  at 
Whitinsville,  Mass. 


•J.  HULANISKI,  proprietor  and  editor  of 
Trt  the  Silverite  Plain  Dealer,  is  among  the 
I  '  ,  leading  newspaper  men,  not  only  of  Ouray 
County,  but  of  the  entire  San  Juan  country. 
Formerly  the  editor  of  the  Plain  Dealer ;  which 
he  purchased  on  coming  to  Ouray  in  1890,  five 


years  later,  by  consolidation  with  the  Silverite, 
he  formed  the  newspaper  which  he  now  owns  and 
publishes.  Through  his  energy  and  ability  he 
has  been  an  important  factor  in  the  promotion  of 
local  enterprises.  He  has  made  his  paper  the 
medium  through  which  he  reaches  the  people, 
arousing  them  to  a  feeling  of  duty  regarding 
needed  reforms,  interesting  them  in  desired  im- 
provements and  keeping  them  informed  concern- 
ing the  issues  of  the  age.  Justly  he  may  regard 
with  pride  his  paper  and  the  influence  it  has  ex- 
erted over  the  people.  To  his  labor  is  due  not 
a  little  of  the  progress  made  by  Ouray,  which, 
with  its  good  hotels,  schools  and  banks,  its  hot 
springs,  its  electric  lights,  sewerage, water  works, 
etc.,  situated,  as  it  is,  in  the  midst  of  lofty  moun- 
tains, rich  in  silver  and  gold,  may  well  be  called 
one  of  the  finest  towns  of  southwestern  Colorado. 

The  Hulaniski  family  is  of  Polish  descent. 
Our  subject's  father,  Julian  Hulaniski,  was  born 
and  educated  in  Poland,  and  owned  large  estates 
there,  but  these  he  lost  during  the  insurrection  of 
his  country.  He  was  a  man  of  splendid  attain- 
ments and  broad  knowledge,  especially  proficient 
in  the  languages.  He  was  a  colonel  in  the  army 
at  the  time  of  the  rebellion  against  Russia,  and 
on  account  of  his  connection  with  this  unhappy 
and  disastrous  attempt  to  gain  liberty  for  Poland, 
he  was  banished.  He  came  to  the  United  States 
and  for  a  time  was  a  teacher  of  languages  in  New 
York  City,  but  afterward  removed  to  Iowa, where 
he  engaged  in  civil  engineering  and  in  the  sur- 
veying of  railroads.  He  died  in  1860,  when  fifty 
years  of  age. 

Born  in  Iowa  in  1860, our  subject  was  educated 
in  the  military  academy  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  and 
Omaha  (Neb.)  College.  While  in  Omaha  he 
learned  the  printer's  trade,  at  which  he  served 
an  apprenticeship  with  the  Omaha  Herald.  In 
1875  he  went  to  Kansas  and  became  connected 
with  the  Leavenworth  Times  and  later  was  with 
the  Topeka  Capital.  In  1883  he  established  the 
Western  Empire  at  Alton,  a  weekly  journal,  of 
which  he  was  editor  and  proprietor  until  1888. 
He  also  built  up  the  Kansas  City  Sun,  which  be- 
came a  reportorial  journal.  On  selling  it  in  1889 
he  came  to  Ouray,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
In  the  fall  of  1895  ^e  was  elected,  on  the  Populist 
ticket,  judge  of  Ouray  County,  which  office  he 
filled  for  three  years. 

Fraternally  Judge  Hulaniski  is  a  member  of 
Mount  Hayden  Lodge  No.  78,  K.  P.,  in  which 
he  is  past  chancellor  commander;  and  he  is  also 


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identified  with  Columbine  Company  No.  15,  Uni- 
form Rank.  In  1880  he  married  Ruth  Kerr,  of 
Kansas,  by  whom  he  has  three  daughtersrOpal, 
Ruth  and  Marcia.  Having  made  journalism  his 
life  study,  he  has  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  . 
of  its  every  detail,  and  this  knowledge,  combined 
with  his  good  judgment  and  business  ability, 
has  enabled  him  to  attain  a  high  rank  among 
the  journalists  of  the  west. 

Judge  Hulaniski's  latest  venture  is  probably 
the  most  important  in  recent  years,  and  through 
it  he  will  no  doubt  win  fresh  laurels  and  financial 
success.  This  is  the  incorporation  of  a  large 
publishing  company  in  Denver,  in  April  of  1899, 
with  some  of  the  best-known  men  of  the  state  of 
Colorado  interested  with  him.  They  are  pub- 
lishing the  Colorado  Democrat,  the  only  general 
state  paper  which  is  Democratic  in  politics,  and 
the  only  Democratic  paper  in  the  city  of  Denver. 
He  alternates  his  time  between  Ouray  and  Den- 
ver, and  edits  both  the  papers  here  mentioned. 


HON.  WILUAM  STORY.  There  are  few 
citizens  of  Ouray  who  have  been  more 
prominent  •  than  Judge  Story,  whose  life 
strikingly  illustrates  the  force  of  well-directed 
energy,  steadfast  purpose  and  never  ceasing 
effort.  Through  his  successful  career  as  an 
attorney  he  has  gained  the  prestige  which  ability 
always  wins,  while  through  his  efficient  service  as 
lieutenant-governor  of  Colorado  his  name  was 
brought  prominently  before  the  people  of  the 
state.  He  has  given  liberally  of  time,  means  and 
thought  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  state  and 
secure  the  advancement  of  its  best  interests. 

The  success  which  has  come  to  Judge  Story  is 
largely  due  to  qualities  of  determination  and  per- 
severance, inherited  from  a  long  line  of  God-fear- 
ing, law-abiding  ancestors.  He  is  a  descendant  of 
the  Marion,  Roddock  and  Story  families,  well 
known  in  the  early  history  of  Massachusetts. 
His  father,  Capt.  John  P.  Story,  a  sea-faring  man, 
the  son  'of  Capt.  William  Story  and  grandson  of 
Dr.  Elisha  Story  of  Revolutionary  fame,  was  born 
in  Marblehead,  Mass.,  and  having  acquired  a 
competence,  at  about  the  age  of  thirty  years  set- 
tled in  Wisconsin,  where  he  married  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Quarles  and  where  the  subject  of  our  sketch 
was  born  in  1843.  Judge  Story  went  to  school 
in  Waukesha,  Wis. ,  Salem,  Mass.,  and  Ann 
Arbor,  Mich.,  graduating- from  the  law  depart- 
ment of  the  Michigan  University  in  1864,  after 


which  he  enlisted  in  the  Thirty-ninth  Regular 
Wisconsin  Infantry,  serving  until  the  regiment 
was  mustered  out. 

In  the  fall  of  1865  he  entered  the  law  office  of 
Carter,  Pitkin  &  Davis,  of  Milwaukee  (Mr.  Pitkin 
being  later  governor  of  Colorado).  In  Septem- 
ber, 1866,  at  the  request  of  Col.  L,aFayette 
Gregg,  afterward  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of 
that  state,  he  went  to  Fayetteville,  Ark.  In  1867 
Mr.  Story  was  oppointed  by  Governor  Murphy 
of  Arkansas  judge  of  the  circuit  court,  a  position 
he  held  until  the  adoption  of  the  new  constitu- 
tion in  1868,  when  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Clayton  circuit  judge  for  a  term  of  six  years.  In 
1869  he  was  appointed  special  chief  justice  of  the 
supreme  court  of  the  state,  his  duty  being  to 
write  the  opinions  in  cases  in  which  the  chief 
justice  had  been  engaged  in  the  lower  courts. 
In  March,  1871,  he  was  appointed"  by  President 
Grant  judge  of  the  United  States  district  court  for 
the  western  district  of  Arkansas,  which  office  he 
resigned  in  July,  1874,  and,  in  the  hope  of  recover- 
ing his  health,  which  had  been  greatly  shattered, 
removed  to  Denver,  Colo.,  where  he  resided  for 
three  years.  In.i877  he  went  to  Ouray  and  soon 
acquired  a  large  practice.  In  1883  Judge  Stevens 
became  his  partner  and  the  partnership  of  Story 
&  Stevens  continued  until  December  31,  1897, 
when  the  new  firm  of  Story  &  Story  was  formed, 
the  junior  member  being  his  son,  a  graduate  of 
Cornell  University.  During  the  greater  portion 
of  the  first  ten  years  of  his  residence  in  Ouray  he 
was  attorney  for  both  city  and  county.  In 
September,  1888,  he  was  nominated  for  the  office 
of  judge  of  the  seventh  judicial  district  of  Colo- 
rado, but  declined  the  honor,  preferring  to  devote 
his  time  to  the  practice  of  law.  In  •  1890  he  was 
nominated  by  the  Republican  party  and  elected 
lieutenant-governor  of  Colorado — running  largely 
ahead  of  his  ticket  in  that  portion  of  the  state  in 
which  he  was  best  known. 

Engrossed  as  he  has  been  with  professional 
duties,  Judge  Story's  activities  have  not  been 
limited  to  law.  He  has  been  largely  interested 
in  mining,  banking  and  other  enterprises.  For 
many  years  he  was  president  of  The  San  Miguel 
Valley  Bank  and  its  successor,  The  First  National 
Bank  of  Telluride.  He  was  president  of  The 
Ouray  and  San  Juan  Wagon  Road  Company 
during  the  greater  portion  of  the  time  that  com- 
pany was  constructing  its  famous  toll  road  from 
Ouray  to  Red  Mountain;  was  interested  in  the 
building  of  the  Rio  Grande  Southern  Railroad 


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and  is  interested  in  and  attorney  for  The  San 
Miguel  (Consolidated  Gold  Mining  Company,  The 
Telluride  Power  Transmission  Company  and 
other  corporations.  His  time  has  also  been  given 
to  needed  legislation,  and  a  number  of  bills,  after- 
ward enacted  into  laws,  of  importance  to  his  sec- 
tion and  helpful  to  the  state  at  large,  were  pre- 
pared by  him;  among  others  being  the  bills  passed 
by  the  Eighth  General  Assembly  providing  that 
the  expenses  of  the  counties  of  this  state  shall  not 
exceed  the  revenues  derived  by  them  from  taxa- 
tion, and  requiring  them  to  do  business  on  a  cash 
basis.  In  October,  1871,  he  married  Ada  B., 
daughter  of  Daniel  A.  Olin,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis., 
and  with  his  wife  and  two  children  (Ada  B.  and 
William)  still  resides  at  Ouray,  Colo.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  Ouray  Lodge  No.  37, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Kilwinning  Chapter  No.  21, 
R.  A.  M.,  and  Ouray  Commandery,  K.  T. 


/JjEORGE  P.  DUDLEY.  It  was  in  1877  that 
|_  Mr.  Dudley  settled  upon  his  present  prop- 
\J^  erty,  one  mile  west  of  Garo,  and  here  he 
began  in  the  cattle  business  and  in  raising  hay. 
In  1883  he  became  interested  in  the  sheep  indus- 
try. About  1888  he  sold  his  cattle  interests  and 
has  since  devoted  his  attention  exclusively  to  the 
breeding  of  sheep. 

Born  in  Oswego  County,  N.  Y.,  April  16,  1838, 
our  subject  was  one  of  the  six  children  of  Rev. 
Ira  and  Margaret  (Ferris)  Dudley.  Of  the  fam- 
ily two  daughters  and  two  sons  are  living.  Mary 
A.  is  the  wife  of  J.  B.  Curtis,  of  Hannibal, 
N.  Y.;  Emily  is  the  widow  of  L.  M.  Webb,  of 
Pueblo,  Colo.;  and  Judson-  H.  is  a  mining  ex- 
pert with  headquarters  in  Denver.  Rev.  Ira  Dud- 
ley was  born  in  Vermont  in  1799  and  at  the  age 
of  about  twelve  years  went  to  New  York  with 
his  parents,  the  journey  through  trackless  forests, 
destitute  of  roads,  being  made  by  the  aid  of 
blazed  trees.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  Cayuga 
County,  and  in  early  manhood  studied  for  the 
ministry  and  was  ordained  to  officiate  in  the 
clergy  of  the  Baptist  Church.  The  greater  part 
of  his  ministerial  life  was  passed  in  eastern  and 
northern  New  York.  About  1845  he  went,  via 
wagon,  to  Michigan,  where  he  held  a  pastorate. 
Four  years  later  he  removed  to  Illinois,  where  for 
three  years  he  preached  in  Bloomingdale  and  St. 
Charles.  Returning  thence  to  New  York  state, 
he  continued  to  preach  the  gospel  as  long  as  his 
physical  health  permitted.  He  died  at  eighty- 
five  years  of  age. 


The  Dudleys  are  descended  from  Samuel  Dud- 
ley,who  emigrated  from  Northamptonshire,  Eng- 
land, with  his  father  and  family,  about  the  year 
1630,  making  the  voyage  on  the  "Arbella." 
•  He  settled  at  Newton  (now  Old  Cambridge), 
Mass. 

After  having  attended  public  schools  for  some 
years,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  entered  Fulton 
Academy,  where  he  spent  two  years,  and  after- 
ward studied  for  two  terms  in  Hamilton  College. 
While  still  a  boy  his  father  purchased  a  farm, 
and  the  management  of  this  place  was  given 
into  his  hands.  When  he  was  still  less  than 
twenty-one,  his  father  moved  from  the  farm  and 
he  acquired  a  half-interest  in  the  property,  of  the 
cultivation  of  which  he  took  full  charge.  March 
21,  1861,  he  married  Miss  Emma  J.  Lawrence, 
daughter  of  Russell  C.  Lawrence,  a  prominent 
manufacturer  of  woolen  goods  near  Perth,  Lower 
Canada.  Her  great-grandfather,  Capt.  Henry 
Lawrence,  came  to  America  with  the  British  army 
during  the  Revolutionary  war  and  afterward  set- 
tled permanently  in  Vermont. 

With  a  view  to  engaging  in  the  stock  business 
in  Colorado,  our  subject  came  here  in  the  fall  of 
1863.  He  engaged  in  the  freighting  business, 
starting  for  Colorado  from  the  Missouri  River  in 
the  spring  of  1864  and  continuing  freighting  to 
Denver  and  as  far  as  Virginia  City,  Idaho,  for 
some  two  years.  Finally  the  hostility  of  the 
Indians  drove  him  out  of  the  business.  Return- 
ing to  New  York,  our  subject  sold  his  farm  and 
settled  his  business  affairs.  With  his  family,  in 
1868,  he  settled  in  Johnson  County,  Mo.  In  the 
spring  of  1874  he  moved  to  Colorado  and  settled 
one  mile  above  Alma,  Park  County,  pre-empting 
the  land  for  the  town  of  Dudley.  He  continued 
in  that  place,  interested  in  mining,  until  1877, 
when  he  removed  to  the  property  he  still  owns. 
From  1884  to  1887  he  served  as  commissioner  of 
Park  County.  For  many  years  he  served  as  sec- 
retary of  the  school  board.  The  success  that  he 
has  attained  since  coming  to  Colorado  is  the  result 
of  his  own  sturdy  will  and  determination  of  char- 
acter. He  is  industrious  and  painstaking  in  all 
of  his  work.  The  many  details  connected  with 
ranch  life  receive  his  close  attention.  Nothing 
escapes  his  careful  oversight.  To  this  is  largely 
due  his  prosperity. 

Three  daughters  were  born  to  the  union  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dudley.  The  eldest  of  these,  Cora 
L.,  is  a  lady  of  superior  attainments  and  broad 
culture.  She  was  educated  in  Fulton  (N.  Y.) 


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Academy,  and  became  the  wife  of  Louis  Guiraud, 
now  deceased.  During  the  World's  Fair  in  Chi- 
cago she  was  assistant  secretary  of  the  board  of 
commissioners  of  Colorado,  and  afterward  went 
to  Europe,  where  she  represented  the  press  and 
some  gold  mining  interests  of  Colorado  at  the  ex- 
position in  Antwerp,  Belgium.  Georgia  Belle,  de- 
ceased, was  the  wife  of  Harold  Chalmers,  of  Park 
County,  and  at  her  death  left  a  daughter,  Ellen 
Belle.  The  youngest  daughter,  Margaret  E.,  who 
was  educated  at  Fulton  Academy,  is  the  wife  of 
W.  H.  Ball,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  has  one 
son,  George  Dudley. 


HON.  THOMAS  A.  RUCKER.  Both  on  the 
bench  and  at  the  bar  Judge  Rucker  has 
gained  an  enviable  reputation  for  acuteness 
and  breadth  of  mental  faculties,  the  power  of 
logical  reasoning  and  extent  of  legal  knowledge. 
When  he  came  to  Aspen,  Pitkin  County,  in  1881, 
he  established  himself  in  practice,  in  which  he 
has  since  continued,  with  the  exception  of  the 
periods  in  which  he  held  public  office.  As  a 
jurist  he  has  been  characterized  by  strict  im- 
partiality, close  application  to  business,  and  the 
observance  of  principles  founded  on  integrity. 
He  has  won  success  and  a  creditable  place  in  the 
estimation  of  his  fellow-citizens. 

The  Rucker  family  was  among  the  earliest  set- 
tlers of  Kentucky,  where  its  members  owned 
large  tracts  of  land  and  took  an  active  part  in 
political  affairs.  James  Willis  Rucker,  the  judge's 
father,  was  born  in  that  state  and  for  a  number  of 
years  served  as  a  member  of  the  Kentucky  state 
legislature.  By  his  marriage  to  Elizabeth  Jones, 
of  that  state,  daughter  of  David  Jones,  a  pros- 
perous farmer,  he  had  a  family  of  three  daugh- 
ters and  four  sons,  of  whom  two  daughters  are 
deceased,  the  third,  Mrs.  M.  V.  Warren,  being  a 
resident  of  Arizona.  Of  the  sons,  David  is  de- 
ceased; Judge  A.  W.  Rucker  resides  in  Denver; 
and  J.  W.  is  a  farmer  living  near  Denver. 

Born  in  Cole  County,  Mo.,  May  i,  1844,  the 
subject  of  this  review  received  his  education  in 
local  schools  and  Bethany  College,  an  institution 
founded  by  Alexander  Campbell  and  his  co- 
workers  during  the  early  part  of  the  nineteenth 
century  and  which  is  still  one  of  the  prominent 
colleges  of  the  Christian  Church.  He  took  up 
the  study  of  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Missouri  in  1869,  where  he  began  practice.  In 
1874  he  settled  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where  he 
built  up  a  good  practice  and  remained  until  his 


removal  to  Aspen,  Colo.,  in  1881.  Two  years 
after  he  settled  in  Pitkin  County  he  was  elected 
county  judge,  which  office  he  filled  from  1883  to 
1886.  During  the  latter  year  Governor  Adams 
appointed  him  district  judge  of  the  ninth  judicial 
district,  to  fill  a  vacancy;  at  the  first  election 
afterward  he  was  regularly  elected,  and  has  since 
succeeded  himself  in  the  office  at  each  subsequent 
election.  He  is  considered  to  be  one  of  the  ablest 
judges  in  his  part  of  the  state,  and  his  decisions 
are  held  in  high  respect  by  the  supreme  court. 

In  1867  Judge  Rucker  married  Mariam  B. 
Pemberton,  a  native  of  Pettis  County,  Mo.,  and  a 
daughter  of  George  M.  and  Melissa  M.  Pember- 
ton, both  natives  of  Kentucky,  but  who  moved  to 
Missouri  with  their  parents  previous  to  their 
marriage.  Judge  and  Mrs.  Rucker  have  two 
sons:  T.  P.  Rucker,  M.  D.,  who  is  a  physician 
at  Basalt,  Colo. ;  and  Addison  W.,  a  business  man 
in  Aspen.  The  Rucker  family  was  strongly 
Democratic  from  early  days  and  the  judge  was 
•  reared  in  the  faith  of  this  party,  with  which  he 
has  always  voted,  although  he  is  inclined  to  be 
rather  liberal  in  political  matters.  Since  1868  he 
has  been  identified  with  the  Masonic  Order,  and 
he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Elks. 


FT  R.  CROSIER,  who  resides  on  Michegan 
Ky  Creek,  six  miles  below  Jefferson,  is  one  of 
L_  .  the  substantial  and  successful  ranchmen  of 
Park  County,  and  is  also  justice  of  the  peace  in 
his  district,  which  office  he  has  held,  almost  con- 
stantly, for  many  years.  He  is  a  native  of  Ver- 
mont, born  in  Waterville,  April  i,  1830,  a  son  of 
Edmund  L.  and  Lucy  (Hodgkins)  Crosier.  Of 
five  children  comprising  the  family,  he  and  his 
sister,  'Cynthia,  wife  of  George  W.  Foster,  of 
Woodbury,  Vt.,  are  the  sole  survivors.  Their 
father,  a  native  of  Lamoille  County,  Vt.,  learned 
in  youth  the  trade  of  carpenter,  but  early  in  life 
settled  upon  a  farm  and  afterward  devoted  himself 
to  agricultural  pursuits.  He  served  as  captain 
of  a  company  of  state  militia  and  for  many  years 
was  justice  of  the  peace.  His  death  occurred 
in  1848. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired  in 
common  schools  and  in  Morrisonville  and  John- 
ston Academies,  in  each  of  which  he  spent  one 
term.  When  his  father  died  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age,  and,  being  the  eldest  of  the  children, 
the  support  of  the  others  devolved  largely  upon 
him.  Until  the  fall  of  1855  he  engaged  in  teach- 
ing school  and  in  general  contracting.  Then, 


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his  health  being  poor  and  his  sisters  having  mar- 
ried, he  went  to  Wisconsin,  settling  in  lola, 
where  he  was  made  town  treasurer  and  constable. 
In  the  spring  of  1860  he  came  across  the  plains 
to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Denver  June  1 1  of  that 
year.  Shortly  afterward  he  went  to  Boulder 
County,  and  for  ten  years  engaged  in  mining 
there  and  in  Summit  County.  At  the  same  time 
he  was  interested  in  freighting,  having  a  partner 
who  attended  to  that  business  while  he  sought 
the  precious  metal. 

In  1865  Mr.  Crosier  took  up  a  ranch  on  Tarry- 
all  Creek,  twelve  miles  below  Jefferson,  and 
where  later  the  postoffice  of  Bordenville  was 
established.  There  he  spent  a  portion  of  his 
winters  until  1869,  when  he  sold  the  ranch,  re- 
turned to  Wisconsin  and  embarked  in  the  lumber 
business  on  the  Wolf  River.  In  1874  he  came 
back  to  Colorado  and  took  up  a  ranch  three  and 
one-half  miles  from  Jefferson,  on  Michegan 
Creek.  There  he  engaged  in  the  haying  and 
stock  business  until  1895.  From  1877  to  1880  he 
served  as  county  commissioner,  to  which  office 
he  was  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket.  In 
1895  he  sold  his  ranch  and  went  to  Mesa  County, 
buying  a  ranch,  of  which  his  son,  Lelon  J.,  is 
now  manager,  in  connection  with  a  ranch  of  his 
own.  However,  he  found  the  climate  too  warm 
to  be  enjoyable  and  in  1896  returned  to  Park 
County,  settling  on  the  land  which  he  has  since 
superintended.  While  in  Wisconsin,  in  1860, 
he  was  made  a  Mason.  After  coming  to  Colo- 
rado he  affiliated  with  the  lodge  in  Central  City, 
but  later  removed  his  membership  to  Doric  Lodge 
No.  25,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Fairplay.  June  14, 
1864,  he  married  Miss  Lucinda  Blandin,  daughter 
of  C.  K.  and  Melissa  Blandin,  residents  of  Iowa, 
Wis.  One  child  blessed  their  union,  Lelon  J., 
now  living  in  Mesa  County,  Colo. 


'HOMAS  T.  BART  LETT  is  living  retired 
at  Fort  Garland,  Costilla  County,  which 
was  the  scene  of  many  of  his  adventures  in 
pioneer  days.  He  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass., 
November  30,  1829,  a  son  of  Hosea  and  Abagail 
(Tilden)  Bartlett,  natives  respectively  of  Plym- 
outh and  Boston.  In  1849,  when  twenty  years 
of  age,  he  took  passage  on  a  sailing  vessel  bound 
for  California,  and  rounded  the  horn,  landing  in 
San  Francisco  during  August  of  that  year.  From 
that  city  the  brig  sailed  up  the  Sacramento  River 
to  the  capital  city,  and  thence  he  traveled  fifty 
miles  northwest  to  Coloma,  where  he  engaged 


in  placer  mining  for  two  years.  While  he  met 
with  fair  success,  he  was  afterward  unfortunate 
in  the  loss  of  his  savings  by  an  attempt  to  build 
a  huge  dam  on  the  middle  fork  of  the  American 
River.  From  his  $2,000  invested,  all  he  got  was 
a  mess  of  fish. 

Abandoning  mining  in  1851,  Mr.  Bartlett 
turned  his  attention  to  steamboating  between 
Sacramento  and  San  Francisco,  being  on  a  boat 
called  the  "New  World."  During  the  latter 
part  of  his  five  years  on  the  river  he  ranked  as 
mate.  Afterward,  for  five  years,  he  was  em- 
ployed on  the  Sacramento  Union.  When  the 
Civil  war  began,  in  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany C,  First  Cavalry  of  California,  in  which  he 
served  as  corporal.  His  command,  which  was 
under  Brig. -Gen.  James  H.  Carleton,  was  intended 
to  have  been  a  battalion  of  ten  companies  of 
infantry  and  five  of  cavalry,  but  seven  companies 
were  added,  making  a  full  regiment.  He  saw 
service  in  New  Mexico,  Arizona,  California  and 
Colorado,  and  was  engaged  principally  in  quell- 
ing Indian  insurrections  on  plains  and  frontier. 
In  1863  he  was  detailed  as  General  Carleton's 
escort  at  Santa  Fe  and  was  made  second  lieuten- 
ant of  Company  C,  First  New  Mexico  Infantry, 
but  the  order  being  given  to  stop  all  muster-in, 
he  was  not  mustered  in,  although  commissioned  a 
lieutenant.  He  was  commissioned  regimental 
quartermaster  of  the  First  New  Mexico  Cavalry, 
Kit  Carson  commanding,  and  remained  with  that 
regiment  until  he  was  mustered  out  some  months 
after  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  then  com- 
missioned first  lieutenant  of  Company  C,  First 
Battalion  of  New  Mexico  Volunteers,  Kit  Carson 
lieutenant-colonel,  and  remained  as  such  until  he 
was  mustered  out  at  Santa  Fe  in  November,  1867. 
During  the  last  two  years  of  his  army  life  he  was 
intimately  associated  with  that  intrepid  frontiers- 
man, Kit  Carson,  and  when  he  was  mustered  out 
he  accompanied  his  commander  from  Fort  Gar- 
land to  Santa  Fe  for  that  purpose. 

The  first  time  that  Mr.  Bartlett  came  to  Fort 
Garland,  it  was  as  an  officer  in  the  army,  for  the 
purpose  of  quelling  an  uprising  among  the 
Indians  of  the  San  Luis  Valley.  He  spent  one 
year  and  six  months  at  the  fort  before  he  was  dis- 
charged from  the  service.  Upon  retiring  from 
the  army  he  married  and  settled  in  the  San  Luis 
Valley,  where  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business 
until  1880.  He  then  sold  out  and  returned  to 
Missouri,  accepting  a  position  with  Samuel  C. 
Davis  &  Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  with  whom  he  re- 


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mained  for  six  years.  In  1886  he  returned  to 
this  valley  and  has  since  made  his  home  in  Fort 
Garland.  For  five  years  he  was  employed  by 
Ferd  Meyer  at  Costilla.  Politically  he  is  a  stanch 
Republican.  In  1875  and  1878  he  was  elected 
sheriff  of  Costilla  County.  His  wife,  Maria 
Antonia  Lewis,  whom  he  married  at  Carson's 
headquarters  in  Fort  Garland  in  August,  1867, 
died  in  1896,  two  years  after  the  death  of  their 
only  son,  Thomas  M.,  a  promising  young  man  of 
twenty  years. 

HON.  JAMES  O.  CAMPBELL.  The  standing 
of  any  community  depends  as  much  upon 
the  character  of  its  public  men  as  upon  its 
local  industries.  During  the  four  years  that  he 
represented  Montrose,  San  Miguel  and  Dolores 
Counties  in  the  state  senate,  Mr.  Campbell  be- 
came known  throughout  Colorado  as  a  man  of 
public  spirit  and  progressive  character,  one  who 
favored  measures  for  the  benefit  of  the  people 
and  who  held  positive  opinions  upon  all  subjects 
of  importance.  All  projects  for  the  promotion  of 
the  welfare  of  his  constituents  in  the  seventeenth 
senatorial  district  met  with  his  hearty  endorse- 
ment, and  his  representation  was  entirely  satis- 
factory to  all,  and  highly  creditable  to  himself. 
Refusing  renomination,  in  1898  he  retired  from 
office. 

The  Campbell  family  is  of  Scottish  origin. 
Robert  Campbell,  father  of  James  O.,  was  born 
in  Scotland,  but  in  early  life  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica and  in  1849  went  to  California,  while  ten  years 
later  he  was  found  among  the  pioneer  gold-hunters 
in  California  Gulch,  Colorado.  He  is  now  living 
the  life  of  a  retired  and  successful  farmer  in  Iowa. 
For  a  time  during  his  youth  he  followed  the  sea, 
but  during  one  of  his  voyages  he  left  his  ship  at 
San  Francisco  and  went  to  Feather  River  to  en- 
gage in  gold  mining.  By  his  marriage  to  Char- 
lotte Vincent,  of  England,  he  had  six  children. 
The  eldest  of  these,  James  O.  Campbell,  was 
born  in  Clinton  County,  Iowa,  in  1855.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  home  neigh- 
borhood and  in  Germany,  where  he  studied  from 
1873  to  1876,  becoming  conversant  with  the  Ger- 
man language  and  afterward  studying  mining  in 
a  famous  school  of  mines. 

On  his  return  to  the  United  States  Mr.  Camp- 
bell engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Iowa,  where 
he  remained  for  four  years.  On  account  of  poor 
health,  in  1880  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled 
at  Rico,  where  he  commenced  in  business  as  an 


assayer.  After  a  few  years  he  accepted  a  posi- 
tion as  superintendent  of  the  Santa  Clara  Mining 
and  Milling  Company,  which  position  he  resigned 
some  years  later  in  order  to  become  superintend- 
ent of  the  Jumbo  mine.  In  1892  he  opened  the 
Black  Hawk  mine,  of  which  he  is  now  superin- 
tendent. Having  made  a  life  study  of  mining,  he 
is  familiar  with  its  every  detail  and  is  especially 
well  qualified  to  make  a  success  of  his  ventures 
in  this  direction.  He  is  still  employed  as  assayer 
for  several  companies  and  also  acts  as  agent  and 
ore  buyer  for  the  Omaha  and  Grant  Smelting 
Company. 

In  politics  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Campbell  takes 
quite  an  active  part  in  public  affairs,  and  does 
whatever  seems  best  to  advance  the  interests  of 
his  town  and  county.  For  several  terms  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  town  board.  In  1888  and 
1889  he  held  office  as  county  superintendent  of 
public  schools  and  for  two  years  held  the  position 
of  justice  of  the  peace.  His  interest  in  educa- 
tional matters  has  been  shown  by  his  efficient 
service  for  five  years  as  president  of  the  Rico 
school  board.  From  1894  to  1898  he  represented 
his  district  in  the  senate,  serving  in  two  regular 
and  one  extra  sessions.  Besides  being  the  owner 
of  a  number  of  patented  mining  claims,  he  has  a 
ranch  of  one  hundred  acres  in  the  Las  Animas 
Valley  and  several  building  lots  in  Rico.  His 
entire  propert)'  is  the  result  of  his  unaided  ef- 
forts and  has  been  gained  by  judicious  invest- 
ments. For  his  success  he  deserves  especial 
credit,  when  it  is  considered  that  he  had  little 
assistance  in  obtaining  an  education,  but  worked 
his  way  through  school  in  Germany,  and  later 
taught  to  assist  in  defraying  his  expenses  in  the 
Iowa  State  Agricultural  College  in  1877-78.  In 
1888  he  married  Miss  Mattie  A.  Kincaid,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  Kincaid,  of  Illinois;  and  they  have 
one  child,  Melicent. 


HENRY  I.  HIGGINS  came  to  Leadville  in 
1883  and  has  since  been  identified  with  the 
mining  interests  of  this  district.     For  years 
he  has  been  manager  of  the  American  smelting 
works,  which  were  started  in   1879,  and  he  has 
his  office  in  the  American  National  Bank  build- 
ing.    Since  coming  to  Colorado  he  has  gained  a 
practical    knowledge    of   mining,    and    is    now 
thoroughly  familiar  with  all  the  minutia  of  the 
industry. 

Henry  I.   Higgins,  Sr.,  our  subject's  father, 
was  born  in  Maine,   and  removed  from  there  to 


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New  York  state,  later  going  to  Michigan,  where, 
as  in  the  other  places  of  his  residence,  he  engaged 
in  the  hardware  business.  Politically  he  was  a 
Republican  and  in  fraternal  relations  a  Mason. 
His  death  occurred  in  1876,  when  he  was  seventy- 
six  years  of  age.  He  married  Emily  Beecher,  a 
native  of  Ohio  and  a  distant  relative  of  Henry 
Ward  Beecher.  Of  their  marriage  nine  children 
were  born.  The  three  daughters  are:  Amelia, 
Ritta  and  Augusta  E.,  whose  husband,  George 
Clingman,  is  a  manufacturer  of  cigars  in  Cali- 
fornia; one  of  the  sons,  Charles  B.,  is  engaged  in 
mining  in  California;  and  another,  Alvin,  was  an 
attorney. 

Born  in  Livingston  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1836, 
our  subject  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Michigan 
in  childhood  and  there  attended  public  school. 
At  twenty  years  of  age  he  started  out  for  himself, 
and  went  to  Chicago,  where  for  fifteen  years  he 
was  connected  with  the  Chicago,  Burlington  & 
Quincy  Railroad,  as  purchasing  agent,  with 
headquarters  in  Chicago.  He  was  also  engaged 
in  the  iron  business  with  John  Ayers  &  Sons  for 
a  time.  In  1883  he  came  to  Colorado  and  has 
since  made  Leadville  his  home.  He  has  been 
prospered  financially  and,  without  assistance  from 
anyone,  has  gained  a  fair  degree  of  success,  being 
well  fixed  financially. 

In  1858  Mr.  Higgins  married  Augusta  F. 
Taylor,  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.  He  has  an  only  child, 
Cara,  who  is  the  wife  of  Lieut.  Henry  McCrea, 
an  officer  in  the  United  States  navy.  An  ardent 
believer  in  the  principles  advocated  by  the  Re- 
publican party,  he  gives  to  it  his  allegiance,  and 
is  a  faithful  supporter  of  party  principles  and 
candidates.  As  a  citizen  he  has  always  done  his 
duty,  and  has  maintained  a  hearty  sympathy  with 
all  plans  for  local  enterprises  and  improvements. 


RICHARD  K.  MACALESTER,  M.  D.,  resi- 
dent physician  for  the  Glenwood  Hot  Springs 
Company  at  Glenwood  Springs,  is  a  man 
whose  scholarly  attainments  and  broad  profes- 
sional knowledge  make  him  a  conspicuous  figure 
in  any  assemblage  of  people.  Possessing  the  cos- 
mopolitan tastes  of  one  who  has  traveled  widely, 
and  the  culture  of  one  who  has  rightly  interpreted 
Pope's  counsel  "Drink  deep,  or  taste  not  the 
Pierian  spring,"  with  mind  enriched  by  years  of 
study  in  this  country  and  abroad,  the  position 
which  he  occupies,  in  professional  circles  and  so- 
ciety, is  richly  merited  and  deservedly  held. 


Through  his  father,  Dr.  Macalester  descends 
from  ancestors  prominent  in  Philadelphia  business 
and  society  circles.  His  grandfather  and  great- 
grandfather, Charles  Macalester,  respectively, 
were  large  real-estate  owners  and  founders  of 
several  still  prosperous  business  corporations  and 
philanthropic  institutions,  while  his  maternal 
grandfather,  Dr.  Richard  S.  Kissam,  was  a 
prominent  physician  of  New  York,  and  a  son  of 
Richard  Kissam,  a  celebrated  surgeon  of  the  same 
city.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that  a  taste  for  pro- 
fessional life,  and  especially  for  the  science  of 
medicine,  is  an  inheritance  of  the  present  gen- 
eration. 

Born  in  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  in  1859,  Dr. 
Macalester  is  a  son  of  Charles  and  Julia  (Kissam) 
Macalester,  natives  respectively  of  Philadelphia 
and  New  York  City,  the  former  a  capitalist  in 
his  native  place,  where  he  made  his  home  during 
life.  In  the  family  were  five  children,  of  whom 
two  are  deceased;  and  one  of  the  sons,  Charles,  a 
gentleman  of  leisure,  has  a  world-wide  reputation 
in  sporting  circles  as  the  famous  amateur  pigeon 
shot  of  the  United  States.  One  daughter  is  mar- 
ried, and  resides  abroad.  The  second  son,  our 
subject,  was  given  in  youth  every  advantage, 
both  in  this  country  and  abroad,  which  ample 
means  could  provide,  and  he  is  said  to  be  one  of 
the  few  linguists  speaking  and  writing  four 
languages,  viz.:  English,  French,  German  and 
Italian — perfectly,  correctly  and  fluently.  In 
1883  he  completed  a  three-years  graded  course 
of  study  at  the  Swiss  Federal  Polytechnic  School. 
With  a  predilection  for  medical  studies,  his  read- 
ing was  then  turned  in  that  direction,  and  for 
seven  years  he  studied  and  worked  at  the  uni- 
versities and  hospitals  of  Heidelberg,  Vienna  and 
Zurich.  In  1890  he  took  his  degree  in  medicine 
at  the  university  of  the  last-named  city.  On 
his  return  to  the  United  States,  after  an  absence 
of  eighteen  years,  he  engaged  in  practice  in  New 
York  City,  where,  in  addition  to  his  private 
patronage,  he  acted  as  neurologist  to  the  Colum- 
bus Hospital,  physician  to  the  New  York  dis- 
pensary, the  West  Side  dispensary,  and  lecturer 
in  the  New  York  School  of  Clinical-Medicine. 
He  also  identified  himself  with  the  Lenox  Medi- 
cal Society,  the  New  York  County  Medical  So- 
ciety, the  American  Medical  Association  and 
other  medical  societies.  In  1898  he  came  to 
Colorado  to  accept  the  position  of  resident  phy- 
sician for  the  Glenwood  Hot  Springs  Company. 
Since  coining  here  he  has  associated  himself  with 


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the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society  and  has  be- 
come interested  in  climatological  influences  and 
their  relation  to  the  health,  as  well  as  in  the  value 
of  the  mineral  springs  as  a  remedial  agency  for 
various  chronic  diseases.  Politically  he  is  in 
sympathy  with  the  policy  •  of  the  Democratic 
party.  While  he  was  abroad,  in  1881,  Dr. 
Macalester  married  Miss  A.  Bauer,  by  whom  he 
has  four  children,  Richard  K.,  Alvina,  Olga  and 
Elizabeth  Lathrop. 


lEORGE  G.  BOOCO,  the  owner  of  real  estate 
and  ranching  interests  in  Minturn,  Eagle 
County,  was  born  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  and 
reared  in  Anderson,  that  state.  In  early  man- 
hood he  was  for  a  short  time  at  West  Lancaster, 
Ohio.  At  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  settled  in  Leadville,  in  1879,  during 
the  boom  days  of  that  town.  For  several  years 
he  engaged  in  the  mining  business,  leasing  and 
bonding  many  well-known  mines  in  that  district, 
and  he  still  owns  shares  in  a  number  of  mines 
there.  Before  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
road had  extended  its  track  to  Eagle  County  he 
located  a  ranch  at  what  is  now  Minturn,  and  it  is 
upon  his  land  that  the  town  is  built.  It  is  situ- 
ated in  a  small  valley  between  the  mountains, 
with  a  beautiful  stream,  Eagle  River,  running 
through  its  entire  extent.  There  are  rich  mines 
of  gold  and  silver  in  the  vicinity  and  many  mines 
waiting  for  capital  to  develop  their  valuable  re- 
sources. The  prospects  for  the  growth  of  the 
town  are  bright.  Mr.  Booco  has  realized  a  con- 
siderable amount  from  the  sale  of  his  lots  and  still 
owns  other  lots  that  are  advantageously  located, 
besides  which  he  has  a  fine  ranch  and  a  comfort- 
able home. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  William  Booco, 
came  west  in  1879  and  is  now  a  well-to-do  ranch- 
man at  Wolcott,  Eagle  County.  He  is  the  grand- 
son of  the  founder  of  the  family  in  this  country, 
a  Frenchman  who  accompanied  Lafayette  to  this 
country  and  aided  that  famous  general  in  liberat- 
ing the  colonies  from  their  bondage  to  England. 
The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Margaret  G. 
Gwinnup,  who  had  three  brothers  that  enlisted 
in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war  and  two 
died  while  fighting  for  the  government.  The 
paternal  grandmother  of  George  G.  Booco  was  a 
sister  of  General  Sherman. 

In  matters  of  politics  Mr.  Booco  was  a  Demo- 
crat until  the  People's  party  was  organized,  since 


which  time  he  has  voted  with  the  Populists  and 
worked  in  their  interests.  He  is  deeply  inter- 
ested in  educational  affairs  and  has  rendered  able 
service  as  a  member  of  the  Minturn  school  board. 


|  RS.  EVA  MYRA  BOOCO,  superintendent 
of  the  public  schools  of  Eagle  County,  and 
wife  of  George  G.  Booco,  was  born  in 
Keokuk,  Iowa,  a  member  of  a  southern  family 
that  owned  large  numbers  of  slaves,  besides  val- 
uable plantations.  Her  father,  Henry  Halloway 
Slaughter,  was  born  in  Virginia,  to  which  com- 
monwealth hjs  ancestors  had  emigrated  with  the 
colonists  of  Jamestown.  He  was  related  to  Gov- 
ernor Slaughter,  at  one  time  chief  executive  of 
New  York  state.  In  spite  of  the  fact  that  his 
family  were  mostly  southerners  and  slave-owners, 
he  took  his  stand  on  the  side  of  the  Union.  Re- 
ceiving a  number  of  slaves  as  his  share  in  the 
family  estate,  he  took  them  to  Iowa  and  set  them 
free.  For  this  act  he  was  severely  censured  by 
other  members  of  the  family.  The  freeing  of  the 
slaves  left  him  a  poor  man,  and  when  he  started 
in  business  it  was  without  capital.  He  opened  a 
dry-goods  store  in  Farmington,  Iowa,  and  by 
industry  and  good  management  accumulated  a 
competence. 

The  marriage  of  H.  H.  Slaughter  united  him 
with  Mary  Denny,  whose  ancestors  crossed  the 
ocean  from  Ireland  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and 
some  of  the  name,  in  after  years,  became  large 
slave  holders,  but  she  was  a  strong  believer  in 
the  Union  cause.  One  of  her  brothers  was  killed 
in  the  Civil  war.  She  is  still  living  and  makes 
her  home  in  Keokuk,  Iowa.  Of  her  children, 
Charles  Henry  is  a  wealthy  man  and  lives  in 
Iowa,  where  for  years  he  has  been  connected  with 
a  hardware  business;  Mrs.  C.  L.  Becker,  of 
Keokuk,  is  the  wife  of  a  wholesale  dealer  in  hard- 
ware; Mrs.  E.  V.  Nixon  is  the  wife  of  a  wealthy 
stockman  of  Arcata,  Cal.;  Mrs.  W.  F.  Dwight 
lives  in  Kansas  City;  Mrs.  William  Coombs  is  a 
resident  of  Lynn,  Mass.;  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Becker 
is  the  wife  of  a  hardware  merchant  of  Keokuk. 

Upon  completing  her  education,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  taught  for  five  years,  after  which  she 
traveled  in  California  and  the  west  for  two  years, 
and  then  taught  in  the  schools  of  Topeka,  Kan., 
for  two  years.  About  1885  she  came  to  Colorado, 
where  she  began  to  teach  in  Chaffee  County,  and 
for  a  time  was  employed  at  Poncho  Springs.  She 
came  to  Minturn  to  accept  a  position  in  the  school 
here,  and  in  this  town  met  Mr.  Booco,  who  was 


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a  member  of  the  school  board.  They  were  mar- 
ried in  1891,  and  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Florence  Irene.  Mrs.  Booco  is  identified  with 
the  People's  party  and  it  was  upon  that  ticket 
she  was  elected  superintendent  of  schools  of 
Eagle  County  in  1897,  a  position  that  her 
previous  experience  in  teaching  admirably  quali- 
fies her  to  fill.  She  has  given  educational  work 
considerable  thought  and  attention  and  is  not 
only  gifted  intellectually,  but  is  also  a  logical 
reasoner  and  acute  observer,  and  labors  con- 
stantly to  improve  the  conditions  of  the  schools 
under  her  charge.  She  is  a  sincere  Christian 
and  in  religious  belief  is  a  Congregationalist. 


j~~  DGAR  MARCELLA  MARBOURG,  C.E..M.D. 
TO  oculist  and  aurist,  with  office  in  the  Pope 
I  block,  Pueblo,  is  a  descendant  of  families 
that  have  borne  an  active  and  prominent  part  in 
the  history  of  our  country.  He  represents  the 
fourth  generation  of  the  Marbourg  family  that 
has  resided  in  America,  the  first  of  the  name  in 
this  country  having  been  Dr.  Max  Marbourg,  a 
native  of  the  town  of  Marbourg,  in  the  south  of 
France,  and  a  surgeon  on  the  staff  of  Michel 
Ney,  marshal  of  France  during  the  Napoleonic 
wars.  After  his  retirement  from  the  army  he 
crossed  the  ocean  to  Baltimore  and  from  there  re- 
moved to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  at  ninety  - 
nine  years  of  age. 

On  the  maternal  side,  Dr.  Marbourg  descends 
from  John  Wright,  a  large  land  owner  near  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  was  born.  At  the  opening  of 
the  Revolutionary  war  he  enlisted  in  the  colonial 
army  as  a  private  and  was  afterward,  by  succes- 
sive promotions,  made  captain  of  a  company. 
He  served,  by  re-enlistment,  until  the  close  of  the 
war.  His  father,  William ,  was  born  on  the  same 
farm  as  himself,  and  was  a  son  of  Joseph  Wright, 
who  emigrated  from  Wales  to  Philadelphia  and 
bought  land  from  William  Penn,  July  31,  1694. 
Enoch,  son  of  John  Wright,  was  a  large  land 
owner,  and  his  son,  William,  father  of  Mrs. 
Marbourg,  was  professor  of  civil  engineering  in  a 
college  in  the  east. 

The  doctor's  father,  H.  W.  Marbourg,  M.  D., 
was  a  son  of  Frederick  Marbourg,  M.  D.,  the 
latter  a  native  of  Johnstown,  Pa.,  the  former  of 
Indiana  County,  that  state,  and  a  graduate  of 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  afterward  practicing  in 
Johnstown  until  he  perished  in  the  memorable 
flood  there.  During  the  Civil  war  he  served  as 
surgeon  in  charge  of  the  hospital  department  on 


Roanoke  Isle.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  seven  of 
the  Marbourg  family  graduated  from  Jefferson 
Medical  College,  and  our  subject  represents  the 
fourth  generation  of  physicians.  Dr.  H.  W. 
Marbourg  married  Wilhelmina  R.  Wright,  who 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  a  daughter  of  William 
and  Rachael  (  Lukeus)  Wright.  Her  mother  was 
born  in  1794,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
Lukens,  who  were  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends  and  lived  upon  a  farm  near  Philadel- 
phia. The  Lukens  family  was  founded  in  America 
in  the  year  1683,  the  first  of  the  name  in  this 
country  coming  from  Kreifeld  on  the  Rhine  with 
the  Frankfort  company  that  founded  German- 
town,  Philadelphia.  Jan  and  Mary  Lukens  had 
a  son,  Peter,  whose  son,  John,  was  the  father  of 
Robert  Lukens.  Miss  Wright  was  reared  in  Phila- 
delphia and  was  a  woman  of  rare  intellectual 
gifts.  She  graduated  from  the  Woman's  Medi- 
cal College  of  Philadelphia,  and  engaged  in  prac- 
tice for  sometime,  but  died  in  early  womanhood, 
when  our  subject  was  a  child  of  seven  years.  He 
was  the  only  son  and  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
December  10,  1864.  His  rudimentary  education 
was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  that  city.  After- 
ward he  entered  the  Pennsylvania  Military  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
C.  E.  Later  he  matriculated  in  the  Jefferson 
Medical  College,  where  he  continued  his  studies 
until  he  graduated  in  1888,  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  During  his  college  course  and  his  subse- 
quent experience  in  hospital  work  for  a  year  he 
made  a  specialty  of  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose 
and  throat,  and  was  clinical  assistant  in  the  oph- 
thalmic and  aural  department  of  the  Germantown 
hospital. 

Coming  to  Pueblo  in  the  spring  of  1889,  Dr. 
Marbourg  has  since  practiced  his  specialties.  He 
is  now  oculist  and  aurist  for  the  Colorado  & 
Southern  Railroad,  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad,  Colorado  State  Insane  Asylum,  Colo- 
rado Fuel  and  Iron  Company,  Colorado  Smelter, 
Colorado  State  Penitentiary  at  Canon  City,  Colo- 
rado Home  for  Feeble  Minded,  Pueblo  Hospital, 
and  is  expert  Examiner  of  Eye,  Ear,  Nose  and 
Throat  for  the  United  States  Pension  department. 
In  the  Pueblo  County,  State  and  American  Medi- 
cal Societies  he  holds  membership,  and  he  also 
holds  membership  with  the  alumni  of  the  Military 
College  and  Jefferson  Medical  College.  While  in 
Philadelphia  he  was  made  a  Mason,  and  is  now 
connected  with  Lodge  No.  17,  A.  F.  &A.  M., 
in  Pueblo.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 


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Pythias.  His  descent  from  Revolutionary  an- 
cestry entitled  him  to  membership  in  the  Sons  of 
the  Revolution,  and  he  is  identified  with  the  Colo- 
rado branch.  In  matters  political  he  gives  sup- 
port to  the  Republican  party,  and  in  religion  is  an 
Episcopalian,  while  socially  he  holds  member- 
ship in  the  Minnequa  Club. 

A  son,  Edgar  Foster  Marbourg,  was  born  April 
22,  1897,  to  the  union  of  Dr.  Marbourg  with  Miss 
Carolyn  Agnes  Foster,  who  was  born  in  Murfrees- 
boro,  N.  C.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Charles  Henry 
Foster,  who  was  born  in  Maine  and  married  a 
Miss  Carter,  of  North  Carolina.  During  the  war 
he  was  instrumental  in  raising  the  First  North 
Carolina  Infantry,  of  which  he  was  chosen  col- 
onel. Afterward  he  became  editor-in-chief  of  the 
Philadelphia  Record,  with  which  he  continued  un- 
til his  death. 


HON.  JOSEPH  F.  HUMPHREY.  Not 
without  justice  Mr.  Humphrey  is  conceded 
to  hold  an  enviable  position  among  the 
prominent  business  men  of  Colorado  Springs. 
With  but  limited  means  when  a  young  man  and 
with  no  influence  to  help  him  along  except  his 
own  good  name  and  upright  conduct — with  these, 
and  by  the  exercise  of  business  judgment  and 
force  of  will — he  has  steadily  arisen  until  he  now 
occupies  a  position  of  marked  consideration 
among  the  citizens  of  Colorado  Springs. 

This  branch  of  the  Humphrey  family  was 
founded  in  America  by  Charles  Humphrey,  who 
was  born,  of  Welsh  descent,  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land, his  parents  having  removed  there  from 
Wales.  They  were  Protestants  and  bore  a  part 
in  the  religious  wars  of  their  day.  On  his  emi- 
gration to  America  he  settled  in  Virginia  in  1757, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  and  a  brother 
took  part  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  His  son, 
David,  was  born  in  what  is  now  Ohio  County, 
W.  Va  ,  and  later  became  a  pioneer  of  Jefferson 
County,  Ohio.  Afterward  settled  near  Belief  on  - 
taine,  Logan  County,  where  he  died  in  1870,  at 
the  age  of  almost  eighty-seven  years.  In  religion 
he  was  a  strict  Presbyterian. 

Robert  Young  Humphrey,  son  of  David  Hum- 
phrey, and  father  of  our  subject,  was  born  near 
Steubenville,  Jefferson  County,  Ohio,  and  in 
early  life  engaged  in  clerking  in  Cadiz,  Harrison 
County,  Ohio,  and  also  taught  school  in  Brown 
County,  where  he  married.  Later  he  taught  in 
Adams  County,  and  also  owned  a  tannery  near 
Rome,  where  for  some  years  he  served  as  just- 


ice of  the  peace.  Afterward,  with  a  brother, 
he  ran  a  machine  shop  in  Bellefontaine.  He 
was  employed  as  superintendent  of  machinery 
at  Bellefontaine  for  the  Bee  Line  (now  the  Big 
Four)  and  continued  to  live  in  that  city  until  his 
death,  when  in  his  seventy-first  year.  Frater- 
nally he  was  a  master,  chapter  and  council  Mason. 
For  some  time  he  served  as  township  trustee. 
His  wife,  who  was  Rachel  Fulton,  a  native  of 
Kentucky,  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Fulton,  who 
was  born  in  Virginia,  of  Scotch  descent.  Among 
the  relatives  of  the  family  was  the  illustrious 
inventor,  Robert  Fulton.  In  an  early  day  Joseph 
Fulton  removed  to  Kentucky  and  settled  near 
Maysville,  where  he  engaged  in  the  milling 
business.  He  then  removed  to  Brown  County, 
Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  milling.  He  died 
there  at  eighty- seven  years  of  age.  His  daugh- 
ter, Rachel,  died  in  Ohio  when  in  her  seventy- 
sixth  year.  She  was  the  mother  of  four  sons 
and  four  daughters,  of  whom  seven  attained 
maturity,  and  five  are  living,  our  subject  being 
the  eldest.  His  only  living  brother  is  Robert  G., 
of  Pueblo. 

Near  Ripley,  Brown  County,  Ohio,  the  subject 
of  this  article  was  born  March  14,  1839.  At  the 
age  of  thirteen  he  accompanied  the  family  from 
Adams  County  to  Bellefontaine,  where  he  at- 
tended the  high  school.  When  fifteen  he  began 
to  learn  the  machinist's  trade  in  his  father's 
shop.  In  1856  he  went  to  Gallion,  Ohio,  where 
for  a  year  he  worked  in  railroad  shops,  complet- 
ing his  trade.  Another  year  was  spent  as  a  jour- 
neyman there,  after  which  he  spent  two  years  in 
Zanesville,  in  the  Central  Ohio  Railroad  shops, 
and  was  foreman  of  the  construction  gang.  Go- 
ing south  in  1860,  he  was  employed  in  the 
machine  shops  at  Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  and, 
when  the  foreman  left,  was  promoted  to  that 
position,  remaining  there  until  June,  1862.  At 
the  opening  of  the  war  the  proprietor  of  the 
shops  prepared  machinery  for  the  manufacture  of 
guns.  When  the  Federal  army  began  to  march 
south  toward  Holly  Springs  the  machinery  was 
removed  to  Atlanta  and  he  was  given  transpor- 
tation there,  but  decided  he  would  either  go 
north  or  attempt  to  escape  through  the  lines. 
After  a  trip  to  the  plantation  of  Captain  Barney, 
he  met  a  conductor,  Thomas  Fletcher,  on  the 
Mississippi  Central  Railroad,  who,  surmising 
that  Mr.  Humphrey  wished  to  get  north,  kindly 
assisted  him  in  his  preparations  for  getting 
through  the  lines.  By  the  time  the  Union  forces 


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had  left  Memphis  and  started  toward  Holly 
Springs,  he  was  enabled  to  walk  into  their  lines, 
reaching  there  about  six  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
after  walking  thirty  miles.  Among  the  members 
of  an  Ohio  regiment  he  found  a  number  of  his 
boyhood  acquaintances;  also  Col.  C.  W.  Fisher, 
a  friend  of  his  father,  and  at  that  time  provost- 
marshal  of  La  Grange,  Tenn.,  where  the  army 
was  stationed;  later  superintendent  of  construc- 
tion of  the  Denver  Pacific  Railroad,  when  Mr. 
Humphrey  met  him  in  Cheyenne,  Wyo. 

After  recuperating  for  a  day  in  La  Grange, 
Mr.  Humphrey  went  with  the  army  to  Memphis. 
The  entire  country  was  filled  with  Confederate 
cavalry.  The  Federal  troops  stopped  at  La 
Fayette  to  await  supplies  from  Memphis,  being 
on  quarter  rations.  The  next  day  Mr.  Hum- 
phrey started  with  a  companion  and  rode  through 
in  a  sutler's  wagon,  stopping  nine  miles  from 
Memphis  for  dinner.  General  Grant  with  his 
staff  halted  for  a  little  rest  at  this  point  before 
proceeding  to  Memphis.  The  Confederates,  not 
recognizing  him,  made  no  attempt  to  stop  his 
progress,  as  they  were  anxious  to  capture  a  large 
wagon  train  of  supplies  that  had  been  sent  from 
Memphis  to  the  soldiers.  On  the  morning  of  the 
next  day  they  captured  the  wagon  train  and 
escort  and  a  railroad  train  at  Germantown;  also 
some  prisoners.  Our  subject  and  Mr.  Richardson, 
his  companion,  proceeded  by  steamer  to  St.  Louis, 
where  they  remained  for  three  weeks.  On  re- 
ceiving word  that  his  trunk  and  shotgun  had 
reached  home,  he  went  to  Ohio  and  visited  his 
relatives  for  a  few  months.  Meanwhile  Mr. 
Richardson  had  secured  work  in  the  navy  yard 
at  Carondelet,  St.  Louis,  and  in  the  fall  of  1862 
our  subject  joined  him  there.  He  was  employed 
in  building  gunboats  until  the  spring  of  1863, 
when  he  received  an  appointment  as  assistant 
engineer  on  the  "Osage,"  of  the  Mississippi 
squadron,  under  Admiral  Porter.  Later  he  was 
transferred  to  the  "Neosha."  He  accompanied 
Banks'  expedition  up  the  Red  River,  and  after- 
ward sailed  up  and  down  the  Mississippi  and  its 
tributaries,  and  participating  in  numerous  skir- 
mishes. In  August,  1865,  he  was  detached  from 
the  "Neosha,  and  went  to  New  Orleans  on  the 
"Ibex,"  returning  from  there  to  Mound  City, 
where  he  was  detached  on  leave  of  absence.  It 
was  his  intention  to  remain  in  the  navy,  but  the 
war  having  closed  he  decided  to  resign,  and  was 
honorably  discharged  November  18,  1865,  after 
a  service  of  nearly  three  years. 


•  In  the  fall  of  1865,  while  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
Mr.  Humphrey  met  Captain  Barney  and  Mr. 
Mcllvain,  with  whom  he  had  been  associated  in 
Holly  Springs.  He  accepted  their  offer  to  return 
to  the  south,  and  went  to  Irondale,  near  Birming- 
ham, Ala.  There  he  met  General  Webster,  with 
whom  he  had  become  acquainted  during  the  war, 
in  Memphis,  and  who  was  superintendent  of  mil- 
itary railroads.  General  Webster  became  inter- 
ested in  the  works  and  made  trips  with  Mr. 
Humphrey  for  machinery,  which  was  shipped  to 
Alabama.  In  1868  Mr.  Humphrey  resigned  and 
returned  north.  Until  1870  he  engaged  in  trav- 
eling and  railroad  work.  Early  in  that  year  he 
graduated  from  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Commercial 
College  at  Cincinnati,  then  came  to  Colorado  and 
was  for  two  years  employed  by  the  Denver  Pacific 
Railroad  as  chief  clerk  in  the  auditor's  and  pay- 
master's departments.  During  that  time  he  was 
associated  with  his  friend,  Col.  C.  W.  Fisher, 
then  superintendent  of  the  Denver  &  Pacific  Rail- 
road. He  went  to  Denver  June  23,  1870,  on  the 
first  passenger  train  run  on  that  road.  He  was 
afterward  chief  clerk,  then  general  accountant  and 
paymaster  of  the  road.  When  the  road  was  pur- 
chased by  the  Kansas  Pacific  in  1872,  he  was 
offered  a  position  in  Kansas  City,  but  declined, 
not  caring  to  return  east.  When  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  was  completed  to  Colorado  Springs 
he  came  to  this  city  as  chief  clerk  in  the  auditor's 
department,  remaining  until  1878,  when  he  re- 
signed to  become  assistant  cashier  of  the  First 
National  Bank,  of  which  he  was  afterward  a  di- 
rector. In  1879  he  was  made  cashier  of  the  bank, 
which  position  he  filled  until  1882.  Meantime  he 
had  been  instrumental  in  organizing  the  Colorado 
Springs  Gas  and  Coke  Company,  of  which  he  was 
a  director,  and,  after  1882,  general  manager  and 
president,  until  the  works  were  sold  to  Professor 
Lowe.  Afterward  he  was  secretary  of  the  Lowe 
Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company,  until  the  bond- 
holders foreclosed  in  the  fall  of  1893  and  took  the 
property  into  their  own  hands.  The  Colorado 
Springs  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company  was  then 
organized,  and  he  has  since  been  its  secretary  and 
treasurer,  and  one  of  its  directors.  From  1878 
to  1880  he  was  interested  in  the  Robert  E.  Lee 
mine  at  Leadville,  but  sold  his  interest  in  1882. 
He  is  now  a  director  in  the  Cripple  Creek  Con- 
solidated Mining  Company.  With  Irving  How- 
bert  and  B.  F.  Crowell,  in  1880,  he  built  the 
opera  house  block,  the  first  three-story  brick  in 
the  city.  Mr.  Humphrey,  Irving  Howbert  and 


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others  were  the  promoters  of  the  Colorado  Mid- 
land Railroad,  Mr.  Humphrey  being  elected  the 
first  president  of  the  organization,  afterwards  its 
auditor.  He  has  also  been  part  owner  of  the 
Humphrey  &  Summers  subdivision  and  the 
Rouse,  Liller  &  Humphrey  subdivision. 

In  Ohio  Mr.  Humphrey  married  Miss  Rebecca 
J.  Miller,  a  double  cousin  of  Rear- Admiral  Miller. 
She  was  born  near  Springfield,  Clarke  County, 
Ohio,  and  received  her  education  in  the  Spring- 
field female  seminary.  The  only  child  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Humphrey  is  Robert  Guy,  who  gradu- 
ated from  the  high  school  and  is  a  member  of  the 
class  of  1900,  University  of  Colorado,  where  he 
is  taking  a  course  in  electrical  engineering. 

The  connection  of  Mr.  Humphrey  with  educa- 
tional matters  dates  from  an  early  period  of  his 
residence  in  Colorado  Springs.  In  1878  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  education,  on 
which  he  served  for  nine  years  at  that  time,  being 
secretary  for  five  years  and  president  for  two 
years.  After  being  off  the  board  for  four  years 
he  was  re-elected  for  a  term  of  five  years,  and 
later  was  again  re-elected  for  the  same  length  of 
time.  During  that  time  he  was  president  for  two 
years,  also  served  as  chairman  of  the  finance  and 
building  committees.  At  the  present  writing  he  is 
president  of  the  board.  During  his  term  of  serv- 
ice of  nearly  twenty  years  almost  all  the  school- 
houses  in  the  city  were  erected.  He  was  chairman 
of  the  building  committee  at  the  time  of  the  erec- 
tion of  the  high  school,  the  Lowell  and  Washing- 
ton schools,  and  the  rebuilding  of  the  Garfield 
school.  From  1877  to  1883  he  was  a  trustee  of 
Colorado  College,  and  during  three  years  of  the 
time  served  as  vice-president.  For  six  years,, 
under  appointment  by  Governor  Routt,  he  served 
as  a  trustee  of  the  Mute  and  Blind  Institute  (now 
the  Colorado  School  for  Deaf  and  Blind),  but 
when  Governor  Waite  became  chief  executive, 
Mr.  Humphrey  was  removed  for  political  rea- 
sons; later,  under  Governor  Mclntire,  he  filled  a 
vacancy  in  the  board  of  trustees  for  two  years. 

Politically  a  Republican,  Mr.  Humphrey  has 
been  active  in  public  affairs.  For  one  term  of 
two  years  he  served  as  an  alderman,  and  was 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  buildings  and 
grounds;  as  such,  he  submitted  plans  to  lay  out 
parks,  and  planted  trees,  but  the  city  funds  were 
limited  and  did  not  permit  the  improvements  of 
the  grounds.  When,  in  1882,  he  was  elected 
mayor,  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  improve- 
ment of  the  parks  and  succeeded  in  starting  the 


lawns,  which  are  now  among  the  most  beautiful 
in  the  state.  He  served  for  two  terms  as  mayor. 
In  1896  he  was  a  presidential  elector  on  the 
McKinley  ticket,  receiving  the  largest  vote  of 
any  one  on  the  entire  ticket  in  the  state. 

In  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  in  1862,  Mr.  Humphrey 
was  made  a  Mason,  and  he  is  still  a  member  of 
the  chapter  there;  is  also  identified  with  Pike's 
Peak  Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T.:  El  Jebel  Tem- 
ple, N.  M.  S.,  and  the  Consistory  of  Denver.  He 
is  connected  with  the  Naval  Veterans'  Associa- 
tion. In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian  and  has 
acted  as  a  vestryman  in  his  church.  He  has  a 
comfortable  home  at  No.  122  Platte  avenue.  For 
years  he  has  been  one  of  the  most  prominent  and 
enterprising  citizens  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  his 
assistance  in  the  building  of  schoolhouses,  beau- 
tifying of  parks  and  introducing  of  other  public 
improvements,  entitle  him  to  high  rank  among 
the  public-spirited  citizens  of  the  place. 


'HOMAS  N.  DALL.  Prominent  in  the  civil 
and  mining  engineering  circles  of  Colorado 
stands  the  name  of  Mr.  Ball,  whose  reputa- 
tion in  this  line  of  work  is  of  the  highest.  While 
he  makes  his  home  in  Denver  and  has  his  office 
in  the  Arapahoe  building  in  that  city,  much  of 
his  time  is  spent  in  Hinsdale  County,  where  he 
first  came  in  1897  to  take  charge  of  the-  mining 
property  of  Austin  G.  Gorham,  Esq.,  of  Denver, 
and  has  since  acquired  property  of  his  own  here. 

A  native  of  Lancashire,  England,  born  July  9, 
1858,  Mr.  Dall  is  the  second  son  of  George  Ball, 
and  a  member  of  an  honored  family  that  for  sev- 
eral hundred  years  was  prominently  identified 
with  Scotland  and  Lancashire.  He  received  col- 
legiate advantages  in  England,  and  there  ac- 
quired a  thorough  knowledge  of  mining  and  civil 
engineering,  which  occupation  he  followed  for 
some  twenty  years  in  his  native  country.  In  1894 
he  came  to  the  United  States.  For  his  work  in 
this  country  he  was  admirably  qualified  by  his 
practical  experience  in  England,  where  he  had 
been  interested  in  many  important  contracts. 

After  devoting  a  year  to  engineering  in  Colo- 
rado, in  1895  Mr.  Ball  returned  to  England, 
where  he  interested  capitalists  in  the  investment 
of  money  in  the  United  States.  In  1896  he  went 
again  to  England,  where  he  sold  further  Colorado 
interests.  Upon  again  coming  to  Colorado  he 
erected  a  twenty-stamp  mill  at  Ice  Lake  Basin, 
San  Juan  County,  Colo.,  and  with  a  partner  set 
it  in  operation.  Since  1897,  as  before  stated,  he 


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has  been  identified  with  mining  property  in 
Hinsdale  and  Chaffee  Counties.  He  is  a  large 
stockholder  in  the  George  III.  mine  at  Carson, 
fifteen  miles  from  Lake  City,  in  which  he  has 
been  interested  since  the  re-organization  of  the 
company  operating  it.  One  of  his  chief  works 
has  been  in  connection  with  the  Wyoming  Land, 
Iron  and  Coal  Company,  which  was  organized 
for  the  purpose  of  opening  up  iron  and  coal  mines 
in  Wyoming.  He  opened  and  developed  the 
Golden  Rule  mine,  which  ore  running  produces 
from  $20  to  $500,  chiefly  gold.  His  judgment 
concerning  mining  investments  «is  accurate  and 
far-seeing.  Keen,  discriminating  and  cautious, 
he  avoids  reckless  investments;  his  enthusiasm  is 
always  held  in  check  by  his  conservative  judg- 
ment. 

In  matters  relating  to  politics  Mr.  Dall  is  a 
firm  believer  in  the  policy  of  the  silver  branch  of 
the  Republican  party.  In  1898  he  received  the 
original  nomination  on  the  silver  Republican 
ticket  for  senator  from  the  eighteenth  senatorial 
district,  but  a  complication  of  affairs  arose  which 
caused  the  nomination  to  be  declared  void.  His 
first  wife  died  in  England,  and  he  was  married 
again  in  that  country  in  1889.  By  the  second 
marriage  he  has  two  children,  Edith  and  Jessie. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Dall  is  connected  with  the 
Masonic  order  in  England.  He  is  intensely  de- 
voted to  his  chosen  occupation.  Much  of  his 
time  is  given  to  its  study.  His  opinion  in  mat- 
ters connected  with  engineering  is  considered  au- 
thoritative. Being  a  fluent  writer,  he  has  fre- 
quently been  invited  to  contribute  to  scientific 
journals  in  England,  and  when  possible  for  him 
to  take  the  time  from  his  other  duties,  he  has 
written  for  these  periodicals.  He  is  a  licentiate 
member  of  the  Liverpool  Association  of  Civil  En- 
gineers of  England.  In  1896-97  the  Mining  Re- 
porter of  Colorado  published  a  work  written  by 
him  on  sanitary  engineering,  which  ran  as  a 
serial  through  nine  months. 


RS.  SADIE  H.  MAXCY,  county  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  for  Park  Coun- 
ty, was  born  in  Waterford,  Vt.,  adaughter 
of  Thomas  D.  and  Roancy  (Hartwell)  Hadley. 
She  was  one  of  seven  children,  six  of  whom  are 
now  living.  The  eldest,  Ida  A.,  resides  in  King- 
ston, Mass.,  and  is  the  widow  of  Henry  Soule, 
who  was  a  direct  descendant  of  a  family  that 
crossed  in  the  "Mayflower. ' '  The  second  daugh- 
ter, Emily  R.,  is  the  wife  of  C.  B.  Roberts,  of 


Lowell,  Mass.  William  A.  is  engaged  in  min- 
ing and  milling  in  northern  California;  and  Ever- 
ett P.,  who  is  a  traveling  salesman,  resides  in 
Oakland,  Cal. 

A  native  of  Vermont,  born  in  1823,  Thomas  D. 
Hadley  grew  to  manhood  in  the  Green  Moun- 
tain state,  and  acquired  his  education  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  upon 
a  farm,  and  in  connection  with  the  cultivation  of 
land,  engaged  in  various  business  enterprises.  In 
1870  he  removed  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  paper  and  paper-hanging  business, 
and  continued  in  that  enterprise  until  1896,  when 
he  disposed  of  the  business  and  came  to  Colorado. 
He  now  makes  his  home  with  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Maxcy,  in  Fairplay.  His  mother  was  a  Miss 
Cushman,  a  direct  descendant  of  Robert  Cush- 
man,  who  came  to  this  country  in  the  "Enter- 
prise," the  ship  that  followed  the  "Mayflower." 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  was  next  to 
the  youngest  of  her  father's  family,  acquired  her 
education  in  St.  Johnsbury  Academy  in  Vermont, 
and  also  attended  the  high  school  at  Lowell, 
Mass. ,  and  the  Vermont  State  University  at  Mid- 
dlebury.  Upon  the  completion  of  her  education, 
she  became  the  wife  of  Ira  F.  Edmunds,  manager 
of  a  well-known  business  house  in  Lowell,  Mass. 
One  year  after  their  marriage,  his  health  failed 
to  such  an  extent  that  fatal  tendencies  became 
noticeable.  Hoping  that  a  change  of  climate 
might  prove  beneficial,  .his  wife  brought  him  to 
Colorado,  but  it  was  too  late;  his  death  occurred 
shortly  afterward.  Mrs.  Edmunds  then  came  to 
Fairplay  and  for  two  years  was  employed  as 
deputy  in  the  recorder's  office  and  as  teacher  in 
the  public  school.  She  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Ward  Maxcy,  a  pioneer  of  Colorado,  who 
crossed  the  plains  in  1860  with  an  ox-team,  in  a 
company  of  which  the  late  H.  A.  W.  Tabor  was  a 
member.  He  mined  for  some  years  and  then 
settled  upon  a  ranch  in  Park  County,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  The  only  child  born  of  this 
marriage  was  Vivian,  who  died  in  1893. 

The  ranch  being  very  lonely  after  the  death  of 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  Maxcy  turned  her  attention 
to  teaching.  In  1895  she  was  nominated  by  the 
Republicans  for  county  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  and  was  the  only  candidate  on  that 
ticket  who  was  elected.  At  the  expiration  of  the 
first  term  she  was  returned  to  the  office,  and  is 
now  serving  her  second  term.  It  is  worthy  of 
note  that  she  was  the  first  woman  ever  placed  in 
nomination  for  any  office  in  Park  County,  and  it 


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may  safely  be  predicted  that  she  will  not  be  the 
last,  for  her  efficient  service  proves  that  it  is  pos- 
sible for  women  to  fill  public  offices  with  intel- 
ligence, ability  and  success.  Under  her  super- 
vision the  schools  of  the  county  have  been  ad- 
vanced, the  grade  of  scholarship  has  been  pro- 
moted, the  standard  of  instruction  elevated,  and 
in  every  way  educational  interests  have  been 
fostered.  Her  record  as  an  officer  has  won  for 
her  many  friends  and  given  voters  confidence  in 
her  administration  of  educational  affairs. 


eAPT.  JOHN  J.  LAMBERT.  A  quarter 
century  of  life  at  the  head  of  a  western  news- 
paper has  been  the  experience  of  Captain 
Lambert,  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Pueblo 
Chieftain.  Although  his  early  years  were  spent 
in  a  manner  that  would  seem  to  give  little  oppor- 
tunity for  the  development  of  journalistic  talent, 
when  he  entered  the  field  of  literature  he  proved 
to  be  admirably  qualified  for  it  in  every  respect. 
To  him  journalism  has  been  the  highest  field  of 
human  effort.  He  has  realized  the  opportunities 
it  offers  for  the  moulding  of  public  thought  and 
has  always  stood  firm  and  steadfast  by  those  con- 
victions, which  he  believes  to  be  for  the  best 
good  of  the  people  and  the  country.  He  has 
been  intensely  devoted  to  his  work.  Nothing 
that  detracted  from  it  did  he  allow  to  come  be- 
tween him  and  his  chosen  field  of  labor.  Though 
often  offered  positions  of  public  trust  and  honor, 
he  nevertheless,  with  a  rare  singleness  of  pur- 
pose, refused  all  such  offers,  his  only  public  posi- 
tion being  that  of  receiver  of  the  United  States 
land  office  at  Pueblo.  His  life  is  busily  passed 
in  his  chosen  work,  and  the  results  of  his  close 
application  are  apparent  in  the  well-edited  col- 
umns of  his  paper  and  the  high  place  it  holds  in 
the  estimation  of  the  people  of  southern  Colorado. 
The  Daily  Chieftain  has  the  largest  subscrip- 
tion list  and  circulation  of  any  paper  outside  of 
Denver,  and  with  the  exception  of  those,  is  the 
only  paper  that  is  a  full  member  and  stockholder 
in  the  Associated  Press.  The  plant  and  office 
are  in  a  large  brick  building,  centrally  located, 
and  erected  by  the  owner  of  the  paper  in  1879. 
It  was  in  the  spring  of  1870  that  Captain  Lam- 
bert purchased  the  paper.  For  two  years  his 
brother  was  manager,  but  in  1872  he  took  control 
of  the  publication  and  has  since  been  in  active 
charge.  It  was  not  long  before  the  influence  of 
his  strong  mind  was  apparent  in  the  paper.  Be- 
ing carefully  edited  it  attracted  a  wide  patronage, 

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and  its  increase  of  circulation  made  it  an  excellent 
advertising  medium.  In  all  matters  affecting 
the  welfare  of  the  people  the  editor  has  taken  a 
pronounced  stand.  Political  animosities  were 
laid  aside  when  he  began  to  treat  local  subjects, 
his  aim  always  being  to  secure  the  advancement 
of  the  city  and  the  prosperity  of  the  citizens.  In 
its  advocacy  of  Republican  principles  the  paper 
has  gained  prominence  among  the  organs  of  the 
party,  in  behalf  of  which  it  wields  a  wide  influ- 
ence. 

Born  in  Ireland  January  19, 1837,  Captain  Lam- 
bert was  fourteen  years  of  age  when  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  the  United  States  and  set- 
tled in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  where  he  attended  school. 
In  youth  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  printer's 
trade,  and  followed  that  occupation  until  the 
opening  of  the  Civil  war.  Enlisting  in  the  Union 
army  he  served  as  lieutenant,  and  later  as  captain  - 
of  Company  I,  Ninth  Iowa  Cavalry,  which  was 
mustered  out  in  the  spring  of  1866.  Afterward 
he  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  in  the 
Fifth  United  States  Regular  Infantry,  assigned 
to  duty  on  the  frontier.  For  five  years  he  was 
post  adjutant,  quartermaster  and  commissary  at 
Fort  Reynolds,  twenty  miles  east  of  Pueblo. 
While  there,  in  1870,  he  bought  the  Pueblo  Chief - 
tain,  which  at  that  time  was  a  weekly  paper, 
having  been  started  June  i,  1868,  and  in  1872  he 
resigned  his  commission  in  the  army  in  order 
to  turn  his  attention  to  journalism.  April  28, 
1873,  he  established  the  daily  edition  of  the  paper. 
May  14,  1890,  he  was  appointed  receiver  of  the 
United  States  land  office  at  Pueblo  by  President 
Harrison,  which  office  he  held  for  four  years. 
He  entered  upon  his  second  term  as  receiver  of 
the  land  office  February  9,  1899,  having  been 
appointed  by  President  McKinley.  He  was  one 
of  the  charter  members  and  early  commanders  of 
Upton  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  with  which  he  is  still  con- 
nected, and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Colorado 
Commandery  of  the  military  order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion. 

On  the  formation  of  the  Pueblo  Club,  in  1885, 
he  was  elected  its  first  secretary,  which  posi- 
tion he  still  holds.  He  has  been  identified 
with  the  Board  of  Trade,  Commercial  Club  and 
Business  Men's  Association  in  succession.  Other 
local  enterprises  have  received  his  support  and 
encouragement,  both  as  a  private  citizen  and 
through  the  medium  of  his  paper.  Politically 
he  has  always  been  a  stanch  Republican,  and  for 
years  has  exercised  a  strong  influence  in  the 


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ranks  of  the  party  in  this  state.  His  marriage 
was  solemnized  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  December  17, 
1872,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Sue  E.  Lorimier, 
who  was  born  in  that  city  and  was  a  graduate  of 
the  high  school  there.  A  lady  of  kind  heart  she 
was  actively  interested  in  charitable  and  philan- 
thropic societies  in  Pueblo  and  delighted  in  re- 
lieving the  necessities  of  the  poor  and  distressed. 
Her  death  occurred  in  Pueblo  April  10,  1891. 


RL.  WOOTTON,  who  carries  on  a  real- 
estate  and  loan  business  in  Trinidad  and 
is  president  of  the  Las  Animas  County 
Abstract  Company,  is  also  deputy  assessor  of  Las 
Animas  County.  He  was  born  in  Taos,  N.  M., 
March  21,  1851,  a  son  of  Richens  and  Dolores 
(La  Favre)  Wootton.  In  1858  his  father  came 
overland  from  Taos  to  Denver,  with  five  wagon 
loads  of  provisions  and  goods  which  he  intended 
to  take  to  Canada  and  trade  with  the  Indians  for 
furs;  but  on  reaching  Cherry  Creek  (now  Denver) 
he  was  induced  by  about  one  hundred  miners  to 
locate  there,  and  they  bought  his  goods  at  high 
prices.  Remaining  in  Denver  until  1860,  he 
then  went  down  to  the  Fountain,  and  in  1863 
commenced  to  open  a  toll  road  from  Trinidad 
through  the  Raton  Mountains  to  the  Red  River. 
This  he  completed  and  then  operated  until  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  was 
built  through  in  1877.  Afterward  he  lived  in 
retirement  in  Trinidad,  and  there  he  died  in  1894, 
aged  seventy-eight  years.  He  had  lived  on  the 
frontier  from  1835,  having  come  west  from  Meck- 
lenburg County,  Va.  His  father,  David,  a  na- 
tive of  Virginia,  was  a  son  of  David  Wootton, 
who  came  to  this  country  from  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  four  chil- 
dren. His  early  years  were  spent  principally 
with  his  grandparents  in  Kentucky,  and  his 
education  was  obtained  in  public  schools.  In 
1866  he  joined  his  parents  in  Trinidad,  Colo. 
For  two  years  he  was  wagon  boss  for  an  ox-train 
owned  by  Beard  &  Walker,  who  were  freighting 
across  the  plains,  bringing  goods  to  Colorado 
and  New  Mexico.  In  1869  he  accepted  a  clerk- 
ship with  Thatcher  Brothers  &  Co.,  in  Trinidad, 
but  during  the  same  year  he  opened  a  general 
store  in  Trinidad.  In  1870  he  moved  his  goods 
across  the  line  into  New  Mexico,  where  he  fol- 
lowed the  mercantile  and  stock  business  for  two 
years.  On  selling  out  in  1872  he  returned  to 
Trinidad  with  two  hundred  head  of  cattle,  and 


soon  he  became  one  of  the  leading  stockmen  of 
this  section,  continuing  in  the  business  until  1885. 
Meantime,  in  1884,  he  had  become  interested  in 
the  real-estate  and  insurance  business,  as  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Wootton  &  Brigham, 
which  partnership  continued  until  1887.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  in  business  alone. 

In  1886  Mr.  Wootton  bought  a  tract  of  land 
and  built  a  fine  lake,  1500x400  feet,  which, 
supplied  with  boats,  is  now  a  delightful  resort, 
whjle  the  surrounding  park  contains  five  species 
of  deer  (caught  in  this  vicinity)  and  other  attrac- 
tions for  pleasure-seekers.  At  once  after  buying 
the  property  he  began  to  set  out  fruit  trees, 
making  a  specialty  of  apples,  pears  and  cherries, 
and  he  now  raises  more  fruit  than  any  grower 
south  of  Pueblo,  producing  each  year  about 
$2,500  worth  of  fruit,  which  he  sells  at  wholesale 
and  retail.  From  his  lake  he  secures  a  fine 
quality  of  ice,  which  he  sells  to  the  city. 

Politically  Mr.  Wootton  is  a  Democrat.  In 
1876  he  was  appointed  under-sheriff  of  Las 
Animas  County.  The  following  year  he  was 
elected  sheriff,  which  position  he  filled  for  two 
years.  On  the  Democratic  ticket  he  was  elected 
to  the  state  legislature  in  1889  and  was  re-elected 
in  1891  and  1893,  serving  for  three  successive 
terms.  Frequently  he  has  been  a  delegate  to 
county  and  state  conventions,  and  for  years  he 
has  been  a  party  leader  in  his  section  of  the 
state.  During  his  experience  as  sheriff  he  had 
many  exciting  experiences,  for  those  were  the 
rough  days  of  western  life.  He  arrested  more 
than  one  desperado,  and  on  one  occasion  was 
obliged  to  take  a  prisoner  over  the  mountains  to 
New  Mexico,  to  prevent  him  from  being  mobbed. 
He  can  relate  many  interesting  incidents  of  those 
times. 

In  1872  Mr.  Wootton  married  Florence  Walker, 
of  Trinidad.  She  died  in  1877,  and  her  children, 
Jerome  D. ,  Edward  and  Fannie,  are  also  deceased. 
In  1879  Mr.  Wootton  married  Miss  Lucy  M. 
Huntley,  daughter  of  Dr.  E.  D.  Huntley,  of 
Trinidad.  Fraternally  our  subject  is  connected 
with  Trinidad  Lodge  No.  28,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  and 
Trinidad  Lodge  No.  17,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  with  which 
he  has  been  identified  since  1874  and  in  which 
he  is  past  grand;  at  one  time  he  was  district 
deputy  of  the  grand  lodge.  %  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  for  several 
years  served  as  a  steward.  In  1877  he  assisted 
in  laying  out  the  Wootton  &  Schneider  addition 
to  Trinidad.  He  has  built  several  houses  here 


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which  he  rents,  and,  besides  his  property  in  this 
place,  owns  mining  interests  in  Lake  City  and 
Cripple  Creek,  Colo. 


'HOMAS  H.  DEVINE.  Among  the  law 
firms  of  Colorado  few  have  gained  a  promi- 
nence greater  than  that  of  Waldron  &  De- 
vine,  who  have  offices  in  the  Ernest  and  Cranmer 
building  in  Denver,  and  the  Opera  House 
block  in  Pueblo.  Since  the  establishment  of  the 
firm,  its  members,  each  of  whom  had  previously 
gained  an  enviable  reputation  in  the  profession, 
have  had  charge  of  many  important  cases  and 
have  represented  the  interests  of  a  large  and  val- 
uable clientele.  With  the  prestige  which  success 
always  gives,  they  have  been  able  to  win  their 
way  to  a  foremost  rank  among  the  professional 
men  of  the  state. 

The  junior  member  of  the  firm  and  its  represen- 
tative in  Pueblo,  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1860,  a  son  of  Michael  and  Agnes 
(Hume)  Devine,  natives  respectively  of  Ireland 
and  Glasgow,  Scotland.  His  father,  who  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States  in  youth,  spent  some 
time  in  New  York,  and  from  there  went  to  St. 
Louis,  opening  a  boot  and  shoe  store  in  that  city. 
His  wife  was  a  member  of  an  honorable  old  Scotch 
family,  whose  representatives  have  been  known 
for  integrity  and  intelligence.  Of  her  children, 
one  daughter  and  two  sons  are  deceased,  while  the 
survivors  are:  Thomas  H.;  Mary,  wife  of  Will- 
iam Mann,  of  Illinois;  and  Sarah,  wife  of  Will- 
iam Lambarth,  of  St.  Louis. 

The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject  were  spent 
in  St.  Louis  and  Illinois.  He  was  nineteen  when, 
in  1879,  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Knapp  & 
Riggs,  at  Winchester,  111.  In  1882  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  at  the  bar  of  Illinois.  In  No- 
vember of  1882  he  was  elected  prosecuting  at- 
torney of  Scott  County,  111.,  and  at  the  expiration 
of  his  term  was  re-elected,  serving  for  six  years. 
Soon  after  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Hon.  J.  M.  Riggs,  M.  C., 
and  this  partnership  continued  until  1888, 
when  Mr.  Devine  came  west  and  opened  an  office 
in  Pueblo.  In  1889  he  formed  a  law  partnership 
with  Judge  M.  B.  Gerry,  but  this  connection  was 
dissolved  the  following  year,  and  Mr.  Devine  en- 
tered into  partnership  with  J.  M.  Waldron,  which 
continued  until  1897.  On  the  ist  of  January  of 
that  year,  Judge  A.  E.  Pattison,  of  Denver, 
was  admitted  to  the  firm,  and  the  title  was 
changed  to  Pattison,  Waldron  &  Devjne.  In 


January,  1899,  the  firm  became  Waldron  &  De- 
vine.  The  general  business  of  the  two  partners 
is  corporation  practice,  in  which  they  have  met 
with  striking  success. 

It  has  ever  been  Mr.  Devine' s  greatest  ambition 
to  be  a  successful  lawyer.  He  has  given  his  en- 
tire time  to  his  profession,  and  has  had  little  in- 
clination or  leisure  for  politics,  although  he  keeps 
well  posted  concerning  national  questions  and  is 
a  Democrat  in  his  views.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  in  1892 
was  grand  chancellor  of  the  state.  In  May, 
1884,  he  married  Miss  Kate  Gibbs,  of  Winches- 
ter, 111.,  daughter  of  W.  C.  Gibbs,  of  that  city. 
They  have  two  sons,  David  Gibbs  and  Charles 
Watson. 


(5JLPHEUS  A.  CORBIN,  M.  D.,  who  has  en - 

H  gaged  in  continuous  practice  in  Pueblo  since 
1879,  was  born  in  Milwaukee.Wis.,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1839,  being  a  son  of  John  and  Eliza  (Dun- 
bar)  Corbin.  His  father,  who  was  born  and 
reared  near  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  went  to  Wisconsin 
in  an  early  day  and  was  there  employed  by  the 
government  for  some  years.  From  that  state  he 
removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Maquoketa,  Iowa, 
where  he  purchased  a  large  tract  of  raw  prairie 
land  and  embarked  in  farming  and  stock-raising. 
At  his  death,  which  occurred  at  thirty-six  years 
of  age,  he  left  considerable  property  in  farm  land. 
His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky,  died  at  the 
age  of  forty- eight  years.  She  was  a  woman  of 
gentle,  attractive  character,  and  was  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Congregational  Church. 

When  a  boy  of  five  years  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  taken  to  Iowa  by  his  parents.  He 
was  educated  in  public  schools  and  the  Maquo- 
keta Academy.  Shortly  after  the  opening  of  the 
Civil  war,  in  June,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  Company  I,  Fifth  Iowa  Infantry,  in  which  he 
served  for  three  years,  being  in  the  hospital  de- 
partment during  much  of  the  time.  Among  the 
engagements  in  which  he  took  part  were  those  at 
New  Madrid,  Island  No.  10  and  Chattanooga. 
He  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Mission 
Ridge  and  was  removed  to  Richmond,  where  he 
was  confined  for  five  months.  On  being  ex- 
changed he  returned  to  his  company,  and  after- 
ward engaged  in  guard  duty  until  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  service. 

On  his  return  from  the  army  our  subject  began 
to  read  medicine.  After  a  time  he  entered  the 
Bennett  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  from  which 


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he  graduated  in  1872.  He  was  in  that  city  dur- 
ing the  great  fire  of  1871,  in  which  he  lost  his 
trunk  and  possessions.  On  leaving  college  he 
went  to  Montgomery  County,  Kan.,  and  there 
engaged  in  practice  until  1879,  when  he  came  to 
Pueblo.  In  addition  to  his  private  practice  he 
has  for  eight  years  served  as  pension  examiner. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  believing  the  prin- 
ciples of  his  party  best  adapted  to  our  country's 
good.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Pueblo 
Lodge  No.  8,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Upton  Post  No.  8, 
G.  A.  R.  In  religion  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  Church.  He  has  been  married  twice, 
his  first  wife  being  Emma  Smith,  of  Providence, 
R.  I.,  who  died  October  2,  1888,  leaving  three 
children,  Leroy,  Elfie  and  Melvin.  His  present 
wife  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Mary  Jennings  and 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania. 


HON.  THOMAS  M.  PATTERSON  was  born 
in  Ireland  November  4,  1840.  When  the 
family  came  to  America,  in  1853,  he  was  a 
boy  of  thirteen.  After  a  few  years  in  the  city  of 
New  York  he  moved  west  with  the  family  to 
Crawfordsville,  Ind.  At  the  age  of  fourteen 
he  began  to  work  in  a  printing  office  and  after- 
ward he  assisted  his  father  in  the  jewelry  busi- 
ness. He  spent  one  and  one-half  years  in  Asbury 
(now  DePauw)  University  and  two  years  in 
Wabash  College,  where  he  took  the  regular  course 
of  study.  The  degree  of  A.  M.  was  conferred 
upon  him  by  Asbury  University. 

On  completing  his  literary  studies,  Mr.  Patter- 
son read  law,  and  upon  his  admission  to  the  bar 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Judge  J.  R.  Cowan, 
with  whom  he  continued  as  long  as  he  remained 
in  Indiana.  In  December,  1872,  he  came  to  Den- 
ver, where  he  became  connected  with  C.  S. 
Thomas.  In  April,  1873,  he  was  elected  city  at- 
torney and  the  next  year  was  re-elected.  He 
soon  became  a  leader  of  the  Democratic  party 
here,  and  his  talents  led  to  his  selection,  by  the 
party,  as  candidate  for  important  offices.  In  the 
summer  of  1874  he  was  chosen  territorial  dele- 
gate to  Congress,  being  the  first  Democrat  ever 
elected  to  that  position  in  the  then  territory. 
This  election  made  him  a  delegate  to  congress  at 
a  most  important  time,  for  Colorado  was  apply- 
ing for  admission  to  the  Union  as  a  state.  Grant 
was  then  president.  The  senate  was  Republican, 
the  house  Democratic.  Hence,  there  was  a  di- 
vision as  to  the  advisability  of  admitting  Colo- 
rado. Mr.  Patterson  had  been  successfully 


elected  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  the  senate 
feared  to  admit  a  state  that  would  possibly  give  a 
presidential  Democratic  majority.  In  this  crisis 
Mr.  Patterson  did  effective  work  and  it  was  due 
to  his  judicious  labors,  seconding  the  influence  of 
Senator  Chaffee,  that  a  bill  to  admit  Colorado 
finally  passed  both  congress  and  senate.  On  the 
4th  of  July,  1876,  the  day  of  admission,  he  sent 
this  message  from  Washington,  D.  C. ,  to  the 
people  of  Denver:  "Through  you  I  greet  the 
Centennial  state,  the  latest  but  the  brightest  star 
in  the  political  firmament.  I  am  proud  of  the 
consciousness  of  representing  the  grandest  state, 
the  bravest  men  and  the  handsomest  women  on 
the  continent. " 

Mr.  Patterson  served  in  the  forty-third  and 
forty-fourth  sessions  of  congress,  retiring  in  1878 
and  resuming  the  practice  of  law  in  Denver. 
About  that  time  occurred  the  discovery  of  the 
great  Leadville  silver  mines,  which  resulted  in 
more  litigation  than  had  ever  existed  in  a  mining 
camp.  He  was  connected  with  almost  all  of  the 
great  mining  suits  that  originated  there,  among 
them  the  mines  of  the  Silver  Mining  Company, 
whose  claim  he  contested  against  other  mining 
companies  with  success.  In  1892  he  retired  from 
the  practice  of  law,  in  which  he  had  so  long  and 
so  successfully  engaged,  and  bought  the  control- 
ling interest  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  News,  of 
which  he  has  since  been  the  owner.  In  1892  he 
was  delegate  to  the  national  convention  of  the 
Democratic  party  in  Chicago.  In  that  conven- 
tion he,  with  almost  no  support,  made  a  brave 
fight  in  behalf  of  free  coinage,  endeavoring  to 
secure  its  recognition  in  the  party  platform,  but 
he  was  disappointed.  However,  four  years  later 
the  plank  was  introduced  in  the  platform.  Mean- 
time, he  had  given  his  support  to  the  Populist 
party  and  in  1896  was  its  delegate  to  the  St. 
Louis  convention,  where  Bryan  was  endorsed 
for  president. 

In  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  July  23,  1863,  Mr.  Pat- 
terson married  Miss  Kate  Grafton,  a  granddaugh- 
ter of  Alexander  Campbell,  whose  name  is  in- 
dissolubly  associated  with  the  establishment  of 
the  Christian  Church.  They  have  an  only  daugh- 
ter, Margaret,  who  is  the  wifeof  R.  C.  Campbell, 
formerly  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va. ,  now  of  Denver. 

While  Mr.  Patterson  has  more  than  once,  at 
the  head  of  his  party,  suffered  defeat  in  the  sup- 
port of  principles  he  has  espoused,  yet  his  has 
been  a  most  successful  life;  for  the  influence  of  a 
gifted  mind,  in  molding  thought  and  giving  dj- 


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rection  to  events,  cannot  be  measured  by  official 
position,  but  is  as  enduring  as  time  itself.  The 
mental  qualities  that  brought  him  eminence  as  a 
lawyer  have  made  him  a  power  in  the  newspaper 
world,  a  leader  in  the  journalistic  field.  His  in- 
terest in  the  welfare  of  Colorado  is  that  of  active 
patriotism,  which  works  tirelessly  to  promote  the 
prosperity  of  the  people  and  secure  the  develop- 
ment of  local  resources.  He  has  adhered  with 
steadfast  and  zealous  support  to  the  principles  of 
free  coinage  and  free  trade,  when  one  less  devoted 
to  principle  might  .have  swerved  for  policy's 
sake.  To  every  worthy  cause  he  has  come  to  the 
aid  with  a  generous  response,  and  much  of  the 
beauty  and  attractiveness  of  Denver  is  due  to 
his  liberal  and  active  enterprise. 


HON.  J.  E.  ROCKWELL,  attorney-at-law,  of 
Colorado  Springs,  was  born  in  Beloit,  Rock 
County,  Wis. ,  December  14,  1849,  a  son  of 
Hon.  William  S.  Rockwell,  whose  sketch  appears 
on  page  165.  He  was  educated  in  the  high  school 
and  college  of  his  native  city.  During  his  college 
course  he  spent  one  vacation  season  in  Wyoming, 
where  he  was  engrossing  clerk  for  the  first  terri- 
torial legislature.  The  original  bill  for  woman's 
suffrage,  which  was  passed  at  that  time,  and  is  in 
his  handwriting,  was  presented  some  years  ago 
by  the  territory  of  Wyoming  to  the  Female  Suf- 
frage Society,  in  whose  archives  it  is  now  pre- 
served. Indians  were  very  hostile  in  the  west, 
and  Mr.  Rockwell  had  numerous  narrow  escapes. 
He  participated  in  a  fight  with  the  Sioux  at  the 
springs  near  Bryan,  where  for  three  days  the 
white  men  defended  themselves,  and  during  the 
entire  time  lost  only  one  man.  During  the  three 
days  they  were  forced  to  do  without  a  drop  of 
water  to  quench  their  thirst,  which  in  that  burn- 
ing alkali  region  was  well-nigh  intolerable.  He 
saw  eight  men  who  had  been  scalped  by  the  In-, 
dians,  and  barely  escaped  being  an  eye  witness  to 
three  massacres,  truly  making  a  lively  vacation 
for  a  school-boy. 

The  first  visit  of  Mr.  Rockwell  to  Colorado 
was  in  1863,  the  trip  being  made  overland  via 
stage  to  Central  City.  The  next  year  he  returned 
to  Beloit.  While  in  this  state  he  located  four 
claims  on  Bobtail  Hill,  and  for  one  of  these  his 
father,  in  1864,  refused  an  offer  of  $10,000  in 
gold.  When,  in  1884,  he  became  attorney  for 
the  Bobtail  Consolidated  Mining  Company, 
owned  by  Senator  Chaffee  and  David  H.  MofFat, 
he  found  his  claims  were  a  cloud  to  the  clear 


title,  and  accordingly  he  gave  his  quit-claim  deed 
to  all  four  claims  in  order  to  make  the  title  to  the 
property  perfect  to  some  of  the  most  valuable  of 
the  company's  property. 

In  the  office  of  Pratt,  Rockwell  &  Ferry,  in 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Mr.  Rockwell  carried  on  the 
study  of  law.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1874,  and  during  the  ensuing  two  years  made 
his  headquarters  in  Kansas  City.  Meantime  he 
was  sent  to  Colorado  to  report  the  early  mining 
suits  with  which  his  father  and  uncle  were  con- 
nected, and  it  is  probable  that  he  was  the  first 
stenographer  who  ever  reported  a  mining  case  in 
Colorado.  In  1879  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
his  uncle,  Lewis  C.  Rockwell,  in  Central  City, 
Colo.,  and  when  the  latter  removed  to  Denver  in 
1882  our  subject  continued  the  law  business  at 
Central  City  for  two  years.  In  that  city  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Lucia  Hackett,  who  was  born  in  Ver- 
mont and  reared  in  Beloit,  Wis.,  where  they  had 
been  playmates  in  childhood.  She  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  1876,  settling  in  Central  City.  Of  their 
marriage  a  son  was  born,  Selden  Emmett. 

In  1884  Mr.  Rockwell  went  to  Aspen  as  the 
general  western  attorney  for  The  Colorado  Coal 
and  Iron  Company,  at  that  time  the  fuel  depart- 
ment of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  He 
had  charge  of  the  building  of  branch  roads  into 
the  coal  mines,  and  acquired  extensive  areas 
along  the  coal  belt,  all  of  which  property,  by  con- 
solidation, is  now  owned  by  the  Colorado  Fuel 
and  Iron  Company.  He  represented,  as  attor- 
ney, the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Com- 
pany and  its  coal  company  in  the  fight  against 
the  Midland  Railroad  and  its  fuel  company,  for 
the  possession  and  occupation  of  the  mountain 
passes,  which  resulted  in  the  Colorado  Coal  and 
Iron  Company  gaining  the  mountain  pass  and 
the  coal  lands  at  the  accessible  points  for  which 
both  companies  were  contending. 

During  the  seven  years  spent  in  Aspen  Mr. 
Rockwell  not  only  developed  coal  interests  and 
represented  railroad  companies,  but  also  gave 
considerable  attention  to  the  practice  of  mining 
law.  On  his  return  to  Denver  he  devoted  him- 
self principally  to  mining  and  corporation  law. 

Later,  in  1893,  he  went  to  Cripple  Creek  and 
assisted  William  E.  Johnson  in  securing  the 
right  of  way  for  buHding  the  Florence  &  Cripple 
Creek  Railroad,  which  has  a  record  for  making 
the  largest  profits,  in  proportion  to  mileage,  of 
any  road  in  the  country,  .and  being  the  only 
railroad  built  in  the  United  States  during  the 


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panic  of  1893.  Besides  representing  various 
companies  as  attorney  in  charge  of  their  Cripple 
Creek  mining  interests,  he  has  also  personally 
acquired  properties  in  that  district.  He  has 
been  attorney  for  the  Gold  Coin  and  The  Woods 
Investment  Company  and  allied  mining  companies 
from  their  inception  to  the  present  time,  and 
they  have  become  the  third  wealthiest  among  all 
of  the  mining  companies  of  the  state.  This,  too, 
has  been  accomplished  without  any  serious  and 
expensive  litigation,  although  hundreds  of  con- 
flicting interests  were  engaged  in  suits,  all  of 
which  were  settled  and  placed  in  combination, 
which  has  made  these  people  among  the  richest 
in  the  country.  Also  for  several  years  he  repre- 
sented at  Cripple  Creek  not  only  the  railroad,  but 
the  other  numerous  and  large  Moffat-Smith  min- 
ing interests,  comprising  several  of  the  largest 
mining  companies  in  that  district,  having  pur- 
chased, patented  and  consolidated  many  of  the 
most  valuable  claims  for  their  several  mining 
companies.  That  this  work  was  accomplished  so 
successfully  is  due  largely  to  the  attorney  who 
had  the  control  and  direction  of  these  vast  enter- 
prises. 

Mr.  Rockwell  was  personal  attorney  for  Hon. 
A.  N.  Rogers,  whom  Judge  Hallett,  in  October, 
1879,  appointed  umpire  commissioner  to  settle 
the  dispute  between  the  Atchison,  Topeka  & 
Santa  Fe  and  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
roads over  the  right  of  way  through  the  Royal 
Gorge.  The  commission  was  composed  of  Hon. 
A.  N.  Rogers,  umpire;  George  E.  Gray,  of  Cali- 
fornia, for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande;  and  Gen. 
Sooy  Smith,  of  Chicago,  for  the  Santa  Fe  Road. 
Mr.  Rockwell  wrote  the  umpire's  report  that  was 
adopted  by  Judge  Hallett,  and  on  which  Jay 
Gould  paid  $875,000  by  wire  within  two  hours 
after  the  report  was  handed  down  and  approved. 
This  very  important  matter  was  so  satisfactorily 
handled  by  Mr.  Rockwell  that  all  of  Mr.  Rogers' 
large  mining  companies'  business  was,  until  Mr. 
Rogers'  death,  left  in  Mr.  Rockwell's  hands. 

Politically  he  has  always  been  a  strong  Repub- 
lican. He  cast  his  first  presidential  vote  for 
General  Grant.  While  in  Aspen  he  served  as 
district  attorney,  and  made  the  first  conviction 
for  murder  in  Pitkin  County,  although  prior  to 
that  time  there  had  been  no  tess  than  twenty-four 
murders  and  no  one  hung  or  in  prison.  What 
is  known  in  poMtics  as  the  Teller- Hill  fight  for 
the  United  States  senatorship  started  in  Mr. 
Rockwell's  office  in  Central  City,  where  the  in- 


side committee  representing  the  Republican  party 
assembled  and  received  from  Senator  Chaffee  the 
Washington  reports  of  this  coming  senatorial 
fight.  This  committee  adjourned  to  meet  the 
next  morning  at  the  office  of  Teller  &  Orahood 
to  meet  Senator  Teller  in  person  on  his  arrival 
from  Washington.  These  citizens  again  met  in 
the  afternoon,  and  as  the  result  of  the  meeting 
some  left  the  office  and  declared  for  Henry  Wol- 
cott  for  Governor,  the  others  refusing  to  support 
Henry  Wolcott  because  he  was  put  forth  as  the 
representative  of  Senator  Hill,  and  at  this  time 
was  formed  the  nucleus  of  the  two  factions  which 
led  to  the  bitter  senatorial  fight,  and  became  the 
bitterest  political  feud  known  in  the  state  of 
Colorado,  and  thus  originated  the  Teller-Hill 
factions  in  Colorado  politics. 

In  reviewing  the  character  and  careers  of  suc- 
cessful men,  much  interest  is  felt  in  analyzing 
the  secret  of  their  power.  In  the  life  of  Mr. 
Rockwell  a  close  observer  will  note  that,  while 
he  has  been  gifted  by  nature  with  keen  intellect 
and  acute  mental  faculties,  and  while  he  was 
fortunately  situated  in  youth  in  being  able  to 
gain  a  thorough  knowledge  of  mining,  yet  his 
remarkable  success  is  due  as  much  to  his  indus- 
try and  indomitable  perseverance  as  to  any  other 
quality.  He  has  the  force  of  will  to  carry  to  a 
successful  issue  the  plans  he  inaugurates  or  those 
represented  by  his  clients,  and  his  familiarity 
with  mining  and  mining  law  has  made  his  serv- 
ices of  inestimable  value  to  those  companies 
which  he  has  represented. 


HON.  LEWIS  C.  ROCKWELL.  In  the  list 
of  prominent  attorneys  of  Colorado  who 
wielded  powerful  influence  both  in  territorial 
and  state  history  mention  belongs  to  the  name  of 
L.  C.  Rockwell,  formerly  a  successful  and  able 
lawyer  of  Central  City  and  Denver,  but  now  de- 
ceased. From  the  time  of  his  settlement  in 
Colorado  until  his  death,  thirty-four  years  later,  he 
was  especially  prominent  in  mining  suits,  and 
was  retained  as  attorney  in  many  cases  where  vast 
amounts  were  involved.  It  is  said  that  at  the 
time  of  his  death  he  had  the  distinction  of  having 
tried  more  mining  cases,  settling  more  intricate 
mining  questions,  and  reported  in  the  reports  of 
the  territory  and  state  of  Colorado,  than  any 
other  attorney  or  firm  of  lawyers  at  the  bar. 

The  boyhood  days  of  Mr.  Rockwell  were  passed 
in  Schoharie  County,  N.  Y. ,  where  he  was  born 


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in  1840.  He  was  fifteen  years  of  age  when  the 
family  settled  in  Beloit,  Wis.  He  studied  law  in 
the  Chicago  Law  School  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar.  Upon  coming  to  Colorado  in  1862,  he  be- 
came connected  with  his  brother,  W.  S.  Rockwell, 
in  Central  City,  and  when,  two  years  later,  his 
brother  returned  to  Wisconsin,  he  succeeded  to 
the  law  business,  remaining  in  Central  City  until 
1882.  Meantime  his  practice  grew  to  such  an 
extent  that  his  removal  to  Denver  was  rendered 
necessary.  On  going  to  that  city  he  opened  an 
office  in  the  Tabor  block,  where  he  continued  his 
practice  until  his  death,  in  1897.  For  many  years 
his  home  was  on  Grant  Avenue,  that  city. 
Through  the  practice  of  his  profession,  which 
brought  him  l^rge  fees,  and  through  his  invest- 
ments in  mines  and  real-estate,  he  accumulated 
property  valued  at  $150,000,  among  his  holdings 
being  twelve  hundred  acres  of  land  and  valuable 
water  rights  on  the  Little  Thompson,  in  Weld 
and  Larimer  Counties,  including  some  of  the  most 
extensive  and  valuable  water  rights  of  Colorado. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  his  oldest  son,  Har- 
vey E. ,  was  a  law  student  in  his  office. 

Active  in  public  and  political  affairs,  Mr.  Rock- 
well was  frequently  chosen  to  represent  the  people 
in  positions  where  breadth  of  knowledge  and 
sagacity  of  judgment  were  imperative  qualifica- 
tions. He  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional 
convention  that  convened  in  July,  1876,  at  the 
time  Colorado  was  admitted  into  the  union  of 
states;  and  served  in  the  first  state  senate,  and 
did  much  toward  laying  the  foundations  of  the 
new  state  upon  a  firm  and  stable  foundation. 
Many  new  constitutional  provisions  then  en- 
grafted into  the  Colorado  constitution  by  these 
vigorous  western  minds  have  served  other  young 
and  growing  states  well  in  later  years.  This 
constitution  stands  as  a  lasting  monument  to  the 
memory  of  every  man  who  had  the  fortune  to  be 
a  member  of  that  illustrious  body,  of  which  Mr. 
Rockwell  was  a  leading  mind,  and  a  member  of 
its  celebrated  judiciary  committee. 

He  left  a  wife  and  family,  Mrs.  Lulu  Alvord 
Rockwell  and  seven  children,  five  of  whom  were 
bo3'S  and  two  girls,  all  inheriting  his  vigorous 
constitution  and  intellect. 

Mr.  Rockwell  met  a  violent  death  from  a  kick 
over  the  heart  by  a  young  horse,  from  which  he 
died  at  the  end  of  a  week,  at  the  age  of  fifty-seven 
— in  the  vigor  of  his  life  and  prime  of  his  useful- 
ness in  this  world  of  activity;  mourned  by  friends 


and  all  who  had  the  pleasure  to  have  known  him 
and  share  his  generosity  and  many  deeds  of  kind- 
ness. 


HON.  WILLIAM  S.  ROCKWELL.  The  life 
which  this  narrative  sketches  began  in 
Schoharie  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1824,  upon  a 
farm  owned  and  occupied  by  his  father,  Lewis 
Rockwell,  who  was  of  English  and  Scotch  descent 
and  was  a  native  of  New  York,  once  a  member 
of  its  state  senate  and  a  prominent  man  in  public 
affairs.  In  1847  the  family  removed  to  Wiscon- 
sin and  settled  four  miles  from  Beloit,  on  a  farm 
that  is  still  known  as  the  Rockwell  place.  The 
son,  who  forms  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  had 
previously  been  given  his  choice  between  attend- 
ance at  a  law  school  and  the  gift  of  a  farm,  fully 
stocked.  He  rejected  the  latter  and  entered  the 
Albany  Law  School,  where  he  took  the  regular 
course  of  lectures.  Immediately  after  graduat- 
ing, in  1847,  he  opened  an  office  in  Beloit,  Wis.. 
where  he  engaged  in  practice  in  partnership  with 
Matt  S.  Carpenter,  who  in  after  years  became  the 
celebrated  United  States  Senator  Matt  S.  Car- 
penter, of  Wisconsin.  On  the  removal  of  Mr. 
Carpenter  to  Milwaukee,  Mr.  Rockwell  continued 
alone.  For  a  time  he  served  as  state's  attorney 
of  Rock  County  and  also  as  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature.  He  was  one  of  the  originators 
of  the  Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany, the  plan  for  which  was  conceived  by  a  Mr. 
Johnson,  and  the  records  were  kept  in  a  black 
trunk  in  Mr.  Rockwell's  office.  Subsequently 
the  company  was  reorganized  and  the  records 
moved  to  Milwaukee,  and  in  time  the  now  cele- 
brated Northwestern  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany was  evolved  from  that  small  beginning. 

In  the  spring  of  1848  Mr.  Rockwell  married 
Miss  Lorena  Vasseller,  who  was  born  in  New 
York  state.  Her  paternal  grandfather  emigrated 
from  Prussia  and  settled  in  the  Mohawk  Valley 
in  New  York.  In  his  native  country  he  had  been 
a  landed  baron  and  bore  the  title  of  "von,"  but 
his  estates  in  Prussia  were  confiscated  by  the  Ger- 
man government  on  account  of  his  activity  in  the 
first  revolution.  He  abandoned  his  title  and 
property,  and  forbade  his  children  seeking  to  re- 
gain his  estates,  or  even  speaking  the  German 
language.  Coming  to  this  country  he  became  a 
citizen  of  the  United  States.  His  son,  EHas,  fa- 
ther of  Mrs.  Rockwell,  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in 
an  adjoining  county  to  Schoharie. 


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After  fourteen  years  in  Rock  County,  Wis.,  in 
1 86 1,  Mr.  Rockwell  came  to  Colorado,  hoping  to 
recover  from  the  distressing  results  of  the  finan- 
cial panic  of  1857.  He  regained  his  independ- 
ence and  paid  his  entire  indebtedness.  In  time 
he  became  one  of  the  most  prominent  members  of 
the  Colorado  bar.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
attorneys  for  the  Bobtail  Gregory  claims,  in 
which  he  was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  Lewis  C. , 
and  his  son,  J.  E.  The  latter  now  has  in  his  pos- 
session a  check  for  $1,250,000,  given  to  the  own- 
ers of  the  Bobtail  Gregory  properties  and  ad- 
jacent claims,  this  being  the  largest  mining  deal 
that  had  ever  been  made  up  to  that  time.  He 
was  retained  as  attorney  in  many  noted  murder 
cases  and  none  of  his  clients  were  ever  hung  for 
murder,  and  were  generally  acquitted. 

When  the  Civil  war  closed,  Mr.  Rockwell 
became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Pratt,  Rockwell 
&  Ferry,  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  who  were  gen- 
eral counselors  for  the  Missouri  River  and  Fort 
Scott  Railway  Company  and  resident  counsel  for 
the  Kansas  Pacific  and  the  Chicago,  Burlington 
&  Quincy  roads. 

Mr.  Rockwell  spent  one  season  in  Wyoming 
seeking  mines  and  while  there  was  retained  as  at- 
torney by  many  of  the  prominent  mining  com- 
panies to  go  to  the  legislature  to  draft  a  mining 
code,  and  in  1869  he  was  elected  to  the  first  ter- 
ritorial council.  At  the  request  of  Col.  W.  H. 
Bright,  then  of  Wyoming,  he  drew  up  the  now 
celebrated  female  suffrage  bill.  On  the  com- 
pletion of  his  work  there  he  returned  to  Wis- 
consin, where  he  remained  several  years,  in 
order  that  his  children  might  have  good  educa- 
tional advantages.  On  again  coming  west  he 
settled  in  Denver  and  carried  on  a  general  prac- 
tice in  that  city,  where  he  continued  until  his 
death,  in  March,  1881,  at  fifty-seven  years  of  age. 
His  wife  died  of  pnuemonia  in  Denver  in  1890. 
They  left  two  children,  J.  E.  and  Ella  L-,  now 
living  in  Denver. 

As  might  be  expected  of  a  man  of  Mr.  Rock- 
well's temperament,  he  kept  himself  well  posted 
concerning  the  issues  of  the  day  in  which  he 
lived.  In  politics  he  was  a  stanch  Democrat  and 
on  that  ticket  was  a  candidate  for  Congress,  but 
was  defeated  by  the  Republican  candidate,  Jerome 
B.  Chaffee.  He  was  a  warm  admirer  of  Stephen 
A.  Douglas,  whom  he  supported  and  with  whom 
he  stumped  the  state  of  Wisconsin  in  the  presi- 
dential campaign  of  1860.  Having  onoe  identi- 
fied himself  with  any  measure  or  movement,  he 


held  to  its  principles  with  sincerity  and  honesty. 
He  was  a  man  of  broad  comprehension  and  infor- 
mation, a  clear  reasoner,  fair  and  conscientious, 
and  firm  in  his  matured  judgment.  Throughout 
his  honorable  career  as  a  lawyer  he  adhered  at 
all  times  and  under  all  circumstances  to  the 
fundamental  principles  of  the  rights  of  the  people 
and  equality  of  all  men  before  the  law.  The 
years  that  have  passed  since  his  death  have  not 
dimmed  his  memory  in  the  hearts  of  those  who 
appreciated  his  true  worth  and  his  giant  intel- 
lect. 


HENRY  R.  PENDERY,  a  prominent  attor- 
ney of  Leadville  and  an  active  professional 
man  of  this  city  since  1879,  was  born  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1849,  a  son  01"  John  L.  and 
Catherine  O.  "(Rockey)  Pendery.  His  father, 
who  is  a  man  of  exceptional  ability,  was  born  in 
Ohio,  and  for  some  years  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law  in  Cincinnati,  where  he  was  a  successful 
attorney  and  also  served  as  United  States  com- 
missioner. In  1857  he  removed  from  Ohio  to 
Leavenworth,  Kan.,  and  formed  a  partnership 
with  Judge  Brewer,  which  connection  continued 
until  his  partner  was  chosen  to  serve  on  the  su- 
preme bench  of  the  state  of  Kansas.  He  re- 
mained in  Leavenworth  until  1878,  when  he  came 
to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Leadville,  forming  a 
partnership  with  L.  M.  Goddard,  judge  of  the  su- 
preme court  of  Colorado.  In  additon  to  his  pro- 
fessional work  he  acquired  important  mining 
interests,  and  owned  the  Judge  Pendery  mine, 
from  which  he  took  out  thousands  of  dollars  in 
silver.  He  afterwards  engaged  unsuccessfully  in 
mining  in  Joplin,  Mo.  On  his  return  to  Colorado 
he  became  interested  in  the  mines  of  Cripple 
Creek,  through  which  he  has  gained  another 
fortune.  On  his  father's  side  he  descends  from  a 
Maryland  family;  his  paternal  grandmother, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Mary  Ludlow,  was  the 
first  white  female  born  in  Cincinnati.  Our  sub- 
ject's mother  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  to  which 
city  her  father  moved  from  Lancaster,  Pa. 

The  only  child  of  his  parents,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  given  excellent  educational  ad- 
vantages and  was  carefully  trained  for  a  life  of 
usefulness  and  honor.  For  a  time  he  was  a  stu- 
dent of  Phillips'  Exeter  Academy  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  Ben  Butler,  Daniel  Webster  and 
George  Bancroft  were  educated.  This  school  he 
entered  in  1866,  and  from  it  he  graduated  in 
1869  and  entered  Harvard  College  the  same  year, 


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graduating  in  1873.  Returning  to  Leavenworth 
he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Pendery  &  God- 
dard.  In  the  fall  of  1874  he  entered  the  law  de- 
partment of  the  Michigan  State  University  at 
Ann  Arbor,  where  he  carried  on  the  study  of 
law.  He  was  admitted  to  practice  at  Leaven- 
worth,  and  continued  there  until  1879,  when  he 
came  to  Leadville.  At  first  he  was  in  partner- 
ship with  Peudery,  Goddard  &  Taylor,  and  later 
was  junior  member  of  the  firm  of  Pendery  &  Pen- 
dery, after  which  he  practiced  alone  until  1887. 
He  was  then  appointed  register  of  the  United 
States  land  office  at  Leadville,  which  position  he 
held  until  August  i,  1892,  since  which  time  the 
firm  title  has  been  Phelps  &  Pendery.  His 
firm  has  built  up  a  large  practice  and  stands  ex- 
ceptionally high. 

Judge  Pendery  (for  by  this  title  our  subject  is 
best  known)  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He 
served  as  county  attorney  for  Lake  from  1893  to 
1895.  In  Masonry  he  is  past  master  of  the  blue 
lodge,  a  past  officer  of  the  chapter  of  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  and  generalissimo  of  the  Knights 
Templar,  also  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 
In  1876  he  married  Sarah  L.  McGee,  of  Leaven- 
worth.  They  have  a  son  and  daughter:  John  M. 
and  Catherine  Agnes. 


fJJ  EORGE  ADDISON  NEWTON,  whose  por- 

b  trait  is  here  presented,  was  the  founder  of 
the  Newton  Lumber  Company.  He  was 
born  in  Ripon,  Wis.,  June  20,  1851.  His  early 
years  were  spent  in  Ripon  and  Spring  Grove,  Wis., 
and  Freeport,  111.  He  completed  his  education 
in  Racine  College.  In  1871  he  removed,  with 
the  other  members  of  his  family,  from  Freeport, 
111. ,  to  Denver,  Colo.  He  was  there  engaged  in 
the  Colorado  National  Bank  until  he  attained  his 
majority,  when,  in  1872,  he  removed  to  Pueblo, 
commencing  business  as  the  Newton  Lumber 
Company  on  the  present  site  of  the  Grand  hotel 
in  this  city.  For  more  than  twenty  years,  and 
until  his  death,  he  was  closely  identified  with 
Pueblo's  welfare.  He  extended  the  business  of 
the  Newton  Lumber  Company  to  Colorado 
Springs,  Colorado  City,  Florence,  Canon  City, 
Rocky  Ford,  Gillett  and  Cripple  Creek.  He  also 
organized  and  was  the  president  of  the  Sayre- 
Newton  Lumber  Company  in  Denver.  He  was 
also  a  director  in  the  Western  National  Bank  of 
Pueblo. 

Throughout  the  entire   state,  in  every  locality 
where  his  business  called  him,  he  won  friends  by 


his  energy  and  uprightness.  He  was  a  man  of 
genial  disposition,  and  there  were  few  who  en- 
joyed the  esteem  of  associates  and  acquaintances 
to  the  same  extent  as  did  he.  After  an  illness  of 
only  four  days  his  death  occurred,  suddenly  and 
unexpectedly,  December  13,  1892,  at  the  age  of 
forty-one.  Three  children,  a  son  and  two  daugh- 
ters, survive  him.  The  son,  who  is  his  father's 
namesake,  is  now  actively  connected  with  the 
Newton  Lumber  Company  and  represents  the 
fourth  generation  who  has  engaged  in  the  same 
line  of  business. 


fi>G|HITNEY  NEWTON  was  born  in  Monroe, 
\A/  Wis.,  April  5,  1858.  He  removed  with 
YV  the  family  to  Freeport,  111.,  in  1868,  and 
again  to  Denver,  Colo.,  in  1871.  He  attended 
the  Denver  public  schools  in  their  infancy,  from 
1871  to  1875.  In  the  latter  year  he  entered  Cor- 
nell University  and  was  graduated  from  that  in- 
stitution in  1879.  For  a  year  and  a-half  after 
graduation  he  was  connected  with  the  banking 
business  in  Denver  and  Breckenridge.  His  father, 
Ezra  A.  Newton,  had  been  extensively  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business  in  Fond  du  Lac,  Oshkosh 
and  Monroe,  Wis.,  and  Freeport,  111.  His  brother, 
George  A.  Newton,  had  started  in  the  same  line 
in  Pueblo  in  1872.  Fate  seemed  to  have  ordained 
a  family  occupation,  and  in  1881  he  joined  his 
brother  in  Pueblo.  Upon  the  death  of  his  brother, 
in  1892,  he  became  the  head  of  the  Newton  Lum- 
ber Company. 

In  December,  1881,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  Rose  Quigg,  of  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  by  whom  he 
has  five  sons.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
but  business  engrosses  so  much  of  his  time  that 
it  prevents  active  participation  in  public  affairs. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  Knight  Templar  and  a  Shriner. 


'HOMAS  A.  STODDARD,  C.  E.,  M.  D., 
who  is  one  of  the  most  eminent  specialists 
of  Pueblo,  has  engaged  in  practice  in  this 
city  since  the  spring  of  1891,  and  has  his  office 
in  the  Central  block.  Added  to  native  alertness 
of  mind  and  quickness  of  perceptive  faculties,  is 
the  broad  and  thorough  information  he  has  ob- 
tained through  study  under  the  best  scientists  of 
Europe  and  America  and  through  habits  of  close 
observation.  The  reputation  which  he  has  gained 
is  by  no  means  only  local.  Frequently  he  has 
been  invited  to  read  articles  bearing  upon  the 
medical  profession,  before  the  conventions  of  the 
fraternity;  and  often  he  has  furnished  papers  for 


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medical  journals  published  in  England,  Canada 
and  the  United  States,  and  both  his  addresses 
and  his  published  articles  have  attracted  wide 
and  favorable  comment. 

The  Stoddards  are  an  old  and  honorable  Scotch 
family.  Adam  Stoddard,  who  was  a  man  of  cul- 
ture and  classical  learning,  was  tutor  to  one  of 
the  Georges  of  England.  His  son,  Fanning 
Stoddard,  was  born  at  Blair  Athol,  Scotland,  and 
emigrated  to  America  in  early  manhood,  settling 
in  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business.  He  married  Elsie  Fra- 
ser,  who  was  born  in  Inverness,  a  great-grand- 
daughter of  the  twelfth  Lord  Lovett.  Capt. 
Thomas  Stoddard,  son  of  Fanning  and  Elsie 
Stoddard,  was  born  in  Halifax,  and  was  captain 
of'schooners  and  barques  engaged  in  the  fruit 
trade  from  the  Mediterranean  to  New  York  and 
Nova  Scotia.  The  vessels  which  he  commanded 
were  owned  by  himself.  While  in  the  Mediter- 
ranean, in  a  fight  with  Moorish  pirates  of  Gib- 
raltar, his  thumb  was  cut  off  by  a  scimiter  and 
his  life  was  for  a  moment  in  deadly  peril,  but  was 
saved  by  his  brother,  who  gave  the  enemy  a 
deadly  blow  with  a  hatchet.  The  sword  used  by 
the  pirate  is  now  in  our  subject's  possession.  At 
another  time  Captain  Stoddard  was  wrecked  off 
the  coast  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  with  others  was 
lashed  to  the  rigging,  but  in  the  intense  cold  of 
the  air  and  water,  all  were  frozen  to  death,  with- 
in one  hundred  and  twenty  miles  of  home.  After 
having  often  and  long  traversed  the  stormy  ocean 
he  found  his  last  resting  place  beneath  its  waves. 

The  mother  of  Dr.  Stoddard  was  Elizabeth 
Hyson,  who  was  born  in  Halifax  and  died  in 
Nova  Scotia  in  1892.  Her  father,  Michael  Hy- 
son, a  native  of  Germany,  settled  at  Ship  Harbor, 
Nova  Scotia,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock-raising.  His  life  was  prolonged  to  the 
unusual  age  of  one  hundred  and  three  years,  and 
was  finally  brought  to  an  end  by  accident;  he 
slipped  and  fell  on  ice,  and  died  from  the  effects 
of  injuries  received.  Our  subject  was  the  young- 
est of  a  family  of  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  all 
of  whom  are  still  living.  He  was  born  in  Hali- 
fax, August  22,  1857.  When  ten  years  of  age 
he  left  home  and  began  to  work  for  his  board,  be- 
ing permitted  to  attend  school  during  a  part  of 
each  year.  He  worked  his  way  through  the 
high  school  in  Pictou,  and  after  graduating,  be- 
came a  student  in  Dalhousie  College  at  Halifax. 
Here,  as  before,  he  defrayed  his  expenses  by  his 
work.  After  two  years  in  college  he  began  to 


teach,  and  for  six  years  was  principal  of  the 
Bridgewater  school. 

As  soon  as  he  had  saved  an  amount  sufficient 
to  render  such  an  undertaking  possible,  he  en- 
tered the  medical  department  of  the  University 
of  Michigan,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1886, 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  after  a  thorough  course 
of  four  years.  In  1883  the  degree  of  C.  E.  had 
been  conferred  upon  him.  His  first  professional 
practice  was  in  Halifax  County.  As  a  young, 
inexperienced  physician,  he  encountered  all  the 
obstacles  incident  to  such  a  position,  and  it  re- 
quired all  his  energy  to  enable  him  to  tide  over 
those  early  years  of  financial  distress  and  anxiety. 
However,  success  came  to  him  at  last,  as  it  al- 
ways comes  to  the  thorough,  painstaking  and 
capable.  In  1888  he  removed  to  the  city  of  Hali- 
fax, where  he  had  a  large  and  constantly  in- 
creasing practice.  For  two  years  he  was  physi- 
cian to  the  Halifax  dispensary,  which,  in  ad- 
dition to  his  private  practice,  kept  him  constantly 
busy.  His  health  finally  became  undermined, 
and,  for  the  purpose  of  recreation  and  further 
professional  study,  he  took  a  trip  to  Europe. 
The  study  of  gynecology  he  there  pursued  with 
Dr.  Bantock  of  London  and  August  Martin  of 
Berlin,  the  two  most  eminent  gynecologists  in  the 
world.  He  also  spent  some  time  at  the  Rotunda 
Hospital  in  Dublin  and  with  Leopold  in  Dresden. 
After  remaining  abroad  for  one  year  he  returned 
to  America,  in  April,  1891. 

It  became  apparent  at  once,  however,  that  the 
damp  and  foggy  atmosphere  of  his  ocean-girt 
home  was  detrimental  to  Dr.  Stoddard 's  health, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1891  he  came  to  Colorado, 
where  the  high  and  dry  climatic  conditions  proved 
beneficial  from  the  first.  Opening  an  office  he 
engaged  in  practice.  In  1894  he  went  to  New 
York  City,  where  he  took  a  post-graduate  course 
in  gynecology  at  the  Polyclinic.  On  his  return 
to  Pueblo  he  engaged  in  the  specialty  of  gyne- 
cology, and  is  now  gynecologist  to  St.  Mary's 
Hospital  and  Sanitarium,  besides  which  he  has 
a  large  private  practice.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
British,  Nova  Scotia  and  Colorado  Medical  Socie- 
ties; the  Pueblo  County  Medical  Society,  of  which 
he  has  served  as  secretary ;  and  is  an  honorary 
member  of  the  Texas  State  Medical  Society. 
Politically  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  in  religion  is 
connected  with  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Pueblo.  While  in  Bridgewater,  Nova  Scotia,  he 
was  made  a  Mason  in  1878,  but  he  is  not  active 
in  the  fraternity  at  present.  He  is  identified 


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with  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  52,  K.  P.  His  mar- 
riage, in  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  united  him  with 
Minnie  E.  Lantz,  who  was  born  in  Paradise, 
Nova  Scotia,  and  was  educated  in  schools  at 
Annapolis  and  Kentville.  The  two  children  born 
of  their  union  are  Harry  Fanning  and  Helen 
Aline. 


f~  RANC  OGILVY  WOOD,  who  is  numbered 
r^  among  the  prominent  citizens  of  Colorado 
I  Springs,  was  born  in  Montreal,  Canada,  a 
son  of  David  Russ  and  Almira  T.  (Catlin)  Wood, 
natives  of  Montreal  and  Burlington,  Vt. ,  respect- 
ively. His  «paterna'l  grandfather,  Maj.  David 
Wood,  who  was  a  native  of  Connecticut,  removed 
to  Canada,  settling  near  Montreal;  he  married  a 
Miss  Snow,  who  descended  from  a  family  that 
came  over  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Capt.  Stephen  and  Constance  Snow.  The 
founder  of  the  Wood  family  in  America,  Captain 
Wood,  came  from  England  with  his  regiment 
and  settled  in  Connecticut  in  colonial  days. 
Members  of  the  family  are  direct  heirs  of  the 
Paisley  Green  estate. 

For  many  years,  under  the  old  French  laws, 
David  Russ  Wood  was  in  charge  of  the  bankrupt 
court  as  judge,  and  on  the  introduction  of  the 
new  code  of  laws  he  became  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners of  crown  lands.  He  was  a  man  of  promi- 
nence and  familiar  with  law  in  all  its  varied 
forms.  When  Hon.  L.  S.  Huntington,  his 
brother-in-law,  was  postmaster-general  of  Canada, 
the  two  had  all  of  the  copper  properties  of 
Canada  opened  and  operated,  until  they  were 
finally  sold  to  an  English  syndicate.  In  1880 
Mr.  Wood  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he 
laid  out  D.  Russ  Wood's  addition  to  the  city, 
comprising  twenty-five  acres  in  the  northern  part 
of  the  town.  He  served  as  vice-president  of  Colo- 
rado College,  and  for  years  was  chairman  of  the 
building  committee.  He  married  Miss  Catlin,  a 
descendant,  through  her  paternal  ancestors,  of  the 
English  nobility  (the  Catlyns  or  Catlings,  of 
Needham  Hall,  England).  She  was  also  a  de- 
scendant of  Capt.  James  Wadsworth,  who  hid  the 
Connecticut  charter  in  the  hollow  of  the  famous 
old  charter  oak  tree,  and  through  his  active  par- 
ticipation in  early  wars  our  subject  was  eligible 
to  membership  in  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  only  son 
among  three  children.  After  completing  his  lit- 
erary education  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of 
William  W.  Robertson,  of  Montreal,  and  also 


took  the  degrees  of  A.  B.  and  B.  C.  L.  in  McGill 
University,  Montreal.  For  eleven  years  he  prac- 
ticed law  in  Montreal,  and  from  there,  in  1880, 
removed  to  Colorado  Springs,  owing  to  his 
father's  ill  health.  After  engaging  in  a  general 
practice  here  for  a  short  time  he  joined  Mr.  Ris- 
ley  in  the  law  department  of  the  Rio  Grande 
Railroad.  When  that  company  moved  its  offices 
to  Denver  he  was  retained  by  the  Denver  &  New 
Orleans  Railroad  to  complete  the  title  to  its  right 
of  way  between  Denver  and  Colorado  Springs. 
Subsequently  he  was  appointed  assistant  attor- 
ney to  the  Colorado  Midland  Railroad,  and 
fought  for  and  obtained  most  of  the  right  of  way 
between  here  and  Glenwood  Springs.  Afterward 
he  joined  with  friends  in  the  development  and 
opening  of  the  resources  of  the  Crystal  River 
Valley  in  Pitkin  County,  Colo.,  including  the 
building  of  the  Elk  Mountain  Railroad  and  the 
opening  up  of  the  great  deposits  of  marble,  slate 
and  coal.  He  was  also  interested  largely  in  sil- 
ver mining  in  Rico,  Central  City,  Black  Hawk 
and  Aspen.  After  the  first  discovery  of  gold  at 
Cripple  Creek  he  turned  his  attention  to  that 
camp,  and  was  the  first  to  build  a  shaft  house  on 
the  Anna  Lee  and  Doubtful  claims  on  Battle 
Mountain,  now  the  center  of  the  great  Portland 
mine.  He  also  opened  up  the  Vindicator,  and 
was  largely  interested  in  the  early  development 
of  the  Lillie  property.  He  has  recently  leased 
the  Garfield  mine.  Through  his  successful  and 
long  experience  in  developing  the  different  classes 
of  mining  properties  in  Colorado,  he  has  become 
well  known  as  a  mining  expert. 

Fond  of  athletic  sports,  Mr.  Wood  holds  two 
world  records  for  snowshoe  racing.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Town  and  Gown  Golf  Club,  the  El  Paso 
and  Country  Clubs,  and  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars.  For  seven  years  he  held  the  position  of 
secretary  of  Colorado  College.  The  organization 
of  the  original  mining  exchange  was  through  his 
instrumentality.  He  is  the  owner  of  "Edge- 
wood"  at  Ivy  wild.  On  his  place  he  has  a  num- 
ber of  fine  horses,  some  of  which  were  imported 
at  large  cost.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Wood  was  Miss  Susanna 
J.  Jewett,  daughter  of  Judge  Jewett,  of  Steuben- 
ville,  Ohio.  They  had  two  children:  Franc  Jew- 
ett, who  died  in  June,  1896,  at  the  age  of  twen- 
ty-one; and  D.  Russ,  who  is  in  the  office  of  the 
chief  engineer  of  the  Vandalia  line  at  Terre 
Haute,  Ind.  In  Colorado  Springs  Mr.  Wood  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Rebecca  Wain 


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Tutt,  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Pendleton 
Tutt,  of  Locust  Hill,  Loudoun  County,  Va.,  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  med- 
ical department,  and  for  many  years  connected 
with  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital  in  Philadelphia. 
The  Tutts  are  of  Welsh  descent.  The  mother  of 
Mrs.  Wood  was  Rebecca  Learning,  whose  ances- 
tors were  prominent  in  England,  and  whose 
grandfather,  Thomas  Learning,  of  Philadelphia, 
took  part  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  crossed 
the  Delaware  with  Washington.  Mrs.  Wood's 
ancestors,  the  Pendletons  and  Masons,  were 
prominent  in  Virginia,  and  took  part  in  the 
Revolution.  Her  grandmother,  Ann  Mason 
Chichester,  was  a  cousin  of  George  Washington. 
Another  ancestor,  Nicholas  Wain,  her  great- 
great-great-great-grandfather,  came  to  this  coun- 
try with  William  Penn,  and  was  of  the  Quaker 
faith.  She  descends  in  the  fifth  generation  from 
Mary  Taylor,  a  sister  of  President  Zachary  Tay- 
lor. She  is  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
Revolution  and  Colonial  Dames.  She  organized 
and  was  the  first  president  of  the  first  Audubon 
Society  in  Colorado,  which  did  much  to  prevent 
cruelty  to  birds  and  insure  their  protection.  She 
is  also  identified  with  the  Society  for  the  Preven- 
tion of  Cruelty  to  Animals  and  the  Red  Cross 
Society  of  Colorado. 


HON.  JOHN  L.  NOONAN.  During  the 
early  days  in  the  history  of  Glenwood 
Springs,  in  August,  1884,  Judge  Noonan 
came  to  this  then  new  town  and  began  to  practice 
law.  Six  years  later  he  was  elected  judge  of 
Garfield  County,  and  he  has  continued  to  serve 
in  this  capacity  ever  since.  Himself  a  stanch 
Republican,  he  has  the  stanch  support,  not  only 
of  the  members  of  that  party,  but  also  has  many 
friends  among  the  Democrats  and  Populists,  for 
all  citizens,  irrespective  of  political  views,  honor 
him  as  a  man  of  integrity  and  ability. 

In  the  city  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  December  17, 
1848,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  to  the 
union  of  Dennis  and  Eleanor  (Lyons)  Noonan, 
natives  of  Ireland,  but  residents  of  the  United 
States  from  childhood.  His  father,  who  first  set- 
tled in  Ohio,  removed  from  there  to  Indiana,  and 
during  his  long  connection  with  railroading, 
served  in  every  department  of  the  work.  Ad- 
vancing years  caused  his  retirement  from  active 
labors.  He  is  now  over  seventy-five  years  of 
age,  hale  and  robust.  A  resident  of  Indiana 
since  1854,  he  now  spends  much  of  his  time  on 


his  large  farm  lying  near  Hartford  City.  He 
voted  the  Democratic  ticket  until  the  Elaine  cam- 
paign. His  wife  died  March  15,  1893.  Of  their 
children,  William  was  engaged  in  the  newspaper 
business  in  Indiana  for  a  number  of  years,  but 
sold  out  his  interests  in  1897,  and  now  owns  a 
large  stock  farm  in  that  state.  Mary  and  Mar- 
garet reside  with  their  father. 

From  the  age  of  six  years  our  subject  lived  on 
a  farm  in  Indiana.  He  was  educated  in  common 
schools  and  the  college  at  Ridgeville,  Ind.,  and 
for  three  years  taught  school  near  his  home.  For 
four  years  he  served  as  county  recorder  of  Black- 
ford  County,  to  which  position  he  was  elected  on 
the  anti-railroad  tax  ticket.  On  retiring  from 
office  he  read  law  in  the  law  office  of  Benjamin 
G.  Shinn,  and  upon  his  admission  to  the  bar  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  former  preceptor, 
which  continued  for  six  years.  From  1881  to 
1884  he  served  as  prosecuting  attorney  of  his 
county,  but  resigned  the  position  on  moving 
west.  In  1883  he  was  called  to  Buena  Vista, 
Colo.,  to  defend  a  young  friend  of  his  who  was  to 
he  tried  for  murder;  he  came  west  and  carried  the 
case  through,  winning  a  victory  for  his  client. 
While  here  he  became  so  favorably  impressed 
with  Colorado  that  he  decided  to  settle  here  per- 
manently. Settling  in  Leadville,  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  Templer  &  Page,  and  practiced 
for  a  year  in  that  city.  He  then  came  to  Glen- 
wood  Springs,  where  he  soon  built  up  an  exten- 
sive and  profitable  practice.  From  1890  to  Janu- 
ary, 1899  (three  terms),  he  held  the  office  of 
county  judge.  In  1894  he  was  the  Republican 
candidate  for  district  judge  against  Judge  Rucker, 
and  carried  all  the  counties  except  Aspen,  which 
gave  a  large  Democratic  majority.  He  has 
always  given  his  support  to  the  Republican  par- 
ty, with  the  exception  of  a  short  time  during  his 
residence  in  Indiana,  when  he  supported  Peter 
Cooper  and  James  B.  Weaver,  the  greenback 
candidates  for  president  and  vice-president.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows. 
In  1894  he  married  Margaret  M.  Moore,  who 
was  born  in  Ireland,  and  has  traveled  extensively 
through  her  native  land,  also  England  and  Scot- 
land, but  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  was  living 
in  Leadville.  They  have  three  children,  Will- 
iam Francis,  John  L. ,  Jr.,  and  Eleanor  Margaret. 
Soon  after  he  came  to  Glenwood  Springs  Judge 
Noonan  took  up  land  near  the  city,  and  here  he 
has  since  engaged  in  raising  stock  and  fruit.  He 
also  has  some  stock  on  his  ranch  of  about  five 


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was  defeated.  In  1898  he  was  nominated  by  the 
Democrats  and  endorsed  by  the  Populists  for  the 
state  legislature,  but  was  defeated  by  a  small 
majority.  He  is  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge  of 
Masonry  in  Carbondale  and  the  chapter  and 
commandery  in  Glenwood  Springs.  The  work 
he  has  done  in  the  upbuilding  of  his  town  entitles 
him  to  rank  among  its  most  prominent  citizens. 
He  has  displayed  a  public  spirit  that  is  most  help- 
ful to  the  interests  of  his  count}'.  As  a  business 
man  he  has  been  keen,  discriminating  and  exact; 
as  a  banker,  cautious  and  conservative,  yet  en- 
terprising; as  a  citizen  his  position  is  among 
those  whose  influence  has  been  given  to  the  wel- 
fare of  the  people  and  the  advancement  of  the 
county. 

CHARLES  J.  HOBSON  is  a  prominent 
I  (  farmer  and  stock-raiser  of  Pueblo  County, 
\J  his  ranch  being  near  Swallows,  on  the 
Arkansas  River,  fifteen  miles  from  the  city  of 
Pueblo.  He  was  born  in  1839  in  Yadkin  Coun- 
ty, N.  C.,  east  of  the  Blue  Ridge  mountains,  but 
when  an  infant  was  taken  by  his  parents,  Stephen 
H.  and  Mary  L.  (Clingman)  Hobson,  to  Andrew 
County,  Mo.,  settling  twelve  miles  from  St. 
Joseph,  where  he  remained  until  twenty  years 
of  age,  his  education  being  acquired  in  private 
schools. 

The  Hobson  family  is  believed  to  have  been 
founded  in  this  country  by  two  brothers,  natives 
of  England,  one  of  whom  settled  in  Virginia,  the 
other  in  North  Carolina.  They  were  members 
of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Our  subject's  father 
was  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  where  he  fol- 
lowed the  brick  mason's  trade  in  early  life,  but 
during  his  residence  in  Missouri  he  engaged  in 
farming  and  building.  To  this  same  branch  of 
the  family  is  believed  belongs  Lieutenant  Hobson, 
who  won  distinction  during  the  war  with  Spain 
by  sinking  the  Merrimac.  Our  subject's  mother 
was  a  cousin  of  Thomas  Clingman,  who  was  a 
congressman  for  many  years. 

At  the  age  of  twenty  years  Charles  J.  Hobson 
started  out  in  life  for  himself.  With  the  famous 
McDonald  family  he  went  from  St.  Joseph,  Mo., 
to  Sacramento,  Cal.,  remaining  four  years,  and 
then  returned  to  St.  Joseph,  where  he  purchased 
teams  for  the  purpose  of  freighting  across  the 
plains.  This  business  he  continued  until  1867, 
crossing  the  plains  with  freight  and  stock  sevea- 
teeu  times,  and  ofteu  coming  in  contact  with  the 
Indians,  Jn  1870  he  filed  a  pre-emption  claim 


to  his  present  property  in  Pueblo  County,  and 
has  since  devoted  his  energies  to  the  improve- 
ment and  cultivation  of  his  land  with  some  suc- 
cess, as  he  now  has  one  of  the  best  ranches  in 
the  locality.  There  is  a  good  residence  upon  the 
place,  substantial  barns,  outbuildings  and  fences, 
and  a  fine  orchard. 

On  the  20th  of  December,  1868,  was  celebrated 
the  marriage  of  Mr.  Hobson  and  Miss  Nancy  E. 
Waugh,  who  was  born,  reared  and  educated  in 
Andrew  County,  Mo. ,  where  she  made  her  home 
until  her  marriage.  Her  father,  John  Waugh,  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  was  an  early  settler  of  that 
state,  and  served  in  the  Union  army  for  six 
months  at  the  President's  first  call  for  troops. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hobson  have  three  children, 
namely:  W.  Alexander,  who  owns  and  operates 
a  farm  near  his  father;  Frederick  C. ,  who  mar- 
ried Miss  Finley,  a  daughter  of  M.  J.  Finley,  of 
the  Greenhorn  country,  and  now  lives  in  Pueblo; 
and  Mary,  who  wedded  M.  C.  Reed  and  has  two 
children. 

In  politics  Mr.  Hobson  is  a  stanch  Republican, 
but  has  never  cared  for  official  honors.  His  record 
is  that  of  a  man  who,  by  his  own  unaided  efforts, 
has  worked  his  way  upward  to  a  position  of  af- 
fluence. Twice  during  his  residence  here  he  has 
met  with  severe  losses  from  water  spouts  burst- 
ing and  overflowing  the  river.  At  one  time  he 
lost  about  $2,000  worth  of  property.  Four  years 
ago  he  built  a  new  residence  on  high  ground, 
and  now  has  a  very  pleasant  home.  His  life  has 
been  one  of  industry  and  perseverance,  and  the 
systematic  and  honorable  business  methods  which 
he  has  followed  have  won  him  the  support  and 
confidence  of  many. 


HON.     EDWARD     OLIVER     WOLCOTT, 
United  States  Senator  from  Colorado,    was 
born  in  Longmeadow,    Mass.,   March   26, 
1848.     He  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  Roger  Wol- 
cott  and  several  succeeding  Wolcotts,   who  were 
colonial  governors  of  Connecticut.     Among   his 
ancestors   was  Oliver   Wolcott,    a  signer  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence,  and  whose  son  was 
the  second  secretary  of  the  treasury,  succeeding 
Alexander  Hamilton  in  Washington's  cabinet. 

Rev.  Samuel  W.  Wolcott,  the  senator's  father, 
was  for  some  time  a  missionary  in  Syria,  and  for 
many  years  officiated  as  pastor  of  a  Congrega- 
tional Church  in  Ohio.  He  was  the  author  of 
over  three  hundred  hymns,  and  was  a  man  of 
marked  ability  and  rare  gifts.  His  son,  our  sub- 


JUDGE  EDWARD  STAUFFACHER. 


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ject,  served  for  a  few  months  in  1864  as  a  private 
in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  Ohio  Regi- 
ment, and  in  1866  matriculated  at  Yale  College, 
but  did  not  complete  the  course  in  that  institu- 
tion. In  1871  he  graduated  from  the  Harvard 
Law  School,  and  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in 
Denver,  of  which  city  he  has  since  been  a  promi- 
nent citizen.  He  was  first  elected  to  the  United 
States  senate  to  succeed  Thomas  M.  Bowen  (Re- 
publican), and  took  his  seat  March  4,  1889.  In 

1895  he  was  re-elected,  his  term  to  expire  March 
3,  1901.     He  is  one  of  the  Republican  leaders  of 
his  state,  and  has  wielded  a  powerful  influence  in 
public  affairs. 

(JUDGE  EDWARD  STAUFFACHER,  coun- 
I  ty  commissioner  of  Garfield  County,  came  to 
(*/  this  county  in  1884  and  took  up  a  tract  of 
land  six  miles  from  Carbondale.  Here  he  has 
since  built  up  a  valuable  ranch  and  has  engaged 
in  the  raising  of  stock,  fruit  and  general  farm 
products.  An  energetic,  persevering  man,  he 
has  worked  industriously  and  has  been  success- 
ful where  another,  less  determined,  might  have 
failed.  He  is  a  believer  in  Populist  principles 
and  always  votes  with  the  People's  party,  al- 
though in  former  years  he  was  a  Republican.  In 

1896  he  was  elected  to  his  present  office  of  com- 
missioner, in  which  capacity  he  has  given  excel- 
lent service. 

Anton  Stauffacher,  our  subject's  father,  was 
born  in  Switzerland,  and  in  early  life  emigrated 
to  America,  settling  in  Green  County,  Wis., 
where  he  devoted  his  life  to  farm  pursuits.  He 
married  Anna  Stauffacher,  who,  like  himself,  was 
a  native  of  Switzerland  and  died  in  Wisconsin. 
Of  their  children,  Jacob  died  in  1892;  Mathias,  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  is  now  engaged  in  mining 
in  Gunnison  County  and  above  Aspen,  Colo.; 
Anton,  Jr.,  was  for  three  years  a  member  of  a 
Wisconsin  regiment  that  served  in  the  Civil  war; 
Isaiah  and  John  also  took  part  in  the  war;  Anna 
is  the  wife  of  Henry  Hoesley,  and  lives  in  Cali- 
fornia; Barbara  married  Rudolph  Hoesley;  and 
Mary,  who  was  Mrs.  Frederick  Norder,  died  in 
Aspen,  this  state. 

Near  Monroe,  Green  County,  Wis.,  where  he 
was  born  March  6,  1851,  our  subject  spent  his 
early  life.  At  the  age  of  twenty-four  he  engaged 
in  farming  for  himself,  and  the  same  time  carried 
on  a  dairy  and  cheese  business.  In  1879  he  re- 
moved to  Iowa  and  from  there,  in  the  spring  of 
the  next  year  be  came  tp  Colorado,  settling  at 


Aspen  and  there  engaging  in  mining.  However, 
his  capital  was  so  small  that,  although  he  located 
some  good  claims,  he  was  unable  to  develop 
them;  and,  after  vainly  endeavoring  to  operate 
them  himself,  he  leased  them  to  other  parties, 
and  in  this  way  has  received  nearly  $20,000. 
In  1884  he  moved  to  Garfield  County,  then 
unsettled  and  without  railroads  or  other  modern 
conveniences.  He  has  seen  the  country  develop 
into  an  agricultural  section  and  has  himself 
gained  prosperity  through  his  intelligent  man- 
agement of  affairs.  January  i,  1875,  he  mar- 
ried Mary  Geiger,  a  native  of  Switzerland,  who 
accompanied  her  parents,  Leonard  and  Mary 
(Stauffacher)  Geiger,  to  America  in  childhood. 
They  are  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  the  two 
eldest  of  whom,  Bennett  and  Arthur,  are  in  Iowa, 
while  the  others  are  at  home,  viz.:  Clyde,  Ernest, 
Lester,  Edith,  Katie,  Mary,  Clara,  Anna  and 
Edna. 

During  the  administration  of  President  Harri- 
son, November  23,  1892,  a  postoffice,  with  daily 
mail  service,  was  established  at  the  residence  of 
Judge  Stauffacher.  Of  this  postoffice,  which  is 
called  Catherin,  the  judge  has  since  been  post- 
master. The  Midland  Railroad  passes  through 
his  ranch  a  little  more  than  two  hundred  yards 
from  his  residence. 


(TjAMUEL  HARTSEL  has  the  distinction  of 
r\  being  the  first  ranchman  to  settle  in  South 
Q)  Park.  It  was  in  the  fall  of  1862  that  he  lo- 
cated the  nucleus  of  his  present  ranch  and  em- 
barked in  the  stock  business.  In  spite  of  the  fact 
that  he  came  to  Colorado  without  a  dollar,  he  has 
been  remarkably  successful,  and  is  to-day  the 
largest  producer  of  cattle  in  Park  County.  His 
ranch  consists  of  nine  thousand  acres  of  deeded 
land,  with  three  thousand  additional  acres  of 
leased  land,  and  of  the  entire  tract  five  thousand 
acres  lie  under  the  irrigation  ditch.  In  addition 
to  this  property  he  is  the  owner  of  the  famous 
hot  springs  and  the  Hartsel  Springs  hotel.  It  is 
a  noteworthy  fact  that  during  his  entire  business 
career  he  has  never  given  a  mortgage  on  a  foot 
of  his  land  nor  a  chattel  mortgage  or  bill  of  sale 
on  even  one  cow  or  horse;  he  has  bought  only 
what  he  could  pay  for,  and  has  been  so  economi- 
cal in  his  expenses,  so  persevering  in  his  endeav- 
ors, and  so  energetic  in  action,  that  he  has  risen 
steadily  to  his  present  prosperous  position. 

Near   Bethlehem,     Bucks    County,    Pa.,    Mr. 
Hartsel  was  born   Npyember  22,    1835,  3  son  of 


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Jacob  and  Catherine  (Hartman)  Hartsel.  He 
was  one  often  children,  of  whom  four  sons  sur- 
vive: George  W. ,  of  Preston  County,  W.  Va. ; 
Samuel;  William,  a  physician  and  surgeon  of  La 
Porte,  Ind.;  and  Joseph,  a  ranchman  of  Park 
County.  The  father,  who  was  born  in  Bucks 
County  in  1800,  there  learned  the  blacksmith's 
trade,  but  afterward  turned  his  attention  to  farm- 
ing, which  occupation  he  followed  until  his  death, 
December  23,  1876,  in  Butler  County,  Pa.  His 
wife,  who  was  born  in  Bucks  County  in  1802, 
and  died  at  Hartsel  December  16,  1873,  was  a 
daughter  of  George  Hartman,  a  prominent  farmer 
and  distillery  man  of  Bucks  County,  Pa. 

George  Hartsel,  our  subject's  grand  father,  was 
born  in  Bucks  County,  a  descendant  of  one  of 
three  brothers  who  came  to  America  from  Switz- 
erland iu  1723.  They  being  ardent  Lutherans, 
religious  persecution  forced  them  to  seek  a  refuge 
on  foreign  soil.  On  their  arrival  in  America 
they  bought  extensive  tracts  in  Bucks  County 
from  William  Penn  and  this  land  has  never  since 
passed  out  of  the  possession  of  the  family,  it  be- 
ing now  owned  by  two  cousins  of  our  subject. 
Two  of  these  emigrant  refugees  were  named  Jacob 
and  Jonas  Hartsel .  The  name  of  the  third  is  un- 
known. Our  subject  descends  directly  from  Jacob. 

With  no  education  except  such  as  he  acquired 
for  himself,  our  subject  started  out  in  the  world 
at  fifteen  years  of  age.  At  that  time  he  went  to 
Ohio  and  secured  work  with  McQuade  &  Powers, 
cattlemen,  his  special  duty  being  that  of  drover. 
For  this  he  was  given  $6  a  month.  He  drove 
cattle  from  Ohio  to  New  York  City,  a  trip  that 
took  four  months  and  two  weeks,  and  every  step 
of  this  distance  he  walked.  In  spite  of  hardships 
and  small  wages,  the  value  of  this  experience  was 
inestimable  to  him.  He  there  laid  the  founda- 
tion for  his  future  successful  business  life.  After 
two  years  in  Ohio  he  went  to  the  Indian  prairies 
and  engaged  in  herding  cattle.  In  1856,  with 
the  money  he  had  saved,  he  went  to  Iowa  and 
bought  a  bunch  of  cattle,  with  which  he  began  in 
the  cattle  business.  The  winters  in  Iowa,  how- 
ever, were  too  severe,  and  he  sold  the  cattle.  In 
the  summer  of  1857  he  went  to  Kansas,  where  he 
worked  for  the  largest  freighting  concern  ever  on 
the  plains,  owned  by  Russell,  Majors  &  Waddell. 
This  firm  had  the  government  contract  to  carry 
supplies  from  Fort  Leavenworth  to  the  forts  and 
Indians  as  far  west  as  Salt  Lake  City.  His  special 
work  was  the  oversight  of  their  cattle. 


In  April,  1860,  Mr.  Hartsel,  in  company  with 
four  other  men,  and  with  a  yoke  of  cattle,  left 
Sumner,  Kan.,  and  on  the  24th  of  June  arrived  in 
the  Tarryall  diggings,  in  the  western  part  of  Park 
County.  There  they  secured  a  claim  and  worked 
at  mining  until  their  money  was  exhausted,  when 
our  subject  began  to  work  for  Bowers  &  Warren, 
the  "discoverers"  of  the  Tarryall  diggings.  Until 
the  spring  of  1861  he  herded  cattle  for  that  firm. 
Afterward  he  settled  on  property  that  he  named 
the  Pennsylvania  ranch,  on  Tarryall  creek,  three 
miles  from  Tarryall  diggings,  and  there  engaged 
in  ranching  cattle  for  other  parties.  In  the  fall 
of  1862  he  came  down  into  South  Park  and  loca- 
ted his  present  ranch,  in  theforkofthetwoPlatte 
rivers,  the  geographical  centre  of  the  state  of 
Colorado,  where  he  at  once  began  to  raise  cattle. 
In  1864  he  returned  east  to  buy  cattle  in  Mis- 
souri, but  the  Indians  were  so  troublesome  that 
he  was  unable  to  get  back  to  his  mountain  home 
at  once.  He  remained  in  Kansas  with  his  cattle, 
and  in  the  summer  of  1865  started  across  the 
plains.  At  Fort  Arbury  the  train  was  attacked 
by  the  Indians  and  seven  Mexicans  were  killed. 
On  reaching  Spring  Bottom,  on  the  Arkansas 
River,  they  were  again  .compelled  to  go  into 
camp.  Not  until  the  summer  of  1866  did  ho 
reach  his  ranch  with  his  one  hundred  and  fifty 
head  of  cattle. 

In  the  fall  of  1868  Mr.  Hartsel  started  one 
day  to  look  for  berries  just  east  of -South  Park, 
when  he  was  surprised  and  captured  by  a  band  of 
Indians,  seventy-two  in  number,  composed  of 
Arapahoes,  Cheyennes  and  Sioux.  He  was  held 
a  prisoner  for  about  three  hours,  when  he  was 
released  and  permitted  to  return  to  his  home. 
The  same  party  afterward  captured  a  lodge  of 
Ute  Indians,  killing  six  and  taking  an  Indian 
boy  prisoner. 

In  January,  1871,  he  returned  to  the  States  and 
spent  the  winter  visiting  in  Pennsylvania.  Coin- 
ing west  in  April,  1871,  he  stopped  in  McLean 
County,  111.,  and  bought  twenty-three  head  of 
fine  horses,  which  were  the  first  American  horses 
ever  brought  into  Park  County.  He  has  always 
been  an  advocate  of  Shorthorn  cattle.  As  early 
as  1862  he  introduced  that  breed  into  Park 
County.  He  has  done  more  than  any  other  man 
to  raise  the  grade  of  cattle  in  the  county,  and  de- 
votes much  time  to  the  improvement  of  the  breed. 
While  his  time  has  been  given  closely  to  his 
ranching  affairs,  he  takes  an  interest  in  local 


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matters,  and  consented  to  serve  as  county  com- 
missioner and  assessor  of  Park  County,  which 
offices  he  filled  for  a  term. 

April  i,  1877,  in  Lake  County,  Colo. ,  occurred 
the  marriage  of  Mr.  Hartsel  to  Mrs.  Nancy  M. 
(Boon)  Mayol,  widow  of  Frank  Mayol.  Four 
children  were  bora  of  their  union,  of  whom  all 
but  one  are  living.  They  are:  Catherine,  Myrtie 
and  Hettie,  now  students  in  Loretto  Academy,  in 
the  suburbs  of  Denver.  Mrs.  Hartsel  was  born 
in  Wayne  County,  Ohio,  February  i,  1846,  the 
daughter  of  James  and  Tamar  (Truesdale)  Boon. 
Her  father  was  born  April  28,  1799,  in  West- 
moreland, Pa.,  and  emigrated  to  Ohio  with  his 
parents  in  1812.  Her  mother  was  born  at  Beaver 
Falls,  Pa. ,  June  1 1 ,  18 10. 


QHARLES  L.  TUTT,  president  of  the  Col- 
ll  orado-Philadelphia  Reduction  Company,  of 
\J  Colorado  Springs,  vice-president  and  a  di- 
rector of  the  C.  O.  D.  Gold  Mining  Company, 
president  of  the  Cripple  Creek  Sampling  and  Ore 
Company,  president  of  the  Townsite  Gold  Mining 
Company,  the  Hayden  Gold  Mining  Company, 
the  Pennsylvania  Gold  Developing  Company  and 
the  Annie  Gold  Mining  Company,  of  Cripple 
Creek,  has  been  identified  intimately  with  the  de- 
velopment of  this  famous  mining  region,  which, 
in  1897,  produced  one-fifth  of  the  entire  output 
of  gold  in  the  United  States  and  one-twentieth  of 
that  of  the  whole  world. 

Mr.  Tutt  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  F.  O.  Woods, 
were  the  only  children  of  Dr.  Charles  Pendleton 
Tutt.  The  latter  was  born  on  Santa  Rosa  Island, 
Fla.,  November  2,  1832.  His  father,  Col. 
Charles  Pendleton  Tutt,  who  was  navy  agent  at 
the  port  of  Pensacola,  near  which  Santa  Rosa 
Island  is  situated,  died  one  month  before  the  birth 
of  his  only  sou.  A  few  months  later  the  widow 
took  her  two  children  north  in  a«hip,  provided 
for  that  purpose  by  President  Jackson,  a  personal 
friend  of  the  family.  After  a  narrow  escape  from 
shipwreck  in  a  furious  storm  off  Cape  Hatteras, 
they  reached  the  old  homestead,  near  Leesburg, 
Va.,  and  there  passed  his  early  youth.  He  spent 
two  years  in  Burlington  (Vt.)  College,  but  after 
two  years  there  was  compelled  to  leave  on  account 
of  poor  health.  He  spent  a  year  in  the  moun- 
tains of  Virginia  and  so  improved  in  health  that 
he  was  able  to  resume  his  studies.  He  entered 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1852,  and  was 
an  office  student  of  Dr.  George  B.  Wood,  profes- 
sor of  the  theory  and  practice  of  medicine.  In 
9 


1856  he  graduated  with  honors.  Soon  afterward 
he  was  appointed  resident  physician  in  Blackley 
Hospital,  Philadelphia,  where  he  remained  for 
eighteen  months. 

January  4,  1859,  Dr.  Tutt  married  Miss  Re- 
becca, daughter  of  J.  Fisher  Leanning,  a  merchant 
of  Philadelphia.  During  the  preceding  year  he 
was  elected  a  district  physician  of  the  Philadel- 
phia Dispensary,  which  office  he  filled  for  six 
years.  In  1862  he  was  appointed  visiting  phy- 
sician to  the  Satterlee  United  States  Army  Gen- 
eral Hospital  in  Philadelphia,  a  position  which  he 
occupied  from  that  time  until  the  close  of  the 
war.  For  some  years  he  was  demonstrator  in  the 
Philadelphia  School  of  Anatomy,  and  assistant  to 
the  professor  of  theory  and  practice  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  under  Drs.  Pepper  and 
Stille.  He  was  also  physician  to  Magdalene 
Hospital.  From  1859  he-served  as  visiting  phy- 
sician and  librarian  to  Blackley  Hospital,  where 
he  presided  over  daily  clinics.  In  April,  1866, 
an  epidemic  of  typhus  fever  spread  through  the 
almshouse,  and  he  was  constantly  in  attendance 
upon  the  sick.  April  26  he  retired  ill,  and  the  next 
day  was  attacked  by  the  fever,  from  which  his 
death  followed  May  n,  1866.  His  untimely 
death  inflicted  a  heavy  loss  upon  his  widow  and 
two  children,  upon  the  profession  his  talents  had 
honored,  and  upon  his  personal  friends.  Inherit- 
ing much  of  the  intelligence  of  his  distinguished 
father,  studious,  courageous,  manly,  and  with 
high  principles,  he  was  esteemed  for  the  sterling 
qualities  that  compelled  admiration  and  won 
friendship.  Well  grounded  in  professional  in- 
formation, he  yet  had  the  courage  to  investigate 
and  think  for  himself,  and  his  talents  were  an 
ornament  to  his  profession. 

The  subject  of  this  article  was  born  in  Phil- 
adelphia February  14,  1864.  He  attended  and 
graduated  from  the  Ury  Boarding  School,  after 
which  he  was  a  student  in  Ferris  Institute. 
Choosing  a  business  life,  at  seventeen  years  of 
age  he  became  a  clerk  for  Peter  Wright  &  Co., 
and  after  two  years  accepted  a  place  in  the  main 
office  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company, 
where  he  spent  two  years.  In  1884  he  came  to 
Colorado,  where  he  bought  a  ranch  eighteen 
miles  northeast  of  Colorado  Springs, on  the  divide. 
For  three  years  he  continued  in  the  stock  business 
at  "Thayden,"  then  sold  out  his  ranch  and 
started  in  the  real-estate  business  in  Colorado 
Springs,  opening  a  branch  office  in  Pueblo.  He 
was  among  the  first  to  enter  the  Cripple  Creek 


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region,  where  he  located  the  C.  O.  D.,  and 
after  operating  it  for  two  years  he  and  his  associ- 
ates sold  it  for  $260,000,  this  being  the  first  large 
sale  of  a  mine  in  the  district.  In  1894  he  erected 
the  Cripple  Creek  Sample  and  Ore  Company's 
plant,  located  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
tracks,  but  it  proved  too  small  and  was  sold,  a  new 
sampler  being  built  on  the  Midland  Terminal 
road  in  Cripple  Creek;  this  is  still  operated. 

In  1896  the  Colorado-Philadelphia  Reduction 
Company  was  formed  and  the  works  erected  in 
Colorado  City.  The  officers  of  the  company  are: 
Charles  L.  Tutt,  president;  Spencer  Penrose, 
secretary  and  treasurer;  and  C.  M.  MacNeill, 
vice-president  and  general  manager.  The  plant 
has  a  capacity  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  tons  per 
day,  and  employment  is  furnished  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  hands.  Some  years  ago  Mr.  Tutt 
organized  the  Totman  Patent  House  Company, 
which  built  many  houses  in  mining  camps.  He 
and  his  partner,  Mr.  Penrose,  started  the  town  of 
Gillett,  El  Paso  County,  and  have  also  been  large 
contributors  to  the  development  of  their  home 
town,  Colorado  Springs. 

In  February,  1899,  Messrs.  Tutt,  Penrose  & 
MacNeill  organized  the  National  Gold  Extraction 
Company,  located  at  Florence,  Fremont  County. 
The  company  have  purchased  the  reduction  works 
at  Florence,  formerly  owned  by  the  Kilton  Com- 
pany; also  the  sampler  belonging  to  the  same 
company  in  Cripple  Creek,  and  have  enlarged  the 
Kilton  reduction  plant,  this  work  being  completed 
in  May,  1899.  The  new  works  are  located  on  the 
Florence  &  Cripple  Creek  Railroad.  The  capacity 
of  the  chlorination  plant  will  be  about  one  hundred 
tons  a  day,  the  sampler  upwards  of  two  hundred 
tons  a  day.  About  sixty  men  are  employed. 
These  works  will  offer  shippers  an  outlet  via 
Florence  and  the  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  The 
general  offices  of  the  company  are  at  Colorado 
Springs,  with  local  offices  at  the  works.  The 
officers  are:  Charles  I,.  Tutt,  president;  Spencer 
Penrose,  secretary  and  treasurer;  and  C.  M'. 
MacNeill,  vice-president. 

Mr.  Tutt  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  govern- 
ors of  the  El  Paso  Club,  and  of  the  Cheyenne 
Mountain  Country  Club,  and  is  also  a  non-resident 
member  of  the  Denver  Club.  He  has  a  country 
home  on  the  banks  of  the  Columbia  River  in 
Oregon,  where  he  has  excellent  sport  in  hunting 
and  fishing,  when  his  business  duties  permit  him 
a  well-earned  vacation.  Politically  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. His  marriage  took'  place  in  Phila- 


delphia and  united  him  with  Josephine  Thayer, 
who  was  born  in  that  city.  Her  father,  Hon. 
Russell  M.  Thayer,  was  one  of  the  most  emi- 
nent jurists  of  Philadelphia,  occupying  a  seat 
upon  the  bench  for  more  than  twenty  years,  be- 
sides which  he  was  honored  by  election  as  a 
member  of  congress.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tutt  have 
three  children:  Sophy,  Charles  L.,  Jr.,  and 
William  Thayer. 


(3  FENCER  PENROSE,  secretary  and  treas- 
?S  urer  of  the  Colorado-Philadelphia  Reduction 
yj/  Company,  treasurer  of  the  Garfield  Consoli- 
dated Mining  Company,  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  Colorado  City  Stamping  and  Ore  Company, 
and  member  of  other  mining  companies,  was  born 
in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November  2,  1865.  On 
both  paternal  and  maternal  sides  he  comes  of  old 
colonial  stock,  dating  from  the  days  of  William 
Penn,  Lord  Baltimore  and  the  New  England 
Puritans.  He  is  a  member  of  a  family  whose 
first  representatives  in  America  came  from  Eng- 
land with  William  Penn,  and  whose  members, 
from  that  time  to  this,  have  been  foremost  in  pub- 
lic affairs  and  professional  life.  His  grand- 
father, Hon.  Charles  B.  Penrose,  was  a  distin- 
guished attorney  of  Philadelphia  and  a  leading 
member  of  the  Republican  party,  which  elected 
him  to  the  state  senate  and  to  other  positions  of 
trust.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  character  and 
great  determination,  tempered  by  a  calm,  keen 
and  discriminating  judgment  that  proved  of  incal- 
culable value  to  him  in  his  professional  work. 
His  children  inherited  much  of  his  talent.  One 
of  his  sons,  Clement,  was  honored  by  election  as 
judge  of  the  orphans'  court  of  Philadelphia. 
Another  son,  Prof.  R.  A.  F.  Penrose,  M.  D.,  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  and  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  Medical  Department,  in 
which  he  was  afterward  professor  for  some  years. 
As  a  physician  and  surgeon  he  attained  high  rank 
in  his  native  city.  After  years  of  busy  profes- 
sional labors  he  retired  from  practice,  in  order 
that  he  might  spend  his  declining  years  in  the 
enjoyment  of  the  comforts  and  ease  which  his 
ample  means  rendered  possible. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Penrose  united  him  with 
Miss  Sarah  Boies,  who  was  born  in  Maryland  and 
died  in  Philadelphia.  Of  their  six  children,  all 
but  one  grew  to  maturity.  The  eldest  of  the 
family  and  its  most  distinguished  member  is  Hon. 
Bojes  Penrose,  United  States  Senator  fropi  Penn- 


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sylvania.  The  services  which  he  has  rendered 
the  people  of  that  state  in  public  life  entitle  him 
to  rank  among  the  eminent  men  of  our  country. 
As  a  member  of  an  honored  family,  connected 
through  many  generations  with  the  history  of 
Pennsylvania,  he  is  adding  distinction  to  the 
name  he  bears,  and  in  the  councils  of  the  nation 
is  gaining  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  statesman. 
The  second  son,  C.  B.  Penrose,  M.  D. ,  who  is 
also  a  man  "bf  ability,  is  professor  of  gynecology 
in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  Medical  School. 
The  third  son,  R.  A.  F.  Penrose,  M.  D.,  formerly 
held  the  position  in  the  university  in  which  his 
,  older  brother  succeeded  him;  he  is  now  professor 
of  economic  geology  in  the  University  of  Chicago, 
and  president  of  the  great  Commonwealth  gold 
mine  of  Arizona.  The  youngest  son,  Philip 
Thomas,  has  large  mining  interests  in  New  and 
Old  Mexico. 

Of  these  sons  the  fourth  forms  the  subject  of  our 
sketch.  In  youth  he  had  the  advantage  of  pri- 
vate tutelage.  In  1882  he  entered  Harvard  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  graduated  in  1886,  with  the 
degree  of  A.  B.  Later  the  degree  of  A.  M.  was 
conferred  upon  him.  In  1886  he  went  to  Las- 
cruces,  N.  M.,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and 
in  the  cattle  business.  Prom  there  in  1892  he 
came  to  Colorado.  Cripple  Creek  was  at  that 
time  in  the  first  splendor  of  its  "boom,"  and  he, 
like  thousands  of  other  prospectors,  became  inter- 
ested in  its  mines.  In  Colorado  Springs  he  met 
Charles  L.  Tutt,  whom  he  had  known  when  a 
boy  in  Philadelphia.  The  two  formed  a  co-part- 
nership and  have  been  together  since.  The  two 
in  conjunction  with  others  bought  the  C.  O.  D. 
mine  for  $20,000  and  this  they  developed  and 
operated,  taking  out  $100,000  in  about  one  year, 
and  then  selling  it  for  $275,000.  This  was  the 
first  large  sale  made  in  Cripple  Creek  district. 
The  firm  erected  the  Tutt  and  Penrose  block,  the 
first  brick  building  in  Colorado  City,  and  this 
they  still  own,  as  well  as  other  stores  and  some 
residences.  In  April,  1896,  they  organized  the 
Colorado- Philadelphia  Reduction  Company  and 
erected  works  at  Colorado  City,  where  they  also 
built  the  second  sampler  there.  They  make  a 
specialty  of  high-grade  ore  and  handle  about  one- 
fourth  of  the  entire  output  of  Cripple  Creek, 
amounting  to  $250,000  worth  of  ore  each  month. 
The  plant  is  located  on  the  Colorado  Midland 
Railroad  and  has  a  capacity  of  two  hundred  and 
fifty  tons  a  day,  being  the  largest  plant  of  its 
kind  in  the  United  States,  Mr,  Tutt  is  president 


of  the  company,  and  C.  M.  MacNeill,  vice-presi- 
dent and  manager. 

Since  1893  Mr.  Penrose  has  been  a  director  in 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Cripple  Creek.  He  is 
fond  of  club  life  and  belongs  to  the  El  Paso, 
Country  and  Denver  Clubs,  while  in  the  season 
he  spends  considerable  time  in  the  mountains, 
hunting  and  fishing.  He  is  less  interested  in 
politics  than  others  of  his  family  have  been;  how- 
ever, he  is  well  informed  concerning  the  issues  of 
the  present  age  and  favors  the  principles  of  the 
Republican  party.  In  disposition  he  is  calm  and 
deliberate,  with  the  firmness  necessary  to  success- 
ful business  transactions.  While  he  has  always 
been  surrounded  by  wealth  and  had  every  advant- 
age in  youth,  yet  his  personal  energy  and  sound 
judgment  enabled  him  to  invest  his  means  in  such 
a  manner  as  to  bring  large  returns  and  give  him 
standing  among  the  successful  men  of  the  state. 


/TJHARLES  M.  MACNEILL.  In  the  busi- 
Jr  ness  circles  of  Colorado  Springs  and  the 
V.J  state  Mr.  MacNeill  is,  by  universal  consent, 
accorded  a  high  place.  As  vice-president  and 
general  manager  of  the  Colorado-Philadelphia 
Reduction  Company,  he  is  intimately  connected 
with  one  of  the  most  important  industries  of  the 
mining  districts  of  Colorado.  While  he  is  still  a 
young  man,  he  has  been  eminently  successful  in 
a  financial  sense,  and  has  gained  high  standing 
as  a  man  of  sound  judgment  and  keen  discrimina- 
tion. Having  thoroughly  learned  the  process 
of  ore  reduction,  he  is  well  qualified  to  superin- 
tend the  large  plant  of  which  he  is  manager  and 
the  success  of  which  is  largely  due  to  his  keen 
oversight. 

The  company  has  its  office  in  Colorado  Springs, 
and  its  plant  in  Colorado  City.  The  president  is 
Charles  L.  Tutt,  and  the  secretary  and  treasurer 
Spencer  Penrose.  The  firm  handles  between 
one-fifth  and  one-fourth  of  the  entire  amount  of 
ore  taken  from  the  Cripple  Creek  mines,  the  daily 
average  being  from  two  hundred  and  fifty  to  two 
hundred  and  seventy-five  tons,  while  employment 
is  furnished  to  one  hundred  and  thirty  men. 
The  industry  is  one  of  the  most  important  and 
flourishing  in  the  county.  In  addition  to  the 
Colorado  City  plant  Mr.  Mac  Neill,  with  Mr.  Tutt 
and  Mr.  Penrose,  controls  the  reduction  works  at 
Florence,  Colo. ,  and  large  ore  sampling  works  in 
the  Cripple  Creek  district,  of  the  National  Gold 
Extraction  Company. 

Referring  to  Mr.  MacNeill's  personal  history, 


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he  is  a  son  of  J.  E.  MacNeill,  who  was  born  at 
Andover,  Vt. ,  February  2,  1837.  Shortly  after 
his  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  R.  Amerman,  which 
was  solemnized  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  September 
15,  1863,  he  removed  to  Chicago,  111.,  where, 
after  having  served  for  nearly  two  years  as  paj'- 
master  in  the  war,  he  resumed  mercantile  pursuits. 
In  1871  he  became  interested  in  the  Chicago 
Silver  Smelting  and  Refining  Company,  with 
which  he  was  connected  for  several  years,  and 
afterward  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine. 
On  account  of  ill  health  he  came  to  Colorado  in 
1885,  and  here  he  became  interested  in  mining. 
It  was  in  this  way  that  his  son,  Charles  M., 
chanced  to  come  to  Colorado.  He  was  born  in 
Chicago  November  25,  1867,  and  received  his 
education  in  grammar  and  high  schools.  On 
coming  with  his  father  to  Colorado  he  secured 
employment  with  the  Holden  and  afterward  with 
the  Philadelphia  Smelting  &  Refining  Company 
in  Denver,  and  later  was  with  the  Holden  Smel- 
ters, at  Leadville  and  Aspen,  Colo.,  where  he 
gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  treatment 
of  ore  and  its  reduction.  In  the  year  1893 
he  went  to  Cripple  Creek  in  the  interests  of 
mining.  One  year  later  he  built  the  first  reduc- 
tion mill  in  the  county  and  at  the  same  time 
organized  the  Lawrence  Gold  Extraction  Com- 
pany. The  erection  of  necessary  buildings  and 
starting  of  the  plant  were  conducted  under  his 
personal  supervision,  and  at  these  works  was 
inaugurated,  for  the  first  time  in  Cripple  Creek, 
the  treatment  of  ore  by  chemical  process.  He 
continued  as  general  manager  until  December, 
1895,  when  the  plant  was  burned  to  the  ground. 
Meantime  he  had  become  interested  in  the  sam- 
pling works  at  Victor,  in  which  he  was  a  director. 
After  the  Lawrence  works  burned  down  he  be- 
came associated  with  Charles  L.  Tutt  and  Spencer 
Penrose  in  the  organization  of  the  Colorado- 
Philadelphia  Company  for  the  reduction  of  ore. 
From  1893  he  made  his  home  in  Cripple  Creek 
until  the  spring  of  1896,  when  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado Springs. 

Politically  Mr.  MacNeill  is  a  Republican.  He  is 
connected  with  the  El  Paso,  Cheyenne  Mountain 
Country,  Denver  and  Cripple  Creek  Clubs.  He 
was  married  in  this  city  to  Miss  Estella  White, 
daughter  of  C.  H.  White,  of  the  El  Paso  County 
Bank.  Mrs.  MacNeill  was  born  in  Saratoga 
Springs,  N.  Y.,  and  was  educated  in  the  east  and 
in  France.  She  is  well  known  and  prominent  in 
social  circles  in  Colorado  Springs. 


flOSEPH  MEREDITH,  a  well-known  mining 
I  expert  residing  in  Rico,  Dolores  County,  was 
Qy  born  in  Herefordshire,  England,  in  1848. 
The  first  twenty-one  years  of  his  life  were  passed 
in  his  native  shire.  He  then  crossed  the,  ocean 
to  America  and  proceeded  to  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Desirous  of  securing  a  better  education  than  he 
possessed  he  entered  the  university  in  Cleveland, 
where  he  remained  a  student  for  some  months. 
Afterward  he  was  employed  as  inspector  of  bridge 
material  for  E.  W.  Ensign  &  Co.,  of  Buffalo,  his 
special  duty  being  the  inspection  of  all  material  as 
it  was  taken  from  the  quarries  to  be  used  in  bridge 
and  culvert  work  on  the  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  . 
Southern  Railroad.  Two  years  were  spent  in 
that  position,  and  a  similar  period  with  McDermott 
Brothers,  manufacturers  of  grindstones. 

In  1874  Mr.  Meredith  went  to  Ste.  Genevieve, 
Mo. ,  where  he  became  secretary  and  manager  of 
the  Ste.  Genevieve  Sandstone  and  Granite  Com- 
pany, which  furnished  all  of  the  material  used  in 
the  construction  of  the  Iowa  state  capitol.  From 
Ste.  Genevieve  he  came  to  Colorado,  arriving  at 
the  then  new  mining  camp  of  Rico  in  1880.  With 
Prof.  J.  G.  Allyn  as  a  partner  he  began  pros- 
pecting and  mining,  and  bought  a  number  of 
claims.  His  first  mine  was  the  Eureka.  In  1882 
he  organized  the  Grand  Duke  Mining  Company, 
of  which  he  was  resident  manager  for  fourteen 
years.  When  their  mines  were  closed  he  became 
resident  manager  of  the  Swansea  Gold  and  Silver 
Mining  Company.  In  1891  he  organized  the 
Meredith  Mining  and  Milling  Company,  St.  Louis 
parties  furnishing  the  capital  for  the  enterprise. 
He  is  still  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the 
Meredith  and  Grand  Duke  mines,  besides  which 
he  owns  a  number  of  claims,  and  at  one  time  he 
was  the  heaviest  individual  taxpayer  in  the 
county.  He  has  contributed  to  the  building  up 
of  Rico,  where  he  owns  considerable  real  estate. 
Until  1892  Mr.  Meredith  was  a  Republican, 
but  since  then  he  has  been  identified  with  the 
People's  party.  For  one  year  he  held  the  position 
of  alderman  and  for  two  terms  was  mayor  of 
Rico,  while  he  also  served  as  postmaster  under 
both  administrations  of  President  Cleveland  and 
also  under  President  Harrison.  He  has  acted  as 
chairman  both  of  the  Republican  and  Populist 
county  central  committees.  For  twelve  successive 
years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of 
school  directors,  during  which  time  he  has  served 
as  its  secretary.  He  was  married  in  1884,  his 
wife  being  Mrs.  Emily  Kellerman, 


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In  the  local  lodge  of  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  Mr.  Meredith  is  past  master.  He  is 
also  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
In  Masonry  he  is  a  member  of  Rico  Lodge  No. 
79,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  San  Juan  Chapter  No.  15, 
R.  A.  M.;  and  Ivanhoe  Commandery  No.  n, 
K.  T.  Since  coming  to  Rico  he  has  been  suc- 
cessful in  his  mining  ventures,  although,  in 
common  with  all  owners  of  silver  mines,  he  has 
suffered  the  effects  of  the  act  demonetizing  silver, 
and  believes  that  no  permanent  prosperity  can  be 
attained,  not  only  by  miners,  but  by  the  entire 
country ,  until  that  metal  be  raised  to  its  former 
standard. 


(I  AMES  M.  DOWNING,  an  able  attorney  of 
I  Aspen,  came  to  thjs  city  in  1881  and  has 
(•/  since  engaged  in  practice  here,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  two  years  spent  in  Denver.  He  has  a 
pleasant  and  well- equipped  office  in  the  Cowen- 
hoven  Mining  building,  where  much  of  his  time 
is  given  to  the  conduct  of  his  private  practice  and 
to  his  duties  as  attorney  for  many  of  the  large 
mining  and  tunnel  companies.  When  somewhat 
at  leisure  from  active  practice  he  devotes  himself 
to  thestudy  of  his  profession,  and  from  his  library, 
which  is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  in  the  city,  he 
gains  the  information  that  enables  him  to  keep 
abreast  with  every  development  in  mining  and 
civil  law. 

The  Downing  family  settled  in  Virginia  in  an 
early  day.  Later  generations  removed  to  Ken- 
tucky and  New  York.  David  R.  Downing  was 
born  in  Kentucky  and  in  1840  removed  to  Illi- 
nois, where  he  was  actively  engaged  in  farm  pur- 
suits. His  last  years  were  spent  in  retirement, 
and  he  died  in  1897,  at  ninety  years  of  age.  He 
married  Mary  Gill,  daughter  of  John  Gill,  who 
was  engaged  in  business  for  some  years,  but, 
when  his  daughter  was  small,  came  to  the  United 
States,  settling  on  a  farm  io  Illinois.  David  R. 
and  Mary. Downing  had  three  children,  namely: 
John  F. ,  who  is  president  of  the  New  England 
National  Bank  of  Kansas  City;  Kate,  the  young- 
est of  the  family,  who  resides  in  Aspen;  and  James 
M.,  who  was  born  in  Virginia,  111.,  March  6, 
1856.  The  last-named  spent  his  early  days  on  a 
farm  in  Illinois  and  obtained  his  primary  educa- 
tion in  common  schools.  Afterward  he  entered 
the  Illinois  College  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  where 
he  took  the  regular  course  of  study,  graduating 
in  187,9.  . 

Immediately   after  graduating,    Mr.   Downing 


settled  in  Leadville,  Colo.,  where  he  engaged  in 
mining  and  also  read  law.  The  following  year 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  to  practice 
in  Leadville,  whence  he  removed  to  Aspen  in 
1 88 1 .  Maintaining  the  interest  of  a  public-spirited 
citizen  in  affairs  bearing  upon  the  growth  of  the 
town  and  the  welfare  of  the  people,  he  ha's  him- 
self been  a  contributor  to  the  development  of 
practical  projects  and  the  upbuilding  of  local  in- 
terests. While  necessarily  much  of  his  time  and 
thought  is  given  closely  to  professional  work,  he 
still  keeps  posted  concerning  the  great  issues  of 
the  age.  He  is  a  thorough  believer  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  bi-metallism.  His  vote  is  cast  with 
the  silver  wing  of  the  Republican  party;  prior  to 
1896  he  voted  and  worked  with  the  regular  party, 
and  in  1896  he  represented  Colorado  as  a  delegate 
in  the  national  convention.  At  one  time  he  was 
a  candidate  for  district  attorney  and  in  1892  he 
was  nominated  for  lieutenant-governor,  but  was 
defeated  by  a  small  majority. 

In  1885  Mr.  Downing  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Alice,  daughter  of  Col.  Richard  Ritter,  of 
Sedalia,  Mo.  A  daughter,  Alice,  blesses  their 
union. 


HOHN  LAWRENCE,  member  of  the  state 
legislature  and  senior  partner  in  the  hard- 
ware  firm  of  Lawrence  &  Williams,  at 
Saguache,  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1835.  His  parents  died  when  he  was  six 
years  of  age  and  he  was  put  in  an  orphan  asylum, 
but  after  a  few  years  there  he  ran  away  and  wenjt 
to  Iowa.  From  the  time  he  was  fourteen  until 
twenty-one  he  worked  on  a  farm  in  Iowa  and 
meantime  he  attended  the  first  public  school  in 
the  state.  For  two  years  after  leaving  Iowa  he 
was  engaged  in  breaking  prairie  in  Minnesota, 
using  for  that  purpose  six  yoke  of  oxen.  At  the 
time  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Colorado  in  1858 
he  resolved  to  seek  the  great  west.  In  the  year 
1859  he  came  to  Leavenworth  and  drove  for  his 
passage  six  yoke  of  oxen,  traveling  in  a  "  prairie 
schooner."  He  saw  very  few  improvements, 
but  everywhere  were  indications  of  frontier  exis- 
tence. Many  Indians  passed  him,  but  none 
showed  hostility.  June  26,  1859,  he  landed  in 
Denver.  From  there  he  went  to  Central  City  and 
began  mining.  In  1860  he  engaged  in  freight- 
ing from  Omaha  to  Denver,  and  in  the  fall  of  the 
same  year,  when  the  Baker  excitement  was 
started  where  Silverton  now  stands,  he  took  his 
team  and  brought  some  passengers  to  the  vallej', 


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arriving  in  Fort  Garland  about  Christmas  of  1860. 
He  went  to  Conejos  and  stayed  till  April  4,  1861, 
when  he  began  mining.  Finding  nothing  in  the 
mines,  he  'returned  to  Conejos. 

By  intercourse  with  Mexicans,  Mr.  Lawrence 
readily  acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  Spanish 
language.  The  territory  having  just  been  organ- 
ized and  there  being  need  of  some  one  who  could 
talk  with  the  Mexicans,  he  was  elected  assessor 
for  two  years  and  also  was  appointed  deputy  in- 
ternal revenue  assessor,  which  positions  he  held 
for  seven  years.  He  assisted  in  organizing  the 
county  and  started  the  various  officers  in  their 
work.  There  were  then  but  five  or  six  white 
persons  in  the  entire  county.  During  this  time 
he  also  served  as  interpreter  of  the  senate  branch 
for  three  terms,  as  the  Mexicans  had  their  own 
members.  He  always  watched  closely  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Mexicans,  who  have  ever  since  relied 
upon  him  with  the  utmost  confidence.  In  the 
session  of  1866-67  he  introduced  the  bill  and 
secured  its  passage,  providing  for  the  organiza- 
tion of  Saguache  County.  March  7,  1867,  he  re- 
moved to  Saguache  and  brought  the  commissions 
appointing  the  commissioners,  bringing  one  who 
was  not  a  resident.  Taking  up  land  in  the  San 
Luis  Valley,  he  commenced  farming  and  stock- 
raising  on  the  Saguache  River,  three  miles  above 
Saguache.  He  accumulated  land  until  he  had 
eleven  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  with  about 
fifteen  miles  of  fence,  and  the  same  amount  of 
ditch,  and  continued  farming  until  1889,  since 
which  time  he  has  given  his  time  to  sheep-raising. 
In  1896  he  embarked  in  the  mercantile  business 
in  Saguache,  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Law- 
rence &  Williams,  and  they  now  have  the  largest 
hardware  business  in  the  county. 

In  politics  a  straight  and  stanch  Democrat, 
Mr.  Lawrence  has  worked  for  the  success  of  his 
party,  of  which  he  is  the  local  leader.  He  attends 
all  county  conventions  and  many  of  the  state 
meetings.  That  his  services  have  been  appre- 
ciated by  his  party,  it  is  only  necessary  to  state 
that  when  the  county  was  organized,  June  18, 
1867,  he  was  appointed  assessor  by  the  board 
of  county  commissioners,  which  was  composed 
entirely  of  Republicans.  He  held  the  position 
for  five  terms  consecutively  and  was  again  elected 
after  an  interval.  Upon  the  organization  of  the 
county  in  1867  he  was  elected  representative  from 
the  entire  San  Luis  Valley,  which  is  now  com- 
posed of  five  counties.  Under  appointment  from 
a  Republican  board,  he  served  as  superintendent 


of  schools.  By  the  same  board  he  was  twice 
appointed  county  judge  and  later  was  elected 
county  commissioner.  For  twenty-one  years  he 
served  as  secretary  of  school  district  No.  i ,  and 
has  for  four  years  been  president  of  school  dis- 
trict No.  6,  which  district  comprises  the  high 
school  in  the  town  of  Saguache.  He  has  been 
mayor  of  Saguache  for  three  years  and  is  now  a 
member  of  the  board  of  aldermen.  In  October, 
1898,  he  was  nominated  for  representative  on  the 
fusion  ticket,  and  was  elected  to  the  position, 
which  he  now  fills.  December  25,  1895,  he 
married  Julia  Anna  Woodson,  of  this  county. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  charter  member  of  Olive 
Branch  Lodge  No.  32,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

In  the  ceding  of  all  the  lands  of  the  Ute  Indians 
to  the  government,  Mr.  Lawrence  acted  as  inter- 
preter, and  his  signature  appears  on  all  of  the 
papers  connected  with  that  transaction.  In  im- 
portant transfers  or  matters  in  county,  district  and 
United  States  courts  where  the  services  of  an 
interpreter  have  been  necessary,  he  has  acted  as 
such.  Since  coming  to  Colorado'  years  ago  he 
has  never  been  away  from  the  state,  save  for  a 
very  few  days  at  a  time.  By  reading  and  obser- 
vation, however,  he  learns  as  much  as  most 
people  do  by  wide  travel.  He  is  a  great  reader 
and  a  man  of  excellent  memory.  Although  his 
educational  advantages  were  meager,  he  has  ac- 
quired an  excellent  education,  and,  with  all  of 
his  hard  work,  he  has  managed  to  give  a  good 
share  of  his  time  to  study.  He  has  read  the 
American  Encyclopedia  (sixteen  volumes)  liter- 
ally through  not  less  than  five  times.  During 
the  entire  period  of  his  residence  in  the  state  he 
has  been  interested  in  mining,  for  which  industry 
he  has  done  much,  especially  in  Saguache  County, 
though  he  has  also  owned  interests  in  Aspen  and 
other  places. 

ROBERT  PARSELL  DAVIE,  president  of 
the  R.  P.  Davie  Investment  Company, 
which  he  organized  in  1896,  president  of 
the  Santa  Rosa  Gold  Mining  Company  of  Crip- 
ple Creek,  president  of  the  Eldora  Tamm  Gold 
Mining  Company  of  Eldora,  president  of  the  Irish- 
American  Gold  Mining  Company  of  Cripple  Creek, 
an  organizer  and  the  first  president  of  the  Prin- 
cess Gold  Mining  Company,  in  which  he  is  now 
a  director,  and  one  of  the  largest  operators  in 
real  estate  in  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  resides, 
was  born  at  Flushing,  Genesee  County,  Mich., 
August  22,  1867.  He  is  a  descendant  of  a  Mo- 


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hawk-Dutch  family.  His  grandfather,  Henry 
Davie,  was  born  in  Monroe  County,  N.  Y.,  in 
1806,  and  became  a  blacksmith  and  axe-maker 
in  Attica,  that  state,  but  in  1857  removed  to 
Flint,  Mich.,  where  he  was  employed  as  a  black- 
smith. In  1861  he  enlisted  as  fife-major  of  Com- 
pany C,  Sixteenth  Michigan  Infantry,  and  served 
for  three  years,  after  which  he  resumed  business 
pursuits.  He  died  in  Flint  at  eighty-four  years 
of  age.  Four  of  his  sous  served  in  the  Union 
army,  Jefferson  being  in  the  Sixteenth  Michigan, 
William,  a  lieutenant  of  Company  I,  Tenth 
Michigan,  and  James  and  Lyman  E.  ,*also  in 
Michigan  regiments. 

Lyman  K.  Davie  was  born  in  Orangeville, 
Wyoming  County,  N.  Y.,  April  10,  1841,  and 
engaged  in  farming  and  the  manufacture  and  sale 
of  lumber  at  Otsego,  Mich.,  afterward  carrying 
on  a  real-estate  business  at  Flushing,  where  he 
built  and  still  owns  the  Flushing  opera  house, 
and  also  erected  many  business  blocks  and  houses. 
November  4,  1861,  he  volunteered  in  Company 
I,  Tenth  Michigan  Infantry,  and  was  promoted 
from  the  ranks  to  be  first  lieutenant.  Among  the 
battles  in  which  he  took  part  were  those  at  Shiloh, 
Corinth,  Murfreesboro,  Asheville,  Missionary 
Ridge  (where  fie  was  commissioned  first  lieuten- 
ant), and  on  his  return  to  Nashville  he  was  for 
six  months  on  the  staff  of  General  Mussy.  He 
was  mustered  out  in  1864.  In  1896  he  came  to 
Colorado  Springs,  where  he  erected  the  finest 
residence  in  the  city  and  is  a  large  real-estate 
owner  and  contractor  here.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Grand  Army  man  and  a  Knight  Templar  Mason. 
His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Flushing,  Mich.,  and 
died  in  1896,  was  Puella  Parsell,  daughter  of 
Robert  Parsell,  who  removed  from  Niagara 
County,  N.  Y.,  to  Michigan  in  1836  and  en- 
gaged in  farming  there,  later  carrying  on  a  hotel 
business  in  Flushing.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davie  were 
the  parents  of  four  children:  W.  H.,  a  pharma- 
cist in  Florence,  Colo.;  Robert  P.;  Bessie,  Mrs. 
C.  T.  Moss,  of  Flushing;  and  Laura,  Mrs.  Ray- 
mond Ellis,  also  of  Flushing. 

When  twelve  years  of  age  our  subject  began 
to  study  pharmacy,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen, 
by  examination,  he  became  a  registered  phar- 
macist. He  took  a  course  in  the  National  In- 
stitute of  Pharmacy,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated. In  1887  he  went  to  Pratt  County,  Kan., 
where  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for  a  year. 
In  1888  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs  and  for  two 
years  was  engaged  as  clerk  in  a  drug  store,  after 


which  he  bought  an  interest,  the  firm  title  becom- 
ing the  Torrence- Davie  Drug  Company,  which 
later  was  changed  to  the  Church-Davie  Drug 
Company.  In  the  spring  of  1893  he  sold  out 
and  went  to  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  opened  the 
finest  store  in  the  camp,  on  the  corner  of  Second 
and  Bennett  streets,  and  also  became  interested 
in  similar  stores  in  Victor  and  Florence.  In  the 
fall  of  1895  he  sold  the  drug  business,  retaining 
the  buildings.  Returning  to  Colorado  Springs, 
he  purchased  an  interest  in  a  well-established 
real -estate  business,  of  which  he  soon  assumed 
the  control  and  has  since  conducted.  His  trans- 
actions in  real  estate  are  very  large  and  important. 
He  built  the  Davie  block  in  Colorado  Springs  and 
a  building  of  the  same  name  in  Colorado  City. 
Since  1895  he  has  built  over  thirty-five  residences 
in  the  Springs.  His  office  is  at  No.  28  South 
Tejon  street. 

At  the  time  of  the  panic,  in  1894,  every  drug 
store  in  Cripple  Creek  except  his  own  failed,  but 
he  carried  his  business  through,  paying  ten  per 
cent  a  month.  His  business  often  reached  $  100 
a  day,  for,  with  the  growth  of  the  camp,  his 
trade  increased.  During  all  the  financial  depres- 
sion of  past  years  he  has  not  only  maintained  his 
position  as  a  substantial  business  man,  but  has 
increased  his  resources  and  enlarged  his  business, 
which  proves  him  to  be  a  man  of  good  judgment 
and  great  energy.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce.  Politically  a  Democrat,  he  served 
for  three  years  as  a  member  of  the  county  central 
committee,  but  is  too  busy  now  to  take  an  active 
part  in  public  affairs.  While  in  Cripple  Creek 
he  took  an  active  part  in  the  Y.  M.  C  A.  and 
charitable  work,  and  in  Colorado  Springs  is  a 
contributor  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of 
which  his  wife  is  a  member. 

In  Pueblo  Mr.  Davie  married  Miss  Mattie 
Hays,  who  was  born  in  Vermilion  County,  111., 
daughter  of  the  late  F.  C.  Hays,  who  was  en- 
gaged in  the  insurance  business  at  Tithian,  111. 
Four  children  were  born  to  the  union  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Davie,  namely:  Marjorie,  Lois;  Rachel, 
who  died  at  fifteen  months;  and  Robert  Sydney, 
who  died  at  the  same  age. 

While  in  Cripple  Creek  Mr.  Davie  organized 
the  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  which  he  was  the 
first  chancellor;  he  is  now  a  member  of  Myrtle 
Lodge  No.  34,  in  Colorado  Springs.  He  was 
made  a  Mason  in  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  to  which  he  still  belongs;  he  is  also  a 
member  of  Chapter  No.  6,  R.  A.  M.,  Pike's  Peak 


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Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T.  (in  which  he  is  a 
senior  warden),  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason, 
and  belongs  to  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  in 
Denver.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  In  1890  he  was 
a  member  of  Troop  D,  Colorado  National  Guard, 
at  Monte  Vista. 


fi>G)lLLIAM  DOWNING  WATSON,  justice  of 
\ A/  tne  Peace  an<^  notary  public,  real-estate 
Y  V  dealer  and  mine  operator,  came  to  Silverton 
in  1874  and  bought  his  present  home,  since  which 
time  he  has  devoted  himself  to  his  official  duties 
and  business  pursuits.  Of  the  original  settlers  of 
this  camp  F.  M.  Snowden  is  the  only  surviving 
member  here.  Mr.  Watson  arrived  at  Silverton 
about  two  years  after  the  town  was  first  settled. 
Since  coining  here  he  has  held  the  office  of  justice 
of  the  peace  for  nine  consecutive  years  (except- 
ing only  one  year) ,  for  three  years  has  served  as 
police  magistrate,  and  for  six  years  has  been 
notary  public. 

In  Mount  Vernon,  111.,  Mr.  Watson  was  born 
April  30,  1831,  a  son  of  John  H.  and  Elizabeth 
(Rankin)  Watson,  natives  respectively  of  Har- 
per's Ferry,  Va.,  and  Frankfort,  Ky.  His  father, 
when  a  boy,  moved  to  Frankfort,  Ky.,  and  in 
1818  settled  in  Mount  Vernon,  111.,  where  for 
twenty-two  years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace,  for 
many  years  held  office  as  master  of  chancery, 
also  served  as  county  treasurer  and  in  other 
prominent  positions.  By  trade  he  was  a  carpen- 
ter. He  was  respected  and  honored,  and  in  re- 
ligion was  a  leading  worker  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  Of  his  eight  children  our  sub- 
ject was  next  to  the  oldest.  The  oldest  child, 
John  R.,  went  to  Iowa  in  1852,  there  married 
Mrs.  Black,  a  widow,  and  died  early  in  the  'jos, 
leaving  two  children.  The  other  children  are: 
William  D. ;  Amelia  Jane,  wife  of  Bennett  Miller, 
of  Mount  Vernon,  111.;  Thomas  P.,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  undertaking  business  at  Mount  Ver- 
non, 111.;  Samuel  Henry,  a  prominent  Repub- 
lican of  Mount  Vernon,  who  has  served  two 
terms  in  the  legislature,  one  in  the  senate,  and  is 
now  postmaster  of  Mount  Vernon;  Millie,  wife  of 
John  Wall,  former  postmaster  of  Mount  Vernon; 
Joel  Perry,  a  farmer  and  the  postmaster  at  Ash- 
ley, Washington  County,  111.;  and  Hon.  James 
H.  Watson,  M.  D.,  of  Woodlawn,  111.,  a  promi- 
nent Democrat,  who  represented  his  district  in 
the  state  senate  for  two  terms. 

At  fifteen  years  of  age    our  subject  went  to 


St.  Louis  and  secured  employment  in  a  shoe 
factory  owned  by  Howe,  Cook  &  Co.  At  that 
time  St.  Louis  was  a  small  city  and  destitute 
of  railroads,  street  cars  and  all  modern  con- 
veniences and  improvements.  His  special  work 
with  the  firm  was  the  buying  of  hides,  brought 
to  the  town  in  wagons  or  boat,  but  soon  he 
was  given  a  more  remunerative  position.  When 
the  cholera  epidemic  of  1848  fell  upon  the 
city,  the  heads  of  the  firm  left  town,  giving  the 
charge  of  the  business  into  his  hands,  and  for 
three  months  he  saw  hundreds  dying  daily; 
finally  the  epidemic  passed,  and  business  could 
again  be  resumed  with  energy.  He  remained 
with  the  firm  for  six  years.  Iiv  1856  he  bought 
the  Missouri  hotel,  at  the  corner  of  Main  and 
Morgan  streets,  paying  for  it  $6,400,  and  this  he 
conducted  until  1861.  On  account  of  his  father's 
failing  health  he  gave  up  the  hotel  and  returned 
to  his  old  home  to  look  after  the  interests  of  the 
family.  There  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  until  September,  1873,  when  he  sold  out 
and  came  to  Colorado,  stopping  in  Denver  for  a 
short  time.  On  the  igth  of  October  he  arrived  in 
Del  Norte,  where  he  engaged  in  the  real-estate 
business  and  erected  twelve  houses;  while  there 
he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  three  years. 
In  1878  he  went  to  Gladstone,  near  which  are 
the  Gold  King  and  Sampson  mines,  and  there 
built  a  mill  and  other  buildings. 

July  8,  1878,  Mr.  Watson  bought  Grassy  Hill 
station,  where  he  erected  an  hotel,  stables,  store 
rooms,  etc.,  and  furnished  supplies  for  miners 
throughout  the  San  Juan  country,  the  goods  be- 
ing freighted  from  Alamosa  to  that  point.  In 
his  yards  he  has  had  at  times  as  many  as  three 
hundred  and  fifty  pack  animals,  while  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  head  could  be  seen  there  almost 
any  time.  He  arranged  a  rope  for  letting  wagons 
down  the  almost  perpendicular  grade  to  Stony 
Gulch,  for  which  work  he  received  $5  per  wagon. 
He  once  received  $320  for  a  ton  of  hay  to  be  de- 
livered at  a  mine  (the  Highland  Mary)  six  miles 
distant;  his  son  George  conveyed  it  on  his  back 
in  small  quantities.  He  remained  at  that  place 
for  four  years  (lacking  three  days)  and  in  that 
time  cleared  $20,000.  From  there  he  went  to 
Howardsville,  where  he  carried  on  a  store.  Since 
then  he  has  resided  in  Silverton.  In  1874  he  was 
the  first  man  to  locate  a  mine  in  Red  Mountain; 
in  1882  he  patented  the  International  mine, which 
he  now  leases,  and  he  also  owns  one-sixth  in- 
terest in  the  Highland  Mary  group,  which  is  a 


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paying  mine.  Fraternally  he  is  past  grand  of 
Marion  Lodge  No.  13,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Mount 
Vernon,  111.,  which  lodge  he  represented  in  the 
grand  lodge. 

In  1856  Mr.  Watson  married  Nancy  A.  New- 
comb,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  In  his  family  there 
are  five  sons  and  one  daughter.  John  H.  was 
sergeant  in  the  cowboy  band  of  Torrey's  Rough 
Riders;  William  A.  died  in  Illinois  June  27, 
1863,  in  infancy;  Albert  Z.,  also  a  member  of  the 
cowboy  band  in  Torrey's  regiment,  is  now  in 
Cuba;  Mary  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  T.  Wilson, 
who  is  connected  with  the  Independent  mine  at 
Victor,  Colo.;  George  A.  is  engaged  in  mining; 
Frank  L.  met  with  a  serious  accident  in  youth, 
which-  resulted  in  the  loss  of  a  limb;  he  is  now 
clerk  of  the  district  court.  The  family  are  highly 
esteemed  by  all  to  whom  they  are  known. 


HON.  ALEXANDER  T.  STEWART.  The 
city  of  Pueblo  numbers  among  its  citizens  a 
.  number  of  men  who  are  eminent  in  the 
annals  of  the  state,  men.  of  ability,  energy  and 
honor,  who,  in  every  duty  of  private  and  public 
life,  have  been  true  and  loyal.  Such  a  man  is 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  represents  the 
second  senatorial  district  of  Colorado  in  the  state 
senate.  The  high  position  to  which  he  has  been 
called  is  one  in  which  his  ability  finds  abundant 
scope  for  exercise,  in  assisting  in  the  solution  of 
those-  problems  brought  before  the  senate,  and 
upon  the  settlement  of  which  vast  interests  de- 
pend; 

The  success  which  has  come  to  Senator  Stew- 
art, in  business  as  well  as  in  politics,  is  the  result 
of 'his  unaided  efforts.  He  started  out  for  him- 
self, a  boy  of  thirteen ,  without  influence  or 
friends,  and  by  the  force  of  his  energy  and  deter- 
mination he  has  won  prosperity,  influence  and 
friends.  The  business  of  which  he  is  the  head  is 
S?Ja*ge  and  important  one,  and  furnishes  em- 
ployment to;  as  many  as  thirty-five  hands.  The 
plant  is  located  on  South  Union  avenue,  where 
an  extensive  blacksmith  and  carriage  business  is 
conducted,  the  products  of  the  factory  being 
among  the  best  carriages  and  wagons  made  in 
the  state. 

The  son  of  Archibald  and  Rose  (Donley) 
Stewart,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
New  York  City  September  15,  1855.  He  was 
educated  in  local  public  schools.  At  thirteen 
years  of  age  he  began  to  learn  the  blacksmith's 
trade,  and  this  occupation  he  followed  for  some 


years  in  his  native  city.  Coming  to  the  west,  he 
arrived  in  Pueblo  January  13,  1876,  and  at  once 
established  a  general  blacksmith  and  carriage 
business,  which  he  has  since  owned  and  managed, 
having  through  his  ability  and  judgment  built  up 
a  large  trade  and  an  extensive  plant.  In  1880 
he  married  Miss  Mary  E.  Morrissey,  of  Maine. 
They  have  three  sons  and  two  daughters:  Alex- 
ander T.,  Jr.,  Hamilton,  Edwin  H.,  Mary  and 
Ethel. 

From  early  manhood  Mr.  Stewart  has  been  a 
high-tariff  Democrat.  For  years  he  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  Pueblo  city  council,  of  which 
he  was  often  the  president.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  chairmen  of  the  committee  on  water  works 
and  also  served  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
public  works.  In  1898  he-, was  elected  state 
senator,  and  has  since  given  his  attention  largely 
to  the  duties  connected  with  this  office.  He  bore 
a  conspicuous  part  in  the  legislation  of  the  winter 
of  1898-99.  He  was  author  of  the  bill  establish- 
ing compulsory  education,  which  became  a  law; 
secured  the  passage  of  a  law  for  the  benefit  of 
workingmen,  enabling  them  to  secure  a  lien  for 
their  pay  from  cities,  towns  and  school  districts 
as  well  as  individuals;  also  secured  the  passage 
of  a  bill  permitting  cities  of  the  first  class  to  pave 
streets  and  put  in  storm  sewers  and  assess  the 
same  against  the  property  owners;  besides  assist- 
ing in  much  other  beneficial  legislation.  The 
high  opinion  in  which  he  is  held  is  shown  by  the 
following  letters,  which,  with  many  others,  were 
received  by  him  at  the  time  of  his  nomination  for 
the  senate. 

"Denver,  Colo.,  October  4,  1898. 
A.  T.  Stewart,  Pueblo,  Colo. 

My  Dear  Sir: — I  am  glad  to  note  that  your 
nomination  for  the  office  of  state  senator  from 
Pueblo  County  is  receiving  the  approval  of  every 
one  in  the  county,  irrespective  of  party.  Your 
election  will  be  a  guarantee  that  Pueblo  will  be 
found  in  the  right  column  in  1901,  and  that  no 
administration  Republican  will  be  returned  to  the 
United  States  senate  by  your  vote.  It  is  par- 
ticularly gratifying  to  an  old  friend  like  myself 
that  this  distinction  should  have  been  conferred 
upon  you,  and  I  earnestly  hope  that  all  the 
friends  of  the  principle  involved  in  the  state 
fusion  of  this  year  will  cast  their  ballot  for,  and 
elect  you  triumphantly  to  the  state  senate. 
Sincerely  your  friend, 

C.  S.  THOMAS." 


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"Denver,  Colo.,  October  13,  1898. 
Hon.  A.  T.  Stewart,  Pueblo,  Colo. 

Dear  Sir: — I  congratulate  you  on  your  nomina- 
tion for  state  senator  from  the  second  senatorial 
district.  It  affords  me  pleasure  to  do  so,  not  only 
because  of  our  personal  relations,  but  because  I 
know  your  election  will  be  a  guarantee  that  the 
silver  sentiment  of  your  district  will  be  properly 
represented  in  the  session  of  the  legislature  that 
elects  a  United  States  senator.  As  a  Sam  Ran- 
dall protectionist  Democrat  I  believe  your  nom- 
ination will  be  especially  satisfactory  to  the 
silver  Republicans  of  your  district,  who  will  not 
only  be  in  accord  with  you  on  the  silver  question, 
but  also  on  your  moderate  views  on  the  tariff. 

I  have  not  changed  my  views  on  the  tariff 
question,  if  I  did  not  vote  for  the  Dingley  tariff 
bill  in  the  last  session.  I  did  not  vote  for  that 
bill  because  it  was  not  a  just  and  proper  one  and 
was  an  attempt  on  the  part  of  the  party  in  power 
to  prostitute  the  principle  of  protection  to  com- 
pensate the  sugar  trust  and  other  combines  for 
the  aid  they  rendered  the  Republican  party 
during  the  last  presidential  campaign. 

I  feel  very  confident  of  your  election.     lam, 
Very  respectfully, 

H.  M.  TELLER." 


"Denver,  Colo.,  October  14,  1898. 
Hon.  A.  T.  Stewart,  Pueblo,  Colo. 

My  Dear  Mr.  Stewart: — I  sincerely  congratu- 
late you  and  the  multiplied  interests  of  Pueblo 
County  on  your  nomination  by  the  allied  silver 
forces  for  the  honorable  and  responsible  position 
of  state  senator.  It  is  a  good  omen  when  such 
men  as  you  will  forego  the  demands  of  business 
for  a  time  to  serve  the  state.  It  is  the  highest 
evidence  of  good  citizenship  to  assume  the  bur- 
dens and  responsibilities  of  such  a  position  with 
no  reward  to  an  honest  man  but  the  conscious- 
ness of  serving  the  people  well-and  truly.  I  feel 
confident  of  your  election,  knowing  as  I  do  your 
long  residence  in  Pueblo,  your  extensive  business 
interests  there,  your  complete  and  enthusiastic 
identification  with  them  and  the  power  you  have 
been  in  forwarding  every  enterprise  to  build  up 
your  city  and  make  it  great  and  prosperous. 
With  all  your  cares  you  have  never  lagged  in  the 
constant  struggle  we  have  been  engaged  in  to  re- 
establish the  silver  money  of  the  constitution — a 
result  fraught  with  more  assure  prosperity  than 
the  accomplishment  of  every  other  attainable 
measure  besides. 


I  sincerely  hope  that  every  friend  of  mine  will 
bend  his  energies  to  make  your  race  a  winning 
one.  Anything  in  my  power  to  aid  you  and  the 
good  cause  is  at  your  command. 

With  sincere  best  wishes,  I  remain, 
Your  friend, 

T.  M.  PATTERSON." 


"STATE  OF  COLORADO, 
Executive  Chamber,  Denver. 

October  20,  1898. 
Hon.  A.  T.  Stewart,  Pueblo,  Colo. 

My  Dear  Sir: — As  I  told  you  yesterday,  your 
election  means  more  than  the  triumph  of  A.  T. 
Stewart.  It  means  a  victory  for  bimetallism;  an 
endorsement  of  the  principles  of  Bryan  and  Teller. 
This  is  not  a  contest  of  individuals,  but  of  ideas. 
You  stand  for  the  silver  sentiment — true  bi- 
metallism as  against  the  gold  standard — and  you 
should  receive  the  suffrage  of  every  voter  who 
believes  in  the  coinage  of  gold  and  silver  at  a  16 
to  i  ratio.  I  am  sure  that  the  voters  of  Pueblo 
County  will  prove  true  to  the  faith  that  means  so 
much  for  Colorado  and  the  nation. 

Very  truly, 

ALVA  ADAMS." 


E.  JOHNSON.  "Their  is  a  tide 
in  the  affairs  of  men"  and  of  localities  as 
well  "that,  taken  at  the  flood,  leads  on  to 
fortune."  Such  a  tide  came  in  the  history  of  the 
Cripple  Creek  mining  region  and  in  the  life  of 
Mr.  Johnson,  when,  in  1892,  heconceived  the  idea 
of  building  a  railroad  there  from  Florence.  The 
idea,  once  formed,  was  soon  carried  out.  He  in- 
corporated the  Florence  and  Cripple  Creek  Rail- 
road Company,  and,  with  his  associates,  built  the 
road,  running  the  first  train  into  Cripple  Creek 
July  2,  1894.  From  that  time  Cripple  Creek 
prospered  and  is  now  the  greatest  gold  camp 
known,  notwithstanding  claims  to  the  contrary 
by  others.  In  1896  he  retired  from  the  active 
management  of  the  road,  though  still  remaining 
a  director,  and  since  then  he  has  been  interested 
in  the  working  out  of  a  new  line  running  from 
Florence  south  to  Custer  County.  At  the  time 
of  his  location  in  Florence,  in  1889,  it  was  a  mere 
cross-road,  and  it  was  due  in  no  small  measure 
to  his  enterprise  that  it  has  grown  to  a  thriving 
city  of  four  thousand. 

Born  in  Hopkinton,  Middlesex  County,  Mass., 
October  26,  1857,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 


I,.  I).   KSKR1 1  )(',]•:. 


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only  six  months  of  age  when  his  parents  removed 
to  Iowa  Falls,  Iowa,  and  in  1863  they  went  from 
there  to  Fostoria,  Ohio,  returning,  however,  to 
Iowa  Falls  in  1866.  His  education,  begun  in  the 
public  schools,  was  extended  by  a  course  of  study 
in  the  Iowa  State  University  at  Iowa  City.  May 
6,  1878,  he  started  from  Iowa  Falls,  in  company 
with  three  other  young  men,  with  teams  and 
supplies,  for  Colorado,  arriving  here  on  the  4th 
of  July.  Going  direct  to  Alamosa,  he  obtained 
employment  in  an  engineering  corps  as  a  surveyor 
for  a  projected  road  to  Pagosa  Springs.  In  No- 
vember he  went  to  Canon  City,  where  he  resided 
the  most  of  the  time  until  1886.  Meantime  he 
incorporated  the  Canon  City  Water  Company 
and  built  the  water  works.  In  1886  he  took  a 
position  with  the  Colorado  Coal  and  Iron  Com- 
pany, the  then  leading  company  of  the  state,  and 
had  charge  of  all  their  business  in  Pitkin  and 
Garfield  Counties,  opening  coal  mines  and  build- 
ing the  Aspen  and  Western  Railroad. 

In  1885,  in  company  with  several  other  gentle- 
men, Mr.  Johnson  incorporated  and  founded  the 
Florence  Oil  and  Refining  Company,  of  Florence, 
this  being  one  of  the  first  companies  formed  in 
the  state  to  produce  oil  on  a  commercial  scale. 
It  still  continues  in  business,  and,  with  one  other 
company,  furnishes  all  the  oil  used  in  six  states. 


I  ORENZO  D.  ESKRIDGE,  who  is  engaged 
I  C  in  stock-raising  on  the  La  Jara  River,  in 
[_JJ  Conejos  County,  was  born  in  Sussex  Coun- 
ty, Del.,  in  1846,  a  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Martha 
(Marvel)  Eskridge,  and  a  nephew  of  Joshua  H. 
Marvel,  deceased,  late  governor  of  Delaware. 
He  was  one  of  nine  children,  of  whom  those  liv- 
ing beside  himself  are  J.  T.  Eskridge,  M.  D.,  a 
celebrated  physician,  residing  in  Denver ;  John  H. ; 
and  Euphemia  J.,  wife  of  Harry  Erbstnehl. 
His  father  died  in  Delaware  at  eighty-five,  and 
his  mother  in  1865,  aged  forty-four.  Further 
reference  to  the  family  history  may  be  had  by 
reading  the  sketch  of  Dr.  Eskridge,  upon  another 
page. 

At  the  age  of  eighteen  our  subject  enlisted  in 
Company  F,  Two  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  Penn- 
sylvania Infantry,  but  served  only  for  four 
months.  In  1865  he  went  to  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
where  he  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business 
with  E.  Stein,  remaining  there  for  three  years. 
In  1868  he  went  to  Kansas  and  carried  on  a  lum- 
ber business,  together  with  farming  and  stock- 
raising  on  a  small  scale.  Selling  out  there  in 


1874,  ne  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  on  the 
Conejos  River,  ten  miles  west  of  Conejos,  and 
began  stock-raising.  From  that  ranch,  in  1876, 
he  removed  to  a  homestead,  where  he  took  up 
land.  Here  he  has  since  engaged  in  general 
ranching.  He  keeps  six  hundred  head  of  cattle 
on  his  place  at  times,  besides  a  number  of  horses. 
The  ranch  comprises  seven  hundred  and  fifty- 
acres,  and,  as  a  member  of  the  Town  Company, 
he  also  owns  one-fourth  interest  in  twelve  hun- 
dred and  eighty  acres.  Besides  raising  stock,  he 
has  fields  devoted  to  the  raising  of  grain  and  hay. 
In  1887  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  organization 
of  the  Mogota  Ditch  Company,  of  which  he  has 
since  been  treasurer,  and  he  has  also  bought 
stock  in  other  ditches. 

Interested  in  public  affairs  and  a  stanch  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  Mr.  Eskridge  has  been  prominent 
in  town  and  county  matters.  In  1888  he  was 
the  Democratic  candidate  for  the  legislature.  In 
former  years  he  was  identified  with  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  is  now  connected  with  Alamosa 
Lodge  No.  44,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  1873  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Permelia  S.  Garrett, 
daughter  of  Manscil  Garrett,  now  of  Conejos 
County.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  children, 
Bertha  and  James  T. 


NON.  A.  J.  ABBOTT,  attorney- at-law  of 
Trinidad,  was  born  in  Ohio  August  14, 
1842,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca  (Miles) 
Abbott,  natives  of  Ohio.  His  father,  who  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  spent  his  last  years  in  re- 
tirement from  active  cares,  and  died  at  the  home 
of  his  son,  our  subject,  August  31,  1898,  aged 
eighty  years  and  six  months.  With  this  son  the 
aged  mother  made  her  home  until  her  death, 
which  occurred  February  4,  1898.  Besides  him 
there  are  two  sons,  C.W.,  of  Pasadena,  Cal.,  and 
J.  M.,  of  Seattle,  Wash. 

When  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  boy  of 
ten  years  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Cedar 
County,  Iowa.  His  early  life  was  passed  upon  a 
farm.  His  education,  begun  in  public  schools, 
was  completed  in  the  State  University  of  Iowa, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  the  class  of  1864. 
After  completing  his  literary  studies  he  began  to 
read  law  under  the  direction  of  Judge  James  G. 
Day,  judge  of  the  southwest  district  of  Iowa,  and 
afterward  chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of 
Iowa.  At  the  same  time  he  endeavored  to  earn 
his  own  way  by  teaching  school.  For  one  year 
he  taught  in  Council  Bluffs,  for  five  years  was 


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principal  of  the  schools  of  Glenwood,  Iowa,  and 
for  three  years  held  a  principalship  of  schools  in 
Newton,  Kan. 

In  1875  Mr.  Abbott  began  the  practice  of  law 
at  Newton,  but  one  year  later  he  removed  to  Ster- 
ling, Kan.,  and  there  he  continued  for  four  years, 
during  which  time  he  filled  the  offices  of  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction  and  prosecuting 
attorney,  residing  at  Lyons  during  his  incum- 
bency of  the  latter  office.  His  next  location  was 
in  Garden  City,  Kan.,  where  he  carried  on  a 
general  law  practice  for  five  years.  During  that 
time  he  jeceived  an  appointment  from  Gov.  John 
A.  Martin  as  judge  of  the  twenty-seventh  judicial 
district,  to  fill  the  office  from  the  date  of  the  or- 
ganization of  the  district  to  the  first  election.  In 
the  fall  of  1887,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  he  was 
elected  to  this  office  for  a  term  of  four  years,  and 
in  1891  was  re-elected  for  a  term  "of  the  same 
length,  making  nine  years  of  continuous  service 
as  judge. 

Upon  the  expiration  of  his  second  term  he  re- 
moved to  Trinidad  and  opened  an  office.  Here 
he  has  since  carried  on  a  general  law  practice. 
In  his  new  home,  although  taking  an  active  in- 
terest in  public  matters,  he  has  not  aspired  to  po- 
litical honors,  but  has  given  his  attention  wholly 
to  his  profession,  and  is  attaining  distinction  in 
the  new  field  of  effort.  In  1898  he  served  as 
chairman  of  the  county  judicial  convention,  and 
during  the  same  year  presided  over  the  third  ju- 
dicial district  convention.  In  politics  he  has  been 
a  lifelong  Republican,  loyal  and  true.  In  relig- 
ion he  was  reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Friends;  he 
entertains  the  profoundest  respect  for  Christi- 
anity, but  subscribes  to  no  creed.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Fraternal  Aid  Association  and  the  Ancient  Or- 
der of  United  Workmen. 

June  8,  1865,  Judge  Abbott  married  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Townsend) 
Darrington,  a  native  of  Ohio,  her  father  having 
come  to  that  state  from  Dublin,  Ireland.  Judge 
and  Mrs.  Abbott  have  seven  children:  George 
O.,  of  Garden  City,  Kan.;  Alice  E.,  wife  of  Dr. 
W.  E.  Drisdale,  of  Martindale,  Tex.;  E.  C.,  at- 
torney-at  law,  located  at  Red  River,  N.  M.;  Ray- 
mond B.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  the  same  town  in  New  Mexico;  Florence, 
who  is  her  father's  stenographer  and  typewriter; 
Albert  J.  and  Frances  J.,  who  are  school  stu- 
dents. In  his  former  home  Judge  Abbott  made 
a  most  creditable  record.  Possessed  of  an  ana- 


lytical mind  and  wide  legal,  knowledge,  his  judi- 
cial administration  was  a  wise  and  satisfactory 
one,  and  won  for  him  the  admiration  of  attorneys 
and  respect  of  all.  In  educational  matters  he  has 
always  maintained  an  interest,  and  such  are  sure 
of  his  sympathy.  In  preparations  for  the  World's 
Columbian  Exposition  he  took  a  warm  interest, 
and  as  a  member  of  the  state  board  for  the  pro- 
motion of  this  enterprise,  was  able  to  accomplish 
much  for  its  welfare.  He  acted  as  a  representa- 
tive of  his  district  in  the  American  Bar  Associa- 
tion convention,  which  met  in  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
In  fact,  in  all  lines  of  effort  worthy  of  aid,  whether 
professional  or  judicial,  educational  or  moral,  his 
assistance  may  be  relied  upon,  and  his  encour- 
agement counted  as  positive. 

0LNEY  A.  BORDEN,  an  influential  and 
prosperous  ranchman  of  Park  County,  first 
arrived  in  South  Park  June  30,  1865,  and 
from  that  day  to  this  he  has  been  intimately  iden- 
tified with  measures  tending  to  advance  the  wel- 
fare of  his  section.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year 
he  and  his  brother,  Timothy,  located  their  pres- 
ent ranches  on  Tarryall  Creek,  ten  miles  below 
Jefferson,  and  here  began  ranching.  In  1867  he 
built  a  sawmill,  operated  by  water  power,  and 
there  he  sawed  lumber  which  he  sold  in  neigh- 
boring villages.  The  money  thus  secured  was 
invested  in  cattle.  As  his  herds  increased  he 
added  to  his  property  holdings,  until  at  this  writ- 
ing he  is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of  three  thousand 
acres. 

In  Fairfield,  Herkitner  County,  N.  Y.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  March  n,  1831, 
a  son  of  Olney  and  Elizabeth  (Dodge)  Borden. 
He  was  one  of  nine  children,  of  whom  the  fol-. 
lowing  survive:  Abigail,  widow  of  Atwood  A. 
Royce,  of  Liberty,  Sullivan  County,  N.  Y. ; 
Timothy,  a  ranchman  of  Park  County;  Olney  A.; 
and  Van  Buren,  whose  home  is  in  Sullivan 
County,  N.  Y.  The  father,  a  native  of  Herkimer 
County,  went  to  Sullivan  County  when  a  youug 
man  and  learned  the  trade  of  a  carpenter,  but 
after  a  few  years  returned  to  Herkimer  County, 
residing  there  for  some  time;  in  1832  he  went 
back  to  Sullivan  County,  and  settled  in  the  town 
of  Rockland.  Five  years  later  he  changed  his 
residence  to  a  farm  between  Jefferson  and  Calli- 
coon,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  For 
many  years  he  served  as  supervisor  of  his  dis- 
trict. He  was  a  man  much  esteemed  for  his  up- 
rightness and  integrit)'. 


• 


HON.  J.  A.  J.  VALDES. 


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Reared  upon  a  farm  and  from  an  early  age 
familiar  with  agricultural  pursuits,  our  subject 
chose  farming  for  his  life  occupation.  Near  the 
old  homestead  he  purchased  a  farm  and  there 
began  for  himself,  continuing  on  the  same  place 
until  1865.  At  that  time  his  brother,  Timothy, 
returned  from  Colorado  on  a  visit,  and  his  dis- 
cription  of  the  far  west  was  so  glowing  that 
Olney  determined  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the 
Rocky  Mountain  region.  He  crossed  the  plains 
and  after  spending  four  days  in  Denver  came  to 
South  Park.  His  brother  owned  placer  mines  at 
Gold  Run  and  he  crossed  the  range  to  that  camp, 
where  he  worked  for  a  short  time,  but  in  the  fall 
returned  to  the  Park,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
He  is  popular  among  his  fellow-citizens,  who 
have  repeatedly  solicited  him  to  permit  his  name 
to  be  placed  in  nomination  for  county  commis- 
sioner, but  he  has  invariably  declined  all  offices 
except  that  of  school  director,  in  which  capacity 
he  has  served  for  many  years. 

In  1858  Mr.  Borden  married  Miss  Julia  Car- 
rier, of  Sullivan  County,  N.  Y. ,  who  died  in 
1864,  the  year  before  Mr.  Borden  came  west. 
July  2,  1880,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Mrs.  Mary  G.  (Miller)  Barlow,  of  Vevay,  Ind. 
She  had  been  previously  married  to  Dr.  H.  A. 
Barlow,  a  prominent  physician  first  in  Mays- 
ville,  Ky.,  and  later  in  Vevay,  Ind.,  finally  re- 
moving to  St.  Louis,  where  the  most  important 
part  of  his  professional  life  was  spent.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Barlow  had  four  children,  namely:  Will- 
iam H. ,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Conejos,  Colo.; 
Edward  N.,  who  is  at  home  with  his  mother; 
Mary  A.,  wife  of  John  F.  Wallace,  a  ranchman 
and  cattle-raiser  residing  at  Bordenville,  Park 
County;  and  Junietta  G. ,  who  married  Edward 
R.  Marshall,  a  cattle  dealer  of  Bordenville. 


HON.  J.  A.  J.  VALD^S,  attorney-at-law,  and 
a  prominent  citizen  of  Walsenburg,  was  born 
in  Taos  County,  N.  M.,  April  27,  1847.  His 
father,  J.  M.  J.  Valdfe  being  a  stockman  on  the 
frontier,  he  grew  to  manhood  without  any  advan- 
tages for  an  education.  In  the  fall  of  1861  he 
accompanied  his  father  to  San  Pablo,  Costilla 
County,  Colo. ,  where  he  attended  school  for  three 
months,  learning  his  native  language,  Spanish. 
In  January,  1866,  he  spent  one  month  with  a  profi- 
cient teacher  acquiring  the  rudiments  of  the 
English  1'anguage.  In  1867  he  came  to  Walsen- 
burg and  spent  that  year  in  farming.  The  follow- 
ing year  be  was  elected  assessor  of  Huerfano 


County  by  a  good  majority,  and  in  1869  was  re- 
elected,  without  opposition.  When,  at  the  expi- 
ration of  his  second  term,  the  position  was  again 
offered  him,  he  declined.  From  1868  to  1870 
he  taught  private. schools  in  Huerfano  County. 

In  the  fall  of  1870  Mr.  Valdes  went  to  Pueblo, 
to  take  up  the  study  of  the  English  language.  He 
made  his  home  with  Judge  A.  A.  Bradford  and 
attended  school  in  a  private  institution  conducted 
by  Rev.  Samuel  Edwards, of  the  Episcopal  Church, 
where  at  the  same  time  he  also  taught  a  private 
class.  While  in  Pueblo  he  availed  himself  of 
the  opportunity  to  study  law  in  Judge  Bradford's 
library.  Returning  to  Walsenburg  in  the  spring 
of  1871,  in  the  fall  of  that  year  he  became  one  of 
the  two  Republican  candidates  for  the  legislature, 
but  the  fact  that  the  ticket  was  split  caused  both 
candidates  to  be  defeated.  From  the  winter  of 
1871-1872  until  1877  he  taught  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  county.  In  February,  1873,  ne 
married  Silveria  Salazar,  of  Las  Animas  County, 
Colo.,  and  they  established  their  home  in  Wal- 
senburg. 

A  second  time  nominated  for  the  legislature, 
Mr.  Valdfe  was  elected  in  the  fall  of  1873  and 
served  in  the  session  of  1874,  where  he  did  much 
to  promote  the  interests  of  the  stockmen  of  the 
territory.  He  was  the  author  of  a  bill  prohibiting 
the  injuring  of  animals,  molesting  sheep  or  sheep 
herders,  and  providing  a  penalty  for  the  commis- 
sion of  said  offenses.  He  also  introduced  a  bill 
for  economy  in  the  civil  service,  as  applied  to  the 
fees  and  salaries  of  county  officers,  which  bill 
passed  in  the  house  of  representatives,  but  was 
defeated  in  the  council  of  the  senate.  Both  in 
1880  and  1885  he  served  as  census  enumerator 
for  the  southern  part  of  Huerfano  County.  He 
was  elected  county  judge  in  1881  and  served  one 
term.  From  1884  to  1886  he  was  editor  of  the 
Anunciadar,  published  in  Trinidad,  under  the 
proprietorship  of  Dr.  M.  Beshoar.  In  1885  and 
1887  he  was  elected  county  clerk,  and  in  1886 
was  honored  by  election  as  mayor  of  Walsenburg, 
to  which  position  he  was  again  elected  in  1892. 
In  1891  he  made  the  race  for  district  attorney, 
against  Orlando  Hitt,  but,  while  gaining  his  own 
county  by  two  hundred  votes  (which  hitherto,  as 
well  as  the  district,  had  always  been  Democratic), 
he  failed  to  gain  the  election  by  about  two  hun- 
dred votes.  In  1897  he  was  elected  city  attorney, 
and  from  1893  to  1896  served  as  attorney  for  the 
bank  of  this  city.  He  has  been  a  prominent  fac- 
tor in  the  political  life  of  Huerfano  County,  and 


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by  service  upon  the  central  committee,  by  "stump- 
ing" the  county,  and  in  other  ways  has  promoted 
the  welfare  of  the  Republican  party,  especially  in 
the  county  of  Huerfano.  Since  1895,  however, 
he  has  to  some  extent  retired  from  politics,  and  is 
now  giving  his  attention  to  his  private  law  prac- 
tice. He  has  a  magnificent  library  of  law  books, 
scientific  works  and  other  literature  by  the  best 
authors.  His  books  are  neatly  arranged  in  cases, 
connected  with  his  law  office,  which  is  located  in 
his  pleasant  home  in  the  suburbs  of  the  city  of 
Walsenburg. 

By  his  first  wife  Mr.  Vald6shad  three  children: 
Maria  Antonia,  wife  of  Victor  Medina;  Fidel,  who 
died  in  infancy;  and  Jesus  Ruperto.  Mrs.  Val- 
d6s  died  March  20,  1882.  He  wasagain  married 
July  29,  1882,  his  wife  being  Victoria  Sanchez, 
by  whom  he  had  three  children:  Santiago,  who 
died  in  infancy;  Eloy  and  Magdalena.  The  sec- 
ond wife  of  Mr.  Vald6s  died  September  10,  1886, 
and  he  has  since  remained  a  widower.  He  was 
active  in  the  organization  of  school  district  No.  4, 
the  first  in  this  part  of  the  county,  and,  wherever 
he  has  resided,  it  has  been  his  aim  to  promote  the 
interests  of  the  public  schools.  He  is  now  the 
owner  of  four  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Las  A  ni  inns 
County  and  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Huer- 
fano County,  besides  which  he  owns  ten  lots  in 
Walsenburg  and  other  personal  property,  consist- 
ing of  cattle  and  horses,  which  he  keeps  at  his 
ranch  on  the  Apishapa,  Las  Animas  County. 


EALEB  HARTWELL  JOHNSON,  deceased, 
who  has  left  a  most  wonderful  monument  to 
his  memory  in  the  shape  of  the  well-known 
and  marvelous  Geyser  mine  at  Silver  Cliff,  Custer 
County,  was  born  in  Nahant,  Mass.,  April  26, 
1834.  His  education  was  received  in  common 
schools  in  Massachusetts.  During  the  excite- 
ment caused  by  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Colorado 
he  came  west  in  1859.  However,  instead  of  stop- 
ping here,  he  proceeded  to  California,  where  he 
remained  a  short  time.  He  then  went  to  Wash- 
ington Territory,  and  to  Oregon  where  he  acted 
as  express  messenger  for  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co. ,  at 
Portland.  After  several  years  in  that  state  he 
went  to  Idaho  City,  then  Silver  City,  Idaho,  and 
became  manager  of  the  Golden  Chariot  and  War 
Eagle  mines,  and  was  also  connected  with  the 
famous  Poorman  mine.  Even  when  a  young  man 
his  record  was  such  as  to  give  him  a  prominent 
place  in  the  history  of  the  country  and  he  was 
counted  one  of  the  best-known  men  of  his  section, 


As  an  Indian  fighter  he  was  renowned  through- 
out the  west,  and  was  the  leader  in  several  of  the 
wars  with  the  savages,  especially  the  second  Ban- 
nock war.  His  valor  as  a  soldier  came  to  him  by 
inheritance,  as  both  the  father  and  brother  of  his 
mother,  Lucy  (Keyes)  Johnson,  were  officers  in 
the  Revolution  and  fought  bravely  in  defense  of 
the  colonies. 

Upon  coming  from  Idaho  to  Colorado,  Mr. 
Johnson  was  employed  by  the  Security  Mining 
Company  to  examine  the  Geyser  property.  He 
came  to  Silver  Cliff  and  after  thoroughly  investi- 
gating everything,  decided  that,  while  there  was 
ore,  it  would  require  a  large  outlay  of  money  to 
make  a  successful  mine,  and  so  reported  to  the 
company.  Finding  nothing  would  be  done,  he 
started  for  the  Pacific  coast,  but  was  communi- 
cated with  by  wire,  and  asked  to  await  the  com- 
ing of  the  president  of  the  company.  The  result 
of  this  interview  was  that  he  returned  to  Silver 
Cliff  with  the  promise  of  practically  unlimited  capi- 
tal to  develop  the  property.  The  name  of  the 
company  was  changed  to  the  Geyser  Mining 
Company,  in  the  organization  of  which  he  was 
largely  instrumental.  He  located  the  present 
shaft,  which  was  commenced  July  5,  1886,  and 
for  about  two  thousand  feet  the  shaft  went 
through  breccia,  then  for  five  hundred  feet  through 
black  gneiss,  which  lay  at  an  acute  angle,  The 
large,  three-compartment  shaft  is  perpendicular 
and  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  largest, 
deepest  and  best-timbered  shaft  in  the  state.  It 
has  eight  miles  of  drifts  and  levels,  and  is  prac- 
tically a  dry  mine,  as  there  is  scarcely  enough 
water  in  it  for  use  in  the  boilers,  a  battery  of  seven 
of  which  is  used.  The  hoisting  plant  has  no 
equal  in  the  state,  and  is  built  for  handling  the 
ore  at  a  depth  of  forty-five  hundred  feet,  while 
the  shaft  is  now  over  twenty-five  hundred  feet. 
On  the  premises  there  is  a  mill  that  cost  $200,000. 
The  pumping,  drilling  and  ventilating  are  all 
done  by  compressed  air.  At  the  twenty-four 
hundred  foot  level  a  drift  has  been  run  six  hun- 
dred feet,  in  which  at  five  hundred  feet  from  the 
shaft,  and  over  one-half  mile  beneath  the  surface, 
a  well-defined  true  fissure  vein  of  silver  has  been 
struck,  running  eighteen  hundred  ounces  to  the 
ton.  Employment  is  furnished  to  about  one  hun- 
dred men.  The  mine  runs  high  in  silver  and 
copper,  with  a  very  little  gold. 

Such,  in  brief,  is  the  history  of  the  Geyser 
mine,  which  was  developed  by  the  indomitable 
will  and  perseverance  of  its  founder,  Mr.  John' 


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son.  With  the  confidence  born  of  knowledge,  he 
sank  the  shaft  foot  after  foot  through  the  differ- 
ent strata  and  in  spite  of  every  difficulty  known 
to  mining,  he  has  gained  success.  Thousands 
upon  thousands  of  dollars  were  spent  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  mine;  but  the  wealthy  company 
in  Boston  had  the  utmost  confidence  in  the  judg- 
ment, honesty  aud  ability  of  Mr.  Johnson.  That 
their  confidence  was  not  misplaced,  his  record  as 
manager  proved.  He  gave  his  attention  so  closely 
to  his  work  that  he  had  no  time,  even  if  he  had 
possessed  the  inclination,  to  enter  public  life.  He 
voted  the  Republican  ticket,  but  never  held  any 
political  office.  He  was  a  man  of  the  strictest 
religious  principles,  and  would  not  even  visit  the 
mine  on  Sunday,  preferring,  on  that  day,  to  at- 
tend church  and  enjoy  the  physical  rest  which  the 
week's  activities  rendered  most  pleasant. 

September  13,  1867,  Mr.  Johnson  married  Julia 
Connor,  who  was  born  in  New  York.  They  had 
only  one  child,  Mary,  who  is  the  wife  of  William 
J.  Elmendorf,  the  present  superintendent  of  the 
mine.  Mr.  Johnson  was  a  sufferer  from  Bright's 
disease  of  the  kidneys,  brought  on  by  overwork, 
and  from  that  disease  he  died  in  St.  Luke's  hos- 
pital in  Denver,  on  the  morning  of  November  2 1 , 
1897;  his  body  was  laid  to  rest  in  Fairmouut 
cemetery,  in  Denver.  His  family  received  the 
sympathy  of  a  host  of  friends,  to  whom  his  manly 
qualities  had  endeared  him.  Not  only  was  he 
respected  by  the  men  under  him,  but  he  always 
had  the  confidence  and  good-will  of  the  most 
prominent  mine  owners  and  business  men.  His 
record  was  that  of  a  man  wbo  by  his  unaided 
efforts  worked  his  way  to  a  position  of  influence, 
overcoming  all  difficulties  and  surmounting  all 
obstacles  that  opposed  his  progress. 


P  QlLLIAM  JUDSON  ELMENDORF,  super- 
\  A  /  intendent  of  the  Geyser  mine  at  Silver 
YY  Cliff,  Custer  County,  was  born  in  Jamaica, 
Queens  County,  N.  Y. ,  October  4,  1865,  and  is  a 
descendant  of  an  old  Ulster  County  family,  whose 
first  representatives  in  America  came  from  Hol- 
land about  1620  and  settled  in  what  is  now  New 
York  City.  He  was  the  eldest  of  three  children, 
the  others  being  Margaret,  wife  of  William 
O'Brien,  of  Aspen,  one  of  the  most  prominent 
attorneys  of  Colorado,  and  James,  who  assists  his 
brother  in  the  Geyser  mine.  The  parents,  Will- 
iam S.  and  Martha  (Rider)  Elmendorf,  were  born 
in  New  York  state,  and  are  now  residents  of 


It  was  under  his  father,  who  is  engaged  in 
mining,  that  our  subject  obtained  his  first  knowl- 
edge of  this  industry.  He  was  educated  prin- 
cipally in  the  Brooklyn  Polytechnic  Institute, 
where  he  took  the  regular  scientific  course.  After 
completing  his  studies  there,  in  1882,  he  came 
west  and  was  engaged  in  mining  in  Capital 
City  and  Mineral  Point,  and  was  also  interested 
in  a  number  of  leases  at  Aspen.  Having  re- 
ceived an  excellent  education  and  being  excep- 
tionally intelligent,  he  soon  won  a  name  for 
himself.  When  Mr.  Johnson  became  too  ill  to 
look  after  the  management  of  the  Geyser  mine, 
Mr.  Elmendorf  was  sent  for  to  come  to  Silver 
Cliff.  He  was  appointed  assistant  superintend- 
ent and  for  six  months  prior  to  Mr.  Johnson's 
death  in  1897  had  the  entire  practical  charge  of 
the  work.  Afterward  he  was  appointed  superin- 
tendent and  has  since  carried  on  the  work  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  the  company. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  Elmendorf  is  in- 
clined to  be  independent,  though  with  a  strong 
bias  toward  the  Republican  party.  Having  been 
closely  occupied  with  personal  affairs,  he  has  not 
identified  himself  with  public  affairs  nor  cared  to 
hold  official  positions.  February  2,  1892,  he 
married  Mary,  only  daughter  of  Caleb  H.  John- 
son, and  they  have  two  children,  Hartwell  John- 
son and  Julia.  Mr.  Elmendorf  is  a  man  of  high 
attainments  and  superior  intelligence.  In  his 
business  he  ranks  high  and  is  a  worthy  successor 
to  his  talented  father-in-law. "  He  is  familiar  with 
mining  in  its  every  detail.  While  in-  Aspen  he 
was  connected  with  the  noted  Bonnybell-Durant 
mining  suits,  which  involved  $3,000,000  and 
he  did  all  the  expert  assaying  and  analytical 
work  for  the  Bonny  bell  Company  in  the  suit 
which  was  held  in  the  United  States  court  at 
Denver.  In  matters  relating  to  mining  he  is  a 
recognized  authority  and  his- judgment  is  recog- 
nized as  sound  and  trustworthy. 


HON.  DAVID  M.  CAMPBELL,  attorney- 
general  of  Colorado.  The  life  and  character 
of  Mr.  Campbell,  rising  from  a  position  of 
poverty  to  one  of  influence  in  spite  of  many  dis- 
couragements and  obstacles,  proves  the  truth  of 
Sir  Walter  Scott's  statement:  "The  best  part  of 
a  man's  education  is  that  which  he  gives  him- 
self;' '  and  emphasizes  Gibbon's  remark  that  every 
man  has  two  educations,  one  which  is  given  him, 
and  the  other,  and  more  important,  that  which 
be  gives  himself.  When  a  boy  Mr-  Campbell 


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had  few  opportunities  to  attend  school,  for  his 
father,  not  realizing  the  importance  of  an  educa- 
tion, put  him  to  work  upon  the  farm  and  in  get- 
ting out  timber  while  he  was  still  very  young. 
When  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  found 
himself  ready  to  start  in  the  world,  but  without 
the  knowledge  or  the  training  which  study  alone 
can  give.  However,  with  the  determination  ever 
characteristic  of  him,  he  began  to  remedy  the 
defects  of  earlier  days,  and  with  the  assistance  of 
his  wife,  who  had  been  a  teacher,  acquired  a  far 
better  education  than  is  secured  by  many  a  college 
student.  His  mind  was  endowed  with  no  ambition 
more  powerful  than  that  of  self- improvement,  and 
the  high  position  he  now  holds  proves  what  it  is 
in  the  power  of  man  to  accomplish,  notwith- 
standing obstacles  and  hardships. 

Near  Georgetown,  Vermilion  County,  111.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  July  20,  1858. 
His  boyhood  days  were  spent  in  the  cultivation 
of  the  home  farm.  Upon  attaining  manhood, 
and  as  soon  as  he  had  saved  the  necessary  amount 
of  money,  he  entered  the  Indiana  State  Normal 
School  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  where  he  carried  on 
the  regular  course.  Afterward,  while  teaching 
school  in  Illinois,  he  read  law  with  Judge  Book- 
waiter,  of  Danville.  In  1887  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  at  Springfield,  111.,  after  which  he  en- 
gaged in  practice  in  Danville.  Coming  to  Colo- 
rado in  1889  he  carried  on  a  general  practice  at 
Delta  for  three  and  one-half  years,  and  from  there 
came  to  Pueblo  in  1892.  Here  he  has  since  en- 
gaged in  -continuous  practice.  It  is  probable 
that  he  has  had  as  many  criminal  cases  as  any 
lawyer  in  the  city,  and  his  reputation  in  that 
branch  of  the  law  is  very  high.  At  first  he 
engaged  in  practice  alone,  but  since  becoming 
attorney-general  of  the  state  he  has  taken  in  a 
partner  to  look  after  his  interests.  In  1884  he 
married  Miss  Amorita  B.  James,  of  Danville, 
111.,  and  who,  like  himself,  is  identified  with  the 
Presbyterian  Church. 

Reared  in  the  Democratic  party,  Mr.  Campbell 
subsequently  became  identified  with  the  Populist 
party.  He  has  been  active  in  local  and  state 
politics.  For  two  years  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  city  council,  and  to  his  efforts  was,  in  no 
small  measure,  due  the  breaking  up  of  the  Re- 
publican control  of  Pueblo.  In  addition  to  his 
other  positions  he  was  employed  as  attorney  of 
Kiowa  County  when  it  was  deeply  in  debt,  and 
through  his  business  talent  and  good  judgment 
the  entire  indebtedness  was  paid.  In  fraternal 


relations  he  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  Val- 
ley Camp  No.  29,  of  Pueblo. 

The  office  which  Mr.  Campbell  now  holds  be- 
came his  through  the  election  of  1898.  Although 
for  years  he  had  been  active  and  potent  in  public 
affairs  he  did  not  seek  ofHce,  but  when  nominated 
for  attorney-general  threw  himself  with  all  of  his 
energy  and  determination  in  the  work  of  winning 
a  victory  for  his  ticket.  The  important  matters 
which  come  before  him  in  his  present  office  he 
studies  thoughtfully,  with  the  light  which  his 
wide  reading  and  broad  experience  give  him,  and 
he  has  won  much  praise  for  his  creditable  record 
as  an  official. 


0AVID  S.  HOFFMAN,  M.  D.,  who  has  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  sur- 
gery in  Lake  City  since  1877,  and  has  also 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  here,  is  numbered 
among  the  influential  residents  of  Hinsdale 
County.  Since  coming  to  this  part  of  the  state 
he  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  matters  tending 
toward  its  upbuilding,  and  has  wielded  an  influ- 
ence in  its  advancement.  In  the  year  1882  he 
was  elected  to  the  legislature  on  the  Republican 
ticket  and  during  his  term  of  service  favored  the 
passage  of  bills  for  the  benefit  of  his  constituency. 
For  several  terms  he  served  as  mayor  of  the  city, 
and  for  six  years  held  the  position  of  president  of 
the  school  board.  For  five  years  he  was  register 
of  the  United  States  land  office  at  Lake  City, 
before  it  was  closed.  In  1891-92  he  held  the 
office  of  county  treasurer.  These  various  posi- 
tions he  filled  with  fidelity  and  in  a  manner  most 
satisfactory  to  all  concerned. 

Dr.  Hoffman  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Pa., 
December  16,  1851,  a  son  of  Henry  T.  and  Louisa 
(Seigrist)  Hoffman,  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  the  only  son  and  has  one  sister,  Ella,  wife  of 
William  Medlar,  of  Reading,  Pa.  His  education 
was  obtained  in  public  schools  and  Muhlenberg 
College  at  Allentown,  Pa.  Upon  the  completion 
of  his  literary  studies  he  entered  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
from  which,  after  three  years  of  study,  he  gradu- 
ated in  1874.  Returning  to  his  native  city,  he 
engaged  in  practice  there  for  two  years.  In  1876 
he  came  to  Colorado,  and  for  a  short  time  prac- 
ticed in  Fort  Collins,  but  in  1877  came  to  Lake 
City,  then  a  town  but  three  years  old.  With  its 
subsequent  growth  he  has  been  closely  identified. 
Besides  his  professional  and  business  connections 
he  is  also  interested  in  mining.  He  is  a  member 


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of  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society  and  the 
American  Medical  Association.  He  has  built  up 
a  valuable  private  practice  in  his  city  and  sur- 
rounding country,  and  in  addition  thereto,  also 
acts  as  local  surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad  Company.  Fraternally  he  is  past  master 
of  Crystal  Lodge  No.  34,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  was 
married  August  18,  1885,  his  wife  being  Miss  Ida 
Youmans,  an  accomplished  lady  from  the  state  of 
New  York. 


'HEODORE  G.  LYSTER,  cashier  of  the 

State  Bank  of  Aspen,  of  which  D.  H.  Moffat, 
of  Denver,  is  president,  has  been  connected 
with  banks  and  banking  since  his  youth  and  by 
long  experience  has  acquired  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  every  department  of  finances.  In  1876 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  began  his  work  in  con- 
nection with  the  banking  interests  of  this  state. 
Ten  years  later,  largely  through  his  efforts,  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Aspen  was  organized,  the 
name  of  which  was  subsequently  changed  to  the 
State  Bank  of  Aspen,  and  of  this  institution  he 
has  acted  as  cashier  from  its  inception.  Con- 
servative and  cautious  in  investments,  prudent  in 
management,  yet  enterprising  and  progressive, 
he  has  acquired  a  reputation  in  banking  circles 
and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  reliable 
bankers  in  the  state.  During  the  trying  times  of 
financial  depression,  when  many  banks  were 
forced  to  the  wall,  his  able  and  sagacious  man- 
agement enabled  him  to  keep  his  bank  in  first- 
class  condition,  with  credit  unimpaired  and  con- 
fidence maintained. 

Mr.  Lyster  was  born  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  a  son 
of  Rev.  William  N.  and  Ellen  (Cooper)  Lyster, 
and  a  grandson  of  Col.  W.  John  Lyster,  an  officer 
in  the  British  army.  The  father,  who  was  an 
Episcopal  clergyman,  went  to  Detroit  in  early 
life  and  spent  many  years  in  that  city.  He  was 
also  for  some  time  rector  of  an  Episcopal  Church 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  His  death  occurred  in  1877. 
His  wife,  who  was  a  native  of  County  Wexford, 
Ireland,  died  in  1861,  when  her  children  (four  in 
number;  were  small.  Her  son  William  J.  served 
through  the  Civil  war  as  colonel  of  the  Ninth 
United  States  Infantry,  and  was  connected  with 
the  army  from  1861  until  his  death,  in  1897. 
Henry  F.,  a  physician,  acted  as  surgeon  of  the 
Fifth  Michigan  Infantry  during  the  Civil  war 
and  afterward  practiced  his  profession  in  Detroit 
until  1894,  meantime  also  filling  one  of  the  chairs 
in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of 

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Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor;  he  died  in  October,  1894. 
The  only  daughter,  Bessie,  now  deceased,  was 
the  wife  of  Walter  S.  Cheeseman,  a  banker  of 
Denver. 

Educated  in  the  public  schools  and  reared  in 
his  native  city,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a 
youth  of  seventeen  years  when  he  became  an  em- 
ploye in  the  Detroit  Savings  Bank  in  Detroit.  He 
gradually  rose  as  his  ability  became  apparent. 
After  some  years  he  was  made  teller  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Chicago,  of  which  Lyman  J. 
Gage  was  president.  This  position  he  filled  until 
he  came  to  Colorado,  in  1876.  Here  he  was  first 
engaged  as  teller,  and  later  as  assistant  cashier, 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Denver,  and  con- 
tinued with  that  bank  until,  in  conjunction  with 
Mr.  Moffat  and  Mr.  Cheeseman,  he  formed  the 
plan  of  inaugurating  a  banking  system  in  the 
new  and  growing  town  of  Aspen.  He  has  since 
been  a  resident  of  this  place  and  a  prominent  citi- 
zen, whose  position  in  the  community  is  a  high 
one.  While  in  Detroit  he  became  identified  with 
the  Masonic  order,  and  after  coming  to  Aspen  he 
received  the  Knight  Templar  degree.  He  has 
never  identified  himself  with  politics  or  public 
affairs,  and  has  maintained  an  independence  of 
attitude,  supporting  the  best  men,  irrespective  of 
party  ties.  Having  made  a  careful  study  of  the 
currency  question  he  gives  the  weight  of  his  in- 
fluence to  the  silver  cause. 

November  25,  1880,  Mr.  Lyster  married  Sallie 
M.  Jones,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  deceased 
in  infancy.  Mrs.  Lyster  is  a  daughter  of  James 
H.  Jones,  who  was  manager  of  the  Wells- Fargo 
Express  Company  in  Denver  for  years. 


EHARLES  B.  BALDWIN.  One  of  the  large 
grain  and  stock  farms  of  Bent  County  lies 
three  miles  northwest  of  Caddoa,  and  com- 
prises ten  hundred  and  forty  acres  in  township 
22,  range  50  west,  the  residence  being  on  section 
35.  This  property  is  owned  and  occupied  by 
Mr.  Baldwin,  who  homesteaded  a  tract  here  in 
1897  and  added  to  the  homestead  by  purchase  and 
pre-emption.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  thorough- 
bred horses,  and  several  of  those  that  he  owns 
have  gained  more  than  a  local  reputation  by 
reason  of  their  acknowledged  superiority. 

The  Baldwin  family  was  founded  in  America 
five  generations  ago  by  three  brothers  who  came 
from  England  to  this  country,  one  of  whom 
settled  in  Georgia,  another  in  Massachusetts,  and 
the  third  in  Vermont.  The  subject  of  this  sketch 


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is  a  descendant  of  the  Vermont  branch.  His 
maternal  grandmother  was  a  member  of  the 
Hayes  family  and  was  of  Irish  lineage,  but  was 
born  in  this  country.  His  father,  Joseph  Baldwin, 
was  born  and  reared  in  New  York,  and  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  removed  to  Belmont  County, 
Ohio,  where  he  married  Elizabeth  Wells,  who 
was  of  English  and  Welsh  descent.  About  1840 
he  removed  to  Michigan  and  settled  in  Detroit 
when  that  now  large  city  was  a  mere  lumbering 
camp.  Later  he  removed  to  Independence  Town- 
ship, Oakland  County,  Mich.,  and  from  there 
moved  to  Ionia  County,  settling  on  a  timbered 
tract  of  land  that  he  cleared  and  improved. 
Indians  were  very  numerous,  but  never  gave  the 
settlers  trouble.  The  surroundings  were  those 
of  nature  in  its  primeval  state.  After  some  years 
there,  he  sold  out  and  settled  on  a  farm  near 
Janesville,  Wis. ,  but  later  went  west  to  Nebraska 
and  settled  in  Richardson  County;  from  there 
removed  to  Bates  County,  Mo.,  thence  to  Butler 
County,  Iowa,  and  finally  to  Lincoln  County, 
S.  Dak.,  where  he  died  in  1895. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Detroit, 
Mich.,  October  25,  1842.  He  received  a  common- 
school  education,  and  remained  with  his  father 
until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  when  he 
began  lumbering.  After  several  years  spent  in 
this  occupation  he  went  from  Michigan  to  Man- 
chester, Iowa,  and  thence  to  Ogle  County,  111., 
where  he  remained  for  two  years.  While  there 
he  was  united  in  marriage,  April  8,  1867,  with 
Miss  Mary  R.  Green,  daughter  of  Adam  and 
Elizabeth  (Miller)  Green.  She  was  born  in 
Allegany  County,  Md.,  and  while  visiting  rela- 
tives in  Illinois  met  the  gentleman  whom  she 
afterward  married. 

From  Ogle  County  Mr.  Baldwin  went  to  Butler 
County,  Iowa,  and  engaged  in  farming  near 
Aplington,  where  he  remained  for  nine  years.  In 
1878  he  removed  to  Rush  County,  Kan.,  and  set- 
tled on  wild,  unimproved  land,  where  he  remained 
for  four  years,  but  the  lack  of  sufficient  rain 
ruined  his  crops,  and  he  removed  to  Abilene,  the 
same  state,  where  he  engaged  in  contracting  and 
later  carried  on  a  livery  business.  During  the 
nine  years  that  he  resided  in  Abilene  he  was  very 
successful.  From  there  he  came  to  Bent  County 
in  1891  and  engaged  in  contract  work  for  parties 
in  Topeka.  After  two  years  he  went  to  Medford, 
Grant  County,  Oklo.,  and  settled  on  land  where 
his  daughter  located  a  claim.  He  remained  there 
for  twenty  months  and  in  1895  returned  to  Bent 


County,  settling  on  Horse  Creek.  In  1895  he 
bought  a  part  of  his  present  ranch  and  has  since 
homesteaded  land  here.  He  has  faith  in  the 
future  of  southeastern  Colorado  and  the  success 
he  has  already  gained  gives  assurance  of  future 
prosperity.  He  has  always  refused  to  become  a 
candidate  for  office,  and,  aside  from  voting  the 
Republican  ticket,  takes  no  part  in  political 
affairs.  While  in  Kansas  he  served  one  term  as 
deputy  sheriff  and  in  Colorado  has  been  a  member 
of  the  school  board.  Fraternally  he  identified 
himself  with  the  Ancient  Order  of -United  Work- 
men while  living  in  Dickinson  County,  Kan. 

The  six  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baldwin  are 
named  as  follows:  Joseph  M.,  born  in  Ogle 
County,  111.;  Sylvia  Elizabeth,  who  was  born  in 
Butler  County,  Iowa,  and  owns  a  homestead  in 
Grant  County,  Okla. ;  Frank,  born  in  Butler 
County,  Iowa;  Alpha  Retta,  who  was  born  in 
Butler  County  and  is  the  wife  of  John  W. 
Prowers;  Vinettie  Lorena,  who  was  born  in  Rush 
County,  Kan.;  and  Adelbert,  born  in  Dickinson 
County,  Kan. 

I  EW  W.  ROBBINS,  an  enterprising  ranch- 
It  man  of  Park  County,  settled  upon  a  ranch 
[_2?  four  and  one -half  miles  east  of  Como  in  1894, 
and  for  two  years  ranched  as  a  leaser  of  land. 
Afterward  he  was  employed  by  Timothy  Borden 
for  a  year,  and  then  leased  his  present  ranch  of 
twelve  hundred  and  forty  acres  near  Bordenville. 
In  the  spring  of  1898  he  purchased  the  property 
and  has  since  worked  for  himself,  devoting  his 
attention  successfully  to  the  haying  business  and 
to  cattle-raising. 

The  record  of  the  parents  of  our  subject, 
Thomas  H.  and  Elizabeth  (Fisher)  Robbins,  of 
Howbert,  Colo.,  will  be  found  in  the  sketch 
of  Thomas  H.  Robbins,  which  appears  upon 
another  page  of  this  volume.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  born  in  Colorado  Springs,  Colo., 
August  21,  1868,  and  obtained  his  education  in 
the  public  schools.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he 
began  life  for  himself,  his  first  employment  being 
as  a  ranch  hand.  At  twenty  years  of  age' he 
located  on  a  ranch  at  Mountaindale,  on  Tarryall 
Creek,  where  he  leased  and  superintended  land 
for  three  years.  Afterward  he  spent  two  years 
in  herding  cattle  for  parties  in  Routt  County,  in 
the  northwestern  part  of  the  state. 

Returning  to  South  Park  in  1894,  Mr.  Robbins 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Julia  A.  Bonis, 
on  the  i  jth  of  June,  that  year.  Mrs.  Robbins 


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was  a  resident  of  Park  County  and  a  daughter 
of  the  well-known  ranchman,  Lawrence.  Bonis. 
Since  his  marriage  Mr.  Robbins  has  continued  to 
make  his  home  in  this  county,  where  he  is  be- 
coming known  as  an  enterprising  and  capable 
ranchman,  one  who  will  undoubtedly  gain  an 
increasing  prosperity  as  the  years  go  by.  He 
and  his  wife  have  two  daughters,  Dora  and  Mary, 
and  are  highly  esteemed  by  the  people  of  the 
county. 

EHARLES  F.  POTTER,  attorney  and  coun- 
selor-at-law,  of  Colorado  Springs,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  an  old  and  honored  family  of  the  east. 
In  1637  two  brothers  of  this  name  came  from  Eng- 
land to  America  and  settled  on  the  north  shore 
of  Long  Island  Sound,  either  in  Rhode  Island  or 
Connecticut.  His  father,  Hon.  Oscar  F.,  was  the 
son  of  Samuel  Potter,  a  prominent  lumber  mer- 
chant of  Washington  County,  N.  Y.  He  was 
born  in  that  county  and  became  a  man  of  influence 
and  power.  Following  his  father's  occupation, 
he  became  a  lumber  merchant,  and  established 
his  headquarters  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  but  spent  his 
time  principally  in  New  York  City,  and  northern 
and  central  New  York,  where  his  business  called 
him.  Politically  he  was  active  in  the  Republican 
party  in  the  early  days  of  its  history.  Several  times 
he  was  elected  to  the  New  York  legislature  and  as 
assemblyman,  during  his  first  term  he  changed 
the  vote  to  Roscoe  Conkling  for  United  States 
senator  and  was  prominently  identified  with  much 
important' legislation  of  his  party.  With  his  com- 
bined duties  as  legislator  and  business  man,  his 
middle  life  was  busily  passed.  He  is  now  living 
retired  from  business  cares,  and  makes  his  home 
in  Watervliet,  N.  Y. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Condorsia  An- 
toinette Bucklin,  who  was  born  in  Saratoga 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  died  in  Watervliet,  N.  Y.,  in 
1883.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Isaac  Bucklin,  an 
inventor  and  stove  manufacturer,  who  invented 
and  made  some  of  the  first  stoves  ever  manufac- 
tured in  Troy,  and  for  some  time  was  connected 
with  the  manufacture  of  the  Stewart  stove.  The 
present  system  of  heating  ovens  by  throwing  the 
heat  under  and  around  the  oven  is  one  of  his  in- 
ventions. His  wife  was  a  Van  Der  Walker,  of 
one  of  the  old  Knickerbocker  families.  Our  sub- 
ject was  one  of  seven  children,  six  sons  and  one 
daughter,  namely:  Frederick  O.,  a  merchant  of 
Watervliet,  N.  Y.;  Isaac  B.,  an  attorney  in  New 
York  City,  and  president  of  the  League  of  Amer- 


ican Wheelmen;  Samuel  M.,  who  is  connected 
with  the  railway  mail  service  in  New  York  state; 
Joseph  W. ,  who  is  with  the  Delaware  and  Hudson 
Canal  Company  at  Troy ;  Charles  F. ,  who  was 
born  in  Watervliet,  Albany  County,  N.  Y.,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1861;  Jesse  E.,  who  is  with  the  Over- 
man Wheel  Company  of  New  York  City;  and 
Mrs.  U.  G.  Taylor,  of  San  Angelo,  Tex. 

In  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Troy  our 
subject  obtained  a  fair  education,  after  which  he 
took  a  course  in  civil  engineering  under  private 
tutors.  He  assisted  in  the  building  of  the  water 
works  system  of  West  Troy  and  adjacent  towns, 
also  the  building  of  the  large  bridge  over  the 
Hudson  River  at  Lansingburg,  and  was  an  assist- 
ant to  the  city  engineer  at  Watervliet.  For  two 
years  he  was  connected  with  the  department  of 
public  works,  under  Governor  A.  B.  Cornell,  of 
New  York.  When  Cleveland  became  governor 
of  the  state,  he  resigned  his  position  and  moved 
to  New  York  City, where  he  took  up  the  study  of 
law,  which  he  had  previously  commenced  in  Troy. 
Upon  completing  his  preparation  for  that  profes- 
sion, he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y,,  in  December,  1883,  soon  after  forming  a 
partnership  with  his  brother,  Isaac  B.,  as  Potter 
&  Potter,  with  offices  in  the  American  Exchange 
Bank  building,  and  afterward  in  the  Potter  build- 
ing, New  York  City.  He  built  up  a  lucrative 
practice,  devoting  much  time  to  corporation  law. 

In  the  spring  of  1885  his  health  failed  and  upon 
the  advice  of  his  physician  he  came  to  the  moun- 
tain regions  of  the  west,  hoping  to  regain  his 
health.  He  spent  some  years  in  practice  at  San 
Angelo,  Tex. ,  and  traveled  extensively  in  Old 
Mexico  and  other  interesting  parts  of  the  south 
and  west.  In  1892  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs 
and  the  next  year  opened  an  office,  forming  a  law 
partnership  with  Gen.  A.  Danford,  as  Danford  & 
Potter.  After  two  years  the  partnership  was  dis- 
solved and  since  then  he  has  been  alone.  His 
specialty  has  been  mining  and  corporation  law, 
and  he  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  leaders  in  this 
branch  of  his  profession.  He  has  had  charge  of 
and  carried  to  successful  conclusion  many  very 
important  cases,  and  is  known  as  a  successful 
practitioner.  He  has  incorporated  many  mining 
companies  now  operating  in  the  west,  and  at  the 
present  time  is  counsel  for  many  corporations  in 
Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Oregon.  He  has  a 
large  practice  before  the  department  of  the  inte- 
rior in  Washington,  D.  C.,  relative  to  the  matter 
of  contested  litigations  in  mining  patents.  In  pol- 


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itics  he  is  a  Republican,  but  independent  enough 
at  all  times  to  support  and  favor  ability  and  in- 
tegrity in  all  candidates. 

In  Mount  Vernon,  Iowa,  Mr.  Potter  married 
Miss  Clara  E.  Smith,  who  was  born  there  and 
graduated  from  the  college  in  that  town.  She  is 
an  accomplished  musician  and  a  ceramic  artist  of 
some  note.  They  have  one  child,  Jamie.  In  re- 
ligion the  family  are  connected  with  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  Mr.  Potter  is  pres- 
ident of  the  congregation.  He  is  a  director  in  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  this  city,  and  in  numerous  min- 
ing corporations.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias. 


HON.  J.  S.  GIBSON.  About  the  middle  of 
the  seventeenth  century  a  colony  from  the 
North  of  Ireland  settled  in  North  Carolina. 
In  the  party  was  John  Gibson,  who,  some  years 
later,  was  killed  by  the  falling  of  a  tree  upon 
him.  By  his  marriage  to  Jane  Gibson  he  had 
two  sons,  Burwell  and  Isaac,  the  former  of  whom 
was  the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
In  Virginia  Burwell  Gibson  married  Keziah 
Jackson,  and  in  1805  he  moved  to  Kentucky,  but 
seven  years  later  he  settled  in  Clark  County, 
Ind. ,  where  he  was  a  pioneer  farmer.  His  son, 
Isaac  Gibson,  was  born  in  Clark  County,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1814,  grew  to  manhood  on  the  home  farm, 
then  removed  to  Washington  County,  Ind., 
thence  to  Clark  County,  and  from  there,  in 
1851,  to  Fairfield,  Jefferson  County,  Iowa,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  hotel  business  for  two  years 
and  carried  on  farming  for  four  years.  In  1857 
he  settled  in  Tekamah,  Burt  County,  Neb., 
where  he  now  resides,  at  eighty-six  years.  He 
is  the  owner  of  two  farms  which  he  improved. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason. 

The  mother  of  our  subject,  Isabella  Walker, 
was  a  native  of  Green  (now  Adair)  County,  Ky., 
and  now  ninety-two  years  of  age.  Her  father, 
James,  was  a  descendant  of  a  family  that  emigra- 
ted from  Scotland  to  Pennsylvania,  the  first  of 
the  name,  James  Walker,  residing  in  Philadel- 
phia, then  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  where  our 
subject's  grandfather  was  born.  The  latter  moved 
to  Washington  County,  Ind.  His  second  mar- 
riage united  him  with  Editha  (Boyle)  Smith,  and 
they  removed  to  what  is  now  Adair  County,  Ky., 
where  Mrs.  Gibson  was  born.  In  1809  they 
moved  to  Clark  County, Ky.,  and  in  1828  settled  in 
Washington  County,  Ind.,  on  a  farm  near  Salem, 
where  Mr.  Walker  died  in  1832.  Our  subject 


was  the  oldest  of  ten  children,  of  whom  three 
sons  and  one  daughter  are  living.  One  of  the 
sons,  George  W. ,  now  living  in  Kansas,  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Civil  war,  serving  in  the  company 
to  which  our  subject  belonged.  Another  son, 
Hiram  V.  B.,  resides  in  California. 

Near  Salem,  Ind.,  where  he  was  born  April  5, 
1835,  our  subject  remained  until  six  years  of  age, 
removing  thence   to  Clark    County  with  his  par- 
ents.    In  1851    he  traveled  by  boat  to  Keokuk, 
Iowa,  then  by  teams  to  Fairfield,   Iowa,  where 
he  attended  the  university  and  also  taught  school. 
In  1856  he  went  to  Omaha,  then  a  town  of  less 
than  five  hundred  whites,  but  with  four  times  as 
many  Indians.     He  engaged  in   the  restaurant 
and  hotel  business,  also  in  farming.     In  Septemr 
ber,  1862,  he  enlisted  for  three  years,  in  Company 
B,  Second  Nebraska  Cavalry,  but  instead  of  being 
sent  south  was  ordered  to   fight  the  Indians  on 
the  frontier,  and  the  limit  of  service  also  changed 
to  one  year.     He  was  stationed  at  Fort  Kearney, 
where  he  assisted  in  quelling  Indian    uprisings. 
In  the  fall  of  1863  he  was  honorably  discharged. 
He  then  entered  the  quartermaster's  department 
in  Omaha,  as  master  of  transportation,  remaining 
as  such  until  the  close  of  the  war.     After  the 
close  of  the  conflict   he   embarked  in  the  grocery 
business  in  Omaha,  continuing  until  1869,  when 
he  started  in  the  clothing  business.      In    1880 
he  sold  that  business  and  entered  the  store  de- 
partment of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  at  Omaha, 
where  he  remained  for  two  years,  and  was  then 
sent  as  assistant  storekeeper  to  the  Idaho  divis- 
ion of  the  Union  Pacific  system,  with  headquar- 
ters at  Pocatello,  Idaho.  In  the  spring  of  1885  he 
went  to  Caldwell,  and  had  charge  of  a  restaurant 
for  the  same  road.      Resigning  in    1886,    he  en- 
gaged in  the  real-estate  business  in  Omaha,  con- 
tinuing there  until  1892,  when  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado Springs.     Here  he  is  engaged   in  the  broi 
kerage  business,  and  since   August  i,    1898,  has 
been  deputy  in  the  county  treasurer's  office.   For 
a  time  he  was  at  the  head  of  the  Gold  Spring 
Mining  Company  in  Cripple  Creek,  but  sold  his 
interest.     He  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the 
Board  of  Trade   in  "both  Omaha    and  Colorado 
Springs.     In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.     While 
in  Omaha  he  was  for  four  years  a  member  of  the 
Nebraska  legislature,  member  of  the  city  council 
six  years  and  its  president  four  years,  also  mayor 
of  Omaha  for  one  year.     He  is  a  member  of  Post 
No.  22,  G.  A.  R.,  and  is  an  aide  to  the  depart- 
ment commander,    as   major,  with   the   rank  of 


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colonel.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Knights  of  Honor  and  Masons,  and  was  an  officer 
in  the  chapter,  and  lodge  at  Omaha.  In  religion 
he  is  identified  with  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church.  His  marriage,  in  Tekamah,  in  1861, 
united  him  with  Miss  Annie  E.  Harney,  who  was 
born  in  Illinois,  and  descends  from  the  general  of 
that  name. 


S.   PARMELEE.     The  Parmelee 

b  family  is  said  to  have  originated  in  a  noble 
Belgian  house  named  Parmeli<§.  Maurice  de 
Parmeli6  was  a  reformer  of  the  sixteenth  century, 
who,  about  1567,  fled  to  Holland  to  escape  the 
persecutions  of  the  Duke  of  Alva.  In  Holland 
he  founded  the  house  of  Von  Parmelee,  his  third 
son,  Johannes,  becoming  baron  of  Batavia. 
Among  the  list  of  passengers  on  the  "Elizabeth 
and  Ann"  in  1635,  appeared  the  name  of  "Jo. 
Parmeley  (aged)  20."  On  board  the  first  vessel 
that  entered  the  harbor  of  New  Haven  was  John 
Parmelin,  supposed  to  be  a  son  of  Johannes,  and 
father  of  "Jo.  Parmeley."  Joel,  tenth  child  of 
John  (2d),  had  a  son,  Hezekiah,  whose  oldest 
son,  Simeon,  was  born  August  3,  1740,  fought 
under  the  British  flag  against  the  French  from 
1757  to  1760,  afterward  assisted  in  organizing  the 
town  of  West  Stockbridge,  Mass.,  and  in  1775 
became  a  soldier  in  the  continental  army,  which 
he  accompanied  to  Canada. 

The  fourth  child  of  Simeon  and  Jemima  (Hop- 
kins) Parmelee  was  Simeon,  Jr.  One  day  when 
he  was  a  boy,  his  father  hitched  his  ox-team  to 
the  cart,  put  in  his  household  goods,  his  wife  and 
children,  and  started  for  what  was  then  the  fron- 
tier, Vermont.  He  journeyed  slowly,  alongroads 
cut  just  wide  enough  for  teams  to  pass.  Reach- 
ing Pittsford,  Vt. ,  the  family  settled  on  uncleared 
land  and  father  and  son  began  to  frame  a  log 
cabin.  There  was  little  upon  which  to  subsist. 
Day  after  day  Simeon  and  his  sisters  were  sent 
out  into  the  woods  to  gather  wintergreen  berries, 
and  on  these  the  family  lived  until  they  raised  a 
crop  of  corn.  In  the  winter  the  boy  went  to 
school,  held  in  a  log  house  with  windows  of  oiled 
paper  and  seats  of  rough  slabs,  where  the  teacher 
could  scarcely  read  or  "cipher."  When  twenty 
years  of  age  he  started  out  in  the  world  for  him- 
self, and  went  to  New  York,  where  he  selected  a 
farm,  but  was  without  the  means  to  pay  for  it. 
Returning  home, he  worked  as  a  wagon-maker.in 
order  that  he  might  obtain  the  money  with  which 
to  buy  the  land.  While  working  at  his  trade  he 


was  converted,  and  in  January,  1804,  united  with 
the  church,  after  which  he  entered  the  Congrega- 
tional ministry.  In  the  spring  of  1808  he  began 
his  ministry  at  Westford,  where  he  remained  as 
pastor  for  thirty  useful,  happy,  busy  years,  meet- 
ing with  remarkable  success.  In  November,  1837, 
he  became  pastor  of  a  church  at  Williston,  Vt., 
where  he  remained  for  six  years.  At  Underbill 
the  following  five  years  were  spent,  but  the  con- 
gregation was  able  to  pay  him  only  '$250  a  year, 
which,  as  his  family  was  large,  was  insufficient 
for  his  needs.  Later  he  accepted  calls  from  Mil- 
ton and  Tinmouth,  thence  returning.to  Under- 
bill, where  he  spent  six  years.  In  July,  1863, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-one,  he  resigned  his  pastor- 
ate, after  which  he  ministered  to  the  church  at 
Swanton  for  two  years.  Two  years  were  spent  in 
Oswego,  after  which  he  preached  in  Westford  for 
'more  than  a  year,  but  a  serious  fall  terminated  his 
active  labors.  His  closing  years  were,  however, 
not  spent  in  useless  retirement.  He  retained  his 
mental  faculties  and  to  the  last  of  his  long  life 
kept  in  touch  with  modern  thought  and  religious 
advancement.  He  died  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  at  the 
age  of  one  hundred  years  and  twenty-five  days. 
His  was  a  remarkable  life.  On  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  his  birth  he  was  the  recipient  of 
hundreds  of  congratulatory  letters  and  calls.  The 
good  that  he  accomplished  can  never  be  meas- 
ured. The  fruits  of  his  life  work  will  continue 
until  time  shall  be  no  more.  For  twenty-two 
years  he  was  corporator  of  the  University  of  Ver- 
mont, from  which  institution  he  received  the  de- 
gree of  D.  D. 

September  15,  1806,  Dr.  Parmelee  married 
Amira  Mead,  of  West  Rutland,  Vt.,  who  died 
January  14,  1821.  Afterward  he  married  Phebe 
Chapin,  who  was  born  April  21,  1794,  and  at- 
tained the  age  of  almost  ninety  years.  He  had 
twelve  children,  of  whom  two  sons  became  minis- 
ters, one  serving  his  Master  in  the  mission  field. 
The  oldest  son,  John  D.,  father  of  our  subject, 
was  born  in  Vermont,  December  3,  1813,  and 
spent  his  youthful  years  in  Westford.  In  1836 
he  came  west  as  far  as  Indiana,  and  later  went  to 
Iowa,  where,  in  1843,  he  built  the  first  house  in 
Des  Moines.  In  youth  he  learned  the  cabinet- 
maker's trade,  but  failing  health  caused  him  to  go 
south  on  a  vessel,  and  for  several  months  he  sailed 
before  the  mast  in  the  coast  trade.  Afterward  he 
worked  in  loading  vessels  around  Pensacola,  Fla., 
also  was  employed  in  compressing  cotton.  On 
coming  north,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Amer- 


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ican  Fur  Company.  In  1836  he  started  west  and 
after  many  delays  reached  Iowa,  in  October,  1840. 
He  was  then  in  the  employ  of  G.  W.  and  W.  G. 
Ewing,  of  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  who  were  exten- 
sive traders  with  the  Indians.  His  first  trading 
post  was  two  miles  below  where  Ottumwa  now 
stands  and  was  in  the  country  of  the  Sacs  and 
Foxes.  While  there  he  married  Huldah  J.  Smith, 
who  was  born  in  Fulton  County,  111.,  February 
28,  1825,  and  was  the  daughter  of  an  Indian  tra- 
der. March  12,  1843,  he  left  the  camp  for  Rac- 
coon Fork,  where  the  new  post  was  to  be  built. 
He  made  the  journey  with  two  sleighs,  containing 
twelve  men  and  provisions.  At  the  east  end  of 
Court  avetiue  bridge  he  located  the  fort  and  began 
the  construction  of  the  first  house  built  in  what 
is  now  the  populous  city  of  Des  Moines.  In  June, 
1843,  he  quit  the  employ  of  Ewing  Brothers,  and 
bought  an  interest  in  a  sawmill,  which  was  com- 
pleted in  1844.  In  1846  a  run  of  burrs  for  grind- 
ing was  introduced  and  the  mill  was  patronized 
by  settlers  for  miles  around.  As  the  population 
increased,  the  trade  grew,  and  he  put  in  a  saw- 
mill three  miles  below  the  other  one.  In  1849  he 
bought  a  stock  of  goods  and  for  ten  years  was  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business. 

In  April,  1860,  Mr.  Parmelee  migrated  to  Colo- 
rado. Here  he  engaged  in  the  sawmill  business 
on  South  Clear  Creek,  but  in  a  short  time  dis- 
posed of  the  mill  and  engaged  in  gulch  mining  in 
the  same  section.  Later  he  removed  to  Deer  Val- 
ley, where  he  opened  a  hotel  and  also  engaged  in 
ranching  and  built  the  toll  road  up  Turkey  Creek 
canon.  After  a  time  he  again  resumed  sawmill- 
ing,  and  conducted  a  mill  until  the  spring  of  1 879, 
when  he  began  to  manage  a  ranch.  During  the 
latter  part  of  the  'jos  he  served  as  county  com- 
missioner of  Park  County.  He  was  a  man  of  ster- 
ling character  and  had  many  friends  among  the 
pioneers  of  the  state.  In  1872  he  settled  oh  a 
farm  fifteen  miles  below  Fairplay,  on  the  south 
fork  of  the  South  Platte,  and  afterward  operated  a 
sawmill  here.  During  the  Leadville  excitement 
he  ran  a  mill  at  that  camp.  He  was  engineer  and 
builder  of  the  Cherry  Creek  road  into  Denver, . 
which  was  completed  about  1868. 

It  was  the  good  fortune  of  John  D.  Parmelee  to 
live  to  see  the  state,  of  which  he  was  among  the 
first  settlers,  develop  into  a  condition  of  prosper- 
ity and  influence.  When  he  passed  away,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1885,  it  was  after  a  residence  of  thirty  - 
five  years  in  this  commonwealth.  From  a  wild 
range  of  mountains  or  desolate  stretch  of  plains, 


where  hostile  Indians  roamed  unmolested ,  he  wit- 
nessed the  wonderful  transformation  of  later 
years,  and  was  himself  a  factor  in  the  growth  and 
development  of  the  state.  He  bore  an  important 
part  in  advancing  the  welfare  of  the  people  and 
developing  the  resources  of  the  state.  As  a  brave 
pioneer,  his  name  is  worthy  of  being  perpetuated 
in  the  annals  of  the  state,  whose  prosperity  he 
promoted.  A  public-spirited  man,  he  took  an 
active  part  in  all  measures,  educational,  commer- 
cial and  moral,  tending  to  the  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity. Respected  in  life,  in  death  he  is  hon- 
ored. The  citizens  of  Colorado,  who  wish  to  do 
honor  to  the  pioneers  of  the  state,  can  never  for- 
get the  name  of  John  D.  Parmelee. 

By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Smith,  Mr.  Parmelee 
had  five  children,  four  of  whom  are  living,  viz.: 
George  S.,  who  was  born  near  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
November  17,  1843;  Helen,  wife  of  James  Mc- 
Laughlin,  of  Sebastopol,  Cal.;  Emma,  who  mar- 
ried R.  P.  Shoemaker,  owner  of  a  ranch  adjoin- 
ing our  subject's;  and  Horace,  a  successful  ranch- 
man of  Park  County.  The  second  son,  James  A. , 
is  deceased. 

From  his  father  our  subject  inherited  that 
sturdy  character  and  energy  which  are  so  invalu- 
able in  attaining  success.  For  many  years  before 
his  father's  death  he  was  his  confidential  assist- 
ant, his  ally  in  every  business  undertaking,  and 
his  companion  and  friend.  When  a  youth  he  had 
enjoyed  some  experience  in  freighting  and  stag- 
ing, alsoasaminer  in  the  San  Juan  country.  After 
his  father's  death  he  purchased  one  hundred  and 
forty-one  acres  of  the  estate,  which  he  farms,  in 
addition  to  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  adjoin- 
ing that  he  homesteaded.  He  is  one  of  the  pros- 
perous cattlemen  of  the  county.  Fraternally  he 
is  connected  with  Black  Hawk  Lodge  No.  n, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  His  marriage,  November  14, 
1895,  united  him  with  Miss  Eva  Grant,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Grant,  who  for  some  time  was  a  prac- 
ticing attorney  in  Fulton,  Iowa,  but  later  became 
a  leading  contractor  and  painter  of  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  and  subsequently  a  manufacturer  of  liquid 
slating. 

Mr.  Parmelee  has  done  much  for  the  commu- 
nity in  which  he  resides,  and  as  a  business  man 
he  has  the  respect  of  all  with  whom  he  has  had 
business  relations.  He  is  decidedly  practical  in 
his  views,  has  always  been  a  keen  observer,  and 
has  had  the  good  judgment  to  grasp  at  every  op- 
portunity that  presented  itself  for  the  advance- 
ment of  his  cattle  and  ranching  interests. 


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This  review  of  the  Pamelee  family  shows  that 
they  possess  marked  characteristics.  Our  sub- 
ject was  the  oldest  son  of  John  D.  Parmelee,  who 
in  turn  was  the  oldest  son  of  Simeon  Parmelee, 
D.  D.,  and  the  latter  was  the  second  son  of 
Simeon  Parmelee,  Sr.  Each  generation  evinced 
strong  individual  traits  that  made  them  prominent 
and  influential.  Dr.  Parmelee  turned  his  great 
genius  into  the  ministry;  undoubtedly  he  would 
have  been  equally  successful  in  any  other  pro- 
fession or  business.  John  D.  seemed  to  follow 
his  grandfather's  taste  for  frontier  life,  and  we 
find  him  forging  his  way  through  unnumbered 
perils,  seen  and  unseen,  into  the  midst  of  the 
primeval  forests  of  the  west  and  later  into  the  wild 
mountain  regions  of  Colorado,  where,  as  the  re- 
sult of  his  earnest  effort,  he  accumulated  a  mod- 
est fortune  and  gained  many  friends.  Of  such 
families  is  the  bulwark  of  our  nation;  they  form 
its  strength  and  its  sinew;  their  lives,  unostenta- 
tious, yet  wielding  an  immense  power  for  good, 
have  left  their  influence  upon  localities  with 
which  they  have  been  identified,  and  their  name 
is  above  reproach. 


HON.  JULIUS  C.  PLUMB.  At  this  time  of 
the  incorporation  of  the  Anchoria-Leland 
Mining  and  Milling  Company,  Mr.  Plumb 
was  elected  treasurer,  and  this  position  he  has 
since  held,  besides  serving  as  a  director  of  the 
company.  The  Anchoria-Leland  owns  more  than 
forty  acres  on  Gold  Hill  and  derives  its  name 
from  the  Lillian  Leland  and  two  Anchor  claims, 
which  by  consolidation  formed  the  present  com- 
pany. In  addition  to  this  and  other  important 
mining  interests,  he  is  engaged  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness, and  also  devotes  considerable  time  and 
attention  to  politics  and  public  affairs.  Always 
a  Republican  in  his  views,  at  the  time  of  the 
McKinley-Bryan  campaign,  when  his  party  de- 
clared for  the  gold  standard,  he  assisted  in  the 
formation  of  the  silver  Republican  party,  and  is 
now  serving  as  a  member  of  its  state  central  com- 
mittee. In  1894  he  was  chosen  to  represent  the 
third  ward  as  alderman,  but  resigned  in  the 
spring  of  the  following  year  in  order  to  accept 
the  office  of  mayor  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  con- 
tinued in  the  latter  office  until  April,  1897.  Dur- 
ing his  administration  many  important  improve- 
ments were  made,  noticeable  among  which  was 
the  purchase  of  three  thousand  acres  of  govern- 


ment land  at  the  head  of  Beaver  Creek,  thereby 
rendering  possible  an  excellent  reservoir  system. 
Another  important  improvement  was  the  letting 
of  the  contract  for  and  building  of  the  Strickler 
tunnel,  six  thousand  four  hundred  feet,  through 
the  base  of  Pike's  Peak. 

The  Plumb  family  was  represented  in  Massa- 
chusetts in  an  early  day.  Our  subject's  great- 
grandfather removed  from  that  state  to  Penn- 
sylvania. The  grandfather  settled  in  New  York. 
He  was  related  on  the  maternal  side  to  the  Locke 
family,  whose  most  famous  representative  was 
"Petroleum  V.  Nasby;"  the  Fairchilds,  of  Ober- 
lin  College,  and  the  Remingtons,  of  typewriter 
fame.  In  his  family  there  were  fifteen  children. 
One  of  these,  Hon.  Ralph  Plumb,  M.  C.,  and 
now  a  resident  of  Streator,  111.,  was  connected 
with  Senator  Dorsey  and  others  in  the  under- 
ground railroad  and  was  arrested  for  complicity 
with  the  John  Brown  raid  on  Harper's  Ferry. 
He  and  the  others  who  were  arrested  were  im- 
prisoned in  Cleveland.  The  citizens  rose  en 
masse  and  demanded  their  release,  but  the  pris- 
oners preferred  to  stand  trial.  They  were  finally 
convicted,  but  the  sentence  was  never  carried  out. 
Mr.  Plumb  entered  the  army  and  was  quarter- 
master in  General  Garfield's  regiment,  and  also 
served  as  a  colonel.  Removing  to  Illinois,  he 
founded  the  town  of  Streator.  He  was  president 
of  and  built  the  Chicago  &  Paducah  (now  a 
branch  of  the  Wabash)  Railroad;  he  built  the 
Chicago,  Pekin  &  Southwestern  road  (now  a 
part  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe),  of 
which  he  was  president;  and  also  built  and  was 
president  of  the  old  Fox  River  (now  the  Chicago, 
Burlington  &  Quincy)  Railroad,  from  Aurora  to 
Streator;  also  constructed  what  is  now  the  Lacon 
branch  of  the  Chicago  &  Alton  Road.  His  serv- 
ice as  member  of  congress  covered  two  terms. 

J.  C.  Plumb,  Sr.,  father  of  our  subject,  was 
born  in  New  York  state.  When  a  young  man 
he  went  to  Ohio,  and  thence  to  Iowa,  where  he 
engaged  in  teaching  school  until  he  died,  April 
23,  1854.  While  lifting  logs  from  a  wagon  he 
received  a  strain  that  resulted  in  his  death.  Only 
one  child  was  born  of  his  marriage  to  Mary  A. 
Burton,  who,  after  his  death,  was  a  second  time 
married,  and  became  the  mother  of  a  daughter, 
Helen  Allen,  wife  of  J.  A.  Wright,  of  Colorado 
Springs.  Mrs.  Plumb  was  born  in  Orleans  Coun- 
ty, Vt.,  in  1825,  a  daughter  of  Asa  and  Minerva 
(Beach)  Burton,  and  a  granddaughter  of  Henry 


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Burton,  a  farmer  of  Norwich,  Vt.,  and  of  Titus 
Beach,  who  lived  near  Sandy  Hill,  N.  Y.  Asa 
Burton  was  born  in  Norwich,  and  engaged  in  the 
clothing  business.  In  1845  he  moved  to  Iowa 
and  settled  on  a  farm  near  Fort  Madison.  He 
went  across  the  plains  to  California  in  1849,  but 
after  two  years  returned  home,  and  died  soon 
afterward. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Mont- 
rose,  Iowa,  December  12,  1852.  He  was  reared 
by  his  mother  on  a  farm  near  Fort  Madison,  and 
attended  the  district  schools  and  Denmark  Acad- 
emy, located  in  a  New  England  settlement. 
When  seventeen  years  of  age  he  joined  his  uncle 
at  Streator,  and  was  given  work  as  messenger  for 
the  American  Express  Company  on  the  Chicago 
&  Paducah  Railroad.  At  nineteen  years  he  be- 
came a  conductor  on  the  passenger  train  between 
Streator  and  Effingham,  and  continued  in  that 
position  until  1878,  when  he  returned  to  Iowa. 
In  the  spring  of  1879  he  married  and  came  to 
Colorado,  settling  at  Eastonville,  El  Paso  County, 
where  he  embarked  in  the  stock  and  dairy  busi- 
ness and  improved  a  claim  that  he  homesteaded. 
By  subsequent  purchase  he  became  the  owner  of 
seventeen  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  which  he 
fenced  and  improved.  His  cattle  were  of  the 
finest  breeds.  He  bought  his  herd  from  a  son  of 
Lord  Ogelvie,  who  was  one  of  the  originators  of 
the  Polled-Angus  stock,  and  his  importations 
were  among  the  finest  in  the  United  States.  In 
1890  he  retired  from  the  cattle  business  and  two 
years  later  sold  the  herd,  which  is  still  in  exist- 
ence and  is  the  largest  herd  of  Polled  Angus  in 
the  state. 

In  November,  1886,  Mr.  Plumb  was  elected 
county  commissioner,  beginning  official  duties 
January  i,  1887.  In  1889  he  entered  upon  his 
second  term  in  the  same  capacity.  The  business 
of  the  office  becoming  large,  in  1890  he  removed 
to  Colorado  Springs.  He  continued  in  office  until 
January,  1893.  In  April,  1891,  he  went  into  the 
Cripple  Creek  district  as  a  member  of  the  Hayden 
Placer  Company  and  located  the  old  town  of 
Cripple  Creek,  building  the  Clarendon  hotel  and 
other  buildings,  and  bearing  a  prominent  part 
in  the  development  of  that  region. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Plumb  took  place  in  Iowa 
and  united  him  with  Miss  Clara  Coriell,  who  was 
born  in  Dubuque,  Iowa.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
William  Worth  Coriell,  of  Fort  Madison,  Iowa, 
a  pioneer  government  surveyor,  who  surveyed 
many  of  the  early  towns  of  Iowa  and  died  of 


cholera  on  the  Mississippi  River.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Plumb  have  two  sons:  Carl,  who  is  a  member  of 
the  high  school  class  of  1899;  and  Hugh. 


(T   B.  COATS.     It  was  during  1876  that  Mr. 

I  Coats  came  to  Colorado  and  he  has  since 
Q)  made  this  state  his  home.  After  spending  a 
few  months  in  Pueblo  and  South  Park,  in  the 
spring  of  1877  he  went  to  Gunnison  County  and 
pre-empted  a  homestead  claim  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  to  which  he  afterward  added 
from  time  to  time,  until  his  possessions  aggregated 
a  section  of  land.  The  property  lies  fifteen  miles 
east  of  Gunnison,  bordering  the  Tomitehie  River, 
which  furnishes  an  abundant  supply  of  water. 
Upon  the  place  graded  Shorthorn  Durhams  are 
bred  and  raised,  and  from  there  are  sold  in  the 
markets  of  the  east.  It  is  the  custom  of  the 
owner  to  spend  the  summer  months  upon  the 
ranch,  in  the  supervision  of  his  interests  there, 
while  during  the  winter  he  occupies  his  city  home 
at  No.  723  Sherman  avenue,  Denver. 

On  a  farm  ten  miles  southeast  of  St.  Joseph, 
Mo.,  in  Buchanan  County,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  1839,  to  Alfred  and  Emily 
(Hicklen)  Coats.  His  father,  a  native  of  York 
state,  emigrated  westward  to  Missouri  at  an 
early  age  and  settled  in  Buchanan  County,  where 
he  became  a  prominent  farmer  and  stock-raiser. 
He  remained  there  until  his  death  in  1859,  at 
sixty  years.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Ten- 
nessee and  accompanied  her  parents  to  Missouri 
in  girlhood,  died  in  Buchanan  County  when  sixty- 
eight  years  of  age.  Of  their  twelve  children,  five 
are  living,  our  subject  being  next  to  the  oldest  of 
these.  The  oldest  son,  in  1855,  when  eighteen 
years  of  age,  went  to  Oregon  and  California,  and  is 
now  engaged  in  the  sheep  business  in  the  former 
state. 

On  the  death  of  the  father  our  subject,  then 
a  young  man  of  twenty  years,  took  charge  of  the 
home  farm  and  carried  it  on  for  a  number  of 
years.  In  April,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  Confed- 
erate army  and  served  in  Boyd's  Battalion  until 
the  battle  of  Pea  Ridge,  when  he  was  wounded 
a  little  above  his  right  elbow.  The  injury  was 
so  serious  as  to  force  him  to  remain  in  the  hospi- 
tal at  Little  Rock  for  some  time.  On  his  re- 
covery he  was  given  charge  of  the  chief  field 
transportation  department,  with  the  rank  of  cap- 
tain. When  the  war  closed  he  was  honorably 
discharged  and  returned  to  his  home.  The  fol- 
lowing year  he  removed  to  Dekalb  County,  Mo., 


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near  Maysville,  where  he  bought  a  farm  and  en- 
gaged in  the  cattle  business.  From  that  place,  in 
1876,  he  came  to  Colorado,  driving  his  cattle 
across  the  plains  to  Pueblo.  He  was  a  resident 
of  Gunnison  County  at  the  founding  of  the  city 
of  Gunnison  and  has  been  identified  with  the 
growth  of  that  locality,  not  only  as  a  stock -raiser, 
but  also  as  a  member  of  the  Golden  Eddy  Mining 
Company.  For  many  years  he  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  Cattle  Growers'  Association  of 
this  state,  and  served  as  delegate  to  the  National 
Cattle  Growers'  convention  at  St.  Louis.  Few 
who  reside  in  the  state  are  more  closely  identified 
with  its  stock-raising  interests  than  he.  Through 
this  industry  he  has  become  the  possessor  of 
ample  means,  that  place  within  his  reach  all  the 
luxuries  of  life.  Giving  his  attention  closely  to 
the  cattle  business,  he  has  little  time,  even  if  he 
had  the  inclination,  to  mingle  in  public  affairs. 
However,  he  keeps  posted  concerning  politics  and 
gives  his  allegiance  to  the  Democratic  party.  He 
was  married  in  Gentry  County,  Mo.,  February 
15,  1874,  to  Miss  Sarah  Dever,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Dever,  who  was  a  successful  farmer  of  that 
county. 


[~~  DWARD  P.  ARTHUR,  mayor  of  the  city  of 
ry  Cripple  Creek  and  cashier  of  the  Bi-Metallic 
I  Bank  of  Cripple  Creek,  came  to  this  camp 
in  January,  1893,  to  accept  the  position  of  assist- 
ant cashier  of  the  financial  institution  with  which 
he  has  since  been  connected.  He  continued  in 
that  capacity  until  March  i,  1896,  when  he  was 
made  cashier  and  manager  of  the  bank,  and  since 
then  has  had  in  charge  the  entire  management  of 
the  concern,  the  president,  D.  H.  Moffatt,  and 
vice-president,  George  E.  Ross-Lewin,  being  resi- 
dents of  Denver. 

Near  Liverpool,  England,  where  he  was  born, 
January  12,  1839,  the  subject  of  this  article  grew 
to  manhood,  meantime  attending  school  in  Liver- 
pool and  assisting  in  the  work  of  the  home  farm. 
For  seven  years  after  he  had  completed  his  edu- 
cation he  engaged  in  farming  on  the  Isle  of  Man. 
From  there  he  went  to  Queensland,  in  the  north- 
eastern part  of  Australia,  where  for  five  years  he 
was  superintendent  of  a  sheep  station.  Return- 
ing to  Great  Britain,  he  had  charge  of  the  im- 
proving of  a  large  estate  in  the  north  of  Scotland. 
In  1872  he  came  to  America  and  settled  on  a 
ranch  on  Bear  Creek,  Colo.,  twenty  miles  west 
of  Denver,  but  two  years  later  he  removed  to  a 


ranch  in  South  Park,  where  he  engaged  in  rais- 
ing cattle,  as  well  as  considerable  hay  Tor  feed. 

Turning  his  attention  to  the  banking  business 
in  Alma  in  1882,  Mr.  Arthur  opened  the  Bank  of 
Alma,  in  partnership  with  C.  G.  Hathaway. 
After  five  years  he  sold  his  banking  interests  and 
began  placer  mining  in  the  same  county  (Park). 
Two  years  later  he  returned  to  his  ranch,  which 
he  continued  to  superintend  until  he  came  to 
Cripple  Creek  early  in  1893.  He  is  a  man  of 
quiet,  retiring  disposition,  with  no  fondness  for 
public  life,  and  in  his  vote  is  independent.  In 
April,  1899,  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Cripple 
Creek. 

In  March,  1868,  Mr.  Arthur  married  Miss 
Sarah  Morris,  who  was  born  near  Liverpool, 
England,  and  died  in  Cripple  Creek,  January 
10,  1897.  She  was  an  earnest  and  faithful 
member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  with  which 
Mr.  Arthur  is  also  identified.  They  became  the 
parents  of  ten  children,  namely:  Catherine,  wife 
of  William  Thomas;  Edward  P.,  Jr.,  a  mining 
engineer  at  Cripple  Creek;  Elizabeth,  wife  of 
Alexander  Davidson,  of  this  place;  Hamilton, 
who  is  manager  of  his  father's  ranch;  Reginald, 
at  home;  Thomas  and  William,  who  are  on  the 
ranch;  Pellew,  Mary  and  Harold,  at  home.  April 
5,  1899,  Mr.  Arthur  married  Louisa  C.  W.  Bar- 
rett, a  native  of  England. 


HON.  JOHN  H.  VOORHEES,  judge  of  the 
tenth  judicial  district  of  Colorado  and  one  of 
the  most  influential  citizens  of  Pueblo,  is  a 
member  of  a  family  whose  first  representatives  in 
America  settled  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.  His  father, 
Israel  Voorhees,  a  native  of  Ohio,  devoted  his 
entire  active  life  to  agricultural  pursuits  in  that 
state,  but  in  1889  came  to  Colorado  and  is  now 
living  retired  from  active  business,  in  the  city  of 
Pueblo.  He  is  a  man  who  keeps  posted  concern- 
ing national  issues,  and  in  politics  gives  his  alle- 
giance to  the  Democratic  party.  The  lady  whom 
he  married,  Lucinda  Thompson,  of  Ohio,  was  a 
daughter  of  John  L.  Thompson,  who  settled  in 
Cincinnati  when  it  was  a  hamlet  containing  only 
three  houses,  and  continued  to  be  identified  with 
its  growth  for  years.  The  family  to  which  he 
belonged  was  resident  in  Pennsylvania  from  an 
early  day. 

By  the  marriage  of  Israel  Voorhees  and  Lucinda 
Thompson  one  daughter,  Delia  A.,  and  two  sons 
were  born.  One  of  the  sons,  Enes  R. ,  engaged  in 
the  cattle  business  in  Colorado  until  his  death,  in 


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1891.  The  other  son,  John  H. ,  our  subject,  was 
born  near  Pisgah,  Butler  County,  Ohio,  June  15, 
1859.  His  boyhood  days  were  passed  on  the 
home  farm.  Primarily  educated  in  country  schools 
he  afterward  studied  in  the  National  Normal  Uni- 
versity at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated with  the  class  of  1881.  Two  years  later  he 
graduated  from  the  Central  Indiana  College  at 
Danville,  Ind.  On  the  completion  of  his  literary 
studies  he  accepted  a  position  as  teacher  of  higher 
mathematics  and  civil  engineering  in  Campbell 
University,  at  Holton,  Kan.,  where  he  taught  in 
1883-84,  but,  owing  to  poor  health,  was  obliged 
to  resign. 

The  next  position  which  he  held  was  that  of 
instructor  in  the  city  schools  of  Hamilton,  Ohio. 
From  there,  in  1885,  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
settled  in  Pueblo,  where  he  accepted  the  position 
of  principal  of  the  Centennial  high  school,  the 
largest  and  finest  school  in  this  city.  He  con- 
tinued to  serve  efficiently  in  this  capacity  until 
February,  1887,  when  he  was  elected  city  super- 
intendent of  the  North  Pueblo  schools,  remaining 
in  that  office  for  the  remainder  of  the  year. 

In  addition  to  his  work  as  an  educator  he  has 
from  time  to  time  engaged  in  civil  engineering. 
A  number  of  ditches  in  the  Arkansas  Valley  were 
surveyed  under  his  supervision.  He  organized 
the  Oxford  Farmers'  Ditch  Company  and  assisted 
in  constructing  the  ditch,  besides  which  he  as- 
sisted in  the  construction  of  the  Rocky  Ford 
Canal,  Land,  Loan  and  Trust  Company's  canal. 
With  the  legal  profession  in  view  he  had  been 
reading  law  since  1881,  and  finished  his  studies 
in  the  office  of  A.  B.  Patton,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  August,  1890.  He  became  attorney 
for  the  canal  company  he  had  assisted  to  organ- 
ize, and  was  also  retained  as  attorney  for  a  num- 
ber of  irrigating  ditch  companies  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  state.  Under  Governor  Waite,  in 
March,  1893,  he  received  the  appointment  of  judge 
of  the  district  court  of  the  tenth  judicial  district. 
In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  was  elected  for 
one  year,  and  in  1894  was  re-elected,  this  time 
for  a  term  of  six  years.  As  a  judge  he  is  a  rec- 
ognized authority  upon  all  matters  relating  to 
land  and  irrigation  questions.  He  is  impartial 
in  his  decisions  and  just  in  even  the  smallest 
details.  By  his  scholarly  attainments  and  impar- 
tial spirit  he  has  won  the  favor  of  the  attorneys 
and  the  admiration  of  the  people.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat  until  1892,  when  he  allied  him- 
self with  the  People's  party.  Fraternally  he  is 


connected  with  the  Elks,  Odd  Fellows  and  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  August  13,  1884,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Anna,  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  I.  Seaton,  of  Apex,  Mo.,  and  they  have 
one  sou,  Karl  S. 

HON.  WILLIAM  H.  MEYER.  For  many 
years  Mr.  Meyer  has  been  identified  with 
the  ranching  and  stock  interests  of  Costilla 
County.  This  occupation,  however,  has  not  rep- 
resented the  limit  of  his  activities,  for  he  has  been 
long  and  honorably  connected  with  public  affairs, 
and  his  influence  has  been  felt  in  the  advance- 
ment of  public-spirited  enterprises  and  the  devel- 
opment of  the  state's  resources.  It  is  worthy  of 
special  note  that  he  was  elected  in  1876  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  first  state  senate  of  Colorado  and  in 
1 898  he  was  again  elected  to  the  senate.  The  in- 
terval of  twenty -two  years  was  a  time  of  activity 
in  the  public  service,  his  most  prominent  position 
meanwhile  being  that  of  lieutenant-governor,  to 
which  he  was  elected  in  1882. 

The  subject  of  this  article  was  born  in  Han- 
over, Germany,  April  14,  1847.  At  the  time  of 
emigrating  to  America  he  was  a  youth  of  fifteen 
years.  His  first  home  was  in  Lexington,  Ky. , 
where  he  participated  in  some  of  the  stirring  inci- 
dents of  war-days.  In  1865  he  went  to  St.  Louis, 
and  in  June  of  the  same  year  went  to  New  Mexi- 
co, where  for  two  years  he  clerked  in  a  store  in 
the  old  town  of  Albuquerque.  From  there,  in 
July,  1867,  he  came  to  San  Luis  Valley,  settling 
first  atZapato,  Costilla  County,  where  he  took  up 
a  squatter's  claim  and  embarked  in  ranching. 
In  1874  he  removed  to  his  present  location,  ten 
miles  west  of  San  Luis.  Here  he  has  continued  to 
be  largely  interested  in  stock. 

The  Republican  party  has  won  and  retained 
the  allegiance  of  Mr.  Meyer,  and  he  has  been 
widely  known  among  its  members.  Before  he 
had  reached  his  majority  he  was  elected  county 
clerk.  In  1869  he  was  chosen  to  serve  in  the 
territorial  legislature  and  in  1873  he  was  again 
elected  to  that  body.  In  1875  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  convention  that  formulated  the 
constitution  of  the  state,  which  was  admitted  into 
the  Union  the  next  year,  and  in  1876  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  first  senate  of  the  state. 
During  the  early  days  of  the  state,  his  influence 
was  most  helpful  in  the  establishing  of  laws 
and  developing  of  resources,  and  he  won  many 
friends  among  the  most  gifted  men  of  the  com- 
monwealth. His  county  has  had  the  benefit  of 


CAPT.  ARTHUR  HOTCHKISS. 


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his  experience  and  energy  in  the  extension  of  its 
interests.  For  twelve  years  'he  held  the  office  of 
county  commissioner;  and  in  educational  matters, 
too,  the  influence  of  his  ability  has  been  felt  in  his 
own  neighborhood.  At  this  writing  he  is  a  com- 
missioner of  the  state  penitentiary,  and  also  acts 
as  agent  for  two  Indian  agencies.  The  various 
positions  that  he  has  so  efficiently  filled  prove 
him  to  be  a  man  of  broad  knowledge,  great  en- 
ergy and  keen  intuition. 


EAPT.  ARTHUR  HOTCHKISS,  president 
of  the  State  Bank  of  Fort  Morgan,  was  born 
in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  February  23,  1829,  a  son 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  {Sherman)  Hotchkiss. 
He  was  the  oldest  of  six  children,  of  whom  three 
besides  himself  are  now  living,  viz. :  William  J.  ; 
Theodore,  a  retired  business  man  of  Glens  Falls, 
N.  Y. ;  and  Adeline,  widow  of  A.  Arnold,  of 
Glens  Falls.  The  father,  a  native  of  Albany, 
born  in  1806,  in  youth  learned  the  tailor's  trade, 
but  shortly  after  his  marriage  he  became  promi- 
nent in  politics  and  gave  up  his  trade.  In  1832 
he  removed  to  Warren  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
resided  until  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
constitutional  convention  in  1846  and  ten  years 
later  was  elected  to  the  state  senate.  .  Among  the 
other  offices  he  filled  were  those  of  postmaster, 
supervisor,  justice  of  the  peace  and  engrossing 
clerk  of  the  senate,  also  clerk  of  the  bureau  of 
military  records.  For  years  he  did  a  general  con- 
veyancing business.  His  death  occurred  in  1878. 
When  thirteen  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  left  school  and  began  to  assist  his  father 
in  the  management  of  his  affairs.  Two  years 
later  he  became  salesman  in  a  general  store  in 
Warren  County.  After  three  years,  during 
which  time  he  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
business  details,  be  began  as  a  traveling  mer- 
chant,peddling  goods  through  the  state.  When  he 
was  twenty  he  began  to  follow  the  trade  of  car- 
penter and  joiner,  and  at  the  same  time  became 
proprietor  of  a  sash,  door  and  blind  factory.  In 
June,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  C,  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fifty-fourth  New  York  Infantry,  and 
was  at  first  lieutenant  of  his  company,  then 
captain  of  Company  K.  He  took  part  in  the 
battles  of  Chancellorsville,  Lookout  Valley,  Rock 
Faced  Ridge,  Resaca,  Mount  Hope  Church,  and 
many  minor  engagements.  The  only  time  he 
was  wounded  was  at  Chancellorsville.  At  the 
close  of  hostilities  he  was  mustered  out  of  service 
at  Elmira,  N.  Y. 


Soon  after  his  discharge  from  the  army  our 
subject  opened  a  sash,  door  and  blind  factory  in 
Olean,  N.  Y.  Four  years  later,  in  1870,  he 
formed  one  of  the  Greeley  colonists,  arriving  in 
what  is  now  Greeley  on  the  1 7th  of  May.  There 
he  took  up  land  and  began  farming.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  town,  a  trustee  of  the  colony 
and  was  largely  instrumental  in  promoting  its 
prosperity.  While  there  he  was  county  com- 
missioner for  eight  years,  county  clerk  for  two 
years,  and  for  some  years  engaged  in  the  real- 
estate,  insurance  and  loan  business.  The  court 
house  was  erected  under  his  immediate  super- 
vision. In  1890  he  came  to  Fort  Morgan  and 
established  the  State  Bank  of  which  he  has  since 
been  president. 

In  1849  Mr.  Hotchkiss  married  Sarah  J.  Rich- 
ards, by  whom  he  had  one  child,  William  A., 
who  has  been  connected  with  the  office  of  clerk 
and  assessor  of  Weld  County  for  many  years. 
After  the  death  of  his  first  wife  our  subject  mar- 
ried Matilda  J.  Barren  in  1858.  To  this  union 
four  children  were  born,  viz.:  Arthur,  assistant 
cashier  of  the  State  Bank  of  Fort  Morgan; 
Charles,  deceased;  Luella,  wife  of  John  T.  Ross, 
cashier  of  the  State  Bank  of  Fort  Morgan,  and  a 
large  ranchman  and  stock-owner  in  Morgan 
County;  and  George,  at  home.  Mr.  Hotchkiss 
is  connected  with  the  blue  lodge  of  Masonry  in 
Olean,  N.  Y.«  He  is  actively  identified  with  the 
R.  A.  Cameron  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  in  Fort  Morgan. 
This  city  owes  much  to  his  energy  and  ability,  in 
the  upbuilding  of  its  interests  and  the  extension 
of  its  commerce,  but  especially  in  the  establish- 
ment of  its  finances  upon  a  sound  basis. 


BIJAH  JOHNSON,  M.  D.,  of  Montrose, 
was  born  in  Wayne  County,  Ind.,  July  10, 
1837,  a  son  of  Charles  and  Nancy  (Beeson) 
Johnson,  natives  respectively  of  North  Carolina 
and  Ohio.  His  father  came  north  to  Indiana 
when  a  boy  and  settled  in  Wayne  County,  assist- 
ing in  clearing  the  land  where  now  stands  the 
city  of  Richmond.  His  life  occupation  was  that 
of  a  farmer.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  until  the 
formation  of  the  Republican  party,  to  which  he 
afterward  belonged.  A  descendant  of  a  long  line 
of  Quaker  ancestry,  he  adhered  to  the  faith  of 
the  Friends.  His  father,  James  Johnson,  who 
was  of  southern  birth,  settled  in  Indiana  when 
it  was  a  territory  and  there  remained  until  his 
death.  In  the  family  of  Charles  Johnson  there 
are  eight  children,  all  still  living,  viz.  :  Charles 


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A.,  who  is  a  farmer  of  Madison  County,  Iowa; 
Isaac  K. ,  a  carpenter  and  builder  living  in  Cali- 
fornia; Sarah  J.,  wife  of  Charles  P.  Kennedy,  of 
Iowa;  Jesse,  who  lives  in  Warren  County,  Iowa; 
Abijah;  Eliza,  Mrs.  Hollingsworth,  who  lives 
near  Kokotno,  Ind.;  Eli,  of  Madison  County, 
Iowa;  and  Rhoda  M.,  wife  of  Wesley  Menden- 
hall,  who  lives  near  Newtown,  Ind. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  our  subject  left  home  and 
began  to  work  at  the  carpenter's  trade.  A  year 
later  he  went  to  western  Iowa,  and  in  1857  to 
Kansas,  traveling  on  foot  for  two  hundred  miles 
of  the  journey,  while  the  remainder  of  the  dis- 
tance was  covered  as  a  boat  hand  on  a  steamer. 
Returning  to  Indiana  in  1860,  he  entered  Beech 
Grove  Academy,  where  he  attended,  at  intervals, 
for  three  years,  during  which  time  he  also  en- 
gaged in  teaching.  In  1862  he  began  the  study  of 
medicine  under  Dr.  Wesley  Allen,  of  West  New- 
ton, Ind.,  with  whom  he  remained  for  a  year,  and 
then  entered  the  medical  department  of  the  State 
University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor;  a  year 
later  he  became  a  student  in  the  Long  Island 
Hospital  College  of  Brooklyn,  where  he  attended 
lectures  and  clinics,  while  at  the  same  time  he 
had  the  advantage  of  clinical  work  in  the  City 
Hospital  New  York  City.  He  began  practice  at 
Fairview,  Ind.,  and  while  there  married  Mrs. 
Sarah  A.  Street. 

Removing  to  Earlham,  Iowa,  id  1869,  Dr. 
Johnson  engaged  in  practice  there  for  eleven 
years.  He  was  mayor  of  that  town  for  five  years 
and  under  his  administration  it  became  a  Prohi- 
bition town.  In  1880  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
settled  at  Castle  Rock,  but  five  years  later  he  re- 
moved to  Montrose,  his  present  home.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  private  practice  he  acts  as  surgeon 
for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  For 
some  years  he  has  been  connected  with  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Railway  Surgeons,  which 
has  now  been  enlarged  to  include  Canada  and 
Mexico,  and  is  styled  the  International  Associa- 
tion. He  is  also  connected  with  the  Colorado 
State  Medical  Society.  He  is  a  member  of  Mont- 
rose  Lodge  No.  63,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  Montrose 
Chapter  No.  20,  R.  A.  M. ;  and  Montrose  Com- 
mandery  No.  19,  K.  T. ,  and  is  now  master  of  the 
blue  lodge  and  chaplain  of  the  commandery. 

In  politics  Dr.  Johnson  is  a  strong  Prohibi- 
tionist, his  sympathy  with  the  temperance  move- 
ment having  led  him  to  ally  himself  with  the 
party  that  works  for  the  downfall  of  the  liquor 
traffic.  While  in  Castle  Rock  he  served  as  cor-  . 


oner  for  two  terms.  In  1894  he  was  the  Prohi- 
bition nominee  for  state  auditor  and  received  a 
large  vote.  Deeply  interested  in  educational 
work  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  school 
directors  for  ten  years,  and  during  nine  years  of 
this  time  he  has  acted  as  its  president.  In  May, 
1899,  ne  was  again  elected  for  a  term  of  three 
years.  The  school  is  one  often  rooms,  in  charge 
of  ten  teachers.  Under  his  administration  many 
important  changes  have  been  made  and  the 
school  building  has  been  enlarged  and  improved. 

December  31,  1864,  Dr.  Johnson  married  Mrs. 
Street,  of  Randolph  County,  Ind.,  daughter  of 
Jacob  Wright.  They  are  the  parents  of  a  daugh- 
ter and  two  sons.  Britomarte  is  the  wife  of  Olin 
Spencer,  of  Montrose;  Carl,  a  physician  and  sur- 
geon, is  now  vice-consul  at  Amoy,  China;  and 
Ross  is  connected  with  the  freight  department  of 
the  Colorado  Midland  Railroad  at  Cripple  Creek. 

Not  only  is  the  doctor  a  successful  student  of 
the  medical  science,  but  of  nature  as  well.  He 
has  a  fine  cabinet  containing  rare  mineral  speci- 
mens, and  he  often  devotes  his  leisure  hours  to 
their  collection  and  examination.  In  his  library 
may  be  found  all  of  the  latest  and  best  works  of 
science.  He  has  been  a  thoughtful  student  dur- 
ing all  the  years  of  his  active  life,  and  has  con- 
sequently amassed  a  degree  of  knowledge  that 
is  unusual.  Among  the  people  of  his  town  and 
county  he  has  many  warm  personal  friends. 


ROSELLE  W.   HASKINS.     As  a  represent- 
ative of  the  business  element  of  Ouray,  to 
whose  progressive  spirit  is  due  much  of  the 
prosperity  enjoyed  by  the  city  since  local  mining 
interests  caused  it  to  spring  into  existence,  men- 
tion belongs  to  the  name  of   R.  W.  Haskins,  a 
pioneer  of   1879.     He  is  a  leading  business  man 
of  the  place  and  owns  a  large  store,  in  which  he 
carries  a  full  line  of  shelf  and  heavy  hardware, 
tinware  and  miners'  supplies. 

In  McHenry  County,  111.,  where  he  was  torn 
in  1856,  Mr.  Haskins  passed  the  years  of  youth, 
gaining  his  education  in  the  Woodstock  schools. 
His  first  employment  was  as  clerk  in  a  store  in 
Illinois.  In  1872  he  came  to  Pueblo,  Colo., 
and  secured  a  position  as  clerk  in  a  store.  The 
following  year  he  removed  to  Del  Norte,  where 
he  was  also  occupied  as  a  clerk.  From  there,  in 
1879,  he  came  to  Ouray,  and  accepted  a  position 
as  clerk  and  deputy  in  the  office  of  the  county 
recorder.  To  this  office,  in  1883,  he  was  elected 


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on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  his  service  was  so 
satisfactory  that  he  was  re-elected  at  the  expira- 
tion of  the  term. 

Upon  retiring  from  the  county  clerk's  office, 
Mr.  Haskins  was  for  a  time  associated  with  his 
brother,  C.  W.,  in  the  abstract,  insurance  and 
loan  business,  and  later  purchased  the  business 
which  he  has  since  increased  to  its  present 
dimensions.  His  time  is  closely  given  to  the 
management  of  his  business  affairs,  yet  he  keeps 
posted  concerning  the  great  questions  of  the  age 
and  discharges  every  duty  as  a  citizen.  He  has 
filled  the  offices  of  police  magistrate  and  justice 
of  the  peace.  The  principal  industry  of  the 
county,  mining,  has  been  given  some  attention 
by  him,  and  he  has  purchased  stock  in  a  number 
of  mines.  He  was  married  in  December,  1889, 
his  wife  being  Miss  Grace  Powell,  of  Ouray. 


(DQlLLIAM  W.  ROLLER,  who  is  engaged 
\ A/  'n  t^ie  real'estate  and  loan  business  at  Sa- 
V  V  lida,  Chaffee  County,  has  done  much 
toward  the  development  of  this  city.  Largely 
through  his  instrumentality  Was  organized  the 
Salida  Electric  Light  Company,  of  which  he  has 
since  acted  as  vice-president.  He  also  organized 
the  Opera  House  Company  and  is  its  president, 
besides  which  he  is  president  of  the  Salida  Cream- 
ery Company.  The  Central  block  was  built 
under  his  supervision  and  he  now  owns  an  inter- 
est in  the  building.  He  organized  the  land  com- 
pany that  platted  and  developed  the  town,  and 
has  had  charge  of  the  Governor  Hunt  property. 

Near  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  November  i,  1841,  a  son  of  John  P.  and 
Eliza  (Seafly)  Roller,  natives,  respectively,  of 
Wittenberg,  Germany,  and  New  York  state. 
His  father  came  to  America  at  ten  years  of  age 
and  about  1869  settled  in  Kansas,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  business  until  his  death.  His  widow 
makes  her  home  in  Ottawa,  that  state.  They 
were  the  parents  of  three  children :  William  W. ; 
Mary  E.,  who  married  J.  L-  Hawkins,  a  hard- 
ware merchant  of  Ottawa,  Kan.;  and  Nellie,  wife 
of  N.  A.  Hamilton,  of  Ottawa. 

In  the  spring  of  1861  our  subject  enlisted  in 
Company  A,  Sixty-fourth  New  York  Infantry, 
and  served  until  October,  1864,  when  he  was 
mustered  out.  He  took  part  in  all  the  engage- 
ments of  the  army  of  the  Potomac  excepting  Get- 
tysburg, when  a  wound  kept  him  from  active 
participation.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of 
Fair  Oaks  and  again  at  Chancellorsville,  where 


he  commanded  his  company.  He  was  present  in 
the  battles  of  the  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania,  Cold 
Harbor,  Antietam,  in  front  of  Petersburg,  etc., 
and  was  promoted  successively  to  first  sergeant, 
second  and  first  lieutenant  and  captain,  and  was 
mustered  out  as  lieutenant-colonel.  He  served 
both  under  Grant  and  Miles. 

Returning  to  New  York,  Mr.  Roller  resumed 
his  studies,  attending  a  seminary  at  Oneida,  after 
which  he  entered  Dartmouth  College.  In  the 
spring  of  1868  he  came  west  to  Kansas  and  em- 
barked in  the  furniture  business,  which  he  con- 
tinued until  1878.  He  then  came  to  Colorado 
and  opened  a  furniture  store  at  Colorado  Springs, 
having  made  the  change  of  location  in  the  hope 
that  his  wife's  health  might  be  benefited  by  the 
Colorado  climate.  In  the  spring  of  1880  he  came 
to  what  is  now  Salida.  The  town  had  just  been 
laid  out  and  named  South  Arkansas.  It  con- 
tained twenty-one  buildings  and  a  frame  hotel. 
The  railroad  had  recently  been  completed  to  this 
point,  and  all  the  surroundings  were  those  of  the 
mountainous  frontier,  but  he  saw  the  possibilities 
of  the  place.  He  bought  property  and  started  a 
furniture  and  undertaking  store.  The  town, 
being  at  that  time  the  terminus  of  the  road,  was 
naturally  a  rough  place,  and  much  of  its  popula- 
tion could  have  well  been  dispensed  with.  He 
has  seen  the  subsequent  change  in  the  character 
of  the  people  and  assisted  in  the  development  of 
the  place  from  its  infancy  and  incipiency.  After 
four  years  he  sold  his  stock  of  furniture  and  be- 
came a  real-estate  and  insurance  agent.  In  1895 
he  sold  the  insurance  business,  since  which  time 
he  has  given  his  attention  to  real  estate  and 
mining.  He  has  owned  mining  property  in  Clear 
Creek,  Gilpin,  Custer  and  El  Paso  Counties,  and 
now  holds  property  in-  Chaffee  and  Gunuison 
Counties.  He  is  president  of  the  company  formed 
to  handle  the  new  Stephens  process  for  the  ex- 
traction of  gold,  silver  and  copper,  which  takes 
them  out  in  solution  without  roasting,  a  process 
much  superior  to  that  requiring  the  use  of  cyan- 
ide or  chlorate.  The  company  is  known  as  the 
Stephens  Mineral  Extraction  Company,  and  is 
capitalized  at  $100,000. 

In  politics  Mr.  Roller  was  a  Republican  until 
the  currency  issue  arose,  when  he  favored  the 
silver  cause,  but  he  has  not  been  active  in  public 
affairs,  his  business  taking  all  of  his  time.  In 
Masonry  he  is  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge,  chap- 
ter, commandery  and  consistory,  and  has  filled 
various  offices  itj  the  order,  among  them  that  of 


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grand  high  priest  of  the  royal  arch  chapter  of 
Colorado.  Several  times  he  has  served  as  com- 
mander of  Edwin  M.  Stanton  Post  No.  37, 
G.  A.  R.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  military 
order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  Commandery  of  Colo- 
rado. He  is  not  identified  with  any  denomina- 
tion, but  assists  in  the  support  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,  which  his  family  attends.  He  has  been 
twice  married.  At  Ottawa,  Kan.,  in  1872,  he 
married  Claramond  Hayes,  who  died  in  1883, 
leaving  a  son,  Arthur  H.,  now  in  Denver.  In 
September,  1884,  he  married  Nellie  H.  Arnold, 
of  Salida,  and  they  have  three  children:  Douglas 
Arnold,  Nellie  Harris  and  Winfield  Irving. 


HENRY  M.  MORSE  is  now  living  retired, 
enjoying  that  rest  which  is  the  proper  re- 
ward of  a  pioneer  who  has  had  an  honor- 
able, useful  and  active  career.  His  home  is  near 
Swallows,  and  is  a  fine  ranch  bordering  the 
Arkansas  River  and  lying  along  the  line  of  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  and  the  Santa  Fe  Railroads, 
about  fifteen  miles  from  the  city  of  Pueblo.  He  was 
born  in  Boxford,  Mass.,  about  thirty  miles  north- 
east of  Boston,  June  2,  1833,  in  one  of  the  old 
historic  houses  of  that  section — a  one-story 
frame  dwelling  long  noted  for  the  many  brave 
men  it  had  sent  forth  to  battle  for  the  rights  of 
the  country.  The  grandfather  and  father  of  our 
subject  both  bore  the  name  of  Samuel  Morse,  and 
the  latter  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  The 
house  in  which  he  was  born  was  also  the 
birthplace  of  his  brothers  and  four  of  his  cousins, 
who  entered  the  Union  service.  His  brothers, 
in  order  of  birth,  were:  Edwin  C.,  Sylvester  P., 
Henry  M. ,  Gardner  S.  and  Herbert  C.,  but  in  the 
reverse  order  they  entered  the  service,  the  young- 
est first,  followed  by  the  others  in  succession. 
Herbert  C.  served  for  three  years  in  the  Twelfth 
Massachusetts  Infantry,  under  Colonel  Webster, 
a  son  of  Daniel  Webster,  and  died  in  Libby 
prison  after  participating  in  battles  where  five 
hundred  out  of  five  hundred  and  fifty  were  killed. 
Another  brother  was  in  a  battle  where  two  hun- 
dred out  of  two  hundred  and  thirty-seven  were 
killed.  There  were  also  three  sisters  in  this 
family,  but  only  one  is  now  living,  Mrs.  Charlotte 
Horner. 

Henry  M.  Morse  was  reared  at  the  old  family 
homestead,  which  still  stands  among  the  trees  and 
ferns  of  New  England.  He  pursued  his  educa- 
tion in  the  district  schools  of  the  neighborhood 
until  fifteen  years  of  age,  when  he  went  to  sea. 


He  followed  the  life  of  a  sailor  until  1854,  within 
which  time  he  visited  Nova  Scotia,  the  West  In- 
dies and  various  other  foreign  countries.  In  1854 
he  emigrated  to  California,  but  after  a  year  spent 
in  the  Golden  state  made  his  way  to  Central 
America.  He  was  in  that  land  at  the  time  of  the 
Walker  fusilade,  but  soon  he  returned  to  New 
York  and  later  to  his  old  home  in  Massachusetts, 
where  he  spent  the  greater  part  of  the  time  until 
the  inauguration  of  the  Civil  war. 

Responding  to  his  country's  call  for  aid  Mr. 
Morse  enlisted  as  a  sharpshooter.  At  one  time 
he  was  considered  one  of  the  finest  sharpshooters 
in  Massachusetts.  Later  he  was  transferred  to 
the  Seventeenth  Massachusetts  Infantry,  Burn- 
side's  brigade,  with  which  he  served  for  three 
years,  participating  in  the  battles  of  Kinston, 
Whitehall  and  Goldsborough,  all  of  which  oc- 
curred in  December,  1862.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  Mr.  Morse  returned  to  his  New  England  home 
and  was  engaged  in  different  lines  of  business 
until  1871,  when  became  to  Colorado,  locating 
first  in  Denver,  and  coming  to  Pueblo  County  in 
1871.  For  a  number  of  years  he  acted  as  guide, 
and  conveyed  parties  visiting  the  beauties  of  the 
mountain  scenery.  In  1881  he  went  into  the  gun 
and  locksmith  business  in  Pueblo,  which  he  con- 
tinued until  1892,  in  the  meantime  taking  into 
partnership  his  two  sons,  who  continued  in  the 
business  after  he  retired.  He  purchased  the  ranch 
near  Swallows  and  in  1889,  after  staying  there 
two  years,  he  rented  the  place  and  returned  to 
Pueblo,  where  he  now  resides. 

No  man  in  the  state  knows  the  paths  in  the 
mountain  better  than  he.  He  was  known  all  over 
this  western  country  as  "Yankee  Hank,  the 
guide."  As  a  hunter  he  has  won  great  renown, 
and  has  killed  more  game  than  any  other  man 
in  the  locality.  His  trusty  rifle  has  brought  down 
many  bears,  and  on  several  occasions  he  has  been 
nearly  knocked  down  by  them  and  has  had  some 
narrow  escapes,  but  has  never  yet  received  a 
scratch.  He  has  killed  as  many  as  fourteen  ante- 
lope in  one  day,  and  his  fame  as  a  hunter  has 
spread  far  and  wide.  A  marked  characteristic 
in  his  nature  is  his  fondness  for  curios  and  he  has 
some  of  the  finest  specimens  to  be  seen  any  where, 
his  collection  being  very  valuable.  He  has  over 
one  hundred  and  twelve  revolvers  and  pistols, 
some  of  which  were  carried  in  the  Revolution, 
others  in  the  war  of  1812  and  the  Civil  war,  while 
still  others  have  come  from  distant  lands.  His 
Indian  arrow  points,  bows  and  arrows,  Indian 


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relics  of  all  kinds,  and  relics  of  the  cliff-dwellers, 
indicate  his  familiarity  with  the  history,  manners 
and  customs  of  those  races.  His  collection  also 
contains  many  curious,  rare  and  valuable  speci- 
mens of  sabres,  knives,  shot  guns  and  rifles, 
together  with  several  hundred  kinds  of  badges. 
One  pistol  which  he  has  belonged  to  his  brother- 
in-law,  Leonard  W.  Philips,  who  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Union  army  and  died  in  Andersonville  prison. 
The  pistol  was  given  him  when  he  entered  the 
service  and  at  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run  he  lost 
it,  but  on  returning  to  the  field  he  was  fortunate 
enough  to  regain  possession  of  it. 

In  1855  Mr.  Morse  married  Miss  Edna  A. 
Philips,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  Bradford, 
Mass.  She  is  a  most  cultured  and  accomplished 
lady  and  occupies  a  very  prominent  position  in 
Pueblo  County.  She  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  Ladies'  Benevolent  Union  and  served  as 
its  treasurer  for  several  years.  It  was  this  society 
which  established  the  first  hospital  in  Pueblo,  its 
first  headquarters  being  a  tent.  She  has  served 
as  treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  of  the  Young 
Women's  Christian  Association,  and  has  been  a 
leader  in  many  lines  of  benevolent  and  social  in- 
terests. By  her  marriage  she  has  two  sons  and 
one  daughter:  Elvin  H.,  who  is  in  business  at 
Colorado  Springs;  Leonard,  of  Pueblo;  and  Clara, 
wife  of  Will  Latshaw.  There  are  now  several 
grandchildren,  in  whom  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morse  take 
great  pride. 

In  politics  Mr.  Morse  has  always  been  a  stanch 
Republican  since  voting  for  Fremont,  and  has 
been  quite  prominent  in  the  local  ranks  of  his 
party.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  city  council 
of  Pueblo  and  later  served  in  the  same  office  for 
four  years.  He  was  deputy  sheriff  for  several 
years,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board 
for  a  considerable  period.  In  1891  he  was  elected 
county  commissioner  by  a  majority  of  nine  hun- 
dred and  seventy-five,  and  never  solicited  a  vote. 
He  was  largely  instrumental  in  securing  the  con- 
struction of  theSanta  Fe  Railroad  through  Pueblo, 
when  Denver  was  fighting  the,  measure.  He  owns 
considerable  property  in  the  city.  In  Masonry 
he  has  attained  the  Knight  Templar  degree  and 
is  one  of  its  charter  members  and  a  Past  Emi- 
nent Commander  in  Pueblo  Commandery.  He 
also  belongs  to  Upton  Post,  G.  A.  R. ,  and  is  Past 
Commander  and  a  life  member  of  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Eastern. Star.  For  years  he  has  been 
vice-president  and  an  active  worker  in  the  Young 


Men's  Christian  Association,  and  with  his  family 
he  attends  the  Christian  Church.  He  is  noted 
for  his  hospitality,  his  genial,  pleasant  manner 
and  his  companionable  spirit.  His  life  has  at  all 
times  been  upright  and  honorable,  and  he  pos- 
sesses those  manly  qualities  which  win  friendship 
and  regard  wherever  seen. 


QOHN  Q.  ALLEN,  M.  D.,  who  has  been  en- 
I  gaged  in  medical  practice  in  Montrose  since 
Q)  1894,  was  born  near  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1854,  a  son  of  Preston  and  Susan  (Jes- 
sup)  Allen,  natives  respectively  of  Ohio  and  In- 
diana, and  of  Quaker  lineage.  His  grandfather, 
Joseph  Allen,  emigrated  from  the  Shenandoah 
Valley  to  Ohio  and  remained  there  a  short  time, 
but  in  1821  located  near  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  of 
which  locality  he  was  a  pioneer.  He  was  a  son 
of  Jackson  Allen,  a  resident  of  the  Old  Dominion 
and  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  The  Jessups  were 
of  English  ancestry.  Preston  Allen  was  a  promi- 
nent man  in  his  community  and  a  Republican  in 
politics.  In  his  family  there  were  four  children. 
The  oldest  of  the  number,  Dr.  Maria  Jessup,  wife 
of  Joel  Jessup,  is  a  successful  physician  of  Hen- 
dricks  County,  Ind.  Charles  F.,  the  third  in  order 
of  birth,  was  a  professor  in  Central  Normal  Col- 
lege of  Indiana,  but  died  at  the  early  age  of 
twenty- five.  Marietta  is  the  wife  of  Luther  Stan- 
ley, of  Camby,  Ind. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  largely  ob- 
tained in  public  schools,  Bloomingdale  Academy 
and  Central  Normal  School.  After  three  years  of 
study  he  graduated  from  the  Indiana  Medical  Col- 
lege of  Indianapolis  in  1883.  Eight  years  later  he 
took  a  course  in  the  New  York  Polyclinic.  After 
graduating  he  was  for  two  years  connected  with 
the  Indianapolis  City  Hospital  and  Marion  Coun- 
ty Hospital.  For  eighteen  months  he  practiced 
in  West  Newton,  Ind.,  after  which,  he  removed 
to  Plainfield.  On  account  of  his  wife's  health  he 
came  to  Colorado  in  1891,  remaining  in  Denver 
until  1892,  after  which  he  spent  two  years  in  the 
new  mining  camp  of  Creede,  Since  then  he  has 
had  charge  of  a  growing  practice  in  Montrose, 
besides  which  he  has,  since  1897,  served  as  coun- 
ty coroner,  and  for  three  years  has  acted  as  sur- 
geon to  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad,  and 
since  1 895  has  been  secretary  of  the  examining 
board  for  pensions.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  and  the  Colorado 
State  Medical  Society.  In  the  Congregational 
Church  he  is  an  active  worker  and  a  trustee.  He 


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supports  the  silver  branch  of  the  Republican  par- 
ty. Active  in  temperance  work,  he  has  used  his 
best  efforts  toward  the  abolition  of  saloons. 

October  25,  1888,  at  Plainfield,  Ind.,  Dr.  Al- 
len married  Sarah  M.,  daughter  of  William  M. 
and  Sarah  P.  (Gregory)  Fredenburg,  and  a  na- 
tive of  Michigan.  One  daughter  blesses  the 
union,  Mary  Agnes.  Mr.  Fredenburg  was  born 
in  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y.,  in  1831,  and  when  a  child 
accompanied  the  family  to  Michigan.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Ida,  Monroe 
County.  In  1874  he  removed  to  Convoy,  Ohio, 
and  there  conducted  a  drug  business  until  two 
years  prior  to  his  death.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  was  mayor  of  his  town.  In  his  family  there 
were  three  children.  His  older  son,  William 
M.,  Jr.,  is  connected  with  the  editorial  staff  of 
the  Pharmaceutical  Era,  of  New  York.  The 
younger  son,  George  Leon,  is  a  telegrapher  of 
Chicago.  Mrs.  Fredenburg  now  makes  her  home 
with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Allen;  she  was  born  in 
Northampton,  Mass.,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Ann  (Coleman)  Gregory,  who  were  natives  of 
England  and  emigrated  to  America  in  1.828,  set- 
tling in  Massachusetts,  but  removing  to  Michi- 
gan at  the  same  time  with  the  Fredenburgs.  The 
latter  family  is  of  Holland- Dutch  origin. 


R..  SANBORN.  Having  been  identified 
with  the  ranch  interests  of  South  Park 
,  from  early  boyhood,  Mr.  Sanborn  has  not 
only  formed  a  wide  acquaintance  among  the  peo- 
ple of  this  region,  but  has  also  become  familiar 
with  its  progress  and  assisted  in  its  growth.  He 
was  only  twelve  years  of  age  when  he  began  to 
work  on  a  stock  farm  here,  and  from  that  time 
to  this  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Park  County. 
After  having  worked  as  a  farm  hand  for  some 
years,  in  1893  he  was  in  a  position  to  engage  in 
ranching  for  himself,  and  at  that  time  leased  a 
ranch,  which  for  five  years  he  conducted,  mean- 
while acquiring  extensive  cattle  interests.  In  the 
spring  of  1898,  in  partnership  with  Christ  Kaiser, 
he  purchased  a  ranch  of  sixteen  hundred  and  ten 
acres  on  Rock  Creek.  This  property  he  assists  in 
managing,  in  connection  with  the  ranch  of  ten 
hundred  and  fifty  acres,  situated  four  miles  north- 
west of  Jefferson,  where  he  and  his  wife,  with 
their  children,  Frank  Leonard,  Edwin  Arthur 
and  Eva  Esther,  have  a  pleasant  home. 

A  son  of  Capt.  George  L.  and  Marion  Alice 
(Holstein)  Sanborn,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  in  Living  Springs,  Colo.,  August  21, 


1871,  and  was  one  of  eight  children.  He  is  the 
only  surviving  son  and  has  three  sisters:  Gertie 
M.,  the  widow  of  Harry  Leonard,  of  Aspen, 
Colo.;  LillieK.,  wife  of  John  Mortimer,  of  Canon 
City;  and  Cosey  F.,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Cameron,  of  Vic- 
tor. The  father  of  this  family  was  born  in  Salem, 
Mass.,  in  1830,  and  in  boyhood  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  later  going  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  learned  the  printer's  trade.  Upon 
completing  his  apprenticeship  he  began  to  work 
as  a  journeyman,  following  the  trade  in  many  of 
the  eastern  states.  In  1859  he  joined  the  proces- 
sion of  gold-seekers  and  crossed  the  plains  to 
Colorado.  From  Denver  he  went  to  Cherry 
Creek ,  where  he  commenced  to  mine.  A  fterward 
he  engaged  in  ranching  at  a  point  farther  up  the 
creek.  He  was  the  locator  of  Camp  Weld  on 
Cherry  Creek,  and  was  one  of  the  compositors  em- 
ployed on  the  Rocky  Mountain  Ntws  when  that 
now  famous  paper  was  first  established.  In  1862 
he  was  made  captain  of  Company  H,  Sixth  Colo- 
rado Cavalry,  and  served  under  Colonel  Chiving- 
ton  in  many  of  the  regiment's  fights  with  the 
Indians.  After  his  honorable  discharge  from  the 
service,  he  bought  eight  span  of  government 
mules,  which  he  drove  back  to  Missouri  and 
sold.  In  exchange  for  these  mules  he  gave  his 
ranch  of  eighty  acres  on  Cherry  Creek,  running 
through  what  is  now  Fifteenth  street  in  Denver. 
Could  he  have  discerned  the  future,  he  would 
have  retained  the  property  and  gained  millions 
in  so  doing;  but  there  was  absolutely  nothing  in 
the  surroundings  to  indicate  that  the  ranch  would 
in  time  become  the  site  of  the  metropolis  of  the 
mountains. 

On  his  return  to  Colorado  from  Missouri, 
Captain  Sanborn  engaged  in  ranching  on  Cherry 
Creek,  but  in  1870  moved  to  Living  Springs, 
where  he  gave  his  attention  to  the  stock  business. 
In  1879  he  removed  to  Denver  and  opened  a  gro- 
cery on  the  corner  of  Blake  and  Fifteenth  streets. 
In  1882  he  established  his  home  in  Morrison, 
where  he  carried  on  a  grocery  business.  After 
three  years  he  removed  to  Aspen,  where  he  con- 
tinued in  the  grocery  business  until  1894,  an{i  later 
spent  a  short  time  in  Steamboat  Springs  and  Mid- 
land. For  some  years  he  has  made  his  home 
with  our  subject  and  has  led  a  retired  life.  During 
his  residence  in  Arapahoe  County  he  served  as 
assessor  for  one  term.  He  has  been  interested  in 
public  affairs  and  few  are  more  familiar  than  he 
with  the  growth  of  the  territory  and  its  develop- 
ment into  a  populous  and  wealthy  state. 


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A  life-long  resident  of  Colorado,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  is  naturally  devoted  to  the  welfare  of 
his  state.  He  is  particularly  interested  in  the 
growth  of  his  home  county.  As  a  ranchman  he 
is  energetic  and  will  undoubtedly  in  time  become 
one  of  the  most  extensive  stockmen  of  South 
Park.  He  was  married  in  this  county  May  10, 
1893,  his  wife  being  Miss  Ellen  McCartney,  who 
is  an  estimable  lady  and  his  assistant  in  every 
undertaking. 

/CHARLES  DYER.  Of  the  railroads  that 
traverse  the  great  plains  of  the  west  one  of 
the  most  important,  as  well  as  one  of  the 
most  recent,  is  the  Atchisou,  Topeka&  Santa  Fe. 
There  is,  perhaps,  no  line  in  the  United  States 
that  has  done  more  than  it  to  benefit  the  people, 
for,  by  the  reduction  of  freight  charges  and  pas- 
senger rates,  and  by  throwing  open  for  settlement 
a  large  section  of  the  country,  this  road  has 
proved  itself  to  be  a  friend  of  the  people.  While 
it  has  made  an  unprecedented  record  for  speed  be- 
tween the  Mississippi  Valley  and  southern  Cali- 
fornia, yet  safety  is  never  sacrificed  for  speed,  and 
the  comfort  and  well-being  of  passengers  are 
given  constant  attention  by  all  connected  with 
the  company,  from  the  highest  official  to  the 
humblest  laborer. 

Among  the  number  who  assisted  in  the  build- 
ing of  the  road  through  the  west  and  south- 
west, and  who  have  since  been  intimately  identi- 
fied with  its  history,  prominent  mention  belongs 
to  the  subject  of  this  article.  Mr.  Dyer  is  super- 
intendent of  the  western  division  of  the  road,  ex- 
tending from  Dodge  City,  Kan.,  to  Denver,  and 
from  Pueblo  to  Canon  City,  a  distance  of  nearly 
five  hundred  miles.  His  position  is  one  of  the 
greatest  responsibility,  and  one  for  which  his 
large  ability  eminently  qualifies  him.  In  the 
oversight  of  the  division  he  is  obliged  to  spend 
about  twenty-five  days  of  each  month  on  the  road, 
a  portion  of  which  time  is  spent  at  the  La  Junta 
shops,  which  are  the  largest  owned  by  the  com- 
pany outside  of  those  at  Topeka,  while  during 
the  remainder  of  the  month  he  visits  other  im- 
portant points,  spends  some  time  at  his  head- 
quarters in  Pueblo,  oversees  the  division  from  its 
eastern  limit  to  Denver,  while  in  his  few  leisure 
moments  he  enjoys  the  society  of  friends  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  where  he  resides. 

The  Dyer  family  is  of  Scotch-Irish  extraction. 
Its  first  representatives  in   America  settled  on 
Long  Island,  where  occurred  the  birth  of  William 
ii 


Dyer,  a  captain  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and 
afterward  a  farmer  in  Springfield,  Windsor 
County,  Vt.  The  captain  had  a  son,  William, 
who  was  born  in  Springfield,  and  followed  the 
blacksmith's  trade,  together  with  the  manage- 
ment of  his  carriage  shop,  during  his  active  life. 
For  years  he  was  a  selectman  and  justice  of  the 
peace  in  Springfield,  where  he  resided  until  his 
death. 

Henry  R. ,  son  of  William  Dyer,  was  born  in 
Chester,  Vt. ,  and  graduated  from  Chester  Semin- 
ary, Andoyer  College  and  the  Boston  Polytech- 
nic Institute.  He  became  a  skilled  mechanical 
engineer  and  was  employed  in  the  locomotive 
works  in  South  Boston,  making  his  home  in 
Charlestown,  a  suburb  of  Boston.  Afterward  he 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  locomotive  of  the 
Fitchburg  Railroad  as  master  mechanic,  and 
held  a  similar  position  with  the  Sullivan  County 
Railroad,  whose  line  extended  from  Bellows  Falls, 
Vt.,  to  Windsor,  Vt.  Later  he  settled  in  Rut- 
land, Vt.,  where  he  was  at  first  employed  as 
"master  mechanic  of  the  old  Rutland  Railroad, 
and  afterward  rebuilt  the  Rutland  foundry  and 
machine  shops,  of  which  he  was  superintendent 
for  two  years,  185910  1861.  From  that  time  on 
he  was  connected  with  the  completion  and  man- 
agement of  the  gas  works  in  Rutland.  He  was 
captain  of  an  artillery  company  of  the  Vermont 
militia.  Prominent  in  local  affairs,  he  was  one 
of  the  first  selectmen  of  Rutland  and  held  other 
offices  of  honor  in  that  place.  He  died  there  in 
the  fall  of  1876,  at  sixty -four  years  of  age.  The 
last  three  years  of  his  life  were  given  largely  to 
his  work  as  organizer  and  grand  lecturer  for  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Baptist. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Sarah  Miller, 
who  was  born  in  Springfield,  Vt. ,  and  died  in 
Rutland  in  1870.  Her  father,  Abijah,  a  farmer 
of  Vermont,  was  a  descendant  of  Scotch  ances- 
try. Her  children  comprised  three  sons  and 
two  daughters.  Of  these,  James,  who  enlisted  at 
the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  as  a  member  of  the 
ninety-day  troops,  was  assigned  to  the  First 
Vermont  Infantry,  but  afterward  enlisted  in  the 
Twelfth,  continuing  in  the  army  until  the  fall  of 
1863.  Subsequently  he  engaged  in  the  hardware 
business  until  he  was  accidentally  shot  and  killed 
when  out  hunting.  William  lives  in  Rutland; 
Carrie  Williams  is  the  wife  of  D.  M.  Barker,  of 
San  Jose,  Cal.;  and  Faustina  married  James 
Blake,  of  Oakland,  Cal. 


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The  second  of  the  sons,  Charles  Dyer,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Springfield,  Vt., 
April  30,  1845.  He  attended  the  grammar  and 
high  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  thirteen  entered 
his  father's  shop  in  Rutland,  where  he  learned 
the  machinist's  trade  and  studied  mechanical  en- 
gineering. In  the  fall  of  1861  he  enlisted  as  a 
drummer  boy  in  Company  I,  Twelfth  Vermont 
Infantry,  and  served  with  his  regiment  in  the  de- 
fense of  Washington,  then  along  the  Alexandria 
Railroad,  and  in  engagements  with  Ashby's  cav- 
alry, and  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  where  the 
drummer  boy  shouldered  a  gun  and  went  into 
action.  In  October,  1863,  he  was  mustered  out 
at  Brattleboro,  Vt. ,  two  months  after  the  expi- 
ration of  his  time  of  service.  Returning  to  the 
shops,  he  completed  his  trade.  In  1864,  with 
the  money  he  had  earned  while  in  the  army,  he 
went  to  Eastman's  Commercial  College  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y. ,  where  he  took  the  regular  course, 
graduating  one  year  later.  He  then  became 
bookkeeper  for  his  father.  In  1867  he  built  a 
telegraph  line  for  the  Troy  &  Boston  Railroad, 
and,  having  learned  telegraphy  when  a  boy,  he 
began  to  operate  the  line.  Later  he  managed  the 
telegraph  office  in  Springfield  for  the  Boston  & 
Albany  road,  but  after  six  months  was  given  a 
clerkship  in  the  superintendent's  office.  Illness 
caused  him  to  resign  his  position  in  1868,  and  he 
went  to  Florida  for  his  health.  In  1870  he  was 
again  taken  sick,  and  this  time  started  west, 
reaching  Kansas  City  in  July,  and  Emporia,  Kan. , 
in  November. 

At  that  time  Emporia  was  the  western  termi- 
nus of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad.  Mr.  Dyer  entered 
the  employ  of  this  company  as  operator  and 
cashier.  In  June,  1873,  when  the  road  had  been 
completed  to  Granada,  Colo.,  he  was  made  termi- 
nal agent  at  that  point.  When  the  line  reached 
Pueblo,  in  April,  1876,  he  was  made  chief  train 
dispatcher,  with  charge  of  all  the  crews,  a  posi- 
tion that  he  held  until  1878.  When  the  Santa 
Fe  was  building  west,  he  was  with  the  chief  en- 
gineer, A.  A.  Robinson,  as  material  agent,  hav- 
ing headquarters  in  Pueblo  for  three  months, 
then  going  to  Canon  City ,  and  later  assisting  Mr. 
Robinson  in  the  building  of  the  road  through 
Santa  Fe  and  Albuquerque.  He  was  material 
agent  at  Las  Vegas  until  April  10,  1881,  and  after- 
ward held  the  same  position  at  Albuquerque  for 
three  months,  when  he  was  called  back  to  Las 
Vegas  by  Mr.  Robinson,  who  had  been  appointed 
superintendent  of  the  New  Mexico  division,  in 


addition  to  his  work  as  engineer.  Mr.  Dyer  be- 
came trainmaster  of  the  New  Mexico  division,  in 
which  capacity  he  was  retained  from  the  fall  of 
1 88 1  until  August,  1884.  He  was  then  promoted 
to  be  superintendent  of  the  New  Mexico  division, 
from  Raton  to  Deming,  and  continued  in  that 
office  until  June  i,  1894.  Accepting  another  pro- 
motion, he  became  general  superintendent  of  the 
Western  grand  division,  comprising  the  Colorado 
Midland,  the  present  western  division  of  the 
Santa  Fe,  the  New  Mexico  and  Rio  Grande  di- 
visions of  the  Santa  Fe,  a  total  of  sixteen  hun- 
dred miles,  of  which  he  had  full  charge.  He  es- 
tablished his  headquarters  and  residence  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 
Upon  the  reorganization  of  the  Midland,  with  its 
accompanying  changes,  he  removed  his  head- 
quarters to  Pueblo,  and  became  superintendent  of 
the  western  division. 

In  addition  to  the  superintendency,  Mr.  Dyer 
is  a  director  in  the  Pueblo  &  Arkansas  Valley 
Railroad,  which  runs  from  the  western  boundary 
of  Kansas  to  Canon  City;  a  director  in  the  Denver 
&  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  from  Pueblo  to  Denver; 
director  in  the  Canon  City  Coal  Company,  Raton 
Coal  and  Coke  Company  and  the  Trinidad  Coal 
and  Coke  Company.  In  1897  an<^  1898  he  held 
the  office  of  president  of  the  Colorado  Associa- 
tion of  Railway  Superintendents.  Politically  he 
is  a  Republican  and  in  religious  connections  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Colo- 
rado Springs.  In  1877  he  was  made  a  Mason  in 
Pueblo  Lodge  No.  17,  with  which,  as  with 
Chapter  No.  3,  R.  A.  M.,  he  is  still  connected. 
While  in  Las  Vegas  he  took  an  active  part  in  the 
organization  of  the  town,  of  which  he  was  trustee 
for  five  years,  his  work  being  most  helpful  in 
establishing  the  village  upon  a  sound  business 
and  financial  basis. 

In  Chicago,  111.,  April  27,  1882,  Mr.  Dyer 
married  Miss  Attie  C.  Howe,  member  of  a 
prominent  Massachusetts  family  that  were  allied 
with  General  Howe.  She  was  born  in  Walling- 
ford,  Vt. ,  and  graduated  from  the  high  school  of 
Rutland  and  the  Ladies'  Seminary  at  Poultney, 
Vt.  In  her  school  days  she  was  a  friend  of  the 
gentleman  whom  she  afterward  married.  Four 
children  were  born  of  their  union.  The  eldest, 
Carrie,  graduated  from  the  University  of  the 
Pacific,  at  San  Jose,  Cal.,  and  is  now  the  wife  of 
C.  A.  Rathbun,  of  Las  Vegas.  Mamie  Howe, 
who  graduated  from  the  University  of  the  Pacific, 
married  Walter  Sporleder,  and  died  in  Denver, 


HON.  THERON  STEVENS. 


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April  27,  1898.  Nellie,  whowasalso  a  graduate 
of  the  University  of  the  Pacific,  is  now  the  wife 
of  Frederick  W.  Flanley,  of  Butte,  Mont.  The 
only  son  and  youngest  child  is  Frank  Howe. 


HON.  THERON  STEVENS,  judge  of  the 
seventh  judicial  district,  comprising  the 
counties  of  Ouray,  San  Miguel,  Hinsdale, 
Gunnison,  Montrose,  Delta  and  Mesa,  is  one  of 
the  leading  jurists  of  Colorado  and  among  the 
most  prominent  members  of  the  Democratic 
party  in  the  San  Juan  country.  In  the  position 
he  now  fills  he  has  enhanced  the  reputation  he 
had  previously  gained.  By  means  of  his  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  the  statutes  of  Colorado  and 
the  rulings  of  the  common  law,  the  cases  which 
have  come  under  his  j  urisdiction  have  been  treated 
in  an  able,  impartial  manner,  which  has  gained 
the  admiration  of  the  legal  fraternity  and  the  re- 
spect of  private  citizens. 

In  Seneca  County,  N.  Y.,  the  subject  of  this 
article  was  born,  December  i,  1842,  a  son  of 
Charles  and  Asenath  (Mclntire)  Stevens.  He 
was  one.  of  six  children,  whose  mother  died  in 
1845.  His  father,  a  native  of  Seneca  County, 
was  for  a  number  of  years  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Peach  Orchard,  and  took  an 
active  part,  as  a  Democrat,  in  affairs  of  a  polit- 
ical nature.  He  died  in  the  locality  where  his 
entire  life  had  been  passed,  at  eighty-three  years 
of  age,  in  1890. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  such  as  pub- 
lic schools  afforded.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years 
he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  H,  Thirty- 
eighth  New  York  Infantry,  and.  was  promoted 
from  the  ranks  to  be  orderly  sergeant,  serving 
for  two  years.  He  fought  in  all  the  battles  of 
the  army  of  the  Potomac,  from  the  first  engage- 
ment at  Bull  Run  to  Chancellorsville,  with  the 
single  exception  of  Antietam.  In  1863  he  was 
mustered  out  of  the  service,  and  returned  to  his 
home  county.  He  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade 
at  Perry  City,  N.  Y.,  and  carried  on  a  shop  of  his 
own  at  Peach  Orchard  and  North  Hector.  This 
occupation  he  followed  for  some  years.  May  2 1 , 
1876,  he  landed  in  Ouray,  which  was  then  an 
unattractive  mining  station  with  only  three 
houses,  and  those  of  log.  He  opened  a  black- 
smith's shop  here.  In  1877,  after  the  organiza- 
tion of  Ouray,  he  was  elected  the  first  judge  of 
Ouray  County,  which  office  beheld  for  six  years, 
and  during  that  time  he  studied  law  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1882,  Upon  the  expiration 


of  his  term  as  judge,  in  1883,  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Judge  Story,  under  the  firm  name 
of  Story  &  Stevens,  which  connection  continued 
until  1897. 

Governor  Adams  in  1888  appointed  Judge 
Stevens  to  fill  an  unexpired  term  in  the  office 
of  judge  of  the  seventh  judicial  district.  The 
same  governor,  December  30,  1897,  appointed 
him  judge  of  the  same  district,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1898  he  was  elected  to  the  office,  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket,  receiving  a  majority  of  six  hundred 
and  forty-six,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  this 
district  usually  gives  a  Populist  majority.  Dur- 
ing the  long  period  of  his  residence  in  Ouray  he 
has  been  active  in  local  affairs,  and  held  both  the 
office  of  city  and  county  attorney.  He  was  a  fac- 
tor in  the  organization  of  the  Bank  of  Ouray,  in 
which  he  owns  an  interest.  He  assisted  in  de- 
veloping the  Sailors'  Fortune  mine,  which  he 
sold  in  1892;  he  also  owns  a  one-half  interest  in 
the  Silver  Queen  mine.  Aside  from  mining,  he 
has  important  real-estate  interests  in  Ouray.  In 
1875  he  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Drake,  of  North 
Hector,  N.  Y.,  and  they  have  one  son,  Percy 
Stewart  Stevens. 

Fraternally  Judge  Stevens  is  connected  with 
Ouray  Lodge  No.  37,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which 
he  is  past  master;  Kilwinning  Chapter  No.  21, 
R.  A.  M.;  Ouray  Commandery  No.  16,  K.  T. ; 
and  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver. 
When  the  record  of  his  life  is  reviewed,  it  will 
be  seen  that  he  has  been  a  progressive  man. 
From  the  blacksmith's  anvil  he  has  risen  to  the 
judgeship  of  the  largest  judicial  district  in  the 
state.  From  poverty  he  has  risen  to  prosperity, 
through  hardships  to  success.  The  secret  of  his 
influence  is  his  high  standing  as  a  man,  and  the 
respect  in  which  he  is  held  for  his  broad  learning, 
scholarly  attainments  and  the  determination  with 
which  he  has  hewed  down  every  obstacle  in  his 
path. 

PJERNON  G.  CLARK,  M.  D.,  one  of  the 
\  /  rising  physicians  and  surgeons  of  Telluride, 
Y  was  born  in  Missouri  in  1872,  a  son  of  N.  G. 
and  F.  A.  Clark.  His  father,  when  he  was  a 
young  man,  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  after  which  he  engaged  in  practice  in  Craw- 
ford County,  Mo.,  becoming  a  prominent  crimi- 
nal lawyer  of  that  county.  Active  in  public  af- 
fairs, he  twice  represented  his  district  in  the  state 
legislature.  During  the  Civil  war  he  held  a  cap- 
tain's commission  in  the  Thirty-second  Missouri 


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Infantry.  He  continued  to  reside  in  Missouri 
until  1882,  meantime  building  up  an  enviable 
reputation  in  his  chosen  profession,  but  in  that 
year  he  came  to  Colorado  and  has  since  made 
Montrose  his  home,  with  the  exception  of  a  few 
years  in  Fort  Collins. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  educated  in  pub- 
lic schools  and  by  diligent  study  acquired  a  good 
education,  which,  after  1882,  was  conducted  in 
the  Fort  Collins  schools.  He  began  the  study  of 
medicine  in  Montrose  and  later  entered  the  Mis- 
souri Medical  College  at  St.  Louis,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1896,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  In 
the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  came  to  Telluride, 
where  he  opened  an  office  and  began  in  general 
practice.  He  is  capable  and  painstaking,  as  well 
as  thoroughly  informed  in  all  the  details  of  pro- 
fessional work,  and  is  therefore  held  in  high  re- 
spect as  a  physician.  Besides  his  private  prac- 
tice, which  is  steadily  increasing,  he  holds  the 
office  of  city  physician  and  also  is  serving  as 
health  officer.  Through  his  membership  in  the 
Alumni  Association  he  maintains  his  connection 
with  his  alma  mater  in  St.  Louis.  It  may  safely 
be  predicted  of  him  that  the  future  years  hold  for 
him  professional  honors,  as  well  as  a  high  place 
in  the  citizenship  of  his  home  tow.n  and  the  regard 
of  friends  and  acquaintances. 


p  GjINFIELD  SCOTT  STRATTON.  Because 
\  A  I  the  name  and  fame  of  the  great  Indepen- 
V  V  deuce  mine  at  Cripple  Creek  are  household 
words  in  the  United  States,  and  because  this  great 
mine,  with  a  score  of  others  belongs  to  a  single 
individual,  special  interest  attaches  to  the  life  of 
the  man  who  located,  prospected,  developed  and 
owns  this  mine.  It  will  be  of  interest  to  the  pub- 
lic to  know  definitely  whether  the  discovery  and 
possession  of  this  mine  are  due  to  blind  chance 
and  pure  accident,  or  whether  it  is  the  natural  se- 
quence of  years  of  study,  work,  experience  and 
perseverance.  Winfield  Scott  Stratton,  of  Colo- 
rado Springs,  is  the  owner  of  the  Independence, 
he  is  one  of  the  leading  figures  in  the  mining  and 
financial  life  of  the  great  mineral  state  of  Colorado, 
and,  whether  he  desires  it  or  not,  the  public  in- 
terest in  him  because  of  his  mines,  his  great 
wealth  and  the  romantic  story  of  the  building  of 
his  fortuue,  is  such  that  truthful  statements  about 
him,  his  life  and  his  success  in  life,  will  be 
eagerly  read. 

Winfield  Scott  Stratton  was  born  July  22,  1848, 
in  Jeffersonville,   Ind.     He  is  the  son  of  Myron 


and  Mary  (Halstead)  Stratton.  As  he  was  born 
near  the  close  of  the  Mexican  war  he  was  named 
in  honor  of  the  hero  of  that  conflict.  Mr.  Strat- 
ton, as  his  name  indicates,  is  of  English  descent, 
the  British  Strattons  having  been  prominent  in 
feudal  times.  The  first  representatives  of  the  fam- 
ily to  come  to  America  settled  in  New  England. 
Martin  Stratton,  great-grandfather  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  resided  in  Granby,  Hartford  Coun- 
ty, Conn.,  where  the  family  name  is  perpetuated 
by  the  village  of  Stratton  Brook.  During  the 
Revolutionary  war  Martin  Stratton  owned  a  flour- 
ing mill  in  New  Haven,  and  furnished  flour  to 
the  Colonial  army  until  his  means  were  entirely 
exhausted  and  he  became  bankrupt. 

Cephas  Strattou,  our  subject's  grandfather,  was 
the  eldest  of  six  brothers,  the  others  of  whom 
were  Timothy,  Martin,  Serager,  Phineas  and 
Calvin.  His  wife  was  a  member  of  the  Adams 
family  of  Massachusetts.  He  removed  to  Brad- 
ford County,  Pa.,  where  most  of  his  family 
were  born.  The  family  is  still  represented  in 
Tioga  County,  which  adjoins  Bradford.  Later, 
he  and  his  brothers  Timothy  and  Serager  re- 
moved to  Ohio,  whence  the  last  named  went  to 
Tennessee  and  founded  the  southern  branch  of 
the  family.  Cephas  settled  in  Connellsville,  now 
a  suburb  of  Cincinnati.  His  old  homestead  is 
now  included  in  Spring  Grove  Cemetery,  where 
he  and  other  members  of  his  family  are  interred. 

Of  the  children  of  Cephas  Stratton,  Lyman,  the 
eldest,  spent  almost  his  entire  life  in  Tioga  County, 
Pa.  Orange,  the  second  son,  removed  to  Ohio, 
and  was  a  pioneer  in  the  vicinity  of  Dayton. 
Curtis  F.,  the  third  son,  was  born  December  3, 
1799,  removed  to  Jefferson  County,  Ind.,  in  1838, 
and  thence,  in  1852,  went  to  California,  his  fam- 
ily joining  him  on  the  Pacific  coast  two  years 
later.  Martin  filled  a  responsible  position  in  the 
railroad  service  in  Blossburg,  Pa.,  but  removed 
from  there  to  Ohio,  where  he  died.  Harriett  died 
in  Connersville,  and  Samantha  resides  at  Cass- 
town,  Ohio.  The  remaining  member  of  the  fam- 
ily was  Myron,  the  father  of  W.  S.  Stratton,  and 
a  native  of  Bradford  County,  Pa. 

Curtis  F.  Stratton,  mentioned  above,  died  on 
the  western  coast  in  1872.  Of  his  twelve  children 
ten  attained  mature  years,  and  among  the  num- 
ber some  become  quite  prominent.  Riley  E., 
who  was  an  attorney  by  profession,  served  on  the 
bench  as  jurist  for  eight  years  prior  to  his  death, 
in  1866.  A  younger  brother,  Milton  A.,  was  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  in  1895,  president  of  the 


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First  National  Bank  of  East  Portland.  The  sur- 
vivors of  the  family  are  as  follows:  Delia  C. ,  Mrs. 
Patton,  a  widow  residing  in  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington; Mrs.  Augusta  J.  Whittemore,  a  widow 
living  in  Seattle;  Mrs.  Irene  H.  Wilber,  wife  of 
a  successful  attorney  of  Portland;  Horace  F. ,  a 
resident  of  Seattle,  Wash.,  and  interested  in  min- 
ing in  the  west;  Julius  A.,  who  is  a  well-known 
attorney  of  Seattle  and  was  formerly  a  judge 
there;  and  C.  C.  Stratton,  D.  D.,  of  Chicago. 

For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  Myron 
Stratton  resided  in  Jeffersonville,  Ind.,  and  dur- 
ing eighteen  years  of  that  time  he  was  a  member 
of  the  town  council.  A  man  of  integrity  and  in- 
telligence, he  won  the  esteem  of  his  associates. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Logan  &  Strat- 
ton, boat  builders  and  contractors,  and  was  noted 
for  being  a  skilled  workman  and  scientific 
draughtsman.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  consis- 
tent members  of  the  Christian  Church  and  exem- 
plified in  their  lives  the  principles  of  the  religion 
to  which  they  adhered.  Of  their  nine  children, 
there  was  only  one  son,  and  he  forms  the  subject 
of  this  review.  When  he  was  five  years  of  age 
he  entered  the  primary  department  of  the  public 
school.  He  continued  in  school  until  he  had 
completed  the  regular  course  of  study.  At  the 
age  of  seventeen  he  was  apprenticed  to  Christian 
Heyne,  a  carpenter  and  mechanical  draughtsman 
of  Jeffersonville,  with  whom  he  remained  for 
three  years.  One  of  the  most  remarkable  of  his 
native  gifts  was  his  ability  as  a  draughtsman  and 
in  the  art  of  drawing  he  has,  from  youth,  been  re- 
garded as  exceptionally  gifted. 

W.  S.  Stratton  remained  in  his  native  village 
until  he  was  twenty  years  old,  when  he  went  for 
a  period  to  visit  one  of  his  sisters  living  in  Eddy- 
ville,  Iowa.  He  spent  six  months  there,  clerking 
in  a  drug  store.  He  returned  to  Indiana,  where 
he  remained  but  a  short  time,  and  then  went  to  the 
west  again,  and  visited  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  and 
Omaha,  Neb.,  and  from  there  back  to  Indiana, 
returning  later  to  Lincoln,  Neb.,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade.  After  a  year  in  the  latter  place, 
in  the  summer  of  1872  he  went  to  Colorado 
Springs,  arriving  there  in  August,  equipped  with 
a  good  knowledge  of  his  trade,  and  a  cash  capi- 
tal of  $300.  He  found  immediate  employment, 
and  for  some  time  followed  his  trade  uninterrupt- 
edly. Colorado  Springs  is  just  at  the  base  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  and  on  Sundays,  when  free  to 
do  as  he  wished,  Mr.  Stratton  wandered  in  the 
mountains,  studying  the  formation  of  the  rocks 


and  beginning  the  long  years  of  "prospecting" 
that  finally  led  to  success  in  the  discovery  of  the 
Independence  mine,  almost  twenty  years  later. 
He  soon  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account, 
and  followed  the  business  of  contractor  and 
•  builder  for  many  years,  many  of  the  buildings  in 
Colorado  Springs  being  specimens  of  his  work. 

He  made  his  first  venture  in  mining  in  the 
winter  of  1873-74,  when  he  purchased  a  one-fifth 
interest  in  the  Yretaba  mine  near  Silverton,  pay- 
ing $3,000  in  cash  for  the  interest.  His  associ- 
ates in  the  venture  were  practical  miners  and  men 
of  supposed  good  judgment.  The  mine,  how- 
ever, proved  a  failure,  and  the  money  invested 
in  it  was  lost.  Instead  of  being  discouraged  by 
this  failure,  he  became  all  the  more  determined 
to  win  success  at  mining,  and  for  more  than  ten 
consecutive  years  he  left  Colorado  Springs  each 
spring  with  a  camping  and  mining  outfit,  or 
sometimes  walking  to  the  mining  regions.  During 
the  summer  he  lived  the  hardy  life  led  by  mountain 
prospectors,  a  life  often  filled  with  toil,  hardship, 
exposure  and  privations;  but  aside  from  acquir- 
ing a  wide  knowledge  of  the  formation  of  the 
mountains,  the  relations  of  ore-bearing  to  barren 
rocks,  and  the  geological  conditions  that  should 
lead  to  success,  these  years  of  work  were  fruit- 
less. The  winters  he  passed  in  Colorado  Springs, 
pursuing  his  business  as  builder.  During  all  this 
time  he  was  a  close  student  of  books  pertaining 
to  mining  and  its  kindred  industries,  and  his 
summers  of  prospecting  enabled  him  to  test  the 
theories  he  learned  from  books.  In  order  to 
more  fully  equip  himself  for  the  vocation  he  best 
liked,  and  be  in  position  to  test  ores  when  far 
from  towns  and  civilization,  he  mastered  the  use 
of  the  blowpipe,  and  also  took  the  regular  course 
of.  assaying  in  Colorado  College.  Later  he  se- 
cured employment  in  the  Nashold  Mill  at  Breck- 
enridge,  where  he  familiarized  himself  with  the 
method  of  working  gold  ores  by  amalgamation. 
In  April,  1891,  Mr.  Stratton  went  as  usual  to 
the  mountains,  this  time  to  seek  for  cryolite,  a 
valuable  mineral-bearing  rock  that  it  was  re- 
ported had  been  discovered  near  Cheyenne  Moun- 
tain. Weeks  of  prospecting  resulted  in  failure, 
and  about  the  middle  of  May  he  abandoned  the 
search  and  with  the  young  man  in  his  employ 
crossed  the  divide  into  what  is  now  the  populous 
mining  camp  of  Cripple  Creek  to  seek  for  gold. 
From  that  time  the  story  of  W.  S.  Stratton  has  been 
often  told,  and,  as  is  usual  in  such  cases,  more 
often  garbled  than  told  correctly. 


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Cripple  Creek,  in  its  infancy,  had  to  live  down 
the  unsavory  reputation  of  a  bad  ancestor,  it 
being  located  near  where  the  false  Mount  Pisgah 
excitement  took  place.  At  first  mining  engi- 
neers placed  the  stamp  of  disapproval  upon  the 
district,  and  even  practical  miners  from  other- 
districts,  who  paid  hasty  and  cursory  visits  to 
the  new  camp,  said  that  gold  in  permanent  or 
paying  quantities  did  not  exist  in  Cripple  Creek. 
Mr.  Stratton  was  one  of  the  first  three  expe- 
rienced miners  and  prospectors  to  visit  the  new 
district.  Like  the  other  two  he  believed  that  the 
geological  formation  and  structure  of  the  rocks, 
the  dyke  formation,  and  all  the  indications, 
pointed  to  the  fact  that  here  was  a  great  mining 
region  and  he  threw  in  his  fortunes  with  Cripple 
Creek.  It  is  a  curious  coincidence  that  all  of 
these  three  first  miners  are  now  millionaires,  and 
men  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  their  state. 

Claims  had  been  staked  on  the  western  and 
northern  hills  of  what  now  comprises  Cripple 
Creek,  and  as  Mr.  Stratton  did  not  want  to  inter- 
fere with  these,  he  began  prospecting  on  his  own 
account  near  the  head  of  Wilson  Creek.  He  lo- 
cated some  claims  and  found  some  rich  ore,  but 
the  relation  of  the  veins  and  dykes  to  the  contact 
between  the  granite  and  eruptive  rocks  did  not 
impress  him  as  a  formation  that  would  prove  to 
be  of  reliable  or  permanent  value,  and  he  aban- 
doned his  claims.  Some  of  them  have  since  been 
developed  into  great  mines.  He  extended  the 
scope  of  his  prospecting,  hoping  to  find  a  forma- 
tion that  would  fit  into  his  belief  of  what  was 
necessary  in  order  to  assure  the  discovery  of  gold 
in  permanent  deposit.  About  the  middle  of  June 
he  prospected  the  south  slope  of  Battle  Moun- 
tain, then  not  considered  as  being  in  the  mineral 
zone.  The  rocks  here  proved  to  have  a  different 
formation  from  other  parts  of  the  district,  but  the 
heavy  growth  of  brush  and  undergrowth  made 
the  work  of  prospecting  particularly  difficult. 
This  work  led  him  on  down  to  the  base  of  the 
mountain,  and  here  for  the  first  time  he  saw  the 
big  Independence  dyke,  an  immense  rib  of  rock 
that  had  been  forced  up  through  the  surrounding 
and  older  formations.  The  trend  of  this  dyke 
was  directly  at  right  angles  with  the  line  of  con- 
tact between  the  two  characteristic  rock  forma- 
tions of  the  region,  and  this  fitte4  in  with  Mr. 
Stratton' s  theory.  He  took  some  small  samples, 
of  the  rock,  and  tested  it  after  returning  to  his 
home  in  Colorado  Springs.  The  tests  showed 
some  gold;  and,  as  he  gave  more  thought  to  this 


dyke,  the  more  he  became  impressed  with  the 
idea  that  it  was  valuable  and  was,  in  fact,  the 
thing  he  had  sought  for  twenty  years.  He  re- 
turned to  Battle  Mountain  on  July  4,  and  located 
two  mining  claims  on  the  big  dyke,  and  in  honor 
of  the  day  he  named  one  Independence  and  the 
other  Washington. 

Months  of  hard  work,  of  discouragement,  of 
financial  stringency,  and  of  grim  determination 
followed,  before  the  real  richness  of  the  Independ- 
ence was  proved;  but  the  "  reading  of  the  rocks" 
indicated  that  the  formation  either  must  carry 
rich  gold,  or  that  the  science  of  gold  mining  had 
no  basis  in  fact  and  reason.  That  the  persistent 
work  was  finally  rewarded  proved  that  gold  min- 
ing is  a  science,  if  not  an  exact  one. 

The  tale  of  the  great  Independence,  so  far  as 
its  riches  are  concerned,  does  not  properly  belong 
in  a  biographical  sketch.  It  is  known  that  be- 
tween four  millions  and  five  millions  of  dollars 
have  been  extracted  from  it,  chiefly  from  devel- 
opment work;  it  is  believed  that  not  one- quarter 
of  its  ore  has  been  broken  or  mined,  and  that  but 
a  fractional  part  of  the  big  group  of  mines,  of 
which  the  Independence  is  but  a  part,  has  been 
prospected.  But  the  mine  as  a  mine,  belongs  to 
another  chapter  of  Colorado's  history. 

The  opening  of  the  Independence  mine  was 
the  beginning  of  Mr.  Stratton's  fortune.  For 
some  time  he  devoted  his  time,  energy  and  money 
almost  solely  to  exploring  and  developing  this 
mine,  blocking  out  the  large  ore  reserves  con- 
tained in  its  enormous  ore-shoots,  and  purchasing 
the  mining  property  adjacent  to  it.  Then  came 
an  opportunity  to  use  business  judgment,  pluck 
and  money,  in  another  direction.  Friends  of  Mr. 
Stratton  had  staked  out  some  claims  near  his  own 
on  Battle  Mountain,  they  had  prospected  the 
properties  as  long  as  they  had  money ,  and  when 
they  found  rich  ore  in  the  then  small  Portland, 
the  properties  were  not  patented,  and  the  owners 
had  no  money  to  patent,  or  to  protect  the  prop- 
erty from  the  mass  of  litigation  that  was  heaped 
up  against  it  by  adverse  claimants.  The  three 
owners  of  the  Portland  properties  were  then  poor 
men,  aside  from  their  mining  claims  they  had  no 
security  to  offer,  and  it  seemed  that  they  would 
lose  much  of  their  holdings  because  they  had  not 
the  capital  to  protect  their  interests.  They  laid 
the  case  before  Mr.  Stratton.  He  then  had  un- 
limited capital,  he  knew  the  mining  ground  in 
question  perfectly  and  had  faith  in  it  and  he 
joined  the  Portland  owners  in  fighting  their  litiga- 


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tion  and  developing  their  mines.  He  was  one  of 
the  incorporators  of  the  Portland  Gold  Mining 
Company;  it  was  largely  through  his  efforts  and 
advice  that  the  first  great  consolidation  was 
made  that  freed  the  mines  fronj  their  litigation 
and  put  them  in  the  ranks  of  profit-making  prop- 
erties. Mr.  Stratton  was  the  first  president  of  the 
Portland  Company,  of  which  he  is  still  a  director 
and  the  second  largest  shareholder.  At  one  time 
he  owned  one-third  of  the  entire  issued  capital 
stock  of  the  company ;  and  at  another  time,  when 
the  company  was  in  straits  and  needed  funds  and 
the  sinews  of  war,  he  voluntarily  contributed  to 
its  treasury.  At  a  later  time  the  Portland  was 
again  assailed  with  litigation,  and  it  was  on  a 
plan  outlined  by  Mr.  Stratton  that  the  great  Port- 
land consolidation  of  1895  was  carried  through. 
Mr.  Stratton  put  into  this  consolidation  a  number 
of  mines  which  he  had  purchased,  and  he  made 
a  very  large  fortune  out  of  this  one  transaction ; 
but  as  the  consolidation  saved  the  Portland  Com- 
pany great  sums  of  money,  and  added  the  colossal 
sum  of  $4,000,000  to  the  market  rating  value 
of  the  total  capital  of  the  Portland  Company,  the 
transaction  is  justly  entitled  to  rank  as  the  best 
.piece  of  mining  financiering  ever  consummated 
in  Colorado.  The  Portland  is  to-day  one  of  the 
greatest  gold  mining  properties  in  the  world;  and 
it  is  all  the  more  to  the  credit  of  the  men  who 
founded  and  developed  it  from  its  small  begin- 
ning, that  they  had  had  no  previous  experience 
in  large  transactions. 

In  addition  to  the  Independence  and  his  hold- 
ings in  the  Portland,  Mr.  Stratton  owns  numerous 
other  mines  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district,  as  well 
as  large  vested  interests  in  Colorado  Springs  and 
other  places,  and  his  wealth  naturally  brings  him 
into  national  prominence,  and  causes  him  to  be 
one  of  the  most  important  factors  in  the  develop- 
ment and  upbuilding  of  the  state  of  Colorado. 

Personally,  Mr.  Stratton  is  a  quiet,  modest, 
self-contained  man  of  simple  manners.  All  his 
large  interests  are  under  his  personal  supervision, 
and  in  their  management  he  has  surrounded  him- 
self with  a  corps  of  capable  assistants  that  is 
remarkably  small  in  numbers  when  the  mag- 
nitude of  the  interests  is  considered.  That  the 
entire  business  is  well  and  systematically  man- 
aged is  best  indicated  by  the  remark  made  by  an 
eminent  English  mining  engineer  who  was  per- 
mitted to  visit  the  Independence.  He  said  '  'The 
great  Independence,  with  its  miles  of  levels,  its 
thousands  of  feet  of  development,  and  its  great 


machinery,  is  so  fully  and  thoroughly  and  system- 
atically opened,  that  it  makes  this  mine  easier  to 
see  and  understand  and  study,  than  the  average 
prospect  hole. ' ' 

Mr.  Stratton  is  of  medium  size,  rather  slender, 
sinewy,  and  of  a  nervous  temperament.  He  lives 
quietly  in  his  home  at  Colorado  Springs, — a  fine, 
rich  home,  but  one  that  is  modesty  itself  com- 
pared with  the  average  homes  of  multi-million- 
aires. In  the  days  of  his  prosperity  he  has  for- 
gotten none  of  his  former  friends,  and  in  his 
manner  he  is  as  plain,  straightforward  and  un- 
affected as  he  was  when  he  first  came  to  Colorado 
Springs  twenty-five  years  ago,  as  a  young  work- 
man. He  has  the  well-merited  reputation  of 
being  one  of  the  most  generous  men  in  the  west, 
and  he  has  given  away  fortunes  in  his  benefac- 
tions and  charities,  but  as  ostentation  is  distaste- 
ful to  him,  he  keeps  the  amount  and  character  of 
his  charities  to  himself,  and  none  but  him  know 
their  extent.  He  is  a  close  student  of  books,  and, 
like  many  of  the  successful  men  of  the  west,  he  is 
largely  a  self-educated  man.  He  has  no  craving 
for  political  or  social  distinction,  makes  no  osten- 
tatious display  of  his  great  wealth,  and  devotes 
his  time  to  the  management  of  his  business, 
the  upbuilding  of  his  enterprises,  the  pleasures  of 
his  home,  and  to  traveling  when  the  pressure  of 
his  business  will  permit  him.  He  acts  upon  his 
own  judgment,  maps  out  his  own  lines  of  action, 
and  when  he  begins  upon  a  particular  course  he 
pursues  it  until  it  succeeds.  He  has  enjoyed  the 
greatest  of  good  fortune,  which  he  has  supple- 
mented by  keen  business  sagacity  and  unswerv- 
ing policies  of  action.  He  is  steadily  adding  to 
his  large  fortune,  not  because  he  needs  more 
money,  but  because  he  is  a  man  of  affairs,  and 
enjoys  the  conduct  of  business. 


(I  HENRY  HARRISON,  of  Canon  City,  is  a 
I  member  of  a  family  that  for  more  than  two 
Q)  hundred  and  fifty  years  has  been  intimately 
associated  with  the  history  of  Orange,  N.  J.  His 
father,  Rev.  Jephtha  Harrison,  was  born  in.  that 
city  December  15,  1796,  and  there  gained  the 
rudiments  of  his  education,  afterward  entering 
Princeton  College,  where  he  took  the  theological 
course.  He  graduated  in  1820,  and  was  ordained 
a  Presbyterian  minister.  Immediately  afterward 
he  began  to  preach,  but  his  health  failed  to  such 
an  extent  that  a  change  of  climate  became  neces- 
sary, and  in  1826  he  w^nt  to  the  West  Indies, ' 


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where  he  remained  for  a  year.  Upon  his  return 
to  the  United  States  his  health  was  still  delicate 
and  he  was  advised  to  confine  his  labors  to  the 
south.  For  that  reason  he  accepted,  success- 
ively, charges  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Florence,  Ala., 
Newcastle,  Henry  County,  Ky.,  and  Aberdeen, 
Miss.  In  recognition  of  his  broad  knowledge  and 
his  distinction  as  a  theologian,  the  degree  of 
D.  D.  was  conferred  upon  him.  In  the  year 
1853  he  moved  from  the  south  to  Burlington, 
Iowa.  Five  years  afterward  he  moved  to  Fulton, 
Mo.,  in  order  to  educate  his  children,  and  in 
that  town  he  remained  until  his  death,  October 
30,  1863. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Harrison  united  him  with 
Ann  Thompson,  member  of  an  old  and  prominent 
family  of  Chambersburg,  Pa.  She  was  born  in 
that  city  January  8,  1806,  and  died  in  Denver, 
Colo.,  October  12,  1884.  Four  children  were 
born  to  their  union,  namely:  Mary  V.,  wife  of 
Judge  Thomas  Macon,  of  Denver;  J.  Henry; 
James  L. ,  of  Worcester,  Mass. ;  and  Robert,  who 
makes  his  home  in  Canon  City.  The  oldest  of 
the  sons,  who  forms  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  born  in  Newcastle,  Ky.,  March  23,  1844.  The 
rudiments  of  his  education  were  obtained  in  pri- 
vate schools,  and  during  the  residence  of  the  fam- 
ily in  Burlington,  Iowa,  he  was  a  student  in  the 
public  schools.  After  removal  was  made  to  Ful- 
ton, Mo. ,  he  was  for  four  years  a  student  in  West- 
minster College,  remaining  there  until  the  insti- 
tution was  closed,  temporarily,  on  account  of  the 
war.  Returning  to  Iowa,  he  remained  for  a  year 
with  his  sister  in  Oscaloosa,  after  which  he  clerked 
in  a  store  in  Burlington  for  a  few  months.  His 
sister  and  her  husband  were  removing  to  Colorado 
and  the  entire  family  desiring  to  be  with  them, 
he,  together  with  his  mother  and  two  brothers, 
accompanied  them.  With  a  party  of  about  twenty 
others,  they  started  overland  from  Fulton,  Mo., 
June  2,  1864,  and  traveled  via  the  Platte  route, 
as  the  Indians  were  troublesome  on  the  Arkansas 
route.  After  two  and  one-half  months  he  arrived 
in  Denver,  and  from  there,  after  a  short  time,  he 
came  to  Canon  City,  his  objective  point.  The 
entire  trip  from  Fulton  to  Canon  City  was  made 
in  wagons,  as  at  that  time  there  was  not  a  rail- 
road west  of  the  Missouri. 

In  partnership  with  Joseph  Macon,  a  brother  of 
Judge  Macon,  Mr.  Harrison  had  brought  a  stock 
of  goods  to  Colorado  and  in  the  fall  of  1864  he 
opened  a  store  in  Canon  City.  Shortly  after  his 
arrival  he  took  up  land  for  farming  purposes  and 


with  others,  formed  a  company  that  built  the  first 
ditch  of  any  importance  in  this  section,  now 
known  as  the  Canon  City  H.  &  I.  Ditch.  By 
this  means  the  entire  town  is  irrigated,  as  well  as 
lands  lying  to  the  east.  In  those  early  days 
merchandise  and  produce  were  high.as  everything 
was  freighted  from  the  Missouri  River  towns  by 
wagon,  the  freight  charges  being  from  twelve  and 
one-half  to  twenty-five  cents  a  pound.  After 
three  years  this  partnership  was  dissolved,  and 
Mr.  Harrison  formed  a  business  connection  with 
Capt.  B.  F.  Rockafellow  in  the  general  mercan- 
tile trade,  but  this  lasted  for  eighteen  months 
only. 

A  portion  of  the  farm  land  owned  by  Mr.  Har- 
rison is  now  within  the  city  limits,  and  this  he 
has  platted,  and  has  sold  and  is  selling  as  city 
lots  and  tracts.  Much  of  the  remainder  of  the 
land  he  has  improved  by  planting  to  orchards. 
While  Custer  was  still  a  part  of  Fremont  County 
he  was  elected  county  commissioner  and  chosen 
chairman  of  the  board.  Afterward,  from  1880  to 
1884,  he  served  as  county  treasurer.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  city  council  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  for  two  terms  served  as  mayor  of 
Canon  City.  In  the  fall  of  1894  he  was  elected, 
county  commissioner  for  the  second  time  and 
served  from  January,  1895,  to  1898,  being  again 
elected  chairman  of  the  board.  Politically  he  has 
always  affiliated  with  the  Democratic  party,  in 
whose  councils  he  has  been  active,  arid  has  fre- 
quently served  as  a  delegate  to  county  and  state 
conventions. 

Local  matters  especially  receive  Mr.  Harri- 
son's attention,  and  he  has  given  his  support  to 
all  enterprises  that  will  advance  the  welfare  of 
his  town  and  county.  To  his  persistent  efforts 
the  people  of  the  county  are  largely  indebted  for 
their  commodious  court  house  and  county  jail. 
He  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  proposed  Canon 
City  &  Cripple  Creek  Railroad.  The  work  that 
he  has  done  in  improving  property  has  not  only 
benefited  himself  financially,  but  has  advanced 
the  interests  of  his  fellow-citizens  and  the  prog- 
ress of  the  city. 

June  12,  1879,  Mr.  Harrison  married  Mary  E.( 
daughter  of  Joseph  Franck,  who  was  for  years 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  atLamoille,  111., 
but  in  1870  came  to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  the 
stock  business,  ranging  his  cattle  in  South  Park, 
though  his  home  was  in  Canon  City.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Harrison  have  three  children,  Ida  M.,  Edith 
L,.  and  Frank  T. 


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I— LMER  A.  THAYER.  Hotel  Colorado,  of 
JO  which  Mr.  Thayer  is  proprietor,  is  situated 
at  Glenwood  Springs,  and  is  beyond  doubt 
one  of  the  finest  hotels  in  the  United  States. 
Built  of  Colorado  red  sandstone  and  brick,  its  ex- 
terior appearance  is  imposing  and  attractive, 
while  within  the  building  this  impression  is 
heightened  by  elegant  furnishings,  large  halls, 
commodious  reception  rooms,  and  every  con- 
venience that  ample  means  can  provide.  Every 
effort  is  made  to  contribute  to  the  comfort  and 
happiness  of  guests.  The  house  is  furnished 
lavishly,  yet  in  excellent  taste.  There  is  a  quiet 
elegance  about  every  room  and  a  degree  of  har- 
mony in  the  smallest  details  of  decoration  pro- 
ductive of  the  most  artistic  effects.  The  broad, 
open  corridors  and  verandas  which  surround  the 
court  lend  an  added  charm  to  the  place.  The 
fine  lawn  is  adorned  with  trees  and  plants,  artis- 
tically arranged.  Opportunities  for  amusement 
and  recreation  are  furnished  by  the  croquet 
grounds,  tennis  courts,  fine  golf  links,  and  the 
best  polo  grounds  in  the  United  States.  But  the 
most  attractive  feature  of  the  place  is  the  famous 
hot  sulphur  spring,  whose  healing  waters  have 
been  sought  by  people  from  far  and  near,  and 
whose  source  of  supply  is  some  subterranean  lake, 
from  which  the  water  is  sent  gushing  forth,  at 
boiling  temperature.  Reaching  the  surface  of  the 
earth,  it  is  run  into  a  large  pool,  walled  with 


sandstone  and  with  a  brick  foundation,  covering 
an  acre  of  ground,  at  the  side  of  which  are  ele- 
gant brown  stone  bath  houses  with  modern  equip- 
ments. The  water  is  tempered  by  a  constant 
flow  of  cold  mountain  water,  which  brings  it  to  a 
correct  temperature  for  bathing.  One  of  the  most 
novel  attractions  is  an  extensive  vapor  cave,  built 
at  a  cost  of  over  $50,000.  Here  one  steps  from 
his  dressing  room  into  the  very  side  of  the 
mountain,  from  the  cool,  fresh  air  and  bright 
sunlight  into  an  atmosphere  heavy  with  hot  sul- 
phurous vapors  from  the  waters  that  flow  be- 
neath. The  result  is  a  profuse  perspiration  that 
carries  away  with  it  those  poisons  with  which  the 
system  has  become  freighted.  This  cave  has 
been  proved  to  be  quite  invaluable  in  the  treat- 
ment of  many  diseases. 

The  Hot  Springs  Hotel  Company  own  their 
own  electric  light  plant,  which  is  used  to  light  the 
hotel  and  grounds,  the  bathhouses  and  the  town. 
At  any  time  of  winter  or  summer  people  may  be 
seen  who  are  brought  here  in  cots,  but,  recover- 
ing in  a  short  time,  go  away  restored  to  health. 
What  the  springs  of  Baden  are  to  Germany,  and 
the  Hot  Springs  of  Arkansas  to  the  Mississippi 
Valley,  such  the  springs  at  Glenwood  are  rapidly 
becoming  to  the  people  of  the  north  and  west. 

Eastern  people,  coming  here  for  the  first  time, 
always  express  surprise  to  find  a  hotel  so  com- 
plete and  elegant  "away  out  west."  Continued 


240 


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on  the  high  plan  upon  which  it  is  now  running, 
the  hotel  cannot  fail  to  become  one  of  the  most 
popular  resorts  in  America. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  in  1848.  He  is  a  descendant  of  English 
ancestors  who  settled  in  Massachusetts  in  an 
early  day.  His  parents,  Augustus  and  Maria 
W.  (Ellison)  Thayer,  were  natives  of  that  state, 
where  his  father  was  an  extensive  farmer.  They 
had  ten  children,  but  only  two  are  living:  Elmer 
and  George,  the  latter  a  hotel  man  in  Providence, 
R.  I.  In  1852  the  family  moved  west  to  Rock- 
ford,  111.,  and  there,  four  years  later,  the  father 
died.  When  our  subject  was  sixteen  years  of 
age  he  started  out  for  himself.  Securing  employ- 
ment in  the  St.  James  hotel,  Boston,  he  gained 
his  first  experience  in  the  business  to  which  he 
now  gives  his  attention.  When  twenty-eight 
years  of  age  he  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  spent 
ten  years  in  the  same  business,  and  during  part 
of  the  time  he  was  superintendent  of  the  dining 
car  system  of  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad. 
In  1882  he  came  to  Colorado  and  has  since  been 
proprietor  of  the  hotels  and  dining  stations  of  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  system,  besides 
which,  since  1898,  he  has  been  proprietor  of  the 
Hotel  Colorado.  In  1894  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Hotel  Mutual  Benefit  National  Asso- 
ciation of  the  United  States,  and  it  was  through 
his  efforts  that  the  association  met  in  Denver  in 
1894.  He  is  also  largely  interested  in  mining  in 
this  state.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
in  which  he  has  attained  the  Knight  Templar 
degree.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 

In  1877  Mr.  Thayer  married  Mrs.  Emma 
(Homan)  Graves,  who  was  born  and  reared  in 
New  York  City.  By  her  first  marriage  she  had 
two  children,  Amy  and  Byron  Homan  Graves, 
the  latter  of  whom  is  financial  secretary  and 
manager  of  the  Rio  Grande  Hotel  Company. 
The  former  married  Rev.  John  Wallace  Ohl,  rec- 


tor of  the  Church  of  the  Ascension,  in  Salid a, 
Colo.  She  was  most  helpful  to  him  in  his  pas- 
toral work  and  was  especially  successful  in  the 
founding  of  Episcopal  missions,  from  which 
were  built  up  self-supporting  churches.  She  died 
at  Salida  in  April,  1892.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thayer 
were  the  parents  of  two  children,  both  now  de- 
ceased. 

From  girlhood  Mrs.  Thayer  displayed  literary 
ability.  Fond  of  the  best  in  fiction,  science  and 
history,  she  early  acquired  a  broad  knowledge 
that  has  since  proved  most  helpful  to  her.  She 
is  the  author  of  several  works,  all  of  which  have 
had  a  large  sale.  One  of  them  is  entitled  "Wild 
Flowers  of  Colorado"  and  the  "Wild  Flowers  of 
the  Pacific  Coast, "  concerning  which  she  is  con- 
sidered an  authority.  Her  third  work  was  a 
novel,  "English- American,"  in  which  was  shown 
the  folly  of  American  girls  who  marry  titled 
foreigners;  this  has  been  published  in  eight  edi- 
tions and  has  been  widely  read.  She  is  also  the 
author  of  "Petronilla,  The  Sister,"  which  is  now 
in  the  fiftieth  edition.  She  is  a  leading  member 
of  the  New  York  City  Art  School,  where  her 
works  are  on  exhibition.  In  religion  she  is 
identified  with  the  Episcopal  Church,  which  Mr. 
Thayer  also  attends. 


W.  ASHLEY,  M.  D.,  a  success- 
P°Pu'ar  physician  of  Ouray,  was 
born  in  Lafayette  County,  Mo.,  February 
10,  1854,  a  son  of  William  and  Melona  (Box) 
Ashley,  natives  of  Kentucky,  but  after  1835  resi- 
dents of  Missouri.  The  father  died  before  our 
subject  was  born  and  four  years  later  the  mother 
passed  away.  Their  orphan  son  was  taken  into 
the  home  of  Capt.  Richard  M.  Box,  his  uncle, 
and  a  captain  of  the  Missouri  state  militia.  He 
received  a  grammar  and  high  school  education, 
and  in  1874  entered  the  medical  department  of 
the  Missouri  State  University  at  Columbia,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1875. 

The  first  experience  in  professional  work  Dr. 
Ashley  gained  while  practicing  in  Bates  County, 
Mo.  In  1877  he  came  to  Colorado  and  began  to 
practice  at  Ouray,  but  after  a  year,  desiring  more 
complete  professional  knowledge,  he  returned 
east,  and  took  a  course  in  the  Bellevue  Hospital 
Medical  College,  and  also  took  a  course  in  the 
Post-Graduate  School.  Returning  west,  he  re- 
sumed practice  in  Ouray.  After  six  years  here 
he  removed  to  Montrose,  where  he  remained  for 
seven  years,  and  then  came  back  to  Ouray,  where 


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he  has  since  carried  on  a  large  general  practice. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  State  Medical 
Society  and  the  American  Medical  Association. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Ashley  is  a  Knight  Templar 
Mason,  and  is  recorder  and  past  commander  of 
the  commandery.  At  Ouray,  December  i,  1879, 
he  married  Carrie,  daughter  of  .Thomas  C.  War- 
ren, after  whose  father  Warrensburg,  Mo.,  was 
named,  and  who  died  April  6,  1898.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Ashley  have  one  daughter  and  four  sons, 
viz. :  Mabel,  a  student  in  the  classical  department 
of  the  Colorado  State  University;  Robert  W.,  a 
graduate  of  the  Ouray  high  school ;  Ray,  Rollin 
E.  and  Charles  C. 


GlRTHUR  G.  SHARP  is  one  of  the  repre- 
LJ  sentative  business  men  of  Colorado  Springs 
|  I  and  has  become  a  prominent  and  leading 
factor  in  its  financial  development.  He  was  born 
near  Chillicothe,  Ross  County,  Ohio,  March  19, 
1864,  the  son  of  Gideon  T.  and  Sarah  (Teter) 
Sharp,  who  were  also  natives  of  the  above  county 
and  state,  and  who  continued  to  reside  there 
throughout  their  entire  lives.  The  farm  on  which 
Gideon  T.  Sharp  was  born  near  Chillicothe  was 
owned  by  his  father,  Henry  Sharp,  who  was  a 
native  of  Culpeper  County,  Va.,  and  a  descend- 
ant of  one  of  the  noted  families  of  colonial  Vir- 
ginia. 

To  the  union  of  Gideon  T.  Sharp  and  wife  were 
born  five  children,  two  of  whom  are  deceased. 
Those  living  are:  Arabelle,  wife  of  John  Hendry; 
Charles  G.  (both  residents  of  Greenfield,  Ohio) 
and  Arthur  G.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Prior 
to  the  Civil  war  Gideon  T.  Sharp  was  a  merchant 
in  Roxabell,  Ross  County,  Ohio.  In  1862  he  en- 
listed in  Company  K,  Sixty-third  Ohio  Infantry, 
with  which  he  bore  a  part  in  many  important  en- 
gagements. He  served  actively  until  he  was  cap- 
tured by  the  Confederates,  by  whom  he  was  con- 
fined in  Anderson ville  prison.  After  months  of 
hardship  and  suffering  there,  he  died  about  the 
gth  of  June,  1864.  A  short  time  before  his  cap- 
ture he  had  visited  his  family  on  a  short  fur- 
lough, which  was  destined  to  be  his  last  glimpse 
of  his  home.  He  was  a  brave  and  gallant  sol- 
dier, whose  life  was  given  up  to  the  cause  of  his 
country.  Fraternally  he  was  a  Mason.  He  was 
a  member  of  and  very  active  in  the  Methodist 
Church.  His  wife  died  April  15,  1877.  She  was 
a  woman  of  rare  sweetness  of  character  and  de- 
voted her  life  to  the  care  and  education  of  her 
children.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel 


Teter,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  Ross  County, 
and  from  that  primeval  forest  cleared  a  farm,  on 
which  he  has  made  his  home  for  more  than 
seventy  years.  He  is  a  well-known  citizen  of  his 
part  of  Ohio  and  in  spite  of  his  ninety-two  active 
years,  he  is  in  the  enjoyment  of  good  health.  In 
religious  belief  he  is  a  Methodist  and  a  church  of 
that  denomination  stands  on  his  farm. 

Arthur  G.  Sharp  was  educated  in  the  excellent 
schools  of  Greenfield,  Ohio.  In  1885  he  came 
west  as  far  as  Kansas,  where  for  three  years  he 
was  bookkeeper  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Burlingame,  assistant  cashier  for  the  same  period 
of  time,  and  later  was  made  cashier  and  a  director 
of  the  bank.  In  1895  he  resigned  his  position 
in  the  bank  and  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where 
for  a  short  time  he  was  connected  with  the  First 
National  Bank. 

In  August,  1897,  Mr.  Sharp  was  elected  cashier 
of  the  Exchange-  National  Bank  of  Colorado 
Springs.  He  is  regarded  as  a  very  able,  con- 
servative and  careful  financier.  When  he  was 
elected  cashier  in  1897  the  bank  had  only  $180,000 
on  deposit,  while  at  this  writing  (a  year  and  a-half 
later),  its  deposits  amount  to  over  $1,000,000, 
thus  attesting  the  splendid  management  of  the 
bank. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Sharp,  March  31,  1887, 
united  him  with  Misslyouie  Milner,  ofl,eesburg, 
Ohio,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  high  school  of 
that  city,  and  a  daughter  of  Alfred  and  Nancy 
(Denny)  Milner.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sharp  are  mem- 
bers of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Colorado 
Springs.  They  are  the  parents  of  one  son,  Roy 
Milner. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Sharp  is  a  prominent  Mason, 
having  attained  the  thirty-second  degree.  He  is  a 
member  of  Pike's  Peak  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  and  El  Jebel  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine, 
of  Denver.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 


0RIN  A.  DERBY,  superintendent  of  the  Kan- 
sas and  Colorado  division  of  the  Missouri 
Pacific  Railroad,  has  been  identified   with 
the  citizenship  of  Pueblo  since  the  road  entered 
this   city,  December   i,   1887.     The   position   of 
train  master,  which   he  had  previously  filled,  he 
continued  to  hold  until  April,  1888,  when  he  was 
appointed  to  the  place  he  has  since  so  efficiently 
and  acceptably  filled.     The  division  of  which  he 
is  in  charge  extends  three  hundred  and  fifty  miles 
from  Pueblo  to  Hoisington  and  Great  Bend,  Kan. 
The  Derby  family  was  founded  in  Massachu- 


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setts  in  1680  by  settlers  from  England.  Later 
generations  removed  to  Connecticut,  and  from 
there  to  Vermont.  J.  M.  Derby,  our  subject's 
grandfather,  was  born  in  Vermont,  and  engaged 
in  fanning  in  Corinth,  that  state,  but  in  middle 
life  migrated  to  Licking  County,  Ohio,  of  which 
he  was  a  pioneer.  He  continued  to  reside  there 
until  his  removal  to  Iowa,  where  he  died  October  6, 
1864,  at  seventy-eight  years  of  age.  His  father, 
who  was  a  fanner  at  Corinth,  was  one  of  the  Green 
Mountain  boys,  who  bore  so  honorable  a  part  in 
the  Revolutionary  war. 

Hon.G.  A.  Derby,  our  subject's  father,  was 
born  in  Licking  County,  Ohio,  and  in  1856  re- 
moved to  Iowa,  where  he  became  a  grain  merchant 
and  dealer  in  agricultural  implements.  For  four 
years,  during  the  Civil  war,  he  held  the  office  of 
sheriff  of  Wapello  County.  In  1870  he  removed 
to  Utica,  Seward  County,  Neb.,  of  which  he  was 
almost  the  first  settler.  He  platted  the  town,  sold 
off  lots  as  he  had  opportunity,  made  many  val- 
uable improvements,  and  in  later  years  held  im- 
portant city  and  county  offices.  In  1896  he  was 
an  elector  for  the  presidency,  on  the  Republican 
ticket.  Now  seventy-eight  years  of  age,  he  is 
living  retired  from  the  business  cares  that  once 
engrossed  his  attention. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Harriet  Brown.  She  was  born  in  Ver- 
mont and  died  in  Nebraska  in  1893.  Her  father, 
James  Brown,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire  and  a 
farmer  of  Vermont,  was  the  son  of  a  Revolution- 
ary soldier,  and  his  wife,  a  Miss  Shafter,  was  the 
daughter  of  a  patriot  of  the  Revolution,  while 
her  nephew,  Orrin  A.  Shafter,  was  a  soldier  in 
the  war  of  1812.  The  patriotism  of  the  family 
maybe  judged  from  the  statement  that  fifteen 
members  took  part  in  the  Revolution,  twenty- 
seven  in  the  war  of  1812  and  one  hundred  and 
eighty -three  in  the  Civil  war.  The  Shafter 
family  is  one  with  many  distinguished  connec- 
tions, including  General  Shafter,  of  the  Spanish- 
American  war,  John  G.  Saxeand  the  Slaughters. 

The  family  of  which  our  subject  is  a  member 
consisted  of  fourteen  members,  all  but  two  of 
whom  attained  maturity  and  seven  are  living. 
One  of  these,  A.  F.,  enlisted  at  sixteen  years  of 
age  in  the  Union  army,  becoming  a  member  of 
the  Forty-seventh  Iowa  Infantry.  Orin  A.  was 
born  in  Newark,  Licking  County,  Ohio,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1843.  In  1854  he  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Union  City,  Ind.,  and  two  years  later 
went  with  them  to  Ottumwa,  Iowa.  In  i86i  he 


enlisted  as  a  member  of  Company  B,  Thirty- 
sixth  Iowa  Infantry,  which  was  mustered  into 
service  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  was  assigned 
to  the  department  of  the  Gulf.  Francis  M. 
Drake,  the  recent  governor  of  Iowa,  was  lieuten- 
ant-colonel of  the  regiment,  which  took  part  in 
the  siege  of  Vicksburg  and  some  twenty  engage- 
ments in  southern  Arkansas.  He  was  mustered 
out,  as  sergeant,  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  September 
7,  1865,  after  an  honorable  service  of  three  years 
and  one  month. 

After  filling  the  position  of  deputy  sheriff  at 
Ottumwa  for  two  3rears,  Mr.  Derby  became  inter- 
ested in  the  lumber  business  of  E.  D.  Rands  &  Co. 
His  railroad  career  began  in  1870,  when  he  be- 
came purchasing  agent  for  the  Midland  Pacific, 
then  building  west  of  Nebraska  City.  After  three 
years  in  that  capacity  he  accepted  a  position 
with  the  Northern  Missouri  (now  the  Wabash) 
and  for  eight  years  was  employed  as  conductor 
between  St.  Louis  and  Kansas  City,  his  head- 
quarters being  at  Moberly.  In  1882  he  went  to 
Hiawatha,  Kan.,  where  he  was  first  a  conductor, 
and  later  a  yardmaster  on  the  Omaha  division  of 
the  Missouri  Pacific.  Finally  he  was  promoted 
to  be  road  master,  and  in  April,  1887,  was  trans- 
ferred to  Council  Grove,  Kan. ,  as  train  master, 
during  the  building  of  the  Colorado  branch  of  the 
Missouri  Pacific.  From  Council  Grove  he  came 
to  Pueblo.  His  long  service  has  been  such  as  to 
reflect  the  highest  credit  upon  himself,  and  his 
retention  in  service  by  the  same  company  proves 
their  high  estimation  of  his  ability.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Colorado  Association  of  Railway  Su- 
perintendents, of  which  he  has  been  vice-presi- 
dent. A  Republican  in  politics,  he  is  a  firm 
friend  of  the  McKinley  administration  and  its 
representatives,  and  believes  that  the  policy 
adopted  by  the  government  during  the  late  war 
with  Spain  has  been  such  as  to  reflect  the  great- 
est credit  upon  our  country.  At  different  times 
he  has  served  as  a  delegate  to  conventions  of  his 
party.  .  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Hia- 
watha (Kan.)  Post  of  the  Grand  Army. 

During  his  residence  in  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  Mr. 
Derby  married  Miss  Sarah  E.  Hedrick,  who 
was  born  in  that  city.  They  became  the  parents 
of  nine  children,  namely:  O.  A.,  who  is  employed 
by  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  Company  in 
Pueblo;  Mrs.  Nellie  G.  Howell,  of  Kansas  City; 
Orin  A.,  Jr.,  agent  for  the  Missouri  Pacific  at 
Arlington;  Sarah  E.,  Mrs.  G.  L.  Walker,  of 


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Pueblo;  Edna,  who  is  employed  as  a  stenogra- 
pher in  her  father's  office;  Clara,  Virgil,  Frank 
and  Mary. 


E)OEI,  BYRON  HAMES,  proprietor  of  Hotel 
fV  Hoffman  in  Colorado  City,  has  sometimes 
|  Is  been  called  the  '  'father' '  of  the  town.  When 
he  settled  here,  the  only  houses  in  the  village 
were  a  log  shanty  near  what  is  now  the  heart  of 
the  city  and  two  rude  buildings  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  street.  In  April,  1887,  he  passed 
through  here  on  his  way  to  Manitou,  and  noticed 
that  the  site  offered  many  advantages  for  a  town. 
On  his  way  back  from  Manitou  he  stopped  here 
and  started  in  a  small  way,  meeting  with  success 
from  the  start.  At  that  time  there  was  but  one 
stage  running  from  here  to  the  Springs,  but  soon 
there  was  a  line  of  thirteen  hacks,  and  it  was  not 
much  more  than  a  year  until  there  was  a  line  of 
street  cars  as  well.  In  1889  he  erected  the  block 
in  which  he  now  has  his  hotel,  and  later  he  pur- 
chased the  property  adjoining  on  the  east.  He 
started  a  private  bank  and  has  since  acted  as 
banker  for  many  business  men,  also  cashes  all 
the  pay  checks  for  the  Midland  Railroad  Company 
and  for  other  corporations. 

Mr.  Hames  was  born  in  Knox  County,  111., 
March  10,  1855,  a  son  of  Barney  and  Martha 
(Cheetham)  Hames,  both  prominent  representa- 
tives of  well-known  old  families  of  Virginia.  It 
is  worthy  of  note  that  both  the  Hames  and  Cheet- 
harn  families  had  representatives  in  the  Civil  war, 
but  on  different  sides.  Barney  Hames,  who  was 
born  and  reared  in  Virginia,  removed  from  there 
to  Knox  County, 111.,  and  engaged  in  farming.  At 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany E,  Eighty-sixth  Illinois  Infantry,  and  served 
until  he  was  wounded  in  battle  after  one  and  one- 
half  years  of  active  service.  He  was  taken  to  the 
hospital  in  Chattanooga  and  there  died.  He  left 
two  sons,  Joseph  C.  and  Noel  B. 

Early  in  life  our  subject  began  the  work  inci- 
dent to  farm  life.  When  twenty-two  years  of  age 
he  started  out  to  see  something  of  the  world.  Go- 
ing to  Texas,  he  spent  two  and  one-half  years  in 
that  state.  In  the  spring  of  1 880  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, where  he  followed  different  camps  as  the 
excitement  caused  by  new  discoveries  of  gold  took 
the  crowd  from  one  place  to  another.  He  spent 
about  four  years  at  Silver  Cliff,  Saguache  County, 
and  from  there  went  to  Salida,  later  was  at  Grand 
Junction  and  Buena  Vista.  Since  1887  his  home 


has  been  in  Colorado  City,  in  which  he  has  been 
a  large  investor  of  real  estate  and  a  progressive 
citizen. 

In  political  matters  Mr.  Hames  is  independent. 
He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  politics,  but  has 
never  sought  office  for  himself  nor  desired  public 
positions  of  any  kind.  He  has  maintained  a  con- 
stant interest  in  all  enterprises  originated  in  be- 
half of  the  people,  and  has  himself  been  a  potent 
factor  in  the  development  of  local  resources.  His 
hotel  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  city,  and  .those  who 
have  once  been  entertained  within  its  walls  after- 
ward show  their  appreciation  of  the  place  by 
making  it  their  headquarters  when  in  the  town. 
He  is  fond  of  fine  horses  and  always  keeps  one  for 
his  personal  use,  refusing  to  ride  any  but  the  best. 
In  1878  he  married  Vesta  Viola,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Harriet  Moats,  of  Knox  County,  111. 
They  became  the  parents  of  two  children,  but 
only  one  is  now  living,  a  son,  Augustus. 


(lAMES  SLANE  bought  a  ranch  of  three  hun- 
I  dred  and  sixty  acres  on  Upper  Saguache 
(2/  Creek,  twenty-one  miles  west  of  Saguache, 
in  1892,  and  here  he  engages  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness. The  land,  having  running  water,  is  admi- 
rably adapted  both  for  stock  and  hay,  and  each 
year  he  cuts  over  three  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
of  hay,  all  of  which  he  feeds  to  his  stock  during 
the  winter,  and  he  also  leases  ten  hundred  and 
eighty  acres  for  winter  pasture.  In  stock  his 
specialty  is  Shorthorns,  of  which  he  has  from  four 
to  five  hundred  head.  Trained  to  a  knowledge 
of  the  stock  business  in  youth  and  having  a  liking 
for  the  occupation,  he  has  naturally  made  a  suc- 
cess of  it,  and  is  now  recognized  as  one  of  the 
most  prosperous  stockmen  in  the  county  of 
Saguache. 

In  what  was  then  Auraria  (now  West  Denver), 
Colo.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  May 
21,  1861.  His  father,  Andrew,  a  native  of  Indi- 
ana, engaged  in  farming  there  and  in  Nebraska. 
In  1858  he  came  to  Colorado  and  the  next  year 
brought  his  family  here,  crossing  by  ox-team 
from  Omaha.  He  operated  the  first  dairy  in  Den- 
ver and  there  started  in  the  stock  business,  meet- 
ing with  success  in  his  ventures,  and  continuing 
in  business  until  1893,  when  he  retired.  He  made 
two  trips  to  Montana,  crossing  first  by  ox-team 
and  second  by  horses.  In  1870  he  removed  to 
one  hundred  and  sixty  arcres  south  of  Saguache, 
but  later  sold  this  property  and  bought  four  hun- 
dred acres  on  Saguache  Creek,  above  the  town. 


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By  his  marriage  to  Lorena  Joy,  of  Indiana,  he 
had  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  viz. :  Samuel 
J.,  who  is  now  in  Oklahoma;  Jennie,  who  mar- 
ried Christopher  Hearn,  and  resides  in  New  Mex- 
ico; Ella,  wife  oflrvin  Joy,  of  Oregon;  Andrew 
B.,  in  Saguache;  Rachel,  Mrs.  Edward  Michod, 
of  Petersburg,  Va. ;  James;  and  Daniel,  residing 
in  Saguache. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  mostly  ac- 
quired in  Saguache.  When  twenty-one  years  of 
age  he  started  out  for  himself,  and  with  two  of 
his  brothers  leased  his  father's  herd  of  cattle, 
which  was  then  the  largest  herd  in  the  county. 
With  them  he  carried  on  business  until  1880, 
when  the  entire  herd  was  sold  and  each  brother 
started  out  for  himself.  He  then  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising with  his  father,  opening  a  store  at 
Portland,  four  miles  south  of  Ouray,  on  the  Un- 
compahgre  River.  When  the  freighter,  Jackson, 
who  was  hauling  goods  for  him,  was  surrounded 
by  the  Ute  Indians  at  Cimarron,  he  went  after 
the  goods  himself,  and  was  permitted  to  remove 
them,  as  in  all  his  dealings  with  the  Indians  he 
had  been  so  honest  and  kind  that  he  had  won 
their  friendship. 

On  selling  out  his  interest  in  the  store  to  his 
father,  our  subject  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  on  Saguache  Creek,  eighteen  miles  west  of 
town,  and  there  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business. 
In  1892  he  sold  that  ranch  and  bought  his  pres- 
ent one,  comprising  one-half  section  of  land. 
While  much  of  his  time  is  spent  on  his  ranch,  he 
has  a  home  in  Saguache,  in  order  that  his  chil- 
dren may  attend  the  excellent  schools  here.  He 
has  been  quite  heavily  interested  in  developing 
the  mining  interests  of  the  county.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  Centennial  Lodge  No.  123, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Saguache  Camp  No.  28,  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  In  1884  he  married  Alice 
Myers,  of  Indiana,  and  they  have  five  children, 
Raymond,  Walter,  Emma,  Florence  and  Ruth. 

As  a  Republican,  Mr.  Slane  has  been  active  in 
local  politics.  That  his  services  have  been  rec- 
ognized by  his  party  was  evidenced  by  the  fact 
that  in  1891  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Saguache 
County  and  two  years  later  was  re-elected.  He 
filled  this  difficult  position  to  the  satisfaction  of 
all  the  better  classes  of  citizens.  His  work  was 
one  of  great  responsibility  and  required  boundless 
courage,  which  quality  he  possesses  to  an  unusual 
degree.  On  one  occasion  in  pursuing  a  criminal, 
he  made  a  trip  of  nine  hundred  miles  into  Texas, 
where  he  caught  his  man  on  horseback.  As 


sheriff,  he  was  efficient,  thorough  and  fearless, 
and  his  record  was  that  of  one  of  the  best  officials 
the  county  has  had. 


R.  BARNES  is  one  of  the  con- 
seivative  and  reliable  business  men  of  Colo- 
rado  Springs  and  has  the  reputation  of  be- 
ing the  best  judge  of  securities  in  the  city.  Since 
1893  he  has  made  a  specialty  of  real  estate  and 
loans  and  has  been  placed  in  charge  of  the  settle- 
ment of  estates  and  business  enterprises,  for  the 
responsible  duties  of  which  he  is  admirably  qual- 
ified. On  the  re-organization  of  the  Exchange 
National  Bank,  in  August,  1897,  ne  was  elected 
a  director  and  a  member  of  the  discount  board. 
Subsequently  he  was  elected  vice  president,  in 
which  capacity  he  has  since  continued.  The  last 
report  issued  by  this  bank  shows  it  to  be  in  a 
splendid  condition.  Deposits,  which  were  re- 
ported to  the  comptroller  of  the  currency  July  15, 
1897,  as  $185,518.59,  have  increased  to  $1,030,- 
217.03,  as  given  in  report  to  the  comptroller  of 
the  currency  February  4,  1899.  Every  other  de- 
partment has  shown  an  increase  that  is  equally 
gratifying.  The  officers  are  J.  R.  McKinnie, 
president;  William  R.  Barnes  and  A.  S.  Hoi- 
brook,  vice-presidents;  and  A.  G.  Sharp,  cashier; 
directors,  William  Lennox,  W.  R.  Barnes,  A.  S. 
Holbrook,  W.  S.  Nichols,  A.  L-  Lawton,  J.  R. 
McKinnie  and  A.  G.  Sharp. 

Near  Pomeroy,  Meigs  County,  Ohio,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  January  16,  1859. 
His  father,  R.  B.,  and  grandfather,  R.  M.  Barnes, 
were  born  in  Massachusetts,  members  of  an  old 
family  of  that  state  and  of  Revolutionary  descent. 
His  father,  who  grew  to  manhood  on  the  home 
farm  in  Meigs  County,  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  at  Albany,  Athens  County,  Ohio,  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  in  Meigs  County.  He 
married  Ruhama  Hall,  who  was  born  in  Virginia 
and  accompanied  her  parents  to  Ohio,  settling  in 
Meigs  County.  She  died  in  Albany,  Ohio.  Of 
her  three  sons,  our  subject  is  the  sole  survivor. 
He  was  educated  in  Albany  schools,  Mount 
Union  College  and  Rio  Grande  College,  of  Ohio. 
In  1879  he  became  interested  in  the  dry-goods 
business,  opening  a  store  at  McArthur,  Vinton 
County,  Ohio.  While  he  conducted  this  business, 
at  the  same  time  he  engaged  in  insurance  adjust- 
ing and  as  assignee,  handling  bankrupt  stocks  in 
Athens,  Vinton  and  Meigs  Counties,  where  he 
had  a  wide  acquaintance. 

On  coming  to  Colorado  Springs  in  1885,  Mr. 


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Barnes  bought  the  old  Burr  and  Lamb  ranch, 
two  miles  from  the  city,  and  this  he  carried  on 
for  two  years.  In  1887  he  became  deputy  county 
clerk  and  recorder  under  Hon.  E.  J.  Eaton,  and 
during  the  two  years  in  which  he  held  this  posi- 
tion he  gained  an  accurate  idea  of  credits.  In 
1889  he  started  in  the  real-estate  and  loan  busi- 
ness, but  did  not  devote  his  entire  attention  to  it 
for  some  years,  as  from  1890  to  1893  he  was  sec- 
retary of  the  school  board  of  Colorado  Springs, 
during  which  time  the  high  school,  Lowell  and 
Bristol  grammar  schools  were  built,  and  the  Liller 
school  was  rebuilt.  In  the  fall  of  1893  he  re- 
signed from  the  board,  since  which  time  he  has 
devoted  himself  to  his  personal  interests.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  In  pol- 
itics a  Republican,  he  was  elected  on  that  ticket 
as  alderman  from  the  fourth  ward,  and  later  from 
the  third  ward,  but  resigned  the  office  before  the 
expiration  of  his  term.  While  in  Vinton  County, 
Ohio,  he  was  made  a  Mason  and  for  some  years 
was  a  member  of  the  Acacia  Lodge,  but  is  now 
connected  with  Tejon  Lodge.  By  his  marriage 
to  Miss  Ella  Friedline,  of  Albany,  Ohio,  he  has 
two  sons,  Walter  and  Paul. 


HON.  C.  I.  PORTERFIELD,  who  has  ably 
represented  the  second  district  of  Colorado 
in  the  state  senate,  is  one  of  the  prominent 
public  men  of  Pueblo,  with  whose  business  inter- 
ests and  political  affairs  he  has  been  long  and  in- 
timately identified.  In  1896  he  was  the  nominee 
of  the  People's,  National  Silver  and  silver  Re- 
publican parties  for  senator,  and  while  the  leader 
of  the  opposition  ticket  carried  Pueblo  County  by 
thirty-one  hundred  plurality , he  was  elected  by  six 
hundred  and  fifty  plurality,  a  fact  which  proves 
his  personal  popularity.  In  the  eleventh  general 
assembly,  session  of  1897,  he  served  as  chairman 
of  the  revision  committee,  and  as  a  member  of  a 
number  of  other  committees;  also  succeeded  in 
securing  the  passage  of  three  house  bills  of  local 
importance,  introducing  two  bills  which  passed 
the  senate,  and  one  of  which  was  signed, the  other 
vetoed.  In  his  advocacy  of  a  United  States  sen- 
ator he  gave  his  support  to  H.  M.  Teller. 

The  Porterfield  family  originated  in  Scotland, 
but  removed  from  there  to  the  north  of  Ireland, 
and  prior  to  the  Revolution  three  brothers  of  that 
name  emigrated  to  America.  One  of  them  was  a 
general  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  rendered 
valuable  assistance  to  his  adopted  country,  and  in 
payment  of  the  same  the  celebrated  Porterfield 


scrip  was  used  by  the  government.  Two  of  the 
brothers  never  married,  and  the  third,  who  set- 
tled in  Virginia,  was  the  ancestor  of  all  who  now 
bear  the  name.  Charles  Porterfield,  grandfather 
of  our  subject,  who  was  born  in  Berkeley  County, 
Va.,  married  a  Miss  Towson,  a  member  of  a  dis- 
tinguished family  of  Maryland  that  founded  Tow- 
sontown,  the  county  seat  of  Baltimore  Coun- 
ty, Md. 

The  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
Charles  Towson  Porterfield,  who  was  born  in 
Berkeley  County  and  educated  in  Georgetown, 
D.  C.  He  was  a  graduate  both  in  medicine  and 
pharmacy,  and  became  a  prominent  pharmacist 
and  chemist  in  Washington  County,  Md.  In 
thorough  sympathy  with  the  abolition  movement, 
he  volunteered  his  services  in  the  Union  army 
during  the  Civil  war  and  was  a  commissioned  of- 
ficer with  "Black  Jack"  Logan  and  Sherman, 
serving  until  the  close  of  the  conflict.  On  his  re- 
turn to  his  old  home  in  1865,  he  resumed  the 
drug  business.  After  the  disintegration  of  the 
Whig  party  he  became  a  Republican,  which  party 
he  supported  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
Fraternally  he  was  connected  with  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows and  in  religion  was  a  Presbyterian.  His 
death,  which  occurred  in  1876,  resulted  from  dis- 
ease contracted  in  the  war. 

Margaret  (Hollman)  Porterfield,  the  mother  of 
our  subject,  was  born  in  Washington  County, 
Md.,  and  died  there  in  1891.  She  descended 
from  an  old  Maryland  family.  Her  father,  Gen. 
Joseph  Hollman,  a  native  of  Maryland,  was  a 
prominent  public  man  of  that  state,  and  served 
both  as  a  member  of  the  legislature  and  the  sen- 
ate. Besides  the  supervision  of  his  large  planta- 
tion, he  was  largely  interested  in  the  Chesapeake 
and  Ohio  canal  and  had  other  important  moneyed 
interests.  The  family  of  Charles  T.  and  Margaret 
Porterfield  consisted  of  four  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, of  whom  our  subject  was  the  oldest. 

In  Williamsport,  Washington  County,  Md., 
where  he  was  born  October  13,  1855,  the  subject 
of  this  article  received  his  education  in  the  public 
and  high  schools.  His  first  salaried  position  was 
that  of  clerk  in  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad 
office,  where  he  continued  until  1880.  He  then 
came  to  Colorado  and  spent  one  year  in  Lead- 
ville,  then  mined  at  Silver  Cliff,  Custer  County, 
and  for  a  year  was  employed  as  bookkeeper  with 
a  hardware  firm  in  that  place.  Coming  to  Pueblo 
in  1882,  he  was  for  two  years  employed  as  a  clerk 
in  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  office,  after 


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which  he  was  assistant  city  freight  and  passen- 
ger agent  for  almost  five  years.  In  1888  he  em- 
barked in  the  wholesale  hay  and  grain  business, 
incorporating  the  Pueblo  Supply  Company,  of 
which  he  has  since  been  secretary  and  treasurer. 
In  addition  to  this  business  he  has  important 
mining  interests  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district. 
He  is  actively  identified  with  the  Business  Men's 
Association,  and  is  deeply  interested  in  every 
project  for  the  advancement  of  the  commercial 
welfare  of  his  city.  For  years  he  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Pueblo  Club  and 
also  served  as  its  treasurer. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Porterfield  is  a  member  of  Pu- 
eblo Lodge  No.  17,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Since  com- 
ing to  Colorado  he  has  made  a  careful  study  of 
the  great  political  questions  of  the  age.  The  re- 
sult is  that  he  stanchly  supports  the  principles  of 
the  People's  party,  in  which  he  has  been  active 
in  local  and  state  conventions  and  in  committee 
work.  Among  the  members  of  his  party  in  the 
state  he  occupies  a  position  of  prominence,  to 
which  his  devotion  to  the  cause  and  his  sacrifices 
in  its  behalf  justly  entitle  him.  It  may  be  safely 
predicted  that  the  important  service  he  has  ren- 
dered in  the  past  will  be  recognized  by  his  reten- 
tion in  public  office,  where  his  previous  efficient 
work  has  not  only  brought  his  own  name  into 
prominence,  but  has  also  conduced  to  the  benefit 
and  added  prosperity  of  his  home  town. 


0AVID  K.  HAWKINS.  The  mercantile  in- 
terests of  Anaconda,  in  the  Cripple  Creek 
district,  have  their  principal  representative 
in  Mr.  Hawkins,  who  since  coming  to  this  place 
has  established  an  increasing  and  important  trade, 
and  has  gained  a  reputation  as  a  reliable  and  en- 
terprising merchant.  In  addition  to  this  busi- 
ness, he  is  engaged  in  mining  and  has  the  lease 
of  the  Brooklyn  claim  near  the  C.  O.  D.  and  the 
Abe  Lincoln.  Prior  to  coming  to  Anaconda,  and 
during  his  residence  in  Villa  Grove,  he  acted  as 
superintendent  and  manager  of  the  Villa  Grove 
Gold,  Silver  and  Mining  Company,  which  is  a 
large  corporation,  owned  by  a  number  of  the  in- 
fluential men  of  the  country,  all  non-residents, 
whose  large  interests  he  managed  ably  for  five 
years. 

The  Hawkins  family  settled  in  Maryland  prior 
to  the  Revolution.  From  there  Richard  Haw- 
kins removed  to  Cincinnati  in  an  early  day  when 
that  city  was  only  a  small  village,  with  a  few 
houses,  and  those  of  logs.  He  pre-empted  a 


large  tract  of  land,  which,  on  the  subsequent  de- 
velopment of  the  city,  became  very  valuable. 
His  death  occurred  there  at  eighty- nine  years  of 
age.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812  and 
received  injuries  while  in  the  service.  Little  is 
known  of  his  ancestors,  save  that  they  came  from 
England  to  Maryland  in  colonial  times. 

Richard  Hawkins,  Jr.,  was  born  on  his  father's 
farm  near  Cincinnati,  and  was  one  of  fifteen  chil- 
dren. His  father  gave  him  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land,  and  on  this  property  he  bor- 
rowed money,  with  which  he  embarked  in  the 
mercantile  business  in  Cincinnati.  He  also  ran 
flat  and  trading  boats  down  the  Ohio  and  Mis- 
sissippi to  New  Orleans,  and  later  conducted  a 
pork-packing  house  in  his  home  town.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  met  with  success,  but  eventually 
the  river,  overflowing,  flooded  the  packing  house 
and  spoiled  all  of  the  pork.  At  the  same  time 
his  partner  ran  away  with  all  of  the  cash  in  the 
firm's  possession.  This  threw  him  into  bank- 
ruptcy. Hoping  to  recruit  his  fortune  in  the 
west,  about  1853  he  settled  in  Bunker  Hill,  111., 
then  a  small  town  in  the  midst  of  unimproved 
farming  country.  The  remainder  of  his  life  was 
devoted  to  stock-raising  and  farming,  and  for 
years  he  was  the  leading  stockman  of  his  section. 
His  death  occurred  at  fifty -five  years  of  age.  He 
had  many  friends,  all  of  whom  were  very  partial 
to  "Uncle  Dick,"  and  enjoyed  a  chat  with  him 
whenever  possible.  The  qualities  of  mind  and 
heart  which  he  possessed  were  such  as  to  bring 
him  into  prominence  in  his  commuity. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Mary,  daughter 
of  John  Swin  and  Mary  (McCord)  Swin,  natives 
respectively  of  Wales  and  England.  She  was 
born  near  Cincinnati,  and  now  makes  her  home  in 
Onawa,  Iowa,  being  at  this  writing  seventy-two 
years  of  age.  Of  her  ten  children,  eight  are  liv- 
ing, David  being  the  eldest.  He  was  born  March 
31,  1848,  in  Cincinnati,'  and  was  four  years  of 
age  when  the  family  settled  in  Illinois.  His  boy- 
hood days  were  spent  on  a  farm,  much  of  his  time 
being  given  to  the  care  of  cattle.  He  received  a 
public  school  and  academic  education,  and  also 
attended  Professor  Sawyer's  private  school  in 
Bunker  Hill.  The  winter  of  1869-70  he  spent 
hunting  in  Mississippi  and  then  went  to  Texas, 
where  for  two  years  he  worked  as  a  cowboy  on 
the  range.  Returning  home,  he  engaged  in  the 
stock  business  until  the  spring  of  1875,  when  he 
went  to  western  Iowa  and  began  raising  stock 
and  farm  produce  there.  Five  years  later  he  came 


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to  Colorado  and  began  mining  at  Silver  Cliff, 
which  was  then  in  the  height  of  its  boom.  He 
remained  there  and  at  Rosita  for  some  years.  He 
located  and  patented  seven  claims  at  Creede  dur- 
ing the  excitement  at  that  camp,  and  in  these  he 
still  owns  a  one- third  interest.  In  1889  he  opened 
a  store  at  Villa  Grove,  where  he  engaged  in  busi- 
ness, at  the  same  time  carrying  forward  his  min- 
ing enterprises  until  1896,  the  year  of  his  removal 
to  Anaconda. 

March  4,  1878,  Mr.  Hawkins  married  Miss 
Henrietta  Steiner,  who  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  by 
her  he  has  four  children,  Bertha,  Richard,  Louis 
Massey  and  Jessie.  While  he  is  a  strong  Demo- 
crat, he  has  never  been  active  in  party  affairs, 
preferring  to  devote  himself  to  private  business 
matters.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Valley  Lodge 
No.  232,  at  Missouri  Valley,  Iowa,  in  1879.  He 
is  a  capable  merchant  and  progressive  citizen, 
and  takes  an  interest  in  all  that  pertains  to  the 
welfare  of  the  community  in  which  he  resides. 


(I  AMES  RUTHERFORD  CHAMBERS.  The 
I  family  represented  by  this  influential  resident 
O  of  Logan  County  is  of  noble  lineage,  both 
in  civil  and  military  life.  On  the  paternal  side  he 
is  a  great-grandson  of  Gen.  Griffith  Rutherford, 
who  was  one  of  the  illustrious  makers  of  history 
during  the  American  Revolution.  General  Ruth- 
erford was  a  native  of  Rowan  County,  N.  C., 
which  county  he  represented  in  the  convention 
at  Newbern  in  1775.  In  1776  he  led  a  force  into 
the  Cherokee  country,  with  great  success,  and 
was  appointed  brigadier-general  by  the  provis- 
'  ional  congress  in  April,  1776.  He  commanded 
his  brigade  in  the  battle  of  Camden,  in  August, 
1780.  In  that  ill-fated  battle  he  was  taken  prisoner 
by  the  British  and  was  confined  in  prison  at  St. 
Augustine,  Fla.  After  his  exchange  he  was  in 
command  at  Wilmington,  when  that  place  was 
evacuated  by  the  British  at  the  close  of  the  war. 
In  1784  he  served  as  state  senator.  Afterward  he 
removed  to  Tennessee.  A  county  in  North  Caro- 
lina and  one  in  Tennessee  bears  his  name.  His 
oldest  son,  James  Rutherford,  was  a  colonel  and 
was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Eutaw  Springs. 

The  maternal  ancestral  record  of  James  Ruther- 
ford Chambers  is  not  less  distinguished.  His 
maternal  great-grandfather  was  Gen.  William 
Davidson,  who  was  killed  in  the  Revolutionary 
war.  In  1897  the  congress  of  the  United  States 
donated  $5,000  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a 


monument  to  his  memory.  This  tardy  recogni- 
tion to  great  heroes  is  doubtless  due  to  the  nu- 
merous vigorous  patriotic  organizations  now  ex- 
isting; as  is  also  the  pride  in  honorable  ancestry. 
Col.  George  Davidson,  brother  of  William,  was 
also  an  officer  in  our  war  for  independence. 
Dropping  to  another  generation  finds  the  grand- 
father of  Mr.  Chambers,  true  to  family  record, 
a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  For  his  courage, 
in  and  out  of  season,  he  gained  the  sobriquet  of 
"Devil  Tom"  Davidson. 

Not  content  with  military  honors,  the  ancestors 
of  Mr.  Chambers  are  found  in  civil  territory  also. 
Hon.  Hugh  Lawson  White,  of  Tennessee,  was  his 
third  cousin  on  the  maternal  side.  Judge  White 
was  the  presidential  nominee,  in  1836,  on  the  old- 
line  Whigticket  against  Martin  VanBuren.  In  this 
political  campaign  White  led  his  party,  not  only 
against  VanBuren,  but  against  all  the  power  and 
immense  influence  of  Andrew  Jackson.  It  was  a 
notable  and  brilliant  canvass  in  the  nation's 
history.  Judge  White's  memory  is  still  cherished 
in  Tennessee,  and  his  name  is  a  synonym  for 
sterling  worth  and  purity  of  character,  blended 
with  noble  intellectual  attainments. 

William  Cathry  Chambers,  the  father  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  belonged  to  a  type  of  men 
now  passed  away  forever.  The  conditions  that 
created  the  type  are  destroyed.  He  was  a  cotton 
planter  in  Mississippi  and  was  an  old  man  when 
called  upon  to  meet  the  thunderbolts  of  the  Civil 
war.  But  the  blood  of  Griffith  Rutherford  was 
his  strength,  and  he  bore  the  loss  of  sous  and 
fortune  with  Socratic  courage.  A  lifelong  stu- 
dent of  political  economy;  a  conscientious  old-line 
Whig,  when  that  beloved  party  perished  amid  the 
smoke  and_roar  of  a  civil  strife,  he  cast  no  more 
votes.  The  faithful  friend  and  follower  of  Henry 
Clay  lost  his  reckoning,  but  he  still  remained  the 
man  of  gentle  dignity,  scholarly  habits  and 
princely  mien,  whose  word  was  as  good  as  another 
man's  bond;  loved  alike  by  servant  and  equal; 
who  through  all  strife  and  bitterness,  wrecked 
fortune  and  bruised  heart,  "bore  still  the  grand 
old  name  of  gentleman." 

The  birth  of  William  C.  Chambers  occurred  in 
Dyer  County,  Tenn.,  in  1802.  After  his  mar- 
riage to  Catherine  Davidson  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  was  successful  until  the  financial  crash  of 
1836  wrecked  his],  fortune.^  He  had,  some  years 
before,  settled  near  Granada,  Miss. ,  from  which 
place  in  1844  he  removed  to  Coahoma  County, 
the  same  state,  where  he  was  a  pioneer  in  what 


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was  known  as  the  Mississippi  swamps.  He  es- 
tablished his  home  near  Friar's  Point.  Good 
judgment  enabled  him  to  retrieve  his  losses,  and 
he  became  well-to-do,  but  his  place  was  destroyed 
and  his  fortune  again  swept  away  in  the  Civil 
war.  In  1864  he  removed  to  Bolivar  County, 
where  he  made  his  home  for  two  years.  The  last 
years  of  his  life  were  spent  among  his  children, 
and  he  died  April  9,  1883. 

In  the  family  of  W.  C.  Chambers  there  were 
nine  children,  but  only  three  survive.  The  eld- 
est, Christopher  C.,  lives  in  Phoenix,  Ariz.; 
Margaret,  the  only  daughter,  is  the  wife  of  Col. 
A.  J.  Kellar,  of  Hot  Springs,  S.  Dak.,  formerly 
editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Memphis  (Tenn.) 
Avalanche  for  many  years,  but  now  a  prominent 
attorney  of  South  Dakota.  James  Rutherford 
Chambers  was  born  in  Coahoma  County,  Miss., 
October  16,  1848.  His  mother,  to  whose  influ- 
ence his  steadfast  character  and  manly  worth  are 
due  in  no  small  degree,  was  born  in  Iredell 
County,  N.  C.,  in  June,  1811,  and  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Pinckney  Davidson,  to  whom  ref- 
erence has  been  made.  On  both  sides  of  the 
family  her  kindred  were  Scotch-Irish,  of  the 
Presbyterian  faith,  a  pioneer  race,  hardy,  brave, 
self-reliant  and  gifted.  Throughout  her  life, 
which  was  prolonged  to  eighty -five  years,  she 
was  ever  a  cheerful,  contented  Christian,  devoted 
above  all  things  else  to  her  husband  and  children, 
and  living  but  to  promote  their  happiness. 

The  close  of  the  Civil  war  found  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  still  a  young  boy  in  school.  At  that 
time  southern  youths  had  to  stand  alone  or  fall. 
The  old  men  were  helplessly  stranded  on  a 
strange  shore.  The  young  men,  without  train- 
ing or  experience  or  pecuniary  aid,  were  left  to 
perform  double  and  difficult  duties.  Mr.  Cham- 
bers had  been  reared  in  the  usual  fashion  of  the 
day  and  locality, — a  stranger  to  every  sort  of 
labor.  When  the  necessity  came,  he  left  his 
family  in  Tennessee  and  came  to  Colorado,  a  deli- 
cate, beardless  boy,  without  means  or  friends,  and 
with  no  more  than  a  girl's  strength  he  began  the 
battle  of  life.  The  qualities  that  win  in  war  win 
in  peace.  The  same  courageous  spirit  that  ani- 
mated his  race  in  the  Revolution,  in  the  war  of 
1812,  and  that  made  them  faithful  to  duty  in  the 
Civil  war,  animated  him  in  the  new  life  and  sur- 
roundings. His  energy,  determination  and  his 
innate  honor  made  for  him  an  exalted  position  in 
the  great  state  of  his  adoption,  He  won  financial 


success,  and,  above  all  else,  after  the  manner  of 
his  father,  "His  word  is  as  good  as  another 
man's  bond." 

It  was  in  April,  1871,  that  Mr.  Chambers  and 
his  brother  arrived  in  Colorado.  When  they 
reached  Evans  they  had  but  $5  in  their  possession 
and  this  money  his  brother  spent  for  medicine. 
The  brothers  continued  together  in  all  of  their 
business  dealings  until  1878.  In  the  spring  of 
1872  our  subject  went  to  what  is  now  the  village 
of  Merino  and  took  up  a  pre-emption  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres,  on  which  he  began  farming. 
In  the  spring  of  1874  he  left  his  farm  and  turned 
his  attention  to  the  cattle  business,  hiring  out  by 
the  month  to  ride  on  the  range.  After  some  time 
he  began  buying  cattle  for  himself  and  gradually 
added  to  the  herd,  which  he  ranged  with  those 
owned  by  his  employer  for  nine  years.  During 
all  of  this  time  he  was  in  the  employ  of  B.  F. 
Johnson,  of  Greeley.  In  1883  he  went  to  the 
vicinity  of  Crook,  Logan  County,  and  home- 
steaded  a  portion  of  his  present  ranch.  The  origi- 
nal tract  was  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  to 
which  he  afterward  added  until  his  ranch  now 
numbers  twenty-three  hundred  acres,  all  under 
ditch.  After  settling  here,  he  disposed  of  his  cat- 
tle and  engaged  in  the  sheep  business,  having 
now  forty-two  hundred  head  of  sheep.  Of  late 
years  he  has  also  takeu  up  the  cattle  business 
again.  To  give  his  children  the  advantage  of 
good  schools,  in  1892  he  removed  his  family  to 
Sterling,  where  they  now  reside. 

Januarys,  1884,  Mr.  Chambers  married  Bessie, 
daughter  of  Charles -Stone,  a  prominent  news- 
paper man  of  Nashville,  Tenn.  The  four  chil- 
dren born  of  their  union  are:  Charles  R.,  William 
C.,  Harry  S.  and  George  E.  In  politics  Mr. 
Chambers  is  liberal,  with  a  leaning  toward  the 
Democracy. 


(JOHN  SPEED  TUCKER,  senior  member  of 
I  the  firm  of  Tucker,  Ballard  &  Co. ,  of  Colo- 
Q)  rado  Springs,  is  one  of  the  influential  busi- 
ness men  of  this  city,  and  has  for  some  years 
been  closely  identified  with  gold  properties  and 
mining  investments.  The  firm  has  its  office  in 
the  Bank  block  and  is  represented  by  Mr.  Ballard 
in  the  Colorado  Springs  Mining  Stock  Associa- 
tion. The  large  business  carried  on  is  mainly  in 
the  line  of  loans,  mining  and  mining  invest- 
njents,  and  is  of  a  nature  responsible  and  calling 


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for  business  talents  of  a  high  order,  as  well  as  a 
complete  and  thorough  knowledge  of  mines  and 
prospects. 

Mr.  Tucker  was  born  in  Lynchburg,  Va.,  May 
15,  1863,  a  son  of  Beverley  St.  George  Tucker 
and  a  brother  of  Beverley  Tucker,  M.  D.,  in 
whose  sketch  the  family  history  is  presented, 
chronicling  events  of  importance  from  the  earl}' 
days  of  the  settlement  of  the  family  in  America. 
John  Speed  Tucker  received  his  primary  educa- 
tion in  Marshall,  Mo.,  where  the  family  settled 
when  he  was  six  years  of  age.  He  attended  the 
University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia  until  the  close 
of  the  sophomore  year,  when  he  discontinued  his 
studies  and  came  to  Colorado.  For  two  years  after 
his  arrival  in  Colorado  Springs  he  was  employed 
as  bookkeeper  in  the  El  Paso  County  Bank.  After- 
ward, for  seven  years,  he  was  paying  teller  of  the 
First  National  Bank.  On  resigning  his  connec- 
tion with  the  bank,  in  1895  he  started  in  the 
brokerage  business,  buying  out  Lindley  &  Fitz- 
patrick,  and  soon  afterward  forming  the  present 
firm  of  Tucker,  Ballard  &  Co. ,  who  carry  on  a 
large  business  in  their  special  lines.  As  a  busi- 
ness man  he  is  conservative  and  calm,  and  all  of 
his  transactions  are  guided  by  deliberate  judg- 
ment and  keen  sagacity.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Colorado  Springs.  Po- 
litically he  is  a  Democrat  and  a  stanch  supporter 
of  party  principles. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Tucker  took  place  in 
Colorado  Springs  and  united  him  with  Miss  Fan- 
nie Aiken,  who  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.  They 
have  two  children,  Beverley  St.  George  and  Har- 
riet Aiken.  The  family  attend  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  which  Mrs.  Tucker  is  a  member. 


[  AJOR  A.  V.  BOHN,  one  of  the  well-known 
mine  •  operators  in  Leadville,  was  born  in 
Stark  County,  Ohio,  in  1835,  a  son  of  Judge 
Valentine  and  Susan  (Strickler)  Bohn,  natives 
of  Franklin  County,  Pa.  His  father,  who  was  an 
attorney,  moved  to  Ohio  in  1833  and  for  some 
time  held  the  office  of  judge  of  Stark  County, 
after  which  he  served  as  judge  of  the  district 
courts.  In  1850  he  moved  to  Carroll  County, 
111.,  of  which  he  was  soon  elected  county  clerk, 
and  later  became  county  judge.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  sixty-four  years  of  age.  He 
was  a  member  of  an  old  Pennsylvania  family 
that  came  to  this  country  from  Germany.  His 
wife,  who  died  in  young  womanhood,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Dunkard  society  and  had  a  brother 


who  was  a  prominent  preacher  in  that  sect;  her 
father,  Henry  Strickler,  was  a  farmer  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. Of  her  children,  Adam  was  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  in  Illinois  and  moved 
from  there  to  Iowa, 'where  he  died;  John  H.,  an 
attorney,  was  an  officer  in  the  Ninety-second 
Illinois  Infantry,  and  died  from  the  effects  of 
wounds  received  at  Chickamauga;  Catherine,  de- 
ceased, married  David  Nelson,  who  for  thirty 
years  was  a  merchant  in  Carroll  County;  Mary  E. 
married  William  Barker,  a  contractor  and  builder 
living  at  Lyons,  Iowa. 

When  a  boy  of  fifteen  years  our  subject  ac- 
companied his  father  to  Illinois.  His  education 
was  completed  in  the  high  school  of  Mount  Car- 
roll. At  twenty  years  of  age  he  started  out  in 
life  for  himself,  and  at  first  was  agent  for  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad  at  Amboy.  Later  he 
was  employed  in  the  construction  of  the  Hanni- 
bal &  St.  Joe  Railroad,  and  after  its  completion  be- 
came a  conductor  on  the  line.  At  the  opening  of 
the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  Fifteenth  Illi- 
nois Infantry  as  a  private,  and  was  assigned  to 
the  western  army,  which  later  became  the  Army 
of  the  Tennessee,  and  he  participated  in  all  of  its 
battles.  In  October,  1865,  he  was  mustered  out 
as  major,  having  received  promotion  in  recogni- 
tion of  meritorious  service. 

Returning  to  Ohio,  Major  Bohn  entered  a  com- 
mercial college  at  Dayton.  For  two  years  he 
taught  in  that  institution.  In  1868  he  went  to 
Missouri,  where  he  engaged  in  the  coal  business 
in  Kansas  City,  and  later  purchased  coal  mines  on 
the  Vandalia  Railroad  in  Illinois.  Afterward  he 
located  in  St.  Louis,  engaging  in  the  coal  business. 
During  his  stay  in  St.  Louis  he  started  to  build  a 
railroad  extending  from  Cape  Girardeau  to  the  in- 
terior of  Missouri,  but  after  eighty  miles  had 
been  built  the  crash  of  1873  came  and  he  and  his 
partner  sank  beneath  it.  He  remained  there  for 
one  year,  later  went  to  Alabama  and  opened  up 
coal  fields  in  that  state,  where  he  remained  three 
years,  then,  in  1878,  came  to  Leadville,  Colo. 
Here  at  first  he  was  connected  in  a  small  way 
with  the  mining  interests  of  the  district,  but  this 
connection  has  grown  more  important  with  pass- 
ing years.  He  has  for  years  been  manager  for 
Tabor  and  owns  the  Bohn  mines  in  the  city. 
The  formation  of  the  land  in  this  section  he  has 
carefully  studied  and  has  located  many  mines  of 
great  value. 

While  in  the  army,  in  1864,  Major  Bohn  mar- 
ried Miss  Emma  Kneisley,  member  ofapromi- 


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nent  family  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  daughter  of 
John  Kneisley,  who  was  a  large  manufacturer  of 
flour  and  owner  of  a  distillery.  Their  marriage 
has  been  blessed  with  three  sons,  who  are  un- 
usually intelligent  and  talented  and  are  gradu- 
ates of  the  Colorado  School  of  Mines,  Cornell  and 
Washington  Universities.  The  oldest,  Arthur 
K.,  is  chemist  for  a  Mexican  firm  in  Sierra 
Mojada,  Mexico;  John  V.  is  chemist  for  the 
British  American  Investment  Company,  Limited, 
at  Rossland,  British  Columbia,  and  is  married, 
his  wife  being  a  daughter  of  Admiral  Howell  of 
the  United  States  navy;  Charles  A.  is  chemist 
for  the  Bimetallic  Smelting  Company,  of  Lead- 
ville.  Since  voting  for  Fremont  in  1856,  Major 
Bohn  has  always  supported  the  Republican  party. 
He  is  past  commander  of  Garfield  Post,  G.  A.  R., 
and  in  1885  served  as  department  commander  of 
Colorado  and  Wyoming. 


p  QlLLIAM  H.  MC  DONALD,  M.  D.  A  po- 
\  A  I  sition  of  prominence  among  the  physicians 
V  Y  and  surgeons  of  Pueblo  is  held  by  Dr. 
McDonald,  who  has  engaged  in  practice  in  this 
city  since  1881  and  has  built  up  a  valuable  pat- 
ronage among  the  best  people  here.  In  addition 
to  and  in  connection  with  his  private  practice,  he 
has  taken  a  warm  interest  in  St.  Mary's  Hospital, 
and  the  Pueblo  Hospital,  with  both  of  which  he 
has  been  identified  from  their  establishment.  He 
is  a  charter  member  of  the  Pueblo  County  Medi- 
cal Society,  of  which  he  had  the  honor  to  be 
chosen  president.  For  a  time  he  was  also  act- 
ively associated  with  the  State  Medical  Society. 
Dr.  McDonald  was  born  in  Belleville,  Mifflin 
County,  Pa.,  February  3,  1847.  His  father,  Rev. 
S.  H. ,  who  was  the  son  of  a  Scotchman,  was 
born  on  a  farm  near  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  took 
a  course  in  theology  at  Princeton  University, 
from  which  he  was  graduated.  Afterward  he 
was  engaged  as  a  teacher  of  mathematics  at 
Princeton,  and  later  entered  the  ministry.  Dur- 
ing his  pastorate  at  Millerstown,  Pa.,  he  married 
Ann  Eliza  (Adams)  Beaver,  who  was  born  in. 
that  village  and  was  a  member  of  an  old  family 
of  the  state.  She  was  a  woman  of  rare  strength 
of  mind  and  great  intellectuality,  and  the  impress 
of  her  character  was  left  upon  the  minds  of  her 
children.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Abraham 
Adams,  who  conducted  a  farm  adjoining  Millers- 
town  and  also  engaged  in  business  in  the  village, 
dying  there  an  aged  man.  When  a  young  girl 
she  became  the  wife  of  Jacob  Beaver,  who  died 


in  the  prime  of  manhood.  Of  her  children  by 
that  marriage,  Gilbert,  a  brave  soldier  and  gal- 
lant officer  in  the  Union  army,  fell  in  the  battle 
of  Antietam.  Another  son,  Gen.  James  A. 
Beaver,  is  one  of  the  distinguished  men  of  our 
country  and  was  formerly  governor  of  Pennsyl- 
vania; he  was  a  member  of  the  committee,  ap- 
pointed by  President  McKinley,  to  examine  into 
the  conduct  of  the  Spanish  war. 

The  marriage  of  Rev.  S.  H.  McDonald  and 
Mrs.  Beaver  resulted  in  the  birth  of  three  sons 
and  two  daughters,  of  whom  William  H.,  the 
second  in  order  of  birth,  is  the  only  surviving 
son;  both  of  the  daughters  are  living.  One  son, 
Abraham  Adams  McDonald,  enlisted  at  an  early 
age  in  the  Forty-fifth  Pennsylvania  Infantry 
and  served  throughout  the  Civil  war,  attaining 
the  rank  of  lieutenant.  The  mother  of  this  fam- 
ily died  at  sixty-four  years  of  age.  The  father 
survived  her  for  some  years,  and  continued,  until 
late  in  life,  his  active  connection  with  ministerial 
and  educational  work.  He  passed  away  at  Lewis- 
burg,  Pa.,  in  1894,  aged  eighty-four  years. 

The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject  were  passed 
in  the  sports  of  boyhood  and  the  studies  of  the 
common  schools.  He  was  a  student  in  Kishaco- 
quillas  Seminary,  in  Mifflin  County.  While  he 
was  diligently  applying  himself  to  his  studies  at 
the  seminary,  Lee  invaded  Pennsylvania,  and  he 
saw  large  droves  of  stock  pass  by  the  school, 
being  driven  by  the  farmers  to  a  place  of  security. 
He  inquired  the  reason,  and  on  being  told  that 
the  southern  army  was  coming  north,  he  deter- 
mined at  once  to  enlist.  In  July,  1863,  he  went 
to  Harrisburg,  and,  although  he  was  only  six- 
teen years  of  age,  he  was  accepted,  and  became 
a  member  of  Company  E,  Twenty-first  Pennsyl- 
vania Cavalry,  enlisted  for  six  mouths.  The 
troops  were  kept  at  different  points  in  the  state 
for  eight  months,  and  were  mustered  out  at 
Chatnbersburg  in  the  spring  of  1864. 

Resuming  his  studies,  he  graduated  from  the 
seminary  in  the  spring  of  1865.  He  then  en- 
tered the  Washington  and  Jefferson  College  at 
Cannonsburg,  Pa.,  of  which  General  Beaver  is  a 
graduate,  and  there  he  completed  the  literary 
course  in  1868.  Immediately  afterward  he  matric- 
ulated in  the  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College 
in  New  York,  from  which  he  graduated,  in  1871, 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  For  one  year  he  was 
attending  physician  at  the  hospital  on  Black- 
well's  Island.  He  then  entered  the  United 
States  navy,  by  competitive  examination  in  which 


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he  was  successful.  For  six  months  he  served  as 
physician  at  the  Norfolk  navy  yards,  after  which 
he  was  assigned  to  the  United  States  steamship 
"Wyoming,"  as  assistant  surgeon,  with  the  rank 
of  first  lieutenant,  and  the  following  eighteen 
months  were  spent  in  cruising  through  the  West 
Indies,  in  search  of  blockade  runners.  In  1873 
he  resigned  his  commission  and  went  to  New 
York  City,  where  for  eight  years  he  practiced, 
as  resident  physician,  in  the  New  York  Hospital 
and  its  sub-department,  Bloomingdale  Asylum. 
In  1881  he  resigned  his  position  and  came  to 
Pueblo,  where  he  has  since  established  a  reputa- 
tion as  an  experienced  and  skillful  physician, 
able  to  cope  with  disease,  in  its  many  varied 
forms.  He  is  identified  with  the  Pueblo  Club 
and  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  its  board  of 
governors.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

In  Pueblo  occurred  the  marriage  of  Dr.  Mc- 
Donald to  Mrs.  Mary  S.  (Gumaer)  Wells,  who 
was  born  in  New  York  state,  of  French  extrac- 
tion, and  was  the  widow  of  Dr.  Wells,  of  Ovid, 
Mich.  In  religion  she  is  connected  with  the 
Christian  Church.  A  lady  of  unusual  culture 
and  ability,  she  has  rendered  most  efficient  serv- 
ice as  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Associated  Char- 
ities, and  also  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  Colorado  Institute  for  the  Education  of  the 
Deaf  and  Blind,  to  which  position  she  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Mclntire. 


"RANK  H.  GILL,  a  substantial  ranchman 
rft  of  Morgan  County,  was  born  in  Jefferson 
I*  County,  N.  Y.,  October  21,  1858,  a  son  pf 
William  H.  and  Elmira  H.  (Otis)  Gill.  He  was 
one  of  seven  children,  and  the  third  among  the 
five  now  living.  Of  these  Alice  M.  is  the  wife 
of  Bruce  F.  Johnson,  who  is  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  in  Greeley,  Colo.;  Florence  E. 
also  resides  in  Greeley;  William  H.  is  proprietor 
of  a  store  there;  and  Marquis  B.  is  superintend- 
ent of  22  ranch  in  Washington  County,  Colo. 

The  Gill  family  descends  from  John  Gill,  who 
was  born  in  England  about  1620,  and  emigrated 
to  America  between  1638  and  1640,  settling  in 
Salisbury,  Mass.,  where  he  married  Miss  Phoebe 
Buswell.  Her  father,  Isaac  Bus  well,  was  one  of 
the  original  owners  of  the  present  town  site  of 
Salisbury.  Samuel,  the  son  of  John  Gill,  was 
born  in  Salisbury  in  1652,  and  his  son,  Daniel, 
who  was  born  in  the  same  town  November  18, 
1679,  removed  to  Exeter,  R.  I.,  in  1730.  Dan- 
iel, Jr.,  was  born  in  Exeter,  September  25,  1734, 


and  about  1770  removed  to  Springfield,  Vt.  In 
1784  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Vermont 
legislature,  and  again  in  1792  he  was  honored  with 
the  same  office.  While  he  was  attending  the 
session  at  Rutland  in  1792,  he  was  presented  with 
a  petition  signed  by  one  hundred  and  ninety-five 
inhabitants  of  Springfield  and  vicinity,  bearing 
date  October  19,  1792,  and  appointing  him  and 
Abner  Bisbee  to  select  homesteads  for  the  peti- 
tioners in  Upper  Canada,  in  response  to  a  proc- 
lamation issued  by  John  G.  Simcoe,  who  was 
governor  of  that  province.  On  his  return  from 
this  mission  he  was  taken  sick  and  died  at  Sing 
Sing,  N.  Y. ,  December  7,  1793. 

Whitford  Gill,  son  of  Daniel,  Jr.,  was  born  in 
Springfield,  Vt.,  July  5,  1778.  The  old  home- 
stead on  the  banks  of  the  Connecticut  River  fell 
to  him;  there  he  built  a  large  house  in  1799  and 
kept  tavern  several  years.  In  1809  he  moved  to 
Montreal,  Canada,  where  he  remained  for  one 
year.  He  then  went  to  Jefferson  County  and  for 
many  years  followed  the  life  of  a  sailor  on  the 
lakes,  as  well  as  a  farmer.  He  married  Betsy, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Holden  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Col.  William  Holden,  who  was  a  colonel 
from  New  Hampshire  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 
Their  son,  William  H.,  our  subject's  father,  was 
born  at  Springfield,  Vt.,  in  the  year  1807.  He 
was  but  two  years  of  age  when  his  parents 
removed  to  Montreal,  Canada,  where  they  re- 
mained for  a  year.  In  1810  they  went  up  the 
St.  Lawrence  River  to  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y., 
and  settled  at  Sackett's  Harbor,  after  spending  a 
winter  at  the  mouth  of  the  Salmon  River.  In 
1814  they  removed  to  Galloe  Island,  where  his 
father  bought  a  squatter's  claim,  and  here  he 
grew  to  manhood  and  assisted  in  clearing  a  tract 
of  land.  The  timber  thus  secured  he  freighted 
to  market  in  a  vessel  constructed  by  himself.  He 
engaged  in  farming  and  shipbuilding  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  August  31,  1869. 

At  the  age  often  years  our  subject  began  to  work 
for  a  farmer  at  Ellisburgh,  N.  Y. ,  and  afterward  he 
devoted  his  summers  to  farming  and  his  winters 
to  study  in  school.  For  eighteen  months  he 
worked  for  a  relative,  doing  all  the  chores  on  the 
farm  and  milking  seven  cows  every  night  and 
morning,  for  which,  at  the  end  of  the  time,  he 
was  paid  twenty-five  cents!  Returning  to  Galloe 
Island,  he  worked  in  a  sawmill  and  on  a  farm  for 
six  years.  In  1877  he  came  west,  arriving  in 
Greeley,  Colo.,  in  December  of  that  year.  For 
four  years  he  worked  in  a  flouring  mill  in  the 


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winter,  and  rode  among  the  cattle  on  round-ups 
during  the  summer,  following  the  cattle  business 
for  ten  years.  Becoming  proficient  in  the  busi- 
ness, he  was  range  manager  of  a  large  herd  for 
several  years.  One  year  after  his  arrival  here 
he  invested  his  savings  in  a  small  bunch  of  cat- 
tle, for  which  he  paid  $300  and  which  he  sold 
three  years  later  for  $1,300.  With  this  money  he 
bought  one  hundred  head  of  steers,  which  two 
years  later  he  sold  for  $3,200.  However,  his 
next  venture  was  not  so  successful,  and  in  1888 
he  bought  his  present  ranch  of  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres,  to  which  he  moved  in  March 
of  that  year.  He  has  since  met  with  success  and 
is  one  of  the  prosperous  and  energetic  farmers  of 
his  county.  While  he  votes  the  Republican 
ticket,  he  has  never  been  active  in  politics.  He 
served  on  the  school  board  and  acted  as  road 
overseer  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  also 
superintendent  of  the  largest  irrigating  canal  in 
Morgan  County  for  seven  years. 

October  19,  1883,  Mr.  Gill  married  Miss  Jennie 
Gannett,  of  Galloe  Island,  who  died  in  March, 
1887,  leaving  a  son,  Arthur,  now  a  student  in  the 
school  at  Greeley.  July  14,  1892,  Mr.  Gill  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Nellie  Plowhead,  a 
native  of  Greeley,  Colo.,  and  a  daughter  of  John 
H.  and  Amelia  S.  Plowhead.  Her  parents  were 
born  near  Berne,  Switzerland,  and  came  to  Amer- 
ica in  1852.  Mr.  Plowhead  crossed  the  plains  to 
California,  where  he  spent  two  years  in  successful 
mining.  On  his  return  east  he  took  his  wife  and 
crossed  the  plains  to  St.  Louis  in  1856.  Later  he 
went  to  Falls  River,  Neb.,  and  in  1864  came  to 
Colorado,  settling  on  the  delta  near  Greeley. 
Their  daughter,  Mrs.  Gill,  was  given  good  advan- 
tages in  girlhood  and  is  a  woman  of  exceptional 
ability.  She  has  served  efficiently  as  a  member 
of  the  school  board,  and  has  also  taken  an  active 
part  in  the  work  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gill  are  the  parents  of 
two  children,  Jennie  A.  and  Frank  L. 


fDQlLLIAM  A.  TAYLOR  is  the  oldest  sur- 
\A  I  viving  settler  of  Telluride.  In  1880  he 
Y  Y  came  west  from  Chicago,  intending  to  look 
over  mining  property  in  the  interests  of  the  Gold- 
en Group  Mining  Company.  At  that  time  Tel- 
luride was  reached  by  trail  from  Ophir.  He 
made  the  long  trip  westward  by  steam  car  and 
stage,  landing  July  3  of  that  year  at  a  small  stage 
station  in  a  beautiful  valley.  In  the  place  there 
were  then  three  or  four  log  cabins  and  one  frame 


building,  certainly  not  a  favorable  omen  of  the 
future.  The  first  night  he  spent  here  he  and 
sixteen  others  slept  in  the  old  log  cabin  that  now 
stands  near  the  brewery.  The  subsequent 
growth  of  the  place,  its  attractions  for  miners, 
its  development  as  a  town,  and  its  increase  in 
population  he  has  witnessed,  and  to  it  he  has 
himself  contributed.  Meantime,  he  has  exerted 
a  powerful  influence  as  a  citizen.  Being  of  a 
kind,  generous-hearted  disposition,  he  has  al- 
ways stood  ready  to  help  the  distressed  and 
needy,  and,  even  to  the  point  of  self-sacrifice,  has 
frequently  aided  those  who  were  strangers  to 
him,  as  well  as  those  who  were  his  friends. 

On  the  north  side  of  the  Susquehanna  River, 
near  Wilkes  Barre,  Pa.,  Mr.  Taylor  was  born 
June  17,  1828,  a  son  of  Arnold  and  Mary  (Jack- 
son) Taylor.  His  father,  who  was  a  saddler  and 
harnesstnaker  by  trade,  also  followed  agricultural 
pursuits,  but  died  in  1828,  when  only  thirty-five 
years  of  age.  His  wife  died  in  1872  in  Indiana, 
having  long  survived  him.  Of  their  two  chil- 
dren William  alone  survives.  He  was  reared  in 
Kingston  and  Wilkes  Barre,  Pa.,  and  attended 
Kingston  Seminary.  At  twenty-two  years  of  age 
he  went  to  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  and  became  a 
deputy  in  the  county  recorder's  office.  Later  he 
assisted  in  surveying  the  Wabash  system  through 
Ohio  and  Indiana  to  Danville,  111.,  as  an  assist- 
ant to  William  Durbin,  of  Ohio,  who  made  the 
preliminary  survey. 

When  Moody,  Ross  &  Co.,  in  1853,  took  the 
contract  to  build  the  road,  with  Warren  Colburn 
as  chief  engineer,  Mr.  Taylor  became  assistant  to 
Mr.  Colburn  and  remained  in  that  position  until 
the  completion  of  the  road  in  1856.  In  1857  ne 
took  a  contract  for  the  completion  of  the  Fort 
Wayne  &  Chicago  Railroad  from  Plymouth, 
Ind.,  to  Chicago,  which  work  he  completed  in 
1858.  He  then  engaged  in  various  pursuits  in 
Chicago  and  Indiana  until  1880,  when  he  came 
to  Telluride  to  attend  to  the  interests  of  the 
stockholders  in  the  Golden  Group  mine  on  Bear 
Creek.  In  1883  he  embarked  in  the  lumber 
business  in  Telluride,  and  has  si  nee  been  more  or 
less  engaged  in  the  same  business,  also  has  op- 
erated a  sawmill  on  San  Miguel  River.  With 
John  Leonard  he  operated  a  twenty-stamp  mill 
and  owns  some  good  claims.  Through  his  kind- 
ness in  giving  lumber  to  poor  men  who  desired  to 
build  homes,  he  has  been  most  helpful  in  pro- 
moting the  growth  of  the  town.  He  has  been 
active  in  the  Democratic  party,  and  in  1883  was 


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prominently  connected  with  the  work  of  organiz- 
ing San  Miguel  County.  For  many  years  he 
was  a  member  of  the  town  board,  also  served  as 
mayor  several  terms,  and  is  the  present  incum- 
bent, and  for  two  terms  was  county  commissioner. 
In  the  fall  of  1898  he  was  elected  to  the  state  leg- 
islature on  the  Democratic  ticket,  endorsed  by  the 
Populists,  and  in  this  position  he  has  shown  the 
same  fidelity  to  the  interests  of  the  people,  the 
same  energy  and  determination,  the  same  devo- 
tion to  the  cause  of  just  legislation  that  had  pre- 
viously characterized  him  as  a  private  citizen. 


EB.  SCHMIDT,  general  agent  of  the  Subur- 
ban Land  and  Investment  Company,  of  Pu- 
eblo, and  a  director  of  the  Bessemer  Irriga- 
ting Ditch  Company,  is  a  German  by  birth  and 
education,  but  an  American  to  all  intents  and 
purposes.  A  native  of  Saxony,  he  came  to  Amer- 
ica at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  about  the  time  of 
the  close  of  the  Civil  war.  With  him  he  brought 
his  working  capital  in  the  form  of  a  German  col- 
lege education,  which  soon  enabled  him  to  make 
his  way  in  a  land  full  of  opportunities  for  intelli- 
gence and  energy.  After  a  few  years  of  varied 
attempts  to  gain  a  foothold  in  the  east  he  gradu- 
ally drifted  west  (anticipating  the  advice  of  Hor- 
ace Greeley),  and  at  the  beginning  of  the  year 
1868  he  found  himself  in  Kansas. 

The  era  of  rapid  development  of  that  state  was 
then  setting  in,  and  Mr.  Schmidt  was  destined  to 
act  as  an  important  factor  in  this  development 
work.  When  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  had  spanned  the  state  from  the  Missouri 
River  to  the  Colorado  line  and  thereby  earned  its 
magnificent  land  grant,  Mr.  Schmidt,  who  had 
already  done  much  by  his  ready  German  pen  to 
attract  the  attention  of  his  countrymen  to  Kan- 
sas, was  commissioned  by  the  late  A.  E.  Touza- 
lin,  then  land  commissioner  of  the  Atchison  road, 
to  organize  a  department  of  foreign  immigration. 
This  department  remained  under  his  charge  for 
about  thirteen  years,  and  from  a  small  beginning 
attained  extensive  proportions,  its  ramifications 
extending  from  the  Ural  Mountains  on  the  east- 
ern confines  of  Europe,  to  the  Pacific  coast.  The 
prosperous  German,  Swiss  and  Mennonite  settle- 
ments in  that  part  of  Kansas  which  is  tributary 
to  the  Santa  Fe  system  are  lasting  monuments 
to  the  work  then  done  by  Mr.  Schmidt. 

The  Santa  Fe  land  grant  having  been  practi- 
cally disposed  of  to  settlers,  Mr.  Schmidt  removed 
from  Topeka  to  Omaha  in  1885,  at  the  invitation 


of  Mr.  Touzalin,  there  assuming  the  management 
of  the  Equitable  Trust  Company.  The  nature  of 
his  work  for  the  railroad  company,  and  subse- 
quently for  the  Equitable  Trust  Company  and 
other  financial  concerns,  rendered  necessary  fre- 
quent trips  to  Europe  and  long  sojourns  there; 
and  he  has  been  instrumental  in  bringing  not 
only  thousands  of  men,  but  millions  of  cheap 
money  for  investment  to  the  west.  At  the 
World's  Columbian  Exposition  of  1893  in  Chi- 
cago he  was  at  the  head  of  the  German  Ethno- 
graphic-Exhibition, of  which  the  German  village 
was  a  part.  This  enterprise  was  capitalized  by  a 
syndicate  of  German  banks  under  the  leadership 
of  the  Deutsche  Bank  of  Berlin.  Soon  after  the 
close  of  the  World's  Fair  he  came  to  Colorado  to 
assume  his  present  work,  the  management  of  the 
large  land  interests  connected  with  the  Bessemer 
Canal,  near  Pueblo.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the 
Concordia  Loan  and  Trust  Company  of  Missouri, 
at  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  a  director  of  the  Pueblo 
Business  Men's  Association,  and  vice-president 
of  the  Pueblo  Melon  Growers'  Association.  In 
1898  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Colorado  com- 
missioners to  the  Omaha  Exposition.  In  matters 
political  he  adhered  to  the  Democratic  party  un- 
til the  presidential  campaign  of  1896,  since  which 
time  he  has  been  independent. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Schmidt  took  place  in 
1866  and  united  him  with  Miss  Martha  A.  Frain, 
of  Kentucky.  Three  sons  and  one  daughter  were 
born  of  their  union:  A.  B.,  who  is  passenger 
agent  of  the  Burlington  &  Missouri  Railroad  in 
Denver;  C.  O.,  who  is  with  his  father;  M.  E.,  of 
Denver;  and  Ella  M.,  wife  of  George  B.  Tzschuck, 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Omaha  Bee  Pub- 
lishing Company. 

HON.  MATT  FRANCE,  a  pioneer  of  1860,  is 
commissioner  of  El  Paso  County  and  one 
of  the  most  influential  citizens  of  Colorado 
Springs.  His  services  in  the  cause  of  education 
have  been  especially  valuable.  From  an  early 
day  he  has  been  interested  in  securing  for  the 
young  men  and  women  of  the  mountain  state 
every  possible  opportunity  for  the  acquirement 
of  good  educations.  During  his-five  years'  service 
as  president  of  the  school  board  of  Colorado 
Springs,  he  gave  much  time  and  thought  to  ad- 
vancing the  standard  of  scholarship  and  the 
quality  of  instruction  furnished  by  the  public 
school.  For  some  years  he  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  Colorado  College,  and  his 


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interest  in  this  institution  has  never  ceased.  He 
was  one  of  those  who  favored  an  appropriation  of 
one-fifth  of  a  mill  per  capita,  which  plan  for  rais- 
ing money  for  state  institutions  of  learning  has 
since  become  very  popular.  The  interest  of  this 
appropriation  was  devoted  to  the  building  of  the 
Deaf  Mute  School  (now  the  School  for  the  Edu- 
cation of  the  Deaf  and  Blind)  located  at  Colorado 
Springs.  In  1875  Governor  Routt,  then  the  ter- 
ritorial governor,  appointed  him  a  member  of  the 
first  board  of  trustees  of  this  school,  and  he  con- 
tinued to  serve  as  a  trustee  for  nine  years: 

The  France  family  (or  Frantz,  as  the  name 
was  originally  spelled)  were  early  settlers  of 
Pennsylvania.  John  France,  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  born  near  Reading,  and  in  early  man- 
hood removed  to  Roanoke  County,  Va.,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming.  Afterward  he  removed 
to  Dayton,  Ohio,  but  in  the  spring  of  1835  re- 
turned to  his  old  Virginia  home,  where  he  soon 
died.  His  wife,  Mary,  was  born  in  Shenandoah 
County,  Va.,  and  died  near  Leavenworth,  Kan., 
in  1 88 1,  aged  eighty-four.  Her  father,  Joseph 
McCullough,  was  born  in  Virginia  and  descended 
from  Scotch  ancestors,  who  were  early  settlers  in 
the  Shenandoah  Valley.  John  and  Mary  France 
were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  namely: 
Christian,  a  physician,  who  died  in  Mubile,  Ala.; 
Mrs.  Eliza  Abshire,  of  Leavenworth,  Kan.; 
Eli,  a  dentist,  who  died  near  Louisville,  Ky.,  in 
1854;  John.  a  physician,  who  went  to  California 
in  1860  and  died  there;  Samuel,  also  a  physician, 
who  died  in  Bourbon,  Ind.,  in  1896;  Matthew  (or 
Matt,  as  he  is  invariably  called);  Elizabeth,  who 
died  in  Kansas  in  1858;  and  Charles,  who  was 
president  of  the  State  National  Bank,  of  St. 
Joseph,  Mo.,  now  deceased. 

Near  Roanoke,  Va. ,  where  he  was  born  Sep- 
tember 2,  1830,  the  subject  of  this  review. grew 
to  manhood,  meantime  attending  private  schools 
and  Boutetourt  Springs  Academy.  In  1849  he 
removed  to  South  Bend,  Ind.,  where  for  several 
years  he  made  his  home  with  Hon.  Schuyler  Col- 
fax,  and,  when  Mr.  Colfax  was  elected  a  member 
of  congress,  carried  on  his  paper.  In  the  year 
1854  he  went  to  Kansas,  being  one  of  the 
first  of  the  family  to  settle  there.  He  entered  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  near  Leavenworth, 
where  he  built  a  house  and  began  farming.  He 
remained  there  for  some  years,  and  witnessed 
much  of  the  excitement  incident  to  the  slavery 
disputes  in  that  state.  Failing  health  caused 
him  to  remove  to  Colorado.  In  1860  he  came 


from  St.  Joe  to  Denver,  overland,  with  ox-teams, 
spending  forty-three  days  on  the  road.  He  spent 
a  short  time  in  Gilpin,  Guy  Hill,  Black  Hawk 
and  Central  City. 

While  in  South  Bend  Mr.  France  had  learned 
telegraphy.  When  the  first  telegraph  line  was 
built  in  Central  City  in  1863,  he  was  soon  made 
operator  and  manager,  and  continued  as  such  un- 
til the  close  of  the  war.  In  the  latter  part  of 
1865  he  went  to  Georgetown,  where  he  engaged 
in  mining,  and  with  Joseph  Watson  opened  the 
Brown  mine  on  Republican  mountain  and  the 
Baker  mine  on  Baker  mountain.  In  1870  he 
sold  his  mining  interests  and  removed  to  El  Paso 
County,  where  he  took  up  a  ranch  at  the  Old 
Jimmy  camp  nine  miles  east  of  Colorado  Springs. 
For  many  years  he  continued  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness and  was  an  active  member  of  the  Colorado 
Cattle  Growers'  Association.  He  made  Colorado 
City  his  home  until  1871,  when  he  built  a  resi- 
dence in  Colorado  Springs,  and  has  since  resided 
here.  On  disposing  of  his  cattle  business  in  1886, 
he  gave  his  entire  attention  to  mining,  and 
opened  and  developed  the  Silver  Wing  mine  in 
the  San  Juan  country.  He  also  owns  the  Old 
Man  mine  near  Silver  City,  N.  M.,  Great  Ameri- 
can mine  in  Arizona,  and  Sheriff  mine  in  Cripple 
Creek. 

In  Cape  May  County,  N.  J.,  October  n,  1867, 
Mr.  France  married  Mrs.  Annie  (Shoemaker) 
Parsons,  who  was  born  in  New  Jersey.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Association  of  Colorado  Pioneers, 
and  has  been  identified  with  the  El  Paso  County 
Pioneers'  Association  since  its  organization  as  its 
president.  In  politics  he  is  active  as  a  silver  Re- 
publican. In  1871  he  was  elected  county  com- 
missioner for  three  years,  and  by  successive  re- 
election served  until  January,  1884.  During  his 
period  of  service  most  of  the  roads  in  the  county 
were  built,  among  them  the  Ute  Pass  road,  which 
cost  $15, ooo.  This  being  a  free  road  to  Lead- 
ville,  turned  the  tide  of  travel  through  Colorado 
Springs  and  in  that  way  aided  in  the  building  up 
of  the  city.  Soon  after  the  expiration  of  his 
fourth  term  as  county  commissioner  he  went  to 
California,  where  he  remained  for  a  year.  In 
1891  he  went  to  Denver  as  register  of  the  state 
board  of  land  commissioners,  to  which  position 
he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Routt.  Two 
years  later  he  returned  to  the  Springs.  In  the 
fall  of  1896  he  was  elected  county  commissioner, 
on  the  silver  Republican  ticket,  and  took  his  seat 
in  January,  1897,  to  serve  until  1900.  He  was 


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made  a  Mason  in  Central  City  Lodge  No.  i, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  later  was  identified  with  the 
Georgetown  lodge  and  is  now  a  member  of  El 
Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  of  Colorado  Springs.  While 
in  Central  City  he  was  made  a  Chapter  Mason, 
and  now  belongs  to  Colorado  Springs  Chapter 
No.  6,  R.  A.  M.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Pike's 
Peak  Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T.,  and  El  Jebel 
Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver.  In  him  the  com- 
munity has  an  unswerving  friend,  who  is  ever 
eager  to  serve  her  best  interests,  and  generous  in 
his  contributions  toward  every  public-spirited  en- 
terprise. In  various  wa}'S  he  has  long  been  con- 
nected with  the  public  life  of  El  Paso  County, 
and  as  an  official  has  proved  himself  to  be  incor- 
ruptible, able  and  efficient. 


J5\ORMAN  O.  JOHNSON,  deceased,  formerly 
|  /  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  N.  O.  John- 
\ls  son  &  Sons,  merchants  of  Colorado  Springs, 
Pueblo,  Cripple  Creek  and  Manitou,  was  born  in 
Chester,  Windsor  County,  Vt.  His  father,  Timo- 
thy Johnson,  was  a  member  of  an  old  family  of 
New  England,  and  was  born  in  Cavendish,  Vt. , 
where  he  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  When 
in  middle  life  he  removed  from  Windsor  County 
to  Westmoreland,  N.  H.,  and  there  died  at  sev- 
enty-four years  of  age. 

After  having  graduated  from  Chester  Academy, 
the  subject  of  this  article  opened  a  mercantile  store 
in  Chester,  and  continued  there  for  twenty-six 
years.  For  some  time  he  served  as  selectman  of 
his  town.  In  1886  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs 
and  opened  a  store  on  South  Tejon  street,  laying 
then  the  foundation  of  what  afterward  became  an 
immense  business.  In  1892  he  took  into  part- 
nership his  only  children,  Herbert  and  Harry, 
and  during  the  same  year  enlarged  his  store, 
doubling  its  capacity.  Again,  in  1893,  he  added 
a  room,  50x75,  and  the  following  year  another 
room,  20x50,  and  in  1898  a  room  20x30,  the 
most  of  this  space  covering  two  floors.  In  his 
large  store  he  carried  a  full  assortment  of  dry- 
goods,  carpets,  millinery,  shoes,  notions,  etc. 

In  1 889  the  firm  established  a  branch  business 
in  Manitou,  but  discontinued  it  in  1894.  In  1893 
they  opened  a  store  in  Cripple  Creek,  where 
during  the  fire  they  were  burned  out,  with  a  loss 
of  $15,000.  Afterward  they  erected  a  block, 
25x  1 50  feet,  three  stories  in  height.  The  busi- 
ness that,  through  energy  and  good  business 
judgment,  they  built  up  became  the  largest  in 
the  city.  In  1895  they  bought  the  Paul  Wilson 


dry-goods  house  in  Pueblo,  corner  of  Main  and 
Fifth  streets,  where  they  had  three  floors,  with  a 
frontage  of  one  hundred  feet  and  a  depth  of  ninety 
feet,  making  their  establishment  the  largest  in  the 
city. 

Besides  his  mercantile  interests,  Mr.  Johnson 
was  interested  in  Cripple  Creek  mines  from  the 
opening  of  the  district,  and  was  a  director  in  the 
Union  Gold  Mining  Company.  On  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Exchange  National  Bank  he  was 
made  a  director,  and  later  was  elected  vice-presi- 
dent, but  in  1895,  owing  to  poor  health,  he  sold 
his  interest  in  the  bank  and  retired  from  the  di- 
rectorate. He  was  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  did  much  to  enlarge  the  com- 
mercial importance  of  the  various  cities  in  which 
his  stores  were  located.  His  political  views  were 
strongly  Republican. 

During  his  residence  in  Vermont  Mr.  Johnson 
married  Miss  Ellen  Henry,  who  was  born  in 
Claremont,  N.  H.,  and  is  now  living  with  her 
son,  Harry,  at  No.  1408  West  Colorado  avenue, 
Colorado  Springs.  She  traces  her  lineage  to  the 
ancestors  from  whom  Patrick  Henry  descended. 
Her  father,  Frederick  A.  Henry,  was  a  native  of 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  engaged  in  farming. 

Mr.  Johnson  gave  his  attention  to  his  large 
and  important  business  interests  until  May,  1897, 
when  he  was  taken  ill.  He  died  in  Pueblo  No- 
vember 20  of  the  same  year,  and  was  buried  in 
Colorado  Springs,  where  he  made  his  home.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  was  sixty -one  years  of  age. 
When  the  estate  was  settled  the  extensive  stores 
in  Pueblo  and  Cripple  Creek  became  jointly  the 
property  of  his  widow  and  younger  son,  Harry. 
The  latter  has  the  management  of  both  stores. 
The  older  son  succeeded  to  the  ownership  of  the 
Colorado  Springs  business. 


HERBERT  JOHNSON,  member  of  the  mer- 
cantile firm  of  Johnson  &  Wilbur,  of  Colo- 
rado Springs,  is  the  sou  and  successor  in 
business  of  N.  O.  Johnson,  deceased.  When  a 
division  of  the  estate  was  made,  after  the  death 
of  his  father,  his  mother  and  brother  withdrew 
from  the  Colorado  Springs  enterprise,  September 
i,  1898,  and  accepted  as  their  share  of  the  estate 
the  stores  in  Cripple  Creek  and  Pueblo,  while  he 
gave  up  his  interest  in  the  latter  houses,  and,  by 
consolidation  with  the  Wilbur  Dry  Goods  Com- 
pany, formed  the  firm  of  Johnson  &  Wilbur 
Mercantile  Company,  successors  to  N.  O.  John- 
son &  Sons. 


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In  Chester,  Vt.,  where  he  was  born  July  14, 
1867,  the  subject  of  this  narrative  spent  the  first 
nineteen  years  of  his  life.  Under  his  father's 
supervision  he  was  early  trained  to  a  knowledge 
of  merchandising.  When  he  came  to  Colorado, 
in  August,  1886,  he  entered  his  father's  store  as 
bookkeeper  and  assistant,  and  in  1892  was  made 
a  partner  in  the  enterprise.  Since  the  formation 
of  his  present  partnership  he  has  been  the  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  business,  M.  H.  Wilbur  be- 
ing the  purchasing  agent.  The  company  has 
more  square  feet  of  floor  space  than  any  other 
business  house  in  the  city.  By  keeping  abreast 
with  the  times  in  every  department  of  their  busi- 
ness, as  well  as  by  their  reliable  dealings  with 
all,  they  have  established  a  large  and  lucrative 
patronage,  and  have  the  confidence  of  the  public. 

Five  miles  north  of  Colorado  Springs  lies  a 
ranch  of  six  hundred  acres,  owned  by  Mr.  John- 
son. Investigating  this  land,  from  certain  for- 
mations on  the  surface,  he  decided  it  must  con- 
tain coal  beds,  and  so  prospected  for  coal.  He 
succeeded  in  finding  some  good  veins,  running 
from  six  to  ten  feet  wide,  and  containing  a  fine 
quality  of  liginite.  He  has  introduced  the  im- 
proved methods  of  mining  for  coal  and  has  opened 
five  mines.  In  addition  to  the  land  that  he 
owns,  he  leases  and  controls  fifteen  hundred  acres. 
He  is  also  interested  in  Cripple  Creek  mines. 

Politically  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  treasurer  and  a  director  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  one  of  its  most  active  members. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks  (in  which 
he  is  a  trustee)  and  is  also  a  member  of  Pike's 
Peak  and  El  Paso  Clubs.  In  forwarding  the 
movement  for  the  establishment  of  a  flower  car- 
nival he  has  been  deeply  interested.  The  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  and  Grace  Episcopal  Church  number  him 
among  their  members.  His  marriage,  which 
took  place  in  Vermont  in  1886,  united  him  with 
Miss  Lulu  N.  Lee,  who  was  born  and  reared  in 
Chester.  They  have  three  children:  Harry, 
Norman  and  Ruth. 


HARRY  JOHNSON.     Nothing  is  more  true 
than  that  judicious  management,  fair  deal- 
ing and  application  to  business  will  result 
in  profit  to  the  parties  concerned.     Even  in  a  city 
as  large   as  Pueblo,  it  does   not  take  long  for  a 
man  of  ability  and  enterprise  to  become  foremost 
in  whatever  line  of  industry  he  enters.     Thus  it 


happens  that,  while  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  young  man, 
he  is,  nevertheless,  an  experienced,  prominent 
and  successful  man  of  business.  His  success  as  a 
merchant  is,  to  a  large  extent,  due  to  the  fact  that 
he  has  been  trained  in  it  from  early  boyhood,  but 
it  is  largely  due  to  his  own  application,  force  of 
character  and  determination  to  succeed.  He  and 
his  mother  are  proprietors  of  a  store  in  Pueblo 
that  is  one  of  the  largest  dry  goods  establishments 
in  the  state,  and  they  also  own  a  store  in  Cripple 
Creek,  having  succeeded  to  the  business  of  his 
father,  N.  O.Johnson,  at  these  points,  while  his 
brother,  Herbert,  retained  the  large  store  at  Colo- 
rado Springs. 

The  history  of  the  Johnson  family  appears  in 
the  sketches  of  N.  O.  and  Herbert  Johnson,  on 
another  page  of  this  volume.  Our  subject  was 
born  in  Chester,  Windsor  County,  Vt.,  March 
20,  1872.  In  1885  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Colorado  Springs,  having  previously  graduated 
from  the  high  school  of  Chester.  After  coming 
to  this  state  he  clerked  for  his  father,  and  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  was  given  charge  of  the  carpet 
department.  In  1893  he  became  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  N.  O.  Johnson  &  Sons,  for  whom, 
after  1895,  he  had  the  special  duty  of  buying  for 
the  stores  in  Cripple  Creek,  Pueblo,  Colorado 
Springs  and  Manitou.  After  his  father's  death 
he  took  charge  of  the  Pueblo  store.  August  i, 
1898,  the  partnership  was  dissolved,  and  he  and 
his  mother  formed  the  present  firm  of  Harry 
Johnson  &  Co.  In  Pueblo  they  have  a  building 
of  three  stories,  one  hundred  feet  square,  in  which 
they  carry  a  full  line  of  dry  goods,  millinery, 
cloaks,  suits,  etc.,  this  being  the  largest  exclusive 
dry-goods  establishment  in  southern  Colorado. 
In  Cripple  Creek  they  own  and  occupy  a  large 
building,  25x150,  two  floors,  which  they  have 
stocked  with  a  complete  assortment  of  dry  goods 
and  millinery. 

In  politics  Mr.  Johnson  votes  the  Republican 
ticket.  He  is  identified  with  the  Business  Men's 
Club,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  every  plan 
calculated  to  promote  the  growth  and  progress  of 
Pueblo.  He  was  married  in  Colorado  Springs  to 
Miss  Mamie  Wright,  who  was  born  in  Tunkhan- 
nock,  Pa.,  and  by  whom  he  has  two  children, 
Dorothy  and  Frederick  H. 


NUBBARD  W.  REED,  superintendent  of  the 
Virginius  and  Revenue  Tunnel  Mines,  and 
one   of  the  well-known  mine  operators  of 
Ouray,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,   N.  Y.,  December 


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30,  1849,  a  son  of  Charles  and  Sophia  W.  (Clark) 
Reed,  natives  respectively  of  Massachusetts  and 
New  Hampshire.  His  father  established  the 
Architectural  iron  works  of  New  York  City  and 
was  one  of  the  first  to  utilize  iron  work  in  build- 
ing. Though  a  graduate  of  West  Point,  his  life 
was  devoted  to  business  affairs  instead  of  military 
achievements.  His  last  years  were  spent  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  died.  He  was  a  son  of  Dan- 
iel Reed,  who'  spent  his  life  in  Massachusetts. 
Preceding  him  in  ancestral  line  was  John  Reed, 
who  was  connected  with  the  early  history  of  New 
England  and  represented  the  county  of  Plymouth 
in  congress  during  Washington's  administration. 
John  Reed  was  a  son  of  a  minister  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church  in  Massachusetts. 

When  nine  years  of  age  our  subject  was  taken 
to  Massachusetts,  where  his  education  was  largely 
acquired.  In  1870  he  graduated  from  Dart- 
mouth College.  On  starting  out  for  himself  he 
went  to  the  northwest  and  was  employed  as  civil 
engineer,  running  the  preliminary  surveys  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad  in  Minnesota,  Dakota 
and  Montana.  He  engaged  in  surveying  from 
Duluth  to  Montana  until  1873.  In  1875  became 
to  Colorado,  spending  a  short  time  in  Pueblo, 
then  engaging  in  mining  and  prospecting  in  La 
Plata  and  San  Juan  Counties,  and  in  1876  began 
to  operate  near  Ouray,  at  the  same  time  giving 
some  attention  to  engineering. 

In  1880  Mr.  Reed  took  charge  of  the  Virginius 
mine,  which  was  then  merely  a  prospect  and  indi- 
cated little  of  its  future  value.  Under  his  super- 
vision the  mine  was  equipped  with  modern  ma- 
chinery and  became  one  of  the  best-known  mines 
in  the  state.  In  1885  electricity  was  first  used 
for  lighting  and  later  as  a  substitute  for  steam  in 
hoisting  and  pumping  in  this  mine,  the  Virginius 
being  the  first  mine  in  the  United  states  to  suc- 
cessfully use  electric  power  for  pumping. 

Iii  1888  he  accepted  the  management  of  the 
Revenue  Tunnel,  seven  miles  from  Ouray,  at  an 
altitude  often  thousand  feet;  in  it,  as  in  the  Vir- 
ginius, electricity  is  used  for  light  and  as  a  mo- 
tive power.  The  tunnel  is  one  and  one-half  miles 
in  length  and  cut  the  Virginius  vein  three  thou- 
sand feet  below  the  surface.  The  Caroline  Min- 
ing Company,  by  whom  the  mine  is  owned,  em- 
ploys six  hundred  men.  Besides  his  connection 
with  this  company,  Mr.  Reed  is  a  member  of  the 
Hector  Mining  Company,  the  Glacier  Mining 
Company  and  several  other  mining  companies, 
which  he  assisted  in  incorporating.  In  the  build- 


ing of  the  Beaumont  hotel  at  Ouray  he  took  an 
active  part  and  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of 
the  company  having  the  enterprise  in  charge.  He 
surveyed  the  Bear  Creek  toll  road,  and  built  the 
road  to  the  mines.  In  national  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat,  but  in  local  affairs  is  independent. 
His  wife  is  Annie  L. ,  daughter  of  John  Borden, 
of  New  York. 


SEORGE  W.  PHILLIPS,  M.  D.,  who,  in 
point  of  years  of  professional  service  is  the 
oldest  physician  in  La  Junta,  was  born  in 
North  Adams,  Mass.,  Novembers,  1821,  a  son 
of  Rufus  and  Mary  (Cole)  Phillips.  His  father, 
Rufus,  was  a  son  of  Rufus  Phillips,  Sr. ,  who  was  a 
native  of  Rhode  Island,  of  English  extraction, 
and  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  afterward 
engaging  in  farm  pursuits,  dying  at  the  age  of 
ninety -one.  Rufus,  Jr.,  was  born  in  North 
Adams,  Mass.,  and  in  1841  removed  to  Aurora, 
Kane  County,  111.,  later  going  to  Dixon,  the 
same  state,  where  he  died  at  sixty-six  years. 
His  wife  was  born  in  Berkshire  County,  Mass., 
and  died  in  Illinois  at  eighty-four  years.  There 
were  two  sons  in  the  family,  of  whom  the  elder, 
Almon,  died  at  fifty  years  of  age. 

When  our  subject  was  twenty  years  of  age  he 
accompanied  the  family  to  Illinois.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  began  to  read  medicine  with  Dr.  E. 
W.  Richards,  of  St.  Charles,  111.,  and  later  at- 
tended the  first  course  of  medical  lectures  that 
Rush  Medical  College  ever  gave,  also  took  two 
courses  in  the  Indiana  Medical  College  at  Lafay- 
ette, where  he  graduated  in  1846.  One  year 
was  spent  in  Rochester,  111.,  and  four  years  in 
Dodgeville,  Wis. ,  engaged  in  practice.  He  then 
went,  overland,  to  California  and  settled  in  Ne- 
vada City,  where  he  remained  for  three  years. 
Later  he  spent  one  year  in  San  Francisco.  Re- 
turning east,  he  practiced  in  Dixon,  111.,  for 
eighteen  years,  building  up  a  splendid  patronage 
and  becoming  widely  known  as  a  skillful  physi- 
cian. 

From  Illinois  Dr.  Phillips  went  to  Independ- 
ence, Kan.,  and  engaged  in  practice  for  five 
years.  In  1877  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled 
at  Las  Animas,  twenty  miles  east  of  La  Junta, 
but  in  1884  came  to  this  place  (then  containing 
only  a  few  houses)  and  here  he  has  since  been 
in  continuous  practice.  In  1862  he  accepted  a 
position  as  surgeon  with  the  Seventeenth  Illinois 
Infantry,  but  after  eight  months  resigned  his 
commission.  In  1864  he  was  for  -five  months 


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with  the  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  Illinois  In- 
fantry at  Perry  ville,  Stone  River  and  other  points. 
With  his  activity  in  professional  work  he  has 
also  maintained  an  interest  in  politics  and  is  a 
stanch  Republican.  He  holds  membership  in 
Kilpatrick  Post  No.  41,  G.  A.R.,  of  La  Junta. 
In  religion  he  and  his  family  are  identified  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  of  which  he 
serves  as  a  trustee. 

In  Dodgeville,  Wis.,  December  20,  1848,  Dr. 
Phillips  married  Miss  Martha  Jordan.  Four 
children  were  born  of  their  union,  but  one  died 
in  infancy.  Three  are  living:  George  D.,  who 
is  engaged  in  fruit-growing  in  Otero  County; 
Rufus;  and  Minnie,  wife  of  George  R.  Buckey, 
of  La  Junta. 

RUFUS  PHILLIPS,  cashier  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  La  Junta,  was  born  in 
Dixon,  111.,  July  6,  1859.  At  the  age  of 
twelve  years  he  accompanied  his  father  to  Inde- 
pendence, Kan.,  and  for  five  years  attended  the 
schools  of  that  town.  He  then  came  with  the 
family  to  Las  Animas,  where  he  embarked  in 
the  cattle  business  with  his  brother  and  father, 
and  for  some  time  herded  cattle  on  the  range. 
After  one  year  he  and  his  brother  took  their  herd 
to  Kansas.  For  two  years  he  herded  cattle  in 
summer  and  taught  during  the  winter  months, 
having  charge  of  a  district  school. 

Purchasing  a  ranch  near  Las  Animas,  in  part- 
nership with  his  father  and  brother,  after  several 
years  Mr.  Phillips  bought  their  interests,  and 
has  since  been  the  sole  owner.  In  1879  he  be- 
came a  clerk  in  a  store  in  Las  Animas.  In  the 
spring  of  1881  he  came  to  La  Junta  and  was  em- 
ployed as  clerk  until  1882,  when  he  received  the 
appointment  of  postmaster.  Four  years  were 
spent  in  that  office,  after  which  he  bought  a  stock 
of  drugs  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business.  In 
1886  he  became  cashier  in  the  private  bank  of 
J.  C.  Jones,  but  this  business  was  closed  out  after 
a  few  years.  In  1889  he  organized  the  Bank  of 
La  Junta,  which  was  succeeded,  the  next  year, 
by  the  Bank  of  Eastern  Colorado;  and  that  in 
turn,  the  following  year,  was  merged  into  the 
First  National  Bank.  Of  each  of  these  he  was 
cashier. 

On  the  i4th  of  January,  1889,  I.  P.  Anderson, 
a  desperado,  who  was  known  to  have  killed  a 
postmaster  in  Texas  while  robbing  a  postoffice, 
entered  the  Bank  of  La  Junta,  and,  Mr.  Phillips 
being  unprotected,  he  succeeded  in  getting $4,000 


in  cash  from  the  vault.  With  this  he  at  once 
fled.  Mr.  Phillips,  knowing  there  was  a  horse 
tied  to  a  post  near  the  bank,  hastily  looked  up 
his  Winchester  and  jumping  on  the  horse,  bare- 
backed and  bare-headed,  pursued  the  robber  for 
eighteen  miles,  and  probably  would  have  caught 
him,  had  it  not  been  that  a  confederate  furnished 
the  fleeing  robber  with  a  fresh  horse  about  six 
miles  from  town,  and  the  man,  on  reaching  the 
Purgatoire  River,  eighteen  miles,  south  of  La 
Junta,  plunged  into  the  rough  timbered  country 
and  was  lost.  However,  he  was  afterward  .cap- 
tured and  convicted. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Phillips  is  connected  with 
Euclid  Lodge  No.  64,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  La  Junta. 
He  is  secretary  of  the  Otero  County  Building  and 
Loan  Association  of  this  place.  In  religion  he  is 
a  Baptist.  By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E. 
Norton,  who  was  a  teacher  of  Tallula,  111.,  he 
has  three  sons  and  one  daughter:  Clare  M., 
Martha  E.,  Rufus,  Jr.,  and  Robert  F. 


|3  QlLLIAM  SHARPLESS  JACKSON.  Dur- 
\  A I  'n^  *^e  ^onS  Peri°d  of  his  residence  in  Colo- 
V  V  rado  Springs  Mr.  Jackson  has  been  identi- 
fied with  many  of  its  most  important  enterprises 
and  interests,  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  its  pro- 
gressive and  liberal-spirited  citizens.  He  is  a 
member  of  a  family  whose  lineage  can  be  traced 
back  to  1646,  in  Lancashire,  England.  In  1725 
Isaac  Jackson  emigrated  to  this  country  from  Ire- 
land. Representing  the  sixth  generation  in  de- 
scent from  him,  William  Sharpless  Jackson  was 
born,  near  Kenneth  Square,  Chester  County, 
Pa.,  January  16,  1836,  a  son  of  Caleb  H.  and 
Mary  Ann  (Gause)  Jackson,  the  latter  also  of  old 
Quaker  stock.  He  was  educated  at  Greenwood 
Dell  and  Eaton  academies.  In  youth  he  learned 
the  machinist's  trade,  and  after  leaving  school  he 
was  employed  as  confidential  clerk  by  the  man 
with  whom  he  had  learned  his  trade. 

For  six  years  Mr.  Jackson  was  engaged  in  the 
car-building  and  lumber  business  at  Latrobe,  Pa., 
after  which  he  accepted  the  position  of  treasurer 
of  the  Lake  Superior  &  Mississippi  Railroad. 
Upon  the  organization  of  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railway  Company  in  1871,  he  was  chosen 
its  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  afterward  became 
vice-president,  which  position  he  resigned  in 
1876.  Since  1873  he  has  been  interested  in  the 
El  Paso  County  Bank  and  since  1876  has  owned 
a  majority  interest  in  the  concern,  of  which  he  is 
the  cashier.  This  bank  is  the  oldest  financial 


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institution  in  El  Paso  County  and  has  steadily 
maintained  its  position  as  one  of  the  leading  banks 
of  the  state,  this  being  largely  due  to  the  ability 
and  judgment  of  Mr.  Jackson,  who  is  known  as 
one  of  the  safest  and  most  conservative  bankers 
in  the  west. 

In  1884  Mr.  Jackson  was  appointed  receiver  of 
the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  and  during 
the  next  two  years  he  displayed  unusual  ability 
as  an  organizer  and  executive  officer.  His  suc- 
cess in  the  position  was  so  conspicuous  that  he 
was  publicly  noticed  as  a  model  receiver  by  a 
prominent  New  York  judge.  When  two  years 
had  elapsed,  he  was  able  to  turn  the  road  over  to 
the  re-organized  company,  with  a  greatly  im- 
proved roadway,  a  complete  equipment,  one 
million  dollars  in  the  treasury,  and  an  able  and 
efficient  management  to  control.  His  magnifi- 
cent service  was  recognized  by  his  election  as 
president  of  the  road,  but  after  one  year  the  pres- 
sure of  private  business  affairs  led  him  to  resign. 
From  the  establishment  of  Colorado  College  he 
has  been  a  member  of  its  board  of  trustees  and  no 
one  rejoices  more  in  its  success  than  does  he. 
Both  in  business  and  socially,  he  has  a  host  of 
warm  personal  friends,  who  esteem  him  for  his 
noble  qualities  and  upright  character. 

In  1875  Mr.  Jackson  married  Helen  Hunt, 
"  H.  H  ,"  who  died  in  1885.  Three  years  later 
he  married  her  niece,  Helen  Banfield,  and  they 
have  had  seven  children,  the  youngest  of  whom 
died  in  December,  1898.  Politically  he  is  in 
sympathy  with  Republican  principles.  He  is  a 
member  of  many  of  the  prominent  clubs  in  this 
city,  Denver  and  Pueblo. 


HELEN  HUNT  JACKSON.  Of  the  illustri- 
'  ous  women  who  have  made  Colorado  their 
home,  there  is  none  who  has  achieved  the 
literary  success  or  gained  the  world- wide  fame  of 
Helen  Hunt  Jackson.  Colorado  justly  holds 
in  reverence  the  memory  of  this  gifted  daughter. 
As  she  was,  she  will  be  long  remembered,  and 
especially  by  the  people  of  Colorado  Springs, 
where  for  so  long  she  made  her  home.  She  left 
her  impress  upon  the  literature  of  the  times.  In 
song  and  story  tributes  will  be  paid  to  her 
memory;  but  the  influence  of  her  mind  in  mould- 
ing thought,  in  creating  a  new  type  of  fiction, 
and  in  awakening  an  interest  in  the  red  men  of 
the  west,  cannot  be  measured  by  any  tributes;  it 
.is  as  measureless  as  the  soul  and  as  immortal  as 
time  itself.  Her  life  was  "a  thing  of  beauty," 


and  it  will  be  "a  joy  forever"  as  succeeding  genera- 
tions will  pause  to  read,  reflect  and  admire. 

Helen  Maria  Fiske  was  born  at  Amherst, 
Mass.,  October  18,  1831,  the  daughter  of  Nathan 
Wiley  and  Deborah  (Vinal)  Fiske,  natives  of  Mas- 
sachusetts. Her  father  was  a  graduate  and  a  tu- 
tor of  Dartmouth  College,  and  afterward  became 
professor  of  languages  in  Amherst  College,  from 
which  chair  he  was  transferred  to  that  of  phi- 
losophy in  the  same  institution.  A  man  of  great 
talent  and  versatile  ability,  he  was  no  less  suc- 
cessful as  a  Congregational  minister  than  as  an 
instructor  in  philosophy  or  mathematics  or  the 
classics,  and  he  was  also  an  author,  publishing 
a  translation  of  Eschenburg's  "Manual  of  Clas- 
sical Literature,"  and  a  few  books  for  children. 
He  died  May  27,  1847.  His  wife  was  also  a 
woman  of  literary  ability,  and  her  "Letters  from 
a  Cat"  were  afterward  edited  and  published  by 
her  daughter.  Her  death  occurred  February 
19,  1844.  Her  two  sons  died  in  boyhood,  and  the 
two  daughters  were  Helen  and  Anne,  the  latter 
the  wife  of  Everett  C.  Banfield,  at  one  time  so- 
licitor of  the  treasury  department  in  Washington, 
and  now  a  resident  of  Wolfboro,  N.  H. 

From  descriptions  given  by  Helen  Hunt  in 
after  years,  it  "may  be  judged  that  she  was  a 
bright,  frolicsome  child,  full  of  fun  and  humor, 
with  a  sunny  temperment  that  remained  one  of 
her  charms  throughout  life.  In  St.  Nicholas 
Magazine  of  October,  1880,  she  described  what 
she  called  "The  Naughtiest  Day  of  My  Life," 
when,  in  company  with  another  little  girl,  she 
ran  away  from  home,  walking  to  Hadley,  a  dis- 
tance of  four  miles  from  home.  When  the  chil- 
dren were  missed  the  entire  village  joined  in  a 
search  for  them,  and  they  were  finally  found  by 
two  of  the  college  professors.  These  words  were 
written  by  Mrs.  Fiske  in  her  diary  at  the  close  of 
that  anxious  day:  "Helen  walked  in  at  a  quarter 
before  ten  at  night,  as  rosy  and  smiling  as  pos- 
sible, and  saying  in  her  brightest  tone,  'Oh, 
mother,  I've  had  a  perfectly  splendid  time!'  " 

Her  education  was  acquired  mainly  in  the 
Ipswich  (Mass.)  female  seminary  and  a  private 
school  in  New  York  City.  October  28,  1852, 
she  became  the  wife  of  Capt.  (afterward  Major) 
Edward  Hunt,  United  States  Army,  whose 
brother,  Hon.  Washington  Hunt,  was  at  that 
time  governor  of  New  York.  He  was  a  man  of 
scientific  attainments  and  especially  gifted  in  en- 
gineering. His  duties  as  a  military  officer  obliged 
him  to  make  frequent  changes  from  one  post  to 


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another,  and  in  these  frequent  migrations  his  wife 
bore  a  part,  gaining  through  residence  at  differ- 
ent posts,  and  contact  with  various  forms  of  civili- 
zations, an  accurate  knowledge  of  human  nature 
and  life  under  varied  conditions. 

Major  Hunt  was  killed  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
October  2,  1863,  while  experimenting  with  a  "sea 
miner,"  an  invention  of  his  own  for  firing  pro- 
jectiles under  the  water.  His  first-born  son, 
Murray,  died  at  Tarrytown,  N.  Y.,  in  August, 
1854,  when  eleven  months  old.  The  second 
son,  Warren  Horsfbrd,  was  a  child  of  won- 
derful mental  precocity,  combined  with  a  sweet 
disposition  and  attractive  appearance.  He  was 
the  idol  of  his  mother's  heart  and  his  death  left 
her  heart-broken.  He  died  suddenly,  of  diphthe- 
ria, at  West  Roxbury,  Mass.,  April  13,  1865. 
For  months  after  his  death  she  held  herself  aloof 
from  the  society  even  of  her  nearest  friends. 
When  finally  she  appeared  among  them  she  was 
outwardly  smiling  and  unchanged,  but,  in  her 
heart,  there  was  still  that  awful  feeling  of  deso- 
lation and  loss.  When  lonely  at  heart,  her 
thoughts  found  vent  in  poetry.  Hitherto  she  had 
shown  no  special  talent  for  literature,  but  on  go- 
ing to  live  at  Newport,  she  was  thrown  among  a 
literary  class  of  people  and  became  interested  in 
the  same  line.  The  only  poems  she  had  previ- 
ously written  were  some  that  appeared  in  the 
Boston  Press  and  Post  when  she  was  a  girl,  and 
they  evinced  no  remarkable  talent.  But  it  has 
ever  been  found  true  that  the  heart,  in  season  of 
affliction,  throws  the  sweetest  music  into  the  soul; 
deep  bereavement  evokes  from  the  soul's  sad  harp 
the  most  enduring  melodies.  She  published  some 
poems  and  later  made  her  first  attempt  in  prose, 
the  now  familiar  signature  "  H.  H."  having 
first  appeared  in  connection  with  a  poem,  "Tryst," 
in  the  Notion,  April  12,  1866.  Continuing  her 
literary  work,  she  soon  became  widely  known. 
From  November,  1868,  to  February,  1870,  she 
traveled  in  Europe.  In  May,  1872,  she  visited 
California,  and  the  winter  of  1873-74  spent  iu 
Colorado. 

At  her  sister's  home  in  Wolfboro,  N.  H. ,  in 
October,  1875,  Helen  Hunt  became  the  wife  of 
William  Sharpless  Jackson,  of  Colorado  Springs. 
From  that  time  until  her  death  she  made  this 
beautiful  city  her  home  and  found  in  the  fine 
views  of  canons,  mountains,  springs  and  valleys, 
the  inspiration  for  much  of  her  writing.  Her 
subsequent  years  were  busy  ones.  In  1876  she 
published  "Bits  of  Talk  for  Young  Folks," 


"Bits  of  Talk  about  Home  Matters;"  in  1878 
"Bits  of  Travel  at  Home" ;  in  1879,  "The  Story 
of  Boone";  1881,  Mammy  Tittleback's  Stories"; 
"Hetty's  Strange  History",  and  "Mercy  Phil- 
brick's  Choice",  published  in  the  No-name  se- 
ries by  Roberts  Brothers,  Boston;  1884,  "Cats  of 
Connorloa";  1878,  "Nelly's  Silver  Mine";  1882, 
"The  Training  of  Children",  "A  Century  of 
Dishonor,"  and  the  most  famous  of  all,  "Ra- 
mona",  which  first  appeared  as  a  serial  in  the 
Christian  Union  in  1 884,  and  during  the  same  year 
was  issued  in  book  form.  As  may  be  inferred 
from  the  work  "Ramona,"  the  author  was  deeply 
interested  in  the  Indians,  and  made  a  careful 
study  of  their  customs,  peculiarities  and  possi- 
bilities, and  interested  herself  in  securing  for 
them  an  amelioration  of  their  unfortunate  con- 
ditions. 

The  illness  which  resulted  in  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Jackson  dated  from  a  severe  fracture  of  a  limb,  in 
June,  1884.  Afterward  a  cancerous  affection 
developed,  which  baffled  the  skill  of  physicians. 
In  spite  of.  protracted  illness,  her  sweet,  sunny 
disposition  never  deserted  her,  and  she  passed 
tranquilly  into  rest  August  12,  1885.  The  body 
was  brought  from  San  Francisco,  where  she  died, 
to  Colorado  Springs  and  given  a  burial  place  in 
accordance  with  her  request,  a  spot  near  the  sum- 
mit of  Cheyenne  Mountain,  where  she  had  often 
sat  and  dreamed  and  wrote.  The  constant  visit- 
ing of  her  mountain  resting  place  by  throngs  of 
visitors  led  Mr.  Jackson,  some  years  afterward,  to 
remove  her  body  to  his  lot  in  the  city  cemetery, 
where  now  lies  all  that  is  mortal  and  earthly  of 
the  once  vivacious  and  brilliant  Helen  Hunt 
Jackson. 

(IOHNC.  MCKENNA.  The  New  York  Tun- 
I  nel  and  Mining  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Mc- 
Q/Kenna  is  superintendent,  was  incorporated  in 
November,  1895,  with  a  capital  stock  of  one 
million  and  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
shares,  its  officers  being  J.J.  McCarty,  president; 
John  Bridge,  vice-president;  J.  W.  Campbell, 
secretary  and  treasurer;  and  R.  T.  Fahey,  as- 
sistant secretary.  The  tunnel  which  the  com- 
pany owns  was  located  by  Mr.  McKenna  and  a 
Mr.  Kelley  in  1892,.  and  is  situated  at  the  head 
of  Squaw  Gulch,  near  Anaconda.  Reaching  into 
the  heart  of  Bull  Hill,  it  has  now  attained  a  depth 
of  fourteen  hundred  feet,  all  of  the  work  having 
been  done  by  hand,  under  the  direct  supervision 
of  Mr.  Kenna,  who  was  the  prime  mover  in  the 


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organization  of  the  company.  The  tunnel  runs 
directly  under  one  of  his  claims  on  Bull  Hill. 
Already  $25,000  has  been  expended  by  the  com- 
pany in  the  building  of  the  tunnel,  the  value  of 
which  will  be  very  great. 

In  Albany,  N.  Y.,  our  subject  was  born  Sep- 
tember 9,  1850,  a  son  of  James  and  Catherine 
(Coleman)  McKenna;  there  he  passed  his  boy- 
hood days.  When  thirteen  years  of  age  his 
mother  died, leaving  him  and  two  sisters  younger 
than  himself  and  with  no  means  save  such  as  he 
could  provide,  his  father  at  that  time  being  a 
soldier  during  the  war  of  the  Rebellion.  In 
1866  he  became  an  apprentice  to  the  carpenter's 
trade.  He  went  to  Milwaukee,  Wis. ,  in  October, 
1876,  and  from  there,  in  May,  1877,  proceeded 
west  to  Denver,  Colo.,  but  remained  in  the  latter 
city  only  a  short  time.  He  walked  all  the  way 
from  La  Veta  to  Lake  City  .where  he  prospected  for 
about  three  weeks.  Afterward  he  began  pros- 
pecting in  Georgetown,  then  went  to  Silver 
Plume,  where  he  worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade 
and  also  engaged  in  mining  for  two  years.  Going 
to  Leadville  in  1879,  he  worked  at  his  trade  and 
mined.  With  his  provisions  packed  on  a  hand 
sled,  in  April,  1880,  he  went  to  Aspen..  In  that 
camp  he  located  some  claims  and  spent  six  years, 
but  did  not  meet  with  any  great  success.  In 
1887  he  went  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  be- 
gan contracting  and  building,  continuing  there 
until  he  came  to  the  Cripple  Creek  district  in 
1892.  He  and  his  wife  have  located  five  claims 
here,  namely:  the  Mountain  Tiger,  Unexpected, 
77-92,  the  Corning  and  the  Agnes.  He  owns 
the  Late  Acquisition,  upon  which  the  town  of 
Anaconda  is  built.  He  also  owns  and  has  lo- 
cated other  claims. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  McKenna,  September  18, 
1888,  united  him  with  Margaret  McAuliff,  who 
was  born  in  Corning,  N.  Y. ,  and  came  to  Colo- 
rado with  some  friends  in  1881,  settling  in  Den- 
ver. She  drove  the  stake  on  two  of  their  claims 
and  one  of  them  is  named  in  honor  of  her  native 
town.  Politically  Mr.  McKenna  is  independent 
in  local  affairs,  but  in  national  affairs  usually 
gives  his  support  to  the  Democratic  party.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  trustees  of  the  town  of 
Anaconda,  and  a  year  after  the  town  was  estab- 
lished, in  1894,  he  was  elected  town  clerk.  He 
is  entitled  to  the  greatest  commendation  for  the 
success  he  has  gained.  In  spite  of  the  fact  that 
he  was  orphaned  in  early  life,  and  left  with  the 
care  of  the  family  devolving  upon  him,  he  has 


steadily  and  constantly  labored,  first  at  his  trade 
of  a  carpenter  and  later  at  mining,  and  in  the 
latter  occupation  he  has  achieved  a  prosperity  of 
which  he  is  eminently  worthy. 


HON.  THOMAS  H.  STRATTON.  As  a 
leader  in  public  affairs,  Mr.  Stratton  is 
well  known  not  only  in  the  vicinity  of  his 
home,  but  throughout  the  state.  In  November, 
1896,  he  was  elected  to  represent  the  twentieth 
district,  comprising  Chaffee  and  Park  Counties, 
in  the  state  senate,  and  served  in  the  eleventh 
general  assembly.  Two  years  later  he  was 
elected  to  the  same  office  in  the  28th  Senatorial 
District,  on  the  fusion  ticket,  by  a  large  majority, 
and  is  the  present  incumbent  of  the  office.  It  is 
conceded  by  all  that  the  district  has  never  had  a 
more  judicious  or  public-spirited  representative 
in  the  senate  than  he,  for  he  has  shown  in  his 
official  relations  the  same  good  judgment  and 
ability  manifested  in  his  private  business  affairs. 
A  man  of  strong  convictions,  when  once  con- 
vinced of  the  justice  of  a  cause,  he  has  devoted 
himself  to  it  with  all  the  energy  characteristic  of 
him,  and  in  this  way  he  has  been  instrumental 
in  securing  the  passage  of  a  number  of  important 
measures. 

Now  a  citizen  of  Lake  George,  Park  County, 
Mr.  Stratton  was  born  in  Cooper  County,  Mo., 
January  7,  1858,  a  son  of  Thomas  L.  and  Pauline 
(Donald)  Stratton.  He  was  one  of  six  children, 
of  whom  five  are  now  living,  namely:  Mary,  wife 
of  J.  D.  Stark,  who  is  the  present  warden  of  the 
Missouri  state  penitentiary;  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
M.  E.  Murphy,  of  Bates  County,  Mo.;  John  C.,  a 
prominent  farmer  of  Cooper  County,  Mo. ;  Pauline, 
who  resides  in  Jefferson  City,  Mo.;  and  Thomas 
H.  The  Stratton  family  was  founded  in  Vir- 
ginia about  1610,  the  first  representatives  in  this 
country  settling  in  Bedford  County.  The -Don- 
ald family  were  old  settlers  of  Roanoke  County, 
Va.,  and  their  old  homestead  stood  five  miles 
from  the  natural  bridge. 

Born  in  Virginia  in  1796,  Thomas  L-  Stratton 
in  his  young  days  followed  the  river  and  filled 
every  office  on  his  steamboat,  having  been  cap- 
tain for  some  years  prior  to  his  retirement. 
While  still  a  comparatively  young  man,  he  re- 
tired from  his  command  of  a  boat,  and  turned  his 
attention  to  other  matters.  For  two  terms  he 
served  as  sheriff  of  Roanoke  County.  In  1857 
he  removed  to  Cooper  County,  Mo.,  taking  with 
him'roore  than  thirty  slaves,  and  settling  upon  a 


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farm.  There  he  continued  to  reside  up  to  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  1863.  His  wife  was, 
like  himself,  a  native  of  Virginia  and  died  in 
Missouri. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired 
principally  in  the  Missouri  State  University  at 
Columbia.  In  1879,  the  year  after  his  gradua- 
tion, he  came  to  Colorado  and  embarked  in  the 
cattle  business  in  Park  County.  In  connection 
with  his  own  cattle  interests  he  was  for  six 
years  superintendent  of  the  76  ranch.  In  1889 
he  disposed  of  his  herd  and  retired  from  the  stock 
business.  Afterward,  for  one  and  one-half  years, 
he  acted  as  bookkeeper  for  G.  W.  Frost,  a  hay 
and  grain  dealer  at  Florissant.  Following  this 
he  removed  to  Lake  George  and  bought  an  in- 
terest in  the  Lake  George  Ice  Company,  of  which 
he  was  the  manager  for  four  years.  In  1891  he 
began  to  invest  in  Cripple  Creek  mining  prop- 
erty, and  still  holds  extensive  interests  in  that 
famous  camp. 

For  eighteen  years  a  Mason,  Mr.  Stratton  is 
now  a  member  of  Mount  Moriah  Lodge  No.  15, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  at  Canon  City.  In  October, 
1889,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Laura 
T.  Witherspoon,  daughterofH.  S.  Witherspoon, 
county  commissioner  of  Park  County.  To  their 
marriage  have  been  born  two  children,  Donald 
and  Pauline. 

ROBERT  A.  STEEN,  president  of  the  La 
Junta  State  Bank,  and  one  of  the  most 
influential  men  of  Otero  County,  was  born 
in  Bridgewater,  Beaver  County,  Pa.,  May  5,  1851. 
He  is  of  remote  German  extraction,  but  the 
family  has  long  been  identified  with  American 
history.  His  father,  Robert  L. ,  son  of  John 
Steen,  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  is  now  living  in 
Lawrence,  Kan.,  quite  active  for  one  of  his 
seventy-four  years.  He  went  to  Topelca,  Kan., 
in  1871,  and  for  many  years  was  employed  on 
the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad. 
During  the  Mexican  war  he  was  a  member  of 
the  state  militia,  but  was  not  called  out  into  serv- 
ice. Politically  be  has  been  a  lifelong,  but  not 
an  active,  Democrat.  In  religion  he  is  a  Pres- 
byterian. His  father,  who  was  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  married  Katie  Barnes,  who  was 
born  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  thus  he  was  of 
mingled  German  and  Irish  lineage. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  in  maidenhood 
Mary  Jane  Bunting  and  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. She  died  in  1865,  at  the  age  of  forty-five 


years,  and  left  eight  children.  Of  these  Robert  A., 
who  was  second  in  order  of  birth,  was  given  good 
educational  advantages  in  the  schools  of  Pennsyl- 
vania and  the  academy  at  Darlington,  Beaver 
County.  Afterward  he  took  a  course  in  the 
Topeka  Commercial  College  in  Topeka,  Kan. 
At  twenty  years  of  age  he  became  connected  with 
a  dry-goods  and  grocery  store  owned  by  a  mining 
company  in  Pennsylvania,  and  of  this  he  had 
charge  for  two  years.  He  then  went  to  Kansas 
and  after  taking  a  business  course  he  began  to 
work  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  having  charge 
of  the  water  service  department  as  general  fore- 
man, on  the  western  division  from  Dodge  City  to 
Denver.  He  held  this  position  for  thirteen  years 
and  two  months  and  during  that  entire  time 
never  lost  a  day  from  work. 

Resigning  his  position  in  1883  and  coming  to 
La  Junta,  Colo.,  Mr.  Steen  was  here  given  charge 
of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Company's  lands  and 
their  water  works,  but  these  were  at  a  later  date 
sold  to  the  city  government.  However,  he  still 
has  charge  of  their  landed  interests  in  this  sec- 
tion of  Colorado.  On  the  organization  of  the 
Bank  of  La  Junta,  with  which  he  was  actively 
identified,  he  became  the  vice-president,  and  con- 
tinued as  such  during  the  existence  of  the  bank, 
which  was  after  a  time  merged  into  the  First 
National  Bank.  January  16,  1893,  he  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  La  Junta  State  Bank,  of 
which  he  was  the  first,  and  has  been  the  only 
president. 

Until  coming  to  La  Junta  Mr.  Steeu  did  not 
participate  in  politics,  although  he  always  cast  a 
Democratic  vote  on  election  day.  Here,  how- 
ever, he  has  maintained  a  close  connection  with 
local  political  affairs.  At  one  time  he  held  the 
office  of  mayor.  Otero  County  was  organized  in 
1888  and  the  following  year,  at  the  first  election 
in  the  new  county,  he  was  elected  one  of  the  com- 
missioners, receiving  the  largest  vote  of  any  can- 
didate on  his  ticket.  During  the  three  years  that 
he  remained  in  office  he  served  as  chairman  of  the 
board  the  entire  time.  When  his  term  expired, 
in  January,  1893,  he  was  appointed  deputy  county 
treasurer,  in  which  capacity  he  was  retained  for 
five  years.  Since  resigning  that  position  he  has 
devoted  himself  to  his  banking  and  private  inter- 
ests. He  has  been  identified  with  local  interests 
from  the  organization  of  the  town,  of  which  he 
was  one  of  the  ten  organizers,  and  has  assisted 
personally  in  the  advancement  of  local  enterprises. 
For  seven  years  he  has  served  as  a  school  director, 


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and  during  this  time  he  has  also  been  treasurer  of 
the  board.  In  the  organization  of  the  Otero  County 
Building  and  Loan  Association  he  was  interested, 
and  was  one  of  the  original  stockholders. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Steen  is  connected  with  Euclid 
Lodge  No.  64,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  La  Junta  Chapter 
No.  20,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Palestine  Commandery 
No.  22,  of  all  of  which  he  was  a  charter  member. 
He  is  also  identified  with  El  Jebel  Temple, 
N.  M.  S.,  in  Denver.  He  has  been  connected 
with  the  Masonic  fraternity  since  June,  1872, 
when  he  was  made  a  Mason  in  Darlington,  Pa. 
With  his  family,  he  holds  membership  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  In  1877  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Clara  Alice  Dillon,  of 
Council  Grove,  Kan.  They  have  two  children, 
Sadie  A.  and  Walter  S. 


HORACE  C.  MITCHELL  is  a  pioneer  of 
Leadville,  having  come  to  this  city  in  the 
days  when  it  was  known  as  California 
Gulch,  and  here  he  has  since  engaged  in  mining. 
He  located  the  Mahala  mine,  which  he  named 
in  honor  of  his  sister  and  which  is  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  productive  mines  of  this  camp. 
With  it  he  has  been  connected  from  the  first. 
The  shaft  of  the  Mahala  mine  penetrates  to  a 
depth  of  twelve  hundred  feet,  and  five  large 
smoke  stacks  can  be  seen.  He  is  also  connected 
with  other  mines  of  this  region,  and  his  mining 
interests  are  important  and  varied. 

Mr.  Mitchell  was  born  in  St.  Clair,  Mich.,  in 
1846,  a  son  of  Periz  and  Susan  (Carelton)  Mitch- 
ell, natives  respectively  of  Freeport,  Me.,  and 
New  Hampshire.  His  father,  who  followed  the 
sea  until  thirty  years  of  age,  then  settled  in  St. 
Clair,  Mich. ,  where  he  conducted  a  sash  and  door 
factory  until  his  death.  For  years  he  served  as 
town  trustee,  and  as  a  Republican  was  active  in 
local  affairs.  He  was  an  earnest  Christian  and  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  Church.  His 
death  occurred  when  he  was  fifty-six.  Little  is 
known  of  his  father,  save  that  he  was  a  sailor. 
His  wife,  who  died  at  seventy-five  years  of  age, 
was  a  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Carelton,  a  farmer  and 
merchant  of  New  Hampshire  and  a  captain  in 
the  Indian  wars.  Our  subject  was  one  of  five 
children.  His  brother,  Jeremiah,  is  engaged  in 
mining  and  the  real-estate  business,  with  his 
home  in  Denver;  George  M.  is  connected  with 
the  Denver  Mining  Exchange;  Mahala  is  unmar- 
ried; and  Cora  is  the  wife  of  George  W.  Bethel, 
of  Canon  City. 

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At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  our  subject  began 
life  as  a  sailor,  and  for  six  years  he  lead  a  sea- 
faring life.  In  1870  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
settled  in  Denver,  securing  employment  with  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company.  From 
there  in  1874  he  came  to  what  is  now  Leadville, 
and  here  he  owns  an  elegant  residence,  over  which 
his  wife  (formerly  Margaret  Braden,  of  Canada) 
gracefully  presides.  His  home  is  known  for  its 
hospitality  and  he  and  his  accomplished  wife  have 
many  friends.  In  Masonry  he  is  connected  with 
the  blue  lodge,  chapter,  commandery  and  shrine. 
He  is  a  man  of  liberal  views,  enterprising  and 
progressive,  and  always  does  his  part  in  promo- 
ting those  enterprises  which  are  calculated  to  be 
of  public  benefit.  He  has  never  cared  to  identify 
himself  with  politics,  although  he  is  a  pronounced 
advocate  of  Republican  principles.  A  man  of 
public  spirit,  energetic  and  possessing  clear 
judgment,  he  is  reputed  to  be  one  of  the  most 
sagacious  mining  men  of  the  city  and  his  opinion 
is  relied  upon  in  matters  relative  to  the  mining 
industry. 

HON.  WILLIAM  H.  BRISBANE,  former 
state  treasurer  of  Colorado,  came  to  Lead- 
ville in  1879,  and  with  the  exception  of  the 
years  of  his  official  life,  has  since  been  a  resident 
of  this  city,  where  he  has  been  interested  in  real 
estate  and  mining  and  Js  now  manager  of  the 
Vendome  hotel.  He  is  the  sole  owner  of  the  de 
Mainville  block,  in  which  the  postoffice  is  located 
and  which  is  among  the  best  business  buildings 
in  the  city.  From  the  time  that  he  came  to  Lead- 
ville he  was  a  partner  of  Mr.  de  Mainville  in  the 
real-estate  and  mining  business,  until  the  death  of 
the  latter  in  1896. 

In  Allentown,  Lehigh  County,  Pa.,  the  subject 
of  this  article  was  born  in  1851.  His  father,  Rev. 
William  H.  Brisbane,  was  a  minister  in  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church  and,  while  a  native  of 
New  York,  spent  the  most  of  his  life  in  Pennsyl- 
vania; his  death  occurred  in  1862,  while  he  was 
pastor  of  one  of  the  leading  churches  in  Philadel- 
phia. He  had  two  brothers,  Arthur  and  Robert, 
who  served  in  Colonel  Baker's  regiment  in  the 
Union  army  and  were  killed  in  the  battle  of  Fair 
Oaks.  Their  father,  William  H.  Brisbane,  was 
a  prominent  merchant  of  New  York  and  for  some 
time  held  office  as  collector  of  the  port  of  New 
York;  his  father  was  an  intimate  friend  of  Martha 
Washington. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Jennie  (Biggs) 


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Brisbane,  a  native  of  Delaware,  and  sister  of  Gov. 
Benjamin  T.  Biggs,  of  that  state.  Her  grand- 
father, John  Biggs,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war;  and  her  father,  whose  name  was  also 
John,  was  born  in  Delaware,  where  he  became  a 
large  and  prosperous  land  owner.  She  is  still 
living,  and  makes  he'r  home  with  her  only  son; 
her  daughter,  Mary  H. ,  married  George  W.  Polk, 
of  Denver,  and  died  some  years  ago. 

Educated  in  Quaker  schools  in  Philadelphia,  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  our  subject  learned  the  print- 
er's trade,  and  for  some  time  was  employed  on 
the  Philadelphia  Press,  with  John  W.  Forney. 
Later  he  was  employed  by  the  Harlan  &  Hol- 
lingsworth  Company,  car  and  ship  builders,  who 
built  some  of  the  finest  ships  in  our  country.  He 
then  went  to  Wilmington,  Del.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  wholesale  tobacco  and  cigar  busi- 
ness. In  1876  he  came  west,  settling  in  Chey- 
enne, Wyo.,  and  three  years  later  came  to  Lead- 
ville,  where  he  began  to  buy  and  sell  real  estate 
and  also  acquired  large  mining  interests.  A  prom- 
inent and  active  Republican,  he  was  elected  state 
treasurer  on  this  ticket  in  1888,  and  served  for 
one  term,  meantime  making  his  home  in  Denver. 
In  1893  he  returned  to  Leadville,  where  he  has 
since  resumed  his  real-estate,  mining  and  busi- 
ness interests. 

In  1897  Mr.  Brisbane  married  Florence  Belle 
Maulding,  who  was  born  in  Illinois  and  is  a 
highly  educated  and  refined  lady,  and  for  a  time 
was  a  school  teacher  in  Leadville.  She  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  James  Maulding,  who  for  six  years  served 
as  sheriff  of  Hamilton  County,  111.,  and  has  been 
prominent  in  public  affairs  during  almost  his  en- 
tire active  life;  his  wife  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Margarette  Manchester.  Fraternally  Mr.  Bris- 
bane is  connected  with  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
stands  at  the  head  of  the  local  lodge  of  Elks. 
Having  witnessed  the  growth  of  Leadville  for 
twenty  years,  he  feels  a  deep  interest  in  every- 
thing pertaining  to  its  welfare.  He  has  gained 
financial  success  and  an  honored  position  among 
the  citizens  of  Leadville,  whose  people  hold  him 
in  esteem  as  a  man  of  business  ability  and  in- 
tegrity. 

ARK  B.  GILL,  chairman  of  the  board  of 
commissioners  of  Washington  County  and 
superintendent  of  22  ranch,  was  born  in 
Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.,  January  5,  1863,  being 
the  youngest  son  of  William  H.  and  Elmira  H. 


(Otis)  Gill.  He  was  one  of  seven  children,  of 
whom  those  beside  himself  now  living  are:  Alice 
M.,  Florence  E.,  Frank  H.  and  William  H.,  all 
residents  of  Greeley  except  Frank  H.,  who  owns 
and  occupies  a  ranch  in  Morgan  County.  The 
Gill  family  descends  from  John  Gill,  a  native  of 
England,  born  in  1620.  He  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica about  1639  and  settled  in  Salisbury,  Mass., 
where  he  married  Miss  Phoebe  Buswell,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  Buswell,  one  of  the  original  owners 
of  the  site  of  Salisbury.  Samuel,  son  of  John 
Gill,  was  born  in  Salisbury  in  1652,  and  was  the 
father  of  Daniel  Gill,  who  was  born  in  the  same 
town  November  18, 1679, removed  to  Exeter,  R.I. , 
in  1730,  and  there  remained  until  death.  His 
son,  Daniel,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Exeter  September 
25,  1734,  and  about  1770  removed  to  Spring- 
field, Vt.,  from  which  city  he  was  elected, 
in  1784,  to  the  Vermont  legislature,  and  again 
elected  in  1792.  During  his  attendance  upon  the 
session  at  Rutland  in  1792,  he  was  presented  with 
a  petition  signed  by  one  hundred  and  ninety-five 
inhabitants  of  Springfield  and  vicinity,  bearing 
date  October  19,  1792,  and  appointing  him  and 
Abner  Bisbee  to  select  homesteads  for  the  peti- 
tioners in  Upper  Canada,  in  response  to  a  procla- 
mation issued  by  John  G.  Simcoe,  then  gover- 
nor of  the  province.  He  accepted  the  appoint- 
ment, and  on  his  return  from  the  mission,  was 
taken  ill  and  died  at  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  December 

7.  J793- 

Whitford,  son  of  Daniel  Gill,  Jr.,  was  born  in 
Springfield,  Vt.,  Julys,  1778,  and  for  many  years 
sailed  the  lakes,  but  later  kept  an  inn  on  the  banks 
of  the  Connecticut  River,  at  the  old  homestead. 
He  married  Betsy  Holden,  granddaughter  of 
William  Holden,  who  was  a  colonel  from  New 
Hampshire  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Their 
son,  William  H.,  our  subject's  father,  was  born 
at  Springfield  in  1807.  When  two  years  of  age 
he  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Montreal,  Canada, 
and  a  year  later  to  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y., 
thence  in  1814  to  Galloe  Island,  where  he  grew  to 
manhood  and  assisted  to  clear  a  tract  entered  by 
his  father.  When  the  land  was  cleared  he  used 
the  timber  in  constructing  a  vessel  with  which  he 
freighted,  to  market.  He  engaged  in  farming  and 
shipbuilding  until  he  died,  August  31,  1869. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  our  subject  began  to  work 
on  the  range  in  the  round-ups,  which  work  he 
continued  for  twelve  years,  being  with  Bruce 
Johnson,  vice  president  of  the  Union  Bank  of 
Greeley  and  one  of  its  most  prominent  men. 


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Meantime  he  gathered  together  a  bunch  of  cattle 
for  himself  and  ranged  them  with  the  stock  owned 
by  his  employer.  Since  1887  he  has  had  entire 
charge  of  Mr.  Johnson's  cattle  interests  and  also 
of  22  ranch,  comprising  forty-two  hundred  acres 
of  land.  He  owns  an  interest  in  the  seven  hun- 
dred head  of  cattle  now  on  the  range,  and  also 
owns  an  interest  in  the  ranch. 

In  1896  Mr.  Gill  was  the  Republican  nominee 
for  county  commissioner  and  was  elected  by  a 
handsome  majority.  In  1898  he  was  nominated 
by  his  party  for  senator  from  the  twenty-fifth 
senatorial  district,  comprising  Morgan,  Logan, 
Sedgwick,  Phillips,  Washington  and  Yuma  Coun- 
ties; his  opponent,  however,  was  the  nominee  of 
the  fusion  ticket,  representing  four  parties,  and 
defeated  him  by  two  hundred  and  fifteen  votes. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Oasis  Lodge  No. 
67,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Fort  Morgan;  Chapter  No. 
31,  R.  A.  M.,  in  that  town;  Poudre  Valley  Lodge 
No.  13,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Greeley;  also  the  Olive 
Branch  Lodge  of  Rebekahs.  July  2,  1889,  he 
married  Ada  E.,  daughter  of  U.  C.  Killebrew, 
who  came  from  Illinois  to  Colorado  in  1878  and 
is  now  a  brick  contractor  in  Denver.  The  chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gill  are:  Eula  B.,  Helen  H. 
and  Lucille. 

HON.  N.  WALTER  DIXON  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Princess  Anne,  Somerset  County, 
Md.,  September  22,  1858.  His  father  was 
George  C.  Dixon,  M.  D.;  his  mother's  maiden 
name  was  Virginia  White.  On  his  mother's 
side  he  is  descended  from  Col.  William  Stevens, 
one  of  Lord  Baltimore's  council  and  deputy 
governor  of  the  province  of  Maryland,  Colonel 
Stevens  being  his  maternal  great-great-great- 
great-grandfather;  he  was  born  in  1630  and  died 
in  1687.  His  tomb  is  yet  to  be  seen  at  Rehobeth, 
Somerset  County,  Md.  The  maternal  great- 
grandfather of  Judge  Dixon,  Capt.  William 
White,  during  the  Revolutionary  war,  at  the  age 
of  eighteen,  raised,  equipped  and  maintained  at 
his  own  expense,  a  company  of  the  Virginia  line, 
which  he  commanded  during  the  war.  By  virtue 
of  descent  from  him,  Judge  Dixon  is  a  member 
of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution. 

The  Dixons  were  among  the  first  settlers  of 
Somerset  County.  The  ancient  records  of  that 
county  disclose  that  in  1665  Ambrose  Dixon  was 
an  attorney-at-law  and  practiced  in  the  court 
over  which  Colonel  Stevens  presided  as  commis- 
sioner. The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  his 
early  education  in  Washington  Academy  in  Prin- 


cess Anne,  and  in  1872  entered  St.  John's  Col- 
lege, Annapolis,  Md.  He  was  graduated  in 
1877.  For  several  years  he  taught  school,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  read  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar.  In  1887  he  was  elected  state's  attorney 
of  his  native  county.  This  position  he  held  un- 
til March,  1891,  when  he  resigned  and  moved  to 
Colorado.  Opening  an  office  in  Pueblo,  he 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  his  brother,  John 
R.  Dixon,  their  connection  continuing  until  the 
fall  of  1894,  when  he  was  elected  judge  of  the 
tenth  judicial  district  of  Colorado. 


HON.  ROBERT  W.  PATTERSON,  presi- 
dent of  the  First  National  Bank  of  La  Junta, 
is  one  of  the  successful  financiers  of  Colo- 
rado. In  his  life  we  find  an  example  worthy  of 
emulation  by  young  men  just  embarking  in  the 
field  of  active  life.  When  he  was  young  he  had 
no  school  advantages  (except  such  as  he  obtained 
for  himself),  nor  had  he  wealth  or  influence  to 
aid  him.  He  relied  solely  upon  his  unaided 
efforts  to  win  prosperity,  and  without  other  aid 
than  his  energy,  perseverance  and  determination, 
gained  success.  Nor  has  his  been  a  success 
merely  in  the  sense  of  obtaining  a  competence, 
but  he  has  also  been  successful  in  winning  the 
regard  of  associates  and  the  respect  of  all  with 
whom  he  has  had  business  dealings. 

In  Adams  County,  Ohio,  about  seventy-five 
miles  east  of  Cincinnati,  Mr.  Patterson  was  born, 
and  from  there,  in  infancy,  he  was  taken  by  his 
parents  to  Woodford  County,  111.,  growing  to 
manhood  upon  a  farm.  With  the  exception  of  a 
year  in  the  college  at  Monmouth,  111.,  he  had 
few  opportunities  in  boyhood,  but  he  was  deter- 
mined to  obtain  an  education,  and  bought  some 
Greek  and  Latin  text  books,  which  he  studied  at 
home.  When  only  fifteen  years  of  age  he  taught  a 
term  of  country  school.  The  money  thus  obtained 
he  applied  on  his  tuition  in  the  Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity, at  Bloomington,  111.,  where  he  studied  for 
five  years.  As  his  means  were  very  limited,  he 
"batched"  and  boarded  in  boys'  clubs  during  his 
entire  college  course.  He  was  so  diligent  and 
studious  that  he  led  his  classes,  standing  at  the 
head  in  every  study.  Finally  he  graduated  in 
the  classical  course,  but  the  long  hours  of  study 
and  privations  had  told  upon  his  strength  (never 
great)  and  he  returned  home  in  very  poor  health. 
For  two  years  he  remained  on  the  farm.  Mean- 
time he  continued  his  studies  in  French,  German 
and  Hebrew. 


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Hoping  that  the  climate  of  Colorado  might 
benefit  him,  in  1883  Mr.  Patterson  came  west, 
where  he  worked  on  a  ranch  for  a  time  and  after- 
ward engaged  in  the  horse  business  near  La  Junta 
for  eight  years.  In  1890  he  sold  his  horse  ranch 
and  came  to  La  Junta,  where  he  read  law  for  two 
years,  being  also  for  a  time  in  the  office  of  Talbot 
&  Denuison,  of  Denver.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  stockholders  of  the  First  National  Bank 
of  La  Junta  and  since  his  election  as  president 
has  devoted  much  of  his  time  to  its  management. 
He  is  a  conservative  banker,  careful  in  judgment 
and  accurate  in  details,  and  is  fitted  for  the  man- 
agement of  a  financial  institution  in  a  country 
where  investments  must  be  made  with  care  and 
watched  with  judgment.  Having  gone  into 
other  lines  of  activity,  he  has  never  sought  for 
admission  to  the  bar,  but  is  as  well  informed  as 
any  lawyer  in  Otero  County,  and  finds  his  pro- 
fessional knowledge  of  much  help  to  him  in  the 
banking  business. 

In  politics  Mr.  Patterson  always  voted  with  the 
Republican  party  until  1896,  when  he  went  as  a 
spectator  to  the  famous  St.  Louis  convention  that 
adopted  a  gold  plank  in  the  party  platform.  His 
sympathies  being  with  the  silver  movement,  he 
left  the  old  party  and  has  since  been  an  adherent 
of  its  silver  wing.  He  is  very  well  informed  upon 
all  political  questions,  and  an  active  worker  in 
the  best  interests  of  the  masses  of  the  people,  but 
is  not  a  partisan,  except  to  the  extent  of  good 
government.  He  has  no  political  ambitions,  and 
politics  and  office  are  distasteful  to  him.  In  the 
fall  of  1898  he  was  nominated  for  the  legislature 
on  the  silver  Republican  ticket,  and  elected  by  a 
large  majority.  He  is  a  member  of  several  im- 
portant committees  and  is  a  conscientious  worker. 

If  from  the  life  of  Mr.  Patterson  one  lesson 
can  be  learned  more  than  any  other,  it  is  this: 
that  any  boy  who  is  determined  to  be  successful 
can  attain  his  object,  in  spite  of  poverty,  in  spite 
of  the  lack  of  educational  opportunities,  in  spite 
even  of  delicate  health.  Perseverance  and  econ- 
omy are  the  two  characteristics  which  he  names 
as  being  needful  in  the  attainment  of  success. 


GlUGUST  MUNTZING,  one  of  the  leading 
r  I  attorneys  of  northeastern  Colorado,  with  his 
/  |  office  in  Akron,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Heilbraun,  kingdom  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany, 
March  19,  1855,  a  son  of  John  Phillip  and  Mar- 
garet (Hahnaniann)  Muntzing.  He  was  one  of 
twenty-five  children,  four  of  whom  are  living, 


those  besides  himself  being:  Henry,  who  is  a 
commissioner  in  the  Choctaw  Indian  agency; 
Minnie,  widow  of  John  Meinholdt,  and  a  resident 
of  Alma,  Kan. ;  and  Louisa,  wife  of  George  H. 
Grouse,  a  mine  owner  at  Silverton,  Colo.  In  this 
family  there  were  two  sets  of  triplets,  for  which 
the  mother  was  given  the  crown  reward. 

When  a  young  man  our  subject's  father  studied 
law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  1858  he 
emigrated  to  America,  settling  in  Winchester, 
Va. ,  where  he  engaged  in  the  raising  of  grapes 
and  manufacture  of  wine.  After  the  close  of  the 
Civil  war  he  removed  to  Kansas,  establishing 
his  home  at  Manhattan.  In  that  place  he  resided 
until  he  died,  in  1880.  His  son,  our  subject,  re- 
ceived a  public-school  education  in  America.  The 
unsettled  condition  of  the  country  caused  the 
nomadic  spirit  to  develop,  and  at  the  early  age  of 
sixteen  he  entered  the  government  service  as  a 
teamster.  He  engaged  in  freighting  across  the 
plains  to  Laramie,  Wyo.,  for  two  years,  after 
which  he  purchased  a  team  of  his  own,  and  in 
l875-?6  engaged  in  buffalo  hunting  from  Fort 
Dodge  southward  through  the  mesquite  country 
to  Fort  Griffin,  Tex.  During  that  time  he  ex- 
perienced some  danger  from  Indian  hostility  and 
witnessed  not  a  few  of  their  depredations.  In 
1879  he  went  to  the  San  Juan  country  and  began 
freighting  from  Alamosa  to  Silverton  and  Lake 
City,  which  business  he  continued  for  two  years. 

Meantime,  even  under  these  unfavorable  cir- 
cumstances, our  subject  had  gained  a  rudimentary 
knowledge  of  law.  Going  to  Kansas  City,  he  at- 
tended the  Kansas  City  Law  Institute,  where  he 
finished  his  third  course  of  lectures.  He  then 
began  the  practice  of  law  in  Attica,  Kan.,  remain- 
ing there  from  the  fall  of  1884  until  the  spring  of 
1887.  Meantime,  he  had  considerable  experience 
in  the  legal  intricacies  connected  with  the  fight 
for  the  location  of  the  county-seat.  In  1887  he 
opened  a  law  office  at  Yuma,  Colo.,  and  remained 
there  until  August  4,  1894,  when  he  was  appointed 
register  of  the  United  States  land  office  at  Akron. 
He  removed  to  Akron  and  assumed  the  duties  of 
the  office.  During  the  four  years  that  he  filled 
the  position  he  also,  by  special  permission  of  the 
commissioner,  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.  On 
retiring  from  office  he  turned  his  entire  attention 
to  his  practice.  He  has  made  a  specialty  of  crimi- 
nal law  and  during  his  years  of  practice  has  won 
every  case  but  two  which  he  has  undertaken. 

In  1882  our  subject  married  Fannie,  daughter 
of  Charles  Lamb,  a  farmer  of  Illinois.     Two  chil- 


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dren  were  born  of  their  union,  but  only  one  is 
living,  Kathleen  Guidotta.  In  politics  Mr.  Munt- 
zing  is  a  Democrat.  In  1886  and  1887  he  served 
as  mayor  of  Attica,  Kan.,  to  which  office  he  was 
elected  on  what  was  known  as  the  liberal  ticket. 
During  his  term  of  office  he  did  much  toward  cor- 
recting political  abuses  and  making  needed  re- 
forms in  the  public  affairs  of  the  place.  Frater- 
nally he  was  actively  connected  with  the  Knights 
of  Pythias  while  in  Attica,  and  is  a  member  of 
Akron  Lodge  No.  31,  Star  of  Jupiter;  also  Akron 
Lodge  No.  74,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Akron  Chapter 
No.  26,  R.  A.  M.;  and  Akron  Commandery  No. 
21,  K.  T. 

(JONATHAN  BURWELL  KILBOURN,  of 
Pueblo,  was  born  in  Middletown,  Conn., 
G)  August  22,  1843,  a  son  of  Jonathan,  Jr.,  and 
Sophia  (Newton)  Kilbourn.  His  father  was  born 
in  Killingworth,  Conn.,  November  4,  1801,  but 
in  early  manhood  settled  in  the  city  of  Mid- 
dletown, Conn.,  and  for  years  was  a  promi- 
nent and  successful  business  man  of  that  place, 
where  he  died  February  7,  1890.  He  had  been 
a  selectman  of  the  town,  member  of  the  common 
council  and  an  alderman  of  the  city,  and  chief  en- 
gineer of  the  fire  department.  In  1846  he  was 
appointed  a  state  bank  director  by  the  legislature, 
and  in  1850  he  was  appointed  state  commissioner 
on  the  Middlesex  Turnpike  Company.  He  had 
been  a  director  of  the  Middlesex  County  Bank,  di- 
rector of  the  Meriden  Bank,  director  of  the  Con- 
necticut River  and  Long  Island  Steamboat  Com- 
pany, director  of  the  Middlesex  Mutual  Assurance 
Company,  and  director  of  the  Boston  and  New 
York  Railroad  Company.  *He  was  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  Church, in  which  he  was  an  officer. 
His  wife  from  childhood  was  a  devout  member  of 
the  Congregational  Church,  possessed  all  of  the 
Christian  graces,  and  was  a  true  mother  and  a  kind 
and  beloved  neighbor.  Two  children,  Jonathan 
Burwell  and  Sophia  Elizabeth,  were  born  of  his 
marriage  to'  Sophia  Newton,  who  was  born  in 
Durham,  Conn.,  February  2,  1800,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1886. 

The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Jonathan  Kil- 
born,  was  a  farmer,  a  native  of  East  Haddam, 
Conn.,  born  January  28,  1769,  and  settled  in 
Clinton,  Conn.,  where  he  died  October  10,  1850. 
When  the  British,  during  the  war  of  1812,  ap- 
peared off  the  harbor  of  Clinton,  he  shouldered 
his  gun  and  with  many  of  the  men  of  the  neigh- 
borhood went  to  the  harbor  to  prevent  their  land- 


ing. By  his  marriage  to  Elizabeth  Farnham  he 
had  a  large  family  of  children.  His  father,  Capt. 
Jonathan  Kilborn,  was  born  in  Colchester,  Conn.. 
April  12,  1742.  He  settled  in  East  Haddam, 
Conn.,  and  for  many  years  carried  on  an  exten- 
sive business  at  Kilborn' s  Mills,  on  Salmon 
River,  in  that  town.  He  was  an  officer  in  the 
Revolution,  having  been  commissioned  as  a  lieu- 
tenant (June  14,  1776)  of  the  First  Company, 
Fourth  Battalion,  of  the  troops  raised  to  march 
immediately  to  New  York,  and  there  join  the 
Continental  army;  and  in  October  ,1778,  he  was 
commissioned  as  captain  ofthe  Third  Company, 
Twenty-fifth  Regiment.  Captain  Kilborn  was  a 
man  of  much  enterprise  and  public  spirit,  and 
was  appointed  to  various  civil  offices. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  primarily  edu- 
cated in  public  schools  and  a  private  school  con- 
ductedlay  Daniel  H.  Chase.  Later  he  was  a  stu- 
dent of  the  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown, 
Conn.,  in  the  class  of  1865,  and  joined  the  XI 
Chapter  of  the  Psi  Upsilon  fraternity.  After 
leaving  college  he  was  for  a  time  employed  in 
the  manufacture  of  fire  arms  at  Middletown  for 
the  government,  and  during  the  latter  part  ofthe 
Civil  war  he  was  employed  as  purser  on  the  steam- 
ship "Liberty,"  running  from  New  York  to  Ha- 
vana, and  occasionally  to  New  Orleans.  When 
the  ship  steamed  into  Lower  New  York  Bay  early 
one  morning  in  1865,  news  came  by  health  offi- 
cer of  the  surrender  of  General  Lee  the  day  before. 

From  1865  to  1870  Mr.  Kilbourn  was  employed 
by  the  Russell  Manufacturing  Company  of  Mid- 
dletown, being  in  the  office  during  .part  ofthe 
time,  and  afterward  on  the  road.  Subsequently, 
in  1870,  he  accepted  a  position  as  clerk  in  the 
Middletown  Savings  Bank,  which  was  incorpor- 
ated in  1825.  By  successive  promotions  he  be- 
came teller,  assistant  secretary  and,  in  1877,  was 
elected  treasurer,  which  position  he  resigned  in 
December,  1879.  During  his  connection  with  the 
bank  he  had  seen  its  deposits  of  $3,000,000  in- 
creased to  $6,000,000,  and  had  himself  promoted 
its  success  by  his  excellent  judgment  and  diligent 
application  to  details.  From  1874  he  was  an  au- 
ditor of  the  Middletown  Gas  Light  Company. 

In  May,  1880,  Mr.  Kilbourn  came  west.  After 
his  arrival  in  Denver  he  engaged  in  traveling  in 
Colorado,  Kansas  and  New  Mexico  for  W.  &  B. 
Douglas,  pump  manufacturers  of  Middletown, 
Conn.,  and  also  sold  silver  plated  ware  for  the 
Middletown  Plate  Company.  In  the  summer  of 
1880  he  was  acting  paying  teller  of  the  City  Na- 


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tional  Bank  of  Denver.  In  August,  1881,  he  was 
appointed  teller  of  the  Stock  Growers'  National 
Bank  of  Pueblo,  and  in  the  spring  of  the  follow- 
ing year,  on  the  organization  of  the  Bank  of 
Pueblo,  he  accepted  the  position  of  assistant 
cashier,  which  he  held  for  two  years.  On  resign- 
ing that  place  he  became  financial  agent  for 
southern  Colorado,  representing  the  Travelers 
Insurance  Company,  and  in  that  business  he  con- 
tinued until  the  spring  of  1895.  From  August, 
1885,  till  May,  1890,  he  was  receiver  of  public 
moneys  in  the  Pueblo  Land  Office,  to  which  office 
he  received  appointment  under  President  Cleve- 
land. During  this  period  the  business  grew  to 
be  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  office  (aggre- 
gating one  year,  $431,000),  and  as  receiver  and 
United  States  disbursing  agent  more  than  $i,- 
225,000  passed  through  his  hands.  As  manager 
for  the  Travelers  Insurance  Company  he  loaned 
large  sums  of  money  for  that  concern,  as  well  as 
for  many  other  eastern  clients.  In  1895  he  put 
the  business  in  the  hands  of  C.  C.  Stein,  of  Pu- 
eblo, under  contract,  which  arrangement  still 
continues.  Mr.  Kilbourn  was  elected  a  director 
of  the  Modoc  Mining  and  Milling  Company  (a 
dividend  payer),  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district, 
Colorado,  in  June,  1897,  and  was  appointed  an 
auditor  in  June,  1898. 

Of  Democratic  ancestry,  it  is  but  natural  that 
Mr.  Kilbourn  should  have  identified  himself  with 
the  Democratic  party.  However,  while  he  has 
usually  voted  that  ticket,  he  is  inclined  to  be  in- 
dependent, and  in  1896  voted  for  William  Mc- 
Kinley  for  president.  At  the  time  of  coming 
west  he  was  a  member  of  the  common  council  of 
the  city  of  Middletown.  When  a  young  man  he 
served  more  than  the  required  seven  years  in  the 
volunteer  fire  department  as  a  member  of  Hub- 
bard  Hose  No.  2,  of  Middletown,  and  received 
an  honorable  discharge.  He  is  identified  with 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  is  an  elder 
and  ex-treasurer.  While  he  was  in  Middletown 
he  was  made  a  Mason,  and  was  worshipful  mas- 
ter of  St.  John's  Lodge  No.  2;  high  priest  of 
Washington  Chapter  No.  6,  R.  A.  M.;  an  ear- 
nest worker  in  Columbia  Council  No.  9,  of  Royal 
and  Select  Masters;  eminent  commander  of  Cy- 
rene  Commandery  No.  8.  K.  T.,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  removal  from  the  state  was  grand  general- 
issimo of  the  Grand  Commandery  Knights  Tem- 
plar. He  is  now  a  member  of  Pueblo  Comman- 
dery No.  3,  K.  T. 

Mr.  Kilbourn  has  witnessed  the  growth  of  the 


city  from  a  very  humble  beginning;  even  as  late 
as  1883,  when  he  built  a  residence  on  the  south- 
east corner  of  Court  and  Twelfth  streets  (now  al- 
most in  the  heart  of  the  city),  he  found  it  difficult 
to  persuade  the  city  council  to  run  water  mains 
to  his  place,  for  the  reason  that  it  was  so  far  out. 
He  now  owns  and  occupies  a  handsome  home  at 
No.  1827  Grand  avenue.  Mr.  Kilbourn  has 
noted  with  great  satisfaction  the  gradual  cessa- 
tion of  toil  and  the  closing  of  stores  and  shops  on 
Sunday,  until  now  in  Pueblo  Sunday  trading  has 
mostly  ceased.  In  1884  he  was  elected  treasurer 
of  Pueblo  city  schools  (district  No.  i),  and  in 
May,  1892,  secretary  of  the  Pueblo  Opera  House 
Association,  holding  the  position  until  the  own- 
ership of  the  Grand  Opera  House  changed  in 
1895.  In  Middletown,  Conn.,  September  4, 
1873,  he  married  Mary  Adeline  Douglas,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Catharine  Creamer  (Riley) 
Douglas,  and  granddaughter  of  Capt.  Allen  Ri- 
ley, of  Wethersfield,  Conn,  (a  trader  in  the  West 
Indies),  and  of  William  Douglas,  a  farmer  of 
Northford,  Conn.  The  last-named  was  a  son  of 
Col.  William  Douglas,  who  commanded  a  New 
Haven  regiment  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and 
whose  ancestors  were  among  the  earliest  settlers 
of  New  England.  The  father  of  Mrs.  Kilbourn 
was  born  in  Branford,  Conn.,  April  19,  1812.  As 
a  child  he  evinced  a  talent  for  invention.  He 
received  the  first  patent  for  pumps,  which  was 
granted  August  20,  1835,  and  signed  by  Andrew 
Jackson,  president  of  the  United  States.  After- 
ward he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  pumps 
and  carried  on  a  very  large  business  in  that  line. 
He  died  April  21,  1858;  his  wife  survived  him 
many  years,  passing  away  January  27,  iSgG.aged 
eighty -three  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kilbourn  united  with  the  First 
Church  of  Middletown  (Congregational)  and 
after  the  family  joined  him  in  Colorado  in  1882, 
that  membership  was  transferred  to  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Pueblo. 

The  oldest  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kilbourn  was 
Jonathan  Douglas  Kilbourn,  a  boy  of  unusual 
manliness  and  nobility  of  character.  He  was 
born  in  Middletown  April  26,  1875,  was  baptized 
at  home  January  i,  1877,  by  his  parents'  pastor, 
Rev.  Azel  W.  Hazen,  D.  D.,  at  which  time  the 
1873  bridal  loaf  was  cut  by  Dr.  Hazen  and  dis- 
tributed. While  yet  a  boy  Douglas  confessed 
faith  in  Christ,  and  having  passed  a  most  satis- 
factory examination,  was  publicly  received  into 
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of  Pueblo,  Sunday,  March  3,  1889,  by  the  pastor, 
Rev.  E.  Trumbull  Lee,  D.  D.  Douglas  was  a 
member  of  the  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  an  usher  in  the 
church,  the  treasurer  and  one  of  the  librarians  of 
the  Sunday  school.  He  was  efficient,  courteous 
and  faithful  in  every  position.  Graduating  from 
the  Pueblo  Centennial  High  School  in  1893,  he 
entered  the  Electrical  Engineering  course  at  Ar- 
mour Institute,  Chicago,  in  September  of  that 
year.  He  had  completed  the  first  year's  studies, 
had  been  very  appreciative  of  his  splendid  privi- 
leges for  study  and  work,  had  maintained  a  high 
standing  in  scholarship,  had  been  faithful  to  every 
Christian  and  secular  duty,  and  was  preparing  to 
return  home  for  the  summer  vacation,  when  he 
was  taken  ill,  and  died  on  June  15,  1894,  before 
his  parents  could  reach  him.  The  parents, 
Willie  and  a  devoted  aunt — Miss  Lizzie  Kil- 
bourn,  of  Middletown — having  arrived  in  Chi- 
cago, the  funeral  services  were  held  on  Tuesday, 
June  19,  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  H.  P.  Gray,  No. 
3921  Prairie  avenue,  where  Douglas  had  made 
his  home,  and  were  conducted  by  Rev.  Frank  W. 
Gunsaulus,  D.D.,  president  of  Armour  Institute, 
whose  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Douglas  (who  was 
known  at  the  Institute  as  John) ,  to  his  worth  as 
a  Christian  young  man  and  scholar,  and  adding 
that  in  the  higher  life  upon  which  he  had  then 
entered,  he  would  start  where  he  had  stopped 
here,  progressing  under  most  favorable  environ- 
ments to  higher  and  grander  success  than  was 
possible  to  achieve  on  earth,  and  instructing  those 
who  had  been  his  instructors  here,  a  guardian 
over  those  who  had  cared  for  him  on  earth,  and 
an  elevating  influence  in  the  lives  of  those  he  had 
left  behind,  was  not  only  eloquent,  but  comfort- 
ing and  uplifting.  The  Institute  Glee  Club,  of 
which  Douglas  was  a  member,  was  present  and 
sang  his  favorite  hymn,  "Nearer,  My  God,  to 
Thee, ' '  and  other  selections.  There  were  present 
also  Philip  D.  Armour,  founder  of  the  Institute, 
the  faculty,  and  many  of  the  students  and  Chi- 
cago friends.  Mother  and  aunt  accompanied 
the  remains  eastward  that  afternoon,  and  the 
body  was  laid  at  rest  in  the  Kilbourn  family  lot, 
on  the  crest  of  beautiful  Indian  Hill  Cemetery, 
which  overlooks  the  charming  Connecticut  Val- 
ley and  River,  June  21,  1894,  after  services  at 
Elm  Cottage,  the  Kilbourn  family  home  in  Mid- 
dletown, conducted  by  Douglas'  Pueblo  pastor— 
Dr.  Lee— who  happened  to  be  spending  his  va- 
cation in  Connecticut.  During  the  Revolution- 
ary war  this  well-preserved  house  was  owned  and 


occupied  by  the  grandfather  of  the  late  Hon. 
Henry  G.  Hubbard,  president  of  the  Russell 
Manufacturing  Company,  and  the  northeast  front 
room  was  used  for  storing  soldiers'  clothing  at 
that  time,  he  during  the  war  having  been  com- 
missary and  superintendent  of  stores  for  the  army. 

The  second  son,  William  Douglas  Kilbourn, 
was  also  born  in  Middletown,  February  3,  1880, 
and  was  baptized  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hazeu,  at  the  First 
Church,  on  Sunday,  May  2,  1880,  the  father 
leaving  for  Colorado  the  next  day.  He  is  of  an 
inventive  turn  of  mind  and  already  has  been 
granted  one  United  States  patent  for  a  newspaper 
holder,  intended  for  use  at  breakfast  table,  or  on 
desk  or  table,  as  a  stenographer's  note  book 
holder,  or  as  a  music  rack.  Another  patent  for 
a  bottle  closure  has  been  granted,  but  not  yet 
issued.  William  was  a  member  of  the  Pueblo 
Centennial  High  School,  class  of  1897,  and,  like 
his  brother  Douglas,  stands  high  in  scholarship, 
is  a  great  reader  of  the  best  literature,  has  a  re- 
tentive memory  and  keeps  abreast  of  the  times  in 
reading  and  study  and  observation.  He  is  an 
athlete,  fond  of  camp  life  and  wholesome  sport. 
His  running  high  jump  is  five  feet  two  inches, 
standing  broad  jump  nine  feet  five  inches,  and 
one  hundred  yards  dash  close  to  ten  and  one-fifth 
seconds.  In  June,  1891,  he  united  with  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Pueblo,  on  confession  of 
faith,  and  was  publicly  received  with  forty- three 
others,  on  Sunday,  July  5,  1891,  by  Dr.  Lee. 
He  joined  the  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  and  has  been 
treasurer  of  the  Sunday-school,  and  of  the  High 
School  Athletic  Association,  and  secreta^7  and 
treasurer  of  the  school  lyceum.  He,  like  his 
older  brother,  is  a  banjoist,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Orchestral  Quintette,  a  musical  organization 
of  young  people.  William  is  now  engaged  with 
special  studies,  preparatory  to  entering  the  Colo- 
rado State  School  of  Mines,  at  Golden,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1899. 

The  youngest  son,  Burwell  Newton  Kilbourn, 
was  born  at  the  Court  street  home  in  Pueblo, 
September  29,  1891,  was  baptized  in  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  by  Rev.  E.  T.  Lee,  D.D., 
pastor,  Sunday  March  13,  1892.  He  entered 
room  i  in  the  Centennial  School  building  in 
September,  1897,  and  at  the  end  of  the  school 
year  was  advanced  to  room  3,  "jumping  room  2" 
as  he  says.  Though  quite  young,  he  is  at  times 
a  help  to  his  father  when  checking  up  accounts 
and  vouchers. 

Mr.  Kilbourn  was  one  of  the  earlier  contribu- 


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tors  to  Colorado  College,  and  upon  his  return  to 
Middletown,  after  a  visit  to  Denver  in  1878,  he 
secured  a  donation  of  $100  from  his  Sunday- 
school,  to  help  build  the  Second  Congregational 
Church  edifice,  on  Larimer  street,  Denver,  after- 
wards condemned. 

Mr.  Kilbourn  has  recently  presented  to  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Pueblo  a  beautiful 
individual  communion  cup  service,  and  in  1895, 
at  the  suggestion  of  the  pastor,  and  upon  urgent 
request  of  Pueblo  friends  of  his  oldest  son  (whose 
life  had  been  mostly  spent  in  Pueblo,  where  he 
was  well  known  and  highly  esteemed)  that  some 
memorial  should  here  commemorate  his  ex- 
emplary record  and  perpetuate  his  memory,  there 
was  imported  a  massive,  costly  and  highly  pol- 
ished red  marble  baptismal  font,  circular  in  form, 
with  five  tablets  appropriately  and  historically 
inscribed,  presented  to  the  church  in  memory  of 
Douglas,  and  placed  at  the  pulpit  end  of  the 
aisle  in  which  he  had  so  acceptably  ushered. 
The  font  was  dedicated  with  special  services  by 
Dr.  Lee,  on  Easter  Sunday,  April  14,  1895;  and 
since  then  many  children  and  adults  have  thereat 
received  the  sacred  rites  of  baptism,  to  the  joy  of 
the  donor. 

The  heirlooms  which  have  comedown  through 
several  successive  generations  of  "Jonathans" 
and  now  held  by  the  subject  of  our  sketch,  are  of 
solid  silver,  and  comprise  brooches,  buckles, 
slides  and  complete  sets  of  buttons  for  coat, 
waistcoat  and  breeches.  Each  button  is  neatly 
engraved  "J.  K." 

John  Kilborn,  son  of  Sergt.  John  Kilbourn, 
who  was  confirmed  by  the  general  court  in  May, 
1657,  "to  be  sergeant  at  Wethersfield,"  was  the 
ancestor  of  all  the  Kilbourns  of  the  Glastenbury 
branch,  and  born  at  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  Febru- 
ary 15,  1651,  and  died  November  25,  1711..  He 
was  appointed  to  public  trusts,  was  a  man  of  con- 
siderable property,  benevolently  inclined,  and 
gave  a  parcel  of  land  for  a  parsonage  for  Rev. 
Timothy  Stevens,  the  first  minister  of  Glasten- 
bury. 

Jonathan  Kilborn,  Esq.,  born  in  Colchester, 
January  8,  1707,  and  for  many  years  a  member 
of  the  state  legislature,  died  October  14,  1785. 
He  was  a  manufacturer,  and  an  uncommonly  in- 
genious mechanic,  invented  machinery  for  cutting 
iron  screws,  and  directed  the  preparation  of  the 
bar  of  iron  from  which  by  his  invention  was  cut 
the  first  screw  ever  made  by  machinery.  He  was 
an  intimate  friend  of  the  elder  Governor  Trum- 


bull,  and  they  frequently  rode  on  horseback  to 
and  from  Colchester  and  Lebanon,  on  visits  to 
each  other  of  from  one  to  two  weeks  in  length. 

Thomas  Kilborne,  the  common  ancestor  of  all 
the  Kilbornes  (now  spelt  variously,  Kilbourn, 
Kilburn,  Kilborn,  Kilbourne,  etc.)  on  the  west- 
ern continent,  was  born  in  the  parish  of  Wood 
Ditton,  in  the  County  of  Cambridge,  England, 
A.  D.  1578,  where  he  was  baptized  on  the  8th  of 
May  of  that  year.  Unlike  most  of  the  pioneers 
of  New  England,  he  was  a  member  of  the  church 
of  England  and  church  warden  of  his  native  par- 
ish in  1632.  On  the  isth  of  April,  1635,  he, 
with  a  portion  of  his  family,  including  the  young- 
est son,  John,  then  a  lad  of  ten  years,  and  later 
known  as  Sergt.  John  Kilbourn,  baptized  at 
Wood  Ditton,  September  9,  1624,  embarked  for 
New  England  on  board  the  ship  "Increase," 
Robert  Lea,  master.  In  1613  Agatha  Borrow- 
dale  bequeathed  to  him  and  others  certain  prop- 
erty in  trust  for  benevolent  purposes;  for  the  care 
of  which  he  was  to  receive  at  the  end  of  every 
seven  years  a  "ring  of  gold  of  the  price  of  thirty 
shillings' '  etc.  He  settled  in  Wethersfield,  Conn. , 
and  died  previous  to  1639. 

Mr.  Kilbourn,  on  his  mother's  side,  is  de- 
scended from  Rev.  Roger  Newton,  English  born, 
but  only  partly  English  bred.  He  studied  at 
Harvard,  and  from  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  of 
Hartford,  founder  of  the  colony  of  Connecticut, 
he  received  instruction  in  theology;  and  Mary 
Hooker,  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas  Hooker,  be- 
came his  wife  (so  the  descendants  of  Roger  New- 
ton are  also  descendants  of  Thomas  Hooker). 
Rev.  Roger  Newton  was  one  of  the  seven  founders 
and  the  first  pastor  of  the  church  in  Farmington, 
Conn.,  1645-1657.  Leaving  Farmington  in  1657 
Roger  Newton  purposed  returning  to  England. 
Strong  adverse  winds  at  the  time  of  sailing  led 
the  master  of  the  ship  to  conclude  that,  like 
Jonah  of  old,  Mr.  Newton  was  seeking  to  escape 
from  the  doing  of  the  Lord's  work,  and  fearing 
lest  he  might  otherwise  be  compelled  to  throw 
him  overboard  in  mid  ocean,  he  left  him  in  Bos- 
ton and  sailed  away. 

August  22,  1660,  Roger  Newton  was  installed 
the  second  pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Christ, 
Milford,  Conn.,  and  so  continued  until  his  de- 
cease, June  7,  1683.  He  was  highly  esteemed 
and  his  library  was  enormous  for  those  times. 
Hfe  was  a  "sound  preacher"  and  a  "judicious 
speaker."  The  blessing  of  the  patriarchs,  the 
desire  of  godly  men  of  that  time  and  of  all  times, 


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was  granted  to  him,  and  the  Lord  gave  to  him  a 
godly  seed.  First  and  pre-eminently  he  loved 
the  word  of  God  and  was  "a  good  minister  of 
Christ  Jesus  nourished  in  the  words  of.  the  faith 
and  of  the  good  doctrine. ' ' 

Mr.  Kilbourn's  mother  (Sophia  Newton)  was 
a  daughter  of  Burwell  Newton,  who  lived  to  a 
good  old  age.  His  grandfather,  Abner  Newton, 
son  of  Samuel  Newton,  and  a  grandson  of  Roger 
Newton,  married  Mary  Burwell,  and  with  his 
bride  removed  to  Durham,  Conn.,  in  1725. 

While  the  subject  of  our  sketch  has  practically 
retired  from  business,  yet  his  property  interests 
are  important  and  require  constant  attention,  so 
that  he  still  leads  a  busy  life,  and  is  always  in- 
terested and  helpful  in  all  that  pertains  to  the 
true  progress  and  higher  welfare  of  Pueblo. 


(\  REID  CROWELL,  who  has  attained  dis- 
tinction at  the  bar  of  Colorado  Springs  and 
C/,  the  state  of  Colorado  as  a  successful  criminal 
lawyer,  is  a  member  of  an  old  family  of  New 
Hampshire.  His  father,  J.  Reid  Crowell,  Sr. , 
was  born  in  Nashua,  N.  H. ,  and  from  there 
removed  to  Brooklyn,  Jackson  County,  Mich., 
where,  having  graduated  as  a  physician  from  the 
University  at  Castleton,  Vt.,  he  engaged  in  prac- 
tice. Later  he  had  an  office  in  Ann  Arbor.  He 
was  appointed  a  professor  of  therapeutics  and 
theory  of  practice  in  the  medical  department  of 
the  University  of  Michigan  and  accepted  the 
position,  which  he  filled  with  credit  to  himself. 
Returning  to  Brooklyn,  he  died  there  in  1872, 
when  forty-seven  years  of  age.  In  fraternal  re- 
lations he  was  a  Mason.  His  partner  was  Henry 
F.  Lyster,  also  a  professor  at  Ann  Arbor.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  he  was  engaged  as  a  surgeon 
in  the  army. 

The  wife  of  J.  Reid  Crowell,  Sr. ,  was  Mary 
Every,  who  was  born  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  and 
died  in  Brooklyn,  Mich.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Jacob  Every,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  in  an 
early  day  removed  to  Oregon.  He  was  an  actor 
and  theatrical  man,  as,  indeed,  were  almost  all  of 
the  members  of  the  family,  and  they  were  noted 


both  for  great  genius  and  for  beauty  of  face  and 
form.  The  only  child  of  his  parents,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Mich., 
December  20,  1859.  He  was  reared  in  Ann  Ar- 
bor and  Brooklyn  and  received  his  education 
there  and  in  the  Racine  public  school  and  Forest 
Home,  Wis.,  graduating  from  the  latter  institu- 
tion in  1878.  Afterward  he  studied  medicine  for 
two  years  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.  Deciding,  however,  that 
the  law  was  more  suited  to  his  talents  and  tastes, 
he  read  law  with  Judge  David  Johnson,  whose 
partner,  Mr.  Montgomery,  was  subsequently 
United  States  judge  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  and 
afterward  with  Austin  Blair,  the  war  governor 
of  Michigan. 

After  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  Jackson  in 
1888,  Mr.  Crowell  practiced  in  that  city  for  two 
years,  as  a  partner  of  Nathan  G.  King,  attorney 
and  banker,  of  Brooklyn,  and  at  one  time  partner 
of  Zack  Chandler  and  Jacob  M.  Howard,  both 
United  States  senators  from  Michigan.  In  1890 
he  came  to  Colorado  Springs  and  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Joseph  Williams,  a  former  partner 
of  Judge  Blodgett,  United  States  judge  of  Chi- 
cago. After  one  year  he  became  a  partner  of 
Judge  McMorris,  and  four  years  later  formed  a 
partnership  with  Judge  McGarry,  which  con- 
tinued for  one  year.  In  January,  1898,  he  and 
Thomas  J.  McPartin  established  the  firm  of 
Crowell  &  McPartin.  In  January,  1899,  W. 
D'Arcy  Lombard  became  a  partner,  and  the  firm 
of  Crowell  McPartin  &  Lombard  has  since  car- 
ried on  a  general  practice,  with  office  in  the  El 
Paso  Bank  building.  As  a  prosecutor  Mr.  Crow- 
ell has  made  a  record  for  himself,  no  one  having 
escaped  whom  he  has  prosecuted.  However,  it 
is  as  a  defender  in  criminal  cases  that  his  extra- 
ordinary ability  is  brought  into  full  play.  His 
specialty  has  been  criminal  law,  in  which  branch 
of  jurisprudence  it  is  admitted  he  has  few  equals. 
He  has  been  employed,  either  in  defense  of,  or  as 
prosecutor,  in  some  of  the  most  important  cases 
ever'  tried  in  this  state,  and  his  reputation  in  this 
department  of  the  law  has  made  his  name  well 
known  to  lawyers  throughout  the  state.  He  lias 
participated  in  many  celebrated  cases  which  have 
shed  lustre  on  the  bar  of  Colorado.  As  a  lawyer 
he  is  thoroughly  grounded  in  the  science  of  juris- 
prudence, but  it  is  through  his  skill  in*the  man- 
agement of  his  cases  that  he  has  attained  the 
greatest  prominence.  His  tact  in  drawing  out  a 
witness,  so  that  the  salient  points  of  the  case  are 


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revealed,  is  truly  wonderful.  He  is  exceedingly 
successful  in  the  application  of  the  law  and  the 
evidence  to  the  case  in  point.  As  an  orator  and 
an  advocate  he  is  especially  strong  before  court 
and  jury.  He  has  the  peculiar  faculty  of  leading 
a  jury  to  view  the  law  and  circumstances  as  he 
himself  views  them,  and  he  talks  plainly  and 
simply  to,  and  not  at,  the  jury,  thereby  gaining 
their  confidence  in  the  justice  of  his  cause,  and 
invariably  winning  his  cases. 

Mr.  Crowell  has  had  little  time  for  the  con- 
sideration of  political  questions,  and  has  never 
displayed  a  partisan  spirit  in  the  expression  of 
his  opinions.  However,  he  is  stanch  in  his  ad- 
vocacy of  the  gold  wing  of  the  Democratic  party. 


D'ARCY  LOMBARD  is  a  native  of  Can- 
ning,Corn  wallis  Valley,  Nova  Scotia,  "the 
,  land  of  Evangeline,"  and  was  born  April 
6,  1869,  a  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Lynch)  Lom- 
bard, the  former  a  native  of  London,  England, 
the  latter  of  Nova  Scotia.  They  were  the  pa- 
rents of  seven  sons  and  one  daughter,  viz. :  John 
P.,  a  prominent  physician  in  Boston,  Mass.; 
James  C.,  a  sea  captain;  our  subject;  Julia,  the 
wife  of  Dr.  P.  J.  Morriority,  professor  of  dentistry 
in  Harvard  University;  Joseph,  who  is  engaged 
in  ranching  at  Palmer  Lake,  Colo. ;  Charles  and 
Richard,  at  home  with  their  mother;  and  Fred- 
eric, a  student  at  Acadia  College,  Nova  Scotia. 
The  father,  James  Lombard,  died  in  1893.  He 
was  a  strong,  rugged  character,  who  achieved 
success  by  his  own  unaided  efforts  and  by  dint  of 
his  sterling  character.  In  politics  he  belonged  to 
the  liberal  party. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  the  rudi- 
ments of  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  province.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he 
entered  Acadia  College,  taking  the  scientific 
course,  and  was  graduated  with  honors.  For 
two  years  he  was  captain  of  the  college  foot-ball 
team ,  and  was  usually  foremost  in  athletic  sports. 
After  visiting  his  brother  at  Boston  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  decided  to  make  this  state  his 
home.  He  became  a  law  student  of  Edgar 
Caypless,  the  noted  criminal  lawyer  of  Denver. 
In  1897  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  began  prac- 
tice in  Colorado  Springs,  and  is  now  junior  part- 
ner of  the  firm  of  Crowell,  McParlin  &  Lombard. 
By  education  and  training  Mr.  Lombard  is  well 
fitted  for  the  law.  He  is  a  close  student,  and  a 
careful,  painstaking  lawyer.  Politically  he  is 
a  Democrat. 


rjl  HNER  SYLVESTER  BAKER.  Often  al- 
M  luded  to  as  the  "father"  of  the  town  of 
/ |  Fort  Morgan,  the  life  of  Mr.  Baker  was  for 
years  inseparably  connected  with  the  city  of  his 
creation.  He  lived  to  see  what  was  in  former 
years  a  region  of  unsettled  land  transformed  into 
a  finely  cultivated  and  prosperous  country.  Amid 
the  arduous  duties  of  his  pioneer  life  he  was  ever 
ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  those  in  need  of 
assistance,  even  when  he  himself  was  struggling 
against  what  seemed  an  adverse  fate.  He  lived 
to  see  the  town  which  he  platted  and  named  one 
of  the  most  important  in  northeastern  Colorado, 
and  was  himself  a  conspicuous  factor  in  its 
growth. 

Born  near  Bucyrus,  Ohio,  August  29,  1841, 
the  subject  of  this  memoir  spent  the  years  of 
youth  in  the  east.  In  1861  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany F,  First  Wisconsin  Cavalry,- in  which  he 
served  for  nearly  two  years,  and  was  then  dis- 
charged on  account  of  a  bronchial  complaint. 
From  this  disease  he  never  recovered,  and  it  pre- 
vented him  afterward  from  engaging  in  manual 
labor.  In  1870  he  came  from  Tennessee  to  Colo- 
rado, accompanying  the  colony  that  settled  in 
Greeley.  For  a  time  he  engaged  in  stock-raising 
and  farming.  Early  in  the  '8os  he  engaged  in  the 
construction  of  irrigation  ditches, having  large  con- 
tracts or  building  entirely  the  Ogilvey  ditch  near 
Greeley,  the  Platte  and  Beaver  systems,  the  Fort 
Morgan  and  Bijou  canals  in  Morgan  County  and 
the  Del  Norte  canal  in  Rio  Grande  County,  be- 
sides doing  contract  grading  on  several  railroads 
then  building,  notably  the  Denver  &  New  Or- 
leans, which  is  now  a  part  of  the  Gulf  system. 
Through  his  various  enterprises  he  accumulated 
a  modest  fortune. 

In  1883  Mr.  Baker  began  to  build  the  Fort 
Morgan  canal,  and  the  next  year  platted  the  town 
site  of  Fort  Morgan.  The  building  of  the  canal 
exhausted  his  resources  and  involved  him  in 
debt,  so  that  in  a  few  years  it  passed  entirely 
from  his  control.  However,  he  never  lost  hope 
that  he  would  eventually  regain  the  loss,  and 
doubtless  he  would  have  done  so  had  it  not  been 
for  a  succession  of  afflictions.  The  loss  of  his  fa- 
ther, the  death  of  his  wife,  and  the  sudden  tak- 
ing away,  by  accident,  of  his  eldest  son,  a  youth 
of  unusual  character  and  talents,  combined  to 
sadden  his  life  and  weaken  his  courage.  While 
attempting  to  put  the  Bijou  canal  property  in 
shape  he  was  taken  ill,  and  after  five  weeks  in 
St.  Joseph's  hospital,  Denver,  he  died  there, 


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April  18,  1898,  aged  fifty-six  years,  seven  months 
and  twenty  days.  The  remains  were  brought  to 
Fort  Morgan,  and  funeral  services  were  held  at 
his  former  home.  The  body  was  interred  in 
Riverside  Cemetery,  the  ceremonies  at  the  grave 
being  in  charge  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
post,  assisted  by  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps. 

On  Christmas  day  of  1877  Mr.  Baker  married 
Miss  Safah  Graham,  who  preceded  him  in  death. 
He  left  three  children,  Lois,  Abner  S.,  Jr.,  and 
Frances,  who  are  being  tenderly  cared  for  by  his 
relatives. 

Mr.  Baker  will  long  be  remembered  for  the 
work  he  did  in  the  early  history  of  Fort  Morgan. 
This  prosperous  town  owes  much  to  his  energy 
in  its  early  days.  The  task  required  g"reat  energy , 
but  he  and  his  co-laborers  were  equal  to  the 
emergency.  As  a  result  of  their  efforts,  hand- 
some brick  blocks,  a  good  school,  neat  cottages, 
with  shade  trees  and  lawns,  may  be  seen  where 
a  few  years  ago  ranged  cattle  over  unbroken 
stretches  of  buffalo  grass.  Of  those  who  were 
stockholders  in  the  original  company,  the  most 
active  were  G.  W.  Warner,  secretary  and  book- 
keeper; J.  S.  Courtney,  foreman  of  the  grading 
work:  John  H.  and  Robert  M.  Glassey;  F.  E. 
and  E.  E.  Baker,  and  H.  N.  Rouse.  These  men 
aided  materially  in  the  construction  of  the  canal, 
to  which  the  town  owes  its  existence.  Through 
their  labors  a  territory  of  rich  farming  land  was 
brought  under  irrigation,  all  tributary  to  the 
trading  point  and  mercantile  center,  Fort  Mor- 
gan. During  all  of  this  time,  it  was  Mr.  Baker's 
hope  that  his  town  might  become  the  county-seat 
of  a  distinct  county.  With  this  object  in  view  he 
carefully  watched  the  proceedings  of  the  state 
legislature,  and  when  Weld  County  was  cut  in 
pieces,  he  felt  the  time  had  come  for  the  organi- 
zation of  a  new  county.  In  the  spring  of  1889 
the  people  of  Fort  Morgan  petitioned  the  legis- 
lature to  form  a  new  county,  to  be  called  Mor- 
gan. The  project  was  favored  by  Senator  J.  W. 
McCreery  and  Representative  George  C.  Reed, 
and  permission  was  given  for  the  creation  of  a 
county,  to  comprise  within  its  limits  all  of  the 
Fort  Morgan  flat,  the  Weldon  Valley  country 
and  tributary  sheep  and  cattle  ranges,  making 
one  of  the  richest,  though  one  of  the  smallest, 
counties  in  the  state.  If  the  future  of  this  coun- 
ty proves  as  prosperous  as  its  past  (and  there  is 
every  reason  to  believe  that  it  will),  it  will  in 
time  rank  among  the  greatest  stock  and  farming 
counties  in  the  state  and  in  the  west.  For  what 


it  may  accomplish  in  the  future,  it  should  never 
be  forgotten  that  credit  is  due  to  its  founder,  who 
laid  the  foundations  broad,  deep  and  strong. 


HON.  JAMES  F.  DRAKE,  ex-state  senator 
and  an  able  attorney  of  Pueblo,  was  born  on 
a  farm  near  Belvidere,  Boone  County,  111., 
January  13,  1851,  being  a  son  of  Charles  E.  and 
Martha  (Heaton)  Drake,  natives  of  New  York. 
His  father,  who  was  born  in  1810,  devoted  his 
entire  active  life  to  agricultural  pursuits  in  Illi- 
nois, but  the  infirmities  of  age  now  prevent  him 
from  mingling  actively  in  business  or  public 
affairs.  In  his  family  there  are  five  sons  and  a 
daughter,  the  latter  making  her  home  with  our 
subject.  Charles  B. ,  the  eldest  of  the  sons,  is  en- 
gaged in  railroading  and  makes  his  home  in  Bel- 
videre, 111.;  Frank  V.  is  an  attorney  in  Portland, 
Ore. ;  George  L-  is  a  ranchman  in  southern  Cali- 
fornia; and  Edgar  W.  is  employed  on  a  railroad 
in  Illinois. 

Primarily  educated  in  district  schools,  James 
F.  Drake  gained  a  thorough  classical  education 
in  the  Illinois  State  University  at  Champaign, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1876,  after  having 
been  a  student  there  for  five  years.  He  taught 
school  for  one  year  and  also  carried  on  the  study 
of  law,  after  which,  in  the  fall  of  1877,  ne  entered 
the  law  department  of  Michigan  State  University 
at  Ann  Arbor,  and  remained  a  student  there  until 
his  graduation  in  1879.  Shortly  afterward  he 
came  to  Colorado,  and  being  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  this,  state,  began  to  practice  in  Leadville.  In 
the  fall  of  1 88 1  he  came  to  Pueblo,  where  he  has 
since  carried  on  a  general  practice.  .  . 

As  the  candidate  of  the  Republican  party  Mr. 
Drake  was  elected  city  attorney  of  Pueblo.  In 
the  fall  of  1892  he  was  the  successful  candidate 
for  the  state  senate,  in  which  distinguished  body 
he  remained  for  four  years.  While  a  member  of 
the  senate  he  introduced  a  number  of  important 
bills,  some  of  which  were  passed.  He  was  a 
strong  supporter  of  the  woman's  rights  bill  and 
assisted  in  its  passage.  He  introduced  the  anti- 
trust bill,  which  was  killed  by  a  combination  of 
Democrats  and  Populists.  The  bill  to  unite 
within  one  corporation  Bessemer  and  Pueblo  was 
carried  by  both  branches  of  the  assembly.  With 
all  the  energy  of  his  nature  he  fought  the  bill 
providing  that  the  city  council  and  mayor  should 
be  replaced  by  a  commission  of  three  members, 
and  after  a  stubborn  contest  he  defeated  the  meas- 
ure. As  a  senator  his  ability  was  fully  demon- 


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strated  and  his  service  was  highly  creditable  to 
himself  and  satisfactory  to  his  constituents.  Be- 
lieving that  it  is  the  duty  of  every  good  citizen  to 
identify  himself  with  politics,  he  has  kept  thor- 
oughly posted  concerning  every  issue  before  the 
people,  and  has  sustained  such  measures  as  in 
his  opinion  will  prove  of  general  benefit.  In 
1888  he  served  as  a  delegate  to  the  national  con- 
vention of  the  Republican  party  that  nominated 
Benjamin  Harrison  for  president;  in  that  famous 
meeting  he  was  stanch  in  his  allegiance  to  James 
G.  Elaine,  the  "plumed  knight,"  of  whom  he 
had  ever  been  an  ardent  admirer.  In  1897  he 
was  his  party's  candidate  for  district  attorney  and 
carried  the  city  of  Pueblo,  but  was  defeated  in  the 
other  sections  of  the  district. 

While  he  has  been  active  and  influential  in  pol- 
itics, Mr.  Drake'schief  ambition  has  been  to  attain 
success  in  his  profession .  The  fact  that  he  stands 
high  throughout  the  state  as  an  attorney  is  the 
result  of  his  unwearied  application  through  years 
of  study  and  research.  He  is  a  student  and  a 
thinker,  one  who  reasons  logically  and  observes 
closely.  Accurate  in  analysis,  keen  in  discern- 
ment, and  judicious  in  action,  he  justly  ranks 
high  among  the  members  of  the  legal  profession 
in  this  city  and  county. 


HENRY  SCHNEIDER.  From  the  time  of 
the  organization  of  Logan  County  Mr. 
Schneider  has  been  one  of  its  most  success- 
ful and  prominent  cattle-raisers.  As  early  as 
1871,  while  on  a  buffalo  hunt  in  northeastern 
Colorado,  he  selected  his  present  ranch  as  a  de- 
sirable location.  Two  years  later  he  settled  here, 
making  his  home  in  a  sod  house  that  he  had  built 
the  previous  year.  As  yet  the  country  had  not 
been  surveyed,  and  there  were  no  settlers  nearer 
than  forty-five  miles.  Undismayed,  however,  by 
the  remoteness  of  his  position,  he  set  himself  res- 
olutely to  work.  When  the  section  was  surveyed 
he  entered  his  land,  securing,  by  pre-emption 
and  tree  claim,  three  hundred  and'  twenty  acres, 
to  which,  as  the  years  passed  by,  he  added  by 
purchase  from  time  to  time.  His  ranch  now 
numbers  three  thousand  acres,  most  of  which  is 
under  ditch.  For  a  long  time  he  was  largely  in- 
terested in  sheep  raising,  but  of  late  years  has 
given  his  attention  wholly  to  haying  and  the  cat- 
tle business.  Upon  the  incorporation  of  the  town 
of  Evans  he  was  selected  as  one  of  the  first  trus- 
tees; and  when  Logan  County  was  organized  he 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Adams  one  of  the 


first  county  commissioners.     In  politics  he  allies 
himself  with  the  Democratic  party. 

Mr.  Schneider  was  born  in  County  Wiltshire, 
England,  December  27,  1844,  a  son  °f  Thomas 
H.  and  Mary  (Gough)  Schneider.  He  was  one 
of  seven  children  and  next  to  the  youngest  of  the 
five  now  living.  Of  these,  Elizabeth  is  the  wife 
of  H.  Hulbert,  of  London,  England;  Catherine 
married  James  Gough,  of  Wiltshire;  John  R.  is 
engaged  in  the  transfer  business  in  Denver,  Colo.; 
and  James  G.  is  in  Arizona.  The  father  was  born 
in  County  Wiltshire  about  181 1  and  descended  from 
an  old  English  family  that  originated  in  Holland. 
During  the  time  of  William  and  Mary  some  of 
the  name  went  to  England,  and,  being  nursery- 
men, brought  with  them  large  supplies  of  nursery 
stock.  While  our  subject's  father  was  a  graduate 
pharmacist  and  chemist,  he  preferred  to  engage 
in  farming,  and  settled  down  to  that  occupation. 
He  filled  many  of  the  minor  offices  of  his  parish 
and  was  well  known  there.  He  died  in  1867. 
His  father,  Thomas  H.  Schneider,  Sr.,  was  a  gen- 
eral merchant,  but  his  ancestors  were  all  nursery- 
men . 

When  eight  years  old  our  subject  lost  his 
mother.  After  finishing  the  studies  of  the  common 
schools  he  was  for  two  years  a  student  in  a  pri- 
vate boarding  school.  When  he  was  fifteen  he 
took  up  his  home  with  James  Gough,  a  brother 
of  his  mother  and  a  wealthy  farmer  and  cattle- 
dealer.  On  account  of  having  to  buy  and  sell 
stock  Mr.  Gough  was  often  away  from  home,  and 
the  management  of  the  farm  of  six  hundred  acres 
and  the  oversight  of  the  dairy  of  one  hundred  and 
twenty  milch  cows  were  almost  entirely  in  the 
hands  of  our  subject.  As  about  thirty  men  were 
employed,  all  of  whom  he  superintended,  his  task 
was  no  slight  one  for  a  youth.  In  addition  he 
had  charge  of  much  of  his  uncle's  correspondence 
and  kept  his  books.  In  this  way  was  laid  the 
foundation  for  his  successful  business  career.  He 
was  forced  to  be  self-reliant  and  judicious,  and 
these  qualities  have  ever  since  been  factors  in  his 
character.  Desiring  to  engage  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness in  America,  in  1869  he  crossed  the  ocean, 
landing  in  New  York  December  18,  after  a  very 
tempestuous  voyage  of  fourteen  days.  The  vessel 
on  which  he  crossed  was  wrecked  on  the  return 
voyage  and  of  all  the  crew  and  passengers  but 
one  man  was  saved,  he  being  picked  up  from 
some  wreckage  by  another  boat. 

From  New  York  Mr.  Schneider  went  to  Onta- 
rio, thence  to  Michigan  and  then  to  Chicago.  In 


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February,  1870,  he  went  to  Mississippi  and  rented 
land  in  Pontotoc  County,  where  he  put  in  a  crop 
of  cotton  and  general  farm  products.  After  this 
had  been  harvested  he  left  and  returned  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  heard  William  N.  Byers  lecture 
on  Colorado.  He  was  so  attracted  by  the  de- 
scription of  the  west  that  he  determined  to  come 
here.  Going  to  St.  Louis  he  joined  the  St.  Louis 
&  Western  Colony  Company,  with  which  he 
came  to  Colorado.  He  settled  in  Evans  in  the 
spring  of  1871,  and  during  the  summer  worked 
under  the  chief  surveyor  in  laying  out  the  town 
site  and  opening  ditches.  In  the  fall  he  opened 
a  coal,  lime  and  feed  business.  A  year  later  he 
sold  out  and  returned  to  England  on  a  visit. 
Coming  back  in  the  spring  of  1873  he  settled  on 
the  ranch  where  he  has  since  resided.  In  1892 
he  married  Mrs.  Hattie  H.  (Jewett)  Peyton, 
widow  of  William  N.  Peyton,  and  mother  of 
three  children,  of  whom  the  only  survivor  is 
Joseph  C.  Peyton,  deputy  sheriff  of  Logan  Coun- 
ty and  a  resident  of  Sterling. 


(1  MAURICE  FINN.  The  gratifying  success 
that  has  crowned  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Finn  is 
(*/,  the  more  noticeable  and  praiseworthy  be- 
cause of  the  few  opportunities  afforded  him  for 
that  training  and  help  which  are  sometimes  con- 
sidered indispensable  for  a  start  in  the  profes- 
sional world.  His  has  been  a  useful  and  busy 
life,  and  now,  while  in  his  prime,  he  has  attained 
a  position  among  the  influential  attorneys  and  suc- 
cessful mine  operators  of  Cripple  Creek.  His 
prominence  in  politics,  at  the  bar  and  in  mining 
circles  is  the  result  of  his  acknowledged  ability  and 
energy  of  character.  In  the  midst  of  a  busy  life 
as  clerk  he  obtained  much  of  his  legal  education, 
studying  diligently  every  night  and  at  leisure  mo- 
ments in  the  day.  When  he  started  out  for  him- 
self, it  was  with  a  determination  to  win  a  leading 
place  in  his  profession,  and  he  has  not  failed  in 
this  worthy  ambition.  He  is  a  man  who  has 
ever  maintained  a  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
the  people  and  the  progress  of  his  community, 
and  his  labors  have  been  instrumental  in  accom- 
plishing man}'  needed  improvements. 

Besides  his  law  practice,  which  is  of  an  impor- 
tant nature,  Mr.  Finn  has  been  quite  prominent 
as  a  mine  operator.  It  is  said  that  he  is  probably 
interested  in  and  controls  more  mining  lands  than 
any  other  man  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district.  He 
organized  the  Mountain  Beauty  and  the  Lady 
Campbell  Mining  Companies,  and  is  president  of 


both,  as  well  as  a  large  owner  of  their  stock.  He 
is  also  general  manager  of  the  Wilson  Creek  Con- 
solidated Mining  and  Milling  Company. 

Mr.  Finn  was  born  in  St.  Clair,  Mich.,  Jan- 
uary 10,  1857.  At  twelve  years  of  age  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Royal  Oak,  a  suburb  of  De- 
troit, Mich.,  and  there  his  education  progressed 
favorably.  His  father,  Rev.  Silas  Finn,  who  was 
born  in  Benton  Center,  Pa.,  in  1811,  and  for  years 
was  a  pioneer  minister  in  Michigan,  dying  there 
at  eighty-five  years  of  age,  was  a  man  who  well 
knew  the  value  of  an  education,  and  had  his 
means  been  ample,  would  have  given  his  son 
every  educational  advantage  the  country  afforded. 
As  it  was,  he  give  him  a  good  start.  In  1874 
our  subject  entered  the  high  school  at  Pont iac, 
Mich.,  and  there  took  a  three  years'  course  in 
two  years,  graduating  in  1875.  Needing  money 
to  continue  his  studies,  he  began  to  clerk  in  Royal 
Oak,  and  at  the  same  time  devoted  such  leisure 
time  as  he  had  to  the  study  of  the  profession  he 
determined  to  enter.  In  1880  he  moved  to  Gray- 
ling, Mich.,  and  three  years  later  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  Hon.  Thomas  M.  Cooley  being  one  of 
the  examining  committee  before  whom  he  ap- 
peared. Opening  an  office  at  Grayling,  he  re- 
mained there  until  1889,  and  then  removed  to 
Ishpeming,  Mich.,  where  he  carried  on  a  general 
practice  for  three  years. 

An  ardent  believer  in  Democratic  principles, 
Mr.  Finn  early  became  prominent  among  the 
leaders  of  his  party  in  Michigan.  In  1888  he  was 
a  delegate  to  the  national  convention  at  St.  Louis, 
Mo. ,  and  four  years  later  was  a  delegate  to  the 
convention  a£  Chicago.  At  one  time  he  was  his 
party's  candidate  for  congress  from  the  twelfth 
congressional  district  of  Michigan, but  wascounted 
out  by  trickery.  He  was  one  of  the  first  ex- 
ponents of  the  free  silver  faith  in  the  entire  coun- 
try. At  a  meeting  held  by  the  Trans-Mississippi 
Congress  in  Omaha  in  1891  -he  delivered  the  ad- 
dress favoring  the  establishment  of  silver  upon  a 
basis  of  1 6  to  i.  Had  he  been  elected  to  congress 
and  W.  J.  Bryan  defeated,  it  is  very  probable  that 
he  would  have  made  the  free  silver  speech  in  con- 
gress, as  he  was  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading 
silver  advocates  in  the  country.  In  the  conven- 
tion of  1892  he  received  the  credit  for  the  nomi- 
nation of  President  Cleveland  and  the  influence 
he  exerted  was  recognized  by  the  Associated 
Press.  During  that  exciting  convention,  when 
party  leaders  were  in  doubt  as  to  who  should  be 
selected  for  their  standard-bearer,  and  while  the 


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balloting  was  proceeding,  he  left  the  hall  and  had 
a  Cleveland  banner  made,  which  he  brought  into 
the  convention  hall  at  the  proper  time.  This 
little  incident  caused  a  turn  in  affairs  and  Cleve- 
land was  given  the  nomination,  by  only  six  votes. 
At  times  of  national  campaigns  he  spoke  for  his 
party  in  Michigan,  Wisconsin,  Illinois,  Indiana 
and  Ohio,  and  became  well  known  through  the 
central  states.  He  was  successful,  too,  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  and  accumulated  con- 
siderable property,  but  lost  the  greater  part  of 
this  in  unfortunate  investments,  so  that  he  had 
but  little  when  he  came  to  Cripple  Creek.  Since 
settling  here  he  has  been  a  candidate  for  attor- 
ney of  the  fourth  judicial  district,  but  was  de- 
feated on  account  of  the  emblem  question.  At 
Toledo,  Ohio,  on  Thanksgiving  day  of  1897,  Mr. 
Finn  married  Miss  Belle  Downing,  of  Ishpem- 
ing,  Mich. 

HON.  ORA  HALEY,  president  and  manager 
of  the  Haley  Live  Stock  and  Trading  Com- 
pany, is  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  suc- 
cessful cattle  men  in  the  United  States,  and  is 
the  owner  of  ranches  in  Wyoming  and  Routt 
County,  Colo.  He  is  of  eastern  birth  and  Scotch 
descent,  the  grandson  of  a  Scotchman  who,  with 
his  two  brothers,  settled  in  New  Hampshire.  His 
father,  Benjamin,  who  was  born  in  Exeter,  N.  H., 
removed  to  East  Corinth,  Penobscot  County,  Me., 
where  he  was  a  farmer  and  drover  and  for  years 
held  office  as  selectman.  Accompanied  by  his 
family,  in  1864  he  removed  to  Malaga,  N.  J., 
where  he  followed  fruit-growing  and  farming 
until  his  death.  His  wife,  who  was  Nancy  Jane 
Rollins,  was  born  in  Charleston,  Penobscot 
County,  Me.,  and  died  in  East  Corinth,  the  same 
county.  Of  her  seven  children  our  subject  is 
the  sole  surviving  son,  and  he  has  one  living 
sister,  Nancy  J.,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Gregory,  of  Oasis, 
Wyo. 

In  East  Corinth,  where  he  was  born  in  1845, 
Mr.  Haley  received  a  public-school  and  academic 
education.  In  1861  he  went  to  Bangor,  where 
he  clerked  for  three  years,  and  then  went  to 
Waukon,  Allainakee  County,  Iowa,  securing  a 
position  as  clerk  in  a  general  mercantile  store. 
In  June,  1865,  he  outfitted  at  Prairie  du  Chien, 
Wis. ,  and  joined  a  party  that  drove  through  to 
Denver,  with  seven  five-yoke  teams  of  oxen, 
going  via  Plattsmouth,  up  the  south  side  of  the 
Platte,  and  arriving  in  Denver  September  19, 
1865.  From  this  city  he  went  to  Black  Hawk 


and  Central  City  and  embarked  in  the  meat  busi- 
ness, but  after  three  mouths  an  attack  of  mountain 
fever  obliged  him  to  discontinue  business.  Going 
next  to  Excelsior,  near  South  Boulder,  he  opened 
a  store  and  meat  market,  of  which  he  was  pro- 
prietor for  a  year,  but  the  abandoning  of  the 
adjacent  mines  rendered  the  enterprise  unprofit- 
able. For  a  year  he  had  a  market  in  Ward, 
Boulder  County,  but  a  lull  in  the  work  there 
caused  him  to  change,  his  location.  In  the  fall  of 
1867  he  went  to  Cheyenne,  just  as  that  place  was 
beginning  its  era  of  prosperity.  From  Tom  Hill, 
of  North  Boulder,  he  hired  two  five-yoke  teams 
and  engaged  in  freighting  and  hauling  lumber 
from  Cache  la  Poudre  to  Cheyenne,  but  after  two 
months  began  freighting  hay  from  Cache  la  Poudre 
to  the  end  of  railroad  construction,  west  of  Chey- 
enne. During  the  latter  part  of  December,  1 867 , 
he  discontinued  freighting  and  drove  a  bunch  of 
beef  cattle  from  Colorado  to  Wyoming,  stopping 
at  Fort  Sanders,  where  he  waited  for  the  town  of 
Laramie,  three  miles  away,  to  start,  and  as  soon 
as  business  began  there,  in  May,  1868,  he  opened 
a  meat  market,  supplying  the  people  there  and 
also  the  fort. 

In  1871  Mr.  Haley  located  a  ranch  on  the 
Little  Laramie  and  began  in  the  cattle  business,  to 
which  he  gave  his  entire  attention  after  disposing 
of  his  meat  business  in  1874.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  cattlemen  who  turned  a  herd  of  cattle  upon 
the  prairies  to  look  for  pasturage  for  themselves, 
in  which  plan  he  was  soon  followed  by  others. 
Selling  out  that  ranch  in  1876,  he  bought  a  tract 
on  Rock  Creek,  not  far  distant;  and  during  the 
same  year  he  began  to  buy  cattle  in  Oregon, 
Idaho  and  Nevada,  which  he  traded  in  Colorado 
and  Wyoming. 

The  Thornburg  massacre  occurred  in  Routt 
County,  Colo.,  in  the  fall  of  1879  and  a  few 
months  afterward  the  Indians  were  removed  to  a 
reservation,  which  opened  up  the  land  for  set- 
tlers. Knowing  it  to  be  a  fine  stock  country, 
Mr.  Haley  located  there  in  the  spring  of  1880  and 
took  up  a  number  of  ranches,  securing  valuable 
water  rights  along  Lay  Creek  and  later  at  the 
mouth  of  Elk  Head  Creek  on  Bear  River.  He 
established  a  camp  on  the  Little  Snake  River  and 
fenced  and  improved  Cross  Mountain  ranch,  for 
the  wintering  of  cattle.  Here  he  has  a  herd  of 
high  grade  Hereford  and  Shorthorn  cattle.  On 
the  Oasis  ranch  for  years  he  has  been  engaged  in 
raising  full  blooded  Herefords.  This  ranch, 
which  is  situated  along  the  Laramie  River,  thir- 


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teen  miles  from  Laramie,  contains  thirty  thou- 
sand acres  of  tilled  land  under  fence,  of  which  six 
thousand  acres  are  irrigated  for  the  raising  of  hay 
and  grain.  The  village  of  Wyoming,  on  the 
ranch,  was  by  his  influence  changed  in  name  to 
correspond  with  his  place,  and  is  now  known  as 
Oasis.  Besides  the  station,  he  has  built  here  a 
creamery,  general  store  and  blacksmith  shop,  and 
there  is  also  a  postoffice.  Besides  the  cattle 
raised  on  the  ranch,  he  with  a  partner  has  bought 
and  sold  in  Utah  and  Idaho  about  ten  thousand 
head  of  cattle,  also  about  seventy  thousand  head 
of  sheep  per  year  for  the  past  two  years. 

January  8,  1872,  in  Omaha,  Neb.,  Mr.  Haley 
married  Miss  Augusta  Pfeiffer,  who  was  bom 
near  St.  Louis.  They  have  four  children,  namely: 
Annie  G. ,  who  is  secretary  of  the  Haley  Live 
Stock  and  Trading  Company;  Addie,  who  is 
studying  music;  Mattie  and  Ora  B.  Mrs.  Haley 
is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

In  the  fall  of  1870  Mr.  Haley  was  elected  to 
represent  Albany  County,  Wyo.,  to  the  second 
session  of  the  territorial  legislature.  Later  he 
served  for  four  years  as  a  member  of  the  state 
senate  of  Wyoming.  In  1890  he  was  elected  to- 
the  state  legislature,  and  during  the  session  of 
1891  he  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  ways 
and  means.  His  record  as  a  public  official  was 
unstained  by  the  slightest  reproach.  At  all  times 
he  sought  to  conserve  the  interests  of  his  constitu- 
ents and  the  welfare  of  the  state. 

In  Laramie,  Wyo.,  Mr.  Haley  was  made  a 
member  of  the  blue  lodge  and  chapter  of  Masonry, 
and  at  Cheyenne  joined  the  commandery,  from 
which  he  was  demitted  to  the  commandery  at 
Laramie.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Kohren  Temple , 
N.  M.  S.,  at  Rawlins,  Wyo.  He  is  identified  both 
with  the  Wyoming  and  Colorado  Cattle  Growers' 
Associations  and  is  a  charter  member  of  the 
national  organization  of  cattlemen.  Under  Gov- 
ernor Richards  he  was  appointed  a  member  of 
the  State  Board  of  Live  Stock  Commissioners,  in 
which  responsible  position  he  has  rendered  most 
efficient  service.  He  has  never  been  active  in 
politics,  but  is  known  to  be  a  stanch  Republican, 
unfaltering  in  his  allegiance  to  party  principles. 


[~~  REDBRICK  GREVE.  At  the  time  of  com- 
rft  ing  to  Colorado,  in  the  spring  of  1887,  Mr. 
I  '  Greve  pre-empted  a  tract  of  land  lying  eight 
miles  northeast  of  Crook,  in  Logan  County.  He 
at  once  began  the  improvement  of  the  property 


and  the  erection  of  buildings  necessary  for  the 
proper  conduct  of  a  stock  farm.  At  first  he  had 
but  a  few  head  of  stock,  but  as  time  passed,  his 
herd  increased.  However,  there  was  an  insuffi- 
ciency of  water  on  the  place,  which  rendered  it 
unsuitable  for  stock-raising.  For  this  reason, 
after  six  years,  he  located  a  homestead  to  the 
southeast  one  and  one-half  miles,  and  here  he  has 
since  made  his  home,  having  acquired  one  thou- 
sand acres  of  land,  besides  owning  extensive  in- 
terests in  the  land  of  the  Settlers'  Ditch  Com- 
pany. He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  this 
company  and  one  of  the  builders  of  its  ditch, 
which  was  built  in  1898.  On  the  completion  of 
the  work,  he  was  made  secretary  of  the  company, 
which  position  he  now  fills. 

Mr.  Greve  was  born  in  Schleswig-Holstein, 
Germany,  June  30,  1854,  a  son  of  Frederick  and 
Frauke  Greve.  Of  five  children  comprising  the 
family,  he  and  two  other  sons  survive.  The  old- 
est of  the  brothers  occupies  the  old  homestead  in 
Germany,  and  the  second  born,  Claus,  is  a  civil 
engineer  and  government  employe  in  Germany. 
The  father,  a  native  of  Schleswig-Holstein,  born 
about  1808,  grew  to  manhood  on  a  farm,  and,  in 
connection  with  his  farming  pursuits,  on  reach- 
ing manhood  he  became  interested  in  the  hotel 
business.  For  many  years  he  was  one  of  the  well- 
known  landlords  of  his  section.  His  death  oc- 
curred in  1863. 

When  eighteen  years  of  age  our  subject  came 
to  America,  arriving  in  New  York  City  in  the 
spring  of  1872  and  from  there  proceeding  to 
Nebraska,  where  he  secured  employment  as  a 
farm  hand.  In  1876  he  returned  to  his  native 
land,  where  he  remained  during  the  winter  and 
until  the  fall  of  1877.  In  the  meantime,  June  10, 
1877,  he  married  Miss  Maria  Lill,  with  whom,  in 
September,  he  came  to  the  United  States.  He 
settled  at  Grand  Island,  Neb.,  where  he  embarked 
in  the  grocery  business,  and  for  a  time  was  pros- 
pered, but  through  the  endorsement  of  notes  for 
friends  he  incurred  heavy  losses,  which  caused 
the  failure  of  his  business.  Afterward  he  was 
employed  in  farming  and  general  work,  in  which 
way  he  secured  another  start  in  the  world.  In 
the  spring  of  1884  he  removed  to  a  farm  near 
Grand  Island  and  there  he  remained,  engaged  in 
agricultural  pursuits,  until  he  came  to  Colorado. 
Here  he  has  retrieved  his  losses  in  Nebraska  and 
is  counted  as  one  of  the  successful  and  enterpris- 
ing German  ranchmen  of  Logan  County.  He 
and  his  wife  are  comfortably  situated,  occupying 


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a  residence  that  is  one  of  the  most  commodious 
ranch  houses  in  the  entire  county.  They  have 
an  only  child,  Henry  L.,  who  was  born  in  1878, 
and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Grand  Island  Business 
College.  Politically  Mr.  Greve  is  an  active 
worker  in  the  Republican  party. 


Gl  LBERT  J.  MOSIER,  superintendent  of  the 
LJ  Reser  ranch,  and  the  owner  of  important 
/  I  cattle  interests  in  Logan  County, was  born  in 
Montgomery  County,  Iowa,  on  the  day  before 
Christmas,  1859.  He  was  one  of  eleven  children, 
all  but  two  of  whom  are  living,  namely:  John 
A.,  of  Crook,  Colo.;  Charles  W.,  a  liveryman  at 
North  Bend,  Neb. ;  Albert  J. ;  Anna  Belle,  wife  of 
W.  F.  Townsend,  of  Casbeer,  111. ;  Emma  C. ,  Mrs. 
Edward  Kelley,  of  Madison,  S.  Dak.;  Louisa 
and  Luella  (twins),  both  school  teachers,  the 
former  in  Iliff,  Colo.,  the  latter  in  Madison, 
S.  Dak.;  Frank,  who  is  engaged  in  railroading  at 
Iliff;  and  Walter  F. ,  who  lives  at  Madison, 
S.  Dak. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  John  W.  M osier,  was 
born  in  Alabama  in  1826.  When  a  young  man 
he  went  to  Fort  Madison,  Iowa,  and  there  en- 
gaged in  farming.  While  in  that  place  he  mar- 
ried Catherine  Stewart.  Later  he  removed  to 
Council  Bluffs  and  engaged  in  teaming  for  a 
short  time.  His  next  location  was  in  Milford, 
Iowa,  where  our  subject  was  born,  and  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  for  twenty  years.  Thence  he 
went  to  North  Bend,  Neb.,  bought  land  and  be- 
gan to  till  the  soil.  He  is  still  living  there  and 
is  one  of  the  well-known  men  of  his  locality. 

At  twenty-three  years  of  age  our  subject  started 
out  for  himself.  For  two  years  he  was  brake- 
man  on  the  railroad  between  Crescent  and  Coun- 
cil Bluffs.  Following  this,  he  spent  eight  years 
at  farm  work  and  also  operated  a  threshing  ma- 
chine and  corn  sheller.  In  1892  and  1893  he 
was  in  the  employ  of  Paxton  &  Herschey,  cattle- 
men. In  1894  he  was  employed  by  the  National 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York  to  come  to 
Colorado  andsuperintend  the  Reser  ranch, consist- 
ing of  three  thousand  acres  near  Iliff.  In  the  in- 
tervening years  he  has  continued  in  this  posi- 
tion. In  1897  he  bought  his  present  ranch  of 
one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  at  Iliff,  which 
he  also  superintends  and  upon  which  he  has  a 
bunch  of  cattle. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Mosier  to  Mrs.  Edith  I,. 
(McMurray)  Rogers  occurred  October  12,  1896. 


To  this  marriage  have  been  born  two  children, 
Hazel  A.  and  Garnet  E.,  while  Mrs.  Mosier  also 
has  one  child  by  her  first  marriage,  Erwin  O. 
Rogers.  While  Mr.  Mosier  has  never  identified 
himself  with  public  affairs  nor  cared  to  mingle  in 
politics,  he  has  decided  opinions  upon  the  cur- 
rent topics  of  the  times  and  is  well  versed  in  the 
issues  before  our  country  to-day.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican. 


(I  AMES  R.  GILMORE,  formerly  a  well-known 
I  business  man  of  Lake  City,  but  now  a  resi- 
Q)  dent  of  Canon  City,  was  born  in  Warren 
County,  111.,  November  28,  1845,  a  son  of 
W.  W.  and  Mary  R.  (Taliafero)  Gilniore,  na- 
tives respectively  of  Kentucky  and  Richmond, 
Va.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Dr.  James  Gil- 
more,  was  an  intimate  associate  and  companion 
of  Daniel  Boone,  and  participated  in  many  of  the 
perilous  adventures  incident  to  the  early  settle- 
ment of  Kentucky.  Afterward  he  became  a 
pioneer  physician  of  Warren  County,  111.,  where 
he  engaged  in  practice  until  his  death. 

At  nineteen  years  of  age  our  subject  secured 
employment  as  brakeman  on  the  Chicago,  Bur- 
lington &  Quincy  Railroad,  his  run  being  in  Illi- 
nois. In  1865  he  entered  a  paint  shop  at  Kirk- 
wood,  111.,  and  there  continued  until  1871,  mean- 
time gaining  u  thorough  knowledge  of  the  trade. 
He  then  went  to  Ottawa  County,  Kan.,  and 
homesteaded  a  tract  of  land,  where  he  remained 
until  he  had  proved  up  on  the  claim.  Afterward 
he  resided  in  Minneapolis,  Kan.,  which  contin- 
ued to  be  his  home  until  1896.  During  the  period 
of  his  residence  there  he  followed  his  trade, 
bought  property  and  built  a  home. 

Coining  to  Lake  City  in  1896,  Mr.  Gilniore 
opened  a  paint  shop,  carrying  in  stock,  not  only 
a  full  line  of  paints,  oil,  glass,  paper,  etc.,  but 
bicycles  as  well.  He  has  also  become  interested 
in  mining  enterprises.  He  did  much  toward  the 
improvement  of  Lake  City  and  built  four  houses, 
all  of  which  are  modern  and  substantial.  At  elec- 
tions he  votes  for  the  best  man  rather  than  for  any 
particular  party.  While  living  in  Kansas  he 
married  Flora  M.,  daughter  of  Frank  Best,  of  Ot- 
tawa County,  that  state,  but  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. They  have  three  daughters:  MusettaM.; 
Edna,  wife  of  B.  N.  Ramsey,  who  is  connected 
with  his  father-in-law  in  the  bicycle  business; 
and  Pauline. 


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HON.  ALVA  ADAMS.  The  opportunities 
which  Colorado  offers  to  young  men  of  res- 
olute purpose  nowhere  find  a  more  illustri- 
ous exemplification  than  in  the  life  of  ex-Gov- 
ernor Adams,  a  man  honored  alike  in  the 
counsels  of  the  commonwealth  and  in  the  circle 
of  his  personal  acquaintances  and  friends.  It  was 
not  due  to  mere  luck  that,  seventeen  years  from 
the  time  when  he  hauled  ties  for  the  railroad,  he 
was  the  incumbent  of  the  office  of  chief  executive, 
the  highest  position  within  the  gift  of  the  state. 
It  was  the  direct  result  of  his  determination  of 
character,  his  purpose  of  will. 

While  the  most  of  his  life  has  been  spent  in 
Colorado,  Mr.  Adams  grew  to  manhood  in 
Iowa  County,  Wis.,  where  he  was  born  May 
14,  1850.  His  father  had  come  from  Kentucky  and 
his  mother  from  New  York,'  the  former  being  a 
country  merchant  and  farmer.  The  boy,  though 
never  in  college,  had  the  opportunity  to  secure  an 
education  usual  to  country  boys  in  Wisconsin. 
The  illness  of  a  brother  caused  the  family  to  seek 
a  change  of  climate,  and,  hoping  his  health  might 
be  benefited  by  the  dry,  pure  air  of  Colorado,  they 
decided  to  come  to  this  state.  Accordingly,  in 
the  then  well-known  "prairie  schooner,"  they 
made  the  long  trip  from  Wisconsin  westward, 
landing  in  Greeley,  Colo.,  where  they  stopped 
for  a  time.  At  once  the  son,  who  was  a  young 
man  of  twenty-one,  looked  about  him  for  employ- 
ment. The  only  work  he  could  secure  was  that 
of  hauling  ties  from  the  mountains  south  of  Den- 
ver for  the  building  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad,  then  in  process  of  construction.  He 
spent  a  few  weeks  in  that  way,  after  which,  in 
July,  1871,  he  went  to  Colorado  Springs  as  an 
employe  of  C.  W.  Sanborn,  dealer  in  lumber  and 
hardware. 

While  working  for  Mr.  Sanborn,  Mr.  Adams 
set  about  building  a  structure  that  would  answer 
for  a  lumber  office,  hardware  store  and  dwelling 
place.  By  August  he  had  completed  a  small 
building  on  South  Cascade  avenue,  which  was  the 
first  building  on  the  present  site  of  Colorado 
Springs,  and  there  the  business  was  carried  on. 
In  October  he  bought  the  stock  of  goods  from  his 
employer,  paying  $4,100  therefor,  and,  as  he  did 
not  have  the  cash  in  hand,  he  paid  in  notes  bear- 
ing two  per  cent  interest  a  month.  Since  then 
he  has  constantly,  and  with  success,  engaged  in 
the  hardware  business,  In  1872  he  took  J.  C, 


Wilson  into  partnership,  and  while  the  latter  re- 
mained at  Colorado  Springs,  he  went  to  Pueblo, 
establishing  a  branch  store  at  that  place.  Later 
the  partnership  was  dissolved,  Mr.  Wilson  retain- 
ing the  store  at  Colorado  Springs,  and  Mr.  Adams 
that  at  Pueblo,  to  which  he  afterwards  added 
branch  stores  in  the  San  Juan  district. 

The  first  position  held  by  Mr.  Adams  was  in 
1873,  when  he  was  chosen  a  trustee  of  South  Pu- 
eblo. Three  years  later  he  was  elected  from  Rio 
Grande  County  to  the  state  legislature,  where  he 
became  noted  for  his  strict  watch  of  expenses  and 
his  opposition  to  biljs  requiring  special  appropria- 
tions. In  1884  he  was  nominated  for  governor, 
but  was  defeated.  However,  in  the  election  two 
years  later  he  was  successful,  receiving  a  major- 
ity of  twenty-four  hundred,  and  entering  on  the 
duties  of  his  office  in  January,  1887.  As  in  the 
legislature,  so  in  the  chief  executive's  chair  he 
was  distinguished  for  the  economical  spirit  that 
governed  his  administration.  Every  bill  demand- 
ing an  appropriation  was  scrutinized  closely  and 
unless  he  was  thoroughly  convinced  of  its  benefits 
it  was  promptly  vetoed. 

From  the  close  of  his  first  administration  Gov- 
ernor Adams  carried  on  business  in  Pueblo  until 
1896,  when  he  was  again  the  successful  candi- 
date for  governor,  being  one  of  the  very  few  men 
(in  fact,  none  beside  himself  and  F.  W.  Pitkin) 
who  have  been  twice  chosen  to  serve  as  chief 
executive.  It  may  be  said  of  him  that  he  is  a 
safe  man.  As  a  leader  he  has  none  of  that  reck- 
lessness sometimes  found  in  men  in  public  places. 
While  governor  he  was  as  careful  of  the  state's 
finances  as  of  his  own.  In  that  respect  he  re- 
sembled Governor  Pitkin,  who  as  a  financier 
has  never  been  surpassed  by  any  governor. 

Himself  a  wealthy  man,  Governor  Adams  has 
often  assisted  others  who  have  been'  less  fortunate 
in  fighting  the  battle  of  life  than  he.  By  travel, 
both  on  this  continent  and  abroad,  he  has  gained 
a  cosmopolitan  knowledge  that  has  atoned  largely 
for  his  lack  of  early  education.  In  summing  up 
his  character,  Fitz-Mac  describes  him  in  these 
words:  "The  keynote  of  Alva  Adams'  character 
throughout  has  been — purpose.  He  is  not  a 
great  man,  but  he  is  a  good  man,  a  clever  man, 
an  ambitious  and  a  cultivated  man.  He  has 
made  the  most  of  the  excellent  talents  with  which 
nature  endowed  him  and  that  is  why  he  seems  to 
me  the  most  admirable  man  in  the  state,  What 


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he  is  he  has  made  himself,  and  my  heart  goes  out 
in  unreserved  sympathy  toward  the  high  and 
honorable  and  forcible  character  he  has  estab- 
lished." 


3KNOX  BURTON,  chief  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment of  Cripple  Creek,  was  born  in  New 
York  City,  November  15,  1859.  His  edu- 
cation, which  was  unusually  thorough,  was  ob- 
tained in  public  schools  primarily,  and  afterward 
in  the  College  of  the  City  of  New  York  and  the 
law  department  of  Columbia  College,  from  which 
he  graduated.  After  completing  his  law  course 
he  engaged  in  practice  in  his  home  city  for  two 
years.  In  1884  he  came  west  to  the  San  Luis 
Valley  of  Colorado,  settling  in  what  is  now  Monte 
Vista,  and  for  two  months  acting  as  attorney  for 
T.  C.  Henry,  a  prominent  resident  of  the  valley. 
He  then  bought  the  San  Luis  Valley  Gazelle, 
which  he  published  at  Monte  Vista  for  three 
months  and  at  La  Veta  for  six  months.  At  the 
same  time  he  taught  school  for  a  few  months. 
Going  from  La  Veta  to  Pueblo,  he  accepted  em- 
ployment as  instructor  in  bookkeeping,  penman- 
ship and  law  in  the  Pueblo  Institute. 

Upon  the  failure  of  the  school  in  the  spring  of 
1885,  Mr.  Burton  turned  his  attention  to  the  real- 
estate  business,  remaining  with  C.  H.  Small  & 
Co.,  until  the  fall  of  1885,  when  he  took  a  posi- 
tion with  the  Pueblo  Chieftain.  In  1886  he  was 
made  city  editor  of  the  paper,  which  position  he 
retained  for  almost  six  years.  His  object  in 
coming  to  Cripple  Creek  in  February,  1892,  was 
to  write  up  the  then  new  mining  camp  for  the 
Chieftain.  At  the  same  time  he  carried  on  a 
cigar  store.  April  17,  1892,  he  organized  the 
first  volunteer  fire  department  of  the  camp  and 
was  made  its  chief.  During  the  same  year  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen 
of  the  place.  As  an  alderman  he  took  part  in 
the  consolidation  of  the  towns  of  Fremont  and 
Cripple  Creek.  In  the  fall  of  1893  he  was  chosen 
justice  of  the  peace.  Two  years  later  he  was  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  county  judge,  but  was 
defeated.  In  February,  1896,  he  was  the  prime 
mover  in  the  organization  of  West  Cripple  Creek, 
of  which  he  was  elected  the  first  city  attorney. 
April  28,  1897,  he  was  chosen  assistant  chief  of 
the  fire  department  of  the  consolidated  city,  and 


on  the  8th  of  December  of  the  same  year  he  was 
elected  chief,  which  position  he  has  since  filled. 
By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Lenna  L.  Cummins, 
of  Pueblo,  in  March,  1888,  Mr.  Burton  has  two 
children,  Dorothy  and  J.  Knox,  Jr.  Soon  after 
he  became  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  was  made 
a  Mason  in  Tabernacle  Lodge  No.  598,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  of  New  York  City.  He  was  a  charter 
member  of  Mount  Pisgah  Lodge  No.  96,  of  Crip- 
ple Creek,  and  is  now  worshipful  master  of  the 
lodge.  He  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
Masonic  Club  of  Cripple  Creek.  Pueblo  Lodge 
No.  90,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  of  Pueblo,,  and  Cripple 
Creek  Lodge  No.  316,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  number  him 
among  their  charter  members.  Of  the  latter 
lodge  he  served  as  the  first  exalted  ruler.  He 
represented  it  in  the  grand  lodge  in  1896  and 
1897,  and  is  now  secretary  of  its  board  of  trustees. 


(JOHN  L.  DAILEY,  a  pioneer  of  '59  and  an 
I  enterprising  business  man  of  Denver,  was 
Q)  born  in  Tiffin,  Ohio,  November  9,  1833. 
When  about  fifteen  years  of  age  he  accompanied 
his  parents  from  Ohio  to  Indiana.  Two  years 
later  he  became  an  apprentice  to  the  printer's 
trade  in  Fort  Wayne,  where  afterward  he  was 
made  foreman  of  the  composing  room,  remaining 
in  the  same  office  until  he  was  twenty-one.  In 
1854  he  started  west,  but  spent  the  winter  in  Des 
Moines,  then  in  the  spring  went  on  to  Omaha, 
where  he  worked  on  Chapman's  Chanticleer.  In 
the  spring  of  1857  he  went  to  Dakota  City,  Neb., 
where  he  published  the  Dakota  Herald.  In  the 
spring  of  1858,  while  in  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  at 
work  at  his  trade,  he  received  a  request  from 
William  N.  Byers  to  join  him  at  Omaha  in  order 
to  establish  a  paper  in  Denver,  which  he  did  as 
soon  as  he  could  arrange  his  affairs.  He  was 
made  foreman  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Neics,  the 
first  four  additions  of  which  he  assisted  in  printing. 
However,  soon  concluding  that  other  interests 
might  prove  more  profitable,  he  terminated  his  en- 
gagement with  the  paper,  and  in  May,  1859,  began 
prospecting  in  Gilpin  County.  He  was  among 
the  first  to  arrive  at  Gregory's  Gulch,  and  helped 
to  cut  a  road  from  there  to  Central  City.  On  the 
ist  of  August  he  returned  to  Denver,  where  he 
became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Byers  &  Dailey. 
Later  this  firm  was  consolidated  with  the  firm 


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of  Rounds  &  Bliss,  under  the  name  of  the 
News  Printing  Company,  which  founded  the 
Daily  News  in  July,  1860.  The  firm  name 
was  again  changed  in  1863,  Byers  &  Dailey 
having  purchased  the  interest  of  the  other  gen- 
tlemen. The  great  flood  of  1864  washed  out  the 
press  and  carried  away  the  entire  supply  of  type 
and  printing  material.  A  few  days  afterward 
the  firm  bought  out  the  opposition  paper,  known 
as  the  Denver  Commonwealth,  but  continued  to 
publish  only  the  Rocky  Mountain  News,  not  a  sin- 
gle issue  of  which  was  missed  on  account  of  the 
flood. 

Afterward  the  paper  changed  from  a  six- day 
evening  paper  to  a  seven-day  morning  issue.  Mr. 
Dailey  continued  as  the  general  manager  until 
November,  1870,  when  he  sold  his  interest.  The 
next  year  he  engaged  in  the  job  printing  and 
bookbinding  business  under  the  firm  title  of 
Dailey,  Baker  &  Smart,  this  concern  having  the 
first  steam  printing  plant  in  the  city  and  printing 
two  papers  on  contract,  in  addition  to  their  other 
work .  The  location  of  the  plant  was  on  Market 
street,  near  the  United  States  mint.  His  interest 
in  this  enterprise  Mr.  Dailey  finally  sold  to  F.  J. 
Stanton.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the  real-estate 
business,  with  office  at  No.  1725  Arapahoe  street. 

At  the  solicitation  of  friends,  in  1873  Mr. 
Dailey  consented  to  run  for  county  treasurer,  but 
was  defeated  by  the  then  incumbent.  For  a  few 
years  afterward  he  was  secretary  of  the  Rocky 
Mountain  Insurance  and  Savings  Institution, but 
resigned  this  position  in  1877  to  take  the  office  of 
county  treasurer,  having  been  elected  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket  in  the  fall  of  1877,  after  a  spirited 
campaign  with  his  predecessor,  James  M.  Strick- 
ler,  as  opponent.  He  served  for  two  years  and 
was  then  re-elected,  without  opposition,  being  the 
nominee  of  both  tickets.  In  1881  he  was  again 
elected,  this  time  with  but  slight  opposition.  On 
the  expiration  of  his  term,  in  January,  1884,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  the  real-estate  business. 
In  1887  he  was  chief  deputy  county  clerk,  and  in 
1893  was  induced  to  run  for  county  clerk  on  an 
independent  ticket,  but  was  defeated.  Under 
Mayor  Van  Horn  he  was  appointed  a  member  of 
the  board  of  park  commissioners,  of  which  he  was 
the  first  president  under  the  present  charter.  Dur- 
ing his  term  he  laid  out  two  small  new  parks, 
Chaffee  and  James  H.  Platt  parks,  and  greatly 
improved  City  Park. 


In  Chicago,  in  1866,  Mr.  Dailey  married  Miss 
Melissa  B.  Rounds,  who  was  born  in  Wisconsin 
and  died  in  Denver  in  November,  1866.  In  the 
same  city,  in  1868,  he  married  Mrs.  Helen  M. 
Woodbury,  who  was  born  in  York  state,  the 
daughter  of  Rev.  W.  E.  Manley,  a  minister  in 
the  Universalist  Church,  but  now  deceased.  They 
are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Lissie  W.,  Mrs. 
W.  P.  Peabody,  a  graduate  of  Wolfe  Hall,  and  a 
resident  of  Denver;  Annie  E. ,  also  a  graduate  of 
Wolfe  Hall,  and  now  a  student  in  the  Art  Insti- 
tute in  Chicago;  Grace,  a  graduate  of  the  Denver 
high  school  and  now  teaching  in  Larimer  County, 
Colo.,  and  John  L.,  Jr.,  a  student  in  the  high 
school.  The  family  occupy  the  beautiful  home- 
stead on  Broadway  and  Fourth  avenue,  immedi- 
ately south  of  Cherry  Creek,  a  place  that  forms  a 
part  of  the'original  large  tract  purchased  by  Mr. 
Dailey,  and  that  has  been  improved  by  the  pres- 
ent owner  with  a  substantial  brick  residence, 
neatly  kept  lawns,  driveways  lined  with  trees, 
and  a  beautiful  terrace  on  the  north  of  the  house. 

When  the  Indians  were  troublesome  during  the 
Civil  war,  Mr.  Dailey  enlisted,  in  July,  1864,  in 
Company  A,  Third  Colorado  Cavalry,  of  which 
he  was  first  a  sergeant  and  later  second  lieuten- 
ant. He  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Sand  Creek, 
November  19,  and  was  mustered  out  with  the 
company  in  December,  1864.  He  is  a  member 
of  Lincoln  Post,  G.  A.  R.  Since  the  organiza- 
tion of  Unity  Church  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees.  Politically  he  favors  protec- 
tion and  is  a  strong  silver  supporter.  For  many 
years  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Association  of  Colo- 
rado Pioneers  and  a  part  of  the  time  was  direc- 
tor and  secretary ;  from  January,  1897,  to  January, 
1 898,  he  served  as  president  of  the  organization. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Denver  Lodge 
No.  5,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Denver  Chapter  No.  2, 
R.  A.  M.,  and  Colorado  Commandery  No.  i,K.  T. 


HARMON  BUCHTEL,  M.  D., 
LL.  D.,  of  Denver,  was  born  in  Akron, 
Ohio,  August  15,  1845,  and  is  of  German 
descent.  His  father,  Jonathan  B.  Buchtel,  was 
born  in  Stuttgart,  Wurtemberg,  and  was  one  of 
a  family  of  twelve  sons  and  one  daughter,  of 
whom  eight  sons  became  Protestant  ministers. 
When  about^fourteen  he  came  to  America,  locat- 
ing in  Catawissa,  Pa.,  but  five  years  later  re- 


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moving  to  Akron,  Ohio,  where  he  studied  medi- 
cine with  Dr.  John  Weimer.  Later  he  entered 
Cleveland  Medical  College,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  After  having 
practiced  for  a  few  years  in  Akron,  he  removed 
to  Elkhart,  Ind.,  in  1849,  and  four  years  later 
settled  in  South  Bend,  the  same  state,  where  he 
practiced  until  his  son  returned  from  the  war. 
His  last  home  was  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where 
he  died  in  1869. 

The  opening  of  the  Civil  war  found  our  subject 
young,  ardent,  enthusiastic,  determined  to  enter 
the  service.  Three  times  he  ran  away  from  home 
to  enlist  in  the  army,  but  every  time  he  was 
taken  out  by  his  father  and  his  patriotic  impulses 
were  temporarily  checked.  In  the  spring  of 
1861,  through  the  influence  of  his  father,  he  was 
persuaded  to  begin  the  study  of  medicine  in  what 
is  now  the  Northwestern  University  Medical 
School  in  Chicago.  In  June  of  the  same  year  he 
entered  Mercy  Hospital  as  an  assistant,  and  later 
was  made  the  resident  physician,  which  position 
he  held  for  over  two  years,  being  the  senior  phy- 
sician of  the  three  there.  By  the  time  he  was 
eighteen  and  one-half  years  of  age  he  had  at- 
tended over  six  hundred  women  in  confinement. 
He  passed  his  final  examination  in  the  spring  of 
1864,  and  received  certificates  from  the  presi- 
dent, but  could  not  take  his  degree  until  he  was 
of  age. 

As  soon  as  he  completed  his  course  he  went  to 
Columbus,  Ohio,  and  was,  in  April,  1864,  exam- 
ined by  the  United  States  examining  board,  and 
commissioned  acting  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
United  States  Volunteers,  with  the  rank  of  sec- 
ond lieutenant.  Ordered  to  Louisville,  he  organ- 
ized the  Totten  general  hospital,  and  after  three 
months  was  sent  to  Chattanooga,  where  he  spent 
sixteen  weeks  in  the  Bragg  general  hospital.  In 
August,  1864,  he  was  promoted  to  be  surgeon  of 
a  division,  with  the  rank  of  major  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  Military  Railroads,  and  was  ordered  to 
join  Sherman's  army,  then  at  Resaca,  near  Kene- 
saw  Mountain.  He  was  with  General  Sherman's 
army  at  the  taking  of  Atlanta.  On  the  evacua- 
tion of  the  city  he  left  on  the  last  train  out  and 
returned  to  Dalton,  thence  to  Nashville,  from 
there  to  Baltimore,  and  to  Savannah,  Ga.  At 
Newbern,  N.  C.,  he  was  appointed  chief  surgeon 
of  military  railroads  of  the  Department  of  North 
Carolina,  with  the  brevet  rank  of  lieutenant- 


colonel.  This  position  he  held  at  the  time  of  his 
resignation  from  the  army  in  September,  1865. 

Returning  to  Chicago  he  took  another  course 
in  medicine,  and  graduated  in  March,  1866,  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  He  then  went  to  South 
Bend  and  practiced  with  his  father  for  a  time,  re- 
maining in  that  place  until  ill  health  obliged  him 
to  seek  a  change  of  climate.  Coming  west  to 
Denver  he  engaged  in  active  practice  here  until 
the  fall  of  1875.  He  found,  however,  that  his 
health  was  better  in  a  higher  altitude,  and  he 
therefore  purchased  a  ranch  of  twenty-one  hun- 
dred acres  on  the  divide  in  Douglas  County, 
where  he  spent  his  summers,  remaining  in  Den- 
ver during  the  winter.  In  this  way  he  com- 
pletely regained  his  health,  and  was  enabled  to 
return  permanently  to  Denver.  He  made  a  tour 
of  Europe  in  1888,  visiting  medical  schools  in  all 
prominent  cities,  and  also  journeying  to  points  of 
historic  interest  on  the  British  Isles  and  on  the 
continent. 

Dr.  Buchtel  is  professor  of  obstetrics  in  the 
Gross  Medical  College,  which  is  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  Rocky  Mountain  University,  and 
he  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  uni- 
versity. Formerly  he  held  the  positions  of  physi- 
cian to  St.  Joseph's  and  St.  Luke's  hospitals.  He 
is  identified  with  the  State  Medical,  Denver  and 
Arapahoe  County  and  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciations, and  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Western 
Association  of  Obstetrics.  He  organized  the  Gross 
midwifery  dispensary,  where  the  senior  students 
are  given  the  practical  knowledge  that  makes  their 
college  course  a  success.  Since  the  organization 
of  the  Imperial  Legion,  a  fraternal  life  insurance 
company,  he  has  been  its  supreme  medical  exam- 
iner. 

The  degree  of  LL.  D.  was  given  Dr.  Buchtel 
by  McKenzie  University  of  Tennessee.  Like  all 
veterans,  he  is  interested  in  Grand  Army  affairs, 
and  he  has  his  membership  in  Lincoln  Post.  Po- 
litically he  is  a  Democrat.  March  22,  1871,  at 
South  Bend,  Ind.,  he  married  Miss  Helen  M. 
Barnum,  who  was  born  in  New  York  City,  re- 
ceived every  educational  advantage,  and  is  a 
woman  of  unusual  executive  ability  and  force  of 
character.  She  has  been  president  of  the  Charity 
Association,  and  has  held  other  positions  of  re- 
sponsibility and  honor.  She  has  one  daughter 
living,  Lelia,  who  is  a  graduate  of  Miss  Brown's 
school  on  Fifty-fifth  street,  New  York  City.  The 


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other  daughter,  Pauline,  died  at  the  age  of  two 
years  and  seven  months. 

In  addition  to  his  other  interests,  Dr.  Buchtel 
is  connected  with  a  number  of  mining  corpora- 
tions. He  has  also  been  a  factor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  Denver  real  estate.  In  1882  he  platted 
seven  hundred  and  sixty-five  acres,  upon  which 
he  laid  out  the  town  of  Baruum,  named  in  honor 
of  his  father-in-law,  the  famous  P.  T.  Barnum, 
now  deceased.  He  built  a  residence  in  this 
suburb  and  was  made  its  mayor,  holding  the 
office  for  three  years,  when  he  moved  back  to  the 
city.  The  place  is  still  being  developed,  and  the 
street  railway  has  been  extended  to  that  point. 
A  few  years  ago  Barnum  was  made  a  part  of  the 
city,  and  is  now  included  in  the  fifteenth  ward 
of  Denver. 

(S\  LSTON  ELUS,  A.M.,  PH.  D.,  LL.D.  Presi- 
M  dent  of  The  State  Agricultural  College  of 
/  I  Colorado  since  1892  and  for  the  same  period 
a  resident  of  Fort  Collins,  is  a  member  of  an  old 
Virginia  family,  from  which  state  his  great-grand- 
father enlisted  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  and 
after  its  close  removed  with  his  family  to  Ken- 
tucky. His  wife  was  a  woman  of  great  worth  of 
character  and  lived  to  be  ninety-nine  years  old. 
Their  son,  Rev.  John  G.  Ellis,  was  born  in  the 
Old  Dominion,  but  spent  his  life  principally  in 
Kentucky,  and  was  well  known,  not  only  in  that 
state,  but  also  in  Ohio  and  Indiana.  Though  his 
residence  was  in  a  slave  state,  he  strongly  op- 
posed slavery, 

Absalom  Ellis,  father  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  born  in  Keuton  County,  Ky.,  a  de- 
scendant, on  his  mother's  side,  of  Holland-Dutch 
ancestry,  and  on  his  father's  side  of  Scotch  pro- 
genitors. He  married  an  own  cousin,  Mary 
Ellis,  whose  mother  was  Miss  Susan  Arnold,  of 
Irish  descent;  and  her  father,  William  G.  Ellis, 
a  brother  of  Rev.  John  G.  Ellis,  was  one  of  the 
largest  land  owners  and  wealthiest  men  in  Kenton 
County.  He  owned  a  large  number  of  slaves, 
but  rather  inclined  toward  emancipation  on  prin- 
ciple; and  when,  one  night,  all  his  slaves  but  one 
superanuated  old  man  took'  the  underground  rail- 
road for  Ohio,  he  made  no  effort  whatever  to 
capture  them. 

After  spending  some  years  as  a  farmer  in  Ken- 
ton  County,  Absalom  Ellis  removed  to  Coving- 
ton,  Ky.,  in  1863,  where  he  engaged  in  the  man- 


ufacture of  all  grades  of  tobacco.  About  1888  he 
retired  to  his  farm  in  Kenton  County,  and  there 
died  July  2,  1894,  when  past  seventy  years  of 
age.  He  was  an  active  worker  in  the  Christian 
Church  and  served  as  deacon  in  his  congregation. 
His  widow  is  living  in  Covington,  Ky.,  and  is 
now  (1898)  in  her  sixty-sixth  year. 

The  only  child  of  his  parents,  Alston  Ellis  was 
born  on  a  farm  in  Kenton  County  January  26, 
1847.  When  he  was  a  boy  schools  were  con- 
ducted on  the  subscription  plan,  and  were  far  in- 
ferior to  the  free  schools  of  the  present  day,  but 
he  nevertheless  secured  from  them  a  substantial 
basis  for  his  present  knowledge.  When  fifteen 
years  of  age  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Cov- 
ington, where  he  attended  a  private  school  con- 
ducted by  S.  Mead,  a  noted  teacher  of  his  day. 
There  he  prepared  for  college,  but  before  enter- 
ing his  collegiate  course  he  taught  a  country 
school  near  Carrollton,  Ky.,  for  five  months,  re- 
ceiving $8  per  month  of  public  money  and  suffi- 
cient voluntary  subscriptions  to  swell  the  total  to 
$40  per  month.  At  the  expiration  of  the  term 
he  returned  home  and  worked  for  some  months 
in  the  factory  owned  by  his  father. 

In  September,  1864,  he  entered  the  sophomore 
class  of  Miami  University  at  Oxford,  Ohio,  and 
three  years  later  graduated  with  honor.  While 
in  college  he  was  known  as  a  splendid  Latin  and 
Greek  scholar  and  as  a  ready  debater  and  an  ex- 
cellent speaker.  During  his  senior  year  he  de- 
livered four  public  addresses  besides  being  chosen 
by  the  students  to  deliver  the  oration  on  Wash- 
ington's birthday.  Soon  after  he  graduated  he 
was  married,  July  23,  1867,  to  Miss  Katherine 
Ann  Cox,  who  was  born  in  Westchester,  Butler 
County,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  Capt.  Abram  P. 
and  Elizabeth  (Howery)  Cox.  Her  father,  who 
gained  his  title  through  meritorious  service  in 
the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war,  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Lewis  D.  Campbell, 
uncle  of  the  late  governor  of  Ohio,  and  afterward 
became  associated  with  Gen.  Ferd.  Van  Derveer 
in  the  practice  of  law  at  Hamilton,  At  the  time 
of  his  death,  in  1872,  he  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  members  of  the  Butler  County  bar. 
His  widow  is  now  living  in  Westchester. 

In  September,  1867,  Mr.  Ellis  became  princi- 
pal of  a  ward  school  in  Covington,  Ky.,  at  a  sal- 
ary of  $900  per  year,  which  was  increased  to 
$1,000  before  the  expiration  of  the  school  year. 


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In  January,  1869,  he  was  chosen  principal  of  a 
school  in  Newport,  Ky.,  at  $1,200  per  year,  and 
was  re-elected  at  $1,500.  In  July,  1871,  he  was 
made  superintendent  of  the  schools  of  Hamilton, 
Ohio,  which  position  he  filled  with  the  greatest 
efficiency  for  over  seven  years,  resigning  in 
March,  1879,  to  accept  a  position  with  Harper 
Brothers,  with  headquarters  in  Columbus,  Ohio, 
at  a  salary  of  $3,000  per  year.  In  February, 
1875,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Ohio 
state  board  of  school  examiners  and  was  at  once 
made  clerk  of  that  body,  continuing  until  April, 
1879.  In  1887  he  was  again  made  a  member  of 
the  board,  and  in  1891  re-appointed  for  a  term  of 
five  years.  While  filling  this  position,  in  1876, 
he  wrote  a  chapter  entitled  ' '  The  Ungraded 
Schools  of  Ohio ' '  for  the  History  of  Education , 
issued  as  a  centennial  volume  and  published  by 
authority  of  the  general  assembly.  In  1872  he 
was  made  Master  of  Arts  by  his  alma  mater,  and 
the  same  year  delivered  the  diplomas  to  the  grad- 
uates of  the  Erodelphian  and  Miami  Union  liter- 
ary societies  of  the  university.  In  1888  he  was 
chosen  by  the  same  societies  to  deliver  the  annual 
address.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Philosophy  from  Wooster  University  in  1879,  and 
the  same  degree  from  the  Ohio  State  University 
in  1888.  Two  years  later  the  Ohio  State  Uni- 
versity conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Laws,  and  the  same  degree  was  conferred  upon 
him  by  his  alma  mater  in  1894.  In  1880  he  was 
made  a  member  of  the  Victoria  Institute,  the 
philosophical  society  of  Great  Britain,  and  sub- 
sequently was  made  a  life  member  of  this  noted 
institution,  of  which  Queen  Victoria  is  a  noted 
patron.  In  the  fall  of  1880  he  delivered  the  ora- 
tion at  the  biennial  convention  of  the  Phi  Delta 
Theta  fraternity  at  Indianapolis,  he  having  -been 
an  active  member  of  this  fraternity  during  his 
college  course. 

From  1880  to  1887  Dr.  Ellis  was  superintend- 
ent of  the  Sandusky  (Ohio)  schools,  and  brought 
them  to  a  high  state  of  efficiency.  Here  he  man- 
ifested a  warm  interest  in  the  work  of  the  teach- 
ers of  Erie  County  and  received  recognition  there- 
for in  action  taken  by  the  Erie  County  Teachers' 
Association  at  Milan,  Ohio,  October  15,  1887,  as 
follows: 

' '  In  consideration  of  the  valuable  services  ren- 
dered the  Erie  County  Teachers'  Association  by 


Dr.  Alston  Ellis  while  he  was  engaged  in  super- 
intending the  schools  of  Sandusky,  be  it 

"Resolved,  That  we,  the  teachers  of  Erie  Coun- 
ty, in  assembly  here,  do  tender  him  a  vote  of 
thanks  for  the  interest  which  he  manifested  in 
behalf  of  our  association. 

"Resolved,  That  in  token  of  our  appreciation 
of  his  aid  in  the  upbuilding  of  this  association, 
we  authorize  the  special  committee,  appointed 
this  morning,  to  prepare  and  forward  to  him  such 
a  badge  or  pin  as  can  be  purchased  with  the  do- 
nations made  to-day  by  individual  members  who 
shall  subscribe  to  the  fund  for  that  purpose." 

(Signed)     H.  A.  MYERS,          ") 

A.  A.  BARTOW,        [  Committee. 
EUZA  G.  HORTON,  ) 

This  action  was  taken  two  months  after  he  had 
accepted  his  former  position  at  the  head  of  the 
Hamilton  schools  and  entered  upon  the  duties  of 
the  office.  In  Hamilton  his  salary  was  soon  in- 
creased from  $2,700  to  $3,000  per  annum.  Soon 
after  he  first  went  to  that  city  he  began  to  work 
in  teachers'  institutes,  and  his  services  as  normal 
instructor  have  been  in  demand  ever  since.  For 
some  years  he  devoted  the  summer  months  to 
work  in  Ohio  farmers'  institutes,  under  the  au- 
thority of  the  Ohio  state  board  of  agriculture. 
When  the  Ohio  Agricultural  and  Mechanical 
College  was  made,  by  legislative  act,  the  Ohio 
State  University,  he  became  a  member  of  the 
new  board  of  trustees,  serving  for  five  years.  In 
all  teachers'  associations  of  his  state  he  main- 
tained a  deep  interest.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
State  Teachers'  Association,  also  the  Central 
Ohio,  Northeastern  Ohio,  Northwestern  Ohio 
and  Southwestern  Ohio  Teachers'  Associations, 
and  was  president  of  the  two  last  named.  He 
was  president  of  the  superintendents'  section  of 
the  Ohio  Teachers'  Association  in  1875,  and 
president  of  the  General  Association  in  1888. 
For  more  than  twelve  years  he  was  clerk  of  the 
Butler  County  Board  of  School  Examiners. 

On  the  departure  of  Dr.  Ellis  from  Ohio  the 
Butler  County  Teachers'  Association  passed  the 
following  resolutions: 

'  'Resolved,  That  we  take  leave  of  Dr.  Alston 
Ellis  with  sincere  regret,  feeling  that  his  depart- 
ure is  a  serious  loss  to  our  county  and  state;  but 
we  congratulate  the  people  of  Colorado  on  hav- 
ing secured  the  services  of  so  distinguished  an 
educator. 


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"Resolved,  That  the  members  of  the  Butler 
County  Teachers'  Association  extend  to  Dr. 
Ellis  their  hearty  congratulations  and  their  best 
wishes  for  his  success  in  his  distant  field  of  la- 
bor. 

"Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be 
presented  to  Dr.  Ellis,  and  that  they  be  furnished 
for  publication  in  the  county  papers  and  in  the 
Ohio  Educational  Monthly." 

(Signed)     B.  B.  HARLAN,  \ 

JOHN  MORRIS,    f  Committee. 
W.  P.  COPE,      ) 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  day  Dr.  Ellis  left  Ham- 
ilton for  the  west  a  number  of  the  prominent  citi- 
zens repaired  to  his  office  in  the  courthouse  to 
give  him  "hail  and  farewell."  They  left  with 
him  a  beautiful  and  substantial  token  of  their  re- 
gard for  him  as  a  citizen  and  their  appreciation 
of  his  services  as  an  educator,  in  the  shape  of  a 
heavy  gold  watch  of  superior  workmanship  with 
the  following  inscription  within  the  case: 

' '  Presented  to  Dr.  Alston  Ellis  by  the  citizens 
of  Hamilton,  Ohio,  1892." 

The  presentation  speech  was  made  by  Judge 
P.  G.  Berry,  since  deceased,  and  was  an  eloquent 
and  timely  tribute  to  the  worth  and  professional 
zeal  of  the  man  who  had  given  the  schools  of  the 
city  thirteen  years  of  devoted  service.  Hon. 
Thomas  Millikin,-the  Nestor  of  the  Butler  Coun- 
ty bar,  and  others  of  those  present  made  fitting 
remarks  expressive  of  regret  at  the  near  depart- 
ure of  their  friend  and  best  wishes  for  his  future 
success  and  happiness. 

In  the  fall  of  1891,  when  Dr.  Ellis  was  first 
tendered  the  presidency  of  the  State  Agricultural 
College  of  Colorado,  he  declined  it,  but  on  the 
renewal  of  negotiations  in  January,  1892,  he  ac- 
cepted it  for  a  term  of  five  years,  at  an  annual 
salary  of  $6,000.  The  college  was  opened  in 
1879,  and  at  the  close  of  the  college  year  of  1891 
it  had  one  hundred  and  six  students.  Since  he 
assumed  its  management  it  has  had  its  great  suc- 
cess, and  at  the  close  of  the  school  year  of  1898 
it  had  three  hundred  and  forty-seven  students. 
The  course  of  study  has  been  broadened  and  the 
standard  of  attainment  materially  increased. 
The  grounds  and  buildings  are  attractive  and 
well  kept,  and  the  annual  revenue,  amounting  to 
almost  $90,000,  is  received  equally  from  the  state 
and  the  general  government.  Most  of  the  build- 
ings have  been  erected  since  1891,  and  the  other 


buildings  have  been  remodeled  and  enlarged.  A 
sum  not  less  than  $50,000  has  been  expended 
for  scientific  and  technical  apparatus.  The  li- 
brary, which  is  open  for  the  entire  year,  contains 
eleven  thousand  choice  volumes.  The  total  val- 
uation of  college  property  is  $275,000. 

The  college  is  one  of  the  land-grant  institutions 
established  by  congressional  acts,  known  better 
as  the  Morrill  Bills  of  1862  and  1890,  by  the  pro- 
visions of  which  the  institution  is  required  to  pro- 
vide for  the  liberal  and  practical  education  of  the 
industrial  classes.  The  courses  provided  are  ag- 
ricultural, mechanical  engineering,  civil  and  irri- 
gation engineering,  ladies',  and  commercial. 
The  location  of  the  grounds  is  picturesque. 
They  lie  in  the  valley  with  the  beautiful  moun- 
tains in  the  rear,  and  form  a  picture  to  delight 
the  eye  and  satisfy  the  mind.  The  grounds  have 
been  highly  improved  since  Dr.  Ellis  became 
president,  and  most  of  the  buildings  have  been 
erected  under  his  personal  supervision. 

At  the  convention  of  the  Colorado  State  Teach- 
ers' Association  in  Colorado  Springs,  in  Decem- 
ber, 1893,  Dr.  Ellis  delivered  the  annual  address. 
In  1895  he  was  chairman  of  the  college  section  of 
the  same  association.  He  is  even  more  active  in 
institute  work  in  Colorado  than  he  was  in  Ohio, 
giving  his  services  gladly  and  without  remunera- 
tion. He  has  lectured  before  associations  of 
every  kind  in  the  state,  and  in  the  last  six  years 
has  probably  given  more  addresses  than  any 
other  one  in  the  entire  state.  During  vacation 
months  he  travels  in  the  interests  of  the  college, 
lectures  in  various  places  and  attends  to  the  in- 
terests of  the  college  at  home,  so  that  he  is  kept 
constantly  busy.  His  private  library  is  one  of 
the  best  in  the  state,  and  much  of  his  leisure 
time  is  given  to  literary  and  historical  research, 
for  he  continues  to  be  a  close  student. 

While  in  Sandusky,  Ohio,  he  was  raised  to  the 
rank  of  Master  Mason  in  Science  Lodge  No.  50, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Later  he  became  a  member  of 
Erie  Commandery  No.  23,  K.  T.  He  is  now 
identified  with  Collins  Lodge  No.  19,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Chapter  No.  11,  R.  A.  M.,  and  DeMolay 
Commandery  No.  13,  K.  T. 

June  8,  1893,  Dr.  Ellis  was  made  a  director  of 
the  Colorado  Experiment  Station,  which  position 
he  has  since  held.  February  18,  1893,  he  was 
commissioned  colonel  and  aide-de-camp  on  the 
staff  of  Governor  Waite,  commander- in-chief  of 


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the  military  forces  of  Colorado.  Again,  May  28, 
1895,  he  was  commissioned  colonel  and  aide-de- 
camp by  Gov.  Albert  W.  Mclutire.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  American  Association  of 
Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experiment  Stations. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  association  held  at 
Minneapolis  in  July,  1897,  he  was  made  chair- 
man of  the  college  section  and  vice-president  of 
the  general  association. 

On  the  evening  of  July  3,  1895,  at  Johnson's 
Island,  in  Sandusky  Bay,  Ohio,  President  Ellis 
delivered  the  annual  address  before  the  Ohio 
Teachers'  Association.  The  subject  was  "  Edu- 
cation and  Citizenship. ' '  At  the  session  of  the 
convention  held  the  following  morning  the  chair- 
man of  the  executive  committee  introduced  the 
following  resolution,  which  was  unanimously 
adopted: 

"Resolved,  By  the  teachers  of  Ohio  in  State  As- 
sociation assembled,  that  we  most  highly  appre- 
ciate the  generosity  of  our  former  associate  and 
friend,  President  Alston  Ellis,  and  that  as  an  ex- 
pression of  our  thanks,  we  hereby  elect  President 
Ellis  a  life  member  of  our  association." 

At  the  afternoon  session  of  the  association  on 
the  same  day,  the  committee  on  resolutions  made 
report  as  follows: 

1  'Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  association 
are  due  to  the  old  friend  of  its  members,  who 
came  from  such  a  distance  to  meet  again  with  us 
and  to  stir  in  us  noble  sentiments  by  his  eloquent 
address,  patriotic  in  the  highest  sense  of  the 
word." 

Dr.  Ellis  has  a  fine  presence  and  a  genial  per- 
sonality, from  which  an  air  of  dignity  and  re- 
serve force  is  rarely  absent.  Not  only  is  he  a 
fine  scholar  and  executive  officer,  but  as  an  in- 
spiring and  thought-provoking  teacher  he  has 
but  few  equals.  In  class-room  work  in  his 
specialties,  logic,  economics  and  civics,  he  stands 
almost  without  a  rival.  Students  under  his  in- 
struction have  the  best  that  scholarship,  enthu- 
siasm and  experience  can  bring  to  bear  upon  the 
studies  they  are  pursuing. 

President  Ellis  has  added  to  the  material  wel- 
fare of  his  adopted  state  not  alone  through  the 
rapid  upbuilding  of  its  great  industrial  school 
and  the  wise  direction  of  the  practical  workings 
of  the  experiment  stations;  he  has  invested 
largely  in  real  estate  in  Fort  Collins  and  vicinity 
and  is  to-day  one  of  the  heaviest  tax-payers  in 


Larimer  County,  Since  assuming  the  presidency 
of  the  college  he  has  used  his  means  in  the  erec- 
tion of  a  number  of  handsome  dwellings,  possess- 
ing architectural  merit  and  having  modern  con- 
veniences, which  now  ornament  some  of  the 
spacious  avenues  of  Fort  Collins  and  afford  eligi- 
ble homes  for  a  number  of  families. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Ellis  are  closely  identified  with 
the  best  social  life  of  Fort  Collins  and  northern 
Colorado.  The  doors  of  their  elegant  home  are 
frequently  thrown  open  to  the  members  of  the 
social  circle  to  which  they  belong,  on  which  oc- 
casion geniality  and  open-hearted,  but  not  osten- 
tatious, hospitality  characterize  the  manners  of 
host  and  hostess.  The  "  President '  s  Reception , ' ' 
given  annually  in  commencement  week,  is  one 
of  the  events  in  college  social  life.  Faculty  par- 
ties, dinners  to  members  of  the  college  governing 
board,  receptions  and  luncheons  for  students,  and 
other  functions  connected  with  the  life  of  hospit- 
able entertainers,  make  the  parlors  of  President 
Ellis'  home  almost  as  well  known  to  those  con- 
nected with  or  interested  in  college  work  as  are 
the  interiors  of  the  college  buildings  themselves. 

President  Ellis  takes  a  high  moral  view  of  pub- 
lic education  in  all  its  phases.  As  the  head  of  a 
great  state  school,  whose  financial  support  comes 
largely  from  the  pockets  of  tax-payers  represent- 
ing, as  they  do,  almost  everyshade  of  religious 
belief,  he  recognizes  that  religious  instruction,  as 
bounded  by  denominational  lines,  would  be  out 
of  place  in  the  daily  chapel  exercises,  attendance 
upon  which  is  required  of  all  students;  yet  these 
exercises,  planned  as  they  are  by  the  president 
and  prepared  in  most  cases  by  him,  are  not  with- 
out sound  moral,  and  even  religious  lessons. 
Private  religious  belief — even  unbelief — of  stu- 
dents is  respected  in  all  the  work  of  the  college, 
but  wrongdoing  is  never  suffered  .to  pass  unre- 
buked,  and  the  necessity  of  educating  the  heart 
and  directing  the  conscience,  character  building, 
is  never  lost  sight  of.  The  religious  affiliations 
of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Ellis  are  with  the  Congregational 
Church,  of  which  organization  they  became  mem- 
bers in  1 88 1,  in  the  time  of  their  residence  in 
Sandusky,  Ohio. 

(OHN  J.  FRASER.     The  Brown-Iliff  Cattle 
Company,  of  which  Mr.  Fraser  is  a  member, 
is  among  the  best-known  concerns  of  the 
kind  in  Colorado.     They  own  an  immense  tract 


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of  land,  lying  principally  in  Weld  County,  and 
embracing  the  territory  extending  from  the  South 
Platte  to  the  Wyoming  Hue.  Of  the  land  twenty 
thousand  acres  lie  along  the  river,  thus  furnish- 
ing an  abundant  supply  of  water  for  the  stock. 
The  headquarters  of  the  company  are  five  miles 
west  of  Merino,  and  shipments  are  made  from 
Snyder,  Colo.,  to  various  points  in  the  east,  but 
chiefly  to  Omaha.  The  entire  management  of 
the  ranch  and  range  is  in  charge  of  Mr.  Fraser, 
who,  though  making  his  home  in  Denver,  neces- 
sarily spends  much  of  his  time  on  the  range. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Henry  Fraser,  was 
born  in  Scotland,  but  removed  to  Ontario,  Can- 
ada, and  engaged  in  farming  near  Ottawa,  where 
he  died  when  John  was  five  years  of  age.  The  wife 
and  mother,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Sarah 
Wright,  was  born  in  Canada  and  died  there  when 
John  was  an  infant.  They  had  a  large  family  of 
children,  of  whom  three  are  living:  Samuel,  in 
Oakland,  Cal.;  John  J.,  the  youngest  of  the  fam- 
ily; and  a  sister,  who  was  formerly  Mrs.  J.  W. 
Iliff,  but  who  is  now  the  wife  of  Bishop  Warren. 
One  brother,  Brock,  fought  all  through  the  con- 
flict. He  enlisted  with  the  Chicago  Zouaves  and 
later  joined  other  organizations,  serving  last  in 
the  heavy  artillery.  He  was  accidentally  killed 
while  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  west  of  Cheyenne. 

When  quite  young  our  subject  left  the  farm 
near  Ottawa,  where  he  was  born,  and  went  to 
Henry  County,  111.,  where  he  grew  to  manhood 
on  a  farm.  He  attended  the  Henry  County  dis- 
trict schools  and  Lake  Forest  Academy.  In  the 
spring  of  1870  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he 
spent  a  year  near  Pueblo,  and  then  entered  the 
employ  of  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Iliff.  In  time 
he  became  financially  interested  in  the  business, 
and  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Iliff  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Brown-Iliff  Cattle  Company.  In  the 
winter  of  1873-74  a  large  camp  of  Indians,  prin- 
cipally Sioux,  camped  around  Mr.  Fraser 's  ranch, 
but  to  their  credit  be  it  said  they  never  stole  any- 
thing from  the  ranch  nor  made  a  disturbance  of 
any  kind.  Since  1878  he  has  resided  in  Denver, 
where  he  is  a  member  of  the  Grace  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  In  national  politics  he  is  a 
Republican. 

In  Denver  Mr.  Fraser  married  Miss  Lois 
Morse,  who  was  born  in  Berea,  a  suburb  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  is  of  English  descent,  her 


ancestors,  eight  generations  back,  having  been 
among  the  Puritans  who  settled  in  Dedham, 
Mass.,  in  1635.  They  were  prominent  in  public 
affairs,  serving  as  selectmen  and  in  other  offices 
of  trust,  and  later  having  representatives  in  the 
Colonial  and  Revolutionary  wars.  Her  grandfa- 
ther, Nathauiel  Morse,  was  born  in  Massachu- 
setts and  removed  to  Shelby,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
died.  Her  father,  Charles  Morse,  a  native  ot 
Warwick,  Mass.,  was  a  pioneer  of  Berea,  Ohio, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  until 
his  death  at  forty-eight  years.  He  married 
Emma  Robards,  who  was  born  near  Saratoga, 
N.  Y.,  her  parents  being  natives  of  England. 
She  is  still  living  and  makes  her  home  in  Cleve- 
land. In  her  family  there  are  three  children, 
namely:  Lucius  D.  Morse,  M.  D.,  a  retired  phy- 
sician of  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  Mrs.  Laura  Andrews,  of 
Cleveland,  a  graduate  of  Baldwin  University  in 
Ohio;  and  Lois,  Mrs.  Fraser,  also  a  graduate  of 
Baldwin  University,  with  the  degree  of  B.  S. 


EOL.  WESLEY  BRAINERD,  president  and 
manager  of  the  Chicago  and  Colorado  Mining 
and  Milling  Company,  owners  of  Camp  Tal- 
cott,  at  Ward,  Boulder  County,  was  born  in 
Rome,  Oneida  County,  N.  Y.,  September  27, 
1832,  and  is  the  descendant  of  a  family  that 
settled  in  Haddam,  Conn.,  early  in  the  seven- 
teenth century.  His  grandfather,  Jeremiah  Brain- 
erd,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  that  old  town, 
subsequently  removed  to  New  York  state,  be- 
coming a  contractor  on  the  Erie  Canal. 

Alexander  Hamilton  Brainerd,  a  native  of 
Haddam,  Conn.,  and  father  of  the  subject  of  this 
article,  became  a  civil  engineer  and  railroad  con- 
tractor, and  had  the  contract  for  a  part  of  the 
Hudson  River  Railroad, also  in  1848-50  built  all  the 
bridges  on  that  road.  Among  his  other  contracts 
some  were  in  Canada.  For  a  time  he  operated 
car  manufacturing  shops  in  Niagara,  Canada,  and 
large  iron  mills  at  St.  Albans,  Vt.  After  his 
retirement  from  active  business  he  made  his 
home  in  Rome,  N.  Y. ,  where  he  died  in  1879,  aged 
seventy-two  years.  His  maternal  grandfather, 
Col.  Daniel  Greene,  was  a  colonel  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  and  a  Mason  of  the  Royal  Arch  de- 
gree; he  died  in  York  state,  as  did  also  his  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Jeremiah  Brainerd.  The  mother 
of  our  subject  was  Mary  Gouge,  a  descendant  of  a 


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French-Huguenot  family  that  settled  at  Trenton 
Falls,  N.  Y.;  she  died  in  Rome,  that  state,  when 
thirty-two  years  of  age. 

The  only  child  of  Alexander  H.  and  Mary 
Brainerd  that  attained  years  of  maturity  was 
Wesley.  He  was  educated  principally  in  Rome 
Academy.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  went  with  his 
father,  as  assistant  in  the  construction  of  the 
Hudson  River  Railroad  contract.  Continuing 
there  until  1850,  he  ,then  went  to  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  and  became  an  apprentice  in  the  Norris  Lo- 
comotive Company's  works,  where  he  completed 
the  trade  of  draughtsman  and  locomotive  builder 
in  1 854.  For  four  years  afterward  he  continued 
with  the  company  as  draughtsman  and  aided  in 
the  starting  of  locomotives  in  different  sections 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  Next  going 
to  Georgia,  he  accepted  a  position  as  master 
mechanic  of  a  railroad,  where  he  remained  until, 
seeing  that  war  was  inevitable,  he  returned  north 
to  Rome,  N.  Y.,  and  engaged  in  manufacturing 
and  milling. 

At  the  opening  of  the  war,  in  1861,  he  was  the 
captain  of  a  local  company  known  as  the  Ganse- 
vort  Light  Guards  of  Rome,  which  took  its  name 
from  an  old  colonel  who  had  been  in  command  of 
Fort  Stanwix.  He  at  once  raised  a  company  for 
the  Fiftieth  New  York  Engineers  and  was  com- 
missioned captain  of  Company  C,  which  was 
mustered  into  service  at  Elmira,  and  went  to  the 
front  in  August,  1861.  Among  the  engagements 
in  which  he  participated  were  Yorktown,  Gaines' 
Mills,  White  Oak  Swamp,  Savage  Station,  Mal- 
vern  Hill,  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  Antietam, 
Harper's  Ferry  and  Fredericksburg.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1862,  he  laid  the  pontoon  bridges  at  the 
Lacy  House  in  front  of  Fredericksburg,  and 
while  thus  engaged  he  was  wounded  in  the  left 
arm.  For  meritorious  service  he  was  promoted 
and  commissioned  major.  After  a  short  time  in 
the  hospital  he  returned  to  duty  and  took  part, 
in  the  following  months,  in  the  battles  of  Chan- 
cellorsville,  Franklin's  Crossing  and  Gettysburg. 
Receiving  a  second  promotion  for  bravery,  he  was 
brevetted  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  same  regiment, 
his  commission  being  signed  by  President  Lincoln. 
The  next  engagements  in  which  he  participated 
were  the  battles  of  the  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania, 
North  Anna,  Cold  Harbor,  and  the  battles  before 
and  during  the  siege  of  Petersburg  in  1864.  In 
November,  1864,  he  was  promoted  and  commis- 


sioned colonel  of  the  Fifteenth  New  York  En- 
gineers by  Governor  Seymour,  and  continued  in 
active  command  of  his  regiment  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  with  the  exception  of  the  time  (1864-65) 
when  General  Grant  had  his  headquarters  at  City 
Point  and  Colonel  Brainerd  had  command  of  the 
defenses  of  that  place.  He  took  part  in  the  final 
assault  and  fall  of  Petersburg  in  April,  1865,  and 
shortly  afterward  participated  in  the  grand  review 
at  Washington,  where  he  led  the  Fifteenth  as 
their  commander.  He  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service  in  June,  1865. 

Locating  in  Chicago,  Colonel  Brainerd  em- 
barked in  the  lumber  business  under  the  firm  title 
ofSoper,  Brainerd  &  Co.,  in  which  enterprise  he 
was  interested  from  1865  to  1876.  The  firm  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  lumber  and 
owned  a  mill,  with  a  capacity  of  one  hundred 
thousand  feet  a  day,  covering,  with  the  adjoining 
yards,  two  blocks  on  Polk  and  Beach  streets. 
Meantime,  in  1873,  he  also  became  interested  in 
the  Brighton  Smelting  Works,  of  which  he  was 
manager,  and  in  this  way  was  aroused  his  first 
interest  in  and  connection  with  mining.  In  1876 
he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  Chicago  and 
Colorado  Mining  and  Milling  Company,  of  which 
he  was  made  president  and  manager.  During 
the  same  year  (which  was  the  year  of  Colorado's 
admission  as  a  state)  he  came  west,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  developing  the  company's  mining  prop- 
erty in  Ward  district,  Boulder  County. 

Camp  Talcott  (or,  as  it  is  often  called,  Brain- 
erd's  Camp)  is  one  of  the  large  as  well  as  one 
of  the  most  completely  developed  properties  in 
the  state.  Tunnels  and  mines  have  been  opened 
on  different  parts  of  the  property  of  eight  hun- 
dred acres.  The  entire  tract  was  patented  by 
Colonel  Brainerd  as  a  stock  ranch  and  was  after- 
ward patented  by  discovering  and  developing 
mining  claims,  thus  having  a  double  patent  on 
much  of  the  laud.  The  Colorado  and  Northwest- 
ern Railroad  between  Boulder  and  Ward  passes 
the  property,  and  at  a  convenient  place  Brainerd 
Station  is  located.  The  plant  is  undoubtedly  the 
most  modern  in  the  state  and  is  the  first  mining 
property  to  be  operated  by  electricity  in  this  part 
of  Colorado. 

In  his  travels  through  the  mountains,  Colonel 
Brainerd  came  across  the  natural  lakes  at  the 
foot  of  Mount  Audubon  and  at  once  saw  the 
natural  advantage  for  the  water  power.  As  early 


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as  1884  he  took  the  necessary  steps  to  secure  the 
water  rights  of  the  same,  having  in  mind  a  way 
by  which  it  could  be  utilized,  as  the  path  of  the 
flume  necessary  to  convey  the  water  to  Camp  Tal- 
cott  would  come  via  the  Utica  mine.  He  succeed- 
ed in  arousing  the  interest  of  the  Utica  Company 
by  the  aid  of  John  S.  Reid,  then  manager  of  the 
Utica,  who  heartily  endorsed  the  project.  Fin- 
ally the  flume  from  the  South  St.  Vrain,  from  the 
foot  of  the  Snowy  Range,  to  a  point  above  Ward 
was  constructed,  with  Mr.  Reid  as  superintend- 
ent of  construction  of  this  upper  flume.  The 
flume  is  2x2^  feet  in  dimensions,  and  takes  three 
hundred  and  fifty  thousand  feet  of  lumber;  from 
the  headwaters  to  the  Pentstock  it  is  taken 
through  Ward  in  a  pipe  of  seventy-five  hundred 
feet,  and  here  the  Utica  uses  it.  Up  to  this  point 
it  was  jointly  constructed  by  the  Utica  Company 
and  the  Chicago  and  Colorado  Mining  and  Mill- 
ing Company,  while  the  latter  company  alone 
constructed  it  to  Camp  Talcott  from  Utica  by  a 
flume  2x2  feet,  one  mile  long,  taking  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  thousand  feet  of  lumber.  To  manu- 
facture this  lumber  they  put  up  their  own  sawmill 
in  the  mountains. 

From  the  Pentstock  above  Camp  Talcott, 
Colonel  Brainerd  calculated  the  dimensions  and 
strength  of  the  pipe  necessary  to  carry  it  to  the 
power  house.  It  was  here  that  his  experience 
as  machinist  and  locomotive  builder  proved  most 
helpful,  as  did  also  his  natural  inventive  genius, 
for  there  was  no  plant  in  existence  of  the  type 
of  his,  and  he  was  forced  to  rely  upon  his 
own  brain  and  judgment.  From  the  Pentstock 
it  is  taken  down  the  hill  in  steel  pipe,  a  distance 
of  twenty-seven  hundred  feet,  making  seven  hun- 
dred and  forty  feet  perpendicular  fall,  thus  get- 
ting a  pressure  of  three  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds  to  the  square  inch.  Beginning  at  the 
top,  the  first  twelve  hundred  feet  is  of  sixteen 
inch  pipe,  No.  10  steel;  the  next  seven  hun- 
dred and  fifty  feet,  fourteen  inch  pipe,  No.  8 
steel;  and  the  last  seven  hundred  and  fifty  feet, 
twelve  inch,  3-16  steel;  all  double  riveted  flange 
joints.  The  pipe  is  fitted  to  the  irregularities  of 
the  hill  and  anchored  in  bed  rock.  It  was  manu- 
factured in  sheets  in  the  east  and  brought  to 
Denver,  where  it  was  bent  and  riveted  into  nine- 
teen foot  lengths,  and  hauled  from  Boulder  to 
Camp  Talcott.  In  all  there  were  sixty-five  tons 
of  steel  pipe.  The  pipe  is  connected  with  the 


four  L,effel  wheels,  thirty-six  inches  in  diameter, 
developing  a  maximum  of  twelve  hundred  horse 
power  and  a  minimum  of  three  hundred  and  fifty. 
A  substantial  stone  powerhouse,  40x28,  has  been 
built  and  equipped  with  a  one  hundred  and 
twenty  horse-power  dynamo  of  the  three  phase 
system,  with  four  hundred  and  forty  volts  capac- 
ity, with  five  hundred  and  forty  revolutions  a 
minute  and  energized  by  one  of  the  wheels  which 
has  a  capacity  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  horse- 
power. There  is  an  air  column  construction  of 
one  hundred  and  twenty  pounds'  pressure  that 
acts  as  an  air  cushion. 

The  construction  of  the  pipe  line  and  the  devices 
for  regulating  the  flow  of  water  are  very  complete 
and  efficiently  accomplish  the  purpose  for  which 
they  are  designed.  Power  is  transmitted  to  the 
different  mines,  viz.:  three  thousand  feet  to  the 
Polar  Star,  where  is  a  forty  horse  motor;  forty- 
four  hundred  and  forty  feet  to  the  Coy  mine, 
where  are  a  fifteen  horse  motor  and  skips;  and  to 
the  L,eft  Hand  mine,  fifteen  hundred  feet  up  a  side 
hill.  In  each  a  most  complete  electric  hoist  has 
been  equipped  with  the  three  phase  system.  An 
ingenious  device  for  dumping  buckets,  the  inven- 
tion of  the  foreman,  is  a  great  labor  saver.  When 
power  is  desired,  telephone  signals  are  given  to 
the  operator  in  the  power  house,  who  connects 
the  circuit  and  the  turning  of  the  switch  en- 
ergizes the  motor. 

All  of  these  properties  at  depths  varying  from 
seventy-five  to  one  hundred  and  thirty  feet  show 
very  large  veins  of  iron  sulphide,  running  from 
$10  to  $500,  with  a  fair  average  of  about  $40  ore. 
The  veins  range  from  five  to  ten  feet  in  width. 
About  twenty-five  other  properties  are  being 
equipped,  having  shafts  of  twenty  feet  deep. 
Ultimately  many  of  these  properties  will  be 
equipped  with  electric  hoists.  The  plant  in  the 
power  house  was  installed  by  the  Mountain  Elec- 
tric Company,  and  when  its  full  capacity  is 
utilized,  the  output  from  Camp  Talcott  will  be  no 
insignificant  factor  in  the  traffic  offered  the  rail- 
road from  Boulder  to  Ward. 

Among  the  other  mines  that  have  been  de- 
veloped is  the  Moltke,  which  is  in  shape  for  suc- 
sessful  operation  at  any  time.  A  complete 
telephone  system,  centering  at  the  power  house, 
connects  all  the  mines,  and  also  makes  connection 
with  the  residence  of  Colonel  Brainerd  and  other 
buildings  on  the  camp.  All  of  the  buildings  are 


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modern  and  complete,  and  when  it  is  observed 
that  nearly  all  of  the  material  for  construction 
has  been  hauled  from  Boulder  at  a  rate  of  $6  per 
ton,  one  can  well  imagine  the  energy  and  great 
amount  of  money  it  has  taken  to  accomplish  this 
gratifying  result.  All  the  plans  are  now  com- 
pleted for  building  a  switch  from  the  Colorado 
and  Northwestern  Railroad  to  the  power  house, 
which  will  take  about  ten  thousand  feet  of  track, 
on  account  of  the  height  of  the  road  above  Camp 
Talcott. 

When  Colonel  Brainerd  first  came  to  Ward, 
there  was  considerable  prospecting,  but  later  it 
fell  off  considerably.  He,  however,  continued 
his  prospecting  and  found  that  he  secured  rich  ore, 
so  he  continued  the  development  and  discoveries, 
and  now  has  over  sixty  different  claims.  He  has 
done  more  to  bring  Ward  mining  and  mines  to 
the  front  than  anyone  else,  by  the  expenditure  of 
enormous  sums  in  the  development  of  claims. 
The  most  of  his  claims  were  discovered  directly 
by  himself. 

In  Chicago,  November  17,  1858,  Colonel  Brain- 
erd married  Miss  Amelia  M.  Gage,  who  was  born 
in  DeRuyter,  Madison  County,  N.  Y.,  a  daughter 
of  Eli  A.  and  Mary  (Judson)  Gage,  natives  of 
DeRuyter  and  New  Berlin.  Mrs.  Brainerd  is  a 
sister  of  Lyman  J.  Gage,  present  secretary  of  the 
treasury.  Her  grandfather,  Justus  Gage,  was  a 
pioneer  of  Madison  County;  his  father  came  from 
England  and  settled  in  New  England.  Eli  A. 
Gage  was  a  merchant  and  manufacturer  in  De- 
Ruyter, subsequently  removed  to  Rome,  N.  Y., 
whence  in  1855  he  removed  to  Chicago  and 
embarked  in  the  lumber  business.  He  died  in 
Evanston,  111.,  in  1879.  His  wife  was  a  daughter 
of  Abel  Judson,  who  was  a  sea-faring  man. 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Brainerd  have  two  children: 
Irving  Gage,  who  is  assistant  superintendent  of 
the  mines;  and  Belle,  who  is  Mrs.  Emil  Phillip- 
son,  of  New  York  City. 

Fraternally  Colonel  Brainerd  is  a  prominent 
Mason.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Colorado 
Commandery  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  of  which  he 
was  commander  in  1894-95.  For  years  he  was 
active  in  his  support  of  the  Republican  party,  but 
he  is  now  independent  in  politics  and  votes  for 
the  man  he  deems  best  qualified  to  represent  the 
people  in  office,  regardless  of  political  affiliations. 
Personally  he  is  a  man  of  fine  physique,  in  whose 
countenance  kindness,  amiability  and  benevolence 


glow.  To  all  public  enterprises  of  a  helpful 
nature  he  is  liberal  and  enterprising.  He  is 
exceedingly  hospitable,  and  happy  is  the  guest 
who  comes  beneath  his  roof. 

While  the  colonel  has  continued  in  the  stock 
business  and  raising  full-blood  cattle  on  his  eight 
hundred  acre  ranch  and  farm  in  Nebraska,  yet 
mining  has  been  his  principal  business,  and  in  it 
he  has  made  his  greatest  success.  Talcott  Camp 
is  located  conveniently  on  the  Left  Hand  Creek. 
The  surrounding  scenery  is  beautiful.  Upon  the 
side  rise  the  mountains,  delighting  the  eye  with 
long  glimpses  of  forests  of  spruce  and  pine,  while 
the  air  of  busy  thrift  and  industry  around  the 
camp  delight  the  eye  of  every  practical  miner. 


(JOHN  T.  BOTTOM.  Not  alone  through  the 
I  high  position  which  he  occupies  as  an  attor- 
G)  ney-at-law,  but  also  by  reason  of  his  promi- 
nence in  the  order  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  his 
attractive  style  as  a  writer  and  his  eloquence  as  a 
speaker,  Mr.  Bottom  has  become  well  and  favor- 
ably known  to  the  people  of  Colorado.  Upon 
establishing  his  home  in  Denver  in  1889  he 
opened  an  office  for  the  practice  of  the  legal  pro- 
fession, and  in  time  became  the  possessor  of  a 
clientele  that  brought  influence  and  financial  suc- 
cess. Reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Democratic 
party  and  thoroughly  devoted  to  its  principles, 
here  as  in  his  former  home  he  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  promoting  party  success,  in  winning  vic- 
tory for  its  men  and  measures.  In  1891  he  was 
made  secretary  of  the  Democratic  central  com- 
mittee of  Denver,  and  during  the  presidential 
campaign  of  1892  he  was  made  chairman  of  the 
county  committee.  Chosen  by  his  party  to  act 
as  their  nominee  in  the  congressional  campaign 
of  1894,  he  held  aloft  the  party  standard  in  every 
part  of  the  district,  which,  however,  was  too 
thoroughly  Republican  to  make  hope  of  election 
possible.  When  the  stirring  campaign  of  1896 
began,  with  its  new  questions  and  issues  that 
broke  the  ranks  of  the  old  parties,  he  at  once 
took  the  "stump"  in  behalf  of  the  silver  cause, 
and  his  eloquent,  earnest  addresses  deepened  the 
public  sentiment  in  favor  of  a  new  standard  of 
money.  His  opinions  on  this  subject  have  not 
been  formulated  thoughtlessly;  they  are  the  re- 
sult of  study  and  observation.  His  travels  have 
taken  him  into  sections  of  the  country  where  once 


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were  thriving  mining  towns,  now  forlorn  and  de- 
serted ;  towns  that  once  were  astir  with  life  and 
activity,  but  that  were  ruined  by  the  act  of  con- 
gress in  1873  demonetizing  silver,  thus  forcing 
the  silver  mines  to  shut  down  and  hundreds  of 
miners  to  be  thrown  out  of  employment.  Nor  is 
the  question  one  of  local  interest  only,  for  what 
affects  the  silver  mines  in  the  first  instance  will 
eventually  affect  the  prosperity  of  the  state  and 
the  welfare  of  the  nation. 

Mr.  Bottom  was  born  in  St.  Marys,  W.  Va., 
January  26,  1860,  and  was  an  infant  when  his 
parents,  Dr.  Montgomery  and  Lavinia  (Harri- 
son) Bottom,  removed  to  Breckenridge,  Mo., 
where  his  father  still  practices  medicine.  His 
primary  education  was  obtained  in  the  public 
school  there,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he  entered 
Central  College,  at  Fayette,  Mo.,  continuing 
there  for  two  years.  His  education  was  com- 
pleted in  the  University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia, 
where  he  graduated  from  the  literary  department 
in  1879  and  from  the  law  department  in  1881. 
On  being  admitted  to  the  bar  he  opened  an  office 
in  Breckenridge,  earning  his  first  fee  four  days 
after  graduation.  The  Democrats  of  Caldwell 
County  nominated  him  in  1882  to  represent  the 
district  in  the  legislature,  but  he  was  obliged  to 
decline  the  nomination,  as  he  was  not  old  enough 
for  constitutional  requirements.  Though  not 
permitted  to  be  a  candidate  he  took  an  active 
part  in  the  campaign,  and  did  all  within  his 
power  to  promote  party  success.  In  1 884  he  was 
nominated  for  prosecuting  attorney,  but  was  de- 
feated by  one  hundred  and  thirty-eight  votes,  the 
remainder  of  the  ticket  losing  by  seven  hundred 
and  fifty-seven  votes.  At  the  time  of  leaving 
Missouri,  in  1889,  he  was  chairman  of  the  county 
Democratic  committee,  secretary  of  the  Demo- 
cratic congressional  committee  and  chairman  of 
the  senatorial  committee. 

In  Quincy,  111.,  May  15,  1884,  Mr.  Bottom 
married  Miss  Lethe  M.  Boyer,  daughter  of  Noah 
and  Ellen  (McCullough)  Boyer.  They  have  an 
only  child,  a  daughter,  Monta. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Bottom  is  identified  with  the 
Masons  as  a  Knight  Templar.  He  is,  however, 
most  prominent  through  his  connection  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  He  was  first  initiated  into 
.  the  order  in  Denver  Lodge  No.  41,  in  which  he 
filled  the  offices  of  vice-chancellor  and  chancellor- 
commander.  In  1893  he  exemplified  the  new 


ritual  that  had  been  adopted  before  representa- 
tives of  all  the  lodges  of  the  state.  The  next 
year  he  became  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
and  in  1895  was  made  chief  tribune  of  the  Grand 
Tribunal,  in  1896  was  honored  by  election  as 
grand  vice-chancellor,  and  in  1897  received  the 
further  honor  of  election  as  grand  chancellor,  his 
present  office.  The  membership  of  the  order  in 
Colorado  is  about  six  thousand,  and  new  mem- 
bers are  constantly  being  added  to  the  ranks. 
The  lodges  in  the  different  parts  of  the  state  are 
frequently  visited  by  the  grand  chancellor,  whose 
entertaining  and  eloquent  speeches  do  much  for 
the  advancement  of  the  cause.  In  a  recent  num- 
ber of  The  Pythian  appears  his  address  delivered 
at  the  eleventh  anniversary  of  Myrtle  Lodge 
No.  34,  Colorado  Springs,  which  is  considered 
one  of  the  best  ever  delivered  upon  the  subject  of 
the  order,  its  principles,  foundation  and  teach- 
ings. In  it  he  traces  the  teachings  of  the  order 
to  the  commands  given  to  Moses  on  Mount  Sinai. 
"Its  corner  stone  is  the  solid  granite  rock  of 
friendship.  The  columns  on  either  side  the  en- 
trance are  charity  and  benevolence.  Our  teach- 
ings embrace  loyalty  to  country,  devotion  to  its 
flag,  observance  of  its  laws,  love  of  home,  love 
of  justice,  mercy  and  fidelity  one  to  another." 
Briefly  sketching  the  immortal  friendship  of 
Damon  and  Pythias,  he  described  how  the  read- 
ing of  this  story  inspired  Justus  H.  Rathbone  to 
found  the  order  that  marches  under  the  banner 
of  Pythianism.  "Thirty-four  years  ago  Rath- 
bone  breathed  the  breath  of  life  in  what  is  to-day 
America's  greatest  civic  society.  It  was  born  in 
the  city  of  Washington.  The  fame  of  the  order 
was  not  long  in  spreading  from  the  capitol  on  the 
historic  Potomac.  Like  the  tin)'  waves  caused 
by  throwing  a  pebble  in  the  placid  pool,  its  influ- 
ence was  felt  farther  and  farther,  touching  the 
rock-bound  coast  of  Maine  and  reaching  on  the 
other  side  to  the  city  by  the  Golden  Gate.  And 
now  we  have  organized  a  lodge  amid  the  gold- 
bearing  icebergs  of  far-off  Alaska.  In  every 
state  and  territory  that  protects  and  for  protection 
looks  to  the  tri-colored  flag  of  the  Union,  you 
will  find  the  blue,  yellow  and  red  banner  of 
Pythianism.  The  banner  of  the  stars  and  stripes 
stands  for  our  country.  The  tri-colored  banner 
of  the  order  of  Knights  of  Pythias  stands  for  hu- 
manity, it  stands  for  all  that  is  best  in  manhood 
and  for  all  that  is  purest  and  loveliest  in  woman- 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


hood.  Long  may  it  wave.  The  blue  is  emblem- 
atic of  truth  and  expresses  heaven  itself.  The 
yellow  is  a  symbol  of  the  great  orb  of  day 
and  portrays  the  faithfulness  that  should  charac- 
terize our  membership.  The  red  symbolizes  love 
and  loyalty,  and  under  a  banner  so  expressive  of 
lofty  sentiments  we  should  keep  ourselves  loyal 
to  truth,  faithful  to  our  tenets  and  guide  with 
love  our  lives  to  the  end." 


M.  MCCLURE,    president  of  the 

bMcClure-White  Mercantile  Company  of 
Boulder  and  the  Boulder  Electric  Light 
Company,  is  a  member  of  a  Vermont  family  that 
came  originally  from  Scotland.  His  grandfather, 
Samuel  McClure,  accompanied  his  parents  from 
Scotland  -to  America,  settling  in  Vermont,  where 
he  engaged  in  farm  pursuits  through  the  remain- 
der of  his  life.  The  father,  H.  B.,  was  born  in 
Middletown  Springs,  Rutland  County,  Vt.,  and 
became  a  millwright  and  wagon -maker,  which 
trades  he  followed  in  his  native  state.  Late  in 
life  he  removed  to  Spenceport,  N.  Y. ,  where  he 
died  at  sixty-eight  years  of  age.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Baptist.  His  wife,  Susan,  daughter  of 
Sylvanus  Mallory,  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812 
and  a  farmer  of  Vermont,  was  born  in  Connecti- 
cut and  died  in  Spenceport,  N.  Y.  She  was  a 
descendant  of  Puritan  ancestors,  who  came  to 
this  country  from  England. 

The  family  of  H.  B.  and  Susan  McClure  con- 
sists of  six  sons,  all  living,  our  subject  being  the 
only  one  now  in  Colorado,  the  others  residing  in 
Vermont.  One  brother,  Charles,  took  part  in  the 
Civil  war  as  a  member  of  the  Tenth  Vermont 
Infantry.  George  M.  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Middletown  Springs,  his  native  village. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen,  in  1863,  he  went  to  Poult- 
ney,  Rutland  County,  where  he  was  employed  by 
Jay  J.  Joslin,  now  of  Denver.  In  the  spring  of 
1873  he  came  to  Colorado  to  assist  in  opening 
Joslin's  dry-goods  store,  and  in  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  he  came  to  Boulder,  opening  a  store 
here  for  Mr.  Joslin,  in  connection  with  H.  N. 
Bradley,  now  of  Denver.  Soon  the  firm  of  Brad- 
ley &  McClure  was  established,  and  they  began 
in  business  in  March,  1874,  at  their  present  lo- 
cation, though  occupying  a  room  much  smaller 
than  the  one  now  used. 

Selling  his  interest  in  the  Boulder  store  in  1887, 


Mr.  McClure  became  one  of  the  proprietors  of  a 
store  in  Glenwood  Springs,  and  remained  there 
for  three  years,  when  he  sold  to  his  partner,  Mr. 
Napier,  and  to  Mr.  McLean.  Returning  to  Boul- 
der in  1890,  he  bought  Mr.  Bradley's  interest  in 
the  Bradley-Wise  Mercantile  Company,  and 
changed  the  title  to  the  McClure-White  Mercan- 
tile Company,  of  which  he  is  president  and  man- 
ager, Mr.  White  vice-president,  Mr.  Davis  sec- 
retary and  H.  B.  McClure  treasurer.  The  firm 
occupy  three  rooms,  75x125  feet  in  dimensions, 
with  basement. 

Mr.  McClure  is  a  director  in  the  First  National 
Bank.  He  was  one  of  the  original  promoters  of 
the  Boulder  National  Bank  about  1884,  and  was 
a  director  from  the  start  until  1887.  His  estab- 
lishment is  the  largest  in  northern  Colorado  and 
contains  a  full  line  of  goods  of  highest  grade,  for 
the  best  trade.  The  success  that  has  come  to 
him  is  due  to  his  energy  and  determination.  In 
1894  he  and  H.  N.  Bradley  opened  a  dry-goods 
business  in  Denver,  on  Sixteenth  street,  continu- 
ing it  together  until  May,  1897,  when  he  sold  his 
interest  to  Mr.  Bradley,  the  present  proprietor. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  McClure  took  place  in 
Middletown  Springs,  Vt. ,  and  united  him  with 
Edilda  M.  Burnham,  daughter  of  Albert  Burn- 
ham,  a  native  of  Maine  and  a  blacksmith  in 
Middletown  Springs,  where  she  was  born.  Her 
death  occurred  at  Boulder  in  January,  1885. 
Her  three  children  are:  Harry  B.,  who  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  Rochester  (N.  Y.) 
Commercial  College  ;George  A.  ,who  was  educated 
in  the  State  University  and  is  with  the  company ; 
and  Elizabeth  M. ,  who  is  a  member  of  the  uni- 
versity class  of  1898. 

Politically  Mr.  McClure  is  a  Republican.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  Boulder  Lodge  No. 
45,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Boulder  Chapter  No.  7, 
R.  A.  M.,  Mount  Sinai  Commandery  No.  7,  K.T., 
(of  which  he  is  a  charter  member  and  the 
present  treasurer) ,  and  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.S., 
of  Denver. 

REV.  JOSEPH  P.  CARRIGAN.  St.  Patrick's 
parish,  Denver,  was  established  in  1881  by 
the  venerable  Bishop  Machebeuf.     Rev.   M. 
J.  Carmody  said  the  first  mass  on  the  north  side, 
and  assembled  the    newly  formed    congregation 
for   divine   service  in  the    old    hose    house    on 
Fifteenth  street.     He  was  taken  ill  a  few  weeks 


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afterwards  and  resigned  his  charge.  Father 
Carmody  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Ahern, 
who  changed  the  place  of  service  to  Platte  street. 
During  his  time  the  present  site  "of  St.  Patrick's 
was  secured,  the  venerable  old  Bishop  Machebeuf 
donating  $1,000  towards  the  purchase  of  the  five 
lots  on  which  the  church  and  school  now  stand. 
Rev.  J.  C.  Ahern  was  succeeded  shortly  by  Rev. 
Jeremiah  Ahern. 

From  its  very  beginning  St.  Patrick's  parish 
had  a  turbulent  career.  Misunderstandings  there 
had  been  between  pastors  and  people.  Debts  had 
accumulated,  and,  to  add  to  the  distress,  the 
church  just  Hearing  completion  was  blown  down 
by  a  terrific  windstorm.  It  was  a  total  loss  on 
the  congregation.  Father  John  Quinn,  of  the 
Cathedral,  managed  the  affairs  of  the  parish  for 
some  time,  however,  residing  on  the  north  side. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Father  Patrick  Sheridan 
and  Father  James  Conroy,  both  delicate  priests, 
who  came  to  Colorado  in  search  of  health.  In 
the  year  1883  Rev.  Stephen  Keegan  took  charge. 
During  his  pastorate  the  church  was  rebuilt  and 
the  school  opened  under  the  care  of  the  Sisters  of 
St.  Joseph.  During  the  building  of  the  church 
Father  Keegan  erected  on  the  site  of  the  present 
parish  dwelling  a  frame  church  which  he  affec- 
tionately christened  the  "Shanty."  It  served  its 
purpose  well  until  the  new  church  could  be  re- 
built. In  1885  Father  Keegan  left  Colorado  and 
took  up  his  home  in  California,  where  a  few  years 
later  he  died. 

The  successor  of  Father  Keegan  was  Father 
Carrigan,  who  found  the  new  church  with  an 
incumbrance  that  remained  from  the  building  of 
the  first  church.  Directing  himself  to  the  raising 
of  the  debt,  within  two  years  he  had  freed  the 
congregation  from  the  entire  indebtedness.  A 
year  before  he  became  pastor  a  school  had  been 
started,  which  he  found  feebly  struggling  for  ex- 
istence. He  remodeled  the  church,  making  it 
large  enough  to  accommodate  both  the  congre- 
gation and  the  school,  and  at  once  the  latter  took 
on  new  life.  There  are  now  two  hundred  and 
seventy  pupils,  taught  by  the  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph 
of  Carondelet  and  who,  at  graduation,  are  pre- 
pared to  enter  high  school.  An  academic  course 
is  being  projected  and  will  soon  open,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  convent,  known  as  Sisters  of  St. 
Joseph  Academy.  • 

The  church  is  situated  on  Bell  avenue  between 


Fairview  avenue  and  Wanless,  but  other  property 
has  been  bought  and  in  time  a  church  will  be 
erected  on  the  corner  of  Clear  Creek  and  Thirty- 
third  avenue  west.  In  the  parish  there  are  over 
three  hundred  and  fifty  families,  to  whose 
spiritual  interests  Father  Carrigan  ministers. 
His  pastorate  here  has  extended  over  a  greater 
number  of  years  than  that  of  any  other  priest  in 
Denver.  In  connection  with  the  church,  he  has 
the  usual  societies,  including  the  Sodality,  Sacred 
Heart  League,  Holy  Name  and  Young  Ladies'. 

In  1889  St.  Patrick's  parish  extended  over  the 
whole  of  the  north  side,  including  a  portion  of 
East  Denver,  as  far  as  the  Union  depot.  Rev. 
T.  J.  Murphy,  who  was  then  assistant  at  St. 
Patrick's,  assumed  charge  of  what  was  known 
as  the  Highlands.  Father  Carrigan  purchased 
the  ground  on  which  the  present  St.  Dominic's 
Church  now  stands  and  formed  the  first  parish 
out  of  St.  Patrick's.  The  Dominican  fathers 
now  have  a  flourishing  congregation  in  that 
beautiful  portion  of  the  north  side.  The  next 
parish  to  be  formed  out  of  St.  Patrick's  was  the 
Holy  Family  in  the  scattered  portion  of  North 
Denver,  surrounding  the  Jesuit  college.  The 
Holy  Family  have  no  church  as  yet,  but  the 
congregation  hold  divine  service  in  the  college 
chapel. 

The  Italian  people  having  become  very  numer- 
ous in  this  portion  of  the  city,  he  deemed  it 
advisable  that  they  should  have  -a  church  of  their 
own  where  they  could  hear  the  word  of  God  and 
receive  instruction  in  their  native  tongue.  Ac- 
cordingly, in  1892,  the  Italian  church  was  built 
within  the  limits  of  St.  Patrick's  parish. 

Born  and  reared  in  Auburn,  N.  Y. ,  Father 
Carrigan  is  the  son  of  Patrick  and  Anna  (Shields) 
Carrigan,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  were  married 
in  England  and  came  to  America  in  1848.  For 
many  years  the  former  engaged  in  business  in 
New  York.  During  the  war  he  responded  to  the 
draft,  but  was  rejected  on  account  of  physical 
disability.  Of  their  nine  children,  four  are 
living,  Joseph  being  the  sole  surviving  son.  He 
studied  in  the  parochial  and  public  schools  of 
Auburn,  then  for  two  years  was  under  a  private 
tutor,  and  later  took  a  classical  course  in  St. 
Hyacinthe  College,  in  Quebec,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1878.  A  few  months  afterward  he 
entered  Troy  Theological  Seminary,  where  he 
spent  four  and  one-half  years  in  the  study  of 


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theology  and  philosophy.  December  23,  1882, 
he  was  ordained  to  the  holy  prieshood  by  Bishop 
McNeiniey,  of  Albany,  and  was  assigned  to  the 
Denver  diocese.  In  January,  1883,  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  was  stationed  successively  at 
Breckenridge,  Summit  Park,  Eagle  and  Garfield 
as  assistant  pastor,  utilizing  houses,  depots  and 
other  buildings  for  religious  services.  In  the  fall 
of  1 883  he  was  assigned  as  assistant  to  Bishop 
Machebeuf,  at  the  Cathedral  in  Denver,  and 
after  fifteen  months  there,  was  made  pastor  of  St. 
Ann's,  now  the  Church  of  the  Annunciation, 
where  he  remained  for  three  months.  From  there 
he  came  to  St.  Patrick's  parish,  which  at  that 
time  included  all  of  the  north  side  and  a  portion 
of  the  west  side.  Since  coming  here  he  has  en- 
larged the  church  and  school  to  the  present  size 
and  has  built  the  parsonage.  He  has  remained 
here  constantly  with  the  church,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  portion  of  1894  and  1895,  when 
another  priest  was  assigned  to  his  parish  while 
he  took  a  post-graduate  work  in  the  Catholic 
University  of  Washington.  Alive  to  the  interests 
of  the  church,  he  devotes  himself  closely  to  its 
welfare  and  has  been  effectual  in  increasing  its 
membership  and  standing  among  the  other 
churches  of  the  city. 


RROF.  GEORGE  L.  HARDING,  superin- 
yr  tendent  of  the  public  schools  of  Boulder 
f3  County,  is  an  able  educator  and  by  years  of 
practical  experience  in  teaching  is  especially 
qualified  to  occupy  the  responsible  position  with 
which  the  people  of  his  county  of  Colorado  have 
honored  him  in  three  successive  elections.  The 
numerous  and  varied  duties  which  rest  upon  a 
man  in  such  an  office  cannot  be  laid  down  by  rule 
and  precedent  to  any  great  extent,  but  depend 
largely  upon  the  character  of  the  person,  his  en- 
ergy and  interest  in  the  work  and  his  desire  to 
make  his  country  a  banner  one  in  the  common- 
wealth to  which  it  belongs.  Fortunately  for  the 
citizens  of  Boulder  County,  Professor  Harding  is 
devoted  heart  and  soul  to  the  noble  work  lie  has 
in  charge,  and  under  his  judicious  administration 
the  standard  of  our  local  schools  has  been  wonder- 
fully advanced. 

The  gentleman  of  whom  this  sketch  is  written 
is  a  native  of  Cork,  Ireland,  born  July  26,  1847. 
With  his  parents,  Thomas  and  Mary  (Lester) 


Harding,  of  the  same  isle,  he  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1861,  and  in  the  following  year  removed 
from  New  York,  where  they  had  first  settled,  to 
Sturgis,  Mich.  Both  parents  were  of  English  de- 
scent, the  Hardings  having  taken  up  their  res- 
idence in  Ireland  during  the  time  of  Cromwell. 
Thomas  Harding  was  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  pumps  and  machinery  and  was  interest- 
ed in  the  shipping  trade  while  in  Ireland.  He 
has  been  connected  with  the  Studebaker  Company 
as  an  employe,  and  has  been  variously  occupied 
in  a  business  way  since  coming  to  the  United 
States.  He  and  his  wife  are  residents  of  Sturgis, 
Mich.,  where  they  have  dwelt  for  many  years 
and  are  much  respected  and  loved.  His  father, 
William  Harding,  was  engaged  in  a  private  bank- 
ing business  in  Ireland,  and  his  wife's  father, 
George  Lester,  was  a  sea-faring  man,  interested  in 
trade  with  the  West  Indies  and  trans- Alantic 
ports. 

Professor  Harding  is  the  eldest  of  the  four  sur- 
viving children  of  his  parents.  In  boyhood  he 
learned  the  trade  of  making  chairs,  and  by  in- 
dustry earned  sufficient  money  to  enable  him  to 
complete  his  higher  education.  In  1874116  grad- 
uated from  the  University  of  Michigan,  and  three 
years  later  had  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  con- 
ferred upon  him  by  his  alma  mater.  His  natural 
tastes  lying  in  the  direction  of  pedagogic  work, 
he  soon  embarked  upon  his  career  as  a  teacher 
and  has  met  with  success  from  the  first.  For 
several  years  he  taught  in  his  native  state,  in 
Minnesota  and  in  Indiana.  In  1890  he  resigned 
the  position  that  for  five  years  he  had  filled  most 
acceptably  in  Middlebury,  Ind.,  and  coming  to 
Colorado,  he  took  charge  of  the  city  schools  of 
Longmont.  This  position  he  resigned  in  1893, 
as  he  had  been  elected  to  the  superintendency  of 
the  county  schools.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his 
term  he  was  re-elected,  and  again  in  1897.  He 
has  inaugurated  many  valuable  reforms  and 
changes  in  our  school  system,  and  his  earnest  and 
constant  aim  is  to  elevate  the  standard  and  en- 
courage teachers  and  pupils  to  greater  efforts. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  committee  that  succeed- 
ed in  securing  the  Texas  Chautauqua  for  Boul- 
der; is  a  member  of  the  State  Teachers'  Associa- 
tion ;  has  been  president  of  the  State  Association 
of  County  Superintendents  and  of  the  Boulder 
County  Teachers'  Association-.  In  1892  he  took 
the  required  state  teachers'  examination  in  Colo- 


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rado,  and  received  a  diploma.  Previously  he 
had  been  granted  a  similar  certificate  in  Indiana. 

In  1895  his  name  was  on  the  Populist  ticket 
and  in  1897  he  received  a  plurality  of  about  eight 
hundred  votes.  For  some  time  he  has  been  the 
president  of  the  People's  Publishing  Company, 
which  carries  on  a  general  publishing  business 
and  edits  the  Colorado  Representative  as  well. 
Fraternally  he  was  made  a  Mason  in  1886  in  Mid- 
dlebury,  Ind.,  and  is  now  identified  with  Boulder 
Lodge  No.  45,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  also  belongs 
to  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star. 

In  1878  Professor  Harding  married  Miss  Alice 
Stansbury,  daughter  of  John  Stansbury,  of  Ligo- 
nier,  Ind.  She  has  been  of  great  assistance  to 
him  in  his  work  and  is  a  lady  who  is  beloved  by 
all  who  have  the  pleasure  of  her  acquaintance. 
With  their  two  daughters,  Eva  and  Mildred,  she 
holds  membership  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church. 


(lUNIUS  F.  BROWN.  Since  1870  Mr.  Brown 
I  has  been  identified  with  the  business  in- 
Q)  terests  of  Denver,  and  has  contributed  to  its 
advancement  by  his  connection  with  progressive 
enterprises  and  public-spirited  movements.  As 
the  president  of  the  Brown  and  Iliff  Land  Com- 
pany he  is  intimately  associated  with  a  concern 
widely  and  favorably  known  for  reliability  and 
extensive  operations.  He  is  also  vice-president  of 
The  J.  S.  Brown  &  Bro.  Mercantile  Company,  an 
old  and  well-known  wholesale  house  of  Denver.  • 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  president  of  the  con- 
struction company  of  the  Denver  &  New  Orleans 
Railroad  Company  (now  the  Union  Pacific,  Den- 
ver &  Gulf  Railroad),  and  from  the  organization 
of  the  Denver  Tramway  Company  until  1896  he 
was  one  of  its  directors.  He  was  for  many  years 
vice-president  of  the  City  National  Bank,  but 
withdrew  in  1894,  before  its  consolidation. 

The  ancestry  of  the  Brown  family  is  given  in 
the  sketch  of  J.  Sidney  Brown.  In  Conneaut, 
Ohio,  where  he  was  born  September  3,  1827, 
Junius  F.  Brown  received  public-school  and 
academic  advantages.  In  1850  he  began  clerk- 
ing in  a  mercantile  house  in  his  native  place,  but 
two  years  later  removed  to  Toledo,  where  he 
clerked  in  a  dry-goods  house  one  year,  and  then 
spent  a  similar  period  with  the  Lake  Shore  & 
Michigan  Southern  Railroad.  His  next  position 
was  with  Buckingham  &  Co.  In  May,  1857,  he 

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went  to  Atchison,  Kan.,  and  embarked  in  the 
manufacture  of  lumber  for  the  home  market. 
The  mills  were  located  on  the  Missouri  side,  and 
when  the  war  broke  out  his  strong  northern  pro- 
clivities made  it  undesirable  for  him  to  continue 
business  there,  so  he  abandoned  the  enterprise. 

Wishing  to  utilize  the  large  number  of  teams 
on  hand,  he  loaded  a  wagon  train  with  merchan- 
dise and  placed  his  brother  in  charge,  with  in- 
structions to  cross  the  plains  to  Denver.  While 
waiting  for  the  latter' s  return,  he  continued  in 
charge  of  affairs  at  Atchison,  but  afterwards  per- 
sonally engaged  in  freighting  until  1865,  and 
then  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Drury  & 
Brown,  wholesale  grocers,  in  Atchison.  Closing 
out  the  business  in  1870  became  to  Denver,  with 
the  business  history  of  which  he  has  since  been 
intimately  connected. 

In  Conneaut,  Ohio,  Mr.  Brown  married  Jane 
B.  Kilborn,  who  was  born  in  Canada,  and  accom- 
panied her  father,  John  H.  Kilborn,  to  Conneaut. 
She  died  in  1877,  leaving  two  daughters  and  a 
son,  namely:  Helen,  Mrs.  S.  H.  Nesmith,  of 
Denver;  Jane  M. ,  Mrs.  F.  S.  Titsworth,  of  Ana- 
conda, Mont.;  and  Harry  K.,  a  graduate  of  Yale 
College  in  1892,  and  secretary  of  The  J.  S.  Brown 
&  Bro.  Mercantile  Company.  The  second  mar- 
riage of  our  subject,  solemnized  in  Denver,  united 
him  with  Miss  Mary  L.  Brundage,  by  whom  he 
has  one  child,  June  Louise.  Mrs.  Brown  is  a 
lady  of  intellectual  attainments,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  Woman's  Club,  the  Fortnightly  Club  and 
the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution.  Her  father, 
Marcus  B.  Bruudage,  was  born  in  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.,  the  youngest  of  twelve  children,  and  was 
orphaned  at  fourteen  years.  After  completing 
his  education  he  went  to  New  Haven,  Conn., 
where  he  engaged  in  carriage  manufacturing,  but 
removed  from  there  to  Tallmadge,  Ohio,  engag- 
ing in  the  same  business.  Failing  health  brought 
him'  to  Colorado,  and  afterward  to  California, 
where  he  died  in  1883.  He  married  Harriet 
Parmelee,  who  was  born  in  Ohio,  the  daughter 
of  Theodore  Hudson  Parmelee,  of  Goshen.Conn., 
and  a  descendant  of  a  Revolutionary  patriot. 
The  family  came  to  this  country  in  1639  from 
England,  where  the  name  was  originally  Parmly. 
Mrs.  Brundage  died  in  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  seven- 
ty-five years,  leaving  four  children,  of  whom 
Mrs.  Brown  is  next  to  the  oldest. 

The  business  interests  of  Mr.  Brown  and  his 


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brother  have  been  in  common  for  many  years, 
having  achieved  satisfactory  results,  not  only  in 
the  mercantile  business,  but  also  in  real-estate 
and  banking  interests.  Mr.  Brown  has  always 
been  interested  in  the  election  of  good  men  to 
fill  responsible  official  positions,  and  has  given 
them  every  assistance.  He  has  assisted  in  the 
development  of  Denver  and  in  the  progress  of 
its  material  prosperity  by  the  energy  he  has  dis- 
played in  private  affairs,  and  by  the  executive 
ability  he  has  shown  in  the  capacity  of  director 
in  many  important  organizations.  A  worthy 
cause  of  a  philanthropic,  religious,  social  or  edu- 
cational character  is  sure  of  his  prompt  and  gen- 
erous assistance,  and  in  a  way  that  the  left  hand 
will  not  know  what  the  right  hand  does. 

Mr.  Brown  is  a  man  of  untiring  energy  in  his 
devotion  to  every  business  interest  committed  to 
him,  the  smallest  detail  receiving  the  attention 
it  deserves,  and  this,  in  a  great  measure,  has  led 
to  his  success  in  the  financial  world. 

The  lives  of  Mr.  Brown  and  his  brother  Sid- 
ney have  been  closely  interwoven,  both  having 
taken  a  firm  stand  as  Republicans,  although 
neither  has  accepted  political  preferment.  They 
have  been  devoted  to  their  business,  and  have 
demonstrated  to  the  world  at  large  what  the  con- 
centration of  energy,  indomitable  will  and  splen- 
did courage,  even  in  adversity,  can  accomplish. 


fDQARREN  C.  DYER,  ex- sheriff  of  Boulder 
\  A  I  County,  is  engaged  in  the  real-estate  busi- 
Y  V  ness-  He  has  his  office  in  the  Camera  block , 
Eleventh  and  Pearl  street,  Boulder,  and  has  built 
up  a  large  business  in  general  real  estate,  insurance 
and  conveyancing.  He  platted  Dyer's  addition 
to  Boulder,  consisting  of  the  southeast  forty 
acres  of  section  26,  adjoining  Chautauqua 
and  University  place;  also  handles  Newland's 
addition,  consisting  of  one  hundred  and  forty 
acres,  which  has  been  platted  in  town  lots. 

It  is  supposed  that  the  Dyer  family  came  to 
America  from  England.  From  Cape  Cod,  Mass. , 
one  of  the  name  migrated  to  Maine,  where  oc- 
curred the  birth  of  our  subject's  grandfather,  a 
farmer,  who  died  aged  eighty- seven  years.  The 
father  of  our  subject,  Hon.  Zachariah  Dyer,  a 
native  of  Maine,  served  as  under  sheriff  of  Frank- 
lin County  for  six  years  and  as  sheriff  for  a 
similiar  period,  also  represented  his  district  in 


the  state  legislature  for  two  terms,  being  in  public 
service  during  much  of  his  active  life.  Meantime 
he  also  superintended  the  management  of  his 
farm.  He  is  now  living  retired,  having  justly 
earned  the  freedom  from  business  cares  that  he 
enjoys.  His  wife,  Emily  Cram,  was  born  in 
Maine  and  died  there  in  1859.  Her  father  was 
a  member  of  an  old  Maine  family  that  came  from 
England;  he  died  at  seventy-four  years  of  age. 
Of  the  four  children  of  whom  our  subject  was 
the  youngest  all  but  one  are  still  living.  The 
oldest  son,  Augustus,  a  veteran  of  the  war,  is  a 
merchant  in  Lewiston,  Me.;  a  younger  son,  Row- 
land, resides  in  North  Dakota. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  New 
Sharon,  Me.,  September  21,  1855,  and  was  reared 
in  his  native  town.  In  the  spring  of  1877  he 
went  to  the  Black  Hills,  where  he  remained  for 
three  months,  and  then  moved  to  Hastings,  Neb. 
Five  months  after  settling  in  that  place,  he  was 
appointed  under  sheriff  to  Mr.  Martin,  and  con- 
tinued in  the  position  until  he  came  to  Colorado. 
In  June,  1880,  he  began  prospecting  and  mining 
at  Breckenridge,  and  later  was  appointed  under 
sheriff  to  William  Iliff,  of  Summit  County,  con- 
tinuing in  the  position  for  two  years.  He  still 
owns  three  patent  claims  in  that  county.  In  the 
spring  of  1887  he  went  to  Denver,  where  he 
engaged  in  building,  contracting  and  selling,  but 
in  1890  sold  out  the  business  and  removed  to 
Lyons,  Boulder  County.  There  he  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  until  the  fall  of  1893, 
when  he  was  elected  sheriff  on  the  People's 
party  ticket.  After  two  years  of  successful, 
efficient  service,  he  was  re-elected  by  a  large 
majority.  The  time  of  his  service  extended  from 
January,  1894,  to  January,  1898.  At  the  close 
of  his  second  term,  the  bar  of  Boulder,  though 
opposed  to  him  politically,  showed  their  apprecia- 
tion of  his  valuable  services  by  presenting  him 
with  a  gold-headed  cane  and  at  the  same  time 
gave  a  set  of  resolutions  commending  him  for  his 
ability  in  filling  the  office.  During  the  time  he 
served  as  sheriff  he  had  forty-eight  insane  people 
in  his  charge  and  also  had  five  murder  cases. 
The  Democratic  platform,  adopted  by  the  Chicago 
convention  in  1896,  is  in  accord  with  his  opinions, 
for  he  favors  free  silver  and  free  trade.  While 
in  Lyons  he  held  the  position  of  alderman  and 
was  at  one  time  mayor  pro  tern,  but  resigned  the 
position  on  being  elected  sheriff. 


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In  Summit  County,  Colo.,  Mr.  Dyer  married 
Mollie  T.  Churchill,  who  was  born  in  Florence, 
Ala.,  and  accompanied  by  her  father,  Willard 
Churchill,  to  Breckenridge,  Colo.,  in  1880.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Dyer  are  the  parents  of  two  daughters, 
Laura  E.  and  Elvie  C.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  at  Boulder; 
also  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows; 
which  he  joined  in  Hastings,  Neb.,  in  1879,  but 
afterward  became  identified  with  Breckenridge 
Lodge  No.  49,  then  was  a  charter  member  of 
Denver  Lodge  No.  96,  later  a  charter  member  of 
Lyons  Lodge  No.  102,  and  finally  a  charter 
member  of  Boulder  Lodge  No.  112,  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Unity  Encampment  No.  13,  in  which  he  is 
a  past  officer,  and  Boulder  Canton  No.  5.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  Columbia  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.M., 
of  Boulder.  In  the  lodges  with  which  he  has 
been  identified  he  has  held  various  official  posi- 
tions. 

(S\  ARON  S.  BENSON,  president  of  the  Bank 
j  I  of  Loveland,  president  of  The  Louden  Irri- 
/  |  gating  Canal  Company,  and  also  connected 
with  several  other  irrigation  and  business  enter- 
prises, is  a  native  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
the  son  of  Sherman  and  Jane  E.  (Shaw)  Benson, 
both  of  New  York  state. 

The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject  were  spent 
in  New  York  and  Iowa.  In  1862  he  returned  to 
New  York  for  the  purpose  of  settling  his  grand- 
father's estate.  In  1865  he  returned  to  Louden, 
Iowa,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  nursery  busi- 
ness for  some  years.  His  health  failing,  he  con- 
cluded to  try  a  change  of  climate  and  came  to 
Colorado,  settling  at  Golden,  Jefferson  County, 
where  he  carried  on  the  nursery  business,  con- 
nected with  market  gardening  and  fruit  growing. 
In  1878  he  came  to  Larimer  County  for  the  pur- 
pose of  constructing  the  Louden  Canal,  and  has 
since  been  an  officer  of  the  county.  At  the  same 
time  he  purchased  and  improved  farm  lands  and 
engaged  in  stock-raising  and  the  dairy  business, 
in  which  he  has  successfully  continued. 

He  owns  about  one  thousand  acres  of  cultivated 
farm  lands  in  Larimer  County,  which  is  divided 
into  five  farms,  and  is  also  the  owner  of  a  fine 
residence  and  property  in  Loveland.  In  1882  he 
became  interested  in  the  Bank  of  Loveland,  of 
which  he  has  been  president  since  1883. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Benson  was  Eliza  Cleg- 


horn,  who  died  in  1862,  leaving  three  children, 
Perry,  Mary  (now  the  wife  of  J.  A.  Lewis),  and 
Charles.  In  1864  Mr.  Benson  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Marion  Vanderburgh,  of 
New  York.  Four  children  blessed  their  union, 
Clarence  .V. ,  who  is  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Love- 
land;  Velma  V.,  wife  of  Alfred  Beebe;  Franc  V. 
and  Aaron  V.  The  family  is  identified  with  the 
Baptist  Church.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason,  be- 
ing a  member  of  Lodge  No.  53,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Loveland.  In  his  political  belief  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican and  as  such  has  been  active  in  local  and 
state  affairs. 

While  in  Jefferson  County  he  was  for  three 
years  a  member  of  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners. Soon  after  coming  to  Larimer  County 
he  was  elected  county  commissioner  and  after 
serving  for  three  years  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  state  legislature.  Having  served  his  time 
he  was  again  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of 
county  commissioners  for  three  years.  He  served 
as  school  director  in  Jefferson  County  for  six 
years,  and  in  Larimer  County  he  has  for  sixteen 
years  filled  a  similar  position  in  District  No.  i. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  State  Agricultural  College.  As  a  friend  of 
education  he  favors  any  plan  whereby  the  educa- 
tional interests  of  the  state  may  be  fostered  and 
promoted. 

(JOSEPH  T.  ATWOOD  is  a  successful  attor- 
I  ney-at-law,  and  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Q)  Minor  &  Atwood,  who  have  offices  in  the 
Masonic  Temple  building  in  Longmont.  He  is 
the  legal  adviser  of  the  Farmers'  National  Bank 
of  Longmont,  and  has  a  large  practice  in  Long- 
mont and  vicinity.  In  the  political  world  he  is 
very  prominent  and  popular,  and  has  frequently 
been  chosen  to  preside  as  chairman  over  conven- 
tions of  the  Boulder  County  Democratic  party  in 
late  years.  Moreover,  he  has  frequently  been 
sent  as  a  delegate  to  the  state  conventions  of  the 
party,  and  has  been  an  active  and  aggressive 
worker  in  the  cause.  For  several  terms  he  has 
served  as  city  attorney,  and  has  made  a  good 
record  for  himself  and  constituents. 

Marsylus  Atwood,  father  of  the  above-named 
gentleman,  was  a  native  of  Greene  County,  Ind., 
born  in  1823.  He  was  a  son  of  George  B. 
Atwood,  who  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  and 
came  from  an  old  and  respected  New  England 


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family.  George  B.  Atwood  married  a  Miss 
Lawrence,  who,  though  born  in  Georgia,  was  of 
English  parentage.  The  couple  moved  to  Indiana 
at  an  early  day  in  the  history  of  that  state,  and 
in  1837  went  to  Texas.  Mr.  Atwood  took  up  a 
tract  of  forty-five  hundred  acres  of  laud  in  Hen- 
derson County,  under  the  peculiar  laws  then  in 
force  in  that  region,  and  died  just  prior  to  the 
Mexican  war.  His  wife  returned  to  Indiana  at 
the  outbreak  of  hostilities  between  the  two 
countries,  and  thus  the  property  was  lost  to  the 
family  under  the  statute  of  limitations.  Marsylus 
Atwood  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Indiana  and 
Texas,  and  after  he  returned  to  his  native  state 
he  was  occupied  in  farming  in  Greene  County 
until  his  death,  during  the  Civil  war,  in  1863.  He 
married  Martha  Ann  Martindale,  likewise  a 
native  of  Indiana,  and  five  children  came  to  bless 
their  union.  Two  of  the  number  are  deceased. 
Mrs.  Lee  resides  in  Longmont  and  William  is 
living  in  Boulder.  The  Martindales  were  origin- 
ally from  England,  and  settled  in  Virginia  at  an 
early  period.  Mrs.  Atwood  was  the  daughter  of 
William  Martindale,  who  was  born  and  brought 
up  in  Virginia  and  went  to  Indiana  on  arriving 
at  maturity,  there  to  engage  in  cultivating  a 
homestead  during  the  rest  of  his  active  life.  Mrs. 
Atwood  departed  this  life  in  Indiana  when  but 
forty  years  of  age. 

Joseph  T.  Atwood  was  born  in  Newark,  Greene 
County,  Ind.,  in  1862.  His  father  died  when 
the  boy  was  scarcely  a  year  old,  and  the  mother 
died  a  few  years  later.  Until  he  was  fourteen 
our  subject  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Newark,  and  in  the  fall  of  the  Centennial  year 
he  started  for  the  west.  For  nearly  a  year  he 
lived  in  Taylor  County,  Iowa,  but  in  ^87.7  came 
to  Boulder  County.  Here  he  spent  about  ten 
years  in  agricultural  pursuits,  giving  as  much 
time  as  possible  to  his  studies  and  going  to  the 
district  schools  several  terms.  In  1887  he  en- 
tered the  State  Agricultural  College,  and  con- 
tinued until  the  close  of  his  junior  year.  In  1890 
he  returned  to  the  east  and  in  the  fall  matricu- 
lated in  the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann 
Arbor.  He  was  one  in  a  class  originally  number- 
ing three  hundred  and  twelve,  but  twenty-two 
failed  to  graduate,  a  large  percentage.  It  was  in 
the  summer  of  1892  that  he  received  the  honors 
for  which  he  had  been  striving,  that  of  Bachelor 
of  Laws.  The  same  year  he  opened  an  office  in 


Longmont  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  general  law.  The  following  year  he 
entered  into  partnership  with  Mr.  Minor  and  the 
present  firm  of  Minor  &  Atwood  was  formed. 
Mr.  Atwood  has  rapidly  risen  in  his  profession, 
and  his  friends  predict  for  him  a  brilliant  future. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  is  a  great 
favorite  in  social  circles. 


NN.  BRADLEY,  who  is  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  No.  720  Sixteenth  street, 
Denver,  was  born  in  Sunderland,  Vt. ,  May 
6,  1846,  and  is  a  son  of  Gilbert  and  Mary  (Lock- 
wood)  Bradley.  His  father,  who  was  born  in 
the  same  town  in  1800,  was  a  son  of  Ethan  Brad- 
ley, who  removed  from  Connecticut,  his  birth- 
place, and  settled  in  Vermont,  engaging  in  the 
mercantile  businesss  there.  Gilbert,  who  was 
also  a  merchant,  was  a  man  of  considerable  prom- 
inence in  his  locality  and  in  politics  was  an  old- 
line  Democrat.  He  died  at  eighty  years  of  age. 
In  his  family  there  were  seven  children  who  at- 
tained mature  years,  and  five  of  these  are  still 
living,  namely:  Frances,  who  lives  in  New  York; 
Jane,  Mrs.  Isaac  G.  Johnson,  of  New  York;  Gil- 
bert W. ,  a  manufacturer  living  in  Manchester, 
Vt. ;  Herbert  N. ,  who  was  next  to  the  youngest; 
and  John,'  a  manufacturer,  living  in  Buffalo, 
N.  Y. 

In  the  schools  of  Sunderland  and  the  academies 
at  Manchester  and  Bennington,  Vt.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  gained  his  education.  At  the  age 
of  sixteen  he  left  school  and  began  to  give  his 
attention  exclusively  to  his  father's  store,  where 
he  continued  until  1866.  Having  meantime  saved 
his  wages,  he  started  in  business  for  himself  at 
Rupert,  Vt.,  where  he  remained  for  seven  years. 
In  1873  he  sold  out  and  came  to  Colorado,  open- 
ing a  store  in  Boulder  in  the  spring  of  the  follow- 
ing year  and  continuing  in  the  same  place  until 
1897.  At  the  organization  of  the  bank  in  Boul- 
der he  was  chosen  its  head  and  for  several  years 
served  as  president,  when  he  resigned,  sold  his 
stock  and  went  east,  remaining  several  years,  but 
not  engaging  in  business.  On  his  return  he  ac- 
cepted the  position  as  vice-president  of  the  bank, 
which  he  still  holds.  In  June,  1895,  ne  began  in 
the  mercantile  business  in  Denver,  where  he  has 
a  large  and  lucrative  business.  He  has  invested 


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in  real  estate  in  various  parts  of  the  country  from 
Vermont  to  Colorado. 

In  Orange  County,  N.  Y. ,  in  1884,  Mr.  Brad- 
ley married  Miss  Margaret  Brodhead,  who  was 
born  and  reared  in  that  county,  a  daughter  of 
Capt.  Edgar  Brodhead,  wh'o  graduated  from  An- 
napolis Naval  School,  served  for  many  years  in 
the  United  States  Navy  and  is  now  living  retired 
in  Orange  County.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bradley  have 
two  children:  Mary,  who  was  born  in  Boulder  in 
June,  1886;  and  Herbert  N. ,  born  in  Boulder  Oc- 
tober 12,  1888.  Though  reared  a  Democrat,  Mr. 
Bradley  has  always  supported  Republican  prin- 
ciples, and  cast  his  first  vote  for  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant. 
While  in  business  at  Rupert  he  became  a  member 
of  Morning  Flower  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.M.,  in 
which  he  filled  all  the  chairs.  After  he  had  been 
living  in  Colorado  for  some  time,  and  during  a 
trip  east,  he  took  the  chapter  degrees  at  Man- 
chester, Vt.  He  became  a  charter  member  of 
the  chapter  in  Boulder  and  later  took  the  com- 
mandery  degrees  there,  being  the  first  to  do  so 
after  its  organization. 


HON.  JAMES  P.  MAXWELL.  Since  the 
admission  of  Colorado  as  one  of  the  states  of 
the  Union,  the  name  of  Senator  Maxwell 
has  been  closely  identified  with  its  history. 
Elected  to  the  first  session  of  the  state  senate  in 
1876,  after  having  ably  represented  his  district  in 
important  territorial  positions,  he  drew  the  long 
term  and  served  until  1880.  In  the  second  ses  - 
sion,  in  1879,  he  served  as  president  pro  tern  of 
the  senate.  He  was  prominently  connected  with 
early  legislative  acts  and  took  a  warm  interest  in 
securing  the  appropriations  for  the  state  uni- 
versity. In  1877  he  had  the  distinction  of  plac- 
ing in  nomination  for  the  United  States  senate 
Hon.  H.  M.  Teller,  who  then  began  his  long  and 
distinguished  connection  with  public  affairs. 
Elected  mayor  of  Boulder  in  1878,  he  served  for 
one  term  of  two  years,  resigning  in  1880,  after 
which  he  held  the  office  of  county  treasurer 
for  two  years.  He  was  again  elected  to  the  state 
senate  in  1896,  as  the  candidate  of  the  silver  Re- 
publicans and  Democrats,  and  was  the  recipient 
of  a  large  majority  in  a  county  that  usually  gives 
a  majority  to  the  People's  party.  At  the  close  of 
the  eleventh  session  he  was  elected  president  pro 
tern  of  the  senate  for  the  next  session. 


Three  miles  from  the  foot  of  Geneva  Lake,  at 
Bigfoot,  Walworth  County,  Wis.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  born  in  June,  1839,  a  son  of 
James  A.  and  Susan  V.  (Clark)  Maxwell,  and  a 
grandson  of  Col.  James  Maxwell,  who  was  a  pio- 
neer of  Walworth  County,  a  merchant  by  occu- 
pation, a  member  of  the  territorial  legislature  and 
colonel  of  the  Wisconsin  state  militia,  dying  in 
Wisconsin  at  eighty  years  of  age.  His  brother, 
Philip  Maxwell,  M.  D.,  was  one  of  the  prominent 
physicians  in  the  early  days  of  Chicago. 

For  some  years  James  A.  Maxwell  was  a  large 
land  holder,  a  successful  merchant  and  a  promi- 
nent man  in  the  public  affairs  of  Walworth 
County,  but  removed  from  there  to  Sauk  County, 
and  from  there  came  to  Colorado  in  1860.  He 
assisted  in  the  construction  of  the  Boulder  and 
Blackhawk  wagon  road,  which  he  operated  for  a 
time,  but  sold  to  the  railroad  company  on  the 
building  of  the  railroad  through  the  canon.  In 
early  days  he  also  engaged  in  the  sawmill 
business  in  Boulder.  He  was  a  consistent  and 
active  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  One  Thursday  evening  in  1892  he  at- 
tended the  regular  weekly  prayer-meeting,  walk- 
ing three-quarters  of  a  mile  to  the  church.  He 
seemed  in  his  usual  health  at  the  meeting  and 
when  it  had  closed  he  walked  home,  where  he 
sat  down  in  a  rocking  chair,  with  his  feet  on  the 
fender,  a  paper  in  his  hands,  and  his  glasses  on. 
In  that  position  he  was  found,  dead,  the  follow- 
ing morning.  He  had  passed  peacefully  away, 
at  the  close  of  a  service  in  the  church  he  had 
helped  to  organize,  and  in  his  home,  surrounded 
by  every  comfort,  and  apparently  without  any 
pain.  He  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife, 
Miss  Clark,  accompanied  her  parents  from  New 
York  to  Indiana,  thence  to  Wisconsin,  where 
she  remained  until  her  demise.  She  was  the 
mother  of  six  children,  viz.:  Emma,  Mrs.  H.  H. 
Potter,  of  Baraboo,  Sauk  County,  Wis. ;  James  P. ; 
Ctiarles  A.,  of  Boulder;  Ophelia,  Mrs.  George  H. 
Rust,  who  died  in  Boulder;  Ellen,  wife  of 
William  Hill,  of  Missouri;  and  Augusta,  wife  of 
J.  V.  Pierce,  of  Kansas  City. 

In  1854  the  subject  of  this  sketch  entered  the 
Lawrence  University  at  Appleton,  Wis.,  where 
he  was  graduated  in  1859  with  the  degree  of  A.B. 
In  1860  he  joined  his  father,  who  had  preceded 
him  to  Omaha,  and  together  they  journeyed 
with  horses  over  the  plains,  reaching  Denver 


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June  10,  after  a  journey  of  six  weeks.  They 
went  to  Central  City  and  Nevadaville,  thence  to 
Lump  Gulch  and  engaged  in  placer  mining.  In 
1860  our  subject  was  elected  sheriff  of  Gold  Dirt 
district,  serving  for  one  year,  and  then  for  a  simi- 
lar period  engaged  in  lode  mining  at  Leaven- 
worth  Gulch.  In  1863,  with  Captain  Tyler,  his 
brother-in-law,  he  embarked  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness on  South  Boulder  Creek,  putting  up  a  mill, 
and  engaging  in  the  manufacture  of  lumber  of 
all  kinds.  This  lumber  he  sold  in  Blackhawk, 
Central  City  and  Cheyenne.  Also,  in  partnership 
with  his  father,  he  operated,  by  water  power,  a 
mill  at  the  mouth  of  Four  Mile  Creek.  In  1867 
he  moved  from  South  Boulder  to  the  mouth  of 
Four  Mile,  three  miles  from  Boulder,  and  from 
there  in  1870  he  came  to  Boulder.  For  several 
years,  as  deputy  United  States  mineral  and  land 
surveyor,  he  made  surveys  of  the  public  lands  of 
the  state.  In  1872  he  was  elected  to  the  territo- 
rial legislature  from  Boulder,  two  years  later  was 
re-elected,  and  in  1876  was  made  a  member  of  the 
first  state  senate.  From  1882  to  1888  he  en- 
gaged in  government  surveying  in  western  Colo- 
rado, and  from  1888  to  1893  he  acted  as  state  en- 
gineer, under  appointment  by  Governors  Cooper 
and  Routt.  As  state  engineer  he  had  charge  and 
control  of  the  irrigation  of  the  state,  and  the  ap- 
propriations made  for  public  improvements  by 
two  legislatures,  amounting  to  about  $200,000 
each  term,  of  which  amount,  by  economical  ex- 
penditures, he  returned  about  $100,000  each  two 
years.  Appropriations  for  bridge  building,  road 
construction  and  reservoir  building  were  made  at 
his  discretion  and  under  his  supervision.  He  gave 
personal  oversight  to  every  contract  and  its  com- 
pletion, and  such  roads  and  bridges  asked  for, 
but  not  deemed  actual  necessities  by  himself, 
were  not  built. 

For  the  past  ten  years  Mr.  Maxwell  has  been 
engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  and  owns  ranches 
and  real  estate.  He  laid  out  Maxwell's  addition 
of  fifteen  acres  on  the  mesa,  a  fine  site,  and  was 
vice-president  of  the  Mapleton  Company  that 
laid  out  forty  acres.  With  others,  in  1888,  he  be- 
gan the  construction  of  the  Silver  Lake  ditch, 
the  highest  ditch  of  Boulder  canon,  covering 
about  two  hundred  acres  of  his  land;  irrigation 
has  made  of  this  section  a  valuable  fruit  tract. 
He  is  president  of  the  Silver  Lake  Ditch  Com- 
pany, and  through  his  efforts  an  abundance  of 


water  has  been  given  to  this  property.  He  has 
also  stocked  Silver  Lake  with  fish  and  is  making 
of  the  lake  and  surrounding  country  a  fine  resort. 
For  fifteen  years  he  was  president  of  the  Steam- 
boat Springs  Company,  that  laid  out  Steamboat 
Springs  in  Routt  County.  He  is  still  interested 
in  mining  and  prospecting  in  different  parts  of  the 
state.  Besides  his  other  interests,  he  is  the  owner 
of  Maxwell  block,  on  Pearl  near  Twelfth  street, 
Boulder. 

In  Gilpin  County,  Colo.,  Mr.  Maxwell  married 
Miss  Francelia  O.  Smith,  who  was  born  near 
Milwaukee,  Wis.  Her  father,  Nelson  K.  Smith, 
was  long  a  resident  of  Wisconsin  (see  sketch 
elsewhere  in  this  work)  and  came  to  Colorado  in 
1860,  engaging  in  the  sawmill  business,  in  manu- 
facturing enterprises  and  in  the  construction  of  a 
toll  road  from  Golden  to  Central.  He  died  in 
Boulder  in  1896.  The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Maxwell  are  named  as  follows:  Clint  J.,  who  is 
in  charge  of  his  father's  ranches  and  also  carries 
on  a  stock  business;  Mark  N.,  who  is  a  drug- 
gist in  Boulder;  Helen  M.,  who  studied  German 
and  music  under  the  best  instructors  in  Germany; 
and  Marie  O. ,  wife  of  Prof.  Charles  R.  Burger, 
instructor  of  mathematics  in  the  East  Denver 
high  school. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Maxwell  is  connected  with 
Boulder  Lodge  No.  14,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  in  which  he 
is  past  master;  Boulder  Chapter  No.  7,  R.  A.  M., 
in  which  he  is  past  high  priest;  Mount  Sinai 
Commandery  No.  7,  K.  T.,  in  which  he  is  past 
eminent  commander,  and  was  grand  commander 
of  the  grand  commandery  of  Colorado  for  one 
year;  the  consistory  in  Denver  and  El  Jebel 
Temple,  N.  M.  S.  For  some  years  he  acted  as 
president  of  the  state  forestry  association  and  is 
now  a  member  of  the  State  Historical  Society. 
For  several  terms  he  has  held  the  office  of  presi- 
dent of  the  Boulder  County  Pioneer  Society  and 
he  is  also  identified  with  the  Society  of  Colorado 
Pioneers. 

«VSAAC  LAMB  BOND,  M.  D.,  a  resident  of 

Boulder  since  1871,  came  to  Colorado  in  that 

Ji  year    with    the-   Chicago- Colorado    Colony, 

which  located  Longmont,  but  instead  of  making 

the  new  town  his  permanent  location  he  settled 

in  Boulder  and  has  since  made  this  city  his  home. 

He  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  for 

only  five  years  after  coming  west,  and  is  now  re- 


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tired  from  active  participation  in  professional 
work  or  in  business.  For  one  term  he  acted  as 
mayor  of  Boulder.  He  took  no  active  part  in  poli- 
tics until  populism  sprang  up;  he  opposes  this 
doctrine  with  all  his  intellect  and  influence,  giv- 
ing his  support  to  Republican  principles  and 
working  for  their  success. 

The  Bond  family  was  founded  in  Massachu- 
setts about  two  hundred  years  ago,  coming  there 
from  England.  The  doctor' s  father,  George  S., 
was  a  son  of  George  Bond,  a  farmer  of  Worcester 
County;  he  was  born  in  Brimfield,  Hampden 
County,  but  was  reared  in  Leicester,  Worcester 
County,  where  he  has  since  resided,  being  now 
eighty-three  years  of  age.  He  married  Eliza 
Lamb,  who  was  born  in  Worcester  County  and 
still  lives  there,  being  now  eighty  years  of  age. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Abigail  (White) 
Lamb,  natives  of  Spencer,  Worcester  County. 
Her  father,  who  was  born  in  1765  and  died  in 
1853,  took  part  in  the  Revolution  and  later  was 
major  of  militia.  Her  grandfather,  John  Lamb, 
was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1727  and  died  in 
1796;  he  was  a  son  of  Jonathan  Lamb,  a  native 
of  Boston,  who  settled  in  Worcester  County  in 
1726  and  served  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  early  colo- 
nial wars.  Jonathan's  father,  Joshua,  came  from 
England  to  Massachusetts  and  held  the  rank  of 
colonel  in  early  wars. 

The  family  of  George  S.  and  Eliza  Bond  con- 
sisted of  two  children,  the  older  being  Mrs.  Maria 
Kent,  of  Worcester.  The  younger,  who  forms 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Leicester, 
Mass.,  March  31,  1841.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  Leicester  Academy  and  the  State  Nor- 
mal School,  from  both  of  which  he  graduated.  He 
then  taught  school  at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  for  three 
years,  after  which  he  took  up  the  study  of  medi- 
cine with  Dr.  Blodgett,  of  Holyoke,  and  later 
studied  in  the  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College, 
New  York,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1866,  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  Opening  an  office  in  Wor- 
cester County  he  continued  in  practice  there  until 
1871,  when  he  came  to  Boulder.  After  five  years 
here  he  retired  from  practice  on  account  of  poor 
health  and  since  then  he  has  engaged  in  mining, 
farming  and  banking. 

In  1887  Dr.  Bond  organized  the  Boulder  Elec- 
tric Light  Company,  of  which  he  served  as  presi- 
dent for  eight  years  and  which  has  had  a  very 
successful  history.  In  1884  he  assisted  in  the  or- 


ganization of  the  Boulder  National  Bank  and 
served  as  its  vice-president  from  that  time  until 
1891,  after  which  he  acted  as  cashier  for  two 
years.  He  is  still  connected  with  the  bank  as  a 
stockholder.  He  has  dealt  extensively  in  mining 
properties  and  has  also  engaged  in  mining.  As 
an  irrigation  farmer,  he  was  interested  in  the 
building  of  some  of  the  first  ditches  in  the  St. 
Vrain  Valley,  and  was  president  of  a  number  of 
the  companies.  Much  of  his  land  lies  in  Boulder 
County  and  consists  of  improved  ranching  prop- 
erty. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Bond,  solemnized  in  New 
York  City,  united  him  with  Arabella,  daughter 
of  James  and  Anna  (Watson)  Coates,  and  a  sis- 
ter of  the  present  postmaster  of  Boulder.  She 
possesses  many  admirable  qualities  and  is  a  lady 
of  refinement.  A  stanch  Republican,  Dr.  Bond 
has  been  a  member  of  the  state  central  committee, 
was  chairman  of  the  county  committee  1894-96, 
served  as  mayor  of  Boulder  in  1891-93.  and  was 
his  party's  candidate  for  state  senator  in  1892, 
but  was  defeated  by  the  Populists.  He  has  done 
much  to  advance  the  welfare  of  his  party,  among 
whose  members  he  is  very  popular. 


HON.  ADAIR  WILSON,  associate  judge  of 
the  Colorado  State  Court  of  Appeals,  was 
born  in  1841  in  what  is  now  Cambridge, 
Saline  County,  Mo.,  and  is  of  Scotch- Irish  lineage. 
His  paternal  great-grandfather  emigrated  from 
Ireland  to  the  United  States  and  after  a  short  so- 
journ in  Pennsylvania  went  to  the  Shenandoah 
Valley,  of  Virginia,  where  he  was  engaged  as  a 
planter  until  his  death.  He  had  a  brother, 
James,  who  was  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  also  of  the  Constitution,  by  pro- 
fession an  attorney,  and  under  appointment  by 
President  Washington  chosen  to  fill  the  position 
of  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  United 
States. 

The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  William  Wil- 
son, was  born  in  Virginia,  and  took  part  in  the 
Revolution  when  a  young  man.  Many  years 
later,  in  1824,  he  removed  to  Missouri  and  settled 
upon  a  farm  near  Glasgow,  Howard  County, 
where  he  lived  retired  until  his  death.  The  young- 
est of  his  large  family  was  William  A.,  a  native 
of  Augusta  County,  Va.,  and  in  early  life  a  mer- 
chant, but  later  a  student  of  law  with  his  brother, 


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Gen.  John  Wilson,  who  had  preceded  the  family 
to  Missouri  and  had  served  in  the  war  of  1812. 
William  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Saline  County 
and  opened  an  office  in  Marshall,  where  he  was 
a  pioneer  and  prominent  attorney.  For  years  he 
was  clerk  of  all  the  courts  there.  When  the 
Civil  war  broke  out  he  was  somewhat  advanced 
in  years,  but  enlisted  in  the  state  militia  and  was 
made  lieutenant-colonel  of  a  regiment,  serving 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  but  the  exposure  of 
camp  life  caused  his  death  soon  afterwards.  He 
was  then  about  fifty-seven  years  of  age.  Frater- 
nally he  was  a  Mason. 

Our  subject's  mother  was  Mary  E.  Reeves,  a 
native  of  Todd  County,  Ky.,  and  now  living  in 
Marshall,  Mo.  She  is  the  descendant  of  English 
and  Scotch-Irish  ancestors,  who  early  settled  in 
Virginia.  Her  father,  Col.  Benjamin  H.  Reeves, 
was  born  in  Augusta  County,  Va.,  but  about 
the  close  of  the  eighteenth  century,  when  in  in- 
fancy, he  removed  to  Kentucky  with  his  parents. 
His  father  had  served  in  the  Revolution  and  he 
took  part,  as  a  captain,  in  the  war  of  1812,  being 
of  the  greatest  assistance  to  the  cause  in  Indiana 
and  Kentucky  and  relieving  Zachary  Taylor 
when  the  latter  was  besieged  near  Lafayette. 
During  his  residence  in  Kentucky  he  was  for 
many  years  a  member  of  the  legislature.  In 
1818  he  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he  was  a 
member  of  the  constitutional  convention,  later 
state  senator  from  his  district,  and  afterward 
lieutenant-governor  of  the  state  for  one  term. 
He  was  one  of  the  commissioners  appointed  by 
the  president  of  the  United  States  to  locate  the 
Santa  Fe  trail.  Both  while  in  Kentucky  and 
Missouri  he  was  active  in  the  skirmishes  with  the 
Indians,  and  during  the  Iowa  Indian  war  he  was 
colonel  of  a  regiment.  He  died  in  1849,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-two  years.  Politically  he  had  been 
an  ardent  supporter  of  Henry  Clay  and  the  Whig 
party. 

The  family  of  which  our  subject  is  a  member 
consisted  of  seven  children,  he  being  third  in 
order  of  birth.  One  brother,  Benjamin  H.,  was 
a  captain  in  a  Missouri  regiment  during  the 
Civil  war  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Denver.  Our 
subject  was  reared  in  Marshall  and  received  his 
education  in  the  Masonic  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  in  1858, 
when  less  than  seventeen  years  of  age,  being  the 
youngest  member  of  his  class.  He  studied  law 


under  an  uncle,  Judge  Abiel  Leonard,  who  was 
at  one  time  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  Mis- 
souri. In  1860  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Marshall  and  in  the  spring  of  the  following  year 
came  to  Denver,  making  the  trip  overland  with 
teams.  After  a  few  weeks  he  proceeded  west- 
ward to  California  and  located  in  San  Francisco, 
where  his  uncle,  Gen.  John  Wilson,  was  a  prom- 
inent attorney.  The  uncle  and  nephew  practiced 
together  for  two  years,  then  the  latter  went  to 
Virginia  City,  Nev. ,  and  embarked  in  the  news- 
paper business  as  city  editor  of  the  Virginia  City 
Union,  at  the  same  time  that  Mark  Twain  was  city 
editor  of  the  Enterprise.  After  one  year  he  went 
to  Austin,  Nev.,  where  he  was  the  first  editor  of 
the  Reese  River  Reveille,  a  paper  that  is  still  being 
published.  Resigning  his  position  a  year  later, 
he  went  back  to  San  Francisco  and  resumed  the 
practice  of  law.  His  father  dying  in  1867,  he  re- 
turned to  Missouri  to  look  after  the  estate,  and 
opened  an  office  in  Marshall,  where  he  practiced 
until  1872. 

Coming  again  to  Colorado  in  1872,  our  subject 
located  in  Pueblo,  where  he  practiced  for  a  year. 
He  was  among  the  earliest  settlers  in  the  San  Juan 
mining  region  and  located  at  Del  Norte,  which 
became  the  county  seat.  In  1875  he  was  elected 
the  first  member  of  the  territorial  council  from  the 
San  Juan  country,  comprising  five  or  six  counties, 
and  served  during  the  last  session  of  the  legis- 
lature of  the  territory,  being  chosen  as  president 
of  the  body.  In  1876  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 
national  Democratic  convention  at  St.  Louis  that 
nominated  Samuel  J.  Tilden  for  president,  and 
during  the  ensuing  election  was  one  of  the  Demo- 
cratic candidates  for  presidential  elector  voted  for 
by  the  legislature  of  Colorado.  During  the  same 
year  he  was  nominated  for  judge  of  the  fourth 
judicial  district,  but  declined  the  nomination.  In 
1880  he  was  tendered  the  Democratic  nomination 
for  governor,  in  the  convention  held  at  Leadville, 
but  refused  to  accept.  Six  years  later  he  was 
nominated  on  the  Democratic  ticket  for  state 
senator  from  the  San  Juan  district  and  was  the 
only  one  on  the  Democratic  ticket  elected,  the 
district  being  Republican.  His  term  of  service 
covered  the  years  1887-90,  during  which  time  he 
introduced  many  bills  of  importance.  In  1887 
he  opened  an  office  in  Durango,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  At  the  convention  in  Chicago  in 
1896  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Deniocratic 


HON.  JAMES  W.  McCREERY. 


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national  committee.  In  April,  1897,  Governor 
Adams  appointed  him  to  the  position  he  now 
holds,  that  of  associate  judge  of  the  court  of 
appeals.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pioneers'  As- 
sociation of  San  Juan,  and  fraternally  is  connected 
with  the  Masonic  lodge  of  Del  Norte.  In  Arrow 
Rock,  Saline  County,  Mo.,  he  married  Miss 
Margaret  E.  Edwards,  who  was  born  in  Pettis 
County,  that  state,  being  the  daughter  of  Philip 
W.  Edwards,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1800, 
removed  to  Missouri  in  an  early  day  and  en- 
gaged in  business  there  until  his  death.  This 
union  was  blessed  with  the  following  children: 
Katharine  W.,  who  married  Austin  H.  Brown; 
Edwards  Adair,  Alva  Adams  and  Margaretta. 


HON.  JAMES  W.  McCREERY,  state  sena- 
tor, and  one  of  the  ablest  attorneys  not  only 
of  Greeley,  but  of  the  entire  state  as  well, 
was  born  in  Indiana  County,  Pa.,  July  13,  1850, 
a  son  of  William  G.  and  Mary  (Work)  McCreery. 
His  paternal  grandfather,  William  McCreery,  was 
born  in  County  Donegal,  Ireland,  in  1772,  of 
Scotch  descent,  and  emigrated  to  America  in 
1793,  settling  in  Indiana  County,  Pa.,  where,  in 
1804,  he  married  Margaret  McLain,  born  in 
America  in  1781.  He  was  a  son  of  Samuel  Mc- 
Creery, who  came  to  America  at  the  same  time 
with  a  brother  and  sister;  their  father,  Samuel, 
Sr.,  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  who  removed 
thence  to  Ireland. 

In  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  born  July  4, 
1821,  William  G.  McCreery  devoted  his  active 
years  to  farming,  and  he  is  still  living  on  the 
family  homestead  in  Indiana  County.  He  has 
been  a  Republican  since  the  organization  of  the 
party.  The  only  office  he  ever  accepted  was  that 
of  school  director,  in  which  position  he  aided  the 
public  schools.  To  the  work  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian Church  he  has  for  years  given  liberally 
of  his  time  and  means,  and  been  one  of  its  faith- 
ful members.  His  first  marriage  united  him  with 
Mary,  daughter  of  James  Work.  They  became 
the  parents  of  seven  children,  four  of  whom  are 
living,  viz. :  Margaret  E. ,  James  W. ;  Samuel 
Fletcher,  who  is  engaged  in  the  insurance  busi- 
ness in  Greeley;  and  Robert  C.,  a  farmer  resid- 
ing at  Fort  Morgan,  Colo.  Mrs.  Mary  McCreery 
died  in  1860,  and  afterward  Mr.  McCreery  mar- 


ried Rachel  Miller,  by  whom  he  had  two  chil- 
dren, Silas  H.  and  Alexander  H.  His  second 
wife  is  still  living. 

In  local  schools,  an  academy  and  the  State 
Normal  in  Indiana  County  the  subject  of  this 
article  received  his  education.  While  teaching 
for  several  years  he  devoted  his  leisure  hours  to 
the  study  of  law.  In  December,  1880,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  and  in  the  spring  of  1881 
came  west  to  Greeley,  reaching  here  on  the  ist  of 
June.  He  was  pleased  with  the  location  and  de- 
termined to  make  the  city  his  permanent  home. 
Confining  himself  to  civil  law,  he  has  succeeded 
in  that  line  of  the  profession  and  has  built  up  a 
remunerative  practice.  By  his  energy  and  native 
ability  he  has  placed  himself  in  the  front  rank  of 
the  bar  of  northern  Colorado.  In  all  the  promi- 
nent irrigation  cases  that  have  come  up  in  the 
past  seventeen  years  he  has  been  interested,  and  a 
fair  percentage  of  these  he  has  won.  During  the 
same  time  he  has  also  been  connected  with  all 
irrigation  legislation.  His  practice  extends 
throughout  the  entire  state,  and  in  1897  he  was 
called  to  Illinois  to  take  charge  of  an  important 
will  case  involving  $500,000. 

An  ardent  Republican,  Mr.  McCreery  has  been 
active  in  almost  all  of  the  county  and  state  con- 
ventions. In  1888  he  was  elected  to  the  state 
senate  from  the  district  then  comprising  Weld, 
L,ogan  and  Washington  Counties.  During  the 
four  years  that  followed  he  made  an  enviable 
record  as  a  legislator.  One  of  his  most  impor- 
tant works  was  the  introduction  and  passage  of  a 
bill  providing  for  the  establishment  of  the  State 
Normal  School  at  Greeley,  a  school  intended  for 
the  preparation  of  teachers  in  the  common  schools 
of  the  state.  For  the  past  eight  years  he  has 
been  a  trustee  of  the  institution,  and  during  part 
of  the  time  served  as  president  of  the  board. 

In  1896  he  was  again  nominated  for  the  senate 
and  was  elected  by  a  plurality  of  nearly  nine 
hundred.  In  the  session  that  followed  he  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  members,  and  as  a 
member  of  the  committee  on  finance  took  a  firm 
stand  for  retrenchment  in  public  expenses,  and 
openly  advocated  reform  in  such  expenditures. 
Having  made  the  subject  of  finance  a  close  study, 
he  was  well  fitted  for  that  kind  of  work. 

One  noticeable  trait  in  Mr.  McCreery's  char- 
acter is  his  kindness  to  young  men  just  starting 
out  as  attorneys.  Many  a  one  owes  to  his  sym- 


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pathetic  interest  the  start  in  the  profession  to 
which  he  owed  his  later  success.  In  1897,  when 
the  rules  relative  to  admission  to  the  bar  were 
drafted  again  and  a  committee  appointed  to  act  as 
a  board  of  law  examiners,  the  supreme  court  of 
the  state  named  him  as  a  member.  He  practices 
before  all  the  courts,  including  the  supreme  court 
of  the  United  States.  In  addition  to  his  other 
practice  he  is  attorney  for  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Greeley  and  for  ex-Governor  Eaton  in 
the  latter' s  irrigation  matters. 

In  religion  he  is  connected  with  the  Presby- 
terian Church.  August  27,  1883,  he  married 
Mary  M. ,  daughter  of  Mathew  Arbuckle,  of 
Madison,  Ind.  They  are  the  parents  of  four 
children  now  living:  Mary,  Donald,  Edith  and 
Dorothy. 

[""RANK  C.  AVERY,  president  of  the  First 
rd  National  Bank  of  Fort  Collins  and  a  resident 
|  *  of  Colorado  since  1870,  was  born  in  Cayuga 
County,  N.  Y.,  at  Ledyard,  near  Cayuga  Lake, 
April  8,  1849,  a  son  of  Edgar  and  Eliza  (Worth- 
ing) Avery.  He  is  a  descendant,  on  the  pater- 
nal side,  of  a  pioneer  family  of  New  England. 
His  grandfather,  Benjamin  Avery,  who  was  born 
in  New  London,  Conn.,  went  to  Cayuga  County, 
N.  Y.,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  and  began 
the  improvement  of  a  farm  from  the  wilderness. 
At  the  time  he  settled  there  Auburn  had  but  two 
houses,  and  they  were  built  of  logs.  He  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock-raising  until  his  death. 
His  son,  Edgar,  who  was  born  and  reared  in 
Cayuga  County,  removed  from  there  to  Colorado 
and  died  in  Greeley  in  1887.  His  wife  died  in 
Fort  Collins  in  1897.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Rev.  Jonathan  Worthing,  a  pioneer  minister  in 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  for.  some 
time  a  presiding  elder  of  that  denomination.  He 
died  in  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  second  among 
five  children.  His  older  brother,  Edward,  is  liv- 
ing in  Fort  Collins.  Louise,  the  wife  of  Alex- 
ander Mead,  resides  in  Greeley;  George  is  a 
minister  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  now 
stationed  in  Fort  Collins;  and  William,  who  came 
to  Colorado  about  1880,  became  a  land  owner  in 
Larimer  County  and  was  also  connected  with  the 
First  National  Bank  until  his  death,  in  1890. 
Our  subject  attended  Cazenovia  Seminary.  Upon 
completing  the  engineer's  course  he  joined  the 


Union  colony  and  came  to  Greeley,  where  he  ar- 
rived May  9,  1870.  He  made  the  surveys  and 
laid  out  the  town;  also  surveyed  the  ditches. 
After  eighteen  months  in  that  place,  in  the  fall  of 
1871,  he  located  near  La  Porte,  Larimer  County, 
where  he  embarked  in  the  stock  business.  In 
1872  he  made  the  original  plat  and  laid  out  the 
town  of  Fort  Collins,  changing  the  old  town  as 
much  as  possible  in  order  to  make  the  streets  run 
straight.  He  became  interested  in  the  real-estate 
business  here,  and  was  among  the  first  to  im- 
prove and  sell  town  lots.  In  the  fall  of  1872  he 
was  elected  county  surveyor  and  in  1874  was  re- 
elected.  The  first  noticeable  growth  of  the  city 
took  place  in  1873,  after  which  its  development 
was  steady.  As  long  as  the  colony  existed  he 
continued  its  engineer. 

In  January,  1880,  Mr.  Avery  organized  the 
Larimer  County  Bank,  a  state  institution,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $30,000,  and  himself  as  presi- 
dent. After  a  few  months  the  name  was  changed 
to  the  First  National  Bank  and  the  capitalization 
was  increased  to  $50,000.  In  addition  to  build- 
ing the  first  bank  building,  he  also  erected  ten 
stores  near  the  bank,  comprising  the  Avery 
block,  and  a  commodious  and  substantial  stone 
residence,  set  in  the  midst  of  large  grounds.  He 
had  a  one-fourth  interest  in  the  building  of  the 
opera  house,  and  has  aided  in  the  improvement 
of  other  property.  In  a  number  of  ditch  com- 
panies he  has  been  largely  interested,  serving  as 
president  of  several.  Through  his  efforts  was 
organized  the  Water  Supply  and  Storage  Com- 
pany of  Fort  Collins,  of  which  he  is  still  a  di- 
rector. This  company  built  the  most  expensive 
ditch  for  its  length  in  the  entire  state,  having 
spent  $100,000  in  blasting  through  the  solid  rock 
in  order  to  bring  the  ditch  over  the  Snowy  range, 
nine  thousand  feet  elevation,  for  feeding  the 
Larimer  County  ditch.  The  company  also  built 
two  large  reservoirs,  which,  after  two  years  of 
work,  were  completed  in  1893.  For  this  work  he 
made  the  preliminary  survey.  He  is  interested 
in  ranches  in  Larimer  and  Weld  Counties,  and 
owns  several  sections  which  he  has  fenced  and 
improved.  In  the  organization  of  the  Akin  Live 
Stock  Company  he  took  an  active  part.  They 
feed  about  six  thousand  sheep  and  own  a  number 
of  fine  thoroughbred  horses. 

Politically  Mr.  Avery  is  a  Republican.  For 
three  terms  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  city 


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council.  In  New  York  state,  February  24, 
1876,  he  married  Miss  Sarah  Edson,  who  was 
born  near  Auburn.  Three  children  were  born  of 
their  marriage:  Edgar,  Ethel  and  Mettie.  The 
children  are  being  given  the  benefits  of  good 
educations.  Mrs.  Avery  is  identified  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  to  the  maintenance 
of  which  Mr.  Avery  is  a  regular  contributor. 

In  reviewing  the  history  of  any  community 
there  are  always  a  few  names  that  stand  out  pre- 
eminent. In  the  history  of  Fort  Collins  the  name 
of  Mr.  Avery  is  prominent.  Doubtless  few  have 
accomplished  more  than  he  in  behalf  of  the  city's 
interests,  the  development  of  its  resources  and 
the  enlargement  of  its  commerce.  He  has  aided  by 
his  means  and  influence  those  projects  calculated 
to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  people  and  advance 
their  prosperity.  Progressive  plans  have  been 
promoted  by  his  co-operation  and  local  interests 
have  received  his  fostering  aid.  Justly,  there- 
fore, he  occupies  a  position  among  the  most  influ- 
ential men  of  the  town  and  county. 


[~~  DWARD  C.  PARMELEE.  The  record  of 
JV)  the  life  of  Mr.  Parmelee  since  coming  to 
I  Colorado  is  a  record  of  the  growth  and  prog- 
ress in  Masonry  during  the  same  period.  No 
one  has  been  more  prominent  in  the  order  than 
he  and  no  one  has  contributed  more  to  its  ad- 
vancement. Upon  the  organization  of  the  grand 
chapter  of  Colorado  he  was  elected  grand  secretary, 
which  position  he  has  since  held.  He  has  also 
been  grand  recorder  of  the  grand  commandery  of 
Colorado  since  its  organization  in  1876.  He  is 
identified  with  the  consistory  of  Colorado  in 
Denver  and  for  a  number  of  years  has  been  recorder 
and  secretary  of  the  several  bodies  of  the  Scottish 
Rite. 

The  connection  of  Mr.  Parmelee  with  human 
activities  began  in  Waterbury,  Vt.  The  family 
of  which  he  is  a  member  came  from  Wales  to 
America,  but  originated  in  Holland,  where  the 
name  was  Van  Parmelee.  William  Parmelee  was 
born  in  Londonderry,  Conn.,  in  1775,  and  re- 
moved from  there  to  New  Hampshire,  but  later 
became  a  pioneer  farmer  of  Summit  County,  Ohio. 
His  son,  Lucius,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire, 
whence  in  early  manhood  he  removed  to  Water- 
bury,  Vt.,  and  embarked  in  the  boot  and  shoe 
business,  continuing  the  same  until  his  retire- 


ment. He  died  at  seventy-seven  years  of  age. 
His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Ann 
Wallace,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  the 
descendant  of  an  old  Scotch  family,  and  died  in 
1840,  at  the  age  of  thirty.  Her  father,  James 
Wallace,  was  born  in  Connecticut,  but  removed 
to  New  Hampshire,  where  he  owned  and  con- 
ducted a  boot  and  shoe  store. 

The  third  in  order  of  birth,  and  the  only  sur- 
vivor of  six  children,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  orphaned  by  his  mother's  death  when  he  was 
quite  small.  He  attended  the  public  school  of 
Waterbury,  where  he  obtained  a  fair  education. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  went  as  far  west  as 
Summit  County,  Ohio,  and  there  became  a  clerk 
in  a  mercantile  store.  It  was  not  long,  however, 
before  the  excitement  occasioned  by  the  discovery 
of  gold  in  the  mountains  of  Colorado  brought 
many  argouauts  from  the  east.  With  them  came 
many  who  have  since  resided  in  the  state  and 
have  been  influential  factors  in  the  development 
of  its  resources.  Among  them  came  Mr.  Parmelee 
in  1860,  making  the  long  journey  via  ox  team 
from  Kansas  and  finally  arriving  at  what  is  now 
Central  City,  in  Gilpin  County,  where  he  began 
prospecting  and  mining.  While  still  connected 
with  mining  interests  there  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  Sayr  and  opened  the  first  abstract 
office  in  Gilpin  County,  later  also  starting  the 
first  abstract  office  in  Clear  Creek  County.  In 
1887  he  went  to  Pueblo  County,  where  he  also 
engaged  in  the  abstract  title  business.  In  1891 
he  sold  out,  and  this  time  settled  in  Denver, 
where  he  has  since  given  his  entire  attention  to 
the  duties  of  his  position  as  grand  secretary. 

In  1857,  in  Monroe,  Iowa,  Mr.  Parmelee  was 
made  a  member  of  Monroe  Lodge  No.  88,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  On  coming  to  Colorado  he  became 
identified  with  Central  Lodge  No.  6,  A.F.  &  A.M., 
and  later  was  connected  with  Georgetown  Lodge 
No.  48,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  still  a 
member  and  past  master.  While  in  Central  City 
he  joined  Central  City  Chapter  No.  i,  R.  A.  M., 
and  at  Georgetown  he  became  a  charter  member 
of  Georgetown  Chapter  No.  4,  of  which  he  was 
the  first  high  priest.  His  membership  is  now  in 
Colorado  Chapter  No.  29.  In  1866  he  was  made 
a  Knight  Templar,  in  Cuba,  N.  Y. ,  becoming  a 
member  of  St.  John's  Commandery  No.  24,  later 
of  Central  City  Commandery  No.  2  (in  which  he 
was  an  officer)  and  afterward  of  Georgetown 


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Commandery  No.  4,  in  which  he  is  past  com- 
mander. He  is  now  identified  with  Denver 
Commandery  No.  25. 

Though  without  political  aspirations,  Mr. 
Parmelee  is  not  without  decided  opinions  upon 
the  issues  of  the  age  and  has  allied  himself  with 
the  silver  Republicans,  being  a  stanch  advocate 
of  bimetalisra. 

EOL.  J.  L.  HANDLEY,  M.  D.,  supreme 
secretary  and  vice-president  of  the  Fraternal 
Union  of  America,  was  one  of  the  original 
promoters  of  this  order,  for  which  he  assisted  in 
securing  a  charter  in  1894.  With  the  formation 
of  Union  Lodge  No.  i,  of  Denver,  he  was  actively 
connected;  a  noteworthy  fact  connected  with  the 
history  of  this  lodge  is  that  its  first  candidate  for 
admission  was  Mayor  Van  Horn,  and  he  was  also 
the  first  of  the  members  to  die.  From 'the  first 
Colonel  Handley  was  supreme  secretary  of  the 
order,  and  upon  the  reorganization,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1896,  he  was  made  supreme  vice-president, 
both  of  which  offices  he  has  since  filled,  having 
full  charge  of  the  order.  The  purpose  of  reor- 
ganization was  to  change  the  modus  operandi, 
profiting  by  the  experiences  of  the  past  and 
making  of  the  order  the  most  modern  institution 
of  its  kind.  Since  actively  commencing  the  work 
of  organization  in  1896,  the  Union  has  gained 
lodges  throughout  the  country,  as  far  east  as 
Ohio,  and  west  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  The  entire 
time  of  the  supreme  secretary  is  given  to  the 
work  of  organization  and  the  supervision  of 
lodges.  The  supreme  president  is  F.  F.  Roose, 
of  Omaha,  and  the  supreme  treasurer  S.  S.  Baty, 
of  Denver.  The  Union  is  a  fraternal,  social  and 
benefit  order,  and  provides  accident,  total  disabil- 
ity, old  age  and  death  benefits,  creating  a -matu- 
rity or  reserve  fund  which  guarantees  its  perma- 
nency. It  combines  the  most  equitable  features 
and  guarantees  cheapness  in  the  future,  when 
most  orders  will  be  expensive.  The  fact  that  both 
sexes  are  admitted  on  equal  terms  wins  many 
friends  for  the  fraternity. 

Colonel  Haudley  was  born  in  Sheffield,  Eng- 
land, February  9,  1834,  the  son  of  James  and 
Martha  (Ennis)  Handle}7,  the  former  of  whom 
died  of  paralysis  in  Sheffield.  One  grandfather, 
Lawrence  Handley,  was  a  manufacturer  in  Shef- 
field, and  the  other  grandfather,  John  Ennis,  was 
in  the  English  navy  during  the  Napoleonic  wars, 


1812-15,  and  afterward  was  connected  with  the 
shipping  interests  of  Dover,  England.  Mrs. 
Handley  had  three  children,  but  two  died  in 
childhood,  and  she  spent  her  last  days  in  the 
home  of  her  only  surviving  child,  our  subject,  in 
Carmi,  111.,  where  she  died  at  the  age  of  sixty 
years. 

At  the  age  of  fourteen  our  subject  began  an 
apprenticeship  to  the  tanner's  and  currier's  trade, 
but  he  did  not  like  the  work  and  decided  to  come 
to  America.  With  a  cousin,  in  1848,  he  left 
Liverpool  on  the  sailer  "Harriet  Augusta," 
which  encountered  severe  storms  and  landed  in 
New  York  after  a  voyage  of  six  weeks.  He  se- 
cured employment  as  clerk  in  the  store  of  Priest 
Brothers,  in  Albany,  and  while  there,  in  1850, 
sent  for  his  mother  to  come  to  this  country.  In 
1851,  with  a  corps  of  engineers,  he  made  surveys 
for  the  widening  of  Erie  Canal,  and  after  a  year 
in  that  work  he  came  as  far  west  as  Evansville, 
Ind. ,  where  he  was  assistant  engineer  on  the 
Evansville  &  Crawfordsville  Railroad.  In  1854 
he  settled  in  Carmi,  White  County,  111.,  where 
for  two  years  he  was  bookkeeper  for  Stewart  & 
Graham,  and  for  a  similar  period  was  with  Albert 
Shannon,  dry-goods  merchant.  Meantime  he 
began  the  study  of  medicine,  under  Dr.  E.  L. 
Stewart.  In  the  fall  of  1857  he  entered  Jefferson 
Medical  College,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1859,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  and  then  engaged 
in  practice  at  Carmi. 

In  1862  he  was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon, 
with  the  rank  of  captain,  of  the  Eighty-seventh 
Illinois  Infantry,  the  surgeon  being  his  former 
preceptor,  Dr.  Stewart,  and  he  served  with  the 
regiment  during  the  entire  war.  After  the  fall 
of  Vicksburg  the  regiment  was  sent  to  New  Or- 
leans, and  from  there  accompanied  Banks'  expe- 
dition up  the  Red  River  to  Sabine  Cross  Roads, 
where  his  command  brought  on  a  fight  by  at- 
tacking Dick  Taylor's  forces.  From  there  they 
went  to  Morganzes  Bend  at  the  mouth  of  the 
White  River  and  later  scouted  through  the 
country,  finally  reaching  Helena,  Ark.  He  was 
mustered  out  at  Springfield,  111.,  July  3,  1865. 

After  the  war  Dr.  Handley  located  in  Mount 
Erie,  Wayne  County,  111.,  which  was  quite  close 
to  his  former  home  in  Carmi.  In  1868  he  was 
nominated,  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  for  the  po- 
sition of  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  and  recorder  of 
the  county,  and  was  elected,  taking  the  oath  of 


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office  immediately  after  his  election .  He  removed 
to  Fairfield,  the  county-seat,  where  he  resided 
for  some  years.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term,  in 
1872,  he  was  re-elected,  this  time  by  an  overwhelm- 
ing majority,  and  served  until  1876,  when  he 
refused  further  nomination.  During  that  year  the 
circuit  judge  appointed  him  master  in  chancery  of 
Wayne  County,  and  by  appointment  every  two 
years  he  served  until  1886.  In  1885  President 
Cleveland  appointed  him  postmaster  of  Fairfield, 
but  the  next  year  he  resigned  that  office,  as  well 
as  the  position  of  master  in  chancery. 

In  the  spring  of  1887  he  came  to  Denver, 
where  he  became  connected  with  the  postoffice 
department  and  was  appointed  the  first  superin- 
tendent of  carriers.  On  the  appointment  of  John 
Cochrane  as  postmaster  he  resigned,  though  soli- 
cited to  remain  in  his  position.  During  his  term 
as  superintendent  he  organized  the  carrier  system 
and  perfected  its  management.  After  serving  as 
bookkeeper  for  A.  C.  Harris  for  a  year  he  was 
appointed  a  sanitary  inspector  in  the  health  de- 
partment of  Denver.  While  Dr.  Steele  was  health 
commissioner  he  created  the  office  of  lieutenant 
of  sanitary  inspectors  and  organized  the  corps. 
On  Dr.  Lemen  becoming  health  commissioner, 
Colonel  Handley  was  appointed  superintendent 
of  the  health  department  and  had  full  charge  of 
the  sanitary  affairs  of  the  city.  He  was  retained 
in  the  same  position  by  Dr.  Munn.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1896,  he  resigned  to  become  supreme  sec- 
retary of  the  Fraternal  Union. 

In  Carmi  Colonel  Handley  married  Miss  Clar- 
inda  Hoffman,  who  was  born  in  Virginia  and  died 
in  Fairfield,  111.,  in  March,  1873.  She  had  two 
children,  only  one  of  whom  is  living,  Bessie  S., 
wife  of  William  Nelson,  of  Portland,  Ore.  The 
colonel's  second  marriage  took  place  in  Fairfield, 
111.,  April  27,  1874,  and  united  him  with  Miss 
Sallie  N.  McCall,  of  Kentucky,  by  whom  he  has 
a  son,  Lawrence  R. 

Wrhile  in  Illinois  Colonel  Handley  was  made  a 
Mason,  and  he  still  has  his  membership  in  the 
lodge  at  Carmi,  in  which  he  was  an  officer,  and 
also  held  official  position  in  the  Royal  Arch  Chap- 
ter there.  In  the  council  at  Fairfield  he  was 
Thrice  Illustrious  Master,  and  he  also  belonged 
to  Commandery  No.  14,  K.  T.,  of  Olney,  111.  At 
one  time  he  was  connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows. 
He  is  a  member  of  Reno  Post  No.  39,  G.  A.  R., 
of  Denver,  in  which  he"  was  commander  for  two 


terms.  He  was  quartermaster  general  in  the 
department  of  Colorado  and  Wyoming  for  two 
terms,  with  the  rank  of  colonel.  He  is  also  con- 
nected with  the  Union  Veterans'  Legion.  During 
his  residence  in  Illinois,  he  was  frequently  a  del- 
egate to  local  and  state  conventions,  and  also 
served  as  delegate  to  the  national  convention  at 
St.  Louis,  where  Samuel  Tilden  was  nominated 
for  president.  In  Illinois  he  was  a  well-known 
man  of  affairs  and  a  leading  politician  of  his  local- 
ity. He  is  a  member  of  Trinity  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church. 

GlBNER  LOOMIS,  president  of  the  Poudre 
LJ  Valley  Bank  of  Fort  Collins,  is  one  of  the 
/  |  pioneers  of  Colorado  who  have  achieved 
financial  success  through  attention  to  business 
and  determination  of  will.  He  was  born  in 
Chautauqua  County,  N.  Y.,  December  17,  1829, 
and  was  next  to  the  youngest  among  twelve 
children,  all  but  one  of  whom  attained  maturity 
and  eight  are  still  living.  His  father,  William, 
a  native  of  York  state  and  a  member  of  an  old 
eastern  family,  settled  in  Ohio  in  1834  an^  from 
there  in  1840  went  to  Iowa,  locating  near  Fair- 
field,  Jefferson  County,  where  he  engaged-  in 
farming  until  his  death  at  sixty-six  years.  His 
wife,  who  was  Sylvia  Morton,  was  born  in  New 
York  and  died  in  Birmingham,  Iowa. 

In  the  public  schools  of  Iowa  the  subject  of 
this  article  obtained  a  fair  education.  He  learned 
gunsmithing  in  Iowa.  In  1850,  with  a  company 
from  the  vicinity  of  Birmingham,  Iowa,  he  went 
to  California,  going  via  the  Platte  with  horse- 
train,  through  South  Pass,  via  Fort  Hall,  down 
the  Humboldt,  and  arriving  in  Sacramento  after 
five  months  of  travel.  For  four  years  he  engaged 
in  mining  on  the  Trinity  River,  after  which  he 
turned  his  attention  to  buying  and  selling  cattle, 
having  his  ranch  on  Belle  Creek.  In  1859  he  re- 
turned to  Iowa,  via  Panama  and  New  York  City. 
It  was  then  the  time  of  the  Pike's  Peak  gold  ex- 
citement, and  he  fell  a  victim  to  the  prevailing 
fever.  In  April,  1860,  he  again  started  across 
the  plains,  this  time  going  from  Kansas  City  by 
stage  to  Denver,  where  he  met  Antoine  Janise,  a 
Frenchman  from  Cache  la  Poudre,  who  had  been 
here  from  twelve  years  of  age.  He  told  Mr. 
Loomis  that  he  had  found  gold  in  the  sands  of 
the  Cache  la  Poudre  and  its  tributaries,  and  in- 
duced him  to  come"  here.  June  27,  1860,  he 


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arrived  at  the  stream,  where  he  prospected  for  a 
month,  finding  gold  in  small  quantities,  but  not 
enough  to  pay  for  the  expense  of  mining.  How- 
ever, he  decided  that  money  might  be  made  here 
in  other  ways  than  mining,  and  determined  to 
engage  in  the  stock  business.  With  this  object 
in  view,  he  bought  the  ranch  at  Pleasant  Valley 
that  is  now  owned  by  Captain  Post.  Returning 
to  Omaha,  he  bought  a  supply  of  provisions,  etc., 
and  returned  via  ox-train.  In  the  spring  of  1861 
he  dug  the  first  ditch  ever  dug  on  the  Cache  la 
Poudre  (now  known  as  Pleasant  Valley  ditch) 
and  by  the  aid  of  irrigation  raised  a  small  crop. 
In  the  fall  of  1861  he  planted  a  sack  of  black  wal- 
nuts, brought  from  the  vicinity  of  Omaha,  and  it 
is  probable  that  this  was  the  introduction  of  the 
black  walnut  into  Colorado.  The  trees  are  still 
growing  and  have  been  transplanted  to  different 
parts  of  the  county.  In  1862  he  raised  some 
potatoes  and  a  fair  crop  of  wheat.  He  continued 
with  increasing  success  until  1867,  when  he  sold 
the  place,  and,  settling  in  Spring  Canon,  estab- 
lished a  cattle  ranch,  buying  Shorthorns  which 
he  crossed  with  Spanish  cows.  In  1871  he  sold 
that  place  and  settled  in  the  new  town  of  Fort  Col- 
lins. In  the  spring  of  1 872  he  moved  his  cattle  on 
Horse  Creek,  north  of  Cheyenne,  where  he  had  a 
ranch,  and  later  took  them  to  Sabile,  Wyo.,  then 
above  Fort  Casper,  on  the  North  Platte,  in  Wyo- 
ming, where  he  kept  them  several  years,  finally 
selling  to  Swan  Brothers.  His  next  venture  was 
to  start  a  ranch  further  north,  not  far  from  Sun- 
dance, where  the  Indians  were  very  troublesome. 
There  he  put  in  ten  thousand  head  of  cattle,  with 
Charles  Andrews  as  his  partner  in  the  business. 
After  some  years  he  sold  the  ranch  to  the  101 
Cattle  Company,  of  which  Colonel  Babbitt  was 
manager.  From  that  time  he  continued  stock- 
dealing  and  feeding  in  Fort  Collins,  making  a 
special  feature  of  sheep  feeding.  He  has  owned 
three  different  farms  here,  and  now  has  a  place 
adjoining  Fort  Collins,  from  which  he  has  plat- 
ted eighty  acres  as  an  addition  to  the  city.  His 
comfortable  home  stands  on  Remington  street. 

In  early  days  a  company  was  organized  for 
protection  from  the  Indians.  He  was  a  member 
of  this  organization  and  was  considered  one  of 
the  best  trailers  in  that  entire  section,  being  able 
to  track  an  Indian  as  fast  as  his  horse  could  run. 
In  1864  he  made  one  trip  to  Virginia  City,  Mont., 
freighting  with  a  bull-team.  In  1861  he  had 


made  a  trip  with  an  ox-team  to  the  Missouri  River, 
and  in  the  spring  of  the  next  year  made  his  third 
trip  to  the  Missouri,  while  in  the  fall  he  again 
crossed  the  plains,  with  mule-team  and  spring 
wagon.  During  that  trip  he  was  married,  in 
Bethany,  Mo.,  to  Jane  Isabelle  Allen,  who  was 
born  in  Missouri  and  died  at  Excelsior  Springs, 
that  state,  in  October,  1893.  She  left  five  chil- 
dren: Leonidas,  a  graduate  of  the  State  Agricult- 
ural College  and  now  engaged  in  the  stock  business 
near  Fort  Collins;  Lelia,  a  graduate  of  the  State 
Agricultural  College,  and  now  the  wife '  of  T.  H. 
Robinson,  of  Fort  Collins;  Guy,  a  merchant  in 
Fort  Collins;  Effie,  wife  of  Charles  Dwyre,  of  Fort 
Collins;  and  Jasper.  All  the  children  have  been 
given  excellent  educational  advantages  in  the 
college  in  this  city.  The  present  wife  of  Mr. 
Loomis  was  Mrs.  Melinda  Maxwell,  who  was  born 
and  reared  in  Independence,  Mo.,  and  came  to 
Colorado  in  1873.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church  and  a  lady  of  estimable  character. 

Politically  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Loomiswas  county 
commissioner  for  twelve  years  and  for  a  number 
of  years  served  as  chairman  of  the  board.  His 
nomination  to  this  office  came  unsought  by  him, 
but  though  he  did  not  seek  the  position,  he  filled 
it  with  the  greatest  efficiency.  While  in  the 
office  he  superintended  the  making  of  bridges  and 
roads  for  the  county.  He  has  frequently  served 
as  a  member  of  the  city  council,  and  while  in  that 
position  assisted  in  the  building  of  the  water 
works.  While  ranging  in  Wyoming  he  was 
identified  with  the  Wyoming  Cattle  Growers' 
Association.  Before  leaving  Iowa  he  was  made 
a  Mason,  and  after  coming  to  Fort  Collins  he  be- 
came a  charter  member  of  the  blue  lodge  here. 

The  history  of  the  Poudre  Valley  Bank  shows 
that  an  institution  that  has  at  its  head  men  of 
business  sagacity  and  judgment  will  attain  suc- 
cess. This  bank  is  the  outgrowth  of  the  private 
banking  house  of  Stover  &  Sheldon,  that  began 
in  business  here  in  November,  1878.  In  1882 
Abner  Loomis  and  Charles  B.  Andrews  purchased 
an  interest  in  the  concern.  In  1877  tne  bank 
bought  the  stock  owned  by  Mr.  Andrews.  In 
February,  1893,  the  bank  was  incorporated  as  a 
state  institution,  and  a  capital  paid  in  of  $100,000. 
The  president  is  Abner  Loomis;  vice-president, 
James  B.  Arthur;  cashier,  Charles  H.  Sheldon; 
assistant  cashier,  Verner  Wolfe.  These  men,  to- 
gether with  C.  B.  Andrews,  W.  C.  Stover,  N.  C. 


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Alford  and  James  Andrews,  form  the  board  of 
directors.  The  banking  rooms  are  located  at  the 
corner  of  Linden  and  Walnut  streets,  in  a  large 
three-story  brick  building  owned  by  Mr.  Loomis. 
Here  they  have  improved  fire  proof  and  burglar 
proof  vaults,  so  arranged  as  to  afford  perfect  se- 
curity to  the  contents.  Under  its  wise  and  con- 
servative managers,  the  bank  is  doing  a  large 
and  safe  business,  and  has  attained  a  place  among 
the  solid  financial  institutions  of  the  county. 


HON.  RICHARD  H.  WHITELEY,  SR., 
was  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland  December 
22,  1830.  In  1836  he  was  brought  to 
America,  first  settling  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  and 
thence  going  to  Augusta,  Ga. ,  where  he  attended 
school  until  1839.  He  was  then  apprenticed  to 
learn  the  trade  of  a  cotton  and  woolen  manufact- 
urer at  Belleville,  near  Augusta,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1848,  and  from  that  date  until  1860 
was  engaged  in  the  same  business  at  other  places. 
His  last  work  in  that  line  was  the  erection  of  a 
cotton  and  woolen  factory  at  Bainbridge,  Ga. 

During  his  last  years  in  business  Mr.  Whiteley 
had  been  studying  law,  and  in  the  spring  of  1860 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  continued  in 
active  practice  until  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war. 
In  1 86 1  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  issue 
of  secession,  and  both  through  the  press  and 
on  the  stump  opposed  secession,  both  as  a 
right  and  as  a  remedy.  Entering  the  Con- 
federate army  when  war  was  declared,  he  was 
with  the  western  army  and  surrendered  as  major 
of  infantry  under  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston  at 
Durham  Station,  N.  C.,  in  1865.  When  the 
question  of  reconstruction  was  brought  up  he  fa- 
vored the  policy  of  congress  and  opposed  the 
action  of  President  Johnson,  maintaining  that  the 
first  duty  of  southerners  was  to  unconditionally 
accept  the  results  of  the  war. 

In  1867  Mr.  Whiteley  was  elected  to  the  state 
constitutional  convention,  and  was  a  member  of 
its  judiciary  committee.  In  1868  he  was  nomi- 
nated by  the  Republicans  of  the  second  district 
of  Georgia  for  the  fortieth  congress  and  was 
elected  by  a  large  majority,  but  was  defrauded 
by  a  false  count.  In  the  fall  of  1868  he  was  ap- 
pointed solicitor- general  of  the  southwestern  cir- 
cuit, a  position  resembling  that  of  district  attor- 
ney in  the  north.  He  served  in  that  capacity 


until  elected  to  the  forty-first  congress.  In  Feb- 
ruary, 1870,  he  was  elected  United  States  sena- 
tor by  the  general  assembly  of  Georgia,  but  on  a 
contest  before  the  senate  the  election  was  de- 
clared to  be  illegal.  During  the  same  year  he 
was  elected  to  the  forty-first  and  forty- second 
congresses  by  the  Republicans  of  the  second  dis- 
trict, and  served  during  both  sessions.  In  1870 
he  established  the  Bainbridge  Sun,  a  Republican 
newspaper,  and  edited  it  until  it  was  destroyed 
by  political  incendiaries  during  the  congressional 
canvas  of  1872.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  na- 
tional Republican  convention  held  in  Philadel- 
phia in  1872,  and  duringthe  same  year  was  again 
elected  to  congress,  and  again  succeeded  in  de- 
feating an  attempt  to  count  him  out.  In  1874 
and  1876  he  was  elected  to  congress  by  large  ma- 
jorities, but  both  times  was  defrauded  by  false 
counts. 

In  March,  1877,  being  fully  satisfied  that  there 
was  no  hope  of  a  change  of  policy  in  the  south, 
he  determined  to  remove  to  Colorado,  for  whose 
admission  as  a  state  he  had  voted  in  congress. 
He  came  to  Boulder  and  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  his  profession  until  his  death,  in  1886.  Frater- 
nally he  was  a  Knight  Templar  Mason.  His 
wife  was  Margaret  E.  Devine,  who  was  born  in 
Ireland,  and  now  resides  in  Boulder.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Rev.  Archibald  Devine,  a  minister 
in  the  Church  of  England,  and  for  years  a  resi- 
dent of  Georgia.  Of  her  ten  children  two  sons 
and  two  daughters  are  now  living.  One  son, 
Montford,  is  a  merchant  in  Boulder,  and  another, 
Richard  H.,  Jr.,  is  a  prominent  lawyer  of  this 
city.  Charles,  who  was  employed  in  the  treasury 
department,  died  in  Washington. 


HON.  RICHARD  H.  WHITELEY,  JR. 
Both  in  public  affairs  and  in  the  profession 
of  the  law  Mr.  Whiteley  has  become  known 
as  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  Boulder  and 
this  portion  of  the  state.  After  graduating  from 
the  law  department  of  Harvard  College  in  1885 
with  the  degree  of  LL-  B.,  he  opened  an  office  in 
the  Holstein  building,  Boulder,  and  has  since 
carried  on  a  large  general  practice.  In  1888  he 
was  nominated  and  elected  on  the  Republican 
ticket  as  state  senator  from  Boulder,  and  served 
in  the  seventh  and  eighth  general  assemblies, 
being  the  youngest  member  of  the  senate  and  at 


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the  same  time  one  of  the  most  active.  In  the 
seventh  assembly  he  introduced  a  general  rail- 
road bill  to  regulate  tariff  charges,  but  was  in  the 
minority  and  the  bill  failed  to  become  a  law.  He 
introduced  and  was  instrumental  in  securing  the 
passage  of  the  Australian  ballot  law.  In  the 
eighth  assembly  he  was  chairman  of  the  judi- 
ciary committee.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term 
in  1892  he  was  not  a  candidate  for  re-election, 
but  resumed  the  active  practice  of  his  profession. 
In  addition  to  his  private  practice  he  is  attorney 
for  the  National  State  and  Boulder  National 
Banks  and  is  attorney  for  numerous  other  com- 
panies. 

The  youngest  son  of  Maj .  Richard  Henry  and 
Margaret  E.  (Devine)  Whiteley,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  born  in  Bainbridge,  Ga. ,  July  14, 
1861.  He  received  his  education  in  private 
schools  until  coming  to  Boulder  in  1878,  when 
he  entered  the  University  of  Colorado,  graduating 
with  the  first  class  in  1882.  The  degree  of  A.  B. 
was  conferred  upon  him  at  .graduation,  and  four 
years  later  he  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Delta  Tau  Delta,  a  Greek 
letter  society.  In  1882  he  entered  the  Harvard 
law  department,  from  which  he  graduated  three 
years  later.  He  at  once  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Boulder.  He  is  recognized  as 
one  of  the  leading  and  influential  Republicans  of 
the  state.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
Boulder  Lodge  No.  45,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  in  which 
he  is  a  past  master;  the  chapter,  commandery 
and  consistory,  and  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S., 
of  Denver. 

In  Boulder  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr. 
Whiteley  to  Miss  Ella  Tyler,  who  was  born  in 
Gilpin  County,  Colo.,  and  received  her  education 
in  the  University  of  Colorado,  graduating  in 
1885.  One  child,  Richard  Tyler,  blesses  the 
union.  Mrs.  Whiteley  is  the  daughter  of  Capt. 
C.  M.  Tyler,  who  was  a  captain  of  troops  during 
the  Indian  troubles  and  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
of  Gilpin  County,  his  life  being  intimately  asso- 
ciated with  the  early  days  of  that  county. 


^  RANK  JONES  is  known  far  and  wide  as 
1^  one  of  the  enterprising  ranchmen  and  cattle- 
I  men  of  Larimer  County.  He  is  considered 
an  authority  on  cattle  and  in  1897  was  appointed 
by  the  governor  to  serve  as  "round-up"  com- 


missioner for  northern  Colorado.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Colorado 
Cattle  Growers'  Association,  and  in  January, 
1898,  was  sent  as  a  delegate  to  the  National 
Stock  Growers'  Association,  to  which  organiza- 
tion he  belongs.  He  is  also  a  charter  member  of 
the  Larimer  County  Stock  Growers'  Protective 
Association.  Under  C.  H.  Bond  he  has  acted  in 
the  office  of  deputy  sheriff,  and  on  the  school 
board  he  has  been  one  of  the  most  zealous  mem- 
bers, for  years  acting  in  the  various  capacities  of 
president,  secretary  and  treasurer. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  were  Johnson  and 
Ellen  (Coulter)  Jones,  natives  of  Crab  Orchard, 
Ky.,  and  North  Carolina,  respectively.  The  fa- 
ther settled  on  a  farm  near  Macon  City,  Mo., 
about  1840,  and  since  then  the  city  has  grown 
until  it  covers  a  portion  of  the  old  homestead. 
In  1883  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  was  accident- 
ally killed  at  Fort  Collins.  His  father,  James 
Jones,  was  an  early  settler  in  Crab  Orchard,  Ky., 
to  which  point  he  had  gone  from  his  native  state, 
Maryland.  Grandfather  James  Coulter  was  a 
pioneer  farmer  of  Jacksonville,  Mo. ,  whither  he 
went  about  1833.  He  held  official  positions  in 
both  the  war  of  1812  and  the  Mexican  war,  en- 
listing in  the  first-mentioned  from  North  Caro- 
lina. He  died  in  Missouri  at  the  extreme  age  of 
ninety-eight  years.  Our  subject's  mother  died 
in  Missouri  over  a  score  of  years  ago.  Of  her 
four  children  the  eldest,  Sarah,  Mrs.  Pullin, 
died  in  Fort  Collins,  and  Bettie  died  in  Missouri. 
Mortimer  M.  is  a  farmer  near  Fort  Collins. 

The  birth  of  Frank  Jones  occurred  August  26, 
1858,  in  Macon  City,  Mo.  He  was  reared  on  the 
farm  and  attended  the  local  schools.  In  1 880  he 
went  to  Fort  Laramie,  Wyo. ,  and  engaged  in  driv- 
ing a  stage  for  the  Sidney  and  Deadwood  stage 
line  from  Cheyenne  to  Deadwood.  In  1882  he 
embarked  in  the  cattle  business  at  Fort  Collins 
and  the  following  year  he  drove  two  herds  from 
Missouri  and  brought  others  here  from  Texas 
and  Arkansas.  In  1886  he  purchased  the  prop- 
erty he  now  lives  upon  and  manages,  in  Liver- 
more  Park.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  ranches  on 
the  old  overland  stage  line,  and  is  known  as 
Stonewall  Station.  In  the  place  there  are  twelve 
hundred  and  eighty  acres  situated  in  one  body, 
and  the  many  improvements,  such  as  fences 
ditches,  etc.,  have  all  been  made  by  our  subject. 
Springs  and  ditches  provide  abundance  of  water 


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for  the  land,  and  in  addition  to  this  property  Mr. 
Jones  owns  some  alfalfa  land  on  Stonewall  Creek. 
He  raises  Hereford  cattle  and  does  an  extensive 
business  in  alfalfa. 

In  1882  Mr.  Jones  was  married  in  Clifton, 
Kan. ,  to  Miss  Emma  Powell,  a  native  of  Indiana. 
Her  father,  John  I.  Powell,  was  a  Baltimore 
man,  and  her  grandfather,  William  B.  Powell, 
was  a  native  of  London,  England.  The  latter, 
who  was  a  captain,  engaged  in  trans- Atlantic 
trade,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  took 
up  his  residence  near  Baltimore,  later  went  to 
Ohio  and  finally  became  a  pioneer  in  Indiana,  in 
which  state  his  death  occurred.  J.  I.  Powell, 
the  father  of  Mrs.  Jones,  was  noted  for  his  horse- 
manship, and  for  the  fine  Kentucky  horses  which 
he  raised.  He  had  lived  in  Clifton,  Kan.,  but  a 
-few  years  when  death  put  an  end  to  his  labors, 
he  being  in  his  sixty-first  year.  His  wife,  Louisa, 
was  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  N.  Denton,  both  of 
Lexington,  Ky.  The  Denton  family  were  orig- 
inally from  Virginia.  B.  N.  Denton  removed  to 
Indiana  at  an  early  day,  and  was  the  first  asses- 
sor in  his  county,  besides  holding  other  offices. 
Mrs.  Jones'  mother  returned  to  Indiana  after 
her  husband's  death  in  1893  and  has  since  died. 
Mrs.  Jones  is  well  educated,  being  a  graduate  of 
the  high  school  at  Clifton,  Kan.,  and  at  present 
she  is  a  member  of  the  Livermore  Club.  She  is 
quite  an  artist  and  possesses  ardent  love  for  the 
beautiful.  Mr.  Jones  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  for  several  years.  For  many 
years  he  was  a  Democrat,  but  is  now  a  stanch 
Republican. 

0AVID  CROCKETT  WYATT,  the  gentle- 
man who  holds  the  honored  office  of  presi- 
dent of  the  Colorado  Cattle  Growers'  Asso- 
ciation, is  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  state,  having 
come  here  May  5,  1859,  soon  after  the  rumor  of 
the  discovery  of  gold  spread  eastward.  With  the 
history  of  the  succeeding  years  he  has  been  inti- 
mately identified.  Especially  has  he  been  help- 
ful in  developing  the  stock  industry  and  the  agri- 
cultural resources  of  the  state,  and  his  efforts  in 
these  lines  have  been  of  the  greatest  benefit  to 
others.  Since  1883  he  has  resided  in  Denver, 
where  he  built  a  comfortable  residence  at  No.  304 
Lincoln  avenue,  but  much  of  his  time  is  spent  at 
his  ranch,  in  the  vicinity  of  Greeley. 
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The  Wyatts  are  of  English  descent  and  were 
represented  among  the  F.  F.  Vs.  The  grand- 
father of  our  subject,  William  Wyatt,  removed 
from  Virginia  to  Kentucky,  where  he  died  in 
February,  1801.  His  son,  John  S.,  was  born  in 
Bardstown,  Ky. ,  September  30,  1796,  in  youth 
learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  and  soon  after  his 
marriage  to  Margaret  Greggsby,  also  a  native  of 
Bardstown,  he  removed  to  St.  Charles  County, 
Mo.,  where  he  and  his  brother,  L.  L- ,  became 
the  pioneer  settlers  of  the  county.  He  improved 
a  farm  and  engaged  in  raising  stock,  also  followed 
his  trade  of  blacksmith.  Later,  however,  he  re- 
moved to  Lincoln  County,  Mo.,  where  he  culti- 
vated a  farm  until  his  death,  November  10,  1854, 
at  the  age  of  fifty-eight.  His  first  wife,  our  sub- 
ject's mother,  who  was  born  April  13,  1800,  a 
descendant  of  Virginian  ancestry,  died  September 
22,  1839.  Of  her  children  we  note  the  following: 
William  S.  went  to  California  in  1850  and  died 
there;  Mary  E.,  Mrs.  Shelton,  died  in  Missouri; 
Nathaniel  G.  came  to  Colorado  in  1859,  but  later 
went  to  California,  where  occurred  his  death; 
James  R.  went  to  California  in  1853  and  there 
died;  Henry  A.  took  part  in  the  Civil  war  as  a 
member  of  a  Confederate  regiment  from  Missouri 
and  afterward  went  to  Kansas,  where  he  died; 
Rebecca  M. ,  Mrs.  Cochrane,  died  in  Missouri; 
and  David  C.,  the  youngest  of  that  family,  was 
born  in  St.  Charles  Count}',  Mo.,  in  1837.  The 
second  marriage  of  our  subject's  father  resulted 
in  the  birth  of  four  children.  John  Thomas 
died  in  Maryland  at  ten  years  of  age;  Louis 
L.  (the  namesake  of  his  uncle,  who  served  under 
Jackson  in  the  battle  of  New  Orleans)  resides  in 
Greeley,  Colo. ;  Francis  Eaton  is  engaged  in 
ranching  in  Idaho;  and  Demosthenes  Bland  is 
engaged  in  the  stock  business  in  Greeley,  in 
partnership  with  his  brother,  David  C. 

In  1852,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  our  subject  went 
to  Texas  with  a  mule-team  and  established  his 
headquarters  in  Paris,  Laiuar  County,  from  which 
place  he  engaged  in  trading  in  cattle  and  horses. 
In  1858  he  returned  to  Missouri  with  a  lot  of 
horses  bought  by  himself  and  his  brother,  Henry 
A. ,  in  Old  Mexico  and  these  he  sold  after  reach- 
ing the  north.  In  the  spring  of  1859  he  started 
west  with  two  pack  mules,  one  of  which  he  rode 
while  the  other  carried  the  pack.  He  went  via 
Independence,  Mo.,  and  Lawrence,  Kan.,  up  the 
Arkansas  River  and  from  Pueblo  to  Denver, 


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where  he  spent  about  twenty  days.  From  this 
point  he  proceeded  to  Blackhawk,  Gilpin  County, 
where  he  assisted  in  starting  the  town  that  after- 
ward became  so  prominent  during  the  days  of  the 
mining  excitement.  Hearing  of  new  diggings  in 
the  mountains,  he  bought  some  mules  and  with  a 
pack  of  goods  started  for  the  new  mining  camp, 
but  at  Central  City  sold  his  provisions.  After- 
ward he  engaged  in  freighting  between  Denver 
and  the  mountains  some  twenty  miles  away,  pack- 
ing goods  from  Golden  up  to  Blackhawk,  using 
six  mules,  and  for  two  months  charging  ten  cents 
per  pound  freight,  but  afterward  the  prices  were 
reduced.  A  few  months  after  coming  to  the 
state  he  bought  some  milch  cows  and  established 
a  dairy  farm  at  the  head  of  Russell's  Gulch,  his 
being  the  first  enterprise  of  the  kind  there.  In 
the  fall  he  drove  his  cows  to  a  ranch  near  Fort 
Lupton,  where  he  wintered  them.  At  the  same 
time  he  began  making  improvements  on  his  place, 
situated  on  the  Platte  River,  and  he  made  it  his 
home  for  two  years,  but  sold  out  in  1862  and  en- 
gaged in  dealing  in  stock  and  in  the  hay  busi- 
ness. Later,  with  A.  G.  Reed  as  a  partner,  he 
started  a  ranch  on  Plum  Creek  and  engaged  in 
raising  and  dealing  in  cattle.  After  twelve  years 
Mr.  Reed  returned  to  Missouri  and  Mr.  Wyatt 
continued  the  business  alone.  For  some  years 
he  had  the  government  contract  to  furnish  meat 
and  cattle  for  army  troops  at  some  five  or  six 
posts,  but  the  enterprise  did  not  prove  a  financial 
success.  During  the  early  days  he  was  more 
than  once  attacked  by  Indians  and  several  times 
was  in  peril  of  his  life,  but  fortunately  always 
escaped. 

The  ranch  owned  by  Mr.  Wyatt  and  his  brother 
is  situated  northeast  of  Greeley,  and  north  of 
the  mouth  of  the  Cache  la  Poudre  River,  and  com- 
prises three  thousand  acres  of  land,  stocked  with 
several  thousand  heads  of  cattle  (brand  33),  fur- 
nished with  an  abundance  of  water  by  the  Eaton 
ditch,  and  planted  to  hay,  grain  and  potatoes. 
Shipments  of  cattle  are  made  to  the  east,  usually 
two  train  loads  at  one  time.  In  addition  to  this 
property,  Mr.  Wyatt  has  for  years  owned  a  ranch 
in  Wyoming,  and  he  also  owns  real  estate  in 
Denver. 

In  Evans,  Colo.,  Mr.  Wyatt  married  Miss  Vir- 
ginia Lucas,  who  was  born  in  Dekalb  County, 
Mo.,  the  daughter  of  C.  B.  and  Rebecca '(Black) 
Lucas.  Her  father,  who  was  a  farmer  and  stock- 


man in  Missouri,  removed  to  Colorado  in  1872, 
but  now  resides  in  Wyoming;  her  mother,  who 
was  born  in  Columbia,  Mo.,  died  in  Denver.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Wyatt  have  four  children,  Maud  R., 
Kenney  D.,  Moss  B.  and  William  J.  Formerly 
Mr.  Wyatt  was  a  Democrat,  and  upon  that  ticket 
he  was  a  candidate  for  the  state  legislature  and 
senate,  and  in  1875  was  elected  sheriff  of  Weld 
County  for  a  term  of  two  years.  Now,  however, 
he  is  a  champion  of  the  Populist  party.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Colorado  Pioneer  Society.  In 
1882  he  become  identified  with  the  Colorado 
Cattle  Growers'  Association,  which  had  been 
started  during  the  time  he  was  ranching  in 
Wyoming,  and  on  his  return  to  this  state  he  at 
once  united  with  the  society.  For  a  time  he  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  in  1890 
was  made  president  of  the  association,  which  po- 
sition he  has  held  ever  since  by  successive  re- 
elections. 


A.  DRAKE,  who  came  to  Colo- 
ra^°  *n  J882,  is  one  of  the  large  farmers 
and  sheep  dealers  in  the  state.  His  first 
purchase  was  an  eighty-acre  tract  in  Larimer 
County.  This  land  he  improved  and  after  four 
years  bought  an  adjoining  eighty-acre  tract  and 
in  three  years  purchased  another  piece  of  land  of 
the  same  size,  making  two  hundred  and  forty 
acres  in  one  body,  all  of  which  he  has  improved. 
He  has  recently  completed  a  substantial  barn, 
44x60  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  wing  on  each 
side,  24x30,  and  here  he  stores  grain  and  fur- 
nishes a  shelter  for  his  stock.  In  1891  he  began 
to  ship  sheep,  being  among  the  first  to  embark  in 
this  industry  in  the  state.  In  his  corrals  he  feeds 
about  four  thousand  sheep  and  during  a  year 
handles  about  thirty  thousand  head,  bringing 
them  to  his  farm  from  New  Mexico,  Arizona  and 
the  southern  part  of  Colorado.  On  his  place  he 
has  two  hundred  acres  seeded  to  alfalfa  and  raises 
nearly  eight  hundred  tons,  which  he  uses  for 
feed.  In  addition  to  his  sheep  and  some  cattle, 
he  raises  Percheron  and  Clydesdale  horses. 

Mr.  Drake  was  born  on  Cayuga  Lake  in  Cayuga 
County,  N.  Y.,  March  4,  1853.  His  father, 
William  A.,Sr.,  was  born  in  Goshen,  Orange 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  was  a  descendant  of  Sir 
Francis  Drake,  the  famous  voyager.  He  engaged 
in  farming  at  Coventry,  from  which  place  he  re- 
moved to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  in  1857,  and  has 


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since  resided  near  that  city,  engaged  in  farming. 
His  wife,  who  was  Roxanna  Andrus,  was  born 
in  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ,  and  died  in  Iowa  at  sixty-six 
years  of  age.  Of  their  seven  children,  Charles 
Oliver  died  in  boyhood,  and  six  are  living, 
namely:  William  A.,  Georgia  Ann,  A.  H., 
J.  H.,  Edla  and  Helen,  all  of  whom  are  in  Iowa 
but  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

When  our  subject  was  four  years  of  age  he 
was  taken  by  his  parents  from  New  York  to  Polk 
County,  Iowa.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Des  Moines  and  the  Baptist  University  in  the 
same  city,  and  during  this  time  devoted  his  va- 
cations to  teaching,  in  order  to  defray  his  ex- ' 
penses  at  the  university.  The  summer  of  1876 
he  spent  in  Oregon,  teaching,  then  returned  to 
Iowa.  Since  coming  to  Colorado,  in  the  spring 
of  1882,  he  has  engaged  in  farming  and  the  stock 
business.  He  is  president,  of  the  school  board  of 
District  No.  16,  in  Larimer  County,  and  largely 
through  his  influence  was  erected  the  finest 
country  school  building  in  the  country,  if  not  the 
state,  the  building  being  of  pressed  brick,  with 
every  modern  equipment.  He  was  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Larimer  County  Sheep  Feeders'  Asso- 
ciation. Politically  he  votes  the  Republican 
ticket. 

In  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  Mr.  Drake  married  Miss 
Emma  A.  Darnell,  who  was  born  in  Illinois  and 
accompanied  her  father,  Thomas  Darnell,  from 
that  state  to  Iowa,  settling  upon  a  farm.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Drake  have  three  children,  namely: 
Nellie,  who  is  a  member  of  the  class  of  1900, 
State  Agricultural  College;  Arthur  and  Ray. 


E  ROM  WELL  TUCKER,  grand  master  of  the 
grand  lodge  of  Colorado,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
is  one  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  the 
fraternity  in  this  state.  He  was  made  a  Mason 
in  1881,  becoming  identified  with  Denver  Lodge 
No.  5,  in  which  he  held  the  office  of  W.  M.,  in 
1891.  In  1882  he  became  a  member  of  Denver 
Chapter  No.  2,  R.  A.  M.,  and  in  1892  was  high 
priest  of  the  chapter.  While  holding  that  office 
the  Grand  Conclave  of  Knights  Templar  was 
held  in  Den  ver  and  no  chapter  did  more  than  his 
in  preparing  for  the  vast  crowds  and  in  entertain- 
ing their  guests.  In  fact,  its  record  for  the  year 
was  the  highest  of  any  chapter  in  the  world. 
The  position  of  grand  lecturer  for  Colorado  was 


given  him  in  1893  and  the  following  year  he  was 
chosen  junior  grand  warden  of  the  grand  lodge, 
from  which  position  in  1895  he  was  promoted  to 
be  senior  grand  warden,  and  the  next  year  be- 
came deputy  grand  master.  His  present  position, 
that  of  grand  master  of  the  grand  lodge,  was 
conferred  upon  him  in  September,  1897,  in  elec- 
tion by  the  grand  lodge. 

Denver  Chapter  No.  2  exalted  one  hundred 
and  twenty  members  in  one  year,  and  increased  its 
membership  to  one  hundred  and  thirty-nine,  after 
deducting  losses  by  death,  suspension  and  dimis- 
sions.  They  exalted  one  hundred  and  two  in  the 
first  six  months  of  1892,  and  claim,  that  they  hold 
the  record  for  the  United  States,  which  means  the 
world. 

In  addition  to  his  important  position  in  Masonry 
Mr.  Tucker  has  connection  with  the  railroad  in- 
terests of  the  state,  being  freight  claim  agent  for 
the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  He  is  of 
English  birth,  and  was  born  in  Camelford,  Corn- 
wall, July  19,  1852,  being  a  member  of  an  old 
family  of  that  section.  His  father,  William,  was 
the  son  of  Thomas  Tucker,  and,  like  him,  was  an 
agriculturist  by  occupation,  following  it  until  his 
death  at  forty-six  years.  In  religious  belief  he 
was  a  Methodist.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Hannah  Hicks,  was  born  in  Cornwall, 
her  father,  Charles,  being  a  farmer  there.  She 
died  at  the  age  of  forty-three.  Of  their  eight 
children,  five  are  now  living,  one  of  whom,  Will- 
iam Charles  Hicks,  is  treasurer  of  Douglas 
County,  Kan.,  and  resides  in  Lawrence. 

The  oldest  of  the  family  and  the  only  one  in 
Colorado  is  Cromwell  Tucker.  At  the  age  of 
nine  he  was  sent  to  a  boarding  school  at  St. 
Columb,  but  left  at  the  time  of  his  father's  death. 
Soon  afterward  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  grocery 
business,  and  later  to  the  dry-goods  trade,  in 
Camelford,  where  he  also  learned  the  trade  of 
chemist  or  pharmacist.  Coming  to  America  in 
1871  he  settled  in  Lawrence,  Kan.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  dry-goods  business  for  four  years. 
He  then  returned  to  England  and  also  visited 
France,  remaining  abroad  for  a  year.  On  his  re- 
turn to  America  in  1876  he  located  in  Kansas 
City,  where  he  was  in  the  auditor's  office  of  the 
Kansas  Pacific  (now  the  Union  Pacific)  Railroad. 
The  year  1877  found  him  in  Denver,  where  he 
was  employed  in  the  auditor's  office  of  the  Den- 
ver (now  the  Union)  Pacific  Railroad.  His  con- 


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tiection  with  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
began  in  1879,  when  he  took  a  position  in  their 
employ.  For  two  years  he  was  claim  superin- 
tendent for  the  company  and  is  now  the  freight 
claim  agent  of  the  system.  In  national  politics 
he  adheres  to  the  Republican  party,  but  in  local 
elections  votes  for  the  man  whom  he  believes  to 
be  best  qualified  for  the  position.  Fraternally  he 
is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

In  England  Mr.  Tucker  married  Miss  Jessie 
Kenwood,  who  was  born  in  Callington,  Cornwall, 
and  died  in  Denver  in  1895.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  William  Kenwood,  who  was  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  in  Cornwall.  Mr.  Tucker 
has  two  daughters  and  one  son,  namely:  Dora, 
Mrs.  Nicholl,  of  Denver;  John  Hicks,  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Denver  high  school  and  now  an  assist- 
ant in  his  father's  officer;  and  Jessie  May. 


(JOHN  W.  BROWNING.  The  subject  of  our 
I  sketch  was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
Q)  June  10,  1842,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  state.  Prior  to  the  war  he 
was  an  indentured  apprentice  to  the  brick-laying 
trade.  When  President  Lincoln  called  for  his  first 
seventy-five  thousand  volunteers  in  April,  1861, 
young  Browning  enlisted  in  Company  E,  Twelfth 
Regiment,  N.  Y.  S.  M.,  and  re-enlisted  for  three 
years  in  the  First  New  York  Engineers;  was 
appointed  sergeant-major,  and  on  July  4,  1862, 
for  special  services  while  in  action,  he  was  made 
second  lieutenant  of  Company  F  of  the  regiment, 
which  position  he  held  until  November,  1863. 
He  was  then  transferred  to  the  war  department  at 
Washington,  and  remained  there  until  November, 
1867,  when  he  resigned  and  returned  to  New 
York,  under  appointment  of  Commissioner  Rol- 
lins, of  the  internal  revenue  department,  assigned 
to  the  duty  of  looking  after  all  the  breweries  in 
New  York  City;  he  resigned  this  position,  how- 
ever, in  December,  1868,  to  accept  the  position  of 
inspector  of  the  building  department  of  New  York 
City.  This  position  he  resigned  in  May,  1872, 
to  accept  the  position  of  Albany  correspondent  of 
the  New  York  Star  and  New  York  Evening  Ex- 
press, which  position  he  retained  until  January  i, 
1878,  having  been  elected  the  fall  previous  to  the 
general  assembly.  In  the  fall  of  1878  he  was  re- 


elected.  In  the  fall  of  1879  he  was  elected  to 
the  state  senate,  but  was  counted  out.  In  1880 
he  was  again  returned  to  the  assembly  and  in 
1 88 1  was  elected  to  the  state  senate,  serving  in 
that  body  during  the  sessions  of  1882-83.  In  1881 
he  was  admitted  an  attorney  and  counselor-at-law 
by  the  state  supreme  court  and  was  associated 
with  Hon.  Arthur  Palmer  until  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  December,  1884. 

Arriving  in  Denver  on  Christmas  day  he  at 
once  secured  offices  in  the  Symes  block  and  took 
up  his  profession.  In  August,  1885,  he  was  per- 
suaded by  Postmaster  Speer  to  accept  the  position 
of  assistant  postmaster  of  Denver,  which  he  held 
until  June,  1888,  when  he  was  appointed  by 
President  Cleveland,  melter  of  the  United  States 
mint,  but  resigned  the  same  in  February,  1890, 
and  resumed  the  practice  of  law. 

He  joined  Martin  Camp,  afterward  called  Unity 
Camp,  No.  25,  in  the  fall  of  1889  and  from  that 
day  until  this  has  been  an  active  worker  in  the 
field  of  Woodcraft.  When  Head  Consul  Falken- 
burg  went  to  Colorado  to  organize  the  Pacific 
jurisdiction  in  the  fall  of  1890  he  found  the  gen- 
eral one  of  his  most  earnest  supporters  and  ap- 
pointed him  a  head  manager,  which  position  he 
continued  to  hold  until  the  25th  of  May  following, 
when  he  was  appointed  head  clerk.  He  was 
elected  head  clerk  at  the  Pueblo  session  in  1892, 
again  at  Portland  in  1894  and  again  at  Helena  in 
1896.  There  is  probably  no  head  camp  officer 
upon  whom  the  head  consul  has  relied  and  de- 
pended for  active  support  in  all  of  his  efforts  to 
build  up  our  honorable  order  so  much  as  our 
esteemed  head  clerk.  He  is  regarded  as  a  safe 
counselor  and  steadfast  friend,  and  is  always 
patient  and  courteous  with  all  with  whom  he  has 
official  relations.  As  a  public  speaker  he  is  very 
direct,  going  from  premise  to  conclusion  without 
much  regard  to  the  grain.  He  is  always  earnest 
and  impresses  his  hearers  that  he  believes  what 
he  says. 

He  was  elected  in  March,  1888,  at  Cheyenne, 
department  commander  of  the  department  of 
Colorado  and  Wyoming,  G.  A.  R. ;  he  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Loyal  Legion, -is  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar, Knight  of  Pythias  and  a  member  of  several 
other  orders,  and  at  the  present  time  holds  the 
honorary  position  of  national  commander  of  the 
Veteran  Legion,  U.  S.  A. 


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HON.  N.  C.  ALFORD,  a  pioneer  of  '59  and 
a  member  from  Larimer  County  of  the  first 
legislature  of  Colorado,  was  born  in  South 
Hope,  Knox  County,  Me.,  November  29,  1834, 
the  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Deborah  (Cushman) 
Alford.  His  mother,  who  was  born  in  Warren, 
Me.,  was  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Cushman,  and 
a  descendant  of  Robert  Cushman,  one  of  the  pas- 
sengers on  the  "Mayflower."  She  died  in  South 
Hope,  and  of  her  nine  children  four  are  living, 
our  subject  being  next  to  the  oldest;  one  of  the 
sons  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Eighth  Maine  In- 
fantry during  the  Civil  war,  and  now  resides  in 
Waterloo,  Iowa.  The  father  of  this  family  was 
a  farmer  at  South  Hope,  and  a  son  of  a  native  of 
Massachusetts,  who  removed  to  Maine.  After 
the  death  of  his  first  wife  he  married  again,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  eighty  years  of 
age. 

At  the  age  of  seventeen  our  subject  began  an 
apprenticeship  to  the  carpenter  and  joiner's  trade, 
which  he  completed.  In  1855  he  settled  in  Rock- 
ford,  111.,  where  he  engaged  in  contracting  for  a 
number  of  years.  In  March,  1859,  he  went  to 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  where  he  and  four  others  out- 
fitted with  an  ox-train  and  followed  the  Platte 
route  to  Denver.  In  the  fall  he  went  with  a 
company  of  sixty  on  a  prospecting  tour  in  Middle 
Park  and  the  Gunnison  country.  While  there 
the  food  gave  out  and  it  was  impossible  to  secure 
anything  to  eat,  except  berries.  Game  was 
scarce  and  besides  Indians  lurked  around  and 
rendered  hunting  a  dangerous  pastime.  For  a 
week  he  had  nothing  but  berries  to  eat.  Finally, 
in  South  Park,  they  met  a  freight  wagon  en  route 
from  a  mine  to  Canon  City  for  flour,  and  there 
secured  enough  to  satisfy  their  hunger  for  a  few 
days.  After  a  hard  trip  of  two  months  he  reached 
Idaho  Springs.  The  party  was  successful  in  find- 
ing gold  at  Breckenridge  and  fifteen  miles  below 
Leadville,  at  Kelly's  bar. 

In  the  fall  of  1859  Mr.  Alford  returned  to  St. 
Joe,  where  he  wintered  ox-teams  and  in  the  spring 
of  1860  he  drove  them  across  the  plains,  via  the 
Platte.  For  two  years  he  engaged  in  freighting, 
making  two  trips  each  year.  He  then  went  to 
Oregon  and  spent  the  winter  of  1862-63  there. 
In  the  spring,  upon  the  Boise  City  gold  excite- 
ment, he  went  to  that  place,  where  he  engaged 
in  mining,  and  also  carried  on  market  gardening. 
Indians  were  troublesome  there,  but  were  effect- 


ually driven  out  through  the  efforts  of  the  miners 
and  settlers.  In  1866  he  returned  to  Maine,  but 
the  next  year  came  back  to  Colorado,  overland, 
and  went  on  to  Cheyenne,  where  he  manufact- 
ured the  first  brick  in  Wyoming  and  sold  it  to 
the  government,  for  the  erection  of  Fort  Russell. 
He  also  built  the  first  brick  store  in  Cheyenne, 
a  building  used  as  a  drug  store.  In  the  spring 
of  1868  he  went  to  the  Elizabethtown  mines  in 
New  Mexico,  where  for  three  months  he  engaged 
in  freighting,  and  bought  a  drove  of  cattle  (one 
thousand  head) ,  which  he  wintered  on  the  Arkan- 
sas and  drove  to  Nevada  and  sold  in  1869.  Go- 
ing east  again  he  bought  a  herd  of  horses  in  Otta- 
wa, 111. ,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  head  of  brood 
mares,  which  he  shipped  to  Cheyenne,  thence 
drove  to  Rock  Creek,  Boulder  Count}'.  In  1872 
he  moved  into  Larimer  County  and  put  his  cattle 
on  the  range  in  the  mountains;  also  brought  his 
horses  up  to  Rabbit  Creek,  thirty  miles  northwest 
of  Fort  Collins,  where  he  had  his  ranch  for  nine 
years,  meantime  building  fifteen  miles  of  fencing, 
and  having  a  range  fifteen  miles  long  and  three 
miles  wide.  He  brought  the  first  full-blooded 
Norman  horses  ever  in  Colorado  and  shipped  the 
first  train  load  of  horses  into  the  state,  and  the 
first  the  Union  Pacific  ever  hauled  as  freight. 
The  company  treated  him  in  a  princely  manner 
and  ran  an  extra  train  for  him,  directly  following 
the  regular  passenger  train. 

In  1877  Mr.  Alford  started  a  cattle  ranch  in 
Wyoming,  with  Messrs.  Emerson,  Baker  and 
Kennedy.  In  1881  he  sold  out  his  interest  in 
the  business  and  settled  in  Fort  Collins,  where 
he  has  since  engaged  in  farming,  irrigating  and 
the  stock  business.  At  the  time  of  the  building 
of  the  Larimer  County  ditch  he  was  president  of 
the  company,  in  which  he  is  still  interested.  He 
is  also  interested  in  the  Sky  Line  ditch.  He 
owns  one  section  of  land  on  Box  Elder,  an  eighty - 
acre  tract,  and  one  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
that  are  irrigated,  and  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  northeast  of  LaPorte.  He  feeds  four  or  five 
hundred  head  of  cattle  and  a  large  number  of 
sheep.  On  the  incorporation  of  the  Poudre  Val- 
ley Bank  as  a  state  institution  he  became  a  direc- 
tor, in  which  capacity  he  has  since  served.  Since 
1 88 1  his  home  has  been  in  Fort  Collins. 

In  Maine,  January  14,  1872,  Mr.  Alford  married 
Miss  Annie  E.  Hobbs,  who  was  born  in  Hope, 
that  state.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Josiah  and 


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Sarah  (Brown)  Hobbs,  natives  respectively  of 
Hope  and  Belfast,  Me.,  the  former  a  farmer,  who 
died  at  sixty-nine  years,  and  the  latter  deceased 
in  1872,  at  sixty-nine  years.  Mr.  Hobbs  served 
for  twenty-five  years  as  justice  of  the  peace  and 
was  also  town  clerk  for  some  time.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Universalist.  His  father,  Micah,  was 
born  in  Massachusetts,  but  moved  to  Maine, 
where  he  carried  on  farm  pursuits.  The  father 
of  Mrs.  Hobbs  was  John  Brown,  of  Maine,  who 
died  in  middle  life.  Mrs.  Alford  was  next  to  the 
youngest  of  nine  children  that  attained  maturity, 
four  of  whom  are  now  living.  Two  of  her  broth- 
ers died  in  California.  She  is  the  mother  of  four 
children:  Fred,  a  graduate  of  the  Agricultural 
College  in  1896  and  now  assistant  in  the  chemical 
laboratory  of  that  institution;  Lore,  at  home; 
Abbie,  who  is  a  student  in  the  Agricultural  Col- 
lege; and  Anna,  at  home. 

Politically  a  silver  Republican,  Mr.  Alford 
takes  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs.  In  1876 
he  was  elected  to  represent  Larimer  County  in  the 
general  assembly,  where  he  served  as  chairman 
of  the  engrossing  committee  and  the  committee  on 
appropriations,  and  as  a  member  of  various  com- 
mittees. Through  his  efforts  was  passed  what 
was  known  as  "Alford's  Pumpkin  Bill,"  provid- 
ing the  first  appropriation  for  the  building  of  the 
Agricultural  College.  While  he  was  a  member 
of  the  legislature  he  assisted  in  securing  the  elec- 
tion of  Senators  Chaffee  and  Teller.  In  1878  he 
was  solicited  to  become  a  candidate  for  the  state 
senate,  but  declined  to  accept  the  candidacy. 
For  one  term  he  served  as  a  councilman.  He 
was  made  a  Mason  while  in  Maine,  but  is  now 
demitted.  Like  other  pioneers,  he  is  actively 
connected  with  the  Association  of  Colorado  Pio- 
neers. He  is  not  identified  with  any  denomina- 
tion, but  contributes  to  the  Unity  Church,  of 
which  his  wife  is  an  active  member.  She  is  also 
a  silver  Republican. 


|  AJ.  SCOTT  J.  ANTHONY.  When  rumors 
of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Pike's  Peak 
were  carried  eastward,  Major  Anthony, 
then  in  Leaven  worth,  determined  to  come  to 
Colorado.  In  the  sprin  g  of  1 860  he  outfitted  eight 
wagons  with  ox-teams  and  started  for  California 
Gulch  (now  Leadville),  arriving  in  Denver 
March  8,  and,  reaching  California  Gulch  the 


following  May,  he  with  his  partner,  Frank 
Palmer,  at  once  started  a  general  store,  and  they 
also  engaged  in  prospecting  in  the  mountains. 
The  firm  was  known  as  Anthony  &  Palmer.  In 
the  fall  they  sold  out  the  goods  and  returned  to 
Leavenworth,  whence,  in  March,  1861,  our  subject 
again  started  for  the  west,  with  eight  wagons 
drawn  by  mule-trains,  himself  journeying,  as 
before,  by  coach.  He  resumed  business  at  the 
old  place  and  also  prospected.  In  August,  1861, 
while  crossing  the  mountains  between  Green  and 
Grand  Rivers,  his  pack  mule  carrying  theprovis- 
sions  slipped  and  fell  to  the  bottom,  leaving 
his  party  of  five  destitute  of  provisions.  He 
journeyed  back  to  California  Gulch,  and  on  arriv- 
ing there,  for  the  first  time  heard  of  war  between 
the  north  and  south.  Awaiting  him  he  found 
clippings  from  a  Leavenworth  newspaper  stating 
that  a  colonel's  commission  awaited  him,  should 
he  wish  to  return  to  Kansas.  At  the  same  time 
he  found  a  captain's  commission  from  Governor 
Gilpin  of  Colorado.  His  first  impulse  was  to 
return  to  Leavenworth,  raise  a  regiment  and 
march  to  the  seat  of  war,  for  he  believed  the  war 
would  not  last  more  than  a  mouth.  However, 
several  of  the  men  in  California  Gulch  urged 
him  to  remain  and  raise  a  company,  which  he 
agreed  to  do,  providing  Lieut.  George  Buell, 
who  had  been  in  the  regular  army,  would  become 
the  first  lieutenant  of  his  company,  the  captain 
having  the  power  to  appoint  his  under  officers  at 
that  time.  Mr.  Buell  consented,  so  ninety-two 
men  enlisted,  forming  Company  E,  First  Colo- 
rado Infantry,  which  in  the  autumn  of  1862 
were  mounted  and  called  the  First  Colorado 
Cavalry,  he  becoming  the  major. 

Severe  criticisms  were  made  concerning  Gov- 
ernor Gilpin's  dilatoriness  in  sending  the  regiment 
to  the  seat  of  war,  but  subsequent  developments 
proved  he  had  reason  for  his  action.  Governor 
Marshall,  his  predecessor  in  office,  was  an  ardent 
southerner,  and  after  he  left  the  office,  Governor 
Gilpin  found  some  letters  which  revealed  a  plan 
of  the  Confederates  to  raise  a  large  command, 
march  up  the  Rio  Grande,  taking  the  forts  along 
the  way  to  Fort  Union,  N.  M.,  and  from  thereto 
Colorado,  which  they  would  cut  off  from  all 
communication  with  the  east.  General  Sibley 
raised  a  large  command  of  Texas  rangers,  com- 
prising about  eight  regiments,  telling  them 
Colorado  was  settled  largely  by  people  from 


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Georgia  and  the  Federals  and  Confederates  were 
about  equally  divided;  upon  cutting  off  com- 
munication, it  would  be  the  plan  to  organize  a 
government  out  of  the  area  from  Texas  to  British 
Columbia  and  ask  foreign  countries  for  recogni- 
tion. General  Sibley  started  north,  and  pro- 
ceeded on  his  march.  Lieutenant- Colonel  Canby, 
with  a  small  command,  was  unable  to  check  his 
advance  until  joined  by  the  First  Colorado  Regi- 
.  ment. 

The  first  Colorado  were  rugged  and  strong, 
men  who  marched  fifty-two  miles  the  last  day,  in 
their  race  for  Fort  Union,  a  thing  that  was  never 
done  before  and  has  never  been  done  since. 
They  reached  Fort  Union  before  the  enemy,  and 
there  they  were  rearmed  and  equipped.  Three 
days  later  they  marched  out  and  defeated  the 
enemy  at  La  Glorietta,  though  Sibley  had  four 
times  as  many  men  as  they.  Major  Anthony 
captured  the  mountain  rebel  Captain  West. 

The  Union  forces  pursued  the  enemy  to  Albu- 
querque, where  a  battle  was  fought,  and  there 
were  subsequent  skirmishes  at  Val  Verda,  Fort 
Craig  and  Socorro,  from  which  place  the  Con- 
federates were  chased  back  into  Texas,  and  the 
troops  were  ordered  to  Fort  Craig  to  await 
orders. 

On  the  return  of  the  regiment  to  Fort  Lyon, 
our  subject  was  commissioned  major  of  the  First 
Colorado  Cavalry  and  was  put  in  command 
of  the  district  of  Arkansas,  extending  from  Bents 
old  fort  to  Fort  Larned  for  two  and  one-half 
years.  Indians  were  exceedingly  troublesome 
and  scarcely  a  week  passed  without  a  skirmish 
with  them.  He  ardently  longed  to  go  east  and 
assist  in  work  at  the  seat  of  war,  but  the  con- 
stant outbreaks  of  the  Indians  rendered  the 
presence  of  a  cool,  clear-headed  man  absolutely 
necessary,  so  he  was  obliged  to  remain  and  guard 
the  country.  He  was  then  mustered  out  January 
22,  1865,  and  returned  to  Denver.  The  exposure 
of  his  army  life  left  him  in  poor  health  and  he 
has  never  fully  recovered.  In  army  circles  he 
was  recognized  as  a  brave  and  efficient  officer,  a 
good  disciplinarian  and  ever  ready  for  a  fight. 

Major  Anthony  is  a  New  Yorker  by  birth,  and 
was  born  in  Cayuga  County,  January  22,  1830. 
He  is  a  descendant  of  a  Quaker  family  that 
settled  in  Newport,  R.  I.,  in  early  days;  later 
one  branch  went  to  North  Adams,  another  to 
Providence,  and  a  third  to  Philadelphia.  His 


father,  Elam,  who  was  born  in  Newport,  engaged 
in  farming  and  business  pursuits,  and  about  1817 
moved  to  Union  Springs,  N.  Y.,  where  he  mar- 
ried. He  and  his  wife  had  a  happy  married  life 
of  sixty -two  and  one-half  years  before  death  came 
to  part  them,  she  dying  at  eighty-nine  and  he  at 
ninety-one.  She  -was  Nancy  Hunt,  a  native  of 
Mount  Morris,  N.  Y. ,  and  a  daughter  of  Hum- 
phrey Hunt,  who,  with  two  sons,  served  in  the 
Revolution,  and  a  younger  son  served  in  the 
Mexican  war.  Humphrey  Hunt  was  a  brother- 
in-law  of  Colonel  Moore,  an  officer  in  the  Rev- 
olution. 

The  family  of  which  Major  Anthony  was  a 
member  consisted  of  six  sons  and  six  daughters, 
nine  of  whom  attained  maturity:  Mrs.  Mary  Hare, 
of  Hillsboro,  Ore. ;  Charles,  who  was  in  a  New 
York  regiment  during  the  war  and  now  resides 
in  San  Diego,  Cal.;  Mrs.  Cynthia  Hamilton,  of 
Portland,  Ore.;  Scott  J.;  Mrs.  Curry,  now  of 
Union  Springs,  N.  Y.;  Mrs.  Margaret  Birdsell, 
who  died  in  Buffalo;  Mrs.  Howell,  who  died  in 
Union  Springs;  Emmett,  whose  death  occurred 
in  San  Francisco  in  1892;  and  Webster,  who  died 
in  Denver  in  June,  1896.  The  last-named  was  a 
man  of  prominence,  being  a  speaker  of  the  lower 
house  of  the  legislature,  a  member  of  the  state 
senate  and  for  some  time  grand  master  of  the 
grand  lodge  of  Colorado. 

In  1838  our  subject  accompanied  the  family  to 
Ellicottville,  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  until  he 
was  twenty-one.  In  1851  he  passed  through 
Chicago,  then  a  mudhole  on  the  banks  of  the 
lake,  and  without  one  single  feature  to  favorably 
impress  a  stranger.  He  went  up  the  lake  to 
Portage,  Wis.,  where  he  took  a  flatboat  for 
Prairie  du  Chien,  and  from  there  went  on  a 
steamer  to  St.  Paul,  remaining  there  and  at  St. 
Anthony  just  one  year  and  one  day.  From  there 
he  traveled  by  stage  to  Galena  and  Elgin,  then 
back  to  Chicago,  and  from  there  returned  to 
Ellicottville.  On  the  passage  of  the  Kansas- 
Nebraska  bill,  in  the  spring  of  1855,  he  determined 
to  go  to  Kansas,  so  again  started  westward.  He 
traveled  up  the  river  from  St.  Louis  to  Kansas 
City,  where  he  caught  his  first  real  glimpse  of 
frontier  life.  Lines  of  steamers  four  deep  were 
anchored  on  the  levee,  and  near  by  were  at  least 
thirty  ox-trains  and  twelve  mule  teams,  destined 
to  every  point  in  the  west.  Each  ox-train  was 
composed  of  thirty-one  wagons  and  six  yoke  of 


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cattle  to  each  wagon,  while  a  mule  train  consisted 
of  eight  wagons,  with  four  pairs  of  mules  to  each 
wagon. 

The  mingled  medley  caused  by  the  braying  of 
the  mules,  the  lowing  of  the  cattle  and  the  shout- 
ing of  the  men  was  confusing  to  the  '  'tenderfoot. ' ' 
He  gazed  around  him  in  amazement.  While  he 
stood  watching  everything  with  curiosity,  a 
Missouri  freighter  asked  him  whe*re  he  came 
from,  and  on  receiving  his  reply,  said,  "Yes,  you 

are  one  of  those Abolitionists  and  the  quicker 

you  get  out  of  here,  the  better  for  you."  He 
settled  in  Leavemvorth  and  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Bailey, 
Anthony  &  Co.,  and  a  year  later  was  elected 
county  clerk  and  recorder.  He  drew  the  laws 
prescribing  the  forms  for  the  recording  of  deeds, 
which  are  still  in  use  in  Kansas  and  Colorado. 
At  the  second  election  in  the  city  he  saw  the 
necessity  for  organization  for  the  enforcement  of 
laws.  People  coming  across  the  river  from  Mis- 
souri harassed  the  Abolitionists  and  became  very 
troublesome.  He,  with  twenty-six  others,  or- 
ganized the  Leavenworth  Rangers  and  equipped 
themselves  with  good  horses  and  sharp  rifles,  the 
latter  of  which  he  soon  found  to  be  much  feared 
by  the  border  ruffians  across  the  river.  At  the 
next  elections  held  in  Kansas  a  large  crowd  of 
Missourians  came  over  early  in  the  morning,  in- 
tending to  take  charge  of  the  election,  but  he  saw 
them,  then  gathered  his  men  on  the  bottom  and 
came  to  the  esplanade,  riding  forward  in  a  circuit 
and  shouting  to  them  that  an  election  would  be 
held  that  day  for  Kansas  people  only  and  anyone 
not  a  resident  who  attempted  to  vote  would  be 
taken  in  hand.  He  so  frightened  the  men  that 
they  stampeded  for  home.  One  of  his  souvenirs 
is  a  photograph  album  containing  pictures  of 
early  residents  of  Kansas,  among  them  an  orig- 
inal photograph  of  John  Brown,  given  him 
personally  and  probably  the  only  one  of  the  kind 
in  existence. 

From  Kansas  Major  Anthony  came  to  Colorado, 
in  time  to  participate  in  the  stirring  events  of  war 
times  here.  On  the  close  of  the  Rebellion  he  went 
to  the  mountains,  but  when  the  survey  of  the 
Union  "Pacific  was  begun  he  piloted  the  surveyors 
in  their  expeditions  and  also  piloted  the  sur- 
veyors of  the  Northern  Pacific  through  to 
Helena,  doing  the  preliminary  surveying.  He 
was  then  a  sub-contractor  and  civil  engineer  on 


the  Union  Pacific.  When  the  Deadwood  ex- 
citement broke  out,  he  went  there  and  took  up  a 
large  claim,  but  found  it  was  not  as  reported, 
and  returned  to  Denver.  In  1877  he  embarked 
in  the  real-estate  business  upon  a  large  scale  and 
has  continued  in  it  ever  since.  He  was  so 
familiar  with  the  city  that  he  knew  the  location 
and  value  of  every  lot.  He  laid  out  additions, 
only  one  of  which,  however,  bears  his  name. 
With  his  brother  he  built  blocks  on  the  corner 
of  Curtis  and  Fifteenth,  and  Champa  and 
Fifteenth,  and  he  still  owns  the  old  Wilcox  block 
atNos.  1629-35  Curtis.  In  the  organization  of  the 
Denver  Tramway  Company  he  was  actively  in- 
terested and  for  years  was  a  director.  Still  in 
the  real-estate  business,  he  is  located  in  room  5, 
No.  1631  Curtis  street.  It  has  been  his  ex- 
perience that  when  he  took  charge  of  his  business 
affairs  they  returned  profits,  but  when  he  en- 
trusted them  to  others,  he  invariably  lost  money. 
He  is  a  lover  of  flowers  and  for  his  own  pleasure 
has  a  moneyed  interest  in  a  floral  establishment. 
During  the  summer  months  his  home  at  No. 
1280  Logan  street  is  bright  with  flowers,  in  the 
cultivation  of  which  he  passes  many  pleasant 
hours. 

At  the  time  that  his  brother  was  county  clerk, 
Major  Anthony  organized  Anthony's  Abstract 
Company,  the  formation  of  which  was  not  re- 
vealed for  a  time.  Later  it  was  consolidated 
with  another  concern  under  the  title  of  Anthony, 
Landon  &  Curry.  Even  after  the  major  retired 
from  the  company,  his  name  was  still  continued 
in  the  firm.  Like  all  other  fifty-niners,  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Colorado  Association  of  Pioneers; 
while  it  is  true  he  did  not  reach  Denver  until  the 
spring  of  1869,  yet  from  the  fact  that  he  started 
on  his  westward  journey  in  1859,  he  is  entitled  to 
a  place  among  the  men  who  came  to  the  state  in 
that  most  eventful  year.  He  is  a  life  member  of 
the  Masons,  affiliates  with  the  Sons  of  the  Rev- 
olution and  the  Loyal  Legion,  and  is  connected 
with  Lincoln  Post,  G.  A.  R. 

The  first  marriage  of  Major  Anthony  united 
him  with  Lucy  Stebbins,  of  Atchison,  who  died 
three  months  after  they  were  married.  His 
second  wife  was  Frances  Brown,  who  was  born 
and  educated  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  but  at  the  time  of 
her_  marriage  was  living  in  Denver.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  Brown, 
natives  of  Bath,  England,  but  during  most  of 


JAMES  E.  GARRIGUES. 


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their  lives  residents  of  the  United  States.  Her 
father  died  in  Utlca,  and  her  mother  in  Denver 
when  lacking  only  one  month  of  ninety-five 
years. 

As  a  pioneer  of  Colorado  Major  Anthony  has 
always  been  intensely  interested  in  its  progress. 
He  remembers  the  state  when  it  was  thinly 
populated,  with  little  appearance  of  its  present 
population  and  prosperity.  The  gradual  growth 
of  the  years  he  has  witnessed,  contributing 
thereto  not  a  little  by  his  energy  and  abilty. 
While  Denver  has  been  his  home  for  years,  yet 
he  has  been  a  traveler  and  has  spent  considerable 
time  in  visiting  other  parts  of  the  world,  thereby 
gaining  a  cosmopolitan  knowledge  that  makes 
him  a  delightful  companion.  He  has  traveled  in 
every  country  and  visited  every  city  of  impor- 
tance on  the  globe.  He  spent  two  and  one-half 
years  in  making  the  tour  of  the  world,  during 
which  time  he  traveled  from  the  northernmost 
point  of  Europe  to  the  south  of  New  Zealand. 
Like  all  men  who  have  traveled  much,  he  has 
liberal  views  and  maintains  an  interest  in  the 
progress  of  the  entire  world. 


(JAMES  E.  GARRIGUES,  a  well-known  at- 
I  torney-at-law  in  Greeley,  Weld  County,  was 
G)  elected  in  the  fall  of  1888  to  the  office  of 
district  attorney  for  the  eighth  judicial  district  of 
Colorado,  and  at  the  close  of  his  three  years' 
term  was  re-elected  for  a  similar  period.  When 
his  official  term  had  expired  for  the  second  time 
he  was  put  in  nomination  for  the  judgeship  of  this 
district,  his  opponent  being  Jay  Boughton  of  Fort 
Collins,  who  headed  the  Populist  ticket.  That 
party,  sweeping  everything  before  it,  came  off 
victor  in  the  ensuing  election,  Mr.  Garrigues 
being  defeated  by  a  small  majority,  some  sixty- 
five  votes.  He  carried  Weld,  Larimer  and  Mor- 
gan Counties;  but  Boulder  County,  with  its  large 
Populist  numbers,  turned  the  tide.  Mr.  Garri- 
gues practices  in  all  the  local  and  state  courts, 
and  enjoys  the  esteem  and  respect  of  the  bench 
and  bar. 

Born  October  6,  1852,  in  Lawrenceburg,  Dear- 
born County,  Ind.,  the  subject  of  this  article'is  a 
son  of  James  M.  and  H.  (Tuttle)  Garrigues, 
natives  of  New  Jersey  and  Ohio  respectively. 
The  father  removed  to  Indiana  in  his  early  man- 
hood (about  1830)  and  there  engaged  in  farming 


and  teaching  up  to  the  time  of  his  death  in 
1894.  James  E.  has  in  his  possession  an  old  certif- 
icate entitling  his  father  to  teach,  dated  Septem- 
ber 28,  1840,  and  signed  by  Jesse  L.  Holdman, 
father  of  Hon.  William  Holdman,  present  con- 
gressman from  Indiana.  The  great-grandfather 
of  our  subject,  James  Garrigues,  and  his  brother 
John,  were  French  Huguenots,  who  came  to 
America,  the  land  of  liberty,  in  colonial  days, 
and  both  fought  in  defense  of  that  liberty,  when 
it  was  endangered  in  the  war  with  the  mother 
country,  at  the  close  of  the  last  century. 

The  eldest  brother  of  James  E.  was  Henry 
Garrigues,  who  enlisted  during  the  Civil  war  in 
the  Seventh  Indiana  Cavalry,  and  lost  his  life  in 
battle  in  Mississippi.  Amzi,  the  next  brother,  is 
a  farmer  of  Dearborn  County,  Ind.  Dr.  Dayton, 
is  a  practitioner  of  Cedar  Grove,  Ind.  Fannie, 
the  elder  sister,  is  the  wife  of  Charles  Carpenter, 
of  Bloomington,  Ind.;  and  Harriet  is  a  teacher  of 
the  public  schools  of  Greeley. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  our  subject  were 
passed  on  his  father's  farm,  his  education  being 
acquired  in  the  common  schools  and  Moore's  Hill 
College.  When  he  had  finished  his  studies  he 
began  teaching,  and  was  principal  of  a  school  in 
Delaware,  Ind.  Subsequently  he  went  to  Tren- 
ton, 111.,  where  he  had  charge  of  a  school  and 
later  read  law  in  the  office  of  J.  G.  Van  Hoore- 
beck.  For  one  year  he  held  the  principalship  of 
a  public  school  in  Malvern,  Iowa,  and  in  1887 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Glenwood,  Iowa.  He 
established  an  office  for  the  practice  of  his  chosen 
profession  in  the  town  of  Malvern,  remaining  there 
for  eight  years. 

May  6,  1880,  Mr.  Garrigues  married  Clara  L. 
Boehner,  daughter  of  Matthew  Boehuer,  both 
natives  of  Maine.  In  February,  1883,  our  sub- 
ject removed  to  Colorado,  owing  to  the  failing 
health  of  his  wife.  For  a  time  she  seemed  to  be 
benefited,  but  March  25,  1896,  she  was  summoned 
to  her  reward.  Helen,  the  eldest  child  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Garrigues,  graduated  from  the  Greeley 
high  school  and  is  now  a  student  in  the  Denver 
University.  Georgia,  the  next  child,  died  of 
scarlet  fever  when  eight  years  old.  The  others 
are,  Dwight,  Edith,  Grace  and  Edna.  The  last- 
mentioned,  who  was  an  infant  at  the  time  of  her 
mother's  death,  is  living  with  her  grandmother 
Boehner,  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Fraternally    Mr.   Garrigues  is  a  member    of 


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Occidental  Lodge  No.  20,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is 
past  master  of  the  same.  He  is  also  identified 
with  the  Odd  Fellows'  society,  is  past  chancellor 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  is  connected  with 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 


HON.  LOUIS  H.  DICKSON,  an  early  settler 
of  Colorado  and  for  years  a  resident  of 
Longmont  and  vicinity,  is  one  of  the  best- 
known  and  most  highly  respected  citizens  of 
Boulder  County.  In  the  fall  of  1880  he  was 
called  upon  to  represent  his  district  in  the  third 
general  assembly,  and  was  re-elected  in  1884,  and 
served  in  the  fifth  session,  both  times  being  the 
Republican  nominee.  He  was  the  first  mayor  of 
Longmont,  and  acted  for  three  successive  terms 
in  that  responsible  position.  Moreover,  he  has 
frequently  officiated  in  minor  places  of  trust,  and 
has  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years. 
In  1894  he  was  appointed  water  commissioner 
of  district  No.  5,  and  upon  the  expiration  of  his 
term  was  reappointed  to  the  office,  which  he  ad- 
ministers with  ability  and  zeal  in  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  people,  whose  welfare  has  always  been 
uppermost  in  his  mind. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  an  energetic,  suc- 
cessful farmer.  His  son,  Hiram,  father  of  Louis 
H.,  was  likewise  born  in  the  Keystone  state,  and 
when  a  young  man  he  settled  in  Franklin  Coun- 
ty, Ohio.  There  he  married  Elizabeth  Hayward, 
and  carried  on  a  farm.  In  1846  he  removed  to 
Dane  County,  Wis.,  and  there  departed  this  life 
in  1856.  Of  his  six  children  four  are  now  liv- 
ing, namely:  Mrs.  Phoebe  E.  Allen,  a  widow  re- 
siding in  Evanston,  111. ;  Joel,  a  well- to-do  .farmer 
of  the  state  of  Washington;  Hannah  M.,  wife  of 
Joseph  C.  Cannon,  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Wis- 
consin; and  Louis  H. 

Hon.  L.  H.  Dickson  was  born  in  Franklin 
County,  Ohio,  January  18,  1834.  He  was  reared 
to  mature  years  upon  his  father's  farm  and  when 
he  started  out  to  fight  the  battle  of  life  he  chose 
the  vocation  of  his  ancestors.  For  three  years 
he  rented  land  in  Wisconsin,  after  which  he  went 
into  the  pineries  of  that  state  and  engaged  in 
lumbering  for  a  year  or  more.  In  1858,  accom- 
panied by  his  brother  Joel,  he  went  to  Kansas. 
After  wintering  at  Fort  Riley  they  started  for 


Colorado,  their  entire  equipment  being  a  wagon, 
three  yoke  of  oxen  and  a  pony.  They  proceeded 
by  the  Smoky  Hill  route,  and  after  a  forty-four 
days'  journey  arrived  in  Denver.  Three  days 
were  spent  there  and  then  they  went  on  to  Boul- 
der, reaching  that  point  May  27,  1859.  From 
there  they  went  direct  to  Gold  Run,  and  engaged 
in  placer  mining  for  a  month.  On  July  3,  with 
a  company  of  about  a  dozen  men,  they  crossed 
the  mountains  to  Middle  Park,  where  they  pros- 
pected for  the  precious  yellow  metal.  Then  they 
drifted  to  Nevada  Gulch,  and  continued  to  mine 
in  that  vicinity  until  November,  when  our  sub- 
ject and  his  brother  started  for  Wisconsin  for 
their  families.  Saddling  two  mules,  and  leading 
another  as  a  pack  or  baggage-carrier,  they  wend- 
ed their  lonely  way  across  the  plains.  Arriving 
at  Nebraska  City  they  left  their  animals  and 
walked  to  St.  Joseph,  nearly  one  hundred  miles. 
From  that  city,  then  the  westernmost  railroad 
station  on  the  continent,  they  took  the  train  for 
home.  After  passing  the  winter  there  they  re- 
turned to  Colorado  with  their  families.  Arriving 
in  Denver  June  12,  1860,  they  went  to  Nevada 
Gulch,  and,  in  a  short  time,  to  California  Gulch. 
That  fall  they  returned  to  Boulder,  and  the  fol- 
lowing spring  our  subject  took  up  a  claim  of  a 
quarter-section  of  land  four  miles  east  of  Long- 
mont, on  the  St.  Vrain  River,  while  his  brother 
settled  on  Left  Hand. 

The  next  few  years  passed  rapidly,  as  Mr. 
Dickson  toiled  to  provide  well  for  his  little  house- 
hold and  to  improve  his  farm.  He  raised  large 
crops  of  hay  and  was  successful  in  his  handling 
of  live  stock,  in  addition  to  which  he  was  occu- 
pied in  general  farming.  Then  came  on  the  In- 
dian troubles  of  1864,  and  he  left  his  ranch  to 
enlist  in  Company  D,  Third  Colorado  Cavalry, 
commanded  by  Capt.  D.  H.  Nichols.  Going 
with  them  to  the  seat  of  warfare,  he  took  part  in 
the  celebrated  battle  of  Sand  Creek,  and  when 
the  redskins  were  quelled  he  was  mustered  out 
of  the  service.  He  continued  to  live  on  his  farm 
up  to  1869,  when  he  decided  to  go  to  Oregon. 
He  and  his  family  started  with  a  wagon  on  the 
long  western  journey,  and  safely  arrived  at  their 
destination,  Oregon  City.  There  Mr.  Dickson 
purchased  a  farm  and  settled  down  to  its  improve- 
ment. In  1873  he  rented  his  homestead  there 
and  returned  to  his  old  Colorado  home.  Since 
1880  he  has  lived  in  Longmont.  Two  years  be- 


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fore  lie  had  acquired  an  extensive  interest  in 
what  was  known  as  the  Grange  Mill,  two  miles 
east  of  Longmont,  and  in  1885  became  its  sole 
proprietor.  This  property  claimed  his  attention 
until  1892,  when  he  sold  it. 

.November  i,  1854,  Mr.  Dickson  married  Miss 
Emily  A.  Sharp,  who  was  born  in  Franklin 
County,  Ohio,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Stephen 
Sharp,  a  wealthy  farmer  of  that  section.  For 
the  past  three  years  Mr.  Dicksou  has  been  adju- 
tant of  McPherson  Post  No.  6,  G.  A.  R.  He 
also  belongs  to  Longtnout  Lodge  No.  29,  I.  O. 
O.  F. ,  and  is  a  member  of  Columbus  Encamp- 
ment No.  18.  In  the  Masonic  order  he  is  iden- 
tified with  St.  Vrain  Lodge  No.  23,  A.  F.  &  A. 
M.;  Longmont  Chapter  No.  8,  R.  A.  M.,  and 
Long's  Peak  Commandery  No.  12,  K.  T.  Col- 
umbine Chapter  No.  32,  Order  of  the  Eastern 
Star,  also  claims  him  as  one  of  its  members. 
With  the  exception  of  the  last  named  and  the 
encampment,  he  has  held  about  all  the  offices  in 
the  several  lodges. 


JOHN  ROTHWELL,  M.  D. 
The  principal  ambition  in  the  life  of  Dr. 
Rothwell  has  been  the  acquirement  of  pro- 
fessional knowledge  and  the  acquisition  of  the 
classical  culture  that  always  marks  the  man  of 
intellect  and  broad  attainments.  Fond  of  the 
classics,  he  has  devoted  many  of  his  leisure 
hours  to  the  study  of  Latin,  French  and  Ger- 
man, and  has  become  so  conversant  with  these 
languages  that  he  often  reads  in  the  orig- 
inal important  medical  treatises  written  by  men 
of  these  several  nationalities.  During  the  long 
trips  he  has  been  obliged  occasionally  to  make 
into  Idaho  and  other  states  he  has  one  of  the 
classics  as  a  companion,  and  by  thus  utilizing  his 
time  he  has  been  enabled  to  acquire  a  fund  of  in- 
formation that  few  possess. 

The  Rothwell  family  originated  in  England, 
but  removed  thence  to  Ireland,  where  the  doctor's 
grandfather,  Benjamin,  engaged  in  farming.  He 
took  his  family  from  there  to  Ottawa,  Ontario, 
Canada,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  During 
the  Canadian  Rebellion  of  1837  he,  with  his  son, 
Thomas,  bore  a  part.  Thomas  Rothwell  was  a 
farmer  and  died  in  1896,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
eight.  His  wife,  Catherine,  was  born  near  the 
Vale  of  Avoca,  Ireland,  and  now  resides  in  Can- 


ada. She  was  a  daughter  of  Peter  Tonipkins,  a 
farmer,  who  removed  to  Canada  with  his  family 
in  an  early  day. 

Six  sons  and  three  daughters  comprised  the 
family  of  which  Dr.  Rothwell  was  a  member,  and 
of  these  all  are  living  but  two  of  the  daughters. 
One  brother,  E.  J. ,  graduated  from  the  medical 
department  of  the  Michigan  State  University  at 
Ann  Arbor  and  is  now  a  practicing  physician  in 
Denver.  Another  brother,  P.  D. ,  is  also  a  grad- 
uate of  Ann  Arbor  and  a  physician  in  Denver. 
Benjamin  is  an  educator  in  Canada,  and  Samuel 
and  Thomas  are  farmers  there.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  born  near  Ottawa,  and  at  the  age 
of  thirteen  accompanied  the  family  from  there  to 
Listowell,  Countj'  Perth,  Ontario,  where  he  at- 
tended the  public  school.  He  prepared  for  col- 
lege at  Rockwood,  Canada.  In  1869  he  entered 
the  medical  department  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  but  after  one  year,  his  funds  being  ex- 
hausted, he  was  obliged  to  discontinue  his  studies 
until  he  had  reimbursed  his  bank  account.  Go- 
ing to  Idaho  in  1870,  he  became  principal  of  the 
Idaho  City  school,  and  continued  in  that  position 
for  two  years,  meantime  studying  medicine  in  his 
leisure  hours.  In  1872  he  entered  Jefferson  Med- 
ical College,  Philadelphia,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  1873  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  and  for  a 
few  months  afterward  he  did  hospital  work  in 
Philadelphia,  having  as  his  roommate  Dr.  E.  E. 
Montgomery,  since  prominent  as  a  gynecologist. 

Returning  to  Idaho  City  in  the  fall  of  1873, 
Dr.  Rothwell  opened  an  office  and  for  fourteen 
years  carried  on  a  general  practice  in  medicine 
and  surgery.  While  there  he  was  elected  on  the 
Republican  ticket  to  the  office  of  county  superin- 
tendent of  Boise  County,  serving  for  four  years. 
In  the  fall  of  1887  he  located  in  Denver.  His 
office  is  in  the  Cooper  building.  Immediately 
after  coming  here  he  became  associated  with 
Gross  Medical  College,  which  had  recently  been 
opened.  For  three  years  he  held  the  chair  of 
therapeutics,  after  which  he  was  made  professor 
of  physical  diagnosis  and  diseases  of  the  chest, 
holding  the  same  until  the  establishment  of  the 
chair  of  mental  and  nervous  diseases,  in  1895, 
when  he  was  elected  to  that  chair.  In  addition 
to  being  an  instructor,  he  has  been  a  trustee  of 
the  institution  since  its  establishment.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Denver  and  Arapahoe  County,  the 
State  and  American  Medical  Societies,  and  in 


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1884  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  New  York  in 
order  to  perfect  himself  in  certain  branches.  Re- 
ligiously he  is  an  Episcopalian. 

In  Idaho  City  Dr.  Rothwell  married  Miss  Clara 
Galbreaith,  who  was  born  in  Shasta,  Cal.,  the 
daughter  of  Stephen  Galbreaith,  a  native  of  Ham- 
ilton, Ontario,  and  a  "forty-niner"  in  California. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Rothwell  have  four  sons:  William 
Herbert,  a  graduate  of  the  Denver  high  school 
and  a  member  of  the  class  of  1 900  Gross  Medical 
College,  and  now  with  the  hospital  corps  at 
Manila,  Philippine  Islands;  Matthew  Thomas,  a 
graduate  of  the  Denver  high  school  in  1895; 
Walter  Peter;  and  Stephen  Gainsford.  While  in 
Idaho  City  the  doctor  was  made  a  Mason,  and  he 
is  now  a  member  of  Denver  Lodge  No.  7,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  and  Denver  Chapter  No.  2,  R.  A.  M. 
For  some  time  he  was  grand  representative  of 
the  state  of  Pennsylvania  for  Idaho. 


|  YRON  H.  AKIN,  vice-president  and  man- 
ager of  the  Akin  Live  Stock  Company  and 
one  of  the  influential  citizens  of  Fort  Col- 
lins, was  born  near  Joliet,  Will  County,  111.,  No- 
vember 7,  1857,  and  is  of  Scotch  lineage.  His 
father,  Henry,  was  born  at  Johnstown,  near  Al- 
bany, N.  Y.,  and  was  a  son  of  Abraham  Akin,  a 
native  of  York  state  and  one  of  the  discoverers 
of  salt  and  owner  of  the  original  salt  works. 
After  a  very  successful  business  life  he  died  in 
Syracuse. 

For  some  years  Henry  Akin  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  Albany  County,  N.  Y.,  but  in  1841  he 
located  in  Will  County,  111.,  between  Lockport. 
and  Joliet,  where  he  improved  a  fine  farm  from 
the  prairie  of  that  section.  He  became  well 
known  throughout  that  region  and  acquired  the 
ownership  to  large  tracts  of  land.  In  1874  he 
removed  to  Vermilion  County  and  bought  the 
town  site  of  East  Lynn,  which,  in  connection 
with  George  H.  White,  he  platted  in  lots.  To 
the  sale  of  his  real  estate  and  the  cultivation  of 
his  land  he  gave  his  attention  until  1879,  when, 
hoping  by  a  change  of  climate  to  obtain  relief 
from  asthma,  he  settled  in  Larimer  County,  Colo., 
and  embarked  in  farming  upon  a  four  hundred 
acre  tract  that  he  purchased.  He  is  hale  and 
hearty,  showing  in  his  appearance  and  activity 
little  trace  of  his  eighty  years  of  life. 

The  wife  of  Henry  Akin  bore  the  maiden  name 


of  Eunice  Harris  and  was  born  in  Pine  Plains, 
Dutchess  County,  N.  Y.  After  a  married  life  of 
fifty-two  years,  she  died  in  Colorado  in  1896, 
aged  seventy-four  years.  Her  father,  Israel  Har- 
ris, was  born  in  Dutchess  County,  which  he 
represented  in  the  legislature  of  New  York.  He 
married  a  daughter  of  Colonel  Barker,  an  officer 
in  the  Revolution.  Late  in  life  he  went  to  Michi- 
gan, where  he  died.  He  had  sons  who  served  in 
the  legislatures  of  New  York  and  Michigan. 
Ten  children  were  born  to  the  union  of  Henry 
and  Eunice  Akin,  of  whom  seven  attained  man- 
hood and  womanhood,  namely:  Phoebe,  who  died 
in  Dutchess  County,  N.  Y. ;  Henry  R.,  a  con- 
ductor on  the  Houston  &  Texas  Central  Railroad 
in  Texas;  Myron  H.;  Harris,  Abraham  and  Will- 
iam, who  are  farmers  in  Larimer  County;  and 
John,  who  is  connected  with  the  First  National 
Bank  of  El  Paso,  Tex. 

After  having  for  some  terms  attended  the  pub- 
lic and  high  schools  of  Lockport,  111.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  began  railroading  at  the  age 
of  sixteen.  He  learned  telegraphy  at  Lockport, 
in  the  Chicago  &  Alton  depot,  and  continued  as 
operator  there  for  a  year,  after  which  he  was  with 
the  Lake  Erie  &  Western  Railroad  at  East  Lynn, 
111.,  for  five  years.  Resigning  in  1 88 1,  he  came 
to  Colorado  and  became  operator  at  Fort  Collins 
for  the  Union  Pacific  (now  the  Gulf)  Railroad. 
He  had  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
three  miles  southwest  of  the  town  while  he  was 
still  in  Illinois  and  had  helped  to  put  a  ditch 
through  the  laud,  out  of  which  he  evolved  a 
valuable  farm.  This  property  he  traded  for  one 
hundred  head  of  brood  mares  in  1882,  and  located 
at  Steamboat  Rock,  where  he  took  up  a  ranch 
and  fenced  twenty-five  hundred  acres  of  fine  graz- 
ing land  that  he  still  owns.  His  next  employ- 
ment was  that  of  foreman  for  Jesse  Harris,  the 
largest  importer  of  horses  in  the  west,  and,  as 
foreman  for  that  gentleman  for  five  years,  he 
traveled  through  the  western  states  and  terri- 
tories. At  the  same  time  he  raised  horses  on  his 
ranch,  and  these  he  later  traded  for  cattle.  For 
a  while  he  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business, 
dealing  in  residence  property  and  farms,  and  also 
carried  on  a  cattle  business. 

Mr.  Akin  and  his  brothers  were  among  the 
first  to  bring  sheep  into  Larimer  County,  buying 
them  in  New  Mexico  and  feeding  them  here. 
November  17,  1895,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 


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Messrs.  Avery  and  Hall,  as  Hall  &  Co.  This 
firm  was  succeeded,  September  17,  1897,  by  the 
Akin  Live  Stock  Company,  of  which  F.  C.  Avery 
is  president,  Myron  H.  Akin  vice-president  and 
manager;  and  Edward  H.  Hall  secretary  and 
treasurer,  the  capital  stock  being  $60,000.  The 
company  have  a  farm  of  eighteen  hundred  acres 
and  ranches  aggregating  three  thousand  acres  in 
the  foot  hills,  also  Steamboat  Rock  ranch  of 
twenty-five  hundred  acres,  and  raise  from  twenty- 
five  hundred  to  four  thousand  tons  of  alfalfa  each 
year;  also  handle  as  many  as  sixty  thousand  head 
of  sheep  annually,  this  being  one-fourth  of  the 
entire  number  handled  here;  and  feed  over  four 
thousand  head  per  annum.  They  buy  Mexican 
lambs,  which  are  shipped  to  this  point.  In  his 
work  Mr.  Akin  has  become  familiar  with  the 
Mexican  language,  much  of  his  business  having 
been  done  with  the  people  of  Mexico.  He  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  Larimer  County  Sheep 
Feeders'  Association,  of  which  he  was  the  first, 
and  is  still  secretary  and  treasurer.  He  is  also 
identified  with  the  Colorado  Stock  Growers'  As- 
sociation and  was  a  delegate  to  the  National 
Stock  Growers'  Convention  in  1897.  Politically 
he  is  a  silver  Republican.  In  fraternal  relations 
he  is  connected  with  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen.  He  is  a  trustee  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  which  denomination  he  and  his  wife 
are  both  members. 

In  Las  Animas,  Colo.,  June  5,  1890,  Mr.  Akin 
married  Miss  Elizabeth  D.  Mellinger,  who  was 
born  in  Seven  Mile,  Butler  County,  Ohio.  Her 
father,  Jacob  Mellinger,  was  born  in  Lancaster, 
Pa.,  a  son  of  Jacob  Mellinger,  Sr.  Removing  to 
Butler  County,  Ohio,  he  engaged  in  the  hotel 
business  there.  His  last  days  were  spent  in  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind.,  where  he  died.  He  married  Julia 
Hunt,  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  daughter  of  Henry 
Hunt,  who  was  born  in  New  Jersey  and  engaged 
in  farming  in  Ohio.  Mrs.  Julia  Mellinger  is  now 
living  in  Las  Animas.  She  has  four  children: 
Elizabeth;  Eleanor,  who  is  married  and  lives  in 
Las  Animas;  Wayne  H.,  also  a  resident  of  that 
town;  and  Mrs.  Edith  Deweese,  of  the  same  place. 
Mrs.  Akin  was  graduated  from  the  Fort  Wayne 
high  school  in  1877  and  the  following  year  com- 
pleted the  course  in  the  Fort  Wayne  Normal 
School,  after  which  she  engaged  in  teaching.  In 
1882  she  came  to  Fort  Collins,  and  here  taught 
in  the  grammar  school  for  eight  years.  After 


her  marriage  she  took  a  course  in  kindergarten 
work  and  became  a  teacher  in  that  department  of 
school  work.  She  was  the  first  lady  in  this  city 
to  be  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  education 
and  was  made  secretary  of  the  board,  serving  for 
five  years.  She  is  also  actively  identified  with 
the  Woman's  Club  of  Fort  Collins.  The  two 
children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Akin  are  Eunice  Eliza- 
beth and  Wayne  Mellinger. 


B.  MINER,  president  of  the  Fort 
Collins  Electric  Light  Company  and  one 
of  the  most  successful  stockmen  of  Lari- 
mer County,  is  a  descendant  of  a  pioneer  New 
England  family.  His  grandfather,  Jesse  Miner, 
a  native  of  New  London,  Conn.,  was  a  govern- 
ment contractor  during  the  war  of  1812  and 
afterward  engaged  in  farming  at  Vernon,  Conn. 
He  had  a  son,  Dudley  T. ,  who  was  born  and 
reared  at  Vernon,  and  devoted  his  entire  active 
life  to  the  management  of  the  old  homestead; 
there  he  died  at  eighty-five  years.  The  home 
farm  is  now  owned  by  one  of  his  sons,  Harry  T. 
Dudley  T.  Miner  was  twice  married,  and  by  his 
first  wife  had  a  son,  John  R.,  who  now  resides 
near  the  old  home  place.  His  second  wife  was 
Angeline  Davis,  a  native  of  Springfield,  Mass. 
Two  children  were  born  of  that  union,  William  B. 
and  Harry  T.  The  latter  at  one  time  served  in 
the  Connecticut  legislature. 

In  Vernon,  Conn.,  where  he  was  born  June  23, 
1837,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  spent  the  first 
eighteen  years  of  life.  In  1855  he  came  west, 
joining  at  St.  Joe,  Mo.,  a  train  bound  for  Cali- 
fornia, and  journeying  with  an  ox-team  and  herd 
of  stock  across  the  plains,  through  South  Pass, 
down  the  Humboldt  and  into  California.  At 
Thirty- Mile  Canon  the  party  was  attacked  by  the 
Indians  and  at  other  places  they  had  consider- 
able trouble  on  account  of  the  proximity  of  the 
red  men.  The  journey  consumed  six  months. 
He  remained  in  California  for  ten  years,  engag- 
ing in  sheep- raising  on  the  Cosmunes  River, 
twenty-two  miles  south  of  Sacramento,  whence 
in  1866  he  returned  to  Connecticut.  Settling  in 
Vernon,  he  built  a  mill  and  embarked  in  the 
manufacture  of  paper,  which  business  he  had 
learned  in  his  boyhood.  With  a  partner  he 
owned  and  conducted  the  Granite  Mills  until 
1871,  when  he  sold  out. 


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While  in  Connecticut,  September  13, 1869,  Mr. 
Miner  married  Miss  Mary  F.  Battey,  who  was 
born  in  that  state.  Her  father,  Robert  Battey,  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  was  a  mechanical  genius  and 
could  contrive  useful  articles  in  any  line  of  work. 
In  1876  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  died  in 
1 895,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two.  He  had  been 
self-supporting  from  an  early  age,  as  his  father, 
Amasa,  a  farmer  of  New  England,  had  died  when 
he  was  a  boy  of  only  six.  He  married  Faith 
Stiles,  who  was  born  in  Connecticut,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Stiles,  a  farmer.  She  is  now  living  in 
Fort  Collins.  Of  her  family  of  nine  children  all 
are  still  living,  Mrs.  Miner  being  fourth  in  order 
of  birth. 

In  1871  Mr.  Miner  removed  to  Dixon,  Lee 
County,  111.,  and  from  there  in  July,  1873,  he 
came  to  Colorado,  settling  on  a  ranch  thirteen 
miles  north  of  Fort  Collins,  on  Park  Station 
Creek,  which  was  named  for  a  station  on  the 
overland  stage  road.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
men  in  Colorado  to  embark  in  the  sheep  busi- 
ness. He  believed  sheep  could  be  raised  here 
and  bought  some  Illinois  merinos,  with  which  he 
started  his  herd.  The  experiment  was  costly  at 
first.  However,  he  secured  a  fine  herd,  being  a 
cross  between  Merino-Shropshires  and  New  Mex- 
ican ewes,  thus  getting  a  sheep  suited  to  this 
country.  In  his  work  he  was  great!}'  assisted  by 
his  experience  while  in  California.  In  1890  he 
sold  out  the  sheep  business.  He  owns  in  one 
ranch  ten  sections  of  land,  all  of  which  is  fenced. 

In  1878  Mr.  Miner  formed  a  partnership  with 
Senator  Warren,  of  Wyoming,  in  the  sheep- 
raising  business,  and  for  five  years  the  firm  title 
was  Miner  &  Warren,  after  which  it  was  incor- 
porated as  the  Warren  Live  Stock  Company. 
They  owned  ranches  in  Wyoming  and  Colorado, 
and  had  forty  thousand  sheep.  When  the  busi- 
ness was  merged  into  the  incorporated  company 
a  capitalization  of  $560,000  was  secured,  Mr. 
Miner,  Mr.  Warren  and  Mr.  Gleason  being  the 
incorporators,  Mr.  Miner  becoming  a  director. 
Some  time  later  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  con- 
cern. About  1883  he  started  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness, and  when  he  had  built  up  a  herd  he  sold 
out  his  sheep  interests.  He  has  full-blooded  and 
high-grade  Herefords,  all  of  which  are  kept  inside 
the  fence  during  the  entire  year.  The  North 
Fork  ditch  runs  through  the  land,  providing  the 
cattle  with  water.  On  the  ranch  alfalfa  and  hay 


are  raised  in  large  quantities,  and  the  most  mod- 
ern machinery  is  used  in  farming.  The  brand  is 
nine  half  diamond,  or  an  inverted  six. 

In  addition  to  his  other  property  Mr.  Miner 
owns  a  large  ranch  in  Wyoming,  comprising 
thirty-five  hundred  acres,  under  fence,  on  the 
head  waters  of  the  Box  Elder,  near  Granite  Canon, 
on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  where  he  summers 
his  herd.  This  place  is  only  eighteen  miles  from 
the  other  ranch.  He  also  leases  three  and  one- 
fourth  sections  of  land  near  Park  Station  ranch, 
his  home  farm.  In  September,  1883,  he  removed 
to  Fort  Collins,  and  the  following  year  built  his 
present  substantial  residence.  In  addition  to 
owning  cattle,  he  has  some  fine  Percheron  horses. 
From  the  organization  of  the  Fort  Collins  Elec- 
tric Company  he  was  its  president  and  manager, 
and  is  still  the  principal  stockholder,  his  son  be- 
ing superintendent.  The  plant  owned  by  the 
company  furnishes  light  for  the  city  and  college. 

The  older  son  of  Mr.  Miner  is  Duane  F.,  who 
was  educated  in  the  State  Agricultural  College 
and  is  now  superintendent  of  the  electric  com- 
pany; the  younger  son  is  Earl  D.  In  politics 
Mr.  Miner  was  a  Democrat  prior  to  1884,  since 
which  he  has  been  a  Republican,  as  is  also  Mrs. 
Miner.  For  two  years  he  was  a  member  of  the 
city  council,  and  for  the  same  period  mayor  of 
Fort  Collins;  also  served  as  county  commissioner 
for  three  years.  When  away  from  the  state  at 
one  time  he  was  nominated  for  the  state  senate, 
but  not  desiring  the  office  he  did  no  campaign 
work  and  was  defeated,  but  by  only  two  votes. 
He  is  a  member  of  Fort  Collins  Lodge  and  Chap- 
ter in  Masonry.  In  1884  he  was  a  delegate  from 
Colorado  to  the  National  Wool  Growers'  Con- 
vention in  Chicago,  of  which  association  he  was 
a  member  for  many  years.  He  was  also  long 
identified  with  the  State  Wool  Growers'  Asso- 
ciation, which  he  assisted  in  organizing.  Per- 
sonally he  is  genial  and  good-natured,  liberal  to 
all  enterprises  of  a  public'spirited  nature  and 
generous  in  his  benefactions.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  the  president  of  the  Larimer  County 
Fair  Association,  which  held  at  Fort  Collins  the 
best  exhibitions  of  the  kind  ever  held  in  Colorado. 


(JOSEPH    R.    POWELL,    vice-president  and 

I    secretary  of  the  Long's  Peak  Coal  Company, 

O  and  a    prominent    citizen    of    Erie,    Weld 

County,  was  born  in  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,    Decem- 


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ber  14,  1845,  a  son  of  John  J.  and  Eliza  McG. 
(Risdon)  Powell.  He  was  one  of  six  children, 
of  whom,  besides  himself,  two  daughters  survive, 
namely:  Caroline,  wife  of  H.  L.  Krigbaum,  of 
Scranton,  Pa.;  and  Mary  A.,  Mrs.  W.  M.  Darling, 
also  of  Scranton. 

A  native  of  Burlington,  N.  J.,  born  March  17, 
1813,  John  J.  Powell  served  an  apprenticeship  to 
the  brick-layer's  trade  in  Philadelphia  when  he 
was  a  young  man,  and  after  his  marriage,  which 
took  place  in  Mount  Holly,  N.  J. ,  he  settled  with 
his  young  wife  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  While  there 
he  erected  the  first  gas  works  built  in  the  city  of 
New  York.  Afterward  he  erected  gas  works  in 
every  seaboard  town  from  Maine  to  Georgia.  At 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  embarked  in  busi- 
ness at  White  Sulphur  Springs,  Va.,  where  he 
arched  a  number  of  tunnels.  On  his  return  to 
Scrauton,  Pa.,  to  visit  his  relatives  he  was  obliged 
to  remain  there,  not  being  permitted  to  go  south 
of  the  Mason  and  Dixon  line;  and  his  outfit, 
which  he  had  left  in  Virginia,  was  confiscated. 
It  was  not  long  after  this  that  he  contracted  rheu- 
matism, which  prevented  him  from  re-engaging 
in  active  work.  He  lived  retired  until  his  death 
June  3,  1871.  His  father  was  a  native  of  New 
Jersey  and  a  successful  contractor  and  builder. 

When  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  about 
fifteen  years  of  age  his  father  lost  all  he  had 
through  confiscation.  The  son,  obliged  to  begin 
in  the  world  for  himself,  secured  employment  as 
a  fireman  on  the  Delaware,  Lackawauna  &  Wes- 
tern Railroad.  At  twenty  years  of  age  he  was 
running  a  passenger  engine  on  the  same  road, 
being  one  of  the  youngest  engineers  on  the 
system.  February  14,  1866,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Alice  Van  Valkenburg,  a 
native  of  Bradford  County,  Pa.,  and  the  daughter 
of  Rev.  R.  J.  Van  Valkenburg.  In  1868,  with 
his  wife,  he  came  west,  traveling  by  rail  to  Chey- 
enne, and  thence  going  by  stage  to  Blackhawk, 
where  he  secured  work  as  an  engineer.  Previous 
to  coming  to  this  state  he  had  gone  to  Omaha, 
where  he  was  promised  an  engine,  but  after 
waiting  for  two  weeks  without  securing  work  he 
returned  to  New  York,  and  after  consulting  his 
wife  they  decided  to  come  to  Colorado. 

For  a  time  Mr.  Powell  continued  engineering 
and  mining  on  his  own  responsibility,  but  when 
the  Colorado  Central  Railroad  was  built  into 
Blackhawk  in  1872,  he  made  application  for  and 


was  given  a  freight  engine,  which  he  ran  for  two 
weeks,  and  was  then  given  a  passenger  engine. 
In  1873  he  retired  from  railroading  and  began 
prospecting,  which  he  continued  until  1882. 
During  the  latter  year  he  came  to  Erie  and  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad 
and  during  the  five  years  that  followed  he  worked 
for  the  company  at  Erie,  Rock  Springs,  Carbon 
and  Como,  where  he  held  the  position  of  chief 
engineer  of  the  company's  mines.  At  Erie  he 
embarked  in  the  hotel  business  in  1887,  contin- 
uing in  that  business  until  the  summer  of  1891, 
when  he  commenced  to  prospect  for  coal.  In 
partnership  with  William  Nicholson,  in  June, 
1892,  he  leased  his  present  property  and  immedi- 
ately began  to  sink  the  shaft  of  the  Long's  Peak 
Coal  Company,  which  he  has  since  operated  with 
Mr.  Nicholson,  the  latter  being  president,  while 
he  is  vice-president  and  secretary.  In  December 
of  the  same  year,  when  the  United  Coal  Company 
bought  an  interest  in  the  company,  Edward  P. 
Phelps  was  made  treasurer.  The  company  is 
now  sinking  another  shaft  about  one  mile  south 
of  Erie,  which  promises  to  develop  some  of  the 
best  coal  in  this  reigion. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Powell  is  connected  with  Gar- 
field  Lodge  No.  50,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Erie,  of 
which  he  is  the  present  master.  He  is  identified 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  of  which 
denomination  in  America  his  maternal  ancestors 
were  among  the  founders.  His  mother  was  a 
cousin  of  Dr.  Adam  Clark,  author  of  Clark's 
Commentaries.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Powell  became  the 
parents  of  four  children,  namely:  Harry  A.,  de- 
ceased; Alice  M.,  wife  of  W.  J.  Breckel,  who  is 
engaged  in  thejewelery  business  at  Steamboat 
Springs,  Colo.;  Emma  R.,  wife  of  C.  M.  Morning 
a  railroad  man,  now  holding  a  position  in  the 
office  of  the  superintendent  of  the  Burlington  & 
Missouri  Railroad  at  McCook,  Neb;  and  Richard 
T.,  deceased. 

HON.  EDWIN  J.  TEMPLE,  secretary  of  the 
board  of  regents  of  the  University  of  Colo- 
rado, is  one  of  the  wealthiest  and  most  in- 
fluential citizens  of  Boulder.     No  one  here  has 
taken  a  more  active  or  interested  part  in  the  pro- 
motion of  local  enterprises  and  institutions,   or 
been  swifter  to  come  to  the  assistance  of  such  with 
material  aid.     Education  of  the  young  is  a  sub- 
ject the'importance  of  which  he  deeply   feels,  as 


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has  been  manifested  by  him  in  many  substantial 
ways.  For  eight  years  he  has  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  and  for  five  years  has  been 
the  able  president  of  that  honorable  body.  Sub- 
sequent to  the  death  of  Captain  Tyler,  Governor 
Eaton  appointed  Mr.  Temple  to  the  vacated  place 
on  the  regency  board  of  Jhe  university.  In  the 
following  election  he  was  chosen  to  continue  in 
the  office  by  the  Republicans,  and  as  such  re- 
mained for  six  years;  at  the  time  of  the  election 
of  Governor  Waite  he  was  defeated  with  his  whole 
party  by  the  Populist  vote,  which  carried  every- 
thing before  it.  Later,  however,  he  was  ap- 
pointed on  the  board  by  Governor  Mclntire,  and  is 
now  filling  out  his  tenth  year  in  this  responsible 
position.  He  is  an  earnest  champion  of  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Republican  party  and  has  been  an 
alderman  here  for  about  twelve  years,  much  of 
the  time  being  the  president  pro  tern.  In  this 
period  the  new  water  works  have  been  instituted, 
the  Highland  and  high  schools  have  been  built 
and  many  other  improvements  carried  to  success- 
ful completion. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this 
biography  was  born  in  the  northern  part  of  Ire- 
land, and  was  of  Scotch,  English  and  Irish 
extraction.  He  brought  his  family  to  the  United 
States  at  an  early  day  and  settled  in  Ohio,  where 
he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  James 
Temple,  father  of  our  subject,  was  likewise  a 
native  of  the  Emerald  Isle,  but  was  reared  chiefly 
in  Ohio.  He  married  Rebecca  Temple,  whose 
birth  had  occurred  in  Scotland,  and  who  is  now 
a  resident  of  Boulder.  In  1861  the  family  started 
for  Colorado,  going  by  way  of  St.  Joseph,  up  the 
Platte  River,  and  south  to  Blackhawk.  There 
the  father  engaged  in  milling  and  mining  opera- 
tions for  a  few  years,  but  in  1866  went -to  New 
Mexico.  There  he  managed  the  famous  Moreno 
ranch,  near  Elizabethtown,  for  two  or  three  years, 
and  about  1869  started  in  the  cattle  business  on 
his  own  account.  His  property,  known  far  and 
near  as  the  Temple  ranch,  is  one  of  the  finest  and 
largest  in  the  territory,  and  for  years  prior  to  his 
death  Mr.  Temple  was  considered  to  be  one  of  the 
most  extensive  cattle  raisers  of  the  locality .  Death 
put  an  end  to  his  career  in  1886,  when  he  was 
but  fifty-six  years  of  age.  Of  his  six  children 
E.  J.  is  the  eldest.  William  O.  is  operating  the 
Temple  ranch  in  New  Mexico;  Joseph  R.  is  liv- 
ing at  Fort  Collins;  John  Charles  is  managing  a 


ranch  in  Routt  County  (near  Hayden) ;  Harry  R. 
is  superintendent  of  a  mill  at  Ward,  for  the  Utica 
Mining  Company;  and  Frank  L-  is  on  a  ranch  in 
Routt  County. 

Edwin  J.  Temple  was  born  June  22,  1851,  in 
Youngstown,  Ohio,  and  was  consequently  but 
ten  years  of  age  when  he  came  across  the  plains 
to  this  state.  He  engaged  in  the  milling  busi- 
ness in  Blackhawk  when  a  mere  lad  and  after- 
ward embarked  in  merchandising  while  quite 
young.  He  continued  as  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Smith  &  Temple  in  Blackhawk  up  to  1879, 
dealing  in  groceries,  grain  and  hay.  The  next 
two  years  he  was  occupied  in  freighting  goods  in 
the  vicinity  of  Leadville,  and  became  more  or  less 
interested  in  mines  thereabouts.  In  1881  he  loca- 
ted in  Boulder,  having  determined  to  make  his 
permanent  home  here,  however  scattered  his  nu- 
merous business  enterprises  might  be.  He  estab- 
lished an  extensive  ranch  near  Hayden,  Routt 
County,  and  has  always  had  investments  in  prop- 
erty and  cattle  in  New  Mexico.  He  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Pawnee  Cattle  Company,  of  Colorado, 
which  does  a  very  profitable  business  in  buying 
and  selling  cattle.  In  short,  he  is  undoubtedly 
one  of  the  most  extensive  dealers  in  cattle  in  Colo- 
rado and  on  his  ranches  forty-five  hundred 
lambs  were  fed  and  kept  during  the  winter  of 
1897-98.  He  still  operates  with  his  brother  the 
Temple  ranch  in  New  Mexico  and  owns  three 
ranches,  one  of  six  hundred  and  forty  acres,  and 
the  other  two  of  a  quarter-section  each,  in  Larimer 
County,  not  far  from  the  county-seat.  Mr. 
Temple  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committee 
of  the  Colorado  Cattle  Growers'  Association. 

In  addition  to  his  large  operations  in  the  cattle 
line,  Mr.  Temple  is  interested  extensively  in 
mining.  He  is  the  sole  owner  of  the  group  of 
Emancipation  mines  near  Sunshine  (three  differ- 
ent claims)  now  being  worked  by  a  force  of  twenty- 
five  men,  and  considered  one  of  the  best- paying 
mines  in  the  county.  Mr.  Temple  is  a  director 
in  the  National  State  Bank  of  Boulder,  and  is  a 
director  in  the  Boulder  Electric  Light  Company. 
He  helped  to  organize  and  is  now  a  director  in 
the  Boulder  Milling  and  Elevator  Company.  At 
present  he  is  serving  for  a  second  term  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Veterinary  Sanitary  Board  of  Colorado, 
and  is  the  president  of  the  same.  He  was  ap- 
pointed first  by  Governor  Mclntire  and  later  by 
Governor  Adams.  Fraternally  he  belongs  to 


JOSEPH  W.  ANDREW. 


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Boulder  Lodge  No.  45,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Boulder 
Chapter  No.  7,  R.  A.  M.,  Mount  Sinai  Com- 
mandery  No.  7,  K.  T.,  and  El  Jebel  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine. 

In  1871  Mr.  Temple  married  Miss  Nina  M. 
Smith,  of  Blackhawk.  She  is  a  "native  of  Wis- 
consin and  a  daughter  of  Nelson  K.  Smith,  a  pio- 
neer of  this  valley.  The  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Temple  was  blessed  with  two  sons,  Elmer  S.  and 
Paul  E.  The  former  received  his  higher  educa- 
tion in  the  university  here  and  the  younger  is  now 
a  student  in  the  preparatory  department,  expect- 
ing to  enter  the  university  later. 


(JOSEPH  W.  ANDREW.  Three-fourths  of  a 
I  mile  north  of  the  city  limits  of  Boulder  lies 
Q)  the  improved  and  valuable  farm  owned  by 
Mr.  Andrew.  In  1881  he  purchased  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres,  but  afterward  sold  fifty  acres, 
leaving  his  present  acreage  seventy,  upon  which 
he  has  made  improvements  that  greatly  enhance 
its  value.  The  success  that  has  come  to  him  is 
especially  praiseworthy,  when  the  fact  is  taken 
into  consideration  that  he  began  for  himself  with- 
out capital  and  encountered  hardships  in  attaining 
a  competency. 

A  native  of  Washington  County,  Pa.,  born 
March  9,  1839,  our  subject  was  a  son  of  Ira  and 
Chloe  (Axtell)  Andrew,  and  was  one  of  five 
children,  of  whom,  besides  himself,  a  son  and 
daughter  survive.  The  former,  Samuel,  resides 
in  Kansas,  Edgar  County,  111.  The  latter, 
Lovina,  is  the  widow  of  John  Allender,  of  Wash- 
ington, Washington  County,  Pa.  The  father, 
when  a  youth,  learned  the  trade  of  a  shoemaker, 
which  he  followed  until  1850.  He  then  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  one  hundred  acres  in  Washing- 
ton County,  which  place  had  been  previously 
owned  by  his  father.  From  that  time  until  his 
death  he  followed  general  farm  pursuits.  He  was 
a  son-in-law  of  Luther  Axtell,  a  native  of  New 
Jersey,  but  for  many  years  a  resident  of  Wash- 
ington County,  Pa.,  where  he  carried  on  a  farm 
until  his  death. 

The  advantages  which  our  subject  had  in  boy- 
hood were  exceedingly  limited.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-one,  in  November,  1861,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  A,  Eighty-fifth  Pennsylvania  Infantry, 
Capt.  H.  J.  Vankirk  commanding.  Among  the 
engagements  in  which  he  bore  a  part  were  the 
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following:  siege  ofYorktown;  Williamsburg,  Va.( 
May  5,  1862;  Savage  Station,  Va.,  May  24, 
1862;  Seven  Pines,  Va.,  May  31,  1862;  Jones 
Fort,  Va.,  June  28,  1862;  Black  Water,  Va., 
October  28,  1862;  Southwest  Creek,  N.  C., 
December  13,  1863;  Kinston,  N.  C.,  December 
14,  1863;  Whitehall,  N.  C.,  December  16,  1863; 
Goldsborough,  N.  C.,  December  17,  1863;  siege 
of  Morris  Island;  siege  of  Forts  Wagner  and 
Greeg;  and  the  expedition  to  White  Marsk  Island, 
Ga.,  February  22,  1864.  Following  the  expedi- 
tion last-named  the  regiment  came  north  and 
joined  Butler's  division,  being  with  him  at  the 
taking  of  City  Point,  Va. ,  and  remaining  with 
him  until  Grant's  army  swung  down  there  en 
route  to  Petersburg.  In  the  battle  of  Malvern 
Hill,  August  17,  1864,  one  hundred  and  four  of 
the  members  of  the  regiment  were  killed  or 
wounded,  and  all  of  the  officers  were  either  killed 
or  missing.  In  this  engagement  our  subject  did 
not  participate,  as  he  was  ill  and  in  the  hospital 
at  the  time.  He  rejoined  the  regiment  Septem- 
ber 23,  1864,  after  having  been  an  inmate  of  the 
hospital  for  two  months,  and  was  then  camped 
at  Fort  Morton,  in  front  of  Petersburg.  October  14, 
1864,  the  regiment  was  sent  to  the  rear  on  account 
of  the  expiration  of  their  service,  and  went  to 
Portsmouth,  Va. ,  where  they  were  in  camp  for  a 
few  days.  October  29  our  subject,  with  a  num- 
ber of  others  detailed  from  two  companies,  went 
on  board  the  vessel  "Northern  Light,"  which 
proceeded  to  Point  Lookout,  Md.,  and  took  on 
board  nine  hundred  rebel  prisoners,  expecting 
to  make  an  exchange  of  prisoners  a:  Atlanta, 
Ga. ,  but  while  there,  General  Sherman  arrived 
and  blocked  the  exchange  of-  a  number  of  the  . 
prisoners.  Proceeding  to  Charleston,  S.  C., 
where  they  arrived  December  6,,  they  made  the 
exchange  of  the  balance  of  the  prisoners,  and 
then  proceeded  to  Annapolis,  Md. ,  arriving  there 
December  1 7<  On  their  journey  north 'sixty  of 
the  Union  prisoners  died.  From  Annapolis  they 
went  to  -Norfolk,  Va.,  and  on  the  igth  started 
for  Baltimore,  arriving  there  on  the  2Oth.  From 
that  city  they  went  by  rail  to  Pittsburg,  where 
they  were  discharged  two  days  later.  Mr. 
Andrew  arrived  at  his  home  December  24,  1864. 
During  the  two  years  following  he  assisted  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  home  farm. 

February  14,  1867,  Mr.  Andrew  married  Sarah 
Loviua  Day,  of  Washington  County,  Pa.     After- 


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ward  he  removed  to  Edgar  County,  111.,  where 
he  rented  a  farm.  In  1871  he  came  to  Colorado, 
arriving  in  Denver  with  a  drove  of  horses  the 
latter  part  of  February.  Coming  through  to 
Boulder,  he  purchased  a  farm  of  eighty  acres 
three  miles  east  of  this  city  and  here  he  began 
as  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser.  In  the  spring  of 
1876  he  sold  his  place  and  for  five  years  farmed 
as  a  renter,  after  which,  in  1881,  he  bought  one 
hundred  and  twenty  acres,  seventy  acres  of  which 
comprises  his  present  farm.  Fraternally  he  is 
a  member  of  Centennial  State  Lodge  No.  8, 
A.  O.  U.  W.,  and  Nathaniel  Lyon  Post  No. 
5,  G.  A.  R.  He  and  his  wife  became  the 
parents  of  nine  children,  but  have  been  bereaved 
by  the  loss  of  six,  only  three  now  living.  Hilliard 
S.,  who  was  a  student  in  the  State  University 
for  two  years,  is  engaged  in  mining  in  Eldora; 
Henry  O.,  a  graduate  of  the  State  University, 
is  now  studying  law;  and  Ida  M.is  a  student  in 
the  Boulder  high  school.  The  family  are  active 
in  the  work  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  In 
politics  he  is  a  member  of  the  People's  party. 


HERMAN  S.  YOUTSEY,  county  treasurer 
of  Larimer  County,  was  born  near  Sey- 
mour, Jackson  County,  Ind.,  December  31, 
1842,  a  son  of  Peter  and  Mary  (Hays)  Youtsey. 
His  father,  who  was  born  near  Circleville,  Ohio, 
was  a  son  of  Peter  Youtsey,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, of  German  descent,  and  a  pioneer  of  Ohio, 
later  of  Missouri,  where  he  died.  Purchasing  an 
unimproved  tract  of  land  in  Jackson  County,  Peter 
Youtsey,  Jr. ,  engaged  in  its  cultivation  until  1852, 
when  he  removed  to  Iowa  and  settled  near  Chari- 
ton,  Lucas  County,  where  he  engaged  in  farm 
pursuits  until  his  death.  In  the  latter  parfof  his 
life  he  spent  some  time  in  Colorado,  but  had  no 
thought  of  permanently  locating  here,  as  his  in- 
terests were  elsewhere.  In  religion  he  was  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  Christian  Church.  His 
death  occurred  in  1888,  when  he  was  eighty-one 
years  of  age. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  born  near  old 
Fort  Bologna,  on  Driftwood  Fork  of  the  White 
River,  in  Indiana.  Her  father,  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky, served  in  the  war  of  1812  and  was  killed 
in  an  Indian  fight  that  took  place  near  Fort 
Bologna  in  1813.  His  father,  who  probably  came 
from  Virginia,  was  killed  by  Indians_in  Kentucky. 


Mrs.  Mary  Youtsey  was  reared  on  the  frontier 
and  had  few  advantages,  but  was  a  well-informed 
woman  nevertheless.  She  died  in  Kansas  in 
1886,  near  Great  Bend,  when  almost  eighty  years 
of  age.  In  her  family  there  were  eight  children, 
namely:  Malinda  C.,  Mrs.  Stout,  who  died  in 
Iowa;  Melissa,  Mrs.  Scott,  of  Kansas;  Cordelia, 
Mrs.  Goltry,  of  Russell,  Iowa;  Columbus,  who 
died  in  Carthage,  Mo.,  in  1896;  Farilla,  Mrs. 
McGill,  of  Great  Bend,  Kan.;  John  J.,  of  Love- 
land,  Colo.,  a  retired  physician;  Herman  S.;  and 
Sarah,  who  died  in  Iowa  when  a  young  lady. 

When  about  ten  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Iowa,  travel- 
ing through  Illinois  in  a  "prairie  schooner,"  and 
crossing  the  Illinois  River  at  Peoria  and  the  Mis- 
sissippi at  Burlington.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm 
at  Chariton.  His  education,  primarily  acquired 
in  public  schools,  was  supplemented  by  an  attend- 
ance of  almost  three  years  at  Oskaloosa  College. 
During  the  vacation  months  he  engaged  in  teach- 
ing. Upon  leaving  college  he  embarked  in  the 
mercantile  business,  continuing  thus  engaged 
until  1871,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
secured  a  position  as  teacher  in  the  Boulder 
school.  His  brother,  John  J. ,  had  come  to  Colo- 
rado in  1864,  and  he  was  induced  to  come  hither 
through  favorable  reports  of  the  country.  In 
1877,  after  having  taught  for  a  time  and  engaged 
as  deputy  assessor  of  Boulder  County  for  two 
years,  he  removed  to  the  Big  Thompson  Valley, 
where  he  proved  up  a  homestead,  to  which  he 
added  until  he  became  the  owner  of  two  hundred 
and  forty  acres,  devoted  to  general  farming.  In 
1895  he  sold  this  place,  and  has  since  given  his 
attention  entirely  to  official  duties. 

In  1881,  on  the  Greenback  ticket,  Mr.  Youtsey 
was  elected  county  assessor  and  two  years  later 
he  was  re-elected,  serving  from  January,  1882,  to 
January,  1886,  two  terms,  with  office  in  the  old 
courthouse.  He  was  then  continued  as  deputy 
assessor  until  January,  1892,  and  meantime,  in 
1888,  took  possession  of  the  assessor's  office  in 
the  new  courthouse.  In  1892  he  was  appointed 
deputy  county  treasurer,  which  he  held  under 
F.  P.  Stover  and  J.  L.  Thomas,  two  terms.  In 
1897,  on  the  People's  party  ticket,  he  was  elected 
by  a  good  majority,  being  the  only  successful 
candidate  on  that  ticket.  He  took  the  oath  of 
office  January  i,  1898,  for  two  years.  He  has 
been  connected  with  Larimer  County  offices  for  a 


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longer  period  than  an)'  other  officer.  His  record 
is  an  excellent  one,  showing  that  he  is  faithful  to 
every  duty  and  energetic  in  his  work.  He  is  a 
firm  believer  in  silver  money  and  thinks  that 
those  who  champion  the  cause  of  silver  should 
unite,  sinking  other  differences  regarding  tariff, 
etc.,  and  making  the  money  question  the  sole 
issue. 

In  November,  1875,  in  Boulder,  Mr.  Youtsey 
married  Miss  Alice  Stephens,  who  was  born  in 
Ohio,  and  in  1870  accompanied  her  father, 
Robert  Stephens,  to  Colorado,  joining  the  Union 
colony  at  Greeley,  but  removing  in  1874  to 
Boulder  County  and  settling  upon  a  farm  near 
Longmont.  The  two  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Youtsey  are  Floyd  S.  and  Otho  E.,  nineteen  and 
ten  years  of  age  respectively.  The  older  son  was 
in  the  draughting  department  of  the  Cambria 
Iron  Works  for  two  years,  and  is  now  a  student 
in  the  State  Agricultural  College. 


Cf  EORGE  A.  ANDREWS  is  one  of  the  hon- 
|_  ored  citizens  of  Boulder,  of  which  place  he 
^_J  was  one  of  the  pioneers,  as  he  came  here 
during  the  Civil  war.  He  has  been  a  witness  of 
great  changes  in  the  more  than  thirty-five  years 
that  have  elapsed  since  his  arrival  here,  and  has 
done  not  a  little  toward  the  development  of  this 
town.  He  has  himself  put  up  buildings  here  on 
land  where  he  has  seen  deer  and  other  wild  game 
roaming,  and  when  it  was  proposed  to  locate  the 
state  university  here,  he  was  one  of  the  most  in- 
fluential in  securing  the  institution,  and  donated 
twenty  acres  of  land  for  the  purpose.  All  public 
improvements  have  always  been  warmly  advo- 
cated by  him,  and  his  ballot  is  sure  to  be  cast  on 
the  side  of  progress. 

A  son  of  Asa  and  Ruth  (Kettdrick)  Andrews, 
our  subject  was  born  in  Saco,  Me.,  June  6,  1832, 
being  one  of  their  ten  children.  Albert  served 
during  the  Civil  war  in  the  Union  army.  John 
William,  another  son,  served  in  the  United  States 
navy  in  the  conflict  between  the  North  and  South. 
The  Andrews  family  is  of  Scotch-English  extrac- 
tion. Asa  Andrews  was  a  native  of  Maine,  and 
was  occupied  in  conducting  a  merchant  tailoring 
establishment  in  the  town  of  Saco  up  to  1835, 
when  he  retired  and  spent  his  last  years  upon  his 
farm  in  that  vicinity.  He  died  in  1843,  when  but 
fifty-five  years  of  age.  His  wife,  likewise  a  native 


of  Maine,  lived  to  be  eighty-four  years  of  age, 
her  death  occurring  in  1878.  Her  father,  Captain 
Kendrick,  was  master  of  his  own  vessel,  which 
was  engaged  in  the  coasting  trade  in  Atlantic 
waters,  and  her  mother  was  a  Miss  Warren,  of 
Massachusetts  Quaker  stock.  She  lived  to  be 
eighty-seven  years  old.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrews 
were  identified  with  the  Presbyterian  Church 
and  were  exemplary  Christians,  beloved  by  all 
who  knew  them. 

George  Andrews  was  reared  in  his  native  town, 
and  received  his  education  in  the  higher  branches 
of  learning  in  the  Saco  Academy.  When  in  his 
eighteenth  year  he  went  to  Lawrence,  Mass., 
where  he  served  a  two-years'  apprenticeship  to 
the  carpenter's  trade.  Then  he  worked  at  his 
calling  in  New  York  City  up  to  1853,  and  for  the 
following  four  years  engaged  in  contracting  in 
Massachusetts.  In  1857  he  turned  his  face  west- 
ward, and  was  a  resident  of  Galva,  111.,  for  the 
next  six  years.  May  i,  1863,  he  started  for 
Colorado,  reaching  here  after  a  journey  of  about 
two  months.  Coming  across  the  plains  he  drove 
two  yoke  of  oxen  and  two  yoke  of  cows,  and  took 
the  route  up  the  Platte  River,  by  way  of  Platts- 
mouth,  Neb.  July  2,  1863,  he  arrived  in  Boulder 
County,  having  made  good  time  in  his  long  trip. 
With  Charles  Hamblin  he  located  on  a  ranch  ad- 
joining the  present  town  on  the  southeast,  and 
improved  the  property.  The  succeeding  year 
they  divided  the  land,  Mr.  Andrews  becoming 
the  owner  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  He 
continued  to  cultivate  this  place  and  live  thereon 
until  1 869,  when  he  changed  his  place  of  residence 
to  the  town.  He  rented  his  farm  up  to  1874  and 
then  sold  the  place.  The  first  flour-mill  put  up 
in  Boulder  was  the  Sternberg  mill,  built  in  1872 
on  his  land.  In  1869  he  established  a  general 
merchandise  store  here,  but  sold  out  two  years 
later.  He  built  and  still  owns  a  store  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Pearl  and  Thirteenth  streets,  and  erected 
his  comfortable  house  at  Walnut  and  Nineteenth 
streets.  In  his  numerous  business  ventures  he 
has  been  quite  successful,  as  he  has  exercised 
good  j  udgment  and  forethought  and  has  been  fair 
and  just  in  all  his  dealings.  He  possesses  the 
respect  of  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances  and 
friends,  and  justly  deserves  their  esteem. 

April  13,  1857,  Mr.  Andrews  married  Miss 
Mary  A.  Ellsworth,  of  Massachusetts.  Her 
father,  James  Ellsworth,  was  an  officer  in  the 


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United  States  navy,  before  and  during  the  Civil 
war.  Of  the  four  children  born  to  our  subject 
and  wife  two  are  living,  and  all  were  educated  in 
the  University  of  Colorado.  Charles  died  when 
in  his  thirty-third  year.  Mina  is  Mrs.  Maulford 
Whiteley,  of  Boulder;  Susie  May  married  Victor 
Gothe,  of  Denver,  and  died  September  15,  1898; 
Frances  R.  is  at  home  with  her  parents. 

Mr.  Andrews  was  initiated  into  the  Masonic 
order  when  he  was  a  resident  of  Galva,  111.,  and 
is  now  a  demitted  member.  He  belonged  to  the 
Odd  Fellows'  society  when  he  was  a  young  man, 
in  Massachusetts.  He  is  connected  with  the 
Boulder  Building  and  Loan  Association.  Since 
the  days  of  Fremont  he  has  been  an  ardent  Re- 
publican. 


EORGE  F.  FONDA,  one  of  the  most  enter- 

b  prising  and  successful  of  Boulder's  business 
men,  is  vice-president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  this  place  and  is  financially  interested  in 
many  local  concerns  and  industries  which  are  of 
benefit  to  this  community.  He  has  been  a  res- 
ident of  Boulder  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury, or  his  entire  adult  life,  and  his  own  career 
has  been  closely  associated  with  the  upbuilding 
and  development  of  the  town. 

The  Fonda  family  is  of  Holland-Dutch  extrac- 
tion. The  founder  of  the  American  branch  in 
this  country  settled  here  in  1654,  and  represent- 
atives of  the  family  have  been  prominently 
connected  with  every  war  in  which  our  govern- 
ment has  since  figured,  except  war  with  Spain. 
The  name  is  found  in  the  history  of  the  war  of 
the  Revolution,  the  war  of  1812,  the  Mexican 
war  and  the  Civil  war.  Gen.  John  G.  Fonda, 
after  serving  in  the  war  with  Mexico,  became  a 
general  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion;  he.was  a 
civil  engineer  by  occupation. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  are  Henry  D.  and 
Catherine  (Farrell)  Fonda,  who  were  natives  of 
the  Mohawk  Valley,  N.  Y.  ,  and  of  Pennsylvania, 
respectively.  The  father  was  a  civil  engineer, 
and  for  years  in  the  early  days  of  the  New  York 
Central  &  Hudson  River  Railroad  he  was  em- 
ployed in  that  capacity  by  the  company.  Later 
he  removed  to  Illinois,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Hancock  County,  near  the  town  of  Augusta. 
He  was  county  surveyor  there  for  five  terms  and 
helped  drive  the  Mormons  out  of  Hancock 
County  when  they  became  obnoxious  to  the 


citizens.  In  1874  Mr.  Fonda  came  to  Colorado, 
and  taking  up  his  abode  in  Boulder,  practiced 
civil  engineering  and  mineral  surveying  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  at  sixty-nine  years  of  age. 
He  was  married  in  Peoria,  111.,  and  his  widow  is 
now  a  resident  of  Denver.  Of  their  ten  children, 
all  but  one  is  living. 

G.  F.  Fonda  was  born  in  Augusta,  111.,  and 
passed  the  first  thirteen  years  of  his  life  in  that 
state.  In  1874  he  came  to  Boulder,  where  his 
brother,  Ghiles  H.,  was  in  the  drug  business,  his 
store  being  situated  on  the  land  now  owned  by 
our  subject,  and  on  which  he  has  since  built  a 
substantial  two-story  and  basement  building, 
modern,  heated  by  steam  and  lighted  by  elec- 
tricity. Soon  after  his  arrival  here  he  began  to 
work  for  his  brother  in  the  drug  store,  with  a 
view  to  learning  the  business.  He  received 
jfio  a  month  at  first  and  gradually  a  larger 
salary.  He  was  ambitious  and  enterprising,  and 
when  his  brother  determined  to  remove  to  Lead- 
ville  in  1878,  the  youth,  then  but  seventeen  years 
old,  bought  the  business  on  time.  He  studied 
pharmacy  and  by  wisdom  and  judgment  beyond 
his  years  gained  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the 
citizens  and  built  up  a  lucrative  trade.  He  now 
deals  in  wholesale  drugs,  his  patrons  being 
located  in  small  towns  of  this  county  and  ad- 
joining territory,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  he 
controls  the  largest  trade  in  northern  Colorado. 
He  also  keeps  a  fine  line  of  wall-paper,  paints, 
oils,  etc.  For  a  time  he  was  interested  in  the 
manufacture  of  soda-water  and  was  a  dealer  in 
mineral  waters,  but  his  brother  is  now  managing 
that  business.  For  some  years  our  subject  has 
been  vice-president  and  a  director  of  the  Boulder 
Milling  and  Elevator  Company. 

Politically  Mr.  Fonda  is  a  Democrat,  and  was 
elected  alderman  from  the  first  ward,  but  resigned 
before  the  completion  of  his  term.  He  is  past 
master  of  Columbia  Lodge  No.  14,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.; 
belongs  to  Boulder  Chapter  No.  7,  R.  A.  M.  (of 
which  he  is  past  high  priest);  Mount  Sinai  Com- 
mandery  No.  7,  K.  T.,  and  El  Jebel  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  also  is  a  member  of  the 
Uniform  Rank  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  In  the 
Colorado  Pharmaceutical  Association  he  has  been 
vice-president. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Fonda  and  Miss  Mary  E. 
Jones  was  solemnized  in  Boulder  November  26, 


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1879.  Mrs.  Fonda  is  a  native  of  Michigan,  and 
is  a  daughter  of  David  Jones,  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Nederland,  Boulder  County.  She  re- 
ceived her  higher  education  in  the  University  of 
Colorado.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fonda  two  daugh- 
ters were  born,  Elizabeth  and  Catherine. 


EORNELIUS  H.  BOND,  sheriff  of  Larimer 
County,  was  born  in  Guernsey  County, 
Ohio,  across  the  river  from  Wheeling, 
W.  Va. ,  October  9,  1855,  a  son  of  Joshua  H.  and 
Susan  (Huffman)  Bond.  His  father,  who  was 
born  near  Baltimore,  was  a  son  of  Joshua  Bond, 
Sr.,  also  a  native  of  Maryland,  and  a  pioneer 
farmer  of  Ohio.  Two  of  his  brothers  were  sol- 
diers in  the  war  of  1812.  The  family  is  of  Eng- 
lish descent,  but  has  been  identified  with  Amer- 
can  history  since  an  early  period  in  the  settlement 
of  Maryland. 

From  Guernsey  County,  where  he  engaged  in 
farming,  Joshua  H.  Bond  removed  to  Harrison 
County,  Ohio,  where  he  still  resides,  being  now 
seventy-one  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  was 
born  in  Virginia,  died  in  Ohio  in  1880,  when 
forty-nine  years  of  age.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
John  Huffman,  a  circuit  rider  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  and  a  pioneer  missionary,  who 
traveled  on  horseback  with  saddlebags  from  town 
to  town  and  accomplished  much  good  among  the 
frontiersmen.  He  and  his  wife  died  within  fif- 
teen hours  of  each  other  and  were  buried  in  the 
same  grave. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  oldest  of 
seven  children  who  attained  years  of  maturity. 
Of  these  three  sons  and  three  daughters  are  now 
living.  He  was  educated  in  public  schools  and 
an  academy,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty  began  to 
teach,  in  which  work  he  was  engaged  for  four 
years,  being  principal  of  a  school  for  one  year. 
March  7,  1879,  he  started  for  Colorado,  and  on 
reaching  this  state  located  in  Loveland,  where  he 
secured  employment  on  a  ranch.  Later  he 
clerked  in  a  store.  In  1885,  with  a  partner,  he 
started  in  the  grocery  business  in  Loveland, 
but  after  two  years  closed  out  the  business  and 
resumed  work  as  a  clerk.  For  two  years  he  was 
with  Mr.  Seaman  in  the  general  merchandise 
business  as  a  partner,  but  then  sold  his  interest 
and  again  embarked  in  the  grocery  business.  On 
retiring  from  that  business  he  represented  the 
Deering  Harvester  Company. 


On  the  Republican  ticket,  in  1895,  Mr.  Bond 
was  elected  sheriff  of  Larimer  County.  Two 
years  later  he  was  re  elected  as  the  nominee  of 
the  silver  Republicans,  endorsed  by  the  Demo- 
crats. He  received  a  plurality  of  twelve  hun- 
dred and  thirty-four,  which  was  the  largest  re- 
ceived by  any  of  the  candidates  elected  at  that 
time.  He  held  the  office  from  January,  1896,  to 
January,  1898,  and  his  present  term  extends  from 
January,  1898,  to  January,  1900.  Whilein  Love- 
land  he  was  alderman  for  several  terms.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  U.  R.,  in  Fort  Collins,  .the  Woodmen  of 
the  World  in  Loveland,  the  Eastern  Star,  and  was 
made  a  Mason  in  Loveland  Lodge  No.  53, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

In  Loveland,  in  1888,  Mr.  Bond  married  Miss 
Frona  Sullivan,  who  was  born  in  Iowa  and  died 
February  20,  1895,  leaving  a  daughter,  Doris. 
The  second  marriage  of  Mr.  Bond  united  him 
with  Miss  Alma  Sanborn,  who  was  born  in 
Guernsey  County,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of  George 
W.  Sanborn,  of  Vermont.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bond 
are  the  parents  of  two  children,  twins,  Frank 
and  Florence. 


fDQALTERA.  CHAMBERLAIN  is  one  of  the 

\  A  /  most  popular  and  enterprising  young  men 
V  V  of  Boulder.  He  was  born  near  Council 
Bluffs,  Iowa,  September  23, 1859,  and  is  the  son  of 
William  G.  and  Frances  Rogers  (Allen)  Cham- 
berlain. His  father,  whose  history  is  given 
among  the  representative  citizens  of  Denver,  was 
for  many  years  a  resident  of  Peru,  South  America, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
silk,  and  after  returning  to  the  states  located  in 
Colorado  and  established  a  large  photograph 
gallery,  and  gave  to  the  public  the  first  views  of 
Colorado  scenery.  He  married  Frances  Rogers 
Allen,  an  English  lady,  living  with  her  parents 
in  Lima,  Peru,  and  at  present  both  reside  in 
Denver.  Six  children  were  born  to  them,  of 
whom  four  are  living,  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 
The  youngest  of  the  family,  our  subject,  was 
reared  in  Denver,  and  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  until  he  reached  his  sixteenth  year, 
when  he  entered  his  father's  store  on  Larimer 
and  Fifteenth  streets  and  learned  the  business 
under  him.  He  afterwards  accepted  a  position 
with  W.  H.  Jackson,  in  the  same  business,  and 
remained  with  him  eleven  years.  He  there 


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finished  some  of  the  finest  mountain  sceneries 
ever  printed.  He  was  the  first  man  in  the  west 
to  make  prints,  and  is  credited  with  making  the 
first  and  largest  section,  or  panoramic  pictures. 
In  1892  he  resigned  this  position  to  take  charge 
of  the  Chamberlain  sampling  works  in  Boulder. 
W.  J.  Chamberlain  &  Co.  have  branch  works 
in  Georgetown,  Blackhawk  and  Denver,  be- 
sides the  one  in  Boulder.  This  is  a  steam  plant, 
with  a  capacity  of  thirty  tons  and  is  the  oldest  of 
the  kind  in  Boulder.  The  company  do  crush- 
ing and  assaying,  and  purchase  a  large  quantity 
of  ore  outright. 

He  was  married  in  Denver  to  Miss  Jennie 
Herrick,  daughter  of  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  a  na- 
tive of  Indiana.  Their  union  has  been  blessed 
with  three  children:  Estes  H.,  Hyla  K.  and 
Helena  F.  He  is  one  of  the  officers  of  Columbia 
Lodge  No.  14,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  a  past  officer  in. 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Knights  of  the 
Maccabees.  He  is  treasurer  in  the  Fraternal  Aid 
and  Woodman  Circle,  and  holds  the  same  office  in 
the  Select  Knights  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen.  He  was  a  member  of  the  old  gov- 
ernment guards,  state  milita  for  three  years,  and 
joined  the  Archer  Hose  Company  of  Denver  as  a 
torch  boy.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  Boulder 
Hose  Company  and  is  serving  the  third  term  as 
foreman.  He  is  a  Republican,  but  is  not  an 
active  politician. 


HNIVERSITY  OF  COLORADO.  Adjoining 
the  city  of  Boulder  and  overlooking  it  from 
the  high  ground  on  the  south  side  of  Boulder 
Creek  stand  the  buildings  that  comprise  the  Uni- 
versity of  Colorado.  The  scenery  is  incompa- 
rable. To  the  west  may  be  seen  the  highest'foot- 
hills  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  and  far  in  the  dis- 
tance gleam  the  snow-ca pped  heights  of  Arapahoe 
Peak.  As  the  eye  turns  to  the  south,  there  may 
be  seen  the  beautiful  mesas;  while  the  entire  ex- 
panse to  the  north  shows  fertile  plains,  where  the 
summer  sun  falls  on  green  fields  and  tiny  lakes. 

The  history  of  the  University  of  Colorado  dates 
back  to  1 86 1,  when  the  legislature  enacted  its 
establishment  at  Boulder.  Nothing,  however, 
was  done  toward  opening  the  institution  for  some 
years.  In  1871  fifty-two  acres  of  land,  valued  at 
$5,000,  were  given  for  university  grounds,  and 


three  years  later  the  legislature  of  the  then  terri- 
tory appropriated  $15,000,  which  sum  was  doubled 
by  the  citizens  of  Boulder.  In  1875  congress  set 
apart  seventy- two  sections  of  land  for  the  support 
of  the  university.  The  next  year  the  territory 
became  a  state,  and  the  constitution  provided  that 
the  university  should  become  a  state  institution, 
and  thus  be  entitled  to  the  lands  appropriated  by 
congress.  The  first  general  assembly  of  the  state 
made  provision  for  its  permanent  support  by  levy- 
ing a  tax  of  one-fifth  of  a  mill  upon  the  property 
of  the  state;  also,  for  a  fund  to  be  secured  by  the 
sale  of  laud  granted  by  the  United  States. 

In  September,  1877,  the  university  opened  for 
the  reception  of  students.  There  were  two  in- 
structors and  forty-four  pupils.  In  1878  the  gen- 
eral assembly  appropriated  $7,000  for  apparatus, 
furniture,  etc.  Five  years  later  a  special  fund 
was  created  by  a  tax  of  one-fifth  of  a  mill  for  1883 
and  1884,  which  yielded  $40,000,  and  was  expend- 
ed for  apparatus,  additional  buildings,  etc.  The 
university  is  maintained  by  a  tax  levy  of  one-fifth 
of  a  mill  on  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  property 
of  the  state.  In  1891  a  special  appropriation  of 
$30,000  was  made,  which  was  used  toward  the 
erection  of  the  Hale  Scientific  Building,  a  beauti- 
ful structure  of  modern  style  of  architecture.  Be- 
ginning with  the  general  assembly  of  1893,  a 
large  special  appropriation  in  addition  to  the  one- 
fifth  mill  has  been  made  for  each  biennial  period. 

From  time  to  time  different  departments  have 
been  added  to  the  university,  until  it  now  com- 
prises the  following:  College  of  Liberal  Arts, 
Graduate  Courses,  Colorado  School  of  Applied 
Science,  Colorado  School  of  Medicine,  Colorado 
School  of  Law  and  Colorado  State  Preparatory 
School.  In  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  four 
bachelor  degrees  are  conferred,  A.  B. ,  Ph.  B., 
B.  L.  and  B.  S.  These  courses  have  in  common 
certain  basic  studies,  but  are  differentiated  by 
characteristic  studies  for  each  degree.  Group 
election  has  recently  become  an  important  feature 
of  the  curriculum.  The  graduate  degrees  are: 
M.  A.,  M.  S.  and  Ph.  D. 

The  School  of  Law  was  opened  in  September, 
1892,  and  is  conducted  upon  the  most  advanced 
methods  of  legal  instruction.  Special  attention  is 
given  to  mining  and  irrigation  law,  in  which  a 
Colorado  attorney  needs  to  be  well  grounded;  as 
well  as  in  the  broader  realm  of  national  and  inter- 
national law.  The  student  is  grounded  in  the 


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principles  of  English  and  American  law,  while 
unusual  phases  of  the  law  are  presented  in  lectures 
by  the  most  distinguished  jurists  of  the  Rocky 
Mountain  region. 

The  School  of  Applied  Science  was  established 
in  1893.  Its  advantages  are  apparent  to  all  who 
are  familiar  with  the  requirements  of  a  high  citi- 
zenship in  Colorado.  The  requirements  for  ad- 
mission are  the  same  as  in  the  College  of  Liberal 
Arts.  The  principle  is  carried  into  practice  here 
that  thorough  training  on  theory,  followed  by  the 
application  of  theory  to  practice,  is  the  only  ra- 
tional preparation  for  engineering. 

The  School  of  Medicine  was  the  first  profes- 
sional department  established  in  the  university. 
Since  the  reorganization  of  the  school  in  1892,  its 
growth  has  been  rapid.  A  hospital  has  been  erec- 
ted near  the  university  grounds.  The  school  has 
a  large  corps  of  professors,  lecturers  and  assist- 
ants. The  medical  course  extends  over  four 
years,  of  nine  months  each.  A  very  high  stand- 
ard of  training  is  maintained  in  the  school. 

The  State  Preparatory  School,  conducted  by 
the  university,  has  for  its  object  the  attainment 
of  a  high  standard  of  college  preparatory  educa- 
tion. This  school  occupies  a  substantial  building 
in  the  center  of  Boulder,  and  is  furnished  with 
laboratories,  library  and  other  facilities. 

The  School  of  Music,  technically,  is  not  a  de- 
partment of  the  university,  but  was  organized  to 
promote  musical  culture  throughout  the  state. 

It  is  the  pride  of  the  Colorado  people  that  no- 
where in  the  United  States  can  a  classical  educa- 
tion be  secured  at  less  cost  than  in  the  State  Uni- 
versity. The  tuition  is  as  free  as  the  Colorado 
sunshine  and  pure  air.  Here  the  young  men  and 
women  of  the  state  may  obtain  an  education  equal 
to  that  to  be  obtained  in  the  best  universities  of 
the  land.  That  the  people  appreciate  the  advan- 
tages offered  is  shown  by  the  enrollment,  includ- 
ing the  Preparatory  School,  of  more  than  seven 
hundred  students. 

There  are  now  twelve  university  buildings  on 
the  campus.  The  Medical,  Chemical,  Engineering 
buildings  and  the  gymnasium  were  dedicated  in 
1898,  three  years  after  the  dedication  of  the  Hale 
Scientific  building.  The  engineering  building, 
as  thus  completed,  contains  twelve  rooms,  besides 
well-equipped  shops,  and  is  a  model  of  its  kind. 
The  gymnasium,  which  is  80x40,  adjoins  the  ath- 
letic field,  and  its  entire  space  is  thrown  into  one 


hall,  provided  with  a  platform  at  one  end  and  a 
gallery  at  the  other. 

Having  existed  as  a  university  for  twenty- one 
years,  the  Colorado  State  University  may  now  be 
said  to  have  attained  its  majority,  and  what  it 
has  already  accomplished  may  be  taken  as  an 
index  of  what  it  will  accomplish  in  the  future. 
Its  work  has  been  definite  and  far  reaching.  It 
has  awakened  in  young  men  and  women  a  desire 
for  knowledge  and  an  ambition  to  broaden  their 
mental  horizons.  It  has  developed  their  mind, 
enlarged  their  aspirations  and  uplifted  their 
thoughts.  What  it  has  done  in  the  past  it  will 
do  in  a  larger  measure  in  the  future.  In  the  en- 
lightened citizenship  of  the  state,  in  the  refine- 
ment of  its  daughters  and  the  statesmanship  of  its 
sons,  the  good  accomplished  by  the  university 
will  live  through  countless  years  to  come. 


QAMES  H.  BAKER,  A.  M.,  LL.  D., 

I  dent  of  the  University  of  Colorado,  was 
O  born  in  Harmony,  Me.,  October  13,  1848,  a 
son  of  Wesley  and  Lucy  (Hutchins)  Baker, 
natives  of  Harmony  and  New  Portland,  Me., 
respectively.  His  grandfather,  Lemuel,  was  a 
son  of  Joseph  Baker,  a  native  of  Massachusetts. 
Agriculture  has  been  the  principal  occupation  of 
the  family  and  longevity  noticeable  among  its 
members.  James  Hutchins,  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Lucy  Baker,  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  legis- 
lature. Josiah  Parker,  her  grandfather,  was  a 
member  of  General  Washington's  bodyguard. 

In  1869  the  subject  of  this  sketch  entered  Bates 
College  at  Lewiston,  Me.,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  1873,  and  afterward  he  was  employed  as 
principal  of  the  Yarmouth  (Me.)  high  school. 
Resigning  that  position  in  1875,  he  came  west  to 
take  charge  of  the  Denver  high  school.  His 
influence  in  that  city  was  felt  from  the  first.  He 
kept  abreast  with  the  most  advanced  educational 
methods  of  the  times  and  was  quick  to  adopt  their 
most  desirable  features,  applying  them,  with  such 
modifications  as  he  thought  best,  in  his  own  field 
of  labor.  During  the  seventeen  years  of  his 
service  in  Denver,  the  attendance  increased  from 
fifty  pupils  to  seven  hundred  and  one  of  the  finest 
high  school  buildings  in  the  country  was  erected. 

While  at  the  head  of  the  Denver  high  school, 
Mr.  Baker  took  an  active  part  in  the  educational 
work  of  the  state.  He  became  active  in  the  work 


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of  the  State  Teachers'  Association,  and  in  1880 
served  as  its  president,  while  five  years  later  he 
was  made  president  of  the  high  school  and  college 
section.  In  1886  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
National  Council  of  Education,  and  in  1890  he 
served  as  its  chairman  on  the  relation  of  high 
schools  to  colleges.  In  1891  he  was  elected  as 
president  of  the  highest  educational  council  in  the 
United  States. 

In  January,  1892,  Mr.  Baker  accepted  the 
presidency  of  the  State  University  of  Colorado. 
His  influence  has  been  wonderfully  apparent  in 
the  increased  usefulness  of  the  university  and  its 
enlarged  attendance.  Under  his  leadership,  the 
school  has  attained  an  enviable  reputation  abroad 
and  in  every  town  of  the  state,  and  the  university 
has  become  the  pride  of  every  educator  in  the 
state  as  well  as  of  every  citizen  in  Boulder.  Al- 
though the  growth  in  the  number  of  students  has 
been  remarkably  rapid,  the  standards  and  effici- 
ency of  the  various  departments  at  the  same  time 
have  been  constantly  improved.  That  the  char- 
acter of  the  work  done  in  the  University  of  Colo- 
rado is  widely  recognized  appears  in  many  ways, 
but  in  none  more  notably  than  in  an  editorial 
recently  published  in  Minerva,  the  German  year- 
book of  the  educational  world.  This  ranks  the 
University  of  Colorado  amongst  the  first  eleven 
American  universities  and  the  first  fi%-e  state 
universities.  This  estimate  is  based  upon  fac- 
ulties, facilities,  standards  and  character  of 
graduate  work. 

In  1883  President  Baker  was  the  orator  of  the 
day  before  the  Alumni  Association  of  his  alma 
mater,  and  that  institution  in  1892  conferred 
upon  him  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  committee  of  ten  that  made  the 
famous  report  on  secondary  education  in  the 
United  States  and  was  the  one  who  origiriated 
the  scheme  of  such  an  investigation.  His  "Ele- 
mentary Psychology"  was  published  in  1890, 
besides  which  he  has  written  many  valuable 
papers  and  delivered  many  important  addresses. 
His  psychology  has  been  extensively  used  as  a 
text  book,  both  in  high  school  and  academies. 
Besides  his  regular  work  he  has  been  a  constant 
student  of  psychology  and  philosophy  and  has 
also  kept  in  touch  with  developments  made  in 
other  lines  of  scientific  thought. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Baker  took  place  in  Den- 
ver, his  wife  being  Miss  Jennie  V.  Hilton, 


who  was  born  in  New  York  state.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  V.  Hilton,  who  was  a 
Congregational  clergyman  in  Boston,  and  later 
in  Denver.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  have  two  chil- 
dren, Hilton  and  Helen. 


REVILO  LOVELAND,  who  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  the  government  employ  in  1857,  has 
made  his  home  in  Fort  Collins  since  1895. 
He  was  born  in  Durham,  Middlesex  County, 
Conn.,  in  March,  1838,  and  was  the  oldest  of 
three  children,  his  sister  being  Mrs.  Ellen  Isbell, 
of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  while  his  brother,  El- 
bridge,  was  a  sailor.  His  father,  Isaac  Loveland, 
was  born  in  Durham,  and  was  a  descendant  of 
one  of  the  first  settlers  at  Say  brook,  Middlesex 
County.  For  years  he  engaged  in  farming  at 
Durham,  but  in  1866  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
settled  on  the  Cache  la  Poudre  River,  where  he 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  until  his  death, 
in  1890,  at  seventy -eight  years.  His  wife,  Susan 
Hall,  was  born  in  Killing  worth,  Middlesex 
County,  member  of  an  old  Connecticut  family;  she 
died  at  Durham  when  her  children  were  young. 

It  was  in  the  summer  of  1857  tnat  our  subject 
joined  a  government  expedition  that  started  from 
Fort  Leavenworth  and  afterward  divided,  part 
going  up  the  Platte  under  Colonel  Sumner  and 
the  remainder  going  up  the  Arkansas  to  a  point 
below  the  mouth  of  the  Cache  la  Poudre.  The 
latter  expedition  our  subject  accompanied,  under 
Major  Sedgwick,  traveling  with  mule-train  up  the 
Arkansas  and  meeting  the  other  expedition  at  a 
point  previously  arranged,  after  which  Colonel 
Sumner  took  command  of  the  entire  force.  They 
encountered  the  Indians  and  had  a  fight  with 
them  on  Solomon's  Fork.  In  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  the  train  returned  to  Leavenworth.  From 
that  time  until  1861  Mr.  Loveland  continued  in 
the  government  service  every  summer  on  the 
plains.  In  1858  he  went  to  Utah  on  a  Mormon 
expedition.  The  next  year  he  drove  the  team  of 
the  Smoky  Hill  Express,  owned  by  Jones  &  Rus- 
sell, between  Leavenworth  and  Denver,  and  later 
he  was  employed  by  the  same  firm  in  herding 
mules.  In  1860  he  went  to  New  Mexico  for  the 
government. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Loveland  was  wagon 
master,  also  inspector  and  receiver  of  horses,  in 
the  west  and  southwest.  In  the  siege  of  Vicks- 


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burg  he  was  taken  sick  and  afterward  spent  a  year 
in  Rolla  and  Springfield,  Mo.  In  the  spring  of 
1864  he  was  discharged  at  Springfield,  Mo.,  and 
in  the  summer  of  the  same  year  he  again  came  to 
Colorado.  This  time  he  settled  in  Larimer 
County,  twelve  miles  southeast  of  the  present 
site  of  Fort  Collins,  on  the  Cache  la  Poudre, 
where  he  took  a  homestead  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres,  and,  with  two  others,  made  a  private 
ditch.  He  continued  raising  stock  and  farm 
products  on  that  place  until  1895,  when  he  sold 
out  and  bought  a  home  in  Fort  Collins. 

Politically  Mr.  Loveland  is  a  pronounced  Re- 
publican. He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Collins 
Lodge  No.  19,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  1876  he  was 
elected  county  commissioner  and  served  in  that 
capacity  for  one  term  of  three  years.  In  Greeley 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Sarah  Car- 
penter, a  native  of  Ohio,  and  daughter  of  Daniel 
Carpenter,  a  member  of  the  Union  colony,  com- 
ing to  Greeley  in  1871. 


K.  PEASLEY,  deceased,  was  a 
|_  leading  representative  of  the  business  inter- 
\^Jl  ests  of  Greeley,  where  he  was  extensively 
engaged  in  buying  and  shipping  stock,  and  also 
conducted  a  hardware  business,  and  was  a  di- 
rector in  the  First  National  Bank.  Of  excellent 
business  ability  and  broad  resources,  he  attained 
a  prominent  place  among  the  substantial  citizens 
of  Weld  County,  and  was  a  recognized  leader  in 
public  affairs.  He  won  success  by  his  well-di- 
rected, energetic  efforts,  and  the  prosperity  that 
came  to  him  was  certainly  well  deserved. 

Mr.  Peasley  was  born  in  Burlington,  Iowa, 
August  15,  1847,  and  was  a  son  of  John  F.  and 
Lucretia  Peasley,  representative  of  a  well-known 
and  highly  respected  family  of  Illinois.  Our 
subject  was  successfully  engaged  in  farming  in 
Henderson  County  until  1880,  when  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  located  at  Evans,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  business  for  about  three  years  with 
Capt.  B.  D.  Harper,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Harper,  Peasley  &  Co.  He  then  came  to  Gree- 
ley, where  the  company  was  later  re-organized 
under  the  name  of  the  Illinois  Live  Stock  Com- 
pany, with  Mr.  Peasley  as  general  manager.  He 
and  his  brother-in-law,  Nat.  Bruen,  of  Hen- 
derson County,  111.,  probably  did  more  to  raise 
the  quality  and  standard  of  roadsters  and  track 


horses  in  that  and  adjoining  counties  than  any 
other  two  individuals.  They  owned  the  noted 
horses  Egmont  and  Fame,  brought  from  Ken- 
tucky, and  many  of  Egmont's  colts  have  won  a 
world-wide  reputation.  Mr.  Peasley  became  one 
of  the  most  energetic  and  active  business  men  of 
Greeley ;  was  a  member  of  the  hardware  firm  of 
Robie  &  Peasley;  was  a  director  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank ;  owned  an  excellent  farm  of  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land  under  ditch 
in  Weld  County,  and  was  also  interested  in  real 
estate  in  Salt  Lake,  Utah. 

On  the  7th  of  January,  1874,  Mr.  Peasley  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  E.  King,  of  La 
Harpe,  111.,  a  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Jane  (Aus- 
tin) King.  She  grew  to  womanhood  in  her  na- 
tive town,  living  there  until  her  marriage,  when 
she  and  her  husband  located  on  the  old  Peasley 
homestead  in  Henderson  County,  near  the  town 
of  Decorra.  To  them  were  born  four  children, 
namely:  George  S.,  who  died  in  infancy;  Leroy, 
Maude  and  Mabel.  Mr.  Peasley  had  one  sister, 
Mrs.  Nat.  Bruen,  of  Iowa,  and  two  brothers, 
Frank  and  Charles. 

While  shipping  cattle  to  Omaha,  Mr.  Peasley 
was  killed  by  falling  between  the  cars  at  Jules- 
burg  September  17,  1895.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  was  buried 
under  the  auspices  of  both  fraternities,  the 
funeral  services  being  conducted  by  Rev.  O.  J. 
Moore,  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His 
genial,  pleasant  manner  made  him  popular  in 
social'as  well  as  business  circles,  and  he  was  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  in  north- 
ern Colorado,  honored  and  respected  by  all  who 
knew  him. 


HARLES  B.  ANDREWS,  of  Fort  Collins, 
is  the  owner  of  large  landed  tracts  in  Lari- 
mer  County.  His  home  farm,  known  as 
Shadeland,  is  named  from  the  fact  of  the  fine 
grove  of  trees  on  the  place,  which  comprises  one 
hundred  and  twenty  well-improved  acres,  within 
the  city  limits.  His  ranch,  which  is  called  Shet- 
land, takes  its  name  from  the  fact  that  he  long 
raised  Shetland  ponies  on  the  place,  having 
brought  the  first  herd  ever  in  the  state,  and  mak- 
ing from  time  to  time  several  importations  of  ponies. 
Now,  however,  he  gives  his  attention  largely  to 
raising  full-blooded  registered  Herefords,of  which 


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he  has  a  large  number.  Adjoining  Fort  Collins 
to  the  west  he  has  two  hundred  and  forty  acres, 
much  of  which  is  laid  out  in  cherry  and  apple 
orchards.  All  of  his  land  is  under  irrigation, 
and  he  is  interested  in  and  a  director  of  most  of 
the  ditches  on  the  south  side  of  the  Cache  la 
Poudre. 

John  Andrews,  who  was  an  old  laird  of  Scot- 
land, and  owned  the  town  of  Ingleston,  brought 
his  family  to  America  and  settled  in  Allegheny 
City,  Pa.,  where  he  lived  retired.  Like  his  fore- 
fathers, he  was  a  strict  Presbyterian.  His  son, 
Col.  James  Andrews,  was  born  in  Dumfries-shire, 
Scotland.and  engaged  in  contracting,  having  con- 
tracts for  bridges  at  Pittsburg  and  along  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  at  different  places.  With 
Captain  Eades  he  became  interested  in  the  build- 
ing of  the  famous  Eades'  bridge  at  St.  Louis,  and 
contracted  for  the  tunnel  through  that  city  to  the 
Union  depot.  Next,  with  Captain  Eades,  he 
assisted  in  building  the  jetties  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Mississippi,  doing  the  most  of  the  work  on 
money  advanced  by  himself,  not  receiving  any 
money  from  the  government  until  the  completion 
of  the  work.  He  was  engaged  in  building  a 
railroad  across  the  isthmus  at  Tehauntepec  when 
Captain  Eades  died  and  the  work  was  abandoned. 
The  two,  Captain  Eades  and  Colonel  Andrews, 
worked  together  harmoniously  and  successfully, 
the  former  influencing  and  working  with  politi- 
cians, the  latter  carrying  out  practical  plans. 
But  when  Captain  Eades  died,  Colonel  Andrews 
gave  up  the  work,  as  he  had  no  taste  for  working 
with  politicians.  He  embarked  in  the  iron  man- 
ufacturing business  at  Pittsburg,  where  he  bought 
the  Moorehead  and  McLean  foundries,  and  op- 
erated it  as  long  as  he  lived.  In  the  rolling  mills  he 
manufactured  a  fine  grade  of  steel  rails.  He  was 
a  director  in  many  banks,  street  railway  and 
bridge  companies,  and  took  an  active  part  in 
many  local  enterprises.  He  owned  a  beautiful 
home,  known  as  Ingleside,  which  was  situated  in 
Allegheny  City  on  Nunnery  Hill.  There  his 
death  occurred  in  July,  1897,  when  he  was 
seventy-two  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  was 
Maria  Carson,  a  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland, 
accompanied  her  parents  to  Allegheny,  Pa.,  and 
is  still  living  at  Ingleside.  They  were  the  pa- 
rents of  eight  children,  namely:  Mary,  wife  of 
Alexander  Cochran,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Ella,  of 
Allegheny;  Charles  B. ;  Sidney,  who  is  assistant 


solicitor  for  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  and  re- 
sides in  Chicago;  Rie,  of  Allegheny;  Robert,  a 
stockman  owning  a  large  ranch  in  Larimer 
County;  Walter  and  Eades,  who  live  in  Pittsburg. 

In  Allegheny,  Pa.,  where  he  was  born  August 
6,  1854,  Mr.  Andrews  laid  the  foundation  of  his 
education,  which  was  subsequently  enlarged  by 
attendance  at  the  Western  University  of  Pitts- 
burg. On  account  of  ill  health  he  was  obliged  to 
leave  college  prior  to  the  completion  of  the  regu- 
lar course.  Hoping  that  a  change  might  be  ben- 
eficial, he  traveled  through  Florida  and  California. 
In  1871  he  passed  through  Denver,  en  route  to 
California,  and  the  next  year  returned,  settling  in 
Fort  Collins,  where  he  embarked  in  the  stock 
business,  becoming  one  of  the  most  extensive 
cattle  dealers  here.  For  some  time  he  was  inter- 
ested with  Abner  Loomis  in  the  purchase  and 
sale  of  cattle.  He  had  his  range  first  at  Fort 
Casper,  Wyo.,  later  near  the  Black  Hills,  and 
owns  several  thousand  acres  of  land,  all  feuced, 
in  Larimer  County,  at  the  headwaters  of  the 
Cache  la  Poudre.  Besides  other  interests,  he  was 
a  charter  member  of  the  company  that  organized 
the  State  Bank  and  is  now  a  director  in  the  Poudre 
Valley  Bank. 

In  Fort  Collins  Mr.  Andrews  married  Miss 
Julia  Henderson,  in  March,  1881,  who  was  born 
in  La  Grange,  Mo.,  a  daughter  of  John  W.  Hen- 
derson, a  native  of  old  Virginia.  Her  paternal 
grandfather  removed  with  the  family  to  Lewis 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  and  later  his  son  engaged 
in  farming.  In  1880  the  latter  came  to  Leadville, 
but  after  two  years  there,  settled  in  Fort  Collins, 
where  he  is  now  superintendent  of  two  ditches. 
He  married  Henrietta  Durkee,  a  native  of  Mis- 
souri, and  daughter  of  Lucien  Durkee,  whose  wife 
was  a  Miss  Bourne,  of  Kentucky.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Henderson  had  three  children,  but  one,  a  son, 
Lucien,  died  in  Silverton,  where  he  was  mining; 
the  other  son,  Joseph,  is  living  in  Fort  Collins. 
Mrs.  Andrews  was  educated  in  La  Grange  Col- 
lege. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrews  have  one  sou, 
James  Henderson,  now  a  student  at  the  State 
Agricultural  College. 

Politically  Mr.  Andrews  is  a  Republican.  He 
was  made  a  Mason  in  Collins  Lodge  No.  19, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  to  which  he  belongs,  as  he  also 
does  to  Collins  Chapter  No.  u,  R.  A.  M.,  De- 
Molay  Commandery  No.  13,  K.  T.,  Colorado 
Consistory  of  Denver,  and  El  Jebel  Temple, 


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N.  M.  S.  He  and  his  wife  are  Presbyterians  in 
religious  belief.  In  1898  he  represented  the 
Wyoming  Cattle  Growers'  Association,  of  which 
he  is  a  member,  in  the  National  Stock  Growers' 
Convention  in  Denver.  In  earlier  days,  when 
game  was  plentiful,  he  heartily  enjoyed  a  hunt 
on  the  plains,  where  he  frequently  saw  thousands 
of  elks  and  as  many  buffaloes  in  a  herd.  The  ad- 
vance of  civilization,  however,  has  had  its  effect 
upon  wild  animals  and  there  are  now  few  to  be 
found  by  even  the  most  ardent  hunter. 


REV.  JOHN  BAPTIST  RAVERDY  was  born 
in  Rheims,  France,  June  24,  1831,  and  was 
ordained  a  sub-deacon  in  1850.  After  nine 
years,  hearing  of  the  thousands  who  were  cross- 
ing the  plains  to  the  mines  of  the  Rocky  Mount- 
ains, he  felt  there  would  be  need  of  a  spiritual 
adviser  here,  and  he  therefore  crossed  the  ocean. 
Soon  afterward  Bishop  Lamy  ordered  him  to  go 
to  the  mountain  region  with  Father  Machebeuf. 
He  arrived  in  Denver  October  29,  1860,  where 
he  found  between  thirty  and  forty  Catholics. 
Though  the  outlook  was  not  encouraging  he 
urged  his  associate  to  build  a  church  and  this  was 
done.  On  a  foundation  so  unhopeful  was  built 
what  is  now  known  as  St.  Mary's  Cathedral,  on 
Stout  and  Fifteenth  streets,  then  out  on  the 
prairie. 

While  Bishop  Machebeuf  was  building  the 
church,  Father  Raverdy  made  a  ho'rseback  tour 
of  the  southern  part  of  the  state.  He  arrived  at 
Huerfano  November  15,  1860,  and  remained 
there  for  some  days,  engaged  in  the  sacred  duties 
of  his  profession.  He  journeyed  to  and  fro,  endur- 
ing all  the  hardships  of  pioneer  life,  suffering  ex- 
posure, and  sometimes  almost  fainting  from  weari- 
ness, but  never  growing  discouraged.  Many  a 
time  he  slept  with  no  canopy  save  the  arched  vault 
of  heaven,  and  his  fare  was  poor  and  plain,  but 
no  one  ever  heard  a  word  of  complaint  from  his 
lips.  On  the  other  hand,  he  rejoiced  that  it  was  his 
privilege  to  engage  in  the  holy  calling  of  a  priest. 
In  1864  he  visited  Utah  and  spent  some  weeks 
with  the  Catholics  at  Salt  Lake.  He  then  pushed 
his  way  on  to  Montana,  where  he  found  thousands 
of  men  engaged  in  a  search  for  gold,  and  the 
month  he  spent  among  those  ofttimes  discouraged 
miners  was  fruitful  of  much  good. 

In  1866  he  accepted  the  pastorate  at  Central 


City,  with  the  spiritual  oversight  also  of  Empire, 
Idaho  Springs,  Georgetown,  Boulder  and  other 
small  settlements,  and  continued  at  the  head  of 
this  work  until  1871.  Three  years  previous  to 
this  his  old  friend  and  loved  associate  appoint- 
ed him  his  vicar-general.  The  tie  between  these 
two  men  was  peculiarly  strong  and  affectionate, 
and  continued  until  death  separated  them.  Father 
Raverdy  returned  home  from  France  to  learn 
that  Bishop  Machebeuf  had  passed  away,  and  the 
shock  undoubtedly  hastened  his  own  death,  which 
occurred  in  Denver  November  18,  1889. 


HON.  HENRY  P.  H.  BROM  WELL  was  born 
in  Baltimore,  Md.,  August  26,  1823,  the 
descendant  of  English  ancestors  who  adhered 
to  the  Quaker  faith.  His  grandfather,  William, 
was  born  in  1751,  in  Maryland;  but  the  father, 
Henry,  was  a  native  of  Richmond,  Va.  For 
some  years  the  latter  was  a  lumber  merchant  of 
Baltimore,  thence  went  to  Cincinnati,  and  later 
settled  in  Clark  County,  111. ,  and  finally  removed 
to  Charleston,  Coles  County,  where  he  died  at 
seventy-four  years.  When  a  boy  of  seventeen 
years  he  took  part  in  the  war  of  1812  and  was 
present  at  the  defense  of  North  Point.  He  mar- 
ried Henrietta  Holmes,  daughter  of  Lemuel  and 
granddaughter  of  Joseph  Holmes,  whose  ances- 
tors came  to  this  country  in  the  "Mayflower" 
and  was  for  years  a  wealthy  shipping  merchant 
of  Boston  and  New  York.  Mrs.  Bromwell  died 
in  Denver,  in  January,  1882,  aged  eighty-six 
years.  Of  her  six  children,  only  one  survives. 

When  the  family  left  Cincinnati  our  subject 
was  five  years  of  age.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Vandalia,  111.,  in  1853,  and  while  practic- 
ing law,  published  a  paper  called  the  Age  of 
Steam  and  Fire.  For  four  years  he  was  county 
judge,  and  after  removing  to  Charleston,  he  was 
elected,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  a  member  of 
congress  from  the  seventh  district  and  re-elected 
after  two  years,  serving  from  1865  to  1869,  and 
taking  an  active  part  in  all  the  stormy  legislation 
that  culminated  in  the  attempted  impeachment  of 
President  Johnson.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
constitutional  convention  of  Illinois  in  1869.  In 
1865-66  he  was  grand  master  of  the  grand  lodge 
of  Masons  in  Illinois. 

Coming  to  Denver  in  1870,  Judge  Bromwell 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.  He  was  a  mem- 


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her  of  the  territorial  council  of  1 874,  the  consti- 
tutional convention  of  1875-76  and  the  legisla- 
ture of  1879,  and  while  in  the  latter  position  he 
introduced  and  secured  the  passage  of  the  bill  to 
establish  the  irrigation  system  of  Colorado.  In 
1881,  under  appointment  by  Governor  Pitkin  he 
made  the  revision  of  the  statutes  of  the  state, 
which  on  completion  were  published  in  one  large 
volume.  Ill  health  led  him  to  retire  from  the  prac- 
tice of  the  law  and  from  public  life  in  1889;  but, 
though  retired,  he  still  takes  a  warm  interest  in  all 
matters  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  people  and 
the  prosperity  of  the  nation.  Formerly  a  Repub- 
lican, after  a  careful  study  of  the  needs  of  our 
country  he  was  led  to  change  his  views  in  1884 
and  has  since  been  a  Democrat.  At  one  time  he 
was  connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery 
of  Masons,  and  is  past  grand  master  of  the  grand 
lodge  of  Colorado.  In  Marshall,  111.,  he  mar- 
ried Emily  F.  Payne,  daughter  of  John  W. 
Payne,  an  attorney  in  Indiana,  where  she  died 
during  a  visit  to  her  old  home.  She  was  the 
mother  of  three  children:  Henrietta  E.;  Henry 
P.,  who  died  while  a  student  of  law,  at  nineteen 
years  of  age;  and  Emily,  who  died  in  girlhood. 


EHARLES  P.  MILLER,  M.  D.,  is  in  point 
of  years  of  active  professional  practice  the 
oldest  resident    physician    and    surgeon  of 
Fort  Collins,  where  he  has  resided  since  Septem- 
ber of  1878.     In  1880  he  built  the  residence  he 
now  occupies,  a  commodious  and  comfortable 
home,  around  which  are  large  grounds  with  fruit 
and  shade  trees.     He  owns  a  forty-acre  farm  near 
Fort  Collins,  on  which  is  a  cherry  orchard  with 
five  hundred  early  Richmond  cherry  trees. 

The  Miller  family  was  identified  with  the  early 
history  of  Vermont.  From  Bridgewater,  that 
state,  Lewis  Miller  came  to  Akron,  Ohio,  where  he 
was  employed  as  a  contractor.  Later  he  settled 
at  Three  Rivers,  St.  Joseph  County,  Mich.,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming.  When  he  located  there, 
in  1845,  the  land  was  heavily  timbered  and  wholly 
destitute  of  improvements,  but  he  succeeded  in 
grubbing  and  clearing  it,  and  placed  it  under 
good  cultivation.  A  stanch  Republican  from  the 
organization  of  the  party,  he  was  also  a  pro- 
nounced Abolitionist,  and  was  the  only  man  in 
the  town  of  Lockport,  St.  Joseph  County,  who 


voted  for  abolition  and  its  supporters.  He  died 
in  August,  1878,  when  he  was  seventy-six  years 
of  age.  By  his  first  marriage  he  had  six  chil- 
dren, four  of  whom  are  living.  His  second 
marriage  united  him  with  Mary  Vincent,  by 
whom  he  had  one  son,  born  at  Lockport,  Mich., 
April  26,  1853,  and  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

From  an  early  age  Dr.  Miller  was  self-support- 
ing. He  taught  much  of  the  time  when  a  youth, 
in  order  to  pay  his  way  through  college.  Hav- 
ing chosen  medicine  as  his  profession,  he  began 
to  study  under  Dr.  E.  B.  Graham,  of  Three 
Rivers,  Mich.  In  1874  he  entered  the  homeopa- 
thic Medical  College  connected  with  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  and  graduated  in  1877,  with 
the  first  class  of  thirteen  that  completed  the  course 
in  that  institution.  When  he  received  the  degree 
of  M.  D.,  after  having  supported  himself  through 
the  entire  course  and  paid  all  of  his  expenses,  he 
found  himself  only  $15  in  debt.  While  this 
showed  that  he  had  been  persevering  and  eco- 
nomical, yet  it  required  some  courage  for  a  young 
practitioner,  without  experience,  to  start  out  for 
himself,  without  money  or  influence.  He  went 
to  Kent,  Portage  County,  Ohio,  where  he  com- 
menced to  practice.  In  September,  1878,  he 
came  to  Fort  Collins,  where  he  soon  built  up  an 
enviable  reputation  for  skill  in  his  profession. 

The  first  wife  of  Dr.  Miller  was  Lillian  Min- 
nick,  who  was  born  in  Ohio,  married  in  Chey- 
enne, Wyo.,  and  died  in  Fort  Collins.  The  only 
child  of  this'  union,  Eva,  died  at  nine  years. 
The  doctor's  second  wife,  whom  he  married  in 
Fort  Collins,  was  Nora  Rice,  of  Charleston,  111. 
They  have  two  children,  Zareefa  and  Mary  J. 

Dr.  Miller  was  made  a  Mason  in  Collins  Lodge 
No.  19,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is  connected  with 
it,  also  with  Cache  la  Poudre  Chapter  No.  n, 
R.  A.  M.,  DeMolay  Commandery  No.  13,  K.  T., 
Scottish  Rite,  Colorado  Consistory  No.  i ,  El  Jebel 
Tempel  N.  M.  S.,  he  having  attained  the  thirty- 
second  degree  in  Masonry;  also  the  Odd  Fellows' 
Lodge  No.  19,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  being  a 
charter  member  of  the  Uniform  Rank.  For  some 
years  he  advocated  Republican  principles,  but  in 
1896,  when  that  party  declared  for  the  gold 
standard,  he  came  out  firmly  and  decidedly  for 
the  People's  party,  believing  that  the  safety  of 
the  money  problem  depends  upon  raising  silver 
to  its  original  and  proper  standard.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  Three 


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Rivers  Union  School,  from  which  he  graduated. 
He  is  a  well-educated  man,  with  a  broad  knowl- 
edge of  history,  mediaeval  and  modern,  and  with 
a  desire  to  aid  in  the  development  of  his  town 
and  county  by  the  support  of  educational  and 
philanthropic  institutions. 


|  ARTIN  LUTHER  LANDES,  of  LaPorte, 
Larimer  County,  is  a  man  of  prominence, 
and  is  known  throughout  the  county  as  a 
progressive  farmer,  one  who  brought  skill  to  the 
aid  of  the  agricultural  art.  He  was  born  in  Cir- 
cleville,  Pickaway  County,  Ohio,  March  3,  1844. 
His  father,  Joseph  Landes,  was  of  German  stock 
and  was  born  in  Bucks  County,  Pa.,  but  went  to 
Ohio  when  young;  there  he  married  Miss  Eve 
Weaver,  also  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  but  a 
resident  of  Circleville,  Ohio,  from  her  fourth 
year,  when  that  city  was  nothing  but  a  fort. 
Her  father  was  a  farmer.  Joseph  Landes  was  a 
hatter  by  trade  and  manufactured  hats  in  Circle- 
ville for  several  years,  but  afterwards  started  a 
bakery  and  in  1851  located  in  Lucas  County, 
Iowa,  near  Chariton,  and  there  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  died  in  1864,  during  the  war;  his  wife 
reached  her  seventieth  year.  Four  sons  are  still 
living:  Henry,  a  resident  of  Keokuk,  Iowa;  John, 
of  Battle  Creek,  Mich.;  Joseph,  of  Chariton, 
Iowa;  and  Martin  Luther,  of  LaPorte,  Colo. 

When  a  child  of  seven  Mr.  Landes  went  with 
his  parents  to  Iowa,  traveling  by  boat  down  the 
Ohio  and  up  the  Mississippi  to  Chariton,  where 
he  attended  the  public  schools.  In  August, 
1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Thirty-sixth 
Iowa  Infantry,  and  was  mustered  in  at  Keokuk. 
He  was  in  the  engagements  at  Helena,  Ark., 
July  4,  1863,  the  taking  of  Little  Rock,  in 
October,  1863,  and  the  battle  of  Little  Missouri, 
in  April,  1864.  The  same  month  they  were  sent 
to  re-inforce  Banks,  and  at  Marks  Mills  the  en- 
tire brigade,  except  six  or  eight  men,  were  cap- 
tured, and  sent  to  Tyler,  Tex.,  where  they  were 
kept  in  the  stockade  ten  months  and  then  ex- 
changed. Mr.  Landes,  with  several  others,  es- 
caped capture  in  the  rush  through  the  closing 
lines.  He  went  to  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  thence  to 
Little  Rock,  where  he  remained  a  year  and  did 
city  provost  duty  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
After  his  regiment  was  exchanged  he  joined 
them  at  Duvall's  Bluff  and  was  mustered  out  in 


October,  1865.  He  then  returned  to  Iowa  and 
engaged  in  farming  until  1873,  when  he  moved 
to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  farming  in  the 
vicinity  of  LaPorte  for  three  years.  Going  back 
to  Iowa  he  bought  a  farm  near  Red  Oak,  Mont- 
gomery County,  that  state.  In  1882  he  sold 
this  and  bought  a  ranch  of  four  hundred  acres  in 
Livermore,  where  he  raised  stock  and  hay  until 
his  wife's  failing  health  necessitated  a  change, 
and  he  moved  farther  down  the  valley.  In  1893 
he  went  to  California  and  spent  a  year.  In  the 
fall  of  the  following  year  he  returned  to  Colorado 
and  bought  his  present  farm  of  eighty  acres, 
three  and  one-half  miles  from  Fort  Collins.  Here 
he  raises  grain  and  hay  and  is  an  extensive  cattle 
feeder. 

Mr.  Landes  married  Miss  Frances  J.  Riddle,  a 
native  of  Iowa,  born  in  Marion  County,  that 
state.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John  Riddle,  who 
moved  to  Colorado  in  1870.  They  have  one  child 
living,  Pierce  J.  Landes,  aged  fourteen,  now  a 
student  in  the  LaPorte  public  school.  Their  eld- 
est child,  Frances  Eve,  born  in  1870,  died  at  the 
age  of  one  year.  The  home  farm  is  a  model  of 
comfort.  It  is  irrigated  by  a  private  ditch,  and 
ornamented  with  a  grove,  while  the  house  and 
other  improvements  leave  little  to  wish  for.  Mrs. 
Landes  is  a  lady  of  pleasing  manners,  and  is  a 
power  for  good  in  the  community.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  al- 
ways ready  to  reach  out  a  helping  hand  to  a 
needy  brother,  and  consequently  very  popular 
in  the  community.  Mr.  Landes  was  a  member 
of  the  school  board  for  nine  years  at  Livermore, 
acting  as  president  and  treasurer  a  part  of  the 
time.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  and  was  demitted  by  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  politics  he  stands  a 
stalwart  Republican,  and  in  the  last  election  Mrs. 
Landes  voted  for  William  McKinley,  although 
she  is  somewhat  independent  in  politics. 


fTDWARD  MONASH.  Among  the  well- 
ry  known  establishments  of  Denver  is  The  Fair, 
LI.  of  which  Mr.  Monash  is  proprietor,  and 
which  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  original 
department  store  in  the  city.  Through  his 
energy  and  excellent  judgment  a  profitable  local 
business  has  been  built  up  and  a  mail-order  trade 
that  extends  throughout  the  entire  state.  A 


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visitor  to  the  city  finds  the  store  upon  one  of  the 
best  corners  in  the  business  center  of  town;  with- 
in are  floor  walkers  and  clerks,  who  are  studious 
of  the  customers'  desires  and  attentive  to  every 
want.  A  large  trade,  both  wholesale  and  retail, 
is  carried  on  in  the  articles  usually  found  in  a  de- 
partment store,  and  the  business  is  among  the 
most  substantial  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Mouash  is  a  German  by  nativity,  having 
been  born  in  the  province  of  Posen,  where  his 
ancestors  had  long  resided  and  where  his  father, 
Marcus,  was  a  lithographer.  Edward,  who  was 
next  to  the  youngest  among  four  children,  re- 
ceived his  education  and  afterward  served  an 
apprenticeship  in  a  mercantile  establishment  in 
the  province  of  Silesia.  When  sixteen  years  of 
age,  in  1865,  became  to  America  and  settled  in 
St.  Louis,  where  he  secured  employment  as  a 
clerk.  In  1868  he  moved  to  Leota  Landing,  in 
Mississippi,  and  there  started  in  the  mercantile 
business  for  himself,  later  also  carried  on  a  cotton 
plantation.  Selling  out  in  1880,  he  married  in 
Peoria,  111.,  Miss  Jennie Schradzki,  whose  father, 
Joseph,  was  a  pioneer  merchant  of  that  city.  On 
his  bridal  tour  he  visited  his  old  home  in  Posen, 
and  traveled  through  England,  Ireland,  France, 
Austria  and  Switzerland. 

Returning  to  the  United  States  in  1881,  Mr. 
Monash  settled  in  Denver  and  for  one  year  had  a 
mercantile  store  on  Larimer,  between  Fourteenth 
and  Fifteenth  streets.  Afterward  for  five  years 
he  was  in  the  Union  building  on  Sixteenth  street, 
where  he  inaugurated  the  department  system, 
starting  the  first  store  of  that  kind  in  _Denver. 
The  name  of  The  Fair  was  given  to  the  store  in 
1882.  Since  1887  he  has  been  located  on  Six- 
teenth and  Champa  streets,  where  he  occupies 
a  large  ground  space  and  four  floors.  For  .years 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  chamber  of  com- 
merce and  board  of  trade,  of  which  in  1890-92 
he  was  a  director,  then  was  chosen  first  vice- 
president;  in  1897  he  was  again  elected  a  member 
of  the  board  of  directors  and  the  same  year  be- 
came president  of  the  board.  His  service  of  one 
year  was  most  satisfactory  in  every  respect,  but 
at  the  expiration  of  the  term  he  refused  re-election , 
as  the  duties  of  the  position  took  his  time  too 
much  from  business.  June  i,  1895,  under  ap- 
pointment by  Governor  Mclntire,  he  became 
president  of  the  board  of  public  works,  and  served 
in  that  capacity  until  June  i,  1897.  He  also 


served  two  years  as  park  commissioner,  having 
been  appointed  to  the  position  by  Mayor  Van 
Horn  in  1893.  While  president  of  the  chamber 
of  commerce,  the  convention  of  January,  1898, 
was  originated  in  that  body,  who  invited  the 
Colorado  Cattle  Growers'  Association  to  meet  in 
Denver,  and  out  of  that  convention  grew  the 
national  association,  Mr.  Monash  appointing  the 
committee  that  presented  it  for  adoption.  He 
also  appointed  the  committee  that  went  to  Phila- 
delphia and  urged,  successfully,  the  American 
Medical  Association  to  meet  in  Denver  in  June, 
1898.  Since  the  starting  of  the  festival  of  the 
mountain  and  plain,  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  and  for  two  years  was  chair- 
man of  the  third  day,  and  is  now  first  vice- 
president,  also  chairman  of  the  finance  committee 
of  the  association  and  a  member  of  numerous 
committees.  He  has  never  identified  himself 
with  politics,  his  interest  in  the  progress  of 
Denver  having  been  solely  that  of  a  public-spirited 
citizen.  However,  he  is  well  informed  regarding 
the  issues  before  the  people  of  this  age.  He 
favors  protection  of  home  industries  and  the 
placing  of  silver  upon  a  proper  basis,  by  which 
two  things  he  believes  the  advancement  of  the 
city  and  state  and  the  welfare  of  the  citizens  can 
be  most  fully  conserved. 


(JOSEPH  EDWARD  PAINTER.  Faithful- 
I  ness  to  duty  and  strict  adherence  to  a  fixed 
Q)  purpose  in  life  will  do  more  to  advance  a 
man's  interests  than  wealth  or  adventitious  cir- 
cumstances. The  successful  men  of  the  day  are 
those  who  have  planned  their  own  advancement 
and  have  accomplished  it  in  spite  of  many  ob- 
stacles and  with  a  certainty  that  could  have  been 
attained  only  through  their  own  efforts.  This 
class  of  men  has  a  worthy  representative  in  Mr. 
Painter,  the  present  efficient  chairman  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  Weld  County, 
who  began  life  amid  rather  unfavorable  circum- 
stances. Although  yet  a  young  man  he  has  left 
the  impress  of  his  individuality  on  the  policy  of 
the  county,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  its  most 
prominent  and  influential  citizens. 

Mr.  Painter  was  born  in  Stafford,  England, 
January  6,  1862,  and  was  educated  at  King  Ed- 
ward VI  grammar  school  of  that  place.  At  the 
age  of  fifteen  he  entered  the  cashier's  office  of 


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Barbour  Brothers'  cotton  and  silk  establishment 
at  Manchester,  and  later  was  employed  in  the 
government  postal  service,  with  which  he  was 
connected  until  coming  to  America  at  the  age  of 
nineteen.  He  and  his  brother  arrived  in  New 
York  City  October  i,  1881,  and  he  came  direct 
to  Denver,  Colo. ,  reaching  there  on  the  4th  of 
the  same  month.  He  found  employment  in  the 
large  grocery  of  Briks  Cornforth  on  Fifteenth 
street,  where  he  remained  until  the  following 
May.  He  then  went  by  wagon  on  a  prospecting 
tour  through  the  southern  part  of  the  state.  In 
July  he  went  to  the  Blue  Range  to  do  some  work 
on  property  for  Denver  parties,  but  soon  returned 
to  the  Atlantic  district,  where  he  remained  until 
fall.  He  looked  for  a  location  for  a  cattle  ranch 
on  the  Muddy  and  Troublesome  Rivers,  but  failed 
to  find  a  suitable  one.  After  spending  the  win- 
ter at  Rico,  he  returned  to  Denver,  but  almost 
immediately  went  to  Idaho  Springs,  where  he 
did  some  contract  work  for  Brick  Pomeroy  on  the 
Idalia  tunnel,  remaining  there  all  winter.  He 
was  told  that  he  did  more  than  any  one  else  for 
the  same  money.  He  next  went  to  Middle  Park 
on  a  gold  hunting  trip,  and  then  over  the  range, 
locating  mines  in  the  Atlantic  district.  He 
and  his  brother  visited  several  places  and  de- 
cided to  embark  in  the  cattle  business  on  what 
was  then  known  as  Blair,  now  Roggen,  Weld 
County,  where  they  took  up  government  land 
and  also  leased  some  from  the  state.  This  they 
improved,  and  started  in  business  with  two  hun- 
dred head  of  stock,  which  they  increased  to  six 
hundred,  and  also  raised  on  shares  hundreds  for 
other  parties.  During  this  time,  however,  our 
subject  returned  to  Denver,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  coal,  grain  and  feed  business  with 
success,  but  ill  health  finally  compelled  him  to 
abandon  that  business,  and  early  in  the  year  of 
1893  he  again  came  to  Weld  County  and  em- 
barked in  farming,  in  which  he  has  also  been 
successful,  although  the  hail  in  1898  destroyed 
his  crops  and  killed  some  of  his  hogs  and  fruit 
trees.  He  owns  a  fine  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  under  an  excellent  state  of  cultivation, 
and  his  cattle  graze  on  six  hundred  and  forty 
acres  adjoining.  He  expects  in  the  future  to 
give  more  attention  to  cattle  raising. 

On  the  i3th  of  March,  1889,  Mr.  Painter  mar- 
ried Miss  Florence  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Musgrave,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  to  them  have 


been  born  two  children,  Alice  Musgrave  and 
Joseph  Edward.  They  attend  the  Episcopal 
Church  and  are  widely  and  favorably  known. 
Taking  a  deep  interest  in  educational  affairs, 
Mr.  Painter  organized  School  District  No.  88, 
at  Roggen  and  served  as  trustee  there  until  his 
removal  to  Denver,  and  was  also  postmaster.  In 
the  fall  of  1895  he  was  elected  county  commis- 
sioner on  the  Republican  ticket  and  when  the 
board  assembled  was  chosen  chairman.  He  al- 
ways attends  the  state  conventions  of  his  party, 
and  takes  a  prominent  part  in  political  affairs. 
He  is  a  good  financier  and  excellent  business 
man,  and  is  therefore  well  qualified  for  his  pres- 
ent responsible  positions,  the  duties  of  which  he 
is  most  ably  discharging,  paying  particular  at- 
tention the  preservation  of  county  roads. 


HOMAS  H.  ROBERTSON,  of  Fort  Col- 
lins, was  born  in  Culpeper  County,  Va., 
April  20,  1856.  His  father,  William  A., 
also  a  native  of  Culpeper  County,  born  May  28, 
1820,  was  a  son  of  William  Robertson,  a  planter, 
and  became  the  owner  of  Clairmont,  a  fine  farm, 
where  he  has  resided  for  many  years.  During 
the  late  war  he  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia 
cavalry.  His  wife,  Sarah  T.,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 14,  1814,  in  Orange  County,  Va.,  where  her 
father,  John  Parish,  was  long  a  resident.  She 
died  July  29,  1897.  Of  her  seven  children  all 
but  one  are  living.  William  R.,  a  farmer, resides 
in  Culpeper,  Va. ;  James  F.  is  a  druggist  in  Char- 
lotte, N.  C.;  Katherine,  wife  of  Edmund  P. 
Nalle,  lives  in  Washington, D.  C. ;  Alexander  F.  is 
an  attorney  in  Staunton,  Va. ;  and  Benjamin  T. 
is  a  physician  at  Sulphur  Springs,  Tex. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
private  schools.  In  1873  he  embarked  in  the 
dry-goods  business  in  Culpeper,  and  continued  in 
that  way  until  1878,  when  he  became  connected 
with  a  wholesale  dry-goods  house  in  Baltimore, 
Md.  In  1879  he  went  to  Chicago,  111.,  where  he 
was  employed  in  a  wholesale  hat  and  fur  house. 
January,  1882,  found  him  in  Colorado,  and  here 
he  has  since  resided.  He  started  the  firm  of 
T.  H.  Robertson  &  Co.,  on  Jefferson  street,  Fort 
Collins,  where  he  began  with  a  stock  of  boots 
and  shoes,  and  later  added  a  stock  of  clothing 
and  furnishing  goods.  In  1885  he  sold  out  and 
settled  on  a  ranch  eight  miles  northwest  of  the 


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town,  where  he  pre-empted  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  and  remained  for  two  years.  Return- 
ing to  Fort  Collins  in  1887,  he  embarked  in  busi- 
ness on  Linden  street,  where  he  carried  a  full 
line  of  shoes,  clothing  and  furnishing  goods. 
July  i ,  1 896,  he  sold  out  his  business,  since  which 
time  he  has  given  his  attention  principally  to 
feeding  and  selling  cattle. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Robertson  took  place  in 
Fort  Collins  June  14,  1888,  and  united  him  with 
Miss  Lelia,  daughter  of  Abner  Loomis.  She 
was  born  in  Larimer  County  October  6,  1865, 
and  here  her  entire  life,  thus  far,  has  been  passed. 
She  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  Agricultural  Col- 
lege. The  family  home  is  situated  on  Mountain 
avenue  and  is  brightened  by  two  children,  Scott 
Loomis,  born  August  8,  1891,  and  Helen  Parish, 
born  January  31,  1897.  In  addition  to  this  prop- 
erty Mr.  Robertson  owns  other  valuable  real  estate. 
Politically  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  is  chairman  of 
the  Democratic  county  central  committee.  For 
a  time  he  served  as  councilman.  He  is  one  of 
the  directors  in  the  Poudre  Valley  Bank  and  has 
other  connections  with  local  enterprises.  Fra- 
ternally a  Mason,  he  belongs  to  Collins  Lodge 
No.  19,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Collins  Chapter  No.  u, 
R.  A.  M.,  and  DeMolay  Commandery  No.  13, 
K.  T.,  besides  which  he  is  identified  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 


(T  OHN  D.  JONES,  assistant  state  inspector  of 
I  coal  mines  for  Colorado  and  a  resident  of 
(*/  this  state  since  1882,  was  born  in  Ystrad- 
gynlais,  Breconshire,  Wales,  the  son  of  David 
and  Margaret  Jones.  His  father,  who  was  born 
in  Carmarthaenshire,  removed  to  Brecon  in  early 
manhood  and  there  married  and  en-gaged  in 
working  for  the  Yniscedwyn  Coal  and  Iron  Com- 
panj'  until  he  was  fatally  injured  by  the  fall  of 
coal  and  slate  in  the  mine.  After  a  few  months 
of  suffering  he  passed  away,  aged  forty-six  years. 
His  father-in-law,  whose  name  was  the  same  as 
his  own  and  who  came  from  the  same  shire,  was, 
however,  no  relation;  he  was  for  years  employed 
as  superintendent  of  the  coal  department  of  the 
Yniscedwyn  Coal  and  Iron  Company,  but  retired 
in  old  age  and  died  when  past  seventy  years. 
Mrs.  Margaret  Jones,  who  still  lives  in  Wales, 
had  six  children,  namely:  Mrs.  Mary  Griffith,  of 
Wales;  Mrs.  Catherine  Hoskius,  who  died  in 


Wales  in  1894;  David,  who  is  engaged  in  oper- 
ating gold  mines  in  Anaconda;  John  D.;  Mrs. 
Ann  Watkins,  of  Wales;  and  Mrs.  Gwen  Thomas, 
who  died  in  her  native  land. 

At  the  age  of  about  ten  our  subject  went  into  the 
mines  with  his  father,  under  whom  he  learned  to 
mine  coal  and  became  familiar  with  the  other  de- 
partments of  the  work.  He  was  with  his  father 
when  the  latter  was  fatally  injured  in  the  mine. 
After  his  father's  death  he  remained  a  workman 
in  the  mine  for  some  time,  but  believing  that 
America  offered  better  opportunities  he  resolved 
to  come  hither,  and  in  1882,  with  his  brother, 
arrived  in  Colorado,  where  he  secured  work  at 
Coal  Creek  with  the  Colorado  Coal  and  Iron 
Company.  In  1885  he  resigned  his  position 
there  and  went  to  Leadville,  where  he  engaged 
in  metalliferous  mining  in  Iowa  Gulch,  but  in 
the  fall  of  the  same  year  went  back  to  Coal  Creek. 
In  1887  he  entered  the  University  of  Denver, 
where  he  studied  bookkeeping  and  other  studies 
connected  with  the  commercial  course.  After- 
ward he  worked  in  the  Blossburg  mines  a  short 
time,  but  in  the  fall  of  1888  took  up  the  study 
of  mathematics  in  the  University  of  Denver.  In 
the  spring  of  1889  he  went  to  Idaho  Springs, 
where  he  worked  in  the  Salisbury  mines. 

Taking  a  vacation  from  his  work,  after  almost 
ten  years  in  America,  in  the  fall  of  1891  Mr. 
Jones  returned  to  his  native  land  on  a  visit,  going 
from  New  York  by  steamer  to  Liverpool  and 
thence  to  Swansea.  He  spent  three  months  in 
the  old  home  shire,  and  in  February,  1892,  re- 
turned to  the  United  States,  encountering  much 
unpleasant  weather  between  Liverpool  and  New 
York.  On  going  home  his  brother  was  with  him, 
but  he  returned  to  this  country  alone.  For  some 
months  he  was  employed  in  the  Maid  of  Erin 
mine  at  Leadville,  but  an  attack  of  grippe  left 
him  in  delicate  health  and  he  was  obliged  to  seek 
a  lower  altitude.  He  then  went  to  Canon  City. 
In  1893  he  engaged  with  the  Santa  Fe  Company 
at  Rockville,  and  remained  in  their  employ  until 
February  18,  1895,  when  he  was  appointed  assist- 
ant state  inspector  of  coal  mines  by  David  Grif- 
fith. In  1894  he  began  a  course  with  the  Inter- 
national Correspondence  School  of  Scran  ton,  from 
which  he  received  a  diploma  September  8,  1897, 
having  a  standing  of  over  ninety-nine  per  cent. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows at  Idaho  Springs.  He  is  not  a  member  of 


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any  denomination,  but  inclines  to  the  faith  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  to  which  his  par- 
ents belonged.  He  has  a  son,  David  I,.,  by  his 
marriage  to  Sarah  Rees,  who  was  born  in 
Streator,  111.,  but  spent  her  girlhood  principally 
in  Colorado,  where  she  was  married.  Her  father, 
Thomas  Rees,  was  born  in  South  Wales,  emi- 
grated to  Illinois,  thence  to  Colorado,  and  en- 
gaged in  mining  at  Rockville,  but  died  of  heart 
disease  while  working  in  the  mine. 


Gl  NDREW  J.  MACKY,  president  of  the  First 
I  I  National  Bank  of  Boulder,  has  been  inti- 
/  I  mately  identified  with  this  institution  from 
its  start.  He  was  one  of  its  organizers  in  1877 
and  was  made  a  director  at  that  time,  but  two 
years  later  was  elected  vice-president,  and  about 
1885  was  chosen  president,  which  position  he  has 
filled  with  efficiency.  The  other  officers  are: 
George  F.  Fonda,  vice-president;  W.  H.  Aller- 
son,  cashier;  Charles  H.  Wise,  assistant  cashier. 
The  second  charter  of  the  bank,  secured  in  1897, 
showed  an  increase  of  capitalization  from 
$50,000, to  $100,000, a  surplus  of  $20,000  and  paid- 
in  dividends  of  $260,000,  since  its  organization. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  member  of  an 
old  family  of  New  York.  His  grandfather,  who 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  engaged  in 
farming  and  general  business  pursuits,  and  died 
at  ninety-five  years  of  age;  his  wife  passed  away 
at  the  age  of  ninety-four.  The  father,  Abraham 
Macky,  a  native  of  New  York,  removed  to 
Wayne  County  and  engaged  in  farming  near 
Savannah,  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 
He  was  accidentally  killed  in  a  railroad  accident, 
when  forty-five  years  of  age.  His  wife,  Eliza- 
beth Wormuth,  was  of  Holland-Dutch  descent, 
her  ancestors  having  located  in  the  Mohawk  Val- 
ley at  an  early  day.  She  died  at  seventy-seven 
years.  Her  father  was  ninety-five  and  her 
mother  ninety-four  at  the  time  of  death. 

The  family  of  which  Mr.  Macky  was  the  old- 
est consisted  of  four  sons  and  three  daughters, 
all  of  whom,  but  one  daughter,  attained  mature 
years  and  are  still  living.  Two  brothers,  Jerome 
and  Alonzo,  were  members  of  a  New  York  regi- 
ment during  the  Civil  war,  and  they,  as  well  as 
the  third  brother,  Chauncey,  reside  in  Michi- 
gan. The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Herkimer  County,  N.  Y.,  November  n,  1834, 
18 


and  was  reared  in  Wayne  County,  where  he  at- 
tended public  school.  He  learned  the  trade  of  a 
carpenter  and  joiner,  which  he  followed  in  Wayne 
County  until  1857,  and  then  went  to  Grant  Coun- 
ty, Wis. ,  where  he  was  similarly  occupied.  Dur- 
ing the  Pike's  Peak  gold  excitement  of  1859  he 
started  for  the  mountains,  going  with  team  and 
cows  to  Omaha,  and  from  there  three  weeks 
later  he  started  across  the  plains  with  an  ox- 
train.  After  a  journey  of  six  weeks  he  reached 
Colorado,  in  July,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  the 
summer  in  Boulder  and  Gilpin  Counties.  In  1860 
he  went  to  California  Gulch,  where  he  engaged 
in  mining,  but  in  the  fall  returned  to  Boulder, 
where  he  worked  at  his  trade.  On  coming  to 
this  now  beautiful  city  he  found  it  a  town  of  log 
huts  and  tents,  and  in  the  fall  of  1860  he  built  the 
first  frame  house  here.  It  then  stood  on  the  corner 
of  Pearl  and  Fourteenth  streets,  but  has  since 
been  removed  two  blocks  east.  Being  a  fine 
building  for  those  days,  it  was  used  for  special 
occasions,  such  as  court  sessions,  public  meet- 
ings and  dances.  Later  he  erected  the  first  brick 
residence  in  Boulder,  a  portion  of  which  is  still 
standing;  also  the  first  brick  business  house, 
which  still  stands;  and  the  first  building  with 
plate  glass  front  and  iron  posts. 

The  first  public  position  held  by  Mr.  Macky 
was  that  of  deputy  to  Mr.  Chambers,  the  county 
treasurer.  Afterward  he  was  elected  to  the  office 
and  became  the  second  treasurer  of  Boulder 
County,  holding  the  position  nine  years,  a  longer 
period  than  it  has  been  held  by  any  other  in- 
cumbent. He  was  postmaster  for  more  than 
nine  years  and  the  postpffice  was  kept  in  his 
building.  As  deputy  internal  revenue  collector 
for  Boulder,  Weld  and  Larimer  Counties,  it  was 
his  duty  to  collect  income,  profession  and  property 
tax,  placed  on  account  of  the  Civil  war.  This 
position  of  deputy  he  held  until  the  office  was 
moved  to  Denver.  For  some  time  he  was  city 
clerk,  also  served  as  postmaster  and  city  treas- 
urer over  nine  years;  and  as  clerk  of  the  dis- 
trict court  under  James  A.  Belford,  and  deputy 
clerk  for  Boulder  County  under  John  A.  Cleve- 
land. As  justice  of  the  peace  he  also  rendered 
efficient  service  to  his  community.  For  many 
years  he  served  as  secretary  of  the  Boulder 
County  Agricultural  Society,  accepting  the  posi- 
tion when  the  organization  had  a  debt  of  $4,000 
and  through  his  personal  efforts  reducing  the  in- 


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debtedness  to  $75.  He  had  almost  the  whole 
burden  of  the  management  of  the  society  and  suc- 
ceeded in  increasing  its  usefulness  and  popularity, 
but  after  his  resignation  as  secretary  the  society 
fell  to  pieces. 

In  addition  to  the  presidency  of  the  bank,  Mr. 
Macky  has  other  valuable  business  interests.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Boulder  Mill- 
ing and  Elevator  Company,  with  which  he  is  still 
connected.  During  all  this  time  he  has  been  in- 
terested in  mining.  Among  the  tracts  of  real 
estate  that  he  owns  are  the  lands  included  in  the 
Mapleton' addition  to  the  city  of  Boulder,  and  he 
is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  company  that 
has  platted  and  sold  the  lots.  In  the  association 
of  Boulder  County  Pioneers,  of  which  he  is  an 
active  member,  he  has  for  years  held  the  office  of 
secretary  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Association 
of  Colorado  Pioneers.  His  marriage,  which  took 
place  in  Boulder  March  8,  1870,  united  him  with 
Adelaide  B.  Dickerson,  who  was  born  in  Massa- 
chusetts and  died  in  Colorado  in  1895.  Frater- 
nally he  is  identified  with  Columbia  Lodge  No. 
14,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Boulder  Chapter  No.  7, 
R.  A.  M. ;  Mount  Sinai  Commandery  No.  7, 
K.  T. ;  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S. ,  and  the  Eastern 
Star  Lodge.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican  and 
has  been  a  member  of  the  state  central  committee 
of  the  party. 

flEROME  MATHEWS,  who  is  engaged  in 
I  the  cattle  business  in  Elbert  County,  was 
O  born  in  Kenton,  Hardin  County,  Ohio,  and 
is  the  son  of  Bernard  and  Ellen  (Clinton) 
Mathews,  both  uativest  of  Dublin,  Ireland.  His 
mother,  who  was  of  English  ancestry,  was  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Lord  Clinton,  who  was  a  British 
general  during  the  Revolutionary  war.  Bernard 
Mathews  grew  to  manhood  in  his  native  land, 
where  he  married  and  where  two  of  his  children 
were  born.  On  emigrating  to  America  he  settled 
in  Ohio  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Hardin 
County,  where  he  died  at  ninety-one  years  of  age. 
His  wife  was  seventy-two  at  the  time  of  her 
death. 

The  parental  family  consisted  of  ten  children, 
of  whom  we  note  the  following:  Mrs.  Mary  Gar- 
rity  lives  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  John,  one  of  the 
pioneer  cattlemen  of  Elbert  County,  owns  and 
carries  on  a  ranch  at  North  Park;  James  C.,  also 
a  cattleman,  resides  in  Denver;  Matthew  R.  is  in 


North  Park;  Cornelius  M.  is  ranching  in  Elbert 
County;  Lucy  P.,  a  sister  of  charity,  is  con- 
nected with  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospital  of  Cin- 
cinnati; Joseph  C.  resides  on  the  old  Ohio 
homestead;  Clotilda  was  the  wife  of  D.  Flanni- 
gan,  of  Kenton,  Ohio,  where  she  died  in  1897; 
Alfred  is  the  editor  of  the  Kenton  Democrat,  pub- 
lished in  Kenton,  Ohio;  and  Jerome  is  the  young- 
est of  the  family. 

The  first  members  of  the  family  to  locate  in 
Colorado  were  John  and  Cornelius  M.,  who 
crossed  the  plains  with  freight  teams  in  1862  and 
for  a  period  continued  in  that  then  very  lucrative 
business.  In  1869  they  established  a  ranch  upon 
the  present  site  of  Elizabeth,  Elbert  County,  and 
continued  in  the  cattle  business  until  their  cattle 
were  numbered  by  the  thousands.  In  1872  they 
were  joined  by  James  C.,  who  had  gone  from 
Ohio  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  There,  in  1869,  he 
married  Teresa  Kennedy,  a  beautiful  and  accom- 
plished lady,  who  conies  from  a  fine  family  num- 
bering among  their  ancestors  the  eminent  scholar, 
Dr.  Cahil,  and  Bishop  Butler,  of  Limerick. 
Coming  from  a  family  of  orators,  she  inherited  a 
great  talent  for  this  art,  and  in  early  life  became 
a  pupil  of  the  late  Walter  C.  Lyman.  On  arriv- 
ing in  Colorado  she  became  a  pioneer  ranch- 
woman,  but  later  made  her  home  in  Denver, 
where  she  has  devoted  her  time  to  her  art  and 
established  The  Kennedy  College  of  Oratory. 

Jerome,  of  this  sketch,  was  educated  in  Notre 
Dame  University  at  South  Bend,  Ind. ,  from 
which  he  received  his  diploma  in  1874.  Being 
the  seventh  son  of  the  seventh  son,  it  was  decided 
by  the  family  that  he  should  be  a  physician,  but, 
his  health  having  failed  during  his  studies,  he 
was  advised  by  his  doctor  to  give  up  school  and 
seek  an  open  air  life  in  Colorado,  where  he  ar- 
rived in  1877,  joining  his  older  brothers  in  the 
cattle  business.  In  1886  he  and  his  brother, 
James  C.,  established  a  large  hay  ranch  at  Wai- 
den  in  North  Park.  They  fenced  the  entire  ranch 
and  carried  on  cattle-raising  extensively,  raising 
a  fine  grade  of  cattle  and  making  shipments  to 
the  east.  The  climate  of  North  Park  being 
severe  and  the  locality  too  far  away  from  their 
Denver  home,  they  sold  their  property  there  and 
returned  to  Elbert  Count}',  where  they  now  are 
engaged  in  cattle-raising. 

Politically  Mr.  Mathews  is  in  sympathy  with 
the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party  and  he 


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votes  that  ticket  at  elections,  but  the  duties  of 
business  have  engrossed  his  attention  and  pre- 
vented him  from  identifying  himself  with  public 
affairs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Cattle 
Growers'  Association.  In  everything  pertaining 
to  the  cattle  business  he  takes  a  warm  interest. 
He  believes  Colorado  to  be  one  of  the  best  of  our 
states  for  stock-raising  purposes,  the  abundance 
of  water,  excellence  of  the  pasturage  and  extent 
of  range  making  it  especially  adapted  for  that  de- 
partment of  agriculture. 


fDGjlLLIAM  P.  ALLEN,  M.  D.,  a  practicing 
I  A/  physicianof  Eaton,  Weld  County,  is  one 
V  V  of  the  rising  young  professional  men  of  his 
locality.  He  is  a  son  of  Levi  E.  Allen,  president 
of  the  Weld  County  Abstract  Company,  at 
Greeley,  and  a  native  of  New  York  state,  born 
January  25,  1840,  to  John  and  Mary  (Butterick) 
Allen,  natives  respectively  of  Hartford,  Conn., and 
Massachusetts.  John  Allen,  who  was  one  of 
eleven  children  that  attained  mature  years,  en- 
gaged in  farm  pursuits  during  his  active  life. 
His  son,  Levi  E. ,  was  educated  in  a  log  school 
house  in  Wisconsin,  the  family  having  moved  to 
that  state  when  he  was  five  years  of  age.  When 
twenty-one  he  enlisted  in  Company  C,  Thirteenth 
Wisconsin  Infantry,  and  later,  until  May,  1866, 
served  as  quartermaster  of  the  Sixty- fifth  United 
States  colored  troops.  On  his  return  to  Wiscon- 
sin he  engaged  in  farming  near  Sharon,  but 
after  some  years,  in  1872,  he  opened  a  hardware 
store.  Five  years  later  he  was  elected  circuit 
clerk,  which  office  he  filled  for  seven  years,  then 
resumed  farming.  In  1893  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  has  since  carried  on  an  abstract  business. 
He  is  a  member  of  U.  S.  Grant  Post  No.  13, 
G.  A.  R.,  and  its  present  commander.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  a  Congregationalist.  In  1864  he 
married  Carrie,  daughter  of  Joseph  R.  and 
Celestial  (Johnson)  Wilkins,  and  they  are  the 
parents  of  five  children,  namely:  Pliny  W.,  who 
is  associated  with  his  father  in  business;  William 
P.;  Albert  J.,  a  notary  public,  and  also  in  the 
abstract  business;  Mary  C.,  a  teacher  in  the  Fort 
Collins  public  schools;  and  Maud  Alice.  Calver 
Allen,  the  doctor's  great-grandfather,  was  a 
brigadier-general  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  fought 
in  the  battle  of  Sacket's  Harbor. 

In  Sharon,  Wis.,  where  he  was  born  May   27, 


1870,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  received  his  edu- 
cation, first  attending  public  schools  and  later 
taking  a  special  course  under  a  professor,  after 
which  he  matriculated  at  the  Chicago  Homeo- 
pathic College.  He  continued  in  that  institution 
until  he  graduated  with  the  class  of  1894,  and 
afterward  spent  eighteen  months  in  hospital 
work,  in  order  that  he  might  obtain  the  practical 
experience  so  essential  to  the  highest  success. 
Coming  west,  he  opened  an  office  at  Greeley,  but 
a  few  months  later  located  at  Eaton,  where  he 
has  since  built  up  an  excellent  practice.  At  this 
writing  he  holds  office  as  health  physician  of 
Eaton.  His  practice  takes  him  on  drives  through 
the  surrounding  country,  as  well  as  in  the  village 
itself.  He  is  a  student  of  the  profession,  and 
keeps  in  touch  with  every  advance  made  in  the 
science,  thereby  heightening  his  skill  as  a  phy- 
sician. Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Occi- 
dental Lodge  No.  20,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  of  Greeley, 
Eaton  Lodge  No.  130,  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
and  Elkhorn  (Wis.)  Lodge  No.  89,  K.  of  P. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 


fi>  GJILLIAM  NICHOLSON,  president  of  the 
\  A  I  Long's  Peak  Coal  Company  and  mayor  of 
Y  Y  Erie,  Weld  County,  was  born  in  County 
Durham,  England,  July  21,  1850,  a  son  of  Henry 
and  Jane  (Atkinson)  Nicholson.  He  was  the 
youngest  of  thirteen  children,  five  of  whom  are 
still  living.  Those  besides  himself  are  sisters: 
Mrs.  Mary  Robinson,  a  widow;  Elizabeth,  wife 
of  John  Warhurst;  Esther,  wife  of  John  Lawson; 
and  Jane,  Mrs.  Thomas  Johnson,  all  living  in 
England.  The  father,  who  spent  his  entire  life 
in  England,  followed  coal  mining  until  his  death. 
When  a  small  child  our  subject  was  deprived 
of  a  mother's  care  by  death.  He  was  thirty 
when  his  father  died.  From  the  time  he  was 
eighteen  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources. 
Going  to  work  in  the  mines,  he  devoted  himself 
to  coal  mining,  and  at  twenty  years  of  age  had 
charge  of  some  ninety  men  in  the  Dickinson  mine, 
which  important  position  he  held  about  ten  j'ears. 
In  1 88 1  he  determined  to  come  to  America  and 
landed  in  Philadelphia  after  a  thirteen  days' 
voyage  on  the  steamer  "British  Crown,"  which 
anchored  in  harbor  July  28  of  that  year.  From 
Philadelphia  he  went  direct  to  Steubenville,  Ohio, 
where  he  worked  in  the  mines  for  two  years,  In 


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1883  he  came  to  Colorado  and  took  charge  of  the 
Garfield  mine  at  Erie,  which  he  managed  some 
four  years.  He  was  then  made  manager  of  the 
Stewart  mine  here  and  for  five  years  continued  in 
this  position. 

Resigning  that  position  in  1892,  Mr.  Nicholson 
formed  a  partnership  with  Joseph  R.  Powell  and 
leased  their  present  property,  and  sinking  their 
mine,  began  business  for  themselves  as  the  Long's 
Peak  Coal  Mining  Company,  with  Mr.  Nicholson 
as  president  and  Mr.  Powell  as  vice-president  and 
secretary.  In  1893  they  sold  a  half-interest  in 
the  mine  to  the  United  Coal  Company,  when  that 
company  was  incorporated  and  Edward  P.  Phelps, 
of  Denver,  became  treasurer  of  the  consolidated 
company. 

In  Denver,  in  1883,  Mr.  Nicholson  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Alice  V.  Pallatt,  a  native 
of  Philadelphia.  No  children  were  born  to  their 
marriage. 

In  April  of  1898  Mr.  Nicholson  was  elected 
mayor  of  Erie.  Four  years  prior  to  this  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  aldermen.  He  is  in- 
terested in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  welfare 
of  his  fellow-citizens  and  the  development  of  local 
resources.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
Garfield  Lodge  No.  50,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Long's 
Peak  Commandery  No.  12,  K.  T. ,  of  Longmont, 
and  Eureka  Lodge  No.  i,  A.  O.  U.  W.  His 
residence  is  one  of  the  most  handsome  in  this 
section.  He  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  all  with 
whom  he  comes  in  contact. 


HON.  HENRY  GEBHARD.  In  the  list  of 
industries  contributing  to  the  development 
of  Colorado  the  Colorado  Packing  and  Pro- 
vision Company  should  receive  prominent  men- 
tion. This  company  was  organized  in  1890  by 
Mr.  Gebhard,  who  the  following  year  built  a 
large  packing  house,  equipped  with  refrigerator 
and  ice  machine  and  furnished  with  steam  power. 
From  the  first  he  has  been  the  president  of  the 
company  as  well  as  its  manager,  and  it  is  largely 
due  to  his  enterprise  and  sagacious  judgment  that 
the  house  does  the  largest  business  of  any  of  its 
kind  in  the  state. 

As  the  name  indicates,  the  Gebhard  family  is 
of  German  origin.  The  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  in  Baden  February  12,  1846,  and  that 
city  was  also  the  birthplace  of  his  parents,  Adam 


and  Susan  (Geiger)  Gebhard,  and  of  his  grand- 
fathers, Henry  Gebhard  and  Conrad  Geiger,  both 
farmers  by  occupation.  Of  the  family  of  five 
children  he  was  next  to  the  eldest;  he  has  with 
hifn  a  younger  brother,  Paul,  who  is  interested 
in  the  packing  company.  When  seventeen  years 
of  age  Henry  began  to  learn  the  builder's  trade, 
which  he  followed  for  some  years  in  his  native 
land.  In  1868  he  took  passage  on  a  vessel  at 
Hamburg  and  after  landing  in  New  York  he  pro- 
ceeded direct  to  Chicago,  from  there  going  to  the 
Lake  Superior  region  and  working  at  his  trade 
in  Hancock,  Mich.  In  1869  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  located  in  Central  City,  where  he  secured 
employment  at  his  trade. 

In  company  with  another  gentleman,  in  1872 
Mr.  Gebhard  started  in  business  for  himself,  and 
the  firm  of  Huber  &  Gebhard  became  well  known 
as  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  meat.  Two 
years  later  he  started  a  ranch  in  Elbert  County 
and  embarked  in  the  cattle  business,  buying  and 
selling,  and  shipping  to  Denver  and  other  points. 
The  ranch  was  sold  in  1884  and  the  partnership 
dissolved  the  next  year.  Coming  to  make  his 
home  in  Denver  in  1884,  Mr.  Gebhard  has  since 
resided  in  this  city,  where,  in  1887,  he  laid  the 
plans  for  his  packing  house.  He  was  first  a 
member  of  the  Burkhardt  Packing  Company, 
which  conducted  business  in  an  old  packing 
house  built  by  Mr.  Huffers,  but  this  building 
soon  became  too  small  for  the  increasing  trade. 
In  1890  he  organized  the  Colorado  Packing  and 
Provision  Company,  the  largest  packers  of  pork 
and  beef  in  the  state.  The  packing  house  con- 
tains every  modern  equipment.  The  meat  is  cut 
up  on  the  second  floor  and  dropped  to  the  cellar, 
where  it  is  cured  and  hams  are  smoked.  On  the 
third  floor  is  the  cooling  or  chilling  room,  and  on 
the  fourth  floor  is  the  sausage  factory.  The  meat 
is  distributed  in  Denver  and  shipped  to  the 
mountain  towns  of  Colorado;  also  to  New  Mex- 
ico, Arizona,  Texas,  Idaho,  California,  Nevada, 
Oregon  and  Washington. 

Mr.  Gebhard  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado 
Cattle  Growers'  Association  and  has  served  on  a 
number  of  its  committees.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. For  two  terms  (from  1878  to  1882)  he 
was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature,  and  served 
with  marked  ability  and  satisfaction  to  his  con- 
stituents. He  also  served  on  the  board  of  county 
commissioners  of  Elbert  County,  and  for  one 


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term  was  its  chairman.  He  is  a  director  in  the 
Denver  National  Bank.  He  has  a  comfortable 
home  in  Denver,  presided  over  by  his  wife,  who 
was  Miss  Emily  Ehorst,  a  native, of  Hanover. 
They  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  namely: 
Charles,  who  is  foreman  of  the  shipping  depart- 
ment of  the  packing  house;  Harry,  who  is  em- 
ployed on  the  delivery  force;  Mina;  Paul  and 
Otto,  twins;  and  Margaret. 

The  business  interests  of  Colorado  are  indebted 
to  such  men  as  Mr.  Gebhard  for  developing  the 
resources  of  the  country  and  giving  employment 
to  many  hands  and  thus  sending  happiness  to 
many  homes.  He  worked  his  way  to  success  by 
the  use  of  good  business  methods,  and  built  up 
an  enviable  reputation  among  the  business  men 
of  the  state,  who  prize  his  friendship  and  ac- 
knowledge him  as 'a  leader  among  men. 


EEORGE  RICHARD  WILLIAMSON  is  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  Colorado,  as  he  arrived 
here  in  December,  1858,  and  in  the  follow- 
ing spring  assisted  in  laying  out  the  town  of 
Boulder,  and  built  one  of  the  first  houses  in  the 
place,  it  being  made  of  logs.  For  the  past  forty 
years  he  has  been  actively  interested  in  farming 
and  mining  operations  and  has  done  all  within  his 
power  to  advance  the  material  welfare  of  this  lo- 
cality. He  constructed  the  wagon  road  between 
Boulder  and  Rawlins,  along  Bear  Canon;  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Boulder  National  Bank, 
and  since  the  expiration  of  its  second  year  has 
been  the  president  and  chief  stockholder.  He 
was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Boulder 
Electric  Light  Company,  and  has  been  a  director 
and  treasurer  of  the  same;  and  is  financially  in- 
terested in  the  Boulder  Elevator  and  Milling  Com- 
pany. 

The  birth  of  G.  R.  Williamson  occurred  near 
Mercer,  Mercer  County,  Pa.,  July  14,  1824.  His 
parents,  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Fruit)  William- 
son, were  natives  of  the  same  county,  Mercer. 
The  father  was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812,  enlist- 
ing when  but  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  was  in 
the  lake  region  service.  His  three  brothers  were 
also  participants  in  the  war,  and  one  of  them, 
Samuel,  rose  to  the  rank  of  colonel.  Thomas 
Williamson  was  occupied  in  farming  in  his  native 
county  until  he  was  well  along  in  years.  His 
death  took  place  when  he  had  reached  his  seventy- 


first  year.  His  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
Richard  Fruit,  died  at  the  age  of  fifty  years.  Her 
mother  was  related  to  Governor  Curtin  of  Penn- 
sylvania. The  marriage  of  Thomas  and  Eliza- 
beth Williamson  was  blessed  with  eight  children, 
four  of  whom  survive.  Samuel,  a  brother  of  our 
subject,  died  in  Colorado. 

An  ancestor  of  our  subject, Thomas  Williamson, 
.was  created  a  baronet  June  3,  1642,  by  Charles  I. 
of  England.  The  family  coat-of-arms  is  a  shield 
or  a  chevron  gules,  between  three  trefoils,  slipped 
sable.  The  crest:  issuing  from  a  mural  crown, 
gules  a  drui-wyvern,  and  the  motto  is  "Et  patri- 
bus  et  posteritate. "  ("Both  for  forefathers  and 
for  posterity.")  The  great-grandfather  of  our 
subject  was  a  native  of  Scotland.  He  married 
Mollie  Cochran,  and  emigrated  to  the  United 
States,  settling  in  eastern  Pennsylvania.  His 
forefather's  history  and  lineage  can  be  traced  back 
as  far  as  1381.  Grandfather  George  Williamson 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  with  his  six  broth- 
ers fought  in  the  war. of  the  Revolution.  Subse- 
quently he  went  to  the  neighborhood  of  Lexing- 
ton, Ky. ,  where  he  located  on  a  land  claim,  but 
the  Indians  were  so  troublesome  that  he  returned 
to  his  native  state,  and  in  1798  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  Mercer  County,  where  he  continued  to 
dwell  until  his  death,  at  the  age  of  fourscore 
years. 

Reared  on  a  farm  and  educated  in  the  district 
schools,  such  was  the  history  of  George  R.  Wil- 
liamson prior  to  his  eighteenth  year,  when  he 
obtained  a  teacher's  certificate  and  had  charge  of 
a  school  for  a  term  or  more.  He  went  to  Wiscon- 
sin and  spent  the  winter  of  1852-53,  and  in  the 
following  year  crossed  the  state  of  Iowa  with  a 
team,  and  settling  in  Nebraska,  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  Dakota  County.  He  was  the  first  sheriff 
of  that  county,  in  which  region  he  remained  until 
the  Pike's  Peak  excitement  led  him  to  start  for 
Colorado.  He  joined  a  wagon  train  fitted  out  in 
Sioux  City,  and  journeyed  up  the  Platte  as  far  as 
Julesburg,  thence  to  the  present  site  of  Cheyenne, 
and  southward  to  Boulder,  the  trip  taking  about 
two  months.  Stopping  in  the  hamlet  of  Big 
Thompson,  they  put  up  some  shanties  and  in  the 
January  following  went  to  Boulder.  Mr.  William- 
son engaged  in  gulch-mining  at  South  Boulder, 
Spring  Gulch,  California  Gulch, etc., for  some  time, 
having  John  Rothrick  for  his  partner.  In  the  fall 
of  1860  our  subject  returned  to  this  town  and  has 


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since  been  interested  in  several  mines  which 
he  opened,  known  as  the  Yellow  Pine  Group. 
He  personally  superintends  the  mines,  and 
made  the  locations  under  the  new  law  of  fif- 
teen hundred  feet  to  the  claim.  He  also  is 
concerned  in  the  extension  of  the  Utica  mine 
east  (the  Oklahoma),  near  Ward,  and  in  other 
mining  property  of  value.  He  has  made  a 
study  of  mineralogy  and  is  thoroughly  posted 
upon  everything  pertaining  to  ores  and  mining. 
His  fine  farm  of  three  hundred  acres  is  well  im- 
proved, and  lies  about  a  mile  and  a-half  east  of 
Boulder.  A  well-built  brick  block,  called  in  his 
honor,  was  erected  by  him  in  this  place,  as  well 
as  other  structures.  For  years  he  made  his  home 
near  Sugar  Loaf,  in  this  county,  in  order  to  be  in 
the  vicinity  of  his  mines,  but  for  about  nine  years 
he  has  been  a  resident  of  Boulder.  Until  recently, 
and  from  its  organization,  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Association  of  Colorado  Pioneers,  and  he  still  be- 
longs to  the  Boulder  County  Pioneer  Society 

May  13,  1875,  Mr.  Williamson  married  in  Den- 
ver Mrs.  Erie  (Kuester)  Graves,  daughter  of 
James  M.  Kuester,  who  was  a  noted  editor  and 
journalist.  He  was  one  of  the  first  editors  of  the 
Pittsburg  Dispatch  ;\&lzr  published  the  Mercer  Dis- 
patch; the  Erie  Observer;  the  Lawrence  Journal, 
of  Newcatle.  He  came  to  Denver  in  1875,  and 
died  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years.  His  father, 
Mordecai,  was  a  native  of  Germany,  and  after  his 
settlement  in  the  Keystone  state,  married  a 
Quaker  maiden,  and  lived  in  Philadelphia.  The 
mother  of  Mrs.  Williamson  was  Catherine, daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  Deutler  and  wife,  who  was  a  Miss 
Gottschalk,  a  descendant  of  a  Revolutionary  war 
hero.  Mrs.  Williamson  was  born  near  Erie,  Pa.; 
was  educated  in  the  high  school  and  seminary  of 
Newcastle,  and  upon  reaching  maturity  married 
Daniel  Graves,  a  farmer,  who  died  in  1876,  in 
Pennsylvania.  Some  time  afterward  she  came 
west,  and  lived  in  Denver  until  her  marriage  to 
Mr.  Williamson.  Her  only  sister,  Mary  E. ,  is 
Mrs.  M.  Bliss,  of  Denver,  and  her  only  brother, 
Gilbert,  died  in  Pittsburg.  She  is  president  of 
the  Ladies'  Union  of  the  Boulder  Congregational 
Church. 

In  early  life  Mr.  Williamson  was  a  Whig  in 
politics,  and  cast  his  first  vote  for  Henry  Clay. 
After  the  dissolution  of  the  Whig  party,  he  be- 
came somewhat  independent  in  politics,  voting 
for  what  he  considered  to  be  the  best  interests  of 


the  people  and  the  country.  In  1874  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Grant  one  of  the  county 
commissioners  of  Boulder  County  and  served 
about  one  year.  He  was  one  of  the  prime  factors 
in  the  organization  of  the  silver  party  in  the  state, 
and  has  ever  since  been  a  strong  advocate  of  the 
same,  believing  that  the  principles  and  policy  of 
that  party  would  best  insure  the  development  of 
the  state  and  country.  He  was  one  of  the  men 
who  determined  to  make  the  ratio  sixteen  to  one 
in  the  platform  of  the  party. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Williamson  has  been  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the  most  intelligent  and  able 
men  of  Boulder  County  and  this  portion  of  Colo- 
rado. He  is  one  of  those  who,  in  the  pioneer  era, 
laid  the  foundation,  broad  and  deep,  which  has 
enabled  the  state  to  move  forward  in  its  splendid 
development.  As  one  of  the'  pioneers  and  as  a 
citizen  possessing  sterling  qualities  of  manhood, 
he  will  long  be  remembered.  He  is  now  the  oldest 
bank  president  living  in  the  county. 


RROF.  L.  G.  CARPENTER,  professor  of 
L/  civil  and  irrigation  engineering  in  the  State 
K*  Agricultural  College  at  Fort  Collins,  was 
born  near  Orion,  Oakland  County,  Mich.,  and  is 
a  descendant  of  a  family  that  came  from  England 
to  Massachusetts,  thence  spreading  out,  through 
different  branches,  into  Connecticut,  Rhode  Is- 
land and  Long  Island.  The  first  of  the  name  in 
this  country  came  in  1636  to  Plymouth  and  one 
of  the  family  became  the  wife  of  Governor  Brad- 
ford. Daniel  P.  Carpenter,  the  professor's  grand- 
father, was  born  in  Queens  County,  N.  Y.,  and 
became  a  pioneer  of  New  York,  one  of  his  daugh- 
ters being  the  first  white  child  born  at  Hornells- 
ville,  that  state.  In  1836  he  took  his  family  to 
Michigan  and  settled  near  Orion,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  farming  until  his  death.  He  was  suc- 
ceeded in  the  ownership  of  the  homestead  by  his 
son,  C.  K.,  a  native  of  Steuben  County,  N.  Y., 
but  during  most  of  his  life  a  resident  of  Michigan, 
where  he  was  a  very  prominent  man.  In  many 
enterprises  he  took  an  active  part,  all  of  them  of 
a  responsible  nature.  He  was  instrumental  in 
the  organization  of  the  Farmers'  (or  Monitor) 
Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company,  of  which  he 
remained  president  until  his  death  and  which  be- 
came remarkably  successful.  Prior  to  the  Civil 
war  he  was  a  Democrat, and  was  elected  to  the  state 


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legislature  on  his  party's  ticket.  During  the 
war  he  was  a  stanch  Union  man,  and  called  the 
first  Union  mass  meeting  in  Oakland  County, 
irrespective  of  party  lines.  Largely  through  his 
efforts  was  built  the  Detroit  and  Bay  City  Rail- 
road, the  right  of  way  for  which  he  secured,  as 
well  as  raising  a  large  part  of  the  money  required. 
He  was  vice-president  and  a  director  of  the  road 
until  his  death.  In  the  Grange  he  served  as  a 
state  officer.  A  stanch  friend  of  the  Prohibition 
movement,  and  by  principle  a  total  abstainer,  he 
finally  identified  himself  with  the  Prohibition 
party,  and  upon  that  ticket  was  nominated  for  gov- 
ernor of  Michigan.  At  one  time  he  was  also  the 
Greenback  nominee  for  governor,  but  refused  to 
accept  the  nomination,  having  never  acted  with 
that  party.  He  died  in  1884,  at  the  age  of  fifty- 
eight  years. 

The  mother  of  Professor  Carpenter  was  born  in 
Livingston  County,  N.  Y.,  and  was  Jennette, 
daughter  of  George  Cory  ell,  a  native  of  New 
York,  but  from  1843  a  farmer  in  Lapeer  County, 
Mich.  The  Coryells  are  of  French -Huguenot 
extraction,  and  he  inherited  the  courage  and 
determination  of  character  so  noticeable  in  people 
of  that  descent.  In  early  days  he  went  to  New 
Orleans  on  a  flatboat  and  from  that  city  crossed 
the  country  into  Texas,  where  a  brother-in-law 
was  surveyor-general.  He  remained  for  two 
years  and  one  of  the  counties  of  the  state  was 
named  in  his  honor.  Mrs.  Carpenter  is  still  liv- 
ing in  Orion.  Of  her  eight  children  all  but  two 
are  living.  Prof.  R.  C.,  the  eldest  of  the  six,  is 
a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan  and  the 
Agricultural  College,  and  is  now  professor  of  ex- 
perimental engineering  at  Cornell.  Judge  W.  L., 
the  second  son,  is  an  attorney  of  Detroit  and  a 
jurist  of  Wayne  County,  Mich.  Blanche  is  the 
wife  of  C.  H.  Seeley,  of  Aberdeen,  S.  Dak.; 
Mary  L.  is  the  wife  of  N.  S.  Mayo,  a  professor  in 
the  Agricultural  College  of  Connecticut;  and 
Jennette,  a  member  of  the  class  of  '98,  Agricult- 
ural College  of  Michigan. 

In  Orion,  where  he  was  born  March  28,  1861, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  gained  the  rudiments  of 
his  education.  From  1876  to  1879  he  attended 
the  Michigan  Agricultural  College,  from  which 
he  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  Afterward 
he  engaged  in  teaching  French  in  the  college.  In 
1 88 1  he  was  made  assistant  professor  of  mathe- 
matics and  engineering,  which  he  held  until 


resigning  to  accept  his  present  position.  He 
was  practically  the  organizer  of  the  department 
of  irrigation  engineering  in  the  Agricultural 
College  of  Colorado,  the  former  professor  having 
resigned  the  position  six  weeks  after  he  opened 
the  department.  He  spent  the  winters  of  1881-82 
and  1883-84  in  graduate  work  in  the  University 
of  Michigan,  making  a  specialty  of  mathematics 
and  physics.  In  the  winters  of  1885-86  and 
1887-88  he  engaged  in  post-graduate  work  in 
Johns  Hopkins  University  at  Baltimore,  where 
he  had  all  the  privileges  of  a  Fellow  and  made  a 
specialty  of  mathematics,  physics  and  astronomy. 
In  June,  1888,  he  accepted  the  position  with  the 
Colorado  State  Agricultural  College,  and  in  Sep- 
tember took  up  the  professorship,  beginning  ex- 
perimental work  in  one  room,  then  branching  out 
to  the  main  building.  In  1893  he  took  posses- 
sion of  the  engineering  building,  which  had  been 
remodeled  for  this  department,  with  a  main  class 
room  upstairs,  an  office  and  drafting  room  on  the 
first  floor,  and  a  laboratory  in  the  basement.  At 
first  he  had  but  four  classes,  now  he  has  nearly 
thirty,  some  of  them  in  two  and  three  divisions. 
An  engineering  course,  which  is  complete,  has 
been  introduced.  He  also  has  charge  of  the 
meteorology  and  irrigation  engineering  section  of 
the  United  States  Agricultural  Experiment  sta- 
tion, the  line  of  experiments  stretching  out  over 
a  large  part  of  the  state.  A  number  of  years  ago 
he  was  appointed  an  United  States  artesian  well 
investigator,  having  charge  of  Colorado  and  New 
Mexico. 

In  Jackson,  Mich,,  Professor  Carpenter  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  J.  Merrill,  who  was  born  in 
Canada  and  was  reared  in  Michigan,  graduating 
from  the  Michigan  Agricultural  College  in  1881 
with  the  degree  of  B.  S. ,  and  later  receiving  the 
degree  of  M.  S.  They  have  two  children,  Charles 
Louis  and  Jenuette. 

Some  years  ago  Professor  Carpenter  was  made 
a  Fellow  of  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science,  of  which  he  is  a 
member.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  British 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science  and 
attended  the  meeting  of  the  society  at  Montreal 
in  1884.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the 
Michigan  Engineering  Society  and  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Denver  Engineering  Society,  of 
which  he  has  served  as  vice-president.  In  1891 
he  assisted  in  the  organization,  at  Salt  Lake  City, 


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of  the  American  Society  of  Irrigation  Engineers, 
of  which  he  held  the  office  of  president  for  two 
years  and  which  has  members  from  many  of  the 
countries  of  the  world.  He  takes  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  work  of  the  American  Society  for 
the  Promotion  of  Engineering  Education,  and 
serves  as  a  member  of  its  board  of  directors.  In 
1895  the  French  government  conferred  on  him 
the  order,  Chevalier  du  Merite  Agricole,  in  rec- 
ognition of  important  services  rendered  in  the 
department  of  agriculture.  He  is  probably  the 
only  American  on  whom  this  honor  has  been 
bestowed. 

In  1892  he  visited  Europe,  and  spent  some 
time  in  investigating  the  irrigation  methods  and 
enterprises  of  France,  Italy  and  Algeria.  The 
work  of  this  department  has  been  generally  recog- 
nized by  the  different  countries  in  their  leading 
papers,  viz.:  Germany,  France,  Russia,  India, 
Australia  and  England,  also  throughout  the 
United  States.  This  recognition  of  his  work  is 
naturally  quite  gratifying  to  him.  It  is  solely  due 
to  his  personal  efforts  that  his  department  is  fore- 
most among  all  in  the  entire  country,  while  he 
has  without  doubt  the  best  and  most  complete 
library  on  irrigation  in  existence.  He  is  fre- 
quently called  upon  to  deliver  lectures  along  the 
line  of  his  specialties.  In  1898  he  gave  the  state 
address  for  the  League  of  American  Wheelmen 
at  Rocky  Mountain  Chautauqua,  Glen  Park.  In 
1884  he  received  the  degree  of  M.  S.  from  his 
alma  mater.  In  religion  he  is  connected  with  the 
Presbyterian  Church. 


Gl  LFRED  A.  FALKENBURG,  head  consul 
F I  Pacific  jurisdiction  of  Woodmen  of  the 
l\  World,  was  born  in  southern  Indiana,  Jan- 
uary 31,  1857,  and  is  a  son  of  Rev.  S.  B.  and  A. 
Jane  (Gardiner)  Falkenburg,  the  father  a  minis- 
ter in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  denomination. 
Fred  A.  (he  is  known  by  this  name)  was  educa- 
ted primarily  in  the  public  schools  of  Indiana,  and 
afterward  entered  the  preparatory  department  of 
Moore's  Hill  College,  where  he  remained  a  stu- 
dent for  six  years.  At  the  end  of  the  junior  year 
he  entered  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business  Col- 
lege in  Indianapolis,  where  he  took  a  business 
and  law  course.  He  engaged  in  law  practice  in 
Indiana  from  1876  to  1881.  In  the  latter  year 
he  became  auditor  for  the  Toledo,  Cincinnati  & 


St.  Louis  Railroad,  then  in  process  of  construc- 
tion, also  auditor  for  the  construction  company  in 
charge  of  the  building  of  the  road. 

The  next  position  secured  by  Mr.  Falkenburg 
was  with  the  Royal  Fire  Insurance  Company  of 
Chicago,  where  he  had  charge  of  sub-agency  ac- 
counts for  thirteen  northwestern  states.  After- 
ward he  became  secretary  and  treasurer  of  a  large 
publishing  firm  in  Chicago,  and  later,  going  to 
Lincoln,  Neb.,  he  entered  the  wholesale  book  and 
stationery  business.  It  was  while  in  that  city  he 
became  interested  in  Woodcraft,  and  there  he 
held  the  position  of  presiding  officer  of  the  local 
camp,  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  In  May, 
1889,  he  moved  to  Colorado,  at  which  time  Will- 
iam Jennings  Bryant  succeeded  him  in  the  posi- 
tion of  presidingofficer  at  Lincoln.  June  6,  1890, 
with  Joseph  Cullen  Root,  he  organized  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World,  which  had  a  membership,  May 
i,  1898,  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight  thou- 
sand, and  has  paid  over  $3,000,000  in  benefits  to 
widows  and  orphans.  At  the  convention  where  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  was  organized  he  served 
as  secretary  and  now  holds  benefit  certificate  No. 
i,  in  that  order.  At  this  writing  he  is  sovereign 
adviser  of  the  eastern  jurisdiction  and  head  con- 
sul, or  chief  executive,  of  the  Pacificjurisdiction, 
in  which  are  thirty-five  thousand  members  and  in 
which  $1,000,000  has  been  paid  to  beneficiaries. 

Outside  of  his  executive  duties  and  the  man- 
agement of  a  correspondence  that  averages  three 
thousand  letters  per  month,  Mr.  Falkenburg  has 
been  engaged  considerably  in  platform  work,  and 
during  the  past  year  (1897)  delivered  two  hun- 
dred and  forty-seven  addresses,  traveling  over 
thirty  thousand  miles.  He  is  serving  his  fourth 
biennial  term  as  head  consul  in  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World.  Three  times  he  has  been  selected  as 
a  representative  of  the  order  to  the  National  Fra- 
ternal Congress.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  war 
with  Spain  in  1898  he  was  the  first  supreme  offi- 
cer of  any  fraternal  order  who  officially  requested 
all  of  the  local  organizations  to  keep  all  soldier 
Woodmen  in  good  standing  during  their  term  of 
service  under  the  stars  and  stripes;  also  to  provide 
a  large  hospital  fund  for  wounded  and  sick  mem- 
bers of  the  order.  His  request  was  unanimously 
adopted  by  the  camps  of  the  nine  states  under  his 
supervision. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Falkenburg  took  place  in 
Indianapolis  in  1879  and  united  him  with  Miss 


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Ida  May  Baty.  Three  children  were  born  of 
their  union,  but  only  one  survives,  Jessie  May, 
who  was  born  in  Chicago. 

While  in  Indianapolis,  Mr.  Falkenburg  took 
an  active  part  in  politics,  favoring  the  Republican 
part}7.  He  is  not  an  office-seeker  and  has  de- 
clined many  opportunities  to  become  a  candidate 
for  office.  His  membership  is  in  the  Cameron 
Memorial  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  which  he 
serves  as  a  trustee.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Masonic  fraternity,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen,  besides  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World  and  Fraternal  Union  of  America, 
already  alluded  to. 

HON.  HIRAM  R.  BROWN.  In  1874  Mr. 
Brown  settled  upon  his  present  farm,  two 
and  one-quarter  miles  northeast  of  Arvada, 
Jefferson  County,  where  he  had  purchased  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  railroad  land  some 
two  years  before.  Here  he  has  since  resided, 
having  in  the  meantime  added  to  his  landed  pos- 
sessions until  his  farm  now  comprises  two  hun- 
dred and  thirty-five  acres.  As  a  Republican  he 
has  been  closely  identified  with  public  affairs  of 
his  county.  In  1889  he  was  elected  to  represent 
his  district  in  the  state  legislature;  two  years  later 
he  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  and  served  in 
the  eighth,  ninth  and  tenth  general  assemblies. 
During  his  term  in  the  senate  the  Australian  bal- 
lot system  was  introduced,  the  police  system  of 
Denver  was  enacted  and  the  woman  suffrage  was 
carried. 

In  Bedford,  Lawrence  County,  Ind. ,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  born  December  13,  1836.  He 
was  one  of  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are  still 
living:  Caroline  P.,  widow  of  Elisha  McMillan, 
-  and  residing  in  Berkeley,  Arapahoe  County; 
William  B. ,  also  of  Berkeley ;  Hiram  R. ;  Richard 
T.,  who  lives  in  Lincoln,  Neb.;  and  Sarah  E., 
wife  of  T.  W.  H.  Miller,  a  retired  farmer  living 
in  Tecumseh,  Neb.  The  father  of  this  family 
was  John  Brown,  a  native  of  Virginia,  but 
reared  in  Kentucky,  and  after  his  marriage  to 
Mathilda ,  Board  he  moved  to  Indiana,  settling 
in  Bedford,  where  he  secured  employment  as 
clerk  in  a  bank.  After  filling  this  position  for 
twenty-two  years  he  removed  to  Lee  County,  Iowa, 
where  he  purchased  an  extensive  tract  of  land 
and  laid  out  the  town  of  Franklin,  now  a  flourish- 


ing village.  After  a  number  of  years  he  removed 
to  Mount  Pleasant  and  there  died.  In  political 
life  he  was  prominent  and  served  for  one  term  as 
a  member  of  the  legislature.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  committee  chosen  to  locate  the  state  capitol 
when  it  was  changed  from  Iowa  City  to  Des 
Moines.  He  was  a  stanch  advocate  of  Republican 
principles  and  contributed  largely  to  his  party's 
success  in  his  locality.  He  was  well  situated 
financially,  being  the  owner  of  large  tracts  of 
land.  By  observation  and  reading  he  became  the 
possessor  of  a  broad  education  that  made  him  an 
entertaining  companion. 

After  having  completed  the  studies  of  the  com- 
mon schools,  our  subject  entered  the  Iowa  Uni- 
versity at  Mount  Pleasant,  and  there  completed 
his  education.  Afterward  he  taught  one  term  of 
school  in  Pike  County,  Mo.,  and  two  terms  in 
Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa.  In  1862  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, making  the  journey  down  the  river  in  com- 
pany with  another  man,  and  landing  at  Louisiana, 
where  he  took  a  steamer  up  the  Missouri  to 
Leavenworth.  There  he  hired  out  to  some  parties 
to  drive  ox-teams  across  the  plains.  On  the  4th 
of  July  he  arrived  in  Denver,  with  fifty  cents  in 
his  pocket.  With  a  desire  to  mine,  he  went  to 
Tarryall  Gulch,  South  Park,  where  he  worked  in 
the  mines,  and  from  there  he  went  to  Mont- 
gomery and  worked  in  a  lead  mine.  In  the  fall  of 
the  same  year  he  went  to  Colorado  City,  where 
he  was  appointed  deputy  county  clerk  and  deputy 
postmaster.  While  there  he  organized  the  Colo- 
rado Town  Company  and  secured  from  the  gov- 
ernment the  title  for  the  town  site.  During  this 
time  the  Indian  troubles  came  up  and  a  company 
was  organized  for  service,  but  the  government 
refused  to  permit  them  to  act  as  an  independent 
regiment,  and  they  were  mustered  in  as  United 
States  troops,  our  subject  being  quartermaster- 
sergeant  of  Company  F,  Third  Colorado  Cavalry. 
When  the  quartermaster-sergeant  of  the  regiment 
was  taken  ill  shortly  afterward,  Mr.  Brown  was 
detailed  to  fill  his  position,  in  which  he  afterward 
served.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Sand  Creek. 

Shortly  after  his  return  from  the  Indian  fights, 
Mr.  Brown  was  appointed  provost-marshal  and 
assigned  to  Park  County,  where  he  served  for 
nine  months.  In  1866  he  came  to  Denver,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  with  a 
brother-in-law  for  two  years.  When  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  was  in  process  of  construction  to 


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Cheyenne,  he  decided  to  go  to  the  latter  city,  and 
during  the  building  boom  there  he  found  employ- 
ment at  large  wages.  After  eighteen  months  he 
came  back  to  Denver  and  with  a  Mr.  McCune 
engaged  in  the  painting  business,  having  large 
and  important  contracts.  After  four  years  of  suc- 
cessful business,  in  1874  he  came  to  his  present 
farm,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  farming.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Clear  Creek  Valley  Grange  and 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  is  junior  vice 
of  the  post.  In  the  fall  of  1863  he  married  Miss 
Mary  A.  Boyd,  and  four  children  were  born  to 
them,  viz.:  Edgar  A.,  deceased;  Maud  J.,  who  is 
a  student  at  Wolfe  Hall;  Hiram  A.,  who  is  attend- 
ing the  Agricultural  College  at  Fort  Collins;  and 
Carrie  B. ,  who  graduated  from  the  East  Denver 
high  school  in  June,  1898. 


HARRY  NEIL  HAYNES.  In  the  early  set- 
tlement of  the  New  England  states  the 
Puritans  who  landed  on  these  shores  had 
much  to  do  with  giving  that  section  of  the  coun- 
try the  reputation  for  sagacity  and  piety  that  it 
has  since  enjoyed.  From  such  stock  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  descends.  One  of  his  ancestors 
came  over  with  Governor  Winthrop,  and,  though 
he  is  many  generations  removed,  he  inherits 
many  traits  of  character  that  were  dominant  in 
the  lives  of  those  pioneers.  However,  he  is  in- 
debted, not  only  to  his  ancestors  for  his  success, 
but  as  well  to  his  native  ability  and  the  attention 
given  to  all  cases  entrusted  to  his  charge  as  attor- 
ney. Among  the  members  of  the  bar  of  Weld 
County  he  stands  high,  ranking  with  the  ablest 
in  Greeley. 

The  maternal  grandfather  of  Mr.  Haynes,  Col. 
E.  H.  Neil,  of  Skowhegan,  Me.,  was  one  of  the 
prominent  citizens  of  that  state,  and  stood  high 
in  the  respect  of  all.  He  was  engaged  in  mercan- 
tile pursuits,  and  also  held  many,  positions  of 
trust.  About  1820  he  was  colonel  of  the  militia 
of  his  locality.  By  his  marriage  to  Mary  Fletcher 
four  children  were  born,  who  attained  maturity. 
The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
Francis  F.  Haynes,  of  East  Farmington,  Me.; 
one  of  his  daughters  married  Timothy  O.  Howe, 
who  was  a  member  of  the  United  States  senate 
for  eighteen  years,  and  who  died  while  serving 
as  postmaster-general. 

Silas  B.  A.  Haynes,  the  father  of  our  subject, 


was  a  man  of  prominence.  He  was  educated  in 
Maine,  and  read  law  under  one  of  the  most 
prominent  attorneys  there,  Mr.  Abbott,  after- 
ward a  leader  of  the  Boston  bar.  At  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  war,  in  1861,  he  was  appointed 
paymaster  with  the  rank  of  major,  and  served 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  was  honor- 
ably discharged  with  the  brevet  commission  of 
lieutenant-colonel.  For  many  years  afterward  he 
was  clerk  of  the  United  States  senate  committee 
on  claims.  In  1872  he  came  to  Colorado,  where 
his  ability  was  soon  recognized.  He  served  as 
county  judge  of  Weld  County,  and  was  state 
senator  in  the  first  and  second  general  assem- 
blies. By  his  marriage  to  Harriet  C.  Neil  five 
children  were  born,  of  whom  the  oldest  living 
son  is  Harry  Neil. 

Born  at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  November  29,  1855, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  when  in  his  teens,  went 
to  Skowhegan,  Me. ,  and  made  his  home  with  his 
grandfather  during  his  father's  sojourn  in  Wash- 
ington. In  1872  he  graduated  from  the  high 
school,  and  the  next  year  entered  Colby  Uni- 
versity at  Waterville,  Me.,  where,  as  a  junior, 
he  received  the  first  prize  for  composition  and  de- 
livery, and  in  1877  graduated  as  an  A.  B.  with  hon- 
ors. In  the  catalogue  he  was  given  special  men- 
tion for  general  work  outside  of  the  regular 
course,  and  received  special  honors  for  scholar- 
ship. His  interest  in  college  societies  he  has 
maintained,  having  held  the  highest  office  in  Chi 
Chapter  of  the  Zeta  Psi  Fraternity,  from  which 
he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Grand  Chapter  in  Phila- 
delphia in  1876.  Since  his  graduation  he  has 
joined  the  noted  alumni  society,  to  which  only 
graduates  of  high  scholarship  are  admitted,  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa.  Prior  to  entering  college  he 
had  read  law  with  Hon.  Stephen  Coburn,  of 
Skowhegan,  who  was  a  member  of  congress  in 
1859-60.  After  graduating  he  came  to  Greeley, 
where  he  read  with  Haynes  &  Dunning,  later 
with  Symes  &  Decker  in  Denver. 

Immediately  after  his  admission  to  the  bar  in 
May,  1879,  Mr.  Haynes  located  at  Fort  Collins, 
where  he  resided  for  four  years.  In  1880  he  en- 
tered his  father's  firm,  the  name  of  which  was 
changed  to  Haynes,  Dunning  &  Haynes,  with 
offices  in  Fort  Collins  and  Greeley.  From  Judge 
Elliott  he  received  appointment  as  referee  for  irri- 
gation district  No.  3,  the  oldest  and  most  thor- 
ough irrigation  district  in  the  state.  His  atteu- 


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tion  to  that  trust  was  generally  commended.  In 
1882  he  removed  to  Greeley,  and  upon  the  retire- 
ment of  his  father  in  1883,  the  firm  took  in 
Frank  J.  Annis,  and  was  afterward  known  as 
Haynes,  Dunning  &  Aunis.  Since  1887,  when 
this  partnership  was  dissolved,  Mr.  Haynes  has 
practiced  alone.  The  success  attendant  upon  his 
conduct  of  many  important  cases  has  given  him 
the  prestige  that  assures  him  of  all  the  business 
he  can  attend  to.  While  engaged  in  general 
practice  he  has  also  given  much  attention  to  irri- 
gation matters,  and  has  the  reputation  of  being 
one  of  the  foremost  attorneys  in  the  state  in  this 
important  branch  of  law.  He  has  been  connected 
with  the  majority  of  the  prominent  irrigation 
cases,  and  his  judgment  is  much  sought  in  these 
matters.  He  has  had  cases  reported  in  -all  of  the 
reports  from  the  Fifth  Colorado  down.  One  of 
his  most  important  cases  not  connected  with  irri- 
gation was  that  of  Allen  vs.  Glenn,  in  the  thir- 
teenth judicial  district,  in  which  he  was  counsel 
for  Judge  Allen  in  the  supreme  court.  His  serv- 
ices are  in  demand,  not  only  in  Weld  County, 
but  also  in  Arapahoe,  Larimer,  Boulder,  Logan 
and  Morgan  Counties,  as  well  as  in  the  court  of 
appeals  and  the  supreme  court.  He  has  served 
as  county  attorney  of  Weld  County  and  attorney 
for  the  city  of  Greeley. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Haynes  is  connected  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  At  the  Pueblo  session 
of  the  Woodmen  in  1892  he  was  elected  one  of 
the  head  managers  of  the  head  camp  of  the  Pa- 
cific jurisdiction,  and  has  been  twice  re-elected, 
at  Portland,  Ore.,  in  1894,  and  at  Helena,  Mont., 
in  1896.  During  this  time  the  order  rapidly  in- 
creased from  three  thousand  to  thirty-five  thou- 
sand. He  was  a  member  of  the  board  having 
control  of  the  finances,  which  distributed  $35 ,000 
per  month.  He  is  also  legal  counsel  for  the  head 
camp.  He  declined  to  be  candidate  for  re-elec- 
tion as  head  manager  at  San  Francisco,  in  1898. 

A  member  of  the  State  Bar  Association,  Mr. 
Haynes  is  a  member  of  its  committee  on  legal  edu- 
cation. He  is  interested  in  educational  matters,  and 
a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Greeley.  Polit- 
ically he  has  always  been  a  Republican,  but  not 
a  politician  in  the  ordinary  usage  of  that  word. 
His  name  was  prominently  mentioned  for  judge 
of  the  court  of  appeals,  and  in  1896  he  was  the 
nominee  of  the  Republicans  for  state  senator, 


and  ran  two  hundred  ahead  of  his  ticket.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  University  Club  of  Denver,  and 
the  Denver  Chess,  Checker  and  Whist  Club.  An 
admirer  of  chess,  he  is  one  of  the  best  players  of 
that  game  in  the  state.  He  attends  the  Congre- 
gational and  Unitarian  churches  and  contributes 
to  both. 

June  3,  1882,  he  married  Anna  E.,  daughter 
of  Ovid  and  Anna  (Miles)  Plumb,  of  Greeley,  a 
niece  of  ex-Congressman  Frederick  Miles,  of 
Connecticut.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Haynes  are  the 
parents  of  two  sons  and  three  daughters,  namely : 
Florence  I.,  who  is  a  student  in  the  Greeley 
high  school;  Rhoda  N.,  Rollin  Fletcher,  Doro- 
thy Plumb  and  Harold  Douglas. 


(TESSE  S.  GALE,  president  of  the  Union 
I  Bank  of  Greeley,  is  one  of  the  leading  busi- 
Q)  ness  men  of  northern  Colorado,  and  occupiesa 
foremost  position  among  the  prominent  financiers 
of  the  state.  Genuine  success  is  not  likely  to  be 
the  result  of  mere  chance  or  fortune,  but  is  some- 
thing to  be  labored  for  and  sought  out  with  con- 
secutive effort.  Ours  is  a  utilitarian  age  and  the 
life  of  every  successful  man  bears  its  lessons  and 
as  told  in  contemporary  narration  perhaps  is  pro- 
ductive of  the  greatest  good.  Mr.  Gale  has  not 
only  made  a  wide  reputation  as  a  most  capable  fi- 
nancier, but  occupies  a  position  of  no  little  promi- 
nence in  connection  with  the  political  affairs  of  the 
county,  although  he  has  never  sought  or  desired 
political  preferment.  His  life  demonstrates  what 
may  be  accomplished  through  energy,  careful 
management,  keen  foresight  and  the  utilization 
of  the  powers  with  which  nature  has  endowed 
one,  and  the  opportunities  with  which  the  times 
surround  him. 

Mr.  Gale  was  born  in  Heath,  Franklin  County, 
Mass.,  September  16,  1845,  and  traces  his  ances- 
try back  to  three  brothers  who  came  from  Eng- 
land in  the  seventeenth  century  and  located  in 
that  state.  His  parents  were  Otis  and  Martha 
(Henry)  Gale.  The  father,  who  was  born  hi 
Massachusetts,  in  1806,  was  a  drover  by  occupa- 
tion, selling  his  stock  principally  in  Boston  and 
Springfield  before  railroads  had  been  built,  and 
also  owned  and  operated  a  farm.  In  religious 
faith  he  was  a  Unitarian  and  in  political  senti- 
ment a  Whig.  He  died  at  comparatively  an 
early  age,  when  our  subject  was  ten  years  old. 


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His  father,  Luther  Gale,  spent  his  entire  life  in 
Massachusetts,  and  being  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent and  influential  agriculturists  of  his  commu- 
nity, he  was  called  upon  to  represent  his  district 
in  the  state  legislature.  His  death  occurred  in 
Heath,  Mass. 

Our  subject  is  the  ninth  in  order  of  birth  in  a 
family  of  ten  children,  the  others  being:  Edward 
H.,  deceased,  who  came  to  Colorado  and  was  ex- 
tensively engaged  in  the  cattle  business  with  our 
subject;  Catherine,  who  died  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
years;  James,  who  was  formerly  interested  in 
the  cattle  business  in  Colorado,  but  is  now  living 
retired  in  National  City,  Cal. ;  Martha,  wife  of 
Charles  Coburn,  of  Hartford,  Conn.;  Prudence, 
who  died  in  early  life;  Hanson,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  eleven;  David  H. ,  who  was  formerly  presi- 
dent of  the  Farm  and  Investment  Company,  and 
Savings  Bank  of  Greeley,  and  died  here  Sep- 
tember 6,  1894;  Emma  L.,  wife  of  Albert  Bowen, 
proprietor  of  the  Bowen  Hotel  of  Boulder,  Colo. ; 
and  Mary,  who  died  in  early  womanhood. 

Jesse  S.  Gale  spent  the  first  eighteen  years  of 
his  life  in  his  native  town,  acquiring  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools,  the  East  Hampton 
schools  and  the  Williston  Seminary.  He  com- 
menced his  business  career  as  a  butcher,  later 
spent  one  year  as  a  marble  cutter,  and  then  en- 
gaged in  the  meat  business  at  Shelburn  Falls  and 
East  Hampton,  Mass.,  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  Ed  ward,  until  coming  to  Colorado  in  1881. 
They  located  in  Greeley  and  under  the  firm  name 
of  E.  H.  &  J.  S.  Gale  extensively  engaged  in 
cattle  ranging.  In  1883  their  brother,  David, 
also  became  interested  in  the  business  and  the 
name  was  changed  to  Gale  Brothers.  They  be- 
came the  most  extensive  cattle  grazers  in  the 
state,  having  from  six  to  ten  thousand  head  at 
one  time,  branded  with  P.O.  Edward  died,  in 
January,  1890,  and  David  in  September,  1894, 
but  our  subject  continued  the  business  until  1898, 
when  he  sold  out,  carrying  on  operations  in  com- 
pany with  Walter  J.  Fair,  under  the  name  of 
Gale&  Farr.  In  1897  they  had  forty  thousand 
head  of  sheep.  In  1886  Mr.  Gale  became  inter- 
ested in  the  Union  Bank  of  Greeley  as  a  stock- 
holder, later  was  elected  vice-president,  and  has 
served  as  president  since  1893.  In  1897  the 
charter  expired,  it  being  one  of  the  oldest  banks 
in  the  state,  but  it  was  renewed  under  the  name 
of  the  Union  Bank  of  Greeley.  Our  subject  is 


also  a  director  in  the  Farm  and  Investment  Com- 
pany of  Greeley,  the  Savings  Bank  and  the 
Electric  Light  Company,  and  as  a  promoter  of 
these  enterprises  has  done  much  to  advance  the 
interests  of  the  city.  Besides  his  valuable  town 
property  he  owns  seven  hundred  acres  of  land  in 
Weld  County,  four  hundred  of  which  are  under 
cultivation,  and  he  personally  superintends  its 
operation.  As  a  business  man  he  has  been  enter- 
prising, energetic  and  always  abreast  of  the  times, 
and  the  success  that  has  crowned  his  efforts  is 
certainly  well  deserved. 

At  Wilmington,  Vt.,  in  1866,  Mr.  Gale  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Jennie  V.  Morse, 
daughter  of  Gideon  and  Betsy  (Mann)  Morse,  of 
that  state,  and  they  have  become  the  parents  of 
one  son,  Edward,  the  present  cashier  of  the  Union 
Bank.  Politically  Mr.  Gale  has  always  been  a 
stanch  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
was  president  of  the  National  Republican  League 
of  Weld  County,  and  served  as  alderman  from  the 
second  ward  in  Greeley  in  1893-94.  Fraternally 
heisa  Royal  Arch  Mason,  holding  membership  in 
Occidental  Lodge  No.  20,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
Greeley  Chapter  No.  13,  R.  A.  M.,  of  which  he 
is  past  high  priest.  Formerly  he  also  belonged 
to  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 


(JOHN  H.  BEHRENS,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
I  lumber  business  in  Evans,  Weld  County,  was 
(*/  born  in  Germany  in  1839,  a  son  of  John  H. 
and  Elizabeth  (Schwaubeck)  Behrens,  both  na- 
tives of  Germany.  After  the  death  of  his  mother 
the  family,  came  to  the  United  States  in  1857,  tne 
father  settling  in  Wyoming  County,  Pa.,  where 
he  carried  on  a  farm  during  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years. 
The  only  surviving  member  .of  the  family,  our 
subject  was  educated  in  Germany,  and  on 
coming  to  this  country  spent  one  year  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. At  the  age  of  twenty  he  went  to  New 
York  City,  where  he  became  an  employe  in  a 
giano  manufactory.  He  was  fitted  for  that  kind 
of  work,  as  from  fourteen  to  seventeen  years  of 
age  he  was  an  apprentice  to  a  cabinet-maker,  and 
gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  t^e  trade.  His 
first  work  in  this  country  was  in  tlje  railroad 
shops  at  Scranton,  but  the  position  he  held  in 
New  York,  with  the  Steimvay  and  other  piano 
manufactories,  was  more  congenial,  and  he  re- 


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mained  with  them  until  1871.  April  5  of  the 
latter  year  he  arrived  in  Evans,  Colo. ,  and  here 
he  followed  the  carpenter's  trade  for  a  few  years, 
then  launched  out  as  a  contractor  and  builder, 
and  finally  in  1884  he  embarked  in  lumber  con- 
tracting. He  has  built  a  number  of  the  sub- 
stantial houses  in  Evans,  as  well  as  some  public 
buildings,  and  is  considered  a  reliable  workman. 

In  1871  Mr.  Behrens  took  up  a  pre-emption  on 
section  28,  township  5,  range  §5,  Weld  County, 
and  to  the  original  forty  acres  he  afterward  added 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  making  his  present 
place  one  of  two  hundred  acres.  It  is  con- 
veniently situated  near  the  village  of  Evans. 
An  organizer  of  the  Union  ditch,  he  has  since 
served  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  company. 
It  is  from  this  ditch  that  he  secures  the  water 
supply  for  his  land.  In  combining  farming  with 
stock-raising  he  finds  sufficient  to  engage  his 
time  and  thought. 

Politically  Mr.  Behrens  is  a  Republican.  In 
1892  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Evans  and  served 
for  one  year.  In  1893-94  ne  served  as  trustee. 
At  other  times  he  has  been  chosen  to  occupy 
different  local  offices,  including  his  present  office 
of  city  treasurer,  to  which  he  was  elected  in  the 
fall  of  1897.  For  six  years  he  was  secretary  of 
the  school  board  of  district  No.  1 1 ,  and  during 
that  time  was  an  active  factor  in  promoting  the 
welfare  of  the  school.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  Prosperity  Lodge  No.  109,  I.  O.  O.  F. 

In  New  York  City,  in  1865,  Mr.  Behrens  mar- 
ried Miss  Caroline  Hipsehle,  of  that  place,  her 
father  having  come  to  America  from  Germany 
and  served  during  the  Civil  war.  They  are  the 
parents  of  six  children,  namely:  Henry,  Edward, 
John  A.,  Charles  O.;  Matilda,  wife  of  William 
G.  Smith,  of  Denver;  and  Ollie  L. ,  wife  of  Robert 
B.  Wilson,  of  La  Junta,  Colo.  Mrs.  Wilson 
died  April  29,  1898;  one  child  survives,  Ollena. 


(31  S.  ELWOOD,  M.  D.,  is  among  the  citizens 
LJ  of  Golden  who  served  in  the  late  war. 
/  I  When  the  Rebellion  began  he  wished  to  enter 
the  service  and  was  examined  in  Keokuk  for  a 
position  as  surgeon,  but  was  prevented  from  en- 
listing at  that  time.  However,  a  year  later,  when 
news  came  of  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  nothing  could 
prevent  him  from  going  to  his  country's  aid  and 
he  at  once  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company 


E,  Fortieth  Iowa  Infantry,  which  was  mus- 
tered into  service  at  Davenport.  About  one 
month  afterward,  he  was  given  by  Governor 
Kirkwood  a  commission  as  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
Fortieth  Regiment,  assigned  to  the  Sixteenth 
Army  Corps,  and  participated  in  the  siege  of 
Vicksburg  and  the  opening  up  of  the  Mississippi. 
For  a  time  he  was  detailed  as  surgeon  of  the 
Tenth  Missouri  Cavalry,  serving  in  Kentucky. 
Later  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  camps  at 
Helena  and  Duvall's  Bluff.  In  the  summer  of 
1863  he  was  acting  brigadier-general  and  ranking 
surgeon  in  charge  of  the  division.  Overwork 
and  exposure  injured  his  health  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that  he  was  unable  to  remain  in  the  service, 
and  after  the  capture  of  Little  Rock,  in  the  fall  of 
1863,  he  was  honorably  discharged,  on  account  of 
physical  disability. 

Dr.  Elwood  is  not  the  first  of  his  family  who 
served  faithfully  in  defense  of  his  country,  for  his 
father,  Henry,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 
The  grandfather,  Robert  Elwood,  was  born  in  Ire- 
land and  came  to  America  in  early  manhood,  set- 
tling in  the  east,  where  Henry  was  born.  The 
latter  settled  upon  a  farm  near  Hillsboro,  High- 
land County,  Ohio,  where  his  son,  our  subject, 
was  born  October  29,  1827;  from  there  he  moved 
to  Martinsville,  Clinton  County,  Ohio,  and  in 
1849  went  to  Monroe,  Jasper  County,  Iowa, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising. 
He  died  on  his  farm  there  when  seventy  years  ol 
age. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Sarah,  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  (Mishon)  St.  Clair,  all  natives 
of  Kentucky.  Her  father  was  the  son  of  a  Revo- 
lutionary soldier  and  himself  took  part  in  the 
war  of  1812.  He  died  in  Highland  County, 
Ohio.  Henry  and  Sarah  Elwood  were  the  parents 
of  tea  children,  viz.:  Mrs.  Mahala  Moon,  who  is 
now  more  than  eighty  years  of  age;  Washington, 
who  died  in  Iowa;  John,  a  resident  of  Kingman, 
Kan.;  Hiram,  whose  death  occurred  in  Nebraska; 
A.  S.;  William,  of  Lincoln,  Neb. ;- Amos,  who 
lives  in  Iowa;  Henry  and  Elizabeth,  who  died  in 
childhood;  and  Nancy,  who  was  accidentally 
killed  when  a  girl. 

In  the  public  schools  and  the  Quaker  seminary 
at  Martinsville,  Dr.  Elwood  received  a  fair  edu- 
cation. His  first  salaried  work  was  as  a  teacher 
of  a  three  months'  term  of  school,  for  which  he 
received  $50  and  boarded  himself.  There  was  so 


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little  profit  in  this  that  he  decided  he  could  earn 
more  money  with  his  axe,  and  accordingly  he 
began  shipping  rails  and  ^chopping  logs,  for 
which  he  was  given  $8  per  month  and  his  board. 
In  1850 he  began  to  study  medicine  with  a  cousin, 
Dr.  Elwood,  in  Leesburg,  Highland  County.  On 
his  removal  to  Iowa  he  continued  his  studies  un- 
der Dr.  H.  C.  Huntsman,  of  Pella,  and  in  1854 
began  to  practice  with  his  preceptor.  Feeling, 
however,  that  he  needed  more  professional  knowl- 
edge, in  1856  he  entered  the  Keokuk  Medical 
College,  where  he  took  one  course  of  lectures, 
and  then  formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.  Putman, 
of  Monroe,  Iowa.  In  1860  he  entered  the  School 
of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  in  Cincinnati,  from 
which  he  graduated  the  following  year  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  He  then  resumed  practice  in 
Monroe,  where  he  continued,  with  the  exception 
of  the  time  spent  in  the  army,  until  1884.  Sev- 
eral times  he  was  chosen  president  of  the  Jasper 
County  Medical  Society  and  he  is  still  a  member 
of  the  Iowa  Medical  Association.  On  account  of 
ill  health,  largely  due  to  the  exposure  of  army 
life,  he  decided  to  seek  a  change  of  climate,  and 
in  1884  came  to  Golden,  where  he  has  since  en- 
gaged in  practice. 

In  Monroe,  Iowa,  Dr.  Elwood  married  Mary 
E.  Howard,  who  was  born  in  Utica,  N.  Y. ,  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Martha  (Brockway) 
Howard,  natives  of  New  York  state.  Her  pa- 
ternal grandfather,  Samuel  Howard,  who  was  a 
farmer,  took  part  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  died 
in  Mohawk,  N.  Y. ;  his  wife,  Lucretia,  was  a 
daughter  of  Seth  Johnson,  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lution. William  Howard  removed  west  to  Mon- 
roe, Iowa,  where  he  was  an  attorney  for  some 
years,  dying  there  at  the  age  of  forty-eight.  His 
wife,  who  was  orphaned  at  three  years  of  age,  is 
still  living  in  Iowa,  being  now  seventy-seven 
years  old.  They  were  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren: Mrs.  Elwood;  Willett,  formerly  a  merchant 
in  Monroe  and  treasurer  of  Jasper  County,  now 
deceased;  Chauncey,  a  miner  at  Cripple  Creek; 
and  Samuel,  a  merchant  of  Greenfield,  Iowa. 
Three  children  were  born  to  the  union  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Elwood,  namely:  Mattie,  who  is  the  wife  of 
John!,.  Silverthorn,  of  Golden;  William,  who  is 
operating  mines  at  Idaho  Springs;  and  Charles, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  thirteen  months.  The 
family  are  Presbyterians  in  religious  belief. 

During  his  residence  in  Iowa  Dr.  Elwood  was 


made  a  Mason  and  he  is  now  a  demitted  member 
of  the  chapter  at  Golden.  In  1856  he  voted  for 
John  C.  Fremont  and  he  has  ever  since  voted  for 
Republican  candidates,  always  taking  an  active 
part  in  politics.  In  1894  he  was  elected  county 
coroner  of  Jefferson  County  by  a  large  majority, 
but  not  desiring  the  office  he  refused  to  qualify. 


HON.  HERBERT  E.  TEDMON,  county 
clerk  of  Larimer  County,  and  member  of  the 
fourth  and  fifth  general  assemblies  of  Colo- 
rado, sessions  of  1883  and  1885  of  the  state  sen- 
ate, was  born  in  Martinsburg,  Lewis  County, 
N.  Y.,  June  12,  1852,  being  a  son  of  Levi  and 
Rachel  L.  (Seward)  Tedmon,  natives  respect- 
ively of  Lanesborough,  Mass.,  and  Otsego 
County,  N.  Y.  His  maternal  grandfather  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  His  ancestors  on  the 
paternal  side  were  pioneers  of  Massachusetts, 
having  come  to  this  country  from  Scotland.  Levi 
Tedmon,  when  a  boy  of  eight  years,  was  taken 
by  his  parents  to  Lewis  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  for  some  years.  His  last 
years  were  spent  in  Martinsburg,  where  he  died 
at  the  age  of  sixty  years.  For  eighteen  years  he 
served  as  overseer  of  the  poor.  Twice  married, 
the  only  child  of  his  first  marriage,  a  daughter, 
resides  in  Minnesota.  By  his  second  wife,  who 
survives  him  and  resides  in  Fort  Collins,  Colo., 
he  had  four  children.  The  oldest  of  these  is  Fer- 
dinand L.,  living  in  Lewis  County,  N.  Y.  The 
second  son,  Bolivar  S.,  came  to  Fort  Collins  in 
1878  with  his  younger  brother,  H.  E.,  and  en- 
gaged in  general  mercantile  business.  He  built 
the  Tedmon  House,  which  he  carried  on  one 
year.  He  now  resides  in  New  York  City.  For 
two  terms  he  was  deputy  state  auditor  of  New 
York  under  Auditors  Abbott  and  Spruance.  The 
only  daughter,  Edith  E.,  is  the  wife  of  S.  E. 
Moore,  of  Fort  Collins. 

When  a  boy  the  subject  of  this  sketch  attended 
the  local  public  schools  and  Martin's  Institute. 
In  1872  he  went  to  Lowville,  Lewis  County, 
where  for  three  and  one-half  years  he  clerked  in 
a  hardware  store.  Returning  from  there  to  Mar- 
tinsburg he  and  his  brother  embarked  in  the 
grocery  and  hardware  business.  After  continu- 
ing in  that  line  until  the  spring  of  1878,  he  then 
disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  business  and  came 
west  to  Colorado,  opening  a  mercantile  store  in 


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Fort  Collins.  For  a  year  the  firm  title  was  Ted- 
mon  Brothers  &  Arthur,  after  which  it  remained 
Tedmon  Brothers  until  1883,  when  our  subject 
purchased  his  brother's  interest  and  closed  out 
all  lines  except  the  hardware  business.  He 
bought  property  and  built  an  addition  to  the 
store  on  Jefferson  street.  For  two  years  he  was 
in  partnership  with  E.  R.  Barclay  as  Tedmon  & 
Barclay,  after  which  he  sold  out,  desiring  to  de- 
vote his  attention  to  ranching. 

In  1885  Mr.  Tedmon  began  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness, opening  a  ranch  on  the  North  Fork  of  the 
Poudre,  forty  miles  northwest  of  Fort  Collins,  in 
Larimer  County.  The  land  he  purchased  from 
the  railroad  company  and  improved  it,  irrigating 
from  the  Poudre.  Here  he  has  four  thousand 
acres,  almost  all  of  which  is  fenced.  He  raises 
Herefords  of  a  high  grade,  also  horses.  In  1887, 
with  Kilham  Johnson  as  partner,  he  bought  a 
ranch  on  the  Platte  in  Logan  County,  but  after 
two  years  sold  his  interest  in  the  place.  He  is  a 
charter  member  and  president  of  the  Larimer 
County  Protective  Stock  Growers'  Association, 
and  an  associate  member  of  the  National  Stock 
Growers'  Association. 

Politically  a  Republican,  Mr.  Tedmon  has  held 
numerous  offices  of  trust.  In  1889  he  was  ap- 
pointed clerk  of  the  district  court  of  Logan 
County,  which  position  he  held  for  three  years. 
Afterward,  for  four  and  one-half  years,  he  was 
register  of  the  United  States  land  office  at  Ster- 
ling, Colo. ,  to  which  office  he  was  appointed  by 
President  Harrison.  During  his  incumbency  of 
the  position  he  resided  at  Sterling,  but  in  1894 
returned  to  his  ranch,  and  in  January,  1898, 
upon  beginning  the  duties  of  county  clerk  and 
recorder,  he  moved  to  Fort  Collins.  He  was 
elected  to  the  office  on  the  straight  Republican 
ticket,  against  the  combined  forces  of  Democrats 
and  silver  Republicans,  and  entered  upon  official 
duties  January  i,  1898,  for  two  years,  being  the 
only  county  clerk  in  Colorado  whose  views  po- 
litically are  the  same  as  those  of  the  national  ad- 
ministration. For  one  term  he  was  a  member 
of  the  city  council,  He  served  as  secretary  of 
the  school  board  of  Fort  Collins  until  he  resigned 
to  remove  to  his  ranch.  While  in  Sterling  he 
served  as  mayor  for  one  term  and  was  president 
of  the  school  board  for  a  term  also. 

In  Booneville,  N.  Y.,  Mr.  Tedmon  married 
Miss  Jennie  L-  Smith,  who  was  born  on  the  Hud- 


son. They  have  an  only  son,  Earl  L. ,  who  is  a 
student  in  the  Agricultural  College.  Mr.  Tedmon 
was  made  a  Mason  in  Collins  Lodge  No.  19, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  still  a  member. 
He  is  also  identified  with  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen. 

The  record  of  Mr.  Tedmon  as  a  legislator  is  one 
of  which  he  might  well  be  proud.  In  1882  he 
was  elected  state  senator  by  a  large  majority  in 
the  district  comprising  Larimer,  Grand  and 
Routt  Counties.  In  the  fifth  general  assembly  he 
served  as  chairman  of  the  committees  on  coun- 
ties and  county  lines,  insurance  and  engrossment, 
and  as  a  member  of  many  other  committees.  In 
1883  he  was  successful  in  his  endeavor  to  secure 
the  perpetual  appropriation,  one-fourth  of  a  mill 
tax  of  all  property  in  the  state  for  the  support  of 
the  Agricultural  College.  This  appropriation, 
however,  was  absorbed  in  an  appropriation  of 
one-sixth  of  a  mill  tax  for  all  state  institutions. 
In  1883  he  participated  in  the  memorable  strug- 
gle for  the  United  States  senatorship,  a  contest 
that  ended  in  the  election  of  Thomas  Bowen.  In 
1885  he  aided  in  electing  Senator  Teller,  being 
one  of  the  original  supporters  of  that  now  famous 
statesman.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  he 
refused  further  candidacy  and  retired  from  state 
political  affairs. 


EAPT.  RICHARD  SOPRIS.  The  history  of 
a  state  is  best  told  in  the  biographies  of  its 
citizens.  Especially  is  this  the  case  when 
the  citizens  are  men  of  intelligence,  ability  and 
prominence,  guiding  spirits  who  lead  others  into 
the  promised  land  of  prosperity.  The  history  of 
Colorado  may  properly  be  said  to  begin  with  the 
discovery  of  gold  in  Pike's  Peak  and  the  first 
chapter  of  the  book  carries  the  date  1858.  It  was 
during  this  year  that  Captain  Sopris  started  west- 
ward from  Indiana,  going  by  stage  to  Omaha  and 
from  there  making  the  trip  across  the  plains,  in 
company  with  two  men,  in  a  cart  drawn  by  one 
horse.  He  reached  Auraria  March  15,  1859,  in 
time  to  become  one  of  the  original  shareholders 
of  the  town.  Hoping  to  find  gold  in  the  mount- 
ains, he  prospected  along  the  Platte  River  and 
at  Gregory's  Diggings  (now  in  Gilpin  County), 
where  he  engaged  in  mining.  He  was  elected 
president  of  the  Miners'  Union,  an  organization 
formed  to  maintain  raw  and  order,  and  establish 


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laws  relating  to  mining  claims.  After  the  Bates 
lode  was  discovered,  he  located  a  claim  on  it,  and 
continued  to  mine  for  a  time. 

Returning  to  Denver  in  the  fall  of  1859  he  was 
elected  to  represent  Arapahoe  County,  Kansas 
Territory,  in  the  Kansas  legislature,  his  district 
at  that  time  comprising  all  of  the  mining  region 
of  this  part  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  He  spent 
the  winter  in  Lawrence  and  in  the  spring,  when 
the  legislature  adjourned,  he  went  back  to  Indi- 
ana, returning  to  Colorado  in  April,  accompanied 
by  his  family.  He  had  been  so  pleased  with  the 
prospects  in  the  west  that  he  determined  to  settle 
in  Colorado  permanently,  believing  that  the  suc- 
cess promised  in  the  future  would  outweigh  all 
the  hardships  and  deprivations  of  the  present. 
During  the  year  of  his  return  he  headed  a  large 
company  of  gold  seekers,  to  explore  the  then  un- 
known regions  west  of  the  Snowy  Range;  the 
party  left  Denver  July  i ,  crossed  South  Park  to 
where  Breckenridge  now  stands,  went  down  Blue 
River  and  Eagle  River,  from  there  to  the  Roaring 
Fork  of  the  Grand,  and  up  Willow  Creek  to  the 
foot  of  the  mountain  they  named  Sopris  Peak, 
which  is  a  part  of  the  Elk  Mountains,  near  Glen- 
wood.  They  came  to  the  hot  springs  (now  famous 
as  Glenwood  Springs), where  they  camped  and  cut 
pine  trees,  constructing  a  boat  in  which  they 
crossed  Grand  River.  Just  below  the  cave  stood 
a  large  pine  tree,  which  they  blazed  and  inscribed 
with  these  words:  "These  springs  were  discov- 
ered on  July  23,  1860,  by  Captain  Sopris,  and 
party  of  prospectors."  After  a  week  at  the 
springs  they  crossed  the  river  and  went  via 
Cochetopa  Pass  into  the  San  Luis  Valley,  thence 
to  Fort  Garland  and  Denver,  reaching  this  city 
after  an  absence  of  three  months.  The  prime 
object  of  their  journey  had  been  to  prospect  for 
gold, but  they  failed  to  find  any  trace  of  the  precious 
metal.  However,  the  notes  made  and  measure- 
ments taken  were  of  great  assistance  to  Governor 
Gilpin  in  preparing  his  first  map  of  Colorado. 

In  the  spring  of  1860  Captain  Sopris  and  two 
other  gentlemen  framed  a  constitution  and  laws 
for  a  city  government.  The  same  was  read  at  a 
public  meeting  and  was  adopted.  It  provided  for 
the  division  of  the  town  into  three  wards,  with 
two  alderman  from  each  ward  as  members  of  the 
council.  When  the  common  council  was  organ- 
ized, Captain  Sopris  was  chosen  presideut.  On 
the  organization  of  the  territory  the  next  year,  a 


new  charter  was  framed  by  the  legislature.  In 
August,  1861,  he  was  commissioned  captain  of 
Company  C,  First  Colorado  Infantry,  and  served 
one  year.  On  his  return  he  again  became  active- 
ly connected  with  public  affairs.  He  was  ser- 
geant-at-arms  of  the  house  in  the  second  territo- 
rial legislature;  was  a  delegate  to  the  first  constitu- 
tional convention  of  Colorado,  served  as  county 
sheriff  1864-68,  deputy  sheriff  1873-78,  mayor  of 
Denver  1878-81,  and  in  1881  was  chosen  park 
commissioner,  the  first  to  hold  the  office,  and 
continued  in  the  position  until  1890.  In  every 
place  to  which  he  was  called,  integrity,  energy 
and  intelligence  characterized  his  actions.  While 
serving  as  park  commissioner,  though  he  had  but 
a  limited  fund  at  his  disposal  (usually  but  $3,000 
or  $4,000  annually),  he  created  the  first  parks 
Denver  ever  had,  among  them  City  Park, -which 
he  transformed  from  a  sage  brush  tract  of  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres,  into  a  beautiful  resort, 
with  driveways,  lakes,  lawns,  flower  beds  and 
many  thousands  of  trees.  In  1863  he  was  chosen 
the  first  president  of  the  Colorado  Agricultural 
Society,  holding  the  office  five  successive  years. 
In  1866,  while  acting  as  sheriff,  he  erected  the 
buildings  of  the  Colorado  Agricultural  Society, 
on  their  fair  grounds,  adjoining  Ford's  Park  add- 
ition to  Denver.  For  six  years  he  was  president 
of  the  Association  of  Colorado  Pioneers.  From 
1869  to  1872  he  was  interested  in  railroad  build- 
ing, assisting  in  the  construction  of  the  Kansas 
Pacific,  Denver  Pacific  and  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroads. 

The  life  of  Captain  Sopris  covered  eighty  years. 
It  began  in  Bucks  County,  Pa.,  June  26,  1813, 
and  closed  in  Denver  April  7,  1893.  It  naturally 
divides  itself  into  three  eras:  first,  that  of  youth 
and  character  forming,  when  he  resided  in  Penn- 
sylvania; second,  the  time  spent  in  Indiana,  from 
1836  to  1858,  when  he  was  a  contractor  on  the 
Whitewater  canal,  then  for  five  years  captain  of 
an  Ohio  River  steamboat,  and  later,  a  railroad 
contractor;  and  third,  what  was  doubtless  the 
most  important  and  useful  part  of  his  life,  the 
years  spent  in  Colorado. 

June  5,  1836,  near  Philadelphia,  Captain  Sopris 
married  Miss  Elizabeth  Allen,  a  descendant  of 
Ethan  Allen.  The  fiftieth  anniversary  of  their 
wedding  was  appropriately  observed,  and  was 
probably  the  first  golden  wedding  celebrated  in 
the  state.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight  chil- 


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dren:  Allen  B.,  who  died  in  May,  1897;  Indiana, 
wife  of  Samuel  Cushman,  of  Deadwood,  S.  Dak.; 
Irene,  formerly  the  wife  of  J.  Sidney  Brown,  of 
Denver,  now  deceased;  Elbridge  B.,  of  Trinidad; 
Simpson  T.  and  George  L. ,  both  residents  of 
Denver,  the  latter  a  member  of  the  board  of 
county  commissioners;  Levi  S.,  whose  home  is  in 
Texas;  and  Henry  C.,  deceased. 


0ENNIS  C.  DONOVAN,  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  D.  C.  Donovan  &  Co.,  of 
Longmont,  is  one  of  the  live  business  men 
of  this  place.  Coming  here  early  in  his  commer- 
cial career,  some  sixteen  years  ago,  he  soon 
gained  a  foothold  among  our  leading,  progressive 
business  men  and  has  steadily  advanced  in  the 
esteem  of  Longmont' s  best  citizens.  By  degrees 
be  built  up  his  trade,  which  is  now  second  to 
none  in  the  place,  and  in  all  his  transactions  he  is 
strictly  reliable,  prompt  and  painstaking. 

Mr.  Donovan  is  one  of  the  sons  of  the  good  old 
Buckeye  state,  which  has  produced  so  many  of 
the  men  who  stand  pre-eminent  in  the  business 
circles  of  this  land,  as  well  as  in  the  so-called 
learned  professions  and  in  the  ranks  of  statesmen. 
Born  in  Cincinnati,  he  passed  the  greater  part  of 
his  boyhood  in  Hamilton  and  Butler  Counties, 
Ohio.  The  parental  homestead  stood  on  the  line 
between  the  two  counties,  near  Crescentville. 
The  parents,  Dennis  and  Mary  (Dugan)  Dono- 
van, are  still  living,  though  well  along  in  years, 
their  home  being  in  Longmont,  where  they  came 
to  be  near  their  children.  The  father  is  over 
fourscore  years  and  the  mother  is  now  in  her 
seventy-third  year.  They  had  six  children,  of 
whom  two  died  in  Ohio  and  one  in  this  state. 
Timothy  and  John  are  residing  in  Longmont. 

When  he  was  a  lad  of  about  thirteen  D.  C. 
Donovan  embarked  in  the  world  of  business  in 
the  neighboring  town  of  Crescentville  by  entering 
the  employ  of  the  Friend  &  Fo'x  Paper  Com- 
pany. He  worked  in  their  mills,  where  paper 
was  manufactured,  and  was  gradually  promoted 
from  one  position  to  another.  He  learned  every 
detail  of  the  business  and  laid  the  foundations  of 
his  future  success  in  life  by  acquiring  correct 
methods  and  principles  of  action.  He  remained 
in  the  employ  of  the  one  firm  until  he  was 
twenty-three  years  of  age,  when  he  engaged  in 
business  on  his  own  account  as  a  merchant. 
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This  pursuit  he  followed  with  fair  success  for 
three  years,  but  feeling  the  need  of  special  train- 
ing in  commercial  transactions,  he  entered  the 
Normal  school  at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  graduating 
from  the  business  course  in  1880. 

Having  a  desire  to  try  his  wings  in  the  outside 
world  and  to  see  something  of  the  great  west, 
where  he  believed  larger  opportunities  awaited 
him,  Mr.  Donovan  came  to  Colorado  in  April, 
1 88 1.  He  entered  the  employ  of  the  E.  F.  Hal- 
lock  Lumber  Company,  of  Denver,  and,  having 
mastered  the  general  run  of  the  trade,  came  to 
Longmont  the  following  year  and  started  a  lum- 
ber yard  here.  His  business  location  has  been 
changed  three  times,  but  he  has  occupied  his 
present  site  for  the  past  seven  years.  The  yards 
are  about  half  a  block  in  extent  and  are  situated 
on  Main  street,  between  Second  and  Third  ave- 
nues. Good  sheds,  warehouses  and  offices  are  on 
the  premises,  and  a  full  line  of  builders'  ma- 
terials are  kept  in  stock.  About  thirteen  years 
ago  Mr.  Donovan  entered  upon  the  manufacture 
of  brick,  and  of  late  years  has  added  a  retail  coal 
business  to  his  other  enterprises.  His  brick 
yards,  south  of  Coffman's  addition  to  the  city, 
cover  five  acres.  The  plant  has  a  capacity  of  one 
million  bricks  per  annum.  In  1887  the  present 
firm,  composed  of  himself  and  brother,  J.  A., 
was  formed,  under  the  style  of  D.  C.  Donovan 
&Co. 

Three  times  Mr.  Donovan  has  served  as  one  of 
the  trustees  of  Longmont.  He  is  active  in  the 
Democratic  party,  and  has  frequently  attended 
the  state  conventions  of  the  same.  In  1892  he 
was  honored  by  being  elected  as  a  delegate  to  the 
national  Democratic  convention  which  assembled 
in  Chicago  and  nominated  Cleveland.  He  is 
connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  His 
marriage  was  solemnized  in  Longmont  in  1885, 
Miss  Clara  Henretty,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Mary 
(Dillon)  Henretty,  being  the  lady  of  his  choice. 
Mrs.  Donovan  was  likewise  born  in  Ohio,  though 
in  Warren  County.  Five  children  comprise  their 
family,  namely:  Irene,  Alice,  Clara,  Herbert  and 
Sheridan. 


-OM  BEACH,  who  has  resided  in  Fort  Col- 
lins since  1881,  is  of  English  birth,  a  native 
of  London  and  a  member  of  an  old  family  of 
that  city.  His  parents,  George  and  Caroline 
(Reeder)  Beach,  were  born  in  London  and  Dor- 


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setshire  respectively,  and  died  at  the  ages  of  six- 
ty-five and  sixty-two.  His  grandfather,  George 
Beach,  was  engaged  in  the  whaling  business, 
having  vessels  made  for  his  use  in  his  long  expe- 
ditions upon  the  North  Sea,  and  continuing  in 
the  same  occupation  until  he  died.  George,  Jr. , 
was  a  miller  by  trade,  and  operated  two  mills  at 
Croydon;  he  was  also  a  custom  house  or  excise 
officer.  In  his  family  there  were  six  children, 
namely:  George  (3d),  who  was  a  wheelwright 
in  l,ondon;  Alfred,  who  died  in  London  at  twenty 
years  of  age;  Tom;  Arthur,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  cattle  business  in  Old  Mexico;  Caroline,  Mrs. 
Joseph  Latham,  of  London,  England;  and  Alice, 
who  died  in  London. 

In  London,  where  he  was  born,  October  4, 
1855,  our  subject  attended  the  national  schools. 
In  1871,  a  lad,  friendless  and  alone,  he  came  to 
America,  landing  in  New  York,  and  from  there 
journeying  to  Alton,  111.,  where  he  arrived  with- 
out a  dollar.  Fortunately  he  at  once  secured 
work,  being  taken  into  a  meat  market,  where  he 
learned  the  butcher's  business.  He  remained  in 
Alton  for  ten  years.  In  1 88 1  he  came  to  Fort 
Collins,  where  he  bought  an  old  meat  market  from 
James  Fletcher  and  embarked  in  the  meat  business 
on  Linden  street,  then  located  on  College  avenue, 
where  he  has  continued  almost  ever  since.  In 
addition  to  the  sale  of  meat,  he  has  engaged  in 
raising  and  feeding  stock.  He  bought  a  ranch  of 
two  hundred  and  forty  acres  on  the  Cache  la 
Poudre,  four  and  one-half  miles  from  Fort  Col- 
lins, where  he  has  two  hundred  head  of  cattle  and 
fifteen  hundred  sheep  and  lambs.  Here,  too,  he 
raises  alfalfa  for  feed,  averaging  eight  hundred 
tons  a  year.  Until  a  few  years  ago  he  owned  a 
cattle  ranch  in  Chalk  Bluffs,  Weld  County. 

In  1895  Mr.  Beach  took  a  partner  into  his  busi- 
nesss,  Ward  Stewart,  since  which  time  the  firm 
has  been  Beach  &  Stewart.  They  have  two  mar- 
kets in  Fort  Collins,  one  on  Linden  street,  the 
other  on  College  avenue,  and  carry  a  full  line  of 
fresh  meats.  Their  slaughter  house  is  on  a  ten- 
acre  tract  west  of  town,  with  feed  yards  attached. 
They  cure  their  own  pork,  and  sell  large  quanti- 
ties of  bacon  and  smoked  ham;  also  pack  consid- 
erable pork  and  manufacture  sausage  of  all  kinds, 
operating  their  plant  with  a  gasoline  engine. 
The  delivery  outfits  are  the  finest  in  the  city,  the 
wagons  and  horses  being  the  best  that  can  be 
bought.  If  Mr.  Beach  has  a  hobby,  it  is  a  desire 


to  have  everything  connected  with  his  business 
carried  on  systematically  and  satisfactorily.  Those 
who  are  acquainted  with  the  business  know  that 
he  has  succeeded  in  this  desire.  In  addition  to 
his  business  property  he  owns  a  comfortable 
home. 

In  Alton,  111.,  Mr.  Beach  married  Miss  Lucy 
Douglas,  who  was  born  in  that  city,  daughter  of 
Henry  Douglas,  a  native  of  Durham,  England, 
and  an  old  settler  and  farmer  near  Alton.  She  is 
identified  with  Unity  Church  and  is  a  lady  of  cult- 
ure and  refinement.  The  five  children  born  of 
their  union  are:  Alice,  Annie,  Nellie,  Tom,  Jr. , 
and  George,  all  at  home.  Formerly  Mr.  Beach 
voted  the  Republican  ticket,  but  when  his  party 
declared  for  the  gold  standard,  he  identified  him- 
self with  the  People's  party,  believing  that  the 
cause  of  silver  should  be  supported  by  all  who 
wish  to  arrive  at  a  satisfactory  settlement  of  the 
currency  problem. 


QjERY  REV.  HENRY  ROBINSON,  V.  G. 
\  /  No  priest  now  living  in  Colorado  has  been 
V  identified  with  the  history  of  the  Catholic 
Church  in  this  state  for  a  longer  number  of  years 
than  has  the  vicar-general  of  the  Denver  diocese. 
Assigned  to  work  among  miners,  in  the  fall  of 
1874  he  went  to  his  new  field  of  labor,  which 
comprised  Park,  Chaffee,  Summit  and  Lake 
Counties,  containing,  altogether,  not  more  than 
one  hundred  Catholics.  Those  were  days  of  hard- 
ships, which  tested  the  power  of  physical  endur- 
ance. Often,  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  the 
young  priest  crossed  the  mountains  on  foot, 
carrying  with  him  a  lunch  and  blanket,  and  fre- 
quently journeying  for  forty  miles  without  passing 
a  house.  Wild  game  was  plentiful  and  herds  of 
antelopes  were  sometimes  seen,  with  as  many  as 
one  thousand  head  in  a  herd.  The  surroundings 
were  those  of  primeval  nature,  except  where 
might  be  seen  a  mining  camp  and  near  by  a 
village  with  a  few  rudely  constructed  houses. 

The  years  that  have  since  elapsed  have  wit- 
nessed many  changes,  but  the  growth  of  the 
population  is  not  more  remarkable  than  the  in- 
crease in  the  number  of  Catholic  communicants, 
a  fact  that  is  due  to  the  efforts  of  Father  Robinson 
in  no  small  degree.  When  after  twenty-five 
years  of  tireless  labor  he  celebrated  the  silver 
jubilee  of  his  work  as  priest,  the  occasion  was 


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justly  a  memorable  one.  Solemn  high  mass  was 
held  in  the  Church  of  the  Annunciation,  of  Den- 
ver, the  pastorate  of  which  he  holds,  and  he 
officiated  as  celebrant,  while  other  priests  assisted 
in  the  ceremonies.  The  clergy  and  laity  of  the 
city  tendered  him  a  banquet  at  the  Brown  Palace 
hotel,  at  which  toasts  and  responses  were  given, 
and  two  beautiful  gifts  were  presented,  represent- 
ing the  clergy  and  laity  respectively. 

The  oldest  of  seven  children,  three  of  whom 
are  living,  Father  Robinson  was  born  in  Salem, 
111.,  the  son  of  William  and  Jane  (O'Hara)  Rob- 
inson, natives  of  Ireland.  His  father  removed 
from  Utica,  N.  Y.,  to  Illinois,  thence  to  Wiscon- 
sin, settling  on  Lake  Winnebago,  and  there  en- 
gaged in  farming  until  his  death  at  an  advanced 
age.  His  wife,  who  also  died  when  quite  old, 
was  a  daughter  of  James  O'Hara,  who  emigrated 
to  New  York  from  Ireland,  later  removed  to 
Illinois,  and  from  there  to  Appleton,  Wis.,  where 
he  spent  his  remaining  years  as  a  farmer. 

In  youth  our  subject  entered  St.  Francis  de 
Sales  Seminary  at  Milwaukee,  and  later  carried 
on  his  studies  in  St.  Vincent's  Seminary  at  Cape 
Girardeau,  Mo.  There  he  was  ordained  a  deacon 
by  Archbishop  Kendrick  in  1871  and  graduated 
the  next  year.  He  then  came  to  Colorado  and 
was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  January  21  of 
1872,  by  Bishop  Machebeuf.  For  two  and  one- 
half  years  he  was  an  assistant  in  the  Cathedral, 
after  which  he  went  to  Fairplay  and  built  the 
Church  of  the  Assumption,  later  working  as  a 
missionary  in  the  mountainous  districts.  When 
Leadville  was  started,  in  the  spring  of  1878,  he 
went  there  and  organized  the  Annunciation  con- 
gregation, afterward  building  a  church  and  par- 
sonage. At  the  same  time  he  attended  the  Fair- 
play  church  until  1880,  when  another  priest  was 
appointed.  The  congregation  at  Leadville  origi- 
nally comprised  twelve  members,  but  grew  con- 
stantly, and  at  the  time  he  left  it  was  one  of  the 
largest  and  best  congregations  in  the  state.  In 
1 88 1  the  Church  of  the  Annunciation  was  com- 
pleted, at  the  corner  of  Seventh  and  Poplar  streets, 
a  structure  that  has  the  distinction  (owing  to  the 
altitude)  of  having  the  highest  spire  of  any  church 
in  the  world.  A  fine  hospital  was  built,  in  which 
the  nurses  were  Sisters  of  Charity;  a  school  build- 
ing with  accommodations  for  six  hundred  chil- 
dren was  erected,  and  also  a  neat  parish  house. 

While   in    Leadville    Father    Robinson   often 


mediated  between  strikers  and  employers,  and 
during  the  smallpox  plague  he  visited  and  minis- 
tered to  the  sick,  unmindful  of  the  danger  of 
contagion.  His  heroism  was  remarkable  during 
all  the  trying  days  in  the  early  history  of  Lead- 
ville; his  courage  was  unfaltering  and  won  him 
the  admiration  even  of  those  who,  as  a  rule,  had 
no  respect  for  ministers  of  the  gospel.  In  1889 
he  visited  Europe  and  the  Holy  Land,  devoting 
considerable  time  to  those  places  associated  with 
our  Savior's  life  upon  earth.  In  1889  he  was 
appointed  vicar-general  of  the  Denver  diocese,  to 
succeed  the  recently  deceased  Father  Raverdy. 
In  1890  he  was  appointed  pastor  of  the  Church 
of  the  Annunciation,  which  he  organized  in 
1890,  building  a  three-story  stone  structure,  6ox 
108,  one  floor  of  which  is  used  for  the  church, 
and  the  remainder  for  the  school.  In  the  latter 
four  hundred  pupils  are  taught  the  public  school 
branches  by  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  and  are  also 
given  instruction  in  bookkeeping,  drawing  and 
music.  The  church  is  located  on  the  corner  of 
Humboldt  and  Thirty-seventh  streets.  It  has  a 
membership  of  over  two  hundred  English-speak- 
ing families,  besides  one  hundred  others.  The 
usual  sodalities  of  the  Catholic  church  have  been 
organized  and  are  in  active  operation.  The 
growth  of  the  congregation  is  remarkable  and  is 
certainly  a  tribute  to  the  ability  and  energy  of 
Father  Robinson.  The  growth  of  the  church 
speaks,  far  better  than  mere  words  could  do,  of  the 
tact,  tireless  industry  and  excellent  management 
of  him  who  stands  at  the  head  of  the  congrega- 
tion. 


fDQESTBROOK  SCHOONMAKER  DECK- 
\Al  ER,  attorney-at-law,  of  Denver,  was  born 
V V  in  Tyre,  Seneca  County,  N.  Y.,  April  22, 
1839,  the  son  of  Albert  and  Gertrude  (Schoon- 
maker)  Decker,  natives  respectively  of  Orange 
and  Ulster  Counties,  N.  Y.,  and  descendants  of 
Holland- Dutch  ancestors  who  were  among  the 
earliest  settlers  of  Manhattan.  He  was  reared 
on  the  home  farm,  for  his  father,  in  addition  to 
being  proprietor  of  a  mercantile  store,  also  en- 
gaged in  agricultural  pursuits.  Primarily  educa- 
ted in  public  schools,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
entered  Brockport  Collegiate  Institute,  where  he 
was  a  student  for  three  terms.  When  eighteen 
he  began  to  teach,  going  west  to  Charleston, 
Coles  County,  111. ,  and  engaging  in  that  profes- 


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sion  until  1861.  In  the  summer  of  1860  he 
taught  at  Milton  Station,  in  the  same  county,  but 
with  that  exception  he  was  employed  continuously 
at  Charleston. 

It  had  been  his  intention  to  apply  his  earnings 
to  his  tuition  in  a  college,  where  he  could  take  a 
thorough  literary  and  classical  course,  but  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  changed  his  plans.  He 
returned  to  New  York  and  taught  near  his  native 
place  until  the  summer  of  1862,  when  he  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  Company  I,  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-sixth  New  York  Infantry,  and  was 
mustered  into  service  on  the  226.  of  August. 
His  first  battles  were  those  of  Maryland  Heights 
and  Harper's  Ferry.  At  the  latter  place,  Sep- 
tember 13-15,  he  was  taken  prisoner,  but  was 
soon  paroled  and  sent  to  Camp  Douglas,  Chicago, 
being  exchanged  in  December.  Sent .  to  the 
defense  of  Washington,  he  did  duty  at  Union 
Mills  and  Centerville  early  in  1863.  His  regi- 
ment with  others  became  the  Third  Division  of 
the  Second  Army  Corps,  under  General  Hancock. 
At  Gettysburg,  where  he  served  under  the  com- 
mand of  Gen.  Alexander  Hays,  he  was  wounded 
in  the  hand  and  hip,  and  was  removed  to  the 
hospital  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  where  he  was  obliged 
to  remain  for  four  months.  Next  he  was  com- 
missioned second  lieutenant  in  the  Nineteenth 
United  States  Colored  Troops,  and  in  the  winter 
of  1863-64  was  on  detached  service  on  the  east- 
ern shore  of  Maryland.  In  the  camp  at  Balti- 
more he  acted  as  assistant  quartermaster.  His 
regiment  became  a  part  of  the  Fourth  Division, 
Ninth  Army  Corps,  commanded  by  General 
Burnside,  the  Ninth  Corps  forming  a  part  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  under  General  Meade. 
With  other  troops  he  was  on  duty  in  front  of 
Petersburg 

From  June  to  November  he  was  ordnance  offi- 
cer of  the  Third  Division,  Ninth  Army  Corps, 
and  was  later  transferred  to  the  same  position  in 
an  independent  command,  occupying  the  Federal 
lines  between  the  Appomattox  and  James  Rivers. 
After  the  evacuation  of  Petersburg,  the  forces 
entered  that  city,  and  he  was  appointed  ordnance 
officer  of  the  district  of  Nottoway  under  Gen. 
George  L.  Hartsuif,  with  headquarters  at  Peters- 
burg. In  June,  1865,  he  was  ordered  to  Browns- 
ville, Tex.,  and  was  appointed  assistant  provost 
marshal,  which  position  he  filled  until  August  18, 
when  he  resigned  and  returned  to  New  York. 


In  the  fall  of  1865  Mr.  Decker  entered  the  law 
department  of  the  Michigan  State  University,  at 
Ann  Arbor,  and  remained  a  student  there  until 
his  graduation  in  1867.  He  began  the  practice 
of  law  at  Kankakee,  111. ,  where  he  remained  un- 
til January,  1874.  Meantime  he  established  a 
homeof  hisown,  having  married,  August  i,  1867, 
Miss  Catherine  Worden,  who  lived  near  his  child- 
hood's home,  and  with  whom  he  had  been  ac- 
quainted for  years.  In  1869,  without  opposition, 
he  was  elected  county  judge  of  Kankakee  County, 
and  held  the  position  for  the  four  ensuing  years. 
Previous  to  this  he  had  served  as  city  attorney. 

On  account  of  failing  health  it  became  neces- 
sary for  Mr.  Decker  to  seek  a  change  of  climate. 
Accordingly,  in  1874,  with  his  wife  and  two  chil- 
dren, he  came  to  Denver,  then  a  city  of  about 
twelve  thousand  inhabitants.  As  soon  as  his 
health  had  improved  sufficiently  he  opened  a 
law  office  and  began  practice.  In  February,  1877, 
under  the  administration  of  President  Grant,  he 
was  appointed  United  States  district  attorney, 
being  the  first  to  hold  this  office  under  the  state 
government  of  Colorado. 

Public  announcement  was  made  April  16,  1880, 
that  Mr.  Decker,  one  of  the  ablest,  most  conscien- 
tious and  efficient  prosecutors  the  Federal  gov- 
ernment had  selected  for  the  management  of  its 
legal  cases  in  Colorado,  had  resigned  his  office  to 
resume  the  regular  practice  of  law.  He  had  filled 
the  position  with  ability  and  success.  Familiar- 
ity with  the  conduct  of  the  office  of  public  prose- 
cutor in  the  United  States  court  and  in  those  of 
the  district  under  the  territorial  regime,  teaches 
us  that  for  the  most  part  the  multiplication  of  fees 
was  the  paramount  consideration.  Scores  of  men 
were  brought  to  these  courts  upon  charges  that, 
when  investigated,  could  not  be  sustained.  The 
greedy  cormorants  who  had  arrested  these  men 
were  reprimanded  from  the  bench  and  warned 
not  to  repeat  the  offence.  As  the  first  United 
States  district  attorney,  Judge  Decker  established 
an  honorable  precedent  for  the  guidance  of  his 
successors. 

To  fill  an  unexpired  term  of  one  year,  Judge 
Decker  was  elected  district  judge  in  the  fall  of 
1887,  and  in  1888  was  elected  for  the  full  term  af 
six  years,  but  resigned  the  position  January  i, 
1891.  He  has  a  large  practice  in  the  state  and 
federal  courts,  and  has  the  reputation  of  being 
one  of  the  ablest  attorneys  in  the  state.  Politi- 


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cally  he  has  always. been  a  stanch  Republican. 
He  was  reared  in  the  doctrines  of  the  Old  Dutch 
Reformed  Church,  but  now  attends  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Denver.  During  the 
most  of  the  time  since  the  organization  of  the 
chamber  of  commerce,  he  has  been  one  of  its 
members.  He  is  identified  with  the  Denver  and 
Colorado  Bar  Associations,  in  the  latter  of  which 
he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee and  the  committee  on  admissions.  Like 
the  majority  of  Denver  business  and  professional 
men,  he  has  mining  interests  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Decker  is  the  father  of  three  children: 
Cora  E.,  wife  of  George  W.  Sargent,  of  Trini- 
dad, Colo.;  Howard,  who  died  at  seven  years; 
and  Mason  L. ,  who  married  Jeanne  Stewart,  of 
New  York  City,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  law 
firm  of  Decker  &  Mead,  of  Denver.  Mrs.  Decker 
was  a  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Emily  (Bailey) 
Worden,  natives  of  New  York.  She  was  born  at 
Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y.,  April  10,  1844,  and  died 
March  18,  1897. 

Gl  UGUST  L.  ROHLING,  the  prosperous  and 
1  I  popular  merchant  of  Fort  Collins,  is  a  ria- 
/  I  tive  of  Dielingen,  Westphalia,  Germany, 
and  a  son  of  Philip  and  Agnes  (Heitplocke) 
Rohling.  He  was  fifth  in  order  of  birth  among 
six  children,  the  others  being  Mrs.  Angeline 
Wellman,  who  lives  at  the  old  '  homestead ; 
Henry,  a  namesake  of  his  grandfather  Rohling, 
and  an  officer  in  the  war  of  1870-71,  since  which 
time  he  has  been  a  shoe  merchant;  Philip,  of 
Blackhawk,  Colo.;  William,  a  merchant  of  Dan- 
ville, 111.;  and  Herman,  who  was  an  officer  in  the 
German  army,  and  is  now  a  veterinary  surgeon 
at  the  old  home  in  Germany.  The  father,  who 
was  fond  of  military  affairs,  served  in  the  Ger- 
man army  as  an  officer.  He  followed  the  occu- 
pation of  a  veterinary  surgeon  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years 
and  six  months.  His  wife  is  still  living  in  West- 
phalia. 

In  Dielingen,  where  he  was  born  February  28, 
1858,  our  subject  passed  the  first  fifteen  years  of 
his  life,  meantime  attending  the  gymnasium. 
In  1873  he  accompanied  his  brother  Philip  to 
America  and  settled  in  Indianapolis,  where  he  se- 
cured employment  in  the  wholesale  dry-goods 
house  of  Hibbon,  Patterson  &  Co.  Remaining 
there  three  years,  in  1876  he  came  to  Colorado, 


the  first  member  of  the  family  to  locate  in  this 
state.  The  name,  Blackhawk,  being  peculiar, 
attracted  his  attention  and  led  him  to  the  town, 
where  he  secured  employment  as  clerk  for  Ritt- 
master  &  Co.  In  1882  he  was  joined  by  his 
brother  Philip,  and  they  formed  a  partnership  as 
Rohling  Brothers,  starting  a  store  on  Gregory 
street  and  building  up  a  large  trade.  In  1892 
they  opened  a  store  at  Fort  Collins  and  our  sub- 
ject came  here  to  superintend  it,  since  which 
time  he  has  acquired  a  valuable  patronage.  In 
1894  he  bought  the  block  he  now  occupies,  and 
which  was  built  in  1892. 

The  Rohling  Block,  as  it  is  known,  has  a  front- 
age of  fifty  feet,  divided  into  two  store  rooms, 
and  is  one  of  the  largest  blocks  in  the  city.  The 
entire  first  floor  and  the  basement  are  occupied 
by  the  stock  of  dry -goods,  carpets,  clothing,  fur- 
niture, etc.,  which  is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in 
the  place.  February  i,  1896,  the  partnership 
was  dissolved,  and  our  subject  retained  the  Fort 
Collins  interest,  his  brother  taking  the  Black- 
hawk  store.  In  addition  to  the  store  he  is  in- 
terested in  mining  in  the  Manhattan  district  of 
this  county,  and  is  developing  the  Lynn  lode,  the 
extension  of  the  Ida  May  mine.  He  is  also  in- 
terested in  mines  in  the  Tip  Top  district.  With 
his  brother  he  worked  the  Belmont  mine  for 
many  years,  but  finally  sold  his  interest.  He  is 
also  interested  in  the  Greeley  and  Fort  Collins 
Mining  Company,  of  which  he  has  been  treas- 
urer, and  has  invested  some  in  placer  mining  in 
North  Park  at  Owl  Mountain. 

In  Blackhawk  Mr.  Rohling  married  Johanna 
Rudolph,  who  was  born  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  and 
died  in  Blackhawk,  leaving  one  child,  Elizabeth 
Augusta.  His  second  wife,  whom  he  married  in 
Longmont,  was  June  Stephenson,  who  was  born 
in  Carthage,  Mo.,  a  daughter  of  W.  T.  Stephen- 
son,  of  Joplin,  Mo.  Their  union  has  been  blessed 
with  two  children,  A.  Lynn  and  Lois. 

During  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Black- 
hawk  Mr.  Rohling  was  a  member  of  the  council 
for  one  term  and  for  three  years  a  member  of  the 
school  board,  of  which  he  was  president  for  a 
year.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Blackhawk 
Lodge  No.  4,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  now  belongs 
to  Fort  Collins  Lodge  No.  19.  In  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  he  belongs  to  Fort  Col- 
lins Lodge  No.  19,  which  he  has  represented  in 
the  grand  lodge,  and  is  also  identified  with  the 


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encampment  and  Rebekah  Lodge.  He  is  a  char- 
ter member  of  Larimer  Lodge  No.  101,  K.  of  P., 
in  which  he  was  the  first  chancellor  commander, 
and  is  grand  district  deputy ;  also  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Uniform  Rank,  K.  of  P.;  also  repre- 
sented the  Knights  of  Pythias  in  the  grand 
lodge.  His  wife  is  connected  with  the  Eastern 
Star.  

HON.  FREDERICK  J.  EBERT.  It  would 
be  impossible  to  write  an  accurate  history  of 
Denver  without  making  mention  of  the  life 
and  works  of  Mr.  Ebert,  who  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  this  place  from  1875  until  his  death, 
May  3,  1888.  In  many  different  ways  that  showed 
the  versatility  of  his  talents,  he  contributed  to 
the  development  of  the  city  and  the  advancement 
of  its  interests.  Especially  was  his  influence 
given  to  the  public  schools,  and,  recognizing  his 
assistance  in  the  promotion  of  educational  inter- 
ests, it  was  deemed  a  fitting  memorial  to  his 
labors  to  name  in  his  honor  one  of  the  fine  school 
buildings  of  Denver.  Believing  that  iron  manu- 
factures could  be  successfully  established  in  the 
west,  he  took  an  active  part  in  founding  the  first 
rolling  mill  in  this  city,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  president  of  the  Colorado  Iron 
Works.  In  spite  of  the  fact  that  he  was  one 
of  the  busiest  of  men,  he  nevertheless  found  time 
for  scientific  and  classical  studies,  and  acquired  a 
conversational  knowledge  of  six  languages,  be- 
sides a  broad  fund  of  historical  information  that 
made  him  one  of  the  most  learned  men  in  his 
state. 

Reviewing  the  ancestry  of  the  Ebert  family, 
we  find  that  the  name  was  originally  Aberhart 
and  that  many  years  ago  it  was  founded  in  Ger- 
many by  emigrants  from  France.  Our  subject 
was  born  in  Brunswick,  Germany,  January  27, 
1822,  and  attended  the  gymnasium  for  some  time, 
after  which  he  was  a  student  in  the  Academy 
Collegium  Corolinum,  a  polytechnic  institution  of 
high  reputation,  from  which  he  graduated  with 
first  honors.  He  selected  the  science  of  forestry 
for  his  occupation,  and  in  his  twenty -fourth  year 
was  given  the  degree  of  A  by  the  government 
and  was  duly  commissioned  as  forest  engineer. 
He  was  an  officer  under  the  duke  of  Brunswick 
in  the  Revolution  of  1848,  and  during  the 
troubled  times  that  followed  he  deemed  it  best  to 
seek  a  home  in  another  country.  After  starting 


to  America  in  1850,  a  pardon  was  sent  him  for  his 
connection  with  the  Revolution,  but  he  preferred 
to  continue  his  journey  to  a  land  of  freedom  and 
liberty  of  thought.  Reaching  New  York  in  June, 
he  went  on  to  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  where  he  re- 
mained a  year,  studying  the  English  language 
and  the  customs  of  the  people.  He  spent  two 
years  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  was  employed  as  a 
civil  engineer  in  the  building  of  the  bridge  across 
the  Missouri,  and  from  there  went  to  St.  Joseph, 
Mo.,  where  he  engaged  in  civil  engineering  for 
seven  years. 

Coming  with  an  engineering  corps  to  Denver  in 
1860,  Mr.  Ebert  surveyed  what  is  now  the  Kansas 
Pacific  Railroad  as  far  as  the  headwaters  of  the 
Republican  River,  one  hundred  and  twelve  miles 
from  Denver,  but  the  Indians  under  Little  Wood 
and  Left  Hand  attacked  them  and  while  by  par- 
leying they  saved  their  lives,  still  further  advance 
was  considered  impracticable.  The  engineers 
came  via  the  Platte  to  Denver,  arriving  here  De- 
cember 12.  Mr.  Ebert  soon  secured  work  with 
W.  A.  H.  Loveland  in  surveying  a  line  for  a 
mountain  road  from  Denver  to  Central  City,  which 
was  the  first  railroad  survey  in  the  Rocky  Mount- 
ain district.  In  1862  he  drafted  the  first  map  of 
the  territory  and  assisted  Survey  or- General  John 
Pierce  in  making  its  first  land  survey.  In  1863 
he  was  chosen  city  engineer  of  Denver  and 
served  for  two  terms,  his  surveys  being  the  only 
ones  that  have  stood  the  test  of  time  and  the  law. 
In  1865  he  embarked  in  the  stock  and  dairy  busi- 
ness near  Denver,  but  ten  years  later  moved  back 
to  the  city  in  order  that  his  children  might  have 
educational  advantages. 

On  the  organization  of  the  Exchange  Bank, 
Mr.  Ebert  was  a  stockholder  and  director,  con- 
tinuing in  that  capacity  until  his  election  as  presi- 
dent; the  latter  office  he  resigned  in  1878,  but 
continued  connected  with  the  bank  as  vice-presi- 
dent until  his  death.  He  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  constitutional  convention  that  framed  the 
fundamental  law  of  the  state,  and  his  services  in 
that  body  were  of  a  distinguished  and  honorable 
nature.  To  him  and  Mr.  Golden,  more  than  to 
any  other  men,  may  be  ascribed  the  establish- 
ment of  the  schools  of  Denver  and  their  subse- 
quent success.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
president  of  the  board  of  regents  of  the  State 
University  at  Boulder.  Politically  he  was  a  Re- 
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In  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  in  December,  1855,  Mr. 
Ebert  married  Miss  Mary  Davies,  who  was  born 
in  Shrewsbury,  England,  a  descendant  in  the 
third  generation  of  a  Frenchman  who  crossed  the 
channel  and  settled  in  Shropshire,  England. 
Her  father,  Thomas  Davies,  was  born  in  1800, 
and  some  years  after  his  marriage  he  came  to 
America,  settling  in  Buchanan  County,  Mo.,  in 
1849,  but  later  removing  to  Troy,  Doniphan 
County,  Kan.,  where  he  died  in  1892,  at  the  age 
of  ninety -two.  Before  leaving  England  he  mar- 
ried Phoebe  Nooks,  who  was  born  in  Mont- 
gomeryshire and  died  in  St.  Louis  while  en  route 
to  the  west.  Of  their  five  children,  two  sons 
took  part  in  the  Civil  war  as  soldiers  in  the  Union 
army;  and  during  his  service  the  younger  son 
took  both  of  his  brothers-in-law  and  a  number  of 
friends  prisoners-of-war  and  sent  them  back  to 
his  father  in  Kansas  in  order  to  save  their  lives. 
Mrs.  Ebert  was  reared  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo. ,  and  re- 
mained there  for  a  time  after  her  marriage,  but 
in  1862  came  to  Colorado,  reaching  Denver  after 
a  five  weeks'  trip,  October  22  of  that  year.  She 
is  a  woman  of  superior  business  ability  and  since 
the  death  of  her  husband  has  managed  the  estate 
in  a  most  efficient  manner.  She  was  left  four 
hundred  and  eighty  acres,  a  portion  of  which  was 
in  the  city,  extending  from  Twenty-fourth  street 
to  Downing  avenue,  between  the  Platte  and  Whit- 
tier  school;  but  after  her  husband's  death  she  was 
compelled  to  go  to  law  in  order  to  retain  the 
land.  For  four  years  the  matter  was  in  the 
courts,  but  she  was  finally  successful  in  retaining 
a  large  share  of  the  tract.  She  owns  a  farm  of 
three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  within  the 
present  limits  of  the  city,  and  this  by  irrigation 
she  keeps  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  building 
upon  the  place,  on  Hyde  Park  street,  just  beyond 
City  Park,  a  little  town  known  as  London  farm. 
She  also  owns  twenty  acres  on  North  Capitol 
hill,  and  has  in  addition  what  is  the  largest  dairy 
farm  for  miles  around,  having  the  ranch  stocked 
with  registered  Jerseys,  Holsteins  and  Shorthorn 
Durhams.  One-half  block  of  land  on  her  farm 
she  donated  for  school  purposes.  In  the  manage- 
ment of  the  property  she  is  assisted  by  her  son, 
Alfred  G.,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  high  school 
and  for  two  years  a  student  in  the  University  of 
Denver.  Her  other  children  are  daughters, 
namely:  Mrs.  Leonore  M.  Hall,  who  graduated 
from  Wolfe  Hall  and  resides  in  Denver;  Mrs.  Ida 


J.  O'Brien,  whose  husband  is  an  attorney  in 
Denver;  and  Zetella  E.,  who  graduated  from  the 
Denver  high  school  and  from  the  Emerson  School 
of  Oratory  in  Boston,  and  is  now  a  prominent 
member  and  the  auditor  of  the  Woman's  Club, 
of  Denver.  The  family  are  identified  with  the 
Episcopal  Church. 


HORACE  O.  DODGE,  M.  D.,  professor  of 
clinical  medicine  in  the  Colorado  University 
and  secretary  of  the  board  of  education  of 
Boulder,  is,  in  point  of  years  of  practice,  the  old- 
est physician  of  the  city  now  following  the  pro- 
fession. He  has  been  identified  with  many 
enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  the  people  and  the 
advancement  of  the  State.  In  the  organization 
of  the  Colorado  School  of  Music  he  took  a  warm 
interest,  was  elected  the  first  president  of  the  in- 
stitution, and  has  held  the  position  from  the  time 
of  its  organization  in  1894,  his  enterprise  and 
excellent  judgment  doing  much  for  the  growth  of 
the  school. 

The  Dodge  family  has  been  represented  in 
America  ever  since  the  "Mayflower"  made  its 
first  trip  across  the  waters.  The  doctor's  great- 
grandfather was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution.  The 
grandfather,  Zebulon,  was  born  in  Massachusetts 
and  engaged  in  farming  there  until  his  death. 
The  father,  Horace  Dodge,  was  born  in  Belcher- 
town,  Mass.,  and  removed  to  the  west  in  1836, 
settling  as  a  pioneer  in  DuPage  County,  111., 
twenty  miles  from  Chicago,  where  he  secured  a 
deed  to  land  from  the  government  and  improved 
a  farm.  The  land  is  still  owned  by  members  of 
the  family.  He  was  eighty-four  at  the  time  of 
his  death;  his  mother  was  ninety -nine  when  she 
died.  Longevity  is  noticed  in  every  generation 
of  the  family,  many  of  whom  reach  ninety  years 
of  age. 

The  doctor's  mother,  Lucy  A.  Hickman,  was 
born  in  Winchester,  Va.,  in  the  Shenandoah 
Valley,  and  resides  in  Wheaton,  111.,  at  the  age 
of  eighty-three  years.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  Church.  Her  father,  W.  Fielding  Hick- 
man, was  born  at  Natural  Bridge,  a  member  of 
an  old  Virginia  family,  and  removed  to  the 
Shenandoah  Valley,  where  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  started  to  remove  to  Indiana,  traveling 
by  team,  but  died  while  on  his  way  west.  One 
of  his  sons  was  in  the  navy  during  the  war  of 


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1812  and  also  accompanied  Commodore  Perry  on 
his  expedition  for  the  opening  of  the  Japanese 
ports.  The  Hickman  family  are  lineal  descend- 
ants of  John  Knox,  the  Reformer. 

The  family  of  Horace  and  Lucy  A.  Dodge  con- 
sisted of  six  daughters  and  one  sou,  all  of  whom 
are  still  living,  the  youngest  sister,  the  wife  of  a 
minister,  having  for  the  past  seventeen  years 
been  a  missionary  in  Africa.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  the  fifth  in  order  of  birth.  He  was 
born  on  the  home  farm  in  DuPage  County,  De- 
cember 13,  1840,  and  grew  to  manhood  on  the 
homestead  where  he  was  born.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  began  to  teach  school,  and  with  the 
money  thus  earned  he  expected  to  avail  himself 
of  a  collegiate  education.  In  1861  he  entered 
the  freshman  class  of  Wheaton  College,  but  four 
weeks  later  he  volunteered  in  Company  E, 
Eighth  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  was  mustered  into 
service  at  St.  Charles,  111.,  as  a  private.  Ordered 
to  Washington,  he  remained  there  until  Decem- 
ber 13,  1861,  when  he  went  to  camp  in  Virginia. 
In  March,  1862,  he  marched  to  Centerville  and 
Manassas,  where  he  took  part  in  a  battle,  then 
retreated  to  Alexandria,  and  went  by  transport 
to  join  in  the  Peninsular  campaign  of  1862.  He 
took  part  in  the  engagements  at  Williamsburg 
and  Mechanicsville  and  the  seven  days'  battle, 
then  retreated  to  Harrison's  Landing,  ordered 
back  to  Alexandria,  and  from  there  to  Bull  Run, 
in  time  for  the  second  battle  there;  afterward 
participated  in  the  battle  of  Antietam,  spent  the 
winter  in  picket  duty  and  scouting,  took  part  in 
the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  and  in  the  spring  of 
1863  was  present  at  Chancellorsville,  Beverly 
Ford,  Brandy  Station,  Aldie,  Upperville  and 
Gettysburg,  where  his  regiment  opened  the  battle 
on  the  first  day  and  continued  at  the  front  until 
the  close  of  the  third  day.  Soon  after  that  battle 
he  was  detailed  to  the  division  headquarters  as  a 
scout,  and  the  winter  of  1863-64  was  occupied  in 
scouting.  In  the  spring  of  1864  he  was  in  the 
advance  in  the  battles  of  the  Wilderness  and 
Spottsylvania,  and  after  the  latter  engagement 
was  transferred  to  Sheridan's  headquarters  as 
scout,  taking  part  in  Sheridan's  raid  on  Rich- 
mond and  continuing  at  his  headquarters  until 
the  fall  of  1864.  In  October  he  was  mustered 
out  and  discharged  in  Chicago. 

Returning  to  the  home  farm,  our  subject  spent 
some  time  in  improving  it.      In  January,    1866, 


he  entered  the  Chicago  Medical  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1868.  He  was  in  the 
Hospital  for  Women  and  Children  in  Chicago  for 
a  year,  also  engaged  in  practice  in  Riverside  for 
a  year,  and  in  January,  1871,  settled  in  Denver, 
where  he  engaged  in  practice  for  eight  months. 
He  then  removed  to  Valmont,  at  that  time  the 
most  promising  town  in  Boulder  County.  Eight- 
een months  later  the  railroad  was  completed  to 
Boulder,  and  he  located  here,  where  he  has  since 
carried  on  a  general  practice.  For  years  he  has 
been  president  of  the  board  of  pension  examiners 
in  Boulder,  which  he  assisted  in  organizing. 
For  -four  years  he  was  county  physician,  has 
served  as  alderman  two  terms,  as  fire  chief  one 
term,  county  coroner  two  terms  and  health  officer 
six  terms.  He  has  been  professor  of  materia 
medica  and  therapeutics  in  the  Colorado  Uni- 
versity, and  in  the  fall  of  1898  was  given  the 
chair  of  clinical  medicine.  In  November,  1897, 
he  was  appointed  chairman  of  a  committee  to 
raise  money  for  the  erection  of  a  hospital  in  con- 
nection with  the  medical  department  of  the  state 
university.  The  committee  was  successful  and  a 
commodious,  well-appointed  building  now  fur- 
nishes refuge  for  the  afflicted,  as  well  as  clinical 
material  for  the  students. 

In  Chicago,  Dr.  Dodge  married  Miss  Laura  H. 
Sturdevant,  who  was  born  in  that  city,  daughter 
of  Noah  Sturdevant,  member  of  an  old  York 
state  family  and  a  coal  operator  and  lime  manu- 
facturer in  Illinois.  Two  children  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  Dodge  are  living  and  two  are  deceased, 
namely:  Horace  C.,  who  graduated  from  the 
Boulder  high  school  and  is  a  member  of  the 
medical  department  of  the  state  university,  class 
of  1901;  Laura,  who  was  educated  in  the  Rock- 
ford  Female  College;  LeRoy,  who  was  accident- 
ally killed  at  twelve  years,  being  thrown  from  a 
horse;  and  Frederick,  who  died  at  four  years. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Dodge  is  identified  with  Col- 
umbia Lodge  No.  14,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Boulder 
Chapter  No.  7,  R.  A.  M.,  in  which  he  is  past 
high  priest;  Mount  Sinai  Commandery  No.  7,  in 
which  he  has  been  eminent  commander  four  terms, 
and  is  a  permanent  member  of  the  grand  com- 
mandery;  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver; 
and  is  grand  representative  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery of  New  Jersey.  He  is  a  charter  member 
of  the  Nathaniel  Lyon  Post  No.  5,  G.  A.  R.,  in 
which  he  is  past  commander,  and  for  one  year, 


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1896-97,  was  commander  of  the  department  of 
Colorado  and  Wyoming,  G.  A.  R.,  was  also'  an 
aide  on  the  staff  of  the  commander  of  the 
National  Encampment,  General  Lawler.  In 
religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian.  Politically  he  is 
a  Republican.  At  this  writing  he  is  president  of 
the  Boulder  County  Medical  Association.  He 
was  a  charter  member  of  the  State  Medical 
Society,  and  held  the  position  of  president  of  that 
body  in  1876.  He  is  also  connected  with  the 
American  Medical  Association,  American  Clima- 
tological  Association,  and  a  member  of  the 
Alumni  Association  of  Chicago  Medical  College, 
now  the  medical  department  of  the  Northwestern 
University. 

HENRY  BEAN  NEWLON,  who  came  to 
Colorado  in  December,  1863,  and  for  some 
time  engaged  in  mining,  but  is  now  pro- 
prietor of  a  farm  and  fruit  ranch  near  LaPorte, 
Larimer  County,  was  born  in  Martinsville,  Clark 
County,  111.,  October  8,  1845,  and  traces  his 
lineage  to  one  of  the  F.  F.  Vs.  His  father,  James 
Newlon,  was  born  in  Culpeper  County,  Va.,  and 
was  an  own  cousin  of  President  James  Madison, 
their  mothers  being  Misses  Bean,  sisters.  When 
a  young  man  he  came  as  far  west  as  Illinois, 
where  he  embarked  in  the  mercantile  business  at 
Tuscola,  Douglas  County.  Later  he  removed 
to  Texas  and  died  at  Gainesville  in  1882.  His 
wife,  Ruth  (Downs)  Newlon,  was  born  in  Cul- 
peper County,  of  an  old  Virginian  family,  and 
died  in  Clark  County,  111.,  when  her  youngest 
child,  our  subject,  was  only  two  years  of  age. 
She  left,  besides  this  son,  two  daughters  and  a 
son,  namely:  Mrs.  Cynthia  Grant,  who  died  in 
Illinois;  Champion,  who  was  killed  in  Illinois  by 
being  thrown  from  a  horse;  and  Mattie,  of  Texas. 
In  the  public  schools  of  Clark  and  Douglas 
Counties,  111.,  our  subject  received  his  education. 
In  1862  he  went  to  Cairo  and  for  a  year  worked 
on  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad.  In  1863  he 
came  to  Colorado,  outfitting  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo., 
and  traveling  along  the  Platte,  his  journey  lasting 
from  October  i  to  December  18,  when  he  arrived 
at  Denver.  He  proceeded  to  Gilpin  County  and 
engaged  in  mining  and  milling  at  Nevadaville 
for  a  time,  after  which  he  prospected  and  mined 
under  lease.  He  was  there  in  1871,  at  the  time 
of  the  striking  of  the  Caribou  mine,  the  extension 
of  which  he  developed,  also  operated  the  None- 


Such  mine  successfully.  At  the  time  he  went  to 
that  camp,  there  was  but  one  cabin  at  the  camp, 
and  indications  of  future  prosperity  were  meagre. 
In  1 88 1  he  came  to  LaPorte  and  bought  eighty 
acres  of  unimproved  land.  Here  he  has  since 
planted  twelve  acres  to  apples  and  plums,  six 
acres  to  cherries,  and  ten  acres  to  blackberries, 
raspberries,  gooseberries  and  currants.  The 
place  is  one  of  the  finest  fruit  farms  in  the  coun- 
try, and  appropriately  bears  the  name  of  "None- 
Such,"  after  the  mine  Mr.  Newlon  once  operated. 

In  Caribou,  on  New  Year's  day  of  1878,  Mr. 
Newlon  married  Miss  Hilda  L.  Hoel,  who  was 
born  in  Madison,  Wis. ,  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Susan  (Nelson)  Hoel,  natives  of  Christiana, 
Norway.  Her  father,  who  was  a  carpenter  and 
architect,  settled  in  Madison,  Wis.,  and  while 
there  planned  and  built  the  capitol,  courthouse, 
hospital  and  the  university  buildings.  On  ac- 
count of  ill  health  he  removed  to  Nevada,  Iowa, 
and  there  he  died  in  1882.  His  wife,  who  is 
living  in  Nevada,  Iowa,  is  identified  with  the 
Lutheran  Church.  She  is  the  mother  of  three 
children,  namel3r:  Mrs.  Inger  Wells,  who  lives 
in  the  same  town  as  her  mother;  Hilda  Lillian; 
and  Henry  W. ,  a  successful  architect  and  builder, 
of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Mrs.  Newlon  was  reared  in 
Madison,  Wis.,  until  fifteen  years  of  age,  after 
which  she  resided  in  Iowa,  and  from  there  in 
1876  came  to  Colorado.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newlon 
have  an  adopted  daughter,  Bertha  May,  who  was 
graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Fort  Collins 
in  1898,  and  is  now  a  student  at  the  State  Agri- 
cultural College,  at  Fort  Collins. 

Politically  our  subject  is  a  Democrat,  while  Mrs. 
Newlon  is  a  Republican.  While  in  Blackhawk 
he  was  made  a  Mason,  and  now  belongs  to 
Collins  Lodge  No.  19,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Both  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Newlou  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church. 


|~~  ZRA  T.  CARR  is  one  of  the  most  successful 
j^  fruit-growers  of  Boulder  County  and  is 
I  treasurer  and  manager  of  the  Boulder  Fruit 
Growers'  Association,  which  organization  he  was 
very  influential  in  founding.  When  a  resident  of 
Gilpin  County  he  served  for  six  years  as  county 
commissioner,  and  for  two  years  of  that  period 
was  chairman  of  the  board.  He  was  elected  first 
in  1880,  re-elected  in  1883  and  vacated  the  office 
in  1887,  with  a  record  of  which  he  has  just  cause 


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to  be  proud,  for  it  was  eminently  satisfactory  to 
all  concerned.  He  has  always  been  a  thorough- 
going Republican,  and  of  late  years  has  been  ac- 
tively interested  on  the  side  of  the  silver  question. 
While  lie  was  county  commissioner  the  bonded 
indebtedness  of  Gilpin  County,  amounting  to 
about  $100,000,  was  reduced  nearly  half,  and 
since  then  has  been  wholly  wiped  out,  leaving 
the  county  free  from  debt.  Mr.  Carr  possesses 
excellent  business  ability  and  almost  invariably 
makes  a  success  of  the  enterprises  he  undertakes. 

The  parents  of  the  above-named  gentleman  were 
Josiah  S.  and  Lucinda  (Tracy)  Carr,  both  na- 
tives of  New  York  state,  where  they  lived  till 
death  closed  their  labors.  The  father  was  a  mer- 
chant at  West  Dresden  for  many  years,  and  he 
lived  to  the  ripe  age  of  eighty-three  years.  His 
wife  died  when  in  her  fifty-third  year.  Seven  of 
their  fourteen  children  grew  to  maturity,  and  of 
this  large  family  Mr.  Carr  of  this  sketch  is  now 
the  only  survivor. 

The  birth  of  our  subject  took  place  in  the  town 
of  West  Dresden,  N.  Y.,  December  23,  1838.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
place,  and  learned  the  mercantile  business  with 
his  father.  In  1856  he  went  to  Minnesota,  arriv- 
ing in  Minneapolis  when  the  place  comprised  but 
five  hundred  inhabitants.  He  taught  school  the 
first  winter,  after  which  he  engaged  in  farming 
nine  miles  from' the  city.  In  August,  1862,  he 
volunteered  in  Company  B,  Ninth  United  States 
Infantry,  for  service  in  the  Civil  war.  Soon  af- 
terward he  was  sent  on  the  frontier  against  the 
Indians,  who  had  taken  the  occasion  to  rise  in 
force  because  the  country  was  already  engaged 
in  civil  war.  Mr.  Carr  was  mustered  into  the 
service  as  first  sergeant  of  Company  B,  at  Fort 
Snelling,  Minn.,  and  was  honorably  discharged 
in  June,  1863,  at  St.  Peter's.  He  participated  in 
a  fierce  fight  with  the  Indians,  when  he  was  one 
of  a  little  band  of  sixty  against  three  hundred  red- 
skins. Three  of  his  comrades  were  killed  and 
twenty-one  were  injured,  himself  being  one  of  the 
number.  His  right  arm  was  badly  shattered  by 
a  bullet,  and  he  was  taken  to  the  hospital  for 
treatment.  The  young  lady  who  shortly  after- 
ward became  his  wife  was  most  kind  and  tender 
in  nursing  the  injured  soldiers  and  though  our 
hero  had  escaped  being  captured  by  the  Indians, 
he  found  a  more  formidable  foe  within  the  bare 
hospital  walls,  and  capitulated  at  once. 


Up  to  1868  Mr.  Carr  operated  a  farm  situated 
about  two  miles  from  Hutchinson,  Minn.,  but  in 
that  year  sold  out  and  located  in  Iowa,  near  Des 
Moines.  The  following  year  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, by  way  of  Cheyenne,  making  the  trip  by 
rail  and  stage  to  Central  City,  and  in  July  com- 
menced mining  in  Russell  Gulch.  Among  the 
mines  which  he  opened  during  the  next  few  years 
are  the  Grizzly  and  Specie  Payment  and  others, 
which  have  produced  precious  metal  in  paying 
quantities.  Since  1885  he  has  lived  in  Boulder; 
but  built  his  residence  here  two  years  after  com- 
ing here,  planted  fruit  trees  and  greatly  improved 
his  property.  He  purchased  a  block  of  land  in 
Garden  City  Addition  to  Boulder.  In  1893  the 
Fruit  Growers' Association,  for  shipping  and  hand- 
ling fruit,  was  organized,  and  it  has  proved  of 
material  benefit  to  local  producers.  In  1897  Mr. 
Carr  was  very  active  in  getting  started  the  Boul- 
der Fruit  Juice  and  Preserving  Company,  of  which 
he  is  the  president.  At  one  time  he  was  a  mem- 
ber and  senior  commander  of  Ellsworth  Post  No. 
20,  G.  A.  R.,  in  Central  City,  and  was  honorably 
discharged  from  the  same  by  request.  He  was 
also  formerly  identified  with  the  Masonic  order 
and  is  of  high  standing  in  the  Odd  Fellows'  so- 
ciety. He  is  past  grand  in  the  order,  was  grand 
marshal  of  the  grand  lodge  of  Colorado,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  encampment.  He  was  captain  of 
Canton,  Boulder  No.  16,  and  major  of  the  fourth 
battalion.  At  the  request  of  the  Boulder  Canton 
the  Decoration  of  Chivalry  was  conferred  upon 
Mr.  Carr,  April  26,  1898. 

As  previously  mentioned  there  was  a  very 
pretty  little  romance  attending  the  meeting  of  Mr. 
Carr  and  the  lady  who  has  been  his  faithful  help- 
mate since  their  marriage,  October  7,  1863.  She 
was  Miss  Ludie  Tucker,  a  native  of  the  vicinity 
of  Fort  Smith,  Ark.,  and  daughter  of  Rev.  Eber 
and  Martha  (Cox)  Tucker,  both  of  New  York 
state.  The  father,  who  was  a  minister  of  the 
Baptist  Church,  went  to  Fort  Smith  in  early  days 
and  was  a  missionary  of  his  denomination  there- 
abouts for  some  thirteen  years.  Thence  he  re- 
moved to  Knox  County,  Mo.,  where  his  death 
occurred  when  he  was  in  his  sixtieth  year.  In 
1861  the  mother,  with  her  son  Hiram  and  daugh- 
ter L,udie,  went  to  Minnesota.  Mrs.  Tucker  de- 
parted this  life  in  Russell  Gulch,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-five  years.  The  paternal  grandfather  of 
Mrs.  Carr,  Eben  Tucker,  Sr.,  was  a  native  of 


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Germany,  and  was  a  farmer  in  New  York  after 
his  arrival  in  this  country.  The  seven  children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carrare:  Lois  G.,  now  Mrs.  John 
L.  Hazleton,  of  Boulder;  Lillian  M.,  Mrs.  Harry 
Werry,  also  of  this  city;  Mary  E.,  wife  of 
Nathaniel  Lewis,  of  Russell  Gulch;  EdnaJ.,  wife 
of  Walter  Booth,  of  Boulder;  Olive,  wife  of  C.  L. 
Purmort,  of  Boulder;  Ezra  E.  and  Lucy  M.  The 
two  eldest  daughters  are  graduates  of  the  schools 
ofCentral  City,  and  Mary  E.  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Colorado  in  the  class  of  '92. 


p  GJlLLIAM  K.  BURCHINELL,  president  of 
\Al  several  Colorado  mining  companies  and 
VY  sheriff  of  Arapahoe  County  1892-96,133 
representative  of  one  of  Maryland's  oldest  fam- 
ilies, his  ancestors  having  come  to  this  country 
with  Lord  Baltimore.  It  is  said  that  some  of  the 
name  are  still  to  be  found  in  Normandy,  but  the 
branch  to  which  our  subject  belongs  was  estab- 
lished in  England  at  the  time  of  William  the 
Conqueror  and  subsequent  generations  were  iden- 
tified with  the  history  of  Great  Britain.  After 
coming  to  America  they  transferred  their  alle- 
giance to  the  colonies  and  during  the  Revolution 
William  Burchinell,  a  planter  of  Kent  County, 
Md.,  served  valiantly  in  the  cause  of  independ- 
ence. 

Thomas,  a  son  of  this  Revolutionary  patriot, 
was  born  in  Chestertown,  Md. ,  and  grew  to  man- 
hood upon  the  eastern  shore,  receiving  his  educa- 
tion in  William  and  Mary  College,  of  which  he 
was  a  graduate.  He  became  an  architect  and 
builder  in  Baltimore,  but  later  removed  to  Hunt- 
ingdon and  was  employed  as  master  builder  in 
the  construction  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 
He  died  in  Huntingdon  when  sixty-six  years  of 
age.  His  wife  was  Anna  M.  Wilson,  who  was 
born  in  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  of  Scotch  descent,  and 
was  a  daughter  of  Matthew  Wilson,  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  but  for  some  years  a  merchant  in 
Baltimore.  There  were  three  sons  and  three 
daughters  in  the  family  of  Thomas  Burchinell, 
and  all  the  sons  come  to  Colorado.  Thomas  W. 
died  while  acting  as  receiver  of  the  United  States 
land  office  at  Leadville;  and  John  E.  resides  in 
Denver. 

The  second  of  the  sons,  William  K.,  was  born 
in  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  October  12,  1846.  While  a 
student  in  the  Hollidaysburg  Academy,  he  en- 


listed as  a  member  of  the  Fifteenth  Pennsylvania 
Cavalry,  in  which  he  served  from  July,  1862, 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  being  assigned  to  the 
Army  of  the  Cumberland  under  General  Rose- 
crans  and  General  Thomas.  Among  the  impor- 
tant engagements  in  which  he  participated  were 
those  of  Stone  River,  Chattanooga,  Chicka- 
mauga,  Lookout  Mountain,  Missionary  Ridge, 
the  march  to  Atlanta  and  then  back  to  Nashville 
under  General  Thomas.  On  being  mustered  out 
in  1865,  he  returned  to  Huntingdon  and  em- 
barked in  the  planing  mill  business.  In  the  fall 
of  1873  he  was  elected,  on  the  Republican  ticket, 
to  represent  the  district  in  the  legislature,  and 
while  a  member  of  the  session  of  1874  served  on 
various  committees  and  as  chairman  of  the 
military  and  judiciary  committees.  In  1874  ue 
was  appointed  by  President  Grant  to  the  receiver- 
ship of  the  United  States  land  office  at  Fairplay, 
Colo.,  and  assumed  the  duties  of  the  position  in 
February,  1875.  Four  years  later  President 
Hayes  re-appointed  him  to  the  office,  which  was 
removed  to  Leadville,  and  he  served  there  until 
1883.  Meantime  he  had  become  interested  in 
mining  in  the  Leadville  district.  Though  on  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  office  he  removed  to 
Denver,  he  still  continued  to  operate  in  the  Lead- 
ville region,  and  is  now  interested  in  the  Welton, 
Nubian  and  Superior  Consolidated  mines  there, 
besides  being  interested  in  scores  of  mines  else- 
where. He  is  president  of  the  Golden  Ocean 
Mining  Company,  which  operates  at  Victor;  presi- 
dent of  LaPlatte  Placer  Mining  Company;  presi- 
dent of  the  Grouse  Mountain  Gold  Mining  and 
Tunnel  Company,  operating  in  the  Cripple  Creek 
district;  and  president  of  the  Mineral  Hill  Gold 
Mining  Company  in  Park  County. 

In  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  Mr.  Burchinell  married 
Miss  Mant  Cunningham,  daughter  of  Josiah 
Cunningham,  who  was  a  merchant  and  farmer 
there.  They  have  one  child,  Annie  C.  Politi- 
cally Mr.  Burchinell  is  a  silver  Republican,  and 
he  has  been  active  upon  committees,  in  conven- 
tions and  as  a  member  of  the  state  Republican 
committee.  His  party,  in  1891,  elected  him 
sheriff  of  Arapahoe  County  and  two  years  later 
he  was  re-elected,  holding  the  office  from  Janu- 
ary, 1892,  to  January,  1896.  At  the  second  elec- 
tion he  won  by  a  plurality  of  eleven  hundred  and 
eighty  votes,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  he  was 
opposed  by  the  "machine"  political  element  and 


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the  newspapers,  who  fought  him  because  he 
would  not  be  dictated  to.  During  his  term  of 
office  occurred  the  celebrated  attack  on  the  city, 
when  his  coolness  and  determination  saved  blood- 
shed and  his  promptness  in  securing  the  aid  of 
the  United  States  troops  and  not  allowing  any 
demonstration  kept  both  sides  down.  He  is  a 
member  of  Reno  Post  No.  39,  G.  A.  R.,  and  the 
Union  Veterans'  Legion.  While  in  Huntingdon 
he  was  made  a  Mason  and  afterward  identified 
himself  with  the  fraternity  in  Leadville.  He  be- 
longs to  Temple  Lodge  No.  84,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Colorado  Chapter  No.  29,  R.  A.  M.,  Denver 
Commandery  No.  25,  K.  T.,  Denver  Consistory 
and  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S. 


0R.  AYRES  STRADLEY  has  been  associated 
with  his  brother  in  Longmont  for  about  two 
years,  both  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and 
surgery  and  in  mining  enterprises.  Previously 
he  was  located  at  Platteville,  Colo. ,  for  thirteen 
years,  gaining  an  enviable  reputation  for  skill  in 
his  profession  during  that  period.  He  has  made 
a  specialty  of  nervous  diseases  and  is  in  partner- 
ship with  his  brother,  D.  N.,  in  the  management 
of  a  sanitarium  for  the  cure  of  the  liquor  habit. 
At  present  he  is  the  city  physician  of  Longmont, 
and  is  examiner  for  numerous  leading  life  insur- 
ance companies  here. 

The  parents  of  the  doctor  were  Dr.  D.  W.  and 
Elizabeth  (Bell)  Stradley,  natives  of  Zanesville 
and  Circleville,  Ohio,  respectively.  They  became 
residents  of  Wabash,  Ind.,  in  1849  an^  thence- 
forth made  their  home  in  that  city,  the  father 
dying  there  in  November,  1895,  aged  fourscore 
years,  and  the  mother  many  years  before,  when 
fifty-four  years  of  age.  Dr.  D.  W.  Stradley  was 
much  esteemed  by  his  professional  brethren  and 
took  a  leading  part  in  public  enterprises  and  edu- 
cational work.  He  acted  as  a  director  and  was 
deeply  interested  in  the  development  and  improve- 
ment of  the  system  of  educating  the  young.  His 
father,  Ayres  Stradley,  was  born  in  Baltimore, 
Md.,  married  Rhoda  Wilkins,  of  the  same  city, 
and  followed  farming  and  building  as  occupations. 
He  lived  in  Hancock  County,  Ohio,  for  several 
years  and  spent  his  last  days  in  Wabash,  Ind., 
dying  in  his  eighty-third  year.  His  good  wife 
also  died  in  Wabash,  in  November,  1882,  having 
attained  the  extreme  age  of  ninety-six  years. 


The  father  of  Ayres  Stradley  was  a  native  ot 
England,  who,  upon  his  arrival  in  the  United 
States,  located  permanently  in  Baltimore. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Bell)  Stradley  was  a  daughter 
of  Abner  Bell,  originally  of  Pennsylvania,  but 
later  of  Hancock  County,  Ohio,  and  Winterset, 
Iowa.  To  the  last-named  place  he  removed  in 
1851,  and,  after  living  in  the  town  for  twenty-one 
years,  he  passed  to  his  reward,  in  1872,  aged 
about  eighty-six  years.  He  was  a  hero  of  the 
war  of  1812,  and  his  wife  was  the  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  Smith,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution  and 
also  of  the  war  of  1812.  He  was  a  noble  minister 
of  the  gospel,  for  years  was  connected  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  Ohio,  and  received 
his  summons  to  the  better  land  while  he  was 
occupying  his  pulpit,  then  past  eighty  years  of 
age.  His  wife  died  in  Winterset,  Iowa,  in  1881, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-five  years.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  W.  Stradley  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  They  had  ten 
children,  four  of  whom  died  in  childhood.  Their 
four  married  daughters  died  in  Indiana:  Rhoda, 
Mrs.  Baker;  Margaret  A.,  Mrs.  Litsenberger,  and 
Sarah  E.,  Mrs.  Comstock,  all  in  Wabash;  and 
Charlotte  E.,  Mrs.  Steele,  in  South  Bend.  Their 
two  surviving  sons  are  Ayres  and  Daniel  N.  ,who 
are  represented  in  this  volume.  (See  sketch  of 
Dr.  D.  N.  Stradley.) 

Dr.  Ayres  Stradley  was  born  in  Mount  Blanch- 
ard,  Hancock  County,  Ohio,  October  n,  1840,  and 
was  nine  years  old  when  the  family  went  to 
Wabash,  Ind.  He  received  a  good  education  in 
the  common  and  high  schools  and  then  took  up 
the  study  of  medicine  with  his  father.  In  April, 
1861,  he  was  among  the  first  to  respond  to  the 
president's  call  for  troops  but  was  rejected.  In 
1863  he  entered  the  University  of  Michigan  and 
took  a  course  of  lectures,  after  which  he  opened 
an  office  in  Wabash  and  commenced  practice. 
In  1866  he  went  to  Bloomingdale,  Mich.,  and 
remained  there  for  ten  years,  giving  his  earnest 
attention  to  the  duties  of  his  profession.  Then 
returning  to  Wabash,  he  continued  his  practice 
in  that  city  up  to  1883,  when  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, and  for  over  thirteen  years  practiced  in 
Platteville.  His  well-established  reputation  for 
ability  preceded  him  to  this  place  and  in  the  brief 
period  of  his  stay  here  he  has  won  the  respect  and 
best  wishes  of  all  who  know  him,  whether  in  a 
business  or  social  way. 


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While  living  in  Platteville,  Dr.  Stradley  was  a 
candidate  for  county  clerk  of  Weld  County  on 
the  Populist's  ticket,  which  was  defeated.  At 
the  time  of  the  election  he  was  absent  in  the  east, 
at  the  bedside  of  his  dying  father.  He  became 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  when  he  was 
a  young  man,  in  Bloomingdale,  Mich.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Uniform  Rank  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  is  a  Knight  of  the  Maccabees.  He 
was  married  in  Wabash,  Ind. ,  in  1863  to  Miss 
N.  M.  Barnhart,  a  native  of  Virginia  and  daugh- 
ter of  Joel  Barnhart,  an  early  settler  of  Wabash. 
Of  the  four  children  born  to  the  doctor  and  wife 
three  are  living,  namely:  Carl,  a  civil  engineer 
and  county  surveyor;  Maude  M.,  Mrs.  Dudley, 
of  Longuiont;  and  Edessa  E.,  who  is  at  home. 


0ANIEL  N.  STRADLEY,  M.  D.,  one  of  the 
well-known  and  highly  respected  physicians 
of  Longmont,  has  been  established  in  prac- 
tice here  for  the  past  eighteen  years  and  has  been 
a  resident  of  the  county  for  a  score  of  years.  That 
he  is  considered  au  authority  in  his  special  de- 
partment, nervous  and  mental  diseases,  is  evi- 
denced by  the  fact  that  four  different  judges  have 
appointed  him  as  medical  expert  in  lunacy  cases. 
He  has  also  served  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of 
everyone  as  city  physician  and  is  medical  exami- 
ner for  several  of  the  old  standard  life  insurance 
companies.  In  1892  he  opened  a  sanitarium  here 
for  the  treatment  of  persons  afflicted  with  dipso- 
mania and  nervous  diseases,  and  has  successfully 
attended  to  some  eight  or  nine  hundred  patients. 
He  has  the  highest  testimonials  from  many  of 
these,  and  numerous  outsiders  who  know  of  the 
good  work  that  has  been  accomplished  under  his 
able  management  in  this  institution. 

The  birth  of  Dr.  D.  N.  Stradley  occurred  in 
Mount  Blanchard,  Ohio,  July  3,  1849.  His  par- 
ents were  Dr.  D.  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Bell)  Strad- 
ley, likewise  of  Ohio,  of  English  descent,  but  rep- 
resentatives of  patriotic  American  families  who 
had  dwelt  in  the  United  States  for  several  gene- 
rations. Dr.  Stradley,  Sr.,  practiced  his  profes- 
sion in  Ohio  and  Indiana,  and  was  loved  and  re- 
spected by  all  who  knew  him.  His  children  were 
ten  in  number,  but  only  six  lived  to  maturity. 
Four  daughters  married  and  had  homes  of  their 
own  in  Indiana,  but  one  by  one  they  were  gath- 
ered to  the  silent  land,  and  now,  of  the  entire 


family  only  two  remain,  the  subject  of  this  article 
and  his  brother,  Dr.  Ayres,  who  has  been  in  part- 
nership with  him  for  about  two  or  three  years. 

The  early  years  of  Dr.  Daniel  N.  Stradley 
were  spent  in  Wabash,  Ind.,  where  he  attended 
the  public  schools.  Having  inherited  a  taste  for 
the  medical  profession  he  found  an  able  instructor 
in  his  father,  and  in  1873  took  a  course  of  lectures 
in  the  Curtis  Medical  College  in  Cincinnati,  com- 
pleting his  studies  in  Marion,  Ind.,  where  the 
college  had  been  removed  after  his  first  year 
in  the  institution.  He  graduated  in  1875,  but  in 
the  preceding  year  had  begun  practice  in  Marion, 
with  Dr.  Snodgrass,  the  dean  of  the  college.  In 
1878,  on  account  of  poor  health,  Dr.  Stradley 
came  to  Colorado,  and  for  two  years  or  more 
lived  in  Boulder.  There  he  became  a  member  of 
the  Boulder  County  Medical  Association  and  in 
partnership  with  Dr.  H.  W.  Allen  was  made  sur- 
geon for  the  South  Park  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad, 
and  opened  a  hospital  at  Buena  Vista,  Dr.  Allen 
being  secretary  and  himself  treasurer.  When  the 
railroad  was  completed  the  hospital  was  aban- 
doned, and  Dr.  Stradley  came  to  Longmont,  where 
he  has  since  made  his  home,  his  office  being  on 
Main  Street.  Formerly  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Indiana  Medical  Society. 

In  addition  to  being  thoroughly  interested  in 
his  professional  work,  Dr.  Stradley  and  his 
brother  are  engaged  in  mining  operations  upon 
quite  a  large  scale.  They  are  working  the  Vir- 
ginius  mine  near  Ward,  and  the  Miser  group  of 
mines  in  the  vicinity  of  Rowena,  near  Left  Hand. 
The  subject  of  this  article  was  one  of  the  incor- 
porators  of  the  Great  Northern  Oil,  Coal,  Mineral 
Refining  and  Prospecting  Company,  which  is 
capitalized  at  $100,000,  and  has  as  its  president 
Dr.  W.  H.  Davis,  of  Denver,  Colo. ;  treasurer, 
Dr.  Stradley;  secretary,  Judge  H.  M.  Minor,  of 
Longmont;  and  manager,  S.  L.  Holaday.  Prof. 
Arthur  Lakes,  late  professor  of  geology  at  the 
State  School  of  Mines  and  editor  of  Mines  and 
Minerals  in  Denver,  was  employed  by  the  company 
to  make  a  thorough  investigation  of  the  strata 
and  existing  conditions  of  the  region  which  they 
proposed  to  search  for  oil,  coal  and  minerals,  and 
his  careful  and  detailed  report  was  most  encour- 
aging and  valuable,  pointing  out,  as  it  does,  the 
facts  and  reasons  for  his  belief  of  the  existence  of 
certain  mineral  and  oil  deposits  within  conven- 
ient distance  from  Longmont.  With  redoubled 


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vigor  and  enterprise  the  company  is  now  pushing 
forward  the  work  which  is  certain,  sooner  or  later, 
to  meet  with  the  most  gratifying  results. 

Politically  the  doctor  is  identified  with  the 
People's  party.  October  i,  1898,  he  received  the 
nomination  of  his  party  for  representative  of  the 
northern  district  of  Colorado.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and 
the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees.  He  was  married 
in  Xenia,  Ohio,  in  1873,  toMiss  Margaret  Pence, 
daughter  of  Darius  Pence.  She  was  born  and 
reared  in  Xenia  and  by  her  marriage  with  the 
doctor  is  the  mother  of  a  son,  D.  Pry,  who  is 
a  promising  young  man,  and  is  a  member  of 
Gross  Medical  College,  class  of  '99. 


(JOHN  ROWLAND  HANNA.  Coming  to 
Colorado  in  1869  and  to  Denver  in  1871, 
Mr.  Hauna  has  witnessed  much  of  the  de- 
velopment of  the  state  and  has  been  identified 
with  the  growth  of  Denver  since  it  was  a  place 
of  five  thousand  inhabitants.  Religious,  charit- 
able and  educational  institutions  have  alike  felt 
the  impetus  of  his  sympathy  and  support,  and  in 
every  enterprise  calculated  to  benefit  the  people 
he  has  been  deeply  interested.  After  years  of 
active  connection  with  the  banking  business  of 
this  city,  he  resigned  his  position  and  retired  to 
private  life. 

The  Hanna  family  is  of  Scotch-Irish  lineage, 
but  has  had  representatives  in  America  from  an 
early  day.  In  their  honor  was  named  Hannas- 
town,  Westmoreland  County,  Pa.,  which  was  so 
loyal  to  the  cause  of  freedom  that  it  declared  in- 
dependence from  Great  Britain  in  May,  1775, 
soon  after  the  battle  of  Lexington.  After  the 
Revolution  the  town  was  burned  by  the  Indians. 
Judge  John  Hanna,  grandfather  of  our  subject, 
was  born  in  Hannastown  and  removed  to  Cadiz, 
Harrison  County,  Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in 
farming,  and  also  for  a  time  served  as  county 
judge.  He  attained  to  advanced  years. 

Our  subject's  father,  A.  F.  Hanna,  was  born 
in  Cadiz,  where  he  first  engaged  in  merchandis- 
ing, but  later  was  editor  of  the  Liberty  Advocate 
in  that  city.  He  died  in  1847,  when  he  was 
thirty-four  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Susanna  Craig,  was  born  in 
Cadiz,  the  youngest  of  six  children  and  the  only 
living  representative  of  her  family  during  her 


later  years.  She  died  in  Colorado  in  1892,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-five.  Her  father,  Rowland  Craig, 
was  born  in  Brownsville,  Pa.,  and  settled  in  Ca- 
diz, where  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
until  his  death.  Our  subject  was  one  of  three 
children  that  attained  maturity,  two  of  whom  are 
living.  His  brother,  Maj.  James  W.  Hanna, 
served  during  the  Civil  war  and  at  its  close  or- 
ganized a  company  and  came  to  Colorado  to  fight 
the  Indians,  being  stationed  at  Fort  Collins  until 
his  honorable  discharge.  He  now  lives  in  Denver. 

Born  and  reared  in  Cadiz,  our  subject  attended 
the  public  schools  and  Franklin  College  in  Har- 
rison County.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  went 
to  Mercer,  Pa.,  where  he  secured  work  as  book- 
keeper, and  when  twenty-three  he  started  the  first 
bank  in  the  place.  After  five  years  he  sold  it  to 
the  First  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was  cashier 
from  1864  to  1869,  resigning  in  the  latter  year 
on  account  of  illness.  In  the  spring  of  that  year 
he  came  to  Colorado,  where  the  salubrious  air 
and  outdoor  exercise  upon  a  farm  enabled  him 
to  regain  his  health.  In  the  spring  of  1871  he 
came  to  Denver  and  at  once  began  to  plan  the 
organization  of  the  City  National  Bank,  the  char- 
ter for  which  he  secured  in  Washington.  His 
bank  bought  out  the  private  bank  of  Warren 
Hussey  and  continued  the  business  at  the  corner 
of  Fifteenth  and  Market  streets,  but  after  fifteen 
years  erected  a  new  building  and  removed  to  Six- 
teenth and  Lawrence  streets.  In  1892,  after 
having  served  as  cashier  for  twenty  years,  he 
was  made  president,  and  continued  in  that  ca- 
pacity until  the  business  was  sold  in  1894.  He 
was  then  with  its  successors,  the  American  Na- 
tional Bank,  as  vice-president  until  the  suspen- 
sion of  the  institution. 

In  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y. ,  Mr.  Hanna  married  Miss 
lone  T.  Munger,  who  was  born  in  New  York 
state,  the  daughter  of  Lyman  and  Martha  S. 
(Whitney)  Munger,  natives  of  Massachusetts  and 
New  York  respectively.  Her  father,  who  was  a 
druggist  in  Penn  Yan,  later  engaged  in  the  gro- 
cery and  drug  business  at  Galva,  111.,  and  still 
later  engaged  in  farming.  In  1891  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Munger  came  to  Denver,  where  they  have  since 
made  their  home  with  their  daughter,  Mrs. 
Hanna.  The  latter  is  a  member  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  Revolution.  Active  in  educational 
work,  she  has  been  president  of  the  educational 
department  of  the  Woman's  Club  and  for  one 


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term  of  three  years  held  the  office  of  school  di- 
rector, but  afterward  refused  renomination. 

With  others  Mr.  Hanna  organized  the  Colorado 
College  at  Colorado  Springs  in  1874,  and  from  its 
inception  he  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the 
progress  of  the  institution.  For  years  he  was  its 
treasurer  and  is  now  serving  as  a  trustee.  The 
college  is  now  considered  one  of  the  leading  edu- 
cational institutions  in  the  west.  Politically  he 
is  a  Republican.  In  the  organization  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  he  took  an  active  part  and  for  more 
than  twenty  years  he  has  been  one  of  its  trustees. 
He  assisted  in  the  founding  and  building  of  the 
People's  Tabernacle  Congregational  Church,  in 
which  he  was  long  a  trustee.  With  many  of  the 
laudable  enterprises  for  the  advancement  of  Den- 
ver his  name  has  been  intimately  identified  and 
his  influence  has  been  felt  in  their  development. 
It  may  be  truly  said  that  Denver  has  no  citizen 
more  loyal  to  its  welfare  than  he,  nor  are  there 
many  who  have  been  more  important  factors  in 
its  progress  and  advancement. 


IT  DWARD  A.  THOMPSON.  In  the  last  half 
1^  of  the  present  century  the  lawyer  has  been 
Li  a  pre-eminent  factor  in  all  affairs  of  private 
concern  and  national  importance.  He  has  been 
depended  upon  to  conserve  the  best  and  perma- 
nent interests  of  the  whole  people  and  is  a  recog- 
nized power  in  all  the  avenues  of  life.  He 
stands  as  the  protector  of  the  rights  and  liberties 
of  his  fellow-men  and  is  the  representative  of  a 
profession  whose  followers,  if  they  would  gain 
honor,  fame  and  success,  must  be  men  of  merit 
and  ability.  Such  a  one  is  Edward  A.  Thomp- 
pon,  who  is  now  serving  as  county  attorney  of 
Weld  County. 

He  was  born  in  Gravesend,  England,  May  27, 
1845,  but  in  November,  1847,  was  brought  to 
America  by  his  parents,  Dr.  William  and  Eliza 
(Hodsonj  Thompson,  who  settled  in  Bradford 
County,  Pa.,  first  at  Leroy  and  later  at  Herrick, 
where  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine until  within  the  last  few  years.  In  1896  he 
removed  to  Towanda,  the  same  county,  where  he 
is  now  enjoying  a  well-earned  rest.  Eleven  chil- 
dren constituted  his  family,  namely:  William  H.( 
who  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College  and 
is  now  a  leading  attorney  of  Wyalusing,  Pa.; 


Alfred,  a  merchant  of  Towanda,  Pa. ;  Edward  A. , 
of  this  sketch;  Mary,  deceased  wife  of  Frederick 
Leavenworth,  of  Towanda;  Josephine,  who  died 
in  childhood;  Ernest  T. ,  who  died  at  Towanda; 
Ferdinand,  a  physician  practicing  at  the  asylum 
in  ^Bradford  County,  Pa.;  Edith  A.,  deceased, 
who  was  a  teacher  in  the  south;  Eugene  A.,  an 
attorney  of  Towanda;  John  G.,  a  carpenter  and 
builder  of  Scranton,  Pa.;  and  Ethelbert  R.,  a 
business  man  of  Towanda. 

Edward  A.  Thompson  acquired  his  literary 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  Herrick  and 
the  Towanda  Collegiate  Institute.  As  his  father 
was  a  country  physician  in  rather  limited  circum- 
stances and  had  a  large  family  depending  upon 
him,  our  subject  began  life  for  himself  at  the  age 
of  thirteen  and  made  his  own  way  through  school, 
paying  his  expenses  at  college  by  teaching.  In 
March,  1865,  he  enlisted  in  Company  G,  Ninety- 
ninth  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  re- 
mained in  the  service  until  hostilities  ceased. 
For  three  years  thereafter  he  served  as  sergeant 
in  Company  A,  Ninth  Regiment  Pennsylvania 
National  Guard,  resigning  his  office  on  coming 
west.  While  teaching  school  in  Pennsylvania, 
Mr.  Thompson  read  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1870,  after  which  he  engaged  in  practice  at 
Towanda  until  1882,  the  year  of  his  arrival  in 
Weld  County,  Colo.  He  was  principal  of  the 
public  schools  of  Erie  for  three  years,  and  en- 
gaged in  practice  at  that  place  until  1889,  when 
he  was  elected  county  judge  for  a  term  of  six 
years.  He  then  removed  to  Greeley,  where  he 
opened  an  office,  and  has  since  successfully  en- 
gaged in  general  practice,  retaining  a  clientele  of 
so  representative  a  character  as  to  alone  stand  in 
evidence  of  his  professional  ability  and  personal 
popularity.  In  1898  he  was  appointed  county 
attorney,  and  is  now  discharging  the  duties  of 
that  office  to  the  utmost  satisfaction  of  the  court 
and  bar  of  the  county. 

In  August,  1870,  Mr.  Thompson  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Nellie  M. ,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel C.  and  Minerva  M.  Hall,  of  Bradford  County, 
Pa.  They  have  a  son,  William  Hall,  who  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1896  and  is  now  associated 
with  his  father  in  practice  under  the  firm  name 
of  Thompson  &  Thompson .  The  son  was  married 
January  19,  1894,  to  Miss  Alice  Clark,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Arthur  and  Lula  (McNutt)  Clark,  who 
now  reside  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Mrs.  Nellie  M. 


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Thompson  died  at  Towanda,  Pa. ,  in  September, 
1879.  Our  subject  was  again  married  at  that 
place,  November  29,  1880,  his  second  union  being 
with  Miss  Susan  M.  Bump,  a  daughter  of  Cor- 
nelius Bump,  of  Bradford  County,  Pa.  She  was 
a  very  successful  teacher  in  that  state,  and  while 
her  husband  was  principal  of  the  schools  of  Erie, 
Colo. ,  she  taught  there. 

Formerly  Mr.  Thompson  was  a  Republican  in 
politics,  but  now  supports  the  men  and  measures 
of  the  Democracy.  In  1867  he  united  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Herrick,  Pa.,  but 
since  coming  to  this  county  has  become  identified 
with  the  Congregational  denomination.  He  has 
affiliated  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  since  1866  and  now  belongs  to  Poudre 
Valley  Lodge  No.  12.  He  has  also  been  a 
Mason  since  1867,  and  is  a  prominent  member  of 
Occidental  Lodge  No.  20,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Greeley;  Greeley  Commandery  No.  10,  K.  T. ; 
Greeley  Chapter  No.  13,  R.  A.  M.;  Greeley 
Lodge  No.  31,  K.  of  P. .which  hejoined  in  1891; 
and  U.  S.  Grant  Post  No.  13,  G.  A.  R.  He 
has  filled  various  offices  in  each  of  these  orders. 


|7J|HARLES  W.  ENOS,  M.  D. ,  who  is  one  of 
I  (  the  prominent  homeopathic  physicians  of 
{J  Denver,  is  vice-president  and  a  director  of  the 
Denver  Homeopathic  Medical  College  and  Hos- 
pital Association,  in  the  organization  of  which  he 
actively  assisted.  He  was  also  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers of  the  Denver  Homeopathic  Club  and 
belongs  to  the  Colorado  State  Homeopathic  Med- 
ical Society.  In  the  college  he  is  lecturer  on 
materia  medica,  also  professor  of  the  eye,  ear, 
nose  and  throat  department,  and  successfully 
superintends  a  large  clinic  at  the  free  dispensary. 
Since  May,  1889,  when  he  came  to  Denver,  he 
has  been  closely  identified  with  the  homeopathic 
fraternity  of  this  city.  In  1 880-81  he  took  a 
special  course  in  the  New  York  Ophthalmic  Hos- 
pital and  later  he  also  studied  in  Dr.  Knapp's 
Ophthalmic  and  Oral  Institute,  from  which  he  re- 
ceived a  certificate.  In  1883  he  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  the  Hahnemann  Medical  Col- 
lege of  Chicago.  He  is  very  systematic  in  his 
professional  work  and,  believing  such  a  plan  to 


be  helpful,  he  takes  a  complete  record  of  ever}'  case 
that  comes  to  his  notice,  also  a  record  of  the  an- 
cestry. 

Dr.  Enos  was  born  in  Marine,  Madison  County, 
111.,  December  13,  1849,  and  is  the  son  of  Charles 
R.  and  Eliza  Ann  (Thorp)  Enos.  His  father  was 
educated  in  New  York  state  and  after  his  re- 
moval to  Illinois  he  settled  on  a  farm  near  Ma- 
rine, where  he  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits. 
In  1873,  when  he  was  fifty-nine  years  of  age,  he  en- 
tered the  Missouri  Homeopathic  Medical  College 
and  took  the  regular  course  of  lectures,  graduating 
as  an  M.  D.  Since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in 
active  practice,  and  though  now  eighty-three  years 
of  age  he  still  superintends  his  professional  inter- 
ests successfully.  For  the  last  twenty  years  he 
has  resided  in  Jersey  County,  111. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  C.  R.  Enos  united  him  with 
Eliza  Ann  Thorp,  a  member  of  a  Puritan  family 
and  the  descendant  of  ancestors  who  emigrated 
from  Holland  to  England,  thence  to  America. 
She  died  in  May,  1897,  aged  seventy-one  years. 
Of  her  seven  sons  and  three  daughters,  two  sons 
are  deceased,  and  of  the  survivors  the  five  sons 
and  one  of  the  daughters  are  homeopathic  physi- 
cians, while  another  daughter  is  a  nurse.  The 
children  are  named  as  follows:  Sarah  Cordelia 
Enos,  M.D. ,  of  Jersey  ville,  111. ;  George,  deceased; 
Charles  W.,  of  this  sketch;  Ida  Viola,  wife  of 
TheodoreS.  Ellison,  of  Emmetsburg,  Iowa;  Will- 
iam H.,  of  Alton  111.;  Joseph  W.,  of  Jerseyville; 
Dudley,  deceased;  Lawrence,  of  Decatur,  111.; 
Clinton,  of  Brighton,  Colo.;  and  Grace,  a  nurse 
who  lives  in  Jerseyville. 

The  literary  studies  of  our  subject  were  carried 
on  in  the  Illinois  State  Normal  School  at  Normal, 
near  Bloomington,  111. ,  and  the  Illinois  Industrial 
State  University  at  Champaign.  He  studied 
Medicine  in  the  Homeopathic  Medical  College  of 
Missouri  and  graduated  in  1874,  after  which  he 
went  to  Jerseyville,  111. ,  and  engaged  in  practice 
for  fifteen  years,  coming  from  there  to  Denver  in 
1889.  In  political  belief  he  has  been  a  Prohibi- 
tionist since  1881  and  in  1884  he  was  his  party's 
candidate  for  secretary  of  state  of  Illinois.  He 
has  always  been  deeply  interested  in  the  temper- 
ance movement  and  gives  his  influence  to  the 
cause.  By  his  marriage  to  Sarah  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Abner  and  Margarets.  Cory,  he  has 
three  children,  Herbert  C.,  Grace  E.  and  Charles 
R.  Enos. 


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EASPAR  S.  DESCH  is  prominent  in  the 
business,  civic  and  fraternal  circles  of  Colo- 
rado. He  is  the  manager  of  the  Corry 
Mining  Company,  at  Silver  Plume,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  executive  committee  and  manager 
of  the  Silver  Plume  Electric  Light  plant.  In 
1 88 1  he  started  the  gas  works  in  Georgetown 
and  operated  the  same  until  the  company  was 
consolidated  with  the  United  Light  and  Power 
Company.  In  1893  he  placed  in  successful  run- 
ning order  the  Georgetown  electric  light  works 
and  has  since  been  connected  with  the  company 
as  a  director.  Thirty  years  ago  he  joined  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  in  1889  associated  him- 
self with  the  Silver  Plume  Lodge,  of  which  he  is 
past  chancellor.  He  is  now  grand  chancellor 
of  the  order  of  the  state.  In  the  Masonic 
order,  with  which  he  became  associated  in  Balti- 
more, Md.,  in  1865,  he  also  stands  high.  He 
belongs  to  Warren  Lodge  No.  51 ,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ; 
Phoenix  Chapter  No.  7,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Baltimore 
Commandery  No.  2,  K.  T.,  when  a  resident  of 
Baltimore,  and  now  is  identified  with  Washing- 
ton Lodge  No.  12,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Georgetown 
Chapter  No.  4,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Georgetown  Com- 
mandery No.  4,  K.  T.,  of  Georgetown.  Politi- 
cally he  has  always  been  a  strong  Republican, 
but  now  is  a  silver  advocate. 

The  ancestors  of  C.  S.  Desch  were  participants 
in  the  Napoleonic  wars.  His  father,  Isaac  Desch, 
was  born  and  died  in  Hesse-Darmstadt,  and  his 
mother,  Anna  Elizabeth  (Schutte)  Desch,  likewise 
a  native  of  that  German  province,  subsequently 
brought  her  children  to  the  United  States,  taking 
up  her  abode  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  C.  S.  Desch, 
the  youngest  of  six  children,  was  born  near 
Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Hesse- Darmstadt,  Dec- 
ember 14,  1836.  He  was  a  lad  of  nine  years 
when  with  the  rest  of  the  family  he  sailed  from 
Cologne  and  Antwerp  on  the  sailing  vessel 
"Talbott."  The  tedious  voyage  lasted  fifty-two 
days.  In  the  public  schools  of  Albany  the 
.  education  of  our  subject  was  completed.  He  was 
but  fourteen  when  he  began  learning  the  stove- 
molder's  trade,  and  three  years  later  he  went  to 
Dedham,  Mass.,  where  he  took  up  the  business 
of  cabinet-making.  For  ten  or  twelve  years  he 
was  thus  occupied,  making  furniture  for  the  Cali- 
fornia trade.  He  worked  by  the  piece,  but  gave 
to  his  firm  several  simple  devices  and  inventions 
for  fastenings,  etc. 
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In  April,  1 86 1,  Mr.  Desch  enlisted  on  the 
three  months'  call  in  Company  G,  Fifth  Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry,  while  temporarily  at  Alexandria, 
Va.  He  was  not  summoned  into  the  field,  but 
remained  at  Camp  Curtin.  His  time  having  ex- 
pired, he  recruited  a  company,  which  he  turned 
over  to  another  man,  while  he  proceeded  to  sell 
supplies  to  the  army.  He  became  an  independ- 
ent sutler,  having  a  store  at  Good  Hope  Hill. 
His  brother  John,  captain  of  a  company  in  a  New 
York  regiment,  was  cut  in  two  by  a  cannon-ball 
during  the  Peninsular  campaign. 

In  1863  Mr.  Desch  was  engaged  in  the  real- 
estate  business  in  Baltimore,  and  subsequently 
engaged  in  the  grain  business,  his  location  being 
on  South  Charles  street  near  Conway.  There 
he  built  a  large  warehouse  and  from  1864  to 
1889  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  C.  S.  Desch 
&  Co.  He  was  interested  in  grain,  dealing  quite 
extensively  in  the  same,  and  also  carried  on  a 
large  commission  business  in  tobacco  and  general 
produce.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baltimore 
Corn  and  Flour  Exchange  and  was  very  active 
and  enterprising  in  his  numerous  and  varied 
undertakings  while  there. 

It  was  in  1874  that  Mr.  Desch  first  came  to 
Colorado,  but  it  was  not  before  twelve  years  had 
elapsed  that  he  gave  up  his  eastern  interests  to 
locate  here  permanently.  He  is  now  manager  for 
the  Corry  Mining  Company,  which  owns  the 
Diamond  Tunnel  group  of  twenty-nine  lodes, 
covered  by  patents,  and  having  four  miles  of 
underground  passages.  When  the  conditions 
become  sufficiently  favorable  they  are  prepared 
to  employ  and  keep  busy  a  force  of  four  hundred 
or  more  men.  To  the  executive  skill  and  genius 
of  the  manager  is  due  the  splendid  system  and 
progress  of  the  work  at  these  mines.  He  is  a 
practical  genius,  and  has  invented  many  appli- 
ances which  have  been  of  great  use  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  plant. 

In  Baltimore,  November  i,  1864,  Mr.  Desch 
married  Louisa  A.  Hagan,  a  daughter  of  John  H. 
and  Margaret  Ann  (Dell)  Hagan.  The  great- 
grandfather of  Mrs.  Margaret  Ann  Hagan  was 
George  Hay,  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 
He  was  of  German  descent,  his  ancestors  having 
settled  in  the  province  of  Maryland  in  1700.  His 
wife  was  an  English  lady.  The  maternal  grand- 
father of  Mrs.  Desch  was  a  member  of  the  home 
guard  in  the  war  of  1812  and  was  stationed  at 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


Wilmington,  Del.  Her  ancestors  for  nearly  two 
hundred  years  were  residents  of  Baltimore  and 
Wilmington.  Her  great-grandfather  Dell  was  an 
English  nobleman,  who  came  to  America  at  the 
time  of  the  Revolution  and  settled  in  Wilming- 
ton. John  H.  Hagan  for  years  was  a  prosperous 
merchant  of  Baltimore,  of  which  city  Mrs.  Desch 
is  a  native.  Will  M.,  eldest  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Desch,  is  bookkeeper  and  cashier  in  the  office  of 
the  Times,  in  Denver;  Caspar  S.,  Jr.,  is  a  member 
of  the  class  of  1901,  Mining  University  of  Colo- 
rado; the  only  daughter,  Emily  Addie,  is  the  wife 
of  Harry  Morganthau,  a  dry-goods  merchant, 
residing  at  Silver  Plume,  Colo. 


HON.  REUBEN  CALVIN  WELLS,  ex- 
state  senator  from  the  eighth  district  of 
Colorado,  is  one  of  the  pioneers  of  '59,  but 
he  did  not  make  permanent  settlement  in  the 
west  until  1869.  He  then  bought  the  building 
and  water  power  owned  by  the  Golden  Paper 
Mills  Company  and  at  once  began  to  remodel 
the  plant,  introducing  new  machinery  and  water 
wheels,  and  greatly  increasing  the  capacity  of 
the  mill.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  the  manufacture 
of  wrapping  and  news  paper,  of  which  he  made  a 
success.  For  several  years  he  manufactured  pa- 
per used  by  the  Rocky  Mountain  News,  Tribune 
and  Times,  until  they  began  to  purchase  in  the 
east  paper  manufactured  from  wood  pulp.  After- 
ward he  continued  to  manufacture  wrapping  and 
building  paper,  his  mills  having  a  capacity  of 
five  tons  per  day.  All  the  buildings  but  one, 
40x60,  were  erected  by  himself,  including  a  two- 
story  mill,  80x140,  and  a  two- story  warehouse, 
50x130,  to  which  a  siding  runs  from  the  Denver 
&  Gulf  Railroad.  About  1872  he  started  the 
first  wholesale  and  retail  paper  store  ever  in  Den- 
ver, his  location  being  Sixteenth,  between  Mar- 
ket and  Larimer  streets.  The  party  to  whom  he 
sold  the  business  later  disposed  of  it  to  C.  N. 
Knowles,  the  present  proprietor.  In  1896  he 
leased  the  mill  and  retired  from  business. 

The  Wells  family  is  of  English  descent.  Our 
subject's  grandfather,  Joel  Wells,  was  born  in 
Vermont,  whence  he  removed  to  New  York  state, 
then  to  Ohio,  and  from  there  to  southern  Illinois, 
finally  settling  in  Rock  Island,  where  he  died. 
His  son,  Huntington,  father  of  our  subject,  was 


born  in  Vermont,  and  accompanied  the  family  in 
their  various  removals.  Locating  on  the  present 
site  of  Moline',  111.,  he,  with  others,  laid  out 
the  town  that  has  since  become  famous  as  a 
manufacturing  city.  This  was  about  the  year 
1843.  On  account  of  failing  health,  in  1850  he 
went  to  California,  where  he  hoped  the  delight- 
ful climate  would  enable  him  to  regain  his 
strength,  but  he  soon  afterward  died,  aged  forty- 
four  years.  He  and  his  brothers  and  several 
cousins  had  served  in  the  Blackhawk  war.  His 
wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Letitia  Long, 
was  of  southern  birth  and  lineage,  her  father, 
Reuben  Long,  coming  north  and  settling  in  Illi- 
nois. She  died  in  Moline  when  forty  years  of 
age.  Of  her  seven  children  only  two  are  now 
living,  Reuben  Calvin  and  Mrs.  Sickles,  of  Den- 
ver. 

In  Moline,  111.,  where  he  was  born  September 
26,  1833,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  remained 
until  nearly  seventeen  years  of  age.  April  i, 
1850,  with  a  horse  and  mule  train,  he  started  for 
California,  traveling  through  Iowa  and  crossing 
the  Missouri  at  the  present  site  of  Omaha.  At 
that  time  a  Mormon  settlement  occupied  the 
present  site  of  Council  Bluffs.  He  journeyed 
along  the  north  side  of  the  Platte  to  Fort  Lari- 
mer, then  crossed  to  the  south  side  of  the  river, 
but  after  several  hundred  miles  again  crossed 
and  continued  to  follow  the  course  of  the 
stream.  From  South  Pass  he  went  into  the  Salt 
Lake  district,  where  he  rested  for  a  short  time. 
Resuming  the  journey,  after  a  few  hundred  miles 
he  came  to  the  Humboldt,  which  he  followed  to 
its  sink.  He  traveled  fifty  miles  across  the 
desert,  then  crossed  the  Sierra  Nevada  range, 
and  finally  reached  Hangtown  (now  Centerville) , 
Cal.,  on  the  i2th  of  August.  From  there  he 
went  to  Sacramento,  and  soon  began  to  mine  on 
the  Yuba  River.  His  father  died  in  1851,  but  he 
remained  in  the  far  west  two  more  years,  return- 
ing to  the  east  in  1853  via  the  Nicaragua  route 
to  New  York  City.  On  his  return  to  Moline  he 
became  bookkeeper  in  the  office  of  John  Deere, 
the  celebrated  plow  manufacturer,  and  there  he 
continued  for  some  time.  In  the  spring  of  1859 
he  started  to  Pike's  Peak,  but  on  the  westward 
journey  constantly  met  parties  of  discouraged 
prospectors  returning,  and  none  of  them  had  any 
good  words  for  the  mountain  regions.  However, 
he  continued  his  journey  and  spent  the  summer 


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prospecting  in  the  mountains,  but  in  the  fall  went 
back  to  Moline,  where  he  was  afterward  with 
Deere  &  Co.  and  other  firms. 

Coming  to  Colorado  a  second  time  in  1869, Mr. 
Wells  settled  in  Golden,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided. He  was  here  at  the  organization  of  the 
city  and,  as  a  member  of  the  last  board  of  town 
trustees  rendered  valuable  service  in  making  the 
change,  but  afterward  he  refused  to  serve  as  trus- 
tee longer.  In  1888  he  was  elected  to  represent 
the  seventh  (now  the  eighth)  senatorial  district 
in  the  senate  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  took 
an  active  part  in  the  sessions  of  1889-91,  the  sev- 
enth and  eighth  general  assemblies.  While  in 
the  senate  he  introduced  several  bills  that  became 
laws,  and  served  as  chairman  on  the  committee 
on  education  and  educational  institutions.  In 
1889  he  voted  for  Edward  O.  Wolcott  for  United 
States  senator,  and  two  years  later  assisted  in  the 
re-election  of  Henry  M.  Teller.  Fora  short  time 
he  served  as  trustee  of  the  State  School  of  Mines, 
to  which  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Pitkin. 
He  was  married  in  Moline,  in  1859,  to  Miss  Hen- 
rietta Warner,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  They 
are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Mrs.  Ellen  Moody, 
of  Golden. 

HON.  BENJAMIN  H.  EATON,  ex-governor 
of  Colorado,  has  for  years  been  one  of  the 
most  prominent  citizens  of  the  state.  Com- 
ing here  in  1859,  during  the  first  days  of  the 
Pike's  Peak  gold  excitement,  he  has  since  wit- 
nessed the  remarkable  development  of  this  sec- 
tion of  the  country  and  has  himself  contributed 
thereto.  In  the  three  industries  that  have  ever 
been  foremost  in  the  state — mining,  agriculture 
and  irrigation — he  has  achieved  unusual  suc- 
cess; and  not  in  these  alone,  but  in  public  affairs 
as  well,  his  name  has  stood  for  all  that  is  aggres- 
sive, keen  and  enterprising.  His  election  to  the 
highest  position  within  the  gift  of  the  common- 
wealth is  sufficient  proof  of  his  prominence  as  a 
citizen. 

The  Eaton  family  is  of  English  lineage.  The 
first  of  this  branch  in  America  was  Benjamin 
Eaton,  who  crossed  the  ocean  in  early  life  and 
settled  in  Boston,  there  marrying  a  lady  of 
Quaker  faith.  His  son,  Benjamin,  who  was  for 
years  a  sea  captain,  removed  to  Kentucky  on  re- 
tiring from  ocean  life,  and  thence  went  to  Ohio, 
where  he  spent  his  last  years.  Next  in  line  of 


descent  was  Levi  Eaton,  who  was  born  in  Harri- 
son County,  Ohio,  and  spent  the  most  of  his  life 
as  a  farmer  in  Coshocton  County,  that  state.  By 
his  marriage  to  Hannah  Smith,  a  native  of  Har- 
rison County,  there  were  born  eight  children,  of 
whom  six  attained  mature  years,  namely:  Mary 
J. ,  who  is  married  and  resides  in  Colorado;  Benja- 
min H.,  of  this  sketch;  Aaron  S.,  a  well-known 
retired  farmer  of  Greeley,  Colo.;  Rebecca  R., 
who  is  married  and  lives  in  this  state;  Elizabeth 
E.,  wife  of  Henry  Paul,  M.  D.,  of  Denver;  and 
Albert  L. ,  of  Colorado. 

Upon  completing  his  education,  the  subject  of 
this  article  taught  school  for  a  time  in  Ohio.  In 
1854  he  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  taught  in 
Louisa  County  for  two  years.  Then,  returning 
to  Ohio,  May  i,  1856,  he  was  there  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Delilah,  daughter  of  James  Wolf,  and 
afterwards  spent  two  years  in  that  state,  princi- 
pally as  a  farmer.  His  wife  died  May  31,  1857, 
leaving  a  son,  Aaron  J.,  who  is  now  a  prominent 
agriculturist  of  Weld  County.  In  the  spring  of 
1858  he  went,  for  the  second  time,  to  Iowa,  but  a 
year  later,  when  the  tide  of  emigration  turned 
westward  toward  the  mines  of  the  mountains,  he 
joined  a  party  and  crossed  the  plains  to  Colorado. 
Here,  and  in  New  Mexico,  he  prospected  and 
mined  and  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  In 
1864  he  returned  to  Iowa  and  in  Louisa  County 
married  Miss  Rebecca  J. ,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Hill.  Crossing  the  plains  with  his  wife,  he 
settled  upon  land  between  Greeley  and  Fort  Col- 
lins, and  embarked  in  the  raising  of  stock.  He 
soon  became  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of 
his  section.  Prosperity  rewarded  his  efforts  and 
proved  the  wisdom  of  his  judgment.  In  the 
early  days  of  his  residence  here  he  endured  all 
the  hardships  incident  to  frontier  life  and  endured 
them  bravely,  as  one  who  sees  victory  and  pros- 
perity ahead.  In  addition  to  his  ranching  pur- 
suits and  mining  interests,  he  early  became  an 
extensive  contractor  and  constructor  of  canals 
and  waterways,  through  the  building  of  which 
he  greatly  advanced  the  agricultural  interests  of 
his  county.  As  the  years  passed  by  he  en- 
larged his  possessions  until  he  came  to  be  recog- 
nized as  the  most  extensive  farmer  in  the  state, 
and  his  activities  continued  unabated  until  more 
recent  years,  but  he  still  superintends  all  of  his 
properties  and  gives  personal  attention  to  his 
large  moneyed  interests. 


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The  connection  of  Mr.  Eaton  with  public  af- 
fairs dates  from  the  '6os.  In  politics  he  has  al- 
ways been  an  adherent  to  Republican  principles 
and  stands  firm  and  stanch  for  the  policy  and 
platform  of  his  party.  In  1866  he  was  elected  to 
the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace,  which  position 
he  held  for  nine  years.  He  also  held  the  office  of 
county  commissioner  for  six  years,  during  four  of 
which  he  officiated  as  chairman  of  the  board.  In 
1872  he  was  selected  to  represent  his  district  in 
the  territorial  legislature,  in  which  body  his  tal- 
ents commanded  attention.  In  1875  he  was 
elected  to  the  territorial  senate,  where  he  served 
for  one  term,  meantime  doing  effective  service  on 
various  committees.  Step  by  step  he  had  ad- 
vanced in  influence  until  1884,  when  he  was 
nominated,  as  the  one  best  fitted  to  make  the 
race  of  the  party  for  governor.  He  was  elected 
by  a  fair  majority  and  filled  the  executive  chair 
for  two  years. 

Since  his  retirement  from  the  governor's  office, 
Mr.  Eaton  has  carried  on  his  ranch,  also  built  one 
of  the  largest  reservoirs  and  canals  in  the  state, 
erected  the  mill  at  Eaton,  a  town  that  was  named 
in  his  honor;  and  until  1890,  also  gave  consider- 
able time  to  mining  interests,  but  these  he  sold 
in  the  latter  year.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Knight  Templar  Masons.  By  his  second 
marriage  he  has  a  son  and  a  daughter,  namely: 
Bruce  G.,  who  resides  in  Eaton  and  assists  in 
the  management  of  his  father's  extensive  inter- 
ests in  this  place;  and  Jennie  B.,  wife  of  John 
M.  B.  Petrikin,  the  postmaster  at  Greeley. 


fDQlLLIAM  S.  BAGOT,  B.  A.,  M.  B.,  M.  D. 
I  A/  ^'  l^e  mos*  thorough  preparation  in 
Y  Y  Europe  and  by  subsequent  supplemental 
study,  Dr.  Bagot  is  entitled  to  be  placed  in  the 
front  ranks  of  the  medical  profession  of  Colorado. 
He  is  now  professor  of  clinical  gynecology  in  the 
University  of  Denver,  attending  gynecologist  to 
St.  Joseph's,  St.  Luke's  and  Arapahoe  County 
hospitals,  consulting  surgeon  of  the  Cottage 
Home  hospital,  and  in  his  private  practice  makes 
a  specialty  of  abdominal  surgery  and  the  treat- 
ment of  diseases  of  women. 

The  Bagot  family  was  founded  in  England  at 
the  time  William  the  Conqueror  came  over  from 
Normandy  and  they  fought  in  the  battle  of  Hast- 
ings in  1066.  During  the  reign  of  Henry  II 


(1172),  Sir  John  Bagot  of  Bagotsbromley, 
County  Stafford,  England,  went  to  Ireland, 
where  he  became  the  owner  of  vast  estates.  Later 
his  descendants  removed  to  different  parts  of 
the  Emerald  Isle.  They  were  leaders  among  men 
and  possessors  of  large  landed  properties.  A 
number  of  villages  and  streets  were  named  in 
their  honor.  Among  their  representatives  were 
many  prominent  lawyers  and  physicians.  The 
genealogical  record  can  be  traced  back,  in  a  di- 
rect line,  to  1171.  The  doctor's  grandfather, 
Thomas  Neville  Bagot,  owned  the  Ballymoe  es- 
tates in  the  west  of  Ireland,  County  Galway,  and 
was  a  typical  Irish  gentleman,  witty,  brave,  kind, 
and  fond  of  sports. 

Charles  Augustus  Bagot,  the  doctor's  father, 
was  the  next  to  the  youngest  son  in  the  family. 
He  was  educated  in  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  and 
followed  the  profession  of  law  in  Dublin  until  his 
death.  His  wife,  Frances  Louisa,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Alexander  Kerr,  of  Dublin,  and  is  now 
living  in  County  Kilkenny.  In  her  family  there 
are  three  sous:  Bernard  William,  who  resides  in 
Virginia;  George  Hinds,  whose  home  is  in  New 
South  Wales,  Australia;  and  William  Sidney. 
The  last-named  was  born  in  Dublin  and  was 
given  the  best  educational  advantages  that  city 
afforded.  In  1885  he  graduated  from  Dublin 
University  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and  two 
years  later  he  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  B. 
From  1887  to  1891  he  was  assistant  physician  in 
the  Rotunda  Hospital,  and  on  retiring  from  that 
position  he  opened  an  office  in  Dublin  and  en- 
gaged in  practice  until  1892.  Failing  health  ren- 
dered a  change  of  climate  necessary  and  he  made 
preparations  to  go  to  Australia,  via  the  United 
States.  On  his  way  he  stopped  in  Denver,  where 
Dr.  Eskridge  and  other  physicians  prevailed 
upon  him  to  locate  permanently.  He  reached 
the  city  in  May,  1892,  and  in  July  opened  an  of- 
fice in  the  California  block,  but  three  years  later 
removed  to  his  present  quarters  in  the  Stedman 
block.  Shortly  after  coming  here  he  accepted 
the  position  of  professor  of  obstetrics  and  abdomi- 
nal surgery  in  the  University  of  Denver,  later 
took  the  chair  of  gynecology  and  is  now  professor 
of  clinical  gynecology.  While  in  Europe  he  con- 
tributed frequently  to  current  medical  literature, 
and  since  coming  to  this  country  he  has  written 
articles  for  professional  journals.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Colorado  State,  and  the  Denver  and 


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Arapahoe  County  Medical  Societies.  While  in 
Rotunda  Hospital  he  received  a  special  certificate 
in  gynecology,  and  he  was  prizeman  in  clinical 
medicine  at  Meath  Hospital  and  Dublin  Infirm- 
ary. During  his  residence  in  his  native  laud  he 
was  fellow,  member  of  the  council  and  of  the 
publication  committee  of  the  Obstetrical  Section, 
Royal  Academy  of  Medicine  in  Ireland;  the  ob- 
stetrical and  gynecological  member  of  the  com- 
mittee of  reference  for  the  Royal  Academy  of 
Medicine  in  Ireland;  fellow  of  the  British  Gyne- 
cological Society  and  member  of  the  Dublin  Bio- 
logical Club. 


MIXSELL,  a  prominent  citizen  of 
LS  Idaho  Springs,  built  the  first  custom  stamp 
f3  mill  in  this  place,  and  for  a  decade  has  ope- 
rated the  same.  The  mill  is  kept  busy  day  and 
night  and  uses  both  the  amalgamation  and  concen- 
tration processes  of  treatment  of  ore.  When  the 
Mixsell  mill  was  started  it  was  one  of  ten  stamps, 
but  has  since  been  increased  to  thirty  stamps,  and 
runs  from  eight  to  ten  hundred  tons  every  month. 
Its  success  proves  the  rare  good  judgment  of  the 
owner,  who,  when  he  embarked  upon  the  enter- 
prise, was  laughed  at  for  his  sanguineness  and  be- 
lief in  the  future  of  his  mill.  His  success  has 
worked  wonders  for  Idaho  Springs  and  vicinity, 
and  has  brought  into  prominence  its  ores  and 
resources.  Mr.  Mixsell  is  a  mining  expert  and 
his  services  and  opinions  are  being  constantly  de- 
manded in  various  portions  of  this  and  adjoining 
states.  From  these  different  points  considerable 
ore  has  been  shipped  to  his  mill,  and  numerous 
stamp  mills  have  been  modeled  after  his  own. 

The  parents  of  the  above-named  gentleman  are 
Philip  and  Sarah  (Diehl)  Mixsell,  of  Northamp- 
ton County,  Pa.  The  father  was  born  in  Easton, 
May  12,  1819,  while  his  wife  was  born  November 
26,  1818.  He  received  a  college  education  and 
succeeded  to  the  large  lumber  business  which  had 
been  established  by  his  father  in  Easton.  Later 
he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  simi- 
larly occupied,  his  sales  extending  to  all  parts  of 
Northampton  and  Lehigh  Counties.  In  time  he 
became  one  of  the  wealthy  and  influential  men 
of  his  day,  and  among  his  intimate  friends  and 
business  associates  were  Asa  Packer  and  Mr. 
Baldwin,  of  the  Baldwin  locomotive  works.  The 
panic  of  1857  was  of  serious  financial  damage  to 
his  business  and  he  retired  from  active  life.  His 


death  took  place  in  Philadelphia  in  1868.  His 
father,  who  was  of  German  descent,  died  in 
Easton  at  the  age  of  ninety-eight  years. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Mixsell  was  a  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Rosina  Diehl,  the  former  born  Octobers, 
1769,  and  died  September  28,  1851,  and  the  latter 
born  December  26,  1776,  and  died  January  3, 
1837.  The  Diehls  were  of  German  lineage,  and 
belonged  to  the  rank  of  the  nobility  prior  to  the 
Reformation,  when  they  espoused  the  doctrines 
of  Luther  and  were  exiled,  about  1600,  after  one 
of  their  number,  an  aunt  of  the  then  Baron  Diehl, 
head  of  the  house,  had  been  beheaded.  On  being 
exiled  from  Germany  the  family  came  to  America, 
the  land  of  religious  liberty,  somewhat  prior  to. 
William  Penn,  to  whom  they  were  related. 
Grandfather  Diehl,  whose  home  was  in  Easton, 
was  a  hero  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  Of  the  six 
children  born  to  Philip  and  Sarah  Mixsell,  one, 
Harry,  died  young.  Anna  M.,  deceased,  mar- 
ried Col.  Peter  Penn  Gaskell  Hall,  who  was 
colonel  of  a  regiment  in  the  Union  army  during 
the  Civil  war.  Howard,  master-at-arms,  and  in 
the  United  States  navy  all  through  the  Civil  war, 
died  of  yellow  fever  in  Panama  in  1868.  Amelia, 
Mrs.  Penn  Gaskell  Hall,  resides  in  Philadelphia. 
Virginia,  Mrs.  De  Lancey  H.  Louderback  lives 
in  Chicago;  her  husband  is  the  promoter  of  rapid 
transit  in  that  city,  building  the  Lake  Street  El- 
evated, the  Union  Loop  and  a  number  of  other 
large  enterprises. 

Philip  Mixsell,  of  this  sketch,  was  born  Nov- 
ember 8,  1851,  in  Philadelphia,  and  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools.  In  1860  he  became  a 
messenger  boy  in  the  old  United  States  telegraph 
office,  and  within  three  years  had  learned  the 
business  of  an  operator,  and  was  given  a  position, 
being  then  the  youngest  operator  in  the  employ 
of  the  company.  After  the  consolidation  of  two 
companies  under  the  name  of  the  Western  Union, 
he  became  one  of  their  employes,  and  continued 
to  live  in  Philadelphia  for  several  years.  Gradu- 
ally he  worked  his  way  upward  from  one  position 
to  another,  until  he  was  in  very  responsible  places. 
Among  them  were  the  train  dispatcher's  office  at 
Phillipsburg,  N.  J.,  and  New  Hampton  Junction, 
N.  J.,  Col.  R.  E.  Ricker,  superintendent  and 
engineer  of  New  Jersey  Central  office;  master 
mechanic's  office,  Elizabethport,  N.  J. ;  Pittsburg, 
Fort  Wayne  &  Chicago  Railway  office;  Crestline, 
Ohio,  dispatcher's  and  division  headquarters; 


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Missouri  Pacific  Railway,  Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  and 
dispatcher's  office,  North  Missouri  Railway,  Mo- 
berly ,  Mo.  At  the  time  of  the  great  strike  among 
the  telegraphers  he  went  to  Philadelphia  and  took 
a  position  with  the  Franklin  Telegraph  Company 
in  Old  Town  Building,  at  the  corner  of  Third 
and  Chestnut  streets,  where  the  first  Sterns  Du- 
plex instrument  was  perfected  and  used.  Then, 
for  two  years,  he  was  located  in  the  Continental 
Hotel  in  Philadelphia. 

In  1868  our  subject  came  to  the  west  and  was  an 
operator  at  various  stations  along  the  Union  Pa- 
cific. Soldiers  were  then  guarding  the  stations 
from  Omaha  west,  but  at  Bitter  Creek  he  was 
simply  supplied  with  ammunition  and  guns  and 
told  to  take  care  of  himself.  At  last  his  health 
broke  down  and  he  returned  to  his  old  home  and 
later  went  to  Chicago  and  St.  Louis.  The  Asso- 
ciated Press  commanded  his  services  at  two  ses- 
sions of  the  Missouri  legislature,  he  representing 
a  St.  Louis  paper.  He  became  manager  of  the 
telegraph  office  in  Central  City  for  the  Western 
Union.  A  few  months  later  the  Caribou  mine 
was  discovered  and  he  conceived  the  plan  of 
building  a  telegraph  line  to  Nederland  and  Cari- 
bou. Having  done  so,  he  organized  a  larger 
company,  with  Senator  Teller,  Col.  W.  H.  Bush 
andj.  H.  Pickle,  and  constructed  the  first  line 
to  Boulder  City,  connecting  with  the  Atlantic  & 
Pacific  Telegraph  Company  at  Cheyenne,  for 
eastern  and  western  business,  and  having  branch 
lines  to  Sunshine,  Gold  Hill  and  Salina.  Two 
years  afterward  these  lines  were  sold  to  the  West- 
ern Union  and  Mr.  Mixsell  turned  his  attention 
to  mining.  His  first  experience  in  this  direction 
was  with  the  Hattie  mine,  above  Central  City,  in 
Spring  Gulch.  From  that  time  until  1878  he 
mined  and  worked  at  stamp  mills. 

Mr.  Mixsell  has  always  been  an  ardent  Repub- 
lican. When  W.  A.  H.  Loveland,  president  of  the 
Colorado  Central  Railroad,  ran  for  governor  on 
the  Democratic  ticket,  he  took  a  leading  part  in 
the  campaign.  For  three  years  thereafter  he  was 
agent  of  the  Idaho  Springs  station,  and  then  oc- 
cupied a  similar  position  at  Central  City.  When 
he  returned  to  Idaho  Springs  a  few  months  later, 
the  News  of  that  town  had  just  been  fairly  started 
by  Benedict  &  Hollis.  He  purchased  the  paper, 
which  he  managed  three  years,  and  then,  selling 
out,  he  devoted  himself  exclusively  to  mining  and 
milling.  He  discovered  the  Clarissa  mine  in 


1874,  in  Virginia  Canon,  and  has  operated  it  ever 
since.  He  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Blue  Bell 
group;  the  United  States  Tunnel  Company,  in 
Hukill  Gulch,  and  the  Mixsell  tunnel  are  opera- 
ted by  our  subject,  who  is  largely  interested  in 
them.  Of  the  United  States  tunnel  it  may  be 
said  that  it  is  the  largest  project  of  the  kind  in 
the  state,  and  Mr.  Mixsell  is  its  manager  and  an 
extensive  stockholder. 

In  Manitou,  Colo.,  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Mixsell 
and  Miss  Lizzie  MacGee  was  solemnized  in  1891. 
Mrs.  Mixsell  was  born  in  Cumberland,  Md.,  and 
her  parents  were  natives  of  Scotland.  The  two 
children  of  our  subject  and  his  estimable  wife  are 
named  Philip  and  DeLancey. 


HON.  SAMUEL  M.  BREATH.  Numbered 
among  the  most  prominent  citizens  of 
Boulder  is  this  worthy  pioneer  of  Colorado. 
He  has  long  been  connected  with  the  development 
and  progress  of  this  portion  of  the  state,  and  has 
truly  done  his  full  share  in  establishing  the 
county  upon  a  safe  and  substantial  basis.  Time 
and  again  have  his  fellow-citizens  honored  him 
with  high  and  responsible  offices,  and  never  has 
he  in  the  slightest  degree  neglected  such  trusts. 
Three  terms  he  acted  in  the  capacity  of  commis- 
sioner of  Boulder  County,  once  while  the  Civil 
war  was  in  progress,  at  which  time  county  bonds 
were  issued  for  the  purpose  of  raising  and 
equipping  a  company  for  the  service.  In  1865 
and  1866  he  was  a  member  of  the  territorial 
legislature  of  Colorado,  and  in  the  sessions  of 
1 88 1  he  served  for  a  third  term  in  the  legislative 
body  of  this  commonwealth.  In  1872  and  1873 
he  was  probate  and  county  judge  of  this  county, 
acquitting  himself  with  distinction.  The  welfare 
of  the  people  has  always  been  dear  to  his  heart, 
and  he  has  often  allowed  his  personal  interests  to 
suffer,  while  he  discharged  what  he  believed  to 
be  his  duty  toward  the  public. 

Though  over  fourscore  years  of  age  (his  birth 
having  occurred  October  5,  1817,  at  No.  50  Lom- 
bard street,  New  York),  the  judge  is  still  active 
and  sound  in  mind  and  body.  His  paternal 
grandfather,  John  Breath,  was  a  native  of  the 
Highlands  of  Scotland,  while  his  maternal  grand- 
father, Abraham  Leggett,  was  a  native  of  Eng- 
land. The  former,  after  his  marriage,  settled  in 
New  York  City,  where  he  engaged  in  merchan- 


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dising,  and  Mr.  Leggett  was  likewise  a  merchant 
of  the  metropolis  for  many  years.  He  held  the 
office  of  major  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  had 
charge  of  a  portion  of  the  United  States  navy  in 
southern  waters.  The  parents  of  the  judge  were 
Capt.  James  and  Elizabeth  (Leggett)  Breath. 
The  father  was  a  fine  scholar,  an  expert  math- 
ematician and  graduated  from  a  theological 
seminary,  with  the  intention  of  entering  the 
ministry  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  However, 
he  did  not  follow  out  that  course,  but  became  in- 
terested in  the  merchant  marine  service.  He 
owned  two  vessels  which  were  engaged  in  trading 
with  the  East  Indies,  and  one  of  these  ships  was 
lost  at  sea.  When  his  six  sous  were  growing  up 
around  him,  he  concluded  to  remove  inland,  as 
he  preferred  that  they  should  not  become  at- 
tached to  a  sea- faring  life.  Therefore,  in  1818, 
he  settled  in  the  then  far  west,  Illinois.  He 
owned  a  very  large  tract  of  land  twelve  miles  east 
of  Edwardsville,  and  there  he  died  at  the  ripe 
age  of  seventy-three  years.  His  wife,  who  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  departed  this  life, 
while  on  a  visit  to  her  daughter  at  Danville,  Ky. 
Of  their  nine  children,  the  judge,  who  was  the 
youngest,  alone  survives.  One  son  participated 
in  the  Black  Hawk  war. 

The  Breath  family  settled  in  Illinois  when  the 
judge  was  an  infant,  and  when  he  was  eight 
years  old  he  was  sent  back  to  the  eastern 
metropolis  in  order  that  he  might  attend  school, 
as  the  schools  in  Illinois  were  very  poor  at  that 
time.  He  remained  in  the  city  for  three  years, 
and  then,  returning  home,  he  worked  on  his 
father's  farm  near  Marine,  111.,  until  he  was 
eighteen  years  of  age.  In  1845  he  engaged  in 
mining  in  the  Galena,  111.,  and  the  Grant  County, 
Wis.,  lead  mines,  and  was  thus  employed  for 
about  a  year.  From  that  time  on  he  resided 
chiefly  in  Alton,  111. ,  first  being  connected  with  a 
lumber  company  and  later  with  a  grocery. 

In  1859  he  started  for  Colorado  with  a  large 
stock  of  merchandise  of  various  kinds,  tools, 
machinery,  etc.  He  fitted  out  five  large  wagons, 
with  five  yoke  of  oxen  to  each,  and  proceeded  up 
the  Platte  and  North  Platte  Rivers  from  Omaha, 
Neb.,  choosing  that  route  in  order  that  better 
grazing  might  be  found  for  his  cattle.  The  trip 
was  made  very  successfully,  and  in  June  the 
little  party  reached  Boulder.  The  judge  put  up 
a  16x32  tent  here  for  a  store,  and  embarked  in 


business,  but  in  the  same  fall  everybody  left  for 
other  fields  and  he  went  to  Golden  City.  There 
he  erected  a  substantial  log  store  and  continued 
in  business  until  about  the  time  of  the  Civil  war, 
when  the  government  bought  all  the  supplies  he 
had,  for  the  equipment  of  soldiers.  In  1862  he 
returned  to  this  vicinity,  buying  a  large  ranch  on 
South  Boulder  River,  about  ten  miles  from  the 
county-seat.  This  place  he  carried  on  for  several 
years,  also  turning  his  attention  somewhat  to- 
wards mining  and  prospecting,  in  Ward  district. 
While  in  Golden  he  had  sold  goods  to  a  stamp 
mill,  and  was  finally  obliged  to  take  the  same  in 
payment  of  the  debt.  He  removed  it  to  Ward, 
where  it  was  the  first  mill  in  operation.  Later 
he  opened  the  mine  now  known  as  the  Ni  Wot 
(an  Indian  name  meaning  left  hand)  and  within 
a  few  months  had  taken  out  $50,000  worth  of  ore. 
Then,  following  the  example  of  many  others,  he 
put  up  a  fifty-stamp  mill,  the  finest  in  the  state  at 
that  time.  It  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $125,000, 
by  the  Ni  Wot  Mining  Company  of  New  York, 
and  was  burned  down  in  November,  1866.  The 
judge  and  two  friends  owned  a  three-fifths  in- 
terest of  the  $500,000  stock  of  the  company. 
When  a  new  mill  had  been  built  and  everything 
was  again  in  working  order,  the  judge  resigned 
his  position  as  superintendent  of  the  concern, 
owing  to  the  fact  that  they  had  mined  down  to 
the  "refractory"  ore,,  for  which  there  was  then  no 
efficient  method  of  treatment.  The  next  few 
years  he. was  interested  in  various  enterprises, 
conducting  a  mercantile  business  on  Pearl  street, 
Boulder,  for  two  years;  prospected  and  mined 
for  an  eastern  company  in  Caribou  and  other 
localities  and  homesteaded  in  Nederland  Park, 
owning  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  in  that 
district.  He  has  improved  property  in  Boulder, 
and  was  one  of  the  first  to  build  upon  the  mesa, 
now  the  most  beautiful  residence  part  of  town. 
Breath's  subdivision,  a  tract  of  eight  acres,  was 
laid  out  and  is  now  all  built  up  with  good  homes. 
October  n,  1864,  Judge  Breath  married  Mrs. 
Amanda  Barker,  who  had  come  to  Boulder 
County  in  1862.  She  was  born  in  Vermont,  be- 
ing a  daughter  of  Abel  and  Amanda  (Heb- 
ard)  Goss,  natives  of  Lower  Waterford,  Vt., 
and  Lebanon,  N.  H.,  respectively.  They 
were  farmers,  as  were  their  fathers  before 
them.  Grandfather  Abel  Goss  was  of  the  Green 
Mountain  state,  and  was  of  English  descent. 


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Aaron  Hebard,  the  maternal  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Breath,  was  a  native  of  New  Hampshire.  She 
is  one  of  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are  living. 
She  was  first  married  in  1851  to  Jerome  Barker, 
who  had  come  to  this  county  in  1860  (and  Mrs. 
Barker  came  in  1862),  making  the  trip  across  the 
plains,  and  had  settled  on  a  farm  near  the  lower 
Boulder  River.  For  a  year  or  two  he  was  en- 
gaged in  mining  at  Russell  Gulch.  His  death 
occurred  in  1863,  and  his  widow  was  left  to 
manage  the  large  ranch  and  other  property.  The 
only  child  of  the  judge  and  wife,  Edward,  a  youth 
of  much  promise,  died  when  in  his  seventeenth 
year,  in  1881. 

In  the  fraternities  Judge  Breath  is  a  charter 
member  of  Golden  City  Lodge  No.  2,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  and  is  now  identified  with  Columbia 
Lodge  No.  14,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Boulder.  He 
assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  Republican 
party  in  Illinois,  and  has  never  swerved  in  his 
allegiance.  He  is  an  honored  member  of  the 
Boulder  County  Pioneer  -Association.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  are  valued  members  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church,  he  being  one  of  the  deacons 
and  Mrs.  Breath  being  connected  with  the  Ladies' 
Union  of  the  church. 


ROBERT  FIELDS  LEMOND,  oculist  and 
aurist,  was  born  at  Springfield,  Tex.,  April 
9,1852,  son  of  Cyrus  M.  and  Sarah  Fields 
LeMond.  His  father  was  a  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser  in  comfortable  circumstances,  who,  upon 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war,  enlisted  in  the 
Confederate  army,  and  was  elected  captain  of  the 
second  company  that  was  organized  in  the  coun- 
ty, and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  which, 
by  being  away  from  home  and  neglecting  his 
private  business,  reduced  him  to  poverty.  He 
returned  to  his  plantation  and  stock  farm  and  went 
to  work  immediately  after  the  close  of  the  war  to 
recuperate  his  fortune.  Soon  after  he  entered  the. 
ministry  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church 
and  preached  for  twenty  years.  His  paternal 
great-grandfather  fought  as  a  patriot  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war,  and  was  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence. 

Young  LeMond  worked  on  his  father's  farm, 
where  it  was  quite  hard,  for  a  number  of  years, 
for  the  family  to  make  a  mere  existence.  He 
attended  a  private  school  anywhere  from  two  to 


four  months  a  year,  until  he  was  able  to  get  a 
certificate  as  a  teacher,  when  he  began  teaching 
small  public  country  schools.  After  a  year  or 
two  he  entered  an  academy,  where  he  paid  his 
tuition  and  board  by  assisting  the  president  of 
the  school  two  hours  per  day.  After  one  term 
of  this  kind  .of  work  he  "taught  another  school 
or  two  and  then  entered  Cedar  Grove  Acad- 
emy, which  was  considered  at  that  time  the  fin- 
est school  in  that  part  of  Texas.  There  he 
graduated  in  1878  with  the  highest  general  av- 
erage that  had  been  given  out  from  that  academy 
in  eleven  years,  being  a  general  average  of 
ninety-eight  and  seven-tenths.  In  the  same  year 
there  was  a  proposition  from  the  University  of 
Nashville  (Tenn.),  offering  two  scholarships  to 
each  congressional  district  of  Texas,  to  be  elected 
by  competitive  examination,  which  was  main- 
tained by  the  Peabody  fund,  which  also  paid  $25 
a  month  for  eight  months  of  each  year.  Young 
LeMond  was  successful  in  competing  for  one 
of  these  scholarships,  and  so  became  a  student 
in  the  University  of  Nashville  in  1879,  where  he 
entered  the  third  year  of  the  university  course 
and  graduated  in  1881,  A.  B.  He  returned  to 
Texas  and  resumed  teaching  and  began  the  study 
of  medicine,  which  he  afterwards  practiced,  grad- 
uating from  the  Hospital  College  of  Medicine 
at  Louisville,  Ky.,  in  1885*  and  was  the  fifth  in 
standing  in  a  class  of  one  hundred  and  forty-six. 

In  1887  he  attended  the  Post-Graduate  School 
at  St.  Louis,  taking  a  special  course  on  the  eye 
and  ear,  from  which  place  he  went  to  New  York 
City  and  attended  the  Post-Graduate  School  there 
in  the  eye  and  ear  department.  At  the  close  of 
the  term  he  was  elected  as  interne  to  the  Man- 
hattan Eye  and  Ear  Hospital.  In  1889  he  re- 
turned to  Texas,  where  he  practiced  the  spe- 
cialty of  diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear.  In  1891  he 
took  another  course  in  the  New  York  Post-Grad- 
uate  Medical  School,  and  while  in  New  York  he 
was,  through  the  recommendation  of  the  faculty 
there,  elected  by  the  Gross  Medical  College  of 
Denver  as  professor  of  the  chair  of  diseases  of  the 
eye  and  ear,  which  position  he  still  holds,  being 
also  a  member  of  the  executive  faculty  of  the 
Gross  Medical  College. 

In  April,  1892,  Dr.  LeMond  came  to  Denver, 
where  he  is  also  surgeon  to  the  eye  and  ear  de- 
partment of  the  county  and  city  hospitals,  chief 
surgeon  of  the  Herman  Straus  Free  Clinic,  a 


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member  of  the  American  Medical  Association 
and  all  of  the  Colorado  regular  medical  associa- 
tions, and  is  ex-president  of  the  Colorado  South- 
ern Society.  He  is  a  contributor  to  numerous 
medical  journals,  and  through  his  learned  arti- 
cles has  acquired  national  reputation  as  an  ocu- 
list and  aurist. 

Dr.  LeMond  is  prominently  identified  with  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  being  Knight  Templar, 
Shriner,  and  having  passed  most  of  the  chairs  up 
to  past  high  priest.  He  is  married  and  has  two 
children,  a  daughter  and  son.  The  doctor  has  a 
magnificent  business,  often  having  patients 
seated  in  his  waiting  room  from  three  to  six  dif- 
ferent states.  He  has  been  offered  a  chair  in 
two  different  medical  colleges  in  the  last  several 
years,  but  has  declined  both  propositions.  In 
1891  the  University  at  Quanah,  Tex.,  conferred 
upon  him  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts. 


HON.  ELIAS  M.  AMMONS,  ex-speaker  of 
the  house  of  representatives  of  Colorado  and 
senator  from  El  Paso  and  Douglas  Counties, 
elected  on  the  silver  ticket  of  1898,  is  a  prominent 
stock  dealer  and  farmer  of  the  latter  county,  his 
home  being  five  and  one-half  miles  south  of  Little- 
ton, on  Plum  Creek.  He  was  born  on  a  farm 
near  Franklin,  Macon  County,  N.  C.,  July  28, 
1860,  and  at  ten  years  of  age  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Denver,  where 
he  soon  secured  employment  in  a  woolen  mill. 
After  a  few  months  the  family  moved  to  the  head 
of  Deer  Creek,  in  Jefferson  County,  and  there  for 
a  year  he  worked  on  a  ranch.  Later  he  engaged 
in  hauling  lumber  and  railroad  ties,  and  skidded 
from  the  woods  the  first  five  thousand  ties  of 
the  South  Park  Railroad.  During  the  entire 
winter,  even  when  the  weather  was  intensely 
cold ,  he  worked  constantly  out  of  doors,  without 
gloves  or  overshoes.  •  In  fact,  he  never  had  a  pair 
of  either  until  he  was  about  grown.  He  con- 
tinued lumbering  until  1875.  Meantime  his  edu- 
cational advantages  had  been  very  meagre;  in- 
deed, he  may  be  said  to  have  had  none  at  all. 
However,  he  was  fortunate  in  having  for  a  father 
a  man  who  was  well  educated,  and  who  had  been 
a  school  teacher  and  Baptist  minister.  At  the 
age  of  fifteen  he  went  to  Denver  to  attend  school. 
He  worked  in  a  laundry,  intending  to  use  the 
money  thus  earned  for  the  purchase  of  books,  but 


was  cheated  out  of  his  wages.  He  then  secured 
employment  at  sawing  wood  in  the  wood  yard. 
Finally  he  was  successful  in  buying  the  needed 
books  and  at  once  entered  the  old  Arapahoe 
school,  where  he  began  in  the  fourth  grade. 
Within  two  weeks  he  was  promoted  to  a  higher 
grade,  and  after  eighteen  months  was  promoted 
to  the  high-school  grade.  At  the  age  of  nineteen 
he  graduated  from  the  East  Denver  high  school. 
Meantime  he  had  worked  nights  and  Saturdays 
in  order  to  earn  the  money  for  his  education. 
For  four  years  he  worked  nights  lighting  the 
street  lamps,  and  in  addition  used  to  gather  up 
discarded  tin  cans  and  melt  the  solder  off,  and 
engaged  in  a  number  of  other  schemes  for  making 
money.  For  a  time  he  was  employed  on  the 
Times,  in  the  circulation  department.  After 
graduating  he  was  sent  out  by  the  Denver  Tribune 
to  write  up  the  boom  at  Breckenridge.  In  the 
fall  of  1880  he  was  accidentally  shot  in  the  head, 
and  for  some  time  was  incapacitated  for  duty. 
Upon  his  recovery  he  reported  for  the  Denver 
Hotel  Reporter.  Next  he  was  put  on  the  cir- 
culation staff  of  the  Times,  with  which  paper  he 
continued  for  four  and  one-half  years.  Mr. 
Woodbury  took  him  into  the  business  office,  and 
when  he  sold  out  the  new  firm  assigned  him  to 
reportorial  work.  Soon  he  began  to  edit  the 
telegraph  for  the  Times,  read  the  proofs  for  the 
paper  and  was  afterwards  made  city  editor,  and 
at  the  age  of  twenty-five  was  made  associate 
editor.  Unfortunately,  his  eyes,  which  had  been 
affected  by  the  injury  of  1880,  troubled  him  to 
such  an  extent  that  he  was  obliged  to  resign  his 
position. 

Turning  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business,  in 
partnership  with  Thomas  F.  Dawson,  now  private 
secretary  to  Senator  Teller,  our  subject  began  in 
1885  with  eighty  acres  of  land  on  the  western  line 
of  Douglas  County,  thirty-nine  miles  from  Den- 
ver. At  first  they  had  only  twenty-five  head  of 
cattle.  They  now  have  eight  hundred  and  eighty 
acres,  all  in  one  body,  and  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  on  Lost  Park  Creek,  twenty  miles 
from  the  other  tract;  also  two  hundred  and  sixty- 
two  acres  where  he  now  resides,  the  last  purchase 
of  eighty  acres  costing  $4,800.  Besides  the  land 
owned  by  them  they  lease  about  five  thousand 
acres.  In  1898  they  sold  fourteen  hundred  head 
of  cattle  at  $28  per  head.  Mr.  Ammons  has  al- 
ways been  the  active  manager  of  the  business. 


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In  Denver,  January  28,  1889,  Mr.  Ammons 
married  Miss  Lizzie  Fleming,  a  sister  of  James  A. 
Fleming,  who  at  one  time  owned  practically  all 
of  South  Denver. 

Though  too  young  to  vote,  Mr.  Ammons  took 
an  active  part  in  the  campaign  of  1880.  He 
frequently  represented  the  Republican  party  in 
conventions,  but  refused  to  act  as  a  delegate  to 
the  national  convention  in  St.  Louis  in  1896.  On 
a  previous  occasion,  before  he  was  a  voter,  he 
had  been  chosen  as  a  delegate  to  state  conven- 
tion, but  declined  on  account  of  age.  In  1890 
he  became  clerk  of  the  district  court,  but  after 
three  months  of  service  resigned.  He  was  then 
elected  to  the  state  legislature  after  the  most 
exciting  campaign  in  the  history  of  Douglas 
County.  He  had  as  an  opponent  William  Dillon, 
brother  of  the  famous  Irish  agitator.  Mr.  Dillon 
challenged  him  to  joint  debates.  He  accepted 
the  challenge  and  vanquished  his  opponent  in 
Dillon's  precinct,  while  Dillon  secured  but  five 
votes  in  his  district.  Interest  was  so  great  that 
large  crowds  went  from  one  precinct  to  another 
to  listen  to  the  debates.  In  the  legislature  he 
was  one  of  three  grangers  who  decided  the 
speakership  in  the  caucus.  Mr.  Ammons  made 
a  strong  fight  on  parliamentary  rulings  and  in 
this  way  the  impression  was  created  that  he  was  a 
lawyer.  However,  he  had  never  studied  law  a 
day  in  his  life,  but  he  had  debated  in  literary 
societies,  where  he  had  gained  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  parliamentary  tactics.  In  the  legislature 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  judiciary  committee. 
He  was  instrumental  in  the  passage  of  the  fee 
and  salary  bill,  the  Australian  ballot  law,  appro- 
priations for  state  roads  in  Douglas  County  and 
numerous  reform  measures  passed  by  this  general 
assembly.  There  was  a  strong  fight  made  for 
representation  from  different  counties,  and  he 
succeeded  in  making  such  arrangements  that 
Douglas,  though  having  insufficient  population, 
was  permitted  to  retain  its  representation.  He 
was  instrumental  in  electing  Senator  Teller,  of 
whom  he  has  always  been  a  warm  admirer. 
Among  the  other  members  he  was  credited  with 
being  the  hardest  worker  in  the  house. 

At  a  convention  held  for  a  nomination,  in  1892, 
Mr.  Ammons  received  every  delegate's  vote  (ex- 
cept his  own)  on  a  secret  ballot,  and  was  re- 
elected  by  an  increased  majority.  He  had  proved 
so  popular  and  able  as  a  legislator  that  it  was  de- 


cided he  should  make  the  race  for  speaker.  The 
Republicans  had  thirty-three  out  of  sixty-five 
votes  and  he  was  elected  to  the  highest  office  in 
the  gift  of  the  assembly,  being  the  youngest  man 
ever  elected  to  that  position  in  this  state.  In  his 
rulings  as  speaker  no  appeal  was  ever  sustained, 
and  at  the  extra  session  of  fifty-two  days  no  ap- 
peal from  his  decisions  was  ever  taken,  although 
the  session  was  an  exciting  one  and  many  matters 
of  importance  were  brought  to  him  for  settlement. 
On  the  conclusion  of  his  second  term  he  declined 
to  be  a  candidate  for  re-nomination.  In  1896  he 
refused  the  chairmanship  of  the  state  silver  Re- 
publican committee  and  later  in  the  same  year 
declined  the  nomination  for  representative. 

September  16,  1898,  in  the  silver  Republican 
senatorial  convention  of  El  Paso  and  Douglas 
Counties,  Mr.  Ammons  was  (without  his  seeking 
the  position)  nominated  for  senator.  The  nomina- 
tion was  endorsed  by  Populists  and  Democrats. 
He  was  nominated  on  a  platform  that  bound  him 
not  to  support  for  United  States  senator  any  man 
who  is  in  the  slightest  degree  suspected  of  leaning 
toward  the  policy  of  the  national  Republican 
party  in  its  advocacy  of  the  single  gold  standard. 
In  the  election  that  followed,  a  vigorous  campaign, 
he  was  elected  by  more  than  four  thousand  ma- 
jority, carrying  every  precinct  in  his  own  county, 
as  well  as  getting  an  enormous  majority  in  his 
opponent's  home  county. 

Mr.  Ammons  has  several  terms  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  state  central  committee  for  Douglas 
County,  and  twice  was  chairman  of  the  county 
central  committee.  He  is  now  the  member  of 
the  state  central  committee  from  Douglas  County 
and  is  also  chairman  of  the  congressional  district 
committee. 

When  the  national  Republican  party  became 
a  gold  standard  party,  Mr.  Ammons  followed 
Mr.  Teller  out  of  that  party  and  helped  to  or- 
ganize in  Colorado  the  silver  Republican  party. 
Indeed,  he  led  the  fight  in  the  second  con- 
gressional district  convention  in  1 896  to  instruct 
a  bolt  from  the  national  convention  under  the 
leadership  of  Senator  Teller,  in  case  the  expected 
announcement  of  the  gold  standard  policy  should 
be  made.  He  was  always  a  Stanch  believer  in 
the  ability  of  this  country  to  carry  out  its  own 
policies  and  is  earnestly  opposed  to  any  man  or 
party  that  proposes  to  ask  the  consent  of  foreign 
governments  to  the  use  of  the  kind  of  money  we 


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want  for  ourselves.  He  is  a  man  of  far  more  than 
ordinary  ability,  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
parliamentary  laws,  and  a  broad  information  that 
makes  him  a  conspicuous  figure,  both  in  public 
and  private  life. 

«VSAAC  NEWTON  STEVENS.  Of  the  men 
who  have  been  leaders  in  public  affairs,  con- 
Jt  tributing  to  the  advancement  of  the  state  and 
wielding  large  influence  in  political  circles,  among 
the  most  distinguished  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
Mr.  Stevens  has  long  been  a  prominent  politician, 
and,  first  as  a  Republican,  later  as  an  ally  of  the 
silver  cause,  has  been  an  element  in  party  suc- 
cess. While,  as  is  the  case  with  every  man  who 
has  taken  a  firm  stand  on  public  questions,  he 
has  his  political  enemies,  yet  it  has  never  been 
denied  by  anyone  that  he  is  a  counselor  of  broad 
knowledge,  a  politician  of  keen  discrimination, 
and  a  man  who  possesses  rare  ability  in  the  or- 
ganization or  conduct  of  a  campaign,  local  or 
state. 

Through  his  mother  Mr.  Stevens  is  a  relative 
of  Commodore  Perry,  the  illustrious  hero  of  Lake 
Erie.  He  was  born  in  Newark,  Ohio,  November 
i,  1858,  the  son  of  Dr.  L.  A.  and  Sarah  Stevens. 
In  youth  he  was  given  excellent  advantages  in 
high  school  and  academy,  and,  had  his  father 
lived,  he  would  undoubtedly  have  enjoyed  uni- 
versity training.  But  the  death  of  Dr.  Stevens 
terminated  his  son's  schooling  at  an  early  age 
and  forced  upon  him  the  necessity  of  self-support. 
In  the  winter  of  1876-77  he  taught  a  country 
school  in  Henderson  County,  111.,  but  in  March 
of  1877  he  went  to  Burlington,  Iowa,  and  entered 
the  office  of  Hedge  &  Blythe.  He  continued  to 
study  law  until  he  was  twenty-one,  when  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  Coming  at  once  to  Colorado, 
he  arrived  in  Denver  June  i,  1880. 

Not  long  after  coming  here  Mr.  Stevens  began  to 
take  an  active  part  in  politics  as  a  member  of  the 
Republican  party.  For  a  time  he  was  president 
of  the  Lincoln  Club.  In  1882-83  he  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Republican  executive  committee, 
in  1884-85  was  chairman  of  the  city  committee, 
and  in  1886-88  secretary  of  the  state  committee. 
Under  President  Arthur,  in  1 884,  he  was  appointed 
assistant  United  States  attorney  for  Colorado,  be- 
ing the  first  to  fill  that  position  in  the  state.  In 
1888  he  was  chosen  district  attorney  for  the  sec- 
ond judicial  district,  which  office  he  held  for  three 


years,  meantime  having  in  hand  many  important 
cases,  in  the  management  of  which  he  displayed 
energy  and  talent.  Two  of  these  cases  became 
especially  prominent  on  account  of  their  connec- 
tion with  state  officials,  one  having  to  do  with 
frauds  upon  the  state  treasury,  the  other  impeach- 
ing the  integrity  of  certain  state  officials.  The 
prosecution  of  Harley  McCoy  for  the  murder  of 
Inspector  Hawley  occurred  during  his  term;  also 
a  case  that  gained  national  note,  the  trial  of  Dr. 
T.  Thatcher  Graves  for  the  murder  of  Mrs.  Jose- 
phine Barnaby,  of  Providence,  R.  I.  In  1892  he 
was  appointed  county  attorney,  and  the  next 
year  as  chairman  of  the  Republican  central  com- 
mittee, had  charge  of  the  local  campaign.  As  a 
politician  he  is  a  force  everywhere.  While  he 
has  risen  or  fallen  with  the  cause  he  has  espoused, 
yet  there  has  never  been  a  time  when  he  has  been 
without  influence  in  the  world  of  public  affairs. 
In  every  position,  and  under  every  circumstance, 
his  skill  in  solving  intricate  problems  that  affect 
the  political  status  of  affairs  has  made  him  con- 
spicuous among  even  the  most  gifted  men. 


IT  LIJAH  BOSSERMAN,  general  manager  of 
ry  the  Denver  Live  Stock  Commission  Com- 
I  pany  and  its  organizer  in  1886,  was  born 
in  Clinton,  DeWitt  County,  111.,  and  is  of  Ger- 
man descent.  His  father,  David,  was  the  son  of 
Michael  Bosserman,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  an  early  settler  of  Perry  County,  Ohio,  the 
birthplace  of  David.  About  1859  the  latter  re- 
moved to  Illinois  and  engaged  in  farm  pursuits 
there  until  1880,  when  he  went  to  Superior,  Neb., 
and  started  a  banking  business  in  that  place.  He 
is  the  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Su- 
perior, and,  with  his  sons,  owns  thirty-two  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  adjoining  the  city.  His  sixty- 
eight  years  are  carried  lightly,  and  he  retains  the 
mental  acumen  and  energy  of  former  days.  His 
wife,  Catherine  Cowan,  was  born  in  Ohio  and 
died  in  Illinois,  leaving  three  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, the  latter  living  in  Nuckolls  County,  Neb., 
where  two  of  the  brothers,  Lincoln  and  John,  are 
engaged  in  the  cattle  business. 

The  oldest  member  of  the  family  is  our  subject. 
He  was  educated  in .  Clinton  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  began  farming  and  dealing  in  cattle 
in  DeWitt  County.  Removing  to  Superior,  Neb. , 
in  1881,  he  entered  land  in  that  vicinity  and  en- 


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gaged  in  the  cattle  business,  buying  and  selling 
steers  in  large  numbers,  often  as  many  as  two  to 
three  thousand  head  per  annum.  With  his 
father  and  brothers  he  organized  the  Superior 
Cattle  Company  of  Superior,  Neb. ,  and  was  its 
manager  until  removing  to  Denver.  He  still 
owns  large  tracts  near  Superior  and  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  First  National  Bank  there.  In 
1886  he  conceived  the  idea  of  incorporating  a 
stock  company  and  interested  C.  J.  Duff,  F.  P. 
Ernst  and  H.  M.  Porter  in  the  plan,  soon  after- 
ward forming  the  Denver  Live  Stock  Commission 
Company,  which  was  the  first  company  to  locate 
at  the  Union  stock  yards  of  Denver.  They  carry 
on  strictly  a  commission  business,  furnishing 
money  to  feeders,  etc.,  and  running  average  sales 
of  from  $300,000  to  $500,000. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Bosserman  is  connected  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  at  Superior  and  the  Benevo- 
lent Protective  Order  of  Elks  at  Denver.  He  is  an 
active  member  of  the  chamber  of  commerce  and 
board  of  trade,  and  is  identified  with  the  Colo- 
rado Cattle  Growers'  Association.  Politically  he 
upholds  Republican  principles.  In  Illinois  he 
married  Miss  Laura  Watt,  who  died  in  Denver, 
leaving  five  children:  Alonzo,  Cyril,  Barco, 
Ethel  and  Gladys.  His  second  marriage  took 
place  in  Denver  and  united  him  with  Mrs.  Min- 
nie Youmans,  of  Kansas  City. 


HON.  J.  W.  BARNES,  secretary  of  the  state 
board  of  arbitration  and  for  nine  years  judge 
of  Jefferson  County,  came  to  Colorado  in 
1874,  and  for  four  years  served  as  superintendent 
of  the  schools  of  Fort  Collins.  On  coming  to 
Golden  in  1879  he  accepted  a  similar  position  in 
the  schools  here,  and  while  discharging  his  du- 
ties as  superintendent  also  engaged  in  reading 
law,  the  study  of  which  he  had  begun  some  years 
before.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Colorado 
in  1882  and  the  following  year  resigned  his  con- 
nection with  the  schools  in  order  to  engage  in 
practice,  which  he  carried  on  from  June,  1883,  to 
January,  1884.  Meantime  he  had  been  elected 
county  judge  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  the 
first  of  1884  he  took  the  oath  of  office.  He  filled 
the  position  so  ably  and  satisfactorily  that  he  was 
twice  re-elected,  holding  the  office  until  January, 
1893.  At  once  after  his  retirement  from  office 


he  resumed  his  law  practice  and  he  has  since  es- 
tablished an  enviable  reputation  as  a  lawyer.  He 
is  a  recognized  authority  on  irrigation  law  and 
water  rights. 

The  Barnes  family  is  of  English  extraction  and 
its  first  representatives  in  this  country  settled  in 
New  England.  Thomas  Barnes,  who  lived  at 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  was  a  seafaring  man,  the 
master  of  a  vessel  of  his  own,  and  all  of  his  sons 
but  James  were  sailors  and  took  part  in  the  naval 
affairs  of  the  war  of  1812.  James,  who  selected 
agriculture  for  his  life  work,  was  born  in  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  and  moved  with  his  father  to  Ox- 
ford County,  Me.,  where  he  spent  his  remaining 
years  upon  a  farm.  His  son,  Nahum,  father  of 
Judge  Barnes,  was  born  in  Oxford  County,  and 
engaged  in  farming  there  until  his  death,  which 
took  place  at  forty -eight  years.  For  some  time 
previous  he  had  been  serving  as  a  selectman. 
His  wife,  Clarissa,  was  a  daughter  of  Capt. 
Thomas  Mathews,  who  was  captain  of  a  whaler 
that  sailed  from  New  Bedford;  he  died  at  sea. 
His  father  was  of  English  birth  and  founded  the 
family  in  this  country.  Mrs.  Barnes  was  born 
in  Oxford  County  and  is  still  living  there,  being 
now  eighty  years  of  age.  She  was  the  mother  of 
four  children,  of  whom  our  subject  and  two 
daughters  in  Oxford  County  are  now  living. 

In  Oxford  County,  Me.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  March  22,  1850.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  private  acade- 
mies of  the  vicinity.  At  the  age  of  eighteen, 
in  1868,  he  went  to  Iowa,  where  he  taught  at 
Earlville  for  one  year.  He  then  went  to  Minne- 
sota and  was  superintendent  of  the  schools  of 
Glencoe  and  Litchfield  for  five  years.  In  1874 
he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

On  the  creation  of  the  board  of  arbitration  by 
the  legislature  of  1897  i*  was  stipulated  that  three 
men  be  appointed,  one  from  the  ranks  of  employ- 
ers of  labor,  another  from  the  Labor  Union  and 
the  third  impartial.  Governor  Adams  appointed 
Judge  Barnes  for  the  third  member  and  he  was 
made  secretary  of  the  board.  His  services  in 
this  capacity  have  been  able  and  satisfactory.  In 
political  belief  he  has  always  adhered  to  the  Dem- 
ocratic doctrines.  He  is  a  member  and  past 
master  of  Golden  City  Lodge  No.  i,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  a  member  and  past  high  priest  of  Golden 
Chapter  No.  5,  R.  A.  M. ,  also  a  member  and 
past  chancellor  commander  of  Lodge  No.  10, 


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K.  P.,  of  Golden.  While  living  in  Fort  Collins 
he  married  Miss  Leonore  Lawson,  who  was  born 
in  Indianapolis,  received  an  excellent  education 
in  the  east,  and  previous  to  her  marriage  was 
engaged  as  a  teacher  in  the  Fort  Collins  schools. 
They  have  had  two  children,  but  one  died  in 
infancy,  and  the  other,  John  L.,  when  twelve 
years  of  age. 

HON.  JAMES  C.  EVANS,  member  of  the 
state  senate  from  Larimer  County  and  one 
of  the  most  influential  men  of  Fort  Collins, 
was  born  in  Mount  Vernou,  Knox  County,  Ohio, 
August  22,  1845,  and  is  a  descendant  of  an 
old  Pennsylvania  family.  His  father,  Thomas 
Evans,  a  native  of  Berks  County,  Pa.,  removed 
to  Ohio  and  settled  about  1835  in  Knox  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  was  ninety- 
two  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1892. 
His  wife,  Ann,  was  born  in  Knox  County, 
whither  her  father,  Robert  Cooper,  had  removed 
from  Pennsylvania.  She  was  married  twice,  and 
had  five  sons  by  her  first  husband,  and  James  C. 
was  the  only  child  born  to  her  union  with  Mr. 
Evans.  One  of  her  sons  by  her  first  marriage, 
George  Rogers,  entered  the  Ohio  Infantry  as  a 
lieutenant  during  the  Civil  war  and  rose  to  the 
rank  of  brevet  brigader- general;  he  died  in  Ohio. 
Two  brothers  of  Mrs.  Evans  have  for  years  been 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  machinery  at 
Mount  Vernon,  Ohio,  under  the  firm  title  of 
Cooper  Brothers. 

In  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Mount 
Vernon  the  subject  of  this  sketch  obtained  the 
rudiments  of  his  education.  Afterward  he  at- 
tended theOhioWesleyan  University  at  Delaware, 
Ohio.  While  carrying  on  his  college  studies,  in 
1864  he  volunteered  in  Company  E,  One  Hundred 
and  Forty-fifth  Ohio  Infantry,  of  which  he  served 
as  corporal  until  the  expiration  of  his  period  of 
service.  On  leaving  the  army  he  returned  to 
the  university,  where  he  remained  until  his 
graduation  in  1868,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B. 
After  graduating  he  entered  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness, being  thus  engaged  in  Delaware,  Ohio  and 
Morrow  County,  that  state. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1879,  Mr.  Evans  settled 
in  Fort  Collins.  From  1880  to  1891  he  was  in 
the  meat  business  with  Messrs.  Thoman  and  Vol- 
lintine,  and  also  had  charge  of  the  boarding  house 
and  stores  at  the  stone  quarries  in  Arkins  and 


Stout  for  a  number  of  years.  Since  1891  he  has 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business,  conducting  the 
well-known  College  avenue  grocery.  From  the 
time  of  his  settlement  here  he  has  been  interested 
in  the  sheep  business.  For  two  years  he  engaged 
in  sheep  ranching  near  Bristol,  twenty  miles  north 
of  Fort  Collins,  and  on  selling  out  turned  his 
attention  to  the  grocery  and  produce  business. 
In  1896-97  he  fed  five  thousand  head  of  lambs, 
being  the  heaviest  feeder  in  the  country  at  that 
time.  He  owns  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  six 
miles  southeast  of  Fort  Collins,  all  of  which  is 
under  irrigation;  also  owns  a  ranch  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  northwest  of  the  town. 
Since  1894  his  grocery  store  has  been  carried  on 
under  the  firm  name  of  J.  C.  Evans  &  Son. 
They  set  out  fifty  acres  in  cheny  trees,  planting 
eleven  thousand  of  the  English  murella  variety, 
and  irrigating  the  land.  On  the  place  they  in- 
tend building  a  canning  factory.  Two  men  have 
the  oversight  of  the  trees,  and  it  is  the  intention 
of  the  firm  to  set  out  ten  acres  additional  in  trees. 
It  is  probable  that  this  is  the  largest  cherry 
orchard  in  the  United  States. 

In  Ohio,  August  15,  1871,  Mr.  Evans  married 
Augusta  Noe,  who  was  born  in  Morrow  County, 
daughter  of  R.  L-  Noe,  a  farmer  and  business 
man  of  that  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Evans  have 
a  son  and  daughter.  The  former,  Charles  R., 
his  father's  partner,  is  a  graduate  of  the  state 
Agricultural  College.  The  daughter,  Grace  G., 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University 
and  the  wife  of  E.  L-  Shannon,  an  attorney  of 
Denver. 

Politically  Mr.  Evans  is  a  silver  Republican. 
For  two  years  he  served  as  mayor  of  Fort  Collins. 
In  1894,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  he  was  elected 
state  senator  by  a  large  majority.  He  served 
creditably  in  the  tenth  and  eleventh  general  as- 
semblies, sessions  of  1895  an<^  J897.  Through 
his  efforts,  in  1895,  was  secured  the  passage  of 
an  appropriation  bill  of  $15,000  for  the  new  state 
road  over  Medicine  Bow  Range  through  Ute  Pass 
to  North  Park,  a  road  that  has  since  been  com- 
pleted. During  the  same  year  he  worked  for 
an  appropriation  of  $10,000  for  the  state  Agricult- 
ural College,  which  was  secured,  and  appro- 
priated for  the  enlargement  of  Machinery  hall, 
completed  in  1897.  He  also  worked  for  the 
appropriation  of  $5,000  to  build  the  chemical 
laboratory, which  amount  was  secured  and  used  for 


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the  purpose  intended.  He  introduced  a  bill  scaling 
down  the  salaries  of  county  offices,  in  order  to  re- 
duce them  to  a  level  with  other  labor;  this  bill 
passed  the  senate  but  was  defeated  in  the  house. 
He  was  re-elected  to  the  state  senate  Novem- 
ber 8,  1898. 

In  Collins  Lodge  No.  19,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Mr. 
Evans  was  made  a  Mason.  In  1898  he  attended 
the  convention  of  the  national  organization  of 
cattlemen,  where  he  read  a  paper  concerning 
"Lambs  on  Alfalfa  Feed."  He  is  clear  in  his 
thoughts  and  earnest  in  their  expression,  and  is 
considered  one  of  the  best  speakers  in  his  county. 


(31  SA  STERLING.  Of  the  stockmen  residing 
J  I  in  Greeley  few  are  better  known  than  the 
|  )  subject  of  this  article,  who  has  gained  note- 
worthy success  through  his  good  management  in 
business  affairs.  In  addition  to  his  large  stock 
interests,  he  is  president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Greeley,  which  was  established  in  1884 
and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  substantial  and  safe 
monetary  institutions  of  northern  Colorado.  Its 
officers  are:  Mr.  Sterling,  president;  William 
Mayher,  vice-president;  A.  J.  Park,  cashier;  and 
U.  M.  Henderson,  assistant  cashier.  The  bank 
has  a  paid-up  capital  of  $100,000,  with  a  surplus 
of  $15,000,  loans  to  the  amount  of  $250,000,  and 
about  an  equal  amount  in  deposits. 

On  a  farm  in  Livingston  County,  Mo.,  Mr. 
Sterling  was  born  April  20,  1842,  being  a  son  of 
Travis  and  Chloe  Sterling.  His  father  was  a 
native  of  Maryland,  his  mother  of  Kentucky.  In 
1859  he  left  home  and  went  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo., 
where  he  spent  the  winter  with  an  uncle.  In 
the  spring  of  1860  he  came  across  the  plains  with 
a  herd  of  cattle  and  arrived  in  Denver  during 
July  of  that  year,  when  the  gold  excitement  was 
at  its  height.  For  four  years  he  herded  cattle  on 
a  ranch  near  Denver.  In  1864  he  went  with  a 
drove  of  cattle  to  Montana,  where  he  remained 
until  1867.  In  April  of  that  year  he  went  to  Salt 
Lake,  Utah,  and  remained  there  until  the  fall  of 
1869,  engaged  in  buying  and  selling  cattle  for 
John  W.  Kerr  &  Co.  In  the  fall  of  1869  he  went 
to  Cheyenne,  bought  some  cattle,  drove  them 
to  Salt  Lake,  and  sold  them  to  Kerr  &  Co. ,  thus 
doubling  his  capital,  and  again  was  employed  by 
Kerr  &  Co.,  and  remained  with  them  until  the 
spring  of  1870.  He  then  purchased  cattle  near 


old  Bent's  Fort  in  Colorado  and  sold  them  in 
Utah.  He  continued  buying  and  selling  cattle 
and  horses  and  thus  laid  the  foundation  of  his 
fortune.  His  business  took  him  all  over  the 
west  and  into  Texas  and  Mexico,  and  he  spent 
considerable  time  in  Old  Mexico.  In  1871  he 
drove  Texas  cattle  into  Weld  County,  but  the 
winter  being  unusually  severe,  half  of  his  herd 
was  lost. 

The  range  on  which  Mr.  Sterling  pastures 
his  cattle  extends  about  twenty  miles  along  the 
Platte  River.  He  is  the  owner  of  several  ranches, 
which  are  leased  to  tenants,  and  also  has  a  hay 
ranch  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres  in  Tenn- 
essee Park,  near  Leadville.  He  has  always  been 
identified  with  the  cattle  and  horse  interests  of 
this  western  country  and  is  at  the  present  time  a 
large  owner  of  cattle  and  horses.  For  about 
eight  months  during  the  year  his  stock  pastures 
on  the  range,  when  the  most  of  them  are  gathered 
and  feed  ha}r.  Mr.  Sterling  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics.  In  1875  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Anna  Loustelet,  of  Denver,  and  they  have  a 
comfortable  home  in  Greeley. 


I7JHARLES  E.  PENNOCK,  president  and 
1 1  manager  of  the  Pennock  Nursery  and  Seed 
VJ  Company,  of  Fort  Collins,  is  a  member  of  a 
pioneer  family  of  Massachusetts,  some  of  whose 
representatives  drifted  to  Vermont.  His  grand- 
father, who  was  the  son  of  a  Revolutionary  sol- 
dier, himself  rendered  active  service  in  the 
second  war  with  England.  The  father,  Oliver 
P.  Pennock,  was  born  in  Vermont,  whence  he 
removed  to  Livingston  County,  N.  Y.,  and  en- 
gaged in  farming.  In  1861,  when  fifty  years  of 
age,  he  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fourth 
New  York  Infantry,  in  which  he  remained  until 
his  death,  two  years  later.  His  wife,  Caroline, 
who  was  born  in  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  died  in  New 
York  in  1854.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Rowell,  a  fanner  and  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1812,  who  in  early  days  removed  from  New 
Hampshire  to  Livingston  County,  N.  Y. 

Of  the  nine  children  of  Oliver  P.  and  Caroline 
Pennock,  five  are  now  living.  John  R.  lives  in 
Livingston  County,  N.  Y.;  Mary  B.,  Mrs.  Hor- 
atio M.  Foster,  came  to  Colorado  in  1860  and 
resides  at  Parker;  Ellen  M.,  Mrs.  Edward  Q. 
Peck,  lives  in  Colorado  Springs;  Elizabeth  J., 


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Mrs.  J.  M.  Tallman,  lives  in  Elizabeth,  this  state. 
Of  those  deceased,  William  M.  was  a  member  of 
the  Wadsworth  Guard  (One  Hundred  and  Fourth 
New  York  Infantry),  and  was  killed  in  the  battle 
of  Gettysburg;  George  F.  died  in  Fort  Collins  in 
1888;  Alice  died  at  seven  years;  and  one  died 
unnamed  in  infancy. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  on  a  farm 
in  Livingston  County,  N.  Y.,  May  5,  1850. 
When  he  was  a  boy  his  father  and  brothers  (ex- 
cept John)  enlisted  in  the  Federal  army,  and  he 
followed  their  example  by  enlisting  in  the  Four- 
teenth New  York  Heavy  Artillery  as  a  drummer 
boy,  but  he  was  not  accepted.  Six  months  later, 
at  the  time  of  muster,  he  was  rejected  as  too 
young.  In  1864  he  again  enlisted,  this  time  in 
the  Fifty-eighth  New  York  National  Guard,  and 
was  mustered  in  for  one  hundred  days.  He 
served  for  four  months,  guarding  rebel  prisons, 
and  was  mustered  out  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.  Early 
in  1865  he  enlisted  in  the  Forty-fourth  New  York 
Infantry,  and  was  mustered  in  and  stationed  in 
New  York  on  Hart's  Island.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  honorably  discharged.  In  April  of 
the  next  year  he  came  to  Colorado,  starting  from 
Omaha  with  a  mule  team  and  joining  a  train  on 
the  Platte.  The  Indians  drove  the  mules  off, 
and  he  then  hired  to  an  ox-team  train,  which 
reached  Denver  in  June.  For  ten  years  he  en- 
gaged in  freighting,  his  route  extending  west  to 
Salt  Lake  City  and  Nevada  and  north  to  Chey- 
enne. His  brother,  Frank,  preceded  him  two 
years  to  Colorado,  having  come  in  1864.  He 
was  noted  as  an  Indian  fighter,  and  was  a  man  of 
great  bravery.  In  1876  our  subject  began  pros- 
pecting in  the  mountains,  going  into  North  Park 
when  there  was  not  a  person  within  its  bounds. 
Next  he  engaged  in  making  ties,  which  he 
floated  down  the  Cache  la  Poudre,  at  the 
time  the  railroad  was  building  from  Fort  Col- 
lins to  Stout.  Later  he  was  superintendent  in 
charge  of  the  building  of  the  High  Line  ditch 
around  Bingham  Hill,  having  the  oversight  of 
the  construction  of  two  tunnels,  two  hundred  feet 
and  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  long,  respectively. 
His  next  work  was  the  building  of  the  railroad 
for  the  Union  Pacific  through  the  Poudre  canon, 
which  work  took  fourteen  months,  his  special 
charge  being  the  construction  of  the  Big  Narrows 
road,  twenty  miles  above. 

In  1 88 1  Mr.  Pennock  retired  from  railroading 


and  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in 
Pleasant  Valley.  Nothing  was  to  be  seen  on  the 
land  but  prairie  dogs.  The  surroundings  were 
desolate  and  the  prospects  unattractive.  How- 
ever, with  a  firm  faith  in  the  future,  he  began  to 
cultivate  the  land.  He  put  in  lateral  ditches, 
drowned  out  the  prairie  dogs,  began  planting 
apple,  pear  and  peach  trees,  and  made  a  specialty 
of  the  nursery  business.  He  now  has  thirteen 
acres  in  orchards  of  pears,  apples,  peaches  and 
cherries,  and  all  kinds  of  small  fruits.  In  1897 
he  started  a  nursery  at  Fort  Collins,  incorpor- 
ating the  Pennock  Nursery  and  Seed  Compa.ny, 
which  owns  seventeen  acres  adjoining  Fort  Col- 
lins on  the  west  and  has  leased  six  acres  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  city.  Here  are  propagated 
thousands  of  trees  of  all  kinds,  which  are  sold  not 
only  in  this  state  and  in  all  the  states  of  the 
union,  but  in  Germany  and  England  also.  A 
number  of  new  fruits  have  been  originated  and 
propagated,  one  of  which  is  the  Rocky  Mountain 
cherry,  now  sold  all  over  the  county.  The 
office  of  the  company  is  in  Fort  Collins,  Mr. 
Pennock's  home  farm  in  Pleasant  Valley,  one 
mile  south  of  Bellvue,  being  used  for  an  experi- 
mental station  in  originating  and  testing  fruits. 
Not  only  is  his  the  finest  variety  of  fruits  in  the 
state,  but  it  is  also  probably  the  largest.  The 
homestead  is  known  as  "Apple  Grove  Fruit 
Farm." 

In  Pleasant  Valley  Mr.  Pennock  married  Miss 
Lydia  C.  Flowers,  who  was  born  near  Bull  Run, 
Va.  Her  father,  Jacob  Flowers,  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  and  was  captain  on  the  river  in 
early  life.  About  1868  he  removed  to  Kansas 
City,  and  in  the  spring  of  1873  came  from  there 
to  Colorado,  settling  in  Pleasant  Valley,  where  he 
has  since  resided,  engaging  in  farming  and  the 
lumber  business.  His  wife,  Elizabeth  Meeks, 
was  born  in  West  Virginia  and  died  in  Colorado. 
They  had  six  children,  namely:  T.  Wesley,  ol 
Bellevue,  Idaho;  S.  W. ,  who  is  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness in  British  Columbia;  Lydia  C.,  Mrs.  C.  E. 
Pennock;  Sarah,  Mrs.  J.  T.  Beach,  of  Fort  Col- 
lins; Benjamin  Franklin;  and  Cora,  wife  of 
William  Tilton,  a  merchant  of  Bellevue.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Pennock  have  four  children  living: 
Arthur,  Mary  Alice,  Charles  Eldridge  and  George 
Maurice. 

Besides  his  other  property  Mr.  Pennock  owns 
a  ranch  in  the  mountains  six  miles  west  of  his 


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homestead.  This  property,  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres,  he  has  fenced  and  improved,  making 
of  it  both  a  fruit  and  stock  farm.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Larimer  County  Horticultural 
Society,  of  which  he  is  president.  Frequently 
he  has  written  articles  upon  horticultural  topics 
for  the  Field  and  Farm,  by  which  others  receive 
the  benefit  of  his  successful  experience.  Politi- 
cally he  votes  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  in 
religion  he  is  of  the  Universal ist  faith.  He  is 
connected  with  George  H.  Thomas  Post  No.  7, 
G.  A.  R.  Fraternally  he  holds  membership  with 
Larimer  County  Lodge,  K.  of  P.,  in  Fort  Col- 
lins. On  the  formation  of  District  No.  50  he 
became  a  school  director,  and  for  many  years  was 
secretary  of  the  board,  but  resigned  some  years 
ago.  In  many  respects  his  success  is  remarkable, 
for  he  began  without  capital  and  under  disad- 
vantageous circumstances;  but  in  spite  of  hard- 
ships and  obstacles  he  has  won  success,  and  is 
among  the  most  prominent  and  influential  men 
of  his  county  in  his  line  of  business. 


Gl  LBERT  C.  OVIATT,  late  postmaster  of 
|  I  Longmout,  was  a  man  universally  respected 
/  I  and  honored  by  his  associates  and  acquaint- 
ances. Asa  business  man  and  public  official  he 
was  equally  well  liked  and  was  entirely  deserving 
of  the  high  praise  that  was  accorded  him  at  all 
times.  Generous  to  a  fault,  kindly  and  genial  in 
disposition, he  won  warm  friends  wherever  he  went 
and  his  loss  has  been  deeply  felt  in  many  circles 
here  and  elsewhere,  wherever  he  was  known.  No 
one  ever  applied  to  him  in  vain  for  help  and  sym- 
pathy, for  he  was  always  ready  to  carry  out  the 
teachings  of  the  Golden  Rule. 

A  son  of  Cyrus  and  Marian  Oviatt,  residents 
of  Ohio,  Mr.  Oviatt  was  born  in  Richfield,  a 
thriving  village  of  the  Buckeye  state  in  August, 
1853.  He  was  reared  to  manhood  and  acquired 
his  education  in  Ohio.  His  health  not  of  the 
best,  he  decided  to  travel  in  the  west  to  some  ex- 
tent before  settling  down  to  business,  and  about 
one  year  was  passed  by  him  in  California.  Re- 
turning then  as  far  as  Colorado  he  led  an  out- 
door life  for  a  few  years,  carrying  on  a  farm  at 
Highland  Lake,  Weld  County,  with  success. 
Soon  after  Longmont  was  founded  he  located  here 
and  opened  a  meat  market.  In  this  new  line  of 
enterprise  he  also  met  with  gratifying  results, 


financially,  at  the  same  time  gaining  the  good 
will  and  respect  of  all  our  business  men  and 
citizens. 

Albert  C.  Oviatt  was  active  in  the  ranks  of  the 
Democratic  party.  He  served  as  deputy  sheriff 
under  Sheriff  Jester,  and  also  as  constable.  In 
1 894  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Longmont  by 
President  Cleveland.  He  continued  to  fill  the 
office  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  everyone  from 
that  time  until  his  death,  which  sad  event  occurred 
July  9,  1896.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen. 

The  first  wife  of  Albert  C.  Oviatt  was  Miss 
Allie  Comstock  in  her  girlhood.  She  departed 
this  life  in  Colorado,  leaving  two  children,  now 
grown  to  be  young  ladies.  The  elder,  Nellie 
Marian,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Presbyterian  College, 
of  Longmont,  and  is  now  an  assistant  in  the  post- 
office.  Lida  Miller,  who  graduated  from  the 
Longmont  high  school,  is  a  successful  teacher, now 
located  in  the  town  of  Hygiene,  Boulder  County. 
In  1891  Mr.  Oviatt  married  Miss  Lillian  Terry, 
daughter  of  Edwin  and  Jane  (Lewis)  Terry. 
Her  father  was  born  in  Connecticut  and  died  in 
Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  where  he  had  been  engaged 
in  building  and  contracting  for  several  years. 
He  was  seventy-one  years  old  at  the  time  of  his 
demise.  The  mother  was  born  in  Ireland,  but 
came  to  the  United  States  in  infancy.  She  lived  in 
New  York  City  and  there  met  and  married  Mr. 
Terry.  She  also  died  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  Mrs. 
Lillian  Oviatt  is  a  native  of  Kalamazoo, and  in  1890 
came  to  Colorado.  Her  marriage  with  Mr. 
Oviatt  was  solemnized  in  Longmont,  and  here 
their  happy  life  together  was  passed.  Three 
beautiful  little  daughters  came  to  brighten  their 
home,  namely:  Helen  Marie;  Hazel  Marguerite 
and  Inez  Alberta. 

In  the  fall  of  1896  Mrs.  Oviatt  was  appointed 
postmistress  of  Longmont,  to  succeed  her  hus- 
band. So  well  was  she  esteemed  by  our  citizens 
and  so  strongly  recommended  for  continuance  in 
the  office  that  President  McKinley,  of  the  oppo- 
site party,  retained  her  and  gave  her  a  re-appoint- 
ment. Very  few  women  in  Colorado  were  better 
fitted  for  such  a  responsible  position  or  have 
given  greater  satisfaction.  She  in  turn  was  suc- 
ceeded by  O.  W.  Richardson.  Mrs.  Oviatt  is  a 
member  of  the  Ladies  of  the  Tent  of  the  Macca- 
bees, and  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
and  of  the  aid  society  connected  therewith. 


FRANK  0.  PECK. 


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["RANK  G.  PECK,  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
K)  the  Portland  Mining  Company,  has  resided 
I  *  in  Colorado  Springs  since  1872.  He  was 
born  near  El  Paso,  in  Woodford  County,  111., 
June  7,  1862,  and  is  a  son  of  Arthur  Peck,  repre- 
sented elsewhere  in  this  volume.  When  three 
years  of  age  he  was  taken  to  Clinton,  DeWitt 
County,  the  same  state,  where  he  remained  about 
six  years.  June  3,  1872,  he  came  with  the  fam- 
ily to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  attended  the 
high  school  until  graduation  and  afterward  spent 
one  year  in  Colorado  College.  Going  to  San 
Juan  in  1878  he  engaged  in  prospecting.  In  the 
spring  of  1879  he  went  to  Leadville,  and  there 
became  interested  in  mining  property,  but  sold  it 
before  its  true  value  was  known.  For  three  years 
he  operated  mining  property  in  Gunnison,  which 
he  patented  and  still  owns,  expecting  to  develop 
it  at  some  future  time.  His  next  point  of  work 
was  at  Robinson  camp,  eighteen  miles  north  of 
Leadville,  in  Summit  County,  on  the  same  level 
as  Leadville,  and  there  he  has  been  interested 
since  1885.  He  owns  the  Ingleside  group,  and 
is  president  of  a  company  owning  considerable 
property  surrounding  the  Robinson  group,  also 
an  interest  in  that  group. 

In  April,  1892,  Mr.  Peck  went  to  the  Cripple 
Creek  camp,  where  he  found  the  ground  all  stakes 
and  claims  being  developed.  He  engaged  in  the 
brokerage  business  and  invested  his  profits  in 
desirable  claims  in  Cripple  Creek.  His  first  in- 
vestment was  in  what  became  the  Bobtail  mine 
No.  2,  now  a  part  of  the  Portland  Mining  Com- 
pany's property.  About  the  same  time  he  ac- 
quired an  interest  in  the  Black  Diamond.  Bob- 
tail No.  2  was  sold  on  bond  lease  to  the  Portland, 
but  after  one  payment  of  the  syndicate,  the  other 
payments  were  forfeited,  owing  to  the  amount  of 
litigation  in  which  they  were  involved,  and  it 
was  arranged  that  the  balance  of  the  bond  be 
taken  in  stock,  on  condition  that  the  syndicate 
give  one-fifteenth  to  the  parties  having  paid  in. 
This  left  Mr.  Peck  a  stockholder  in  the  company. 
In  May,  1894,  he  became  a  director  and  assistant 
secretary  of  the  company,  and  in  February,  1897, 
was  elected  secretary,  which  office  he  has  since 
filled.  In  February,  1898,  he  was  also  made 
treasurer,  which  position  he  fills  in  addition  to 
that  of  secretary.  In  1892  he  purchased  rather 
heavily  of  stock  in  the  Anchoria-Leland  Mining 
and  Milling  Company,  on  Gold  Hill,  in  which  he 
has  since  been  interested.  Some  years  ago  he 
bought  an  interest  in  the  Midget  and  surround- 
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ing  properties.  This  mine  is  now  bearing  out  the 
faith  he  had  in  it  and  is  proving  valuable  prop- 
erty. He  is  vice-president,  general  manager  and 
secretary  of  the  Midget  Gold  Mining  and  Milling 
Company,  and  is  interested  in  many  other  claims. 
Mr.  Peck  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful promoters  in  Colorado.  His  friends  and 
others  who  have  become  associated  with  him  in 
business  ventures  have  great  confidence  in  his 
ability,  sagacity  and  foresight,  and  experience  has 
shown  that  such  confidence  is  invariably  well 
placed.  He  now  has  in  view  several  ventures 
which  give  promise  of  being  very  remunerative 
to  those  who  become  interested  therein ;  and  they 
are,  in  large  degree,  measures  which  will  develop 
into  public  benefits.  He  is  a  charter  member  of 
the  Colorado  Springs  Mining  Stock  Association 
and  chairman  of  the  mining  committee  in  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  identified  with  the 
Pike's  Peak  Club  and  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks.  In  Colorado  Springs  he  married 
Miss  M.  Annie  Burns,  by  whom  he  has  a  son, 
James  Arthur  Peck. 


ARTIN  DRAKE,  deceased,  formerly  a  large 
real-estate  owner  in  Colorado  City,  was 
born  in  Antwerp,  N.  Y.,  March  2,  1818, 
and  descended  direct  from  the  illustrious  Sir 
Francis  Drake.  His  father  and  grandfather, 
both  of  whom  bore  the  name  of  Josiah,  were 
natives  of  Rutland,  Vt. ,  and  farmers  by  occupa- 
tion. The  former,  who  served  in  the  war  of 
1812,  removed  after  its  close  to  Antwerp,  N.  Y., 
where  he  engaged  in  farming.  When  more  than 
eighty  years  of  age  he  died  in  Vermont,  where 
he  was  visiting  at  the  time.  In  religion  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church.  His  wife,  who 
was  Julia  Ann  Wallace,  was  born  in  Vermont, 
and  was  united  in  marriage  with  him  August  20, 
1814.  She  died  in  1868,  at  the  age  of  eighty 
years.  Of  their  children  only  one  survives,  a 
daughter,  who  lives  near  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

In  1856  Martin  Drake  removed  to  Illinois  and 
settled  near  Pekin,  where  he  operated  a  farm. 
About  1870  he  went  to  Kansas,  where  he  con- 
tinued the  cultivation  of  land.  While  living  in 
New  York  he  had  married  Marietta  Young,  who 
died  in  Illinois,  leaving  two  children,  Mrs.  Jane 
Shotwell,  of  Douglas  County,  Kan.,  and  Mrs. 
Mary  Gibbs,  of  Colorado  City.  In  Lawrence, 
Kan.,  in  1872,  he  was  a  second  time  married,  his 
wife  being  Mrs.  Jennie  (Nugent)  Allen,  who 
was  born  in  Albany,  N.Y. ,  a  daughter  of 


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Dr.  George  and  Mary  (Geoghan)  Allen.  Her 
father,  who  was  a  native  of  England  and  a 
surgeon  in  the  British  army,  was  on  duty  in  the 
East  Indies  and  China,  and  died  of  yellow  fever 
in  Havana,  Cuba;  his  wife  died  in  England  when 
a  young  woman.  They  had  two  children,  Mrs. 
Drake  and  Mrs.  Mary  Travers,  of  New  York  City. 

Orphaned  when  a  mere  child,  Mrs.  Drake  was 
taken  into  the  home  of  her  uncle,  Dr.  William 
Geoghan,  of  Albany,  and  accompanied  him  to 
Topeka,  Kan.,  in  1856.  At  that  time  Topeka 
was  a  new  town,  with  only  a  few  houses,  and 
those  were  built  of  sod  or  logs.  There  she 
became  the  wife  of  Luther  Allen  in  1858.  Mr. 
Allen  was  born  in  New  York,  a  son  of  A.  K. 
Allen,  who  removed  from  Rushford,  N.  Y.,  to 
Kansas,  in  1856,  joining  two  of  his  sons,  who  had 
come  west  in  1854.  They  settled  in  Lawrence. 
During  the  Civil  war  all  served  in  the  Union 
army  and  two  were  captains.  They  carried  on  a 
hardware  business  in  Lawrence,  and  one  of  the 
brothers  was  elected  a  member  of  the  first  state 
legislature.  Luther  Allen  was  commissary  ser- 
geant of  the  Ninth  Kansas  Infantry  and  served 
until  his  health  failed.  He  died  in  1867,  when 
only  twenty-eight  years  of  age.  He  and  his  wife 
had  two  children:  Jennie  R.,  wife  of  C.  W.  Kins- 
man, of  Colorado  City;  and  Mrs.  Mary  I.Johnson, 
also  of  this  city. 

After  his  second  marriage  Mr.  Drake  continued 
for  a  few  years  in  Kansas,  where  he  owned  farms 
and  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business.  In  1875 
he  went  to  California,  but  soon  returned  to 
Kansas.  In  1878  he  came  to  Colorado  City, 
where  he  laid  out  Drake's  first  addition,  com- 
prising three  acres,  and  this  property  he  built  up 
and  sold.  Politically  he  was  a  Republican. 
Active  in  educational  work,  he  served  for  several 
terms  as  a  member  of  the  school  board.  He  was 
practically  the  organizer  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Colorado  City,  and  retained  his  mem- 
bership there  until  his  death.  His  wife  still 
attends  that  church.  At  seventy-eight  years  of 
age  his  life  was  brought  to  a  close,  April  2,  1896. 
Besides  his  wife  he  left  two  children:  Martin  and 
Julia,  Mrs.  William  A.  Fisher. 

Martin  Drake,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Lawrence, 
Kau.,  in  June,  1874.  He  was  brought  to  Col- 
orado City  by  his  parents  in  1878.  In  1893 
he  graduated  from  the  high  school,  after  which 
he  took  a  course  in  the  commercial  college  in 
Colorado  Springs.  He  then  embarked  in  the 
real-estate  and  loan  business  and  has  also 


instituted  a  fire  insurance  department,  represent- 
ing some  of  the  best  companies  in  the  United 
States.  In  the  fall  of  1896  he  was  elected,  on  the 
Republican  ticket,  justice  of  the  peace  for  the 
first  district  of  El  Paso  County,  and  assumed  the 
duties  of  the  office  January  i,  1897.  In  addition 
he  is  a  notary  public.  In  1898  he  laid  out 
Drake's  second  addition  to  Colorado  City,  com- 
posed of  two  and  one-half  acres,  which  he  is 
developing  and  building  up.  His  marriage  united 
him  with  Miss  Elba  Nell,  daughter  of  J.  C.  Wood- 
bury,  of  Colorado  Springs.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Uniform 
Rank,  of  Colorado  City,  and  El  Paso  Lodge 
No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Colorado  City. 


RURNAL  R.  BABBITT,  attorney,  of  Colo- 
rado Springs.  The  Babbitt  family  was 
founded  in  Massachusetts  in  an  early  day 
by  representatives  of  the  name  who  came  from 
England.  Succeeding  generations  bore  an  honor- 
able part  in  the  material  and  commercial  develop- 
ment of  the  commonwealth.  Osmond  Babbitt, 
who  was  born  in  the  old  Bay  state,  removed  to 
New  York  and  later  became  a  pioneer  farmer  of 
Michigan,  remaining  at  Salem  until  his  death. 
During  his  residence  near  Rochester  Falls,  N.  Y., 
his  son,  Rufus,  was  born.  The  latter  engaged  in 
agricultural  pursuits  near  Salem,  and  also  took  an 
active  part  in  local  matters.  In  religion  he  was 
connected  with  the  Congregational  Church.  He 
died  in  Salem  when  he  was  fifty  years  of  age. 

The  wife  of  Rufus  Babbitt  was  Ellen  L.  Cady, 
who  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Wayne  County, 
Mich.,  and  is  now  living  in  Northville,  Wayne 
County,  Mich.  During  the  war  of  the  Revolu- 
tion her  paternal  ancestors  were  officers  in  the 
American  army  and  aided  in  defeating  the  British 
forces.  As  far  back  as  the  record  extends  they 
were  residents  of  New  York.  Our  subject's 
maternal  grandfather,  Lorenzo  Cady,  was  born 
in  Ontario  County,  N.  Y. ,  and  became  a  pioneer 
of  Wayne  County,  Mich.,  settling  near  North- 
ville. He  was  a  man  of  great  integrity  and 
strong  and  forcible  character. 

In  the  famil}'  of  Rufus  and  Ellen  Babbitt  there 
were  three  daughters  and  two  sons,  all  of  whom 
are  living  except  one  daughter.  One  son,  L.  A., 
is  cashier  of  the  bank  at  Northville,  and  the  two 
daughters  also  reside  there.  The  next  to  the 
oldest  .of  the  children  was  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  who  was  born  in  Salem,  Mich.,  June  25, 
1864.  He  attended  the  public  schools  until  fif- 


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teen,  when  he  entered  the  high  school  at  North- 
ville,  graduating  in  1882.  He  then  took  the 
regular  course  in  the  Michigan  State  Normal 
School  at  Ypsilanti,  graduating  in  1884.  Under 
civil  service  rules  he  received  an  appointment  to  a 
clerkship  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  after  filling 
it  for  a  time  he  was  promoted  and  made  assistant 
chief  of  the  finance  division  in  the  office  of  the 
third  assistant  postmaster-general.  While  in  this 
position  he  took  a  law  course  in  the  Columbian 
University  Law  School,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1888  as  Master  of  Laws.  He  took  a 
post-graduate  course  in  1888-89,  and  received  the 
degree  of  LL.  B.  In  1891  he  resigned  from  his 
position,  and  coming  to  Colorado,  opened  a  law 
office  in  Aspen,  where  he  remained  until  May, 
1893.  He  then  removed  to  Cripple  Creek,  and 
engaged  in  practice  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Pence,  Franklin  &  Babbitt.  Subsequently  the 
firm  of  Hall,  Preston  &  Babbitt  was  formed.  In 
November,  1895,  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs, 
as  a  member  of  that  firm,  the  same  having  been 
organized  the  preceding  March.  The  firm  carry 
on  a  general  practice  in  the  various  departments 
of  law,  and  are  general  attorneys  for  the  Cripple 
Creek  District  Railway  Company,  of  which  Mr. 
Babbitt  is  a  charter  member  and  a  director.  He 
is,  individually,  the  general  counsel  for  the  Mis- 
sissippi River,  Hamburg  &  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany. 

In  Houghton,  Mich.,  Mr.  Babbitt  married 
Miss  Lucie  M.  Cullyford,  of  Duluth,  Minn.  She 
was  born  in  London,  England,  and  is  a  graduate 
of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Ypsilanti.  They 
have  two  children,  Theodore  and  Eleanor.  Wh'ile 
in  Washington,  D.  C.,  Mr.  Babbitt  was  made  a 
Mason,  and  later  became  a  member  of  the  Chapter. 
In  the  El  Paso  Club  he  is  a  member  of  the  board 
of  governors.  Politically  a  Democrat,  he  takes  a 
deep  interest  in  party  matters  and  is  serving 
efficiently  as  a  member  of  the  state  central  com- 
mittee.   

(I  AMES  W.  MILLER,  secretary  and  a  director 
I  of  the  Pharmacist  Mining  Company,  vice- 
C/  president  and  a  director  of  the  Favorite 
Mining  Company,  and  a  member  of  the  Colorado 
Springs  Mining  Stock  Association,  is  among  the 
successful  Cripple  Creek  operators  and  is  a  prom- 
inent citizen  of  Colorado  Springs.  He  was  born 
in  Eaton,  Preble  County,  Ohio,  October  5,  1864, 
and  is  a  son  of  James  D.  Miller,  and  a  brother  of 
J.  K.  Miller,  to  whose  sketch  the  reader  is  referred 


for  the  family  history.  He  was  the  youngest 
of  three  children  and  was  reared  in  his  native 
town,  graduating  from  the  high  school  there.  At 
sixteen  years  of  age  he  entered  the  drug  store  in 
Eaton,  where  he  studied  pharmacy. 

In  September,  1886,  Mr.  Miller  came  to  Colo- 
rado Springs.  The  following  month,  with  his 
brother,  J.  K.,  he  started  a  drug  business  in  the 
Oriole  block,  the  old  postoffice  block,  at  No.  107 
South  Tejon  street.  The  firm  of  Miller  Brothers 
had  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  trade,  although 
their  principal  trade  was  in  the  latter  line.  In 
December,  1892,  they  sold  out  to  Tamm  &  Ar- 
cularius  and  turned  their  attention  to  mining. 

When  the  Pharmacist  Mining  Company  was 
incorporated  Mr.  Miller  was  made  treasurer, 
and  he  continued  as  such  until  1895,  when  he 
resigned.  In  1896  he  was  made  secretary  and 
a  director,  which  position  he  has  since  occupied. 
The  Pharmacist  was  located  by  his  brother  and 
was  the  first  dividend  payer  in  the  camp.  It  lies 
in  the  saddle  of  Bull,  adjoining  the  postoffice  of 
Altman.  He  is  interested  in  the  Favorite  Mining 
Company,  of  which  he  was  a  charter  member  and 
has  been  a  director  and  vice-president  since  its 
incorporation;  this  mine  is  located  on  Bull  Hill. 
In  other  claims  he  also  owns  an  interest.  He  is 
engaged  in  the  mining  brokerage  business.  Both 
in  this  city  and  Colorado  City  he  is  the  owner  of 
valuable  property. 

Politically  Mr.  Miller  is  an  advocate  of  Repub- 
lican principles.  He  belongs  to  Pike's  Peak 
Club  and  is  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythi- 
as. His  marriage  was  solemnized  in  Denver, 
October  28,  1889,  and  united  him  with  Miss 
Pauline  Kuhn,  who  was  born  in  Chicago  and 
died  in  Colorado  Springs  October  8,  1891,  leav- 
ing an  only  son,  Everett  P. 


(ALTER  FLOYD  CROSBY.  Few  of  the 
citizens  of  Colorado  Springs  are  better 
known,  and  none  more  highly  respected, 
than  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  has  resided 
in  this  city  since  1892.  Immediately  after  his 
arrival  he  became  interested  in  mining  in  the 
Cripple  Creek  region,  and  incorporated  the  Port- 
land Gold  Mining  Company,  which  proved  to  be 
the  most  important  enterprise  of  its  kind  in  the 
camp  at  Cripple  Creek.  In  1896  he  entered  into 
a  syndicate  arrangement  with  L.  R.  Ehrich  and 
his  brother,  the  same  being  known  as  the  Crosby- 
Ehrich  syndicate,  which  has  continued  in  active 
operation  ever  since.  However,  in  September, 


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1898,  F.  V.  S.  Crosby,  having  been  chosen 
treasurer  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  withdrew 
from  the  syndicate,  leaving  his  brother  and  Mr. 
Ehrich  as  sole  partners  in  the  syndicate.  Their 
location  is  in  the  Hagerman  building.  They 
have  a  large  foreign  business,  which  not  only 
necessitates  having  correspondents  in  the  principal 
European  cities,  but  obliges  one  of  the  partners 
to  spend  considerable  time  across  the  ocean,  and 
in  1898  Mr.  Crosby  spent  five  months  in  Europe 
attending  to  their  business  interests. 

The  Crosby  family  came  from  England  and  is 
among  the  oldest  in  America.  Dr.  Ebenezer 
Crosby  was  a  surgeon  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 
His  son,  William  Bedlow  Crosby,  lived  in  New 
York,  in  a  house  that  stood  in  the  then  heart  of 
the  city,  occupying  the  block  bounded  by  Cherry, 
Jefferson,  Clinton  and  Monroe  streets.  This 
place  he  inherited  from  Colonel  Rutgers,  his 
uncle.  In  religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian.  He 
was  quite  aged  when  he  died.  One  of  his  sons, 
Rev.  Howard  Crosby,  D.  D.,  was  chancellor  of 
the  University  of  New  York.  Another  son, 
Edward  N.  Crosby,  our  subject's  father,  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  and  was  a  man  of 
leisure,  spending  most  of  his  time  at  his 
country  home  near  Poughkeepsie.  He  died 
in  April,  1865.  His  wife,  who  is  living  in 
New  York  City,  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  J. 
L.  Van  Schoonhoven,  a  descendant  of  a  Holland 
family  that  settled  on  the  Hudson  at  Lansing- 
burg,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  private  banker  in  Troy 
and  was  highly  respected  as  a  progressive  citizen 
and  public-spirited  man.  Of  the  eight  children 
of  Edward  N.  Crosby  four  daughters  and  two 
sons  are  living,  namely:  Mrs.  William  H. 
Doughty,  of  Troy;  Mrs.  S.  Beach  Jones,  of  New 
York  City;  Mrs.  John  Lindley  and  Miss  Mary  R. 
Crosby,  also  of  that  city;  Walter  Floyd;  and 
Frederic  V.  S.,  who  was  formerly  second  secre- 
tary of  the  American  Legation  in  Berlin,  and  is 
now  treasurer  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany, with  headquarters  in  New  York  City. 

Born  in  Troy,  N.  Y. ,  March  2,  1857,  the  sub- 
ject  of  this  article  was  educated  in  private  schools, 
the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute  in  Troy  and 
the  Columbia  School  of  Mines  in  New  York  City, 
being  a  member  of  the  class  of  '77.  After  the 
death  of  his  father  the  family  removed  perma- 
nently to  New  York  City.  From  an  early  age  he 
was  interested  in  organ-building,  as  a  member  of 
the  Roosevelt  Organ  Works,  with  which  he  con- 
tinued for  about  fourteen  years.  From  New 


York  he  came  to  Colorado  in  1892  and  has  since 
given  his  attention  to  mining  and  the  brokerage 
business.  For  a  time  he  was  interested  in  mining 
in  Arizona,  but  for  some  years  he  has  been  inter- 
ested almost  wholly  in  Cripple  Creek.  He  laid 
out  the  W.  F.  Crosby  subdivision  in  Colorado 
Springs,  and  opened  West  View  Place,  which  is 
now  being  built  up.  Music  and  photography  are 
the  occupations  of  his  leisure  hours.  He  is  ex- 
ceedingly fond  of  both  and  has  been  successful  in 
them.  At  this  writing  he  is  a  member  of  the 
vested  choir  of  St.  Stephen's  Episcopal  Church. 
In  1880  Mr.  Crosby  married  Miss  Louise  G. 
Sutton,  of  New  York  City,  who  was  one  of  four 
sisters  of  social  prominence  in  the  metropolis 
where  they  resided.  Her  father,  Cornelius  K. 
Sutton,  was  a  member  of  an  old  Quaker  family 
and  engaged  in  the  commission  business.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Crosby  have  two  daughters,  Nina  Floyd 
and  Gwladys  Sutton.  Socially  he  is  a  popular 
member  of  the  El  Paso  Club  and  Cheyenne 
Mountain  Country  Club,  also  the  Denver  Club. 
While  in  New  York  he  was  for  many  years  a 
member  of  the  Union  and  other  clubs.  He 
was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Colorado 
Springs  Mining  Stock  Association,  of  which  he  is 
now  one  of  the  governing  committee. 


IV /I  ORTON  JONES,  clerk  of  the  district  court 
I  Y  I  of  Lincoln  County  and  a  prominent  citizen 
1(91  of  Hugo,  was  born  at  Nevadaville,  Gilpin 
County,  Colo.,  in  1865,  being  a  son  of  Aaron 
and  Lucy  Helen  (Moore)  Jones.  His  paternal 
ancestors  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Vir- 
ginia, with  the  development  of  which  later  gen- 
erations were  identified.  '  His  father,  who  was 
born  near  Richmond,  Va.,  came  to  Colorado  in 
1860  and  settled  in  Central  City,  where  he  was 
the  first  man  to  experiment  in  deep  mining. 
From  that  time  until  his  death  he  was  interested 
in  mining,  in  which  he  met  with  more  than  ordi- 
nary success.  He  held  a  prominent  position 
among  the  citizens  of  Central  City,  who  elected 
him  their  mayor,  and  also  as  a  member  of  the 
city  council.  Fraternally  he  was  active  among 
the  Masons.  His  death  occurred  in  1890.  He 
and  his  wife,  who  is  now  living  in  Denver,  be- 
came the  parents  of  four  sons  and  one  daughter. 
One  son,  Ralph,  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  San- 
tiago, Cuba,  during  the  Spanish  war,  he  being  a 
member  of  Company  B,  Seventh  Regiment 
United  States  Infantry. 

Until  twelve  years  of  age  our  subject  attended 


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the  public  schools  of  Gilpin  County,  after  which 
he  studied  in  the  Denver  schools.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-two  he  was  appointed  deputy  county 
clerk  of  Elbert  County,  and  spent  one  year  in 
Kiowa.  Later  he  was  for  two  years  deputy 
county  clerk  of  Kit  Carson  County.  During 
1895  and  1896  he  served  as  assistant  chief  clerk 
of  the  state  legislature.  After  coming  to  Hugo 
he  was  for  four  years  editor  and  proprietor  of  the 
Lincoln  County  Ledger  at  Hugo,  a  Republican 
sheet,  and  the  only  paper  published  in  the  coun- 
ty. While  at  the  head  of  this  weekly  he  was 
appointed  clerk  of  the  district  court,  which  posi- 
tion he  has  since  efficiently  filled.  For  some  time 
he  served  as  deputy  county  clerk  of  Lincoln 
County  under  Mr.  LaDue.  In  1897  he  was  the 
Republican  candidate  for  sheriff  of  Lincoln 
County,  but  was  defeated  by  a  few  votes.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  blue  lodge  of 
Masons  in  Denver. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Jones  took  place  in  1896, 
and  united  him  with  Mrs.  Alice  B.  Criswell,  of 
New  York. 

(JOHN  WESLEY  PROWERS.  A  record  of 
I  any  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Colorado,  to  whom 
(2/  we  of  the  present  generation  are  so  greatly 
indebted,  cannot  fail  to  furnish  material  for 
thought  and  reflection.  We  are  not  only  the 
heirs,  but  also  the  debtors, of  the  past,  and  would 
show  ingratitude  did  we  fail  to  remember  our  obli- 
gation to  the  hardy  men  who,  years  ago,  left  the 
homes  of  their  youth  and  traversed  the  plains  to 
the  frontier  of  the  west,  where,  by  brave  hearts, 
strong  bodies  and  frugal  habits,  they  assisted  in 
the  development  of  a  great  state.  Such  was  the 
work  of  John  Wesley  Prowers,  whose  name  is 
perpetuated  in  one  of  the  counties  in  southeast- 
ern Colorado,  and  who,  for  some  years  prior  to 
his  death,  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness at  Las  Animas,  the  county-seat  of  Bent 
County. 

Near  Westport,  Jackson  County,  Mo.,  Mr. 
Prowers  was  born  January  29,  1839.  At  eighteen 
years  of  age,  in  1857,  he  crossed  the  plains  with 
Colonel  Bent  and  drove  a  team  of  bulls,  with 
freight,  to  Fort  Lyon  and  Bent  in  Bent  County. 
For  a  time  he  clerked  in  a  sutler's  store.  He 
made  several  trips  across  the  plains,  and  continued 
in  the  employ  of  Colonel  Bent  until  1862.  Mean- 
time he  brought  into  this  section  in  1861  a  herd 
of  six  hundred  head  of  cattle,  the  first  herd  ever 
brought  from  the  east.  From  that  time  on  he 


engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  and  also  con- 
tracted to  furnish  the  government  posts  with  hay 
in  large  quantities.  In  1861  he  married  Amache, 
an  Indian  maiden,  daughter  of  One  Eye,  chief  of 
the  southern  Cheyennes,  who  was  killed  by  Colo- 
nel Chivington  in  the  massacre  at  Sand  Creek. 

Eight  children  were  born  of  this  marriage. 
Mary  is  the  wife  of  A.  D.  Hudnall,  and  the 
mother  of  three  children,  Prowers,  Inez  and 
Leonard.  Katharine,  wife  of  W.  A.  Haws,  has 
two  children:  Amy,  Mrs.  Arthur  Hamilton;  and 
A.  W.  Haws,  a  lad  of  thirteen.  Inez,  who  mar- 
ried Glen  O.  Comstock,  has  two  children,  Leona 
and  Willard;  they  reside  in  Denver.  John  Wes- 
ley, Jr.,  is  the  only  surviving  son.  George  F. 
died  at  eleven  years  of  age.  Leona  became  the 
wife  of  T.  H.  Marshall  and  died  at  the  age  of 
twenty.  Ida  married  Louis  F.  Horton  and  lives 
at  Prowers  Station.  Amy  is  unmarried  and  makes 
her  home  at  Las  Animas.  The  children  were 
given  good  advantages,  and  attended  school  at 
Lexington  and  Independence,  Mo. 

For  some  years  Mr.  Prowers  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Boggsville,  Bent  County, 
and  also  had  large  stock  interests  there.  In  1874 
he  moved  to  Las  Animas  and  continued  in  busi- 
ness there  until  his  death  in  1884.  He  was  seri- 
ously ill  and  went  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where  he 
was  placed  under  the  care  of  skilled  physicians, 
but  medical  assistance  proved  of  no  avail,  and  he 
died  in  that  city.  Politically  he  was  a  Democrat 
and  served  for  one  term  in  the  state  legislature. 
At  one  time  he  was  nominated  for  lieutenant- 
governor  on  the  ticket  with  Hon.  J.  B.  Grant,  but 
was  defeated. 

John  Wesley  Prowers,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Boggs- 
ville, Bent  County,  Colo.,  January  6,  1870,  his 
parents  having  settled  in  that  village  in  1863.  At 
the  age  of  thirteen  he  was  sent  to  Lexington, 
Mo. ,  where  he  entered  the  Wentworth  Military 
Acadenjy  and  remained  until  his  graduation  in 
1888.  Afterward  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  United 
States  land  office  at  Lamar,  Prowers  County, 
where  he  remained  for  eighteen  months,  then 
went  to  Pueblo  and  became  chief  clerk  in  the  of- 
fice of  the  Security  Abstract  Company.  In  June, 
1890,  he  went  to  Darlington,  I.  T. ,  where  he 
superintended  the  interests  of  himself  and  sisters, 
each  of  whom  was  entitled  to  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land,  under  the  treaty  for  the  allot- 
ment of  lands  in  the  Cheyenne  and  Arapahoe 
reservations.  On  his  return  in  February,  1891, 
he  settled  at  Prowers  Station  and  assumed  con- 


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trol  of  his  father's  estate,  which  consisted  of  $22,- 
ooo  in  cash  and  seventeen  thousand  acres  of  land. 
He  continued  manager  of  the  estate  until  June, 
1897.  One  year  later  he  bought  out  J.  L.  May- 
field  and  embarked  in  merchandising  at  Caddoa, 
Bent  County,  where  he  is  both  merchant  and 
postmaster.  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat.  In 
1897  he  was  a  candidate  before  the  county  con- 
vention for  treasurer  of  the  county,  but  lost  the 
nomination  by  one  vote.  August  17,  1898,  he 
married  Miss  Alpha  Retta  Baldwin,  daughter  of 
C.  B.  and  Mary  (Greene)  Baldwin,  of  Caddoa. 


Gl  LBERT  GUILINGER,  postmaster  at  Flor- 
|  I  ence,  Fremont  County,  is  a  member  of  a 
/  I  family  that  has  resided  in  Pennsylvania  for 
generations,  the  first  of  the  name  in  this  country 
having  settled  there  in  a  very  early  day.  His  pa- 
ternal grandfather  devoted  most  of  his  active  life 
to  the  management  of  a  hotel  at  Kilgore.  Seth, 
father  of  Albert,  was  one  of  four  children  and 
was  educated  in  public  schools.  Starting  out  for 
himself  when  young,  he  engaged  extensively  in 
agricultural  pursuits,  and  became  a  successful 
and  influential  farmer,  one  who  was  esteemed  by 
his  neighbors  and  consulted  in  all  matters  of 
local  importance.  In  politics  a  Democrat,  he  did 
not,  however,  give  much  time  to  public  or  official 
matters,  preferring  to  devote  himself  to  his  busi- 
ness affairs.  In  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church  he  officiated  as  a  deacon.  By  his  mar- 
riage to  Susan  Cooper  eight  children  were  born: 
Martin,  who  resides  on  the  old  homestead; 
Charles,  also  a  farmer;  James,  John;  Elizabeth, 
who  married  John  Ritchie  and  resides  near  the 
old  home;  Maria,  deceased;  Albert  and  Amanda. 

At  Kilgore,  where  he  was  born  May  6,  1849, 
our  subject  spent  the  years  of  youth,  and  mainly 
through  his  own  efforts  and  observation  acquired 
an  education.  His  first  work  of  any  importance 
was  that  of  drilling  for  oil  in  the  Pennsylvania 
oil  fields.  He  continued  in  that  occupation  in 
his  state  until  1883,  when  he  came  to  the  west, 
settling  first  in  Denver.  At  the  time  considera- 
ble attention  was  being  given  to  drilling  for  arte- 
sian wells,  and  his  thorough  knowledge  gave 
him  an  understanding  of  the  work  that  thor- 
oughly qualified  him  for  it.  The  object  of  the 
wells  was  to  secure  a  water  supply  for  thepity. 

There  having  been  some  discovery  of  oil  in 
Florence,  Mr.  Guilinger  came  here  in  1885  and 
drilled  the  first  large  well  here.  One  of  the  wells 
that  he  drilled  has  been  in  operation  ten  years,  and 


has  produced  over  six  hundred  thousand  barrels  of 
oil.  He  continued  with  the  United  Oil  Company 
from  1885  to  1894,  when  he  embarked  in  the  liv- 
ery business.  He  is  interested  in  Cripple  Creek 
property  and,  as  a  member  of  a  company,  is 
working  a  promising  mine  there.  Politically  he 
has  always  affiliated  with  the  Democratic  party. 
Since  coining  to  Florence  he  has  been  intimately 
connected  with  the  leaders  of  the  party,  and  has 
given  much  of  his  time  and  attention  to  the  ad- 
vancement of  his  party's  interests.  At  county 
and  state  conventions  he  is  an  active  worker.  In 
January,  1895,  his  service  to  the  party  was  rec- 
ognized by  his  appointment  as  postmaster,  and 
as  such  he  has  given  entire  satisfaction  to  all. 
Through  personal  oversight  he  has  expedited,  as 
far  as  possible,  the  work  of  the  office.  Since  he 
became  postmaster  the  business  has  more  than 
doubled,  but  it  has  been  attended  to  so  systemat- 
ically that  no  patron  has  been  discommoded. 
During  two  years  of  the  time  he  has  been  post- 
master, he  has  also  served  as  field  superintendent 
of  the  United  Oil  Company. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Guilinger  is  a  member  of  Pe- 
troleum Lodge  No.  95,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  at- 
tends the  Baptist  Church,  and  has  aided  finan- 
cially in  the  building  up  and  maintenance  of  this 
church,  as  well  as  churches  of  other  denomina- 
tions. August  10,  1886,  he  married  Nancy  Pat- 
terson, a  native  of  Ontario,  Canada,  but  at  the 
time  of  her  marriage  a  resident  of  Denver,  Colo. 
He  is  regarded  as  a  man  of  public  spirit,  who 
maintains  an  interest  in  local  prosperity. 
Through  his  service  on  the  town  board  and  in 
other  capacities  besides  that  of  postmaster,  he  has 
been  instrumental  in  promoting  plans  for  the  wel- 
fare of  the  people  and  the  prosperity  of  the  town. 


EHARLES  FOX  GARDINER,  M.  D.,  presi- 
dent of  the  El  Paso  County  Medical  Society, 
president  of  the  board  of  medical  examiners, 
surgeon  for  the  Union  Pacific,  Denver  &  Gulf 
Railroad,  and  medical  examiner  for  the  Mutual 
Life,  Equitable  Life  and  Security  Trust  Insur- 
ance Companies,  has  been  engaged  in  professional 
practice  in  Colorado  Springs  since  1883.  He  is 
a  member  of  one  of  the  old  and  influential  fami- 
lies of  the  United  States.  The  first  of  the  name 
in  this  country  was  Lyon  Gardiner,  who  came 
from  England  as  a  lieutenant  in  Her  Majesty's 
service  and  was  stationed  at  a  fort  in  Connecti- 
cut. While  there  he  bought  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
which  has  for  generations  been  known  as  Gardi- 


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ner's  Island  and  is  still  in  the  possession  of  the 
family.  He  was  called  lord  of  the  manor.  The 
island  is  now  owned  by  a  representative  of  the 
ninth  generation  in  descent  from  him.  His 
sons  and  grandsons  were  educated  at  Oxford, 
England.  , 

The  grandfather  of  Dr.  Gardiner,  Charles  Fox 
Gardiner,  was  born  on  Gardiner's  Island,  and 
became  a  banker,  also  the  owner  of  vessels  trading 
in  the  West  Indies,  and  besides  these  interests 
engaged  in  whaling.  His  death  occurred  when 
he  was  thirty -nine  years  of  age.  James  Madison 
Gardiner,  the  doctor's  father,  was  born  at  Sag 
Harbor;  and  in  early  life  settled  in  New  York 
City,  where  at  first  he  was  a  commission  mer- 
chant and  later  engaged  in  marine  insurance,  in 
which  he  built  up  a  large  business.  He  has 
traveled  extensively  in  Europe,  and  is  a  gentle- 
man of  wealth  and  culture.  His  home  is  near 
Morristown,  N.  J.  He  married  Mary  Louise 
Sprague,  who  was  born  in  New  York  City  and 
died  there,  being  a  descendant  of  an  English 
family  that  settled  in  Nova  Scotia.  A  sister  of 
the  doctor's  father,  Carrie,  is  the  wife  of  Rear- 
Admiral  Stanton. 

At  his  father's  home,  on  Thirty -second  street, 
New  York  City,  the  subject  of  this  article  was 
born  October  12,  1857.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  this  country  and  Europe.  During  the 
three  years  he  spent  abroad  he  studied  in  Berlin, 
Vienna  and  London.  On  his  return  to  the  United 
States  he  entered  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1882, 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  Afterward  he  spent 
one  year  in  the  Charity  Hospital  as  assistant, 
and  then  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  outdoor 
surgical  department  of  the  New  York  Hospital. 
In  1884  he  came  west  and  located  at  Crested 
Butte,  Gunnison  County,  Colo.,  soon  after  which 
he  received  appointment  as  surgeon  to  the  Colo- 
rado Coal  and  Iron  Company.  After  two  years 
he  removed  to  Meeker,  Rio  Blanco  County, 
where  he  remained  for  three  years,  and  then 
came  to  Colorado  Springs.  Since  his  removal  to 
this  state  he  has  twice  returned  east,  in  order  to 
take  post-graduate  courses  in  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons.  During  his  residence 
on  the  frontier  he  often  rode  more  than  one  hun- 
dred miles  (once  riding  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
five  miles)  at  one  time,  though  making  several 
changes  of  horses,  and  very  frequently  he  rode 
seventy -five  miles  a  day.  With  two  physicians 
of  Philadelphia  he  edited  the  Ciimatologist.  In 


connection  with  Mr.  McClurg,  in  1898,  he  pub- 
lished the  paper  Colorado  Springs  Region  as  a 
Health  Resort,  for  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, of  which  he  is  a  member.  He  is  also 
identified  with  the  State  Medical  and  the  Cli- 
matological  Associations.  In  1897  he  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  national  convention  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  in  Philadelphia.  At  the 
congress  of  American  physicians  and  surgeons, 
held  in  Washington,  in  May,  1897,  he  read  a 
paper  upon  "The  Dangers  of  Tubercular  Infection 
and  their  Partial  Arrest  by  Climatic  Influences." 
He  has  contributed  to  various  medical  journals 
articles  bearing  upon  the  professional  questions  of 
the  day.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
has  been  twice  elected  president  of  the  El  Paso 
County  Medical  Society,  is  now  vice-president  of 
the  Cheyenne  Mountain  Country  Club  and  a 
trustee  of  the  El  Paso  Club. 

Dr.  Gardiner  has  been  twice  married,  his  first 
wife  being  Daisy  Emma  Monteith,  daughter  of 
the  celebrated  geographer.  They  had  two  chil- 
dren, Raynor  and  Dorothy.  In  April,  1897,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Frances Stickney  Anderson, 
of  Colorado  Springs. 


(I  OHN  WILSON.  It  may  with  justice  be  said 
I  of  Mr.  Wilson  that  Fremont  County  has 
Q)  never  had  a  more  faithful  and  efficient  of- 
ficial than  he.  With  the  exception  of  only  four 
months  he  has  served  as  clerk  of  either  county  or 
district  court  for  the  long  period  of  thirty-two 
years.  This  fact,  of  itself,  speaks  volumes  con- 
cerning the  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  the 
people  of  his  locality. 

A  resident  of  Canon  City  since  1864,  Mr.  Wil- 
son was  born  in  Kentucky  February  i,  1829. 
His  father,  William,  and  grandfather,  James, 
were  natives  of  Virginia.  The  former,  who  was 
the  second  son  in  the  family,  was  reared  in  the 
Old  Dominion  and  rendered  good  service  during 
the  war  of  1812.  Afterward  he  carried  on  a 
mercantile  business  in  Kentucky  until  1830,  when 
he  removed  to  Indiana.  By  his  marriage  to 
Pauline  Letcher,  he  had  three  sons  and  three 
daughters. 

Educated  in  private  schools  in  Kentucky,  our 
subject  was  afterward  employed  in  a  county 
clerk's  office  there  for  seven  years.  In  1849  he 
was  one  of  the  number  who  crossed  the  plains  to 
California  and  engaged  in  mining,  but,  his  eye- 
sight having  been  injured,  he  returned  to  the 
east.  Until  1864  he  engaged  in  mining  in  Mis- 


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souri,  after  which  he  crossed  the  plains  to  Colo- 
rado. Though  not  intending  to  remain  in  the 
state,  he  found  Canon  City  a  locality  that  he  be- 
lieved might  afford  him  a  good  opportunity  for 
farming,  so  he  settled  here.  In  1867  he  was 
elected  county  clerk  and  continued  in  the  office 
until  January,  1886.  In  May  of  the  same  year 
he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  district  court  and 
has  held  that  position  ever  since.,  For  many 
years  he  was  an  adherent  of  the  Democratic 
party,  but  the  most  of  the  time  he  has  been 
elected  on  an  independent  ticket.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  the  progress  of  the  town,  and  especially 
along  educational  lines,  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board,  he  has  rendered  helpful  service  to  his  com- 
munity. March  18,  1875,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Josephine  A.  Parks,  of  Clinton,  Mich. 
They  have  one  son,  Fred  P.  Wilson,  who  grad- 
uated from  the  high  school  in  1895  an<^  nas  since 
assisted  his  father  in  the  clerk's  office. 


HON.  REUBEN  BERREY,  who  has  resided 
in  Colorado  Springs  since  1884,  has  for  a 
quarter  of  .a  century  been  identified  with  the 
interests  of  this  state,  and  has  participated  actively 
in  the  development  of  its  resources.  For  six  years 
he  was  clerk  of  the  district  court  in  Elbert  County, 
for  four  years  officiated  as  county  superintendent 
of  schools  of  El  Paso  County,  and  in  1881  served 
as  secretary  of  the  state  senate,  at  the  time  of  the 
election  of  Tabor  and  Bowen  to  the  United  States 
senate. 

.  Mr.  Berrey  was  born  in  England,  near  London, 
October  n,  1835.  When  he  was  an  infant  his 
parents,  William  and  Sarah  (Charman)  Berrey, 
emigrated  to  America,  settling  at  Bramford,  On- 
tario, where  they  remained  upon  a  farm  until 
their  death.  They  were  the  parents  of  eleven 
children,  nine  of  whom  attained  years  of  maturity, 
and  seven  are  living,  Reuben  being  the  sixth  of 
the  family,  and  the  only  one  in  the  United  States. 
He  was  a  boy  of  eleven  years  when  he  began  to 
be  self-supporting.  As  soon  as  he  was  large 
enough  to  use  a  cradle  and  scythe  he  was  put  to 
work  on  a  farm,  and  during  the  summer  months 
had  little  leisure  for  study  or  play,  but  in  the 
winter  was  permitted  to  attend  school.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  began  to  teach  school,  and  with 
the  money  thus  earned  he  paid  his  way  through 
the  Normal  University  in  Toronto.  After  com- 
pleting his  education  he  was  for  several  years 
employed  as  principal  of  a  school  in  Ontario. 
Removing  to  Illinois  in  1858,  Mr.  Berrey  set- 


tled at  DuQuoin,  where  he  bought  and  published 
the  DuQuoin  Tribune.  After  a  time  Maj.  A.  J. 
Alden  became  interested  in  the  business,  and  they 
remained  together  for  three  years,  when  Mr.  Ber- 
rey bought  his  interest.  It  was  while  publishing 
this  paper  that  Mr.  Berrey  took  an  active  part  in 
promoting  the  political  success  of  John  A.  Logan. 
When  General  Logan  was  elected  to  congress, 
Mr.  Berrey  supported  him  with  enthusiasm,  and 
later,  through  his  paper,  he  advocated  the  gen- 
eral's election  as  United  States  senator,  and  was 
afterward  the  first  man  in  the  United  States  to 
present  his  name  as  a  presidential  candidate. 
When  Major  Alden  became  a  supporter  of  Horace 
Greeley,  Mr.  Berrey  bought  him  out,  at  the  close 
of  Grant's  second  term,  and  continued  the  paper 
alone  as  a  Republican  organ. 

On  account  of  his  wife's  ill  health,  in  1874  Mr. 
Berrey  disposed  of  his  interests  in  DuQuoin  and 
came  to  Denver,  buying  a  herd  of  cattle  and  em- 
barking in  the  cattle  business  west  of  Elbert.  Not 
wishing  to  take  his  family  to  the  ranch,  he  sought 
occupation  that  would  enable  him  to  make  his 
headquarters  in  the  city.  He  had  been  so  long 
identified  with  the  newspaper  business  that  he 
naturally  desired  to  continue  in  the  line  in  which 
he  had  been  so  successful.  He  bought  one-third 
interest  in  the  Agriculturist  and  Stock  Journal,  the 
agreement  being  that  he  was  to  do  outside  work 
for  the  paper.  He  traveled  through  the  western 
country,  and  furnished  for  the  paper  splendid 
articles  relating  to  the  resources  of  Colorado,  and 
at  the  same  time  securing  a  large  patronage  for 
the  journal.  During  the  two  years  he  was  thus 
engaged  he  greatly  increased  the  value  of  the 
paper  and  its  importance  as  a  periodical.  How- 
ever, he  found  that  the  man  with  whom  he  had 
left  his  cattle  had  failed  to  protect  his  interests, 
and  it  would  be  necessary  for  him  to  give  his  per- 
sonal attention  to  that  business.  He  sold  his 
interest  in  the  paper,  as  did  his  associate,  Robert 
Strayhorn.  In  1876  he  located  his  cattle  on  a 
ranch  in  Elbert  County,  and  continued  in  the 
business  there  until  1884,  when  he  sold  out. 

In  1876  Mr.  Berrey  organized  the  Republicans 
of  Elbert  County,  forming  a  central  committee, 
of  which  he  was  made  chairman,  and  continued 
at  its  head  as  long  as  he  resided  there.  Through 
his  influence  the  district  clerk's  office  was  estab- 
lished, and  he  received  appointment  as-the  first 
clerk  of  the  district.  After  coming  to  Colorado 
Springs  in  1884,  he  carried  on  a  wholesale  meat 
business  and  was  proprietor  of  two  markets,  but 


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his  son  did  not  care  for  the  business,  and  he  sold 
out  after  five  years.  In  1887  he  was  elected 
county  superintendent  of  schools  and  re-elected 
in  1889,  serving  until  January,  1892.  During 
his  second  term  the  building  of  a  new  railroad 
and  increase  in  settlement  rendered  necessary  the 
establishment  of  new  districts,  and  he  organized 
many  new  districts,  the  last  being  that  of  Crip- 
ple Creek. 

In  common  with  other  citizens  of  Colorado, 
Mr.  Berrey  has  had  interests  in  Cripple  Creek. 
He  was  the  prime  factor  in  organizing  the  Ivan- 
hoe  Company,  which  was  later  consolidated  with 
the  Greater  Gold  Belt  Mining  and  Milling  Com- 
pany, and  he  is  now  a  director  of  the  latter  con- 
cern. He  is  also  a  director  in  the  Iron  Clad 
Company.  While  in  the  mountains  a  severe  at- 
tack of  rheumatism  caused  him  to  return  to  Colo- 
rado Springs,  where  he  has  since  led  a  quiet  life, 
with  no  other  duties  than  those  of  superintending 
his  property  interests.  He  owns  real  estate  in 
this  city,  and  built  and  was  part  owner  of  the 
Berrey  &  Davie  block  in  Colorado  City.  During 
war  times  he  was  a  firm  Abolitionist.  He  was 
allied  with  the  regular  Republicans  until  the  re- 
peal of  the  silver  bill,  since  which  time  he  has 
been  an  adherent  of  the  silver  cause  and  a  stanch 
admirer  of  Senator  Teller,  of  whose  course  in  the 
monetary  issues  he  thoroughly  approves. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Berrey  took  place  in  On- 
tario, his  wife  being  Frances  E.  Hoag,  who  was 
born  in  Dutchess  County,  N.  Y.  They  became 
the  parents  of  five  children :  Ida  E. ;  Charles  R. , 
who  is  engaged  in  the  cigar  business  in  this  city; . 
Julia  May,  a  graduate  of  the  high  school  and  a 
teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  this  city;  Walter 
H.,  who  is  interested  in  business  with  his  older 
brother;  and  Max  L. ,  member  of  the  electrical 
engineering  class  of  1900,  in  Cornell  University. 


|~RANK  FINNEY,  M.  D.,  surgeon  in  charge 
r3  of  the  Santa  Fe  hospital  in  La  Junta,  is  rec- 
|  *  ognized  as  one  of  the  most  skillful  surgeons 
in  the  entire  state  of  Colorado,  and,  while  he  is 
scarcely  yet  in  the  prime  of  life,  he  has  already 
achieved  noteworthy  distinction  in  his.  chosen 
profession.  In  addition  to  his  work  in  connec- 
tion with  the  hospital,  he  is  also  in  charge  of  a 
large  private  practice  in  Otero  and  adjoining 
counties. 

Born  in  Martinsburg,  Ohio,  May  13,  1858,  Dr. 
Finney  is  a  son   of  Thomas  McKean  and  Jane 


(Orr)  Finney,  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  His 
father,  who  was  a  graduate  of  Little  Washington 
College  in  Pennsylvania,  in  young  manhood  en- 
tered the  ministry  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  continued  to  preach  the  Gospel  until  he  died, 
in  1859,  when  fifty  years  of  age.  The  death  of 
his  wife  also  occurred  when  she  was  about  fifty. 
Of  their  eight  children  the  youngest,  Frank,  was 
only  one  year  old  when  he  was  left  fatherless. 
When  he  was  seven  years  old,  in  1865,  his 
mother  removed  to  Iowa,  then  a  comparatively 
new  country,  and  in  that  state  she  died  a  few 
months  later.  The  children  then  scattered,  our 
subject  being  taken  into  the  home  of  a  sister  in 
Lawrence,  Kan.  There  he  was  educated  in  the 
high  school  and  state  university. 

The  first  employment  secured  by  Dr.  Finney 
was  that  of  traveling  salesman  for  a  patent  medi- 
cine firm,  his  territory  comprising  Missouri,  Kan- 
sas, Arkansas  and  Nebraska.  Meantime,  his 
leisure  hours  were  spent  in  reading  medicine. 
After  four  years  he  returned  to  Lawrence,  where 
he  carried  on  special  studies  for  a  year.  He  then 
entered  the  medical  department  of  Columbia 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York, 
where  he  studied  for  two  years,  but  completed 
his  course  in  the  medical  college  at  Georgetown, 
D.  C. ,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1882.  On 
the  day  of  graduation  he  received  an  appointment 
as  agency  physician  at  Quapaw  agency,  Indian 
Territory,  and  going  to  that  place,  he  continued 
to  hold  the  position  for  two  and  one-half  years, 
resigning  when  Grover  Cleveland  was  elected 
president. 

Desiring  to  broaden  his  professional  knowledge, 
Dr.  Finney  entered  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical 
College  in  New  York,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  the  spring  of  1885.  He  then  returned  to  his 
old  home  in  Lawrence,  Kan.,  and  opened  an 
office,  but  after  he  had  engaged  in  practice  there 
for  a  year  he  received  an  appointment  as  surgeon 
of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad  hospital  at  Las  Vegas. 
There  he  continued  as  surgeon  until  November, 
1887,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  hospital  at 
La  Junta.  In  every  position  which  he  has  held  his 
depth  of  professional  knowledge,  ability  and  skill 
have  brought  him  prominence  and  success.  In 
professional  organizations  he  maintains  a  constant 
interest.  He  has  been  active  in  the  Pan-Ameri- 
can Medical  Congress,  and  represented  his  state 
in  the  conventions  held  in  Washington  and  the 
City  of  Mexico.  He  is  also  identified  with  the 
American  Medical  Association,  county  and  state 


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medical  societies,  and  the  hospital  and  railroad 
surgeons'  societies. 

The  principles  of  the  Republican  party  receive 
Dr.  Finney's  active  allegiance.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  La  Junta  and 
has  served  the  congregation  as  an  elder.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  Euclid  Lodge  No.  64, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  the  chapter  of  Royal  Arch 
degree  in  this  city.  By  his  marriage  to  Miss 
Grace  Houghtelin,  of  Lawrence,  Kan.,  he  has 
two  children,  Roy  H.  and  Carrie  G. 


(JACOB  S.  TRUEX,  mayor  of  Westcliffe, 
I  Custer  County,  is  engaged  in  the  furniture 
(•/  and  undertaking  business,  and  is  also  a 
notary  public.  He  is  a  member  of  an  old  family 
in  America  that  traces  its  ancestry  back  to  a 
physician,  who  emigrated  from  France  prior  to 
the  Revolutionary  war,  and  settled  in  Amster- 
dam, N.  Y.  His  father,  John  Truex,  was  born 
in  Monmouth  County,  N.  J.,  and  in  early  life 
settled  in  Sussex  County,  the  same  state,  whence 
he  removed  to  Orange  County,  N.  Y.,  and  fol- 
lowed farm  pursuits.  A  strong  Democrat,  he 
was  active  in  political  matters.  His  marriage 
united  him  with  Anna  Stanaback,  who  was  of 
German  descent,  and  died  when  she  was  ninety- 
four  years  of  age.  Of  their  ten  children  the  fol- 
lowing are  living:  Thomas,  of  Milford,  Pa.; 
Jacob  S. ;  George  A.,  whose  home  is  in  Newton, 
N.  J.,  andLevi  H. 

Born  in  Sussex  County,  N.  J.,  November  9, 
1824,  our  subject  was  educated  in  Orange  Coun- 
ty, N.  Y.,  and  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits 
until  1851.  Then,  going  to  New  York  City,  he 
remained  in  that  city  for  eight  years,  having 
charge  of  the  buying,  shipping  and  delivering  of 
goods  for  an  oyster  firm.  In  March,  1859,  he 
went  to  LaPorte,  Ind.,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  for  two  years.  Thence  he 
removed  to  Elgin,  111.,  and  followed  the  carpen- 
ter's trade  in  that  city  from  1861  to  1880.  In 
January  of  the  latter  year  he'  came  to  Colorado 
and  settled  at  Silver  Cliff.  When  Westcliffe  was 
started  in  1885  he  moved  two  good  residences  to 
this  village  and  settled  here  permanently.  In 
1889  he  engaged  in  undertaking,  to  which  busi- 
ness, in  May,  1898,  he  added  a  stock  of  furni- 
ture. 

From  the  time  of  Buchanan  to  the  present  Mr. 
Truex  has  voted  the  Republican  ticket.  He  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  local  affairs.  In  1889  he 
was  elected  justice  of  the  peace,  which  position 


he  held  for  seven  years,  and  then  resigned,  ow- 
ing to  the  press  of  other  business.  He  served  as 
notary  public  as  well,  and  this  latter  office  he  has 
held  ever  since.  For  five  years  he  was  county 
coroner.  In  the  spring  of  1898  he  was  elected 
mayor,  and  had  previously  served  as  a  member 
of  the  town  board  and  as  clerk  and  recorder.  The 
various  offices  he  has  held  have  been  tendered 
him  without  solicitation  on  his  part  and  without 
electioneering,  which  fact  shows  that  his  fellow- 
citizens  appreciate  his  fitness  for  office  and  his 
ability  to  represent  them  efficiently.  At  this 
writing  he  is  chairman  of  the  local  Republican 
central  committee.  During  a  part  of  two  terms 
he  has  acted  as  deputy  postmaster.  Fraternally 
he  is  a  member  of  Westcliffe  Camp  No.  309, 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  he  is  also  identified 
with  the  Good  Templars,  of  which  lodge  he  is 
past  chief  templar.  In  the  Presbyterian  Church 
he  has  served  as  a  ruling  elder. 

July  20,  1854,  Mr.  Truex  married  Eliza  R. 
Lown,  of  New  York  City.  They  became  the 
parents  of  six  children,  namely:  Albert  H.,  who 
is  engaged  in  mining  in  Colorado;  Elenora,  wife 
of  J.  S.  Ward,  of  Elgin,  III.;  Arthur,  deceased; 
Lawrence  S. ,  who  is  in  New  Mexico;  Stella 
May,  who  is  with  her  parents;  and  Edgar  E., 
who  died  in  boyhood. 


P~  RANK  COTTEN,  who  is  one  of  the  pro- 
fy  gressive  business  men  of  Colorado  Springs, 
I  has  spent  his  entire  life  in  El  Paso  County, 
and  was  born  at  what  is  now  Buttes,  June  5, 
1863.  He  is  a  descendant  of  one  of  three  brothers 
who  crossed  the  ocean  together  from  England  and 
settled  in  Virginia.  His  grandfather,  William 
Gotten,  was  the  son  of  a  Revolutionary  soldier 
from  Virginia,  and  was  himself  a  native  of  the 
Old  Dominion,  but  removed  to  Indiana,  and  after- 
ward established  his  home  on  a  farm  in  Berrien 
County,  Mich,  where  he  died. 

Oliver  M.  Gotten,  father  of  our  subject,  was 
born  in  Indiana  and  received  his  education  in 
Olivet  College,  after  which  he  engaged  in  teach- 
ing. While  in  Michigan  he  married  Nancy  Ste- 
phens, a  native  of  Indiana.  When  the  news  of 
the  discovery  of  gold  in  Colorado  reached  him, 
he  determined  to  try  his  fortune  in  the  great  moun- 
tain regions  of  the  west.  In  1859,  with  a  horse- 
team,  he  drove  across  the  plains,  following  the 
Platte  route,  and  going  to  Gregory  Gulch  and 
Black  Hawk.  At  one  time,  with  his  brothers,  he 
owned  an  interest  in  the  famous  Bobtail  mine. 


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He  engaged  in  mining  at  California  Gulch,  near 
the  present  site  of  Leadville.  In  1860  he  returned 
east  for  his  wife.  About  the  same  time  he  located 
a  ranch  on  the  Fountain  and  started  a  cattle  herd, 
but  continued  his  mining  interests  for  several 
years.  Finally,  repeated  attacks  of  rheumatism 
obliged  him  to  discontinue  mining,  and  he  then 
settled  down  to  farm  life.  He  made  ditches  and 
irrigated  his  land,  and  improved  the  place,  which 
consisted  of  about  six  hundred  and  forty  acres. 
Politically  he  was  a  radical  Republican.  He  took 
a  warm  interest  in  public  affairs,  and  was  well 
known  among  the  pioneers  of  El  Paso  County. 
On  the  establishment  of  a  postoffice  at  El  Paso, 
he  was  appointed  the  first  postmaster,  and  con- 
tinued, at  intervals,  in  the  office  until  his  death. 
As  a  member  of  the  school  board  he  assisted 
largely  in  the  organization  of  school  districts  and 
erection  of  needed  buildings.  He  served  efficiently 
as  county  commissioner.  In  all  the  positions  to 
which  he  was  called  he  rendered  able  service  in 
behalf  of  the  people.  His  death  occurred  in  1886, 
when  he  was  fifty-nine  years  of  age.  At  the  time 
of  his  death  he  was  identified  with  the  Baptist 
Church. 

A  brother  of  Oliver  M.  Gotten,  William,  was 
a  member  of  the  Third  Colorado  Cavalry  during 
the  Civil  war,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Sand 
Creek.  He  died  at  Alma,  this  state.  Another 
brother,  James  M.,  crossed  the  plains  in  1859,  but 
went  on  to  Arizona  and  died  there. 

The  wife  of  Oliver  M.  Gotten  was  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  Stephens,  and  was  of  English  and  Welsh 
descent.  The  first  of  the  family  in  this  country 
were  three  brothers,  who  settled  in  Connecticut, 
western  New  York  and  North  Carolina  respect- 
ively. The  one  who  settled  in  the  south  had  two 
daughters  and  a  son .  The  latter,  Joseph  Stephens, 
was  born  in  the  Yadkin  River,  in  Mocksville, 
N.  C.,  and  after  the  death  of  his  father  he  made 
his  home  with  an  uncle  near  Lexington,  Ky., 
where  he  was  educated.  In  early  manhood  he 
removed  to  Centerville,  Ind.,  where  he  married  a 
cousin,  Anna  Stephens.  In  1829  he  settled  near 
Niles,  Berrien  County,  Mich.,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming  until  his  death  in  1881,  at  eighty-one 
years  of  age.  His  wife  died  in  1876,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-six.  Politically  he  was  a  Whig  until 
the  disintegration  of  the  party,  when  he  became 
a  Republican.  He  served  as  a  captain  in  the 
Black  Hawk  war.  A  man  of  energy,  intelligence 
and  influence,  he  ranked  high  in  his  community, 
and  exerted  considerable  influence  in  the  devel- 


opment of  local  resources  and  the  extension  of 
local  interests.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents 
of  eight  children:  Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Nancy,  Car- 
oline, William,  Isom,  Calvin  and  J.  Newton. 
Nancy,  who  was  our  subject's  mother,  died  Oc- 
tober 30,  1897.  Of  her  children,  Edwin  died  at 
four  years,  and  Ella  lives  in  Denver.  Frank,  who 
was  the  eldest  of  the  family,  was  reared  on  the 
home  farm.  From  sixteen  until  nineteen  years 
of  age  he  was  a  student  in  Colorado  College, 
after  which  he  spent  one  summer  in  mining  at 
Leadville  and  one  year  in  cultivating  the  home 
farm.  For  three  years  he  taught  school  in  his 
home  district,  and  then  accepted  a  position  as 
deputy  county  assessor,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  for  eight  years.  Since  resigning  that  posi- 
tion he  has  been  interested  in  real  estate,  and  for 
some  time  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Irvine, 
Gotten  &  Jones. 

In  common  with  the  majority  of  the  business 
men  of  Colorado,  Mr.  Gotten  has  mining  inter- 
ests. He  is  a  director  in  the  Theresa  mine  on 
Bull  Hill,  Cripple  Creek,  which  is  a  valuable 
property,  and  is  also  interested  in  other  claims  in 
the  same  region  and  at  Eldora.  Besides  real 
estate,  he  is  engaged  in  the  loan  and  insurance 
business.  He  is  a  member  of  the  El  Paso  County 
Pioneers'  Society,  Lodge  No.  38,  I.  O.  O.  F.  ,  and 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  In  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  which  he  is  a  member,  he  serves  as 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees.  Politically  he 
is  a  Republican. 

Mr.  Gotten  married  Miss  Sarah  McShane,  who 
was  born  at  Monument,  El  Paso  Count}',  and  is 
a  member  of  a  pioneer  family.  Her  father,  David 
McShane,  is  represented  on  another  page.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Gotten  and  their  two  children,  Chester 
and  Frank,  reside  at  No.  9  Boulder  place,  in 
Colorado  Springs. 


.  ADDISON  DANFORD,  ex-attorney  - 
general  of  Kansas,  now  of  Colorado  Springs, 
came  to  this  city  April  i,  1875,  and  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law,  also,  in  1879,  served  as 
city  attorney.  With  the  exception  of  two  and 
one-half  years  in  Lake  City,  and  seven  years 
(1880  to  1887)  in  Leadville,  he  has  continued  to 
make  this  city  his  home  up  to  the  present  time. 
While  in  Leadville  he  was  connected  with  some 
of  the  most  important  litigations  in  that  district, 
all  of  which  he  managed  with  care  and  skill, 
proving  his  thorough  knowledge  of  mining  law 
and  his  ability  as  an  attorney.  His  partners  in 


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that  city  were  F.  Danford  and  Col.  A.  J.  Ster- 
ling. On  his  return  to  Colorado  Springs  he  re- 
sumed practice  here,  with  mining  law  as  his 
specialty,  and  has  acted  as  attorney  for  a  number 
of  important  mining  companies  in  Cripple  Creek. 
His  office  is  located  at  Nos.  43-44  Bank  building. 

General  Danford  was  born  in  Laconia,  N.  H., 
on  the  4th  of  July,  1829.  He  descends  from 
English  ancestors  who  were  early  settlers  of  New 
England.  His  father,  Ebeuezer,  who  was  a  son 
of  Jonathan  Danford,  was  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Laconia  for  twenty-five  years, 
and  in  1837  removed  to  Illinois,  settling  at 
Geneva,  Kane  County,  where  he  was  a  pioneer 
fanner.  His  death  occurred  in  1841.  He  mar- 
ried Hepzibah  Dufur,  who  was  born  in  Vermont, 
a  descendant  of  Revolutionary  stock.  Her  pa- 
ternal ancestors  were  Scotch  people,  who  settled 
in  Montpelier  in  an  early  day.  She  died  in  Illi- 
nois in  1866.  Of  her  nine  children,  oneson, Wil- 
lis, was  surgeon  (with  the  rank  of  major)  in  the 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-first  Illinois  Infantry, 
during  the  Civil  war. 

The  youngest  of  the  family  and  the  only  one 
now  living  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  When 
six  years  of  age  he  was  taken  to  Kane  County, 
111. ,  where  he  attended  the  pay  schools.  At  six- 
teen years  of  age  he  began  the  study  of  medicine 
under  Prof.  G.  W.  Richards,  of  St.  Charles,  111. , 
and  afterward  studied  for  two  terms  in  the  med- 
ical department  of  LaPorte  (Ind.)  University, 
graduating  at  the  age  of  twenty  years  in  the  class 
to  which  belonged  Judge  John  F.  Dillon,  author 
of  law  books.  He  also  graduated  from  the  Keo- 
kuk  Medical  College,  at  Keokuk,  Iowa,  in  1850, 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  For  two  and  one-half 
years  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at 
Plainfield,  Will  County,  111.  Within  that  time 
he  found  that  the  profession  was  not  to  his  taste, 
and,  having  given  it  a  thorough  test  by  his  many 
months  of  practice,  he  decided  to  abandon  it.  In 
1853  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
Geneva,  111. .where  he  remained  until  July,  1856. 
The  next  year  he  removed  to  Mound  City,  Linn 
County,  Kan.  He  was  one  of  the  first  free  state 
members  of  the  legislature,  being  elected  from 
Linn  County  in  1857,  and  met  at  Locampton  in 
the  extra  session  of  December,  1857.  The  con- 
stitution there  drawn  up  was  submitted  to  the  di- 
rect vote  of  the  people,  but  was  voted  down  by  a 
majority  often  thousand.  In  the  spring  of  1858 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Leavenworth 
constitutional  convention,  and  in  the  fall  of  the 


same  year  was  re-elected  to  the  legislature  on  the 
free  state  ticket.  The  legislature  met  at  Law- 
rence, where  he  took  a  prominent  part  as  mem- 
ber of  all  the  important  committees.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1863,  he  removed  to  Fort  Scott,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.  The  following 
year  he  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket,  but  resigned  at  the  close  of  the 
first  session,  in  order  to  devote  his  entire  atten- 
tion to  his  law  practice.  In  1868,  on  the  Repub- 
lican ticket,  he  was  elected  attorney- general  of 
Kansas,  and  took  office  in  January,  1869,  continu- 
ing until  1871,  when  he  resumed  his  practice  at 
Fort  Scott.  From  that  city  he  came  to  Colorado 
Springs  in  1875. 

In  the  various  public  positions  which  General 
Danford  has  held,  it  may  be  said  of  him  that  his 
acts  have  been  marked  by  prudence,  and  a  due 
regard  for  the  wishes  of  his  constituents.  All  en- 
terprises having  for  their  object  the  good  of  his 
locality  or  the  increase  of  the  material  wealth, 
always  have  found  in  him  an  advocate  ready  to  ex- 
tend influence  and  give  of  his  means  for  their  sup- 
port. He  possesses  a  natural  aptitude  for  the  law, 
being  a  concise,  logical  reasoner  and  a  deep 
thinker.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  as  firm 
in  his  devotion  to  his  party  as  the  needle  is  to  the 
pole. 

(ejAMUEL  D.  MC  CRACKEN,  proprietor  of 
?\  the  New  York  Cash  Store,  of  Colorado 
VjJ/  Springs,  came  to  this  city  in  1892  and 
bought  an  interest  in  the  business  with  which  he 
has  since  been  identified.  Largely  through  his 
energy  and  sound  judgment,  the  trade  increased 
to  such  an  extent  that  it  was  necessary  to  secure 
larger  quarters,  and  in  1894  the  store  was  re- 
moved across  the  street  to  its  present  location, 
Nos.  120-122  South  Tejon  street,  where  a  general 
department  store  business  is  conducted. 

Mr.  McCracken  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Ran- 
somville,  Niagara  County,  N.  Y.,  in  June,  1855. 
The  family  of  which  he  is  a  member  consisted  of 
two  sons  and  three  daughters,  of  whom  all  but 
one  are  still  living,  he  being  next  to  the  oldest 
and  the  only  one  in  Colorado.  His  father,  Rich- 
ard McCracken,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  emi- 
grated to  America  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years, 
and  engaged  in  farming  near  Ransomville.  He 
has  lived  in  the  same  locality  for  a  half-century 
or  more,  and  is  highly  esteemed  by  the  people  of 
his  county.  His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Clarissa  Putnam  and  who  has  spent  her  entire  life 


HON.  W.  E.  ROHDE. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


in  New  York,  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Putnam,  a 
native  of  New  England,  but  for  years  a  resident 
of  Niagara  County,  N.  Y. 

In  the  cultivating  of  the  homestead  and  the 
gaining  of  an  education  our  subject  passed  his 
boyhood  years.  While  he  had  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  agriculture,  his  tastes  were  in  the  line  of 
a  mercantile  life,  and  in  1882  he  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising in  Ransomville,  where  he  remained 
until  1892.  Meantime,  for  eight  years,  he  held 
office  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  also  served  as 
town  clerk.  Since  1892  he  has  lived  in  Colorado 
Springs,  and  is  now  sole  proprietor  of  the  New 
York  Cash  Store,  which  occupies  two  floors, 
50x180  feet  in  dimensions,  and  contains  a  full 
line  of  goods.  The  millinery  department  is  in 
charge  of  Mrs.  McCracken,  who  was  formerly 
Ruth  Carrigan,  of  Ransomville,  N.  Y.  In  politics 
Mr.  McCracken  is  a  stanch  Republican,  but  he  is 
not  identified  with  public  affairs  in  any  way,  his 
entire  attention  being  devoted  to  the  manage- 
ment of  his  business  interests.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  Church  and  a  contributor  to  its 
various  enterprises. 


HON.  WILLIAM  E.  ROHDE,  county  treas- 
urer of  El  Paso  County  and  a  former  mem- 
ber of  the  state  legislature,  is  a.  son  of 
Frederick  C.  and  Sarah  (Collier)  Rohde,  natives 
respectively  of  Constantia,  Oswego  County,  N.Y., 
and  Fayette  County,  Ohio.  The  Colliers  are 
of  Scotch  descent,  while  the  Rohde  family  origi- 
nated in  Germany.  Their  first  representative  in 
America  settled  in  New  Jersey  in  an  early  day 
and  became  proprietor  of  a  tannery  there;  he  had 
a  son,  Henry,  who  was  born  in  New  Jersey  and 
removed  to  Oswego  County,  N.  Y.,  establishing 
his  home  on  the  north  shore  of  Oneida  Lake, 
where  he  engaged  in  farm  pursuits  until  his  death 
at  sixty  years.  In  religion  he  followed  the  faith 
of  his  ancestors,  that  of  the  Lutheran  Church. 

Frederick  C.,son  of  Henry  Rohde,  was  em- 
ployed on  Lake  Ontario  from  boyhood,  but  in 
early  manhood  removed  to  Michigan,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  hard  wood  at 
Redford  and  also  improved  two  farms.  His  busi- 
ness was  of  such  a  nature  as  to  necessitate 
considerable  travel,  and,  being  a  man  of  close 
observation,  he  gained  a  broad  knowledge  of 
men  and  customs  in  different  localities.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  an  ardent  Republican.  Now,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-three,  he  is  living  retired  in  Red- 
ford  His  wife  accompanied  her  parents  to  De- 


kalb  County,  111.,  at  nine  years  of  age,  and  has 
since  resided  in  the  west.  They  have  two  sons 
and  three  daughters  living,  the  latter  in  Detroit, 
while  one  son,  George  C.,  is  county  attorney  of 
Gunnison  County,  Colo. 

Born  in  Wayne  County,  Mich.,  March  22, 
1859,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  attended  the 
Redford  grammar  school  and  Detroit  high  school. 
In  1879  he  came  west  and  settled  in  Leadville, 
where  he  engaged  in  mining  for  a  year.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  to  enter  Gunnison  in  1880  and 
there  prospected  and  mined.  In  1885  he  went  to 
Aspen,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  until  1890 
and  afterward  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  un- 
til he  removed  to  Victor,  in  January,  1894.  In 
the  latter  town  he  engaged  in  the  real-estate  and 
insurance  business,  and  built  a  number  of  stores 
and  houses  which  he  still  owns.  As  insurance 
agent  he  represented  all  of  the  old-line  companies. 

On  the  organization  of  the  People's  party  Mr. 
Rohde  became  an  adherent  of  its  platform.  He 
has  served  as  a  delegate  to  all  of  its  conventions 
and  has  been  active,  both  in  Pitkin  and  El  Paso 
Counties.  In  1896  he  was  elected  to  represent 
this  county  in  the  legislature,  receiving  a  ma- 
jority of  sixty-two  hundred  on  the  fusion  ticket, 
and  serving  in  the  session  of  1897,  eleventh  gen- 
eral assembly.  His  work  as  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  counties  and  county  lines  and  the 
committee  on  public  lands  was  especially  valu- 
able, and  he  also  served  as  a  member  of  the 
finance  and  appropriations  committee.  Of  the 
eighty -one  bills  passed  by  the  eleventh  assembly 
and  signed  by  the  governor,  two  were  introduced 
by  him.  One  of  these  provided  for  a  check 
weighman  for  coal  miners.  The  other  provided' 
for  the  reorganization  of  the  militia  and  the  weed- 
ing out  of  superfluous  officers,  at  the  same  time 
giving  benefit  to  the  private.  His  vote  was  cast 
for  Senator  Teller  as  United  States  senator.  In 
September,  1897,  he  was  nominated  on  the  fusion 
silver  ticket  county  treasurer  of  El  Paso  Count}' 
and  was  elected  by  one  hundred  and  sixteen  plu- 
rality, receiving  a  certificate  of  election.  How- 
ever, his  election  was  contested  by  the  opposite 
party,  and  the  lower  court  cancelled  his  certifi- 
cate, but  the  supreme  court  reversed  the  decision 
of  the  lower  court  July  18,  1898,  giving  himself 
and  the  other  candidates  on  that  ticket  their 
seats,  and  on  the  30th  of  July  he  assumed  the 
duties  of  the  office.  While  in  Victor  he  was 
several  times  offered  nomination  as  mayor,  but 
declined.  He  is  still  interested  in  a  number  of 


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mining  claims  and  is  president  of  the  Boston- 
Colorado  Consolidated  Gold  Mining  Company, 
which  owns  six  patented  claims. 

In  Salt  Lake  City  Mr.  Rohde  married  Miss 
Mollie,  daughter  of  James  White,  a  native  of 
Tennessee.  Mrs.  Rohde  was  born  in  Covington, 
Ky.,  and  received  her  education  principally  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

(1  W.  CARMACK,  who  came  to  Colorado 
I  Springs  in  May,  1888,  is  now  treasurer  of 
C/  the  Jersey  Victor  Mining  Company,  and 
since  December,  1889,  has  been  agent  for  the  East 
Colorado  Springs  Land  Company,  which  owns 
eleven  thousand  acres  of  land  lying  east  of  the  city. 
He  is  a  Pennsylvania!!  by  birth,  and  the  town  in 
Fulton  County,  where  he  was  born  December  24, 
1857,  was  called  Burnt  Cabin  in  memory  of  its 
destruction  by  fire  at  the  hands  of  the  Indians  in 
early  days.  His  father,  Simpson  B.,  a  native  of 
Fulton  County  and  an  only  son,  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  the  mercantile  business  until  his  death  at 
fifty-two  years.  The  mother,  whose  maiden  name 
was  Mary  Henry,  was  born  on  Clear  Ridge, 
Fulton  County,  Pa.,  and  died  on  the  old  Henry 
homestead  at  sixty-two  years  of  age.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  John  Henry,  who  emigrated  to 
Pennsylvania  from  Ireland  and  settled  on  Clear 
Ridge,  where  he  improved  a  farm,  making  that 
place  his  home  until  his  death  at  eighty-four 
years.  The  Henry  estate  is  now  owned  by  our 
subject,  the  grandson  of  the  original  purchaser, 
who  was  a  well-known  man  of  his  county  and  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  sixth  in  a  family 
composed  of  six  sons  and  two  daughters,  of  whom 
all  the  sons  are  Jiving,  while  the  daughters  are 
deceased.  The  oldest  brother,  William,  who  is 
residing  in  Pennsylvania,  was  a  soldier  in  a 
Pennsylvania  regiment  during  the  Civil  war.  and 
was  wounded  at  Gettysburg.  The  only  member 
of  the  family  in  the  west  is  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  Soon  after  his  father  died  he  started  out 
for  himself.  In  1876  he  removed  to  Illinois  and 
for  one  year  was  employed  on  a  farm  near  Mount 
Morris,  Ogle  County.  Next  he  spent  a  year  at 
Freeport,  111.  In  1878  he  went  to  the  Red  River 
of  the  North,  and  settled  twelve  miles  west  of 
Fargo,  N.  Dak.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
one  season. 

Joining  a  party  of  eight,  under  Captain  Back, 
Mr.  Carmack  went  to  the  Yellowstone  country  in 
Montana  in  the  fall  of  1878,  and  for  seven  years 


he  engaged  in  hunting  and  trapping.  During 
the  first  year,  while  hunting  on  Buffalo  Range, 
one  of  the  party  was  shot  by  the  Indians  in  a 
fight  with  the  Cheyennes.  During  the  second 
year  the  men  were  attacked  by  Crow  Indians, 
while  trapping  on  the  Mussel  Shell  River,  and 
two  whites  and  four  Indians  were  killed.  At 
other  times  there  were  skirmishes  with  Indians. 
Mr.  Carmack  was  at  Fort  Beaufort  when  Sitting 
Bull  was  captured.  He  was  among  the  Indians 
so  much,  and  especially  the  Sioux,  that  he  be- 
came familiar  with  their  language  and  was  able  to 
converse  with  them  with  readiness.  Much  of  his 
time  was  given  to  trapping  beaver  and  hunting 
buffaloes,  and  at  one  time,  from  Fort  Keokah, 
(now  Miles  City,  Mont.)  he  saw  a  shipment  made 
of  eighty-six  thousand  buffalo  hides  by  steam- 
boat. 

About  1 88 1,  late  in  November,  with  three 
others,  Mr.  Carmack  outfitted  at  Glendive  and 
started  for  Cedar  Creek  to  hunt  and  trap  during 
the  winter.  He  built  a  dugout,  which  was  warm 
and  comfortable,  no  matter  how  cold  the  weather 
might  be.  One  morning  he  started  out  for  the 
usual  hunt.  It  was  the  custom  for  the  men  to 
walk  about  two  or  three  hundred  yards  apart, 
within  shooting  distance.  As  he  was  pushing 
his  way  forward  a  companion  excitedly  exclaimed 
that  a  bear  was  in  sight.  With  the  answer 
"Good  news,"  Mr.  Carmack  started  after  the 
bear  with  his  companion.  When  he  reached  a 
knoll,  he  saw  that  the  bear  had  been  digging 
under  the  snow.  He  jumped  on  a  large  root  of  a 
tree,  not  knowing  that  the  bear  had  burrowed 
under  it.  Bruin  at  once  grappled  him,  and  the 
two  rolled  down  a  twenty-foot  embankment,  the 
tumble  giving  him  severe  bruises,  the  marks  of 
which  still  remain  on  his  body.  As  they  reached 
the  bottom,  the  bear  stood  on  his  breast,  like  a 
fierce  mad  dog.  He  called  to  his  friend,  "For 
God's  sake,  Frank,  shoot  quick."  His  friend  at 
once  fired,  which  frightened  the  bear  and  caused 
him  to  take  to  the  woods.  Mr.  Carmack,  deter- 
mined not  to  lose  him,  followed  with  his  friend, 
the  two  climbing  into  trees,  from  which  he  shot 
the  bear  through  the  shoulder.  After  twelve 
balls  had  penetrated  his  body  the  bear  fell  dead. 
When  dressed,  he  was  found  to  weigh  eight  hun- 
dred pounds.  In  this  instance,  without  doubt, 
the  quick  action  of  the  friend  saved  the  life  of 
Mr.  Carmack. 

Returning  to  his  old  Pennsylvania  home  in 
1885,  Mr.  Carmack  engaged  in  farming  for  one 


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season.  In  May,  1886,  he  came  to  Colorado, 
remaining  in  Fort  Collins  until  October,  when  he 
went  to  Buffalo  Creek,  Jefferson  County.  In 
May  of  the  year  1888  he  came  to  Colorado 
Springs,  where  he  engaged  in  the  transfer  busi- 
ness until  December,  1889,  and  has  since  then 
acted  as  agent  for  the  East  Colorado  Springs 
Land  Company. 

J.  W.  Carmack  was  married  in  Chicago,  111., 
in  1886.     He  has  two  sons,  Norman  and  Verba. 


G|  BRAHAM  VAN  VECHTEN,  member  of 
LI  the  Colorado  Springs  Transfer  Company,  is 
/  |  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  of 
America  and  traces  his  lineage  to  Holland.  In 
ancient  days  they  abode  in  fortresses  on  the 
banks  of  the  River  Vecht  (meaning  "battle,")  in 
Holland.  Their  name  was  indicative  of  their 
chief  characteristic.  They  were  a  fighting  race, 
and  from  the  time  of  the  Roman  camps  on  the 
Vecht,  they  participated  in  all  the  wars  in  which 
their  native  land  was  concerned.  They  took 
part  in  the  siege  of  Haarlem,  1572-73,  and  the 
siege  of  Ley  den,  1574.  In  the  latter  battle,  when 
called  upon  to  surrender,  they  replied:  "  We  are 
short  of  provisions,  but  we  will  eat  our  left  arms 
and  fight  with  the  right,  but  surrender,  never." 

The  founder  of  the  family  in  America  was  Teu- 
nis  Dircksen  VanVechten,  who,  accompanied  by 
his  wife,  one  son,  Teunis,  and  two  black  slaves, 
crossed  the  ocean  from  Holland  in  1638,  in  the 
ship  "Annes,"  on  which  they  had  taken  passage 
in  Norway.  For  his  home  he  selected  land  at 
Greenbush,  opposite  Albany,  on  the  Hudson. 
The  early  histories  of  that  region  mention  him  as 
a  man  of  prominence  and  integrity,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  council  of  safety.  From  his  four  chil- 
dren a  large  number  of  descendants  have  sprung. 

Teunis  VanVechten  (zd)  went  to  the  Catskill 
Valley,  where  he  bought  land  of  Pewasock,  squaw 
of  the  chief  of  the  Catskill  Indians,  and  from  her 
son,  Schupchof,  and  from  Stephanus  Van  Cort- 
landt,  the  deed  for  which  bears  date  of  October 
2,  1681.  However,  the  deed  was  not  recognized 
by  the  colonial  government  until  March  21,  1686. 
In  1690  he  built  a  stone  house  on  the  land,  back 
of  the  present  site  of  Catskill  village,  and  on 
Catskill  Creek,  two  miles  above  the  Hudson.  In 
that  house  several  generations  passed  their  lives. 

In  1686  Teunis  VanVechten  (2d)  was  given  a 
commission  as  captain  in  the  colony  of  New  Neth- 
erland,  and  in  1689,  during  the  Indian  wars,  had 
command  of  a  company  at  Lake  Champlain,  two 


of  his  sons,  Johannes  and  Teunis,  being  with  him 
at  the  front.  One  of  these  sons,  Teunis  (3d),  was 
a  commissioned  captain,  being  given  a  commis- 
sion in  1702,  and  served  in  the  border  wars  in 
1715.  His  son,  Teunis  (4th),  was  born  in  1707, 
and  served  as  a  captain  in  the  French  and  Indian 
wars  in  1746  and  again  in  1756. 

Samuel,  son  of  Teunis  (4th),  was  born  Septem- 
ber 28,  1742,  and  was  commissioned  an  officer  in 
the  militia  September  i  o,  1770.  During  the  Rev- 
olution, June  30,  1776,  he  was  placed  in  charge 
of  Fort  Ticonderoga.  During  the  most  of  the 
war  he  served  under  General  Gates  and  Gen. 
Philip  Schuyler.  There  are  a  large  number  of 
family  relics  now  in  the  possession  of  Peter  Van 
Vechten,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

The  father  and  great-grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject bore  the  name  of  Abraham.  The  grand- 
father was  named  Jacob.  The  great-grand- 
father was  a  prominent  lawyer  and  jurist  o 
New  York,  and  was  one  of  the  first  judges 
of  the  court  of  appeals  of  that  state.  His  death 
occurred  when  he  was  advanced  in  years.  His 
father  was  an  attorney,  as  was  also  his  son, 
our  subject's  grandfather,  who  died  in  Albany  in 
middle  age.  Gen.  Abraham  Van  Vechten,  our 
subject's  father,  was  born  in  Albany,  graduated 
from  Union  College,  became  a  successful  attorney 
and  was  assistant  attorney-general  of  New  York 
state  during  the  war.  Politically  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  was  one  of  the  influential  mem- 
bers of  the  Holland  Club.  His  death  occurred 
in  1894,  when  he  was  seventy-eight  years  of  age. 
His  wife,  who  resides  in  Albany,  was  born  in 
Fort  Snelling,  Minn.,  where  her  father,  Maj. 
Henry  Hamilton,  U.  S.  A.,  was  then  stationed. 
Her  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Major  Whistler, 
U.  S.  A.  Her  ancestry  were  prominent  in  the 
war  of  1812,  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  in  the 
various  wars  in  which  England  participated  prior 
to  that  date.  Fort  Hamilton  was  named  in  honor 
of  the  family. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  eight 
children,  four  of  whom  are  living,  our  subject 
being  the  oldest  son  and  the  only  member  of  the 
family  in  Colorado.  He  was  born  in  Albany,  N.Y., 
June  3,  1854,  and  received  his  education  at  Wal- 
nut Hill  school,  Geneva,  N.  Y.  On  his  return 
home  he  engaged  with  the  Albany  City  Iron  Com- 
pany, of  which  his  father  was  president.  He 
continued  with  the  company  as  chief  clerk  until 
ill  health  forced  him  to  change  his  occupation 
and  climate.  Coming  to  Colorado  in  1884  he 


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spent  two  years  in  recuperating,  after  which  he 
originated  and  promoted  the  Colorado  Springs 
and  Manitou  Street  Railway  Company  and  built 
the  first  lines,  six  miles  in  length,  connecting 
Colorado  Springs  and  Colorado  City.  Of  this 
company  he  was  general  manager  and  secretary. 
The  road  was  first  operated  in  1886,  and  after 
three  years  he  and  the  other  stockholders  sold  it 
to  the  Rapid  Transit  Company.  In  October, 
1890,  he  bought  an  interest  in  the  Colorado 
Springs  Transfer  Company,  of  which  he  is  the 
active  manager,  and  which  is  the  largest  concern 
of  its  kind  in  the  city  and  next  to  the  largest  in 
the  state.  He  has  large  stone  stables  on  Cascade 
street  and  every  facility  for  the  successful  man- 
agement of  the  business.  He  owns  a  country 
place  on  Cheyenne  Canon  road. 

In  politics  Mr.  Van  Vechten  is  a  Republican 
and  in  religion  an  Episcopalian.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  Chicago,  111.,  to  Miss  Rosemary  Daven- 
port, who  was  born  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va. ,  and  is 
a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Davenport,  formerly  of 
Zanesville,  Ohio.  They  are  the  parents  of  two 
children,  Benjamin  Davenport  and  Eleanor  Dav- 
enport. 

fi)G)  ALTER  D.  SAWIN  is  a  member  of  the 
\  A  I  firm  of  Hutchinson  &  Sawin,  proprietors 
YY  of  the  El  Paso  livery  stables,  at  Manitou. 
He  is  a  descendant  of  an  English  family  that  set- 
tled in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  colonial  days,  and 
was  from  that  time  forward  intimately  identified 
with  the  history  of  that  locality.  His  grand- 
father, John  Sawin,  who  was  a  chaise  manufac- 
turer in  the  town  of  Wendell,  on  the  old  stage 
route  from  Boston  to  Albany,  continued  in  busi- 
ness there  until  the  infirmities  of  age  compelled 
him  to  retire.  He  died  in  that  village  at  eighty- 
three  years  of  age. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Daniel  Sawin,  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  became  a  carriage 
manufacturer  in  Wendell,  later  was  similarly  en- 
gaged in  Amherst,  Mass.,  and  finally  removed  to 
Belchertown,  where  he  continued  in  the  manu- 
facturing business  until  his  death,  at  seventy-one 
years.  He  married  Elizabeth  Chamberlain,  who 
was  born  in  New  Salem,  Mass.,  and  is  now  living 
in  Springfield,  that  state.  They  became  the 
parents  of  six  children.  Andrew  T.,  who  was  the 
eldest  of  these,  is  employed  as  ticket  agent  in 
Northampton,  Mass.  Farnum  E.,  the  second 
son,  served  for  three  and  one-half  years  in  the 
Fourth  Massachusetts  Cavalry  during  the  Civil 


war;  he  is  now  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
street  railway  in  Springfield,  Mass.  The  three 
daughters  are:  Mrs.  Lena  French,  Mary  and  Mrs. 
Lilla  Gaylord,  all  of  Springfield,  Mass. 

The  third  among  the  six  children  was  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  in  Wendell, 
Franklin  County,  Mass.,  October  27,  1846.  Un- 
til fourteen  years  of  age  he  was  reared  principally 
in  Amherst,  after  which  he  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Belchertown,  and  attended  the  high 
school  there.  Later  he  graduated  from  Deerfield 
Academy.  His  first  position  was  in  Northamp- 
ton, where  for  four  years  he  was  employed  in  the 
bookkeeping  department  of  a  grocery  store.  In 
April,  1867,  he  went  to  Omaha,  Neb.,  and  during 
the  same  year  came  across  the  plains  with  a  mule- 
train  expedition,  arriving  in  Denver  in  the  fall. 
Since  that  time  he  has  made  Colorado  his  home, 
although  for  brief  periods  he  has  been  interested 
elsewhere.  During  the  summer  of  1868  he 
worked  in  the  Cimarron  mines  at  Elizabethtown, 
N.  M.  On  his  return  to  Colorado,  in  the  fall  of 
the  same  year,  he  settled  in  El  Paso  County,  and, 
the  Indians  being  very  troublesome  at  the  time, 
he  at  once  joined  a  company  and  went  to  the 
divide. 

After  working  for  a  short  time  on  a  horse  ranch 
on  Little  Fountain,  in  1871  Mr.  Sawin  returned 
to  Denver,  where  for  a  year  he  was  in  the  employ 
of  H.  B.  Ring  &  Co.  In  June,  1872,  he  went 
to  Manitou,  joining  Mr.  Hutchinson,  with  whom 
he  had  previously  been  on  the  horse  ranch. 
During  the  summers  of  1872,  1873  and  1874  they 
had  charge  of  a  half-way  house  on  the  old  Pike's 
Peak  trail,  packing  the  provisions  up  on  horse- 
back and  accommodating  as  many  as  four 
hundred  a  day.  It  was  a  common  thing  for 
them  to  send  thirty-five  horses  in  one  bunch  on 
the  Pike's  Peak  trail,  and  at  times  they  sent  as 
many  as  sixty-five.  Notwithstanding  their  large 
and  somewhat  perilous  business,  they  never  met 
with  an  accident  and  no  one  was  ever  injured  in 
making  the  trip. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Sawin  has  been 
prominent  in  the  public  life  of  Manitou.  For  one 
term  he  was  mayor  of  the  city,  for  four  terms 
served  as  alderman,  and  for  six  years  was  re- 
corder. For  fourteen  years  he  has  been  a  member 
of  the  school  board,  which  he  has  served  continu- 
ously as  secretary.  He  is  the  present  master  of 
Manitou  Lodge  No.  68,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  this 
city  he  married  Viola  Kelsey,  who  was  born  in 
Newport,  N.  H.,  and  died  in  Manitou  in  1894. 


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They  were  the  parents  of  four  children:  Ray- 
mond, a  graduate  of  the  high  school,  and  now 
assisting  his  father  in  business;  Robert,  a  high- 
school  student;  Lilla,  who  is  attending  school  at 
Wolfe  Hall,  Denver;  and  Kittie. 


IV /JAURICE  P.  TRUMBOR,  one  ofthelead- 
IV  I  ing  merchants  of  Cheyenne  County,  pur- 
\(S\  chased  a  stock  of  general  merchandise  at 
Cheyenne  Wells  in  May,  1898,  and  with  Mr. 
White  as  a  partner  has  since  built  up  a  large 
trade  among  the  people  of  the  village  and  sur- 
rounding country.  As  a  business  man  he  has 
proved  himself  to  be  energetic,  capable  and  per- 
severing, and  through  the  reliability  of  his  deal- 
ings he  has  gained  the  confidence  of  the  people 
and  a  position  of  prominence  in  business  circles. 
The  degree  of  success  which  Mr.  Trumbor  has 
gained  speaks  well  for  his  industry  and  persever- 
ance, for  he  was  left  at  an  early  age  to  work  his 
own  way  in  the  world,  and  had  no  one  to  assist 
him  in  obtaining  an  education  or  getting  a  start 
in  business.  His  father,  Noah  Trumbor,  a  na- 
tive of  Pennsylvania  and  a  shoe  merchant  in 
Allentown,  Lehigh  County,  died  in  1876.  During 
the  Civil  war  he  had  served  as  captain  of  a  com- 
pany in  the  Union  army;  in  fraternal  relations  he 
was  a  Mason  and  Odd  Fellow,  while  in  religion 
he  was  identified  with  the  United  Brethren 
Church.  He  was  the  son  of  a  Pennsylvania!!, 
who  worked  in  the  mines  of  that  state. 

Born  in  Allentown  in  1864,  Maurice  P.  Trum- 
bor was  one  year  old  when  his  mother,  Susan 
(Miller)  Trumbor,  passed  from  earth,  leaving 
two  sons,  the  elder  of  whom,  William  H.,  is  now 
an  engineer  at  Glenwood  Springs,  Colo.  Eleven 
years  after  the  death  of  the  mother  occurred  the 
father's  death,  and  from  that  time  forward  our 
subject  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  to 
earn  a  livelihood.  When  he  was  sixteen  he  came 
as  far  west  as  Topeka,  Kan. ,  and  there  for  two 
years  he  was  employed  in  a  carriage  factory. 
Afterward,  coming  to  Colorado,  he  secured  work 
with  the  Weber  Carriage  Company  in  Denver. 
While  in  that  city  he  assisted  in  building  the 
Union  depot,  one  of  the  finest  railroad  stations  in 
the  country;  also  the  Tabor  Opera  House  block, 
the  St.  James  hotel,  and  many  other  large  build- 
ings. Afterward  he  was  connected  with  the 
bridge  and  building  department  of  the  Union  Pa- 
cific Railroad.  On  coming  to  Cheyenne  Wells  he 
became  interested  in  merchandising,  and  is  now  in 
partnership  with  Mr.  White,  the  county  clerk. 

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In  politics  Mr.  Trumbor  has  been  earnest  and 
hearty  in  his  advocacy  of  Republican  principles. 
Like  every  true  citizen,  he  takes  an  interest  in  all 
matters  that  have  to  do  with  local  or  national 
prosperity.  Among  his  fellow-citizens  he  has 
wielded  considerable  influence.  He  has  served 
efficiently  as  mayor  and  alderman,  and  is  now 
town  clerk.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  Odd  Fellows.  His  mar- 
riage, which  took  place  in  1894,  united  him  with 
Miss  Mahaska  Tinsley,  who  was  born  in  Iowa, 
but  in  girlhood  came  to  Cheyenne  County  with 
her  father,  an  employe  of  the  Union  Pacific  Rail- 
road. Two  children  bless  their  union:  Ledaand 
George. 

While  Mr.  Trumbor's  educational  advantages 
were  limited,  owing  to  the  fact  that  he  was 
obliged  to  support  himself  from  an  early  age,  yet 
by  observation,  reading  and  experience  he  ed- 
ucated himself,  and  his  fund  of  general  knowl- 
edge is  second  to  none  of  his  neighbors. 


D.  HALLE,  who  is  a  popular  and  prom- 
inent teacher  of  voice  culture  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  came  to  this  city  with  the 
highest  recommendations  as  to  proficiency  and 
skill,  and  with  a  high  reputation  as  vocalist  and 
instructor  which  he  had  gained  during  his  resi- 
dence in  eastern  cities.  He  opened  a  studio  at 
No.  106  North  Tejon  street,  where  he  has  since 
given  instruction  in  every  branch  of  vocal  music. 
During  the  seventeen  years  that  he  has  given 
attention  to  voice- building  and  tone  production, 
he  has  attained  an  accurate  knowledge  of  the 
best  systems,  and  under  his  instruction  voices  are 
strengthened  and  their  compass  greatly  enhanced. 
Through  his  study  under  two  of  the  greatest 
Italian  masters  of  Europe  and  America  he  has 
become  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  Italian 
method,  which  he  adopts  in  teaching,  and  which 
renders  possible  a  purity  of  tone  and  artistic 
finish. 

Mr.  Halle  is  a  comparatively  recent  acquisition 
to  the  musical  circles  of  Colorado  Springs,  having 
come  to  this  city  in  January,  1898.  He  was  born 
in  Nauvoo,  Hancock  County,  111.,  October  19, 
1855,  a  descendant  of  English  ancestors  who 
were  early  settlers  in  New  England.  His  grand- 
father, William  Hall,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Black- 
hawk  war  and  removed  from  New  York  state  to 
Hancock  County,  where  he  lived  in  retirement. 
O.  J.  Hall,  our  subject's  father,  was  born  in  New 
York  state,  and  devoted  his  active  life  to  farming, 


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but  is  now  living  retired  in  Carthage,  111.,  where 
he  is  a  man  of  wealth  and  high  standing.  He 
married  Ellen  Cordry,  who  was  born  in  Cin- 
cinnati,Ohio,  of  English  descent,  and  whose  talent 
for  music  has  been  inherited  by  her  son.  He  was 
the  oldest  of  five  children,  the  others  being 
Clifton  Hall,  D.  D.  S.,  who  has  his  office  in  the 
Masonic  Temple,  Chicago;  Mrs.  Y.  B.  Haagsma, 
of  Chicago;  Melvin,  who  is  a  merchant;  and  Mrs. 
Stella  Gordon,  of  Carthage,  111. 

Prior  to  the  completion  of  his  literary  course  in 
Carthage  College,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  left 
that  institution  in  order  to  take  up  the  study  of 
music  in  the  conservatory  at  Jacksonville,  111., 
where  he  spent  two  years,  graduating  in  vocal 
music.  After  teaching  for  a  short  time  in  St. 
Louis,  he  went  to  New  York  City,  in  order  that 
he  might  continue  his  studies  under  the  best 
masters,  and  later  he  was  a  teacher  of  singing 
in  the  Chicago  Conservatory.  In  1890  he  went 
to  Europe,  where  he  studied  in  different  cities, 
principally  with  Signor  Garcia,  the  most  cele- 
brated teacher  in  Europe.  On  his  return  to  the 
United  States  he  continued  his  teaching  for  a 
time  in  Chicago,  and  then  went  to  Keokuk,  Iowa, 
where  he  met  with  remarkable  success  as  an 
instructor.  It  is  his  intention  to  start  a  con- 
servatory of  music  in  Colorado  Springs,  which  he 
believes  to  be  the  finest  place  in  America  for  an 
institution  of  this  kind,  and  this  object  was  the 
chief  reason  for  his  removal  to  the  Springs.  He 
has  composed  a  number  of  songs.  Prominent 
among  his  works  is  "Holly-Days,"  a  musical 
charade.  All  of  his  productions  evince  an  unusual 
degree  of  talent. 

The  name  of  Halle,  by  which  he  is  usually 
known,  is  professional,  the  family  name  being 
Hall.  In  the  various  places  where  he  has  taught 
he  is  recognized  as  a  fine  vocal  instructor.  The 
Chicago  Elite  News  is  one  among  the  many  papers 
that  has  noticed  his  work  in  a  complimentary 
manner,  and  we  quote  from  it  as  follows:  "W.  D. 
Halle  has  been  devoting  himself  to  the  musical 
profession  for  a  number  of  years  and  has  made  for 
himself  an  enviable  reputation  as  a  soloist  and 
vocal  instructor.  After  graduating  at  school  he 
went  to  New  York  City,  where  he  studied  har- 
mony for  three  years  under  B.  O.  Klein,  piano- 
forte with  Goldbeck,  Epstein  &  Poznanski;  and 
singing  with  Signor  Tamaro.  Afterward  he 
pursued  his  studies  in  London  with  the  cele- 
brated vocal  master,  Signor  Garcia,  and  while 
in  England  sang  at  the  Alexander  Palace  with 


leading  artists  of  that  country.  He  then  devoted 
one  season  to  singing  in  opera,  taking  lead- 
ing tenor  parts.  He  first  began  to  teach  in  the 
Temple  of  Music  in  St.  Louis,  in  1880,  whence 
he  came  to  this  city  to  fill  a  position  in  the  Chicago 
Conservatory  when  that  institution  was  first 
opened.  With  the  exception  of  one  season  given 
up  to  an  operatic  tour,  he  has  continued  to  reside 
here  ever  since,  and  is  generally  recognized  as 
one  of  the  ablest  of  Chicago's  vocal  teachers." 


HENRY  CLAY  HOPPER,  ex-judge  of  Custer 
County  and  now  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in 
Wetmore,  was  born  in  Warren  County, 
Tenn.,  September  26,  1833.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, Gillam  Hopper,  removed  from  Virginia 
to  Tennessee  in  1800  and  became  the  owner  of  a 
plantation  comprising  seventeen  thousand  acres, 
of  which  one  thousand  were  under  cultivation. 
He  died  in  1849  in  Litchfield,  Ky.,  where  he  also 
owned  a  plantation.  During  his  residence  in  the 
Old  Dominion  he  married  Nancy  Campbell,  a 
descendant  of  the  royal  family  of  Ireland;  her 
mother,  whose  name  was  also  Nancy,  lived  to  be 
one  hundred  and  eight  years  of  age,  and  cut  a 
third  set  of  teeth,  besides  gaining  renewed  eye- 
sight. Mrs.  Nancy  Hopper  was  ninety  years  of 
age  when  she  died  in  1862.  Her  children  were 
eight  in  number:  Samuel,  Moses  J.,  A.  C., 
James,  Polly,  Nancy,  Pinckley  and  Gillam.  The 
second  husband  of  Polly  was  Gov.  Clay  Jackson, 
of  Missouri;  Nancy  married  Samuel  Hand. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Samuel  Hopper, 
M.  D.,  was  a  practicing  physician  in  Johnson 
and  Franklin  Counties,  Tenn.  While  at  Shelby  - 
ville,  that  state,  in  1832,  he  had  an  attack  of  the 
Asiatic  cholera  and  was  the  first  one  who  ever 
recovered  from  the  disease.  Besides  being  an  ex- 
cellent physician,  he  was  a  thorough  mechanic, 
and  the  efficiency  shown  in  his  work  can  be 
proved  by  this  statement:  a  water-power  mill 
that  he  built  in  1818  is  still  in  operation;  the 
shaft,  of  red  cedar,  was  eight  inches  square,  but 
is  now  worn  perfectly  round  by  the  action  of  the 
water.  When  in  middle  life  he  removed  to  Illi- 
nois, where  his  remaining  years  were  passed. 
He  was  torn  on  the  first  day  of  1800  and  passed 
away  in  1866. 

Educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Franklin 
County,  our  subject  was  only  fourteen  when  he 
left  school  and  began  steamboating,  which  busi- 
ness he  followed  until  twenty-six  years  of  age. 
Going  to  Missouri,  he  there  turned  his  attention 


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to  farming  and  stock-raising.  He  had  the  con- 
tract to  furnish  beef  to  the  contractors  who  built 
a  division  of  the  St.  Louis  &  Iron  Mountain 
Railroad,  and  this  work  proved  quite  profitable. 
In  1854  he  went  to  Illinois,  but  four  years  later 
returned  to  Tennessee,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
sawmill  business  in  Obion  Count}'.  He  was 
strongly  Union  in  his  sentiments  and  when  the 
war  began  found  his  surroundings  unpleasant. 
Finally,  in  1862,  so  much  hostility  was  expressed 
that  he  was  obliged  to  flee  in  the  night  from  his 
home.  He  went  to  Illinois,  where  he  enlisted  in 
the  Thirteenth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Seventh  Brigade, 
Seventh  Division,  Seventh  Army  Corps.  During 
much  of  his  period  of  service  he  engaged  in  scout 
duty.  He  was  mustered  out  as  first  sergeant  Au- 
gust 30,  1865,  and  some  years  afterward  was 
granted  a  pension  by  the  government. 

On  his  return  home  Mr.  Hopper  began  to 
operate  a  stationary  engine.  In  the  spring  of 
1866  he  began  building  operations  at  Benton, 
111.,  where  he  erected  the  Masonic  block  and 
other  buildings.  For  four  years  he  served  as 
city  marshal,  after  which  he  became  general 
superintendent  of  mason  work  for  the  St.  Louis 
&  Southeastern  Railroad.  April  4,  1874,  he  left 
Mount  Vernon,  111.,  and  by  team  journeyed  to 
Colorado,  arriving  in  Pueblo  June  4.  For  four 
months  he  followed  contracting  in  that  city,  after 
which  he  came  to  Canon  City,  where  he  put  up 
a  number  of  buildings.  In  April,  1875,  he  set- 
tled on  a  ranch  near  his  present  location,  but 
later  spent  five  years  on  a  ranch  in  Pueblo  Coun- 
ty. In  October,  1890,  he  came  to  Wetmore  and 
bought  his  present  place,  where  he  has  two  fruit 
orchards  and  is  also  conducting  a  hotel.  From 
1892  to  1896  he  was  justice  of  the  peace  here. 
Novembers,  1895,  he  was  elected  county  judge 
and  served  for  three  years  in  that  capacity.  In 
1875  and  1876  he  served  as  constable.  Prior  to 
1897  ne  attended  every  state  convention  of  the 
Republican  party,  and  he  has  always  been  a 
stanch  adherent  of  that  party.  Besides  what  he 
has  accumulated  through  his  own  efforts,  he  is 
one  of  twenty-two  heirs  to  an  estate  of  seventeen 
thousand  acres  in  Middle  Tennessee. 

While  on  an  Ohio  River  steamboat,  of  which 
he  was  head  engineer,  August  7,  1857,  Mr.  Hop- 
per married  Mary  E.  Holman,  of  Kentucky,  who 
died  February  14,  1863,  leaving  two  daughters: 
Alice  R.,  now  the  wife  of  August  Meiling,  of 
Grand  Junction,  Colo.;  and  Flora  L. ,  wife  of 
S.  G.  Vaughn,  a  farmer  near  Wetmore.  For 


his  second  wife  Mr.  Hopper  chose  Catherine 
Reece,  who  was  born  in  Grainger  County,  Tenn., 
but  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  was  living  in 
Franklin  County,  111.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hopper  are 
members  of  the  Christian  Church,  in  which  he 
held  an  official  position  while  in  Missouri.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  A.  J.  Smith  Post 
No.  102,  G.  A.  R.;  and  Williams  Lodge  No. 
242,  I.  O.  O.  F. ,  at  Spring  Garden,  111.,  which 
he  joined  August  10,  1867. 


'HOMAS  CARTER  KIRKWOOD,  D.  D., 
superintendent  of  missions  for  the  synod  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Colorado,  -and 
a  resident  of  Colorado  Springs  since  January,. 
1879,  was  born  in  Saratoga  County,  N.  Y. , 
November  14,  1837,  a  son  of  William  B.  and 
Margaret  (Carter)  Kirkwood.  His  grandfather, 
James  Kirkwood,  who  was  a  member  of  an  old 
Scotch  family,  was  born  near  Edinburgh,  and 
became  a  manufacturer  of  agricultural  imple- 
ments and  an  inventor  of  some  note.  William  B. 
Kirkwood,  who  was  born  and  reared  near  Edin- 
burgh, had  learned  the  business  under  his  father, 
and  this  occupation  he  followed  after  emigrating 
to  New  York  City.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in 
Earlston,  Scotland,  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
Carter,  a  manufacturer  of  cloth.  She  is  now 
eighty-seven  years  of  age,  and  makes  her  home 
with  our  subject.  The  latter  was  reared  in  the 
vicinity  of  his  birthplace.  In  1855  he  went  to 
Whitewater,  Wis.  Three  years  later  he  entered 
the  preparatory  school  at  Beloit,  and  afterward 
studied  in  Beloit  College  until  the  close  of  the 
sophomore  year,  but  was  obliged  to  discontinue 
his  work  for  a  year  on  account  of  trouble  with  his 
eyes. 

As  soon  as  he  was  able  to  resume  work,  Mr. 
Kirkwood  became  a  tutor  in  Monmouth  College, 
and  while  teaching  he  continued  his  studies  until 
he  graduated  in  1864,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B. 
In  order  to  fit  himself  for  the  ministry,  in  which 
he  desired  to  engage,  he  entered  the  Seminary 
of  the  Northwest  (now  McCormick  Theolog- 
ical Seminary)  at  Chicago,  where  he  graduated. 
At  the  same  time  (1867)  he  was  ordained  to  the 
ministry  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  also 
received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  his  alma  mater. 
His  first  appointment  was  as  pastor  of  the  Ful- 
lerton  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago,  and 
after  three  years  he  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the 
Janesville  (Wis.)  Presbyterian  Church,  which 
position  he  held  for  three  years.  The  ensuing 


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five  years  were  devoted  to  pastoral  duties  with 
the  Fond  du  Lac  Church,  and  at  the  same  time  he 
was  trustee  of  Carroll  College  at  Waukesha,  Wis. 

With  the  multiplicity  of  duties  that  fall  to  the 
lot  of  every  earnest,  conscientious  pastor,  the 
health  of  Mr.  Kirkwood  began  to  fail,  and  it 
became  necessary  for  him  to  seek  a  change  of 
climate.  In  January,  1879,  he  came  to  Colorado 
Springs,  and  the  genial  climate  of  this  far-famed 
health  resort  at  once  benefited  him.  In  April  of 
the  same  year  he  became  pastor  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  this  city,  and  this  position  he 
held  until  1884,  when  he  entered  upon  his  work 
as  superintendent  of  missions  for  the  Presbyterian 
synod  of  Colorado,  nominated  by  the  synod  and 
commissioned  by  the  Presbyterian  board  of  mis- 
sions in  New  York  City.  During  the  years  that 
have  since  passed  he  has  established  about 
seventy  mission  churches  in  the  state  of  Colorado, 
all  of  which  are  active  and  growing.  For  five 
years  he  had  charge  of  missions  in  Colorado, 
Wyoming,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona,  but  the 
work  entailed  too  great  labor  and  it  was  divided, 
Colorado  and  Wyoming  being  left  to  his  over- 
sight. In  the  spring  of  1879  the  degree  of  D.  D. 
was  conferred  upon  him  by  Wooster  University, 
Ohio.  He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Presbyterian  Theological  Seminary  at 
Omaha.  He  cast  his  first  presidential  vote  for 
Lincoln  in  1860,  and  has  since  stanchly  adhered 
to  the  Republican  party. 

In  1890  Dr.  Kirkwood  built  a  residence  at 
Lihue,  adjoining  Colorado  Springs,  and  here  he 
has  a  delightful  abode.  He  was  married  in  Chi- 
cago to  Miss  Sarah  Stille  Lord,  who  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  and  educated  in  Brooklyn  and 
Chicago.  She  is  a  lady  of  culture  a«d  tact,  and 
a  valuable  assistant  to  her  husband  in  all  his 
work.  At  this  writing  she  is  president  of  the 
Woman's  Society  of  Home  Missions  for  Colorado 
and  Wyoming.  With  the  growth  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  its  important  endeavors  in 
missions,  she  has  been  familiar  from  childhood, 
having  been  reared  in  a  Presbyterian  home, 
where  eminent  representatives  of  that  faith  often 
congregated.  Her  father,  Rev.  Willis  Lord, 
D.  D.,  LL.  D. ,  was  a  prominent  clergyman  and 
professor  of  theology  in  the  Seminary  of  the 
Northwest,  making  his  home  for  some  years  in 
Chicago,  but  removing  later  to  Denver  and  Colo- 
rado Springs.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Kirkwood  are  the 
parents  of  seven  children,  all  of  whom  were  edu- 
cated in  Colorado  College  except  the  two  who 


died  in  childhood.  Willis  Lord  is  now  manager 
with  the  William  Lennox  Coal  Company;  Robert 
Carter  is  proprietor  of  a  fruit  ranch  at  Mountain 
View,  Cal. ;  Thomas  Carter,  Jr.,  is  bookkeeper 
with  Giddings  Brothers  in  Colorado  Springs; 
Sarah  Grace  died  in  childhood ;  Margaret  Hannah 
is  cashier  with  Giddings  Brothers;  Alexander 
McDonald  died  August  i,  1898,  at  the  age  of 
fifteen  years,  just  as  he  was  preparing  to  enter 
Cutler  Academy;  Marion  Rice  is  the  youngest  of 
the  family.  The  children  are  intelligent,  well 
educated  and  capable,  and  are  deservedly  held 
high  in  social  and  business  circles,  while  they 
have  many  friends  among  their  acquaintances 
here  and  in  other  places.  The  deceased  son  was 
a  talented  youth,  whose  gifts  were  of  such  a  nature 
as  to  make  his  future  prospects  most  hopeful, 
and  his  early  death  was  a  sad  bereavement  to  the 
family. 

IJJORMAN  M.  CAMPBELL,  who  is  a  suc- 
I  /  cessful  attorney  of  Colorado  Springs,  was 
\13  born  in  Osceola,  Iowa,  of  Virginian  descent. 
His  grandfather,  David  Campbell,  who  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  spent  many  years  as 
a  planter  in  Christian  County,  Ky.,  but  died  in 
Indiana.  James  M.,  father  of  our  subject,  was 
born  in  Christian  County,  whence  in  youth  he 
removed  to  Indiana,  and  there  married  and  en- 
gaged in  farming.  He  became  a  pioneer  farmer 
of  Osceola,  Clarke  County,  Iowa,  where  he  im- 
proved a  valuable  farm.  While  serving  as  treas- 
urer of  the  county  his  death  occurred,  when  he 
was  fifty  years  of  age.  His  second  wife,  who 
was  born  near  Bloomington,  Ind.,  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Nancy  Davis,  and  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Davis,  a  Virginian,  who  became  a  pioneer  of  In- 
diana, and  served  as  a  county  official  there. 

Twice  married,  James  M.  Campbell  had  two 
children  by  his  first  marriage.  One  of  these  is 
now  living,  James,  who  served  as  an  orderly  in 
an  Iowa  regiment  during  the  Civil  war  and  is  now 
a  county  commissioner  at  Nelson,  Neb.  Seven 
children  were  born  of  the  second  marriage,  of 
whom  four  are  living.  David  is  living  in  Iowa; 
John  is  chief  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Colo- 
rado, and  one  of  the  most  eminent  men  of  the 
state;  William  died  in  Nebraska;  Monroe  is  a 
resident  of  Osceola;  and  the  youngest,  Norman 
M.,  was  born  on  Christmas  day  of  1863,  the  year 
of  his  father's  death.  He  was  reared  in  his  native 
village  and  attended  the  public  schools  there  and 
the  State  University  at  Iowa  City,  where  he  grad- 


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uated  in  1886,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  During 
the  last  two  years  of  his  college  course  he  was 
editor-in-chief  of  the  college  paper.  At  the  time 
of  graduating  he  was  chosen  class  orator. 

Coming  to  Colorado  Springs  in  1887,  Mr.  Camp- 
bell studied  law,  and  also,  for  eighteen  months, 
was  clerk  of  the  county  court.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  the  fall  of  1888,  and  at  once  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession.  Wishing  to  extend 
his  information,  he  took  a  course  of  several  months 
at  Yale.  In  1889  he  went  to  Chicago,  where  for 
two  years  he  made  a  special  study  of  sociology 
and  economics.  Afterwards  he  spent  one  year  in 
the  University  of  Wisconsin  at  Madison,  where  he 
was  a  student  in  the  department  of  economics.  In 
1893  he  returned  to  Colorado  Springs  and  resumed 
law  practice,  since  which  time  he  has  been  placed 
high  in  the  list  of  attorneys  in  the  city  as  an  au- 
thority in  corporation,  commercial,  civil  and  crim- 
inal law.  Until  the  formation  of  the  state  board 
of  law  examiners  he  represented  the  fourth  ju- 
dicial district  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  ex- 
aminers for  admission  to  the  bar.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Beta  Theta  Phi,  of  the  University  of  Iowa. 
In  politics  he  is  stanch  in  his  allegiance  to  the 
Republican  party.  Now  in  the  prime  of  life,  Mr. 
Campbell  is  an  indefatigable  worker,  a  close  stu- 
dent, and  has  established  a  reputation  as  a  capable 
and  successful  advocate. 


0ANIEL  MAXWELL  HOLDEN,  a  pioneer 
of  1859,  now  deceased,  was  born  near  Ant- 
werp, N.  Y.,  August  10,  1833.  His  father, 
Zophar  Holden,  a  native  of  Vermont  and  a  de- 
scendant of  Scotch  ancestry,  settled  near  Ant- 
werp, Jefferson  County,  N.Y.,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming  until  his  death.  He  married  Jerusha 
Harrison,  who  was  born  in  Vermont  and  died  in 
Warrensburg,  Mo.  They  became  the  parents  of 
eleven  children,  but  all  of  these  are  now  deceased. 
One  of  the  sons,  Maj.  Nathaniel  Holden,  was 
receiver  of  the  United  States  land  office  in  War- 
saw, Mo.,  and  owned  large  tracts  of  land  occupied 
by  the  present  town  of  Holden,  which  was  named 
in  his  honor.  During  the  war  he  was  a  member 
of  a  Missouri  regiment  and  was  assassinated  by 
guerillas  at  his  sister's  home  near  Lee  Summit. 
Another  son,  Lieut. -Gov.  William  Holden,  who 
went  to  California  in  the  days  of  the  gold  excite- 
ment, became  a  prominent  politician  and  served 
as  lieutenant-governor  and  for  a  short  time  as 
governor;  also  as  state  senator  and  a  member  of 
the  legislature;  his  death  occurred  in  California. 


Another  son,  Stephen,  came  to  Colorado  in  early 
days  and  was  engaged  in  the  sheep  business  in 
Bijou  Basin  until  his  death. 

At  sixteen  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this  me- 
moir went  to  Missouri,  joining  his  older  brother, 
Major  Holden.  Afterward  he  attended  the  acad- 
emy at  Warrensburg  and  was  employed  in  the 
United  States  land  office,  under  his  brother.  In 
1859,  buying  up  a  herd  of  cattle  and  horses,  he 
came  to  Colorado,  via  the  Arkansas  route,  and 
located  on  Cherry  Creek,  now  within  the  city 
limits  of  Denver.  Arriving  there  on  the  1 3th  of 
July  he  at  once  embarked  in  the  dairy  business, 
and  later  located  a  ranch  in  Bijou  Basin  El  Paso 
County,  on  the  Elbert  County  line,  near  what  is 
now  Peyton.  It  was  his  custom  for  several  years 
to  return  to  Missouri  every  fall  and  buy  cattle  and 
horses,  which  he  would  drive  to  Colorado.  Sev- 
eral times  Indians  threatened  to  attack  him  on 
his  ranch,  but  he  never  had  an  encounter  with 
them.  His  ranch  comprised  about  fifteen  hun- 
dred acres  and  had  many  springs,  besides  the  ad- 
ditional advantage  which  irrigation  gives.  A 
natural  shelter  for  the  stock  was  afforded  by  the 
bluffs  and  pine  trees  found  in  abundance  on  the 
place.  He  made  a  specialty  of  raising  graded 
Shorthorns,  in  which  he  met  with  success. 

In  1872  Mr.  Holden  brought  his  family  to  Col- 
orado Springs.  Here  he  assisted  in  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Exchange  National  Bank,  of  which 
he  served  as  a  director  from  its  establishment,  and 
was  president  during  the  last  six  years  of  his  life. 
He  was  also  a  stockholder  in  the  El  Paso  Electric 
Company,  owned  considerable  property  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  and  had  mining  interests  in  Crip- 
ple Creek,  Aspen  and  Silverton.  He  was  an  ac- 
tive member  of  the  Colorado  Cattle  Growers'  As- 
sociation. In  the  Society  of  Colorado  Pioneers 
and  the  El  Paso  County  Pioneers'  Society  he  was 
a  prominent  member.  Fraternally  he  was  iden- 
tified with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  politically  was  a 
Democrat. 

At  Franktown,  Douglas  County,  Colo.,  No- 
vember 9,  1864,  Mr.  Holden  married  Miss  Isabel 
Hayden,  who  was  born  in  Elkhart,  Ind.  Her 
father,  Lewis  Hayden,  a  native  of  Indiana  and  a 
descendant  of  an  Ohio  family,  removed  to  Iowa 
and  settled  at  Hardin,  where  he  built  a  flour  mill 
and  a  lumber  mill  on  the  Iowa  River.  In  1863 
he  brought  his  family,  by  wagon,  to  Colorado, 
via  the  Platte  route;  spending  three  months  in 
making  the  journey  to  Denver.  He  settled  on 
Plum  Creek,  sixteen  miles  south  of  Denver,  in 


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Douglas  County.  After  a  year  he  moved  to  Bijou 
Basin,  where  he  took  up  land  and  engaged  in 
stock-raising.  Later,  however,  he  removed  to 
Pleasant  Valley.  He  died  near  Coaldale,  in  the 
Wet  Mountain  Valley,  at  sixty- five  years  of  age. 
His  wife,  who  was  Margaret  Williams,  a  native 
of  Indiana,  is  still  living  near  Coaldale,  and  is 
now  seventy-nine  years  of  age.  Of  their  eight 
children  six  are  living,  Mrs.  Holden  being  next 
to  the  youngest.  Her  brother,  Frank,  is  ranch- 
ing in  Lake  County,  Colo.;  Lyman  lives  in  Pleas- 
ant Valley;  Chauncey  resides  at  Coaldale;  Mabel 
is  the  wife  of  William  Champ  and  lives  at  Pon- 
cha  Springs;  and  Hulda,  Mrs.  Robert  Curran, 
lives  at  Coaldale.  Mrs.  Holden  was  sixteen  years 
of  age  when  the  family  came  to  Colorado,  and 
since  then  she  has  made  this  state  her  home. 
She  is  identified  with  Rebekah  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F. , 
and  is  much  esteemed  by  her  acquaintances.  She 
owns  the  ranch  which  was  improved  by  Mr.  Hol- 
den, and  is  also  still  interested  in  the  bank  of 
which  he  was  president.  Her  family  consists  of 
six  children,  namely:  Lawrence,  a  stockman  in 
Elbert  County,  near  Ramah;  Zophar,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  stock  business  in  Elbert  County  near 
Calhan;  Mrs.  Edna  Mathis,  of  Monument;  Mrs. 
Olive  Jennings,  of  Manhattan,  Kan.;  Erma,  ed- 
ucated in  the  schools  of  Colorado  Springs,  and 
J.  D.,  who  are  with  their  mother. 

Mr.  Holden  died  August  12,  1896,  after  a  brief 
illness.  He  was  buried  from  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  in  which  denomination  he  had  been  in- 
terested. In  his  death  the  city  lost  one  of  its 
respected  pioneer  citizens,  a  man  who  had  been 
associated  with  the  history  of  the  state  from  the 
earliest  days,  and  one  who  had  many  friends  in 
every  locality  where  he  had  resided.  Kind  and 
generous  in  his  intercourse  with  others,  liberal 
in  his  benefactions,  public- spirited  and  progres- 
sive, his  citizenship  was  of  the  highest  type,  and 
conduced  to  the  advancement  of  Colorado  Springs 
along  the  lines  of  commerce,  finance,  education 
and  morality. 


|~~  RED  P.  STEVENS.  All  admirers  of  artis- 
rft  tic  work  well  remember  the  delight  with 
|  *  which  they  viewed  that  beautiful  picture, 
"Sunrise  from  Pike's  Peak,"  when  it  first  ap- 
peared in  1897.  Nor  has  anyone  forgotten  the 
popularity  into  which  it  instantly  sprang.  Within 
less  than  a  year  twenty  thousand  copies  had  been 
sold,  thus  bringing  to  their  publisher,  who  had 


fortunately  copyrighted  the  picture,  a  large  finan- 
cial success.  This  is  probably  the  most  im- 
portant photographic  success  ever  made  in  the 
country.  The  one  whose  skill  and  artistic  ability 
originated  this  picture  forms  the  subject  of  this 
article. 

In  1898  the  proprietor  of  one  of  the  largest 
copying  houses  in  the  east,  while  visiting  in 
Colorado  Springs,  became  interested  in  Mr. 
Stevens'  work  and  his  success  with  "Sunrise" 
and  entered  into  partnership  with  him  in  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  western  branch  of  the  eastern 
business.  Mr.  Stevens  subsequently  bought  out 
the  other  half  of  the  business.  Stevens  Foto- 
graferie  is  located  at  Nos.  24-26  East  Bijou  street, 
being  among  the  most  modern  and  best  equipped 
studios  in  the  state.  A  specialty  is  made  of  the 
sale,  both  by  retail  and  wholesale,  of  Colorado 
views  and  mountain  scenery  in  the  west,  both 
colored  and  uncolored.  Portrait  sittings  are 
given  and  interiors  and  animals  artistically  photo- 
graphed. The  operating  photographer  is  Mr. 
Kruger,  a  genius  in  his  line,  and  whose  work  was 
awarded  the  first  prize  at  the  photographic  con- 
vention of  1885. 

Mr.  Stevens  is  a  young  man,  having  been  born 
July  19,  1872.  His  entire  life  (with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  time  spent  in  college)  has  been  passed 
in  Colorado,  and  he  is  an  enthusiastic  admirer  of 
this  mountain  state  of  the  west.  He  was  born 
near  Spinney,  Park  County,  about  ten  thousand 
feet  above  sea  level.  His  father,  H.  Hoy t  Stev- 
ens, was  burned  out  in  the  great  Chicago  fire  of 

1871  and  then  removed  to  Colorado,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  cattle  business.     In  the  spring  of 

1872  he  shipped  the  first  carload  of  grain  into 
Colorado.     In  1876  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs, 
and  here  the  boyhood  days  of  our  subject  were 
principally  passed.     At  the  age  of  seventeen  he 
entered  the  St.  Louis  Manual  Training  School  of 
Washington  University,    from    which   he   grad- 
uated in  1892,  ranking  fourth  among  the  sixty- 
one  students  of  his  class.     In  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  he  entered  Cornell   University,  and   there 
continued  until  his  graduation  in   1896,  with  the 
degree  of  M.  E.     While  still  in  the  university  he 
became  interested  in  amateur  photography  in  a 
scientific  way,  and  during  his  senior  year  he  en- 
gaged in  the  business  of  making  blue  prints  for 
students,   by  which  means  he  defrayed  a  large 
part  of  his  expenses.     On  his  return  to  Colorado 
he   became  interested   in  scenic  views,  and  his 
colored  photographic  work  at  once  became  very 


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popular.  In  1897  he  made  his  colored  picture, 
"Sunrise  from  Pike's  Peak,"  for  the  use  of  which 
in  their  publications  Harper's  paid  him  a  large 
sum,  December  n,  1897,  and  in  a  subsequent 
issue  devoted  almost  an  entire  page  to  the  picture. 
He  has  recently  patented  a  new  picture,  "Sunset 
over  Pike's  Peak,"  which  promises  to  be  even 
more  successful  than  its  predecessor. 


gERNAL  B.  MC  REYNOLDS,  acting  chief 
of  the  fire  department  of  Colorado  Springs, 
and  a  resident  of  this  city  since  boyhood, 
was  born  near  Knoxville,  Marion  County,  Iowa, 
December  i,  1871.  The  family  of  which  he  is  a 
member  came  from  Scotland  to  America.  His 
grandfather,  Rev.  George  W.  McReynolds,  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  became  a  pioneer  Pres- 
byterian clergyman  in  Illinois,  but  later  settled  in 
Iowa,  where  he  died;  his  father,  who  had  been  a 
farmer  in  Pennsylvania,  died  in  Iowa  when  one 
hundred  and  three  years  of  age. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  J.  E.  McReynolds, 
was  born  in  Illinois,  and  learned  the  trade  of 
blacksmith  and  wagonmaker.  Through  the  en- 
tire period  of  the  Civil  war  he  served  as  a  private 
in  Company  C,  Eighteenth  Iowa  Infantry.  After- 
ward he  followed  his  trade  in  Iowa  until  1873, 
when  he  removed  to  Nodaway  County,  Mo.,  and 
there  engaged  in  farming  and  blacksmithing.  In 
1880  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  at  first 
he  worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade  under  W.  S. 
Stratton,  and  later  worked  as  a  blacksmith  for 
Bartlett.  In  1885  he  opened  a  shop  at  No.  116 
South  Cascade  avenue,  where  he  remained  in 
business  until  1887.  He  is  now  in  Madison, 
Ind. 

Our  subject's  mother  was  born  in  Ohio  and 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Frances  Duncan.  Her 
father,  who  was  of  Scotch  descent,  engaged  in 
farming  in  Ohio,  but  removed  from  there  to 
Marion  County,  Iowa.  Two  of  his  sons  served 
in  the  Civil  war  and  one  of  them  fell  in  battle.  He 
was  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  Union  cause  and 
donated  considerable  money  to  aid  in  securing  a 
victory  for  the  government.  He  is  now  eighty- 
nine  years  of  age  and  is  making  his  home  in  Mis- 
souri. Our  subject  was  the  second  among  four 
children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Orville  O.,  is  a 
civil  engineer  with  the  Colorado  Midland  Rail- 
way Company;  the  third  son,  Clyde  C. ,  is  first 
corporal  of  Company  A,  Torrey's  Rough  Riders, 
and  is  now  stationed  in  Florida;  the  only  daugh- 
ter, Daisy  D.,  lives  in  Colorado  Springs. 


Until  almost  thirteen  years  of  age  our  subject 
was  reared  in  Missouri.  In  1884  he  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Colorado  Springs  and  the  second 
day  after  he  arrived  here  he  began  to  work  at  the 
house-painter's  trade  for  J.  D.  Turner.  After 
two  and  one-half  years  with  that  gentleman  he 
left,  intending  to  enter  school.  His  books  were 
purchased  and  arrangements  made  to  enter  school, 
when  Mr.  Turner  came  to  him  and  offered  to 
raise  his  salary  from  $2.50  to  $3  per  day.  He 
accepted  the  offer,  and  continued  with  him  for  six 
months,  when  he  turned  his  attention  to  carriage 
painting,  under  J.  H.  Gardner.  May  9,  1894,  he 
was  appointed  a  fireman,  and  has  since  been  con- 
nected with  the  department. 

When  the  old  hose  teams  were  in  operation 
Mr.  McReynolds  was  connected  with  the  fire  de- 
partment. In  1887  he  assisted  in  organizing  the 
C.  B.  Farrand  Hose  Company,  of  which  he  was 
foreman.  The  following  year  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Crowell  Hose  Company,  and  in 
1890  was  chosen  its  foreman.  During  the  same 
year  his  team  went  to  Boulder  and  won  the  wet 
test  in  thirty  and  four-fifths  seconds.  November 
14,  1891,  he  joined  the  Matt  France  Company, 
and  continued  in  it  until  he  became  a  member  of 
the  paid  department,  in  which  he  was  at  first  a 
hose  man,  and  after  two  months  was  made  cap- 
tain of  Station  No.  i.  Eighteen  months  later  he 
was  made  assistant  chief,  and  in  June,  1898,  was 
appointed  acting  chief  during  the  absence  of  the 
chief. 

In  athletics  Mr.  McReynolds  has  always  been 
greatly  interested.  He  has  become  a  prominent 
football  player,  and  the  probable  champion  wrest- 
ler in  Colorado,  his  reputation  being  such  that  no 
amateur  can  be  prevailed  upon  to  make  a  match 
with  him.  He  has  played  as  center  rush,  guard 
and  tackle,  and  plays  any  point  to  advantage.  In 
1897  he  and  Mr.  Carruthers  held  the  first,  sec- 
ond and  third  tandem  records  in  the  world,  mak- 
ing one-third  of  a  mile  in  thirty-four  and  four- 
fifths,  one-half  mile  in  fifty-five  and  three-fifths 
seconds,  and  two-thirds  of  a  mile  in  one  minute 
seventeen  and  two-fifths  seconds,  the  first  of 
which  has  never  been  beaten.  As  a  wrestler,  as 
already  intimated,  he  ranks  first  in  the  state;  he 
won  the  prize  for  middle  weight  boxing  in  the 
local  club  of  1891.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Broth- 
erhood of  American  Yeomen  and  of  the  Junior 
Order  United  American  Mechanics. 

In  Colorado  Springs  Mr.  McReynolds  married 
Miss  Maggie  M.  Messing,  who  was  born  in  Ohio. 


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He  is  a  Republican  in  national  politics.  In  1892 
he  enlisted  in  Troop  A,  First  Regiment,  C.  N.  G., 
and- served  for  four  and  one-half  years,  when  the 
company  was  mustered  out'of  service  and  honor- 
ably discharged.  During  his  period  of  service  as 
a  member  of  the  guard  he  was  called  out  to  quell 
the  Bull  Hill  riots  in  Cripple  Creek. 


0AVIDS.  ELLIOTT.  Seven  miles  northwest 
of  Caddoa,  Bent  County,  on  section  21, 
township  22,  range  50  west,  lie  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  that  comprise  the  homestead  of 
Mr.  Elliott.  This  land  he  secured  by  homestead 
and  timber  claim,  and  in  1886  he  settled  upon  it, 
beginning  the  improvement  and  cultivation  of 
the  property,  which  is  now  one  of  the  best  farms 
in  the  neighborhood.  He  has  secured  water 
right  for  the  entire  tract,  and  has  built  the  struc- 
tures necessary  for  the  proper  management  of  his 
farm  affairs.  In  addition  to  the  raising  of  grain, 
he  raises  stock. 

The  son  of  John  M.  and  Ann  (Stephenson) 
Elliott,  our  subject  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md., 
December  6,  1857.  When  he  was  eight  years  of 
age,  his  father,  who  was  a  boilermaker,  removed 
to  New  Jersey,  and  there  secured  employment  at 
his  trade.  His  education  was  obtained  in  schools 
in  Baltimore  and  New  Jersey,  and  he  also  spent 
one  year  in  a  Pennsylvania  school.  When  six- 
teen years  old  he  began  to  learn  the  machinist's 
trade,  at  which  he  served  an  apprenticeship  of 
four  years,  receiving  his  board  and  fifty  cents  a 
week  during  the  first  year,  while  during  the  last 
year  his  wages  were  about  $40  a  month.  After 
his  apprenticeship  had  expired  he  ceased  to  work 
at  the  trade. 

In  1876  Mr.  Elliott  went  west  to  Michigan, 
but  soon  removed  to  Indiana,  and  after  a  short 
time  went  south  to  Sherman,  Tex.,  where  for  a 
few  months  he  worked  in  a  brickyard.  Later, 
for  several  months,  he  was  employed  in  driving 
freight  teams  to  Fort  Worth,  and  afterward 
worked  on  a  farm  for  nearly  four  years.  From 
Texas  he  went  to  Kansas  as  a  drover  of  cattle, 
thence  to  Missouri,  and  from  there  to  the  Indian 
Territory,  where  he  remained  during  the  fall 
and  winter.  In  the  spring  of  1881  he  came  to 
Colorado,  and  worked  in  the  mountains  at  any 
employment  that  he  could  obtain.  Returning  to 
the  Indian  Territory  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Janie 
Clark,  of  Vinita,  I.  T. ,  and  a  native  of  Iowa.  In 


the  spring  of  1882  he  came  to  Bent  County, 
where  he  worked  on  a  ranch  during  the  summer, 
and  in  the  winter  was  employed  by  the  Prairie 
Cattle  Company,  remaining  with  the  latter  con- 
cern for  seven  years.  Meantime  he  pre-empted 
the  land  that  constitutes  his  present  ranch  prop- 
erty, and  here  he  engages  in  general  farm  work. 
He  and  his  wife  became  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren, Oscar,  Robert,  May  and  Thomas,  all  of 
whom  were  born  in  Bent  County.  The  wife 
and  mother  passed  away  April  27,  1898,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Las  Animas  cemetery. 

Politically  Mr.  Elliott  is  a  firm  supporter  of 
the  silver  standard,  and  favors  its  restoration  to 
its  proper  basis.  After  Bent  County  was  divided 
into  two  counties  he  was  elected  county  commis- 
sioner in  1889,  and  served  in  1890  and  1891.  In 
1895  he  was  nominated  by  the  People's  party  for 
county  treasurer  and  made  a  good  race,  but  was 
defeated  with  others  on  the  same  ticket.  In  his 
fraternal  relations  he  is  connected  with  Elder 
Lodge  No.  ii,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


MEORGE  E.  MC  CAULEY,  proprietor  of  the 
l-fm  Bent  County  Democrat  and  county  super- 
\^4  intendent  of  schools,  was  born  in  Adams 
County,  Iowa,  April  14,  1870,  a  son  of  Prof.  J. 
S.  and  Emma  (Reid)  McCauley.  His  father,  a 
native  of  Ohio,  born  on  a  farm  near  Manchester, 
received  his  education  at  Oberlin,  Ohio,  and  was 
almost  prepared  to  graduate  when  he  was  taken 
ill  and  obliged  to  discontinue  his  studies.  After 
recovering  his  health  he  engaged  in  teaching. 
After  his  first  marriage  he  went  to  Iowa,  where 
he  was  employed  as  principal  of  graded  schools. 
In  Iowa  he  married  a  second  time,  and  of  that 
union  four  children  were  born,  George  being  the 
third. 

Upon  his  father's  country  home  in  Adams 
County  our  subject  passed  the  days  of  boyhood. 
When  he  was  about  sixteen  he  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Colorado,  settling  near  Denver.  The 
object  in  making  the  change  was  to  benefit  the 
health  of  his  father,  who  for  a  time  seemed 
greatly  helped,  but  after  some  years  he  died  at 
Platteville,  Colo.,  and  was  buried  on  the  twen- 
tieth anniversary  of  our  subject's  birth.  When 
about  eighteen  years  of  age  our  subject  gained 
his  initial  experience  in  printing,  his  first  work 
being  in  Greeley,  Colo.  After  two  and  one  half 
years  he  went  to  Las  Animas,  where  he  and  his 
mother  opened  a  general  mercantile  store,  he 


MAJOR  W.  G.  SHAPCOTT. 


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being  the  manager  for  five  years.  When  the 
financial  depression  came  on  and  times  became 
hard,  he  sold  out. 

December  17,  1890,  Mr.  McCauley  married 
Miss  Etta  Cain,  of  Las  Animas,  a  native  of  Nod- 
away  County,  Mo.,  and  daughter  of  John  R.  and 
Jennie  Cain.  They  have  three  children:  Mabel 
Vivian,  George  Kent  and  James  Russell. 

Although  his  father  was  a  Republican  until  the 
silver  issue  was  raised,  our  subject  has  always 
been  a  believer  in  Democratic  principles.  He  voted 
for  Weaver  in  1892.  In  1894  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  for  four  years.  In  1895  he  was  elected 
county  superintendent  of  schools,  and  his  service 
in  this  position  was  so  satisfactory  that  at  the 
next  election  he  was  again  called  upon  to  serve 
in  this  office.  In  religion  he  is  connected  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  was  made 
a  Mason  in  King  Solomon's  Lodge  No.  30, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  at  Las  Animas,  in  which  he  served 
as  secretary  for  a  year,  junior  deacon  for  a  similar 
period,  and  is  now  senior  warden.  At  various 
times  he  has  been  chosen  to  represent  the  Demo- 
cratic party  in  local  and  state  conventions,  and 
his  service  in  his  party's  behalf  has  been  of  the 
highest  value.  In  1890,  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  he  bought  the  Bent  County  Democrat, 
but  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  sold  his  inter- 
est to  his  brother,  and  in  1896  purchased  back 
the  entire  plant,  which  he  has  since  superintend- 
ed. Both  in  the  field  of  journalism  and  as  a 
county  official,  he  has  ably  represented  the  inter- 
ests of  his  fellow-citizens,  and  has  championed, 
with  pen  and  voice,  those  measures  which  will 
advance  the  cause  of  education,  morality  and 
religion. 

[AJ.  WILLIAM  G.  SHAPCOTT.  The 
annals  of  early  days  in  England  show  that 
the  Shapcott  family  were  prominent  in  the 
southwestern  part  of  that  country.  Later  gen- 
erations became  prominently  identified  with  the 
history  of  Cornwall,  and  there  Thomas  Shapcott 
engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  His  son,1 
John  N. ,  who  was  born  in  Cornwall  and  was  a 
shipbuilder  by  trade,  brought  his  family  to  the 
United  States  in  1871  and  settled  in  Chicago, 
where  he  has  since  superintended  large  ship- 
yards. He  married  Anna  M.  Fisk,  a  native  of 
Cornwall  and  a  daughter  of  James  Fisk,  who 
was  an  officer  of  the  English  coast  guards.  Their 
family  consists  of  three  sons  and  one  daughter 


now  living,  the  latter  being  the  wife  of  a  promi- 
nent contractor  and  builder  in  Chicago,  while 
one  of  the  sons  is  with  Crane  Bros.,  of  that  city, 
and  another  is  employed  by  the  Chicago  & 
Northwestern  Railroad  Company. 

The  oldest  of  the  family,  who  forms  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Cornwall,  Eng- 
land, June  29,  1859,  and  was  educated  in  a  pri- 
vate school  in  his  native  land.  Immediately 
after  the  family  settled  in  Chicago  he  secured 
employment  in  a  dry  goods  house,  and  worked 
his  way  up  to  the  position  of  cashier.  In  1882 
he  went  to  London,  England,  and  from  there 
around  Cape  Horn  to  San  Francisco,  thence 
went  to  Bakersfield,  three  hundred  miles  south, 
where  he  remained  for  two  years,  as  paymaster 
of  a  large  land  and  live  stock  company.-  His 
next  location  was  in  Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  where  he 
became  connected  with  the  Warren  Live  Stock 
Company,  as  manager  of  their  office,  later  as  a 
director  of  the  company,  and  its  assistant  secre- 
tary and  treasurer.  The  company  was  one  of 
the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  west,  and  owned 
live  stock  in  seven  different  counties. 

On  selling  his  interest  in  the  stock  business  in 
1895  Mr.  Shapcott  removed  to  Colorado  Springs, 
where  he  started  the  William  G.  Shapcott  Agen- 
cy, and  engaged  in  the  real-estate,  loan  and  in- 
surance business.  In  November,  1897,  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Edward  Ferris,  and  estab- 
lished theFerris-Shapcott  Agency,  but  in  August, 
1898,  he  bought  his  partner's  interest,  and  car- 
ries on  the  business  under  its  original  name.  He 
has  a  large  business  in  loans,  real  estate  and 
mining  investments,  with  an  extensive  eastern 
clientage.  He  was  among  the  first  to  invest  in 
mines  and  real  estate  at  Eldora,  Colo.,  and  is 
president  of  the  Upper  Ten  Gold  Mining  Com- 
pany, which  owns  nineteen  mining  claims,  and 
is  successfully  operated.  He  is  also  interested 
in  the  Virginia  mine  at  Eldora,  which  has  pro- 
duced ore  that  has  run  over  $11,000  to  the  ton, 
and  owns  interests  in  other  mines  and  in  business 
properties  there.  In  common  with  many  of  the 
citizens  of  Colorado  Springs  he  has  interests  in 
the  Cripple  Creek  region,  and  has  the  greatest 
faith  in  the  future  of  that  camp.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Jordan  Gold  Mining  Company  of  Crip- 
ple Creek,  which  owns  three  claims  on  Wilson 
Creek.  As  an  insurance  agent,  he  represents 
about  ten  of  the  old-line  standard  fire  insurance 
companies. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.   Shapcott,  in  Cheyenne, 


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in  1885,  united  him  with  Miss  Martha  B.  Glea- 
son,  who  was  born  in  Worthington,  Mass.,  and 
three  children  bless  their  union:  Mabel  J.,  Wal- 
lace G.  and  Edith  M. 

In  Wyoming  Mr.  Shapcott  was  interested  in 
organizing  a  regiment  of  National  Guard.  He 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  B,  First  Wyo- 
ming Infantry,  of  which  he  was  made  first  ser- 
geant, and  after  two  years  was  appointed  adju- 
tant, then  one  year  later  became  assistant  adju- 
tant general  of  Wyoming,  with  the  rank  of  major. 
Since  coming  to  Colorado  Springs  he  accepted  an 
invitation  to  act  as  drillmaster  of  the  national 
reserves,  who  were  organized  to  go  to  the  front 
(either  Cuba  or  Manila)  during  the  Spanish 
war.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. In  politics  he  votes  the  Republican 
ticket.  Active  in  the  work  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
he  is  now  its  treasurer  and  a  director.  He  is 
chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church,  and  also  holds  the  office 
of  Sunday-school  superintendent. 


|RLANDO  BLODGETT  WILLCOX,  at- 
torney-at-law,  of  Colorado  Springs,  and 
member  of  the  law  firm  of  Brooks,  Stim- 
son,  Willcox  &  Campbell,  descends  from  an  old 
colonial  family,  whose  first  representative  in  this 
country  was  William  Willcox,  a  pioneer  of  1634 
in  Connecticut,  serving  in  the  colonial  council. 
Later  generations  participated  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war,  and  also  served  in  the  various  Indian 
wars.  His  father,  Gen.  Orlando  B.  Willcox,  was 
born  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  graduated  from  the 
military  academy  at  West  Point.  During  the  war 
with  Mexico  he  served  under  General  Scott.  He 
also  participated  in  the  Indian  wars  of  the  middle 
half  of  the  century.  Afterwards  he  resigned 
from  the  army  and  began  the  practice  of  law  in 
Detroit,  and  then  married  Marie  Louise  Farns- 
worth,  our  subject's  mother. 

At  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  General  Will- 
cox was  commissioned  colonel  of  the  First  Michi- 
gan Volunteers  and  at  once  went  to  the  front.  In 
the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run  he  was  wounded  and 
captured,  and  was  imprisoned  in  Confederate 
prisons  for  thirteen  months,  after  which  he  was 
exchanged,  and  during  the  remainder  of  the  war 
served  with  much  distinction.  When  the  war 
closed  he  was  breveted  major-general  and  com- 
missioned colonel  of  the  Twelfth  United  States 
Infantry,  and  was  stationed  at  Lynchburg,  Va., 
in  charge  of  the  reconstruction  work  in  that  dis- 


trict. It  was  during  the  period  of  his  residence 
there  that  his  son,  Orlando  B. ,  was  born,  August 
19,  1867.  In  1886  and  1887  General  Willcox,  as 
brigadier-general  of  the  regular  army,  was  in  com- 
mand of  the  department  of  the  Platte  (including 
the  state  of  Colorado) ,  with  headquarters  at 
Leavenworth,  Kan.  Since  his  retirement  in  1887 
he  has  resided  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Elon 
Farnsworth,  a  distinguished  jurist  residing  in 
Detroit,  was  called  the  "father  of  equity  "  in 
Michigan.  The  first  three  volumes  of  equity  re- 
ports of  Michigan,  prepared  by  himself,  estab- 
lished the  equity  jurisprudence  throughout  the 
northwest. 

At  the  various  points  where  his  father  was 
stationed  the  subject  of  this  sketch  passed  the 
years  of  youth.  He  was  educated  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  matriculated  with  the  liter- 
ary class  of  1889,  and  graduated  with  the  law 
class  of  1889.  He  came  to  Denver,  Colo.,  in 
1890,  and  was  there  associated  in  the  practice  of 
law  with  Hon.  Charles  S.  Thomas  until  1893. 
From  that  time  until  the  last  of  1897  he  resided 
in  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  experienced  the  great 
miners'  strike  in  1894,  and  the  various  fortunes 
of  mining  camp  life.  He  took  an  active  part  in 
an  immense  amount  of  the  litigation  which  char- 
acterized the  development  of  the  camp.  Busi- 
ness demanding  his  removal  to  Colorado  Springs, 
he  came  here  in  January,  1898,  and  formed  his 
present  partnership,  with  offices  in  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  block  and  at  Cripple  Creek.  He  and 
his  firm  are  counsel  for  many  mining  and  other 
companies  representing  large  interests  through- 
out the  state  and  in  Arizona.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  El  Paso  Club,  the  Sigma  Phi  Fraternity 
and  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 

In  June,  1898,  Mr.  Willcox  married  Miss  Jessie 
Gilpin  Cooke,  of  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  member  of  an 
old  Quaker  family  of  that  state,  and  has  since  re- 
sided at  Colorado  Springs. 


(JOHN  CLEGHORN,  warden  of  the  state  pen- 
I  itentiary  at  Canon  City,  was  born  in  Clarence- 
(*/  ville,  Canada,  May  9,  1852,  a  son  of  John 
and  Roselia  E.  (Nichols)  Cleghorn.  His  father, 
who  was  born  and  educated  in  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land, emigrated  to  Canada  at  nineteen  years  of 
age,  and  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  there  for 
years.  In  1854  he  removed  to  Minnesota  and 
embarked  in  the  practice  of  law,  for  which  he  had 
prepared  himself  by  careful  study.  In  1862  he 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


enlisted  in  Company  D,  Sixth  Iowa  Cavalry,  and 
served  from  that  time  until  the  close  of  the  war 
in  the  campaign  against  the  Indians.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  went  to  Sioux  City,  Iowa, 
where  for  four  years  he  served  as  register  of  land 
office,  later  resuming  the  practice  of  law.  He 
made  a  specialty  of  land  law  and  was  sent  to 
Washington  by  the  senate  of  Iowa  to  secure  the 
swamp  lands  due  the  state  from  the  general  govern- 
ment. Remaining  in  Washington  until  1875,  he 
then  came  to  Colorado,  having  been  appointed 
register  of  the  laud  office  in  Del  Norte.  He 
served  as  temporary  chairman  of  the  first  Repub- 
lican state  convention  held  at  Pueblo,  at  which 
John  L.  Routt  was  nominated  for  governor.  He 
held  the  office  of  register  at  Del  Norte  until 
December  20,  1880,  the  day  of  his  death.  During 
his  residence  in  Minnesota  he  had  been  a  member 
of  the  constitutional  convention  of  the  state,  and 
attended  as  delegate  other  important  conven- 
tions. Fraternally  he  was  a  Royal  Arch  Mason 
and  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  All  of  his  children  are  still  living, 
namely:  Johnston  R.,  who  is  engaged  in  business 
in  Trinidad,  Colo.;  Willard  N.,  a  ranchman  in 
Rio  Grande  County,  Colo.;  John;  Alvira  C.;  Ada 
May,  who  married  James  E.  Hasbrouch,  of  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y. ;  and  Eva  G.,  wife  of  T.  H.  Lee,  of 
Philadelphia. 

When  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  two  years 
of  age  his  parents  removed  from  Canada  to  Min- 
nesota, and  twelve  years  later  he  accompanied 
them  to  Sioux  City,  Iowa.  Upon  completing  his 
studies,  in  1869  he  entered  the  office  of  the  Sioux 
City  Journal  and  there  learned  the  printer's  trade, 
but  within  three  years  his  health  broke  down. 
A  change  of  occupation  being  made  necessary,  he 
went  to  Yankton,  S.  Dak.,  and  opened  a  mercan- 
tile store.  Later  he  was  similarly  engaged  at  Le 
Mars,  Iowa,  but  owing  to  the  failure  of  the  crops 
there  for  two  or  three  successive  years  (the 
result  of  the  grasshopper  plague,  etc. )  he  found 
himself  the  loser  by  this  undertaking.  Selling 
out,  he  came  to  Colorado  in  February,  1875. 
From  that  time  he  engaged  in  prospecting  and 
mining  until  the  fall  of  1878,  when  he  was  elected 
sheriff  of  San  Juan  County,  an  office  that  he  filled 
with  efficiency  until  he  was  appointed,  in  Jan- 
uary, 1 88 1,  to  succeed  his  father  as  regis- 
ter of  the  land  office  at  Del  Norte.  Upon 
the  election  of  Grover  Cleveland  as  president 
Mr.  Cleghorn  immediately  resigned  his  posi- 
tion. Shortly  afterward  he  was  elected  sheriff 


of  Rio  Grande  County.  He  held  the  office 
for  two  consecutive  years,  and  after  an  in- 
terim of  one  term  was  elected  for  a  third  term. 
Upon  retiring  from  the  office  he  was  elected 
county  clerk,  and  continued  to  serve  in  that 
capacity  until  January,  1895,  when  he  was 
appointed  warden  of  the  state  penitentiaty  by 
Governor  Mclntire.  In  this  position  he  gave 
such  excellent  satisfaction  that  he  was  retained 
in  office  by  Governor  Adams.  Politically  he  is 
an  adherent  of  the  Republican  party.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  was  captain  of  the  state 
militia,  in  which  he  made  a  record  as  a  very 
efficient  officer.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Knight  Templar 
Masons.  August  17,  1881,  he  married  Anna  M. 
Lamoreaux,  of  Del  Norte,  and  they  have  three 
children,  Willard  V.,  Miriam  and  Madeline. 


(DGJlLLIAM  WOODSIDE,  a  hardware  mer- 
\Al  c^lant  °f  Silver  Cliff,  Custer  County,  was 
YV  born  in  Scotland  August  18,  1829,  a  sou 
of  Matthew  and  Marian  (McGrouther)  Woodside. 
His  father  was  in  early  life  a  weaver  of  Paisley 
shawls  and  later  engaged  in  the  sale  of  weavers' 
supplies.  As  was  the  custom  in  that  locality  and 
day,  the  son  followed  in  his  father's  footsteps; 
however,  his  tastes  did  not  lie  in  that  direction 
and  as  soon  as  possible  he  left  the  loom  and  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade.  In  1852  he  departed  from 
his  native  land  and  came  to  America,  where  he 
settled  in  Alton,  111.,  for  a  time  engaging  in  work 
as  a  carpenter.  There  he  put  up  the  first  woolen 
mill  erected  in  the  west,  and  for  ten  years  was  in 
charge  of  the  repairing  of  machines.  Afterward 
he  worked  at  car  repairing  in  the  shops  of  the 
Chicago  &  Alton  Railroad  for  nearly  five  years. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1880,  Mr.  Woodside 
brought  with  him  about  $800  worth  of  tobacco 
and  cigars  and  opened  a  cigar  store  in  Silver  Cliff, 
but  later  removed  to  the  camp  at  Williamsburg, 
Fremont  County,  and  on  selling  out  there  in  1887 
came  to  his  present  location.  Here  he  owns  two 
stores,  in  one  of  which  he  has  hardware  and 
stoves,  while  the  other  contains  crockery  and  no- 
tions. Besides  this,  he  handles  lumber,  sash, 
doors,  etc.  Both  of  the  store  buildings  are  his 
personal  property,  one  having  been  bought  when 
he  embarked  in  business,  the  other  two  years 
later.  His  trade  aggregates  $10,000  per  annum 
and  is  all  under  his  immediate  oversight,  which 
fact  in  a  large  measure  accounts  for  its  success. 

While  Mr.  Woodside  has  never  sought  politi- 


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cal  preferment,  he  has  decided  opinions  regarding 
public  issues  and  is  a  stanch  Republican.  Since 
coming  to  Silver  Cliff  he  has  been  an  elder  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  for  twelve  years  he  held 
a  similar  position  with  the  congregation  in  Alton, 
where  he  was  also  Sunday-school  superintendent 
for  a  time.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  the  work 
with  children  and  for  years  has  been  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday-school  in  Silver  Cliff. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Silver  Cliff  Lodge 
No.  38,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  While  in  Scotland,  in 
1851,  he  married  Christina  McKeller,  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  seven  children,  but  only 
one  survives,  Marian,  wife  of  Darius  Eyer,  of 
Canon  City,  Colo.  Mrs.  Christina  Woodsidedied 
of  consumption  in  1879,  while  living  at  Alton. 
In  July,  1888,  Mr.  Woodside  was  married  a  second 
time,  his  wife  being  Mrs.  Frank  E.  Adair  (nee 
Bagley) ,  of  Pennsylvania. 


HARRISON  NORRIS,  postmaster  and  a  gen- 
eral merchant  of  Rosita,  Custer  County, 
was  born  in  Butler  County,  Pa.,  November 
19<  l&39>  a  son  of  James  and  Christina  (Carn- 
aghan)  Norris.  His  father,  who  was  engaged  in 
farming  in  Butler  County,  was  a  Whig  in  early 
life  and  later  a  stanch  Republican,  while  in  re- 
ligious matters  he  was  identified  with  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  served  as  a 
deacon.  Of  his  eight  children  only  three  are  liv- 
ing, namely:  John  C.,  a  farmer  in  Pennsylvania; 
Harrison;  and  Melissa  E.,  wife  of  Samuel  Mar- 
shall, of  Natrona,  Pa. 

When  twenty-one  years  of  age  our  subject  en- 
listed in  Company  G,  First  Maryland  Cavalry, 
and  remained  in  the  army  for  four  years  and  two 
weeks.  Among  the  important  engagements  in 
which  he  bore  a  part  was  the  memorable  battle  of 
Gettysburg.  He  served  as  regimental  commis- 
sary sergeant  and  regimental  hospital  steward. 
After  being  honorably  discharged  from  the  army 
at  the  close  of  the  war  he  began  to  teach  school 
in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
until  1869.  He  then  came  to  Colorado  and 
taught  in  Pueblo  for  some  months,  but  returned 
to  Pennsylvania  in  1870.  For  the  following  eight 
years  he  was  employed  as  freight  conductor  on 
the  Pittsburg,  Fort  Wayne  &  Chicago  Railroad. 

Returning  to  Colorado  in  February,  1879,  Mr. 
Norris  spent  some  months  in  Pueblo.  From 
there  he  came  to  Custer  County,  where  he  has 
since  made  his  home.  He  took  up  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  under  the  pre-emption  law  and 


one  hundred  and  sixty  under  the  homestead  law, 
and  was  engaged  in  ranching  and  prospecting 
until  September,  1897,  when  he  embarked  in  the 
mercantile  business.  Since  February,  1897,  he 
has  acted  as  postmaster,  the  office  being  in  his 
store.  He  has  done  considerable  toward  the  de- 
velopment of  the  mining  interests  of  this  county, 
but  in  1896  sold  his  propositions  to  the  Avalanche 
Mining  Company,  and  since  then  has  held  no 
mining  interests.  The  silver  cause  finds  in  him 
a  friend,  and  he  is  firm  in  his  allegiance  to  the 
silver  Republican  party.  In  1888  he  was  elected 
county  commissioner,  which  office  he  held  for 
three  years,  and  afterward  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  town  board.  In  1898  he  was  a  candidate 
for  superintendent  of  schools,  and  he  now  fills 
the  office  of  mayor.  He  has  been  thoroughly 
interested  in  and  identified  with  the  growth  and 
development  of  his  town  and  county,  and  is  well 
known  by  all  the  people  of  this  section.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  the  Grand  Army  Post 
at  Silver  Cliff.  January  24,  1864,  he  was  united 
iu  marriage  with  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Westerman,  of  Butler  County,  Pa. 


HON.  NEIL  N.  MC  LEAN,  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature  representing  the  counties  of 
Kiowa,  Baca  and  Prowers,  came  to  I/unar 
in  January,  1895,  and  opened  what  is  now  known 
as  the  Palace  drug  store.  In  June  of  the  follow- 
ing year  he  was  burned  out,  which  caused  a 
heavy  loss.  He  then  erected  a  brick  structure, 
in  which  he  has  since  carried  on  business,  hav- 
ing, in  addition  to  his  stock  of  drugs,  a  full  line  of 
gents'  furnishing  goods.  Besides  his  substantial 
residence  in  Lamar  he  owns  a  ranch  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres,  three  miles  east  of  town, 
where  he  has  a  well-improved  tract  of  land, 
irrigated  by  the  Bent  Ditch. 

Near  Lindsay,  in  the  province  of  Ontario, 
Canada,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
1868,  a  son  of  Donald  and  Euphemia  (McGinnis) 
McLean.  Until  eighteen  years  of  age  he  made 
his  home  on  a  farm  in  Ontario,  and  meantime 
attended  the  local  high  school,  from  which  he 
graduated  at  seventeen.  In  1886  he  accompanied 
his  parents  to  the  States  and  settled  upon  a  farm 
near  Caldwell,  Kan.,  where  he  attended  school 
for  one  term.  Afterward  he  entered  the  employ 
of  Swayer  &  Gabbert,  dealers  in  drugs,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  a  year. 

In  1887  Mr.  McLean  came  to  Colorado  and 
settled  on  a  ranch  in  what  is  now  Baca  County. 


JOSEPH  A.  MERRIAM. 


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For  five  years  he  remained  on  his  ranch,  which 
comprised  land  taken  up  from  the  government. 
During  the  first  winter  in  Colorado  he  also  had  a 
feed  store.  Later  he  engaged  in  freighting  and 
for  a  time  he  taught  school.  As  a  ranchman  his 
specialty  was  the  raising  of  cattle.  From  Baca 
County  he  came  to  Lamar,  where  he  now  resides. 
In  1896  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Sadie  C.  McDonald,  who  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania and  in  1885  settled  in  what  is  now  Prowers 
County.  One  child  blesses  their  union,  Beryl 
May. 

The  first  ballot  cast  by  Mr.  McLean  was  in 
favor  of  Benjamin  Harrison  for  president,  and  he 
has  since  continued  faithful  to  the  Republican 
party.  He  has  taken  a  warm  interest  in  political 
affairs,  and  has  served  as  delegate  to  county  and 
state  conventions.  He  served  as  a  clerk  in  the 
ninth  general  assembly  and  also  in  the  special 
session  of  the  same.  In  1898  he  was  nominated 
by  the  Republicans  for  the  state  legislature  and 
was  elected  by  a  majority  of  forty-seven,  over  the 
combined  fusion  ticket.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  Lamar  Lodge  No.  80,  I.  O.  O.  F. , 
in  which  he  has  filled  several  of  the  chairs. 
He  is  also  identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  belonging  to  Lamar  Camp  No.  26.  As  a 
citizen  he  favors  plans  for  the  benefit  of  the 
people  and  the  uplifting  of  the  educational, 
commercial  and  moral  status  of  his  community. 


(|  OSEPH  A.  MERRI AM.  The  spirit  of  self- 
I  help  is  the  means  of  bringing  to  man  success 
Q)  when  he  has  no  advantages  of  wealth  or 
influence  to  aid  him.  In  the  life  of  Mr.  Merriam 
his  self  reliance  has  brought  him  prosperity.  He 
has  shown  what  it  is  possible  to  accomplish  when 
perseverance  and  determination  form  the  keynote 
to  a  life.  Depending  upon  his  own  resources, 
and  by  the  exercise  of  economy,  he  has  become 
the  possessor  of  a  competency.  He  is  a  druggist 
and  registered  pharmacist,  and  in  addition  to  his 
large  stock  of  drugs,  stationery,  paints,  oils,  etc., 
he  also  owns  stock  in  the  creamery  at  Westcliffe, 
and  has  nine  houses  in  the  town,  which  he  rents; 
also  owns  mining  interests  in  this  (Custer) 
county. 

The  Merriams  are  an  English  family,  whose 
first  members  in  this  country  crossed  the  ocean 
in  the  "Mayflower"  and  settled  in  Concord, 
Mass.  The  father  of  our  subject,  Tarrant,  and 
his  only  brother,  Timothy  Merriam,  were  born 
in  Massachusetts  and  engaged  in  farming.  The 


former  was  in  early  life  a  Whig,  and  upon  the 
disintegration  of  the  party  affiliated  himself  with 
the  Republicans.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congre- 
gationalist.  By  his  marriage  to  Annie  Kimball 
eight  children  were  born,  and  of  these  four  are 
living:  Elizabeth  W.,  who  married  Samuel  C. 
Flagg,  and  resides  at  Grafton,  Mass.;  Caroline 
E.,  wife  of  Jonathan  Sibley,  who  for  many  years 
was  deputy  sheriff  of  Worcester  County,  Mass.; 
Joseph  A.,  who  was  born  .in  Grafton,  Mass., 
December  23,  1823;  and  John  Quincy,  of  Fort 
Scott,  Kan. 

After  having  gained  the  rudiments  of  his  edu- 
cation in  the  Grafton  schools  our  subject  entered 
Leicester  Academy,  near  Worcester,  and  there 
remained  for  a  time.  On  returning  home  he 
assisted  in  the  cultivation  of  the  farm,  but  later 
was  for  two  years  with  his  brother-in-law  in  a 
store  at  Salmon  Falls,  N.  H.  His  next  business 
venture  was  as  traveling  salesman  for  a  New 
York  house.  On  starting  out  he  resolved  to  save 
$500  a  year,  and  this  he  continued  to  do  for  some 
time.  With  the  money  thus  gained,  in  1861  he 
bought  a  drug  and  book  store  at  Pleasant  Hill, 
Cass  County,  Mo.,  and  conducted  business  there 
until  he  became  so  afflicted  with  asthma  that  a 
change  of  climate  was  necessary.  In  1880  he 
came  to  Silver  Cliff,  Colo.,  where  he  bought  out 
two  drug  stores  and  embarked  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness. He  also  bought  a  number  of  buildings  in 
the  village.  When  the  rival  town  of  Westcliffe 
was  started  he  moved  his  buildings  here,  among 
them  his  store  building,  25x125,  the  bank  build- 
ing and  one  adjoining,  a  large  residence  and  sev- 
eral smaU  houses.  He  was  one  of  the  starters  of 
the  town  of  Westcliffe  and  has  been  deeply  inter- 
ested in  its  welfare,  to  which  he  has  contributed 
by  his  ability  and  energy. 

Upon  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party 
Mr.  Merriam,  who  had  been  a  Whig,  identified 
himself  with  the  new  organization.  Some  years  ago 
he  served  as  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen, 
but  since  coming  to  Westcliffe  his  business  has 
absorbed  his  entire  attention.  Fraternally  he  is 
a  member  of  White  Mountain  Lodge  No.  5, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Concord,  N.  H.  During  his  res- 
idence in  the  east  he  was  connected  with  the 
Congregational  Church,  but  that  denomination 
not  being  represented  in  Westcliffe,  he  attends 
the  Methodist  Church.  April  5,  1849,  he  mar- 
ried Ruth  Maria,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Pecker, 
of  Concord,  N.  H.  Of  their  four  children  three 
are  living,  namely:  Samuel  P.,  who  is  connected 


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with  a  railroad  at  St.  Louis;  Walter  E. ,  who  is 
interested  with  his  father  in  mining;  and  Hattie 
A.,  who  married  Charles  Stuart  and  lives  in 
Kansas  City,  Mo.  In  business  affairs  Mr.  Mer- 
riatn  has  met  with  well-deserved  success,  and  his 
straightforward  course  has  gained  for  him  the 
confidence  of  the  people. 


EHARLES  C.  HUDDLESTON.  The  life  of 
this  business  man  of  Lamar  furnishes  an 
example  of  what  may  be  accomplished  by 
industry  and  perseverance,  and,  in  its  practical 
results,  is  an  encouragement  for  every  young 
man  who  starts  without  capital.  Now  in  the 
prime  of  life,  the  success  with  which  he  has  been 
rewarded  is  doubtless  only  an  index  of  what  the 
future  holds  for  him.  In  his  store  at  Lamar  he 
carries  a  full  line  of  groceries,  queensware,  hard- 
ware and  farming  implements,  which  he  sells  at 
reasonable  prices.  His  present  large  trade  he 
has  built  up  through  honesty  and  energy,  and 
from  time  to  time  has  increased  his  stock  until  he 
now  has  as  large  a  stock  as  any  in  Prowers 
County. 

In  Blandinsville,  McDonough  County,  111.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  April  16,  1860,  a 
son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Robinson)  Huddle- 
ston.  He  remained  in  his  native  city  until  1872, 
his  father,  who  was  a  merchant,  having  died  two 
years  before.  His  mother  was  married  again  and 
he  accompanied  her  to  Milton,  Van  Buren  Coun- 
ty, Iowa,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  From  the 
age  of  twelve  years  he  was  thrown  upon  his  own 
resources  for  a  livelihood.  For  two  years  he 
worked  on  a  farm,  receiving  as  wages  .his  board 
and  clothes.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  began  to 
learn  the  barber's  trade,  and  this  occupation  he 
followed  for  ten  years,  at  different  points  in  Iowa, 
Missouri  and  Illinois. 

September  8,  1880,  at  Fort  Madison,  Iowa, 
Mr.  Huddleston  married  Miss  Emma  Kraus,  of 
that  city,  a  native  of  West  Point,  Iowa,  and  a 
daughter  of  Christian  and  Margaret  (Kiitcher) 
Kraus.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Huddleston 
began  to  save  his  wages,  and  during  the  last  five 
years  he  carried  on  a  barber  business  he  made 
over  $4,000.  He  had  been  loaning  out  his  money, 
but  finally  decided  he  would  prefer  to  invest  it 
in  some  business.  Looking  for  a  suitable  loca- 
tion, he  traveled  westward  through  Kansas,  and 
learned  of  Lamar,  a  new  town  that  had  been 
started  in  the  southeastern  part  of  Colorado. 
To  this  place  he  came  in  1887,  and  opened  a 


hardware  and  implement  store,  buying  a  build- 
ing in  which  he  conducted  a  good  trade  from  the 
start.  He  has  since  met  with  constant  success, 
with  one  exception,  having  lost  his  building  by 
fire  in  1890,  with  no  insurance.  Interested  in 
the  development  of  Lamar,  he  has  aided  in  push- 
ing forward  every  enterprise  for  the  benefit  of  the 
people,  and  has  erected  here  one  of  the  best  resi- 
dences in  town.  In  addition  to  his  business 
interests  he  has  engaged  to  some  extent  as  a 
dealer  in  Hereford  cattle. 

In  1891  Mr.  Huddleston  was  the  Democratic 
nominee  for  county  treasurer  and  came  within 
seven  votes  of  being  elected,  although  the  county 
was  Republican  by  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
majority.  In  Lamar  Lodge  No.  90,  A.  F.  &  A. 
M.,  he  has  filled  a  number  of  the  chairs,  and  he 
has  also  taken  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter  degree 
here.  The  local  camp  of  Woodmen  of  the  World 
numbers  him  among  its  members.  He  and  his 
wife  have  an  only  child,  Fay,  who  was  born  in 
Milton,  Iowa,  in  1883.  She  is  now  a  student  in 
the  Lamar  high  school  and  is  also  showing 
considerable  skill  in  music,  in  which  she  has 
acquired  commendable  proficency. 


GILBERT  MATTHEWS,  president  of  the 
f  1  school  board  of  Colorado  Springs  and  former 
I  I  chairman  of  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners of  El  Paso  County,  is  well  known  as  one 
of  the  influential  citizens  of  this  section  of  the 
state,  where  he  has  resided  since  1877.  While 
the  immediate  object  of  his  removal  to  Colorado 
was  to  test  theclimatic  influences  upon  his  health, 
the  years  that  have  since  elapsed  brought  him 
not  only  renewed  strength,  but  business  pros- 
perity and  political  prominence  as  well.  Since 
1890  he  has  been  proprietor  of  the  crockery 
business  formerly  owned  by  Perkins  Brothers, 
but  greatly  enlarged  under  his  management,  and 
he  has  his  building,  of  25x160  feet,  and  two 
stories,  stocked  with  a  complete  equipment  of 
everything  in  his  line. 

The  Matthews  family  was  long  resident  in 
Massachusetts.  John  Matthews,  who  was  born 
on  Cape  Cod,  removed  to  Vermont,  and  engaged 
in  farming  until  his  death.  His  son,  Josiah, 
who  was  born  near  Rochester,  Vt.,  settled  near 
Springfield,  111.,  in  1835,  and  the  following  year 
moved  to  Tazewell  County,  the  same  state,  where 
he  improved  a  farm.  He  continued  to  reside 
there  until  his  death,  when  sixty-five  years  of  age. 
He  was  a  personal  friend  of  Abraham  Lincoln, 


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whose  advice  he  sought  in  matters  of  a  legal 
bearing.  He  married  Mary  F.  Waters,  who  was 
born  in  Vermont,  and  accompanied  her  father  to 
Illinois.  At  the  time  of  her  death  she  was  fifty 
years  of  age.  In  religious  belief  she  was  a 
Congregationalist.  The  six  children  of  Josiah 
and  Mary  F.  Matthews  were  named  as  follows: 
Levi  R.,  who  owns  a  fruit  ranch  at  Pomona,  Cal. ; 
William  Waters,  a  retired  farmer  of  Delavan,  111.; 
Charles  F.,  a  fruit  farmer  of  Tustin,  Orange 
County,  Cal.;  Albert,  who  was  born  in  Tremont, 
Tazewell  County,  111.,  December  4,  1840;  Mrs. 
Sarah  Sniffar,  of  Peoria,  111. ;  and  Laura,  Mrs. 
J.  T.  Haywood,  of  Salina,  Kan. 

After  completing  the  public  school  studies  our 
subject  spent  one  year  in  Eureka  College.  In 
1862  he  volunteered  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
Sixth  Illinois  Infantry,  as  a  private  in  Company 
H,  and  was  mustered  into  service  at  Lincoln, 
111.  He  participated  in  the  siege  of  Vicksburg, 
and  afterward  was  sent  to  Little  Rock,  Ark., 
where  he  was  assigned  to  garrison  duty.  He  re- 
mained there  and  at  Pine  Bluff  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  when  he  was  mustered  out.  In  the 
spring  of  1863  he  was  promoted  from  the  ranks 
to  be  orderly  sergeant;  in  July,  1863,  was  made 
second  lieutenant,  and  in  January,  1864,  com- 
missioned first  lieutenant,  and  as  such  was  mus- 
tered out  at  Springfield,  111.,  in  August,  1865. 
On  his  return  to  Tazewell  County  he  engaged  in 
farming  and  became  the  owner  of  the  old  home- 
stead, which  he  operated  until  his  removal  to 
Colorado.  In  July,  1876,  he  came  west,  hoping 
that  the  mountain  air  would  relieve  him  of 
asthma.  After  spending  one  year  in  Pueblo, 
Silverton,  Lake  City,  Golden  and  Denver,  in 
1877  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he 
spent  some  time  in  hunting  and  fishing.  When 
his  health  was  fully  restored  he  bought  a  ranch 
one  and  one-half  miles  from  Colorado  Springs, 
and  adjacent  to  Ivywild.  He  irrigated  the  land 
and  raised  grain  and  hay,  the  latter  proving  very 
profitable.  On  this  place  he  raised  among  the 
first  raspberries  in  the  county  and  set  out  one  of 
the  first  successful  fruit  orchards.  In  1889 
he  sold  the  place,  which  comprised  one  hundred 
and  fifty -three  acres,  to  the  Rapid  Transit  Com- 
pany, and  the  following  year  bought  the  crockery 
business  which  he  has  since  conducted. 

In  Illinois  Mr.  Matthews  married  Miss  Olive 
Ames,  who  was  born  in  Tazewell  County,  her 
father,  Augustus  Ames,  having  removed  there 
from  Virginia.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Matthews  reside  at 


Ivywild.  They  are  the  parents  of  five  children: 
Albert  H.,  a  machinist  in  the  employ  of  the  Rock 
Island  Railroad  Company;  Lillabelle  F. ,  Mrs. 
VanMeter,  of  this  city;  Arthur  A.,  a  student  in 
the  School  of  Mines  at  Golden;  Mabel  and  Bruce. 
Since  1894  Mr.  Matthews  has  been  a  member 
of  the  school  board  of  district  No.  n,  including 
Colorado  Springs  and  Ivywild,  and  now  holds  the 
office  of  president  of  the  board.  In  the  fall  of 
1894  he  was  elected  county  commissioner,  re- 
ceiving the  largest  majority  of  any  candidate  on  the 
Republican  ticket.  He  took  the  oath  of  office  in 
January,  1895,  and  served  until  January,  1898, 
when  he  refused  renomination.  Socially  he  is 
connected  with  the  El  Paso  Club.  While  in 
Tremont,  111.,  he  was  made  a  Mason  and  is  now 
connected  with  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  & 
A.M.;  Colorado  Springs  Chapter  No.  6,  R.  A.  M., 
Pike's  Peak  Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T. ,  and 
El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  Post  No.  22, 
in  Colorado  Springs.  The  fact  that  he  is  a  man 
of  conservative  judgment  has  made  his  service  in 
public  capacities  especially  valuable.  What 
some  might  urge,  with  the  rashness  of  a  mis- 
guided enthusiasm,  his  sound  sagacity  would  op- 
pose, and  hence  his  opinion  is  always  sought  in 
matters  relating  to  the  interests  of  the  public 
schools  or  affecting  the  welfare  of  the  people. 


I  EROY  M.  CAMPBELL  owns  and  occupies 
It  a  farm  situated  two  miles  southwest  of  Fre- 
Ii2f  donia,  Bent  Count}',  on  section  6,  township 
23,  range  53  west.  He  arrived  in  this  county 
for  the  first  time  on  the  27th  of  September,  1878, 
bringing  with  him  $2,000  in  gold  which  he  had 
saved.  For  six  years  he  was  employed  by  John 
Prowers,  meantime  investing  his  earnings  in  cat- 
tle. In  1882  he  was  joined  by  his  wife,  and  they 
established  their  home  in  Las  Aniinas,  where  he 
had  built  a  house.  In  January,  1885,  he  removed 
to  land  which  he  had  homesteaded,  on  section  6, 
township  23,  range  53,  and  there  he  made  valu- 
able improvements.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
eighteen  men  who  took  water  out  of  the  Fort 
Lyon  Canal  Company's  ditch.  In  1894  he  lie- 
moved  to  the  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  which 
he  now  cultivates. 

A  son  of  Leroy  and  Nancy  (Petty)  Campbell, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Roanoke 
County,  Va.,  October  20,  1847.  When  he  was  a 
boy  the  war  raged  all  about  his  home,  and  the 
home  plantation  was  ravaged  by  both  armies,  the 


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crops  laid  waste  and  possessions  destroyed.  The 
slaves,  thirty-three  in  number,  were  freed,  and 
the  close  of  the  war  found  the  family  with  noth- 
ing but  a  tract  of  land  that  had  been  laid  waste. 
Bravely  they  made  the  best  of  their  misfortunes, 
which  they  shared  in  common  with  all  the  people 
of  their  state.  Of  ten  children  in  the  family  only 
four  were  spared  to  mature  years.  The  oldest 
son,  Garrison  Campbell,  took  part  in  General 
Walker's  expedition  to  Central  America  in  1856, 
and  was  never  heard  from  after  he  left  this  coun- 
try; undoubtedly  he  perished  in  that  unfortunate 
expedition.  Another  sou,  Clack  Callihill  Camp- 
bell, was  a  student  in  an  Alabama  college  when 
the  war  began  and  at  once  enlisted  in  the  Confed- 
erate service,  becoming  first  lieutenant  of  the 
Eighth  Georgia  Regiment;  he  remained  in  the 
army  until  he  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Chan- 
cellorsville. 

In  the  fall  of  1863  our  subject  enlisted  in  the 
Confederate  army.  He  was  a  member  of  Gen. 
Robert  E.  Lee's  body-guard  and  served  until  the 
surrender  at  Appomattox.  On  his  return  home 
he  found  the  slaves  freed,  the  land  devastated, 
the  crops  ruined.  His  father,  an  old  man,  who 
had  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  was  no  longer  able 
to  support  the  family;  and  he,  as  well  as  his  two 
daughters,  looked  to  our  subject  for  support. 
The  latter  at  once  began  to  repair  the  shattered 
fortunes  of  the  family.  He  planted  crops,  tilled 
the  soil,  gathered  in  the  harvests,  and  in  time 
had  placed  the  family  again  in  comfortable  cir- 
cumstances. His  father  passed  away  in  1869, 
his  sisters  married  and  he  was  free  to  turn  his 
attention  to  personal  matters;  his  mother  had 
died  in  1852. 

In  Rockbridge  County, Va.,  February  10,  1871, 
Mr.  Campbell  married  Miss  Martha  D.  Stoner, 
who  was  reared  in  Virginia  and  Missouri.  Af- 
terward he  came  to  Colorado  and  was  employed 
as  foreman  on  a  large  ranch  until  he  came  to  Bent 
County  in  1878.  He  and  his  wife  became  the 
parents  of  six  children:  Leroy  David,  who  was 
born  in  Virginia;  Annie  Petty,  who  was  born  in 
Virginia,  became  the  wife  of  George  Purvis,  and 
is. now  living  in  Bent  County;  Samuel  Stoner, 
who  was  born  in  Virginia;  Harry  Cole,  who  was 
born  in  Colorado  and  died  at  one  year  of  age; 
Maude,  who  was  born  in  Colorado;  and  Hugh 
Malcolm. 

Politically  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Campbell  was  the 
Democratic  nominee  for  the  state  legislature  in 
1887,  but  made  no  effort  to  secure  the  election. 


However,  he  was  defeated  by  only  thirty-seven 
votes.  While  in  Virginia  he  was  made  a  Mason, 
and  is  now  a  member  of  King  Solomon  Lodge 
No.  31,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Las  Animas,  in  which 
he  has  been  junior  warden. 


|~~ZRA  C.  NOWELS.  Through  his  success 
ry  in  the  practice  of  law  Mr.  Nowels  has  risen 
L_  to  a  position  of  influence  among  the  legal 
fraternity.  Coming  west  to  Colorado  in  1888, 
he  opened  an  office  in  Baca  and  began  professional 
practice.  In  1890  he  was  elected  county  judge 
and  continued  to  fill  that  position  until  1893, 
when  he  retired  from  office.  In  1894  he  was  ap- 
pointed receiver  of  the  United  States  land  office 
at  Lamar  and  removed  to  this  city,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  During  the  four  years  that  he  held 
office  as  receiver  he  also  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law,  and  since  his  retirement  from  office  his 
attention  has  been  concentrated  upon  professional 
work. 

The  son  of  David  and  Phoebe  (Benjamin)  Now- 
els,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  near  Rens- 
selaer,  Ind.,  January  30,  1845.  His  boyhood 
days  were  passed  upon  his  father's  stock  farm  in 
his  native  county.  After  completing  his  public 
school  studies,  at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  entered 
the  Battle  Ground  University  in  Tippecanoe 
County,  Ind.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1868. 
Later  he  took  a  commercial  course  in  Grand  Prai- 
rie Seminary  at  Onarga,  111.  During  the  inter- 
vals of  his  college  work  he  engaged  in  teaching, 
thus  assisting  in  the  defraying  of  his  expenses. 
He  taught  four  terms  of  nine  months  each.  Upon 
graduating  from  the  seminary  in  1869  he  began 
to  assist  his  father  in  the  stock  business,  and  for 
several  years  gave  his  attention  to  that  enter- 
prise. October  25,  1869,  at  Rensselaer,  Ind.,  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Sarah  J.  Busey, 
of  that  city. 

In  1877  Mr.  Nowels  was  elected  county  auditor 
of  Jasper  County,  and  during  the  four  years  that 
he  served  in  this  position  (from  1878  to  1882)  he 
devoted  his  leisure  hours  to  the  study  of  law  and 
took  a  course  of  law  lectures  in  the  law  school  at 
Bloomington,  Ind.  The  establishment  of  him- 
self in  practice,  January  i,  1883,  at  Rensselaer, 
Ind.,  marked  an  era  in  his  life,  as  from  that  time 
on  his  success  was  assured.  -The  self-reliance  he 
was  called  upon  to  exercise  in  his  professional 
work  developed  his  intellectual  faculties.  Case 
after  case  came  to  him,  and  the  zeal  with  which 
he  conducted  them  established  his  reputation  in 


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Jasper  County.  He  remained  there  until  his  re- 
moval to  Colorado,  which  he  believed  would  af- 
ford him  a  larger  field  for  practice.  He  cast  his 
first  presidential  vote  for  Seymour  in  1868  and 
has  since  supported  Democratic  principles.  Since 
coming  to  Lamar  he  has  served  as  county  attor- 
ney of  Prowers  County.  He  was  his  party's 
nominee  for  state  senator  from  the  twenty-third 
senatorial  district,  but  withdrew  in  favor  of  the 
Populist  candidate. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nowels  are  the  parents  of  six 
children,  namely:  M.  E.,  who  is  married  and  has 
one  child;  Lucy  M.,  who  graduated  from  Tillot- 
son  Academy  at  Trinidad  and  is  now  a  teacher  in 
the  Lamar  public  school;  Trellgen  E.,  a  member 
of  the  class  of  1899  in  Colorado  College  at  Colo- 
rado Springs;  Lennie  I.,  Odessa  and  Kenneth, 
Fraternally  Mr.  Nowels  became  a  member  of  Iro- 
quois  Lodge  No.  143,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  Rensselaer, 
Ind. ,  in  which  he  filled  the  chairs  and  which  he 
twice  represented  in  the  grand  lodge  of  Indiana. 
His  membership  is  now  in  Lamar  Lodge  No.  80. 


3OHN  K.  VANATTA  came  to  Colorado 
Springs  in  October,  1887,  and  opened  a  law 
office,  beginning  the  practice  which  has  since 
assumed  important  proportions.  During  the  first 
five  years  of  his  residence  in  this  city  his  prac- 
tice was  principally  in  criminal  law,  and  in- 
cluded almost  the  entire  practice  in  that  line  here, 
but,  not  feeling  satisfied,  he  turned  his  attention 
to  civil,  real-estate,  mining  and  corporation  law, 
in  all  of  which  he  now  has  a  valuable  clientele. 
His  office  is  at  No.  16  North  Nevada  street.  Be- 
sides his  practice,  he  has  been  interested  in  Crip- 
ple Creek  since  December,  1891,  and  is  president 
and  a  director  of  many  companies,  and  interested 
in  every  hill  in  the  camp,  besides  being  inter- 
ested in  one  of  the  most  valuable  gold  mines  in 
southern  California. 

The  Vanatta  family  came  from  Holland.  Our 
subject's  grandfather,  Stephen  Vanatta,  came 
from  that  country  to  Allegheny  County,  Pa., 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  until  his  death. 
His  son,  S.  P.  Vanatta,  was  born  in  Allegheny 
County,  Pa.,  but  removed  to  Columbiana  County, 
Ohio,  at  nineteen  years  of  age  and  learned  the 
saddler's  trade,  which  he  followed  for  a  time; 
however,  the  close  confinement  injured  his  health, 
and  he  abandoned  the  trade.  Turning  his  atten- 
tion to  the  study  of  law  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and  practiced  for  three  years  in  Lisbon, 
Ohio,  after  which  he  removed  to  Logan,  Hocking 

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County, Ohio,  where  he  remained  for  eight  years. 
In  1860  he  settled  in  Vinton,  Iowa,  where  he  had 
a  large  law  practice  and  continued  for  sixteen 
years.  Four  years  were  spent  in  Sioux  City, 
Iowa,  after  which  he  removed  to  Lincoln,  Neb. 
In  1895  he  settled  in  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  Though  seventy  years  of  age,  he 
is  hale  and  hearty,  and  has  retained  all  his  facul- 
ties unimpaired,  except  his  hearing,  While  in 
Iowa,  in  1861,  he  enlisted  and  was  made  captain 
of  Company  D,  Twenty-eighth  Iowa  Infantry, 
with  which  company  he  remained  for  two  years, 
taking  part  in  the  battle  of  Duval's  Bluff  and  the 
other  engagements  up  to  and  including  the  siege 
of  Vicksburg.  Owing  to  disease  contracted  while 
in  the  service  he  was  obliged  to  resign  and  was 
so  ill  that  he  was  carried  home  on  a  cot;  while  he 
recovered  from  the  illness,  yet  it  left  its  unfortu- 
nate effects  in  the  loss  of  hearing.  He  is  con- 
nected with  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

The  wife  of  S.  P.  Vanatta  was  Miss  M.  J.  Jor- 
dan, who  was  born  in  Columbiana  County,  Ohio, 
and  is  still  living.  Her  father,  Hugh  Jordan,  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  became  an  early  settler 
in  Ohio.  In  1849  he  crossed  the  plains  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  spent  some  years  in  successful 
mining,  then  returned  home  via  the  Panama 
route.  In  1858  he  settled  near  Mankato,  Minn., 
where  he  built  a  gristmill,  and  being  himself  a 
practical  millwright,  operated  the  mill  successful- 
ly. After  the  death  of  his  wife  he  sold  his  busi- 
ness interests  and,  removing  to  Vinton,  Iowa, 
made  his  home  with  his  children.  He  died  in 
that  city  at  sixty-eight  years  of  age.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Presbyterian.  There  were  ten  children 
in  the  family  of  S.  P.  Vanatta,  of  whom  eight  are 
living.  One  son,  Edward,  is  an  attorney  in  El- 
dora,  Colo.;  another,  Charles  A.,  is  corporal  of 
Company  M,  First  Colorado  Infantry,  and  is  now 
in  Manila. 

The  oldest  of  the  family  is  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  He  was  born  in  Lisbon,  Columbiana 
County,  Ohio,  August  12,  1853.  Ifl  ^54  his 
parents  moved  to  Logan,  Ohio,  and  in  1860  to 
Iowa,  where  he  attended  the  high  school  of  Vin- 
ton, graduating  in  1872.  Afterward  he  taught 
school  for  six  months  and  then  read  law  under 
his  father,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  October  6, 
1874.  He  practiced  law  in  Vinton  until  February 
22,  1876,  when  he  removed  to  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 
During  the  first  week  in  the  year  1879  he  came 
to  Colorado,  hoping  that  the  change  would  bene- 


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fit  his  impaired  health.  He  was  benefited  from 
the  first.  When  he  came  he  weighed  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-six  pounds,  and  by  November, 
1880,  his  weight  had  increased  to  one  hundred 
and  eighty-five.  The  pure  air,  invigorating  cli- 
mate, total  rest  from  care,  and  outdoor  exercise 
in  hunting  and  fishing  undoubtedly  saved  his 
life. 

In  November,  1880,  Mr.  Vanatta  opened  a  law 
office  at  Buena  Vista,  in  partnership  with  P.  C. 
Ellsworth,  and  remained  in  that  place  until  1887. 
Meantime  he  invested  his  earnings  in  mines. 
From  that  city  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs, 
where  he  has  built  up  a  large  and  successful  prac- 
tice. While  in  Buena  Vista  he  married  Miss  Liz- 
zie Bowers,  who  was  born  near  Chicago,  111.,  and 
was  taken  by  her  parents  to  Boulder,  Colo.,  when 
three  years  of  age,  receiving  her  education  in  the 
University  of  Colorado.  They,  with  their  only 
son,  Jean,  reside  at  No.  545  East  Platte  street. 
During  his  residence  in  Sioux  City  Mr.  Vanatta 
was  made  a  Mason,  and  later  became  an  active 
member  of  the  lodge  at  Buena  Vista.  Fraternal- 
ly he  was  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Uniform  Rank,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Order 
of  Elks.  He  is  identified  with  the  Pike's  Peak 
Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a 
painstaking  lawyer  and  as  an  all  around  practi- 
tioner is  recognized  as  a  man  of  superior  abilities. 


(DGJlLLIAM  HOLMES.  The  H.  O.  P.  Live 
\  A  I  Stock  Company,  with  principal  office  in 
V  V  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  home  ranch  in  Chico 
Basin,  Colo.,  has  the  following  officers:  John  H. 
Plumer,  president;  William  Holmes,  vice-presi- 
dent and  manager;  and  William  T.  Hurd,  secre- 
tary and  treasurer.  They  are  the  owners  of 
seven  hundred  and  eighty  acres  in  their  home 
ranch,  which  lies  on  section  29,  township  17,  range 
63  west,  sixth  principal  meridian,  in  El  Paso 
County.  Messrs.  Plumer,  Holmes  and  Hurd 
came  to  Colorado  in  1871  and  visited  Denver, 
then  traveled  south  to  Fountain,  from  there  to  the 
Chico  Basin,  where  they  bought  a  claim  owned 
by  Jack  Smith.  The  place  contained  no  improve- 
ments whatever.  No  trees  had  been  set  out, 
and  no  buildings  erected  except  a  shanty  so  small 
that  the  bed  had  to  be  removed  when  they  ate 
and  the  table  when  they  slept.  Besides  this  claim 
of  deeded  land,  Mr.  Holmes  also  entered  a  home- 
stead claim  and  a  pre-emption,  and  bought  a  tract 
of  laud  from  Mr.  Warren.  In  1889  he  purchased 
an  interest  in  the  Detroit  &  Rio  Grande  Live 


Stock  Company,  of  Engle,  N.  M.,  in  which,  as 
in  his  other  enterprises,  he  has  been  remarkably 
successful. 

In  Middlesex  County,  Mass.,  ten  miles  from 
Boston,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  June 
3,  1842.  His  father,  William,  Sr.,  wasanative 
of  Scotland,  and  was  married  in  England,  his 
wife,  Jane,  being  a  native  of  the  latter  country. 
Soon  afterward  he  brought  his  wife  to  America 
and  settled  in  Massachusetts,  where  he  engaged 
in  landscape  gardening.  Whenhisson,  William, 
was  a  child  of  four  years,  his  mother  dying,  he 
was  taken  into  the  home  of  his  paternal  grand- 
mother, with  whom  he  remained  until  he  was 
sixteen  years  of  age,  meantime  attending  the  pub- 
lic school.  From  her  home  he  was  taken  into 
the  home  of  F.  T.  Bush,  a  tea  merchant,  who 
sent  him  to  a  boys'  school  at  Auburndale,  Mass., 
in  order  that  he  might  be  taught  navigation.  On 
completing  his  course  in  the  school  the  merchant 
secured  for  him  a  position  as  cabin  boy  on  the 
"Kearsarge,"  and  on  his  first  trip  he  was  gone 
for  two  years,  visiting  the  Sandwich  Islands  and 
other  foreign  ports.  He  followed  the  sea  for  six 
years,  being  meantime  promoted  until  he  became 
second  mate.  From  the  foreign  countries  he  vis- 
ited (Japan,  China,  etc.)  he  brought  back  a 
choice  collection  of  curios,  which  he  still  retains. 
Upon  leaving  the  sea  he  went  to  Detroit,  Mich., 
and  there  made  his  first  important  start  in  a  finan- 
cial sense.  He  remained  in  that  city  until  his  re- 
moval to  Colorado  in  1871. 

February  24,  i878,in  Middlesex  County,  Mass., 
Mr.  Holmes  married  Miss  Charlotte  Seaverns, 
daughter  of  William  andElida  (Lucas)  Seaverns, 
natives  respectively  of  Middlesex  County  and 
New  Hampshire.  The  maternal  great-grand- 
father of  Mrs.  Holmes  was  a  colonel  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary war.  Mrs.  Holmes  was  reared  on  the 
home  farm  and  received  an  excellent  education 
in  the  Lassell  Seminary  for  young  ladies  at  Au- 
burndale. She  was  from  childhood  delicate  in 
health,  but  since  removing  to  Colorado  has  be- 
come strong  and  rugged.  The  three  children 
born  of  this  union  are:  Albert,  who  was  born  at 
the  old  Cotten  house  on  Fountain  Creek,  El  Paso 
County,  May  27,  1881;  Agnes,  who  was  born  in 
Colorado  Springs,  July  2,  1882;  and  William, 
who  was  born  in  the  same  city  April  17,  1884. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holmes  are  fond  of  reading 
and  keep  posted  concerning  matters  of  public  in- 
terest and  importance.  The  multiplicity  of  other 
duties  never  prevents  them  from  taking  a  warm 


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interest  in  matters  of  local  or  national  interest, 
and  the}'  possess  a  breadth  of  intelligence  that 
makes  them  very  genial  and  companionable. 
Since  boyhood  Mr.  Holmes  has  been  a  stanch  Re- 
publican, and  in  fraternal  relations  he  holds 
membership  with  the  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  at 
Colorado  Springs. 

HON.  H.  WATSON  HALLETT,  who  served 
as  a  member  of  the  ninth  general  assembly 
in  1893,  and  in  the  extra  session  of  1894, 
representing  Garfield  County,  was  born  in  Hy- 
anuis,  Barnstable  County,  Mass.,  March  17,  1839, 
and  was  a  descendant  of  an  English  family  that 
settled  with  the  Plymouth  colony  in  Massachu- 
setts. His  grandfather,  Capt.  Watson  Hallett, 
a  native  of  Hyannis,  was  a  seafaring  man,  en- 
gaged in  the  coasting  trade.  The  father,  Watson, 
Jr.,  was  a  builder  in  Hyannis,  where  he  died  at 
forty  years  of  age.  He  married  Mary  Baker, 
who  was  born  in  Hyannis,  and  died  there.  She 
was  a  descendant  of  a  family  that  came  from 
England  with  the  Plymouth  colony.  Her  father, 
Capt.  Seth  Baker,  was  a  sea-captain  in  the  trans- 
Atlantic  trade,  and  died  in  Hyannis.  Our  sub- 
ject was  one  of  two  children.  His  brother, 
Joseph  L. ,  now  in  New  York  City,  was  a  lieuten- 
ant in  the  Thirty-first  Massachusetts  Infantry 
during  the  Civil  war. 

In  1845  our  subject  removed  to  Springfield, 
Mass.,  with  his  parents.  When  a  boy  he  was 
employed  on  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad; 
later  was  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Springfield 
Gas  Company,  and  then  for  five  years  was  book- 
keeper for  Smith  &  Wesson.  For  five  years  he 
engaged  in  the  jewelry  business,  but  failing 
health  obliged  him  to  seek  a  more  genial  clime. 
In  1880  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he 
started  in  the  undertaking  business  with  his  uncle, 
Charles  Baker,  the  two  forming  the  firm  of  Hal- 
lett &  Baker.  After  the  death  of  his  uncle  Capt. 
Seth  Baker  entered  the  firm,  which  has  con- 
tinued, without  change  of  name,  to  the  present 
time.  For  three  years  they  had  a  branch  busi- 
ness in  Kansas  City,  the  firm  name  there  being 
Hallett  &  Co.  For  three  years  Mr.  Hallett  was 
manager  of  the  Leadville  Undertaking  Company 
at  Leadville.  In  1891  he  went  into  the  Cripple 
Creek  district,  where  he  has  since  had  mining 
interests.  He  was  interested  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness in  Garfield  County  on  the  Grand  River,  and 
was  secretary  of  the  Grand  Valley  Ranch  and  Cat- 
tle Company  for  six  years.  In  1892  he  was 


elected  to  the  legislature  from  Garfield  County, 
on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  served  in  the  house 
as  member  of  several  committees. 

While  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  Mr.  Hallett  was 
made  a  Mason.  He  is  now  a  member  of  El  Paso 
Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  Chapter  No.  6, 
R.  A.  M.,  and  Pike's  Peak  Commandery  No.  6, 
K.  T.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Pike's  Peak 
Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.  In  religion  he  is  identified 
with  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of 
Colorado  Springs,  in  which  he  is  a  trustee.  He 
is  one  of  the  well-known  business  men  of  Colorado 
Springs  and  has  met  with  success  in  his  chosen 
occupation.  His  marriage  in  Springfield,  Mass., 
united  him  with  Miss  Nettie  Webster,  member  of 
an  old  family  there.  They  have  three  children: 
Charles  J.,  Mrs.  Mary  F.  More  and  Mrs.  Emma 
Hayward,  of  Independence,  Colo.  Mr.  Hallett 
has  discovered  an  electrical  process  for  washing, 
in  placer  mining,  thus  saving  the  flour  gold,  and 
he  is  now  operating  at  Newland's  Gulch,  near 
Sedalia,  this  state. 


L.  JOHN  H.  BACON,  who  is  well  and 
favorably  known  in  Colorado  Springs  as  a 
man  of  great  worth  and  integrity,  was  born 
in  New  York,  June  27,  1828.  In  1841  he  moved 
to  Jonesville,  Mich.  In  1848  he  went  to  Wis- 
consin, and  thence  to  Princeton,  111.,  in  1851, 
being  married  there  the  following  year  to  Miss 
Mary  A.  Weaver,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania. 
They  removed  to  Washington,  Iowa,  in  1854. 
For  four  years  he  was  trustee  of  the  Iowa  Agri- 
cultural College,  and  for  thirty  years  was  an 
active  member  of  the  Iowa  State  Agricultural 
Society.  During  the  war  he  served  as  provost- 
marshal  for  the  first  district  of  Iowa. 

In  1875  Colonel  Bacon  settled  in  Colorado 
Springs.  He  retired  from  business  in  1887. 
Politically  he  is  a  strong  Republican,  and  while 
in  no  sense  of  the  word  an  office-seeker,  he  was 
prevailed  upon  to  serve  as  mayor  of  Colorado 
Springs  for  one  term.  He  has  been  tendered 
other  offices  of  trust  and  honor,  but  has  declined 
them.  He  has  one  son,  William  H. 

Retired  from  active  business  cares,  Colonel 
Bacon  is  living  quietly  at  his  comfortable  home, 
"Gleudale,"  one  and  one-half  miles  south  of 
Colorado  Springs,  where  he  planned  and  erected 
a  beautiful  house,  surrounded  by  lawns  that  are 
artistically  laid  out.  The  residence  is  of  unique 
and  fine  architecture,  with  a  large  conservatory. 
The  grounds  are  laid  out  artistically,  with  trees 


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promiscuously  planted,  their  tall  trunks  encircled 
by  the  Virginia  creeper  and  columbine.  Cheyenne 
Creek  flows  through  the  grounds,  and  is  spanned 
by  ivy-co%-ered  rustic  stone  bridge  and  arches. 
An  abundance  of  brilliant  flowers  and  plants 
complete  the  beautiful  effect  of  "Glendale." 


HIRAM  A.  LOWELL,  a  prominent  stockman, 
came  to  Colorado  in  1879,  and  has  been  a 
resident  of  Lincoln  County  since  that  date 
In  1889  he  received  from  Governor  Cooper  the 
appointment  as  county  superintendent  of  public 
schools  for  Lincoln  County,  and  was  elected  to 
fill  the  same  official  position  three  consecutive 
terms  afterward,  holding  the  office  in  all  seven 
years.  In  the  most  efficient  manner  he  promoted 
the  educational  interests,  and  greatly  advanced 
the  welfare  of  the  schools  here. 

Our  subject  was  born  in  Salisbury,  Mass., 
September  13,  1845.  His  father,  Hiram  Lowell, 
was  a  native  of  the  same  place,  as  were  also  his 
grandfather,  Benjamin  W. ,  and  his  great-grand- 
father, Simeon  Lowell.  The  Lowells  are  of 
English  origin.  The  first  of  the  family  to  come 
to  the  United  States  was  Walter  Lowell,  who 
settled  at  Newbury,  Mass.,  in  1639,  with  his 
wife  and  two  sons,  Richard  and  John.  This 
family  had  left  their  home  in  Yardley,  England, 
to  brave  the  terrors  of  the  deep  and  land  on  the 
shores  of  America,  where  the  hardships  to  en- 
dure and  the  dangers  to  encounter  were  no  less 
terrible  than  those  of  the  sea.  From  John  Lowell 
descended  a  line  of  prominent  divines  and  poets. 
Among  the  latter  was  James  Russell  Lowell, 
statesman  and  poet,  who  so  ably  represented  this 
country  at  the  Court  of  St.  James.  The  descend- 
ants of  Richard  Lowell  became  shipbuilders  and 
seafaring  men. 

Hiram  Lowell,  a  descendant  of  Richard,  and 
father  of  our  subject,  was  born  in  October,  1814. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Massachusetts, 
and  learned  the  business  of  shipbuilding  in  his 
father's  shipyards.  He  continued  in  that  busi- 
ness until  his  death,  which  occurred  at  his  old 
home,  April  14,  1897.  His  wife  survived  him 
but  a  short  time,  dying  January  4,  1899.  She 
was  of  Scotch  descent,  and  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Mary  Jones,  being  a  daughter  of  John  Jones, 
of  Salisbury,  Mass.  She  became  the  wife  of 
Hiram  Lowell  January  i,  1837.  They  were  the 
parents  of  nine  children,  namely:  Frederick  E., 
Martha  A.,  Mary  H.,  Hiram  A.,  Benjamin 
Frank,  Clarence,  Agnes,  Helen  and  Arthur  H. 


The  early  education  of  our  subject  was  ob- 
tained in  the  common  schools  of  Salisbury. 
Later  he  was  a  student  in  the  Putnam  Academy 
at  Newburyport,  Mass.  After  leaving  school  he 
entered  the  counting  room  of  John  Currier,  Jr., 
an  extensive  shipbuilder  at  that  place.  From 
there  he  went  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  was 
employed  in  the  shops  of  the  Milwaukee  &  St. 
Paul  Railroad  Company  for  five  years,  also  was 
for  a  time  a  railroad  mail  agent.  In  1879  he 
came  to  Colorado.  Since  1884  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  cattle  business,  and  is  now  the 
owner  of  herds  in  Elbert  and  Lincoln  Counties, 
finding  markets  for  the  same  in  Denver,  Kansas 
City  and  Chicago.  In  addition  to  his  stock  he 
is  the  owner  of  several  houses  in  Hugo,  which 
he  built  in  1880.  He  has  never  married,  but  his 
life  is  by  no  means  a  solitary  existence.  His 
time  is  divided  between  his  business  in  Hugo 
and  Lincoln  County  and  the  recreation  which 
travel  affords.  He  has  visited  all  parts  of  this 
nation  and  Canada,  and  annually  returns  to  the 
home  of  his  childhood,  where  he  visits  relatives 
and  renews  the  associations  of  his  youth.  He  is 
an  ardent  sportsman,  a  lover  of  horses  and  dogs, 
and  all  kinds  of  live  stock  generally.  Personally 
he  is  a  genial,  open-hearted  man,  who  is  a  friend 
to  the  needy,  and  of  a  companionable  disposition 
that  wins  the  regard  of  associates.  In  politics  he 
is  always  Republican,  but  liberal  withal.  He 
attends  the  Methodist  Church  near  his  home  in 
Hugo,  and  is  a  liberal  contributor  to  the  same. 


QOBERTJ.  GOLD  ACKER.  During  the  years 
^\  of  his  residence  in  Bent  County  Mr.  Gold- 
r\  acker  became  known  as  an  enterprising  ag- 
riculturist and  a  man  of  unquestioned  integrity, 
and  his  death  was  regarded  as  a  public  loss.  In 
1885  he  settled  three  miles  west  of  Las  Animas, 
where  he  had  pre-empted  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land,  and  in  1887  he  increased  his  prop- 
erty by  the  purchase  of  an  adjoining  quarter-sec- 
tion. His  land  was  irrigated  by  the  Las  Animas 
consolidated  ditch  and  was  one  of  the  best-im- 
proved estates  in  the  county.  Since  his  death  it 
has  been  managed  by  his  widow,  who  is  a  lady 
of  wise  judgment  and  excellent  business  ability. 

In  Berlin,  Germany,  Mr.  Goldacker  was  born 
January  21,  1851,  a  son  of  Frederic  Wilhelm  and 
Wilhelmina  Caroline  (Casper)  Goldacker.  His 
father,  who  was  an  expert  in  the  weaving  of 
camel's  hair  shawls  and  also  a  designer  of  patterns 
for  fancy  dresses,  came  to  America  in  1854,  to 


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seek  for  employment.  Soon  afterward  the  mother 
died.  The  following  year  the  father,  who  had 
secured  work  in  Philadelphia,  sent  for  his  chil- 
dren, Matilda  (then  twelve  years  old),  Charles 
(who  was  nine)  and  Robert,  who  was  four.  They 
joined  him  in  Pennsylvania,  where  they  remained 
until  1860,  the  father  meantime  marrying  a  sec- 
ond time.  From  there  they  removed  to  New 
Jersey  and  settled  on  a  farm,  where  our  subject 
grew  to  manhood.  After  he  was  thirteen  years 
of  age  he  did  not  attend  school,  but,  being  fond 
of  reading,  he  acquired  a  broad  knowledge  of  the 
world.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  began  to  clerk 
in  a  store  and  also  kept  books  in  the  store  of 
Harris  Brothers,  who  were  manufacturers  of 
paper  and  owned  extensive  paper  mills. 

July  3,  1876,  Mr.  Goldacker  married  Miss 
Mary  E.  Mathis,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  New 
Gretna,  Burlington  Count}',  N.  J.,  a  daughter  of 
Phineas  K.  and  Mary  A.  (Cramer)  Mathis,  the 
former  of  Holland- Dutch  descent,  the  latter  of 
English  lineage.  The  wedding  trip  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Goldacker  consisted  of  a  journey  to  the  Cen- 
tennial Exposition  at  Philadelphia.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  was  made  foreman  of  the  paper  mills 
and  continued  in  that  capacity  until  he  resigned 
to  accept  work  with  another  house.  For  two 
years  lie  was  bookkeeper  in  the  R.  D.  Woods  & 
Company  cotton  mills,  at  Millville,  N.  J.  The 
confining  nature  of  his  employment  injuriously 
affected  his  lungs,  which  were  weak.  For  that 
reason  he  decided  that  a  change  of  occupation 
and  climate  was  necessary.  He  came  to  Colorado 
and  for  two  years  clerked  in  the  store  of  James 
Cassidy,  after  which  he  pre-empted  the  land  on 
which  the  last  decade  of  his  life  was  passed. 

Although  he  was  reared  in  the  Republican 
faith,  Mr.  Goldacker  never  voted  that  ticket,  but 
allied  himself  with  the  Democrats.  For  seven 
years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board , 
and  during  his  incumbency  of  this  office  the  new 
brick  schoolhouse  was  erected,  he  donating  the 
land  on  which  the  building  was  erected.  At  dif- 
ferent times  he  held  the  position  of  deputy  county 
clerk  and  for  six  years  he  served  as  deputy  county 
treasurer.  He  was  also  deputy  in  the  assessor's 
office  for  two  years,  and  while  there  his  daughter, 
Maude,  also  assisted  in  the  office.  He  always  in- 
clined to  the  Lutheran  religion,  his  parents  hav- 
ing reared  him  in  that  faith;  his  wife  was  identi- 
fied actively  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
from  her  girlhood.  He  passed  from  earth  March 
14,  1898,  mourned  by  a  large  circle  of  friends,  but 


especially  by  his  wife  and  children,  whose  wel- 
fare and  happiness  had  ever  been  uppermost  in 
his  mind. 

The  three  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Goldacker 
are:  Maude  C.,  Robert  Carl  and  Mary.  The  older 
daughter,  who  was  born  in  Harrisville,  N.  J., 
graduated  from  the  Las  Animas  high  school  in 
1894,  as  valedictorian  and  with  the  honors  of  her 
class.  Afterward  she  attended  the  Central  Nor- 
mal College  at  Great  Bend,  Kan.  From  1895 
to  1897  she  taught  in  the  school  near  her  home, 
but  now  has  a  position  in  the  graded  school  at 
Clifton,  Ariz.  Robert  Carl  was  born  at  Harris- 
ville, N.  J.,  August  7,  1880;  and  Mary  was  born 
in  Las  Animas  February  14,  1885;  both  are  with 
their  mother  on  the  home  farm. 


HENRY  MCALLISTER,  JR.,  of  Colorado 
Springs,  the  well-known  and  efficient  pros- 
ecuting attorney  of  his  district,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  law  firm  of  Blackmer  &  McAllister, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February  28,  .1872, 
and  is  of  Scotch  descent.  His  father,  Maj.  Henry 
McAllister,  was  born  in  Wilmington,  Del.,  and 
gained  his  title  of  major  by  service  as  a  com- 
missioned officer  in  the  Civil  war.  Afterward 
for  some  years  he  was  secretary  of  the  American 
Iron  and  Steel  Association  of  Philadelphia. 
Coming  to  Colorado  in  1872,  for  some  years  he 
held  the  position  of  secretary  of  the  Colorado 
Springs  Company.  Later  he  turned  his  attention 
to  the  stock  business  and  general  agricultural 
pursuits,  in  which  he  has  since  engaged,  being 
the  owner  of  a  ranch  near  the  city.  Since  the 
time  of  his  removal  west,  he  has  been  numbered 
among  the  prominent  business  men  and  pro- 
gressive citizens  of  Colorado  Springs,  where  he 
has  a  host  of  warm  personal  friends.  His  father, 
Henry  McAllister,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and 
for  years  was  a  manufacturer  and  merchant  of 
Philadelphia,  where  his  death  occurred.  In 
religion  he  was  identified  with  the  Friends' 
Society. 

The  marriage  of  Major  McAllister  united  him 
with  Miss  Elizabeth  Cooper,  who  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  her  father,  Townsend  Cooper, 
having  been  a  farmer  of  that  locality.  The  three 
children  born  of  this  marriage  were  Henry, 
Mary  C.  and  Matilda.  The  only  home  our  sub- 
ject has  ever  known  is  Colorado  Springs,  for  he 
was  brought  here  in  infancy,  and  has  continued  to 
reside  here  up  to  the  present  time.  He  grad- 
uated from  the  high  school  in  1889  and  from 


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Swarthmore  College  in  Pennsj'lvania  in  1892, 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Letters.  After- 
ward he  studied  law  in  his  home  town  and  in 
1894  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar.  He 
continued  with  Lunt  &  Armit,  with  whom  he 
had  conducted  his  studies.  In  January,  1895, 
this  firm  dissolved  partnership,  and  the  firm  of 
Brooks,  Armit  &  Blackmer  was  established.  At 
the  same  time  Mr.  McAllister  was  appointed 
assistant  district  attorney  under  Mr.  Blackmer. 
After  three  years  in  that  capacity  he  was,  in  1897, 
nominated  district  attorney  on  the  Republican 
ticket,  and  was  elected  by  a  majority  of  eighteen 
hundred,  taking  his  seat  in  office  in  January, 
1898,  to  continue  until  January,  1901.  In  April, 
1896,  he  formed  a  law  partnership  with  Mr. 
Blackmer,  which  has  since  continued,  the  office 
of  the  firm  being  in  the  Giddings  building. 

In  his  political  views  Mr.  McAllister  is  a 
pronounced  Republican,  and  is  active  in  the 
work  of  the  party  in  his  city  and  locality.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  State  Bar  Association  and  re- 
tains connection  with  the  Delta  Upsilon  Society 
of  his  alma  mater.  At  Jericho,  Long  Island,  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Phoebe  H. 
Ketcham,  daughter  of  Isaac  Ketcham,  an  old 
resident  of  that  town.  Mrs.  McAllister  was  born 
on  Long  Island  and  received  her  education  in 
Swarthmore  College,  from  which  she  graduated 
in  1892.  They  have  one  son. 


HON.  JAMES  K.  DOUGHTY.  The  village 
of  Lamar,  Prowers  County,  was  started  in 
May,  1886,  and  a  short  time  afterward  Mr. 
Doughty  settled  here,  opening  an  office  for  the 
practice  of  law.  Since  then  he  has  been  insep- 
arably associated  with  the  growth  of  the  town, 
and  has  become  the  owner  of  both  city  and  farm- 
ing property.  In  1889  he  was  appointed  county 
judge  upon  the  separation  of  Prowers  from  Bent 
County,  and  at  the  two  succeeding  elections  was 
chosen  to  fill  that  office,  the  duties  of  which  he 
discharged  with  energy  and  efficiency.  The  Re- 
publican party  in  the  county  finds  in  him  one  of 
its  most  enterprising  workers.  He  attends  both 
the  county  and  state  conventions,  and  has  fre- 
quently acted  as  chairman  of  the  county  central 
committee.  During  political  campaigns  he  in- 
terests himself  in  the  success  of  his  party;  he  has 
made  speeches  in  every  schoolhouse  in  the 
county,  and  has  been  unwearied  in  his  efforts  to 
promote  the  party  welfare. 

The   parents  of  Judge  Doughty,  William  M. 


and  Martha  (Guthrie)  Doughty,  removed  from 
Cincinnati  to  Chicago,  where  they  resided  for 
some  years,  the  father  being  agent  for  the  Meth- 
odist Book  Concern  in  that  city.  About  1864 
they  returned  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  insurance  business.  James  K.  was  born 
February  26,  1853,  during  a  visit  of  his  mother 
to  her  old  home  in  Cincinnati.  The  first  twelve 
years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  Chicago,  where  he 
attended  the  public  schools.  Afterward  he  at- 
tended school  in  Cincinnati,  where  he  was  pre- 
paring for  admission  to  Yale  College,  but  his 
health  was  affected  by  over-study,  and  he  was 
unable  to  complete  his  intended  course.  After  a 
rest  of  two  years  he  entered  the  Cincinnati  Law 
School,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1878.  His 
law  education  was  most  thorough.  For  three 
years  he  read  with  an  uncle,  and  could  easilj- 
have  passed  an  examination  for  admission  to  the 
bar  two  years  before  he  did,  had  he  so  desired, 
but  thoroughness  was  his  aim,  and  so  he  laid  the 
foundation  broad  and  deep.  Even  before  open- 
ing an  office  he  had  been  given  charge  of  consid- 
erable business.  A  few  months  after  graduating 
he  went  to  Larned,  Kan.,  where  he  built  up  a 
large  practice  and  remained  until  his  settlement 
in  Lamar  in  1886.  Meantime,  in  October,  1883, 
he  was  married  at  Larned  to  Miss  Minnie  C. 
Brott,  a  native  of  Wisconsin.  They  have  two 
children,  Elizabeth  and  Charles. 

Reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  he  has  since  youth  been  an  active  mem- 
ber of  that  denomination,  and  is  now  chorister 
and  a  trustee  of  the  congregation  in  Lamar.  In 
1894  he  was  made  a  Mason  in  Lamar  Lodge  No. 
90,  with  which  he  is  now  identified.  He  is  also 
connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


E  FROST  LIGGETT,    receiver  of  the  United 
States  land  office  at  Lamar,  Prowers  Coun- 
ty,  and   the  proprietor  of  a  two  thousand 
acre  ranch  in  Kiowa  County,  was  born  in  Brown 
County,  Ohio,  April  7,    1858,   being  the  son  of 
Thomas  H.  and  Mahala  A.  (Frost)  Liggett.   His 
father,  who  was  engaged  in  the  tobacco  business, 
remained  in  Brown  County  until  1870,  then  mov- 
ing to   Kansas,   tributary  to   Kansas  City,  Mo., 
and  engaging  in  the  nursery  business. 

Our  subject  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
commercial  business  schools.  In  1877  he  crossed 
the  plains  for  Old  Mexico,  horse  back,  and  stop- 
ped at  Santa  Fe.  Two  years  were  spent  on  the 
cattle  ranges.  Three  years  he  lived  among  the 


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Indians.  He  has  established  several  weekly 
newspapers  throughout  the  country,  done  work 
for  a  number  of  daily  journals,  and  been  engaged 
in  editorial  work  for  fifteen  years,  and  is  also  a 
practical  printer.  At  one  time  he  lived  at  El 
Dorado,  Kan.,  and  there  studied  law  in  the 
offices  of  Judges  Aikman  and  Hamilton  and  the 
prosecuting  attorney,  George  Gardner.  In  that 
city  he  married  Miss  Effie  Siders,  an  estimable 
young  lady,  teacher  of  that  county. 

Mr.  Liggett  at  one  time  lived  at^  Wichita, 
Kan.,  and  was  a  next-door  neighbor  of  Mrs. 
Mary  Lease.  She  was  employed  at  that  time  on  the 
Beacon  and  was  just  beginning  her  public  career. 
He  subsequently  published  the  Leon  Quill,  and 
later  went  to  western  Kansas,  where  he  published 
the  Signal.  After  his  wife's  death,  he  himself 
being  in  poor  health,  with  no  domestic  ties,  de- 
cided to  go  abroad,  but  instead  drifted  to  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  and  on  his  return  east  overland, 
selected  a  ranch  near  the  historical  Big  Sandy 
Creek  battle  ground,  where  Colonel  Chiving- 
ton's  famous  Indian  battle  was  fought — one  of  the 
most  bloody  and  terrible  in  history — which  ended 
the  Indian  warfare  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains. 
The  Missouri  Pacific  (Pueblo  &  State  Line  Di- 
vision) Railroad  was  afterwards  constructed 
through  that  section,  and  the  town  of  Chivington 
was  built  on  this  land  of  Mr.  Liggett' s.  Within 
twelve  months  the  town  grew  to  be  an  incor- 
porated city  of  about  twelve  thousand  souls  (and 
thirteen  saloons).  Mr.  Liggett  was  one  of  the 
first  to  engage  in  mercantile  business  and  con- 
ducted the  largest  establishment  in  the  city.  In 
1888  he  puchased  the  Chivington  Chief,  which 
he  published  for  eight  years,  and  during  five 
years  of  this  time  he  was  postmaster  of  that  town. 
In  1890  Governor  Cooper  appointed  him  county 
commissioner,  in  which  capacity  he  served  during 
the  term.  In  August,  1895,  he  established  the 
Press,  at  Sheridan  Lake,  the  county-seat  of 
Kiowa,  and  subsequently  purchased  several  other 
papers,  which  were  all  merged  into  the  Press. 
Of  this  weekly  he  is  still  publisher.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  his  paper  was  the  official  organ  of 
his  county.  He  was  enumerator  of  the  county 
and  made  the  official  census  in  1890. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  has  had  an  eventful 
career.  He  has  been  engaged  in  mercantile  pur- 
suits, mining,  stockgrowing  and  numerous  enter- 
prises not  herein  mentioned.  He  loves  blooded 
stock — particularly  a  good  horse.  He  is  very 
fond  of  reading  and  spends  considerable  time  in 


the  persual  of  current  literature.  In  the  fall  of 
1888  he  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Orcutt,  of 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  the  ceremony  taking  place  at 
Pueblo,  Dr.  E.  Trumbull  Lee  officiating.  Mrs. 
Liggett  was  born  in  Indiana  and  from  there 
moved  to  St.  Joseph,  where  she  was  engaged  as  a 
teacher  in  the  public  schools.  A  lady  of  superior 
education  and  attainments,  and  conversant  with 
current  events  in  the  educational  and  literary 
world,  she  is  a  leader  in  all  movements  for  the 
benefit  of  her  locality,  especially  such  as  pertain 
to  educational  work.  She  was  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools  of  Kiowa  County  for  the  years 
1896  and  1897. 

Mr.  Liggett  was  deputy  county  treasurer  of 
Kiowa  County  in  1895,  and  for  several  years  was 
official  printer  and  purchasing  agent  for  the  coun- 
ty. In  July,  1897,  he  was  appointed  receiver  of 
public  moneys  and  special  district  agent,  at 
Lamar. 

Politically  a  Republican,  Mr.  Liggett  secured 
and  founded  the  first  Republican  organization  in 
Kiowa  County,  also  the  first  National  League,  of 
which  he  was  chairman.  This  was  during  the 
Harrison  campaign  in  1888.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  state  central  committee  or 
chairman  of  the  county  central  committee  ever 
since.  His  publication  was  the  first  in  the  state 
to  hoist  the  name  of  McKinley  for  president,  and 
he  stood  firmly  by  his  candidate.  Fraternally 
Mr.  Liggett  is  a  member  of  Lamar  Lodge  No.  90, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. 


(lOHN  DE  WITT  BROWN,  sheriff  of  Bent 
I  County,  and  one  of  the  prominent  and  influ- 
O  ential  Republicans  of  this  county,  was  born 
near  Toledo,  Ohio,  February  14,  1858,  a  son  of 
Charles  and  Mary  (Sutphen)  Brown.  When  he 
was  six  years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to 
Omaha,  and  there  his  mother  died  in  1865.  For 
several  years  afterward  he  alternated  his  time  be- 
tween Omaha  and  Iowa,  but  in  1873  went  to 
Furnas  County,  Neb.,  and  for  three  years  lived 
in  that  then  frontier  locality.  In  1876  he  went 
to  Wyoming  and  began  to  freight  between  Chey- 
enne and  the  Black  Hills,  which  business  he  fol- 
lowed for  three  years. 

In  1879  Mr.  Brown  had  charge  of  a  freighting 
outfit  from  Cheyenne  to  southern  Colorado,  and  in 
this  way  he  first  came  to  Colorado.  He  visited 
the  various  mining  camps  of  the  mountain  re- 
gions, and  engaged  in  freighting  between  them 
for  some  years.  In  1881  heembarked  in  the  coal 


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business  in  Silver  Cliff,  being  one-third  owner  of 
an  important  enterprise  there,  and  at  the  same 
time  carrying  on  a  stage  line  business.  In  1884 
he  sold  out,  and  buying  a  herd  of  mules  drove 
them  to  Wyoming,  but  instead  of  selling  them, 
as  he  had  originally  intended,  he  commenced  to 
take  contracts  for  canal  and  railroad  grading, 
which  business  he  followed  until  1889.  It  was 
in  the  interest  of  the  canal  business  that  he  first 
came  to  Bent  County  in  1888.  Becoming  in- 
terested in  property  here,  he  has  since  made  this 
county  his  home,  and  is  now  the  owner  of  two 
ranches  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
each. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Brown  took  place  at 
Cheyenne,  Wyo. ,  July,  7,  1885,  and  united  him 
with  Miss  Maggie  Richards,  of  Silver  Cliff,  Colo., 
a  native  of  Boone,  Iowa,  and  a  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Eliza  (Sangston )  Richards.  They  are 
the  parents  of  three  children:  Nondas,  who  was 
born  in  Boone,  Iowa,  September  i,  1887;  DeWitt, 
who  was  born  on  a  ranch  in  Bent  County  June 
4,  1889;  and  Florence,  who  was  born  in  Las  Ani- 
mas,  November  2,  1897. 

The  first  presidential  ballot  cast  by  Mr.  Brown 
was  in  favor  of  General  Garfield  in  1880.  From 
that  time  to  this  he  has  always  voted  the  Repub- 
lican ticket.  His  interest  in  public  affairs  and 
his  fitness  for  public  office  led  to  his  election  as 
sheriff  of  Bent  County  in  1891.  The  duties  of 
the  position  he  discharged  with  such  marked  effi- 
ciency and  fidelity  that  he  was  re-elected  in  1895 
and  again  in  1897.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member 
of  Elder  Lodge  No.  n,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Las  Aui- 
mas. 

(JOHN  A.  MURPHY.  The  newspaper  is 
I  justly  regarded  as  the  herald  of  the  progress 
G)  of  a  community.  The  history  of  the  Las 
Animas  Leader  proves  that  it  has  been  no  excep- 
tion to  this  rule.  Through  its  advocacy  of  plans 
for  the  public  welfare  and  its  support  of  progres- 
sive projects,  the  paper  has  exerted  an  influence 
for  good  upon  the  town  of  Las  Animas  and  the 
county  of  Bent.  The  high  position  it  now  holds 
in  the  estimation  of  the  reading  public  shows 
that  its  editor  is  a  man  of  strong  mind  and  great 
energy;  and  such,  indeed,  is  true,  for  Mr.  Mur- 
phy, since  purchasing  the  paper  in  1884,  has 
steadily  raised  its  standard  until  it  is  now  a  lead- 
ing county  weekly. 

Mr.  Murphy  was  born  at  Belleville,  N.  J., 
April  ii,  1849,  and  was  educated  in  New  York 


City.  During  the  Civil  war  he  made  several  at- 
tempts to  enter  the  army,  but  was  rejected  on 
account  of  youth.  In  1867  he  succeeded  in  en- 
listing and  was  sent  west,  joining  Company  G, 
Thirty-seventh  United  States  Infantry,  at  old 
Fort  Lyon,  Colo.  His  company  engaged  in 
guarding  mail  coaches  from  Indian  depredations, 
between  Fort  Lyon  and  Fort  Dodge,  Kan.  In 
September,  1867,  he  went  with  his  company  to 
Fort  Garland,  Colo.,  at  that  time  commanded  by 
Kit  Carson,  colonel  of  the  Second  New  Mexico 
Volunteers.  He  was  promoted  to  be  a  sergeant 
and  was  appointed  sergeant-major  of  the  post. 
In  1869  the  Thirty-seventh  Infantry  was  con- 
solidated with  the  Fifth  Infantry,  commanded  by 
General  Miles,  and  Company  G  was  transferred 
to  Fort  Reynolds,  near  Pueblo,  where  Mr.  Mur- 
phy was  discharged,  in  1870,  on  the  completion 
of  the  term  of  his  enlistment. 

The  question  of  the  future  became  a  very  se- 
rious one  with  Mr.  Murphy.  Inclination  pointed 
him  toward  his  eastern  home,  but  ambition  made 
him  aspire  to  see  more  of  the  west.  He  spent  a 
short  time  in  Pueblo  and  then  joined  a  cattle  out- 
fit bound  for  Texas,  to  bring  up  cattle.  The 
trip  was  made  south  through  New  Mexico,  down 
the  Pecos,  and  across  the  staked  plains,  the  en- 
tire distance  of  nine  hundred  miles,  to  San 
Antonio,  Tex.,  being  through  the  Indian  coun- 
try, where  heavy  guards  were  needed,  night  and 
day,  to  guard  against  being  taken  by  surprise. 
In  the  summer  of  1871  he  started  back,  with  a 
drove  of  cattle,  over  the  same  trail,  and  arrived 
on  the  Arkansas  in  October.  For  two  years  he 
continued  in  the  same  business.  There  are  many 
incidents  in  his  rough  life  as  soldier  and  as 
cowboy  at  that  early  day,  when  the  Indian  and 
buffalo  held  sway  over  almost  the  entire  country, 
that  would  make  interesting  reading,  but  this 
brief  sketch  will  not  permit  of  detailed  mention. 

For  several  years  Mr.  Murphy  was  employed 
as  bookkeeper  in  the  Trader's  store  at  Fort  Lyon, 
but  a  change  in  the  administration  caused  him  to 
resign.  He  then  obtained  the  position  of  teacher 
in  the  Las  Animas  school  (old  town)  and  re- 
mained in  that  capacity  for  three  years.  In  1880 
he  came  to  West  Las  Animas  (now  Las  Animas) 
as  bookkeeper  for  Jones  &  Weil.  Four  years 
later  he  purchased  the  Las  Animas  Leader,  the 
first  paper  started  in  the  Arkansas  Valley  out- 
side of  Pueblo.  Of  this  he  has  since  been  pro- 
prietor and  editor.  His  entrance  into  newspaper 
life  necessarily  caused  him  to  take  an  active  in- 


MR.  AND  MRS.  WILLIAM  CLIFFORD. 


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terest  in  politics,  although  he  had  previously 
been  more  or  less  engaged  that  way.  In  1879  he 
was  the  unsuccessful  candidate  for  county  clerk. 
In  1881  he  was  elected  superintendent  of  schools, 
which  position  he  continued  to  fill  for  six  terms, 
and  during  that  time  was  instrumental  in  placing 
the  crude  educational  facilities  of  the  county  on 
an  advanced  and  firm  footing.  He  was  elected 
mayor  of  Las  Animas  three  times,  in  1891,  1892 
and  1893.  He  helped  to  organize  the  Republican 
party  of  Bent  County  and  was  the  secretary  of 
its  central  committee  for  many  years.  In  1875 
he  was  made  a  Mason  in  King  Solomon  Lodge 
No.  30,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  during  the  interven- 
ing years  has  served  in  every  office,  passing  from 
the  lowest  to  the  highest,  being  worshipful  mas- 
ter in  1896. 

In  1877  Mr.  Murphy  married  Miss  Frances 
Stauffer,  of  Lawrence,  Kan.,  a  descendant  of 
the  Stauffer  family  who  were  among  the  earliest 
settlers  of  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Murphy 
are  the  parents  of  three  children.  Will  R.,  who 
is  a  promising  young  man  of  nineteen  years, 
graduated  from  the  Las  Animas  high  school,  and 
studied  at  Boulder  University  during  the  fresh- 
man year,  later  entering  the  Lawrence  (Kan) 
University,  where  he  is  taking  a  course  in  civil 
engineering.  John  A.,  Jr.,  is  a  student  in  the 
Las  Animas  schools.  The  youngest,  Ida  M.,  is 
a  bright  child  of  five  years. 


CLIFFORD,  who  is  one  of  the 
most  successful  stockmen  of  Lincoln  County 
and  the  owner  of  several  ranches  here, 
conducts  the  stock-raising  business  upon  a  large 
scale,  having  at  the  present  time  more  than  five 
thousand  sheep,  three  hundred  and  fifty  head  of 
cattle  and  twenty  head  of  horses.  The  property 
upon  which  he  resides  and  which  has  been  his 
home  since  1884,  is  situated  near  Mirage,  on  the 
Kansas  Pacific  Railroad.  In  addition  to  the  stock 
business  he  has  been  interested  in  general  farm- 
ing, and  raises  alfalfa,  which  he  uses  for  feed. 

Mr.  Clifford  was  born  in  County  Fermanagh, 
Ireland,  a  son  of  John  A.  and  Cisley  (McCaffey) 
Clifford,  natives  of  the  same  county  as  himself. 
His  father,  who  was  a  farmer,  spent  his  entire 
life  in  Ireland  and  died  in  1863,  when  seventy  years 
of  age.  In  his  family  there  were  six  sons  and 
three  daughters.  Bernard  was  a  builder  and 
stonemason;  Thomas  followed  the  stonemason's 
trade;  John  enlisted  in  the  British  army  and  died 
while  serving  in  the  East  Indies;  Peter  engaged 


in  farming  in  Ireland;  Edward  makes  his  home 
with  our  subject;  Mary  is  married  and  lives  in 
Chicago;  Bridget  lives  in  the  old  country;  and 
Ellen  is  a  widow  living  in  Denver. 

At  the  age  of  twenty- four  our  subject  came  to 
the  United  States  and  settled  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. , 
but  from  there  went  to  Connecticut  and  worked 
on  a  farm  for  three  years.  April  14,  1869,  he  ar- 
rived in  Denver  on  a  stage  coach.  For  a  short 
time  afterward  he  worked  in  goldmines,  then  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Kansas  branch  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  Company  and  was  a  foreman  on 
the  road  until  1884,  meantime  helping  to  build  the 
road  from  Sheridan,  Kan.,  to  Denv.er,  Colo.  In 
1884  he  settled  on  his  ranch  near  Mirage.  Politi- 
cally a  Republican,  he  received  from  Governor 
Mclntirein  1896  appointment  as  county  commis- 
sioner of  Lincoln  County,  in  which  position  he 
served  for  one  term.  In  religion  he  is  connected 
with  the  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

Mr.  Clifford  was  married,  in  1867,  to  Miss 
Lizzie  O'Brien,  a  native  of  County  Wicklow,  Ire- 
land, but  a  resident  of  this  country  from  early 
girlhood.  Three  sons  and  four  daughters  were 
born  of  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clifford, 
namely:  John,  who  died  in  boyhood;  William, 
who  is  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising  at 
Limon,  Lincoln  County,  Colo.;  James  Edward 
and  Hattie,  at  home;  Ellen,  wife  of  Frank  Far- 
mer, of  Deertrail,  Colo.;  Mary  and  Margaret,  at 
home. 


HOHNC.  ST.  JOHN.  One  of  the  well-known 
!  firms  of  Colorado  Springs  is  that  of  St.  John 
(•/  Brothers,  at  No.  110  North  Tejon  street. 
In  1887  Mr.  St.  John,  with  his  brothers,  William 
and  Elmer,  became  interested  in  the  firm  of 
Bumstead  &  Co.,  and  in  1896,  having  bought 
out  Mr.  Bumstead,  the  firm  title  became  St.  John 
Brothers.  In  their  specialties  of  steam  fitting, 
plumbing,  gas  fitting  and  sewerage,  they  are  un- 
excelled, and  have  built  up  a  splendid  reputation. 
Among  their  contracts  were  those  for  all  the 
schoolhouses  in  the  city,  all  but  one  of  the  college 
buildings,  St.  Francis  Hospital,  Colorado  School 
for  the  Education  of  the  Deaf  and  Blind,  Printers' 
Home,  First  National  Bank  Block,  Hagerman, 
Giddings,  Stratton,  Rouse  and  Degraff  blocks, 
El  Paso  Club  building,  Alamo  Hotel,  Alta  Vista 
Hotel,  Elk  Hotel,  Gazette  and  Durkee  buildings, 
and  the  residences  of  Messrs.  Stratton,  Hagerman, 
Arnold,  Lowe,  Morley,  Burns,  Giddings,  Ehrick, 
Irving,  Howbert,  Robinson  and  Seldomridge,  all 


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in  Colorado  Springs;  also  the  insane  asylum  at 
Las  Vegas,  N.  M.,  court  house  at  La  Junta, 
Colo.,  Normal  school  and  Masonic  Temple  at 
Las  Vegas,  First  National  Bank  at  Durango, 
Colo.,  Normal  school  at  Galveston,  Tex.,  and 
First  National  Bank  in  Montrose,  Colo.  Many 
of  the  fine  residences  in  Manitou  have  also  been 
fitted  by  them  with  appliances  for  water,  light 
and  heat. 

A  resident  of  Colorado  Springs  since  June, 
1879,  and  now  alderman  from  the  third  ward  of 
the  city,  Mr.  St.  John  was  born  at  Liberty  Mills, 
Wabash  County,  Ind. ,  October  2,  1860.  His 
father,  A.  F. ,  was  born  in  Saratoga  Springs, 
N.  Y. ,  and  was  a  son  of  a  physician,  who  practiced 
his  profession  at  Marion,  Grant  Count}',  Ind. 
The  latter's  father,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  was  a  descendant  of  one  of  three 
brothers,  who  came  to  this  country  and  estab- 
lished homes  in  different  localities.  Our  subject 
was  a  second  cousin  of  ex-Governor  John  P.  St. 
John. 

A.  F.  St.  John,  who  was  a  wagon  and  car- 
riage-maker at  Liberty  Mills,  moved  from  there 
to  Monon,  Ind.,  and  in  1869  removed  by  wagon 
to  Carthage,  Mo. ,  where  he  engaged  in  farming. 
In  1879,  with  his  wife  and  three  sons,  he  crossed 
the  plains  in  a  wagon,  and  after  a  journey  of  five 
weeks,  reached  Colorado  Springs  June  10,  1879. 
While  he  worked  at  his  trade,  his  sons,  William 
and  J.  C.,  engaged  in  freighting.  Later  he  car- 
ried on  a  shop,  continuing  in  the  business  until 
his  death,  February  5,  1893,  at  seventy-seven 
years  of  age.  Fraternally  he  was  a  master  Mason 
and  in  religion  belonged  to  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  His  wife  was  Margaret  Burke,  a  native 
of  New  Jersey,  whose  parents  were  of  Scotch 
descent,  but  were  born  in  the  north  of  Ireland, 
and  died  in  New  Jersey.  She  is  living  and  is 
now  seventy-eight  years  of  age.  Of  her  fourteen 
children  nine  attained  maturity  and  six  are  liv- 
ing. Caroline  died  in  Indiana;  Albert,  who  en- 
listed in  Company  B,  Forty-seventh  Indiana 
Infantry,  fell  at  Champion  Hill;  Mrs.  Annie 
Hedrick  resides  in  Denver;  Irene,  Mrs.  D.  Toli- 
ver,  lives  in  Colorado  Springs;  Lizzie,  Mrs. 
Beshore,  is  in  Indiana;  Alice  died  in  Missouri; 
William,  J.  C.  and  Elmer  constitute  the  firm  of 
St.  John  Brothers. 

When  our  subject  was  nine  years  of  age  he 
accompanied  his  parents  from  Indiana  to  Mis- 
souri. In  1879  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he 
and  his  brother,  William,  had  four  wagons  and 


carried  on  a  freighting  business  for  three  years 
between  Colorado  Springs  and  Leadville,  and 
then  from  the  terminus  of  the  South  Park  Rail- 
road to  Leadville,  until  the  road  was  completed. 
For  two  years  they  engaged  in  mining  in  Gun- 
nison  County.  In  1884  his  brother  started  in 
the  plumbing  business,  while  he  became  night 
baggageman  on  the  Rio  Grande  at  Colorado 
Springs.  In  1886  he  joined  the  State  Militia  and 
was  a  member  of  the  same  for  seven  years.  He 
participated  in  the  Ute  war  during  1876,  and  sub- 
sequently was  promoted  to  be  quartermaster 
sergeant;  however,  he  began  to  learn  the  steam 
fitter's  trade  with  Bumstead  &  Corum,  and  the 
following  year  he  and  his  brothers  bought  Mr. 
Corum's  interest,  then  nine  years  later  bought 
out  Mr.  Bumstead.  He  is  in  charge  of  the  bus- 
iness as  manager  and  has  personal  supervision  of 
all  contracts  accepted. 

September  24,  1884,  in  Colorado  Springs,  Mr. 
St.  John  married  Miss  Josie  Greenland,  who  was 
born  near  Christiana,  Norway,  a  daughter  of 
Herman  and  Martha  (Jensen)  Greenland,  natives 
of  Norway.  Her  father,  who  was  the  son  of  a 
farmer,  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  his 
native  laud,  but  in  1867  came  to  America  and  the 
next  year  settled  in  Burlington,  Iowa,  where  the 
family  joined  him  in  1869.  He  has  continued  to 
make  his  home  in  that  city  to  the  present  time. 
He  and  his  wife  are  Lutherans  in  religion.  They 
became  the  parents  of  five  children,  namely: 
Josie,  who  was  reared  in  Burlington  and  came  to 
Colorado  in  1882;  Oliflf,  still  a  resident  of  Bur- 
lington; Charles,  of  Galesburg,  111.;  Sophia,  of 
Iowa;  and  Christian,  who  died  in  Iowa.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  St.  John  have  three  daughters,  Mabel, 
Irene  and  Inez.  Mrs.  St.  John  is  a  member  o 
the  Monday  Club,  of  the  University  Extension 
course.  She  is  identified  with  the  Baptist  Church, 
while  he  belongs  to  the  Presbyterian  denomina- 
tion. Both  are  members  of  the  Daughters  of 
Rebekah. 

On  the  Republican  ticket,  in  the  spring  of  1896, 
Mr.  St.  John  was  elected  alderman  from  the  third 
ward.  In  1898  he  was  re-elected  on  the  same 
ticket.  He  has  served  as  chairman  of  the  water 
committee,  the  duties  of  which  are  exceedingly 
important;  and  as  a  member  of  the  sewer,  ordin- 
ance and  resolutions  committees.  He  is  actively 
identified  with  the  Republican  Club  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Ancient  Order  of  the 
United  Workmen,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  the 


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Odd  Fellows  lodge,  and  encampment  and  canton 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  has  filled  all  the  chairs  in 
Lodge  No.  38  and  was  elected  representative  to 
the  grand  lodge  of  the  state  of  Colorado. 


OORTLANDT  E.  PALMER,  who  is  among 
I C  the  most  successful  mining  engineers  of 
\,J  Colorado,  rightly  deserves  considerable  dis- 
tinction for  the  discovery  of  the  rich  ore  that 
brought  the  Mollie  Gibson  and  Argentum-Juniata 
mines  into  prominence.  After  having  been  for 
a  time  manager  of  the  Argentum-Juniata,  which 
he  developed  from  the  start,  in  June,  1890,  he 
was  made  manager  of  the  Mollie  Gibson,  and  in 
December  of  the  same  year  made  the  important 
discovery  regarding  ore  that  so  greatly  enhanced 
the  value  of  the  property.  Since  that  time  he  has 
continued  as  manager  of  the  two  properties.  In- 
terested in  other  mining  property,  he  is  president 
and  manager  of  the  Bull  Hill  Gold  Mining  Com- 
pany, and  has  been  manager  of  the  Rebecca, 
Union,  Moose  and  Lillie  Gold  Mining  Companies, 
but  resigned  their  management  owing  to  pressure 
of  other  business. 

The  Palmers  originated  in  England  and  were 
early  settlers  of  New  England,  but  later  genera- 
tions removed  further  south.  David,  grandfather 
of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Maryland  and  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  shipping  and  forwarding 
merchant  in  Baltimore.  He  married  a  Miss 
Croxall,  who  was  of  English  descent.  Their 
son,  Dr.  J.  W.  Palmer,  was  born  in  Baltimore, 
and  graduated  from  the  University  of  Maryland, 
after  which  he  practiced  in  Baltimore.  In  1850 
he  went  via  Cape  Horn  to  San  Francisco,  where 
he  was  the  first  city  physician  by  appointment. 
Thence  he  crossed  the  ocean  to  China,  Siam, 
Hindostan  and  other  Asiatic  countries.  During 
the  Indian  mutiny  of  1851-52  he  was  surgeon  on 
the  British  gunboat  "Phlegethon."  After  two 
years  abroad  he  returned  to  Baltimore,  where  he 
married  Henrietta  Lee,  a  native  of  that  city.  He 
soon  abandoned  the  practice  of  medicine  for  the 
field  of  journalism.  He  was  connected  with  the 
New  York  Tribune  during  the  days  of  Horace 
Greeley,  and  later  wrote  for  magazines  and  pub- 
lished several  works  of  travel  and  translations  of 
French  works.  As  a  writer  he  is  still  fluent  and 
versatile  as  in  his  younger  years.  The  power  to 
interest  and  entertain,  that  "  glorious  gift  of  the 
gods,"  has  been  his  in  a  very  large  measure,  and 
while  he  would  undoubtedly  have  achieved  notice- 
able success  in  other  lines  of  labor,  his  special 


talent  has  evidently  been  along  journalistic  lines.- 
His  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Elisha  Lee,  a 
native  of  Lyme,  Conn.,  and  a  manufacturer  of 
Baltimore,  was  a  member  of  a  New  England 
family.  She  was  a  lady  of  splendid  education 
and  attainments,  and  wrote  a  number  of  essays 
and  articles  that  evince  the  possession  of  literary 
ability.  Her  "Stratford  Gallery,"  a  series  of 
critical  essays  on  Shakespeare's  heroes  and  hero- 
ines, attracted  wide  attention,  as  did  also  a  later 
work,  "  Home  Life  in  the  Bible." 

Of  three  children,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
alone  attained  mature  years.  He  was  born  in 
New  York  City,  December  28,  1857,  and  passed 
his  boyhood  years  there  and  in  Baltimore,  where 
he  attended  private  schools.  In  September,  1874, 
he  entered  Columbia  School  of  Mines  in  New 
York,  from  which  he  graduated  in  June,  1878, 
with  the  degree  of  mining  engineer.  Afterward 
he  was  employed  on  geological  surveys  in  Ten- 
nessee and  in  technical  work  for  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Company  in  Pittsburg.  In  1884  he  came 
to  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  in 
Leadville;  and  later  in  mining  and  smelting  in 
Aspen.  In  1886  he  went  to  Rico,  in  the  San 
Juan  country,  where  he  was  manager  of  the 
Grand  View  Mining  and  Smelting  Company  for 
two  and  one-half  years.  On  his  return  to  Aspen 
he  became  manager  for  the  Argentum-Juniata 
and  Mollie  Gibson  Companies,  of  which  he  is 
still  a  director.  He  has  made  his  home  in  Colo- 
rado Springs  since  1893. 

In  London,  England,  Mr.  Palmer  married 
Katherine  Van  Arnhem,  daughter  of  Judge  W. 
C.  James,  an  attorney  of  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa, 
where  she  was  born.  Mr.  Palmer  is  a  member  of 
the  El  Paso,  Country  and  Denver  Clubs,  the 
University  Clubs  of  Denver  and  New  York,  the 
Alumni  Association  of  Columbia  School  of  Mines, 
the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and 
the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers. 


r~LEMING  NEFF  came  to  Colorado  in  June, 
JW  1863,  and  in  the  spring  of  1869  established  a 
|  ranch  seven  miles  north  of  Colorado  Springs, 
where  he  homesteaded  and  entered  land  and  now 
owns  more  than  twenty-seven  hundred  acres  in 
one  body.  The  entire  tract  is  fenced  and  irriga- 
ted from  private  reservoirs,  besides  which  there 
are  numerous  springs  on  the  place.  While  he 
raises  corn  and  alfalfa,  he  uses  his  grain  only  for 
feed,  his  specialty  being  the  stock  business,  in 
which  he  has  met  with  unusual  success.  During 


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the  early  days  he  ranged  his  cattle,  but  now  has 
them  in  his  pastures.  His  Shorthorns  and  Polled 
Angus  cattle  are  of  the  highest  grades  and  have 
the  brand  "N  E  F."  In  1876  he  brought  his 
family  to  Colorado  Springs,  in  order  that  his 
children  might  have  needed  educational  advan- 
tages, and  here  he  has  since  made  his  home. 

Mr.  Neff  was  born  in  Virginia  April  u,  1818. 
His  grandfather,  Jacob  Neff,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, removed  to  Virginia,  where  he  engaged  in 
farming  and  died  at  eighty  years  of  age.  He 
marrieda  Miss  Jones,  who, when  a  girl  of  eighteen, 
was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Indians,  but  made  her 
escape  in  about  a  week  and  returned  home,  cross- 
ing mountains  and  picking  her  way,  in  her  bare 
feet,  through  dense,  thorn-laden  woods.  The 
Neffs  are  of  German  descent.  Isaac,  our  sub- 
ject's father,  was  born  in  Virginia,  where  he  car- 
ried on  a  farm  and.  also  hunted  deer  and  bear. 
In  the  fall  of  18 1 8  he  settled  ten  miles  west  of 
Columbus,  in  Franklin  County,  Ohio,  where  he 
was  a  pioneer  farmer.  During  the  war  of  1812  he 
served  as  a  member  of  Virginia  troops  under 
General  Harrison.  His  death  occurred  in  Ohio 
when  he  was  sixty-four  years  of  age.  His  wife, 
Phoebe,  was  born,  of  German  descent,  in  Hard}' 
County,  Va.,  and  died  in  Ohio  at  the  age  of 
seventy-one.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John  Stump, 
who  was  born  in  Virginia,  and  left  home  for  a 
trip  to  the  west,  but  was  never  afterward  heard 
of.  Our  subject  was  the  fourth  among  eight 
children,  only  two  of  whom  are  living.  He  was 
six  months  old  when  his  parents  removed  to  Ohio 
and  there  he  spent  his  boyhood  years  upon  a 
farm.  From  an  early  age  he  was  noted  as  a  fine 
marksman  and  many  a  deer  fell  beneath  his  un- 
erring aim. 

When  twenty- three  years  of  age  Mr.  Neff  took 
possession  of  a  small  farm  in  Franklin  County. 
In  1855  he  removed  by  wagon  to  Grinnell,  Iowa, 
and  engaged  in  farming,  also  conducted  an  inn 
on  an  old  stage  road.  After  three  years  there, 
he  removed,  again  by  wagon,  to  Nebraska,  where 
he  settled  sixteen  miles  west  of  Plattsmouth,  near 
old  Louisville,  on  the  Platte  River,  and  took  up 
a  tract  of  farm  land.  Deciding  to  come  still  fur- 
ther west,  in  1863  he  came  by  ox-team  and  wa- 
gon, along  the  Platte,  to  Douglas  County,  Colo., 
where  he  settled  near  Point  of  Rocks,  on  what 
is  known  as  Neft's  Gulch  to  this  day.  Between 
July  and  Christmas  of  1863  he  killed  and  sold, 
there  and  in  Denver,  $275  worth  of  antelope  meat. 
It  was  his  intention  to  engage  in  the  stock  busi- 


ness there,  but  he  was  several  times  obliged  to 
seek  the  settlements  on  account  of  the  Indians, 
and  in  1868  abandoned  the  place  entirely,  after 
having  been  severely  harassed  by  the  savages. 
In  1864  he  had  brought  his  family  to  Colorado 
City  for  protection,  but  the  next  year  took  them 
to  the  vicinity  of  Denver,  and  again  in  1868  re- 
turned to  Colorado  City.  The  next  year  he  set- 
tled on  his  present  ranch.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  El  Paso  County  Pioneers'  Society  and  takes 
a  warm  interest  in  maintaining  the  associations 
of  old  times.  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat. 

In  Ohio  Mr.  Neff  married  Miss  Mary  Ann 
Beatty,  who  was  born  there.  They  became  the 
parents  of  eight  children,  seven  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing. They  are:  Mrs.  Alice  Richie  and  Mrs.  Ta- 
bitha  Talbert,  of  Colorado  Springs;  Mrs.  Malena 
Lowther,  of  Manitou;  Katie,  who  is  living  in 
Cripple  Creek;  Hezekiah,  a  miner  residing  in 
Colorado  Springs;  Fleming  A.,  who  is  connected 
with  the  city  fire  department  of  Colorado  Springs; 
and  William  A.,  a  grocer  of  this  city. 


(JOSEPH  T.  LAWLESS,  editor  and  publisher 
I  of  the  Lamar  Sparks,  and  one  of  the  most  in- 
Qj  fluential  and  prominent  citizens  of  Lamar, 
Prowers  County,  was  born  in  Kentucky  January 
i,  1 86 1.  He  was  educated  in  private  schools  at 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  Richmond,  Ind.  In  the 
latter  city  he  learned  the  printer's  trade  and  after 
serving  his  apprenticeship  he  worked  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  in  Chicago.  In  1881  he  came  west, 
where  he  followed  his-  trade  in  several  states  and 
territories,  and  for  some  time  was  the  editor  and 
publisher  of  papers  in  Edwards  County,  Kan. 

In  the  spring  of  1887  Mr.  Lawless  took  edito- 
rial charge  of  the  Lamar  Sparks,  with  which  he 
has  since  been  continuously  identified,  being  now 
the  owner,  editor  and  publisher.  When  he  came 
to  Lemar  it  had  only  recently  been  started  and 
was  still  in  its  infancy.  To  the  development  and 
growth  of  the  town  he  was  a  liberal  contributor, 
accomplishing  much,  through  the  medium  of  his 
paper,  toward  building  up  business  enterprises 
and  starting  new  industries.  His  paper  is  a 
bright,  newsy  sheet,  filled  with  incidents  of  a  local 
nature  and  articles  bearing  upon  national  issues 
and  world-wide  happenings.  Appreciating  its 
worth  the  people  of  Prowers  County  have  been 
constant  subscribers  to  the  paper,  which  has  built 
up  an  excellent  circulation  throughout  this  part 
of  the  state. 

Stanch  in  his  advocacy  of  the  Democratic  party 


JAMES  A.  MC  CANDLESS. 


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Mr.  Lawless  has  been  prominent  in  local  politics 
and  town  affairs.  He  served  for  one  term  as 
councilman  and  a  similar  period  as  city  clerk,  and 
in  1898  was  elected  mayor  of  Lamar,  which  posi- 
tion he  has  filled  with  fidelity.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  chairman  of  the  county  central  com- 
mittee and  member  of  the  state  central  committee. 
As  a  member  of  the  state  editorial  association  he 
was  the  principal  factor  in  securing  the  visit  of 
the  National  Editorial  Association  to  Lamar  in 
1898,  a  visit  that  was  so  fruitful  of  good  results 
for  the  community. 

In  1890  Mr.  Lawless  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Lizzie  Crane,  and  they  are  the  parents 
of  three  children,  two  daughters  and  one  son. 


(TAMES  A.  MC  CANDLESS  is  often  alluded 
I  to  as  the  "father"  of  the  village  of  Florence, 
Q)  in  Fremont  County.  This  now  flourishing 
city,  with  its  population  of  several  thousands,  is 
situated  on  the  Arkansas  River,  between  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  and  the  Atchison,  Topeka 
&  Santa  Fe  Railroads,  at  the  terminus  of  the 
Florence  &  Cripple  Creek  Railroad  and  the  other 
branch  roads  that  lead  to  the  coal  mines.  When 
he  came  here  in  1869  there  was  no  indication  of 
a  town,  but  three  years  later,  when  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad  came  through  here,  he  laid 
out  the  first  part  of  the  town.  As  soon  as  a  few 
settlers  came,  he  opened  a  store  and  started  in 
the  mercantile  business.  Since  then  he  has  been 
more  intimately  associated  with  the  development 
of  the  place  than  any  other  citizen  and  owns 
many  of  the  large  store  buildings  here.  As 
merchant,  bank  president,  state  senator,  and  in 
other  positions,  he  has  been  associated  with  every 
line  of  thought  and  activity  here.  His  success, 
which  has  been  great,  is  due  to  no  inherited  for- 
tune, or  to  any  happy  succession  of  advantageous 
circumstances,  but  to  his  persistence  in  spite  of 
lack  of  education,  to  his  steady  application  and 
sterling  integrity. 

A  son  of  James  and  Salina  V.  (Alexander) 
McCandless,  our  subject  was  born  in  North  Car- 
olina, February  28,  1836.  His  father  was  a 
native  of  the  highlands  of  Scotland,  but  came  to 
America  when  young,  and  followed  the  cabinet- 
maker's trade  in  connection  with  farming.  In 
1867  he  came  to  Colorado  and  two  years  later 
died  here,  at  seventy-four  years  of  age.  He  was 
chosen  justice  of  the  peace  by  the  legislature  of 
North  Carolina,  and  held  that  office  for  thirty 
years.  The  three  justices  in  the  county  comprised 


the  board  of  county  commissioners,  and  he  was 
one  of  that  board.  In  his  family  there  were  five 
children:  Mary,  Mrs.  Isaac  Green,  of  Florence; 
Julia,  wife  of  Amos  Green,  of  Florence;  David 
Colbert,  deceased;  Emily,  wife  of  James  Hartley, 
of  New  Mexico;  and  James  A. 

When  a  young  man  our  subject  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock-raising.  In  1859  he  moved  to 
Nebraska,  where  he  took  charge  of  the  stock 
owned  by  the  Overland  Stage  Company,  and  also 
entered  and  improved  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres.  From  time  to  time  he  acquired  additional 
property  and  at  the  time  he  removed  from  the 
state,  in  1864,  he  owned  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres.  On  coming  to  Colorado  he  settled 
in  Fremont  Count}',  where  at  first  he  engaged  in 
stock-raising.  In  1869  he  settled  where  Florence 
now  stands,  and  since  then  he  has  been  the  most 
prominent  resident  of  this  locality.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  to  attempt  to  develop  the  oil  interests 
of  the  county.  In  1864  he  drilled  some  surface 
wells  by  hand  and  refined  the  oil  in  a  small  still, 
selling  it  for  $6  a  gallon.  During  the  early  days 
he  frequently  crossed  the  plains,  his  first  trip  of 
the  kind  being  made  with  ox-team,  while  later 
he  travelled  with  mule-team. 

In  the  brick  three-story  structure  erected  for 
that  purpose,  Mr.  McCandless  still  carries  on  a 
mercantile  business,  using  the  first  floor  for  his 
goods,  while  the  other  floors  are  devoted  to  hotel 
and  office  purposes.  As  the  necessity  arose,  he 
put  up  other  substantial  business  buildings,  also 
many  residences.  In  1889  he  erected  an  elegant 
three-story  and  basement  brick  residence,  and 
here  he  has  since  made  his  home.  The  house  is 
provided  with  every  modern  convenience  and  is 
surrounded  by  a  fine  lawn  with  shade  trees  and 
flowers.  He  is  the  father  of  three  sons  and  five 
daughters,  all  living  in  Colorado. 

In  politics  Mr.  McCandless  has  always  affiliated 
with  the  Republican  party,  and  is  active  in  po- 
litical affairs.  He  was  a  member  of  the  second 
and  third  sessions  of  the  state  legislature,  and 
served  as  senator  in  the  sixth  and  seventh  general 
assemblies.  For  three  terms  he  was  mayor  of 
Florence.  While  not  a  member  of  any  denomina- 
tion, he  has  given  generously  to  the  erection. and 
support  of  the  various  churches  of  Florence. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Petroleum 
Lodge  No.  36,  K.  P.  In  all  matters  intended 
for  the  public  good  he  takes  an  interest.  He  was 
one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  building  of  the 
Florence  &  Cripple  Creek  Railroad,  and  for  two 


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years  was  a  member  of  its  board  of  directors. 
The  development  of  the  town  from  its  first  days  to 
the  present,  it  has  been  his  privilege  to  witness, 
and  toward  it  he  has  materially  assisted  by  his 
energy  and  progressive  spirit. 


S.  DEL  ANY.  who  is  one  of  the  suc- 
L/'  cessful  young  business  men  of  Colorado 
K^  Springs,  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Delany 
&  Delany,  bankers  and  brokers,  offices  Nos.  26-27 
Bank  building.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  engage 
in  the  organization  of  mining  companies  in  the 
Cripple  Creek  district,  and  in  this  line  of  work 
he  has  met  with  considerable  success.  Among 
the  successful  companies  which  he  has  promoted 
are  the  Kimberly  Gold  Mining  Company  and 
the  Kaffirs  Gold  Mining  Company.  The  prop- 
erties of  the  Kimberly  company  are  located  on 
Beacon  Hill  and  are  being  extensively  developed 
by  four  deep  shafts.  This  company  has  shipped 
considerable  ore,  but  is  yet  very  much  in  its 
infancy. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  the  president  of 
the  company,  and  his  brother  T.  C.,  secretary 
and  treasurer,  and  another  brother,  William  A., 
at  Cripple  Creek,  is  vice  president  and  general 
manager.  The  success  of  the  Kimberly  company 
is  attributed  to  the  efforts  of  the  above-mentioned 
firm  after  considerable  litigation  affecting  the 
validity  of  the  company's  property.  The  Kaffirs 
company  has  recently  come  into  prominence  and 
seems  destined  to  be  another  one  of  the  successful 
enterprises  launched  by  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

The  son  of  William  A.  and  Margaret  Rachel 
(Reeves)  Delany  was  born  in  Pekin,  Tazewell 
County,  111.,  March  8,  1870.  His  father  was  a 
large  lumber  merchant  in  Chicago  until  the  fire 
of  1871  destroyed  his  property.  He  then  made 
his  home  in  Pekin,  111.,  and  there  died  while  still 
a  young  man.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Pekin, 
was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Chun  Reeves,  a  native 
of  North  Carolina,  and  one  of  the  family  of  eight 
brothers  and  one  sister.  When  he  was  quite 
young  the  family  moved  to  Tennessee  and  settled 
near  Nashville,  where  they  became  large  slave- 
holders, but  before  the  war  the  family  freed  their 
slaves  and  settled  in  Illinois.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  in  Tazewell  County  and  became  a 
large  land  owner  and  at  one  time  mayor  of  the 
city  of  Pekin.  During  the  Black  Hawk  war  he 
enlisted  for  service,  but  being  under  the  stipu- 
lated age  his  mother  secured  his  discharge.  He 
was  always  a  strong  Union  man,  but  the  balance 


of  the  family  identified  themselves  with  the  cause 
of  the  Confederacy,  his  brother,  Col.  Sam  Reeves, 
being  killed  near  the  old  Reeves  plantation  near 
Murfreesboro,  Tenn. 

From  1880  to  1882  the  family  left  their  old 
home  in  Tazewell  County,  111.,  and  scattered  in 
the  different  parts  of  the  United  States.  Jennie 
Doolittle  Delany  resides  in  Chicago,  and  her 
brothers  are  located  in  El  Paso  County,  Colo. 
Until  eleven  years  old  our  subject  lived  in  Pekin, 
111.  Afterwards  he  spent  two  years  in  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  and  from  there  removed  to  Emporia, 
Kan. ,  where  the  family  conducted  a  large  cattle 
and  shoe  business.  He  received  his  education 
mainly  in  the  public  schools  and  Kansas  State 
Normal  at  Emporia,  and  also  under  private  tutors 
in  Cincinnati  and  Chicago.  In  1888  the  family 
moved  to  Chicago,  where  our  subject  studied 
dramatic  art  for  a  year  under  Professor  Vinton, 
it  being  his  intention  to  go  on  the  stage,  but  fail- 
ing health  caused  the  change  in  his  plans. 
While  in  Chicago  he  practically  started  in  life  by 
entering  the  wholesale  house  of  John  Farwell 
Company,  and  after  remaining  there  three  years 
was  connected  with  the  Real  Estate  &  Building 
Journal,  but  soon  thereafter  became  identified 
with  William  A.  Merigold  &  Co.  in  the  sale  of 
suburban  property. 

March  8,  1891,  he  left  Chicago,  arriving  in 
Colorado  Springs  two  days  thereafter.  After 
residing  in  Colorado  Springs  about  a  year,  and 
soon  after  the  discovery  of  the  Great  Cripple 
Creek  Gold  Camp,  he  became  interested  in  min- 
ing, and  has  ever  since  given  his  entire  attention 
to  the  mining  stock  brokers'  business  and  also 
the  organization  of  numerous  mining  companies 
owning  property  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district. 
He  first  became  identified  with  Mr.  Hicks,  but 
soon  thereafter  got  his  two  brothers  interested 
with  him  in  mining. 

Prior  to  the  writing  of  this  sketch  the  firm  had 
offices  in  Denver,  Colorado  Springs  and  Cripple 
Creek, but  recently  the  office  in  Denver  was  aban- 
doned. The  Cripple  Creek  officeis  now  in  charge 
of  William  A.  The  office  at  the  Springs  is  in 
charge  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch  and  T.  C. 
Delany,  his  brother. 

The  firm  has  been  established  in  business  seven 
years,  the  subject  of  the  sketch  being  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm,  but  the  junior  partner.  The 
members  of  the  firm  have  all  been  members  of 
the  different  mining  stock  exchanges  throughout 
the  state,  and  are  now  members  of  the  Colorado 


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Springs  Mining  Stock  Association,  and  the  Crip- 
ple Creek  Gold  Mining  Exchange.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  has  never  identified  himself  very 
closely  with  politics,  but  he  gives  his  allegiance  to 
the  Republican  party,  and  has  shown  great  inter- 
est in  the  study  of  political  economy. 

The  different  members  of  the  firm  have  all  had 
considerable  experience  in  different  lines  of  busi- 
ness and  professions,  William  A.  having  prac- 
ticed law  in  Chicago  for  three  years,  being  a 
graduate  of  the  branch  of  the  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity Law  School  located  in  Chicago,  which  was 
in  charge  of  Judge  Moran  and  Justice  Bailey  of 
the  appellate  court.  T.  C.  Delany  has  had 
considerable  experience  in  the  banking  business 
in  Cincinnati  in  the  Merchants'  National,  and 
also  the  Chemical  and  Park  National  Banks  of 
Chicago.  The  three  partners  are  still  young 
men.  They  stand  high  in  the  community  finan- 
cially and  for  honesty  and  integrity. 


(31  BRAHAM  PETERSON,  whose  home  is  four 
LJ  miles  east  of  Caddoa,  Bent  County,  was  born 
/  1  in  Norway,  March  8,  1837,  a  son  of  Chris- 
tian Peterson.  His  educational  advantages  were 
very  limited,  his  boyhood  years  being  spent  in 
hard  work  upon  a  farm.  When  seventeen  he 
went  to  Liverpool  and  from  there  took  passage  on 
a  sailing  vessel,  that  landed  him  in  Quebec  after 
a  voyage  of  seventeen  days.  From  that  city  he 
went  up  the  St.  Lawrence  to  Hamilton,  and  from 
there  to  Detroit,  and  then  to  Chicago,  which  was 
a  small  town,  giving  few  indications  of  its  future 
greatness.  After  a  few  days  in  the  latter  city  he 
went  further  west  via  the  Chicago  &  Alton 
Railroad.  For  a  few  years  he  worked  on  a  farm 
in  western  Illinois,  and  later,  in  1857,  went  to 
St.  Louis.  For  a  year  he  worked  upon  a  farm 
in  Missouri. 

In  the  spring  of  1858  Mr.  Peterson  enlisted  in 
Company  A,  Fifth  United  States  Infantry,  and 
was  sent  to  Utah  to  join  Gen.  Albert  Sidney 
Johnston,  who  had  been  sent  with  a  force  of 
soldiers  to  put  down  the  Mormons.  He  was 
stationed  at  Camp  Floyd  until  the  spring  of  1860, 
after  which  he  was  ordered  to  New  Mexico  to 
look  after  the  Navajo  Indians.  Under  General 
Canby  he  took  part  in  a  fight  with  the  Indians. 
During  the  entire  expedition,  which  lasted  two 
months,  the  soldiers  were  not  provided  with  a 
change  of  clothes,  and  had  not  been  permitted  to 
take  any  with  them  when  starting  on  the  march. 
During  the  Civil  war  his  corps  had  several 


skirmishes  with  Confederates  from  Texas,  and  at 
first  it  seemed  as  if  the  latter  won  the  advantage, 
but  the  northern  men  stole  the  Confederate  sup- 
plies and  in  that  way  won  the  victory.  He  re- 
ceived an  honorable  discharge  April  21,  1863. 

Coming  to  Denver,  Colo.,  Mr.  Peterson  was 
employed  to  drive  a  quartermaster's  team  from 
New  Year's,  1864,  until  March,  when  he  went 
to  Bannack  City,  Mont.,  in  search  for  gold.  For 
six  years  he  engaged  in  mining,  doing  fairly 
well,  but  unfortunately  he  invested  his  gains  in 
unprofitable  mines,  and  left  Montana  with  little 
more  than  he  took  into  it.  With  two  others  he 
started  for  the  mines  of  New  Mexico,  but  on 
reaching  Pueblo  met  some  returned  miners,  who 
discouraged  them  from  making  the'  trip.  He 
then  came  to  Fort  Lyon,  where  he  expected  to 
find  a  quartermaster  who  was  an  acquaintance, 
but  in  this  hope  he  was  disappointed.  He  then 
hired  to  Judge  Moore,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  eight  years,  and  with  the  earnings  of  that 
period  invested  in  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres. 
To  that  he  afterwards  added  a  claim  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres,  which  he  proved  up  on. 
Here  he  has  since  remained,  putting  in  all  the 
improvements  now  noticeable,  except  the  ditch 
which  was  here  when  he  bought  the  property. 
Upon  his  farm  he  engages  in  the  stock  business, 
in  which  he  has  met  with  fair  success.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  independent,  never  having  allied  him- 
self with  any  party.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  King  Solomon  Lodge  No.  30,  A.  F.  &  A. 
M.,  at  Las  Animas,  with  which  he  has  been 
identified  since  1880  and  in  which  he  has  taken 
a  great  interest. 

0R.  W.  W.  ARNOLD,  of  Colorado  Springs. 
The  Arnold  family  traces  its  descent,  in  un- 
broken line,  from  Ynir,  king  of  Gwentland, 
second  son  of  Cadwalader,  last  king  of  the 
Britons,  who  flourished  in  the  twelfth  century. 
The  coat-of-arms  is  a  shield  occupied  by  three 
lions  rampant,  surmounted  by  the  crest,  a 
mailed  hand  clenched,  the  scroll  beneath  bearing 
the  motto,  "Be  just  and  fear  not."  Colors,  red, 
white,  blue  and  gold.  Through  Roger  Arnold, 
the  twelfth  in  descent  from  Ynir,  and  the  first  to 
adopt  the  name  of  Arnold,  the  family  traces  di- 
rect descent  from  King  Alfred  the  Great.  The 
original  surname  was  Arnholt  (meaning,  strong 
eagle) ,  which  after  some  generations  was  changed 
to  the  present  form.  The  successive  generations 
to  the  present  are  as  follows:  Ynir,  king  of 


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Gwentland;  Meiric,  Ynir  Bichan  and  Carador, 
also  kings  of  Gwentland;  Dyfuwall  and  Systal, 
lords  of  Gwentland;  Arthur,  lord  of  Upper  Gwent; 
Meiric, Gwillim,  Arnholt,  Arnholt,  Roger,  Arnold, 
Thomas,  Richard,  Richard  (lord  of  the  manor), 
Thomas,  William,  Richard,  Richard,  Isaac, 
Matthew,  Richard  A.,  John,  William  W.  (of  this 
sketch)  and  Clarence  R.  On  the  maternal  side 
Dr.  Arnold  descends  from  Edward  Ball,  who 
lived  in  New  Jersey  in  1693,  and  whose  great- 
grandson,  Davis  Ball,  fought  in  the  Revolutionary 
war. 

Dr.  Arnold's  grandfather,  John  Arnold,  was 
born  on  the  Isle  of  Wight,  and  in  1820  came  to 
America,  where  his  family  joined  him  the  next 
year.  He  settled  in  Rush  County,  Ind.,  and  be- 
came a  merchant,  farmer  and  postmaster  at  Arn- 
old's. From  the  forest  he  improved  a  valuable 
estate  that  still  bears  the  family  name.  In  1864, 
when  he  was  seventy-six,  he  died  from  the  effects 
of  a  sunstroke.  He  was  fond  of  reading  and  was 
a  splendidly  informed  man. 

Dr.  John  Arnold,  father  of  our  subject,  was 
born  in  the  Isle  of  Wight,  England.  He  received 
his  medical  education  in  the  Ohio  Medical  College 
of  Cincinnati,  and  began  the  practice  of  medicine 
in  1836,  in  Vienna,  Ind.,  where  he  remained  un- 
til a  failure  of  health  in  1841,  when  he  revisited 
his  native  land,  spending  a  year  with  his  kindred 
in  the  beautiful  island.  In  1843  he  removed  to 
Connersville,  Ind.,  where  he  was  the  leading 
practitioner  until  1853.  He  then  purchased  his 
father's  farm  and  removed  to  it,  carrying  on  the 
practice  of  his  profession  and  overseeing  the  in- 
terests of  the  farm.  In  1877  he  removed  to  Rush- 
ville.  He  practiced  until  1898,  when  he  retired 
after  sixty-two  years  of  professional  life.  Fond 
of  literature  and  well  versed  in  the  early  history 
of  his  locality,  he  has  compiled  a  history  of  Rush 
County  and  has  also  made  frequent  contributions 
to  papers.  He  is  the  oldest  living  settler  ofRush- 
ville,  where  he  still  resides,  in  the  eighty- fifth 
year  of  his  age.  During  the  Civil  war  he  and  his 
son,  our  subject,  were  members  of  the  Union 
League,  which  organization  was  called  out  sev- 
eral times  to  quell  the  Knights  of  the  Golden 
Circle,  when  the  latter  were  getting  too  bold. 
His  wife,  who  was  Sarah  Ann  Ball,  was  born  in 
Ohio,  and  was  a  granddaughter  of  Davis  Ball,  a 
soldier  of  the  Revolution.  Her  father,  Abner 
Ball,  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  but  during  the 
most  of  his  life  made  his  home  in  Ohio  and  east- 
ern Indiana. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Con- 
nersville, Ind.,  August  28,  1843.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Fairview,  Richland  and  Hopewell 
academies.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine  un- 
der his  father  and  afterward  was  a  student  in  the 
Ohio  Medical  College  of  Cincinnati.  In  1864, 
with  his  father,  he  gained  his  first  experience  of 
professional  work,  and  afterward  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  the  Philadelphia  Polyclinic. 
After  his  father  removed  from  the  farm  to  Rush- 
ville  in  1877,  the  younger  man  continued  the 
practice  at  the  old  home  place,  where  he  remained 
until  1886,  the  date  of  his  removal  to  Colorado 
Springs.  His  specialty  in  practice  has  been 
diseases  of  the  respiratory  organs.  His  theory 
concerning  pulmonary  consumption  has  always 
been  that  the  disease  is  primarily  of  neurotic 
origin,  the  result  of  degenerated  nerve  force,  and 
that  the  micro-organisms  discoverable  in  the  af- 
fected tissues  are  not  the  causative  factors  in  the 
production  of  the  disease.  The  mode  of  treat- 
ment based  upon  this  theory  consists  in  the  em- 
ployment of  all  those  agents  that  will  most  surely 
and  promptly  restore  tone  and  energy  to  the 
weakened  nerve  cell.  This  end  is  attained  by  the 
judicious  administration  of  powerful  restorative 
tonics,  by  the  use  of  compressed  medicated  in- 
halations, a  species  of  "pulmonary  calisthenics," 
by  means  of  which  the  patient  is  enabled  to  utilize 
his  full  vital  capacity;  and  by  the  employment  of 
electricity  in  the  form  of  the  current  generated  by 
a  powerful  static  influence  machine.  This  won- 
derful piece  of  mechanism,  whose  workings  were 
exhibited  to  the  writer,  administers  what  is  known 
as  a  static  bath,  by  which  the  patient  is  sur- 
rounded by  an  atmosphere  of  electric  energy, 
which  strengthens  and  vitalizes  every  part  of  the 
system,  causing  in  each  cell  renewed  protoplasmic 
activity.  The  office  in  the  bank  building  is  one 
of  the  best  and  most  thoroughly  equipped  offices 
in  the  west. 

In  Hopewell,  Ind.,  in  1863,  Dr.  Arnold  mar- 
ried Miss  Eva  M.  Shaw,  who  was  born  in  West 
Alexander,  Pa.,  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  Shaw, 
of  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  formerly  a  minister  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  but  now  retired.  Her 
mother  was  Naomi  Waite,  of  Ohio.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Arnold  have  two  sons.  Clarence  R.,  the  eldest, 
graduated  from  Colorado  College  in  1891,  as  a 
Ph.  B.,  later  took  a  course  of  two  years  in  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, but  was  obliged  to  relinquish  his  studies 
on  account  of  ill  health.  In  1895  he  was  grad- 


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uated  from  the  Denver  University,  with  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.  He  has  since  practiced  in  con- 
nection with  his  father,  and  has  made  a  specialty 
of  gynecology.  Fraternally  he  is  identified  with 
the  Masons.  The  younger  son,  John  S.,  is  in 
Colorado  Springs  with  his  parents.  The  family 
are  connected  with  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Colorado  Springs,  where  the  doctor  is  a  ruling 
elder  and  for  several  years  was  Sunday-school 
superintendent.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 
While  in  Indiana  he  was  a  member  of  the  state, 
district  and  county  medical  associations,  and  he 
also  holds  membership  in  the  American  Medical 
Association.  He  is  identified  with  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution.  On  the  corner  of  St. 
Vrain  and  North  Nevada  streets,  he  has  a  fine 
residence,  the  material  for  which  is  pink  lava  rock 
brought  from  Castle  Rock.  Besides  this  place  he 
owns  other  property  in  the  city.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  In  everything 
calculated  to  advance  the  welfare  of  his  city  he 
takes  a  deep  interest,  and  is  justly  regarded  as 
one  of  the  most  progressive  citizens  of  the 
Springs. 

Dr.  Arnold  inherits  in  large  measure  the  fam- 
ily characteristic  of  love  for  literature  and  the 
arts,  and  has  contributed  numerous  articles  to  the 
press.  By  indefatigable  industry,  observation 
and  the  appropriation  of  advanced  medical 
thought  and  practice,  he  has  achieved  a  success 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  which  any  man 
might  be  proud  of. 


0AVID  G.  MILLER,  manager  of  the  Commo- 
dore mines,  owned  by  the  Commodore 
Mining  Company,  at  Creede,  Colo.,  has  his 
office  at  No.  830  Equitable  building,  Denver,  and 
divides  his  time  between  this  city  and  the  mines 
in  Mineral  County.  He  is  of  Pennsylvanian  birth 
and  Scotch- Irish  descent.  The  family  of  which 
he  is  a  member  has  long  been  identified  with  the 
history  of  Pennsylvania,  and  four  successive  gen- 
erations have  resided  on  the  homestead  in  Hunt- 
ingdon County.  His  father,  Samuel  Miller,  was 
one  of  nine  brothers,  the  most  prominent  of  whom, 
D.  P.  Miller,  M.  D.,  of  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  has  for 
many  years  been  surgeon  for  the  middle  division 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad.  Samuel  Miller 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  a  man  of  integ- 
rity and  ability;  he  died  when  only  twenty-eight 
years  of  age.  By  his  marriage  to  Elizabeth  Cun- 
ningham, a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  three  chil- 
dren were  born,  all  of  whom  attained  mature 

24 


years:  David  G.,  who  was  born  in  Huntingdon 
County,  Pa.,  April  25,  1857;  Manta and  Samuel 
J.,  who  holds  an  official  position  in  the  state  re- 
formatory at  Huntingdon,  Pa. 

The  eldest  of  the  family,  our  subject,  attended 
the  local  common  schools  until  fifteen  years  of 
age,  after  which  he  studied  in  an  academy  at 
Huntingdon  for  a  year.  For  two  years  he  gave 
his  time  principally  to  farm  pursuits,  but  such 
spare  moments  as  he  had  from  work  were  given 
to  his  books.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was 
granted  a  certificate  to  teach  school,  and  for  three 
years  afterward  he  taught  in  winter  and  farmed 
in  summer.  When  twenty-one  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, and  in  February,  1879,  located  in  Fairplay, 
near  Leadville.  He  commenced  to  teach,  but 
after  one  month  the  gold  excitement  in  Leadville 
began  and  he  resigned  his  position  as  teacher 
and  hurried  to  the  camp,  which  was  forty  miles 
from  Fairplay.  During  his  study  at  home  he 
had  devoted  considerable  attention  to  surveying 
and  civil  engineering,  and  upon  going  to  Lead- 
ville he  secured  work  with  a  firm  of  surveyors, 
with  whom  he  remained  as  an  employe  for  one 
year.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time  he  was  given 
a  third  interest  in  the  business.  His  connection 
with  the  company  continued  for  another  year, 
when  the  partnership  was  dissolved  by  the  death 
of  one  partner  and  the  removal  of  another. 

For  one  year  Mr.  Miller  was  employed  by 
Charles  J.  Moore,  aprominent  engineer,  and  their 
connection  was  a  most  pleasant  one,  and  Mr.  Mil- 
ler has  always  felt  the  greatest  appreciation  of  the 
benefit  derived  from  this  association.  Following 
this  he  was  employed  as  assistant  to  Thomas  W. 
Jaycox,  chief  engineer  of  the  Twin  Lakes  Mining 
Company.  After  eight  months  he  entered  the 
office  of  Page  &  Blow,  of  Leadville,  and  when, 
five  months  later,  the  junior  member  was  appoint- 
ed manager  of  the  Silver  Cord  Mining  Company, 
Mr.  Miller  bought  his  interest  in  the  business, 
the  firm  title  being  changed  to  Page  &  Miller, 
civil  an,d  mining  engineers.  This  connection 
continued  from  1885  to  1888.  A  branch  office 
was  opened  at  Aspen,  under,  the  management  of 
Mr.  Miller,  while  Mr.  Page  took  charge  of  the 
Leadville  office. 

Upon  going  to  Aspen  Mr.  Miller  became  asso- 
ciated with  E.  R.  Holden,  who  erected  the  Globe 
smelter  at  Denver  and  the  Philadelphia  smelter 
in  Pueblo,  and  who  was  at  that  time  receiver  for 
the  Emma  mine.  Ten  months  later  the  Aspen 
Mining  &  Smelting  Company  was  formed,  with 


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J.  B.  Wheeler,  president;  W.  B.  Devereaux,  gen- 
eral manager;  and  D.  G.  Miller  engineer  for  the 
company,  which  position  he  retained  for  four 
years.  During  this  time  the  management  changed 
four  times,  but  each  time  he  was  retained  as 
engineer  at  the  special  request  of  the  president 
of  the  company.  Meanwhile,  associated  with 
J.  H.  Devereaux,  he  bought  the  Park-Regent 
mining  property,  which  then  had  only  a  pros- 
pective value.  He  assisted  in  the  development 
of  the  mine,  which  became  known  as  one  of  the 
best  mines  of  the  Aspen  district.  Afterward,  for 
two  years,  he  spent  his  time  traveling,  principally 
in  the  east  and  in  California. 

In  the  summer  of  1890  Mr.  Miller  accepted  a 
position  in  the  mineral  division  of  the  United 
States  surveyor-general's  office  in  Denver,  but  he 
was  unable  to  bear  the  confinement  of  office  work, 
and  after  eighteen  months  resigned.  In  1892  he 
became  associated  with  Maj.  L.  E.  Campbell  as 
engineer  in  the  Amethyst  mine.  After  remain- 
ing in  that  position  for  six  months,  in  the  fall  of 
the  same  year  he  was  employed  by  A.  E.  Rey- 
nolds as  engineer  of  the  New  York  &  Chance 
Mining  Company,  and  also  later  held  a  similar 
position  with  the  Last  Chance  Mining  Company, 
that  owned  adjacent  property.  In  the  fall  of 
1895  he  began  the  work  of  developing  the  Com- 
modore Mining  Company  and  was  engineer  and 
manager  during  the  first  year,  but  the  work  grew 
to  such  an  extent  that  the  management  required 
his  entire  time,  so  another  engineer  was  em- 
ployed. All  the  developments  have  been  made 
under  his  supervision  and  the  improvements  per- 
sonally superintended  by  him.  The  company  is 
the  largest  in  the  camp  and  one  of  the  largest  in 
the  state,  ranking  with  the  Ibex  of  Leadville  and 
the  Virginius  at  Ouray.  At  this  writing  employ- 
ment is  furnished  five  hundred  men.  The  Den- 
ver officers  of  the  company  are:  A.  E.  Reynolds, 
president;  and  D.  H.  Moffat,  vice-president.  The 
mine  is  operated  through  a  series  of  tunnels,  rang- 
ing from  four  to  five  thousand  feet  in  length. 

Though  not  a  politician,  Mr.  Miller  is  a  man 
of  firm  convictions  and  always  votes  the  Repub- 
lican ticket.  Socially  he  belongs  to  the  Denver 
Club  and  Denver  Athletic  Club.  December  30, 
1885,  he  married  Eva  C.,  daughter  of  Thomas  H. 
and  Angelina  (Campbell)  Baker.  Her  father, 
who  was  born  in  Vermont,  removed  to  Kansas  in 
early  life  and  became  very  prominent  in  the  public 
life  of  that  state.  For  twelve  years  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  state  legislature.  From  Kansas  he  re- 


moved to  Denver,  where  he  became  principal  of  a 
public  school.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  reside  at  No. 
1336  Gay  lord  street,  Denver.  They  have  three 
sons,  Walter  Baker,  Hugh  Baker  and  David 
Baker. 

Among  mine  operators  in  Colorado  Mr.  Miller  is 
known  as  a  successful  operator  of  mines.  His 
engineering  skill  is  recognized  by  all  who  have 
had  business  relations  with  him,  and  his  latest 
and  perhaps  most  successful  achievement  (the 
development  of  the  Commodore  mines)  has  given 
him  a  deserved  position  among  those  who  are 
foremost  in  mining  skill  and  knowledge. 


EOL.  LEWIS  C.  SKINNER,  who  won  mer- 
ited distinction  in  the  Civil  war,  has  made 
Colorado  Springs  his  home  since  June,  1878. 
He  is  of  remote  Scotch  descent,  but  the  family 
has  been  identified  with  New  England  history 
from  an  early  period.  His  father,  Samuel,  who 
was  born  in  Packersfield,  N.  H.,  January  18, 
1797,  was  a  farmer  and  lumberman  at  Nunda, 
N.  Y. ,  for  many  years,  and  afterward  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  engines  and  machinery  until 
1860,  when  he  sold  out.  In  1868  he  retired  from 
active  business  cares.  During  his  closing  years  , 
he  spent  some  time  in  Chicago,  but  his  death  oc- 
curred in  Brooklyn,  Iowa,  in  1876.  For  years 
he  served  as  supervisor  of  the  town  of  Nunda, 
and  for  two  terms  he  was  a  member  of  the  New 
York  assembly.  His  wife,  who  was  Luanna 
Satterlee,  was  born  in  Easton,  N.  Y.,  August 
19,  1796,  became  his  wife  February  i,  1818,  and 
died  at  Nunda  in  1859.  They  were  the  parents 
of  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  namely:  Henry 
R.,  who  died  in  Brooklyn,  Iowa;  Abbott  J.,  who 
died  in  boyhood;  Sylvia  R.,  who  lives  in  Mar- 
quette,  Mich. ;  Lewis  C. ;  and  Nelson  J. ,  who  was 
a  member  of  a  New  York  regiment  in  the  Civil 
war,  was  captured  by  the  Confederates  and  all 
trace  of  him  lost  by  his  relatives,  although  with- 
out doubt  he  died  in  prison. 

Colonel  Skinner  was  born  in  Nunda,  Living- 
ston County,  N.  Y.,  June  4,  1833.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  public  schools  and  Nunda  Academy. 
His  first  employment  was  on  the  Genesee  Valley 
canal,  where  he  assisted  his  father,  with  whom 
he  later  became  interested  in  the  machine  shop. 
In  September,  1861,  he  volunteered  in  the  defense 
of  the  Union.  His  name  was  enrolled  as  first 
lieutenant  of  Company  A,  One  Hundred  and 
Fourth  New  York  Infantry,  which  was  mustered 
into  service  at  Geneseo.  Later  he  was  commis- 


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sioned  major.  He  took  part  in  the  battles  of 
Cedar  Mountain  and  Rappahannock  Station,  Va., 
the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  Va.,  South  Moun- 
tain, Md.,  and  Antietani.  He  was  dismissed 
from  the  service  for  a  year  on  the  surgeon's  cer- 
tificate that,  unless  he  left  the  army,  he  would 
never  recover  from  the  effects  of  a  broken  leg  re- 
ceived in  March,  1862,  while  on  duty.  Soon 
after  his  return  home  in  October,  1862,  he  re- 
ceived commissions  as  lieutenant-colonel  and  colo- 
nel respectively,  but  did  not  accept  either  of 
them.  From  October,  1862,  until  December, 
1863,  he  was  employed  in  the  surveyor's  depart- 
ment in  the  custom  house  in  New  York  City  as 
an  inspector.  In  December,  1863,  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  major  in  the  then  invalid  corps,  and 
ordered  to  report  for  duty  at  Camp  Douglas, 
Chicago.  In  June,  1864,  he  was  promoted  to  be 
lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Eighth  Regiment  Vet- 
eran Reserve  Corps,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  at 
Camp  Douglas,  Chicago,  where  he  remained 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  After  all  the  prison- 
ers had  been  exchanged,  in  September,  1865,  he 
was  ordered  with  the  regiment  to  Cairo,  111. ,  and 
had  command  of  that  post  until  December,  when 
he  was  mustered  out  and  ordered  to  report  at  the 
home  office.  In  March,  1866,  he  was  ordered  to 
report  to  Major-General  Howard  at  Charleston, 
S.  C.,  and  was  assigned  duty  in  the  Freedman's 
Bureau,  his  districts  being  Orangeburg  and  Barn- 
well.  July  9,  1866,  upon  his  personal  request, 
he  was  mustered  out  and  honorably  discharged. 
In  October  of  the  same  year  he  received  commis- 
sion as  brevet  colonel  of  United  States  Volunteers, 
in  recognition  of  meritorious  service. 

Upon  being  discharged  from  the  service,  Colo- 
nel Skinner  went  to  Chicago  and  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business,  later  becoming  interested  in 
real  estate.  In  1869,  on  account  of  his  wife's 
health,  he  went  to  St.  Paul,  but  the  change  did 
not  prove  beneficial,  and  in  the  spring  of  1870 
she  died.  He  returned  to  Nunda,  N.  Y.,  and 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  until  1878, when 
he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  and  since  then  he 
has  engaged  in  the  wool-growing  business  as  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Skinner  &  Ashley.  With 
his  partner,  H.  I.  Ashley,  he  established  a  ranch 
of  eight  hundred  acres  twenty  miles  east  of  Colo- 
rado Springs,  with  a  vast  range  for  his  sheep. 
They  have  been  among  the  large  wool  growers 
in  the  state,  and  have  made  a  specialty  of  the 
merino  sheep.  Near  Beaver  City,  Neb.,  they 
own  a  farm  of  four  hundred  acres,  on  which  they 


raise  corn  and  alfalfa,  and  where  they  feed  their 
lambs.  The  family  residence  in  Colorado  Springs 
is  at  No.  423  North  Nevada  avenue. 

The  first  wife  of  Colonel  Skinner  was  Delyra  A. 
Tuthill,  who  was  born  in  Vermont  and  died  in 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  in  1870.  His  second  marriage 
took  place  in  Nunda  and  united  him  with  Miss 
Eliza  A.  Tuthill,  who  was  born  in  Windham 
County,  Vt.  One  child  blesses  this  union,  Dora 
D.,  who  is  a  graduate  of  Cutler  Academy. 

Politically  Colonel  Skinner  is  a  pronounced 
Republican.  For  one  term  he  was  county  com- 
missioner of  El  Paso  County,  and  for  four  years 
served  as  alderman  from  the  third  ward  of  Colo- 
rado Springs.  While  in  Nunda  he  was  made  a 
Mason,  and  is  now  a  member  of  El  Paso  Lodge 
No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  in  Colorado  Springs 
Chapter  No.  6,  R.  A.  M.,  he  is  past  high  priest; 
Pike's  Peak  Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T.,  in  which 
he  is  past  eminent  commander;  Zabud  Council 
No.  8,  R.  E.  S.  M.,  Colorado  Springs  (of  which 
degree  he  was  three  times  illustrious  master  while 
in  the  east) ;  Colorado  Consistory  in  Denver;  and 
El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S. 


j  UKE  CAHILL,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
It  cattle  business  in  Bent  County,  resides  in 
L/  Las  Animas  and  owns  a  farm  of  two  hundred 
acres  adjoining  the  city,  besides  which  he  has 
eight  ranches,  aggregating  two  thousand  acres  of 
land,  in  this  county.  He  was  born  in  Kilkenny, 
Ireland,  July  6,  1850,  a  son  of  Michael  and  Mar- 
garet (Delaney)  Cahill.  When  he  was  very 
small  his  parents  settled  in  London,  Canada. 
His  father  died  when  the  son  was  about  thirteen 
years  of  age  and  the  latter  was  then  thrown  upon 
his  own  resources.  Going  to  Port  Huron,  Mich., 
he  secured  employment  in  a  grocery  store,  where 
he  remained  about  two  years.  When  the  war 
opened  he  was  interested  in  the  success  of  the 
Union  and  before  it  had  closed,  he  offered  his 
services,  but  was  rejected  on  account  of  his 
youth.  He  then  hired  to  the  government  as  a 
teamster,  and  was  ordered  to  drive  from  Nash- 
ville to  Atlanta.  He  did  so,  reaching  the  latter 
city  in  time  to  take  part  in  the  battle  there,  and 
later  he  participated  in  the  battle  at  Nashville. 
However,  the  exposure,  hardships  and  irregulai 
and  scanty  meals  caused  him  to  become  ill,  and 
after  the  battle  at  Nashville  he  was  sent  back  to 
Michigan  and  discharged. 

After  a  visit  of  a  few  weeks  with  his  mother  in 
London,   Canada,  our  subject  returned  to  Port 


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Huron  and  from  there  went  to  Chicago,  where  he 
was  employed  in  driving  a  mule  team  on  a  street 
car.  Six  months  later  he  was  promoted  to  be 
conductor.  Nine  months  were  spent  in  that 
capacity,  after  which  he  and  others  hired  to  go 
to  Bolivar  County,  Miss.,  to  grow  corn  and 
cotton  on  shares.  The  work,  however,  did  not 
suit  him,  and  in  a  few  weeks  he  went  to  Mem- 
phis, where  he  hired  to  carry  water  to  workmen  on 
the  section  of  the  Memphis  &  Charleston  Railroad. 
A  strike  took  place  and  he  with  others  stopped 
work.  Going  back  to  Chicago,  in  April,  1866, 
he  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army  and  was 
ordered  to  Fort  Columbus,  New  York  harbor. 
Thence  he  was  sent  to  Fort  Leaveuworth,  Kan., 
and  assigned  to  Company  A,  Fifth  United  States 
Infantry,  Lieut-Col.  George  Sykes  commanding 
the  regiment.  His  next  assignment  was  to  Fort 
Union,  N.  M.,  thence  to  Fort  Summers  on  the 
Pecos  River,  where  they  were  to  guard  all  the 
Navajo  Indian  reservations,  and  this  they  did  for 
eighteen  months.  As  an  escort  to  Gen.  Tecum- 
seh  Sherman  he  visited  all  the  military  posts  in 
New  Mexico  and  Arizona,  the  trip  taking  about 
three  months.  After  the  trip  was  over  he 
returned  to  Fort  Summers.  Frequently  he  en- 
gaged with  his  company  in  skirmishes  with 
Indians,  particularly  the  Cheyennes,  Arapahoes 
and  Comanches,  and  once  an  arrow,  shot  by  an 
Indian,  went  through  his  left  wrist.  More  than 
once  he  was  in  imminent  peril  of  his  life,  at  times 
when  the  soldiers  were  surrounded  by  Indians. 
On  a  trip  to  Fort  Stanton  as  an  escort  the 
soldiers  were  followed  by  over  three  thousand 
Indians  and  were  penned  up  in  Rock  Canon,  but 
managed  to  make  their  escape  in  the  night. 

Going  to  Fort  Lyon,  Colo.,  in  the  fall  of  1867, 
Mr.  Cahill  saw  this  county  for  the  first  time. 
He  spent  the  winter  in  a  tent  at  the  fort,  his  duty 
being  to  guard  the  overland  mail  from  Fort  Dodge, 
Kan.,  to  Fort  Lyon,  for  which  purpose  he  had 
command  of  about  twenty  men.  He  continued 
in  this  capacity  until  the  Kansas  &  Pacific  Rail- 
road was  built  to  Sheridan  in  1868.  Next,  with 
a  squad  of  twenty  men,  he  was  placed  at  Station 
No.  2,  twenty-two  miles  northeast  of  Fort  Lyon. 
In  1868-69  he  accompanied  General  Carr  to  the 
Canadian  River  in  the  Indian  Territory,  where 
he  remained  until  they  met  Custer  and  Sheridan. 
After  camping  for  a  month  on  the  Cold  Water 
River  he  was  ordered  to  Fort  Lyon  for  the  win- 
ter. His  company  took  part  in  breaking  up  the 
notorious  Cole  gang,  many  of  whose  members 


were  sent  to  the  penitentiary  at  Canon  City, 
while  Cole  himself  was  hanged  by  a  mob  in 
Pueblo.  Mr.  Cahill  hauled  twelve  wagon  loads 
of  telegraph  wire,  the  first  used  in  the  construc- 
tion of  a  line  across  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and 
Old  Mexico.  This  he  delivered  at  Trinidad.  On 
his  return  he  attended  the  funeral  of  Kit  Carson 
at  Fort  Lyon;  this  famous  scout  was  first  buried 
at  Boggsville,  three  miles  south  of  Las  Animas, 
but  his  remains  now  lie  at  Taos,  N.  M.  Among 
other  scouts  with  whom  Mr.  Cahill  was  ac- 
quainted, we  mention  the  names  of  William  Cody 
(Buffalo  Bill),  William  Haycock  (Wild  Bill), 
Charles  Auttabee  and  his  sons,  Hosea  and  Mari- 
ano, also  Jesse  Nelson,  who  married  into  the 
Kit  Carson  family. 

May  4,  1869,  Mr.  Cahill  was  honorably  dis- 
charged from  the  army,  at  Fort  Lyon,  as  first 
sergeant  of  Company  A.  His  first  work  after 
this  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Barlow-Sanderson 
Overland  Mail  and  Express  Company,  with 
which  he  remained  about  one  year,  attending  to 
the  weighing  of  their  grain  and  caring  for  their 
stock  at  Station  No.  2.  After  a  year  he  embarked 
in  the  cattle  business  with  Col.  Daniel  Webster 
Van  Horn  and  remained  in  the  business  for  three 
years,  when  he  sold  to  his  partner.  He  was 
then  elected  county  assessor,  being  the  last  to  fill 
that  office  in  the  county  while  it  was  under  terri- 
torial government.  After  the  admission  of  Colo- 
rado as  a  state  he  was  four  times  elected  assessor, 
during  all  of  which  time  he  was  engaged  in  the 
cattle  business,  having  as  partner  Patrick  H. 
McCarthy,  an  ordnance  sergeant  in  the  United 
States  army.  For  two  years  he  had  a  contract 
to  furnish  beef  for  four  companies,  U.  S.  A.  He 
has  had  as  many  as  three  thousand  head  of 
cattle  and  large  herds  of  horses. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Cahill  took  place  at  Fort 
Lyon,  September  21,  1876,  and  united  him  with 
Miss  Nora  McCarthy,  who  was  a  niece  of  his 
partner,  and  was  born  in  County  Clare,  Ireland. 
He  established  his  home  in  East  Las  Anitnas, 
which  was  the  original  county-seat  and  the  whole 
site  of  which  is  on  one  of  his  ranches.  In  his 
family  there  were  nine  children,  but  only  four  are 
living:  Francis  Joseph,  Frances  M.,  Mary  E.  and 
Luke  Edward. 

Reared  to  believe  in  the  Democratic  party,  Mr. 
Cahill  continued  faithfully  toits  principles  for  some 
years.  In  1864  he  voted  for  George  B.  McClellan. 
At  the  election  of  1 884  he  supported  Grover  Cleve- 
land. His  sympathies  are  now  with  the  People's 


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party  and  he  is  a  stanch  silver  advocate.  For  six 
years  he  served  as  county  commissioner,  had 
supervision  of  the  erection  of  the  court  house 
during  that  time  and  did  other  work  of  an  impor- 
tant character.  At  the  time  he  was  commission- 
er the  county  was  one  hundred  and  ninteen 
miles  long  and  eighty-four  miles  wide,  out  of 
which  territory  six  counties  have  since  been  cut 
off.  During  his  service  the  iron  bridge  across 
the  Arkansas  was  built.  In  religion  he  is  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  faith. 


7  DWIN  LOBACH,  a  prosperous  agriculturist 
ry  of  Fremont  County,  is  one  of  the  pioneers 
|__  to  whose  energy  and  foresight  his  county 
is  indebted  for  its  advancement.  While  as  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  he  has  given  close  attention  to  his 
private  affairs,  he  has  not  ignored  that  bond  of 
common  interest  which  should  unite  the  people 
of  every  community,  and  has  always  stood  ready 
to  promote  progress  in  every  line  of  activity. 

The  Lobach  family  is  among  the  oldest  in 
Berks  County,  Pa.,  where  for  more  than  sixty 
years  there  has  been  a  postoffice  named  Lobachs- 
ville.  They  were  first  represented  in  America 
more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago,  when 
Peter  Lobach  crossed  the  ocean  from  Germany. 

The  following  article,  published  in  the  Phila- 
delphia Ledger,  will  give  an  idea  of  the  prominence 
of  this  pioneer  family  of  Pennsylvania: 

"Reading,  Pa. — An  unusual  sale  is  announced 
to  take  place  at  Lobachsville,  this  county,  next 
Saturday,  when  all  the  buildings  and  land  in  the 
entire  town,  together  with  some  real  estate  with- 
in a  mile  of  the  place,  will  be  offered  at  public 
auction.  That  section  of  the  county  was  settled 
by  the  Lobach  family  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty  years  ago.  They  became  extensive  land 
owners.  They  practically  owned  all  the  land  in 
the  village.  The  oldest  members  of  the  family 
have  just  died,  and  all  the  houses  and  lands  will 
now  be  owned  by  persons  bearing  different 
names.  The  last  member  of  the  Lobach  family 
to  die  was  Anna  Lobach,  an  aged  maiden  lady. 
The  pioneer  member  of  the  family  in  this  country 
was  Peter  Lobach.  There  has  been  a  postoffice 
at  Lobachsville  nearly  sixty  years.  At  a  recent 
sale  of  personal  property  family  heirlooms  of  the 
Lobachs  two  hundred  years  old  were  sold." 

Samuel  Lobach  married  Dina  Biehl,  member 
of  a  pioneer  family  of  Pennsylvania.  Both  died 
while  still  young.  They  left  a  son,  Edwin,  who 


was  reared  by  an  uncle  in  Union  County,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  saddler  and  harness-maker. 
In  1854  he  went  to  California.  He  was  a  poor 
boy,  and  unable  to  pay  his  way  by  steamer 
or  stage,  so  walked  almost  the  entire  distance, 
taking  from  the  first  of  May  until  October  to 
reach  his  destination.'  After  four  years  in  Cali- 
fornia he  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  and  for  a  few 
months  attended  school.  In  the  spring  of  1859 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  short  time  mined 
in  the  gulch  at  Central  City,  after  which  he 
hauled  freight  for  the  government,  going  to  Salt 
Lake,  Fort  Douglas  and  New  Mexico  during  the 
war.  In  1863  he  was  attacked  by  Indians  and 
his  stock  stolen.  Again,  in  the  fall  of  1867, 
when  freighting  with  eighteen  six-mule  trains, 
he  was  shot  at  frequently  by  Indians  and  nine  of 
his  mules  were  shot.  After  the  latter  trip  he 
abandoned  freighting  and  secured  work  in  the 
grading  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.  Return- 
ing east,  he  worked  on  the  Adirondack  Railroad 
in  New  York.  He  then  went  to  Jefferson,  Tex., 
where  he  was  employed  on  the  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad. 

In  1870  Mr.  Lobach  came  to  Fremont  County 
and  started  a  stock  ranch  twelve  miles  east  of  the 
present  site  of  Florence.  Two  years  after  his 
arrival  the  railroad  was  built  through,  and  since 
then  this  section  of  country  has  prospered. 
Since  the  fall  of  1870  he  has  resided  on  his  present 
homestead,  where  he  has  been  extensively  en- 
gaged in  stock-raising.  He  has  had  as  many  as  two 
hundred  head  of  horses  at  one  time,  and  all  have 
been  of  the  best  grades,  one  that  he  raised  having 
made  a  record  of  2:15.  He  is  a  lover  of  good 
horses,  and  says  he  believes  he  could  not  live 
without  them  around  him.  Not  only  is  he  fond 
of  horses,  but  none  knows  better  than  he  how  to 
handle  them.  He  also  has  full-blooded  Berkshire 
hogs.  With  his  son,  he  is  conducting  a  dairy 
and  keeps  seventy -five  Jersey  and  Holstein  cows. 
In  1892  he  built  a  two-story  brick  residence,  con- 
taining the  modern  improvements,  and  at  different 
times  he  has  erected  needed  farm  buildings.  On 
his  place  he  has  a  fruit  orchard  of  sixteen  acres,  in 
the  finest  bearing  condition.  With  six  others  he 
organized  the  first  oil  company  here,  and  the  first 
oil  well  was  drilled  on  his  property  about  1880. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  interested  in  the  oil 
business,  and  now  has  six  wells  on  his  place. 
Those  who  are  competent  to  judge  state  that  his 
ranch  is  the  finest  in  the  county.  That  this  is  so 
may  be  attributed  to  his  tireless  energy  and 


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determination  of  character.  He  has  done  con- 
siderable building  in  Florence  and  recently  com- 
pleted a  substantial  two-story  double  brick  block. 

A  lifelong  Republican  and  active  in  public 
affairs,  Mr.  Lobach  has  served  for  two  terms  as 
county  commissioner  and  has  frequently  attended 
county  and  state  conventions.  For  thirty  years 
he  has  been  a  member  of  Mount  Moriah  Lodge 
No.  15,  at  Canon  City.  He  has  been  generous 
in  his  contributions  to  religious  enterprises  and 
especially  to  the  Christian  Church,  of  which  he 
has  been  a  member  for  twenty-five  years,  and  in 
which  he  has  officiated  as  trustee  and  deacon. 
Besides  his  interest  in  real  estate  here  he  owns 
property  in  Denver  and  Pueblo,  and  is  also  a 
stockholder  in  mining  companies  in  Cripple 
Creek.  He  came  to  this  county  before  a  single 
line  of  railroad  had  been  built  through  it;  now 
there  are  five  lines  running  through  his  property, 
the  most  of  which  he  donated  to  the  railroad 
companies.  In  February,  1871,  he  married 
Nancy,  daughter  of  Joseph  Crouch,  of  Fremont 
County.  They  have  two  sons  and  five  daughters, 
namely:  Carrie  A.,  wife  of  B.  M.  Robinson,  of 
Florence;  Mary  Grace;  Edwin,  Jr.,  who  assists 
his  father  in  the  management  of  the  home  farm ; 
Josephine,  Ulysses,  Macie  Fern  and  Nancy  Irene. 

Mr.  Lobach  was  one  of  the  very  first  settlers  of 
Fremont  County.  He  was  preceded  six  months 
by  James  A.  McCandless,  and  these  two  men 
deserve  great  praise  for  their  labors  in  behalf  of 
their  community.  It  is  the  testimony  of  those 
who  have  known  Mr.  Lobach  longest  and  most 
intimately  that  he  is  absolutely  straightforward, 
honest  and  reliable  in  every  transaction.  Honor- 
able in  all  things,  he  has  gained  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  the  people,  and  has  a  host  of  warm 
personal  friends  who  appreciate  his  sterling 
worth. 


ROBISON  MALORY  MOORE.  From"  the 
time  of  his  settlement,  near  the  mouth  of 
Purgatoire  River,  in  1860,  until  his  death, 
in  1894,  the  life  of  Judge  Moore  was  intimately 
connected  with  the  development  and  growth  of 
Bent  County.  When  he  crossed  the  plains  and 
selected  a  claim  here,  the  site  of  Las  Animas  was 
then  a  barren,  unimproved  tract  of  land.  In  fact, 
in  the  entire  county  there  was  no  building  except 
those  erected  at  the  forts.  His  home  was  the 
first  improvement  made  in  the  county,  and  it  con- 
sisted of  a  stockade,  one  hundred  feet  square, 
with  rooms  on  the  north  and  west  side.  Among 


his  contemporaries  in  the  development  of  the 
Arkansas  Valley  were  the  renowned  scout,  Kit 
Carson;  John  W.  Prowers,  whose  name  has  been 
conferred  upon  the  county  adjoining  Bent  on  the 
east;  Thomas  O.  Boggs,  Col.  A.  G.  Boone,  Zan 
Hicklin  and  L-  B.  Maxwell,  all  of  whom  are 
remembered  as  men  of  indomitable  energy  and 
perseverance. 

The  Moore  family  descends  direct!}'  from  Sir 
John  Moore,  of  Glasgow,  Scotland.  Robison 
M.  Moore  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Huron 
County,  Ohio,  August  26,  1832,  and  was  a  son  of 
W.  B.  V.  Moore,  a  native  of  Catskill,  Greene 
County,  N.  Y.,  who  died  in  Luverne,  Minn., 
October  24,  1880,  in  his  seventy-sixth  year. 
When  our  subject  was  very  young  he  was  be- 
reaved by  his  mother's  death.  At  the  age  of  four- 
teen he  secured  employment  in  his  uncle's  store 
at  Frederick,  Knox  County,  Ohio.  Afterward 
he  attended  school  at  Ashland  and  Norwalk,  and 
in  1853  completed  the  regular  course  of  the 
Cleveland  Commercial  College.  For  two  years 
he  was  employed  at  Niagara  Falls  by  the  Great 
Western  Indian  Company,  after  which  he  spent 
three  years  in  Hastings,  Minn.,  and  then  engaged 
in  business  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

While  living  in  the  latter  city,  he  was  married, 
April  3,  1860,  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Bent,  only 
daughter  of  Col.  William  Bent,  in  whose  honor 
Bent  County  was  named,  and  who  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  Indian  traders  of  the  west.  He  was  one 
of  four  brothers  who,  with  Cerau  St.  Vrain,  com- 
posed the  firm  of  Bent,  St.  Vrain  &  Co.,  trappers 
and  Indian  traders,  and  who  established  a  trading 
post  on  the  Upper  Arkansas  in  1826.  Mrs.  Mary 
E.  Moore  died  May  6,  1878,  leaving  six  children, 
viz. :  Ada,  Bent,  George,  Nellie,  Daisy  and 
Agnes. 

As  before  stated,  the  period  of  Mr.  Moore's 
residence  in  Colorado  dates  from  1860.  In  1862 
he  brought  his  wife  and  two  children  from  Kan- 
sas City  in  an  ambulance.  Afterward  he  con- 
tinued to  reside  on  his  ranch  in  Bent  County, 
with  the  exception  of  one  winter  in  Taos,  N.  M., 
and  a  few  months  of  1865-66  in  Kansas  City. 
When  Bent  County  was  organized  in  March, 
1870,  he  was  appointed  probate  judge  and  county 
superintendent  of  schools.  At  the  first  election 
of  officers  thereafter,  he  was  returned  to  these 
positions  and  served  for  a  full  second  term.  The 
first  free  school  in  the  county  was  established  un- 
der his  administration,  and  he  was  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  first  school  board.  He  was  interested 


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in  local  affairs  and  did  all  within  his  power  to 
promote  the  advancement  of  the  county.  After 
retiring  from  office  he  gave  his  attention  closely 
to  the  live-stock  business,  in  which  he  accumu- 
lated a  competency.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
state  board  of  inspectors  and  for  many  years 
served  as  president  of  the  Bent  County  Stock 
Growers'  Association.  In  addition  to  these  in- 
terests he  contracted  to  deliver  hay,  wood  and 
coal  for  the  government  at  Fort  Lyon,  during 
the  maintenance  of  that  post.  Upon  the  death  of 
John  W.  Prowers,  in  1884,  he  was  appointed 
managing  executor  of  the  estate,  to  which  he  de- 
voted much  time  during  the  last  eight  years  of 
his  life.  He  also  secured  large  tracts  of  land,  the 
most  of  which  adjoined  his  original  claim,  and 
here  he  carried  on  extensive  farming  operations 
and  erected  a  commodious  residence.  January 
18,  1886,  he  was  a  second  time  married,  his  wife 
being  Miss  Florida,  daughter  of  Dr.  H.  Breiner, 
of  Emporia,  Kan.  One  child,  Frances,  was 
born  of  this  union. 

October  23,  1894,  Judge  Moore  was  returning 
in  a  buggy  from  Arlington,  a  town  on  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific,  north  of  Las  Animas.  When  near 
the  bridge  north  of  town,  his  horses  took  fright, 
became  unmanageable  and  ran  away.  He  was 
thrown  to  the  ground,  alighting  on  his  head  and 
fracturing  his  skull.  The  injury  proved  fatal 
and  at  2:30  in  the  afternoon  he  passed  away. 
His  death  was  a  great  shock  to  his  family,  who 
were  devoted  to  him,  and  of  whose  interests  he 
had  ever  been  lovingly  considerate.  The  people 
of  the  county,  too,  realized  that  one  of  their 
most  public-spirited  men  had  been  taken  from 
among  them,  and  the  expressions  of  sorrow  and 
grief  were  universal.  The  Bent  County  Stock 
Growers'  Association,  of  which  he  was  then  the 
president,  passed  resolutions  of  sympathy  for  his 
family,  giving  expression  to  their  sense  of  his 
unfaltering  devotion  to  the  range  stock  interests 
of  Colorado,  and  his  possession  of  traits  of  char- 
acter that  endeared  him  to  his  business  associates 
and  friends.  Two  days  after  his  death  he  was 
buried  in  the  beautiful  Bent  Cemetery,  after  ap- 
propriate private  and  public  services  had  been 
held.  His  body  was  followed  to  its  last  resting 
place  by  those  of  the  old  settlers  who  survived 
him,  by  members  of  the  bench  and  bar  from 
every  point  in  the  valley,  and  by  the  host  of  per- 
sonal friends  who  had  been  drawn  to  him  by  his 
uprightness  of  life  and  kindess  of  heart. 

The  words  of  tribute  uttered  by  the  rector  of 


the  Church  of  the  Messiah  upon  the  occasion  of 
the  last  services  over  the  dead,  were  echoed  in  the 
heart  of  everyone  present:  "Judge  Moore  was  a 
man  who  in  quietness  went  about  the  world. 
Show  and  conspicuousness,  so  attractive  to  most 
men,  had  no  charm  for  him.  But  we  all  feel,  as 
a  state,  as  a  town,  as  well  as  those  who  have 
known  him  in  his  home  life,  what  a  loss  we  have 
sustained  in  his  removal  from  our  midst  on  earth. 
He  has  tried  to  be  a  true  man, — he  has  not  failed. 
He  leaves  behind  him  a  bright,  beautiful  example 
for  all,  and  especially  his  own  sons  to  follow.  Do 
not,  my  friends,  forget  soon  such  a  man.  You 
to  whom  I  speak  can  more  easily  than  myself 
tell,  if  you  so  desired,  as  you  have  lived  by  his 
side  for  years,  the  many  lessons  for  us  all  to 
learn  from  his  life.  Fail  not,  each  one  of  you,  to 
think,  speak  and  live  a  better  life  from  knowing 
and  seeing  this  life  now  gone  from  earth  to  the 
spirit  world." 

1 'he  Bent  County  Democrat  inscribes  this  tribute 
to  his  memory:  "During  late  years  his  life  has 
been  a  comparatively  quiet  and  pleasant  one, 
surrounded  by  his  wife  and  children,  although 
his  plans  for  the  future  were  laid  with  all  the  con- 
fidence that  would  characterize  those  of  a  young 
man.  Although  he  had  lived  to  the  age  of  sixty- 
two,  an  erect  carriage  and  firm  tread  betokened 
him  a  man  of  fifty.  His  perfect  health  and  youth- 
ful bearing  were  due  to  a  methodical,  temperate 
life,  and  sensible  care  of  himself.  His  life,  both 
private  and  public,  is  one  whose  example  can  be 
emulated  with  profit  by  every  young  man.  He 
has  always  been  regarded  as  one  of  Bent  County's 
solid  and  reliable  men,  and  sorrow  for  his  death 
is  general." 

(I  OHN  W.  PRING,  who  has  made  his  home 
I  in  Colorado  Springs  since  1897,  came  to  this 
C/  state  in  1876,  for  the  purpose  of  investi- 
gating a  tract  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  he 
had  previously  purchased  without  ever  having 
seen  the  property.  He  found  the  place  a  barren 
waste,  without,  apparently,  enough  upon  it  to 
keep  a  rabbit  alive.  Although  making  up  his 
mind  that  he  had  made  a  most  unfortunate  trade, 
he  determined  to  settle  here.  He  at  once  began  to 
cultivate  and  improve  the  land,  upon  which  he  en- 
gaged in  stock-raising  and  general  farming.  Since 
then  he  has  brought  the  tract  under  irrigation, 
built  fences  around  it,  and  erected  substantial  farm 
buildings,  so  that  the  place  has  been  made  one 
of  the  best  farms  in  El  Paso  County.  It  is  situ- 


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ated  fifteen  miles  north  of  Colorado  Springs,  on 
both  the  Santa  Fe  and  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroads,  at  Pring  Station,  which  was  named 
for  him.  His  specialty  has  been  the  raising  of 
graded  Shorthorns.  Prior  to  his  removal  to 
Colorado  Springs  he  engaged  in  the  dairy  busi- 
ness and  for  seven  years  furnished  the  milk  for 
the  Antlers'  hotel,  whose  bill  amounted  to  more 
than  $18,000.  Shipments  of  milk  were  made 
over  the  Rio  Grande  road.  In  addition  to  this 
place  he  owns  a  farm  at  Gwillinville,  five  miles 
east  of  Monument,  where  his  son  superintends 
the  cultivation  of  the  four  hundred  and  forty 
acres  comprising  the  estate;  and  he  is  also  the 
owner  of  three  other  farms  in  the  same  vicinity, 
all  of  which  were  improved  by  himself. 

The  Pring  family  is  from  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land. Our  subject's  grandfather,  Henry  Priug, 
owned  a  fine  estate,  "The  Rosewood,"  where  he 
spent  his  entire  life.  He  was  drowned  one  night 
while  fording  a  stream.  His  son,  Henry,  who 
succeeded  to  the  ownership  of  the  estate,  was 
killed,  when  forty-seven  years  of  age,  by  being 
thrown  from  a  buggy  by  a  runaway  horse.  Henry 
Pring,  Jr.,  married  Mary  Ann  Patch,  who  died 
in  Devon,  her  native  shire.  Of  their  nine  chil- 
dren six  are  now  living,  all  in  Devonshire  ex- 
cept John  W.,  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth.  He 
was  born  June  22,  1845,  and  attended  in  boyhood 
the  pay  schools  of  Devon.  His  father  died  when 
he  was  a  lad  of  eleven  years.  Four  years  later 
he  was  apprenticed  to  the  carpenter's  and  build- 
er's trade  in  the  vicinity  of  his  home  place, 
and  there  he  continued  until  he  was  twenty -one. 
Going  to  London  in  1866,  he  engaged  in  con- 
tracting and  building.  With  the  money  be- 
queathed him  by  his  father  he  bought  property 
and  built  eighteen  residences  at  one  time,  after- 
ward erecting  houses  in  different  parts  of  the 
city.  In  addition  to  the  residences  built  for  him- 
self, he  carried  out  contracts  to  build  stores, 
hotels  and  houses  for  others. 

After  having  been  in  London  for  five  years,  in 
the  fall  of  1871  Mr.  Pring  came  to  America,  and 
bought  the  Utility  works  in  Rock  Falls,  111., 
where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  all  kinds 
of  articles  in  wood.  After  two  years,  however,  he 
sold  out.  Since  coming  to  Colorado  he  has  given 
his  attention  principally  to  raising  draft-horses, 
graded  stock,  and  to  the  dairy  business,  in  which 
he  has  been  successful.  His  home  is  now  at 
No.  318  West  Kiowa  street,  Colorado  Springs. 
When  the  Cripple  Creek  excitement  began,  he 


was  among  the  first  in  that  district,  and  is  still 
interested  in  mines  there,  owning  the  Bonnie 
Nell  and  Raven  Hill,  and  having  an  interest  in 
other  claims  there.  In  political  views  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  takes  an  interest  in  public 
affairs,  but  has  always  refused  to  accept  public 
office. 

In  London,  England,  Mr.  Pring  married  Miss 
Mary  J.  Beer,  daughter  of  William  Beer  and  a 
native  of  Exeter.  They  are  the  parents  of  nine 
children,  namely:  Harry,  who  lives  in  Montana; 
William,  who  occupies  one  of  his  father's  ranches; 
Mrs.  Ettie  Shemwell,  whose  husband  manages 
the  home  ranch;  Lucy,  wifeof  Dr.  McConnell,  of 
Monument;  Lydia,  Oliver,  Edward,  Aubrey  and 
Arthur,  who  are  at  home. 


f3  G|ILLIAM  G.  BRANSON,  who  is  engaged 
I  A  I  in  business  at  Las  Animas,  Bent  County, 
V  Y  was  born  in  Linn  County,  Mo.,  November 
19,  1866,  a  son  of  John  and  Ann  (Heckman) 
Branson,  natives  of  Miami  County,  Ohio.  His 
parents  were  married  in  Ohio  and  removed  to 
Missouri  prior  to  the  Civil  war,  in  which  the 
father  enlisted  as  a  Union  soldier,  later  organiz- 
ing and  becoming  captain  of  a  company  of  colored 
men.  Though  he  took  an  active  part  in  numerous 
engagements,  he  was  never  wounded  nor  cap- 
tured. He  made  Linn  County  his  home  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  September  21,  1896. 
His  wife  is  still  living. 

After  completing  the  studies  of  the  home 
school,  our  subject  entered  Avalou  College  at 
sixteen  years  of  age,  and  continued  there  for 
three  years,  after  which  he  taught  one  term  of 
school.  Later  he  was  a  student  in  the  normal 
school  at  Stanberry,  and  on  resuming  his  work  as 
a  teacher,  had  charge  of  schools  in  his  home 
county  for  five  years,  besides  which  he  engaged 
in  farming.  He  was  the  owner  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres,  where  he  made  his  home  until 
he  removed  to  Colorado  in  the  fall  of  1894. 

In  Linn  County,  Mo.,  August  26,  1888,  Mr. 
Branson  married  Miss  Bessie  Carothers,  who  was 
born  and  reared  in  that  county,  a  daughter  of 
James  C.  and  Jennie  (Lomax)  Carothers.  They 
have  two  sons:  Frank,  who  was  born  in  Linn 
County  May  15,  1890;  and  J.  Carothers,  also 
born  in  that  county,  April  26,  1894. 

For  more  than  a  year  after  coming  to  Colorado, 
Mr.  Branson  clerked  in  his  brother's  hardware 
store  in  Trinidad,  after  which  he  came  to  Las 
Animas  and  bought  the  hardware,  farm  imple- 


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ment  and  furniture  store  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted. He  has  built  up  a  good  trade  among 
the  people  of  the  county,  his  reliability  and  fair- 
ness in  all  dealings  having  won  him  a  large 
patronage.  Politically  a  Republican,  he  cast  his 
first  presidential  vote  for  Benjamin  Harrison  in 
1888.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  city  council, 
to  which  position  he  was  elected  in  April,  1898. 
All  local  measures  for  the  benefit  of  town  and 
county  receive  his  help,  and  he  co-operates  with 
other  public-spirited  citizens  in  securing  the  wel- 
fare and  progress  of  the  city.  He  was  reared  in 
the  faith  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he 
is  now  an  active  member  and  trustee.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  Elder  Lodge  No.  n, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Las  Animas. 


(31  NDREW  L.  LAWTON.  Through  his  close 
I  I  identification  with  the  business  interests  of 
/  I  Colorado  Springs,  Mr.  Lawton  has  become 
known  as  one  of  the  influential  citizens  of  the 
place.  It  is  said  of  him  that  he  has  handled  and 
improved  more  real  estate  than  any  other  resi- 
dent of  the  city;  and  the  fact  is  recognized  by  all 
that  he  is  a  very  enterprising,  progressive  man. 
Largely  to  his  energy  is  due  the  construction 
of  the  electric  street  railway,  which  now  has 
twenty-eight  and  one-half  miles  of  line  in  active 
operation,  and  which  extends  to  Colorado  City, 
Manitou,  Cheyenne  Canon,  Roswell  Printers' 
Home  and  Knob  Hill. 

The  Lawton  family  is  of  English  descent,  and 
was  represented  in  New  England  in  an  early  day. 
Clark  Lawton,  who  was  born  near  Troy,  N.  Y.,  re- 
moved to  Medina,  Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  woolens.  About  1844  he  went  to 
Lowell,  Wis.,  where  he  carried  on  a  farm  and  a 
flour  and  saw  mill.  Afterward,  for  some  years, 
he  made  his  home  in  Appleton,  Wis.,  where  his 
sons  attended  Lawrence  University  and  his  daugh- 
ters a  ladies'  seminary.  In  1865  he  removed  to 
Burlington,  Wis. ,  where  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  woolens.  The  year  1874  found  him 
in  Colorado,  and  soon  afterward  he  died  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  at  sixty-eight  years  of  age.  While 
in  Dodge  County,  Wis.,  he  served  as  county 
treasurer,-  and  for  two  terms  was  register  of 
deeds.  Fraternally  he  was  a  Mason.  His  mar- 
riage united  him  with  Eliza  Ann  Lynde,  who  was 
born  in  New  York,  of  an  old  New  England  fam- 
ily, and  was  orphaned  at  an  early  age.  She  died 
in  Colorado  Springs  when  fifty-eight  years  old. 
Their  family  consisted  of  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 


ters, of  whom  our  subject  and  a  sister  are  now 
living. 

In  Lowell,  Dodge  County,  Wis.,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  born,  April  24,  1848.  He  was 
educated  in  Wayland  University  at  Beaver  Dam 
and  in  Lawrence  University.  For  five  years  he 
was  interested  with  his  father  in  the  woolen 
manufacturing  business,  and  afterward  carried  on 
the  enterprise  alone  for  two  years,  until  failing 
health  forced  him  to  seek  a  change  of  climate  and 
occupation.  July  4,  1874,  he  arrived  in  Colorado 
Springs,  having  come  here  by  team  from  Kansas 
City,  in  order  that  the  change  of  altitude  might 
be  made  gradually.  Owing  to  a  strain  that  had 
caused  an  internal  injury  he  was  subject  to  hem- 
orrhages, but  on  coming  west  his  health  began  to 
improve  rapidly.  In  1876  he  engaged  in  the  real- 
estate,  loan  and  insurance  business.  He  laid  out 
three  subdivisions  that  are  now  covered  with 
houses — Gosen's  addition  and  Lawton's  first  and 
second  subdivisions.  With  others,  he  bought 
three  hundred  and  eighty  acres,  comprising  what 
is  now  West  Colorado  Springs,  and  there,  in  time, 
a  large  town  was  built  up,  with  residences,  school 
houses  and  other  improvements.  He  and  four 
associates  laid  out  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
comprising  the  town  of  Roswell,  which  they 
started;  also  Hill  Top  addition,  Verona  Heights 
and  Dixon  Park  Place.  In  addition  to  his  prop- 
erty interests  here,  he  owns  real  estate  in  Denver. 
From  the  organization  of  the  Exchange  National 
Bank  he  has  served  as  a  director.  In  1890  he  as- 
sisted in  organizing  the  Colorado  Springs  Rapid 
Transit  Railway  Company,  which  bought  the  old 
horse-car  line  of  six  miles  and  replaced  it  with 
an  electric  line  that  is  supplied  with  every  mod- 
ern improvement,  and  is  one  of  the  best  lines  in 
the  west.  He  has  some  mining  interests,  being 
director  of  a  company  that  operates  in  Creede. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Board  of 
Trade. 

In  Burlington,  Wis. ,  Mr.  Lawton  married  Miss 
Emily  H.  Perkins,  who  was  born  in  that  city, 
daughter  of  Pliny  M.  Perkins,  a  merchant,  miller, 
manufacturer  and  pioneer  farmer  of  that  locality. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawton  have  four  children:  An- 
drew J.,  who  is  associated  with  his  father  in  the 
insurance  and  real-estate  business;  Frank  C., 
who  was  educated  in  the  School  of  Mines  and  is 
superintendent  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Rapid 
Transit  Railway  Company;  Lute  P.,  who  is  em- 
ployed in  his  father's  office  as  solicitor;  and 
Mary  C. 


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Politically  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Lawton  was  alder- 
man from  the  second  ward  for  two  terms,  and 
served  as  president  both  terms.  For  eight  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Colorado  School  for  the  Deaf  and  Blind,  having 
been  first  appointed  by  Governor  Eaton  and 
reappointed  by  Governor  Adams.  In  1897  he 
was  again  appointed  to  the  same  position  by 
Governor  Adams  for  a  term  of  six  years. 
He  was  made  a  Mason  in  1870  in  Burling- 
ton, Wis. ,  and  is  a  member  of  El  Paso  Lodge 
No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  was  master 
for  three  years;  Colorado  Springs  Chapter  No. 
6,  R.  A.  M.;  Pike's  Peak  Commandery  No.  6, 
K.  T.,  of  Colorado  Springs;  El  Jebel  Temple, 
N.  M.  S.,  and  a  life  member  of  Colorado  Con- 
sistory No.  i,  of  Denver. 


REV.  JEAN  BAPTISTE  FRANCOLON, 
whose  life  has  been  one  of  busy  activity, 
resides  in  Manitou,  where  he  has  built  a 
beautiful  castle,  named  "Miramont"  after  his  old 
country  home  near  Beaulieu,  France.  Here  he 
passes  his  time  in  the  completion  of  his  writings, 
and  awaiting  the  full  restoration  of  his  health,  in 
order  that  he  may  resume  active  labors  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  church.  He  was  born  in  Clere- 
mont,  France,  December  27,  1854.  His  father, 
Jacques  Francolon,  a  native  of  Versailles,  was  a 
graduate  of  the  School  of  Engineers  and  for 
seven  years  was  consul  at  Odessa.  He  was  a 
member  of  a  family  in  whose  blood  French  and 
Spanish  intermingled,  and  whose  representatives 
were  prominent  in  military  and  judicial  circles. 
Mari  Francolon,  our  subject's  grandfather,  was 
a  son  of  Col.  Mari  and  Maria  Theresa  (de 
Leon)  Francolon,  the  former  a  Castilian  from 
Barcelona,  who  served  as  colonel  of  artillery  be- 
fore the  French  Revolution,  and  met  Senorita  de 
Leon  while  he  was  serving  as  military  attache  to 
the  French  embassy  at  Madrid.  Jacques  Fran- 
colon  died  at  thirty-seven  years  of  age.  His  wife 
was  Marie  De  Chalembelles,  who  was  born  in 
Beaulieu  and  still  resides  at  her  country  home 
there,  although  a  portion  of  her  time  is  spent  in 
Paris  and  at  the  seacoast.  The  De  Chalembelles 
family  is  of  the  nobility,  mention  of  whom  is 
made  in  the  annals  of  France,  and  whose  ancestry 
is  traced  back  to  the  time  of  the  Crusades.  One 
of  the  name  was  a  follower  of  Peter  the  Hermit. 
Mrs.  Francolon  was  a  daughter  of  Count  De 
Chalembelles,  who  served  in  most  of  the  campaigns 
of  the  first  Napoleon  and  was  one  of  the  com- 


manding officers  in  the  siege  of  Saragossa,  where 
he  was  wounded.  Born  in  1793,  he  was  only 
seventeen  when  he  entered  Napoleon's  arm}',  and 
was  promoted  from  lieutenant  to  lieutenant-col- 
onel. He  survived  to  a  great  age,  dying  in 
1887. 

The  subject  of  this  article  spent  some  years  in 
a  Jesuit  college,  and  afterward  entered  the 
Polytechnic  school,  the  most  exclusive  school  of 
the  French  government.  While  preparing  to 
enter  the  diplomatic  service  of  his  country,  he 
became  more  and  more  impressed  with  the 
thought  that  his  first  duty  was  to  the  church,  and 
when  his  convictions  were  once  thoughtfully 
formed,  no  entreaties  of  relatives  were  able  to 
move  him.  He  at  once  applied  for  admission  to  St. 
Sulpice,  candidates  for  which  must  be  recom- 
mended by  their  own  bishops  and  pass  a  rigid 
examination  of  the  faculty,  presided  over  by  the 
cardinal  of  Paris.  He  was  admitted  and  studied 
there  for  four  years,  after  which  he  was  sent  to 
Rome,  where  he  became  private  secretary  to 
Mgr.  Lamy,  archbishop  of  Santa  Fe.  In  June, 
1878,  he  came  to  America,  and  after  two  years 
received  appointment  as  chancellor  of  the  arch- 
diocese of  Santa  Fe.  In  1883  he  assumed  charge 
of  the  mission  at  Santa  Cruz,  which  comprised 
eighteen  churches,  covering  an  area,  in  parishes, 
of  more  than  seventy  square  miles,  with  a  popu- 
lation composed  of  Americans,  Spaniards,  Mexi- 
cans, Italians  and  Indians.  During  his  service 
in  this  position  he  built  one  convent,  two 
churches  and  repaired  eleven.  From  his  own 
funds  he  supported  a  number  of  winter  schools. 
Through  his  influence  the  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
was  able  to  gain  the  right  of  way  through  the 
Indian  lands  and  also  secured  labor  for  the  build- 
ing of  the  road. 

While  in  Paris,  in  1886,  Father  Francolon  was 
sent  by  the  French  government  on  a  delicate 
mission  to  the  republics  of  Venezuela  and  of 
Guatemala,  and  on  successfully  concluding  his 
mission  he  visited  the  republics  of  South  and 
Central  America,  in  order  that  he  might  learn 
the  customs,  habits  and  needs  of  the  aborigines. 
On  his  return  to  France  he  was  made  an  hon- 
orary member  of  the  Geographical  Society  of 
Paris.  The  severe  strain,  mental  and  physical, 
which  he  had  endured  in  his  various  laborious 
undertakings,  told  so  severely  upon  his  health, 
that  he  was  obliged  to  discontinue  his  work 
temporarily.  Knowing  the  virtues  of  Manitou 
as  a  health  resort,  in  1892  he  came  to  this  city, 


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and  the  next  year  he  caused  the  Gochner  Home, 
at  Colorado  Springs,  to  be  deeded  and  entrusted 
to  the  Sisters  of  Charity.  In  1895  ne  went  to 
Rome,  and  there  had  one  public  and  one  private 
audience  with  Pope  Leo  XI II,  who  appointed  him 
the  bearer  of  the  Pallium  to  Archbishop  Chap- 
pelle,  then  of  Santa  Fe,  but  now  of  New  Orleans. 
On  his  return  from  Rome  he  founded  the  Mont- 
calme  Sanitarium  at  Manitou,  for  the  care  of 
sick  priests  of  limited  means,  and  entrusted  its 
management  to  the  Sisters  of  Mercy  of  Colorado. 
Father  Francolon  is  a  man  of  broad  education, 
and  a  fluent  linguist.  In  his  wide  travels  he  has 
been  a  deep  and  close  student  of  races  and  cus- 
toms, and  has  gained  a  fund  of  valuable  informa- 
tion concerning  education,  politics,  social  condi- 
tion and  philosophy.  In  the  highest  sense  of  the 
term,  he  is  a  Christian  philanthropist,  a  man 
whose  aim  in  life  is  to  aid  in  the  upbuilding  of 
the  race  and  the  welfare  of  the  church,  and 
one  whose  usefulness  in  the  past  is  an  index  of 
the  years  of  activity  that  await  him. 


EHARLES  A.  ELDREDGE,  who  came  to 
Colorado  in  1879,  bought  Mr.  Counselman's 
ranch,  situated  in  Chico  Basin,  twenty-five 
miles  southeast  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  there  he 
was  extensively  engaged  in  stock-raising  and 
sheep-growing  until  he  sold  out  in  1890.  He  is 
now  interested  in  real  estate  at  the  Springs,  where 
he  has  made  his  home  all  these  years,  and  also 
has  mining  interests  in  the  Cripple  Creek  region. 

Mr.  Eldredge  was  born  opposite  Crown  Point 
forts  at  Bridport,  Addison  County,  Vt.  His 
father,  Joseph  C.,  who  was  born  in  Connecticut 
April  19,  1783,  was  a  son  of  Jonathan  Eldredge, 
who  was  born  near  Stonington,  Conn.,  and  served 
as  sergeant  under  Washington  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war.  In  1 799  he  removed  to  Vermont  and 
engaged  in  farming  there  until  his  death,  when 
about  eighty  years  of  age.  He  was  of  English 
descent.  Joseph  C.,  who  also  engaged  in  farm 
pursuits  in  Bridport,  served  in  the  war  of -1812. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Baptist  Church 
and  served  as  selectman  of  his  town.  His  death 
occurred  in  May,  1869. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Amelia  Maria 
Hammond*  who  was  born  in  Pittsford,  Vt.  Her 
father,  Thomas  Hammond,  was  born  in  Newton, 
Mass.,  February  20,  1762,  and,  being  the  son  of 
poor  parents,  was  taken  into  the  home  of  a  farmer 
at  the  age  of  four.  When  he  was  sixteen  he 


enlisted  in  the  colonial  army,  becoming  a  mem- 
ber of  Col.  Ebenezer  Brooks'  regiment  of  guards 
at  Cambridge  in  1778.  Later  he  was  assigned  to 
the  artillery.  He  witnessed  the  execution  of 
Major  Andre.  After  the  war  was  ended  he  went 
to  Shaftsbury,  Vt.,  where  he  was  employed  by 
Col.  Ichabod  Cross,  a  noted  Indian  fighter,  whose 
daughter,  Hannah,  he  married  March  25,  1784. 
They  were  given  a  tract  of  forest  land  at  Pittsford, 
Rutland  County,  Vt.,  and  settled  upon  it.  He 
became  a  prominent  man  in  his  neighborhood  and 
was  held  in  the  highest  respect  by  all  who  knew 
him.  January  6,  1791,  he  served  as  delegate  to 
the  Vermont  convention  which  adopted  the  con- 
stitution of  the  United  States.  The  newly-organ- 
ized state  of  Vermont  paid  New  York  state 
$30, OCXD  to  secure  a  release  of  the  latter's  claim  on 
her,  and  Thomas  Hammond  was  appointed  to 
convey  from  Rutland  to  Albany  the  purchase 
price,  making  this  offer  in  behalf  of  the  state. 
For  ten  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Vermont 
legislature,  for  six  years  was  assistant  judge  of 
Rutland  County,  and  for  four  years  a  member  of 
the  executive  council  of  Vermont.  He  was 
usually  called  "colonel,"  this  title  being  his  by 
right  of  service  in  the  state  militia.  In  addition  to 
the  management  of  his  large  farm,  he  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  woolen  cloth.  His  first  wife, 
Hannah,  died  February  2,  1819,  and  afterward  he 
married  Mrs.  Sarah  Stewart.  His  ten  children 
were  all  born  of  his  first  marriage,  Mrs.  Eldredge 
being  the  sixth  of  these.  His  death  occurred 
April  4,  1847.  Our  subject  has  a  cousin,  Gen. 
John  Hammond,  who  was  an  officer  in  the  Civil 
war  and  afterward  served  as  congressman;  another 
cousin,  Charles  A.  Eldredge,  served  as  a  member 
of  congress  from  Wisconsin. 

The  great-grandfather  of  our  subject,  Daniel 
Hammond,  was  born  in  Massachusetts  October 
18,  1727.  He  served  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war  and  assisted  in  the  taking  of  Cape  Breton 
from  the  French,  also  took  part  in  the  forty-six 
days'  siege  of  Louisburg,  which  ended  June  17, 
1745.  As  a  result  of  exposure  he  contracted 
rheumatism,  which  rendered  him  bedridden  for 
fifteen  years.  However,  he  recovered  at  length 
and  fired  with  his  old-time  enthusiasm,  he  took 
up  his  rifle  and  prepared  to  defend  his  country  in 
the  war  with  England.  His  name  appears  as  a 
member  of  Capt.  A.  Fuller's  company  that 
marched  April  19,  1775,  from  Newton  to  Cam- 
bridge. He  was  not  spared  to  witness  the  triumph 
of  American  arms,  but  died  in  1777.  His  wife, 


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who  was  Lucy  Jones,  a  woman  of  strong  mind 
and  fine  family,  died  in  1799  and  was  buried  at 
Pittsford,  Vt. 

The  father  of  Daniel  was  John  Hammond,  born 
March  16,  1696,  and  married  at  Newton  in  1718  to 
Margaret  Wilson,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Expe- 
rience (Trowbridge)  Wilson.  He  died  in  1773. 
His  father,  Thomas,  who  was  born  December  16, 
1666,  and  died  in  1738,  was  a  son  of  Thomas,  who 
died  in  1678,  and  he  in  turn  was  a  son  of  Thomas, 
who  came  to  America  as  early  as  1636  and  settled 
at  Hingham,  Mass.,  where  he  was  admitted  as  a 
freeman  March  9,  1636.  In  1650  he  purchased 
land  in  what  is  now  Newton,  near  a  beautiful  bay 
which  now  bears  his  name.  His  wife  was  Eliza- 
beth Cason.  The  date  of  his  baptism  was  Janu- 
ary 6,  1586,  and  his  death  occurred  in  September, 
1675.  His  father,  Thomas,  of  Lovenham,  Suf- 
folk County,  England,  married  Rose  Trippe,  and 
two  of  their  children  came  to  America:  Thomas 
(before  mentioned),  and  William,  who  was  pro- 
prietor of  Watertown,  Mass.,  and  whose  son,  Ben- 
jamin, married  a  sister  of  William  Penu.  Our 
subject's  mother  was  born  January  17,  1796,  and 
died  in  1863.  Of  the  second  marriage  there  was 
a  son,  Joseph  Hammond,  who  was  a  banker  in 
New  York  City  and  later  a  government  employe 
in  Washington,  where  he  died. 

The  subject  of  this  article  was  born  August  3, 
1831 .  In  boyhood  he  attended  the  district  school 
at  Bridport,  the  high  school  in  Burlington,  and 
then  went  to  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  employed 
in  the  office  of  Charles  Saxe,  a  brother  of  John 
G.  Saxe.  Later  he  was  with  an  uncle  in  the 
lumber  and  grain  business  at  Crown  Point.  He 
was  married  in  Vermont,  in  October,  1858,  to 
Miss  Mary  J.  Goodwin,  a  native  of  that  state, 
and  daughter  of  John  and  Wealthy  (Lee)  Good- 
win. Mrs.  Eldredge  died  in  Bridport  in  1865. 

From  1866  to  1869  Mr.  Eldredge  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  in  Burlington,  Vt.  While 
there  he  was  united  in  marriage  January  2,  1867, 
with  Miss  Emma  C.  Hayward,  who  was  born  in 
Bridport,  a  daughter  of  Charles  N.  Hayward, 
born  March  25,  1817.  Her  grandfather,  Newton 
Hayward,  was  born  in  Morristown,  N.  J. ,  and 
settled  in  Bridport,  Vt. ,  when  it  was  a  wilderness. 
He  entered  land  and  engaged  in  farming,  besides 
which  he  followed  the  blacksmith's  trade.  He 
enlisted  in  the  war  of  1812  as  an  officer  and  was 
known  as  Captain  Hayward.  He  died  in  Brid- 
port when  sixty  years  of  age.  His  wife,  Hannah 
(Farrand)  Hayward,  was  born  in  New  Jersey  in 


1775,  a  daughter  of  Bethuel  Farrand,  who  was  a 
lieutenant  in  the  New  Jersey  militia  during  the 
Revolutionary  war,  and  was  wounded  while  in  the 
service.  After  the  war  was  ended  he  returned 
home,  an  invalid,  incapacitated  for  work.  He 
died  in  1794.  His  wife,  Rhoda  (Smith)  Farrand, 
who  was  born  in  1747  in  New  Jersey,  went  to 
Vermont  and  spent  her  last  days.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Samuel  Smith,  who  was  born  in  New 
Jersey  in  1720,  and  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade. 
In  1771  he  moved  to  Vermont,  making  the  trip 
in  a  wagon  drawn  by  oxen,  and  becoming  a  pio- 
neer of  Addison  County;  he  married  Hannah 
Allen.  The  Farrands  were  descendants  of  Hugue- 
nots who  came  from  Clermont-Ferrand,  one 
hundred  and  thirty -seven  miles  from  Paris, 
France. 

Charles  N.  Hayward  was  a  farmer  in  Bridport 
and  also  engaged  extensively  in  raising  merino 
sheep.  He  was  a  prominent  man  of  his  town, 
which  he  served  as  a  selectman.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Congregationalist.  He  died  in  1874,  when 
fifty-seven  years  of  age.  His  wife,  Susan  E. 
Rockwood,  was  born  in  Bridport,  daughter  of 
William  Rockwood,  a  native  of  Chesterfield,  N.  H. 
(born  in  1780),  who  removed  in  early  manhood 
to  Bridport,  Vt.,  and  engaged  in  farming  there. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church. 
His  father,  Elisha  Rockwood,  was  born  in  Groton, 
Mass.,  and  removed  to  New  Hampshire,  where 
he  carried  on  a  farm.  He  was  on  the  roll  of  the 
Lexington  alarm.  The  Rockwood  family  came 
from  Rockywood,  England.  The  founder  of  the 
family  in  this  country  was  John,  who  settled  at 
Dorchester,  Mass.,  in  1636.  William  Rockwood 
married  Chloe  Hemenway,  a  native  of  Vermont 
and  daughter  of  Jacob  Hemenway,  who  was  a 
state  representative  and  prominent  man  of  affairs. 
The  lineage  is  traced  back  to  Elizabeth  Hughes, 
member  of  the  royal  family  of  Wales. 

The  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Eldredge  was 
Elisha  Rockwood,  who  married  Abigail  Stone,  a 
descendant  of  Simon  Stone,  representative  from 
Watertown,  1676-80;  also  a  descendant  of  John 
Whipple,  who  represented  Watertown  prior  to 
Mr.  Stone's  term  of  service;  also  a  descendant  of 
Jonas  Prescott,  grandfather  of  Col.  William  Pres- 
cott,  of  Bunker  Hill  fame.  Elisha  was  a  son  of 
Elisha,  Sr.,  who  married  Miss  Lyflia  Adams, 
member  of  a  family  whose  lineage  is  traced  back 
to  the  Welsh  royalty,  in  the  thirteenth  century. 
Mrs.  Hayward  resided  in  Colorado  Springs  for 
several  years.  Her  death  occurred  October  8, 


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1898.  She  was  the  mother  of  four  children,  of 
whom  two  sons  died  at  the  ages  of  fourteen  and 
twenty-one  respectively.  Mrs.  Eldredge,  who 
was  the  eldest  of  the  family,  was  reared  in  Brid- 
port,  and  graduated  from  Glenwood  Seminary  at 
Brattleboro,  Vt.,  in  1865.  Two  years  later  she 
became  the  wife  of  our  subject.  They  had  an 
only  son,  John  Hammond,  but  he  died  in  infancy. 
In  1878  they  made  a  tour  of  the  British  Isles  and 
continent,  and  on  their  return  to  America,  in  1879, 
settled  in  Colorado  Springs,  Mr.  Eldredge  coming 
here  in  June  and  his  wife  joining  him  in  Septem- 
ber. In  religion  they  are  members  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church,  in  which  he  has  served  as  a 
trustee  and  deacon.  He  is  a  Republican,  and 
Mrs.  Eldredge  has  been  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican State  Central  Committee  since  suffrage  was 
given  to  women  in  Colorado.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  and 
the  Colonial  Dames. 


(31  LEXANDER  H.  LACY,  editor  of  the  Wet 
LJ  Mountain  Tribune,  at  Westcliffe,  Custer 
|  1  County,  was  born  in  Hannibal,  Mo.,  Aug- 
ust 8,  1839.  He  is  a  son  of  John  L.  Lacy,  whose 
father,  Stephen  Lacy,  came  to  this  country  and 
settled  in  Virginia,  but  later  went  to  Kentucky 
and  from  there  moved  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Of  his 
childen,  seven  in  number,  all  were  born  in  Albe- 
marle  County,  Va.  John  L.  was  born  in  1808, 
and  accompanied  the  family  to  Kentucky  and 
Missouri.  Mainly  through  his  own  efforts  he 
acquired  a  good  education.  For  a  time  he  en- 
gaged in  business  for  himself  as  a  beef  packer, 
then  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Samuels, 
Moss  &  Co.,  who  in  the  '505  were  heavy  shippers 
of  pork  to  New  Orleans  from  Hannibal.  An  old- 
line  Whig,  he  was  active  in  politics  and  was  a 
strong  Union  man  during  war  times.  He  was 
familiarly  known  as  Squire  Lacy.  His  marriage 
united  him  with  Elmira  Church,  of  Ohio,  whose 
grandfather,  Timothy  Church,  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Eight  children 
were  born  of  their  union,  viz.:  Robert,  deceased; 
Benjamin,  deceased;  Mary,  wife  of  Leonard  Mef- 
ford;  Alexander  H.;  Frank,  deceased;  Eleanor, 
who  is  married  and  lives  in  Chicago;  Lewis,  a 
boiler-maker  at  Hannibal,  Mo.;  and  Elijah,  de- 
ceased. 

When  less  than  thirteen  years  of  age  our  sub- 
ject entered  a  printing  office  in  Hannibal,  where 
he  learned  the  trade.  From  there  he  was  sent  to 
Cincinnati,  to  work  for  the  Methodist  Book  Con- 


cern, but  after  a  short  time  in  that  city  he  left. 
For  a  few  years  he  worked  at  his  trade  in  various 
places,  as  employment  was  offered.  Returning 
to  Hannibal  he  ran  an  office  there.  In  1858  he 
removed  his  plant  to  Macon  City,  Mo.,  and 
started  the  first  paper  there,  but  the  venture  not 
proving  profitable  he  discontinued  the  paper. 
The  war  coming  on  his  surroundings  grew 
very  unpleasant,  so  he  went  to  Kansas,  where  he 
edited  a  paper  on  the  border  when  the  militia 
were  there.  However,  trouble  arose  and  he  re- 
turned to  Hannibal,  where  he  started  the  Hanni- 
bal News,  a  daily,  and  a  Douglas  Democratic,  or 
Union,  organ.  Early  in  1861  the  flag  that  he 
raised  was  torn  down.  However,  he  continued 
as  firm  as  ever  in  his  opposition  to  slavery. 
When  the  Sixteenth  Illinois  Infantry  arrived  he 
had  the  only  Union  flag  that  floated  in  the  town. 
In  October,  1861,  he  enlisted  at  Quincy,  Mo.,  as  a 
private  in  Company  E  (but  was  later  transferred 
to  Company  I),  of  the  Third  Cavalry,  which  he 
recruited.  At  Palmyra,  Mo. ,  he  was  elected 
second  lieutenant  and  afterward  appointed  ad- 
jutant of  the  regiment,  and  in  1862  was  placed 
on  scouting  duty  at  Rolla,  Mo.  Returning  to 
Hannibal  in  1863,  he  was  married  October  20  to 
Sarah  P.  Lewis,  of  that  city.  Accompanied  by 
her  he  returned  to  his  station.  On  military  ex- 
amination at  Rolla  he  was  appointed  first  lieu- 
tenant. He  resigned  his  commission  March  12, 
1864,  and  returned  to  Hannibal. 

While  working  as  mail  agent  on  the  Hannibal 
&  St.  Joe  Railroad,  between  Quincy  and  St.  Joe, 
in  October,  1864,  the  train  on  which  Mr.  Lacy 
was  at  the  time  was  captured'  by  guerillas.  Short- 
ly afterward  he  resigned  and  secured  employ- 
ment on  the  Quincy  Herald,  of  which  three  weeks 
later  he  was  made  city  editor.  In  1867  he  re- 
turned to  Hannibal,  becoming  city  editor  of  a 
paper  there.  Afterward,  while  publishing  the 
West  and  South,  the  publishers  of  the  Quincy 
Herald  sent  for  him  to  manage  their  paper  during 
Singleton's  campaign;  at  the  close  of  that  cam- 
paign he  went  on  the  Quincy  Whig,  and  in  1869 
became  connected  with  the  Evening  Journal. 
Going  to  Pittsfield  in  1871,  he  conducted  the 
mechanical  and  local  department  of  the  Pike 
County  Democrat.  In  1872  he  was  offered  and 
accepted  the  city  editorship  of  the  Kansas  City 
Journal  of  Commerce,  which  position  he  held  un- 
til the  summer  of  1877.  Later  he  spent  three 
months  with  the  Kansas  City  Times  as  night  ed- 
itor. When  an  independent  paper,  the  Evening 


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Mail,  was  started,  he  conducted  its  city  depart- 
ment during  the  campaign  of  1878. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  March,  1879,  Mr.  Lacy 
conducted  the  Miner  at  Silver  Cliff  for  a  short 
time,  then,  with  a  man  who  had  some  type,  he 
started  the  Silver  Cliff  Prospector.  After  five 
issues  as  a  weekly  he  moved  to  better  quarters 
and  turned  his  paper  into  a  daily.  Seven  months 
later,  owing  to  legal  complications,  he  sold  out. 
After  a  visit  home,  in  1880,  he  returned  and 
started  the  Republican,  which  was  owned  by  a 
stock  company.  Two  years  later,  owing  to  a 
disagreement  among  the  stockholders,  he  was 
cheated  out  of  his  stock  and  then  started  the 
Evening  Call.  However,  this  was  not  a  financial 
success.  His  next  position  was  as  foreman  in 
the  mechanical  department  of  the  Democrat,  which 
had  recently  started.  Soon  he  bought  the  paper 
and  changed  its  name  to  that  of  Wet  Mountain 
Tribune,  taking  it  with  an  indebtedness  of  $i  ,500. 
Within  six  months  the  debt  was  paid  and  the  pa- 
per was  removed  to  Westcliffe  in  1885,  since 
which  time  it  has  been  conducted  prosperously. 

In  addition  to  his  duties  as  newspaper  editor, 
Mr.  Lacy  has  been  heavily  interested  in  mining 
propositions  and  now  holds  some  very  promising 
properties.  He  is  also  interested  in  a  marble 
quarry.  Since  coming  to  Westcliffe  he  has  served 
as  mayor  for  two  terms.  He  assisted  in  organ- 
izing the  E.  V.  Sumner  Post  No.  24,  G.  A.  R., 
and  Silver  Cliff  Lodge  No.  6,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  of 
both  of  which  he  is  now  a  member.  Of  three 
children  born  of  his  marriage,  two  are  living: 
James  W.,  an  engineer  on  the  Burlington  route; 
and  John  B.,  superintendent  of  the  Elgin  & 
Smith  mill,  at  Idaho  Springs. 


ELARENCE  EDSALL,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  mining  brokerage  business  in  Colorado 
Springs,  is  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of 
Edsall,  Key  &  Co.,  which  he  started,  individu- 
ally, in  April,  1891.  One  of  the  first  to  enter  the 
Cripple  Creek  region,  he  has  since  been  active  in 
the  development  of  its  mining  interests  and  is 
connected  with  many  companies  as  a  director. 
He  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  companies 
operating  the  Isabella,  Fannie  Rawlings,  Speci- 
men (of  which  he  is  secretary  and  treasurer)  and 
Oriole  (of  which  he  has  been  president).  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Colorado  Springs 
Mining  Stock  Association  and  served  as  its  first 
vice-president.  As  a  broker  his  transactions 
have  aggregated  millions  of  dollars  and  have 


been  uniformly  successful,  which  fact  is  due  to 
his  conservative  disposition  and  good  judgment. 

Thomas  Edsall,  our  subject's  grandfather,  was 
born  near  Goshen,  Orange  County,  N.  Y.,  and  in 
1849  went  to  California,  returning  and  removing 
to  Saginaw,  Mich.,  where  he  was  a  pioneer 
lumberman  and  was  also  interested  in  railroads. 
Through  a  forest  fire  he  lost  over  $500,000  and 
his  death  followed  soon  afterward.  Thomas 
Henry  Edsall,  our  subject's  father,  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  a  descendant  of  English  and 
Dutch  pioneers  of  America.  He  graduated  from 
Brown  University,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in 
1861,  and  was  commissioned  adjutant  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Seventy-sixth  New  York  Volun- 
teers, assigned  to  the  department  of  the  Gulf,  he 
being  on  detached  service  at  headquarters  until 
mustered  out  in  the  latter  part  of  1863.  He  then 
resumed  his  law  studies  in  the  law  school  of 
Columbia  College  and  in  the  office  of  O'Connor 
&  Dunning.  In  1865  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  the  next  year  formed  a  law  partnership 
with  Theodore  M.  Davis,  under  the  name  of 
Davis  &  Edsall,  which  continued  until  1871. 
After  Mr.  O'Connor  retired  from  his  partnership 
with  Benjamin  F.  Dunning,  the  firm  of  Dunning, 
Edsall  &  Fowler  was  formed,  which  connection 
continued  until  ill  health  forced  Mr.  Edsall  to 
come  to  Colorado  in  1886.  He  had  been  deeply 
interested  in  the  early  history  of  New  York  and 
New  Jersey,  and  had  written  for  numerous  pub- 
lications articles  bearing  upon  this  subject. 
Among  these  papers  were  some  prepared  for 
the  New  York  Genealogical  and  Biographical 
Society,  of  which  he  was  a  member.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  and  vice-president  of  the 
New  York  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution, 
also  assisted  in  organizing  the  University  Club. 

Settling  in  Glenwood  Springs,  then  one  hun- 
dred miles  from  any  railroad,  Mr.  Edsall  spent 
several  years  as  attorney  for  the  mining  com- 
panies and  organizations  formed  to  develop  that 
part  of  the  state.  His  health  having  been  re- 
stored, in  1890  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs  and 
formed  a  partnership  with  Judge  Pattisou,  Henry 
M.  Hobson  being  afterward  admitted,  thus  con- 
stituting the  firm  of  Pattison,  Edsall  &  Hobson, 
of  Denver  and  Colorado  Springs,  which  had  a 
large  practice.  In  1896  the  firm  dissolved  part- 
nership. Afterward  Mr.  Edsall  was  counsel  for 
a  number  of  railway,  mining  and  irrigation  cor- 
porations, operating  in  Colorado,  Utah,  Idaho, 
Wyoming,  New  Mexico  and  Texas.  He  was  a 


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member  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States, 
the  Holland  Society  of  New  York,  and  president 
of  the  Cheyenne  Mountain  Country  Club.  He 
was. also  a  member  of  the  Denver,  El  Paso  and 
University  Clubs,  the  state  chapter  Sons  of  the 
Revolution,  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  and  Theta 
Delta  Chi,  of  his  alma  mater.  During  the  war 
he  and  his  father  assisted  in  raising  the  One 
Hundred  and  Seventy-sixth  New  York  Infantry, 
in  which,  as  before  stated,  he  served  for  -two 
years  as  first  lieutenant.  He  died  October  25, 
1897.  His  wife,  who  was  Marie  L.  Burroughs, 
was  born  in  New  York  City  and  is  still  living. 
Her  father,  William  Burroughs,  was  born  in 
Newburyport,  Mass.,  and  moved  to  New  York 
City,  where  he  engaged  in  the  newspaper  busi- 
ness. Later  he  went  to  San  Francisco,  where  he 
founded  one  of  the  leading  dailies,  and  continued 
in  that  city  until  he  died.  His  father,  William, 
who  was  of  English  descent,  was  born  in  New- 
buryport and  was  a  seafaring  man  and  owner  of 
a  vessel  that  sailed  from  that  port. 

In  New  York  City,  where  he  was  born  January 
20,  1868,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  received  his 
early  education  in  private  schools.  He  was 
graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  1889,  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  Afterward  he  studied  law 
in  Colorado  Springs  for  a  year,  but  gave  it  up  in 
order  that  he  might  enter  upon  a  business  career. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  El  Paso  and  Denver  Clubs 
and  treasurer  and  a  director  of  the  Cheyenne 
Mountain  Country  Club,  which  he  assisted  in 
organizing.  He  is  also  identified  with  the  Sons 
of  the  Revolution  and  the  Holland  Society.  As 
a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  he  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  the  business  history  of 
the  city.  Politically  he  favors  Republican  prin- 
ciples and  always  supports  the  candidates  of  the 
party. 

EAPT.  DANIEL  E.  COOPER,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  real-estate  business  at  Lamar 
and  is  also  the  postmaster  at  this  place,  holds 
rank  among  the  first  settlers  here.  It  was  in 
1886  that  he  came  to  Bent  (now  Prowers)  County 
and  May  of  that  year  found  him  filing  a  claim  to 
a  homestead  adjoining  the  present  site  of  Lamar 
on  the  southeast.  During  the  same  year  the 
town  was  started,  and  from  that  time  to  this  he 
has  been  intimately  identified  with  every  enter- 
prise for  forwarding  local  interests  and  promoting 
the  growth  of  the  place.  When  Prowers  was  cut 
off  from  Bent  County  in  1889,  Lamar  was  made 


the  county-seat  of  the  new  organization,  and  this 
proved  of  material  benefit  to  local  development, 
bringing  to  this  point  the  county  officers  and  all 
of  the  county  business.  Other  influences  have 
assisted  in  securing  the  growth  of  Lamar  to  its 
present  population  of  fifteen  hundred. 

The  son  of  J.  W.  and  Rachel  (Graves)  Cooper, 
our  subject  was  born  in  Putnam  County,  Ind. , 
August  n,  1838.  At  seventeen  years  of  age  he 
accompanied  his  parents  from  his  native  county 
to  Madison  County,  Iowa.  His  education  was 
obtained  in  public  schools  and  an  academy.  At 
nineteen  years  of  age  he  began  to  teach  in  Iowa, 
and  that  occupation  he  followed  for  a  few  years. 
In  July,  1861,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Com- 
pany F,  Fourth  Iowa  Infantry,  and  served  for 
three  years  and  three  months.  After  one  year  in 
the  ranks  (during  which  time  he  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  Pea  Ridge,  Ark.,  and  other  engage- 
ments) ,  he  was  promoted  to  be  second  lieutenant, 
and  served  as  such  for  one  year,  meantime  par- 
ticipating in  the  battle  of  Chickasaw  Bayou  and 
the  siege  of  Vicksburg.  While  in  front  of  Vicks- 
burg  he  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant,  and 
in  February,  1864,  was  made  captain  of  his  com- 
pany. At  the  close  of  the  Atlanta  campaign,  in 
October,  1864,  he  was,  honorably  discharged 
from  the  service.  While  he  had  his  clothing  shot 
through,  he  was  never  wounded  in  an  engage- 
ment, nor  was  he  ever  captured  by  the  enemy. 

For  more  than  a  year  after  leaving  the  army, 
Captain  Cooper  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  the 
treasury  department  at  Washington,  D.  C. 
From  there  he  returned  to  Madison  County, 
Iowa,  and  in  1869  was  elected  clerk  of  the  courts, 
in  which  capacity  he  served  for  four  years.  After- 
ward he  was  cashier  of  the  Citizens'  National 
Bank  at  Winterset,  Madison  County,  for  two 
years,  and  postmaster  at  the  same  place  from 
1878  to  1886,  the  time  of  his  removal  to  Colorado. 
Politically  he  has  always  adhered  to  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  he  cast  his  first  vote  for  Abraham 
Lincoln  in  1860.  Four  years  prior  to  that,  he 
had  taken  an  active  part  in  Fremont's  campaign 
for  president.  In  1896  he  was  the  Republican 
nominee  for  state  senator  and  the  preceding  year 
had  been  nominated  for  county  treasurer,  but  the 
minority  of  his  party  prevented  his  election  in 
both  instances. 

In  August,  1863,  Captain  Cooper  married  Miss 
Carrie  Yates,  who  was  born  in  Putnam  County, 
Ind.,  and  resided  there  until  her  marriage. 
Five  children  were  born  of  their  union,  but  the 


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two  daughters  are  deceased.  The  oldest  son, 
William  W.,  who  married  Sarah  E.  Goodale,  is 
assistant  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Lamar;  Ora  is  deputy  postmaster,  and  Fred  is  a 
student  in  the  local  schools. 


'HOMAS  H.  CRAVEN,  M.  D.,  is,  in  point 
of  years  of  professional  activity,  the  oldest 
physician  in  Fremont  County.  In  1869, 
before  any  railroad  had  been  built  to  Canon  City, 
he  came  here  via  wagon  from  Gilpin  County,  and 
with  his  wife  settled  upon  a  small  ranch  ten  miles 
north  of  the  town.  His  liking  for  the  life  of  a 
ranchman  was  quite  pronounced,  but  as  it  was 
neither  pleasant  nor  agreeable  to  his  wife,  he 
removed  to  the  city  in  February,  1872,  in  order 
that  she  might  have  the  advantages  of  town  life. 
He  at  once  engaged  in  practice  and  established  a 
reputation  as  a  skillful,  reliable  physician.  For 
more  than  twenty  years  he  has  acted  as  local 
surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad. 
While  his  practice  has  been  general,  he  has  a 
special  fondness  for  surgery  and  has  devoted  con- 
siderable time  to  its  study.  Both  from  a  pro- 
fessional and  financial  point  of  view  he  has  been 
successful,  and  the  brick  residence  just  east  of  the 
main  part  of  the  town,  erected  by  him  in  1897,  >s 
one  of  the  finest  in  the  county. 

Dr.  Craven  was  born  at  Crab  Orchard,  Ray 
County,  Mo.,  May  26,  1837.  His  grandfather, 
Richard  Craven,  was  born  in  Randolph  County, 
N.  C.,  January  19,  1776,  and  was  a  son  of  one  of 
the  original  settlers  of  Craven  colony  (now  Craven 
County),  N.  C.  There  he  engaged  in  farming 
until  1806,  when  he  removed  to  East  Tennessee. 
From  that  state  in  1831  he  went  to  Missouri  and 
entered  a  tract  of  wild  land  which  he  improved 
and  placed  under  cultivation.  While  in  North 
Carolina  he  married  Elizabeth  Raines,  who  was 
born  in  Randolph  County,  May  22,  1775.  Of 
their  eleven  children  the  oldest,  Joseph,  was  born 
November  23,  1797,  and  was  nine  years  of  age 
when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  East  Ten- 
nessee. Early  in  life  he  took  up  the  work  incident 
to  farming.  In  1818,  having  attained  his 
majority,  he  left  home  and  became  a  pioneer  of 
Missouri.  He  continued  to  reside  in  Cole  County 
until  1822,  when  he  returned  to  Tennessee,  but 
ten  years  later  again  removed  to  Missouri,  bring- 
ing with  him  his  father;  eventually  the  entire 
family  settled  in  Ray  County.  He  followed 
general  farming  and  improved  considerable  land 
there.  In  the  Democratic  party  he  was  an  active 


worker.  For  sixteen  years  he  served  as  constable 
and  justice  of  the  peace.  In  religion  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Church.  May  6,  1824, 
he  married  Prudence  Grimes,  of  Tennessee,  and 
ten  children  were  born  of  their  union.  The  four 
now  living  are:  George  W.,  who  occupies  the  old 
homestead  in  Ray  County; Thomas  H.;  Howard, 
who  is  on  the  old  home  farm;  and  Therza  C., 
widow  of  S.  S.  Drake,  and  a  resident  of  Vallejo, 
Cal. 

After  attending  public  schools  for  some  years 
our  subject  entered  the  college  at  Richmond, 
where  he  studied  for  one  year.  Later  he  was 
with  his  brother  in  the  mercantile  business  at 
Camden,  Mo.,  after  which  he  began  the  study  of 
medicine.  In  the  early  part  of  the  Civil  war  he 
entered  the  army  as  captain  of  a  company,  and 
did  considerable  duty  in  scouting,  but,  owing  to 
ill  health,  he  was  obliged  to  resign  his  commission 
in  1863.  He  then  again  took  up  the  study  of 
medicine  at  Jefferson  College,  Philadelphia.  In 
the  spring  of  1864  he  opened  an  office  at  Centre- 
ville  (now  Kearney),  Mo.  By  reason  of  the 
different  troops  that  passed  back  and  forth  the 
surroundings  became  unpleasant,  and  Dr.  Craven 
decided  to  come  to  Colorado,  thinking  opportuni- 
ties would  be  good  here.  In  September,  1864,  he 
settled  in  Gilpin  County,  and  there  engaged  in 
practice  for  five  years,  coming  to  Canon  City  in 
April,  1869. 

April  14,  1869,  Dr.  Craven  married  Millie 
McMinn,  who  was  of  Scotch  descent.  She  died 
January  28,  1891,  leaving  two  sons,  Ned  C. , 
cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Canon  City; 
and  Percy  H.,  agent  of  the  Wells- Fargo  Express 
.Company  here.  The  doctor's  second  marriage 
took  place  December  12,  1894,  and  united  him 
with  Mrs.  Kate  W.  Richardson,  of  St.  Joseph, 
Mo. 

In  1879  Dr.  Craven  spent  ten  months  in  Cali- 
fornia, hoping  that  the  change  would  benefit  his 
wife's  health.  While  there  he  became  impressed 
with  the  idea  that  as  fine  fruit  could  be  raised  in 
Colorado  as  on  the  Pacific  coast,  and,  largely  as 
an  experiment,  he  bought  his  present  property 
and  started  an  orchard.  In  the  raising  of  fruit  he 
has  met  with  considerable  success,  and  in  this 
way  others  have  been  encouraged  to  plant 
orchards.  He  is  a  director  in  the  First  National 
Bank  and  is  connected  with  other  enterprises  of 
an  important  and  beneficial  character.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  state  and  county  medical  organiza- 
tions and  the  National  Association  of  Railway 


ALBERT  G.  BOONS. 


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Surgeons.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Mount 
Moriah  Lodge  No.  15,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  Canon  City 
Chapter  No.  14,  R.  A.  M.;  and  Canon  City  Com- 
mandery  No.  9,  K.  T.  Politically  he  has  been  a 
life-long  Democrat.  From  1873  to  1877  he  served 
as  county  treasurer,  for  four  years  was  a  member 
of  the  town  council  and  for  two  terms  served  as 
mayor.  He  is  a  progressive  citizen,  who  gives 
his  support  to  all  enterprises  for  the  good  of  the 
community,  and  his  life  has  been  such  as  to  war- 
rant the  high  regard  in  which  he  is  held. 


Gl  LBERT  G.  BOONE,  a  direct  descendant  of 
I  1  the  famous  frontiersman,  Daniel  Boone, 
/  I  came  to  Archuleta  County  in  1886  and 
homesteaded  a  quarter-section  of  land  sixteen 
miles  south  of  Pagosa  Springs,  where  he  has 
since  made  many  valuable  improvements  and  en- 
gaged in  raising  stock.  At  times  he  winters  as 
many  as  two  hundred  head  of  cattle,  which  he 
feeds  hay  and  grain  raised  on  his  ranch.  On  the 
Democratic  ticket  he  was  elected  county  commis- 
sioner in  1893  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  in 
1896  was  re-elected  for  three  years.  He  is  chair- 
man of  the  board  at  the  present  time. 

Near  Kansas  City,  Mo. ,  in  1845,  our  subject 
was  born  to  Van  D.  and  Mary  A.  Boone,  natives 
of  Kentucky.  His  father,  who  was  one  of  the 
leading  stockmen  in  western  Missouri,  came  to 
Colorado  in  1860  and  settled  in  Pueblo  County, 
taking  up  government  land  eighteen  miles  east  of 
Pueblo.  There  he  devoted  the  remainder  of  his 
life  to  farming  and  stock-raising,  dying  on  his 
ranch  when  eighty-seven  years  of  age.  He  was 
a  man  of  integrity  and  actively  identified  with 
public  affairs.  His  wife  was  a  sister  of  William 
Randall,  of  London,  Ky. ,  who  was  a  member  of 
congress  for  several  years  and  a  distinguished 
citizen  of  Kentucky.  She  is  now  living  and  re- 
sides in  Pueblo,  well  preserved  and  active  not- 
withstanding her  seventy-six  busy  years.  In 
her  family  there  are  seven  children,  namely:  Al- 
bert G.;  Emma  H.,  Mrs.  Lewis  Barnham,  whose 
son,  Lewis  Barnham,  Jr.,  is  the  present  adjutant- 
general  of  Colorado;  Charles  R. ,  of  Archuleta 
County;  Zurelda  E.,  of  Pueblo;  Harriet  B. ,  wife 
of  T.  R.  Jones,  of  Pueblo  County;  Benjamin  F. 
and  Jesse  M.,  of  Pueblo  County. 

When  the  family  came  to  Colorado,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  after- 
ward, he  being  the  eldest  child,  had  charge  of 
the  farm  and  business  affairs.  In  1883  he  went 
to  New  Mexico,  where  for  three  years  he  engaged 

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in  raising  stock,  which  he  ranged  on  the  plains 
of  that  territory.  From  New  Mexico  he  came  to 
Archuleta  County,  his  present  home.  A  progres- 
sive man,  he  has  been  a  leader  in  the  building 
up  and  development  of  this  county,  and  has  done 
much  to  promote  its  progress.  Realizing  the 
great  value  of  an  education,  he  has  helpfully  as- 
sisted in  the  schools  of  Pueblo  and  Archuleta 
Counties,  where  he  has  acted  as  school  director 
since  attaining  his  majority.  He  organized  school 
district  No.  6,  in  this  county.  While  he  has  had 
many  reverses,  they  have  not  discouraged  him, 
but  in  spite  of  them  he  has  worked  his  way  for- 
ward to  a  position  of  independence  and  influence 
among  the  substantial  men  of  the  county. 
Among  the  people  here  he  has  many  friends,  as 
is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that,  in  the  various  offices 
he  has  filled,  he  received  the  support  of  all  par- 
ties. Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Pagosa 
Camp  No.  412,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

In  1876  Mr.  Boone  married  Miss  Susie  H. 
Fosdick,  daughter  of  Henry  M.  Fosdick,  a  pio- 
neer of  Pueblo  County  and  a  civil  engineer  who 
laid  out  the  town  site  of  Pueblo.  The  children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Boone  are:  Van  D.,  Henry  A., 
Elsie  B.,  Jesse,  Elliott  and  Esther. 


GlLLEN  D.  JONES,  president  of  the  Phar- 
LJ  macist  Mining  Company  and  the  Bodie 
I  I  Mining  Compaq  and  one  of  the  successful 
operators  in  Cripple  Creek,  came  to  this  state  in 
1890  and  has  since  made  his  home  in  Colorado 
Springs.  When  Cripple  Creek  became  famous 
through  the  discover}'  of  gold  there,  he  was  one  of 
the  first  to  locate  claims  there.  Abandoning  the 
drug  business  in  1892,  he  assisted  in  organizing 
the  Pharmacist  Mining  Company,  with  a  capital 
of  $1,200,000.  For  the  first  few  months  he  held 
the  office  of  secretary,  but  was  then  made  the 
president  and  has  since  served  in  this  position. 
The  Pharmacist  is  not  only  a  successful,  but  an 
old  company  as  well,  and  has  the  distinction  of 
having  made  the  second  shipment  from  Cripple 
Creek  district,  also  shipping  the  first  carload  lot 
from  the  divide  on  the  Midland.  Besides  the 
Pharmacist,  he  is  interested  in  the  Bodie  Mining 
Company  on  Squaw  Mountain  and  in  other 
patented  claims. 

The  Jones  family  removed  in  an  early  day 
from  Virginia  to  Kentucky,  and  some  of  its 
members  bore  a  part  in  the  Revolutionary  and 
Indian  wars.  From  Kentucky  our  subject's 
grandfather  removed  to  Missouri  and  engaged  in 


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medical  practice  there.  Dr.  Harmon  Jones, 
father  of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Kentucky, 
graduated  from  the  Starling  Medical  College  in 
St.  Louis,  and  practiced  in  Paris,  later  in  Wil- 
liamsburg,  Callaway  County,  and  finally  removed 
to  Fulton,  Mo.  During  the  Civil  war  he  served 
as  a  surgeon.  He  was  a  prominent  man  among 
the  early  settlers  and  was  accustomed  to  ride,  on 
horseback,  with  his  saddlebags,  for  long  distances 
in  order  to  visit  his  patients.  He  continued  in 
active  practice  until  four  years  before  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  the  age  of  eighty-three. 
Fraternally  he  was  connected  with  the  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Elizabeth 
Carnes,  whose  father  located  a  farm  on  the 
present  site  of  the  St.  Louis  courthouse.  She 
died  when  seventy-six  years  of  age.  Of  her  six 
children  four  are  living,  two  of  whom,  Homer  (in 
Cripple  Creek)  and  our  subject,  are  in  Colorado. 
The  last-named  was  the  youngest  of  the  family. 
He  was  born  in  Williamsburg,  Mo.,  December 
21,  1864,  and  spent  the  most  of  his  time,  until 
twelve,  in  Fulton.  For  three  years  he  was  a 
student  in  Westminster  College  in  that  village. 
Later  he  went  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where  he 
studied  pharmacy  with  H.  C.  Arnold,  and 
graduated  from  the  Kansas  City  College  of  Phar- 
macy with  the  degree  of  Ph.  G.  He  then  went 
to  Fort  Scott,  Kan.,  and  bought  a  store,  where  he 
carried  on  a  drug  business.  On  selling  out,  he 
went  back  to  Kansas  City  and  for  one  year  carried 
on  a  drug  business  on  Seventeenth  and  Grand 
avenue.  In  1890  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs 
and  for  one  year  was  employed  by  Miller 
Brothers,  since  which  time  he  has  given  his 
attention  to  mining.  In  1893  he  assisted  in  the 
organization  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Cripple 
Creek,  of  which  he  was  the  first  vice-president, 
and  served  as  a  director  for  two  years,  but  then 
resigned  and  sold  his  interest. 

In  Ottawa,  Kan.,  Mr.  Jones  married  Miss  Lola 
Campbell,  who  was  born  in  Ohio  and  by  whom 
he  has  a  son,  William  Robert.  He  was  made  a 
mason  in  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  with  which  he 
is  identified.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Colorado 
Springs  Chapter  No.  6,  R.  A.  M.;  Pike's  Peak 
Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T.,  Colorado  Consistory, 
El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.  Politically  he  votes 
the  Democratic  ticket.  He  is  a  well-known 
member  of  the  Pike's  Peak  Club.  Though  not 
a  member  of  any  denomination  he  contributes  to 
the  support  of  Grace  Episcopal  Church,  with 


which  his  wife  is  connected.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Colorado  Springs. 
His  mining  ventures  have  met  with  success,  for 
they  are  backed  by  his  persevering  energy  and 
excellent  judgment,  and  the  experience  which  he 
has  gained  makes  his  opinion  valuable  in  matters 
relating  to  mining. 


Gl  RTHUR  PECK  has  made  his  home  in  Colo- 
LJ  rado  Springs  since  June,  1872,  and  is  a 
/  I  stockholder  in  the  Portland  and  Anchoria- 
Leland  mines,  two  of  the  most  remunerative  min- 
ing properties  in  the  Cripple  Creek  region. 
While  he  is  now  successful  and  prosperous,  he 
has  gained  success  only  after  years  of  apparently 
unrequited  toil.  For  thirty-six  years  he  strug- 
gled, in  the  face  of  financial  reverses,  and  the  ill 
health  of  himself  and  family.  His  connection 
with  the  two  mines  named  marked  a  turning 
point  in  his  fortunes,  and  from  that  time  he  has 
enjoyed  the  smiles  of  prosperity. 

The  Peck  family  was  founded  in  America  by 
three  brothers  who  emigrated  from  Wales  and 
settled  in  New  England.  Jason  Peck,  who  was 
born  in  Massachusetts,  removed  to  Steuben  Coun- 
ty, N.  Y., and  remained  there  until  his  death, when 
almost  eighty  years  of  age.  His  son,  Erastus, 
who  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  became  a  farmer 
in  Schuyler  County,  N.  Y.,  and  also  engaged  in 
building  at  Anderson  settlement  on  Seneca  Lake. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  forty-one  years 
of  age.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Lydia  Bailey,  was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  in 
childhood  accompanied  her  parents  to  New  York. 
At  the  time  of  her  death  she  was  seventy-one 
years  of  age.  Of  her  six  children  that  attained 
mature  years  all  are  living  but  one  daughter,  who 
died  in  New  York.  The  others  are:  JoelS.,  a 
farmer  living  in  New  York;  Martin  H.,  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  of  Altay;  Mrs.  Nancy  Jackson,  of 
Canisteo,  N.  Y. ;  and  Ann  Eliza,  Mrs.  Winters, 
living  near  Altay,  N.  Y. 

Near  the  head  of  Seneca  Lake,  in  Schuyler 
County,  N.  Y.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  April  5,  1835.  He  attended  the  district 
schools,  Dundee  Academy  and  a  seminary,  but 
poor  health  prevented  the  completion  of  his  edu- 
cation. In  1856  he  went  to  Peoria  County,  111., 
and  settled  in  the  town  of  Jubilee,  but  afterward 
removed  to  El  Paso,  Woodford  County,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming.  However,  his  experience 
in  El  Paso  was  not  enjoyable,  for  twice  cyclones 
destroyed  his  property  and  in  one  of  these  storms 


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he  was  severely  injured.  In  1868  he  removed  to 
Clinton,  De  Witt  County,  where  he  carried  on  a 
meat  market.  In  1872  he  came  to  Colorado, 
hoping  that  this  climate  might  benefit  himself 
and  wife.  As  soon  as  he  was  able  to  engage  in 
business,  he  opened  a  meat  market  on  Tejon 
street,  and  this  business  he  continued,  at  inter- 
vals, as  his  health  permitted.  Since  1869  he  has 
been  interested  in  mines,  his  first  venture  being 
in  the  Gunnison  district,  after  which  he  was  in 
Leadville,  and  finally  bought  stock  in  Cripple 
Creek  mines. 

In  El  Paso,  111.,  Mr.  Peck  married  Miss  Lucinda 
D.  Nay,  who  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  a  de- 
scendant of  the  famous  French  general,  Marshal 
Michel  Ney.  Her  father,  Gardiner  Nay,  was  an 
early  settler  of  Illinois.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peck  have 
an  only  son,  Frank  G.,  who  is  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Portland  Gold  Mining  Company. 
Politically  Mr.  Peck  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  sil- 
ver cause,  and  supports  that  branch  of  the  Re- 
publican party.  In  the  fall  of  1872,  shortly  after 
he  came  to  this  city,  he  assisted  in  organizing  a 
Baptist  Church  and  so  great  was  his  interest  in 
the  work  that  he  generously  donated  one-third 
of  his  entire  property  for  the  building  of  the 
house  of  worship.  Of  those  who  assisted  in  the 
formation  of  the  church  he  alone  survives,  and, 
as  a  charter  member  and  active  worker,  he  has 
borne  a  part  in  every  plan  for  the  growth  of  the 
congregation  and  the  enlargement  of  its  work. 


HON.  JAMES  CASTELLO,  a  pioneer  of 
Colorado,  was  born  and  reared  upon  a  farm 
in  Pennsylvania  and  in  early  manhood  re- 
moved to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  had  mer- 
cantile interests.  Later  he  engaged  in  lead  min- 
ing at  Mineral  Point  and  vicinity.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  Wisconsin  in  1838  to  Catherine  Hughes, 
a  native  of  Ohio  and  in  girlhood  a  resident  of  Illi- 
nois. In  1840  he  returned  to  St.  Louis,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming  near  the  city.  A  man  of 
prominence  in  his  community,  he  was  elected 
county  sheriff  in  1857  an<^  a^  other  times  held 
various  local  positions. 

During  the  summer  of  1858  one  of  Mr.  Castel- 
lo's  sons  had  come  to  Colorado  and  in  1860  he 
crossed  the  plains,  intending  to  settle  in  the  west. 
Going  to  Nevadaville  he  engaged  in  mining  for 
one  year,  after  which  he  was  similarly  interested 
in  Fairplay,  Park  County.  At  the  same  time  he 
carried  on  a  hotel  business  there  until  1868.  His 
family  had  joined  him  in  1863.  In  1870  he  re- 


moved to  El  Paso  County,  where  he  founded  the 
town  of  Florissant,  named  in  honor  of  his  former 
home  town  in  Missouri.  There  he  started  the 
first  store,  which  he  conducted  in  connection  with 
farming. 

For  one  term,  during  his  residence  in  Park 
County,  Mr.  Castello  served  as  county  judge.  In 
1865  he  was  a  member  of  the  first  state  senate  of 
Colorado,  which  met  in  Golden  in  December  of 
that  year,  and  then  adjourned  to  meet  in  Denver. 
However,  the  proceedings  of  the  convention  were 
not  ratified  by  President  Johnson,  and  hence 
were  rendered  null.  In  1868,  when  the  United 
States  land  office  was  established  at  Fairplay  for 
the  district  now  included  in  Leadville,  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  President  Johnson  receiver  for  the 
same  and  continued  in  that  capacity  until  1872. 
His  death  occurred  May  18,  1878.  His  wife 
died  at  Florissant  October  27,  1898,  in  the  eight- 
ieth year  of  her  age.  They  were  the  parents  of 
nine  children,  six  of  whom  attained  mature 
years. 

fTRED  ALLEN  YOUNG,  whose  residence  in 
1^  Colorado  Springs  dates  from  December  10, 
I  1876,  is  one  of  the  successful  stockmen  of  this 
section  of  the  state.  From  his  original  purchase  of 
two  hundred  and  eighty  acres  he  has,  by  the  pur- 
chase of  adjoining  tracts,  become  the  owner  of  six- 
teen hundred  and  sixty-two  acresinElbert  County, 
on  which  he  raises  large  quantites  of  hay,  as  well 
as  sheep  and  cattle.  The  land  is  enclosed  by 
substantial  fencing  and  is  watered  by  the  East 
Bijou  or  Beaver  Creek.  For  some  time  he  gave 
his  attention  largely  to  the  raising  of  graded 
merinoes,  but  since  1896  he  has  been  interested 
in  the  cattle  business.  Besides  this  place,  which 
lies  in  Elbert  County,  near  Ramah,  El  Paso 
County,  he  owns  ranch  property  south  of  Gran- 
ada, Colo.  While  necessarily  much  of  his  time 
has  been  spent  in  the  country,  he  has  had  his 
family  in  Colorado  Springs,  in  order  that  the 
children  might  receive  the  excellent  educational 
advantages  offered  by  this  city.  The  residence 
is  at  No.  528  East  Boulder  street. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Warren, 
Knox  County,  Me.,  which  was  also  the  birthplace 
of  his  father,  Allen,  and  grandfather,  Allen,  Sr. 
The  last-named  improved  a  farm,  which  became 
the  family  homestead.  During  the  war  of  1812 
he  served  on  the  Atlantic  coast.  Allen,  Jr.,  who 
was  a  farmer,  died  at  seventy-three  years  of  age, 
having  spent  his  entire  life  on  the  home  place. 


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He  married  Matilda  Briggs,  who  was  born  in 
Knox  County  and  died  there  at  fifty  years  of 
age.  Her  father  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812 
and  with  three  brothers  and  his  father,  took  part 
in  the  battle  of  Plattsburgh.  One  of  her  brothers, 
Ambrose,  served  in  the  Mexican  war;  she  had 
three  half-brothers  in  the  Civil  war,  two  of  whom 
lost  their  lives  in  the  service,  and  the  third  was 
seriously  wounded. 

The  family  of  Allen  Young,  Jr.,  consisted  of 
nine  children,  and  all  of  these  are  still  living. 
They  are:  Fred  Allen,  who  was  born  August  5, 
1847;  Matilda,  who  lives  in  Rockland,  Me.; 
Estelle,  of  Sharon,  Mass.;  Mary,  whose  home 
is  in  Attleboro,  Mass. ;  Chester  and  Emma,  of 
Granada,  Colo.;  John  C.,  who  owns  a  portion  of 
the  homestead;  Lewis,  also  of  Warren;  and 
George  B. ,  residing  in  Boston,  Mass. 

At  eighteen  years  of  age  our  subject  left  home 
to  learn  a  trade.  For  nine  years  he  worked  as 
a  carriage  blacksmith  in  Rocklaud,  and  other 
towns  in  Maine.  In  the  latter  part  of  1876  he 
came  to  Colorado.  On  the  morning  after  his 
arrival  in  Colorado  Springs,  he  went  to  the  head 
of  the  Big  Sandy,  where  he  was  employed  on  a 
ranch  until  June,  1877.  He  then  embarked  in 
the  sheep  business.  Later  he  bought  the  Tib- 
bitts  ranch,  which  he  has  since  cultivated  and 
improved,  increasing  it  to  its  present  acreage. 
He  has  never  been  active  in  politics,  but  is  a  pro- 
nounced advocate  of  the  Republican  party.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  identified  with  the  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen. 

At  Gorham,  near  Portland,  Me.,  Mr.  Young 
married  Miss  Caroline  McKinney,  who  was  born 
in  Scarboro,  Me.  They  are  the  parents  of  six 
children,  namely:  Florence  Mabel,  Alice  Maude, 
Pearl  Blanche,  Grace  Eveline,  Russell  Earl  and 
Raymond  Everett. 

(JOSEPH  DOZIER,  who  came  to  Colorado 
Springs  in  the  early  part  of  1873  and  is  now 
engaged  in  contracting  and  building,  was 
born  in  Moyock  District,  Currituck  County,  N.C., 
April  1 8,  1842,  and  descends  from  French  ances- 
tors who  were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Vir- 
ginia. His  great-grandfather,  Willis  Dozier,  was 
a  native  of  Princess  Anne  County,  Va.,  and  spent 
his  entire  life  upon  a  plantation  in  that  state. 
The  grandfather,  Jacob  Dozier,  also  a  native  of 
Princess  Anne  County,  removed  to  Currituck 
County,  N.  C.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
until  his  death  at  sixty-two  years.  He  was  a 


soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  His  wife,  who  was 
born  in  Currituck  County,  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Mary  Lee,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Lee, 
a  planter  of  North  Carolina. 

Daniel  Lee  Dozier,  our  subject's  father,  was 
born  March  8,  1816,  in  Currituck  County,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming  in  early  life.  Removing 
to  Chestertown,  Md.,  in  1857  he  embarked  in  the 
mercantile  business,  but  two  years  later  returned 
to  Moyock,  N.  C.,  where  he  had  a  general  mer- 
cantile store  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war. 
Afterward  he  engaged  in  farming.  In  1867  he 
removed  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and  has  since  lived 
in  retirement,  in  that  city  and  in  Colorado 
Springs.  His  wife,  Mary,  was  born  in  Currituck 
County,  but  was  reared  in  Tennessee,  to  which 
state  she  had  accompanied  her  father,  Dennis 
Dozier,  a  native  of  Currituck  County.  She  died 
in  North  Carolina  in  1852,  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
five  years.  Of  her  six  children  four  attained 
years  of  maturity,  namely:  Joseph;  Romulus, 
who  resides  in  Colorado  Springs;  Willoughby, 
an  architect,  who  died  in  Kansas  City;  and  Mary, 
living  in  Colorado  Springs. 

Until  fifteen  years  of  age  our  subject  lived  in 
North  Carolina.  He  then  removed  to  Mary- 
land, and  in  Millington  was  apprenticed  to  the 
carpenter's  trade,  under  Thomas  C.  Ringgold. 
On  completing  the  trade  he  went  to  Baltimore, 
where  he  remained  from  1864  to  1867,  and  then 
went  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  where  for  six  years  he 
was  in  the  employ  of  Bright  &  De  Clue.  In  May, 
1873,  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs  and  secured 
employment  with  W.  S.  Stratton,  then  engaged 
in  contracting  and  building.  In  1874  he  bought 
out  his  employer  and  has  since  engaged  in  con- 
tracting. Among  the  contracts  which  he  has 
had  are  those  for  the  main  wing  of  Colorado  Col- 
lege, the  Congregational  Church,  Gazette  build- 
ing, Midland  block,  the  old  postoffice  and  numer- 
ous residences.  He  also  erected  ten  buildings 
for  himself,  which  he  afterward  sold.  In  the 
early  days  of  Leadville  he  was  interested  in  min- 
ing there,  and  now  owns  interests  in  the  Cripple 
Creek  district.  His  business  location  is  in  Ex- 
change Place. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Dozier  united  him  with 
Miss  Martha  A.  Devinney,  who  was  born  in 
Louisville,  Ky. ,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Hamilton 
Devinuey.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  South  and  is  a  lady  whose 
many  noble  qualities  have  won  for  her  the  esteem 
of  acquaintances.  Their  family  consists  of  seven 


ALBERT  M.  SAGER. 


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children,  all  at  home,  namely:  May  lone,  Louisa, 
Martha  A.,  Dixie  Lee,  Marion,  Joseph  J.  and 
Dorotha  Devinney. 

Politically  Mr.  Dozier  is  a  Democrat.  At  onetime 
he  was  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Honor  and 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  was 
also  active  in  the  work  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and 
Knights  of  Pythias.  He  is  now  identified  with 
El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 


(S\  LBERT  M.  SAGER,  who  is  well  known  as 
LJ  a  successful  and  extensive  breeder  of  Here- 
|  I  ford  cattle,  and  is  one  of  the  influential 
citizens  of  Laveta,  Huerfano  County,  carries  on 
a  lage  stock  business  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  Henry  B.,  under  the  firm  title  of  Sager 
Brothers.  He  was  born  in  Benton  County,  Ark., 
Augusts,  1851,  and  was  a  small  child  when  his 
mother  died.  His  father,  Christian  C.  Sager,  who 
was  a  native  of  German}',  but  spent  his  life  prin- 
cipally in  the  United  States,  was  a  pioneer  of 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  later  a  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser  in  Benton  County,  Ark.,  dying  there  in 
r8yo.  There  were  three  sons  in  the  family:  Fred- 
erick W.,  Albert  M.  and  Henry  B.  In  the  sketch 
of  the  last-named,  which  appears  in  this  work, 
the  family  history  is  given  quite  fully. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1872,  our  subject  has 
resided  here  almost  continuously  since.  In  1876 
he  engaged  in  herding  cattle  for  a  large  com- 
pany, the  cattle  range  occupying  the  present  site 
of  Durango.  He  remained  in  that  locality  for 
two  years,  after  which  he  went  to  Utah  in  the 
interests  of  the  same  company.  He  remained  in 
Utah  until  1884.  The  following  year,  in  partner- 
ship with  J.  F.  Sibley,  he  embarked  in  the  cattle 
business,  commencing  with  one  thousand  head, 
for  which  a  high  price  was  paid.  The  partners 
operated  together  for  five  years,  making  their 
headquarters  at  Grand  Junction  and  meeting  with 
success. 

Finally  selling  his  interest  to  his  partner,  Mr. 
Sager  came  to  Laveta,  and  joined  his  brother, 
Henry  B.  He  bought  some  property  located  one 
and  one-half  miles  east  of  Laveta,  and  here  he 
has  since  engaged  in  stock-raising  and  general 
ranching.  Much  of  his  land  has  been  improved 
and  cultivated,  which  makes  it  quite  valuable. 
He  now  owns  sixty  head  of  pure-bred  Herefords, 
and  is  meeting  with  conspicuous  success  in  the 
breeding  of  high-grade  cattle. 

Mr.  Sager  is  a  typical  westerner.  He  is  a 
worthy  representative  of  those  pioneers  who  have 


assisted  in  transforming  this  country  from  the 
barren  wilderness  of  early  days  to  its  present 
wonderful  state  of  development.  Especially 
does  he  deserve  credit  for  his  progressiveness  in 
the  cattle  business,  by  which  he  has  not  only 
gained  individual  success,  but  encouraged  others 
to  embark  in  similar  enterprises.  A  reliable, 
upright  and  enterprising  citizen,  his  sterling 
character  is  recognized  by  all  who  know  him  and 
his  friends  are  many  in  this  section  of  the  state. 
He  is  unmarried,  and  makes  his  home  with  his 
brother.  Political  affairs  have  never  received 
much  attention  from  him,  although  he  keeps 
himself  posted  concerning  the  questions  before 
the  people;  yet  his  tastes  not  being  in  the  line  of 
public  activities,  he  has  devoted  himself  almost 
exclusively  to  his  business  pursuits. 


'HOMAS  J.  WRIGHT,  a  successful  con- 
tractor and  builder,  and  a  highly  respected 
citizen  of  Colorado  Springs,  is  a  descend- 
ant of  an  old  and  honored  Pennsylvania  family, 
some  of  whom  were  pioneers  of  the  Susquehanna 
and  Wyoming  valleys.  The  first  of  the  name  in 
this  country  settled  in  Connecticut  and  later  re- 
moved to  New  York,  where,  in  Tioga  County, 
both  the  father  and  grandfather,  of  our  subject 
was  born.  The  former,  who  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  settled  in  Scottsville,  Pa. ,  where  he  engaged 
in  contracting  and  building  for  many  years.  His 
death  occurred  in  that  place  at  the  age  of 
seventy-two. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Ellen,  daughter 
of  Robert  Comstock.  She  was  born  in  Luzerne 
County,  Pa.,  near  the  line  of  Wyoming  County, 
and  died  in  Laceyville,  the  latter  county,  at  the 
age  of  about  sixty-eight.  Her  father  was  a  mem- 
ber of  a  Connecticut  family,  but  spent  his  life 
principally  in  Pennsylvania.  He  married  a  sis- 
ter of  Frances  Slocum,  who  was  captured  by  In- 
dians, at  Forty  Fort,  Pa.,  when  a  small  child  and 
taken  by  them  to  Indiana,  where  years  afterward 
she  was  found  by  her  relatives. 

The  family  of  T.  J.  Wright,  Sr.,  and  his  wife, 
Ellen,  consisted  of  eleven  children,  nine  of  whom 
attained  mature  years,  and  eight  are  now  living. 
All,  except  two  brothers  and  a  sister  in  Colo- 
rado, remain  in  Pennsylvania.  Three  of  the  sons 
took  part  in  the  Civil  war.  C.  J.,  who  enlisted 
in  Company  B,  Fifty-second  Pennsylvania  In- 
fantry, was  wounded  at  Fair  Oaks  and  honorably 
discharged  on  account  of  physical  disability;  he 
died  at  Manitou,  Colo.  G.  D.,  who  enlisted  in 


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Company  B,  Fifty-second  Pennsylvania  Infantry, 
is  now  a  stone-dealer  at  Laceyville,  Pa.  D.  M., 
of  Colorado  Springs,  was  a  member  of  Company 
B,  Fifty-second  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  and  served 
from  the  opening  to  the  close  of  the  war. 

The  birth  of  our  subject  occurred  February  23, 
1850,  at  Scottsville,  Wyoming  County,  Pa.,  on  the 
Susquehanna  River.  In  boyhood  he  attended 
the  district  and  private  schools  of  his  home 
town.  Learning  the  carpenter's  trade,  he  assisted 
his  father  until  1872,  after  which  he  engaged  in 
farming  at  Jane  Bend,  Wyoming  County.  In 
1874  he  came  to  Colorado,  intending  to  locate 
permanently  in  the  state,  but  without  a  definite 
plan  as  to  what  location  to  select.  He  came  to 
Colorado  Springs  and  was  so  well  pleased  with 
the  city  that  he  has  never  cared  to  remove  from 
it.  For  six  years  he  was  employed  as  foreman 
for  Joseph  Dozier,  but  since  1880  he  has  been 
contracting  for  himself.  His  shop  and  office  are 
at  No.  22  YI  North  Nevada  street.  Among  his  con- 
tracts were  those  for  W.  S.  Stratton's  residence, 
the  Telegraph  building  and  other  fine  structures. 
He  built  the  residence  at  No.  1414  Lincoln  ave- 
nue, which  he  owns  and  occupies.  Politically  he 
is  a  Democrat,  and  fraternally  belongs  to  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  El  Paso 
Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  By  his  marriage, 
in  Denver,  to  Miss  Mary  Corcoran,  who  was  born 
in  Anamosa,  Iowa,  a  daughter,  Lillian,  was  born. 


(TOHN  E.  HUNDLEY  came  to  Colorado 
I  Springs  in  1878  and  was  one  of  the  origina- 
Q)  tors  and  builders  of  the  carriage  road  to 
Pike's  Peak,  which,  until  the  building  of  the 
railroad,  was  the  only  means  of  reaching  the 
summit  of  that  famous  mountain.  In  1880  he 
opened  a  livery  stable  on  Pike's  Peak  avenue, 
and  eight  years  later  built  his  present  barn,  the 
largest  in  the  city,  being  50x190  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, with  three  floors.  His  stables,  whiclr  are 
known  as  the  Antlers,  are  not  only  the  finest  in 
the  city,  but  probably  in  the  entire  western 
country.  He  was  awarded  a  special  prize  at  the 
festival  of  the  mountain  and  plain  in  1897. 

Hon.  John  B.  Hundley,  our  subject's  father, 
was  born  in  Nashville,  Tenn. ,  and  was  a  son  of 
William  Hundley,  who  emigrated  from  Scotland 
to  Tennessee  and  died  upon  a  plantation  there. 
In  1840  the  former  removed  to  Albany,  Mo., 
where  he  taught  school  for  a  time,  later  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business  and  was  postmaster, 
also  held  public  offices,  including  those  of  county 


treasurer,  county  clerk  and  representative.  Re- 
moving to  St.  Joe  in  1864  he  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  boot  and  shoe  business,  as  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Hundley  &  Buck,  on  Fifth  and 
Felix  streets.  In  1870  he  entered  the  wholesale 
firm  of  Hundley,  Kemper  &  McDonald.  For 
some  time  he  was  president  of  the  Merchants' 
Bank  and  vice-president  of  the  First  National 
Bank,  also  a  director  in  the  Saxton  National 
Bank.  Many  of  the  local  industries  of  St.  Joe 
received  encouragement  from  him,  notably  the 
glucose  factory.  From  boyhood  he  was  active 
in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His  gen- 
erosity was  shown  in  the  erection  of  the  Hundley 
chapel,  on  Frederick  avenue,  which  cost  him 
$40,000.  He  continued  in  business  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  August  i,  1896,  at  seventy- 
five  years.  Afterward  the  business  was  continued 
at  the  same  location,  under  the  title  of  the 
Hundley  &  Frazer  Dry  Goods  Company. 

The  mother  of  our  subject,  who  is  still  living, 
was  a  descendant  of  an  English  family  that 
settled  in  Virginia  in  a  very  early  day.  She  was 
born  in  that  state  and  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Tabitha  Whitten.  In  her  family  there  were  ten 
children,  eight  of  whom  are  living.  Of  the  four 
sons,  Harry  and  Woodson  continue  their  father's 
interest  in  the  dry-goods  company,  of  which  the 
former  is  president  and  treasurer;  Eugene  lives 
in  Leavenworth,  Kan.  Our  subject,  who  was  the 
oldest  son,  was  born  in  Albany,  Mo.,  May  10, 
1858.  In  1864  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
St.  Joe,  and  in  1876  graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  that  city.  Beginning  at  the  lowest 
position  in  his  father's  business  house,  he  was 
promoted  by  successive  degrees,  and  at  nineteen 
years  was  a  traveling  salesman,  having  Kansas 
and  Colorado  for  his  route.  In  1878  he  came  to 
Colorado  Springs  and  opened  a  shoe  store  on 
Tejon  street.  During  that  time,  with  W.  C. 
Bradbury  as  a  partner,  he  started  a  stage  line  to 
Leadville.  running  a  coach  through  from  each 
place  every  twenty-four  hours,  and  carrying  ex- 
press and  United  States  mail.  At  the  close  of  a 
year,  he  sold  out  his  shoe  business  in  order  to 
give  his  entire  attention  to  the  stage  line.  In 
1880,  when  the  railroad  was  built,  the  continua- 
tion of  the  stage  was  unnecessary. 

With  James  Carlile  as  a  partner,  Mr.  Hundley 
built  the  Pike's  Peak  carriage  road,  which  was 
seventeen  miles  in  length  and  was  considered  the 
best  mountain  road  in  the  world.  During  the 
three  years  he  carried  on  this  business  he  was 


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very  Successful.  He  ran  a  stage  line  into  Cripple 
Creek,  but  sold  out  when  the  Midland  was  built 
to  that  point.  This  was  considered  the  most  re- 
markable stage  route  in  the  world.  Eight  thou- 
sand pounds  of  express  were  carried  almost  daily, 
while  if  there  were  not  at  least  four  hundred 
passengers,  the  proprietors  considered  business 
dull.  Fifteen  six-horse  stages  were  used  daily 
for  the  transportation  of  passengers,  express  and 
mail.  Mr.  Hundley  is  interested  in  the  mines  of 
Cripple  Creek,  is  president  of  the  Acacia  Gold 
Mining  Company  and  a  stockholder  in  many 
other  mines.  He  was  one  of  eight  men  who 
organized  the  Colorado  Springs  Driving  Park 
Association,  and  has  served  as  its  president  from 
the  first.  The  Association  bought  the  grounds 
one  and  one-half  miles  north  of  the  city,  and  on 
the  tracks  there  they  have  some  of  the  most 
interesting  races  in  the  west.  He  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  in  which 
he  was  a  director  until  1897.  During  the  active 
operation  of  the  Board  of  Trade  he  was  also 
identified  with  it.  He  is  a  charter  member  and 
president  of  the  Pike's  Peak  Club  and  a  member 
of  the  Country  Club.  In  national  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat,  but  in  local  matters  votes  indepen- 
dently, favoring  the  men  whom  he  deems  best 
qualified  to  represent  the  people. 

In  this  city  Mr.  Hundley  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Carrie  Atherton,  who  was  born 
in  Austin,  Minn.  She  is  a  daughter  of  John  F. 
Atherton,  who  was  an  early  settler  of  Colorado 
Springs  and  is  now  living  in  San  Diego,  Cal. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hundley  have  one  son,  John  B. 


(I  AMES  B.  GIBSON,  M.  D.(  a  specialist  in 
I  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear, 
(*/is  one  of  the  most  successful  physicians  in 
Colorado  and  has  built  up  a  reputation,  in  the 
line  of  his  specialties,  that  is  not  limited  to  the 
state.  He  is  of  Scotch  descent.  His  great- 
grandfather, Rev.  James  Gibson,  was  a  Presby- 
terian clergyman  and  for  some  time  held  the  po- 
sition of  principal  of  the  Lanark  high  school  in 
Lanarkshire,  Scotland.  His  son,  William  Gibson, 
M.  D.,  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  Lanark,  and  the  lady  whom  he  married  was 
also  the  daughter  of  a  physician.  Their  son, 
John  B.  Gibson,  M.  D.,  was  born  in  Lanark,  and 
graduated  from  McGill  University  of  Montreal, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  practice.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and 


surgeons  in  the  province  of  Quebec  and  for  years 
held  office  as  one  of  its  governors.  For  a  time 
he  was  vice-president  of  the  Canadian  Medical 
Association.  He  continued  in  practice  at  Dun- 
ham, Quebec,  until  his  death,  in  the  fall  of  1897. 
Fraternally  he  was  a  Mason  and  in  religion  a 
member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

The  mother  of  our  subject,  Lucy  S.,  was  born 
in  Dunham,  Quebec,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Baker,  a  native  of  Vermont.  Her  father, 
who  owned  large  tracts  of  land  in  Canada,  served 
as  a  member  of  parliament  for  many  years, 
and  died  in  Canada.  He  was  a  son  of  a  Vermont 
farmer,  who  removed  to  Canada.  The  Baker 
family  came  from  England  and  settled  in  New 
England.  Mrs.  Gibson  died  in  1882,  leaving 
four  children.  One  of  the  sons  is  a  practicing 
physician  in  Huntingdon,  Long  Island;  a  daugh- 
ter is  the  wife  of  a  physician  in  Cowansville, 
Quebec;  another  son,  John  G.,  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Royal  Military  College  at  Kingston  and  is 
now  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  in  San 
Francisco,  Cal.  The  youngest  of  the  children 
was  our  subject,  who  was  born  in  Dunham  Octo- 
ber 15,  1863.  He  was  educated  at  Dunham 
and  entered  McGill  University,  where  he  con- 
tinued in  the  literary  department  fqr  a  few  years. 
He  then  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  and  in 
1886  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  C.  M. 
Afterward  for  two  years  he  was  resident  surgeon 
of  the  Mary  Fletcher  Hospital  in  Burlington, 
Vt. ,  and  for  a  similar  period  he  was  resident  sur- 
geon of  the  New  York  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary. 
Afterward  he  engaged  in  practice,  as  an  eye  and 
ear  specialist,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  at 
the  same  time  lectured  in  the  New  York  Post- 
Graduate  Medical  School  and  College,  and  was 
an  instructor  in  the  eye  and  ear  department  in 
the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York,  also 
held  an  appointment  as  attending  ophthalmic 
surgeon  to  Bellevue  Hospital,  and  attending  sur- 
geon to  the  New  York  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary. 

Change  of  climate  being  necessary  for  his 
health,  Dr.  Gibson  came  to  Colorado  in  1896, 
and  has  since  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  special- 
ties in  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  is  also  ophthal- 
mic surgeon  for  the  State  School  for  the  Deaf  and 
Blind,  ophthalmic  surgeon  for  the  Midland  Rail- 
road, and  oculist  for  the  St.  Francis  hospital  at 
Colorado  Springs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New 
York  and  American  Ophthalmic  Societies.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  Master  Mason,  in  politics  a  Re- 
publican, and  in  religion  is  identified  with  the 


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Episcopal  Church.  His  marriage,  which  took 
place  in  New  York  City,  united  him  with  Miss 
Mary  Katherine  Chichester,  who  was  born  in 
California,  daughter  of  a  prominent  business 
man  of  San  Francisco. 


|J\ATHAN  ELDEN  PARKER.  With  the 
[  /  progress  of  Colorado,  and  more  especially 
\tS  with  the  history  of  El  Paso  County,  Mr. 
Parker  has  been  intimately  associated  for  many 
years,  having  contributed  materially  to  the  de- 
velopment of  its  resources  and  the  growth  of  its 
industries.  A  pioneer  of  1860,  he  has  witnessed 
the  remarkable  growth  of  this  section  of  country, 
which  now  offers  to  settlers  all  the  luxuries  and 
refinements  of  life,  instead  of  hardships  and  pri- 
vations such  as  he  and  his  fellow-pioneers  en- 
dured in  early  days.  Since  1884  he  has  been  a 
permanent  resident  of  Colorado  Springs.  In  1895, 
on  the  Republican  ticket,  he  was  nominated 
county  commissioner  and  was  elected  by  sixteen 
hundred  plurality,  taking  his  seat  January  i, 
1896.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  was  not 
a  candidate  for  re-election. 

The  Parker  family  in  this  country  descends 
from  three  brothers  who  crossed  the  ocean  in  the 
"Mayflower,"  from  England.  The  paternal 
grandfather  of  our  subject  was  a  resident  of  west- 
ern New  York.  The  father,  Capt.  Chase  Parker, 
moved  to  Dover,  Piscataquis  County,  Me. ,  where 
he  engaged  in  farm  pursuits  and  served  as  select- 
man. His  death  occurred  when  he  was  sixty- 
five.  When  he  was  a  young  man  he  followed 
the  sea  and  was  captain  of  a  vessel  in  the  coast- 
ing trade.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congregational- 
ist.  His  wife,  who  was  Mary  Crosby,  was  born 
in  Maine,  where  her  ancestors  were  early  settlers; 
her  father,  Eben  Crosby,  was  a  farmer  near 
Hampden.  She  remained  in  that  state  until  her 
death  at  sixty-seven  years.  In  her  family  there 
were  two  daughters  and  four  sons.  Chase,  "the 
eldest,  died  in  Maine;  Mrs.  Mary  Bartlette  re- 
sides in  California;  Eben  died  in  Maine,  July  13, 
1898;  Sarah,  who  was  a  teacher  for  twenty-one 
years,  died  in  Topeka,  Kan.,  in  1872;  Stephen 
died  at  Cape  Girardeau,  Mo.,  in  February,  1864, 
while  he  was  in  charge  of  a  wagon  train  at  that 
place. 

The  subject  of  this  article  was  born  in  Dover, 
Me.,  February  21,  1832,  and  received  his  educa- 
tion in  public  schools  and  an  academy.  In  Feb- 
ruary, 1854,  he  left  New  York  on  a  steamer 
bound  for  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  after  one 


month  reached  his  destination,  the  California 
gold  fields.  For  four  years  he  engaged  in  min- 
ing in  the  Shasta  and  Yreka  mines,  after  which 
he  returned  to  Maine.  Late  in  the  year  1858  he 
went  to  Kansas,  settling  on  a  farm  at  what  is  now 
Valley  Falls.  From  there,  in  1860,  he  came  to 
Colorado,  outfitting  at  Leavenworth  with  four 
yoke  of  oxen  and  a  wagon,  and  coming  via  the 
Platte  route.  After  a  journey  of  six  weeks  he 
reached  Denver.  From  there  he  went  to  Central 
City.  In  the  summer  of  1861,  returning  to  Valley 
Falls,  he  brought  a  freight  train  to  Denver  and 
Central  City.  In  1862  he  made  two  trips,  one  to 
Denver  the  other  to  Laramie,  Wyo. ,  crossing  the 
plains  five  times  in  one  season.  In  1863  he  was 
employed  as  post  forage  master  at  Cape  Girar- 
deau, Mo.,  in  the  quartermaster's  department, 
remaining  for  nine  months.  Illness  obliged  him 
to  resign,  and  he  returned  to  Kansas.  In  1864 
he  hauled  forage  to  Fort  Hallock  for  the  army. 
In  1865  he  had  charge  of  a  train  of  thirty  wagons 
for  the  Butterfield  Overland  Dispatch  Company 
and  made  two  trips  between  Atchison  and  Den- 
ver. During  the  Indian  troubles  of  1 864-65  he 
had  frequent  narrow  escapes  from  the  savages. 
In  1866  he  was  in  charge  of  the  Holliday  cattle 
train,  and  made  three  round  trips  between  Atchi- 
son and  Denver. 

Returning  to  Valley  Falls,  Mr.  Parker  opened 
a  general  mercantile  store,  which  he  carried  on 
at  intervals  for  ten  years.  In  1879  he  came  back 
to  Colorado  and  settled  near  Buena  Vista.  For 
one  year  he  engaged  in  the  forwarding  and  com- 
mission business,  after  which  he  had  charge  of 
boarding  trains  on  the  South  Park  Railroad  when 
the  tunnels  were  building.  Later  he  was  similar- 
ly engaged  on  the  Rock  Island  road,  accompany- 
ing the  track-laying  gang  from  Horton,  Kan.,  to 
Colorado  Springs,  and  from  Pond  Creek,  I.  T. , 
to  Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  also  from  Jansen,  Neb.,  to 
Omaha.  In  1893,  with  his  son,  James  M.,  he 
organized  the  First  National  Bank  of  Cripple 
Creek,  of  which  he  was  a  director  and  his  son  the 
president.  In  1898  he  sold  his  stock  in  the  bank 
and  retired  from  the  directorate.  In  addition  to 
his  other  interests,  he  has  owned  stock  in  mines. 
With  two  others  he  owned  the  Necessity  mine, 
and  he  is  still  connected  with  the  Prince  Albert 
mine. 

Politically  Mr.  Parker  is  a  Republican.  He 
was  made  a  Mason  at  Valley  Falls  and  is  now  a 
member  of  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
In  the  Congregational  Church  he  serves  as  a 


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member  of  the  board  of  trustees.  He  is  a  charter 
member  of  the  El  Paso  County  Pioneers'  Society 
and  a  member  of  the  Association  of  Colorado 
Pioneers.  November  i,  1858,  in  Maine,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Buradilla  Dunham,  who  was  born  in 
Dover,  her  father,  Eben  Dunham,  having  been  a 
farmer  there.  He  died  when  a  young  man,  but 
his  wife  lived  to  be  ninety-eight.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Parker  have  three  children:  James  M.;  Ida  R., 
Mrs.  Hutchins,  of  Valley  Falls,  Kan.;  and  Edith 
G.,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Walbert,  of  Colorado  Springs. 
The  son,  who  is  a  man  of  fine  business  ability, 
was  until  recently  president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Cripple  Creek,  but  sold  his  interest 
in  July,  1898.  He  is  interested  in  mining 
enterprises  and  is  manager  and  superintendent  of 
construction  of  the  Mississippi  River,  Hamburg 
&  Western  Railroad  in  Arkansas,  a  work  of  great 
responsibility,  but  one  which  he  is  admirably 
fitted  to  discharge  satisfactorily. 


JEORGE  W.  IRVIN,  superintendent  of  pub- 
lic schools  of  Conejos  County  and  the  owner 
of  a  ranch  near  Sanford,  was  born  in  Arkan- 
sas in  1857,  and  is  a  representative  of  a  family 
that  has  long  been  identified  with  educational 
work.  His  father,  Ptolemy  V.  Irvin,  was  a  son 
of  John  E.  Irvin,  who  taught  in  Georgia  and 
Alabama  for  forty  years  and  was  very  prominent 
in  educational  circles  in  the  south.  He  died  in 
1870,  when  eighty-four  years  of  age.  His  brother, 
David,  was  a  leading  attorney  of  Georgia,  and 
the  author  of  what  is  known  as  the  Irvin  code. 
The  family  was  founded  in  the  south  in  an  early 
day  by  members  of  the  Georgia  colony  that 
came  from  England. 

One  of  the  sons  of  John  E.  Irvin,  whose  name 
is  also  John,  has  been  very  prominent  as  an  at- 
torney in  Texas.  Ptolemy  V.  Irvin  was  born  in 
Georgia,  but  spent  his  life  principally  in  Alabama, 
where  he  was  reared  and  where  he  taught  school 
for  years.  At  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  he 
enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  and  continued 
in  the  service  until  he  died.  By  his  marriage  to 
Sarah  Allan,  a  native  of  South  Carolina,  he  had 
nine  children,  and  of  these  seven  are  living, 
namely:  Benjamin  F.,  John  E.,  William  M., 
P.  V.,  Catherine  (Mrs.  Asa  Field),  Nancy  E. 
(Mrs.  W.  V.  Thomas),  and  George  W.  The 
mother  died  in  1893,  at  the  age  of  sixty-seven. 

When  our  subject  was  very  young  he  was 
taken  to  Alabama  and  was  educated  in  public 
schools  and  Gleaner  Academy  of  Tennessee,  also 


the  Brigham  Young  College  in  Logan,  Utah,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1887.  He  came  from 
Tennessee  to  Colorado  in  1883  and  settled  in  the 
San  Luis  Valley,  where  he  taught  school  for 
some  years  in  or  near  Manassa.  In  August, 
1885,  he  entered  college,  desiring  to  obtain  a 
more  finished  education  than  had  hitherto  been 
possible.  In  1887,  upon  graduating,  he  estab- 
lished his  home  at  Sanford,  Conejos  County,  of 
which  he  was  among  the  first  settlers.  He  con- 
tinued as  principal  of  the  school  in  that  village 
for  eight  years.  In  1895  he  purchased  a  ranch 
of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  near  Sanford,  and 
here  he  has  since  made  a  start  in  the  general 
stock  business  and  farming. 

The  ability  shown  by  Mr.  Irvin  as  a  teacher 
led  to  his  selection  as  county  superintendent  of 
schools,  to  which  office  he  was  elected  in  1895  and 
re-elected  in  1897.  Here,  as  in  the  school-room, 
he  has  proved  himself  to  be  a  man  of  ability  and 
intelligence,  with  a  broad  knowledge  of  edu- 
cational work  and  a  profound  interest  in  its  ad- 
vancement. In  1890  he  was  elected  justice  of 
the  peace  at  Sanford,  and  was  re-elected  in  1892, 
1894  and  1896.  Politically  he  is  a  pronounced 
Republican. 

Every  plan  for  the  advancement  of  the  schools 
of  the  county  receives  Mr.  Irvin's  co-operation. 
He  is  chairman  of  the  County  Teachers'  Asso- 
ciation, and  in  1896  organized  the  County 
Reading  Society,  of  which  he  is  the  president. 
During  the  same  year  he  established  the  Conejos 
County  Normal  School,  for  the  special  training  of 
teachers,  and  of  this  he  is  the  general  superin- 
tendent. He  is  a  progressive  educator  and  keeps 
abreast  with  the  latest  improvements  in  pedagogy. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Irvin  took  place  in 
1879  and  united  him  with  Miss  Elizabeth  S. 
Jordan,  who  was  born  in  southern  Tennessee  and 
died  in  Conejos  County  in  1894,  leaving  one 
child,  Mattie  B.  Afterward  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Mary  N.  Bailey,  of  this 
county. 

pGJlLLIAM  J.  ROTHWELL,  M.  D.,  who  is 
\A/  a  weH'known  representative  of  the  medical 
V  V  profession  in  Lincoln  County,  graduated 
from  the  Gross  Medical  College  in  Denver  in 
1894,  and  afterward  spent  six  months  in  central 
Kansas,  coming  from  there  to  Hugo,  where  he 
has  engaged  in  general  practice,  and  since  1896 
has  also  been  proprietor  of  a  drug  store.  Besides 
his  private  practice,  he  has  served  acceptably  as 


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health  physician  for  the  county  and  surgeon  for 
the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad.  During  his  resi- 
dence in  Kansas  he  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  pension  examiners.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Colorado  State  Medical  Society,  and  has  been  as- 
sociated with  various  fraternal  organizations,  but 
is  now  active  only  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

Born  in  Perth  County,  Ontario,  in  1866,  Dr. 
Rothwell  is  a  son  of  William  Rothwell,  a  native 
of  Ireland,  who  spent  almost  his  entire  active  life  in 
Canada,  but  removed  to  Colorado  in  1880  and 
settled  in  Denver.  From  that  time  forward  he 
lived  in  retirement,  and  his  death  occurred  in 
1898, when  he  was  seventy-five  years  of  age.  He 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  Rothwell,  a 
native  of  Ontario,  and  who  has  three  brothers 
practicing  physicians  in  Denver.  Our  subject 
was  one  of  a  family  of  four  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters. The  eldest,  John,  has  engaged  in  railroad- 
ing for  a  number  of  years  and  resides  in  Denver; 
T.  E.  is  interested  in  ranching  in  this  state;  B.E. 
is  a  student  in  Gross  Medical  College;  Katie  is 
the  wife  of  George  Maynard,  and  lives  in  the 
Dominion  of  Canada;  Sadie  married  Louis  Wald- 
smith,  of  Denver;  Nettie  is  the  wife  of  Charles 
Burkhardt,  of  Denver;  and  Rilla  is  Mrs.  Charles 
Stahl,  also  of  Denver. 

In  the  schools  of  Ontario  our  subject  received 
his  literary  education.  After  coming  to  Denver 
he  began  to  study  medicine  with  his  uncles  and 
later  took  the  regular  course  in  Gross  Medical 
College.  He  is  interested  in  professional  work, 
and  if  careful  study  and  perseverance  entitle  one 
to  success,  he  is  certainly  deserving  of  all  the 
good  fortune  the  future  years  may  bring.  While 
he  has  never  sought  office,  he  is  by  no  means 
wanting  in  convictions,  and  may  always  be  relied 
upon  to  vote  the  Democratic  ticket  and  support 
its  principles.  In  1895  he  married  Miss  Maggie 
Dugan,  who  was  at  that  time  a  teacher  in  the 
Hugo  public  school.  The  doctor's  only  child  died 
in  infancy. 

(JjKORGE  D.    FREED,    county   treasurer  of 

b  Lincoln  County,  was  first  elected  to  this 
office  in  the  fall  of  1895,  when  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  at  Limon.  He 
continued  his  store  in  the  latter  place  until  Au- 
gust, 1896,  when  he  moved  the  stock  of  goods  to 
Hugo,  the  county-seat,  and  at  the  same  time  pur- 
chased another  store  in  this  place,  combining  the 
two  into  his  general  mercantile  business.  The 
management  of  this  enterprise  he  has  continued, 


in  conjunction  with  his  official  duties.  In  the 
fall  of  1897  ne  was  re-elected  county  treasurer, 
and  is  still  the  incumbent  of  the  office,  which  he 
has  filled  with  the  greatest  efficiency  and  faith- 
fulness. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  G.  F.  Freed,  was 
born  in  Germany  and  emigrated  to  America  at 
an  early  age,  settling  in  Indiana  and  engaging 
in  agricultural  pursuits.  For  many  years  he 
was  identified  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  In  politics  he  was  a  stanch  Republican 
and  reared  his  son,  our  subject,  in  that  faith,  but 
the  latter  afterward  became  a  Democrat.  The 
mother  of  our  subject  was  Hannah  Kurrle,  who 
was  born  in  New  York  City,  a  daughter  of 
Christopher  Kurrle,  for  years  the  proprietor 
of  a  hotel  in  New  York  City,  but  during 
the  latter  part  of  his  life  a  resident  of  Indiana. . 
Our  subject  was  born  in  Kendallville,  Ind.,  in 
1858,  and  was  one  of  a  family  of  five  sons  and 
three  daughters.  His  oldest  brother,  who  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  for  two  years  in 
Colorado,  died  in  1897;  Henry  A.,  who  was  em- 
ployed as  a  clerk  in  our  subject's  store  for  two 
years,  is  now  living  in  Kendallville;  Charles  E. 
is  engaged  in  the  agricultural  implement  busi- 
ness at  Kendallville;  Jacob  F.  cultivates  the  old 
homestead;  Elizabeth  is  the  wife  of  John  Bennett, 
a  farmer  of  Noble  County,  Ind.;  Helen  is  the 
wife  of  Archibald  Crofoot,  who  is  employed  in 
the  Star  Wind  Mill  factory  and  lives  in  Kendall- 
ville; and  Agnes  married  Douglas  Harvey,  a 
merchant  of  Avilla,  Ind. 

On  starting  out  in  life  for  himself,  Mr.  Freed 
became  a  traveling  salesman,  traveling  through 
Wisconsin,  Michigan,  Iowa,  Illinois  and  Minne- 
sota. In  1 88 1  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  six 
months  resided  in  Denver  and  vicinity,  but  in 
1882  returned  to  Indiana.  Six  years  later,  in 
1888,  he  again  came  to  Colorado,  this  time  settling 
at  Arriba,  Lincoln  County,  where  he  opened  a 
general  store.  In  1889  he  removed  to  Limon 
Station,  at  the  junction  of  the  railroads,  where 
he  engaged  in  business  until  August,  1896. 
During  his  residence  at  Limon  he  was  a  member 
of  the  school  board  and  for  five  years  served  as 
its  secretary.  Besides  his  other  interests  he  is 
the  owner  of  a  farm  in  Montrose  County,  where 
he  has  a  large  fruit  orchard.  His  marriage, 
which  took  place  July  29,  1891,  united  him  with 
Mollie  E.  Ash,  daughter  of  Park  A.  and  Cor- 
nelia Ash,  her  father  being  a  contractor  at  Long- 
mont,  Colo.;  he  died  in  1894.  Mr.  Freed  is  a 


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man  who  has  attained  a  large  degree  of  success, 
and  that,  too,  without  assistance  from  anyone. 
He  has  made  his  own  way  in  the  world  from  an 
early  age  and  by  industry  and  good  judgment 
has  become  the  possessor  of  valuable  business  in- 
terests, besides  acting  as  the  incumbent  of  one  of 
the  most  important  county  offices. 


fDGjlLMER  M.  KINSMAN,  who  has  resided 
\  A  /  in  Colorado  since  1863,  and  has  been  con- 
YY  nected  with  the  Midland  Railroad  shops 
constantly  since  1888,  is  a  member  of  an  old 
family  of  Massachusetts,  whose  earliest  records 
date  back  to  1337  in  Northamptonshire,  England. 
Robert  (ad),  son  of  Robert  Kinsman  (ist),  was 
born  in  England  and  crossed  the  ocean  on  the 
ship  "Mary  and  John,"  from  London  to  Boston 
in  May,  1634.  In  1635  the  two,  father  and  son, 
removed  to  Ipswich,  Mass. ,  where  two  years  later 
they  were  given  a  grant  to  tracts  of  land  and  built 
a  house  near  the  present  site  of  the  south  church 
of  Ipswich.  The  son,  who  was  born  in  1629, 
was  reared  in  Ipswich,  and  was  made  a  freeman 
in  1673,  a  selectman  in  1675,  tithing  man  in 
1677,  and  quartermaster  in  1684.  During  the 
war  with  the  Narragansetts  he  bore  an  active  and 
valiant  part. 

Thomas,  son  of  Robert  (ad),  was  born  in  Ips- 
wich in  1662,  and  married  Elizabeth  Burnham. 
His  son,  Stephen,  was  born  in  Ipswich  in  1688, 
and  had  a  son,  Jeremiah,  who  was  a  native  of 
the  same  place  and  married  Sarah  Harris.  Their 
son,  William,  born  in  Ipswich  August  27, 
1752,  married  Ann  Brown,  daughter  of  Lieut. 
Jacob  and  Anna  (Quarles)  Brown.  William 
Kinsman  was  a  member  of  Captain  Parker's 
company  of  Newburyport,  Mass.,  and  took  part 
in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  and  other  Revolu- 
tionary engagements.  His  death  occurred  when 
he  was  ninety-one.  He  had  a  son  William,  who 
was  born  in  Ipswich  September  4,  1776,  and  mar- 
ried Sarah,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Elizabeth 
(Dodge)  Brown.  His  entire  life  was  spent  in  the 
house  where  he  was  born,  and  there  he  died  at 
the  age  of  ninety  years  and  two  months.  Lon- 
gevity has  been  very  noticeable  in  the  various 
generations  of  the  family. 

D.  F.,  son  of  William  Kinsman,  was  born  in 
Ipswich  January  10,  1828,  and  grew  to  manhood 
on  his  father's  farm.  He  became  a  machinist 
and  manufacturer  in  Columbus,  Ohio.  Later, 
removing  to  Bentonsport,  Van  Buren  County, 
Iowa,  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  plows 


until  his  shop  was  burned  down.  In  1860  he 
came  with  oxen  to  Colorado  and  spent  a  few 
months  in  Breckenridge,  but  in  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  returned  east.  In  1861  he  again  came 
overland,  this  time  with  a  mule  team.  In  the  fall 
of  1861  he  went  back  to  Bentonsport,  and  in 
1862,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  two  children, 
made  the  journey  across  the  plains  by  ox-team  to 
Breckenridge.  Later  he  engaged  in  mining  at 
California  Gulch,  where  he  was  reasonably  suc- 
cessful. In  the  fall  of  1862  he  removed  to  Colo- 
rado City,  where  he  bought  one-half  block  and 
entered  eighty  acres  across  the  creek,  at  what  is 
now  Calvert  Heights.  For  ten  years  he  carried 
on  a  blacksmith's  trade.  In  1872  he  homesteaded 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  Cheyenne  Creek, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  the  stock  busi- 
ness. Later  he  turned  his  attention  to  mining  in 
Colorado  and  New  Mexico.  Fraternally  he  was 
connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows.  He  was  trustee 
of  Colorado  City  for  a  time,  and  died  in  that  city 
in  1888.  His  wife,  who  was  Martha  A.  Wood, 
a  native  of  Illinois,  died  in  Colorado  City  in 
1884.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Clement  Wood,  of 
a  southern  family,  who  settled  in  Illinois,  thence 
removed  to  Iowa,  and  in  1862  went  to  California. 
On  his  return  east  he  served  as  a  Commissioned 
officer  in  the  Union  army.  He  died  in  Bentons- 
port in  1896.  Our  subject  was  one  of  three  sons, 
and  was  born  in  Bentonsport,  Iowa,  May  21, 
1856.  His  brother,  Clement  Wood  Kinsman, 
was  at  one  time  a  trustee  of  Colorado  City, where 
he  is  now  living,  and  is  a  manufacturer  of  cement 
and  plaster  of  paris.  The  other  brother,  Her- 
bert Clarence,  is  in  the  employ  of  the  Colorado 
Midland  in  Colorado  City. 

In  1862  our  subject  was  brought  by  his  parents 
to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Colorado  City.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  and  for  two  terms  was 
a  student  in  Colorado  College.  For  some  years 
he  was  interested  with  his  father  in  the  stock 
business,  after  which  he  was  employed  in  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  for  three  years.  Since  1888  he  has 
operated  a  moulding  machine  in  the  Midland 
shops.  He  resides  in  a  residence  built  by  him- 
self on  the  old  home  site  in  Colorado  City.  Po- 
litically a  Republican,  he  was  an  alderman  for 
two  years,  and  served  as  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  streets,  also  as  a  member  of  other  com- 
mittees. He  is  connected  with  the  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen  and  the  American  Yeooien. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Kinsman  in  Colorado 
City  united  him  with  Miss  Clara  Brockelsby,who 


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was  born  in  Lawrence,  Kan.  They  have  four 
children,  Ida,  Hazel  and  Helen  (twins)  and 
Robert  Earl.  Mrs.  Kinsman  was  fourth  among 
nine  children,  six  of  whom  are  living.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  William  Brockelsby,a  native  of  Eng- 
land, whose  father,  Robert  Brockelsby,  emigrated 
with  his  family  to  America  and  settled  in  Ohio. 
After  his  marriage  William  Brockelsby  removed 
to  a  farm  in  Marion,  Ohio,  but  later  settled  near 
Lawrence,  Kan.  During  the  war,  at  the  time  of 
Quantrell's  raids,  he  was  a  marshal,  and  for  four 
years,  as  lieutenant,  was  a  member  of  the  Sev- 
enth Kansas  Regiment.  He  is  now  living  retired 
in  Lawrence.  He  is  actively  connected  with  the 
Grand  Army.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, came  with  her  parents  to  Ohio,  and  is  still 
living. 

f3C|lLLIAM  A.  LITTLEFIELD,  proprietor 
\  A  /  of  a  leading  book  store  of  Trinidad,  was 
VY  born  in  Amherst,  Mass.,  November  4, 
1838,  and  is  a  son  of  Henry  A.  and  Sarah  A. 
Littlefield,  natives  of  Maine.  When  only  four 
years  of  age  he  was  left  fatherless.  His  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  Boston  and 
Springfield.  At  seventeen  years  of  age  he  went 
to  Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  joining  an  engineering 
corps  that  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the 
Missouri  Pacific  Railroad.  From  Missouri  in 
1860  he  went  to  Bureau  County,  111.,  and  made 
his  home  with  an  uncle.  In  January,  1865,  he 
enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty-eighth 
Illinois  Infantry,  and  remained  in  the  service 
until  September,  engaged  in  guard  duty  at  Nash- 
ville and  other  points  in  Tennessee. 

After  having  been  mustered  out  of  service  in 
September,  Mr.  Littlefield  secured  employment  in 
the  construction  of  the  Burlington  &  Missouri 
Railroad  in  Iowa,  but  in  a  short  time  he  went 
back  to  Missouri  and  secured  a  position,  at 
Sedalia,  in  the  freight  department  of  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific  Railroad.  Two  years  were  spent  in 
that  capacity,  after  which  he  entered  the  office 
of  the  Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas  Railroad  in 
Sedalia.  In  1878  he  resigned  that  position  and 
came  to  Trinidad,  where  he  was  employed  in 
clerical  positions  until  1887,  and  then  purchased 
a  half-interest  in  the  book  and  stationery  store  of 
Julius  H.  Clark,  on  Main  street.  Two  years 
later  the  firm  title  was  changed  to  its  present 
form,  William  A.  Littlefield  &  Co.  About  1888 
he  removed  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  and 
has  since  occupied  the  same  building.  He  car- 


ried a  complete  line  of  books,  making  a  specialty 
of  text  books  and  school  supplies,  in  which  he 
has  a  large  trade.  This  is  the  oldest  book  store 
in  the  city,  the  business  having  been  established 
in  1873. 

March  17,  1880,  Mr.  Littlefield  received  from 
Governor  Pitkin  appointment  as  notary  public, 
and  has  since  been  retained  in  this  position, 
being  now  in  his  fifth  term.  For  ten  years  he 
served  as  United  States  gauger,  his  district  com- 
prising Colorado  and  Wyoming,  but  in  1897  he 
resigned  the  position.  Through  all  the  changes 
of  the  past  he  has  remained  loyal  to  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  always  votes  its  ticket.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  member  of  Trinidad  Lodge  No. 
17,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Jacob  Abernathy  Post  29, 
G.  A.  R.  May  30,  1883,  he  married  Emma  C. 
Hamlett,  of  Lexington,  Mo.,  who  owns  the 
"company"  interest  in  the  firm  of  which  he  is 
the  head. 


0AVID  BARNES  was  elected  superintendent 
of  the  schools  of  Prowers  County  in  1897 
and  has  since  showed  the  greatest  efficiency 
in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duties.  He  is  en- 
titled to  rank  among  the  pioneers  of  the  county, 
for  he  came  here  in  1886,  the  same  year  that  the 
town  of  Lamar  was  laid  out,  and  three  years  be- 
fore the  organization  of  Prowers  County  by  its 
separation  from  Bent.  His  first  work  here  was 
that  of  entering  and  improving  land.  His  fellow- 
citizens,  appreciating  his  worth,  enlarged  his 
sphere  of  usefulness  by  electing  him  to  his  pres- 
ent office — a  just  recognition  of  his  value  as  a 
citizen.  To  this  office  he  has  carried  the  same 
degree  of  energy,  the  same  spirit  of  industry  that 
has  always  characterized  him,  and  under  his 
supervision  educational  interests  have  made  a 
steady  advance. 

A  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Harger)  Barnes, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Nemaha 
County,  Neb.,  November  17,  1865.  His  boy- 
hood days  were  spent  on  a  farm  and  in  the  ac- 
quirement of  a  practical  education.  In  1886  he 
left  home  and  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  took  up 
a  timber  claim.  During  the  spring  following  he 
pre-empted  and  improved  land  near  Granada. 
His  first  presidential  vote  was  cast  for  Benjamin 
Harrison  in  1888,  and  he  has  since  voted  the  Re- 
publican ticket. 

In  Coolidge,  Kan.,  May  22,  1887,  occurred  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  Barnes  to  Miss  Sarah  Ella  Dyas, 
who  was  born  in  Canton,  Mo.,  and  graduated 


JUDGE'  P.  W.  SWEENEY. 


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from  the  Christian  University,  in  that  town. 
After  completing  her  education  she  engaged  in 
teaching  school,  which  occupation  she  followed 
in  Missouri  and  Nebraska,  later  coming  to  what 
is  now  Prowers  County,  Colo.  As  a  teacher  she 
was  very  successful,  and  Mr.  Barnes  also  met 
with  success  in  that  profession,  which  he  followed 
for  some  years,  in  connection  with  his  other 
work.  He  is  therefore  capable  of  judging  the 
different  methods  of  instruction,  and  can  advise 
and  counsel  teachers  understandingly.  One  of 
his  most  important  changes  since  coming  into 
office  has  been  the  introduction  of  a  uniform 
reading  course  among  the  teachers  of  the  county, 
which  plan  is  bringing  good  results.  He  and  his 
wife  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Ella 
Beatrice,  Joy  and  John  Gordon.  The  family  attend 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  Mr. 
Barnes  has  been  a  class-leader  and  a  teacher  in 
the  Sunday-school. 


NON.  P.  W.  SWEENEY.  Among  the  resi- 
dents of  Huerfano  County  Judge  Sweeney 
occupies  a  position  of  honor  and  prominence. 
Since  coming  to  Walsenburg,  in  1883,  he  has 
identified  himself  with  the  interests  of  the  place, 
has  assisted  in  the  development  of  its  resources, 
and,  by  the  purchase  of  property  and  the  erection 
of  a  number  of  dwelling-houses,  has  personally 
contributed  to  its  growth.  To  the  office  he  now 
holds,  that  of  county  judge,  he  was  first  elected  in 
1892,  and  his  service  in  this  capacity  was  so  satis- 
factory that  in  1895  and  1898  he  was  re-elected  to 
the  office. 

Born  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  in  February,  1854, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  mere  lad  when, 
in  1866,  he  went  to  St.  Louis.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  he  secured  employment  in  a  railroad  shop 
in  St.  Louis.  In  1878  he  removed  to  Kansas, 
and  for  one  year  was  employed  in  Garden  City, 
after  which,  in  1879,  he  came  on  to  Colorado, 
settling  at  Hall's  Gulch,  where  he  began  pros- 
pecting and  mining.  Returning  to  St.  Louis  in 
the  fall  of  1880,  he  accepted  a  position  with  the 
Vulcan  Steel  Company,  but  one  year  later 
resigned  his  position  and  came  back  to  Colorado, 
where  he  became  foreman  for  the  Colorado  Coal 
and  Iron  Company  at  Bessemer.  Resigning  this 
position  in  June,  1883,  he  removed  to  Walsen- 
burg. During  the  first  three  years  of  his  resi- 
dence here,  he  was  employed  by  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company. 

For  years  Mr.  Sweeney  has  been  active  in  local 


affairs  and  a  worker  in  the  Republican  party. 
While  in  St.  Louis,  in  1877,  he  served  as  assistant 
supervisor  of  the  poor  of  St.  Louis  County,  and 
also  held  a  position  in  connection  with  the  city 
parks.  For  two  terms,  after  coming  to  Walsen- 
burg, he  was  a  member  of  the  town  board.  In 
1886  he  was  elected  a.  representative  from  this 
district  in  the  legislature,  and  four  years  later 
was  appointed  under-sheriff,  serving  for  one  year. 
Since  his  election  as  county  judge  he  has  devoted 
his  leisure  hours  to  the  study  of  law  and  has  been 
admitted  to  the  Colorado  bar,  with  the  privilege 
of  practicing  in  all  the  courts  of  the  state.  In 
fraternal  relations  he  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of 
Foresters,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

At  St.  Louis,  February  26,  1876,  Judge 
Sweeney  married  Miss  Jennie  C.,  a  daughter  of 
William  Deering,  and  a  native  of  Georgia,  but 
from  childhood  a  resident  of  St.  Louis.  They 
are  the  parents  of  four  children,  namely:  Edna, 
who  is  a  law  student  in  the  Colorado  State  Univer- 
sity at  Boulder;  Nellie,  who  is  her  father's  clerk; 
Roland  and  Genevieve. 


(TAMES  MC  INTYRE,  county  commissioner  of 
I  Cheyenne  County,  came  to  this'part  of  Colo- 
Q)  rado  in  1879  and  entered  the  service  of  the 
Kansas  Pacific  Railroad  Company,  with  which 
he  has  since  been  connected.  His  place  of  busi- 
ness and  his  home  are  in  Kit  Carson,  west  of 
which  town,  and  near  Wild  Horse  Station,  is  his 
sheep  ranch,  which  he  has  carried  on  since  1885. 
He  was  elected  to  his  present  office  of  county  com- 
missioner in  1892  upon  the  Republican  ticket,  and 
has  since  continued  to  serve  efficiently  in  this  po- 
sition. 

Mr.  Mclntyre  is  of  Irish  birth  and  parentage. 
His  father,  James,  was  a  life-long  resident  of 
Ireland,  where  he  engaged  in  farm  pursuits,  and 
was  also  the  local  scribe  for  the  community,  be- 
ing a  man  of  excellent  education.  In  religion 
he  was  a  devout  Roman  Catholic.  His  death  oc- 
curred in  1893,  at  eighty-three  years  of  age.  He 
was  a  son  of  William  Mclntyre,  who  came  to 
America  in  1846  and  settled  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  continuing  to  reside  there  until  his  death; 
he  had  sons  who  participated  in  the  Civil  war. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Catherine  Levy, 
who  was  born  in  the  house  where  also  had  oc- 
curred the  birth  of  her  father,  Dennis  Levy,  a 
small  farmer  of  County  Longford,  Ireland.  One 
of  her  brothers  was  living  in  Petersburg,  Va.,  at 


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the  time  of  the  Civil  war,  in  which  he  lost  all  of 
his  property  and  also  sacrificed  his  life.  Mrs. 
Catherine  Mclntyre  died  at  sixty-two  years  of 
age.  In  her  family  there  were  three  sons  and  two 
daughters.  Of  these  John  is  in  partnership  with 
his  brother  James  in  the  stock  business  in  Chey- 
enne County;  William  is  engaged  in  farming  on 
the  old  homestead  in  Ireland;  Mary  is  a  sister  in 
a  Roman  Catholic  convent;  and  Annie  is  the  wife 
of  Frederick  Goodier,  of  Cheyenne  County. 

In  County  Longford,  Ireland,  where  he  was 
born  in  1855,  James  Mclntyre  spent  his  early 
years.  At  the  age  of  twenty-three,  in  1878,  he 
came  to  America  and  the  following  year  settled 
in  Chej'enne  Count}',  where  he  now  resides.  He 
has  been  a  hard  working  and  energetic  man,  and 
in  spite  of  the  disadvantages  under  which  he 
labored  as  a  foreigner,  he  has  succeeded  remarka- 
bly well.  He  has  always  remained  true  to  the 
faith  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  and  has 
been  a  contributor  to  its  work. 


EHARLES  E.  SMITH,  ex-city  clerk  of  Col- 
orado Springs,  ex-chief  clerk  of  motive 
power  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad,  is 
now  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Colorado  Dry 
Ore  Concentrating  Company,  with  office  at  Colo- 
rado Springs.  Mr.  Smith  was  born  in. Galena, 
111.,  to  which  his  father,  Frank  Smith,  who  was 
born  near  Troy,  N.  Y. ,  and  was  reared  by  a 
Quaker  family,  had  removed  about  1840,  engag- 
ing there  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business  about 
thirty-five  years,  first  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Fuller  &  Smith,  later  as  Smith,  Wheeler  & 
Smith.  Their  business  was  largely  wholesale, 
their  sales  covering  northern  Illinois,  Wisconsin, 
Minnesota  and  Iowa.  Finally,  however,  he  sold 
his  interest  in  the  business  and  removed  to  Sailor 
Springs,  Clay  County,  111.,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business.  Fraternally  he  was 
connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  in  religion 
was  a  Presbyterian,  holding  membership  in  the 
First  Church  of  Galena.  He  died  February  7, 
1896,  at  seventy -six  years  of  age.  His  wife  was 
Jane  Kirby,  who  was  born  in  Bellevue,  Ohio, 
was  married  in  that  state  and  is  now  living  with 
our  subject,  at  seventy-five  years  of  age.  Of  her 
five  children  three  daughters  and  one  son  sur- 
vive. The  former  are:  Mrs.  Charles  O.  Link,  of 
Colorado  Springs;  Mrs.  A.  S.  Bowen,  of  Denver, 
Colo.;  and  Mrs.  M.  M.  Wheeler,  of  St.  Paul, 
Minn. 


In  Galena,  where  he  was  born  January  13, 
1849,  our  subject  attended  the  public  school, 
graduating  from  the  high  school,  after  which  he 
studied  in  Princeton  College  until  the  close  of  the 
sophomore  year.  He  then  took  a  business  course 
in  Bailey  &  Parson's  Business  College  in  Free- 
port,  111.  After  his  graduation  he  was  admitted 
to  the  firm  of  which  his  father  was  a  member  and 
the  title  of  which  became  Smith,  Wheeler  & 
Smith.  He  continued  in  the  wholesale  grocery 
business  until  1876,  when  he  closed  out.  His 
business  place  in  Galena  was  only  two  doors  from 
that  of  Orville  Grant,  the  brother  of  General 
Grant. 

In  the  spring  of  1877  Mr.  Smith  settled  in  Den- 
ver, where  for  three  years  he  was  bookkeeper 
for  Jensen,  Bliss  &  Co.  Afterward  he  was  first 
chief  clerk  in  the  motive  power  department  Den- 
ver &  Rio  Grande  Railroad,  and  later  was  private 
secretary  for  N.  M.  Sample,  who  is  now  general 
superintendent  of  the  road.  After  five  years  with 
the  same  railway  company,  in  1888,  he  went  to 
Albuquerque,  N.  M.,  where  he  was  general  man- 
ager of  the  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  house  of 
A.  W.  Cleland,  Jr.  In  1890,  on  account  of  the 
ill  health  of  his  wife,  he  resigned  and  came  to 
Colorado  Springs,  where  he  had  charge  of  the 
lumber  yard  of  Reynolds  &  McConnell.  In  1893 
he  was  appointed  city  clerk  by  the  council.  The 
next  year,  when  the  position  was  changed  from 
an  appointive  to  an  elective  one,  he  was  elected 
on  the  Republican  ticket  by  the  largest  majority 
ever  given  any  candidate  in  the  city,  and  that, 
too,  in  spite  of  having  two  opponents.  In  1896 
he  was  re-elected  and  served  until  April,  1898. 
At  the  end  of  his  first  year  in  office  his  accounts 
were  checked  up  and  were  found  O.  K.  At  the 
expiration  of  four  years  they  were  checked  up  by 
an  expert,  the  examination  showing  that  he  had 
handled  $1,059,000,  and  there  was  only  a  dis- 
crepancy in  his  accounts  of  eight  cents,  which 
amount  the  city  owed  him. 

Leaving  the  city  clerk's  office  April  18,  on  the 
next  day  Mr.  Smith  became  private  secretary  and 
financial  manager  for  the  George  W.  Jackson 
Construction  Company,  general  contractors,  of 
Chicago,  who  built  the  Strickler  tunnel  and  were 
interested  in  concentrating  machinery  for  concen- 
trating low  grade  ore  by  a  dry  process.  The 
process  is  an  interesting  one,  ore  being  treated  as 
low  as  $2  a  ton,  so  as  to  pay  the  operator;  while 
ore  has  been  treated  at  a  cost  of  seventy-five 
cents  a  ton.  He  is  also  secretary  and  a  director 


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in  the  Eldora  Gold  Mining  &  Water  Power  Com- 
pany, which  supplies  the  water  for  the  village  of 
Eldora. 

In  Galena,  111.,  Mr.  Smith  married  Miss  Mary 
Wirsching,  who  was  born  in  that  city,  of  German 
descent.  They  have  two  children,  namely:  Will- 
iam Malvin,  who  attends  Colorado  College;  and 
Dora  Isabelle,  a  student  in  Nazareth  Academy, 
at  Concordia,  Kan.  In  national  politics  Mr. 
Smith  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  trustee  in  the 
Order  of  Elks,  a  member  of  the  Maccabees,  also 
El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Lodge 
No.  38,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  having  become  a  member  of 
the  last-named  order  in  Galena. 


0AN  C.  BARKSDALE,  a  prominent  resident 
of  Lincoln  County,  and  the  owner  of  a  ranch 
four  miles  from  Hugo,  came  to  Colorado  in 
1 88 1,  after  having  engaged  in  the  cattle  business 
in  Texas  since  1879.  From  the  time  of  establish- 
ing his  home  in  this  state,  he  has  been  interested 
in  the  stock  business  in  Lincoln  County,  and  in 
1896  purchased  what  is  known  as  the  Bent 
ranch.  Here  he  has  since  resided,  engaging  in 
the  cattle  and  horse  business,  and  putting  a  num- 
ber of  valuable  improvements  on  his  place. 

The  Barksdale  family  is  among  the  oldest  in 
Virginia.  The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Elisha 
Barksdale,  was  a  large  slave  owner  in  the  Old 
Dominion  and  died  during  the  Civil  war,  in  which 
conflict  several  of  his  sons  enlisted  on  the  Con- 
federate side.  Albert  W.  Barksdale,  our  subject's 
father,  was  educated  in  Richmond  College,  and 
after  graduating,  entered  the  ministry  of  the 
Baptist  Church.  He  spent  his  entire  life  in  Vir- 
ginia, where  he  died  at  fifty-six  years  of  age.  He 
married  Amelia  K.  Foote,  a  native  of  North  Car- 
olina, and  daughter  of  Henry  Foote,  who  was  a 
large  slave  owner  and  planter  in  North  Carolina. 
During  the  war  several  of  her  brothers  enlisted 
in  the  southern  army,  and  one  of  these,  Dr. 
William  Foote,  was  a  surgeon  in  the  army. 
Another,  James  H.  Foote,  who  was  a  major  and 
served  with  great  valor,  has  since  the  war  been  a 
prominent  man  in  his  part  of  North  Carolina, 
serving  at  different  times  as  postmaster  of  his 
town,  superintendent  of  schools  and  justice  of  the 
peace.  At  this  writing  he  is  eighty  years  of  age. 
The  Foote  family  is  of  English  descent  and  was 
first  represented  in  America  by  three  brothers, 
one  of  whom  settled  in  North  Carolina,  another 
in  Mississippi,  and  the  third  in  the  north.  Among 
their  near  relatives  was  Commodore  Foote.  Mrs. 


Amelia  Barksdale  is  still  living  and  makes  her 
home  with  our  subject.  Besides  him  she  has 
three  sons  and  three  daughters,  namely:  Elisha 
S.,  who  is  mining  in  the  Red  Mountain  district; 
Henry  Foote,  who  is  engaged  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness in  Colorado;  Albert  T.,  who  is  foreman  for 
Hector  Matheson,  in  this  county;  Rebecca  F., 
wife  of  Louis  Martin,  ofStaunton,  Va.;  Mary  W., 
who  married  B.  Wilkes,  and  lives  in  Halifax 
County,  Va. ;  and  N.  Willie,  who  is  a  professional 
nurse  in  Colorado.  There  was  another  daughter, 
Laura  G. ,  the  youngest  of  the  girls,  who  was 
killed  by  a  runaway  horse  at  the  old  homestead 
in  Virginia. 

After  having  studied  in  local  schools  and  the 
Blacksburg  Agricultural  College,  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  our  subject  started  out  for  himself.  For 
a  time  he  engaged  in  the  tobacco  business  near 
his  old  home.  From  there  he  went  to  Texas  in 
1879  and  for  eighteen  months  carried  on  a  cattle 
business,  thence  coming  to  Colorado  and  settling 
near  Hugo.  In  September,  1887,  he  married 
Amanda,  daughter  of  George  K.  and  Clarice 
(McClelland)  Burch,  of  Johnson  County,  Mo., 
her  father  having  been  a  pioneer  farmer  in  that 
section  of  the  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barksdale  are 
the  parents  of  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  namely: 
Richard  V.,  Everett  Foote  and  Mary  E. 

The  political  views  of  Mr.  Barksdale  bring  him 
into  affiliation  with  the  Democratic  party.  He 
served  as  marshal  of  Hugo  in  1887,  and,  upon 
the  organization  of  Lincoln  County,  was  elected 
its  first  assessor,  holding  the  office  from  1890  to 
1896.  As  a  citizen  he  is  respected  for  his  enter- 
prise and  progressive  spirit.  By  industry  and 
economy  he  has  acquired  a  competency.  In 
manners  he  is  quiet  and  unostentatious,  but,  at 
the  same  time,  energetic,  efficient  and  possessing 
the  determined  spirit  that  leads  to  success. 


QOHN  P.  DICKINSON,  who  is  engaged  in 
I  the  hardware  business  in  Hugo  and  was 
(2)  formerly  county  treasurerof  Lincoln  County, 
is  of  English  parentage  and  descent.  His  pa- 
ternal grandfather,  Jonathan  Dickinson,  was  born 
at  High  Flats,  Yorkshire,  England,  February 
20,  1785,  and  at  Waddington,  in  the  city  of  Lin- 
coln, England,  March  10,  1814,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Alice  Hunt,  by  whom  he  had  four- 
teen children.  Of  this  large  family  George,  our 
subject's  father,  was  born  in  Lincolnshire,  and 
in  1841  crossed  the  ocean  to  the  United  States, 
settling  upon  a  farm  near  Richmond,  Wayne 


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County,  Ind.  In  1857,  two  years  after  the  birth 
of  our  subject,  the  father  took  his  family  to  Kan- 
sas and  engaged  in  farming  there,  at  the  same 
time  taking  an  active  part  in  the  anti-slavery 
agitation.  In  1878  he  removed  to  Colorado  and 
engaged  in  the  commission  business  in  Denver, 
making  a  specialty  of  handling  game.  Now,  at 
seventy-six  years  of  age,  he  is  living  retired  in 
Denver,  in  the  full  possession  of  his  physical  and 
mental  faculties.  He  was  reared  in  the  Quaker 
faith  and  still  holds  membership  in  the  society. 
From  1858  to  1861,  during  his  residence  in  Kan- 
sas, he  served  as  commissioner  of  Leavenworth 
County. 

The  mother  of  our  subject,  who  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Sarah  Poole,  was  born  in  Pasqu- 
otank  County,  N.  C.,  and  was  a  member  of  a 
Quaker  family,  of  English  descent.  Her  father, 
John  Poole,  removed  from  the  south  to  Indiana 
and  settled  on  a  farm  near  Richmond,  near  the 
Ohio  line,  where  he  made  his  home  from  1822 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  descendant  of  an 
Englishman  who  settled  in  North  Carolina  about 
the  commencement  of  the  eighteenth  century. 
Following  the  faith  of  his  ancestors,  he  adhered 
to  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  for  almost  a  quarter 
of  a  century  he  was  at  the  head  of  the  society  in 
Richmond. 

The  family  of  which  our  subject  was  a  mem- 
ber consisted  of  three  sons  and  four  daughters. 
Of  these  Charles  W.  is  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
lumber  business  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  William 
H.  died  in  infancy;  Elizabeth,  of  Denver,  is  the 
widow  of  John  A.  Clayton,  who  served  in  the 
Civil  war  and  died  soon  afterward;  Alice  H.  is 
the  wife  of  A.  Cocklin,  a  farmer  of  Jefferson 
County,  Kan.;  Susan  L.  married  W.  H.  Seltzer, 
who  is  engaged  in  business  in  Denver;  and  Min- 
nie B.  is  the  wife  of  George  Welsh,  a  farmer  liv- 
ing near  Denver. 

The  youthful  years  of  our  subject  were  princi- 
pally spent  in  and  near  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  and 
he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  city. 
Starting  out  for  himself  in  1874,  when  nineteen 
years  of  age  he  entered  the  employ  of  William 
T.  Holt,  a  cattleman.  During  the  twelve  years 
that  he  was  employed  by  the  W.  T.  Holt  Live 
Stock  Company,  he  accumulated  sufficient  prop- 
erty in  cattle  to  render  him  independent,  but  in 
common  with  other  cattlemen,  he  accumulated 
debts,  and  incurred  further  loss  in  1884,  when  the 
Texas  fever  raged  in  this  vicinity  and  caused  a 
loss  of  about  one-third  of  all  the  cattle  in  the 


country,  resulting  in  a  panic  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness. When  he  finally  had  business  matters 
straightened  out  and  his  debts  paid,  he  was  about 
even  financially. 

After  leaving  Mr.  Holt's  employ.  Mr.  Dickin- 
son was  for  two  years  store-keeper  for  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  at  Hugo.  In  the  spring  of  1889 
Governor  Cooper  appointed  him  county  treas- 
urer, and  afterward  he  was  three  times,  by 
election,  chosen  to  fill  this  position.  On  retiring 
from  office,  in  January,  1896,  he  purchased  the 
lumber  and  coal  business  which,  together  with 
his  hardware  store,  he  has  since  conducted.  He 
owns  a  fine  herd  of  cattle,  and  has  other  interests 
in  this  county.  A  prominent  Republican,  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  state  central  committee  for 
ten  years  and  chairman  of  the  county  central 
committee  for  several  years.  In  1 899  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  President  McKinley  to  the  official  po- 
sition of  receiver  of  public  moneys  for  the  Hugo 
land  district  for  four  years,  his  commission  as 
such  bearing  date  January  24,  1899.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen  and  Denver  Lodge  No.  5,  A.F.  &  A.M. 
In  December,  1880,  he  married  Annie  P.,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Ellen  Saunders,  living  near 
Linwood,  Leavenworth  County,  Kan.  They  have 
an  only  daughter,  Ellen  Muriel. 


HON.  WILLIAM  H.  ADAMS.  The  serv- 
ices which  Mr.  Adams  has  rendered  the 
people  of  Conejos  County  and  the  twenty- 
fourth  senatorial  district  entitle  him  to  rank 
among  the  eminent  men  of  Colorado;  and  it  is 
but  fair  to  suppose  that  the  future  will  bring  him 
greater  honors  than  the  past,  and  that  he  will  be 
instrumental  in  securing  for  the  people  even 
greater  privileges  than  heretofore.  In  fact  his 
energy  and  abilities  are  of  such  a  character  that 
death  alone  will  terminate  his  activities  and  use- 
fulness. As  long  as  life  shall  last  his  interest  in 
the  prosperity  of  his  adopted  state  will  be  un- 
ceasing, and  his  efforts  to  advance  its  interests 
tireless. 

Mr.  Adams  is  a  member  of  a  distinguished 
family  of  Colorado,  his  brother,  Hon.  Alva  Ad- 
ams, having  twice  been  elected  governor  of  this 
state.  His  parents,  John  and  Eliza  (Blanchard) 
Adams,  were  natives  respectively  of  Kentucky 
and  New  York.  The  father  was  engaged  in 
stock-raising  and  the  mercantile  business  in  the 
southern  part  of  Wisconsin,  and  founded  the 
town  of  Adamsville,  Wis.,  where  he  built  a  flour 


VAN  ELBERT  ROUSE. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


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mill  and  store.  He  is  now  living  retired  in  Pasa- 
dena, Cal.  In  politics  he  has  always  adhered  to 
the  Democratic  party.  Upon  that  ticket  he  was 
several  times  elected  to  the  upper  and  lower 
house  of  the  state  legislature  of  Wisconsin,  and 
also  served  as  sheriff  of  Dane  County.  He  and 
his  wife  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  five  of 
whom  are  living:  Hon.  Alva  Adams,  to  whose 
sketch  upon  another  page  the  reader  is  referred 
for  further  information  concerning  the  family  his- 
tory; John,  of  Alamosa;  Frank,  Elizabeth  and 
William. 

From  the  age  of  ten  years  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  has  made  his  home  in  Colorado.  In  1874 
he  came  to  the  San  Luis  Valley,  and  continued 
here  until  the  age  of  twenty-five,  when  he  bought 
a  ranch  near  Alamosa  and  embarked  in  the  stock 
business.  He  and  his  brother  Alva  were  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Alamosa.  At  this  writing  he 
is  largely  interested  in  the  stock  business  (mostly 
cattle)  and  owns  and  controls  one  of  the  largest 
ranches  in  southern  Colorado.  He  is  one  of  the 
most  successful  stockmen  of  the  valley,  and  his 
success  is  the  result  of  the  close  study  he  has 
given  the  work. 

As  a  Democrat  Mr.  Adams  has  been  an  active 
factor  in  county  and  district  politics.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-two  he  was  elected  city  treasurer  of 
Alamosa,  and  for  a  year  was  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees.  In  1885  he  was  elected  mayor 
of  Alamosa,  and  was  re-elected  at  the  expiration 
of  his  term.  In  the  fall  of  1885  he  was  chosen 
county  commissioner  of  Conejos  County,  and  a 
year  later,  while  serving  as  mayor  and  commis- 
sioner, was  chosen  to  represent  Conejos  County 
in  the  lower  branch  of  the  legislature.  Upon  the 
expiration  of  his  term,  in  the  fall  of  1888,  he  was 
nominated  by  the  Democratic  party  for  senator 
from  Conejos  and  Archuleta  Counties,  and  was 
elected  by  a  large  majority.  In  1892  and  1896 
he  was  re-elected  from  the  twenty-fourth  dis- 
trict. As  a  senator  he  has  rendered  able  service 
on  the  corporation  and  railroad  committees,  and 
has  supported  all  bills  that  promise  to  promote 
the  prosperity  of  his  constituents. 

In  1891  Mr.  Adams  married  Emma,  daughter 
of  C.  R.  Ottaway.  His  time  is  closely  given  to 
his  stock  business  and  official  duties,  and  he  has 
little  leisure  for  participation  in  the  work  of  so- 
cial and  fraternal  organizations.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  San  Luis  Valley  Stock  Association, and 
takes  an  interest  in  every  plan  or  organization 
for  the  increased  success  of  the  stock  business. 
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Q1AN  ELBERT  ROUSE,  member  of  the  board 
\  /  of  aldermen  of  Colorado  Springs,  was  elected 
y  in  1896  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  board  and  two 
years  later  was  re-elected  for  a  full  term,  as  rep- 
resentative of  the  second  ward  in  the  city  coun- 
cil. The  various  duties  of  his  position  he  dis- 
charges with  ability  and  faithfulness.  As  chair- 
man of  the  cemetery  committee  he  has  rendered 
able  service,  while  as  a  member  of  the  finance 
and  water  committees  his  labors  have  been  equally 
effective.  He  is  prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the 
local  Democracy,  and  has  acted  as  chairman  of 
the  county  and  city  central  committees  of  his 
party. 

A  resident  of  El  Paso  County  since  March, 
1880,  Mr.  Rouse  was  born  at  Wellington,  near 
Lexington,  Mo.  His  paternal  great-grandfather, 
who  was  born  near  Heidelberg,  Germany,  and  was 
of  a  wealthy  family,  came  to  America  with  a 
brother  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania.  The  grand- 
father, who  was  born  near  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and 
owned  coal  lands  in  that  locality, removed  to  Boone 
County,  Ky.,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  war  of  1812.  Next  in  line  of  descent  was 
Judge  Ezekiel  Rouse,  a  native  of  Boone  County, 
Ky.,  born  in  1818;  removed  to  Missouri  in  1837, 
settled  at  Lone  Jack,  Jackson  County;  there 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  For 
years  he  practiced  at  Trenton,  Grundy  County, 
and  also  served  as  judge  of  Grundy  County.  On 
retiring  from  practice  he  bought  a  farm,  where 
his  last  days  were  spent.  He  was  a  Democrat 
and  a  supporter  of  the  Union  during  the  war. 
Fraternally  he  was  a  Mason,  and  in  religion  ad- 
hered to  the  Lutheran  faith,  following  the  ex- 
ample of  his  forefathers.  His  death  occurred 
when  he  was  seventy-two. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Col.  Richard  Lomax.  Her  father,  who  was  a 
native  of  Fauquier  County,  Va.,  removed  to 
Kentucky  after  her  birth  and  some  time  later  set- 
tled in  Richmond,  Ray  County,  Mo.,  where  he 
engaged  in  merchandising.  He  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Simms,  who  was  an  officer  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.  Mrs.  Sarah  Rouse  died  in 
Texas  while  visiting  a  daughter;  she  was  sixty- 
four  years  of  age.  Her  family  comprised  the 
following-named  children:  Anna,  Mrs.  T.  W. 
Tate,  of  Tipton,  Mo.;  Etta,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Corun,  of 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  Bennetta,  who  died  at  six- 
teen years;  Lizzie,  Mrs.  L-  B.  Coates,  of  Salt 
Lake  City;  Van  Elbert  and  his  twin  brother, 
Julian,  who  died  in  infancy;  Ollie  D.,  who  is  en- 


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gaged  in  ranching  at  Rocky  Ford,  Colo. ;  Mrs. 
E.  D.  Miller,  of  Liberty,  Mo. ;  Margaret,  Mrs.  H. 
B.  Turner,  who  died  at  Houston,  Tex.;  and 
Elizabeth,  who  died  at  two  years  of  age. 

Born  September  1 2 ,  1854,  our  subject  spent  his 
childhood  years,  after  the  age  of  five,  in  Liberty, 
Mo. ,  where  he  attended  William  Jewell  College 
until  the  close  of  the  junior  year.  On  account  of 
poor  health  he  was  obliged  to  leave  college. 
During  all  of  the  time  he  carried  on  his  studies 
he  devoted  the  summer  months  to  teaching,  and 
in  this  way  paid  his  expenses,  but  the  hard  work 
undermined  his  constitution.  In  1880  he  came 
to  Colorado  Springs,  and  engaged  in  teaching, 
first  in  the  country,  later  in  the  city  school,  be- 
ing for  a  time  superintendent  of  the  Colorado 
city  schools.  At  the  same  time  he  was  deputy 
county  superintendent  of  schools  for  several  terms 
and  deputy  county  assessor  two  terms. 

On  account  of  the  increasing  importance  of  his 
mining  interest,  Mr.  Rouse  ceased  to  teach.  He 
formed  theElkton  Mining  and  Milling  Company, 
of  which  he  was  secretary  and  treasurer  at  first, 
and  later  acted  as  general  manager;  he  is  still 
connected  with  the  company  as  a  director.  In 
1891  he  became  interested  in  the  Cripple  Creek 
district,  where  he  now  owns  valuable  interests. 
In  addition  to  the  oversight  of  his  property,  he 
acts  as  mining  broker.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Colorado  Springs  Mining  Association  and  the 
Board  of  Trade.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
the  order  of  Elks.  In  the  first  Baptist  Church  he 
is  treasurer  and  a  trustee,  and  has  officiated  as 
Sunday-school  superintendent,  and  at  this  writing 
he  is  a  member  of  the  state  missionary  board  of 
the  Baptist  Church  in  Colorado. 

In  Fountain,  Colo.,  Mr.  Rouse  married  Miss 
Edith  Corbin,  who  was  born  in  Nebraska  City 
and  was  brought  to  Fountain  in  1867  by  .her 
father,  M.  B.  Corbin.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rouse  re- 
side at  No.  510  East  Pike's  Peak  avenue,  where 
he  erected  a  neat  and  comfortable  residence. 
They  have  an  only  son,  Van  Elton. 


RCHIBALD  MC  INTYRE,  county  commis- 
J  sioner  and  a  prominent  stockman  of  Lincoln 
II  County,  has  resided  upon  his  present  ranch 
since  1876,  and  has  since  carried  on  a  large  stock 
business.  The  property,  of  which  he  has  had 
the  entire  management  and  in  which  he  has  al- 
ways held  large  interests,  is  situated  forty  miles 
southwest  of  Hugo,  in  this  county,  and  is  one  of 


the  largest  ranches  in  the  state,  comprising  more 
than  four  thousand  acres  of  deeded  land  and 
twenty-six  thousand  acres  of  state  lands  leased. 
The  value  of  the  land  is  increased  by  running 
water,  as  well  as  by  the  neat  farm  buildings, 
splendid  grove  of  trees,  fine  lawn  and  other  im- 
provements. At  one  time  he  and  his  partners 
owned  as  many  as  twenty  thousand  head  of 
sheep,  but  of  recent  years  his  herd  has  not  been 
so  large. 

Born  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  in  1843,  our  subject  is 
a  son  of  John  McDonald  and  Matilda  (Bradford) 
Mclntyre.  Through  his  mother,  who  was  born 
in  New  York  state  and  died  there  at  fifty-eight 
years,  he  descends  directly  from  Governor  Brad- 
ford, of  Massachusetts,  and  may  justly  be  proud 
of  the  fact  that  his  ancestors  were  identified  with 
New  England  history  from  the  time  of  the  land- 
ing of  the  "Mayflower."  His  father,  who  spent 
his  active  life  in  farming  near  Albany,  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  served  as  a  member  of 
the  governor's  staff.  His  death  occurred  when 
he  was  eighty-four  years  of  age.  He  was  a  son 
of  Archibald  Mclntyre,  who  for  years  was  comp- 
troller of  the  state  of  New  York,  also  served  as  a 
member  of  the  state  legislature,  and  was  largely 
interested  in  coal  mines  in  New  York  and  Penn- 
sylvania. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  seven 
children,  the  others  being  John,  a  civil  engineer 
in  Pennsylvania;  Alexander;  Howard,  a  farmer 
in  New  York;  Mary,  wife  of  Alexander  Crofts, 
of  New  York;  and  Elizabeth  and  Matilda,  who 
occupy  the  old  homestead  near  Hudson,  N.  Y. 
Our  subject  passed  his  early  years  on  the  home 
farm,  and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Albany. 
At  the  age  of  nineteen,  in  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the 
Third  New  York  Cavalry,  and  remained  at  the 
front  during  the  entire  period  of  the  war,  at  the 
close  of  which  he  returned  home.  In  1872  he 
came  to  Colorado,  and  after  four  years  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Colorado  Springs  settled  on  the 
ranch  which  he  has  since  occupied.  In  1881  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Annie  Stimson, 
who  was  born  in  New  York,  her  father  having 
been  proprietor  of  a  knitting  mill  in  that  state. 

Politically  Mr.  Mclntyre  has  always  voted  the 
Republican  ticket.  In  1 889  he  received  from  the 
governor  ^an  'appointment  as  commissioner  of 
Lincoln  County,  and  since  then  he  has  been  re- 
elected  at  the  expiration  of  each  term,  serving  at 
one  time  as  chairman  of  the  board.  He  is  one 
of  the  best-known  men  of  his  county,  and  both 


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in  public  affairs  and  in  the  management  of  his 
private  business  matters  has  shown  an  energy, 
perseverance  and  shrewd  judgment  that  mark 
him  as  a  man  of  ability. 


EHARLES  E.  TYLER,  who  came  to  Colorado 
in  1890,  engaged  in  railroading  for  five 
years,  after  which  he  became  interested  in 
different  mining  companies,  and  in  March,  1897, 
bought  out  the  real-estate  business  owned  by 
Frank  Gotten.  He  has  since  been  the  sole  pro- 
prietor of  the  concern,  and  has  carried  on  a  large 
business  in  real  estate,  loans,  insurance  and 
investments,  representing  the  Prussian  National 
and  other  insurance  companies.  He  is  now 
located  at  No.  104  East  Pike's  Peak  avenue,  Col- 
orado Springs.  As  a  business  man  he  has  been 
very  successful,  and  has  gained  a  reputation  for 
honesty,  perseverance  and  energy. 

Mr.  Tyler  was  born  near  Corning,  N.  Y., 
January  16,  1859,  and  is  a  son  of  George  and 
Harriet  (Edsall)  Tyler,  the  former  born  near 
Owego,  the  latter  near  Bath,  N.  Y.  His  maternal 
grandfather,  Peter  Edsall,  was  a  farmer;  his 
paternal  grandfather,  Henry  Tyler,  died  in  New 
York  state.  George  Tyler  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  in  Tioga  County,  and  during 
the  Civil  war  served  as  a  sergeant  of  a  New  York 
regiment.  He  and  his  wife  are  still  living  in 
Tioga  County.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children  who  attained  mature  years,  and  of  these, 
two  sons  are  in  Colorado  Springs.  The  next  to 
the  oldest  of  the  family  is  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  Tioga 
County.  In  the  fall  of  1877  he  went  to  Michigan 
and  was  employed  as  a  switchman  at  Stanton, 
Montcalm  County,  for  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern  Railroad.  After  a  time  he  was  pro- 
moted to  be  yardtnaster  and  later  was  made 
conductor,  his  run  being  between  Lansing  and 
Big  Rapids. 

In  March,  1881,  Mr.  Tyler  located  in  St. 
Joseph,  Mo.,  where  he  was  employed  as  brake- 
man  on  the  St.  Joe  &  Grand  Island  Road,  later 
was  promoted  to  freight  conductor  and  soon  after 
to  passenger  conductor  on  the  line  between  these 
two  points.  In  1889  he  entered  the  employ  of 
what  is  now  the  Maple  Leaf  Railroad,  being 
conductor  between  St.  Joe  and  Des  Moines,  but 
after  a  year  he  came  to  Colorado  as  a  conductor 
on  the  Rock  Island  Railroad  entering  Colorado 
Springs.  He  continued  on  the  road  until  April, 
1895,  and  during  all  the  period  of  his  service 


never  met  with  an  accident  serious  enough  to 
keep  him  off  duty  for  a  single  day.  In  1895  he 
resigned  in  order  to  start  in  the  mining  business, 
in  which  he  has  since  engaged,  in  connection 
with  his  real-estate  business.  While  living  in 
Stanton,  Mich.,  he  was  married  there  to  Miss 
Mary  Richardson,  who  was  born  in  Ohio.  They 
have  two  children,  George  and  May.  For  years 
he  was  actively  connected  with  the  Order  of 
Railway  Conductors.  In  religious  views  he  is  a 
Baptist,  and  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  work 
of  that  denomination.  While  he  has  never  had 
leisure  for  participation  in  public  affairs,  he  keeps 
himself  well  posted  concerning  politics  and  is  a 
stanch  supporter  of  Republican  principles. 


|~\ATRICK  W.  HASTINGS,  county  treasurer 
yr  of  Cheyenne  County,  has  been  a  resident  of 
J«3  Cheyenne  Wells  since  the  starting  of  the 
village,  having  settled  here  when  the  town  had 
but  one  frame  house.  From  that  day  to  this  he 
has  maintained  a  deep  interest  in  the  develop- 
ment of  local  resources  and  the  advancement  of 
the  general  welfare.  Upon  the  Republican  ticket 
(he  being  a  stanch  friend  of  the  principles  of  this 
party),  he  has  been  elected  to  a  number  of  offices 
of  trust,  such  as  town  trustee,  etc.  In  January, 
1893,  he  became  treasurer  of  the  county  and  at 
the  expiration  of  his  term  of  two  years  was  re- 
elected,  again  elected  in  1897,  and  is  now  serving 
his  third  term  in  the  office. 

Mr.  Hastings  was  born  in  Steubenville,  Ohio, 
in  1869,  a  son  of  Simon  and  Johanna  (Duane) 
Hastings.  His  father,  who  was  a  railroad  man 
in  the  employ  of  the  New  York,  Pennsylvania  & 
Ohio  road,  died  when  our  subject  was  small;  the 
mother,  who  was  a  native  of  Ireland  and  came  to 
the  United  States  in  childhood,  is  now  making 
her  home  with  our  subject,  who  tenderly  cares 
for  her,  surrounding  her  with  the  comforts  of  life. 
Besides  himself  there  are  in  the  family  the  follow- 
ing-named children:  John;  Mary,  wife  of  M. 
Laneham,  of  Cheyenne  Wells;  Kate,  wife  of 
Daniel  Mahoney,  a  conductor  on  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad;  Annie;  Maggie,  in  Denver; 
Nora  and  Lizzie. 

Starting  in  life  for  himself  at  sixteen  years  of 
age,  our  subject  came  to  Colorado  and  secured 
employment  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  and 
he  continued  with  that  company  until  1885, 
proving  to  be  a  capable,  trustworthy  employe. 
He  has  not  only  supported  himself  from  youth, 
but  has  assisted  in  the  maintenance  of  the  other 


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members  of  the  family.  In  the  community  where 
he  lives  he  is  respected  as  a  man  of  worth.  In 
fraternal  relations  he  is  connected  with  Sherman 
Lodge  No.  67,  K.  P.,  and  Hugo  Lodge  No. 
41,  A.  O.  U.  W. 

I  GUIS  M.  LAURIE.  A  large  proportion  of 
1C  the  successful  men  of  Colorado  are  those 
l_2f  who  came  to  the  state  without  means  and 
have,  by  energy  and  perseverance,  worked  their 
way  forward  to  success.  Such  a  man  forms  the 
subject  of  this  sketch.  Mr.  Laurie  is  the  owner 
of  a  valuable  ranch  in  Lincoln  County,  on  South 
Rush  Creek,  where  he  has  made  his  home  since 
1877,  meantime  engaging  in  the  buying  and  sell- 
ing of  sheep,  and  the  carrying  on  of  general  farm 
work.  For  a  number  of  years  he  served  as  sheep 
inspector  of  Lincoln  County,  his  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  best  grades  of  sheep  and  the 
influences  needed  to  carry  forward  this  business 
successfully  making  his  work  in  the  position 
quite  valuable. 

In  the  Highlands  of  Scotland,  in  Ross-shire, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  1850.  His 
father,  Archibald  Laurie,  was  a  merchant  during 
the  early  years  of  his  life,  but  later  turned  his 
attention  to  farming,  in  which  he  remained 
interested  until  his  retirement  from  active  busi- 
ness cares.  He  is  still  living  and  is  now  eighty- 
one  years  old.  For  years  he  led  the  singing  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  is  a  member, 
and  in  the  capacity  of  elder  he  also  gave  faithful 
service  in  the  cause  of  Christ.  By  his  marriage 
to  Mary  McPherson,  who  was  born  in  Scotland 
and  is  still  living  there,  he  had  four  sons  and  one 
daughter.  Of  these,  Kenneth  M.  is  a  lawyer  in 
Denver,  Colo.;  James  Noble  is  judge  of  the  county 
court  of  Lincoln  County,  having  been  first  elected 
to  that  office  in  1892  on  the  Republican  ticket 
and  subsequently  re-elected;  John  still  remains  in 
Scotland,  his  home  being  in  Glasgow;  Mary  lives 
with  her  parents  at  the  old  homestead. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
local  schools  and  Williamstown  College,  Glen- 
garry, Ontario,  Canada.  In  1871  he  crossed  the 
ocean  to  New  York,  and  for  three  years  was  em- 
ployed near  Lake  Champlain,  after  which  for  one 
year  he  was  assistant  manager  of  the  Canadian 
Titanic  Iron  Company,  of  London,  England. 
Next,  going  to  Chicago,  he  was  employed  for 
nine  months  in  the  office  of  the  freight  auditor  of 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad. 
Indoor  work  being  uncongenial,  in  1876  he  came 


to  Colorado  and  the  following  year  found  him 
settled  at  his  present  homestead,  where  he  has 
since  engaged  principally  in  the  sheep  business. 
Politically  he  is  a  stanch  Democrat.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  educational  matters,  and  holds  the  office 
of  secretary  of  the  school  board  in  district  No.  9. 
In  November,  1891,  occurred  the  marriage  of 
Mr.  Laurie  to  Miss  Fannie  O.  LaDue,  who  was 
born  in  Wolcott,  Wayne  County,  N.  Y.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  Oliver  LaDue,  who  was  born  in  New 
York  state  and  engaged  in  farming  there.  Her 
paternal  and  maternal  grandfathers  were  soldiers 
in  the  war  of  1812.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Laurie  have 
one  son,  Archibald.  Mrs.  Laurie  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  Mr.  Laurie  leans 
toward  that  faith,  but  is  not  an  active  member  of 
the  denomination.  For  his  success  in  life  the 
credit  must  be  gi\'en  to  his  own  determination  of 
character  and  force  of  will.  He  has  labored  tire- 
lessly and  judiciously  and  has  gained  a  compe- 
tence, which  is  the  just  reward  of  his  energetic 
efforts. 

HECTOR  MATHESON.  Twenty-two  miles 
southwest  of  Hugo,  Lincoln  County,  on  Rush 
Creek,  lies  the  large  and  valuable  ranch 
owned  by  Mr.  Matheson.  This  he  purchased 
from  the  Strong  brothers  in  1896,  and  has  since 
given  his  attention  to  the  raising  of  sheep  and 
horses  here.  That  he  is  a  man  of  energy  and 
sound  judgment  is  shown  by  the  fact  that,  start- 
ing with  a  capital  of  only  $78,  he  has  gradually 
become  the  possessor  of  valuable  interests,  and  is 
now  one  of  the  well-to-do  stockmen  of  his 
county. 

The  birth  of  our  subject  occurred  in  1852  in 
the  village  of  Gairloch,  on  the  shore  of  Gairloch 
Bay,  in  Ross-shire,  Scotland.  He  was  a  son  of 
Donald  and  Isabella  (Mackenzie)  Matheson, 
natives  of  the  same  place  as  himself,  and  mem- 
bers of  old  families  there.  His  father,  who  was 
a  farmer  and  stockman  and  a  member  of  the  Free 
Church,  died  in  his  native  land  at  sixty-six  years 
of  age;  the  wife  and  mother  died  there  when 
seventy-five.  In  their  family  were  six  sons  and 
one  daughter.  Duncan,  the  eldest  of  the  family, 
is  a  stockman  in  Elbert  County,  Colo.;  John  is 
engaged  in  dealing  in  game  in  Scotland;  Roderick 
died  at  twenty-eight  years;  Kenneth  is  a  mer- 
chant tailor  in  Leadville,  Colo.;  Alexander  died 
at  the  age  of  twenty-three;  Margaret  died  at 
thirty-eight  years. 

In  the  schools  of  his  native  land  our  subject 


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obtained  his  education.  At  nineteen  years  of 
age  he  left  home  and  engaged  in  the  game  busi- 
ness, which  he  followed  about  six  years.  In 
1878  he  crossed  the  ocean  to  the  United  States 
and  settled  in  Colorado,  where  for  a  year  he 
worked  in  the  employ  of  Dr.  Sanborn,  on  what 
is  known  as  the  Half-way  Ranch  in  Lincoln 
County.  Next  he  worked  for  Brown  Dodd  near 
Rush  Creek.  In  the  fall  of  1879,  with  his  brother, 
he  became  interested  in  the  stock  business  on  Big 
Sandy  Creek,  the  two  remaining  together  until 
the  spring  of  1886,  when  the  partnership  was 
dissolved.  He  continued  in  the  same  locality 
until  he  bought  the  ranch  he  now  owns.  Politi- 
cally he  votes  the  Republican  ticket  in  local  and 
general  elections.  As  a  member  of  the  school 
board  he  has  done  much  to  advance  educational 
interests  in  this  county. 

In  1883  Mr.  Matheson  married  Miss  Lizzie 
Campbell,  who  was  born  on  a  farm  near  his  old 
home,  at  Gairloch,  Scotland.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Duncan  Campbell,  who  died  at  Gairloch  when 
she  was  a  child,  and  who  had  followed  the  occu- 
pation as  a  seaman.  The  marriage  of  Mr. 
Matheson  and  Miss  Campbell  took  place  in  their 
native  land,  he  having  returned  there  for  his 
bride.  They  are  the  parents  of  four  sons  and 
one  daughter,  namely:  Alexander,  Duncan, 
Kenneth,  Roderick  and  Isabella. 


CAREY  ALLEN,  M.  D.,  one  of  the  fore- 
most of  the  homeopathic  physicians  of 
Colorado  Springs,  and  former  president  of 
the  State  Homeopathic  Medical  Society  and  pro- 
fessor of  aurificial  surgery  in  the  Denver  Home- 
opathic Medical  College,  is  a  descendant  of 
the  Revolutionary  family  whose  most  distin- 
guished representative  was  Ethan  Allen.  His 
grandfather,  who  was  a  native  of  Vermont,  spent 
some  years  in  New  York,  then  went  back  to  the 
Green  Mountain  State  and  finally  returned  to 
New  York  state,  where  he  died. 

Charles  S.  Allen,  father  of  the  doctor,  was  born 
in  Rensselaer  County,  N.  Y. ;  his  mother  was  a 
member  of  the  old  Spooner  family  of  Rhode 
Island  and  had  two  uncles  in  the  Revolutionary 
war.  A  civil  engineer  by  occupation,  he  was  for 
many  years  engaged  in  the  ditching,  draining  and 
reclaiming  of  the  swamps  in  New  York.  For 
forty  years  he  made  his  home  in  Albion,  and 
there  he  died  when  eighty-two  years  of  age.  In 
religion  he  was  connected  with  the  Baptist 
Church.  His  wife,  who  was  Ednah  Robison,  a 


native  of  Ontario  County,  N.  Y.,  is  now  eighty- 
five  years  of  age.  Her  father,  James  Robison, 
who  was  of  Dutch  descent,  was  the  first  white 
child  born  in  Ontario  County  and  was  reared  on 
a  farm  there.  His  life  occupation  was  that  of 
farming,  and  he  owned  a  large  estate  on  the 
banks  of  the  outlet  of  Canandaigua  Lake. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  six  chil- 
dren, three  of  whom  are  living:  A.  J.,  a  dentist 
in  Lockport,  N.  Y.;  A.  R.,  of  Albion,  N.  Y., 
and  W.  C.  The  last  named  was  born  in  Albion 
October  n,  1853,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  his  native 
town.  For  a  few  years  he  engaged  in  teaching. 
It  was  his  desire  from  boyhood  to  become  a  phy- 
sician, but  his  father  opposed  the  plan,  owing  to 
the  fact  that  an  older  brother,  J.  W. ,  died  while 
a  student  in  a  medical  college;  and  another 
brother,  Fv  M. ,  also  died  while  studying  medi- 
cine in  our  subject's  class  in  college.  However, 
having  earned  the  money  with  which  to  defray 
his  expenses  in  college,  he  proceeded  to  carry  out 
his  plan.  After  gaining  a  rudimentary  knowl- 
edge of  the  profession  under  Dr.  Bishop  of  Me- 
dina, N.  Y.,  he  entered  Hahnemann  Medical 
College  in  Philadelphia,  and  after  a  three  years' 
course  was  graduated  in  1883,  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  While  in  college  he  also  took  a  hospital 
course  of  one  year  in  the  Lying-in  Charity  Hos- 
pital, and  also  studied,  in  private  course,  branches 
not  taught  in  the  regular  course.  In  1883  he 
opened  an  office  at  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y. ,  and  remained 
there  until  he  came  west. 

In  May,  1888,  Dr.  Allen  came  to  Colorado 
Springs,  where  he  has  since  carried  on  a  general 
practice,  with  a  specialty  of  the  surgical  diseases 
of  women.  In  1895  he  took  a  special  course  in 
the  Lombard  Street  Polyclinic  in  Philadelphia, 
and  two  years  later  he  took  a  special  course  in 
surgery  in  the  Chicago  Medical  College,  besides 
which  he  has  taken  other  special  courses  in  Chi- 
cago. He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  health  of 
Colorado  Springs  and  examining  physician  for 
various  societies  and  insurance  companies.  He 
was  one  of  the  active  factors  in  the  reorganiza- 
tion of  the  State  Homeopathic  Medical  Society, 
and  was  its  president  for  two  terms.  The  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Homeopathy  numbers  him  among 
its  members.  On  the  organization  of  the  Denver 
Homeopathic  Medical  College  he  became  pro- 
fessor of  aurificial  surgery,  but  the  work  inter- 
fered to  such  an  extent  with  his  practice  that  he 
resigned  the  chair.  He  has  contributed  to  medi- 


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cal  journals,  but  the  demands  of  his  practice  are 
such  that  he  has  little  leisure  for  the  writing  of 
special  articles.  Since  1889  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  and  its  secretary.  In  politics 
he  is  a  stanch  Republican.  He  is  connected  with 
the  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle,  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Uni- 
form Rank. 

In  Albion,  N.  Y.,  Dr.  Allen  married  Miss 
Alice  Packard,  who  was  born  near  Liberty,  Sul- 
livan County,  N.  Y.,  and  died  in  the  same  state 
in  1884,  leaving  three  children:  Bertha;  Frank, 
who  is  employed  in  the  Santa  Fe  ticket  office;  and 
May.  The  present  wife  of  Dr.  Allen,  whom  he 
married  in  Penn  Yan,  was  Margaret  Stark,  a 
native  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  by  whom  he  has  one 
daughter,  Caroline. 


[7JHARLES  I.  SPERE,  county  judge  of  Chey- 
|r  enne  County,  came  to  this  locality  in  1887 
\J  and  assisted  in  laying  out  the  village  of 
Cheyenne  Wells,  building  the  first  house  put  up 
in  the  town.  For  three  years  he  made  his  home 
in  this  place,  but  afterward  located  on  a  tract  of 
land  two  miles  south  of  town  and  here  he 
embarked  in  ranching  pursuits.  The  land  was 
wholly  destitute  of  improvements,  but  he  has 
fenced  the  property  and  erected  a  comfortable 
house  and  substantial  barn,  thus  giving  the  place 
a  homelike  appearance.  Here  he  has  since  given 
considerable  attention  to  the  raising  of  cattle  and 
horses,  of  both  of  which  he  has  many  fine  head. 
The  father  of  Judge  Spere  was  Jeremiah  Spere, 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  a  farmer's  sou. 
Reared  to  agricultural  pursuits,  he  made  farming 
his  occupation  through  much  of  his  life.  From 
Pennsylvania  he  removed  to  Henderson  County, 
111.,  and  there  engaged  in  farming  until  the 
spring  of  1848.  During  the  days  of  the  Cali- 
fornia gold  excitement,  he  went  to  the  Pacjfic 
coast,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  for  some  time, 
returning  to  Henderson  County  in  1851.  Again, 
in  1852,  he  went  to  California,  where  he  eventu- 
ally died,  in  1860.  Politically  he  was  a  Whig 
until  the  disintegration  of  the  party,  after  which 
he  affiliated  with  the  Democrats.  ^In  fraternal 
relations  he  was  connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows. 
He  married  Mary  Turner,  who  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  and  was  orphaned  by  her  father's 
death  when  she  was  young.  Of  their  union  the 
following-named  children  were  born:  James  J., 
who  has  been  a  ranchman  and  miner  since  1 860 


and  is  now  in  Oregon;  Frederick,  who  was  a 
Union  soldier  and  died  from  disease  contracted  in 
the  army;  William  T.,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  in  Ashland,  Neb.;  A.  J.,  also  a 
grocer  in  Ashland;  Jane  E.,  wife  of  David  L. 
Ireland,  living  in  Woodson  County,  Kan.; 
Rebecca  E.,  widow  of  Samuel  M.  Jordan;  and 
Charles  I.,  of  this  sketch. 

Born  in  Clinton  County,  Pa.,  in  1849,  Judge 
Spere  spent  his  boyhood  years  in  Illinois  and 
received  his  education  in  Hedding  College  at 
Abingdon,  Knox  County,  111.  At  twenty-two 
years  of  age  he  started  out  for  himself,  and  for 
five  years  taught  school  in  Illinois.  Going  from 
there  to  Iowa,  he  opened  and  conducted  a  hard- 
ware business  in  Shenandoah.  From  Iowa  he 
came  to  Colorado  in  1887  and  has  since  made 
Cheyenne  County  his  home.  In  1889  he  married 
Mary  L.,  daughter  of  Benjamin  F.  Pritchard,  of 
Cheyenne  Wells. 

Politically  Judge  Spere  is  a  Democrat.  In  1887 
and  1888  he  held  the  office  of  postmaster  in 
Cheyenne  Wells.  He  was  the  first  justice  of  the 
peace  in  the  village.  In  1895  he  was  elected 
county  judge,  which  office  he  has  since  filled  with 
efficiency.  In  religion  he  is  identified  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  fraternally 
holds  membership  with  the  Masonic  and  Odd 
Fellows'  lodges.  He  is  a  man  of  genial  disposi- 
tion, pleasant  and  companionable,  and  has  many 
friends  in  Cheyenne  County. 


(JOHN  B.  WHITE,  county  clerk  of  Cheyenne 
I  County,  came  to  Colorado  in  1886  and  at 
G)  once  settled  in  this  county,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany as  an  employe  in  its  motive  power  depart- 
ment, but  in  1897  retired  from  that  work  to  fill 
the  position  of  clerk  of  the  county.  At  this 
writing  he  is  interested,  financially,  in  one  of  the 
general  stores  at  Cheyenne  Wells,  but  the  larger 
part  of  his  time  and  thought  is  devoted  to  his 
official  duties  as  clerk  of  the  county. 

Near  Middleport,  Meigs  County,  Ohio,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  1863,  a  son  of 
H.  G.  and  Olive  (Wallace)  -White,  natives  of 
West  Virginia  and  Michigan  respectively.  His 
father,  who  removed  from  West  Virginia  to  Ohio, 
settled  upon  a  farm  in  Meigs  County,  and  from 
there  in  1871  removed  to  Ellsworth,  Kan., 
accompanied  by  his  family,  and  years  afterwards, 
in  1897,  settled  in  Topeka,  Kan.,  where  he  is 


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now  living  in  retirement  from  active  business 
cares.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  and  a  man  of  upright  life  and  con- 
sistent Christian  character.  His  wife,  who  died 
in  1880,  was  the  daughter  of  Rev.  J.  B.  Wallace, 
a  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church  and  a  man  of 
splendid  education  and  attainments,  whose  death 
at  the  age  of  thirty-six  cut  short  a  most  promising 
career.  In  the  family  of  H.  G.  White  were  two 
sons  and  two  daughters,  namely:  John  B. ;  Frank, 
who  died  at  twenty-six  years  of  age;  Mrs.  Maude 
Farnsworth  and  Mrs.  Effie  Mason,  who  live  in 
Colorado. 

When  nine  years  of  age  our  subject  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Kansas,  in  which  state  his 
education  was  principally  obtained.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen,  one  year  after  his  mother's 
death,  he  started  out  in  life  for  himself,  and  for 
several  years  engaged  in  farming  in  Kansas. 
From  there  in  1886  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  has 
since  made  Cheyenne  County  his  home.  In  1897 
he  was  elected  to  the  county  clerk's  office,  on  the 
Republican  ticket,  and  has  since  filled  the  position 
with  greatest  efficiency. 

In  1890  Mr.  White  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Fannie  Tinsley,  who  was  born  in  Iowa, 
and  is  a  daughter  of  DeWitt  Tinsley,  a  farmer 
now  living  in  Cheyenne  County.  Two  children 
bless  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs,  White,  a  son, 
Forrest,  and  daughter,  Audrey. 


IVyi  ISS  LUCRETIA  M.  ALLEN,  county  su- 
I  V  I  perintendent  of  schools  of  El  Paso  County, 
\(y\  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  successful 
educators  and  officials  in  the  entire  state.  Her 
success  in  her  chosen  field  of  labor,  and  the  large 
ability  she  has  shown  in  the  conduct  of  official 
affairs,  prove  that  women  may  possess  qualities 
admirably  fitting  them  for  posts  of  public  respon- 
sibility, especially  in  work  connected  with  educa- 
tional progress.  In  the  great  task  of  advancing 
the  cause  of  education  and  promoting  the  stand- 
ard of  scholarship,  her  interest  has  always  been 
warm  and  deep.  In  1897  she  was  elected  county 
superintendent  on  the  fusion  ticket,  receiving  a 
fair  plurality,  and  took  the  oath  of  office  January 
ii,  1898,  for  a  term  of  two  years. 

The  Aliens  are  an  old  Puritan  family  of  Revo- 
lutionary stock,  and  for  generations  resided  on 
Nanagansett  Bay  in  Rhode  Island.  The  grand- 
father of  Miss  Allen  was  captain  of  a  trading 
vessel,  with  which  he  was  lost  at  sea  while  a 
comparatively  young  man.  William  H.,  the 


captain's  son,  was  born  in  Rhode  Island  and  re- 
moved to  Illinois  in  early  manhood,  settling  at 
Genoa,  thence  removing  to  DeKalb  and  embark- 
ing in  the  dry-goods  business.  On  selling  out 
his  store  he  traveled  as  salesman  for  the  Glidden 
Wire  Company  of  DeKalb.  He  is  now  retired 
from  active  business.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Knight 
Templar  Mason. 

The  mother  of  Miss  Allen  was  Margaret 
Eleanor  Patterson,  a  native  of  Meadville,  Pa. 
Her  father,  Joseph  Patterson,  was  born  in  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  leather  in  early  life.  Removing  to  Illinois  in 
pioneer  days  he  settled  upon  a  farm  near  Genoa. 
His  wife  was  a  Miss  Compton,  of  Revolutionary 
stock,  and  he  himself  was  a  member  of  a  family 
that  had  representatives  in  the  Revolution.  By 
marriage  the  Pattersons  were  allied  with  the 
Buchanans.  William  H.  and  Margaret  Eleanor 
Allen  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  five  of 
whom  grew  to  maturity,  and  four  are  living. 
Mrs.  C.  F.  Spooner  died  in  Omaha;  Mrs.  W.  A. 
Reynolds  is  a  resident  of  Chehalis,  Wash. ;  J.  F. 
is  connected  with  the  reportorial  staff  of  the  Chi- 
cago (111.)  Tribune;  Clinton  H.  is  with  the 
Northwestern  Trading  and  Transportation  Com- 
pany at  St.  Michael's,  Alaska. 

Miss  Allen  was  born  and  reared  in  DeKalb, 
111.,  and  received  her  education  in  the  high  school 
there  and  the  State  Normal  School  near  Blootn- 
ington,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  1883. 
Afterward  she  engaged  in  teaching,  principally 
in  DeKalb,  until  1889,  when  she  came  to  Colo- 
rado Springs.  For  three  years  she  taught  in  the 
Garfield  School  and  for  a  similar  period  in  the 
Liller  School,  after  which  she  was  placed  in 
charge  of  books  in  the  office  of  Colburn  &  Dud- 
ley. In  1897  she  was  elected  to  her  present  office, 
which  she  is  filling  with  the  greatest  efficiency. 
Politically  she  favors  the  platform  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  and  takes  an  intelligent  interest  in 
public  affairs.  In  religion  she  is  identified  with 
the  Baptist  Church. 


(JAMES  H.  PRIEST,  county  clerk  of  Kit  Car- 
I  son  County,  and  the  owner  of  a  ranch  situa- 
(*/  ted  near  Seibert_,  in  the  west- central  part  of 
this  county,  was  born  in  Nehama  County,  Kan., 
in  1860.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas  C.  Priest,  a  na- 
tive of  Kentucky  and  by  occupation  a  farmer  and 
ranchman.  The  latter,  during  the  free  state  agi- 
tation in  Kansas,  removed  there  in  1858,  and 
spent  his  remaining  years  in  Nehama  County, 


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dying  there  iu  1863.  He  was  a  man  of  sincere 
Christian  character  and  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church.  His  wife,  who  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Mary  J.  Browning,  was  the 
daughter  of  a  planter  in  Kentucky,  where  she  was 
born.  Her  death  occurred  in  1867,  when  her 
son ,  James,  was  seven  years  of  age.  Besides  him, 
she  left  two  sons,  one  of  whom,  D.  Burgess,  is 
engaged  in  farming  at  the  old  home  place  in  Kan- 
sas; the  other,  Chester  F.,  is  a  blacksmith  in  For- 
ney, Tex. 

The  death  of  his  parents  when  he  was  a  small 
child  threw  our  subject  upon  his  own  responsi- 
bility when  quite  young.  At  the  age  of  thirteen 
he  became. self-supporting.  First  as  a  farm  hand, 
and  later  as  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser,  he  contin- 
ued to  reside  in  Kansas  for  a  number  of  years,  and 
met  with  fair  success.  In  1887  he  came  from 
there  to  Colorado  and  settled  on  a  tract  of 
land  near  Seibert,  where  he  has  since  engaged 
in  raising  cattle  and  horses.  He  owns  four 
hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  fine  land  two  and 
one-half  miles  northwest  of  Seibert.  The  property 
he  has  accumulated  represents  much  toil  and  sacri- 
fice on  his  part;  he  has  labored,  early  and  late, 
in  order  to  secure  a  competency,  and  in  this  am- 
bition he  has  been  successful. 

In  1891  Mr.  Priest  married  Miss  Edna  B., 
daughter  of  George  Rose,  a  stockman  of  this 
county,  and  niece  of  Judge  Rose.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Priest  are  the  parents  of  two  daughters:  Zella 
Mae  and  Olive  Evelyn.  In  his  political  opinions 
Mr.  Priest  is  a  Republican,  and  upon  this  ticket, 
in  November,  1897,  he  was  elected  to  the  office 
of  county  clerk,  which  he  has  since  filled  effi- 
ciently. 

"HEOPHILUS  HARRISON,  who  was  for- 
merly a  successful  manufacturer  in  Belle- 
ville, 111. ,  and  is  now  living  retired  from 
business,  makes  his  home  in  Colorado  Springs. 
After  his  first  visit  here  in  1876,  he  showed  his 
enjoyment  of  the  climate  by  returning  west  at 
frequent  intervals,  and  when,  in  1888,  his  health 
became  affected  by  the  strain  of  business  cares, 
he  determined  to  remove  to  the  Springs  and  there 
pass  the  remainder  of  his  life,  free  from  the  anxi- 
eties that  harass  an  active  man  of  business.  He 
improved  the  property  on  the  corner  of  Weber  and 
Platte,  and  here  has  since  made  his  home. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  James  H.,  was  a  son 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Harrison,  a  native  of  Virginia, 
and  a  pioneer  farmer  near  Belleville,  111.,  having 


removed  there  on  account  of  his  dislike  of  slavery 
institutions.  For  a  time  he  had  a  cotton  gin  and 
later  operated  a  flour  mill  at  Belleville.  His  prin- 
cipal life  work,  however,  was  farming.  He  was 
a  local  preacher.  Much  of  his  time  was  devoted 
to  missionary  work  and  he  traveled  on  horse- 
back from  one  frontier  settlement  to  another, 
ministering  to  the  spiritual  needs  of  the  people 
and  establishing  a  Methodist  Church  wherever  it 
was  possible  to  do  so. 

Born  in  Virginia  about  1805,  James  H.  Harri- 
son grew  no  manhood  near  Belleville.  After  his 
marriage  to  Lucinda  Gooding,  he  settled  in  Belle- 
ville, where  he  had  the  first  steam  mill  in  the 
county,  and  later  he  managed  several  mills. 
His  death  occurred  while  he  was  still  compara- 
tively young.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky and  died  in  Illinois,  was  a  daughter  of  Abra- 
ham Gooding,  who  removed  from  Kentucky  to 
Illinois  in  an  early  day  and  engaged  in  farming. 
Our  subject  was  born  in  Belleville,  as  were  all  of 
the  ten  children  comprising  the  parental  family. 
Eight  of  these  attained  mature  years  and  five  are 
living.  He  was  a  student  in  the  subscription 
schools  of  Belleville  and  McKendree  College  at 
Lebanon,  111.,  but  ill  health  obliged  him  to  dis- 
continue his  studies  before  the  completion  of  his 
college  course. 

When  twenty  years  of  age,  Mr.  Harrison  started 
in  business  for  himself,  and  for  some  time  carried 
on  a  sawmill.  In  1856  he  bought  the  Belleville 
threshing  machine  factory,  which  had  been  started 
in  1848.  This  he  afterward  had  incorporated  as 
the  Harrison  machine  works,  with  himself  as 
president  and  general  manager.  Under  his  su- 
pervision constant  improvements  were  made  in 
the  plant  and  product,  and  threshers,  steam  en- 
gines and  stackers  of  the  finest  grade  were  manu- 
factured. While  he  retired  as  president  in  1888, 
he  is  still  interested  in  the  business,  which  is  con- 
tinued on  a  large  scale.  Politically  a  Republi- 
can, he  has  been  interested  in  public  affairs,  but 
never  desired  to  identify  himself  actively  with 
politics  or  accept  office.  He  is  a  man  of  stanch 
temperance  principles  and  is  connected  with  the 
Good  Templars.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Harrison,  in  Illinois,  uni- 
ted him  with  Miss  K.  E.  Thompson,  who  was 
born  in  St.  Clair  County,  that  state,  being  a 
daughter  of  Amos  and  Eleanor  Thompson,  na- 
tives of  Maine  and  South  Carolina  respectively. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harrison  have  two  daughters:  Jose- 


CARL   WULSTEN. 


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phine  H.,  who  was  educated  in  Cincinnati,  and 
is  now  married  and  lives  in  Colorado  Springs, 
and  Mrs.  A.  M.  Johnson,  of  Minneapolis. 


WULSTEN,  assayist,  miner  and 
|(  surveyor,  at  Rosita,  Custer  County,  and 
\J  the  originator  of  the  colony  that  located 
in  the  Wet  Mountain  Valley  in  1870,  was  born 
in  the  ancient  city  of  Colberg,  in  the  province  of 
Pomerania,  Prussia,  July  8,  1833.  His  father, 
Herman  Wulsten,  a  man  of  influence,  served  as 
mayor  of  the  only  city  that  was  able  to  resist 
the  onslaughts  of  Napoleon's  victorious  army; 
he  also  held  the  office  of  counselor  and  justice  of 
the  judicial  district  of  Stargardt  and  at  Frank- 
fort-on-Oder  served  as  government  counsel.  At 
one  time  Bismarck  was  his  auscultator.  The 
family  originated  in  England  and  was  founded 
in  Germany  by  Sir  Reginald  Woollaston,  who 
was  obliged,  for  political  reasons,  to  flee  from 
England  in  the  days  of  Charles  I. 

In  the  schools  of  Frankfort- on-Oder,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  article  received  his  education.  When 
thirteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  sea  on  board  a 
whaler  and  the  next  season  was  on  a  ship  that 
went  to  the  East  Indies,  after  which  he  made  a 
trip  to  Brazil.  In  a  subsequent  trip  to  Scotland 
his  ship  was  wrecked  and  he  was  one  of  two 
that  survived.  At  Dundee  he  took  ship  around 
the  Horn  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  arrived 
March  21,  1849.  For  a  time  he  engaged  in 
wheeling  coal  for  the  steamboats;  then  going  to 
the  mines,  he  worked  until  he  had  saved  a  little 
money  and  afterward  proceeded  to  French  Gulch 
(now  called  Morrowville),  where  he  mined  with 
unusual  success.  It  was  not  long  until  he  had 
accumulated  $180,000,  but  this,  unfortunately,  he 
lost  in  a  bank  failure.  At  the  failure  of  the 
Adams  Express  Company  he  also  lost  a  large 
amount.  He  then  entrusted  eighteen  hundred 
ounces  of  gold  to  the  captain  of  a  vessel  bound 
for  home,  but  the  ship  was  lost.  The  next  stake 
he  made  was  entrusted  to  the  agent  of  the  bank 
of  England  and  that  reached  home  safely. 

Leaving  California,  Mr.  Wulsten  took  passage 
on  a  ship  before  the  mast  and  made  a  trip  to  Cal- 
cutta, where  the  crew  were  mixed  up  in  a  fight 
and  all  were  put  in  the  black  hole  of  Calcutta. 
An  English  officer  called  on  them  and  to  get 
them  out  enlisted  them  in  the  Queen's  service. 
He  enlisted  in  a  company  to  go  into  the  interior 
and  in  a  fight  with  the  sepoys  was  wounded, 
shortly  after  which  he  was  discharged,  owing  to 


disability.  Returning  to  his  seafaring  life,  after 
varied  experiences  and  many  hardships  he 
reached  Ireland,  but  the  boat  had  been  prac- 
tically wrecked,  and  in  manning  the  pumps  the 
crew  were  more  or  less  frozen,  and,  as  soon  as 
possible,  were  sent  to  the  hospital,  where  they  re- 
mained for  some  time.  Only  Mr.  Wulsten  and 
one  other  man  came  out  of  the  hospital  without 
having  their  feet  amputated.  Next  he  passed  the 
examination  and  entered  military  service  in  his  na- 
tive land.  After  one  year  he  was  promoted  to  a 
lieutenancy,  and  was  then  given  work  in  the  hy- 
drographic  office  in  Berlin,  for  the  duties  of  which 
his  long  experience  on  the  ocean  admirably  quali- 
fied him.  Through  influence,  he  received  per- 
mission to  attend  lectures  in  the  University  of 
Berlin,  where  he  gained  a  thorough  education  in 
geology,  mineralogy,  engineering,  etc.,  gradu- 
ating in  1859. 

Shortly  after  this  we  find  Mr.  Wulsten  en  route 
to  Santiago  and  Havana  as  first  mate  of  a  ship. 
For  throwing  a  Spaniard  overboard  whom  he 
caught  stealing  on  the  ship  he  was  cast  into 
Morro  Castle  and  spent  one  night  in  an  under- 
ground dungeon  there,  but  through  the  influence 
of  the  Prussian  representative  he  was  released 
the  following  morning,  and  eventually  he  se- 
cured damages  amounting  to  $4,000.  After  his 
return  to  Germany  he  married  and  then  went  to 
New  York  City,  where  he  taught  school  for  a 
time.  Later  he  was  in  Indiana  and  then  in 
Chicago,  where  he  worked  on  the  Evening  Jouma.1 
and  the  Staats  Zeitung.  In  1869  he  made  a  trip 
to  Colorado.  He  returned  to  Chicago,  formed  a 
colony  for  emigration, and  in  March,  1870,  settled 
in  the  Wet  Mountain  Valley,  with  one  hundred 
families.  He  surveyed  the  valley  and  each 
family  entered  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres. 
Since  then  his  attention  has  been  mainly  devoted 
to  mining  and  he  has  made  some  remarkably 
good  finds.  The  most  of  his  time  is  given  to 
prospecting,  assaying  and  making  a  chemical 
analysis  of  the  different  propositions  here,  and  no 
one  is  better  posted  than  he  regarding  the 
minerals  of  the  county. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Wulsten  died  in  Denver. 
Of  their  children  three  are  living,  namely:  Mary, 
Mrs.  William  J.  Conner,  of  Baker  City,  Ore.; 
William,  who  is  in  California;  and  Caroline,  wife 
of  Walter  Scott,  of  Aspen,  Colo.  Once,  when 
going  from  Colorado  to  Chicago,  Mr.  Wulsten 
was  taken  seriously  ill,  and  it  was  thought  there 
was  no  hope  of  his  recovery.  He  was  taken  off 


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the  cars  at  West  Liberty,  Iowa,  where  he  was 
nursed  back  to  health.  He  afterward  married 
the  lady  who  was  his  nurse  there,  and  who  was 
the  widow  of  Vincent  Keith,  of  West  Liberty. 


E.  MULLOY,  who  is  a  well-known  archi- 
tect, contractor  and  builder,  has  engaged  in 
business  in  Manitou  since  1887,  and  has 
built  up  an  enviable  reputation  for  skill,  reliability 
and  efficiency.  Among  his  contracts  were  those 
for  the  Bank  block,  Wheeler's  greenhouse  and 
bowling  alley,  the  Winegar  block,  the  addition 
to  the  Barker  house,  in  Manitou;  the  pavilion 
and  dancing  hall  at  the  iron  springs,  the  Catho- 
lic Church  in  Colorado  City,  the  Wheeler  resi- 
dence on  North  Cascade  avenue,  Colorado  Springs; 
the  residences  of  W.  L.  Cook,  E.  R.  Clark,  W.  S. 
Boynton  and  Frank  Heron,  all  in  Colorado 
Springs;  Montcalme  Sanitarium  and  many  resi- 
dences in  Manitou.  Since  1887  he  has  had  the 
contracts  for  all  of  Mr.  Wheeler's  work,  which  has 
amounted  to  almost  $100,000.  He  built  for  him- 
self a  residence  in  Colorado  Springs,  but  later 
sold  it.  He  also  built  in  Manitou  the  Portland 
hotel,  which  he  still  owns;  six  residences  on 
Ruxton  avenue,  five  of  which  he  still  owns;  the 
Shannon  Place,  near  the  iron  springs;  and  other 
buildings  in  different  locations.  For  his  con- 
venience in  filling  contracts,  he  carries  a  small 
stock  of  lumber  and  builders'  supplies. 

Born  in  Fort  Fairfield,  Aroostook  County,  Me., 
October  14,  1856,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a 
son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (O' Donald)  Mulloy, 
natives  respectively  of  Counties  Wexford  and 
Mayo,  Ireland.  His  father,  who  was  an  agri- 
culturist and  one  of  the  selectmen  of  his  town, 
died  at  Fort  Fairfield  in  1895,  when  seventy 
years  of  age.  His  widow  and  her  younger  son, 
John,  still  remain  at  the  old  homestead.  The 
only  other  survivor  of  the  eight  children  origi- 
nally comprising  the  family  is  the  subject  of  this 
article.  He  graduated  from  the  high  school  at 
Fort  Fairfield,  after  which  he  commenced  to  learn 
the  carpenter's  trade.  At  the  age  of  twenty -one 
he  became  interested  in  drafting  and  general 
architect's  work.  He  continued  steadily  at  his 
chosen  occupation  until  failing  health  obliged  him 
to  make  a  change  of  location.  In  November  of 
1883  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Manitou, 
where,  in  the  spring  of  the  following  year,  he  be- 
gan to  work  at  his  trade.  In  1887  he  com- 
menced contracting  for  himself,  and  since  then  he 
has  established  a  reputation  in  his  vocation. 


When  not  filling  contracts  for  others,  he  engaged 
in  building  houses  for  himself  and  these  he  placed 
on  sale.  In  this  way  he  became  the  owner  of 
valuable  interests  here. 

In  September,  1886,  in  Manitou,  Mr.  Mulloy 
married  Miss  Annie  Hussung,  who  was  born  in 
Germany  and  removed  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  at 
eighteen  years  of  age,  later  coming  to  Manitou. 
She  has  a  brother,  J.  M.  Hussung,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  real-estate,  building  and  lumber 
business  in  Colorado  Springs.  The  children 
born  of  her  marriage  are  named  respectively: 
Mary,  Rose,  Edward  and  Hilda.  The  family 
hold  membership  in  the  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

In  politics  Mr.  Mulloy  is  a  silver  Republican. 
For  one  term  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  city 
council,  but  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  refused 
renomination.  During  the  existence  of  the  board 
of  trade  here  he  was  one  of  its  members,  prior  to 
which  he  held  membership  in  the  Colorado 
Springs  board  of  trade.  At  one  time  he  was 
active  in  the  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  assisted 
in  the  organization  of  the  J.  B.  Wheeler  Hose 
Company,  of  which  he  is  an  active  member. 


0EORGE   L.    CORN  WELL,  of  the  firm   of 

bCornwell  &  Brown,  is  a  well-known  busi- 
ness man  of  Flagler,  a  railroad  town  of  Kit 
Carson  County,  situated  fifty-five  miles  west  of 
the  Kansas  state  line.  His  property  interests  in- 
clude his  partnership  in  the  hardware  business 
and  his  neat  residence  (the  finest  in  the  village), 
also  his  ranch,  upon  which  he  has  hundreds  of 
heads  of  cattle. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Corn  well  occurred  in  1843  in 
Charlestowu,  Sullivan  County,  N.  H.  He  was  one 
of  a  family  of  four,  of  whom  Richard  is  engaged 
in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  in  Massachusetts; 
Julius  makes  his  home  in  Concord,  N.  H.;  and 
Addie  died  at  seventeen  years  of  age.  His  father, 
Dennis  Cornwell,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire 
and  engaged  in  farming  there  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1855,  when  he  was  forty-three 
years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Lucetta  Bainey,  was  born  in  Connecti- 
cut, and  was  a  daughter  of  Col.  Richard  Bainey, 
colonel  of  militia  in  the  war  of  1812. 

In  district  schools  and  in  a  high  school  in  Con- 
necticut, our  subject  obtained  a  fair  education. 
His  father  dying  when  he  was  a  boy  of  twelve,  he 
early  began  to  support  himself,  and  followed  va- 
rious occupations,  working  at  any  honest  employ- 
ment he  could  secure.  For  three  years  he  en- 


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gaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Detroit, 
Mich.  In  1865  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  after- 
ward traveled  through  all  the  mountain  region, 
prospecting  for  gold.  He  spent  considerable 
time  at  Blackhawk  as  a  prospector.  Afterward 
he  carried  on  a  mercantile  store  at  Georgetown, 
Leadville  and  Boulder  successively.  For  two 
years  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Hugo, 
Lincoln  County.  From  there  he  came  to  Flag- 
ler,  Kit  Carson  (then  Elbert)  County,  in  1889, 
and  has  since  engaged  in  the  stock  business  and 
in  conducting  a  hardware  store. 

In  common  with  other  intelligent  citizens,  Mr. 
Cornwell  maintains  a  warm  interest  in  public 
affairs,  keeping  posted  concerning  national  issues, 
as  well  as  local  politics.  He  gives  his  vote  to 
candidates  of  the  Republican  party.  Educational 
matters  have  always  been  given  his  support,  for 
he  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  value  of  the  public 
schools.  In  religion  he  is  connected  with  the 
Congregational  Church.  His  marriage  took 
place  in  1895  and  united  him  with  Emma  Bur- 
guist,  an  estimable  lady,  and  a  native  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 

PTRIC  PETERSON.  Few  men  have  lived 
j^  more  quietly  than  Mr.  Peterson,  yet  few 
I  have  exerted  a  greater  influence  than  Mr. 
Peterson  among  those  with  whom  he  has  been 
associated.  He  came  to  Kit  Carson  in  1883  and 
opened  a  general  store,  etc.  A  man  whose  deal- 
ings may  be  relied  upon  in  every  respect,  he  be- 
came known  as  an  honorable,  trustworthy  mer- 
chant and  a  reliable  business  man.  At  this  writ- 
ing he  is  making  his  home  at  Mr.  Hinkley's. 

In  the  northern  part  of  Sweden  Mr.  Peterson 
was  born  in  1847.  His  father,  Peter,  who  was  a 
farmer  in  the  same  place,  was  a  man  who  had 
many  friends  in  his  community,  and  especially  in 
the  Lutheran  Church,  to  which  he  belonged.  He 
was  born  in  1810  and  died  in  1890,  while  his 
wife,  who  was  a  native  of  the  same  locality,  died 
there  in  1883.  They  were  the  parents  of  four 
sons  and  one  daughter,  the  latter  of  whom  re- 
mains at  the  old  home  place.  Peter  is  a  farmer 
and  owner  of  a  flour  mill  in  Sweden;  Ole  is  en- 
gaged in  the  furniture  business  in  Illinois;  and 
John,  also  a  resident  of  Illinois,  is  engaged  in 
farming. 

Until  sixteen  years  of  age  our  subject  attended 
the  local  schools.  When  he  was  twenty-one  he 
crossed  the  ocean  to  America  and  settled  in  Illi- 
nois, but  three  years  later,  in  1872,  he  came  to 


Colorado,  settling  in  Denver,  and  securing  em- 
ployment in  that  city.  After  eleven  years  in 
Denver  he  came  to  Cheyenne  County,  and  settled 
on  the  ranch  where  he  has  since  engaged  in 
stock-raising  and  general  agricultural  pursuits. 
Politically  he  is  a  Republican,  and  at  elections 
he  has  often  been  called  upon  to  serve  as  judge  of 
elections  and  in  other  local  positions.  He  is  a 
widower,  having  lost  his  wife  by  death  some 
years  ago.  She  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Sarah 
Peterson  and  became  his  wife  in  1872. 


(JOHN  H.  FOX,  treasurer  of  Las  Animas 
I  County,  and  a  resident  of  Trinidad  since  boy- 
Q)  hood,  was  born  in  Paris,  Ky.,  October  31, 
1862.  He  was  a  boy  of  twelve  years  when  his 
parents  came  to  Colorado,  settling  nearWalsen- 
burg,  but  three  years  later  coming  to  Trinidad 
then  a  small  village.  His  education  was  such  as 
the  common  schools  afforded,  but  he  added  to  it 
by  habits  of  close  observation  and  careful  study, 
and  is  now  a  well-informed  man,  not  only  regard- 
ing local  matters  or  state  history,  but  in  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  our  national  welfare  and  prog- 
ress as  a  people. 

From  youth  Mr.  Fox  displayed  a  taste  for  busi- 
ness. For  several  years  he  was  employed  in  the 
office  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Com- 
pany at  El  Moro.  With  that  exception  he  has 
continued  to  make  Trinidad  his  home  since  he 
was  fifteen  years  of  age,  much  of  the  time  serv- 
ing in  clerical  positions  in  this  city.  He  can 
scarcely  recall  the  time  when  his  interest  in  poli- 
tics began,  for  it  seems  a  part  of  his  nature. 
By  birth,  descent  and  education,  he  possesses 
Democratic  views,  and  the  close  study  he  has 
made  of  politics  since  reaching  manhood  confirms 
him  in  the  opinions  he  formed  in  childhood.  The 
party,  to  whose  interests  he  has  ever  shown  true 
devotion,  has  recognized  his  fitness  for  official 
trusts  and  honors.  In  1887,  during  the  Cleveland 
administration,  he  received  the  appointment  of 
postmaster,  and  continued  to  hold  the  office  until 
1892,  when  his  term  expired. 

For  his  present  office  of  county  treasurer, 
former  experience  in  handling  large  sums  of 
money  and  keeping  careful  accounts  has  fitted 
Mr.  Fox.  After  having  served  as  city  treasurer 
for  one  term,  he  was  re-elected  and  continued  in 
the  office  during  1893  and  1894;  and  at  the  same 
time  he  was  employed  as  teller  of  the  Trinidad 
National  Bank.  In  the  fall  of  1895  he  was  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  county  treasurer,  but 


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was  defeated  by  twenty-four  votes.  Two  years 
later  he  was  more  successful  in  his  candidacy  and 
was  elected  by  a  plurality  of  eleven  hundred  and 
twenty -five.  Instate,  as  well  as  local,  politics  he 
has  taken  active  part  and  wielded  an  influence. 
He  attends  all  of  the  state  conventions  of  his 
party,  and  in  1892  was  made  the  Democratic  can- 
didate for  state  auditor.  At  the  beginning  of  his 
term  of  office  in  1899  Gov.  Charles  S.  Thomas 
appointed  Mr.  Fox  to  the  position  of  aide-de- 
camp on  his  staff,  with  the  rank  of  colonel. 

In  his  fraternal  connections,  Mr.  Fox  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Apache  tribe,  No.  28,  I.  O.  R.  M.;  and  is 
also  identified  with  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen. 


j  RS.  LOIS  JONES  SHEPHERD.  One  of 
the  most  noticeable  features  of  Colorado 
life  is  the  prominence  given  to  women  in 
public  positions,  especially  in  offices  connected, 
directly  or  indirectly,  with  the  education  of  the 
young.  Among  those  who  have  been  honored 
by  election  as  county  superintendent  of  schools 
is  Mrs.  Shepherd,  who  in  the  fall  of  1897  was 
chosen  to  serve  at  the  head  of  the  schools  of  Pu- 
eblo County.  For  this  work  she  is  fitted  by 
study,  knowledge  and  experience,  and  since  she 
assumed  official  duties,  January  n,  1898,  she 
has  established  a  reputation  for  fidelity  to  her 
trust.  The  county  has  fifty-six  schools,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  Pueblo  city  schools,  and  over  these 
she  exercises  a  general  supervision,  forwarding 
their  interests  and  promoting  the  welfare  of  the 
pupils. 

Mrs.  Shepherd  was  born  in  the  little  village  of 
Milton,  five  miles  from  Frankfort,  Ky.,  and  is  a 
daughter  of  R.  H.  and  Mary  J.  (Wardlaw) 
Jones.  Her  father,  who  was  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky and  a  member  of  an  old  southern  family, 
was  a  son  of  Mary  Holmes  Morrison,  whose  an- 
cestors came  to  this  country  in  the  "Mayflower." 
For  some  years  he  was  a  merchant  in  Kentucky, 
but  afterward  engaged  in  the  grain  and  pro- 
duce business  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he 
was  a  prominent  man  and  for  over  thirty 
years  a  member  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange. 
Mrs.  Shepherd  was  a  child  often  years  when  the 
family  removed  to  St.  Louis.  She  was  educated 
in  public  schools  and  a  normal  school  under  Will- 
iam T.  Harris,  who  is  now  United  States  com- 
missioner of  education.  Graduating  at  nineteen 
years  of  age,  she  afterward  taught  for  six  years 


in  the  Stoddard  public  school,  of  St.  Louis,  the 
superintendent  of  schools  at  that  time  being  Mr. 
Harris,  who  has  continued  to  be  a  warm  friend  of 
Mrs.  Shepherd. 

After  teaching  for  six  years  Miss  Jones  became 
the  wife  of  William  Shepherd,  a  native  of  Ohio 
and  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Shepherd  &  Ginoc- 
chio,  wholesale  produce,  fruit  and  commission 
merchants  of  St.  Louis.  In  May,  1881,  Mr. 
Shepherd  sold  out  his  interest  in  St.  Louis  and, 
hoping  the  change  might  benefit  his  health,  came 
to  Colorado.  He  opened  a  wholesale  fruit  store 
in  Pueblo,  and  made  a  specialty  of  furnishing 
fruits  to  the  forts  in  the  west.  Here,  as  in  St. 
Louis,  he  was  a  prominent  business  man.  He 
took  an  active  part  in  the  Christian  Church  and 
was  a  deacon  and  treasurer  for  seven  years.  His 
death,  which  occurred  April  14,  1888,  was  a  loss 
to  his  family,  his  church  and  the  entire  com- 
munity. He  left  three  children:  Ernest  T., 
Robert  Gladstone  and  Queen  Lois,  all  of  whom 
are  students  in  the  Pueblo  schools. 

After  teaching  for  one  year,  Mrs.  Shepherd 
was  engaged  as  principal  of  the  Irving  school,  in 
Pueblo,  and  continued  there  for  eight  years. 
While  still  employed  in  that  capacity,  she  was 
nominated  for  county  superintendent  of  schools 
on  the  Republican  ticket.  She  made  no  effort  to 
secure  the  office,  but  continued  her  school  work 
as  usual.  However,  she  won  the  victory,  by 
over  a  thousand  majority,  and  early  in  1898  en- 
tered upon  her  official  duties.  She  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leading  educators  of  the  state  and  is 
thoroughly  devoted  to  her  chosen  work.  A  year 
after  she  assumed  the  duties  of  her  office,  she 
was  highly  complimented,  by  leading  opposition 
papers,  on  her  success  as  an  official.  Much  of 
her  success  is  due  to  her  private  study  under 
William  T.  Harris,  when  he  was  superintendent 
of  the  St.  Louis  schools,  and  to  his  assistance  and 
interest  she  feels  that  she  is  immeasurably  in- 
debted. She  is  a  lady  of  sincere  Christian  char- 
acter and  has  many  friends,  in  educational,  re- 
ligious and  social  circles  in  this  city. 


(TAMES  R.  KILLIAN,  attorney-at-law,  of 
!  Walsenburg,  is  a  member  of  an  old  southern 
Q)  family  that  has  long  resided  in  the  United 
States.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Losson  A. 
Killian,  was  born  in  Georgia  and  for  years  oper- 
ated extensively  in  the  gold  mines  near  Dahl- 
onega,  that  state,  but  in  1883  removed  to  Colo- 
rado and  is  now  living,  retired,  at  Monrovia, 


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Cal.,  at  the  age  of  ninety  years.  The  maternal 
grandfather  of  our  subject  was  Rev.  George  R. 
Edwards,  a  leading  minister  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  South,  in  Georgia,  and  also  for 
some  years  proprietor  of  a  mercantile  store  in  that 
state.  At  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted 
as  chaplain  of  a  Georgia  regiment,  but  died, 
while  in  the  service,  at  sixty-one  years  of  age. 

James  A.  Killian,  our  subject's  father,  was  born 
and  reared  in  Georgia,  where  in  early  life  he  en- 
gaged in  teaching,  becoming  well  known  in  edu- 
cational circles.  During  the  war  he  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Thirty-sixth  Georgia  Infantry,  which  was 
assigned  to  the  western  department,  and  with  his 
regiment  he  took  part  in  the  memorable  siege  of 
Vicksburg,  as  well  as  many  other  engagements 
during  his  four  years  of  service.  Afterward  he 
removed  to  Texas.  Now,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
three  years,  he  is  enjoying  a  well-merited  rest 
from  his  labors,  and  is  living  retired  at  Monrovia, 
Cal.  By  his  marriage  to  Mary  F.  Edwards, 
of  Georgia,  he  had  five  children,  namely:  Sarah, 
wife  of  J.  J.  Parris,  of  Lockhart,  Tex.;  Lutie, 
who  married  John  Motheral,  of  Willowvale,  I.  T. ; 
James  R. ;  Elizabeth,  Mrs.  Eugene  Gillis,  of 
Smithville,  Tex.;  and  Laura  Olive,  wife  of  Bruce 
Motheral,  of  San  Marcos,  Tex.  The  mother  of 
these  children  died  when  thirty-seven  years  of 
age. 

In  Pickens  County,  Ga.,  May  28,  1867,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born,  and  in  the  same 
locality  he  passed  the  years  of  youth.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  accompanied  his  father  and  the 
other  members  of  the  family  to  Texas,  where  he 
attended  the  Coronal  Institute,  and  later  taught 
for  three  years,  being  principal  of  the  Long 
Branch  public  school.  In  1891  he  entered  the 
Texas  State  University,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1893  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  In  the  fall  of 
the  same  year  he  located  in  Walsenburg,  Colo., 
where  he  has  since  built  up  a  valuable  practice. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Texas  and  passed 
the  examination  for  admission  to  the  supreme 
court  bar  in  1892,  before  the  completion  of  his 
college  course;  and,  after  coming  to  Colorado,  he 
was  admitted  to  practice  before  all  the  courts  of 
this  state.  For  two  years  he  gave  much  of  his 
time  to  the  rejudication  of  the  water  rights  for 
water  district  No.  16.  Both  as  city  attorney  of 
Walsenburg  and  county  attorney  of  Huerfano 
County,  he  has  rendered  service  that  proves  his 
ability  as  a  lawyer  and  his  energy  as  a  man.  In 
all  matters  relating  to  his  profession  he  main- 


tains a  deep  interest,  and  his  opinion  upon  im- 
portant questions  is  formed  only  after  thoughful, 
careful  consideration  of  the  subject  from  all  sides, 
and  is  therefore  valuable  and  bears  weight  with 
others.  The  Democratic  party  receives  his  sup- 
port, and  he  has  acted  as  chairman  of  the  county 
central  committee. 

Mr.  Killian  is  a  member  of  the  Greek  letter 
Kappa  Sigma  fraternity  in  the  University  of 
Texas,  and  was  one  of  its  official  board  while  in 
college.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  connected 
with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  For  two  years 
he  was  worshipful  master  of  Huerfano  Lodge  No. 
27,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  he  is  also  identified  with 
Chapter  No.  27,  R.  A.  M. ,  Oriental  Command- 
ery  No.  18,  K.  T.,  and  is  grand  orator  of  the 
grand  lodge  of  the  state  of  Colorado.  In  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South  he  is  serving 
as  a  trustee,  steward  and  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday-school.  As  a  repiesentative  of  the  Denver 
conference  of  his  denomination,  he  attended  the 
quadrennial  conference  of  the  national  organiza- 
tion, held  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  in  May,  1898. 

November  3,  1897,  Mr.  Killian  married  Miss 
Ada  Werner,  a  native  of  Indiana.  In  early 
childhood  she  accompanied  her  father,  John 
Werner,  to  Kansas,  where  she  passed  the  years  of 
girlhood,  devoting  considerable  attention  to 
artistic  work.  She  is  an  active  worker  in  the 
Sunday-school,  and  an  official  member  of  the 
Walsenburg  Ladies'  Saturday  Club,  which  she 
represented  in  the  annual  meeting  at  Greeley, 
this  state,  in  1898.  Since  coming  to  Colorado, 
she  has  been  especially  interested  in  literary  work 
and  painting,  in  both  of  which  lines  she  has 
gained  an  enviable  reputation  for  skill  and 
efficiency. 

(TAMES  B.  CHAPMAN,  county  commissioner 
I  of  Conejos  County,  residing  at  Manassa, 
(*/  was  born  in  Boone  County,  Mo.,  November 
15,  1856.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas  Chapman,  who 
came  from  Yorkshire,  England,  at  the  age  of 
fifteen,  and  landed  in  New  Orleans,  proceeding 
from  there  to  Memphis,  Teun.,  and  thence  to 
Louisville,  Ky.  In  1839  he  settled  in  Boone 
County,  Mo. ,  where  he  opened  a  wagon  and  car- 
riage factory,  and  soon  became  a  man  of  promi- 
nence. For  several  years  he  served  as  mayor  of 
Rocheport  and  also  held  the  office  of  magistrate. 
In  religion  he  was  a  faithful  member  of  the 
Christian  Church.  His  death  occurred  in  Roche- 
port  when  he  was  seventy  years  of  age. 


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The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject  were  spent  in 
Missouri,  where  he  was  educated  in  public  schools. 
Upon  leaving  home  he  went  to  Dodge  City,  Kan. , 
where  he  engaged  in  the  milling  business.  In 
1888  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  settled  at  Man- 
assa,  Conejos  County,  where  he  carried  on  a  flour 
and  grain  business  for  eight  years,  building  up  a 
large  trade  in  his  vicinity.  He  has  always  be- 
lieved in  the  policy  of  the  Democratic  party  and 
has  supported  its  principles.  For  two  terms  he 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Manassa  town  council. 
In  1893  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of 
county  commissioners  and  in  1897  was  re-elected 
to  the  office,  which  he  has  filled  with  great  credit 
to  himself  and  very  satisfactorily  to  the  people. 
In  1898  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  state  convention 
of  his  party  held  at  Colorado  Springs. 

July  8,  1885,  Mr.  Chapman  married  Sarah  E. 
Alexander,  of  Chatopa,  Kan. ,  and  they  have 
three  sons:  James  D. ,  Archie  T.  and  George  G. 
Mr.  Chapman  is  interested,  as  a  stockholder,  in 
the  Manassa  Water  Company.  The  property 
which  he  is  accumulating  shows  his  determina- 
tion and  unflagging  industry.  While  he  has  had 
diverse  experiences  and  many  obstacles,  unde- 
terred by  hardships,  he  has  worked  steadily  on- 
ward, assisted  by  his  capable  wife,  and  is  now  in 
independent  circumstances. 


HON.  ANTONIO  D.  ARCHULETA,  ex- 
senator  from  Conejos  and  Archuleta  Coun- 
ties, was  born  in  Taos,  N.  M.,  in  1855,'  a  son 
of  Jose  Manuel  Archuleta,  who  settled  in  Cone- 
jos County  in  1855  and  is  still  living  there. 
The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject  were  passed  in 
Conejos  County,  where  he  remained  until  1887. 
He  then  moved  to  Archuleta  County  and  em- 
barked in  farming  and  stock-raising,  becoming 
in  time  one  of  the  most  extensive  agriculturists 
of  the  county.  On  his  ranch  are  from  one  to  two 
hundred  head  of  fine  cattle.  As  a  stock- raiser  he 
has  been  unusually  successful,  and  through  his 
energy  and  business  ability  has  become  well- 
to-do. 

A  stanch  Republican,  Mr.  Archuleta  is  a 
friend  and  supporter  of  the  McKinley  administra- 
tion and  is  one  of  the  local  leaders  of  his  party.  In 
1886  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  first  house 
of  legislature  of  the  newly  admitted  state  and  by 
re-election  he  served  for  two  terms  as  the  repre- 
sentative of  Conejos  and  Costilla  Counties.  In 
1883  he  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  from 
Conejos  County  and  served  for  four  years.  Dur- 


ing the  second  year  of  his  service  he  introduced 
the  bill  providing  for  the  separation  of  Archu- 
leta from  Conejos  County;  it  was  his  intention  to 
name  the  new  county  Pagosa,  but  his  friends  in 
the  senate  objected,  and  urged  the  adoption  of 
Archuleta  as  the  county  name. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Archuleta  is  a  member  of 
Pagosa  Camp  No.  412,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
In  1877  he  married  Louriana  Gallegoz,  by  whom 
he  has  one  son,  Daniel  Ross. 


P"  REDBRICK  O.  ROOF,  cashier  of  the  Wal- 
rd  senburg  Banking  Company,  is  one  of  the 
I  prominent  men  of  southern  Colorado,  and 
has  many  friends,  not  only  in  the  town  where  he 
resides,  but  in  other  localities  as  well.  He  is  a 
leading  Republican  of  Walsenburg,  and  has  taken 
an  active  part  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  wel- 
fare and  progress  of  his  town  and  county.  For 
seven  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
aldermen  and  also  acted  as  city  clerk.  For  years 
he  has  served  efficiently  as  clerk  of  the  district 
court  of  Huerfano  County.  In  1890  he  was 
elected  county  clerk  and  afterward  was  twice  re- 
elected,  serving  until  January,  1896,  when  he 
retired  to  accept  the  appointment  as  cashier  of 
the  Walsenburg  Banking  Company.  His  name 
has  been  frequently  mentioned,  here  and  else- 
where, as  candidate  for  state  offices,  particularly 
that  of  state  treasurer,  and  without  doubt  his  fit- 
ness for  public  service  will  receive  recognition  of 
this  nature  before  many  years  have  passed  away. 

A  descendant  of  a  pioneer  family  of  West- 
chester  County,  N.  Y. ,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  in  1860,  a  son  of 
Stephen  and  Emeline  Roof,  both  of  New  York 
City.  His  early  life  was  spent  in  Crawford 
County,  Pa.,  his  father  being  one  of  the  first 
producers  of  oil  in  that  region.  He  graduated 
from  the  Titusville  high  school,  after  which  he 
learned  telegraphy,  and  operated  for  the  oil  com- 
panies throughout  western  Pennsylvania.  In 
1883  he  went  to  North  Dakota,  where  he  acted  as 
agent  for  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  one  year. 
In  1884  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  for  three  years 
was  employed  as  operator  and  agent  for  the  Den- 
ver &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company  in  Pueblo, 
thence  going  to  Cucharas.  While  in  the  latter 
town  he  was  elected  clerk  of  the  district  court  of 
Huerfano  County. 

Besides  his  other  interests,  Mr.  Roof  is  man- 
ager of  the  Walsenburg  Electric  Power  Com- 
pany, in  the  organization  of  which  in  1888  he 


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took  a  leading  part.  He  is  also  interested  in  the 
real-estate  business  in  the  city,  having  built  some 
business  blocks  here,  and  has  invested  in  cattle 
and  sheep,  which  he  raises  and  sells.  In  fra- 
ternal relations  he  is  connected  with  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World,  and  is  also  a  Mason,  belonging 
to  Huerfano  Lodge  No.  27,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
Chapter  No.  27,  R.  A.  M.  In  1892  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Inez  V.  Townsend,  by  whom  he 
has  two  daughters,  Estella  and  Freda. 


'HOMAS  ORD,  a  successful  business  man 
residing  in  Colorado  Springs,  is  of  Scotch 
and  German  parentage,  and  inherits  the 
sturdy  integrity  of  the  one  nation,  combined 
with  the  thrifty  and  progressive  spirit  of  the  other 
race.  His  father,  Francis  Ord,  was  born  in 
Edinburgh  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  came  to 
the  United  States,  settling  in  what  is  now  West 
Blue  Mound,  Iowa  County,  Wis.,  where  he  im- 
proved a  large  grain  and  stock  farm  and  also  en- 
gaged in  lead  mining.  Following  the  example 
of  his  forefathers,  he  adhered  to  the  doctrines  of 
the  Presbyterian  denomination.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  His  death  occurred  in  1864, 
when  he  was  fifty-four  years  of  age.  The  lady 
whom  he  married  was  Susan  Ranestein,  who  was 
bom,  of  German  descent,  in  Lancaster  County, 
Pa. ,  and  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Lutheran 
Church.  She  died  in  1861,  at  thirty-nine  years 
of  age,  when  her  son,  Thomas,  was  a  boy  of  five 
years.  Her  other  children  are:  Mrs.  Jane  Miller, 
of  Oregon;  Mrs.  Lydia'  E.  Kenny;  Belle  and 
William,  of  Colorado  Springs. 

Ill  Iowa  County,  Wis.,  Thomas  Ord  was  born, 
August  12,  1856.  After  his  father's  death  the 
family  became  scattered  and  he  was  put  out  to 
work  on  a  farm,  with  the  privilege  of  attending 
school  in  the  winter.  The  estate  was  settled  by 
John  Adams,  father  of  Alva  Adams,  ex-governor 
of  Colorado,  and  the  guardian  of  our  subject. 
Afterward  Mr.  Ord  went  to  Iowa,  where  he 
worked  on  a  farm.  Later  he  was  employed  in 
lumbering  and  rafting  on  Apple  River  in  Wis- 
consin, and  while  there  had  many  exciting  ex- 
periences. In  the  spring  of  1876  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  engaged  in  mining  and  in  lumber- 
ing on  the  divide.  In  1880  he  commenced  con- 
tracting on  a  small  scale,  but  gradually  increased 
in  the  amount  of  business-  transacted.  Among 
his  contracts  were'  some  for  the  Midland,  Santa 
Fe  and  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroads  and  a 
power  plant  for  the  Colorado  City  Electric  short 


line.  He  built  two  of  the  highest  reservoirs  in 
the  world,  both  of  these  being  on  Pike's  Peak. 

In  addition  to  contracting,  since  1886  Mr.  Ord 
has  engaged  in  the  stock  business.  He  owns 
sixteen  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  all  fenced,  eight 
miles  northeast  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  gives 
considerable  attention  to  the  management  of  this 
place.  He  is  the  owner  of  considerable  real  es- 
tate in  Colorado  Springs.  Two  quarries,  one  at 
Colorado  City,  the  other  at  Manitou,  were  opened 
by  him,  and  are  now  operated  under  his  super- 
vision. Some  of  the  finest  buildings  in  this  city 
and  other  Colorado  towns  have  been  built  of  stone 
from  the  Manitou  green  stone  quarries  or  the 
Old  Town  sandstone.  His  mining  interests  in 
Cripple  Creek  are  important  and  of  increasing 
value.  As  road  overseer  he  has  been  instru- 
mental in  advancing  the  interests  of  the  roads  of 
El  Paso  County,  and  in  other  ways  he  has  proved 
himself  to  be  a  progressive  citizen,  with  an  active 
interest  in  local  matters. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Ord,  in  Dubuque,  Iowa, 
united  him  with  Miss  Hattie  Swope,  who  was 
born  in  that  city.  She  is  a  sister  of  Charles  H. 
Swope,  in  whose  sketch  the  family  history  ap- 
pears. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ord  are  the  parents  of  three 
children:  Belle,  May  and  Carl.  In  religion  the 
family  are  identified  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church. 

RICHARD  CLOUGH,  who  is  a  well-known 
railroad  contractor  and  mining  broker  of 
Colorado  Springs  and  whose  residence  in 
Colorado  dates  from  1879,  is  a  member  of  an  old 
English  family.  His  father,  Robert  B.  Clough, 
was  for  a  time  engaged  in  manufacturing,  but 
later  carried  on  a  wool  business,  and  held  a 
prominent  place  among  the  business  men  of 
Yorkshire,  as  well  as  taking  an  active  part  in 
local  political  affairs.  His  death  occurred  when 
he  was  fifty-one  years  of  age.  He  was  a  son  of 
Rev.  Robert  Clough,  a  minister  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Matilda  Blakey, 
who  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  daughter  of  John 
Blakey,  a  shoe  merchant  there.  She  had  a 
brother,  John  Blakey,  who  was  a  rich  flour 
merchant,  and  a  cousin,  John  Blakey,  who  be- 
came a  wealthy  manufacturer  of  shoes.  Her 
death  occurred  in  Yorkshire,  of  which  her  family 
were  old  and  prominent  residents.  Of  her  ten 
children  all  but  two  attained  maturity  and  six 
are  now  living.  Three  of  the  number  are  in 


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England.  One  daughter,  Grace,  is  the  widow  of 
P.  J.  Keegan,  a  large  contractor;  she  lives  in 
Durango,  Colo.  A  son,  John  H.,  who  lived  in 
Australia  for  seventeen  years,  now  makes  his 
home  in  Colorado  Springs.  The  next  to  the 
oldest  of  the  family  is  Richard,  who  was  bora  in 
Bradford,  Yorkshire,  England,  August  12,  1847. 
He  attended  private  and  national  schools  in  York- 
shire. When  a  boy  he  learned  the  manufacture 
of  woolens,  going  through  the  work  of  each 
department  until  he  was  familiar  with  it  as  a 
whole. 

Coming  to  America  in  1874,  Mr.  Clough  settled 
in  New  Jersey,  and  for  nine  months  was  a  laborer 
employed  on  the  Delaware  &  Bound  Brook  road 
near  Trenton,  but  afterward,  for  eighteen  months, 
was  employed  as  manager  of  construction.  Then, 
going  to  Philadelphia,  he  engaged  in  general  con- 
tracting, and  had  contracts  on  the  various  roads 
leading  out  from  that  city,  besides  which  he  built 
a  number  of  residences.  In  1879  he  came  to 
Colorado,  where  he  began  railroad  building  at 
once.  His  first  contract  was  on  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad,  over  the  Conejos  range, 
between  Chama  and  Durango.  His  next  contract 
was  on  the  Silverton  branch  of  the  same  road. 
He  then  built  a  portion  of  the  Colorado-Midland, 
including  all  of  the  Midland  Terminal  from  the 
divide  to  Cripple  Creek,  this  being  the  only  broad 
gauge  road  that  leads  to  Cripple  Creek.  Before 
this  he  had  built  the  first  wagon  road  leading  to 
the  Cripple  Creek  camp  and  had  incorporated  the 
Hayden  Toll  Road  Company,  with  himself  as 
president  and  manager.  After  a  time  the  road 
was  sold  to  the  county  of  El  Paso.  In  the  Mid- 
land-Terminal route  of  thirty  miles  there  is  a 
tunnel  six  hundred  feet  in  length,  while  some  of 
the  other  work  on  the  road  is  as  heavy  as  any 
that  he  ever  contracted  for.  He  has  built  all  of 
the  sewers,  ditches  and  reservoirs  at  Colorado 
Springs,  and  the  flume  and  ditch  at  Aspen. 
Since  coming  to  this  state  he  has  been  interested 
in  mining,  principally  in  Cripple  Creek.  Some 
years  ago  he  formed  a  partnership  in  the  broker- 
age business  with  H.  L.  Fagen  &  Co.,  which  con- 
tinued until  the  spring  of  1898  and  was  then 
dissolved,  since  which  time  he  has  carried  on  the 
stock  brokerage  business  under  his  individual 
name.  In  1899  he  contracted  to  build  a  new 
railroad  from  La  Veta  to  Wagon  Creek,  Colo.,  a 
distance  of  about  twenty-seven  miles;  the  road 
will  be  double  tracked,  with  three  tunnels;  fifteen 
hundred  men  will  be  required  to  assist  in  the  com- 


pletion of  the  contract  in  six  or  seven  months. 
He  was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Colorado 
Springs  Mining  Stock  Association.  Besides  his 
railroad,  mining  and  brokerage  interests,  he  is 
engaged  to  some  extent  in  farming  and  stock- 
raising.  A  Republican  in  politics,  he  has  been 
active  on  committees  and  in  local  conventions  of 
his  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Elks 
and  the  Pike's  Peak  Club. 


(lESSE  H.  LEWIS,  county  judge  of  Mineral 
I  County,  was  born  in  Greenville,  Tenn.,  in 
G)  1843,  a  son  °f  Zadock  and  Ann  M.  (Smith) 
Lewis,  both  natives  of  Tennessee.  His  father  was 
a  wagon  and  carriage  maker  and  a  builder  of  flat 
boats  in  early  life,  but  after  removing  to  Iowa  he 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business;  he  died  in 
Kansas  in  1863.  When  our  subject  was  eight 
years  of  age  he  accompanied  his  parents  in  their 
removal  from  Tennessee.  He  assisted  his  father 
in  his  store  until  sixteen  years  of  age,  after 
which  he  engaged  in  teaching  school.  In  1861, 
while  a  student  in  a  school  at  Leesville,  Henry 
County,  Mo.,  he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate 
army,  and  for  eighteen  months  he  continued  in 
active'  service,  but  was  finally  captured  by 
Federal  soldiers.  On  being  released  he  joined 
his  regiment. 

After  the  war  ended  Mr.  Lewis  made  his  home 
in  Centropolis,  Kan.,  for  one  year.  Afterward 
he  remained  for  a  few  years  in  Franklin  County, 
of  which  he  was  elected  assessor  in  1868.  He 
next  went  to  Osage  County  and  took  up  a  tract 
of  land,  which  he  began  to  cultivate.  In  1869  he 
was  elected  register  of  deeds  of  that  county,  which 
position  he  filled  with  ability  and  efficiency.  His 
next  enterprise  was  in  connection  with  the  news- 
paper business,  his  partner  being  Judge  L.  D. 
Bailey, a  former  district  judge.  The  two  published 
the  Lyndon  Signal.  After  two  years  in  this  busi- 
ness, Mr.  Lewis  began  to  teach  school,  continuing 
in  that  occupation  for  two  years.  In  1875  he  came 
to  Colorado,  settling  at  Las  Animas,  and  thence 
going  to  Laveta,  finally  locating  at  Garland  City, 
then  the  terminus  of  the  railroad;  there  he  en- 
gaged in  the  lumber  business  and  furnished  most 
of  the  lumber  used  in  the  building  up  of  the  town. 
At  Alamosa  he  established  the  Alamosa  Senliiifl, 
which  in  1887  he  moved  to  Antonita,  and  there 
conducted  it  for  a  number  of  years.  In  1892  he 
brought  the  paper  to  Creede,  changing  its  title  to 
the  Creede  News,  and  for  two  years  published  the 


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paper  here,  after  which  he  leased  it  for  a  short 
time,  and  then  sold  it  to  Albert  L.  Moses,  the 
attorney. 

Besides  his  other  interests,  Mr.  Lewis  has  en- 
gaged in  mining  to  some  extent.  Under  Gover- 
nor Waite,  in  1894  and  1895,  he  held  an  official 
position  in  the  state  penitentiary  at  Canon 
City.  Politically  he  was  at  one  time  an  active 
Democrat,  but  of  recent  years  has  identified  him- 
self with  the  People's  party.  In  1897  he  was 
elected  judge  of  Mineral  County,  which  position 
he  now  fills.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of 
Alamosa  Lodge  No.  44,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
which  he  served  as  secretary  for  four  years. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Lewis  in  1865  united  him 
with  Mary  Doty,  of  Kansas.  In  his  family  there 
are  six  children  living.  Ida  is  the  wife  of 
Edward  E.  Putnam,  a  contractor  connected  with 
the  Commodore  mines  at  Creede;  George  M.  is 
a  railroad  engineer  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad;  Charles  E.  is  an  engineer  on  the  same 
road;  Myrtie  is  the  wife  of  A.  V.  Skinner,  a 
soldier  of  the  Spanish  war;  Wilber  and  Edward 
Earl  are -at  home. 


fi)CJlLLIAM  H.  MCCLURE  is,  with  one  ex- 
\  A  I  ception,  the  oldest  surviving  settler  of 
V  V  Canon  City.  Though  there  were  a  num- 
ber of  houses  in  the  village,  there  were  but  four 
people  living  here  when,  with  a  party  of  twenty 
families,  he  arrived  at  this  then  frontier  town. 
The  fortunes  of  the.place  were  at  a  very  low  ebb, 
and  there  was  little  to  indicate  the  prosperity  it 
would  in  future  years  enjoy.  He  has  witnessed 
the  growth  of  the  shanty  town,  semi-annually 
deserted,  into  a  fine  city  of  modern  business 
blocks  and  fine  residences,  twelve  of  which  he  has 
built  himself.  He  has  assisted  greatly  in  local 
development,  and  is  interested  in  every  enter- 
prise for  the  general  good.  Besides  being  en- 
gaged in  the  real-estate  and  insurance  business, 
he  is  treasurer  of  the  Canon  City  Building  and 
Loan  Association,  which  has  had  a  remarkably 
successful  history,  having  closed  out  two  series 
of  seventy- three  months  each;  and  the  committee 
who  examined  the  accounts  reported  not  even  a 
nickel  shortage,  while  it  has  never  been  necessary 
to  take  up  a  single  piece  of  real  estate. 

Mr.  McClure  descends  from  one  of  three 
brothers  who  came  to  this  country  in  an  early 
day  and  settled  in  New  York.  His  grandfather, 
William,  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was 
wounded  and  left  for  dead  on  the  battlefield,  but 
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recovered  sufficiently  to  be  conveyed  to  the 
hospital  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  where  he  later  died. 
Of  his  large  family,  David,  the  youngest,  was 
born  in  Tennessee,  and  at  an  early  age  accom- 
panied the  family  to  Kentucky,  where  he  fol- 
lowed farming.  By  his  marriage  to  Louvina 
Mayfield  he  had  five  children:  Mrs.  Arantha 
Carporon,  deceased;  William  H.;  J.  C.,  de- 
ceased; J.  E.,  of  Montrose,  Colo.;  and  Cyrus 
Logan,  deceased. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Pulaski 
County,  Ky.,  January  16,  1837.  When  a  boy 
he  attended  the  subscription  schools  three  months 
each  winter.  When  he  was  twelve  years  of  age 
his  parents  moved  to  Indiana,  but  soon  went  to 
Iowa,  settling  on  a  fine  piece  of  prairie  land  in 
Appanoose  County.  When  twenty-four  years 
old,  in  company  with  twenty-two  families,  he 
started  with  his  three  yoke  of  oxen  for  the 
Rockies.  After  some  three  months  he  landed  at 
Canon  City,  August  13,  1864.  Most  of  the  party 
were  members  of  the  Shoal  Creek  (Iowa)  Baptist 
Church,  and  they  became  the  founders  of  the  pres- 
ent organization  here.  Of  the  number  three  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  reconnoiter  thesurround- 
ing  country,  and  Mr.  McClure  was  -one  of  the 
three.  Not  at  all  pleased  with  the  outlook,  he 
returned,  loaded  up  the  flour  he  had  brought  with 
him,  and  purchasing  some  vegetables,  started  with 
his  load  for  Breckenridge,  where  he  disposed  of  his 
goods  at  a  fabulous  price.  On  his  return  he  passed 
the  salt  basin  in  South  Park  and  bought  one  thou- 
sand pounds  of  salt,  which  he  sold  to  the  people 
in  the  Arkansas  Valley  at  fifteen  cents  a  pound. 
He  then  went  to  Denver  and  purchased  some 
groceries,  which  he  sold,  and  then  returned  for 
more  goods.  So  brisk  was  business  that  he  was 
frequently  obliged  to  return  to  Denver  for  an- 
other load  the  very  day  after  his  arrival  with  one 
load.  Starting  with  his  brother,  their  combined 
capital  $325,  he  soon  had  a  stock  worth  from 
$15,000  to  $20,000.  In  those  days  profits  were 
large. 

In  March,  1865,  Mr.  McClure  learned  that 
there  was  a  Baptist  minister  at  Four  Mile.  The 
gentleman  proved  to  be  Rev.  M.  B.  Adams,  now 
living  at  South  Canon.  They  joined  forces  and 
at  once  organized  a  congregation,  which  now  has 
the  finest  church  in  the  city.  In  the  building  of 
the  first  house  of  worship  he  furnished  $900  of  the 
total  cost  of  $1200.  Continuing  his  mercantile 
business  for  twelve  years,  he  invested  largely  in 
real  estate  and  other  property,  until,  in  1876,  his 


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monthly  rentals  alone  brought  him  in  $650.  He 
also  built  a  house  that  was  at  the  time  the  finest 
residence  in  Fremont  County.  Early  in  the  '705 
he  sold  his  mercantile  business  to  his  brother, 
J.  C. ,  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  brokerage 
business.  By  contract  with  his  brother  J.  C.,  he 
built  the  Grape  Creek  toll  road,  but  before  it 
could  be  inspected  and  accepted,  it  was  completely 
demolished  by  a  flood,  and  this,  added  to  the 
panic  of  1876  and  1877,  swept  away  in  a  short 
time  the  accumulation  of  years.  He  went  to 
Fort  Worth  and  started  anew,  but  in  two  years 
returned  to  Canon  City  with  a  heavy  debt  rest- 
ing upon  him.  First  as  a  ticket  broker,  and 
later  as  a  real-estate  and  insurance  agent,  he  met 
with  success.  In  1887  J.  J.  Cone  bought  an  in- 
terest in  the  business,  and  they  gave  their  atten- 
tion more  especially  to  real  estate,  dropping  the 
ticket  business.  To  show  the  resources  of  the 
firm,  it  may  be  stated  that  during  the  panic  of 
1893  and  afterward  they  carried  two  thousand 
acres  of  land  here,  besides  having  $33,000  in- 
vested in  Salt  Lake  realty.  In  connection  with 
S.  H.  Atwater,  in  1896-97,  they  ploughed  and 
fenced  six  hundred  acres,  built  thirty-six  houses 
and  constructed  twelve  miles  of  irrigating  ditch 
and  seven  large  storage  reservoirs.  Since  the 
completion  of  the  ditch  they  have  sold  over 
$70,000  worth  of  their  own  land.  The  property 
to  which  they  are  devoting  especial  attention  is 
in  extent  more  than  fifteen  hundred  acres  and  is 
known  as  Park  Center  and  Orchard  Park,  lying 
about  two  miles  northeast  of  the  city.  It  com- 
prises two  school  districts  and  has  two  school- 
houses.  Having  a  slight  elevation  over  the  city, 
it  affords  a  magnificent  view.  The  system  of  ir- 
rigation is  excellent  and  there  are  two  sources  of 
supply,  Wilson  Creek  and  Pour  Mile  or  Oil 
Creek,  while  the  large  reservoirs  they  have  con- 
structed will  store  enough  water  for  a  season's 
supply. 

Politically  Mr.  McClure  was  a  Democrat  until 
President  Cleveland's  first  election,  since  which 
time  he  has  been  a  Prohibitionist.  In  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity  he  has  taken  a  prominent  part, 
and  was  a  charter  member  of  the  lodge  here.  He 
is  connected  with  Mount  Moriah  Lodge  No.  15, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  was  its  first  treasurer,  which 
office  he  filled  for  five  consecutive  years;  and 
Canon  City  Chapter  No.  14,  R.  A.  M.  For  five 
successive  years  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Good 
Templars  of  Colorado.  He  is  one  of  the  two  sur- 
viving charter  members  of  the  Baptist  Church, 


in  the  work  of  which  he  has  been  constantly  act- 
ive. Since  its  organization  he  has  served  as 
deacon  and  trustee,  and  for  years  was  Sunday- 
school  superintendent.  June  25,  1857,  he  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  M.  Cooley,  of  Appanoose  County, 
Iowa.  Of  their  nine  children  seven  attained 
maturity,  namely:  Sarah  E.,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Helm, 
deceased;  Mary  L.,  wife  of  J.  K.  Brewster,  of 
Cripple  Creek;  George  B.,  residing  in  Denver; 
Myrtie,  wife  of  Rev.  H.  B.  Turner,  pastor  of  the 
Etnanuel  Baptist  Church  of  Portland,  Ore.; 
Laura  B.,  who  married  C.  L.  Southard,  of  Salt 
Lake,  Utah;  Helen  E. ,  Mrs.  Stanley  Harrington, 
of  Cripple  Creek;  and  William  H.,  Jr.,  who  has 
charge  of  the  Park  Center  property. 


EHARLES  H.  SWOPE,  who  is  a  partner  of 
Thomas  Ord  in  the  railroad  and  reservoir 
contracting  business,  has  resided  in  Colorado 
since  1885,  and  for  the  same  period  has  made  his 
headquarters  in  Colorado  Springs.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  an  old  Pennsylvania  family,  which  had 
representatives  in  the  Revolution  and  the  war  of 
1812.  His  father,  David,  who  was  probably  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  spent  the  most  of  his 
early  life  in  Fairfield  County,  Ohio,  where  he 
owned  a  farm  near  Amanda.  From  there  he  re- 
moved to  Iowa  and  became  a  pioneer  in  Dubuque 
County,  purchasing,  clearing  and  cultivating 
land  near  Cascade.  There  his  death  occurred  at 
eighty-one  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  was  a 
member  of  an  old  Virginia  family,  was  Julia  Ann 
Furr  in  her  maidenhood;  she  died  at  seventy- 
eight  years.  Of  their  ten  children  all  but  one 
attained  mature  years.  W.  E.,  a  farmer  living 
near  St.  Joe,  Mo.,  was  a  member  of  the  Twenty- 
first  Iowa  Infantry  during  the  Civil  war  and  was 
sergeant  of  Company  I;  he  was  wounded  in  the 
left  foot  at  the  battle  of  Vicksburg.  His  service  in 
the  army  continued  for  three  years.  The  other 
children  are:  Mary  and  Jane,  of  Iowa;  T.  J.,  a 
farmer  of  El  Paso  County,  Colo.;  Louisa,  who 
died  in  Iowa;  Mrs.  Julia  Macomber,  who  died 
in  Iowa;  Charles  H.;  Mrs.  Ella  Barton,  of 
Bellevue,  Iowa;  May,  who  lives  in  Iowa;  and 
Hattie,  Mrs.  Thomas  Ord,  of  Colorado  Springs. 

In  Dubuque  County,  Iowa,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born,  August  9,  1852.  He  was  reared 
on  the  home  farm  near  Cascade.  In  boyhood  he 
attended  the  Oak  Grove  district  school.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  began  to  work  in  the  lumber 
yards,  where  he  remained  for  five  years.  In 
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afterward  bought  some  land,  where  he  engaged 
in  stock-raising.  He  finally  sold  the  property  to 
Mr.  Ord,  with  whom  he  has  since  engaged  in 
contracting.  In  political  opinions  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Cascade,  Iowa, 
and  is  now  identified  with  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  Pueblo  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Clara  Freeman,  who  was  born  in 
Cascade,  Iowa,  and  is  a  daughter  of  G.  W.  and 
Jane  (Hamilton)  Freeman.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swope 
have  three  children:  Lou,  Mildred  and  Freeman. 


HON.  MORTON  S.  BAILEY,  judge  of  the 
eleventh  judicial  district  of  Colorado,  and 
an  influential  citizen  of  Canon  City,  was 
born  on  a  farm  at  Dartt  settlement,  in  Charleston 
Township,  Tioga  County,  Pa.,  July  3,  1855,  and 
was  the  seventh  among  twelve  children  born  to 
John  W.  and  Margaret  (Lewis)  Bailey.  His  pa- 
ternal ancestors,  who  were  of  Irish  and  English 
lineage,  removed  to  Pennsylvania  from  Massachu- 
setts. His  mother  was  born  in  Merthyr-Tydvil, 
Wales,  and  was  of  Welsh  stock;  she  came  to  the 
United  States  when  about  eight  years  of  age. 

When  Judge  Bailey  was  a  boy  of  fifteen  years 
of  age  the  family  removed  to  Wellsboro,  the 
county-seat  of  Tioga  County,  and  there  he  be- 
came a  pupil  in  the  high  school,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1874.  Afterward,  for  two  years, 
he  taught  in  one  of  the  grades  of  the  Wellsboro 
high  school,  meanwhile  pursuing  a  preparatory 
course  for  college.  In  1876  he  began  the  studies 
of  the  classical  course  at  Lafayette  College, 
Easton,  Pa.,  and  in  1880  graduated  from  that 
institution  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  Three  years 
later  the  degree  of  A.  M.  was  conferred  upon  him 
by  his  alma  mater. 

Immediately  after  graduating,  Mr.  Bailey 
sought  relief  from  asthma,  a  malady  from  which 
he  had  suffered  intensely  for  years,  by  a  change 
to  the  exhilirating  climate  of  Colorado.  He  ar- 
rived in  Denver  July  23,  1880.  Soon  he  took  up 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Markham,  Pat- 
terson &  Thomas,  in  Denver,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained for  one  year,  and  afterward  was  with 
Robert  D.  Thompson,  Esq.,  from  whose  office,  in 
the  latter  part  of  the  summer  of  1882,  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  practice  of  law  in  Colorado.  At 
once  he  removed  to  Fairplay,  Colo.,  where  he 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  Hon.  Charles  A. 
Wilkin,  at  that  time  the  district  attorney  of  the 
fourth  judicial  district  of  the  state  (comprising 
the  counties  of  Chaffee,  Douglas,  El  Paso,  El- 


bert  and  Park),  over  which  district  Hon.  William 
Harrison  then  presided  as  judge.  Mr.  Bailey 
continued  in  practice  in  Fairplay  with  marked 
success  until  he  was  elected,  in  the  fall  of  1891, 
to  his  present  position,  to  fill  an  unexpired  term 
of  three  years.  His  marked  ability  for  filling  the 
responsible  position  was  so  clearly  shown  that  in 
the  ensuing  election,  in  the  fall  of  1894,  he  was 
re-elected  for  the  full  term  of  six  years.  While 
in  Fairplay  he  held  the  office  of  mayor.  In  the 
fall  of  1890  he  was  elected  to  represent  the  four- 
teenth senatorial  district  (Fremont  and  Park 
Counties)  in  the  state  senate,  but  after  having 
served  during  one  session  he  resigned  to  take  his 
place  on  the  bench.  One  of  the  important  laws 
that  he  introduced  and  had  passed  while  in  the 
state  senate  was  the  information  law,  doing  away 
with  the  necessity  of  the  grand  jury. 

In  his  political  belief  Judge  Bailey  has  always 
been  a  Democrat,  and  he  has  been  an  ardent  sup- 
porter of  the  principles  of  that  party  except,  in  the 
issue  of  1892,  when  party  lines  were  practically 
done  away  with.  He  has  done  much  to  aid  the 
success  of  the  party,  always  taking  an  active  in- 
terest in  political  matters,  and  has  wielded  a  large 
influence  in  the  party.  He  was  the  nominee  of 
the  People's  and  National  Silver  party  for  gov- 
ernor of  Colorado  in  the  fall  of  1896. 

Interested  in  Masonry,  Judge  Bailey  is  a  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  a  member  of  Canon  Com- 
mandery  No.  9,  K.  T.,  Scottish  Rite  Consistory, 
and  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver. 

He  has  done  much  to  advance  the  mining  in- 
terests of  the  state,  and,  while  his  operations 
have  been  mainly  in  Park  County,  he  is  also  in- 
terested in  some  undeveloped  mining  properties 
in  the  Cripple  Creek  district. 

Prior  to  1895  his  winters  only  were  spent  in 
Canon  City,  but  in  the  fall  of  that  year  he 
brought  his  family  here  and  purchased  a  fine 
property,  on  Greenwood  avenue,  where  he 
has  an  elegant  two-story  brick  residence,  sur- 
rounded by  a  well-kept  lawn.  September  i, 
1888,  he  married  Lutie,  daughter  of  William 
P.  and  Harriet  (McCune)  Wilkin,  and  a  sister 
of  his  law  partner  in  Fairplay.  Of  their  five 
children  three  are  living,  viz.:  Mildred,  born 
March  n,  1893;  Morton  S.,  Jr.,  Novembers, 
1895;  and  Donald  Wilkin,  June  8,  1898. 

As  a  jurist  Judge  Bailey  stands  high.  He  is 
recognized  as  a  man  of  strong  personality  and 
superior  ability,  with  the  dignified  bearing  and 
courteous  demeanor  that  are  essential  qualifica- 


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tions  in  the  position  he  occupies.  In  cases 
brought  before  him,  he  has  the  ability  to  lay 
aside  all  personal  feeling,  and  weigh  with  an  im- 
partial mind  the  evidence  presented  to  him.  He 
is  thus  not  only  clear  in  logic,  keen  in  discern- 
ment, but  also  fair  and  impartial  in  decisions,  and 
these  qualities  have  given  him  a  most  enviable 
reputation.  . 

HON.  CHARLES  C.  HOLBROOK,  judge  of 
the  twelfth  judicial  district  of  Colorado,  is 
one  of  Alamosa's  most  influential  citizens. 
For  many  years  he  has  enjoyed  a  reputation  as 
an  able  attorney  and  successful  man  in  public 
affairs.  In  the  discharge  of  every  duty,  whether 
at  the  bar  or  on  the  bench,  he  has  proved  him- 
self to  be  a  man  of  superior  intelligence  and  broad 
information,  an  excellent  pleader  and  a  clear,  log- 
ical thinker,  as  well  as  an  impartial  jurist. 

Judge  Holbrook  was  born  in  Russell  County, 
Va.,  July  13,  1848.  His  father,  Col.  S.  V.  Hol- 
brook, a  native  of  Virginia,  was  for  several  years 
prior  to  the  Civil  war  a  colonel  in  the  Virginia 
state  militia.  About  1862  he  removed  to  Ken- 
tucky and  there  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his 
life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  and  an  Aboli- 
tionist, and  in  1864  cast  his  vote  for  Abraham 
Lincoln.  He  died  in  Kentucky  when  sixty 
years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  was  Mary  M.  John- 
son in  maidenhood,  is  now  living  in  North  Da- 
kota and  is  eighty-one  years  of  age. 

The  eldest  of  six  children,  our  subject  was  ed- 
ucated in  Virginia  and  Kentucky.  For  a  few 
years  he  taught  school  and  at  the  same  time,  dur- 
ing evenings  and  leisure  hours,  read  law.  In 
March,  1876,  he  was  admitted  to  the  Kentucky 
bar,  and  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion in  Greenup.  From  there,  in  April,  1877, 
he  came  to  Colorado,  locating  at  Castle  Rock, 
where  he  opened  an  office.  In  1881  he  was 
elected  district  attorney  of  the  fourth  judicial  dis- 
trict, but  before  the  expiration  of  his  term  re- 
moved to  Alamosa,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home. 

Politically  our  subject  always  voted  the  straight 
Republican  tickets  until  the  campaign  of  1896. 
At  that  time  the  party  declared  in  favor  of 
the  gold  standard,  and  he,  being  a'  strong  sup- 
porter of  bimetallism,  then  took  his  stand  with 
the  silver  forces.  While  in  Douglas  County,  and 
afterward  in  Conejos  County,  he  served  as  chair- 
man of  the  Republican  county  central  committee, 
and  has  always  been  active  in  party  matters.  For 


seven  years  he  served  as  county  attorney.  In 
1891  he  was  elected  judge  of  the  twelfth  judicial 
district,  and  three  years  later  was  re-elected  for  a 
full  term  of  six  years.  Aside  from  his  profes- 
sional interests  he  is  the  owner  of  real  estate  in 
Conejos  and  Costilla  Counties,  and  has  mining 
claims  in  the  mountains  surrounding  the  San  Luis 
Valley.  Though  not  seeking  political  or  profes- 
sional prominence  his  talents  are  such  as  to  make 
him  a  conspicuous  figure  among  men.  He  is  a 
fluent,  eloquent  speaker,  and  was  one  of  the  ora- 
tors at  the  first  meetings  of  the  silver  Republican 
party,  which  he  a  sisted  in  organizing. 

August    15,  Judge   Holbrook    married 

Lillie   B.,  daug  F  Levi  Booth,  of  Denver. 

They  have  thre.  iren:  Glenn  A.,  Millie  M. 
and  Lillie.  Fraternally  the  judge  is  connected 
with  Alamosa  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  past 
grand  of  Alamosa  Lodge  No.  63,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and 
member  of  the  grand  lodge.  He  and  his  family 
are  active  workers  in  and  prominent  members  of 
the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  Church  and  he  is  the 
first  elder  of  the  congregation,  besides  being  one 
of  the  active  helpers  in  the  Sabbath-school. 


[ANUEL  A.  SANCHEZ,  a  general  mer- 
chant of  Walsenburg,  was  born  in  Santa 
Fe,  N.  M.,  January  22,  1849.  He  is  a  son 
of  Jose  M.  Sanchez,  who  was  an  officer  in  the 
Mexican  army  with  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant, 
and  was  promoted  on  the  day  of  the  battle  of-Val 
Verde,  where  he  officiated  as  marshal  of  the  day. 
After  the  close  of  the  war  he  engaged  in  farming 
in  New  Mexico,  where  he  died  August  4,  1894. 
He  left  one  daughter  and  two  sons:  Beatrice, 
wife  of  Miguel  Trujillo,  of  Costilla,  N.  M.; 
Manuel  A.;  and  Jose  E.,  a  merchant  in  San 
Pablo,  Costilla  County,  Colo. 

In  1868,  when  nineteen  years  of  age,  Mr.  San- 
chez went  to  Costilla,  Taos  County,  N.  M.,  and 
there  for  three  years  he  had  charge  of  a  private 
school,  teaching  both  Spanish  and  English. 
Afterward  he  clerked  for  a  number  of  years.  In 
the  fall  of  1887  he  opened  a  store  in  San  Pablo 
and  ten  years  later  started  a  branch  store  in  Wal- 
senburg, but  in  August,  1898,  sold  his  interest 
in  the  San  Pablo  store  and  turned  his  attention 
wholly  to  the  business  in  Walsenburg.  Mean- 
time he  has  taken  an  intelligent  interest  in  public 
affairs.  In  1880  he  represented  Taos  County  in 
the  territorial  legislature  of  New  Mexico,  and  in 
1888  he  was  elected  to  represent  Costilla  County, 
Colo.,  in  the  state  legislature,  where  he  was  a 


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member  of  the  seventh  general  assembly.  In 
1893  he  was  again  elected  to  the  lower  house, 
and  served  in  the  ninth  general  assembly  from 
Costilla  County.  From  1883  to  1887  he  was  em- 
ployed as  deputy  county  treasurer  of  Costilla 
County.  At  other  times  he  has  been  chosen  to 
fill  local  positions  of  trust.  During  his  residence 
in  Costilla  County  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
school  board,  in  which  capacity  he  rendered  ex- 
cellent service. 

February  13,  1868,  Mr.  Sanchez  married  Miss 
M.  Medina.  They  are  the  parents  of  seven  chil- 
dren, all  living,  and  named  as  follows:  Euphe- 
mia,  wife  of  Pulidor  Maes,  who  assists  Mr.  San- 
chez in  his  store;  Charles  H.,  Manuel  A.,  Bea- 
trice, Adeline,  Helena  and  Fidel  R.  Mrs.  San- 
chez is  a  daughter  of  Faustin  Medina,  a  pioneer 
of  the  Costilla  district,  where  he  settled  about 
1857;  h£  was  the  first  to  locate  in  the  village  ot 
that  name,  and  in  time  acquired  large  landed 
and  stock  interests  in  that  localitj'.  In  his  polit- 
ical belief  Mr.  Sanchez  has  always  voted  the  Re- 
publican ticket,  and  in  1898  he  represented  his 
town  as  a  delegate  to  the  state  convention  of  the 
Republican  party. 

0AVID  W.  CELL  resides  on  section  24, 
township  16,  range  66  west,  two  and  one- 
half  miles  north  of  Fountain,  El  Paso  Coun- 
ty. When  he  settled  here  the  land  was  wholly 
unimproved  and  he  took  a  squatter's  claim,  but 
he  has  since,  by  industry  and  perseverance, 
brought  the  land  under  excellent  improvements 
and  now  has  a  valuable  ranch.  Starting  in  the 
cattle  business  upon  a  very  small  scale,  he  grad- 
ually increased  his  herds  until  he  had  as  many  as 
five  hundred  head  at  one  time,  and  he  is  still 
carrying  on  this  business  successfully. 

Near  Chambersburg,  Bedford  County,  Pa., 
Mr.  Cell  was  born  January  4,  1833,  a  son  of  David 
and  Sarah  (Pass)  Cell.  His  paternal  ancestors 
were  among  the  earliest  settlers  of  Bedford  Coun- 
ty. His  grandfather,  Thomas  Cell,  who  was  a 
farmer  of  that  county,  served  in  the  Revolution 
under  General  Washington,  also  took  an  active 
part  in  the  Whiskey  Rebellion,  and  still  later  ren- 
dered faithful  service  in  the  war  of  1812.  David 
Cell,  Sr.,  who  spent  his  early  life  in  his  native 
county  of  Bedford,  entered  the  Baptist  ministry 
there,  but  about  1835  he  removed  to  Ohio,  set- 
tling in  Guernsey  County,  where  he  made  his 
home  for  several  years.  In  addition  to  preaching 
he  engaged  in  farming  and  followed  the  shoe- 


maker's trade;  in  fact,  he  was  quick  to  turn  his 
hand  to  anything  that  would  help  him  to  earn  a 
living.  About  1844  he  removed  to  Belmont 
County,  on  the  Ohio  River,  and  thence  in  1850 
went  to  Grand  Prairie,  Benton  County,  Ind. 
There  he  secured  land  and  engaged  in  farming. 
In  1855  he  made  a  final  removal,  settling  in  Knox 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  died  in  1862. 

In  these  various  removals  made  by  the  family 
our  subject  bore  a  part,  and  he  gave  his  services 
to  his  father  until  he  was  grown.  When  he  was 
about  twenty  he  entered  into  an  arrangement 
with  a  man  of  means,  who  agreed  to  furnish  the 
capital  if  Mr.  Cell  would  give  his  time.  This  ar- 
rangement, however,  was  terminated  at  the  close 
of  the  first  season.  Until  1865  Mr.  Cell  continued 
to  make  his  home  in  Missouri.  In  that  year  he 
drove  through  to  Colorado  with  a  horse-team, 
leaving  his  old  home  April  10  and  arriving  in  El 
Paso  County  June  10.  Soon  afterward  he  located 
on  his  present  homestead,  and  here  he  has  since 
built  up  a  large  and  profitable  cattle  business. 
He  takes  an  interest  in  local  affairs,  but  has  never 
allied  himself  with  any  party,  voting  independ- 
ently. At  one  time,  without  his  consent,  he  was 
nominated  for  county  commissioner.  He  has 
never  desired  public  office,  preferring  to  devote 
his  attention  exclusively  to  his  business.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  not  identified  with  any  denomination, 
but  inclines  toward  the  Baptist  Church,  in  which 
faith  he  was  reared. 

March  7,  1889,  Mr.  Cell  married  Miss  Birdie 
Johnson,  of  Ness  County,  Kan.,  whom  he  had 
met  during  a  visit  she  made  to  a  brother  in  Col- 
orado. She  was  born  in  Washington  County, 
Iowa,  and  at  twenty-two  years  of  age  accom- 
panied her  sister  Cynthia  to  Ness  County,  Kan. 
Her  parents  were  George  F.  and  Amanda 
(Grimes)  Johnson.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cell  are  the  par- 
ents of  four  children:  Jerry,  Ruth,  David  W.  and 
George  Greenleaf,  all  of  whom  were  born  on  the 
home  farm. 


n  ALFRED  SMITH,  who  is  a 

I  real-estate  owner  and  ranchman  residing  in 
Q)  Monte  Vista,  Rio  Grande  County,  was  born 
in  Yorkshire,  England,  and  there  was  reared  and 
educated.  In  1884  he  came  to  America  and  set- 
tled in  Canada,  but  after  one  year  went  to  Kan- 
sas, where  he  engaged  in  farming.  In  1886  he 
came  to  the  San  Luis  Valley,  and  at  first  settled 
in  township  41,  range  8,  where  he  took  up  a 
homestead  and  improved  four  hundred  and  eighty 


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acres.  For  two  years  there  was  no  neighbor 
within  six  miles  of  him,  and  the  nearest  town, 
Monte  Vista,  was  twenty  miles  distant.  At  once, 
after  settling  here,  he  began  to  improve  the  land, 
upon  which  he  embarked  in  stock  farming.  He 
was  interested  in  the  building  of  the  Farmers' 
Union  ditch,  and  through  the  excellent  system  of 
irrigation  thus  afforded,  his  property  became 
very  valuable  and  productive.  From  time  to 
time  he  added  to  his  property  until  finally  he  ac- 
quired more  than  one  thousand  acres  of  valuable 
land,  which  he  still  operates;  besides  this  prop- 
erty he  owns  other  land, his  aggregate  possessions 
being  more  than  two  thousand  acres.  In  1896 
he  bought  the  Westfield  farm,  a  tract  of  seven 
hundred  and  sixty  acres,  within  five  miles  of 
Monte  Vista,  on  the  Rio  Grande  River.  This  is 
a  large  grain  and  stock  ranch,  and  here  he  keeps 
the  larger  part  of  his  stock. 

For  the  past  eight  years  Mr.  Smith  has  made 
a  specialty  of  standard-bred  horses,  and  now  has 
on  his  place  about  two  hundred  head;  he  is  also 
interested  in  raising  Shorthorn  cattle.  He  has 
handled  large  amounts  of  state  land,  which  he 
has  improved,  and  in  this  way  he  has  brought 
some  three  thousand  acres  under  cultivation. 
Since  the  origin  of  the  Farmers'  Union  Ditch 
Company  in  1888  he  has  been  one  of  its  stock- 
holders. The  ditch  built  by  this  company  is,  with 
its  laterals, seventy-five  miles  in  length, and  waters 
about  one  hundred  thousand  acres,  the  choicest 
land  in  the  valley.  By  means  of  his  connection 
with  this  company,  as  well  as  in  other  ways,  he 
has  done  much  to  promote  the  best  interests  of 
the  valley,  and  especially  that  part  of  it  com- 
prised within  Rio  Grande  County.  His  atten- 
tion is  given  closely  to  stock-raising  and  general 
ranch  pursuits,  and  he  has  little  leisure  for  par- 
ticipation in  public  affairs.  However,  he  keeps 
well  posted  concerning  politics,  and  gives  his.  al- 
legiance to  the  People's  party,  whose  principles 
he  supports  with  his  ballot. 


Cy\  ICTOR  C.  MC  GIRR,  attorney  for  Archuleta 
\  /  County  and  the  town  of  Pagosa  Springs,  also 
V  the  owner  of  a  stock  ranch  six  miles  north 
of  this  village,  was  born  in  Kingston,  Canada,  in 
1865,  a  son  of  James  and  Lucy  (Burley)  McGirr, 
both  residents  of  Canada.  He  was  educated  in 
the  high  schools  and  in  the  University  of  Toronto, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1885  with  the  degree 
of  A.  B.,  and  studied  law  at  Osgoode  Hall, 
Toronto.  Three  years  later  the  Hall  conferred 


upon  him  the  degree  of  barrister.  After  travel- 
ing over  the  United  States,  he  made  a  tour  of 
Europe  and  Mexico,  spending  three  years  in 
different  countries.  He  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law  in  New  York  City  and  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
and  in  1890  settled  in  Pagosa  Springs,  at  the 
same  time  practicing  law  in  Durango.  For  two 
years  he  was  principal  of  the  high  school  at  Rico 
and  for  a  year  held  a  position  in  the  Monte  Vista 
high  school. 

It  was  not  until  1897  that  Mr.  McGirr  settled 
permanently  in  Pagosa  Springs  and  began  the 
general  practice  of  law,  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted, at  the  same  time  acting  as  town  and 
county  attorney.  He  secured  a  half-section  of 
land  by  pre-emption  and  homestead,  and  here  he 
has  improved  a  ranch,  on  which  he  raises  Here- 
ford cattle.  In  1893  he  married  Hattie  M., 
daughter  of  E.  M.  Taylor,  and  they  have  one 
child,  Lucy. 

In  fraternal  relations  Mr.  McGirr  is  connected 
with  Pagosa  Camp  No.  412,  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  in  which  he  is  past  consul;  also  past 
consul  of  Rico  Camp,  Woodmen  of  the  World; 
and  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen  at  Rico,  of  which  he  has  been  finan- 
cier. He  is  also  identified  with  Osage  Tribe  of 
Red  Men  at  Rico  and  the  Independent  Order  of 
Foresters,  at  Harrison,  Canada.  He  is  the  only 
attorney  of  Archuleta  County,  which,  though  it 
has  a  population  of  only  three  thousand,  necessar- 
ily has  considerable  legal  business  in  the  adjust- 
ment of  estates,  division  of  lands,  fixing  of 
boundaries,  and  other  work  of  a  similar  nature. 


ROBERT  R.  ROSS,  district  attorney  of  the 
third  judicial  district  of  Colorado,  and  an  in- 
fluential citizen  of  Trinidad,  was  born  in 
Marquette  County,  Mich.,  June  25,  1853,  a  son 
of  John  and  Mary  (McLennan)  Ross,  natives 
of  Scotland.  His  father,  who  accompanied  his 
parents  to  America  in  boyhood,  settled  with  them 
near  Woodstock,  Canada,  and  in  early  manhood 
removed  to  Michigan,  where  he  began  his  busi- 
ness life.  For  several  years  he  was  master  me- 
chanic for  the  Jackson  Iron  Mining  Company  in 
Michigan,  and  was  given  charge  of  the  construc- 
tion of  machine  work  in  different  parts  of  the 
country.  He  was  an  expert  mechanic,  one  of  the 
best  in  the  United  States,  and  was  well  known  in 
all  of  the  mining  districts.  For  some  time  he 
was  chief  engineer  on  the  steamship  "Chicora" 
on  Lake  Superior.  In  1892  he  removed  from 


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Michigan  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Walsenburg, 
but  soon  afterward  died  here,  aged  sixty-nine 
years.  His  wife  died  in  the  same  place  when 
sixty  years  of  age.  Of  their  nine  children  only 
three  survive:  Robert  R. ;  Alexander  M. ,  of  Can- 
on City;  and  William  John,  who  is  agent  for  the 
Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  &  Omaha  Rail- 
way Company  at  Luverne,  Minn. 

At  fourteen  years  of  age  our  subject  com- 
menced to  learn  the  blacksmith  and  machinist's 
trade  under  his  father.  After  some  time  he  be- 
gan to  study  law  under  M.  H.  Crocker  in  his 
native  town,  and  three  years  later  went  to  Iron 
City  and  practiced  his  profession,  at  the  same 
time  engaging  in  the  mercantile  business  with  his 
father-in-law,  A.  E.  Stockwell.  In  1876  he  went 
to  Manitoba,  where  he  was  employed  as  foreman 
of  construction  on  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railroad, 
and  constructed  the  main  line  at  the  Lake  of  the 
Woods.  Twenty  months  were  spent  in  that 
work.  From  there,  in  1878,  he  went  to  Kansas, 
but  after  a  short  trial  as  a  lawyer,  concluded  he 
could  do  better  elsewhere.  He  came  to  Trinidad, 
Colo.,  and  from  this  point  went  to  the  Raton 
tunnel  as  foreman  in  the  construction  of  the  rail- 
road through  the  tunnel.  Returning  to  El  Moro, 
near  Trinidad,  he  followed  his  trade  for  a  few 
months,  then  went  to  Denver  and  on  to  Central 
City,  where  he  took  charge  of  the  machinery  at 
the  Clark  Gardner  mine.  At  the  time  of  the 
Leadville  excitement  in  1879,  he  went  to  that 
place  and  began  to  put  up  mining  machinery  and 
engines,  at  the  same  time  engaging  in  prospect- 
ing and  mining.  From  there  he  went  to  Ruby 
and  Sheep  Mountain  in  Gunnison  County,  where 
he  prospected  for  some  time.  In  1882  he  was 
foreman  of  construction  of  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad  through  the  Black  Canon.  Dur- 
ing a  few  months  of  1883  he  worked  in  the  Bull 
Domingo  mine  in  Custer  County.  Going  to  Pu- 
eblo, he  worked  in  a  smelter  there,  but  soon  re- 
turned to  Custer  County,  where  he  took  charge 
of  the  machinery  in  a  mine,  and  also  had  charge 
of  the  machinery  owned  by  the  Security  Milling 
Company.  Returning  to  the  Bull  Domingo 
mine,  he  had  charge  of  the  machinery  there. 

The  year  1886  found  Mr.  Ross  engaging  in  the 
practice  of  law  at  Walsenburg,  where  he  remained 
until  1895,  and  then  came  to  Trinidad.  In  poli- 
tics he  has  always  been  a  Republican,  and  while 
in  Walsenburg  served  both  as  county  and  city 
attorney.  In  1893  he  was  elected  to  the  state 
legislature,  where  he  served  for  one  term.  In 


1894  he  was  elected  attorney  for  the  third  judi- 
cial district,  and  in  1897  was  re-elected  to  the  of- 
fice, which  he  has  filled  with  efficiency.  He  is 
prominent  in  public  affairs  and  active  in  conven- 
tions of  his  party,  both  local  and  state.  July  26, 
1898,  he  met  with  a  very  serious  accident  while 
on  a  pleasure  trip  with  his  family.  When  he  was 
putting  his  rifle  in  a  wagon  it  was  discharged  ac- 
cidentally, and  a  forty-four  calibre  ball  passed 
through  his  right  arm,  inflicting  injuries  so  seri- 
ous that  amputation  was  necessary. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Ross  in  1874  united  him 
with  Miss  Samantha,  daughter  of  A.  E.  Stock- 
well,  of  Michigan.  They  have  three  children, 
Albert  John,  Esther  P.  and  Robert  R.,  Jr.  Fra- 
ternally Mr.  Ross  has  passed  all  the  chairs  in 
Walsenburg  Lodge  No.  73,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  is  a 
charter  member  of  Walsenburg  Camp,  Woodmen 
of  the  World,  and  belongs  to  Trinidad  Tribe  of 
Red  Men.  When  he  was  a  youth  of  about  sev- 
enteen he  was  sent  to  Vermont  and  New  York 
to  take  charge  of  the  Split  Rock  mines  on  Lake 
Champlain,  and  while  there  became  a  member  of 
the  Vermont  state  militia.  He  was  later  captain 
of  the  Tabor  Highland  Guards  at  Leadville.Colo. 
In  addition  to  his  other  business  enterprises  he 
is  interested  in  mining  in  New  Mexico,  and  to 
some  extent  in  Colorado. 


0ENNIS  J.  GIBBS,  high  sheriff  of  Rio 
Grande  County,  and  proprietor  of  a  furni- 
ture and  undertaking  establishment  at 
Monte  Vista,  was  born  at  Benson,  Rutland 
County,  Vt. ,  in  1860,  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Hen- 
rietta Gibbs.  His  father,  a  native  of  Vermont, 
and  a  farmer  by  occupation,  removed  from  New 
England  to  Colorado  in  1880  and  settled  in  Sa- 
guache  County,  where  he  became  extensively  in- 
terested in  ranching  and  stock-raising.  He  is 
still  living  there  and  is  now  (1899)  eighty-four 
years  of  age.  Of  his  children  four  are  now  liv- 
ing, Amoretta,  George,  Wilber  and  Dennis. 

When  eighteen  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  settled  in  Colorado.  For  a  time  he  was 
employed  as  clerk  in  a  hardware  store  in  Sagua- 
che,  but  in  1880,  in  partnership  with  his  brother 
George,  he  opened  a  general  store  in  that  town. 
After  three  years  the  business  was  disposed  of, 
and  he  turned  his  attention  to  farming  and  stock- 
raising  in  the  San  Luis  Valley.  In  1886  he 
moved  to  Del  Norte,  from  which  place  six  years 
later  he  removed  to  Monte  Vista,  and  embarked 
in  the  hardware,  furniture  and  undertaking  busi- 


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ness.  He  continued  in  these  several  lines  until 
1896,  when  he  sold  his  stock  of  hardware  and 
harness  to  Horn  &  White,  but  retained  the  fur- 
niture and  undertaking  business,  which  he  now 
conducts.  Since  coming  to  Rio  Grande  County 
he  has  erected  two  residences,  one  of  which  he 
occupies,  while  the  other  he  has  disposed  of. 

After  having  for  some  years  supported  Demo- 
cratic principles,  in  1895  Mr.  Gibbs  transferred 
his  allegiance  to  the  People's  party,  of  which  he 
is  now  a  member.  In  1896  and  1897  he  served 
as  coroner  of  his  county,  and  in  the  fall  of  1897 
he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  high  sheriff .  He  is 
connected  with  Monte  Vista  Lodge  No.  73,  A.F. 
&  A.  M.  His  marriage  took  place  in  1883,  and 
united  him  with  Miss  Delia  Widick,  who  was  born 
in  Iowa,  but  spent  her  girlhood  years  principally 
in  Saguache.  The  two  children  born  of  this 
union  are  Ava  Lovel  and  Herman.  Mr.  Gibbs 
is  well  known  throughout  his  county,  where  he 
is  regarded  as  a  capable  and  trustworthy  public 
officer.  He  is  also  an  enterprising  business  man 
and  has  the  trade  of  the  town  and  surrounding 
country  in  his  special  lines. 


(TAMES  B.  DICK,  treasurer  of  Huerfano 
I  County,  was  born  in  Fifeshire,  Scotland,  in 
(2)  1859.  His  early  life  was  passed  in  his  na- 
tive land,  where  during  a  few  years  of  his  youth 
he  engaged  in  mining.  With  his  brother  An- 
drew he  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  the  spring  of 
1879,  landing  in  New  York  on  the  isth  of  May, 
and  going  from  there  to  Youngstown,  Ohio. 
After  a  short  time  devoted  to  mining  there,  he 
went  to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  continued  min- 
ing until  1881.  In  that  year  he  came  to  his  pres- 
ent location,  Walsenburg,  Colo.,  and  for  two 
years  engaged  in  mining  in  this  vicinity.  In 
1887  he  established  a  retail  mercantile  business. 
Five  years  later  he  opened  a  wholesale  and  retail 
liquor  and  cigar  store.  Since  1888  his  brother 
William  has  been  in  partnership  with  him,  under 
the  firm  title  of  Dick  Brothers. 

As  a  Republican,  Mr.  Dick  is  active  in  local 
and  state  politics.  For  four  years  he  served  as  a 
member  of  the  council  of  Walsenburg.  In  1895 
he  was  elected  treasurer  of  Huerfano  County, and 
in  1897  was  re-elected  fora  second  term.  In  the 
state  conventions  at  Denver  and  Colorado 
Springs  he  has  represented  his  party  as  a  dele- 
gate. All  enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  his  town 
and  county,  as  well  as  matters  pertaining  to  the 
success  of  his  party,  receive  his  cordial  endorse- 


ment. As  the  owner  of  real-estate  interests  in 
the  town,  he  has  done  much  to  assist  in  the 
building  up  of  Walsenburg.  He  was  one  of  the 
principal  organizers  of  the  building  and  loan 
association  of  this  place,  and  served  as  a  director 
for  some  time.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Foresters  of  America;  Diamond  Lodge  No. 
49,  K.  P.,  in  which  he  has  served  as  chancel- 
lor and  grand  representative  to  the  state  grand 
lodge;  and  Unity  Lodge  No.  70,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in 
which  he  is  past  master  and  representative  to  the 
grand  lodge. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Dick,  who  was  Jeannette 
Robertson,  of  Scotland,  died  in  1894,  leaving  one 
son,  James  Dick,  Jr.  Afterward  our  subject  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Victoria  Mandolini,  and 
they  have  one  son,  George. 

James  B.  Dick  is  a  son  of  John  and  Ann 
(Brand)  Dick,  natives  of  Fifeshire,  Scotland. 
They  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1881  and 
came  direct  to  Walsenburg.  For  a  few  years  the 
father  was  engaged  in  mining,  after  which  he 
turned  his  attention  to  farming  and  stock-raising, 
and  owned  several  ranches  in  Huerfano  County. 
His  death  occurred  at  his  home  near  La  Veta 
March  29,  1899.  His  wife  preceded  him  in  death 
a  few  months  only,  passing  away  June  25,  1898. 
They  are  buried  side  by  side  in  the  cemetery  at 
La  Veta. 

HENRY  BELKNAP  has  done  much  toward 
the  development  of  the  Wet  Mountain  Val- 
ley, of  which  he  is  among  the  most  prosper- 
ous farmers  and  stock-raisers.  He  came  to  his 
present  property  in  1 884  and  has  since  made  Fre- 
mont County  his  home.  Buying  six  hundred 
and  forty  acres  of  land  he  has  since  devoted  his 
time  mainly  to  stock-raising,  in  which  he  has 
been  eminently  successful.  The  land  is  largely 
under  cultivation  in  hay,  of  which  he  raises  from 
three  hundred  and  fifty  to  four  hundred  tons  per 
annum,  the  same  being  used  for  cattle  feed  in  the 
winter.  Among  the  improvements  of  the  place 
are  his  residence,  built  in  1888,  and  a  number  of 
shade  trees,  besides  some  fine  varieties  of  apples 
and  pears. 

Mr.  Belknap  was  born  in  Sutton,  Braxton 
County,  W.  Va.,  in  1837,  tne  si^th  among  the 
nine  children  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Friend)  Bel- 
knap.  His  father,  a  native  of  England,  emi- 
grated to  America  in  young  manhood  and  settled 
in  West  Virginia,  where  he  married  and  engaged 
in  farming.  Henry  was  educated  in  public  schools 


CARL  L.  STANLEY. 


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and  early  took  Up  the  work  incident  to  farm  life, 
remaining  on  the  home  place  until  1856,  when 
he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  after  spending 
a  few  months  in  Missouri.  In  1857  he  returned 
to  Missouri  and  engaged  in  farming.  In  1863 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  began  stock-raising,  his 
headquarters  being  in  Canon  City.  From  there, 
in  1885,  he  came  to  Wet  Mountain  Valley,  Fre- 
mont County.  His  present  ranch  was  but  partly 
improved  when  he  took  it.  He  has  fenced  the 
greater  part  of  the  property  and  has  brought  it 
to  its  present  fine  state.  By  a  fine  system  of  irri- 
gation he  has  enhanced  the  value  of  the  place. 
Besides  his  ranch  interests,  for  four  years,  under 
contract  with  the  government,  he  ran  the  stage 
between  Cotopoxi  and  Silver  Cliff. 

January  8,  1863,  Mr.  Belknap  married  Mary 
C.  Young,  who  was  born  near  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
The  two  children  born  of  their  union  are:  Lucy, 
wife  of  Elmer  Glanville,  of  Canon  City;  and 
James,  who  assists  in  the  cultivation  of  the  home 
place.  For  years  Mr.  Belknap  has  served  as  a 
member  of  the  school  board.  In  political  mat- 
ters he  affiliates  with  the  Democratic  party.  He 
has,  however,  never  desired  office,  but  has  pre- 
ferred to  give  his  attention  wholly  to  his  business 
interests.  His  well-ordered  ranch  and  its  neat, 
thrifty  appearance  testify  to  his  ability  and  suc- 
cess as  a  ranchman. 


EARL  L-  STANLEY  is  one  of  the  most  ex- 
tensive land  owners  and  stock-raisers  in 
southern  Colorado  and  is  now  occupying  a 
very  large  ranch  in  Pueblo  County,  twenty  miles 
south  of  Pueblo,  on  the  Greenhorn  River  and  on 
the  old  stage  route  from  Denver  to  Santa  Fe.  On 
this  place  he  has  made  his  home  for  a  quarter  of 
a  century.  A  native  of  Ohio,  he  was  born  near 
Canton,  Stark  County,  close  to  the  home  of  Pres- 
ident McKinley,  August  16,  1835.  His  parents, 
Henry  and  Margaret  (McCoy)  Stanley,  natives 
respectively  of  Westmoreland  County,  Pa.,  and 
Ashtabula  County,  Ohio,  were  married  in  Stark 
County,  Ohio,  where  they  afterward  continued  to 
reside  until  their  death.  They  were  the  parents 
of  three  children,  but  our  subject  is  the  only  one 
now  living.  His  boyhood  days  were  spent  at 
home  and  he  acquired  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Canton.  When  the  agitation  concern- 
ing the  slavery  question  resulted  in  the  attempt 
of  some  of  the  southern  states  to  withdraw  from 
the  Union,  he  determined  to  enlist  in  the  Union 
service,  and  on  the  gth  of  September,  1861,  his 


name  was  enrolled  as  a  member  of  the  Fifty-first 
Ohio  Infantry.  He  was  with  Sherman's  army, 
and  participated  in  the  engagements  of  Pittsburg 
Landing,  Nashville,  Stone  River,  Buzzard's 
Roost,  Atlanta  and  other  important  battles.  He 
served  for  four  years  and  four  days.  After  Rich- 
mond was  captured  his  regiment  was  ordered  to 
Texas,  where  he  remained  until  honorably  dis- 
charged. He  was  a  brave  and  loyal  soldier,  al- 
ways found  at  his  post  of  duty,  and  returned  to  his 
home  with  a  most  creditable  military  record. 

Soon  afterward  Mr.  Stanley  went  to  Montana, 
where  he  engaged  in  stock-raising,  in  freighting 
and  in  trading  with  the  Indians.  His  experience 
in  that  state  between  the  years  1867  and  1873  was 
remarkable.  He  freighted  for  a  distance  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  miles  when  the  thermometer 
was  sixty-five  degrees  below  zero.  At  one  time 
he  drove  a  large  herd  of  cattle  to  a  certain  place, 
but  a  heavy  snow  fell  to  the  depth  of  seven  feet, 
in  which  all  of  the  cattle  perished. 

In  1870  Mr.  Stanley  came  to  Pueblo  County, 
but  afterward  returned  to  Montana,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1873.  During  that  year  he  made  a 
permanent  location  in  Pueblo  County.  For  a  few 
years  he  conducted  a  ranch  on  Huerfano  Creek, 
but  in  1876  came  to  his  present  location,  where 
he  has  since  resided.  The  tract  was  then  raw 
and  unimproved,  with  no  building  save  an  old 
adobe  house.  His  labors  have  wrought  a  great 
change.  The  barn  which  he  built  is  the  largest 
and  best  arranged  of  any  in  the  state.  It  is 
160x50  feet,  and  is  supplied  with  several  box 
stalls  for  fine  horses,  as  well  as  stabling  for  a  large 
number  of  work  horses;  also  stabling  with  the 
most  modern  appliances  for  about  fifty  milch 
cows.  Ample  storage  is  provided  for  hay  and 
grain,  also  commodious  shed  room  for  carriages, 
wagons  and  agricultural  implements.  Adjoining 
the  barn  are  a  number  of  paddocks,  where  are 
kept  separately  the  different  grades  of  stock. 
Running  water  is  supplied  to  the  different  pad- 
docks by  pipes  and  is  furnished  for  the  use  of  the 
stock  in  the  barn. 

The  comfortable  residence  is  surrounded  with 
beautiful  shrubbery,  flower  gardens  adorn  the 
lawn  and  an  excellent  orchard  yields  its  fruits  in 
season.  Water  is  piped  to  all  of  the  buildings 
and  no  accessory  of  a  model  farm  is  lacking.  The 
ranch  is  one  of  the  largest  bodies  of  land  owned 
by  a  single  individual  in  the  state  of  Colorado. 
It  extends  a  distance  of  twenty-five  miles  from 
east  to  west,  and  is  all  fenced.  Mr.  Stanley  raises 


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enormous  quantities  of  alfalfa  and  in  1898  cut 
over  fifteen  hundred  tons  of  this  product.  During 
the  winter  of  1898-99  he  fed  over  one  thousand 
head  of  cattle,  but  kept  most  of  his  stock  in  Old 
and  New  Mexico,  as  they  can  be  wintered  there 
cheaper  than  in  Colorado.  He  has  recently  begun 
the  breeding  of  Hereford  cattle  and  now  has  a 
herd  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  head:  The  place 
is  operated  with  the  aid  of  Mexican  help,  to  whom 
Mr.  Stanley  is  most  considerate  and  just. 

June  7,  1874,  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Stan- 
ley and  Miss  Delia  Snyder,  a  native  of  Stephenson 
County,  111.,  and  a  cultured  lady,  who  presides 
with  gracious  hospitality  over  their  pleasant 
home,  extending  a  hearty  welcome  to  all  of  their 
many  friends.  Her  father,  Mahlon  E.  Snyder, 
went  to  California  in  1 849  and  remained  there  for 
three  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Stephen- 
son  County,  settling  on  a  farm  there.  In  1865  he 
removed  to  Livingston  County,  Mo.,  where  he 
died  at  the  age  of  fifty-two.  He  married  Cath- 
erine Barber.  The  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stan- 
ley consists  of  one  son  and  three  daughters.  The 
former,  Mat  L. ,  who  is  engaged  in  business  with 
his  father  and  has  charge  of  the  ranch  in  New 
Mexico,  married  Miss  Florence  Hughes.  The 
daughters  are:  Sue,  who  was  educated  in  Pueblo; 
Lalla  and  Catherine,  who  are  attending  school  in 
Pueblo.  The  youngest,  a  girl  of  fifteen  years, 
possesses  such  exceptional  business  ability  that 
she  could  almost  equal  the  foreman  in  superin- 
tending the  ranch. 

Mr.  Stanley  is  a  man  of  excellent  business  and 
executive  ability,  and  through  his  own  efforts  has 
achieved  a  most  remarkable  but  well-deserved 
success.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  unfalter- 
ing in  support  of  the  men  and  measures  of  the 
Republican  party,  but  has  had  neither  time  nor 
inclination  to  seek  office  for  himself.  The  cause 
of  education  finds  in  him  a  warm  friend  and.  for 
several  years  he  has  done  most  efficient  service  in 
its  behalf  while  serving  on  the  school  board.  He 
is  widely  known  throughout  the  state  and  the 
west,  and  wherever  known  is  held  in  the  highest 
esteem,  his  sterling  worth  commanding  uniform 
respect. 

(JEROME  F.  PEBBLES,  who  is  one  of  the 
I  successful  wool-growers  in  El  Paso  County, 
G)  was  born  in  Wyoming  County,  N.  Y.,  May 
2,  1844,  and  descends  from  a  family  that  years 
ago  lived  in  Peebleshire,  Scotland.  They  bore 
the  same  name  as  the  shire  in  which  they  lived, 


and  as  such  were  long  known,  but  the  name  was 
changed  to  its  present  form  by  the  generation 
preceding  the  present.  Robert  Peebles,  of  York 
state,  removed  to  Wisconsin  in  an  early  day  and 
settled  near  Monroe,  Green  County,  upon  raw 
and  unimproved  prairie  land.  He  improved  a 
farm  and  continued  to  make  it  his  home  until 
he  died.  His  son,  Samuel  Pebbles,  was  born  in 
York  state,  and  became  a  merchant  in  Waupun, 
Wis.  In  1876  he  removed  to  Oak  Park,  a 
suburb  of  Chicago,  111.,  and  there  he  died  in 
1891,  aged  seventy-four  years.  His  wife,  a  native 
of  York  state,  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Mary  J. 
Warren;  she  still  makes  her  home  -in  Oak  Park, 
where  her  two  oldest  sons,  Frank  M.  and  Alonzo 
W.,  also  reside.  The  youngest  son,  Samuel  E., 
died  there  in  1898. 

From  infancy  until  eight  years  of  age  our  sub- 
ject lived  in  Monroe,  Wis.,  after  which  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Waupun  and  attended  the 
grammar  and  high  schools  there.  From  boyhood 
he  assisted  his  father  in  the  store.  In  1872  he 
went  to  Chicago,  where  he  was  employed  by  a 
brother  at  the  painter's  trade.  Two  years  later  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  for  one  year  carried  on  a 
sheep  ranch  for  F.  H.  Austin  near  Colorado 
Springs.  In  September,  1875,  he  located  on  a 
ranch  of  his  own,  thirty  miles  northeast  of  Colo- 
rado Springs,  in  El  Paso  County,  at  the  head  of 
Bracket  Creek.  Pre-empting  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres,  he  started  in  the  sheep  business, 
taking  one  thousand  ewes  on  shares.  After  two 
years  he  sold  and  settled  on  a  ranch  in  Pleasant 
Valley,  eight  miles  east  of  Squirrel  Creek.  In 
1878  he  formed  a  partnership  with  C.  E.  Noble, 
and  bought  about  four  hundred  acres,  comprising 
what  was  known  as  the  Big  Springs  ranch,  thirty 
miles  east  of  Colorado  Springs.  Afterward  he 
bought  from  David  King  two  hundred  acres,  and 
since  then  has  added  other  property,  until  his 
total  possessions  aggregated  one  thousand  acres, 
with  three  miles  of  running  water  on  the  land. 
In  1892  he  purchased  his  partner's  interest  and 
continued  the  business  alone.  He  has  leased 
state  land,  and  now  has,  by  deed  or  lease,  four- 
teen sections  in  one  body,  with  over  twenty  miles 
of  fencing.  In  addition  to  the  about  nine  thou- 
sand acres,  he  also  has  range  for  his  cattle.  At 
one  time  he  had  nearly  nine  thousand  sheep. 

In  1889  Mr.  Pebbles  formed  a  partnership  with 
J.  F.  Seldomridge,  and  brought  sheep  from  New 
Mexico,  Arizona  and  Texas  into  Colorado,  where 
they  were  fed  and  afterward  shipped  to  Nebraska, 


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Kansas,  Missouri,  Iowa  and  Illinois.  They  were 
the  first  to  engage  in  the  trailing  business,  and 
would  often  bring  as  many  as  one  hundred 
thousand  head  into  Colorado.  The  two  con- 
tinued together  until  Mr.  Seldomridge  died,  since 
which  time  Mr.  Pebbles  has  carried  on  the  sheep 
business  alone.  His  specialty  has  been  the  im- 
proved merinoes.  The  property  which  he  owns 
is  known  as  Big  Springs  ranch  and  is  one  of  the 
finest  in  the  county.  Since  1889  he  has  made  his 
home  in  Colorado  Springs.  In  1 896  he  built 
"Woodburn"  at  Ivy  wild,  on  the  Cheyenne  road. 
In  1890  he  built  two  houses  on  North  Nevada 
avenue,  Colorado  Springs,  but  these  he  after- 
ward sold.  He  is  identified  with  the  National 
Wool  Growers'  Association,  and  in  politics  ad- 
heres to  the  Republican  party. 

In  Marengo,  Iowa,  Mr.  Pebbles  married  Miss 
Julia  Simpson,  who  was  born  in  that  town,  a 
daughter  of  John  G.  and  Martha  (Hosmar) 
Simpson.  Her  father  came  from  Perthshire, 
Scotland,  to  America,  in  1843  and  settled  in  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.,  where  he  engaged  in  building.  In 
1856  he  removed  to  Iowa  County,  Iowa,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  and  building.  From  there 
in  1889  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs  and  in  1892 
settled  in  Denver,  his  present  home.  His  wife, 
who  was  born  in  England,  is  still  living.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Pebbles  are  the  parents  of  five  children: 
Alice,  Helen,  Julia,  Kenneth  and  Frances.  The 
family  attend  the  Congregational  Church,  of 
which  Mrs.  Pebbles  is  a  member. 


(IESSE  RADER,  who  is  a  successful  stock  - 
I  raiser  and  the  owner  of  a  ranch  at  Four 
Q)  Mile,  Fremont  County,  was  born  in  East 
Tennessee,  May  25,  1829.  His  grandfather, 
Jacob  Rader,  with  two  brothers,  emigrated  to 
America  more  than  one  hundred  years  ago  and 
settled  upon  a  plantation  in  Virginia.  About 
1805  he  removed  to  East  Tennessee  and  took  up 
land,  which  he  improved.  His  brother,  John, 
served  in  the  war  of  1812.  William  Rader  was 
the  oldest  of  the  six  sons  and  two  daughters 
comprising  the  family  of  Jacob  Rader.  He  was 
born  in  Virginia  and  was  nine  years  of  age  when 
his  parents  moved  to  East  Tennessee.  Though 
he  attended  school  but  three  months,  he  applied 
himself  to  the  acquiring  of  an  education  with  such 
diligence  that  he  became  one  of  the  best-posted 
men  of  his  section,  and  was  consulted,  for  legal 
advice,  by  many  of  his  neighbors.  Farming  was 
his  principal  occupation,  though  he  also  followed 


the  blacksmith's  trade.  Starting  without  means 
or  property,  in  time  and  through  good  judgment 
he  became  a  large  landed  proprietor.  Politically 
he  was  a  Democrat.  A  man  of  reserved  and  dif- 
fident nature,  he  was  averse  to  participation  in 
public  affairs,  but,  upon  the  solicitation  of  his 
friends,  consented  to  fill  various  local  offices. 
For  almost  twenty-five  years  he  served  as  a 
justice  of  the  peace,  and  also  held  office  as  county 
commissioner.  In  religion  he  was  identified  with 
the  old-school  Presbyterians. 

By  the  marriage  of  William  Rader  to  Eliza- 
beth Rader,  his  second  cousin,  there  were  born 
seven  children,  and  of  these  six  attained  ma- 
turity, viz.:  ValentineS.,  a  stock-raiser  andfarmer 
in  Kansas;  Lavinia,  wife  of  E.  M.  Drake,  of 
Greene  County,  Tenn. ;  Jesse;  Lemuel  and  Lewis 
F.,  who  live  in  Greene  County;  and  Cornelius, 
who  was  an  officer  in  the  Confederate  army  and 
fell  in  battle.  The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born 
and  reared  in  Greene  County.  He  remained  on 
the  home  farm  until  twenty-five  years  of  age, 
when  he  married,  and  three  months  later  moved 
to  northwest  Missouri,  where  he  was  extensively 
engaged  in  the  improvement  of  land  and  in  stock- 
raising.  In  the  spring  of  1860  he  started  for 
Pike's  Peak,  making  the  trip  via  wagon,  and 
during  the  journey  had  a  fight  with  Indians. 
After  reaching  Denver,  he  started  for  the  placer 
mines  near  Breckenridge,  and  for  five  years  was 
engaged  in  mining  there. 

In  October,  1865,  Mr.  Rader  came  to  Fremont 
County  and  camped  on  Four  Mile  Creek,  near 
where  he  now  resides.  The  result  of  his  mining 
experience  not  having  been  satisfactory  in  the 
end,  he  turned  his  attention  to  stock-raising  and 
farming,  in  which  he  has  been  signally  success- 
ful. His  good  judgment  and  sound  common 
sense  have  assisted  him  in  gaining  prosperity. 
For  twenty  years  he  has  not  had  an  unsuccessful 
year  in  his  business.  He  runs  from  six  to  eight 
hundred  head,  which  he  has  on  the  range  twenty 
miles  north  of  his  home.  Of  his  farm  forty  acres 
are  under  cultivation  and  seven  acres  are  in  an  or- 
chard. His  ranch  house  is  situated  at  Four 
Mile,  which  is  not  a  postoffice,  but  a  local  name 
designating  the  locality  near  Four  Mile  Creek, 
four  miles  from  Canon  City.  While  he  is  still 
very  active  for  a  man  of  seventy  years,  it  is  no 
longer  necessary  for  him  to  engage  in  manual 
labor,  and  he  has  rented  his  ranch.  He  makes 
his  home  in  Canon  City,  where  he  has  built  one 
of  the  finest  residences  in  this  section.  Here 


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he  enjoys,  in  leisure,  and  amid  pleasant  sur- 
roundings, the  ease  and  rest  which  his  long  years 
of  activity  have  earned  for  him. 

In  politics  Mr.  Rader  have  affiliated  with  the 
Democratic  party,  and  was  formerly  active  in  at- 
tendance upon  conventions  and  participation  in 
local  affairs.  When  Custer  was  still  a  part  of 
Fremont  County,  in  1871  he  was  elected  county 
sheriff  and  served  for  two  years.  In  1883,  after 
the  division  of  counties,  he  was  elected  sheriff  of 
Fremont  County.  For  twenty  years  he  held 
office  as  school  director,  and  during  that  time 
donated  the  land  on  which  the  present  school 
building  was  erected.  June  21,  1854,  he  married 
Elizabeth  D.  Bell.  Of  their  nine  children,  two 
sons  and  four  daughters  are  living.  Mary  J.  is 
the  wife  of  W.  A.  Stump,  a  stockman  and  farmer 
of  this  county;  Sarah  A.  is  the  wife  of  L.  W. 
Gardner,  an  extensive  stockman  in  this  county; 
Cornelius  V.  is  a  stock-raiser  in  Lamar,  Colo. ; 
Emma  married  Louis  Ried,  a  successful  business 
man  of  Canon  City;  Addie  is  the  wife  of  Perry 
Black,  a  stockman  at  Lamar;  and  Lewis  F.  is 
successfully  engaged  in  the  stock  business  at 
Lamar,  with  his  brother,  C.  V.,  and  brother-in- 
law,  Perry  Black.  Besides  the  children,  there 
are  twelve  grandchildren,  who  share  the  affection 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rader. 


PHILLIPS,  who  is  engaged  in  the 

b  dry-goods  business  at  Silver  Cliff,  Custer 
County,  is  of  English  birth  and  lineage. 
He  was  born  at  Bell  Lake,  parish  of  Cam- 
borne,  county  of  Cornwall,  on  November  9, 
1851,  being  a  son  of  George  and  Mary 
Lemin  (Pearce)  Phillips,  the  former  steward  of 
one  of  the  largest  estates  in  England.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  his  native  land  and  at 
twenty-two  years  of  age  crossed  the  ocean  to 
America.  For  six  months  he  worked  in  the  cop- 
per region  of  Michigan,  but  from  there  came  to 
Colorado  and  engaged  in  mining  in  Gilpin  Coun- 
ty. One  and  one-half  years  were  spent  there. 
He  then  came  to  Rosita,  Custer  (at  that  time 
Fremont)  County,  where  for  nine  years  he  en- 
gaged in  prospecting. 

Returning  to  his  native  country  Mr.  Phillips 
spent  nine  months  visiting  his  relatives  and  early 
associates.  On  his  return  to  the  United  States 
he  secured  a  clerkship  in  Silver  Cliff,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  After  clerking  for  eighteen 
months  for  L.  Slavic  &  Brother  he  started  out  in 
business  for  himself,  purchasing  the  stock  of  his 


former  employers.  In  1889  he  bought  his  pres- 
ent store  building  and  moved  his  stock  into  the 
room  where  he  has  since  carried  on  trade.  He 
carries  a  stock  valued  at  $5,000,  while  his  annual 
sales  average  from  $10,000  to  $12,000.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  building  that  he  occupies  he  owns  an- 
other store  building  and  also  has  two  residences 
in  the  town.  Besides  his  other  interests  he  owns 
mining  stock  and  now  has  three  patented  claims 
at  Rosita. 

Politically  Mr.  Phillips  is  a  Republican  and  a 
strong  adherent  of  the  gold  standard.  In  the 
various  local  positions  held  by  him  he  has  dis- 
charged every  duty  faithfully.  For  some  time 
he  was  a  member  of  the  town  board.  In  1893 
he  was  elected  county  commissioner  and  served 
for  three  years.  When  he  was  again  nominated, 
in  1896,  he  was  opposed  by  both  Populist  and 
Democratic  candidates,  but  nevertheless  was  de- 
feated by  only  fifteen  votes.  He  is  interested  in 
every  measure  for  the  benefit  of  his  town  and  is 
regarded  as  one  of  its  most  deserving  citizens. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Silver  Cliff 
Lodge  No.  38,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Silver  Cliff 
Lodge  No.  34,  I.  O.  O.  F.  He  is  a  wide-awake 
business  man  and  justly  merits  the  position  he 
holds  among  the  merchants  of  Custer  County. 


(lOHN  A.  BLACK,  M.  D.,  is  recognized  as 
I  one  of  the  skillful  and  successful  physicians 
G/  and  surgeons  of  Pueblo,  where  he  has  en- 
gaged in  general  professional  practice  since  May, 
1882.  Besides  his  private  practice,  which  has 
grown  to  large  proportions,  he  acts  as  surgeon 
for  the  Philadelphia  Smelting  Company  and  since 
1889  has  been  surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad  Company.  Among  the  life  in- 
surance companies  for  which  he  is  examiner  may 
be  mentioned  the  New  York  Life,  United  States 
Life  and  Pacific  Mutual.  His  office  is  in  the 
Strait  building,  on  the  corner  of  South  Union 
avenue  and  B  street.  The  various  medical  so- 
cieties of  the  county,  state  and  nation  have 
received  him  into  membership;  he  has  been  es- 
pecially active  in  the  first-named,  of  which  he 
has  officiated  both  as  secretary  and  president. 

John  Black,  the  doctor's  father,  was  born  in 
the  north  of  Ireland  and  came  to  the  United 
States  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  settling  in  Cumber- 
land, Md. ,  where  he  engaged  in  the  hotel  busi- 
ness. Later  he  resided  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va., 
and  finally  settled  on  a  farm  in  that  state,  where 
he  remained  until  his  death.  He  married  Lydia 


' 


ALEXANDER  HINKLEY. 


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Smith,  who  was  born  in  Shippensburg,  Pa.,  of 
remote  German  descent,  and  died  in  West  Vir- 
ginia. Their  six  sons  and  four  daughters  at- 
tained years  of  maturity  and  all  but  one  son  still 
survive.  Our  subject,  who  was  one  of  the 
youngest  children,  was  born  in  Wheeling  Octo- 
ber 27,  1858,  and  attended  the  public  and  high 
schools  there  in  youth,  afterward  graduating 
from  a  business  college.  His  first  business  vent- 
ure was  as  a  druggist,  and  at  the  same  time  he 
carried  on  the  study  of  medicine  under  a  local 
physician.  With  the  money  saved  while  in  busi- 
ness, he  defrayed  his  expenses  while  in  the  medi- 
cal department  of  the  Columbian  University  ot 
Washington,  from  which  he  graduated  in  March, 
1882,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  Two  months 
after  graduating  he  established  his  office  in  South 
Pueblo,  now  a  part  of  Pueblo,  where  he  has  since 
engaged  in  practice.  Politically  he  gives  his 
ballot  to  the  candidates  of  the  Democratic  party, 
of  whose  principles  he  is  a  supporter.  For  one 
term  (1889-91)  he  held  the  office  of  county 
coroner.  Other  offices  of  local  trust  and  respon- 
sibility would  have  been  given  him  from  time  to 
time  had  he  so  desired, but  he  has  preferred  to  con- 
centrate his  mind  upon  his  profession,  to  which 
he  is  intensely  devoted.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Alumni  Association  of  Columbian  University,  his 
alma  mater. 

ALEXANDER  HINKLEY  is  the  owner  of  a 

H  large  ranch  ten  miles  from  Kit  Carson, 
Cheyenne  County,  and  near  the  Kansas  Pa- 
cific Railroad.  Since  he  settled  here,  in  July, 
1875,  he  has  engaged  in  raising  cattle  and  horses, 
and  through  the  energy  and  good  judgment  dis- 
played in  his  work,  has  accumulated  a  valuable 
competency.  He  was  born  in  Alexandria,  Va., 
in  1835,  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Mattocks) 
Hinkley.  His  father,  who  was  a  son  of  Patrick 
Hinkley,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1811,  and 
in  youth  learned  the  trade  of  a  carpenter  and 
builder.  He  was  the  first  carpenter  to  erect  a 
building  in  Virginia  by  the  square.  After  some 
ten  years  in  the  Old  Dominion,  he  removed  to  Ma- 
son County,  Ky.,  where  he  followed  his  trade. 
Thence  he  went  to  Brown  County,  Ohio,  and  fi- 
nally settled  in  Iowa,  where  the  remainder  of  his 
life  was  passed.  '  For  twenty-five  years  before  his 
death  he  engaged  in  the  ministry  of  the  Christian 
Church.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  sev- 
enty years  of  age. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  a  young  girl 


when  she  accompanied  her  parents  from  Ireland 
to  America,  and  soon  afterward  her  father  died. 
She  died  in  Iowa  at  the  age  of  sixty  and  was 
buried  by  the  side  of  her  husband  at  Rochester, 
that  state.  In  their  family  were  five  sons  and 
three  daughters.  Of  these  John,  who  was  a 
railroad  engineer,  was  killed  on  the  Illinois  Cen- 
tral Railroad  in  1872;  Dan  is  a  farmer  in  Kansas, 
while  Jacob  cultivates  a  farm  in  Iowa ;  William 
was  drowned  in  the  Cedar  River  in  Iowa;  Sarah 
is  the  wife  of  Joseph  Her,  of  Washta,  Iowa; 
Eliza,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Hempery,  lives  in  Chicago; 
and  Margaret  married  John  J.  Gifford  and  lives  in 
Estherville,  Iowa. 

When  the  family  settled  in  Brown  County, 
Ohio,  our  subject  was  nine  years  of  age.  He 
was  educated  in  private  schools  there.  At  fifteen 
years  of  age  he  began  to  learn  the  blacksmith's 
trade,  but  never  followed  it.  Later  he  was  em- 
ployed as  fireman  on  the  Bell  Fontain  Railroad 
for  six  months.  After  his  brother,  John,  became 
connected  with  the  New  Albany  &  Salem  (now 
the  Monon)  road  he  secured  employment  on  it, 
and  during  the  fifty-six  months  he  remained  in 
that  position,  he  never  lost  a  day.  For  three 
months  he  ran  a  locomotive  on  the  Illinois  Cen- 
tral Railroad,  after  which  he  was  connected  with 
the  Milwaukee  &  Mississippi  Railroad  for  two 
years,  later  was  with  the  Chicago  &  St.  Paul 
Railroad  for  a  year.  In  the  spring  of  1860  he 
came  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Denver,  which  he 
found  to  be  a  small  town  with  only  three  brick 
buildings.  In  the  fall  of  1862,  having  returned 
to  Denver  after  a  time  spent  in  Salt  Lake  City,  he 
entered  Company  I,  First  Colorado  Infantry 
(subsequently  cavalry  ) ,  and  continued  in  the  serv- 
ice for  three  years,  taking  part  in  a  number  of 
engagements  in  the  west.  After  the  war  was  over 
he  spent  one  year  in  government  employ  at  Den- 
ver, later  was  in  Texas  for  a  year,  and  then  re- 
turned to  Colorado,  where  he  worked  for  differ- 
ent parties.  In  July,  1875,  he  settled  upon  the 
ranch  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  the  stock 
business. 

During  the  long  period  of  his  residence  in  Colo- 
rado, Mr.  Hinkley  has  seen  its  progress,  from  a 
sparsety  settled  territory  to  a  progressive,  popu- 
lous state.  In  early  days  he  became  acquainted 
with  many  of  the  noted  scouts,  among  them  Kit 
Carson,  with  whom  he  served  for  a  year  or  more 
in  the  army.  He  experienced  all  the  hardships 
of  life  on  the  frontier,  but  his  is  a  nature  fitted  to 
contend  with  obstacles,  and  he  lias  enjoyed  his 


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busy  life  on  the  plains.  In  1876  he  married 
Fredericka  Westhoff,  and  they  had  two  children, 
Alice,  and  Lydia  (deceased).  The  second  wife  of 
Mr.  Hinkley  was  Mary  Heslew,  a  native  of  Wis- 
consin, her  father,  William  Heslew,  having  emi- 
grated from  Prussia  to  Wisconsin  and  followed 
the  carpenter  and  cabinet-maker's  trade  there 
until  his  death.  She  was  one  of  a  family  of  two 
brothers  and  seven  sisters,  the  others  being: 
Harmon,  a  fanner  in  Nebraska;  Edward,  who  is 
engaged  in  the  livery  business  in  eastern  Ne- 
braska; Minnie,  who  married  Frederick  Clinefelt 
and  lives  in  Nebraska;  Mrs.  Amelia  Mattocks,  of 
Oregon;  Emma,  Mrs.  Jacob  Doth,  deceased; 
Louisa,  who  is  married  and  lives  in  Wisconsin; 
Annie,  Mrs.  James  Graham,  of  Oklahoma;  and 
Ada,  wife  of  M.  F.  Phister,  of  Idaho.  In  poli- 
tics our  subject  is  a  Democrat. 


3OHN  PETER  FALKENBERG,  a  general 
merchant  of  Westclifie,  Custer  County,  was 
born  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  in  1845,  and  is  of 
German  parentage.  His  father,  Anton  Falken- 
berg,  came  to  the  United  States  in  the  early  '403 
and  afterward  followed  the  trade  of  a  cabinet- 
maker and  millwright,  which  he  had  thoroughly 
learned  in  the  old  country.  In  1845  he  removed 
to  Detroit,  Mich.,  and  there  remained  for  ten 
years,  after  which  he  went  to  Chicago.  In  1865 
he  retired  from  active  business,  but  continued 
to  reside  in  Chicago  until  his  death.  Politically 
he  was  a  Democrat,  and  in  religion  a  Catholic. 
His  first  wife,  whom  he  married  in  Utica,  N.  Y., 
was  Gertrude  Schumacher,  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  six  children,  three  now  living:  John 
Peter;  Andrew,  a  business  man  of  Chicago;  and 
Kate,  also  of  Chicago.  After  the  death  of  his 
first  wife  he  married  Susan  Berger,  by  whom  he 
had  three  children:  Frank  A.,  who  is  a  druggist 
in  Chicago;  Caroline,  who  is  a  teacher  of  music 
in  a  convent  at  Green  Bay,  Wis. ;  and  Amelia, 
who  is  similarly  engaged  in  St.  Louis.  The 
third  wife  of  Mr.  Falkenberg  was  Caroline 
Studer,  who  survives  her  husband  and  resides  in 
Chicago. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  commenced 
in  Detroit  and  completed  in  Chicago,  where  he 
attended  a  parochial  school  conducted  by  Chris- 
tian Brothers.  He  gained  a  knowledge  of  busi- 
ness matters  through  attendance  at  Bryant  & 
Stratum's  Commercial  College  in  Chicago.  Under 
his  father  he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and 
afterward  also  became  a  practical  tinner.  When 


about  twenty-three  years  of  age  he  opened  an 
office  at  Twenty-ninth  and  State  streets,  Chicago, 
and  became  a  real-estate  dealer,  buying  and  sell- 
ing property  south  of  Twenty-ninth  street. 

When  the  colony  was  formed  to  come  to  Colo- 
rado in  1870,  Mr.  Falkenberg  determined  to  join 
them,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  located  in  the 
upper  end  of  Wet  Mountain  Valley.  In  the 
spring  of  the  following  year  he  removed  to  Pu- 
eblo, where  he  worked  as  a  carpenter  for  two 
years.  At  the  time  he  came  to  this  state,  the 
railroad  extended  no  further  than  River  Bend, 
one  hundred  miles  from  Denver,  and  the  re- 
mainder of  the  journey  was  necessarily  made  by 
wagon,  but  while  he  was  living  in  Pueblo,  the 
railroad  was  extended  to  that  point.  In  the  early 
part  of  1873  he  moved  back  to  the  valley  and  lo- 
cating a  ranch,  followed  his  trade,  while  at  the 
same  time  he  began  the  improvement  of  the 
property.  After  three  years  on  the  ranch  he  went 
to  Ula,  a  village  two  miles  north  of  Westclifie. 
In  1876  he  started  in  the  mercantile  business 
there,  putting  up  a  building  in  which  he  carried 
a  stock  of  goods.  From  1879  to  1888  he  also 
served  as  postmaster  of  the  village.  Starting  on 
a  small  scale,  as  his  trade  grew  his  stock  was  en- 
larged, until  finally  he  had  a  complete  assortment 
of  goods. 

Westcliffe  having  been  started,  Mr.  Falken- 
berg came  here  in  1888,  and  erected  a  stone  store 
building,  fifty-five  feet  deep.  Two  years  later 
he  built  the  residence  he  has  since  occupied. 
One  year  after  coming  to  this  village  he  increased 
the  size  of  his  store  building  to  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  feet  depth,  so  that  he  had  25x125 
feet  for  his  large  stock  of  merchandise.  Besides 
this,  he  put  up  the  adjoining  building,  25x70 
feet,  and  now  has  his  dry  goods  in  a  separate 
building  across  the  street.  During  all  these 
years  he  has  continued  to  operate  his  ranch  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  which  lies  about  six 
miles  west  of  town  and  on  which  he  raises  fine 
crops  of  grain,  potatoes  and  hay. 

Politically  Mr.  Falkenberg  has  always  affiliated 
with  the  Democratic  party.  In  1 892-93  he  served 
as  county  treasurer,  and  has  also  been  a  member 
of  the  town  board.  For  seven  years  he  has  been 
identified  with  the  school  board.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Roman  Catholic.  He  has  assisted  in  de- 
veloping the  mining  interests  of  Custer  County, 
having  a  tunnel  seven  hundred  and  fifty  feet  on  a 
promising  prospect,  and  is  also  interested  in  the 
Bull  Domingo  mine.  August  8,  1870,  he  mar- 


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ried  Barbara  Lanzendorfer,  of  Chicago,  but  a  na- 
tive of  Rochester,  N.  Y.  They  became  the  par- 
ents of  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  all  of  whom 
are  living  but  one  daughter.  They  are  named 
as  follows:  Charles  William,  who  assists  his  fa- 
ther in  the  store;  Amelia  and  Carrie,  who  con- 
duct the  dry-goods  store  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  street  from  the  main  store;  Frank  A.,  who 
helps  his  father  in  business;  Grover  Edward  and 
Henry. 

OHARLES  w.  MC  REYNOLDS,  of  Colorado 

1 1  Springs,  was  born  in  Wantage,  Sussex 
U  County,  N.  J.,  December  8,  1842,  a  son  of 
Rev.  Anthony  and  Susannah  (Hodges)  McRey- 
nolds.  His  paternal  grandfather,  who  was  a  na- 
tive of  Scotland,  -came  to  America  some  years 
prior  to  the  Revolution,  but  after  a  time  returned 
to  the  British  Isles  and  settled  in  Dungannon, 
County  Tyrone,  Ireland,  where  he  became  a 
large  land  owner.  He  married  an  English  lady, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  one  hundred  years;  he 
was  one  hundred  and  two  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 

Born  in  Dungannou,  Ireland,  Anthony  McRey- 
nolds  was  educated  in  Edinburgh  for  the  ministry 
and  became  an  ordained  clergyman  in  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  After  his  marriage  to  Miss 
Hodges,  who  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  he  re- 
mained for  a  short  time  in  that  country,  and  then 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  and  accepted  a 
pastorate  in  New  Jersey.  Afterward  he  estab- 
lished a  church  in  what  is  now  a  suburb  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio.  In  1848  he  began  the  practice  of 
law  in  Cleveland,  and  soon  attained  prominence 
in  his  profession.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican 
and  a  strong  Abolitionist.  During  the  adminis- 
tration of  President  Lincoln  he  was  appointed 
consul  to  Ireland  and  left  his  home  for  Washing- 
ton,where  his  commission  was  to  be  handed  him. 
In  Baltimore,  however,  he  was  taken  seriously  ill, 
and  decided  to  decline  the  appointment.  With 
the  exception  of  some  years  spent  in  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich.,  in  order  that  his  children  might  attend 
the  state  university,  he  continued  to  reside  in 
Cleveland  until  his  death,  at  eighty-two  years,  in 
1886.  By  his  first  wife,  who  died  in  Ohio,  he 
had  three  children :  Mrs.  Ann  Deardorf,  who  died 
in  Ohio  in  1877;  Mrs.  Sarah  Bonner,  of  Eden- 
ton,  N.  C.;  and  Charles  William,  of  this  sketch. 
By  his  second  marriage  three  children  were  born : 
Frederick,  Frank  and  Mrs.  Hattie  Prentice,  all 
of  Cleveland.  Our  subject  was  an  infant  when 


his  parents  moved  to  Cleveland,  and  there  he 
studied  in  the  grammar  and  high  schools.  When 
a  mere  boy  he  learned  telegraphy,  and  when  the 
overland  telegraph  line  was  completed  he  was  of- 
fered $60  per  month  in  gold  as  operator  at  Rocky 
Ridge  (now  South  Pass  City),  Wyo.  He  came 
west  in  1861  via  stage  from  St.  Joe.  After  re- 
maining a  short  time  at  Rocky  Ridge  he  was 
transferred  to  Pacific  Springs.  In  1862  he  re- 
turned to  Cleveland  and  joined  the  Cleveland 
Grays,  Company  D,  Eighty-fourth  Ohio  In- 
fantry, May  26  of  that  year,  and  served  until 
September  20,  when  he  was  mustered  out  and 
discharged,  his  service  having  been  principally 
in  Winchester,  Va.,  and  Cumberland,  Md.  In 
February,  1863,  he  entered  the  service  of  the 
United  States  military  telegraph  corps  as  cipher 
clerk,  and  remained  until  the  spring  of  1865, 
when  he  resigned  at  Nashville,  Tenn.  He  was 
first  assigned  to  Memphis,  Tenn.,  with  the  rank 
of  first  lieutenant,  and  served  successively  with 
Generals  Hulbert,  McPherson,  Banks  and 
Thomas,  and  was  intermediate  cipher  operator 
between  Generals  Grant  and  Sherman.  While 
he  was  serving  with  Gen.  J.  J.  Wilson,  illness  in 
his  family  caused  him  to  resign.  During  his 
service  he  had  many  exciting  and  hazardous  ex- 
periences. While  constructing  telegraph  lines  at 
different  places  to  open  communication  with  the 
troops,  he  was  captured  three  times,  first  by  Sol 
Street's  guerillas,  then  by  General  Forrest  (both 
of  which  times  he  made  his  escape) ,  and  last  by 
McNeerey's  guerillas,  who  released  him.  As  an 
operator  he  was  especially  valuable  to  Federal  of- 
ficers by  reason  of  the  fact  that  he  had  committed 
to  memory  the  three  different  ciphers,  and  was, 
therefore,  not  obliged  to  carry  a  key,  which 
might  have  been  captured  with  him. 

Upon  leaving  the  telegraph  service  Mr.  McRey- 
nolds  studied  law  under  Judge  Bishop,  and  later 
entered  the  Ohio  State  Law  School,  from  which 
he  was  graduated.  He  then  traveled  in  Old 
Mexico  for  two  years,  also  took  a  trip  to  Chili, 
South  America,  and  to  California,  thence  took 
the  first  stage  through  from  the  terminus  of  the 
railroad  to  Utah,  and  became  the  first  Western 
Union  operator  at  Corinne,  receiving  the  first 
message  ever  delivered  in  that  town.  His  next 
station  was  Box  Elder,  or  Brigham  City,  where 
he  remained  for  a  year.  From  1873  to  1876  he 
remained  principally  in  Texas,  and  from  that 
state  went  back  east.  In  1878,  during  the  yellow 
fever  epidemic  in  Memphis,  he  volunteered  to  go 


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to  that  city  as  operator,  and  remained  there  some 
months.  The  following  year  he  went  to  Colo- 
rado and  became  an  employe  of  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad  Company  at  Pueblo.  For  six  years  he 
was  the  company's  agent  at  Nepesta,  Pueblo 
County,  and  at  the  same  time  served  as  justice  of 
the  peace.  In  1887  he  went  to  Leadville.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  Cripple  Creek  excitement  he 
was  general  forwarding  agent  of  the  Grant  Trans- 
fer Company,  which  handled  almost  all  of  the  ore 
out  and  the  freight  into  the  camp.  He  was  man- 
ager of  the  Beaver  Park  Land  Company,  which 
located  the  town  site  of  Gillett.  At  the  same 
time  he  became  interested  in  mines,  and  is  now 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Pay  Car 
Gold  Mining  and  Leasing  Company.  In  Janu- 
ary, 1896,  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs  and 
opened  a  brokerage  office.  In  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  and  held 
the  position  for  two  years. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  McReynolds  was  Julia 
Ranney,  who  was  born  in  Cleveland  and  died 
there.  His  second  marriage,  which  took  place  in 
Dodge  City,  Kan.,. united  him  with  Miss^  Flor- 
ence Smith,  who  was  born  in  Ohio.  They  have 
one  daughter,  Pearl. 

Always  a  Republican,  in  1896  Mr.  McRey- 
nolds became  an  adherent  of  the  silver  branch  of 
the  party.  In  1897  he  was  secretary  of  the  county 
committee.  He  was  made  a  member  of  the  Odd 
Fellows'  Order  in  Colorado,  and  belongs  to  the 
lodge  at  Colorado  Springs.  He  is  also  identified 
with  Colorado  Springs  Post  No.  22,  G.  A.  R.  ;E1 
Paso  County  Pioneers'  Society,  the  Old  Time 
Telegraphers'  Association  and  the  State  Keeley 
League,  of  which  he  has  served  as  president. 
Naturally  of  a  roving  disposition,  with  a  desire 
for  adventure  and  excitement,  in  youth  he  fell 
into  those  temptations  that  assail  the  thoughtless 
and  gay,  but  in  after  years,  seeing  the  folly  of  his 
course,  he  showed  genuine  Scotch  determination 
in  gaining  the  victory  over  every  temptation  and 
settling  down  to  a  life  of  steady  industry  and  up- 
rightness. He  is  a  man  who  is  respected  by  all 
who  know  him. 


(TOHN  G.  SCHWEIGERT,  county  attorney 
I  of  Custer  County,  residing  in  Westcliffe> 
G/  was  born  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  in  November, 
1862,  and  is  a  son  of  John  G.  and  Barbara 
(Dueringer)  Schweigert.  He  and  his  sister, 
Freda,  Mrs.  Herman  Hahn,  of  Toledo,  are  the 


survivors  of  the  original  family  of  five  children, 
whose  father  came  to  America  in  1849  an<*  en- 
gaged in  building  and  contracting  in  Toledo. 
When  he  was  but  four  years  of  age  his  father 
died  and  five  years  later  his  mother  passed  away, 
after  which  he  was  taken  into  the  home  of  an 
uncle,  who  was  engaged  in  the  tobacco  business 
in  Toledo. 

In  the  spring  of  1880  Mr.  Schweigert  came  to 
Colorado,  first  settling  in  Ute  City,  near  Aspen, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  mining  until  the  fall  of 
1 88 1.  Afterward  he  made  his  headquarters  at 
Cotopaxi,  Fremont  County,  until  1884,  and 
while  there  he  began  the  study  of  law.  Coming 
from  that  place  to  Custer  County,  he  continued 
his  studies  with  Judge  Adams  as  preceptor.  In 
1889  he  was  elected  county  judge  and  three 
years  later  was  re-elected,  serving  in  all  for  five 
years,  but  resigning  one  year  prior  to  the  expira- 
tion of  his  second  term.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1893  and  has  since  engaged  in  the  general 
practice  of  his  profession.  His  work  as  judge, 
and  also  as  clerk  of  the  district  court  under  Judge 
Bailey,  gave  him  a  diversity  of  experience  and 
an  excellent  insight  into  different  phases  of  juris- 
prudence, which  was  of  inestimable  value  to  him 
in  his  later  practice.  Besides  his  general  and 
county  practice  he  acts  as  counsel  for  the  Custer 
County  Cattle  Growers'  Association. 

Active  in  the  local  work  of  the  Democratic 
party,  Mr.  Schweigert  has  regularly  attended 
county  conventions  and  has  also  been  a  delegate 
to  those  of  the  state.  Besides  being  county  judge 
for  five  years  and  clerk  of  the  district  court  for 
six  years,  he  held  the  office  of  mayor  for  two 
terms,  and  in  these  various  capacities  proved 
himself  an  earnest,  efficient  and  reliable  official. 
In  the  adjudicating  of  the  water  rights  of  this 
section  he  acted  as  referee.  In  all  matters  of 
especial  importance,  pertaining  to  the  drawing 
up  of  papers,  as  trustee,  administrator,  etc. ,  he 
is  always  relied  upon,  and  has  served  as  executor 
of  the  majority  of  the  estates  in  the  county.  In 
the  midst  of  other  duties  he  has  maintained  his 
interest  in  mining  and  has  done  much  toward  the 
development  of  mines  in  this  county.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  Rosita  Lodge  No.  25, 
A.  O.  U.  W.,  and  Westcliffe  Camp  No.  309, 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 

January  31,  1887,  Mr.  Schweigert  married 
Alice  C.,  daughter  of  Rev.  L.  W.  Smith,  of 
Rosita.  They  have  two  sons  and  one  daughter, 
John  L.,  Willie  G.  and  Marie  A. 


JOHN   P.  BREEN. 


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595 


nOHN  P.  BREEN,  superintendent  of  the  Wat- 
son,  Robinson  &  Cameron  mines  at  Walsen- 


burg,  has  been  connected  with  the  Colorado 
Fuel  and  Iron  Company  since  1884.  First  as  a 
coal  miner,  in  the  spring  of  1887  he  was  promoted 
and  made  pile  mine  foreman,  which  position  he 
held  until  1892.  Afterward  he  was  sent  to  Rouse, 
Huerfano  County,  and  from  there,  October  i, 
1892,  was  transferred  to  Walsenburg,  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  mines  at  this  place.  He  has  en- 
gaged in  prospecting  in  this  county  and  other 
parts  of  the  San  Luis  Valley  and  in  the  Red  River 
district  of  New  Mexico,  also  in  Gunnison  County, 
in  all  of  which  places  he  has  staked  out  claims. 
During  the  twenty-two  years  in  which  he  has  en- 
gaged in  mining,  he  has  made  a  close  study  of 
every  detail  connected  with  the  business  and  few 
are  better  informed  than  he  regarding  the  value 
of  claims  and  their  feasibility  for  profitable  opera- 
tion. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  John  Breen,  ST.,  was 
born  in  Ireland  and  in  1843  (the  year  following 
our  subject's  birth)  brought  his  family  to  the 
United  States,  settling  in  Minersville,  Schuylkill 
County,  Pa.,  and  engaging  in  coal  mining,  which 
occupation  he  had  followed  in  Ireland.  He  had 
owned  one  of  the  first  coal  mines  in  County  Kil- 
kenny and  had  operated  it  for  several  years. 
Having  from  youth  been  identified  with  the  coal 
mining  industry,  he  was  well  fitted  to  engage 
in  it  with  practical  success.  He  remained  in 
Minersville  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
1875,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five.  By  his  mar- 
riage to  Anna  Grudy,  he  had  five  children,  name- 
ly: Mary,  wife  of  Daniel  Brennan,  of  Miners- 
ville; Patrick,  of  the  same  place;  Peter,  deceased  ; 
Anna,  wife  of  Simon  Kirwick,  who  lives  in  Phil- 
adelphia; and  John.  The  mother  of  these  chil- 
dren had  died  in  Ireland  when  her  youngest  child, 
our  subject,  was  only  nine  mouths  old. 

At  the  age  of  thirteen  our  subject  began  to  as- 
sist his  father  in  the  mines.  Five  years  later  he 
went  to  New  York  City,  where  for  one  year  he 
worked  at  stair-building,  and  then,  returning  to 
Minersville,  served  an  apprenticeship  of  three 
years  to  the  cabinet-maker's  trade.  After  com- 
pleting his  time  he  went  to  Philadelphia,  where 
he  followed  carpentering,  building  and  contract- 
ing, and  erected  several  dwellings  in  the  north- 
western part  of  the  city,  also  a  number  of  busi- 
ness blocks.  The  year  after  the  Centennial  he 
went  to  the  oil  regions  and  began  the  manufac- 
ture of  oil-well  supplies  and  derricks  at  Bradford, 
28 


Pa.  After  continuing  in  that  business  for  some 
time,  in  December,  1879,  he  started  for  Colorado, 
and  in  January,  1880,  arrived  in  Buena  Vista, 
from  which  point  he  proceeded  to  Leadville. 
There  he  followed  his  trade  until  May,  when  he 
went  into  the  Gunnison  country  and  began  pros- 
pecting; at  the  same  time  he  assisted  in  the  erec- 
tion of  buildings  in  the  towns  of  Ruby  and  Crested 
Butte.  He  still  owns  two  patented  claims  in  the 
Gunnison  district.  In  1882  he  secured  employ- 
ment as  a  carpenter  in  the  anthracite  mines  near 
Crested  Butte.  In  1884  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Colorado  Fuel  and  Iron  Company,  with 
which  he  has  since  remained. 

Since  coming  to  Walsenburg  Mr.  Breen  has 
purchased  a  substantial  residence,  and  here  he 
and  his  wife  (who  was  formerly  Miss  Jennie 
Moore,  of  Philadelphia)  have  established  a  cosy 
and  comfortable  home.  In  his  political  belief  he 
is  a  strong  supporter  of  free  silver  and  believes 
that,  only  by  a  restoration  of  silver  to  its  proper 
standard,  can  a  permanent  prosperity  be  secured 
for  our  people.  With  the  exception  of  this  plank, 
he  is  in  sympathy  with  the  Republican  platform. 


[""RANK  L.  KENNICOTT  is  the  owner  of 
r^  a  pleasant  home  in  the  Wet  Mountain  Val- 
I  ley,  where  he  is  engaged  in  stock-raising  and 
farming.  On  locating  here  in  1871,  he  took  up 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  and  with 
thirteen  cows  and  a  few  potatoes  for  planting,  he 
began  for  himself.  The  start  was  very  small, 
but  from  it  he  has  worked  his  way  to  be  one  of 
the  leading  cattlemen  of  Custer  County.  When 
he  came  to  this  section,  there  was  a  scanty  popu- 
lation and  the  land  was  wild,  while  all  the  sur- 
roundings were  those  of  the  frontier.  He  has 
increased  his  ranch  until  it  includes  ten  hundred 
and  forty  acres.  His  principal  farm  products  are 
grain  and  hay,  the  annual  average  of  the  latter 
being  seven  hundred  tons.  Every  fall  he  buys 
from  three  to  four  hundred  head  of  cattle,  which 
he  feeds  during  the  winter  and  sells  in  the  spring. 
In  Cook  County,  111.,  Mr.  Kennicott  was  born 
December  13,  1842.  The  family  of  which  he  is  a 
member  came  to  America  prior  to  the  Revolution 
and  settled  near  Albany,  N.  Y.  About  1833  his 
father,  Hiram  Kennicott,  a  native  of  Albany, 
and  for  some  years-  a  resident  of  New  Orleans, 
settled  in  Illinois.  When  very  young  he  read 
law  and,  by  special  act  of  legislature,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  before  he  was  of  age,  after 
which  he  engaged  in  practice  in  New  Orleans. 


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However,  after  removing  to  Illinois,  he  became 
the  owner  of  a  sawmill  and  several  stores,  and 
later  engaged  in  the  dairy  business.  He  was  a 
prominent  and  influential  man,  and,  while  not 
seeking  office  for  himself,  was  active  in  assisting 
his  friends  and  was  one  whose  advice  was  sought 
for.  By  his  marriage  to  Eugenia  Ransom,  mem- 
ber of  an  old  family  of  Buffalo.,  there  were 
born  twelve  children;  all  are  still  living,  and  the 
oldest  is  sixty-one,  while  the  youngest  is  more 
than  thirty.  They  are  named  as  follows:  Ransom, 
a  retired  first  lieutenant,  U.  S.  A.  ,and  colonel  of  the 
Thirty -seventh  Illinois  Infantry  during  the  Civil 
war,  now  living  retired  in  Chicago;  George,  who 
was  a  captain  in  the  Thirty-seventh  Illinois  In- 
fantry, and  is  now  with  the  Chicago  &  Alton  Rail- 
road in  Chicago;  Frank  L-;  Rose;  Harold,  a 
farmer  at  Delta,  Colo. ;  Mary,  wife  of  Frederick  C. 
Hale,  of  Chicago;  Lillie,  who  married  H.  D. 
Smith  and  resides  in  Denver;  William,  who 
carries  on  a  fruit  business  in  Colorado,  his  home 
being  at  Delta;  Victor,  in  Denver;  James,  a 
ranchman  at  Delta;  Clarence,  a  farmer  and  fruit- 
grower at  Delta;  and  Eugenia,  Mrs.  Jesse  Hart, 
of  Delta. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
public  schools  and  a  commercial  college.  For 
three  years  he  was  employed  in  the  custom  house 
in  Chicago.  When  twenty-three  years  of  age  he 
went  to  Texas  and  began  to  raise  cotton  and 
sugar  cane,  but  owing  to  the  ravages  of  the  army 
worm  the  venture  was  a  failure.  Returning  to 
Illinois,  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  for  two 
years,  after  which  he  went  to  Wyoming,  expect- 
ing to  secure  work  in  the  building  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad,  but  in  this  he  was  disappointed. 
Not  wanting  to  return  east,  he  secured  work  in  a 
camp  and  later  was  employed  in  cutting  cord 
wood.  In  1867,  at  the  solicitation  of  his  brother, 
who  was  with  him,  he  returned  to  Illinois,  but 
his  personal  preference  inclined  him  toward  re- 
maining on  the  frontier.  He  worked  in  his 
father's  cheese  factory  until  the  spring  of  1871, 
when  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  here  he  has  since 
engaged  in  farm  pursuits  and  the  stock  business. 
He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Wet  Mountain  Cream- 
ery at  Westcliffe,  and  is  also  interested  in  min- 
ing, as  a  stockholder  in  the  Bull  Domingo  mine 
in  Custer  County. 

For  six  years  Mr.  Keunicott  has  served  as 
county  commissioner,  to  which  office  he  was 
elected  on  the  Republican  ticket.  In  1871  he 
married  Mary  Thorp,  by  whom  he  had  a  daugh- 


ter, Mary  Louise.  After  the  death  of  this  wife 
he  was  again  married,  March  22,  1882,  being 
united  with  Minnie,  daughter  of  Charles  Smith, 
of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  They  have  two  children, 
Eugenia  Ransom  and  Anna  Townsend. 


HON.  MICHAEL  BESHOAR,  M.  D.,  a  pio- 
neer of '67  in  Trinidad,  has  long  been  one 
of  the  most  influential  citizens  of  this  place, 
with  the  growth  and  progress  of  which  he  has 
been  intimately  associated.  Not  alone  in  his  pro- 
fession, but  also  in  political  life  and  the  newspa- 
per business  he  has  attained  prominence.  In 
1 88 1  he  established  the  Advertiser,  a  well-known 
paper  of  Trinidad,  which  he  conducted  until  1897, 
and  then  sold.  With  the  exception  of  General 
West,  of  Golden,  he  is  the  oldest  editor  in  the  en- 
tire state.  He  is  also,  in  point  of  years  of  prac- 
tice, the  oldest  physician  in  Trinidad,  as  well  as 
one  of  the  oldest  in  Colorado. 

Dr.  Beshoar  was  born  and  reared  near  Lewis- 
town,  Miffiin  County,  Pa.,  a  son  of  Daniel  and 
Susan  (Rothrock)  Beshoar.  His  father,  who  was 
a  native  of  Cumberland  County,  Pa.,  followed 
farming  as  his  life  occupation,  and  also  engaged 
in  speculating  to  some  extent.  He  died  in  Indi- 
ana at  the  age  of  sixty-five,  and  his  wife,  in  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1848,  when  thirty-five  }rearsofage. 
Of  their  ten  children,  four  are  living:  Michael, 
Anna,  Hannah  and  Asenath.  Our  subject  was  ed- 
ucated in  public  schools  and  Tuscarora  Academy, 
at  Academia.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  began 
to  study  medicine  under  Drs.  Hoover  and  Morse, 
in  his  native  county,  and  afterward  attended  the 
Philadelphia  Medical  College,  Jefferson  Medical 
College  and  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  finally  graduating  from 
the  University  of  Michigan  in  1853,  with  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D. 

The  doctor's  first  location  for  practice  was  at 
Pocahontas,  Ark.,  where  he  remained  for  ten 
years.  In  1861  he  acted  as  surgeon  of  the  Sev- 
enth Arkansas  Infantry,  and  in  1862  became  med- 
ical director  of  General  Hardy's  command.  After 
the  battle  of  Shiloh  he  was  transferred  to  the  de- 
partment of  the  Mississippi  and  continued  to 
serve  until  the  fall  of  1863,  when  he  was  captured 
with  "Jeff"  Thompson  and  his  quartermaster. 
He  was  given  his  liberty  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis 
under  bond,  and  while  there,  a  prisoner  under 
bond,  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  the  St. 
Louis  Medical  College.  Meantime  he  became 
convinced  that  the  southern  cause  was  hopeless 


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and  that  surrender  might  as  well  be  made  at 
once,  thus  saving  thousands  of  lives.  On  being 
released  as  a  prisoner  of  war,  he  agreed  to  at- 
tend the  refugee  women  and  children  at  Benton 
Barracks,  having  been  solicited  to  take  this  work 
by  Dr.  Madison  Mills.  As  acting  assistant  sur- 
geon he  was  connected  with  the  St.  Louis  post 
hospital,  and  Jefferson  Barracks  hospital,  after 
which  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  post  hospi- 
tal at  Fort  Kearney,  Neb.,  and  at  the  same  time 
was  made  medical  purveyor  for  all  the  territories. 

Resigning  this  position  in  the  fall  of  1866,  Dr. 
Beshoarcame  to  Pueblo, Colo., and  opened  the  first 
drug  store  ever  established  between  Denver  and 
Santa  Fe.  In  1868  he  established  the  only  news- 
paper in  that  town,  which  paper  is  now  the  well- 
known  Pueblo  Chieftain.  From  Pueblo  he  came 
to  Trinidad  in  1867,  however,  still  continuing  his 
newspaper  business  in  the  former  city.  The  trip 
between  the  two  towns  he  made  on  horseback  in 
one  and  one- half  days.  In  the  fall  of  1867  he  was 
elected  to  the  territorial  legislature  (capital  at 
Golden) ,  but  was  defrauded  out  of  his  seat  by 
the  opposing  party.  He  has  made  Trinidad  his 
home  since  1869  and  has  been  actively  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

Politically  a  Democrat,  on  his  party  ticket  Dr. 
Beshoar  has  been  elected  county  assessor,  county 
coroner,  county  clerk  and  county  judge  (which 
office  he  filled  for  seven  years)  and  he  is  now 
serving  his  fourth  term  as  county  superintendent 
of  schools.  At  the  first  state  election,  in  1876, 
he  was  the  regular  Democratic  nominee  for  lieu- 
tenant-governor. Afterward  he  served  for  one 
term  in  the  lower  house  of  the  state  legislature. 
Prior  to  the  war  he  also  served  two  terms  as  a 
member  of  the  Arkansas  legislature.  He  was  the 
first  vice-president  of  the  Trinidad  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  which  position  he  now  holds.  Be- 
sides his  landed  interests  in  Arkansas  and  Colo- 
rado he  has  extensive  mining  interests  in  Mexico, 
having  purchased  one  of  the  famous  old  mines 
there  known  as  the  Temerosa  mine. 

The  Las  Animas  County  and  Colorado  State 
Medical  Societies,  American  Medical  Association 
and  American  Public  Health  Association  number 
Dr.  Beshoar  among  their  members,  and  he  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Pan- American  Medical  Congress. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Las  Animas  Lodge 
No.  28,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  which  he  is  past  mas- 
ter and  which  he  represents  in  the  grand  lodge; 
also  the  Colorado  Consistory,  Scottish  Rite,  and 
socially  he  is  connected  with  the  Trinidad  Club. 


In  1872  he  married  Anna  E.  Maupin,  and  they 
have  five  children:  Bonnie,  who  is  deputy  county 
superintendent  of  schools;  Burnie,  Ben,  John 
and  Bertram. 

During  the  long  period  of  his  activity  in  the 
west,  Dr.  Beshoar  has  met  many  famous  men, 
among  them  the  scout,  Kit  Carson,  who  was  his 
personal  friend.  Among  his  other  friends  of 
early  days  were  such  men  as  Gov.  Henry  M.  Rec- 
tor, of  Arkansas,  Gen.  Thomas  C.  Hindman, 
"Jeff"  Thompson,  General  Hardy,  Col.  Albert 
G.  Boone,  Gen.  Elwell  Otis,  etc.  Dr.  Beshoar 
and  Hon.  A.  H.  Garland,  ex-attorney-general  of 
the  United  States,  served  in  the  Arkansas  legis- 
lature at  the  same  time. 

The  Medical  and  Surgical  Register  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada  (1898)  has  the  following  ref- 
erence to  the  subject  of  this  sketch:  "Beshoar, 
Michael;  University  of  Michigan  medical  depart- 
ment 1 853,  member  American  Medical  Association, 
American  Public  Health  Association,  Colorado 
State  Medical  Society,  Las  Animas  County  Med- 
ical Society,  and  Pan-American  Medical  Con- 
gress; surgical  and  medical  director  in  Confeder- 
ate army  two  and  one-half  years,  and  A.  A.  sur- 
geon United  States  Army  two  and  one-half  years, 
until  after  the  close  of  the  late  war;  founder  of 
Daily  Chieftain,  Pueblo,  Colo.,  in  1868;  managing 
editor  Daily  Advertiser,  Trinidad ,  Colo. ,  since  its 
foundation  in  1881;  member  of  the  Colorado  Ed- 
itorial Association  and  county  superintendent  of 
schools,  serving  fourth  term;  office  southwest  cor- 
ner First  and  Convent  streets." 


HON.  JAMES  G.  JOHNSTON,  who  was 
formerly  state  senator  from  Fremont  County 
and  is  an  influential  citizen  of  Florence, 
was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Pa.,  December  18, 
1864,  and  is  of  Scotch- Irish  descent.  His  grand- 
father, James  Alexander  Johnston,  came  to 
America,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  about  1820, 
settling  in  Pennsylvania  and  engaging  in  farm 
pursuits.  His  seven  children  were  born  in 
Pennsylvania.  Of  these,  James,  who  was  the 
second  in  order  of  birth,  was  educated  in  common 
schools,  and  grew  to  manhood  on  the  home  farm. 
When  only  twenty  years  of  age  he  became  a 
pioneer  in  the  oil  business,  and  assisted  in  put- 
ting down  the  third  well  that  was  sunk.  From 
that  time  until  the  present  he  has  engaged  con- 
tinuously in  the  oil  industry  in  Pennsylvania  and 
has  met  with  success  in  his  work.  He  is  a  man 
of  fine  physique,  and  stands  six  feet  one,  without 


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shoes;  his  strength,  too,  is  remarkable  and  his 
health  always  excellent.  In  politics  he  has  from 
youth  affiliated  with  the  Democrats.  He  is  a 
man  of  Christian  character  and  is  an  elder  in  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church.  By  his  marriage 
to  Sarah  Young,  of  Pennsylvania,  eight  children 
were  born,  the  eldest  of  whom  died  in  infancy, 
and  the  third,  Sarah,  is  also  deceased;  Martha  is 
the  wife  of  William  Rossman;  there  are  four 
other  daughters,  all  at  home. 

The  only  son  in  the  family  and  the  second 
child,  James  G. ,  forms  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
He  obtained  his  primary  education  in  public 
schools.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  took  a 
course  of  study  in  the  Grove  City  College,  after 
which  he  taught  school  for  five  years.  Having 
earned  his  own  way  in  life  from  the  age  of  twelve, 
he  thoroughly  appreciated  an  education  and  was 
careful  and  conscientious  as  a  teacher,  doing  all 
he  could  to  advance  his  pupils.  In  the  spring  of 
1889  he  came  to  Colorado,  more  particularly  for 
the  benefit  of  the  climate,  but  also  because  of  the 
opportunities  offered  to  a  young  man  of  energy 
and  ability.  His  first  work  in  this  state  was  in 
the  employ  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Oil  Company, 
for  whom  he  worked  both  in  the  office  and  the 
field  for  five  years.  Since  then  he  has  been 
interested  in  the  oil  business  on  his  own  account, 
although  his  time  has  been  given  principally  to 
his  mining  interests  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district. 
He  is  now  developing  the  Four  Brothers  mine,  on 
Beacon  Hill,  which  is  an  especially  promising 
property,  assays  that  have  been  made  a  depth  of 
one  hundred  and  twelve  feet  running  as  high  as 
$2,700. 

Politically  Mr.  Johnston  is  a  Populist  and  has 
taken  an  active  interest  in  the  welfare  of  his 
party,  to  which  he  has  given  much  time,  attend- 
ing conventions  and  advising  with  the  local 
party  leaders.  That  his  services  were  appreciated 
is  shown  by  the  fact  of  his  election  to  the  state 
senate  in  1892,  for  a  term  of  four  years.  He  was 
the  youngest  member  of  the  ninth  and  tenth 
general  assemblies.  In  the  ninth  he  was  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  state  affairs  that  recom- 
mended the  completion  of  the  state  capitol  in 
marble  instead  of  wood.  He  took  special  in- 
terest in  labor  legislation,  doing  all  that  was 
possible  in  behalf  of  the  eight-hour  law,  and  en- 
deavoring to  regulate  the  employer's  liability. 
In  the  tenth  assembly  he  lacked  but  two  votes  of 
being  made  president  pro  tern.  As  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  educational  instruction  he  gave 


particular  attention  to  educational  matters  during 
his  term.  The  anti-truck  store  bill  he  introduced 
in  the  senate,  where  it  was  passed,  but  it  suffered 
defeat  in  the  house,  which  was  also  the  fate  of 
the  anti-trust  bill,  a  measure  that  he  promoted. 
His  work  in  behalf  of  the  people  whom  he  repre- 
sented was  ably  done  and  obtained  for  him  their 
lasting  regard,  besides  which  it  gave  him  a  stand- 
ing in  the  senate  that  many  an  older  politician 
has  sought  in  vain. 

At  this  writing  Mr.  Johnston  is  serving  for  a 
second  term  as  secretary  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion. Other  matters  connected  with  the  educa- 
tional, business  or  political  interests  of  Florence 
have  received  his  co-operation.  He  is  well 
endowed  intellectually  and  is  of  a  forceful,  reso- 
lute character,  with  keen  mental  faculties  and 
possesses  in  an  abundant  degree  those  vigorous 
traits  that  mark  a  public-spirited  man  and  pro- 
gressive citizen.  He  is  a  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church  and  assists  in  its  activities. 
In  fraternal  relations  he  is  connected  with 
Fremont  Lodge  No.  97,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
Florence  Lodge  No.  67,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
February  22,  1888,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Ella  V.,  daughter  of  Elias  Voter,  of  Frank- 
lin, Pa.,  and  they  have  one  child,  a  daughter, 
Ruth. 


EAPT.  WILLIAM  MEREDITH,  deceased, 
was  numbered  among  the  honored  pioneers 
of  Pueblo  County,  who  aided  in  reclaiming 
the  wild  lands  for  purposes  of  civilization  and 
transforming  the  unimproved  region  into  the 
homes  of  a  contented  and  prosperous  people.  He 
was  born  in  Coshocton  County,  Ohio,  August 
15,  1831,  and  was  a  representative  of  an  old 
Maryland  family.  His  father,  Jesse  Meredith, 
was  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and  during 
the  Mexican  war  served  his  country  as  captain  of 
a  company  which  was  organized  in  Coshocton 
County. 

To  the  common  schools  of  his  native  county 
William  Meredith  was  indebted  for  the  educa- 
tional privileges  he  received.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-four  he  removed  to  De  Kalb  County, 
Mo.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  for  eighteen 
years.  During  the  Civil  war  he  joined  a  six 
months'  regiment  as  drummer,  was  later  pro- 
moted to  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant,  and  on 
the  death  of  the  captain  was  chosen  to  command 
Company  H,  of  the  Missouri  State  Militia,  with 
which  he  served  until  the  close  of  hostilities.  He 


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took  part  in  many  battles  against  Price,  includ- 
ing the  engagement  at  Blue  Ridge,  and  at  one 
time  marched  up  a  hill  with  five  hundred  men 
against  Price,  who  had  thirty  thousand,  and  who 
was  defeated  in  the  engagement,  the  Union  forces 
losing  not  a  singe  man. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Captain  Meredith  con- 
tinued to  live  in  Missouri,  where  he  carried  on 
agricultural  pursuits  for  some  time.  He  also 
lived  in  New  Mexico  for  a  time  and  owned  a 
good  ranch  in  the  Raton  Mountains,  but  was 
obliged  to  leave  on  account  of  the  trouble  caused 
by  Indians,  after  hiding  from  them  for  three  days 
and  three  nights.  In  1874  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  secured  a  homestead  adjoining  the  town  of 
Rye.  This  is  the  property  now  owned  by  his 
heirs,  but  the  present  finely  developed  farm  bears 
little  resemblance  to  the  unimproved  tract  of 
which  he  took  possession.  Not  a  furrow  had  then 
been  turned  or  an  improvement  made,  but  with 
his  usual  energy  he  began  the  development  of  the 
wild  land.  He  built  a  fine  residence,  a  substan- 
tial barn,  planted  an  excellent  orchard,  and  by 
well-kept  fences  divided  the  place  into  fields  of 
convenient  size.  Rich  harvests  were  gathered 
and  brought  to  the  owner  a  good  income,  and 
ultimately  he  became  one  of  the  well-to-do  agri- 
culturists of  the  community. 

In  1851  Captain  Meredith  married  Elizabeth 
Pritchard,  a  native  of  Ohio.  Her  father,  John 
Pritchard,  was  a  farmer,  and  her  paternal  grand- 
father was  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church,  while 
her  maternal  grandfather  served  his  country  as  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  To  the  captain  and 
his  wife  were  born  seven  children:  Obed  Pierce, 
who  died  during  the  Civil  war;  Marion  M.,  a 
merchant  of  Rye;  Martha  Alice,  who  became  the 
wife  of  John  Mitchell,  and  died  leaving  four 
children;  Sarah  J.,  wife  of  George  Sears,  of 
Pueblo  County;  William  L,. ,  who  died  in  Missouri; 
Mrs.  L.  P.  Gray,  of  Denver;  and  Frank  E.,  who 
operates  the  home  farm.  Mrs.  Meredith  died  at 
her  residence  in  Rye,  February  7,  1899,  an&  was 
buried  by  the  side  of  her  husband  in  the  cemetery 
at  this  place.  Both  she  and  her  husband  were 
members  of  the  Baptist  Church,  in  which  he 
served  as  a  deacon. 

In  his  political  affiliations  Captain  Meredith 
was  a  stanch  Republican.  He  was  twice  elected 
county  commissioner  of  Pueblo  County,  and  for 
a  number  of  years  acceptably  filled  the  office  of 
justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  a  valued  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  In  business  matters 


his  sound  judgment  and  untiring  industry 
brought  him  success  and  his  honorable  dealings 
won  him  the  confidence  of  all.  He  died  May  1 1 , 
1893,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two  years,  and  the  com- 
munity mourned  the  loss  of  one  of  its  leading 
representatives,  his  church  a  consistent  member, 
his  neighbors  a  considerate  friend  and  his  family 
a  loving  husband  and  father. 


ROBERT  A.  GILMORE,  a  prosperous  farmer 
and  stock-raiser  of  Nepesta,  Pueblo  County, 
has  been  identified  with  this  section  of  the 
Union  for  almost  forty  years,  and  has  con- 
tributed to  its  material  progress  and  development 
in  no  small  degree.  He  early  had  the  sagacity 
to  discern  the  eminence  which  the  future  had  in 
store  for  this  country,  and  acting  in  accordance 
with  the  dictates  of  his  judgment  he  has  reaped, 
in  the  fullness  of  time,  the  generous  bene- 
fits which  are  the  just  recompense  of  indomitable 
industry,  spotless  integrity  and  marvelous  en- 
terprise. 

The  boyhood  and  youth  of  our  subject  were 
passed  in  Canada  and  Illinois,  having  located 
in  that  state  in  1855,  and  in  the  schools  of  Chi- 
cago he  obtained  a  limited  education.  He  is, 
however,  almost  wholly  self  educated,  studying 
at  night  and  during  his  leisure  hours,  and  thus 
improving  every  spare  minute  of  his  time.  In 
1860  he  came  to  Colorado  and  located  at  Central 
City,  where  he  was  engaged  in  mining  and  ranch- 
ing for  eight  years.  At  one  time  he  owned  a  farm 
where  the  city  of  Evans  now  stands,  and  for 
several  years  was  connected  with  the  Phelps  & 
Gilmore  Gold  Mining  Company,  on  Trail  Run. 
In  1868  he  settled  upon  his  present  ranch  in 
Pueblo  County,  to  the  improvement  and  cultiva- 
tion of  which  he  has  since  devoted  his  energies 
with  marked  success.  He  has  a  fine  orchard, 
which  contains  fruits  of  all  kinds,  and  in  1 898 
he  sold  over  two  thousand  boxes  of  apples  and 
over  two  hundred  bushels  of  peaches  from  his 
place. 

Mr.  Gilmore  has  met  with  many  adventures 
since  coming  to  this  state,  some  of  which  were 
very  unpleasant.  When  within  a  day's  journey 
of  Denver  he  met  a  train  of  seven  hundred 
wagons  loaded  with  white  people  who  were  re- 
turning to  the  east.  They  told  him  all  kinds  of 
discouraging  stories  of  how  the  settlers  in  Colo- 
rado were  suffering  from  hunger,  but  these  re- 
ports did  not  deter  him  from  locating  here.  The 
country  at  that  time  was  all  wild  and  unimproved, 


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very  few  settlements  had  been  made  and  no  rail- 
roads built.  The  Indians  were  hostile  and  on  the 
war-path  much  of  the  time.  The  Utes  were  en- 
gaged in  war  with  the  Cheyennes  and  several 
white  settlers  near  Mr.  Gilmore's  place  lost  their 
lives  at  the  hands  of  the  redmen,  and  these  he 
assisted  in  burying.  Droves  of  sometimes  five 
hundred  with  their  war-paint  on  would  stop  at 
his  home  and  devour  everything  eatable  upon  the 
place.  In  1870  a  music  teacher  came  running  to  his 
house  with  the  report  that  five  hundred  Indians 
were  approaching,  and  the  chief  of  these  had  the 
scalps  of  the  many  Cheyennes  which  he  had 
killed.  Several  times  before  his  marriage  Mr. 
Gilmore  was  compelled  to  take  his  two  nieces, 
who  were  living  with  him,  to  the  forts  for  pro- 
tection. He  has  probably  had  as  much  experi- 
ence with  the  Indians  as  any  other  man  in  the 
state.  Several  times  he  crossed  the  plains  from 
Iowa  City  to  Colorado.  He  was  just  behind  the 
wagon  train  when  a  Missourian  shot  a  squaw  and 
the  Indians  demanded  the  man  who  committed 
the  deed,  threatening  to  kill  all  the  white  men  if 
he  was  not  delivered  to  them.  He  was  finally 
taken  and  skinned  alive.  This  seemed  to  appease 
their  wrath  and  the  remainder  of  the  company 
were  unmolested.  That  time  Mr.  Gilmore  wit- 
nessed one  of  their  war  dances.  He  was  several 
times  driven  from  his  ranch  by  the  redmen,  and 
experienced  many  other  hardships  and  privations 
incident  to  pioneer  life,  being  at  times  nearly 
frozen  to  death  in  crossing  the  plains. 

In  1870  Mr.  Gilmore  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Flora  Turner,  a  daughter  of  Maj. 
Luther  Turner,  who  belonged  to  an  old  Maine 
family,  and  was  a  Tory  during  the  threatened  war 
with  France  in  1836.  Mrs.  Gilmore  came  to 
Colorado  on  account  of  her  health,  weighing  at 
that  time  only  one  hundred  and  thirteen  pounds, 
but  so  beneficial  has  the  climate  proved  that  she 
now  weighs  nearly  two  hundred.  To  our  subject 
and  his  wife  have  been  born  three  sons  and  two 
daughters.  Adrian  A.,  who  attends  to  the  rais- 
ing of  fruit  on  the  home  farm,  is  married  and 
has  one  child;  George  Henry  and  Walter  Frank 
are  both  at  home;  Margaret  Viola  is  the  wife  of 
E.  B.  Clark,  the  present  county  clerk  of  Dolores 
County,  Colo. ;  and  Ellen  is  at  home.  All  were 
born  on  the  old  homestead  in  Pueblo  County, 
and  were  educated  in  the  same  school.  In  his 
political  affiliations  Mr.  Gilmore  is  a  Republican, 
and  for  several  years  has  most  creditably  and 
satisfactorily  filled  the  office  of  justice  of  the 


peace.  He  has  also  been  the  government  corres- 
pondent on  the  condition  of  crops,  etc.,  in  this 
region.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  faithful  and 
active  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  with  which  they  have  been  officially 
connected,  and  they  have  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  all  who  know  them. 


NENRY  LLOYD,  assessor  of  Fremont  Coun- 
ty, was  born  at  Newcastle  under  Lyne,  in 
Staffordshire,  England,  April  16,  1857,  and 
is  the  only  survivor  of  the  two  children  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Unwin)  Lloyd.  In  1860  he  came  to 
the  United  States  with  his  father  and  settled  in 
Belleville,  St.  Clair  County,  111.,  where  he  at- 
tended school,  and  his  father  followed  the  tailor's 
trade.  Early  in  life  he  began  to  be  interested 
in  mining  there  and  is  still  interested  in  a  coal 
mine,  of  which  he  was  at  one  time  the  sole  owner. 
Owing  to  the  strike  of  1877  ^e  ceased  mining  and 
came  to  Colorado.  After  a  brief  stop  in  Pueblo 
he  came  to  Coal  Creek,  Fremont  County,  and 
secured  employment  with  the  Colorado  Coal  and 
Iron  Company.  After  ten  years  in  the  mines  he 
was  elected  to  his  present  office  of  assessor. 

Politically  Mr.  Lloyd  has  always  been  a  Re- 
publican, but  in  1896  joined  the  silver  wing  of 
the  party.  He  takes  an  active  interest  in  local 
matters  and  has  given  considerable  time  to  assist- 
ing in  the  development  of  local  interests  and  en- 
terprises. For  five  years  he  held  the  office  of 
town  clerk  of  Coal  Creek,  and  he  has  served  in  a 
similar  capacity  in  South  Canon  ever  since  the 
town  was  incorporated.  During  his  residence  in 
Coal  Creek  he  was  elected  mayor,  being  the  first 
salaried  incumbent  of  that  office.  In  the  fall  of 
1889  he  was  nominated  and  elected  assessor  and 
has  been  successively  re-elected  at  every  ensuing 
election.  The  business  of  the  office  is  now 
double  what  it  was  at  the  time  he  was  first  elected, 
but,  notwithstanding  this  large  increase,  he 
handles  it  with  efficiency  and  is  thoroughly 
posted  concerning  ownership  in  the  entire  coun- 
ty. Since  1879  he  has  been  interested  in  gold 
and  silver  mining,  and  now  owns  interests  in 
Cripple  Creek  and  the  Black  Mountain  country. 
In  fraternal  matters  Mr.  Lloyd  is  a  member  of 
Coal  Creek  Lodge  No.  32,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which 
he  is  past  grand,  and  is  also  past  chief  patriarch 
of  the  encampment;  he  has  attended  the  grand 
lodge  in  Denver.  In  Masonary  he  is  connected 
with  Eureka  Lodge  No.  66,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.; 
Canon  City  Chapter  No.  14,  R.  A.  M. ,  and 


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Canon  City  Council  No.  5.  October  14,  1887, 
he  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Martha  Ewart,  of  Coal  Creek.  Her  father  was 
grand  master  of  the  Orangemen  in  Ayr,  within  a 
few  miles  of  the  birthplace  of  the  famous  poet, 
Robert  Burns.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lloyd  were 
born  four  sons  and  one  daughter,  namely: 
Martha,  John,  Samuel  (deceased),  Henry  and 
Earl. 


f£J  EORGE  SEARS  is  one  of  the  most  success- 

bful  merchants  as  well  as  most  extensive 
stockmen  in  the  southern  part  of  Pueblo 
County.  While  for  the  purpose  of  educating  his 
children  he  has  established  his  home  in  the  city 
of  Pueblo,  the  larger  part  of  his  time  is  necessa- 
rily spent  upon  his  ranch  or  in  his  stores  at  Green- 
horn and  Rye.  He  is  a  man  of  great  enterprise, 
as  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  began  for  himself 
without  capital  and  has  accumulated  a  compe- 
tency, solely  by  his  own  exertions. 

'  A  native  of  Germany,  born  March  5,  1847,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  three  years  of  age 
when  he  was  brought  to  America  by  his  parents, 
Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth  (Mannel)  Sears,  who 
were  natives  of  the  same  place  as  their  son.  The 
father,  who  had  carried  on  a  brickyard  and  mer- 
cantile store  in  Germany,  after  coming  to  America 
in  1850,  settled  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  near  which 
city  he  purchased  a  farm.  He  continued  to  re- 
side there  until  his  death,  in  the  fall  of  1897, 
when  eighty-eight  years  of  age.  Both  in  Ger- 
many and  the  United  States  he  identified  himself 
with  the  Lutheran  Church.  During  his  later  years 
he  voted  the  Republican  ticket.  His  wife  died  in 
1892,  at  sixty-eight  years  of  age.  She,  too,  was 
a  devoted  Lutheran  in  religious  belief.  Of  their 
children,  George  alone  survives.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Valparaiso  public  schools.  At  the 
age  of  twenty -one  he  began  railroading  and  for 
eighteen  months  was  freight  conductor  on  the 
Pittsburg  &  Fort  Wayne  Railroad. 

In  the  spring  of  1872  Mr.  Sears  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  settled  on  a  squatter's  claim  on  precinct 
No.  35,  where  Greenhorn  postoffice  now  stands. 
Later  he  homesteaded  the  property.  He  con- 
tinued to  reside  there  until  1897,  when,  on  ac- 
count of  his  wife's  poor  health  and  the  necessity 
of  securing  better  advantages  for  the  children,  he 
brought  his  family  to  Pueblo.  Soon  after  coming 
to  this  county  he  built  a  store  room  and  opened 
a  general  mercantile  business  at  Greenhorn.  In 


addition  to  managing  this  business,  he  also  served 
as  postmaster  from  1874  until  February,  1895. 
In  1887  he  opened  a  store  at  Rye,  five  miles  from 
Greenhorn,  and  this  he  still  conducts.  On  his 
ranch  he  has  cattle,  horses  and  mules  in  large 
numbers.  In  1895  he  went  to  Texas,  hoping 
that  the  change  might  be  of  benefit  to  his  wife, 
and  while  there  he  engaged  extensively  in  the 
stock  business.  Politically  he  is  an  active  Re- 
publican and  takes  an  interest  in  local  affairs. 
He  is  connected  with  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  8, 
I.  O.  O.  F. 

To  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Sears  with  Miss  Ber- 
tha Jones  was  born  a  son,  Robert  W. ,  who  has 
spent  his  entire  life  on  the  home  ranch  at  Green- 
horn and  is  now  postmaster  at  that  office,  also 
takes  charge  of  the  stock  business.  November 
7,  1883,  Mr.  Sears  married  Sarah  Jane  Meredith, 
of  Rye,  daughter  of  Capt.  William  Meredith, 
who  was  a  pioneer  of  Pueblo  County,  twice 
served  as  county  commissioner,  took  an  active 
part  in  the  councils  of  the  Republican  party 
and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and 
founded  the  town  of  Rye,  which  was  built  on  his 
farm.  He  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  thence  removed 
to  Missouri,  and  during  the  war  raised  Company 
B,  atSedalia,  of  which  he  was  appointed  captain 
by  Governor  Hamilton.  The  full  details  of  his 
life  appear  on  another  page.  The  five  children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sears  are:  George  Meredith, 
Edna  Celestine,  Carl  Aubrey,  Myrtle  Elizabeth 
and  Marion  Monroe,  all  of  whom  are  at  home. 


(I  AMES  R.  DRESSOR  was  born  in  1858  at 
I  Greenville,  Bond  County,  111.,  a  town  situ- 
G)  ated  on  the  St.  Louis  &  Vandalia  Railroad. 
His  father,  Francis  Dressor,  was  a  native  of 
Maine,  but  at  an  early  age  removed  to  Illinois, 
where  he  became  an  extensive  and  prosperous 
farmer.  During  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  with 
the  one-hundred-day  men,  and  would  have  taken 
an  active  part  at  the  front,  had  it  not  been  that 
the  people  in  his  section  of  the  state  insisted  that 
a  sufficient  number  of  men  be  kept  there  for 
home  protection.  For  years  he  has  taken  a  prom- 
inent part  in  local  affairs.  He  is  now  living  re- 
tired from  farm  cares,  although  he  still  retains 
the  management  of  his  extensive  business  in- 
terests. By  his  marriage  to  Mary  Ellen  Rankin, 
a  native  of  Illinois,  he  had  three  sons  and  one 
daughter.  Of  these,  John  C.  is  a  prominent  lum- 
ber merchant  in  Illinois;  William  Francis  sue- 


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ceeded  his  father  in  the  management  of  the  home 
farm;  and  Lucy  J.  is  a  teacher  of  elocution  at 
Butler,  Mo. 

In  the  public  schools  of  his  native  state  our 
subject  obtained  his  primary  education.  He 
afterward  completed  the  farmers'  course  in  the 
Illinois  State  University  at  Champaign,  where 
he  received  his  diploma  in  1882.  Later  he  en- 
tered the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Business  College, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1884.  Soon  after 
he  completed  his  studies  in  college  he  purchased 
a  farm  at  Newton,  Kan.,  and  spent  five  years  in 
the  cultivation  and  improvement  of  the  same.  By 
the  expiration  of  that  time  he  had  decided  that 
another  occupation  would  be  more  congenial,  and 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Newton  Buggy  Com- 
pany, with  whom  he  remained  for  three  years  as 
bookkeeper.  From  that  place  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, settling  in  Pueblo  in  March,  1891.  He 
embarked  in  the  carriage  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  the  Pueblo  Carriage  Company,  with  K. 
G.  Conkling  and  H.  L-  Johnston,  who  have  since 
retired  from  the  firm.  Their  trade  was  small  and 
unimportant  at  first,  but  it  has  gradually  grown 
into  a  very  satisfactory  business.  The  firm  was 
incorporated  in  1896  and  in  1897  Mr.  Dressor 
became  president  of  the  company.  At  the  plant, 
which  is  located  at  No.  313  Court  street,  quite  a 
number  of  men  are  employed,  and  fine  buggies, 
wagons  and  vehicles  of  all  kinds  are  manufactured 
and  sold. 

In  1885  Mr.  Dressor  married  Miss  Leona  Boyd 
Conkling,  of  Tecumseh.Mich.,  and  the  union  was 
blessed  by  two  daughters,  Edith  Amie  and  Mar- 
garet. He  takes  an  interest  in  political  affairs 
and  supports  Republican  principles.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
With  his  wife  he  holds  membership  in  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Pueblo.  For  several 
years  he  officiated  as  an  elder  of  the  church;  and 
served  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school. 


(JOHN  G.  AUSTIN.  The  deserved  reward 
I  of  a  well-spent  life  is  an  honored  retirement 
G)  from  business  in  which  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of 
former  toil.  To-day,  after  a  useful  and  beneficial 
career,  Mr.  Austin  is  quietly  living  at  his  pleas- 
ant home  in  Rye,  Pueblo  County,  surrounded  by 
the  comfort  that  earnest  labor  has  brought  him. 
He  is  one  of  the  honored  pioneers  of  the  state, 
and  for  many  years  was  actively  identified  with 
its  mining,  farming  and  stock-raising  interests. 
Mr.  Austin  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  born  in  Ful- 


ton County,  April  12,  1839,  and  is  a  son  of  H.  T. 
Austin,  who  is  still  living  at  the  ripe  old  age  of 
eighty-nine  years,  and  makes  his  home  near  Rye, 
Pueblo  County.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Illinois,  and  came  to  Colorado  in  1865. 
Throughout  his  active  business  life  he  followed 
the  occupations  of  farming  and  stock-raising,  and 
is  quite  well  preserved  for  one  of  his  years,  ap- 
pearing much  younger  than  he  really  is.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Black  Hawk  war  and  is  hon- 
ored and  respected  by  all  who  know  him.  The 
mother  of  our  subject,  whose  family  name  was 
Collins,  died  during  his  boyhood. 

In  the  county  of  his  nativity  John  G.  Austin 
was  reared  and  educated  in  much  the  usual  man- 
ner of  farmer  boys  of  his  day.  On  attaining  his 
majority  he  went  to  Missouri  and  located  in  Ma- 
con  County,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock-raising  for  a  short  time.  The  year  1860 
witnessed  his  arrival  in  Colorado,  and  he  located 
first  in  California  Gulch,  near  Leadville,  where 
he  engaged  in  mining  for  about  five  years.  He 
then  went  to  Denver,  and  for  two  years  followed 
mining  in  the  mountains  near  that  place.  In 
1867  he  went  to  Boulder,  where  for  two  years  he 
was  engaged  in  the  same  occupation,  and  in  1870 
came  to  Pueblo  County,  settling  upon  a  ranch  on 
Graneros  Creek,  about  four  miles  from  Rye. 
This  place,  which  he  still  owns,  consists  of  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  that  he  has  transformed 
from  a  wild  tract  into  one  of  the  most  desirable 
ranches  in  the  locality.  There  he  made  his  home 
until  his  removal  to  Rye  two  years  ago,  his  at- 
tention being  devoted  to  farming  and  stock-rais- 
ing. He  built  a  good  residence  in  Rye  and  is 
now  spending  his  declining  days  in  ease  and 
quiet,  having  laid  aside  all  business  cares. 

In  1877  Mr.  Austin  married  Mrs.  Jane  C. 
Frink,  n6e  Convers,  who  was  born  at  Waterford, 
Pa.,  about  fifteen  miles  from  Erie,  and  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  George  Convers,  a  native  of  Vermont  and 
a  farmer  by  occupation.  Her  first  husband  was 
Alonzo  Frink,  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war,  who  en- 
listed in  the  Second  Iowa  Infantry  and  served  all 
through  the  struggle.  He  died  leaving  a  family 
of  six  children,  namely:  James  A.,  a  farmer  and 
stockman,  of  Montezuma  Valley,  Colo.;  Mrs. 
Jane  Walters,  whose  husband  is  a  farmer  living 
seven  miles  from  Rye;  Harry  C.,  who  is  repre- 
sented elsewhere  in  this  work;  Hattie  C.,  wife  of 
John  Thomas,  a  merchant  of  Rye;  Mrs.  George 
Haynes;  and  Helen  C.,  wife  of  Clayton  Colvin,  a 
railroad  man  living  at  Colorado  Springs.  Like 


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her  husband,  Mrs.  Austin  is  also  a  pioneer  of  this 
state,  and  both  crossed  the  plains  with  ox-teams 
before  any  railroads  were  built  through  this  sec- 
tion, and  during  their  early  residence  here  they 
experienced  all  of  the  hardships  and  privations 
incident  to  life  on  the  frontier.  Denver  at  that 
time  was  a  mere  hamlet,  containing  only  a  few 
small  houses,  and  almost  the  entire  state  was  in 
its  primitive  condition,  inhabited  principally  by 
Indians. 

In  early  life  Mr.  Austin  was  a  supporter  of  the 
Democratic  party,  but  for  the  past  few  years  has 
been  identified  with  the  Populists,  and  takes  an 
active  interest  in  political  affairs,  though  never 
an  aspirant  for  official  honors.  He  affiliated  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Rye 
for  some  years,  until  the  lodge  was  moved  to 
Pueblo.  He  is  quite  a  student  and  a  well-read 
man  and  is  very  pleasant  in  manner. 


B.  WADSWORTH  may  justly 
be  called  the  "father"  of  Silver  Cliff,  Cus- 
ter  County.  In  the  fall  of  1878  he  came  to 
the  present  site  of  the  village  and  here  he  built  a 
cabin,  the  first  house  in  the  place.  Others  com- 
ing, a  school  district  was  organized  and  he  served 
as  the  first  treasurer,  also  furnished  the  building 
in  which  school  was  kept  and  church  services 
held.  Any  denomination  was  given  the  privilege 
of  holding  meetings  in  the  building,  and  the 
Presbyterians,  Episcopalians  and  Methodists 
availed  themselves  of  his  kindness  until  each  had 
a  church  home  of  its  own.  He  organized  and  for 
three  years  was  superintendent  of  the  Union  Sun- 
day-school. 

Born  in  Henniker,  Merrimack  County,  N.  H., 
Mr.  Wadsworth  began  life  July  8,  1832,  about 
two  hundred  years  after  the  first  of  the  family 
settled  in  America.  There  were  two  brothers, 
Christopher  and  William,  who  emigrated  from 
England  in  September,  1632, 'and  settled  in  Dux- 
bury,  Mass.  Christopher,  from  whom  our  sub- 
ject descends  in  a  direct  line,  was  a  prominent 
man  in  his  town  and  held  the  office  of  constable, 
to  which  he  was  elected  in  January,  1634.  This 
position  was  in  those  days  the  highest  office  in 
the  town  and  gave  him  power  to  act  as  judge  and 
referee  in  all  disputed  cases.  He  married  Grace 
Cole,  by  whom  he  had  four  children.  The  family 
name  has  been  variously  spelled,  but  its  original 
form  was  as  spelled  by  the  poet  Wordsworth. 

The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Samuel  Wads- 
worth,  removed  from  Massachusetts  to  New 


Hampshire,  and  was  the  first  of  the  family  to  lo- 
cate there.  He  was  born  in  Grafton,  Mass. ,  in 
1747,  and  married  Margery  Hutchison,  by  whom 
he  had  seven  children.  Of  these,  Titus  Vespa- 
tion,  our  subject's  father,  was  born  in  1792  in 
Henniker,  N.  H.,  where  he  became  a  valuable 
and  influential  citizen.  He  participated  in  the 
war  of  1812.  His  occupation  was  that  of  a  far- 
mer, but  much  of  his  time  was  given  to  public 
affairs.  For  many  years  he  served  as  selectman, 
and,  upon  the  Democratic  ticket,  was  elected  to 
the  legislature,  of  which  he  was  a  member  for 
several  terms.  By  his  marriage  to  Susanna  Ward 
he  had  eight  children,  namely:  Betsey,  who  is  a 
widow,  and  lives  in  Fresno,  Cal.;  Titus  H.,of 
Franklin,  N.  H.;  George  G.,  living  in  Fresno, 
Cal.;  Susan,  Mrs.  McCoy,  of  Templeton,  Mass.; 
Mrs.  Caroline  S.  Haley,  of  West  Concord,  N.  H. ; 
William  B.;'  Mary  L.,  deceased;  and  Franklin 
C.,  who  during  the  Civil  war  enlisted  as  a  sharp- 
shooter in  Berdan's  regiment  and  was  taken  se- 
riously ill  with  fever  caused  by  lying  in  the  Chick  - 
ahominy  swamp;  he  was  brought  back  home, 
where  he  died. 

At  the  age  of  fourteen  our  subject  left  the  pub- 
lic school  and  entered  the  academy  of  his  home 
town.  From  the  time  he  was  fifteen  until  twenty- 
one  he  taught  school  each  winter,  and  worked  on 
a  farm  in  the  summer,  attending  each  fall  the 
home  academy,  where  he  attained  the  highest 
standing  of  any  student.  In  this  way  he  acquired 
a  thorough  education.  Upon  attaining  his  ma- 
jority he  went  to  Fond  du  Lac  County,  Wis., 
where  he  taught  during  the  winter  and  farmed 
in  summer.  There  he  was  elected  county  super- 
intendent of  schools,  which  position  he  held  for 
three  years.  Eight  years  after  he  went  there  he 
returned  to  New  Hampshire  and  for  three  years 
resided  in  Franklin.  Then,  going  to  New  York 
City,  he  resided  there  for  four  years  and  was 
manager  of  the  American  District  Telegraph  office 
after  that  system  was  organized.  After  a  visit 
home  of  a  few  weeks  in  1878,  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, and  for  a  few  months  worked  in  the  famous 
Bassick  mine.  In  the  fall  he  came  to  what  is  now 
Silver  Cliff,  and  has  since  been  interested  in  min- 
ing to  a  considerable  extent. 

From  the  time  of  Lincoln's  second  term  Mr. 
Wadsworth  has  been  associated  with  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  he  now  takes  an  active  interest 
in  keeping  up  the  national  silver  Republican  or- 
ganization. Without  his  solicitation  he  was 
chosen  justice  of  the  peace,  which  position  he  has 


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filled  since  1886.  For  some  years  he  has  also 
been  police  magistrate,  and  by  appointment,  holds 
the  position  of  notary  public.  Upon  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Silver  Cliff 
he  identified  himself  with  it  and  for  many  years 
he  served  as  an  elder;  he  assisted  in  the  erection 
of  the  church  building  and  in  other  ways  has 
aided  the  work.  He  is  well-to-do  financially,  and 
is  the  owner  of  considerable  property;  including 
many  buildings  and  lots  in  town,  and  also  a  ranch 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  adjoining  the  vil- 
lage. 

<3|  DAM  GEIGER,  M.  D.,  of  Colorado  City,  is 
LJ  a  native  of  Germany,  born  in  the  city  of 
/  I  Wurtzburg,  June  29,  1846,  and  is  a  son  of 
Dr.  Frank  and  Josephine  (Kolhepp)  Geiger,  the 
former  a  physician  now  in  the  service  of  the  Bava- 
rian army.  Educated  in  the  academy  and  col- 
lege of  his  native  town,  our  subject  graduated 
from  the  latter  institution  in  1863  as  a  physician 
and  surgeon.  Having  made  an  engagement  to 
practice  his  profession  in  the  regular  army  of  the 
United  States,  he  came  to  America  in  1865,  but 
soon  afterward,  the  war  having  closed,  he  re- 
ceived an  honorable  discharge.  Locating  for 
practice  at  Newport,  Ky.,  while  there  he  was 
offered  a  position  with  the  Anheuser-Busch  Com- 
pany, and  since  that  time  has  been  connected  with 
the  company. 

From  1869  until  1882  Dr.  Geiger  resided  in 
Bloomington,  Ind.  Coming  further  west  in  1882, 
he  settled  in  Pierre,  S.  Dak.  In  1889  he  went  to 
Utah  and  two  years  later  came  to  Colorado,  set- 
tling in  Pueblo,  and  in  January,  1896,  coming  to 
Colorado  City,  where  he  has  since  remained.  In 
1895  he  spent  several  months  in  Germany,  where 
he  renewed  the  associations  of  youth  and  enjoyed 
a  delightful  vacation.  He  has  erected  four  build- 
ings in  Colorado  City,  and  is  interested  not  only 
in  real  estate,  but  in  everything  pertaining  to  the 
advancement  of  the  town. 

Politically  Dr.  Geiger  has  generally  affiliated 
with  the  Republican  party  and  has  kept  himself 
posted  concerning  national  problems.  Frater- 
nally he  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men,  of  which  he  has  been 
a  member  continuously  for  more  than' twenty-five 
years,  and  is  one  of  the  few  members  entitled  to 
wear  the  veterans'  badge.  He  joined  Arizona 
Tribe  No.  52,  of  Bloomington,  as  a  charter  mem- 
ber in  1871,  and  frequently  represented  his  tribe 
in  the  grand  council  of  Indians.  After  coming 


to  Colorado  he  deposited  his  card  with  Minequa 
Tribe  No.  17,  of  Pueblo,  where  he  still  holds 
membership.  He  has  labored  indefatigably  and 
has  devoted  much  of  his  time  to  the  advancement 
of  the  order  in  Colorado,  and  rendered  especially 
valuable  service  while  filling  the  office  of  grand 
sachem.  Through  his  efforts  fifteen  new  tribes 
were  organized  and  instituted,  also  two  councils 
of  the  degree  of  Pocahontas,  increasing  the  order 
by  twenty-two  hundred  and  fifty,  which  is  the 
largest  increase  in  one  year  in  the  history  of  the 
state.  At  the  session  of  the  grand  council  of  Col- 
orado in  1896,  he  was  elected  representative  to 
the  great  council  of  the  United  States,  and  in  1898 
he  was  re-elected  to  serve  in  the  same  capacity. 
In  religion  he  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church. 
January  3,  1866,  Dr.  Geiger  married  Barbara 
Miller,  of  Newport,  Ky.  They  have  three  chil- 
dren: Joseph,  who  is  in  Oregon;  Rosa,  wife  of 
Anthony  Michaels,  of  Colorado  City;  and  George, 
who  is  associated  in  business  with  his  father. 


HON.  JOHN  A.  LINDSEY,  county  judge  of 
Las  Animas  County,  vice-president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  American  Savings  Bank 
of  Trinidad,  came  to  this  city  in  1894  and  em- 
barked in  the  real-estate  and  abstract  business,  in 
which  he  has  since  continued.  Two  years  after 
he  came  here  he  accepted  his  present  position  in 
the  American  Savings  Bank,  of  which  James 
Lynch  is  president  and  Ralph  Cullinan  cashier. 
He  was  born  in  Jefferson,  Pa.,  April  14,  1845, 
and  is  a  member  of  a  prominent  family  of  that 
state.  His  father,  John  Lindsey,  also  a  native  of 
Jefferson,  and  one  of  the  leading  stockmen  of  that 
place,  was  an  influential  Democrat  and  for  one 
term  served  as  state  senator,  while  for  three  years 
he  was  prothonotary  (county  clerk)  of  Greene 
County.  He  died  in  Jefferson  in  1865,  at  sixty 
years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Ann  Collins,  was  a  descendant  of  an  old 
English  family,  and  died  at  seventy-eight  years  of 
age. 

Judge  Lindsey  is  the  youngest  of  four  brothers, 
all  of  whom  became  successful  attorneys-at-law. 
Of  these,  the  eldest,  James  Lindsey,  was  president 
judge  of  the  fourteenth  judicial  district  of  Penn- 
sylvania at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1864.  The 
second,  Capt.  William  C.  Lindsey,  was  killed 
while  leading  a  charge  at  Hagerstown,  Md., 
during  the  Civil  war.  The  third,  R.  H.  Lindsey, 
is  a  practicing  attorney  at  Uniontown,  Pa. 

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in  the  parental  home.  He  attended  the  Jefferson 
public  schools  and  the  Waynesburg  College  in 
Greene  County,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1867. 
Afterward  he  studied  law  in  his  native  town, 
under  the  guidance  of  J.  A.  J.  Buchanan,  a  rela- 
tive of  the  president.  In  1870  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  but  soon,  on  account  of  poor  health, 
he  was  obliged  to  give  up  professional  work.  In 
1871  he  went  to  Pittsburg,  where  he  engaged  in 
the  wholesale  lumber  business  for  twelve  years. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1883,  Mr.  Lindsey  set- 
tled on  a  stock  ranch  in  LasAnimas  County,  and 
for  ten  years  engaged  in  raising  cattle  and  sheep. 
From  his  ranch  he  removed  to  Trinidad  in  1894 
and  here  has  since  resided,  giving  his  attention 
to  the  various  interests  with  which  he  is  identi- 
fied. Politically  he  casts  his  influence  with  the 
Democratic  party,  and  on  that  ticket  was  a  can- 
didate for  mayor  in  1897,  but  was  defeated  by 
twelve  votes.  In  1898  he  was  elected  to  the  office 
of  county  judge  of  Las  Animas  County,  on  the 
Democratic  ticket,  for  a  term  of  three  years.  In 
fraternal  connections  he  is  identified  with  Moshan- 
non  Lodge  No.  391,  at  Philipsburg,  Pa.,  where 
he  served  as  master  of  the  lodge,  and  now  holds 
the  master's  jewel;  by  virtue  of  office  he  became 
a  member  of  the  state  grand  lodge.  In  1879  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Emma  Jones, 
of  Philipsburg,  Pa.  Four  children  were  born  of 
this  union,  one  of  whom  survives,  Malcolm,  who 
is  now  acting  as  teller  of  the  bank. 


NON.  GEORGE  F.  PATRICK.  As  a  rep- 
resentative of  the  professional  interests  of 
Pueblo, mention  belongs  to  Mr.  Patrick, who 
is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  this  city,  and 
has  his  office  in  the  Opera  House  block.  During 
the  years  of  his  residence  here  he  has  built  up  a 
valuable  clientele,  and  established  a  reputation  as 
an  able  attorney.  He  is  in  partnership  with  Hon. 
E.  V.  Long,  who  has  been  on  the  bench  during 
the  greater  part  of  his  professional  life  in  Indiana 
and  New  Mexico. 

The  Patricks  are  of  an  old  Virginia  family. 
Larkin  C.  Patrick,  who  was  born  at  Culpeper, 
Va.,  removed  to  Warren  County,  Ky.,  and  from 
there  to  Howard  County,  Mo. ,  where  the  remain- 
ing years  of  his  life  were  passed.  In  local  affairs, 
as  a  Democrat  and  Union  man,  he  took  an  active 
part,  and  four  of  his  sons  took  part  in  the  Civil 
war  as  soldiers  in  the  Federal  army.  In  religion 
he  was  identified  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 


Church  South,  and  in  that  faith  he  died  when 
seventy-six  years  of  age.  He  was  a  son  of  Luke 
Patrick,  a  planter  at  Culpeper. 

The  marriage  of  Larkin  C.  Patrick  united  him 
with  Martha  F.  Beckett,  daughter  of  Blanton 
Beckett,  who  migrated  from  Virginia  to  Ohio, 
thence  to  Kentucky,  and  later  to  Missouri.  His 
father  and  other  relatives  took  part  in  the  Revo- 
lution and  the  war  of  1812.  Larkin  C.  and  Mar- 
tha F.  Patrick  were  the  parents  of  six  sons  and 
one  daughter,  namely:  John,  who  died  in  in- 
fancy; James,  in  Missouri;  Charles  A.,  who  is  a 
school  teacher;  Warren,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
life  insurance  business;  Winfield  Scott,  who  died 
at  seven  years;  George  Franklin,  who  was  born 
in  Fayette,  Howard  County,  Mo.,  April  3,  1856; 
and  Mary  E.,  wife  of  Theodore  F.  Chrane,  a 
merchant  and  farmer  at  Chraneville,  Chariton 
County,  Mo. 

The  early  years  of  our  subject's  life  were 
passed  on  the  home  farm  in  Missouri.  In  1880 
he  graduated  from  the  Central  Methodist  Episco- 
pal College,  of  Fayette,  Mo.,  and  afterward  took 
a  post-graduate  course  of  one  year  in  the  same 
institution.  In  1882  he  took  a  post-graduate  de- 
gree from  the  State  Normal  School  at  Warrens- 
burg,  Mo.  Previous  to  this  he  had  begun  to  read 
law  with  Judge  Andrew  J.  Hearndon,of  Fayette, 
and  upon  leaving  school  he  turned  his  entire  at- 
tention to  law  study,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  the  latter  part  of  1882.  After  teaching 
school  for  a  short  time,  in  the  spring  of  1883  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  opened  an  office  in  Lead- 
ville,  thence  soon  went  to  Trinidad,  but  early  in 
1884  he  moved  to  Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  in  the  fall  of 
the  same  year  went  to  Silver  City,  N.  M.,  where 
he  practiced  law  and  also  became  largely  inter- 
ested in  the  cattle  business. 

In  the  fall  of  1887  Mr.  Patrick  went  to  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  and  entered  the  National  Uni- 
versity of  Law,  where  he  was  given  the  degrees 
of  LL.  B.  and  LL.  M.,  and  at  the  same  time 
received  two  diplomas,  representing  the  highest 
honors  in  two  classes.  Justice  Miller,  of  the 
United  States  supreme  court,  who  made  the  pre- 
sentation of  prizes,  took  advantage  of  the  occa- 
sion to  compliment  New  Mexico's  representative, 
and  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  never  before 
in  the  history  of  the  institution  had  the  two 
highest  awards  been  given  to  the  same  person. 
While  in  Washington  he  was  admitted  to  the  su- 
preme court  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and  the 
supreme  court  of  the  United  States.  Under  ap- 


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pointment  by  Governor  Prince,  of  New  Mexico, 
he  served  as  a  commissioner  from  the  territory  to 
urge  upon  congress  the  absolute  necessity  of  the 
immediate  settlement  of  questions  pertaining  to 
land  grants  and  titles  in  the  territory;  also  to 
urge  the  passage  of  a  bill  giving  the  territory  im- 
mediate titles  to  sections  1 6  and  36  in  each  town- 
ship as  school  lands;  also  two  townships  for  uni- 
versity purposes,  and  thirty  thousand  acres  for 
the  benefit  of  the  agricultural  college. 

Since  the  fall  of  1890  Mr.  Patrick  has  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law  in  Pueblo.  Politically  he  is 
a  stanch  Democrat  and  interested  in  party  mat- 
ters. Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World,  and  has  attained  the  degree  of 
Knight  Templar  in  the  Masonic  order.  His 
marriage,  which  took  place  December  6,  1883, 
united  him  with  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Mooney,  a  widow 
with  one  child,  Dennis  J.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
George  McAfee,  a  farmer,  first  in  Kentucky,  and 
later  in  Missouri.  One  of  her  brothers,  William 
G.  McAfee,  has  served  as  sheriff  of  Grant  Coun- 
ty, N.  M.;  an  uncle,  John  J.,  a  noted  attorney  of 
Louisville,  Ky.,  is  the  author  of  a  number  of 
works,  among  them  the  "Kentucky  Corn  Crack- 
er," and  his  wife  is  also  an  author  of  note  and  a 
successful  translator  of  German  works  into  Eng- 
lish. Six  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Patrick,  but  four  died  in  childhood,  the  surviv- 
ors being  Philip  Bryan  and  Julius  Gunter. 


fDQlLLIAM  T.  SMITH  has  owned  and  oc- 
\A/  cupied  his  present  ranch  near  Rye  for 
Y  Y  thirty  years,  and  his  property  has  all  been 
acquired  by  his  own  thrift  and  industry,  for  he 
started  out  in  life  for  himself  in  limited  circum- 
stances. His  tastes  have  always  inclined  him  to 
farm  pursuits  and  stock-raising. 

Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  North  Carolina,  March 
24,  1840,  but  was  reared  in  Mississippi  and 
educated  in  the  schools  of  the  latter  state.  At 
the  age  of  twenty  he  commenced  the  battle  of 
life  for  himself,  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Mis- 
sissippi until  1862,  when  he  removed  to 
Nebraska.  A  year  later,  however,  he  crossed 
the  plains  with  ox-team  to  Colorado  and  located 
in  Denver.  In  1866  he  went  to  Boulder  Creek 
and  later  to  the  Black  Hills,  where  he  worked  at 
whatever  he  could  find  to  do.  He  came  to 
Pueblo  County  in  1869  and  is  therefore  one  of  its 
oldest  settlers.  He  located  upon  his  present  ranch 
near  Rye,  where  he  battled  bravely  with  the 
elements  of  a  new  soil,  and  looking  upon  his  pos- 


sessions to-day  it  is  hardly  necessary  to  state  that 
he  has  made  good  use  of  his  time.  The  farm 
house  and  other  buildings  are  substantial  and 
commodious,  and  with  the  aid  of  modern 
machinery  and  the  most  approved  methods,  the 
land  yields  the  richest  crops  of  this  section.  The 
place  is  stocked  with  good  grades  of  horses  and 
cattle,  and  he  also  owns  and  operates  a  dairy, 
the  butter  from  which  brings  the  highest  market 
price. 

In  1870  Mr.  Smith  married  Miss  Carrie  E. 
Barker,  a  daughter  of  Prof.  A.  M.  Barker,  of 
Vermont.  They  have  six  children,  namely: 
Albert,  Frank,  M.  Robert,  Lizzie,  Ella  and  Cora. 
Mr.  Smith  has  assisted  in  building  the  churches 
and  school  houses  in  the  locality,  and  at  the  polls 
he  votes  for  the  man  whom  he  believes  best 
qualified  to  fill  the  office.  He  is  independent  in 
politics,  though  rather  favors  the  Democracy. 


EEORGE  HAYNES  resides  on  Greenhorn 
River  in  Pueblo  County,  where  he  is  en- 
gaged in  ranching  and  stock-raising.  He 
was  born  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  May  i,  1840. 
His  parents  were  Harvey  and  Elizabeth  (Jones) 
Haynes.  He  was  eight  years  of  age  when  the 
family  removed  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  In  1860 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  made  his  home  for  a 
time  in  Denver,  but  in  1866  became  a  resident  of 
Pueblo  County,  his  first  home  here  being  on  the 
St.  Charles  River.  In  1870  he  settled  upon  his 
present  ranch  on  the  Greenhorn  River,  when  the 
place  was  still  in  its  primitive  condition,  but  by 
industry,  enterprise  and  perseverance  he  has 
transformed  the  wild  land  into  highly  cultivated 
fields,  and  now  has  one  of  the  best  ranches  of  the 
locality,  it  being  improved  with  good  and  sub- 
stantial buildings,  fences,  etc.  The  ranch  con- 
sists of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  He  also 
has  good  range  facilities  for  his  stock.  In  connec- 
tion with  the  cultivation  of  the  land  he  has  always 
engaged  in  stock-raising.  He  also  conducted 
the  first  store  on  the  Greenhorn  River.  This  he 
carried  on  about  two  years  and  then  sold  it  to  a 
Mr.  Day.  For  several  years  he  was  manager  of 
the  Northern  Finance  ranch,  which  was  con- 
trolled by  Hayden  Brothers,  and  in  the  conduct 
of  his  affairs  has  ever  displayed  good  executive 
ability  and  sound  judgment. 

In  1868  Mr.  Haynes  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Sarah  Austin,  who  died  leaving  five 
sons,  as  follows:  Milton  S.,  a  resident  of  Flor- 


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ence,  Colo.;  Frank,  deceased;  George,  at  home; 
Charles  Carson  and  John.  For  his  second  wife 
Mr.  Haynes  married  Mrs.  Ella  M.  Gilligan,  a 
native  of  Illinois,  by  whom  he  has  one  son  and 
one  daughter,  namely:  Clyde  and  Marjorie. 

Mr.  Haynes  has  always  been  an  ardent  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican  party,  casting  his  first 
presidential  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln,  his  last 
for  William  McKinley,  and  has  been  an  active 
worker  for  his  party's  interests.  He  is  a  man 
worthy  of  the  highest  respect,  and  enjoys  the  es- 
teem of  the  entire  community,  in  which  he  has 
labored  for  every  enterprise  that  is  calculated  to 
elevate  mankind  or  advance  the  general  welfare. 


'HOMAS  S.  JONES,  sheriff  of  Mineral 
County,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Peoria,  111., 
December  2,  1864,  a  son  of  John  D.  and 
Rachel  (Davis)  Jones,  who  were  natives  of 
Wales,  but  residents  of  the  United  Stales  from 
early  life.  When  he  was  seven  years  of  age  he 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Kansas,  settling  thir- 
ty-five miles  west  of  Atchison,  where  the  next 
seven  years  were  spent.  He  then  joined  a  brother 
in  Wyoming  and  became  interested  in  the  stock 
business  in  Carbon  County,  where  he  took  up 
land  on  the  Medicine  Bow  River.  With  his 
brother  as  partner,  he  finally  acquired  fifteen 
thousand  acres  of  land,  all  fenced  in,  and  devoted 
to  the  pasturage  of  cattle  and  horses. 

Selling  out  his  stock  interests  in  Wyoming  in 
1888,  Mr.  Jones  came  to  Colorado.  For  four 
years  he  was  engaged  in  business  at  the  Loop, 
North  Denver.  During  the  Creede  boom  of  1892, 
he  brought  his  stock  of  shoes  to  this  camp,  where 
he  opened  the  first  large  shoe  store  in  the  town . 
On  the  5th  of  June  of  that  year  his  stock  of  shoes 
and  his  new  store  adjoining  the  postoffice  were 
lost  by  fire,  but  in  eight  days  he  was  ready  for 
business  again.  He  rebuilt  on  San  Luis  avenue 
and  continued  in  the  shoe  business  until  1895, 
when  the  firm  of  Clay  &  Jones  was  established. 
The  same  year  the  firm  of  Clay  &  Jones  was 
merged  in  the  Famous  Mercantile  Company, 
which  was  organized  as  a  stock  company  with 
Mr.  Jones  as  manager.  The  company  carries  a 
general  stock  of  merchandise. 

On  the  organization  of  Mineral  County  in 
1893  Mr.  Jones  was  appointed  sheriff,  and  after- 
ward was  elected  to  the  office.  After  an  interval 
of  two  years  following  the  close  of  his  term  (dur- 
ing which  time  he  was  under-sheriff)  he  was 
again  chosen  to  fill  the  office,  being  elected  on  the 


Democratic  ticket  by  a  fair  majority.  While  he 
was  living  in  Wyoming,  and  before  he  was  twen- 
ty-one years  of  age,  he  was  nominated  for  one  of 
the  county  offices  in  Carbon  County,  but  on  ac- 
count of  his  minority  was  ineligible.  In  former 
years  he  was  actively  connected  with  a  number  of 
fraternities,  among  them  the  Odd  Fellows,  but  at 
this  writing  he  does  not  affiliate  with  any. 

June  i,  1898,  Mr.  Jones  married  Edith  Mc- 
Keown,  of  Creede,  sister  of  William  McKeown, 
the  well-known  passenger  conductor  of  the  Den- 
ver &  Gulf  road,  and  a  resident  of  Denver.  For 
several  years  she  was  a  teacher  in  the  Creede 
school,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  school  board 
of  this  district.  She  is  a  highly  educated  lady, 
with  a  broad  knowledge  of  both  literature  and 
music,  and  possesses  the  qualities  of  mind  and 
heart  that  win  and  retain  friendship. 

In  the  building  up  of  Creede  Mr.  Jones  has 
taken  an  active  part.  In  business  he  has  been 
prosperous,  yet  he  has  met  with  his  share  of  re- 
verses, and  was  burned  out  three  times,  entailing 
a  heavy  loss.  When  he  was  first  chosen  to  act 
as  sheriff  the  office  was  a  perilous  one  to  fill,  ow- 
ing to  the  fact  that  the  then  new  mining  camp 
had  attracted  many  men  of  vicious  habits  and 
wicked  lives.  His  efficient  service  as  sheriff  did 
much  toward  the  transition  of  the  camp  into  a 
town  that  is  the  home  of  law-abiding  and  peace- 
ful citizens. 


(TOHN  WARNER.  Thirty-five  miles  south- 
I  west  of  Pueblo,  near  Rye,  in  Pueblo  County, 
G/  lies  the  stock  ranch  of  Mr.  Warner,  where, 
since  1883,  he  has  engaged  in  the  raising  of  horses 
and  cattle.  He  came  to  this  county  in  1867  and 
settled  twenty-four  miles  south  of  Pueblo,  on  the 
Greenhorn  River,  where  he  took  up  government 
land  and  engaged  in  stock-raising.  From  there 
he  removed  to  his  present  property  near  Rye. 
Since  coming  to  this  county  he  has  made  his 
home  most  of  the  time  upon  his  ranch.  How- 
ever, in  1874-75,  while  serving  as  marshal  of 
Pueblo  and  deputy  sheriff  of  the  county,  he  made 
his  home  in  Pueblo,  and  in  1896,  when  elected 
county  commissioner,  he  again  came  to  this  city, 
where  he  now  resides  at  No.  2440  Court  street. 

The  first  twelve  years  of  Mr.  Warner's  life 
were  spent  in  Madison  County,  Ala.,  where  he 
was  born  April  26,  1836.  His  father,  Sampson 
Warner,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  learned  the  stone- 
mason's trade  in  youth  and  in  1835  removed  to 


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Alabama.  At  the  age  of  about  fifty-one  he  re- 
moved to  Missouri,  settling  in  Crawford  (now 
Dent)  County,  where  he  engaged  in  fanning  un- 
til his  death,  at  fifty-four  years  of  age,  in  1850. 
He  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  of  Virginian  an- 
cestry, and  his  father,  William  Warner,  had 
served  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  The  mother 
of  our  subject  was  Mary  Provence,  a  native  of 
Tennessee,  who  died  in  Missouri  at  the  age  of 
forty- three  years. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  secured  employment 
in  Missouri,  receiving  $6  a  month.  In  May, 
1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Tenth  Missouri 
Infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  and  served  throughout  the 
entire  war  as  a  private.  During  the  greater  part 
of  his  service  he  was  on  the  frontier.  He  took 
part  in  the  battles  of  Wilson's  Creek  and  Prairie 
Grove,  as  well  as  several  skirmishes,  but  was 
wounded  only  once.  He  served  principally  un- 
der General  Price  and  General  Hindman.  In 
May,  1862,  he  was  taken  prisoner  at  Batesville, 
Ark.,  and  removed  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  was 
held  until  September  and  then  exchanged. 
Again,  in  the  spring  of  1863,  he  was  captured 
near  his  home  in  southern  Missouri,  while  en- 
gaged in  recruiting  service,  but  he  had  fortu- 
nately destroyed  his  papers  so  was  not  shot.  He 
was,  however,  taken  to  St.  Louis,  and  from  there 
to  Alton,  111. ,  where  he  remained  until  June  20, 
and  was  later  exchanged  at  City  Point,  Va.  Go- 
ing to  Vicksburg  he  took  part  in  its  siege,  and 
after  the  fall  started  to  return  to  his  own  com- 
mand. While  on  his  way  back  he  met  Trustan 
Polk  with  two  ambulances,  and  one  of  these  Mr. 
Warner  drove  for  some  distance,  but  while  doing 
so  was  again  captured  and  taken  to  Alton,  111., 
where  he  was  held  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

As  soon  as  released  Mr.  Warner  started  for 
Colorado  with  Company  B,  Fifth  United  'States 
Volunteers,  in  which  he  had  enlisted  as  orderly 
sergeant.  The  company  went  to  Denver  and  en- 
gaged in  provost  duty  for  a  year,  when  the  men 
were  discharged.  He  then  went  to  El  Paso 
County,  Colo.,  where  for  eighteen  months  he 
was  employed  in  hauling  logs.  From  there,  in 
1867,  he  came  to  Pueblo  County,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  is  a  genial,  kind-hearted  man. 
In  physique  he  is  unusually  large,  being  six  feet 
tall  and  weighing  two  hundred  and  seventy-five 
pounds.  He  has  always  been  a  stanch  Democrat 
and  active  in  local  affairs.  In  addition  to  the 
offices  already  mentioned  he  served  as  justice  of 


the  peace  for  ten  years.  Fraternally  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Arkansas  Lodge  No.  28,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of 
Pueblo. 

November  19,  1854,  Mr.  Warner  married  Miss 
Lucinda  Vaughan,  who  was  born  in  Crawford 
County,  Mo.,  July  12,  1829.  She  is  a  member 
of  the  Christian  Church,  while  Mr.  Warner  is 
identified  with  the  Methodist  denomination. 
They  are  the  parents  of  a  son  and  daughter. 
The  former,  William,  is  engaged  in  ranching 
near  Tacoma,  Wash.  The  latter,  Julia  A.,  is 
the  wife  of  Robert  Caviness. 


~  ERD  MEYER,  proprietor  of  a  grocery  and 
rrf  dry-goods  store  at  Fort  Garland,  Costilla 
|  County,  was  born  in  Brunswick,  Germany, 
April  29,  1836,  a  son  of  Karl  and  Frederica 
Meyer.  His  father  was  in  boyhood  a  drummer 
in  the  German  army  and  later  was  made  a  drum- 
major,  serving  as  such  in  the  battle  of  Waterloo 
in  1815,  as  well  as  in  the  preceding  Russian 
campaign  of  1812.  .  Resigning  from  the  army  in 
1825,  he  became  an  attache  of  the  household  of 
Duke  Charles,  the  "Diamond"  duke,  and  held  a 
position  somewhat  similar  to  that  of  majordomo. 
He  continued  as  such  until  1866,  when  he  was  re- 
tired on  a  pension.  He  was  born  in  1796  and 
passed  away  October  3,  1870.  His  wife  died  in 
1866.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  sons  and 
eleven  daughters,  none  of  whom  came  to  America 
excepting  Ferd.  He  received  a  college  educa- 
tion at  Blankenburg,  but  when  only  fifteen  left 
home  and  began  as  a  clerk  in  a  grocery.  Two 
years  later  he  accepted  employment  as  a  travel- 
ing salesman,  continuing  as  such  for  three  years. 
When  he  was  twenty  he  was  furnished  a  substi- 
tute, to  permit  him  to  leave  Germany  free  of  mili- 
tary duties. 

August  25, 1856,  Mr.  Meyer  sailed  for  New 
York,  where  he  arrived  after  fifty-four  days.  For 
two  weeks  he  endeavored  to  secure  work,  but 
failed,  and  his  funds  were  soon  about  exhausted. 
One  day  he  answered  an  advertisement  for  a  far- 
mer in  New  Jersey,  and  was  given  work  by  the 
owner  of  the  place,  a  wealthy  New  York  gentle- 
man. However,  when  it  was  found  that  he  knew 
nothing  of  farming  he  was  about  to  be  discharged, 
when  he  "pled  for  an  opportunity  to  make  a  trial, 
and  was  finally  retained.  Faithful  and  willing, 
he  won  the  good  opinion  of  his  employer.  As  he 
gained  a  knowledge  of  farming,  his  services  in- 
creased in  value.  He  was  also  helpful  in  assist- 
ing the  children  of  the  family  in  their  German 


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studies.  After  a  few  months  he  went  to  St. 
Louis  in  company  with  a  coachman  who  had  been 
with  the  same  employer  as  himself.  Securing 
employment  with  a  freighting  company,  in  June, 
1857,  he  went  with  a  freight  train  to  Santa  Fe, 
N.  M.,  and  while  unloading  his  freight  there  his 
effects  were  stolen.  Next  he  started  toTaos  and 
at  Embudo,  N.  M.,  met  a  gentleman  who  was  en- 
gaged in  business  at  Costilla  and  who  offered  him 
employment.  December  i,  1857,  he  began  his 
duties  as  confidential  clerk  and  manager  of  the 
business,  and  •  this  position  he  held  for  seven 
years.  In  March,  1864,  one  of  the  members  of 
the  firm  dying,  Mr.  Meyer  was  offered  an  inter- 
est in  the  business.  The  firm  then  became  Post- 
hoff  &  Meyer,  and,  as  the  senior  member  was  in 
the  east  mostly,  the  active  management  fell  upon 
Mr.  Meyer.  When  Mr.  Posthoff  withdrew  in 
1867,  those  who  had  charge  of  the  several  stores 
at  Del  Norte,  San  Luis,  Badito  and  Fort  Garland, 
became  associated  together  and  continued  the 
business  until  1876.  When  the  company  dis- 
solved, Mr.  Meyer  continued  at  Costilla  and  Fort 
Garland,  where  he  still  remains.  He  has  been 
in  the  same  business,  and  connected  with  the  same 
company,  for  forty-one  years.  When  he  came 
to  the  San  Luis  Valley,  there  were  only  eleven 
Americans  residing  here,  among  them  being  Colo- 
nel Francisco,  John  Albert,  Charles  B.  Newton, 
etc.  He  made  his  headquarters  at  Costilla  until 
1891,  since  which  time  Fort  Garland  has  been 
his  home.  Besides  his  mercantile  interests,  he  is 
engaged  in  stock-raising  and  has  cattle  and  sheep 
on  the  range.  His  store  in  Fort  Garland  was  for- 
merly the  sutler's  store,  and  until  1862  was 
owned  by  Colonel  Francisco. 

November,  20,  1866,  Mr.  Meyer  married  Mary 
Jane  Christ,  who  was  born  in  Illinois,  of  German 
parentage.  She  died  April  13,  1891,  leaving  two 
sons  and  two  daughters:  Charles  A.,  a  stockman 
of  the  San  Luis  Valley;  Anna  L.,  wife  of  E.  C. 
van  Diest,  of  San  Luis  and  Denver;  Freda  C., 
who  resides  with  Mrs.  van  Diest;  and  William  F. , 
who  conducts  the  store  at  Costilla.  July  7,  1892, 
Mr.  Meyer  married  Miss  Margaret  van  Diest, 
daughter  of  P.  H.  van  Diest.  Three  sons  bless 
their  union,  Harry,  Bertram  and  Percival. 

In  1864  Mr.  Meyer  was  a  delegate  from  Cos- 
tilla andConejos  Counties  to  the  territorial  conven- 
tion of  the  territory  of  Colorado  held  for  the  pur- 
pose of  forming  a  state  government.  Politically 
he  is  a  stanch  Republican.  For  more  than  thirty 
years  he  has  been  a  member  of  Union  Lodge  No. 


7,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Denver,  and  he  is  also  a 
life  member  of  Denver  Chapter  No.  2,  R.  A.  M. 
In  earlier  days  he  served  as  county  commissioner 
in  both  Taos  and  Costilla  Counties.  From  1862 
to  1894  he  was  postmaster  of  Costilla.  The  vari- 
ous positions  he  has  held  have  been  filled  by  him 
with  energy,  judgment  and  fidelity,  and  he  has 
a  circle  of  friends  as  large  as  his  list  of  acquain- 
tances. 


fi>G|lLLIAM  J.  SCHOOLFIELD,  a  pioneer 
I  A/  °^  Duster  County,  where  he  is  engaged  in 
Y  V  stock-raising  and  farming,  was  born  in  the 
year  1829,  near  Pocomoke  City,  Worcester 
County,  Md.,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Nancy  (Lamb- 
den)  Schoolfield,  and  a  descendant  of  Scotch- 
English  ancestry.  His  mother's  grandfather, 
Dr.  Lambden,  came  to  America  at  an  early  date 
and  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land  on  the  eastern 
shore  of  Maryland,  where  succeeding  generations 
have  since  resided.  He  was  one  of  six  children, 
three  of  whom  are  still  living,  namely:  William 
J. ;  Rose,  wife  of  Samuel  Carsley,  who  lives  at  the 
old  homestead  in  Maryland;  and  Joseph,  a  farmer 
at  Wilsonville,  Neb. 

In  the  fall  of  1855  Mr.  Schoolfield  came  west 
and  settled  at  Waterloo,  Iowa,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  business  as  a  contractor  and  builder; 
but  in  1857  he  removed  to  Nebraska,  and  engaged 
in  farming.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  for  eight  years  engaged  in  mining 
at  Black  Hawk,  Lake  Gulch,  and  in  Clear  Creek 
County.  In  the  spring  of  1870  he  came  south, 
and  a  year  later  took  up  land  in  Wet  Mountain 
Valley,  near  Westcliffe.  Here  he  again  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock-raising,  and  here  he  has 
since  remained,  increasing  his  herds  and  acres 
from  time  to  time,  ranging  his  cattle  in  the 
summer  and  feeding  them  during  the  winter, 
raising  on  his  ranches  hay  and  grain  to  be  used 
for  feed.  Besides  his  ranching  interests  he  has 
been  connected  with  the  mines  at  Rosita  and 
owns  a  patented  claim  in  that  place.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  discoverers  of  the  noted  nickel 
mine,  "The  Gem,"  of  this  vicinity. 

The  Democratic  party  receives  Mr.  Schoolfield's 
vote.  While  Custer  County  was  still  a  part  of 
Fremont  he  served  as  county  commissioner.  He 
is  interested  in  educational  matters,  and,  as  treas- 
urer and  president  of  the  school  board,  has  done 
much  toward  enlarging  the  educational  possibil- 
ities of  this  section.  He  was  united  in  marriage, 
November  14,  1858,  to  Mary  Virden,  who  was 


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born  in  Iowa  in  1839,  and  died  in  Custer  County 
September  n,  1898.  Of  the  six  children  born  of 
their  union  four  are  living:  Wallace,  an  attorney 
at  Salida,  Colo.;  Rose,  Mrs.  John  Leary;  William, 
who  is  engaged  in  the  live  stock  commission  busi- 
ness in  Denver;  and  Leslie,  at  home  with  his 
father. 


/TjHARLES  L.  MARTIN.  Few  men  have 
I  (  done  more  for  the  upbuilding  of  La  Veta  and 
U  its  general  advancement  than  the  subject  of 
this  notice,  who  is  a  successful  business  man  of 
this  village.  He  is  a  pioneer  of  this  section  of 
Colorado,  having  come  here  when  a  boy  of  ten 
years,  and  he  is  therefore  particularly  well  in- 
formed regarding  local  resources,  environments 
and  possibilities.  His  prompt  and  systematic 
business  habits,  good  financial  ability  and  energy 
have  already  gained  for  him  a  large  degree  of 
success,  and  without  doubt  will  bring  him  in- 
creased prosperity  in  coming  years. 

For  the  history  of  the  Martin  family  the  reader 
is  referred  to  the  sketch  of  Fenton  L.  Martin,  our 
subject's  father,  who  for  years  has  been  one  of 
the  most  prominent  men  of  southern  Colorado. 
Charles  L.  was  born  in  Saline  County,  Mo.,  June 
15,  1862,  and  was  ten  years  of  age  when  he  ac- 
companied his  parents  to  Colorado.  As  a  boy 
he  herded  cattle  for  his  father,  and  almost  his 
entire  time  was  spent  in  the  saddle.  In  1882  he 
became  a  partner  with  his  father  in  the  butcher 
business,  which  the  latter  had  established  in  La 
Veta.  After  three  years  the  son  bought  the  busi- 
ness, which  he  continued  alone  until  1892.  Dur- 
ing the  seven  years  that  he  carried  it  on  he  was 
never  away  from  the  market,  except  when  look- 
ing up  cattle. 

On  account  of  his  wife's  delicate  health,  Mr. 
Martin  gave  up  his  business  in  1892  and  after- 
ward traveled  with  his  wife  in  the  east,  but  she 
was  not  permanently  benefited.  She  was  Bina, 
daughter  of  B.  F.  Palmer,  of  Palmyra,  Mo., 
where  she  was  born.  October  6,  1863,  she  be- 
came the  wife  of  Mr.  Martin,  and  April  23, 
1895,  passed  from  earth.  Three  children  were 
born  of  the  union:  Charles  Lee,  who  died  at  the 
age  of  four  years;  Fenton  L.,  his  grandfather's 
namesake;  and  a  child  who  died  in  infancy.  In 
March,  1896,  Mr.  Martin  was  a  second  time  mar- 
ried, his  wife  being  Anna  McFarland,  who  was 
born  in  Illinois. 

Upon  his  return  home,  after  his  travels,  Mr. 
Martin  resumed  business  at  the  old  stand  in  1895 


and  has  since  conducted  a  profitable  trade  in  the 
meat  business.  In  connection  therewith  he  has 
a  large  trade  in  the  buying  and  selling  of  cattle. 
These  he  buys  principally  to  feed,  although  some 
are  shipped  to  eastern  markets.  Besides  his  local 
trade  he  furnishes  meat  for  the  railroad  employes 
from  Pueblo  to  Alamosa.  A  supporter  of  Demo- 
cratic principles,  he  has  been  an  active  worker 
for  his  party,  and  has  frequently  served  as  chair- 
man of  convention  committees  and  as  a  delegate 
to  county  and  state  conventions.  Several  times 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  city  council.  In 
fraternal  relations  he  is  identified  with  La  Veta 
Lodge  No.  59,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  which  he  is  a 
past  master;  and  Walsenburg  Chapter  No.  27, 
R.  A.  M.;  and  is  a  charter  member  of  La  Veta 
Camp  No.  174,  Woodmen  of  the  World.  In  de- 
nominational connections  he  is  identified  with  the 
Baptist  Church  of  La  Veta. 


HARRY  C.  FRINK.  Among  the  progressive 
young  men  of  Pueblo  County  who  are 
turning  their  attention  to  the  breeding  and 
raising  of  stock  is  Mr.  Frink,  whose  ranch  is 
near  Rye.  He  was  born  in  Pueblo,  May  21, 
1869,  and  is  a  representative  of  one  of  the  honored 
pioneer  families  of  the  county,  being  a  son  of 
Alonzo  and  Jane  (Convers)  Frink.  His  father 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  war,  a  member  of  the 
Second  Iowa  Infantry,  and  remained  in  the  serv- 
ice until  hostilities  ceased.  He  died  leaving  six 
children,  two  sons  and  four  daughters,  namely: 
James  A.,  a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Montezuma 
Valley,  Colo. ;  Jane  (twin  of  James  A.) ,  the  wife 
of  C.  W.  Walters,  who  lives  seven  miles  from 
Rye;  Harry  C.,  our  subject;  Hattie  C.  (twin  of 
Harry  C.),  the  wife  of  John  Thomas,  a  merchant 
of  Rye,  whose  sketch  appears  on  another  page  of 
this  volume;  Mrs.  George  Haynes;  and  Helen  C., 
wife  of  Clayton  Colvin,  who  resides  in  Colorado 
Springs,  and  whose  husband  is  a  railroad  man. 
The  mother  is  still  living  and  is  now  the  wife  of 
John  G.  Austin,  whose  sketch  may  also  be  found 
in  this  volume. 

Our  subject  was  only  six  weeks  old  when  his 
parents  removed  to  the  ranch  where  he  now  re- 
sides, and  he  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the 
district.  Although  he  has  traveled  quite  exten- 
sively over  Colorado,  Utah,  Wyoming  and  other 
parts  of  the  country,  he  has  always  made  his 
home  here,  and  since  attaining  to  man's  estate 
has  successfully  managed  the  farm,  which  com- 
prises three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  in  which 


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he  owns  an  interest.  As  a  stock-raiser  he  has 
met  with  most  excellent  success,  and  now  has  a 
fine  lot  of  stock  upon  his  place.  He  was  married 
in  1 896  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Duckworth,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  Duckworth,  and  they  now  have  a 
son,  Lyle  Convers.  Politically  Mr.  Frink  is 
identified  with  the  Democracy,  and  socially  affili- 
ates with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


(JOSEPH  PERRY  ROBINSON.  In  the  life 
I  of  this  successful  farmer  of  El  Paso  County 
O  are  illustrated  the  results  of  energy  and  per- 
severance, coupled  with  judicious  management 
and  strict  integrity.  He  is  a  citizen  of  whom  any 
community  might  well  be  proud,  and  the  people 
of  this  county,  fully  appreciating  his  worth,  ac- 
cord him  a  place  in  the  foremost  ranks  of  stock- 
men here.  About  half  way  between  Colorado 
Springs  and  Pueblo,  near  the  village  of  Wigwam, 
on  section  23,  township  17,  range  65  west,  he 
owns  and  occupies  a  ranch,  whose  total  acreage 
is  eleven  hundred,  and  which  is  beautifully  situ- 
ated on  both  sides  of  Fountain  Creek. 

Born  in  Taylor  County,  Ky.,  August  6,  1828, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  son  of  Simeon  H. 
and  Pamelia  (Richards,  nee  Campbell)  Robin- 
son. His  mother  by  her  first  marriage  had  four 
children.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Harry  Rob- 
inson, removed  from  Virginia  to  Kentucky  in  a 
very  early  day.  Afterward  he  was  joined  by  his 
son,  Simeon  H.,  who  was  born  in  Lynchburg, 
Va. ,  and  was  about  thirty  years  old  at  the  time 
of  his  removal  westward.  In  Kentucky  he  met 
and  married  a  daughter  of  Lawrence  Campbell, 
a  Revolutionary  soldier.  She  was  born  in 
Virginia,  and  was  a  distant  relative  of  Commo- 
dore Perry,  for  whom  our  subject  is  named.  In 
girlhood  she  accompanied  her  parents  to  Ken- 
tucky,where  she  resided  until  her  death.  Simeon 
H.  Robinson  began,  when  a  mere  lad,  to  follow 
the  river,  but  after  he  settled  in  Taylor  County, 
Ky. ,  he  engaged  in  farming  and  was  a  slave 
owner.  He  died  in  Kentucky  when  about  nine- 
ty-one years  of  age. 

In  boyhood  our  subject  attended  the  grammar 
and  high  schools  of  his  home  locality.  At  twen- 
ty-two years  of  age  he  went  to  Ohio  and  from 
there  to  Indiana,  where  he  taught  school  about 
thirty  miles  from  Cincinnati,  in  Laurel.  After 
about  a  year  he  was  taken  ill  and  returned  to 
Kentucky,  where  he  remained  until  1856.  He 
then  removed  to  Douglas  County,  Kan.,  and  en- 
tered a  claim  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres, 
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spending  the  next  few  years  in  that  state  and 
Missouri,  where  he  taught  school  in  1857.  He 
was  married  in  Douglas  County,  September  13, 
1860,  to  Miss  Mary  Greene,  who  was  born  at 
Port  Jackson,  on  the  Mohawk  River  and  Erie 
canal  in  New  York.  She  was  finely  educated 
and  engaged  in  teaching  in  Douglas  County  prior 
to  her  marriage. 

In  the  spring  of  1861,  accompanied  by  his 
wife,  Mr.  Robinson  started  overland  for  Califor- 
nia, driving  a  horse- team,  and  taking  with  him 
an  ox-team  and  some  cattle.  After  traveling  for 
a  month  or  more  he  reached  Canon  City,  where 
he  stopped  for  a  few  days,  and  then  crossed  the 
range  to  Blue  River.  Stopping  near  Georgia 
Gulch,  he  started  a  milk  ranch  and  sold  milk  to 
miners.  In  the  fall  he  crossed  again  to  the  east- 
ern slope  and  built  a  cabin  and  wintered  his 
stock.  During  that  winter  he  sold  his  butter  for 
$i  a  pound.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he  took  his 
cows  to  Buckskin  Joe  mining  camp,  where  he 
started  a  milk  ranch.  In  the  fall  he  returned  to 
his  former  winter  quarters,  but  in  December  of 
the  same  year  settled  upon  his  present  place, 
buying  government  land  on  condition  that  the 
lines  should  be  at  certain  points.  As  he  was  a 
surveyor,  and  as  the  government  had  established 
township  lines,  he  soon  had  a  survey  made.  For 
his  claim  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  he  paid 
$50  in  gold  dust.  At  one  time,  not  long  after 
purchasing  the  property,  Indians  became  so  dan- 
gerous that  he  was  obliged  to  leave,  but  with 
that  exception  he  has  continued  on  the  ranch  to 
the  present  time.  When  it  was  dangerous  to  re- 
main here  he  took  his  family  to  Pueblo,  which 
then  had  an  adobe  fort  and  but  few  inhabitants. 
At  two  other  times  he  fled  for  refuge  with  his 
family  to  a  fort  in  the  neighborhood.  He  has 
made  all  the  improvements  on  his  land,  and  has 
introduced  a  system  of  irrigation  which  has  in- 
creased the  value  of  the  land  and  its  productive- 
ness. At  times  he  and  his  sons  have  had  as 
many  as  six  hundred  head  of  cattle.  His  success 
has  been  marked  in  this  business,  and  through  it 
he  has  become  a  prosperous  man,  with  a  com- 
petency for  his  declining  years. 

The  first  ballot  cast  by  Mr.  Robinson  was  in 
favor  of  Gen.  Winfield  Scott  in  1852.  He  has 
supported  the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party 
and  voted  its  ticket  since  coming  to  Colorado. 
Though  preferring  not  to  accept  office,  when  a 
justice  of  the  peace  was  needed  he  accepted  the 
position  and  held  it  for  many  years  in  order  to 


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accommodate  his  neighbors.  During  all  that 
time  only  one  of  his  cases  was  ever  appealed,  and 
it  never  came  to  trial.  His  father,  who  was  an 
old-line  Whig,  was  a  zealous  Union  man.  When 
Morgan  burned  a  church  in  the  neighborhood  the 
old  gentleman  reproved  him  for  it;  this  so  pro- 
voked Morgan  that  he  declared,  were  it  not  for 
his  age,  he  would  hang  him.  Mr.  Robinson  told 
him  he  might  do  so  if  he  wished,  as  he  would 
not  cheat  him  out  of  many  days  at  most.  After 
the  war  was  over  and  reconstruction  was  in  pro- 
cess, he  became  so  disgusted  with  negro  rule  that 
he  declared  it  would  have  been  better  had  the 
south  been  successful  in  seceding. 

Reared  in  the  Baptist  faith,  our  subject  now 
holds  membership  in  the  Fountain  Church,  hav- 
ing changed  his  membership  from  Colorado  City 
soon  after  the  organization  of  the  Fountain 
Church,  of  which  he  has  been  a  deacon  for  a 
number  of  years.  He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents 
of  five  children,  all  of  whom  were  born  on  their 
present  homestead.  Ray  Greene,  who  is  unmar- 
ried, operates  a  ranch  in  El  Paso  County;  John 
E-,  Mary  B.,  Florence  and  Joseph  Perry,  Jr.,  are 
at  home. 

IT  DMOND  C.  VAN  DIEST,  manager  of  the 
1^  Costilla  estate  and  mineral  manager  of  the 
I  Trinchera  estate  in  Costilla  County,  was 
born  August  13,  1865,  in  the  capital  city  of  Buit- 
enzorg,  Java,  Dutch  East  Indies,  a  historic  city 
that  contains  the  splendid  palace  of  the  governor- 
general,  and  one  of  the  most  celebrated  botanic 
gardens  in  the  world.  His  father,  Prof.  P.  H. 
van  Diest,  came  to  the  United  States  in  1872,  and 
for  several  years  had  charge  of  mines  in  Boulder 
County,  Colo.,  after  which  he  took  charge  of  the 
Pennsylvania  reduction  works  at  Rosita,  Custer 
County,  and  later,  for  seventeen  years,  held  the 
position  of  chief  of  the  land  department  of  the 
United  States  survey  or -general's  office  in  Denver. 
During  the  same  time  he  held  the  chair  of  metal- 
lurgy in  the  Colorado  State  School  of  Mines.  At 
this  writing  he  is  connected  with  his  son  at  San 
Luis,  where  he  is  a  well-known  mining  engineer 
and  metallurgist.  He  is  considered  an  expert  in 
mining  examinations  and  reports,  mill  construc- 
tion, patent  surveys,  plans,  assays,  etc.  Both  he 
and  his  son  are  identified  with  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Mining  Engineers,  Colorado  Scientific 
Society  and  North  of  England  Institute  of  Min- 
ing Engineers. 
In  the  family  of  P.  H.  van  Diest  there  are  four 


daughters  and  one  son,  namely:  Marie,  who  is 
the  wife  of  John  Rollandet,  of  Cripple  Creek; 
Edmond  C. ;  Margaret,  who  is  married  and  lives 
in  Fort  Garland;  Constance,  Mrs.  Frank  Collins, 
of  Glenville,  Conn.;  and  Petronella,  wife  of  G.  J. 
Rollandet,  of  Denver. 

When  the  family  came  to  Colorado  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  almost  seven  years  of  age.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Denver  high  school.  Since 
1880  he  has  given  his  attention  largely  to  civil 
and  mining  engineering,  and  in  1886  graduated 
from  the  Colorado  State  School  of  Mines,  after 
which  he  accepted  the  position  he  has  since  filled. 
At  the  same  time  he  built  the  mill  of  the  Mid- 
night Gold  Mining  Company,  at  La  Belle,  N.  M., 
and  is  manager  of  the  Plomo  Mining  Company, 
of  Costilla  County,  the  Boston  Gold  Mining  Com- 
pany of  La  Belle,  and  the  Ballard  Gold  Mining 
Company,  of  San  Miguel  County.  He  has  also 
superintended  the  surveys  of  the  Maxwell  Land 
Grant  Company  in  Colorado  and  New  Mexico, 
as  well  as  a  number  of  government  surveys.  In 
1895  he  purchased  the  La  Belle  Cresset,  which 
was  published  at  La  Belle  until  October,  1898, 
and  then  removed  to  Taos  County,  where  it  has 
since  been  published  as  the  Taos  Cresset,  under 
the  management  of  Frank  Staplin.  In  1890  he 
was  instrumental  in  founding  the  colony  of  East- 
dale,  in  Costilla  County,  twenty-five  families 
forming  the  nucleus,  and  he  has  since  established 
farms,  built  ditches  and  made  other  improve- 
ments there. 

In  politics  Mr.  van  Diest  is  a  supporter  of  Re- 
publican principles.  May  4,  1890,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Anna  L.,  daughter  of  Ferd 
Meyer,  and  they  have  two  children,  Alice  and 
Josine.  The  family  have  a  comfortable  home  at 
No.  1230  Washington  avenue,  Denver,  but  the 
nature  of  Mr.  van  Diest's  business  necessitates 
his  frequent  presence  in  San  Luis.  The  Costilla 
estate,  of  which  he  is  manager,  comprises  five 
hundred  and  forty-eight  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  eighty  acres,  owned  by  the  United  States  Free- 
hold Land  and  Emigration  Company.  This  prop- 
erty is  situated  partly  in  Costilla  County  and  partly 
in  Taos  County,  N.  M.,  embracing  four  hundred 
and  eighty  square  miles  of  the  highest  mountain 
range  in  Colorado,  rich  in  mineral  wealth,  and 
three  hundred  and  fifty  square  miles  of  the  San 
Luis  Valley,  the  most  productive  agricultural  re- 
gion in  the  west.  The  Sangre  de  Cristo  grant,  of 
which  the  Costilla  estate  is  the  southern  half,  was 
granted  in  1843  to  Luis  Lee  and  Narcisso  Beau- 


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bien  by  the  Mexican  government.  July  21,1 860, 
by  act  of  Congress,  the  grant  was  confirmed  to 
Charles  Beaubien,  and  the  patent  issued  Decem- 
ber 20,  1880.  The  farming  lands  comprise  near- 
ly two  hundred  thousand  acres  that  await  devel- 
opment on  the  part  of  the  enterprising  farmer, 
and  much  of  this  land  is  of  exceptional  fertility. 
However,  the  estate  is  known  principally  for  its 
mineral  resources.  In  1894  the  land  was  opened 
to  prospectors,  since  which  time  many  important 
discoveries  have  been  made.  Four  hundred 
claims  have  been  located  in  the  La  Belle  district. 
Among  them  are  the  Climax,  owned  by  the  Cli- 
max and  Gold  Conda  Mining  Company,  where 
the -assays  run  from  $3  to  $130  a  ton;  Aztec  and 
Belle  of  Mexico,  assay  values  $4  to  $40  a  ton; 
Wonder  and  Colorado,  assay  values  $3  to  $70; 
Ethel  H.,  $5  to  $35;  Black  Forest,  $4  to  $70; 
and  Montezuma,  etc. ,  owned  by  the  Boston  Gold 
Mining  Company,  surface  assays  $6.  The  pres- 
ident of  the  company  that  owns  the  estate  is  M. 
P.  Pels,  of  Denver;  the  secretary,  Albert  Smith, 
and  the  manager,  E.  C.  van  Diest. 

The  officers  of  the  Trinchera  Estate  Company 
are:  William  A.  Bell,  president;  J.  E.  Lund- 
strom,  secretary;  William  H.  Meyer,  manager; 
and  E.  C.  van  Diest,  manager  mineral  lands. 
The  estate  comprises  four  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  acres  of  land,  and  constitutes  the  north- 
ern half  of  the  Sangre  de  Cristo  grant,  in  Costilla 
County.  It  consists  of  four  hundred  square  miles 
of  mountain  and  mineral  lands  and  three  hun- 
dred square  miles  of  farm  lands.  The  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad  traverses  the  estate  from 
northeast  to  southwest,  with  over  thirty  miles  of 
line  from  Veta  Pass  to  Baldy  Station.  Placer 
mining  is  being  carried  on  by  three  companies, 
under  lease,  but  lode  mining  is  the  more  impor- 
tant. The  Blanca  Mountain  Mining  Company 
operates  the  highest  mine  in  the  United  States, 
thirteen  thousand  seven  hundred  feet  above 
sea  level.  The  Plomo  Mining  Company  han- 
dles ore  from  a  large  quarry;  the  ore  is  of  a 
low  grade,  but  the  supply  is  very  great. 
While  as  yet  comparatively  little  mining  has 
been  done  on  the  estate  it  is  sufficient  to  show 
that  there  are  minerals  of  great  value.  In  the 
agricultural  portion  of  the  estate  two  large  can- 
als have  been  built,  the  Sangre  de  Cristo  and 
Trinchera,  which  have  a  combined  length  of  over 
twenty  miles,  and  with  laterals  covering  twenty 
thousand  acres  of  the  wheat  lands  that  are  so 
famous  for  quality  and  quantity.  More  than  two 


hundred  and  fifty  carloads  of  baled  hay  are 
shipped  from  Fort  Garland  every  year,  and  the 
yield  of  other  products  has  also  been  of  gratifying 
size.  In  fact,  both  in  its  mineral  and  its  agricult- 
ural wealth,  the  estate  offers  apparently  limitless 
opportunities  for  the  skillful  miner  or  the  ener- 
getic farmer. 

RICHARD  F.  KLETT,  ex-county  treasurer 
of  Bent  County  and  a  resident  of  Las  Ani- 
mas,  is  engaged  extensively  in  the  sheep 
and  cattle  business.  For  some  time  he  devoted 
himself  entirely  to  raising  cattle,  but  now  owns 
only  five  hundred  head  of  these,  having  since  1894 
made  a  specialty  of  raising  sheep,  of  which  he  owns 
twenty-five  hundred  head.  He  is  the  owner  of 
seven  quarter-sections  of  land  in  different  locali- 
ties where  there  is  living  water.  While  he  has 
met  with  several  severe  reverses,  yet  he  is  now  in 
prosperous  circumstances,  and  is  recognized  as  one 
of  the  well-to-do  and  capable  stockmen  of  the 
county. 

A  sailing  vessel  that  spent  fourteen  weeks  in 
crossing  the  Atlantic  Ocean  from  Saxony  to  New 
York  had  among  its  passengers  Gottfried  and 
Matilda  Klett.  During  the  voyage,  February 
28,  1846,  a  son  was  born  to  them  whom  they 
named  Richard.  The  mother  died  after  they 
landed  in  New  York  City  and  was  buried  there. 
The  father,  with  his  four  sons,  proceeded  to  Wis- 
consin and  settled  on  a  tract  of  timber  land  near 
Milwaukee.  He  married  again  and  was  thus 
enabled  to  keep  his  children  together  until  they 
were  grown.  The  oldest  son  died  on  the  farm 
near  Milwaukee;  the  second,  who  went  to  Ne- 
braska, died  near  Red  Cloud;  the  third,  Anton, 
is  living  in  Milwaukee. 

In  boyhood  our  subject  attended  public  schools, 
and  there  showed  an  aptitude  for  mathematics. 
At  the  age  of  sixteen,  in  the  fall  of  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  A,  Twenty-sixth  Wisconsin 
Infantry,  with  which  he  fought  at  a  place  called 
by  the  soldiers  "Burnside's  Stuck  in  the  Mud," 
and  also  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Fredricksburg 
and  Chancellorsville.  After  participating  in  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg,  he  was  sent  to  the  western 
army  at  Bridgeport,  Ala. ,  and  from  there  to  Chat- 
tanooga, later  to  Knoxville,  thence  back  to  Chat- 
tanooga, where  he  spent  the  winter.  In  the  en- 
gagements at  Lookout  Mountain  and  Missionary 
Ridge  he  bore  a  part.  While  accompanying 
Sherman  to  the  sea,  in  the  battle  of  Resaca,  his 
foot  was  injured  while  he  was  making  a  charge 


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against  breastworks,  and  the  sprain  he  received 
was  so  severe  that  he  was  unable  to  step  on  the 
foot.  He  was  sent  to  a  hospital  at  Lookout 
Mountain,  from  there  to  Nashville,  thence  to 
Madison,  Ind.,  and  finally  to  Madison,  Wis. ,  be- 
ing under  treatment  for  six  months.  He  was  then 
given  an  honorable  discharge.  For  three  months 
after  his  return  home  he  was  unable  to  use  his 
foot,  but  gradually,  by  the  exercise  of  great  care, 
he  recovered  its  use. 

Joining  his  two  brothers  in  Lewis  County, Mo., 
Mr.  Klett  worked  there  for  six  months.  From 
there  he  went  to  Wyoming  and  visited  the  pres- 
ent site  of  Cheyenne,  which  then  had  only  a  few 
tents  and  no  houses.  The  Union  Pacific  Railroad 
was  in  process  of  building  and  he  secured  em- 
ployment on  it,  working  from  a  point  just  east  of 
Cheyenne  to  Weber  Canon.  Beginning  as  a  day 
laborer,  his  efficiency  won  his  promotion  to  be 
superintendent  of  a  gang,  and  he  remained  with 
the  same  contractor  for  two  and  one-half  years. 
In  1869  he  went  to  Greenwood  County,  Kan.,  and 
put  up  hay,  which  he  sold  to  railroad  contractors, 
meeting  with  fair  success  in  his  enterprise.  In 
1870  he  drove  nineteen  men  across  the  country 
from  the  terminus  of  the  railroad  to  Silver  City, 
N.  M.,  camping  out  by  the  way  and  spending 
two  months  on  the  road.  Later  he  engaged  in 
hauling  flour  from  Rio  Grande  to  Silver  City,  but 
after  a  time  he  traded  his  teams  for  four  hundred 
head  of  yearlings  on  the  Pecos  River.  These  he 
brought  to  the  Arkansas  Valley  just  below  Pueblo 
County,  where  he  wintered  the  herd,  selling 
them  in  the  spring.  Then,  going  to  Texas,  he 
bought  about  eight  hundred  head  of  cows  and 
calves,  which  he  brought  to  Colorado  and  win- 
tered in  the  Arkansas  Valley.  He  continued  in 
this  way  until  the  country  began  to  be  settled, 
when  he  took  his  herd  to  New  Mexico.  During 
the  three  years  which  he  spent  there  he  lost  about 
$10,000.  Finally  he  moved  his  cattle  back  to  Colo- 
rado, since  which  time  he  has  been  successful  in 
the  stock  business. 

In  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  March  n,  1884,  Rev.  C. 
Loeber  performed  the  ceremony  which  united  in 
marriage  Richard  F.  Klett  and  Anna  Meibohm, 
who  was  born  and  reared  in  that  city.  Michael 
Meibohm,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Klett,  was  born  in 
Hanover,  Germany,  and  after  coming  to  this 
country  was  married,  in  Springfield,  Ohio,  to 
Miss  Sophia  Kuehn,  a  native  of  Oldenburg,  Ger- 
many, and  a  friend  of  his  youth.  For  thirty-five 
years  he  engaged  in  business  in  Milwaukee.where 


he  died  in  1883.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Klett  are  the  par- 
ents of  two  children:  Agnes,  who  was  born  in  Las 
Animas  July  25,  1889;  and  Richard  Henry, May 
18,  1892.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Klett  were  reared  in  the 
Lutheran  faith,  but  are  now  identified  with  the 
Episcopal  Church  in  Las  Animas. 

Politically  a  Republican,  on  that  ticket  Mr. 
Klett  was  elected  county  treasurer  in  1895,  and 
in  that  position  he  served  satisfactorily  for  one 
term.  He  has  served  as  a  delegate  to  various 
conventions  and  member  of  party  committees. 
He  attended  the  convention  which  instructed 
Senator  Teller  to  withdraw  from  the  national  con- 
vention hall,  and  also  the  state  convention  at 
Denver  in  1898,  at  which  Senator  Wolcott  was 
re-nominated  for  the  United  States  senate.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  Las  Animas  Lodge 
No.  35,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  in  which  he  has  filled  the 
different  chairs. 

NENRY  O.  MORRIS  is  engaged  in  the  real- 
estate  and  insurance  business  in  Pueblo,  but 
is,  perhaps,  best  known,  both  in  this  city 
and  elsewhere,  as  the  author  of  the  new  political 
novel, '  'Waiting  for  the  Signal. ' '  He  was  born  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  October  14,  1858,  a  son  of  H.  J. 
and  Melinda  (Bigney)  Morris.  His  father,  who 
was  born  in  British  America,  was  a  grandson  of 
the  illustrious  and  philanthropic  Robert  Morris, 
first  secretary  of  the  treasury  under  George  Wash- 
ington. Throughout  his  entire  life  H.  J.  Morris 
devoted  himself  to  the  shipping  business  and  was 
captain  of  a  vessel.  The  lady  whom  he  married 
was  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  a  daughter  of 
Peter  Bigney. 

The  only  child  of  his  parents,  our  subject  spent 
his  early  years  in  Jauesville,  Wis. ,  and  attended 
the  public  schools  of  that  city.  Afterward  he 
was  a  student  in  the  public  and  private  schools 
of  Leavenworth,  Kan.  At  fifteen  years  of  age 
he  started  out  in  the  world  for  himself.  Becom- 
ing an  employe  in  a  newspaper  office  in  Leaven- 
worth,  he  worked  for  four  years  under  a  brother 
of  Susan  B.  Anthony.  In  1872  he  came  to  Pu- 
eblo, where  he  secured  employment  on  the 
Chieftain.  Pueblo  was  at  that  time  a  small  town, 
with  little  indication  of  its  present  prosperity,  but 
he  had  the  foresight  to  discern  its  future  suc- 
cess, and  has  never  regretted  his  action  in  set- 
tling here.  Since  1882  he  has  carried  on  a  real- 
estate  and  insurance  business,  and  now  has  his 
office  in  the  Opera  House  block.  In  1893  he 
married  Matta  C.  Kinnear,  of  Baltimore,  Md., 


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daughter  of  Robert  Kinnear,  who  engaged  in 
the  shoe  business  in  that  city.  Politically  Mr. 
Morris  is  a  socialist.  The  literary  production 
by  which  Mr.  Morris  is  best  known  is  a  work 
of  over  four  hundred  pages,  bearing  upon  the 
conflict  between  capital  and  labor,  and  in  which 
the  author's  aim  has  been  to  impress  upon  the 
mind  of  the  reader  the  wrongs  endured  by  the 
working  classes  at  the  hands  of  capitalists.  The 
work  has  received  much  praise  and  much  criti- 
cism. It  is  certainly  a  production  that  cannot 
be  passed  by  idly  and  without  thought,  but  will 
call  forth  from  every  reader  comment  of  some 
kind,  favorable  or  adverse.  W.  H.  Harvey, 
who  is  best  known  under  his  pseudonym  of 
Coin,  says  of  it:  "The  most  powerful  book  I 
ever  read."  Eugene  V.  Debs  gives  this  testi- 
mony in  its  praise:  "It  will  be  found  of  ab- 
sorbing interest  by  students  of  the  great  ques- 
tions of  the  day."  Rev.  Myron  W.  Reed  says, 
among  other  comments:  "It  may  wake  up 
people  who  are  asleep.  It  will  not  put  anyone 
to  sleep  who  is  awake. ' '  Some  of  the  criticisms 
have  been  sharp  and  pointed,  but  even  the  most 
severe  critic  admits  the  power  of  the  work  and 
the  influence  it  will  exert  upon  the  mind  of  the 
reader. 

Q  HARLES  A.  WESTCOTT.  A  position  of 
1 1  influence  among  the  enterprising  and  suc- 
\J  cessf ul  business  men  of  Pueblo  County  is  held 
by  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  is  a  well-known 
general  merchant  of  Beulah.  He  was  born  in 
Homer,  Mich.,  in  1847,  and  is  a  son  of  Josiah  N. 
Westcott,  who  followed  the  profession  of  teach- 
ing in  early  life  and  later  engaged  in  mercantile 
pursuits.  The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Chris- 
topher Westcott,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1812. 

When  our  subject  was  five  years  old  he  ac- 
companied his  parents  on  their  removal  to  Ohio, 
locating  at  Perrysburg,  near  Toledo,  and  there 
he  was  educated  in  the  union  schools.  In  1863, 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  he  offered  his  services 
to  his  country  to  assist  in  putting  down  the  rebel- 
lion, enlisting  in  the  Third  Ohio  Cavalry.  The 
regiment  was  assigned  to  the  army  of  the  Cum- 
berland. Mr.  Westcott  took  an  active  part  in  the 
war  and  was  all  through  the  Atlanta  campaign. 
His  regiment  was  with  the  Fourth  Michigan  Cav- 
alry when  President  Jefferson  Davis  was  captured. 
He  participated  in  many  important  battles  and 
skirmishes,  was  once  wounded,  and  at  the  battle 


of  Kenesaw  Mountain  received  a  sunstroke.  His 
health  was  greatly  impaired  by  his  arduous  serv- 
ice. He  went  to  Chicago  at  the  close  of  the  war, 
but  failed  to  regain  his  strength,  and  in  1876, 
with  the  hope  of  benefiting  his  health,  came 
west,  being  brought  to  Colorado  upon  a  bed. 
When  he  had  sufficiently  recovered  he  traveled 
for  some  time  in  Texas,  Mexico  and  Colorado. 
In  1888  the  healthful  location  of  Beulah,  situated 
in  the  midst  of  mountains,  and  surrounded  by 
fine  scenery,  lovely  streams  and  lakes,  led  him 
to  settle  at  this  place.  It  is  now  quite  a  popular 
health  resort,  and  many  people  come  here  during 
the  summer.  His  health  has  been  greatly  bene- 
fited during  his  residence  here.  He  established 
a  general  store  in  Beulah,  and  was  not  long  in 
building  up  an  excellent  trade,  which  he  still 
enjoys. 

In  1885  Mr.  Westcott  married  Miss  Harriet 
Lancaster,  a  daughter  of  Henry  Lancaster,  who 
was  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church.  She  was 
reared  and  educated  in  New  Carlisle,  Ind.,  and 
is  a  well-known  writer,  both  of  prose  and  verse. 
Her  writings  have  appeared  in  a  number  of 
magazines  and  periodicals.  A  work  entitled 
"An  Evening  with  Colorado  Poets, "  published 
in  Denver,  contains  many  of  her  poems  on  nature. 
She  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Western  As- 
sociation of  Writers,  is  a  lady  of  rare  ability,  and 
presides  with  gracious  dignity  over  her  hospitable 
home.  Both  she  and  her  husband  hold  member- 
ship in  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  occupy  an 
enviable  position  in  social  circles.  Politically  Mr. 
Westcott  is  a  Democrat,  and  fraternally  has  been 
identified  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
and  the  Odd  Fellows'  Society,  but  living  so  far 
from  the  lodge  to  which  he  belonged,  he  dropped 
his  membership  in  the  latter  organization. 


EOL.  SELDEN  M.  FRENCH,  commander  of 
the  Colorado  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home 
1  at  Monte  Vista,  Rio  Grande  County,  was 
born  in  Cortland  County,  N.  Y.,  April  26,  1841, 
a  son  of  James  and  Asenath  (Jones)  French, 
natives  respectively  of  Vermont  and  New  York. 
In  1846  the  family  removed  from  New  York  to 
Oakland  County,  Mich.,  settling  twenty-five 
miles  north  of  Detroit.  The  district  was  sparsely 
settled.  Improvements  were  few.  The  first  rail- 
road in  the  state  had  recently  been  completed, 
extending  from  Detroit  to  Pontiac.  All  the  sur- 
roundings were  those  of  the  frontier. 

Two  years  after  the  family  settled  in  Michigan 


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the  father  died.  Our  subject  remained  there 
until  he  was  twelve,  when  his  mother  married 
again  and  removed  to  Iowa,  settling  at  Man- 
chester, Delaware  County.  From  that  time  on 
he  practically  made  his  own  way.  He  worked  at 
carpentering  in  the  summer  months,  and  during 
the  winter  months  worked  for  his  board,  while 
attending  school.  He  acquired  a  good  education 
as  the  result  of  his  diligent  efforts.  It  had  been 
his  intention  to  complete  his  literary  studies  and 
then  take  up  professional  work,  but  the  outbreak 
of  the  war  changed  his  plans.  He  and  five  com- 
panions who  were  intimate  friends  enlisted 
August  18,  1 86 1,  in  Company  F,  Twelfth  Iowa 
Infantry.  He  was  appointed  musician  of  the 
regiment  and  was  given  the  rank  and  pay  of  a 
sergeant-major.  Of  the  six  friends  who  enlisted 
only  two  returned;  three  died  in  prison  at  Macon, 
Ga.,  and  one  was  killed  in  battle. 

Upon  his  honorable  discharge  from  the  army , 
our  subject  returned  home,  January  15, 1866.  He 
took  up  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he  had 
previously  learned.  Settling  at  Erie,  Neosho 
County,  Kan.,  he  remained  there  until  1872,  and 
meantime  laid  out  the  town  site  of  the  village  of 
Erie,  now  the  county-seat  of  Neosho,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  building  of  houses  there  and  the  sale 
of  real  estate.  For  a  time  he  served  as  township 
trustee.  Coming  to  Colorado  in  1872,  he  fol- 
lowed contracting  and  building  at  Georgetown, 
but  after  a  year  went  to  Golden,  where  he  con- 
ducted the  Astor  house  for  one  year.  From 
there  he  went  to  Denver.  In  the  spring  of  1876 
he  moved  to  Boulder  and  there  followed  his  trade 
until  1879,  when  he  returned  to  Denver.  That 
city  continued  to  be  his  home  until  January,  1895, 
when  he  was  appointed  commander  of  the  Home 
at  Monte  Vista.  This  institution  was  established 
July  4,  1891,  and  previous  to  his  appointment  its 
history  was  rather  a  checkered  one,  but  since  he 
was  placed  at  the  head  of  affairs,  everything  has 
moved  along  smoothly.  The  Home  contains  a 
hospital,  general  assembly,  kitchen  and  dining 
room,  quartermaster's  department,  the  com- 
mander's residence,  and  a  number  of  smaller 
buildings,  while  surrounding  these  buildings  is 
the  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  the 
products  of  which  make  the  institution  partially 
self-supporting. 

A  life- long  Republican,  Colonel  French  cast 
his  first  vote  while  in  the  service,  supporting 
Abraham  Lincoln,  and  since  then  he  has  adhered 
to  this  party.  For  two  years  he  was  commander  of 


Joe  Hooker  Post  No.  16,  at  Monte  Vista.  He 
is  past  commander  of  Veterans'  Post  No.  42,  of 
Denver.  A  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  since  1867,  he  has  served  as  noble 
grand  and  high  priest  of  the  local  lodge.  In 
Masonry  he  is  connected  with  Union  Lodge  No. 
7,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Denver.  Since  the  close  of 
the  war  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  during  his  residence  in 
Denver  he  was  for  years  an  official  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Street  Church. 

January  u,  1865,  while  still  in  the  service  of 
the  government,  Colonel  French  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Hattie  A.  McKee,  who  was  born 
in  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.  There  is  a  little 
romance  connected  with  their  courtship.  While 
he  was  in  camp  at  Chewalla,  Tenn.,  the  soldier- 
boys  to  relieve  the  tedium  of  camp  life,  devised 
the  plan  of  writing  the  names  of  young  ladies  on 
slips  of  paper,  each  soldier  drawing  one  of  the 
slips.  That  which  the  colonel  drew  bore  the 
name  of  Miss  McKee.  He  started  a  correspon- 
dence and  soon  became  interested  in  his  new 
northern  friend.  While  on  a  furlough  to  visit 
his  mother  he  met  Miss  McKee,  and,  they 
having  exchanged  photographs  previously,  rec- 
ognized each  other  at  once.  Soon  afterward  they 
were  united  in  a  marriage  that  proved  to  be  a 
most  happy  union.  They  became  the  parents  of 
six  children,  two  of  whom  are  now  living:  Nellie, 
wife  of  Horace  Wheeler,  of  Monte  Vista;  and 
MaeE. 

Mrs.  Hattie  A.  French  departed  this  life  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1899.  At  the  time  of  her  death  she 
was  matron  of  the  Home,  which  position  she  had 
held  since  January,  1895,  giving  her  services 
gratuitously  to  this  work.  The  twelfth  general 
assembly  passed  the  following  resolutions: 

"WHEREAS,  On  the  23d  day  of  February, 
Hattie  McKee  French,  wife  of  Selden  M.  French, 
commander  of  the  Colorado  Soldiers'  and  Sailors' 
Home  at  Monte  Vista,  ended  her  years  of  useful- 
ness on  earth  and  passed  beyond ;  and 

"WHEREAS,  As  matron  of  the  Home  for  several 
years,  without  other  recompense  than  love  of  the 
old  soldiers  and  the  reward  that  comes  from 
doing  a  duty  that  was  in  itself  a  pleasure,  she 
daily  ministered  to  the  sick  in  the  hospital  and 
watched  over  the  welfare  of  the  inmates,  counsel- 
ing and  comforting  them  daily;  therefore 

'  'Be  it  resolved,  By  the  members  of  the  twelfth 
general  assembly,  that  the  sympathy  of  the  mem- 
bers be  extended  to  Commander  French  and  his 


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family  in  their  sorrow  over  the  departure  of  one 
whose  life  was  steadfastly  devoted  to  the  work 
and  pleasure  of  ministering  to  comrades,  friends 
and  relatives;  and 

'  'Be  it  further  resolved,  That  an  engrossed  copy 
of  these  resolutions  be  forwarded  to  Commander 
French. 

(Signed)        JOHN  R.  SCHEMERHORN, 

President  pro  tern  of  the  senate. 
WILLIAM  G.  SMITH, 

Speaker  of  the  house  of  representatives. 
Approved  this  loth  day  of  March,  1899,  at  12 
o'clock  M. 

CHARLES  S.  THOMAS, 
Governor  of  the  State  of  Colorado. ' ' 


LA  FAYETTE  HAWKINS, 
Fremont  County,  was  born  in 
Johnson  County,  East  Tennessee,  August 
22,  1853.  The  family  is  of  English  descent,  but 
has  been  represented  in  America  for  many  gen- 
erations, and  for  years  lived  in  North  Carolina. 
His  grandfather,  John  Hawkins,  a  native  of 
Wilkes  County,  moved  from  there  to  East  Ten- 
nessee and  followed  the  trade  of  a  wheelwright. 
When  the  Civil  war  came  on  he  was  eighty  years 
of  age,  but  he  was  as  strong  in  his  sympathies 
with  the  north  and  as  frank  in  his  expression  of 
his  opinions  as  though  he  were  but  forty.  By 
reason  of  these  views  he  fell  under  the  displeasure 
of  the  Confederates,  and  was  taken  from  his  home 
and  shot  by  Bill  Parker's  gang. 

Of  a  family  of  two  sons  and  three  daughters, 
John  W.,  our  subject's  father,  was  the  older  son. 
He  was  born  in  North  Carolina  and  when  young 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Tennessee,  where  he 
learned  the  trades  of  blacksmith,  wheelwright  and 
cooper,  and  became  a  fine  mechanic.  He  con- 
tinued to  reside  in  Johnson  County  until  his 
death,  at  seventy  years  of  age.  Active  in  public 
affairs,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Republican,  or, 
as  it  was  then  called,  the  Union  party.  For  some 
time  he  held  office  as  justice  of  the  peace.  By 
his  marriage  to  Nancy  Reese  he  had  seven  chil- 
dren, of  whom  six  are  living,  viz.:  William  La- 
Fayette;  J.  L.whois  engaged  in  the  hardware  busi- 
ness at  Jonesboro,  Tenn.,  and  has  for  three  terms 
been  sheriff  of  Washington  County;  Mrs.  Ellen 
Lundstrom;  John,  a  planter  at  the  old  home; 
Frank  and  Marion,  in  Johnson  County. 

Educational  advantages  were  meager  in  his 
section  of  country  when  our  subject  was  a  boy, 
hence  he  had  few  opportunities.  At  fifteen  years 


of  age  he  went  to  Elizabeth,  Tenn.,  to  make  his 
home  with  an  uncle,  and  afterward  his  advan- 
tages were  better.  He  attended  Duffield  Academy , 
which  was  partly  maintained  by  the  Peabody  be- 
quests (the  bulk  of  the  bequest,  however,  being 
given  to  the  Peabody  Institute  in  Baltimore). 
Learning  the  blacksmith's  trade',  he  followed  this 
for  some  time.  When  twenty-one  years  of  age 
he  accompanied  his  uncle  to  North  Carolina  and 
there  remained  until  the  spring  of  1877,  when  he 
came  west,  settling  at  Emporia,  Kan.  Six  years 
later  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Fremont 
County,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  followed 
his  trade  at  Coal  Creek  until  December,  1897. 

Since  coming  here  Mr.  Hawkins  has  been  act- 
ive in  the  Republican  party  and  has  participated 
in  both  county  and  state  conventions.  His  serv- 
ices have  been  appreciated  by  his  party  and  his 
friends,  and  in  1897  he  was  nominated  for  sheriff. 
While  the  Republican  majority  in  the  county  is 
usually  not  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty,  he 
received  a  majority  of  seven  hundred  and  two. 
The  office  of  sheriff  in  this  county  is  a  difficult 
one  to  fill,  but  he  is  especially  fitted  for  the  posi- 
tion, and  has  given  his  best  efforts  to  successfully 
discharge  his  duties.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  Bakersville  Lodge  No.  357,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
in  North  Carolina;  Canon  City  Chapter  No  14, 
R.  A.  M. ;  and  is  also  identified  with  the  Florence 
Lodge,  Woodmen  of  the  World.  December  14, 
1880,  he  married  Margaret  Jane,  daughter  of 
Mrs.  Caroline  Blankenship,  living  near  Emporia, 
Kan.  They  have  had  seven  children,  of  whom 
five  are  living:  William  J.,  Carl  V.,  Ella,  Joseph 
and  Esther. 


PJEXTER  A.  RUSSELL  came  to  Colorado 
I  pi  Springs  in  1874  and  is  now  a  successful  con- 
ICJ  tractor  and  builder.  For  a  time  after  set-, 
tling  here  he  worked  at  the  mason's  trade,  but  in 
1877  began  contracting,  being  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Clement  &  Russell  for  fourteen  years, 
since  which  time  he  has  been  alone  in  business. 
Among  his  contracts  have  been  those  for  all  the 
stone  work,  except  the  library,  of  the  Colorado 
College  buildings,  the  girls'  hall  at  the  school  for 
deaf  mutes,  the  first  addition  to  Central  building 
at  the  same  school,  the  stone  work  of  St.  Francis 
Hospital,  Giddings  building,  Carpenter,  Gazette 
and  El  Paso  blocks,  Durkee  building,  City  Hall, 
Colorado  Electric  Power  Company's  plant  at 
Canon  City,  the  Seldomridge  and  Robinson  resi- 
dences and  many  other  houses  in  Colorado 


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Springs.  He  built  his  residence  at  No.  243  In- 
stitute street  and  also  other  houses  which  he  still 
owns,  and  laid  out  a  block  known  as  Block  i, 
Fairview  addition  to  Colorado  Springs. 

The  great-grandfather  of  our  subject  was  a 
captain  of  a  vessel  employed  in  the  coasting  trade. 
The  grandfather,  Hazel  Russell,  married  a  Miss 
White  and  was  a  farmer  by  occupation;  he  served 
in  the  war  of  1812.  The  father,  E.  W.  Russell,  a 
native  of  Oneida  County,  N.  Y. ,  was  a  contractor 
and  stone  mason  in  Oswego,  but  in  1851  removed 
to  Oakland  County,  Mich. ,  where  he  engaged  in 
contracting.  In  1870  he  settled  in  Ottawa,  Frank- 
lin County,  Kan.,  and  later  removed  to  Osage 
County,  the  same  state,  where  he  followed  con- 
tracting. In  1888  he  went  to  Santa  Clara  County, 
Cal.,  where  he  bought  a  fruit  farm.  His  death 
occurred  in  San  Francisco,  in  October,  1896,  when 
he  was  seventy-nine  years  of  age. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Ann  M.  Allen, 
a  native  of  West  Monroe,  Oswego  County,  N.  Y., 
and  daughter  of  Sylvanus  and  Elizabeth  (Childs) 
Allen,  natives  of  Massachusetts,  the  latter  being 
the  daughter  of  a  physician  in  that  state.  Sylva- 
nus Allen,  who  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  was  a 
farmer  at  West  Monroe,  N.  Y. ,  and  took  a  prom- 
inent part  in  local  affairs.  Among  the  offices 
which  he  held  were  those  of  city  clerk  and  justice 
of  the  peace.  His  death  occurred  when  he  was 
eighty-six  years  of  age.  Mrs.  Russell  makes  her 
home  with  her  oldest  child  and  only  son,  our  sub- 
ject. Her  daughter,  Arabell,  lives  in  California, 
where  the  other  daughter,  Isabel,  died. 

In  Oswego  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born 
Octobers,  1849,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  spent 
the  days  of  infancy.  He  was  taken  by  his  parents 
to  Oxford,  Oakland  County,  Mich,  thence  to 
Ovid,  Shiawassee  County,  later  to  Salem  Town- 
ship, Washtenaw  County,  and  finally  to  Ply- 
mouth, Wayne  County.  In  these  various-  loca- 
tions he  attended  the  public  schools.  In  1870  he 
went  to  Ottawa,  Kan.,  where  he  worked  in  a  lum- 
ber yard  for  two  years.  Afterward  he  worked  at 
the  mason's  trade  under  his  father  and  others. 
Since  coming  to  Colorado  Springs,  much  of  his 
time  has  been  given  to  contracting  in  stone  work, 
in  which  line  of  business  he  has  been  quite  success- 
ful. In  politics  he  is  independent.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Home  Forum  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Knights  of  Honor.  For  one  year  he  served  as 
superintendent  of  the  Evergreen  cemetery. 

In  Ottawa,  Kan.,  January  i,  1874,  Mr.  Russell 
married  Miss  Emma  Duzenbury,  who  was  born 


near  Charlotte,  Eaton  County,  Mich.,  a  daughter 
of  Hiram  and  Sarah  (Worden)  Duzenbury,  na- 
tives of  New  York  state,  the  former  a  farmer  in 
Michigan  during  much  of  his  life.  The  paternal 
grandfather  of  Mrs.  Russell  was  George  Duzen- 
bury, a  pioneer  farmer  of  Michigan;  and  her  ma- 
ternal grandfather,  James  Worden,  a  native  of 
New  York  state,  was  a  son  of  Daniel  Worden,  of 
Vermont.  James  Worden  removed  to  Michigan 
and  resided  at  Olivet,  Eaton  County.  During  the 
war  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  Twelfth  Michigan 
Infantry;  he  was  killed  at  Shiloh  and  was  buried 
on  the  battlefield.  Mrs.  Duzenbury  is  living  at 
Santa  Anna,  Cal.,  and  is  now  sixty-six  years  of 
age.  In  her  family  there  were  four  children: 
Emma;  LeRoy,  living  in  Victor,  Colo.;  Frank 
and  George,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  The  two  sons 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Russell  are:  Harry  A.,  who  is  a 
student  of  the  State  School  of  Mines  at  Golden, 
class  of  1902,  and  Frank  Rea. 


GJRMAND  CHOURY,  treasurer  of  Costilla 
LJ  County  and  postmaster  of  San  Luis,  is  a 
f  I  gentleman  of  broad  knowledge  and  schol- 
arly attainments,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Bordeaux,  France,  with  the  degree  of 
B.  A.  He  was  born  January  28,  1861,  in  south- 
western France,  and  his  parents  were  natives  of 
the  same  locality.  His  education  was  thorough 
and  comprised  a  course  of  study  in  literature,  the 
sciences  and  arts;  and  being  the  possessor  of  a 
keen  mind,  he  soon  acquired  an  education  that 
extended  far  beyond  the  usual  limits. 

In  October,  1880,  Mr.  Choury  came  to  the 
United  States,  and  from  New  York  came  direct 
to  Colorado,  settling  in  Alamosa.  Afterward  he 
followed  various  employments,  but  gave  his  at- 
tention largely  to  teaching  school,  and  taught 
eight  consecutive  terms  in  Costilla  County.  It 
was  in  this  county  that  he  cast  his  first  vote. 
In  1890  he  accepted  the  position  of  deputy  coun- 
ty treasurer,  and  in  1892-93  he  was  employed  as 
bookkeeper  for  the  county  treasurer.  He  was 
elected  to  the  treasurer's  office  in  1893,  was  again 
elected  in  1895  and  1897  and  is  now  serving  his 
third  term.  Politically  he  is  a  stanch  Repub- 
lican and  always  votes  its  ticket.  In  July,  1888, 
he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  San  Luis,  and  he 
has  since  been  continued  in  the  office,  regardless 
of  changes  in  the  administration. 

October  19,  1887,  Mr.  Choury  married  Mary 
St.  Clair,  who  was  born  in  San  Luis,  to  which 
valley  her  father,  Alexander  St.  Clair,  of  Penn- 


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sylvania,  came  in  1858  and  assisted  in  the  build- 
ing of  the  San  Luis  mill,  the  first  mill  of  its  kind 
built  in  the  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Choury  are  the 
parents  of  seven  children  now  living. 


aLBERT  B.  CHASE,  who  has  been  engaged 
in  the  livery  and  express  business  at  Pueblo, 
/  |  was  born  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  April  4,  1837. 
When  five  years  of  age  he  was  taken  by  his  uncle 
to  Canton,  Mass.,  and  there  his  boyhood  years 
were  spent.  Soon  after  the  discovery  of  gold  in 
Colorado  he  came  west,  going  by  rail  to  St.  Jo- 
seph, Mo.  While  in  that  city  he  assisted  in  plac- 
ing the  first  locomotive  engine  on  the  track  of  the 
new  railroad  then  being  constructed,  this  engine 
having,  with  considerable  difficulty,  been  ferried 
across  the  river. 

In  April,  1860,  with  a  party  of  twenty,  Mr. 
Chase  traveled  via  ox-team  and  wagons  across 
the  plains  to  Central  City,  Colo.  He  began  to 
mine  at  Blackhawk,  but  not  meeting  with  suc- 
ceis,  in  the  spring  of  1861  he  went  to  the  head  of 
the  Blue,  where  he  prospected.  In  September 
of  that  year  he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  First 
Colorado  Cavalry,  at  Buckskin  Joe  mining  camp, 
joining  his  regiment  in  Denver  in  September, 
1861,  and  leaving  that  city  February  22,  1862, 
traveling  night  and  day  to  head  off  Sibley  at  Fort 
Union,  and  two  engagements  were  fought,  Sibley 
being  defeated,  although  Sibley 's force  numbered 
three  thousand  and  their  own  regiment  only  one 
thousand.  The  regiment  then  went  to  Val  Verde 
and  camped  near  Fort  Craig  during  part  of  the 
summer,  when  food  was  so  scarce  that  the  soldiers 
were  put  on  half  rations.  Next  the  company  was 
ordered  to  Fort  Lyon,  and  from  there  to  Colorado 
Springs,  where  horses  were  provided^and  the  sol- 
diers scattered  to  different  parts  of  the  state.  En- 
listing in  the  ranks,  Mr.  Chase  was  soon  promoted 
to  be  second  sergeant,  later  was  made  first  ser- 
geant, and  in  that  capacity  served  the  greater  part 
of  the  time  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  sent 
from  Colorado  Springs  to  Fort  Larned,  thence  to 
Winnicoop,  and  later  to  Fort  Lyon,  where  he 
spent  the  winter,  and  then  went  to  Boone,  where 
many  emigrants  had  been  killed  by  the  Indians. 
His  next  assignment  was  to  Fort  Garland,  to 
subdue  the  savage  tribes  there,  and  later  he  was 
sent  to  Conejos,  where  the  Espanosa  outlaws 
were  killing  large  numbers  of  emigrants,  and  he 
made  out  a  detail  that  killed  one  of  the  Espanosa 
brothers.  He  had  a  personal  acquaintance  with 
Kit  Carson  and  other  pioneers  of  the  period. 


Upon  being  discharged  from  the  army  Mr. 
Chase  settled  in  the  St.  Louis  Valley,  pre-empt- 
ing a  water  claim  six  miles  from  Garland,  Colo. , 
and  remaining  there  until  he  came  to  Pueblo 
County  in  the  spring  of  1866.  Here  he  pre- 
empted a  claim  on  the  St.  Charles  River,  five 
miles  from  Pueblo.  In  1893  he  embarked  in  the 
livery  business  in  Pueblo,  in  which  he  has  since 
engaged,  being  now  the  owner  of  a  good  business 
here  and  about  seventy-five  head  of  horses  run- 
ning on  the  range.  His  marriage,  which  took 
place  at  Fort  Garland  January  28,  1864,  united 
him  with  Miss  Lucy  S.  Anderson,  who  was  born 
in  Missouri  and  came  to  Colorado  in  1859,  se*~ 
tling  with  her  parents  in  Arapahoe  County, 
afterwards  removing  to  Costilla  County.  They 
became  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  all  of 
whom  are  living,  namely:  Otis  W.,  who  assists 
his  father  in  business;  Mary  E.,  wife  of  James 
Kerr,  of  Delta,  Colo. ;  Hattie,  who  married  Minor 
Freeland,  of  Delta;  Alice,  who  married  Thomas 
Walden;  Frederick  A.,  a  resident  of  Delta;  Clara 
E.;  Ralph,  who  is  a  member  of  Company  C, 
First  Colorado  Regiment,  now  in  Manila;  Eu- 
genie, Arthur,  Frances  and  Grant. 

The  parents  of  Mrs.  Chase  were  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Winfrey)  Anderson,  the  former  a  na- 
tive of  Jefferson  County,  Mo.,  and  the  latter  born 
near  Columbus,  Ky.  The  maternal  grandmother, 
Lucy  Jones,  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  after 
her  marriage  to  Thomas  Winfrey,  removed  from 
that  state  to  Kentucky.  Joseph  Anderson  was 
born  in  Missouri  in  1823  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  there,  and  assisted  his  father  on 
the  farm  until  reaching  man's  estate.  He  fought 
in  the  Mexican  war  under  Colonel  Donovan  until 
the  close  of  the  conflict,  when  he  was  honorably 
discharged.  On  his  return  home  to  Missouri  he 
married,  in  1848,  Elizabeth  Winfrey  and  settled 
down  to  farm  life.  They  were  the  parents  of 
eight  children,  three  of  whom  attained  maturity, 
viz.:  Lucy  S.;  Nancy  A.,  wife  of  Abe  Aberson, 
who  is  the  owner  of  a  fruit  farm  and  orange  grove 
in  Florida;  and  Cordelia,  who  died  at  the  age  of 
sixteen.  Joseph  Anderson  died  in  Colorado 
August  3,  1869;  his  wife  survived  him  many 
years,  dying  at  her  home  in  Pueblo,  October 

3,  i897- 

The  Missouri  ranch  was  sold  in  1859,  in  which 
year  Mr.  Anderson  brought  his  family  to  Colo- 
rado via  ox- team,  following  the  course  of  the  Ar- 
kansas River  on  the  north  side.  At  that  time 
Indians  and  buffaloes  were  plentiful  upon  the 


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plains.  The  Indians  were  peaceable  and  the 
party,  which  was  a  large  one,  suffered  no  annoy- 
ance from  them,  but  a  few  years  later,  when  the 
Civil  war  was  contending,  they  were  more  or  less 
disturbed  by  the  redmen.  After  reaching  Colo- 
rado Mr.  Anderson  turned  his  attention  to  min- 
ing, and  on  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he 
enlisted  in  Company  E,  First  Colorado  Cavalry, 
and  took  part  in  two  engagements  with  Sibley's 
troops,  first  at  Apache  Canon  and  then  at 
Pigeon's  ranch.  He  was  honorably  discharged  at 
the  close  of  the  war.  After  his  demise  his  widow 
applied  for  a  pension,  which  she  continued  to 
draw  until  her  death.  Cordelia,  the  sister  oi 
Mrs.  Chase,  was  the  first  white  infant  seen  in 
the  city  of  Denver,  she  being  about  two  months 
old  at  the  time  the  family  came  to  Colorado, 
while  Mrs.  Chase  was  ten  years  of  age. 

A  stanch  Republican  and  active  participant  in 
public  affairs,  Mr.  Chase  served  as  justice  of  the 
peace  for  six  years,  was  school  director  for  eight- 
een years,  and  served  as  United  States  census 
enumerator  of  Pueblo  County  in  1890.  At  one 
time  he  was  a  candidate  for  county  commissioner, 
at  the  request  of  members  of  the  Republican 
party,  but  was  defeated  by  ten  votes.  Fraternally 
he  is  a  member  of  Upton  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  at 
Pueblo.  With  his  wife,  he  is  a  believer  in  the 
doctrines  of  the  Unitarian  Church. 

Since  the  above  facts  were  given  to  the  report- 
er, Mr.  Chase  has  been  appointed,  by  the  Pueblo 
city  council,  custodian  of  the  (Bessemer)  city 
building  for  two  years,  and  he  now  resides  there. 
After  being  appointed  custodian  he  turned  his 
livery  and  stock  interests  over  to  his  sons,  Otis 
and  Arthur,  giving  them  control  of,  and  a  large 
interest  in,  the  business. 


G|  LEX  ANDER  D.  SCOTT.  The  farm  owned 
LJ  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Scott  lies  three  miles 
/  1  northeast  of  Las  Animas,  Bent  County,  and 
bears  all  the  improvements  to  be  found  on  a  stock 
ranch.  Since  establishing  his  home  here  he  has 
engaged  in  the  sheep  business  and  has  met  with 
splendid  success,  his  herd  being  one  of  the  larg- 
est in  this  part  of  the  state.  He  is  a  Scotchman 
by  birth  and  parentage,  born  near  Aberdeen,  and 
is  a  son  of  James  and  Margaret  (Davidson) 
Scott.  When  he  was  about  fourteen  years  of  age 
he  accompanied  his  parents  to  America.  The 
voyage  across  the  ocean  took  seven  weeks  and 
three  days,  and,  while  it  may  have  been  monot- 
onous to  the  older  ones,  was  a  delightful  exper- 


ience to  him,  for  he  was  at  an  age  when  climbing 
the  rigging  and  dashing  through  the  surf  on  the 
wind-swept  deck  were  as  great  pleasures  as  life 
could  give. 

There  were  six  children  in  the  parental  family, 
all  born  in  Scotland,  and  five  still  living.  With 
them  and  his  wife,  James  Scott  settled  near 
Guelph,  Ontario,  where  he  bought  government 
land,  and  in  that  place  he  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  days.  Our  subject  received  a  fair  educa- 
tion in  Scotland,  and  after  settling  in  Canada  he 
assisted  in  clearing  the  land,  which  was  raw  and 
unimproved.  For  some  years  it  was  his  custom 
to  work  on  the  home  farm  during  part  of  the 
year,  while  in  the  remaining  months  he  worked 
in  the  older  and  more  settled  localities,  thus  earn- 
ing the  money  necessary  for  the  family's  support. 

When  he  was  about  twenty-five  years  of  age 
our  subject  married  Miss  Annie  Davidson,  who 
was  born  in  Canada,  and  bore  the  same  family 
name  as  his  mother,  but  was  not  related.  In 
1878  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  year  worked 
in  the  employ  of  John  W.  Prowers,  after  which 
he  returned  to  Canada  for  his  family,  establish- 
ing them  in  Las  Animas.  He  bought  a  few  head  of 
sheep  and  thus  secured  a  start  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness. At  this  writing  he  has  about  ten  thousand 
head  of  sheep,  besides  which  he  has  given  his 
sons  a  good  start  in  business.  He  and  his  wife 
became  the  parents  of  eight  children,  namely: 
William,  who  died  at  fourteen  years  of  age; 
Alexander,  who  is  engaged  in  the  sheep  busi- 
ness; James  D.,  who  is  married  and  lives  in  this 
county;  Anna;  wife  of  Amos  Maccabee,  of  Den- 
ver; George,  living  in  Bent  County;  Christina, 
wife  of  T.  H.  Marshall,  of  Las  Animas;  Peter, 
who  is  a  sheep  herder;  and  Ellen  Elizabeth,  who 
died  in  infancy.  Politically  Mr.  Scott  is  a  Re- 
publican and  in  religion  is  identified  with  the 
Presbyterian  Church. 


(I  AMES  D.  SCOTT,  who  resides  near  Las 
I  Animas,  Bent  County,  was  born  near  Luck- 
(2/  now,  Ontario,  Canada,  April  17,  1869,  and 
is  a  son  of  Alexander  D.  and  Annie  (Davidson) 
Scott.  The  first  ten  years  of  his  life  were  passed 
in  his  native  province.  In  1879  he  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Colorado  and  for  a  few  years  was  a 
pupil  in  the  public  school  at  Las  Aniraas.  He 
gave  his  time  to  his  father  until  he  was  twenty- 
one,  when  he  began  to  herd  cattle  for  other 
parties.  After  five  years  in  that  employment  he 
turned  his  attention  to  farming,  having,  in  part- 


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nership  with  his  brother,  bought  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres.  In  1897  ne  removed  to  his 
present  home,  where  he  has  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  irrigated,  improved  land,  with  a 
substantial  residence  and  good  outbuildings.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  the  sheep  business,  in  which 
he  is  meeting  with  success. 

January  23,  1898,  Mr.  Scott  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Susan  James,  of  Ontario, 
Canada,  where  they  were  married.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Fannie  (Templeton) 
James,  and  was  reared  near  Lucknow.  Mr.  Scott 
has  served  as  a  delegate  to  various  conventions  of 
the  Republican  party  and  has  been  active  in  local 
politics.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Elder 
Lodge  No.  n,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Las  Animas. 


|~~  ENTON  L.  MARTIN,  a  farmer  and  stock- 
rft  man  of  Huerfano  County,  is  a  sturdy,  ener- 
|  *  getic  pioneer,  who  endured  the  hardships 
and  privations  incident  to  frontier  life,  leaving  a 
comfortable  home  in  the  east  and  taking  his  part 
with  that  class  of  resolute  and  daring  frontiers- 
men who  paved  the  way  to  subsequent  civiliza- 
tion. His  life,  could  its  record  be  printed  in  full, 
would  show  years  of  activity  and  resolute  cour- 
age in  the  midst  of  obstacles  and  discourage- 
ments. Many  thrilling  adventures  fell  to  his  lot 
in  early  days,  when  wild  animals  lurked  in  the 
mountains  and  savage  Indians  roamed  at  will 
through  the  plains.  He  has  lived  to  see  a  wonder- 
ful transformation  in  the  country  and  its  inhabi- 
tants, and  has  himself  contributed  his  quota  to  the 
development  of  local  resources. 

Born  in  Fauquier  County,  Va.  .October  22, 1833, 
our  subject  is  a  son  of  Dr.  Elias  B.  and  Elizabeth 
J.  (Kennard)  Martin,  natives  of  Virginia.  His 
father,  who  was  born  June  8,  1800,  was  a  large 
planter  and  slave  owner  in  Fauquier  County, 
where  he  also  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine. In  1838,  accompanied  by  his  family  and 
twenty-five  slaves,  he  drove  across  the  country  to 
Missouri,  and  it  is  said  that  he  had  the  finest 
teams  that  ever  crossed  the  Mississippi  at  St. 
Louis  up  to  that  time.  Settling  near  Flint  Hill, 
St.  Charles  County,  he  bought  five  hundred  acres 
of  land,  which  he  cultivated,  in  addition  to  carry- 
ing on  a  practice  as  physician.  After  the  death 
of  his  wife  he  returned  to  the  Old  Dominion  and 
spent  a  year,  after  which  he  went  again  to  Mis- 
souri and  married  Miss  Louise  A.  Pulliam. 
Soon  afterward  he  removed  to  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
where  he  engaged  in  practice  for  several  years. 


Then  he  spent  a  short  time  in  St.  Charles,  and 
from  there  removed  to  Cooper  County,  the  same 
state. 

At  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  Dr.  Martin  en- 
listed in  the  Confederate  army  as  a  surgeon 
under  General  Price.  He  was  captured  near 
Sedalia  and  imprisoned  for  ninety  days,  after 
which  he  was  released  on  parole,  through  the  in- 
fluence of  some  personal  friends  in  the  Federal 
army.  The  last  years  of  his  life  were  spent  on  a 
farm  near  Fulton,  Calloway  County,  Mo.,  where 
he  died  August  7,  1877.  Three  times  married, 
by  his  first  wife,  who  was  Jane  G.  Scott,  of  Fau- 
quier County,  he  had  three  children:  Mary 
Catherine,  who  married  G.  Washington  Brown; 
Hezekiah,  who  was  named  after  the  doctor's 
father;  and  Mrs.  Charles  Randall,  of  Colorado. 
The  second  wife  of  Dr.  Martin  was  Elizabeth  J. 
Kennard,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Kennard; 
she  was  born  December  4,  1813,  and  died  April 
18,1841.  Of  this  union  were  reared  three  sons 
and  one  daughter.  The  last-named,  Mildred  B., 
was  born  February  27,  1829,  and  never  married, 
but  has  made  her  home  with  our  subject;  John 
Franklin  was  born  in  September,  1831,  and  died 
February  1 1 ,  1888 ;  Fenton  L.  was  the  third  of  the 
children;  Mary  E.  died  at  the  age  of  ten  years; 
and  Elias  B.,  his  father's  namesake,  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Hannibal,  Mo.  The  third  wife  of  Dr. 
Martin  was  Miss  Pulliam,  by  whom  he  had  the 
following-named  children:  Elizabeth,  Mrs.  Ste- 
phens, of  Calloway  County,  Mo.;  Benjamin 
Rush,  deceased;  Marion  W.,  deceased;  Mrs.  Me- 
dora  Bryson,  of  Sedalia,  Mo.;  Mrs.  Lavinia  A. 
Erway,  of  Valley  Springs,  Neb. ;  and  Sue  H.,  who 
married  N.  T.  Woodring.  . 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  five  years  of  age 
when  his  parents  moved  to  Missouri.  He  grew 
to  manhood  on  a  farm,  and,  as  a  boy,  attended 
a  school  taught  in  a  log  building,  with  slab 
benches,  destitute  of  desks  or  any  attempt  at 
comfort.  At  twenty  years  of  age  he  was  given 
the  management  of  the  home  farm.  His  first 
marriage  united  him  with  Virginia  F.  Carver, 
daughter  of  William  Carver,  who  came  from 
Virginia  in  middle  life  and  settled  in  Pike  County, 
Mo.  The  day  after  their  marriage  our  subject 
and  his  wife  went  to  St.  Charles  County,  Mo., 
where  for  two  years  he  rented  a  farm  near  the  city 
of  St.  Charles.  He  then  removed  to  the  vicinity 
of  his  wife's  early  home  in  Pike  County,  where 
he  rented  land  for  a  year.  He  bought  his  first 
farm  near  Mexico,  Audrain  County,  Mo.,  and 


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for  five  years  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of  the 
property,  at  the  same  time  engaging  extensively 
in  the  raising  of  cattle  and  their  shipment  to  the 
St.  Louis  market.  On  selling  out  he  went  to 
Saline  County  and  settled  near  Marshall,  where 
he  rented  a  large  tract  of  land  and  engaged  in 
feeding  cattle  for  the  markets.  After  one  year, 
in  1867,  he  bought  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  unimproved  acres,  which  he  improved, 
making  it  his  home  for  five  years,  meantime  con- 
tinuing to  buy  and  feed  cattle.  During  his  last 
season  there,  the  cattle  that  he  sold  were  as  fine 
as  any  to  be  had  in  the  state  and  they  brought 
him  over  $116  a  head. 

Owing  to  the  poor  health  of  his  family,  in  1872 
Mr.  Martin  rented  his  farm  and,  with  one  hun- 
dred head  of  cattle,  and  several  fine  teams,  drove 
across  the  plains  to  Huerfano  County,  Colo. 
Reaching  LaVeta,  he  found  here  Colonel  Fran- 
cisco, Judge  Daigre,  the  Hamilton  brothers,  Robert 
Willis  and  a  very  few  other  settlers.  He  started  a 
ranch  on  the  St.  Vrain  grant,  of  which,  after  the 
title  had  been  granted  to  the  original  holders,  he 
bought  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  Besides 
this  he  owned  three  hundred  and  forty  acres  of 
school  land  adjoining.  He  purchased  the  squat- 
ters' claim  for  $300,  and  with  the  land  went  a 
log  cabin,  with  dirt  floor  and  dirt  roof.  Here  he 
made  his  home  fora  time,  but  afterward,  in  1873, 
built  a  house,  16x20,  which  was  the  first  house 
with  a  shingle  roof,  in  the  entire  country.  In 
1882  he  built  the  residence  which  he  now  occu- 
pies, and  which  was  then,  as  it  is  still,  one  of  the 
most  substantial  houses  in  the  county.  He  has 
continued  stock-raising,  having  from  two  to  three 
hundred  head  of  cattle,  also  a  good  breed  of 
horses.  A  pioneer  in  many  lines  of  fanning,  he 
was  the  first  to  introduce  into  this  vicinity  fall 
wheat,  alfalfa  and  timothy,  the  production  of 
which  is  an  important  feature  of  his  agricult- 
ural operations. 

When  Mr.  Martin  came  to  Colorado  wild  ani- 
mals were  still  numerous.  While  coming  across 
the  plains,  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state,  he 
killed  a  buffalo  after  pursuing  him  for  ten  miles. 
Afterward  he  killed  an  antelope  and  a  large 
black-tail  buck  with  his  revolver.  One  bright 
sunny  day,  soon  after  settling  in  Huerfano 
County,  he  started  for  the  postoffice,  which  was 
five  miles  distant.  With  him  were  two  little 
shepherd  dogs,  while  he  carried  a  double-barreled 
shotgun,  one  barrel  loaded  with  buckshot,  the 
other  with  small  shot.  He  heard  the  dogs  bark- 


ing in  the  brush,  but  supposed  they  had  come  up 
to  some  hogs.  Judge,  then,  his  surprise  when 
two  large  bears  ran  out  before  him.  Instantly  he 
fired  off  the  load  of  buckshot,  which  tore  a  large 
hole  in  one  bear's  side,  but  the  animal  in  a  mo- 
ment got  up  and  ran  off.  He  fired  the  other  shot 
into  the  other  bear,  but  without  injuring  it.  He 
hastily  reloaded  with  buckshot,  with  which  he 
poured  thirteen  shot  into  the  sides  of  the  small 
bear,  effectually  ending  its  career.  Jumping  off 
his  horse,  he  cut  the  bear's  throat  with  his  pocket- 
knife.  Soon  afterward  the  large  bear,  which  had 
been  hiding  in  the  brush  close  by,  jumped  up  and 
ran  off.  His  dogs,  being  tired,  refused  to  give 
chase  and  he  lost  it;  but  some  Mexicans  came 
along  in  time  to  assist  him  in  putting  the  body  of 
the  small  bear  on  his  horse,  and  with  it  he  re- 
turned home.  Not  long  after  this  he  and  his  eldest 
son  killed  a  large  mountain  lion,  and  the  boy, 
though  a  mere  lad  and  unused  to  hunting,  proved 
of  great  assistance  to  him  in  the  chase. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  the  governor  called  for 
the  organization  of  a  territorial  militia.  Though 
he  was  known  to  be  a  southerner,  he  was  elected 
captain  of  the  militia  by  a  large  majority.  He 
accepted  the  position  and  at  once  began  in  the 
work.  It  was  not  long  before  he  had  established 
order  and  abolished  the  depredations  that  had 
previously  characterized  camp  life.  Politically 
he  upheld  Jacksonian  Democratic  principles,  but 
when  his  party  departed  from  its  ancient  moor- 
ings he  became  a  member  of  the  People's  party, 
which,  at  its  convention  in  Omaha,  adopted  prin- 
ciples that  in  his  opinion  were  more  in  keeping 
with  Democracy  than  the  old  party  itself.  Since 
then  he  has  voted  for  the  man  and  the  principle 
rather  than  the  party.  In  1890  he  filled  the 
office  of  chief  justice  of  his  town,  which  was 
given  him  without  solicitation  on  his  part. 
During  his  administration  of  this  office  he  in- 
stituted a  temperance  reform  movement  and  or- 
ganized a  Prohibition  party,  through  which  the 
licensing  of  liquor  in  La  Veta  was  abolished,  and 
after  that  the  town  did  not  have  a  licensed  saloon 
until  1899.  He  assisted  in  the  organization  of 
the  first  Masonic  lodge  in  Huerfano  County, being 
a  charter  member  of  Huerfano  Lodge,  of  Walsen- 
burg.  He  was  also  a  charter  member  of  the  lodge 
in  La  Veta. 

In  the  organization  of  the  Baptist  Church  Mr. 
Martin  took  an  active  part.  The  congregation 
was  organized  with  seventeen  members,  but  now 
has  a  membership  of  more  than  ninety.  For  the 


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past  seventeen  years  he  has  served  as  a  deacon, 
and  for  a  number  of  years  he  acted  as  Sunday- 
school  superintendent.  The  first  house  of  wor- 
ship was  a  log  building,  which  he  assisted  in 
building,  and  the  logs  used  in  that  old  structure 
are  now  used  in  his  stable.  He  established  the 
first  meat  market  in  La  Veta,  but  after  carrying 
it  on  for  nine  years  turned  it  over  to  his  son, 
C.  I/.,  who  now  owns  the  business. 

By  his  first  marriage  Mr.  Martin  had  five  sons 
and  one  daughter:  William  B.,  who  owns  a  large 
ranch  in  the  Huerfano  Valley ;  Charles  Lee,  who 
conducts  the  meat  market  in  I/a  Veta;  Lizzie, 
who  died  at  fourteen  years;  John  Franklin,  of 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.;  Henry  B.;  and  Edward  V.,  at 
home.  The  second  wife  of  Mr.  Martin  was  Lucy 
Palmer,  daughter  of  B.  F.  Palmer,  a  native  of 
North  Carolina,  but  for  years  a  resident  near  Pal- 
myra, Mo.,  where  she  was  born,  and  finally  a 
pioneer  of  Huerfano  County,  where  she  married. 
Three  children  now  living  were  born  of  this 
union:  Edna  B.,  Edith  P.  and  Ralph  E.,  all  at 
home;  and  there  were  also  three  children  now 
deceased. 


(T  F.  CRITES,  a  well-known,  farmer  and 
I  stock-raiser  residing  near  Rye,  Pueblo  Coun- 
(2/  ty,  is  a  western  man  by  birth,  training  and 
tastes.  He  was  the  first  white  child  born  in  Ne- 
braska City,  Neb.,  where  his  birth  occurred  in 
1855.  His  father,  Harrison  S.  Crites,  now  a 
resident  of  Nevada,  has  spent  his  entire  life  on 
the  frontier,  and  has  gone  further  westward  as 
the  country  has  become  more  thickly  settled. 
In  1853  he  settled  in  Denver.  For  twenty-five 
years  he  followed  the  printer's  trade.  During 
the  Civil  war  he  fought  as  a  soldier  on  the  Union 
side.  His  wife,  the  mother  of  our  subject,  bore 
the  maiden  name  of  Annie  Lucas. 

In  early  life  J.  F.  Crites  accompanied  his  par- 
ents on  their  removal  to  Lawrence,  Kan.,  where 
he  was  reared  and  educated.  On  attaining  his 
majority  he  came  to  Colorado  and  made  his 
home  in  Pueblo  for  twelve  years,  and  in  Silverton 
for  two  years.  In  1887  he  settled  near  Rye, 
Pueblo  County,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock-raising,  having  had  charge  of 
A.  D.  Mason's  ranch  for  some  time. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Crites  in  1878  united  him 
with  Miss  Ada  Stoddard,  a  native  of  Michigan. 
To  them  have  been  born  six  children,  as  follows: 
Frank,  Erva,  Ernest,  Walter,  May  and  Charles. 
Politically  Mr.  Crites  affiliates  with  the  Repub- 


lican party.  He  is  now  most  capably  and  satis- 
factorily serving  as  road  overseer  in  district  No. 
14.  Upright  and  honorable  in  all  things,  he  has 
never  allowed  a  note  to  be  protested,  but  pays  all 
bills  promptly,  and  deservedly  stands  high  in  the 
community  where  he  makes  his  home.  He  has 
helped  to  build  schools,  improve  roads,  and  in 
fact  aids  every  enterprise  which  he  believes  will 
prove  of  public  good. 


ft)  QlLLIAM  HOWARD  SNODDY,  proprietor 
\  A  /  °^  a  £eneral  mercantile  store  at  Las  Animas , 
V  V  was  born  in  Lincoln  County, Tenn.,  January 
13, 1861 ,  a  son  of  Francis  M.  and  Martha(Howard) 
Snoddy,  the  former  of  whom  is  still  living  in 
Tennessee,  but  the  latter  died  at  the  old  home  in 
1877.  When  he  was  seven  years  of  age  he  accom- 
panied the  family  from  Middle  Tennessee  to 
Union  City,  Obion  County,  and  three  years  later 
moved  to  Dyer,  Gibson  County,  where  his  father 
followed  the  miller's  trade  and  also  engaged  in 
farming,  later  carrying  on  a  store  in  Dyer  and 
Union  City. 

Under  his  father's  instructions  our  subject 
gained  his  first  idea  of  the  mercantile  business. 
He  was  fourteen  when  his  father  opened  a  store 
and  from  that  time  until  he  was  nineteen  he  as- 
sisted in  that  business.  Later  he  spent  a  year 
with  an  uncle,  J.  P.  Snoddy,  in  Dyer,  and  one 
year  in  a  wholesale  grocery  in  Nashville,  of  which 
his  uncle,  William  Howard,  was  a  half  owner. 
In  1882  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  two  years 
clerked  for  Jacob  Weil,  in  Las  Animas,  after 
which  he  took  a  commercial  course  in  the  Normal 
School  at  Valparaiso,  Ind.  It  was  his  intention 
to  complete  the  entire  course,  but  before  gradua- 
ting he  received,  by  telegram,  a  request  from  W. 
A.  Haws  to  come  to  Las  Animas  and  take  a  posi- 
tion as  clerk  in  his  store.  He  did  so,  remaining 
thereuntil  the  fall  of  1889,  when  he  started  in 
business  for  himself. 

October  17,  1888,  in  Denver,  Mr.  Snoddy  mar- 
ried Miss  Fannie  Jones,  who  was  born  and  reared 
in  Colorado,  and  was  for  a  time  a  teacher  in  the 
Las  Animas  schools,  but  at  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage was  living  in  Denver.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Eliza  (Boone)  Jones,  the  latter  a 
daughter  of  Colonel  Boone,  who  was  a  nephew  of 
the  Kentucky  pioneer,  Daniel  Boone.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Snoddy  have  two  children,  Mattie  Boone, 
and  William  Howard,  Jr. 

In  the  spring  of  1891  Mr.  Snoddy  sold  out  the 
business  in  Las  Animas  and  removed  to  Amargo, 


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N.  M.,  where  he  engaged  in  business,  but  after  a 
year  he  sold  his  interest  to  his  partner.  Next  he 
spent  a  few  months  at  Del  Norte  in  the  San  Luis 
Valley,  Colo.,  then  went  to  Denver  and  clerked 
in  Appell's  department  store  for  a  year.  His 
next  position  was  as  clerk  in  La  Junta.  For  six 
years  he  was  with  the  Price-Draper  Clothing 
Company  and  G.  T.  Miller,  where  he  had  full 
charge  of  the  business.  He  spent  a  few  months 
in  Pueblo,  and  afterward  was  with  D.  C.  New- 
comb  in  Atchison,  Kan.,  having  charge  of  the 
shoe  department  of  the  store  for  seven  months. 
For  more  than  a  year  afterward  he  was  in  the  dry- 
goods  store  of  R.  C.  Inge  at  La  Junta.  He  then 
took  a  vacation  from  August  until  January,  this 
being  his  first  vacation  since  he  began  in  busi- 
ness, and  later  he  sold  goods  for  Bergerman 
Brothers,  of  Pueblo,  who  established  a  branch 
store  in  La  Junta.  For  a  year  he  was  salesman 
in  the  store,  after  which,  in  April,  1898,  he 
bought  his  present  place  of  business,  succeeding 
W.  A.  Haws  and  A.  Pitts,  and  occupying  the 
stand  formerly  held  by  John  W.  Prowers. 

Mr.  Snoddy  votes  the  Democratic  ticket,  and 
from  early  youth  has  taken  an  active  interest  in 
local  and  national  issues.  He  was  reared  in  the 
faith  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  but 
is  now  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  as  is 
also  his  wife.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Las  An- 
imas.  In  the  camp  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World 
he  holds  the  office  of  banker.  Besides  the  insur- 
ance carried  in  this  order,  he  also  has  $2, coo  in 
life  insurance  in  the  Bankers'  Life,  of  Des  Moines. 
He  is  a  close  observer  and  careful  reader,  and  is 
well  posted  in  the  current  events  of  the  day.  As 
a  man  of  judgment,  business  ability  and  energy, 
he  has  long  commanded  the  respect  of  the  people 
of  Las  Animas. 


(\  OSEPH  K.  KINCAID.  During  the  years  in 
I  which  Mr.  Kincaid  has  been  a  resident  of 
Q)  Huerfano  County,  he  has  met  with  success 
as  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser.  Besides  his  inter- 
est in  coal  lands  in  this  county  he  owns  eight 
hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  land,  devoted  to  gen- 
eral farm  pursuits  and  to  the  stock  business.  He 
has  always  made  a  specialty  of  raising  stock, 
and  still  handles  several  hundred  head  each  year, 
feeding  beef  cattle  for  the  market.  At  the  time  of 
coming  to  Colorado  he  was  a  young  man  of 
twenty-one,  without  means  or  friends,  but  he  has 


worked  his  way  forward  industriously  and  with 
determination,  until  he  has  accumulated  a  valua- 
ble property. 

Born  in  Burke  County,  N.  C.,  in  1853,  our  sub- 
ject is  a  son  of  James  and  Mary  (Kincaid)  Kin- 
caid, natives  of  North  Carolina.  His  father,  who 
was  a  planter  and  slave  holder,  took  an  active 
part  in  local  affairs  and  was  a  stanch  Democrat. 
For  many  years  he  had  charge  of  all  the  county 
business  and  was  the  leading  man  of  his  locality . 
He  died  in  1897,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight.  His 
father,  Dunn  Kiucaid,  was  probably  born  in  Vir- 
ginia, and  for  years  was  in  charge  of  a  plantation 
with  many  slaves,  dying  in  1862,  when  seventy- 
four  years  of  age.  He  was  a  son  of  John  Kincaid, 
who  was  born  on  the  James  River  in  Virginia. 
The  latter  was  a  son  of  John',  Sr.,  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolutionary  war,  who  was  hung  by  the  Tories, 
but  was  fortunately  cut  down  by  Washington's 
men  before  life  was  extinct;  he  survived,  but  his 
neck  always  afterward  showed  the  effects  of  the 
rope.  He  was  a  Scotchman,  and  had  emigrated 
to  Virginia  in  colonial  days. 

The  marriage  of  James  Kincaid  united  him  with 
a  daughter  of  Col.  "Billy"  Kincaid,  of  the  war  of 
1812.  They  became  the  parents  of  seven  chil- 
dren: Betty,  wife  of  Wilborn  Sudderth;  Annie, 
who  married  James  McCoy;  Caroline,  wife  of 
Alexander  Moore;  Mary,  who  married  Albert 
Baird;  William,  county  judge  of  Ouray  County, 
Colo.;  Horace,  who  remains  in  North  Carolina; 
and  Joseph  K.  The  mother  of  this  family  died 
in  1864,  at  forty-four  years  of  age. 

On  the  old  homestead  in  North  Carolina  our 
subject  passed  his  boyhood  years.  He  attended 
the  common  schools  and  Rutherford  College.  In 
1 874  he  arrived  in  Colorado,  reaching  what  is 
now  La  Veta  in  March  of  that  year.  He  first 
took  up  a  claim  on  Indian  Creek,  but  shortly 
afterward  sold  it.  About  1 875  he  bought  a  squat- 
ters' claim  five  miles  from  La  Veta,  where  he  re- 
mained for  eighteen  years,  meantime  raising  cattle 
and  also  freighting  over  the  Veta  pass  to  the  min- 
ing country.  In  1886  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad  built  a  switch  and  established  a  shipping 
post  on  his  farm,  for  his  accommodation  in  ship- 
ping stock  and  hay.  In  the  buying,  raising  or 
selling  of  cattle,  the  years  were  busily  passed 
until  1895,  when  he  rented  his  old  place,  and 
bought  five  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  known  as  a 
part  of  the  Francisco  and  Daigre  grant.  Here  he 
has  resumed  the  stock  business. 

On  the  Democratic   ticket   Mr.   Kincaid  was  a 


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candidate  for  county  judge  and  commissioner,  but 
was  defeated.  For  seveuteen  years  he  has  been 
secretary  or  treasurer  of  the  school  board  of  dis- 
trict No.  1 6,  in  the  organization  of  which  he  was 
a  prime  factor.  For  several  years  he  has  been  a 
trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  to  the 
support  of  which  he  is  a  liberal  contributor.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  past  master  of  La  Veta  Lodge  No. 
59,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  is  a  member  of  Walsenburg 
Chapter  No.  27,  R.  A.  M. ,  and  representative  to 
the  state  grand  lodge.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
was  identified  with  the  Farmers'  Grange.  In 
1878  he  married  Miss  Laura  Alexander,  who  was 
born  in  North  Carolina.  They  became  the 
parents  of  six  children:  John,  William,  Addie, 
Robert  Levi,  Clara,  and  Laura  Cornelia,  at  whose 
birth  the  mother  died,  in  November,  1898. 


I""  REDERICK  SCHNEIDER  is  proprietor  of 
rrt  the  only  hotel  in  Hugo,  Lincoln  County, 
I  also  carries  on  a  butcher's  business  (the 
only  one  in  the  county),  and  is  the  owner  of  val- 
uable stock  interests  in  this  locality.  He  was 
born  in  Berne,  the  capital  of  Switzerland,  in  1847, 
being  a  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Nussbaum) 
Schneider,  natives  of  the  same  country.  His 
father,  who  was  a  butcher  by  trade,  carried  on 
business  in  his  native  land  and  there  died  when 
fifty -six  years  of  age.  In  religion  he  was  a  Prot- 
estant. His  wife  attained  the  age  of  eighty- 
three  years.  They  were  the  parents  of  three  sons 
and  two  daughters.  Of  these,  John,  who  died  in 
1897,  at  seventy-eight  years  of  age,  was  district 
clerk  in  Switzerland  for  more  than  forty  years, 
and  also  served  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  army  and 
training  master  for  twenty-six  years.  Samuel,  a 
baker  by  trade,  resides  in  Kaukakee,  111.  Eliza- 
beth is  the  wife  of  William  Wilde,  of  Switzerland, 
and  Anna  married  B.  Rubber,  a  farmer  in  Swit- 
zerland. 

After  having  received  good  educational  advan- 
tages in  the  schools  of  his  native  land,  our  sub- 
ject started  out  for  himself  at  nineteen  years  of 
age.  He  soon  emigrated  to  America  and  settled 
in  Macon  City,  Mo.,  where  he  remained  from 
1866  to  1873,  meantime  carrying  on  a  merchant 
tailoring  business.  In  1873  he  went  to  Denver 
and  for  two  years  and  four  months  worked  in  a 
merchant  tailor's  and  men's  furnishing  house. 
Afterward  for  six  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
summer  resort  business,  and  for  four  years  was 
employed  as  agent  for  Epstein  &  Sanders.  In 
1884  he  came  to  Hugo,  and  after  two  years  in 


the  tailoring  business  opened  the  hotel  which  he 
has  since  carried  on.  In  politics  a  Democrat,  he 
was  chosen  county  commissioner  on  the  organiza- 
tion of  Lincoln  County  and  filled  the  position 
faithfully. 

In  1885  Mr.  Schneider  married  Mrs.  Anastena 
Papke,  who  was  born  in  Prussia  and  by  whom 
he  has  two  sons-  and  one  daughter:  Edward,  Fred 
and  Alma. 


H.  LAVINGTON.  During  the 
year  1888  Mr.  Lavington  came  to  Colorado 
and  entered  a  claim  to  land  near  Flagler, 
Kit  Carson  County,  on  the  south  fork  of  the  Re- 
publican River.  At  the  same  time  he  opened  a 
general  store  in  the  village,  where  he  has  since 
carried  on  a  trade  in  groceries,  dry  goods  and 
other  articles  to  be  found  in  a  country  store. 
While  a  large  share  of  his  time  is  given  to  his 
store  he  also  devotes  considerable  attention  to 
the  stock  business  and  on  his  ranch  has  a  large 
number  of  cattle  and  horses. 

The  Lavington  family  originated  in  England. 
Our  subject's  father,  Charles  Lavington,  was 
born  in  England  and  in  young  manhood  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States,  settling  in  New  York 
state  and  engaging  in  farm  pursuits.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Baptist.  His  death  occurred  in  1870. 
He  had  married  Elizabeth  Price,  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, but  long  a  resident  of  New  York,  in  which 
state  she  has  several  brothers  who  are  farmers. 
In  the  Lavington  family  there  were  three  sons 
and  three  daughters.  Lincoln  is  a  farmer 
near  Shelton,  Neb. ;  Charles  is  employed  as  cut- 
ter in  a  clothing  house  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y. ;  Annie 
is  the  wife  of  Frank  Calkins,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ; 
Alice  is  a  school-teacher  in  Syracuse;  and  Mrs. 
Fannie  Hayes  resides  in  Oswego  County,  N.  Y. 

Near  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born  in 
1859,  William  H.  Lavington  gained  the  rudiments 
of  his  education.  Afterward  he  was  a  student  in 
Fulton  Seminary.  After  his  father's  death  he 
made  his  home  with  an  uncle.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-two  he  went  to  Fremont,  Neb.,  and  for 
two  years  engaged  in  farming  there.  Later  he 
was  for  three  years  engaged  in  the  stock  business 
and  general  farming  near  Kearney,  Neb.  After 
two  years  as  a  railroad  contractor,  in  1888  he 
came  to  Kit  Carson  County  and  here  has  since 
engaged  in  the  stock  business  and  the  manage- 
ment of  his  store.  In  1888  he  married  Miss  Ella 
Van  Heusen,  who  was  born  in  New  York,  the 


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daughter  of  a  carpenter  there.  The  three  chil- 
dren born  of  the  union  are:  Leon,  Charles  and 
Annie. 

With  the  public  affairs  of  the  county  Mr.  Lav- 
ington  has  been  associated  during  the  entire  pe- 
riod of  his  residence  here.  During  1893,  1894 
and  1895  he  held  the  office  of  commissioner  of 
Kit  Carson  County,  and  from  1889  to  1894  he 
served  as  postmaster  of  Flagler.  His  wife  holds 
membership  in  the  Congregational  Church  of 
Flagler,  to  which,  though  not  a  member,  he  has 
been  a  liberal  contributor. 


(ANDREW  T.  NICHOLS  resides  on  section 

H32,  township  22,  range  53  west,  near  Fre- 
donia,  Bent  County,  where  some  years  ago 
he  pre-empted  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and 
has  since  secured  water  right,  planted  an  orchard, 
erected  necessary  buildings  and  made  other  im- 
provements. In  addition  to  this  property  he  has 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Otero  County, 
under  the  Holbrook  ditch,  which  land  he  took  as 
a  timber  claim.  He  also  owns  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  in  Chautauqua  County,  Kan.,  which 
he  purchased  at  $1.25  per  acre  and  on  which  he 
lived  for  thirteen  years. 

In  Tolland  County,  Conn.,  December  21,  1842, 
our  subject  was  born,  a  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Hannah  (Hall)  Nichols.  He  spent  his  boyhood 
years  in  the  schoolroom  and  on  the  farm  where 
he  worked.  He  was  only  six  years  old  when  his 
father  died,  and  a  year  later  he  was  taken  into 
the  home  of  a  farmer,  who  gave  him  his  board 
and  clothes  in  return  for  his  services.  At  first 
he  could  do  but  little;  however,  as  years  passed 
by  his  assistance  began  to  be  valuable.  When 
he  was  sixteen  he  started  out  in  the  world  for 
himself.  Going  to  Hartford  he  drove  a  team  for 
three  years  there.  At  the  opening  of  the  war  he 
enlisted  for  nine  months  as  a  private  in  Company 
K,  Twenty-fifth  Connecticut  Infantry.  He  first 
served  for  three  months  in  the  state  militia,  after 
which  he  was  mustered  into  the  general  army, 
and  was  assigned  to  the  Nineteenth  Army  Corps 
in  Louisiana.  After  taking  part  in  the  battle  of 
Bayou  La  Fauche  he  participated  in  skirmishing 
on  Red  River  and  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson, 
where  he  was  wounded  in  the  left  hand.  He  was 
mustered  out  of  the  army  in  1863. 

Moving  west  to  Lee  County,  111.,  Mr.  Nichols 
began  to  farm  on  rented  land.  After  two  years 
there  he  went  to  Shelby  County,  Mo.,  where  he 
was  employed  in  railroad  construction  on  the 


Hannibal  &  St.  Joe  Railroad.  One  year  later  he 
went  to  Phelps  County,  Mo.,  where  he  worked 
on  railroad  construction  for  a  year.  There  he 
formed  the  acquaintance  of  Miss  Emma  Bender, 
whom  he  married  October  2,  1867.  She  was 
born  in  Sebastian  County,  Ark.,  and  in  early 
life  was  brought  to  Phelps  County,  Mo.,  where 
her  girlhood  was  passed.  Soon  after  his  mar- 
riage Mr.  Nichols  moved  to  Barry  County.  Mo. , 
where  he  farmed,  but  after  a  year  he  went  back 
to  Phelps  County  and  worked  on  the  railroad  for 
six  months.  He  then  took  a  wagon  and  team 
and  drove  overland  to  Edwardsville,  Kan.,  spend- 
ing three  weeks  on  the  road.  He  remained  in 
Edwardsville  for  one  year,  after  which  he  was 
employed  in  the  grading  of  the  Missouri,  Kansas 
&  Texas  Railroad  for  two  years.  His  next  move 
was  to  Howard  (now  Chautauqua)  County,  Kan., 
where  he  cultivated  a  quarter-section  purchased 
from  the  government.  After  thirteen  years  on  the 
same  farm,  in  1882  he  drove  across  the  plains  to 
Colorado,  the  journey  consuming  five  weeks. 
Soon  he  began  mining  at  the  Summitville  camp, 
where  he  remained  for  two  years,  from  that  place 
going  to  what  is  now  Otero  (then  Bent)  County. 
After  eight  years  in  that  county  he  came  to  his 
present  farm,  where  he  pre-empted  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres. 

Though  reared  in  the  Democratic  faith  Mr. 
Nichols  became  a  Republican  in  early  life,  and 
in  1864  voted  for  Abraham  Lincoln.  He  is  an 
active  worker  in  his  party  and  has  frequently 
served  as  a  delegate  to  conventions.  He  and  his 
wife  are  believers  in  the  doctrines  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  They  are  the  parents  of  four  living 
children.  Benjamin  Frank,  the  eldest,  lives  at 
Florence,  Colo. ;  he  married  Miss  Sophia  Hill  and 
has  two  children;  Anna  Mabel  is  the  wife  of  An- 
drew Hanson,  of  Goldfield,  Colo.,  and  they  have 
two  children;  Matt  C.  died  in  Kansas  at  the  age 
of  two  years  and  six  months;  William  B.  and 
Zula  Zane  are  at  home. 


fDQlLLIAM  O.  HAYS.     One  of  the  busiest, 

\  A  I  most  energetic  and  most  enterprising  citi- 
V  V  zens  of  Pueblo  County  is'  Mr.  Hays,  a 
well-known  resident  of  Rye,  who  is  now  conduct- 
ing a  general  store  at  Greenhorn  Crossing.  He 
is  also  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  state  and  has 
been  prominently  identified  with  its  development 
and  prosperity  for  forty  years. 

Mr.  Hays  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  Ohio, 
March  17,  1840,  and   is  a   son  of  William  and 


MOSES  T.  HALE. 


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Annie  (Cunningham)  Hays.  His  father  devoted 
much  of  his  life  to  agricultural  pursuits  and  came 
to  Colorado  in  1859.  Our  subject  was  nineteen 
years  old  when  he  removed  to  Lexington,  Lafay- 
ette County,  Mo.  The  elder  Hays  was  for  thir- 
een  years  a  member  of  the  Hudson  Bay  Fur 
Company,  and  the  only  schooling  our  subject  re- 
ceived was  around  the  camp  fire,  receiving  his 
nstruction  from  the  French  Canadians,  who  were 
.  'equently  educated  men.  Coming  to  Colorado 
i  i  1859,  he  located  in  Denver,  and  when  the  Civil 
v  ar  broke  out  he  enlisted  in  the  First  Colorado 
Cavalry,  which  did  duty  on  the  frontier  most  of 
the  time,  keeping  back  the  Indians.  He  was  at 
Sand  Creek  at  the  time  of  the  massacre,  and  after 
the  close  of  the  war  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
government  for  some  time.  He  has  traveled  ex- 
tensively over  Idaho,  Kansas  and  Indian  Terri- 
tory; was  in  Oklahoma  when  it  was  opened  up 
for  settlement;  has  hunted  with  Kit  Carson;  and 
has  had  many  thrilling  adventures  during  his  life 
on  the  frontier.  He  first  came  to  Pueblo  County 
in  1875,  but  since  then  has  spent  some  years  in 
traveling,  returning  to  the  county  in  the  fall  of 
1895,  at  which  time  he  established  his  store  at 
Greenhorn  Crossing.  He  had  engaged  in,  the 
drug  business  in  Rye  in  1890,  and  still  owns  a 
neat  residence  at  that  place,  where  he  makes  his 
home. 

In  1884  Mr.  Hays  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Alice  Mitchell  at  Anthony,  Harper  County, 
Kan.  She  is  a  lady  of  refinement  and  pleasing 
address,  and  was  born  in  New  York,  but  was 
reared  in  Wisconsin.  Her  father,  Angewine 
Mitchell,  a  carpenter  by  trade,  came  to  Colorado 
in  1880.  In  his  political  views  Mr.  Hays  is  a 
Republican,  and  in  social  and  business  circles 
stands  deservedly  high.  His  success  in  life  has 
been  the  result  of  honest,  persistent  effort  in  the 
line  of  honorable  and  manly  dealing.  His  aims 
have  always  been  to  attain  the  best,  and  he  has 
carried  forward  to  successful  completion  whatever 
he  has  undertaken. 


|  OSES  T.  HALE,  treasurer  of  the  municipal 
corporation  of  Colorado  Springs,  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  officials  of  the  city,  as 
his  election  year  after  year  proves.  In  1893, 
after  having  served  acceptably  as  chairman  of  the 
county  central  committee,  he  was  nominated,  on 
the  Republican  ticket,  for  city  treasurer,  and 
was  duly  elected.  Each  succeeding  year  he  was 
re-elected,  receiving  in  1898,  after  a  bitter  fight, 

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the  largest  majority  that  had  ever  been  given 
him.  In  accordance  with  a  change  of  law,  made 
by.  the  eleventh  general  assembly,  the  length  of 
term  was  in  1898  changed  to  two  years,  the  change 
going  into  force  in  1899.  He  was  re-elected  for 
his  seventh  term,  which  will  be  for  two  years. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  chamber  of  commerce  and 
is  closely  identified  with  many  important  organi- 
zations and  plans  for  the  development  of  local 
interests. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  his  father,  Moses, 
and  grandfather,  Capt.  Moses  Hale,  were  born 
in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  and  the  last-named  was 
a  captain  of  a  vessel  engaged  in  foreign  trade. 
Of  his  five  sons  all  became  sea-captains  except 
his  namesake.  The  Hale  family  were  represented 
among  the  passengers  of  the  "Mayflower,"  and 
from  that  day  to  this  have  been  identified  with 
American  history.  The  great-grandfather  of  our 
subject  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 
Our  subject's  father  was  a  merchant  in  Newbury- 
port, until  his  death,  in  1859.  For  several  terms 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Congregationalist.  His  wife, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Lydia  Jaques,  was  born 
in  Newburyport,  and  is  still  living  there.  Her 
father,  Capt.  Ezekiel  Jaques,  who  was  born  in 
New  Hampshire,  of  French  descent,  was  a  sea 
captain  and  engaged  in  foreign  trade  until  his 
health  failed.  When  -a  very  old  man  (almost 
ninety)  he  was  killed  in  Newburyport,  being 
accidentally  run  over  by  a  train. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  third  of  four 
children,  and  was  born  in  Newburyport  October 
20,  1857.  He  has  an  older  sister,  Margaret,  and 
a  younger  sister,  Susan  W. ,  who  resides  in  New- 
buryport, while  his  brother,  Willard  J.,  who  is  a 
merchant  in  Newburyport,  is  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  of  that  town,  being  a  director  in 
the  national  bank  there,  trustee  of  the  savings 
bank,  ex-member  of  the  state  legislature,  present 
register  of  deeds  of  Essex  County,  and  ex-presi- 
dent of  the  city  council.  When  our  subject  was 
two  years  of  age  his  father  died.  He  was  educated 
in  the  grammar  and  high  schools.  At  the  age  of 
seventeen  he  embarked  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness. In  1878  he  went  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  remained  for  some  years,  but  his  health  was 
severely  injured  by  the  climate,  and  in  1883  he 
returned  to  Massachusetts.  The  following  year 
he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  and  after  two  years 
of  recuperation  he  engaged  in  the  real-estate 
business.  For  three  years  he  was  in  the  employ 


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of  Mr.  Kennedy,  after  which  he  entered  the  in- 
surance and  real-estate  business  for  himself. 

In  Stamford,  N.  Y.(  Mr.  Hale  married  Miss 
Lucy  D.  St.  John,  who  was  born  there.  They 
have  three  daughters,  Margaret,  Agnes  and 
Helen .  The  family  are  identified  with  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Colorado  Springs,  in 
which  Mr.  Hale  is  an  active  worker  and  an 
officer.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  El  Paso  Lodge 
No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  with  which  he  is  still  con- 
nected. The  Colorado  Springs  Lodge,  B.P.O  E. , 
numbers  him  among  its  active  members. 


(JOHN  S.  O'NEAL,  chairman  of  the  board  of 
I  commissioners  of  Archuleta  County,  was 
O  born  in  Texas  in  1847,  a  son  of  George 
Washington  and  Mary  (Magers)  O'Neal.  The 
first  twenty-five  years  of  his  life  were  passed  in 
Texas.  Being  reared  on  the  frontier  he  had 
little  opportunity  for  attending  school,  but 
through  observation  and  self-culture  he  acquired 
a  broad  knowledge.  His  early  years  were  de- 
voted to  the  cattle  business  in  the  south.  In 
1873  he  moved  from  Texas  to  New  Mexico,  and 
three  years  later  he  settled  in  La  Plata  County, 
Colo.  While  he  was  on  the  trail  from  Texas  to 
New  Mexico  the  Comanche  Indians  attacked  his 
party,  killed  his  partner,  Wilson  Keefe,  and  stole 
about  one  thousand  head  of  their  cattle  and  eighty 
head  of  horses. 

On  Pine  River,  in  LaPlata  County,  Mr.  O'Neal 
homesteaded  a  quarter-section  of  land,  where  he 
engaged  in  raising  stock.  For  a  time  he  made  a 
specialty  of  fine  horses.  He  also  carried  on  gen- 
eral farm  pursuits.  In  1887  he  disposed  of  his 
property  there  and  moved  to  Archuleta  County. 
Here  he  bought  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
in  what  is  known  as  O'Neal  Park,  fifteen  miles 
northwest  of  Pagosa  Springs.  On  this  place  he 
has  engaged  in  raising  hay  and  other  farm  prod- 
ucts to  be  used  as  feed.  In  stock  his  specialty 
has  been  Shorthorn  cattle,  of  which  he  has  one  of 
the  largest  herds  in  the  county.  He  was  the  first 
settler  in  O'Neal  Park,  which  was  named  in  his 
honor  and  comprises  an  area  of  15x10  miles. 
During  the  summer  months  he  resides  at  the 
park,  while  in  the  winter  he  occupies  his  fine 
home  in  Pagosa  Springs,  which  he  built  in  1895. 
A  lifelong  Democrat  Mr.  O'Neal  is  active  in 
local  politics.  In  1895  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  board  of  commissioners,  of  which  he  has 
been  the  chairman.  He  is  interested  in  move- 
ments for  the  benefit  of  his  town  and  county,  and 


is  a  public-spirited,  progressive  man,  who  is  not 
selfish  in  his  ambitions,  but  works  for  the  up- 
building of  the  county  and  the  welfare  of  all  of 
its  citizens.  In  1889  he  assisted  in  the  incorpor- 
ation of  the  town  of  Pagosa,  of  which  he  served 
as  a  trustee  for  three  years.  Two  things  he  has 
worked  for  with  especial  enthusiasm,  and  these 
are  good  roads  and  good  schools.  He  believes 
the  progress  of  the  county  can  best  be  promoted 
by  these  two  agencies.  Without  good  roads 
progress  physically  is  slow;  without  good  schools 
progress  intellectually  is  slow.  As  a  member  of 
the  school  board  of  district  No.  i  he  has  advanced 
the  interests  of  education  in  his  neighborhood. 
The  fact  that  he  was  deprived  of  educational  ad- 
vantages when  he  was  a  boy  has  made  him  es- 
pecially anxious  that  the  children  of  this  genera- 
tion should  not  suffer  in  this  respect. 

October  3,  1869,  Mr.  O'Neal  married  Virginia 
Keefe,  by  whom  he  has  two  children  (twins) , 
Eben  and  Lucy.  He  has  been  one  of  the  success- 
ful stockmen  of  Archuleta  County.  His  pros- 
perity is  due  largely  to  his  determination  of  char- 
acter. ' '  Go  ahead  ' '  has  been  the  motto  of  his 
life;  and  he  has  lived  up  to  this  motto  in  spite  of 
reverses  and  in  the  face  of  obstacles.  He  keeps 
himself  posted  concerning  the  issues  before  our 
nation  and  is  a  thoughtful  reader  of  current 
newspapers  and  periodicals.  The  first  newspaper 
he  ever  read  was  the  New  York  Tribune,  of  which 
Horace  Greeley  was  the  editor,  and  from  that 
time  to  this  he  has  continued  to  read  the  best  of 
our  publications. 

JT  UGENE  L-  MYERS,  proprietor  of  a  store 
r3  and  hotel  in  Antonito,  Conejos  County,  was 
L_  born  in  Ohio  in  1859,  and  received  his  edu- 
cation in  public  schools  in  Illinois.  For  three 
years  he  served  an  apprenticeship  to  the  jewelry 
business  at  Chatsworth,  111.  In  1880  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  for  three  years  was  employed  as 
night  clerk  in  the  Alamosa  hotel.  In  1883  he 
embarked  in  the  stock  business  at  Antonito,  near 
which  village  he  had  a  ranch  with  two  hundred 
and  fifty  head  of  fine  cattle,  but  in  1886  he  sold 
the  stock  and  opened  a  general  store  in  town. 
He  has  since  built  up  a  profitable  trade  and  is  the 
owner  of  one  of  the  largest  general  stores  in  the 
village,  whose  business  interests  he  so  capably 
represents.  Besides  his  property  here  he  is  in- 
terested in  real  estate  in  Denver  and  owns  some 
dwelling-houses  there. 

Supporting  the  Democratic  party  Mr.  Myers 


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has  been  active  in  local  affairs.  For  two  years 
he  was  town  trustee  of  Antonito.  Under  Sheriff 
Smith  he  was  for  six  years  deputy  sheriff  of  Con- 
ejos  County.  In  1891  he  was  chosen  to  serve  as 
mayor  of  Antonito,  and  so  satisfactory  was  his 
work  that  in  1893,  1895  and  1897  he  was  re- 
elected  to  the  office.  In  all  local  enterprises  he 
has  been  a  leading  factor.  He  was  one  of  the 
leading  workers  in  the  organization  of  the  Anto- 
nito Ditch  and  Land  Company,  of  which  he  has 
been  president  since  1892  and  in  which  he  is  a 
heavy  stockholder.  In  the  building  of  the  ditch 
he  took  an  active  part,  realizing  that  it  would 
prove  of  the  utmost  value  in  the  upbuilding  of 
the  town  and  surrounding  country. 

During  1890  Mr.  Myers  erected  the  Palace 
Hotel  block,  the  first  floor  of  which  is  utilized 
for  his  store,  while  in  the  upper  part  he  has  a 
hotel.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  the 
place  and  justly  stands  high  among  his  fellow- 
citizens.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Antonito 
Lodge  No.  63,  I.  O.  O.  F.  In  1885  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Jennie,  daughter  of  R.  H. 
Beers.  They  became  the  parents  of  five  children, 
but  their  oldest  son  was  accidentally  killed  in 
1888.  The  other  children  are:  Mabel,  Ralph, 
Lay  ton  and  Gertrude. 


HAMMON  POLLARD,  who  for  years  has  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  is 
one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  Pueblo,  where 
he  has  various  important  interests.  For  some 
years,  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Pollard  & 
Wylie,  he  has  conducted  the  Star  livery  at  No. 
127  East  Fourth  street.  He  took  an  active  part 
in  the  organization  of  the  Standard  Fire  Brick 
Company,  of  which  he  is  now  secretary  and  a 
director.  As  a  stockholder  in  the  Mercantile 
National  Bank  he  is  connected  with  another  im- 
portant local  enterprise.  He  is  a  director  in  the 
North  Dundee  Land  Company,  which  laid  out 
Dundee  Place  addition  to  Pueblo,  comprising 
forty  acres  of  improved  property. 

The  Pollard  family  is  of  English  descent.  Our 
subject's  great-grandfather  enlisted  in  a  Massa- 
chusetts regiment  that  served  in  the  Revolutionary 
war.  His  son,  Samuel,  was  born  in  Massachu- 
setts, but  removed  to  Charlestown,  on  the  Con- 
necticut River,  in  Sullivan  County,  N.  H.,  where 
he  cleared  a  farm  from  a  tract  of  timber  land. 
Ephraim,  our  subject's  father,  was  born  in 
Charlestown  and  in  early  life  settled  on  a  raw 
tract  of  land,  from  which  he  improved  a  valuable 


farm.  He  continued  to  reside  on  that  place  until 
his  death,  in  1864,  at  sixty-four  years  of  age. 
He  married  Clarissa  Currier,  who  was  born  in 
Langdon,  Sullivan  County,  N.  H.,  her  father, 
Joseph  Currier,  having  been  an  early  settler  and 
farmer  there.  She  died  in  Providence,  R.  I.  Of 
her  six  children,  all  but  one  are  still  living,  two 
of  the  sons  being  in  Pueblo. 

On  the  home  farm  near  Charlestown,  where  he 
was  born  December  26,  1833,  our  subject  grew 
to  manhood.  In  1855  he  went  to  Chicago,  111., 
where  for  ten  years  he  was  an  employe  of  a 
wholesale  and  retail  grocery  firm.  In  August, 
1866,  he  came  to  Pueblo,  joining  a  brother,  Mil- 
ton, who  had  come  to  Colorado  in  1860.  He  at 
once  located  a  ranch  on  St.  Charles  Creek,  six- 
teen miles  southwest  of  Pueblo.  At  that  time  no 
survey  had  been  made,  but  as  soon  as  the  land 
was  surveyed  he  homesteaded  and  pre-empted  a 
tract,  and  later  bought  considerable  property, 
finally  becoming  the  owner  of  eight  hundred 
acres  of  irrigated  land,  the  water  for  which  was 
provided  by  the  Pollard  ditch,  four  miles  in 
length.  While  he  raised  some  grain  for  feed,  the 
land  was  used  principally  for  the  pasturage  of 
stock.  He  used  as  his  brand  "P  O"  on  the  left 
side.  The  increase  in  the  number  of  cattle  on 
Colorado  ranges  led  the  brothers,  in  1877,  to  re- 
move to  the  Panhandle,  shipping  their  cattle  by 
train  loads,  and  they  continued  there  until  1882, 
when  they  sold  out,  the  brother  going  to  Kan- 
sas, while  our  subject  returned  to  Colorado  and 
in  1886  re-invested  in  cattle;  these  he  kept  on 
his  ranches  in  El  Paso  County,  Tex.  In  1882 
he  embarked  in  the  grocery  business  in  Pueblo, 
but  after  two  years  sold  out.  He  then  started 
the  Dexter  stables,  on  Sixth  street,  continuing 
there  until  the  stables  were  burned  down,  when 
he  started  the  Star  Livery  Company's  stables. 

In  Texas  Mr.  Pollard  is  interested  (with  a 
partner)  in  over  fifty  thousand  acres  of  state  and 
railroad  land  fenced,  and  the  water  for  his  cattle 
on  these  lands  is  obtained  by  drilling  wells  several 
hundred  feet  deep.  Besides  his  other  interests 
he  owns  ranching  property  in  Pueblo  County, 
and  mining  property  in  the  Cripple  Creek  dis- 
trict. At  one  time  he  was  connected  with  the 
Colorado  Cattle  Growers'  Association,  but,  on 
moving  his  cattle  to  Texas,  became  interested  in 
the  Texas  Stock  Association.  He  assisted  in 
organizing  the  Victor  Electric  Light  Company 
and  was  treasurer  and  a  director  for  about  three 
years,  when  he  sold  his  stock.  He  assisted  in 


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organizing  the  Pueblo  Light,  Heat  and  Power 
Company  and  was  a  director  until  its  consolida- 
tion with  the  Pueblo  Light  and  Power  Company, 
in  which  he  is  still  interested.  Politically  he  is 
a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  serves  as  an 
elder  and  trustee.  By  his  marriage,  in  Pueblo, 
to  Miss  Eliza  Davis,  a  native  of  Indiana,  he  has 
four  children  now  living.  The  oldest  child,  Alice 
Carey,  died  at  sixteen  years  of  age,  shortly  be- 
fore she  would  have  graduated.  The  others  are: 
Charles  H.,  an  electrical  engineer  at  Victor;  Hat- 
tie  Emma,  a  graduate  of  the  high  school  of 
Pueblo  and  a  member  of  the  University  of  Colo- 
rado, class  of  1901;  Grace  and  Horace,  who  are 
attending  the  Pueblo  schools. 


61  BNER  J.  LEWIS,  mayor  of  Pagosa  Springs, 
|  I  Archuleta  County,  was  born  in  Rockville, 
/I  Ind.,  in  1847,  a  son  of  George  A.  and  Mary 
(Hamilton)  Lewis.  When  fourteen  years  of  age 
he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Kansas,  where  he 
was  educated  in  the  higher  branches.  His  first 
active  experience  in  life  was  in  1862,  when  he 
acted  as  drummer  boy  at  the  mustering  camp  near 
his  home  in  Indiana.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he 
began  to  learn  the  trades  of  baker  and  barber, 
both  of  which  he  followed  until  1885.  In  1873 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  after  a  short  time  in 
Pueblo  and  one  season  in  Black  Hawk,  in  1874 
he  settled  in  the  new  town  of  Del  Norte,  where 
he  remained  about  five  years.  In  1878  he  came 
to  Pagosa  Springs  (then  Fort  Lewis),  where  he 
has  since  engaged  in  business.  In  1886  he  built 
a  house,  in  the  front  part  of  which  he  opened  a 
barber  shop,  but  this  building  was  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1894.  The  next  year  he  rebuilt.  In  1887 
he  erected  a  substantial  business  block  in  the  cen- 
ter of  the  town  and  there  he  conducted  a  meat 
business  for  a  year,  but  afterward  sold  the  build- 
ing, which  is  now  used  as  a  town  hall.  He  has 
done  much  to  promote  the  growth  of  the  town 
and  erected  three  of  the  main  business  blocks 
here,  besides  his  residence. 

Upon  all  questions  affecting  the  public  welfare 
Mr.  Lewis  has  had  the  courage  of  his  opinions, 
which  he  has  expressed  openly,  fearing  neither 
friend  or  foe.  While  he  usually  votes  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket,  he  is  not  bound  by  party  ties,  but 
in  local  elections  votes  foi  the  best  man.  For 
several  years  he  served  as  town  trustee.  In  1894 
he  was  elected  mayor,  which  position  he  has 
since  held,  by  re-election  each  year.  He  has  re- 


fused nomination  for  county  offices,  believing  he 
could  serve  his  town  and  his  fellow-citizens  more 
efficiently  by  taking  no  part  in  county  work.  In 
fraternal  connections  he  is  a  member  of  Pagosa 
Camp  No.  412,  Woodmen  of  the  World.  In  the 
course  of  his  life  he  has  met  with  many 
obstacles  and  has  had  much  that  would  have  dis- 
couraged a  man  of  less  determination  of  character, 
but  he  has  persevered,  and  through  intelligent, 
honest  labor,  has  attained  a  fair  degree  of  success. 


HARLES  H.  FREEMAN,  county  clerk  of 
Archuleta  County,  and  one  of  the  extensive 
^J  cattle  dealers  of  southern  Colorado,  has  spent 
almost  his  entire  life  in  this  state,  but  was  born  in 
Hancock  County,  111.,  where  the  first  seven 
years  of  his  life  (1863-70)  were  spent.  He  was 
one  of  three  children,  of  whom  his  sister,  Carrie, 
and  he  survive.  In  1870  he  accompanied  his 
parents,  Henry  E.  and  Sarah  E.  (Melvin)  Free- 
man, to  Colorado,  and  settled  with  them  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  where  he  attended  public  school. 
In  1877  he  came  with  them  to  what  is  now  Pa- 
gosa Springs,  and  here  he  has  since  made  his 
home. 

By  pre-emption  Mr.  Freeman  secured  a  tract  of 
land,  upon  which  he  embarked  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness, and  he  is  now  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of  four 
hundred  and  eighty  acres  lying  near  Pagosa 
Springs.  For  a  time  he  was  proprietor  of  a 
butcher  shop  in  Leadville.  In  1889-90  he  car- 
ried on  a  mercantile  business  at  Pagosa.  Of 
late  years  he  has  given  his  attention  largely  to 
the  buying  and  selling  of  cattle,  in  which  busi- 
ness he  has  met  with  success. 

As  a  supporter  of  the  Republican  party  Mr. 
Freeman  has  been  active  in  local  politics,  and  has 
given  his  allegiance  to  all  measures  -for  the  benefit 
of  his  party  and  his  community.  In  1891  he  was 
chosen  to  serve  as  treasurer  of  Archuleta  County, 
and  two  years  later  was  re-elected,  serving  four 
years  altogether.  The  position  of  clerk,  to  which 
he  was  elected  in  1895  for  the  first  time,  he  filled 
with  such  efficiency  that  in  1897  he  was  re- 
elected,  and  is  the  present  incumbent  of  the 
office.  For  the  various  offices  he  has  held,  in  all 
except  his  first  election  as  treasurer,  he  was  the 
nominee  of  the  Republican  party,  endorsed  by 
the  Democrats.  He  has  been  one  of  the  leaders 
of  his  party  in  the  county  and  has  been  a  factor 
in  its  success. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Freeman  took  place  in 
1886  and  united  him  with  Catherine  Rogers,  a 


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native  of  Delta  County,  Colo.;  they  have  two 
daughters,  Hattie  and  Irene.  In  fraternal  con- 
nections Mr.  Freeman  is  connected  with  the  blue 
lodge  of  Masons  at  Durango,  and  Pagosa  Camp 
No.  412,  Woodmen  of  the  World.  An  intelli- 
gent, law-abiding  and  enterprising  citizen,  he  has 
won  the  regard  of  his  associates  and  the  respect 
of  all  with  whom  business  or  official  relations 
have  brought  him  in  contact. 


(JOHN  W.  TULLES,  M.  D.,  a  successful 
I  physician  at  Cheyenne  Wells,  also  superin- 
O  tendent  of  the  schools  of  Cheyenne  County, 
was  born  near  Fairfield,  Iowa,  in  1852.  His 
father,  Capt.  Perry  Tulles,  was  born  in  Ohio  and 
spent  his  early  manhood  in  that  state,  but  about 
1850  removed  to  Iowa  and  has  since  engaged  in 
farming  in  that  state.  During  the  war  he  raised 
a  company  assigned  to  the  Twenty-third  Iowa 
Infantry  and  was  commissioned  its  captain,  but 
was  injured  and  forced  to  retire  from  the  service. 
Farming  has  been  his  life  occupation  and  in  it  he 
has  met  with  success.  From  an  early  age  he 
has  been  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  His  father,  David  Tulles, 
who  was  a  captain  in  the  war  of  1812,  built  two 
large  flour  mills  in  Ohio  and  for  years  engaged 
in  the  milling  business  there.  For  some  years 
he  also  served  as  judge  of  Guernsey  County, 
and  was  also  sent  to  the  legislature.  When  ad- 
vanced in  years  he  removed  to  Iowa,  and  there 
died. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Sarah  Wheeler, 
a  native  of  Ohio.  Her  father,  Samuel  Wheeler, 
who  was  a  planter  of  Virginia,  removed  from 
there  to  Ohio  and  finally  went  to  Iowa,  where  he 
died  at  ninety-nine  years.  He  was  a  man  of 
business  ability  and  accumulated  considerable 
wealth.  Our  subject  was  one  of  a  family  con- 
sisting of  three  sons  and  eight  daughters.  Of 
these,  Lee  is  a  carpenter  and  farmer  in  Oklahoma, 
and  was  a  private  in  the  Civil  war;  Dr.  Morgan 
Tulles  is  a  dentist  in  Kansas;  Melissa  died  at  two 
years  of  age;  Alameda  died  in  1876;  Eva  is  the 
wife  of  Henry  Sheffer  and  lives  in  Washington 
state;  Jennie,  Mrs.  James  Bracewell,  resides  in 
Iowa;  Viola,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Doty,  lives  in  Washing- 
ton state;  Mattie  resides  with  her  parents  in  Iowa; 
and  Sarah,  who  was  perhaps  the  most  gifted  of 
all  the  children,  died  at  eighteen  years. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
the  school  at  Garden  Grove,  Iowa.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-one  he  left  the  farm  and  commenced  to 


teach  school,  which  occupation  he  followed  for 
ten  years,  in  Iowa,  Missouri  and  Kansas.  In 
1884  he  embarked  in  the  drug  business  in  eastern 
Kansas,  but  in  a  short  time  settled  in  Great  Bend, 
that  state,  and  in  the  fall  of  1887  sold  out  his 
business  and  entered  the  Kansas  City  Medical 
College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the  spring 
of  1889.  In  January,  1890,  he  came  to  Cheyenne 
Wells,  where  he  established  a  drug  store  and 
began  to  practice  his  profession.  During  the 
same  year  he  was  made  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
Kansas  Pacific  Railroad,  which  position  he  has 
since  held. 

In  the  spring  of  1891  Dr.  Tulles  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  school  board  and  at  the  same 
time  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  district  court, 
which  latter  position  he  held  until  1895.  On 
resigning  the  clerkship  he  was  appointed  super- 
intendent of  schools  of  Cheyenne  County.  In 
the  fall  of  1895  ne  was  elected  county  superin- 
tendent, and  two  years  later  was  re-elected  to  the 
position.  To  these  various  offices  he  has  been 
elected  upon  the  Republican  ticket,  being  a 
stanch  advocate  of  that  party.  Fraternally  he 
is  connected  with  Ivan  Lodge  No.  100, 1.  O.  O.  F., 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen, 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Tulles,  which  took  place 
in  1876,  united  him  with  Miss  Mattie  J.  Harris, 
a  native  of  Ohio.  Four  sons  and  two  daughters 
were  born  of  their  union,  namely:  Carl  M., 
Perry  R.,  Russell  L-,  Arthur  J.,  Estella  Edna 
and  Marie.  Mrs.  Tulles  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  the  services  of 
which  the  family  attend. 


fi)G|lLLIAM   KRIER,   clerk   and  recorder  of 

\  A  I  Huerfano  County,  is  a  man  whose  present 
YY  honorable  position  is  due  entirely  to  his 
unaided  efforts.  He  was  born  in  Belgium  March 
J7>  I853,  and  spent  his  boyhood  years  in  his 
native  land.  When  he  was  twelve  and  one-half 
years  of  age  he  started  out  in  the  world  to  earn 
his  own  livelihood,  and  from  that  time  on  he  was 
self-supporting.  October  26,  1872,  he  landed  in 
New  York  City,  and  for  two  and  one-half  years 
he  remained  in  that  city,  where  he  followed  the 
shoemaker's  trade  in  the  employ  of  professional 
shoemakers. 

Believing  that  the  west  would  afford  him  better 
advantages,  in  the  spring  of  1875  Mr.  Krier  went 
to  Wisconsin  and  located  at  Port  Washington, 
but  after  seven  weeks  in  that  place  he  concluded 


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to  try  elsewhere.  He  went  to  the  Lake  Superior 
region,  stopping  at  Marquette  for  a  short  time, 
and  afterward  settling  on  Beaver  Island,  where 
he  followed  his  chosen  trade.  In  the  fall  of  1877 
he  went  to  Mackinaw  Island,  Mich. ,  and  there 
engaged  in  making  shoes  for  a  short  time,  later 
entering  the  hotel  business.  From  there  he  re- 
moved to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in  the  fall  of  1878,  and 
in  the  spring  of  the  following  year  came  to  Colo- 
rado, settling  at  La  Veta,  Huerfano  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes. 
He  still  carries  on  a  general  boot  and  shoe  busi- 
ness there,  although  the  duties  of  his  office  require 
his  presence  in  Walsenburg. 

In  politics  Mr.  Krier  is  a  Democrat.  He  was 
elected  town  treasurer  of  La  Veta,  an  office  that 
he  filled  efficiently  for  six  years.'  For  two  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  town  council.  In  the 
fall  of  1897  he  was  elected  county  clerk  and 
recorder,  being  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket, 
and  receiving  a  majority  of  five  hundred  and 
seventy-five,  the  highest  of  any  one  on  the  ticket. 

Returning  east  in  1881,  Mr.  Krier  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Cecelia  Ander,  of  Burling- 
ton, Iowa,  by  whom  he  has  three  children, 
Katherine,  Edward  W.  and  Agnes.  In  fraternal 
relations  he  is  a  charter  member  of  the  La  Veta 
Camp,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  has  the  dis- 
tinction of  serving  as  the  first  banker  of  the  camp. 
In  his  wanderings  around  the  country  he  has 
seen  the  hardships  of  life,  while  his  pleasures 
were  few,  but  since  settling  in  Colorado  he  has 
carried  on  a  steady  business,  which  has  given  him 
a  good  income  and  a  place  among  the  reliable  and 
successful  business  men  of  Huerfano  County. 


IZIAS  T.  CLARK,  sheriff  of  Las  Animas 
County,  and  the  owner  of  large  landed  and 
stock  interests,  was  born  in  North  Carolina 
November  21,  1847,  a  son  of  Walter  H.  and 
Rebecca  (England)  Clark.  He  was  four  years  of 
age  when  his  parents  removed  to  Izard  County, 
Ark.,  and  there  he  gained  the  rudiments  of  his 
education.  In  1864  he  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Texas,  and  there  he  remained  for  six  years, 
meantime  engaging  in  the  lumber  business  and 
farming. 

In  1870  Mr.  Clark  drove  a  herd  of  cattle  over 
the  plains  to  Colorado,  landing  in  Las  Animas 
County,  where  he  worked  on  a  stock  ranch  for 
some  months.  During  the  early  winter  he  re- 
turned to  Texas,  but  in  the  spring  of  1871  came 
back  to  Colorado  with  one  thousand  head  of 


cattle.  Taking  up  a  pre-emption  fifty  miles  east 
of  Trinidad,  he  began  in  the  stock  business,  and 
in  it  he  has  since  continued,  being  now  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leading  stockmen  of  his  county.  He 
is  also  the  owner  of  an  agricultural  farm,  where 
he  carries  on  general  farm  pursuits,  from  these 
two  departments  of  agriculture  receiving  a  good 
income. 

The  opinions  of  Mr.  Clark  in  matters  political 
coincide  with  the  Democratic  party.  There  was 
a  time  when  he  thought  the  party  was  deserting 
its  old  Jeffersonian  moorings,  and  he  then  allied 
himself  with  the  Populists,  but  after  the  Chicago 
convention  of  1896  he  returned  to  the  old  party. 
He  is  interested  in  educational  work  and  for 
several  years  served  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board,  being  its  secretary  much  of  the  time.  In 
the  fall  of  1897  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Las 
Animas  County  for  a  term  of  two  years.  For 
this  position  his  disposition,  which  is  cool,  calm 
and  collected  under  all  circumstances,  well  quali- 
fies him. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Clark  is  a  member  of  Trinidad 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Las  Animas  Lodge 
No.  28,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  which  he  has  passed 
the  chairs.  September  15,  1878,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Mary  L.,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Moore,  an  old  settler  of  Las  Animas  County. 
The  three  children  born  of  this  union  are: 
Clarence  W.,  who  is  bookkeeper  in  the  sheriff's 
office;  O.  T.,  Jr.,  and  Ruth. 


JTLWOOD  E.  PIKE,  former  treasurer  of 
rp  Prowers  County,  has  since  his  retirement 
I  from  office  been  engaged  in  business  at  La- 
mar.  For  about  one  year  he  was  a  partner  of  C. 
C.  Huddleston  in  the  grocery  and  hardware  busi- 
ness, and  since  their  partnership  was  dissolved 
by  mutual  consent,  he  has  been  engaged  in  gen- 
eral merchandising.  A  native  of  Union  County, 
Ind.,  he  was  born  June  5,  1853,  to  Calvin  B.  and 
Sarah  (Maxwell)  Pike.  His  father,  who  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  removed  to  Winneshiek 
County,  Iowa,  in  1854,  and  pre-empted  a  claim, 
which  he  cleared,  cultivated  and  improved. 
From  the  raw  prairie  he  evolved  a  fine  homestead, 
and  there  he  is  now  living,  at  the  age  of  sixty-six. 
The  education  acquired  by  our  subject  was 
such  as  the  common  schools  of  Winneshiek 
County  afforded.  He  remained  at  home  until 
he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-one,  and  then 
went  to  Cerro  Gordo  County,  Iowa,  where  he 
bought  a  tract  of  eighty  acres  of  farm  land.  In 


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Mason  City,  the  county-seat,  he  was  married, 
October  28,  1879,  to  Miss  Lyda  C.  Watkins,  who 
was  born  in  Iowa  County,  Wis.,  but  had  spent 
her  girlhood  principally  in  Mason  City.  A  short 
time  after  his  marriage  he  removed  from  his 
farm  to  town  and  opened  a  livery  stable,  in  which 
business  he  met  with  fair  success.  A  few  months 
after  Lamar  had  been  platted,  in  1886,  he  came  to 
this  village,  and  has  since  resided  near  or  in  this 
place. 

Entering  land  in  the  southern  part  of  Prowers 
County,  Mr.  Pike  gave  some  time  to  its  improve- 
ment, and  at  the  same  time  he  carried  on  a  mercan- 
tile store  at  Mulvane  for  some  years,  also  served  as 
postmaster  of  Mulvane.  In  1890,  the  Republican 
party,  with  which  he  had  been  identified  from 
youth,  elected  him  treasurer  of  Prowers  County, 
and  he  then  removed  to  Lamar.  At  the  expira- 
tion of  his  first  term,  in  1892,  he  was  re-elected, 
this  time  on  the  independent  ticket.  January  i, 
1895,  he  retired  from  office,  and  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  business  pursuits.  The  various  projects 
for  the  advancement  and  growth  of  Lamar  have 
received  aid  from  him,  and  he  has  been  especially 
active  in  such  public  enterpiises  as  the  creamery, 
hotel  and  mill.  He  has  an  only  son,  James  E-, 
who  was  born  in  Mason  City,  Iowa,  November  1 1 , 
1 88 1.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Lamar 
Lodge  No.  90,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  which  he  has 
held  the  office  of  junior  deacon.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  has 
been  banker  of  the  camp  for  a  number  of  years. 


UJATHANIEL  c.  PATTON  is  one  of  the  en- 

nV  terprising  business  men  of  the  San  Luis  Val- 
|  /J  ley.  He  is  a  dealer  in  lumber,  coal,  hard- 
ware, tinware,  stoves  and  all  kinds  of  builders' 
supplies,  and  has  built  up  a  valuable  trade  in  the 
village  of  Mosca,  Costilla  County,  being  also  well 
known  throughout  the  surrounding  country.  In 
1 898  he  was  one  of  the  principal  factors  in  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Farmers'  Elevator  Company  of 
Mosca,  of  which  he  is  still  a  member. 

May  10,  1861,  Mr.  Patton  was  born  in  Mar- 
shall County,  111.,  a  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Par- 
thena  (Bennington)  Patton.  His  father,  who 
was  born  in  Brown  County,  Ohio,  September  22, 
1823,  removed  with  his  parents  to  Illinois  when 
he  was  less  than  ten  years  of  age,  and  passed 
through  Chicago  when  it  was  still  Fort  Dearborn. 
His  life  was  devoted  to  farm  pursuits,  and  he  died 
in  his  Marshall  County  homestead  in  January, 
1897.  In  early  days  he  was  a  Henry  Clay  Whig 


and  an  active  worker  in  his  party,  but  not  an 
office-seeker.  His  father,  Nathaniel  Patton,  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  was  of  Irish  extraction. 
The  mother  of  our  subject  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky, and  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Benning- 
ton, who  removed  from  Kentucky  to  Illinois  dur- 
ing the  '303,  when  she  was  an  infant  of  six 
months,  and  during  that  trip  she  was  carried  in 
her  mother's  arms  on  horseback.  The  family 
settled  at  Walnut  Grove,  Tazewell  County,  111. , 
but  after  a  short  time,  in  1831,  went  to  Crow 
Creek,  Marshall  County,  111. ,  where  she  grew  to 
womanhood,  married  and  spent  her  remaining 
years,  dying  within  one  and  one-half  miles  of  her 
girlhood's  home.  She  was  the  mother  of  four 
children,  but  one  of  these  died  in  infancy.  Henry 
C.  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  tile  at  Flan- 
agan, 111.;  and  Lydia  M.,  who  died  in  Marshall 
County,  was  the  wife  of  Albert  H.  Perry,  now  of 
Cuba,  Kan. 

On  the  farm  where  he  was  born  our  subject 
grew  to  manhood,  meantime  receiving  a  common- 
school  education  and  assisting  his  father  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  land.  In  1887  he  was  one  of  a 
party  of  fifteen  who  came  from  Marshall  County 
to  Colorado,  settling  in  the  San  Luis  Valley.  He 
arrived  November  25,  and  at  once  pre-empted 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  section  32,  town- 
ship 40,range  10.  There  he  improved  a  farm, build- 
ing ditches  and  placing  the  land  under  irrigation 
and  cultivation.  From  time  to  time  he  added  to 
his  property  until  he  finally  owned  an  entire  sec- 
tion. In  September,  1895,  he  built  a  store  in 
Mosca  and  put  in  a  stock  of  coal  and  lumber. 
Two  years  later  he  enlarged  the  business  to  its 
present  size.  Since  then  he  has  disposed  of  a 
quarter-section  of  his  land,  but  retains  the  bal- 
ance, which  he  leases,  and  also  owns  a  half-sec- 
tion of  valuable  land  adjoining  the  village. 

Politically  Mr.  Patton  is  a  straight  Republican, 
and  has  been  active  in  local  matters.  In  1894  he 
was  elected  justice  of  the  peace,  which  position 
he  filled  for  two  years.  He  is  now  serving  his 
second  term  on  the  school  board.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Baptist.  October  n,  1891,  he  married  Nel- 
lie Severns,  by  whom  he  has  three  children,  How- 
ard, Nettie  E.  and  Julia  H. 


(JOHN    CAMERON,    general  superintendent 

I   of  the  Victor   Coal  and  Coke  Company  at 

G/  Trinidad  and  a  recognized  expert  in  the  coal 

mining  industry,  is  of  Scotch  birth  and  descent. 

His  father,  Peter  Cameron,  emigrated  from  Scot- 


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land  to  the  United  States  in  1848  and  settled  in 
Blossburg,  one  of  the  oldest  mining  towns  in 
Pennsylvania.  A  coal  miner  by  occupation,  he 
secured  employment  with  the  Blossburg  Coal 
Company,  with  whom  he  remained  for  ten  years. 
His  death  occurred  in  Tioga  County,  Pa.,  at  the 
age  of  sixty-five.  Some  years  before  he  left  his 
native  land  he  married  Anna  Richardson,  and 
they  became  the  parents  of  nine  children,  but 
only  three  of  these  are  living:  Catherine,  wife  of 
William  Watchman;  David,  of  Tioga  County, 
Pa.;  and  John.  The  mother  died  in  1874,  when 
sixty-six  years  of  age. 

Born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  May  10,  1848,  our 
subject  was  only  two  years  of  age  when  he  was 
brought  to  America,  consequently  he  has  no  recol- 
lection of  his  native  country,  but  his  mind  has 
been  stored  with  legends  of  the  clan  of  Camerons 
and  Loch  Eheal,  where  they  originated.  He 
received  a  public-school  education.  At  the  age 
of  sixteen  he  secured  work  in  the  mines  of  the 
Blossburg  Coal  Company,  and  in  time  became 
proficient  in  every  branch  of  coal  mining.  After 
having  remained  with  the  Blossburg  Coal  Com- 
pany until  1873,  he  then  accepted  a  position  with 
the  Kittanning  Coal  Company,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained, as  pit  boss,  until  1877,  having  charge  of 
the  inside  workings  of  their  mines.  In  1877  he 
engaged  with  the  Cambria  Iron  Company  ot 
Johnstown,  Pa.,  as  superintendent  of  their  mines 
in  Johnstown  and  Connellsville. 

Resigning  his  position  in  1882,  Mr.  Cameron 
came  to  Colorado  to  accept  a  position  as  general 
superintendent  of  mines  for  the  Colorado  Coal  and 
Iron  Company,  with  head  office  in  Pueblo.  At 
that  time  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Pueblo, 
where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  During 
the  time  that  he  was  employed  by  the  Colorado 
Coal  and  Iron  Company,  he  prospected  through 
all  the  western  counties  of  the  state,  examining 
lands  where  it  was  thought  coal  and  iron  might 
be  found.  In  1889  he  resigned  his  position,  and 
accepted  the  position  of  general  manager  for  the 
Southwestern  Coal  and  Improvement  Company 
in  the  Indian  Territory,  where  he  remained  for 
one  year.  Returning  to  Colorado  in  1890,  he  be- 
came superintendent  of  the  Victor  Coal  and  Coke 
Company,  whose  head  offices  are  in  Denver,  he 
having  charge  of  the  Trinidad  office. 

In  politics  Mr.  Cameron  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  a  member  of  Cambria  Lodge  of  Masons  at 
Johnstown,  Pa.,  and  is  identified  with  Pueblo 
Chapter  No.  28,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Pueblo  Com- 


mandery  No.  3,  K.  T.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  His  first  marriage,  which 
took  place  in  1866,  united  him  with  Cornelia 
Marvin,  of  Tioga  County,  Pa.,  who  died  in  1874. 
Of  the  five  children  born  of  this  union,  the  young- 
est, Peter,  died  at  five  months,  and  Susan  G.  died 
at  the  age  of  three  years.  The  others  are:  Kate, 
wife  of  A.  R.  Fellows,  of  Denver;  Anna,  who 
married  Dr.  A.  Taylor,  of  Hastings,  Las  Ani- 
mas  County,  Colo.;  and  Belle,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Webb, 
residing  in  Port  Jervis,  Orange  County,  N.  Y. 
In  1877  Mr.  Cameron  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Sarah  A.  Wilson,  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia, 
but  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  a  resident  of 
Pennsylvania.  She  died  in  Colorado  in  1897, 
leaving  two  sons,  Peter  and  James  R. 


QAMES  B.  TRAXLER.  Prominent  among 
I  the  influential  attorneys  of  Prowers  County 
G/  is  Mr.  Traxler,  of  Lamar,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  general  practice  of  law  and  has  built  up  a 
profitable  clientage  extending  through  southeast- 
ern Colorado.  He  has  been  identified  with  en- 
terprises looking  to  the  advancement  of  his  town 
and  county.  During  the  year  that  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  town 
of  Lamar  he  gave  his  vote  in  favor  of  progress- 
ive plans.  Under  appointment,  first  by  Governor 
Mclntire,  and  afterward  by  Governor  Adams,  he 
officiated  for  two  terms  as  water  commissioner  of 
district  No.  67.  By  appointment  he  also  held 
the  position  of  deputy  district  attorney  for  one 
term.  In  1898  he  received  from  the  fusionists 
the  nomination  for  the  state  legislature,  repre- 
senting the  district  composed  of  Baca,  Kiowa  and 
Prowers  Counties. 

Mr.  Traxler  was  born  in  Henry  County,  Iowa, 
September  21,  1856,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Eliza  J. 
(Humes)  Traxler.  He  was  reared  upon  a  farm 
and  received  a  fair  education  in  the  country 
schools  and  an  academy,  after  which  he  entered 
the  Iowa  Wesleyan  University  of  Iowa.  The 
expenses  incident  to  his  university  course  were 
defrayed  by  the  money  he  earned  in  teaching 
school.  After  taking  the  regular  scientific  course, 
he  was  graduated  in  1881  with  the  degree  of 
B.  S.,  being  the  valedictorian  of  his  class.  In 
September  following  his  graduation  he  was  elected 
county  superintendent  of  his  native  county,  and 
two  years  later  was  re-elected  to  the  same  posi- 
tion. During  his  service  of  four  years  he  im- 
proved the  condition  of  the  schools  of  the  county 
and  advanced  the  grade  of  scholarship.  Three 


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years  after  graduation  he  was  chosen  to  deliver 
the  master's  address  for  his  class,  and  at  that 
time  he,  with  the  other  members  of  that  class, 
received  the  degree  of  M.  S. 

While  filling  the  office  of  county  superintend- 
ent Mr.  Traxler  engaged  in  the  study  of  law  in 
his  leisure  moments,  and  in  May,  1884,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  Iowa  bar.  He  practiced  in  his 
native  county  for  one  year  after  retiring  from  of- 
fice, and  then,  in  June,  1887,  came  west  to  Col- 
orado, beginning  the  practice  of  his  profession 
at  Lamar,  and  at  the  same  time  taking  a  claim 
near  Granada.  In  the  fall  of  1888  he  became 
principal  of  the  schools  of  Coolidge,  Kan.,  which 
position  he  held  for  a  year.  Since  then  he  has 
devoted  himself  to  professional  work  in  Lamar, 
and  has  gained  an  excellent  reputation  for  effi- 
ciency in  practice. 

At  Afton,  Union  County,  Iowa,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  married  April  29,  1886,  to  Miss 
Cora  B.  Syp,  who  was  born  in  that  town  and  re- 
ceived good  educational  advantages  in  girlhood. 
Two  children  bless  the  union:  Harry  W.,who 
was  born  in  Afton, February  22,  1887;  and  Ralph 
N.,  born  in  Lamar  December  20,  1897.  Fra- 
ternally Mr.  Traxler  is  identified  with  the  blue 
lodge  of  Masons,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World,  in  which  last-named  order  he 
is  consul  commander  of  the  local  camp. 


QOBERT  S.  LITTRELL,  M.  D.,  is  one  of 
U^  the  successful  physicians  of  Pueblo  County, 
r  \  and  a  prominent  resident  of  Rye.  He  has 
much  natural  ability,  but  is  withal  a  close  student 
and  believes  thoroughly  in  the  maxim  '  'there  is 
no  excellence  without  labor."  His  devotion  to 
the  duties  of  his  profession  therefore,  combined 
with  a  comprehensive  understanding  of  the 
principles  of  the  science  of  medicine,  has  made 
him  a  most  successful  and  able  practitioner, 
whose  prominence  is  well  deserved. 

The  doctor  was  born  near  Warrensburg,  John- 
son County,  Mo.,  November  18,  1848,  and  is  a 
son  of  Robert  and  Matilda  (Reed)  Littrell,  the 
former  a  native  of  Kentucky,  the  latter  of  Shannon 
County,  Mo.  Both  are  now  deceased.  The 
father  studied  medicine  but  never  engaged  in 
practice,  though  he  was  often  called  in  consulta- 
tion upon  many  points,  being  a  man  of  remark- 
ably good  judgment.  He  owned  several  large 
farms  in  Missouri.  He  was  a  strong  Union  man 


during  the  Civil  war,  and  was  highly  respected 
by  all  who  knew  him.  His  oldest  son  served  as 
a  lieutenant  in  the  Southern  army,  but  two  others 
fought  for  the  preservation  of  the  Union.  The 
doctor  had  four  brothers  and  three  sisters,  namely : 
J.  Calvin,  who  is  a  minister  of  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Church;  Elizabeth,  deceased;  G. 
Johnson,  a  resident  of  Oklahoma;  Amanda,  wife 
of  Richard  Ridenhour,  of  New  Mexico;  William 
R.,  deceased;  Mary,  wife  of  Julius  H.  Woodford, 
of  Missouri;  and  Charles  F.,  a  resident  of  Austin, 
Nev. 

Reared  in  the  county  of  his  nativity,  Dr. 
Littrell  acquired  his  early  education  in  its 
schools,  but  he  later  entered  the  State  University 
at  Columbia,  Mo.,  where  he  was  graduated  in 
1871.  He  also  took  a  preparatory  medical  course 
in  the  same  institution,  the  department  of  medi- 
cine having  just  been  added.  He  continued  his 
medical  studies  and  later  entered  the  St.  Louis 
Medical  College,  but  did  not  graduate  at  that 
time,  being  engaged  in  practice  for  eight  years 
before  he  again  entered  that  school.  Prior  to  this 
(eight  years)  he  was  in  practice  with  Dr.  Kuhen, 
of  St.  Louis,  and  Dr.  Ward,  of  Johnson  County, 
Mo.,  for  two  years.  In  the  spring  of  1874  he 
came  to  Pueblo  County,  Colo.,  locating  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  present  town  of  Rye,  which  at  that 
time  had  not  been  established,  and  the  country 
round  about  was  all  wild  and  unimproved.  Here 
he  successfully  engaged  in  practice  until  he  re- 
entered  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College,  where  he 
completed  his  studies  and  wasgraduated  in  March, 
1882,  being  better  fitted  for  his  chosen  calling 
than  he  would  have  been  had  he  graduated  some 
years  before  without  any  practical  experience. 
He  immediately  returned  to  Rye,  where  for  a 
quarter  of  a  century  he  has  now  been  engaged  in 
active  practice.  Being  one  of  the  ablest  physi- 
cians of  the  county,  he  enjoys  about  the  largest 
practice  of  any  of  his  professional  brethren  outside 
of  the  city  of  Pueblo,  his  patronage  coming  from 
a  large  territory. 

February  7,  1876,  Dr.  Littrell  married  Miss 
Almira  A.  Woodford,  who  was  born  near  the 
birthplace  of  our  subject,  her  father  being  a  con- 
tractor of  that  locality.  They  now  have  a  family 
of  five  children,  two  sons  and  three  daughters: 
Virda,  wife  of  Charles  Wood,  of  Denver;  Grace, 
Inez,  Harry  and  Charlie,  at  home.  The  family 
have  one  of  the  finest  homes  in  the  community, 
and  the  beautiful  residence  is  well  and  tastefully 
furnished  in  modern  style.  There  hospitality 


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reigns  supreme,  their  many  friends  always  feel- 
ing sure  of  a  hearty  welcome. 

In  his  political  views  Dr.  Littrell  is  a  strong 
Republican,  and  takes  an  active  and  commend- 
able interest  in  public  affairs.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  and  is  a  supporter  of  all  churches.  He 
is  a  man  of  fine  personal  appearance,  is  pleasant 
and  genial  in  manner,  and  very  popular  with  all 
classes  of  people. 

(DQlLLIAM  NORTH,  dealer  in  general  mer- 
\A/  chandise  at  Las  Animas,  was  born  near 
VY  Philipstad,  Sweden,  March  23,  1845,  a 
son  of  Andrew  and  Katrina  (Quornstrom)  Peter- 
son. When  he  was  twelve  years  of  age  he  began 
to  work  in  an  iron  mine  with  his  father,  who  was 
a  miner,  and  he  continued  in  the  same  employ- 
ment until  he  was  twenty-one  years  age.  He 
then  when  to  Norway,  where  he  worked  in  the 
copper  and  feldspar  mines  for  three  years. 

Having  decided  to  seek  a  home  in  the  United 
States,  in  1869  Mr.  North  set  sail  from  Bergen, 
Norway,  on  a  steamer  that  landed  him  in  this 
country  after  a  voyage  of  eleven  days.  Going  as 
far  west  as  Boone  County,  Iowa,  he  secured 
work  in  coal  mines  and  for  eleven  years  con- 
tinued in  the  same  locality.  He  started  there 
without  capital;  in  fact,  after  having  paid  all  of 
his  expenses  from  the  old  country  to  Iowa  he  had 
only  $i  i  left,  but  he  had  good  health  and  an 
abundance  of  determination,  and  did  not  become 
in  the  least  discouraged.  He  was  very  econom- 
ical and  frugal  in  his  habits,  and  saved  much  of 
the  money  earned  in  the  Iowa  mines. 

December  19,  1870,  Mr.  North  married  Miss 
Mary  Anderson,  who  was  born  in  Bergen,  Nor- 
way, in  1852.  He  had  become  acquainted  with 
her  in  Norway  and  they  had  plighted  their  troth 
before  he  came  to  the  United  States.  As  soon  as 
he  could  afford  to  establish  a  home  of  his  own  he 
sent  for  her  and  she  joined  him  in  Boone  County, 
where  they  were  married.  In  1880  he  secured  a 
clerkship  in  a  store  in  Moingona,  Boone  County, 
where  he  was  employed  six  years,  resigning  the 
position  in  order  to  embark  in  business  for  himself. 
He  had  previously  bought  eighty  acres  of  land, 
which  he  improved,  carrying  on  the  management 
of  his  land  in  addition  to  the  superintendence  of 
his  business  interests.  For  one  year  he  had  a 
partner,  but  during  the  other  seven  years  carried 
on  business  alone.  In  1894  he  came  to  Las  Ani- 
nias  and  opened  the  store  which  he  has  since  con- 


ducted. Politically  he  gives  his  allegiance  to  the 
Republican  party.  In  his  native  land  he  attended 
the  Lutheran  Church  and  on  coming  to  the 
United  States  entered  the  membership  of  the  de- 
nomination, in  which  he  has  since  served  both  as 
a  deacon  and  as  church  treasurer.  He  and  his 
wife  are  the  parents  of  nine  children  now  living, 
all  of  whom  were  born  in  Iowa.  They  are  named 
as  follows:  William,  Hilma,  Rebecca,  August, 
Esther,  Hannah,  Martin,  Elizabeth  and  Selma. 
The  family  are  highly  respected  among  the  peo- 
ple of  Las  Animas,  their  home  town. 


FT  LIAS  L-  PARKER.  Coming  to  Colorado 
Yu  in  1889,  Mr.  Parker  assisted  in  the  erection 
L_  of  the  roundhouse  at  Cheyenne  Wells.  In 
the  spring  of  1890  he  bought  a  tract  of  land  seven 
miles  northeast  of  Cheyenne  Wells,  near  the  old 
fort.  The  land  was  then  a  bare,  unimproved 
tract,  with  only  a  small  cash  value;  but  through 
his  energy  and  perseverance,  many  improvements 
have  been  made,  a  good  frame  house  has  been 
built,  barns  erected,  a  windmill  put  up,  and  the 
land  has  been  surrounded  by  good  fencing.  Upon 
this  ranch  he  has  since  engaged  in  raising  cattle 
and  horses. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  Elisha  Parker,  a 
native  of  England,  but  a  resident  of  Ohio  from 
an  early  age,  and  by  occupation  an  agriculturist. 
He  married  Hannah  Rhodes,  a  native  of  Pickaway 
County,  Ohio,  and  daughter  of  George  Rhodes, 
who  was  a  farmer,  and  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1 8 1 2 . 
The  Rhodes  family  removed  from  Pennsylvania 
to  Ohio  in  an  early  day.  Five  children  comprised 
the  family  of  Elisha  and  Hannah  Parker,  those 
besides  our  subject  being  Allen,  a  farmer  of  In- 
diana; Susan,  deceased;  Clarinda,  also  deceased; 
and  Ellen,  wife  of  Benjamin  C.  Drake,  of  Ohio. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Wyandot  County,  Ohio,  in  1838,  and  was  only 
six  years  of  age  when  his  father  died.  His  edu- 
cation was  obtained  in  local  schools  in  his  native 
county.  In  youth  he  learned  the  carpenter's 
trade,  but  the  most  of  his  time  was  devoted  to 
the  cultivation  of  the  home  farm.  In  1885  he 
removed  to  Kansas,  settling  in  Rawlins  County, 
where  for  four  years  he  engaged  in  farming. 
From  there  he  came  to  Colorado  and  has  since 
been  a  resident  of  Cheyenne  County.  Politically 
he  is  a  stanch  Republican,  and  during  the  war 
(from  1862  to  September,  1864)  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fourth  Ohio 
Infantry,  under  Lew  Wallace.  In  1894  he  was 


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elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners of  Cheyenne  County  and  served  for 
one  term.  During  his  residence  in  Ohio  he  was 
actively  identified  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  Odd  Fellows. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Parker,  in  1860,  united 
him  with  Miss  Martha  J.  Harvey,  who  was  born 
in  Marion  County,  Ohio.  When  she  was  a  child, 
she  was  orphaned  by  the  death  of  her  father,  a 
farmer,  who  had  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1812.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parker  have  four  sons  and 
one  daughter,  viz.:  Charles  A.,  William  E., 
Lester  M.,  Edward  H.  and  Princess  A. 


D.  MANN,  dealer  in  hardware,  fur- 
rft  niture,  agricultural  implements,  hay,  grain 
and  coal,  at  Burlington,  Kit  Carson  County, 
came  to  Colorado  in  1886  and  settled  one  and 
one-half  miles  from  the  present  site  of  Burlington. 
At  that  time  there  was  no  railroad,  no  village 
and  no  stores;  in  fact,  for  miles  around,  the  land 
was  utilized  only  for  cattle  ranges.  He  took  up 
a  tract  of  government  land  and,  to  meet  expenses, 
for  a  time  worked  in  the  employ  of  others.  When 
the  town  was  started  he  opened  a  meat  market, 
which  he  conducted  for  four  years,  and  afterward 
he  carried  a  stock  of  dry  goods  and  groceries  for 
a  year.  Since  1892  he  has  carried  on  his  present 
hardware  business,  to  which,  from  time  to  time, 
he  has  added  other  lines,  his  most  recent  addition 
being  an  undertaking  department.  Besides  his 
business  interests  he  has  served  as  trustee  of  the 
town  board  for  four  years,  is  now  treasurer  of  the 
town  and  treasurer  of  the  Burlington  Creamery 
Company. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  are  William  C.  and 
Maria  (Daniels)  Mann,  natives  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  still  residents  of  that  state.  His  father,  who 
has  always  followed  farm  pursuits,  is  a  man  of 
upright  character,  a  member  of  the  Christian 
Church,  and  fraternally  an  Odd  Fellow.  In  his 
family  there  are  three  sons  and  four  daughters. 
Of  these,  Louis  C.  is  engaged  in  the  clothing 
business  at  Everett,  Pa.;  U.  S.  Grant  lives  in 
Pennsylvania;  Christina  Scott  is  the  wife  of  Ver- 
non  Skipper,  of  Tyrone,  Pa. ;  Effie  May  married 
William  Bear,  of  Saltillo,  Pa. ;  Ella  Myrtle  and 
Lydia  A.  are  with  their  parents. 

On  the  home  farm  in  Fulton  County,  Pa., 
where  he  was  born  in  1861,  our  subject  spent  the 
years  of  youth.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  went  to 
Monmouth,  111.,  where  he  worked  for  a  short 


time.  Later  he  was  employed  on  a  farm  near 
Oakland,  111.,  for  a  year.  Going  from  there  to 
Auburn,  Neb.,  he  secured  employment  on  a  farm. 
Afterward  he  engaged  in  farming  in  Colorado  for 
two  years.  He  then  returned  to  Pennsylvania, 
but  after  a  short  visit,  in  1886  he  settled  near  the 
present  site  of  Burlington,  Colo.,  and  has  since 
made  his  home  in  Kit  Carson  County.  The  busi- 
ness enterprise  of  which  he  is  the  head  is  one  of 
the  largest  and  best  in  the  county,  and  the  suc- 
cess of  the  undertaking  proves  that  the  proprietor 
is  a  man  of  good  judgment  and  business  ability. 


0ANIEL  L.  EGGER,  county  judge  of  Archu- 
leta  County  and  manager  of  the  Pagosa 
Springs  Printing  Company,  was  born  in 
Monroe  County,  Ohio,  in  1861,  a  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Baumau)  Egger.  His  education  was 
obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  his  home  neigh- 
borhood, and  after  completing  his  studies  he 
taught  for  four  years  in  country  schools.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-three  he  entered  the  office  of 
the  Monroe  Journal,  where  he  remained  for  three 
years,  meantime  learning  the  printer's  trade.  In 
1887  he  settled  in  Dighton,  Kan.,  where  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  John  C.  Riley,  and 
for  a  year  published  the  Dighton  Herald. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  the  fall  of  1888,  two 
years  later  Mr.  Egger  settled  in  Pagosa  Springs 
and  established  the  Pagosa  Springs  News,  of 
which  he  was  proprietor  and  editor  for  seven 
years.  The  paper  is  issued  weekly  and  has 
become  one  of  the  most  prominent  publications 
of  this  part  of  the  state.  In  1897  he  formed  a 
stock  company  under  the  name  of  the  Pagosa 
Springs  Printing  Company,  of  which  he  was 
elected  treasurer  and  manager.  He  has  been 
the  principal  factor  in  the  building  up  of  the 
paper,  |nd  to  him  its  success  and  popularity 
are  largely  due.  In  addition  to  this  business,  he 
is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres,  devoted  to  stock  and  agriculture, 
and  on  this  place  he  has  raised,  during  the  past 
year  or  two,  the  largest  crops  of  grain  in  the  vi- 
cinity. 

In  the  organization  of  the  Democratic  party  in 
Archuleta  County  Mr.  Egger  was  the  prime 
mover.  Until  1898  he  was  the  only  man  in  the 
county  who  attended  the  state  conventions  of  the 
party.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  incor- 
poration of  the  town  of  Pagosa  Springs,  of  which 
he  was  elected  town  treasurer  and  served  eight 
terms.  In  1892  he  was  chosen  to  serve  as  county 


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judge  and  in  1895  was  re-elected  for  a  second 
term  of  three  years.  In  all  the  political  affairs 
of  the  county  he  has  been  interested  and  influ- 
ential. In  1895  Judge  Russell  appointed  him 
clerk  of  the  district  court,  which  office  he  has 
since  held.  As  a  member  of  the  school  board 
he  has  promoted  the  educational  interests  of  his 
town.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  In  1885  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Adele  Reef,  by  whom  he  has  four 
children,  Leroy  D.,  Marie,  Helen  and  Reef. 


Gl  NTONIO  ARCADIA  SALAZAR,  dealer  in 
LJ  merchandise  and  farm  implements  and  sup- 
/  I  plies  at  San  Luis,  Costilla  County,  was  born 
in  Abiquin,  N.  M.,  in  1848,  a  son  of  Juan  Man- 
uel Salazar.  When  two  years  of  age  he  was  left 
fatherless,  his  father,  a  stockman,  having  been 
killed  by  the  Ute  Indians,  January  i,  1850,  at 
the  same  time  that  thirteen  others  were  mur- 
dered in  retaliation  for  the  murder  of  an  Indian 
by  a  charcoal  manufacturer  named  Bacado.  From 
the  time  that  he  was  eight  years  of  age  he  was 
practically  self-supporting.  His  first  employment 
was  at  sheep-herding.  When  he  was  eleven  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  has  since  made  his  home 
in  the  southern  part  of  this  state.  From  1860  to 
1862  he  was  in  La  Veta,  then  a  small  station  with- 
out settlers,  while  in  the  entire  surrounding  coun- 
try there  were  no  people  except  at  the  Mexican 
town  of  Badito.  In  1863  he  went  to  Cold  Curbert 
Creek,  where  he  engaged  in  ranching. 

November  4,  1864,  Mr.  Salazar  began  to  work 
for  H.  E.  Easterday,  of  San  Luis,  who  owned  a 
store  and  also  built  a  mill  that  is  still  standing. 
At  that  time  he  could  neither  read  nor  write,  but 
seeing  the  necessity  of  mastering  these  elemen- 
tary studies,  he  set  himself  diligently  to  work, 
and  in  thirty  days  had  mastered  them  sufficiently 
to  enable  him  to  transact  the  business.  He  con- 
tinued with  Mr.  Easterday  until  February,  1867, 
when  he  began  to  farm  six  miles  west  of  San 
Luis,  but  after  one  season  he  removed  to  Red 
Rock,  near  Fort  Lyon.  June  i,  1868,  he  returned 
to  San  Luis  and  for  six  years  was  employed  in  a 
store,  after  which,  in  1874,  he  established  a  mer- 
cantile business  on  the  site  of  his  present  store. 
In  1 895  his  store  and  stock  were  burned  by  an 
incendiary,  with  a  loss  of  $15,000.  Immediately 
afterward  he  built  his  present  store,  with  a  front- 
age of  one  hundred  and  fifteen  feet,  and  here  he 
has  one  of  the  largest  stores  in  this  part  of  the 
state.  He  also  owns  several  thousand  acres  of 


grazing  and  farming  land  in  this  county,  and  has 
on  the  range  about  four  hundred  head  of  cattle. 

Various  public  offices  have  been  filled  by  Mr. 
Salazar.  In  1874  he  was  elected  school  superin- 
tendent of  the  county  and  the  following  year  he 
was  chosen  county  judge.  In  1880  he  was  elected 
to  the  legislature,  where  he  served  for  one  term. 
During  that  time  he  was  the  father  of  the  bill  to 
destroy  the  loco  weed,  which  bill  was  passed. 
In  1882  he  was  chosen  to  represent  the  nine- 
teenth senatorial  district  in  the  state  senate.  He 
was  returned  to  the  state  legislature  in  1894  and 
1896,  and  took  part  in  various  measures  pertain- 
ing to  the  welfare  of  his  section  of  the  state  and 
his  countrymen.  He  has  assisted  in  the  building 
of  schoolhouses  and  churches,  and  has  contrib- 
uted to  other  public  projects. 

February  26,  1874,  Mr.  Salazar  married 
Genoveva  Gallegos,  daughter  of  Jose  Dario 
Gallegos.  They  became  the  parents  of  eight  liv- 
ing children,  all  of  whom  have  been  given  col- 
legiate advantages.  They  are:  Rebecca,  the  wife 
of  F.  G.  Lopez,  of  New  Mexico;  Juan  M.,  named 
for  his  grandfather;  Odila,  wife  of  E.  I.  Gonzalez, 
who  lives  in  New  Mexico  within  a  hundred  yards 
of  the  birthplace  of  Mr.  Salazar;  Delfino,  Cedalia, 
Eliza,  Margarita  and  Casilda.  The  family  have 
an  elegant  home  and  are  surrounded  by  every 
comfort  which  ample  means  can  provide. 


(IOHN  A.  MC  DO  WELL,  assessor  of  Prow- 
I  ers  County,  is  one  of  the  prominent  Repub- 
Q)  licans  of  this  section  of  the  state.  From 
early  boyhood  he  has  been  interested  in  politics, 
and  has  supported  enthusiastically  the  principles 
of  his  chosen  party.  In  1897  he  was  nominated 
for  the  office  of  assessor,  and  was  elected  by  a 
majority  of  three  hundred  and  fifty-seven,  which 
is  the  largest  majority  ever  given  here  for  this  of- 
fice. The  duties  of  the  position  he  is  discharging 
with  ability  and  energy,  and  his  term  of  service 
has  been  eminently  satisfactory  to  all. 

A  resident  of  Prowers  County  since  1885,  Mr. 
McDowell  was  bom  in  Venango  County,  Pa., 
October  25,  1851,  a  son  of  James  W.  and  Susan 
B.  (Wingard)  McDowell.  He  remained  on  the 
home  farm  during  boyhood  and  received  such 
educational  advantages  as  the  local  schools  af- 
forded. At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  began  to 
earn  his  own  livelihood,  and  for  a  time  was  em- 
ployed by  others.  The  earnings  thus  made  were 
carefully  invested,  and  he  became  the  owner  of 
several  oil  wells  in  Pennsylvania.  Through  judi- 


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cious  investments  he  secured  a  competence,  and 
was  worth  about  $20,000,  but  the  larger  part  of 
this  he  lost  through  the  manipulations  of  the 
Standard  Oil  Company. 

During  his  residence  in  Pennsylvania,  Mr.  Mc- 
Dowell was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Cline,  a  na- 
tive of  that  state.  In  1880  he  came  west  and  for 
some  years  was  engaged  in  prospecting  and  min- 
ing in  New  Mexico,  from  which  place  he  came  to 
Bent  (now  Prowers)  County  in  1885.  With  no 
capital  to  aid  him  in  starting,  he  pre-empted  land 
three  miles  east  of  Lamar,  and  there  remained 
for  some  years,  giving  his  attention  to  the  culti- 
vation and  improvement  of  the  property.  At  this 
writing  he  owns  three  ranches,  all  in  Prowers 
County.  He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of  four 
children,  namely:  Harry,  who  is  married  and 
lives  in  Lamar,  being  foreman  for  the  Great  Plain 
Storage  Company;  Laura,  who  is  the  wife  of  W. 
A.  Leonard,  of  Lamar;  Raphey,  at  home;  and 
Sadie,  wife  of  N.  N.  McLean. 

Mr.  McDowell  was  made  a  Mason  in  Lamar 
Lodge  No.  90,  to  which  he  now  belongs,  and  he 
is  also  identified  with  Oriental  Chapter,  R.  A.M. 
in  this  place.  The  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
the  Order  of  Maccabees  number  him  among  their 
members.  He  is  one  of  the  progressive  citizens 
of  Lamar,  and  favors  all  plans  for  the  benefit  of 
his  town  and  county. 


REV.  SALVATOR  PERSONS,  superior  of 
the  Order  of  Jesuit  Fathers  at  Trinidad,  was 
born  in  Italy,  December  25,  1833.  He  was 
educated  in  the  best  schools  of  Naples  and  France 
and  at  Frederick  City,  Md. ,  and  was  afforded 
every  advantage  which  ample  means  could  pro- 
vide, or  a  mind,  ambitious  for  knowledge,  could 
suggest.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  collegiate 
course  he  engaged  in  teaching,  and  for  some  time 
was  connected  with  theological  schools  in  France 
and  Italy. 

Desiring  to  undertake  missionary  work  in  the 
new  world,  in  1871  Father  Person^  crossed  the 
Atlantic  to  America  and  studied  for  one  year  at 
Frederick  City,  Md.  His  first  assignment  was  in 
New  Mexico,  where  he  built  Las  Vegas  College, 
and  of  this  institution  he  continued  to  be  presi- 
dent for  eleven  years.  In  1888  the  Jesuit  Fath- 
ers transferred  the  college  to  Denver,  in  which 
city  he  founded  and  opened  a  new  school,  and  of 
this  he  remained  president  for  four  years.  Dur- 
ing the  entire  time  of  his  educational  work  he 
continued  to  be  deeply  interested  in  missionary 


efforts,  and  frequently  visited  remote  districts, 
where  he  ministered  to  the  spiritual  welfare  of 
the  Roman  Catholics. 

In  1892  Father  Person^  accepted  the  position 
he  now  holds,  that  of  superior  of  the  Jesuit  priests 
ofLasAnimas  County,  which  embraces  twenty- 
two  different  chapels.  For  the  responsibilities  of 
his  holy  office  his  long  years  of  training  and 
practical  work  admirably  qualify  him.  For  forty- 
five  years  he  has  given  himself  wholly  to  Chris- 
tian labors,  and  the  famous  order  to  which  he  be- 
longs has  no  representative  more  faithful  or  self- 
sacrificing  than  Father  Person^. 


HON.  JOSEPH  E.  REYNOLDS,  who  came 
to  his  present  farm  in  1882,  secured  a  home- 
stead grant  of  two  hundred  and  eighty 
acres,  and  afterward,  by  purchase,  added  to  the 
estate  until  he  is  now  the  owner  of  seven  hundred 
and  twenty  acres,  improved  with  good  buildings 
and  containing  the  necessary  equipments  of  a 
model  farm.  The  ranch  stands  on  section  6,  town- 
ship 12,  range  67  west,  one  and  three-quarters 
miles  northeast  of  Husted,  El  Paso  County.  In 
politics  he  has  adhered  to  the  Republican  party 
from  youth,  and  cast  his  first  vote  for  Abraham 
Lincoln.  Elected  to  the  eighth  and  ninth  gen- 
eral assemblies  of  the  state  legislature,  he  served 
as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  appropriations, 
as  member  of  the  committees  on  the  World's 
Fair,  state  institutions,  corporations  and  railroads, 
and  took  an  active  part  in  securing  the  passage 
of  various  important  bills.  He  was  chief  of  the 
Colorado  Horticultural  Department  at  the  World's 
Fair.  He  was  a  member  of  the  extra  session 
called  by  Governor  Waite.  He  introduced  the 
bill  and  secured  its  passage  for  building  the  state 
reservoir  at  Monument. 

In  Westmoreland  County,  Pa.,  Mr.  Reynolds 
was  born  November  25,  1844,  a  son  of  Levi  and 
Eliza  (Norris)  Reynolds.  His  father,  who  was 
born  in  Cecil  County,  Md.,  of  Quaker  parentage, 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  removed  to 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  met  and  married  Miss 
Norris,  and  they  continued  to  reside  in  West- 
moreland County  until  death.  They  were  the 
parents  of  three  children :  Joseph  E.;  Levi,  who 
is  a  farmer,  carpenter  and  owner  of  a  sawmill, 
and  also  owns  the  old  homestead;  and  Eliza  Jane, 
who  married  EHas  Moose  and  lives  in  Indiana 
County,  Pa. 

When  about  fourteen  years  of  age  our  subject 
began  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade,  under  his 


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father's  instruction.  In  September,  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  I,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- 
fifth  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  afterward  known  as 
Pearson's  Zouaves.  He  participated  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Antietam,  Federicksburg,  Chancellors- 
ville  and  Gettysburg,  but  afteward  fell  a  victim 
to  typhoid  fever,  and  was  very  ill  for  months. 
When  able  to  leave  the  hospital  he  was  detailed 
to  carpenter's  work;  but  after  a  time  was  able  to 
go  to  the  front,  and  participated  in  other  engage- 
ments. While  in  the  hospital  he  took  advantage 
of  night  school  and  as  a  result  of  his  studies 
there  was  successful  in  passing  the  examination 
entitling  him  to  a  lieutenant's  commission  in  a 
company  of  colored  troops,  but  before  he  began  to 
act  in  that  office  the  war  closed.  He  was  twice 
wounded  in  battle,  once  at  Gettysburg,  where  he 
received  a  flesh  wound  in  the  left  arm,  and  once 
at  Chancellorsville,  where  he  received  another 
flesh  wound  and  had  his  overcoat  shot  full  of 
holes.  He  took  part  in  the  grand  review. 

On  returning  home  at  the  end  of  the  war  Mr. 
Reynolds  began  life  as  a  farmer  and  carpenter. 
In  1866  he  went  to  Omaha,  where  he  worked  on 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  having  charge  of  a 
force  detailed  to  build  tanks  and  windmills, 
building  all  of  these  west  of  Sherman,  Wyo. ,  to 
Salt  Lake,  and  a  number  east  of  Sherman.  Af- 
ter two  years  on  the  Union  Pacific  he  went  back 
east.  December  23,  1869,  he  married  Miss  Sarah 
Ann  McConnell,  who  was  born  in  Westmoreland 
County,  Pa.,  a  daughter  of  D.  K.  and  Harriet 
(Sloan)  McConnell. 

After  four  years  in  Pennsylvania  Mr.  Reynolds 
came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  time  was  sawyer 
for  Sloan's  sawmill  in  Denver,  but  after  two  years 
moved  to  the  divide  and  worked  in  sawmills 
there.  In  1882  he  came  to  the  farm  where  he 
has  since  resided,  and  during  the  same  year  he 
built  a  substantial  residence.  He  and  his  wife 
have  had  six  children:  Frank,  who  was  born  in 
Westmoreland  County,  Pa.;  Olive,  born  in  Den- 
ver; Harriet,  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania; 
Mary,  who  was  born  in  El  Paso  County;  Minnie, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  seven  and  one-half 
months;  and  Raymond,  who  was  born  on  the  home 
farm.  In  religion  Mr.  Reynolds  is  a  believer  in 
Quaker  doctrines.  While  in  Pennsylvania  he  was 
made  a  Mason,  and  there  took  three  degrees.  In 
Omaha  he  took  the  Chapter,  Council  and  Com- 
mandery  degrees,  and  in  Colorado  he  has  taken 
the  Shriner  and  Scottish  Rite  degrees,  up  to  the 
thirty -second. 


HOMAS  B.  MITCHELL,  proprietor  of  the 
Mitchell  house,  at  Fountain,  El  Paso 
County,  was  born  in  Holmes  County,  Ohio, 
March  3,  1829,  a  son  of  Alexander  and  Eleanor 
(Beattie)  Mitchell,  natives  respectively  of  County 
Donegal,  Ireland,  and  Washington  County,  Pa. 
His  father,  who  crossed  the  ocean  at  eighteen 
years  of  age,  was  married  in  Holmes  County, 
Ohio,  and  continued  to  reside  there,  upon  a  farm, 
until  within  a  few  years  of  his  death,  when  he 
removed  to  Jefferson  County,  Iowa.  He  died 
near  Fairfield  and  is  buried  there,  by  the  side  of 
his  wife,  whose  death  occurred  within  a  month 
of  his  own.  He  was  about  seventy-five  years  of 
age.  Of  his  family  of  nine  children,  eight  at- 
tained mature  years,  but  only  two  are  now  living, 
Thomas  B.,  and  Alexander,  who  is  in  Fairfield, 
Iowa. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  was  third 
among  the  nine  children  in  the  family,  passed  his 
boyhood  years  in  Holmes  County  and  received  a 
fair  common-school  education  there.  At  twenty 
years  of  age  he  began  to  work  upon  a  farm,  re- 
ceiving $9  a  month.  His  health,  however,  could 
not  endure  the  strain  of  farm  work,  and  when  he 
was  twenty-two  he  turned  his  attention  to  the 
shoemaker's  trade,  opening  a  shoe  store  and  hir- 
ing men,  at  the  same  time  learning  the  trade. 
After  two  or  three  years  at  the  trade  in  Ohio  he 
went  to  Iowa,  in  1858,  and  settled  in  Cedar 
County,  where  he  entered  government  land  and 
improved  a  farm. 

January  18,  1860,  Mr.  Mitchell  married  Miss 
Margaret  Tidball,  who  was  born  and  reared  in 
Holmes  County,  Ohio,  and  had  been  his  friend 
from  childhood.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Margaret  (Thompson)  Tidball,  who  were 
probably  natives  of  Washington  County,  Pa. 
Her  paternal  ancestors  came  from  England,  but 
were  of  Scotch  descent.  Her  mother  died  when 
she  was  three  years  of  age  and  her  father  when 
she  was  fourteen.  Though  reared  in  the  Presby- 
terian faith,  both  she  and  her  husband  are  now 
identified  with  the  Christian  Church,  in  which  he 
is  serving  as  a  deacon.  They  have  only  one  liv- 
ing child,  Minnie,  who  was  born  in  Cedar  Coun- 
ty, Iowa,  and  became  the  wife  of  Elliott  H.  Kirk 
in  1888.  There  are  two  grandchildren,  Howard 
Earl  and  Margaret,  of  whom  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Mitchell  are  very  proud. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Mitchell  went  to  Iowa 
and  engaged  in  farming.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in 
Company  G,  Thirty-first  Iowa  Infantry,  which 


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was  sent  along  the  Mississippi.  However,  the 
exposure  and  hardships  of  army  life  undermined 
his  health  to  such  an  extent  that  he  was  able  to 
do  but  little  active  duty.  He  was  sick  in  the  hos- 
pital while  Vicksburg  was  being  stormed,  later 
was  transferred  to  the  hospital  at  Jefferson  Bar- 
racks, Mo. ,  and  finally  to  the  Keokuk  Hospital. 
While  there  he  was  discharged  from  the  service, 
on  account  of  general  disability.  Meantime  his 
wife  had  returned  to  Ohio,  and  he  joined  her 
there,  but  after  a  few  months  went  back  to  Cedar 
County  and  resumed  farming.  In  1866  he  re- 
moved to  the  vicinity  of  Fairfield,  where  he  made 
his  home  with  his  parents,  in  order  to  take  care  of 
them.  Finally  his  own  health  became  so  poor 
that  he  was  obliged  to  seek  a  more  pleasant  cli- 
mate. He  came  to  Colorado  in  1871  and  engaged 
in  farming,  buying  and  entering  land,  and  carry- 
ing on  a  farm  for  several  years.  Meantime  he 
moved  to  his  present  home  in  1872.  From  time 
to  time  he  has  added  to  his  house,  and  finally 
entered  the  hotel  business,  in  order  to  accommo- 
date the  need  for  such  a  place  here. 

From  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party 
Mr.  Mitchell  has  been  firm  in  his  allegiance  to  its 
principles.  He  voted  for  Scott  in  1852  and  has 
supported  every  Republican  candidate  since  that 
time.  He  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  in 
Fountain  and  was  successful  in  settling,  before 
they  were  taken  to  trial,  all  but  a  very  few  out  of 
the  many  cases  brought  to  him.  While  in  Fair- 
field,  Iowa,  he  was  identified  with  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  Mr.  Mitchell  has  met 
with  fair  success  in  life;  this,  too,  in  spite  of  the 
fact  that  he  began  for  himself  without  means, 
and  by  his  industry  and  perseverance,  with  no 
aid  except  that  given  him  by  his  capable  wife, 
has  gained  a  competence  and  provided  his  family 
with  all  the  comforts  of  life. 


(JOHN  WOLFE,  a  retired  farmer  and  miner, 
I  resides  one  mile  west  of  Ivywild,  on  the 
Q)  Cheyenne  Canon  road,  in  El  Paso  County, 
and  two  miles  from  the  Cheyenne  mountains. 
Here  at  one  time  he  had  four  hundred  and  eighty 
acres,  a  part  of  which  he  had  bought  as  a  squat- 
ter's claim  from  William  Hawbert,  the  original 
settler.  After  working  in  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Hawbert  for  a  time  Mr.  Wolfe  bought  his  right 
to  the  laud  in  the  winter  of  1863.  He  home- 
steaded  the  property  and  his  deed  bears  the  sig- 
nature of  the  president  of  the  United  States, 
Ulysses  S.  Grant. 


Born  in  Harrison  County,  Ohio,  December  22, 
1832,  our  subject  was  a  son  of  Thomas  L-  and 
Mary  (Kelly)  Wolfe.  His  father,  who  was  a 
farmer,  removed  to  Jefferson  County,  Ohio, when 
our  subject  was  five  years  of  age,  and  two  years 
later  he  went  to  Clayton  County,  Iowa,  entering 
land  there  from  the  government,  and  continuing 
to  reside  there  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
Our  subject  received  such  advantages  as  the 
schools  in  Jefferson  County  afforded.  He  had 
also  the  advantage  of  instruction  from  his  father, 
who  was  a  school  teacher  as  well  as  a  farmer,  and 
trained  his  son  carefully  at  home. 

In  Iowa  Mr.  Wolfe,  with  his  father  and 
brother,  entered  land,  which  they  owned  and  op- 
erated in  partnership.  In  1860  he  and  a  broth- 
er-in-law, 'William  Sturm,  came  to  Colorado, 
spending  two  months  on  the  road  and  making 
the  trip  with  ox-teams.  Soon  after  he  reached 
Denver  he  was  taken  ill  with  black  tongue  fever, 
and  for  three  months  was  confined  to  his  bed. 
His  long  sickness  consumed  all  of  his  money, and 
by  the  time  he  was  able  to  resume  work  he  had 
only  a  half-dollar  left.  Meantime  his  brother- 
in-law  had  gone  to  the  mountains,  and  when  he 
returned  to  Denver,  our  subject  having  secured 
employment  as  cook  in  a  camp,  he  was  not  able  to 
find  him,  so  concluded  he  was  dead  and  buried. 
Thinking,  however,  there  might  be  a  possibility 
of  the  reverse  being  true,  he  left  a  letter  in  the 
postoffice.  As  soon  as  our  subject  received  the 
letter  he  immediately  started  for  the  mountains. 
The  trip  was  a  lonely  one.  All  the  way  from 
Denver  to  the  mines  he  met  but  one  man.  At 
night  he  slept  beneath  the  open  sky,  rising  in 
the  morning  to  pursue  his  journey.  When  at 
last  he  reached  the  mines-  he  worked  at  first  in  a 
small  store,  it  being  then  too  cold  to  engage  in 
mining.  Later  he  went  to  the  camp  at  Brecken- 
ridge,  and  during  the  summer  engaged  in  min- 
ing, but  in  the  winter  proceeded  to  Georgia 
Gulch,  where  he  remained  some  months.  In  the 
summer  of  the  next  year  he  began  mining  for 
himself.  During  the  following  winter  he  worked 
by  the  day  and  laid  the  foundation  of  the  money 
he  afterward  used  in  the  purchase  of  a  farm. 
Turning  his  attention  to  farming,  as  prices  were 
good,  he  was  successful  from  the  first. 

In  1864  Mr.  Wolfe  enlisted  in  Company  G, 
Third  Colorado  Cavalry,  under  Colonel  Shoup, 
and  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  service  against 
the  Indians.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Sand 
Creek.  Indians  were  at  that  time  very  hostile, 


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and  he  saw  one  savage  who  had  the  scalps  of 
fourteen  white  men.  Mr.  Wolfe  terminated  his 
wicked  career  by  shooting  him,  but  he  could  not 
complete  the  revenge  by  scalping  him,  as  such 
methods  were  too  barbarous  to  suit  him.  In  1865 
he  returned  to  Iowa  and  spent  the  winter.  On 
his  return  he  gave  his  attention  to  farming.  In 

1877  he  went  to  the  Black  Hills   in  Dakota,  but 
was  not  very  successful,  as  Indians  were  trouble- 
some and  made  it  almost  impossible  to  work.    In 

1878  he  went  to  Leadville,  where  he  worked  for 
some  time  and  was  fairly  successful.     Ever  since 
then  he  has  been  interested  in  mining.     In  polit- 
ical matters  he  is  a  Republican. 

January  16,  1894,  Mr.  Wolfe  married  Mrs. 
Mary  Worrell,  n6e  Harland,  whom  he  had 
known  for  twenty-four  years.  She  was  born  in 
Richland,  Keokuk  County,  Iowa,  a  daughter  of 
Carter  S.  and  Nancy  (Yates)  Harland.  She  was 
fourteen  years  of  age  when  she  accompanied  her 
parents  from  Iowa  to  Colorado.  Her  first  mar- 
riage, which  took  place  in  Colorado  Springs  in 
1876,  united  her  with  W.  H.  Worrell,  who  died 
in  1889.  She  is  a  well-educated  lady,  and  was  a 
graduate  of  the  high  school  at  Richland,  Iowa, 
after  which  she  taught  school  for  one  year  in  Iowa 
and  two  years  in  Colorado. 


HON.  EMRI  ALLEN  SMITH  owns  four 
hundred  acres  of  irrigated  and  improved 
land  lying  on  Fountain  Creek,  section  24, 
township  15,  range  66  west,  three  miles  north  of 
Fountain,  El  Paso  County.  This  property  he 
secured  shortly  after  his  arrival  in  Colorado  in 
1865,  and  here  he  has  since  made  his  home.  The 
family  of  which  he  is  a  member  has  been  repre- 
sented in  America  since  early  colonial  days,  the 
first  of  the  name  here  having  come  from  either 
England  or  Wales.  His  paternal  grandfather, 
Thomas  Smith,  who  was  a  Virginian,  planter, 
served  through  the  entire  period  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary war. 

Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  Loudoun  County,  Va., 
July  30,  1829,  a  son  of  James  Martin  and  Mary  S. 
(Berry)  Smith.  His  father,  who  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation,  also  in  early  life  engaged  in  trad- 
ing with  flatboats  in  the  south.  About  1833  he 
removed  to  Belmont  County,  Ohio,  where  he  be- 
came the  owner  of  several  hundred  acres  and  a 
man  of  wealth.  In  that  county  he  remained  until 
his  death.  He  was  the  father  of  a  large  family, 
but  only  four  are  now  living,  and  three  of  these 
reside  in  Belmont  County.  Our  subject  attended 


the  local  public  schools  and  later  studied  in  an 
academy  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  which  was  just 
across  the  river  from  his  home.  He  remained  with 
his  parents  until  he  married,  at  twenty-two  years 
of  age.  That  event,  which  took  place  September 
20,  1851,  united  him  with  Miss  Judith  Cell,  who 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania  December  29,  1829, 
accompanied  her  parents  to  Guernsey  County, 
Ohio,  and  later  to  Belmont  County,  where  she  be- 
came acquained  with  Mr.  Smith.  Afterward  she 
went  with  her  parents  to  Ben  ton  County,  Ind., 
where  she  was  married.  She  is  a  sister  of  David 
and  Joseph  Cell,  in  Whose  biographies  the  family 
history  appears. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Smith  settled  upon  the 
old  Ohio  homestead,  but  soon  removed  to  Benton 
County,  Ind.,  and  in  the  spring  of  1855  settled  in 
Knox  County,  Mo.,  where  he  practiced  law. 
During  his  residence  in  Ohio  he  had  read  law 
and  gained  a  fair  knowledge  of  jurisprudence, 
and  his  readings  were  continued  in  Indiana  and 
Missouri.  Just  before  the  outbreak  of  the  war 
he  went  to  Mississippi,  looking  for  a  suitable 
location.  He  remained  there  about  eighteen 
mouths,  when  he  made  his  way  back  through  the 
lines  to  his  family  in  Missouri.  At  the  close  of 
the  war,  in  1865,  he  started  for  southern  Colo- 
rado, driving  across  the  plains  with  a  four-horse 
team,  accompanied  by  his  family.  The  trip  took 
about  six  weeks.  At  that  time  Indians  were 
very  troublesome  and  white  emigrants  were  in 
great  danger,  especially  when  they  traveled  in 
small  parties. 

Filing  a  claim  on  a  tract  of  land  Mr.  Smith 
settled  in  El  Paso  County,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided. In  politics  he  is  somewhat  independent, 
although  his  father  was  a  Henry  Clay  Whig  and 
later  a  Jacksonian  Democrat.  While  living  in 
Indiana  he  was  appointed  circuit  judge  to  fill  a 
vacancy  and  held  the  office  during  two  terms  of 
court.  Since  coming  to  Colorado  he  has  been 
nominated  for  county  judge,  but  the  Democratic 
party,  which  nominated  him,  is  in  the  minority 
here.  In  1856  he  became  a  member  of  Edina 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  Knpx  County,  Mo. 
After  coming  west  he  assisted  in  organizing  El 
Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  Colorado 
City,  of  which  he  is  still  a  member. 

The  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  was  com- 
posed of  eight  children.  The  first-born,  Arthur 
A.,  died  in  infancy  and  was  buried  in  Oxford, 
Ind.  Mary,  who  was  well  educated  and  became 
a  teacher,  died  in  El  Paso  County  and  is  buried 


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in  the  Fountain  cemetery.  Amelia  married 
Herbert  Cell  and  died  iu  Kansas,  leaving  five  chil- 
dren. Alveretta  is  the  wife  of  William  P.  John- 
son, and  has  three  children;  they  reside  on  her 
father's  farm.  Charles  H.,  who  is  a  lawyer  by 
profession,  went  to  Central  America  as  manager 
for  a  coffee  plantation  there.  Robert  L.  resides 
with  his  parents.  William  E. ,  who  lives  in  Knox 
County,  Mo. ,  is  married  and  has  four  children. 
Grace,  who  married  David  G.  Stoddard,  resides 
in  El  Paso  County,  near  Table  Rock. 


(JOHN  S.  HUNT,  a  popular  and  rising  attor- 
I  ney  of  Colorado  Springs,  is  engaged  in  the 
(*/  practice  of  civil,  corporation  and  mining  law, 
and  is  acting  as  counsel  for  a  number  of  mining 
companies  in  the  Cripple  Creek  region,  as  well 
as  for  other  corporations.  He  came  to  this  city 
in  the  fall  of  1892  and  associated  himself  with 
T.  H.  Edsall,  of  the  firm  of  Pattison,  Edsall  & 
Hobson.  Since  the  death  of  Mr.  Edsall  he  has 
engaged  in  practice  for  himself,  and  has  repre- 
sented the  firm  of  Pattison,  Waldron  &  Devine, 
attorneys,  of  Denver. 

The  Hunt  family  is  of  English  descent,  but 
was  represented  in  this  country  at  an  early  day, 
its  members  living  at  Hunt's  Point,  Long  Island. 
The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Ward  Hunt,  was 
a  son  of  Montgomery  Hunt,  who  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Utica,  N.  Y. ,  and  became  the  first 
cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Utica  (now  the  First 
National  Bank).  Ward  Hunt,  who  was  born  in 
Utica,  N.  Y.,  graduated  from  Union  College  at 
Schenectady,  and  in  1872  was  appointed  by  Pres- 
ident Grant  associate  justice  of  the  United  States 
supreme  court,  prior  to  which  he  had  served  as 
judge  of  the  court  of  appeals  of  New  York  state. 
He  was  an  intimate  personal  friend  of  the  illus- 
trious statesman,  Roscoe  Conkling.  He  contin- 
ued to  serve  on  the  bench  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1885. 

Ward  Hunt,  Jr.,  father  of  our  subject,  was 
born  in  Utica,  and  graduated  from  Hamilton 
College.  He  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in 
his  native  city  until  1885,  when  ill  health  caused 
him  to  remove  to  Colorado.  He  is  now  living 
retired  in  Colorado  Springs.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Mason.  His  wife,  who  was  Annette  Taylor,  a 
native  of  Utica,  was  a  daughter  of  Hon.  William 
B.  Taylor,  who  was  born  in  Utica,  served  for 
several  years  as  state  engineer,  and  was  a  well- 
known  civil  engineer,  practicing  for  years.  Gen. 
Chester  A.  Arthur  was  one  of  his  intimate  friends, 

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He  died  in  Utica  in  1894,  at  seventy-one  years. 
His  father  was  a  native  of  England  and  emigrated 
from  there  to  New  York.  The  mother  of  Ward 
Hunt,  Jr.,  was  Ann  Savage,  daughter  of  Judge 
John  Savage,  of  Salem,  Washington  County, 
N.  Y.,  who  was  judge  of  the  New  York  court  of 
appeals  for  many  years  and  also  chief  justice;  his 
father,  who  was  a  member  of  a  Vermont  family, 
served  as  an  officer  in  the  Revolution  and  after- 
ward was  elected  sheriff  of  Washington  County. 
The  only  child  of  his  parents,  our  subject  was 
born  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  May  16,  1866.  He  gradu- 
ated from  the  Utica  free  academy  in  1883  and 
from  Amherst  College  in  1887  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Alpha  Delta 
Phi  Society  and  is  still  identified  with  the  alumni 
association.  His  father  had  removed  to  Colo- 
rado, but  he  remained  in  the  old  office  in  Utica, 
where  he  studied  law.  He  then  spent  one  year 
at  the  Columbia  Law  School  in  New  York  City. 
In  1889  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  New  York 
and  opened  an  office  on  Wall,  and  afterwards  on 
Cedar  street,  New  York  City,  where  he  remained 
until  his  removal  to  Colorado  Springs  in  the  fall 
of  1892.  He  is  a  member  of  the  El  Paso  and 
Country  Clubs,  and  politically  is  active  in  his 
support  of  Republican  principles. 


(I  AMES  H.  SHUMATE,  who  is  a  progressive 
I  farmer  of  El  Paso  County,  owns  and  operates 
Q)  a  ranch  on  section  13,  township  12,  range  67 
west,  near  the  village  of  Husted.  He  was  born 
in  Monroe  County,  W.  Va.,  May  19,  1841,  a  son 
of  George  W.  and  Nancy  A.  (Martin)  Shumate. 
His  father,  who  was  a  native  of  the  same  county, 
descended  from  a  pioneer  family,  and  his  mother 
was  born  in  the  adjoining  county  of  Mercer. 
When  he  was  thirteen  years  of  age  his  parents 
sold  out  and  in  1854  removed  to  Ray  County,  Mo. , 
but  before  they  were  settled  in  their  new  home 
both  died  of  cholera,  within  six  days  of  each 
other.  They  left  six  children,  the  eldest  of  whom 
was  fifteen  and  the  youngest  three.  It  was  im- 
possible to  keep  the  family  together,  and  the  chil- 
dren were  soon  scattered.  Three  boys  were  taken 
into  the  home  of  an  uncle,  while  the  three  girls 
were  taken  by  another  uncle.  James,  being  next 
to  the  oldest  of  the  family,  soon  began  to  work 
out,  and  with  the  wages  he  received  assisted  in 
the  support  of  his  sisters.  He  had  few  opportu- 
nities to  attend  school,  but  learned  to  read,  write 
and  cipher. 

In  1860,  at  the  time  of  the  great  pike's  Peak 


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excitement,  Mr.  Shumate  [came  to  Colorado, 
driving  a  team  of  six  yoke  of  cattle,  and  spending 
six  weeks  on  the  road.  While  at  the  Little  Blue, 
in  Nebraska,  he  witnessed  a  battle  between  two 
tribes  of  Indians,  remaining  the  entire  day  to  wit- 
ness the  conflict  and  giving  shelter  to  an  Indian 
who  claimed  to  be  a  doctor.  In  the  fall  he  reached 
Denver,  but  after  six  days  started  back  east. 
The  following  year  he  made  two  trips,  taking  the 
route  along  the  Arkansas  River  by  Fort  Lyons. 

In  Andrew,  Mo.,  September  22,  1863,  Mr. 
Shumate  married  Miss  Margaret  E.  McElroy,with 
whom  he  had  become  acquainted  in  1860.  She 
was  born  in  Lafayette  County,  Mo.,  a  daughter 
of  David  B.  and  GulaE.  (Howell)  McElroy,  who 
were  born  and  reared  in  Tennessee,  but  eloped 
and  were  married  in  Missouri.  In  the  spring  of 
1864  Mr.  Shumate  and  his  wife  crossed  the  plains 
with  a  horse-team,  spending  five  weeks  on  the 
way.  They  spent  one  year  in  Central  City,  and 
then  he  rented  a  ranch  four  miles  north  of  Denver, 
where  he  raised  potatoes.  These  he  sold  in  Cen- 
tral City  for  fifty  cents  a  pound  or  $400  for  eight 
hundred  pounds,  his  crop  bringing  him  $3,200 
the  first  year.  In  the  fall  of  1865,  owing  to  the 
death  of  his  wife's  sister  and  the  poor  health  of 
her  father,  they  drove  back  to  Missouri.  It  was 
their  intention  to  return  in  the  spring  of  1866, 
with  cows,  but  they  were  persuaded  to  remain  in 
Missouri.  Accordingly  they  bought  a  farm  and 
remained  until  1873. 

However,  Mr.  Shumate  was  not  content  there, 
and  in  1873  he  drove  a  bunch  of  cattle  across  the 
plains  and  settled  on  the  farm  where  he  now  lives. 
By  homesteading  and  purchasing  land  he  accu- 
mulated fourteen  hundred  acres,  some  of  which 
he  has  since  traded  for  Denver  property,  and  now 
owns  four  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  He  and  his 
wife  have  no  children  of  their  own,  but  adopted  a 
son  of  Mrs.  Shumate's  brother.  This  boy,  Val- 
dimir  Shumate,  was  born  in  El  Paso  County, 
November  7,  1883,  a  son  of  William  and  Susan 
(Shelley)  McElroy.  His  mother  died  when  he 
was  a  few  days  old  and  his  father  when  he  was 
thirteen  years  of  age,  after  which  he  was  adopted 
by  Mr.  Shumate,  with  whom  he  had  been  since 
infancy. 

When  Mr.  Shumate  homesteaded  his  present 
property  it  was  wild  land.  He  built  a  log  room, 
14x16,  where  he  lived  for  a  year,  then  put  up 
another  room.  He  carried  on  a  dairy  and  for  five 
years  supplied  the  hotel  at  Manitou  with  butter. 
In  1879  he  started  a  store  at  what  is  now  Husted, 


where  he  built  a  good  house  and  lived  for  a  few 
years.  In  the  summers  of  1881  and  1882  he  sold 
$70,000  worth  of  goods,  and  at  the  same  time 
acted  as  postmaster,  filling  that  position  for  six 
years.  In  the  winter  of  1885-86  he  bought  prop- 
erty in  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  resided  for 
two  years,  returning  from  there  to  his  ranch. 
Two  years  later  he  again  went  to  the  city,  where 
he  remained  for  two  years.  In  1892  he  returned 
to  the  ranch,  where  he  has  since  resided,  engag- 
ing in  general  farm  pursuits.  Politically  he  is  a 
Democrat.  Reared  in  the  Baptist  faith,  he  has 
continued  connected  with  that  denomination  and 
is  serving  the  Husted  Baptist  Church  as  clerk  and 
trustee. 


ARCUS  BARRETT  CORBIN,  deceased, 
homesteaded  a  tract  of  land  in  1870,  near 
Fountain,  El  Paso  County.  Afterward, 
from  time  to  time,  he  made  improvements  to  the 
place  and  increased  its  value  by  his  thrifty  man- 
agement. By  additional  purchase  he  became 
the  owner  of  eleven  hundred  acres,  which  he  de- 
voted principally  to  stock-raising,  although  to 
some  extent  he  engaged  in  general  farm  pursuits. 
He  was  born  at  Dudley,  Mass.,  November  2, 
1829,  a  son  of  Joshua  and  Almira  (Barrett)  Cor- 
bin,  and  a  grandson  of  John  Joshua  Corbin,  a 
Revolutionary  soldier.  The  first  ten  years  of  his 
life  were  passed  uneventfully  in  the  factory  vil- 
lage where  he  made  his  home.  His  parents 
being  poor,  he  secured  work  in  a  factory  and  in 
that  way  assisted  in  his  support.  At  twelve 
years  of  age  he  went  to  make  his  home  with  an 
uncle,  who  was  well-to-do,  and  who  owned  a 
farm  in  Dudley.  There  he  spent  the  years  of 
youth.  He  was  apprenticed  to  the  millwright's 
trade,  at  which  he  served  until  he  had  mastered 
the  occupation.  Afterward  he  went  to  Wiscon- 
sin and  worked  in  a  lumber  yard,  also  for  a  time 
in  the  pineries,  then  farmed  in  Rock  County. 

During  the  short  time  he  spent  in  Rock  Coun- 
ty Mr.  Corbin  became  acquainted  with  Miss 
Mary  L-  Warren,  whom  he  married  September 
27>  J853-  Soon  afterward  he  removed  to  Pea 
Ridge,  Sank  County,  where  he  bought  govern- 
ment land  and  engaged  in  farming.  About  1857 
he  sold  that  place  and  moved  to  Nebraska,  where 
he  settled  near  Nebraska  City  and  carried  on 
agricultural  pursuits.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  service  as  a  cav- 
alryman and  served  about  eighteen  months.  In 
1870  he  came  to  Colorado,  making  the  trip  by 


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railroad  to  Evans  and  from  there  to  Denver, 
thence  to  Pueblo,  where  he  bought  town  lots. 
After  one  summer  there  he  homesteaded  the  claim 
in  El  Paso  County  where  his  widow  now  resides. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Corbin  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children,  of  whom  four  are  now  living.  Belle, 
who  was  born  near  Nebraska  City,  Neb.,  is  the 
wife  of  Curtis  Hutchin  and  has  five  children; 
they  live  at  Cedar  Hill,  N.  M.  Edith,  who  was 
born  in  Nebraska,  married  Van  E.  Rouse,  of 
Colorado  Springs,  and  they  have  one  child. 
Stanley,  who  was  born  in  Nebraska,  is  married 
and  resides  in  Fountain.  May,  who  was  born  in 
Fountain,  is  the  wife  of  Homer  West. 

Politically  Mr.  Corbin  inclined  toward  the  plat- 
form of  the  Republican  party,  although  his  strong 
temperance  principles  made  him  a  sympathizer 
with  the  Prohibitionists.  He  and  his  wife  were 
both  reared  in  the  Baptist  faith  and  he  served  as 
a  deacon  in  that  denomination.  At  one  time  he 
was  actively  identified  with  the  Odd  Fellows. 
His  death  occurred  May  19,  1896,  mourned  by 
the  many  friends  whom  he  had  won  during  the 
years  of  his  residence  in  El  Paso  County  and  who 
realized  that,  in  his  death,  one  of  their  best  citi- 
zens was  gone.  His  body  was  laid  to  rest  in 
Fountain  cemetery. 

Mrs.  Corbin  was  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Warren,  who  was  born  in  Canaan,  N.  Y.  In 
West  Stockbridge,  Mass. ,  he  married  Laura  Ann 
Fitch,  who  was  born  in  that  state.  For  several 
years  they  resided  in  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  where  Mr. 
Warren  engaged  in  the  monument  business. 
From  that  city  he  brought  his  family  west  as  far 
as  Wisconsin,  about  1845,  'and  there  he  spent  his 
declining  years  upon  a  farm.  A  few  months  be- 
fore his  death  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  here  he 
passed  away  at  th.e  age  of  eighty-four  years.  His 
remains  were  taken  to  Wisconsin  and  laid  to  rest 
by  the  side  of  his  wife's  body  at  Newark.  His 
first  wife,  who  was  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Corbin, 
died  when  the  latter  was  four  years  of  age  and 
was  buried  at  Palmyra,  N.  Y. 


(7}YLVESTER  M.  BUZZARD,  a  pioneer  of 
?\  1862,  owns  and  occupies  a  ranch  on  section 
ViJ/  26,  township  13,  range  64  west,  seven  miles 
southeast  of  Falcon,  El  Paso  County.  He  has 
been  a  witness  of  all  the  changes  wrought  in  this 
section  of  country  since  pioneer  days  and  endured 
the  hardships  incident  to  frontier  life.  During 
the  early  days  Indians  were  very  troublesome 
and  frequently  the  settlers  were  in  peril  of  their 


lives.  At  the  time  of  the  Indian  raid  in  1868  the 
people  made  a  fortification  at  Colorado  City  and 
remained  there  some  time  for  protection,  but 
finally  the  men  went  to  their  various  ranches  in 
order  to  gather  their  crops.  On  the  3d  of  Sep- 
tember Mr.  Buzzard  and  another  farmer  were 
hauling  in  their  wheat  when  a  man  galloped  up, 
bearing  the  tidings  that  the  redmen  were  on  a 
raid.  He  started  his  oxen  toward  his  house, 
while  his  neighbor  ran  home  to  get  his  money. 
Jumping  on  a  horse  Mr.  Buzzard  rode  two  miles 
to  the  point  where  the  people  had  congregated. 
He  found  them  hid  in  ditches,  prepared  to  fire 
when  the  proper  time  came.  He  rode  to  the 
Bates  ranch  to  warn  them,  but  Mrs.  Bates  at  first 
refused  to  leave,  insisting  upon  waiting  for  her 
son,  who  had  gone  out  after  timber.  Finally  he 
persuaded  her  to  go,  and  he  proceeded  to  tell  her 
son  and  husband,  whom  he  brought  into  the  fort. 
Then,  with  another  man,  he  rode  nine  miles  to 
warn  a  man  who  was  still  out,  but  found  the  lat- 
ter had  already  received  warning.  In  all  these 
trips  he  incurred  great  danger  from  savages  lurk- 
ing in  hidden  places,  but  feeling  his  errands  were 
necessary  to  save  the  lives  of  others,  he  did  not 
hesitate.  After  threatening  the  settlers  for  some 
time  the  Indians  retreated,  evidently  concluding 
there  was  danger  in  making  an  attack. 

Mr.  Buzzard  was  born  in  Hampshire  County, 
W.  Va.,  August  8,  1838,  a  son  of  William  and 
Lucinda  (Smoot)  Buzzard.  His  father,  who  was 
a  native  of  Hampshire  County,  was  a  son  of  Jacob 
Buzzard,  who  removed  from  his  native  valley,  the 
Shenandoah,  and  settled  in  Hampshire  County 
in  early  manhood.  William  Buzzard  died  in 
1842,  leaving  nine  children,  of  whom  .Sylvester 
was  fifth.  Afterward  the  mother  was  again 
married  and  our  subject  continued  to  make  his 
home  with  her  until  he  was  eighteen.  Free 
schools  had  not  been  introduced  into  that  sec- 
tion of  country  and  he  had  little  opportunity  to 
acquire  an  education,  but  learned  to  read,  write 
and  cipher.  From  nineteen  years  of  age  he  was 
self-supporting.  Going  to  Ohio  he  worked  on  a 
farm  in  Highland  County  for  four  years,  sending 
his  mother  regularly  one-half  of  his  wages.  In 
the  fall  of  1860  he  went  to  Adams  County,  111., 
where  he  remained  one  winter.  Though  he  was 
reared  a  Democrat,  when  Abraham  Lincoln  be- 
came a  candidate  for  president  he  supported  him 
and  is  proud  of  having  voted  for  him.  In  the 
spring  of  1861  he  went  to  Montgomery  County, 
Iowa,  where  he  worked  on  a  farm.  While  there 


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he  joined  the  Home  Guards,  who  were  called  out 
to  fight  guerillas,  and  spent  two  weeks  in  the 
chase. 

In  the  fall  of  1861  Mr.  Buzzard  went  to  Atchi- 
son  County,  Mo.,  where  he  became  a  member, 
for  six  months,  of  the  Missouri  state  militia,  and 
was  stationed  at  Rockport,  that  county.  He 
served  as  first  duty  sergeant  and  did  scouting 
duty  mostly.  Often  he  was  in  close  quarters, 
with  the  enemy  near,  and  several  times  he  suc- 
ceeded in  capturing  one  of  the  Confederate  sol- 
diers. After  being  honorably  discharged  he  went 
to  Iowa,  and  in  May,  1862,  with  an  ox-team, 
started  for  Colorado.  He  was  one  of  a  large 
party,  for  whom  he  did  the  cooking  and  drove  a 
team.  The  journey  occupied  from  May  28  to 
July  26.  From  Denver  he  went  to  Lincoln  City, 
where  he  worked  in  the  mines  for  a  short  time. 
It  was  in  the  fall  of  1862  that  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado City,  and  he  spent  the  winter  in  hunting  on 
the  St.  Vrain.  In  the  spring  of  1863  he  worked 
on  a  ranch  four  miles  south  of  Colorado  City. 
One  year  later  he  went  to  Idaho  to  dig  gold,  but 
returned  in  November  with  less  money  than  he 
had  taken  with  him,  besides  which  he  had  ex- 
perienced great  hardships  in  the  trip.  The  snow 
had  fallen  to  a  great  depth  and  huge  drifts  made 
the  way  almost  impassable,  but  at  the  stage  sta- 
tions they  were  refused  admission  and  were 
obliged  to  proceed.  Besides  the  six  men  there 
were  two  women  in  the  party.  They  camped  all 
night  in  their  wagons,  but  in  the  morning  went 
to  the  stage  station  and  forced  the  proprietors 
there  to  furnish  them  with  breakfast.  The  next 
day  the  storm  was  so  severe  that  they  lost  their 
way,  and  had  it  not  been  for  the  determination 
of  one  man  and  his  wife  our  subject  would  have 
turned  out  the  mules  and  given  up  the  battle. 

On  returning  to  Colorado  City  Mr.  Buzzard 
rented  land  near  the  town  and  during  the  same 
year  he  bought  a  pre-emption  claim  and  planted 
a  crop.  In  spite  of  grasshoppers  he  secured 
thirty  bushels  of  wheat  to  the  acre,  for  which  he 
was  paid  $7.80  per  bushel,  and  he  also  raised  a 
good  crop  of  oats.  After  some  years  he  was  given 
a  deed  for  his  land.  In  the  fall  of  1865  he  was 
appointed  county  assessor  to  fill  a  vacancy,  and 
the  two  ensuing  years  he  was  elected.  Afterward 
he  served  for  one  term  as  county  treasurer.  Be- 
sides discharging  the  duties  of  the  office  he  car- 
ried on  his  farm.  In  1870  he  laid  a  claim  to 
property  where  he  now  lives,  and  in  the  fall  of 
that  year  he  bought  one  hundred  head  of  sheep, 


with  which  he  started  a  sheep  ranch.  The  next 
year  he  moved  here.  He  continued  steadily  at 
work  for  years  after  he  came  to  Colorado  and  did 
not  make  a  trip  back  east  until  1869,  when  he 
returned  to  Ohio.  From  time  to  time  he  has 
bought  land  and  now  owns  twenty- two  hundred 
acres,  upon  which  he  engages  in  the  sheep  busi- 
ness. He  has  had  as  many  as  nine  thousand 
head  at  one  time  and  received  in  one  year  $10,000 
from  the  business. 

In  Denver  April  10,  1884,  Mr.  Buzzard  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Sarah  McKinney,  n6e  Milner,  of  El 
Paso  County,  a  native  of  Highland  County,  Ohio, 
and  a  schoolmate  of  Mr.  Buzzard  in  childhood 
days.  They  have  two  children,  Sissyl  and  Mil- 
ton M.,  both  of  whom  were  born  on  the  home 
ranch. 

As  has  been  intimated,  Mr.  Buzzard  is  a  Re- 
publican. Fraternally  he  has  been  a  member  of 
El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  since  1865, 
in  which  he  served  as  junior  warden  and  for  two 
terms  as  worshipful  master,  being  the  oldest  liv- 
ing master  of  the  blue  lodge. 


(JOSEPH  S.  MC  CLUNG  came  to  Colorado  in 
I  1885  and  in  1887  homesteaded  a  tract  of  land 
G/  two  miles  east  of  Granada,  Prowers  County. 
In  addition  to  his  homestead  he  also  entered  a 
tree  claim  and  afterward  bought  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres,  which  made  his  aggregate  posses- 
sions four  hundred  and  eighty  acres.  From  this 
he  has  sold  forty  acres.  He  has  put  excellent 
improvements  on  his  land,  which  is  under  the 
Prowers  County  Land  and  Canal  Company's 
ditch  and  the  XY  ditch. 

The  son  of  James  D.  and  Agnes  (Sharp) 
McClung,  our  subject  was  born  in  White  County, 
111.,  March  n,  1860.  He  was  about  six  years 
of  age  when  his  parents  removed  to  Johnson 
County,  Mo.,  and  settled  upon  a  farm.  After  the 
death  of  his  father,  in  1872,  his  mother  took  her 
six  children  to  Fairfield  County,  Ohio,  her  native 
county,  and  there  our  subject  made  his  home 
with  an  uncle  on  a  farm.  He  was  given  excel- 
lent educational  advantages.  When  nineteen 
years  of  age  he  entered  the  normal  school  at 
Lebanon,  Ohio,  and  the  following  year  began  to 
teach  a  country  school  in  Ohio.  In  1883  he  re- 
moved west  to  Dodge  City,  Kan. ,  and  was  em- 
ployed on  a  cattle  ranch  there,  also  in  No  Man's 
Land.  In  1885  he  came  to  Colorado  with  the 
cattle  company,  and  since  1885  has  lived  in  Prow- 
ers County. 


RKV.  H.  B.  HITCHINGS. 


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Reared  a  Democrat,  Mr.  McClung  cast  his  first 
presidential  vote  in  1884,  when  he  supported 
Cleveland.  In  1 889  his  party  nominated  him  for 
assessor  of  Prowers  County.  In  1895  he  was 
elected  county  commissioner  by  a  majority  of  one 
hundred  and  thirty-eight,  and  during  his  term  of 
office  the  Carlton  bridge  was  built  and  the  iron 
bridge  at  Lamar  completed.  He  was  made  a 
Mason  in  Granada  Lodge  No.  72,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
in  1894,  and  has  served  as  junior  warden,  secre- 
tary and  worshipful  master,  having  held  the  office 
of  secretary  for  three  years.  He  is  a  persevering 
and  capable  man,  and  is  held  in  the  highest 
esteem  by  his  entire  circle  of  acquaintances. 


REV.  HORACE  B.  HITCHINGS,  whose 
home  is  in  New  York  City,  but  who  has 
extensive  interests  in  Colorado,  was  born  in 
Maiden,  Mass.,  January  31,  1831,  a  son  of  James 
and  Eunice  Moore  (Mclntosh)  Hitchings,  both 
descendants  of  colonial  families.  His  father,  who 
was  an  agriculturist  by  occupation,  spent  his  en- 
tire life  at  Maiden,  and  died  there  when  ninety- 
seven  years  of  age.  In  disposition  he  was  de- 
voutly religious,  unobtrusive  and  unpretentious, 
industrious  and  kind-hearted,  a  man  who  gave 
his  attention  closely  to  personal  duties  without 
any  desire  to  enter  public  life.  He  was  a  son  of 
a  Revolutionary  hero,  James  Hitchiugs,  who 
was  a  participant  in  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
but  later  entered  the  navy,  and  took  an  active 
part  in  the  war  against  England.  Finally  taken 
prisoner,  he  was  sent  to  Halifax,  there  paroled, 
and  started  back  to  Massachusetts  in  the  Cartil- 
Snow,  Swift,  September  30,  1778,  but  en  route  to 
his  home  died,  it  is  supposed  the  victim  of  poison 
administered  by  the  British.  Rev.  Mr.  Hitch- 
ings'  maternal  grandfather,  Peter  Mclntosh,  was 
one  of  the  famous  "Boston  tea  party,"  and 
helped  throw  the  tea  into  Boston  harbor.  He 
was  an  intimate  and  lifelong  friend  of  Paul 
Revere. 

The  first  twelve  years  in  the  life  of  Horace  B. 
Hitchings  were  spent  in  his  native  town  of  Mai- 
den. He  "went  from  there  to  a  noted  Baptist 
school  in  Middleborough  and  prepared  for  col- 
lege. Later  he  matriculated  in  Trinity  College, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  where  he  took  the  regular 
course,  graduating  in  1854,  with  the  degree  of 
A.  M.  With  the  ministerial  profession  in  view 
he  entered  Berkeley  Divinity  School  at  Middle- 
town,  Conn.,  where  he  completed  the  course. 
After  having  been  ordained  by  Bishop  (now 


Presiding  Bishop)  Williams,  to  the  ministry  of 
the  Episcopal  Church,  he  accepted  a  pastorate  in 
East  Haddam,  Conn.,  where  he  remained,  as 
rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  for  six  years. 

When  the  tide  of  emigration  poured  westward 
at  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Colorado  there  was  a 
lack  of  ministers  and  churches  to  attend  to  the 
spiritual  needs  of  the  new  settlers.  A  few  earnest 
communicants  of  the  Episcopal  Church  residing 
in  Denver  determined  to  remedy  this  so  far  as  lay 
in  their  power.  They  organized  a  parish,  nam- 
ing it  (very  appropriately  then)  St.  John's  in  the 
Wilderness.  The  parish  was  put  in  temporary 
charge  of  an  army  chaplain  stationed  at  Denver 
until  a  permanent  rector  could  be  obtained. 
Rev.  Mr.  Hitchings,  in  his  quiet  country  parish 
in  Connecticut,  was  greatly  astonished  to  receive 
a  call  as  rector  to  a  parish  in  Denver.  He  had 
never  heard  of  Denver  or  Colorado,  and  most 
diligent  search  in  the  latest  and  most  authentic 
maps  gave  no  information  as  to  the  locality  of  the 
town.  He  concluded  some  college  friends  had 
been  playing  a  joke  on  him,  and  put  the  call 
aside,  giving  it  no  serious  thought,  until  a  letter 
came  from  Bishop  Talbot  some  weeks  later,  beg- 
ging him  not  to  decline  the  call,  but  wait  until 
all  the  particulars  of  the  place  and  circumstances 
of  the  situation  could  be  communicated.  Denver 
was  a  reality  and  the  call  was  genuine. 

Further  information  from  the  bishop  and  oth- 
ers led  to  due  and  prayerful  consideration  of  the 
matter,  and  against  the  advice  of  all  his  friends 
and  the  wishes  of  his  bishop  in  Connecticut,  he 
concluded  to  accept  the  call,  believing  it  to  be  the 
guiding  of  Providence  to  an  arduous  field  of  labor 
that  could  not  lightly  be  set  aside.  In  the  winter 
of  1862  he  made  the  long  and  then  dangerous 
journey  across  the  plains  in  a  stage  coach  from 
Atchison,  Kan.,  seeing  many  Indians,  buffaloes, 
antelopes  and  other  indications  of  an  unsettled 
wilderness.  There  were  no  white  inhabitants 
along  the  dreary  way,  except  such  as  were  living 
at  the  stage  stations,  some  twenty  or  thirty  miles 
apart.  Upon  reaching  Denver  he  entered  imme- 
diately upon  the  duties  of  his  rectorship,  gather- 
ing the  people  together  and  building  up  a  parish 
as  best  he  could  in  an  ever-changing  and  fluctu- 
ating population.  The  present  large  and  pros- 
perous Cathedral  parish,  with  its  beautiful  and 
costly  edifice,  under  the  able  management  of  the 
learned  and  godly  Dean  Hart,  is  the  result. 
From  the  very  outset  the  parish  was  self-support- 
ing. The  rector's  salary  and  all  other  expenses, 


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which  in  a  new  parish  are  not  altogether  light, 
were  raised  by  voluntary  contributions,  and  the 
parish  to-day,  with  all  of  its  valuable  belongings, 
is  entirely  out  of  debt.  In  the  early  '6os  there 
was  very  little  of  Uncle  Sam's  currency  in  circu- 
lation in  Colorado,  but  there  were  plenty  of 
buckskin  bags  with  gold  dust  in  them,  and  the 
good  people  of  St.  John's,  always  liberal  to  a 
fault,  would  give  the  bag  many  shakes  when  the 
collection  plate  came  around;  doubtless  much 
more  gold  dust  came  out  at  times  than  was  in- 
tended, but  no  one  was  ever  known  to  ask  for 
change. 

Mr.  Hitchings  was  never  a  missionary  in  the 
ordinary  acceptation  of  the  word,  though  he  gave 
much  time  each  year  to  missionary  work  on 
ranches  and  at  mining  camps  in  various  parts  of 
the  territory.  He  held  the  first  Episcopal  service 
at  Golden  City,  at  Colorado  Springs,  also  at 
Pueblo,  on  the  banks  of  the  Arkansas,  where, 
under  a  large  and  gorgeous  cottonwood  tree, 
standing  near  where  the  old  road  crossed  the 
river,  some  two  hundred  or  more  of  settlers  and 
soldiers  from  a  military  camp  near  by  gathered 
on  a  beautiful  Sunday  morning  in  June.  The 
birds  in  the  branches  above  were  so  numerous, 
and  their  songs  so  loud,  as  almost  to  drown  the 
human  voice.  The  first  Protestant  service  at 
Fort  Garland  was  held  by  him,  also  the  first  re: 
ligious  service  in  many  of  the  mining  camps  in 
the  mountains,  where  it  often  was  impossible  to 
get  the  miners  together  until  late  at  night,  after 
their  day's  work  and  supper  were  over.  It  was 
always  his  endeavor  to  assist  temporarily  and 
uplift  spiritually  those  among  whom  he  went. 
The  trials  of  a  missionary's  life  were  his,  volun- 
tarily undertaken,  and  always  paying  his  own 
expenses  on  the  long  journeys.  In  spite  of  the 
hardships,  many  rides  on  horseback  under  blaz- 
ing sunshine,  or  in  snow  and  storm  on  mountain 
and  plain,  with  stops  in  camps  destitute  of  every 
comfort,  he  speaks  of  this  part  of  his  life  as 
among  his  most  pleasant  remembrances,  for  his 
audiences  were  always  attentive  and  appreciative; 
people  were  kind  and  generous;  the  pioneers 
were  noble  people,  both  men  and  women,  filled 
with  that  whole-souled  hospitality  that  warms 
the  heart  and  cheers  the  spirit  of  their  guest. 

During  the  episcopate  of  the  venerable  and 
much-loved  Bishop  Randall,  Mr.  Hitchings  was 
a  member  of  the  standing  committee  of  the  dio- 
cese, also  examining  chaplain,  thus  aiding  the 
bishop  greatly  in  his  many  toilsome  and  weary 


duties.  For  several  years  he  accompanied  the 
bishop  in  his  long  drives  over  the  diocese,  mak- 
ing all  arrangements  for  religious  services,  select- 
ing the  place  (often  a  grocery  store  or  perhaps 
even  a  bar-room) ,  notifying  the  people,  etc. 

For  a  number  of  years  after  coming  to  Colo- 
rado Mr.  Hitchings  made  no  investments,  and 
the  first  that  he  made  were  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
lieving the  distresses  of  the  poor.  In  fact,  his 
very  first  investment  was  in  order  to  furnish  a 
widow  money  necessary  to  prove  up  on  land  pre- 
empted by  her  husband,  and  in  return  for  the 
money  loaned  she  gave  him  one-half  of  the  land, 
upon  which  were  no  improvements.  The  eighty 
acres  that  she  retained  proved  to  be  her  support 
from  that  time  until  her  death,  at  the  age  of  over 
ninety  years.  Often  he  bought  claims  from 
those  who  were  destitute  and  desired  to  return 
east,  his  kindness  in  taking  the  land  (which  at 
that  time  was  utterly  worthless)  enabling  them 
to  get  back  to  their  homes.  Since  these  pur- 
chases were  made  Denver  has  grown  to  such  an 
extent  that  the  land  has  become  very  valuable,  so 
that,  in  a  way  he  little  dreamed  of  then,  his  kind- 
ness has  been  blessed  to  his  financial  prosperity. 
It  was  indeed  "bread  cast  upon  the  waters." 

Upon  resigning  the  pastorate  of  St.  John's  in 
1869,  Mr.  Hitchings  made  a  tour  of  Europe, 
visiting  all  points  of  interest  to  the  student  of 
history.  Upon  his  return  to  the  United  States 
he  came  to  Colorado  on  a  visit,  and,  finding  that 
the  land  on  the  divide  over  which  he  had  trav- 
eled in  previous  years  was  offered  for  sale  by  the 
government,  he  purchased  some  three  thousand 
acres  of  timber  land  in  El  Paso  County  for  a 
ranch.  While  he  was  here  he  received  a  call  to 
a  parish  in  Bangor,  Me.  He  accepted,  but  the 
climate  there  proved  uncongenial,  and  he  was 
obliged  to  resign  after  eighteen  months  of  labor. 
He  then  went  to  Trinity  Church,  at  the  head  of 
Wall  Street,  New  York,  and  continued  there  un- 
til 1882,  when  he  retired  from  active  ministerial 
work.  Since  that  time  he  has  traveled  over  a 
large  portion  of  the  globe,  visiting  nearly  all 
civilized  countries. 

Mr.  Hitchings  was  made  a  Mason  in  East 
Haddam,  Conn.,  in  1858,  by  Hon.  Cheever 
Brainerd,  who  was  then  over  ninety  years  of  age. 
Afterward  he  became  a  charter  member  of  Union 
Lodge  No.  7,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Denver,  and 
was  grand  chaplain  of  the  grand  lodge,  also 
one  of  the  first  Masons  to  take  the  Knight  Temp- 
lar degree  in  Colorado. 


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In  reviewing  the  life  of  Mr.  Hitchings  it 
would  seem  that  his  greatest  pleasure  has  been 
in  doing  good  to  others,  or  in  doing  something 
that  would  redound  to  the  advantage  of  the  peo- 
ple or  the  benefit  of  individuals.  In  his  hands 
money  has  been  simply  the  means  of  enabling 
him  to  do  good,  he  even  economizing  in  his  per- 
sonal expenses  for  this  purpose.  No  object  of 
charity  has  ever  appealed  to  him  for  help  and 
been  refused;  yet,  while  his  charities  have  been 
large,  they  have  been  given  quietly  and  unosten- 
tatiously. He  will  long  be  remembered  and 
loved  by  the  early  settlers  of  Colorado  for  the 
work  he  has  done  in  the  development  of  the 
state.  The  influence  of  his  gifted  mind,  in  giv- 
ing direction  to  the  young  life  of  the  territory, 
will  not  soon  be  forgotten,  and,  although  he  no 
longer  makes  Colorado  his  home,  he  frequently 
visits  here,  and  holds  a  position  as  high  in  the 
regard  of  the  people  of  the  city  and  state  as  any 
of  their  own  citizens. 


(I  AMES  E.  OVERTON  is  a  member  of  the 
I  firm  of  Overton  Brothers,  who  have  a  fine 
O  dairy  ranch  on  section  31,  township  15,  range 
65  west,  near  the  village  of  Fountain,  El  Paso 
County.  He  and  his  brothers,  who  have  suc- 
ceeded their  father  in  the  management  of  the 
ranch,  are  continuing  the  work  in  the  systematic 
and  energetic  manner  in  which  it  was  projected. 
They  have  a  large  number  of  cattle  on  their 
place,  to  which  they  feed  in  the  winter  season 
ensilage,  fodder  that  has  been  preserved  in  its 
green  state  by  being  put  in  a  silo.  They  have 
the  latest  and  best  machinery  for  the  conduct  of 
their  business,  including  a  process  for  the  separa- 
tion of  cream  from  milk.  The  products  of  their 
dairy  are  sold  throughout  the  county  and  com- 
mand a  high  price,  by  reason  of  acknowledged 
superiority. 

In  Lake  County,  111.,  November  23,  1858,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  to  the  union  of 
Gildon  and  Margaret  (Jackson)  Overton.  His 
father,  who  was  a  native  of  England,  came  to 
America  in  early  manhood  and  settled  in 
McHenry  County,  111.,  where  he  married.  A 
short  time  afterward  he  removed  to  Lake  County, 
and  there  carried  on  a  farm  until  1872,  the  year 
of  his  removal  to  Colorado.  With  him  came  his 
wife  and  six  children.  He  bought  the  place  now 
owned  by  his  sons.  At  first  he  had  only  one 
hundred  and  eighty  acres,  but  later  he  took  up  a 
homestead  twelve  miles  east,  and  carried  on  a 


ranching  business  and  made  valuable  improve- 
ments. He  died  in  1888  and  his  wife  in  1894; 
both  are  buried  in  the  Fountain  cemetery.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  to  which  party  all 
of  his  sons  adhere. 

There  were  eight  children  in  the  family  of 
Gildon  and  Margaret  Overton.  The  first-born, 
Gildon,  died  in  infancy.  Jacob  L.,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  dairy  business,  makes  his  home  in 
Colorado  Springs;  he  is  married  and  has  three 
children.  The  third,  Sarah,  died  at  twenty-one 
years  and  is  buried  at  Fountain.  The  fourth  in 
the  family  was  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Eliza- 
beth, who  was  born  in  McHenry  County,  111., 
makes  her  home  with  her  brothers.  Don  Will- 
iam, who  was  born  in  Lake  County,  111.,  is  un- 
married and  belongs  to  the  firm  of  Overton 
Brothers.  Peet  Wilson,  who  was  born  in  Lake 
County,  111.,  is  also  a  member  of  the  firm.  The 
youngest  of  the  family  is  Henry  Jackson,  who 
was  born  on  the  farm  where  he  now  resides. 
The  sons  are  known  as  intelligent,  self-reliant 
men,  who  from  earliest  youth  have  been  familiar 
with  agricultural  pursuits  and  have  engaged  in 
their  chosen  work  with  energy  and  determination. 
While,  with  their  work  in  clearing  the  land, 
erecting  necessary  buildings  and  making  im- 
provements, they  had  little  leisure  for  attending 
school,  they  have  nevertheless  become  men  of 
intelligence,  who  have  constantly  improved  them- 
selves by  the  reading  of  papers  and  books  and  by 
association  with  others. 


EWILLIM  HOWELL.  In  the  life  of  this 
gentleman  we  find  an  excellent  example  of 
what  may  be  accomplished  by  a  man  begin- 
ning without  means,  but  honest,  prudent  and  in- 
dustrious. In  early  life  Mr.  Howell  enjoyed  few 
advantages,  nor  had  he  wealth  and  influence  to 
aid  him  in  starting,  for  his  parents,  though 
highly  respected  and  honorable,  were  the  pos- 
sessors of  but  limited  means.  He  relied  solely 
upon  his  own  efforts  to  gain  success,  and  the  fact 
that  he  is  now  a  prosperous  farmer  shows  him  to 
be  a  man  of  business  ability.  When  he  emi- 
grated to  America  from  Wales  in  1878  he  came 
at  once  to  Colorado,  joining  his  cousins,  the 
Gwillim  family,  in  El  Paso  County.  Here  he 
rented  land  and  began  as  a  farmer.  He  is  now 
the  owner  of  a  farm  seven  miles  east  of  Monu- 
ment, on  township  27,  range  66  west. 

Mr.    Howell    was    born   in    Glamorganshire, 
South  Wales,  July  3,    1836,   a  son  of  John  and 


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Jeannette  (Gwillim)  Howell.  When  seven  years 
of  age  he  was  put  to  work  in  the  coal  mines, 
his  duty  being  to  watch  doors.  Afterward  he 
was  transferred  to  the  work  of  driving  horses  that 
pulled  out  the  coal.  When  about  sixteen  he  be- 
gan to  dig  coal  and  afterward  earned  a  man's 
wages.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that  he  had  little  op- 
portunity to  attend  school.  However,  between 
the  ages  of  twelve  and  fourteen  he  left  the 
mines  and  went  to  school.  Until  forty-two  years 
of  age  he  continued  to  work  in  coal  mines. 
At  the  age  of  twenty -five,  in  July,  1861, 
he  married  Miss  Mary  Jones,  who  was  born 
in  Glamorganshire,  and  whom  he  had  known 
from  childhood.  He  and  his  wife  were  eco- 
nomical and  industrious,  so  that  he  had  saved 
considerable  and  owned  some  property  when  he 
came  to  America  in  1878.  He  spent  eleven  days 
on  the  ocean,  landing  in  New  York  in  May. 
From  there  he  came  to  his  present  home  in  El 
Paso  County. 

The  six  children  of  Mr.  Howell  were  born  in 
South  Wales.  Elizabeth  married  Thomas  E. 
Thomas  and  lives  at  Ivy  wild,  El  Paso  County; 
John  is  a  miner;  Mary  is  the  wife  of  Edward  W. 
Talbot  and  lives  in  El  Paso  County;  Thomas  re- 
sides at  Ivy  wild;  Gwillim  married  Maggie  Gwil- 
lim; and  Catharine  is  the  wife  of  Roy  Harden, 
of  Colorado  Springs.  In  politics  Mr.  Howell 
votes  the  Republican  ticket.  He  is  a  loyal  citi- 
zen of  his  adopted  country  and  is  interested  in  all 
plans  for  the  advancement  of  his  community.  In 
addition  to  his  farm,  he  is  the  owner  of  extensive 
mining  interests  in  San  Miguel  County,  which 
have  been  developed  under  his  supervision. 


(I OSEPH  B.  DONAVAN  is  the  owner  and  oc- 
I  cupant  of  a  well-improved  farm  on  Fountain 
O  Creek,  two  miles  from  Colorado  Springs, 
where  he  has  a  ranch  of  nine  hundred  and  eighty 
acres.  Upon  coming  here  in  1882  he  bought 
one  hundred  acres,  and  from  time  to  time  made 
additions  until  it  has  reached  its  present  size. 
He  also  planted  ten  acres  to  fruits.  From  the 
time  of  locating  here  he  has  engaged  in  the  dairy 
business,  of  which  he  has  made  a  specialty, 
although  he  also  carried  on  general  farm  pursuits. 
In  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Mr.  Donavan  was  born  July 
2,  1845,  a  son  of  W.  T.  and  Rosannah  (Baker) 
Donavan.  His  father,  who  was  born  in  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.,  descended  from  the  Donavans  of  the 
time  of  John  Smith.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm 
and  in  boyhood  learned  the  trade  of  a  pattern- 


maker in  the  Hathaway  Novelty  iron  works. 
While  there  he  studied  and  experimented  along 
the  line  of  the  business,  and  one  of  his  successful 
experiments  was  the  designing  of  a  stove,  with  an 
oven  underneath.  This  invention  gave  him  stand- 
ing with  the  firm,  and  he  was  taken  into  part- 
nership, the  title  being  Hathaway,  Lamer  &  Don- 
avan. 

When  nine  years  of  age  our  subject  started  west, 
with  an  uncle,  who  was  captain  of  a  boat.  He 
first  went  to  St.  Louis,  from  there  to  Upper  Mis- 
souri, thence  to  Fort  Benton.  On  the  trip  the 
boat  was  snagged  and  sank,  and  the  men  floated 
down  the  stream  to  Omaha,  which  was  then  a 
very  small  village.  He  remained  there  during 
the  winter  and  in  the  spring  of  1857  started  with 
a  government  train  across  the  plains  to  Fort  Lar- 
aniie.  When  near  Fort  Kearney  the  Indians 
attacked  the  train,  capturing  most  of  the  provis- 
ions and  stock.  Our  subject,  with  some  others, 
escaped,  and  accompanied  the  Sioux  Indians, 
spending  the  winter  with  them  at  the  headwaters 
of  the  Yellowstone.  He  learned  to  use  their  lan- 
guage to  some  extent.  In  the  meantime,  in  1856, 
his  parents  had  come  west,  stopping  at  Clarinda, 
Iowa,  for  a  time,  and  then  settling  opposite  Platts- 
mouth.  In  1858  they  removed  to  the  present  site 
of  Lincoln,  where  they  took  up  government  land 
at  Salt  Springs. 

Upon  leaving  the  Sioux,  our  subject  returned 
home,  and  remained  until  1862.  He  then  joined 
Sully 's  expedition  as  guide,  to  lead  them  against 
the  Sioux,  for  which  work  he  was  promised  large 
pay;  but,  after  remaining  with  them  an  entire 
summer  and  part  of  a  winter,  he  returned  home, 
with  only  the  pay  of  a  common  soldier.  In  the 
spring  of  1863  he  joined  Professor  Hayden's  geo- 
logical expedition  for  the  Yellowstone  country, 
being  employed  as  guide  and  cook.  After  one 
summer  with  that  expedition  he  returned  to  Lin- 
coln, Neb.  (then  known  as  Salt  Creek.)  He  re- 
mained there  until  1871,  when  became  to  Colo- 
rado, and  settled  in  the  then  new  town  of  Colo- 
rado Springs.  After  a  year  he  embarked  in  the 
drug  business,  buying  out  the  first  drug  store 
started  in  the  Springs.  While  he  was  successful 
in  the  business,  he  did  not  feel  contented,  and 
turned  his  attention  to  sheep  raising,  but  his  herd 
were  injured  in  a  storm.  Next  he  prospected  in 
the  San  Juan  country,  and  later  went  to  Lead- 
ville,  but  did  not  make  a  strike.  In  1882  he  came 
to  his  present  home. 

September  2,  1874,  Mr.  Donavan  married  Miss 


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Susie  Kurd,  of  El  Paso  County.  She  was  born 
in  Oconomowoc,  Waukesha  County,  Wis.,  a 
daughter  of  Homer  and  Rosamond  B.  (McCon- 
nell)  Hurd.  They  are  the  parents  of  seven  chil- 
dren, namely:  Albert,  who  is  a  conductor  on  the 
motor  line  in  Colorado  Springs;  Inez,  Paul,  Irene, 
Carl,  Mark  and  Wallace.  Though  reared  a  Dem- 
ocrat, Mr.  Donavan  has  always  voted  the  Repub- 
lican ticket  and  is  a  stanch  believer  in  party  prin- 
ciples. Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  blue 
lodge  of  Masons,  which  he  joined  in  Lincoln,  Neb. 


P<J)ILLIS   S.  MONTGOMERY,    president  of 

\  A  /  The  Independence  Town  and  Mining  Com- 
Y  V  pany,  one  of  the  successful  mining  organ- 
izations in  Cripple  Creek,  came  to  Colorado 
Springs  in  February,  1898,  and  established  his 
office  in  the  Giddings  building.  While  he  is  by 
profession  an  attorney  and  until  recently  engaged 
in  active  practice,  the  increasing  demands  made 
upon  his  time  by  his  mining  interests  led  him  to 
retire  from  practice,  and  he  now  gives  his  entire 
attention  to  the  management  of  the  Independence 
properties  and  other  mining  interests.  The  Inde- 
pendence Town  and  Mining  Company  was  organ- 
ized under  his  supervision  in  1895,  and  he  has 
since  been  its  president  and  manager.  The  com- 
pany owns  forty  acres,  known  as  the  Hull  City 
placer,  upon  which,  through  his  personal  energy, 
a  town  was  platted  and  built  which  now  has  a 
population  of  sixteen  hundred.  There  are  about 
fifty  different  shafts  upon  the  property,  and  the 
company  is  now  sinking  a  three-compartment 
shaft  and  putting  in  a  surface  plant  to  be  con- 
structed almost  entirely  of  steel;  this,  when  com- 
pleted, will  make  the  Hull  City  placer  one  of  the 
best- equipped  properties  in  the  state. 

Mr.  Montgomery  was  the  elder  of  two  sons  and 
was  born  in  New  London,  Ohio,  November  17, 
1858.  His  grandfather,  Abel  Montgomery,  a  na- 
tive of  Virginia,  settled  in  Ohio  in  1801,  and  was 
a  pioneer  farmer  and  miller  at  Mansfield.  His 
last  days  were  spent  with  a  son  in  Nebraska, 
where  he  died.  He  was  a  member  of  an  old  fam- 
ily of  Virginia  that  descended  from  Scotch  and 
Irish  ancestors.  Benjamin  F. ,  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  born  in  Ohio  and  for  some  years  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law  at  New  London,  but  in 
1859  removed  to  Wisconsin  and  settled  in  La 
Crosse,  practicing  there  for  eight  years.  In  1867 
he  moved  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  where  he  car- 
ried on  a  private  practice  and  also  held  the  posi- 
tion of  general  attorney  for  the  Chicago,  Burling- 


ton &  Quincy  Railroad.  While  there  he  was  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  congress,  but,  the  dis- 
trict being  largely  Republican,  he  was  defeated. 
In  1878  he  settled  in  Silver  Cliff,  Colo.,  where  he 
carried  on  the  practice  of  law  and  also  became 
interested  in  mining,  being  one  of  the  owners  of 
the  Bull-Domingo,  a  celebrated  mine.  In  1893 
he  opened  an  office  in  Cripple  Creek,  where  he 
has  since  carried  on  a  general  practice  in  the  Bi- 
metallic building.  He  is  a  member  of  the  legis- 
lative assembly  of  Colorado.  He  is  also  largely 
interested  in  mining  at  Cripple  Creek.  He  mar- 
ried Editha  Riddle,  who  was  born  in  New  Lon- 
don, Ohio,  and  died  in  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  in  1865, 
leaving  two  sons,  Willis  S.  and  Milton  H. 

In  Tabor  College,  Iowa,  our  subject  acquired  his 
education,  graduating  from  that  institution  in 
1878.  He  carried  on  his  law  studies  under  his 
father's  preceptorship  and  at  Fremont,  Neb.,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Iowa  in  the  fall  of 
1878.  In  the  spring  of  1879  he  embarked  in  pro- 
fessional practice  with  his  father  in  Silver  Cliff, 
Colo. ,  and  after  a  year  founded  and  began  to  edit 
the  Silver  Cliff  Daily  Prospect.  Two  years  later 
he  sold  the  paper  and  went  to  South  Dakota, 
where  he  was  proprietor  of  the  Aberdeen  Repub- 
lican for  three  years.  On  his  return  to  Colorado- 
he  settled  in  Lead ville. and  for  two  years  publish- 
ed the  Leadville  Daily  Journal,  after  which  he 
engaged  in  law  practice  at  Red  Cliff,  Colo.  In 
the  latter  town,  in  1888,  he  married  Miss  Marga- 
ret Case,  who  was  born  in  Iowa  and  died  at  Red 
Cliff  in  June,  1890.  After  two  years  in  Red  Cliff 
he  removed  to  Seattle,  Wash.,  where  he  carried 
on  a  general  law  practice,  returning  to  Colorado 
in  April,  1892,  and  opening  an  office  in  Cripple 
Creek.  In  January,  1893,  he  located  the  Hull 
City  placer,  for  which,  after  much  litigation,  he 
received  the  patent  in  February,  1898.  He  is 
interested  in  about  sixteen  other  mining  proper- 
ties, some  of  which  are  quite  valuable.  In  1892 
he  was  elected  the  first  city  attorney  of  Cripple 
Creek,  and  held  the  office  for  two  years,  during 
which  time  the  town  was  incorporated.  In  1897 
and  1898  he  was  again  chosen  to  act  as  city  attor- 
ney. Until  recently  he  was  a  member  of  the  State 
Bar  Association. 

In  Denver,  in  1892,  Mr.  Montgomery  married 
Mrs.  Julia  L.  Terry,  who  was  born  in  Omaha, 
Neb.  They  have  two  children,  Henry  Franklin 
and  Marcelle.  While  in  Silver  Cliff,  in  1880,  he 
was  made  a  Mason.  He  became  a  charter  member 
of  Mount  Pisgah  Lodge  No.  96,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 


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at  Cripple  Creek,  of  which  he  was  the  first  master 
and  held  the  same  office  for  three  terms.  He  is 
also  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  a  Knight  Templar  and 
a  Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  In  political  views 
he  has  always  given  his  allegiance  to  the  Demo- 
cratic party.  Socially  he  is  connected  with  El 
Paso  and  Pike's  Peak  Clubs  of  Colorado  Springs 
and  the  Cripple  Creek  Club  of  Cripple  Creek. 


(2f  EORGE  BERRY  SOUTHCOTTE.  In  the 
I—  fall  of  1887  Mr.  Southcotte  filed  a  claim  on 
\^A  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  lying 
on  section  9,  township  13,  range  65  west,  twelve 
miles  northeast  of  Colorado  Springs.  The  fol- 
lowing year  he  brought  his  family  to  this  place. 
Later  he  took  up  a  tree  claim  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres,  and  afterward  homesteaded  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres.  At  this  writing  he  is  the 
owner  of  seven  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  besides 
which  he  has  leased  seven  hundred  and  eighty 
acres.  Upon  his  ranch  he  engages  in  stock- 
raising  and  the  dairy  business,  in  both  of  which 
lines  he  has  been  successful. 

November  14,  1850,  Mr.  Southcotte  was  born 
at  Crediton,  Devonshire,  England,  on  the  River 
Creedy.  He  was  reared  on  the  farm  owned  by 
his  parents,  John  and  Susan  (Berry)  Southcotte, 
and  received  a  fair  common-school  education. 
At  fourteen  years  he  began  an  apprenticeship  to 
the  trade  of  wagon  and  carriage-making,  and 
was  paid  a  shilling  a  week  for  his  work  during 
his  term  of  service.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he 
set  sail  for  America,  on  the  "City  of  London," 
of  the  Inman  line,  and  made  the  voyage  in  ten 
days  or  less,  which  was  a  fast  trip  for  that  period. 
He  landed  in  New  York  in  June,  1868,  and  after 
two  weeks  went  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he 
secured  work  at  his  trade,  for  Younglove,  Mas- 
sey  &  Co.  He  spent  three  years  in  or  near 
Cleveland,  after  which  he  worked  in  St.  Louis  for 
several  years.  He  suffered  so  extremely  from 
chills  and  fever  that  he  was  unable  to  work. 
Thinking  a  change  of  climate  would  benefit  him, 
he  came  to  Colorado  in  the  fall  of  1872.  For  a 
time  he  worked  for  Jacob  Becker  in  Colorado 
City.  In  1873,  when  the  county-seat  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Springs,  he  opened  a  shop  there  and 
engaged  in  the  wagon  and  carriage  repairing 
business. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Southcotte  took  place  in 
Colorado  Springs  July  3,  1878,  and  united  him 
with  Miss  Edith  J.  Shideler,  of  that  city.  She 
was  born  at  Blue  Earth  City,  Faribault  County, 


Minn. ,  and  when  but  three  years  of  age  was 
brought  to  Colorado  by  her  parents,  Josephus 
and  Martha  A.  (Rutherford)  Shideler.  By  her 
marriage  five  children  were  born,  namely:  Maude 
Edna,  Geoffrey  Berry,  and  John  Ervin,  who  were 
born  in  Colorado  SpringsjWesley  Carl  and  Bertha 
Jane,  born  on  the  home  farm. 

While  in  St.  Louis  Mr.  Southcotte  became  a 
member  of  Golden  Rule  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in 
which  he  filled  several  chairs;  and  he  is  now  a 
member  of  Pike's  Peak  Lodge  No.  38,  Colorado 
Springs.  He  is  also  identified  with  El  Paso  Lodge 
No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  that  city.  He  voted 
for  U.  S.  Grant  in  1872  and  has  always  since 
supported  the  Republican  ticket.  Upon  the  or- 
ganization of  Troop  B,  of  the  National  Guard  of 
Colorado,  he  became  one  of  its  charter  members. 
This  was  a  troop  of  cavalry  and  was  the  next  to 
the  oldest  organization  in  the  state.  He  entered 
as  corporal  and  was  promoted  through  the  differ- 
ent grades  of  sergeants  until  he  was  made  second 
and  then  first  lieutenant.  After  eleven  years  of 
service  he  was  discharged,  as  first  lieutenant. 
His  company  was  called  out  at  the  time  of  the 
trouble  between  the  Santa  Fe  and  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroads;  and  again,  to  quell  the 
troubles  between  the  Utes  and  the  settlers  in  Gar- 
field  County,  where  they  were  in  active  service 
for  thirty  days  and  took  part  in  a  skirmish  where 
several  were  killed,  the  soldiers  burying  three  of 
their  number  on  the  White  River. 


OlIARLES  S.  LAWTON,  manager  of  the 
1 1  Conejos  roller  mill  and  one  of  the  prominent 
\J  residents  of  this  village  and  of  Conejos 
County,  was  born  in  New  York  state  in  1851,  a 
son  of  Seneca  Lawton,  a  pioneer  in  the  milling 
business  in  New  York  and  for  years  a  prominent 
man  in  his  locality.  After  having  spent  his  boy- 
hood in  the  east,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  Charles 
went  to  Missouri  and  secured  employment  in  a 
mill  at  Carrollton,  Carroll  County,  where  he  re- 
mained for  some  years. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1871,  Mr.  Lawton  set- 
tled in  Trinidad,  where,  with  his  uncle,  Andrew 
Lawton,  he  became  interested  in  the  milling  busi- 
ness. From  that  city  in  1875  he  came  to  Cone- 
jos, and  formed  a  business  partnership  with  Major 
Head,  the  two  carrying  on  a  mill  for  a  short 
time.  Later  he  went  to  Denver  and  from  there 
to  Boulder,  where,  and  in  other  places,  he  fol- 
lowed the  trade  of  a  miller.  Returning  to  Cone- 
jos in  1878,  he  operated  a  flour  mill  for  Major 


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Head,  continuing  in  the  same  position  for  five 
years.  Early  in  the  '8os  he  became  financially 
interested  in  the  business,  and  is  now  the  man- 
ager of  the  mill.  Besides  his  work  here  he  has 
also  done  some  prospecting  and  owns  mining 
interests  of  prospective  value. 

Interested  in  all  the  questions  of  the  day,  Mr. 
Lawton  is  especially  active  in  local  affairs  and  al- 
ways votes  the  Republican  ticket.  For  one  term 
he  served  as  county  assessor.  Usually,  however, 
his  time  is  given  closely  to  business  matters,  and 
he  has  neither  leisure  nor  inclination  for  public 
affairs.  In  religion  he  is  of  the  Christian  Sci- 
ence belief.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
Antonito  Lodge  No.  63,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  which  he 
is  a  charter  member.  In  1876  he  married  Emma 
V.,  daughter  of  Peter  Smith,  and  a  native  of 
Ohio.  They  have  two  children:  Harry  E.  J., 
and  Loraine. 

CJHARLES  WESLEY  LONG.  Ten  miles 
l(  north  of  Colorado  Springs,  on  section  7, 
U  township  13,  range  65  west,  El  Paso  County, 
lies  a  farm  owned  and  operated  by  Mr.  Long.  In 
1887  he  homesteaded  the  land,  upon  which  he 
has  made  a  number  of  valuable  improvements, 
including  the  erection  of  necessary  houses.  The 
property  consists  of  eight  hundred  and  eighty 
acres  and  is  well  improved.  While  he  carries  on 
general  farm  pursuits,  since  1897  he  has  made  a 
specialty  of  the  dairy  business,  in  which  he  has 
been  very  successful. 

February  i,  1848,  Mr.  Long  was  born  in 
Harrison  County,  Ohio,  at  a  railroad  station 
called  Philadelphia  Roads  and  situated  on  his 
father's  farm.  He  was  a  son  of  James  and 
Isabella  (McCullough)  Long,  natives  of  Jefferson 
County,  Ohio,  the  former  born  in  1808  and  the 
latter  in  1811.  His  grandparents  on  both  sides 
were  emigrants  from  Ireland  and  settled  in  Jeffer- 
son County.  James  Long  was  a  farmer  and  spent 
his  entire  life  in  Ohio.  He  was  the  father  of 
eleven  children,  eight  of  whom  attained  mature 
years,  and  five  are  still  living,  Charles  W.  being 
the  eighth.  He  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  Scott,  of  El 
Paso  County,  are  the  only  members  of  the  family 
who  reside  in  Colorado.  Two  of  his  brothers 
served  in  the  Civil  war,  David  (now  deceased) 
and  Hugh  M.,  both  of  whom  were  honorably  dis- 
charged on  account  of  physical  disability. 

Upon  a  farm  in  Harrison  County  our  subject 
grew  to  manhood.  When  he  was  about  fifteen 
his  father  died,  leaving  a  farm  of  three  hundred 


and  forty  acres,  and  our  subject  and  his  brothers 
carried  on  the  home  place.  When  he  was  twenty- 
five,  in  1873,  he  came  to  Colorado  in  company 
with  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Scott,  the  two  look- 
ing for  a  suitable  location  for  a  permanent  home. 
Returning  to  Ohio,  he  disposed  of  his  interests 
there,  and  in  1874  settled  permanently  in  Colo- 
rado. For  a  few  years  he  worked  on  a  sheep 
ranch,  and  in  the  meantime  invested  in  property 
in  Colorado  Springs.  In  1881  he  went  back  to 
Ohio  and  spent  the  winter.  April  20,  1882,  in 
Harrison  County,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Sophia  Davis,  who  was  born  in  that  county. 
Upon  his  return  to  the  west,  with  his  young  wife, 
he  settled  in  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  remained 
for  five  years,  removing  from  there  to  his  present 
ranch  in  1887. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Long  was  elected 
county  commissioner  in  the  fall  of  1893  and 
served  for  three  years.  In  1896  he  was  re- 
nominated,  without  opposition,  but  that  was  the 
year  of  the  great  silver  movement,  and  he  was 
defeated  with  the  remainder  of  his  party  ticket. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  at  Falcon,  of  which  lodge  he  was  a  charter 
member.  He  and  his  wife  became  the  parents 
of  five  children:  Mary  Belle,  Hugh  M.  (died 
November  16,  1898),  James  H.,  who  were  born 
in  Colorado  Springs,  and  Wesley  Clair  and  John 
A.,  born  on  the  home  farm. 


HARLES  J.  MILLER  resides  one  and  one- 
half  miles  southeast  of  Fountain,  where  he 
\J  owns  one  hundred  and  seventy  acres  of  land, 
comprising  one  of  the  valuable  farms  of  El  Paso 
County.  This  place  he  bought  in  1885,  moving 
to  it  in  December  of  the  same  year.  He  was 
born  in  Galena,  111.,  May  13,  1850,  a  son  of  Jacob 
Burkart.  When  he  was  about  ten  years  of  age 
he  was  adopted  by  a  Mr.  Miller,  whose  name  he 
took,  and  who  lived  in  Savanna,  Carroll  County, 
111.  In  1869  he  left  Illinois  and  came  to  Colorado, 
where  for  some  years  he  engaged  in  mining, 
spending  eight  years  in  the  vicinity  of  George- 
town, and  later  mining  at  Leadville  and  Aspen, 
but  his  mining  ventures  did  not  prove  very  profit- 
able. During  a  portion  of  this  time  he  was  an 
employe  of  General  Hall.  In  this  village,  in 
February,  1881,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Maggie  B.  Brann,  of  Fountain.  Two  chil- 
dren, Jennie  and  Mabel,  were  born  of  their  union, 
but  Mabel  died  in  infancy.  The  wife  and  mother 
passed  away  in  August,  1888. 


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The  second  marriage  of  Mr.  Miller  took  place 
on  Thanksgiving  day,  November  26,  1891,  and 
united  him  with  Flora  Jackson.  She  was  born 
near  Clyde,  Seneca  County,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of 
Frank  and  Minerva  (White)  Jackson,  natives  of 
Luzerne  Count}',  Pa.  After  her  father's  death 
in  Union  County,  Iowa,  her  mother  moved  to 
Richland  County,  Ohio,  where  her  relatives  lived 
and  where  her  marriage  had  occurred.  Mr.  Jack- 
son was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war,  enlisting  in 
Company  H,  Twenty-ninth  Iowa  Infantry,  and 
serving  for  two  years.  He  died  of  chronic  diarrhea 
in  1863,  while  in  the  service.  He  was  a  man  of 
noble  character  and  his  death  was  deeply  mourned 
by  all  who  knew  him. 

Mr.  Miller  has  never  been  an  aspirant  for  polit- 
ical honors.  He  has,  however,  been  elected  to 
fill  local  offices,  such  as  that  of  constable,  etc., 
which  he  has  filled  with  credit  to  himself  and  to 
the  satisfaction  of  all.  In  his  ballot  he  supports 
Democratic  candidates.  He  was  formerly  con- 
nected with  Acacia  Lodge  No.  85,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
at  Colorado  Springs,  and  is  now  a  member  of 
Tejon  Lodge.  He  is  an  upright  and  honor- 
able man,  one  who,  by  his  industry  and  perse- 
verance, without  help  from  anyone,  has  accumu- 
lated a  valuable  property  and  gained  a  sub- 
stantial position  among  the  farmers  of  El  Paso 
County. 

(TOHN  T.  RUSSELL  is  one  of  the  pioneers 
I  of  Colorado  and  has  made  his  home  in  La 
G/  Junta  for  a  longer  period  than  any  other  man 
now  a  resident  of  this  city.  When  he  came  here, 
in  1880,  there  were  only  three  houses,  and  he  has 
seen  the  town  grow  up  from  a  wild  prairie.  As 
justice  of  the  peace,  notary  public  and  real-estate 
and  insurance  agent,  he  has  been  closely  identi- 
fied with  local  development.  At  this  writing  he 
owns  several  residence  properties  and  two  busi- 
ness houses  in  the  city,  while  in  the  insurance 
business  he  represents  sixteen  of  the  old  fire  in- 
surance companies. 

Judge  Russell  was  born  March  i,  1840,  in 
Middletown,  Ohio,  and  there  he  was  educated, 
also  for  a  time  attending  school  in  Cincinnati.  In 
1856  he  went  to  Jefferson  County,  Iowa,  and 
settled  upon  a  farm.  The  outbreak  of  the  war 
found  him  eager  to  enlist  in  the  Union  service. 
In  April,  1861,  he  became  a  member  of  Company 
E,  Second  Iowa  Infantry,  and  was  assigned  to 
the  army  of  the  Cumberland,  with  which  he  took 
part  in  the  battles  of  Fort  Donelson,  Pittsburg 


Landing,  Shiloh,  Kenesaw  Mountain,  and  others, 
being  in  nineteen  engagements  altogether.  He 
was  slightly  wounded  in  one  battle.  After  a 
service  of  three  years  and  five  months  he  was 
discharged,  his  time  having  expired.  He  then 
returned  to  his  home  in  Iowa. 

After  a  short  time  he  came  to  Colorado,  driv- 
ing two  hundred  yearling  heifers  through  from 
Iowa,  and  these  he  herded  on  the  ground  where 
the  city  of  Colorado  Springs  is  now  built.  At 
that  time  there  was  but  one  house  (and  it  of  logs) 
in  the  present  large  and  populous  city.  For  two 
years  he  lived  the  life  of  a  cowboy  on  the  range. 
Then,  returning  to  Colorado  Springs,  he  opened 
a  hotel  and  for  two  years  carried  on  business  in 
that  place.  From  there  he  came  to  Rocky  Ford, 
Otero  County,  then  a  town  of  but  two  or  three 
houses.  He  opened  a  hotel,  which  was  patron- 
ized by  the  ranchmen  from  the  surrounding 
country  and  by  travelers  en  route  to  the  moun- 
tain regions.  During  the  early  days  he  also  en- 
gaged in  freighting  from  Denver  to  Canon  City 
and  Pueblo. 

About  1880  he  came  to  La  Junta,  where  he  has 
since  engaged  in  business.  As  a  Republican  he 
has  been  an  active  factor  in  local  politics.  For 
eleven  years  he  held  office  as  justice  of  the  peace, 
but  refused  then  to  hold  the  position  for  a  further 
period.  He  was  also  police  justice  for  eight 
years.  At  one  time  he  was  his  party's  candidate 
for  county  commissioner,  but  was  defeated  by  a 
small  majority.  For  four  years  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  of  La  Junta.  Fratern- 
ally he  is  a  member  of  La  Junta  Lodge  No.  28, 
K.  P.,  and  is  also  identified  with  the  Uniform 
Rank.  He  is  one  of  the  two  remaining  charter 
members  of  the  lodge  at  this  place,  and  was  its 
first  chancellor  commander.  He  is  also  identified 
with  and  takes  an  interest  in  the  order  of  Red 
Men.  In  common  with  most  Colorado  people,  he 
has  been  interested  in  mining.  However,  his 
efforts,  which  were  confined  to  mining  in  South 
Mountain  and  Silver  Cliff  in  1894-95,  were  not 
successful,  and  he  soon  abandoned  the  work. 

In  Colorado  Springs  he  married  Miss  Delia 
Matherly,  who  came  from  Davis  County,  Iowa, 
to  Colorado.  They  have  two  children,  Mary  and 
John,  both  at  home.  Mrs.  Russell's  father  and 
three  brothers  served  in  the  Union  army  during 
the  rebellion.  The  father  died  in  the  service  and 
one  brother  was  killed  in  battle;  the  other 
brothers  came  home  on  furloughs  and  died  from 
disease  contracted  in  the  service.  Mr.  Russell 


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was  one  of  the  charter  membersof  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  at  La  Junta,  and  has  been  either 
commander  or  adjutant  ever  since  its  organiza- 
tion. 


|~~RANK  H.  BENH  AM  is  one  of  the  honored 
JM  veterans  of  the  Civil  war  whose  devotion  to 
|  his  country  was  tested  not  only  by  service  on 
the  field  of  battle,  but  in  the  still  more  deadly 
dangers  of  a  southern  prison  den.  This  gallant 
soldier  is  now  one  of  the  honored  and  highly 
respected  citizens  of  Pueblo  County,  where  he 
owns  and  operates  a  ranch  and  also  a  sawmill 
five  miles  from  Rye. 

Mr.  Benham  was  born  in  Hammondsport, 
Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  June  5,  1846,  and  is  a 
son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Cleveland)  Benham, 
also  natives  of  the  Empire  state,  where  the  father 
engaged  in  the  tanning  business  many  years.  In 
the  family  were  two  other  sons  who  were  also 
among  the  boys  in  blue  during  the  Rebellion. 
George  K.  died  in  the  service  of  his  country, 
while  Lemuel  C.  served  all  through  the  war  and 
participated  in  the  battles  of  Antietam,  South 
Mountain  and  others. 

During  his  boyhood  and  youth  Frank  H.  Ben- 
ham  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
county,  and  in  November,  1863,  he  enlisted  in 
the  Twenty-second  New  York  Cavalry,  and  being 
in  active  service  until  taken  prisoner,  participated 
in  many  important  battles  and  skirmishes.  He 
was  first  incarcerated  in  Libby  prison  and  later  at 
Pemberton  and  Salisbury,  N.  C. ,  and  at  Flor- 
ence, S.  C.,  being  finally  released  March  i,  1865, 
at  which  time  he  returned  to  Annapolis,  Md., 
where  he  was  discharged  the  following  June. 
His  first  engagement  was  the  battle  of  the  Wil- 
derness. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Benham  returned 
to  New  York,  where  he  did  contract  work  until 
1872,  coming  to  Pueblo  County  in  that  year.  He 
located  upon  his  present  place,  which  he  has 
improved  with  a  good  residence  and  substantial 
outbuildings.  Being  situated  at  the  foot  hills  of 
the  mountains  and  easily  accessible  to  the  timber 
belts,  he  early  became  interested  in  the  milling 
business.  For  some  years  he  engaged  in  that 
enterprise  in  connection  with  others,  but  sub- 
sequently purchased  the  mills  'and  now  carries  on 
business  alone.  They  are  run  by  steam  and  he 
has  succeeded  in  building  up  a  large  and  profit- 
able trade. 
January  7,  1879,  Mr.  Benham  was  united  in 


marriage  with  Miss  Louesa  Butler,  a  native  of 
Webster  City,  Hamilton  County,  Iowa,  and  a 
lady  of  culture  and  refinement.  Her  father,  Theo- 
dore Butler,  came  to  Pueblo  at  an  early  day,  and 
later  settled  on  a  ranch  in  the  mountains,  where 
he  died  in  1876.  As  a  Republican,  Mr.  Benham 
has  ever  taken  an  active  and  prominent  part  in 
local  politics,  and  two  years  ago  was  the  candi- 
date of  his  party  for  the  office  of  county  commis- 
sioner, but  lacked  nine  votes  of  being  elected.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
and  in  business  and  social  circles  occupies  an  en- 
viable position .  As  a  citizen  he  stands  ready  to 
discharge  every  duty  devolving  upon  him,  and 
has  manifested  the  same  loyalty  in  days  of  peace 
as  in  days  of  war. 

KEELSON  G.  WILSON.  The  accessions  to 
ly  the  population  of  southern  Colorado  have 
|  Is  not  been  wholly  or  even  principally  confined 
to  the  cities,  although  the  latter  naturally  at- 
tract the  larger  percentage  of  retired  capitalists 
and  invalids  who  have  sought  the  genial  climate 
of  our  mountain  state.  But  it  has  been  proved 
that  both  stock-raising  and  general  farm  pursuits 
can  be  successfully  carried  on  in  the  valleys  be- 
tween the  mountain  ranges,  and  many  men  from 
other  countries,  as  well  as  from  eastern  states, 
have  embarked  in  agriculture  here.  Among  the 
Norwegians  who  have  become  prosperous  farm- 
ers is  Nelson  G.  Wilson,  whose  ranch  is  two  and 
one-half  miles  southeast  of  Buttes,  El  Paso 
County. 

Mr.  Wilson  was  born  in  Norway  May  19, 
1841,  a  son  of  Ole  Wilson.  He  was  an  infant 
when  his  parents  crossed  the  Atlantic  and  set- 
tled in  Rock  County,  Wis.,  where  his  father  se- 
cured land  and  followed  general  farming.  When 
our  subject  was  about  fourteen  years  of  age  he 
began  in  the  world  for  himself.  Going  to  Illi- 
nois, he  worked  on  a  farm  in  Winnebago  County. 
From  there  he  went  to  Iowa,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed in  Bremer  County.  In  1858  he  went  to 
Miami  County,  Kan.,  and  there  remained  until 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war.  In  1861  he  enlisted 
in  a  regiment  of  Missouri  Home  Guard,  and  took 
part  in  a  number  of  skirmishes,  serving  for  seven 
months.  For  a  time  he  was  stationed  at  Fort 
Leavenworth,  and  afterward  at  Springfield,  Mo. 
In  February,  1862,  he  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service. 

Going  to  Leavenworth,  Mr.  Wilson  secured 
employment  as  a  teamster  in  the  services  of  the 


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government,  but  was  soon  taken  ill  with  pneu- 
monia and  taken  to  a  hospital.  After  a  tedious 
illness  he  recovered  his  health,  and  then  hired 
out  to  drive  a  team  to  Colorado.  It  was  in  Oc- 
tober, 1862,  when  he  arrived  in  Denver.  After- 
ward he  drove  a  team  in  the  government  employ 
until  July,  1863,  and  in  September  of  that  year 
returned  to  Kansas,  where  he  continued  as  team- 
ster for  the  government  until  1864.  Returning 
to  Miami  County,  he  remained  there  until  the 
spring  of  1870.  He  was  married  there,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1864,  to  Miss  Mary  Hamilton,  of  that 
county,  and  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  had  ac- 
companied her  parents,  John  and  Mary  (Smith) 
Hamilton,  to  Kansas  when  she  was  a  child. 

In  1870  Mr.  Wilson  removed  to  Osage  Coun- 
ty, Kan.,  where  he  pre-empted  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres.  He  remained  there  until  1881,  and 
then  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  was  first  em- 
ployed on  the  Woodbury  ranch  in  El  Paso 
County,  and  later  worked  on  Dr.  Strickler's 
ranch  for  twelve  years.  With  the  money  he  had 
saved  during  these  years  of  work,  in  1894  he 
bought  his  present  ranch  of  six  hundred  acres. 
Politically  he  voted  for  Grant  in  1868  and  has 
continued  a  member  of  the  Republican  party.  He 
and  his  wife  became  the  parents  of  three  children. 
Nicholas,  who  was  born  in  Miami  County,  Kan., 
went  to  Alaska  in  February,  1898,  joining  the 
gold-seekers  in  the  Klondike.  Mary  Olive,  who 
was  born  in  Miami  County,  and  Augustus,  born 
in  Osage  County,  Kan.,  are  with  their  parents. 


0AVID  M.  JONES,  of  Manitou,  master  me- 
chanic of  the  Manitou  &  Pike's  Peak  Rail- 
road, has  made  his  home  in  Colorado  City 
since  1888  and  secured  employment  on  the  cog 
road.  He  ran  the  first  engine  on  this  road  and 
continued  as  an  engineer  until  May,  1898,  when 
his  long  and  faithful  service  was  recognized  by 
promotion  to  his  present  position  of  master 
mechanic,  in  charge  of  the  motive  department. 
In  this  responsible  place  he  has  proved  himself 
abundantly  qualified  to  discharge  every  duty. 
He  employs  all  modern  conveniences,  one  of  his 
latest  improvements  being  a  plan  to  sweep  the 
cars  with  compressed  air  from  the  water  motor. 

Born  in  Hyde  Park,  Scranton,  Pa.,  October 
27,  1868,  Mr.  Jones  is  of  Welsh  parentage.  His 
father,  Philip  Jones,  emigrated  from  Wales  to 
Pennsylvania  and  settled  in  Scranton,  where  for 
many  years  he  made  his  home.  During  the  Civil 
war  he  entered  the  army  and  served  for  a  short 


time.  As  engineer  in  the  employ  of  the  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  &  Western  Railroad,  he  ran  an  en- 
gine out  of  Scranton  for  years,  until  the  loss  of 
an  eye  forced  him  to  resign  from  that  work.  He 
was  next  employed  in  the  machinist's  shop  of 
the  same  road.  In  the  interests  of  the  Baldwin 
Locomotive  Company  he  went  to  South  America 
and  for  eight  years  remained  in  Dumont,  Brazil. 
In  1892  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he 
died  October  23,  1898.  His  wife,  who  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Lettie  Lewis,  was  born  in  Wales, 
a  daughter  of  Howell  Lewis,  who  became  a  black- 
smith in  Scranton  and  died  in  Lackawanna 
County.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones  became  the  par- 
ents of  five  children,  of  whom  David  M.  and 
Mrs.  Mary  Parrett,  of  California,  are  the  sole  sur- 
vivors. 

The  Jones  family  in  Wales  was  long  identified 
with  the  agricultural  interests  of  the  shire  of  Bre- 
con, lying  inland  among  the  mountains.  The 
grandfather  of  our  subject,  David  A. ,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Brecon  and  was  a  son  of  David 
Jones,  Sr.  In  early  life  he  engaged  in  farming, 
but  after  his  marriage  to  Jane,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Jones,  he  settled  in  Rhymney,  where  he  was 
employed  as  a  contractor  in  the  ore  mines.  His 
wife  died  in  1848,  and  three  years  later  he  brought 
his  children  to  America.  He  settled  in  Hyde 
Park,  Scranton,  in  August,  1851,  and  was  con- 
nected with  mining  interests  in  Lackawanna 
County  until  his  retirement  from  business.  In 
October,  1856,  he  went  to  California  via  the  Nic- 
aragua route.  During  the  journey  he  was  cap- 
tured by  Walker's  gang  of  filibusters,  but  was 
finally  allowed  to  depart.  After  a  year  at  the 
Monte  Cristo  goldmines  he  returned  via  Panama. 
He  continued  to  reside  in  Scranton  until  his  death, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-three  years.  In  religion  he 
was  identified  with  the  Congregational  Church. 
One  of  his  sons,  the  late  Hon.  D.  M.  Jones,  of 
Scranton,  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  business 
men  and  public  officials  of  that  city. 

After  completing  his  education  in  the  grammar 
and  high  schools  ofScranton,  our  subject  in  1881 
went  to  New  Mexico,  where  he  worked  in  the 
Santa  Fe  machine  shops  at  Raton  for  four  years. 
Later  for  three  years  he  was  employed  as  fireman 
on  that  road  between  Raton  and  Las  Vegas.  In 
1888  he  was  promoted  to  be  an  engineer,  but  after 
six  months  resigned  and  removed  to  Manitou, 
where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  Fraternally 
he  is  identified  with  Manitou  Lodge  No.  68,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  and  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 


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of  Elks.  He  is  fond  of  fishing  and  hunting,  and 
many  of  his  leisure  hours  are  spent  in  the  moun- 
tains or  on  the  plains,  in  the  pursuit  of  his  favor- 
ite recreations. 


EORNELIUS  JOSEPH  HART.  Prominent 
among  the  citizens  who  have  been  identified 
with  the  history  of  Pueblo  from  its  pioneer 
days,  stands  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  for 
years  has  been  a  leading  attorney  of  the  city. 
During  the  long  period  of  his  residence  here,  while 
he  has  not  amassed  a  large  fortune,  he  has  gained 
that  which  is  yet  more  to  be  desired — the  esteem 
and  respect  of  a  wide  circle  of  acquaintances,  and 
a  reputation  as  a  man  of  integrity,  honor  and 
ability.  As  a  Republican,  he  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  every  city,  county  and  state  election  since 
he  came  to  Colorado,  and  his  name  has  been 
prominently  mentioned  as  a  desirable  candidate 
for  attorney-general  of  the  state. 

At  Little  Falls,  Herkirner  County,  N.  Y.,  Mr. 
Hart  was  born  June  28,  1838.  When  he  was  six 
years  of  age  he  was  taken  to  Chicago,  111. ,  by  his 
parents,  Joseph  and  Clara  E.  Hart,  but  the  town, 
then  very  small,  was  neither  pleasant  nor  health- 
ful. In  a  short  time  his  father  purchased  a  team 
of  oxen  and  a  wagon,  and,  with  his  family,  drove 
through  to  Rock  River,  settling  near  Rockford, 
111.,  where  he  purchased  a  farm.  However,  he 
was  so  troubled  by  the  ague  that  after  two  years 
he  sold  out  and  removed  to  Savannah,  Mo. 
There  he  carried  on  a  harness  business  from  the 
fall  of  1846  until  1851,  when  he  removed  to  Holt 
County,  the  same  state. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
public  schools  and  in  a  private  academy  at  Sa- 
vannah, where  he  was  a  student  for  two  years. 
In  1859  he  entered  thelaw  office  of  James  M.  Pat- 
terson, where  he  read  law.  At  the  opening  of 
the  war  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Union  serv- 
ice and  assisted  in  recruiting  the  company  of 
which  he  was  a  member.  He  took  part  in  the 
battles  of  Lexington,  second  battle  of  Springfield, 
Mo.,  Turkey  Creek  and  Oak  Grove,  Mo.,  arid 
the  battle  of  the  Blue.  In  November,  1863,  he 
was  honorably  discharged  as  sergeant-major. 
Upon  leaving  the  service  he  went  to  St.  Joe,  Mo. 
From  there,  in  1865,  he  went  to  Colorado  and  lo- 
cated at  Living  Springs,  forty  miles  east  of  Den- 
ver, on  what  was  known  as  the  Cut  Off.  He 
kept  the  Home  Station  on  stage  route.  The  fall 
of  1867  found  him  in  Pueblo,  then  a  very  small 
town.  Here  he  carried  on  a  mercantile  business 


until  1871,  when  he  was  elected  justice  of  the 
peace  and  police  magistrate,  continuing  in  these 
offices  until  1879.  During  the  latter  part  of  his 
official  service  he  devoted  his  leisure  time  to  the 
study  of  law,  and  in  1879  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  after  which  he  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. Two  3'ears  later  he  was  appointed  county 
attorney  and  this  office  he  continued  to  fill  until 
he  was  elected  county  judge  in  the  fall  of  1883. 
As  judge  he  served  most  efficiently  and  accepta- 
bly, holding  the  office  until  1887.  In  January, 
1888,  he  was  again  appointed  county  attorney, 
this  time  serving  until  1893,  since  which  year  he 
has  devoted  himself  to  his  private  practice. 

In  Forest  City,  Holt  County,  Mo.,  in  1865,  Mr. 
Hart  was  made  a  Mason  in  Forest  City  Lodge 
No.  214.  Upon  coming  to  Colorado  he  was  the 
prime  mover  in  establishing  Pueblo  Lodge  No. 
17,  and  was  its  first  master.  He  is  still  identified 
with  this  lodge,  and  is  also  a  member  of  Pueblo 
Chapter  No.  3,R.  A.  M.  ,and  Pueblo  Cpmmandery 
No.  3,  K.  T.,  and  in  1878-79  served  as  grand 
master  of  the  grand  lodge  of  the  state. 

Just  before  coming  to  Colorado  Mr.  Hart  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  Bush,  a  na- 
tive of  New  York.  They  are  the  parents  of  three 
children.  The  eldest  of  these,  Lorin  M.  Hart,  is 
an  attorney  in  Denver.  The  only  daughter,  Ella, 
is  the  wife  of  Frank  E.  King,  of  Monterey,  Mex- 
ico. The  youngest  child  is  Frederick  C. ,  a  bright 
lad  of  ten  years. 

0R.  ROBERT  F.  LOVE,  a  pioneer  dentist 
of  Colorado,  came  to  this  state  in  the  spring 
of  1860  and  has  since  been  identified  with 
its  history.  He  is  engaged  in  the  real-estate  bus- 
iness at  this  writing  and  makes  his  home  in  Col- 
orado City,  where  he  is  well  known  and  highly 
respected.  Reference  to  the  history  of  his  par- 
ents may  be  found  in  the  sketch  of  his  brother, 
William  Asbury  Love,  a  pioneer  of  '59.  He  was 
born  in  Princeton,  Caldwell  County,  Ky. ,  July 
25.  I839,  and  in  1855  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Jasper  County,  Mo.,  where  he  attended  the 
Avilla  public  schools. 

When  the  news  of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Col- 
orado reached  Mr.  Love  in  1859  he  at  once  set 
about  making  preparations  to  cross  the  plains. 
In  the  spring  of  1 860  he  started  for  the  new  gold 
fields,  making  the  trip  with  two  wagons  and  four 
yoke  of  oxen,  and  bringing  with  him  provisions 
sufficient  for  almost  two  years.  He  drove  up  the 
Arkansas  to  Colorado  City,  arriving  there  after 


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two  months  of  travel.  Hearing  favorable  re- 
ports from  Breckenridge  they  started  for  that 
point.  To  get  through  the  pass  they  used  ropes 
and  tackle,  raising  wagons  over  rocks  and  carry- 
ing provisions  with  them.  They  went  around 
Pike's  Peak  to  Twin  Rocks,  swam  across  the 
Platte,  went  through  South  Park,  crossed  the 
range,  then  down  to  Breckenridge,  located  claims 
on  the  Iowa  Gulch,  then  went  to  French  Gulch 
and  bought  placer  ground.  He  operated  the 
claims  until  December,  1860,  when  the  water 
supply  failed. 

During  the  winter  of  1860-61  Dr.  Love  went 
to  Central  City.  In  the  spring  he  returned  to 
French  Gulch  and  sold  his  claims.  Next  he 
spent  a  time  in  Galena  Gulch  and  Delaware  Flats, 
then  mined  at  old  Montgomery  from  1862  to  the 
spring  of  1864,  when  he  came  via  Central  and 
Denver  to  Colorado  City.  Here  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  a  man  and  embarked  in  farming 
on  the  Cheyenne.  In  1865  he  went  to  Colorado 
City  and  entered  the  academy,  where  he  studied 
for  four  years.  At  the  same  time  he  began  the 
study  of  dentistry  under  Dr.  Sutherland,  and  on 
acquiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  profes- 
sion opened  an  office  in  Colorado  City.  He  also 
built  a  store  building  of  concrete  and  put  in  a 
stock  of  drugs.  From  1871  until  1875  he  served 
as  postmaster.  In  1875  he  disposed  of  the  stock 
of  drugs  but  continued  as  a  dentist  until  1878. 
Then  going  to  Leadville  he  located  the  Climax 
mine,  sinking  two  shafts  of  one  hundred  and 
ninety  feet  each.  Not  realizing  the  value  of  the 
mine  he  sold  it  for  a  small  sum;  since  then  it  has 
brought  its  owners  hundreds  of  thousands.  He 
practiced  dentistry  in  Leadville  until  1882,  and 
also  carried  on  a  ranch  in  South  Park,  at  the 
headwaters  of  the  Platte.  In  1880,  with  two 
others,  he  bought  the  Weed  ranch,  on  the  Platte, 
near  Hubbard,  and  carried  it  on  until  1885,  when 
he  sold  to  one  of  his  partners.  Returning  to  Col- 
orado City  he  resumed  practice,  in  which  he  con- 
tinued until  1890. 

In  1864,  with  three  others,  Dr.  Love  located 
the  site  of  the  soda  springs  at  Manitou  and  bought 
Williams  Canon,  containing  the  now-celebrated 
caves,  bvit  this  property  he  afterward  sold.  He 
also  owned  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  the 
site  of  Colorado  Springs,  which  he  sold  to  the 
first  settlers  there.  In  1868  he  bought  a  ranch 
twenty  miles  below  Colorado  City,  but  sold  the 
place  some  years  later.  He  has  developed  and 
built  up  considerable  property  in  Colorado  City, 


Colorado  Springs  and  Manitou.  Politically  he  is 
a  Democrat,  but  does  not  take  an  active  part  in 
public  affairs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  El  Paso 
Pioneers'  Society. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Love  took  place  in  Colo- 
rado Springs  and  united  him  with  Miss  Mary  C. 
Brandt,  who  was  born  in  Winchester,  Va.  They 
are  the  parents  of  two  daughters,  Ethel  May  and 
Mabel  Lilian.  Mrs.  Love  is  a  daughter  of  David 
and  Virginia  (May)  Brandt,  natives  respectively 
of  Mechanicsburg,  Pa.,  and  Virginia.  Her 
father,  who  was  a  son  of  Adam  Brandt,  a  farmer 
(born  in  Pennsylvania  and  died  in  Virginia),  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  farming  implements 
in  Virginia,  but  died  in  Hagerstown,  Md.,  where 
his  closing  years  were  spent.  Her  mother  was  a 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Nevel)  May,  of 
English  descent.  In  the  family  of  David  Brandt 
there  were  three  children,  Mrs.  Love  and  two 
sons,  David  C.,  of  New  York  City,  and  Charles, 
who  is  in  San  Francisco. 


EHARLES  W.  WILLIAMS,  M.  D.,  post- 
master of  Manzanola,  Otero  County,  also 
proprietor  of  a  drug  store  and  an  active 
practicing  physician  of  this  village,  was  born 
in  Hockingport,  Ohio,  February  8,  1853.  His 
boyhood  days  were  spent  in  the  village  where 
he  was  born  and  there  the  rudiments  of  his  educa- 
tion were  obtained.  Afterward  he  matriculated 
in  the  university  at  Lebanon,  where  he  continued 
the  studies  of  the  regular  course  until  his  gradua- 
tion. Having  decided  to  become  a  physician,  he 
entered  the  Kentucky  State  School  of  Medicine 
at  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  there  continued  until  his 
graduation  in  1880. 

Returning  to  Ohio,  Dr.  Williams  opened  an 
office  at  Portsmouth,  but  after  a  time  removed  to 
Metropolis,  111. ,  where  he  continued  to  practice 
until  1887.  He  then  came  to  Colorado,  for  three 
years  carrying  on  practice  in  the  village  of  Min- 
neapolis. From  there  he  removed  to  Elizabeth, 
this  state,  but  in  a  few  months  went  to  Pueblo, 
and  after  a  year  there  and  a  few  months  in  Over- 
ton,  came  to  Manzanola  in  the  fall  of  1893.  Here 
he  has  since  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  his 
profession.  A  Republican  in  politics,  he  received 
from  the  McKinley  administration  an  appoint- 
ment as  postmaster  in  the  fall  of  1897,  and  in  the 
summer  of  the  following  year  opened  a  drug  store. 
While  he  gives  some  attention  to  each,  yet  he  has 
not  neglected  his  practice,  but  employs  a  clerk  to 
attend  to  the  postoffice  and  drug  store  during  his 


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absence  on  professional  business.  Adjoining  the 
village  limits  he  has  an  eighty-acre  tract,  of 
which  three  acres  are  planted  in  fruit  trees. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Williams  was  made  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  while 
in  Portsmouth,  Ohio,  and  he  still  has  his  member- 
ship in  that  lodge.  He  is  identified  with  the 
Christian  Church  of  Manzanola  and  has  been  an 
active  worker  in  its  interests.  In  1884  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ella  Wycoff,  of 
Buena  Vista,  Ohio,  and  they  are  the  parents  of 
the  following-named  children:  Sidney,  Allen, 
Weir,  Arthur,  Avis  and  Dorothy. 


"HOMAS  D.  BAIRD,  M.  D.,  president  of 
the  state  board  of  medical  examiners,  has, 
since  1886,  resided  in  Walsenburg,  where 
he  carries  on  a  large  general  practice,  and  is  also 
surgeon  for  the  Colorado  Fuel  and  Iron  Com- 
pany at  the  Picton  mines,  the  Union  Pacific, 
Denver  &  Gulf  Railroad  Company,  and  the 
Northern  Coal  Company  at  Toltec.  In  educa- 
tional work  he  has  been  deeply  interested,  and 
as  president,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
school  board  he  has  rendered  effective  service 
in  behalf  of  the  local  schools,  while  as  superin- 
tendent of  schools  of  Huerfano  County  from  1887 
to  1889,  he  was  equally  energetic  in  promoting 
the  interests  of  schools  throughout  the  county. 
He  is  now  serving  as  mayor  of  the  city  of  Walsen- 
burg. 

Dr.  Baird's  interest  in  educational  matters  is 
his  by  right  of  inheritance,  for  his  mother  has 
for  years  been  an  educator  of  national  promi- 
nence. She  was  the  eldest  child  of  Samuel  E. 
and  Harriet  M.  (Bell)  Davis,  and  was  born  in 
Shelby  County,  Ky.,  and  educated  at  Science 
Hall  Academy,  in  Shelbyville.  She  was  con- 
verted, at  the  age.  of  fourteen,  and  became  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  she  became  the  wife  of  Jesse  K.  Baird 
and  five  years  later  moved  to  Missouri,  settling 
in  Shelbyville,  where  she  taught  a  select  school 
for  four  years.  From  there  going  to  Liberty, 
Clay  County,  she  was  for  four  years  associate 
president  (with  her  brother,  John  T.  Davis)  of 
the  Liberty  Female  College,  connected  with  Will- 
iam Jewell  College.  Afterward  for  three  years  she 
taught  at  Lancaster,  Schuyler  County,  Mo.,  and 
then  for  seven  years  was  a  teacher  in  the  high 
school  at  Springfield,  111., from  which  place  she  was 
called  to  the  presidency  of  the  old  Bethel  (now 
Ingleside)  male  and  female  college  at  Palmyra  in 
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1873.  Six  years  later  she  resigned,  and  shortly 
afterward  was  elected  to  the  presidency  of  Har- 
din  College,  which  grew  in  excellence  and  repu- 
tation under  her  judicious  management.  While 
at  Palmyra  she  was  married  to  H.  T.  Baird,  the 
business  manager  of  the  institution  over  which 
she  presided. 

By  her  first  marriage  she  had  three  children, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  his  two  sisters, 
Mrs.  Belle  True  and  Miss  Itonia  *J.  Baird,  who 
are  teachers  in  Hardin  College.  Mrs.  True  is  a 
noted  artist  and  has  had  pictures  on  exhibition 
in  well-known  art  galleries,  much  of  her  work 
receiving  premiums  and  honorable  mention  when 
exhibited  with  the  paintings  by  masters.  Miss 
Itonia  J.  was  educated  in  Belgium  and  Holland 
and  is  a  young  lady  of  exceptional  culture,  whose 
advantages  and  talent  fit  her  for  prominence  in  the 
educational  world.  In  1885  Mrs.  Baird  built  the 
Baird  Female  College  at  Clinton,  Mo.,  and  of 
this  institution  she  has  since  been  president; 
through  her  wise  oversight,  the  institution  has 
been  developed  into  one  of  the  leading  colleges 
for  ladies  in  the  west.  An  article  read  by  her  at 
the  Woman's  Congress  in  Chicago  in  1893  at- 
tracted wide  attention  and  was  received  with  ap- 
proval. In  the  work  of  the  Baptist  Church  she 
has  taken  a  prominent  part  through  her  entire 
life  and  is  widely  known  among  its  members. 

The  Baird  family  descends  from  three  brothers 
who  came  from  Scotland  to  America  and  were 
early  settlers  of  Kentucky.  Jesse  K.  Baird  was 
born  in  Kentucky,  but  removed  to  Missouri  in 
1854,  and  there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
He  was  a  graduate  of  the  Louisville  Law  School 
and  practiced  law  in  Kentucky,  where  he  had 
large  interests  in  plantations  and  slaves.  After 
removing  to  Missouri  he  engaged  in  practice  in 
Liberty  and  Lancaster.  About  1856  he  surveyed 
the  Missouri  and  Iowa  line  for  the  United  States 
government.  In  politics  a  Democrat,  he  bore  a 
prominent  part  in  public  affairs  in  Missouri.  At 
the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the 
Confederate  army  under  Capt.  John  T.  Davis,  of 
Missouri,  and  was  assigned  to  General  Price's 
brigade  and  General  Porter's  regiment  in  cavalry 
service.  He  continued  in  the  army  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  The  exposure  of  camp  life 
and  long  marches  caused  him  to  contract  a  cold, 
from  which  serious  symptoms  developed,  causing 
his  death  in  1871,  at  the  age  of  forty-nine  years. 

Born  in  Shelby  County,  Ky.,  in  1850,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  spent  the  principal  years  of 


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childhood  in  Missouri,  where  he  attended  school. 
Later  he  was  a  student  in  the  high  school  of 
Springfield,  111.  In  1869-70  he  attended  the 
Louisville  University  medical  department,  and 
while  there  received  appointment  as  assistant 
physician  to  the  Illinois  state  penitentiary  at 
Joliet,  which  he  accepted,  remaining  there  until 
September,  1876.  Later  he  completed  his  course 
in  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  from  which 
he  graduated  ki  1877,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
Opening  an  office  in  Nevada,  Mo. ,  he  also  car- 
ried on  a  drug  store  there,  but  in  1879  sold  out 
and  went  to  Mexico,  Mo.,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  drug  business  and  practiced  his  profession. 
In  August,  1880,  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling 
in  Pueblo,  where  he  was  county  physician  for 
two  years  and  also  carried  on  a  general  practice. 
In  1886  he  came  to  Walsenburg,  where  he  has 
since  carried  on  practice,  making  a  specialty  of 
children's  diseases. 

Politically  Dr.  Baird  is  a  Democrat.  For  ten 
years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  town  council, 
and  in  1899  was  elected  mayor  of  the  town,  in 
which  positions  he  has  fostered  movements  for 
the  town's  advancement.  Besides  his  other  in- 
terests he  owns  considerable  real  estate  and  is  in- 
terested in  mining.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  Diamond  Lodge  No.  49,  K.  P.,  in  which 
he  is  past  chancellor  and  member  of  the  grand 
lodge;  Unity  Lodge  No.  70,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which 
he  is  past  master,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Rebekahs;  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  Watoga 
Tribe  No.  173, 1.  O.  R.  M.,  in  which  he  is  past 
sachem.  In  1874  he  married  Miss  Sarah  E.  Bar- 
rett, of  Joliet,  111.,  and  they  have  two  children: 
Jessie  B.,  wife  of  D.  T.  Wyckoff,  and  Chattie 
Belle. 

[DCJlLLIAM  H.  RICKER,  of  Pueblo,  has 
\  A I  keen  a  resident  of  this  city  for  many  years, 
YY  and  is  well  known  among  its  citizens.  He 
was  born  in  Peru,  Me.,  in  August,  1843,  but 
spent  his  early  childhood  years  in  Maine  and 
Massachusetts.  His  father,  William  Ricker,who 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  settled  in  Kan- 
sas in  1854,  and  participated  in  its  activities  dur- 
ing territorial  days.  A  pioneer  there,  he  cleared 
and  cultivated  a  farm.  From  that  state  he  came 
to  Colorado,  and  while  crossing  the  Fountain 
River  was  drowned  in  1867. 

When  the  family  moved  to  Kansas  our  subject 
was  a  boy  of  seventeen  years.  He  spent  some 
years  in  Lawrence,  and  was  there  at  the  time  the 


town  was  destroyed  prior  to  the  war.  In  1860 
he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Pueblo,  then  a 
small  trading  point.  He  assisted  in  building  one 
of  the  first  houses  in  the  town.  There  are  few  now 
living  who  remember  Pueblo  as  it  was  in  1860. 
Many  have  the  impression  that  it  was  a  Mexican 
town,  but  the  real  facts  are  that  the  word  Pueblo 
is  indicative  of  a  half-civilized  Indian  tribe  from 
Mexico,  and  the  city  was  at  one  time  an  Indian 
village,  inhabited  by  these  Pueblos.  For  two 
years  the  Mormons  also  made  it  their  headquar- 
ters, but  finally  went  further  west  to  Utah. 

At  the  time  Mr.  Ricker  came  to  Pueblo  the 
channel  of  the  Arkansas  River  was  different  from 
what  it  is  now.  Then  it  was  very  crooked,  and 
one  bend  ran  up  to  what  is  now  First  street, 
while  another  part  ran  near  the  present  site  of  the 
Union  depot,  and  in  other  places  it  has  also  been 
greatly  changed.  Mr.  Ricker  and  his  party  laid 
out  the  town.  There  being  no  surveyor  among 
them  they  sent  to  Denver  for  one,  and  as  there 
were  no  government  field  notes,  the  town  was 
laid  out  by  the  compass,  which  accounts  for  the 
fact  that  the  streets  do  not  run  directly  north  and 
south. 

After  one  year  in  Pueblo  Mr.  Ricker  went  to 
the  mountains.  In  the  fall  of  1861  he  first  saw 
Denver,  then  a  mere  village.  There  he  enlisted 
in  Company  B,  First  Colorado  Infantry,  and  was 
assigned  to  duty  on  the  frontier  of  New  Mexico. 
For  two  years  he  engaged  in  guarding  property 
and  fighting  Indians,  and  was  stationed  at  Fort 
Riley  and  other  forts  on  the  Arkansas.  During 
one  winter  provisions  were  so  scarce  that  the  al- 
lowance was  limited  to  four  ounces  of  flour  a  day, 
which,  with  a  small  amount  of  coffee,  comprised 
the  rations.  One  of  the  most  desperate  struggles 
in  which  he  took  part  was  that  at  Pigeon  ranch, 
where  his  regiment,  though  small  in  numbers, 
held  the  Texans  back  for  an  entire  day.  Many 
of  the  important  battles  of  the  regiment  have 
never  been  mentioned  in  history,  and  there  are 
comparatively  few  who  are  aware  of  the  extent 
of  service  rendered  by  the  First. 

Upon  being  discharged  from  the  army  in  1865, 
Mr.  Ricker  settled  on  the  Solomon  River  near 
Minneapolis,  Kan.,  where  he  remained  for  five 
years.  In  the  fall  of  1870  he  returned  to  Pueblo, 
where  he  has  since  made  his  home,  during  part 
of  the  time  engaging  in  the  stock  business,  while 
for  some  years  he  also  had  the  leading  livery 
here.  He  owns  a  number  of  houses  on  West 
Twelfth  street,  and  one  on  the  mesa  that  he 


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rents,  also  owns  the  residence  at  No.  605  West 
Twelfth  street,  which  he  occupies.  Politically  a 
lifelong  Republican,  he  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  local  affairs,  but  has  never  cared  for  public  of- 
fices. Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Camp 
No.  2,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic. 

In  1891  Mr.  Ricker  married  Mrs.  Martha  J. 
(Reynolds)  Hall,  who  spent  her  early  life  in 
Ohio,  and  came  from  there  to  Colorado  in  1889. 
Her  father,  Patrick  H.  Reynolds,  was  a  farmer 
of  Ohio,  and  during  the  Civil  war  served  in  the 
Ninety-first  Ohio  Infantry. 


(31  NCIE  EVERETT,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
LJ  meat  business  at  Lamar,  Prowers  County, 
||  came  to  this  town  in  the  fall  of  1886,  a  few 
months  after  the  village  had  been  laid  out.  At 
once  opening  a  meat  market,  he  has  since  carried 
on  business  at  this  point,  and  in  addition  to  his 
retail  trade  he  is  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
dressed-meat  business,  and  also  ships  live  stock. 
Besides  the  building  in  which  he  has  his  market 
and  other  town  property  he  is  owner  of  two  hun- 
dred and  eighty  acres  situated  adjacent  to  the 
town,  and  watered  by  Bed  Rock  ditch,  for  the  use 
of  which  he  has  a  two  hundred  acre  water  right. 
A  son  of  John  and  Anna  (Smith)  Everett,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Washington 
County,  Ohio,  May  29,  1847.  When  he  was 
seven  years  of  age  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Lawrence  County,  Ohio,  and  afterward  remained 
on  his  father's  farm  until  1864.  From  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  has  been  self-supporting.  On  remov- 
ing to  Kansas  in  1 864  he  began  to  take  contracts 
to  cut  timber  for  the  railroad,  and  from  that  time 
he  followed  contracting  in  Missouri  and  Kansas 
until  1874.  Meantime  he  was  married,  in  Law- 
rence County,  Ohio,  November  3,  1868,  to  Miss 
L.  C.  Daly,  a  native  of  Noble  County,  Ohio.  As 
a  contractor  he  was  fairly  successful,  but  the  ill- 
ness of  his  father  caused  him  to  return  to  Ohio  in 
1874,  and  he  took  care  of  his  father  until  the  lat- 
ter's  death  the  following  year.  His  next  venture 
was  as  proprietor  of  a  general  store  in  the  coun- 
try near  the  old  homestead,  where  he  continued 
until  his  mother's  death  in  1885.  He  then  left 
Ohio  and  drove  west  through  the  Mississippi 
Valley  and  into  Colorado,  looking  for  a  healthful 
location,  as  his  wife  was  in  poor  health.  Arriv- 
ing in  Lamar  he  concluded  to  settle  here,  and  at 
once  began  in  the  meat  business.  In  1895  he 
erected  the  brick  store  building  which  he  has 


since  occupied.  He  is  also  owner  of  residence 
property  in  the  town.  The  various  important 
local  enterprises  (mill,  hotel,  etc.)  have  all  re- 
ceived his  assistance.  He  is  a  public- spirited 
citizen,  ready  to  help  in  any  measure  that  prom- 
ises to  advance  the  interests  of  his  town. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Everett  became  the  parents  of 
four  sons:  J.  E.,  M.  E.  and  A.  E.  (twins)  and 
Orion.  The  eldest  son,  who  was  born  in  Wyan- 
dotte,  Kan.,  married  Miss  Hattie  Cummings  in 
Lamar,  September  28,  1892,  and  they  have  three 
children,  Frank  E. ,  Margaret  L.  and  William  A. 
M.  E.,  who  was  born  at  Orrick,  Ray  County, 
Mo.,  was  married  at  Lamar  to  Miss  Madge  Brad- 
ley, by  whom  he  has  three  children.  A.  E.  is 
unmarried  and  resides  in  Lamar,  as  does  also  the 
youngest  son,  Orion,  who  was  born  in  Lawrence 
County,  Ohio. 

Together  with  two  of  his  sons,  Mr.  Everett  is 
connected  with  Lamar  Camp  No.  36,  Woodmen  of 
the  World,  in  which  he  has  been  an  officer  and 
active  worker.  He  has  never  cared  for  office,  his 
tastes  not  running  in  the  line  of  politics,  but  he 
believes  in  Democratic  principles  and  may  be  re- 
lied upon  to  support  them  at  the  polls. 


QOBERT  PLENDERLEITH,  one  of  the  rep- 
|A  resentative  citizens  of  La  Junta,  and  an  ex- 
p  \  tensive  sheep-raiser  of  Otero  County,  is  of 
Scotch  birth  and  ancestry,  a  member  of  a  family 
of  Lanarkshire,  district  of  Biggar.  There  he  was 
born  March  24,  1860,  and  there  the  days  of 
his  boyhood  were  uneventfully  but  happily 
passed.  He  grew  to  manhood  upon  a  farm, 
taught  from  early  age  to  assist  in  its  cultivation. 
Often  he  heard  of  the  new  world,  with  its  pros- 
pects and  opportunities,  and  his  mind  was  fixed 
in  a  determination  to  seek  a  home  beyond  the 
ocean. 

When  about  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  came 
to  the  United  States,  and  proceeding  westward  to 
Kansas,  settled  in  Chase  County.  He  secured 
land  and  engaged  in  tilling  the  soil  and  raising 
stock.  However,  he  was  not  satisfied  with  the 
country,  and  decided  to  come  further  west.  In 
the  fall  of  1884  he  came  to  what  was  then  a  part 
of  Bent  (now  Otero)  County, and  opened  a  ranch 
near  Timpas,  a  small  village.  He  possesses  the 
ability  common  to  his  countrymen,  that  of  carry- 
ing on  the  sheep  business  successfully.  For 
eleven  years  he  remained  on  a  ranch  he  owned 
with  Listen  Cooper  as  a  partner,  owning  four 
thousand  head  of  sheep.  In  1895  he  came  to 


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La  Junta,  where  he  has  since  made. his  head- 
quarters. He  owns  between  eight  and  nine  thou- 
sand sheep  on  the  range,  and  has  a  number  of 
men  engaged  in  herding  and  feeding  them.  The 
fact  that  for  a  few  years  the  sheep  industry  has 
enjoyed  a  steady  revival  through  the  increased 
price  of  wool,  and  the  large  demand  for  lamb  and 
mutton,  has  raised  the  price  of  his  stock  and 
greatly  increased  the  aggregate  value  of  the  herd. 
Mr.  Plenderleith  gives  his  entire  time  to  his 
business  affairs,  and,  therefore,  does  not  partici- 
pate in  politics.  However,  he  votes  the  Repub- 
lican ticket  at  elections,  and  is  interested  in  the 
party's  success.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  Mr.  Plender- 
leith was  married  June  24,  1893,  to  Miss  Agnes 
Lance,  daughter  of  Salem  and  Sarah  (Inmau) 
Lance,  and  a  native  of  Shelby  County,  111. 


J.  KIRKLAND.  Prominent  among  the 
successful  farmers  and  extensive  stock- 
growers  of  Pueblo  County  may  be  named 
the  subject  of  this  historical  notice,  whose  ranch 
is  pleasantly  located  eight  miles  from  Beulah,  and 
who,  by  his  enterprise  and  energy  in  the  direction 
of  his  chosen  industry  has  given  to  his  work  a 
significance  and  beauty  of  which  few  deemed  it 
capable.  He  was  born  in  Mercer  County,  Ky. , 
in  1853,  and  is  a  son  of  J.  P.  and  Melinda 
(Devine)  Kirkland,  also  natives  of  that  state, 
where  the  mother  died  when  our  subject  was  ten 
years  old.  The  father  is  now  a  farmer  of  Ark- 
ansas. His  other  children  were:  J.  W.,  a  merchant 
of  Arkansas;  C.  H.,  formerly  a  Methodist  Epis- 
copal minister,  now  deceased;  Jennie,  wife  of 
Louis  Ruthford;  and  Lizzie,  wife  of  William 
Ruthford,  of  Arkansas. 

The  subject  of  this  review  remained  in  his 
native  state  until  ten  years  of  age,  his  education 
being  acquired  in  the  schools  of  Lebanon,'  Ky. 
He  then  accompanied  his  father  on  his  removal 
to  Franklin  County,  Ind.,  where  the  following 
two  years  were  passed,  and  at  the  end  of  that 
time  went  to  Kirkville,  Adair  County,  Mo., 
where  he  lived  for  one  year.  His  next  home 
was  in  Labette  County,  Kan.,  but  in  April,  1879, 
he  became  a  resident  of  Pueblo,  Colo.  He  was 
interested  in  railroads  for  some  years,  being  con- 
nected first  with  the  Santa  Fe  and  later  with  the 
Rio  Grande  Railroad.  He  was  with  the  latter 
for  seven  years,  during  which  time  he  never  lost 
a  day.  He  commenced  in  the  transfer  depart- 
ment and  gradually  worked  his  way]  upward 


until  he  held  an  important  and  responsible  posi- 
tion, which  fact  plainly  indicates  his  efficient  serv- 
ice and  the  confidence  and  trust  reposed  in  him 
by  the  company.  About  eleven  years  ago  he 
located  upon  his  present  ranch  in  Pueblo  County 
and  has  since  given  his  time  and  attention  to 
agricultural  pursuits,  making  all  of  the  improve- 
ments upon  his  place. 

In  1876  Mr.  Kirkland  married  Miss  Ada 
Moore,  who  was  born  in  Fort  Madison,  Iowa, 
but  when  young  accompanied  her  family  on  their 
removal  to  Kansas.  She  had  three  brothers  and 
seven  sisters,  of  whom  two  brothers  and  one 
sister  are  now  deceased.  Those  living  are: 
Walter,  Mrs.  Leheck  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Carver,  all  of 
Pueblo;  Mrs.  J.  Sitton,  who  lives  in  Pueblo 
County,  near  Beulah;  Mrs.  J.  D.  Adams  and  Mrs. 
B.  D.  Bedell,  both  of  Chetopa,  Kan. ;  and  Mrs. 
George  Sever,  who  lives  in  the  Indian  Territory. 
Of  the  six  children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kirk- 
land, Stella  is  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Gray  and 
resides  in  Pueblo;  Douglas  was  accidentally  shot 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  years;  Maudie  died  in 
Pueblo  at  the  age  of  ten  months;  Myrtle,  Ernest 
and  Wilbur  are  at  home. 

Mr.  Kirkland  is  a  supporter  of  the  Democratic 
party  and  an  advocate  of  the  free  coinage  of  silver. 
He  is  a  public-spirited  and  progressive  citizen 
and  takes  a  deep  interest  in  every  enterprise  cal- 
culated to  advance  the  moral  or  material  welfare 
of  the  county. 

(I  W.  SITTON,  whose  home  is  near  Beulah, 
I  is  a  worthy  representative  of  the  farming 
C/  and  stock-raising  interests  of  Pueblo  County. 
He  was  born  in  Pike  County,  111.,  in  1834,  spent 
his  boyhood  and  youth  there  and  was  educated 
in  its  public  schools.  His  father,  Terrel  Sitton, 
was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  a 
pioneer  of  Illinois,  having  located  there  when  it 
was  still  a  territory.  He  was  a  carpenter,  bridge 
builder  and  contractor  by  occupation,  and  spent 
most  of  his  life  in  Pike  County,  where  he  died 
when  our  subject  was  only  a  year  and  a-half  old. 
His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Ann 
Cooper,  was  a  native  of  Illinois,  and  a  repre- 
sentative of  one  of  its  pioneer  families. 

At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  J.  W.  Sittou  began 
his  business  career  by  working  as  a  farm  hand  or 
at  any  occupation  which  he  could  find  to  do.  In 
1869  he  went  to  Kansas,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  farming  and  mercantile  business  until  1882, 
and  in  1889  he  came  to  Colorado  and  took  up  his 


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residence  in  Pueblo,  where  he  followed  contract- 
ing and  also  operated  a  sawmill  for  six  years. 
Seven  years  ago  he  purchased  his  present  ranch, 
which  is  now  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation 
and  well  stocked  with  a  good  grade  of  horses  and 
cattle.  He  has  made  most  of  the  improvements 
upon  the  place,  and  has  met  with  excellent  suc- 
cess in  his  farming  operations  here. 

In  1 86 1  Mr.  Sitton  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Lucy  Shane,  a  resident  of  Illinois.  To 
them  were  born  four  children,  as  follows:  James, 
the  present  foreman  of  the  Iller  smelter  at  Pueblo; 
Anna,  wife  of  George  Jackson,  of  Pueblo,  whose 
sketch  appears  elsewhere  in  this  volume;  J.  P., 
who  is  married  and  lives  near  his  father;  and 
W.  E.,  a  stockman,  who  also  lives  near  the  home 
farm. 

Mr.  Sitton  manifested  his  patriotism  during 
the  Civil  war  by  enlisting  in  the  Second  Illinois 
Cavalry,  but  he  was  rejected  by  the  examining 
physician.  Politically  he  is  identified  with  the 
Democratic  party.  He  affiliates  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


'HO MAS  GEORGE  HORN,  M.  D.,  who 
has  engaged  in  practice  in  Colorado  Springs 
since  1874,  is  the  oldest  practicing  physi- 
cian in  the  city,  and  one  of  the  most  successful 
as  well.  He  is  the  owner  of  the  calcic  springs, 
whose  waters  furnish  an  absolute  specific  for 
catarrhal  diseases,  and  are  also  a  magnificent 
nerve  tonic.  For  the  purpose  of  utilizing  the 
water  in  the  treatment  of  invalids  he  has  organ- 
ized a  company,  of  which  he  is  president  and 
medical  director,  and  which  has  now  in  process 
of  erection  a  sanitarium  of  two  hundred  and 
eighty  rooms.  The  location  of  the  sanitarium  is 
upon  ten  acres  of  ground  near  the  Horn  mineral 
springs,  where  the  altitude  meets  the  require- 
ments of  the  greatest  number  of  diseases,  and 
where  the  summers  are  delightful  and  the  winters 
mild.  The  main  building,  which  will  be  fire- 
proof and  of  brick,  will  be  equipped  with  all 
modern  appliances,  including  mechanical  mas- 
sage, plunge  baths,  private  dining  rooms,  lecture 
and  reading  rooms,  and  a  solarium  on  the  roof. 
In  addition  there  will  be  small  private  cottages 
for  those  who  prefer  seclusion  and  quiet. 

The  Horn  family  was  founded  in  America  by 
three  brothers  from  Germany,  George,  William 
and  Thomas  Horn,  who  crossed  the  ocean  in 
1640  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania.  George  had 
a  son,  George,  Jr. ,  who  removed  to  Martinsburg, 


Berkeley  County,  Va.,  and  participated  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.  He  died  at  eighty-four  years 
of  age.  His  son,  Thomas,  was  born  and  reared 
in  Martinsburg,  and  engaged  in  the  blacksmith's 
business  near  that  town,  also  carried  on  a  large 
plantation.  On  his  land  he  had  a  fruit  orchard 
and  a  kiln  for  drying  peaches.  One  night  the 
kiln  took  fire  and  in  endeavoring  to  subdue  the 
fire  he  fell  into  a  spring,  and  as  a  result  caught 
a  severe  cold  that  brought  on  brain  fever  and 
terminated  fatally.  He  was  then  thirty-two  years 
of  age.  He  left  a  son,  Thomas  George,  who  was 
only  ten  days  old. 

The  wife  of  Thomas  Horn  was  Mary  Hout, 
a  native  of  Virginia  and  daughter  of  George 
Michael  Hout,  who  was  born  near  Strasburg, 
Germany,  and  became  a  large  planter  in  Vir- 
ginia. The  Houts  are  direct  descendants  of 
Martin  Luther,  and  are  of  the  Lutheran  faith. 
Dr.  Horn  has  in  his  possession  a  clock  that  be- 
longed to  the  family  in  Germany,  also  a  pitcher 
that  was  one  of  a  set  presented  to  a  granddaugh- 
ter of  Martin  Luther  on  her  wedding  day.  Mrs. 
Horn  reared  her  children  on  a  farm  near  Mar- 
tinsburg, and  on  that  place  she  died,  at  fifty-two 
years.  Of  her  family,  the  oldest,  Mrs.  Margaret 
Jane  Sigler,  died  in  Colorado.  The  youngest  of 
the  number,  and  the  only  son  among  four  chil- 
dren, was  the  subject  of  this  article,  who  was 
born  September  5,  1832,  near  Martinsburg.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  until  fifteen,  when  he 
entered  St.  James'  College  at  Hagerstown,  and 
there  he  remained  until  his  graduation.  After- 
ward he  taught  school  near  Martinsburg  until  his 
mother  died.  In  1852  he  went  to  Missouri  and 
became  an  employe  in  a  drug  store  in  St.  Charles, 
where  he  learned  the  apothecary's  trade.  In 
1855  he  entered  the  Sisters'  Hospital  in  St.  Louis, 
where  he  remained  until  the  outbreak  of  the  war. 
In  the  spring  of  1861  he  entered  the  Federal 
army  as  assistant  surgeon  and  served  at  Car- 
thage, Mo. ,  where  he  was  left  in  charge  of  the 
wounded  of  both  sides  after  the  battle.  While 
working  on  the  field  and  in  the  hospital,  Quan- 
trell's  forces  came  down  upon  him  and  captured 
him  with  others,  all  of  whom  were  shot  but  him- 
self. The  fact  that  he  was  a  physician  caused 
his  life  to  be  spared.  He  worked  day  and  night 
in  caring  forQuantrell's  wounded  men.  Finally 
he  was  taken  to  Fort  Smith,  Ark. ,  where  he  re- 
mained a  prisoner  for  almost  six  months,  and  was 
then  pressed  into  the  Confederate  service  as  a 
surgeon.  Soon  after  the  battle  of  Pine  Grove  he 


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made  his  escape  and  returned  to  his  home.  How- 
ever, the  exposure  and  hardships  of  his  prison 
experiences  had  brought  on  consumption  and  he 
was  in  very  poor  health.  With  care  and  atten- 
tion he  became  stronger,  and  then  entered  the 
hospital  service  at  Fort  Scott  and  Fort  Riley, 
Kan.,  where  he  remained  until  1867.  The  next 
year  he  was  graduated  from  St.  Louis  Medical 
College  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  and  at  once 
settled  in  Junction  City,  Kan.,  where  he  prac- 
ticed until  1874.  Since  then  he  has  carried  on  a 
general  practice  in  Colorado  Springs.  During 
the  entire  period  of  his  residence  in  the  west  he 
has  been  interested  in  mining,  and  is  president, 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  several  companies. 

Articles  contributed  by  Dr.  Horn  to  various 
medical  journals  have  been  of  value  in  bringing 
before  the  profession  the  remedial  utility  of  Colo- 
rado climate  and  air.  In  1876,  under  Governor 
Routt,  he  traveled  over  the  entire  state,  examin- 
ing the  various  mineral  springs  and  making  a 
careful,  thorough  report  of  their  value,  together 
with  an  analysis  of  their  component  parts.  He 
assisted  in  organizing  the  School  for  Deaf  Mutes, 
of  which  he  was  resident  physician  for  nine  years. 
Together  with  Governor  Evans  and  other  promi- 
nent men,  he  served  upon  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Denver  University  during  the  first  eight 
years  of  its  existence.  At  one  time  he  was  presi- 
dent of  the  State  Medical  Association,  and  he  is 
also  a  member  of  the  El  Paso  County  and  Ameri- 
can Medical  Associations. 

In  Carthage,  Mo.,  Dr.  Horn  married  Mrs. 
Emily  C.  (Shannon)  Chenault,  who  was  born  in 
Little  Rock,  Ark.  Of  their  eight  children  two 
are  living:  Lela,  Mrs.  Richards,  and  Mabel,  Mrs. 
Lacy,  the  former  of  this  city,  the  latter  of  Califor- 
nia. The  family  residence  is  at  No.  403  North 
Nevada  avenue.  Politically  Dr.  Horn  is  a  Re- 
publican. For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  a 
member  of  the  board  of  school  directors.  In  the 
Episcopal  Church  he  is  junior  warden,  and  for 
years  has  been  active  in  Sunday-school  work. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  encampment  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, lieutenant-colonel  and  assistant  surgeon- 
general  of  the  department  of  Mississippi,  Patri- 
archs' Militant,  Muscovites;  Junior  Order  United 
American  Mechanics;  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Colorado  Springs;  Chapter  No. 
6,  R.  A.  M.;  Pike's  Peak  Commandery  No.  6, 
K.  T.,  and  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Den- 
ver. His  high  standing  as  a  physician  led  to  his 
appointment  as  a  member  of  the  state  board  of 


health,  in  which  capacity  he  served  for  four 
years.  At  the  convention  of  the  American  Med- 
ical Association,  held  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  he 
read  an  article  relating  to  diseases  of  the  air  pas- 
sages, which  was  very  favorably  received  by  the 
profession.  His  skill  in  his  profession  is  con- 
ceded by  all  who  know  him,  and  has  placed  him 
in  the  front  ranks  of  Colorado  physicians. 


HENRY  T.  WILLIAMS,  who  resides  on  the 
Lock  ranch,  near  Fountain,  El  Paso  Coun- 
ty, and  has  one  thousand  acres  under  lease 
there,  was  born  near  Springfield,  111.,  December 
7,  1862,  a  son  of  William  and  Esther  (Mortlock) 
Williams.  His  father,  who  was  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, born  near  the  village  of  Berry,  Suffolk 
County,  April  14,  1826,  grew  to  manhood  in  his 
native  land.  When  only  six  years  of  age  he 
began  to  learn  how  to  take  care  of  cattle.  Later 
he  made  a  study  of  diseases  of  stock,  and  especi- 
ally of  the  sheep.  Through  his  work  as  shep- 
herd, in  which  capacity  he  was  employed  for 
twenty  years,  he  became  proficient  in  his  knowl- 
edge of  that  animal  and  an  expert  in  breeding 
and  raising  them. 

On  coming  to  America,  William  Williams  set- 
tled in  McHenry  County,  111.,  and  there  secured 
employment  with  J.  L.  Overton.  Later  he  worked 
for  a  Mr.  Hatch.  In  Woodstock,  111.,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Mortlock,  with  whom  he  had  been  ac- 
quainted in  England,  and  to  whom  he  was  en- 
gaged before  coming  to  the  United  States,  having 
sent  for  her  to  join  him  after  he  had  been  here 
for  some  time.  He  settled  with  his  wife  upon  a 
place  of  five  acres,  and  worked  in  the  employ  of 
others  for  some  years.  In  1872  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado with  Mr.  Overton,  for  whom  he  had  worked 
in  Wisconsin.  After  a  few  years  he  bought  a 
farm  one  and  one-fourth  miles  northwest  of  Foun- 
tain, and  there  he  made  his  home  during  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  improved  the  place  by 
irrigation  and  set  out  fruit  trees,  besides  making 
other  improvements.  Of  his  ten  children,  eight 
are  still  living.  They  are  named  as  follows: 
James,  who  is  a  ranchman  in  El  Paso  County; 
Henry  T. ;  Charles  E.,  a  stockman  in  Montana; 
Sarah,  who  married  James  Anderson,  of  Foun- 
tain, and  has  one  child;  Alfred,  who  is  repre- 
sented elsewhere  in  this  volume;  Amanda,  who 
lives  in  Colorado  Springs;  Harry,  who  is  unmar- 
ried and  lives  in  El  Paso  County;  and  Eli,  the 
youngest,  who  was  adopted  into  the  family  of  a 
Mr.  Davidson  and  was  taken  to  Kansas  when  he 


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was  only  one  year  old,  since  which  time  nothing 
has  been  heard  of  him.  The  father  of  this  family 
was  baptized  in  the  Church  of  England,  as  was 
also  his  wife.  Politically  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Republican  party  and  kept  posted  concern- 
ing national  questions,  but  was  not  an  active 
participant  in  public  affairs. 

When  the  family  came  to  Colorado  our  sub- 
ject was  a  boy  of  nine  years.  He  was  reared  on 
a  farm  and  received  a  fair  education.  When  a 
mere  child  he  began  to  herd  sheep,  and  was  en- 
gaged in  that  business  for  four  years,  after  which 
he  herded  cattle  until  he  was  eighteen.  After- 
ward he  engaged  in  mining  in  Colorado  for  one 
year  and  in  New  Mexico  for  two  years,  returning 
to  Colorado,  where  he  resumed  mining.  Septem- 
ber 3,  1890,  he  married  Miss  Tena  Lock,  of  El 
Paso  County,  daughter  of  Mathias  and  Barbara 
Lock,  of  whom  mention  is  made  upon  another 
page.  They  have  two  children,  Carl  and  Esther, 
both  of  whom  were  born  on  the  Lock  ranch.  In 
politics  our  subject  is  a  firm  Republican.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  charter  member  of  Fountain 
Camp  No.  231,  of  which  he  has  been  manager, 
advisor,  lieutenant,  and  is  now  counsel  com- 
mander. 

(I  A.  CLINGER,  M.  D.,  came  to  Colorado 
I  in  1887  and  opened  an  office  at  Springfield, 
G/  Baca  County,  from  which  place  in  1891  he 
came  to  Fountain,  El  Paso  County,  his  present 
home.  His  practice  is  not  limited  to  this  village, 
but  extends  through  the  surrounding  country, 
where  he  is  known  by  the  people  as  a  reliable 
and  skillful  practitioner.  He  was  born  in  Hock- 
ing County,  Ohio,  March  15,  1855,  a  son  of  John 
and  Mary  (Prough)  Clinger,  natives  of  Ohio, 
and  of  German  ancestry.  During  his  boyhood 
•years  he  lived  on  the  home  farm  and  attended 
the  district  schools.  Afterward  he  was  a  student 
in  the  high  school  at  Logan,  the  county-seat  of 
Hocking,  from  which  he  graduated  at  seventeen 
years.  Later  he  taught  in  the  country  schools  in 
Hocking  and  Fairfield  Counties,  and  after  four 
years  was  made  principal  of  a  village  school.  He 
went  to  Mercer  County  and  taught  in  the  Celina 
school.  While  there  he  began  to  study  medicine 
at  twenty-three  years  of  age.  In  1879  he  en- 
tered the  Columbus  Medical  College  at  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  from  which  he  was  graduated  three 
years  later. 

Removing  west  to  Kansas,  Dr.  Clinger  began 
in  practice  at  Cedar  Junction,  Johnson  County. 


About  the  same  time,  April  n,  1882,  he  was 
married  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  to  Miss  Kate  M. 
Shride,  of  Lithopolis,  Fairfield  County,  Ohio, 
where  she  was  born  and  educated.  After  his 
marriage  he  engaged  in  practice  at  Cedar  Junc- 
tion for  two  years,  and  in  addition  to  a  large  pri- 
vate practice,  was  also  appointed  local  surgeon 
for  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
Company.  In  1884  he  moved  to  Wellington, 
Kan.,  where  he  invested  in  real  estate,  but  the 
investment  proved  very  unprofitable  and  caused 
a  heavy  loss.  However,  he  built  up  a  large  prac- 
tice there,  and  was  successful  professionally. 
Coming  to  Colorado  in  1887,  he  located  at 
Springfield  and  is  now  at  Fountain,  where  he  has 
a  comfortable  home  and  a  good  practice.  He  has 
an  only  daughter,  Mabel,  who  was  born  at  Ce- 
dar Junction,  Kan. 

In  politics  a  Republican,  Dr.  Clinger  has  rep- 
resented his  party  as  a  delegate  in  various  con- 
ventions. While  in  Baca  County  he  served  as 
county  coroner,  being  chosen  first  to  fill  an  un- 
expired  term  under  Governor  Cooper,  and  after- 
ward was  elected  to  serve  one  term.  While  there 
he  also  officiated  as  a  member  of  the  board 
of  education  at  Springfield.  In  Fountain  Camp 
No.  231,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  he  has 
been  physician.  During  the  period  of  his 
connection  with  the  Southern  Kansas  Medical 
Society  and  the  Baca  County  Medical  Society  he 
prepared  a  number  of  papers,  which  he  read  be- 
fore them.  As  a  citizen  he  stands  high  in  his 
community.  Coupled  with  his  acknowledged 
ability  as  a  professional  man  are  qualities  of 
manhood  that  endear  him  to  his  friends.  He  is 
genial  and  companionable,  frank  and  honorable, 
a  man  whom  it  is  a  privilege  to  be  associated 
with,  whether  in  professional  work  or  social  in- 
tercourse. His  mother  is  still  living,  though  now 
eighty-three  years  of  age;  her  home  is  in  Celina, 
Ohio.  His  father,  however,  has  been  deceased 
for  sixteen  years,  passing  away  at  the  age  of 
sixty-six. 

<3|  LFRED  WILLIAMS.  Among  the  farmers 
LJ  of  El  Paso  County  Mr.  Williams  occupies  a 
/  I  position  of  influence.  He  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  this  county  from  a  very  early  age  and 
knows  no  other  home  than  this.  Upon  the  farm 
where  his  boyhood  days  were  passed  he  is  now 
engaged  in  the  various  duties  which  fall  to  a 
farmer's  lot,  and  is  meeting  with  success  in  his 
chosen  occupation.  His  land  lies  near  the  village 


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of  Fountain,  and  although  small  in  acreage,  is 
one  of  the  best  in  this  locality. 

In  McHenry  County,  111.,  February  10,  1869, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born, a  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Esther  Williams,  natives  of  England. 
His  parents  came  to  the  United  States  in  early 
life  and  were  married  in  Illinois,  where  they 
made  their  home  upon  a  farm  for  a  number  of 
years.  On  selling  out  their  interests  in  McHenry 
County  in  1872,  they  removed  to  Colorado, where 
for  ten  years  the  father  operated  rented  land  and 
then  bought  a  small  place.  This  he  placed  under 
irrigation  and  improved  with  an  orchard  of  fruit 
trees  and  other  valuable  improvements.  To  his 
original  purchase  of  twenty  acres  he  added,  until 
his  farm  comprised  seventy  acres,  and  here  he 
spent  his  remaining  days.  He  died  in  1897  and 
his  wife  in  1875.  ^n  politics  he  always  affiliated 
with  the  Republicans,  but  did  not  take  an  active 
part  in  public  affairs. 

The  children  of  William  and  Esther  Williams 
are  eight  in  number.  James,  who  is  unmarried 
and  well-to-do,  is  proprietor  of  a  ranch  seven 
miles  east  of  Fountain;  Henry,  who  cultivates  a 
ranch  near  the  old  homestead,  is  married  and  has 
two  children;  Charles  is  living  in  Montana; 
Sarah  married  James  Anderson,  by  whom  she 
has  one  child;  Alfred  was  next  in  order  of  birth; 
Amanda  resides  in  Colorado  Springs;  Harry  is 
unmarried  and  at  home;  and  Eli  was  adopted  by 
a  Mr.  Davidson  in  infancy  and  taken  to  Kansas 
when  a  year  old,  since  which  nothing  has  been 
heard  of  him. 


/7JHARLES  D.  PARKS,  postmaster  of  La 
It  Junta  and  one  of  the  leading  Republicans 
U  of  Otero  County,  was  born  in  Boone  County, 
111.,  June  22,  1862.  The  name  of  Parks  belongs 
to  him  by  adoption,  his  family  name  being 
Daniels.  His  father  was  a  volunteer  in  the  Union 
army  at  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  and  fett  in 
the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  soon  after  which  the 
widowed  mother  died.  Their  infant  son  was 
adopted  and  reared  by  a  kind-hearted  couple,  who 
brought  him  up  as  their  own  child,  and  not  until 
he  attained  manhood  did  he  learn  of  his  own 
parents. 

During  infancy  our  subject  was  taken  to  Beloit, 
Wis. ,  by  his  foster-parents,  and  from  there  in 
1868  accompanied  them  to  Whiteside  County, 
111.  He  was  reared  in  Sterling  and  received  his 
education  in  the  Rock  Falls  school.  April  i, 
1876,  he  entered  a  printing  office,  where  he  served 


as  an  apprentice  for  six  months.  Afterward  he 
was  employed,  during  vacations,  in  the  compos- 
ing room  of  a  newspaper  at  Rock  Falls.  In  the 
fall  of  1880  he  secured  employment  with  the 
Sterling  Daily  Blade,  and  was  made  foreman  of 
the  composing  room.  Resigning  that  position  in 
1883,  Mr.  Parks  became  night  foreman  of  the 
Clinton  Morning  Ncu>s,  at  Clinton,  Iowa.  Jan- 
uary i,  1884,  ne  went  to  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa, 
and  took  charge  of  the  ad.  cases  of  the  Daily 
Republican. 

The  first  work  done  by  Mr.  Parks  as  publisher 
and  editor  was  in  1885,  when  he  founded  the 
Herald  at  Cambridge,  Story  County,  Iowa.  This 
he  continued  to  publish  for  two  and  one-half 
years.  He  then  removed  the  plant  to  Gait,  Mo., 
and  for  some  sixteen  months  remained  in  that 
place.  On  selling  out  there  he  purchased  a 
paper  at  Laclede,  Mo.,  and  engaged  in  its  pub- 
lication for  ten  months,  or  until  he  removed  the 
plant  to  Unionville,  Mo.,  where  he  remained 
until  December,  1895.  He  then  traded  his  paper 
there  for  property  in  La  Junta,  coming  to  this 
city  on  the  5th  of  that  month,  and  on  the  ist 
of  the  following  month  taking  charge  of  the 
Tribune.  Of  this  paper  he  continued  to  be  the 
publisher  until  March,  1898,  when  he  accepted 
the  office  of  postmaster;  however,  he  still  owns 
a  half-interest  in  this  semi-weekly.  The  paper 
has  been  the  exponent  of  his  own  views  and 
has  always  adhered  to  Republican  principles, 
supporting  the  present  (McKinley)  administra- 
tion in  it*  war  policy,  annexation,  etc. 

In  his  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Parks  is  a  mem- 
ber of  La  Junta  Lodge  No.  28,  K.  P.  His 
marriage  united  him  with  Flora  J.  Marvin,  of 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  They  are  the  parents  of 
three  daughters:  Elsie,  Marguerite  and  Aileen. 


OHARLES  R.  BUCKEY  is  the  senior  mem- 
1 1  ber  of  the  firm  of  Buckey  &  Hart,  of  La  Junta, 
\J  and  is  engaged  in  the  real-estate,  abstract, 
title,  loan  and  insurance  business  in  this  city. 
He  came  to  Colorado  from  Maryland,  where  he 
was  born,  at  Mount  Pleasant,  October  12,  1865. 
Upon  the  homestead  where  he  was  born  occurred 
the  birth  of  his  father,  George  W.,  in  1814,  and 
the  place  is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  family. 
In  addition  to  the  farm  his  father  also  owned  a 
large  tannery,  and  to  these  industries,  tanning 
and  farming,  he  gave  his  entire  active  life.  His 
death  took  place  when  he  was  seventy-six  years 
of  age. 


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After  completing  common-school  studies  our 
subject  entered  Frederick  College,  where  he  re- 
mained for  one  year.  When  not  in  school  he 
worked  in  the  tannery  or  on  the  farm.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  he  entered  a  large  mercantile 
establishment  in  Catonsville,  near  Baltimore, 
where  he  remained  for  one  year.  From  there, 
in  1887,  he  came  to  Colorado,  arriving  at  La 
Junta  on  the  a6th  of  March.  He  closed  out  a 
stock  of  goods,  which  engaged  his  attention  until 
September,  and  afterward  he  took  up  a  claim  in 
Bent  County,  near  Las  Animas.  For  two  years 
he  engaged  in  the  dairy  business  in  partnership 
with  his  brother,  George  R. ,  but  at  the  expiration 
of  that  time  sold  his  interest  in  the  claim  and 
dairy. 

Upon  the  organization  of  Otero  County,  in 
1889,  Mr.  Buckey  opened  up  a  set  of  abstract 
books  and  now  has  the  only  complete  records  in 
the  county.  The  business  grew  rapidly  and  in 
1892  he  took  in  his  present  partner.  In  addition 
to  this  business  he  trades  in  real  estate,  acts  as 
insurance  agent,  and  is  treasurer  of  the  Otero 
County  Building  and  Loan  Association  of  La 
Junta,  and  local  treasurer  of  the  Fidelity  Savings 
Association  of  Denver,  Colo. ,  also  a  stockholder 
in  the  canning  factory,  creamery  and  fair  associa- 
tion. 

In  fraternal  connections  Mr.  Buckey  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  United  Moderns,  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  and  Euclid  Lodge  No.  64,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
of  La  Junta.  His  is  not  a  nature  that  cares  for 
public  position  or  desires  to  mingle  in  political 
affairs,  but  he  keeps  intelligently  posted  concern- 
ing national  problems  and  in  depositing  his  ballot 
supports  Republican  candidates.  May  3,  1892, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Etta  Wash- 
burn,  formerly  of  Fayette  County,  111;,  and  an 
estimable  lady,  who  stands  high  in  social  circles. 
She  is  identified  with  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
the  services  of  which  Mr.  Buckey  attends,  at  the 
same  time  aiding  generously  in  its  support. 


GlLEXANDER  N.  SIMPSON,  M.  D.  The 
|  I  stranger,  upon  going  to  Amethyst,  is  often 
/  1  taken  to  visit  the  office  of  Dr.  Simpson, 
where  he  finds  a  suite  of  rooms  that,  in  all  ar- 
rangements for  convenience  and  taste,  are  seldom 
seen  outside  of  a  metropolis.  His  reception 
room  is  a  revelation  and  surprise,  and  its  tasteful, 
artistic  arrangement  proves  the  doctor  to  be  a 
connoisseur  regarding  beauty.  His  collection  of 
mineralogical  specimens  and  ores,  together  with 


a  fine  collection  of  coins  of  all  denominations,  is 
arranged  in  a  glass  cabinet  that  occupies  the  cen- 
ter of  the  room,  this  constituting  what  is  probably 
the  largest  and  most  valuable  private  collection 
in  the  state.  Tastefully  arranged  around  the 
room  are  some  twenty  superb  specimens  of  taxi- 
dermy, in  which  the  fauna  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains, from  the  quail  to  the  bear,  are  well  repre- 
sented. Displayed  under  a  glass  case  may  be 
seen  the  doctor's  equipment  of  surgical  instru- 
ments, one  of  the  most  complete  owned  by  any 
individual  practitioner  in  the  state.  Connected 
with  the  reception  room  are  consultation  and 
operating  rooms,  which  reflect  the  perfectness  of 
arrangement  visible  in  the  room  first  entered. 

It  was  in  1893  tnat  Dr.  Simpson  came  to  the 
then  new  mining  camp  of  Creede,  since  which 
time  his  interests  have  been  with  the  place  and 
his  efforts  in  its  behalf.  Besides  the  general  pri- 
vate practice  which  he  has  built  up,  he  acts  as 
local  surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
road, and  as  physician  and  surgeon  for  the  Nel- 
son Tunnel  mine,  the  Bachelor,  Ridge  and  Solo- 
mon mines.  As  mayor  of  the  city,  to  which 
office  he  was  elected  in  1894,  he  proved  himself 
a  trustworthy  official,  whose  work  for  the  welfare 
of  the  town  was  most  successful.  In  1894  he 
was  elected  coroner  and  county  physician,  which 
offices  he  is  still  filling. 

Born  in  Athens,  Tenn.,  Dr.  Simpson  is  a  son 
of  W.  H.  and  Prudence  (Triplett)  Simpson,  na- 
tives of  Tennessee,  and  a  nephew  of  James  Simp- 
son, the  well-known  stockman.  His  father,  who 
was  a  planter  in  Tennessee  for  some  years,  re- 
moved to  Wise  County,  Tex.,  when  our  subject 
was  one  year  old,  and  there  he  engaged  ex- 
tensively in  the  stock  business,  his  brand  ("dia- 
mond S)  soon  becoming  well  known  among  the 
stockmen  of  his  section.  He  is  now  living  in 
Arkansas.  The  youthful  years  of  our  subject 
were  spent  in  Texas,  where  he  assisted  his  father 
in  the  stock  business.  After  completing  his 
literary  education,  in  1876  he  entered  the  Mis- 
souri Medical  College  of  St.  Louis,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1878.  For  a  year  he  practiced  in 
Siloam  Springs,  Ark.,  after  which  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  settled  in  Bonanza,  spending  two 
years  in  practice  at  that  camp.  Thence  he  went 
to  Lordsburg,  N.  M.,  having  accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  surgeon  to  the  Southern  Pacific  road  at 
that  point.  He  remained  there  for  nine  years, 
meantime  establishing  a  profitable  private  prac- 
tice. From  that  place  in  1893  he  came  to  Creede 


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(Amethyst  P.  O.),  Mineral  County,  Colo.,  and 
here  he  has  since  been  an  influential  citizen. 
Since  coming  here  he  has  been  identified  with 
the  mining  and  real-estate  interests  of  the  town, 
and  has  assisted  in  the  development  of  local  re- 
sources. Fraternally  he  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason,  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  for  which,  as  well  as 
for  a  number  of  life  insurance  companies,  he  has 
acted  as  physician.  In  politics  he  is  a  stalwart 
Republican. 


fDGjlLLIAM  WESTON,  M.  E.  The  man  who 
\ A/  ^aDOrs  *°  sec"1"6  the  development  of  a  lo- 
Y  V  cality,  striving  to  bring  out  its  latent  re- 
sources, who  is  devoted  to  the  general  welfare  of 
the  people,  who  seeks  to  interest  outside  capital 
in  local  enterprises;  who  endeavors  to  promote 
the  commercial  and  moral  status  of  his  commu- 
nity, such  a  man  becomes  a  public  benefactor,  and 
his  work  brings  results  of  greater  value  than 
either  he  or  others  can  compute.  Such  is  the 
character  and  such  the  record  of  William  Weston, 
of  Colorado  Springs,  whose  name  is  inseparably 
connected  with  the  development  of  the  San  Juan 
and  Cripple  Creek  mining  regions,  and,  who 
through  personal  influence  and  letters  published 
in  prominent  newspapers,  has  been  the  means  of 
attracting  an  immense  amount  of  foreign  capital 
and  many  permanent  settlers  to  the  mountain 
state. 

Henry  Weston,  Esq.,  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  a  magistrate  in  the  County  of 
Surrey,  England,  and  for  thirty  years  a  private 
banker  in  the  Borough,  London.  Through  un- 
fortunate investments  he  afterwards  lost  almost 
his  entire  fortune,  and  thus  William,  his  eldest 
son  by  his  second  wife,  was  only  fourteen  when 
he  began  to  earn  his  own  livelihood.  For  fifteen 
years  he  was  employed  in  Toronto,  Canada,  being 
for  a  time  assistant  cashier  of  the  Globe,  a  prom- 
inent daily  of  Toronto,  and  later  acting  as  proof- 
reader, commercial  editor  and  city  editor  of  the 
Leader,  another  daily  of  that  city.  For  three 
years  he  then  held  an  appointment  in  the  Cana- 
dian civil  service,  after  which,  for  five  years,  he 
led  the  adventurous  life  of  a  hunter  and  trapper 
on  the  northern  lakes  of  Canada.  During  the 
Fenian  troubles  he  was  an  officer  of  artillery  vol- 
unteers. For  six  months  he  served  in  the  school 
of  artillery  established  by  the  English  govern- 


ment for  the  instruction  of  volunteer  officers,  and 
holds  a  first-class  certificate  as  an  instructor  in 
artillery. 

An  advertisement  of  the  land  department  of 
the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad  attracted  Mr.  Wes- 
ton's  attention  to  the  west  in  1870.  He  came  to 
Colorado  and  for  a  time  was  employed  in  that 
department,  under  the  late  John  P.  Devereaux, 
then  land  commissioner  of  the  line,  who  ever 
afterward  was  his  warm  friend.  Being  trans- 
ferred to  the  passenger  department,  by  various 
promotions  he  became  general  traveling  agent  of 
the  line.  While  in  this  capacity  he  devised  a 
plan  of  advertising  the  country  which  attracted 
wide  attention.  Millions  of  buffaloes  then  roamed 
over  the  plains.  Mr.  Weston  had  seventy-six 
heads  stuffed  and  mounted  by  a  London  taxider- 
mist whom  he  employed  in  his  department.  He 
then  mounted  a  head  handsomely  in  the  center 
of  a  large  circular  shield,  while  on  the  outside 
was  lettering  calling  the  attention  to  the  advan- 
tages of  Colorado.  These  were  posted  in  promi- 
nent places  in  as  many  eastern  cities,  where  they 
were  universally  admired.  Another  effective 
means  of  advertising  was  a  work  that  he  wrote, 
"A  Guide  to  Kansas  Pacific  Railway,"  ten 
thousand  copies  of  which  were  sold. 

Still  in  the  employ  of  the  Kansas  Pacific  Rail- 
way, Mr.  Weston  in  1875  returned  to  London, 
England,  as  the  company's  general  European 
agent.  While  there  he  received  a  letter  from  a 
Colorado  friend,  telling  of  the  wonderful  fly  fish- 
ing in  the  Rio  Grande,  and  the  marvelous  gold 
and  silver  ores  in  the  San  Juan  district.  This 
letter  caused  an  immediate  change  in  his  plans. 
In  October,  1876,  he  resigned  his  position  and 
entered  the  Royal  School  of  Mines  in  London, 
where  for  three  months  he  took  the  regular  lec- 
ture course,  and  for  a  similar  period  assayed  gold, 
silver  and  lead  ores,  receiving  a  certificate  as 
assayist  from  Dr.  Percy,  the  noted  metallurgist. 

In  February,  1877,  Mr.  Weston  returned  to 
America.  After  a  month's  travel  he  arrived  in 
Del  Norte,  then  the  gateway  to  the  San  Juan 
district,  and  ninety  miles  from  the  railroad.  With 
his  assay  outfit  packed  on  burrows  he  proceeded 
through  Stony  Pass,  Silverton,  Red  Mountain  to 
Imogene  Basin  in  the  Sneffels  district,  where,  in 
partnership  with  George  Barber,  an  Englishman, 
he  staked  six  claims.  In  order  to  provide  the 
necessities  of  life  for  the  winter,  he  sold  his  mule 
and  saddle  and  bridle.  For  four  years  he  and 
his  partner  lived  in  their  cabin,  eleven  thousand 


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and  two  hundred  feet  above  sea  level,  and  did 
their  own  cooking,  mining,  blacksmithing,  ore 
testing  and  assaying.  Meanwhile  he  wrote  reg- 
ularly for  the  Engineering  and  Mining  Journal 
of  New  York,  and  for  years  was  its  special  cor- 
respondent in  the  west.  In  order  to  get  his  let- 
ters to  the  postoffice  at  Ouray  during  the  long 
winter  months  he  made  his  way  on  snow  shoes 
over  deep  drifts  that  hid  from  sight  the  mountain 
trail,  and  in  the  midst  of  heavy  snow  storms  that 
rendered  travel  dangerous. 

Gov.  Frederick  W.  Pitkin,  in  February,  1881, 
appointed  Mr.  Weston  state  commissioner  of 
mines.  But  he  did  not  take  the  office,  as  there 
was  no  salary  connected  with  it,  and  he  was  at 
that  time  manager  of  three  mining  companies. 
During  the  same  year  a  New  York  company 
purchased  Mr.  Weston's  group  of  claims,  paying 
him  $50,000.  With  this  amount  as  his  capital 
he  turned  his  attention  to  the  development  of 
Ouray.  He  was  the  largest  subscriber  to  the 
building  of  the  Beaumont  Hotel,  and  with  two 
others  put  in  an  electric  light  plant  to  light  the 
town.  Through  his  sale,  in  London,  of  the  Gus- 
ton  mine,  which  brought  its  owners  splendid 
returns,  he  was  instrumental  in  bringing  an  im- 
mense amount  of  British  capital  into  the  Red 
Mountain  district.  In  1882  he  wrote  a  pamphlet 
concerning  the  San  Juan  mines,  which  was  ex- 
tensively copied  and  quoted,  and  did  much  to 
advance  the  interests  of  this  mining  region. 

At  St.  Mark's  Church,  St.  Helier's,  Island  of 
Jersey,  England,  Mr.  Weston  was,  in  April, 
1883,  united  in  marriage  with  Emily  Eliza  Stir- 
ling, youngest  daughter  of  Thomas  Stirling 
Begbie,  Esq.,  shipbuilder  and  ship  owner,  of 
London.  Coming  to  Colorado  with  his  wife,  Mr. 
Weston  resided  in  Ouray  until  1888,  when  he 
removed  to  Denver  in  order  that  he  might  be 
more  centrally  located  for  his  work  as  a  mining 
engineer.  From  Denver,  in  1894,  ^e  came  to 
Colorado  Springs,  where  he  now  resides.  Not- 
withstanding the  multiplicity  of  business  duties, 
he  has  found  time  to  gratify  his  tastes  as  a 
sportsman,  and  is  a  good  shot,  a  fine  horseman 
and  expert  fly  fisherman.  Commencing  April  10, 
1875,  he  wrote  a  long  series  of  articles  in  the 
English  Field,  over  the  nom  de  plume,  "Will  of 
the  West,"  his  subject  being  "Field  Sports  of 
Kansas  and  Colorado."  The  articles  treated 
of  grouse  and  quail  shooting,  buffalo  hunting, 
antelope  hunting  on  horseback  with  greyhounds, 
coursing,  etc.  In  December,  1877,  he  wrote  for 


the  same  paper  "Silver  San  Juan,"  an  article 
bearing  upon  duck  shooting  and  fly  fishing. 
These  letters  brought  hundreds  of  British  sports- 
men to  Colorado. 

In  everything  except  birth  Mr.  Weston  is  an 
American.  In  manner,  disposition,  characteris- 
tics and  interests  he  is  a  typical  westerner,  fond 
of  outdoor  life,  companionable  with  people  of 
every  class,  rich  or  poor,  genial  in  disposition, 
and  with  the  open-hearted  hospitality  that  renders 
frontier  life  a  delightful  memory  with  all  who 
have  experienced  it.  In  fact  he  is  a  typical  fron- 
tiersman. 

In  1894  Mr.  Weston  came  to  Colorado  Springs, 
establishing  his  headquarters  in  this  city.  For  a 
year  he  was  ore-buyer  at  Cripple  Creek  for  D.  H. 
Moffat's  cyanide  mill  at  Florence,  known  as  the 
Metallic  Extraction  Company,  and  now  treating 
four  hundred  tons  a  day.  Since  then  he  has  been 
busily  engaged  as  consulting  engineer  and  mak- 
ing reports  for  capitalists,  both  in  the  United 
States  and  in  London,  where  he  is  the  best  known 
engineer  practicing  in  the  United  States.  He 
confines  his  work  chiefly  to  Cripple  Creek,  where 
he  has  had  five  years'  experience,  and  is  said  by 
the  Colorado  press  to  have  made  no  mistakes  and 
more  successes  than  any  other  engineer  in  that 
phenomenal  camp.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  of  New 
York,  the  Institute  of  Mining  and  Metallurgy  in 
London,  the  Colorado  Scientific  Society  in  Den- 
ver, the  Constitutional  Club  on  Northumberland 
avenue  in  London,  and  the  El  Paso  Club  in 
Colorado  Springs. 

On  the  occasion  of  the  visit  of  the  American 
Bankers'  Association  to  Victor,  Colo.,  August  26, 
1898,  the  members  were  presented  by  Mr.  Wes- 
ton with  a  neatly-bound  pamphlet,  describing 
the  Cripple  Creek  gold  district,  and  explaining 
how  it  was  formed  (in  plain  English,  as  the 
author  said,  in  order  that  it  might  be  understood 
by  those  unfamiliar  with  technical  and  scientific 
expressions).  In  this  pamphlet  the  statement  is 
made  (and  it  will  be  found  elsewhere  in  this 
work)  that  the  production  from  the  mines  in  1 897 
was  more  than  twelve  millions  of  dollars,  and  it 
was  anticipated  that  in  1898  the  output  would 
reach  fifteen  millions,  while  the  total  production 
to  date  had  been  forty  millions. 

From  the  Colorado  Springs  Gazette,  January 
29,  1899,  we  quote  the  following: 

THINKS   WEI.lv  OF   BULL    HILL. 
Ever  since  Mr.  Weston  paid  attention  to  the  Cripple 


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Creek  district  his  prophesies  concerning  this  and  that 
property  have  proved  remarkably  accurate.  In  1895  he 
reported  on  the  Legal  Tender  group  for  the  Denver  own- 
ers, and  though  there  was  not  a  pound  of  ore  in  sight,  he 
told  Mr.  Moffat  in  so  many  words  that  in  six  months  the 
Golden  Cycle  Company  would  have  one  of  the  greatest 
bonanzas  in  Cripple  Creek.  This  has  since  been  amply 
fulfilled,  as  the  company  has  already  paid  $150,000  in 
dividends.  It  was  in  this  year,  also,  he  took  charge  of 
the  Mary  McKinney  properties  and  the  leases  on  it,  and 
in  one  year  made  a  big  mine  out  of  it. 

It  was  in  1895,  also,  that  he  reported  on  the  Gold  Coin 
and  advised  the  purchase  of  the  treasury  stock  at  from  five 
to  ten  cents  per  share,  and  it  was  subscribed  for  four  times 
over.  The  mine  is  now  producing  one  hundred  and 
twenty  tons  per  day  and  the  stock  is  selling  at  {1.50. 

His  connection  with  the  Good  Will  tunnel  is  well 
known.  The  bore  is  9x9  in  the  clear,  and  he  pushed  it 
in  at  the  rate  of  eleven  feet  per  day. 

In  years  past  he  advised  the  purchase  of  both  the  Vin- 
dicator and  Elkton,  but  his  advise  was  not  heeded.  Last 
fall  he  reported  on  the  Pinnacle  Company's  property,  re- 
sulting in  large  blocks  of  the  stock  being  purchased  at 
low  figures,  which  have  since  been  sold  out  for  ten  cents. 
His  last  report  on  the  Damon  resulted  in  the  purchase  of 
three  or  four  hundred  thousand  shares  at  from  two  to  five 
cents,  with  the  result  that  is  already  known.  He  pre- 
dicted that  the  ore  would  run  in  shipping  lots  fifty 
dollars  per  ton,  and  the  returns  show  that  he  missed  it 
only  by  eighty  cents  per  ton.  He  has  made  a  vast  num- 
ber of  other  reports,  some  thirty  in  all,  in  Cripple  Creek 
alone,  and  the  success  of  them  is  due  not  to  luck,  but  to  a 
close  application  and  constant  study  of  his  profession. 


(7JHARLES  C.  REED.  In  1880  Mr.  Reed 
1 1  bought  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  on 
U  section  14,  township  17,  range  65,  near  the 
postoffice  of  Buttes,  El  Paso  County.  Afterward 
he  added  to  the  property  until  it  now  embraces 
four  hundred  and  eighty  acres,  and  upon  this  he 
has  made  various  improvements  that  increase  its 
value  and  its  desirability  as  a  homestead.  With 
all  the  details  of  farming,  which  has  been  his  life 
occupation,  he  is  thoroughly  posted,  and  is  just- 
ly regarded  as  one  of  the  most  enterprising  and 
capable  farmers  of  his  county. 

A  son  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  (Cummings)  Reed, 
natives  of  Massachusetts  and  New  York,  respect- 
ively, the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Sheboy- 
gan  County,  Wis.,  August  11,1854.  His  boy  hood 
years  were  spent  in  the  schoolroom  and  upon  the 
home  farm,  where  he  was  early  trained  to  a 
knowledge  of  agriculture.  When  he  was  twenty- 
two  years  of  age,  his  health  being  poor,  he  left 
his  home  and  started  west,  hoping  to  find  a 
climate  that  would  prove  more  healthful.  After 
spending  about  a  year  in  Kansas  he  came  to 
Colorado  in  1878.  Here  he  soon  secured  em- 


ployment as  a  ranch  laborer,  working  for  wages 
for  five  years.  His  earnings  were  carefully  saved , 
until  he  was  finally  able  to  invest  in  property, 
and  he  then  bought  the  farm  where  he  has  since 
lived. 

July  16,  1883,  Mr.  Reed  married  Miss  Ella 
Wheeler,  their  union  being  solemnized  in  She- 
boygan  County,  Wis.,  where  she  was  born,  a 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Helen  (Gardner)  Wheeler. 
Three  sons  bless  their  union,  Henry,  William  and 
Chester,  all  of  whom  were  born  on  the  home 
farm  in  El  Paso  County.  Having  given  his  at- 
tention closely  to  the  management  of  his  farm, 
Mr.  Reed  has  had  no  time  to  engage  actively  in 
political  and  public  affairs.  He  cast  his  first 
presidential  ballot  for  R.  B.  Hayes  and  has  since 
uniformly  supported  Republican  candidates,  but 
has  not  sought  office  for  himself,  nor  taken  an 
active  part  in  local  matters. 

The  father  of  Mrs.  Reed  was  born  in  Cayuga 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  spent  his  boyhood  days  in 
that  locality.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Gardner 
in  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.,  of  which  she  was  a 
native.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  removed  to 
Wisconsin  and  settled  in  Sheboygan  County.  He 
still  makes  his  home  in  Plymouth,  that  county, 
where  he  is  highly  esteemed  by  his  large  circle  of 
acquaintances.  His  wife  died  therein  1884.  Mrs. 
Reed  was  given  the  advantages  of  a  public-school 
education  and  was  carefully  trained  in  girlhood 
for  the  responsibilities  of  life.  She  is  a  lady  of 
amiable  disposition,  and  with  her  husband  shares 
the  esteem  of  friends  and  acquaintances. 


«VSAIAH  DENNESS,  a  retired  merchant  and 
ranchman  of  Rocky  Ford  and  one  of  the  pio- 
Jl  neers  of  what  is  now  Otero  County,  was  born 
inOxford,  Ohio, January 25, 1819.  Whenfourteen 
years  of  age  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Schuy- 
ler  County,  111.,  and  settled  on  a  farm,  where  he 
continued  to  reside  until  1850.  Then,  going  to 
McDonough  County,  111.,  he  purchased  a  raw 
tract  of  prairie  land,  which  he  improved  and  cul- 
tivated. For  years  he  continued  to  reside  there, 
meantime  meeting  with  fair  success  as  an  agricult- 
urist. 

In  1875  Mr.  Denness  came  to  Colorado  and 
took  up  a  soldier's  homestead  near  Rocky  Ford. 
Two  years  later  he  opened  a  general  store,  and 
this  he  carried  on  for  three  years,  during  which 
time  he  rented  his  land.  He  also  engaged  to 
some  extent  in  building,  and  is  now  the  owner  of 
seven  dwelling  houses  that  he  rents.  While  he 


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has  not  become  the  possessor  of  a  large  fortune, 
he  has  honestly  and  honorably  gained  a  compe- 
tency, and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  well-to-do 
and  prosperous  citizens  of  Rocky  Ford.  Now, 
having  retired  from  active  business,  he  devotes 
himself  to  the  oversight  of  his  interests  and  the 
investment  of  his  capital,  which  leaves  him 
sufficient  leisure  for  the  enjoyment  of  his  home 
and  intercourse  with  friends. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Denness  united  him  with 
Miss  Esther  Bruner,  of  Illinois,  whose  death  in 
1896  was  a  heavy  loss  to  her  husband.  She  left 
a  daughter  and  son.  The  former,  Adaline,  is  the 
wife  of  John  Hushaw,  of  Rocky  Ford.  The  lat- 
ter, Charles,  is  superintending  his  father's  farm 
in  McDonough  County,  111. 

Politically  Mr.  Denness  is  a  Republican.  For 
about  ten  years  he  served  as  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  he  has  also  been  school  director.  In  1861  he 
enlisted  in  Company  H,  Twenty-eighth  Illinois 
Infantry,  and  served  until  the  fall  of  1864. 
Among  the  engagements  in  which  he  took 
part  were  the  following:  Shiloh  (where  he  was 
wounded  in  the  left  thigh) ,  siege  of  Corinth, 
Hatchie  River  (where  he  received  a  flesh  wound 
in  the  left  arm),  sieges  of  Vicksburg,  Kenesaw 
Mountain  and  Atlanta.  For  one  year  he  served 
in  the  quartermaster's  department,  for  one  year 
in  the  engineer's  department  and  in  the  provost- 
marshal's  office  in  the  tenth  district  of  Illinois 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  This,  with  his  first 
service  of  eighteen  months  in  the  infantry, 
brought  his  term  of  service  up  to  four  and  one- 
half  years.  He  is  now  a  member  of  Wadsworth 
Post  No.  93,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Rocky  Ford. 


(JOSEPH  W.  BOOTH.  About  three  miles 
I  from  Pueblo  lies  a  well-improved  farm  upon 
(2/  which  fruit  and  general  farm  products,  as 
well  as  stock,  are  raised.  Here,  since  1867, 
Mr.  Booth  has  lived  and  labored,  making  all  the 
valuable  improvements  now  noticeable  on  the 
place,  including  the  substantial  two-story  brick 
residence,  the  barn  and  extensive  orchards. 
During  the  long  period  of  his  residence  on  this 
property  he  has  seen  the  many  wonderful  im- 
provements made  in  this  section  of  the  state,  has 
witnessed  the  growth  of  Pueblo  from  an  insig- 
nificant village  to  a  populous  city,  and  has  aided 
in  developing  the  agricultural  resources  of  Pu- 
eblo County. 

In    Columbus,  Ohio,    near   the    site    of   the 
Columbus  Buggy  Company   shops,  Mr.   Booth 


was  born  November  7,  1825,  shortly  after  the 
death  of  his  father,  Joseph  Booth.  The  family 
is  descended  from  Sir  Richard  Booth  of  England, 
who  came  to  America  and  remained  here  until 
his  death.  A  man  of  great  wealth,  a  portion  of 
his  fortune  belongs  to  the  branch  with  which  our 
subject  is  identified,  but  the  genealogical  record 
not  being  complete,  the  money  could  not  be  se- 
cured. Joseph  B.ooth  was  born  in  Connecticut 
and  removed  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  he  had 
the  contract  for  the  erection  of  the  first  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  as  well  as  contracts  for  other 
early  buildings  there.  He  followed  the  carpen- 
ter's trade  until  he  died.  His  wife  was  Abigail 
Patterson,  who  was  born  in  the  western  part  of 
Berkshire  County,  Mass.,  the  daughter  of  a 
farmer  and  a  descendant  of  English  and  Scotch 
ancestors.  In  her  family  there  were  three  sons, 
of  whom  Ezra  is  deceased,  and  Joseph  W.  and 
Henry  are  living.  The  latter,  a  resident  of 
Columbus,  Ohio,  was  for  years  a  prominent  car- 
riage manufacturer  there,  in  partnership  with  his 
brother  Ezra,  but  he  is  now  living  retired. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  accompanied  his 
mother  and  step-father,  Mr.  Hubbard,to  Pickaway 
County,  Ohio,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools.  When  seventeen  years  of  age  he  returned 
to  Columbus,  and  there  learned  the  carriage-mak- 
er's trade  under  his  brothers,  E.  and  H.  F.  Booth. 
Immediately  after  learning  of  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  California  in  1849,  he  went  to  the  Pacific 
coast,  and  for  four  years  engaged  in  mining. 
Returning  to  Columbus  in  1853,  he  was  married 
on  the  7th  of  November,  the  same  year,  to  Laura 
Denman,  a  native  of  Erie  County,  Ohio.  One 
year  later  he  removed  to  Iowa  and  settled  in 
Franklin  County,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
until  1860.  The  discovery  of  gold  in  Colorado 
led  him  to  remove  to  this  state.  In  1860  he  ar- 
rived in  Denver,  and  from  there  proceeded  to 
Golden,  where  he  engaged  in  gardening  and  ag- 
ricultural pursuits,  at  the  same  time  devoting 
considerable  attention  to  mining. 

When  the  Indians  became  troublesome  in  Colo- 
rado, Mr.  Booth  enlisted,  in  1864,  as  a  member  of 
the  Third  Colorado  Cavalry,  Company  K,  under 
Captain  Shock  and  Colonel  Shoup,  and  fought 
the  redmen  on  the  frontier.  Among  the  engage- 
ments in  which  he  took  part  was  the  battle  of 
Sand  Creek,  and  there  he  was  in  the  midst  of  the 
fight,  but  escaped  uninjured,  althought  the  bridle 
was  shot  off  his  horse.  In  1866  he  came  to 
Pueblo  County  and  after  spending  one  year  on 


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Turkey  Creek  he  settled  on  the  ranch  where  he 
has  since  made  his  home.  For  years  he  has  been 
an  official  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  In  politics  he  favors  Republican  prin- 
ciples. 

Mrs.  Booth  was  a  daughter  of  John  Denman, 
a  native  of  Kent  County,  England,  and  an  early 
settler  of  York  state.  In  an  early  day  he  walked 
the  entire  distance  from  New  York  to  Ohio,  car- 
rying a  sack  of  apple  seed  on  his  back.  He 
settled  upon  a  farm  in  Erie  County,  and  engaged 
in  agricultural  pursuits,  sheep-raising  and  fruit- 
growing, and  was  a  pioneer  in  the  latter  indus- 
try in  that  state.  He  built  the  first  house  (a  log 
structure)  in  the  town  and  also  set  out  the  first 
fruit  trees  there.  '  He  was  a  man  of  good  judg- 
ment and  was  well-to-do,  for  those  days.  His 
wife  was  Miranda  Black,  from  near  Buffalo,  whose 
father  was  a  captain  in  the  war  of  1812  and  who 
witnessed  the  burning  of  Buffalo.  Mrs.  Booth 
received  excellent  advantages  in  girlhood  and 
for  several  years  was  a  student  in  Oberliu  College, 
where  she  graduated.  By  her  marriage  one  son 
and  three  daughters  were  born.  The  son,  William 
Tell  Booth,  who  is  a  prominent  furniture  dealer 
in  Cripple  Creek,  at  one  time  served  in  the  state 
legislature,  and  has  been  president  of  the  board 
of  trade  in  his  town.  The  daughters  are:  Mrs. 
George  Myers,  of  Arizona;  Mrs.  Delia  Rossbach, 
of  Cripple  Creek ;  and  Carrie  May  Booth,  who  is 
cashier  and  bookkeeper  for  the  Booth  Furniture 
Company  of  Cripple  Creek.  There  are  ten 
grandchildren,  of  whom  the  grandparents  are 
justly  ^proud  and  to  whose  welfare  they  are  de- 
voted. 

Among  the  farmers  of  Pueblo  County  Mr. 
Booth  is  one  of  the  most  successful.  His  suc- 
cess is  largely  due  to  industry  and  sound  com- 
mon sense,  coupled  with  determination.  In  the 
possession  of  these  sterling  qualities,  the  problem 
of  success  is  easily  solved,  and  through  them  he 
has  gained  prosperity  and  a  competence. 


(31  USTIN  HUTCHINSON,  senior  member  of 
j  I  the  firm  of  Hutchiuson  &  Sawin,  of  Mani- 
(1  ton,  and  a  resident  of  Colorado  since  1869, 
is  a  member  of  a  family  whose  first  representative 
in  this  country  came  from  England  to  Massachu- 
setts. His  father,  Timothy,  the  son  of  Samuel 
Hutchinson,  a  farmer  at  Norwich,  Vt.,  was  born 
and  reared  there,  and  engaged  in  farm  pursuits 
throughout  his  entire  life,  dying  at  Norwich  when 


eighty-four  years  of  age.  He  married  Cynthia 
Burton,  member  of  an  old  family  of  Massachu- 
setts, but  a  native  of  Norwich,  Vt.,  where  she 
died.  In  their  family  were  six  children:  Will- 
iam, who  was  a  member  of  a  Vermont  regiment 
during  the  Civil  war;  Alonzo,  captain  of  Compa- 
ny B,  Sixth  Vermont  Infantry,  who  was  hon- 
orably discharged  after  having  been  severely 
wounded,  and  died  in  Iowa  in  1869;  Mrs.  Luella 
Cobb,  of  New  Hampshire;  Franklin,  of  Manitou, 
Colo.;  Frederick,  whose  home  is  in  California; 
and  Austin,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  who  was 
born  in  Norwich  August  9,  1842. 

After  having  received  a  fair  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  Thetford  Academy  in  Ver- 
mont, the  subject  of  this  sketch  went  to  Iowa  in 
1864  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Jefferson  County, 
where  he  entered  and  improved  a  raw  tract  of 
land.  From  there  in  1869  he  removed  to  Colo- 
rado, making  the  journey  by  team  overland,  and 
settling  in  Fountain,  El  Paso  County.  In  1872 
he  removed  to  Manitou  and  formed  a  partnership 
with  Walter  D.  Sawin,  with  whom  he  has  since 
engaged  in  the  livery  business.  He  bought  the 
first  horse  for  the  Pike's  Peak  business  and  also 
bought  the  first  lot  sold  in  Mauitou,  and  on  this 
he  erected  a  barn.  He  began  in  business  with 
six  ponies,  and  the  head  of  one  of  these  ("Jim") 
he  now  has,  mounted,  in  his  barn.  So  rapidly 
did  the  business  grow  that  it  soon  became  neces- 
sary to  secure  more  adequate  accommodations. 
The  firm  then  built  a  barn,  100x100  feet,  three 
stories,  with  stalls  for  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
four  horses.  As  they  had  the  entire  trade  for  the 
Pike's  Peak  road  they  were  obliged  to  work  more 
than  two  hundred  horses,  but  since  the  comple- 
tion of  the  cog-wheel  railroad  the  horse  line  has 
of  course  been  discontinued.  For  some  years  the 
firm  owned  the  El  Paso  stables  in  North  Cascade 
avenue,  Colorado  Springs,  but  sold  out  that  busi- 
ness in  1893.  The  Manitou  business  was  for 
some  years  known  as  the  Manitou  stables,  oper- 
ated by  the  El  Paso  Livery  Company,  but  they 
are  now  known  as  the  El  Paso  stables,  and  are 
situated  on  Manitou  avenue,  where  vehicles  of 
every  description  are  kept  for  the  accommodation 
of  the  public. 

Politically  Mr.  Hutchinson  is  a  Republican, 
and  for  two  terms  he  served  as  an  alderman  in 
Manitou.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Odd  Fellows.  His  marriage,  which  took  place 
in  Colorado  Springs,  united  him  with  Miss  Juni- 
ata  Haycock,  who  was  born  in  Keokuk  County, 


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Iowa.  They  are  the  parents  of  three  daughters: 
Mrs.  Clara  Seigfried,  of  Manitou;  Josephine,  a 
student  at  Wolfe  Hall,  Denver,  and  Eva. 


(lOHN  C.  HINCH  is  engaged  in  farming  and 
I  stock-raising  on  the  Sweetland  farm,  situated 
Q)  one  and  one-half  miles  north  of  Fountain,  El 
Paso  County,  where  he  leases  over  one  thousand 
acres  of  land.  He  was  born  in  Grundy  County, 
111.,  January  n,  1865,  a  son  of  J.  W.  and  Agnes 
(Fulton)  Hinch,  who  are  still  living  in  Grundy 
County.  His  father  was  a  native  of  England 
and  his  mother  of  Scotland,  the  latter  being  a 
distant  relative  of  Robert  Fulton,  the  inventor  of 
the  steamboat.  They  came  to  America  when 
young,  he  when  ten  and  she  at  twenty  years,  and 
at  the  time  of  their  marriage  were  living  in 
Illinois. 

Besides  the  advantages  such  as  were  afforded 
by  the  common  schools,  our  subject  attended  the 
normal  school  at  Morris,  the  county-seat  of 
Grundy.  For  a  short  time  he  engaged  in  teach- 
ing school.  In  1886  he  came  to  Colorado,  join- 
ing a  brother  who  had  come  three  years  before 
and  who  was  working  at  Colorado  Springs.  His 
first  work  was  the  carrying  of  freight,  in  which 
he  engaged  for  two  years,  afterward  turning  his 
attention  to  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he 
had  learned  in  Illinois.  September  10,  1892,  he 
married  Miss  Lillie  Sweetland,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Emma  (Dawson)  Sweetland,  who  were 
pioneers  of  Colorado.  Mr.  Sweetland  was  born 
in  East  Wallingford,  Vt.,  and  there  grew  to  man- 
hood. For  five  years  he  made  his  home  in  Bos- 
ton. In  1859,  at  the  time  of  the  excitement 
caused  by  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Colorado,  he 
crossed  the  plains  to  the  mountain  regions  of  the 
west.  A  few  years  later  Miss  Dawson,  who  was 
born  and  reared  near  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  came  to 
Colorado,  and  they  became  acquainted  here  and 
were  married  in  May,  1866.  Buying  a  claim  he 
homesteaded  it  and  in  time  became  the  owner  of 
about  eighteen  hundred  acres  of  land.  In  1895 
he  and  his  wife  moved  to  Morgan  Hill,  Cal., 
where  he  owns  property.  Of  their  children  Mrs. 
Hinch  is  the  eldest.  The  older  son,  Walter  I., 
resides  in  Oregon,  while  the  three  youngest  chil- 
dren, Edith,  Ralph  and  Helen,  are  with  their 
parents  in  California. 

In  1892  Mr.  Hinch  homesteaded  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  in  Saguache  County,  where  he 
still  owns  a  well-improved  ranch.  In  1895  he 
moved  from  there  to  the  place  where  he  now  re- 


sides. He  is  engaged  in  general  farming  and 
stock-raising  and  has  between  fifty  and  one  hun- 
dred head  of  cattle.  In  religion  he  and  his  wife 
are  active  workers  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  at  Fountain,  which  he  serves  as  trustee. 
They  are  the  parents  of  three  daughters,  Hazel, 
Helen  and  Sarah,  who  were  born  on  the  present 
homestead  of  the  family.  While  he  was  reared 
in  the  Republican  faith,  Mr.  Hinch  has  never 
been  active  in  politics,  nor  mingled  with  politi- 
cians in  local  affairs;  but  he  is  a  public-spirited 
citizen  and  takes  an  interest  in  measures  for  the 
benefit  of  the  community  and  the  advancement 
of  its  interests. 


fi>G|lLLIAM  H.  SANDERS.  With  the  prog- 
\  A  I  ress  of  Pueblo  County,  and  more  especially 
V  Y  with  the  development  of  its  agricultural 
resources,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  intimately 
identified.  His  occupation  is  that  of  farming, 
and  for  several  years  he  has  operated  a  tract  of 
land  near  Nyburg,  on  the  Arkansas  River. 
Through  industry  and  perseverance  he  is  meet- 
ing with  success  and  is  becoming  prosperous. 
His  entire  attention  is  given  to  its  cultivation, 
and  he  is  making  improvements  that  will  mate- 
rially increase  its  value. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Sanders  occurred  near  Marion, 
Williamson  County,  111.,  in  1864.  He  was  a  son 
of  Silas  Sanders,  who  spent  his  entire  life  as  a 
farmer  in  that  locality  and  died  at  about  the  age 
of  seventy-five.  The  wife  and  mother  also  died 
when  comparatively  young,  and  our  subject,  who 
was  then  a  small  child,  was  cared  for  by  an  older 
sister  until  seven  years  of  age.  He  was  one  of  a 
family  comprising  three  sons  and  two  daughters, 
the  others  being:  J.  W.,  a  farmer  in  Illinois; 
H.  Louis  (a  twin  of  our  subject),  who  is  a  paper- 
hanger  and  painter  in  Pueblo;  Cynthia,  wife  of 
James  Leach,  a  farmer  in  Illinois;  and  Letitia, 
deceased. 

At  the  age  of  eleven  years  our  subject  was 
taken  to  Missouri,  where  he  attended  the  public 
schools  for  a  short  time.  When  seventeen  years 
of  age  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  four  years 
was  employed  on  a  ranch,  making  his  home  with 
J.  H.  Krenshaw,  of  Pueblo  County,  who  had 
reared  him  from  the  time  he  was  seven  years  of 
age.  From  the  age  of  twenty- one  until  twenty - 
four  he  worked  with  his  brother  in  the  paint  busi- 
ness in  Pueblo,  and  has  resided  on  his  present 
ranch  since  1896.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 
In  1895  he  married  Rosa,  daughter  of  William 


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Taylor  Johnson,  and  they  have  one  son,  Ralph. 
His  success  in  life  is  due  entirely  to  his  own 
efforts,  for  he  was  left  an  orphan  without 
money  at  an  early  age,  and  without  aid  from 
anyone  has  gained  a  place  among  the  enterpris- 
ing farmers  of  his  county. 


{I   M.  DUTCHER,    a    well-known   citizen    of 

I  Pueblo  County,  residing  near  Beulah,  on  the 
(2/  Pueblo  and  Beulah  road,  is  recognized  as  one 
of  the  most  energetic  men  and  skillful  farmers  of 
the  community,  who,  in  connection  with  the  rais- 
ing of  grain,  has  also  given  considerable  atten- 
tion to  stock  breeding.  He  is  pursuing  the  even 
tenor  of  his  way  as  an  honest  man  and  good  citi- 
zen, furthering  the  interests  of  his  community  as 
he  has  opportunity  and  enjoying  the  respect  of 
his  neighbors. 

The  early  home  of  Mr.  Dutcher  was  near  Lake 
Champlain,  in  Fort  Ann,  Washington  County, 
N.  Y.,  where  his  birth  occurred  in  1833.  His 
parents,  Dillis  and  Hannah  (Cline)  Dutcher, 
were  also  natives  of  the  Empire  state.  The 
father,  who  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  came 
with  our  subject  to  Colorado  and  died  here. 
One  of  his  sons,  Edwin,  was  a  member  of  an 
Ohio  regiment  in  the  Civil  war. 

J.  M.  Dutcher  was  only  three  years  old  when 
the  family  removed  to  Erie  County,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  was  reared  and  educated ,  and  at  the  age  of 
nineteen  he  went  to  Ohio,  spending  the  following 
eight  years  in  that  state.  His  next  home  was 
near  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  and  in  1872  he  came  to 
Pueblo,  Colo.,  where  he  worked  for  Steven  Wally 
for  seven  years.  He  resided  in  South  Pueblo  for 
twelve  years,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  located 
on  a  ranch  near  the  mountains,  where  he  lived 
for  seven  years.  Nine  years  ago  he  purchased 
his  present  place,  to  the  cultivation  and  improve- 
ment of  which  he  has  since  devoted  his  energies. 
Here  he  owned  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
valuable  land,  and  after  having  given  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  to  his  daughter,  he  has 
a  quarter-section  left.  All  of  the  improvements 
upon  the  place  are  the  work  of  his  own  hands, 
and  stand  as  monuments  to  his  thrift  and  enter- 
prise. The  place  is  also  well  stocked  with  a  good 
grade  of  horses  and  cattle.  While  a  resident  of 
Pueblo  he  built  the  seventh  house  on  the  mesa. 

In  1857  Mr.  Dutcher  married  Miss  Olive  Clem- 
ings,  a  native  of  West  Virginia,  who  died  thir- 
teen years  ago,  leaving  five  children,  namely: 
James  Karl,  at  home;  Frank,  who  lives  with  Dr. 


Walters;  May,  wife  of  Robert  Baty,  of  Man- 
zalona;  Nora  Gertrude,  wife  of  Charles  Croggs, 
who  lives  near  our  subject;  and  Adelaide,  at 
home. 

In  early  life  Mr.  Dutcher  was  a  supporter  of 
the  Republican  party,  but  for  the  past  few  years 
have  voted  the  Democratic  ticket.  He  has  well 
performed  his  part  in  upholding  the  intellectual, 
social  and  moral  status  of  the  community,  and 
has  gained  the  respect  and  confidence  of  all  who 
know  him. 


S.  SUTHERLAND.  Prominent  among 
the  representative  citizens  and  respected 
men  of  Pueblo  County  is  the  subject  of  this 
biographical  notice,  who  is  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock-raising  on  Fountain  Creek,  about  ten 
miles  from  Pueblo.  This  is  well  improved  and 
highly  cultivated,  and  shows  conclusively  that  the 
owner  has  not  mistaken  his  calling  in  adopting 
agriculture. 

Mr.  Sutherland  was  born  in  Chicago,  111.,  in 
1843,  and  spent  his  boyhood  and  youth  in  that 
city,  being  educated  in  the  common  schools.  He 
accompanied  his  parents  on  their  removal  to  Wis- 
consin, and  when  the  Civil  war  broke  out  he  en- 
listed, in  1862,  in  the  Twenty-eighth  Wisconsin 
Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was  at  Helena,  Ark., 
and  was  engaged  in  a  battle  at  that  place  at  the 
time  of  the  fall  of  Vicksburg.  He  participated  in 
the  battle  of  Pine  Bluff,  and  in  all  of  the  engage- 
ments in  which  his  regiment  took  part.  They 
assisted  in  the  bombardment  of  Spanish  Fort, 
opposite  the  city  of  Mobile.  They  remained  in 
Texas  and  the  south  most  of  the  time,  and  took 
an  active  part  in  all  of  the  important  battles  of 
that  section.  At  the  close  of  the  war  they  were 
in  the  grand  review  at  Washington,  D.  C. ,  and 
were  then  honorably  discharged. 

After  being  mustered  out  Mr.  Sutherland  came 
to  Pueblo  County,  Colo.,  and  located  upon  his 
present  place,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  This  property  he  has  transformed  into  a 
fine  ranch,  improved  with  a  good  two-story  resi- 
dence, substantial  outbuildings  and  fences,  a  good 
orchard  and  ornamental  trees,  which  add  beauty 
to  the  place. 

In  1875  Mr.  Sutherland  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Amelia  E.  Talbott,  of  Marengo,  111., 
and  to  them  were  born  three  children:  Lanie,  who 
died  in  infancy;  Jesse  H.  and  Charles  J.  B. ,  both 
at  home.  In  his  political  views  Mr.  Sutherland 
is  a  free  silver  Republican.  For  the  past  ten 


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years  his  wife  has  served  as  postmistress  of  Daw- 
kins,  the  office  being  in  their  residence.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic.  The  success  that  he  has  achieved 
in  life  is  due  to  his  own  unaided  efforts,  and  his 
life  has  ever  been  such  as  to  gain  for  him  the 
confidence  of  all  who  know  him. 


f?|OL.  IRVING  W.  STANTON.  Few  citi- 
1 1  zens  of  Pueblo  have  won  the  unqualified 
U  esteem  and  warm  friendship  of  their  fellow- 
townsmen  to  so  great  a  degree  as  has  Colonel 
Stanton.  Coupled  with  his  acknowledged  ability 
as  a  professional  man  and  exceptional  qualifica- 
tions as  a  citizen,  are  qualities  of  manhood  that 
endear  him  to  many,  and  render  a  sketch  of  his 
career  interesting  to  all.  He  is  a  descendant  of  a 
pioneer  family  of  Connecticut  and  a  grandson  of 
Col.  Asa  Stanton,  who  removed  from  that  state 
to  Wayne  County,  Pa.,  in  1790,  having  pre- 
viously served  as  a  privateer  in  the  Revolutionary 
war  and  endured  all  the  hardships  of  imprison- 
ment in  an  old  prison  hulk,  while  afterward, 
during  the  second  war  with  England,  he  held  the 
rank  of  colonel.  Love  of  country  and  patriotic 
devotion  to  its  interests  belongs  to  the  present 
generation,  by  every  law  of  inheritance. 

Near  Way  mart,  Wayne  County,  Pa.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review  was  born  January  6,  1835.  At 
the  age  of  sixteen  he  secured  employment  on  the 
Delaware  &  Hudson  Canal  Company's  Gravity 
Railroad,  and  a  year  later  was  made  conductor  of 
a  train,  continuing  in  that  capacity  until  he  was 
twenty,  when  he  went  to  Kansas.  Those  were 
early  days  in  the  building  up  of  the  great  west. 
Settlements,  aside  from  military  posts,  were  very 
few.  Already,  however,  Kansas  was  beginning 
to  draw  settlers  to  it,  as  the  agitation  regarding 
slavery  became  more  fierce  within  its  boundaries. 
He  went  to  Pawnee  City  near  Fort  Riley,  and  en- 
gaged in  wood  cutting  and  building.  He  assisted 
in  building  a  structure  in  which  met  the  first 
legislature  of  Kansas.  While  in  Fort  Riley  he 
was  taken  seriously  ill  with  fever  and  for  weeks 
his  life  was  in  danger.  His  restoration  to  health 
was  almost  entirely  due  to  the  skill  and  devoted 
attention  of  his  physician,  Dr.  William  A.  Ham- 
mond, then  surgeon  of  the  military  post  of  Fort 
Riley  (now  of  Washington,  D.  C.),  and  in  this 
way  was  formed  a  friendship  that  has  continued 
through  all  the  intervening  years.  Afterward, 
and  during  the  war,  Dr.  Hammond  was  made 
surgeon- general  of  the  United  States  army,  but 

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through  wrong-doing  of  his  subordinates  he  was 
displaced  from  his  position  and  rank.  Later  on 
it  was  Colonel  Stanton' s  opportunity  to  be  of 
service  to  him  through  his  friends  in  congress, 
and  the  secretary  of  war,  McCrary,  under  an  act 
of  congress,  reviewed  his  case  and  restored  his 
rank. 

On  recovering  his  health,  our  subject  went  to 
Chicago  and  clerked  for  his  uncle,  George  H. 
Wentz,  who  was  engaged  in  contracting  and 
building  on  the  Rock  Island  Railroad  in  Illinois 
and  Iowa.  In  the  spring  of  1857  he  became  clerk 
in  a  hotel  in  Washington,  Iowa,  and  later  pur- 
chased a  half-interest  in  the  business.  In  the 
spring  of  1860  he  outfitted  at  Council  Blufis,  and 
with  a  horse  team  proceeded  up  the  Platte  River 
via  Fort  Kearney  and  the  South  Fork,  reaching 
Denver  after  a  journey  of  some  five  weeks.  The 
following  months  found  him  prospecting  and 
mining  in  different  camps.  First,  he  was  on  the 
Empire  Fork  of  Clear  Creek.  In  July  he  accom- 
panied John  H.  Gregory  to  Lost  Canon  Gulch  at 
the  head  of  Cache  Creek,  but  finding  it  all 
claimed,  returned  to  California  Gulch,  thence  to 
Fairplay,  and  with  two  others  prospected  what 
was  called  Australia  Gulch  at  the  head  of  Beaver 
Creek,  a  branch  of  the  Platte.  At  a  miners' 
meeting  he  was  elected  president  of  that.district. 
Australia  Gulch,  like  many  others  of  that  day, 
did  not  prove  a  success,  and  after  being  thorough- 
ly prospected  would  not  pay  and  was  abandoned. 
In  the  summer  of  1861  he  was  for  a  time  deputy 
postmaster  of  Denver  under  S.  S.  Curtis,  pres- 
ident Lincoln's  appointee,  and  in  the  fall  of  1861 
and  the  winter  that  followed  he  was  clerk  for 
D.  H.  Moffat  in  the  book  store  of  Wool  worth  & 
Mofiat.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he  went  to  Buck- 
skin Joe,  Park  County,  and  purchased  the  stock 
of  books  and  stationery  and  the  newspaper  agency 
of  J.  Leroy  Lewis. 

October  8,  1862,  he  enlisted  with  Lieut.  George 
F.  Crocker  in  the  Third  Regiment,  Colorado  In- 
fantry, the  first  battalion  of  which  was  mustered 
into  the  service  in  January,  1863,  with  himself  as 
second  lieutenant  of  Company  C.  In  March  of 
that  year  he  left  Denver  with  this  battalion  of  his 
regiment  (five  companies)  under  the  command 
of  Lieut. -Col.  S.  S.  Curtis,  and  marched  to 
Leaven  worth,  Kan.,  thence  took  the  Hannibal  & 
St.  Joe  Railroad  to  Hannibal,  Mo.,  and  there  em- 
barked on  steamer  for  St.  Louis.  From  St.  Louis 
the  command  was  ordered  by  Major-General 
Rosecrans  (who  had  succeeded  Maj.-Gen.  Sam- 


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uel  R.  Curtis  in  the  command  of  the  depart- 
ment of  the  Missouri)  to  Sulphur  Springs,  twenty 
miles  below  St.  Louis,  where  it  went  into  camp 
and  remained  three  or  four  weeks  engaged  in 
drilling.  It  was  then  ordered  to  Pilot  Knob, 
Mo.,  where  it  did  garrison  duty,  and  assisted  in 
building  Fort  Davidson,  our  subject,  however, 
beiug  assigned  to  duty  as  provost-marshal  at 
Potosi,  Mo.  In  the  fall  of  1863  the  command  was 
ordered  to  Rolla,  Mo. ,  where  it  remained  on  duty 
for  a  short  time,  going  from  there  to  St.  Louis, 
where,  in  December  of  that  year,  the  second  and 
third  regiments  of  Colorado  Infantry  were  con- 
solidated, and  formed  the  Second  Colorado  Caval- 
ry, which  in  January,  1864,  was  ordered  to 
northwestern  Missouri  to  fight  bushwhackers. 
In  the  fall  of  that  year  occurred  the  famous  Price 
raid,  in  which  our  subject  with  his  regiment  took 
part,  and  as  second  lieutenant  he  commanded  a 
company  in  the  engagements  at  Little  Blue,  Big 
Blue,  Westport,  Mine  Creek  and  Newtonia. 
When  Price  started  from  his  rendezvous  at  Wav- 
erly,  Mo.,  he  had  about  twenty-eight  thousand 
men;  in  front  of  him  was  General  Curtis,  with 
less  than  four  thousand  volunteers  and  two  bat- 
teries of  artillery.  At  Newtonia  there  were  only 
about  fifteen  hundred  Federals,  but  they  attacked 
and  fought  with  great  bravery  the  entire  fighting 
force  of  Price's  army  from  two  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon  until  sundown,  when  Gen.  John  B.  San- 
born's  brigade  of  General  Pleasanton's  command 
came  to  their  relief  and  the  battle  was  soon  won. 
The  wounded  were  cared  for,  the  dead  buried, 
and  early  on  the  second  morning  they  renewed 
the  chase  after  Price,  driving  him  out  of  Missouri 
and  across  the  Arkansas  River.  Lieutenant 
Stanton  commanded  the  advance  the  day  the 
river  was  reached  and  he  with  General  Curtis  and 
staff,  Colonel  Ford  and  Major  Pritchard  watered 
their  horses  in  the  river  immediately  after  Price's 
retreating  force  had  crossed.  While  in  camp  on 
that  November  night  the  soldiers  were  drenched 
by  a  terrible  rain  storm.  In  the  morning  they 
started  for  Fort  Gibson,  where  our  subject,  who 
was  acting  regimental  quartermaster  and  com- 
missary, expected  to  obtain  supplies  of  food  and 
clothing,  but  on  reaching  there  he  found  the  only 
food  obtainable  was  beans  and  bean  bread.  He 
at  once  dispatched  couriers  to  Fort  Scott  for  two 
ambulances  of  hard  tack,  which  met  the  command 
the  second  morning  after  leaving  Fort  Gibson, 
and  the  hard  tack  was  distributed  to  the  men,  who 
received  itj  with  great  rejoicing.  The  command 


went  on  to  Fort  Scott,  where  it  was  abundantly 
supplied  with  food  and  clothing,  thence  to 
Leavenworth,  where  it  arrived  with  about  three 
hundred  and  fifty  men  out  of  the  twelve  hundred 
comprising  the  regiment  at  the  commencement  of 
this  campaign.  General  Curtis,  in  a  speech  to 
the  regiment  on  its  return  to  Leavenworth  said: 
"The  Second  Colorado  Cavalry  has  done  as  much 
as,  aye  more,  to  drive  Price  out  of  Missouri  and 
keep  him  out  of  Kansas,  than  any  other  regiment 
engaged."  .  From  Leavenworth  the  regiment,  in 
the  winter  of  1864-65  was  ordered  to  Fort  Riley 
and  stationed  along  the  Arkansas  route  to  guard 
against  the  Indians,  who  were  then  becoming 
troublesome.  After  the  Price  raid  our  subject 
was  promoted  to  be  first  lieutenant  and  assigned 
to  Company  L,  which  company  he  commanded 
until  July,  1865,  when  he  was  assigned  to  duty 
on  the  staff  of  Gen.  John  B.  Sanborn,  command- 
ing the  district  of  the  Upper  Arkansas,  as  pro- 
vost-marshal, with  headquarters  at  Fort  Riley,  in 
which  position  he  continued  until  September  of 
that  year,  when  the  regiment  was  mustered  out 
of  service  at  Leavenworth,  Kan. 

On  being  honorably  discharged  from  the  serv- 
ice Colonel  Stanton  went  to  his  old  home  in  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  enjoj'ed  a  deserved  rest  after 
his  three  years'  service,  much  of  it  fighting  bush- 
whackers and  guerillas.  In  the  spring  of  1866  he 
went  to  Washington,  D.  C.,  intending  to  return  to 
Colorado  as  soon  as  the  bill  for  the  admission  of  the 
state  became  a  law,  but  when  President  Johnson 
vetoed  the  bill  he  changed  his  plans  and  accepted 
temporarily  a  clerkship  in  the  department  of  the 
interior.  In  February,  1868,  he  was  appointed 
register  of  the  United  States  land  office  estab- 
lished at  Central  City  under  the  mining  act 
known  as  the  Chaffee  mineral  land  law,  which 
passed  congress  in  1866.  Accepting  this  position, 
he  returned  to  Colorado  and  took  up  his  residence 
in  Central  City. 

The  position  of  register  in  a  district  where 
all  transfers  were  of  mining  property,  involv- 
ing many  technicalities,  was  one  of  the  great- 
est importance  and  responsibility.  The  change 
from  old  customs  (to  which  miners  clung  with 
obstinate  persistency)  to  newer  and  more  sat- 
isfactory systems,  was  not  easily  accomplished, 
for  there  had  been  considerable  protest  against 
congressional  interference  in  the  matter.  In 
spite  of  many  obstacles,  Colonel  Stanton  filled  the 
position  in  such  a  manner  as  to  win  the  friend- 
ship of  all,  and  there  was  general  regret  when,  in 


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1871,  President  Grant  transferred  him  to  the 
newly-established  land  office  at  Pueblo.  He  suc- 
ceeded Mr.  Wheeler,  who  had  served  as  register 
here  for  a  few  months  only.  This  position  was 
quite  different  from  the  one  he  had  previously 
held,  but  it  was  perhaps  no  less  difficult  and 
responsible,  for  upon  him  fell  the  establishing  of 
titles  and  the  deciding  of  problems  connected  with 
the  old  Mexican  grants. 

Desiring  to  enter  upon  the  practice  of  law, 
which  he  had  previously  studied,  Colonel  Stanton 
resigned  as  register  in  1874  and  the  following 
year  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  formed  a  part- 
nership with  George  Q.  Richmond,  which  lasted 
until  May,  1881,  and  was  marked  by  a  steadily 
increasing  practice.  Under  the  administration 
of  General  Garfield  he  was  the  postmaster  of 
Pueblo,  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service 
returned  to  his  law  practice  and  real-estate  busi- 
ness. As  a  member  of  the  school  board  he  was  a 
prime  factor  in  the  erection  of  the  first  brick 
school  building  in  the  city  (the  Centennial 
school),  which  has  been  remodeled  and  enlarged 
and  is  one  of  the  finest  school  buildings  in  the 
state.  From  1881  to  1886  he  was  president  of 
the  Pueblo  Gas  Company,  which  was  organized 
through  his  efforts.  In  1888  he  was  elected 
president  of  the  Pueblo  Board  of  Trade,  and 
through  his  instrumentality  it  was  reorganized 
and  the  Merchants'  Exchange  consolidated  with 
it,  a  plan  that  had  been  repeatedly  tried  in  for- 
mer years.  When  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad 
was  about  to  extend  its  lines  from  the  western 
part  of  Kansas  to  some  point  in  Colorado  the 
board  of  trade  sent  Colonel  Stanton  to  interview 
Jay  Gould  in  New  York.  The  building  of  that 
line  of  railroad  to  Pueblo  was  due  largely  to  his 
efforts.  When  Mr.  Gould  visited  Pueblo  a  few 
months  preceding  his  death,  he  said  to  Colonel 
Stanton:  "I  have  never  regretted  building  my 
road  to  Pueblo.  I  have  been  out  driving  over 
your  town  to-day.  It  must  become  a  great  city. ' ' 

When  David  H.  Moffat  was  elected  president 
of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company, 
Colonel  Stanton  induced  the  board  of  directors 
and  officers  of  the  company  to  visit  Pueblo,  and 
in  a  speech  delivered  at  that  time  before  the 
Pueblo  Club,  George  Coppell,  president  of  the 
board  of  directors,  promised  that  Pueblo  should 
have  a  union  depot  in  the  near  future.  The 
present  beautiful  and  commodious  structure  is  the 
result  of  that  promise. 

In   1883  Governor   Pitkih  appointed  Colonel 


Stanton  to  represent  Colorado  at  the  celebration 
of  the  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Yorktown,  and 
the  memorable  surrender  of  the  British  army  un- 
der Lord  Cornwallis  to  General  Washington.  In 
July,  1898,  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  district 
court  of  the  tenth  judicial  district  by  Judge  N. 
Walter  Dixon,  and  this  office  he  now  holds. 

Active  in  Masonry,  Colonel  Stanton  is  a  past 
presiding  officer  in  Lodge  No.  17,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  Chapter  No.  3,  R.  A.  M.  He  organized 
Pueblo  Commandery  No.  3,  K.  T.,  of  which  he 
was  eminent  commander  for  six  years.  He  is 
past  grand  high  priest  of  the  grand  chapter  of 
Colorado,  and  past  grand  commander  of  the 
grand  commandery  of  Colorado,  also  a  member 
of  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.  In  the  Col- 
orado Commandery  of  the  Loyal  Legion  he  is 
past  junior  vice-commander  and  a  permanent 
member  of  the  national  encampment  of  Loyal 
Legion..  In  Central  City,  in  1869,  he  established 
the  first  Grand  Army  Post  in  Colorado,  and  he 
was  the  first  commander  of  McPhersou  Post,  as 
it  was  known.  He  held  the  rank  of  assistant  in- 
spector-general on  the  staff  of  Gen.  John  A.  Logan 
in  1868,  when  Logan  was  commander-in-chief  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  Politically  he  is 
a  prominent  and  influential  member  of  the  Re- 
publican party  of  Colorado,  and  in  1890  his  name 
was  brought  forward  for  governor  by  his  friends 
in  the  southern  part  of  the  state.  In  every  posi- 
tion which  he  has  held,  the  wisdom  of  his  selec- 
tion has  been  vindicated  by  his  broad  erudition, 
equable  temperament,  sense  of  justice  and  energy 
of  character. 

An  important  part  of  Colonel  Stanton's  life- 
record  would  be  omitted  were  no  mention  made 
of  his  wife,  to  whose  courage  amid  all  the  vicissi- 
tudes of  frontier  experiences,  to  whose  devotion  to 
his  welfare,  and  to  whose  sweet,  gentle  spirit, 
casting  its  benign  influence  over  his  impetuous 
temperament,  he  owes  a  debt  of  which  few  are 
aware.  Mary  A.  Singer  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, April  19,  1847,  and  passed  the  days  of  early 
childhood  near  Harrisburg.  When  eight  years  of 
age  she  was  taken  to  Missouri,  where  her  father 
was  a  contractor  on  the  Iron  Mountain  Railroad. 
She  was  given  excellent  educational  advantages 
and  graduated  from  Bonham's  Female  Seminary 
of  St.  Louis.  In  Potosi,  Mo.,  on  New  Year's 
Day  of  1867,  she  became  the  wife  of  Colonel  Stan- 
ton.  The  following  year  she  accompanied  him  to 
Central  City  and  from  there  to  Pueblo  in  1871. 
One  child  came  to  bless  their  union,  Mary  Helen 


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Stanton,  who  was  educated  at  Mrs.  Somers' 
school  in  Washington,  D.  C.  She  is  now  the  wife 
of  Maj.  Harlan  J.  Smith,  of  Pueblo,  and  has  one 
son,  Irving  Stanton  Smith. 

The  death  of  Mrs.  Stanton  was  a  heavy  loss  to 
her  husband,  whose  devoted  helpmate  she  had 
been  during  all  the  years  of  their  married  life. 
She  passed  away  October  19,  1894,  in  theglorious 
hope  of  the  resurrection  which  her  Christian  faith 
had  always  tenderly  cherished.  She  was  not  only 
an  active  worker  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  but  also  in  the  Ladies'  Benevolent 
Union,  and  in  works  of  charity  her  heart  was 
never  weary.  While  she  was  active  in  philan- 
thropic and  religious  work,  her  home  was  her 
first  sanctuary,  and  there  she  delighted  to  love, 
live  and  worship;  there  her  happiest  hours  were 
spent  in  ministering  to  the  comfort  of  her  husband 
and  child.  She  has  entered  into  rest,  but  her 
memory  is  fresh  and  green  in  the  hearts  of  her 
family  and  the  many  to  whom  her  charity  came, 
quietly,  at  the  needed  moment,  and  those  whom 
she  favored  with  her  rare  friendship. 


'HOMAS  A.  BARNARD,  deceased,  was  for 
many  years  actively  connected  with  the  ag- 
ricultural interests  of  Pueblo  County,  and 
was  numbered  among  the  progressive  and  prac- 
tical farmers  whose  labors  did  much  to  advance 
the  general  prosperity  and  welfare  of  the  commu- 
nity. A  native  of  Virginia,  he  was  born  in  Pat- 
rick County,  near  the  Blue  Ridge  Mountains, and 
only  ten  miles  from  the  North  Carolina  line.  His 
birth  occurred  in  1833,  an<i  his  boyhood  days 
were  spent  on  his  father's  farm,  where  he  early 
became  familiar  with  the  duties  and  labors  that 
fall  to  the  lot  of  the  agriculturist.  When  the 
Civil  war  broke  out,  however,  he  remained  true 
to  the  principles  with  which  he  had  always  been 
familiar,  and  entered  the  service  of  his  loved 
southland.  He  remained  with  the  Confederate 
'army  until  the  close  of  hostilities,  and  three  of 
his  brothers  also  wore  the  gray.  Mr.  Barnard 
was  taken  prisoner  and  incarcerated  at  Camp 
Chase  for  more  than  a  year.  He  participated  in 
many  of  the  hotly  contested  battles  of  the  war, 
including  the  engagements  of  Seven  Pines  and 
Gettysburg,  and  at  the  last-named  his  brother 
Charles  was  killed. 

When  the  war  was  over  Mr.  Barnard  removed 
with  his  family  to  West  Virginia,  and  in  1866 
went  to  Arkansas,  where  they  remained  about 
five  years.  In  1879  they  came  to  Colorado,  trav- 


eling across  the  plains  with  wagons.  In  October 
of  that  year  they  located  upon  the  farm  which  is 
now  the  home  of  Mrs.  Barnard,  and  there  our 
subject  carried  on  agricultural  pursuits  until  his 
death.  The  land  had  been  entered  prior  to  the 
time  it  came  into  his  possession,  but  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  little  adobe  house  there  were  no  im- 
provements upon  it.  With  characteristic  energy 
Mr.  Barnard  began  its  development,  and  soon 
transformed  the  raw  tract  into  rich  and  fertile 
fields.  He  also  made  many  substantial  improve- 
ments in  the  way  of  buildings,  erected  a  good 
residence,  built  fences  and  planted  a  fine  orchard. 
Thus  in  useful  toil  his  days  were  spent,  and  he 
developed  one  of  the  finest  farms  in  the  county. 
During  the  "boom"  he  was  offered  $15,000  for 
the  place.  When  he  first  arrived  in  the  county 
all  farm  products  were  very  high,  and  he  en- 
gaged in  the  dairy  business  with  excellent  suc- 
cess, selling  butter  at  fifty  cents  per  pound  and 
eggs  at  fifty  cents  per  dozen. 

August  24,  1854,  Mr.  Barnard  married  Miss 
Caroline  Thompson,  who  was  born  in  Floyd 
County,  Va. ,  and  is  a  representative  of  one  of  the 
old  families  of  that  state.  Her  grandfather 
went  to  Bunker  Hill  with  his  father  to  help  bury 
the  dead  after  that  first  important  battle  of  the 
Revolutionary  war.  She  had  one  brother  who 
served  in  the  Confederate  army  during  the  Civil 
war.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barnard  were  born  nine 
children,  but  two  of  them  are  deceased:  Inez, the 
wife  of  Frank  Dawdy,  an  engineer,  residing  in 
Pueblo,  died  January  25,  1895;  Elitha  P.,  the 
wife  of  Robert  Lemon,  a  ranchman  of  Pueblo 
County,  died  October  26,  1886.  The  others  are: 
W.  J.,  who  is  married  and  lives  near  his  moth- 
er's home;  T.  J.,  who  is  married  and  resides  near 
Fowler,  Colo.;  I.  M.,  who  operates  the  home 
farm;  Ellen,  wife  of  W.  A.  Campbell,  near  Rocky 
Ford,  Colo.;  Alice,  wife  of  T.  J.  Steel,  of  Foun- 
tain, Colo.;  Nannie  N.,  wife  of  F.  H.  Cunning- 
ham, a  resident  of  Pueblo  County;  and  Emma 
O.,  at  home. 

In  politics  Mr.  Barnard  was  a  stanch  Demo- 
crat, but  was  never  an  aspirant  for  office.  He 
won  the  proud  American  title  of  self-made  man, 
for  his  prosperity  was  the  direct  result  of  his  own 
well-directed  efforts,  his  enterprise  and  energy. 
He  left  to  his  family  a  comfortable  property,  but 
more  than  that,  he  left  to  them  the  priceless  her- 
itage of  an  untarnished  name.  He  died  June  24, 
1891,  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years,  respected  by 
all  who  knew  him.  His  widow,  a  cultured  and 


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refined  lady,  still  occupies  the  old  homestead, 
where  she  lives  with  her  daughter  Emma  and 
her  grandchild,  Lucille  Dawdy. 


ITDWARD  MORTON  DE  LA  VERGNE, 
ry  president  of  the  Raven  Gold  Mining  Com- 
I  pany,  was  the  first  mining  man  to  enter  the 
Cripple  Creek  district  and  has  since  been  one  of 
the  most  prominent  mine  operators,  as  well  as  an 
influential  citizen,  of  Colorado  Springs.  He  was 
born  near  Marietta,  Washington  County,  Ohio, 
May  14,  1846,  a  son  of  George  Washington  and 
Mary  (Yates)  De  La  Vergne.  His  paternal 
grandfather,  who  was  born  in  New  York,  July  6, 
1779,  operated  a  line  of  Hudson  River  boats,  but 
afterward  transferred  his  business  to  the  Ohio 
River  and  ran  one  of  the  first  lines  on  that  river. 
His  last  years  were  spent  upon  a  farm  near  Po- 
mona, Cumberland  County,  Tenn.,  where  he  died 
at  a  very  advanced  age.  He  married  Rhoda 
Collins,  who  was  born  December  10,  -1778,  mem- 
ber of  an  old  family  of  New  York.  Of  their  chil- 
dren four  attained  maturity.  James,  who  lived 
in  Durango,  Colo.,  died  January  30,  1899;  Cath- 
arine is  the  widow  of  W.  H.  Dodge,  of  Clinton, 
Mo. ;  Edward  Morton  spent  his  entire  life  at  his 
native  place  on  the  Hudson  and  there  died. 

The  eldest  of  the  family  was  our  subject's 
father.  He  was  born  near  Fishkill,  on  the  Hud- 
son, in  Dutchess  County,  N.  Y. ,  October  18, 
1800.  By  trade  a  miller,  he  built  and  operated  a 
mill  on  the  Hudson,  between  Fishkill  and  Pough- 
keepsie.  March  17,  1824,  he  married  Mary 
Yates,  who  was  born  February,  25,  1798.  On 
selling  his  mill  he  removed  to  Ohio  and  for  some 
years  engaged  in  farming  there.  In  1848  he 
moved  to  Cumberland  County,  Tenn. ,  where  he 
built  and  conducted  a  mill,  operating  it  in  addi- 
tion to  superintending  bis  farm.  During  the 
Civil  war  he  took  his  family  to  the  valley  for  pro- 
tection. From  Tennessee  they  removed  to  Clin- 
ton, Henry  County,  Mo.,  where  our  subject  car- 
ried on  a  real-estate  business  for  ten  years,  but 
in  1878  he  brought  the  family  to  Colorado  Springs, 
where  his  father  died  January  15,  1893.  Politi- 
cally he  was  a  Whig  until  the  disintegration  of 
the  party,  after  which  he  adhered  to  Republican 
principles.  He  was  a  descendant  of  French-Hu- 
guenot ancestors  who  were  early  settlers  on  the 
Hudson.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Dutchess 
County,  N.  Y.,  was  a  member  of  a  Revolutionary 
family  and  the  daughter  of  a  successful  manufac- 
turer. She,  like  her  husband,  adhered  to  the 


Presbyterian  faith.  When  she  was  more  than 
ninety  years  of  age  (though  in  full  possession  of 
her  faculties  until  her  last  illness)  she  died  at  her 
son's  home  in  Colorado  Springs  in  1889. 

In  the  family  ofG.  W.  and  Mary  De  La  Vergne 
there  were  the  following-named  children:  Mrs. 
Anna  Doss,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  William,  who 
is  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Brownington, 
Mo. ;  Mary  E. ,  who  died  in  Tennessee;  Alexander, 
who  was  a  member  of  a  New  York  regiment  dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  and  is  now  a  practicing  physi- 
cian in  Hoisiugton,  Kan.;  Catherine,  who  re- 
sides with  her  brother,  E.  M. ;  Gertrude  Yates; 
Mrs.  E.  W.  Snyder,  who  died  in  Clinton,  Mo.; 
Isaac,  who  died  in  boyhood;  George,  who  was 
lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Eighth  Tennessee 
Mounted  Federal  troops,  received  injuries  from  a 
shell  explosion  at  Chickamauga,  and  afterward 
served  as  judge  of  court-martial  at  Cleveland  until 
the  close  of  the  war;  Rhoda  Collins;  Mrs.  W.  B. 
Brown,  ofSedalia,  Mo. ;  and  Edward  Morton,  the 
youngest  of  the  family.  Col.  George  De  La 
Vergne  came  to  Colorado  Springs  in  1877,  an<^ 
was  numbered  among  the  prominent  business 
men  of  the  city.  He  laid  out  the  village  of  Lihue, 
named  for  one  of  the  Sandwich  Islands,  where 
his  wife  was  born.  This  place,  which  is  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  our  subject,  consists  of 
seventeen  acres,  immediately  outside  of  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  contain- 
ing, among  other  attractions,  the  finest  spring  in 
the  country  and  a  little  brook  formed  from  it,  in 
which  are  fine  trout.  Upon  leaving  Colorado 
Springs  Colonel  De  La  Vergne  went  to  Hono- 
lulu, where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 

During  the  war,  when  his  brothers  were  in  the 
army ,  the  care  of  the  family  fell  upon  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch.  In  1868  he  removed,  with 
the  others,  to  Clinton,  the  county-seat  of  Henry 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years. 
On  coming  to  Colorado  in  1878,  he  began  to  learn 
mining,  studying  every  department  from  the  low- 
est up,  and  also  gaining  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  mining  machinery.  At  the  time  of  the  Gunni- 
son  excitement  he  was  one  of  the  first  on  the  Ute 
Reservation,  and  located  claims  there,  but  the 
district  did  not  prove  a  profitable  one.  He  en- 
gaged in  mining  in  Silver  City,  N.  M.,  and  Ari- 
zona, for  four  years,  after  which  he  was  manager 
of  the  .Orient  mine  at  Lawson,  on  Clear  Creek, 
for  one  year,  returning  from  there  to  the  Springs. 

It  was  about  this  time  that  Mr.  De  La  Vergne 
secured  a  specimen  of  ore  from  a  Mr.  Johnson. 


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On  assaying  it  he  found  it  ran  $240  in  gold.  He 
inquired  and  found  Mr.  Johnson  had  obtained  the 
ore  from  Robert  Womack,  and  the  latter  said  it 
was  from  their  old  ranch  near  Mount  Pisgah. 
Looking  up  the  records,  he  located  the  place. 
On  the  strength  of  the  assay,  in  December,  1890, 
he  outfitted  a  wagon,  and  with  a  partner,  F.  F. 
Frisbee,  drove  to  Cripple  Creek.  The  weather 
was  intensely  cold  and  the  roads  blocked  by 
snow,  which  made  progress  slow.  At  last,  after 
considerable  circuitous  riding,  and  after  sleeping 
for  many  nights  in  the  wagon,  he  reached  the 
desired  spot  and  located  the  El  Dorado  claim, 
which  is  the  first  claim  filed  from  the  Cripple 
Creek  district.  The  first  implements  brought 
there  for  mining  were  purchased  from  Barnes  & 
Son,  and  the  bill  bears  date  of  March  16,  1891, 
the  goods  being  shipped  on  that  date  via  the  Colo- 
rado Midland  Railroad. 

From  the  time  of  locating  the  claim,  Mr.  De 
La  Vergne  engaged  in  prospecting  and  assaying, 
and  when  he  found  a  satisfactory  assay  he  loca- 
ted not  only  the  El  Dorado,  but  other  claims, 
among  them  the  Raven,  on  the  hill  named  for  it. 
The  Raven  Gold  Mining  Company  was  organized 
with  himself  as  president  and  manager,  and  the 
mine  has  proved  to  be  a  good  producer.  With 
Messrs.  Colburn,  Frisbee  and  Seldomridge,  he  or- 
ganized the  El  Dorado  Gold  Mining  Company, 
of  which  he  was  manager  and  vice-president,  and 
theirs  was  the  first  claim  filed  naming  the  dis- 
trict. He  is  now  a  director  of  the  Virginia  M. 
Gold  Mining  Company,  and  is  owner  of  the  Lofty 
and  one  of  the  principal  owners  of  the  Alhambra. 
Formerly  he  acted  as  manager  of  the  Requa  Gold 
Mining  Company,  but  has  sold  his  interest  in  this 
mine.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cripple  Creek 
Club  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  Colorado 
Springs.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican,  always 
voting  the  straight  presidential  party  ticket.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Presbyterian. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  De  La  Vergne  took  place  in 
Colorado  Springs  and  united  him  with  Miss  Alice 
M.  Hook,  who  was  born  at  Davenport,  England, 
and  is  a  daughter  of  William  E.  Hook,  now  of 
Colorado  Springs.  In  1895  Mr.  De  La  Vergne 
made  a  tour  of  Europe,  spending  the  summer  in 
visiting  points  of  interest  on  the  continent  and  in 
England. 

All  enterprises  having  for  their  object  the  good 
of  his  country  receive  the  sympathy  of  Mr.  De  La 
Vergne  and  find  in  him  an  advocate  and  friend, 
ready  to  give  substantial  aid,  and  that,  too,  with- 


out any  thought  or  hope  of  reaping  personal  ad- 
vantage. Fortunate  in  his  undertakings,  judi- 
cious in  all  of  his  actions,  prompt  and  energetic 
as  a  business  man,  and  intensely  patriotic  in  de- 
votion to  his  country,  few  men  are  more  respected 
than  he. 


HENRY  W.  BROWN.  A  lifetime  of  activity 
in  business  and  in  agricultural  pursuits, 
coupled  with  strict  integrity,  honesty  of 
purpose  and  energy,  has  tended  to  place  Mr. 
Brown  among  the  honored  residents  of  Kit  Car- 
son County,  where  he  resides.  Since  he  came  to 
Colorado  in  1888  he  has  engaged  in  the  stock 
business,  having  a  ranch  near  Flagler.  Shortly 
after  he  came  here  he  opened  a  feed  and  livery 
stable  in  Flagler.  In  1892  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  George  L.  Cornwell  in  the  hardware 
business,  and  five  years  later  became  his  partner 
in  the  stock  business,  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted with' success. 

•Mr.  Brown  was  born  in  McLean  County,  111., 
in  1853,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Lemirah  (Smalley) 
Brown,  natives  of  Ohio.  His  father,  who  was 
born  in  1818,  devoted  his  active  years  to  farming 
and  stock-raising,  but  is  now  living  retired  from 
active  business  cares,  though  he  still  maintains 
the  supervision  of  his  property.  In  religion  he 
is  identified  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
In  his  family  there  were  six  sons  and  three 
daughters,  namely:  Henry  W. ;  George,  a  farmer 
in  Nebraska;  Frank,  who  is  engaged  in  the  fruit 
business  in  California;  Charles  and  John,  farmers 
in  Illinois;  and  Louis,  also  a  farmer,  who  resides 
in  Washington  state;  Rebecca  J.,  wife  of  D.  B. 
Rogers,  of  Illinois;  Arabella  Ann,  a  widow;  and 
Amanda,  who  married  Merritt  Downey,  of  Illi- 
nois. 

In  the  district  schools  of  his  native  county  our 
subject  received  his  primary  education.  The 
information  there  obtained  he  supplemented  by  a 
course  of  study  in  Lewiston  College.  At  the  age 
of  twenty  he  commenced  to  study  medicine,  but, 
the  profession  not  being  congenial,  he  discon- 
tinued study  in  that  line.  For  five  years  after- 
ward he  engaged  in  farming  in  Illinois,  and  then 
removed  to  Missouri,  where  he  remained  for  four 
years.  Later  he  spent  brief  periods  in  Nebraska 
and  Kansas,  and  in  1 888  came  to  Colorado,  settling 
in  Kit  Carson  County,  where  he  has  since  made 
his  home.  His  life  has  not  been  marked  by  any 
startling  incidents,  but  he  has  been  quietly  and 
earnestly  devoted  to  business  pursuits,  and  has 


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been  characterized  by  perseverance,  industry  and 
steadfastness  of  purpose.  He  has  not  been  active 
in  local  affairs;  however,  he  is  a  decided  Demo- 
crat and  always  votes  his  party  ticket.  In  church 
connections  he  is  a  Congregationalist.  By  his 
marriage,  which  took  place  in  1880  and  united 
him  with  Sarah  Alice  Demmitt,  a  native  of  Illi- 
nois, he  has  two  children,  Earl  and  Nora  May. 


GILL,  one  of  the  successful  stockmen 
and  farmers  of  Pueblo  County ,  is  the  owner  of 
a  ranch  of  several  hundred  acres,  where  he  has 
a  large  number  of  cattle  and  horses,  and  also  en- 
gages in  the  raising  of  fruit.  He  came  to  the 
United  States  from  Bavaria,  Germany,  where  he 
was  born  in  the  little  town  of  Neistadt,  April  8, 
1831,  a  son  of  John  and  M.  Catherine  Gill,  own- 
ers of  a  farm  in  that  section.  He  was  the  young- 
est of  a  family  of  two  sons  and  three  daughters, 
all  of  whom  remain  in  Germany  excepting  him- 
self. One  of  his  step-brothers,  Tobias,  came  to 
America  and  settled  in  Michigan  in  1847;  his  own 
brother,  Anton,  has  engaged  in  farming  in  Ba- 
varia. 

When  seven  years  of  age  our  subject  was  put 
out  to  work,  and  afterward  he  was  self-support- 
ing. During  the  summer  months  he  was  em- 
ployed on  a  farm,  and  in  winter  engaged  in  saw- 
ing wood .  For  the  entire  year' s  work  he  received 
$7  and  his  board.  His  mother  died  when  he  was 
thirteen,  and  the  old  home  was  then  broken  up. 
At  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  crossed  the  ocean, 
joining  his  step- brother  in  Michigan,  and  securing 
employment  in  a  sawmill  above  Detroit,  at  Ma- 
rine City,  St.  Clair  County,  on  the  St.  Clair  River. 
When  not  engaged  in  the  mill  he  worked  at  chop- 
ping cord  wood.  Soon  he  went  to  Chicago,  and 
from  there  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  later  to  St.  Louis 
and  New  Orleans,  and  for  one  year  was  employed 
on  a  steamboat,  after  which  he  went  to  Leaven  - 
worth,  Kan.  In  the  spring  of  1858  he  crossed  the 
plains  with  an  ox-team  to  Salt  Lake  City,  where 
he  arrived  in  the  summer,  and  remained  during 
the  winter  that  followed.  In  1859  he  reached  the 
mining  camp  at  Denver,  then  the  headquarters 
for  miners,  but  containing  only  a  few  houses. 
Food  was  so  scarce  that  flour  sold  for  seventy-five 
cents  a  pound,  and,  as  his  purse  was  almost  empty, 
he  could  get  little  to  eat.  He  went  back  to  Leav- 
enworth,  St.  Louis  and  New  Orleans  and  again 
engaged  in  the  steamboat  business. 

In  the  spring  of  1860  Mr.  Gill  went  to  Arkan- 
sas, where  he  hired  to  the  government  as  a  team- 


ster and  drove  six  mules  from  Sumter  to  Fort  Ar- 
buckle.  When  the  troops  were  sent  after  the 
Kiowa  Indians,  he  accompanied  the  expedition, 
which  was  composed  of  three  hundred  and  twenty 
wagons  and  a  large  number  of  soldiers.  He 
traveled  as  far  as  the  old  Santa  Fe  crossing  on  the 
Arkansas  River,  from  which  point,  in  the  fall  of 
the  same  year,  he  came  to  Pueblo  County,  secur- 
ing employment  with  "Hickey"  Rogers,  owner 
of  the  ranch  which  Mr.  Gill  afterward  bought. 
In  1864  he  went  to  Montana,  where  he  remained 
for  four  years.  In  1869  he  returned  to  the  place 
and  has  since  engaged  in  its  cultivation.  Wish- 
ing to  stock  it  with  cattle,  he  went  to  Texas  and 
bought  a  large  number  of  head,  which  he  drove 
to  Colorado,  this  forming  the  nucleus  of  his  pres- 
ent extensive  business.  Politically  he  votes  the 
Democratic  ticket.  He  was  reared  in  the  Cath- 
olic faith.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky, 
accompanied  her  father  to  Colorado  in  1863  and 
has  since  made  her  home  in  Pueblo  County, 
where  she  has  a  host  of  warm  personal  friends. 


(JOHN  J.  THOMAS,  proprietor  of  the  Thomas 
I  market  gardens  of  Pueblo,  and  one  of  the 
O  early  settlers  of  this  city,  was  born  in  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  in  1837.  He  was  seven  years  of  age 
when  he  accompanied  the  other  members  of  the 
family  to  Illinois,  settling  in  Pike  County  in  1844. 
His  father,  Elijah,  who  was  a  native  of  Ohio, 
followed  agricultural  pursuits,  both  in  Ohio  and 
Illinois,  and  was  known  as  an  industrious,  per- 
severing and  upright  man.  At  the  opening  of 
the  war  the  three  sons  took  up  arms  in  defense 
of  the  Union,  Elijah  and  Jeremiah,  who  were 
members  of  Illinois  regiments,  and  John  J. ,  who 
enlisted  from  Colorado. 

From  early  boyhood  our  subject  was  familiar 
with  scenes  of  pioneer  life.  He  had  the  advan- 
tages of  a  good  common-school  education.  In 
1857,  with  a  desire  to  see  something  of  the  west, 
he  went  from  Atchison  County,  Mo.,  where  he 
had  been  living  for  a  time,  to  Fort  Leavenworth, 
Kan.,  from  which  place  he  accompanied  two 
regiments  and  two  batteries  of  the  United  States 
troops  to  Salt  Lake,  Utah,  making  the  trip  across 
the  plains,  driving  one  of  the  mule-teams.  Re- 
turning to  Fort  Leavenworth,  he  was  there  for  a 
time,  then  outfitted  a  train  and  as  wagon  master 
returned  to  Colorado  and  the  west  with  supplies 
for  the  overland  mail  line.  His  trip  to  the 
mountain  regions  had  inspired  him  with  a  desire 
to  try  life  in  the  west,  and  in  1859  he  again  came 


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to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Denver,  then  a  small 
hamlet.  He  spent  the  winter  of  1860-61  in  the 
mines  of  Summit  County,  at  Breckenridge. 

Shortly  after  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war,  in 
October,  1861,  Mr.  Thomas  enlisted  as  a  member 
of  the  First  Colorado  Cavalry,  and  remained  in 
the  service  until  the  close  of  the  war,  being  dur- 
ing most  of  the  time  on  the  frontier,  engaged  in 
Indian  fighting.  He  took  part  in  a  number  of 
engagements  with  the  red  men,  and  won  recogni- 
tion for  his  meritorious  service  in  the  army. 
When  he  had  been  honorably  discharged  he  went 
to  Pueblo,  then  a  small  trading  hamlet,  with  a 
few  building?.  He  opened  a  hotel,  where  he  en- 
tertained people  who  were  crossing  the  plains. 
After  a  time  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  cattle 
business,  in  which  he  engaged  successfully  for 
ten  years,  and  at  the  same  time  was  also  inter- 
ested in  a  grocery  business.  In  the  summer  of 
1888  he  went  to  the  Gunnison  country  to  engage 
in  mining.  While  there  he  was  appointed  register 
of  the  land  office,  which  had  just  been  established. 
He  served  for  two  years  under  President  Arthur 
and  a  similar  period  under  President  Cleveland. 

On  returning  to  Pueblo,  Mr.  Thomas  turned 
his  attention  to  the  management  of  his  real- 
estate  interests.  After  three  years  he  formed  a 
company,  of  which  he  was  general  manager  for 
two  years,  and  the  object  of  which  was  to  build 
an  artificial  ice  plant.  Owing  to  unforeseen  cir- 
cumstances the  enterprise  was  a  failure,  and  en- 
tailed upon  him  a  heavy  financial  loss.  His  next 
venture,  which  has  proved  very  profitable,  was 
the  establishment  of  the  Thomas  market  gardens, 
and  of  these  he  has  since  been  the  manager.  In 
spite  of  frequent  reverses  and  many  obstacles  he 
has  finally  won  a  large  degree  of  success.  He 
has  made  his  own  way  in  the  world  since  four- 
teen, when  he  left  home,  and  although  he  had 
no  capital  with  which  to  begin,  he  has  with  de- 
termination pursued  his  way  until  he  attained 
prosperity. 

In  1871  Mr.  Thomas  married  Amelia  D.  Ed- 
wards, of  Pennsylvania.  They  have  three  chil- 
dren: Samuel  E.,  who  is  a  lieutenant  in  the 
First  Colorado  Regiment  and  is  now  serving 
in  Manila;  Mary  C.;  and  Sophia  C.,  who  is  as- 
sistant librarian  in  the  Pueblo  public  library.  For 
more  than  forty  years  Mr.  Thomas  has  affiliated 
with  the  Republican  party.  In  1867  he  was 
elected  county  treasurer,  afterward  served  as  a 
member  of  the  city  council,  was  elected  to  the 
legislature  in  1879,  and  in  1891  was  chosen  a 


member  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  of 
which  he  became  chairman.  He  is  a  Mason  of 
the  highest  degree,  and  a  member  of  Upton  Post, 
G.  A.  R. 


J.  G.  HARDY  EPPERSON,  proprietor 
of  the  South  Park  hotel  and  the  owner  of 
extensive  ranching  interests  at  Howbert, 
Park  County,  was  born  in  Knox  County,  111., 
January  27,  1850,  a  son  of  William  and  Susan- 
nah (Richardson)  Epperson.  He  was  one  of 
twelve  children,  of  whom  he  and  two  brothers 
alone  survive.  One  of  the  brothers,  H.  P.,  re- 
sides in  Los  Angeles;  the  other,  Albert  T.,  lives 
at  Woodland  Park,  Colo.  The  father  was  born 
in  Tennessee  in  1806  and  at  twelve  years  of  age 
removed  with  his  father  (his  mother  having  died 
while  he  was  quite  young)  to  Fountain  County, 
Ind.,  settling  on  the  Wabash  River,  where  he 
took  up  a  tract  of  raw  land.  Upon  the  farm  that 
he  cleared  and  improved  he  made  his  home  for 
thirty  years.  Afterward,  for  eighteen  years,  he 
was  one  of  the  leading  farmers  of  Knox  County, 
111.  In  1868  he  removed  to  Missouri  and  settled 
in  Henry  County.  From  there,  five  years  later, 
he  came  to  Colorado.  His  closing  years  of  life 
were  spent  in  the  home  of  our  subject,  with  whom 
he  remained  until  his  death,  in  1885. 

Two  months  after  he  attained  the  age  of  twen- 
ty-one years  Mr.  Epperson  married  Miss  Jose- 
phine Spurlock,  their  marriage  being  solemnized 
April  20,  1871.  He  then  settled  down  to  farm- 
ing on  the  home  place.  In  1873  he  loaded  his 
goods  in  a  wagon,  and,  with  his  family,  started 
for  the  west,  his  wagon  being  one  of  a  train  of 
fifty  wagons,  of  which  twenty-seven  were  the 
outfits  of  neighbors.  Leaving  Montrose  April  2 
they  reached  Alma,  Colo.,  six  weeks  later. 
During  their  journey  they  had  many  exciting 
buffalo  hunts  and  also  found  other  game  in  abund- 
ance. They  frequently  met  Indians,  but  with 
the  exception  of  having  their  horses  stampeded 
at  night,  at  different  times,  they  were  not  mo- 
lested. 

On  his  arrival  in  Alma  Mr.  Epperson  began  as 
a  teamster.  In  the  fall  he  went  to  Rocky  (also 
in  Park  County),  where  he  spent  the  winter,  and 
in  the  spring  returned  to  Alma.  After  a  few 
months,  in  the  fall  of  1874  he  came  to  Hartsel 
and  took  up  what  is  now  known  as  the  Railey 
ranch,  three  miles  west  of  town.  He  was  one  of 
the  first  men  to  lay  a  pole  in  the  county  and  one 
of  the  first  to  take  out  a  ditch.  In  1877  he  sold 


JAMES  A.  HOPKINS. 


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his  ranch  and  homesteaded  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  what  is  known  as  the  James  ranch, 
three  miles  northwest  of  Hartsel.  There  he  re- 
mained until  1884,  during  which  time  he  in- 
creased his  landed  possessions  to  six  hundred  and 
eighty  acres.  His  next  location  was  ten  miles 
southwest  of  Littleton,  near  the  Platte  canon, 
where  he  was  successfully  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  for  five  years.  That  property  in  1889 
he  traded  for  a  ranch  at  Howbert,  Park  County, 
where  he  has  since  engaged  in  haying  and  the 
cattle  business  and  also  established  the  South 
Park  hotel. 

During  1892  Mr.  Epperson  went  to  Colorado 
City,  where  he  became  interested  in  numerous 
tracts  of  city  real  estate.  After  a  short  time  he 
removed  to  Cripple  Creek  and  established  the 
Cripple  Creek  dairy,  which  for  six  years  he  con- 
ducted with  success,  in  partnership  with  his  son. 
While  in  that  place  he  acquired  considerable  city 
property,  which  he  still  owns,  and  he  also  owns 
property  in  Colorado  City,  where  he  usually 
spends  the  winter  months.  In  April,  1897,  he 
moved  back  to  Howbert  to  look  after  his  ranch, 
leaving  his  son  in  charge  of  the  dairy  at  Cripple 
Creek,  and  in  August,  1898,  he  sold  his  interest 
in  the  dairy,  since  which  time  he  has  given  his 
attention  largely  to  the  management  of  his  prop- 
erties. Of  his  seven  children  only  three  are  liv- 
ing: William  Albert,  Artemecia  and  Harry  A., 
all  of  whom  are  with  their  parents.  Mr.  Epper- 
son has  many  friends  in  various  parts  of  Colorado 
and  is  highly  esteemed  for  his  sterling  qualities 
of  heart  and  mind. 


(1AMES  A.  HOPKINS,  superintendent  of 
I  water  works  in  Colorado  Springs,  was  born 
G)  in  Altoona,  Blair  County,  Pa.,  March  n, 
1857.  His  father,  Lewis  Hopkins,  who  was  of 
Welsh  descent,  married  Anna  C.  Domer,  a  de- 
scendant of  German  ancestry,  and  after  carrying 
on  a  lumber  business  in  Altoona  for  some  years, 
in  the  fall  of  1858  he  removed  with  his  family  to 
Farmington,  St.  Francois  County,  Mo.,  settling 
upon  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-three 
acres.  This  property  he  purchased  from  Hen- 
derson Murphy,  whose  father  was  the  first  settler 
in  that  part  of  the  country,  having  secured  six 
hundred  acres  there  (a  Spanish  grant).  Indians 
at  the  time  were  plentiful  and  not  at  all  friendly. 
The  old  log  house,  which  was  a  huge  affair,  was 
erected  in  1800  by  the  settlers,  and  was  used  as  a 
fort  when  the  Indians  got  on  the  war  path.  In 


1880  this  house  was  removed  and  a  commodious 
frame  residence  erected.  The  farm,  by  constant 
improvement,  became  one  of  the  finest  estates  in 
southeastern  Missouri.  Upon  it  Lewis  Hopkins 
and  his  wife  continued  to  reside  until  they  died, 
he  on  the  2  2d  of  December,  1890,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-five  years,  nine  months  and  two  days, 
and  she  March  7,  1897,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
seven  years,  five  months  and  four  days. 

The  family  of  five  daughters  and  six  sons  is 
yet  unbroken  by  death.     The  eldest  son,  Ely  D. 
Hopkins,  when  eighteen  years  of  age  enlisted  in 
a  Missouri  regiment  during  the  Civil  war  and 
served  for  more  than  three  years,  meantime  tak- 
ing part  in  about  forty  battles;  at  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  mustered  out  at  New  Orleans.     Eda 
K.,  the  second  son,  served  the  Union  for  eight- 
een months  as  a  member  of  a  Missouri  regiment. 
These  two  sons   are   living  on  adjoining   farms 
within  sight  of  the  old  homestead.     Jeremiah, 
the   third  son,  is   living  on  the   old  home  farm; 
Michael  K. ,  the  fourth  son, went  to  southern  Kan- 
sas in  1878,  but  after  two  years  there  removed  to 
White  Pine,  Gunnison  County,  Colo. ,  where  he 
engaged  in  mining  for  six  years;  later  he  was  for 
a  few  years  foreman  on  a  ranch  near  Colorado 
Springs.     Resuming  his  work  in  connection  with 
mines  he  went  to  the  Cripple   Creek   district, 
where  he  spent  five  years,  and  is  still  the  owner 
of  valuable  property  there,  but  is  now  engaged  in 
farming  near  Provo,  Utah.     The  youngest  son, 
George  B.,  completed  a.  course  in  telegraphy  at  a 
school  in  St.  Louis,  and  for  two  years  he  engaged 
in  that  occupation  in  southeastern  Missouri,  after 
which  he  spent  two  years  in  Colorado,  and  then 
removed  to  Provo,  Utah,  where  he  has  a  position 
as  ticket  agent  and  operator,  and  there  he  has 
built  a  home   and  settled  down.     Four  of  the 
daughters  live  in  the  vicinity  of  the  old  home: 
Mrs.  Mary  A.  Powell,  Mrs.  Annie  C.  Griffin  and 
Mrs.    Sarah   C.  Cunningham,   all  of  whom  are 
comfortably  situated  and  live  on  farms;  and  Mrs. 
Emma  Doughty, wife  of  M.  L.  Doughty, a  well-to- 
do  citizen   and  now  postmaster  at  Farmington. 
The  youngest  daughter,  Alice  C.   M.  Govreau, 
came  with  her  husband  to  Colorado  Springs  in 
1892,  he  being  engaged  as  meat  cutter  with  a 
grocery  and  meat  firm  for  a  year  or  more,  after 
which  he  carried  on  a  grocery  and  meat  business 
of  his  own,  but  in  1897   sold  out  and  went  to 
Rocky  Ford,  Colo.,  where  he  is  now  a  prosper- 
ous grocer  and  butcher. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  on  a  farm 


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in  Missouri.  For  four  years  he  was  a  student  in 
Carlton  Institute  at  Farmington,  Mo.,  but  his 
studies  proved  too  confining  and  he  was  obliged 
to  leave  school  before  the  completion  of  his 
course.  He  graduated  in  bookkeeping  and  pen- 
manship from  C.  H.  Pierce's  Business  College  at 
Keokuk,  Iowa.  In  the  spring  of  1882  he  came 
to  Colorado.  After  a  short  stay  near  Trinidad 
he  went  into  the  Gunnison  country,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  prospecting  and  mining  for  five  years. 
In  the  early  part  of  1887  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Fannie  B.  Chadbourne,  of  Bonne 
Terre,  St.  Francois  County,  Mo.  He  then 
came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  has  made 
his  home  ever  since.  For  almost  a  year  he  was 
employed  in  connection  with  the  city  water 
works,  after  which  he  was  for  nine  years  with  E. 
S.  Bumstead  &  Co.,  plumbers  and  gas-fitters,  of 
Colorado  Springs.  During  the  last  two  years  of 
his  connection  with  the  firm  the  title  was  St. 
John  Bros.,  plumbing  and  heating.  April  20, 
1897,  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  water 
works  for  the  city  of  Colorado  Springs,  which 
position  he  now  holds.  He  owns  mining  prop- 
erty in  the  Cripple  Creek  district,  being  inter- 
ested in  the  Ramona  lode  claim  on  Bull  Hill, 
which  is  considered  good  property.  He  also  has 
mining  claims  in  Woodland  Park  district  to  the 
amount  of  twenty-five  acres,  which  property  will 
no  doubt  in  time  be  a  good  paying  proposition. 
He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of  three  children : 
Alva  E.,  Hubert  V.  and  Robert  S.  Politically 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World ;  the  Junior  Order  United 
American  Mechanics,  of  which  he  has  served  as 
financial  secretary;  is  now  protector  of  the 
American  League  of  Liberty;  also  a  member  of 
the  American  Waterworks  Association,  and  was 
for  about  seven  years  connected  with  the  Plumb- 
ers' Association,  in  which  he  filled  all  of  the 
chairs. 

gS.    HALL  was  born  near  Meadville,   Pa. , 
June  27,  1829,  a  son  of  John  and  Keturah 
(Sulton)  Hall,  natives  respectively  of  Craw- 
ford County,  Pa.,  and  New  Jersey.     His  paternal 
grandfather,  John  Hall,  Sr.,  was  born  in   Hol- 
land, and  on  emigrating  to  America  settled  in  New 
Jersey,  but  later  removed  to  Crawford  County, 
Pa.     The  occupation  of  the  family  has  been  that 
of  farming. 

When  our  subject  was  three  years  of  age  his 
father  died,  and  he  was  left,  the  seventh,  in  a 


family  of  ten  children.  The  widowed  mother 
had  nothing  with  which  to  sustain  her  large  fam- 
ily except  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land,  encumbered  with  a  mortgage.  With  the 
help  of  her  older  children  she  succeeded  in  clear- 
ing oif  the  debt  and  kept  the  family  together. 
The  children,  however,  had  very  meagre  oppor- 
tunities for  obtaining  an  education,  as  the  help  of 
all  was  necessary  in  the  work  of  the  farm.  Our 
subject  attended  subscription  school  for  a  short 
time  and  spent  one  winter  in  a  public  school. 
With  this  limited  amount  of  schooling  he  has, 
by  self-culture  and  observation,  gained  a  good 
education  and  is  now  a  well-informed  man.  At 
seventeen  years  of  age  he  began  to  work  by  the 
mouth,  receiving  $10  per  month,  and  at  the  ex- 
piration of  four  years  was  receiving  .$35.  During 
all  of  that  time  he  saved  one-third  of  his  wages. 
Until  he  was  twenty-three  he  continued  to  work 
out,  having  only  two  employers  during  the 
entire  time.  For  one  of  these,  a  Mr.  Elder,  he 
worked  five  years. 

With  the  money  he  had  saved  Mr.  Hall  bought 
out  the  heirs  in  the  old  homestead,  of  which  he 
assumed  charge  at  twenty- three  years.  In  1861 
he  came  to  Colorado,  via  railroad  to  Chicago, 
coach  to  Council  Bluffs  and  in  the  latter  city 
bought  a  mule  team,  which  he  drove  across  the 
plains  in  twenty-four  days.  From  Denver  he 
proceeded  to  the  Blue  River  and  engaged  in  min- 
ing, also  bought  an  interest  in  a  sawmill,  but 
neither  venture  proved  profitable.  When  he 
came  he  had  brought  with  him  $1,800  and  before 
Christmas  he  was  ready  to  leave,  with  only  $37. 

Within  four  miles  of  the  present  site  of  Foun- 
tain Mr.  Hall  bought  a  claim  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres,  for  which  he  agreed  to  pay  $175  in 
installments.  After  two  years  he  was  joined  by 
his  family.  During  his  first  year  on  the  ranch 
he  raised  over  sixteen  hundred  bushels  of  corn. 
For  the  first  five  hundred  bushels  he  received  five 
cents  a  bushel,  but  for  the  balance  he  was  paid 
ten  cents  per  bushel.  He  also  raised  over  four 
hundred  bushels  of  wheat,  for  which  he  was 
paid  seven  cents  a  pound.  When  his  family 
came  west  in  1863  he  met  them  at  St.  Joe,  and 
from  there  drove  through  in  twenty-one  days, 
which  was  the  quickest  trip  ever  made  by  a  mule- 
team.  For  thirty -one  years  he  continued  on  the 
same  ranch,  to  which,  from  time  to  time,  he 
added  land,  until  his  possessions  aggregated  four- 
teen hundred  acres.  He  also  introduced  a  system 
of  irrigation.  The  property  is  known  as  Hall's 


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ranch  and  is  the  best  for  many  miles  around.  In 
1893  he  removed  to  a  small  place  near  Colorado 
Springs. 

Politically  Mr.  Hall  is  a  stanch  Democrat.  He 
is  a  member  of  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  Of  his  seven  children,  three  died  in  in- 
fancy. The  oldest  of  the  family,  William,  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania  and  died  in  Denver;  his 
children  had  died  previously  and  his  wife  passed 
away  soon  afterward.  David,  the  second  son, 
lives  on  the  Hall  ranch,  is  married  and  has  four 
children.  Frank,  who  is  married  and  has  three 
children,  makes  his  home  on  a  ranch  on  Rock 
Creek  in  this  county. 


S.  HERRING,  proprietor  of  a  shoe  store 
in  Colorado  Springs,  also  secretary  of  the 
Nugget  Mining  and  Milling  Company,  has 
been  a  resident  of  this  city  since  1891.  Pur- 
chasing an  interest  in  the  New  York  Cash  Store 
in  1892,  he  became  the  senior  proprietor  of 
the  business,  remaining  as  such  until  August, 
1898,  when  he  sold  his  interest  and  the  partner- 
ship was  dissolved.  Since  that  time  he  has  con- 
ducted Herring's  Shoe  Store,  at  No.  107  South 
Tejon  street.  Besides  his  mercantile  interests  he 
owns  one-fourth  of  the  stock  of  the  Nugget 
Mining  and  Milling  Company  in  Cripple  Creek, 
which  he  assisted  in  organizing,  and  which  owns 
the  Charles  B.  on  Grouse  Mountain,  and  the 
Elizabeth  Cooper,  adjoining  Jackpot  and  the 
Doctor  mines.  He  is  also  interested  in  other  com- 
panies and  claims. 

Mr.  Herring  represents  the  sixth  generation  in 
descent  from  the  founder  of  the  family  in  Amer- 
ica, a  Prussian,  who  settled  in  Maryland  and 
whose  children  removed  to  Virginia.  The  grand- 
father of  our  subject,  George  Herring,  was  born 
in  Virginia  and  removed  to  Trumbull  County, 
Ohio,  where  he  cultivated  a  farm  near  Girard 
until  his  death  at  an  advanced  age.  The  father, 
Rev.  George  Herring,  was  born  in  Trumbull 
County,  Ohio,  and  engaged  in  farming  there. 
In  1863  he  removed  to  Blairstowu,  Benton  Coun- 
ty, Iowa,  where  he  improved  a  farm,  and  after- 
ward, by  purchase,  became  the  owner  of  two  sec- 
tions of  land.  He  was  ordained  a  minister  in  the 
Evangelical  Association  in  Iowa  and  preached  in 
his  vicinity  for  years.  He  died  in  August,  1877, 
when  fifty-four  years  of  age. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Susanna  Keck, 
who  was  born  in  Mahoning  County,  Ohio,  and  is 
now  living  in  Iowa,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two. 


Her  father,  who  was  a  member  of  an  old  Penn- 
sylvania family,  of  German  descent,  was  a  farmer 
in  Mahoning  County  and  a  prominent  worker  in 
the  Evangelical  Association.  Our  subject  was 
the  oldest  child  and  only  son  of  four  children. 
He  was  born  in  Girard,  Trumbull  County,  Ohio, 
June  12,  1852,  and  at  the  age  of  about  eleven 
years  accompanied  his  parents  to  Blairstown, 
Iowa,  where  he  was  a  student  in  the  Academy. 
In  1876  he  embarked  in  the  general  mercantile 
business  at  Watkins,  Iowa.  When  his  father 
died,  the  following  year  he  closed  out  his  busi- 
ness and  gave  his  attention  to  the  settlement  of 
the  estate.  In  1881  he  removed  to  Kansas, 
and  after  a  time  became  proprietor  of  the 
Gove  County  Bank  at  Gove  City,  which  he  con- 
ducted until  his  removal  to  Colorado  Springs. 
At  the  time  of  his  removal  he  was  serving  as 
mayor  of  Gove  City,  which  position  he  had  held 
for  two  terms.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  connected  with  the  First  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  which  he  serves  as  steward. 

During  his  residence  in  Iowa  Mr.  Herring  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  C.  May,  who 
was  born  in  Paulding,  Ohio.  They  became  the 
parents  of  three  children,  one  of  whom,  Jay, 
died  at  five  years  of  age.  Myrtle  Laurella,  the 
older  daughter,  graduated  from  the  high  school 
of  this  city  in  1898  and  is  now  a  student  in  Colo- 
rado College;  Flossie  May,  the  younger  daugh- 
ter, is  a  member  of  the  high  school  class  of  1901. 


'HOMAS  TRIBE,  who  resides  in  Colorado 
Springs,  and  gives  his  attention  to  the  over- 
sight of  his  important  mining  interests,  is  a 
member  of  an  old  family  of  England.  His  father, 
William,  and  grandfather,  Thomas,  were  born  in 
Uxbridge,  and  descended  from  a  noble  family,  of 
whose  large  estates  they  were  among  the  heirs. 
William,  who  was  a  sign  painter  by  trade,  did 
much  of  the  painting  in  Windsor  Castle.  In  1850 
he  came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  Hills- 
dale,  Mich.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  sign  and 
fancy  painting.  Possessing  literary  tastes  and 
ability,  he  made  frequent  contributions  to  local 
papers,  and  in  all  of  his  writings  advocated  the 
interests  of  the  people.  For  some  time  he  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  supervisors.  About  1873 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  here  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death.  His  wife,  Elizabeth  H.  Jefferay, 
was  a  daughter  of  a  farmer,  Thomas  Jefieray, 
and  was  born  in  Wendover,  England.  Her  death 
occurred  in  Colorado. 


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The  only  child  of  his  parents,  our  subject  was 
born  in  London,  England,  September  3,  1848. 
He  attended  the  high  school  and  college  at  Hills- 
dale,  Mich.,  after  which  he  carried  on  a  mercan- 
tile business  in  that  city  for  a  few  years.  In  1873 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  three  months 
worked  for  others  there,  after  which  he  engaged 
in  the  book  and  stationery  business  as  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Tribe  &  Jefferay.  In  1878  the  firm 
started  a  branch  store  in  Leadville,  and  he  was 
made  manager  of  the  store  there.  In  1891  he 
formed  a  company  and  opened  the  Fanny  Raw- 
lings  mine,  which  he  named  in  honor  of  his 
wife,  and  which  is  proving  to  be  valuable  prop- 
erty. He  also  invented  and  patented  Tribes  cur- 
tain wires,  which  is  manufactured  by  George 
Frost  &  Co.  Other  inventions  have  also  been 
patented  by  him.  He  is  largely  interested  in  the 
Homestake  Gold  Mining  and  Milling  Company, 
and  is  general  manager  of  their  mine.  In  addi- 
tion he  is  secretary  of  the  Monte  Carlo  Gold 
and  Silver  Mining  Company,  in  whose  mine  at 
Creede  both  gold  and  silver  have  been  found. 
Since  1881  he  has  not  been  connected  with  the 
book  business,  but  has  given  his  attention  en- 
tirely to  mines  and  patents. 

Politically  Mr.  Tribe  is  a  stanch  advocate  of 
the  silver  cause,  and  gives  his  allegiance  to  the 
men  and  measures  pledged  to  its  support,  believ- 
ing that  the  highest  good  of  the  people  cannot  be 
conserved  until  silver  is  placed  upon  its  proper 
basis.  ,He  was  married  in  London,  England,  to 
Miss  Fanny  M.  Rawlings,  who  was  born  in  that 
city  and  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  England. 
They  have  two  daughters,  Edith  and  Ida. 


(7JAMUEL  B.  FAULKNER,  county  clerk  of 
?\  Prowers  County,  and  a  resident  of  Lamar, 
VjJ/  is  an  influential  member  of  the  Democratic 
party  in  southeastern  Colorado.  Although  not 
what  might  be  termed  a  partisan,  he  is  as  un- 
deviating  in  his  devotion  to  his  party  as  the 
needle  to  the  pole.  The  political  questions  of 
the  age  have  received  from  him  the  serious  con- 
sideration which  they  demand,  and  he  has  firm 
convictions  upon  all  subjects  of  importance.  He 
gives  support  to  all  measures  having  for  their 
object  the  promotion  of  Lamar 's  progress  and  the 
people's  welfare.  He  was  elected  to  his  present 
office  in  the  fall  of  1895,  and  has  filled  the  posi- 
tion with  fidelity  and  characteristic  efficiency. 

The  parents  of  our  subject,  James  and  Nancy 
(Goin)  Faulkner,  were  born  in  Claiborne  County, 


Tenn.,  but  removed  from  there  to  Mercer  Coun- 
ty, Mo.,  in  1859,  and  about  1888  settled  in  Kan- 
sas. In  their  several  places  of  residence  they 
have  made  their  home  upon  farming  land.  While 
they  were  living  in  Mercer  County,  Mo.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born,  May  30,  1860.  He 
received  a  fair  education,  and  for  five  years  en- 
gaged in  teaching  school  in  his  native  county. 
Afterward  he  learned  telegraphy  at  Redding, 
Ringgold  County,  Iowa,  and  this  occupation  he 
followed  for  eight  years,  being  in  Iowa  during 
part  of  the  time.  In  1891  he  came  to  Colorado, 
and,  after  a  few  months  spent  in  Granada,  settled 
in  Lamar.  For  some  years  before  he  was  elected 
county  clerk  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  this  city.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  Lamar  Lodge  No.  84,  I.  O.  O.  F. 

In  Granada,  in  1891,  Mr.  Faulkner  married 
Miss  Estella  Bridges.  His  second  marriage  was 
solemnized  in  1894  and  united  him  with  Ger- 
trude Biby,  who  was  born  in  Wayne  County, 
Iowa,  and  removed  to  Lamar  in  girlhood.  She 
is  an  estimable  lady  and  shares  with  Mr.  Faulk- 
ner the  esteem  of  all  associates. 


(lOHN  W.  FREEMAN,  sheriff  of  Lincoln 
I  County,  is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  eighteen 
Q)  miles  from  Hugo  and  a  blacksmith's  busi- 
ness in  the  village.  The  latter  enterprise  he  con- 
ducted personally  for  two  and  one-half  years,  but 
now  rents  the  shop.  In  the  office  of  sheriff. he 
has  proved  to  be  fearless,  just  and  impartial,  and 
under  his  supervision  law  and  order  have  been 
preserved  to  a  degree  not  often  found  even  in  long 
established  communities. 

Mr.  Freeman  was  born  near  Lomax,  Hender- 
son County,  111.,  in  1862.  He  is  a  son  of  John 
Freeman,  a  native  of  Sweden,  who  came  to 
America  in  early  life  and  settled  in  Henderson 
County,  111.,  engaging  in  railroading  and  in 
bridge-building.  He  is  still  living,  but  is  prac- 
tically retired  from  business  cares,  and  resides  on 
a  farm  in  Nebraska.  In  politics  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat, and  in  religion  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  During  his  residence  in  Illi- 
nois he  married  Mary  Johnson,  a  native  of  that 
state,  and  who  died  in  Henderson  County  when 
our  subject  was  seven  years  of  age.  Besides 
him  she  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter,  namely : 
Andrew,  a  farmer  at  Ashgrove,  Franklin  County, 
Neb.;  Gus,  who  is  foreman  of  a  paper  mill  in 
Oregon  City,  Ore. ;  and  Anna,  who  died  at  twenty- 
eight  years  of  age. 


WALTER  N.  HOUSER. 


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When  sixteen  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  went  to  Cass  County,  Neb.,  where  for 
two  years  he  engaged  in  railroading.  After- 
ward for  ten  years  he  conducted  a  farm  in  Har- 
lan  County,  about  ten  miles  west  of  Ashgrove. 
From  there  he  came  to  Lincoln  County,  Colo. ,  and 
settled  at  Bovina,  where  he  made  his  home  for 
seven  years,  meantime  following  various  occupa- 
tions. In  January,  1896,  he  removed  to  Hugo, 
and  after  two  years  of  service  as  under-sheriff,  in 
the  fall  of  1897  he  was  elected  sheriff,  which 
position  he  fills  with  the  greatest  efficiency.  He 
was  elected  to  the  position  on  the  Democratic 
ticket,  he  being  a  stanch  adherent  of  that  party. 

In  1884  Mr.  Freeman  married  Miss  Esther 
Jackson,  who  was  born  in  Fayette  County,  111., 
and  in  1872  accompanied  her  father,  Robert  Jack- 
son, to  Nebraska,  settling  at  Ashgrove.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Freeman  are  the  parents  of  five  children, 
three  sons  and  two  daughters,  namely:  Roy,  who 
is  a  bright  lad  of  twelve  years;  Cora,  Ralph, 
Edna  and  Andrew. 


pQ  ALTER  N.  HOUSER,  county  surveyor  of 
\  A  I  Huerfano  County  and  one  of  its  most  ex- 
V  V  tensive  stock-raisers,  was  born  in  Wiscon- 
sin in  1860.  He  is  of  Swiss  parentage.  His 
father,  John  S.  Houser,  a  native  of  Switzerland, 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1848  and  settled  in 
Galena,  111.,  where  he  and  General  Grant  be- 
came well  acquainted.  In  his  early  manhood  he 
went  to  Wisconsin  and  engaged  in  the  grain  bus- 
iness at  Bangor,  where  for  twenty  years  he  served 
as  postmaster.  An  active  worker  in  the  Repub- 
lican party,  he  held  a  number  of  county  offices 
and  was  one  of  the  well-known  men  of  La  Crosse 
County.  He  died  in  1869,  when  thirty-eight 
years  of  age.  By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Caroline 
Mann,  a  native  of  Vermont,  six  children  were 
born,  but  our  subject  alone  survives.  The  wife 
and  mother  died  in  Colorado  in  1880,  aged  fifty- 
two  years. 

The  subject  of  this  article  was  born  in  Bangor, 
LaCrosse  County, Wis.,  February  5,  1860.  When 
about  ten  years  old  he  entered  his  Uncle's  store  in 
Cambria,  Wis.,  as  cellar  boy,  and  continued  in 
various  departments  in  that  establishment  un- 
til sixteen  years  old.  His  health  requiring  a 
change,  he  came  to  Colorado,  hoping  that  he 
might  be  benefited  by  the  climate  of  the  west. 
At  first  he  could  do  but  little.  After  a  time  he 
became  a  guide  for  pleasure  parties  in  the  moun- 
tains, and  this  occupation  he  followed  for  three 


years.  Later  he  had  charge  of  the  business  af- 
fairs of  S.  W.  Madge,  near  Castle  Rock,  and  the 
owner  of  a  large  stone  quarry.  He  remained  in 
Castle  Rock  until  1885,  meantime  taking  con- 
tracts for  the  building  of  ditches  and  earthworks. 
In  1882  he  built  the  city  water  works  for  the  city 
of  Longmont,  Colo. 

Coming  to  Walsenburg  in  1885,  Mr.  Houser 
located  on  a  ranch  near  Gardner,  in  the  north- 
western part  of  Huerfano  County,  and  there  he 
remained  until  1894,  since  which  time  he  has 
made  his  home  in  town.  In  connection  with 
the  Merino  Live  Stock  Company  of  Elizabeth, 
Elbert  County,  he  had  gained  an  accurate  idea  of 
the  sheep  business,  and  on  settling  here  he  en- 
gaged in  the  stock  business,  handling  cattle  and 
sheep.  He  owns  numerous  ranches  in  this 
county,  besides  which  he  is  interested  in  mining. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Wahatoya 
Tribe  of  Red  Men.  In  politics,  as  a  Republican, 
he  has  been  active  in  county  affairs  and  has 
worked  faithfully  in  the  interests  of  his  party. 
In  1894  he  was  elected  county  surveyor  for  one 
year  to  fill  a  vacancy.  His  administration  of  the 
office  was  so  satisfactory  that  he  was  re-elected  in 
1895  for  a  term  of  two  years,  and  again  in  1897 
for  two  years.  In  1881  he  married  Miss  Josie 
Hammar,  of  Castle  Rock,  and  they  have  three 
children:  Delia,  Percy  and  Walter. 


j~RANCIS  M.  TAGUE,  postmaster  at  Las 
rft  Animas,  Bent  County,  was  born  in  Switzer- 
|  f  land  County,  Ind.,  April  16,  1835,  a  son  of 
Joseph  and  Sarah  (Johnson)  Tague.  His  pater- 
nal grandfather,  John  Tague,  came  from  England 
to  this  country,  in  company  with  his  brother, 
Robert,  during  the  Revolution  and  served  in  Gen- 
eral Marion's  command  from  that  time  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  Joseph  Tague,  who  was  born  at 
Culpeper  C.  H.,  Va.,  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Kentucky  at  fourteen  years  of  age  and  from  there 
he  afterward  crossed  the  river,  settling  in  Switzer- 
land County,  Ind.,  while  the  Indians  were  still 
numerous  in  that  locality.  From  the  primeval 
wilderness  he  cleared  and  improved  a  farm,  and 
there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

In  the  common  schools  and  a  local  seminary 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  acquired  an  excellent 
education.  He  taught  one  term  of  school,  but 
not  finding  the  work  congenial,  turned  his  at- 
tention to  other  employment.  He  became  a 
cook  on  the  river  and  afterward  was  promoted  to 
be  apilot.  For  fourteen  years  he  continued  on  Ohio 


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and  Mississippi  River  steamboats.  He  was  married 
in  Vevay,  Switzerland  County,  in  1853  to  Miss 
Mary  Rogers,  of  that  city,  who  was  a  native  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.  At  the  opening  of  the  Civil 
war,  in  1861,  he  offered  his  services  to  the  gov- 
ernment, and  he  became  a  private  in  Company 
C,  Third  Indiana  Cavalry,  in  which  he  served 
for  three  years  and  four  months.  From  the  ranks 
he  was  promoted  to  be  sergeant,  orderly  and 
second  lieutentant  successively.  Among  the  im- 
portant engagements  in  which  he  took  part  were 
those  at  Antietam,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellors- 
ville  and  Gettysburg,  in  which  latter  engage- 
ment the  major  was  killed  and  he  was  recom- 
mended for  the  vacancy,  but  never  received  his 
commission.  At  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  the  end  of 
his  middle  finger  was  shot  off,  his  clothing  and 
hat  were  penetrated  by  bullets,  and  his  horse  was 
shot  from  under  him,  while  he  received  a  saber 
thrust  in  his  right  hand.  His  injuries,  however, 
were  not  sufficient  to  render  it  necessary  for  him 
to  be  absent  from  his  command;  the  only  time 
when  he  was  in  a  hospital  was  at  Fredericksburg, 
where  he  lay  ill  for  a  long  time  with  typhoid  fever. 

Upon  retiring  from  the  Union  service  Mr. 
Tague  resumed  his  work  on  the  river,  but  in  two 
years  he  opened  a  mercantile  store  at  Greenwood, 
near  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  where  he  was  successful. 
After  a  time  he  removed  to  Indianapolis  and  em- 
barked in  the  manufacture  of  collars,  cuffs,  shirts, 
overalls,  etc.,  putting  in  expensive  machinery 
and  operating  his  plant  successfully  for  some 
time.  However,  after  taking  a  partner  into  the 
business  and  adding  sewing  machines  to  his 
stock  he  met  with  less  success,  and  in  six  years 
closed  out  the  business,  leaving  no  indebtedness, 
but  taking  all  of  his  capital  to  settle  his  debts. 
In  1880  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Pu- 
eblo, where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
shirts  until  1887.  On  selling  out  he  invested  in 
real  estate  on  the  town  site  of  Caddoa,  in  Bent 
County,  where  he  sunk  all  that  he  had,  as  well  as 
all  of  his  wife's  money,  the  investment  proving  a 
most  disastrous  one  to  him.  In  1893  his  wife 
died  at  Caddoa;  their  only  child  had  died  in  In- 
dianapolis, Ind.,  when  in  her  twentieth  year. 
He  was  again  married,  his  second  union  being 
solemnized  in  Nodaway  County,  Mo.,  September 
30,  1896,  and  uniting  him  with  Miss  Nannie 
Kessler. 

Politically  Mr.  Tague  has  always  been  a  stanch 
Republican,  following,  in  this  respect,  the  ex- 
ample of  bis  father,  who  was  a  Republican  after 


the  disintegration  of  the  Whig  party.  In  1892  he 
was  elected  commissioner  of  Bent  County,  and 
for  five  years  he  was  postmaster  at  Caddoa  under 
Benjamin  Harrison  and  Grover  Cleveland.  In 
January,  1896,  he  removed  to  Las  Animas,  where 
he  was  emplo3-ed  as  deputy  county  clerk  until  the 
death  of  the  clerk.  In  November,  1897,  he  was 
appointed  postmaster.  He  has  filled  all  the  chairs 
in  the  Masonic  and  Odd  Fellows'  lodges,  and  in 
the  former  fraternity  has  taken  the  various  orders 
up  to  and  including  the  commandery. 


A.  MERRILL.  The  local  United 
States  land  office  of  the  Bent  land  district, 
which  comprises  the  counties  of  Bent,  Ki- 
owa,  Baca  and  Prowers,  is  located  at  Lamar,  and 
the  present  register  is  Mr.  Merrill,  a  well-known 
attorney  and  newspaper  man.  Since  entering 
upon  his  duties,  in  April,  1898,  he  has  given  his 
attention  to  their  successful  discharge,  and  at  the 
same  time  is  serving  acceptably  as  deputy  district 
attorney  for  Prowers  County. 

In  Lawrence  County,  Ky.,  February  17,  1857, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  to  the  union 
of  Joseph  C.  and  Louisa  (Buchanan)  Merrill. 
His  father,  who  was  from  Massachusetts,  served 
for  three  years  in  the  Union  army  from  West 
Virginia.  For  some  time  he  was  a  merchant  and 
manufacturer  of  furniture  at  Catlettsburg,  Boyd 
County,  Ky.,  and  now,  at  the  age  of  seventy -one, 
is  still  an  active  merchant  at  Granada,  Prowers 
County,  Colo.  His  wife,  four  years  his  junior, 
was  born  and  reared  in  Kentucky,  and  is  re- 
lated to  the  Buchanans  and  Hamptons  of  that 
state.  George  B.  Merrill,  a  younger  brother  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  publishes  that  stalwart 
Republican  paper,  the  Lamar  Register.  A  sister, 
Miss  Louise  A.  Merrill,  is  a  teacher  in  the  West 
Denver  school  district.  A  married  sister,  Mrs. 
Rufus  B.  Switzer,  is  the  wife  of  a  prominent  law- 
yer of  Huntington,  W.  Va.  The  family  are 
Universalists  in  religious  belief.  They  state  with 
pride,  that  none  of  them  "is  afflicted  with  the  pe- 
culiar political  heresies  that  have  made  Colorado 
conspicuous  for  the  past  few  years." 

In  the  private  and  normal  schools  of  Boyd 
County,  our  subject  received  his  education,  gradu- 
ating from  the  normal  school  in  1873,  when  six- 
teen years  of  age.  Two  years  after  leaving  school 
he  began  to  study  law  and  for  some  time  he  studied 
privately,  in  conjunction  with  other  work,  but  he 
afterward  entered  the  law  school  in  Louisville, 


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Ky. ,  and  took  the  regular  course  of  lectures, 
graduating  in  1879,  in  the  class  of  which  John 
D.  Fleming,  of  Denver,  was  a  member. 

Opening  an  office  at  Ashland,  Ky.,  Mr.  Merrill 
began  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  After  a 
few  years  he  removed  to  Wayne  County,  W.  Va., 
and  there  practiced  for  a  time,  but  in  1885  be- 
came the  publisher  of  the  Charleston  Tribune,  a. 
prominent  Republican  paper  of  Charleston,  W. 
Va.  In  1886  he  came  to  Colorado  and  lookup  a 
pre-emption  near  Granada,  Prowers  County.  At 
the  same  time  he  was  proprietor  of  the  Coolidge 
Citizen  at  Coolidge,  Kan.  For  more  than  three 
years  he  held  the  office  of  postmaster  at  Granada 
and  also  served  as  deputy  county  assessor. 
Since  his  appointment  as  register  of  the  United 
States  land  office  he  has  made  his  home  in  Lamar. 
June  30,  1897,  in  this  city,  he  married  Miss  Zoa 
B.  Lee,  an  accomplished  lady,  formerly  of  Edina, 
Mo.,  who  had  been  a  successful  teacher  in  the 
public  schools  of  Central  City  and  Pueblo  in 
Colorado,  and  in  Boise  City,  Idaho. 

The  first  presidential  vote  cast  by  Mr.  Merrill 
was  in  support  of  General  Garfield  in  1880.  He 
has  always  been  a  stanch  friend  of  Republican 
principles,  and  has  uniformly  voted  for  men  and 
measures  pledged  to  the  party.  He  has  been  a 
delegate  to  state  conventions  in  Kentucky,  West 
Virginia  and  Colorado.  While  in  Coolidge, 
Kan.,  he  became  a  member  of  Coolidge  Lodge 
No.  299,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  after  removing  to 
Granada  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  Gra- 
nada Lodge  No.  78,  in  which  he  has  filled  the 
chairs  and  which  he  represented  in  the  grand 
lodge  in  1892  at  Aspen,  Colo. 


fDQlLLIAM  E.  CULVER,  a  well-known 
I  A  /  dealer  in  drugs  and  stationery  at  Las  Ani- 
V  Y  mas,  was  the  first  mayor  of  this  city,  and 
held  that  office  for  two  terms.  He  was  also  twice 
elected  a  member  of  the  city  council  and  twice 
served  for  five  years  as  postmaster,  the  first  time 
under  President  Garfield,  and  again  under  Presi- 
dent Harrison.  Politically  he  is  an  ardent  Re- 
publican. He  cast  his  ballot  for  General  Grant 
in  1868,  and  from  that  time  to  the  present  has 
never  missed  an  opportunity  to  vote  for  a  Repub- 
lican candidate.  When  Bent  County  was  cut  off 
from  Pueblo  in  1872  he  was  elected  the  first  as- 
sessor, and  filled  the  office  one  term. 

David  Culver,  father  of  our  subject,  was  born 
in  Vermont,  and  in  early  life  went  west  to  Michi- 
gan. There  he  met  and  married  Rosetta  Elwood, 


who  was  born  in  Springwater  Valley,  N.  Y. 
After  their  marriage  they  continued  for  a  short 
time  to  live  in  Hillsdale,  Mich.,  where  their  son, 
William  E.,  was  born  August  13,  1843.  From 
there  they  removed  to  a  farm  in  Calhoun  Coun- 
ty, Mich.  Our  subject  attended  the  district 
schools  of  the  latter  county,  after  which  he  spent 
three  years  in  high  school,  one  year  being  at  Bat- 
tle Creek  and  the  other  at  Burlington.  In  1861, 
before  the  first  call  had  been  made  for  volunteers, 
he  offered  his  services  as  a  private  in  Company 
C,  Second  Michigan  Infantry.  His  first  enlist- 
ment was  for  three  months,  but  before  he  left  the 
state  he  had  re-enlisted  for  three  years.  He  took 
part  in  both  the  battles  of  Bull  Run,  serving  in 
the  army  of  the  Potomac  until  after  the  battle  of 
Fredericksburg,  when  he  was  assigned  with  the 
ninth  corps  to  duty  in  Kentucky,  later  was  at 
Vicksburg,  then  in  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  at  the 
time  of  the  siege.  Returning  to  the  army  of  the 
Potomac.he  was  under  General  Grant  at  Wilder- 
ness, Spottsylvania,  North  Anna,  and  other  bat- 
tles. 

After  three  years  of  service  Mr.  Culver  re- 
turned home,  but  he  soon  re-enlisted  as  first  lieu- 
tenant in  a  corps  of  topographical  engineers,  and 
assisted  in  laying  out  the  line  of  works  around 
Nashville.  During  his  long  period  of  service, 
covering  almost  four  years,  he  was  in  many  ex- 
citing battles  and  frequently  in  peril  of  life,  some- 
times having  balls  pass  through  his  clothing, 
while  at  one  time  a  ball  passed  between  two  but- 
tons; but  in  spite  of  many  narrow  escapes  he  left 
the  service  without  having  been  wounded.  In 
1869  he  turned  his  attention  to  farming.  During 
that  year  he  came  to  Colorado,  taking  the  Kansas 
Pacific  road  to  Sheridan, and  traveling  from  there 
by  stage  to  Bent  County,  where  he  began  stock- 
raising.  After  six  years  he  opened  a  drug  store 
in  Las  Animas,  starting  with  a  stock  valued  at 
$600,  which  he  has  since  increased  to  its  present 
size  and  value.  He  was  fitted  for  this  occupation 
by  the  fact  that  he  had  studied  medicine  for  two 
years  in  Michigan  and  had  become  familiar  with 
pharmacy  at  the  same  time. 

In  1866  Mr.  Culver  married  Miss  Mary  A. 
Smith,  of  Elyria,  Ohio,  who  was  born  near  that 
city  and  attended  school  at  Oberlin.  She  died  in 
July,  1884,  leaving  one  child,  Minnie,  who  was 
born  in  Michigan,  and  married  Hurbert  Rey- 
nolds. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reynolds  have  three  chil- 
dren: Burrell,  Nelson  and  Burton.  They  reside 
in  Greeley,  Colo.,  where  Mr.  Culver  and  Mr. 


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Reynolds  have  a  large  drug  store.  In  Earlville, 
111.,  Mr.  Culver  married  Miss  Hattie  F.  Foley, 
who  was  born  in  New  York. 

During  the  fall  of  1873  the  Cheyennes  became 
very  troublesome,  and  for  three  days  our  subject 
was  corralled  in  his  stone  house,  which  stood  two 
miles  below  Prowers  Station.  However,  the  In- 
dians at  last  left  without  taking  any  lives.  Fra- 
ternally a  Mason,  Mr.  Culver  served  as  junior 
warden,  senior  warden  and  master  of  King  Solo- 
mon Lodge  No.  30,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  and  is  also  a 
member  of  the  chapter  and  commandery  at  Pu- 
eblo. He  was  the  prime  factor  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  Richardson  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  which  he 
was  the  first  commander.  He  also  organized  a 
lodge  of  the  Ancient  Order  United  Workmen,  of 
which  he  was  the  first  master  workman. 


0SCAR  P.  SMITH,  county  clerk  of  Bent 
County,  was  born  in  Trenton,  Butler  County, 
Ohio,  May  31,  1861,  a  son  of  Conrad  Theo- 
dore and  Gertrude  (Lander)  Smith.  His  father, 
who  was  a  native  of  France,  graduated  from 
Heidelberg  College  and  was  a  man  of  scholarly 
attainments.  Settling  in  Ohio  on  his  arrival  in 
America,  he  afterward  married  and  became  the 
father  of  four  children.  At  the  first  call  for  vol- 
unteers in  the  Civil  war  he  offered  his  services 
and  was  made  a  recruiting  officer,  with  the  rank 
of  captain.  At  the  expiration  of  three  years  he 
was  honorably  discharged  from  the  service.  For 
more  than  forty  years  he  followed  the  occupation 
of  teaching,  but  is  now  retired  and,  at  seventy-six 
years  of  age,  makes  his  home  in  Trenton,  Ohio. 
When  only  eleven  years  of  age  our  subject 
was  so  proficient  in  the  German  language  that 
he  was  able  to  teach  it.  He  won  a  scholarship 
in  the  normal  school  at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  but 
did  not  use  it.  At  fourteen  years  he  became  an 
employe  in  a  drug  store  at  Hamilton,  it  being 
his  intention  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  druggist,  but 
after  two  years  he  turned  his  attention  to  other 
lines  of  work.  He  attended  the  commercial  col- 
lege in  Hamilton,  and  in  the  fall  of  1878  came 
west  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Bent  County,  where 
he  had  an  uncle  engaged  in  the  cattle  business. 
For  a  year  he  worked  on  the  range  as  a  cowboy. 
Afterward  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  Las  An- 
imas  until  1885.  From  that  time  until  1891  he 
engaged  in  the  stock  business,  but  the  enterprise 
proving  very  unprofitable,  he  abandoned  it. 

February  22,  1886,  Mr.    Smith   married   Miss 
Fannie  Pusey,  daughter  of  Willis  B.  and  Frances 


(Todd)  Pusey,  of  Las  Animas.  They  are  the 
parents  of  four  children,  Gertrude,  Charles  Willis, 
lone  Lerene  and  Oscar  P. ,  Jr. 

Reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Democratic  party, 
Mr.  Smith  voted  for  Grover  Cleveland  in  1884. 
In  1896  he  was  elected  mayor  of  his  home  town, 
Las  Animas.  During  the  same  year  he  was 
chosen  county  clerk,  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  that  office, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1897  was  elected  by  a  majority 
of  nearly  two  to  one,  in  a  Republican  county. 
He  was  made  a  Mason  in  King  Solomon  Lodge 
No.  30,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  Las  Animas.  In 
Elder  Lodge  No.  1 1 ,  I.  O.  O.  F. ,  in  this  city,  he 
has  filled  all  the  chairs,  and  was  elected  to  repre- 
sent the  lodge  in  the  grand  lodge. 

Mr.  Smith  is  one  of  the  prominent  men  of  Bent 
County.  The  people  have  signified  their  appre- 
ciation of  his  worth  by  repeatedly  electing  him  to 
local  offices  of  trust,  a  fact  which  attests  his  pop- 
ularity and  qualifications.  He  is  a  genial  gen- 
tleman, of  recognized  integrity,  and  has  won  a 
reputation  for  fairness  and  honesty  that  speaks 
volumes  for  his  high  character. 


I""  RANCIS  M.  WEILAND  is  the  owner  of  four 
r3  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of  valuable  laud 
|  lying  one  mile  south  of  Fowler,  Otero 
County.  A  resident  of  Colorado  since  1872,  he 
was  born  in  Rayesville,  Ind.,  September  29,  1849. 
When  he  was  seven  years  of  age  he  accompanied 
his  parents  in  their  removal  to  Iowa  Falls,  Iowa, 
and  there  the  years  of  his  youth  were  spent.  Af- 
ter having  assisted  during  the  summer  months  in 
the  cultivation  of  land,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
became  a  clerk  in  a  general  store  at  Iowa  Falls, 
and  there  remained  until  he  came  to  Colorado. 

Continuing  in  the  employ  of  the  same  merchant 
he  had  been  with  in  Iowa,  Mr.  Weiland  was  em- 
ployed for  three  years  in  Pueblo.  In  1875  he 
went  to  California,  and  for  one  year  carried  on  a 
milk  business,  but  the  prospects  offered  by  that 
country  did  not  equal  his  expectations,  and  he 
returned  to  Colorado.  After  some  years  as  a 
clerk  in  Pueblo  he  was  able  to  engage  in  busi- 
ness independently.  He  invested  his  savings  in  a 
stock  of  goods  and  opened  a  store  at  Nepesta,  a 
small  village  in  Pueblo  County.  From  there,  in 
1891,  he  came  to  Otero  County,  settling  in  the 
western  part,  at  Fowler,  on  the  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
road, where  he  opened  a  store.  Trouble  with  his 
lungs,  which  was  aggravated  by  the  confinement 
of  the  store,  forced  him  in  a  short  time  to  seek 
outdoor  occupation.  Taking  up  a  homestead, 


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he  added  to  it  by  the  purchase  of  a  half-section 
adjoining,  and  has  since  made  his  home  here. 
Six  acres  of  the  land  he  has  planted  to  fruit 
trees. 

In  the  spring  of  1889  Mr.  Weiland  was  one  of 
the  promoters  of  the  Oxford  Farmers'  ditch, 
which  is  thirteen  miles  long,  and  he  has  served 
as  secretary  of  the  company  that  owns  the  ditch. 
Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen.  In  political  views  he 
is  a  silver  Republican  and  hag  taken  an  active  in- 
terest in  local  affairs.  In  1896  he  was  elected 
county  commissioner  to  serve  for  a  term  of  three 
years,  and  for  five  terms  he  has  been  a  member 
of  the  board  of  school  directors,  besides  which 
he  has  held  a  number  of  minor  offices.  His  mar- 
riage united  him  with  Miss  Louisa  Carlton, 
of  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  daughter  of  John  A.  Carlton, 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  that  place.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Weiland  have  four  children:  Adelbert  A., 
a  student  in  the  State  Normal  School  at  Gree- 
ley;  Edward  F.,  who  is  attending  school  in 
Chillicothe,  Mo.;  Jay  O.  and  Pearl,  who  are  at 
home. 


(JOHN  R.  SITLINGTON.  No  man  in  El 
I  Paso  County  tajces  a  warmer  interest  in  its 
C/  progress  than  does  Mr.  Sitlington,  and 
certainly  no  citizen  is  more  popular  than  he.  He 
owns  a  one-half  interest  in  the  Hall  and  Sitling- 
ton ranch,  situated  four  miles  south  of  Fountain, 
and  comprising  about  eighteen  hundred  acres. 
At  the  time  of  forming  a  partnership  with  David 
C.  Hall,  they  took  twelve  hundred  head  of  cattle 
to  the  White  River,  but  their  losses  were  heavy 
and  they  concluded  to  remove  to  a  more  favorable 
location.  In  1890  they  bought  the  Hall  ranch, 
and  here  they  have  since  engaged  successfully  in 
stock-raising. 

At  the  headwaters  of  the  Potomac,  in  Highland 
County,  Va.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born 
February  28,  1842,  a  son  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
(Hodge)  Sitlington.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm, 
and  walked  four  miles  each  morning,  during  the 
winter,  to  the  log  building  where  school  was 
held.  The  house  was  built  after  a  primitive 
plan,  and  its  furnishings  were  equally  crude,  the 
seats  being  of  puncheon  and  destitute  of  backs  or 
desks.  After  a  time  he  entered  the  academy  at 
South  Windham,  Conn. ,  where  he  attended  school 
for  three  years.  In  1858  he  went  to  Pettis 
County,  Mo.  At  that  time  there  was  only  one 
building,  and  that  a  country  school  house,  on 

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the  site  of  the  present  city  of  Sedalia.  His 
father,  who  had  previously  visited  the  county, 
bought  land  ten  miles  northwest  of  where  Sedalia 
now  stands,  and  in  1860  the  family  joined  him 
there. 

In  1863  our  subject  entered  the  service  of  the 
Confederates,  and  for  two  years  was  a  faithful 
soldier  in  their  army.  On  the  expiration  of  his 
term  he  was  honorably  discharged  and  returned 
to  Pettis  County,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
until  1870.  In  1869  he  married  Miss  Bettie 
Boulware,  of  Saline  County,  Mo.  Three  children 
have  been  born  of  their  union,  namely:  Ola,  who 
married  Oscar  Cell,  of  El  Paso  County,  and  has 
one  child;  Elizabeth  Lucille  and  Ila  Esma  at 
home. 

In  1870  Mr.  Sitlington  removed  to  Colorado, 
bringing  with  him  a  herd  of  cattle,  and  driving 
with  his  family  in  a  wagon  drawn  by  horses. 
Three  months  were  spent  on  the  road.  He  first 
pitched  his  tent  in  Chico  Basin,  where  he  re- 
mained one  winter.  During  that  time  his  wife  was 
taken  ill  and  he  sent  her  back  to  their  old 
Missouri  home.  In  the  spring  of  the  next  year 
he  sold  his  cattle,  and  returning  to  Missouri, 
bought  another  herd,  which  he  drove  to  Colorado, 
spending  three  months  on  the  way.  This  time 
he  settled  on  Turkey  Creek  in  El  Paso  County, 
and  for  three  years  made  his  home  there.  He 
then  sold  out  and  bought  some  steers,  which  he 
drove  to  Missouri  to  feed,  but  while  at  Cotton- 
wood  Falls,  Kan.,  the  Texas  fever  spread  among 
the  cattle  and  he  lost  all  of  them.  This  unfortu- 
nate loss  left  him  with  but  $5  in  the  world. 
Turning  back  to  Colorado,  he  bought  a  bunch  of 
cattle,  for  which  he  agreed  to  pay  on  time.  He 
began  to  raise  cattle  and  engage  in  the  dairy 
business.  Locating  on  the  Red  Canon  in  Pueblo, 
he  remained  there  for  ten  years,  until  1885.  By 
that  time  he  had  a  good  start  and  was  in  a  pros- 
perous condition.  During  that  year  he  formed 
his  present  partnership,  and  since  then,  with  Mr. 
Hall,  has  carried  on  a  large  stock  business.  His 
first  wife  died  in  1886  and  in  1890  he  married 
Miss  Olivia  Jackson,  of  Troy,  Mo.  Politically  he 
is  a  Democrat.  In  1892  he  was  his  party's  nomi- 
nee for  county  treasurer,  and  in  spite  of  the  fact 
that  he  made  no  effort  to  secure  the  office,  he  was 
defeated  by  only  fifteen  votes.  He  is  a  man  who 
has  made  his  way  in  the  world  unaided,  in  the 
face,  too,  of  reverses  that  would  have  daunted  a 
man  of  less  force  of  character.  He  was  early 
thrown  upon  his  own  resources,  and  his  large 


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property  represents  the  results  of  years  of  arduous 
toil.  He  is  a  man  of  great  energy;  in  fact,  his 
industry  and  enterprise  are  of  such  a  character 
that  death  alone  will  terminate  his  activities. 


[""RANK  KREYBILL,  clerk  of  the  district 

r^  court  of  Bent  County  and  a  resident  of  Las 
I  Animas,  was  born  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa., 
May  n,  1852,  being  a  son  of  Jacob  E.  and  Fannie 
(Van  Cannon)  Kreybill.  His  boyhood  days  were 
spent  on  the  home  farm  in  his  native  county, 
where  his  father  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits 
and  also  operated  a  mill.  After  having  completed  • 
the  country  school  studies  he  spent  three  years 
in  Fremont  Seminary,  at  Norristown,  Pa.  In 
May,  1870,  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Leav- 
enworth,  Kan.,  and  soon  afterward  secured  a 
clerkship  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Leaven- 
worth.  For  two  years  he  continued  in  that  posi- 
tion. Afterward  he  accepted  a  position  as  book- 
keeper in  a  wholesale  grocery  establishment, 
where  he  remained  until  March,  1879.  He  then 
came  to  Las  Animas,  Colo. ,  and  was  bookkeeper 
for  John  W.  Prowers  until  the  latter' s  death  in 
1884,  after  which  he  remained  with  the  successor 
of  Mr.  Prowers  until  1890. 

In  Hays  City,  Kan.,  September  16,  1880,  Mr. 
Kreybill  married  Miss  Maria  L.  Patterson,  who 
was  born  in  Pottsville,  Pa.,  and  with  whom  he 
had  become  acquainted  in  Pennsylvania.  After- 
ward, when  he  was  living  in  Kansas  and  was 
unaware  that  she,  too,  lived  in  that  state,  he  met 
her  again  when  he  was  taking  his  vacation,  near 
Hays  City.  They  have  two  children  living, 
namely:  Frank  Bird,  who  is  nine  years  of  age; 
and  Alice  Irene,  two  years,  both  born  in  Las  An- 
imas. 

In  1890  Mr.  Kreybill  accepted  a  position  as 
superintendent  of  the  Arkansas  River  Land,  Res- 
ervoir and  Canal  Company,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained, and  with  their  successors,  the  Fort  Lyon 
Canal  Company,  being  secretary  and  a  director  of 
the  latter  organization.  He  has  always'been  iden- 
tified with  the  Republican  party  and  has  taken  a 
warm  interest  in  its  progress.  For  two  terms  he 
served  as  a  member  of  the  city  council.  In  1889 
he  was  the  Republican  nominee  for  county  treas- 
urer. He  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  district 
court  by  Jesse  G.  Northcutt,  judge  of  the  third 
judicial  district  of  the  state  of  Colorado,  and  is 
filling  the  position  with  characteristic  efficiency. 

Mr.  Kreybill  owns  a  ranch  of  four  hundred 
and  sixty-four  acres,  upon  which  he  engages  in 


the  sheep  business.  The  property  is  irrigated  by 
the  canal  and  is  fairly  well  improved.  Besides 
the  ranch,  he  is  the  owner  of  property  in  the  vil- 
lage. In  religion  he  was  reared  a  Presbyterian, 
but  afterward  became  connected  with  the  Episco- 
pal Church.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  Las 
Animas  Lodge  No.  35,  A.  O.  U.  W. ,  in  which  he 
has  filled  all  of  the  chairs.  He  is  also  a  charter 
member  of  the  United  Moderns  and  of  Maple  Leaf 
Camp  No.  n,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  in  which 
he  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs. 


CHRISTIAN  MARLMAN,  who  resides  in 
1 1  Bent  County,  is  an  energetic  and  persever- 
U  ing  man,  and  has  given  his  attention  closely 
to  the  cultivation  of  his  home  farm,  on  section  6, 
township  23,  range  53  west,  near  the  village  of 
Fredonia.  When  he  and  his  wife  first  came  to 
Colorado,  in  1891,  it  was  for  the  purpose  of  mak- 
ing a  visit  only,  but  he  was  so  pleased  with  the 
prospects  here,  that  he  bought  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  on  section  29,  which  he  still  owns. 
In  1894  he  returned  and  purchased  two  hundred 
and  eighty  acres,  to  which  he  added  an  eighty- 
acre  tract  in  1898. 

The  son  of  William  and  Charlotte  Marlman, 
our  subject  was  born  in  the  province  of  Hanover, 
Germany,  November  3,  1833.  He  received  a 
fair  education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  laud 
and  afterward  was  employed  as  clerk  for  a  judge 
about  two  years.  When  he  was  twenty- four 
years  of  age  he  took  passage  on  a  sailing  vessel, 
which  spent  four  weeks  on  the  ocean.  After 
landing  in  New  York  he  proceeded  to  Cincinnati, 
and  from  there  went  to  Indiana,  where  he  was 
employed  as  a  farm  hand  for  a  period  of  five  years. 
When  he  was  about  thirty  years  of  age  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Kleine, 
who  was  born  in  Indiana.  At  that  time  he 
owned  a  farm  of  forty  acres,  but  he  soon  sold  it 
and  bought  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  in 
Ohio  County,  Ind. ,  to  which  he  added  until  he 
became  the  owner  of  five  hundred  acres.  From 
Ohio  County  he  moved  to  his  present  home  in 
Colorado. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marlmau  became  the  parents  of 
seven  children.  Their  oldest  son,  William,  who 
was  born  in  Ohio  County,  Ind.,  and  lives  in 
Bent  County,  married  Kate  Cleeter,  and  has 
three  children.  The  second  son,  John,  who  is 
unmarried,  is  a  farmer  in  Bent  County.  Henry, 
who  occupied  the  old  homestead  in  Indiana,  is 
married  and  has  one  child.  Emma  is  the  wife  of 


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Charles  Vinup  and  lives  in  Switzerland  County, 
Ind.  Louis,  Minnie  and  Mary  reside  with  their 
parents. 

In  politics  Mr.  Marlman  favors  Republican 
men  and  measures.  He  was  elected  on  the  ticket 
of  this  party  a  commissioner  of  Bent  County  and 
was  continued  in  that  capacity  for  three  terms. 
He  and  his  wife  were  both  reared  in  the  Lutheran 
faith,  and  for  more  than  twenty-five  years  he 
served  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  church, 
and  at  the  time  of  the  building  of  the  new  house 
of  worship  he  was  generous  in  aiding  with  his 
time  and  money. 


H.  GAZIN,  proprietor  of  the 
Model  Paint  and  Paper  Store  in  Colorado 
Springs,  has  made  this  city  his  home  since 
1889.  He  opened  a  store  at  No.  32  North  Tejon 
street,  but  after  a  time  removed  to  No.  7  Pike's 
Peak,  and  from  there  in  January,  1898,  moved  to 
his  present  location,  No.  in  North  Tejon,  where 
he  has  a  building  24x100  feet  in  dimensions, 
stocked  with  a  complete  assortment  of  wall  paper, 
glass,  oils,  paints  and  artists'  materials.  Through 
his  energy  and  reliability  he  has  built  up  a  large 
trade,  and  has  become  known  as  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful business  men  of  the  city. 

Mr.Gazin  is  the  son  of  Francis  Gazin.who  emi- 
grated from  France  to  the  United  States  in  early 
manhood  and  settled  in  New  York  City,  there 
learning  the  confectioner's  trade.  On  removing 
to  Michigan  he  continued  at  his  trade.  About 
1843  he  became  a  pioneer  of  Fond  du  Lac  Coun- 
ty, Wis.,  where  he  cleared  a  farm  from  the  prime- 
val woods.  After  twenty  years  in  that  locality, 
in  August,  1863,  he  settled  upon  an  unimproved 
farm  in  McLeod  County,  Minn.,  and  from  a  raw 
tract  of  land  developed  a  valuable  estate.  On 
retiring  from  agricultural  operations  he  estab- 
lished his  home  in  Glencoe,  the  same  county.  In 
1893  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he 
died  three  years  later  at  eighty-five. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Mary  Violet,  a 
native  of  France.  She  was  brought  to  the  United 
States  by  her  father,  Francis  Violet,  who  was  a 
machinist  by  trade,  but  improved  a  farm  in  York 
state  and  later  bought  farming  property  in  Min- 
nesota. He  died  in  Glencoe,  when  eighty-five, 
and  his  wife  was  eighty-four  at  the  time  of  her 
death.  Their  daughter,  Mrs.  Gazin,  is  still  liv- 
ing and  is  seventy-four  years  of  age.  In  religion 
she  is  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church. 
Of  her  eight  children  five  are  now  living,our  sub- 


ject being  the  youngest  of  these.  He  was  born 
in  Fond  du  Lac  County, Wis.,  February  12,1859. 
In  1863  he  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Minnesota 
and  for  some  years  remained  on  a  farm  in  Mc- 
Leod County.  From  fourteen  until  nineteen 
years  of  age  he  studied  in  the  public  schools  of 
Glencoe.  The  summer  of  1878  he  spent  atCas- 
tleton,  N.  Dak.,  and  from  there  went  east,  where 
he  attended  the  business  college  at  Paterson, 
N.  J.,and  afterward  was  employed  in  New  Jersey 
for  one  year.  On  his  return  to  the  west  he 
worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade  with  his  brother 
in  Clay  Center,  Kan.,  for  four  years,  when  he 
accidentally  injured  his  left  thumb  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that  it  was  necessary  for  him  to  seek  another 
occupation.  He  took  painting  and  learned  every 
department  of  the  business.  He  engaged  in  con- 
tract painting  in  Clay  Center  until  he  came  to 
Colorado  Springs.  While  in  Minnesota  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  Boyce,  who  was  born  in  Illinois. 
They  have  four  children:  Nellie,  a  student  in 
Nazareth  Academy;  Arnold,  Henry  and  Char- 
lotta. 

(JOSEPH  G.  ALLARD,  deputy  internal  reve- 
I  nue  collector  for  southern  Colorado,  with 
(*/  headquarters  in  Pueblo,  is  a  descendant  of  a 
French  family  that  settled  in  Montreal  in  an 
early  day.  His  grandfather,  Joseph  Allard,  who 
was  a  son  of  the  original  emigrant  from  France, 
was  born  in  Canada  and  engaged  in  farming  in 
that  country.  Next  in  line  of  descent  was  M. 
A.  Allard,  a  native  of  Canada,  and  in  1859  a  set- 
tler in  the  Green  Bay  section  of  Wisconsin,  where 
he  cleared  and  cultivated  a  farm.  After  ten  years 
he  removed  to  South  Dakota  across  the  line  from 
Iowa  and  settled  on  a  farm,  where  he  continued 
to  reside  until  his  death.  He  married  Olive 
Boisvort,  who  was  born  in  Canada,  of  French 
lineage,  and  died  in  South  Dakota.  All  of  their 
family,  consisting  of  four  sons  and  seven  daugh- 
ters, reside  in  South  Dakota,  with  the  exception 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  the  eldest 
of  the  family  and  was  born  in  Montreal,  Canada, 
September  i  o,  1850.  When  nine  years  of  age  he 
accompanied  his  parents  to  Wisconsin,  where  he 
received  a  public-school  and  academic  education. 
In  1869  he  went  with  the  family  to  South  Dakota, 
but  remained  there  for  a  short  time  only. 

Beginning  active  business  as  a  commercial  sales- 
man, Mr.  Allard  traveled  for  a  large  lumber  com- 
pany of  Chicago  and  Menominee  and  after  a  time 
settled  in  Juneau,  Dodge  County,  Wis.,  where  he 


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conducted  a  general  mercantile  store.  For  eight 
years  he  served  as  commissioner  of  Dodge  Count}-. 
During  the  administration  of  President  Cleve- 
land, in  1886,  he  was  appointed  special  agent  of 
the  department  of  the  interior,  and  in  1887-89 
traveled  through  the  west,  visiting  Colorado, 
among  other  states.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
time  as  agent  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  the 
east  and  settled  in  Trinidad,  Colo.,  where  he 
carried  on  a  commission  business,  until  he  be- 
came deputy  internal  revenue  collector  in  1893. 
Four  years  later  he  was  again  appointed  to  the 
office.  In  the  district  with  which  he  is  connected 
and  which  is  the  largest  in  the  state,  there  are 
twenty-one  counties,  and  the  various  officials 
connected  with  the  revenue  department  are  busily 
engaged  in  the  oversight  of  their  large  territory. 
While  in  Juneau,  Wis. ,  Mr.  Allard  was  made 
a  Mason,  and  he  is  now  connected  with  Silver 
State  Lodge  No.  95,  of  Pueblo.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Pueblo  Club.  His  marriage  took  place  in  Chi- 
cago, and  united  him  with  Miss  Marguerite 
Moreau,  who  was  born  in  Plattsburg,  N.  Y. 
They  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Henry  D., 
Leola  and  Lucile. 

[ARGUS  Z.  FARWELL,  cashier  of  the  La 
Junta  State  Bank,  was  born  in  Monticello, 
Iowa,  and  is  a  son  of  Maj.  Sewall  and 
Melinda  (Nesbitt)  Farwell,  natives  of  Ohio.  His 
father  removed  to  Iowa  in  early  life  and  has  since 
been  prominently  identified  with  the  banking, 
political  and  public  interests  of  the  state.  With 
few  advantages  in  youth  he  nevertheless  with 
zeal  and  courage  won  his  way  in  life.  To  the 
schooling  obtained  in  youth  he  has  added  in  later 
years  by  careful  reading  and  by  habits  of  close 
observation,  until  now  he  is  one  of  the  best-in- 
formed men  in  his  community.  During  the  Civil 
war  he  organized  the  only  company  of  volunteers 
raised  in  Jones  County,  Iowa.  Of  this  he  was 
chosen  captain.  The  company  was  incorporated 
in  the  Thirty-first  Iowa  Infantry,  and  in  it  he 
served  for  three  years,  receiving  promotion  to  the 
major's  rank  before  the  war  closed. 

The  same  spirit  which  prompted  Major  Farwell 
to  go  forth  and  do  battle  for  the  Union  still  actu- 
ates him  to  remain  true  to  the  federal  govern- 
ment he  helped  to  save,  and  believing  the  Repub- 
lican party  best  calculated  to  promote  national 
interests  and  the  welfare  of  the  people,  he  has  al- 


ways supported  its  principles.  Honoring  it  by 
his  devotion  he  has  in  turn  been  honored  by  it  in 
his  election  to  represent  the  second  district  of 
Iowa  as  a  member  of  congress,  in  which  position 
he  rendered  distinguished  service  at  the  capital 
of  our  country.  He  is  president  of  the  Monticello 
State  Bank  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  lead- 
ing financiers  of  his  state.  A  man  of  Christian 
character,  he  is  an  earnest  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist Church  of  Monticello,  and  has  also  been  act- 
ive in  philanthropic  and  charitable  work.  His 
wife,  who  was  also  a  consistent  member  of  the 
Baptist  Church,  passed  away  in  1891,  at  fifty- 
seven  years  of  age.  They  became  the  parents  of 
five  children.  Mary,  the  eldest,  is  the  wife  of  H. 
M.  Carpenter,  cashier  of  the  Monticello  State 
Bank;  Luna  is  the  wife  of  I.  E.  Templeton,  of 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa;  Zelma  married  Capt.  W.  S. 
A.  Smith  and  lives  in  Sioux  City,  Iowa;  Sewall, 
the  youngest  of  the  family,  is  a  resident  of  Sioux 
City,  Iowa. 

The  third  among  the  children  of  the  family, 
our  subject  was  born  February  17,  1867.  He 
attended  school  in  his  home  town  until  fifteen 
years  of  age  and  then  went  to  Washington,  D.  C. , 
where  he  took  a  course  in  the  Spencerian  Busi- 
ness College.  After  his  graduation  he  entered 
the  Iowa  Agricultural  College  at  Ames,  Iowa, 
where  for  four  years  he  studied  civil  engineering 
and  also  took  a  general  scientific  course.  In  1886 
he  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  In  the 
spring  of  1887  he  entered  the  law  department  of 
the  Iowa  State  University  at  Iowa  City,  where 
he  remained  until  graduating  the  next  year,  with 
the  degree  of  LL.  B.  Meantime  he  had  engaged 
in  teaching  school  in  order  to  assist  in  the  de- 
fraying of  his  college  expenses. 

Upon  completing  his  law  studies  in  1888,  Mr. 
Farwell  went  to  Tres  Piedras,  N.  M.,  to  look 
after  the  landed  interests  of  his  father,  who  owned 
one  hundred  and  eighty-six  thousand  acres  of 
timber  land  there.  This  property  in  1891  was 
deeded  to  our  subject.  While  there  he  was  en- 
gaged in  a  general  mercantile  business  at  Tres 
Piedras,  and  established  a  branch  store  at  Creede, 
Colo.  In  conjunction  with  others,  in  January, 
1893,  he  organized  the  La  Junta  State  Bank, 
which  has  paid  six  per  cent,  dividends  to  stock- 
holders and  has  proved  a  sound  financial  institu- 
tion. Of  this  he  has  been  cashier  since  its  or- 
ganization. 

September  2,  1890,  Mr.  Farwell  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  P.  Coldren,  of  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  by 


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whom  he  has  two  sons,  Sewall  C.  and  Marcus 
Morton.  Politically  a  Republican,  Mr.  Farwell 
has  been  active  in  local  affairs,  and  since  1896 
has  been  city  treasurer  of  La  Junta.  He  is  a 
member  of  La  Junta  Lodge  No.  28,  K.  P.,  and 
Euclid  Lodge  No.  64,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1895,  he  was  elected  grand  master  of  ex- 
chequer of  the  grand  lodge  of  Knights  of  Pythias 
of  Colorado,  and  has  been  re-elected  each  suc- 
ceeding year. 

(JOSEPH  HOFFMAN,  who  is  engaged  in 
I  ranching  in  Costilla  County,  was  born  and 
G)  reared  in  south  Germany,  but  after  the  rev- 
olution of  1849  left  his  native  land  and  went  to 
Switzerland,  thence  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  in  1852.  His  first  employment  was  se- 
cured in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  was  con- 
nected with  a  tobacco  business  until  the  spring  of 
1855.  He  was  very  economical  and  frugal  and 
saved  almost  all  of  his  earnings,  but  the  bank  in 
which  he  placed  his  deposits  failed,  leaving  him 
almost  penniless.  He  then  went  to  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  and  engaged  in  cigar  manufacturing,  but 
there  he  had  considerable  difficulty  in  collecting 
money  due  him.  While  in  that  city,  in  August, 
1855,  he  enlisted  in  the  regular  army,  and  was 
sent  to  the  Carlisle  barracks  in  Pennsylvania, 
where  the  Tenth  United  States  Rifles  were  or- 
ganized. During  his  first  year  of  service  he  was 
in  Nebraska,  Wyoming  and  Colorado.  However, 
this  was  not  his  first  experience  in  the  west,  as  in 
1852  he  had  accompanied  an  expedition  from 
Ohio  to  survey  the  town  of  Herman,  Kan.  In 
September,  1855,  ne  had  an  experience  in  Indian 
fighting,  meeting  the  Sioux  in  an  important  en- 
gagement. Afterward  the  regiment  went  into 
winter  quarters  at  Platte  Bridge.  In  the  spring 
of  1 856  he  was  ordered  north  to  Yellowstone  Park, 
and  later  went  down  the  Missouri,  thence  to  Min- 
nesota, where  he  joined  the  army  at  Fort  Richley 
in  June.  At  that  post  he  was  detailed  as  hospital 
steward  until  1857.  Meanwhile  he  accompanied 
an  exploring  expedition  some  distance.  In  1857 
he  went  down  the  Mississippi  to  St.  Louis,  from 
there  up  the  Missouri  to  Fort  Leaven  worth,  and 
August  1 8  left  that  point  for  Salt  Lake  City,  to 
take  charge  of  and  subdue  the  Mormons,  in  com- 
pany with  a  large  body  of  troops.  However,  the 
soldiers  were  compelled  to  stop  when  within  one 
hundred  and  thirty  miles  of  Salt  Lake  Valley, 
their  provision  trains  having  been  destroyed  by  the 
Mormons.  The  regulars  were  in  charge  of  Gen. 


Albert  Sidney  Johnston.  Through  the  loss  of 
the  provisions,  food  became  very  scarce  and  high. 
Flour  sold  for  $i  per  pound,  while  bacon  was  sold 
at  $i  for  twelve  ounces,  and  the  only  salt  to  be  had 
was  what  was  stolen  from  Mormon  hunting  par- 
ties. 

In  the  spring  of  1858  the  troops  proceeded  to 
Salt  Lake  Valley,  and  in  August  started  back  to 
Fort  Bridges,  Utah,  where  they  spent  the  winter. 
Afterward  Colonel  Canby  came  to  Utah  and  as- 
sumed command  of  that  division.  In  the  spring 
of  1860  General  Canby  was  at  Camp  Floyd. 
While  Mr.  Hoffman  still  lacked  six  months  of 
having  served  his  time,  the  men  were  ordered 
east  and  the  colonel  proposed  to  give  him  his  dis- 
charge at  once,  provided  he  would  take  the  colo- 
nel's family  from  Fort  Bridges  to  Camp  Floyd 
and  thence  to  Fort  Garland.  He  accepted  the 
proposition  and  with  six  men  as  escort  for  the 
family  conveyed  them  to  Fort  Garland.  He  was 
discharged  April  30,  1860,  which  severed  his  con- 
nection with  the  army. 

During  the  San  Juan  gold  excitement,  in  the 
fall  of  1 860,  Mr.  Hoffman  invested  all  of  his  money 
in  wheat,  with  which  he  started  for  the  gold  dis- 
trict. Meanwhile,  however,  the  "bubble  had 
burst' '  and  he  was  glad  to  sell  to  Ferd  Meyer  for 
$2  and  $2.25  a  barrel  flour  for  which  he  had  paid 
$6.25.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  farming, 
but  after  one  year  entered  the  government  em- 
ploy, in  which  he  continued  until  1865,  and  then 
resumed  farming.  He  put  in  a  large  crop  of  oats, 
but  it  was  destroyed  by  the  grasshoppers.  In  the 
fall  of  1865  he  established  a  still  at  San  Luis,  and 
this  he  conducted  for  two  years,  but  in  1867  the 
laws  became  so  rigid  that  it  was  impossible  to 
conduct  the  business  satisfactorily  and  he  aban- 
doned it  in  the  spring  of  1867.  Buying  a  hay 
ranch,  he  sold  hay  to  the  government,  and  con- 
tinued successfully  for  ten  years.  In  1878  he  was 
elected  to  the  second  state  assembly  for  the  coun- 
ties of  Costilla  and  Conejos.  The  same  year  he 
bought  a  large  contract  to  be  shipped  to  Leadville, 
but  the  parties  to  whom  he  sold  having  failed, 
he  was  obliged  to  transfer  the  hay  by  team  from 
Canon  City.  Times  were  prosperous  in  Leadville 
then  and  hay  was  worth  $140  a  ton.  He  acquired 
some  property  in  Leadville  and  conducted  the 
Garland  corral  from  the  spring  of  1879  until  1880, 
when  hay  became  so  scarce  that  it  was  impossi- 
ble to  secure  it  in  any  quantities.  When  the 
strike  came,  he,  in  common  with  every  one  there, 
was  ruined  in  the  hay  and  grain  trade.  He  bor- 


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rowed  money  enough  to  bring  his  family  back  to 
Fort  Garland,  and  left  Leadville  with  a  debt  of 
about  $10,000,  on  which  he  paid  eighteen  per 
cent  interest.  For  years  afterward  he  struggled 
against  the  adverse  tide  of  fortune.  In  1889,  his 
only  son,  then  within  a  few  days  of  twenty  years, 
was  murdered,  which  inflicted  a  heavy  loss  upon 
him,  leaving  him  alone  and  with  no  one  to  help 
him.  He  was  unable  to  keep  his  property  and  it 
was  foreclosed,  nothing  being  left  but  a  steam  hay 
press  and  two  steam  threshing  outfits.  To  add 
to  his  troubles,  he  lost  his  eyesight  from  cataract. 
In  1892  some  friends  loaned  him  money  to  have 
an  operation  performed  and  he  went  to  Denver, 
where  he  was  successful  in  gaining  restored  vis- 
ion. Returning  with  a  debt  of  $400,  he  engaged 
in  stock-raising  and  farming,  and  has  since  been 
uniformly  prosperous. 

A  stanch  Republican,  he  was  the  only  one  in 
Costilla  precinct  in  1861  who  voted  that  ticket. 
He  has  held  numerous  local  offices,  which  he  has 
filled  efficiently.  In  1876  he  was  unanimously 
elected  county  commissioner.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  Huerfano  Lodge  No.  27,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  March  6,  1866,  he  married  Mary  McSor- 
ley,  by  whom  he  had  an  only  son,  Rudolph,  de- 
ceased. 

IT  DWARD  H.  DAY,  one'of  the  leading  under- 
ra  writers  of  Trinidad,  also  secretary  of  the 
I  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  this  city,  was  born 
in  England  in  1856,  a  son  of  Edward  H.  and 
Georgina  Sarah  (Mant)  Day.  His  father,  who 
was  well  known  in  scientific  and  educational 
circles,  was  a  man  of  great  literary  ability  and 
broad  knowledge.  In  1861  he  outlined  a  chart 
for  a  tunnel  proposed  to  be  constructed  under  the 
English  Channel.  Coming  to  the  United  States, 
he  accepted  a  position  as  professor  of  natural  sci- 
ences in  the  New  York  Normal  College,  and  was 
also,  at  one  time,  librarian  of  the  Columbia  "Col- 
lege School  of  Mines.  He  was  a  valued  contrib- 
utor to  Johnson's  Encyclopedia  and  to  other  works 
of  educational  value.  Finally,  failing  health 
induced  him  to  go  to  Algiers,  in  the  hope  that  the 
change  might  prove  of  benefit,  but  the  hope  was 
futile,  and  he  died  there  when  sixty-two  years  of 
age.  His  brother,  Sir  John  C.  Day,  of  Lon- 
don, was  one  of  the  three  judges  before  whom 
Charles  Stewart  Parnell  was  tried.  Another 
brother,  W.  Henry  Day,  went  to  Australia  in  an 
early  day,  and  is  now  a  large  sheep  owner  there, 
and  is  also  justice  of  a  court. 


The  mother  of  our  subject  died  in  New  York 
City  in  1885.  In  her  family  there  had  been  nine 
children,  and  five  of  these  are  now  living,  namely: 
Georgina,  wife  of  W.  W.  Green,  a  merchant  of 
Bristol,  England;  Edward  H.;  Emily  C.,  who  is 
connected  with  the  University  Extension  course 
in  London;  Thomas  F.,  of  New  York  City,  editor 
of  the  Rudder,  and  author  of  a  volume  of 
poems  entitled  "Songs  of  the  Sea;"  and  W.  H.,  a 
stockman,  residing  in  Trinidad. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
Prior  Park  College,  England.  After  coming  to 
the  United  States  he  was  employed  as  clerk  in  a 
broker's  office  in  New  York  City  for  six  years. 
Later,  for  two  years,  he  clerked  in  the  Fifth 
National  Bank  of  New  York.  Coming  to  Trini- 
dad in  1880,  he  took  up  government  land  in  the 
Stonewall  country,  and  for  five  years  he  followed 
farm  pursuits  and  stock-raising.  In  1885  he 
came  to  the  city  as  clerk  for  H.  B.  McKinney.  In 
1 889  he  received  an  appointment  from  the  post- 
master, John  H.  Fox,  as  the  first  mail  deliverer 
in  Trinidad,  in  which  capacity  he  was  retained 
for  six  years.  In  the  spring  of  1895  he  bought 
out  the  Roberts  and  Lindsey  agencies,  and  since 
then  has  engaged  in  a  general  fire  and  plate  glass 
insurance  business,  also  in  dealing  in  real  estate. 
He  represents  several  of  the  best  foreign  and 
American  insurance  companies.  In  addition  to 
his  business  interests,  for  three  years  he  has  been 
secretary  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Local  Insurance 
Agency  Association  of  Colorado,  of  which  he  is  a 
member,  in  October,  1897,  he  read  a  paper  on 
the  subject,  "Is  Underwriting  a  Profession?" 
This  article  was  published  in  many  of  the  leading 
insurance  papers  of  the  United  States  and  Eng- 
land. He  is  identified  with  the  National  Under- 
writers' Association  of  America,  and  at  its  annual 
meeting,  held  in  Detroit,  July  15,  1898,  he  read  a 
paper  entitled,  "How  can  Underwriting  be  made 
a  Profession?' '  This  has  been  copied  into  many 
leading  insurance  journals.  He  has  also  written 
a  number  of  short  stories  for  leading  sporting 
magazines  in  America  and  Europe. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Day  is  a  member  of  Las  Animas 
Lodge  No.  28,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  connected 
with  the  Eastern  Star,  of  which  he  is  past  worthy 
patron.  He  has  passed  the  chairs  in  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen  and  of  the  Degree  of 
Honor.  The  Fraternal  Union  also  numbers  him 
among  its  members.  After  the  opening  of  the 
Spanish-American  war  he  became  the  prime 


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mover  in  the  organization  of  the  Trinidad  Patri- 
otic League,  in  which  he  holds  the  office  of  secre- 
tary and  which  has  done  much  to  arouse  the 
latent  patriotism  of  the  people.  Politically  he  is  a 
Democrat. 

In  every  enterprise  with  which  Mr.  Day  is 
identified  he  has  had  the  sympathetic  co-opera- 
tion of  his  wife,  who  is  a  lady  of  culture  and 
refinement,  as  well  as  recognized  ability.  Prior 
to  her  marriage  in  1881,  she  was  Miss  Alys  M. 
Sawyer.  She  was  born  Georgetown,  Mass.,  and 
descends,  through  her  grandmother,  whose  maid- 
en name  was  Ann  Little,  from  George  Little,  a 
Pilgrim  on  the  "Mayflower."  Her  parents  are 
Edward  J.  and  Sarah  (Thurlow)  Sawyer;  the 
former  for  many  years  a  wholesale  merchant  of 
New  York  City,  is  now  postmaster  of  Stamford, 
Colo.,  where  he  also  owns  a  ranch.  The  three 
children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Day  are:  Edward  H.. 
Jr. ,  Cecil  T.  and  Alys  G. 


EOLIN  C.  SUTHERLAND,  the  owner  of  a 
large  cattle  ranch  in  Lincoln  County,  was 
born  in  Sterling,  Ontario,  Canada,  in  1856, 
and  is  of  Scotch  lineage.  His  father,  who  bore 
the  name  of  George  Sutherland  and  was  a  native 
of  Scotland,  emigrated  to  Canada  at  nineteen 
years  of  age,  and  for  some  time  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  distiller  there.  In  1862  he  removed  to 
Saginaw,  Mich.,  where  he  became  a  prominent 
business  man,  but  in  1870  disposed  of  his  Can- 
adian interest  and  settled  in  Osceola,  Iowa,  there 
carrying  on  a  commission  business  until  his  death 
in  1875.  He  was  a  consistent  and  devout  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Fraternally  he 
was  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.  His  wife  was  Isabella  McDuffy, 
daughter  of  a  farmer  in  Scotland,  where  she  was 
born.  Her  death  occurred  in  Osceola  six  years 
after  the  demise  of  her  husband. 

The  family  of  which  our  subject  is  a  member 
originally  comprised  four  sons  and  two  daughters, 
but  the  latter,  Diana  C.  and  Margaret,  died  (mar- 
ried) at  the  respective  ages  of  thirty-two  and 
twenty-six  years.  Donald  is  an  engineer  on  the 
Missouri  Pacific  Railroad;  John  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy 
Railroad  ever  since  it  was  organized,  and  is  now 
an  engineer  on  its  line  out  of  Burlington;  and 
David  is  an  engineer  on  the  Toledo,  Peoria  & 
Wabash  Railroad  out  of  Peoria,  111. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  lived  in  Michigan  and 
Iowa.  He  took  a  business  course  in  Davenport, 


Iowa,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  became  a  clerk  in 
a  bank  at  Osceola,  where  he  remained  for  seven 
years.  Through  his  instrumentality  five  new 
banks  were  started,  and  for  three  years  he  had 
charge  of  one  of  these,  at  Marysville,  Kan. 
Afterward  he  was  employed  as  traveling  sales- 
man for  a  year,  and  then  became  interested  in 
railroading.  For  four  years  he  was  engaged  as 
fireman  on  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy 
Railroad,  after  which  he  was  with  the  Rock 
Island  road  in  Kansas  and  Colorado.  In  1889  he 
first  came  to  Colorado,  and  for  two  years  after- 
ward continued  with  the  Rock  Island  Rail- 
road Company.  On  leaving  the  road  he  settled 
upon  a  ranch  in  Lincoln  County  and  began  in  the 
cattle  business,  which  he  has  since  conducted,  on 
an  increasing  scale.  All  of  the  improvements  on 
the  place  represent  his  own  work  and  prove  him 
to  be  an  industrious,  persevering  and  capable 
man.  Especially  is  his  success  commendable 
when  it  is  remembered  that  he  has  worked  his 
way,  wholly  unaided,  and  has  had  many  ob- 
stacles to  overcome  since  he  started  out  for  him- 
self. In  1897  ne  organized  the  Lincoln  County 
Cattle  Growers'  Association  (since  which  time  he 
has  been  the  president  of  the  same),  which  prac- 
tically embodies  all  the  cattle  growers  of  the 
county  in  its  membership.  While  he  was  con- 
nected with  railroading  he  was  a  prominent 
worker  and  one  of  the  grand  officers  of  the 
Brotherhood  of  Firemen. 


fDGjlLLIAM  DOW,  M.  D.,  who  is  a  success- 
\A/  ful  physician  of  La  Junta,  was  born  in 
VV  Barnett,  Ontario,  Canada,  December  10, 
1859.  He  spent  his  boyhood  days  on  the  home 
farm  and  in  attendance  upon  the  public  schools 
of  the  neighborhood.  He  took  the  regular  course 
of  study  in  the  high  school  at  Fergus,  from  which 
he  graduated  with  a  high  standing  for  excellence 
of  work.  Later,  turning  his  attention  to  educa- 
tional matters  as  an  instructor,  he  spent  three 
years  as  a  public-school  teacher  in  Ontario. 
However,  it  was  not  his  intention  to  make  this 
occupation  his  life  calling. 

After  spending  three  months  in  St.  Catharine's 
Collegiate  Institute  as  a  student  of  Latin,  he  en- 
tered the  Toronto  Medical  School  and  took  the 
four  years'  course,  but  by  diligent  application 
he  completed  the  course  in  three  years,  and  grad- 
uated with  honors.  He  then  entered  the  New 
York  Polyclinic,  where  he  took  a  post-graduate 
course,  wishing  to  gain  a  more  thorough  knowl- 


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edge  of  certain  departments  of  the  profession. 
By  reason  of  lung  trouble  he  was  induced  to  se- 
lect Colorado  as  his  location  for  professional  work. 
In  the  fall  of  1886  he  settled  in  Denver,  but 
after  a  short  time  there  removed  to  Las  Animas, 
and  for  three  years  engaged  in  practice  there  and 
through  the  adjoining  country.  From  Las  Ani- 
mas he  came  to  La  Junta  in  1890  and  has  since 
engaged  in  continuous  practice  here.  He  is  a 
man  of  considerable  natural  ability,  to  which  he 
has  added  the  knowledge  acquired  by  study  in 
first-class  schools.  In  political  faith  he  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat and  has  taken  an  interest  in  politics  in  his 
home  town.  Fraternally  he  is  identified  with 
La  Junta  Lodge  No.  28,  K.  P. 


HEMAN  R.  BULL,  M.  D.(  holds  a  position 
of  prominence  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  in 
Grand  Junction,  where  he  is  actively  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  his  profession, and  where, 
also,  he  has  taken  an  intimate  part  in  matters  for 
the  upbuilding  of  local  interests.  Especially  has 
he  been  active  in  his  efforts  to  improve  the  sani- 
tary conditions  of  the  city,  upon  which,  to  a  de- 
gree scarcely  realized,  depends  the  health  of  the 
people.  In  other  lines  of  local  activity  he  has 
also  been  influential.  He  assisted  in  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Mesa  County  Building  and  Loan 
Association,  also  in  the  erection  of  the  Canon 
block  in  Grand  Junction,  and  has  for  some  years 
been  a  director  of  the  Mesa  County  State  Bank  of 
this  city. 

Dr.  Bull  was  born  near  Warwick,  N.  Y. ,  Oc- 
tober 26,  1862,  a  son  of  Sidney  and  Ruth  (Cooley) 
Bull,  natives  respectively  of  New  York  and  New 
Jersey.  His  father,  who  has  devoted  his  active 
life  to  farm  pursuits,  is  now  living  retired  in 
Cameron,  Mo.,  and  had  previously  resided  near 
Amity,  Mo.,  where  he  settled  in  1868.  The 
family  is  composed  of  six  children,  of  whom  the 
doctor  was  the  oldest.  The  others  are:  Harrison 
W.,  a  resident  of  Colorado;  Lena  S.,  a  teacher 
in  the  Grand  Junction  public  schools;  Edmund, 
a  resident  of  Delta,  Colo.,  where  he  is  engaged  in 
the  cattle  business  with  his  brother  H.  W.;  Al- 
bert, who  resides  on  the  old  homestead  in  Mis- 
souri, and  Raymond,  who  is  with  his  parents. 

When  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  six  years 
of  age  he  was  taken  to  Missouri  by  his  parents, 
and  afterward  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Amity.  When  sixteen  years  of  age  he  entered 
the  preparatory  department  of  Washburn  Col- 
lege, at  Topeka,  Kan. ,  where  he  completed  the 


preparatory  course  in  1880,  and  entering  college, 
took  the  scientific  course,  graduating  with  the 
class  of  1884,  as  valedictorian.  He  then  entered 
Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  from 
which  he  was  given  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1887. 
During  the  same  year  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
opened  an  office  in  Grand  Junction,  where  he  has 
since  built  up  an  extensive  practice.  In  1891  he 
returned  east  for  a  short  time,  and  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  the  Polyclinic  College  of  New 
York.  In  his  practice  he  has  met  with  marked 
success.  He  has  made  a  specialty  of  surgery,  in 
which  his  skill  is  recognized  not  only  at  home, 
but  in  adjoining  towns.  Since  1893  he  has  been 
a  member  of  the  state  board  of  health,  and  his  ex- 
perience and  intelligence  have  been  most  helpful 
in  the  deliberations  of  the  board.  He  is  identi- 
fied with  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society  (of 
which  he  was  vice-president  in  1896-97)  and  the 
American  Medical  Association.  Since  1889  he  - 
has  filled  the  position  of  physician  and  surgeon 
to  the  Teller  Institute  (United  States  Indian 
school)  at  Grand  Junction,  and  for  the  same  pe- 
riod he  has  acted  as  physician  and  surgeon  at 
this  point  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  and  the 
Rio  Grande  Western  Railroads. 

In  Denver,  September  4,  1889,  Dr.  Bull  mar- 
ried Maude  W.  Price,  daughter  of  George  B. 
Price,  of  Carrollton,  111.  Mr.  Price  was  the 
founder  of  the  Carrollton  Gazette  and  had  a 
wide  acquaintance  among  the  newspaper  men  of 
Illinois.  His  ability  in  the  field  of  journalism 
was  so  pronounced  that  he  attained  a  high  rank 
as  an  editor.  When  somewhat  advanced  in  life  he 
retired  from  active  business  cares,  and  afterward 
passed  his  time  in  a  merited  leisure  and  surround- 
ed by  every  comfort.  He  died  when  eighty-five 
years  of  age,  in  February,  1895.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Bull  have  two  sons,  Sidney  Price  and  Leland  R. 


EHARLES  H.  WALLIS,  sheriff  of  Mesa 
County,  has  made  his  home  in  Colorado 
since  1874.  His  first  place  of  settlement 
was  near  Trinidad,  in  Las  Animas  County,  and 
there  he  continued  for  fourteen  years,  herding 
cattle  for  Lonny  Horn.  Of  this  time,  he  was  for 
five  years  on  the  Cimarron  River  and  for  nine 
years  in  the  Grand  Valley.  Meanwhile  he  formed 
many  acquaintances,  not  only  among  the  cowboys 
on  the  frontier,  but  also  the  business  men  of  towns 
and  cities.  After  he  had  been  engaged  in  herd- 
ing for  a  time  he  began  to  start  a  herd  of  his 
own,  and  by  degrees  became  the  owner  of  a  bunch 


JOHN  J.  MITCHKU.. 


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of  cattle.  He  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
cattle  industry,  his  long  experience  having  given 
him  a  breadth  of  practical  knowledge  that  proves 
most  helpful  to  him. 

In  Platte  County,  near  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Mr. 
Walliswas  born  January  9,  1859,  a  son  of  John 
and  Anna  (Brown)  Wallis.  When  he  was  two 
years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Texas,  where, 
soon  afterward  his  mother  died.  When  the  war 
broke  out  his  father  entered  the  Confederate  serv- 
ice and  was  given  the  rank  of  captain,  in  which 
office  he  continued  to  serve  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  and  afterward  the  family  returned  to  Platte 
County.  When  almost  sixteen  years  of  age  our 
subject  left  home  and  came  to  Colorado,  where  he 
has  since  been  identi6ed  with  the  cattle  business. 
In  1897  he  was  elected  on  the  People's  party 
ticket  to  the  office  of  sheriff,  which  he  has  since 
efficiently  filled,  his  long  life  upon  the  frontier 
especially  qualifying  him  for  the  office.  He  and 
his  wife,  who  was  formerly  Miss  Mamie  Fletcher, 
and  whom  he  married  May  4,  1891,  make  their 
home  in  Grand  Junction,  where  they  have  many 
friends.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Odd  Fellows'  Lodge  at  Grand  Junction. 


(I  OHN  J.  MITCHELL,  foreman  of  the  Geyser 
I  Mining  and  Milling  Company  at  Silver  Cliff, 
(2)  Custer  County,  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia  in 
1843.  He  was  one  of  six  children,  whose  father 
'  settled  in  Nova  Scotia  at  eighteen  years  of  age 
and  engaged  in  farm  pursuits.  After  having 
completed  the  studies  of  the  common  schools  he 
began  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade,  and  this 
occupation  he  followed  in  his  native  land  for  a 
few  years.  In  1863  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  settling  in  Boston,  and  continuing  to 
work  at  his  trade  in  Massachusetts  until  he  came 
to  Colorado  in  1874. 

Since  making  his  home  in  this  state  Mr. 
Mitchell  has  engaged  in  mining.  At  first  he 
prospected  for  himself,  covering  the  territory 
from  New  Mexico  to  the  Big  Horn  River.  In 
every  detail  connected  with  mining  he  has  had 
experience,  and  his  success  has  been  such  that 
he  has  gained  a  reputation  as  a  practical  miner 
second  to  none.  He  has  been  connected  with 
many  of  the  large  mines.  He  laid  the  first  track 
in  the  Homestake  mine  in  the  Black  Hills. 
When  the  Silver  Cliff  Mining  Company  was 
organized  he  came  to  this  village  and  accepted  a 
position  in  their  employ.  When  that  company 


was  changed  to  the  Geyser  Mining  and  Milling 
Company  in  1886  and  the  new  concern  com- 
menced to  sink  the  shaft  now  in  operation,  he 
continued  in  various  capacities  until  1895,  an(^ 
since  then  has  been  foreman  of  the  mine.  This 
responsible  position  he  has  filled  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  the  company.  Of  the  character  of 
the  mine  and  its  operation  a  description  appears 
in  the  biography  of  Caleb  H.  Johnson,  on  another 
page. 

During  the  years  that  Mr.  Mitchell  has  been 
foreman  there  has  been  but  one  fatal  accident, 
which,  considering  that  the  depth  of  the  shaft  is 
more  than  twenty-five  hundred  feet,  is  a  remark- 
ably good  record.  In  all  of  his  dealings  with 
men  he  has  a  reputation  for  fairness  and  justice, 
and  this  has  won  for  him  the  respect  of  the  men 
under  him,  as  well  as  the  regard  of  his  employers. 
He  gives  his  attention  so  closely  to  the  mine  that 
he  has  little  opportunity  to  participate  in  public 
affairs.  However,  he  keeps  posted  regarding 
national  problems  and  votes  the  Republican 
ticket.  For  several  terms  he  has  served  as  a 
member  of  the  town  council.  He  is  a  member  of 
Silver  Cliff  Lodge  No.  38,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
Silver  Cliff  Lodge  No.  34,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


RAUL  AUGUST  H.  MENZEL,  one  of  the 
yr  original  members  of  the  colony  that  settled 
[S  in  what  is  now  Custer  County  in  1870,  is 
engaged  in  business  as  a  dealer  in  hardware  and 
agricultural  implements  and  as  a  blacksmith  and 
wagon-maker  in  Westcliffe.  A  native  of  Ger- 
many, he  was  born  in  Holstein  January  17,  1846, 
and  is  a  son  of  Nicholas  and  Greta  Menzel.  In 
his  home  land  he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade. 
When  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  came  to  the 
United  States,  joining  some  friends  in  Chicago, 
but  the  climate  did  not  agree  with  him,  and  after 
following  his  trade  there  for  two  years  he  came 
to  Colorado  in  1870. 

Settling  in  the  Wet  Mountain  Valley,  August 
Menzel  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
which  he  still  holds  On  his  ranch  he  opened  a 
shop  and  there  carried  on  a  good  trade,  besides 
managing  his  land.  When  the  village  of  Silver 
Cliff  was  started  he  opened  a  shop  there,  and  at 
the  same  time  handled  implements  as  well. 
While  he  still  owns  the  ranch,  for  the  past  four- 
teen years  it  has  been  cultivated  by  tenants,  al- 
though for  some  few  years  his  family  has  been 
spending  the  summers  on  the  farm  and  the  win- 
ters in  town.  When  Westcliffe  was  started,  in 


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1885,  he  moved  his  shop  to  this  village  and  built 
his  present  store  building,  20x60,  which  he  used 
for  farm  implements.  In  1889  he  bought  out  the 
hardware  stock  of  Mr.  Tomkins,  and  utilized  his 
store  building  for  that  stock,  putting  up  a  ware- 
house for  the  implements.  Since  then  he  has  con- 
ducted these  varied  lines  of  business  with  success. 

When  the  creamery  was  started,  in  the  spring 
of  1897,  Mr.  Menzel  was  one  of  the  incorporators 
of  the  company  and  is  now  its  treasurer.  He 
owns  about  thirty  head  of  milch  cows  and  raises 
cattle,  as  well  as  gives  considerable  attention  to 
the  raising  of  grain.  He  is  one  of  the  most  in- 
fluential Germans  in  the  county  and  has  many 
friends  among  the  people  of  his  neighborhood. 
Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Westcliffe 
Camp  No.  309,  Woodmen  of  the  World.  Since 
the  organization  of  the  village  he  has  served  as  a 
member  of  the  town  board,  and  in  that  position, 
as  well  as  in  the  capacity  of  a  private  citizen,  he 
has  endeavored  to  promote  plans  for  the  general 
welfare.  His  political  views  bring  him  into 
affiliation  with  the  Republican  party.  In  re- 
ligious matters  he  adheres  to  the  Lutheran  faith. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Menzel,  in  1876, 
united  him  with  Lizzie  Ogreste,  who  died,  leaving 
a  daughter,  Mary, now  the  wife  of  Christ  Hansen, 
of  Westcliffe.  In  1879  Mr.  Menzel  married 
Lena  Stirnar.  Of  this  union  nine  children  were 
born,  but  two  of  these  are  deceased.  The  living 
are:  Staley,  Armour,  Charles,  Gustave,  Henry, 
Luella  and  Clara. 

(DG)  ALTER  SCOTT,  an  attorney  of  Colorado 
\  A  /  Springs,  is  a  descendant  of  a  Scotch  family 
Y  V  that  removed  to  the  north  of  Ireland  at  the 
time  of  the  religious  persecutions  in  Scotland. 
After  the  siege  of  Derry,  in  1689,  they  emigrated 
to  Pennsylvania  and  settled  in  Adams  County, 
whence  subsequent  generations  drifted  to  various 
parts  of  the  country.  During  the  war  of.  1812 
John  Scott,  the  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  served  as  a  major-general,  and  afterward 
as  a  member  of  the  twenty-first  congress. 

His  son,  John  Scott,  father  of  Walter  Scott, 
was  born  at  Alexandria,  Huntingdon  County, 
Pa.,  in  1823.  In  November,  1842,  he  went  to 
Chambersburg,  and  became  a  student  of  law  in 
the  office  of  Alexander  Thomson.  Admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1846,  he  opened  an  office  at  Hunting- 
don, Pa.;  in  1857  he  was  appointed  counsel  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  for  Cam- 
bria, Blair  and  Huntingdon  Counties. 


In  1 86 1  Mr.  Scott  was  elected  to  the  Pennsyl- 
vania legislature.  In  1869  he  was  chosen  United 
States  senator  to  succeed  Charles  R.  Buckalew, 
and  served  for  six  years  with  the  greatest  effi- 
ciency. In  his  "Twenty  Years  in  Congress" 
James  G.  Blaine  alludes  to  him  as  follows:  '  'John 
Scott,  whose  father  had  been  a  representative  in 
congress,  succeeded  Mr.  Buckalew  as  senator 
from  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Scott  had  taken  but 
little  part  in  politics  and  had  been  altogether  de- 
voted to  his  profession  as  a  lawyer,  but  his  serv- 
ices in  the  senate  were  distinguished  by  intel- 
ligence and  fidelity."  While  filling  this  office, 
President  Grant  offered  him  the  secretaryship  of 
the  Interior,  but  he  declined  the  honor.  At  the 
close  of  his  senatorial  term,  in  1875,  he  removed 
from  Huntingdon  to  Pittsburgh  and  took  charge 
of  the  legal  business,  pertaining  to  the  lines  west 
of  Pittsburgh,  for  the  Pennsylvania  Company. 
Upon  the  resignation  of  William  J.  Howard  in 
November,  1877,  he  was  chosen  to  succeed  him 
in  the  management  of  the  legal  department  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  in  Philadelphia 
and  became  general  solicitor  for  the  company  and 
its  allied  lines.  As  a  lawyer  he  stood  in  the  very 
front  rank  of  the  profession  and  was  considered 
by  his  confreres  as  one  of  the  most  learned,  able 
and  accomplished  members  of  the  fraternity. 

While  in  Philadelphia  he  was  active  in  church 
work,  and  served  as  a  trustee  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  a  director  and  trustee  of  the 
Princeton  Theological  Seminary.  He  retired 
from  the  position  of  general  solicitor  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  in  Febraury,  1895,  and  died 
November  29,  1896.  By  his  marriage  to  Annie 
Eyster,  a  native  of  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  and  now  a 
resident  of  Philadelphia,  he  had  ten  children,  all 
of  whom  are  still  living.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  and  his  sister,  Mrs.  D.  V.  Donaldson,  are 
the  only  members  of  the  family  who  reside  in  this 
state,  and  both  make  Colorado  Springs  their 
home.  The  former  was  born  in  Huntingdon, 
Pa.,  and  attended  private  schools  in  Philadelphia 
when  a  boy.  In  1885  he  entered  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1889,  with  honors  and  the  degree  of  A.  B.  In 
1 889  he  went  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  was  cashier 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Lead  Company.  While  there 
he  studied  law  under  his  brother,  William  Scott, 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Dalzell,  Scott  &  Gordon, 
and  in  1893  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  after  which 
he  engaged  in  practice  in  the  same  city.  In  Oc- 
tober, 1897,  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs  and 


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opened  an  office  for  the  practice  of  law,  besides 
which,  since  January,  1898,  he  has  been  secretary 
of  the  Colorado  Electric  Power  Company,  whose 
plant  is  at  Canon  City.  His  political  connections 
are  with  the  Republican  party,  while  in  religion 
he  is  identified  with  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


W.  CANTRIL,  a  pioneer  of  West- 
cliffe,  Custer  County,  was  born  in  Ohio  June 
15<  1821.  He  is  of  Scotch  lineage.  His 
grandfather,  John  Cantril,  emigrated  from  Scot- 
land to  America  and  engaged  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness in  Virginia,  from  which  state  he  removed  to 
Kentucky  and  later  went  to  Ohio.  He  married 
a  Miss  Williams,  and  of  their  children  John,  our 
subject's  father,  was  the  eldest.  He  was  born  in 
Kentucky  and  accompanied  his  parents  to  Ohio, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  Later 
'removing  to  Iowa  he  operated  a  sawmill  on  the 
Des  Moines  River.  The  last  twenty  years  of  his 
life  were  passed  in  Union  County,  Iowa.  Inter- 
ested in  military  affairs,  he  was  one  of  the  officials 
in  the  musters  of  the  day  and  was  promoted  from 
captain  to  colonel.  Until  the  disintegration  of 
the  party  he  was  a  Whig,  after  which  he  affiliated 
with  the  Republicans.  In  religion  he  was  a  Meth- 
odist. By  his  marriage  to  Mary  Williams  he  had 
eight  sons  and  one  daughter,  but  the  latter  died 
when  fourteen  years  of  age.  Of  the  family  only 
two  survive,  our  subject,  who  was  the  oldest,  and 
Thomas,  the  youngest,  now  engaged  in  the  saw- 
mill business  in  Iowa. 

In  the  schools  of  Logan  County  our  subject  re- 
ceived a  fair  education.  Early  in  life  he  engaged 
with  his  father  in  the  milling  and  mercantile  bus- 
iness. When  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Iowa,  where  they  took  up 
land  and  conducted  farm  pursuits  and  a  sawmill. 
He  started  a  store  in  Warren  County  and  was 
also  extensively  engaged  in  the  cattle  business. 
Prosperity  attended  him  until  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  war,  when  his  unfortunate  location,  on  the 
line  between  Iowa  and  Missouri,  caused  him  to 
lose  all  he  had.  In  1861  he  collected  as  many 
head  of  his  stock  as  he  could  find  and  with  them 
started  for  Colorado.  Afterward  he  engaged  in 
freighting,  making  seven  round  trips.  In  1864 
he  took  up  a  ranch  on  Cherry  Creek,  twenty-five 
miles  south  of  Denver,  and  there  he  built  up  a 
valuable  homestead,  becoming  extensively  en- 
gaged in  the  cattle  business.  In  1870  he  bought 
a  sawmill  about  four  miles  from  his  ranch  and 
added  milling  to  his  other  lines  of  business.  In 


1873  he  built  a  large  store  on  his  ranch  and  put 
in  a  stock  of  general  merchandise.  Unfortunate- 
ly, the  destruction  of  his  mill  by  fire  and  the  loss 
of  his  store  in  a  storm  in  1877  and  1878  entailed 
such  heavy  losses  on  him  that  he  was  deprived 
of  almost  the  entire  accumulation  of  his  years  of 
effort.  He  then  built  two  large  mills  on  the  di- 
vide, about  half-way  between  Denver  and  Pueblo, 
and  there  did  a  large  business,  running  the  mill 
night  and  day. 

In  the  spring  of  1879  Mr.  Cantril  moved  both 
mills  to  the  Wet  Mountain  Valley  and  started  in 
business  here,  where  he  has  since  engaged;  up 
to  1884  he  had  his  lumber  yard  in  Silver  Cliff, 
but  in  that  year  he  moved  to  Westcliffe,  where 
he  has  since  made  his  home.  He  was  almost  the 
first  settler  in  Westcliffe.  He  put  up  a  hotel 
when  there  was  but  one  house  in  the  town.  The 
building  is  a  commodious  one,  two  stories  high, 
with  a  frontage  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
feet,  and  containing  forty-two  rooms.  He  has 
eight  or  ten  other  houses  here,  some  of  which  he 
moved  from  Silver  Cliff,  while  others  he  erected 
here.  His  property  holdings  are  extensive  and 
valuable;  his  hotel  covers  five  lots  and  the  saw- 
mill nine  lots,  while  he  owns  considerable  addi- 
tional real  estate  in  the  village.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  stockholders  in  the  creamery  and  has 
borne  his  share  in  the  development  of  this  indus- 
try, as  well  as  other  local  enterprises.  Since 
building  the  hotel  he  has  carried  it  on  constantly, 
with  the  exception  of  two  years,  during  which 
time  he  rented  it. 

In  early  days  Mr.  Cantril  was  a  Whig  and  later 
became  a  Republican.  While  in  Douglas  County 
he  held  the  office  of  county  commissioner  and  was 
also  elected  county  judge,  but  resigned  that  office. 
Since  coming  to  Westcliffe  he  has  served  for  two 
terms  as  county  commissioner.  His  business  ac- 
tivity and  his  connection  with  public  affairs  have 
been  materially  lessened  since  July  5,  1893,  when 
he  suffered  a  stroke  of  paralysis,  from  which  he 
has  never  fully  recovered. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Cantril  took  place  in 
1842,  his  wife  being  Jane  Worrall.  They  became 
the  parents  of  eight  children,  one  of  whom  died 
in  infancy.  The  others  are  named  as  follows: 
John  R. ,  who  lives  on  Plum  Creek  road  near 
Denver;  Mary,  deceased;  Eliza;  Nelson,  whose 
home  is  near  Elizabeth,  Elbert  County;  Rosabel 
and  Isabel  (twins),  the  former  deceased,  the  lat- 
ter married  and  living  in  Butte  City,  Mont. ;  and 
Adam  Eugene,  who  lives  near  Salida.  After  the 


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death  of  Mrs.  Jane  Cantril,  in  1881,  Mr.  Cantril 
married  Mrs.  R.  C.  Hendricks,  whose  son,  Ai- 
mer W.  Hendricks,  is  now  interested  with  his 
stepfather  in  the  hotel  and  lumber  business.  Mr. 
Cantril' s  life  has  been  full  of  experiences,  some 
fortunate,  but  many  the  reverse.  However,  un- 
der adverse  fortune  he  has  shown  himself  to  be  a 
man  of  perseverance  and  determination,  who  has 
the  energy  and  ability  to  rise  above  his  misfor- 
tunes and  finally  attain  a  commendable  degree  of 
success. 


(JOHN  CHETELAT  started  in  business  for 
I  himself  with  limited  means,  but  has  worked 
O  his  way  to  a  front  rank  among  the  business 
menofCuster  County,  and  his  success  is  made 
still  more  emphatic  by  the  constant  interest  he 
shows  in  all  that  concerns  local  prosperity.  He 
is  especially  devoted  to  the  welfare  of  WestclifFe, 
his  home  town,  a  village  of  perhaps  six  hundred 
people,  and  situated  at  an  altitude  of  seven  thou- 
sand feet.  While  the  population  is  comparatively 
small,  the  improvements  are  many,  including 
water  works  and  electric  lights,  which  go  to 
show  that  the  people  are  an  enterprising  and  pro- 
gressive class. 

Mr.  Chetelat  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md. ,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1857,  a  son  of  George  C.  and  Chris- 
tain  (Hein)  Chetelat,  natives  respectively  of 
Switzerland  and  Germany.  His  father  emigrated 
to  America  in  1848  and  settled  in  Baltimore,  where 
he  married  Miss  Hein  and  followed  his  trade  of  a 
shoemaker.  Of  his  five  sons  and  four  daughters, 
two  are  deceased,  the  survivors  being  as  follows: 
John;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  H.  J.  Hackenreider,  of 
Fort  Wayne,  Ind.;  Anna  Mary,  wife  of  Ira  L. 
Arnold,  of  Medford,  Ore.;  Henry  W.,  who  is 
with  our  subject;  Frank  M.  and  George  C.,  who 
are  also  engaged  in  business  here;  and  Joseph 
Edward,  who  is  with  Chetelat  Brothers. 

When  our  subject  was  seven  years  of  age  his 
parents  removed  to  Illinois,  and  his  education 
was  received  in  the  common  schools  of  Meta- 
mora.  In  1867  his  father  settled  on  a  farm  and 
afterward  he  assisted  in  the  cultivation  of  the  land 
until  1874,  when  he  came  to  Colorado.  Locating 
at  once  in  Wet  Mountain  Valley,  he  secured  em- 
ployment on  a  farm,  where  he  remained  until 
March,  1883,  and  then  began  to  work  in  the 
mines  at  Rosita.  In  September,  1886,  he  re- 
moved to  Westcliffe  and  embarked  in  the  livery 
business,  but  in  May,  1887,  turned  his  attention 
to  another  line,  buying  out  the  dry-goods  stock  of 


Mrs.  Vorreitter.  One  year  later  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  M.  Goldstein,  in  the  general  mercan- 
tile business,  and  the  two  remained  together  until 
January  20,  1890,  when  Mr.  Chetelat  bought  his 
partner's  interest  in  the  business,  and  since  then 
he  has  continued  alone.  While  he  started  on  a 
very  small  scale,  he  has  gradually  built  up  an 
excellent  trade  and  has  increased  his  stock  of 
goods  to  supply  the  enlarged  demand.  His  store 
room,  25x80,  is  stocked  with  a  complete  assort- 
ment of  dry-goods  and  general  merchandise,  and 
another  room,  25x50,  is  also  used.  Besides  his 
general  mercantile  business  he  buys  and  ships 
baled  hay. 

As  a  Democrat  Mr.  Chetelat  has  been  quite  ac- 
tive in  local  affairs.  In  1889  he  was  elected  sheriff 
ofCuster  County  and  served,  by  re-election,  until 
1894,  filling  the  position  with  marked  efficiency. 
With  the  exception  of  one  year  he  has  been  a 
member  of  the  town  board  constantly  since  the 
spring  of  1888.  In  fraternal  connections  he  is  a 
member  of  Silver  Cliff  Lodge  No.  34, 1.  O.  O.  F. ; 
Rosita  Lodge  No.  25,  A.  O.  U.  W.;  and  Custer 
Lodge  No.  14,  O.  D.  H.  S.  His  marriage,  which 
was  solemnized  February  3,  1878,  united  him 
with  Jane  H.  Sanders,  a  native  of  Devonshire, 
England. 

fD  QlLLIAM  ADDISON  BRONAUGH.  This 
\  A  /  well-known  stockman  of  Saguache  County, 
V  V  is  a  descendant  of  French  ancestry.  His 
grandfather,  a  native  of  France,  settled  in  Vir- 
ginia and  became  owner  of  a  plantation  there;  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  Revolutionary  war  he  enlisted 
in  the  army  and  served  until  the  end  of  the  con- 
flict. Of  his  five  children,  Addison,  our  subject's 
father,  was  born  in  Virginia,  and  although  he 
had  few  advantages  in  youth,  became  a  scholarly 
and  intellectual  man.  For  some  years  he  con- 
ducted a  boarding-school  is  Missouri,  but  later 
bought  a  section  of  land  in  Henry  County  and 
engaged  in  farming.  At  the  opening  of  the  Civil 
war,  while  he  was  not  in  favor  of  secession,  yet 
his  sympathies  were  with  the  south  and  he  joined 
the  Confederate  army,  serving  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  and  holding  the  rank  of  captain  and 
quartermaster.  Returning  home  he  remained  on 
his  farm  until  he  died  in  1869.  By  his  marriage 
to  Susan  F.  Peyton,  who  was  a  member  of  an  old 
English  family,  he  had  six  children,  of  whom 
only  two  attained  mature  years,  William  Addison 
and  Fannie,  Mrs.  Duncan  Marshall,  of  Saguache 
County. 


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When  a  boy  our  subject  attended  subscription 
schools.  His  tastes,  however,  did  not  run  in  the 
line  of  study.  He  was  of  an  active,  vigorous 
temperament  and  preferred  outdoor  work  to  the 
confinement  of  the  schoolroom.  For  this  reason 
he  did  not  attend  school  regularly;  but,  through 
his  application  in  later  years  he  acquired  a  broad 
knowledge  of  history  and  men.  Upon  the  death 
of  his  father  he  returned  home  from  the  farm 
where  he  had  been  employed  and  afterward  took 
charge  of  the  homestead.  In  the  fall  of  1871  his 
mother  and  sister  returned  to  Virginia  and  he  at- 
tended a  commercial  college.  In  the  spring  of 
1872  he  came  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Denver  in 
March.  He  engaged  with  a  stockman  near 
Pueblo  and  later  worked  on  the  railroad.  Go- 
ing to  the  Pecos  Valley  in  1874  he  bought  a  herd 
of  cattle,  which  he  drove  to  Pueblo  County,  and 
there  started  in  as  a  stock-raiser.  In  1876  he 
came  to  Saguache,  and  for  a  time  was  employed 
as  a  clerk  in  a  store,  after  which  he  freighted, 
buying  goods  in  Saguache  and  selling  them  in 
Lake  City,  which  was  then  in  its  palmiest  days. 
His  next  enterprise  was  the  taking  up  of  eighty 
acres  of  land  on  the  Saguache  Creek,  where  he 
engaged  in  ranching,  and  at  the  same  time  car- 
ried on  a  meat  market  in  Saguache.  During  the 
four  years  that  he  served  as  sheriff  (1879-83) ,  he 
leased  his  ranch,  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  office  again  took  up  the  management  of  the 
place.  Since  then  he  has  engaged  in  raising  cat- 
tle and  growing  hay.  from  time  to  time  he  has 
added  to  his  ranch  until  he  now  has  two  hundred 
and  forty  acres  of  fine  hay  land,  lying  on  the 
creek.  On  one  tract  of  one  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  he  raised  such  a  large  crop  of  hay  the  first 
year  that  he  was  enabled  to  pay  for  the  land  with 
the  money  it  brought,  the  hay  being  sold  for  $25 
a  ton.  On  his  ranch  he  has  had  as  many  as  five 
hundred  head  of  cattle.  He  has  always  been  fond 
of  a  good  horse,  and  has  had  some  good  stock  of 
that  class.  In  1893  he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City  to 
race  some  of  his  horses,  in  which  he  was  quite 
successful. 

In  political  matters  Mr.  Bronaugh  has  always 
affiliated  with  the  Democratic  party.  Formerly 
he  took  an  active  part  in  political  affairs,  being 
in  fact  the  leader  of  his  party  here  for  years. 
When  he  was  elected  sheriff  it  was  the  first  time 
that  a  Democrat  had  been  elected  to  office  in  this 
county.  He  filled  the  position  so  satisfactorily 
that  he  was  re-elected  for  the  next  term,  but, 
though  often  urged  to  take  the  position  again,  he 


always  refused  to  accept.  The  four  years  that 
he  held  the  office  were  trying  ones,  as  he  had 
many  reckless  men  to  deal  with,  but  in  all  the 
time  he  never  killed  a  man,  although  he  was 
shot  at  himself  and  still  carries  a  bullet  as  a  me- 
mento of  his  service  as  sheriff.  For  two  years  he 
served  as  county  superintendent  of  roads,  and  he 
also  held  the  office  of  town  trustee,  but  as  a  rule 
he  declined  official  positions.  Of  late  years  he 
has  not  been  active  in  politics,  although  he  still 
keeps  posted  concerning  the  issues  before  the 
people.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Olive 
Branch  Lodge  No.  32,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  and  of 
Saguache  Camp  No.  28,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
In  December,  1877,  he  married  Ammorette  Gibbs, 
a  native  of  Benson,  Vt.  They  became  the  parents 
of  three  children,  but  two  died  in  infancy,  and 
the  only  survivor  is  Walter,  who  is  interested  in 
business  with  his  father. 


flUDSON  E.  COLE,  assessor  of  Chaffee  County, 
I  was  born  in  Streetsboro,  Portage  County, 
©  Ohio,  December  n,  1838.  From  there,  at  a 
very  early  age,  he  was  taken  by  his  father  to 
Milwaukee,  Wis.  When  he  was  seven  years  of 
age  his  mother  died  and  afterward  he  was  home- 
less. He  was  taken  to  a  farm,  where  he  worked 
for  his  board,  remaining  there  until  thirteen,  when 
he  went  t6  Indianapolis,  Ind. ,  and  secured  em- 
ployment in  a  factory.  One  year  later  he  became 
a  trainboy  on  the  Indianapolis  &  Cincinnati  Rail- 
road, and  after  a  year  began  as  brakeman,  later 
being  made  baggageman,  then  fireman.  He  con-  . 
tinned  with  the  same  road  for  eight  years,  after 
which  he  was  fireman  on  the  Illinois  Central 
Railroad  for  a  year.  Then  he  was  given  an 
engine  on  the  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railroad, 
his  run  being  in  Wisconsin,  but  in  the  fall  of  1863 
he  was  in  a  serious  wreck  and  decided  to  abandon 
railroading. 

Enlisting  in  the  army  Mr.  Cole  became  a  private 
in  Company  B,  First  Wisconsin  Heavy  Artillery. 
In  July,  1864,  he  was  made  a  second  lieutenant 
in  the  Twelfth  United  States  Colored  Heavy 
Artillery  and  served  in  the  same  until  April  29, 
1866.  On  retiring  from  the  service  he  went  to 
Burlington,  Wis.,  and  there  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business.  In  1869  he  removed  to  Chilli- 
cothe,  Mo. ,  and  for  three  years  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  barrels,  contracting,  railroad  ties, 
etc. ,  being  also  business  manager  and  editor  of 
the  Chillicothe  Tribune,  and  at  one  time  the  can- 
didate of  the  Republican  party  for  the  state  senate. 


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On  coming  to  Colorado,  in  January,  1873,  Mr. 
Cole  settled  in  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  car- 
ried on  a  grocery  business  for  a  few  months.  In 
the  spring  of  1874  he  opened  a  small  store  at 
Helena,  Chaffee  County,  and  at  the  same  time 
engaged  in  mining.  In  that  early  day  Chaffee 
County  had  not  been  organized,  the  land  being 
included  in  the  limits  of  Lake  County.  Buena 
Vista  had  not  been  started,  and  the  now  flourish- 
ing city  of  Salida  was  unknown.  Railroads  had 
not  yet  came  through  the  mountains,  and,  in  fact, 
all  the  surroundings  were  those  of  primeval 
nature.  He  was  postmaster  at  Helena,  when 
miners  came  for  mail  from  points  as  far  distant  as 
the  Utah  line. 

During  the  Leadville  excitement  of  1877,  Mr. 
Cole  went  to  that  camp,  where  he  clerked  in  a 
store  for  H.  A.  W.  Tabor  for  six  months.  In 
January,  1878,  he  became  business  manager  of  , 
the  Carbonet  mine,  which  was  sold  in  Philadel- 
phia for  $175,000,  he  being  the  representative  of 
Hallock  &  Cooper,  who  owned  the  mine  one  year 
only.  He  was  then  employed  by  Stevens  & 
Leiter  as  expert  in  the  celebrated  iron  mountain 
suits.  During  1879  he  erected  one  of  the  first 
business  houses  in  Buena  Vista  and  opened  a  drug 
store  here.  In  1882,  when  the  town  was  in  its  first 
"boom,"  he  was  elected  mayor,  serving  for  two 
years.  When  the  county  was  organize'd  in  1879, 
the  governor  appointed  him  one  of  the  county 
commissioners.  In  1882  he  was  deputized  by  the 
grand  master  of  the  grand  lodge  of  Masonry  to 
lay  the  corner  stone  of  the  court  house  in  Buena 
Vista.  In  partnership  with  Mr.  Hallock  he  built 
the  toll  road  from  Buena  Vista  to  Jacko  Cabin  on 
East  River,  fifty  miles  long,  at  a  cost  of  $30,000, 
and  of  this  he  had  charge,  but  the  enterprise 
proved  a  financial  failure.  In  1884-85  he  was 
deputy  county  clerk  of  Chaffee  County.  During 
the  two  following  years  he  worked  for  the  Colo- 
rado Midland  Railroad  Company,  buying- fifty 
miles  right  of  way  from  South  Park  to  Lead- 
ville, and  was  their  first  local  traveling  man  in 
the  traffic  department,  but  resigned  after  two 
years.  Again  appointed  deputy  county  clerk,  he 
served  as  such  from  1888  to  1892.  During  1892 
and  1893  he  engaged  in  mining.  In  the  former 
year  he  became  business  manager  of  the  Aspen 
Daily  Leader,  but  after  three  months  resigned. 
Since  the  fall  of  1893  he  has  filled  the  office  of 
county  assessor. 

November   12,   1859,  Mr.  Cole  married  Miss 
Catherine  Duncan,  who  died   April    n,    1887, 


leaving  two  children:  Ida,  wife  of  J.  F.  Gooding, 
of  Buena  Vista ;  and  Orra  W. ,  also  of  this  place. 
The  second  marriage  of  Mr.  Cole  united  him  with 
Mrs.  Lottie  E.  Hartman,  of  Pueblo,  Colo.  In 
politics  he  has  of  late  years  transferred  his  alle- 
giance from  the  Republican  to  the  People's  party. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  trustees  of  the  academy  at 
Salida.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Mount 
Princeton  Lodge  No.  49,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Buena  Vista;  Salida  Chapter  No.  17,  R.  A.  M.; 
and  Salida  Commandery  No.  17,  K.  T.  He  was 
master  and  high  priest  in  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  and 
the  first  master  of  Ionic  Lodge  No.  35,  of  Lead- 
ville, also  representative  in  the  grand  lodge  of  the 
state  for  seventeen  years.  For  seven  years  he  has 
been  master  of  his  home  lodge.  He  and  his  wife 
are  not  identified  with  the  church,  but  they  take 
an  interest  in  religious  work. 

While  Mr.  Cole  is  not  a  wealthy  man,  he  is 
well-to-do,  and  stands  high  among  the  residents 
of  his  town  and  county.  The  prosperity  he  has 
obtained  merits  especial  commendation  when  we 
consider  that  he  never  attended  school  a  day  in 
his  life,  but  was  left  motherless,  without  a  home, 
to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world  from  seven 
years  of  age. 

HOMAS  ROBINSON,  superintendent  of  the 
United  Oil  Company  at  Florence,  Fremont 
County,  was  born  in  New  York  in  1837  anc^ 
is  of  Scotch  descent.  His  grandfather's  grand- 
father took  part  in  the  last  Scottish  rebellion, 
which,  ending  disastrously,  caused  the  confisca- 
tion of  his  estates  and  his  exile  from  his  native 
land.  Later,  however,  his  civil  rights  were  re- 
stored and  he  was  able  to  return,  but  his  property 
was  never  returned  to  him.  John  Robinson,  our 
subject's  grandfather,  was  born  in  Scotland,  but 
emigrated  to  America  prior  to  the  Revolutionary 
war.  He  had  a  daughter  and  one  son,  Daniel. 
The  latter  was  born  in  Dutchess  County,  N.  Y., 
in  1790,  and  took  part  in  the  war  of  1812  as  a 
first  sergeant.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Yale 
College  and  was  one  of  the  chief  engineers, 
appointed  by  Governor  Clinton,  to  take  charge 
of  the  building  of  Erie  Canal,  upon  which  he 
worked  until  its  completion.  In  1844  he  removed 
to  Pennsylvania  and  settled  in  Erie  County, 
where  he  cleared  land  that  was  covered  with  fine, 
but  then  valueless,  timber.  After  having  cleared 
the  land  he  engaged  in  general  farm  pursuits. 
In  1852,  when  sixty-two  years  of  age,  he  was 
killed  by  a  falling  tree. 


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Shortly  after  the  close  of  the  second  war  with 
England,  Daniel  Robinson  was  married  in  New 
York  to  Elizabeth  Benedict.  She  descended 
from  one  of  three  brothers  who  came  to  America 
in  1660,  two  of  the  brothers  settling  in  Connecti- 
cut and  the  third  on  Long  Island.  Her  father 
and  grandfather  both  took  part  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war  and  participated  in  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  besides  other  engagements.  Daniel  and 
Elizabeth  Robinson,  who  settled  in  Onondaga 
County,  near  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  became  the  parents 
of  four  children,  namely:  James,  deceased;  Daniel, 
who  resides  on  the  old  homestead  in  Erie  County, 
Pa.;  John,  deceased;  and  Thomas. 

The  last-named  was  seven  years  of  age  when 
the  family  removed  to  Pennsylvania.  When 
eighteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  Ohio,  and  there 
taught  school.  With  the  money  thus  earned  he 
continued  his  studies  in  Delaware  College,  and 
for  some  years  afterward  alternated  attendance  at 
school  with  teaching.  In  1864  he  commenced  to 
work  in  the  oil  fields  at  Titusville,  Pa.,  where  the 
oil  was  first  discovered  in  August,  1858.  The 
work  was  practically  new  when  he  began.  The 
production  in  1864  did  not  exceed  ten  thousand 
barrels  per  day.  Having  a  good  education  as  a 
basis,  he  soon  picked  up  the  information  nec- 
essary to  make  his  services  valuable  in  the  refin- 
ing of  oil,  and  he  continued  experimenting  and 
working  until  he  had  thoroughly  mastered  the 
business.  He  had  made  all  arrangements  to 
perfect  a  large  company,  but  when  about  ready 
to  organize,  the  Standard  Oil  Company  made  its 
appearance  and  he  was  induced  to  enter  its 
service. 

When  the  field  at  Florence,  Colo. ,  opened  up 
and  several  of  the  smaller  companies  consolidated, 
they  needed  a  man  to  handle  the  business  who 
thoroughly  understood  it  and  was  capable  of  con- 
ducting the  work  successfully.  To  accept  this 
position  Mr.  Robinson  came  to  Florence  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1888,  and  has  since  had  charge  and  super- 
vision of  the  works.  From  four  small  stills  he 
has  built  a  large  business.  Under  his  manage- 
ment were  built  the  present  works,  with  a  capa- 
city of  one  thousand  barrels  daily,  in  comparison 
with  a  capacity  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  when  he 
started.  He  gives  his  entire  time  and  the  benefits 
of  his  long  experience  to  his  work,  in  which  he 
has  been  successful.  From  one  hundred  to  one 
hundred  and  twenty  men  are  given  employment. 
So  great  has  been  the  care  exercised  that,  during 
his  ten  or  more  years'  connection  with  the  works, 


not  more  than  $i  ,000  has  been  lost  by  fire.  The 
yards  are  protected  by  hose  and  hydrants,  which 
are  tested  daily  during  the  cold  weather  and 
every  Saturday  afternoon  during  warm  weather. 
While  he  has  been  in  the  business  for  thirty-five 
years,  he  has  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that,  in 
spite  of  the  large  quantities  of  oil  handled,  not  a 
single  man  in  his  employ  has  ever  been  injured 
through  carelessness  on  his  part. 

Politically  Mr.  Robinson  is  a  Republican,  but 
in  1896  he  supported  Bryan  and  the  silver  cause. 
He  has  twice  served  as  mayor  of  Florence.  To 
some  extent  he  is  interested  in  mining  on  Beacon 
Hill,  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district,  and  is  a  stock- 
holder and  vice-president  of  the  Cripple  Creek, 
Tunnel,  Transportation  and  Mining  Company. 
March  28,  1861,  he  married  Dorcas,  daughter  of 
George  Purvis,  of  Cardington,  Ohio.  Four  chil- 
dren were  born  of  their  union:  Ida,  deceased; 
Merritt  B.,  who  is  connected  with  the  oil  com- 
pany in  Florence;  Frank  P.,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  oil  business  in  California;  and  Harry,  who 
acts  as  private  secretary  for  his  father.  The 
family  occupy  a  fine  residence,  built  of  pressed 
firebrick,  in  1897. 


KETTLE,  who  is  engaged  in 
farming  and  the  stock  business  in  Wet 
Mountain  Valley,  Custer  County,  was 
born  in  England,  May  8,  1849,  a  son  of  Robert 
and  Sarah  (Madison)  Kettle.  His  father,  who 
was  a  landed  proprietor  in  England,  removed  to 
Canada  in  1873  and  followed  general  farm  pur- 
suits in  that  country.  His  ten  children  are  named 
as  follows:  Thomas,  who  is  in  Wyoming,  Can- 
ada; John,  of  Custer  County;  Eliza,  wife  of  J.  W. 
Sampson,  of  Custer  County;  William;  Samuel, 
a  fruit-raiser  in  Uncompahgre  Valley;  James,  who 
occupies  a  ranch  adjoining  that  owned  by  his 
brother;  Sarah  A.,  Mrs.  Charles  Luton,  whose 
home  is  in  Wet  Mountain  Valley;  Henry;  Har- 
riet, Mrs.  Judge  Artemus  Walters,  and  Robert, 
all  living  in  Custer  County. 

When  twenty-three  years  of  age  our  subject 
came  to  Colorado  and  took  up  a  ranch  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres,  which  he  commenced  to 
improve.  The  land  was  wild,  and  much  hard 
work  was  necessary  in  order  to  get  it  in  its  pres- 
ent excellent  condition.  He  fenced  the  property 
and  bought  a  few  head  of  stock,  to  which  he 
added  from  time  to  time  until  he  now  has  a  large 
herd.  In  addition  to  his  own  cattle,  kept  on  his 
range,  he  also  has  been  in  the  habit  of  buying  a 


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number  each  fall  to  feed  during  the  winter.  From 
time  to  time  he  has  increased  his  landed  posses- 
sions until  they  now  aggregate  ten  hundred  and 
forty  acres  under  fence,  and  besides  this  he  has 
eight  hundred  acres  of  leased  land.  The  home 
ranch  lies  about  three  miles  northwest  of  West- 
cliffe.  The  land  is  under  irrigation  and  very  pro- 
ductive. The  average  yield  of  hay  is  five  hun- 
dred tons  per  annum  and  grain  thirty-five  hun- 
dred bushels,  the  majority  of  which  is  used  to 
feed  the  stock  during  the  winter.  He  is  one  of 
the  leading  stock-raisers  in  the  county  and  has 
met  with  success  in  the  stock  business. 

An  active  participant  in  the  political  issues  at 
stake,  Mr.  Kettle  has  given  much  of  his  time  and 
counsel  to  the  welfare  of  the  silver  Republican 
party.  In  1888  he  was  nominated,  without  his 
knowledge,  for  the  state  legislature  and  was 
elected  by  a  large  majority.  His  service  in  that 
position  was  satisfactory  to  all.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Episcopal  Church  and  a  contributor  to  re- 
ligious enterprises.  May  16,  1872,  he  married 
Isabel  Beckett,  a  native  of  England,  and  an  esti- 
mable lady,  whose  death,  September  14,  1895, 
was  a  great  loss  to  the  family.  Four  children 
were  born  of  the  union:  Sarah  Isabella,  Eliza 
Caroline,  Frances  Evelyn  and  William  Charles. 
In  1884  Mr.  Kettle  took  his  family  to  England, 
where  he  spent  several  mouths  with  relatives  and 
old  friends.  In  1894  he  removed  to  Denver, 
where  he  maintained  a  home  for  four  years,  in 
order  that  he  might  give  his  children  the  educa- 
tional advantages  of  that  city.  He  has  given 
much  attention  to  educational  matters  in  his  home 
county  and  for  many  years  has  served  on  the 
school  board,  of  which  he  is  now  the  president. 
The  various  interests  of  his  county  have  received 
his  assistance.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Wet 
Mountain  Creamery  Company,  of  which  he  was 
the  first  treasurer.  Other  industries  have  re- 
ceived his  encouragement  and  aid. 


GlLLEN  M.  LAMBRIGHT.  Mr.  Lambright 
L_l  is  by  profession  an  attorney  and  holds  high 
II  rank  among  the  lawyers  of  southeastern 
Colorado,  where  he  has  an  extensive  practice. 
His  income  from  his  law  business  has  been  in- 
vested in  different  business  ventures,  both  per- 
sonally and  through  the  different  companies  in 
which  he  is  interested.  He  owns  his  office  build- 
ing and  residence  in  Las  Aninias.  He  also  owns 
about  four  hundred  acres  of  irrigated  land  and 
has  one-half  interest  in  a  quarter-section  addi- 


tional, upon  which  he  is  engaged  in  raising  cat- 
tle. He  owns  an  interest  in  a  herd  of  four  thou- 
sand sheep  and  a  herd  of  one  thousand  head  of 
horses.  His  summer  residence  is  on  the  old 
Boggsville  ranch  of  three  thousand  acres,  which 
he  leased  for  seven  years,  with  the  privilege  of 
buying.  Upon  that  place  he  raises  Hereford 
cattle  and  Shropshire  sheep.  He  is  a  stockholder 
and  director  in  the  Bent  County  Milling  and 
Commission  Company,  the  Las  Animas  Con- 
solidated Canal  Company,  Town  Ditch  Company, 
and  Abbott  Land  and  Live  Stock  Company,  in 
Bent  County,  owners  of  about  fifteen  thousand 
head  of  sheep. 

A  son  of  Simeon  and  Sarah  (Kaiser)  Lamb- 
right,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Uhrichsville,  Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio,  October 
31,  1859.  1°  boyhood  he  attended  the  Newport 
public  school  and  at  eighteen  years  entered  the 
preparatory  department  of  Oberlin  College,  where 
he  graduated  in  the  classical  course  of  1885. 
After  he  had  entered  the  college  proper,  he  be- 
came an  instructor  in  the  preparatory  depart- 
ment, and  in  this  way  assisted  in  defraying  his 
expenses.  He  also  taught  country  schools  in 
Wood  County.  During  his  five  years'  course  in 
Oberlin  he  spent  $1,500  in  tuition  and  board, 
one-half  of  which  amount  he  earned  while  study- 
ing. After  leaving  college  he  spent  a  few  mouths 
on  the  farm  and  then  entered  the  law  school  at 
Cincinnati,  where  he  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1887,  ranking  fifth  in  a  class  of  ninety.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Ohio,  and,  wishing  to 
select  a  suitable  location,  he  visited  the  west,  lo- 
cating at  Kansas  City.  But  after  a  few  months 
an  attack  of  malaria  caused  him  to  come  to  Colo- 
rado. It  was  his  intention  to  locate  in  Denver, 
but  he  stopped  at  Las  Animas,  as  his  funds  were 
exhausted.  Here  he  has  since  built  up  a  good 
practice.  His  marriage,  which  took  place  in 
Chicago  January  5,  1895,  united  him  with  Miss 
Fannie  Moran,  of  that  city,  whose  acquaintance 
he  had  formed  during  a  visit  she  had  made  to 
this  town.  Politically  a  Democrat,  he  never  dis- 
plays a  partisan  spirit  in  his  preferences,  but  is 
liberal-minded  in  his  views,  and  concedes  to 
others  the  same  independence  of  thought  he  de- 
mands for  himself.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in 
King  Solomon  Lodge  No.  30,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  has  filled  all  of  the  chairs.  He  is  a  man  who 
has  made  his  way,  unaided,  in  the  world.  Early 
in  life  he  formed  habits  of  self-reliance,  as  shown 
by  his  manly  way  of  helping  himself  in  securing 


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an  education.  The  extensive  property  he  has  ac- 
cumulated represents  years  of  toil  on  his  part. 
Energetic  and  progressive,  he  has  made  a  success 
of  life  and  has  attained  a  competency  and  the  re- 
spect of  his  fellow-citizens. 


IALACHI  H.  MURRAY,  whose  home  is 

in  Las  Animas,  Bent  County,  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  June  2,  1842,  a  son  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  (Martin)  Murray.  As  a  boy 
he  attended  the  schools  of  his  native  city  and 
under  the  instruction  of  his  father  learned  the 
carpet- weaver's  trade.  In  this  occupation  he  be- 
came experienced  at  an  early  age,  being  able  to 
throw  the  shuttle  when  only  twelve  years  old. 
His  father  taught  him  to  do  his  work  carefully 
and  well.  The  family  had  come  over  to  this 
country  with  others  of  their  faith  (the  Quaker) 
and,  like  the  others,  they  were  very  thorough  in 
their  chosen  occupations,  believing  that  what  was 
worth  doing  at  all  was  worth  doing  well. 

At  the  age  of  twenty  Mr.  Murray  enlisted 
in  Company  I,  Sixth  Pennsylvania  Cavalry, 
Colonel  Rush  commanding.  He  was  taken 
prisoner  at  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run,  and 
was  held  for  eight  days,  under  immediate  super- 
vision of  General  Lee.  The  Confederates  at  that 
time  we  in  dire  need  of  food,  and  their  prisoners 
fared  very  badly,  having  nothing  to  eat  except 
food  that  had  been  abandoned  by  Union  forces. 
He  was  paroled  and  sent  to  Washington,  D.  C., 
where  three  months  later  he  was  exchanged.  He 
took  part  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  under 
General  Patrick.  Taken  seriously  ill  with 
typhoid  fever,-  he  was  placed  in  a  hospital  at 
Annapolis,  Md.,  where  he  lay,  apparently  very 
near  unto  death,  for  four  months.  His  recovery 
was  very  slow  and  tedious.  He  was  honorably 
discharged  from  the  service  and  as  soon  as  his 
health  was  partly  restored,  in  1864  he  came  west. 
For  a  time  he  was  at  Santa  Fe,  later  at  Monterey, 
Mexico,  where  he  engaged  in  buying  and  selling 
horses.  During  the  two  years  spent  there  he 
was  fairly  successful.  In  1872  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, bringing  with  him,  to  Bent  County,  a  herd 
of  Texas  cattle,  and  since  that  time  he  has 
engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  at  times  having  as 
many  as  five  thousand  head.  While  he  has  met 
with  reverses,  yet  in  the  main  he  has  been  suc- 
cessful, and  his  position  is  now  that  of  an 
extensive  and  prosperous  stock-raiser.  His 
landed  possessions  aggregate  four  thousand  acres. 
At  Pueblo,  Colo.,  January  6,  1879,  Mr.  Murray 

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married  Miss  Mary  Nicholson,  who  was  born  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  Cincinnati.  She  came  to  Colorado  in 
1875  with  her  parents,  Samuel  and  Ann  (Osborne) 
Nicholson,  and  her  home  has  since  been  in  Las 
Animas,  where  her  seven  children  were  born. 
Olive,  the  eldest,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  high 
school  in  Las  Animas,  is  now  a  student  in  the 
State  University  at  Boulder,  Colo.  Joseph  was 
born  March  3,  1881,  and  is  at  home.  Alice,  the 
second  daughter,  has  been  a  student  at  St. 
Cecilia's  Academy  at  Washington,  D.  C.  May, 
Ida,  Amelia  and  Irene  complete  the  family  circle. 
In  1864  Mr.  Murray  voted  for  Abraham 
Lincoln.  From  that  time  to  this  he  has  voted 
the  Republican  ticket.  For  two  years  he  served 
as  mayor  of  Las  Animas,  and  from  1889  to  1895 
held  office  as  mayor.  He  served  upon  the  board 
of  county  commissioners  at  the  time  the  present 
court  house  was  built.  In  religion  he  and  his 
family  are  connected  with  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church. 

OEORGE  M.  CARTER,  a  resident  of  coio- 

brado  Springs  since  1889,  represents  one  of 
the  pioneer  families  of  America,  the  first  of 
the  name  in  this  country  having  crossed  the 
ocean  in  the  "Mayflower."  His  grandfather, 
Thomas  B.  Carter,  who  was  born  in  Vermont, 
became  a  millwright,  following  his  trade  in 
Vermont  and  New  York,  thence  removing  to 
Lena,  111.,  where  he  was  a  money  loaner  and 
real-estate  dealer.  He  was  prominent  in  his 
locality  and  was  elected  to  the  legislature  of  Illi- 
nois. His  death  occurred  in  Lena  when  he  was 
sixty-eight  years  of  age. 

Nelson  Carter,  our  subject's  father,  was  born 
in  the  Green  Mountain  region  of  Vermont,  but 
was  reared  in  New  York,  and  for  some  years 
lived  in  Lena,  111.,  where  he  was  proprietor  of 
the  Lena  Hotel.  In  1857  he  went  to  Johnson 
County,  Mo.,  as  general  agent  for  Missouri  of 
the  old  Manny  reaper  factory  in  Freeport. 
During  the  Civil  war  he  was  a  member  of  a  com- 
pany of  home  guard  that  fought  at  Carthage, 
Pea  Ridge  and  in  other  skirmishes.  While  in 
the  service  he  was  taken  ill,  in  September,  1862, 
and  died  in  November  at  Dunksburg,  Mo.  His 
wife,  who  was  Eliza  Reber,  a  native  of  Brush- 
ville,  Pa. ,  was  a  daughter  of  Jacob  Reber,  who 
was  born,  of  German  descent,  in  Pennsylvania, 
and  became  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Kent  Town- 
ship, Stephenson  County,  111.,  of  which  he  was  a 


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pioneer.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Carter  his 
widow  returned  to  Freeport,  111. ,  where  she  now 
makes  her  home.  Of  her  three  children  two  are 
living,  one  son,  S.  J.,  being  with  the  Chicago, 
Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railroad  in  Freeport. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Lena, 
111.,  April  30,  1855,  and  was  reared  in  Freeport, 
attending  the  grammar  and  high  schools  there. 
At  seventeen  years  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad  Company  as  brakeman 
between  Amboy  and  Dubuque,  which  position  he 
filled  for  seven  years.  He  was  then  made  yard- 
master  in  Freeport  and  conductor  of  the  bush 
engine  at  the  same  time,  filling  these  places  for 
four  years.  In  1883  he  went  to  Missouri,  and 
settled  at  Knobnoster,  Johnson  County,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  real-estate  and  insurance  business 
for  six  years,  and  then,  hoping  to  find  relief  from 
asthma,  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs.  He  soon 
secured  employment  as  a  brakeman  on  the  Rock 
Island  road  between  Colorado  Springs  and  Denver, 
remaining  as  such  until  the  ist  of  January,  1893. 
Meantime  he  became  interested  in  the  Cripple 
Creek  mine,  and  organized  the  Union  Gold 
Mining  Company,  of  which  he  was  the  first  secre- 
tary and  which  patented  four  claims,  Delmonico, 
Pike's  Peak,  Orpha  No.  i  and  Orpha  No.  2.  After 
having  been  manager  and  secretary  for  three 
years,  in  1893  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  property. 
After  leaving  the  road  he  turned  his  attention  to 
mining.  He  organized  the  Gould  Mining  and 
Milling  Company,  of  which  he  was  a  director 
until  he  sold  his  interest.  In  the  organization  of 
the  Black  Wonder  Gold  Mining  Company  he 
took  an  active  part,  became  its  first  secretary  and 
is  still  a  stockholder.  He  was  active  in  the 
organization  of  the  Humboldt  Gold  and  Silver 
Mining  Company,  of  which  he  is  vice-president 
and  a  director.  He  is  also  one  of  the  largest 
stockholders  in  the  Copper  Mountain  Gold 
Mining  Company,  the  Montreal  Gold  Mining  and 
Milling  Company  that  owns  the  Flourine  mine, 
and  the  Freeport  and  Cripple  Creek  Gold  Mining 
Company,  which  owns  four  patented  claims  and 
of  which  he  is  vice-president  and  a  director.  One 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Mariposa  Mining  and 
Tunnel  Company,  which  owns  nine  claims  in 
Cripple  Creek  district,  he  has  since  served  as  its 
president.  He  is  also  interested  in  other  com- 
panies, all  in  Cripple  Creek,  and  in  addition  is 
engaged  in  the  brokerage  and  loan  business,  and 
is  a  stockholder  in  the  Exchange  National  Bank. 

In  Missouri  Mr.  Carter  married  Miss  LOU  Alice 


Marshall,  who  was  born  in  Johnson  County,  Mo., 
where  her  father,  Richard  Marshall,  was  a  large 
farmer.  Three  children  bless  the  union,  namely: 
Mabel,  a  member  of  the  high  school  class  of  1899; 
Bessie,  also  a  student  in  the  high  school;  and 
Dorcas.  The  family  are  identified  with  the 
Christian  Church.  In  politics  Mr.  Carter  is  a 
Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado 
Springs  Mining  Stock  Association.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective 
Order  of  Elks,  being  a  charter  member  of  the 
lodge  here;  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men, Woodmen  of  the  World,  Royal  Arcanum 
and  Elk's  Club. 


IT  DGAR  E.  WADE,  general  manager  of  the 
ry  El  Paso  Electric  Company,  Colorado  Springs, 
|__  has  been  connected  with  this  company  from 
its  organization.  When  he  came  to  this  city  in 
November  of  1886,  the  work  of  building  the  orig- 
inal plant  had  just  been  commenced,  and  he 
came  as  an  electrical  engineer  to  superintend  and 
take  charge  of  the  plant.  One  year  later  he  was 
made  manager  of  the  plant,  which  position  he 
has  since  held,  in  addition  to  which  he  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  company.  It  is  largely  due  to  his 
practical  knowledge  of  electrical  engineering  that 
the  works  have  been  so  successful.  At  the  in- 
ception of  the  enterprise  the  plant  had  a  capacity 
of  seven  hundred  lights  of  sixteen-candle  power, 
but  it  was  afterward  ascertained  that  the  system 
was  not  suitable  for  residence  purposes.  Seven 
months  after  the  first  building  was  completed  an- 
other was  begun,  with  a  capacity  of  fifteen  hun- 
dred incandescent  and  fifty  arc  lights,  and  this 
was  completed  in  one  year.  Since  then  its  ca- 
pacity has  been  increased,  until  now  there  is  a 
capacity  of  nine  thousand  nine  hundred  incandes- 
cent lights,  and  two  hundred  and  fifty-five  arc 
lights,  with  two  hundred  horse-power  of  genera- 
tion for  furnishing  power.  At  present  there  are 
connected  twenty-four  thousand  incandescent  and 
two  hundred  and  twenty  arc  lights.  This  is  al- 
most the  only  city  in  the  United  States  that  av- 
erages about  one  light  for  each  inhabitant.  The 
equipments  are  modern  and  the  plant  one  of  the 
best  of  its  kind. 

George  Wade,  father  of  our  subject,  was  born 
in  Vermont  and  became  a  mechanical  engineer  in 
Augusta,  Me.  In  1857  he  removed  to  Chicago, 
where  he  established  a  machine  shop  and  steam 
fitting  works,  and  continued  to  conduct  this  busi- 
ness until  he  died  in  1876.  In  the  Chicago  fire 


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of  1871  he  was  burned  out  and  afterward  rebuilt 
in  a  different  location.  Fraternally  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Knight  Templar  Masons.  He 
married  Carrie  E.  Gray,  who  was  born  in  Ver- 
mont and  resides  in  Chicago.  Of  their  two  sons, 
W.H.  isa  farmer  near  Lowell, Ind.  The  older  son, 
our  subject,  was  born  in  Augusta,  Me.,  Novem- 
ber 1 6,  1856,  and  attended  the  grammar  and 
high  schools  of  Chicago,  graduating  from  the 
latter  at  nineteen  years  of  age.  After  completing 
his  education  he  entered  his  father's  establish- 
ment, where  he  learned  steam-fitting  and  engin- 
eering. After  the  works  were  burned  down  in 
1875  he  took  a  position  with  the  John  Davis 
Company,  but  after  a  year  turned  his  attention 
to  stationary  engineering.  Two  years  later  he 
became  shipping  clerk  in  S.  P.  Rounds'  type 
foundry,  and  within  six  months  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  order  department.  When  Mr. 
Rounds  sold  his  business  in  Chicago  and  removed 
to  Washington,  D.  C.,  in  1884,  our  subject  ac- 
companied him,  and  for  two  years  was  employed 
in  the  government  printing  office,  after  which  he 
was  placed  in  charge  of  the  electrical  plant. 
When  there  was  a  change  in  the  administration 
he  resigned.  From  that  city  he  came  to  Colorado 
Springs,  where  his  energy,  ability  and  business 
judgment  have  been  instrumental  in  securing  the 
success  of  the  El  Paso  Electric  Company.  He 
represents  his  company  as  delegate  to  the  Na- 
tional Electric  Light  Association,  in  which  he 
has  served  on  important  committees.  Politically 
he  is  a  Republican  and  has  been  identified  with 
the  county  central  committee.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks.  He  was  married  in  Chicago  to  Miss 
Clara  E.  Eddy,  who  was  born  in  Troy,  N.  Y., 
but  resided  in  Chicago  from  the  age  of  thirteen 
until  her  marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wade  and 
their  son,  Bert  E.,  reside  on  Knob  Hill. 


EHARLES  ANKELE,  sheriff  of  Chaffee 
County,  was  formerly  a  resident  of  Salida, 
but  now  makes  his  home  in  Buena  Vista. 
He  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  June  12,  1857, 
and  spent  his  boyhood  days  in  that  city,  receiv- 
ing a  fair  education  in  public  schools.  At  an 
early  age  he  began  to  work  in  an  architect's  of- 
fice, and  continued  there  for  four  years,  after 
which  he  had  charge  of  a  construction  party  en- 
gaged in  work  on  the  Mississippi  River,  and  for 
three  years  he  was  located  at  Osceola,  Ark.,  in 
the  employ  of  the  government. 


Going  to  the  Republican  River  in  Nebraska  in 
1879,  Mr.  Ankele  became  a  cowboy  in  that 
locality,  and  remained  there  for  four  years.  In 
the  spring  of  1883  he  removed  further  west  and 
settled  in  Salida,  Colo., where  he  secured  employ- 
ment as  town  marshal  and  police  officer.  Being 
naturally  of  a  fearless,  determined  disposition,  he 
was  suited  for  the  office  which  he  held,  and  his 
name  became  a  terror  to  law-breakers.  In  the 
fall  of  1897  he  was  elected  sheriff,  assuming  the 
duties  of  the  office  in  January,  1898,  and  at  the 
same  time  removing  from  Salida  to  Buena  Vista. 
He  is  married,  his  wife  having  formerly  been 
Miss  Maggie  O'Neil,  of  Leadville,  Colo. 

In  matters  relating  to  politics  Mr.  Ankele  gives 
his  allegiance  to  the  silver  Republican  cause,  and 
it  was  upon  this  ticket  that  he  was  elected  sher- 
iff. Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Salida 
Lodge  No.  54, 1.  O.  O.  F. ;  Iron  Mountain  Lodge 
No.  19, K.  P.;  and  Pinon  Camp  No.  17,  Wood- 
men of  the  World,  all  of  these  organizations  be- 
ing in  Salida. 

(TACOB  ETZEL,  president  of  the  Wet  Moun-' 
I  tain  Creamery  Company,  in  which  he  is  a 
Q)  large  stockholder,  is  also  an  extensive  farmer 
and  stock-raiser  and  owns  a  ranch  two  miles  south 
of  Westcliffe,  in  Custer  County.  As  his  name  in- 
dicates, he  is  of  German  nationality.  He  was 
born  in  Saxe- Weimar,  Germany,  January  19, 
1843,  a  son  of  Anton  and  Margaret  (Schuchert) 
Etzel.  He  was  educated  in  Germany  and  in 
1861  came  to  the  United  States,  settling  in  Butler 
County,  Pa.  Six  months  later  he  enlisted  in 
Company  K,  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fourth 
Pennsylvania  Infantry,  in  which  he  served  until 
the  expiration  of  his  term,  in  1863,  when  he  was 
honorably  discharged.  The  most  important  en- 
gagements in  which  he  took  part  were  those  at 
Antietam,  Chancellorsville  and  Fredericksburg. 

Returning  to  Pennsylvania,  Mr.  Etzel  worked 
in  a  store  for  about  a  year.  In  1864  he  went  to 
California,  where  for  the  next  five  years  he  en- 
gaged in  mining,  and  afterward  returned  to  the 
occupation  in  which  he  had  been  reared,  that  of 
farming,  which  he  carried  on  in  Yolo  and  Saline 
Counties,  Cal.  He  became  the  owner  of  a  herd 
of  cattle  and  gave  considerable  attention  to  dairy- 
ing. In  1880  he  decided  to  come  to  Colorado, 
hoping  that  the  change  would  benefit  his  health, 
which  had  been  poor  for  two  years.  Upon  com- 
ing to  this  state  he  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres,  and  later].bought  the  quarter-section  where 


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he  now  resides.  This  land  he  devotes  to  the 
raising  of  grain  and  hay,  also  making  a  specialty 
of  stock.  His  experience  in  farming  has  well 
fitted  him  for  ranch  life,  and  he  has  the  reputa- 
tion of  being  one  of  the  most  successful  ranchmen 
in  Wet  Mountain  Valley.  It  has  been  his  custom 
to  range  his  cattle  in  the  summer  and  feed  them 
during  the  winter.  His  hay  and  grain  crop  is  a 
heavy  one  for  the  amount  of  land  under  cultiva- 
tion. In  1898  he  raised  sixty  tons  of  hay,  four 
hundred  and  fifty  bushels  of  wheat  and  twelve 
hundred  and  fifty  bushels  of  oats,  which  latter 
crop  would  have  been  heavier  had  it  not  been  for 
the  disastrous  hail  storm  in  the  spring. 

Actively  interested  in  local  matters,  Mr.  Etzel 
votes  the  Democratic  ticket  and  takes  an  interest 
in  measures  for  the  benefit  of  his  people.  He  was 
reared  in  the  Roman  Catholic  faith  and  has  always 
adhered  to  that  religion.  In  April,  1889,  he 
married  Mary  Wise,  of  Butler  County,  Pa., 
daughter  of  Anthony  and  Anna  (Schick)  Wise, 
natives  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany. 


gENJAMIN  F.  MORLEY.  Twenty-five 
miles  from  Buena  Vista,  Chaffee  County,  on 
the  Saguache  range,  is  the  Mary  Murphy 
mine,  an  important  producer  of  both  gold  and 
silver,  the  former  predominating.  The  mine  was 
located  in  1880,  and  for  some  years  was  operated 
with  fair  success,  but  in  1893  was  closed  down 
and  remained  so  for  two  years.  In  January, 
1 895, Mr.  Morley  came  to  Chaffee  County  to  take 
charge  of  it,  and  from  the  time  he  assumed  its 
management  the  mine  has  been  successfully  op- 
erated. About  one  hundred  tons  of  ore  are  pro- 
duced per  diem,  and  a  mill,  with  a  daily  capacity 
of  one  hundred  tons,  is  operated  at  the  mine.  The 
company  owning  the  mine  is  composed  of  per- 
sonal friends  of  Mr.  Morley  and  residents  of 
Chester,  Pa.  In  1897  they  built  a  smelter  in 
Buena  Vista  that  has  a  capacity  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  tons  a  day,  and  here  the  metal  is  sep- 
arated from  extraneous  substances.  The  entire 
management  of  the  plant  devolves  upon  Mr.  Mor- 
ley, who  is  a  stockholder  and  director  of  the  com- 
pany, and  the  only  member  of  the  same  in  Colo- 
rado. 

Mr.  Morley  was  born  at  Strawberry  Point, 
Clayton  County,  Iowa,  December  3,  1855.  When 
five  years  of  age  he  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  a 
farm  near  Rockford,  111. ,  and  there  he  spent  the 
years  of  youth.  For  two  years  he  attended  a  pri- 
vate school  in  Rockford,  and  afterward  prepared 


for  college  at  Windsor  (N.  Y.)  Academy.  He 
took  the  regular  four  years'  course  in  engineering 
and  chemistry  at  the  Pennsylvania  Military  Col- 
lege, Chester,  Pa.,  from  which  he  graduated. 
Continuing  in  the  same  institution,  he  remained 
there  as  an  instructor  and  professor  for  ten  years, 
and  then  for  six  years  was  vice-president  and 
business  manager  of  the  same  college.  In  Janu- 
ary, 1895,  he  left  Chester  and  came  to  Colorado. 
He  is  manager  and  a  director  of  the  Mount 
Blanca  Gold  Mining  Company,  of  Costilla  Coun- 
ty, on  the  Sangre  de  Cristo  range,  and  is  assist- 
ing in  developing  the  mine, which  is  very  promis- 
ing. In  January,  1897,  he  purchased  the  electric 
light  plant  in  Buena  Vista,  and  when  the  smelter 
was  put  in  it  absorbed  the  same. 

In  1882  Mr.  Morley  married  Miss  Sarah  de 
Lannoy,  daughter  of  a  French  professor  in  the 
Pennsylvania  Military  College,  where  Mr.  Morley 
was  pupil  and  teacher.  They  have  five  children: 
Sylvanus  G.,  Constance  de  Lannoy,  James  Hen- 
ry, Alice  Evelyn  and  Eleanor  Franklin.  The 
family  are  connected  with  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Until  recently  Mr.  Morley  was  a  Republican, 
but  the  money  question  becoming  a  national 
issue,  he  found  himself  in  sympathy  with  the 
Democratic  silver  doctrines.  In  the  spring  of 
1898  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Buena  Vista  on  the 
independent  ticket  and  is  the  present  incumbent 
of  that  office. 


GlBNER  E.  WRIGHT,  JR.,  who  is  engaged 
L_i  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Buena  Vista 
/  I  and  is  also  county  commissioner  of  Chaffee 
County,  was  born  at  Steamboat  Rock,  Hardin 
County,  Iowa.  The  sketch  of  his  ancestry  ap- 
pears in  the  biography  of  his  father,  the  well- 
known  pioneer,  Dr.  Abner  E.  Wright,  upon 
another  page.  His  boyhood  years  were  spent  in 
attendance  upon  the  schools  of  his  home  town. 
When  about  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  em- 
barked in  the  mercantile  business  in  Buena  Vista, 
and  continued  for  five  years.  Upon  selling  out 
he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  in  Gunnison 
County,  this  state,  for  one  year. 

Returning  to  Buena  Vista  in  1892,  Mr.  Wright 
opened  the  general  store  of  which  he  has  since 
been  the  owner  and  proprietor.  He  carries  a 
complete  assortment  of  goods,  such  as  are  needed 
in  this  section  of  the  country,  and  also  has  the 
staples,  groceries,  merchandise,  etc.,  besides 
dealing  in  hay  and  grain.  Having  spent  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in  Colorado  he  naturally 


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feels  a  deep  interest  in  matters  pertaining  to  the 
advancement  of  the  state.  Local  projects  of  a 
progressive  nature  receive  his  co-operation,  and 
he  has  proved  himself  to  be  a  public-spirited 
citizen. 

In  political  connections  Mr.  Wright  voted  the 
Democratic  ticket  until  1885,  when  he  allied  him- 
self with  the  People's  party.  In  1895  he  acted 
as  mayor  pro  tern,  of  Buena  Vista  and  the  follow- 
ing year  was  elected  to  the  office,  which  he  filled 
with  efficiency.  For  three  years  he  rendered 
good  service  as  a  member  of  the  city  council.  In 
1895  ne  was  elected  county  commissioner,  and  for 
two  years  acted  as  chairman  of  the  board.  On 
the  expiration  of  his  term  he  was  again  elected  to 
the  position  of  commissioner. 

Mr.  Wright  is  a  young  man  (born  March  10, 
1861),  and  has  attained  a  degree  of  prosperity 
commendable,  when  it  is  considered  that  his 
years  of  active  business  life  have  not  been  many. 
Energetic  and  pushing,  he  is  steadily  working  his 
way  to  a  position  of  assured  success.  In  fraternal 
relations  he  is  a  member  of  Mount  Yale  Camp 
No.  ii,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  Buena 
Vista  Lodge  No.  88,  K.  P.  His  marriage  united 
him  with  Clara  E.,  daughter  of  J.  C.  Irving,  of 
Chaffee  County.  The  children  born  of  their 
union  are:  A.  Geraldine,  Edward,  Corinne  and 
Dewey  Sampson. 

IV  A  J.  LAYDEN,  county  assessor  of  El  Paso 
IV I  County,  came  to  Colorado  in  August,  1892, 
|  til  and  engaged  in  prospecting  in  Cripple 
Creek,  since  which  time  he  has  been  interested  in 
mining.  For  two  years  he  served  as  president  of 
the  Trade's  Assembly  of  Cripple  Creek  and  a 
very  active  member;  for  a  similar  period  he  served 
as  president  of  the  Free  Coinage  Miners'  Union. 
He  served  as  a  delegate  to  the  convention  of  the 
Western  Federation  of  Miners,  held  in  Denver. 
His  sympathies  have  always  been  enlisted  in  favor 
of  the  greenback  and  silver  movement.  His  first 
vote  was  cast  for  Gen.  Ben  Butler.  In  1897  he 
was  chosen  secretary  of  the  convention  of  the  Peo- 
ple's party  of  El  Paso  County,  and  in  that  meet- 
ing he  was  nominated  for  sheriff;  however,  when 
a  fusion  ticket  was  decided  upon,  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  county  assessorship,  and  he  was 
elected  in  the  fall  of  1897.  The  official  count 
gave  him  a  plurality  of  thirty  and  he  received  a  cer- 
tificate of  election  from  the  county  clerk,  but  the 
election  was  contested  by  J.  M.  Jackson,  then  in- 
cumbent of  the  assessor's  office.  The  county 


court  decided  against  Mr.  Layden,  but  he  took 
the  matter  to  the  supreme  court  of  Colorado, 
where  a  decision  was  rendered  in  his  favor,  July 
19,  1898,  and  he  took  the  oath  of  office  July  30 
following. 

Mr.  Layden  was  born  in  Pocahontas  County, 
Va.,  March  21,  1862,  his  birthplace  being  within 
sight  of  the  old  fort  where  Pocahontas  was  born. 
His  father,  John,  who  was  of  Irish  parentage, 
settled  in  Pocahontas  County  and  engaged  in  the 
dry-goods  business  until  the  war.  He  then  en- 
tered the  Twenty-second  West  Virginia  Cavalry, 
under  Colonel  Ashby,  in  General  Jackson's  corps, 
and  for  three  years  he  was  captain  of  Company  E. 
He  was  wounded  three  times  in  the  second  battle 
of  Bull  Run,  and  was  obliged  to  remain  away 
from  his  regiment  for  a  time.  '  During  the  last 
year  of  the  war  he  was  commissioned  to  buy  sup- 
plies for  the  Confederate  government.  After  the 
war  ended  he  engaged  in  the  stock  business  in  the 
Great  Kanawha  Valley,  W.  Va. ,  where  he  died 
at  sixty  years.  He  married  Kate  Loftus,  who 
was  born  near  Richmond,  Va. ,  of  Scotch-Irish 
extraction.  Her  father,  John  Loftus,  was  a  plant- 
er in  Virginia,  and  the  son  of  a  Revolutionary 
hero,  whose  family  were  prominent  in  early  days 
of  Virginia.  Mrs.  Layden  died  in  middle  age. 
Of  her  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  all  except 
one  attained  mature  years.  John,  who  came  to 
Colorado  in  March,  1892,  was  killed  in  Cripple 
Creek  in  July,  1892,  while  mining,  falling  from  a 
shaft  and  being  killed  instantly. 

In  old  Virginia  our  subject  remained  until  four- 
teen years  of  age.  He  then  went  to  West  Vir- 
ginia. For  two  years  he  was  a  student  in  Wash- 
ington Lee  University  near  Richmond.  In  1880 
he  went  to  Texas,  where  he  engaged  in  railroad- 
ing and  the  stock  business.  He  was  also  in  Old 
Mexico  for  some  time,  being  for  three  years  em- 
ployed on  the  Mexican  National  Railroad.  On 
his  return  to  Texas  he  became  interested  in  ranch- 
ing. From  Texas  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  is 
now  living  in  Colorado  Springs.  Fraternally  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Red  Men. 


WARD  came  to  Saguache  County 
r  in  1869  and  took  up  a  quarter- section  of 
\13  land,  later  homesteaded  another  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres.  At  that  early  day  there 
was  no  one  in  the  valley  west  of  him;  in  fact, 
white  settlers  were  very  few  in  all  parts  of  the 
valley,  and  his  principal  neighbors  were  Indians, 
but  he  was  never  molested  by  them.  From  its 


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primeval  condition  he  developed  the  land  into  a 
well-improved  ranch.  Besides  this  place  he  has 
a  timber  claim  of  forty  acres.  Running  water 
through  the  ranch  adapts  it  for  stock  purposes 
and  also  for  the  raising  of  hay,  which  he  raises 
in  sufficient  quantities  to  furnish  feed  for  his 
stock  during  the  winter. 

In  Norfolk  County,  England,  our  subject  was 
born  on  the  first  day  of  the  year  1837,  a  son  of 
William  and  Susanna  (Riches)  Ward,  natives  of 
England.  His  father  emigrated  from  the  county 
of  Norfolk  to  America  in  1852  and  settled  in 
Iowa,  where  he  devoted  the  remainder  of  his 
active  life  to  farm  pursuits.  He  is  still  living  in 
that  state  and  is  now  eighty-seven  years  of  age. 
In  politics  he  has  adhered  to  Republican  prin- 
ciples, while  in  religion  he  is  a  Methodist.  Of 
his  family,  two  daughters  died  in  infancy.  The 
seven  sons  are  named  as  follows:  Nathan; 
William,  deceased;  Robert,  who  owns  a  ranch  in 
Oklahoma;  James;  Thomas,  a  farmer  in  Iowa; 
John,  who  resides  at  Delmar  Junction,  Iowa;  and 
Henry,  who  lives  in  South  Dakota. 

Obliged  to  begin  work  when  a  very  small  boy, 
our  subject  had  very  few  educational  advantages. 
He  was  fifteen  when  the  family  settled  in  Iowa 
and  afterward  assisted  in  the  clearing  of  the  home 
farm.  In  the  spring  of  1861  became  to  Colo- 
rado, being  led  in  this  step  partly  by  ill-health 
and  partly  by  the  Pike's  Peak  excitement,  which 
was  drawing  thousands  of  gold-seekers  to  the 
mountains.  He  engaged  in  mining  near  Breck- 
enridge  during  the  summer  and  in  the  fall  de- 
cided to  enlist  in  the  Union  service.  September  2, 
his  name  was  enrolled  as  a  member  of  the  First 
Colorado  Regiment,  under  Col.  Job  Chivington. 
After  a  service  of  more  than  three  years  he  was 
honorably  discharged,  November  7,  1864.  Dur- 
ing that  time  he  was  on  frontier  duty,  mostly  in 
Colorado.  New  Mexico  and  Wyoming,  though 
for  a  time  also  in  Kansas  and  Missouri.  After 
retiring  from  the  army  he  was  employed  for  two 
years  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  and  came  to 
Saguache  County  in  1869.  Here  he  has  since  en- 
gaged in  ranching.  For  three  years  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  commissioners  of  Saguache 
County,  and  for  ten  years  rendered  efficient 
service  on  the  school  board.  Politically  he  was 
for  years  a  firm  adherent  of  the  Republican 
party,  but  of  recent  years  he  has  been  rather  in- 
dependent in  his  views,  with  a  strong  leaning  to- 
ward the  silver  party. 

June   ii,  1875,  Mr.  Ward  married,  in  Denver, 


Julia  A.  Collins,  of  Clinton  County,  Iowa.  They 
became  the  parents  of  three  sous  and  one  daugh- 
ter, namely:  William  L. ,  who  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Saguache  high  school,  and  assists  his  father 
on  the  home  ranch;  Robert  Albion,  who  also 
works  on  the  home  ranch;  Eva,  who  died  at 
fifteen  years  of  age;  and  Bertel  N.,  who  is  a 
school  student. 


Gl  LBERT  W.  JONES,  master  mechanic  of  the 
LJ  second  and  third  divisions  of  the  Denver  & 
/|  Rio  Grande  Railroad  at  Salida,  Chaffee 
County,  is  a  native  of  Indiana,  born  at  Wabash, 
December  5,  1849.  He  is  of  Welsh  descent,  his 
paternal  great-grandfather  having  emigrated  to 
America  from  Wales.  His  father,  Simpson  B. 
Jones,  was  born  in  Ohio  and  has  engaged  in 
farming  and  merchandising  throughout  much  of 
his  active  life;  he  is  now  a  resident  of  Emporia, 
Kan.  His  marriage  united  him  with  Keziah  K. 
Wiles,  who  was  born  in  Indiana,  of  Welsh  ex- 
traction, and  they  became  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  viz. :  Albert  W. ;  Arthur  E. ,  who  is  at 
the  head  of  the  Colorado  Loan  and  Investment 
Company,  of  Denver;  Alice,  widow  of  Charles 
Doster;  Clarkson  Davis,  of  Kansas;  Martha 
Louisa,  of  Emporia;  Luther,  living  in  Salida;  and 
Willis,  who  died  in  infancy. 

In  the  academy  of  Spiceland,  Ind.,  our  sub- 
ject was  educated.  For  a  time  he  clerked  in  a 
mercantile  store,  after  which  he  began  to  learn  the 
jeweler's  trade,  but  his  health  failing,  in  1871  he 
began  railroading.  At  first  he  was  fireman  on 
the  Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas  Railroad,  after 
which  he  was  engineer.  He  arrived  in  Denver 
September  20,  1874,  since  which  time  he  has  been 
a  resident  of  Colorado.  In  the  fall  of  1875  he 
was  made  the  operator  at  Alma,  this  state,  for  the 
Western  Union  Telegraph  Company.  In  1876 
he  again  took  up  work  on  the  road.  From  1877 
to  July  25,  1 88 1,  he  was  an  engineer,  but  at  the 
latter  date  he  received  an  appointment  as  travel- 
ing engineer,  and  August  i  of  the  same  year  he 
was  appointed  master  mechanic  of  the  third  divis- 
ion. He  established  his  headquarters  at  Salida, 
then  a  small  town,  but,  the  railroad  company 
having  decided  to  establish  their  division  head- 
quarters here,  the  town  grew  rapidly.  June  20, 
1891,  he  was  appointed  master  mechanic  of  the 
second  division,  in  addition  to  the  position  he 
already  held,  and  since  that  time  he  has  filled 
both  positions.  Not  only  has  his  service  been 
satisfactory  to  the  company,  but  he  has  won  and 


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retained  the  respect  of  all  of  the  men,  who  have 
learned  that  in  his  every  act  he  is  guided  by  a 
sense  of  justice  and  honesty.  He  is  so  just  that 
he  has  won  the  esteem  of  all  the  men  under  him. 

Mr.  Jones  is  the  mainstay  of  the  excellent  band 
of  Salida.  He  organized  a  band  among  the  boys 
of  the  public  school,  but,  as  they  did  not  remain 
in  the  city,  there  was  a  constant  effort  to  fill  va- 
cant places;  so  he  organized  a  band  from  the  em- 
ployes of  the  road.  Being  a  lover  of  music  him- 
self, he  successfully  effected  a  band  organization, 
and  now  has  a  band  of  thirty-three  pieces  that  is 
greatly  appreciated  by  the  people  of  the  place. 
He  is  interested  in  mining  properties  at  Ouray 
and  Cripple  Creek,  and  has  worked  principally  in 
gold  and  copper.  Politically  he  is  an  ally  of  the 
silver  wing  of  the  Republican  party.  Until  the 
past  six  or  more  years  he  took  an  active  part  in 
politics,  but  finding  that  it  interfered  with  busi- 
ness duties,  he  withdrew  from  connection  with 
public  affairs.  As  a  member  of  the  town  council 
and  in  other  ways  he  promoted  local  enterprises. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Salida  Club. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Salida  Lodge 
No.  57,  A.  F.  &  A.M.,  of  which  he  is  a  charter 
member. 

On  Christmas  day  of  1874  Mr.  Jones  married 
Alta  Alice  Willis,  who  was  born  in  Illinois,  but 
spent  her  girlhood  years  in  Kansas.  In  1886  he 
erected  a  two-story  brick  residence,  one  of  the 
most  comfortable  in  the  city,  and  here  he  and  his 
family  have  a  delightful  home.  In  his  family 
there  are  four  children:  Flora  Alma,  wife  of  W.  C. 
Bateman,  who  is  a  hardware  merchant,  of  Salida; 
Frank  W. ,  who  is  learning  the  machinist's  trade 
in  Salida;  Harry,  who  is  fireman  on  the  Florence 
&  Cripple  Creek  Railroad;  and  Albert  W.,Jr. 
Besides  his  other  interests,  Mr.  Jones  has  handled 
real  estate  extensively  and  has  sold  ninety  per 
cent  of  the  lots  on  the  mesa  addition. 


(BISTER  SUPERIOR  MARY  AGNES,  of  the 

?\  Sisters  of  Mary,  of  the  St.  Joseph  Sanitarium 
\~)  and  Hotel,  at  Glenwood  Springs,  was  born 
in  Ohio  and  was  an  only  child.  Her  mother  dy- 
ing when  she  was  an  infant  she  was  taken  into 
the  home  of  a  quaker  family,  with  whom  she  re- 
mained for  six  years.  Meantime  her  father  had 
moved  to  Missouri  and  purchased  property.  In 
1863  he  sent  for  her  to  join  him.  Not  until  then 
did  she  know  that  her  foster  parents  were  not  her 
parents  in  reality.  She  was  sent  by  her  father  to 
the  Sister's  school  in  the  eastern  part  of  Missouri, 


later  was  a  student  at  Carrollton,  that  state,  and 
finally  graduated  from  the  Sister's  College  at  Ot- 
tumwa,  Iowa. 

Entering  upon  the  work  of  a  sister  of  mercy, 
she  was  from  the  age  of  fifteen  years  connected 
with  different  hospitals  and  charitable  institutions 
and  spent  several  years  in  Pennsylvania.  While 
she  was  busy  in  the  east  her  father  had  accumu- 
lated a  fortune  in  Oregon,  and  when  he  died,  in 
1889,  it  was  his  dying  request  that  his  entire 
property  should  be  used  by  her  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  charitable  institution.  After  the 
funeral  had  been  held  and  the  estate  settled  she 
resumed  her  religious  duties,  keeping  ever  in 
mind  the  carrying  out  of  her  father's  last  wish. 
While  en  route  east  from  Oregon  in  December, 
1897,  sne  stopped  at  Glenwood  Springs,  and  was 
at  once  impressed  with  the  fact  that  it  offered  the 
opening  she  desired.  Further  investigation  con- 
firmed this  view. 

Soon  after  her  arrival  in  this  city  she  purchased 
a  fine  property  on  the  corner  of  Cooper  and 
Eighth  streets.  An  old  building  stood  on  the 
ground.  This  she  remodeled  and  rebuilt,  and 
when  the  place  was  completed  and  equipped  she 
named  it  St.  Joseph  Sanitarium  and  Hotel.  The 
building  is  a  four-story  brick  structure,  with  a 
frontage  of  fifty  feet  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred 
feet.  On  the  first  floor  are  the  reading  and  re- 
ception rooms  and  parlors,  also  two  dining  rooms, 
kitchen,  boiler  room,  barber  shop  and  a  laundry 
room.  In  the  rear  of  the  building  are  the  boiler 
house  and  engine  room,  from  which  steam  is  sup- 
plied to  the  entire  building.  A  fifty-gallon  tank 
sends  hot  water  to  all  parts  of  the  house.  An 
elevator  runs  from  the  basement  to  the  top  floor. 
Broad  verandas  on  the  south  and  east  sides  over- 
looking the  lawn  run  the  entire  length  of  the 
building,  increasing  its  exterior  appearance  and 
adding  to  the  comfort  of  the  guests.  On  the  sec- 
ond floor  are  the  private  office,  parlor,  a  number 
of  private  rooms  and  toilet  rooms,  while  on  the  third 
floor  are  the  surgical  room,  chemical  department, 
laboratory,  large  chapel,  physician's  office  and  pri- 
vate rooms;  and  on  the  fourth  floor  are  also  pri- 
vate apartments.  The  building  has  been  newly 
painted,  and  neat  walks  of  Colorado  stone  lead 
from  it  to  the  street.  The  interior  furnishings 
are  elegant,  and  thousands  of  dollars  have  been 
expended  to  make  the  institution  one  of  the  most 
comfortable  and  homelike  in  western  Colorado. 
The  rooms  facing  the  east  afford  a  magnificent 
view  of  the  Colorado  Hotel  sulphur  springs,  the 


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mountain  and  the  river.  Hither,  for  treatment, 
come  people  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States 
and  even  from  foreign  lands,  and  no  one,  rich  or 
poor,  is  ever  barred  from  the  doors  of  the  sani- 
tarium, whose  work  of  charity  goes  on  constant- 
ly. The  success  of  the  enterprise  is  largely  due 
to  the  judgment  displayed  by  the  Sister  Superior 
in  the  selection  of  a  location.  Glen  wood  Springs 
is  situated  in  the  very  heart  of  the  mountains  and 
is  destined  to  become  one  of  the  greatest  health 
resorts  in  the  world,  for  it  not  only  has  the  ad- 
vantage of  a  climate  that  is  cool  in  summer,  yet 
never  very  cold  in  winter,  but  it  possesses  springs 
that  are  unexcelled  as  remedial  agencies. 


I  EE  FAIRBANKS,  recorder  of  Saguache 
I C  County,  and  clerk  of  the  district  court, 
l~/  has  resided  in  this  county  since  Septem- 
ber, 1887.  From  that  time  until  January  i, 
1898,  he  engaged  in  the  jewelry  business  here, 
and  also  insurance,  real  estate  and  abstracting, 
but  at  that  date  he  sold  out  in  order  to  give  his 
attention  to  the  positions  he  now  holds.  A  be- 
liever in  free  silver,  he  votes  with  that  branch  of 
the  Republican  party,  in  the  success  of  which  he 
has  taken  an  active  and  prominent  part.  He  is 
now  serving  his  second  term  as  trustee  of  the 
town  board,  besides  which  he  has  acted  as  town 
clerk  and  deputy  county  treasurer;  was  appointed 
clerk  of  the  district  court  in  1896,  and  in  Novem- 
ber, 1897,  was  chosen  county  clerk  and  recorder. 

Mr.  Fairbanks  was  born  in  Bradford  County, 
Pa.,  April  24,  1860,  a  son  of  Charles  and  Han- 
nah (Smith)  Fairbanks.  His  father  removed 
from  Connecticut  to  New  York  state,  thence  to 
Pennsylvania,  and  settled  upon  a  tract  of  wood- 
land in  Bradford  County,  clearing  and  improving 
a  farm.  Among  the  people  of  the  county  he  was 
honored  as  a  man  of  unflinching  integrity  and 
upright  life.  Of  his  four  sons  and  eight  daugh- 
ters, six  are  now  living,  all  of  whom  but-  Lee 
reside  in  Bradford  County.  When  our  subject 
was  ten  years  of  age  his  father  died,  and  two 
years  afterward  his  mother  passed  away,  for 
which  reason  he  did  not  have  the  opportunity  he 
desired  to  attend  school  regularly, but  was  obliged 
to  work  most  of  the  time,  attending  school  only 
during  the  winter  months.  The  education  he  ac- 
quired has  been  through  his  own  efforts. 

Going  to  Kansas  in  1877,  Mr.  Fairbanks 
worked  on  a  ranch  for  a  few  months,  and  in  the 
winter  started  to  learn  the  printer's  trade,  which 
he  followed  until  1886,  returning  to  Bradford 


County  in  1879.  In  1886  he  embarked  in  the 
jewelry  business  and  the  following  year  came  to 
Colorado,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  has 
done  much  toward  the  development  of  the  min- 
ing interests  of  Saguache  County,  and  now  has 
two  propositions,  one  on  Ford  Creek  (which  is 
the  deepest  in  the  camp) ,  and  the  other  in  the  Iris 
district  (which  has  the  richest  showing  in  the 
camp).  His  residence  in  Saguache  is  pleasantly 
located,  and  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  city,  its  at- 
tractiveness being  heightened  by  the  presence  of 
many  shade  and  fruit  trees.  He  also  owns  other 
property  here. 

Since  1895  Mr.  Fairbanks  has  acted  as  sec- 
retary of  Olive  Branch  Lodge  No.  32,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  He  is  serving  his  fourth  term  as  noble 
grand  of  Centennial  Lodge  No.  23,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
and  is  consul  of  Saguache  Camp  No.  28,  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  In  the  Methodist  Church  he 
officiates  as  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  official 
board,  and  as  a  trustee  and  steward.  His  first 
marriage,  in  June,  1881,  united  him  with  Clara 
Rockwell,  of  Canton,  Bradford  County,  Pa.,  who 
died  in  1888;  they  had  two  daughters,  Winifred, 
who  died  in  December,  1888,  and  Hilda.  In  1891 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Addie 
Wright,  who  was  born  in  Bradford  County,  Pa. 


QETER  A.  DELLER,  junior  member  of  the 
yr  firm  of  Freeman  &  Deller,  owners  of  a  meat 
[3  market  at  Pagosa  Springs,  Archuleta  Coun- 
ty, was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1850,  a  son 
of  Peter  A.  and  Elizabeth  Deller,  also  natives  of 
that  city.  He  was  educated  in  common  schools 
there.  When  a  young  man  he  went  to  St.  Louis, 
and  for  four  years  was  connected  with  the  Grafton 
Medicine  Company.  In  1872  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, and  for  a  short  time  was  emplo3-ed  as  clerk 
in  the  old  Planters'  Hotel  in  Denver,  after  which 
he  went  to  the  Caribou  district  and  engaged  in 
mining  and  prospecting.  He  spent  some  time  in 
and  around  Leadville,  thence  went  to  George- 
town, N.  M.,  where  for  two  years  he  was  in  the 
mining  camp. 

At  Pitkin,  in  the  Gunnison  country,  in  1879, 
Mr.  Deller  became  one  of  the  locaters  of  the 
group  of  mines  on  Ohio  Creek,  but  in  the  winter 
of  1879-80  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  mines  to 
Kansas  parties.  However,  he  continued  in  the 
same  district  until  1887,  and  in  addition  to  pros- 
pecting he  carried  on  a  hotel  business,  being  the 
proprietor  of  the  Commercial  Hotel,  which  he 
built  in  1880.  Upon  disposing  of  his  interests  in 


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thatr  neighborhood  he  spent  two  years  in  the 
Platora  mine  district.  In  1890  he  came  to  Pagosa 
Spring,  where  for  a  short  time  he  was  proprietor 
of  the  San  Juan  Hotel.  Later  he  became  as- 
sociated with  C.  H.  Freeman  in  the  establish- 
ment of  a  meat  market  and  the  conduct  of  a  stock 
business,  both  of  which  interests  they  have  since 
managed.  They  are  the  owners  of  two  ranches 
of  about  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  and 
make  a  specialty  of  buying  and  selling  cattle. 

The  silver  cause  has  in  Mr.  Deller  a  firm  sup- 
porter, and  he  favors  that  branch  of  the  Republi- 
can party;  however,  he  is  not  a  politician  in  the 
usual  acceptation  of  that  term.  Fora  number  of 
years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  town  board. 
Movements  for  the  benefit  of  his  town  and  county 
receive  his  sympathy  and  support.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  at  Pitkin,  this  state.  In  1886  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Martha  I.  Davis,  of 
Newton,  Iowa,  and  they  have  a  pleasant  home  in 
Pagosa  Springs. 

0ANIEL  B.  HARTSOE,  a  well-known  coun- 
ty commissioner  of  Pueblo  County,  was  born 
in  Montgomery  County,  Ind.,  February  15, 
1848,  and  on  the  paternal  side  is  of  German  de- 
scent. The  family  was  founded  in  Pennsylvania 
at  a  very  early  day  in  the  history  of  this  country, 
and  finally  drifted  westward.  When  our  subject 
was  four  years  old  he  removed  with  his  parents, 
Daniel  and  Elizabeth  (Peed)  Hartsoe,  to  McLean 
County,  111.,  where  his  early  life  was  spent  and 
where  he  was  educated  in  the  district  schools. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted 
in  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth  Illinois  Infan- 
try, but  being  only  fifteen  and  small  for  his  age, 
he  was  rejected.  His  father  enlisted  in  the  same 
company,  but  was  also  rejected  on  account  of  be- 
ing too  old.  Three  sons,  however,  entered  the 
service  and  valiantly  fought  for  the  old  flag  and 
the  cause  it  represented,  these  being  Amos  Dil- 
lon, a  member  of  the  Thirty- eighth  Illinois  Infan- 
try; and  William  and  Jasper,  both  members  of 
the  Eighth  Missouri  Infantry.  Throughout  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  the  father  was  engaged  in 
mercantile  business.  He  was  engaged  in  min- 
ing in  California  from  1849  to  1850,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Indiana,  then  removed  to  Illinois,  and 
in  1853  again  went  to  California,  that  time  re- 
maining for  four  years  and  four  months. 

During  the  Rebellion  Daniel  B.   Hartsoe  ac- 
companied the  family  on  their  removal  to  Mem- 


phis, Tenn.,  where  they  lived  until  the  close  of 
the  war.  In  1865  he  returned  to  McLean  Coun- 
ty, 111.,  and  located  at  Cheney's  Grove,  in  the  east- 
ern part  of  the  county,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  for  five  years.  He  removed 
to  Arkansas  City,  Cowley  County,  Kan.,  in  1876, 
and  there  became  interested  in  agriculture  and 
stock  business,  which  he  carried  on  until  coming 
to  Pueblo,  in  1881.  Here  he  has  since  made  his 
home  and  has  principally  been  engaged  in  house 
moving.  He  has  watched  with  interest  the  rapid 
development  of  the  city  and  has  borne  his  part  in 
promoting  its  advancement. 

In  1869  Mr.  Hartsoe  married  Miss  Mary  C. 
Mitchell,  of  Lafayette,  Ind.,  by  whom  he  had 
two  children:  Rosa  May,  who  died  in  1893;  an(i 
James  Clinton,  who  is  with  his  father.  The  wife 
and  mother  died  the  year  of  their  arrival  in 
Pueblo,  and  for  his  second  wife  Mr.  Hartsoe 
married  Miss  Fannie  Paxton,  who  was  born  in 
Kentucky  but  was  reared  in  Kansas.  To  them 
has  been  born  a  daughter,  Pearl.  The  family 
have  a  comfortable  home  at  No.  625  West  Six- 
teenth street,  and  its  hospitable  doors  are  ever 
open  for  the  reception  of  their  many  friends. 

Mr.  Hartsoe  has  ever  been  a  loyal  citizen,  co- 
operating in  all  that  is  calculated  to  promote  the 
interests  of  city,  state  or  country.  His  political 
support  has  been  given  the  Republican  party 
since  attaining  his  majority,  and  he  has  always 
kept  well  informed  on  the  issues  and  questions  of 
the  day.  In  1897  he  was  elected  by  a  large  ma- 
jority to  the  office  of  county  commissioner  of 
Pueblo  County,  which  he  is  now  so  capably  and 
satisfactorily  filling.  He  has  a  host  of  warm 
friends  throughout  the  county,  and  is  an  honored 
member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen. 
He  is  entirely  a  self-made  man,  and  his  life  illus- 
trates what  can  be  accomplished  through  indus- 
try, perseverance,  good  management  and  a  de- 
termination to  succeed. 


(TAMES  W.  ZIMMERMAN  owns  and  occu- 
I  pies  a  ranch  situated  two  miles  from  Car- 
Q)  bondale,  Garfield  County,  and  here,  since 
1883,  he  has  been  actively  engaged  in  general 
farming  and  stock-raising.  Of  Virginian  birth 
and  a  member  of  an  old  family  of  that  state,  he 
was  born  February  n,  1859,  a  son  of  David  M. 
and  Margaret  (Hines)  Zimmerman,  and  grand- 
sou  of  Christopher  Zimmerman  and  Robert  Hines, 
all  natives  of  the  Old  Dominion.  His  father,  who 


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was  a  lifelong  farmer,  lived  at  various  times  in 
Virginia,  Ohio,  Tennessee  and  Missouri,  and  dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  was  for  two  years  a  soldier  in 
a  Virginia  company  of  the  Confederacy.  Robert 
Hines,  who  was  a  large  planter  and  slave  owner, 
had  five  sons  who  took  part  in  the  war  on  the 
Confederate  side.  Of  our  subject's  brothers  and 
sisters,  John  H.  is  a  carpenter  in  Virginia;  Rob- 
ert W. ,  who  formerly  resided  in  Colorado  and  was 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Dinkel  &  Zimmerman , 
near  Carbondale,  is  now  engaged  in  farming  in 
Virginia;  Agnes  is  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Caldwell, 
who  has  been  sheriff  of  Craig  County,  Va.,  for 
more  than  twenty  years;  Annie  is  the  wife  of 
H.  L.  Caldwell,  a  farmer  in  Virginia;  and  Kate 
married  F.  B.  Ohmer  and  lives  in  Virginia. 

At  twenty-two  years  of  age  our  subject  came 
to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Leadville,  where  for 
two  years  he  engaged  in  mining.  From  there,  in 
1883,  he  moved  to  Garfield  County  and  settled  on 
the  place  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  general 
ranching.  In  1887  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Hattie,  daughter  of  Judge  F.  C.  Childs,  of 
Iowa,  who  came  to  Garfield  County,  Colo.,  in 
1882  and  is  still  living  in  this  state.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Zimmerman  have  two  children,  David  F. 
and  Bessie.  In  politics  Mr.  Zimmerman  was  for- 
merly a  Democrat,  but  now  votes  with  the 
People's  party,  in  which  he  takes  an  active 
interest.  He  is  past  master  of  Carbondale 
Lodge  No.  82,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  active  in 
Masonry. 

j^JEORGE     W.    BECKLEY,    who    came    to 

bSaguache  in  1891  and  is  now  engaged  in  the 
grocery,  dry-goods  and  packing  business  in 
this  city,  was  born  in  Livermore,  Oxford  County, 
Me.  .April  5,  1839.  His  great-grandfather,  John 
Beckley,  took  passage  for  America  on  a  ship  that 
was  wrecked  on  the  ocean  and  he  was  one  of  the 
few  who  escaped.  Settling  in  New  England,  he 
married  in  Maine  and  from  that  state  enlisted  in 
the  colonial  army  during  the  Revolutionary  war. 
His  son,  Philip,  a  native  of  Maine,  served  in  the 
war  of  1812,  and  while  absent  from  home,  in  the 
service,  his  wife  and  child  were  greatly  harassed 
by  the  Indians,  who  were  under  British  influ- 
ence, and  many  times  they  were  obliged  to  flee  to 
the  woods.  Philip  entered  the  war  as  a  private, 
but  at  the  close  of  his  service  was  discharged  as 
captain. 

By  the   marriage  of  Philip  Beckley  to  Susan 
Weeks  three  sons  were  born:    Philip  C.  and  John 


(twins)  and  Frank.  Philip  C.  received  his  edu- 
cation in  public  schools  and  followed  farming  as 
his  vocation.  In  his  community  he  stood  high. 
For  many  years  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace. 
He  was  a  very  strict  member  of  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  Church.  In  politics  he  adhered  to  the 
Whig  party  and  later  identified  himself  with  the 
Free  Soil  party,  which  was  merged  into  the  Re- 
publican organization;  he  was  a  strong  Abolition- 
ist and  Union  man.  By  his  marriage  to  Cynthia 
Otis,  of  Maine,  he  had  ten  children,  of  whom 
eight  lived  to  be  at  least  forty  years  of  age. 
Five  are  now  living:  Charles,  who  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  transfer  business  in  Boston  for  more 
than  forty  years;  Cynthia;  George  W.;  Frank, 
who  entered  the  army  at  eighteen  years  and  later 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Boston;  and 
William,  a  hardware  merchant  of  Boston. 

At  seventeen  years  of  age  our  subject  began  in 
the  world  for  himself.  Going  to  Billarica,  Mass., 
he  learned  the  trade  of  a  cabinet-maker.  After 
three  years  he  moved  to  Wiunebago  County, 
Wis.,  where  he  engaged  at  his  trade  for  two 
years.  On  his  return  to  Boston  he  began  in  the 
building  business.  He  erected  a  residence  for 
himself,  but  when  it  was  completed  at  a  cost  of 
$3,000  he  was  offered  $3,800  for  it,  so  sold  and 
started  another  house.  On  the  erection  of  the 
second  building  he  sold  it  at  a  profit  of  $1,500, 
after  which  he  started  two  others.  From  that  he 
increased  until  he  had  on  hands  the  erection  of 
as  many  as  twenty-five  at  the  same  time.  He 
put  up  five  hundred  and  sixty  buildings  in  Bos- 
ton, and  during  ten  of  the  fifteen  years  he  en- 
gaged in  the  business  he  had  from  fifty  to  one 
hundred  men  at  work  for  him.  At  the  time  of 
the  panic  of  1877  the  bank  through  which  he  did 
business  failed,  causing  him  to  lose  $200,000,  and 
the  man  failed  from  whom  he  bought  his  lumber, 
and  as  he  had  endorsed  the  latter's  notes,  he  lost 
$149,000.  These  two  failures  completely  broke 
him  up,  and  left  him  with  little  money. 

For  several  years  after  his  failure  Mr.  Beck- 
ley  was  ill.  Finally,  he  was  told  by  his  physi- 
cian that  he  must  go  west  or  he  would  not  live 
six  months.  In  1884  he  went  to  Hot  Springs, 
Ark.,  and  for  a  time  was  interested  in  a  hotel, 
but  after  two  years,  thinking  he  had  recovered, 
he  sold  out  and  returned  to  Boston.  Three  years 
later  he  was  , again  stricken  down.  In  1889  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  building  in 
Denver.  The  first  house  he  erected  was  a  resi- 
dence for  Henry  C.  Brown,  costing  $20,000.  He 


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built  twenty-seven  houses  there,  besides  the  St. 
Cloud  hotel.  In  1891  he  came  to  Saguache  and 
engaged  in  ranching  just  south  of  town,  opera- 
ting six  hundred  and  fifteen  acres,  but  after  three 
years  he  sold  out  and  engaged  in  the  packing 
business,  to  which  he  later  added  a  stock  of  gro- 
ceries and  dry  goods. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  while  in  Boston  Mr. 
Beckley  served  as  a  member  of  the  council,  but 
has  never  accepted  office  since.  In  that  city  he 
was  identified  with  the  Unitarian  Church,  but 
since  coming  west  has  not  connected  himself  with 
any  denomination,  although  he  contributes  liber- 
ally to  the  support  of  the  various  congregations 
in  this  locality.  He  is  a  man  of  unblemished 
reputation,  and  is  justly  proud  of  the  fact  that, 
from  his  great-grandfather  down,  no  member 
of  his  family  has  ever  been  accused  of  any 
misdemeanor  or  drunkenness,  and  none  has  ever 
been  arrested;  the  reputation  of  the  family  is 
above  reproach.  In  1859  he  married  Julia  A. 
Judkins,  who  died  April  19,  1888,  leaving  one 
daughter,  Flora  L.  October  22,  1892,  he  mar- 
ried Isabella,  daughter  of  John  H.  Williams  and 
a  native  of  Ohio;  she  was  a  successful  school- 
teacher, which  occupation  she  followed  for  thirty 
years,  mostly  in  Iowa,  although  for  two  years 
prior  to  her  marriage  she  was  a  teacher  in  the 
Saguache  school. 

r~RANCIS  W.  ADAMS,  sheriff  of  Garfield 
»y  County,  was  born  in  Bloomington,  111., 
|  September  18,  1855,  a  son  of  Seth  Allen  and 
Agnes  L,ouise  (Coles)  Adams,  natives  respect- 
ively of  Ohio  and  Rising  Sun,  Ind.  His  father, 
who  was  the  son  of  a  pioneer  of  Ohio,  removed 
from  there  to  Illinois  in  early  life  and  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock-raising  until  his  death,  in  1878. 
During  the  Civil  war  he  served  as  quartermaster 
in  the  army.  He  was  a  member  of  the  orders  of 
Odd  Fellows  and  Masons,  and  in  politics  affiliated 
with  the  Democrats.  His  wife  is  now  living 
in  Missouri.  Of  their  family,  William  Porter 
Adams,  wlio  followed  mining  pursuits,  although 
he  had  been  a  law  student,  died  in  the  year  1891; 
Charles  W.  is  engaged  in  mining  in  Routt 
County,  Colo.;  John  Robert  is  a  farmer  in  Mis- 
souri; and  Mary  Ellen  died  in  girlhood. 

When  ten  years  of  age  our  subject  accompanied 
his  parents  from  Illinois  to  Missouri  and  settled 
in  Caldwell  County.  He  was  educated  in  the 
high  schools  of  Hamilton,  Mo.,  and  Rising  Sun, 
Ind.  When  twenty -one  years  of  age,  in  1876,  he 


came  to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  the  freighting 
business  in  the  employ  of  Street  &  Small.  Two 
years  later  he  went  to  Leadville,  where  he  not  only 
operated  in  freighting,  but  also  became  interested 
in  mining  and  prospecting.  In  1885  he  came  to 
Garfield  County  and  settled  on  the  South  Canon 
coal  belt,  where  he  worked  in  the  interests  of  the 
New  York  Coal  Syndicate,  of  which  E.  E.  Pray 
was  general  manager.  From  there,  in  1887,  he 
went  to  what  is  now  known  as  the  Vulcan  coal 
mine,  owned  by  the  Vulcan  Coal  Company.  It 
was  there  that  the  great  mine  disaster  of  February, 
1896,  occurred.  He  opened  the  Vulcan,  which 
he  operated  for  some  years  in  partnership  with 
Dr.  Henry  Paul  and  Paul  Tooney,  but  in  1892 
they  sold  the  mine  to  J.  J.  Hagerman.  At  the 
same  time  Mr.  Adams  embarked  in  the  hardware 
business  at  Newcastle,  Garfield  County,  and  con- 
tinued there  until  he  was  elected  sheriff  in  Janu- 
ary, 1898.  As  an  officer,  he  is  true  to  every  trust 
reposed  in  him.  He  possesses  the  courage  and 
inflexible  determination  so  necessary  to  one  who 
would  successfully  fill  the  office  of  sheriff .  His 
administration  has  been  in  every  respect  satis- 
factory to  the  people  who  elected  him.  He  and 
his  wife  (formerly  Miss  Mary  E.  Carroll)  have 
established  their  home  in  Glen  wood  Springs, 
coming  here  from  Newcastle  after  his  election  to 
office.  He  is  stanch  in  his  allegiance  to  the  Re- 
publican party,  whose  tickets  he  always  supports 
and  whose  principles  he  believes  to  be  for  the  best 
good  of  our  country.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Newcastle  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 


(TAMES  W.  ROSS,  receiver  of  the  United 
I  States  land  office  at  Gleuwood  Springs,  was 
G/  born  in  Warren  County,  N.  Y.,  March  29, 
1839,  a  son  of  John  I.  and  Betsy  A.  (Galusha) 
Ross,  also  natives  of  New  York  state.  His  father 
devoted  his  entire  life  to  farming  and  milling,  and 
was  a  man  of  upright  and  energetic  character;  he 
was  a  son  of  Hiram  Ross,  who,  with  his  two 
brothers,  served  in  the  war  of  1 8 1 2 .  The  maternal 
grandfather  of  our  subject  was  Reuben  Galusha, 
son  of  a  Revolutionary  soldier  and  himself  a  life- 
long agriculturist.  Patriotism  is  a  leading  char- 
acteristic of  the  family.  Not  only  our  subject, 
but  also  his  two  brothers,  served  in  the  Civil  war. 
One  brother,  Nelson  S.,  was  killed  in  the  second 
battle  of  Bull  Run;  the  other,  Jacob  W.,  was 
wounded  at  Antietam,  and  a  few  days  after 
died  near  the  battle  ground;  both  were  members 


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of  the  Twenty-second  New  York  Infantry.     O 
the  sisters,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Holley  lives  in  Glens 
Falls,  N.  Y. ;  Mary  is  married  and  lives  in  New 
York  City;  and  Pamelia  S.  is  the  wife  of  George 
A.  Crandale,  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

At  twenty-two  years  of  age  our  subject  enlisted, 
November  30,  1861,  in  the  Ninety-third  New 
York  Infantry,  in  which  he  served  until  June  22, 
1864.  He  was  wounded  at  Petersburg,  the 
wound  resulting  in  the  total  loss  of  the  use  of  his 
left  arm.  He  took  part  also  in  the  battles  of  the 
Wilderness,  Spottsylvania,  Cold  Harbor,  Gettys- 
burg, Williamsburg,  and  many  other  engage- 
ments, and  was  engaged  as  a  guard  at  head- 
quarters until  General  Grant  took  command. 
After  returning  home  from  the  war,  he  was  for 
two  years  employed  as  deputy  in  the  office  of  the 
clerk  of  Warren  County.  In  1867  he  came  to 
Colorado,  making  the  trip  on  the  first  Union 
Pacific  train  that  made  the  trip  west  to  Cheyenne, 
from  which  point  he  traveled  by  stage  to  Denver 
He  was  employed  in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk 
as  deputy  until  1875,  when  he  left  Denver  and 
went  to  Del  Norte.  Afterward  he  was  county 
clerk  of  Rio  Grande  County  for  two  terms  and 
county  treasurer  for  a  similar  period.  In  1884  he 
was  appointed  by  President  Arthur  receiver  of 
the  land  office  at  Glenwood  Springs,  with  J.  L. 
Hodges  as  register.  He  came  here  during  that 
year  and  continued  until  August,  1887,  when  he 
was  retired  by  President  Cleveland.  In  February, 
1898,  he  was  again  appointed  to  the  office  by 
President  McKinley.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  and  takes  an  interest  in  everything 
pertaining  to  the  history  of  those  days  of  hard- 
ship and  peril  when  he  was  serving  his  country 
on  many  a  hard-fought  'battlefield.  The  Repub- 
lican party  has  in  him  an  ardent  supporter  and 
warm  friend,  and  its  principles  he  always  up- 
holds. Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Masons.  He  was  married,  in  1886, 'to  Miss 
Myra  A.  Sawyer,  a  native  of  Massachusetts. 


IARSHALL  H.  DEAN,  M.  D.,  came  to 

Colorado  in  1886  and  settled  at  Carbondale 
before  the  railroad  had  been  built  through 
Garfield  County.  From  there,  in  1893,  he  came 
to  Glenwood  Springs,  which  is  thirteen  miles 
from  Carbondale.  Here  he  has  built  up  a  valu- 
able general  practice,  at  the  same  time  retaining 
the  patronage  of  many  of  his  old  friends  in  the 
southeastern  part  of  the  county.  Besides  his 
private  practice  he  has  acted  as  county  physician 


and  has  also  been  surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad  at  this  point  ever  since  he  came 
here. 

The  Dean  family  was  founded  in  America  by 
John  Dean,  who  emigrated  from  Ireland  and  set- 
tled in  Maryland  in  1745.  He  married  an  Eng- 
lish lady.  Of  their  sons,  David  and  Joshua  en- 
listed in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  left  home, 
never  to  return.  Jacob  moved  to  Harrington, 
N.  J.;  Zachariah,  the  doctor's  grandfather,  re- 
moved to  Harlansburg,  Pa.,  in  1 8 18  settling  in 
the  western  part  of  that  state.  Enoch,  our  sub- 
ject's father,  spent  his  entire  life  in  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  was  a  merchant.  He  married  Harriet 
Marshall,  whose  mother  descended  from  the  same 
stock  as  Chief  Justice  Harlan. 

The  only  child  of  his  parents,  Dr.  Dean  spent 
his  early  life  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was 
born,  near  Newcastle,  Lawrence  County,  April 
20,  1857.  After  completing  his  literary  studies 
he  began  to  study  medicine,  and  in  March,  1878, 
graduated  from  the  Miami  Medical  College  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  after  which  he  engaged  in 
practice  in  Pennsylvania  until  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  1886.  He  is  a  diligent  student  of  his 
profession,  in  which  he  has  met  with  more  than 
ordinary  success.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Colo- 
rado State  Medical  Society,  and  takes  an  interest 
in  everything  pertaining  to  his  profession.  He 
is  identified  with  the  Masonic  Order,  having  at- 
tained the  thirty-second  degree.  In  politics  he 
is  independent.  In  1878  he  married  Miss  Mollie 
I.  Cox,  of  Newcastle,  Pa.,  a  descendant,  in  the 
fourth  generation,  of  a  provincial  governor  of 
New  Jersey.  They  have  an  only  son,  Paul 
Marshall. 


W.  FAY,  county  clerk  and  re- 
corder  of  Chaffee  County,  residing  at 
Buena  Vista,  was  born  in  Skaneateles, 
N.  Y.,  September  i,  1846.  When  only  ten  years 
of  age  he  secured  employment  in  a  printing  office 
and  learned  the  trade  of  a  type-setter.  After 
two  years  he  left  home  and  for  some  time  was 
employed  at  his  trade  in  various  towns  of  New 
York.  From  1866  to  1868  he  was  in  Rockford, 
111. ,  as  superintendent  of  the  Register  Printing 
Company.  Returning  east,  he  became  general 
superintendent  of  the  Courier  Printing  Com- 
pany, and  continued  in  that  position  for  ten  years. 
In  1879  Mr.  Fay  came  to  Colorado,  and  fora 
short  time  was  employed  as  superintendent  of  the 
job  department  of  the  Times.  In  the  fall  of  1879 


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he  came  to  Buena  Vista,  Chaffee  County,  and 
opened  the  Lake  house,  the  first  hotel  in  the 
town.  This  he  conducted  for  several  years.  He 
was  also  in  the  Grand  Park  hotel  for  a  time.  In 
1893  he  was  elected  county  clerk  and  recorder, 
and  has  since  been  twice  re-elected.  Politically 
he  was  formerly  a  Democrat,  but  since  1892  has 
voted  with  the  People's  party. 

In  fraternal  connections  Mr.  Fay  is  a  member 
of  Mount  Princeton  Lodge  No.  49,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
of  Buena  Vista;  Salida  Commandery  No.  15, 
K.  T.;  Buena  Vista  Lodge  No.  42,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
and  Mizpah  Encampment;  and  Buena  Vista  Lodge 
No.  88,  K.  P.  For  a  period  often  years  he  has 
been  treasurer  of  the  city  fire  department.  He 
is  connected  with  the  International  Typographi- 
cal Union,  but  has  not  followed  the  printer's  trade 
for  years.  He  is  interested  in  the  Whitehorn, 
Turrett,  Chalk  Creek  and  Cottonwood  mining 
districts  in  Chaffee  County. 


fi)  QlLLIAM  A.  WATSON,  who  is  an  exteii- 
\Al  s*ve  stock-raiser  and  farmer  of  Custer 
V  V  County,  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  in  July,  1869.  The  land  was  wholly 
unimproved;  the  surroundings  were  wild;  fre- 
quently he  saw  companies  of  Indians,  a  mile  in 
extent  of  territory  covered,  passing  through  the 
country.  In  spite,  however,  of  the  scarcity  of 
white  people,  and  the  unfavorable  outlook,  he 
had  the  firmest  faith  in  the  future  of  this  locality. 
The  results  have  proved  that  his  judgment  did 
not  err.  The  village  of  Wetmore  has  been  built 
on  his  original  acreage,  and  many  improvements 
have  been  made  in  all  of  this  country.  He  now 
owns  eleven  hundred  acres  of  land,  four  hundred 
under  cultivation,  and  in  connection  with  his 
sons  has  leased  a  pasture  of  forty  thousand 
acres. 

The  Watson  family  is  of  Scotch  descent.  The 
first  of  the  name  in  this  country  came  from  Edin- 
burgh about  two  hundred  and  fifty  years  ago,  and 
settled  in  Virginia,  where  succeeding  generations 
lived  upon  plantations.  James  Watson,  our  sub- 
ject's grandfather,  was  a  son  of  James  Watson, 
Jr.,  and  served  in  the  Florida  war.  Following 
the  trade  that  had  been  in  the  family  for  genera- 
tions, he  worked  as  a  mechanic,  gunsmith  and 
general  workman  in  iron.  However,  late  in  life, 
he  removed  to  Arkansas  and  there  he  engaged  in 
farming  until  his  death,  about  1867.  By  his 
marriage  to  Nancy  Fairchilds,  of  Virginia,  he 
had  three  sous  and  three  daughters. 


The  eldest  of  these  children  was  John  T.  Wat- 
son, who  was  educated  in  public  and  subscrip- 
tion schools,  and  acquired  what  for  those  times 
was  a  good  education.  Learning  the  trade  of  a 
mechanic  in  iron,  he  followed  the  occupation  in 
Virginia.  About  1835  he  went  to  Hawkins 
County,  Tenn.,  where  he  remained  until  1856, 
and  afterward  was  similarly  engaged  in  Jackson 
County,  Mo.  At  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war 
he  was  working  in  Texas,  and  was  pressed  into 
the  Confederate  service  as  a  member  of  the  Sev- 
enth Texas  Cavalry.  However,  being  over  the 
age  limit,  he  was  discharged  at  Corinth,  Miss. 
He  then  started  back  to  Missouri,  but  on  the  way 
was  captured  and  taken  to  Jefferson  Barracks. 
In  the  capture  he  was  wounded  and  it  was  some 
time  before  he  was  restored  to  health.  As  soon 
as  he  was  able  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  in  a 
battery  under  command  of  Major  McDonald,  and 
was  with  Sherman  in  his  march  to  the  sea.  At 
the  close  of  the  war  he  was  mustered  out  in  St. 
Louis.  Owing  to  injury  to  his  eyes  received  in 
the  service,  he  was  unable  to  resume  work  at  his 
trade;  accordingly,  he  turned  his  attention  to 
farming. 

In  1867  John  T.  Watson  came  to  Colorado, 
where  he  did  contract  work,  getting  out  timber 
for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  As  yet 
there  were  no  railroads  in  the  state,  and  when  he 
came  west  he  had  to  ride  by  stage  from  Kit  Car- 
son to  Denver.  He  came  to  Custer  County  (then 
a  part  of  Fremont)  and  acquired  considerable 
land  here.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church  and  in  politics  a  Democrat.  His  wife, 
who  was  Martha  Ann  Harris,  was  born  on  the 
James  River,  forty  miles  from  Richmond,  Va., 
and  was  a  member  of  one  of  the  oldest  families 
of  this  country.  She  went  from  Virginia  with 
her  father  to  East  Tennessee,  and  settled  with  him 
on  the  well-known  Solitude  plantation,  which  is 
an  island  on  the  Holston  River,  in  Hawkins 
County.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Watson  became  the  par- 
ents of  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  namely: 
William  A.,  who  was  born  in  Hawkins  County, 
Tenn.,  September  18,  1841;  John  S.,  of  Paris, 
Tex.;  Phoebe  E.,  first  the  wife  of  Theodore 
Sharp,  afterward  the  wife  of  James  A.  Christy, 
but  now  deceased;  Thomas  R.,  who  was  killed 
during  the  war;  and  Sarah  E.,  who  first  married 
H.  H.  Melrose  and  later  became  the  wife  of  H. 
R.  Bowling,  of  Pagosa  Springs,  Colo. 

In  schools  in  East  Tennessee  and  Missouri  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  received  his  education.  He 


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engaged  in  farming  in  Missouri  for  some  years, 
but  in  1859  joined  the  throng  of  emigrants  west- 
ward bound,  and  spent  some  months  in  and  near 
Salt  Lake.  He  then  returned  to  Missouri.  In 
1862  he  accompanied  a  sutler's  outfit  from  Kan- 
sas City  to  Fort  Craig,  N.  M.,  returning  in  the 
fall.  In  the  spring  of  1863  he  settled  perma- 
nently in  Colorado.  His  first  location  was  on 
the  Arkansas  River  five  miles  east  of  Pueblo,  but 
owing  to  the  trouble  caused  by  the  Indians  on 
the  plains  he  decided  to  come  further  up  the 
river  and  join  some  friends.  He  selected  for  his 
location  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  where 
Florence  now  stands.  In  July,  1865,  the  land 
was  sectionized  by  the  government  and  when  he 
went  to  Denver  to  record  his  property  he  found 
it  was  school  land.  Thereupon  he  sold  the  im- 
provements and  removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Car- 
lisle Springs,  but  in  July,  1869,  settled  on  the 
present  site  of  Wetmore.  In  connection  with  his 
father  he  built  a  blacksmith's  shop,  which  was 
the  first  shop  built  on  Hardscrabble  Creek.  He 
assisted  in  building  the  Cascade  ditch.  From 
general  farming  he  gradually  drifted  into  the 
cattle  business,  and  now  gives  his  time  wholly  to 
the  raising  of  stock,  carrying  on  his  farm  for  the 
purpose  of  supplying  feed.  He  has  had  as  many 
as  two  thousand  head  of  cattle  at  a  time.  While 
his  time  is  spent  mostly  on  his  ranch,  since  1888 
his  family  have  resided  in  Canon  City,  in  order 
that  the  children  might  have  better  educational 
advantages  than  were  possible  in  the  country. 
He  built  a  fine  brick  residence  at  the  corner  of  the 
park  and  this  has  since  been  his  home.  Among 
his  other  interests  are  those  in  Cripple  Creek, 
where  he  was  one  of  the  locators  of  the  Gold 
Dollar  and  Lillian  mines,  is  now  interested  in 
Bonanza  Chief,  and  owns  Junott,  near  Copper 
Mountain.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  hardware 
firm  of  Watson  &  Bancroft  in  Canon  City. 

In  political  matters  Mr.  Watson  affiliates  with 
the  Democrats,  and  has  been  active  in  his  party, 
attending  all  of  the  primaries  and  local  conven- 
tions. He  has  been  deputy  sheriff  of  Custer 
County,  and  in  1885  was  elected  county  commis- 
sioner, which  position  he  held  for  three  years. 
As  school  director  he  was  for  fifteen  years  inti- 
mately connected  with  the  welfare  of  the  schools 
of  his  district.  He  is  public-spirited  and  inter- 
ested in  all  measures  for  the  public  good.  Living 
just  over  the  line  from  Fremont  County,  he  has 
made  many  acquaintances  there  as  well  as  in 
Custer  County,  and  by  all  of  his  large  circle  of  ac- 


quaintances he  is  highly  respected  as  a  man  of 
honor  and  a  worthy  pioneer.  March  15,  1866,  he 
married  Mary  E.  Crouch,  of  Illinois,  by  whom 
he  had  nine  children:  Thomas  R.,  Joseph  E., 
Edward  C.,  George  W.,  Willis  A.,  John  E.  (de- 
ceased), Mary  E.,  Lester  A.  and  Leon  A. 
(twins.) 

|ILL  S.  PARKISON.  A  resident  of  Glen- 
wood  Springs  since  1886,  Mr.  Parkison 
has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  drug 
business,  and  though  starting  on  a  very  small 
scale,  has  by  energy  and  judicious  management 
built  up  what  is  one  of  the  finest  and  most  com- 
plete pharmacies  in  western  Colorado.  Capable 
and  energetic,  the  success  which  he  has  attained 
is  due  to  his  own  perseverance  and  determination, 
and  not  to  outside  aid  or  inherited  capital.  He 
takes  an  interest  in  everything  calculated  to  pro- 
mote the  prosperity  of  his  city,  and  in  politics 
votes  the  silver  Republican  ticket.  For  three 
years  he  has  held  the  office  of  town  treasurer,  and, 
if  he  desired, would  be  elected  to  other  offices,  but 
his  preference  is  for  business  pursuits. 

Members  of  the  Parkison  family  took  part  in 
the  Revolution  and  in  the  war  of  1812.  The  pa- 
ternal grandfather  of  our  subject  was  born  in 
Kentucky,  a  member  of  an  old  family  of  that 
state.  When  he  died  his  son  John  was  only  five 
years  of  age.  The  latter  remained  for  many  years 
in  Ohio,  where  he  was  born,  and  there  engaged  in 
merchandising,  but  in  1877  he  settled  in  Denver, 
Colo.  He  is  now  living  at  Victor,  this  state, 
where  he  and  one  of  his  sons  erected  a  business 
block  and  are  now  proprietors  of  a  store.  He 
married  Eliza  Sanders,  a  native  of  Ohio,  whose 
parents  died  in  her  childhood,  and  who  is  a  direct 
descendant  of  a  family  that  crossed  in  the  "May- 
flower." Of  her  children,  John  Elmer  is  con- 
nected with  mines  at  Victor,  where  he  has  held 
the  office  of  town  treasurer  and  other  local  posi- 
tions; Ed  H.  is  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness at  Independence,  this  state;  Park  W.  is  en- 
gaged in  mining  at  Lake  City;  Webb  H.  is  an 
assayer  at  Victor;  and  Edith  has  charge  of  the 
postoffice  at  Collbran,  this  state. 

Born  in  Union  County,  Ohio,  January  17,1863, 
our  subject  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Ohio  and  Pennsylvania.  For  seven  years  he 
made  his  home  in  the  oil  regions  of  Pennsylva- 
nia, after  which  he  went  to  Fort  Worth,  Tex., 
at  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  became  an  employe  in 
a  wholesale  and  retail  drug  store.  Three  years 


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were  spent  in  that  position  and  he  then  came  to 
Central  City,  Colo.,  in  1880,  clerking  in  a  drug 
store  in  that  place  for  five  years.  At  the  age  of 
twenty- three,  in  1886,  he  came  to  Glenwood 
Springs,  where  he  has  since  built  up  a  large  busi- 
ness in  his  special  line.  Fraternally  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  Order.  However,  his  atten- 
tion is  given  less  to  fraternal  and  political  than 
to  business  affairs;  and,  indeed,  he  could  not 
have  secured  his  present  success  had  it  been  oth- 
erwise. At  Central  City,  Colo.,  in  1887,  he  mar- 
ried Maude  E.  Bertenshaw,  who  was  born  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  but  at  a  very  early  age  was 
brought  by  her  parents  to  Colorado,  her  father, 
Silas  Bertenshaw,  first  settling  in  Golden,  but 
afterward  becoming  the  owner  of  a  large  foundry 
and  machine  shop  and  mining  interests  in  Gilpin 
County.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parkison  are  the  parents 
of  two  sons,  Walter  G.  and  Harold  A. 


JEORGE  D.  DULIN,  M.  D.,  of  Las  Animas, 
is  one  of  the  prominent  physicians  and  sur- 
geons of  Bent  County.  For  two  years  he 
held  the  office  of  city  physician,  for  three  years 
served  as  county  physician  and  for  two  years 
officiated  as  coroner  of  the  county.  Besides  these 
positions,  which  were  in  direct  line  with  his  pro- 
fessional work,  he  has  filled  offices  of  a  local 
political  nature  and  has  shown  a  deep  interest  in 
everything  pertaining  to  the  advancement  of  his 
town  and  county. 

Dr.  Dulin  was  born  in  Scott  County,  Iowa, 
December  13,  1864,  a  son  of  Samuel  G.  and 
Mary  E.  (Sanders)  Dulin.  His  father,  who  was 
a  native  of  Leesburg,  Va. ,  removed  from  there  to 
Missouri  in  early  manhood,  and  there  met  Miss 
Sanders,  who  was  born  near  Moberly.  He  be- 
came a  Union  soldier  and  was  serving  as  scout  at 
the  time  his  son,  George,  was  born.  The  father 
died  in  Missouri  in  1870,  after  which  the  widowed 
mother  lived  on  a  farm  in  Monroe  County. 

After  completing  the  studies  of  the  district 
schools,  our  subject  entered  William  Jewell  Col- 
lege in  Liberty,  Mo.,  where  he  studied  for  one 
year,"  and  afterward  taught  school  for  several 
years.  After  one  year  in  the  Missouri  State  Uni- 
versity at  Columbia  he  entered  Beaumont  Medi- 
cal College  at  St.  Louis,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1892  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  All  of  the 
money  necessary  for  his  tuition  and  board  while 
in  college  was  earned  my  his  own  labor.  On  re- 
ceiving his  degree  he  came  to  Colorado,  where 
for  one  year  he  engaged  in  practice  at  Monument, 


and  in  1893  came  to  Las  Animas.  Here  he  has 
built  up  a  good  practice  and  has  established  a 
reputation  as  a  painstaking,  reliable  and  skillful 
practitioner.  In  politics  he  supports  the  Repub- 
•lican  party.  In  1889  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Ash,  Mo. , 
and  is  now  connected  with  Elder  Lodge  No.  1 1 , 
in  which  he  is  noble  grand.  At  Las  Animas, 
Colo.,  January  31,  1894,  he  married  Miss  Alice 
E.  Duffey,  who  was  born  in  Wisconsin  and  re- 
ceived a  good  education  there.  He  is  one  of  the 
leading  men  of  his  town,  and  is  an  active,  ener- 
getic man,  a  reliable  physician,  and  in  business 
dealings,  honorable  and  upright,  striving  to  do 
equal  justice  to  all. 


PTDWIN  W.  HIVELY,  a  resident  of  Salida 
re)  since  1882,  has  been  closely  identified  with 
L_  the  growth  of  this  beautiful  mountain  town 
and  an  unceasing  contributor  to  its  material  de- 
velopment. When  he  came  to  this  place  he 
found  a  little  village  but  two  years  old,  whose 
every  building  and  business  interest  was  indicative 
of  crudeness.  He  has  watched  with  interest  the 
growth  of  the  town  and  the  expansion  of  its  trade. 
A  man  of  sterling  integrity,  he  has  the  high  re- 
gard of  the  people  among  whom  his  busy  life  is 
being  passed. 

A  son  of  Peter  and  Margaret  (Musser)  Hively, 
natives  of  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania  respectively, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Springfield, 
Ohio,  in  1854,  and  was  next  to  the  oldest  among 
three  sons  and  two  daughters  comprising  the 
parental  family.  He  grew  to  manhood  near 
Youngstown,  Ohio,  where  his  father  engaged  in 
the  pottery  business.  When  seventeen  years  of 
age  he  learned  the  tinner's  trade,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  a  number  of  years.  In  1879  he  came 
to  Colorado,  and  settled  at  Monarch,  Chaffee 
County,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and  also 
conducted  a  grocery  business.  Next  he  went  to 
Canon  City,  where  he  was  employed  in  a  hard- 
ware store  and  then  came  to  Salida,  opening 
a  hardware  store  in  this  place.  As  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Hively  &  Young,  he  spent  four 
years  in  the  hardware  business  here,  building  up 
a  good  trade.  Interested  in  real- estate  improve- 
ments, he  erected  the  brick  block  in  which  he 
now  has  his  office,  also  the  brick  block  on  First 
street,  now  occupied  by  Haight  &  Churcher. 
For  a  year  he  carried  on  a  limestone  business, 
then,  after  two  years  of  mercantile  life,  he  opened 
an  office  for  the  conducting  of  real  estate  and  in- 


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surance,  in  which  he  continues  engaged.  He  rep- 
resents fourteen  of  the  most  reliable  insurance 
companies  and  has  an  important  agency. 

As  above  intimated,  Mr.  Hively  has  been  deeply 
interested  in  the  development  of  local  enterprises. 
In  the  promotion  of  the  opera  house  and  the  erec- 
tion of  the  building  he  was  very  active.  He  also 
assisted  in  the  erection  of  the  St.  Clair  hotel,  and 
is  a  stockholder  in  the  creamery,  all  of  these  being 
enterprises  that  have  been  most  helpful  to  the 
town.  In  politics  he  affiliates  with  the  Republi- 
can party.  Since  1892  he  has  acted  as  town  treas- 
urer. February  19,  1896,  he  was  appointed  no- 
tary public,  which  office  he  still  holds.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  Salida  Lodge  No.  57, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Camp  No.  17,  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  and  Southard  Arkansas  Lodge  No.  15, 
A.  O.  U.  W.  In  1890  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Emma  Beeler,  of  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  by 
whom  he  has  two  children,  Camille  and  Edwin. 


(I  AMES  FULLERTON,  a  pioneer  of  1859,  for 
I  years  led  the  adventurous  and  exciting  life 
Q)  of  a  frontiersman  in  Colorado,  but  since  1894 
has  been  conducting  a  hardware  business  in 
Saguache,  where  he  makes  his  home.  A  native  of 
Missouri,  born  October  9,  1837,  he  was  a  grand- 
son of  Thomas  Fullerton,  who  came  to  America 
in  early  childhood,  and  after  attaining  mature 
years  engaged  in  farming  in  Tennessee.  Of  the 
children  of  Thomas  Fullerton,  William  B.,  the 
eldest,  was  educated  in  subscription  schools,  be- 
came a  land  owner  in  Arkansas,  and  was  engaged 
in  running  sawmills  in  Missouri.  By  his  mar- 
riage to  Christiana  Ritter  he  had  ten  children, 
five  of  whom  are  living,  viz.:  Robert,  living  in 
Texas;  Thomas,  who  is  in  the  Indian  Territory; 
Jackson  and  Sarah,  in  Texas;  and  James. 

When  twenty-two  years  of  age  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  left  Missouri  and  came  to  Colorado, 
following  the  trend  of  emigration  westward  to 
the  mining  regions.  For  a  short  time  he  engaged 
in  prospecting  around  Black  Hawk.  In  1860  he 
went  to  California  Gulch  (Leadville),  and  from 
there  in  the  fall  proceeded  to  Barker's  Park  (now 
Silverton) .  There  he  was  bothered  to  some  ex- 
tent by  the  Navajo  Indians.  In  the  spring  of 
1861  he  went  to  Fort  Garland,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged by  the  government.  In  1862  he  began  to 
work  for  a  company  having  charge  of  a  train 
across  the  plains.  After  six  years  he  moved  up 
into  the  valley  and  entered  land  five  miles  up  the 
river  from  Saguache,  where  he  engaged  in  raising 


stock.  In  1 894  he  moved  into  town  and  embarked 
in  the  mercantile  business,  which  he  has  since 
conducted. 

Being  reared  among  Indians  in  Missouri,  Mr. 
Fullerton  understood  their  habits  and  peculiari- 
ties thoroughly  and  became  familiar  with  their 
language.  While  on  the  plains  he  witnessed 
many  evidences  of  their  cruelty,  but  was  never 
molested  by  them  personally,  although  he  was 
among  them  while  they  were  on  the  war-path. 
He  was  always  prepared  for  them,  but  was  never 
molested,  as  he  did  not  molest  them.  While  in 
charge  of  the  trains  he  had  twenty-three  teams  of 
six  yoke  of  cattle  to  each  wagon,  matching  the 
blacks,  browns,  etc.,  each  by  themselves,  and  as 
five  teams  were  solid  black,  his  train  was  known 
as  the  black  train,  and  it  was  a  common  expres- 
sion among  the  Comanche  and  Kiowa  Indians 
that  the  "  black  train  never  slept." 

The  most  profitable  enterprise  in  which  Mr. 
Fullerton  has  engaged  is  that  of  raising  stock. 
He  has  had  as  many  as  seven  hundred  head  of 
cattle,  but  now  has  more  horses  than  cattle. 
During  his  early  days  in  the  west  he  experienced 
all  the  hardships  of  pioneer  existence.  At  one 
time  flour  was  so  scarce  that  he  gave  a  yoke  of 
oxen,  worth  $125,  for  two  sacks  of  flour.  For  the 
first  three  years  of  his  life  in  the  west  he  slept 
out  of  doors  constantly,  with  the  exception  of 
perhaps  three  months;  and  for  three  weeks  at  a 
time  while  on  the  plains  he  did  not  have  a  dry 
place  to  sleep,  nor  did  he  see  the  sun  once  in  all 
that  time.  Notwithstanding  his  many  hardships 
he  is  a  hale  and  hearty  man,  more  robust  than 
many  men  of  his  age.  Politically  he  was  for- 
merly a  Democrat,  but  now  votes  with  the  Popu- 
lists. When  the  county  was  organized  he  was 
elected  sheriff,  and  afterward  was  chosen  justice 
of  the  peace,  but  refused  to  qualify. 

In  1867  Mr.  Fullertou  married  Filiciana  Trojeo, 
by  whom  he  had  ten  children,  three  now  de- 
ceased. Those  living  are:  Mary,  wife  of  Frank 
Crowley,  of  Holly,  Colo.;  Emma,  who  married 
James  O'Brien,  of  Canon  City;  James  B.,  who  is  in 
NewMexico;  Humphrey,  who  assists  his  fatller  in 
the  stock  business;  Sarah,  Filiciana  and  Thomas. 
Mr.  Fullerton  adopted  and  reared  a  niece  of  Sap- 
inero,  who  was  the  second  chief  of  theUte  nation 
and  ranked  next  in  command  to  Ouray.  Sapinero 
sold  the  papoose  to  Mr.  Fullerton  for  a  horse  and 
an  overcoat.  He  reared  her  as  a  child  of  his  own. 
When  she  was  twenty  years  of  age  she  was  taken 
with  consumption  and  three  years  later  she  died. 


HENRY  LINK. 


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HENRY  LINK,  whose  home  is  in  Colorado 
Springs,  was  born  at  Cape  Girardeau,  Mo. , 
April  10,  1850,  being  a  son  of  Daniel  and 
Nancy  (Thompson)  Link.  When  he  was  six 
years  of  age,  in  1856,  the  family  removed  to  Dade 
County,  Mo.,  and  while  living  there  experienced 
all  the  hardships  and  losses  incident  to  war  times. 
His  father,  who  enlisted  under  Shelby  at  the 
opening  of  the  war,  served  until  its  close  and 
participated  in  many  battles,  but  was  never 
wounded  or  captured.  However,  his  possessions 
were  laid  waste,  and  by  fire  or  theft  he  lost  his 
entire  fortune.  While  he  was  in  active  service 
his  son  Henry,  then  a  mere  boy,  labored  con- 
stantly to  keep  the  family  together  and  protect 
their  interests.  By  hard  work  he  succeeded  in 
keeping  under  cultivation  a  small  tract  near  the 
center  of  the  farm,  but  the  remainder  of  the  land 
became  covered  with  brush  and  briers.  The  war 
ended,  his  father  returned  home,  but  such  was 
the  prejudice  against  them  in  the  neighborhood, 
owing  to  their  sympathy  with  the  Confederate 
cause,  that  they  were  obliged  to  leave  their  home 
to  avoid  persecution.  After  twelve  months  they 
returned,  and  father  and  son,  by  working  out  by 
the  day,  succeeded  in  providing  food  and  cloth- 
ing for  the  family.  In  time  they  were  rewarded 
by  securing  more  of  the  comforts  of  life.  It  was, 
however,  impossible  for  our  subject  to  gain  an 
education,  as  he  had  few  opportunities  to  attend 
school,  but  he  learned  to  read,  write  and  cipher, 
and  in  later  years,  by  reading  and  observation, 
became  a  well-informed  man. 

February  21,  1871,  Mr.  Link  married  Miss 
Bettie  Dillie,  who  was  born  in  Indiana,  and 
accompanied  her  parents,  Thompson  and  Jane  A. 
(Sullivan)  Dillie,  to  Missouri  a  short  time  before 
her  marriage.  For  a  time  after  his  marriage 
Mr.  Link  engaged  in  cultivating  the  home  farm, 
but  later  bought  forty  acres  of  land,  which  he 
paid  for  by  installments  of  $5.  In  the  year  1869  he 
made  his  first  trip  to  Colorado,  being  employed 
to  drive  a  team  to  Denver.  He  remained  for  a 
year  in  this  western  country,  and  returned  to 
Missouri  with  a  determination  to  remove  to 
Colorado  as  soon  as  it  would  be  possible  to  do  so. 
That  time  did  not  come  immediately,  for  his 
property  interests  were  centered  in  Missouri  and 
he  could  not  leave  without  heavy  financial  loss. 
It  was  not  until  1885  that  he  settled  permanently 
in  his  present  county.  Loading  two  wagons 
with  household  furniture  and  necessities  he 
drove  across  the  plains  and  settled  on  what  is 

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now  Roby  ranch,  in  El  Paso  County,  remaining 
there  for  five  years.  The  following  five  years 
were  spent  on  Woodbury  ranch,  where  he  handled 
cattle  on  shares.  Meantime  he  bought  his  present 
property,  which  now  comprises  eight  thousand 
acres  of  land.  In  addition  to  this  he  owned  a 
large  ranch  in  Cheyenne  and  Kiowa  Counties, 
Colo. ,  where  he  and  a  partner  had  a  large  herd 
of  cattle  that  ranged  upon  their  property  (twelve 
miles  square).  This  they  recently  sold  for 
$57,000,  his  share  of  which  was  about  $30,000. 
Politically  Mr.  Link  is  a  Democrat  and  advo- 
cates the  principles  of  his  party  with  firmness, 
but  has  never  participated  actively  in  politics  or 
public  affairs.  He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents 
of  eight  children,  the  eldest  of  whom  was  born  in 
Butler  County,  Kan.,  the  youngest  in  El  Paso 
County,  Colo.,  and  the  others  in  Dade  County, 
Mo.  They  are  named  as  follows:  Daps,  John, 
Ida,  William,  Leola,  Kate,  Ada  and  Grover. 
Mr.  Link  has  purchased  a  fine  home  on  the 
southeast  corner  of  Corona  and  Dale  streets, 
Colorado  Springs,  and  has  moved  to  the  city  for 
the  purpose  of  giving  his  children  better  educa- 
tional advantages.  However,  he  still  gives  his 
attention  to  his  ranch  and  stock-raising  interests. 


OEORGE  E.  NEWELL,  M.  D.,  who  is  en- 

b  gaged  in  a  general  practice  as  physician  in 
Buena  Vista,  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  rising 
young  professional  men  of  Chaffee  County.  The 
success  that  he  is  attaining  comes  not  from  luck 
nor  any  combination  of  fortuitous  circumstances, 
but  is  due  to  his  energy  and  determination  in  the 
face  of  obstacles.  His  boyhood  years  were  spent 
in  Cassville,  near  Clinton,  Oneida  County,  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  born  July  17,  1863.  He  had  such 
advantages  as  were  offered  by  West  Winfield 
Academy,  in  Herkimer  County,  N.  Y.  While 
these  advantages  were  meager,  in  comparison 
with  the  opportunities  that  come  to  many  a 
youth,  yet  he  availed  himself  of  them  to  the  ut- 
most, and  gained  an  education  that  was  broad 
and  thorough. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  accompanied  his 
mother  and  sister  to  Michigan,  where  he  cleared 
a  small  farm  in  the  timber  and  worked  early  and 
late  in  order  to  support  them.  He  remained 
there  until  he  was  twenty-three,  meantime  placing 
the  land  under  cultivation.  He  then  left  the 
property  to  them  and  started  out  for  himself. 
Returning  to  New  York,  he  earned  the  mone)' 
necessary  to  secure  a  medical  education.  He 


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wrote  for  a  number  of  leading  papers,  and  pub- 
lished Newell's  hand  book  on  cheese-making, 
for  which  he  sold  the  copyright. 

In  1891  he  entered  Baltimore  Medical  College, 
where  he  remained  until  his  graduation  in  1893. 
He  then  went  to  Port  Washington,  Wis.,  and 
opened  an  office  for  general  practice.  In  May, 

1896,  he  came  to  Buena  Vista,  and  has  since  been 
in  continuous  practice  here.     For  the  past  ten 
years  he  has  contributed  to  the  agricultural  press 
articles  concerning  dairy  improvements,  cheese- 
making,  etc.  ,  and  for  some  of  his  articles  has  re- 
ceived considerable  remuneration.     Politically  he 
affiliates  with  the  silver  Republican  party. 

In  fraternal  relations  Dr.  Newell  is  connected 
with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  has  acted 
as  medical  examiner  for.  the  local  camp.  His 
religious  belief  brings  him  into  affiliation  with 
the  Free  Baptist  Church.  As  a  citizen  he  has 
been  actively  and  intimately  connected  with  the 
best  interests  of  the  place,  coming  to  the  aid  of 
worthy  causes  with  a  public-spirited  response,  and 
his  liberal  and  active  enterprise  has  proved  of 
benefit  to  local  interests.  He  has  a  pleasant 
home  in  Buena  Vista,  presided  over  by  his  wife, 
who  was,  prior  to  their  marriage,  September  i, 

1897,  Bertha  H.  Kramer,    of  Chippewa  Falls., 
Wis. 


LEXANDER  STRUTHERS  has  been  iden- 
/  I  lifted  with  railroading,  in  some  of  its  varied 
/  I  forms,  ever  since  he  was  a  boy  of  fifteen. 
An  expert  mechanic,  he  has  for  years  filled  posi- 
tions of  responsibility  and  importance.  April  i  , 
1890,  he  came  to  Grand  Junction  to  enter  upon 
his  duties  as  master  mechanic  of  the  joint  railroad 
shops  at  this  point,  including  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande,  Colorado  Midland  and  Rio  Grande 
Western  roads.  This  position  he  still  holds. 
Meantime  he  has  become  interested  in  farm  and 
town  property  and  has  been  actively  identified 
with  the  development  of  local  resources.  One  of 
his  most  helpful  acts  was  as  the  principal  pro- 
moter of  the  High  Line  Irrigating  canal.  He 
has  engaged  successfully  in  fruit-raising  and  is 
the  owner  of  an  orchard  of  twenty  acres,  in  bear- 
ing condition. 

Andrew  and  Margaret  (Hossack)  Struthers, 
parents  of  our  subject,  were  born  in  Scotland, 
and  after  their  marriage  settled  in  Ontario,  Can- 
ada, where  he  was  employed  as  machinist  and 
railroad  engineer.  In  1867  he  became  a  pioneer 
of  Nebraska,  where  he  continued  to  reside  until 


his  death,  in  1882.  Alexander,  Jr.,  was  born  at 
McDonalds  Corners,  Ontario,  April  n,  1850.  At 
fifteen  years  of  age  he  began  an  apprenticeship  in 
the  Grant  locomotive  works  at  Paterson,  N.  J., 
where  he  remained  for  two  years.  From  there 
he  went  to  Springfield,  111.,  and  was  employed 
in  the  Wabash  shops  for  a  year,  after  which  he 
spent  five  years  in  the  Union  Pacific  shops  at 
North  Platte,  Neb.  During  his  residence  at  the 
latter  place  he  served  as  sheriff  of  Lincoln  Coun- 
ty for  two  years,  and  in  1873  he  was  elected 
treasurer  of  the  county,  which  office,  by  re-elec- 
tion, he  filled  for  six  years.  Meantime  he  had 
become  interested  in  the  cattle  business  in  Neb- 
raska, and  after  retiring  from  office  he  turned  his 
attention  to  that  industry,  in  which  he  continued 
until  his  removal  from  the  state. 

Locating  at  Salida,  Colo.,  in  1883,  Mr.  Stru- 
thers resumed  work  as  a  machinist,  and  for  a 
year  was  employed  in  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
shops  at  that  place.  In  1884  he  was  given  the 
position  of  roundhouse  foreman  at  Cimarron, 
Montrose  County,  and  after  four  years  in  that 
capacity  he  was  made  master  mechanic  of  the 
second  division  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande, 
continuing  there  until  he  came  to  Grand  Junc- 
tion. As  a  wprkman  he  is  diligent,  faithful, 
persevering  and  intelligent,  and  his  services  have 
been  appreciated  by  those  railroad  officials  under 
whom  he  has  been  employed  and  by  whom  he  is 
held  in  the  highest  respect.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
master  Mason. 

March  14,  1870,  Mr.  Struthers  married  Isa- 
bella Peters,  of  Paterson,  N.  J.,  and  during  the 
same  year  made  a  tour  of  Europe,  visiting 
relatives  in  England  and  Scotland.  In  his  fam- 
ily there  are  five  children,  namely:  Andrew,  who 
is  a  fireman  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
road; David,  an  engineer  on  the  same  road;  Isa- 
bella, wife  of  Charles  S.  Iverson,  a  merchant  of 
Grand  Junction;  Alexander,  Jr.,  a  fireman  on 
the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande;  and  Robert  J.,  the 
youngest  of  the  family,  and  still  at  home. 


QOHN  H.  DOYLE,  deceased,  was  for  years 
I  prominently  identified  with  the  mining  inter- 
G)  ests  of  Colorado,  but  afterward  engaged  in 
ranching  on  Saguache  Creek,  and  was  success- 
fully carrying  on  the  stock  business  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  was  born  near  Ross,  County 
Wexford,  Ireland,  January  31, 1850.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen  years  he  came  to  the  United  States, 
and  for  a  time  followed  the  blacksmith's  trade  in 


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Albany,  N.  Y.,  after  which  he  and  a  cousin  car- 
ried on  a"  wholesale  liquor  business  for  three 
years. 

Coming  to  Colorado  about  1870,  Mr.  Doyle 
began  prospecting  and  mining  in  Gilpin  County, 
and  in  time  success  rewarded  his  efforts,  and  he 
became  a  well-known  miner.  For  three  years  he 
was  employed  as  expert  timberman  in  the  Kansas 
mine,  after  which  he  was  promoted  to  be  fore- 
man, and  held  that  position  for  nine  years,  having 
as  many  as  two  hundred  men  under  him.  A 
thorough,  practical  and  experienced  miner,  he 
conducted  the  mine  so  successfully  that  the 
owners  always  had  a  surplus;  he  was  held  in 
highest  regard  by  his  employers,  and  also  by  the 
men  who  worked  under  his  supervision. 

Owing  to  his  wife's  health,  a  change  became 
necessary.  For  this  reason,  and  also  on  account 
of  some  undesirable  changes  in  the  management 
of  the  mine,  in  November,  1883,  he  resigned 
his  position.  In  March,  1884,  he  went  to  Ouray, 
and  became  manager  of  the  Gilpin  mine,  in 
which  he  was  interested.  He  also  had  charge  of 
the  Morning  Star.  Afterward  he  had  charge  of 
the  Elamadah  mine,  which  he  ran  until  1886. 
From  January,  1887,  until  November,  1888,  he 
had  charge  of  the  Wheel  of  Fortune.  Meantime, 
in  1885,  he  had  purchased  a  ranch  in  Saguache 
County.  In  1888  he  decided  to  remove  to  it  and 
assume  its  management.  So  he  abandoned  min- 
ing and  engaged  in  ranching.  In  this  occupa- 
tion he  was  as  successful  as  he  had  formerly  been 
in  mining.  He  conducted  his  ranch  affairs  on  a 
thorough  practical  and  business  basis.  Invest- 
ing in  stock,  he  made  this  business  the  principal 
feature  of  his  ranch.  It  was  his  ambition  to  make 
his  ranch  one  of  the  finest  on  the  creek,  and  he 
had  already  made  many  valuable  improvements 
when,  in  May,  1897,  death  terminated  his  efforts. 

In  1875  Mr.  Doyle  enlisted  in  Company  A, 
First  Colorado  Regiment,  and  was  promoted 
from  the  ranks  successively  to  be  sergeant,  second 
lieutenant,  first  lieutenant,  commissary  sergeant 
and  captain,  remaining  as  captain  for  three  years. 
Politically  he  voted  the  Democratic  ticket  in 
national  issues,  but  in  local  affairs  cast  his  ballot 
for  the  men  whom  he  considered  best  fitted  for 
office,  rather  than  adhering  to  strict  party  lines. 
In  religion  he  was  a  Roman  Catholic. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Doyle,  July  26,  1877, 
united  him  with  Kate  M.  Lyons,  daughter  of 
Andrew  and  Elizabeth  (McCormick)  Lyons.  Her 
father  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  '59  and  came  to 


Colorado  from  Virginia,  after  which  he  engaged 
in  mining  in  this  state.  Five  children  were  born 
to  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Doyle.  Of  these, 
three  are  living:  Mabel,  who  is  attending  school 
at  Greeley;  Pearl  L.  and  Helen  B.  Mrs.  Doyle 
is  a  woman  of  rare  judgment  and  exceptional 
business  ability,  and  since  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band she  has  successfully  and  efficiently  carried 
on  the  ranch.  She  has  also  taken  an  active 
interest  in  public  affairs.  For  several  terms  she 
served  as  secretary  of  the  school  board,  which 
position  she  filled  with  her  customary  energy  and 
ability. 

BENJAMIN  J.  SNYDER  came  to  Grand 
Junction  October  13,  1884,  to  take  charge 
of  the  storeroom  department  of  the  joint  rail- 
road shops,  and  for  two  years  he  was  retained  in 
that  position,  since  which  time  he  has  been  chief 
clerk  of  the  machinery  department.  His  long 
experience  in  railroading  and  his  keen  and  intelli- 
gent judgment  combine  to  make  him  a  valuable 
workman,  and  his  services  are  appreciated  by  the 
various  railroad  companies  in  whose  joint  shops 
he  is  a  trusted  clerk. 

On  the  People's  party  ticket,  in  the  fall  of  1893, 
Mr.  Snyder  was  elected  county  commissioner, 
which  position  he  filled  for  three  years.  Previous 
to  this,  in  1890,  he  had  served  a  term  in  the  city 
council.  Soon  after  coming  to  Grand  Junction 
he  became  interested  in  real  estate,  and  bought 
some  land  which  he  subdivided  into  ten-acre 
tracts,  and  these  he  sold  for  fruit  farms.  He  has 
also  owned  other  town  property.  In  Masonry  he 
is  prominent  as  a  Knight  Templar.  For  five 
years  he  served  as  prelate  of  Temple  Commandery 
No.  23,  and  December  22,  1898,  he  was  elected 
generalissimo. 

Mr.  Snyder  was  born  in  Chester  County,  Pa., 
June  27,  1854,  a  son  of  Joseph  W.  and  Elizabeth 
(Jacobs)  Snyder,  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  reared  on  the  home  farm  and  received  a  good 
common  school  education,  after  which,  for  five 
years,  he  taught  school  in  Chester  Valley ,  Chester 
County,  Pa.  Coming  west  in  1879,  he  arrived 
in  Denver  May  25,  and  there  engaged  in  con- 
struction work  on  the  Western  Union  telegraph 
line  between  Del  Norte  and  Silverton.  After 
spending  several  months  at  that  work  he  was 
for  a  year  employed  as  engineer  in  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  shops  at  Pueblo.  As  chief  clerk  of 
the  construction  department,  he  went  to  Lead- 
ville  during  its  early  days,  and  was  connected 


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with  the  construction  of  the  Red  Cliff  and  Ko- 
komo  branches,  the  line  from  Canon  City  to  West- 
cliffe,  from  Poncho  Springs  to  Maysville  and  from 
Maysville  to  Marshall  Pass,  also  from  Alamosa 
to  Wagon  Wheel  Gap.  He  was  engaged  at  this 
work  until  the  spring  of  1881,  when  he  was  made 
storekeeper  for  the  master  mechanic  of  the  Salida 
shops,  but  remained  there  only  six  months.  Go- 
ing next  into  the  office  of  the  master  mechanic, 
he  was  employed  as  clerk  until  the  spring  of  1882, 
when  he  was  sent  to  Gunnison  as  clerk  in  the 
machinery  department,  and  there  he  remained 
until  October  12,  1884.  The  following  day  he 
came  to  Grand  Junction,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided. February  15,  1888,  he  married  May  East- 
man, of  Mesa  County,  by  whom  he  has  a  son, 
Fred  F. ,  born  February  10,  1889.  While  he  was 
still  living  in  the  east,  during  the  noted  riots  in 
the  mining  regions  of  Pennsylvania  in  1877,  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Washington  troops  of  the 
Eleventh  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  which  took  a 
very  important  and  active  part  in  the  suppres- 
sion of  the  riots. 


IT  DWARD  D.  TANDY.  When  a  young  man 
Iv)  twenty  years  of  age,  Mr.  Tandy  came  to 
L  Colorado.  His  first  home  was  in  Buena 
Vista,  where  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business  and 
also  for  two  years  was  interested  in  mining.  In 
1887  he  removed  to  Aspen  and  clerked  in  a  drug 
store  in  that  town,  but  the  following  year  came 
to  Carbondale,  Garfield  County,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  In  1890,  ten  years  after  hisarrival  in 
Colorado,  he  purchased  the  drug  business  which 
he  has  since  conducted.  In  his  store  he  carries 
a  large  and  complete  assortment  of  drugs,  with 
such  other  articles  as  are  usually  to  be  found  in  a 
store  of  this  kind.  As  a  business  man  he  stands 
high  in  the  community. 

During  the  days  of  King  George  III,  the 
Tandy  family  emigrated  from  England  to- Vir- 
ginia. Our  subject's  father,  Dr.  A.  S.  Tandy, 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  removed  to  Illinois  in  1850 
and  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Eu- 
reka, Woodford  County,  where  our  subject  was 
born  October  3,  1860.  Afterward  he  practiced  in 
Kansas,  but  at  this  writing  he  resides  in  St. 
Louis.  At  one  time  he  was  actively  connected 
with  the  Odd  Fellows.  His  wife  was  Martha  E. 
Deweese,  of  Eureka,  111.,  daughter  of  David 
Deweese.  He  was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  re- 
moved to  Illinois,  becoming  a  large  land  owner 
in  that  state.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 


Eureka  College,  a  prominent  educational  insti- 
tution of  the  Christian  Church,  and  of  it  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  for  years. 
Our  subject  had  two  brothers  and  two  sisters, 
viz.:  Frank,  who  died  in  1898;  Charles,  who  was 
killed  in  St.  Louis  in  the  cyclone  of  1897;  Mary, 
wife  of  W.  H.  Sisler,  of  St.  Louis;  and  Addie, 
who  is  a  kindergartner  in  St.  Louis. 

The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject's  life  were 
spent  in  Emporia,  Kan.,  where  he  was  educated 
in  the  high  school.  For  four  years  he  was  em- 
ployed in  a  drug  store  owned  by  his  father  in 
that  city,  and  it  was  there  that  he  gained  his  fun- 
damental knowledge  of  the  business.  Afterward 
he  was  connected  with  a  drug  business  in  Hutchin- 
son,  Kan.,  for  two  years.  From  the  latter  town 
he  came  to  Colorado  in  1880.  He  keeps  posted 
concerning  the  issues  before  our  nation  to-day  and 
in  politics  affiliates  with  the  Republican  party. 
June  12,  1889,  he  married  Kate  E.  Mahoney,  of 
Ohio,  whose  father,  John  S.  Mahoney,  emigrated 
from  England  to  this  country.  The  four  chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tandy  are:  Frances,  Helen, 
Edna  and  Esther.  Fraternally  Mr.  Tandy  is 
connected  with  Mount  Sopris  Lodge  No.  75, 
I.  O.  O.  F. ,  and  also  belongs  to  the  grand  lodge 
of  Colorado.  He  is  clerk  of'Carbondale  Camp 
No.  405,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  in  which  he  is 
an  active  worker. 


p  QlLLIAM  A.  MC  ENTYRE,  who  issheriff  of 
\  A  I  Saguache  County,  and  a  resident  of  Colorado 
YY  since  1878,  on  coming  to  this  state  estab- 
lished his  home  in  Pleasant  Valley  and  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business.  In  the  fall  of  1880 
he  came  to  Saguache  County,  where  he  embarked 
in  mining  and  assisted  in  building  the  first  cabin 
in  what  is  now  Bonanza.  While  carrying  on 
mining  pursuits  he  took  up  the  ranch  which  he 
still  owns  and  here  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
stock  business  since  1888. 

The  McEntyre  family  originated  in  Scotland 
and  has  been  represented  in  America  since  1830. 
The  father  of  our  subject,  whose  name  was  the 
same  as  his  own,  settled  in  Virginia,  where  he 
owned  a  tobacco  plantation  of  twelve  hundred 
acres.  In  the  political  questions  of  the  times  he 
took  a  prominent  part,  favoring  Democratic 
principles,  but  never  sought  office  for  himself. 
For  twenty  years  he  filled  the  office  of  county 
commissioner.  In  church  matters  he  was  an 
ardent  supporter  of  the  Presbyterian  denomina- 
tion. By  his  marriage  to  Elizabeth  McCloud  he 


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had  five  children,  viz.:  Nancy,  deceased;  Vir- 
ginia; Cecelia,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Skidmore,  of  Vir- 
ginia; John  M.,  a  farmer  of  Virginia;  and  Will- 
iam A. ,  who  was  born  at  Beverly,  Va. ,  June  20, 
1849.  The  last-named  was  educated  in  subscrip- 
tion schools,  and  early  in  life  took  up  work  on 
the  home  farm,  where  he  remained  until  twenty- 
one  years  of  age.  He  then  went  to  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  and  for  eight  years  was  connected  with  the 
police  force  in  that  city.  His  ability  in  that  line 
was  very  marked  and  he  was  a  popular  officer. 
From  Pittsburg  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he 
has  since  resided. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party 
Mr.  McEntyre  has  been  one  of  its  adherents. 
He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  local  affairs,  and 
attends  the  conventions  of  his  party,  assisting  in 
their  workings  and  contributing  his  quota  to  the 
party  welfare.  For  twelve  years  he  has  been  a 
member  of  the  school  board  at  Parkville,  Colo.  In 
November,  1895,  he  was  elected  sheriff,  to  which 
office  he  was  re-elected  in  1897,  by  a  majority 
that  proved  his  popularity  as  an  official.  He  is  a 
man  of  robust  body  and  fine  physique,  and  pos- 
sesses a  mental  courage  that  might  be  expected  of 
one  with  his  stalwart  frame.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  Centennial  Lodge  No.  23, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  in  religious  belief  is  a  Methodist. 


(1  AMES  WILL,  who  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the 
I  large  ranches  of  Lincoln  County,  has  made 
G)his  home  in  Colorado  since  1872,  and  after 
spending  some  time  in  Byers,  came  to  his  present 
ranch  in  1882.  Here  he  has  since  engaged  in 
raising  cattle  and  sheep,  which  he  ships  to  east- 
ern markets  and  from  which  he  has  derived  a 
fair  income.  From  his  Scotch  forefathers  he  in- 
herits a  high  sense  of  honor,  unflinching  integ- 
rity and  great  determination  of  character,  qualities 
which  have  brought  him  the  respect  of  all  with 
whom  he  has  had  business  or  social  relations. 

In  Forfarshire,  Scotland,  Mr.  Will  was  born 
July  2,  1845.  His  father,  James  Will,  Sr. ,  who 
was  a  native  of  the  same  shire,  was  a  farmer  and 
stock-raiser,  and  also  took  a  prominent  part  in 
local  affairs,  holding,  at  various  times,  different 
offices  within  the  gift  of  his  neighbors.  For 
years  he  served  as  master  of  the  lodge  of  Masons. 
A  member  of  the  Scotch  Episcopal  Church,  he 
was  one  of  its  leading  workers  and  contributed  to 
its  support  generously.  His  death  occurred  when 
he  was  seventy-four  years  of  age.  By  his  mar- 
riage to  Jane  Richard,  who  was  born  in  Forfar- 


shire and  died  there  at  fifty  years  of  age,  he  had 
four  sons  and  six  daughters.  David,  the  eldest 
of  the  sons,  was  with  our  subject  for  some  years 
and  died  at  Hugo,  Colo.;  John  H.  died  some 
years  after  coming  to  Colorado;  Charles  died  in 
Scotland,  as  did  also  Margaret;  Jane  resides  in 
Scotland;  Isabella  died  December  26,  1898; 
Mary  V.,  who  was  married,  died  in  1897;  an& 
Betsy  died  soon  after  her  marriage. 

When  twenty-five  years  of  age  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  came  to  America  and  went  to  the 
southwest,  spending  two  years  in  New  Mexico. 
From  there  he  came  to  Colorado.  He  has  gained 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  cattle  and  sheep 
business,  in  both  of  which  lines  he  has  met  with 
encouraging  success.  In  political  belief  he  is  a 
Republican  and  has  taken  an  interest  in  public 
affairs,  but  has  always  declined  to  seek  office  for 
himself.  In  educational  matters  he  is  especially 
interested,  and  for  years  he  has  been  treasurer  of 
the  school  board.  Fraternally  connected  with 
the  Masons,  his  membership  is  still  in  St.  An- 
drews' Lodge  No.  282,  in  Scotland.  He  was 
reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Scotch  Episcopal  Church, 
to  which  he  still  belongs. 

In  January,  1893,  Mr.  Will  married  Miss  Annie 
Haefer,  daughter  of  George  Haefer,  who  was  a 
farmer  in  Iowa.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Will  are  the 
parents  of  two  children :  David  C.  and  Katie  E. 


HON.  JOHN  H.  MURFITT,  a  well-known 
contractor  and  builder  residing  in  Carbon- 
dale,  has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  work 
of  the  People's  party,  to  which  he  has  adhered 
since  the  presidential  campaign  of  1892.  In  the 
fall  of  1894  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
state  legislature,  and  his  record  as  representa- 
tive is  one  most  creditable  to  himself.  Twice 
he  has  been  elected  mayor  of  Carbondale,  and 
at  this  writing  he  holds  office  as  an  alderman. 
In  affairs  relating  to  the  welfare  of  his  town  and 
county  he  takes  a  constant  and  intelligent  in- 
terest.- 

Mr.  Murfitt  was  born  in  Clay  County,  III., 
September  20,  1858,  and  was  five  years  of  age 
when  he  was  orphaned  by  the  death  of  his  father, 
Joseph  Murfitt,  a  native  of  England,  but  a  resi- 
dent of  the  United  States  from  young  manhood . 
The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Louisa  (Lawson) 
Murfitt,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky,  but  after 
1 840  lived  in  Illinois.  She  was  a  descendant  of 
an  English  family  that  settled  in  Virginia  early 
in  the  history  of  our  country.  Her  father,  Rev. 


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William  Lawson,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1812,  and  engaged  in  the  ministerial  profession 
during  his  entire  life.  Our  subject  had  two  sis- 
ters younger  than  he,  Lucy,  who  is  a  widow  and 
lives  in  Illinois;  and  Emily,  wife  of  Rev.  James 
Mulvany,  also  of  Illinois.  When  his  mother  died 
he  was  six  years  of  age.  He  was  taken  into  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Gavin,  a  second  cousin,  with  whom 
he  remained  until  he  was  fourteen.  Afterward 
he  worked  to  earn  a  livelihood  and  assist  his  sis- 
ters. 

In  1879  Mr.  Murfittcame  to  Colorado  and  en- 
gaged in  mining  at  Leadville.  In  the  spring  of 
1883  he  went  from  there  to  Poncha  Springs, 
where  he  remained  until  1887,  the  date  of  his  ar- 
rival in  Carbondale.  He  has  built  most  of  the 
houses  in  this  town  and  vicinity  and  has  proved 
himself  to  be  a  reliable  and  efficient  workman. 
He  was  married  July  13,  1882,  his  wife  being 
Miss  Jennie  Gordon,  of  Connecticut.  Fraternally 
he  is  council  commander  of  Camp  No.  405,  Wood- 
men of  the  World,  and  is  connected  with  Car- 
bondale Lodge  No.  82,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Mount 
Sopris  Lodge  No.  75,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  this  place. 


HENRY  C.  ROGERS,  county  judge  of  Pitkin 
County,  was  born  about  seventy  miles  from 
Nashville,  Tenn.,  in  Macon  County,  March 
13,  1856,  and  descended  from  an  old  English 
family  that  settled  in  New  Jersey  on  coming  to 
the  United  States.  His  father,  Randolph,  was  a 
son  of  Mathew  Rogers,  who  was  a  native  of 
North  Carolina,  but  spent  much  of  his  life  in 
Tennessee  audthereowned  and  cultivated  a  farm. 
Randolph  grew  to  manhood  on  the  home  farm 
and  devoted  much  of  his  active  life  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  although  for  some  time  he  also  engaged 
in  building  flat  boats  and  shipping  produce  to 
different  points.  During  the  slavery  agitation 
he  favored  abolition  and  used  his  influence  for  the 
freedom  of  the  slaves.  Politically  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat. 

The  mother  of  Judge  Rogers  was  Martha  M. , 
daughter  of  Henry  Hall,  a  native  of  Tennessee 
and  a  man  of  considerable  distinction  in  his  com- 
munity, being  a  large  land  owner  and  capitalist, 
and  serving  as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  She 
was  the  mother  of  five  children,  of  whom  Silas 
B.  is  a  physician  in  Mulkeytown,  111. ;  Leann  is 
Mrs.  Vincent  Snyder,  and  resides  in  Franklin 
County,  111.,  where  her  husband  owns  a  large 
stock  farm;  Mrs.  Milton  Hamilton  is  deceased; 


and  Mrs.  Clemens  B.  Thoman  is  the  wife  of  a 
large  stock  farmer,  who  was  formerly  register  of 
the  United  States  land  office  in  Lamar,  Colo. 

When  ten  years  of  age  our  subject  accompa- 
nied his  parents  from  Tennessee  to  southern  Illi- 
nois. He  was  educated  in  Ewing  College  in 
Franklin  County.  Afterward  he  studied  in  the 
law  department  of  the  University  of  St.  Louis, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1884.  A  year  pre- 
vious he  had  been  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois. 
While  giving  some  attention  to  the  law,  he  also 
engaged  in  teaching,  and  for  twelve  years  had 
charge  of  schools  in  Illinois.  In  1884  he  came  to 
Aspen, Colo.,  and  during  the  winter  that  followed 
he  was  employed  as  principal  of  the  high  school. 
In  the  spring  of  1885  he  began  the  practice  of 
law,  to  which  and  to  his  duties  as  judge  his  sub- 
sequent time  has  been  devoted. 

In  1888  Judge  Rogers  married  Miss  Mary 
McClelland,  who  had  been  his  friend  in  child- 
hood, and  had  been  reared  in  the  same  neighbor- 
hood as  himself.  She  is  a  descendant  of  Scotch 
ancestors.  Her  father,  Samuel  McClelland,  now 
deceased,  was  one  of  the  men  who  went  to  Califor- 
nia in  1849  via  the  Isthmus  of  Darien  in  hope  of 
finding  gold;  upon  returning  to  Illinois  he  en- 
gaged in  general  farming,  making,  however,  a 
specialty  of  horticulture. 

Reared  in  the  principles  of  the  Democratic 
party,  Judge  Rogers  has  always  voted  with  his 
party  and  upheld  its  platform.  Upon  that  ticket 
in  1895  he  was  elected  judge  of  Pitkin  County. 
Two  years  later  he  was  re-elected.  He  also  has 
a  private  law  office  and  devotes  considerable  at- 
tention to  his  profession.  Interested  in  educa- 
tional matters,  and  familiar  with  the  needs  of 
schools  through  his  experience  as  a  teacher,  he 
has  been  helpful  to  the  work  of  the  schools  of 
Aspen,  and  for  three  years  served  as  president  of 
the  school  board  of  this  place.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 


(JOSEPH  B.  DOZE,  deceased,  a  pioneer  of 
I  southern  Colorado,  was  born,  of  French  par- 
Q)  ents,  in  Hamilton  County,  Ohio,  in  1831. 
When  he  was  three  years  of  age  his  parents  moved 
to  Darke  County,  the  same  state,  and  there  his 
early  years  were  spent,  his  education  being  ob- 
tained in  public  schools.  In  1848,  when  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Mahaska  County,  Iowa.  After  six  years  in  that 
county  he  moved  to  Decatur  County,  where  he 


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continued  to  reside  until  1867.  Leaving  Iowa 
during  that  year,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  set- 
tled in  what  is  now  Huerfano  County,  adjoining 
the  county  of  Pueblo.  He  embarked  in  the  stock 
business,  and  continued  to  reside  in  the  same  lo- 
cality until  1871,  when  he  settled  upon  a  ranch 
near  Rye,  Pueblo  County.  The  ranch  was  then 
totally  unimproved.  He  at  once  set  about  im- 
proving the  property,  and  built  fences,  set  out 
orchards  and  erected  a  residence  that  was  the 
finest  ranch  house  in  the  county  at  that  time.  For 
years  he  continued  active  and  successful  in  the 
stock  business  and  general  farm  pursuits.  He 
was  fond  of  hunting  and  an  unerring  marksman, 
and  many  an  antelope,  deer  and  bear  fell  beneath 
his  trusty  rifle,  by  which  means  an  abundance  of 
game  was  secured  for  the  family. 

During  the  eighteen  years  spent  in  Colorado, 
Mr.  Doze  saw  many  wonderful  transformations 
and  improvements.  When  he  crossed  the  plains 
in  a  wagon,  the  old-fashioned  "prairie  schooner" 
was  still  in  vogue,  the  railroad  having  not  yet 
spanned  the  great  west.  Pueblo  was  then  a  small 
village  and  the  county  of  that  name  was  prac- 
tically unsettled.  The  thousands  of  emigrants 
to  Colorado  in  previous  years  had  sought  the 
mining  camps  further  west  or  north,  and  there 
were  few  who  cared  to  improve  land  and  seek  a 
livelihood  by  means  of  stock-raising  and  farm- 
ing. He  had  faith  in  the  agricultural  possibilities 
of  the  territory,  and  that  his  judgment  was  not  at 
fault  the  after  years  proved.  With  many  cares 
pressing  upon  him  he  had  little  time  for  politics, 
and,  aside  from  casting  a  straight  Democratic 
vote,  took  no  part  whatever  in  public  affairs. 
Fraternally  he  was  connected  with  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows for  many  years,  and  in  religion  was  a  faith- 
ful adherent  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  At 
fifty  years  of  age,  in  1885,  his  earth  life  ended,  and 
he  entered  into  eternal  rest. 

In  1855  Mr.  Doze  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Calvin  and  Sarah  Johnson,  her  father  being  a 
successful  farmer  in  Indiana,  where  she  was 
reared  and  educated.  Six  daughters  and  three 
sons  were  born  to  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Doze.  Fenelon  Augustus  is  a  conductor  on  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad;  John  Calvin  is 
engaged  in  the  stock  business  in  Huerfano  Coun- 
ty; Alfred  Victor  is  engaged  in  mining  at  Victor; 
Lena  is  the  wife  of  Robert  Holloway,  of  El  Paso 
County;  Cordelia  married  Louis  de  Camp,  of 
Gardner,  Colo. ;  Alice  is  the  wife  of  John  Fre- 
mont Stewart,  a  railroad  man;  Lucille  married 


James  A.  Ayers,  an  electrician;  Mary  Joyce  and 
Josephine  (twins)  are  students  in  the  Pueblo 
schools.  The  family  reside  at  No.  941  Palmer 
avenue,  Pueblo,  in  the  winter,  and  spend  the  sum- 
mer months  on  the  home  ranch  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  near  Rye. 


RALPH  W.  CARY,  M.  D.,  who  is  the  pioneer 
physician  and  druggist  of  Monte  Vista,  Rio 
Grande  County,  was  born  near  Mount  Ver- 
non,  Ohio,  July  2,  1852,  a  son  of  William  L- 
and  Evaline  (Graham)  Gary,  natives  of  Knox 
and  Licking  Counties  respectively.  His  pater- 
nal grandfather,  Frederick  Gary,  was  born  in 
Connecticut  and  removed  to  Ohio,  settling  on  a 
farm.  Prior  to  his  removal  from  the  east  he 
married  Anna  Savage,  also  a  native  of  Bedford, 
Conn.,  and  soon  afterward,  about  1820,  they  be- 
came pioneer  settlers  of  Ohio,  where  for  many 
years  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  as  well  as  a 
prosperous  farmer.  The  father  is  still  living,  re- 
tired, in  Knox  County, Ohio,  and  is  now  seventy- 
six  years  of  age,  while  the  mother  is  seventy- 
two;  for  years  he  held  the  position  of  postmaster, 
but  afterward  gave  his  attention  to  farming  and 
the  stock  business.  Of  his  seven  children  five 
are  living,  namely:  Ralph  W.;  Henry,  who  lives 
on  the  old  homestead;  Samuel  F.,  who  teaches 
school  in  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio;  Evaline,  who  is 
at  the  old  homestead;  and  William  L.,  an  attor- 
ney of  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio. 

After  having  completed  a  high  school  educa- 
tion, our  subject  in  1874  began  the  study  of  medi- 
cine with  Dr.  F.  C.  Larimore,  of  Mount  Vernon, 
a  prominent  physician,  who  had  received  the  ad- 
vantages of  European  study.  Later  he  attended 
lectures  at  the  medical  schools  in  Cincinnati, 
Columbus  and  Cleveland,  graduating  in  1879 
from  the  college  in  Columbus.  Returning  to 
Mount  Vernon  he  at  once  commenced  profes- 
sional practice.  He  continued  in  the  same  city 
until  1883.  In  1880  he  was  elected  coroner  of 
Knox  County  on  the  Republican  ticket,  although 
the  county  was  strongly  Democratic. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1883,  Dr.  Cary  spent 
one  year  in  Del  Norte,  after  which  he  came  to 
Monte  Vista  in  1884.  He  was  one  of  the  incor- 
porators  of  this  village,  which  had  just  been  lo- 
cated. Soon  after  coming  here  he  established  a 
drug  business,  which  was  the  first  store  of  the 
kind  here,  and  he  was  also  the  first  physician  in 
the  town.  He  takes  no  part  in  politics  further 
than  to  exercise  his  right  of  suffrage  in  support 


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of  the  Republican  party.  Besides  his  other  in- 
terests, he  owns  real  estate  and  some  stock  in 
this  section,  and  has  a  number  of  ranches,  some 
of  which  he  leases,  while  the  remainder  he  op- 
erates person  ally.  He  erected  the  store  and  resi- 
dence which  he  occupies,  and  has  done  much  in 
the  way  of  developing  village  real  estate.  He 
acts  as  physician  for  the  town  and  county.  He 
is  serving  as  physician  for  the  Fraternal  Aid  As- 
sociation. In  the  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  he  is 
serving  as  past  noble  grand.  While  he  is  not  a 
member  of  any  denomination,  he  has  assisted 
those  in  the  county  where  he  resides,  and  has 
shown  the  greatest  sympathy  with  religious 
work.  He  was  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  when  it  was  first  organized,  and 
was  also  a  promoter  and  charter  trustee  of  the 
Baptist  Church. 

March  6,  1890,  Dr.  Cary  married  Mae  B., 
daughter  of  Benjamin  C.  and  Julia  (Sturdevant) 
Bartlett,  of  Jersey  County,  111.  The  paternal 
grandfather  of  Mrs.  Cary  was  William  Bartlett, 
and  her  grandparents  on  the  maternal  side 
were  William  and  Sallie  (Triskett)  Sturdevant. 
Three  children  were  born  to  bless  the  union  of 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Cary,  namely:  Ralph  W.,  Jr.; 
Julia  E.  and  Linna  Mae.  The  older  daughter  met 
with  a  sad  death,  being  accidentally  poisoned  by 
some  medicine  which,  in  childish  ignorance,  she 
took  from  her  father's  medicine  case.  The  family 
are  highly  esteemed  by  the  people  of  Monte 
Vista,  where  they  have  a  host  of  personal  friends 
and  well-wishers. 


EHARLES  M.  CORLETT,  as  an  attorney, 
has  gained  a  reputation  which  is  not  limited 
to  the  boundaries  of  Monte  Vista,  his  home 
town,  nor  indeed  to  Rio  Grande  County.  A  man 
of  strong  personality  and  accurate  judgment,  he 
is  conceded  to  be  one  of  the  most  progressive  cit- 
izens of  his  town,  which  owes  much  to  his  energy 
and  his  liberal  aid  in  the  promotion  of  local  im- 
provements. He  acts  as  attorney  for  a  number 
of  corporations,  among  them  the  State  Bank  of 
Monte  Vista.  In  the  organization  of  the  Farm- 
ers' Improvement  Town  Company  of  Hooper  he 
took  an  active  part,  and  has  since  been  a  stock- 
holder, director  and  the  attorney  for  the  company, 
and  assisted  in  platting  the  village  of  Hooper. 
He  is  attorney  and  manager  of  the  Monte  Vista 
Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company,  in  which  he  is 
a  stockholder  and  director.  As  attorney  and  a 
stockholder  he  is  also  identified  with  the  Rio 


Grande  and  Lariat  Ditch  Company,  and  the  Rio 
Grande  and  Piedra  Valley  Ditch  Company.  From 
the  formation  of  the  Vermillion  Mining  Company 
he  has  been  connected  with  it,  and  is  now  its 
president  and  the  principal  factor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  mines  near  Ouray,  in  San  Juan  Coun- 
ty, which  are  now  established  upon  a  paying 
basis. 

A  son  of  John  W.  and  Abigail  (Crane)  Corlett, 
our  subject  was  born  in  Humboldt,  Neb.,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1860.  His  father  was  born  in  Lon- 
don, England,  and  at  two  years  of  age  was  brought 
to  America  by  his  parents,  who  settled  in  Ontario. 
Near  Detroit,  Mich.,  he  married  Miss  Crane,  who 
was  born  and  reared  in  New  York  state.  After 
their  marriage,  in  1856,  they  drove  overland  to 
Nebraska  and  settled  upon  a  farm,  where  Mr. 
Corlett  engaged  in  stock-raising.  However,  his 
life  was  not  long  spared;  he  died  in  1861,  while 
still  in  life's  prime.  In  his  family  there  were 
seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  now  living, 
namely:  Henry,  who  is  engaged  in  the  grocery 
and  feed  business  at  Kingfisher,  Okla.;  Emma, 
wife  of  W.  O.  Quick,  of  Nebraska;  John  W.,  a 
business  man  of  Oklahoma;  and  Charles  M.  The 
last-named  was  one  of  the  first  white  children 
born  in  Nebraska.  He  grew  to  manhood  upon  a 
farm  in  that  state  and  received  a  high-school  ed- 
ucation. When  eighteen  years  of  age  he  engaged 
in  teaching  in  the  home  neighborhood,  and  this  oc- 
cupation he  followed  for  three  years.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-one  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  mer- 
cantile business  at  Burchard,  Pawnee  County, 
Neb.,  in  which  he  continued  for  two  years. 

Desiring  to  enter  the  profession  of  law  Mr.  Cor- 
lett began  to  study  in  the  office  of  Hon.  George 
M.  Humphrey,  of  Pawnee  City.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  January,  1887,  at  Lincoln, 
Neb.  Returning  to  Burchard  he  opened  an  of- 
fice, and  for  two  j*ears  carried  on  a  general  prac- 
tice. Meantime  he  became  actively  identified 
with  political  affairs.  In  1880  he  had  served  as 
census  enumerator,  and  later  he  held  other  local 
offices.  In  the  county  and  state  conventions  of 
the  Republican  party  he  worked  energetically  for 
the  men  and  measures  he  believed  would  best 
promote  the  party's  welfare.  He  was  an  ardent 
admirer  of  James  G.  Elaine,  whom  he  helped  to 
nominate  for  the  presidency. 

In  1889  Mr.  Corlett  came  to  Monte  Vista, 
where  he  has  built  up  an  important  practice  in 
all  of  the  courts.  In  1892  he  was  a  delegate  to 
the  national  convention  at  Minneapolis,  being 


MR.  A-N-I)  MRS.  RICHARD  HOULK. 


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alternate-at-large  from  Colorado.  Since  1896  he 
has  been  county  attorney,  and  also  acts  as  town 
attorney.  Besides  his  practice  before  the  lower 
courts  he  has  had  one  case  before  the  United 
States  court  of  appeals  of  St.  Paul,  and  other 
cases  in  the  higher  courts.  He  is  extensively  in- 
terested in  real  estate  and  ranch  property  in 
Conejos,  Costilla,  Saguache  and  Rio  Grande 
Counties.  In  his  home  place  there  are  forty 
acres  of  land,  with  beautifully  arranged  grounds 
surrounding  his  residence,  a  brick  structure, 
erected  in  1895.  One  of  the  noticeable  features 
of  the  place  is  a  fishpond  with  trout  and  carp. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Corlett  is  a  member  of  Monte 
Vista  Lodge  No.  73,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Bethlehem 
Chapter  No.  13,  R.  A.  M.,  Pawnee  City,  Neb.; 
and  Mount  Horeb  Commandery  No.  10,  K.  T., 
at  Tecumseh,  Neb.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Christian  Church  at  Monte  Vista,  in  which  he 
has  officiated  as  a  trustee  and  clerk.  April  5, 
1880,  he  married  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  George 
J.  and  Mary  E.  (Marshall)  Stafford,  of  Nebraska, 
where  she  was  reared,  though  born  in  Indiana. 
They  are  the  parents  of  seven  children,  namely: 
Nellie  I.,  who  is  her  father's  stenographer,  and 
is  also  a  talented  and  popular  elocutionist;  George 
M.,  Charles  H.,  Abigail,  Maude  and  Claude 
(twins),  and  Jennie. 


RICHARD  HOULE  was  an  early  settler  in 
the  Wet  Mountain  Valley,  where  he  is  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  stock-raising.  When 
he  came  here  in  1873,  the  Indians  had  not  yet  de- 
parted for  the  more  remote  west,  and  the  country 
was  open  and  wild.  He  took  up  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  in  what  is  now  Custer  County, 
and  at  once  began  to  improve  the  land.  Stock- 
raising  has  been  his  specialty.  From  John  and 
W.  R.  Shafer,  of  Middletown,  Butler  County, 
Ohio,  he  purchased  a  bunch  of  Holstein  cattle, 
which  were  the  first  ever  shipped  into  this  state. 
With  these  he  began  in  the  stock  business,  which 
he  has  since  conducted  on  an  increasing  scale. 
Later  he  added  by  purchase  to  his  original  tract 
lying  about  twelve  miles  north  of  Westcliffe, 
until  he  now  owns  a  farm  of  six  hundred  acres, 
while  with  others,  he  is  interested  in  a  ranch  of 
sixteen  hundred  acres  midway  between  his  home 
and  Westcliffe.  The  land  is  devoted  to  both 
farming  and  grazing.  All  of  his  property  is  am- 
ply provided  with  irrigation  facilities,  by  means  of 
natural  lakes  above  timber  line,  that  have  been 
converted  into  reservoirs  for  the  storage  of  water. 


He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  movement  for 
the  storing  of  water  in  this  section,  and  has  been 
more  active  than  any  other  farmer  in  this  work; 
at  this  writing  he  is  interested  in  five  reservoirs, 
at  or  above  timber  line. 

A  son  of  George  and  Eliza  (Slader)  Houle.ouf 
subject  was  born  in  Devonshire,  England,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1850.  He  was  reared  to  manhood  on 
his  father's  farm  and  received  his  education  prin- 
cipally in  the  Devon  high  school.  When  twen- 
ty-one years  of  age  he  came  to  the  United  States 
and  settled  in  Livingston  County,  111.,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  for  one  year.  In  the  spring 
of  1873  he  came  to  Colorado  and  has  since  resided 
on  his  present  ranch.  He  is  one  of  the  extensive 
cattlemen  of  the  county,  and  utilizes  the  products 
of  his  farm  mainly  for  feed  during  the  winter 
months. 

Politically  Mr.  Houle  is  a  Republican.  He  has 
steadfastly  refused  to  accept  nomination  for  any 
office,  as  his  large  interests  require  his  undivided 
attention.  The  Methodist  Church  numbers  him 
among  its  members.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
creamery  at  Westcliffe  and  those  at  Cotopaxi, 
Hillside  and  Howard.  His  first  marriage  took 
place  in  January,  1876,  and  united  him  with 
Elizabeth  Howard,  of  Devonshire,  England. 
Eight  children  were  born  of  their  marriage, 
namely:  Eliza,  Richard  S.,  George,  James  Gar- 
field,  Thomas,  Emma,  John  and  Ellen.  After 
the  death  of  his  first  wife  in  1896  he  was  a  sec- 
ond time  married,  being  united  with  Sadie  Ash- 
ton,  of  Canon  City,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Moore)  Ash  ton,  natives  of  Wales  and 
England  respectively,  and  now  residents  of 
Canon  City. 

ROBERT  J.  CHAMBERS,  a  farmer  and  stock 
dealer  residing  on  the  Blanca  River,  nine 
miles  southeast  of  Pagosa  Springs,  Archu- 
leta  County,  was  born  in  Green  County,  Wis. ,  in 
1845,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Chambers. 
At  thirteen  years  of  age  he  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Knox  County,  111.,  where  he  attended 
public  schools  and  grew  to  manhood.  In  1867 
he  went  to  Missouri,  where  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. Two-  years  later  he  removed  to  Labette 
County,  Kan.,  where  he  entered  land  and  carried 
on  stock-raising,  remaining  in  that  place  until  he 
came  to  Colorado  in  1878.  The  following  year 
he  settled  permanently  at  Pagosa  Springs,  mak- 
ing his  home  in  the  town,  while  he  conducted  a 
stock  and  dairy  ranch  in  the  country.  By  home- 


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stead  law,  in  1882  he  secured  the  land  from 
which  he  has  developed  his  present  ranch,  and 
here  he  has  about  three  hundred  head  of  cattle, 
besides  a  number  of  horses.  His  attention  is 
given  closely  to  ranching,  in  which  occupation 
he  has  been  successful. 

The  political  affiliations  of  Mr.  Chambers  were 
with  the  Democratic  party  until  1884,  when  he 
identified  himself  with  the  Populists,  and  has 
since  been  actively  identified  with  the  town  and 
county  affairs  of  that  organization.  In  1888  he 
was  elected  county  commissioner  and  served  for 
three  years,  during  which  time  he  officiated  as 
chairman  of  the  board.  Twice  since  then  he  has 
been  a  candidate  for  commissioner,  but  the  first 
time  was  defeated  by  three  votes  and  the  second 
time  by  thirty  votes.  Since  the  organization  of 
school  district  No.  5  he  has  been  president  of  its 
board  of  directors,  contributing  by  his  energy 
and  good  judgment  to  the  promotion  of  local 
educational  interests.  He  is  an  active  member 
of  the  Farmers'  Alliance  of  this  county. 

In  1868  Mr.  Chambers  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Anna  McKinney,  of  Missouri,  who 
died  in  1891,  leaving  five  children,  viz.:  Ernest; 
Effie,  wife  of  W.  O.  Brown;  Joseph;  Urban;  and 
Bessie,  wife  of  Roy  Sanderson.  The  present  wife 
of  Mr.  Chambers  was  May  Thompson,  an  esti- 
mable lady,  and  daughter  of  M.  B.  Thompson, 
of  this  county.  By  his  second  marriage  he  has 
one  son,  Carl  Bryan,  born  December  27,  1898. 


/TjHARLES  T.  LOVE,  one  of  the  most  suc- 
1 1  cessful  stockmen  of  El  Paso  County,  owns 
U  a  ranch  of  eleven  hundred  and  twenty  acres, 
situated  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  county,  thirty- 
seven  miles  southeast  of  Colorado  Springs  and 
twenty-five  miles  south  of  Calhan.  Since  settling 
here  in  1896  he  has  improved  and  fenced  the 
tract,  upon  which,  as  well  as  upon  several  sec- 
tions of  leased  land,  he  engages  in  raising  hay 
and  stock.  In  order  to  provide  water  for  the 
stock  he  has  four  wells  and  windmills.  He  makes 
a  specialty  of  raising  high-grade  Shorthorns  and 
Herefords,  of  which  he  has  a  large  herd.  Ship- 
ments of  stock  are  made  to  Kansas  City  and 
Omaha,  and  fair  prices  are  realized  from  the 
sales.  Since  1875  his  brand  has  been  the  let- 
ters LOV  on  the  left  side. 

A  resident  of  El  Paso  County  since  1873,  Mr. 
Love  is  a  native  of  Cynthiana,  Harrison  County, 
Ky . ,  and  descends  from  Scotch  and  Irish  ancestors. 
His  grandfather,  Samuel  Love,  in  early  days  re- 


moved from  Virginia  to  Kentucky,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  stock-raising.  He  died  when 
his  son,  Joel  F. ,  was  a  child  of  six  years.  The 
last-named  was  born  in  Cynthiana,  Ky. ,  and  was 
there  engaged  in  the  dry-goods  business  and  in 
stock-raising.  About  1862  he  removed  to  Illi- 
nois and  settled  in  Paris,  Edgar  County,  where 
he  carried  on  a  hardware  business  about  eleven 
years.  In  1873  he  removed  to  Colorado  and 
settled  ten  miles  south  of  Colorado  Springs,  at 
the  foot  of  Cheyenne  Mountain,  on  Rock  Creek. 
There  he  engaged  in  the  stock  business.  After 
some  years,  his  health  being  poor,  he  removed  to 
Colorado  Springs,  and  was  appointed  postmaster 
here  under  President  Cleveland's  administration. 
However,  his  health  became  so  greatly  impaired 
that  he  resigned  in  the  second  year  of  his  term. 
He  died  in  the  spring  of  1892,  when  sixty-five 
years  of  age. 

The  mother  of  our  subject,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Mary  E.  Eads,  was  born  in  Bour- 
bon County,  Ky.,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
family  whose  most  distinguished  representative 
was  the  builder  of  the  Eads  bridge.  She  is  still 
living  and  makes  her  home  with  our  subject. 
In  religious  belief  she  is  a  Methodist.  Her 
mother  was  a  Miss  McMillan,  whose  father 
was  an  aide  on  the  staff  of  General  Washing- 
ton. Our  subject  was  one  of  three  sons.  His 
brother  Harry,  who  was  his  partner,  died  in 
Colorado  Springs;  and  the  other  brother,  John, 
is  engaged  in  mining  at  Steamboat  Springs. 
Charles  T.  Love  was  born  November  18,  1857. 
One  of  his  earliest  recollections  is  of  the  battle 
of  Cynthiana,  which  was  fought  near  his  home. 
In  1862  the  family  removed  to  Paris,  111.,  where 
he  was  educated  in  the  grammar  and  high 
schools,  but  stopped  school  the  year  before 
graduating.  In  1873  he  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Colorado.  Three  years  later,  with  his 
brother,  Harry,  he  located  a  ranch  on  this  side 
of  Cripple  Creek.  He  soon  became  familiar  with 
that  entire  stretch  of  country.  Game  was  plen- 
tiful, and  he  frequently  killed  mountain  lions, 
bears,  buffaloes  and  deer,  at  places  where  are  now 
some  of  the  best  claims  of  Cripple  Creek.  He  and 
his  brother  homesteaded  and  pre-empted  land, 
and  became  owners  of  eight  hundred  acres,  which 
they  fenced  and  irrigated,  and  on  which  they  en- 
gaged in  raising  stock  and  hay. 

After  the  death  of  his  brother,  our  subject 
bought  his  interest  and  has  since  continued  alone. 
He  sold  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  leaving  six 


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hundred  and  forty  acres  in  the  Mountain  Meadow 
ranch,  which  is  best  known  as  Love's  ranch.  He 
still  owns  the  property,  but  has  leased  it  since 
1896,  when  he  removed  to  his  present  ranch  on 
the  plains.  While  in  the  mountains  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  and  served  as  its  presi- 
dent. He  assisted  in  forming  district  No.  57  and 
hauled  logs  for  the  first  school  house,  to  which 
he  contributed  liberally  of  time  and  means.  Po- 
litically he  is  a  Democrat.  In  addition  to  his 
other  interests,  he  is  a  stockholder  in  mines  in 
Cripple  Creek. 

April  15,  1884,  near  Lexington,  Mo.,  Mr.  Love 
married  Miss  Nancy  D.,  daughter  of  Louis  W.  and 
Eliza  P.  Cox.  Miss  Cox  was  born  near  Lexing- 
ton December  14,  1861,  received  her  education  at 
Woodland  College,  Independence,  Mo.,  where 
she  was  graduated  June  6,  1880.  Her  father, 
Louis  Cox,  is  a  successful  farmer  near  Lexing- 
ton, Mo.,  and  is  a  son  of  Solomon  Cox,  who  re- 
moved from  Virginia  to  Missouri  in  early  days 
and  became  a  large  land-owner  and  stockman. 

Eliza  P.  (Fletcher)  Cox,  mother  of  Mrs.  Love, 
is  a  daughter  of  James  Fletcher,  who  was  also  a 
Virginian  and  pioneer  of  Missouri.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Love  are  the  parents  of  six  children:  Mary  E., 
born  April  3,  1885;  Eda  R.,  September  18,  1887; 
Louis  J.,  January  27,  1889;  Lilian  B.,  May  16, 
1891;  Milo  R. ,  February  10,  1895;  and  Nancy  J., 
May  15,  1897. 

0E  WITT  CLINTON  TRAVIS,  justice  of  the 
peace,  is  a  well-known  stock-raiser  and 
ranchman  of  Saguache  County,  residing 
four  miles  east  of  Moffat.  He  was  born  in  West- 
chester  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1830,  and  is  a  descend- 
ant of  one  of  three  brothers  who  came  to  America 
from  England  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war, 
settling  upon  a  grant  of  land  given  them  in  West- 
chester  County  by  King  George.  During  the 
Revolution  David  Travis  held  the  command  of 
captain.  His  son  John  was  born  in  Westchester 
County,  and  followed  farming  and  cattle-raising. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Whig.  By  his  marriage  to 
Margaret  Ferris,  of  Stamford,  Conn.,  he  had  three 
children,  viz.:  DeWitt  Clinton,  named  in  honor 
of  the  famous  statesman,  whom  John  Travis  ar- 
dently admired;  David,  deceased;  and  Eliza,  who 
married  Joseph  Travis  and  resides  in  Saguache 
County.  A  son  of  this  sister,  George  C.  Travis, 
was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  J.  J.  Little  &  Co., 
who  printed  Grant's  Memoirs,  with  one  edition  of 
six  hundred  thousand  volumes. 


Early  in  life  our  subject  began  to  assist  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  homestead.  When  sixteen 
years  of  age  he  entered  the  store  of  Louis  Bell,  of 
Sing  Sing,  where  he  remained  for  five  years, 
meantime  learning  the  mercantile  business  thor- 
oughly. In  1852,  seized  with  the  gold  fever,  he 
started  for  California,  crossing  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama  over  what  is  now  the  route  of  the  Pan- 
ama canal.  After  thirty-five  days  he  reached  his 
destination.  He  was  acquainted  with  James  and 
D.  O.  Mills,  and  by  them  was  induced  to  go  to 
Columbia,  where  they  held  interests.  In  that 
section  of  country  he  began  mining  on  his  own 
account.  He  was  one  of  the  projectors  of  the 
Columbia  Stanislaus  River  Water  Company,  who 
brought  water  sixty  miles  through  the  mountain 
to  the  mines,  at  an  expense,  when  completed,  of 
$1,250,000,  although  the  estimated  cost  had  been 
$350,000.  They  had  one  continuous  flume  along 
some  cliffs,  fourteen  miles  in  length,  where  it  was 
impossible  to  build  a  ditch,  as  the  creek  was  over 
one  hundred  feet  below.  They  crossed  the  river 
with  a  flume,  one  hundred  and  ninety-two  feet 
high,  and  built  a  tunnel  through  a  mountain 
three-quarters  of  a  mile  in  length  to  take  the 
water  through.  Owing  to  litigation  concerning 
this  flume  he  lost  his  interest  in  it.  For  three 
years  he  bought  gold  dust  in  the  town  of  Colum- 
bia, after  which  he  bought  an  interest  in  silver 
mines  in  Aurora,  Nev.,  one  of  which  was  the 
noted  Real  Del  Monte.  With  his  partners  he 
put  up  a  mill  which  was  excelled  by  only  one 
mill  in  the  state  and  which  contained  all  the  mod- 
ern improvements,  running  forty  tons  of  ore  a 
day,  with  thirty  grinding  pans  and  fifteen  amal- 
gamators. Stock  in  this  mine  at  one  time  sold 
as  high  as  $500  a  share,  but  the  ore  finally  gave 
out  and  Mr.  Travis  lost  considerable  through 
depreciation  in  value. 

From  Nevada  Mr.  Travis  went  down  to  the 
Owens  River  Valley  in  southern  California  to 
secure  some  petroleum  springs  he  had  heard  of, 
and  on  the  way  he  stopped  at  Fort  Independence. 
At  Owens  Lake  he  met  two  men  coming  up,  one  of 
whom  asked  him  to  stop  at  his  place  on  an  errand. 
Here  the  man  offered  to  trade  him  some  "jerked" 
meat  for  some  of  his  bacon.  Later  he  ascertained 
that  this  "jerked"  meat  was  human  flesh,  a  part 
of  the  body  of  the  original  owner  (Rodger),  who 
had  been  killed  and  served  up  afterward  to  the 
traveling  people  by  the  then  occupant,  King,  who 
was  convicted  of  the  crime  and  hung.  Not  liking 
that  sort  of  meat  he  refused  it,  but  gave  the  man 


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some  bacon.  He  crossed  Walker  Pass  and  struck 
a  new  mining  town  called  Havillah,  where  he 
met  some  old  friends  who  were  prospering  there. 
He  bought  an  adjacent  mine  which  promised 
well.  The  first  crushing  of  ore  paid  $83  per  ton, 
but  when  in  fifty  feet  the  supply  was  exhausted, 
so  he  sold  out  for  what  he  could  get. 

From  Havillah,  in  1866,  Mr.  Travis  came  to 
Colorado.  Mr.  Bruckner,  who  patented  the  proc- 
ess for  desulphizing  ore,  wanted  him  to  intro- 
duce the  process  in  this  state.  Upon  his  arrival 
in  Central  City  the  miners  had  become  tired  of 
trying,  without  success,  so  many  processes,  but 
they  offered  to  take  hold  of  it  if  he  would  prove 
its  merits.  Not  having  the  money  himself,  he 
wrote  Mr.  Bruckner,  who  came  out  and  put  up 
the  works  in  Georgetown,  which  have  been  a 
success  ever  since. 

After  looking  at  some  mines  in  Georgetown 
Mr.  Travis  decided  there  was  no  opening  for 
him  at  that  camp,  so  he  went  on  to  Bear  River. 
He  bought  some  oxen  to  pack  supplies  and 
butcher  after  getting  there.  With  him  he  car- 
ried $900  worth  of  supplies,  but  as  the  oxen 
would  not  pack  the  goods  he  traded  them  for 
mules.  Crossing  Berthoud  Pass  into  Middle 
Park,  with  constant  rain  to  contend  with,  he 
slowly  proceeded  on  his  way.  At  Hot  Sulphur 
Springs  he  met  a  band  of  Indians  and  some 
miners,  who  reported  that  their  objective  point 
was  a  humbug,  so  they  decided  to  go  no  further. 
They  traded  their  supplies  to  the  Indians  for 
buckskins,  which  he  took  to  Denver,  but  instead 
of  getting  the  amount  he  expected,  he  was  paid 
only  $2.50.  He  opened  two  meat  markets  in 
Denver,  one  on  F  street,  the  other  on  Arapahoe, 
in  which  he  aimed  to  keep  the  best  kinds  of 
meats.  To  illustrate  the  prices  then  in  vogue 
one  circumstance  may  be  given:  a  man  coming 
west  brought  twelve  turkeys,  which  Mr.  Travis 
bought  for  $8  each.  For  the  choice  of- the  first 
two  he  was  paid  $30  by  Amos  Steck,  ex-mayor 
of  Denver,  and  for  the  balance  $12  each.  The 
man  who  paid  $30  for  the  two  turkeys  bought  a 
town  lot  for  $2.50  and  in  twenty  years'  time  sold 
it  for  $65,000.  Lots  that  Mr.  Travis  advised  Mr. 
Bruckner  to  buy  for  $300  or  $400  afterward  sold 
for  as  high  as  $60,000. 

At  the  first  fair  given  in  Denver  Mr.  Travis 
bought  for  $50  the  calf  that  took  the  first  pre- 
mium. He  butchered  it,  and,  when  dressed,  it 
weighed  four  hundred  and  eighty  pounds;  the 
most  of  it  he  sold  at  thirty  or  thirty-five  cents  a 


pound,  clearing  over  $50  on  it.  In  a  lot  of  calves 
he  brought  from  the  Arkansas  one  got  away  and 
was  not  found  for  some  time;  when  he  found  it 
and  had  it  butchered  the  meat  was  quite  dark 
and  lean,  but  by  marking  it  buffalo  calf  he  not 
only  made  some  money,  but  played  a  practical 
joke  on  the  people,  one  man  coming  for  it  three 
times,  saying  it  was  the  best  buffalo  he  ever  ate. 
He  bought  as  high  as  five  hundred  pounds  of 
trout  from  one  man.  These  were  packed  in  a 
dry-goods  box  and  frozen.  He  paid  $75  for  them 
and  received  from  sixty  cents  to  $i  a  pound  for 
the  entire  lot.  He  continued  in  business  until 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  was  built  through  to 
Cheyenne,  Wyo. ,  when  there  was  a  general  ex- 
odus from  Denver  and  his  trade  decreased  mate- 
rially. Selling  out  he  went  to  Granite,  near 
Leadville,  where  he  engaged  in  mining;  he  had 
bought  some  mines  by  examination  of  specimens 
reported  to  have  come  from  them,  but  after  he 
had  investigated  the  mines  he  found  them  worth- 
less, the  specimens  having  been  brought  from 
other  mines. 

When  the  cattle-raising  business  began  to  at- 
tract general  attention  Mr.  Travis  was  induced  to 
come  to  the  San  Luis  Valley  by  Governor  Gilpin, 
who  owned  the  grant  and  offered  him  land  at 
government  price.  In  1869  he  sent  a  man  to  the 
valley  to  locate  some  land  for  him  adjoining  the 
grant  and  build  him  a  house.  At  the  same  time 
he  wrote  Governor  Gilpin,  with  whom  he  was 
acquainted,  inquiring  his  price  for  three  thousand 
acres  on  Crestone  Creek.  The  governor  replied 
that  he  would  meet  him  a  certain  day  at  Mr. 
Wales'  place,  which  he  did,  but  finally  told  him 
he  had  offered  the  land  to  parties  in  Europe. 
Mr.  Travis  then  settled  on  the  San  Isabel,  which 
he  named  and  of  which  he  was  the  first  settler. 
He  erected  the  first  house  in  the  count}'  that  had 
a  shingle  roof.  His  nearest  neighbor  was  Ed 
•  Wales,  four  miles  distant,  and  the  nearest  post- 
office  was  Saguache,  thirty  miles  away.  Indians 
roamed  at  will  in  bands  of  three  or  four  hundred, 
up  and  down  the  valley.  All  the  surroundings 
were  those  of  primitive  days.  Adding  to  his  land 
from  time  to  time,  he  now  controls  seven  thou- 
sand acres  of  his  own  and  state  lands,  upon  which 
he  raises  as  much  as  eleven  hundred  tons  of  hay 
for  feed.  His  wheat,  oats  and  barley  received 
premiums  at  the  World's  Fair,  and  he  was  given 
a  medal  and  diploma  bearing  his  name;  at  state 
fairs  where  he  has  exhibited  he  has  invariably 
won  noticeable  recognition.  He  raised  the  first 


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peaches  grown  in  this  valley  and  received  $5  each 
for  his  first  crop,  having  had  an  offer  for  that 
amount  made  by  a  lady  who  thought  it  impossi- 
ble to  raise  peaches  here.  At  one  fair  he  took 
eleven  premiums,  and  at  another  six  premiums 
out  of  seven  exhibits.  He  has  raised  cabbages 
weighing  twenty-five  pounds,  rutabagas  weigh- 
ing twenty-eight  pounds,  beets  from  eighteen  to 
twenty  pounds,  and  potatoes  five  and  one-fourth 
pounds.  One  stool  of  oats  from  one  seed  on  his 
ranch  branched  out  into  one  hundred  and  fifty 
perfect  stems,  with  perfect  heads,  with  an  average 
of  two  hundred  and  forty  oats  on  each  stem, 
making  thirty  six  thousand  oats  from  one  seed. 

The  ranch  has  four  different  artesian  wells 
used  for  watering  stock,  besides  the  running 
water  from  creeks.  Several  of  the  fields  are  three 
miles  long  and  two  or  three  miles  wide.  It  is 
principally  used  for  stock  grazing,  and  Mr.  Travis 
has  had  as  many  as  twelve  hundred  head  of  cattle 
on  the  ranch  at  one  time.  The  grain  that  he 
raises  is  used  exclusively  for  feed  in  winter.  He 
was  one  of  the  company  that  founded  the  town  of 
Saguache,  in  which  he  built  one  of  the  first  houses. 
For  twenty-six  years  he  has  been  postmaster  at 
San  Isabel.  He  was  reared  a  Whig  and  now  in- 
clines toward  the  Republican  party,  but  in  local 
matters  votes  for  the  best  man,  irrespective  of 
party.  He  has  never  been  a  candidate  for  office, 
but  at  the  solicitation  of  his  friends  accepted  the 
position  of  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  convenience 
of  his  neighbors.  April  22,  1895,  he  was  ap- 
pointed inspector  for  Saguache  County  of  the 
state  board  of  agriculture,  which  position  he  has 
held  ever  since.  In  1877  he  married  Mary  A., 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Martha  Pratt,  of  Pontiac, 
Mich.  He  has  no  children  of  his  own,  but  has 
adopted  a  son,  Frank,  now  eleven  years  of  age. 


|~~  DWARD  FARR,  sheriff  of  Huerfano  County, 
ry  has  successfully  engaged  in  the  cattle  busi- 
I        ness  for  years,  in  fact,  ever  since  he  was  a 
boy.     It  was  in  1887  that  he  came  to  this  county 
with  a  herd  of  cattle  and  here  he  has  since  en- 
gaged in  the  stock  business,  being  the  owner  of 
a  fine  ranch  near  Walsenburg,  and  another  ranch 
near  Springer,   N.   M.     As  his  partner  in  the 
raising  of  cattle  and  horses   he  has  a  brother, 
Jefferson    B.    Farr,    the    firm    title   being    Farr 
Brothers.     For  some  years,   and  until  1897,  the 
firm  carried  on  a  meat  business  in  Walsenburg, 
this  being  an  adjunct  of  their  stock  industry. 
Born  in  southern  Texas  in  1864,  Mr.  Farr  is  a 


son  of  David  H.  and  Martha  Ann  (Hurston) 
Farr,  natives  respectively  of  Illinois  and  Indiana. 
His  father,  who  went  south  in  early  days,  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  Texas,  where  he  has  since 
carried  on  a  stock  business.  During  the  Civil 
war  he  served  as  captain  of  a  company  of  Texas 
rangers,  organized  to  suppress  the  Indians.  His 
wife  died  in  1878,  aged  fifty-four  years.  Of  their 
twelve  children,  six  are  now  living,  Edward  be- 
ing the  youngest  of  the  entire  family.  When 
a  boy  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Austin, 
Tex.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  embarked  in  the 
cattle  business,  and  with  a  cattle  train  went 
northwest  to  Montana,  where  he  spent  the  winter 
of  1 880-8 1  on  a  ranch.  In  the  spring  he  went  to 
New  Mexico,  where  he  followed  ranching  for  six 
years,  becoming  the  owner  of  a  large  bunch  of 
cattle.  From  New  Mexico  he  moved  his  cattle 
into  Huerfano  County. 

-  As  an  active  participant  in  Republican  politics, 
Mr.  Farr  has  become  well  known  throughout  his 
county.  In  1895  he  was  elected  sheriff,  and  two 
years  later  was  re-elected.  Prior  to  his  election 
to  this  office  he  served  as  deputy  sheriff,  deputy 
treasurer,  and  other  positions  of  a  similar  nature. 
For  the  work  of  sheriff  his  long  experience  of 
frontier  life  admirably  fits  him,  as  do  also  his 
coolness  in  danger  and  his  sound  business  judg- 
ment. In  fraternal  relations  he  is  connected 
with  Wajatoya  Tribe  of  Red  Men  and  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  In  1896  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Nellie  A.  Hern,  who  was 
born  in  New  Mexico,  but  at  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage was  living  in  Kansas  City.  They  are  the 
parents  of  a  daughter,  Edwina  E. 


(JOHN  J.  ABENDSCHAN,  proprietor  of  a 
I  general  mercantile  store  at  Las  Animas, 
G/  came  to  Bent  County  in  1887  an<i  opened  a 
store  at  Caddoa,  where  he  conducted  a  fair  busi- 
ness. From  there,  in  1889,  he  came  to  Las 
Animas  and  in  1893  erected  the  building  in 
which  he  has  since  carried  on  a  large  trade  in  dry 
goods,  groceries,  shoes,  hats  and  caps.  He  is  a 
native  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  and  was  born 
June  11,  1841,  to  the  union  of  Jacob  and  Rachel 
(Riuer)  Abendschan,  being  the  youngest  of  their 
seven  children.  He  and  his  sister,  Catherine, 
were  the  only  members  of  the  family  who  attained 
mature  years,  and  he  now  alone  survives. 

Since  1846  Mr.  Abendschan  has  made  his  home 
in  the  United  States.  July  22,  1861,  he  enlisted 
in  Company  B,  Thirty-ninth  Ohio  Infantry,  and 


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remained  in  the  service  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
when  he  received  an  honorable  discharge.  Besides 
numerous  skirmishes,  he  took  part  in  seventeen 
battles.  He  was  at  Corinth  and  Chattanooga 
and  accompanied  Sherman  to  the  sea.  At  Kene- 
saw  Mountain  he  was  shot  through  the  right 
shoulder,  the  bone  being  broken;  he  lay  on  the 
battlefield  all  night  and  the  following  day  was 
taken  to  a  hospital  at  Marietta,  Ga.,  and  two 
weeks  later  transferred  to  Rome,  Ga.  After  a 
time  he  was  sent  home  on  a  furlough.  This  was 
in  July,  1864;  he  had  been  previously  wounded, 
in  May  of  the  same  year,  at  Dallas,  Ga.,  where 
he  received  a  flesh  wound  in  the  right  leg.  He 
did  not  permit  this  wound  to  keep  him  long  from 
his  command,  but  returned  to  service  before  it 
had  healed. 

On  his  return  home  after  the  war  Mr.  Abend- 
schan  engaged  in  the  tannery  business.  April  8, 
1866,  he  married  Miss  Catherine  Sudder,  who 
was  born  in  Germany  and  accompanied  her 
parents  to  America,  settling  in  Washington 
County,  Ohio.  For  five  years  Mr.  Abendschan 
continued  in  the  tannery  business,  but  then  sold 
out  and  started  a  fertilizing  plant,  manufacturing 
fertilizer  from  bones.  This  business  he  carried 
on  successfully  for  seven  years.  In  1888  he 
moved  to  Stanton  County,  Kan.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  farming  on  a  claim  he  had  homesteaded. 
During  his  two  years'  residence  there  he  lost  con- 
siderable money.  Concluding  it  would  be  unwise 
to  remain  there  longer,  in  1887  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  settled  in  Bent  County,  where  he  now 
resides. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abendschan  are  the  parents  of 
six  children,  namely:  Catherine,  Mrs.  Hugo 
Schneider,  of  Las  Animas,  who  has  one  child; 
Jacob,  a  farmer  of  Bent  County,  who  is  married 
and  has  three  children;  Tillie,  who  died  at  nine- 
teen years  of  age  and  is  buried  at  Las  Animas; 
Henry,  who  lives  at  Las  Animas,  is  married  and 
has  one  child;  Anna,  at  home  with  her  parents; 
and  Victor,  who  died  in  Las  Animas  at  the  age 
of  twelve  years.  All  of  the  children  were  born 
in  Ohio  and  received  good  educations  in  common 
schools. 

Since  voting  for  President  Lincoln,  our  subject 
has  always  adhered  to  the  Republican  party  and 
its  principles.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  school 
work  and,  as  treasurer  of  the  school  board,  has 
done  all  within  his  power  to  promote  the  educa- 
tional interests  of  his  home  town.  He  was  reared 
in  the  Lutheran  faith,  but  is  now  identified  with 


the  Presbyterian  Church.  While  in  Ohio  he 
served  as  treasurer  of  his  church,  but  has  declined 
official  positions  in  the  church  here.  He  is  past 
commander  of  the  Grand  Army  Post  No.  69,  and 
has  attended  various  national  reunions,  and  in 
company  with  old  comrades  of  war  days,  has 
reviewed  the  past  and  renewed  its  associations 
over  many  a  campfire. 


0  KORGE   BERNARD,  of  Colorado  Springs, 

b  president  and  manager  of  the  Elkton  Con- 
solidated Mining  and  Milling  Company, 
and  one  of  the  successful  operators  in  the  Cripple 
Creek  district,  was  born  in  Illinois,  of  Virginian 
descent,  and,  remotely,  of  French  extraction. 
His  grandfather,  Valentine,  a  native  of  Fluvanna 
County,  Va.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812 
and  an  aide  on  the  staff  of  General  Jackson.  The 
horse  used  on  the  occasion  of  his  ride  from  home 
to  the  inaugural  ceremonies  in  Washington  was 
purchased  by  Mr.  Bernard  for  General  Jackson. 
After  the  war  was  ended  he  removed  to  Tennes- 
see, and  later  became  a  pioneer  farmer  of  Adams 
County,  111.  He  spent  his  last  days  in  Platte 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  died  about  1890,  at  nine- 
ty-six years  of  age.  In  religion  he  was  identified 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

James  M.  Bernard,  our  subject's  father,  was 
born  in  Tennessee  and  for  years  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  stock-raising  in  Adams  County,  111.  In 
1865,  removing  to  Missouri,  he  settled  in  Clay 
County,  where  he  became  a  large  stockman  and 
also  served  as  county  judge.  At  the  age  of 
seventy-seven  years,  he  is  still  living,  retired,  in 
Smithville.  His  wife,  who  is  also  living,  was 
Caroline  E.  Wagy,  a  native  of  Ohio  and  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Wagy,  of  German  descent.  Her 
father,  who  was  born  in  Ohio,  settled  upon  a 
farm  in  Adams  Co'unty,  111.,  and  there  remained 
until  his  death. 

The  family  of  James  M.  and  Caroline  E.  Ber- 
nard consisted  of  six  sons  and  one  daughter,  of 
whom  all  are  living  but  one  son.  George,  who 
was  born  August  15,  1851,  was  reared  in  Illinois 
until  fourteen  years  of  age,  when  he  removed  to 
Clay  County,  Mo.  His  education  was  such  as 
the  common  schools  afforded.  He  engaged  in 
farming  in  Clay  County  until  1886,  when  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Colorado  Springs. 
Until  1891  he  carried  on  a  grocery  business,  and 
on  selling  it,  at  the  time  of  the  Cripple  Creek 
excitement,  he  turned  his  attention  to  mining,  in 
which,  however,  he  did  not  meet  with  success 


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until  January,  1892.  He  located  the  Monarch 
claim  and  organized  the  Monarch  Mining  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  has  been  general  manager 
ever  since.  In  the  spring  of  1892  he  bought  an 
interest  in  the  Elkton  mine  and  incorporated  the 
Elkton  Mining  and  Milling  Company,  of  which 
he  has  since  been  president  and  general  mana- 
ger. He  was  interested  in  the  Walter  mine,  for 
which,  however,  there  were  rival  claimants;  their 
difficulties  were  finally  adjusted  by  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Walter  Mining  Company,  with  Mr. 
Bernard  as  general  manager,  and  through  his 
skillful  management  the  matter  of  rival  claims 
was  amicably  and  satisfactorily  adjusted.  The 
property  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  in  Cripple 
Creek  and  has  been  developed  with  great  profit 
to  the  owners.  He  is  also  a  director  and  stock- 
holder in  other  mining  properties  in  the  same 
district,  among  them  the  El  Paso  Gold  Mining 
Company,  on  Beacon  Hill,  which  owns  three 
claims. 

Besides  his  mining  interests,  Mr.  Bernard  owns 
a  ranch  of  twenty-seven  hundred  acres  near  Eas- 
tonville,  and  twenty-four  miles  from  Colorado 
Springs.  The  laud  is  fenced  and  has  an  abund- 
ance of  springs,  water  from  which  is  carried  by 
pipes  to  the  corral  and  house.  Upon  this  place 
Mr.  Bernard  raises  Polled-Augus  cattle,  having 
probably  as  fine  a  herd  of  that  grade  of  stock  as 
can  be  found  in  Colorado.  About  five  hundred 
acres  of  the  land  are  devoted  to  general  farming, 
and,  being  within  the  rain  belt,  potatoes  and  grain 
are  successfully  raised. 

Politically  Mr.  Bernard  is  a  Democrat,  and  in 
religion  belongs  to  the  Christian  Church,  of 
which  he  is  a  trustee.  He  built  and  now  oc- 
cupies a  residence  at  No.  601  North  Tejon  street. 
In  Platte  County,  Mo.,  he  married  Miss  Lucy 
F.  Karr,  who  was  born  there,  her  father,  Will- 
iam, having  removed  from  Kentucky  to  a  farm 
in  Platte  County. 

(IOSE  M.  ARCHULETA,  JR.,  the  leading 
I  business  man  of  Lumberton,  N.  M.,  and  the 
C/  owner  of  large  property  interests  in  Archuleta 
County,  Colo.,  was  born  in  Conejos  County,  this 
state,  April  26,  1858,  a  son  of  Jose  Manuel 
Archuleta,  ST.,  who  was  a  pioneer  of  this  section 
of  the  state.  In  1876  he  removed  from  Conejos 
to  what  is  now  Archuleta  County  and  took  up 
land  on  the  Navajo  River,  where  he  was  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers  and  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock-raising.  With  him  from  Conejos  he  brought 


five  hundred  head  of  sheep  and  seventeen  cows, 
which  herd  he  has  increased  until  he  now  owns 
fifteen  hundred  head  of  cattle  and  seventy  thou- 
sand head  of  sheep,  being  the  largest  stock  dealer 
in  Archuleta  County,  where  he  owns  two  thou- 
sand acres.  In  addition  he  conducts  a  general 
store  at  Lumberton,  and  owns  fifteen  hundred 
acres  in  Conejos  County,  where  he  has  six  hun- 
dred head  of  cattle.  Since  1890  he  has  had  the 
government  contract  to  furnish  beef  to  the  Apache 
Indian  reservation,  which  he  has  supplied  with 
four  hundred  head  each  year. 

In  1885,  upon  the  separation  of  Archuleta  from 
Conejos  County,  Mr.  Archuleta  was  elected  coun- 
ty judge,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  this  office 
he  filled  until  1892,  when  he  resigned  to  turn  his 
attention  wholly  to  business.  At  first  he  carried 
on  business  at  Amargo,  N.  M.,  but  moved  to 
Lumberton  in  1893.  In  1898  he  erected  a  roller 
mill,  with  a  capacity  of  fifty  barrels  of  flour  daily; 
he  has  also  built  the  only  mill  in  Archuleta 
County.  In  1896  he  was  elected  to  represent  the 
counties  of  Rio  Arriba,  Taos  and  San  Jaun  in  the 
New  Mexico  legislature,  where  he  served  for  two 
years.  In  1876  he  married  Genevieve  Gomez, 
who  died  in  1890,  leaving  a  daughter,  her  name- 
sake. In  1893  Mr.  Archuleta  married  Miss 
Eduviges  Salazar,  by  whom  he  has  two  children, 
Jose  M.  and  Eduviges. 


RROF.  JOHN  L.  BOGGS.  The  name  of  this 
LX  gentleman  has  been  long  associated  with  the 
[3  professional  and  commercial  interests  of 
Pueblo  County  and  his  life  history  forms  an 
essential  part  of  the  annals  of  this  section  of  the 
state.  Over  thirty  years  ago  he  located  on  the 
present  site  of  Beulah,  the  first  man  to  make  a 
settlement  there,  and  since  that  time  he  has  been 
a  leader  in  many  of  the  movements  which  have 
resulted  in  the  upbuilding  and  improvement  of 
the  town.  He  is  a  western  man  by  birth,  train- 
ing and  preference,  and  is  thoroughly  imbued 
with  the  true  western  spirit  of  progress. 

Mr.  Boggs  was  born  in  Galloway  County,  near 
Jefferson  City,  Mo.,  in  1823,  and  spent  his  early 
life  on  a  farm  in-  that  locality.  For  many  years 
his  father,  Lawrence,  practiced  law  in  Missouri, 
but  his  last  days  were  spent  in  Lynn  County, 
Ore.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Elizabeth  Newsom,  was  of  German  lineage.  The 
subject  of  this  review  attended  the  public  schools 
until  sixteen  years  of  age  and  then  entered 
Columbia  College,  in  Boone  County,  Mo.,  where 


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he  was  graduated  in  1839  at  the  head  of  his  class, 
which  numbered  thirty-seven  members.  He  took 
the  first  prize  as  an  orator  and  throughout  his 
entire  life  has  been  distinguished  for  his  oratorical 
ability.  On  the  completion  of  his  college  course 
he  resumed  farming,  but  later  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising and  subsequently  practiced  law  in 
Missouri  until  about  thirty-five  years  of  age. 

In  1860,  the  year  prior  to  the  territorial 
organization,  Mr.  Boggs  came  to  Colorado.  He 
represented  Douglas  County  in  the  first  legisla- 
ture and  took  an  active  part  in  formulating 
the  early  policy  of  the  territory.  Subsequently 
he  practiced  law  in  Denver  and  won  many  noted 
forensic  combats  when  pitted  against  such  cele- 
brated lawyers  as  Judge  Hallett  and  others.  In 
1864  he  participated  in  the  Indian  war,  raising 
the  Third  Colorado  Regiment  to  fight  the  red 
men,  for  which  he  receives  a  substantial  pension. 
About  that  time  he  was  connected  with  a  stage 
line  and  telegraph  office,  and  in  1868  he  made 
the  first  settlement  in  Beulah,  where  he  has  since 
made  his  home  with  the  exception  of  one  year 
spent  in  the  vicinity  of  Pueblo.  Here  he  has 
dealt  in  stock  and  also  practiced  law  to  a  greater 
or  less  extent.  He  has  a  comprehensive  knowl- 
edge of  the  science  of  jurisprudence  and  has  en- 
joyed a  fair  clientage.  He  has  considerable 
ability  as  a  phrenologist,  and  has  followed  that 
profession  to  some  extent. 

He  was  first  married  in  1841,  when  Elizabeth 
Graham  became  his  wife.  After  her  death  he 
was  again  married,  in  1860,  his  second  union 
being  with  Fannie  E.  Skinner,  who  has  also 
passed  away.  His  present  wife  was  in  maiden- 
hood Pearl  C.  Windett.  He  is  the  father  of  five 
sons:  David  W. ,  who  is  living  in  southern  Colo- 
rado; Louis  G.,  of  California;  Oliver  L. ,  who  is 
financially  interested  in  a  stage  line  in  Arizona; 
George  B.,  who  is  engaged  in  mining  in  Rio 
Grande,  Colo.;  and  John  D.,  a  physician  of  Win- 
chester, Okla.  There  are  also  seven  grandchil- 
dren and  one  great-grandchild. 

Our  subject  has  been  connected  with  the  public 
interests  of  Pueblo  County,  has  served  as  deputy 
sheriff  for  sixteen  years,  was  deputy  assessor  for 
six  years,  justice  of  the  peace  three  terms,  and 
when  in  Douglas  County  filled  the  office  of  county 
commissioner  for  two  terms.  He  has  ever  dis- 
charged his  duties  with  marked  promptness  and 
fidelity,  and  has  won  the  high  commendation  of 
all  concerned.  In  politics  he  was  first  a  Whig, 
and  on  the  dissolution  of  that  party  became  a 


Republican.  He  has  since  been  identified  with 
the  latter  organization,  but  now  belongs  to  the 
free  silver  wing.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Method- 
ist Episcopal  Church,  and  is  deeply  interested  in 
all  movements  and  measures  which  tend  to  ele- 
vate mankind.  His  services  are  in  frequent 
demand  at  the  Fourth  of  July  celebrations  in 
Beulah  Valley  and  he  is  an  effective,  earnest, 
entertaining  and  instructive  speaker.  His  life 
has  been  well  spent  and  in  all  business  transac- 
tions his  name  is  synonymous  with  honorable 
dealing.  He  enjoys  the  confidence  and  good  will 
of  his  fellow-men,  and  his  life  may  well  serve  as 
an  ensample  to  the  present,  as  well  as  future  gen- 
erations. 


BAUER.     There  is  no  citizen  of 

bMancos  who  has  been  so  intimately  con- 
nected with  its  growth  as  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  who  is  one  of  the  leading  business  men 
of  the  place  and  one  of  the  large  real- estate  own- 
ers of  Montezuma  County.  When  became  here, 
in  April,  1881,  he  brought  with  him  from  Du- 
rango  a  stock  of  goods,  which  he  placed  in  an  old 
and  roofless  blacksmith's  shop.  Soon,  however, 
he  removed  them  to  a  log  house,  12x18,  which 
he  had  erected.  The  original  stock  carried  did 
not  exceed  in  value  $1,500,  but  was  gradually 
increased.  In  1883  he  built  his  present  store 
building,  which  is  the  largest  in  the  village,  and 
he  now  carries  a  stock  worth  $30,000,  besides 
which  he  engages  in  a  general  banking  business, 
and  also  owns  interests  in  mines  on  La  Plata 
Mountain.  In  1886  he  erected  a  fine  brick  resi- 
dence, the  best  in  the  town,  in  addition  to  which 
he  owns  a  large  body  of  real  estate  in  Mancos 
and  a  ranch  of  two  hundred  and  thirty  acres, 
on  which  he  engages  in  stock-raising. 

A  son  of  Conrad  and  Elizabeth  Bauer,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Siegen,  Prussia, 
in  1848.  In  1865  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
America  and  settled  with  them  in  Homer,  LaSalle 
County,  111.,  but  after  three  years  he  left  there 
and  secured  employment  on  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad  in  Utah.  In  1869  he  went  to  Linn 
County,  Kan.,  where  he  followed  farming.  Later 
he  was  employed  in  a  sawmill  in  Montgomery 
County,  Kan.  His  next  venture  was  the  taking 
of  masonry  contracts,  in  which  he  continued  until 
he  came  to  Colorado,  in  June,  1872.  For  a  short 
time  he  followed  his  trade  in  Denver,  after  which 
he  was  employed  on  the  masonry  work  of  the 
People's  Bank  building  in  Pueblo.  In  the  fall 


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of  1872  he  went  to  Fairplay  and  engaged  in  min- 
ing in  South  Park,  at  the  head  of  the  Platte  River. 
In  the  fall  of  1872  he  went  to  Manitou  and  there 
worked  at  his  trade  until  May,  1873.  Next,  go- 
ing to  the  then  new  town  of  Del  Norte  he  worked 
at  his  trade  and  also  prospected  in  the  hills. 
From  there,  in  1877,  he  went  to  Lake  City  and 
erected  the  First  National  Bank  building  in  that 
place.  Returning  to  Del  Norte  he  remained  there 
until  the  spring  of  1880.  He  then  joined  a  party 
that  went  out  to  explore  the  north  fork  of  the 
Gunnison  River  and  its  head  waters;  this  party 
was  officially  reported  killed  by  Indians,  but  after 
seventy  days  they  returned  to  Del  Norte. 

In  Silverton,  to  which  point  Mr.  Bauer  moved 
his  family,  he  built  some  of  the  first  houses.  In 
the  fall  of  1880  he  moved  to  Durango  and  opened 
a  small  store,  but  in  April  of  the  next  year  came 
to  Mancos,  his  present  home.  During  all  the 
years  of  his  residence  in  Colorado  he  has  been  in- 
terested in  mining.  In  1875  he  made  a  trip  to 
the  Henry  Mountains,  Utah,  where  he  spent 
ninety  days  in  prospecting.  He  now  operates 
the  Sundown  gold  mine  in  La  Plata  Mountain, 
which  is  proving  productive.  He  is  also  owner 
of  a  part-interest  in  the  Comstock  mine,  La  Plata 
County,  which  was  formerly  owned  by  Captain 
Morse,  A.  L.  Root  and  Mr.  Parrott,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

Politically  Mr.  Bauer  is  a  silver  Republican. 
When  Montezuma  was  cut  off  from  La  Plata 
County,  in  1888,  Governor  Cooper  appointed 
him  a  member  of  the  board  of  commissioners. 
In  1894  ne  was  elected  mayor  of  Mancos,  which 
office  he  filled,  by  re-election,  for  three  years. 
On  the  ist  of  April,  1899,  he  was  appointed  colonel 
and  aid-de-camp  on  the  staffof  Governor  Thomas. 
In  1876  he  married  Augusta  E.  Schulz,  by  whom 
he  has  two  children:  John  F. ;  and  Paulina,  a 
student  in  the  school  of  music  connected  with  the 
University  of  Denver.  Mrs.  Bauer  was  born  in 
Germany,  a  daughter  of  Carl  Schulz,  who  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States  in  1872  and  settled  in 
Colorado,  being  a  pioneer  of  what  is  now  George- 
town, Clear  Creek  County.  Later  he  moved 
to  Del  Norte,  where  he  engaged  in  contracting 
and  building.  He  built  many  houses  through 
the  entire  San  Juan  country.  His  home  is  now 
in  Anderson  County,  Kan. 

The  life  of  Mr.  Bauer  has  been  one  of  useful- 
ness and  industry.  His  record  for  integrity  and 
honor  in  all  the  relations  of  life  has  given  him  a 
hold  upon  the  community  which  all  might  desire 

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to  share.  In  everything  connected  with  the  de- 
velopment and  prosperity  of  the  county  he  takes 
an  active  interest,  and  as  a  business  man  he  stands 
in  the  foremost  ranks  of  Montezuma  County's  cit- 
izens. All  of  his  property  in  Mancos  and  through- 
out this  region  has  been  accumulated  by  honest 
toil  and  good  management,  and  shows  that  he  is 
a  man  of  fine  business  ability. 


0OC  FRANKLIN  CLARK,  who  is  engaged 
in  the  stock  business  on  the  Upper  Saguache 
and  is  considered  one  of  the  most  extensive 
cattlemen  of  Saguache  County,  belongs  to  a 
family  that  has  long  been  identified  with  Amer- 
can  history.  His  grandfather,  Henry,  built  a 
blockhouse  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va. ,  where  the 
father,  Daniel,  was  born.  The  latter  was  for 
many  years  employed  as  a  pilot  on  the  river  from 
Wheeling  to  Louisville,  and  was  on  the  first  boat 
that  made  this  trip.  Afterward  he  was  engaged 
in  various  occupations,  carrying  on  a  farm  in 
Ohio,  etc.,  but  for  about  sixty  years  his  principal 
occupation  was  following  the  river.  Though  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  gave  but  little  atten- 
tion to  the  profession  of  law.  He  was  a  man 
who  stood  high  among  the  people,  which  fact 
is  evidenced  by  his  election  as  a  member  of  con- 
gress. 

By  the  marriage  of  Daniel  Clark  to  Mary  Hen- 
thorn,  of  Ohio,  eight  children  were  born,  of 
whom  six  are  still  living,  namely:  Hannibal  W., 
a  farmer  in  Illinois;  Angeline,  who  married 
James  C.  Walton,  and  now  resides  at  Grand  View, 
Ohio;  Amanda,  wife  of  Mathew  Atkinson,  who 
won  a  record  for  valor  in  the  Civil  war;  Nancy, 
who  married  J.  M.  Sheets,  of  Paris, '111.,  a  colonel 
in  the  war;  Mrs.  Caroline  Cowen,  whose  husband 
is  a  physician  in  Ohio;  and  Doc  Franklin,  who 
was  born  in  Ohio,  November  n,  1834. 

After  having  acquired  his  education  in  the 
college  at  Marietta,  Ohio,  our  subject  engaged  in 
farming  in  Ohio,  but  soon  removed  to  Paris,  111., 
and  later  engaged  in  building  a  plank  road  in 
Missouri,  through  the  sunken  lands;  this  road 
was  known  as  the  Point  Pleasant  and  Dunklin 
County  plank  road.  In  1872  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, and  after  four  years  in  mining  at  George- 
town, he  came  to  Saguache  County,  where  he 
embarked  in  farming,  teaming  and  stock-raising. 
In  1885  he  bought  his  present  place  of  sixteen 
hundred  acres,  to  which  he  moved.  The  land, 
which  is  especially  adapted  for  the  raising  of  hay, 
has  several  creeks  which  furnish  an  abundance  of 


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fresh  water.  When  he  bought  the  property  it 
produced  only  fifty  tons,  but  through  his  over- 
sight, in  1898,  twelve  hundred  tons  were  raised, 
all  of  which  is  used  for  feed  for  his  stock.  He  is 
one  of  the  most  extensive 'and  successful  stock- 
men in  the  county  and  at  this  writing  has 
eighteen  hundred  head  on  his  place.  His  cattle 
pasture  for  nine  miles  along  the  Saguache  and 
adjoining  creeks.  In  addition  to  the  stock  busi- 
ness he  has  assisted  in  the  development  of  the 
mining  interests  of  the  state  and  is  now  interested 
in  mining  in  the  Kirby. 

Politically  a  Democrat,  our  subject  has  fre- 
quently been  tendered  offices  by  his  party,  but 
these  he  has  always  refused.  Since  1860  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order.  November 
25,  1858,  he  married  Lavinia  Lovcy,  of  Ohio. 
They  became  the  parents  of  three  sons  and  two 
daughters,  viz. :  Zachary  T.  and  Henry,  who  are 
partners  in  the  ranching  and  stock  business  in 
this  county;  Clara,  Mrs.  Jacob  Greenwalt,  of 
Colorado  Springs;  Gertie,  who  married  in  this 
county  and  died  here;  and  George  L-,  a  stock- 
raiser  of  this  locality.  The  family  reside  in 
Saguache,  but  necessarily  much  of  our  subject's 
time  is  spent  on  his  ranch  and  in  the  oversight  of 
his  large  cattle  interests. 


(ANDREW  W.  JOHNSSON,   secretary    and 

H  general  manager  of  the  Bent  County  Melon 
Growers'  Association,  resides  on  section  5, 
township  23,  range  52  west,  near  Las  Animas. 
The  association  with  which  he  is  intimately  con- 
nected was  organized  in  the  fall  of  1897  by  H.  B. 
Carter,  George  Peck,  Joseph  Macey,  J.  D. 
Mitchell,  J.  D.  Rhodes  and  A.  W.  Johnsson,  the 
object  of  the  organization  being  to  develop  the 
melon  industry  and  to  superintend  the  marketing 
of  the  product,  as  well  as  secure  the  protection  of 
the  melon  growers.  The  membership,  which 
was  originally  fifteen,  has  increased  to  seventy- 
seven.  Of  this  association  Mr.  Johnsson  has 
been  a  director  from  the  beginning  and  secretary 
and  manager  since  1898.  During  the  latter  year 
they  shipped  about  twenty-eight  car  loads  of 
melons,  their  products  going  to  almost  every 
part  of  the  United  States.  That  the  organization 
has  been  of  material  benefit  the  result  of  the  first 
year's  shipments  will  show.  During  the  preced- 
ing year  all  shipments  were  made  by  individuals, 
by  express,  and  after  the  season  was  over  the 
person  who  raised  the  melons  and  shipped  them 
owed  the  express  company  $120  in  addition  to 


what  the  melons  had  brought.  During  the  first 
year  of  the  association,  those  who  raised  melons 
cleared  on  an  average  forty  cents  a  crate,  which 
means  that  about  $60  were  cleared  to  an  acre. 

A  son  of  Alexander  and  Louisa  (Johnson) 
Johnsson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  at 
Andover,  Henry  County,  111.,  March  7,  1859. 
He  remained  on  a  farm  in  Henry  County  until 
he  was  sixteen.  After  completing  the  public- 
school  studies  he  entered  Augustana  College  at 
Rock  Island,  and  remained  there  until  within 
four  months  of  the  time  for  graduation,  when  poor 
health  obliged  him  to  leave  school.  Afterward 
he  began  to  teach,  and  this  occupation  he  followed 
for  twelve  years,  teaching  the  English,  Swedish 
and  German  languages  and  music.  While  in 
college  he  was  leader  of  the  band,  and  afterward 
taught  band  music  as  a  specialty. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1894,  Mr.  Johnsson  de- 
cided to  settle  in  Las  Animas.  Here  he  taught 
one  term  of  school,  and  then  bought  his  present 
property,  comprising  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
two  acres.  August  4,  1897,  ^e  married  Miss 
Esther  C.  Johnson,  of  Stanton,  Iowa,  where  they 
were  married.  She  is  a  daughter  of  J.  A.  and 
Christina  (Swansen)  Johnson.  Politically  Mr. 
Johnsson  is  a  Republican,  and  cast  his  first  presi- 
dential vote  for  James  Garfield  in  1880.  He  took 
an  active  interest  in  the  campaign  of  1896,  and 
when  the  Republicans  gained  the  victory  he 
was  made  deputy  county  treasurer,  which  office 
he  filled  for  two  years.  In  the  fall  of  1897  he 
was  nominated  by  the  Republicans  of  the  county 
for  treasurer,  but  was  defeated  by  nineteen  votes. 
He  has  served  his  party  as  a  delegate  to  various 
conventions,  and  was  at  one  time  chosen  a  dele- 
gate to  the  state  convention,  but  did  not  attend. 
In  the  Lutheran  Church,  of  which  he  has  long 
been  a  member,  he  has  long  held  the  position  of 
organist  and  has  also  served  as  Sunday-school 
superintendent. 

Q  URTON  MOORE,  deceased,  was  for  many 
Y^  years  identified  with  the  early  development 
\^J  of  Pueblo  County,  and  owned  and  operated 
the  ranch  near  Rye  where  his  widow  still  resides. 
He  was  born  in  South  Carolina  in  1818,  and  was 
reared  on  a  farm  in  that  state,  while  his  studies 
were  pursued  in  its  public  schools.  When  a 
young  man  he  moved  to  Georgia  and  was  there 
married  in  1844  to  Miss  M.  E.  Blythe,  a  native 
of  North  Carolina,  and  a  daughter  of  James  and 
Martha  (Nilson)  Blythe,  of  South  Carolina.  Her 


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father  was  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church,  and 
for  many  years  was  engaged  in  preaching  in 
North  Carolina.  Mrs.  Moore  spent  her  early 
life  in  that  state  and  was  educated  in  private 
schools. 

After  their  marriage  our  subject  and  his  wife 
located  in  Georgia,  and  there  continued  to  reside 
until  1871,  which  year  witnessed  their  arrival  in 
Pueblo  County,  Colo.  Here  Mr.  Moore  secured 
a  tract  of  government  land,  and  to  its  improve- 
ment and  cultivation  he  devoted  his  energies 
until  called  from  this  life.  The  farm  contains 
one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  which  he  fenced,  and 
he  built  there  a  good  residence,  barns  and  other 
outbuildings.  Besides  this  valuable  property 
Mrs.  Moore  owns  eighty  acres  recently  pur- 
chased. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  there  were  born  six 
children,  four  sons  and  two  daughters,  namely: 
Manning,  who  lives  near  the  homestead;  Lee; 
Julius  Burton;  Samuel,  a  resident  of  Florence, 
Colo.;  Marcella,  wife  of  Joseph  Hendricks,  of 
Texas;  Missouri,  wife  D.  Wolsey;  and  John. 
There  are  also  about  twenty  grandchildren. 

Politically  Mr.  Moore  was  a  life-long  supporter 
of  the  Democracy,  and  cast  his  first  presidential 
vote  for  James  K.  Polk.  During  the  Civil  war 
he  joined  the  Confederate  army  as  a  member  of 
the  Twenty-third  Georgia  Infantry,  and  was  in 
the  service  nearly  all  through  that  struggle. 
He  was  an  active  and  influential  member  of  the 
Baptist  Church,  and  served  as  its  deacon  for  some 
time.  He  died  in  February,  1885,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-seven  years,  honored  and  respected  by  all 
who  knew  him. 


K\ORMAN  H.  CHAPMAN,  M.  D.   while  he 

Py  is  a  prominent  and  successful  physician,  this 
I  /9  profession  by  no  means  represents  the  limit 
of  Dr.  Chapman's  activities.  He  is  manager  of 
the  drug  corporation  of  The  Weiss- Chapman  Drug 
Company  at  Monte  Vista,  Rio  Grande  County, 
where  he  resides,  and  is  a  member  of  the  same 
company,  operating  branch  establishments  at  Del 
Norte  and  Creede.  He  is  president  of  the  Monte 
Vista  Gas  and  Electric  Light  Company,  in  the 
organization  of  which  he  took  a  leading  part;  and 
serves  as  president  of  the  Driving  Park  Associa- 
tion, with  which  he  has  been  identified  for  a  num- 
ber of  years. 

Born  in  Rockville,  Conn.,  October  9,  1855,  Dr. 
Chapman  is  a  son  of  Denison  and  Marietta 
(Hyde)  Chapman,  both  of  Connecticut  birth. 


His  father,  who  was  an  architect  and  builder,  re- 
moved to  Illinois  in  1858  and  settled  at  Gales- 
burg,  where  he  followed  his  chosen  occupation 
until  his  death  in  March,  1894.  Of  the  two  chil- 
dren comprising  the  family,  the  only  daughter, 
Rosa  C.,  is  the  wife  of  Warren  M.  Barker,  of 
Chicago.  The  only  son,  our  subject,  received  his 
education  in  Knox  College,  Galesburg,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1876.  He  then  entered 
Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia,  where 
he  conducted  his  studies  until  graduating  in  1879. 
Desiring  to  obtain  still  further  professional  advan- 
tages, he  entered  the  Philadelphia  Orthopedic 
Hospital  and  Infirmary  for  Nervous  Diseases, 
where  he  served  as  interne  eighteen  months, 
covering  two  terms.  Afterward  he  served  one 
term  in  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital  of  Phila- 
delphia. 

Going  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Dr.  Chapman  took 
the  chair  of  mental  and  nervous  diseases  in  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Kansas 
City,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  but  was 
obliged  then  to  resign  on  account  of  failing 
health.  In  the  latter  part  of  1882  he  came  to 
Colorado,  and  settled  at  Summitville,  where  he 
engaged  in  practice  and  at  the  same  time,  in  part- 
nership with  Louis  Weiss,  established  a  drug 
store.  While  there  he  was  appointed  postmaster 
by  President  Garfield.  Having  established  stores 
at  Del  Norte  and  Monte  Vista,  in  February,  1888, 
he  left  Summitville,  at  which  time  the  title  of  the 
firm  was  changed  from  Ford,  Chapman  &  Weiss 
to  The  Weiss-Chapman  Drug  Company,  with 
stores  at  Del  Norte,  Monte  Vista  and  Creede. 
Under  this  title  the  business  has  since  been  con- 
ducted. Besides  a  complete  supply  of  drugs,  the 
firm  carry  stationery,  books,  jewelry,  queensware, 
crockery,  paints,  oils,  wall  paper,  glass,  etc. 
They  erected  the  store  they  now  occupy  in  Monte 
Vista  and  purchased  their  store  building  in  Del 
Norte.  The  first  store  they  erected  in  Creede 
was  burned  down,  inflicting  a  loss  of  $13,000; 
afterward  a  new  building  was  erected. 

For  some  years  the  doctor  has  confined  his 
practice  to  town  and  office  work,  not  caring  to 
take  long  drives  into  the  country.  While  he  is  a 
Republican,  he  has  avoided  political  life  and  has 
not  identified  himself  with  public  affairs.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  Knight  Templar  Masons.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  International  Association  of  Rail- 
way Surgeons  and  the  American  Academy  of 
Medicine.  Besides  his  private  practice  he  acts 


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as  local  surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad  and  is  president  of  the  pension  board  of 
examining  surgeons.  In  September,  1896,  he 
married  Julia  Shreve,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Rebecca 
Shreve,  of  El  Paso,  111.,  and  they  occupy  a  com- 
fortable residence  in  Monte  Vista,  which  the  doc- 
tor bought  and  remodeled.  He  has  one  son, 
Norman  S.  Chapman. 

f~\ERRY  M.  CRITES,  patrolman  for  the  Fort 
Lr  Lyon  Canal  Company,  resides  on  section 
[9  28,  township  22,  range  53  west,  near  Fre- 
donia,  Bent  County.  About  1891  he  purchased 
eighty  acres  where  he  now  lives  and  this  property 
he  has  improved,  having  a  substantial  residence, 
good  farm  buildings  and  five  acres  planted  to 
trees.  From  time  to  time  he  has  added  to  his 
holdings  until  his  landed  possessions  now  aggre- 
gate five  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  one  body, 
the  larger  part  of  which  is  convenient  for  irriga- 
tion purposes.  He  has  made  a  specialty  of  rais- 
ing sheep,  of  which  he  handles  between  one 
thousand  and  fifteen  hundred  head. 

February  3,  1861,  our  subject  was  born  in 
Preston  County,  Va.,  a  son  of  Leonard  and  Eliz- 
abeth Crites.  The  place  of  his  birth  was  in  the 
midst  of  the  stirring  events  that  rendered  the 
early  '6os  memorable  in  our  country's  history. 
Some  troops  established  headquarters  on  the  home 
farm,  in  order  that  superintendence  could  be  ex- 
ercised over  some  trestle  work  near  by,  and  the 
soldiers  burned  fences  and  devastated  the  place  in 
general.  For  that  reason  the  father  moved  his 
family  to  Lewis  County,  the  same  state.  When 
our  subject  was  eight  years  of  age  they  moved 
to  Black  Hawk  County,  Iowa,  and  there  remained 
until  he  was  nineteen,  when  settlement  was  made 
and  a  homestead  entered,  in  Sumner  County, 
Kan.  Later  the  father  went  to  Lane  County, 
Kan.,  and  there  died  in  1887.  His  wife  died  in 
Colorado  in  1893. 

At  the  time  of  removing  to  Kansas  our  subject 
was  ready  to  begin  life's  battles  for  himself.  He 
began  to  be  interested  in  the  sheep  business,  start- 
ing on  a  small  scale,  but  increasing  gradually. 
He  came  to  Bent  County  in  the  spring  of  1888 
and  homesteaded  land  on  Adobe  Creek,  where 
he  lived  for  eight  months.  In  this  county,  in 
1888,  he  married  Mrs.  Anna  E.  (Grant)  Crites. 
The  following  year  he  became  superintendent  of 
the  Riverside  ditch.  He  also  rented  land  west  of 
Las  Animas  and  for  three  years  engaged  in  farm- 
ing there.  In  1891  he  came  to  his  present  proper- 


ty, which,  with  its  additions  of  land  and  improve- 
ments in  the  way  of  buildings,  etc.,  constitutes  a 
valuable  homestead.  Interested  in  public  affairs, 
he  has  worked  actively  in  the  ranks  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  which  he  has  represented  in  various 
conventions.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church  and  a  deacon  of  the  congregation. 
He  has  won  his  way  to  prosperity  by  honest  ef- 
fort and  unvarying  industry,  and  has  gained  a 
competence  and  a  position  of  influence  among  the 
people  of  Bent  County.  To  such  men  as  he, 
shrewd,  industrious  and  intelligent,  his  county  is 
indebted  for  the  progress  it  is  making  in  the  vari- 
ous lines  of  activity. 


(TOHN  W.  BENT,  treasurer  of  Prowers  Coun- 
I  ty  and  a  prominent  citizen  of  Lamar,  has 
Q)  been  identified  with  the  developments  of 
southeastern  Colorado  for  some  years.  He  is  one 
of  that  class  of  self-reliant  men  who  commenced 
life  without  means,  and  by  uniform  industry, 
economy  and  sobriety  secured  a  competency. 
What  he  has  accomplished  has  been  by  persistent 
toil  and  by  living  a  life  of  frugality.  Both  in  pri- 
vate affairs  and  as  a  county  official,  he  is  recog- 
nized as  an  honorable  man,  who  strives  to  do  equal 
and  exact  justice  to  all.  Among  the  local  im- 
provements in  which  he  has  been  interested  was 
the  platting  of  Bent's  addition  to  Lamar,  known 
as  Cottage  Place,  which  he  owns  and  which  was 
laid  out  January  i,  1898. 

The  parents  of  Mr.  Bent  were  J.  M.  and  Bertha 
(Barnes)  Bent,  natives  of  the  province  of  New 
Brunswick,  Canada,  who  came  to  the  states  in 
1870  and  settled  in  Girard,  Kan.  They  are  now 
conducting  the  National  hotel  in  Salina,  Kan. 
Our  subject  was  born  in  New  Brunswick  Novem- 
ber 23,  1864.  He  was  left  in  New  Brunswick 
when  his  parents  removed  to  Kansas,  and  did  not 
join  them  until  1873.  He  grew  to  manhood  in 
Girard  and  received  a  common-school  education. 
After  he  left  school  he  commenced  to  learn  the 
tinner's  trade,  which  he  followed  for  four  years. 
Afterward  he  was  assistant  bookkeeper  for  a  firm 
in  Anthony,  Kan.,  and  later  for  five  years  was 
similarly  employed  in  Kansas  City. 

Coming  to  Lamar  in  1892,  Mr.  Bent  was  em- 
ployed as  bookkeeper  for  a  land  and  irrigation 
company,  and  was  also,  for  almost  one  year,  a 
partner  with  M.  Strain  in  the  seed  and  coal  busi- 
ness. In  the  fall  of  1895,  on  the  independent  fu- 
sion ticket,  he  was  elected  county  treasurer.  His 


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service  in  this  office  has  been  most  satisfactory, 
and  his  precision  in  business  and  accuracy  in  ac- 
counts have  won  the  respect  of  all. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Bent  took  place  in  Trini- 
dad, Colo.,  December  18,  1894,  and  united  him 
with  Miss  Grace  Thompson,  of  that  city,  a  na- 
tive of  Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  daughter  of  M.  A.  and 
Lois  A.  Thompson,  formerly  residents  of  Michi- 
gan, but  later  of  Missouri.  To  the  union  of  Mr. 
add  Mrs.  Bent  was  born  a  daughter,  Dorothy.  In 
his  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Bent  is  identified  with 
Lamar  Lodge  No.  90,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and,  in 
addition  to  the  blue  lodge  he  has  taken  the  chap- 
ter degree  in  Royal  Arch.  He  is  known  for  his 
sound  and  careful  judgment  as  an  official,  and 
for  his  upright  character,  which  has  been  so  con- 
spicuous for  fairness  and  integrity,  that  not  a 
blemish  rests  upon  his  reputation. 


(JOHN  C.  COOK.  Upon  coming  to  Garfield 
I  County  in  1885,  Mr.  Cook  settled  four  miles 
(~)  from  Rifle,  and  here  he  has  since  improved  a 
ranch.  At  the  time  he  came  here  the  county  was 
new,  towns  sparsely  inhabited  and  all  the  sur- 
roundings those  of  frontier  life.  The  land  that 
he  purchased  was  wholly  unimproved — a  bare, 
unattractive  stretch  of  ground,  without  fences  or 
buildings  of  any  kind.  Through  his  industry 
and  energy  a  change  has  been  wrought  in  its  ap- 
pearance; buildings  have  been  erected,  fences 
built,  fruit  trees  planted  and  every  facility  for 
irrigation  introduced. 

Mr.  Cook  was  born  in  Dearborn  County,  Ind., 
October  29,  1838,  a  son  of  Elisha  and  Charlotte 
(Briddle)  Cook,  natives  of  New  York  and  Mary- 
land respectively.  His  mother,  who  was  born 
near  Baltimore,  was  a  member  of  an  old  family  of 
Maryland  and  was  left  fatherless  at  an  early  age. 
His  father,  who  followed  agricultural  pursuits 
during  all  his  active  life,  was  prominent  in  local 
affairs,  both  in  Indiana  and  Iowa.  He  settled  in 
the  latter  state  in  Wapello  County  in  1852,  and 
afterward  resided  there  until  his  death.  During 
the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  Fifteenth 
Iowa  Infantry,  but  after  nine  months  of  service 
he  was  injured  and  on  account  of  disability  was 
honorably  discharged.  He  voted  with  the  Whigs 
until  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party,  to 
whose  principles  he  afterward  adhered.  In  re- 
ligion he  was  a  Baptist.  Of  his  family  of  four 
sons  and  four  daughters,  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters are  now  living.  Andrew  Nelson  Cook  is 
living  retired  in  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa;  Elizabeth 


is  the  wife  of  Harvey  Herd,  of  Eddysville,  Iowa; 
and  Mrs.  Nancy  J.  Lander  is  a  widow,  living  in 
Englewood,  111.  These,  and  our  subject,  com- 
prise the  survivors  of  the  family,  whose  other 
members  died  young. 

The  early  childhood  of  our  subject  was  passed 
in  Indiana.  In  1852  he  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Iowa,  where  he  assisted  in  the  cultivation  of  a 
tract  of  farm  land.  He  remained  on  the  same 
farm,  assisting  to  care  for  his  father  and  mother, 
until  he  was  twenty-seven  years  of  age,  after 
which  he  moved  to  another  farm  in  Iowa.  On 
coming  to  Colorado  in  1874  he  settled  about 
twenty-one  miles  from  Colorado  Springs,  on  the 
divide  at  the  head  of  Squirrel  Creek,  in  El  Paso 
County,  and  there  for  eleven  years  he  carried  on 
general  farm  pursuits.  On  disposing  of  that 
place  in  1885  he  came  to  Garfield  County,  where 
he  has  since  become  a  prosperous  ranchman. 
During  his  residence  in  Iowa,  in  1865,  he  married 
Josephine  Calviu,  daughter  of  John  C.  Calvin, 
who  had  been  a  merchant  in  Illinois.  The  chil- 
dren born  of  their  union  are:  Thomas  Elmer,  who 
is  a  stockman  in  Garfield  County;  Francis  M., 
now  engaged  in  mining  at  Kokomo,  this  state; 
Harry,  Grace,  Ray  and  Roy,  at  home. 

During  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Cook  was  a  stanch 
supporter  of  the  Union.  In  December,  1862,  he 
enlisted  in  the  Fifteenth  Iowa  Infantry,  in  which 
he  served  for  two  years  and  three  months.  Among 
the  battles  in  which  he  took  part  were  those  of 
Shiloh  and  Corinth.  He  is  a  pronounced  believer 
in  Republican  principles,  and  in  1898  was  nomi- 
nated and  duly  elected  by  his  party  for  county 
commissioner.  For  years  he  has  been  identified 
with  the  school  board,  in  which  body  he  has  ren- 
dered efficient  service.  Interested  in  irrigation, 
he  was  long  the  treasurer  of  a  ditch  company 
here.  As  a  citizen  he  stands  high  in  his  com- 
munity. He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  he  has  for 
years  held  an  official  position. 


HOWARD  H.  DAWSON,  M.   D.,   came  to 
Rico  in   November,    1892,    and    formed  a 
partnership  with  Dr.  F.  A.  McNeill,  which 
still  continues.     Devoting  his  time  to  the  study 
and  practice  of  his  chosen  profession,  he  has  met 
with  success  and  has  built  up  a  practice  that 
extends  through  this  section  of  country.     From 
1894  to  1896  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  town 
board,  to   which  office  he  was   elected  on   the 
Populist  ticket.     Since  1894  ne  has  been  county 


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physician  of  Dolores  County  and  for  two  years  he 
served  as  health  commissioner  of  Rico.  Active 
in  local  affairs  he  has  contributed  to  the  advance- 
ment of  enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  the  town.  He 
has  taken  part  in  the  political  life  of  the  town  and 
county  and  for  several  years  was  a  member  of  the 
county  central  committee. 

Dr.  Dawson  was  born  in  Frankfort,  Ky.,  in 
1867,  a  son  of  James  A.  and  Margaret  (Conley) 
Dawson,  natives  respectively  of  Kentucky  and 
Ohio.  His  father,  a  man  of  great  ability  and 
prominence,  and  an  attorney  by  profession,  be- 
came one  of  the  leading  men  of  his  native  state. 
Not  only  .was  he  successful  at  law,  but  in  the 
realm  of  journalism  he  also  held  high  rank.  For 
some  time  he  was  proprietor  and  editor  of  the 
Evening  Ledger  at  Louisville,  Ky.  At  the  close 
of  the  Civil  war  he  was  chosen  adjutant-general 
of  Kentucky,  which  office  he  filled  for  three  years, 
and  he  also  served  as  register  of  the  land  office  at 
Frankfort.  At  one  time  he  was  a  candidate  for 
lieutenant-governor  of  the  state  of  Kentucky. 
His  sympathies  during  the  war  were  on  the 
Union  side  and  he  devoted  considerable  time  to 
his  work  as  a  recruiting  officer;  he  held  the  rank 
of  colonel  in  the  army. 

Leaving  his  old  Kentucky  home  in  1879,  Gen- 
eral Dawson  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in 
Denver,  where  he  became  associated  with  F.  J. 
Mott  in  a  law  partnership.  The  remainder  of  his 
life  was  spent  there.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
edited  and  published  the  Colorado  Law  Record. 
He  made  and  annotated  a  code  of  Colorado  laws, 
which  was  adopted  by  the  Colorado  Bar  Associa- 
tion. When  the  superior  court  of  the  city  of 
Denver  was  created,  Governor  Adams,  during 
his  first  term  as  chief  executive  of  the  state, 
appointed  General  Dawson  a  judge  of  this  court. 
During  the  first  term  of  President  Cleveland  he 
was  appointed  surveyor-general  for  the  state  of 
Colorado.  As  an  old  Jeffersonian  Democrat  he 
took  a  warm  interest  in  politics,  and  his  party 
had  no  friend  firmer  than  he;  his  influence  was 
cast  in  its  behalf,  and  its  successes  were  his  own. 
After  an  honorable  and  useful  career,  he  passed 
away  in  Denver,  in  1886,  when  fifty-seven  years 
of  age.  His  wife  and  daughters  still  make  Den- 
ver their  home.  His  older  son  is  deceased,  while 
the  daughters  are:  Anna  W.,  and  Elizabeth  L., 
who  is  the  widow  of  Arthur  Green. 

Reared  in  Kentucky  until  twelve  years  of  age, 
our  subject  then  accompanied  his  parents  to  Colo- 
rado, where  his  education  was  continued  in  the 


Denver  schools.  When  a  youth  he  spent  two 
years  in  the  mercantile  business,  after  which,  in 
1887,  he  entered  the  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Denver,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1890.  The  next  year  was  spent  as  resident 
physician  in  the  Union  Pacific  hospital.  In  1891 
he  opened  an  office  in  Ridgway,  where  he  re- 
mained for  eighteen  months,  and  then  removed 
to  Rico.  His  first  wife,  who  was  Allie  Holbrook, 
died  in  1893,  the  year  of  their  marriage,  and  in 
1897  he  was  united  with  Miss  Isabel  Church,  of 
Rico.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  and,  fraternally,  belongs  to  Silver 
Crescent  Lodge  No.  40,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which  he 
is  past  grand;  Rico  Lodge  No.  40,  A.  O.  U.  W., 
in  which  he  is  past  master  workman;  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  in  the  local  camp  of 
which  he  is  past  counsel. 


I  EONARD  H.  CLARK,  M.  D.,  who  is  en- 
It  gaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Mancos, 
U  Montezuma  County,  was  born  in  Orford, 
Grafton  County,  N.  H.,  in  1862,  a  son  of  D.  C. 
and  Sarah  (Richardson)  Clark,  and  a  grandson 
of  Paul  Richardson,  a  merchant  of  Hartland,  Vt. 
On  the  paternal  side  he  descends  from  John 
Alden,  who  came  to  this  country  in  the  "May- 
flower," and  afterward  won  the  hand  of  the  sweet 
Puritian  maiden,  Priscilla.  D.  C.  Clark  is  one 
of  the  leading  men  of  Grafton  County,  where  he 
and  his  wife  still  occupy  their  old  homestead. 
They  have  three  children,  Leonard  H.,  Mary  A. 
and  George  C. 

In  public  schools  and  Orford  Academy  our  sub- 
ject acquired  a  fair  education.  In  1881  he  went 
to  Boston,  Mass.,  where  for  three  years  he  was 
employed  as  clerk  in  a  retail  grocery  business. 
Later  he  was  connected  with  a  wholesale  grocery 
house  in  New  York.  On  account  of  poor  health 
he  was  forced  to  make  a  change.  In  1888  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  secured  employment  as  a 
grocery  clerk  in  Manitou.  In  the  fall  of  1889  he 
began  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  University 
of  Colorado  at  Boulder.  The  studies  of  his  sec- 
ond year  he  took  in  the  University  of  Denver. 
April  7,  1891,  he  was  licensed  to  practice  medi- 
cine by  the  state  board  of  medical  examiners. 

Opening  an  office  at  Lawson,  Clear  Creek 
County,  Dr.  Clark  remained  there  until  the  fall 
of  1893,  when  he  took  the  lectures  of  the  last 
year  at  the  University  of  Colorado,  graduating 
May  31,  1894,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  During 
the  winter  of  the  same  year  he  took  three  post- 


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graduate  courses,  one  in  surgery  under  Dr.  Park- 
hill,  one  in  obstetrics  under  Dr.  Taylor,  and  one 
in  physical  diagnosis  under  H.  B.  Whitney.  In 
the  spring  of  1894  he  settled  in  Brighton,  Colo., 
and  from  there,  May  15,  1895,  went  to  Denver 
as  house  surgeon  at  the  Arapahoe  County  hos- 
pital. In  the  fall  of  1895  he  began  to  practice  at 
Silverton,  but  in  October,  1897,  he  came  to  Man- 
cos  on  account  of  desiring  a  lower  altitude.  Here 
he  has  since  carried  on  professional  work.  When 
not  actively  engaged  in  attending  patients  or  car- 
rying on  other  details  of  professional  work,  he 
studies  the  latest  developments  of  medical  sci- 
ence, and  in  this  way  he  keeps  abreast  with  every 
modern  development.  By  careful  study  of  the 
most  successful  remedial  agencies,  he  is  well 
fitted  to  carrry  out,  in  his  own  practice,  the  best 
thoughts  of  our  greatest  physicians.  The  suc- 
cess he  has  already  attained  speaks  well  for  fu- 
ture prospects. 

In  Toltec  Lodge  No.  73,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Dr.  Clark 
is  noble  grand.  He  is  a  member  of  Camp  No. 
288,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  is  also  connected 
with  the  Home  Forum.  In  common  with  most 
of  the  citizens  of  this  locality  he  owns  mining 
stock.  As  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  he 
is  actively  connected  with  the  work  of  the  Method- 
ist Episcopal  Church  South.  His  marriage,  in 
1892,  united  him  with  Lefa  D.  Farnham,  who 
was  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Idaho 
Springs.  They  have  one  child,  Leonard  H.,  Jr. 


r~DWIN  L.  DAVIS.  From  the  early  days 
ri)  of  the  settlement  of  Telluride,  the  life  of  Mr. 
I  Davis  has  been  intimately  identified  with 
the  history  of  this  mining  camp.  He  has  wit- 
nessed its  growth  from  its  start  to  its  present  size 
and  importance.  The  town,  with  a  population 
of  twenty-five  hundred,  is  situated  in  a  small  val- 
ley near  the  head  of  the  east  branch  of  the  San 
Miguel  River.  Besides  many  substantial  houses 
of  brick  and  stone,  it  has  the  modern  improve- 
ments, including  water  works  and  electric  light. 
It  is  the  supplying  and  distributing  point  for  a 
gold  and  silver  area  embracing  more  than  two 
hundred  square  miles  of  territory,  from  which  du- 
ring the  past  sixteen  years  more  than  $15,000,000 
in  the  precious  metals  have  been  taken  out. 

With  the  mining  and  real-estate  interests  of 
Telluride,  Mr.  Davis  is  connected.  Having  pros- 
pected in  almost  all  of  the  mineral  districts  of 
Colorado,  he  gives  his  preference  to  this  district, 
and  has  the  greatest  faith  in  its  possibilities,  as 


judged  from  its  past  history.  He  is  a  public- 
spirited  citizen  and  has  been  connected  with 
almost  all  of  the  movements  tending  to  benfit  the 
town.  Having  spent  so  many  years  here,  he  nat- 
urally feels  for  the  town  an  affection  which  a 
stranger  could  not  appreciate.  Here  centers  for 
him  all  that  makes  life  desirable.  Here  he  has 
.labored  energetically  and  wisely  in  the  past,  and 
here  he  hopes  to  spend  his  future  years. 

In  1878  Mr.  Davis  came  to  San  Miguel  County 
before  Telluride  was  known.  While  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  at  Rico  in  1879  he  also 
became  interested  in  mining  and  milling  at  Tel- 
luride. In  1 88 1  he  was  one  of  the  active  factors 
in  the  starting  of  the  town.  With  his  brother, 
T.  A.,  in  1883,  he  organized  the  old  San  Miguel 
Valley  State  Bank,  of  which  his  brother  was  pres- 
ident. In  1 886  the  bank  of  Davis,  Matthews  & 
Webbs  was  started  with  our  subject  as  president, 
the  bank  being  located  at  Rico.  Both  banks  were 
sold  some  years  later,  the  Telluride  bank  about 
1889.  He  also  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
at  Telluride,  but  now  gives  his  attention  princi- 
pally to  mining,  and  the  warehouse  transfer  and 
real-estate  business.  He  is  a  stockholder  and  di- 
rector of  the  First  National  Bank  of  this  city.  In 
1892  he  platted  an  addition  to  the  town  known  as 
West  Telluride,  and  owned  by  himself,  in  partner- 
ship with  T.  B.  Townsend.  He  is  also  one  of  the 
owners  of  the  Davis  and  McCormick  block. 
Through  the  organization  of  a  number  of  mining 
companies  and  the  purchase  and  sale  of  several 
claims,  he  has  kept  closely  connected  with  mining 
interests.  In  1894  he  was  connected  with  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Telluride  board  of  trade,  of  which 
he  was  vice-president  and  a  director  for  some 
time,  and  while  acting  in  that  capacity  they  is- 
sued five  thousand  copies  of  a  book  that  set  forth 
the  advantages  of  this  locality;  in  fact,  no  citizen 
of  Telluride  has  done  more  than  he  to  draw  peo- 
ple from  other  states  to  San  Miguel  County,  which 
offers  not  only  mining  advantages,  but  also  in  its 
agricultural  district,  known  as  the  "Shenan- 
doah  of  Colorado,"  offers  remarkable  opportuni- 
ties for  the  horticulturist  and  farmer. 

In  West  Milton,  Miami  County,  Ohio,  Mr. 
Davis  was  born  in  1843,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Eve 
Davis,  natives  of  Ohio.  His  father,  who  was  a 
physician,  practiced  for  years  in  West  Milton,  but 
in  later  life  was  engaged  in  merchandising  in  Ko- 
komo,  Ind.,  and  finally  came  west,  visiting  Cali- 
fornia, Utah  and  Colorado,  and  spending  his  last 
days  with  his  sons  in  Telluride,  where  he  died  at 


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eighty  years.  His  wife  died  in  Indiana.  They 
were  the  parents  of  four  sons,  namely:  O.  M.,  of 
Los  Angeles;  T.  A.,  deceased;  E.  L.  and  O.  N., 
of  Telluride. 

In  1859  our  subject  came  to  Colorado  and  en- 
gaged in  mining  and  milling  at  Black  Hawk, where 
he  remained  until  1861.  During  the  winter  of 
1861-62  he  was  employed  at  milling  at  the  head 
waters  of  the  Platte  River.  In  company  with 
another  man,  in  1859,  he  had  built  a  mill  on  North 
Clear  Creek,  between  Black  Hawk  and  the  mouth 
of  Chase  Gulch;  his  brother,  T.  A.,  also  became 
interested  in  the  enterprise.  Going  to  Chicago 
in  1860,  he  purchased  a  twelve-stamp  mill,  which 
he  brought  to  Black  Hawk  by  ox-team  over  the 
plains,  landing  at  the  mill  site  July  3,  1860. 
The  mill  was  erected  and  put  in  operation,  but 
ran  for  a  short  time  only,  long  enough,  however, 
to  involve  its  owners  in  a  debt  of  $2,000.  Later 
he  mined  at  Black  Hawk  for  eighteen  months.  Af- 
terward he  successfully  operated  the  old  Freeland 
mine.  Returning  to  Ohio  in  the  fall  of  1862,  he 
engaged  in  merchandising  at  Tippecanoe,  where 
he  remained  for  four  years.  During  that  time  he 
spent  four  months  in  the  army,  as  a  member  of 
the  one  hundred  day  troops,  and  a  private  in  in- 
fantry that  was  quartered  at  Arlington,  opposite 
Washington.  In  1867  he  went  to  Greenville, 
Ohio,  and  purchased  a  distillery,  which  he  opera-: 
ted  for  two  years,  and  in  1 869  visited  his  parents 
in  Kokomo,  Ind.  Deciding  to  remain  there,  he 
and  his  father  and  brother  formed  a  partnership 
in  the  dry-goods  business,  under  the  name  of 
Davis  &  Company.  From  there,  in  1878,  he 
came  to  San  Miguel  County,  Colo.  His  history 
has  since  been  inseparably  connected  with  the  de- 
velopment of  Telluride.  He  has  been  active  in 
political  affairs  and  has  been  a  firm  friend  of  the 
Republican  party.  During  his  residence  in  Ohio 
he  was  made  a  Mason,  but  does  not  keep  up  his 
membership  in  that  fraternity.  In  1890  he  mar- 
ried Anna  Cain,  of  Kokomo,  Ind.,  by  whom  he 
has  two  sons,  Henry  E.  and  Donald. 


fi)  EORGE  RUSH  FISHER  is  one  of  the  suc- 

bcessful  and  progressive  ranchmen  and  hor- 
ticulturists of  Pueblo  County,  and  may  be 
termed  one  of  the  pioneer  citizens  and  representa- 
tive men  of  this  section.  He  has  made  his  special 
field  of  industry  a  success,  and  is  highly  esteemed 
and  respected  by  those  who  know  him  best.  He 
is  engaged  in  general  farming,  and  its  usual  con- 
comitant, stock-raising,  on  the  St.  Charles  River. 


Mr.  Fisher  was  born  in  Wythe  County,  Va., 
January  29,  1839,  but  when  seven  years  old  re- 
moved with  the  family  to  North  Carolina,  where 
his  father  became  known  as  an  efficient  black- 
smith. In  that  state  he  was  reared  and  educated. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  he  joined 
the  Confederate  army  as  a  member  of  Company 
A,  Twenty-sixth  North  Carolina  Infantry,  under 
Col.  Z.  B.  Vance,  and  participated  in  the  battle  at 
Newbern,  which  city  was  captured  by  General 
Burnside.  At  Gettysburg  his  regiment,  which 
went  into  battle  with  nine  hundred  and  eighty- 
four  men,  lost  in  killed  and  captured  all  but  sixty- 
four.  He  was  taken  prisoner  and  confined  at 
Point  Lookout,  in  Maryland,  and  three  months  af- 
ter ward  was  taken  to  Fort  Delaware,  being  released 
in  1865,  just  before  the  surrender  of  General  Lee. 
He  participated  in  eight  battles  and  skirmishes 
during  his  term  of  service. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Fisher  settled  in 
Smith  County,  Va.,  where  he  made  his  home 
until  his  removal  to  Kansas  in  1869.  He  followed 
farming  in  the  latter  state  until  1873,  and  then 
came  to  Colorado,  locating  near  Rye,  on  Green- 
horn Creek,  and  in  1887  removing  to  his  present 
ranch  of  two  hundred  and  twenty  acres  on  the  St. 
Charles  River,  twelve  miles  from  Pueblo.  Here 
he  has  large  range  facilities.  He  has  made  all  of 
he  improvements  upon  the  place,  including  resi- 
dence, barns  and  fences,  and  now  has  one  of  the 
finest  orchards  in  the  county.  He  deals  in  stock 
and  runs  a  dairy,  his  butter  bringing  the  highest 
prices  in  the  market.  He  is  also  interested  in  the 
Little  Maude,  a  silver  and  gold  mining  property 
near  Silverton,  in  San  Juan  County.  In  1866  our 
subject  married  Miss  Cynthia  Cox,  of  North  Car- 
olina, and  to  them  were  born  two  sons  and  three 
daughters,  namely:  Frank  E.,  who  married  Miss 
Emma  Cullings;  George  W.;  Flora  A.,  wife  of 
Harry  Short;  Effie  J.  and  Bessie  M.,  at  home. 
Mrs.  Fisher  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church 
South.  Her  parents,  Samuel  and  Polly  (Long) 
Cox,  were  early  residents  of  Ash  County,  N.  C., 
and  spent  their  last  days  in  that  county. 

On  attaining  his  majority  Mr.  Fisher  became 
identified  with  the  Democratic  party,  but  for  some 
years  he  has  affiliated  with  the  Populists.  He 
was  the  candidate  of  his  party  for  county  com- 
missioner and  was  beaten  only  by  a  few  votes, 
and  at  another  time  was  nominated  for  the  legis- 
lature but  refused  to  accept.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  is  quite  prominent, 
being  held  in  high  regard  by  all  who  have  the 


JOSEPH  NEWITT. 


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pleasure  of  his  acquaintance.  For  some  time  he 
has  served  as  postmaster  of  the  Fisher  postoffice, 
which  is  located  at  his  home. 


(lOSEPH  NEWITT,  clerk  of  the  district  court 

I  of  Chaffee  County,  and  chairman  of  the 
(2/  Democratic  county  central  committee,  was 
born  in  Oxford,  England,  January  30,  1847.  His 
boyhood  days  were  spent  in  his  native  shire,  and 
after  completing  his  literary  education  he  studied 
medicine  for  some  months.  However,  not  de- 
siring to  enter  the  profession,  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  other  pursuits.  When  about  twenty-two 
years  of  age  he  went  to  London  and  secured  em- 
ployment with  a  wholesale  manufacturing  chem- 
ist. From  there,  in  March,  1875,  he  crossed  the 
ocean  to  America. 

Coming  to  Colorado,  Mr.  Newitt  located  at 
what  was  known  then  as  Chubb' s  ranch  in  Chaf- 
fee County.  This  place  had  been  settled  by  his 
cousin,  Robert  Bass  Newitt  (known  as  Chubbs), 
about  1864,  and  became  a  well-known  freighting 
headquarters,  while  the  owner  was  a  very  promi- 
nent figure  in  this  locality  in  early  days.  The 
name  of  the  station  has  since  been  changed  to 
Newitt,  in  honor  of  our  subject.  There,  in  1875, 
he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business,  and  dur- 
ing the  years  that  followed  he  made  considerable 
money.  At  the  Trout  Creek  mining  camp  in 
this  neighborhood  he  purchased  a  number  of 
claims.  One  of  these,  the  Dolomite  mine,  he  has 
recently  leased  and  bonded  for  $50,000. 

After  having  been  a  partner  of  his  cousin  for 
five  years,  in  1880  Mr.  Newitt  purchased  his  in- 
terest in  the  ranch,  and  from  that  time  engaged 
in  cattle  ranching  and  mining  until  1892,  when 
he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  district  court  and 
removed  to  Buena  Vista.  However,  he  contin- 
ued to  operate  the  mine  until  1898,  when  he 
leased  it.  At  the  time  of  the  building  of  the  Mid- 
land Railroad  through  Chubb's  ranch  in  1887, 
the  name  was  changed  to  Newitt,  and  as  such  it 
has  since  been  known.  The  property  is  valuable, 
and  forms  an  important  part  of  the  owner's  pos- 
sessions, while  the  mine,  which  is  situated  four- 
teen miles  northeast  of  Buena  Vista,  is  also  prov- 
ing a  profitable  investment. 

By  his  marriage  in  1873  in  London,  England, 
to  Miss  Annie  Lament,  a  native  of  Scotland,  Mr. 
Newitt  has  three  sons  and  a  daughter.  The  eld- 
est of  the  children,  Frank,  is  an  assayer,  and 
was  connected  in  that  capacity  with  the  cele- 
brated Johnie  mine  in  Leadville.  Annie  Sophia 


is  a  graduate  of  the  Loretto  Heights  convent  of 
Denver.  Joseph  James  is  a  clerk  in  the  drug 
store  in  Buena  Vista.  Harry  is  at  home. 

As  a  friend  of  the  silver  cause  and  a  stanch 
Democrat,  Mr.  Newitt  has  for  years  been  an  act- 
ive factor  in  local  politics.  In  1888  and  1889  he 
served  as  assessor  of  Chafiee  County.  His  serv- 
ice as  clerk  of  the  court,  which  position  he  has 
held  under  Judge  Bailey  since  1892,  has  in  every 
respect  been  satisfactory  and  reflected  great  credit 
upon  his  energy  and  ability.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
charter  member  of  Buena  Vista  Lodge  No.  88, 
K.  P. ,  and  is  past  grand  of  Buena  Vista  Lodge 
No.  42,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  a  member  of  the  judi- 
ciary committee  of  the  grand  lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


RS.  BALL.  The  Meeker  hotel,  of  which 
Mr.  Ball  is  the  popular  proprietor,  is  one  of 
the  finest  establishments  of  its  kind,  not  only 
in  Rio  Blanco  County,  but  in  the  northwestern 
part  of  Colorado.  The  building  was  erected  by 
him  in  1896  and  is  a  substantial  two-story  brick 
structure,  containing  on  the  first  floor  a  large  ro- 
tunda, office,  baggage  room  and  toilet  rooms,  also 
dining  room  and  kitchen;  while  on  the  second 
floor,  on  each  side  of  a  long  hall,  are  the  sleep- 
ing apartments,  every  one  of  which  is  light 
and  sunny,  and  supplied  with  hot  and  cold  water. 
The  hotel  is  one  which  would  do  credit  to  a  town 
much  larger  than  Meeker. 

The  Ball  family  was  represented  among  the 
early  settlers  of  South  Carolina.  In  that  state 
were  born  the  parents  of  our  subject,  Dr.  Reuben 
G.  and  Mahala  (Tolland)  Ball,  the  former  of 
whom  was  in  early  life  a  dentist,  but  afterward  a 
farmer  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1887. 
His  wife  passed  away  in  1872.  They  had  only  two 
children,  of  whom  Hugh  T.  is  a  dentist  in  South 
Carolina.  Our  subject  was  born  in  Laurens, 
that  state,  August  12,  1867,  and  spent  his  early 
life  in  the  same  section,  receiving  common-school 
advantages.  For  two  years  he  was  employed  as 
clerk  in  a  dry-goods  store  in  that  state.  In  1890 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Meeker,  where 
he  has  since  carried  on  a  hotel  business,  first  hav- 
ing his  hotel  in  two  old  adobe  buildings,  but  after- 
ward building  the  substantial  structure  he  now 
owns. 

The  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  Valentine 
Lodge  No.  47,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  number  Mr.  Ball 
among  their  members.  He  is  so  engrossed  in 
business  affairs  that  he  has  never  taken  an  active 


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part  in  politics,  but  is  a  stanch  Democrat  in  prin- 
ciple and  votes  for  candidates  of  that  party.  In 
1894  he  married  Miss  Namie  M.  Owings,  who 
was  born  near  his  old  home  in  South  Carolina. 
They  have  two  children,  Wright  Owings  and 
Ethel  Mahala. 


p  QlLLARD  N.  BURGESS,  who  came  to  Colo- 
\  A  I  rado  in  the  spring  of  1880,  embarked  in 
YY  the  grocery  business  in  January,  1892,  at 
No.  in  North  Tejon  street,  directly  across  the 
street  from  his  present  location.  His  removal  to 
his  present  quarters  was  with  a  view  to  securing 
additional  space,  having  here  two  floors,  with 
25x150  feet  in  space.  There  is  no  finer  stock 
of  groceries  kept  in  the  city  than  that  which  he 
has  in  his  store,  and  the  energy  with  which  he 
has  conducted  his  business  and  the  good  judg- 
ment evinced  in  its  management  have  brought 
him  deserved  success. 

The  Burgess  family  was  represented  among  the 
early  English  settlers  of  Massachusetts.  Pierce 
Burgess,  who  was  born  in  Sandwich,  Mass.,  and 
died  there  at  sixty  years  of  age,  had  a  son, 
Charles  H.,  a  native  of  the  same  place  and  a 
merchant  by  occupation.  The  latter,  in  1880, 
came  to  Colorado  Springs,  but  after  a  time  re- 
turned to  his  native  town,  and  there  lives  in  re- 
tirement from  business  cares.  In  religion  he  is 
identified  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
He  married  Anne  S.  Nye,  who  was  born  in  Sand- 
wich and  there  died  in  September,  1897.  Her 
father,  Capt.  Daniel  B.  Nye,  was  a  sea  captain 
and  descendant  of  English  ancestry.  Of  the 
six  children  born  to  Charles  H.  and  Anne  S. 
Burgess  four  are  living.  The  youngest  of  these, 
our  subject,  was  born  in  Sandwich  on  the  last 
day  of  the  year  1857,  and  received  his  education 
in  the  local  public  schools  and  academy.  From 
an  early  age  he  has  been  familiar  with  the  mer- 
cantile business,  and  his  present  undertaking  is 
along  the  line  of  his  early  training.  His  object 
in  coming  to  Colorado  was  to  regain  his  health, 
in  this  health-giving  climate,  but  when  that  ob- 
ject was  attained,  he  had  become  so  pleased  with 
the  place  he  determined  to  remain  here  perma- 
nently. 

In  this  city  Mr.  Burgess  married  Miss  Mary 
L.  Martin,  who  was  born  in  New  York  state,  but 
has  spent  much  of  her  life  in  this  city,  the  home 
of  her  father,  F.  L.  Martin.  The  two  children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burgess  are  Louise  Martin  and 
Leroy  Thornton.  In  religion  the  family  are  iden- 


tified with  the  First  Congregational  Church,  of 
which  Mr.  Burgess  is  a  deacon.  In  the  Retail 
Grocers'  Association  of  Colorado  Springs  he 
holds  office  as  treasurer,  and  is  also  one  of  its  di- 
rectors. He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. While  his  attention  is  given  largely  to 
his  business  and  its  management,  yet  he  finds 
time  to  take  an  intelligent  interest  in  public  af- 
fairs and  by  his  progressive  and  public  spirit  has 
assisted  in  the  promotion  of  important  local 
projects. 

|~~RANK  J.  HOLMES,  proprietor  of  a  grocery 
r^  and  provision  store  at  Lamar,  Prowers 
I  County,  was  born  in  Drammen,  Norway, 
December  24,  1859,  being  a  son  of  Andrew  J.  and 
Olivia  (Evingson)  Holmes.  He  was  reared  in 
his  native  town,  where  his  father  was  an  archi- 
tect. At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  graduated  from 
the  local  high  school,  and  shortly  afterward 
sought  a  home  in  America.  After  a  voyage  of 
eight  days  he  landed  in  New  York,  and  there 
secured  employment  in  the  office  of  Austin, 
Baldwin  &  Co.,  remaining  in  that  position  almost 
two  years.  Having  studied  the  English  lan- 
guage in  his  native  land,  he  found  it  much  less 
difficult  to  make  his  own  way  in  this  country 
than  do  most  foreigners. 

Going  to  Chicago  in  1879,  Mr.  Holmes  worked 
for  a  short  time  in  that  city.  Afterward  he 
clerked  in  a  store  at  Faribault,  Minn.,  where  he 
remained  about  two  years.  With  the  intention 
of  taking  up  a  homestead  he  went  to  Ford 
County,  Kan.,  and  entered  land,  but  the  task  of 
placing  it  under  cultivation  was  uncongenial  to 
him,  and,  deciding  that  farming  was  not  his  forte, 
he  permitted  the  land  to  go  back  to  the  govern- 
ment. He  then  worked  as  a  section  laborer  at 
Dodge  City,  Kan.,  and  after  a  time  was  made 
foreman  of  a  section  gang,  in  which  capacity  he 
remained  for  several  years.  It  was  as  foreman  of 
section  hands  that  he  came  to  Lamar  on  the  start- 
ing of  this  town  in  1886,  and  from  that  time  until 
1898  he  remained  foreman,  but  has  recently 
turned  his  attention  to  business  pursuits. 

In  this  city,  March  25,  1888,  Mr.  Holmes  mar- 
ried Miss  Kittie  A.  Myers,  who  was  born  in 
Fort  Scott,  Kan.,  but  had  resided  in  Lamar  for 
some  time  prior  to  her  marriage.  They  have 
three  children,  Ray  M.,  Carston  F.  and  Olivia. 
Politically  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Holmes  was  twice 
elected  on  that  ticket  as  mayor  of  Lamar  and  for 
two  years  also  served  as  member  of  the  city 


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council.  He  was  reared  in  the  Lutheran  faith, 
but  is  now  identified  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  a 
charter  member  of  Lamar  Lodge  No.  90,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  of  which  he  has  twice  served  as  Wor- 
shipful Master.  He  has  also  taken  the  Royal 
Arch  degree.  A  member  of  the  Knights  of  Mac- 
cabees, he  was  the  first  commander  of  Lamar 
Tent  No.  18  and  has  always  been  one  of  its  most 
active  workers. 


(TOSE  VICTOR  GARCIA,  a  pioneer  of  Conej  os 
I  County,  was  born  in  1832  in  New  Mexico, 
G)  forty  miles  north  of  Santa  Fe,  and  was  of 
Spanish  descent.  He  spent  his  early  life  upon  a 
farm  and  at  twenty-eight  years  began  to  trade 
with  the  Apache,  Navajo  and  Ute  Indians,  which 
business  he  followed  for  seven  years.  In  1855 
he  settled  in  Conejos  County,  Colo.,  and  in  1859, 
was  elected  to  the  territorial  legislature,  which 
met  at  Santa  Fe,  N.  M. ,  and  continued  its  session 
through  1860.  He  served  two  terms  in  the  New 
Mexico  legislature  prior  to  coming  to  Colorado; 
also  two  terms  as  councilman  in  the  territory  be- 
fore it  was  admitted  into  the  Union,  and  three 
terms  in  the  territorial  legislature. 

On  retiring  from  the  legislature  Mr.  Garcia 
began  ranching  on  the  Conejos  River,  where  he 
now  lives.  He  took  a  squatter's  claim  to  a  sec- 
tion of  government  land  and  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock-raising,  which  occupation  he  has  since 
followed  on  the  same  place.  He  was  the  first 
man  who  applied  to  the  national  government 
(through  the  influence  of  George  M.  Chilcott, 
member  of  congress)  to  have  the  San  Luis  Valley 
surveyed,  which  was  done  in  1861.  During  the 
latter  year,  when  Governor  Gilpin  was  the  chief 
executive,  Mr.  Garcia  was  again  a  member  of  the 
territorial  legislature  of  Colorado,  and  he  applied 
to  the  governor  to  establish  the  line  between 
New  Mexico  and  Colorado.  He  was  opposed  to 
the  land  grants  and,  while  he  had  many  cases  in 
the  New  Mexico  courts,  he  won  in  every  instance, 
turning  several  thousand  acres  of  land  over  to 
the  government.  In  1866  he  was  appointed  col- 
lector for  Colorado  by  Governor  Boone.  In  1871 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Colorado  council.  The 
next  year  he  was  commissioned  by  Governor 
McCook  as  brigadier-general  of  the  Colorado 
National  Guard,  second  division.  In  the  year  1874 
Governor  Elbert  appointed  him  a  member  of  the 
board  of  managers  of  the  Centennial  Exposition 
at  Philadelphia..  He  served  for  five  terms  as  a 


member  of  the  Colorado  territorial  legislature. 
In  local  affairs  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace 
in  1 857,  county  commissioner  in  1884  and  general 
road  master  in  1896.  Always  stanch  in  his 
allegiance  to  the  Republican  party,  he  has  long 
been  one  of  its  leaders  among  the  Mexican  resi- 
dents of  Colorado.  He  is  a  Roman  Catholic  in 
religious  belief  and  in  1895  was  chosen  a  mem- 
ber of  the  San  Miguel  Union  Catholic  conference. 
His  ranch  comprises  nine  hundred  and  forty 
acres,  six  hundred  and  forty  of  which  comprise 
all  of  section  10,  lying  on  the  Conejos  River 
and  forming  one  of  the  valuable  ranches  of  the 
county  of  Conejos.  During  the  early  days  of  his 
residence  in  Colorado  the  Indians  were  very 
troublesome.  In  1858  the  Utes  destroyed  his 
crops  and  killed  five  of  his  cows,  while  three 
years  afterward  the  Arapahoes  killed  thirteen  of 
his  cows;  and  at  other  times  they  destroyed  other 
stock  and  valuable  property. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Garcia  took  place  in 
1854  and  united  him  with  Maria  Candelaria 
Jaques,  who  died  in  1862,  leaving  three  children, 
Jose  A.,  Celestino  and  Placida.  For  his  second 
wife  he  chose  Trinidad  Silba,  by  whom  he  had 
eight  children:  Sevia,  Juan  C.,  Lafayette,  Adolfo, 
Fidela  (Mrs.  Derrera),  Dolores,  Ignacio  and 
Gala  Sancio. 

(TOSE  AMARANTE  GARCIA,  sheriff  of 
I  Conejos  County,  was  born  in  this  county  in 
G/  1858,  and  is  a  son  of  Jose  Victor  and  Can- 
delaria (Jaques)  Garcia.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  in  Pueblo  during  1869  and  1870,  making 
his  home  with  George  M.  Chilcott.  He  then  at- 
tended public  school  in  Denver  in  1871,  where 
he  was  known  by  his  schoolmates  as  Joseph. 
At  the  age  of  fifteen,  in  1871,  he  was  elected  by 
the  house  of  representatives  as  interpreter  for 
that  body,  and  in  1877  was  elected  by  the  senate 
to  fill  the  same  position  for  that  body.  At  the 
age  of  seventeen,  returning  to  Conejos,  he  began 
ranching  with  his  father,  but  in  1881  bought 
property  of  his  own.  He  now  has  nine  hundred 
acres  on  the  Conejos  River,  where  he  is  engaged 
in  the  stock  business,  raising  both  sheep  and 
cattle. 

On  the  Republican  ticket,  in  1881,  Mr.  Garcia 
was  elected  to  represent  Conejos  and  Costilla 
Counties  in  the  legislature.  After  one  term  he 
retired  from  office.  In  1887  he  was  chosen 
sheriff  of  the  county  and  has  since  filled  the  posi- 
tion, having  gained  a  reputation  as  one  of  the 


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best  sheriffs  the  county  has  ever  had.  Being  of 
a  daring,  courageous  and  resolute  temperament, 
he  is  qualified  to  discharge  his  official  duties  with 
fidelity  and  success. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Garcia  is  a  member  of  Antonito 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  the  year  1881  he  mar- 
ried Sophia  Espinosa,  who  died  in  June,  1898. 
They  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  namely 
Candelaria,  Alejandro,  Nea,  Reginaldo,  Rufinata 
and  Placida. 


(TAMES  R.  DURNELL,  superintendent  of  the 
I  public  schools  of  La  Plata  County,  was  born 
O  in  Christian  County,  111.,  in  1863,  a  son  of 
John  and  Mary  A.  (Beeson)  Durnell.  His  fa- 
ther, a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  a  descendant  of 
English  Quaker  ancestry,  removed  to  Illinois  in 
early  life  and  has  since  resided  in  that  state,  his 
present  home  being  in  Palmer,  Christian  Coun- 
ty. By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Beeson,  who  was 
born  in  Indiana,  a  descendant  of  Daniel  Boone, 
he  had  eleven  children,  six  of  whom  are  now 
living,  viz.:  A.  N.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  lum- 
ber business  at  Bloomfield,  Mo. ;  Matilda,  wife  of 
J.  H.  Adams,  of  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho;  W.  J.,  a 
merchant  at  Fairfield,  111.;  Mary  EM  who  mar- 
ried William  Teasley,  a  teacher  at  Palmer,  111.; 
M.  Luvina,  wife  of  D.  O.  Hatfield,  of  Ignacio, 
Colo. ;  and  James  R. 

Upon  completing  the  studies  of  the  common 
schools,  our  subject  entered  the  Illinois  Wesleyan 
University  at  Bloomington,  where  he  completed 
his  education.  Fora  number  of  years  he  taught 
school  in  Illinois,  from  which  state  he  came  to 
Colorado  in  1887,  settling  in  La  Plata  County. 
For  three  years  he  was  principal  of  the  graded 
school  at  Animas.  In  1891  he  became  associated 
with  the  Durango  Daily  Herald  as  city  editor. 
July  i,  1892,  he  accepted  the  business  manage- 
ment of  the  new  daily,  The  Great  Southwest,  and 
he  is  still  interested  in  journalism,  contributing 
to  local  papers  as  well  as  others. 

Until  the  campaign  of  1896  Mr.  Durnell  re- 
mained with  the  Republican  party,  but  when  it 
declared  for  a  single  gold  standard  he  could  no 
longer  consistently  remain  among  its  members, 
and  he  has  since  adhered  to  the  silver  wing  of  the 
party.  In  1893  he  was  elected  superintendent  of 
the  county  schools,  and  in  1895  and  1897  was 
again  elected  to  the  office,  which  he  now  fills. 
Having  given  so  much  of  his  life  to  educational 
work,  he  is  well  qualified  for  his  position,  which 
he  fills  with  efficiency.  In  countless  ways  his  in- 


fluence is  felt  among  the  teachers  and  pupils  in 
the  county,  and  indeed  it  would  be  strange  if  it 
were  not  so.  Imbued  with  a  love  for  educational 
work,  and  thinking  it  one  of  the  noblest  in  which 
men  and  women  can  engage,  he  enters  with  en- 
thusiasm into  everything  that  tends  to  raise  the 
standard  of  education  in  his  county.  In  other 
•.parts  of  the  state,  as  well  as  in  his  home  neigh- 
borhood, he  is  known  as  a  successful  teacher  and 
superintendent  of  schools.  At  one  time  he  was 
nominated  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  regents 
of  the  Colorado  State  University  at  Boulder,  but 
he  declined  the  nomination,  on  account  of  being  a 
Teller  adherent.  During  the  campaign  of  1896 
he  was  visiting  in  Illinois,  and  attended  both  the 
St.  Louis  and  Chicago  conventions.  His  en- 
thusiasm in  behalf  of  the  silver  cause  led  him  to 
make  several  speeches  for  it  and  also  to  engage 
in  campaign  work. 

In  the  year  1891  Mr.  Durnell  married  Annie  E. 
McBride,  of  Illinois.  They  have  four  children, 
John  Maurice,  James  Rowland,  Jr.,  Charles 
Herschel  and  Margaret  Elizabeth.  Fraternally 
Mr.  Duruell  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America,  his  membership  being  in  an 
Illinois  camp.  He  is  also  connected  with  the 
Ancient  Order  of  the  Pyramids  and  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  the  owner 
of  real  estate  in  Durango,  among  whose  citizens 
he  occupies  a  high  position. 


GJAMUEL  ANDERSON.  Since  coming  to 
?\  Colorado  in  1893,  Mr.  Anderson  has  made 
\~/  his  home  on  section  35,  township  22,  range 
52  west,  near  Las  Animas,  Bent  County.  Sur- 
rounding his  residence  are  ten  acres,  bearing 
first-class  farm  improvements,  and  in  addition  he 
has  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  upon  which  he 
raises  the  various  cereals.  In  local  matters  he 
takes  an  active  part,  voting  the  Republican  ticket 
at  elections.  In  1895  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  board  of  county  commissioners  and  served 
efficiently  for  one  term.  He  has  also  represented 
his  party  in  various  conventions. 

Jonas  and  Christine  (Peterson)  Anderson,  the 
parents  of  our  subject,  were  born  in  Sweden, 
and  emigrated  to  America  in  1852,  when  quite 
young.  Both  settled  in  Minnesota  and  there  be- 
came acquainted  and  married.  For  some  years 
they  resided  upon  a  farm  in  Carver  County,  that 
state,  but  they  are  now  living,  retired  from  active 
cares,  in  the  city  of  Minneapolis,  the  father  being 
sixty-five  and  the  mother  sixty-four  years  of  age. 


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Our  subject  was  born  in  Carver  County  January 
25,  1864,  and  was  reared  on  the  home  farm.  His 
education  was  acquired  in  the  public  schools  and 
the  college  at  St.  Peter's,  Minn.,  where  he  was 
a  student  during  three  winter  terms.  At  twenty 
years  of  age  he  went  to  McPherson  County, 
Kan.,  and  secured  employment  in  a  hardware 
store,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years. 

May  4,  1887,  while  residing  in  Kansas,  Mr. 
Anderson  married  Miss  Hilda  C.  Sannquist,  who 
was  born  in  Paxton,  111.,  of  Swedish  parentage. 
She  accompanied  her  parents  to  Kansas  and  at- 
tended college  in  McPherson  County,  after  which 
she  became  a  teacher  of  music  and  also  had 
charge  of  a  Swedish  school.  Four  children  com- 
prise the  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anderson, 
namely:  Ahda  H.  E.,  who  was  born  in  Mc- 
Pherson County,  November  25,  1889;  Blenda 
J.  E.,  born  in  McPherson  County,  February  8, 
1892;  Annie  C.,  born  in  Bent  County,  Colo., 
November  29,  1894;  and  Samuel  Marion,  born 
October  14,  1898,  on  the  home  farm  in  this  coun- 
ty. The  family  are  identified  with  the  Swedish 
Lutheran  Church,  in  which  Mr.  Anderson  has 
officiated  as  a  trustee  for  several  years.  As  a 
man  it  may  be  said  of  him  that  his  integrity  is 
unquestioned.  He  is  kind  in  disposition,  genial 
in  manner,  and  has  many  friends  among  the 
people  of  Bent  County. 


HON.  JOHN  T.  SHUMATE.  Identified  with 
the  history  of  Glenwood  Springs  from  the 
time  that  it  was  a  town  of  tents  until  the 
present  time,  when  it  is  a  beautiful  city,  with 
healing  springs  that  attract  thousands  of  inva- 
lids, Mr.  Shumate  has  established  a  reputation 
as  an  able  attorney  and  counselor.  The  numer- 
ous positions  of  trust  to  which  he  has  been  called 
he  has  filled  with  credit  to  himself  and  satisfac- 
tion to  all.  On  coming  to  this  place  in  1886,  he 
was  made  deputy  county  clerk  and  recorder,  and 
at  the  same  time  took  up  the  practice  of  law.  In 
1887  he  was  elected  city  attorney  of  Glenwood 
Springs  and  county  attorney  of  Garfield  County, 
and  during  the  same  year  he  was  appointed  re- 
ceiver of  the  United  States  land  office  at  this 
point,  but  declined  the  position.  Again,  in  1895, 
he  was  elected  attorney  of  Garfield  County,  con- 
tinuing in  the  office  for  three  years.  Upon  the 
Democratic  ticket,  with  the  endorsement  of  the 
silver  Republicans,  he  was  elected  to  the  house 
of  representatives  in  1897.  In  January  of  1898 
he  was  chosen  to  serve  as  district  attorney  of  the 


ninth  judicial  district,  comprising  the  counties  of 
Garfield,  Pitkin  and  Rio  Blanco,  and  this  office 
he  has  since  filled  with  ability  and  impartiality. 

Born  in  Fauquier  County,  Va.,  September  22, 
1852,  our  subject  is  a  son  of  Hon.  Bailey  Shu- 
mate, M.  D.,  a  native  of  Virginia,  born  in  Clarke 
County,  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  and  a  graduate 
of  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  after- 
ward a  practicing  physician  in  Fauquier  County, 
Va.  His  last  years  were  spent  upon  a  farm  in 
that  county  in  retirement  from  professional  work. 
He  was  prominent  in  public  affairs  and  repre- 
sented his  county  in  the  state  legislature  and 
state  senate.  Fraternally  he  was  a  Mason.  His 
death  occurred  on  his  farm  in  1875.  He  was  a 
descendant  of  the  Huguenots  who  left  France 
after  the  repeal  of  the  edict  of  Nantes  by  Louis 
XIV,  and  many  of  whom  settled  in  Virginia. 
His  wife,  Ann  E.,  daughter  of  William  Weaver, 
a  planter,  was  a  descendant  of  German  ancestors 
who,  in  the  sixteenth  century,  founded  German- 
town,  Va.,  a  place  that  is  now  extinct.  On  her 
mother's  side  of  the  house  she  was  connected 
with  Chief  Justice  Marshall,  while  on  both  sides 
she  was  of  Revolutionary  stock.  In  her  family 
there  were  three  sons  and  one  daughter.  Of 
these,  W.  B.  G.  Shumate  is  a  planter  residing  on 
the  old  Virginia  homestead;  Edward  J.  is  fore- 
man of  the  freight  department  of  the  Baltimore 
&  Ohio  Railroad  at  Washington,  D.  C. ;  and  Bettie 
is  the  wife  of  Lucien  Holtzelaw  and  lives  on  a 
part  of  the  old  homestead  in  Virginia. 

After  graduating  from  Norwood  College  in 
1873,  our  subject  took  the  law  course  in  the 
University  of  Virginia.  After  the  death  of  his 
father  he  returned  to  the  old  homestead  and  set- 
tled the  estate.  In  July,  1877,  he  came  to  Den- 
ver, and  entered  the  office  of  Hon.  T.  M.  Patterson. 
During  the  same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Colorado  bar  and  began  to  practice  in  Denver, 
but  the  next  year  he  went  to  Leadville,  where  he 
engaged  in  mining.  In  February,  1880,  he  be- 
gan mining  in  Gunnison  County,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1884  went  to  Ouray,  where  he  served  as 
clerk  of  the  district  court  under  Judge  M.  B. 
Gerry,  and  in  July,  1885,  engaged  in  mining  at 
Aspen,  from  which  place  he  came  to  Glenwood 
Springs  the  following  year.  From  1888  to  1890 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  board,  to  which 
position  he  was  elected  on  the  Democratic  ticket. 
He  is  actively  connected  with  the  Red  Men  and 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  In 
1887  he  married  Sara  E.  Churchill,  daughter  of 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


Samuel  Churchill,  formerly  a  prominent  hardware 
merchant  of  Allen,  N.  Y.,  but  later  a  resident  of 
Aspen,  Colo.  They  have  had  three  children: 
Churchill,  Ruth,  and  John  Edward,  who  died 
when  about  the  age  of  seven. 


H  EDWARD  FORRESTER,  D.  D.  S.,  who 
is  one  of  the  successful  professional  men  of 
Pueblo,  has  his  office  in  the  Swift  block, 
corner  of  Sixth  and  Main  streets.  During  the 
years  of  his  active  practice  he  has  met  with  un- 
usual success,  as  a  result  of  the  care  and  thought 
he  devotes  to  his  work,  and  his  thorough  infor- 
mation concerning  its  every  department.  He 
has  made  a  specialty  of  crown  and  bridge  work, 
in  which  he  is  considered  an  expert,  and  the  peer 
of  any  dentist  in  his  city. 

Dr.  Forrester  was  born  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  in 
1860,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Howell)  For- 
rester, natives  of  New  York  state.  His  father, 
who  was  a  prominent  wholesale  grocer  of  Elmira, 
and  for  many  years  an  influential  citizen  of  that 
city,  is  now  living  in  Denver  retired  from  the 
business  cares  that  formerly  engrossed  his  time 
and  thought.  While  he  has  never  held  official 
position  nor  sought  prominence  in  public  affairs, 
he  has  positive  opinions  in  politics, being  a  stanch 
Republican.  He  had  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. George  E.,  who  resides  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
is  traveling  auditor  of  the  Rio  Grande  Western 
Railroad;  Mary  E.  is  deceased;  and  Lena  May 
lives  in  Denver. 

In  the  old-established  academy  at  Elmira, 
N.Y.,our  subject  supplemented  the  knowledge  he 
gained  in  the  public  school.  He  studied  dentistry 
in  the  Philadelphia  Dental  College  of  Philadel- 
phia, and  upon  his  graduation  opened  an  office  in 
Lyons,  N.  Y.,  where  he  gradually  built  up  a 
valuable  practice.  Many  of  his  patients  were 
people  of  wealth  and  high  standing.  Among 
them  were  the  family  of  Lieutenant  Brow.nson, 
who  purchased  in  England  the  war  vessels  used 
by  the  government  in  the  Spanish  war. 

The  close  confinement  incident  to  professional 
work  and  the  unhealthful  climate  of  New  York 
so  affected  Dr.  Forrester's  health  that  he  was 
forced  to  leave  the  city.  With  the  hope  that 
California  might  benefit  him  he  went  to  San 
Jose,  and  he  became  connected  with  the  dental 
department  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons of  San  Francisco,  but  was  compelled  to 
seek  a  higher  altitude,  so  he  resigned  his  posi- 
tion. He  came  to  Colorado  in  1881,  and  for  nine 


months  made  Leadville  his  headquarters.  He 
spent  some  years  in  Pueblo  later,  when  he  was 
connected  with  the  dry-goods  house  of  T.  P. 
Peale  &  Co.  Since  he  settled  permanently  in 
Pueblo  in  1898  he  has  greatly  improved  in 
health,  and  has  engaged  steadily  in  professional 
work.  Without  in  the  least  underestimating  the 
extent  of  his  knowledge  and  his  skill  as  a  dent- 
ist, it  may,  however,  be  truthfully  stated  that  his 
success  is,  to  a  large  extent,  due  to  his  genial, 
pleasant  disposition,  and  his  manly  qualities  of 
heart  and  mind,  which  have  won  for  him  the 
friendship  of  the  best  people  in  every  place  where 
he  has  resided. 

In  1886  Dr.  Forrester  married  Adelaide  Kern, 
of  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  and  they  have  one  son  and 
two  daughters:  George  Kern,  Margaret  Esther 
and  May  Anna.  In  politics  the  doctor  is  a  stanch 
Republican  and  a  firm  friend  of  the  present  (Mc- 
Kinley)  administration.  He  and  his  wife  are 
identified  with  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of 
which  he  was  recently  unanimously  elected  Sun- 
day-school superintendent. 


HARRY  H.  RUSSELL,  clerk  of  Conejos 
County,  and  a  resident  of  the  village  of 
Conejos,  was  born  in  Cheyenne, Wyo.,  Jan- 
uary 27,  1869,  a  son  of  George  H.  and  Mary 
(Hubbard)  Russell.  He  spent  his  boyhood  days 
in  Wyoming  and  received  his  primary  education 
in  public  schools  there,  but  later  was  a  student 
in  the  Keokuk  (Iowa)  public  schools,  where  he 
went  in  1879,  and  finished  his  education  in  the 
Cincinnati  (Ohio)  high  school.  In  1883  he  be- 
gan to  study  the  drug  business  in  Silver  Cliff, 
Custer  County,  Colo.,  and  in  1887  opened  a  drug 
store  at  Conejos,  continuing  in  the  general  drug 
business  at  this  point  until  April,  1898,  when  he 
sold  out. 

As  a  Republican  Mr.  Russell  has  been  active 
in  village  and  county  affairs.  In  1891,  on  the 
Republican  ticket,  he  was  elected  county  clerk, 
and  in  1893,  1895  and  1897  was  re-elected,  being 
the  present  incumbent  of  the  office,  which  he  has 
filled  with  efficiency.  In  all  the  local  questions, 
as  well  as  leading  issues  of  the  day,  he  has  kept 
himself  well  posted,  and  is  a  man  whose  opinion 
carries  weight.  He  has  attended  not  only  local, 
but  also  some  of  the  state  conventions  of  his  party, 
and  has  been  interested  in  its  policy  and  prog- 
ress. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Russell,  in  1889,  united 
him  with  Dollie  E.  McEntire,  daughter  of  Kli 


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McEntire.  To  this  union  three  children  have 
been  born:  George  Oscar,  Ray  McEntire  and 
Harry  J.  In  fraternal  connections  Mr.  Russell  is 
a  member  of  Antonito  Lodge  No.  63,  I.  O.  O.F., 
of  which  he  is  past  grand,  and  he  is  also  identi- 
fied with  the  grand  lodge  of  the  state. 


HACOB  SEITZ,  manager  of  the  Bradford 
I  greenhouses  in  Colorado  Springs,  has  held 
G/  this  position  since  March,  1897,  but  had 
been  employed  by  the  same  company  for  sev- 
eral years  previous.  He  has  bought  an  in- 
terest in  the  company  and  has  been  the  means  of 
enlarging  its  business  and  promoting  its  pros- 
perity. The  greenhouses  have  about  thirty-five 
thousand  square  feet  of  glass  and  are  filled  with 
plants  of  every  variety,  the  specialty  being  roses, 
of  which  there  are  many  varieties.  Flowers  are 
sold,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  the  principal 
business  in  winter  being  the  sale  of  cut  flowers. 
In  1898  Mr.  Seitz  designed  and  executed  "Our 
Heroes,"  a  monument  of  dahlias,  the  top  of  which 
was  white,  and  the  lower  part  colored.  He  was 
awarded  the  first  prize  for  the  most  appropriate 
and  finest  design  in  the  parade,  it  being  a  large 
cannon  with  rifles,  etc.,  made  of  flowers.  In  1897 
he  executed  the  emblem  of  Qolorado  in  natural 
flowers.  He  is  often  called  upon  for  decorative 
work,  his  taste  in  this  line  being  well  known. 
Violets  and  chrysanthemums  of  every  variety  are 
grown  in  the  greenhouses,  and  he  is  now  growing 
a  new  rose,  the  "Belle  Siebrecht,"  the  only  one 
of  the  kind  in  the  state. 

The  parents  of  Mr.  Seitz  were  Tobias  and  Rose 
(Switzer)  Seitz,  natives  respectively  of  Hesse- 
Darmstadt  and  Weil,  Baden,  Germany.  The 
latter  was  a  daughter  of  George  Switzer,  who 
brought  his  family  to  America  and  settled  in  Tell 
City,  Ind.,  where  he  owned  coal  lands  and  a  large 
farm.  Tobias  Seitz,  who  was  a  teacher  in  Ger- 
many, engaged  in  the  gardening  business  after 
coming  to  the  United  States;  he  settled  in  Cincin- 
nati and  through  economy  accumulated  a  fine 
pioperty.  He  and  his  wife  are  still  living.  They 
have  five  children:  Theresa,  who  is  in  Montana; 
Frances,  Jacob,  Rose  and  John,  the  last-named 
in  California,  while  Frances  and  Rose  live  in  Cin- 
cinnati. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  February  5,  1860.  His  mother  was 
much  interested  in  flowers  and  from  her  he  in- 
herited the  taste  for  floriculture.  At  the  age  of 
thirteen  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  florist  in  Cincin- 


nati, with  whom  he  remained  for  three  years  as 
an  apprentice,  and  four  years  as  an  employe.  In 
1880  he  came  to  Colorado,  but  at  first  engaged  in 
railroading  in  Leadville,  in  the  employ  of  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  In  1882  he 
went  to  Denver.  The  next  year  he  took  charge 
of  the  greenhouses  owned  by  E.  C.  Witter  &  Co. 
Later,  with  a  partner,  he  bought  five  acres  in 
North  Denver  and  started  greenhouses  there,  but 
his  partner  proved  to  be  dishonest,  and  after  three 
months  the  business  was  discontinued.  In  1884 
he  leased  the  Witter  place.  A  year  later  he  hired 
to  Russell,  the  rose  grower,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained for  two  years,  and  afterward  was  mana- 
ger for  Witter  &  Co.  In  1890  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado Springs  and  for  three  years  was  foreman  for 
William  Clark,  later  was  employed  by  the  Brad- 
ford Nursery  Company  for  four  years  as  an  assis- 
tant, and  since  1897  as  superintendent.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican  and  fraternally  is  identified 
with  the  Royal  Arcanum.  His  marriage  took 
place  in  Denver,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Pauline 
Berger,  who  was  born  in  Sabula,  Iowa,  whence 
the  family  moved  to  Missouri  and  from  there 
went  to  Marshalltown,  Iowa.  They  have  two 
children,  Hattie  and  Earl. 


E.  RHODES,  proprietor  of  the  Pal- 

bace  livery  stables  in  Pueblo,  came  to  this 
city  in  1888.  He  had  nothing  to  call  his 
own  except  a  team  of  horses,  and  with  these  he 
engaged  to  do  hauling  for  the  Pueblo  Smelting 
and  Refining  Company.  He  gradually  increased 
the  number  of  his  teams,  and  after  a  time  began 
to  employ  others  as  drivers,  and  at  this  writing 
he  has  between  sixteen  and  twenty  men  employed 
to  drive  his  teams;  these  drivers,  with  their  fore- 
man, continue  to  haul  for  the  same  company. 
Since  1897  Mr.  Rhodes  has  given  his  attention 
principally  to  the  livery  business,  having  given 
the  superintendency  of  the  other  work  over  into 
his  foreman's  hands.  He  is  a  thorough  business 
man,  and  without  the  assistance  of  even  a  dollar 
from  anyone,  has  worked  his  way  forward  to  a 
position  of  assured  success. 

Our  subject's  father,  Edwin  C.  Rhodes,  was  a 
contractor  in  Iowa.  During  the  Civil  war  he  en- 
listed as  a  member  of  the  Second  Iowa  Cavalry , 
in  which  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  struggle, 
afterward  returning  to  his  home.  His  wife,  Mary 
(Cady)  Rhodes,  who  was  born  in  Iowa,  died 
when  her  children  were  quite  small,  and  he  soon 
followed  her,  leaving  our  subject  with  the  care  of 


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three  smaller  brothers  and  two  sisters.  With 
heroic  determination  and  courage  he  resolved  to 
keep  the  family  together,  and  this  he  succeeded 
in  doing,  rearing  and  educating  them,  and  pre- 
paring them  for  the  responsibilities  of  life.  One 
of  the  family,  a  younger  brother,  who  was  ill 
during  almost  his  entire  life,  died  March  8,  1899. 
With  this  responsibility  resting  upon  him,  it 
may  be  understood  that  Mr.  Rhodes  had  little 
opportunity  for  enjoying  the  usual  boyish  sports, 
or  for  acquiring  an  education.  He  was  born  in 
Tama  County,  Iowa,  October  16,  1872,  but  spent 
his  boyhood  years  principally  in  Holt  County, 
Mo.  Any  kind  of  employment  it  was  possible  to 
secure,  from  that  of  errand  boy  to  grocery  clerk, 
he  gladly  accepted,  and  worked  from  early  in  the 
morning  until  late  at  night,  in  order  that  he 
might  provide  clothing  and  food  for  the  other 
members  of  the  family,  for  with  generous  self- 
forgetfulness  he  thought  less  of  himself  than  o  f 
them  and  their  needs.  Since  he  came  to  Pueblo 
he  has  been  successful  and  has  secured  a  compe- 
tency, of  which  he  is  very  deserving.  The  close 
attention  which  he  has  given  to  business  has  pre- 
vented him  from  identifying  himself  with  polit- 
ical or  public  affairs.  Fraternally  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  An- 
cient Order  of  Foresters. 


ROBERT  H.  BEERS,  whose  ranch  lies  be- 
tween Manassa  and  Sanford,  in  Conejos 
County,  is  a  native  of  Banberry,  Oxford- 
shire, England,  born  in  1832.  In  childhood  he 
was  brought  to  the  United  States  by  his  parents. 
His  education  was  obtained  principally  in  the 
public  schools  of  New  York  City.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  the  west, 
making  the  trip  via  ox-team  to  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  where  he  remained  for  four  years,  mean- 
time assisting  his  father  in  clearing  new  land. 
In  1852  he  went  to  California  and  engaged  in 
mining  and  merchandising  on  the  American 
River  for  two  years,  after  which  he  began  farming 
near  Oakland,  the  same  state,  operating  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  there.  In  1860  he  made  a 
trip  back  to  Salt  Lake  by  mule-team  and  while 
on  the  way  met  the  famous  Wells-Fargo  pony 
express.  For  three  years  he  engaged  in  freight- 
ing between  Salt  Lake  and  Sacramento.  Besides 
his  experience  in  California  mines,  he  has  also  en- 
gaged in  placer  mining  at  Virginia  City,  Nev., 
where  he  stopped  for  two  months  while  en  route 
west  the  first  time. 


Locating  in  Utah  Valley  in  1863,  Mr.  Beers 
continued  freighting  to  Austin,  Nev.,  during  the 
winter  of  1863-64,  and  in  the  spring  of  the  latter 
year  he  went  to  Bear  Lake,  Utah  (now  Idaho), 
where  he  opened  a  store  and  at  he  same  time  en- 
gaged in  stock-raising  and  farming.  He  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  in  the  opening  up  of  Bear  Lake 
Valley,  where  he  remained  until  1880.  He  then 
disposed  of  his  interests  in  Utah  property  for 
$8,000  and  came  to  Manassa,  Colo.,  then  a 
new  settlement.  To  his  original  purchase  here 
he  has  since  added  until  he  owns  eight  hundred 
and  twenty-three  acres,  which  he  devotes  to  farm- 
ing and  stock-raising.  From  1881  to  1889  he 
was  also  manager  of  the  Manassa  Co-operative 
Mercantile  and  Milling  Company.  In  1894  he 
bought  the  Manassa  flour  mill,  which  he  has 
since  owned,  but  now  leases  to  other  parties.  He 
is  one  of  the  most  extensive  ranchmen  in  this 
part  of  the  valley.  On  his  place  he  has  from  eighty 
to  one  hundred  head  of  horses,  besides  a  large 
number  of  cattle.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
Manassa  Canal  Company,  the  Northeastern  Canal 
Company,  Ephraim  Canal  Company  and  Richfield 
Canal  Company,  and  has  been  an  active  factor  in 
the  extension  of  the  irrigation  facilities  of  this 
section.  In  partnership  with  E.  L.  Myers  he 
built  the  Palace  hotel  in  Antonito  and  opened  it 
for  business. 

Mrs.  Etta  M.  Beers,  our  subject's  first  wife, 
died  in  1888,  leaving  five  children,  viz.:  Robert 
H.;  Herbert  W.;  Charlotte  H.,  wife  of  William 
C.  McGregor;  Emma  J.,  who  married  E.  L. 
Myers;  and  Eva  Adelia,  Mrs.  Louis  Rinehart. 
The  second  marriage  of  Mr.  Beers  united  him 
with  Jane  Bance,  and  they  have  become  the 
parents  of  four  children:  Frank,  Myrtle,  Melvin 
and  Arnold. 


(JACKSON  HECKART,  a  farmer  and  stock- 
I  man  living  about  four  miles  from  Rush 
O  Fisher's  ranch  in  Pueblo  County,  is  a  native 
of  Butler  County,  Pa.,  born  twenty-five  miles 
north  of  Pittsburg,  May  17,  1837,  and  is  a  son  of 
William  and  Magdalena  (Haupt)  Heckart.  His 
paternal  great-grandparents  were  natives  of  Ger- 
many, and  on  his  mother's  side  belongs  to  an  old 
Pennsylvania  family.  By  occupation  the  father 
was  a  farmer  and  carpenter. 

In  the  county  of  his  nativity,  Jackson  Heckart 
was  reared  and  educated  in  much  the  usual  man- 
ner of  farmer  boys  of  his  day  in  that  locality.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  began  life  for  him- 


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self  and  successfully  operated  the  old  homestead 
until  the  Civil  war  broke  out.  In  response  to 
his  country's  call  for  troops  he  enlisted  in  1861, 
in  Company  C,  Eleventh  Pennsylvania  Reserve 
Infantry,  under  Captain  Lauden,  and  remained 
in  the  service  for  three  years  and  seven  days, 
taking  part  in  the  seven  days'  battle,  the  engage- 
ments around  Richmond,  the  second  battle  of 
Bull  Run,  and  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg, 
South  Mountain  and  Antietam  and  Gettysburg, 
where  his  division  turned  the  day.  He  was  all 
through  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  and  the 
engagement  at  Cold  Harbor,  and  when  his  term 
of  service  expired  was  honorably  discharged. 

After  his  return  home  Mr.  Heckart  engaged 
in  painting,  but  being  poisoned  by  the  lead  used, 
he  was  compelled  to  give  up  that  business,  and  in 
1876  came  to  Colorado.  For  several  years  he 
was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising  on  his 
own  account  in  Pueblo  County,  and  now  manages 
the  Lamb  ranches.  He  is  still  interested  in  farm- 
ing, and  is  meeting  with  fair  success.  Since  1864 
he  has  been  a  supporter  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  as  a  loyal  citizen  and  honored  veteran  of  the 
Civil  war  he  deserves  representation  in  this 
volume. 

In  1888  Mr.  Heckart  narrowly  escaped  death. 
At  the  time  of  the  cloud  burst  on  the  Doyle  Aroya, 
August  17,  he  was  suspended  by  the  wrist  to  a 
cotton  wood  tree,  over  twenty  feet  of  water.  He 
had  slipped  his  arm  in  the  fork  of  a  tree  and  was 
thus  held  for  eight  and  one-half  hours.  Here 
he  was  finally  rescued  in  an  insensible  condition. 


I7JHARLES  ERNEST  CHADSEY,  PH.D., 
1 1  superintendent  of  the  Durango  city  schools, 
{j  and  one  of  the  best-known  educators  of  the 
state,  was  born  in  Otoe  County,  Neb.,  in  1870, 
a  son  of  Frank  and  Sarah  (Barnum)  Chadsey. 
His  father,  a  native  of  Canada,  settled  in  the 
States  in  early  manhood  and  in  1867  removed 
from  Michigan  to  Nebraska,  becoming  in  time 
one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  Nebraska 
City,  where  he  remained  for  several  years  as  a 
merchant.  The  last  years  of  his  life  were  de- 
voted to  literary  work,  many  of  his  articles  being 
for  Nebraska  newspapers.  A  stroke  of  paralysis 
in  1873  terminated  his  physical  activities,  but 
fortunately  his  mental  faculties  were  not  injured, 
and  he  continued  his  contributions  to  the  press 
during  the  ten  years  that  followed.  He  died  in 
1883,  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years.  He  was  a 
son  of  William  Chadsey,  a  farmer  in  Canada,  but 

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a  native  of  New  England,  being  a  descendant  of 
a  pioneer  family  in  Rhode  Island,  whose  first 
representatives  in  this  country  came  from  Eng- 
land in  1 700.  The  English  ancestors  were  among 
the  prominent  Catholic  families  of  the  sixteenth 
century. 

The  only  son  of  his  parents,  the  subject  of  this 
article  has  three  sisters,  Flora  (deceased)  and 
lyillie  and  Effie,  who  reside  with  their  mother  in 
Durango  and  are  teachers  in  the  public  school 
here.  Our  subject  when  a  boy  received  excellent 
advantages,  so  that  he  was  able  to  add  to  the 
large  degree  of  ability  he  inherited  from  his  fa- 
ther. Upon  completing  a  public-school  course 
he  entered  Doane  College,  where  he  remained 
for  three  years.  In  1 892  he  graduated  from  the 
Leland  Stanford  Junior  University  with  the  de- 
gree of  B.  A.,  and  after  another  year  of  study 
was  given  the  degree  of  A.  M.  In  the  fall  of 
1893  he  was  appointed  fellow  of  finance  and 
history  at  Columbia  University,  where  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1894  and  the  degree 
of  doctor  of  philosophy  in  1897. 

Coming  to  Durango  in  1894  he  accepted  the 
position  of  high-school  principal,  in  which  capac- 
ity he  continued  for  three  years,  his  work  mean- 
time being  of  a  most  helpful  nature.  The  degree 
of  success  with  which  he  met  is  shown  by  his 
promotion  to  a  post  of  greater  responsibility.  In 
1897  he  was  appointed  city  superintendent  of 
schools,  and  in  this  responsible  place  he  is  dis- 
charging his  duties  ably  and  with  success.  By 
close  study  of  authorities  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  literature  and  by  observation  and  travel 
he  has  gained  a  breadth  of  knowledge  to  which 
few  attain.  His  position  in  connection  with  the 
signal  corps  of  the  United  States,  which  he  held 
for  two  years  (1887-88),  at  Omaha,  Neb.,  and 
Springfield,  111.,  was  helpful  to  him  in  enabling 
him  to  gain  a  knowledge  of  much  that  could  not 
be  learned  from  books.  In  the  realm  of  literature 
political  economy  has  been  his  special  line  of 
labor  and  thought.  In  the  history  of  our  coun- 
try, and  the  causes  which  led  to  certain  results, 
he  is  well  informed,  not  merely  from  a  historic, 
but  also  from  an  economic  and  scientific  stand- 
point. In  1896  he  published  a  work  pertaining 
to  the  struggle  between  President  Johnson  and 
congress  regarding  reconstruction,  which  was  a 
part  of  the  Columbia  University  series.  He  has 
also  contributed  articles  to  the  Political  Science 
Quarterly.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Historical  Association  and  the  National  Educa- 


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tional  Association.  Active  in  institute  work,  he 
has  delivered  addresses  at  various  conventions  of 
teachers,  and  has  always  won  recognition  as  an 
advanced  thinker.  In  the  reorganization  of  the 
public-school  system  of  Durango,  his  modern 
views  became  apparent,  the  result  being  greatly 
to  the  benefit  of  local  school  work.  All  the  ed- 
ucational movements  of  the  state  receive  the  im- 
petus of  his  influence,  and  he  is  now  secretary  of 
the  State  Teachers'  League.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  Durango  Lodge  No.  46,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.;  San  Juan  Chapter  No.  30,  R.  A.  M.;  and 
Aztec  Camp  No.  30,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
In  religious  belief  he  is  a  Presbyterian  and 
regularly  attends  services  at  this  church  in 
Durango,  of  which  he  is  an  active  member. 


EAPT.  SETH  BAKER,  who  has  resided  in 
Colorado  Springs  since  1881,  is  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Hallett  &  Baker,  undertakers, 
at  No.  7  North  Cascade  avenue,  and  is  also  sec- 
retary and  treasurer  of  the  Hallett  &  Hamburg 
Mining  Company,  and  a  director  of  the  Chesa- 
peake and  Gold  Stone  Mining  Companies.  The 
business  to  which  his  attention  is  especially  given 
is  among  the  oldest  exclusively  undertaking  en- 
terprises in  the  city,  and  the  building  occupied 
by  the  firm  since  1891  was  built  for  their  use  and 
is  equipped  with  every  modern  improvement. 

Captain  Baker  was  born  on  Cape  Cod,  Mass., 
March  30,  1837,  a  son  of  Capt.  Seth  and  Sophia 
(Lovell)  Baker,  natives  of  Cape  Cod.  His  grand- 
father, Capt.  Seth  Baker,  was  born  at  the  same 
place  and  engaged  in  the  merchant  and  marine 
trade  for  many  years.  The  family  has  been  rep- 
resented in  America  since  a  short  time  after  the 
landing  of  the  "Mayflower,"  and  each  generation 
has  had  one  bearing  the  name  of  Seth.  Our  sub- 
ject's father,  who  was  in  the  merchant  marine 
service,  died  at  forty-nine  years.  His  wife,  who 
died  at  seventy-six  years  of  age,  was  a  daughter 
of  Capt.  Abner  W.  Lovell,  a  seafaring  man,  who 
was  drowned  while  on  a  pleasure  excursion  in 
the  harbor  of  Hyannis,  Lewis  Bay.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  six  chil- 
dren, of  whom  three  sons  and  one  daughter  sur- 
vive. Three  of  the  sons  were  in  the  merchant 
marine  trade.  William  G. ,  who  was  chief  mate 
on  his  ship,  died  of  yellow  fever  at  Rio  Janeiro, 
Brazil;  Rebecca  died  in  Massachusetts;  Henry 
H.  is  a  merchant  at  Hyannis;  Seth  was  fourth  in 
order  of  birth;  Cyrus  was  captain  of  a  merchant 


ship  and  served  in  the  navy  during  the  Civil  war; 
and  Sophia,  Mrs.  Berth,  lives  in  New  York. 

In  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Hyannis 
and  Centerville  Academy  our  subject  received  his 
education.  When  seventeen  he  shipped  on  the 
clipper  ship,  "Robin  Hood,"  which  rounded  Cape 
Horn  and  went  to  Shanghai,  China,  returning  to 
New  York  with  a  cargo  of  tea.  This  voyage 
lasted  ten  months  and  ten  days.  Later  he  was 
able  seaman  on  the  same  ship  and  went  around 
the  world  once.  As  third  officer  on  a  large  clip- 
per ship  of  eighteen  hundred  tons  he  sailed  via 
the  Horn  to  San  Francisco,  thence  to  Callao  and 
Chiucha  Island,  on  the  west  coast  of  Peru,  and 
returning  to  New  York  via  Cape  Horn  after  a 
voyage  of  ten  months.  On  the  same  ship,  as 
second  officer,  he  sailed  to  San  Francisco,  where 
he  was  made  chief  officer.  Going  south  on  the 
ocean  to  Callao,  frorq  there  the  ship  sailed  to  the 
Isle  of  Java  and  at  Batavia,  East  Indies,  took  on 
a  cargo  of  arrac  and  sugar,  and  proceeded  around 
the  world  to  Rotterdam.  His  next  ship  was  the 
"North  America,"  of  which  he  was  chief  officer 
and  which  carried  cotton  from  Savannah  to  Liv- 
erpool, then  took  iron  to  Boston.  As  chief  officer 
of  the  '  'South  America' '  he  sailed  via  Cape  Horn 
to  Callao  with  merchandise,  then  from  Chincha 
Island  to  Boston  with  guano.  On  the  "City  of 
Boston"  he  made  several  voyages  between  Bos- 
ton and  Liverpool,  and  during  this  time  was 
made  captain  of  his  ship,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
four.  On  this  ship  he  sailed  to  Melbourne,  Aus- 
tralia, thence  to  Akyab,  East  Indies,  from  there 
with  rice  to  London  via  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 
thence  to  New  Zealand  via  Good  Hope  with  a 
cargo  of  coal,  from  there  to  Howlands  Isle,  on  the 
equator,  in  the  Pacific  Ocean,  where  he  loaded 
the  ship  with  guano.  On  the  homeward  journey, 
under  stress  of  storms  and  heavy  winds,  the  ship 
sprung  a  leak  in  the  South  Indian  Ocean  and 
two  hundred  tons  of  cargo  were  thrown  over- 
board. The  ship  put  in  to  a  harbor  for  repairs, 
after  which  it  was  brought  back  to  Boston. 

On  the  "Robert"  Captain  Baker  took  a  cargo 
of  ice  to  Madras,  East  India,  via  Good  Hope, 
thence  to  Calcutta,  and  with  a  cargo  of  merchan- 
dise to  Bombay,  from  there  with  linseed  via  the 
cape  to  New  York  City.  During  this  voyage  the 
ship  sprung  a  leak  off  Good  Hope  and  nearly 
foundered,  but  the  captain  and  crew  succeeded  in 
bringing  it  to  New  York  by  pumping  constantly 
during  the  sixty  days  between  the  cape  and  har- 
bor. This  was  the  captain's  last  voyage.  He 


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left  the  sea  and  in  1871  settled  in  Springfield, 
Mass. ,  where  he  conducted  a  mercantile  business 
until  1 88 1.  He  then  came  to  Colorado  Springs 
and  embarked  in  the  undertaking  business,  in 
which  he  is  still  interested.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  State  Association  of  Funeral  Directors  of 
Colorado  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  national  con- 
vention of  Funeral  Directors  at  Omaha  in  1898. 

In  Massachusetts  Captain  Baker  married  Miss 
Rebecca  W.  Paine,  of  Massachusetts.  They  had 
three  children:  William  G.,  who  has  a  very  large 
business  as  importer  of  teas  and  coffees  in  Spring- 
field, Mass.;  Alice  W.,  of  Colorado  Springs;  and 
Alexander  B.,  a  graduate  of  the  dental  college  in 
Denver  and  now  engaged  in  practice  in  Colorado 
Springs.  The  captain's  second  marriage  took 
place  in  this  city  and  united  him  with  Miss  Estelle 
Whaite,  who  was  born  in  Iowa.  They  have  two 
children:  Edith  Lovell  and  Seth,  Jr.  The  fam- 
ily spend  the  winters  in  the  city  and  during  the 
summer  occupy  their  cottage  at  Green  Mountain 
Falls. 

Politically  Captain  Baker  is  a  Republican.  In 
the  Unitarian  Church  he  officiates  as  a  trustee 
and  secretary  of  the  board.  He  is  past  officer  in 
the  Royal  Arcanum  and  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen;  also  in  Pike's  Peak  Lodge  No.  38, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  the  encampment. 


gENJAMIN  F.  SLUSSER,  who  has  resided 
in  Las  Animas  since  1887,  was  born  in  Stark 
County,  Ohio,  March  30,  1838,  a  son  of 
David  and  Sarah  (Kimball)  Slusser,  who  were  of 
German  birth  and  descent.  He  was  reared  on  a 
farm  and  became  familiar  not  only  with  the  Eng- 
lish language,  but  German  as  well,  his  parents 
using  the  latter  in  their  home.  In  Mahoning 
County,  Ohio,  he  was  married  September  25, 
1859,  to  Miss  Hannah  Haines,  who  was  born  in 
Stark  County,  a  daughter  of  Richard  and  Re- 
becca (Crispin)  Haines.  Her  father  was  eighty- 
six  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  her 
mother,  who  resides  in  Alliance,  Ohio,  is  now 
eighty-five.  Mrs.  Slusser  received  a  common 
school  education,  and  spent  her  girlhood  princi- 
pally in  Mahoning  County. 

Immediately  after  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Slusser  removed  to  Jasper  County,  111.  When 
the  call  for  volunteers  was  made  he  enlisted  in 
Company  F,  Fifty-ninth  Illinois  Infantry,  and 
was  sent  to  Jefferson  Barracks,  Mo.  The  Illinois 
quota  being  filled,  he  and  others  were  transferred 
to  the  Ninth  Missouri,  and  later,  when  another 


call  was  made,  they  were  transferred  to  the  Fif- 
ty-ninth Illinois.  Among  the  engagements  in 
which  he  participated  were  the  following:  Wil- 
son's Creek,  Pea  Ridge,  Ark.;  Corinth,  Perry- 
ville,  Knob  Gap,  Stone  River,  Liberty  Gap, 
Chickamauga,  Lookout  Mountain,  Mission  Ridge, 
Rocky  Face  Ridge,  Resaca,  Cassville,  Dallas, 
Kenesaw  Mountain,  Smyrna  Station  and  At- 
lanta. During  the  time  he  spent  in  the  city  last- 
named  his  term  of  enlistment  expired,  and  he  re- 
ceived an  honorable  discharge,  with  a  paper  of 
commendation  from  Lieut.  M.  C.  Baughman. 
During  the  time  he  was  in  the  army  he  took  part 
in  twenty  severe  battles,  besides  ten  skirmishes. 
During  the  campaign  in  Georgia  he  was  at  one 
time  detailed  to  carry  the  wounded  from  the  field, 
and  Lieutenant  Baughman  says  of  him,  that  when 
all  others  who  were  appointed  to  this  duty  could 
not  be  found,  he  was  always  at  his  post,  and 
many  wounded  soldiers  could  testify  to  his  cour- 
age and  fidelity  to  duty,  by  which  their  lives 
were  saved.  He  had  been  detailed  in  February, 
1864,  and  returned  to  his  company  in  August  of 
the  same  year,  remaining  with  them  until  the 
capture  of  Atlanta.  He  took  part  in  a  forced 
march  of  two  hundred  miles,  which  was  accom- 
plished in  four  days,  and  is  known  as  the  greatest 
forced  expedition  on  record.  At  one  time,  when 
detailed  to  drive  a  team,  he  was  kicked  by  a  mule, 
and  his  lower  jaw  was  broken.  He  was  picked 
up  unconscious  and  was  apparently  dead,  but  soon 
recovered  his  senses  and  resumed  his  work,  re- 
fusing to  go  to  the  hospital.  His  hat  and  por- 
tions of  his  clothing  were  frequently  shot 
through.  Lieutenant  Baughman  further  says  of 
him  that  he  at  all  times  executed  all  orders  of 
the  company  commander,  and  that  for  his  cour- 
age and  bravery  in  standing  between  danger  and 
his  friends  at  home  he  richly  deserves  their  ap- 
probation and  thanks. 

After  being  discharged  from  the  army,  Mr. 
Slusser  returned  to  his  home  in  Illinois,  where 
he  spent  one  year.  He  then  moved  to  Marshall, 
111.,  and  worked  at  the  plasterer's  trade  for  four 
years,  after  which  he  became  a  contracting  plas- 
terer in  Terre  Haute,  Ind.  Twenty  years  were 
spent  in  that  city,  and  from  there  he  came  to  Las 
Animas  in  1887,  buying  his  present  home  in 
1891.  He  and  his  wife  have  three  children. 
Willis  Delos  was  born  in  Jasper  County,  111.,  and 
is  a  plasterer  in  Las  Animas;  he  is  married  and 
has  five  children.  Edward  Anson,  who  was  born 
in  Mahoning  County,  Ohio,  is  married  and  lives 


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in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  follows  the  plas- 
terer's trade.  Mary,  who  was  born  in  Marshall, 
111.,  is  the  wife  of  George  J.  Kramer,  of  Las  Ani- 
mas;  they  have  one  child.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Slusser 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
She  is  identified  with  the  Woman's  Relief  Corps, 
of  which  she  has  been  chaplain.  In  the  Richard- 
son Post,G.  A.  R. ,  he  has  filled  the  office  of  com- 
mander and  other  positions.  Politically  he  has 
been  a  Republican  ever  since  1860,  when  he  cast 
his  first  ballot  for  Abraham  Lincoln. 


(JOSEPH  W.  MILSOM.  The  services  which 
I  in  the  past  Mr.  Milsom  has  rendered  the 
O  Republican  party  in  Colorado  entitle  him  to 
rank  among  the  influential  public  men  of  the 
state.  He  is  especially  prominent  in  the  vicinity 
of  his  home  town,  Canon  City,  and  in  Rosita 
and  Silver  Cliff,  where  he  formerly  resided.  In 
these  several  places  he  has  held  various  positions 
of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  is  a  man  of  un- 
usual energy  of  character.  To  this  quality,  com- 
bined with  his  executive  ability,  is  due  his  ef- 
ficiency in  public  office  and  his  distinction  in  pub- 
lic affairs.  Reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Republican 
party,  he  saw  no  reason,  on  arriving  at  mature 
years,  for  changing  his  political  belief;  in  fact, 
the  history  of  our  country  during  the  past  years 
has  made  him  even  a  stronger  advocate  of  Re- 
publican principles  than  he  was  originally. 

Mr.  Milsom  was  born  in  Bloomsburg,  Colum- 
bia County,  Pa.,  June  8,  1853.  His  father,  John 
Milsom,  who  was  a  native  of  England,  came  to 
America  at  twenty-two  years  of  age  and  engaged 
in  leasing  and  operating  iron  mines.  An  active 
Republican,  he  held  many  minor  offices,  but  re- 
fused any  position  that  would  detract  his  atten- 
tion from  business.  Before  coming  to  the  United 
States  he  married  Mary  Parry.  Of  their  ten 
children,  five  are  now  living.  Sarah  married 
David  Gemberling  and  resides  at  Selinsgrove, 
Snyder  County,  Pa.;  Martha  J.  is  the  wife  of 
William  H.  Miller,  of  Elmwood,  Peoria  County, 
111.;  Joseph  W.  was  third  in  order  of  birth; 
Annie  M.  married  William  S.  Smith,  of  Lawrence- 
ville,  Tioga  County,  Pa. ;  and  Henry  J.  is  head 
bookkeeper  of  the  Glen  Mary  Coal  Company. 

In  public  schools  and  academies  at  Orangeville 
and  McAllisterville,  the  subject  of  this  article 
obtained  a  fair  education.  At  sixteen  years  of 
age  he  commenced  to  teach  school  in  Snyder 
County,  Pa.  In  1873  he  removed  to  Farming- 
ton,  111. ,  but  in  the  spring  of  the  following  year 


went  to  Omaha,  Neb.,  where  he  was  connected 
with  the  firm  of  Buckby,  Fries  &  Co.  until  the 
summer  of  1876.  He  then  went  east  and  visited 
the  Centennial,  after  which  he  returned  to  Farm- 
ington,  111.,  and  accepted  a  responsible  position 
with  Seaman,  McArthur  &  Co.  In  the  spring  of 
1 878  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Canon 
City,  but  in  the  fall  went  to  Silver  Cliff,  and 
in  the  spring  of  the  next  year  embarked  in 
the  building  business,  when  that  town  was  in  the 
midst  of  its  boom  and  was  the  third  town  in  the 
state  in  population.  His  work  there  was  financi- 
ally successful. 

Moving  to  Rosita  in  June,  1880,  Mr.  Milsom 
opened  a  furniture  and  undertaking  establish- 
ment, and  carried  on  a  large  business.  In  March, 
1881,  he  was  burned  out,  and  at  once  bought  a 
lot  and  put  up  a  building,  in  which  he  continued 
until  the  spring  of  1882.  For  several  years  he 
served  as  justice  of  the  peace,  during  which 
time  he  also  held  the  position  of  police  magistrate. 
January  9,  1883,  he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the 
district  court  by  Judge  Charles  D.  Hayt.  Two 
years  later  he  was  re-appointed  by  Judge  Cald- 
well  Yeaman,  and  four  years  later  was  continued 
in  office  by  Judge  Julius  C.  Gunter.  He  con- 
tinued in  the  position  until  he  ie.cigned,  on  re- 
moving to  Canon  City  in  1890.  While  serving 
as  district  clerk,  in  1885  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
Rosita.  At  that  time  all  licenses  were  from  six 
to  eighteen  months  in  arrears  and  city  warrants 
were  selling  at  thirty-five  cents,  but  within  a 
year  he  had  all  licenses  paid  up  and  six  months  in 
advance  and  warrants  had  been  advanced  to  par. 

Upon  coming  to  Canon  City,  in  January,  1890, 
Mr.  Milsom  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  county 
court,  and  that  position  he  held  until  September 
i,  1890,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  deputy 
county  clerkship  of  the  county.  In  the  fall  of 
1893  he  was  elected  county  clerk  and  still  holds 
the  position,  having  been  re-elected  in  1895  and 
1897.  In  1898  he  was  nominated  for  secretary  of 
state  by  the  Republican  party,  and,  although  he 
knew  there  was  no  likelihood  of  election  in  the 
face  of  the  combined  forces  of  Democrats  and 
Populists,  his  duty  to  his  party  led  him  to  accept 
the  nomination,  and  the  fact  that  he  ran  ahead  of 
all  candidates  on  the  ticket  shows  his  popularity. 
He  attends  all  county  and  state  conventions  of  his 
party  and  is  active  in  its  work. 

In  1885-86-87  Mr.  Milsom  was  master  of  Rosita 
Lodge  No.  36,  A.  F.&  A.  M. ,  and  afterward  he 
was  master  of  Mount  Moriah  Lodge  No.  15,  of 


D.  B.  FAIRLEY. 


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Canon  City;  also  high  priest  of  Canon  City  Chap- 
ter No.  14,  R.  A.  M.;  thrice  Illustrious  master  of 
Canon  City  Council  No.  5,  R.  S.  M. ;  Eminent 
Commander  of  Canon  City  Commandery  No. 
9,  K.  T.;  and  has  held  subordinate  positions  in 
all  the  grand  bodies  of  the  state,  being  at  present 
Senior  Grand  Warden  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  He 
has  been  Worthy  Patron  of  Canon  City  Chapter 
No.  21,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star;  Captain  of 
Rockafellow  Camp  No.  10,  Sons  of  Veterans, 
and  is  a  member  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen. 

A  trustee  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
Mr.  Milsom  is  now  a  member  of  its  building  com- 
mittee, which  has  in  charge  the  erection  of  a 
$15,000  church.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  During  his  term  of  service  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  he  infused 
new  life  into  the  body,  which  under  his  adminis- 
tration has  accomplished  more  than  any  of  its 
predecessors.  He  is  a  man  of  systematic  and 
temperate  habits,  methodical  in  all  of  his  work, 
and  possesses  the  fine  physique  which  enables 
him  to  discharge  an  apparently  endless  amount  of 
work  without  detriment  to  his  health.  His  mar- 
riage, which  has  been  an  exceedingly  happy  one, 
was  solemnized  October  26,  1881,  his  wife  being 
Millie  J.  Elliott,  daughter  of  Lorenzo  D.  and 
Elizabeth  C.  Elliott,  then  of  Rosita,  but  now  of 
Canon  City. 

0B.  FAIRLEY,  president  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  Colorado  Springs,  is  at  the 
head  of  a  large  furniture  and  undertaking 
business,  the  success  of  which  has  been  accom- 
plished through  his  enterprise  and  sound  judg- 
ment. He  came  to  Colorado  in  1878  and  for  six 
months  engaged  in  the  drug  business.  In  1880 
he  started  his  present  business,  buying  out  Barton 
&  Hodgeman,  who  were  successors  to  the  first 
furniture  and  undertaking  firm  in  El  Paso  County. 
After  six  years  he  took  in  his  brother,  C.  W. ,  as 
partner,  the  two  continuing  at  the  original  loca- 
tion, Nos.  107-109  Huerfano  street.  In  1888 
they  started  a  new  store,  though  continuing  the 
other  also,  and  in  the  same  year  they  removed 
the  undertaking  business  to  No.  18  South  Nevada 
street,  which  gives  them  three  separate  places  of 
business.  In  1892  they  opened  one  of  the  first 
furniture  stores  in  Cripple  Creek,  but  have  since 
disposed  of  the  furniture,  retaining,  however,  an 
extensive  undertaking  business  there.  At  one 
time  they  also  had  an  undertaking  establishment 


in  Victor.  After  the  fire  they  built  the  Fairley  - 
Lampman  block  in  Cripple  Creek,  which  they 
still  own. 

Since  the  start  of  the  Cripple  Creek  camp,  Mr. 
Fairley  has  been  interested  in  mining.  He  owns 
the  Mohican  mine  on  Battle  Mountain,  which  he 
is  developing,  and  the  Black  Bell  group  on 
Beacon  Hill,  and  is  also  interested  in  the  Mutual 
Mining  and  Milling  Company.  In  matters  per- 
taining to  the  welfare  of  Colorado  Springs  he  has 
taken  a  deep  interest.  He  organized  the  Ex- 
change National  Bank  and  was  its  first  vice-presi- 
dent. For  six  years  he  was  an  active  worker 
upon  the  board  of  education,  and  for  six  years  he 
served  as  city  treasurer.  Some  time  during  the 
'8os  he  was  interested  in  the  organization  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  which  he  was  the 
second  vice-president  and  has  since  been  a 
director  continuously,  with  the  exception  of  two 
years.  He  is  now  its  president.  In  politics  a 
stanch  Republican,  at  this  writing  he  is  chairman 
of  the  county  central  committee  of  his  party. 

Mr.  Fairley  is  a  descendant  of  a  Welsh  family 
that  was  represented  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Virginia.  His  grandfather,  Joseph  Fairley,  was 
born  in  Virginia,  and  became  a  pioneer  in  Ohio, 
where  he  reared  his  family  on  a  farm.  In  1835 
he  went  to  Mercer  County,  Mo.,  settling  near  the 
present  site  of  Princeton,  and  there  he  died  when 
about  seventy  years  of  age.  Cornelius  P.  Fairley, 
our  subject's  father,  was  born  near  Zanesville, 
Ohio,  and  was  a  farmer.  Early  in  1861,  at  the 
first  call  for  volunteers,  he  enlisted  in  the  Missouri 
militia,  and  after  six  months  entered  Company 
B,  Twenty-seventh  Missouri  Infantry,  with  which 
he  served  until  after  the  siege  of  Vicksburg.  Qn 
account  of  poor  health  he  was  discharged  in 
November,  1863,  and  died  on  the  gth  of  that 
month,  from  the  results  of  exposure  and  hard- 
ships. He  was  sent  home  from  Vicksburg  to  die, 
and  lived  but  a  short  time  after  his  return.  A 
man  of  valor,  he  won  merited  distinction  in  the 
siege  of  Vicksburg,  by  running  up  to  the  breast- 
works of  the  Confederates  and  placing  the  Ameri- 
can flag  there.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
forty-three  years  of  age.  In  religion  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Church.  His  wife,  who 
was  Malinda  J.  Lindsey,  was  born  near  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  daughter  of  Archibald  Lindsey,  a 
native  of  Virginia,  who  settled  in  Tennessee,  but 
later  removed  to  Mercer  County,  Mo.  His  father, 
Eli  Lindsey,  also  removed  from  Virginia  to  Ten- 
nessee. Mrs.  Fairley  is  now  living  in  Colorado 


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Springs  and  is  sixty-eight  years  of  age.  Of  her 
five  children,  three  are  living,  D.  B.,  A.  L. 
and  C.  W. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  near 
Princeton,  Mo.,  October  i,  1850,  and  was  reared 
on  a  farm,  attending  the  public  school  and  Prince- 
ton business  college.  He  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  in  Princeton  and  Trenton,  Mo.,  until 
1878,  when  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  has  since 
made  the  Springs  his  home.  He  was  married  in 
Chillicothe,  Mo.,  to  Miss  Laura  Shook,  who  was 
born  in  that  state,  and  is  a  daughter  of  John 
Shook,  a  member  of  the  Missouri  state  militia 
and  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war.  Mrs.  Fairley  is  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Church.  Of  her  mar- 
riage, a  son,  Fred  C.,  was  born;  he  is  a  graduate 
of  the  high  school  and  is  now  attending  a  busi- 
ness college  in  Chicago.  While  living  in  Prince- 
ton Mr.  Fairley  was  made  a  Mason  and  also  took 
the  Royal  Arch  degree  there.  He  was  a  charter 
member  of  Pike's  Peak  Commandery  No.  6, 
K.  T. ,  at  Colorado  Springs. 

Mr.  Fairley's  financial  standing  is  of  the 
highest  order.  As  a  business  man  he  is  prompt 
and  energetic,  noted  for  his  keen  perception, 
his  ready  grasp  and  apprehension  of  the  real 
points  at  issue,  and  the  correctness  of  his  deci- 
sions. The  growth  and  prosperity  of  his  busi- 
ness are  commensurate  with  the  energy  and  ability 
of  the  owner,  who  merits  the  substantial  suc- 
cess he  has  so  deservedly  achieved. 


lAMUEL  TAYLOR,  the  well-known  and 
popular  postmaster  of  Avondale,  Pueblo 
County,  Colo.,  is  an  important  factor  in 
business  circles  and  his  popularity  is  well  de- 
served, for  in  him  are  embraced  the  character- 
istics of  an  unbending  integrity,  unabated  en- 
ergy and  industry  that  never  flags.  He  is  a 
leading  merchant  of  the  village,  and  as  a  public- 
spirited  citizen  is  thoroughly  interested  in  what- 
ever tends  to  promote  the  moral,  intellectual  and 
material  welfare  of  the  community. 

Mr.  Taylor  was  born  in  England,  but  his 
early  life  was  spent  in  Canada.  His  education 
was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  England.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  he  removed  to  Toronto  and  from 
there  started  west  to  British  Columbia  and 
worked  on  the  survey  and  construction  of  the 
Canadian  Pacific  Railroad  through  the  Rockies 
for  two  years.  For  some  time  he  traveled  through 
different  portions  of  the  United  States,  following 
public  construction  work  entirely,  and  eight  years 


ago  came  to  Colorado.  He  has  been  foreman  for 
the  Colorado  Land  and  Water  Company,  and 
from  1890  to  1895  superintended  part  of  the  con- 
struction of  their  fine  ditch.  He  is  now  agent  for 
the  McHarg  ranch,  which  includes  Avondale  and 
comprises  two  thousand  acres  of  valuable  land 
under  the  Bessemer  ditch.  He  established  his 
store  at  Avondale  three  years  ago  and  now  car- 
ries a  large  and  well-selected  stock  of  general 
merchandise  to  meet  the  demands  of  his  con- 
stantly increasing  trade.  Besides  his  property  he 
owns  a  ranch. 

In  1892  Mr.  Taylor  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Annie  Bostrick,  a  native  of  Michigan, 
and  they  have  three  children.  The  Republican 
party  has  always  found  in  Mr.  Taylor  a  stanch 
supporter  of  its  principles,  and  he  has  most  ac- 
ceptably filled  the  offices  of  postmaster  and  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  at  Avondale.  In  all  possible 
ways  he  has  aided  in  building  up  this  section  of 
the  county,  and  his  support  is  given  to  all  enter- 
prises which  he  believes  calculated  to  prove  of 
public  benefit.  He  is  therefore  recognized  as  one 
of  the  valued  and  useful  citizens  of  the  com- 
munity, and  his  career  has  ever  been  such  as  to 
commend  him  to  the  confidence  of  all. 


ORTON  STRAIN.  The  business  interests 
of  Lamar,  Prowers  County,  have  a  worthy 
.representative  in  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
who  is  engaged  here  as  a  dealer  in  seeds,  grain, 
coal  and  feed.  He  has  been  especially  active  in 
securing  for  the  town  improvements  that  will  pro- 
mote its  growth  and  secure  the  welfare  of  its  in- 
habitants. Notable  among  these  improvements 
may  be  mentioned  the  mill,  which  he  was  instru- 
mental in  having  erected  in  1892.  With  other 
citizens,  in  1898  he  put  in  an  electric  light 
plant,  which  has  secured  for  the  town  the  advan- 
tages of  well-lighted  streets;  and  with  others  he 
has  been  interested  in  the  erection  and  manage- 
ment of  what  is  the  best  hotel  in  the  state,  outside 
of  the  large  cities. 

Mr.  Strain  was  born  in  Lawrence  County,  Ind., 
June  24,  1860,  and  is  a  son  of  Robert  M.  and 
Ann  E.  (Meek)  Strain.  His  father,  who  was  a 
native  of  Ohio  and  a  miller  by  trade,  engaged  in 
operating  both  a  flour  and  saw  mill,  in  addition 
to  which  he  operated  a  farm.  The  boyhood  years 
of  our  subject  were  devoted  to  milling  and  farm 
work,  and  to  the  ordinary  branches  taught  in 
common  schools.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one,  in 
1881,  he  went  to  Newton,  Kan.,  where  for  two 


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years  he  worked  by  the  month.  Next,  going  to 
Meade  County,  Kan.,  he  took  up  land,  which  he 
improved  and  after  two  years  sold.  He  came  to 
Lamar  about  the  time  the  town  was  laid  out,  in 
1886.  The  following  year  he  embarked  in  the 
transfer  business,  which  he  finally  merged  into 
his  present  business,  although  he  still  continues 
as  a  transfer  agent.  His  first  investment  in  real 
estate  here  was  made  in  1887.  The  first  building 
that  he  erected  was  a  warehouse,  and  afterward 
he  assisted  in  building  other  blocks,  one  of  which 
he  still  owns. 

In  Lamar,  in  April,  1893,  occurred  the  mar- 
riage of  Mr.  Strain  to  Miss  Luella  Morehouse, 
who  was  born  in  Plymouth,  Ind.  They  have  one 
child,  Corinne,  who  was  born  in  Lamar  in  March, 
1895.  While  not  a  politician,  Mr.  Strain  is  a 
pronounced  Republican,  in  the  faith  of  which 
party  he  was  reared.  He  has  held  office  as  alder- 
man, and,  had  he  so  desired,  would  have  been 
elected  to  other  local  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 
Fraternally  he  was  made  a  Mason  some  years  ago 
and  is  now  actively  identified  with  the  blue  lodge 
and  charter  at  Lamar. 


HARRY  W.  SPICER,  D.  D.  S.,  who  is  one 
of  the  rising  young  dentists  of  Pueblo  and 
is  building  up  a  valuable  practice  in  his 
chosen  profession  in  this  city,  was  born  near 
Monmouth,  111.,  May  25,  1875.  The  first  ten 
years  of  his  life  were  passed  in  that  part  of  the 
country,  and  his  education  was  largely  obtained 
in  its  schools.  When  he  was  about  eleven  years 
old  he  went  to  Kansas;  four  years  later  he  came 
to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Colorado  Springs  with 
other  members  of  his  family.  There  he  was  a 
student  in  the  high  school  for  some  time. 

Having  determined  to  enter  the  dental  profes- 
sion, at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  our  subject 
began  to  study  dentistry.  At  first  he  read  in  the 
office  of  Drs.  Chamberlain,  of  Colorado  Springs, 
under  whose  preceptorship  he  gained  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  rudiments  of  the  profession. 
After  a  time  he  became  a  student  in  the  Kansas 
City  Dental  College.  He  graduated  in  1896, 
when  a  little  less  than  twenty-one  years  of  age. 
On  the  4th  of  March,  the  same  year,  he  began  to 
practice  his  profession  in  Colorado  Springs,  but 
a  few  months  later,  on  the  ist  of  September,  he 
came  to  Pueblo  and  opened  an  office,  where  he 
has  since  engaged  in  a  continuous  practice. 

While  the  attention  of  Dr.  Spicer  has  been  con- 
centrated mainly  upon  his  profession,  he  never- 


theless finds  time  for  attendance  upon  social 
functions  and  is  a  welcome  guest  in  select  circles 
of  the  city.  Various  fraternal  organizations 
number  him  among  their  members.  He  is  vice- 
chancellor  of  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  52,  K.  P.,  and 
is  also  connected  with  Minnequa  Lodge  No.  53, 
I.  O.  O.  F.;  Lincoln  Encampment  No.  28,  I.  O. 
O.  F. ;  Camp  No.  2,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and 
South  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  31,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 


(3AMUEL  S.  MADDOX,  general  manager  of 
?\  the  Leibhardt  wholesale  produce  and  com- 
Qj  mission  house,  of  Pueblo,  is  a  member  of  a 
southern  family  that,  on  coming  to  America,  took 
root  in  Virginia.  Later  generations  remained  in 
the  Old  Dominion,  but  in  1836  Nicholas,  our 
subject's  father,  went  southwest  to  Texas  and 
settled  in  Grayson  County,  uear  Sherman. 
There  the  remaining  years  of  his  life  were 
spent.  He  was  a  hard-working,  energetic  man, 
but,  like  all  southerners,  suffered  seriously  by 
reason  of  the  Civil  war.  He  gave  three  of  his 
sons  to  serve  the  Confederacy,  these  being  W.  S. 
W.,  B.  F.  and  J.  W.,  and  doubtless  the  remain- 
ing five  sons  would  have  gone  to  the  front  also 
had  it  not  been  for  their  youth.  At  this  writing 
three  of  the  sons  are  influential  attorneys  in 
Texas  and  three  are  prosperously  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business. 

On  the  home  farm  near  Sherman,  Tex.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  1853.  He 
grew  to  manhood  on  the  home  place  and  received 
an  excellent  education  in  the  college  at  Bonham, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1874.  For  twelve 
years  afterward  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  business 
in  Texas,  where,  in  common  with  other  stock- 
men, he  had  his  seasons  of  encouragement  and 
times  of  business  depression.  In  1887  he  came 
to  Colorado,  where  for  some  years  he  was"  con- 
nected with  J.  C.  Coulson  &  Co.,  wholesale 
commission  merchants  of  Trinidad.  In  1893  he 
came  to  Pueblo  and  opened  a  wholesale  commis- 
sion house  as  a  branch  of  that  in  Trinidad,  and 
another  branch  house  was  established  in  Cripple 
Creek,  but  afterward  the  business  was  discontin- 
ued, and  since  1896  he  has  been  engaged  as  gen- 
eral manager  for  Leibhardt  &  Co. 

In  1882  Mr.  Maddox  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Bessie  Coulson,  of  Colorado,  and  by 
her  he  has  one  child,  a  daughter,  Willis  Galard. 
In  national  issues  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  in  local 
matters  does  not  keep  within  party  lines,  preferr- 
ing to  give  his  support  to  the  man  best  qualified, 


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irrespective  of  his  political  views.  While  in 
Texas  he  became  a  charter  member  of  Lodge  No. 
19,  K.  P.,  at  Henrietta.  He  is  intelligently  con- 
versant with  current  events,  and  by  his  reading 
keeps  posted  concerning  international  develop- 
ments. Devoted  to  the  welfare  of  the  city  which 
is  his  home  he  favors  all  plans  to  advance  its 
welfare  and  promote  its  commercial  growth. 


HOKAN  MALCOLM  WADHAMS,  a  farmer 
of  Bent  County,  has  resided  on  section  35, 
township  22,  range  52  west,  since  1894,  but 
for  two  years  he  operated  the  land  as  a  renter, 
and  in  1896  bought  the  ninety  acres  that  com- 
prise his  homestead.  Here  he  has  a  substantial 
stone  dwelling-house,  all  the  necessary  farm  build- 
ings, and  the  other  improvements  so  essential  to 
the  successful  management  of  a  farm  in  Colorado. 
Though  bom  and  reared  in  Sweden,  he  is  in- 
tensely loyal  to  the  United  States  and  is  devoted 
to  the  welfare  of  our  national  institutions.  Es- 
pecially is  he  interested  in  matters  affecting  the 
prosperity  of  his  county,  and  he  does  all  within 
his  power  to  promote  local  interests. 

The  son  of  Swan  and  Helena  Christina  (Vet- 
terholm)  Johnson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  near  Svenarum,  Sweden,  on  Christmas  day 
of  1853.  He  received  a  common  school  education 
in  his  native  land,  and  grew  to  manhood  upon  a 
farm.  In  the  various  removals  made  by  his  par- 
ents he  accompanied  them,  sharing  their  hard- 
ships and  assisting  in  their  support.  When  he 
was  about  twenty  years  of  age  he  came  to  Amer- 
ica, spending  fourteen  days  upon  a  steamer  that 
encountered  severe  storms,  but  finally  landed  the 
passengers  in  New  York.  From  there  he  pro- 
ceeded to  Andover,  111. ,  where  for  four  years  he 
was  employed  as  a  farm  laborer. 

In  Ontario  Township,  Knox  County,  111.,  July 
14,  1879,  Mr.  Wadhams  married  Miss  Christine 
Fredericks,  who  was  born  there,  a  daughter  of 
Karl  Johan  and  Inga  Charlotte  Fredericks. 
Her  parents  and  all  of  her  brothers  and  sisters 
were  born  in  Sweden,  whence  they  emigrated 
to  America  in  1857,  settling  in  Knox  County. 
She  spent  her  girlhood  years  in  that  county  and 
received  a  fair  education  in  the  country  schools. 

Until  1888  Mr.  Wadhams  continued  to  farm  in 
Illinois,  but  did  not  purchase  property  there. 
From  that  state  he  brought  his  family  to  Colo- 
rado and  settled  near  Julesburg,  where  he  took 
up  a  homestead  and  a  timber  claim.  During  the 
seven  years  he  remained  on  that  farm  he  raised 


only  two  crops.  Finally  deciding  that  there  was 
no  hope  of  success  in  that  locality,  he  removed 
in  1894  to  the  Bent  County  farm  he  has  since  oc- 
cupied. During  his  residence  in  Sedgwick  County 
he  was  twice  elected  to  the  office  of  county  asses- 
sor, on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  held  the  posi- 
tion for  two  terms.  He  was  reared  in  the  Luth- 
eran faith  and  has  always  inclined  toward  that 
church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wadhams  became  the  parents  of 
ten  children,  of  whom  eight  are  living.  The  four 
eldest  were  born  in  Knox  County,  111.,  the  next 
two  in  Sedgwick  County,  Colo.,  and  the  two 
youngest  in  Bent  County.  They  are  named  as 
follows:  Helena  Charlotte,  whose  birth  occurred 
in  1880;  Anna  Cecilia,  who  was  born  October 
22,  1881;  Karl  Wilhelm,  August  26,  1885;  John 
Frederick,  November  7,  1887;"  Ernest  Clarence, 
February  8,  1890;  Lawrence  Gustav,  July  9, 
1892;  Sven  Milton,  April  13,  1896;  and  Dora 
Margaret  Christine,  June  29,  1898. 


ILTON  UTT  is  a  leading  representative  of 
the  agricultural  and  business  interests  of 
Pueblo  County,  where  he  is  now  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock-raising,  but  for  a  quarter  of 
a  century  he  was  also  interested  in  merchandising 
in  this  state.  A  native  of  Ohio,  he  was  born  in 
Scioto  County  in  1827,  and  is  a  son  of  Jacob  Utt, 
a  river  man,  who  ran  the  first  steamboat  on  the 
Ohio  River,  The  mother,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Jemima  Crull,  was  of  German  descent. 
When  our  subject  was  five  years  old  the  family 
removed  by  boat  down  the  Ohio  and  up  the  Missis- 
sippi Rivers  to  Illinois,  where  he  was  reared  on  a 
farm  and  continued  to  make  his  home  until  1842. 
He  then  went  to  Missouri  and  later  lived  for  some 
time  in  Kansas,  whence  he  came  to  Colorado  in 
1862,  settling  in  Russell  Gulch  near  Central  City. 
After  living  in  this  state  for  two  years  he  returned 
to  Kansas,  but  not  being  satisfied  there,  he  again 
came  to  Colorado  during  the  construction  of  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad,  this  time  locating 
at  La  Veta,  where  he  engaged  in  mercantile  busi- 
ness. From  there  he  removed  to  Alamosa,  and 
on  selling  out  his  interests  in  that  place  came  to 
Pueblo,  where  he  invested  $12,000  in  property. 
After  living  in  that  city  four  or  five  years  he  be- 
came interested  in  the  stock  business  on  St. 
Charles  River,  and  now  owns  and  operates  a  fine 
ranch  on  Greenhorn  River,  where  he  also  carries 
on  stock-raising  with  good  success. 

In  1848  Mr.  Utt  married  Miss  E.  S.  Spaulding, 


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who  was  born  near  the  birthplace  of  our  subject 
in  Scioto  County,  Ohio.  They  became  the  parents 
of  four  sons,  namely:  MillardJ.,  a  railroad  man 
living  in  Kansas;  David  M.,  a  railroad  man  resi- 
ding in  Omaha,  Neb.;  Frank,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  livery  business  in  Pueblo;  and  Fred  S.,  at 
home. 

In  early  life  Mr.  Utt  was  an  old-line  Whig  and 
is  now  a  supporter  of  the  Republican  party  at  na- 
tional and  state  elections,  but  at  local  elections, 
where  no  issue  is  involved,  he  votes  for  the  man 
whom  he  believes  best  qualified  to  fill  the  office, 
regardless  of  party  ties.  Being  a  great  student, 
he  is  well  informed  on  the  leading  topics  and 
questions  of  the  day,  as  well  as  current  literature. 
He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Mexican  war,  and  his  du- 
ties of  citizenship  have  always  been  most  faith- 
fully and  conscientiously  discharged.  He  has 
been  identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  for  many  years,  and  he  has  the  re- 
spect and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  has  come 
in  contact,  either  in  business  or  social  life. 


(lOHN  IFINGER,  judge  of  Park  County, 
I  has  been  a  resident  of  Colorado  since  1872, 
G/  and,  after  a  few  months  in  Pueblo,  he  came 
to  Fairplay  in  the  spring  of  1873.  The  Mount 
Bross  silver  excitement  was  then  at  its  height  and 
hundreds  of  miners  were  hastening  to  Park 
County.  At  the  present  site  of  Alma  he  began 
to  work,  following  the  shoemaker's  trade  there 
until  1875.  In  that  year  the  Democrats  placed 
him  in  nomination  for  sheriff,  and,  although  the 
county  was  strongly  Republican,  he  was  elected 
by  a  handsome  majority.  For  three  successive 
terms  he  filled  the  office,  being  elected  by  an  in- 
creased majority  each  succeeding  term.  After 
the  expiration  of  the  third  term,  in  the  summer 
of  1883,  he  had  charge  of  a  party  of  surveyors  in 
the  western  part  of  the  state,  which  work  en- 
gaged his  attention  until  cold  weather  began. 
He  then  returned  to  Alma  and  engaged  at  the 
shoemaker's  trade,  which  he  followed  until  his 
election  as  county  judge  in  1889.  He  was  the 
Democratic  nominee  and  received  a  good  ma- 
jority. So  pleased  were  the  people  with  his  serv- 
ices that  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  was 
again  chosen  to  the  office,  and  in  1898  he  was 
re-elected,  being  now  in  the  office  for  the  third 
term. 

In  Bastrop  County,  Tex. ,  Judge  Ifinger  was 
born  November  6,  1837,  a  son  of  Nicholas  and 
Agnes  (Ricker)  Ifinger.  He  was  one  of  six  chil- 


dren and  the  third  among  four  still  living.  Of 
these,  Joseph  is  a  prominent  contractor  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.;  Anthony  was  the  second -born;  and 
Mrs.  Anna  Shulty  lives  in  St.  Louis.  His  father 
was  born  in  the  dukedom  of  Nassau,  Germany, 
in  1800,  and  was  reared  to  farm  duties.  Some 
four  years  after  his  marriage  he  emigrated  to 
America  and  settled  in  Texas,  where  he  was  a 
pioneer.  In  1849  ne  removed  to  St.  Louis,  where 
he  spent  the  closing  years  of  his  life,  retired  from 
active  cares,  and  enjoying  the  fruits  of  past  years 
of  toil. 

The  educational  opportunities  of  our  subject 
were  quite  limited.  After  working  at  various 
occupations  when  he  was  a  boy,  he  chose  for  his 
trade  shoe-making  and  served  an  apprenticeship 
of  five  years,  after  which  he  worked  as  a  journey- 
man. At  the  close  of  the  war  he  acquired  a 
trading  boat  and  took  a  trip  to  the  south,  which 
occupied  some  two  years.  On  his  return  north 
he  spent  a  short  time  in  Sangamon  County,  111., 
working  at  his  trade.  Thence  he  moved  to 
Marshall,  Mo.,  where  he  spent  two  years,  and 
from  there  he  came  to  Colorado.  His  life  has 
been  a  busy  and  useful  one.  As  an  official  he 
has  been  trustworthy  and  able,  and  has  won 
many  friends,  not  only  among  the  members  of 
his  own  party,  but  others  as  well.  He  is  active 
in  the  ranks  of  Masonry  and  is  allied  with  Doric 
Lodge  No.  25,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

Judge  Ifinger's  wife  is  a  talented  and  popular 
lady  and  has  been  active  in  charitable  work,  as 
well  as  in  society.  She  was  in  maidenhood  Miss 
Emeline  A.  George,  and  was  first  married  to 
Jerome  Curin.  On  the  3ist  of  March,  1898,  she 
became  the  wife  of  Judge  Ifinger,  in  whose  life 
and  work  her  counsel  and  aimable  disposition 
have  proved  encouraging  and  helpful. 


'HOMAS  D.  BRITTON,  whose  home  is  one 
mile  south  of  Las  Animas,  and  who  is  super- 
intendent of  the  poor  farm  of  Bent  County, 
was  born  in  Clark  County,  Ind.,  Jupe  25,  1845, 
a  son  of  Isaac  N.  and  Eleanor  (Foutz)  Britton. 
His  father,  who  was  a  native  of  Jessamine  Coun- 
ty, Ky. ,  was  a  son  of  James  Britton,  who  was 
born  in  Virginia,  and  a  grandson  of  James  Brit- 
ton, Sr. ,  who  was  born  in  England,  emigrated 
to  Virginia  during  colonial  days  and  there  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  years.  Born  in  1806,  Isaac 
N.  Britton  was  sixteen  years  of  age  when  he  ac- 
companied his  father  to  Indiana.  He  was  a 
graduate  of  medicine  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  in 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


addition  to  practicing  his  profession,  also  engaged 
in  farming.  In  1855  he  removed  to  Mankato, 
Blue  Earth  County,  Minn.,  where  he  followed 
agricultural  pursuits  and  also  built  up  a  good 
practice  as  a  physician.  It  was  his  custom  to 
spend  his  summers  on  his  farm,  and  the  winter 
months  in  the  city. 

Under  the  tuition  of  his  father  our  subject  re- 
ceived a  fair  education.  At  sixteen  years  of  age 
he  was  very  anxious  to  enlist  in  the  army,  but 
his  father  would  not  consent  to  it.  Finally  he 
determined  to  go  anyway,  and  accordingly  en- 
listed in  Company  I,  First  Minnesota  Infantry, 
being  a  member  of  the  first  regiment  that  was 
sworn  into  service  for  three  years,  or  during  the 
war.  He  took  part  in  the  first  battle  of  Bull 
Run.  Soon  afterward,  at  his  father's  request,  he 
was  sent  home.  In  1862  he  again  enlisted,  this 
time  in  Company  E,  Second  Minnesota  Cavalry, 
which  saw  service  in  Indian  fights.  At  the  time 
of  the  Indian  massacre,  which  commenced  Au- 
gust 18, 1862,  he  was  accepted  in  the  state  militia, 
where  he  served  until  December,  and  during  the 
summer  of  the  following  year  was  an  independent 
scout.  December  i,  1863,  he  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  service,  and  was  a  member  of  Com- 
pany E,  Second  Minnesota  Cavalry ,  remaining  at 
the  front  until  he  was  discharged,  November  22, 
1865.  During  the  time  that  he  was  in  the  state 
militia  he  took  part  in  the  Indian  fights  at  New 
Ulm,  where  eighty- four  men  fought  their  way 
into  the  town  on  Wednesday,  and  on  Sunday 
there  were  but  thirty-one  left,  and  only  thirteen 
who  had  not  been  hit,  he  being  one  of  these 
"lucky"  thirteen.  He  was  in  the  second  battle 
of  Fort  Ridgely,  Wood  Lake,  and  in  various 
skirmishes.  In  the  battle  of  Jim  Creek,  in  North 
Dakota,  he  was  wounded  in  the  right  leg.  At 
Camp  Release,  in  the  fall  of  1862,  they  captured 
four  hundred  and  seventy-five  Indian  warriors, 
fifteen  hundred  non-combatants  and  ninety-two 
white  women  whom  the  Indians  had  imprisoned. 
These  warrior  prisoners  were  condemned  to  be 
hung,  but  were  pardoned  by  President  Lincoln, 
with  the  exception  of  thirty-eight,  whom  our 
subject  saw  hung  on  one  scaffold. 

After  leaving  the  army  Mr.  Britton  went  to 
St.  Joe,  Mo.,  where  he  purchased  land.  In 
1866  he  married  Miss  Effie  M.  Reece,  of  Guilford, 
Nodaway  County,  Mo.,  by  whom  he  has  three 
children.  In  1881  he  removed  from  Nodaway 
County,  Mo. ,  where  he  had  engaged  in  farming 
during  most  of  the  time  since  the  fall  of  1865. 


Coming  to  Colorado  he  settled  at  Prowers  Station, 
and  secured  employment  on  the  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
road, where  he  remained  for  two  years.  He  then 
came  to  Las  Animas  and  opened  a  meat  market, 
and  has  since  been  engaged  in  that  business  much 
of  the  time. 

In  1864  Mr.  Britton  voted  for  Abraham  Lincoln 
for  president.  He  has  always  been  stanch  in  his 
allegiance  to  the  Republican  party.  Frequently 
he  has  been  a  delegate  to  party  conventions,  and  in 
1898  was  a  delegate  to  the  state  convention  held  in 
Denver.  While  living  in  Nodaway  County,  Mo., 
he  served  for  six  years  as  deputy  sheriff,  and  at 
the  same  time  was  deputy  United  States  marshal, 
to  which  latter  office  he  was  again  appointed  in 
1877-78.  Twice  he  was  elected  to  serve  as  con- 
stable. Since  coming  to  Colorado  he  has  served 
as  deputy  sheriff,  and  in  1895  an^  1897  was 
elected  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  at 
Richardson,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  post  at 
La  Junta.  In  the  lodge  of  the  Odd  Fellows  he 
has  filled  all  the  chairs,  and  in  1898  represented 
it  in  the  grand  lodge.  The  spirit  of  patriotism 
that  prompted  him  to  go  forth,  while  still  a  boy, 
to  do  battle  for  his  country,  still  actuates  him  to 
remain  true  to  the  Union  he  helped  to  preserve. 
He  is  a  progressive  citizen  and  deserves  the  high 
regard  in  which  he  is  held. 


HON.  JAMES  N.  CARLISLE.  The  man  that 
has  bridged  over  space  and  practically  an- 
nihilated time  by  the  work  of  his  inventive 
and  enterprising  spirit,  deserves  to  be  numbered 
among  the  benefactors  of  the  race.  'Tis  an  age 
of  progress,  when  vast  commercial  transactions, 
involving  millions  of  dollars,  depend  upon  rapid 
transportation.  The  revolution  in  business  that 
the  past  half  century,  or  even  less,  has  witnessed, 
has  been  brought  about  by  the  means  of  the  rail- 
roads, and  the  man  who  has  done  as  much  as 
anyone  to  establish  these  highways  of  travel  in 
Colorado  is  James  N.  Carlisle,  a  well-known  and 
prominent  citizen  of  Pueblo. 

He  was  born  in  Carroll  County,  Ohio,  in  Octo- 
ber, 1836,  and  was  reared  in  New  Philadelphia, 
Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio,  where  he  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common  schools.  At  the  age  of 
fourteen  years  he  became  interested  in  railroad- 
ing in  his  native  state,  and  throughout  life  has 
been  more  or  less  identified  with  it.  At  the  age 
of  fifteen  years  he  removed  to  Iowa,  and  in  1856 
became  a  resident  of  Nebraska,  when  it  was  still 


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a  territory.  In  1859,  during  the  excitement  at 
Pike's  Peak,  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  mining  for  two  years,  and  for  six 
years  followed  freighting  across  the  plains  from 
Colorado  to  New  Mexico,  Utah  and  Montana. 
Since  then  hi»  attention  has  been  principally  de- 
voted to  railroad  construction,  the  first  road  he 
built  being  the  Denver  Pacific  from  Denver  to 
Cheyenne,  when  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Moore  &  Carlisle.  Later  he  built  the  Kansas 
Pacific  to  Denver;  the  Colorado  Central;  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande;  the  Oregon  Short  Line; 
the  Santa  Fe;  and  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
miles  of  the  Missouri  Pacific  in  Nebraska.  He 
has  built  more  miles  of  railroad  than  any  other 
man  in  the  state,  and  has  thus  opened  up  the 
country  to  settlement.  He  is  also  extensively 
interested  in  the  stock  business,  and  owns  a  ranch 
of  nearly  five  thousand  acres  near  Beulah,  Pueblo 
County,  known  as  the  Three  R  Ranch.  In  con- 
nection with  two  other  gentlemen  he  laid  out  and 
made  Carlisle  Park  what  it  is  to-day,  a  beau- 
tiful park  covering  four  hundred  acres,  located  in 
the  city  of  Pueblo.  He  settled  at  that  place 
twenty-eight  years  ago,  and  has  since  been  prom- 
inently identified  with  its  upbuilding  and  pros- 
perity. He  built  the  fourth  house  on  the  mesa, 
was  the  founder  of  the  first  street  railway  in  the 
city,  and  laid  out  the  Carlisle  addition  on  land 
which  he  secured  from  the  government.  This 
addition  he  has  greatly  improved,  and  among  the 
residences  he  has  erected  there  is  his  own  beauti- 
ful home. 

In  June,  1869,  Mr.  Carlisle  married  Miss  Maria 
Bennett,  a  niece  of  H.  P.  Bennett,  of  Denver. 
They  became  the  parents  of  four  children,  two 
sons  and  two  daughters,  namely:  Charles,  who 
is  connected  with  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Pueblo;  Hattie,  wife  of  Dr.  G.  W.  Whitefield,  of 
Chicago;  Carrie,  who  is  attending  the  Armour 
Institute  in  Chicago;  and  Bennett,  at  home. 
The  father  of  our  subject  was  William  Carlisle,  a 
carpenter  by  trade,  who  was  born  in  Ohio  and 
died  in  Colorado  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-two 
years.  He  had  three  sons  who  were  in  the  Union 
army  during  the  Civil  war,  namely:  William  K., 
Walter  and  John. 

Since  attaining  his  majority  Mr.  Carlisle  has 
affiliated  with  the  Democratic  party,  and  has 
taken  quite  an  active  and  prominent  part  in  polit- 
ical affairs.  He  was  an  honored  member  of  the 
first  state  legislature,  which  convened  in  1876; 
served  as  state  treasurer  for  two  years;  was  coun- 


ty treasurer  of  Pueblo  County  for  four  years;  and 
has  been  alderman  of  the  city  of  Pueblo.  As  a 
citizen  he  meets  every  requirement  and  manifests 
a  commendable  interest  in  everything  that  is  cal- 
culated to  promote  the  city's  welfare  in  any  line. 
In  manner  he  is  pleasant,  genial  and  approach- 
able, and  all  who  know  him  esteem  him  highly 
for  his  genuine  worth.  The  success  of  his  life  is 
due  to  no  inherited  fortune,  or  to  any  happy  suc- 
cession of  advantageous  circumstances,  but  to  his 
own  sturdy  will,  steady  application,  tireless  in- 
dustry and  sterling  integrity. 


HON.  WINFIELD  S.  BOYNTON,  sheriff  of 
El  Paso  County,  is  one  of  the  prominent 
and  influential  citizens  of  Colorado  Springs. 
In  1892  he  was  elected,  on  the  Republican  ticket, 
to  the  office  of  commissioner,  which  position  he 
held  from  January,  1893,  to  January,  1896.  In 
the  fall  of  1895  he  was  elected  county  sheriff,  and 
took  the  oath  of  office  in  January  of  the  following 
year.  In  1897  he  was  re-elected  on  his  party 
ticket,  and  entered  upon  his  duties  in  1898,  to 
serve  until  January,  1900.  In  addition  to  his 
official  duties  he  has  important  mining  interests 
and  is  president  of  the  Little  Frank  S.  Mining 
Company. 

At  Boynton,  Derby  Line,  Canada,  near  the 
Vermont  line,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born 
January  18,  1861.  His  father,  Wilder  P.,  who 
was  born  in  Canada,  was  a  son  of  Gardner  Boyn- 
ton, a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  the  latter 
was  a  son  of  Maj.  John  Boynton,  who  was  born 
in  England  and  in  the  latter  part  of  the  seven- 
teenth century  accompanied  his  parents  to  Amer- 
ica. During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  served  in 
the  colonial  army  and  took  an  active  part  in  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  Later  he  removed  to  what 
became  known  as  Boynton,  Canada,  and  there  he 
died.  His  son,  Gardner  Boynton,  remained  in 
Canada  from  boyhood  until  his  death,  at  the  age 
of  about  eighty-two.  Wilder  P.  Boynton  has 
made  farming  his  life  work,  but  is  now  living, 
retired,  in  Colorado  Springs.  He  married  Abigail 
Moulton,  who  was  born  in  the  same  neighbor- 
hood as  himself  and  is  now  living  in  Colorado 
Springs.  She  is  of  English  descent.  Her  father, 
Elder  Moulton,  removed  from  New  England  to 
Canada  and  served  as  a  minister  in  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  Church  until  his  death. 

The  family  of  Wilder  P.  Boynton  consisted  of 
seven  children  who  attained  years  of  maturity, 
namely:  Carlos,  who  resides  in  the  state  of  Wash- 


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ington;  Lyman,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal. ;  Herbert,  of 
Colorado  Springs;  Mrs.  Ida  Hubbard,  who  died 
in  this  city;  Winfield  Scott;  Frank,  who  is  deputy 
sheriff  at  Cripple  Creek ;  and  James,  of  Colorado 
Springs.  When  a  boy  our  subject  was  a  pupil  in 
the  academy  at  Cassville.  In  1877  he  went  to 
Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  spent  two  years.  He 
then  came  to  Colorado  and  for  two  years  was  em- 
ployed in  the  white  stone  quarry  at  Manitou, 
after  which  he  clerked  in  a  grocery  store  for  five 
years.  In  1886,  in  partnership  with  his  brother, 
Frank,  he  opened  a  clothing  store  on  Manitou 
avenue,  Manitou,  the  firm  of  Boynton  Brothers 
dealing  in  men's  furnishing  goods  of  a  fine  grade. 
In  1892  a  branch  store  was  opened  in  Cripple 
Creek.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  Mr.  Boyn- 
ton was  elected  county  commissioner,  but  he  con- 
tinued to  manage  his  store  until  the  spring  of 
1895,  when  he  closed  the  Manitou  business,  com- 
bining it  with  the  Cripple  Creek  business.  After 
a  short  time,  however,  fire  destroyed  his  store 
and  stock  and  he  closed  out  the  business.  In 
1892  he  bought  property  in  Cripple  Creek  and 
after  the  fire  erected  a  two-story  brick  structure. 
He  is  a  prominent  worker  in  the  Republican 
party,  and  has  served  efficiently  as  chairman  of 
the  county  central  committee  for  two  terms. 

In  Buena  Vista,  Colo.,  Mr.  Boynton  married 
Miss  Frances  Davis,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania' 
and  they  have  one  daughter,  Winifred.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  Benevolent  Protective  Order 
of  Elks.  In  religion  he  favors  the  Congrega- 
tional denomination  and  attends  services  at  that 
church. 

EHARLES  A.  BEERBOHM,  who  is  treasurer 
of  Otero  County,  was  born  in  Waterloo, 
Canada,  February  13,  1862,  and  grew  to 
maturity  in  the  town  of  his  birth.  In  youth 
he  began  to  serve  an  apprenticeship  to  the 
machinist's  trade,  but  received  a  severe  injury 
and  for  that  reason  abandoned  the  work.  After- 
ward he  was  employed  in  clerical  positions.  In 
1885  he  came  as  far  west  as  Topeka,  Kan.,  and 
for  a  year  clerked  in  a  shoe  store,  after  which,  in 
the  fall  of  1886,  he  began  to  work  in  the  general 
offices  of  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad. 

In  August,  1897,  Mr.  Beerbohm  was  trans- 
ferred to  La  Junta,  Colo.,  as  chief  clerk  of  the 
mechanical  department  of  the  western  division, 
from  Denver  to  Dodge  City.  In  October  of  the 
same  year  he  was  nominated  for  the  office  of 


county  treasurer,  and  upon  his  election  resigned 
his  connection  with  the  railroad  shops,  in  order 
to  give  his  entire  time  to  his  official  duties.  His 
education  fits  him  for  the  careful  and  systematic 
keeping  of  accounts,  as,  in  addition  to  a  high 
school  course  in  Waterloo,  he  had  the  advantage 
of  a  course  in  the  commercial  college  at  Belle- 
ville, Canada.  His  work  as  treasurer  is  accurately 
and  systematically  discharged,  in  a  manner  that ' 
reflects  credit  upon  his  ability  and  faithfulness  in 
every  trust. 

As  an  adherent  of  the  silver  branch  of  the 
Republican  party,  Mr.  Beerbohm  is  active  in 
local  politics.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Foresters  and  the  blue  lodge  of  Masons  in 
La  Junta.  In  religion  he  is  connected  with  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  In  the  organization  of  the 
building  and  loan  association  here  he  took  a 
prominent  part  and  has  since  served  as  a  director. 
He  is  also  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Home  Place 
addition,  adjoining  La  Junta.  His  marriage 
united  him  with  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  D.  H. 
Mason,  M.  D.,  LL.  D.,  who  at  one  time  was 
surgeon  of  the  state  penitentiary  of  Illinois.  They 
have  an  only  daughter,  Florence. 


ELESTINO  GARCIA,  the  present  represen- 
tative  from  Conejos  County  in  the  state 
U  legislature,  has  spent  his  entire  life  in  this 
county,  where  he  was  born  Decembers,  1861. 
He  is  a  son  of  Jose  Victor  Garcia,  who  removed 
fromTaos,  N.  M.,  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Cone- 
jos County,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home 
and  taken  a  leading  part  in  public  affairs.  He 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  territorial  council  of 
1 86 1  and  also  held  a  number  of  local  and  county 
offices,  all  of  which  he  filled  creditably  to  himself. 

Reared  on  the  frontier,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  early  became  familiar  with  the  needs  of 
this  section,  its  possibilities  and  its  resources. 
For  this  reason  he  is  especially  fitted  to  serve  in 
the  legislature  in  a  manner  that  will  be  helpful  to 
his  constituents.  Upon  completing  his  education 
in  a  college  in  Pueblo  he  turned  his  attention  to 
public  affairs.  He  has,  indeed,  been  identified 
with  legislative  work  since  boyhood.  He  was 
appointed  a  page  in  the  first  state  legislature  and 
in  1885  and  1887  acted  as  state  interpreter  in  the 
senate  chamber,  for  which  position  (as  well  as 
that  of  interpreter  for  Conejos  County)  his  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  both  Spanish  and  English 
admirably  fit  him. 

On  the   Democratic  ticket,  with  the  endorse- 


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WILLIAM  A.  MENEFEE. 


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ment  of  the  Republicans,  Mr.  Garcia  was  elected 
to  the  legislature  in  1893.  Two  years  later  he 
was  nominated  by  the  Republicans  and  endorsed 
by  the  Democrats,  having  no  opponent  for  the 
office.  In  1897  he  was  nominated  by  the  Re- 
publicans, and  endorsed  by  both  the  Democrats 
and  Populists.  In  1898  he  became  the  candidate 
of  the  silver  Republicans,  with  the  endorsement 
of  the  Democrats,  Populists  and  gold  Republi- 
cans. As  a  legislator  he  takes  an  active  part  in 
measures  for  the  public  good  and  has  made  an 
honorable  record  for  himself.  In  addition  to  this 
position,  in  1897  he  was  assessor  of  Conejos 
County.  During  the  last  legislature  he  was  the 
Republican  nominee  for  speaker  of  the  house 
and  received  his  full  party  vote,  but  owing  to  the 
party  being  small  in  numbers  he  was  defeated. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Garcia  united  him,  in 
1884,  with  Mary  R.,  daughter  of  J.  P.  Garcia,  of 
Conejos  County.  Since  his  election  to  the  legis- 
lature it  has  been  their  custom  to  spend  the  sum- 
mer months  on  a  ranch  near  Conejos,  while  dur- 
ing the  legislative  session  they  reside  in  Denver. 


fDQlLLIAM  A.  MENEFEE,  so  long  identified 
\Al  w^h  ^e  stock  interests  of  Mancos  Valley, 
Y  V  resides  three  miles  east  of  the  village  of 
Mancos,  in  Montezuma  County.  The  record  of 
his  life  is  well  known  among  the  people  of  his 
immediate  vicinity,  but  this  recital  will  still  more 
firmly  establish  facts  connected  with  his  honor- 
able and  successful  career.  Shortly  after  he  came 
to  Colorado,  in  1876,  he  bought  a  tract  of  land 
on  the  Mancos  River,  and  the  following  year, 
with  one  hundred  head  of  horses  he  had  pur- 
chased, he  went  to  Utah,  where  he  traded  the 
horses  for  cattle.  These  he  drove  to  his  land  in 
Montezuma  County,  where  he  began  to  raise 
stock.  In  time  he  became  the  owner  of  an  im- 
proved ranch  of  six  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of 
fine  land,  containing  modern  improvements,  and 
on  this  property  he  engaged  in  stock-raising,  and 
also  raised  about  seven  hundred  tons  of  hay  year- 
ly, which  he  used  for  feed.  In  1886  he  erected 
one  of  the  finest  ranch  houses  in  the  valley,  and 
here  he  has  since  made  his  home,  surrounded  by 
the  comforts  of  modern  times  and  enjoying  life 
to  its  fullest  extent.  His  success  is  the  more  re- 
markable when  it  is  considered  that  he  began 
with  absolutely  nothing;  when  he  came  to  this 
valley  he  had  but  twenty-five  cents  in  money, 
but  he  possessed  determination,  energy  and  per- 
severance, and  during  the  twenty-two  years  he 


has  made  his  home  on  the  same  ranch  he  has  in- 
stituted many  improvements  and  met  with  en- 
couraging success. 

Born  in  Madison  County,  Va.,  June  21,  1830, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  son  of  Philip  S. 
Menefee.  His  father,  also  a  native  of  the  Old 
Dominion,  born  in  1803,  remained  there  until 
the  spring  of  1856,  when  he  removed  to  Iowa. 
He  was  a  miller  by  trade,  and  during  his  resi- 
dence in  Virginia  owned  the  slate,  flouring  and 
carding  mills  in  Rappahannock  County.  When 
seventy-four  years  of  age,  in  1877,  he  died  at  the 
residence  of  his  son  in  Wichita,  Kan.  He  was  a 
son  of  James  Menefee, /  a  captain  in  the  war  of 
1812,  and  a  lifelong  resident  and  large  farmer 
and  miller  of  Virginia,  where  he  died  at  an  ad- 
vanced age.  The  family  was  of  Scotch-Irish  ori- 
gin and  was  represented  among  the  pioneers  of 
Virginia.  The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Cath- 
erine B.  Pendleton,  an  own  cousin  of  John  S. 
Pendleton,  the  missionary  in  Chili.  Of  her  eleven 
children  seven  are  living:  William  A.;  Tabitha, 
wife  of  H.  Weatherwax,  of  Nebraska;  Thomas 
J.,  of  Kansas;  Philip  R.,  of  Illinois;  Mrs.  Lucy 
V.  Hanson,  of  Iowa;  Minnie,  wife  of  Thomas 
Ayres,  of  California;  and  Catherine,  widow  of 
B.  F.  Denison,  ofOlympia,  state  of  Washington. 
The  mother  died  in  Iowa,  August  29,  1871. 

In  the  log  schoolhouses  of  Virginia  our  subject 
gained  the  rudiments  of  his  education.  After- 
ward, by  observation  and  self-culture,  he  acquired 
a  broad  fund  of  knowledge.  In  1856  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Iowa,  and  there  engaged 
in  farming  until  1861,  when  he  went  to  Califor- 
nia and  embarked  in  the  livery  business.  Two 
years  later  he  went  to  Washington,  and  from 
there,  in  1866,  proceeded  to  Montana,  having 
charge  of  a  pack  train  of  provisions.  For  one 
year  he  continued  freighting,  after  which  he  re- 
turned to  Washington,  where  he  cultivated  farm 
land.  In  1872  he  took  a  drove  of  horses  and 
mules  to  British  Columbia,  where  he  sold  them. 
Returning  to  Washington  he  remained  there 
until  1876,  when  he  came  to  Colorado.  The 
year  following  (1877)  was  the  date  of  his  arrival 
in  the  Mancos  Valley  of  Colorado. 

The  silver  cause  has  a  firm  friend  in  Mr.  Men- 
efee, and  he  votes  the  Democratic  ticket.  In 
1881  and  1882  he  was  postmaster  at  Mancos,  be- 
ing the  second  to  occupy  that  position  prior  to 
the  organization  of  the  village.  Several  times  he 
refused  the  preferred  nomination  for  county  com- 
missioner. He  is  interested  in  educational  mat- 


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ters,  and  for  several  years  has  been  a  member  of 
the  school  board.  He  firmly  believes  in  the 
building  up  of  a  good  system  of  education,  upon 
which  the  destiny  of  our  country  largely  depends. 
He  is  also  a  firm  believer  in  having  churches  and 
religious  instruction,  so  indispensable  to  good 
civic  government  and  useful  living.  He  assisted 
in  the  building  of  the  Methodist  and  First  Bap- 
tist Churches,  the  latter  of  which  he  is  an  active 
member.  A  benevolent  man,  he  gives  as  his 
means  permit,  to  all  who  are  in  need  of  assist- 
ance; and,  remembering  the  days  when  he  was 
poor  and  friendless,  he  is  always  willing  to  ex- 
tend a  helping  hand  to  young  men  who  are  simi- 
larly situated.  He  was  the  only  man  between 
Durango  and  Ridgway  who  gave  the  right  of 
way  to  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad. 

June  16,  1867,  Mr.  Menefee  married  Miss 
Sarah  Ann  Demaris,  who  was  born  in  Iowa,  but 
spent  her  girlhood  years  in  Washington  Terri- 
tory, where  she  was  married.  Six  children 
blessed  the  union,  one  of  whom,  John  W.,  is  de- 
ceased. The  survivors  are:  George  W.,  Edward 
H.,  William  M.,  Charles  and  Lewis  K.,  who  are 
at  home  and  assist  in  the  management  of  the 
ranch  and  the  oversight  of  the  stock. 


fDQlLLIAM  C.  BALES,  vice-president  and 
\  A I  £eneral  manager  of  the  Colorado  Coal  and 
Y  V  Coke  Company,  and  manager  of  the  North- 
ern Coal  Company,  is  an  enterprising  and  efficient 
business  man  of  Pueblo.  He  came  to  this  city  in 
1893  as  manager  for  the  Southwestern  Coal  Com- 
pany, and  later  organized  the  Colorado  Coal  and 
Coke  Company,  with  which  he  has  since  been 
connected  in  an  official  capacity.  Thoroughly 
conversant  with  every  detail  of  the  coal  business, 
his  information,  coupled  with  intelligence  and 
energy,  has  brought  him  success. 

Born  in  Toledo,  Iowa,  April  3,  1866,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  is  a  son  of  Marion  T:  and 
Helen  (Culbertson)  Bales,  natives,  respectively, 
of  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania.  The  family,  both  in 
its  direct  and  collateral  branches,  has  had  repre- 
sentatives in  the  various  wars  of  our  country. 
His  father,  who  was  a  graduate  of  Allegheny 
College  at  Meadville,  Pa. ,  has  spent  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  carried 
on  business  as  a  life  insurance  agent.  He  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  William  Culbertson,  who  was 
a  promising  attorney  of  Meadville,  but  died  when 
only  thirty-three  years  of  age.  Besides  his  sis- 
ter, Clara  M.,  our  subject  is  the  only  child  of  his 


parents.  The  boyhood  days  of  his  life  were  passed 
in  Meadville  and  Titusville,  Pa.,  where  he  re- 
ceived his  education  in  private  and  public  schools. 
When  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  his  mother 
died.  Two  years  later  he  went  to  Buffalo.  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  bookkeeper  for  various  firms  until 
1887.  He  then  went  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where 
he  opened  a  jewelry  store  and  started  in  business 
for  himself.  In  the  same  city  he  carried  on  a 
coal  business  for  several  years.  From  Kansas 
City  he  came  to  Pueblo  in  1893  and  here  he  has 
since  been  identified  with  the  business  interests 
of  the  place.  Besides  his  coal  business  he  is  also 
interested  in  mining  at  Cripple  Creek. 

In  1897  Mr.  Bales  married  Miss  Ophelia  Cope- 
land,  of  Denver,  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  George 
P.  Copeland,  who  was  for  many  years  a  promi- 
nent mining  man  of  Leadville.  He  was  the  son 
of  William  L.  Copeland,  a  well-known  citizen  of 
Colorado  Springs.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bales  have  one 
daughter. 

HENRY  W.  ADSMOND,  assessor  of  Otero 
County  and  a  well-known  citizen  of  La 
Junta,  was  born  at  Black  River  Falls,  Jack- 
son County,  Wis.,  November  i,  1857.  His  boy- 
hood days  were  spent  on  a  farm,  where  he  early 
gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  agricultural  pur- 
suits. In  addition  to  general  farming  he  devoted 
considerable  time  to  working  in  the  lumber  woods 
of  Wisconsin.  He  had  comparatively  few  educa- 
tional advantages,  but,  being  quick  to  learn,  has 
become  a  well-informed  man. 

When  about  twenty-one  years  of  age  Mr.  Ads- 
mond  left  home  and  went  to  Kansas,  where  he 
spent  one  year.  From  there  he  proceeded  to  the 
mountains  of  Colorado,  where  for  several  consec- 
utive summers  he  engaged  in  mining  and  pros- 
pecting, while  during  the  winter  months  he  was 
employed  in  the  steel  works  at  Pueblo.  In  the 
fall  of  1882  he  came  to  what  is  now  Otero  County. 
Here  for  three  years  he  was  employed  as  foreman 
on  a  large  stock  ranch  near  Rocky  Ford.  He 
then  took  up  land  situated  four  miles  west  of 
Rocky  Ford,  and,  in  addition  to  general  ranch 
pursuits,  also  operated  a  threshing  machine.  An 
unfortunate  accident,  in  the  spring  of  1891, 
caused  the  loss  of  his  right  hand  and  obliged  him 
to  discontinue  threshing  and  similar  work.  How- 
ever, he  continued  to  cultivate  his  land  and 
introduced  a  number  of  improvements,  but  after 
four  years  traded  it  for  other  property. 

Removing  to  Rocky  Ford  Mr.   Adsmond  wa» 


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employed  as  marshal  and  constable  there  for  one 
and  one-half  years,  during  which  time  he  ope- 
rated the  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
which  he  had  taken  up  at  the  same  time  that  he 
took  up  his  ranch.  In  November,  1897,  he  was 
elected  to  his  present  office  of  county  assessor, 
being  the  nominee  of  the  Republican  party,  whose 
principles  he  has  always  supported.  He  and  his 
wife,  who  was  formerly  Edna  Washburn,  and  is 
a  daughter  of  C.  C.  Washburn,  of  Rocky  Ford, 
have  established  their  home  in  La  Junta,  where 
they  have  won  many  friends  among  the  people 
of  the  town.  Fraternally  he  is  identified  with 
Rocky  Ford  Lodge  No.  87,  I.  O.  O.  F.  He  is 
an  industrious,  persevering  man,  who,  notwith- 
standing obstacles  and  hardships,  has  made  his 
way  to  a  position  among  the  leading  men  of  his 
town  and  count}'.  This  he  has  done  without  any 
assistance,  but  by  the  force  of  energy  and  perse- 
verance. He  has  had  no  one  to  help  him  in 
securing  a  start,  but  has  been  forced  to  work  his 
way  upward  alone  and  unaided,  overcoming  ob- 
stacles and  surmounting  hardships  that  might 
have  discouraged  one  less  determined  than  he. 


ly/lATTHEW  KENNEDY,  who  has  resided 
IV I  in  Colorado  Springs  since  1876,  was  born 
\(y\  near  Warren,  Ohio,  January  i,  1836,  being 
a  son  of  James  and  Eliza  (Pew)  Kennedy,  natives 
respectively  of  Beaver  County,  Pa.,  and  Trum- 
bull  County,  Ohio.  His  maternal  grandfather 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812  and  a  pioneer  of 
Ohio;  the  paternal  grandfather  spent  his  entire 
life  in  Beaver  County,  Pa.  When  a  young  man 
James  Kennedy  removed  to  Ohio  and  from  the 
forests  of  Trumbull  County  cleared  and  improved 
a  farm,  which  place  he  continued  to  make  his 
home  until  his  death,  at  sixty-nine  years.  His 
wife  passed  away  when  sixty -two.  Of  their  seven 
children  four  are  living.  One  of  these,  David  B., 
now  living  in  California,  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Civil  war  and  marched  with  Sherman  through 
Georgia  to  the  sea. 

The  fourth  among  the  children  was  Matthew. 
He  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  received  public- 
school  advantages.  After  attending  a  college  in 
Pennsylvania  for  two  years  he  taught  school  for 
a  number  of  terms  and  then  entered  the  com- 
mercial college  in  Pittsburg,  from  which  he 
graduated.  Embarking  in  business  life,  his  first 
position  was  that  of  bookkeeper  for  the  wholesale 
dry-goods  house  of  McCandless,  Jameson  &  Co. 
Later  he  was  taken  into  the  firm  as  a  partner 


and  continued  with  them,  in  Pittsburg,  until  his 
wife's  failing  health  caused  him  to  seek  for  her  a 
change  of  climate.  In  February,  1876,  he  arrived 
in  Denver  and  in  May  came  to  Colorado  Springs. 
Starting  in  the  stock  business,  he  soon  acquired 
valuable  interests.  He  bought  a  ranch  fourteen 
miles  east  of  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  con- 
trolled about  sixteen  thousand  acres,  now  sub- 
divided into  small  farms;  while  on  his  ranch  is 
the  present  station  of  Falcon,  on  the  Denver  & 
Gulf  road.  He  devoted  six  years  to  the  stock 
business  and  then  sold  out,  and  bought  an  inter- 
est in  the  First  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
made  the  cashier.  On  selling  out,  four  years 
later,  he  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business,  in 
which  he  has  since  been  interested,  having  laid 
out  several  additions  to  the  city.  He  has  also 
been  interested  in  the  loan  and  mortgage  business 
and  in  fire  insurance,  representing  a  number  of 
old-line  companies.  Politically  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. For  several  years  he  served  as  an  alder- 
man. In  religion  he  is  a  member  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church. 

In  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Mr.  Kennedy  married  Miss 
Mary  J.  Cameron,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Alexan- 
der Cameron,  of  Allegheny,  Pa.,  a  banker  of  that 
city.  The  two  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kennedy 
are  Richard  Lea,  who  graduated  from  Princeton 
in  1895  and  from  the  Harvard  Law  School  in 
1898  and  is  now  an  attorney  in  Colorado  Springs; 
and  Clara  C.,  who  was  educated  in  this  city  and 
at  Vassar  College;  she  is  now  the  wife  of  Paul  F. 
De  La  Vergne,  and  residing  in  Honolulu. 


EW.  GIRDLESTONE,  M.  D.,  of  Colorado 
Springs,  is  a  member  of  an  old  English  fam- 
ily. His  paternal  grandfather  came  from 
Norfolk,  England,  and  settled  near  Toronto, 
Canada,  where,  being  a  man  of  ample  means,  he 
lived  a  life  of  leisure.  His  son,  George  William, 
was  born  in  London,  Canada,  and  engaged  in 
business  at  Windsor  for  some  years,  but  in  1879 
settled  at  Winnipeg,  Manitoba,  where  he  carried 
on  business  pursuits  until  his  death.  His  wife, 
who  was  of  French  descent,  was  Louisa  Rosalie 
Baby,  a  native  of  Sandwich,  Canada,  and  is  now 
living  in  Vancouver.  Her  father,  Major  Baby, 
was  for  a  time  sheriff  of  Essex  County,  Canada. 
Of  her  ten  children,  seven  are  now  living,  our 
subject  being  the  eldest  of  these.  He  was  born 
in  Windsor,  Essex  County,  Canada,  August  7, 
1868,  and  remained  in  his  native  place  until 
eleven  years  of  age.  In  1879  he  accompanied 


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his  parents  to  Winnipeg,  where  he  attended  St. 
John's  College,  a  school  for  boys.  Later  he 
matriculated  in  the  University  of  Manitoba,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1888,  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  The  degree  of  A.  M.  was  afterward  con- 
ferred upon  him.  In  1888  he  began  the  study  of 
medicine  in  the  McGill  University  at  Montreal, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1892,  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.,  C.  M. 

After  Dr.  Girdlestone  had  practiced  but  a  few 
months,  ill  health  obliged  him  to  seek  a  more 
congenial  climate.  In  January,  1893,  he  came 
to  the  States,  spending  six  months  in  California, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  practice  in  Detroit, 
Mich.  However,  it  was  not  long  before  his 
health  again  gave  way  and  he  was  obliged  to 
relinquish  his  work.  Going  back  to  California 
he  settled  at  Riverside,  where  he  practiced  for 
three  years,  but  again  his  health  became  impaired. 
In  1896  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where,  with 
strength  restored,  he  is  carrying  on  a  general 
practice.  He  is  a  member  of  the  El  Paso  Coun- 
ty Medical  Society,  and  the  Alpha  Psi  Chapter 
of  the  Zeta  Psi  fraternity,  of  McGill  University. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  the  province  of  Quebec,  Canada. 
In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian.  His  marriage 
took  place  in  Monmouth,  Warren  County,  111., 
and  united  him  with  Miss  May  B.  Perley,  who 
was  born  in  New  Hampshire  and  is  a  graduate 
of  St.  Mary's  Academy  at  Knoxville,  111.  They 
are  the  parents  of  a  daughter,  Constance. 


(DQlLLIAM  E.  ANDERSON,  an  extensive 
\  A I  ^an<^  holder  and  stock  owner,  residing  in 
Y  V  Rocky  Ford,  Otero  County,  was  born  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  July  16,  1850.  He  was  only  one 
year  old  when  his  parents  went  to  Council  Bluffs, 
Iowa,  and  outfitting  with  the  necessary  equip- 
ments, started  on  the  long  journey  across  the 
mountains  to  California.  There,  for  five  years, 
the  father  engaged  in  mining,  and  afterward  car- 
ried on  a  cattle  business  in  Fresno  County,  where 
he  was  drowned,  while  still  in  middle  life.  Later 
the  mother  married  a  second  time. 

In  1873,  after  having  spent  several  years  in 
San  Francisco  and  Stockton,  our  subject  started 
for  Texas  with  three  thousand  head  of  horses. 
Going  via  the  northern  route,  he  stopped  at 
Pueblo,  Colo.,  and  spent  the  winter,  selling  out 
the  entire  herd.  During  his  trip  he  had  been 
three  times  attacked  by  Indians.  On  returning 
to  California  he  resumed  the  stock  business.  In 


1877  he  took  ten  thousand  head  of  sheep  to  the 
Panhandle,  Texas,  and  there  he  engaged  in  the 
sheep  and  cattle  business  for  four  years.  Finally 
he  sold  his  stock  to  the  Prairie  Cattle  Company. 

In  1882  Mr.  Anderson  went  on  the  Rio  Hondo 
in  New  Mexico  and  purchased  a  large  ranch  from 
George  Taylor,  paying  $53,000  for  the  place.  In 
the  fall  of  that  year  he  took  his  wife  there. 
It  was  a  pioneer  life  upon  which  he  entered.  The 
nearest  neighbor  was  twenty  miles  away,  while 
the  railroad  (Las  Vegas)  was  two  hundred  miles 
distant.  A  few  months  after  he  purchased  the 
ranch  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Thatcher 
Brothers,  with  whom  he  continued  for  six  years. 
During  that  time  he  organized  the  Cattle  Men's 
Protective  Association,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent, and  which  succeeded  in  effectually  ridding 
Lincoln  County  and  the  entire  country  of  all 
thieves.  The  company  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent was  known  as  the  Anderson  Cattle  Com- 
pany, and  the  ranch  was  called  the  Diamond  A 
cattle  ranch. 

In  the  fall  of  1888  the  ranch  was  sold  to  the 
Bloom  Cattle  Company,  owning  about  nine  thou- 
sand head  of  cattle.  After  spending  some  months 
in  Missouri,  Mr.  Anderson  came  to  Otero  Coun- 
ty, Colo.,  in  the  summer  of  1889,  and  bought 
from  J.  W.  Potter  the  Tempis  Creek  ranch  of 
eight  hundred  and  eighty  acres  and  the  Fowler 
ranch  of  eight  hundred  and  ninety  acres,  and  for 
four  years  he  engaged  in  the  hay,  grain  and  seed 
business,  shipping  seed  to  Europe  and  other 
countries.  On  selling  out  the  seed  business  in 
1894  he  contracted  for  seven  thousand  head  of 
cattle,  but  the  panic  came  on,  with  all  its  dis- 
astrous consequences,  and,  not  being  able  to  take 
the  cattle,  he  was  obliged  to  pay  a  forfeit  of 
$10,000. 

Besides  his  other  property,  Mr.  Anderson  owns 
two  thousand  acres  of  timber  land  in  the  White 
Mountains  in  New  Mexico,  which  will  be  val- 
uable at  no  distant  day.  He  also  owns  one-third 
interest  in  a  mining  property  in  Routt  County, 
Colo.,  that  is  worth  $80,000.  During  his  long 
life  on  the  plains  he  has  made  many  friends 
among  prominent  cattlemen  in  all  of  the  western 
states  and  territories.  He  holds  the  record  for 
expertness  in  handling  the  lariat,  and  no  cattle- 
man on  the  plains  can  surpass  him  in  roping 
cattle  and  horses.  Having  been  brought  into 
frequent  contact  with  the  Mexicans,  he  has  be- 
come proficient  in  the  Spanish  language,  which 
he  speaks  fluently. 


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Since  1889  Mr.  Anderson  has  made  Rocky 
Ford  his  home.  He  was  married  February  9, 
1882,  to  Miss  Mary  Josephine  Smith,  who  was 
born  in  Bethany,  Mo.,  and  from  two  years  of  age 
lived  in  Warrensburg,  that  state.  She  graduated 
with  honors  from  the  Missouri  State  Normal 
School  at  Warrensburg  in  1879,  after  which  she 
taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Warrensburg  and 
Knobnoster  for  three  years.  In  1897  she  was 
elected  county  superintendent  of  schools  by  a 
majority  of  about  four  hundred,  while  all  the 
other  candidates  of  the  People's  party  were  de- 
feated. A  lady  of  education  and  intellectual 
attainments,  she  was  well  qualified  to  fill  the 
position  with  efficiency,  and  as  a  county  official 
has  made  a  splendid  record.  She  is  the  owner  of 
five  residences  in  Rocky  Ford.  For  six  years 
Mr.  Anderson  has  acted  as  regent  of  the  Colorado 
State  University.  He  has  taken  an  active  inter- 
est in  every  measure  for  the  benefit  of  the  town, 
and  was  a  prime  mover  in  securing  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  mill  and  elevator  company  and  the 
fair  association.  He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents 
of  three  children,  William  Edward,  Robert  S. 
and  Margaret. 


(lOHN  PETERSON.  No  foreign  element  has 
I  become  a  more  important  part  in  our  Ameri- 
(*)  can  citizenship  than  that  furnished  by  Swe- 
den. The  emigrants  from  that  country  have 
brought  with  them  to  the  new  world  the  stability, 
enterprise  and  perseverance  characteristic  of  their 
people,  and  have  fused  these  qualities  with  the 
progress! veness  and  indomitable  spirit  of  the  west. 
Mr.  Peterson  is  a  representative  of  this  class. 
He  came  to  America  without  capital  and  had  no 
friends  in  this  country.  It  was  his  desire  to 
benefit  his  financial  condition,  and  his  dreams  of 
the  future  have  been  more  than  realized,  for  he  is 
now  one  of  the  prosperous  and  substantial  farmers 
and  stockmen  of  Pueblo  County,  his  ranch  lying 
about  three  miles  from  Rye. 

Mr.  Peterson  was  born  in  the  southwestern 
part  of  Sweden  September  1 1 ,  1840,  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  country  and  con- 
tinued to  reside  there  until  1868,  when  he  crossed 
the  broad  Atlantic  and  took  up  his  residence  in 
Galesburg,  Knox  County,  111.,  where  he  carried 
on  operations  as  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  for 
some  years.  About  twenty-six  years  ago  he 
came  to  Pueblo  County,  Colo.,  and  since  1881 
has  resided  upon  his  present  ranch,  which  is 
pleasantly  located  and  is  one  of  the  most  desir- 

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able  places  of  the  locality.  It  is  all  under  fence, 
highly  cultivated  and  well  improved.  He  has 
the  finest  barn  in  the  neighborhood,  and  as  a 
stock-raiser  he  has  been  very  successful,  keeping 
only  the  best  grades  of  horses  and  cattle.  Here 
he  has  prospered,  owes  no  man  a  dollar  and  has 
money  at  interest.  For  some  time  he  conducted 
a  store  in  the  vicinity  of  Rye,  but  finding  the 
stock  business  more  profitable  he  gave  up  the 
former  occupation.  As  a  public-spirited  and  pro- 
gressive citizen  he  believes  in  helping  all  laud- 
able enterprises  for  the  public  good  and  has  done 
much  to  advance  the  interests  of  his  part  of  the 
county.  He  is  pleasant  and  agreeable  in  man- 
ner and  his  word  is  considered  as  good  as  his 
bond.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Republican. 
After  his  arrival  in  the  new  world  he  had  a  sister 
come  to  this  country;  she  is  now  the  wife  of  Jo- 
seph Peterson,  whose  ranch  adjoins  that  of  our 
subject,  and  whose  sketch  appears  elsewhere  in 
this  work. 


/TJHARLES  P.  MACMULLAN,  M.  D.,  de- 
I  (  ceased,  formerly  one  of  the  leading  business 
U  men  of  Fort  Garland,  Costilla  County,  was 
born  in  Ireland  September  27,  1842,  a  son  of 
Daniel  and  Catherine  (Sharkey)  MacMulIan. 
He  was  reared  in  his  native  land  and  received  a 
classical  education  in  a  college  of  Dublin,  from 
which  he  graduated  with  honors.  Soon  after 
graduating  he  came  to  the  United  States.  He 
settled  in  St.  I/ouis,  and  invested  his  inherited 
capital  in  a  business  enterprise  that  proved  a 
failure,  entailing  on  him  a  heavy  loss.  At  the 
opening  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  being 
hospital  steward  most  of  the  time.  Afterward 
he  was  transferred  to  Fort  Garland  and  continued 
in  the  same  capacity  until  he  resigned  from  the 
army  in  1871. 

September  18,  1873,  Mr.  MacMullau  married 
Jennie  Hutton,  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth (O'Kane)  Hutton,  and  a  native  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.  When  she  was  three  years  of  age 
her  father  died,  and  she  was  taken  into  the  home 
of  an  aunt,  Hannah  Thompson,  wife  of  Capt. 
James  Thompson,  who  came  to  Fort  Garland 
in  1867.  Captain  Thompson  had  served  through 
the  Civil  war  as  a  private  and  had  afterward  re- 
mained with  the  regular  army,  receiving  promo- 
tion to  command  of  a  company  and  continuing 
as  such  until  he  resigned.  His  wife  now  makes 
her  home  on  her  ranch  southwest  of  Garland. 


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Mrs.  MacMullau  was  a  child  of  eleven  years  when 
she  accompanied  her  uncle  and  aunt  to  Fort  Gar- 
land, and  since  then  she  has  made  her  home 
here. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  MacMullan  had  charge 
of  a  store  at  Fort  Garland  for  Fred  Meyer;  he 
had  previously  had  charge  of  a  branch  store  in 
Badito.  In  1883  he  "turned  his  attention  to  the 
practice  of  medicine,  which  he  followed  for  some 
years.  In  August,  1891,  he  established  a  gen- 
eral mercantile  business,  and  at  the  same  time 
handled  all  kinds  of  produce.  This  business  he 
conducted  until  his  death,  which  occurred  April 
4,  1895.  He  also  for  years  had  charge  of  the 
postoffice  at  this  point,  and  served  as  county 
commissioner  and  county  superintendent  of 
schools.  He  was  the  Democratic  nominee  for  the 
legislature  and  the  senate.  Fraternally  he  was  a 
Mason.  As  a  citizen  he  was  held  in  high  respect 
by  his  acquaintances.  He  was  honored  through- 
out the  entire  valley  as  a  man  of  integrity  and 
unblemished  character. 

Since  the  death  of  Mr.  MacMullan  his  widow, 
who  is  a  lady  of  unusual  ability,  has  continued 
to  conduct  the  mercantile  business,  and  also  su- 
perintends the  ranch  which  he  owned  and  the 
stock  business  in  which  he  was  engaged.  In  ad- 
dition, she  acts  as  postmistress,  the  office  here 
having  been  in  charge  of  her  husband  and  herself 
for  the  past  twenty -five  years,  with  the  exception 
of  a  few  short  intervals.  In  her  family  there  are 
two  sons  now  living:  Charles  D.,  who  assists  his 
mother  in  the  store  and  on  the  ranch;  and  Thomas 
A.  She  has  lost  by  death  two  sons  and  two 
daughters,  all  of  whom  died  within  five  days  of  one 
another,  and  at  the  same  time  a  cousin  also  died. 


(I  AMES  W.  SHIELDS,  county  judge  of  Cos- 
I  tilla  County,  and  a  resident  of  Mosca  since 
G)  1896,  was  born  in  Ohio  November  23,  1847, 
a  son  of  Joseph  A.  and  Guelia  E.  (Puckett) 
Shields,  both  natives  of  Ohio.  His  father  re- 
moved to  Indiana  in  1852  and  settled  in  Hamil- 
ton County,  from  there  went  to  Tipton  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  fanning  until  1865;  he  then 
became  interested  in  business  in  Tipton,  in  which 
place  he  also  took  an  active  part  in  public  affairs 
and  wielded  an  influence  in  the  Republican  party. 
Now  living  in  Kokomo,  Ind. ,  he  is  still  quite 
active,  notwithstanding  his  eighty-three  busy 
years. 

By  the  second  marriage  of  Joseph  A.  Shields 
ten  children  were  born,  eight  of  whom  are  living. 


Lydia  is  the  wife  of  N.  Garnstaff,  of  Edinburgh, 
Ind. ;  Margaret  married  George  Cadle,  a  well-to- 
do  farmer  and  a  stockman  of  Kansas;  Sarah  is 
the  wife  of  Conrad  Routsaw,  of  Darke  County, 
Ohio;  Priscilla  is  the  wife  of  John  Miller,  of 
Beloit,  Kan;  Mrs.  Elma  Ward  is  the  wife  of  a 
merchant  tailor  in  Beloit,  Kan;  Josephine  mar- 
ried James  Gould,  of  Crystal  Springs,  Mich., 
where  she  died;  Robert  settled  in  Del  Norte, 
Colo.,  in  1876,  and  later  went  to  Durango,  where 
he  built  the  court  house  and  had  other  contracts 
for  building,  and  he  died  in  that  city  in  1895; 
George  is  a  stockman  near  Farmington,  N.  M., 
and  Moses  B.  is  connected  with  the  smelter 
works  in  Durango. 

When  five  years  of  age  our  subject  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Indiana.  January  3,  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  F  of  the  old  Eleventh  In- 
diana Infantry,  under  Gen.  Lew  Wallace,  who 
was  the  colonel  of  that  regiment.  After  twelve 
months  in  this  command  he  was  discharged  for 
disability,  but  after  thirty  days  he  again  volun- 
teered his  services,  enlisting  in  Company  A,  One 
Hundred  and  Thirtieth  Indiana  Infantry,  in 
which  he  continued  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
being  honorably  discharged  December  14,  1865. 
Among  the  engagements  in  which  he  took  part 
were  those  at  Pittsburg  Landing,  Missionary 
Ridge,  the  Atlanta  campaign  of  1864  and  Kene- 
saw  Mountain,  where  he  was  wounded.  He  was 
also  wounded  by  a  sabre  in  a  skirmish  at  Buz- 
zard's Roost,  Ga. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Shields  crossed 
the  country  via  the  Santa  Fe  trail  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, returning  by  the  Horn  to  Ohio,  where  he 
was  married,  in  July,  1867,  to  Mary,  daughter  of 
Richard  Gilland,  and  a  native  of  Ohio.  Ten 
years  were  spent  in  his  native  county  of  Clinton. 
In  1877  he  removed  to  Del  Norte,  Colo.,  where 
he  engaged  in  freighting  to  different  points 
(Ouray,  Silver  City,  Leadville,  etc.).  In  1880 
he  was  elected,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  judge 
of  Rio  Grande  County  and  served  until  1884,  re- 
signing on  his  removal  to  Costilla  County.  Here 
he  settled  nine  miles  from  the  present  site  of 
Mosca,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  county.  He 
organized  the  Prairie  Ditch  Company,  the  first 
company  of  the  kind  in  the  valley.  The  ditch 
built  by  the  company  is  twenty-two  and  one- 
half  miles  long,  and  irrigates  about  thirty  thou- 
sand acres,  which  is  more  land  than  any  other 
ditch  in  the  county  irrigates.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  a  few  years,  he  has  been  retained  con- 


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stantly  as  attorney  for  the  company,  of  which  he 
has  been  president  much  of  the  time  and  has 
also  been  a  large  shareholder. 

In  1890  he  was  elected  judge  of  Costilla  County 
and  is  now  serving  his  third  term.  September 
ii,  1895,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Colorado, 
and  besides  his  work  as  judge,  he  has  had 
considerable  practice  in  the  different  courts  of  the 
state.  His  ranch  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres, 
with  its  substantial  brick  house,  is  one  of  the  best 
in  the  valley  and  is  rented  to  tenants.  In  1896 
he  built  a  residence  in  town,  and  here  he  has 
since  made  his  home.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Masons,  also  the  Fraternal  Union 
No.  5,  of  Denver,  and  Oster house  Post,  G.  A.  R., 
at  Hooper. 

By  his  first  marriage  Mr.  Shields  had  six  chil- 
dren: Nannie,  wife  of  Alexander  Mclntosh,  of 
Denver;  James  E. ,  who  is  engaged  in  mining  in 
New  Mexico;  John  D. ,  of  Mosca;  Luella,  wife 
Samuel  Stiers,  of  Rocky  Ford,  Colo. ;  Arthur  G. , 
who  is  in  Phillips,  I .  T. ;  and  Alice,  at  home. 
Mrs.  Mary  Shields  died  March  8,  1885.  The 
second  marriage  of  Mr.  Shields,  September  25, 
1888,  united  him  with  Nana  A.  Hardy,  daughter 
of  Aaron  B.  and  Ellen  C.  (Miley)  Hardy.  She 
was  born  in  Highland  County,  Ohio,  where  her 
father  was  then  largely  interested  in  woolen 
mills  at  Leesburg,  but  he  is  now  engaged  in 
farming  near  Mosca,  Costilla  County.  Two 
daughters  have  been  born  of  this  union,  Muriel 
E.  and  Hazel  E. 


|~)OBERT  B.  WILLIS  was  one  of  the  earliest 
^\  settlers  of  La  Veta,  Huerfano  County, where 
P\  he  has  made  his  home  since  1866.  When 
he  came  to  this  locality  there  were  no  other  set- 
tlers except  Colonel  Francisco  and  Judge  Daidre, 
and  he  was,  therefore,  one  of  the  very  first  to  es- 
tablish a  home  here.  With  the  history  of  the 
town  and  county  he  has  since  been  intimately 
identified,  and  there  are  few  in  this  section  of 
country  with  whom  he  is  not  personally  ac- 
quainted. He  has  seen  improvements  made,  the 
introduction  of  railroad  and  telegraph,  the  estab- 
lishment of  villages,  the  carrying  on  of  large 
ranches,  and  those  other  improvements  which  in- 
dicate the  progressive  disposition  of  the  people. 
During  all  these  years  he  has  worked  energetical- 
ly as  a  stock-raiser,  and  by  industry  and  enter- 
prise has  accumulated  an  amount  sufficient  to 
protect  his  declining  years  from  hardships  or 
want. 


The  father  of  our  subject,  Willit  R.  Willis, 
spent  his  entire  life  in  New  York  state,  where  he 
was  born.  Throughout  active  life  he  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  woolens  in  Adams,  Jefferson 
County,  and  in  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  and  became  well 
known  in  the  wool  market.  He  was  one  of  seven 
who  organized  the  Abolition  party  in  York  state 
about  1840.  His  death  occurred  when  he  was 
seventy-eight.  In  Adams,  Jefferson  County, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born  in  1834,  our  subject 
remained  until  1853,  and  then  went  west  as  far  as 
Chicago,  111.,  but  remained  there  a  short  time 
only.  He  was  engaged  with  the  United  States 
Express  Company  under  the  supervision  of  J.  W. 
Parker,  and  worked  on  their  route  through  Iowa, 
Missouri  and  Kansas,  acting  as  messenger  until 
1858. 

During  the  latter  year  Mr.  Willis  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  settled  six  miles  above  Denver,  at  a 
place  then  known  as  Montana,  where  he  camped 
during  the  winter  with  a  party  from  Kansas  City. 
In  the  spring  of  1859  he  went  to  Gregory  (now 
Central  City) ,  where  he  began  prospecting.  In 
the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  went  to  Colorado 
City.  It  was  then  a  new  town,  and  Colorado 
Springs  and  Manitou  had  not  been  started.  For 
several  years  he  remained  in  the  same  place, 
meantime  assisting  in  laying  the  foundations  of 
the  city  and  doing  all  within  his  power  to  pro- 
mote its  welfare.  As  a  merchant  he  established 
a  good-  trade  and  became  widely  known  through- 
out El  Paso  County.  In  1861  he  was  a  member 
of  the  territorial  council  from  the  Colorado  City 
district,  and  through  the  influence  of  his  friend, 
Colonel  Francisco,  and  himself,  the  capital  was 
established  at  Colorado  City,  where  the  legisla- 
ture convened  in  1862.  He  acted  as  representa- 
tive in  the  first,  second  and  fourth  councils  of 
the  territorial  legislature,  and  wielded  a  potent 
influence  in  all  those  measures  originated  for  the 
benefit  of  the  newly  organized  territory. 

In  1866  Mr.  Willis  removed  to  Huerfano  Coun- 
ty, where  he  has  since  resided.  In  1871  he 
bought  a  tract  of  land  near  town  and  began  to 
raise  sheep,  in  which  business,  as  well  as  in  cat- 
tle-raising, he  devoted  himself  and  continued 
successfully  for  fifteen  years.  Meantime,  he 
opened  up  his  land  and  made  a  number  of  valua- 
ble improvements.  Since  1886,  when  he  sold  his 
sheep,  he  has  devoted  himself  exclusively  to  the 
raising  of  cattle.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason  and 
a  member  of  the  blue  lodge.  His  marriage, 
which  took  place  in  1867,  united  him  with  Mary 


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M.  Francisco,  a  sister  of  Colonel  Francisco.  She 
died  January  10,  1893,  leaving  an  only  daughter, 
Mary,  who  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  A.  W.  Morton,  of 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 


(lOHN  O'CONNELL.  In  all  of  southeastern 
I  Colorado  there  is  no  point  that  possesses 
G)  more  of  historic  interest  than  old  Fort  Lyon. 
During  the  early  days  in  the  history  of  this  state 
it  was  the  camping  ground  of  emigrants  from 
every  direction,  lured  west  by  the  hope  of  find- 
ing gold  in  the  mountains.  When  Indians  were 
dangerous  the  fort  was  the  refuge  of  white  set- 
tlers and  travelers;  and  could  the  old  walls  speak 
they  might  tell  many  a  tale  of  adventure,  excite- 
ment, peril,  carnage  and  even  death.  For  those 
who  are  students  of  the  past  the  fort  is  therefore 
an  object  of  interest.  While  it  is  not  at  present 
occupied  as  a  military  post,  the  government  em- 
ploys Mr.  O'Connell  to  look  after  it,  and  he 
makes  his  home  here.  Besides  superintending 
the  fort  he  also  engages  in  farming  and  the  cat- 
tle business.  Starting  with  a  herd  of  two  hun- 
dred head  of  cattle  he  now  owns  nearly  five  hun- 
dred. He  has  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres  of 
land  lying  along  the  Arkansas  River  bottom, 
upon  which  he  has  built  a  ditch  and  in  that  way 
made  irrigation  possible.  In  addition  to  this 
land  he  has  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  under 
the  Fort  Lyon  ditch,  two  miles  north  of  the  fort. 
A  son  of  Michael  and  Mary  (Costello)  O'Con- 
nell, our  subject  was  born  in  County  Limerick, 
Ireland,  in  March,  1851.  He  grew  to  manhood 
upon  a  farm  and  received  a  fair  education.  In 
1869  he  crossed  the  ocean,  spending  nine  days  on 
the  water.  After  landing  in  New  York  he  went 
to  Boston,  where  he  secured  employment  as  hotel 
porter,  and  continued  in  that  position  for  three 
years,  after  which  he  was  engaged  as  night 
watchman  for  six  years.  Failing  health  obliged 
him  to  resign  the  position.  While  employed  as 
watchman  he  was  for  four  months  a  body  guard 
of  Rear- Admiral  Taylor  on  board  the  "Franklin" 
at  the  time  of  the  trouble  with  Spain  caused  by 
the  Virginius  affair. 

A  visit  of  six  months  at  his  old  home  in  Ire- 
land restored  Mr.  O'Connell's  health  and  he  re- 
turned to  America,  hopeful  and  determined  to 
succeed.  Going  to  the  hotel  where  he  had  pre- 
viously been  employed  he  was  again  engaged  as 
night  watchman,  in  which  capacity  he  remained 
for  two  years.  Unfortunately,  as  before,  he  was 
afflicted  with  bronchitis  and  resigned  his  position. 


He  traveled  through  the  east,  hoping  to  regain 
his  health,  and  as  soon  as  he  felt  better  he  began 
to  work  in  the  wholesale  dry-goods  house  of  Jor- 
dan &  Marsh,  in  Boston,  being  first  in  their  pack- 
ing rooms  and  later  holding  the  position  of  ship- 
ping clerk.  On  resigning  the  position  after  two 
years  in  the  company's  employ  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, in  1883.  Soon  afterward  he  embarked  in 
the  cattle  business,  which  he  has  since  carried  on 
successfully.  He  is  an  industrious,  persevering 
man,  and  is  deserving  of  whatever  success  life 
may  hold  for  him.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat, 
but  not  active  in  local  affairs.  He  was  reared  in 
the  Roman  Catholic  faith  and  was  confirmed  at 
the  age  of  fifteen  in  his  native  land.  His  ac- 
quaintances in  Bent  County  hold  him  in  high 
regard  as  a  man  of  integrity  and  upright  life,  one 
who  has  become  prosperous  by  the  exercise  of 
judgment  and  energy,  and  who,  at  the  same  time, 
has  always  retained  his  integrity  and  honorable 
character. 


BERNARDO  ROMERO,  member  of  the  board 
of  commissioners  of  Conej  os  County,  was  born 
near  Santa  Fe,  N.  M.,  in  1842,  and  spent 
the  early  years  of  his  life  upon  a  farm.  In  1870 
he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Conejos  County, 
about  three  miles  from  the  village  of  Conejos. 
Here  he  owns  and  operates  a  ranch  of  three  hun- 
dred acres,  upon  which  he  is  engaged  in  raising 
stock  and  general  farm  products,  while  at  the 
same  time  he  also  keeps  a  general  store.  He  was 
one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  town  of  San  Rorfal, 
of  which  he  was  chosen  the  first  mayor  and  has 
since  continued  to  serve  in  that  capacity. 

Politically  a  Republican,  Mr.  Romero  always 
votes  his  straight  party  ticket.  In  local  matters 
he  is  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  Mexicans  of  his 
community,  and  his  life  has  been  such  as  to  win 
for  him  the  respect  of  all  the  people  who  know 
him,  irrespective  of  their  nationality.  In  1882 
and  1883  he  served  as  assessor  of  the  county. 
His  first  election  as  county  commissioner  was  in 
1886,  since  which  time  he  has  been  repeatedly 
re-elected,  and  is  the  present  incumbent  of  the 
office  from  his  district.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  has  been  chairman  of  the  school  board  of  dis- 
trict No.  4.  Since  coming  to  this  county  more 
than  twenty-five  years  ago,  he  has  been  active  in 
all  matters  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  people 
and  the  development  of  the  county.  In  1863  he 
organized  a  company  of  federal  soldiers  for  gov- 


B.  F.  SPINNEY. 


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ernment  service  against  the  Texas  troops.  Of 
this  company  he  was  commissioned  first  lieuten- 
ant and  served  for  four  months. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Romero  took  place  in 
1862  and  united  him  with  Quirina  Romero,  who 
was  born  in  New  Mexico  and  died  in  Colorado, 
in  1886.  Of  the  six  children  born  of  the  union 
four  are  living:  Nicholas  R.,  Senaida,  Felicita 
and  Guillermo. 


BENJAMIN  F.  SPINNEY.  In  the  list  of 
the  ranch-owners  of  Park  County  mention 
belongs  to  Mr.  Spinney,  whose  prosperity 
has  been  gained  by  industrious  application  to  his 
chosen  occupation.  He  has  been  identified  with 
the  stock  business  in  this  section  since  1873, 
when  he  and  his  brother  bought  a  herd  of  cattle 
in  Pueblo  and  drove  them  to  his  present  location, 
twelve  miles  east  of  Hartsel  spring.  Through 
business  tact  and  great  perseverance  in  the  inter- 
vening years,  he  has  acquired  valuable  haying 
and  cattle  interests  and  is  the  owner  of  about  six 
thousand  acres. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Spinney  occurred  in  Freedom, 
Waldo  County,  Me.,  July  19,  1838,  his  parents 
being  William  and  Marjory  (Oliver)  Spinney. 
He  and  his  brothers,  Anson  B. ,  Joseph  O'H.  and 
Nicholas  S. ,  are  the  survivors  of  the  original 
family  of  six  children.  In  a  very  early  day  the 
Spinney  family  emigrated  to  America  and  set- 
tled at  the  mouth  of  the  Kennebec  River  in 
Maine.  In  that  locality  Nicholas  Spinney,  our 
subject's  grandfather,  was  the  owner  of  exten- 
sive interests  in  ship-building  and  the  coast 
trade.  In  the  same  neighborhood  William  Spin- 
ney was  born  and  reared  and  from  there,  when  in 
his  twenty-fourth  year,  he  removed  to  Freedom. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  engaged  in  contracting 
and  building  in  that  place.  In  1854  he  removed 
to  Lynn,  Mass.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  mercan- 
tile business.  Just  prior  to  his  death  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  in  Illinois,  with  the  intention  of 
removing  there  to  spend  the  remainder  of  his 
days,  but  while  back  in  the  east,  disposing  of  his 
varied  interests,  he  died  in  Freedom  in  1857. 

In  the  public  schools  and  academy  of  Freedom 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  acquired  his  education. 
In  the  spring  of  1857  he  left  home  and  went  to 
Illinois,  where  he  bought  a  farm  in  Stark  County. 
In  the  spring  of  1859,  with  a  team  of  oxen,  he 
left  Illinois  and  proceeded  west  to  St.  Joe,  Mo., 
where  he  sold  the  team  and  remained  for  a  year. 
He  then  engaged  to  drive  an  ox-team  to  Denver 


and  walked  the  entire  distance  across  the  plains, 
by  the  side  of  his  team,  from  Atchison  to  Denver. 
Wearied  by  the  hard  trip,  he  reached  Denver  on 
the  2oth  of  August.  From  there  he  drove  the 
team  to  Central  City,  the  objective  point.  From 
that  place  he  went  back  to  Denver,  where  he  met 
a  brother  and  began  contracting  with  him  for  a 
partner,  their  special  business  being  to  furnish 
logs  for  a  sawmill.  In  the  fall  of  1863  he  went  to 
Colorado  City.  Soon  afterward,  upon  the  organi- 
zation of  the  town  company,  he  became  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  city.  The  year  1864  was  spent 
almost  entirely  in  fighting  the  Indians;  he  was  a 
member  of  an  independent  company  that  was  fur- 
nished arms  by  the  government,  and  with  his  com- 
pany he  engaged  in  active  service  on  the  frontier, 
participating  in  many  thrilling  incidents  during 
the  border  warfare.  While  in  Colorado  City  he 
embarked  in  the  cattle  business,  which  he  con- 
ducted, upon  a  constantly  increasing  scale.  In 
1 868  he  acquired  sawmill  interests  which  he  re- 
tained for  five  years,  until  the  year  of  his  removal 
to  Park  County.  In  1875  he  was  elected  county 
commissioner  of  this  county,  and  filled  the  posi- 
tion for  three  years,  discharging  its  duties  effi- 
ciently. 

August  15,  1875,  Mr.  Spinney  married  Miss 
Mary  A.  Rose,  a  native  of  Fremont  County,  111. 
Four  children  were  born  of  their  union,  of  whom 
all  but  one  are  living.  Anson  B.  R.  was  educated 
in  the  Colorado  Springs  high  school  and  is  study- 
ing law.  Jean  V.  is  attending  Colorado  College 
at  Colorado  Springs;  while  Fayette  A.  has  ac- 
quired his  education  in  the  high  school  of  that 
city  and  is  preparing  himself  for  the  occupation  of 
an  electrician. 


(JOSE  M.  JARAMILLO  has  spent  his  entire 
I  life  in  Conejos  County  and  is  now  engaged  in 
G)  farming  and  stock-raising  near  the  village  of 
Conejos.  A  son  of  J.  F.  Jaramillo,  still  a  resi- 
dent of  this  county,  he  was  born  here  in  1867  and 
received  his  education  in  local  schools  and  in  Las 
Vegas  College  in  New  Mexico.  Upon  reaching 
his  majority  he  began  to  farm  independently.  In 
March,  1898,  he  bought  two  hundred  acres  where 
he  now  lives,  and  on  this  place  he  has  since  en- 
gaged in  general  farm  and  stock  pursuks. 

Politically  Mr.  Jaramillo  votes  the  Republican 
ticket.  He  was  for  five  years  deputy  assessor  of 
the  county,  which  position  he  filled  satisfactorily. 
Since  1896  he  has  served  as  judge  of  elections. 
Among  his  own  people  especially  he  has  been  a 


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leader  and  a  man  of  prominence,  and  he  is 
regarded  by  them  as  a  young  man  of  energy, 
who  will  undoubtedly  succeed  in  his  work  as  a 
ranchman. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Jaramillo  took  place  in 
1887,  his  wife  being  Miss  Darita  Jaramillo,  by 
whom  he  has  two  children,  Natibidad  and  Juan  F. 


BEVERIvEY  TUCKER,  M.  D.,  of  Colorado 
Springs,  attending  physician  to  St.  Francis 
Hospital,  member  of  the  board  of  health 
since  its  organization,  and  surgeon  to  the  Union 
Pacific,  Denver  &  Gulf  Railroad,  was  born  in 
Richmond,  Va. ,  May  27,  1867,  and  descends  from 
patriotic  pioneers  of  America.  His  paternal  an- 
cestors removed  from  England  to  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  and  from  there  his  great-great-grand- 
father, St.  George  Tucker,  a  jurist,  went  to 
Bermuda.  The  great-grandfather,  St.  George, 
Jr.,  was  born  at  Port  Royal,  Bermuda,  and 
in  1772  was  graduated  from  William  and 
Mary  College.  Four  years  later  he  participated 
in  an  expedition  that  resulted  in  the  capture  of  a 
fort  in  Bermuda.  During  the  Revolutionary  war 
he  held  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel,  and  at 
Yorktown  he  was  wounded  so  seriously  that  he 
was  rendered  permanently  lame.  He  married 
Mrs.  Frances  Bland  Randolph,  mother  of  John 
Randolph,  a  member  of  the  Virginia  general  court 
and  later  a  professor  in  William  and  Mary  Col- 
lege. He  was  a  member  of  the  committee  ap- 
pointed to  revise  and  digest  laws  of  Virginia; 
served  as  a  delegate  to  the  convention  at  Annap- 
olis, Md.;  held  office  as  judge  of  the  court  of 
appeals  from  180310  1811,  and  as  judge  of  the 
United  States  district  court  from  1813  to  1827. 
In  addition  to  his  work  as  jurist  he  gave  consid- 
erable attention  to  literature  and  was  himself  an 
author  of  ability.  He  prepared  a  valuable  work 
bearing  upon  the  subject:  "How  far  the  com- 
mon law  of  England  is  common  law  in  the  Uni.ted 
States;"  also  a  dissertation  on  slavery,  with  a 
proposal  for  its  gradual  abolition  in  Virginia;  a 
letter  on  alien  and  sedition  laws  (1799)  and  a 
commentary  on  Blackstone  (1803).  For  a  con- 
siderable period  he  was  also  a  professor  of  law  in 
the  University  of  Virginia.  His  death  occurred 
in  Edgewood,  that  state,  in  1827. 

Judge  Nathaniel  Beverley  Tucker,  son  of  St. 
George  Tucker,  LI,.  D.,  was  born  in  Mattoax, 
Va.,  in  1784,  and  was  a  graduate  of  William  and 
Mary  College.  From  1 8 1 5  to  1 830  he  was  a  j  udge 
of  circuit  court,  and  from  1834  until  his  death, 


August  26,  1851,  held  a  position  as  professor  of 
law  with  his  alma  mater.  A  man  of  broad  mind 
and  wide  information,  he  was  the  author  of  a 
number  of  works  that  were  valuable  additions  to 
law,  political  and  general  literature.  In  1846  he 
issued  the  "  Principles  of  Pleading;"  later  pub- 
lished other  works,  including  a  historical  novel, 
forecasting  the  Civil  war,  published  in  1830. 
The  latter  was  reprinted  in  1861  as  a  key  to  the 
disunion  conspiracy. 

The  father  of  the  subject  of  this  article  was  B. 
St.  George  Tucker,  M.  D.,  a  son  of  Judge  N.  B. 
Tucker.  He  was  born  at  Williamsburg,  Va. 
After  graduating  from  William  and  Mary  College 
he  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  University 
of  Virginia,  and  later  was  graduated  from  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  the  City 
of  New  York.  He  was  appointed  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  Confederate  army  and  placed  in 
charge  of  the  hospital  at  Lynchburg,  Va.  No- 
vember 4,  1864,  he  was  promoted  to  be  a  surgeon 
in  the  army,  to  rank  from  the  24th  of  September 
as  such,  and  he  continued  to  serve  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  In  the  battle  of  Seven  Pines  he  was 
shot  through  the  leg,  but  with  that  exception  had 
no  serious  experiences.  After  the  close  of  the 
war  he  practiced  medicine  in  Richmond  for  three 
years,  and  afterward  made  his  home  in  Marshall, 
Saline  County,  Mo.,  until  1880,  when  he  came 
to  Colorado  Springs.  In  this  city  he  continued 
to  reside  until  his  death,  March  30,  1894.  Fra- 
ternally he  was  a  Mason  of  the  Royal  Arch  de- 
gree. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Eliza  Christine  Mercer  and  was  born  in 
Williamsburg,  Va. ,  where  her  parents,  John  Cyrus 
and  Mary  (Waller)  Mercer,  were  well-known  res- 
idents. The  Mercer  family  was  founded  in  Amer- 
ica by  Hugh  Mercer,  who  was  born  in  Aberdeen, 
Scotland,  about  1720.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  University  of  Aberdeen  and  became  a  phy- 
sician, serving  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the  army 
of  Prince  Charles  Edward,  the  "  Pretender,"  in 
1745.  The  failure  of  the  rebellion  obliged  him 
to  seek  refuge  in  another  country,  and  in  1747  he 
emigrated  to  America,  settling  in  Virginia.  In 
1755  he  took  part  in  Braddock's  campaign  against 
the  French  and  Indians  at  Fort  Duquesne,  and 
on  the  Qth  of  July  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Monongahela.  Becoming  lost  from  his  comrades 
he  wandered  alone  through  the  wilderness  to 
Fort  Cumberland,  one  hundred  miles  distant. 
For  his  courage  upon  this  expedition  he  was 


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given  a  medal  by  the  corporation  of  Philadelphia. 
In  1758  he  was  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel 
and  accompanied  General  Forbes  to  Fort  Du- 
quesne,  where  he  was  commander  of  the  post  for 
some  time.  Later  he  engaged  in  practice  as  a 
physician  at  Fredericksburg,  Va.  In  1775  he 
was  engaged  in  drilling  the  minutemen  of  Vir- 
ginia and  was  commissioned  colonel  of  a  regi- 
ment authorized  by  the  Virginia  convention  (the 
Third  Virginia)  February  13,  1776.  Through 
the  influence  of  Washington  he  was  chosen  by 
congress  brigadier-general,  with  the  command  of 
the  flying  camp  organized  in  the  spring  of  1776. 
He  commanded  the  attack  at  Trenton,  where  he 
rendered  valiant  service.  Afterward  he  led  the 
night  march  upon  Princeton.  When  he  saw  that 
his  men  were  beginning  to  waver  before  the 
enemy  he  made  a  last  desperate  effort  to  rally 
them,  and  as  he  rushed  to  the  front  was  felled  to 
the  ground  by  a  blow  from  the  butt  end  of  a  mus- 
ket. In  spite  of  the  fact  that  British  soldiers 
surrounded  him  on  every  hand,  he  arose  and  de- 
fended himself  heroically  with  his  sword,  refus- 
ing to  give  up  to  the  redcoats.  He  was  repeat- 
edly bayoneted  and  finally  left  for  dead  upon  the 
field.  After  the  battle  was  ended  he  was  taken 
to  a  house  near  by,  where  he  died  nine  days  later, 
January  12,  1777.  His  remains  were  followed  to 
the  grave  in  Philadelphia  by  about  thirty  thou- 
sand people.  In  November,  1840,  a  monument 
was  erected  to  his  memory  in  the  Laurel  Hill 
cemetery.  •  Provision  was  made  by  congress  for 
the  education  of  his  youngest  son. 

October  i,  1897,  at  the  battlefield,  Stony  Brook, 
a  tablet  was  unveiled  that  had  been  erected  by 
Mercer  Engine  Company  No.  3,  to  the  memory 
of  General  Mercer.  On  the  preceding  evening, 
in  Princeton,  N.  J.,  a  large  audience  listened  to 
an  address  by  Judge  Beverley  R.  Wellford,  class 
of  1847,  Princeton  University.  His  address  was 
a  glowing  tribute  to  the  character  and  patriotism 
of  General  Mercer.  Among  other  things  he  spoke 
as  follows:  "  Hugh  Mercer  was  a  native  of  Scot- 
land. He  was  probably  born  in  1725,  as  the  rec- 
ord gives  January,  1726,  as  the  date  of  his  bap- 
tism. Upon  the  paternal  side  he  was  descended 
from  a  race  of  Presbyterian  preachers  and  elders, 
and  upon  the  maternal  side  from  a  long  line  of 
distinguished  soldiers.  His  father  was  Rev.  Will- 
iam Mercer,  minister  of  the  Church  of  Scotland 
at  Pelsbego,  Aberdeenshire,  from  172010  1748. 
His  mother  was  Anna  Munso,  daughter  of  Sir 
Robert  Munso,  the  twenty-seventh  baron  and 


sixth  baronet  of  Foulis,  who  served  with  distinc- 
tion in  the  royal  army  on  the  continent  at  Fon- 
tenay  and  elsewhere,  and  in  the  battle  of  Falkirk 
was  slain  while  in  command  of  General  Ponson- 
by's  regiment. 

"An  English  traveler  in  1784  published  in  Lon- 
don an  account  of  his  visit  to  the  colonies  just 
prior  to  the  Revolution,  and  thus  writes:  '  I  ar- 
rived in  Fredericksburg  and  put  up  at  an  inn 
kept  by  one  Weedon,  who  is  now  a  general  offi- 
cer in  the  American  army  and  was  then  very 
active  and  zealous  in  blowing  the  flames  of  sedi- 
tion. In  Fredericksburg  I  called  upon  a  very 
intimate  friend,  Dr.  Hugh  Mercer,  a  physician  of 
great  merit  and  eminence  and  as  a  man  possessed 
of  almost  every  virtue  and  accomplishment. ' 

' '  Dr.  Mercer  was  afterward  a  brigadier-general 
in  the  American  army,  to  accept  which  appoint- 
ment I  have  reason  to  believe  he  was  greatly  in- 
fluenced by  General  Washington,  with  whom  he 
had  long  been  in  intimacy  and  bonds  of  friend- 
ship. For  Dr.  Mercer  was  generally  of  a  just 
and  moderate  way  of  thinking  and  possessed  of 
principle,  being  uncommon  among  those  with 
whom  he  embarked. 

"This  General  Weedon  was  a  brother-in-law 
of  General  Mercer  and  after  his  death  the  'second 
father'  of  his  orphan  son,  as  the  latter  styled  him. 
He  was  elected  lieutenant-colonel  when  Mercer 
was  made  colonel  of  the  Third  Virginia  Regiment, 
was  subsequently  commissioned  a  brigadier-gen- 
eral in  the  continental  army  and  commanded  the 
American  forces  on  the  Gloucester  side  of  the 
York  when  Cornwallis  was  forced  to  surrender 
on  the  south  side. ' ' 

Col.  Hugh  Mercer,  son  of  General  Mercer,  was 
born  in  Fredericksburg  and  spent  his  entire  life 
there,  living  in  the  old  home  where  his  father  had 
resided.  His  son,  John  Cyrus  Mercer,  M.  D.,  a 
graduated  physician,  practiced  medicine  in  Will- 
iamsburg,  Va.  During  the  war  he  was  on  board 
the  old  frigate  "Constellation,"  U.  S.  N.,  and  for 
a  time  he  also  had  charge  of  a  hospital  in  Vir- 
ginia. He  died  in  Williamsburg  in  1884,  at 
seventy-three  years  of  age.  His  wife  was  a 
daughter  of  Dr.  Waller,  and  her  mother,  Louisa, 
was  a  daughter  of  John  Cyrus  and  Eliza  Chris- 
tine (Stuart)  Griffin,  the  latter  being  in  turn  a 
daughter  of  Sir  James,  Earl  of  Traquair,  of  Scot- 
land. Mrs.  Tucker  is  now  living  in  Colorado 
Springs.  She  has  six  children,  named  as  follows: 
John  Speed,  of  Tucker,  Ballard  &  Co.;  Beverley; 
Hugh  Mercer,  who  graduated  from  the  Massa- 


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chusetts  Institute  of  Technology  and  is  now  a 
corporal  with  the  Second  Regiment,  U.  S.  V.,  in 
Honolulu;  Mrs.  Lilie  Wandell,  St.  George  and 
Henrietta,  all  of  this  city. 

In  1880  the  subject  of  this  review  came  with 
his  parents  to  Colorado  Springs.  He  graduated 
from  the  high  school  here  in  1884.  Afterward 
he  took  an  academic  course  in  the  University  of 
Virginia,  and  then  took  the  medical  course 
in  the  University  of  Virginia,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1889.  In  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  he  entered  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  New  York  City,  where  he 
remained  until  the  next  year.  By  competi- 
tive examinations  he  received  appointment  as 
resident  physician  to  Randall's  Island  Hospital, 
where  he  remained  for  eighteen  months.  He 
then  took  a  special  course  in  the  New  York  Poly- 
clinic.  On  his  return  to  Colorado  Springs,  in 
January,  1892,  he  began  to  practice  his  profession 
in  this  city,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Associa- 
tion and  has  been  vice-president  of  the  El  Paso 
County  Medical  Society.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Lodge, 
B.  P.  O.  E.;  is  identified  with  El  Paso  Lodge 
No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  a  member  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Chapter  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution  and 
the  Colorado  Chapter  of  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars.  In  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  June  24,  1896,  he 
married  Miss  Martha  Wright,  who  was  born 
in  Ohio  and  removed  to  Iowa  with  her  parents. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
while  Dr.  Tucker  is  an  Episcopalian.  They  are 
the  parents  of  one  child,  Martha  Christine. 


I  EWIS  M.  ARMSTRONG.  The  business 
1C  interests  of  Mancos  had  an  able  representa- 
I \  J  tive  in  Mr.  Armstrong,  who  was  the  propri- 
etor of  a  meat  and  produce  market  in  this  impor- 
tant town  of  Montezuma  County.  Identified 
with  this  section  of  the  state  for  some  years',  it 
was  in  1887  that  he  left  Del  Norte  and  came  to 
the  Montezuma  Valley,  and  in  1888  settled  on  a 
ranch,  "Cedar  Home,"  ten  miles  south  of  the 
present  village  of  Mancos.  During  the  five  years 
that  he  remained  there  he  engaged  in  stock-rais- 
ing and  general  farm  pursuits.  In  1895  became 
to  Mancos  proper,  built  a  store  and  opened  a 
market  that  he  conducted  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  which  occurred  March  23,  1899.  He  took 
an  active  part  in  the  organization  of  the  town  of 
Mancos,  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  first 


board  of  trustees,  also  as  president  of  the  school 
board  for  one  term,  and  maintained  a  warm  in- 
terest in  all  matters  for  the  benefit  of  the  town 
and  county. 

A  son  of  James  and  Frances  (McCullom)  Arm- 
strong, both  of  southern  birth,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Clinton  County,  Ky.,  in  1836. 
In  1847  he  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Texas, 
but  afterward  returned  to  Kentucky,  where  he 
was  educated  in  private  schools.  He  continued 
to  farm  in  that  state  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
war.  In  the  fall  of  1861  he  enlisted  in  the  Con- 
federate army  under  Colonel  Hamilton,  and 
served  until  1863.  He  crossed  the  Ohio  with 
General  Morgan  and  entered  Indiana,  where  he 
was  cut  off  from  his  command,  and  unable  to  re- 
turn. He  drifted  west  to  Colorado  and  located  in 
the  mining  camp  of  Central  City,  where  he  clerked 
in  a  grocery  and  meat  market  for  one  year,  and 
afterward  conducted  a  grocery  and  meat  market 
of  his  own  for  five  years.  In  1871  he  went  to 
Denver,  where  he  carried  on  a  hotel  known  as  the 
Mansion  house,  and  afterwards  he  was  proprie- 
tor of  the  Broadwell  house,  corner  of  Sixteenth 
and  Larimer  streets. 

Settling  in  the  then  new  town  of  Del  Norte  in 
the  fall  of  1873,  Mr.  Armstrong  opened  a  meat 
market  and  general  store,  which  he  carried  on  for 
three  years.  In  1 879  he  was  elected  sheriff  of 
Rio  Grande  County  and  his  work  in  that  capacity 
proved  so  satisfactory  that  he  was  re-elected  in 
1882.  During  the  latter  year  he  captured  two  no- 
torious characters,  one  of  whom  he  disabled  in 
the  effort  to  capture  him.  On  arriving  in  Del 
Norte  with  his  two  prisoners,  the  citizens  of  the 
town  and  surrounding  country  took  the  men  from 
him  and  hung  them  on  a  cottonwood  tree  near 
the  depot.  They  were  noted  desperadoes  and 
had  recently  shot  the  chief  engineer  of  the  Rio 
Grande  Railroad. 

While  serving  as  sheriff  Mr.  Armstrong  was 
for  six  years  town  marshal  of  Del  Norte  and  dep- 
uty United  States  marshal,  holding  the  three  po- 
sitions at  the  same  time.  November  16,  1879, 
the  citizens  of  Del  Norte  presented  him  with  a 
handsome  gold-headed  cane,  as  a  token  of  the  es- 
teem in  which  he  was  held.  In  1887  he  removed 
from  that  place  to  Montezuma  County,  where  he 
afterward  made  his  home.  He  was  tb*  owner  of 
real  estate  in  the  town.  He  was  active  in  the 
Democratic  party  here,  and  also  active  in  Toltec 
Lodge  No.  73,  I.  O.  O.  F. ,  of  which  he  was  a 
charter  member  and  past  noble  grand.  In  1866 


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he  married  Mary  Keating,  of  Central  City.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Armstrong  had  no  children  of  their  own, 
but  while  in  Del  Norte  adopted  a  child,  Fred 
Kossman,  who  in  1876,  the  time  of  his  adoption, 
was  two  years  of  age;  he  now  manages  the  ranch 
for  his  foster  mother,  Mrs.  Armstrong. 


HENRY  B.  SAGER,  of  LaVeta,  is  the  owner 
of  the  only  herd  of  registered  Herefords  in 
Huerfano  County  and  was  the  first  to  intro- 
duce this  breed  of  stock  here.  He  was  born  in 
Benton  County,  Ark.,  May  19,  1851,  a  son  of 
Christian  C.  and  Winnie  (Matney)  Sager.  His 
father,  a  native  of  Germany,  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica in  1828,  in  company  with  his  brother  Henry, 
and  was  for  a  time  in  the  employ  of  the  Ameri- 
can Fur  Company,  engaged  in  hunting,  trapping 
and  Indian  trading  on  the  frontier.  Afterward 
settling  in  Kansas  City,  when  that  now  populous 
place  was  a  mere  hamlet,  he  and  his  brother 
built  the  first  houses  in  the  town.  As  the  vil- 
lage began  to  grow,  he  secured  employment  as  a 
carpenter  and  cabinet-maker,  and  had  a  large 
shop  there.  Removing  to  Arkansas  he  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock-raising,  as  well  as  cabinet- 
making,  and,  through  energy  and  business  judg- 
ment, became  the  owner  of  eight  hundred  acres. 
Prominent  in  local  affairs,  he  served  as  justice  of 
the  peace  and  in  other  positions.  He  was  an 
active  worker  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
South,  and  one  of  its  principal  contributors.  His 
death  occurred  on  his  Arkansas  farm  in  1870, 
when  he  was  about  fifty-two  years  of  age.  His 
wife  had  died  shortly  after  the  family  removed  to 
Benton  County,  and  when  our  subject  was  only 
one  year  old.  The  latter  was  the  youngest  of 
three  sons,  his  brothers  being  Frederick  W.,  a 
farmer  and  carpenter  now  living  in  the  Indian 
Territory;  and  Albert  M.,  whose  sketch  is  pre- 
sented in  this  work. 

When  eighteen  years  of  age  our  subject  left 
his  home  in  Arkansas  and  went  to  Kansas  City, 
where  he  took  charge  of  a  farm  owned  by  his 
uncle,  Henry  Sager,  near  the  town.  In  March, 
1871,  he  decided  to  come  to  Colorado.  He  met 
W.  B.  Hamilton,  an  entire  stranger  to  him,  and 
the  owner  of  stock  in  Colorado,  and,  after  an  in- 
vestigation, agreed  to  buy  the  stock.  He  came 
to  Huerfano  County,  and  after  a  time  settled  on 
the  ranch  he  now  owns.  At  first  he  was  em- 
ployed on  a  ranch,  receiving  $i  every  day  of  the 
year,  and  continued  in  the  same  position  for  six 
years.  Afterward  he  and  his  brother,  Albert  M. 


(who  had  come  to  Colorado  one  year  after  his  ar- 
rival), entered  into  partnership  and  began  in  the 
stock  business. 

The  brothers  bought  an  outfit  of  two  wagons 
and  teams  at  Pueblo  and,  with  ample  provisions, 
started  for  the  San  Juan  country.  It  was  their 
intention  to  sell  the  provisions  on  reaching  their 
destination,  but  when  within  fifty  miles  of  the 
journey's  end  they  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  all 
of  the  groceries  and  wagons  in  crossing  a  rapid 
stream.  One  of  the  men  who  accompanied  them 
was  also  carried  away  in  a  wagon  and  drowned. 
Buying  a  wagon  they  proceeded  to  the  present 
site  of  Durango,  where  they  remained  for  a  few 
days.  They  then  followed  the  trail  to  the  present 
site  of  Silverton.  This  was  in  the  spring  of  1 875 , 
and  during  the  summer  they  engaged  in  the  saw- 
mill business,  finding  plenty  of  work,  but  poor 
pay.  In  the  fall  they  went  south  through  New 
Mexico  and  Arizona,  and  there  took  a  large  con- 
tract for  an  irrigation  canal  from  the  Gila  River, 
in  Yavapai  County,  for  a  distance  of  seven  miles. 
After  completing  the  contract,  settlers  coming  in, 
they  sold  the  water  rights  the  first  year  and  the 
following  year  the  brothers  sold  their  rights  to 
their  partners  and  returned  to  Huerfano  County, 
making  the  trip  with  a  buggy  and  a  pair  of 
mules. 

Shortly  after  his  return  our  subject  rented  a 
large  ranch  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  tract. 
September  15,  1877,  he  married  Myra  Ownbey, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Harriet  Ownbey;  she  was  born 
in  the  east,  but  was  reared  in  the  city  of  Denver. 
They  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Fred- 
erick C. ,  who  is  a  student  in  Colorado  College  at 
Colorado  Springs  and  expects  to  complete  the 
regular  course  in  that  institution;  Albert  E., 
who  received  a  common-school  education  and 
has  since  assisted  his  father  in  the  stock  business; 
Amy  and  Winnifred. 

After  two  years  upon  the  railroad  tract,  Mr. 
Sager  bought  a  squatter's  claim  of  one  quarter- 
section  where  he  now  lives.  He  made  his  start 
in  the  stock  business  by  trading  ai  load  of  hay  for 
a  yearling  heifer.  Gradually  he  became  the  pos- 
sessor of  a  large  number  and  these  he  graded. 
After  two  years  he  went  to  Kansas,  where  he 
bought  a  yearling  heifer  and  bull,  each  of  which 
cost  $625.  From  these  he  raised  his  herd  of 
Herefords,  now  consisting  of  three  hundred  head 
and  valued  at  $30,000.  In  making  a  specialty 
of  high-grade  animals,  which  he  sells  to  breeders, 
he  has  been  remarkably  successful,  achieving  not 


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only  prosperity,  but  also  considerable  prominence 
as  a  stock-dealer.  In  addition  to  his  home  ranch 
he  owns  four  hundred  and  forty  acres  one  and  a- 
half  miles  east  of  LaVeta,  and  has  all  of  his  prop- 
erty irrigated,  fenced  and  improved. 

Politically  Mr.  Sager  is  a  Democrat,  but  has 
never  been  a  politician  in  the  ordinary  usage  of 
that  word.  In  religious  matters  he  is  identified 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South, 
which  he  assisted  in  organizing,  and  in  which  he 
has  served  as  a  trustee.  Through  all  the  cares 
of  his  business  life  he  has  found  time  to  devote  to 
church  work,  and  has  been  liberal  in  his  contri- 
butions toward  its  maintenance.  In  fraternal  re- 
lations he  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  Educational  work  has  received  a  share 
of  his  time  and  thought,  and  he  has  rendered 
able  service  as  president  of  the  local  school  board. 


[ICHAEL  C.  MC  NICHOLS,  a  resident  oi 
Aspen  since  1888,  has  been  jengaged  in 
mining  in  this  vicinity  and  Gunnison  Coun- 
ty, and  has  acquired  some  interests  that  are  quite 
valuable.  In  the  fall  of  1 893  he  was  elected  treas- 
urer of  Pitkin  County,  which  position  he  has  since 
filled,  being  now  in  his  third  term  in  the  office. 
His  judgment  in  matters  pertaining  to  finances  is 
considered  excellent.  As  a  county  official  he  has 
watched  with  fidelity  the  interests  of  the  tax-pay- 
ers and  has  been  just  and  fair  with  all.  He  is 
popular  among  the  people  and  respected  for  his 
known  integrity  and  upright  life. 

The  McNichols  family  came  to  this  country 
from  Ireland  and  were  among  the  early  settlers 
of  New  York  state.  John  J.  McNichols,  father 
of  our  subject,  was  born  in  New  York  and  moved 
from  there  to  Wisconsin,  where  he  engaged  in 
farm  pursuits.  He  was  a  stanch  Democrat  and 
took  an  interest  in  public  affairs,  but  had  no  de- 
sire to  occupy  public  positions.  His  wife,  Mary, 
was  a  daughter  of  M.  R.  Lucid,  a  farmer  of  New 
York,  where  she  was  born.  Since  the  death  of 
her  husband  she  has  made  her  home  in  Nebraska. 
In  her  family  there  are  nine  sons  and  three 
daughters.  Of  these  William  H.  is  deputy  coun- 
ty treasurer  of  Pitkin  County;  James  is  engaged 
in  mining  in  Oregon;  Thomas  resides  in  Caribou, 
Colo. ;  and  the  other  brothers  live  in  Nebraska, 
engaged  at  different  pursuits;  two  sisters  live  in 
Nebraska,  and  the  third  is  the  wife  of  J.  C.  Hayes, 
who  owns  mining  interests  in  Leadville. 

From  Wisconsin,  where  he  was  born  in  1862, 
our  subject  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Iowa, 


where  he  was  reared  on  a  farm.  He  attended 
country  schools  and  the  Des  Moines  high  school, 
receiving  a  fair  education.  In  1880  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  settled  in  Leadville.  For  three 
years  he  mined  in  what  is  known  as  the  Ten  Mile 
mining  district.  His  days  were  busily  employed 
in  mining,  but  in  the  evening,  when  work  was 
over,  he  turned  his  attention  to  study  and  at- 
tended a  private  school.  From  1883  to  1888  he 
was  actively  interested  in  mining  at  Leadville, 
but  since  coming  to  Aspen  his  interests  have  been 
mainly  in  Pitkin  and  Gunnison  Counties.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  People's  party  but  has  never 
displayed  any  partisanship  in  his  preferences, 
being  liberal  in  his  views.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

In  1892  Mr.  McNichols  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Priscilla  Henney,  who  was  reared  in 
Aspen,  a  daughter  of  J.  M.  Henney,  a  mine 
operator  now  in  Cripple  Creek.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
McNichols  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter  and 
two  sons,  Sarah,  James  Edwin  and  David  Arthur. 


(IOSE  BONIFACIO  ROMERO,  one  of  the 
I  early  settlers  of  Conejos  County,  was  born 
C/  near  Santa  Fe,  N.  M.,  in  1825.  At  seven 
years  of  age  he  was  taken  to  Kentucky,  where  he 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  returning  to 
New  Mexico  in  1846.  He  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  until  1 86 1,  when  he  enlisted  in 
Company  G,  New  Mexican  Volunteers,  and  served 
in  the  United  States  Infantry  until  the  close  of  the 
war.  For  brave  conduct  he  was  made  captain  of 
his  company  and  at  Fort  Union  was  commissioned 
brevet-major.  After  the  muster  out  of  the  volun- 
teers he  was  commissioned  major  of  the  Fifteenth 
Infantry,  U.  S.  A.,  but  resigned  his  commission 
on  account  of  ill  health  and  in  1866  was  mus- 
tered out  of  the  service  in  Santa  Fe,  N.  M. 

In  1870  Mr.  Romero  located  in  the  San  Luis 
Valley,  buying  a  small  ranch  on  the  Conejos 
River.  Soon  after  coming  here  he  was  appointed 
deputy  county  clerk,  and  in  1871  was  elected  to 
fill  the  position  of  county  clerk,  which  office  he 
held  until  1876.  He  then  spent  three  years  upon 
his  ranch,  after  which,  in  1879,  he  was  appointed 
commissioner  of  the  insane  asylum  at  Pueblo, 
Colo. ,  and  continued  to  serve  in  that  capacity  for 
eighteen  successive  years,  his  term  expiring  in 
April,  1897.  He  now  devotes  himself  to  ranch- 
ing and  farming  and  owns  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres,  in  two  farms. 

The  governor  of  Colorado,  in  1874,  appointed 


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Mr.  Romero  brigadier-general  of  the  second  divis- 
ion of  the  territorial  militia.  Politically  he  has 
always  been  a  Republican,  active  in  local  and 
state  matters,  and  among  the  Mexicans  of  this 
county  has  been  a  leader,  his  judgment  being 
sought  by  them  in  important  affairs.  For  about 
twenty  years  he  served  as  judge  of  elections.  As 
secretary  of  the  school  board  of  district  No.  4, 
which  position  he  has  held  since  1884,  he  has 
been  of  great  assistance  in  promoting  the  welfare 
of  his  home  school  and  has  advanced  the  educa- 
tional interests  of  this  locality.  He  served  in  the 
legislature  of  New  Mexico  from  1857  *°  1860. 

In  1852  Mr.  Romero  married  Miss  Maria  Aga- 
pita  Lopez,  who  was  born  in  New  Mexico  in 
March,  1834.  They  became  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  namely:  Maria  Salome;  Jose  Amieto; 
Maria  Rita,  deceased;  Jose  Martin;  Jose  EHas, 
deceased;  Jose  Camilo,  and  Maria  Ynecita,  de- 
ceased. The  four  living  are  all  married,  and 
there  are  thirty-four  grandchildren. 


0ANIEL  W.  WALSH,  who  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  1870,  is  the  owner  of  a  planing  mill 
in  Colorado  Springs  and  carries  on  the 
manufacture  of  sash,  doors  and  blinds,  filling 
orders  for  the  finest  work  of  the  kind.  His  mill 
is  operated  by  steam  power,  and  is  fitted  up  with 
all  the  other  modern  conveniences  that  assist  in 
the  success  of  the  enterprise.  In  addition  to  the 
mill,  he  owns  the  site  for  a  yard,  but  the  latter 
he  rents. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  were  William  and 
Ann  (McCarthy)  Walsh,  natives  of  County  Cork, 
Ireland,  where  he  died  at  eighty-six  and  she  at 
eighty-five  years.  By  occupation  he  was  a  farmer, 
and  he  also  gave  considerable  time  to  the  wheel- 
wright's trade.  Of  his  twelve  children,  eight  at- 
tained maturity  and  six  are  living.  One  son, 
James,  died  in  Colorado.  Another  son,  Edmund 
W. ,  lives  in  Colorado  Springs,  while  John  makes 
Boston  his  home.  A  daughter,  Ann,  is  married 
and  lives  in  Buena  Vista,  Chaffee  County,  Colo., 
and  the  other  surviving  daughter  is  Mrs.  Stan- 
ton,  whose  husband  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Wichita,  Kan. 

The  fifth  member  of  the  family  was  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  who  was  born  in  Ireland  March  5, 
1842.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  attended  the 
national  schools.  While  still  in  his  native  land 
he  began  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  was 
the  first  of  the  family  to  emigrate  to  America.  In 
1860  he  took  passage  on  the  steamer  "City  of 


Edinburgh,"  and  landed  in  New  York  after  a 
voyage  of  seventeen  days.  Thence  he  went  to 
Elmira,  where  he  secured  work  in  car  shops.  In 
1862  he  went  to  the  oil  regions  of  Crawford 
County,  Pa.,  where  he  helped  to  build  the  Oil 
Creek  Railroad  from  Corry  to  Titusville,  and  later 
engaged  in  building  derricks  and  tanks,  assisting 
in  the  construction  of  the  first  derrick  at  Pithole 
City  for  the  United  States  Well  Company. 

In  April,  1865,  Mr.  Walsh  started  for  Pike's 
Peak,  but  stopped  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he 
engaged  in  job  carpentering.  In  1868  he  went 
south  to  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  and  built  the  Mag- 
nolia cotton-seed  oil  mill,  after  which  he  was 
employed  in  other  parts  of  the  south.  In  the  fall 
of  1869  he  came  west  as  far  as  Kansas  City  and  in 
the  spring  of  the  next  year  arrived  in  Denver, 
where  for  almost  a  year  he  worked  in  the  Denver 
and  Rio  Grande  shops,  building  the  first  cars  ever 
run  on  the  railroad.  Afterward  he  was  foreman 
of  the  car  department  for  the  Colorado  Central 
Railroad  at  Golden.  In  July,  1872,  he  came  to 
El  Paso  County,  and  engaged  in  contracting  and 
building  in  Colorado  City  and  Manitou,  locating 
permanently  in  the  former  city.  In  1875  he  en- 
gaged with  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
as  bridge  builder  between  Pueblo  and  El  Moro, 
remaining  in  that  capacity  until  1877,  when  he 
turned  his  attention  to  private  contracts.  In  1887 
he  built  the  Walsh  planing  mill,  which  he  con- 
ducted for  some  years  in  partnership  with  Gillis 
Brothers,  but  in  1893,  on  the  dissolution  of  the 
partnership,  he  became  the  sole  proprietor. 

Politically  Mr.  Walsh  is  independent.  His 
marriage  took  place  in  Denver  and  united  him 
with  Miss  Ella  McGovern,  who  was  born  in  New 
York  state.  They  are  the  parents  of  six  chil- 
dren, named  as  follows:  William,  Edmund,  John 
A.  and  Daniel,  who  assist  their  father  in  the  plan- 
ing mill;  Mary,  at  home;  and  Mrs.  Anna  Bom- 
beck,  of  Kansas  City. 


HON.  G.  S.  BARNES,  deceased,  who  for 
years  was  one  of  the  most  successful  mer- 
chants of  Colorado  Springs,  embarked  in 
the  hardware  business  in  September,  1873,  his 
first  location  being  a  frame  building  on  the  corner 
of  Huerfano  street  and  Cascade  avenue.  In 
1876  he  removed  to  No.  17  South  Tejon  street, 
which  property  he  purchased  on  the  death  of  the 
owner,  D.  Russ  Wood.  The  store,  a  building 
of  sixty  feet,  backed  by  extensive  warehouses, 
is  supplied  with  the  largest  stock  of  hardware  of 


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any  similar  establishment  in  the  city,  two  floors 
being  devoted  to  the  stock.  On  the  corner  of 
Costilla  and  Wahsatch  streets  there  is  a  ware- 
house stocked  with  jobbers'  goods,  where  may 
be  found,  as  in  the  retail  store,  hardware  of  all 
kinds,  wagon  works'  supplies,  agricultural  im- 
plements, etc.  In  1886  he  took  into  partnership 
his  son,  James  P.,  from  which  time  until  his 
death,  September  3,  1898,  the  firm  title  was 
G.  S.  Barnes  &  Son.  The  active  management 
of  the  business  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  the 
junior  partner,  Mr.  Barnes  having  practically 
retired  in  1895. 

In  an  early  day  three  brothers  came  to  this 
country  from  England.  From  them  the  Barnes 
family  descends.  James,  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  removed  to 
Paris,  N.  Y.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  Asa 
our  subject's  father,  was  born  in  Farmington, 
Conn.,  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Oneida  Coun- 
ty, later  was  in  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.  During 
the  war  of  1812  he  served  as  a  captain  of  a  com- 
pany of  state  militia.  He  was  agent  for  Gerrit 
Smith  in  Oneida,  where  he  cleared  a  large  tract 
of  land,  and  for  nineteen  years  kept  a  country 
store  on  the  state  road  between  Rome  and  Adams. 
Fraternally  he  was  a  mason.  He  died  in  Jeffer- 
son County,  in  1852. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Rhoda  Coburn, 
a  native  of  Connecticut;  she  died  in  New  York 
when  more  than  eighty  years  of  age.  In  religion, 
as  her  husband,  she  adhered  to  the  Presbyterian 
faith.  Her  father,  Zebediah  Coburn,  was  born 
in  Connecticut  and  served  an  enlistment  each 
year  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  For  some  years 
he  made  his  home  in  Jefferson  County,  N.  Y., 
but  died  in  Cortland  County,  at  eighty-four  years 
of  age.  His  occupation  was  that  of  a  cabinet- 
maker, and  he  manufactured  large  numbers  of 
chairs,  one  of  which  is  in  the  possession  of  our 
subject.  The  family  to  which  he  belonged  was 
of  English  origin. 

Of  nine  children  who  attained  mature  years  our 
subject  and  sister  alone  survived  until  the  death  of 
the  former.  He  was  born  in  Florence,  Oneida 
County,  N.  Y. ,  November  28,  1818,  and  spent 
his  boyhood  years  in  Florence  and  that  neighbor- 
hood, and  was  educated  in  evening  schools  and 
later  at  the  Homer  Academy.  At  sixteen  years 
of  age  he  left  the  farm  and  went  to  Homer,  where 
he  was  employed  for  four  years  in  his  uncle's 
store.  Afterward  he  traveled  with  his  uncle, 
who  was  an  invalid,  and  not  only  took  care  of 


him  personally,  but  attended  to  all  his  business 
matters.  In  1854  he  removed  to  Wisconsin  and 
opened  a  hardware  store  in  Horicon,  Dodge  Coun- 
ty, where  he  carried  on  business  in  the  same 
building  for  nineteen  years.  From  there  became 
to  Colorado  in  the  spring  of  1873.  He  enjoyed 
the  distinction  of  being  the  only  man  in  the  city, 
who  was  still  in  the  same  line  of  business  as  that 
in  which  he  embarked  more  than  twenty- five 
years  ago.  His  residence  was  at  No.  317  East 
Kiowa  street,  where  his  widow  now  resides. 
While  in  Horicon  he  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  city  trustees,  and  since  coming  to  Colorado 
Springs  he  has  served  as  mayor  one  term.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  was  active  in 
the  early  days  of  the  state. 

On  a  snowy  winter  morning,  when  he  was  a 
young  man,  Mr.  Barnes  started  on  a  journey  of 
seventy  miles  through  the  drifts,  in  order  to  ful- 
fill a  very  important  engagement.  When  he  fin- 
ally reached  Syracuse,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
February  25,  1847,  with  Miss  Maria  E.  Pierce, 
daughter  of  James  Pierce,  who  was  an  early  set- 
tler near  Sangerfield,  Oneida  County.  Their 
golden  anniversary  was  held  amidst  much  con- 
gratulation and  good  wishes  of  friends  here  and 
by  letter  and  telegrams  from  distant  points,  at 
their  home  on  Kiowa  street,  February  25,  1897. 
Their  union  was  .blessed  with  five  children,  the 
eldest  of  whom,  James  P.,  was  his  father's  part- 
ner, while  the  other  son,  Marion  O. ,  is  also  in 
the  store.  The  three  daughters  are:  Lucy,  Etta  D. 
and  Irene,  wife  of  Hon.  H.  H.  Seldomridge,  of 
Colorado  Springs. 

j""LOYD  A.  WHITING,  M.  D.,  a  leading  and 
rft  successful  physician  of  Telluride,  was  born 
|  *  at  Taylor's  Falls,  Minn.,  in  1860,  a  son  of 
Charles  B.  and  Flavia  (Blanding)  Whiting.  His 
father  was  a  merchant  and  prominent  citizen  of 
Taylor's  Falls,  where  he  died  in  1874,  aged  forty- 
eight  years;  the  wife  and  mother  died  in  1890,  at 
fifty  years  of  age.  They  were  the  parents  of  four 
children:  Floyd  A.;  Edith,  deceased;  Sanford,  a 
physician,  now  at  Manila  as  surgeon  of  an  Ore- 
gon volunteer  regiment;  and  Charles  S.,  deceased. 
The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired  in 
public  schools  and  the  military  school  at  Fari- 
bault,  Minn.  He  studied  medicine  with  his 
uncle,  Dr.  E.  D.  Whiting,  and  in  1884  graduated 
from  the  Cincinnati  Medical  College  with  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.,  after  which  he  took  a  post-gradu- 
ate course  in  a  medical  college  in  Cincinnati. 


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For  a  short  time  during  the  latter  part  of  1884 
he  was  in  Denver,  Colo. ,  but  returned  to  Cincin- 
nati, where  he  engaged  in  practice  and  was  em- 
ployed as  a  member  of  the  staff  of  physicians  at 
the  city  hospital.  In  1891  he  again  went  to  Den- 
ver, this  time  remaining  until  1896,  when  he 
came  to  Telluride.  Here  he  has  since  built  up  a 
profitable  practice,  and  has  also  acquired  mining 
interests.  Through  membership  in  the  State 
Medical  Association  he  keeps  in  touch  with  pro- 
fessional work  in  Colorado,  and  by  the  reading 
of  medical  literature  he  notes  every  advance  made 
in  the  science.  Politically  he  is  independent. 
He  holds  membership  in  Union  Lodge  No.  i , 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Denver,  and  Arapahoe  Encamp- 
ment. 

In  1895  Dr.  Whiting  married  Miss  Florence 
Mattingly,  daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  Mattingly,  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  but  during  his  active  years 
a  resident  of  Harrison  County,  Mo.,  where  he 
was  for  years  engaged  in  professional  practice. 
In  1 86 1  he  became  a  surgeon  in  the  Confederate 
army,  in  which  he  continued  during  the  entire 
period  of  the  Civil  war,  after  which  he  resumed 
his  professional  duties  in  Harrison  County,  Mo. 
He  continued  to  reside  in  that  county  until  his 
death,  in  1883,  at  fifty-four  years.  His  entire 
active  life  had  been  devoted  to  the  medical  pro- 
fession, in  which  he  held  high  rank.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Christy,  who  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky and  died  in  Missouri  when  thirty-five  years 
of  age.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children, 
of  whom  five  are  living,  namely:  Nannie,  wife  of 
E.  D.  Powell,  of  Pattonsburg,  Mo.;  Ida,  who 
married  H.  C.  Davidson,  of  Cainsville,  Mo.; 
Florence,  Mrs.  Whiting;  Edward,  whose  home 
is  in  Lagrange,  Tex. ;  and  John,  who  resides  in 
Houston,  that  state. 


J.  PRATT  is  engaged  in  theliv- 
ery  business  at  No.  19  East  St.  Vrain 
street,  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  has  a 
large  barn  and  vehicles  of  every  description. 
From  the  time  that  he  opened  the  stable,  April 
13,  1896,  he  has  built  up  a  gradually  increasing 
business,  and  has  become  known  as  an  enterpris- 
ing business  man.  He  is  also  interested  in 
mining,  and  is  now  developing  the  Alice  Lease 
No.  i  mine,  on  Wallace  Lode,  Bull  Hill,  where  he 
struck  the  first  spade  himself.  He  organized  the 
company,  of  which  he  is  now  the  principal  mem- 
ber. 
The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  William  Pratt, 


was  born  in  New  York  state,  and  was  a  graduated 
doctor  of  medicine,  practicing  in  Eden.  His  son, 
William,  who  was  born  near  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ,  and 
moved  to  Pennsylvania  in  young  manhood,  en- 
gaged there  for  a  time  in  farming,  and  later  car- 
ried on  a  lumber  and  oil  business.  He  is  now 
living  in  Smithport  and  is  seventy-five  years  of 
age.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married 
Sylvia  Hultz,  who  was  born  near  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
and  is  still  living.  Of  their  four  children,  all  re- 
side in  the  east  except  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
who  was  next  to  the  youngest.  He  was  born  in 
Smithport,  McKean  County,  Pa.,  February  5, 
1862,  and  attended  the  public  and  high  schools 
there.  From  boyhood  he  was  interested  in  the 
lumber  business.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he 
embarked  in  business  for  himself,  dealing  in  lum- 
ber until  1883. 

One  evening  in  1883  Mr.  Pratt  made  up  his 
mind  to  go  west.  With  him  to  decide  was  to  act, 
and  the  next  morning  found  him  started  west- 
ward, with  no  particular  destination  in  view.  He 
stopped  in  Chicago  for  six  months,  spent  a  similar 
time  in  Aurora,  111.,  and  in  1884  went  to  Lincoln, 
Neb. ,  where  he  carried  on  a  livery,  sale  and  real- 
estate  business,  remaining  there  for  twelve  years. 
In  February,  1896,  he  started  overland  with  his 
livery  outfit  for  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  arrived 
on  the  22d  of  that  month.  At  once  he  began  the 
livery  business,  but  he  had  been  there  only  ten 
days  when  he  fell  a  victim  to  pneumonia,  which 
was  raging  in  the  camp.  For  a  long  time  he  was 
very  low,  and  when  he  was  finally  brought  to 
Colorado  Springs,  his  weight  had  been  reduced 
from  two  hundred  and  thirty  to  one  hundred  and 
fifty-two,  while  his  pocket  book  had  suffered  a 
similar  dimunution  in  bulk.  However,  since  be- 
ginning business  in  Colorado  Springs,  he  has  re- 
gained health  and  has  been  successful  financially. 
Politically  he  votes  the  Republican  ticket  and  in 
fraternal  relations  is  identified  with  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World. 


0EORGE  WEAVER,  clerk  of  La  Plata  Coun- 

bty,  and  for  four  years  (1894-98)  receiver  of 
the  United  States  land  office  at  Durango, 
was  born  in  Grant  County,  Wis. ,  in  1850,  a  son 
of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Deam)  Weaver.  His 
early  life  was  quietly  passed  at  his  home  in  Wis- 
consin. In  youth  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  brick- 
layer, which  he  followed  for  a  time.  In  1879  he 
came  to  Colorado,  and  for  a  year  remained  in 
Central  City  and  Leadville,  but  in  the  spring  of 


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1880  he  came  to  the  San  Juan  country,  locating 
at  Silverton.  From  there,  in  the  fall  of  1880,  he 
came  to  Durango,  then  a  new  town,  but  recently 
platted.  Here  he  followed  his  trade  and  also 
worked  as  a  contractor,  taking  contracts  for  the 
brick  work  on  many  of  the  public  buildings.  On 
the  Democratic  ticket  he  was  elected  county  clerk 
in  1889,  and  held  the  office  for  two  years  at  that 
time. 

Going  to  Creede,  Colo.,  in  1892,  Mr.  Weaver 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  and  mining, 
but  after  a  year  he  returned  to  Durango,  where 
he  followed  his  trade  until  1894.  During  the 
four  following  years  he  served  as  receiver  of  the 
United  States  land  office  at  Durango.  In  1898 
he  was  again  elected  county  clerk,  and  for  a  few 
months  also  continued  as  land  receiver,  but  upon 
resigning  the  latter  office  turned  his  entire  atten- 
tion to  his  official  duties.  In  the  politics  of  the 
town  he  has  been  prominent  as  a  leader  in  the 
Democratic  ranks.  From  1885  to  1887  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Durango  city  council,  and  he  has 
also  rendered  efficient  service  as  a  director  of  the 
city  schools.  He  is  past  master  of  Durango 
Lodge  No.  46,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  past  high  priest 
of  San  Juan  Chapter  No.  15,  R.  A.  M.;  past  em- 
inent commander  of  Ivanhoe  Commandery  No. 
ii,  K.  T.;  and  a  member  of  Aztec  Camp  No.  30, 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Weaver,  November  i, 
1876,  united  him  with  Miss  Phena  Leadbitter, 
daughter  of  Asa  Leadbitter,  who  was  a  pioneer 
of  Wisconsin,  and  twice  crossed  the  plains,  being 
captain  of  the  largest  train  that  went  overland  to 
California;  he  was  killed  in  California  in  1853. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weaver  have  three  children: 
Maude,  Florence  and  George  Merrill. 


IEORGE  w.  ATKINSON,  who  is  engaged 

in  contracting  and  building  in  Colorado 
Springs,  came  to  this  city  in  1888  and  has 
since  had  many  important  contracts,  among  them 
those  for  the  Christian  Church ,  Deaf  Mute  School 
and  numerous  elegant  residences  here,  the  round- 
house atGoodJand,  Kan.,  schoolhouse  at  Catlin, 
the  Normal  School  at  Greeley,  high  school  at 
Pocatello,  Idaho,  schoolhouses  and  courthouses  in 
Kansas,  Nebraska  and  Missouri,  including  the 
courthouses  at  Fullerton  and  Aurora,  Neb. ;  seven- 
teen buildings  (in  1897)  for  the  government  at 
Fort  Russell,  Wyo.,  and  a  large  warehouse  at 
Fort  Logan,  Colo. ,  also  a  large  Normal  school  at 
Jacksonville,  La. 


Mr.  Atkinson  is  of  English  parentage.  His 
father,  John,  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  and  was  a 
contracting  stone  mason.  Soon  after  his  mar- 
riage to  Anna  Walker,  of  Yorkshire,  he  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States  and  settled  at  Free- 
port  Pa.,  where  he  died  at  sixty-two  years  of 
age.  He  was  a  large  farmer  in  that  locality. 
His  wife,  who  died  in  Minnesota  at  eighty-four 
years  of  age,  was  a  daughter  of  James  Walker, 
a  farmer  of  Yorkshire,  where  he  died.  Three 
children  comprised  the  family  of  John  and  Anna 
Atkinson.  James  E.,  their  older  son,  who  was  a 
pioneer  of  Minnesota,  served  as  captain  in  a  Min- 
nesota regiment  during  the  Civil  war  and  also 
fought  in  the  Indian  wars.  Through  his  specu- 
lations in  land  he  accumulated  a  large  compe- 
tency. Prominent  in  public  affairs,  he  was  for 
years  a  judge  and  a  member  of  the  Minnesota 
legislature.  His  death  occurred  in  Litchfield, 
Minn.,  in  1896.  The  only  daughter,  Sarah,  Mrs. 
Peters,  is  living  in  Minnesota. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Free- 
port,  Pa.,  May  19,  1835,  and  remained  on  the 
home  farm  until  he  was  fifteen.  From  boyhood 
he  was  familiar  with  the  use  of  tools.  After  the 
death  of  his  father,  in  1850,  he  accompanied  his 
brother  on  a  contract  on  the  Allegheny  Valley 
Railroad,  working  as  a  stone  mason  for  eighteen 
months  with  the  same  road,  after  which  he  as- 
sisted the  chief  engineer.  In  1860  he  began  con- 
tracting for  himself  in  Pittsburg  and  vicinity,  and 
assisted  in  the  building  of  the  city  hall  and  other 
public  works,  also  built  heavy  culverts  on  the 
Pennsylvania  and  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroads. 
In  1859  he  went  to  the  oil  regions  of  West  Vir- 
ginia, and  at  the  opening  of  the  war  went  into 
the  Pennsylvania  oil  regions,  at  Titusville,  Oil 
City  and  Pithole  City,  where  he  engaged  in  bor- 
ing and  contracting.  When  the  manufacture  of 
oil  was  first  begun,  he  was  a  contractor  for  the 
company  having  the  work  in  charge  and  put  up 
all  their  stone  work.  Afterward,  for  five  years, 
he  was  with  the  United  Pipe  Line  Company 
as  superintendent  of  construction,  having  from 
eighty  to  one  hundred  men  under  him.  Next  he 
contracted  in  Pittsburg  for  two  years. 

Locating  in  Beatrice,  Neb.,  in  1881,  Mr.  At- 
kinson engaged  in  contracting,  and  built  the 
People's  Bank  building,  the  Nichols'  building 
and  other  large  blocks.  He  had  contracts  for 
railroads,  as  well  as  for  general  work.  In  1887, 
at  Gove,  Kan.,  he  embarked  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness, continuing,  however,  his  work  as  a  con- 


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tractor.  In  1888  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs, 
where  he  owns  a  handsome  brick  residence,  built 
by  himself,  at  No.  209  South  Nevada  street. 
Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 

In  Freeport,  Pa.,  Mr.  Atkinson  married  Miss 
Nancy  J.  Wilson,  who  was  born  in  Huntingdon 
County,  Pa.,  where  her  father,  Samuel,  was  a 
farmer  for  some  years,  but  later  removed  to  Iowa, 
dying  in  Grundy  County.  They  are  the  parents 
of  nine  children,  namely:  John,  who  has  been  a 
contractor  in  Marshalltown,  Iowa,  for  ten  years; 
Mrs.  Nettie  Finley,  of  Colorado  Springs;  Villa, 
at  home;  Charles  and  L.  S.,  contractors  in  this 
city;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Hollingsworth,  of  Beatrice, 
Neb.;  W.  W.,  of  Colorado  Springs;  J.  W.,  a 
contractor  here;  and  G.  F.,  who  is  his  father's 
partner  in  business. 


(TAMES  BYARD  WRIGHT,  M.  D.,  a  prac- 
I  ticing  physician  of  La  Vetaand  for  two  terms 
Q)  county  physician  of  Huerfano  County,  was 
born  in  Modoc,  Randolph  County,  Ind.,  July  31, 
1867.  He  is  a  representative  of  one  of  the  pio- 
neer families  of  Randolph  County.  His  paternal 
grandfather,  Rev.  Hicks  K.  Wright,  was  of 
southern  birth  and  in  an  early  day  settled  in  the 
forests  of  Indiana,  where,  from  the  early  '403 
until  his  death,  he  engaged  in  missionary  work 
in  behalf  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  As 
commissioner  of  Randolph  County,  and  in  other 
positions  of  trust,  he  discharged  his  duty  as  a  citi- 
zen, but  his  time  was  mainly  given  to  the  preach- 
ing of  the  Gospel.  His  death,  in  1877,  removed 
from  a  sphere  of  activity  a  man  who  had  accom- 
plished much  for  the  spiritual  welfare  of  his  fel- 
low-men. 

The  doctor's  father,  H.  K.  Wright,  was  born 
on  the  eastern  shore  of  Maryland,  and  is  a  well- 
to-do  citizen  of  Winchester,  in  the  county-seat  of 
Randolph  County.  Active  in  public  life,  he  is 
now  serving  his  second  term  as  treasurer  of  the 
county.  As  a  member  of  the  school  board,  and 
in  other  ways,  he  has  advanced  the  interests  of 
his  community.  He  is  still  in  business,  and  as  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Sellers  &  Wright,  has  en- 
gaged extensively  in  the  buying  and  selling  of 
stock.  He  married  Armina  Pickering,  who  was 
born  in  Indiana,  of  southern  parentage.  They 
became  the  parents  of  six  children,  five  daugh- 
ters and  one  son. 

In  his  native  town  of  Modoc  (then  known  as 
Fallen  Timber)  our  subject  passed  the  days  of  his 
boyhood.  He  had  the  advantage  of  study  in  the 


local  high  school  and  DePauw  University  at 
Greencastle,  Ind.,  after  which  he  entered  the 
freshman  class  of  the  Indiana  State  University, 
and  continued  there  until  the  close  of  the  junior 
year.  The  study  of  medicine  he  carried  on  in 
the  Indiana  Medical  College,  and  upon  leaving 
college  he  went  to  Montana,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  and  also  acted  as 
surgeon  for  the  Great  Northern  Railroad  Com- 
pany for  two  years.  Desiring  to  broaden  his  pro- 
fessional knowledge,  he  took  a  post-graduate 
course  in  the  Louisville  Medical  College,  where 
he  completed  the  course  in  1897.  On  leaving 
Louisville  he  came  to  Colorado,  first  locating  in 
Creede,  but  not  finding  the  outlook  favorable, 
he  remained  only  a  short  time.  For  one  year  he 
engaged  in  practice  in  Cripple  Creek,  after  which 
he  spent  several  months  traveling  in  the  interests 
of  the  Santa  Fe  Hospital  corps.  In  June,  1893,  he 
came  to  La  Veta,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in 
practice,  and,  in  addition,  he  holds  an  official 
position  with  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
Company. 

In  1896  Dr.  Wright  was  elected  coroner  of 
Huerfano  County,  and  at  the  expiration  of  his 
term  was  elected  for  a  second  time.  Active  in  the 
Republican  party,  in  1894  ne  served  as  secretary 
of  the  county  central  committee  and  at  various 
times  has  been  a  delegate  to  local  and  state  con- 
ventions. He  is  one  of  the  six  physicians  now 
resident  in  Huerfano  County,  and  by  the  others, 
as  well  as  by  the  general  public,  is  respected  as  a 
physician  of  ability  and  a  man  of  intelligence. 
Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  La  Veta  Lodge 
No.  59,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


EAPT.  GILES  CRISSEY,  who  has  made  his 
home  in  Colorado  Springs  since  1873,  'ls  the 
oldest  living  representative  of  the  lumber 
business  in  this  city.  In  1874  the  firmofCris- 
sey  &  Whipple  started  the  second  lumber  yard 
here,  and  embarked  in  the  lumber  and  contracting 
business.  Soon,  however,  Captain  Crissey  bought 
his  partner's  interest,  and  continued  the  enter- 
prise alone  for  a  time.  Afterward  the  business 
title  became  Crissey  &  Thomas,  then  Crissey  & 
Davis,  and  on  the  organization  of  the  Crissey- 
Davis  Lumber  Company,  he  was  made  president 
and  general  manager.  In  1 896  he  bought  the  in- 
terest of  Mr.  Davis,  and  now  has  in  business  with 
him  his  two  sons,  as  well  as  Mr.  Fowler,  who  has 
been  identified  with  the  enterprise  since  1883.  In 


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1887  the  yard  was  removed  to  No.  109  West 
Huerfano  street,  extending  through  from  Huer- 
fano  to  Cucharras,  and  with  a  siding  from  the 
Gulf  Railroad  that  renders  transportation  easy, 
also  with  piling  room,  sheds  and  necessary  build- 
ings. He  has  continued  as  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Crissey-Fowler  Lumber  Company. 

The  Crissey  family  originated  in  England  and 
was  represented  in  Connecticut  and  Massachu- 
setts in  colonial  days,  as  early  as  the  founding  of 
the  Salem  colony.  Abraham  Crissey,  the  cap- 
tain's father,  was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  in 
1847  removed  with  his  family  to  Warren  County, 
111.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  near  Mon- 
mouth.  His  last  days  were  spent  at  Avon,  Ful- 
ton County,  that  state,  where  he  died  in  1893,  at 
the  age  of  ninety-four  years.  His  wife  was  Ellice 
Bets,  a  descendant  of  Revolutionary  stock  and  a 
native  of  Connecticut.  She  died  in  Illinois  in 
1863.  Of  her  eight  children  all  but  one  attained 
maturity  and  three  sons  and  one  daughter  are  now 
living.  One  of  the  sons,  Henry,  served  for  a 
short  time  in  an  Illinois  regiment  during  the  Civil 
war. 

Born  in  Norwalk,  Conn.,  April  9,  1840,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  child  of  seven  years 
when  his  parents  settled  in  Illinois.  He  well  re- 
members the  building  in  which  he  gained  his  pri- 
mary education.  It  was  built  of  logs,  with  an 
unattractive  exterior  that  reflected  the  crude 
workmanship  visible  in  the  interior.  Heat  was 
furnished  by  a  fireplace  that  extended  six1  feet 
along  the  wall,  while  the  pupils  sat  on  puncheon 
benches  that  were  both  ugly  and  uncomfortable. 
In  1856-57  he  attended  Lombard  University,  after 
which  he  clerked  in  a  store  at  Green  bush,  111.  In 
August,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  H,  Eighty- 
third  Illinois  Infantry,  and  was  mustered  into 
service  at  Monmouth,  August  n,  as  orderly  ser- 
geant. Ordered  south,  he  went  from  Fort  Henry 
to  Fort  Donelson,  and  participated  in  the  battle 
at  the  latter  place,  February  3,  1863.  Later  he 
was  at  Clarksville,  Nashville  and  other  points  in 
Tennessee,  his  last  service  being  under  General 
Thomas.  In  1863  he  was  commissioned  captain 
of  Company  H  by  Governor  Richard  Yates  and 
served  as  such  until  the  war  closed. 

With  his  brother  Oliver,  as  Crissey  Brothers, 
Captain  Crissey  embarked  in  the  lumber  business 
at  Avon  in  1865.  In  1873  he  sold  to  his  brother 
and  came  west  in  order  that  he  might  recuperate 
his  health.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  brought 
his  family  to  Colorado  Springs,  and,  as  he  liked 


the  place,  he  decided  to  locate  here  permanently. 
He  has  taken  a  warm  interest  in  the  progress  of 
the  community  and  the  welfare  of  the  people.  In 
1878  he  was  elected  alderman,  and  during  his 
term  of  office  the  water  works  were  started.  In 
1883  he  was  elected  county  commissioner  of  El 
Paso  County,  which  position  he  filled  for  three 
years,  and  was  chairman  of  the  board  during  two 
years  of  the  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce.  Few  men  in  this  part  of  the 
state  are  better  informed  than  he  regarding  the 
lumber  trade  and  its  various  interests.  He  is  ac- 
tively connected  with  the  Colorado,  New  Mexico 
&  Wyoming  Lumber  Dealers'  Association.  The 
Grand  Army  occupies  a  warm  place  in  his  heart, 
and  often,  at  reunions  and  at  camp  fires,  he  re- 
views the  events  of  the  Civil  war  with  others  of 
the  veterans  who  fought  for  the  Union.  His  mem- 
bership is  in  Post  No.  22,  of  this  city.  In  religious 
connections  he  is  identified  with  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church. 

At  Avon,  111.,  in  1867,  Captain  Crissey  married 
Miss  Mary  Ellen  Mings,  who  was  born  in  Warren 
County,  111.,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Mings,  of  Ken- 
tucky. They  are  the  parents  of  four  children, 
namely:  Frederick  L. ,  who  is  secretary  of  the 
Crissey-Fowler  Lumber  Company;  Arthur  Glenn, 
a  member  of  the  firm  and  director  in  the  company ; 
Ellice  Gertrude  and  Harriet  B. 


'HOMAS  R.  WILLIAMS,  who  is  engaged 
in  the  clothing  and  men's  furnishing  busi- 
ness at  Rico,  was  born  in  South  Wales  in 
1844,  and  received  his  education  in  private  and 
national  schools  of  his  native  land.  At  fourteen 
years  of  age  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  grocery 
business,  in  which  he  was  employed  in  Wales 
until  1872,  and  then  crossed  the  Atlantic  to 
America,  settling  in  Pittston,  Pa. ,  and  remaining 
in  that  city  and  Wilkes-Barre  for  five  years,  en- 
gaging in  mercantile  pursuits.  On  leaving 
Pennsylvania  he  spent  six  months  in  Texas,  and 
then  went  to  Emporia,  Kan.,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  dry-goods  business. 

In  the  spring  of  1880  Mr.  Williams  came  to 
Colorado  and  settled  at  Freeland,  Clear  Creek 
County,  where  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness and  was  also  for  four  years  connected  with  the 
Freeland  Mining  and  Smelting  Company.  Going 
to  Glenwood  Springs  in  1887,  he  opened  a  men's 
furnishing  store,  and  continued  there  until  March, 
1892,  when  he  settled  at  Rico.  Here  he  pur- 
chased a  business  bjock  op  Main  street  and  opened 


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up  a  full  line  of  men's  furnishings,  since  which 
time  he  has  continued  successfully  prosecuting 
this  business. 

A  Populist  in  politics,  Mr.  Williams  is  active 
in  local  affairs.  For  two  years,  1895-97,  ^e  was 
a  member  of  the  town  board,  and  afterward  he 
served  as  mayor  of  the  village  for  a  year.  In 
Glenwood  Lodge  No.  68,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  he  is  past 
grand,  and  represented  his  lodge  in  the  grand 
lodge  of  the  state.  He  served  as  noble  grand  in 
Ridgely  Lodge  No.  59,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Freedom, 
Colo.  He  is  past  chancellor  of  Silver  Glance 
Lodge  No.  82,  K.  P.,  at  Rico,  and  a  member 
of  the  grand  lodge.  In  both  of  these  fraternal 
organizations  he  takes  a  warm  interest.  As  a 
business  man  he  is  energetic  and  persevering, 
and  conducts  his  store  upon  sound  business 
principles. 

(OHN  JOSEPH  BENDER,  deceased,  formerly 
a  business  man  of  Glenwood  Springs,  was 
born  at  Malch  amt  Weislach,  Baden,  Ger- 
many, in  1843,  and  received  a  fair  education  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  land.  When  twenty-one 
years  of  age  he  came  to  the  United  States  and 
settled  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. ,  where  he  followed  the 
blacksmith's  trade  for  a  number  of  years.  In  the 
fall  of  1878  he  came  to  Colorado  and  was  at  first 
in  Canon  City.  While  there  he  shod  the  horses 
for  B.  H.  Sanderson's  stage  line  between  Canon 
City  and  Leadville.  In  1879  he  went  to  Buena 
Vista,  but  soon  afterward  settled  in  Salida.  He 
assisted  in  building  the  iron  bridge  across  the 
Arkansas  River  on  the  Rio  Grande  Railroad  in 
the  Royal  Gorge;  and  he  and  his  wife  stood  all 
night  to  witness  the  laying  of  the  rails  in  the  race 
between  the  Santa  Fe  and  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroads,  in  which  the  latter  won.  He  followed 
his  trade  in  Salida  and  also  engaged  in  the  res- 
taurant business,  erecting  the  Commercial  res- 
taurant on  .Seventh  street,  fronting  the  river. 
From  Salida  he  came  to  Gleuwood  Springs  in 
1886. 

Mr.  Bender  was  a  very  enterprising  man,  yet 
very  unselfish,  always  working  for  the  public 
good  and  for  the  welfare  of  others  rather  than  for 
himself.  He  was  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  the 
Republican  party,  in  the  interests  of  which  he 
worked  night  and  day  at  election  times.  No  one 
was  more  pleased  than  he  when  the  party  gained 
a  victory,  either  in  local  or  national  elections.  To 
the  last  he  retained  his  interest  in  public  affairs, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  very 
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suddenly  November  3,  1888,  he  was  reading  the 
political  news.  In  religion  he  was  a  Roman 
Catholic. 

At  Hermann,  Mo.,  in  1868,  Mr.  Bender  mar- . 
ried  Catherine  Christiana  Miller,  who  was  born 
in  Winesburg,  Germany,  and  in  girlhood  came  to 
America  with  her  father,  George  C.  Miller,  set- 
tling in  Hermann.  In  that  town  Mr.  Miller  was 
for  years  engaged  in  the  grain  business.  During 
the  Civil  war  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  home 
guard.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bender  had  six  children, 
(all  sons),  but  they  died  in  infancy.  They  were 
kind  to  orphan  children,  not  a  few  of  whom  re- 
ceived practical  help  from  them . 

Since  the  death  of  Mr.  Bender,  his  wife  has  car- 
ried on  the  Commercial  restaurant,  which  is  one 
of  the  first-class  and  popular  restaurants  of  the 
town.  A  thorough  business  woman,  she  has  ac- 
cumulated a  valuable  property,  including  her  fine 
residence  on  Eighth  street,  also  the  Commercial 
restaurant,  a  number  of  store  buildings  that  she 
rents,  and  several  dwelling  houses,  four  which 
she  has  recently  erected.  She  is  recognized  as 
of  the  most  efficient  and  successful  business 
women  of  western  Colorado.  Besides  her  realty 
in  Glenwood  Springs,  she  is  the  owner  of  prop- 
erty in  Newcastle,  Aspen,  Salida  and  other  Colo- 
rado towns.  She  furnishes  employment  to  many 
workmen,  in  her  dealings  with  whom  she  is  exact, 
just  and  kind. 

While  Mrs.  Bender  has  been  very  successful  in 
the  accumulation  of  money,  she  has  not  been  self- 
ish in  hoarding  it.  No  one  in  the  city  has  done 
more  than  she  in  behalf  of  the  poor  and  needy. 
No  one  has  ever  been  turned  away  hungry  from 
her  door.  Ever  watchful  to  see  where  she  can 
do  good,  the  opportunities  that  come  to  her  are 
always  taken  advantage  of  with  a  generous  spirit. 
In  her  girlhood  she  was  a  member  of  an  organiza- 
tion connected  with  the  Lutheran  Church  and 
known  as  the  Concealed  Secret  Charitable  Sisters, 
whose  duty  it  was  to  help  anyone  in  need.  In 
her  church,  too,  there  was  kept  a  "poor  box," 
into  which  each  member  placed  an  offering  for  the 
destitute.  While  there  is  no  organization  of  this 
kind  in  Glenwood  Springs,  she  adheres  to  its 
principles  and  follows  its  teachings,.  She  has 
witnessed  with  interest  the  growth  of  her  home 
town,  which,  at  the  time  she  settled  here,  had  no 
railroad  and  but  few  houses,  while  the  population 
was  very  small.  Its  present  size  and  prosperity 
are  a  source  of  gratification  to  her,  and  she  is 
deeply  interested  in  its  welfare.  Her  time  is  given 


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closely  to  the  demands  of  her  large  business  in- 
terests, but  in  1895  she  took  a  vacation  from 
business  and  visited  her  old  home  in  Germany, 
also  traveled  through  Great  Britain,  Switzerland 
and  other  European  countries. 


CfEORGE  A.  WILLIS.  The  history  of  every 
|_  community  is  made  up,  so  far  as  its  most 
\^  interesting  features  are  concerned,  of  the 
events  and  transactions  in  the  lives  of  prominent 
citizens.  In  any  history  of  Colorado  the  biog- 
raphy of  Mr.  Willis  should  appear  as  that  of  a 
representative  citizen  of  Alamosa.  He  came  to 
this  city  in  1881  and  has  since  been  identified 
with  its  interests.  1888  he  began  in  the  real- 
estate  and  insurance  business,  and  has  since 
acted  as  agent  for  twenty-three  of  the  best  Eng- 
lish and  American  insurance  companies. 

Born  in  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  in  1835,  Mr.  Willis 
spent  his  boyhood  years  principally  in  Wisconsin 
and  Minnesota.  He  began  his  business  career  in 
Milwaukee,  where  his  first  employment  was  that 
of  clerk  in  a  general  store.  Afterward  he  was 
employed  in  the  freight  office  of  the  Michigan 
Central  Railroad  in  Chicago.  Later  he  was  with 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad  in 
Aurora,  111.,  continuing  in  that  position  until  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  war.  In  1861  he  enlisted 
in  Company  A,  Thirty-sixth  Illinois  Infantry, 
and  from  his  first  position,  that  of  adjutant,  he 
was  promoted  to  be  captain  of  the  company. 
On  the  reoganization  of  the  Fifteenth  Illinois 
Cavalry,  he  was  made  captain  of  Company  I,  and 
later  was  commissioned  major  of  the  Tenth  Illi- 
nois Cavalry.  During  a  portion  of  his  military 
service  he  was  acting  assistant  adjutant-general 
of  the  brigade;  also  provost-marshal  of  the  divi- 
sion and  inspector-general  of  the  division,  remain- 
ing as  such  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he 
was  honorably  discharged. 

Going  to  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  in  1865,  Major 
Willis  was  employed  by  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joe 
Railroad  Company,  and  later  was  transferred  to 
Cameron,  on  the  same  road.  From  there,  in  July, 
1881,  he  came  to  Alamosa,  Colo.,  where  for  seven 
years  he  was  connected  with  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad.  Since  severing  his  connection 
with  the  railroad  he  has  given  his  attention  to 
the  insurance  business  and  to  real  estate.  Upon 
the  Democratic  ticket  he  has  been  elected  mayor 
of  Alamosa  and  also  a  member  of  the  board  of 
trustees,  both  of  which  positions  he  filled  with 
excellent  judgment  and  unwavering  loyalty  to 


the  interests  of  the  people.  In  1890  he  was  a 
candidate  for  county  clerk,  but  was  defeated  by 
six  votes. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Willis  is  connected  with  Ala- 
mosa Lodge  No.  44,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  which  he 
is  past  master.  He  is  also  a  charter  member  of 
San  Luis  Chapter  No.  18,  R.  A.  M.,  of  which  he 
is  the  scribe;  and  is  identified  with  Rio  Grande 
Del  Norte  Commandery  No.  15,  K.  T.  By  his 
marriage  to  Miss  Carrie  V.  Hodges,  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  he  had  three  sons:  Albert,  who  is  engaged 
in  railroading  on  the  Rio  Grande  Southern  in 
Telluride,  Colo.;  Henry  and  George,  both  of 
whom  are  employed  on  the  Denver  and  Rio 
Grande  Railroad. 


(JUDGE  M.  A.  CAREY,  LL.  D.,  justice  of  the 
I  peace,  and  a  well-known  citizen  of  Pueblo, 
C2/  came  to  this  city  in  1880,  and  for  two  years 
engaged  in  teaching  school.  Afterward  he  car- 
ried on  a  grocery  business,  at  the  corner  of  Grand 
and  Sixth  streets,  until  1889,  when  he  sold  out, 
having  decided  to  turn  his  attention  to  the  pro- 
fession of  law.  Soon  he  entered  the  law  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Buffalo,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1892,  with  the  degree  of  LL.  D. 
Returning  to  Pueblo,  he  was  admitted  to  practice 
at  the  bar  of  Colorado  and  opened  an  office  in 
this  city.  In  the  fall  of  1893  he  was  nominated 
justice  of  the  peace  and  received  the  election  on 
the  Republican  ticket.  Two  years  later  he  was 
re-elected,  and  again  in  1897.  He  has  his  office 
and  court  room  in  the  Board  of  Trade  building. 

.The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Niagara 
County,  N.  Y.,  May  25,  1859.  His  father, 
Daniel,  in  early  days  settled  upon  a  farm  in 
Niagara  County,  where  he  is  still  living,  having 
devoted  his  life  to  agricultural  pursuits  in  the 
same  locality.  He  married  Margaret  Tracy,  who 
accompanied  her  parents  to  America  in  child- 
hood and  settled  in  Niagara  County.  Eleven 
children  were  born  of  the  union,  all  but  two  of 
whom  are  still  living,  and  of  the  family  two  sons 
are  in  Pueblo.  Our  subject,  who  was  next  to  the 
eldest  of  the  children,  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  county,  and  at  an  early  age 
began  to  teach  school.  Later  he  studied  in  the 
literary  department  of  the  University  of  Buffalo 
for  a  year,  leaving  in  order  to  come  west  in  1880. 
In  national  politics  he  believes  in  the  principles  of 
the  Republican  party,  through  which  it  is  his 
opinion  the  progress  of  our  country  can  be  more 
rapidly  promoted.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 


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Church  and  a  deacon  of  the  congregation.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and,  with  his  wife,  is  also  con- 
nected with  the  Rebekas. 

In  Wyoming  County,  N.  Y.,  occurred  the  mar- 
riage of  Judge  Carey  to  Miss  Coralyn  Potter,  who 
was  born  in  Oxford,  Chenango  County,  N.  Y. 
She  is  a  daughter  of  Rev.  William  Potter,  who 
was  a  descendant  of  a  prominent  New  England 
family  and  was  a  well-known  and  popular  minis- 
ter in  the  Baptist  Church  in  New  York;  he  mar- 
ried Mary  Brown,  whose  ancestors  were  early 
settlers  of  New  York  state.  The  two  sons  of 
Judge  and  Mrs.  Carey  are  named  William  and 
Howard. 


fJJEORGE  C.  BATEMAN,  city  clerk  ofTrini- 

bdad  and  secretary  of  Trinidad  water  works, 
is  a  member  of  an  old  Pennsylvania  family, 
and  is  himself  a  native  of  that  state,  born  in 
Ebensburg,  Cambria  County,  October  31,  1849. 
In  1857  he  went  with  his  parents,  Wesley  and 
Jane  (Thomas)  Bateman,  to  Iowa,  where  his 
father  became  an  extensive  contractor  and  builder. 
During  the  Civil  war  the  family  was  well  repre- 
sented on  the  side  of  the  Union,  the  father  and 
three  of  the  sons  enlisting  in  the  service.  One  of 
the  sons,  Wesley,  contracted  yellow  fever,  of 
which  he  died  at  Dry  Tortugas,  while  guarding 
prisoners  of  war.  The  eldest  son,  John  T.,  en- 
listed as  first  sergeant  of  Company  F,  Second 
Iowa  Infantry,  and  served  bravely  until  he  was 
wounded  at  Fort  Donelson;  on  account  of  injuries 
received  in  that  memorable  struggle  he  was  hon- 
orably discharged,  and  is  now  living,  retired  from 
business,  in  Iowa.  The  father  enlisted  in  the 
Gray  Beard  Regiment  of  Iowa  and  served  as  a 
private  in  the  infantry,  being  engaged  most  of  the 
time  in  garrison  duty  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  and  St. 
Louis,  Mo.  At  the  expiration  of  three  years  he 
received  an  honorable  discharge.  In  politics  he 
was  always  stanch  in  adherence  to  the  Republi- 
can party.  He  died  in  1895,  at  eighty-seven 
years  of  age.  Of  his  eight  children  only  three 
are  living:  John  T.,  Mark  W. (a commission  mer- 
chant of  Monroe,  Iowa)  and  George  C. 

The  early  years  of  our  subject's  life  were  spent 
principally  in  Iowa.  When  the  war  broke  out  he 
was  a  boy  of  twelve,  and  therefore  too  young  to 
engage  in  active  service,  a  fact  which  he  deeply 
regretted  when  he  saw  his  father  and  older  broth- 
ers start  for  the  front.  At  the  age  of  seventeen 
he  secured  employment  in  the  office  of  the  old 


Des  Moines  Valley  Railroad,  and  there  remained 
until  1876,  when  he  became  connected  with  the 
operating  department  of  train  service  for  the  Mis- 
souri, Kansas  &  Texas  Railroad.  Two  years 
later  he  went  to  Texas,  and  from  that  time  until 
1885  was  connected  with  the  Texas  &  Pacific 
Railroad.  Later  he  was  with  the  Northern  Pa- 
cific road  in  a  similar  capacity.  Returning  to 
Texas  in  1887,  he  was  with  the  construction  de- 
partment of  the  Fort  Worth  &  Denver  Railroad 
until  1891.  The  loss  of  his  foot  through  the  ac- 
cidental discharge  of  a  gun  led  him  to  abandon 
railroading. 

Coming  to  Trinidad  in  1891,  Mr.  Bateman  was 
elected  city  clerk  of  Trinidad  in  1894  and  was  re- 
elected  in  1896  and  1898.  In  the  latter  year  thecity 
council  appointed  him  secretary  of  the  city  water 
works,  which  position  he  still  fills.  Since  1894 
he  has  been  a  worker  in  the  local  Republican 
ranks,  and  since  1896  he  has  identified  himself 
with  the  silver  wing  of  the  party.  In  addition  to 
his  other  interests  he  acts  as  agent  for  three  well- 
known  fire  insurance  companies. 

December  10,  1891,  Mr.  Bateman  married  Hen- 
rietta, daughter  of  Daniel  Fetzer,  of  Dallas, 
Tex.,  and  they  have  one  son,  Gilbert  Fetzer 
Bateman.  Fraternally  our  subject  has  been  ac- 
tive in  the  Masonic  order.  He  is  a  member  of 
Las  Animas  Lodge  No.  28,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  Trin- 
idad Chapter,  No.  23,  R.  A.  M.;  Oriental  Com- 
mandery,  No.  18,  K.  T.,  and  El  Jebel  Temple, 
Mystic  Shrine,  of  Denver.  A  member  of  the 
Order  of  Railway  Conductors,  he  has  served  as 
secretary  of  Division  No.  247,  of  this  order. 


0SCAR  WILKINS.  South  of  Alamosa,  Cos- 
tilla  County,  on  the  Rio  Grande  River, 
lies  the  ranch  of  three  thousand  acres  which 
Mr.  Wilkins  owns  and  on  which  he  is  engaged  in 
raising  hay  and  stock.  In  addition  to  this  prop- 
erty he  owns  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres  at 
Garland,  on  Ute  Creek.  He  is  one  of  the  largest 
stock  dealers  in  the  valley,  and  has  on  his  ranch 
about  one  thousand  head  of  cattle  and  three  hun- 
dred head  of  horses.  Besides  raising  hay  for  the 
feeding  of  his  own  stock,  he  usually  feeds  and 
sells  about  two  thousand  tons  per  annum.  To 
provide  adequate  irrigation  for  his  land  he  built 
two  private  ditches,  which  he  owns,  and  in  ad- 
dition to  these  he  is  interested  in  the  Hickory 
Jackson  Ditch  Company,  of  which  he  is  presi- 
dent. 


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Near  Burlington,  Vt. ,  Mr.  Wilkins  was  boru 
in  1840,  a  son  of  Asa  Wilkins,  a  native  of 
Vermont.  He  was  only  four  years  of  age  when, 
in  1844,  the  family  removed  to  Wisconsin.  At 
the  age  of  almost  nineteen,  in  1859,  he  started 
across  the  plains,  with  Pike's  Peak  for  his  desti- 
nation, but,  while  crossing  the  plains,  his  party 
met  several  disappointed  gold-seekers  returning 
east,  and  the  discouraging  reports  of  these  men 
caused  the  others  to  change  their  plans  as  to  lo- 
cation. He  went  to  Gregory  and  Russell  Gulch, 
where  he  began  prospecting  in  the  mountains. 
In  the  fall,  with  a  party  of  about  twenty,  he 
crossed  the  Arkansas  and  began  prospecting  on 
Uncompahgre  River,  but  after  a  short  time  he  be- 
gan prospecting  on  the  Arkansas,  in  which  sec- 
tion he  was  the  first  prospector.  During  the 
winter  he  remained  in  Colorado  City.  In  the 
summer  of  1860  he  prospected  and  mined  in 
Colorado  Gulch,  where  he  took  out  a  number  of 
claims,  but  these  he  sold  in  the  fall.  He  then 
went  to  the  San  Juan  country  and  spent  the  win- 
ter at  Elrito,  N.  M.,  but  being  dissatisfied  with 
prospects  in  that  section,  in  the  spring  of  1860  he 
came  to  Fort  Garland. 

The  first  work  secured  by  Mr.  Wilkins  in  this  lo- 
cality was  at  fifty  cents  a  day,  in  the  employ  of 
Colonel  Francisco,  when  Judge  Daigre  was  his 
foreman.  He  remained  near  the  fort,  employed 
on  different  ranches,  until  the  fall  of  1861,  after 
which  he  was  employed  by  the  quartermaster  of 
the  fort  for  eleven  months.  In  the  spring  of 
1863  he  commenced  to  buy  beef  cattle,  which  he 
drove  into  the  mining  districts  and  there  sold. 
During  the  following  winter  he  remained  at  Fort 
Garland,  and  in  the  spring  of  1864  bought  some 
wool,  which  he  sold  in  Kansas.  During  the 
summer  he  engaged  in  cutting  hay  at  the  fort  in 
the  government  employ.  With  two  loads  of 
wool  he  went  to  Kansas  in  the  fall,  and  there 
sold  the  wool  and  bought  some  cattle,  which, 
however,  on  account  of  trouble  with  the  Indians, 
he  never  secured.  Returning  to  Colorado  after 
a  year,  in  1865  he  brought  three  wagon  loads  of 
freight  to  the  San  Luis  Valley  from  Leaven- 
worth,  freighting  on  contract  for  twelve  and  one- 
half  cents  a  pound.  Afterward  he  freighted  from 
the  San  Luis  Valley  to  Denver  and  the  mining 
districts.  During  the  fall  of  1865  he  bought 
goods  in  Denver,  which  he  sold  at  Conejos,  and 
bought  potatoes,  which  he  disposed  of  in  the  min- 
ing districts.  On  returning  to  Fort  Garland 
he  took  up  land  and  engaged  in  stock-raising. 


In  1877  he  came  down  on  the  Rio  Grande,  and  a 
little  later  bought  his  present  ranch.  He  also 
owns  real  estate  in  Alamosa. 

Until  the  currency  issue  sprang  up,  Mr.  Wil- 
kins was  a  Republican,  but  he  now  advocates  free 
silver.  In  1883  he  was  county  commissioner, 
during  which  time  the  courthouse  and  jail  were 
built  and  the  Costilla  County  bridge  was  built 
over  the  Rio  Grande  at  Alamosa,  at  a  cost  of 
$6,000.  Roads  were  also  established  throughout 
the  county  on  section  lines,  two  miles  apart  in 
both  directions.  Much  of  the  credit  for  these 
improvements  was  due  to  his  energetic  work  as 
chairman  of  the  board.  By  his  marriage  to  Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Ashley,  a  pioneer  of  Saguache 
County,  he  has  two  daughters,  Alice  and  Bertha. 


fi)C|lLLIAM    B.    CUNNINGHAM,    superin- 

\  A  I  tendent  of  the  water  works  of  Trinidad, 
Y  Y  and  a  director  of  the  Victor  Coal  and  Coke 
Company  of  this  city,  was  born  near  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  June  7,  1852.  He  is  a  son  of  James  and 
Nancy  (Bradley)  Cunningham,  the  former  of 
whom  started  to  cross  the  plains  to  California  in 
1 852,  but  died  on  reaching  Salt  Lake  City;  the 
latter  died  in  1857.  When  our  subject  was  six 
years  of  age,  his  mother  having  recently  died,  he 
was  taken  to  Iowa  and  reared  in  the  home  of  his 
uncle,  William  Bradley,  a  banker  of  Centerville. 
There  he  received  such  advantages  as  the  public 
schools  afforded. 

When  sixteen  years  of  age  Mr.  Cunningham 
entered  the  employ  of  Taylor,  Blake  &  Co. ,  drug- 
gists, in  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  and  with  them  he  re- 
mained for  two  years.  However,  the  confining 
work  affected  his  health  injuriously,  and  he  re- 
signed the  position.  Afterward  he  secured  em- 
ployment as  fireman  on  the  Chicago,  Burlington 
&  Quincy  Railroad,  between  Ottumwa  and  Cres- 
ton,  and  continued  in  that  position  for  one  year. 
From  there  he  went  to  Chicago.  In  1874  he  met 
Delos  A.  Chappell,  a  contractor  for  water  works, 
and  in  his  employ  assisted  in  constructing  the 
water  works  at  Litchfield,  Evanston,  Charleston, 
Lake  View  and  Hyde  Park  (Chicago),  111.,  also 
those  at  Muskegon,  Mich.  In  the  latter  city  he 
was  employed  as  assistant  engineer  of  water 
works  until  1879. 

Coming  to  Trinidad,  Colo.,  in  1879,  in  com- 
pany with  Mr.  Chappell,  our  subject  constructed 
the  water  works  at  this  place.  After  the  com- 
pletion of  the  plant  he  was  made  superintendent 
and  manager  of  the  works,-  and  secretary  and 


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treasurer  of  the  company.  He  continued  in  these 
capacities  until  April,  1897,  when  the  city  pur- 
chased the  plant,  retaining  him  as  superinten- 
dent. For  four  years  he  was  connected  with  the 
Victor  Coal  and  Coke  Company,  of  which  he 
acted  as  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  he  still 
remains  a  director.  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat, 
and,  while  not  a  partisan,  is  yet  deeply  interested 
in  party  affairs. 

In  November,  1877,  Mr.  Cunningham  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Clara  B. ,  daughter  of 
Henry  H.  Griffin,  of  Muskegon,  Mich.  They 
have  four  children:  William  H.,  Lucy  C.,  Pres- 
ley L.  and  Charles  L.  Fraternally  Mr.  Cunning- 
ham is  connected  with  Las  Animas  Lodge  No.  28, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Trinidad  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.; 
Oriental  Commandery  No.  18,  K.  T. ;  and  Trini- 
dad Lodge  No.  17,  I.  O.  O.  F. ,  in  which  he  has 
officiated  as  treasurer.  He  is  an  able  and  success- 
ful business  man,  and  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
most  skilled  engineers  in  the  state. 


pendent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  he  is  a  prominent 
local  worker,  holding  membership  in  La  Junta 
Lodge  No.  74,  of  this  city. 


fgj  EORGE  BARR,  sheriff  of  Otero  County  and 
I—  a  well-known  Republican  leader  of  his  lo- 
^_J  cality,  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  in  Chilli- 
cothe,  July  29,  1859.  The  years  of  his  boyhood 
were  passed  in  an  uneventful  manner,  alternating 
attendance  at  school  with  work  at  home  or  with 
the  usual  sports  of  youth.  When  he  was  twenty 
years  of  age  he  decided  to  seek  a  means  of  liveli- 
hood in  the  great  west,  of  whose  resources  he  had 
heard  so  much  and  so  often.  Going  to  Kansas, 
he  settled  on  land  near  Fredonia,  and  during  the 
years  that  followed  he  gave  his  attention  to  its 
cultivation  and  improvement. 

Coming  to  La  Junta  in  1888,  Mr.  Barr  secured 
employment  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  and  for 
several  years  was  connected  with  that  road.  After- 
ward, for  three  years,  he  held  the  position  of 
marshal  of  the  town.  In  the  fall  of  1897  he  was 
elected  county  sheriff,  his  election  being  a  victory 
for  the  Republicans,  of  which  party  he  is  an  ac- 
tive member  and  for  which  he  has  done  effective 
work  in  his  town.  In  the  discharge  of  his  duties 
as  sheriff  he  is  firm,  energetic  and  brave,  and  no 
violator  of  the  law  may  hope  to  escape  from  his 
hands.. 

In  matters  relating  to  fraternities,  Mr.  Barr  has 
identified  himself  with  two  of  the  most  prominent 
and  successful  orders.  He  is  an  active  member 
of  the  blue  lodge  of  Masons,  belonging  to  Euclid 
Lodge  No.  64,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  also  allied 
with  its  auxiliary,  the  Eastern  Star.  In  the  Inde- 


IV  A  ORRIS  B.  COLT,  commissioner  of  Conejos 
I V I  County,  located  permanently  in  Alamosa 
\(S\  in  the  spring  of  1888,  and,  in  addition  to 
holding  the  position  of  superintendent  of  two 
ditch  companies,  he  has  carried  on  a  general  real- 
estate  and  insurance  business,  in  partnership  with 
G.  A.  Willis.  From  1889  to  1897  ne  served  as 
trustee  of  the  town  of  Alamosa.  In  1888  he  was 
appointed  agent  of  the  town  company,  which  posi- 
tion he  now  holds.  As  a  Republican  he  has  been, 
intimately  connected  with  local  politics  from  the 
time  of  his  settlement  here.  In  1890  he  was  first 
elected  a  county  commissioner,  and  in  1893,  again 
in  1897,  he  was  re-elected  to  he  office,  which  he 
now  fills.  During  much  of  the  period  of  his  serv- 
ice he  has  served  as  chairman  of  the  board. 

Born  in  New  York  state  in  1854,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  is  a  son  of  James  B.  and  Mary  (Morris) 
Colt,  natives  respectively  of  New  York  and  Eng- 
land. His  father,  who  for  some  years  engaged 
in  canal  and  railroad  contracting,  held  a  contract 
for  completing  a  portion  of  the  Erie  canal;  in  1866 
he  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he  and  his  wife 
still  reside,  behaving  given  his  attention  to  stock- 
raising  of  recent  years.  Of  eleven  children,  our 
subject  was  the  oldest.  His  education  was  ob- 
tained in  public  schools,  Kemper  College  and  the 
Michigan  State  University  at  Ann  Arbor,  where 
he  completed  an  engineering  course  in  1875. 
Afterward  he  took  charge  of  the  construction  of 
a  portion  of  the  railroads  for  which  his  father 
held  contracts,  his  work  taking  him  into  Texas, 
Louisiana,  Arkansas,  Nebraska  and  Colorado. 
In  that  occupation  he  continued  until  1886.  His 
last  contract  was  for  the  construction  of  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific  from  McCracken,  Kan.,  to  Pueblo, 
Colo.,  which  work  was  completed  early  in  1887. 

On  retiring  from  contracting,  Mr.  Colt  came  to 
Las  Animas,  where  he  constructed  the  Henry 
ditch,  one  of  the  largest  in  Bent  County.  The 
ditch  was  completed  in  the  spring  of  1888.  After- 
ward he  constructed  the  laterals  of  the  San  Luis 
and  Empire  ditches,  and  later  became  superinten- 
dent of  both  ditches,  of  which  he  has  since  had 
charge.  In  1881  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Mary  LaDue,  of  New  York,  and  they  have  estab- 
lished a  comfortable  home  in  Alamosa,  where 
both  have  many  friends  among  the  best  people  of 
the  town.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  connected 


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with  Camp  No.  21,  Woodmen  of  the  World;  Ala- 
mosa  Lodge  No.  96,  K.  P. ,  and  is  second  lieu- 
tenant of  Lodge  No.  21,  Uniform  Rank,  besides 
which  he  is  connected  with  the  endowment  depart- 
ment. As  notary  public  he  has  had  considerable 
work,  and  in  other  lines  has  been  intimately  iden- 
tified with  local  affairs.  He  is  a  man  of  business 
ability,  and  both  in  county  and  private  affairs  his 
influence  has  been  felt  in  the  advancement  of 
measures  for  the  benefit  of  town  and  county. 


(JOSEPH  WORKMAN,  a  successful  business 
I  man  of  Walsenburg,  was  born  in  Toronto, 
G)  Canada,  July  14,  1841.  He  was  the  fourth 
son  in  a  large  family,  whose  other  members  were 
as  follows:  William,  born  February  27,  1836, 
died  June  24,  1896;  Frederick  M.,  bom  April  3, 
1838,  died  at  Guelph,  Canada,  June  20,  1887; 
Matthew  T.,  born  February  9,  1840,  died  July 
24,  1840;  Benjamin,  born  July  31,  1843,  died 
August  13,  1844;  Anna  C.,  born  October  18, 
1845;  Catherine,  born  January  25,  1849,  died  in 
1849;  Thomas,  born  December  8,  1850;  Florence, 
born  October  12,  1852;  Alfred,  born  November 
15,  1857,  died  September  6,  1858. 

Concerning  the  life  and  ancestry  of  the  father  of 
this  family,  Joseph  Workman,  M.  D.,  we  quote 
as  follows  from  the  Alienist  and  Neurologist  of 
St.  Louis,  January,  1890:  "Dr.  Joseph  Work- 
man was  one  of  the  earliest  collaborators  of  this 
journal,  and  he  has  continued  a  faithful,  con- 
stant and  valued  member  of  its  staff  to  this  day. 
Ripe  in  years,  strong  in  mind,  and  full  of  knowl- 
edge, he  has  been  and  is  a  most  helpful  associate 
in  the  good  work  of  the  Alienist  and  Neurologist 
during  the  past  decade  in  the  charming  and  en- 
larging field  of  neurology.  His  long  clinical  ex- 
perience, large  medical  discernment  and  ripe 
scholarship  have  made  him  a  power  in  the  wide 
and  widening  circle  of  our  readers.  He  is  known 
to  the  Alienist  and  Neurologist  by  the  always  ap- 
propriate and  entertaining  translations,  which 
have  for  so  many  years  adorned  its  pages,  the 
most  critical  of  our  many  readers  having  always 
approved  the  judiciousness  of  his  selections,  ap- 
plauded the  beauty  of  his  diction  and  approved  his 
criticisms  when  he  has  seen  proper  to  make  them. 
"Dr.  Workman  comes  of  a  worthy  and  illus- 
trious lineage.  The  Workmans  of  Ireland  are 
descendants  of  an  English  ancestry.  Rev.  Will- 
iam Workman,  of  St.  Stephen's  Church,  Glou- 
cester, England,  was  deposed  and  excommuni- 
cated by  the  archbishop  for  having  preached 


against  the  setting  up  of  images  and  pictures  in 
churches.  He  had  a  numerous  family.  One  of  his 
sons,  William,  joined  the  army  of  Cromwell,  and 
came  over  to  Ireland  with  that  king-killer,  as 
Cromwell  was  very  liberal  in  rewarding  his  fol- 
lowers with  the  goods  of  other  people.  William 
received,  in  compensation  for  his  military  service, 
several  tracts  of  land  in  County  Derry,  near  Cole- 
rain.  All  the  Workmans  of  Ireland,  Scotland, 
America  and  India  are  descended  from  this  Puri- 
tan soldier.  They  have  all  been  of  a  migratory 
tendency. 

"The  father  of  the  late  Dr.  William  Workman, 
of  Worcester,  Mass.,  came  to  New  England 
prior  to  the  conquest  of  Canada  by  the  Brit- 
ish and  fought  at  the  siege  of  Ticonderoga. 
Joseph,  father  of  Dr.  Joseph  Workman,  was 
a  native  of  County  Derry,  and,  with  an  elder 
brother,  Benjamin,  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Revolution.  Af- 
ter three  years  in  Philadelphia  he  returned  to 
Ireland  and  married  Catherine  Gowdey,  who  was 
of  Scotch  descent.  By  her  he  had  eight  sons 
and  one  daughter,  Joseph  being  the  fourth  of  the 
sons.  He  was  born  in  County  Antrim,  May  26, 
1805,  and  was  himself  an  old  man  when  his 
parents  died,  his  father  at  eighty-eight  and  his 
mother  when  past  one  hundred  and  two  years. 

"Joseph  Workman  graduated  from  the  McGill 
University,  as  doctor  of  medicine  and  surgery, 
in  1835,  after  a  course  of  five  years  with  Prof. 
John  Stephenson,  M.  D.  He  assumed  charge  of 
the  Toronto  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  July  i,  1853, 
and  continued  in  charge  until  July  19,  1875. 
Since  he  severed  his  connection  with  that  insti- 
tution he  has  resided  in  Toronto,  most  of  the 
time  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
but  chiefly  in  the  capacity  of  medical  consultant. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  Toronto  Medical 
Society  and  recipient  of  many  other  honors  from 
his  professional  brethren  of  Ontario.  His  por- 
trait placed  there  by  admiring  friends  adorns  the 
walls  of  the  medical  society." 

Dr.  Workman  was  an  active  worker  during 
the  fearful  outbreaks  of  cholera,  which  afflicted 
Montreal,  and  at  that  time  was  one  of  the  few 
medical  men  who  claimed  the  disease  was  con- 
tagious. As  an  authority  on  brain  affections  he 
stood  in  the  front  ranks,  and  was  frequently  re- 
ferred to  by  European  and  American  professional 
journals  as  the  "Nestor"  among  students  of 
mental  disease.  As  a  linguist  he  had  few  equals. 
In  addition  to  his  knowledge  of  the  classics,  he 


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was  familiar  with  Scotch,  Welsh,  Irish,  Gaelic, 
German,  French,  Italian  and  Spanish,  and  trans- 
lation from  these  to  English  was  a  favorite  occu- 
pation with  him.  His  translations  were  chiefly 
on  medical  subjects,  more  particularly  on  dis- 
eases of  the  brain,  and  they  appear  from  time  to 
time  in  the  best  American  and  Canadian  pro- 
fessional journals.  He  was  an  honorary  member 
of  the  Italian  Societa  Treniatra  and  other  similar 
bodies  in  various  European  countries,  but  the 
highest  possible  acknowledgment  was  paid  to  his 
professional  attainments  when  he  was  elected  to 
honorary  membership  in  the  Medico  Physio- 
logical Association  of  Great  Britain,  an  honor 
which  no  one  else  in  America  had  received  at 
that  time,  and  few  anywhere  out  of  Britain. 
During  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  held  the 
chair  of  obstetrics  and  therapeutics  in  the  Toron- 
to School  of  Medicine.  His  death  occurred  in 
Toronto  April  15,  1894,  when  he  was  in  his 
eighty-ninth  year. 

The  wife  of  Dr.  Workman  was  Elizabeth 
Wasnidge,  who  was  born  in  Sheffield,  England, 
in  1813,  and  was  married  to  him  in  1835.  Of 
their  children  our  subject,  his  father's  namesake, 
was  born  and  reared  in  Toronto,  receiving  a 
liberal  academic  education.  In  1863  he  began 
the  study  of  medicine  with  his  father,  and  later 
attended  the  University  of  Toronto,  but  became 
dissatisfied  with  the  work,  for  which  he  felt  he 
had  no  natural  taste.  Turning  his  attention  to 
business  he  became  interested  in  a  hardware 
store  with  his  brothers,  and  for  seventeen  years 
continued  in  the  same  place.  In  1888,  on  account 
of  chronic  bronchitis, he  came  to  Colorado,  hoping 
that  the  climate  would  prove  of  benefit  to  him. 
After  spending  a  few  months  on  a  ranch  he  was 
greatly  relieved  from  the  annoyance  occasioned 
by  the  disease.  In  two  years  he  felt  sufficiently 
restored  to  return  to  Canada,  but  as  soon  as  he 
went  north  his  health  again  failed,  so  he  settled 
in  Colorado  permanently.  In  May,  1895,  he 
bought  an  interest  in  a  furniture  store  in  Walsen- 
burg,  of  which  he  is  now  the  sole  proprietor,  al- 
though he  still  retains  the  title  of  Joseph  Work- 
man &  Co.  To  the  original  stock  of  furniture 
he  has  added  a  choice  assortment  of  queensware, 
mouldings,  picture  frames,  stationery,  etc.,  and 
has  built  up  an  important  business. 

Politically  Mr.  Workman  is  independent.    Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  Unity  Lodge  No.  . 
70,  I.  O.  O.  F.     His  marriage  was  solemnized  in 
Canada,  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  parents, 


June  29,  1875,  his  wife  being  Rebecca,  daughter 
of  Robert  Moderwell,  ex- sheriff  of  the  county  of 
Perth,  Canada.  They  are  the  parents  of  two 
sons  and  two  daughters:  Florence  Ethel,  who 
was  born  July  17,  1876,  in  Canada,  and  died 
September  10  of  the  same  year;  Robert  Joseph, 
who  was  born  December  22,  1878,  aad  died 
August  27,  1887;  Kathleen,  born  November  2, 
1880;  and  Thomas  A.,  November  7,  1882. 


[""REDERICK  BURKHARD  is  the  senior 

Yrt  member  of  the  firm  of  Burkhard  &  Son,  of 
I  Trinidad.  He  came  to  this  city  in  the  fall 
of  1879  and  engaged  in  the  saddlery  business 
with  his  father-in-law,  whom  he  bought  out  in  a 
few  months.  Afterward  he  conducted  the  estab- 
lishment alone  until  1896,  when  his  son,  Stephen 
T. ,  was  taken  into  partnership.  Not  only  is  this 
the  oldest,  but  it  is  also  the  largest  business  of 
its  kind  in  southern  Colorado.  At  the  stores, 
Nos.  210-216  Main  street,  harness  and  saddles  of 
every  kind  are  manufactured,  and  carriages, 
wagons  and  vehicles  of  every  description;  also 
farm  implements  are  kept  on  hand. 

Mr.  Burkhard  was  born  in  Huttwyl,  Canton 
Bern,  Switzerland,  December  5,  1844,  a  son  of 
John  Jacob  and  Julia  (Dalp)  Burkhard.  He  was 
ten  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  America  with 
his  parents  and  settled  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  His 
father,  who  was  a  cutler  by  trade,  made  a  spe- 
cialty of  surgical  instruments,  and  had  a  reputa- 
tion in  Europe  for  skill  in  that  line.  He  died  in 
less  than  one  year  after  coming  to  America,  leav- 
ing nine  children.  Those  besides  our  subject 
are:  John  Jacob,  deceased;  William  R.,  who  is  a 
business  man  of  St.  Paul,  Mmn.;  John  F.,  a 
farmer  of  Minnesota;  Andrew.who  was  interested 
in  a  saddlery  business  in  Topeka,  Kan;  Marion 
B.,  widow  of  John  Thorwarth,  of  St.  Paul, Minn.; 
Ferdinand,  of  Minnesota;  Theodore,  a  book- 
keeper with  the  firm  of  Burkhard  &  Son;  and 
Julia,  who  died  at  the  age  of  sixteen. 

From  eleven  years  of  age  until  grown  our  sub- 
ject lived  in  Galena,  Jo  Daviess  County,  111.  At 
the  age  of  fifteen  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  sad- 
dler's trade  in  Galena  with  Major  Perkins,  an 
intimate  friend  and  neighbor  of  Gen.  U.  S. 
Grant;  and  while  in  the  store  as  a  boy  Mr.  Burk- 
hard became  acquainted  with  Grant  and  his 
family.  He  made  the  bridle  that  the  afterward 
famous  general  used  while  acting  as  colonel  of 
the  Twenty-second  Illinois  Regiment.  In  May, 
1864,  he  enlisted  in  Company  C,  One  Hundred 


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and  Fortieth  Illinois  Infantry,  as  a  private  and 
served  until  November  4,  1864,  when  he  was 
mustered  out  in  Chicago.  Afterward  he  located 
in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  in  which  place,  and  later  in 
other  towns,  he  worked  at  his  trade.  In  the  fall 
of  1865  he  went  to  Kansas  and  there  engaged  in 
business,  continuing  until  1872,  when  he  sold 
out  to  his  brother,  who  had  been  his  partner. 
From  that  time  until  1879  he  carried  on  agricult- 
ural pursuits  in  the  vicinity  of  Topeka,  having 
a  stock  and  fruit  farm.  From  there  he  came  to 
Trinidad  and  embarked  in  the  business  he  has 
since  conducted  with  signal  success.  His  pros- 
perity is  the  result  of  his  unaided  efforts.  He 
still  attends  personally  to  every  detail  of  his  large 
business,  finding  in  this  way  the  most  satisfac- 
tory results  can  be  secured.  Interested  in  real 
estate,  he  has  bought  considerable  property  in 
Trinidad  and  in  1891  erected  a  comfortable  resi- 
dence on  Beach  street. 

While  a  Republican  in  national  issues,  Mr. 
Burkhard  is  inclined  to  be  independent  in  local 
politics.  Twice  he  has  been  elected  to  serve  as 
alderman  of  the  first  ward,  the  first  time  in 
1892  and  again  in  1896.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  Trinidad  Lodge  No.  17,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
in  which  he  is  past  grand.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Jacob  Abernethy  Post  No.  29,  G.  A.  R. 
May  24,  1869,  he  married  Miss  Ellen  R.  But- 
ler, daughter  of  S.  T.  and  Mary  A.  Butler, 
of  Topeka,  Kan.  Four  sons  and  four  daughters 
were  born  of  their  union,  namely:  Edwin  D.,  a 
practicing  physician  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Mary 
A.,  wife  of  H.  C.  Nichols,  of  Trinidad;  Ste- 
phen T. ,  junior  member  of  the  saddlery  company; 
Lida  J.,  Luella,  Elizabeth,  Frederick  W.  and 
Walter.  The  older  children  are  graduates  of  the 
city  schools. 

["RANK  H.  PETTINGELL.  Through  his 
rft  connection  with  the  mining  interests  of 
I  Cripple  Creek  Mr.  Pettingell  has  become 
well  known  in  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  has 
made  his  home  since  1888.  In  1891  he  became 
interested  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district,  with 
which  he  is  so  thoroughly  familiar  that  he  has 
attained  a  wide  reputation  as  a  judge  of  mining 
investments,  and  many  of  his  clients  leave  wholly 
to  his  decision  the  placing  of  their  funds,  relying 
upon  his  knowledge  and  fidelity.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Col  fax  Mining  Company,  secretary  of 
the  San  Fernando  Copper  Mining  and  Smelting 
Company  (which  owns  property  in  California), 


secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Mount  Rosa  Mining, 
Milling  and  Land  Company  of  Colorado  Springs 
(which  laid  out  the  town  of  Victor)  and  secretary 
of  the  Ben  Hur  Mining  and  Milling  Company, 
besides  having  official  connection  with  a  number 
of  other  companies.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  Colorado  Springs  Board  of  Trade,  the  Amer- 
ican Bankers'  Association,  and  was  at  one  time 
president  and  for  two  years  vice-president  of  the 
Colorado  Mining  Stock  Exchange  of  Denver, 
even  while  a  non-resident  member. 

The  first  member  of  the  Pettingell  family  in 
America  came  from  Staffordshire,  England,  to 
Salem,  Mass.,  early  in  the  seventeenth  century. 
One  of  his  descendants,  Josiah,  took  part  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.  His  son,  Richard,  was  a 
large  landowner  in  Newburyport,  Mass.  The 
latter  had  a  son,  Cutting,  who  was  born  in  that 
city  and  became  an  extensive  landed  proprietor. 
He  departed  from  the  religious  faith  of  his  ances- 
tors, who  were  Congregationalists,  and  became  an 
active  worker  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
He  had  a  son,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Pettingell,  who 
was  born  in  Newburyport,  and  engaged  in  the 
coasting  trade  as  captain  of  a  ship,  until  his  death, 
at  thirty-eight  years.  He  was  a  Methodist  in 
religious  views.  His  wife  was  Mary  A.  Feltch, 
of  Newburyport,  member  of  a  family  that  emi- 
grated from  Scotland  to  New  Hampshire.  Her 
father,  Joseph  H.  Feltch,  was  born  in  Newbury, 
and  was  a  successful  farmer  and  highly  respected 
citizen.  He  was  a  son  of  Col.  Joseph  Feltch,  a 
native  of  New  Hampshire  and  a  colonel  in  the 
war  of  1812,  stationed  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
Removing  to  Newburyport  he  became  the  owner 
of  large  estates  there  and  was  a  man  of  influence 
and  prominence.  Joseph  H.  Feltch  married  Miss 
Mary  H.  Haskell,  of  Massachusetts,  whose  fath- 
er, Caleb  Haskell,  served  under  Arnold  in  Can- 
ada in  the  French  and  Indian  wars.  The  Haskells 
are  among  the  oldest  families  in  New  England. 
Caleb  Haskell's  parents  were  John  and  Johanna 
(Ingersoll)  Haskell,  the  latter  a  member  of  an 
old  family  of  Salem,  Mass.  Our  subject's  moth- 
er died  in  Newburyport  in  1894,  aged  fifty  years. 
Of  her  four  children  three  are  living,  namely: 
Frank  H.;  Cutting,  who  is  with  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company  in  Pueblo;  and 
Joseph,  who  still  resides  in  Newburyport. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  New- 
buryport, Mass.,  January  2,  1868,  and  received 
his  education  in  grammar  and  high  schools  there. 


MRS.  MARGUERITE  LU  RAII.KY. 


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For  six  years  he  was  employed  by  the  Towles 
Manufacturing  Company,  in  his  native  town.  In 
1888  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  was 
bookkeeper  for  the  First  National  Bank  three 
and  one-half  years,  then  resigned  to  engage  in  the 
stock  brokerage  business.  For  one  year  he  was 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Pettingell  &  Coffin,  but 
since  1892  he  has  been  alone.  Politically  a  Re- 
publican, he  was  secretary  of  the  Republican 
League  Club  in  1896.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
El  Paso  Club  of  Colorado  Springs,  the  St.  Anma- 
nius  Club  of  Topeka,  Kan.,  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  of  Massachusetts,  and  the 
Sons  of  the  Revolution  of  Massachusetts.  His 
marriage,  in  Independence,  Mo.,  united  him  with 
Miss  Mary  A.  Morgan,  who  was  born  in  Bowling 
Green,  Ky.,  and  received  her  education  in  a  con- 
vent in  that  state.  Mr.  Pettingell  has  one  son, 
Frank  H.  Pettingell,  Jr. 

In  1892  Mr.  Pettingell  organized  the  Security 
Loan  Company.  He  became  president  of  the 
Golden  Dale  Company,  the  stock  of  which,  under 
his  efficient  supervision,  greatly  increased  in 
value.  Not  only  in  business,  but  in  social  circles 
also,  he  is  a  very  popular  man,  and  he  numbers  a 
host  of  warm,  personal  friends  among  those  whose 
acquaintance  he  has  made  since  coming  to  Colo- 
rado. His  large  financial  success  is  the  legiti- 
mate outcome  of  his  judicious  application  to 
business,  and  his  entire  career  has  been  such  as 
to  sustain  the  confidence  felt  in  his  ability.  In 
his  relations  with  his  clients.it  has  been  his  aim 
to  recommend  only  such  investments  as  would, 
with  the  lapse  of  time  and  judicious  development, 
necessarily  increase  in  value,  and  those  who  have 
entrusted  their  business  interests  to  him  have 
found  him  to  be  conservative,  judicious  and  faith- 
ful to  every  trust. 

IV /IRS.  M.  L.  RAILEY.     In  former  years  it 

I Y I  was  extremely  rare  that  a  woman  was  seen 
I  (y\  at  the  head  of  an  enterprise  of  any  size  and 
importance,  even  at  the  present  day  such  instan- 
ces are  by  no  means  common.  The  fact  that 
Mrs.  Railey  has  managed  interests  of  magnitude 
and  has  done  it  successfully ,  proves  that  she  pos- 
sesses more  than  ordinary  business  ability  and 
sagacity  of  judgment.  Alike  in  teaching  and  as 
the  manager  of  large  landed  interests,  her  work 
has  been  successful  and  her  ability  recognized. 

Now  a  resident  of  Park  County,  Mrs.  Railey 
was  born  in  Fayette  City,  Pa.,  a  daughter  of 
David  and  Susanna  (Haveley)  Patton.  She  was 


one  often  children,  of  whom  four  are  now  living. 
Her  sister,  Lizzie  D.,  is  the  wife  of  H.  Jerrel,  of 
Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa;  her  older  brother,  Au- 
gustus B.,  graduated  from  the  classical  and  law 
departments  of  the  Iowa  Wesleyan  University ,  and 
is  now  a  practicing  attorney  of  Ogden,  Utah; 
while  the  younger  brother,  John  H.,  is  engaged 
in  the  real-estate  business  in  Idaho.  The  father, 
David  Patton,  was  born  in  Maryland  in  1808, 
and  there  grew  to  manhood.  He  was  married  in 
Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  and  from  there  moved  to 
Pennsylvania,  settling  in  Fayette  City,  and  en- 
gaging in  contracting  and  building.  He  was  a 
skilled  cabinet-maker  and  architect, and  met  with 
excellent  success.  In  1858  he  removed  to  Mount 
Pleasant,  Iowa,  where  he  followed  contracting 
and  building  the  remainder  of  his  life,  dying  in 
1865. 

The  mother  of  Mrs.  Railey  was  born  in  Vir- 
ginia in  1813,  and  was  of  German  and  French 
descent,  her  father  having  been  of  German  par- 
entage, while  her  mother  was  born  and  reared  in 
Paris,  France.  She  was  a  descendant  of  Jacob 
De  Haven,  who  loaned  immense  sums  to  the 
United  States  government  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary war,  fitting  out  General  Lafayette  and 
continuing  to  furnish  supplies  to  the  government 
during  that  historic  struggle.  Mrs.  Patton  died 
one  year  before  her  husband's  decease. 

Desirous  of  obtaining  a  good  education,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  availed  herself  in  girlhood 
of  every  opportunity  that  was  offered  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  her  education.  She  was  graduated 
from  Howes'  Academy  and  Teachers'  Training 
School  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa,  after  which  she 
was  for  five  years  employed  as  a  teacher  in  the 
Des  Moines  public  schools.  In  1873  she  came  to 
Colorado  and  settled  in  Pueblo,  accompanying 
her  brother,  Augustus  B.  Patton,  who  began  the 
practice  of  law  in  that  city.  For  ten  years  she 
was  a  teacher  in  the  Pueblo  schools,  after  which 
she  was  made  city  superintendent  of  the  Gunni- 
son  schools,  a  distinction  that  had  never  before 
been  conferred  upon  a  woman  in  the  state  of  Colo- 
rado. This  position  she  filled  with  the  greatest 
efficiency  for  five  years.  During  her  residence 
in  Pueblo,  in  1877,  she  became  the  wife  of  L.  C. 
Railey,  a  business  man  of  that  city,  who  in  the 
subsequent  business  depression  disposed  of  his 
interests  in  Pueblo  and  went  to  Gunnison,  where 
he  became  foreman  for  one  of  the  large  smelters. 
In  1890  Mrs.  Railey  came  to  Park  County  and 
acting  as  agent  for  her  brother,  A.  B.  Patton,  the 


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owner,  she  took  charge  of  a  ranch  of  twenty-two 
hundred  and  eighty  acres  near  Hartsel.  Three 
years  later  she  acquired  the  property  by  purchase 
and  has  since  successfully  engaged  in  the  haying 
and  stock  business,  being  recognized  as  one  of 
the  most  extensive  cattle  raisers  in  the  county. 


(1  AMES  C.  WOODBURY.  There  is  probably 
I  no  citizen  of  Colorado  Springs  who  has  a 
O  larger  circle  of  acquaintances  throughout  El 
Paso  County  than  Mr.  Woodbury.  His  large 
acquaintance  is  doubtless  due  to  his  long  period 
of  service  as  county  commissioner,  which  office  it 
is  said  he  has  filled  for  a  longer  time  than  any 
similar  official  in  the  state.  It  was  in  1870  that 
he  was  first  elected  to  the  office  as  the  candidate 
of  the  Republican  party,  and  at  seven  subsequent 
elections  he  was  chosen  to  fill  the  position,  some- 
times without  any  opposition  whatever.  After 
having  been  eight  times  nominated  and  elected 
he  declined  further  nomination,  and  retired  from 
office  in  January,  1895,  after  a  service  of  twenty- 
four  years  and  three  months.  During  this  time 
(in  1873)  the  county  seat  was  transferred  from 
Colorado  City  to  the  Springs,  bridges  were  built, 
roads  were  laid  out,  and  the  Ute  Pass  road,  at  a 
cost  of  $15,000,  was  built,  thereby  enabling  peo- 
ple who  had  formerly  paid  several  dollars  in  toll 
to  reach  Leadville  via  the  Springs  without  any 
tax  whatever.  His  name  is  inseparably  asso- 
ciated with  the  development  of  El  Paso  County 
and  Colorado.  He  has  lived  to  see  what  was  in 
years  gone  by  a  region  of  unsettled  and  appar- 
ently worthless  land  transformed  into  a  cultivated 
country,  with  large  ranches,  thriving  villages 
and  prosperous  people.  In  the  midst  of  the  stir- 
ring scenes  of  pioneer  life  he  was  ever  ready  to 
help  those  who  needed  assistance,  and  his  kind- 
ness of  heart  and  public  spirit  won  the  friendship 
of  his  associates.  His  influence  over  his  fellow- 
citizens  has  been  that  which  one  true,  honorable 
and  enterprising  man  invariably  wields  over  an- 
other. 

The  Woodbury  family  was  first  represented  in 
America  by  two  brothers  who  came  from  England 
to  Massachusetts  in  1624.  One  remained  in  that 
state,  the  other  proceeded  to  New  Hampshire. 
Isaac  Woodbury,  our  subject's  father,  was  a  son 
of  a  Revolutionary  soldier  and  was  born  in  Lev- 
erett,  Franklin  County,  Mass.,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming.  In  1844  he  removed  to  Illinois, 
traveling  by  railroad  to  Albany,  packet  to  Buffalo, 
lake  to  Chicago,  and  thence  by  stage  to  Putnam 


County,  where  he  settled  on  a  farm.  There  he 
remained  until  his  death  at  fifty-six  years.  His 
wife,  Eunice,  was  born  in  Massachusetts  and  died 
in  Illinois  at  sixty-two  years  of  age.  Her  father, 
Samuel  Osgood,  was  a  member  of  an  old  family 
of  Massachusetts,  whose  first  representatives  there 
emigrated  in  1600  from  the  north  of  Ireland. 
They  were  of  the  Presbyterian  faith.  Our  sub- 
ject was  the  third  of  eleven  children,  seven  of 
whom  attained  mature  years.  Of  these,  A.  O., 
who  is  eighty-five  years  of  age  and  the  eldest  of 
the  family,  resides  in  Nebraska,  as  does  also  a 
younger  sister,  Mrs.  Jerusha  Deweese;  Mary,  the 
older  daughter,  died  in  Illinois,  and  George  B. 
in  Nebraska.  Isaac  is  living  in  Minnesota. 

In  Leverett,  Mass.,  where  he  was  born  Decem- 
ber 16,  1825,  our  subject  attended  the  public 
schools.  Later  he  was  a  student  in  the  prepara- 
tory department  of  Amherst  College.  In  1844 
he  came  to  Illinois,  where  his  father  died  the 
next  year.  His  education  was  completed  in  Mount 
Palatine  Academy,  after  which  he  carried  on 
farming  and  also  traveled  as  a  salesman  for  some 
years.  In  1855  he  went  to  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  for 
five  years. 

When  the  news  reached  the  east  that  gold  had 
been  discovered  in  the  mountains  of  Colorado  our 
subject  determined  to  try  his  fortune  as  a  miner. 
He  outfitted  a  horse  and  mule  train  at  Fort  Dodge 
and  crossed  the  Mississippi  River  at  Council 
Bluffs  March  31,  1860.  April  23  he  landed  at 
Auraria  (now  a  part  of  Denver).  From  there  he 
went  via  Colorado  City  and  Ute  Pass  over  the 
base  of  Pike's  Peak,  where  the  roads  were  merged 
into  cliffs  and  boulders  and  became  almost  im- 
passable with  teams.  At  one  place  the  wagons 
were  lowered  over  the  cliffs  by  means  of  ropes. 
On  reaching  California  Gulch  he  engaged  in  min- 
ing, and  afterward  spent  his  winters  in  Central 
City  and  the  summer  months  at  the  gulch  and 
Breckenridge.  In  the  fall  of  1862  he  took  up  a 
ranch  at  what  is  now  Buttes  Station,  El  Paso 
County ,  where  he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  and  embarked  in  farm  pursuits. 
Later  he  bought  additional  land  until  he  became 
the  owner  of  seven  thousand  acres  in  the  county, 
and  here  he  has  carried  on  a  large  business  as  a 
cattle- raiser.  Besides  his  ranch  he  owns  land  on 
Rush  Creek  and  has  a  cattle  range  in  Cheyenne 
and  Kiowa  Counties.  Since  he  located  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  in  1891,  his  partner  has  had  the 
oversight  of  the  cattle,  which  are  principally 


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Herefords  and  Shorthorns.  The  brand  is  O  L, 
on  the  left  hip.  Shipments  are  made  to  the  vari- 
ous markets  and  of  recent  years  good  prices  have 
been  received  for  the  cattle.  Three  railroads  run 
through  the  ranch,  the  Union  Pacific,  Denver  & 
Gulf,  Denver  &  Rio  Grande,  and  Atchison,  To- 
peka  &  Santa  Fe. 

In  El  Paso  County,  in  1871,  Mr.  Woodbury 
married  Miss  Jane  A.  Sylvester,  who  was  born  in 
Medina  County,  Ohio,  and  came  to  Colorado  the 
year  preceding  her  marriage.  They  have  three 
daughters:  Agnes  C.,  who  married  H.  E.  Ben- 
bow  and  lives  in  Colorado  Springs;  Elba  Nell, 
wife  of  Martin  Drake,  of  Colorado  City;  and 
Jennie  A.  Mr.  Woodbury  is  connected  with  the 
El  Paso  County  Pioneers'  Society  and  the  Asso- 
ciation of  Colorado  Pioneers.  For  years  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Cattle  Growers' As- 
sociation. He  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
school  directors  of  District  No.  9,  and  assisted  in 
building  the  first  schoolhouse  in  the  district. 
In  1868  he  was  made  a  Mason  in  Colorado  City, 
and  is  now  identified  with  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  Colorado  Springs  Chapter  No. 
12,  R.  A.  M.;  Pike's  Peak  Commandery  No.  6, 
K.  T.,  and  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S. 


0AVID  HUME  RICE,  M.  D.  Since  coming 
to  Colorado  Springs  in  1888,  Dr.  Rice  has 
established  a  reputation  as  a  skillful  physi- 
cian and  has  built  up  a  large  and  lucrative  prac- 
tice. He  is  a  close  student  of  his  profession,  and, 
in  the  fall  of  1897,  with  a  desire  to  keep  himself 
posted  concerning  the  latest  developments  in  the 
science  of  therapeutics,  he  went  to  New  York, 
where  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  in  the  Poly- 
clinic,  receiving  a  diploma  in  recognition  of  his 
work.  His  skill  and  ability  have  won  for  him  a 
high  standing,  not  only  among  his  patrons,  but 
among  those  of  his  profession  in  the  city  and 
county. 

The  Rice  family  is  of  English  extraction.  Jesse 
Rice,  who  was  a  native  of  England,  settled  in 
Indiana  in  a  very  early  day  and  from  there,  in 
1835,  removed  to  Adams  County,  111.,  becoming 
a  pioneer  farmer  of  that  county.  His  son,  Will- 
iam D.  Rice,  who  was  born  in  Rising  Sun,  Ind., 
devoted  his  active  life  to  agricultural  pursuits, 
and  held  the  office  of  supervisor  and  various  local 
positions  of  trust  in  his  county.  His  death  oc- 
curred about  1873.  His  wife,  whom  he  married 
in  Adams  County,  was  Martha  Staker,  a  native 
of  Kingston,  Canada,  and  daughter  of  Conrad 


Staker,  who  removed  from  Canada  to  what  was 
then  Adams  (now  Pike)  County,  111.  Mrs. 
Martha  Rice  is  living  in  Plainville,  111.  Of  her 
seven  children  all  but  one  are  living,  namely: 
John  H.,  a  graduate  of  Rush  Medical  College, 
Chicago,  and  practicing  physician  in  Quincy,  111.; 
David  Hume;  Luther,  who  occupies  the  old 
homestead;  Merritt  and  Meredith,  who  are  twins 
and  are  in  partnership,  as  dentists,  at  Plainville, 
111. ;  and  Mrs.  Mary  Sellers,  of  Decatur,  111. 

On  the  home  farm  near  Quincy,  111.,  where  he 
was  born  September  6,  1855,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  passed  the  years  of  youth.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  Johnson  College  in  Quincy, 
after  which  he  assisted  in  cultivating  the  home- 
stead. The  study  of  medicine  he  began  under 
Dr.  W.  C.  Trotter,  of  Richfield,  111.,  and  after- 
ward took  a  course  in  the  Missouri  Medical  Col- 
lege. With  his  brother,  John  H.,  he  engaged  in 
practice  at  Niantic,  111. ,  for  a  year  or  more,  then 
returned  to  college,  where  he  graduated  in  1885, 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  Returning  to  Rich- 
field he  opened  an  office  there,  but  in  the  fall  of 
1885  removed  to  Cheney,  Kan.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  practice.  From  there,  in  1888,  he  came 
to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  has  his  office  in 
the  Postofiice  block.  He  is  identified  with  the 
El  Paso  County  Medical  Society  and  takes  an  in- 
terest in  all  plans  for  the  advancement  of  his  pro- 
fession and  the  enlargement  of  its  usefulness. 
His  participation  in  politics  has  been  of  a  quiet 
nature,  but  he  is  stanch  in  his  advocacy  of  the 
Democratic  party.  In  Liberty,  111.,  he  was  made 
a  Mason,  and  now  belongs  to  El  Paso  Lodge  No. 
13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  past  master;  is 
also  connected  with  Colorado  Springs  Chapter 
No.  6,  R.  A.  M. ,  in  which  he  is  past  high  priest; 
and  Colorado  Consistory  No.  i ,  of  Denver. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Rice  was  solemnized  in 
Adams  County,  111.,  and  united  him  with  Miss 
Ida  M.  Maclaskey,  whose  father,  George  Ma- 
claskey,  was  a  pioneer  of  that  part  of  Illinois. 
They  have  one  child,  Ethel  May. 


I  AURENCE  M.  PETERSON,  one  of  the 
It  oldest  residents  of  Manassa,  Conejos  Coun- 
U  ty,  was  born  in  Denmark  in  1843,  and  at 
the  age  of  ten  years  was  brought  to  the  United 
States  by  his  mother,  his  father  having  died  in 
England  prior  to  embarkation  for  America.  Soon 
after  landing  in  this  country  the  mother  died  in 
Kansas  City.  Afterward  the  family  scattered. 
He  learned  that  his  brother  intended  to  accom- 


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pany  a  band  of  Mormon  emigrants  to  Utah,  but 
he  refused  to  go,  and  instead  joined  a  party  of 
Mexican  freighters  bound  for  Santa  Fe,  N.  M. 
In  Albuquerque  he  formed  the  acquaintance  of 
a  captain  in  the  United  States  army,  with  whom 
he  went  to  Fort  Union  as  errand  boy  and  from 
there  to  Fort  Massachusetts,  returning  to  Fort 
Union  in  1856.  Later  he  spent  two  years  in  Sa- 
pello,  N.  M. ,  with  a  captain  in  the  Mexican  army, 
and  while  there  he  attended  a  Spanish  school. 
His  life  in  boyhood  was  not  a  happy  one;  he  was 
friendless  and  alone,  in  a  strange  land,  with  no 
one  to  speak  a  kind  word  to  him  or  help  him  in 
any  way. 

In  1859  Mr.  Peterson  secured  employment  as 
clerk  in  a  general  store,  but  the  next  year  went 
to  Las  Vegas,  N.  M.,  and  there  joined  a  freighting 
train  bound  for  Kansas  City,  returning  the  same 
season  to  Las  Vegas.  His  next  position  was  as 
clerk  for  Henry  Connelly,  then  proprietor  of  a 
store  at  Mora,  afterward  governor  of  New  Mex- 
ico. In  1867  he  moved  from  Mora  to  Trinidad, 
Colo.,  and  engaged  in  general  merchandising. 
The  next  year  he  was  elected  county  clerk  and 
recorder  for  Las  Animas  County,  which  position 
he  held  for  two  years.  In  1870  he  acted  as  as- 
sistant postmaster  under  Henry  A.  Baracalough. 
From  Trinidad  he  moved  to  a  point  on  the  Las 
Animas  River,  where  he  kept  a  general  store 
until  1874,  and  in  1875  he  took  his  family  and 
Mexican  driver  to  Utah  to  see  his  brother,  from 
whom  he  had  run  away  in  Kansas  City  in  1854. 
While  in  Utah  he  became  an  adherent  of  the 
Mormon  church.  Prior  to  his  return  to  Colorado 
he  was  ordained  an  elder  and  began  missionary 
work  among  the  Mexicans.  Forty  of  his  Mexican 
converts  accompanied  him  to  Little  Colorado, 
Ariz.,  but  in  a  short  time  he  returned  with  the 
majority  of  them  and  established  a  Mormon  set- 
tlement at  Castle  Rock,  N  M.  In  1878  he  re- 
ceived an  inquiry  from  the  president  of  the  Mor- 
mon Church  as  to  a  good  location  for  settlement 
in  southern  Colorado  or  New  Mexico,  and  he 
recommended  that  part  of  Conejos  County  where 
Manassa  now  stands.  He  was  requested  by  the 
president  to  establish  a  settlement  at  this  point, 
which  he  did,  and  his  brother  was  sent  to  estab- 
lish the  stake.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Man- 
assa since. 

In  1887  the  Republicans  elected  Mr.  Peterson 
judge  of  Conejos  County,  and  in  1890  and  1893 
re-elected  him  to  the  office,  which  he  held  for 
nine  years.  For  some  time  he  has  been  justice 


of  the  peace  at  Manassa,  and  secretary  of  the 
school  district.  In  1895  he  was  a  candidate  for 
representative.  Since  1895  he  has  engaged  in 
the  real-estate  and  conveyancing  business,  and 
also  acts  as  town  attorney  for  Manassa,  besides 
which  he  is  engaged  in  general  farming  and 
stock-raising  on  his  eighty-acre  ranch.  In  1863 
he  married  Maria  Gertrudes  Trujilla,  who  was 
killed  by  accident  near  Antonito.  In  1886  he 
married  Ida  Sego,  by  whom  he  has  five  children: 
Clara  C.,  Laurence  R.,  Minnie  G.,  Laura  D. 
and  Ruby. 

IV^ARION  A.  PATRICK,  the  lessee  and 
I V I  manager  of  the  Pagosa  hot  springs  and 
|0|  hotel,  and  the  owner  of  real  estate  in  both 
Pagosa  and  Durango,  was  born  in  Morocco,  New- 
ton County,  Ind.,  in  1860,  a  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  Patrick,  of  Indiana.  Educated  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  county,  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age  when  he  came  to  Colorado  and  set- 
tled in  Georgetown.  After  a  year  in  that  camp 
he  removed  to  Idaho  Springs,  where  he  developed 
mines  in  which  he  was  interested.  From  there, 
in  1881,  he  removed  to  Durango,  and  pre-empted 
a  quarter-section  of  land  on  Pine  River,  where 
he  began  to  raise  stock  and  carry  on  general 
agricultural  pursuits.  In  1883  he  went  to  Silver- 
ton,  where  he  remained  for  a  year,  engaged  in 
mining  and  buying  some  interests  in  mines. 
Upon  his  return  to  his  Pine  River  ranch  he  took 
charge  of  the  local  lumber  yards  for  a  Chicago 
firm.  Selling  his  property  in  1889,  he  came  to 
Pagosa  Springs,  and  here  embarked  in  the  cattle 
business.  The  following  year  he  assumed  the 
management  of  the  springs  for  the  Pagosa 
Springs  Company,  and  in  1891  he  leased  the 
springs  and  hotel.  The  Patrick  hotel  is  known 
and  appreciated  by  those  who  have  had  the  good 
fortune  to  be  its  guests.  He  is  a  popular  land- 
lord, and  makes  the  welfare  and  comfort  of  his 
guests  his  chief  aim. 

In  matters  of  a  political  nature  Mr.  Patrick  al- 
ways works  with  the  Republican  party.  He  was 
one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  incorporation  of 
the  town  of  Pagosa  Springs,  and  has  since  served 
on  the  town  board.  He  has  also  held  office  as 
secretary  of  the  board  of  school  directors  of 
Pagosa  Springs.  He  is  a  member  of  Pagosa 
Camp  No.  412,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  a 
regular  attendant  at  its  meetings.  In  1885  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Annie  Grimes,  by 
whom  he  has  two  sons,  Clifford  and  Bradford. 


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Devoting  his  entire  attention  to  the  manage- 
ment of  the  hotel  and  springs,  Mr.  Patrick  has 
met  with  success  in  his  business.  Connected 
with  the  springs  are  three  bath  houses  for  ladies 
and  gentlemen.  Every  modern  convenience  has 
been  introduced,  in  order  to  provide  for  the  com- 
fort of  guests  and  enhance  their  pleasure,  and  the 
results  speak  volumes  for  his  genial  manner,  en- 
terprising disposition  and  untiring  perseverance. 


(JOHN  FRED  DIEZ  was  one  of  the  colonists 
I  who  settled  in  the  Wet  Mountain  Valley  in 
O  1870,  and  he  has  since  been  well  known 
among  the  German  residents  of  Custer  County. 
In  addition  to  his  ranch  here  he  also  owns 
ranching  property  in  Huerfano  County,  where 
he  has  a  half-section  of  land  devoted  to  hay  and 
grazing.  Stock-raising  has  been  his  specialty, 
and  in  this  industry  he  has  been  very  successful. 
Adding  to  his  herd  from  time  to  time,  he  has 
become  the  owner  of  a  large  bunch  of  cattle,  and 
on  his  place  raises  grain  and  hay  to  be  used  for 
feed.  He  has  continued  both  farming  and  stock- 
raising,  and  by  industry  and  ability  has  gained 
success,  while  others,  who  had  more  capital  to 
start  with,  have  failed  through  lack  of  persever- 
ance. In  1883  he  erected  a  fine  stone  residence 
on  his  ranch,  and  besides  he  has  all  the  neces- 
sary farm  buildings  for  the  shelter  of  stock  and 
storage  of  grain.  He  usually  keeps  from  twelve 
to  fifteen  work  horses  on  his  ranch. 

Born  in  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  in  April, 
1844,  our  subject  is  a  son  of  John  Fred  and  Ma- 
greda  (Eichner)  Diez,  the  former  an  agricultur- 
ist and  proprietor  of  a  vineyard.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Germany  and  there  learned  the  machin- 
ist's trade.  When  less  than  twenty  years  of  age 
he  came  to  America  and  for  a  time  followed  his 
trade  in  Buffalo,  but  in  two  years  went  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  was  employed  in  a  machine  shop 
and  foundry.  In  1870  he  joined  the  colony  and 
came  to  what  is  now  Custer  County  (then  a  part 
of  Fremont).  He  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land,  but  having  no  money  with  which 
to  make  improvements,  he  began  to  work  in  the 
mines  of  Central  City,  where  he  worked  as  an 
engineer  for  two  years.  With  the  money  thus 
earned  he  returned  to  his  ranch  and  soon  had  the 
work  here  started  in  good  shape.  He  has  since 
engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising. 

Both  in  local  and  national  elections  Mr.  Diez 
supports  Republican  principles.  While  in  Chi- 
cago he  married  Tillie  Riester.  Of  their  union 


seven  children  were  born,  six  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing: Emma,  wife  of  Frederick  Ockelbein,  a 
farmer  of  Custer  County;  Albert,  who  assists  his 
father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  home  place;  Fred, 
Joe,  Minnie  and  Annie.  Mr.  Diez  came  to  Colo- 
rado without  any  capital  whatever,  and  by  indus- 
try and  perseverance  has  become  the  owner  of  a 
valuable  ranch  and  has  gained  a  place  among  the 
prominent  stockmen  of  his  county. 


IILLIS  A.  REESE,  attorney  for  La  Plata 
County,  and  a  successful  lawyer  of  Du- 
rango,  was  born  in  Union  County,  111. ,  in 
1858,  a  son  of  Capt.  John  P.  and  Dora  (O' Daniel) 
Reese.  His  father,  who  was  an  officer  in  the  Civil 
war,  was  active  in  the  defense  of  the  Union  and 
has  always  been  prominent  in  local  affairs.  Po- 
litically he  is  a  Republican.  He  owns  large  es- 
tates in  Union  County  and  has  for  years  been  an 
enterprising  farmer  of  that  part  of  Illinois.  His 
five  children  are:  Willis  A.;  J.  O.,  of  North 
Dakota;  Lou;  Lena,  wife  of  Otis  Miller;  and  Ann, 
wife  of  George  James. 

After  having  completed  his  education,  our  sub- 
ject began  to  study  law  under  W.  S.  Day,  then 
of  Union  County,  and  now  a  judge  in  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.  In  May,  1880,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  Illinois.  He  formed  a  partnership 
with  Judge  Crawford  of  Jonesboro,  111.,  under 
the  firm  title  of  Crawford  &  Reese,  but  after  one 
year  in  that  connection  his  health  failed  to  such 
an  extent  as  to  render  a  change  necessary.  For 
two  years  he  made  no  attempt  to  practice,  but  de- 
voted himself  to  the  recuperation  of  his  health. 
When  able  to  work  again  he  resumed  practice 
and  also  taught  school  during  the  winter  months, 
remaining  in  Union  County  until  1891,  and  after 
1886  he  devoted  himself  exclusively  to  the  law. 
In  1891  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Du- 
rango,  where  he  formed  a  partnership  with  N.  C. 
Miller,  district  attorney.  They  continued  together 
until  January  i,  1896,  when  Mr.  Reese  began  for 
himself,  and  has  since  been  alone. 

Until  1896  Mr.  Reese  voted  the  Republican 
ticket,  but  during  the  exciting  presidential  cam- 
paign of  that  yeai^  he  became  an  advocate  of  the 
Democracy  and  a  supporter  of  the  movement  for 
the  remonetization  of  silver.  He  had  previously 
been  active  among  the  Republicans.  In  1892  he 
was  chairman  of  the  Republican  county  central 
committee,  and  in  1895  he  was  the  Republican 
candidate  for  county  judge.  On  transferring  his 
allegiance  to  the  Democratic  party  he  was  ap- 


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pointed  campaign  manager  for  the  county  and  in 
1897  served  as  chairman  of  the  Democratic  county 
central  committee.  In  1898  he  was  a  candidate  for 
county  judge  on  the  Democratic  ticket.  In  1897 
he  was  appointed  county  attorney  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  received  the  same  position  by  second 
appointment. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Reese  is  a  member  of  the  blue 
lodge  of  Masons.  Identified  with  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  he  has  served  as  chancellor  commander, 
and  for  four  years  has  been  grand  representative 
to  the  grand  lodge.  His  marriage,  in  1883, 
united  him  with  Thisbie,  daughter  of  J.  J.  Biggs, 
who  was  born  in  Illinois,  but  is  now  living  in 
Durango.  They  have  two  children,  Mamie  and 
Clarence,  who  are  ten  and  six  years  of  age  re- 
spectively. 

OEORGE  w.  PARKER,  ex-county  judge  of 

bOtero  County  and  a  resident  of  La  Junta 
since  1888,  was  born  in  Clinton  County, 
Ind.,  March  16,  1838,  being  a  son  of  Daniel  and 
Lucy  (Moore)  Parker,  natives  respectively  of 
Bordentown,  N.  J.,  and  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He  is 
of  Irish  descent,  his  paternal  grandfather,  Philip 
Henry  Parker,  having  been  born  in  the  north  of 
Ireland,  and  emigrating  from  there  to  America  in 
early  manhood;  his  first  home  in  this  country 
was  in  New  Jersey,  but  in  an  early  day  he  re- 
moved to  Ohio  and  there  engaged  in  farming 
until  his  death,  at  an  advanced  age. 

The  boyhood  years  of  Daniel  Parker  were  spent 
on  a  farm  near  Cincinnati.  From  there  he  re- 
moved to  Clinton  County,  Ind.,  and  engaged  in 
farming,  but  in  a  short  time  he  settled  in  Wat- 
seka,  Iroquois  County,  111.,  and  opened  a  mer- 
cantile store.  He  continued  to  reside  in  that 
place  until  his  death,  at  sixty-eight  years  of  age. 
A  Republican  in  early  life,  he  afterward  became 
identified  with  the  Democrats,  and  continued  to 
espouse  the  principles  of  that  party  as  long  as  he 
lived.  For  a  time  he  was  associate  justice  of  his 
county.  While  he  started  in  life  without  means, 
he  was  so  judicious  and  enterprising  that  at  his 
death  he  left  about  $50,000.  His  wife,  who  was 
a  faithful  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  died  at  eighty-four  years.  They  were 
the  parents  of  three  children,  but  Elizabeth  died 
at  thirty  years  and  Daniel  W.  at  twenty,  so  that 
our  subject  is  the  sole  survivor. 

The  literary  education  of  Judge  Parker  was 
principally  obtained  in  the  Middleport  Collegiate 
Institute.  When  twenty-three  years  of  age  he 


graduated  from  the  Albany  Law  School,  after 
which  he  carried  on  a  law  practice  in  Watseka, 
in  connection  with  his  business  interests  there 
In  1878  he  removed  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  and 
for  three  years  carried  on  a  grain  business.  Next 
he  went  to  California  and  engaged  in  the  real- 
estate  business  in  San  Diego,  continuing  there 
until  he  came  to  La  Junta  in  1888.  Since  making 
his  home  in  Colorado  he  has  engaged  in  the 
stock  business. 

Judge  Parker  is  a  stanch  friend  of  the  silver 
cause.  While  in  Illinois  he  was  a  Democratic 
candidate  for  member  of  congress,  also  served  as 
member  of  the  legislature  and  county  commis- 
sioner, and  in  1895  was  elected  judge  of  Otero 
County  by  a  large  majority.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  very  prominent  in  politics  in  Illi- 
nois and  at  one  time  stumped  the  state  for  Peter 
Cooper,  the  latter  having  been  nominated  for 
president  in  a  convention  of  which  Judge  Parker 
was  a  member.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  People's 
party  convention  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he 
supported  Bryan.  He  is  a  member  of  the  blue 
lodge  of  Masons  in  La  Junta.  For  years  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  to 
which  he  has  contributed  liberally.  His  wife 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Emma  Griffin,  and  was 
from  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  By  a  former  marriage 
he  had  two  children:  Daniel  W.,  who  is  engaged 
in  mining  in  Colorado;  and  Carrie,  wife  of  G.  W. 
Bryson,  of  Omaha,  Neb. 


REV.  ASBURY  H.  QUILLIAN,  deceased. 
In  the  early  days  of  Colorado,  and  especially 
the  southern  section  of  this  state,  one  of  the 
well-known  circuit  riders  was  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  "Parson"  Quillian  (for  under  this  title 
he  was  best  known)  came  to  Colorado  in  1870 
and  settled  in  Huerfano  County,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  missionary  work  in  behalf  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church  South.  Among  the  ten 
or  more  churches  that  he  organized  and  estab- 
lished were  those  at  Walsenburg  and  La  Veta. 
While  giving  his  attention  principally  to  ministe- 
rial work  he  also  superintended  his  stock  ranch 
near  Gardner,  Huerfano  County,  and  this  prop- 
erty he  still  retains.  The  approach  of  old  age, 
with  its  attendant  infirmities,  caused  him  to  lay 
down  his  work  in  1898,  and  afterward  he  lived 
retired  in  Walsenburg. 

Born  in  Habersham  County,  Ga.,  March  6, 
1830,  our  subject  was  a  son  of  Rev.  James  and 
Sarah  Quillian.  His  father,  who  was  a  native  of 


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North  Carolina,  moved  to  Georgia  in  childhood 
and  became  a  pioneer  worker  in  the  Wesleyan 
faith  there,  entering  the  ministry  in  middle  life 
and  continuing  active  until  his  death.  For  years 
he  served  as  tax  collector  of  his  county.  He  was 
a  man  of  means  and  a  large  holder  of  land  and 
slaves.  In  his  family  there  were  seven  children 
who  lived  to  maturity,  and  of  these  three  are  now 
living:  James  M.,  who  followed  a  mercantile  life 
until  the  war,  since  which  he  has  engaged  in 
farming;  Sarah,  the  widow  of  H.  H.  Parks,  of 
Georgia;  and  Asbury  H. 

When  a  young  man  our  subject,  in  1852,  went 
to  California  and  for  three  years  engaged  in  min- 
ing near  Sacramento,  meeting  with  fair  success. 
In  1855  he  returned  to  Georgia  and  embarked  in 
the  mercantile  business  in  Banks  County,  contin- 
uing there  until  the  war  broke  out.  He  then 
turned  his  attention  to  ministerial  work.  From 
Georgia,  in  1870,  he  came  to  Huerfano  County, 
Colo. ,  where  the  greater  part  of  his  subsequent 
life  has  been  devoted  to  missionary  work.  He 
endured  all  the  hardships  incident  to  the  nature 
of  his  work,  but  long  rides  did  not  dishearten 
him  nor  indifference  on  the  part  of  others  weaken 
his  determination  to  do  all  within  his  power  for 
the  cause  of  Christ  in  this  part  of  the  Lord's  vine- 
yard. He  has  lived  to  see,  in  a  large  measure, 
the  reward  of  his  labors.  Churches  have  sprung 
up  and  Christianity  has  spread  its  refining,  up- 
lifting influence  upon  the  lives  of  all  the  people. 
There  is  a  higher  moral  tone  prevalent  than  is  to 
be  found  in  some  frontier  localities,  and  this  is 
without  doubt  due  in  some  degree  to  his  efforts. 

In  1875  Mr.  Quillian  was  elected  county  super- 
intendent of  schools  and  continued  to  serve  ac- 
ceptably in  that  capacity  until  1885,  being  four 
times  re-elected.  The  position  is  now  held  by 
his  daughter,  Miss  Fannie,  who  is  a  lady  of  abil- 
ity and  very  popular  with  all  parties;  when  she 
was  nominated,  in  1897,  no  other  candidate  was 
placed  in  the  field  to  oppose  her,  but  all  united  in 
voting  for  her. 

In  Georgia,  November  18,  1858,  Mr.  Quillian 
married  Agnes  F. ,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lilly  and 
a  native  of  Georgia.  Her  mother's  brother, 
Judge  George  W.  Pascal,  was  a  prominent  attor- 
ney of  Texas  and  author  of  a  well-known  legal 
work;  he  was  connected  as  an  attorney  with  the 
Peabody  suit  for  the  recovery  of  school  lands  sold 
by  the  state  to  raise  funds  for  the  carrying  on  of 
the  war,  and  it  was  largely  through  his  efforts 
that  the  lands  were  recovered.  His  father,  George 


Pascal,  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Revolutionary 
war.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Quillian  became  the  parents 
often  children,  viz.:  Alice  L.,  wife  of  A.  O.  Wil- 
burn,  a  stockman  of  Gardner,  Colo. ;  Stella  S.  C. , 
Mrs.  Charles  Alexander,  ofLaVeta;  Thomas  J., 
who  is  engaged  in  the  stock  business  in  this 
county;  Ida  E. ,  wife  of  Erskine  Williams,  a  lead- 
ing lawyer  of  Fort  Worth,  Tex. ;  Fannie,  county 
superintendent  of  schools;  Hattie,  a  professional 
nurse;  L,izzie,  who  is  a  teacher  in  the  Walsen- 
burg  school;  Annie  Isabel,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Emma,  who  is  teaching  in  Walsen  Mine  School; 
and  Mary,  now  a  student  in  the  Walsenburg  high 
school. 

Mr.  Quillian  was  made  a  Mason  in  Georgia  and 
served  as  master  of  his  lodge  there.  After  com- 
ing to  Colorado  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of 
Huerfano  Lodge  No.  26,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Wal- 
senburg. He  died  at  Fort  Worth,  Tex. ,  March 
25,  1899,  and  was  buried  in  that  city. 


I  GUIS  PAQUIN.  Since  the  age  of  six  years 
It  Mr.  Paquin  has  been  a  resident  of  Colorado. 
IS?  The  years  of  his  youth  were  passed  in  or 
near  Pueblo.  In  1876  he  was  one  of  a  party 
of  five  who  came  to  that  part  of  La  Plata  Coun- 
ty now  included  in  Montezuma,  and  of  these  five 
men  he  alone  is  left.  With  the  stock  he  drove 
from  Pueblo  he  embarked  in  the  stock  business  in 
this  locality,  and  later  engaged  in  general  farm- 
ing, but  at  this  writing  he  devotes  himself  ex- 
clusively to  the  raising  of  stock,  of  which  he  has 
at  times  as  many  as  twenty-five  hundred  head. 
A  resident  of  Mancos  from  its  founding,  he  took 
an  active  part  in  securing  its  incorporation,  and 
is  now  one  of  its  trustees. 

Born  in  Rice  County,  Minn.,  in  1857,  our  SUD" 
ject  is  a  son  of  Norbert  Paquin,  a  native  of  Lower 
Canada,  who  removed  to  Minnesota  about  1847, 
and  remained  their  until  1863.  During  the  latter 
year  he  settled  at  Pueblo,  Colo. ,  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  engaged  in  raising  stock  twelve 
miles  east  of  Pueblo,  on  the  north  side  of  the 
Arkansas  River.  At  the  time  he  settled  in  the 
now  prosperous  city  of  Pueblo  it  contained  but 
one  small  store,  while  the  houses  were  few  and 
crudely  constructed.  In  1876  he  removed  from 
there  to  Ouray,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and 
also  farmed  to  some  extent.  His  death  occurred 
in  that  place  in  1886,  when  he  was  sixty-six 
years  of  age.  Politically  he  was  a  Democrat. 
By  his  marriage  to  Lizzie  McMahon,  of  Minne- 
sota, he  had  seven  children;  Moses,  of  Ouray; 


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Louis;  Mary  Ann,  the  wife  of  O.  B.  Critchfield; 
Philemon,  of  Ouray;  Norbert,  who  lives  in  Man- 
cos;  Emma,  Mrs.  Albert  Williford;  and  Felix,  of 
Mancos.  The  mother  of  this  family  died  in  1887, 
when  fifty-one  years  of  age. 

When  the  family  settled  in  Colorado  our  sub- 
ject was  a  child  of  six  years.  His  education  was 
received  in  Pueblo,  where  he  remained  until  his 
removal  to  Montezuma  County  in  1876.  He 
remained  a  bachelor  until  1888,  when  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Theresa  Roessler,  of  St. 
Louis,  by  whom  he  has  two  children:  Laura  and 
William  L-  He  is  the  owner  of  some  village 
property  in  Maucos,  which,  together  with  his 
stock  interests,  makes  him  a  well-to-do  man. 
He  is  a  member  of  Mancos  Lodge  No.  100,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  The  Democratic  party  has  in  him  one 
of  its  stanch  adherents,  and  he  is  always  faithful 
to  its  principles  and  platform. 


OHARLES  F.  RHODES,  a  contractor  and 
I  I  builder,  residing  in  Trinidad,  was  born  in 
U  Warren  County,  Ohio,  October  22,  1857, 
a  son  of  C.  T.  and  Sarah  (Dougherty)  Rhodes, 
natives  of  Virginia  and  Ohio  respectively.  He 
was  fourth  among  five  children,  the  others  being: 
Louis,  deceased;  J.  W.,  who  is  associated  with 
our  subject  in  business;  Jennie  and  Horace,  de- 
ceased. When  our  subject  was  a  boy  of  ten  years 
his  parents  removed  to  Henry  County,  Iowa,  and 
there  he  grew  to  manhood,  receiving  his  educa- 
tion in  public  schools. 

At  twenty-one  years  of  age  Mr.  Rhodes  began 
to  work  at  the  carpenter's  trade,  and  this  he  fol- 
lowed in  Page  County  until  1887.  Meantime  he 
was  married  there,  March  15,  1883,  to  Carrie 
Blackman,  daughter  of  L-  M.  Blackman,  and  a 
native  of  Iowa.  In  1887  Mr.  Rhodes  came  to 
Colorado  and  settled  in  Trinidad,  in  which  place 
he  has  since  made  his  home.  From  the  first  he 
received  a  fair  share  of  patronage  in  his  special 
line  of  work.  Some  of  the  houses  that  he  built 
are  among  the  finest  in  the  city,  and  he  also  had 
contracts  for  many  small  houses  and  for  some 
business  buildings.  As  a  contractor  he  is  accu- 
rate and  honest,  and  his  work  invariably  proves 
to  be  well  done,  so  that  he  has  become  known  as 
a  reliable  workman. 

The  political  belief  of  Mr.  Rhodes  brings  him 
into  affiliation  with  the  Republican  party.  He 
is  interested  in  all  measures  pertaining  to  the 
prosperity  of  his  city  and  the  welfare  of  the  citi- 
zens. In  1892  he  was  elected  to  represent  the 


fifth  ward  in  the  city  council,  and  has  since  served 
in  that  capacity,  doing  much  in  this  position  to 
promote  the  interests  of  the  town.  A  member  of 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  he  is  connected  with 
Trinidad  Lodge  No.  89,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  he 
is  also  identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
In  his  family  there  are  three  children:  Margaret, 
Charles  and  Jennie. 


HON.  JACOB  BENJAMIN  PHILIPPI,  for- 
mer register  of  the  United  States  land  office 
at  Glenwood  Springs,  was  born  in  Findlay, 
Ohio,  December  15,  1859,  a  son  of  John  Jacob 
and  Frances  (Gross)  Philippi.  His  mother  died 
when  he  was  small,  and  while  he  had  four  half- 
brothers  he  was  the  only  child  of  his  father's  sec- 
ond marriage.  From  Germany,  his  native  land, 
John  Jacob  Philippi  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1848,  to  escape  the  results  of  his  participation  in 
the  Revolution.  He  was  a  tanner  by  trade  and 
operated  large  tanneries  in  different  parts  of  Ohio. 
Selling  out  there  in  1872  he  settled  in  Boulder, 
Colo. ,  where  he  built  a  business  block  and  em- 
barked in  the  hardware  business  with  his  sons. 
In  1876,  accompanied  by  our  subject,  he  visited 
Germany,  renewing  the  associations  of  his  youth. 
Surrounded  by  every  comfort  it  was  his  hope  to 
leave  wealth  to  his  sons,  but  unfortunate  reverses 
arose,  and  when  he  died  at  Fort  Collins,  in  1884, 
the  estate  was  small. 

When  our  subject  went  with  his  father  to  Ger- 
many he  entered  a  school  at  Idstein,  where  he 
studied  for  two  years,  but  on  account  of  his  fath- 
er's reverses  he  was  compelled  to  leave  school. 
However,  on  his  return  to  Colorado  he  took  a 
course  in  the  University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder. 
In  1879  he  went  to  Leadville  and  entered  the 
office  of  George  E.  King,  an  architect,  with  whom 
he  remained  until  1880.  Afterward  he  engaged 
in  mining  at  Red  Cliff  until  1889,  and  from  that 
time  until  1892  held  office  as  county  judge  of 
Eagle  County,  remaining  in  Red  Cliff  until  July, 
1894,  when  he  was  appointed  by  President  Cleve- 
land as  register  of  the  United  States  land  office  at 
Glenwood  Springs.  This  position  he  has  satis- 
factorily filled.  Politically  a  Democrat,  he  was  his 
party's  candidate  for  judge  of  Garfield  County  in 
1898,  but  was  defeated  by  a  small  majority.  In 
June,  1898,  he  married  Florence  E.  Gardiner, 
who  for  some  years  previous  had  been  a  success- 
ful teacher  in  this  state.  She  .is  the  daughter  of 
William  Gardiner,  now  of  Garfield  County,  for- 
merly of  Iowa. 


HENRY  N.  CARMAN. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


893 


HENRY  N.  CARMAN,  treasurer  of  Bent 
County  and  a  well-known  business  man  of 
Las  Animas,  was  born  in  Schuyler  County, 
Mo.,  September  15,  1864,  and  is  a  son  of  Samuel 
S.  and  Cynthia  (West)  Carman.  His  boyhood 
years  were  spent  upon  a  farm  and  in  the  acquire- 
ment of  an  education  in  country  schools.  He 
remained  at  home  until  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
when  he  began  farming  independently.  Coming 
to  Colorado  in  1887  he  remained  a  year  or  more, 
and  entered  land  from  the  government  in  Bent 
County.  W-hen  the  pre-emption  was  duly  com- 
pleted he  returned  to  Missouri,  and  continued  to 
reside  there  for  five  years,  giving  his  attention 
to  the  cultivation  of  a  farm  which  he  had  pur- 
chased. 

The  second  time  Mr.  Carman  came  to  Colorado 
was  in  1893.  He  then  embarked  in  the  mercan- 
tile business,  which  he  has  since  conducted.  By 
reliability  in  all  of  his  transactions  and  fair  and 
honest  dealings  with  all  he  has  become  known 
as  a  capable,  successful  merchant,  and  has  won 
the  patronage  of  the  people.  The  Democratic 
party,  of  which  he  has  been  a  member  ever  since 
he  was  old  enough  to  vote,  and  with  which  he  is 
heartily  in  sympathy,  in  recognition  of  his  fidel- 
ity to  its  principles  and  of  his  fitness  for  office, 
nominated  him,  at  their  convention  in  1897,  as 
their  candidate  for  county  treasurer,  and  he  was 
elected  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year.  As  a  county 
officer  he  is  known  for  sound  and  careful  judg- 
ment, and  for  his  prompt  discharge  of  every 
duty.  As  a  member  of  the  city  council  of  Las 
Animas  he  has  been  instrumental  in  promoting 
plans  for  the  advancement  of  his  town  and  the 
enlargement  of  its  influence.  At  this  writing  he 
is  treasurer  of  Elder  Lodge  No.  n,  I.  O.  O.  F. 
He  was  reared  in  the  faith  of  the  Baptist  Church 
and  inclines  toward  its  doctrines. 


'HOMAS  H.  ROBBINS.  Two  and  one-half 
miles  southeast  of  Howbert,  in  Park  Coun- 
ty,' lies  one  of  the  fine  stock  ranches  of  this 
section  of  the  state.  Here,  since  1873,  Mr.  Rob- 
bins  has  made  his  home,  during  much  of  the 
time  carrying  on  a  large  cattle  business,  but  in 
1893  he  disposed  of  his  cattle  an(i  has  since  de- 
voted his  attention  to  the  raising  of  sheep.  A 
man  of  recognized  ability,  he  was  selected  in 
1882,  1883  and  1884  to  serve  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners.  During  much 
of  the  time  since  1884  he  has  occupied  the  office 
of  justice  of  the  peace. 

41 


Mr.  Robbins  was  born  in  Parke  County,  Ind., 
July  6,  1832,  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Nancy  (Kirby) 
Robbins.  He  was  one  of  eight  children  and  the 
second  among  six  now  living,  the  others  being: 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Alexander  Newell,  of  Dallas 
County,  Iowa;  James,  of  White  City,  Kan.;  Dan- 
iel W.,  of  Colorado  Springs;  Edward,  who  makes 
his  home  in  St.  Joe,  Mo.;  and  Mary,  the  wife 
of  Judson  Purington,  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  The 
father  of  this  family  was  born  in  North  Carolina 
in  1806,  and  when  a  boy  of  ten  years  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Orange  County,  Ind.,  where  he 
grew  to  manhood  and  married.  Shortly  after 
his  marriage  he  removed  to  Parke  County  and 
settled  upon  a  farm.  In  1852  he  established  his 
home  in  Dallas  County,  Iowa,  and  there  re- 
mained until  his  death  in  1874.  During  his  res- 
idence in  Indiana  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
legislature,  and  held  rank  among  the  prominent 
men  of  the  state. 

The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Daniel  Robbins, 
was  a  member  of  an  old  Quaker  family  of  the 
south.  On  account  to  his  opposition  to  slavery 
he  moved  from  North  Carolina  to  Indiana.  Dur- 
ing the  war  of  1812  he  served  as  a  drummer  in 
the  army,  and  a  half  century  afterward,  when  a 
regiment  was  formed  in  Orange  County,  Ind.,  to 
take  part  in  the  Civil  war,  he,  then  an  aged  man 
of  ninety- six  years,  acted  as  drummer  for  the 
regiment  on  its  march  to  the  train,  when  starting 
for  the  front. 

Shortly  after  he  was  twenty- one  years  of  age 
our  subject  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Fisher,  a 
native  of  Edgar  County,  111.,  their  marriage  be- 
ing solemnized  October  2,  1853.  Afterward  he 
settled  upon  a  farm  in  Dallas  County,  Iowa,  and 
there  remained  until  1860,  when,  with  two  others, 
he  outfitted  for  the  west,  and  with  a  team  of 
mules  started  for  Colorado.  May  19  of  that  year 
he  reached  Denver,  then  a  small  hamlet  with  a 
few  rude  cabins.  Going  to  Gilpin  County  with 
his  companions,  he  spent  three  months  in  mining, 
and  then,  with  them,  took  a  contract  to  improve 
a  ranch  in  Arapahoe  County,  six  miles  below 
Denver.  There  he  remained  for  one  year,  after 
which  he  went  to  Idaho  Springs  and  engaged  in 
mining.  March  i,  1863,  he  returned  to  Iowa  for 
his  family,  and  on  the  4th  of  July,  accompanied 
by  them  and  also  bringing  some  thirteen  head  of 
cattle,  he  arrived  in  Denver.  From  there  he 
proceeded  to  the  head  of  Bear  Creek  and  settled 
down  to  ranch  life.  In  1867  he  removed  from 
there  to  a  ranch  which  he  purchased  near  Colo- 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


rado  Springs  and  which  is  now  in  the  limits  of 
the  city.  Thence  he  came  tohis  present  property 
in  Park  County. 

The  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robbins  consisted 
of  fifteen  children.  Of  these  nine  are  living,  viz.: 
Nancy,  wife  of  Michael  Foster,  living  near  Du- 
rango,  I/a  Plata  County,  Colo.;  Sarah,  Mrs.  Will- 
iam Vermillion,  of  Park  County;  Edward,  of  this 
county;  Lewis  and  Asa,  who  are  ranching  in  this 
county;  Lillie,  at  home;  Emma,  wife  of  John 
Wilson,  of  El  Paso  County;  Chattie  and  James, 
at  home.  The  family  are  connected  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


|  ELVIN  M.  PARR,  treasurer  of  Archuleta 
County,  and  one  of  the  most  extensive 
stock-dealers  of  southern  Colorado,  was 
born  in  Green  County,  Wis.,  in  1862,  a  son  of 
Henry  and  Mary  A.  (Kilgore)  Parr.  At  seven- 
teen years  of  age  he  left  Wisconsin  and  moved  to 
Iowa,  and  in  1880  he  came  with  his  parents  to 
Leadville,  Colo.  From  youth  he  has  been  in- 
terested in  agricultural  pursuits,  and  for  a  short 
time  he  engaged  in  ranching  in  Kansas  during 
the  time  that  the  western  part  of  the  state  was 
settling. 

Coming  to  Pagosa  Springs  in  1889,  in  connec- 
tion with  his  brothers,  Lee  L-  and  Estie  M.,  our 
subject  formed  a  stock  company  and  homesteaded 
land.  The  company  now  owns  eleven  hundred 
and  forty  acres,  where  they  carry  on  stock-rais- 
ing and  also  raise  hay  for  feed.  On  the  ranch 
are  about  thirteen  hundred  head  of  cattle,  mainly 
of  the  Hereford  breed.  While  they  began  in 
business  on  a  small  scale,  they  have  gradually  in- 
creased the  business  to  its  present  dimensions, 
and  have  become  known  as  among  the  most  suc- 
cessful stockmen  in  Archuleta  County. 

On  the  Democratic  ticket,  in  1895,  Mr.  Parr 
was  elected  treasurer  of  Archuleta  County,  and 
two  years  later  he  was  re-elected  to  the  office, 
which  he  has  since  efficiently  filled.  He  is  also 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  town.  In  local  ques- 
tions affecting  the  welfare  of  the  people  or  the 
growth  of  the  town  he  maintains  a  constant  in- 
terest. He  is  a  member  of  Woodsdale  Lodge 
No.  334,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  at  Woodsdale,  Kan.,  and 
Pagosa  Camp  No.  412,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
In  1887  he  married  Anna  Johnson,  who  was  born 
in  Illinois. 

The  father  of  our  subject  owned  a  large  farm 
in  Wisconsin  and  there  engaged  in  buying  and 
shipping  stock.  After  coming  to  Colorado  he 


engaged  in  prospecting  and  mining  in  Leadville. 
From  there,  in  1889,  he  came  to  Archuleta  Coun- 
ty, and  began  ranching,  at  the  same  time  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business  and  operated  a  sawmill 
four  miles  north  of  Pagosa  Springs.  Here  he 
still  resides. 


0AVID  IRVINE  CHRISTOPHER,  M.  D. 
The  residence  of  Dr.  Christopher  in  Colo- 
rado Springs  dates  from  July  5,  1888,  since 
which  time  he  has  engaged  in  the  general  prac- 
tice of  his  profession.  In  addition  to  the  man- 
agement of  his  private  practice  he  has  been  sur- 
geon for  the  Rock  Island  Railroad  since  January, 
1889,  and  has  also  acted  as  a  member  of  the  staff 
of  consulting  surgeons  of  St.  Francis  Hospital 
of  this  city.  While  professional  duties  consume 
much  of  his  time  and  attention,  he  has  also,  for 
some  years,  owned  mining  interests  of  import- 
ance. One  of  the  first  companies  organized  in 
Cripple  Creek  was  the  Cripple  Creek  Consoli- 
dated Mining  Company,  of  which  he  has  been  for 
some  time  a  director,  and  is  now  the  treasurer; 
this  company  owns  twelve  claims,  all  of  which  are 
valuable.  In  the  Esperanza  Mining  Company  he 
is  now  a  director  and  large  stockholder. 

The  Christopher  family  is  of  Scotch-Irish 
origin,  and  by  intermarriage  also  descends  from 
English  stock.  They  were  numbered  among  the 
F.  F.  V.'s.  The  doctor's  great-grandfather  took 
part  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  enlisting  from 
Virginia,  where  he  was  a  planter.  The  grand- 
father, Thomas  Christopher,  was  born  in  the  Old 
Dominion,  and  took  part  in  the  Indian  wars  and 
the  war  of  1812.  In  an  early  day  he  settled  in 
Woodford  County,  Ky.,  where  he  operated  a 
plantation  near  Mortonsville.  He  died  there 
when  eighty  years  of  age. 

Thomas  Howard  Christopher,  the  doctor's 
father,  was  born  in  Woodford  County,  and  at 
the  age  of  fourteen  went  to  Richmond,  Madison 
County,  where  he  entered  a  store  owned  by  his 
uncle,  Thomas  H.  With  him  he  learned  the 
mercantile  business.  Later  he  bought  the  store, 
which  he  carried  on  for  many  years.  On  selling 
the  business,  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Madison 
County,  in  which  office  he  was  retained  for  sev- 
eral terms.  It  was  his  duty  as  sheriff  to  collect 
the  taxes,  so  his  position  was  one  of  responsi- 
bility, and  took  him  into  every  part  of  the  coun- 
ty. In  1849  he  removed  to  Buchanan  County, 
Mo. ,  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  St.  Joe.  In  1 864 
he  sold  his  place  there  and  went  to  Helena, 


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Mont.,  but  after  one  year  moved  to  Atchison, 
Kan.,  and  after  another  year  returned  to  St.  Joe. 
Later  he  spent  a  few  years  in  Colorado,  but  his 
last  days  were  spent  with  our  subject,  then  a  resi- 
dent of  Kansas  City.  His  death  occurred  in 
1887,  when  he  was  eighty-six  years  of  age.  In 
the  early  days  he  was  major  of  a  regiment  in 
Kentucky,  and  was  always  afterward  known  as 
"major."  For  sixty  years  he  held  membership 
with  the  Masons,  in  which  he  held  the  Knight 
Templar  degree. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Mary  A.  Irvine, 
who  was  born  in  Madison  County,  Ky. ,  and  is 
now  living  with  our  subject,  quite  hearty  and 
strong  for  one  of  her  years  (ninety) .  She  re- 
members having  seen  General  Lafayette  when  a 
child,  and  attended  a  ball  given  in  his  honor, 
and  a  barbecue,  also  given  in  his  honor,  at 
Boonesborough.  She  also  recalls  seeing  the  fa- 
mous pioneer  and  scout,  Daniel  Boone.  Her  father, 
Judge  David  Irvine,  was  a  member  of  a  Virginia 
family,  and  served  as  judge  of  Madison  County 
for  some  years,  but  died  at  thirty- four.  In  re- 
ligion Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christopher  were  members 
of  the  Christian  Church.  They  were  the  parents 
of  four  children,  of  whom  two  daughters  and  a 
son  are  living.  Mrs.  Ellen  I.  Craig  lives  in  Den- 
ver and  Mrs.  Nancy  I.  Elliott  makes  her  home  in 
Routt  County,  this  state. 

From  Richmond,  Ky.,  where  he  was  born, 
February  19,  1846,  our  subject  was  taken,  at 
three  years,  to  Buchanan  County,  Mo.,  where  he 
passed  his  boyhood  years  on  a  farm  and  in  school. 
In  the  spring  of  1865  he  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Montana,  going  by  boat  to  Fort  Ben  ton,  thence 
by  mules  to  Helena,  Mont.,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  prospecting,  and  later  going  to  Atchison. 
He  attended  St.  Benedict's  College  in  Atchison, 
and  then  went  to  St.  Joe,  where  he  entered  a 
wholesale  dry-goods  house,  continuing,  in  that 
position  for  eighteen  months.  Afterward  he 
studied  medicine  under  Dr.  Francis  Davis,  for- 
merly of  Maryland.  At  the  opening  of  the  St. 
Louis  Medical  College  he  entered  that  institu- 
tion and  attended  one  course  of  lectures,  after 
which  he  continued  his  studies  with  his  former 
preceptor.  In  the  fall  of  1873  he  entered  Belle- 
vue  Hospital  Medical  College  in  New  York  City, 
where  he  graduated  in  1874,  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  Returning  to  St.  Joe,  he  began  in  prac- 
tice, making  a  specialty  of  surgery.  He  was  one 
of  the  originators  of  what  is  now  the  Ensworth 


(then  St.  Joseph)  Medical  College,  and  for  nine 
years  he  filled  the  chair  of  physiology  in  that 
institution. 

In  the  spring  of  1885  Dr.  Christopher  went  to 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where  he  engaged  in  general 
practice  until  1888.  On  the  4th  of  July  of  the 
latter  year  he  started  for  Colorado  Springs,  hoping 
that  the  change  of  climate  might  benefit  his 
daughter's  health.  He  reached  here  the  follow- 
ing day  and  at  once  began  in  practice,  which  he 
has  since  continued.  He  is  a  member  of  the  El 
Paso  County  Medical  Society,  and  for  many  years 
was  identified  with  the  National  Association  of 
Railway  Surgeons.  For  one  term  he  was  health 
officer  of  St.  Joe.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat 
and  in  religion  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Or- 
der of  United  Workmen,  Ancient  Order  of  Pyra- 
mids and  is  exalted  ruler  of  Colorado  Springs 
Lodge  No.  309,  B.  P.  O.  E. 

In  Platte  County,  Mo.  ,  Dr.  Christopher  mar- 
ried Miss  Alice  S.  Perrin,  who  was  born  in  Stan- 
ford, Ky.,  a  daughter  of  William  F.  Perrin,  who 
removed  from  Kentucky  to  Missouri  and  became 
a  large  farmer  of  Platte  County.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Christopher  have  three  children:  Mrs.  Mary  Per- 
rin Brinker,  of  Pueblo,  Colo.;  W.  T.,  who  for 
eight  years  has  been  clerk  for  the  Colorado  Mid- 
land Railway  at  Colorado  City;  and  David  A., 
who  is  employed  in  the  transportation  depart- 
ment of  the  Rock  Island  Railroad  at  Colorado 
Springs. 


G.  RICE,  agent  of  the  United 
States  an<*  Pacific  Express  Companies  at 
Colorado  Springs  and  a  member  of  the 
board  of  aldermen,  representing  the  fifth  ward, 
first  came  to  Colorado  in  1876,  but  remained  only 
a  year,  his  permanent  residence  in  this  state 
dating  from  1885.  He  descends  from  an  old  family 
of  New  England.  His  great-grandfather  removed 
to  Kentucky,  where  the  grandfather,  Joel  Rice, 
was  born  and  reared.  The  latter  removed  to 
Quincy,  111.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  until  his  death.  He  was  one  of  the  orig- 
inators of  the  old  Whig  party,  and  his  life  was 
prolonged  to  the  organization  of  the  Republkan 
party,  which  he  helped  to  form. 

Thomas  J.  Rice,  our  subject's  father,  was  born 
in  Lexington,  Ky.  He  became  a  pioneer  mer- 
chant of  Keokuk,  Lee  County,  Iowa,  where  his 
son,  our  subject,  was  born  October  30,  1854. 


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Early  in  the  war  he  enlisted  in  the  First  Arkan- 
sas Regiment,  of  which  he  was  commissioned 
quartermaster,  and  remained  as  such  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  when  he  was  mustered  out  at 
Memphis,  Tenn.  Locating  permanently  in  that 
city,  he  carried  on  a  lumber  business  there  until 
his  death,  in  1870,  at  forty-five  years  of  age.  His 
wife  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Catherine  E.  White 
and  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Her  father, 
Joseph  White,  removed  from  New  England  to 
St.  Louis,  and  engaged  in  business  until  the  war, 
when  he  became  an  officer  in  an  Illinois  regiment. 
The  close  of  the  war  found  him  with  health  so 
greatly  impaired  that  a  return  to  business  was 
impossible.  He  lingered,  practically  an  invalid, 
for  some  years,  and  died  in  Quincy,  111.  Thomas 
J.  Rice  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren: William  G.;  Mary,  Mrs.  J.  D.  M.  Hamil- 
ton, of  Fort  Madison,  Iowa;  Charles,  a  contrac- 
tor, in  Holly,  Colo. ;  and  Harry,  who  is  in  the 
employ  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  at  North 
Platte,  Neb.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Rice  his 
widow  was  married  to  J.  B.  Billiqgs,  of  Keokuk, 
Iowa. 

In  1865  our  subject  was  taken  to  Memphis, 
but  five  years  later,  upon  the  death  of  his  father, 
he  returned  to  Keokuk,  Iowa.  He  graduated 
from  the  high  school  of  that  city  in  1874,  and 
afterward  was  employed  for  a  year  in  the  post- 
office  there.  In  1875  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  United  States  Express  Company.  In  1876 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  year  was  a  clerk 
for  Mallory,  Fitzgerald  &  Flynn,  contractors  on 
the  Santa  Fe.  In  1877  ^e  went  from  Trinidad 
back  to  Keokuk,  and  resumed  work  in  the  express 
office,  being  their  messenger  in  Iowa  and  Illinois, 
on  the  Rock  Island  road.  In  the  spring  of  1883 
he  resigned  from  the  United  States  Express  Com- 
pany and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Pacific  Ex- 
press Company  as  messenger  between  Omaha  and 
Denver.  In  November  of  that  year,  at  Wood 
River,  Neb.,  he  was  accidentally  shot  by  an 
agent,  who  took  a  gun  for  shipment  that  was 
loaded  and  when  he  handed  it  to  Mr.  Rice  the 
hammer  caught  in  the  side  of  the  door  and  he 
was  shot  in  the  right  leg.  He  was  confined  to 
his  house  until  March  of  the  next  year.  As  soon 
as  able  to  resume  work  he  was  made  agent  at  Fre- 
mont, Neb. ,  taking  the  position  while  he  was  still 
using  crutches.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  re- 
quested a  position  as  messenger  in  Colorado,  and 
in  the  spring  of  1885  was  made  messenger  on  the 
old  Colorado  Central,  between  Denver  and  Silver 


Plume.  After  filling  that  position  for  nine 
months  he  was  transferred  to  a  run  between  Den- 
ver and  Kansas  City  on  the  Union  Pacific,  and 
six  months  later  was  transferred  to  the  city  office 
in  Denver.  June  15,  1888,  he  was  sent  to  Colo- 
rado Springs  as  agent  for  the  Pacific  and  United 
States  Express  Companies,  which  position  he  has 
since  held,  being  the  pioneer  express  agent  at  the 
Springs. 

In  Rock  Island,  111.,  Mr.  Rice  married  Miss 
Gertrude  Cronk,  who  was  born  in  Michigan. 
They  and  their  children,  Susie  and  Guy,  live  at 
No.  1038  Washington  avenue.  The  family  are 
identified  with  Grace  Episcopal  Church. 

A  silver  Republican  in  his  views,  Mr.  Rice  is  a 
member  of  the  county  central  committee  of  his 
party.  In  1898  he  was  nominated  on  the  Citi- 
zens' ticket  for  alderman  from  the  fifth  ward  and 
was  elected.  In  the  council  he  is  serving  as 
chairman  of  the  ordinance  committee  and  mem- 
ber of  the  police  and  fire  committees.  While 
living  in  Keokuk  he  was  made  a  Mason  and  he 
now  holds  membership  in  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13. 


C.  POCHON,  secretary,  treasurer  and 
general  manager  of  the  Pueblo  yards  of 
the  Newton  Lumber  Company,  is  a  true 
type  of  western  progress  and  enterprise.  His 
energy  and  prudent  business  methods  have  com- 
bined to  make  him  one  of  the  prominent  business 
men  of  the  city. 

Mr.  Pochon  was  born  in  Klkhart,  Ind.,  March 
29,  1862,  and  is  a  son  of  J.  J.  and  Mary  C. 
(Kellison)  Pochou.  His  father  followed  the 
machinist's  trade  the  greater  part  of  his  active 
career,  but  during  the  last  five  years  of  his  life 
was  retired  from  active  business.  He  was  in 
this  state  during  the  Civil  war  and  enlisted  in  the 
First  Colorado  Infantry,  which  was  principally 
engaged  in  fighting  the  Indians,  and  was  in  the 
famous  Sand  Creek  massacre.  For  several  years 
he  had  charge  of  the  lumber  manufacturing 
department  of  the  Rio  Grande  Extension  Com- 
pany, and  was  chief  engineer  in  the  penitentiary 
during  Governor  Adams'  first  term.  He  was  a 
director  of  the  Pueblo  Savings  Bank,  of  which 
Governor  Adams  is  president,  and  served  as 
alderman  in  Pueblo.  He  was  one  of  the  leading 
citizens  of  this  place.  His  death  occurred  March 
i,  1899. 

When  only  eight  years  of  age  W.  C.  Pochon 
was  taken  by  his  parents  to  England  to  be 
educated  and  remained  there  until  he  was  six- 


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teen.  In  the  meantime  the  family  had  located  in 
Pueblo  in  1873,  and  here  he  joined  them  in  1878. 
On  starting  out  in  life  for  himself  he  engaged  in 
the  insurance  business  for  three  years,  but  for  the 
past  twelve  years  has  been  connected  with  the 
Newton  Lumber  Company,  first  as  bookkeeper, 
but  when  the  company  was  incorporated  in  1893 
he  was  made  secretary,  treasurer  and  general 
manager,  having  charge  of  two  yards  in  Pueblo. 
He  is  a  progressive,  energetic  business  man  of 
known  reliability,  and  of  a  very  social  and  genial 
nature.  He  belongs  to  several  societies,  includ- 
ing the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  Politically  he  is  identified  with  the 
Democracy,  but  has  never  cared  for  official  honors. 
He  was  married  August  28,  1890,  to  Miss  Irene 
M.  Paul,  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Paul,  of  Pueblo,  and 
they  have  one  daughter,  Helen  Catherine.  Their 
home  has  become  the  center  of  a  cultured  society 
circle. 

IT  DWIN  MC  LEARN,  a  prosperous  merchant 
ry  of  Rifle,  Garfield  County,  came  to  this  vil- 
I  lage  in  1892  and  established  the  mercantile 
business  which  he  has  since  conducted.  He  is 
one  of  the  principal  business  men  of  this  town, 
which  is  situated  on  the  Colorado  Midland  and 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railways,  at  an  altitude 
of  five  thousand  and  four  hundred  feet.  In  his 
store  he  employs  a  number  of  clerks,  whose 
efficiency  and  energy  add  to  the  popularity  of  the 
establishment.  Besides  this  business,  which  is 
constantly  increasing,  he  operates  a  lumber  yard , 
and  is  the  owner  of  a  large  ranch  near  town. 


M.  SAUNDERS,  who  has  owned 
j^  and  superintended  a  stock  ranch  near  Ny- 
[_  burg,  Pueblo  County,  since  1890,  came  to 
this  state  in  1871  in  company  with  his  parents 
and  settled  in  this  county,  where  a  large  part  of 
his  life  has  since  been  passed.  He  was  born  in 
North  Carolina,  in  the  village  of  Hayesville,  in 
1860,  and  was  almost  eleven  years  of  age  when 
he  came  to  Colorado  with  his  father,  Elisha,  a 
farmer  and  veteran  of  the  Confederate  army. 
The  first  home  of  the  family  was  established  in 
Pueblo  County,  but  after  a  time  removal  was 
made  to  Routt  County,  where  the  father  died, 
August  12,  1888.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Susan  Barnett,  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Barnett;  she  was  born  in  North  Carolina  and  is 
now  residing  with  our  subject.  Of  the  three  sons 


and  two  daughters  comprising  the  parental 
family,  George  lives  in  Pueblo;  Andrew  J.  is  a 
stockman  in  Routt  County;  Dorcas  Louisa  is  the 
wife  of  George  H.  Puntenney,  of  Arkansas;  and 
Naomi  married  Ethan  Chilcott. 

When  a  youth  of  sixteen  our  subject  started 
out  in  the  world  for  himself,  and  from  that  time 
he  has  not  only  been  self-supporting,  but  has 
accumulated  a  valuable  property.  He  has  always 
been  interested  in  the  stock  business,  and  on  his 
ranch  may  be  seen  some  fine  stock.  After  re- 
maining in  Routt  County  for  three  years  he 
returned  to  Pueblo  County  and  bought  his  present 
property  in  1890.  The  most  of  the  improvements 
on  the  place  have  been  made  by  himself,  but  the 
residence  was  here  when  he  bought  the  land.  He 
has  kept  the  land  under  cultivation,  raising  feed 
for  his  stock  and  also  some  products  for  the 
market.  In  1886  he  married  Cora  A.  Young,  of 
Jackson  County,  Mo.,  who  was  orphaned  at  an 
early  age.  Their  children  are:  Roger  M.,  Earl, 
Lloyd,  Patrick  Henry,  and  an  infant  daughter 
unnamed. 


(TOHN  ROGERS.  The  county  of  San  Juan 
I  contains  among  its  residents  no  one  who 
G/  takes  a  warmer  interest  in  its  progress  or 
aids  in  a  higher  degree  the  development  of  its 
mining  resources  than  he  whose  name  introduces 
this  sketch.  During  the  years  that  he  has  made 
his  home  here  he  has  been  instrumental  in  pro- 
moting the  prosperity  of  his  home  town,  Silver- 
ton,  and  has  favored  measures  for  the  benefit  of 
his  fellow-citizens.  The  high  regard  in  which 
he  is  held  by  the  people  was  shown,  in  November, 
1897,  when  he  was  elected,  by  a  good  majority, 
to  hold  the  responsible  position  of  high  sheriff  of 
San  Juan  County . 

The  Rogers  family  is  of  English  extraction. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  England 
December  31,  1845,  and  his  parents,  John  and 
Elizabeth  Rogers,  were  also  natives  of  that 
country.  When  he  was  a  boy  he  accompanied 
his  parents  to  America  and  settled  with  them  in 
Illinois.  The  years  of  youth  he  passed  upon  a 
farm  in  Jo  Daviess  County,  where  he  early 
learned  the  habits  of  industry  and  perseverance 
that  stood  him  in  good  stead  in  later  years.  His 
education  was  such  as  the  common  schools 
afforded,  and,  although  not  broad,  was  thorough. 
Upon  coming  to  Colorado  in  1874,  Mr.  Rogers 
settled  in  Silverton,  San  Juan  County,  where  he 
has  since  made  his  home.  During  the  interven- 


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ing  years  he  has  engaged  in  prospecting  and 
mining,  and  has  met  with  some  reverses  and 
some  successes,  experiencing  the  usual  ups  and 
downs  of  a  miner's  life.  In  the  main,  however, 
he  has  been  prospered  and  has  met  with  favor- 
able results  in  the  development  of  mining  inter- 
ests. He  has  always  been  interested  in  public 
affairs.  At  all  times  he  has  been  true  to  the 
principles  of  the  Democratic  party.  Public- 
spirited  and  progressive,  he  bears  a  part  in  all 
measures  which  tend  to  advance  the  welfare  of 
the  community.  As  a  school  director  he  was 
instrumental  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the 
public  schools.  He  also  held  the  office  of  assessor, 
by  appointment,  and  since  1897  has  served  as 
sheriff,  which  position  he  fills  efficiently.  Frater- 
nally a  Mason,  he  has  for  six  terms  been  master 
of  San  Juan  Lodge  No.  33,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Silverton.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Home 
Forum,  of  which  at  this  writing  he  is  president. 
The  marriage  of  Mr.  Rogers  was  solemnized  in 
Benton  County,  Iowa,  April  2,  1874,  and  united 
him  with  Jennie  E.  Porter,  a  native  of  Peekskill, 
N.  Y.,  and  a  daughter  of  R.  L.  and  Elizabeth 
Porter.  Three  children  were  born  of  their  union. 
Clara,  who  was  born  in  January,  1878,  and  died 
at  the  age  of  six  years;  Harry,  born  in  April, 
1882;  and  Frank,  born  in  November,  1884. 


M.  PARRISH,  M.  D.,  who  is 
a  well-known  and  successful  physician  and 
surgeon  of  Monte  Vista,  Rio  Grande  Coun- 
ty, was  born  in  Greencastle,  Ind.,  December  17, 
1844,  a  son  of  Abel  and  Bersheba  (Rush)  Par- 
rish,  the  former  a  native  of  North  Carolina.  The 
paternal  grandfather,  Barney  Parrish,  was  the 
son  of  an  Englishman,  and  the  grandmother, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Letitia  Rouk,  was  also 
of  English  extraction.  Upon  completing  his  lit- 
erary studies  our  subject  commenced  the  study 
of  medicine  at  Osceola,  Iowa,  with  Dr.  Sherrick, 
under  whose  preceptorship  he  remained  for  eight- 
een months,  when  Dr.  Sherrick  died.  Later  he 
carried  on  his  studies  under  Drs.  Howard  and 
Goslin,  of  Oregon,  Mo. 

In  1870  Dr.  Parrish  began  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine at  Newpoint,  Holt  County,  Mo.,  and  there 
he  built  up  an  extensive  practice,  remaining  until 
1888.  During  his  residence  in  that  place,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1877,  he  married  Alice  L. ,  daughter  of 
John  Patterson,  who  had  removed  from  Ohio  to 
Holt  County,  Mo.  In  their  family  are  three  liv- 
ing children:  Opal,  Meredith  and  Walden.  Ethel 


died  when  five  years  old.  The  year  1888  found 
Dr.  Parrish  opening  an  office  in  Pagosa  Springs, 
Colo.  He  engaged  in  practice  there  until  1896, 
when  he  came  to  Monte  Vista,  and  here  he  has 
since  conducted  a  general  practice.  During  his 
residence  in  Pagosa  Springs  he  engaged  in  the 
drug  business  in  addition  to  his  profession,  and 
was  also  interested  in  ranching  and  stock-raising. 
Politically,  some  years  ago  Dr.  Parrish  trans- 
ferred his  allegiance  from  the  Democracy  to  the 
People's  party,  whose  views  he  has  since  sup- 
ported. As  an  elder  and  trustee  in  the  Christian 
Church  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school 
he  has  been  very  active  and  successful  in  religious 
work.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  connected  with 
the  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen. 


flAMES  T.  WHITELAW,  attorney-at-law,  of 
I  Silverton,  San  Juan  County,  was  born  in 
G/  Brownsville,  Tenn.,  May  23,  1845,  a  son  of 
Dr.  H.  O.  and  Eliza  M.  (Taylor)  Whitelaw,  na- 
tives of  Virginia.  His  father,  who  graduated 
from  the  Philadelphia  Medical  College,  spent  his 
active  professional  life  in  Brownsville,  where  he 
died  in  1869.  A  stanch  Union  man,  much  of  his 
property  was  lost  during  the  war. 

At  fifteen  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
entered  the  freshman  class  of  Spring  Creek  Col- 
lege in  Madison  County,  Tenn.,  and  from  there 
went  to  Lebanon,  111.,  where  he  carried  on  his 
studies  in  McKendree  University,  and  still  later 
was  a  student  in  the  St.  Louis  City  University. 
Upon  completing  his  literary  studies  he  went  to 
Kansas,  and  carried  on  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  the  district  judge  at  Hutchinson.  After 
his  admission  to  the  bar  he  opened  an  office  at 
Medicine  Lodge,  where  he  engaged  in  practice 
until  1 88 1,  and  afterward  for  ten  years  practiced 
in  Dodge  City. 

During  1891  Mr.  Whitelaw  came  to  Silverton, 
where  he  has  since  established  a  reputation  as  a 
reliable  attorney  and  counselor.  He  has  filled 
the  office  of  city  attorney  here,  and  has  given 
close  attention  to  professional  work.  In  political 
views  he  is  a  stanch  believer  in  Democratic  prin- 
ciples. The  party  of  free  trade  and  free  silver  is 
the  party  of  his  choice.  While  living  in  Dodge 
City,  in  1890,  he  was  the  Democratic  nominee  for 
district  judge,  and,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that 
the  district  was  largely  Republican,  he  was  de- 
feated by  only  forty-three  votes.  In  1884  he  re- 
ceived the  nomination,  on  the  Democratic  ticket, 


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for  the  state  senate,  and  made  an  excellent  show- 
ing at  the  election.  He  was  a  candidate  for  dis- 
trict judge  of  the  sixth  judicial  district  in  1894, 
and  after  a  three  days'  session,  in  which  he  was 
the  leading  candidate,  the  convention  adjourned 
without  making  a  nomination. 

Mr.  Whitelaw  was  a  charter  member  of  St. 
Bernard  Lodge  No.  22,  of  Fort  Dodge,  Kan.,  in 
which  his  membership  still  continues.  In  com- 
mon with  most  of  the  citizens  of  the  San  Juan 
district  he  has  mining  interests,  and  owns  a  num- 
ber of  fair  prospects.  His  first  marriage,  April 
3,  1868,  united  him  with  Julia  Arthur,  of  Lake 
Spring,  Mo.  They  became  the  parents  of  three 
children,  namely:  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Harry  Hub- 
bard,  a  conductor  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  with 
headquarters  in  Dodge  City,  Kan. ;  Cariolanus, 
deceased;  and  Harold,  of  Silverton.  Mrs.  Julia 
Whitelaw  died  October  22,  1883.  The  second 
marriage  of  Mr.  Whitelaw  was  solemnized  Jan- 
uary 8, 1890,  and  united  him  with  Emma  War- 
ren, of  Dodge  City. 


ROBERT  M.  RIDGWAY,  superintendent  of 
the  second  and  third  divisions  of  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande  Railroad  at  Salida,  has  held 
his  present  position  since  February,  1883,  and 
has  the  reputation  of  most  thoroughly  under- 
standing his  business.  Under  his  immediate 
supervision  he  has  one  thousand  miles  of  track 
and  from  twelve  to  fifteen  hundred  men,  but, 
while  the  place  is  one  of  great  responsibility,  he 
has  filled  it  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  com- 
pany officials,  and  has  become  known  as  one  of 
the  best  trackmen  in  the  United  States.  His  at- 
tention is  so  closely  given  to  business  matters 
that  he  allows  himself  little  time  for  recreation  or 
participation  in  public  affairs.  However,  he  in- 
dulges his  fondness  for  a  good  horse  and  owns 
two  that  are  especially  fine,  Don  S.,  record  2:18, 
and  Metzger,  record  2:14.  He  is  also  interested 
in  raising  trout  and  has  ten  large  ponds  and  four 
smaller  ones,  stocked  with  not  less  than  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  thousand  fish,  having  about 
fifty  acres  of  spawning  ground,  while  two  men 
are  constantly  employed  to  oversee  this  work. 

The  Ridgway  family  is  of  English  extraction, 
but  has  been  in  America  for  many  generations. 
John  E.  Ridgway,  our  subject's  father,  was  born 
in  Warren  County,  N.  J.,  and  was  a  carpenter 
by  trade,  which  he  followed  in  New  Jersey  and 
Pennsylvania.  An  only  son,  and  with  but  one 


sister,  he  had  been  given  exceptional  opportunities 
when  a  boy,  and  was  a  well-informed  man.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Baptist.  By  his  marriage  to 
Mahala  Wise,  of  Pennsylvania,  he  had  five  sons 
and  four  daughters,  six  of  whom  are  living.  Our 
subject,  who  was  next  to  the  oldest,  was  born  in 
New  Jersey,  September  13,  1835.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Pennsylvania  common  schools  and  was 
obliged  to  walk  six  miles  each  day  to  and  from 
the  old  log  building  where  school  was  held.  His 
first  occupation  was  the  making  of  school  slates, 
which  work  he  followed  at  Delaware  Water  Gap. 
When  nearly  twenty-one  years  of  age  a  railroad 
was  built  to  that  point  and  he  secured  employ- 
ment on  it.  Since  then  he  has  continuously  en- 
gaged in  railroading,  and  has  gained  an  ex- 
perience remarkable  in  that  line.  His  first  work 
was  the  grading  of  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & 
Western  Railroad.  In  1856  he  was  sent  to  the 
mouth  of  Newark  Bay,  Staten  Island  Sound, 
where  he  was  employed  in  the  laying  of  track  as 
foreman  of  construction.  This  work  consumed 
one  year.  On  its  completion  he  returned  to  the 
road  with  which  he  had  previously  been  con- 
nected, and  there  he  continued  until  the  out- 
break of  the  war.  When  the  government  ad- 
vertised for  trackmen,  he  was  one  of  the  first  to 
respond,  and  for  three  and  one-half  years  he  re- 
mained with  Sherman's  army.  He  built  the 
last  bridges  after  Johnston's  surrender,  for  the 
purpose  of  getting  in  the  captured  supplies,  which 
were  conveyed  from  Hillsboro,  N.  C.,  to  Wil- 
mington, and  shipped  north  by  water.  In  this 
work  he  encountered  many  dangers  and  had  a 
number  of  perilous  experiences.  At  one  time 
food  became  so  scarce  that  the  rations  were  re- 
duced to  one-fourth  of  their  usual  amount. 

After  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Ridgway 
built  the  second  track  from  Lehigh  Summit  to 
Stroudsburgh.  In  1866  his  superior  in  the  war, 
Gen.  W.  W.  Wright  (who  was  next  in  rank  to 
Sherman)  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the 
Kansas  Pacific  Railroad,  then  one  hundred  miles 
long,  and  he  sent  for  Mr.  Ridgway  to  come  west. 
This  he  did  in  the  fall  of  1866,  and  was  made 
roadmaster.  For  twelve  years  he  remained  with 
the  company,  meantime  having  charge  of  the 
track,  bridges  and  building.  Afterward  for  three 
years  he  was  with  the  Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas 
Railroad  as  general  roadmaster  of  all  their  lines, 
In  January,  1881 ,  he  came  to  Colorado  as  general 
roadmaster  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad, 
and  one  year  later  he  was  transferred  to  the 


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superintendency  of  the  San  Juan  division.  In 
February,  1883,  he  was  transferred  to  the  position 
he  has  since  so  efficiently  filled. 

Politically  Mr.  Ridgway  is  a  stanch  Republi- 
can, but  has  avoided  connection  with  public 
affairs.  March  i,  1858,  in  Philadelphia,  he  mar- 
ried Sarah  Schimell,  by  whom  he  has  seven 
children.  The  eldest,  Arvilla,  is  the  wife  of  Al- 
fred Paul,  of  Salida;  A.  C.  is  superintendent  of 
the  Florence  &  Cripple  Creek  Railroad;  J.  How- 
ard is  roadmaster  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad ;  Harry  has  charge  of  the  Mexican  Cen- 
tral shops  as  master  mechanic;  Arthur  is  assistant 
civil  engineer  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  road; 
Hattie  and  Lottie,  the  youngest  of  the  family, 
are  with  their  parents. 


(T  EWETT  PALMER,  sheriffof  Archuletacoun- 
I  ty,  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  1853, 
G/  being  a  son  of  Ira  Palmer,  a  native  of  New 
York  state.  When  he  was  one  year  old  he  was 
taken  by  his  parents  to  Wisconsin,  where  he  was 
reared,  his  education  being  begun  in  common 
schools  in  that  state.  When  he  was  fourteen 
years  of  age  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  for  sixteen 
years  remained  in  or  near  Denver,  engaged  in 
ranching  and  the  stock  business  during  most  of 
the  time.  From  Denver  he  went  to  Durango, 
where  he  pre-empted  a  quarter-section  of  land, 
eighteen  miles  east  of  the  town,  and  engaged  in 
stock-raising  and  agricultural  pursuits. 

Coming  to  Pagosa  Springs  in  1890,  Mr. 
Palmer  opened  a  mercantile  store,  which  he  con- 
ducted for  three  years,  and  in  conjunction  with  it 
he  carried  on  a  general  livery  stable.  In  1893  he 
sold  his  mercantile  business,  but  continued  pro- 
prietor of  the  livery  barn  until  1897,  when  he 
sold  out.  He  owns  a  ranch  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  six  miles  south  of  Pagosa,  where  he 
deals  in  stock  (mostly  cattle)  for  the  markets. 
He  was  interested  in  the  incorporation  of  Pagosa 
Springs  and  has  been  a  warm  supporter  of  all 
measures  for  its  growth. 

Political  matters  receive  Mr.  Palmer's  atten- 
tion, and  he  favors  Democratic  principles.  For 
four  years  he  was  deputy  under  Sheriffs  Kern  and 
Garvin,  and  practically  had  entire  charge  of  the 
office.  In  1894  be  was  elected  high  sheriff 
and  afterward  was  re-elected,  now  serving  his 
second  term.  Several  times  he  has  been  chosen 
to  serve  upon  the  board  of  school  directors,  and 
for  two  terms  he  held  the  position  of  town  trustee. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  Pagosa  Camp  No. 


412,  Woodmen  of  the  World.  By  his  marriage 
in  1880  to  Estella  Patton,  he  has  seven  children: 
Harvey,  Madison,  Levi,  Millie,  Effie,  Jewett,  Jr. , 
and  Jesse. 

f£j  EORGE  RIEDEL,  the  most  extensive  dealer 

bin  general  merchandise  at  Antonito,  Cone- 
jos  County,  and  also  the  proprietor  of  a 
branch  store  at  Conejos,  was  born  in  Rostack, 
Mecklenburg-Schwerin,  Germany,  in  1833.  He 
remained  in  his  native  land  until  thirty-nine 
years  of  age,  when,  hoping  thereby  to  better  his 
condition,  he  came  to  the  United  States.  His 
first  location  was  in  Ellis  County,  Kan.,  where 
he  was  employed  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad, 
and  later  he  was  with  the  Denver  &  R  io  Grande 
Railroad  Company. 

It  was  in  1879  that  Mr.  Riedel  first  saw  Anto- 
nito, then  a  small  Mexican  settlement.  He  had 
very  little  money,  and  what  he  had  was  at  once 
invested  in  a  stock  of  confectionery  and  pea- 
nuts. Thus  he  began  his  business  life  in  Conejos 
County.  Rapidly  the  stock  was  increased,  and 
in  a  few  years  he  found  himself  the  proprietor  of 
the  largest  general  mercantile  establishment  in 
the  San  Luis  Valley,  all  of  which  was  brought 
about  by  his  energy  and  business  judgment.  In 
1891  his  store,  stock  and  fixtures  were  destroyed 
by  fire,  inflicting  upon  him  a  loss  of  $4,500, 
with  no  insurance.  Many  a  one  would  have 
grown  discouraged  by  such  misfortune,  but  not 
he.  The  same  year  he  erected  an  adobe  building 
192x45  feet,  and  soon  he  was  ready  to  resume 
business,  with  a  more  complete  line  of  merchan- 
dise than  before.  His  stock  now  occupies  a  space 
of  1 33x45  feet,  and  is  said  to  be  the  largest  estab- 
lishment of  its  kind  in  the  valley.  In  addition, 
with  William  H.  Barlow  as  a  partner,  he  oper- 
ates a  branch  store  at  Conejos,  under  the  firm 
title  of  George  Riedel  &  Co. 

In  common  with  the  majority  of  the  people  in 
the  valley,  Mr.  Riedel  is  interested  in  ranching. 
He  is  the  proprietor  of  a  fine  ranch  of  six  hundred 
and  forty  acres,  from  which  he  cuts  about  three 
hundred  and  fifty  tons  of  alfalfa.  Besides  his 
store  building,  he  owns  a  number  of  dwelling 
houses  in  Antonito,  and  it  is  probable  that  he 
has  done  more  than  any  other  citizen  toward  the 
building  up  of  the  town.  His  success  is  largely 
due  to  his  energy  and  superior  ability  as  a  finan- 
cier, as  well  as  to  his  straightforward  business 
principles.  He  uses  good  judgment  in  buying 
goods,  and  has  made  it  his  uniform  custom  to 


ROBERT  GRANT. 


MRS.  ROBERT  GRANT. 


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buy  in  car-load  lots,  discounting  all  bills;  as  he 
buys  cheap,  his  customers  have  the  advantage  of 
this,  and  he  is  able  to  make  a  fair  profit,  even 
when  selling  at  a  low  price. 

By  his  marriage  to  Dora  Schultz,  Mr.  Riedel 
has  four  children:  Frieda,  wife  of  William  H. 
Barlow,  of  Conejos;  Lute,  Bernhard  and  Lizzie. 


ROBERT  GRANT.  The  title  of  generals  of 
finance  has  been  aptly  bestowed  upon  those 
men  who,  marshalling  the  peaceful  hosts  of 
industry,  conquer  new  realms  of  commerce  and 
widen  the  reach  of  business  activity.  Of  this 
class  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  notable  repre- 
sentative, his  financial  operations  assuming 
breadth  and  scope,  which  indicate  the  deter- 
mination, persistence,  sound  judgment  and  power 
of  combination  which  distinguish  the  born  leader 
of  men.  Coming  to  Pueblo  County  in  moderate 
circumstances,  he  has  made  his  way  to  the  front 
rank  in  business  affairs,  and  this  success  is  made 
still  more  emphatic  by  the  broad  and  generous 
interest  that  he  shows  in  all  that  concerns  good 
citizenship. 

Mr.  Grant  was  born  October  29,  1841,  at  Mor- 
ris, Grundy  County,  111.,  on  the  Rock  Island 
Railroad,  sixty  miles  west  of  Chicago.  His 
father,  Colquhoun  Grant,  was  a  native  of  Edin- 
burg,  Scotland,  and  probably  belonged  to  the 
same  family  as  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant,  as  their  an- 
cestors came  from  the  same  section  in  Scotland. 
Prior  to  1861  he  followed  farming  and  stock- 
raising  in  Illinois,  but  later  successfully  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law  and  served  as  judge  of 
Grundy  County,  that  state,  for  several  years.  In 
his  family  were  three  sons,  besides  our  subject, 
who  entered  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil 
war.  William  was  a  member  of  General  Banks' 
staff,  and  is  now  a  practicing  attorney  in  New 
Orleans;  Peter  served  through  the  war,  and  now 
follows  farming  in  Missouri;  and  Walter  S.,  also 
one  of  the  boys  in  blue,  came  to  Pueblo,  Colo., 
in  1880,  was  chief  clerk  for  our  subject  eight 
years,  and  later  engaged  in  the  wholesale  meat 
business  in  Pueblo  until  his  death. 

Reared  on  the  home  farm,  Robert  Grant  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  county,  which  he  attended  only  during  the 
winter  months,  but  he  made  the  most  of  his  ad- 
vantages and  studied  at  home  in  the  evenings. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  was  qualified  for 
teaching,  and  for  one  year  taught  a  school  near 
his  old  home.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  the  Sixty- 


ninth  Illinois  Infantry,  and  served  four  months 
under  Col.  James  Tucker,  being  honorably  dis- 
charged in  the  spring  of  1863.  He  had  studied 
law  in  his  father's  office  with  the  intention  of  fol- 
lowing the  legal  profession,  but  the  war  inter- 
fered with  these  plans,  and  when  mustered  out  he 
came  to  Colorado,  locating  near  the  present  town 
of  Boone,  Pueblo  County,  May  10,  1863.  His 
neighbors  were  John  Ross,  George  Gilbert  and 
B.  F.  Kidwell,  all  of  whom  settled  in  the  same 
section  about  that  time,  and  are  represented  else- 
where in  this  volume.  Denver  was  then  the 
closest  railway  point;  Pueblo  was  only  a  small 
trading  station;  and  it  was  twenty  years  before 
the  Santa  Fe  and  Missouri  Pacific  Railroads  were 
built.  Great  changes  have  since  taken  place,  and 
now  on  all  sides  are  seen  fine  farms,  supplied  with 
plenty  of  water  from  the  Arkansas  River,  which 
traverses  this  section. 

Mr.  Grant  remained  upon  his  ranch,  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock-raising,  until  1871,  when  he 
removed  to  Pueblo,  where  he  was  interested  in 
the  wholesale  meat  business  for  sixteen  years, 
shipping  the  first  car  load  of  dressed  beef  to  Chi- 
cago ever  sent  from  Pueblo  County.  He  was  very 
successful  in  this,  as  in  other  enterprises  with 
which  he  has  been  connected,  and  after  selling 
out  gave  his  attention  for  a  few  years  to  the  care 
of  his  real  estate  in  the  town  and  county.  He 
now  makes  his  home  upon  his  ranch,  twelve  miles 
east  of  Pueblo,  where  he  has  sixteen  hundred 
acres  of  valuable  land,  nearly  all  improved. 
His  ranch  is  a  part  of  the  old  Fort  Reynolds' 
reservation.  Through  the  place  runs  the  Bes- 
simer  ditch,  which  is  one  of  the  largest  in  this 
section  of  the  state,  and  has  done  more  to  build 
up  Pueblo  County  than  any  other  one  enterprise, 
although  it  is  only  seven  years  old.  Mr.  Grant 
was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the  ditch,  has  always 
been  officially  connected  with  the  company,  and 
is  now  serving  as  its  president.  He  has  another 
farm  of  four  hundred  acres  on  the  north  bank  of 
the  Arkansas  River,  that  stream  running  between 
the  two  places.  He  has  an  elegant  residence,  sur- 
rounded by  fine  orchards,  shrubs  and  ornamental 
trees,  making  it  one  of  the  most  attractive  homes 
of  the  locality.  He  is  one  of  the  largest  stock 
raisers  in  the  county,  or,  in  fact,  this  section  of 
the  state,  and  has  for  the  past  fifteen  years  been 
president  of  the  Southern  Colorado  Stock  Grow- 
ers' Protective  Association.  For  several  years  he 
was  a  director  in  the  Stock  Growers'  National 
Bank,  and  when  it  was  consolidated  with  the 


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American  National  Bank,  under  the  name  of  the 
Mercantile  National  Bank,  he  was  made  vice- 
president  of  the  latter,  which  position  he  still  holds, 
his  time  and  attention  being  divided  between  the 
bank  and  his  large  ranches.  He  usually  has 
about  six  to  seven  hundred  head  of  cattle  on 
hand.  At  one  time  he  had  as  high  as  two  thou- 
sand head.  He  raises  on  the  ranch  sufficient  corn, 
oats  and  hay  to  feed  his  stock,  besides  selling 
large  quantities  of  hay  annually. 

On  the  24th  of  January,  1875,  Mr.  Grant  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Sarah  Josephine 
Waggoner,  who  was  born  in  Shelby  County,  111., 
and  is  a  daughter  of  Stephen  M.  Waggoner,  a 
farmer,  who  moved  to  Pueblo  at  an  early  day  and 
engaged,  in  the  stock  business,  but  now  lives 
near  Flora  Vista,  N.  M.,  forty  miles  from  Du- 
rango,  Colo.  Mrs.  Grant  is  a  lady  of  culture  and 
refinement,  and  presides  with  gracious  dignity 
over  their  beautiful  home.  She  was  educated  in 
Pueblo,  as  she  came  with  her  parents  to  this  state 
when  a  child  of  ten  years,  and  for  some  time  they 
lived  on  the  St.  Charles  River,  where  she  at- 
tended school.  Our  subject  and  his  wife  had  a 
family  of  ten  children,  namely:  Gertrude  M., 
who  died  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years;  Edwin; 
Margaret  and  Lois,  who  are  attending  the  high 
school  in  Pueblo;  Lawrence  Colquhoun;  Wallace 
Stewart;  Wilbur  E.;  Jenny;  Donald,  who  died 
in  infancy;  and  Edna,  at  home.  The  sons  were 
educated  in  Pueblo,  and  assist  their  father  upon 
the  ranch. 

Politically  Mr.  Grant  has  been  a  life-long  Re- 
publican, but  he  has  never  cared  for  the  honors  or 
emoluments  of  public  office.  He  is  a  fine-looking 
man,  and  in  appearance  much  resembles  General 
Grant,  and  while  the  latter  was  a  born  leader  in 
war,  our  subject  is  a  born  leader  in  financial  and 
business  circles.  He  has  been  remarkably  suc- 
cessful in  his  career,  but  is  broad  minded,  liberal 
and  generous,  and  from  his  door  no  one  is  turned 
away  hungry.  He  is  pre-eminently  public- 
spirited,  and  few  men  have  done  more  to  advance 
the  interests  of  the  county  than  Robert  Grant. 


(TAMES  A.  PULLIAM,  attorney -at- law,  of 
I  Rico,  Dolores  County,  was  born  in  Scotland 
G)  County,  Mo.,  in  1863,  the  youngest  among 
the  five  children  of  Squire  James  and  Rebecca 
H.  (Shacklett)  Pulliam,  natives  of  Kentucky. 
His  father  removed  to  Missouri  in  early  manhood 
and  there  engaged  in  the  stock  business,  contin- 
uing to  reside  there  from  the  year  of  his  arrival, 


1849,  until  his  death,  at  the  age  of  sixty  years. 
Our  subject  was  educated  primarily  in  public 
schools,  and  the  information  there  obtained  was 
supplemented  by  a  course  in  the  State  Normal 
at  Kirksville.  Upon  completing  his  literary 
studies  he  engaged  in  teaching  school  and  at 
the  same  time  read  law  under  Judge  Schofield,  at 
Memphis,  Mo. 

Shortly  after  his  admission  to  the  bar,  in  1887, 
Mr.  Pulliam  came  to  Colorado  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  this  state  in  the  fall  of  that  year. 
Settling  in  Sterling  he  opened  an  office  and  con- 
tinued in  practice  at  that  place  until  September, 
1892.  He  then  came  to  Rico,  where  he  has  since 
engaged  in  professional  work,  and  has  also  be- 
come interested  in  mining  to  some  extent.  Since 
1893  he  has  held  the  office  of  county  and  city 
attorney,  and  he  is  also  attorney  for  the  Rio 
Grande  Southern  Railroad.  The  most  of  his 
time  is  given  to  his  practice,  but  he  does  not  neg- 
lect the  duty  of  a  law-abiding  citizen;  he  studies 
public  affairs  and  aims  to  promote  public-spirited 
projects.  In  politics  he  usually  votes  the  fusion 
ticket.  He  is  the  only  attorney  in  Dolores  Coun- 
ty, and  to  him,  therefore,  has  come  the  principal 
share  of  the  legal  work  in  this  locality. 

Mr.  Pulliam  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen.  In  the  year  1890  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Florence  E.  Lewis,  of  Clark  Coun- 
ty, Mo.  They  have  two  children,  Eulalie  I.  and 
James  A.,  Jr. 

fi>  GJlLLIAM  H.  RADER,  M.  D.  The  family 
\  A I  represented  by  this  well-known  physician 
Y  V  of  Silverton  has  long  been  identified  with 
the  history  of  America.  His  maternal  ancestors 
were  of  French  Huguenot  stock,  and  were  forced 
to  flee  from  France  during  the  religious  perse- 
cutions of  Protestants,  seeking  a  refuge  in  this 
country  and  first  settling  in  New  Orleans,  but 
afterward  coming  up  the  Mississippi  and  Ohio 
Rivers  to  the  Old  Dominion.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, John  Rader,  who  was  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania and  a  soldier  in  the  war  1812,  married 
Magdeline  Hildebrand,  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
among  their  children  was  John,  Jr.,  the  doctor's 
father.  The  latter  was  born  in  Virginia,  became 
a  farmer,  and  in  1855  removed  to  Menard  County, 
111.,  where  he  died  in  1888.  His  wife  was  Sarah 
Towberman,  also  of  Virginian  birth. 

During  the  residence  of  his  parents  in  Augusta 
County,  Va.,  Dr.  Rader  was  bom  July  6,  1846. 


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He  accompanied  his  father  to  Illinois,  but  in  1857 
returned  to  Virginia,  where  he  made  his  home 
with  relatives.  In  1870  he  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  Virginia,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1871,  having,  by  previous  study,  gained  such  a 
proficiency  in  the  theory  of  medicine  that  he  was 
able  to  graduate  after  one  session  of  college  study. 
After  graduation  he  spent  six  months  in  the  Bay 
View  Asylum,  Baltimore,  Md.,  where  he  was 
resident  physician.  He  began  to  practice  at  Her- 
mitage, Augusta  County,  Va. ,  where  he  remained 
for  one  year,  after  which  he  was  at  Timberville, 
Va.,  for  three  years.  For  six  years  he  practiced 
in  Piedmont,  W.  Va.,  and  for  two  years  in  Cum- 
berland, Md.  In  1884  the  failing  health  of  his 
wife  induced  him  to  come  to  Colorado.  He  first 
located  in  Durango,  where  he  engaged  in  practice 
for  twelve  years.  In  1896  he  removed  to  Silver- 
ton,  where  he  afterward  formed  a  partnership  with 
Dr.  Prewitt  in  the  establishment  of  the  Silverton 
Hospital.  This  institution,  which  has  accommo- 
dations for  fifteen  patients,  was  established  for 
emergency  cases,  and  in  this  respect  has  been 
found  to  be  most  helpful. 

For  seven  years  Dr.  Rader  was  retained  as 
physician  and  surgeon  to  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad,  for  some  years  was  physician 
and  surgeon  to  the  Omaha-Grant  Smelter  Com- 
pany, and  also  held  the  office  of  county  physician 
of  La  Plata  County.  He  has  been  employed 
as  physician  for  a  number  of  life  insurance  com- 
panies, which,  combined  with  his  private  practice, 
has  made  his  life  a  very  busy  one  indeed. 

The  success  which  Dr.  Rader  has  attained  is 
especially  noteworthy  when  it  is  considered  that 
he  was  left  fatherless  at  an  early  age,  and  from 
youth  was  forced  to  make  his  way  in  the  world. 
When  he  was  fifteen  the  Civil  war  began,  and, 
fired  with  a  zeal  in  behalf  of  the  Confederate 
cause,  he  enlisted  in  J.  E.  B.  Stuart's  cavalry, 
where  he  continued  for  two  years,  but  a  wound  re- 
ceived in  June,  1863,  incapacitated  him  for  fur- 
ther service.  He  was  honorably  discharged  and 
soon  went  to  Texas,  but  after  a  year  returned  to 
Virginia,  where  he  took  up  the  study  of  medi- 
cine. Since  then  his  life  has  been  devoted  to 
professional  labors.  Through  his  membership  in 
the  American  Medical  Association,  and  his  study 
of  the  best  medical  literature,  he  keeps  abreast 
with  every  advancement  made  in  this  constantly 
developing  science.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic order.  In  religion  he  believes  in  Presby- 
terian doctrines  and  affiliates  with  that  denomina- 


tion; while  residing  in  West  Virginia  he  officiated 
as  a  deacon  in  the  church. 

April  15,  1875,  Dr.  Rader  married  Jeannette 
B.  Thruston,  a  granddaughter  of  Judge  Buckner 
Thruston,  who  was  elected  senator  from  Ken- 
tucky in  1805  and  afterward,  under  President 
Monroe,  became  chief  justice  of  the  District  of 
Columbia.  Mrs.  Rader  was  orphaned  at  an  early 
age  and  was  reared  in  the  home  of  her  uncle, 
Rear- Admiral  L.  M.  Powell.  The  family  of  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Rader  comprises  three  children:  Will- 
iam H.,  Jeannette  T.  and  A.  Thruston.  • 


ILTON  T.  MORRIS  came  to  Colorado  in 
1880  and  settled  in  the  Mancos  Valley, 
where  he  secured,  by  pre-emption,  a  quar- 
ter-section of  land.  At  that  time  the  valley  was 
in  the  early  stages  of  its  development.  Only 
about  three  hundred  acres  were  under  cultivation, 
while  at  the  present  time  there  are  about  twelve 
thousand  acres  improved  and  cultivated.  He 
himself  has  been  an  important  factor  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  agricultural  resources  of  this 
locality,  and  by  the  success  he  has  had  in  his  pri- 
vate pursuits  has  stimulated  others  to  undertake 
ranching  here.  He  has  made  farming  and  stock- 
raising  his  occupations  throughout  the  later  years 
of  his  life,  and  in  these  has  met  with  gratifying 
success. 

In  Pickaway  County,  Ohio,  Mr.  Morris  was 
born  in  1836.  His  father,  Thomas  W.  Morris, 
was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  a  leading  farmer  of 
Pickaway  County,  where  be  was  an  active  worker 
in  the  Democratic  party,  and  for  two  terms  was 
.county  auditor.  While  he  was  still  in  office,  and 
less  than  forty  years  of  age,  he  attended  a  state 
convention  of  his  party  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  and 
there  caught  a  cold  which  terminated  in  a  fatal 
illness.  He  was  a  son  of  John  Morris,  who  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  became  a  prosperous 
farmer  of  Pickaway  County,  where  he  held  many 
positions  of  trust.  Our  subject's  cousin,  Samuel 
Morris,  is  now  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank 
at  Circleville,  Ohio,  and  his  brother,  Milton  T., 
is  a  prominent  attorney  of  that  place.  The  fam- 
ily still  maintain  the  high  reputation  for  integrity 
and  ability  which  their  ancestors  established  years 
ago  in  Pickaway  County. 

The  marriage  of  Thomas  W.  Morris  united 
him  with  Matilda  Penninger,  a  native  of  Virginia 
and  a  descendant  of  one  of  Virginia's  old  colonial 
families.  She  died  in  1865,  aged  fifty-seven 
years  of  age.  Of  her  five  children,  Sarah  is  the 


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wife  of  John  McGregor,  of  Springfield,  Mo. ; 
John  H.  lives  in  Missouri;  and  Elizabeth  W.  and 
Martha  J.  are  deceased.  Our  subject,  who  was 
fifth  in  order  of  birth,  accompanied  his  mother  to 
Jackson  County,  Iowa,  when  he  was  fourteen 
years  of  age,  and  there  he  grew  to  manhood, 
meantime  attending  district  schools.  At  the  age 
of  twenty  he  entered  Lawrence  University  at  Ap- 
pleton,  Wis.,  where  he  remained  for  a  time,  and 
afterward  completed  his  studies  in  the  State  Uni- 
versity. Upon  leaving  school  he  began  the  study 
of  law  under  Jerry  W.  Jenkins  and  C.  M.  Dun- 
bar,  at  Maquoketa,  Iowa.  In  1861  he  went  to 
the  Pacific  coast  and  roamed  through  California, 
Idaho,  Washington,  Oregon  and  Nevada,  engag- 
ing in  prospecting  and  mining  a  various  camps. 
Returning  to  Iowa  in  1867,  he  there  married  Miss 
Samantha  Monroe,  daughter  of  Alonzo  Monroe, 
who  at  one  time  was  a  leading  attorney  of  Ohio. 
After  his  marriage  he  settled  in  Marionville,  Mo. , 
where  he  built  a  flour  and  saw  mill  and  engaged 
in  the  milling  business,  while  at  the  same  time  he 
practiced  law.  From  there,  in  1874,  he  went  to 
Texas,  and  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising 
until  1880,  when  he  removed  to  the  Mancos  Val- 
ley in  Colorado. 

Until  1891  Mr.  Morris  was  a  Democrat,  but 
since  that  time  he  has  voted  with  the  Populists. 
In  1889  he  was  elected  judge  of  Montezuma 
County,  which  position  he  filled  efficiently  for 
three  years.  When  Montezuma  County  was  about 
to  be  separated  from  La  Plata,  in  1887,  he  went 
to  Denver,  in  accordance  with  the  request  of  his 
fellow-citizens,  in  order  to  forward  the  division  of 
the  counties.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  blue  lodge  of  Masonry  at  Marionville,  Mo., 
and  was  its  first  master.  He  and  his  wife  have 
three  children:  Linn,  who  is  married  and  resides 
in  Silverton;  Clara,  wife  of  W.  C.  Ormiston;  and 
May,  who  graduated  from  the  Normal  school  in 
Chillicothe,  Mo.,  and  is  now  a  teacher  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  this  county.  The  family  are  highly 
esteemed  by  their  circle  of  acquaintances. 


ROBERTSON,  an  early  settler  of 

b  Colorado,  and  for  years  a  prominent  miller 
near  Saguache,  was  born  at  Medina,  N.  Y., 
June  12,  1826,  a  son  of  John  and  Frances  (West- 
erdale)  Robertson.  His  father  came  to  America 
from  England  in  company  with  a  brother  Robert, 
settled  in  Hamilton,  Canada,  and  was  there  en- 
gaged in  the  butchering  business.  Later  he  was 
similarly  occupied  at  Medina,  N.  Y.  In  politics 


he  was  active,  affiliating  with  the  Whig  party. 
His  death  occurred  when  he  had  attained  eighty- 
two  years  of  age.  Of  his  six  children,  George, 
the  youngest,  is  the  sole  survivor. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  was  apprenticed  to  a 
miller  at  Lockport,  N.  Y. ,  a  town  that  then  had 
no  railroads,  but  was  reached  by  steam  packets 
running  on  the  canal.  After  three  years  he  went 
to  Buffalo  and  secured  employment  with  John  T. 
Noye,  in  whose  machine  factory  he  remained  for 
two  years.  Afterward,  going  to  Cleveland, Ohio, 
he  engaged  in  milling  there  for  five  years.  His 
next  location  was  in  Canada,  where  he  milled  in 
various  places,  principally  Chatham  and  London. 
Later  he  went  to  Detroit  and  remained  there 
until  the  "boom"  started  in  Chicago,  when  he 
went  to  that  place,  securing  work  at  $7  a  day. 

When  the  first  reports  came  of  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  the  mountains  of  Colorado,  Mr.  Robert- 
son determined  to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  west. 
He  left  St.  Joseph  with  an  ox-team  and  arrived 
in  Denver  June  13,  1859.  That  now  great  city 
was  then  a  mere  mining  camp,  destitute  of  houses 
or  improvements  of  any  kind.  In  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  he  went  to  Gregory  Gulch,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1860  proceeded  to  Russell  Gulch,  but 
soon  sold  his  claims  and  returned  to  Denver.  In 
the  spring  of  1861  he  enlisted  in  Company  A, 
First  Colorado  Cavalry,  which  saw  considerable 
service  on  the  borders  of  Old  Mexico.  At  Pig- 
eon's ranch  he  assisted  in  rescuing  the  train  from 
Colonel  Sibley,  who  was  in  command  of  the  Tex- 
ans.  He  also  participated  in  other  small  en- 
gagements and  did  considerable  escort  duty.  One 
week  before  Christmas  in  1864  he  was  honorably 
discharged. 

Going  to  Pueblo  Mr.  Robertson  embarked  in 
the  cattle  business,  but  gave  it  up  to  enter  the 
milling  business.  He  started  milling  for  Baxter 
Thatcher  in  1866,  and  for  twenty-one  years  was 
interested  in  the  same  mill,  which  was  the  first 
built  there.  In  1865  he  had  come  through  this 
valley  on  a  hunting  tour,  and  assisted  in  putting 
up  the  first  log  building  erected  on  Kirber  Creek. 
When  he  left  the  old  Pueblo  mill  in  1887  he 
came  to  Saguache  County  and  bought  the  mill 
west  of  town  which  he  has  since  operated.  In 
1898  he  remodeled  it  thoroughly  and  put  in  the 
roller  process,  increasing  the  capacity  to  thirty- 
five  barrels.  His  long  and  thorough  experience 
in  milling  enables  him  to  turn  out  the  very  best 
products.  Now,  however,  the  management  of 
the  mill  is  mainly  in  the  hands  of  his  son,  while 


•JOHN  ROSS. 


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he  is  living  to  some  extent  retired,  without  any 
business  cares,  except  such  as  are  connected  with 
the  oversight  of  his  property  in  Pueblo  and 
Saguache  County. 

Besides  his  other  interests,  Mr.  Robertson  has 
done  much  toward  developing  the  mining  re- 
sources of  Saguache  County,  and  has  a  very 
promising  proposition  on  what  is  known  as  the 
Klondike  here.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican, 
but  has  never  been  active  in  public  affairs.  In 
1868  he  married  Sarah  Humble,  a  native  of  Iowa, 
but  who,  at  the  time  of  her  marriage,  resided  in 
Pueblo.  Three  children  were  born  of  their  union, 
viz.:  Minnie,  wife  of  T.  J.  Dofflemeyer,  of  San 
Bernardino,  Cal. ;  George  H.,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  milling  business  as  manager  of  his  father's 
mill;  and  Anne  May,  who  married  Charles  W. 
McDonald,  and  resides  in  Victor,  this  state. 


(JOHN  ROSS,  one  of  the  leading  stock-raisers 
I  and  farmers  of  Pueblo  County,  eminently  de- 
G/  serves  classification  among  those  purely  self- 
made  men  who  have  distinguished  themselves  for 
their  ability  to  master  the  opposing  forces  of 
life  and  to  wrest  from  fate  a  large  measure  of  suc- 
cess and  an  honorable  name.  He  had  his  na- 
tivity encompassed  by  those  environments  which 
have  ever  fostered  the  spirit  of  personal  independ- 
ence and  self-reliance,  which  have  furnished  the 
bulwarks  of  our  national  prosperity  and  wonder- 
ful development. 

Mr.  Ross  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio, 
in  1838,  and  is  a  son  of  John  Ross,  who  was  born 
in  Wales,  of  Scotch  parentage,  and  on  coming  to 
this  country  settled  in  Ohio  at  an  early  day.  By 
occupation  he  was  a  farmer.  He  married  Miss 
Mary  Evans,  a  native  of  Wales,  and  to  them  were 
born  six  children,  two  sons  and  four  daughters, 
all  residents  of  Ohio  with  the  exception  of  our 
subject.  The  other  son,  Thomas,  is  also  an  agri- 
culturist. 

Mr.  Ross,  of  this  review,  was  reared  in  his  na- 
tive state  and  educated  in  its  district  schools.  At 
the  age  of  twenty  he  started  out  to  make  his  own 
way  in  the  world,  first  going  to  Leavenworth, 
Kan.,  where  he  spent  one  year.  In  1860  he  came 
to  Colorado,  and  after  spending  a  year  in  traveling 
over  the  state  he  located  in  Pueblo  County,  when 
it  contained  no  towns  or  railroads.  Upon  his 
present  place  he  has  made  his  home  since  1863, 
and  now  has  one  of  the  finest  ranches  along  the 
Arkansas  River,  it  being  improved  with  a  fine  res- 
idence, good  barns  and  outbuildings  and  watered 


by  his  own  private  ditch.  He  also  has  a  fine  or- 
chard and  apiary,  and  is  engaged  in  both  farming 
and  stock-raising.  He  has  been  remarkably  suc- 
cessful in  his  undertakings  and  to-day  is  one  of 
the  most  prosperous  and  substantial  citizens  of  his 
community. 

In  1872  Mr.  Ross  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Lavada  E.  Wiggins,  a  native  of  North  Caro- 
lina, and  a  daughter  of  W.  A.  Wiggins,  who  makes 
his  home  with  our  subject.  He  was  a  Confederate 
soldier  of  the  Civil  war,  and  participated  in  the 
battles  of  Fredericksburg,  Antietam  and  Gettys- 
burg. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  have  a  family  of  four 
children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  namely: 
Mary,  wife  of  W.  I,.  Russell,  who  lives  near 
Boone,  Pueblo  County;  William  Buford,  Maud 
and  Walter,  all  at  home. 

Mr.  Ross  gives  his  political  support  to  the  men 
and  measures  of  the  Republican  party,  but  has 
never  desired  public  office.  He  has  ever  taken  a 
great  interest  in  educational  affairs,  and  has 
helped  to  build  many  school  houses.  His  sup- 
port is  never  withheld  from  any  enterprise  which 
he  believes  will  prove  of  public  benefit  or  will  in 
any  way  advance  the  interests  of  his  county  or 
state. 


(JOSEPH  C.  PURSLEY,  who  is  engaged  in 
I  stock-raising  and  general  ranching  near  La 
Q)  Jara,  Qpnejos  County,  was  born  in  Pickens 
County,  S.  C.,  May  7,  1850,  but  when  a  child  ac- 
companied his  parents  to  Tennessee,  and  there  his 
early  life  was  spent.  At  an  early  age  he  became 
familiar  with  farming,  for  he  assisted  his  father  in 
the  cultivation  of  the  Tennessee  homestead  and 
also  took  part  in  the  caring  for  the  stock  raised 
on  the  place.  In  1885  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
settled  near  L,a  Jara,  where  he  farmed  for  a  year, 
but  in  1886  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land,  where  he  now  resides.  At  once  he 
began  to  improve  the  property,  and  in  the  years 
that  have  since  intervened  he  has  made  a  num- 
ber of  valuable  improvements.  Stock-raising  has 
been  his  specialty,  and  he  keeps  on  his  place  be- 
tween forty  and  fifty  head  of  Holsteins  and  Short- 
horn cattle.  He  also  has  about  thirty  head  of 
horses. 

By  the  purchase  of  an  additional  quarter-sec- 
tion of  land,  Mr.  Pursley  is  now  the  owner  of 
three  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  Upon  this  land 
he  engages  in  agricultural  pursuits,  raising  about 
five  thousand  bushels  of  grain  per  annum,  and 
also  a  fine  grade  of  stock.  The  farm  is  watered 


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by  the  Miller  and  Sherman  ditch,  which  he  as- 
sisted in  building  and  in  which  he  is  a  stock- 
holder. He  also  owns  stock  in  the  Magota  ditch, 
the  water  for  which  is  taken  from  the  Conejos 
River;  and  the  Nate  Garrett  ditch,  from  the  La 
Jara  River.  In  1891  he  erected  a  neat  residence, 
which  has  the  modern  improvements. 

Politically  Mr.  Pursley  is  a  pronounced  Demo- 
crat and  has  been  active  in  county  and  local  af- 
fairs. By  appointment  from  Governor  Waite,  he 
held  the  office  of  water  commissioner  of  district 
No.  2 1  for  two  years.  For  eight  years  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  district  No.  i. 
Realizing  the  advantages  of  a  good  education,  he 
is  giving  his  children  all  the  opportunities  possible. 
His  success  is  praiseworthy  and  has  been  gained 
within  a  comparatively  few  years,  for  he  came  to 
Colorado  a  poor  man  in  1885,  and  is  now  the 
owner  of  one  of  the  best  ranches  in  Conejos  Coun- 
ty. In  1872  he  married  Sarah  B.  Carter,  a  na- 
tive of  Jackson  County,  Tenn.,  and  by  her  he  has 
seven  children,  namely:  Frank,  who  is  employed 
on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad;  Henry, 
deceased;  Anthony  W.,  in  Arizona;  Charles, 
Erastus,  James  and  Ellen. 


EURTIS  L.  GREENWOOD,  who  is  a  suc- 
cessful civil  engineer  and  also  holds  the 
office  of  deputy  United  States  mineral  sur- 
veyor, was  born  in  Scranton,  Pa.,  in  1859,  a  son 
of  Isaac  B.  and  Fannie  (Thatcher)  Greenwood. 
His  father,  a  mechanic  by  trade,  died  in  Scranton 
at  forty -seven  years  of  age,  and  his  mother  passed 
away  when  forty  years  old.  After  the  death  of 
his' parents,  our  subject  went  to  Rochester,  Minn., 
and  when  nineteen  years  of  age  he  entered  the 
Minnesota  State  University  at  Minneapolis,  where 
he  took  a  course  in  engineering.  After  graduat- 
ing in  1885  he  settled  in  Minneapolis,  and  in  that 
city  and  St.  Paul  engaged  in  railroad  engineer- 
ing for  three  years.  He  then  spent  a  year  sur- 
veying in  Nebraska. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1889,  Mr.  Greenwood 
spent  a  year  in  Denver,  and  in  1890  became  resi- 
dent engineer  on  the  Rio  Grande  Southern  Rail- 
road, holding  the  position  for  two  years,  during 
which  time  he  had  charge  of  the  construction  of 
the  famous  Ophir  loop.  In  1892  he  was  stationed 
at  Rico,  where  he  had  charge  of  a  branch  line 
built  to  the  Enterprise  mine.  From  there  he 
came  to  Telluride  in  the  spring  of  1893,  and  here 
engaged  in  general  surveying  and  engineering, 


being  employed  by  many  of  the  leading  mining 
companies  of  this  section.  Since  1893  he  has 
held  the  position  of  deputy  mineral  surveyor.  For 
four  years  he  served  as  city  engineer  of  Telluride 
and  fora  similar  period  acted  as  county  surveyor 
of  San  Miguel  County.  Besides  his  other  inter- 
ests he  owns  a  fruit  ranch  on  the  North  Fork  of 
the  Gunnison  River  and  is  successfully  carrying 
on  the  raising  of  fruits.  He  is  a  member  of 
Bridal  Vail  Lodge  No.  80,  K.  P.  By  his  mar- 
riage, in  1887,  to  Miss  Mary  Irving,  of  Minne- 
sota, he  has  four  children,  Arthur,  Harold,  Ruth 
and  Mary. 


(TOHN  W.  ROGERS,  whose  ranch  is  situated 
I  eight  miles  southwest  of  Fairplay,  Park 
G)  County,  was  born  in  Platte  County,  Mo., 
October  8,  1858,  a  son  of  William  S.  and  Emily 
(Miller)  Rogers.  He  was  one  of  eleven  children, 
seven  of  whom  survive:  Barton  W. ;  Robert  W. ; 
Alice  J.,  wife  of  J.  B.  Fisher;  John  W.;  James  E., 
Ida  M.  and  Wallace  B.  The  father,  who  was  born 
inCalloway  County,  Mo.,  in  1826,  removed  in  boy- 
hood to  Platte  County,  where  he  grew  to  manhood 
and  married  Miss  Miller,  a  native  of  Franklin 
County,  Mo.,  born  in  1832. 

In  1868  William  S.  Rogers  removed  to  Wyan- 
dotte  County,  Kan.,  but  three  years  later  returned 
to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Jackson  County, 
twelve  miles  east  of  Independence.  There  he 
still  makes  his  home.  He  is  a  veteran  of  two 
wars,  having  served  in  the  Mexican  war  and  in 
the  Civil  war,  in  which  latter  he  was  captain  of 
Company  C,  in  Colonel  Winston's  regiment.  His 
father,  William  Rogers,  was  in  many  respects  a 
remarkable  man.  Born  in  Charlotte  County, 
Va.,  February  16,  1792,  he  was  a  son  of  Ezekiel 
Rogers,  an  officer  under  Gen.  George  Washing- 
ton. When  a  child  of  three  years  he  was  taken 
by  his  parents  to  Clark  County,  Ky.,  and  in  1801 
accompanied  them  to  Upper  Louisiana,  or  New 
Spain,  now  Missouri,  where  each  settler  received 
a  gift  of  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land,  the 
territory  being  then  under  the  Spanish  govern- 
ment. Ezekiel  Rogers  settled  twenty  miles  west 
of  St.  Louis,  then  called  Pantcout.  There,  in 
spite  of  constant  harassing  by  Indians,  he  con- 
tinued to  make  his  home  until  his  death  ten  years 
later.  Afterward  the  mother  returned  to  Ken- 
tucky with  her  eight  children. 

When  the  war  of  1812  began,  William  Rogers, 
then  a  young  man,  was  among  the  first  to  volun- 


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teer  in  the  service,  and  he  continued  throughout 
the  war  as  orderly  sergeant.  Upon  returning 
home  he  was  commissioned  captain  of  a  company 
of  militia.  In  1832,  at  the  opening  of  the  Black 
Hawk  war,  he  volunteered  in  the  service,  was  ac- 
cepted, and  continued  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
From  major  he  was  promoted  to  be  colonel  and 
was  finally  commissioned  brigadier-general.  Dur- 
ing the  Florida  war  he  raised  troops  for  that 
struggle.  In  1840  he  removed  to  Platte  County 
and  settled  three  miles  northwest  of  Barry,  Mo. 
He  was  the  first  man  to  organize  and  drill  a  com- 
pany of  militia  in  Platte  County  and  shortly 
after  this  he  was  appointed  brigadier  inspector  by 
B.  M.  Hughes.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  mili- 
tary tactics  and  was  said  to  be  the  most  efficient 
militia  officer  of  his  day.  In  1843  his  name  was 
presented  for  the  legislature,  but  the  great 
amount  of  rascality  and  trickery  he  encountered  in 
the  canvass  caused  his  upright  nature  to  rebel 
and  he  withdrew  from  the  race,  saying  that  if  he 
could  not  go  into  the  office  honorably,  he  would 
not  serve  at  all.  When  the  Mexican  war  broke 
out  he  was  too  old  to  enter  the  service,  but  sent 
his  eldest  son,  then  a  youth  of  nineteen,  who  es- 
poused the  cause  joyfully.  Four  months  after- 
ward, when  a  second  call  was  made  for  troops,  he 
sent  his  second  and  only  remaining  son,  then  six- 
teen years  of  age.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
war  he  assisted  in  raising  troops,  which  he  drilled 
for  the  Confederate  cause,  he  being  a  Jeffersonian 
southern  Democrat.  After  the  conclusion  of  the 
war,  he  said  that  his  rights  had  been  taken  from 
him,  and  he  never  voted  again.  He  lived  to  be 
ninety-four  years  of  age,  and  died  September  9, 
1886. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  acquired  a  common- 
school  education  in  boyhood.  He  was  ambitious 
to  be  self-supporting,  and  at  fifteen  years  began 
to  work  for  neighboring  farmers.  In  1878  he 
started  for  the  west  and  on  the  last  day  of  July 
arrived  in  South  Park,  where  he  engaged  at 
ranch  work  the  next  day,  and  for  eleven  months 
continued  with  the  same  employer.  In  company 
with  three  of  his  brothers  and  another  man,  in 
July,  1879,  he  went  to  Leadville,  thence  to  New 
Mexico,  and  there  changed  their  intended  desti- 
nation from  Arizona  to  Texas.  After  a  short  time 
they  drifted  into  Kansas,  where  they  spent  the 
winter.  In  March  they  returned  to  Colorado. 
At  Leadville  our  subject  was  ill  for  two  months. 
Upon  his  recovery  he  hired  as  a  ranch  hand,  and 
or  three  years  worked  for  wages.  In  1883  he 


purchased  his  present  ranch,  which  he  has 
since  successfully  managed,  carrying  on  a  cattle 
business. 

In  Jackson  County,  Mo.,  Rev.  James  M.  Cha- 
ney,  of  Independence,  performed  the  ceremony 
which  united  in  marriage,  December  i,  1897, 
John  W.  Rogers  and  Sophia  M.  Sanders,  a  native 
of  Kentucky,  and  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Martha  E.  (Bright)  Sanders.  The  maternal 
grandmother  of  Mrs.  Rogers  was  in  maidenhood 
Sophia  Rochester,  and  was  a  granddaughter  of 
Nicholas  Rochester,  who  was  born  in  Kent 
County,  England,  about  1640,  and  settled  in 
Westmoreland  County,  Va. ,  about  1686.  His 
grandson,  Nathaniel  Rochester,  was  the  founder 
of  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rogers  have 
one  child,  Mary  Alice,  born  September  4,  1898. 
In  fraternal  relations  our  subject  is  connected 
with  the  Patriotic  Order  Sons  of  America. 


QOBERT  MEADE  SMITH,  M.  D.,  came  to 
1^  Colorado  Springs  in  1892  intending  to  re- 
H  \  main  only  two  weeks,  but  he  was  so  pleased 
with  the  climate  and  city  that  he  has  established 
his  permanent  home  here.  In  November  of  that 
year  he  bought  the  Broadmoor  dairy,  of  which 
he  has  since  been  the  proprietor,  and  which  is  the 
largest  dairy  in  the  city.  On  his  farm  of  fifteen 
hundred  acres  he  raises  Brown  Swiss  cattle,  to 
the  care  and  feeding  of  which  he  gives  the  closest 
attention,  as  he  did  also  to  their  selection.  The 
dairy  is  conducted  upon  strictly  scientific  prin- 
ciples. The  milk  is  subjected  to  the  Pasteur  proc- 
ess, being  put  in  a  plant  manufactured  for  that 
purpose.  The  capacity  of  the  dairy  is  a  ton  of 
milk  a  day,  all  of  which  is  marketed  in  the  city. 
Dr.  Smith  is  of  Scotch  descent.  His  father, 
F.  G.,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Philadelphia  and  was  a 
son  of  F.  G.  Smith,  Sr.,  who  was  a  native  of 
Philadelphia  and  engaged  in  the  East  India  trade. 
He  was  one  of  a  family  of  seven  brothers  and  two 
sisters,  all  of  whom  celebrated  their  golden  wed- 
dings. During  the  war  of  1812  he  served  in  the 
First  Philadelphia  City  Troop.  The  saber  which 
he  carried  is  now  in  Dr.  Smith's  possession. 

Francis  Gurney  Smith,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, bore  the  same  name  as  his  father.  He  grad- 
uated from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and 
for  twenty-five  years  was  engaged  as  professor  of 
physiology  in  that  university.  At  one  time  he 
was  vice-president  of  the  American  Medical  So- 
ciety and  attending  physician  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Hospital.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the. 


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Penn  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  and  its 
first  medical  director.  He  was  also  a  member  of 
the  medical  staff  of  the  New  York  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  and  the  United  States  Mu- 
tual Life  Insurance  Company,  and  a  director  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Philadelphia.  His 
office  was  at  Fifteenth  and  Walnut  streets,  Phila- 
delphia. He  died  in  that  city  in  1878.  His 
wife,  who  was  Catherine  Dutilh,  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  a  daughter  of  Edmund  Dutilh,  of 
Dutch  descent,  and  a  merchant  in  the  East  India 
trade.  He  had  a  brother  who  was  a  very  promi- 
nent banker.  Mrs.  Catherine  Smith  is  living  in 
Philadelphia.  She  has  three  sous  and  one  daugh- 
ter, all  living.  One  of  the  sons,  Dr.  Alexis 
Dupont  Smith,  is  practicing  in  Germantown;  and 
another,  Edmund  Dutilh,  is  an  iron  merchant  in 
Pennsylvania.  The  oldest  son,  our  subject,  was 
born  in  Philadelphia  June  2,  1854,  and  in  boy- 
hood attended  a  preparatory  academy,  after  which 
he  took  the  regular  course  in  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  graduating  in  1873,  with  the  de- 
gree of  A.  B.  In  1 876  he  graduated  in  medicine, 
receiving  the  degree  of  M.  D. ,  and  the  same  year 
the  degree  of  A.  M.  was  conferred  upon  him. 
For  eighteen  months  he  was  engaged  as  resident 
physician  in  the  Episcopal  Hospital  at  Philadel- 
phia, where  he  had  a  large  and  valuable  experi- 
ence in  the  treatment  of  disease,  in  its  varied 
forms.  After  practicing  for  one  year  he  took  up 
the  study  of  physiology  in  1879,  studying  in 
Liepsic,  Germany,  and  at  Cambridge,  England. 
At  Leipsic  he  was  interested  in  graduate  work 
under  Professor  Ludwig,  and  in  Cambridge  con- 
ducted his  studies  under  the  preceptorship  of 
Prof.  F.  Balfour. 

On  his  return  to  Philadelphia  Dr.  Smith  was 
engaged  as  demonstrator  of  physiology  in  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  after  which  for  some 
years  he  was  professor  of  comparative  physiology 
in  the  same  institution.  Meantime,  he  also  did 
considerable  literary  work,  acting  as  assistant 
editor  of  the  Medical  News,  assistant  editor  of  the 
American  Journal  of  the  Medical  Sciences,  editor 
of  the  Therapeutic  Gazette,  and  lecturer  on 
chemistry  at  the  Episcopal  Academy.  In  1891, 
hoping  that  the  change  of  climate  would  prove 
beneficial  to  his  wife,  he  went  to  New  Mexico, 
and  for  a  year  remained  at  Kingston,  where 
much  of  his  time  was  devoted  to  hunting  and 
fishing.  From  there  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs. 

In  Philadelphia,  in  1877,  Dr.  Smith  married 
Miss  Florence  Peace,  daughter  of  Edward  Peace, 


M.  D.,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  surgeon  to  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital. 
Her  paternal  ancestors  were  from  South  Caro- 
lina, while  her  maternal  ancestors,  the  Colemans, 
were  of  an  old  Pennsylvania  family  and  owned 
the  iron  ore  banks  in  Lebanon.  Five  children 
were  born  to  the  union  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Smith: 
Francis  Gurney,  member  of  the  Second  United 
States  Cavalry,  Company  B,  now  stationed  at 
Porto  Rico;  Vernon  Peace,  deceased;  Godfrey 
Dutilh,  Florence  Peace,  Robert  Meade,  Jr.,  and 
Philip  Peace. 

Politically  Dr.  Smith  is  a  Republican.  In  both 
the  El  Paso  and  Cheyenne  Mountain  Country 
Clubs  he  served  for  some  years  as  a  member  of 
the  board  of  governors.  In  religion  he  is  identi- 
fied with  the  Episcopal  Church.  During  his  resi- 
dence in  Pennsylvania  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Philadelphia  and  State  Medical  Associations,  and 
is  now  connected  with  the  American  Physiologi- 
cal Society  and  the  American  Society  of  Natural- 
ists. Among  his  literary  works  are  about  thirty 
professional  pamphlets,  a  number  of  papers,  sev- 
eral books  (among  them  the  "Physiology  of  the 
Domestic  Animal),  and  a  translation  of  Herman's 
Pharmacology. 

Gl  LBERT  R.  SMITH,  president  of  the  San 
LJ  Luis  Stake  of  Zion,  residing  at  Mauassa, 
/  I  Conejos  County,  was  born  in  Iron  County, 
Utah,  in  1862,  and  is  a  son  of  Silas  S.  Smith.  He 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Utah  and  from  an 
early  age  began  to  fit  himself  for  missionary 
work.  In  1882  he  came  to  Manassa,  where  the 
first  Mormon  settlement  had  been  made  three 
years  before,  and  here  he  has  since  made  his 
home. 

In  1886  Mr.  Smith  was  married,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  went  south,  to  engage  in  mission- 
ary work  in  behalf  of  his  religion.  He  remained 
in  the  south  for  twenty-six  months,  returning  to 
Colorado  in  1 889  and  settling  upon  a  ranch  near 
Manassa.  Upon  the  resignation  of  his  father  as 
president  of  the  San  Luis  Stake,  in  1892,  he  was 
appointed  to  the  position,  and  in  this  capacity  he 
has  since  been  retained.  His  stake  embraces  all 
of  the  San  Luis  Valley  and  two  branches  in  New 
Mexico.  Much  of  his  time  is  devoted  to  mission- 
ary work.  He  maintains  a  general  supervision 
over  four  bishops'  wards,  with  six  branches, 
making  ten  organizations  in  all. 

By  virtue  of  his  office,  Mr.  Smith  is  president 
of  the  church  tribunal  or  high  council,  which  is 


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the  highest  authority  in  the  local  stake.  He  is 
also  president  of  the  stake  board  of  education, 
which  presides  over  all  the  educational  matters 
of  the  stake,  but  does  not  interfere  with  the  pub- 
lic school  system  of  the  county  or  state,  its  work 
relating  principally  to  religious  instruction. 
While  his  interest  is  especially  deep  in  matters 
relating  to  his  chosen  work,  he  is  interested  in  all 
matters  looking  toward  the  elevation  of  the 
county  and  its  general  advancement. 


fDQlLLIAM  O'BRIEN,  county  attorney  of 
\  A I  Pitkin  County,  and  attorney  for  a  number 
Y  Y  of  important  and  large  corporations  in 
Aspen  and  elsewhere,  was  born  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  February  10,  1860.  He  is  a  son  of  Bernard 
and  Margaret  (Burke)  O'Brien,  natives  of  Ire- 
land, having  come  to  Ohio  with  their  parents 
when  young.  His  father,  who  was  a  road  con- 
tractor, made  his  home  in  Cincinnati  during  the 
greater  part  of  his  active  life,  and  there  his  death 
occurred.  In  politics  he  voted  the  Democratic 
ticket.  Of  his  children,  Richard  died  when 
thirty  years  of  age  and  Mary  in  girlhood;  Ellen 
is  living  in  Cincinnati.  These,  with  William, 
comprised  the  first  wife's  family.  After  the  death 
of  his  first  wife  he  married  Mary  Gorman,  by 
whom  he  has  five  living  children. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  our  subject  graduated 
from  St.  Xavier's  College  at  Cincinnati.  With  a 
desire  to  enter  the  profession  of  law  he  became  a 
student  in  the  Cincinnati  Law  School,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1878,  at  eighteen  years  of 
age.  He  and  another  young  man  took  the  class 
prizes  out  of  the  very  large  number  of  members 
of  the  class.  He  was,  however,  too  young  to  be 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  was  obliged  to  wait 
nearly  three  years  before  he  was  entitled  to 
practice.  Upon  attaining  his  majority  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  for  over  three  years 
practiced  in  Cincinnati.  For  about  two  years  he 
was  first  assistant  prosecuting  attorney  of  Hamil- 
ton County,  under  the  administration  of  William 
H.  Pugh.  The  year  1884  found  him  in  Colorado 
Springs,  Colo.,  where  he  spent  one  year  in 
practice,  and  from  there  he  came  to  Aspen,  where 
he  has,  in  the  Bank  building,  an  office  furnished 
with  a  splendid  library  and  other  needed  equip- 
ments. For  some  time  he  served  as  city  attorney' 
of  Aspen  and  later  was  appointed  county  attorney. 
Politically  he  adheres  to  Democratic  principles. 
Besides  his  professional  practice,  he  has  an 
interest  in  various  mines  in  this  section.  In  1890 

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he  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  William  Elmen- 
dorf,  who  removed  from  New  York  state  to  Colo- 
rado, and  has  since  engaged  in  mining  and  assay- 
ing in  Lake  City  and  Aspen. 


EHARLES  E.  SNIDER,  who  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  1881  and  has  since  made  his  home  in 
Manitou,  has,  since  1884,  represented  his 
mother's  interests  in  the  Cave  of  the  Winds,  and 
since  1895  his  mother's  interests  in  the  Grand 
Cavern,  two  of  the  greatest  scenic  wonders  in 
Manitou.  He  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
August  17,  1854,  the  fourth  among  ten  children, 
of  whom  seven  sons  are  living  and  two  sons  and 
one  daughter  deceased.  His  grandfather,  George 
Snider,  who  was  a  native  of  Maryland,  living  in 
the  vicinity  of  Harper's  Ferry  on  a  plantation, 
removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Reading,  Pa.,  where 
he  again  engaged  in  farming.  During  the  war 
of  1812  he  was  a  freighter  in  the  employ  of  the 
government.  He  participated  in  the  defense  of 
Baltimore,  when  the  city  was  threatened  by  the 
British.  His  death  occurred  in  Ohio. 

Samuel  Snider,  our  subject's  father,  was  born 
in  eastern  Pennsylvania  in  1817,  and  became  a 
contractor  and  builder  in  Ohio,  building  locks  on 
the  Ohio  canal,  and  also  stone  contractor  in 
Cleveland.  Later  he  settled  upon  a  farm  in  Sum- 
mit County.  In  1861  he  located  in  Akron,  where 
he  engaged  in  contracting  until  1879,  and  then 
brought  his  family  to  Colorado  in  the  spring  of 
1 88 1.  He  built  the  first  lime  kiln  in  Manitou. 
After  three  years  the  business  was  bought  by  his 
sons,  Charles  and  George,  and  he  retired  from 
active  business  cares.  In  religion  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  died 
in  Manitou  in  January,  1895,  His  wife,  who 
was  Alvira  Scranton,  was  born  in  Portage  Coun- 
ty, Ohio,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Joel  Scranton, 
a  native  of  Berkshire  County,  Mass.,  who  with 
his  brother  and  their  families  drove  through 
with  ox-teams  to  Ohio,  he  settling  in  Portage 
County,  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Brady,  and  his 
brother  becoming  in  time  one  of  the  wealthy  men 
of  Cleveland.  He  was  accidentally  killed  near 
his  farm  on  a  railroad  crossing  in  1863,  when 
very  advanced  in  years.  The  mother  of  Charles 
E.  Snider  died  March  22,  1899,  at  her  home  in 
Manitou,  Colo.,  from  a  severe  attack  of  la  grippe, 
at  the  age  of  seventy  years  and  five  months. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Akron,  Ohio.  Under  his  father  he 
learned  the  stone  cutter's  trade  and  stone  busi- 


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ness  in  general,  following  it  the  greater  part  of 
the  time  for  four  years.  Coming  to  Colorado  in 
the  spring  of  1881,  he  afterward  became  inter- 
ested in  the  lime  business,  his  father  building  a 
lime  kiln  in  the  winter  of  1881  and  manufactur- 
ing the  first  output  in  the  spring  of  the  next  year. 
In  1884  he  became  directly  interested  in  the  busi- 
ness with  other  brothers,  and  continued  with  it 
until  the  panic  of  1893.  In  1889  two  of  his 
brothers  opened  up  the  red  sandstone  quarries  in 
Red  Rock  canon,  between  Manitou  and  Colorado 
City.  The  stone  business  was  consolidated  with 
the  lime  kilns  in  1890,  and  the  two  were  incorpo- 
rated as  the  Snider  Stone  &  Lime  Company,  with 
our  subject  as  secretary  and  treasurer.  Many  of 
the  large  buildings  in  Denver  and  other  parts  of 
the  state,  as  well  as  west  to  Salt  Lake  City  and 
south  to  the  Gulf  and  east  to  the  Mississippi 
River,  are  constructed  of  this  red  sandstone,  the 
qualities  of  which  are  well  known  to  the  con- 
tractors. They  also  operated  a  sandstone  quar- 
ry beyond  Leadville,  on  the  Colorado  Midland 
Railroad.  When  the  panic  came  on,  the  company 
failed  and  the  works  have  been  idle  since  then. 
There  are  four  kilns,  with  a  combined  capacity 
of  eight  hundred  bushels  per  day.  Recently  a 
company  was  formed  and  purchased  the  lime 
kilns  and  limestone  quarries,  and  our  subject  has 
been  installed  as  general  manager  of  the  business. 


OEORGE  H.  PHILLIPS.   AS  a  leading  dti- 

bzen  of  Telluride,  one  who  has  long  been 
closely  identified  with  its  business  interests, 
his  far-reaching  enterprise,  aptitude  for  affairs, 
and  broad  public  spirit  being  potent  in  advancing 
its  welfare  in  various  directions,  the  name  of  Mr. 
Phillips  is  inseparably  linked  with  its  growth 
and  progress.  In  1887  he  moved  his  planing 
mill  from  Gunnison  to  Telluride,  and  embarked 
in  the  lumber  business  here,  also  took  the  con- 
tract for  the  erection  of  many  of  the  principal  res- 
idences in  the  town.  From  1889  to  1895  he  had 
charge  of  the  city  water  works  as  superintendent. 
During  the  same  time  he  was  engaged  in  steam- 
fitting  and  plumbing  work,  and  since  1895  has 
given  his  entire  time  to  this  business,  which  is  the 
only  one  of  its  kind  in  the  place.  He  has  also 
given  some  attention  to  prospecting  and  mining, 
and  has  become  the  owner,  besides,  of  real  estate 
and  five  houses  in  Telluride.  He  is  the  present 
mayor  of  the  city,  having  been  elected  in  1898. 

In  Gallia  County,  Ohio,  December  20,  1849,  the 
subject  of  this  article  was  born,  a  son  of  James  and 


Barbara  Ann  (Fry)  Phillips.  His  father,  who 
was  a  leading  man  of  his  locality ,  engaged  in 
farming  and  the  mercantile  business,  and  for  sev- 
eral terms  served  as  county  sheriff.  During  the 
Civil  war  he  was  lieutenant  of  Company  A,  Fifty- 
sixth  Ohio  Infantry,  assigned  to  the  army  of  the 
Potomac,  and  after  the  war  ended  he  returned  to 
his  farm,  where  he  died  in  1874,  aged  seventy- 
seven  years.  His  wife  survived  him  for  years, 
her  death  occurring  in  1897,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
two.  Of  their  eleven  children,  seven  are  living. 

From  Ohio,  at  sixteen  years  of  age,  our  subject 
went  south  and  for  two  years  traveled  there,  en- 
gaged in  selling  stock.  In  1867  he  embarked  in 
the  mercantile  business,  and  for  eighteen  months 
kept  a  commissary  for  railroad  employes  at  Bruns- 
wick, near  Savannah,  Ga.  In  1869  he  went  to 
New  York  City  and  from  there,  in  government 
service,  shipped  on  a  sailing  vessel,  that  belonged 
to  the  Admiral  Rogers'  expedition.  With  this 
party  he  visited  Brazil,  Cape  Town  (Africa) ,  the 
East  Indies,  China,  and  many  ports  on  the  east- 
ern coast  of  Asia.  The  expedition  returned  after 
an  absence  of  three  years  and  eight  months  and 
he  proceeded  from  New  York  City  to  his  old  home 
in  Ohio,  later  engaging  in  the  lumber  business 
on  the  Ohio  River  in  West  Virginia.  Afterward 
he  was  interested  in  the  stock  business  in  Mis- 
souri, for  Chicago  merchants,  for  three  years. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1881,  Mr.  Phillips  went 
from  Pueblo  to  Gunnison  and  there  took  charge 
of  the  city  gas  works  and  also  acted  as'  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  water  works.  In  1884  he 
erected  a  planing  mill  on  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad  and  for  two  years  carried  on  a 
very  extensive  lumber  business  there,  but  in  1887 
brought  his  planing  mill  to  Telluride.  He  has 
since  been  one  of  the  leading  business  men  of  this 
city.  Politically  he  was  a  Republican  until  1884, 
since  which  time  he  has  affiliated  with  the  Popu- 
lists. In  Gunnison  he  was  a  member  of  the  town 
board,  resigning  on  his  removal  from  that  place. 
In  1895  he  was  elected  county  commissioner  of 
San  Miguel  County,  and  three  years  later  was 
chosen  mayor  of  Telluride.  In  1887  he  married 
Miss  Hattie  Jenkins,  of  Missouri,  and  they  have 
two  children,  George  Otho  and  Glaudia  Belle, 
who  have  attended  the  select  school  and  academy 
at  Healdsburg,  Cal.,  and  are  being  given  the  best 
educational  advantages  possible. 

Mr.  Phillips  is  a  member  of  Telluride  Lodge 
No.  56,  A.  F.^&  A.  M.;  Bridal  Vail  Chapter  No. 
28,  R.  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  treasurer;  Ouray 


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Commandery  No.  16,  K.  T.,  ofOuray;  Bridal 
Vail  Lodge,  K.  P.,  of  which  he  is  a  charter  mem- 
ber, vice-commander  and  past  chancellor  comman- 
der; a  member  of  the  Uniform  Rank,  and  of  the 
grand  lodge. 

ITBERLE  K.  SHELTON,  M.  D.,  the  leading 
ry  active  practitioner  of  Buena  Vista,  Chaffee 
l__  County,  was  born  in  Bloomfield,  Iowa,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1854.  His  father,  Elijah  J.  Shelton, 
M.  D.,  a  well-known  physician  of  Iowa,  is  a  na- 
tive of  Indiana,  born  at  Columbus  in  1832,  and, 
early  beginning  the  study  of  medical  science, 
took  the  regular  course  of  lectures  in  the  Ohio 
Medical  College  at  Cincinnati.  After  graduating 
he  removed  to  Iowa  in  1846  and  settled  in  Bloom- 
field,  then  a  pioneer  village.  Wishing  to  gain 
more  extended  knowledge,  he  studied  for  a  time 
in  the  Iowa  State  University  at  Iowa  City.  De- 
voting himself  closely  to  professional  work,  he 
attained  a  reputation  as  one  of  the  most  skilful 
surgeons  in  his  state  and  as  a  specialist  in  the 
treatment  of  a  number  of  important  diseases. 
His  practice  became  so  extensive  and  covered  so 
wide  a  territory,  that,  in  order  to  relieve  himself 
of  so  much  travel,  he  established  a  sanitarium  in 
his  town,  and  this  he  has  since  conducted.  He 
has  resided  continuously  in  Iowa  since  1846, 
with  the  exception  of  the  years  of  1859,  1860  and 
1 86 1,  when  he  made  his  home  in  Kansas. 
Though  now  sixty-seven  years  of  age,  he  is  quite 
robust  physically  and  his  brain  is  as  quick  and 
keen  as  in  the  days  of  his  prime.  For  several 
years  he  held  the  office  of  coroner  and  also  served 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  pension  examiners. 
In  the  public  schools  of  Bloomfield  our  subject 
gained  his  primary  education.  Afterward  he 
attended  Shurtleff  College  at  Alton,  111.,  from 
which  he  graduated  February  17,  1876.  He 
then  entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  there  he  remained 
during  four  winters,  while  in  the  intervening 
summer  months  he  was  a  student  in  the  St.  Louis 
Medical  College.  Upon  completing  the  regular 
course  he  graduated,  in  1876.  From  that  time 
until  1890  he  practiced  with  his  father  in  Bloom- 
field,  and  afterward  established  and  conducted  a 
sanitarium  in  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  meeting  with  suc- 
cess until  the  loss  of  the  building  and  equipments 
by  fire  cost  him  about  $40,000.  In  October, 
1895,  he  came  to  Buena  Vista,  where  he  has  since 
engaged  in  practice  and  has  also  served  for  two 
terms  as  county  coroner.  Politically  he  is  a 


stanch  Democrat,  but  has  never  identified  him- 
self with  public  affairs,  preferring  to  devote  him- 
self to  professional  work. 

Dr.  Shelton  married  Miss  Kissie  S.  Hayes, 
second  cousin  of  ex-President  Rutherford  B. 
Hayes.  She  was  born  in  Lima,  Ohio,  -and  grew 
to  womanhood  in  Carleton,  Mo.,  where  she  was 
educated.  Both  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Shelton  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Christian  Church,  in  which  faith  they 
have  reared  their  children:  Helen  E.,  Lucy  I. 
and  Eberle  K.,  Jr.  In  fraternal  relations  the 
doctor  is  identified  with  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows;  is  past  chancellor  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  a  member  of  the  Rebekah  Degree 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  (the  first  organized  in  the 
world)  at  Bloomfield,  Iowa,  of  which  his  parents 
are  charter  members.  In  Masonry  he  belongs  to 
Bloomfield  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Malta  Com- 
mandery No.  17,  at  Ottumwa,  Iowa;  the  Consis- 
tory at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and  Mystic  Shrine  at 
Davenport,  Iowa. 

fDCjILLlAM  C.  MC  CURDY,  treasurer  of  Mesa 

\  A  I  County,  and  the  owner  of  important  ranch 
Y  Y  interests  in  this  county,  came  to  Colorado 
in  1893,  and  settled  in  Grand  Valley,  near  Fruita. 
Here  he  purchased  and  improved  a  ranch,  upon 
which  he  was  engaged  in  general  agricultural 
pursuits  until  the  fall  of  1897.  He  was  then 
elected  on  the  Populist  ticket  to  the  office  of 
county  treasurer,  and  as  the  duties  of  the  office 
required  his  constant  presence  at  Grand  Junction 
he  removed  to  this  city,  but  he  still-  retains  his 
ranch  property,  which  is  now  leased.  On  the 
re-organization  of  the  Grand  Valley  Ditch  Com- 
pany he  was  elected  one  of  its  directors  and  in 
that  capacity  was  retained  for  two  years,  after 
which  he  officiated  as  treasurer  of  the  company 
for  the  same  period  of  time. 

The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject  were  passed 
in  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  was  born  June  14,  1834, 
a  son  of  Alexander  and  Margaret  (Conkey) 
McCurdy.  His  education  was  obtained  in  Nova 
Scotia.  For  some  time  he  was  employed  in  a 
mercantile  house  in  the  city  of  Boston.  In  1856 
he  engaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe  business  for 
himself  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  and  was  for  several  years 
engaged  in  that  business  at  Lynn  and  at  Water- 
ford,  N.Y.  In  1868  he  removed  to  the  west,  set- 
tling near  Waterville,  Kan.,  where  he  engaged  in 
farming.  During  his  residence  there  he  took  an 
active  part  in  public  affairs,  and  in  1870  was 
elected  probate  judge  of  Marshall  County,  which 


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office  he  filled  for  three  successive  terms.  As 
township  assessor  he  served  for  a  number  of 
terms,  and  he  also  held  office  as  justice  of  the 
peace.  For  three  years  he  carried  on  a  mercan- 
tile business  at  Marysville. 

In  1880  Mr.  McCurdy  went  from  Kansas  to 
Winslow,  Ariz.,  where  he  continued  in  the  mer- 
cantile business,  freighting  his  goods  from  Albu- 
querque, N.  M.  When  the  Atchison,  Topeka 
&  Santa  Fe  Railroad  was  built  through  Winslow 
he  moved  to  Flagstaff.  There  he  carried  on  busi- 
ness until  1882,  his  family  in  the  meanwhile 
residing  in  Marysville,  Kan.,  where,  after  1882, 
he  joined  them.  On  account  of  poor  health  he  did 
not  for  a  time  engage  in  any  occupation.  His 
home  continued  to  be  in  that  state  until  1893, 
when  he  became  one  of  the  residents  of  the  Grand 
Valley.  The  location  and  prospects  so  pleased 
him  that  he  established  his  permanent  home  near 
Fruita,  in  Mesa  County,  which  he  believes  to  be 
one  of  the  garden  spots  of  the  state.  He  was 
married  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  May  8,  1866,  to  Miss 
Mary  R.  Brooks,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Mary  R.  (Walker)  Brooks,  of  Waterford,  that 
state.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  children, 
George  H.  and  Mabel,  the  former  of  whom  acts 
as  deputy  county  treasurer. 


(JOHN  P.  LANDON,  M.  D.,  of  Telluride,  was 
I  born  in  Carroll  County,  111.,  January  i, 
Q)  1850,  a  son  of  M.  Z.  and  Mary  (Sanborn) 
Landon,  natives  of  New  York  and  Canada. 
His  father, -who  was  a  carpenter  and  builder, 
was  a  well-known  citizen  of  his  locality  and  took 
an  active  part  in  politics  during  the  ante-bellum 
days.  From  1856  to  1860  he  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  state  legislature.  For  sixteen  years  he 
held  office  as  justice  of  the  peace,  and  he  also 
served  as  county  sheriff.  During  the  latter  part 
of  his  life  he  was  engaged  in  the  banking  busi- 
ness at  Denison,  Iowa,  where  he  died  at  seventy 
years  of  age.  His  wife  is  still  living  and  at  this 
writing  (1899)  is  seventy-two  yearsof  age.  They 
were  the  parents  of  five  children:  Alexander  M.; 
Gertrude,  wife  of  W.  H.  Kriedler;  John  P.; 
Jessie  and  Viola,  deceased. 

In  common  schools  and  Beloit  (Wis.)  College, 
our  subject  obtained  a  fair  education.  The  study 
of  medicine  he  prosecuted  under  Dr.  Skinner,  at 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  and  F.  H.  Hamilton,  of 
New  York,  completing  the  course  of  Bellevue 
Hospital  Medical  College  in  1875,  with  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.  On  his  return  to  the  west  he 


opened  an  office  at  Sterling,  111. ,  but  after  a  short 
time  removed  to  Polo,  the  same  state,  where  he 
remained  for  four  years.  In  1879  he  went  to 
Rico,  Colo. ,  where,  in  addition  to  the  practice  of 
medicine,  he  became  interested  in  mining.  Re- 
maining in  that  place  until  1897,  ne  meantime 
built  up  a  good  practice  and  became  widely 
known  in  the  valley.  In  order  to  avail  himself 
of  the  larger  opportunities  which  Telluride  affords 
he  came  to  this  city  in  1897,  and  has  since  been 
practicing  his  profession  here.  His  practice  is 
very  large,  extending  through  La  Plata,  Monte- 
zuma,  Dolores  and  San  Miguel  Counties,  in  all  of 
which  he  has  gained  a  reputation  for  skill  and 
efficiency  which  his  talents  justify.  He  is  also 
interested  in  mining  at  Rico  and  other  parts  of 
the  San  Juan  country. 

Dr.  Landon  is  a  worker  in  the  Republican 
party,  and,  while  he  has  never  had  any  desire 
to  hold  office,  he  has  more  than  once  been  chosen 
by  his  fellow-citizens  to  serve  in  positions  of  re- 
sponsibility and  trust.  Three  terms  he  served  as 
mayor  of  Rico,  and  he  was  also  coroner  of  Dolores 
County.  Prominent  in  Masonry,  he  is  a  member 
of  Rico  Lodge  No.  79,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Tyrian 
Chapter  No.  61,  R.  A.  M.,  at  Polo,  111.;  Ivanhoe 
Commandery  No.  n,  K.  T.,  at  Durango;  Den- 
ver Consistory  No.  i,  Scottish  Rite;  and  El 
Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver,  being  a 
thirty-second  degree  Mason.  In  1875  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Carrie  S.  Wood- 
ruff, of  Polo,  111.,  and  they  have  one  son,  Fred- 
erick C. 

A  man  of  great  sagacity,  thoughtful  discrimina- 
tion, careful  in  diagnosis,  accurate  in  treatment, 
Dr.  Landon  has  established  a  reputation  as  a 
physician  and  surgeon  that  is  second  to  none  in 
southwestern  Colorado. 


Q  ASIL  M.  SPALDING,  manager  of  the  La 
|C\  Junta  Milling  and  Elevator  Company,  came 
ij  to  this  city  in  189210  begin  the  duties  of 
the  position  he  has  since  held.  The  mill  has  a 
capacity  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  barrels  a  day, 
the  product  being  flour  of  a  fine  grade;  while 
the  capacity  of  the  elevator  is  seventy-five  thou- 
sand bushels.  Besides  being  manager,  he  is  also 
a  stockholder  in  the  enterprise,  and  much  of  the 
success  of  the  business  is  due  to  his  sound  judg- 
ment, great  energy  and  business  ability. 

The  boyhood  days  of  our  subject  were  spent  in 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  was  born  November  7, 
1859,  and  where  bis  father  was  a  wholesale  gro- 


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cer.  When  he  was  ten  years  of  age  he  was  taken 
to  a  farm  in  Illinois  and  there  he  remained  for 
three  years,  deriving  benefit  from  the  outdoor 
life  and  exercise.  With  the  exception  of  those 
years  he  spent  the  first  twenty-one  years  of  his 
life  in  his  native  city.  His  education  was  re- 
ceived in  private  schools,  Clark's  Academy  and 
the  Jones  Business  College  of  St.  Louis.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  he  secured  employment  as 
weigher  with  a  coal  company,  for  whom  he 
worked  three  years. 

In  the  capacity  of  civil  engineer  Mr.  Spalding 
first  came  west.  He  was  connected  with  the 
Wyoming  &  Eastern  Railroad,  later  assisted  in 
the  construction  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
from  Durango  to  Rico  and  from  Mount  Rose  to 
Ouray.  From  1881  until  1885  he  was  employed 
as  civil  engineer.  Then,  going  to  Denver,  he  se- 
cured work  with  the  Flouring  and  Elevator 
Company,  remaining  in  that  city  until  1892, 
when  the  company  purchased  the  mill  in  La 
Junta  and  sent  him  here  as  manager  of  the  busi- 
ness. He  has  been  so  devoted  to  business  mat- 
ters that  he  has  had  little  time  for  politics,  in 
which,  aside  from  casting  a  Democratic  vote,  he 
takes  no  part.  He  is  now  (1899)  the  nominee  on 
the  Business  Men's  ticket  for  the  city  council. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Spalding  is  a  member  of  La 
Junta  Lodge  No.  28,  K.  P.,  which  he  repre- 
sented in  the  grand  lodge  at  Glenwood  Springs, 
Colo.  He  gives  his  support  to  matters  for  the 
benefit  of  La  Junta  and  Otero  County,  and  is 
loyal  to  every  local  interest.  While  in  Denver  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Margret  V. 
Walsh,  of  that  city,  and  they  have  two  children, 
John  W.  and  Marion  Rose. 


3OSEPH  ROGERS,  a  pioneer  ranchman  of 
Park  County,  has  been  identified  with  the 
development  of  the  great  Rocky  Mountain 
region  ever  since  frontier  days,  and  enjoys  the 
distinction  of  having  crossed  the  plains  five  times 
before  a  railroad  was  built  west  of  the  Missouri 
River.  A  native  of  Canada  East,  he  was  born 
in  the  county  of  Two  Mountains  March  18,  1843, 
a  sou  of  Joseph  and  Calestic  (Alore)  Rogers,  and 
is  the  sole  survivor  of  four  children  comprising 
the  family.  His  father,  also  a  native  of  the 
county  of  Two  Mountains,  was  there  married, 
engaged  in  farming  and  continued  to  reside  until 
his  death.  He  was  a  son  of  Joseph  Rogers,  who 
was  born  in  England  and  in  early  life  was  a 


sailor,  taking  part  in  various  naval  struggles  in 
which  England  participated.  When  the  French 
were  emigrating  to  Canada  in  large  numbers  he 
shipped  aboard  a  French  vessel  and  crossed  the 
ocean.  While  on  board  the  ship  he  married  a 
young  French  lady.  Upon  landing  he  went  to 
the  county  of  Two  Mountains,  where  he  settled 
down  to  a  farmer's  life. 

When  our  subject  was  two  years  of  age  his 
mother  died.  He  was  then  taken  into  the  home 
of  his  grandmother,  with  whom  he  remained 
until  sixteen  years  of  age,  receiving  scarcely  any 
education.  Upon  beginning  to  support  himself 
he  worked  in  the  lumber  woods  of  Canada.  In 

1862  he  and  his  brother  went  to  Platte  County, 
Mo. ,  where  he  spent  the  winter  and  worked  for  a 
farmer  and  distillery  owner.     In  the  spring  of 

1863  he  started  for  Virginia  City,  Mont.,  having 
been  employed  as  driver  of  a  four-mule  team  in  a 
train  of  sixty-five  wagons.     Another  team  was 
driven  by  his  brother.     They  reached  Virginia 
City  June  19,  1863.     There  he  secured  employ- 
ment in  mines,  remaining  until  fall,  when   he 
returned  to  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  and  worked  for 
farmers.     In  February,    1865,  when  a  call  was 
made  for  additional  troops  to  serve  in  the  Civil 
war,  he  and  his  brother  enlisted  in  Company  G, 
Sixteenth    Regiment    of   Volunteer  Cavalry  of 
Kansas,  and  shouldered   their  guns  for  active 
service.     They  were  sent  to  the  frontier  to  fight 
the  Indians.     The  campaign  took  them  through 
the  northwestern  portion  of  the  country.     After 
many  skirmishes  they  returned  to  Fort  Leaven- 
worth,  and  in  the  fall  of  1865  were  mustered  out 
of  the  service.     December  27  of  the  same  year 
he  went  to  Shawneetown,  Kan.,  where  he  spent 
the  winter  among  the  Shawnee  Indians.     In  the 
spring  of  1866  he  returned  to  Leavenworth  and 
secured  employment  with   a   ranchman,  whose 
farm  he  assisted  in  clearing.     With  a  wagon  and 
a  team  of  mules,  in  the  spring  of  1867  he  once 
more  started  across  the  plains,  arriving  in  Denver 
June   12,  and  trading  his  mules  for  two  yoke  of 
oxen.     He  and  his  brother,  who  had  preceded 
him  to  Colorado  by  one  year,  joined  their  capital 
and  purchased  five  additional  yoke  of  oxen  and 
two  heavy  wagons.     With  these  they  repaired  to 
the  mountains  back  of  Golden,  where  they  hauled 
logs  to  the  mill  and  in  payment  therefor  received 
one-half  of  the  lumber  sawed.     In  this  way  they 
secured    about     thirty-eight    thousand     feet    of 
lumber. 

When  the  railroad  was  built  to  Cheyenne,  in 


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the  fall  of  1867,  the  building  boom  began  in  that 
town.  The  brothers  took  their  wagons  and 
hauled  lumber  to  Cheyenne,  where  they  received 
$100  per  thousand  feet.  Returning  with  their 
empty  wagons,  which  had  nothing  but  the  run- 
ning gears,  they  would  make  their  bed  in  the 
snow  at  night.  When  all  of  the  lumber  was  sold 
they  settled  with  each  other.  In  the  meantime 
our  subject  had  bought  his  brother's  share  of  the 
oxen  and  wagons,  and  with  these  he  went  up  to 
Coal  Creek.  Turning  his  oxen  out  for  the 
winter  he  began  "baching"  in  a  cabin.  Later 
he  went  to  Denver  and  bought  some  provisions. 
With  both  of  his  wagons  loaded  with  coal  and 
with  his  seven  yoke  of  oxen  he  started  for  Den- 
ver. When  he  reached  that  city  he  found  a  pur- 
chaser for  his  freighting  outfit  and  he  sold  the 
wagons  and  oxen.  Going  back  to  the  cabin  he 
got  together  the  clothes  he  had  left  there,  and 
with  these  he  returned  to  Denver.  Shortly  after- 
ward he  bought  two  teams  of  mules  and  a  wagon 
and  began  to  haul  cord  wood  to  Denver. 

In  the  spring  of  1868  Mr.  Rogers  went  to 
Cheyenne  and  with  his  mules  and  a  team  of 
horses  which  he  had  bought  he  began  to  work  on 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.  He  was  paid  $6  per 
day  a  team.  Soon  he  bought  other  teams  and 
was  doing  a  profitable  business.  At  his  sugges- 
tion his  brother,  then  in  Fairplay,  went  to  Chey- 
enne and  assisted  him  in  his  contracts.  They 
were  successful,  and  had  the  building  enterprise 
continued  longer  would  have  made  a  fortune. 
The  road  being  completed  in  May,  1869,  they 
took  their  teams  and  all  of  their  property  and 
went  to  Cash  Valley,  Utah,  where  they  sold  their 
stock.  Upon  returning  to  Denver,  they  bought 
two  ponies  and  with  a  load  of  provisions  came  to 
Park  County.  They  drove  with  them  three  hun- 
dred head  of  cattle  and  with  these  began  in  the 
cattle  business.  In  the  spring  of  1870  they 
located  on  our  subject's  present  ranch,  four  miles 
west  of  Howbert.  During  the  year  1 870  our  sub- 
ject bought  his  brother's  interest  in  the  property. 
Since  then  he  has  become  one  of  the  large  raisers 
of  cattle  and  the  largest  sheep  producer  in  the 
county. 

November  13,  1873,  Mr.  Rogers  married  Miss 
Lucinda  Alden,  who  is  a  lineal  descendant  of 
John  Alden,  of  Puritan  fame.  By  her  he  has  had 
eight  children.  Those  now  living  are:  Henry  E., 
a  ranchman  of  Park  County;  George  A.  and 
Morton  H.,  at  home;  and  Inez  M.,  wife  of  Martin 
Bender,  of  Park  County.  In  fraternal  relations 


Mr.  Rogers  is  connected  with  South  Park  Lodge 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic. 


(TJlLAS  E.  NEWCOMB.  The  accessions  to 
7\  the  population  of  southern  Colorado  have 
\~J  not  been  wholly,  or  even  principally,  confined 
to  the  villages  and  mining  camps.  The  adapta- 
bility of  the  land  for  stock-raising  purposes  has 
been  demonstrated,  and  large  numbers  of  men 
have  come  from  the  east  and  successfully  engaged 
in  agricultural  operations  here.  Among  this 
number  mention  belongs  to  Mr.  Newcomb,  of 
Conejos  County.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  home- 
stead of  four  hundred  and  ten  acres,  and  also 
owns  a  ranch  of  one  thousand  acres  two  miles 
from  La  Jara,  where  he  is  engaged  in  feeding 
sheep,  raising  hogs  and  carrying  on  general  farm 
pursuits. 

Born  in  Richmond,  111.,  in  1851,  Mr.  Newcomb 
is  a  son  of  Daniel  Newcomb,  a  descendant  of  an 
old  family  of  Massachusetts,  the  lineage  being 
traced  back  to  Andrew  Newcomb,  who  was  cap- 
tain of  a  vessel  and  came  from  England  between 
1620  and  1630,  settling  in  Plymouth.  One  of  the 
family,  Hezekiah  Newcomb,  married  a  daughter 
of  Governor  Bradford  and  was  prominent  in 
Massachusetts.  Our  subject  was  educated  in 
public  schools  and  the  Illinois  State  Normal. 
After  teaching  school  for  one  year  in  that  state, 
in  1871  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Pueblo 
County,  where  he  taught  for  one  year.  In  1872 
he  settled  near  La  Veta,  Huerfano  County,  and 
cultivated  land  there  for  a  year.  The  year  1873 
found  him  at  Del  Norte,  Rio  Grande  County, 
where  for  three  years  he  carried  on  a  general 
trade  in  merchandise,  flour  and  feed,  etc. 

Coming  to  Conejos  County  in  1876  Mr.  New- 
comb  took  up  a  homestead  and  pre-emption  of 
one- half  section  and  began  to  raise  stock,  later 
also  engaging  in  raising  cereals.  On  his  place 
may  be  found  about  one  thousand  sheep  and  a 
number  of  heads  of  Percheron  draft  horses,  of 
which  he  makes  a  specialty.  In  order  to  secure 
proper  irrigation  for  his  land  he  took  an  active 
part  in  the  organization  of  the  Union  Ditch  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  became  secretary  and  a  stock- 
holder, and  assisted  in  the  construction  of  the 
ditch. 

In  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  advancement 
of  society,  education  and  politics,  Mr.  Newcomb 
takes  a  keen  and  discriminating  interest.  He  has 
always  been  a  Republican,  but  now  allies  himself 


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with  the  silver  branch  of  the  party.  For  two 
terms,  1 876-80,  he  held  office  as  county  superin- 
tendent of  public  schools.  Deeply  interested  in 
educational  matters,  he  has  been  instrumental  in 
securing  for  his  locality  various  improvements, 
and  has  been  one  of  the  leaders  in  educational 
work.  In  1876  he  organized  school  district  No.  i, 
the  first  school  district  in  Conejos  County.  As 
past  chancellor  he  is  connected  with  La  Jara 
Lodge,  K.  P. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Newcomb,  in  1877, 
united  him  with  Mary  Russell,  who  died  in  1884. 
In  1886  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Alice  Watson,  of  Ohio.  They  are  the  parents  of 
five  children,  named  as  follows:  Gertrude  May, 
George  Daniel,  Stella  Emily,  Silas  E.,  Jr.,  and 
Bradford  Watson,  who  was  given  Mrs.  New- 
comb's  family  name  and  the  name  of  Governor 
Bradford,  of  Massachusetts. 


(EORGE  W.  SNIDER,  the  discoverer  of  the 
Cave  of  the  Winds  and  the  Grand  Cavern 
at  Manitou,  was  the  next  to  the  oldest  son 
of  Samuel  and  Alvira  (Scranton)  Snider,  and 
was  born  in  Ohio.  He  came  to  Colorado  in  1879, 
and  for  a  time  was  employed  in  Denver,  later 
worked  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
in  the  San  Luis  Valley,  and  then  came  to  Mani- 
tou, where  he  has  since  resided.  One  day  in  Jan- 
uary, 1880,  he  and  Charles  Reinhart,  a  man  of 
sixty  years  and  a  friend  of  Mr.  Snider's  father, 
made  a  tour  of  inspection  in  Williams'  Canon, 
their  object  being  to  see  if  a  suitable  location 
could  be  found  for  a  lime  kiln.  They  walked 
along  admiring  the  magnificent  scenery,  which 
constantly  changed,  presenting  a  varied  pano- 
rama of  nature  unsurpassed  in  any  part  of  the 
world.  They  spent  some  time  in  Pickett's  Cave, 
where  stalactites  and  stalagmites,  under  the  light 
of  the  candle  the  men  carried,  sparkled  like  dia- 
monds. They  finally  retraced  their  steps,  having 
planned  to  return  to  the  cave  the  following  week. 
Before  the  second  trip  was  made  Mr.  Snider 
called  upon  Mr.  Hemenway,  the  owner  of  the 
land  where  the  cave  stood,  and  inquired  the  price 
of  the  property.  He  was  told  that  it  was  $i  ,000. 
On  his  return  from  the  ranch  to  town  he  met  his 
brother,  Horace  W.,  and  Charles  Hunter,  a  fel- 
low-workman. When  he  told  them  of  his  pro- 
posed trip  to  Pickett's  Cave  the  two  decided  to 
accompany  him.  On  Monday  the  four  men 
walked  the  short  distance  to  the  cave.  On  enter- 
ing and  inspecting  different  parts  of  the  second 


room,  Mr.  Snider  found  a  small  tunnel  he  had 
not  noticed  before.  Putting  his  candle  near  the 
hole  the  light  flickered,  which  proved  to  him 
that  there  must  be  some  channel  beyond.  By  the 
aid  of  his  tools  he  effected  an  entrance  to  the 
room,  and  there  found  a  chimney,  the  roof  of 
which  was  decomposed  limestone.  He  worked 
for  an  hour  with  his  chisel  and  hammer,  and 
finally  was  able  to  push  his  way  through.  The 
sight  that  met  his  eyes  was  one  of  dazzling  bril- 
liancy. Snow  white  stalactites  and  stalagmites 
crowded  together  so  closely  that  the  room  looked 
like  one  mass  of  white,  sparkling  like  diamonds. 
He  called  back  to  his  companions,  who  at  once 
joined  him,  and  all  gazed  in  breathless  silence, 
awe  inspired  by  the  scene  before  them. 

With  Mr.  Reinhart  as  partner,  Mr.  Snider  pur- 
chased the  property  on  which  his  great  discovery 
was  located.  With  his  brother  Horace  he  then 
commenced  a  systematic  exploration  of  the  va- 
rious rooms  in  the  cave.  Every  turn  revealed 
new  beauties.  One  of  the  most  striking  of  these 
was  the  frail,  but  beautiful,  "Flowering  Alabas- 
ter," which  resembles  a  rare  specimen  of  coral 
and  is  so  perfect  in  shape  that  it  equals  the 
finest  filigree  work.  Further  on  he  discovered 
the  "Bridal  Chamber"  and  "Dante's  Inferno." 
After  wandering  about  in  the  cave  for  nearly  a 
day  they  turned  back  to  the  entrance  and  finally 
reached  home,  exhausted  by  the  excitement  and 
hard  work. 

After  the  cave  had  been  open  several  months 
it  was  named  the  Cave  of  the  Winds.  There  are, 
however,  no  howling  winds  to  render  a  visit  un- 
pleasant, but  instead  a  gentle  breeze  floats  through 
the  subterranean  chambers,  delighting  the  ear 
with  its  gentle  murmur.  A  driveway  has  now 
been  built  through  to  the  entrance,  so  that  it  is 
accessible  to  the  most  delicate  invalid.  They  who 
visit  this  wonderful  cave  are  unanimous  in  declar- 
ing it  unsurpassed  for  loveliness  and  wonderful 
surprises.  There  the  cathedral,  concert  hall, 
crystal  palace  and  large  balconies  vie  with  one 
another  in  delighting  the  eye;  but  perhaps  the 
most  marvelous  room  is  the  "Bridal  Chamber." 
In  this  beautiful  room  can  be  seen  a  bride  and 
groom,  the  former  dressed  in  a  beautiful  robe  of 
dazzling  whiteness.  A  number  of  spirals  arise 
from  the  floor,  as  if  representing  the  witnesses. 
On  every  hand  are  the  rarest  of  gems  and  floral 
decoration^,  as  if  the  gifts  of  loving  friends. 

Mr.  Snider  filed  a  claim  on  a  part  of  section 
31,  adjoining  the  Cave  of  the  Winds,  and  there 


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he  and  his  wife  made  their  home,  in  order  to 
prove  up  the  pre-emption.  Here,  through  a  for- 
tunate accident,  he  one  day  discovered  a  cave, 
and  on  investigating  it  he  found  a  sheet  of  water 
three  inches  in  depth.  He  had  never  before  seen 
a  lake  in  an  underground  cave.  The  scene  was 
one  of  great  beauty,  for  the  stalactites  were 
sparkling  with  the  dew  that  rose  from  the  lake 
and  in  turn  reflected  back  their  brilliancy  upon 
the  water.  He  determined  to  keep  the  secret  of 
his  discovery  to  himself  until  he  had  proved  up 
his  claim,  but,  unfortunately,  in  leaving  the  cave 
he  forgot  to  take  with  him  his  pick  and  shovel. 
A  few  days  later  two  men,  in  search  of  firewood, 
found  the  pick  and  shovel,  which  aroused  their 
curiosity,  and  they  at  once  investigated,  the 
result  being  that  they  found  the  cave.  They  at 
once  went  to  Mr.  Reinhart  and  Mr.  Snider  and 
reported  their  discovery,  but  Mr.  Snider  claimed 
the  discovery  as  his  own,  and  to  prove  the  truth 
of  his  assertion  went  at  once  to  the  cave.  Mr. 
Reinhart,  however,  claimed  that  the  new  cave 
was  on  his  section  of  land,  and  a  dispute  followed 
that  was  taken  into  the  courts,  occupying  a  num- 
ber of  years.  Before  its  close  Mr.  Reinhart  died, 
and  his  daughter  continued  the  case.  After  sev- 
eral appeals  Mr.  Snider  lost  it  on  some  technical 
grounds.  Mr.  Snider  sold  to  his  mother  the  half 
interest  he  held  in  the  Cave  of  the  Winds,  which 
she  owns  in  conjunction  with  the  heirs  of  Mr. 
Reinhart,  Mr.'  Snider  having  done  much  to  make 
the  caves  popular  among  visitors  by  his  excellent 
management. 

The  writer  acknowledges  indebtedness  in  the 
compilation  of  this  sketch  to  the  history  of  Man- 
itou  caves,  by  Percy  Turner. 


/TJHARLES  R.  OTTAWAY,  one  of  the  pio- 
I C  neers  of  the  San  Luis  Valley  and  a  large 
U  property  owner  in  Alamosa,  was  born  in 
England  in  1832.  At  the  age  of  six  years' he 
was  brought  to  the  United  States  by  his  parents, 
who  settled  in  Michigan.  His  educational  op- 
portunities were  exceedingly  meager,  but  he  was 
ambitious  to  learn,  and  often,  when  the  day's  work 
was  ended,  he  sat  up  until  late,  studying  by  the 
light  of  the  fire.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  years 
he  went  to  Nebraska,  and  engaged  in  carpenter- 
ing and  such  other  occupations  as  promised  an 
honest  livelihood  and  were  open  to  him.  In 
August,  1854,  he  assisted  in  the  erection  of  the 
first  house  built  in  Omaha. 


In  1860  Mr.  Ottaway  came  to  Colorado.  For 
six  years  he  worked  in  freighting  with  mule- 
teams  from  the  Missouri  River  to  Denver,  and 
at  the  same  time  he  served  as  government  wagon- 
master  for  Colonel  Chivington,  whose  operations 
against  the  Indians  and  Texans  are  a  part  of 
history.  In  1867  he  went  to  Cheyenne,  Wyo., 
which  at  that  time  had  but  one  house.  He  as- 
sisted in  the  building  up  of  the  town  and  was 
engaged  for  one  year  in  carpentering  and  build- 
ing. In  the  spring  of  1868  he  went  to  New 
Mexico,  and  for  some  time  worked  at  freighting 
from  Pueblo  to  the  mining  districts  of  New 
Mexico. 

Removing  to  the  San  Luis  Valley  in  1875,  Mr. 
Ottaway  settled  at  Del  Norte,  but  he  continued 
freighting  and  teaming  for  some  time.  In  1878 
he  came  to  Alamosa,  and  here  followed  his  trade 
for  some  years,  after  which  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  stock  and  dairy  business,  also  began 
to  sell  ice  and  about  the  same  time  opened  a  livery 
stable,  which  is  now  his  principal  business,  al- 
though he  also  takes  important  jobs  at  freight- 
ing. In  1888  he  built  a  fine  livery  barn,  and  here 
he  keeps  a  number  of  horses  and  other  equip- 
ments of  a  livery  business.  On  his  place  he  has 
from  six  to  twenty  milch. cows  and  supplies  many 
of  the  town  people  with  milk  from  his  dairy.  At 
this  writing  he  has  the  contract  for  carrying  the 
mail  from  Alamosa  to  Bowen.  Though  not  act- 
ive in  politics,  he  is  firm  in  his  allegiance  to  the 
Republican  party,  and  was  elected,  on  that  ticket, 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  town,  serving  for  a 
year. 

At  Omaha,  in  1858,  Mr.  Ottaway  married 
Elizabeth  J.,  daughter  of  Colonel  Chivington,  of 
Indian-war  fame.  They  are  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  namely:  Frank  M.;  Emma,  wife  of 
Senator  W.  H.  Adams;  Jennie  May,  who  mar- 
ried Dr.  S.  S.  Craig,  of  Wisconsin;  Mrs.  E.  H. 
Rushworth,  a  widow,  living  in  Alamosa;  Charles 
S.,  who  makes  his  home  in  Canon  City  and  is 
employed  as  a  guard  in  the  state  penitentiary; 
Winnie  and  George.  There  are  also  four  grand- 
children, Leonard  C.  and  Ray  W.  Ottaway,  Ed- 
ward O.  Rushworth  and  Ridgnel  S.  Craig. 

Among  Mr.  Otta way's  real-estate  interests  are 
a  number  of  lots  in  Alamosa  and  ten  houses, 
which  he  rents.  Notwithstanding  the  lack  of  early 
advantages,  notwithstanding  many  hardships 
and  obstacles,  he  has  become  successful,  and 
is  now  one  of  the  well-to-do  citizens  of  his 
town.  Its  increase  to  its  present  population  of 


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fifteen  hundred,  and  its  many  improvements  are 
due  not  a  little  to  his  energy  and  tireless  efforts. 
He  has  been  a  friend  to  the  town  and  no  one 
has  rejoiced  more  in  its  growth  than  he. 


(SAMUEL  IRVING  HALLETT.   There  is 

?\  no  name  in  the  United  States  held  in  greater 
Q)  respect  than  that  of  Robert  Fulton,  the  bril- 
liant engineer  and  inventor,  whose  crowning  in- 
vention, that  of  the  steamboat,  entitles  him  to 
rank  among  the  world's  benefactors  and  marked 
an  era  in  the  progress  of  the  human  race.  It 
will  be  of  interest  to  know  that  Mr.  Hallett,  the 
successful  mine  operator  of  Aspen,  is  a  great- 
grandson  of  this  distinguished  man.  He  has  in- 
herited much  of  his  ancestor's  inventive  genius, 
having  patented  a  number  of  improvements  in 
mining,  sampling  and  concentrating  machinery 
now  in  general  use. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Samuel  Hallett,  was 
a  prominent  banker  in  New  York,  and  also  took 
an  active  part  in  the  building  of  railroads,  own- 
ing and  building  the  entire  Kansas  Pacific  road. 
A  financier  of  remarkable  ability,  he  negotiated 
the  sale  of  the  first  American  railroad  bonds  in 
Europe.  He  was  offered  by  President  Lincoln 
the  cabinet  office  of  secretary  of  the  treasury 
while  he  was  still  a  young  man.  When  thirty- 
five  years  of  age  he  was  assassinated  at  Wyan- 
dotte,  Kan.  His  wife,  Ann  Eliza,  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Mathew  McDowell,  who  was  the  first  white 
child  born  in  western  New  York.  The  two 
living  children  of  Samuel  Hallett  and  his  wife 
are  Samuel  Irving  and  Robert  Leslie,  the  latter 
an  artist  in  Chicago.  Margaret  Kellogg,  de- 
ceased, married  E.  W.  Crittenden,  of  New  York 
City,  a  nephew  of  Gov.  S.  J.  Tilden;  Ellen  mar- 
ried W.  B.  Stewart,  a  Wall  street  operator;  she 
is  also  deceased. 

In  boyhood  our  subject  traveled  in  Europe 
with  his  mother.  On  returning  to  the  United 
States  he  attended  the  naval  academy  at  An- 
napolis, Md.  When  fifteen  years  of  age  he  em- 
barked in  the  Texas  cattle  business,  which  he 
followed  for  some  years.  While  there  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Rifle  Rangers  of  Texas.  After- 
ward heengaged  in  mining  in  the  Black  Hills.  In 
1885  he  came  to  Aspen,  where  he  has  since  acted 
as  superintendent  and  general  manager  of  several 
mines,  among  them  the  Smuggler,  with  which  he 
has  been  connected  since  1886  as  manager,  and 
which  is  owned  by  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
substantial  companies  in  this  part  of  the  state. 


The  Smuggler  mine  is  located  at  the  base  of 
Smuggler  Mountain  and  almost  within  the  city 
limits  of  Aspen.  The  south  end  line  of  the 
Smuggler  is  the  north  end  line  of  the  Mollie  Gib- 
son mine.  It  is  one  of  the  great  mines  of  Aspen, 
producing  by  far  the  largest  tonnage  of  ore  of 
any  mine  in  Aspen,  and  has  paid  nearly  $1,500,- 
ooo  in  dividends.  In  the  year  1897  the  Smug- 
gler, in  connection  with  a  number  of  other 
mines,  caught  on  fire,  and,  it  is  said,  had  it  not 
been  for  Mr.  Hallett's  heroic  efforts,  all  the  mines 
would  have  been  destroyed,  which  would  have 
ruined  the  town  of  Aspen,  depending,  as  it  does, 
upon  the  mines  for  its  existence.  Had  Smug- 
gler Mountain  burned  the  mines  below  the  tun- 
nel would  have  been  ruined,  and  Mr.  Hallett  and 
his  men  deserve  great  credit  for  the  heroic  and 
successful  exertions  they  made  to  save  the  mines. 
The  Smuggler's  stock,  which  is  very  valuable, 
has  never  been  placed  on  the  market.  The  mine 
has  produced  more  than  $3,000,000  in  silver 
alone;  it  has  paid  $1,500,000 in  dividends,  and  is 
now  paying  over  $10,000  a  month,  with  extra 
dividends  at  times,  much  of  this  satisfactory  result 
being  due  to  the  able  management  of  the  super- 
intendent. 

Politically  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Hallett  was  his 
party's  delegate  to  the  national  convention  in 
Chicago  that  nominated  W.  J.  Bryan.  However, 
he  is  too  deeply  engaged  with  his  mining  inter- 
ests to  take  an  active  part  in  politics.  In  his 
community  he  stands  high.  He  was  married  in 
1876  to  Julia  Estelle  Gilham,  whose  father  was  a 
steamboat  captain  on  the  Mississippi  River. 


(TOSE  E.  SANCHEZ,  postmaster  and  general 
I  merchant  of  San  Pablo  and  county  comtnis- 
G)  sioner  of  Costilla  County,  was  born  in  Santa 
Fe,  N.  M.  He  received  his  education  in  St. 
Michael  College  in  that  city.  In  1879  he  became 
a  clerk  in  the  employ  of  F.  Meyer,  of  Costilla, 
N.  M.,  with  whom  he  remained  in  that  village 
for  ten  years  and  Fort  Garland,  Colo.,  being 
promoted  meanwhile  from  a  clerkship  to  the  man- 
ager of  the  store.  Coming  to  San  Pablo  he 
formed  a  partnership  in  the  mercantile  business 
with  his  brother,  Manuel  A.,  which  connection 
continued  for  seven  years  and  each  continued  in 
business  alone. 

Mr.  Sanchez  carries  in  his  store  a  full  line  of 
goods  suited  to  the  needs  of  the  people,  and  he 
has  built  up  an  important  trade,  the  people  hav- 
ing realized,  through  his  years  of  honest  effort, 


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that  he  is  a  man  of  integrity  as  well  as  enterprise. 
Politically  he  is  a  believer  in  Republican  princi- 
ples. For  two  years  he  served  as  deputy  sheriff. 
In  1895  he  was  elected  county  commissioner  and 
served  a  term  of  three  years,  retiring  from  office 
in  January,  1899. 

In  1884  Mr.  Sanchez  married  Dora,  daughter 
of  Ferd  Meyer,  and  they  have  one  son,  Willie  F. 
Mr.  Sanchez  is  one  of  the  leaders  among  his  peo- 
ple in  Costilla  County,  and  is  especially  promi- 
nent in  the  little  village  where  he  lives.  In  1898 
he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  San  Pablo  by 
President  McKinley.  Since  1890  he  has  been  a 
member  of  the  board  of  school  directors.  He  has 
also  held  other  offices  of  an  important  local  na- 
ture, and  in  each  position  has  rendered  efficient 
service. 


(S\  NSON  RUDD,  the  oldest  living  pioneer  of 
/  I  Canon  City,  was  born  in  Erie  County,  Pa., 
/  1  in  1819,  and  in  boyhood  became  familiar 
with  farm  work,  but  after  going  to  Columbus, 
Ohio,  he  was  for  three  years  employed  in  the 
newspaper  business  by  his  grandfather,  Jarvis 
Pike,  a  cousin  of  Capt.  Zebulon  Pike,  for  whom 
Pike's  Peak  was  named.  In  the  winter  of  1836- 
37  he  settled  in  Pike  County,  111.,  where  he 
learned  the  blacksmith's  trade.  When  the  Mex- 
ican war  broke  out  he  enlisted  and  served  with 
the  First  Illinois  Infantry,  Second  Requisition, 
remaining  in  the  service  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  when  he  received  an  honorable  discharge  at 
Santa  Fe. 

Instead  of  returning  to  Illinois  Mr.  Rudd  went 
to  California,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  until 
1854,  and  then  returned  east  via  Central  America 
and  New  Orleans,  to  Pittsfield,  111.  Thence  he 
proceeded  to  Iowa,  and  in  1857  became  one  of 
the  pioneers  to  Kansas.  Taking  up  land  he  gave 
his  attention  to  its  improvement  and  to  the  trade 
of  a  blacksmith,  which  he  followed.  In  1860  he 
came  by  ox  and  mule  team  to  Denver,  and  from 
there  crossed  the  mountains  to  the  Arkansas' Val- 
ley. He  was  the  commissioner  to  lay  out  the 
county,  and  was  elected  the  first  lieutenant-gov- 
ernor of  the  state,  but  did  not  serve,  owing  to  the 
fact  that  the  election  was  set  aside.  He  was  also 
the  first  sheriff  of  the  county  and  served  for  two 
terms  as  commissioner.  His  connection  with  the 
official  life  of  the  county  has  been  varied.  He 
has  served  as  provost  marshal,  oil  inspector,  post- 
master and  clerk  of  the  People's  court.  He  was 
one  of  the  locators  of  the  wagon  roads  to  the  Wet 


Mountain  Valley  and  the  river  road  to  the  Upper 
Arkansas  region,  as  well  as  the  road  to  Currant 
Creek  and  South  Park.  In  1870  he  acted  as 
guide  to  the  German  colony  that  settled  in  Wet 
Mountain  Valley.  For  several  years  he  was  pres- 
ident of  the  Canon  City  Ditch  Company.  He 
was  the  first  warden  of  the  penitentiary  under 
state  organization  and  one  of  the  commissioners 
to  locate  that  institution.  Politically  he  has  been 
a  lifelong  Republican.  In  1855  he  married  Har- 
riet Spencer,  a  descendant  of  John  Alden  and 
Priscilla  Mullins,  of  Puritan  fame.  They  became 
the  parents  of  two  children,  Anson  S. ,  of  Canon 
City,  and  a  daughter  deceased. 

Mr.  Rudd  has  been  connected  with  the  history 
of  Canon  City  from  its  earliest  days.  In  1860  he 
built  a  log  house,  which  is  still  standing  in  his 
yard,  and  which  was  the  first  house  in  the  place 
that  had  a  floor.  In  1881  it  was  replaced  by  his 
present  residence,  which  is  constructed  of  stone, 
with  walls  two  and  one-half  feet  thick.  Person- 
ally Mr.  Rudd  is  a  very  genial  man,  full  of  wit 
and  humor,  and  with  ability  of  a  superior  order. 


BENJAMIN  NEHER  owns  a  farm  compris- 
ing four  hundred  acres  of  land,  situated  one 
and  one-half  miles  south  of  Las  Animas, 
Bent  County.  The  advance  which,  has  been 
made  by  this  county  during  the  past  few  years  is 
due  to  the  efforts  of  such  men  as  he.  The  farm- 
ing population  is  for  the  most  part  composed  of 
men  who  are  strong  in  character,  energetic  in  dis- 
position, sensible  in  judgment  and  prompt  to  take 
advantage  of  whatever  will  prove  to  their  benefit. 
Nor  is  he  an  exception  to  this  class.  Since  set- 
tling upon  his  present  property  in  1894  he  has 
made  many  improvements  and  greatly  increased 
the  value  of  the  land. 

Near  Dallas,  Tex.,  Mr.  Neher  was  born  Octo- 
ber 16,  1862,  a  son  of  Hiob  and  Mary  F.  Neher. 
He  has  not  made  his  home  with  his  parents  since 
he  was  ten  years  of  age,  when  he  was  adopted  by 
William  Minser,  and  by  him  taken  to  Wyoming. 
In  1872  they  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Fort 
Lyon,  where  Mr.  Minser  was  commissary  ser- 
geant. Mr.  Neher  continued  with  Mr.  Minser 
until  the  latter  removed  from  this  locality,  when 
he,  believing  he  could  attain  success  here,  re- 
mained behind.  '  His  education  had  been  such  as 
the  common  schools  afforded,  and,  though  not 
broad,  was  thorough  and  fitted  him  for  the  man- 
agement of  business  affairs.  At  the  age  of  six- 
teen years  he  secured  employment  as  a  cattle 


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herder,  and  that  occupation  he  followed  for  twelve 
years,  meantime  saving  his  earnings  until  he  was 
able  to  buy  land  and  embark  in  farming. 

At  Las  Animas,  in  February,  1891,  Mr.  Neher 
married  Miss  Eva  Jones,  daughter  of  J.  C.  and 
Elizabeth  (Ham)  Jones,  and  two  children  have 
blessed  their  union,  James  and  Charles.  After 
his  marriage  he  engaged  in  the  dray  business  for 
six  years,  and  in  1894  bought  his  present  prop- 
erty, where  he  carries  on  stock-raising  and  gen- 
eral farm  pursuits.  From  early  youth  he  gave 
his  allegiance  to  the  Democratic  party,  and  dur- 
ing the  campaign  of  1896  he  became  a  strong  ad- 
herent of  the  silver  cause.  For  two  terms  he 
served  as  alderman  of  Las  Animas,  and  he  has 
also  been  a  member  of  the  county  registration 
board.  At  one  time  he  was  nominated  by  the 
People's  party  for  sheriff  of  Bent  County,  but  was 
defeated.  He  is  a  member  of  Elder  Lodge  No. 
ii,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which  he  has  filled  several 
chairs. 

(JOHN  B.  O'NEIL,  of  La  Junta,  owns  one- 
I  half  interest  in  the  leading  hardware,  imple- 
O  ment  and  harness  store  in  Otero  County,  he 
and  his  partner,  Charles  W.  Bomgardner,  con- 
ducting a  large  trade  under  the  -firm  title  of  Bom- 
gardner &  O'Neil.  Besides  this  business  he  owns 
other  valuable  interests,  the  principal  one  being 
the  sheep  business,  he  and  his  brothers  owning 
about  four  thousand  sheep  on  a  ranch  of  nine 
hundred  acres.  In  both  industries,  the  hardware 
business  and  sheep-raising,  he  has  proved  him- 
self to  be  a  man  of  ability,  perseverance  and  ex- 
cellent judgment. 

In  Oneida  County,  N.Y.,  Mr.  O'Neil  was  born 
February  7,  1849.  His  father,  James,  who  was 
a  native  of  Ireland,  emigrated  to  the  United 
States  in  early  manhood  and  settled  in  Oneida 
County,  N.  Y.,  where  he  devoted  his  remaining 
years  to  farm  pursuits.  He  died  at  the  age  of 
about  forty  years.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Katherine  Butler,  was  born  in  New  York 
City  and  died  in  1892,  at  sixty-four  years  of  age. 
In  religion  she  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  Church. 

Upon  the  home  farm  our  subject  passed  the 
years  of  boyhood.  When  he  was  seventeen  years 
old  he  went  to  Utica,  N.  Y.,  and  served  there  an 
apprenticeship  of  three  years  to  the  tinsmith's 
trade.  Afterward  for  three  years  he  was  em- 
ployed at  Balston  Spa,  and  then  embarked  in 
business  for  himself,  opening  a  hardware  and  tin- 


ware store.  Five  years  later  he  sold  out,  and 
coming  west  to  Denver,  Colo.,  engaged  in  the 
hotel  business.  In  1884  he  located  on  govern- 
ment land  seven  miles  east  of  La  Junta  and 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  two  brothers,  con- 
tinuing to  devote  his  entire  attention  to  the  stock 
business  until  1890,  when  he  purchased  an  inter- 
est in  his  present  business. 

By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Tressa  Roberts,  of 
La  Junta,  Mr.  O'Neil  has  three  children,  Katie, 
John  and  Esther.  In  politics  he  believes  in  the 
principles  of  the  People's  party.  In  1893,  1894 
and  1895  he  served  as  county  commissioner,  and 
during  the  last  year  was  chairman  of  the  board. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World.  He  is  a  consistent  member  of  the 
Roman  Catholic  Church,  in  which  religion  he 
was  reared.  He  is  a  man  of  definite  aim  in  life, 
one  who  has  started  in  business  with  the  inten- 
tion of  succeeding,  and  who,  by  his  energy  and 
ability,  is  abundantly  qualified  to  attain  prosper- 
ity and  prominence.  ~  Local  enterprises  receive 
his  support,  and  as  far  as  possible  he  personally 
aids  those  projects  originated  for  the  benefit  of 
his  town  and  county. 


(I  AMES  G.  THOMAS  is  interested  in  what- 
I  ever  tends  to  promote  the  moral,  intellectual 
G)  and  material  welfare  of  Rye  and  of  Pueblo 
County.  He  was  born  in  Warren  County,  Ky., 
fourteen  miles  from  Bowling  Green,  February  12, 
1854,  and  at  the  age  of  three  was  taken  by  his 
parents  to  Shelby  County,  Mo.,  where  his  father 
died  two  years  later.  The  mother  with  her  family 
then  returned  to  Kentucky,  but  remained  there 
only  a  year,  when  they  again  became  residents  of 
Shelby  County,  Mo. ,  and  made  their  home  there 
for  thirteen  years.  Our  subject  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  county.  In  1873,  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  years,  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  located  in  Huerfano  Canon,  where  for  some 
time  he  taught  school  in  the  country.  In  1877 
he  took  up  his  residence  in  Rye,  and  continued 
to  follow  the  teacher's  profession  in  this  section 
for  several  years.  He  established  his  present 
.store  in  March,  1881,  in  partnership  with  his 
brother,  J.  W.,  who  is  also  his  partner  in  the 
ranch  and  cattle  business.  Since  then  he  has 
engaged  in  merchandising  with  good  success, 
having  a  well-stocked  store,  40  x  60  feet,  besides 
a  warehouse.  By  fair  and  honorable  dealing  he 
has  built  up  an  excellent  trade,  and  has  pros- 
pered in  his  new  home,  owning  besides  his  city 


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property  a  valuable  farm  near  Rye.  He  is  quite 
extensively  interested  in  stock-raising,  and  in 
1898  raised  more  wheat  than  anyone  in  his 
section. 

In  1880  Mr.  Thomas  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Kate  Say  lor,  daughter  of  Jacob  Saylor, 
a  hotel  man  of  Rye,  and  to  them  were  born 
five  children,  two  of  whom  are  living,  Ralph  and 
Muriel.  As  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Thomas  takes  an 
active  part  in  local  politics,  has  served  as  a  dele- 
gate to  the  conventions  of  his  party,  and  does  all 
in  his  power  to  advance  its  interests.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  South  for  twenty  years.  He  has  worked 
hard  to  build  up  the  town  of  Rye,  where  he  built 
the  hotel  and  his  store,  the  two  largest  build- 
ings in  town,  as  well  as  the  neat  residence  in 
which  he  and  his  family  reside.  The  old  post- 
office  was  originally  located  two  and  a-quarter 
miles  northwest  of  the  present  village.  He  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  postmaster  during 
President  Garfield's  administration,  and  held  the 
position  eight  years.  He  was  again  appointed  to 
this  office  in  1894,  during  Cleveland's  administra- 
tion, and  held  the  position  until  1898.  The  name 
of  the  postoffice  was  originally  Table  Mountain, 
but  for  brevity's  sake  it  was  renamed  Rye  by  Mr. 
Thomas.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  school 
board,  and  has  been  identified  with  nearly  every 
enterprise  for  the  advancement  of  his  town  and 
county. 

(3AMUEL  WHITE  HOODING,  who  is  en- 
Nk  gaged  in  ranching  thirteen  miles  above 
Q)  Saguache,  at  what  was  formerly  known  as 
Rock  Cliff,  is  a  native  of  England,  born  in  Lon- 
don, September  23,  1843,  a  son  of  William  Henry 
and  Susan  (Sweet)  Hodding.  His  early  educa- 
tion was  acquired  in  England,  but  when  thirteen 
years  of  age  he  went  to  sea  as  an  apprentice  on 
the  merchant  marine.  During  the  thirteen  years 
spent  upon  the  ocean  he  visited  all  the  ports  of 
India,  China  and  Australia,  and  for  nine  years  of 
the  time  he  was  an  officer  of  the  Peninsular  and 
Oriental  Steam  Navigation  Company,  the  largest 
company  of  its  kind  that  visited  the  Orient.  For 
five  years  he  was  connected  with  the  station  at 
Bombay. 

Coming  direct  from  England  to  Colorado  in 
1870,  Mr.  Hodding  was  for  nine  months  engaged 
with  a  stockman  near  Pueblo,  during  which  time 
he  became  familiar  with  the  customs  of  the  peo- 


ple and  the  details  of  the  stock  business.  He  then 
decided  to  start  out  for  himself,  and  came  to  the 
ranch  where  he  is  now  located,  April  28,  1871, 
taking  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  To  this 
he  has  since  added  until  he  has  become  the  owner 
of  five  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  mostly  pasture 
and  hay  land.  Buying  milch  cows,  he  embarked 
in  the  dairy  business.  He  started  with  Texas 
cattle,  but  later  disposed  of  these,  and  in  their 
place  had  Jersey  cattle.  From  Saguache  Creek 
he  secured  running  water  and  good  water  rights. 
He  became  known  as  the  Saguache  dairy  king. 
His  profits  from  his  dairy  were  about  $2 50  a 
month,  most  of  which  was  paid  him  by  customers 
in  Saguache.  In  1897  ^e  exchanged  the  Jersey 
stock  for  the  Shorthorn  variety,  and  has  since  re- 
tired from  dairying.  At  the  time  that  he  settled 
here  there  were  no  white  men  near  him,  his  only 
neighbors  being  the  Indians,  with  whom  he 
traded  and  was  on  friendly  terms.  The  winter 
after  he  came  to  this  county  the  wolves  were  so 
bad  that  they  would  often  drive  the  cattle  out  of 
the  woods,  and  in  the  spring  many  of  the  cattle 
had  been  so  torn  in  the  haunches  that  they  were 
unfit  for  the  market.  He  experienced  all  the 
hardships  of  frontier  life,  its  vicissitudes,  dangers 
and  privations,  but  has  had  the  good  fortune  to 
see  settlements  established  in  this  region,  towns 
built  up  and  improvements  made.  He  assisted 
in  the  starting  of  Saguache,  and  for  building  one 
of  the  first  and  best  houses  in  the  town  was  pre- 
sented with  a  lot  here. 

Politically  a  Republican,  Mr.  Hodding  has 
served  as  judge  of  election,  and  for  many  years 
was  justice  of  the  peace,  also  has  served  as  secre- 
tary of  the  school  board.  In  religion  he  is  a 
member  of  the  Church  of  England.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  Olive  Branch  Lodge  No.  32, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  has  done  much  to  assist  in 
the  development  of  the  mining  interests  of 
Saguache  County,  particularly  at  Biedell,  on  the 
Cochetopa,  and  Sky  City  in  the  Big  Park. 
While  he  had  few  opportunities  for  attending 
school  when  a  boy  he  nevertheless  acquired  an 
excellent  classical  education,  with  a  fair  knowl- 
edge of  Latin  and  Greek.  His  time  is  so  en- 
grossed by  his  business  affairs  that  he  has  little 
opportunity  for  recreation,  and  his  only  relaxa- 
tion is  found  in  whist,  of  which  he  is  quite  fond. 
One  of  his  early  experiences  in  Colorado  was  on  a 
trip  to  Denver  by  team  to  secure  winter  supplies, 
when  he  met  Senator  Tabor,  who  was  then  con- 
ducting a  small  store  at  Granite.  At  night  they 


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stayed  at  the  same  place,  and  Tabor  bantered 
him  about  the  English  being  such  fine  whist  play- 
ers. Tabor  had  a  barrel  of  apples  (then  a  great 
luxury  and  sold  at  a  very  high  price),  and  it  was 
agreed  that  they  should  play,  the  loser  to  pay  for 
the  apples  eaten.  The  result  was  that  Senator 
Tabor  lost  about  one-third  of  a  barrel  of  apples. 

August  22,  1872,  Mr.  Hodding  married  Emily 
Margaret  Walford,  of  England,  where  they  were 
married.  She  died  in  1885,  and  of  the  five  chil- 
dren born  of  the  union  only  two  are  living,  Fred- 
erick, who  is  engaged  in  the  life  insurance  busi- 
ness, and  Herbert  Gray. 


'HEODORE  F.  SCHROEDER,  member  of 

the  state  legislature  from  Cheyenne  and 
Kit  Carson  Counties,  was  born  near  Dart- 
mund,  in  the  province  of  Westphalia,  Germany, 
in  1847.  He  is  a  son  of  Theodore  F.  and  Berna- 
dine  (Schaferhoff)  Schroeder,  natives  of  West- 
phalia, where  the  former  died  in  1896,  at  the  age 
of  eighty-six,  and  the  latter  in  1892,  when  eighty 
years  of  age.  In  the  family  were  five  sons  and 
One  daughter.  Of  these,  Henry  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Sedan,  in  the  Franco-Prussian  war  in 
1870;  Joseph  died  in  1875;  Bernard  is  a  miner 
in  Essen,  Germany;  and  William  is  a  carpenter 
in  Westphalia.  Bernadine,  the  only  daughter, 
died  in  1871,  at  twenty  years  of  age. 

In  the  excellent  schools  of  Germany  our  sub- 
ject received  his  education.  At  the  age  of  sev- 
enteen he  secured  employment  in  an  office  in  his 
native  town,  and  remained  there  and  in  the  bur- 
gomaster's office  for  several  years.  In  1868  he 
crossed  the  Atlantic,  landing  in  New  York  City, 
from  which  place  he  went  to  Savannah  and  Ma- 
con,  Ga.  At  Savannah  he  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  the  regular  army,  and  for  three  years  was  em- 
ployed in  the  commissary  and  quartermaster's 
department.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of 
service  he  went  to  Iowa,  where,  and  in  Illinois, 
he  remained  until  1875.  He  then  came  west  to 
Colorado  and  for  seven  years  engaged  in  the  dairy 
business  near  Denver.  Later,  securing  employ- 
ment on  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad,  he  was  ap- 
pointed stationary  engineer  at  Montero,  Chey- 
enne Wells  and  Mirage,  in  which  position  he  re- 
mained until  January,  1892.  During  the  next 
six  years  he  served  as  county  clerk  of  Cheyenne 
County,  and  also  as  clerk  of  the  district  and  county 
court.  While  employed  as  engineer  of  the  city 
pump  of  Cheyenne  Wells,  he  was  elected  to  the 
state  legislature  in  1898,  and  is  filling  that  posi- 


tion with  discretion  and  tact.  He  secured  the 
passage  of  three  important  bills  in  the  interest  of 
his  people:  one  for  the  sinking  of  an  artesian  well 
in  Cheyenne  County;  another  for  a  bridge  in  Kit 
Carson  County,  and  the  other  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  the  state  farm  at  Cheyenne  Wells. 

In  1883  Mr.  Schroeder  married  Miss  Mattie 
Miller,  who  was  born  in  Iowa  and  died  in  Colo- 
rado, of  inflammatory  rheumatism,  twenty-two 
months  after  her  marriage.  The  second  marriage 
of  Mr.  Schroeder  took  place  in  1887  and  united 
him  with  Miss  Katie  Reilley,  who  was  born  in 
Montreal,  Canada,  and  was  orphaned  at  an  early 
age.  The  three  children  born  of  this  union  are: 
Ethel  Bernardina,  Bessie  Frances  and  Theodore 
Edward.  Politically  our  subject  has  always 
affiliated  with  the  Republicans.  He  is  a  member 
of  Burlington  Lodge  No.  77,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.; 
P.  G.  of  Ivanhoe  Lodge  No.  100,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
and  P.  M.  of  Hugo  Lodge  No.  41,  A.  O.  U.  W., 
also  P.  C.  of  Sherman  Lodge  No.  67,  K.  P., 
at  Cheyenne  Wells,  in  all  of  which  organizations 
he  is  highly  esteemed  for  his  many  admirable 
qualities  and  noble  character. 


©  AMUEL  N.  WHEELER.  Of  success  in  the 
7\  professional  world,  earned  by  the  exercise  of 
\~/  sound  judgment,  energy  and  ability,  an  ex- 
ample is  found  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Wheeler,  attor- 
ney-at-law,  of  Grand  Junction.  Not  alone  in  his 
profession,  but  in  public  affairs  as  well,  he  has 
wielded  a  large  influence,  and  has  been  an  im- 
portant factor  in  promoting  the  growth  of  his 
town  and  the  welfare  of  the  people.  Since  he 
came  to  this  city  in  1890  he  has  built  up  an 
important  and  growing  practice  and  has  also 
wielded  considerable  influence  in  the  councils  of 
the  Democratic  party. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Jackson  Wheeler, 
removed  from  Virginia  to  Missouri,  where  he 
purchased  land  and  engaged  in  farming.  During 
the  Civil  war  he  served  in  the  Confederate  army 
under  the  illustrious  "Stonewall"  Jackson.  By 
his  marriage  to  Jane  Triplett,  of  Virginia,  he  had 
eight  children,  five  of  whom  are  now  living,  all 
but  our  subject  being  in  Missouri.  The  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Clarke  County,  Va.,  in 
1857,  and  accompanied  his  parents  to  Missouri  in 
1868.  He  was  educated  in  common  schools,  and 
Warrensburg  Normal  School,  and  paid  for  the  ex- 
pense of  his  education  by  teaching.  He  read  law 
under  a  well-known  attorney  at  Warrensburg, 
Mo.,  and  in  1882  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the 


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Missouri  bar,  after  which  he  took  a  course  of 
lectures  in  the  University  of  Virginia.  Going  to 
New  Orleans  in  1884,  he  taught  in  a  select  high 
school  for  eighteen  months.  The  practice  of  his 
profession  he  began  at  Odessa,  Mo.,  in  1886,  but 
in  the  following  year  moved  to  southwestern 
Kansas  and  thence  in  1 890  came  to  Grand  Junc- 
tion. Here  he  was  associated  in  practice  with 
Judge  W.  S.  Sullivan  until  1895,  since  which 
time  be  has  been  alone.  A  close  student  of  his 
profession,  he  has  become  thoroughly  acquainted 
with  the  laws  of  the  state,  as  well  as  the  general 
laws  of  the  nation  and  those  of  other  states. 
Aside  from  his  practice,  to  which  his  attention  is 
largely  given,  he  also  has  real-estate  interests  in 
Grand  Junction  and  owns  several  fruit  ranches 
near  Fruita,  Mesa  County.  At  this  writing  he 
acts  as  attorney  for  the  Colorado  State  Bank  and 
the  Colorado  Midland  Railroad  at  this  point. 

The  political  views  of  Mr.  Wheeler  bring  him 
into  close  contact  with  the  leaders  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party  in  this  locality.  For  two  years  he 
served  as  city  attorney.  In  the  fall  of  1898  he 
was  a  candidate  for  the  nomination  for  district 
judge,  in  his  judicial  district,  but  for  personal 
reasons  withdrew  from  the  race  before  the  con- 
vening of  the  judicial  convention.  The  best  in- 
terests of  the  community  receive  his  support,  and 
he  aids  in  worthy  public  enterprises.  In  Mesa 
Lodge  No.  58, 1.  O.  O.  F.,  he  has  filled  all  of  the 
chairs.  His  marriage,  which  took  place  in  1888, 
united  him  with  Miss  Frances  Hereford,  of  Mis- 
souri. Their  children  are  Rowena,  Samuel  N. 
Jr.,  and  Virginia. 

I  GUIS  N.  MC  LANE.      Any  history  of  the 
1C    eastern  part  of  Colorado  would  not  be  com- 

I 1  J  plete  without  a  sketch  of  this  early  pioneer. 
For  a  number  of  years  Louis  N.  McLaue  was  the 
man  most  prominently  identified  with  that  sec- 
tion of  the  state  tributary  to  the  Kansas  branch 
of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.     Coming  to  the 
state  a  young  man  when  the  railroad  was  build- 
ing, he  at  once  grasped  the  opportunities  pre- 
sented and  became  a  leader  in  all  that  went  to 
make  up  the  business  and  social  life  of  that  sec- 
tion.    When  the  railroad  company  decided  to 
collect  thousands  of  buffalo  heads  to  be  used  for 
advertising  purposes,  Mr.  McLane  was  asked  to 
undertake  the  task  of  securing  them,  and  during 
that  period  his  hunting  parties  ranged  the  entire 
eastern  portion  of  what  is  now  Colorado,  follow- 
ing the  meanderings  of  the  great  herd.     Follow- 


ing this  period  in  the  history  of  that  section  came 
the  era  of  cattle-growing,  and  the  herds  of  Mr. 
Me  Lane  were  among  the  first  to  cover  the  old 
ranges  of  the  buffalo.  It  was  not  many  years 
before  he  was  reckoned  among  the  "cattle  kings" 
of  the  west,  and  while  his  energies  were  almost 
entirely  absorbed  by  his  cattle  interests  and  the 
home  ranch  on  Goose  Creek,  just  over  the  Colo- 
rado line,  in  western  Kansas,  his  connection  with 
the  railroad  company  continued  for  years  after; 
the  heads  of  the  road  having  so  long  relied  on  his 
judgment  and  assistance  in  the  conduct  of  the  line 
at  that  division,  they  insisted  upon  him  retaining 
a  nominal  position  with  the  company. 

When  the  rush  of  settlers  spread  over  the 
plains  of  eastern  Colorado,  Mr.  McLane  laid  out 
the  town  site  of  Cheyenne  Wells  and  gave  atten- 
tion to  its  upbuilding.  It  was  largely  through 
his  efforts  that  Cheyenne  County  was  formed  by 
the  state  legislature  out  of  the  old  counties  of  Bent 
and  Elbert,  and  he  accepted  the  appointment  as  a 
commissioner  of  the  new  county  in  order  to  see  it 
properly  organized,  holding  the  position  as  long 
as  he  considered  he  could  in  justice  to  himself  and 
family  remain  a  resident  of  Cheyenne  Wells.  It 
was  through  the  influence  of  Mr.  McLane  that  in 
the  town  of  Cheyenne  Wells  was  made  a  division 
point  on  the  Kansas  Pacific,  and  in  order  to  se- 
cure the  removal  of  the  headquarters  from  Wal- 
lace it  was  made  necessary  for  the  town  company 
of  which  he  was  president  to  erect  and  operate  a 
railroad  hotel  for  an  eating  station.  This  was 
done,  and  the  house  is  still  operated  under  Mr. 
McLane's  management,  although  his  home  is  in 
Denver. 

The  part  that  Mr.  McLane  enacted  in  the  pur- 
suit of  the  Ute  Indians,  who,  in  1878,  murdered 
his  brother,  Joseph,  is  written  in  the  greater  his- 
tory of  the  state  of  Colorado.  It  is  only  necessary 
in  this  connection  to  say  that  the  Uteshold  in  the 
greatest  of  respect  the  man  who  of  all  the  many 
they  had  made  the  object  of  their  treachery  gave 
them  the  hardest  fight  they  ever  experienced  and 
whose  unrelenting  pursuit,  more  than  any  other 
one  thing,  made  reservation  Indians  of  the  tribe 
that  was  the  bitterest  foe  of  the  white  settlers  of 
Colorado. 

Mr.  McLane,  in  addition  to  his  cattle  and  other 
interests  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state,  has  been 
a  steady  patron  of  the  mining  fields  of  the  moun- 
tain section.  His  prospectors  were  among  the 
first  to  enter  Aspen,  and  but  for  the  accidental 
death  of  his  mining  associate,  many  of  the  great 


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mines  of  that  section  would  have  been  owned  by 
him.  The  killing  of  this  man  left  the  records  of  his 
locations  in  such  a  shape  that  Mr.  McLane  lost 
heavily  in  properties  that  made  some  of  the 
wealthiest  citizens  of  the  state,  and  only  interests 
in  Mollie  Gibson  and  Lone  Pine  were  left  as  the 
reward  of  his  foresight  in  appraising  the  impor- 
tance of  the  mineral  deposits  in  that  section.  He 
was  also  a  pioneer  in  the  development  of  Creede 
camp,  in  which  he  is  largely  interested  at  the 
present  time. 

FT  UDOLPHUS  M.  TAYLOR,  the  owner  of  a 
ry  ranch  of  two  hundred  acres  near  Pagosa 
1_  Springs,  Archuleta  County,  was  born  in 
Jefferson  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1846,  a  son  of  Albert 
and  Harriet  Taylor.  He  was  educated  in  Mexico 
Academy  and  Meade's  Commercial  College  at 
Oswego,  N.  Y.  Much  of  his  youth  was  spent  in 
Oswego  County,  where,  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
years,  he  enlisted  in  Company  K,  Twenty-fourth 
New  York  Cavalry,  assigned  to  the  Ninth  Army 
Corps,  under  Generals  Meade  and  Sheridan. 
With  his  regiment  he  went  to  the  front  and  took 
part  in  the  various  engagements  of  the  army  of 
the  Potomac,  including  the  battles  of  the  Wilder- 
ness and  Petersburg.  From  the  ranks  he  was 
promoted  to  be  first  sergeant,  and  as  such  was 
mustered  out  at  the  close  of  the  war.  During  his 
term  of  service  he  was  neither  wounded  nor  cap- 
tured. His  colonel,  William  Roulison,  was  taken 
prisoner  and  confined  in  Libby  prison.  While 
there  he  organized  the  escaping  party  and  was 
shot  in  endeavoring  to  make  his  escape. 

On  his  return  to  New  York  our  subject  re- 
sumed his  studies,  which  had  been  interrupted 
by  the  war.  After  three  years  of  study,  in  1868, 
he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Oswego, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  until  1873,  and  then 
sold  out  his  interest  in  the  business.  For  two 
years  he  engaged  in  freighting  on  the  Erie  Canal 
from  Oswego  to  New  York  City,  but  was  obliged 
to  sell  out  on  account  of  poor  health.  Going  to 
Maryland  he  spent  a  year  on  the  eastern  shore. 
In  1876  he  went  back  to  Oswego  County,  where 
he  remained  until  his  father's  death,  in  1880, 
meantime  superintending  the  homestead. 

In  1 88 1  Mr.  Taylor  came  to  Pagosa  Springs 
(then  Fort  Lewis)  Colo.,  and  here  engaged  in 
government  contracting,  furnishing  fuel  for  the 
barracks  at  the  fort.  In  1882  he  went  to  Big 
Rapids,  Mich.,  and  for  one  year  was  employed 
as  bookkeeper  and  paymaster  by  the  Muskegon 


Booming  Company.  Returning  to  Pagosa  Springs 
in  1883,  accompanied  by  his  family,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  sheep  business,  owning  a  ranch 
of  two  hundred  acres  near  town,  and  here  he  now 
raises  cattle.  When  Archuleta  was  cut  off  from 
Conejos  County,  in  1884,  Governor  Eaton  ap- 
pointed him  the  first  county  clerk  of  the  new 
county,  and  in  1885  he  was  unanimously  elected 
to  this  office.  By  subsequent  re-election  he  con- 
tinued in  the  same  office  until  1896,  making  a 
period  of  twelve  years  of  service.  From  1884  to 
1894  he  served  as  clerk  of  the  district  court,  for 
several  years  was  town  clerk,  and  also  held  the 
office  of  clerk  of  the  county  court.  On  every 
ticket  where  his  name  has  been  placed  he  has 
been  successful,  a  fact  which  shows  his  popular- 
ity. In  all  questions  affecting  the  public  welfare 
he  takes  a  leading  part  and  has  firm  convictions, 
his  political  views  being  in  accord  with  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  strongly  advocated  the  in- 
corporation of  the  town  of  Pagosa  and  was  influ- 
ential in  this  work.  Possessing  resolution  and  pur- 
pose of  will  he  is  not  easily  swerved  from  his  opin- 
ions when  once  they  are  formed;  hence,  when  once 
convinced  of  the  justice  of  a  cause  he  is  seldom 
seen  to  change  to  the  opposite  view.  While  in 
Oswego  he  identified  himself  with  the  Masonic 
fraternity.  He  is  grand  marshal  of  the  Grand 
Army  post  recently  organized  at  Pagosa  Springs. 
In  1871  he  married  Myra  Sabin,  of  Oswego,  N.Y., 
only  daughter  of  Vincent  Sabin.  They  have  one 
child,  Hattie  M.,  wife  of  V.  C.  McGirr,  an  attor- 
ney-at-law  at  Pagosa  Springs. 


0 LIVER  W..  SPICER,  M.  D.,  county  phy- 
sician of  El  Paso  County  and  local  surgeon 
for  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
road at  Colorado  Springs,  came  to  Colorado  in 
1881,  settling  in  Evans  on  the  ist  of  September 
and  practicing  in  Loveland  for  four  years.  Since 
December  i,  1886,  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
general  practice  of  medicine  in  Colorado  Springs. 
He  was  born  near  New  Concord,  Muskingum 
County,  Ohio,  October  26,  1848,  a  son  of  Thomas 
and  Rebecca  Devore  (Wilson)  Spicer,  natives  of 
Ohio  and  Pennsylvania  respectively.  His  grand- 
father, Thomas  Spicer,  Sr. ,  was  a  son  of  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier. 

The  youngest  of  three  children,  Thomas  Spicer, 
Jr. ,  was  reared  in  Muskingum  County  from  boy- 
hood, and  clean. d  two  farms  there  while  he  was 
still  a  young  man.  In  1856  he  removed  to  Mon- 
mouth,  111.,  and  after  three  years  went  to  Mercer 


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County,  the  same  state,  where  he  improved  a 
farm.  After  some  time,  however,  he  returned  to 
Monmouth  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  that  city. 
From  youth  he  has  been  identified  with  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  has 
served  as  a  ruling  elder  for  thirty-five  years. 
Since  1889  he  has  made  his  home  in  Colorado 
Springs.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Hugh  Wil- 
son, a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  an  early  set- 
tler of  Muskingum  County,  Ohio.  They  became 
the  parents  of  four  children,  of  whom  Mrs.  Mary 
C.  Atchison  lives  in  Victor,  Colo. ;  J.  Calvin  is 
in  Colorado  Springs;  and  Thomas  H.  resides  in 
Monmouth,  111. 

When  the  family  removed  to  Illinois  our  sub- 
ject was  eight  years  of  age.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Mercer  County  and  in  Mon- 
mouth College,  which  he  attended  for  two  years. 
To  assist  in  defraying  his  college  expenses,  he 
taught  school  for  two  terms.  Under  Dr.  J.  P. 
McClanahan,  of  Norwood,  111.,  he  began  the  study 
of  medicine,  after  which  he  entered  the  Chicago 
Medical  ( now  the  Northwestern  University  Med- 
ical) College,  and  continued  his  studies  there  until 
he  graduated,  March  13,  1873,  with  the  degree 
of  M.  D.  Meantime  he  had  gained  considerable 
experience  through  hospital  work.  His  first  of- 
fice was  in  College  Springs,  Page  County,  Iowa, 
where  he  remained  until  1881.  His  first  location 
in  Colorado  was  at  Evans,  but  after  eighteen 
months  he  removed  to  Loveland,  and  from  there 
in  1886  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  has 
since  carried  on  a  general  practice,  with  office  in 
the  Degraff  building,  and  residence  at  No.  423 
North  Weber  street.  Since  January,  1890,  he 
has  acted  as  surgeon  for  the  Santa  Fe  road,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Santa  Fe  Association  of  Rail- 
way Surgeons.  At  one  time  he  was  president  o 
the  El  Paso  County  Medical  Society,  of  which  he 
is  still  a  member,  as  he  is  also  of  the  State  Medi- 
cal Association.  Politically  he  favors  Repub-  • 
lican  principles.  He  is  a  man  of  temperate  habits 
and  a  warm  advocate  of  those  enterprises  calcu- 
lated to  advance  temperance  principles  among  the 
people.  All  worthy  objects  receive  his  sympathy 
and,  as  far  as  possible,  his  assistance.  Especially 
has  he  been  interested  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  in 
which  he  is  a  director.  He  was  one  of  the  prime 
factors  in  the  organization  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian Church  here  and  has  since  served  the  con- 
gregation as  a  ruling  elder,  besides  which  he  has 
for  years  served  as  chorister  and  as  tenor  singer 
in  the  choir. 


In  Biggsville,  111.,  Dr.  Spicer  married  Miss 
Harriet  E.  McQuown,  daughter  of  Isaac  Mc- 
Quown,  who  has  been  a  farmer  there  for  years. 
They  are  the  parents  of  four  children:  Mabel  A., 
Charles  Clyde,  Carroll  A.  and  Wilma  Olive. 
The  older  daughter  has  been  a  student  of  Vassar 
College,  graduating  in  June,  1899.  The  older 
son,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the  high  school  of  Colo- 
rado Springs  and  a  member  of  the  class  of  1901, 
in  Colorado  College,  served  as  a  lieutenant  in  the 
Leadville  war,  and  at  the  opening  of  the  Spanish- 
American  war  was  commissioned  captain  of  Com- 
pany M,  First  Colorado  Volunteer  Infantry,  with 
which  he.  is  now  serving  in  the  Philippines.  He 
is  a  young  man  of  ability  and  a  very  popular 
officer  among  the  men  of  his  command. 


HENRY  R.  THOMPSON,  who  has  built  up 
an  important  practice  as  a  veterinary  sur- 
geon and  dentist,  has  for  some  years  made 
his  home  and  business  headquarters  in  Pueblo, 
and  is  well  known  here,  especially  among  owners 
of  and  dealers  in  horses  and  other  domestic  ani- 
mals. Having  made  a  careful  study  of  diseases 
which  are  found  among  horses,  and  having  given 
thoughtful  attention  to  remedial  agencies  to  be 
employed,  he  has  met  with  success  in  the  cases 
which  have  been  brought  to  him,  and  has  often 
been  able  to  help  where  others  have  failed. 

A  son  of  F.  A.  and  Mary  (Thomas)  Thomp- 
son, the  former  of  whom  has  been  a  farmer  in 
Kansas  for  years  and  also  held  prominent  local 
offices,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Concordia,  that  state,  in  1871.  He  was  one  of 
six  sons,  of  whom  all  but  himself  remain  with 
their  parents;  he  also  has  one  sister,  now  mar- 
ried. His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the 
llocal  public  schools.  From  an  early  age  he  was 
fond  of  horses.  Those  owned  by  his  father  were 
his  special  pets,  and  he  not  only  enjoyed  a  ride 
upon  a  good  horse,  but,  as  years  passed  by,  he 
began  to  study  their  diseases  and  the  best  way  of 
remedying  them.  Finally,  wishing  to  become 
skilled  in  this  work,  he  entered  the  Kansas  City 
Veterinary  College,  which  not  only  embodies  the 
horse,  but  all  other  domestic  animals  in  its  various 
studies.  From  this  institution  he  graduated,  and 
he  also  graduated  from  the  School  of  Pharmacy 
in  Kansas  City.  Soon  afterward  he  located  in 
Olathe,  Kan  ,  and  practiced  in  that  town  and 
throughout  Johnson  County. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in   1895  Mr.  Thompson 
spent  one  year  in  Leadville  and  then  came  to 


MAURICE  E.  MORROW. 


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Pueblo,  where  he  has  since  built  up  a  good  prac- 
tice. In  1897  he  married  Miss  Edna  Fitzsim- 
mons,  a  native  of  Kansas.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, and  in  politics  he  is  a  pronounced  friend  of 
the  Republican  part}'.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
United  States  Veterinary  Medical  Association, 
also  the  Missouri  Valley  and  Colorado  Veterinary 
Associations. 


JAURICE  E.  MORROW,  county  commis- 
sioner of  Garfield  County  and  the  owner  of 
a  ranch  situated  near  Glenwood  Springs, 
was  born  in  Hamilton  County,  Ind.,  July  14, 
1850,  a  son  of  James  and  Rebecca  (Jessup)  Mor- 
row, natives  respectively  of  Kentucky  and  North 
Carolina.  The  family  of  which  he  is  a  member 
was  founded  in  America  in  an  early  day  by  four 
brothers,  who  emigrated  from  Ireland  to  Virginia 
and  all  of  whom  afterward  bore  an  honorable 
part  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  His  maternal 
ancestors  were  quakers  and  settled  in  North  Caro- 
lina during  colonial  days.  When  a  boy  James 
Morrow  moved  to  Indiana  and  afterward  con- 
tinued to  reside  upon  a  farm  in  that  state.  He 
was  identified  with  the  Republican  party  after  its 
organization.  In  his  family  there  were  four  sons 
and  three  daughters.  Ebenezer  entered  the  Union 
army  at  fourteen  years  of  age,  joining  the  Fifth 
Indiana  Cavalry,  in  which  he  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war;  he  died  some  years  after  the 
war.  William  is  a  farmer  in  Kansas,  and  Albert 
is  engaged  in  railroading.  Elizabeth,  the  wife  of 
William  Combs,  lives  in  Kansas;  Lillie  died  in 
1882,  and  May  died  when  young. 

At  ten  years  of  age  our  subject  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Illinois,  and  three  years  later  he  started 
out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  During 
the  summer  months  he  worked  on  a  farm,  while 
in  the  winter  he  worked  nights  and  mornings  to 
pay  for  his  board,  and  during  the  day  he  attended 
school.  Fond  of  music,  he  made  a  specialty  of 
this  study  from  childhood,  and  afterward  en- 
gaged in  teaching  it,  as  well  as  teaching  school. 
In  1884  he  came  to  Colorado  and  located  prop- 
erty near  Glenwood  Springs.  From  this  land  he 
has  improved  a  ranch,  with  a  large  herd  of  stock 
and  a  fine  dairy.  He  has  seen  the  remarkable 
development  of  the  country.  When  he  came 
here  everything  was  new.  No  railroads  had  been 
built  through  the  county,  no  buildings  had  been 
erected,  and  almost  the  only  indication  of  human 
life  was  the  presence  of  Indians  near  by,  Glen- 

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wood  Springs  itself  contained  nothing  but  a  few 
tents  and  four  dilapidated  wooden  buildings,  and 
it  would  have  required  a  shrewd  observer  to  pre- 
dict for  it  a  successful  and  prosperous  future, 
such  as  it  has  since  enjoyed.  However,  he  had 
confidence  in  the  country,  and  the  passing  years 
have  proved  that  his  confidence  was  not  mis- 
placed. He  has  taken  a  warm  interest  in  public 
affairs  and  as  county  commissioner,  to  which  of- 
fice he  was  elected  in  1897,  he  has  rendered  much 
helpful  service  to  the  people.  In  politics  he  votes 
the  Republican  ticket.  He  was  married  July  2, 
1882,  to  Cora  M.  Guyer,  a  native  of  York  state. 
They  have  five  children:  Ethel,  Helen,  Charles, 
Mabel  and  Clyde. 

/TJONRAD  SCHAFER  was  for  years  one  of  the 
1 t  most  prominent  ranchmen  of  Lincoln  Coun- 
\,J  ty.  At  the  age  of  twenty-five  years  he  set- 
tled on  a  ranch  near  Aroya,  on  the  Kansas  Pa- 
cific Railroad ,  twenty-two  m  iles  southeast  of  H  ugo, 
and  there  the  balance  of  his  life  was  busily  passed 
in  work  such  as  occupies  the  attention  of  every 
enterprising  ranchman.  At  the  time  of  settling 
there  the  property  was  destitute  of  improvements 
and  bore  an  aspect  that  was  very  uninviting  and 
unattractive.  However,  through  his  energy  and 
constant  labor,  many  improvements  were  made 
and  a  substantial  ranch  house  was  erected.  His 
specialty  was  the  raising  of  sheep  and  cattle,  in 
both  of  which  departments  of  agriculture  he  con- 
tinued with  success  until  his  death,  in  December, 
1888,  at  forty  years  of  age. 

In  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  1848,  a  son  of  John  George 
Schafer  and  Martha  Jacobena  Schafer,  also  na- 
tives of  that  province,  where  the  former  was  an 
agriculturist  and  hotel  keeper.  The  parental 
family  consisted  of  four  sons  and  three  daughters. 
Of  these,  J.  George,  who  was  a  ranchman  in  Colo- 
rado, died  in  Denver;  Gottleib  is  a  blacksmith 
in  Germany;  Jacob  lives  in  Denver;  one  daughter 
is  deceased,  and  the  others  remain  in  Germany. 
Our  subject  received  an  excellent  education  in  his 
native  land.  At  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  came 
to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  Colorado, 
where  he  spent  three  years  in  Central  City.  From 
there  he  moved  to  the  ranch  now  occupied  by  his 
family. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Schafer  took  place  in 
Denver,  Colo.,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Katha- 
rine Kieser,  who  was  born  in  Germany,  and  is  a 
sjster  of  Mrs.  Christopher  Hoenehs,  of  Lincoln 


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County.  She  was  educated  in  schools  in  her  na- 
tive land  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen  came  to 
America,  settling  at  Central  City,  Colo.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Schafer  became  the  parents  of  three 
sons  and  one  daughter,  namely:  John  George, 
who  superintends  the  home  ranch  and  attends  to 
all  the  business  of  the  estate;  Conrad  and  Jaco- 
bina,  also  at  home;  and  John,  who  died  at  seven 
years  of  age. 

Mr.  Schafer  was  a  highly  respected  resident  of 
Lincoln  County.  He  was  devoted  to  the  welfare 
of  his  adopted  country  and  intensely  patriotic. 
Politically  he  was  a  Republican  and  an  active 
worker  in  his  party.  To  assist  the  educational 
progress  of  the  county,  he  helped  actively  in  the 
building  of  the  school  house  at  Hugo.  In  religious 
matters  he  followed  the  faith  of  his  forefathers 
and  always  affiliated  with  the  Lutherans.  In  his 
home  he  was  a  devoted  husband  and  kind  father, 
and  his  memory  is  held  in  fondest  recollection  in 
the  hearts  of  his  wife  and  children. 


flOHN  WHITE,  mayor  of  Mancos,  is  one  of 
I  the  pioneers  of  La  Plata  County.  In  the 
C/  spring  of  1877  he  disposed  of  his  property  in 
Huerfano  Park  and  drove  his  stock  across  the 
range  to  that  part  of  Montezuma  County  now  in- 
cluded within  La  Plata.  Settling  seven  and  one- 
half  miles  from  Mancos,  he  improved  one  of  the 
finest  ranches  of  this  section  and  devoted  his  at- 
tention to  the  feeding  of  cattle,  becoming  one  of 
the  heaviest  stock-dealers  in  the  county.  He 
made  a  study  of  the  various  methods  employed  in 
the  raising  and  feeding  of  stock,  and  used  such 
good  judgment  in  his  own  work  that  he  multi- 
plied results.  He  still  owns  his  ranch,  but  in  the 
fall  of  1897  he  moved  into  the  village  of  Mancos, 
where  he  now  resides. 

The  parents  of  our  subject,  Jacob  and  Elizabeth 
(Rice)  White,  were  born  in  Switzerland,  and  came 
to  this  county,  settling  in  Allegheny,  Pa., .where 
our  subject  was  born  in  1835.  When  he  was  an 
infant  the  parents  moved  to  Missouri  and  settled 
in  Marion  County,  near  the  Mississippi  River, 
where  they  remained  until  death.  The  father 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Black  Hawk  war.  His 
death,  which  resulted  from  being  thrown  from  a 
horse,  occurred  about  1840.  Of  his  five  children 
three  are  living,  a  son  and  two  daughters.  One 
son  was  killed  by  Indians  in  Oregon  in  1855  and 
another  contracted  lung  trouble  while  serving  in 
the  Confederate  army  and  died  of  consumption. 
The  wife  and  mother  died  in  1860. 


When  a  small  child,  our  subject  was  left  father- 
less, in  a  new  country,  where  improvements 
were  few,  people  scarce  and  comforts  entirely 
lacking.  While  still  very  young  he  helped  to 
support  the  family.  In  1864  he  went  to  Oregon, 
where  he  clerked  for  some  time,  then  prospected 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state  and  in  the  placer 
mines  of  Montana.  In  1866  he  went,  via  Salt 
Lake,  to  Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  then  the  terminus  of 
the  Union  Pacific  road.  He  furnished  the  tiling 
for  the  North  Platte  bridge,  west  of  Cheyenne. 
Later  he  was  given  a  contract  to  furnish  the  tele- 
graph poles  over  the  Black  Hills  from  Cheyenne 
to  Laramie.  In  1867  became  down  to  Denver, 
thence  continued  south,  settling  sixty  miles  south 
of  Pueblo,  in  what  is  now  Huerfano  County. 
Embarking  in  the  stock  and  farm  business,  he 
continued  in  Huerfano  Park  until  the  spring  of 
1877,  since  which  time  he  has  been  a  resident  of 
Montezuma  County.  In  addition  to  stock-raising, 
he  has  engaged  in  mining  and  now  owns  several 
claims. 

A  lifelong  Democrat,  Mr.  White  is  interested 
in  politics.  "For  one  term  he  was  commissioner 
of  Huerfano  County  and  in  the  fall  of  1897  he 
was  elected  commissioner  of  Montezuma  County. 
In  1891  and  1892  he  served  as  treasurer  of  Mon- 
tezuma County.  In  the  spring  of  1898  he  was 
elected  mayor  of  Mancos,  in  which  position  he 
has  been  helpful  in  advancing  local  interests.  He 
has  been  identified  with  the  interests  of  this  sec- 
tion from  pioneer  days,  and  well  remembers  when 
Indians  were  numerous  and  frequently  placed  in 
peril  the  lives  of  white  settlers.  In  fraternal  re- 
lations he  is  a  member  of  Aztec  Lodge  No.  94, 
K.  P.  March  3,  1868,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Mary  Arne,  a  native  of  Switzerland; 
they  have  no  children  living. 


[AMUEL  MC  KIBBIN,  M.  D.,  who  is  a 
reliable  and  skillful  physician  of  Creede, 
Mineral  County,  is  giving  his  attention  to 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  in  which  he  has 
built  up  a  large  clientele.  In  addition  to  his  pri- 
vate practice,  he  is  physician  and  surgeon  for  the 
Commodore,  one  of  the  largest  mines  in  the  state, 
and  is  medical  examiner  for  the  New  York  Life 
Insurance  Company,  the  Germania  and  North- 
western, the  New  Jersey  Mutual,  of  Newark, 
N.  J. ,  the  Pennsylvania  Mutual  and  the  Equitable, 
of  New  York.  He  has  also  acted  as  physician 
for  the  United  Moderns  and  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  with  both  of  which  he  is  actively  identified. 


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Born  in  Ontario,  Canada,  January  19,  1859, 
Dr.  McKibbin  is  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Jane 
(McCloy)  McKibbin,  natives  of  Ireland,  who  set- 
tled in  Canada  in  1842.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  his  home  neighborhood,  where  he 
gained  not  only  a  knowledge  of  the  essential 
branches  of  study,  but  also  of  the  classics  and 
sciences.  August  24,  1883,  he  was  appointed 
postmaster  at  Leadbury,  Ontario,  which  office  he 
filled  for  eight  years,  and  until  his  removal  to  the 
States.  Meantime,  having  decided  to  take  a 
medical  course,  he  entered  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Victoria  College  in  Toronto,  where  he 
took  the  complete  course,  and  also  took  a  special 
course  in  the  lying-in  department  connected  with 
the  institution. 

After  graduating  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  Dr. 
McKibbin  removed  to  Fairgrove,  Mich.,  where 
he  remained  for  eight  years,  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession.  From  there  he  came  to 
Colorado,  and  in  1896  settled  in  Del  Norte,  but 
the  following  year  he  came  to  Creede,  his  present 
location.  He  is  well  known  among  the  people  of 
the  place  as  a  reliable  practitioner,  one  who  uses 
care  and  accuracy  in  his  diagnoses,  and  whose 
success  in  the  treatment  of  difficult  and  intricate 
diseases  proves  that  he  is  entitled  to  a  position 
among  the  most  successful  physicians  of  Mineral 
County.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order 
and  is  also  connected  with  the  Order  of  Foresters. 
He  is  a  man  of  temperate  habits  and  a  stanch 
Prohibitionist,  both  in  theory  and  precept.  In 
religion  he  has  his  membership  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  Del  Norte.  March  28,  1894, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Bertha  B.,  who 
was  born  in  Waterford,  Mich.,  and  is  a  daughter 
of  Henry  N.  Ingell,  of  Grand  Rapids,  that  state. 


gF.  KIDWELL,   a  prominent  stockman  of 
Pueblo  County,  residing  on  a  ranch  on  the 
north  bank  of  the  Arkansas  River,  along  the 
line  of  the  Missouri  Pacific  and  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
roads, has  lived  in  this  state  since  1860,  and  has 
been  identified  with  the  agricultural  interests  of 
this  section  for  over  a  third  of  a  century.     His 
thoroughly  American  spirit  and  his  great  energy 
have  enabled  him  to  mount  from  a  lowly  position 
to  one  of  affluence.    One  of  his  leading  character- 
istics in  business  affairs  is  his  fine  sense  of  order 
and  complete  system  and  the  habit  of  giving  care- 
ful attention  to  details,  without  which  success  in 
any  undertaking  is  never  an  assured  fact. 
A  native  of  Virginia,  Mr.  Kidwell  was  borp  jn 


Loudoun  County  in  1834,  and  is  a  son  of  Ridon 
and  Sarah  (Jacobson)  Kidwell,  also  natives  of 
the  Old  Dominion,  where  the  father  died.  He 
was  their  only  son,  and  he  had  one  half  sister. 
When  a  child  of  five  years  he  accompanied  the 
family  on  their  removal  to  Clark  County,  Ohio, 
where  he  continued  to  make  his  home  for  ten 
years,  his  education  being  acquired  in  its  common 
schools.  At  the  end  of  that  time  they  removed 
to  Logan  County,  111.,  and  on  attaining  his  ma- 
jority he  left  home  and  went  to  Breckenridge, 
Mo.  ,on  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joe  Railroad,  where  he 
lived  until  coming  to  Colorado  in  1860.  He 
crossed  the  plains  with  an  ox-team  and  afterward 
was  employed  first  at  mine  No.  8,  on  Blue  River, 
below  Discovery,  and  later  in  Nevada  Gulch,  near 
Denver.  He  came  to  Pueblo  County  in  1861, 
before  the  county  was  named,  and  took  up  the 
land  on  which  he  still  lives,  and  on  which 
he  located  in  the  fall  of  1862.  At  that  time 
this  region  was  an  unbroken  wilderness,  the 
Indians  were  very  troublesome,  and  the  town  of 
Pueblo  consisted  of  a  saloon  and  grocery  store 
situated  on  the  lower  end  of  what  is  now  Santa 
Fe  avenue.  There  were  no  railroads  until  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  road  was  built 
through  the  county  twenty -three  years  ago.  In 
early  days  Mr.  Kidwell  helped  to  bury  several 
men  killed  by  the  Indians  in  this  section.  On 
locating  here  he  at  once  turned  his  attention  to 
the  improvement  and  cultivation  of  his  land,  and 
now  has  four  hundred  acres  of  valuable  land, 
comprising  one  of  the  best  ranches  in  the  county. 
He  also  has  one  of  the  finest  orchards  and  in 
1898  shipped  four  car  loads  of  fruit  from  his  place 
at  one  time.  He  is  engaged  in  general  farming 
and  makes  a  specialty  of  raising  horses  and  cattle. 
He  has  met  with  marked  success  in  his  undertak- 
ings and  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  substantial 
citizens  of  his  community. 

In  September,  1878,  Mr.  Kidwell  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Margaret  Moore,  of  Mis- 
souri, a  daughter  of  Drury  and  Elizabeth  Moore. 
Her  father  was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  removed 
to  Missouri  at  an  early  day.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Confederate  army  during  the  Civil  war.  Mrs. 
Kidwell  was  reared  and  educated  in  her  native 
state  and  came  to  Colorado  in  1873.  Politically 
our  subject  is  a  firm  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party  and  its  principles,  and  his  aid  is  never  with- 
held from  any  enterprise  for  the  public  good, 
materially  advancing  all  social,  industrial,  educa- 
tional and  moral  interests.  He  has  efficiently 


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served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board,  and  for 
years  has  been  treasurer  of  the  Arkansas  Valley 
Irrigation  Company  and  a  member  of  the  Colo- 
rado Cattle  Growers'  Association. 


ROBERT  G.  SIPE.  The  business  interests 
of  Trinidad  have  a  well-known  represen- 
tative in  Mr.  Sipe,  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  R.  G.  Sipe  &  Sons,  undertakers  and  fu- 
neral directors.  He  came  to  this  city  in  1874 
and  engaged  in  carpentering  and  building,  soon 
beginning  to  take  contracts  for  the  erection  of 
houses,  and  during  the  summer  of  1880  he  built 
thirteen  houses  in  the  town.  During  the  same 
year  (1880)  he  began  in  the  undertaking  busi- 
ness, which  for  a  few  years  he  conducted  in  con- 
nection with  his  trade.  Finally,  however,  the 
business  demanded  his  entire  attention  and  he  gave 
up  his  trade.  In  1886  he  built  a  business  block 
on  Commercial  street,  and  when  it  was  destroyed 
by  fire  some  years  later  he  at  once  rebuilt,  and 
now  occupies  the  entire  building  for  business 
purposes. 

Of  German  descent,  our  subject  is  a  son  of 
Peter  Sipe,  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  but  re- 
moved to  Virginia  in  young  manhood  and  there 
engaged  in  work  at  the  carpenter's  trade.  Polit- 
ically a  Whig,  he  was  a  local  leader  of  his  party. 
At  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  at 
seventy-five  years,  he  was  engaged  in  lumbering 
and  the  sawmill  business.  He  married  Mary  Ann 
Bowman,  who  died  at  thirty-five  years  of  age. 
They  were  the  parents  of  five  children,  but  only 
three  are  living:  R.  G. ,  who  was  born  in  the 
Shenandoah  Valley  of  Virginia  in  1847;  John,  who 
continues  to  reside  in  Virginia;  and  Sally,  wife  of 
Lewis  Tiddler,  of  New  Market,  that  state. 

In  1861  our  subject  entered  the  Confederate 
army  and  for  three  years  served  as  a  private  in 
the  infantry,  being  stationed  in  and  around  Rich- 
mond most  of  the  time.  As  a  member  of  Pick- 
ett's  Division  of  Longstreet's  Corps,  Twenty- 
eighth  Virginia  Infantry,  betook  part  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Cold  Harbor  and  the  other  engagements  of 
the  corps,  and  was  twice  wounded.  On  the  day 
of  the  evacuation  of  Richmond  he  was  captured 
and  was  held  in  Libby  prison  for  two  weeks,  until 
the  war  closed.  For  meritorious  service  he  was 
promoted  to  be  a  sergeant.  On  his  return  home 
in  1865  he  engaged  in  farming,  but  after  a  few 
years  in  Virginia  he  removed  to  Tennessee,  where 
he  followed  the  carpenter's  trade  and  farm  pur- 
suits. In  1874  he  removed  from  Tennessee  to 


Colorado  and  settled  in  Trinidad,  where  he  has 
since  made  his  home.  Here  he  owns  valuable 
residence  property  and  real  estate. 

Politically  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Sipe  was  elected 
county  coroner  in  1890  and  was  re-elected  for  four 
successive  terms.  '  In  both  city  and  county  affairs 
he  takes  a  warm  interest.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  Trinidad  Lodge  No.  89,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ; 
Trinidad  Chapter  No.  23,  R.  A.  M.;  Oriental 
Commandery  No.  18,  K.  T. ;  Trinidad  Lodge 
No.  17,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which  he  is  past  grand; 
and  Rocky  Mountain  Lodge  No.  3,  K.  P.  He 
married  Isephene  Guinn,  daughter  of  James 
Guinn,  of  Tennessee.  They  have  three  sons, 
Burney  B.,  Ludy  and  Edward. 


OOMMODORE  PERRY  NOLAND,  a  dealer 
1 t  in  groceries  and  queensware  at  Grand  Junc- 
\J  lion,  was  born  in  Bath  County,  Ky.,  June 
10,  1849,  a  son  of  Russell  and  Zarelda  (Harper) 
Noland.  His  father,  who  was  a  Kentuckian  by 
birth,  was  for  years  prominent  in  local  politics  in 
his  county  and  served  as  sheriff  and  in  other 
positions  of  trust.  In  1859  he  removed  to  In- 
diana, and  ten  years  later  settled  in  Jackson 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  died  in  1889,  at  sixty- 
one  years  of  age. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired 
principally  in  Kentucky  and  Indiana.  He  was  a 
young  man  of  twenty  when  the  family  settled  in 
Missouri,  where  for  two  years  he  clerked  in  a 
general  store.  The  year  1874  found  him  in  La 
Veta  and  Walsenburg,  Huerfano  County,  Colo., 
where  for  ten  years  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk. 
In  1884  he  was  elected  on  the  Democratic  ticket 
to  the  office  of  treasurer  of  Huerfano  County  and 
the  following  year  was  re-elected.  In  January, 
1888,  he  came  to  Grand  Junction,  and  for  two 
years  was  associated  with  Hon.  Benton  Canon  in 
the  mercantile  business,  the  firm  title  being 
Canon  &  Noland  until  1890,  when  it  was  changed 
to  Noland,  Moore  &  Co.,  but  since  1894  Mr. 
Noland  has  been  in  business  alone.  He  has 
built  up  a  large  trade  in  groceries  and  queens- 
ware,  and  is  the  only  dealer  in  the  town  who  car- 
ries these  two  lines  exclusively.  Besides  this 
enterprise,  he  is  engaged  in  the  fruit  business 
and  is  also  a  director  in  the  Mesa  County  State 
Bank. 

Always  stanch  in  his  allegiance  to  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  on  this  ticket  in  the  fall  of  1890  Mr. 
Nolaud  was  elected  county  commissioner,  and 
served  until  1893.  Three  years  later  he  was 


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again  elected  to  the  office,  which  he  now  holds. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  acted  as  chairman  of 
the  county  central  committee  of  his  party.  He 
was  nominated  on  the  Democratic  ticket  in  1892 
for  the  office  of  secretary'  of  state,  but  with  the 
balance  of  his  party  was  defeated  at  that  election. 

In  1875  Mr.  Noland  married  Miss  Fatima 
Hindmarsh,  who  was  born  in  Canada  and  reared 
in  Illinois,  her  father,  John  Hindmarsh,  being 
a  resident  of  Henry,  Marshall  County,  111.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Anna  Grace,  wife  of  George 
F.  Venables,  of  Halifax,  N.  S.  Mr.  Noland  is 
a  member  of  Grand  Junction  LodgeNo.  55,  K.  P., 
past  chancellor  and  deputy  grand  chancellor,  and 
is  also  first  lieutenant  of  Chase  Division  No.  14, 
Uniform  Rank.  The  local  lodge  of  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World  also  numbers  him  among  its 
members. 

Mr.  Noland  possesses  the  qualities  without 
which  true  success  is  unattainable.  His  high 
commercial  character,  discriminating  judgment 
and  quickness  of  perception  enable  him  to  con- 
duct his  business  advantageously.  His  personal 
character  is  as  high  as  his  business  reputation, 
his  honorable  deportment  in  all  the  relations  of 
life  commanding  the  confidence  of  all  who  know 
him,  while  his  generous  nature  shows  itself  in 
charitable  deeds  and  his  public  spirit  is  displayed 
by  his  support  of  measures  for  the  common  good. 


(JOSEPH  H.  CELL.  Since  purchasing  his 
I  present  farm  in  El  Paso  County  in  1891,  Mr. 
O  Cell  has  given  his  attention  to  its  cultivation 
and,  through  the  exercise  of  good  judgment  and 
perseverance  has  brought  the  land  under  cultiva- 
tion. The  property  is  located  two  and  one-half 
miles  north  of  Fountain,  and  under  his  excellent 
management  has  increased  in  value  very  mate- 
rially. At  the  time  of  purchasing  this  place  he 
also  bought  a  half-section  in  Pueblo  County, 
which  he  still  owns. 

The  son  of  David  and  Sarah  (Pass)  Cell,  our 
subject  was  born  in  Franklin  County,  Pa., 
November  17,  1830.  He  was  five  years  of  age 
when  his  parents  removed  to  Guernsey  County, 
Ohio,  and  there  he  acquired  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools.  The  next  home  of  the 
family  was  in  Belmont  County,  where  he  spent 
several  years.  As  a  boy  he  worked  out  by  the 
month  on  a  farm  and  also  in  a  foundry.  He  also 
secured  employment  on  the  suspension  bridge 
across  the  Ohio  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  About 
1850  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Benton 


County,  Ind.,  settling  near  the  city  of  Oxford, 
where  they  bought  land.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  resided  in  that  section  of  country.  He  en- 
gaged in  farming  for  some  time,  but  after  a  severe 
attack  of  typhoid  fever  he  secured  work  as  clerk 
in  a  book  and  notion  store  in  Lafayette,  Ind. 
Two  years  were  spent  in  that  position.  Later  he 
started  a  boot  and  shoe  store  in  Oxford. 

Removing  to  Missouri  in  1854,  Mr.  Cell  settled 
in  Edina,  Knox  County,  where  he  clerked  in  a 
general  store  owned  by  P.  B.  Linville.  When 
that  gentleman  disposed  of  his  business  Mr.  Cell 
secured  a  clerkship  with  another  firm.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  as  first 
lieutenant  of  the  Missouri  Home  Guard.  After 
a  time  he  was  placed  in  a  company  of  militia  and 
assigned  to  the  Eleventh  Missouri  State  Militia 
Cavalry.  Upon  their  consolidation  with  the 
Second  Missouri  Cavalry  he  was  elected  second 
lieutenant,  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
acting  as  adjutant  during  the  latter  part  of  his 
service.  At  Jackson  he  bore  a  flag  of  truce  to 
General  Price,  giving  as  the  reason  a  desire  to 
exchange  a  prisoner,  but  the  real  object  being  to 
obtain  information.  At  one  time,  while  doing 
duty  as  a  scout,  he  was  shot  from  a  house  full  of 
Confederates,  the  ball  landing  in  his  left  leg.  At 
other  times  he  had  narrow  escapes.  From  the 
commencement  of  the  Rebellion  until  its  close  he 
was  in  the  Union  service.  He  was  the  first  man 
in  his  town  to  offer  to  enlist,  and  the  war  was 
practically  ended  when  he  was  mustered  out, 
April  15,  1865.  One  of  his  brothers  served  in 
the  Confederate  army  and  the  two  came  nearly 
meeting  on  the  battlefield,  as  our  subject's  com- 
mand captured  the  command  to  which  his  brother 
belonged.  Among  the  battles  in  which  he  took 
part  was  that  at  Cape  Girardeau. 

July  3,  1856,  Mr.  Cell  married  Miss  Elizabeth 
Coouy,  of  Knox  County,  Mo.,  a  daughter  of 
Patrick  and  Mary  CBradfield)  Coony.  He  is  the 
father  of  two  living  children.  The  daughter, 
Lillie  F.,  married  Charles  Taylor  and  lives  in 
Knox  County,  Mo.;  she  has  two  sons,  Joseph 
and  William.  The  only  son  of  Mr.  Cell  is 
Joseph  O.,  who  was  born  in  Edina,  Knox  County, 
Mo. ,  and  married  Miss  Ola  Sitlington,  of  El  Paso 
County,  by  whom  he  has  one  child,  Elizabeth. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Cell  formed  a  partnership 
with  Mr.  Linville,  his  former  employer,  and  they 
carried  on  a  mercantile  business  in  Edina.  After 
coming  to  Colorado,  in  1885,  he  clerked  in  a 
clothing  and  furnishing  establishment,  and  later 


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started  a  store  in  Elbert,  Elbert  County,  but  after 
a  few  months  disposed  of  it,  and  in  1891  bought 
the  ranch  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  has 
never  been  active  in  politics  and  has  not  cared 
for  official  honors.  However,  he  has  held  a 
number  of  positions,  among  them  that  of  rev- 
enue collector  in  Missouri,  member  of  the  town 
council  of  Edina  and  deputy  United  States  mar- 
shal for  the  eastern  district  of  Missouri. 


(DQlLLIAM  B.  VATES.  The  law  profession 
\  A I  in  Pueblo  has  a  well-known  representative 
Y  Y  in  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  has 
charge  of  a  large  private  practice,  and  is  also 
local  attorney  for  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  the 
Western  National  Bank  of  Pueblo,  and  other 
corporations.  Since  coming  to  Pueblo  he  has 
taken  an  active  interest  in  all  matters  pertaining 
to  the  welfare  of  the  people  and  the  development 
of  the  local  resources.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, a  steadfast,  earnest  defender  and  sup- 
porter of  Republican  principles. 

In  Allegheny  City,  Pa.,  Mr.  Vates  was  born 
November  4,  1853,  being  a  son  of  John  Jacob 
and  Catherine  M.  (Fraas)  Vates,  who  were  natives 
of  Bavaria,  Germany.  His  father,  who  was  a 
weaver  by  trade,  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1847  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania.  During  the 
early  part  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the 
Union  army,  in  which  he  continued  to  serve 
until  the  close  of  the  four  years'  struggle.  He 
and  his  wife  are  still  residing  in  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
In  their  family  are  four  sons  and  two  daughters. 
George  is  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in 
Pittsburg,  where  John  carries  on  a  bakery,  and 
T.  S.  is  foreman  of  the  H.  K.  Porter  Locomotive 
Works;  Anna  B.  is  the  widow  of  C.  W.  Roberts; 
and  Kate,  the  youngest  child,  is  with  her  parents. 

The  public  and  high  schools  of  Pittsburg  gave 
Mr.  Vates  such  educational  advantages  as  he  had 
in  youth.  He  was  a  diligent  student  and  by 
application  and  self-culture  acquired  a  broad 
knowledge,  which  has  since  proven  most  helpful 
to  him.  Having  decided  to  enter  the  profession 
of  law,  he  entered  an  office  in  Pittsburg,  and  with 
the  leading  law  firm  in  that  city,  Miller  &  Mc- 
Bride,  carried  on  his  studies.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  February  20,  1880,  after  which  he  at 
once  opened  an  office  in  Pittsburg.  During  the 
nine  and  one-half  years  that  he  remained  a  prac- 
titioner of  Pittsburg,  he  had  an  increasing 
practice  and  became  known  as  a  man  of  broad 
information,  especially  within  the  realm  of  the 


law.  July  19,  1889,  witnessed  his  arrival  in 
Pueblo,  where  he  established  himself  in  practice 
and  has  since  remained. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Vates  took  place 
September  21,  1870,  and  united  him  with  Emily 
L.  Seavy,  of  Etna,  Pa.  After  her  death  he  mar- 
ried her  sister,  Maude,  January  23,  1893,  and 
they  have  three  children,  Robert  William,  Edna 
May  and  Maude  Estella.  Mr.  Vates  and  his 
family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen, 
Royal  Arcanum,  Junior  Order  United  American 
Mechanics  and  Independent  Order  of  Foresters. 
He  is  a  progressive  man,  favoring  and  liberally 
aiding  public  improvements,  and  giving  gener- 
ously to  charitable  enterprises.  A  man  of  strong 
convictions,  he  is  always  unflinching  in  his  sup- 
port of  the  cause  of  truth  and  justice,  and,  both 
as  citizen  and  as  attorney,  he  has  wielded  an 
influence  that  has  tended  toward  the  advance- 
ment of  the  city's  best  interests. 


QQlLLIAM  J.  MCDONALD,  M.D.,  who  has 
\  A  /  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine 
YY  for  some  years  at  Rocky  Ford,  Otero 
County,  was  born  in  Pocahontas,  Va.,  June  30, 
1853.  When  quite  small  he  was  taken  by  his 
parents  to  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  and  there  he  was 
reared  on  the  farm  near  the  town.  Primarily  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  at  nineteen  years  of 
age  he  entered  the  Missouri  State  University  at 
Columbia,  Mo.,  and  there  remained  until  he  had 
completed  the  studies  of  the  sophomore  year. 
Afterward  he  taught  school  for  two  years  in 
Missouri. 

While  teaching  he  gained  his  first  knowledge 
of  the  medical  science  by  studying  under  Dr. 
Samuel  Day.  In  1876  he  entered  the  Eclectic 
Medical  College  of  Cincinnati,  where  he  took  the 
regular  course  of  lectures,  graduating  in  1878. 
After  graduating,  he  continued  in  the  college  as 
an  instructor  for  about  two  years.  In  1878  he 
opened  an  office  in  Lafayette  County,  Mo.,  and 
there  commenced  to  practice,  at  the  same  time 
carrying  on  a  drug  business.  In  1886  he  was 
elected  county  coroner  and  county  physician,  and 
then  moved  to  Lexington,  the  county-seat. 
While  there  he  also  acted  as  local  surgeon  for  the 
Missouri  Pacific  Railroad. 

Having  suffered  considerably  with  lung  trouble, 
in  1892  Dr.  McDonald  came  to  Colorado,  hoping 
that  the  climate  might  benefit  him,  and  in  this 


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hope  he  has  not  been  disappointed.  Locating  in 
Hugo,  he  spent  two  years  there,  and  in  1894  came 
to  Rocky  Ford,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in 
practice.  While  living  in  Lafayette  County, 
Mo.,  he  married  MissKittie  Maitland,  of  Lexing- 
ton, by  whom  he  has  a  daughter,  Ruth.  In 
politics  he  affiliates  with  the  Democrats,  and  has 
served  as  delegate  to,  and  presiding  officer  of, 
county  conventions  of  his  party.  From  April, 
1897,  until  May,  1898,  he  held  the  office  of  mayor 
of  Rocky  Ford,  a  position  which  he  filled  with 
great  credit  to  himself.  He  is  a  member  of 
Rocky  Ford  Lodge  No.  75,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
the  Odd  Fellows'  Lodge,  in  this  town.  Charit- 
able and  benevolent  enterprises  receive  his  cordial 
sympathy  and  aid,  and  he  contributes  to  the  sup- 
port of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  with 
which  he  and  his  wife  are  identified.  As  a 
citizen  he  is  public-spirited,  as  a  physician  consci- 
entious and  as  a  man  honorable  and  upright. 


(TOHN  D.  LEWIS,  who  has  resided  in  Monte 
Vista  since  1888,  was  born  in  Jackson,  Ohio, 
G)  May  17,  1845,  a  son  of  Rodman  and  Mary 
A.  (Alderman)  Lewis.  His  father,  a  son  of 
Thomas  Lewis,  a  native  of  Connecticut,  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania,  of  Welsh  extraction,  and  in 
early  life  engaged  in  farming.  Afterward  for 
several  years  he  followed  merchandising  and  the 
sawmill  business  in  Iowa.  He  is  now  living  re- 
tired in  that  state,  and  is  about  eighty-five  years 
of  age.  Our  subject  has  in  his  possession  an  old- 
fashioned  Queen  Anne  musket  that  his  great- 
grandfather, Ezra  Lewis,  carried  through  the 
Revolutionary  war. 

The  family  of  Rodman  Lewis  consisted  of  five 
children,  three  of  whom  are  living:  John  D.,  the 
eldest;  William  C.,  of  Fairhaven,  Wash.;  and 
Lillie,  who  keeps  house  for  her  father  at  Farm- 
ington,  Iowa.  In  1846,  when  our  subject  was 
one  year  old,  he  was  taken  by  his  parents  to 
Iowa,  they  settling  near  Keokuk,  in  Lee  County, 
where  he  remained  until  he  was  ten  years  of  age. 
His  father  then  traded  his  farm  for  a  stock  of 
goods  near  Farmington,  in  a  little  village  named 
Plymouth.  From  there,  at  fifteen  years  of  age, 
he  went  to  Story  County,  Iowa,  where  his  uncle, 
Theodore  E.  Alderman,  was  a  pioneer  and  promi- 
nent citizen.  During  his  stay  with  his  uncle,  in 
February,  1863,  before  he  was  eighteen  years  of 
age,  he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  Seventh  Iowa 
Cavalry.  He  was  assigned  to  duty  on  the  fron- 
tier under  General  Curtis,  his  first  post  of  duty 


being  at  Fort  Kearney,  and  afterward  he  was 
stationed  at  Forts  Laramie,  Sedgwick  and  other 
points  on  the  Platte  River.  He  also  accompanied 
the  expedition  that  pursued  Price  in  Missouri. 
Both  on  the  frontier  and  as  a  scout  he  saw  active 
service.  While  at  Julesburg  he  was  one  of  the 
command  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  men  who  were 
enticed  from  the  fort  and  surrounded  by  more 
than  one  thousand  Indians.  Only  by  the  most 
heroic  effort  and  desperate  fighting  did  the  little 
band  of  men  save  themselves.  They  literally  cut 
their  way  through  the  Indian  ranks  by  means  of 
their  sabres,  after  having  emptied  their  revolvers 
in  self-defense.  At  Fort  Laramie  he  assisted  in 
the  execution  of  three  Indian  chiefs,  Two  Face, 
Black  Kettle  and  Little  Thunder.  On  the  day 
that  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  May  17, 
1866,  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Fort 
Leavenworth. 

After  his  return  to  Story  County,  Mr.  Lewis  en- 
gaged in  the  hardware  and  tinware  business  with 
his  uncle  at  Nevada.  In  1871  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  during  the  three  following  years  was 
engaged  in  prospecting  and  mining  at  Central 
City.  Thence  he  went  to  Boulder,  where  he  not 
only  mined,  but  also  worked  at  the  tinner's  trade. 
Returning  east  in  1877,  he  was  married  in  Wis- 
consin, in  August,  to  Annetta,  daughter  of  L.  C. 
Hill,  and  a  descendant,  through  her  mother,  of 
the  well-known  Curtis  family  of  Pennsylvania. 
For  three  years  after  his  marriage  he  worked  at 
his  trade  in  the  east,  mostly  in  Ames,  Iowa.  Re- 
turning to  Colorado  in  1880  he  located  the  min- 
ing camp  of  Bonanza,  where  he  remained  until 
1886.  He  then  worked  at  his  trade  at  Leadville. 
In  1888  he  came  to  Monte  Vista,  where  for  five 
years  he  was  employed  by  Clark,  Hammond  & 
Co.,  and  since  then  has  conducted  business  for 
himself.  He  carries  a  line  of  stoves,  hardware 
and  tinware,  and  manufactures  stove  finishings, 
repairs  stoves  and  hardware,  etc.  He  has  visited 
almost  every  mining  camp  in  the  state  and  has 
spent  considerable  time  in  searching  for  the  hid- 
den mineral  wealth  of  the  mountains. 

During  his  residence  in  Bonanza  Mr.  Lewis 
held  the  office  of  county  commissioner,  to  which 
he  was  elected  by  a  large  majority.  He  also 
served  for  a  number  of  years  as  justice  of  the 
peace  and  police  magistrate,  both  in  Bonanza  and 
Monte  Vista.  In  1 893  Governor  Waite  appointed 
him  a  commissioner  of  the  Soldiers'  and  Sailors' 
Home  of  Colorado,  and  since  1896  he  has  been 
secretary  of  the  board.  Upon  the  organization 


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of  the  People's  party  he  transferred  his  allegiance 
to  it  from  the  Republican  party  and  has  since 
given  his  influence  toward  its  principles.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Woodmen  of  the  World 
and  the  Fraternal  Aid  Association.  He  is  past 
commander  of  Joe  Hooker  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of 
Monte  Vista,  and  has  been  connected  with  the 
order  since  1883.  He  and  his  wife  have  an  only 
child,  Leon  E. 

ROBERT  GALE,  who  came  to  Colorado  in 
April,  1860,  and  is  now  living  at  Colorado 
Springs,  is  a  descendant  of  an  old  English 
family  that  lived  on  the  Isle  of  Man.  His  father, 
Robert,  who  was  born  on  that  isle,  was  a  seafaring 
man  and  made  his  home  at  Whitehaven,  on  the 
coast  of  England,  from  which  point  he  went  on 
long  voyages  in  the  coasting  trade.  In  1845  he 
brought  his  family  to  the  United  States  and  set- 
tled in  Chicago,  III.,  where  he  was  employed  as 
master  of  trading  vessels  on  the  lake  until  his 
death,  at  fifty-five  years.  His  wife,  who  was  born 
in  Whitehaven,  County  Cumberland,  England, 
and  died  in  Colorado  in  1874,  after  four  years  of 
residence  in  this  state,  was  in  maidenhood  Isa- 
bella Veary,  being  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Veary, 
a  farmer.  She  was  the  mother  of  three  sons,  who 
attained  mature  years.  Matthew,  the  oldest  of 
these,  was  a  soldier  in  an  Illinois  regiment  dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  and  afterward  followed  the 
stonecutter's  trade  in  Chicago;  Samuel,  who  also 
shared  with  an  Illinois  regiment  the  hardships 
of  war,  is  now  mechanical  teacher  in  the  Colo- 
rado School  for  the  Deaf  and  Blind,  at  Colorado 
Springs. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  at  White- 
haven,  England,  February  18,  1839.  In  1845  he 
was  brought  by  his  parents  to  America,  the  voy- 
age being  made  in  a  sailer  that  consumed  nine 
weeks  and  four  days  between  Liverpool  and  New 
York.  From  New  York  they  came  up  the  Hud- 
son, across  the  canal  to  Buffalo  and  by  lake  to  Chi- 
cago. In  the  latter  city  he  attended  public  and 
private  schools.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was 
apprenticed  to  the  carpenter  and  builder's  trade, 
which  trade  he  completed,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  started  for  Colorado.  He  outfitted  in 
Chicago,  then  traveled  by  railroad  to  St.  Joseph, 
Mo.,  going  from  there  overland,  with  horses  and 
wagons,  via  the  Platte  route  to  Denver,  where  he 
arrived  April  22,  1860,  after  a  trip  of  twenty-three 
days,  from  St.  Joe.  Two  days  later  he  started 


for  Breckenridge,  going  up  the  Platte  and  through 
South  Park.  As  soon  as  he  arrived  in  Brecken- 
ridge he  took  up  a  claim.  However,  he  had 
suffered  from  ague  all  the  way  from  the  Mis- 
souri River  and  his  work  at  placer  mining  ag- 
gravated the  disease,  finally  obliging  him  to  stop 
work.  He  went  to  Central  City,  and  as  soon  as 
he  had  recovered  his  health,  he,  with  others, 
bought  the  Flock  mine  in  Nevadaville  and  oper- 
ated it.  Later  he  was  interested  in  the  purchase 
of  the  Price  mine  in  Nevada,  and  purchased  a 
shaft  and  put  in  needed  machinery.  In  1866  he 
sold  his  interest  in  the  Price  mine,  but  retained 
that  in  the  Flock  mine  for  many  years,  selling 
out  finally  in  1888.  He  also  owned  an  interest 
in  the  Keystone  mine  in  Nevadaville,  but  this 
he  sold  when  the  mine  was  brought  into  litiga- 
tion; this  was  said  to  be  the  best  mine  in  Gilpin 
County.  In  1864  he  went  back  to  Chicago,  re- 
turning to  Colorado  the  same  year,  having  made 
the  trip  by  stage  both  ways.  Again,  in  the  fall 
of  1866  he  returned  to  Chicago,  where  he  mar- 
ried in  the  spring  of  1867,  returning  to  Colorado 
by  rail  to  Fort  Kearney  and  by  stage  the  re- 
mainder of  the  distance. 

Settling  in  El  Paso  County  in  the  fall  of  1869, 
Mr.  Gale  bought  a  ranch  of  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  on  Rock  Creek,  where  he  improved 
the  land  and  engaged  in  the  stock  business.  In 
1882  he  sold  the  place  and  came  to  Colorado 
Springs,  where  he  has  since  followed  the  building 
business.  He  has  had  the  contracts  for  some  of 
the  finest  residences  in  the  city  and  has  also  built 
some  residences  for  himself  on  Tejon,  Nevada 
and  other  streets,  which  he  now  owns.  His 
home  property  was  at  No.  516  East  Unitah  street. 
Besides  his  many  houses  in  this  city  he  owns  a 
number  in  Colorado  City.  Since  1893  he  has 
been  interested  in  mines  in  Cripple  Creek.  He 
is  a  director  in  the  Des  Moines  Gold  Mining 
Company,  which  he  assisted  in  organizing  and 
which  owns  a  mine  on  Raven  Hill.  Besides 
these,  he  has  interests  in  other  claims.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  El  Paso  County  Pioneers'  As- 
sociation, and  in  politics  is  a  stanch  Hepublican. 

The  wife  of  Mr.  Gale  was  Miss  Kate  Atkin- 
son, who  was  born  in  Hazel  Green,  Wis. ,  and 
was  a  daughter  of  Archibald  Atkinson,  a  native 
of  England  and  a  farmer  by  occupation.  Four 
children  were  born  to  the  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gale,  and  of  these  three  attained  mature  years. 
They  are:  Arthur,  who  was  educated  in  Colo- 
rado College  and  is  with  the  Wells- Fargo  Ex- 


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press  Company;  Hubert,  who  is  a  graduate  of 
the  high  school  and  is  with  W.  N.  Burgess,  of 
this  city;  and  Robert  Lynn,  who  is  in  school. 


(TOHN  M.  RANTSCHLER,  deceased,  who  for 
I  years  was  a  prominent  stockman  of  Pueblo 
(2/  County,  was  born  in  Germany  in  1840  and 
at  eight  years  of  age  was  brought  by  his  parents 
to  America,  settling  with  them  in  New  Orleans, 
La.,  but  later  removing  to  Illinois.  His  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  public  schools,  but  was  quite 
meager.  At  fifteen  years  of  age  he  left  home  and 
apprenticed  himself  to  learn  the  trades  of  black- 
smith and  wagon  and  carriage  maker.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  engaged  at  working  at  his  chosen 
occupation  in  Wisconsin,  but  removed  from  there 
to  Kentucky,  and  in  1859,  at  the  time  of  the 
Pike's  Peak  gold  discovery,  became  to  Colorado, 
settling  in  Denver  and  establishing  a  wagon  and 
plow  business.  He  manufactured  the  first  plow 
ever  made  in  the  state.  For  years  he  was  closely 
identified  with  the  growth  and  development  of 
Denver  and  Golden,  which  were  both  small  towns 
at  that  time. 

In  an  early  day  Mr.  Rantschler  came  to  Pu- 
eblo and  established  the  first  blacksmith  and 
wagon  works  in  the  city,  having  as  his  partner 
J.  E.  Smith.  Later  he  turned  his  attention  to 
the  stock  business,  in  which  he  continued  until 
his  death,  having  cattle  in  Arizona,  Texas  and 
Colorado.  The  nature  of  his  occupation  was  such 
as  to  necessitate  frequent  and  long  trips  on  the 
plains.  Often  he  carried  with  him  large  sums  of 
money,  received  in  payment  for  his  cattle.  The 
Indians  were  hostile  and  he  had  varied  and  ex- 
citing experiences  with  them;  at  one  time  they 
succeeded  in  capturing  his  hat,  but  after  a  desper- 
ate effort,  he  effected  his  escape. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Rantschler,  in  1874,  united 
him  with  Christiana  Cramer,  daughter  of  Ludwig 
and  Christiana  (Huss)  Cramer.  Her  father,  a 
native  of  Germany,  emigrated  to  the  United 
States,  landing  in  New  York  City  about  1848.  In 
1859  he  came  to  Colorado,  but  was  not  successful 
here  and  so  returned  to  Missouri.  In  1863,  when 
his  daughter  Christiana  was  eight  years  of  age,  he 
again  came  to  Colorado,  this  time  settling  twenty 
miles  east  of  Pueblo  and  engaging  in  the  stock 
business  with  stock  that  he  had  driven  from  Mis- 
souri. In  this  business  he  remained  until  his 
death  in  1896.  During  the  war  he  purchased 
mules  and  cattle  for  the  government.  Politically 


he  was  a  strong  Republican,  and  on  that  ticket  was 
twice  elected  county  commissioner  of  Pueblo 
County. 

From  the  age  of  eight  years  Mrs.  Rantschler  has 
been  identified  with  life  in  Colorado.  She  has 
seen  Pueblo  grow  from  a  small  hamlet  or  trading 
point  to  its  present  size  and  commercial  impor- 
tance. Her  education  was  obtained  in  grammar 
and  high  schools.  She  is  a  lady  of  refinement 
and  also  of  business  ability,  and  manages  the  es- 
tate in  a  most  praiseworthy  manner.  She  owns  . 
property  in  the  eastern  part  of  Pueblo  and  is  the 
owner  of  several  ranches  in  Pueblo  County,  ag- 
gregating one  thousand  acres,  besides  which  she 
has  a  large  number  of  cattle  and  horses.  She  has 
three  brothers  engaged  in  the  stock  business  in 
Montana,  while  a  brother  of  Mr.  Rantschler  is  a 
prominent  stockman  of  Denver. 

Of  the  children  born  to  the  union  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Rantschler,  Frank  F. ,  an  intelligent  young 
man,  has  charge  of  the  various  ranches;  John 
M.,  his  father's  namesake,  is  now  thirteen  years 
of  age;  Luella  S.  is  a  student  in  the  Ames  Agri- 
cultural College  in  Iowa;  Carrie  C.  and  Mary  E. 
are  with  their  mother.  The  children  are  un- 
usually bright  and  capable,  and  their  mother  de- 
votes herself  entirely  and  affectionately  to  the 
work  of  rearing  them  for  useful  and  honorable 
positions  in  life.  One  daughter,  Anna  E.,  who 
was  a  beautiful  young  lady,  died  while  attending 
the  State  Normal  School  at  Greeley. 

Politically  Mr.  Rantschler  was  a  Democrat  and 
active  in  his  party,  but  never  sought  public  office. 
In  religion  he  was  a  Lutheran.  He  was  a  genial, 
handsome  gentleman,  who  met  with  success  in  all 
of  his  undertakings  and  won  a  high  place  among 
the  stockmen  of  southern  Colorado. 


[ILTON  B.  IRVINE,  mayor  of  Colorado 
Springs,  ex-president  of  the  Consolidated 
Mining  Exchange,  ex-secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  Mining  Exchange,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Irvine-Jones  Realty  Company,  organ- 
ized in  January,  1898,  was  born  in  Sandusky, 
Erie  County,  Ohio,  March  9,  1851.  His  father, 
John  Irvine,  who  was  born  at  a  Scotch  settlement 
in  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  came  to  America  in 
1834  and  followed  the  carpenter's  trade  in  Phila- 
delphia until  1837,  then  removed  to  Allegheny, 
Pa.,  and  about  1840  settled  in  Sandusky,  Ohio. 
Among  his  contracts  was  that  for  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  Sandusky,  but  the  panic  of 
1856  occurring  about  that  time  he  never  received 


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the  pay  for  his  work.  In  1859  he  started  west, 
going  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  thence  to  Elwood,  Kan., 
where  he  spent  the  winter,  and  in  the  spring  of 
1860,  with  his  wife  and  three  sons,  driving  two 
yoke  of  cattle  to  a  wagon  and  taking  with  him  a 
cow  and  provisions  for  eight  months,  he  journeyed 
via  the  Platte  route  to  Denver,  where  he  arrived 
in  June,  1860.  He  then  went  to  Gilpin  County, 
and  one  and  one-half  miles  east  of  Black  Hawk 
bought  a  shingle  mill,  operated  by  ox-power  and 
with  a  capacity  of  forty  thousand  shingles  a  day. 
In  the  fall  he  located  six  miles  east  of  Black 
Hawk  on  Ralston  Creek,  where  he  moved  his 
mill  and  built  a  log  house.  In  the  fall  of  1861 
he  purchased  a  home  in  Denver  and  removed  to 
that  city.  He  and  his  two  elder  sons,  William 
and  David,  enlisted  in  a  Colorado  regiment  dur- 
ing the  Civil  war,  and  were  mustered  out  in  the 
spring  of  1862.  Afterward  he  settled  on  Cherry 
Creek,  seven  miles  east  of  Palmer  Lake,  and  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  raising  stock;  also  manu- 
factured shingles,  which  he  hauled  to  Denver. 
In  1866  he  bought  a  farm  in  the  Fountain  Valley, 
twenty -five  miles  south  of  Colorado  Springs,  and 
two  years  later  took  his  family  to  the  ranch.  In 
time  he  became  a  large  farmer  and  stockman. 
He  retired  to  Pueblo  in  1886  and  there  died  July 
3,  1887,  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight  years.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian.  With  his  wife, 
Mary  (Boyd)  Irvine,  and  four  others,  he  organ- 
ized in  1869  the  first  congregation  of  Presbyte- 
rians in  Pueblo,  and  of  it  he  was  a  ruling  elder 
until  his  death.  Politically  he  was  a  strong  Re- 
publican and  firm  Abolitionist.  His  wife,  who 
makes  her  home  with  our  subject,  is  now  eighty- 
eight  years  of  age.  They  were  the  parents  of  six 
children  who  attained  maturity,  namely:  Samuel, 
who  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Seventh  Kansas 
Regiment  and  was  promoted  to  be  a  captain,  and 
is  now  living  in  Sandusky;  John,  of  Chicago, 
who  was  a  sergeant  in  a  Missouri  regiment;  Will- 
iam J.,  of  Rocky  Ford,  Colo.,  who  was  a  private 
in  a  Colorado  regiment;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Irion,  of 
Arizona;  David  A.,  who  served  in  a  Colorado 
regiment  and  is  now  living  in  Colorado  Springs; 
and  Milton  B. 

The  last-named  was  nine  years  of  age  when  the 
family  came  to  Colorado.  In  1861  he  attended 
school  in  Denver  for  a  few  months.  Later  he  at- 
tended a  district  school  in  Fountain  Valley,  and 
also  for  two  winters  was  a  pupil  in  a  private 
school  in  Colorado  City.  He  became  interested 
with  his  father  in  farming  and  the  stock  business. 


December  21,  1882,  at  Lansing,  Mich.,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Clara  E.  Holcomb,  who  was  born  near 
that  city.  In  1886  he  sold  his  farm  property  and 
removed  to  Rocky  Ford,  where  he  opened  a  new 
farm  on  the  Fork  River,  four  miles  from  the  vil- 
lage, in  which  at  the  same  time  he  had  a  real- 
estate  office.  In  March,  1888,  he  settled  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  and  here  carried  on  a  real-estate, 
loan  and  insurance  business  until  1891,  when  he 
was  elected  county  assessor  on  the  Republican 
ticket.  Two  years  later  he  was  re-elected.  In 
the  fall  of  1895  he  became  president  of  the  Con- 
solidated Mining  Exchange  of  Colorado  Springs 
and  after  its  consolidation  with  the  Board  of  Trade 
Mining  Exchange  he  became  secretary,  holding 
the  position  until  his  election  as  mayor  in  April, 
1897.  Since  the  organization  of  the  El  Paso  Pio- 
neer Association  he  has  been  its  secretary.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men, and  holds  membership  in  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church.  He  and  his  wife  have  three  chil- 
dren, Ruby  May,  Norman  Lee  and  Milton  H. 


I  CARRIE  JOHNSON,  M.  D.  During  the 
It  twenty  odd  years  in  which  Dr.  Johnson  has 
U  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Colo- 
rado, she  has  met  with  phenomenal  success,  and 
since  coming  to  Pueblo,  in  1890,  she  has  attained 
high  rank  among  the  physicians  of  this  city. 
From  early  girlhood  she  displayed  a  talent-  for 
surgical  work,  and  decided  aptitude  for  medical 
science.  When,  therefore,  she  desired  to  turn 
her  attention  to  some  line  of  activity  which  would 
be  an  advantage  to  herself,  as  well  as  benefit  to 
others,  she  decided  upon  that  profession,  for  which 
she  possessed  exceptional  qualifications  and  prac- 
tical adaptability.  Graduating  from  the  Woman's 
Medical  College  of  Chicago  in  1875,  thence  she 
came  to  Colorado,  where  she  has  since  resided. 
In  this  state  she  first  practiced  in  Denver,  later 
spent  nine  years  in  a  general  practice  in  Trinidad, 
and  then  she  came  to  Pueblo,  her  present  resi- 
dence. 

Both  the  maternal  and  paternal  ancestors  of 
Dr.  Johnson  were  people  of  pre-eminence  in  the 
medical  profession.  Her  father  was  educated  in 
France,  as  a  physician,  and  on  the  completion  of 
his  studies  he  returned  to  Virginia,  the  state 
where  he  was  born.  Afterward  he  settled  in 
Missouri,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He 
was  the  son  of  an  eminent  physician,  and  was, 
himself,  a  man  of  broad  learning,  culture  and 


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wealth.  His  marriage  united  him  with  America 
Tool,  mother  of  Judge  C.  W.  Bramel,  of  Wyo- 
ming, and  a  relative  of  ex-Governor  Joseph  K. 
Tool,  of  Montana. 

By  combining  practical  methods  with  scientific 
skill  as  a  practitioner  Dr.  Johnson  has  ever  met 
with  eminent  success,  and  the  large  practice 
which  she  now  enjoys  attests  the  appreciation  of 
the  rational  system  of  therapeutics  she  follows, 
and  forms  an  unerring  index  by  which  to  judge 
of  the  grand  and  beneficent  results  attending  her 
practice  as  a  physician. 


lUNRO  BROTHERS.  This  firm  is  com- 
posed of  William  Y.  and  Edmund  D. 
Munro,  who  own  a  stock  ranch  on  Saguache 
Creek  and  are  recognized  as  among  the  most  suc- 
cessful stockmen  in  the  valley.  Both  are  natives 
of  Maine,  born  at  Bristol,  Lincoln  County,  of 
Scotch  lineage.  Their  father,  Alexander  B. 
Munro,  was  a  native  of  Inverness,  Scotland,  but 
was  brought  to  America  in  childhood  and  grew 
to  man's  estate  in  Maine,  where  he  engaged  in 
trading  with  the  fishermen,  and  also  carrying  on 
a  small  farm  in  addition  to  his  store.  By  his  mar- 
riage to  Jane  Dorkendorf,  whose  ancestors  had 
long  been  residents  of  America,  he  had  fourteen 
children,  seven  sons  and  seven  daughters. 

The  elder  of  the  sons,  William  Y.  Munro,  was 
born  in  1844,  and  when  twelve  years  of  age  began 
a  seafaring  life,  which  he  followed  until  1869. 
During  this  time  he  made  many  trips  to  foreign 
ports,  and  gained  such  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
practical  navigation  that  he  was  made  commander 
of  a  ship.  He  visited  Africa,  Cuba,  the  British 
provinces  and  South  American  ports.  In  Febru- 
ary, 1869,  he  came  to  Colorado,  intending  to  pro- 
ceed to  California,  and  go  on  a  Pacific  ocean 
steamer,  but  he  changed  his  plans,  and  with  his 
younger  brother,  Edmund  D. ,  took  the  stage 
from  Cheyenne  to  Denver,  and  secured  employ- 
ment in  the  building  of  the  Union  Pacific  Rail- 
road. Later  they  purchased  what  was  known  as 
the  fast  freight  line  from  Denver  to  Georgetown, 
and  for  a  year  engaged  in  freighting,  after  which 
they  traded  their  teams  in  New  Mexico  for  cat- 
tle, but  the  investment  proved  a  most  unfortunate 
one,  for  the  cattle  bore  a  brand  belonging  to  an- 
other man,  who  was  deeply  in  debt,  and  so  the 
sheriff  claimed  the  cattle  in  payment  of  the  debt. 
The  next  venture  in  which  the  brothers  en- 
gaged was  mining  in  Clear  Creek  County,  where 
they  were  fairly  successful  and  located  several 


properties,  also  discovered  the  first  bismuth  ore 
found  in  the  state.  After  seven  years  there  they 
sold  out  their  interests  and  went  to  Ouray,  but 
not  being  pleased  with  the  outlook,  bought  a 
bunch  of  cattle  and  drove  them  into  Saguache 
County.  This  was  in  1876,  since  which  year 
they  have  made  this  county  their  home.  They 
have  taken  up  land  and  bought  ranches  until 
they  now  have  eight  hundred  and  eighty  acres, 
all  lying  along  the  creek,  by  which  the  land  is 
well  watered,  thus  making  it  admirably  fitted  for 
stock-raising.  Starting  with  the  small  herd  they 
brought  from  Ouray,  they  have  increased  steadily 
until  they  are  now  among  the  most  extensive  and 
successful  stockmen  in  the  county.  In  political 
matters  they  are  firm  in  their  allegiance  to  the 
Democratic  party  and  have  held  local  positions 
(such  as  county  commissioner,  member  of  the 
school  board,  etc.),  but  prefer  to  give  their  time 
and  attention  strictly  to  their  stock  interests, 
which  are  so  important  that  they  demand  close 
oversight. 


'RAVIS  D.  WORKMAN,  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial citizens  of  the  San  Luis  Valley  and 
an  extensive  stock-raiser  and  farmer  of 
Conejos  County,  was  born  in  Adams  County,  111., 
in  1839.  When  a  boy  he  alternated  attendance 
in  the  public  schools  with  work  on  the  home 
farm.  Upon  attaining  his  majority,  in  1860,  he 
came  to  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  prospect- 
ing and  mining  in  Boulder  County.  Not  meeting 
with  special  success  in  this  work,  he  turned  his 
attention,  to  some  extent,  to  agriculture,  and  took 
up  a  quarter- section  of  land,  upon  which  he  made 
his  home  until  1864. 

Going  to  New  Mexico  in  the  latter  year,  Mr. 
Workman  engaged  in  prospecting  in  the  mining 
district  for  five  years,  returning  to  Boulder  in 
1869.  Two  years  later  he  came  to  the  Greenhorn 
district,  where  he  bought  a  tract  of  land  and  em- 
barked in  farming  and  stock-raising.  In  1874  he 
sold  his  claim  and  removed  to  the  San  Luis 
Valley,  where  he  pre-empted  a  homestead  and  is 
now  the  owner  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres 
of  valuable  land.  He  has  been  one  of  the  suc- 
cessful stockmen  of  the  valley,  and  his  success 
is  especially  praiseworthy  when  it  is  remembered 
that  he  came  to  southern  Colorado  without  money 
or  influence.  The  fine  property  that  he  owns 
speaks  volumes  for  his  industry  and  perservance. 
In  1895  Mr.  Workman  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Malinda,  daughter  of  Jordan  Dixon,  and 


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they  have  one  child,  Ethel.  There  is  no  im- 
provement in  which  Mr.  Workman  has  been 
more  interested  than  in  the  securing  of  adequate 
irrigation  facilities  for  his  neighborhood.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  to  urge  the  formation  of  a 
ditch  company,  and  after  the  organization  of  the 
Centennial  Ditch  Company,  he  served,  not  only 
in  its  minor  offices,  but  also  as  president,  and 
assisted  in  the  construction  of  the  ditch,  which 
has  been  such  a  valuable  improvement  to  his  part 
of  the  valley. 

F^OMUALDO  ORTIZ,  a  general  merchant  and 
U^  ranchman  in  the  little  farming  town  of 
P\  Capulin,  Conejos  County,  was  born  in  Santa 
Fe,  N.  M.,  in  1853.  He  was  educated  in  St. 
Michael's  College  in  that  city,  and  in  1871  began 
to  teach  in  the  public  schools  of  Mora,  N.  M. , 
where  he  remained  for  three  years,  afterward 
teaching  for  one  year  in  Bernalillo.  Returning 
to  his  native  town  in  1875,  he  was  made  princi- 
pal of  the  public  schools,  and  continued  there  for 
ten  years,  but  in  1885  resigned  and  came  to  Colo- 
rado, settling  at  Capulin.  He  was  chosen  by  the 
board  of  trustees  as  teacher  in  the  school  here, 
and  continued  for  eleven  successive  years,  until 
1896.  Meantime  he  had  become  interested  in 
farming  and  stock-raising. 

In  July,  1896,  Mr.  Ortiz  opened  a  store  at  Cap- 
ulin, and  here  he  has  since  carried  about  $6,000 
in  stock,  his  trade  being  among  the  people  of 
this  part  of  Conejos  County.  He  also  owns  two 
ranches  of  about  one  hundred  and  forty  acres  of 
fine  land,  besides  a  small  ranch  in  New  Mexico. 
He  is  an  industrious  man  and  has  become  the 
possessor  of  considerable  property  as  the  result  of 
his  business  judgment. 

Always  a  Republican,  Mr.  Ortiz  is  interested 
in  the  success  of  the  party.  During  his  residence 
in  Santa  Fe  he  served  as  deputy  sheriff.  Gov- 
ernor Routt  tendered  him  appointment  as  water 
commissioner  for  district  No.  21,  which  position 
he  held  for  two  years.  Later  he  held  the  office 
of  deputy  water  commissioner  for  several  years. 
His  name  has  been  frequently  mentioned  as  can- 
didate for  superintendent  of  the  county  schools. 
Certainly  no  one  could  be  more  fitted  for  such  a 
position  than  he,  for  he  has  spent  twenty-five 
years  in  the  schoolroom  as  a  teacher  and  is  fa- 
miliar with  every  phase  of  the  work. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Ortiz,  in  1875,  united 
him  with  Vicentita  Stephens,  of  Santa  Fe,  who, 
like  himself,  has  been  a  successful  teacher.  They 


had  two  children,  but  both  died.  The  father  of 
Mrs.  Ortiz  was  Richard  M.  Stephens,  who  was 
born  in  Missouri  in  1827  and  about  1845  enlisted 
as  a  volunteer  in  the  Mexican  war.  After  the 
close  of  the  war  he  settled  in  Santa  Fe,  where  he 
became  a  prominent  man.  In  1869  he  was  ap- 
pointed postmaster  of  the  town.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  territorial  legislature  and  was  the  first 
sheriff  elected  by  the  people  of  Santa  Fe  County. 
His  memory  is  cherished  by  many  people  still  liv- 
ing in  Santa  Fe,  and  he  is  remembered  as  a  man 
of  upright  life.  He  died  in  that  city  in  1887, 
when  sixty  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  was 
Ruperta  Gallegos,  died  in  1895, at  the  age  of  sixty. 
They  were  the  parents  of  fifteen  children.  Asa 
pioneer  of  New  Mexico,  he  bore  an  active  part 
in  much  of  the  development  of  the  territory,  and 
became  well  known  throughout  its  entire  length. 


T.  MCGARVEY.  When  the 
t°wn  °f  Telluride  was  first  started,  in 
1880,  Mr.  McGarvey  came  here  and  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  law,  in  partnership  with 
Judge  W.  H.  Gabbert,  now  of  the  supreme  bench. 
He  continued  this  connection  until  1889,  when 
he  was  elected,  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  judge 
of  San  Miguel  County,  a  position  that  he  filled 
with  such  efficiency  and  ability  that  he  was  re- 
elected  in  1892  and  1895.  During  his  terms  of 
service  as  county  judge,  he  has  also  carried  on  a 
general  law  practice.  Active  in  all  enterprises 
for  the  upbuilding  of  the  city  and  county,  he  has 
taken  a  leading  part  in  the  promotion  of  local 
prosperity.  He  represented  precinct  No.  2  in  the 
town  council,  and  as  alderman  gave  his  influence 
toward  progressive  measures.  In  1896  he  was 
elected  city  clerk,  which  office  he  still  holds. 

A  son  of  Graham  A.  and  Elizabeth  McGarvey, 
our  subject  was  born  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  in 
1855.  His  father  has  made  agriculture  his  life 
work  and  still  resides  on  the  family  homestead 
near  Davenport.  In  the  family  there  were  six 
children,  of  whom  William  was  next  to  the  oldest. 
He  was  educated  in  public  schools,  the  Iowa  City 
Academy  and  Graswell  College  in  Davenport,  and 
after  completing  his  studies  taught  school  for 
some  time.  In  1878  he  began  to  read  law  with 
the  firm  of  Parker  &  Gabbert,  in  Davenport, 
Iowa,  and  the  following  year  was  admitted  to  the 
bar.  Coming  to  Colorado,  he  settled  in  Rosita, 
Custer  County,  where  he  engaged  in  prospecting 
and  mining  for  two  years,  and  then  removed  to 
Telluride.  He  still  owns  a  number  of  good  pros- 


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pects  in  the  San  Juan  country,  and  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Celina  Mining  and  Milling  Com- 
pany. In  fraternal  connections  he  is  a  member  of 
Chippewa  Tribe  No.  49,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  in  which 
for  some  years  he  has  served  as  keeper  of  records. 


EWIS  H.  FIELD  owns  and  occupies  a  ranch, 
ten  miles  square,  lying  in  Lincoln  County, 
sixteen  miles  from  Hugo.  He  came  to 
Colorado  in  1881  and  for  a  few  months  worked 
in  the  employ  of  various  cattlemen,  but  in  1882 
purchased  the  property  which  he  has  since  culti- 
vated. At  that  time  the  country  was  new,  few 
towns  had  been  started  on  the  plains  of  Colorado 
and  little  effort  had  been  made  to  improve  and 
cultivate  the  land.  He  began  to  work  with  a 
will  and  in  the  years  that  have  since  elapsed  he 
has  made  a  number  of  important  improvements 
on  his  place,  among  them  the  erection  of  a  resi- 
dence, large  cattle  barns,  sheds,  etc.,  and  the 
introduction  of  a  good  system  of  irrigating.  The 
raising  of  cattle  has  been  his  principal  business, 
and  in  it  he  has  met  with  noteworthy  success. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Henry  S.  Field,  was 
born  in  Philadelphia  and  for  many  years  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business  in  that  city.  During 
the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  First  Pennsyl- 
vania Regiment,  which  was  known  as  the  Gray 
Reserve,  and  in  it  he  served  until  the  close  of  the 
war.  Politically  he  adhered  to  the  Republican 
party.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  fifty-four 
years  of  age.  His  father,  James,  also  a  Phila- 
delphia merchant,  was  the  son  of  a  colonel  in  the 
Revolutionary  war  and  was  a  pioneer  of  Phila- 
delphia, having  settled  there  when  it  was  a  small 
town.  The  Field  family  was  founded  in  this 
country  by  an  Englishman  who  came  on  the 
"Mayflower"  and  settled  in  Massachusetts,  later 
generations  removing  to  Pennsylvania. 

The  marriage  of  Henry  S.  Field  united  him 
with  May  Conover,  a  native  of  Flemington,  N.  J., 
and  an  orphan  from  an  early  age;  she  is  still  liv- 
ing and  makes  Philadelphia  her  home.  In  her 
family  there  are  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 
James,  who  was  for  nineteen  years  general 
manager  of  a  large  manufacturing  plant  in 
Chester,  Pa. ,  is  now  living,  retired  from  business, 
in  Philadelphia;  Lucy  W.  is  the  wife  of  Samuel 
A.  Abbott,  of  Philadelphia;  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
is  the  wife  of  Townsend  Sharpless,  of  Phila- 
delphia. Lewis  H. ,  who  was  born  in  Philadelphia 
in  1854,  was  given  good  educational  advantages 
in  Louderbach  and  in  Rugby  Academies.  At 


eighteen  he  entered  the  office  of  Peter  Wright  & 
Sons,  large  shipbuilders  of  Philadelphia  and  also 
extensive  grain  dealers.  This  company  operated 
the  Red  Star  and  American  lines  and  built  the 
"St.  Louis"  and  "St.  Paul."  After  having  been 
with  them  for  five  years,  he  resigned  his  position 
on  account  of  illness.  One  year  later,  in  the 
spring  of  1 88 1,  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  in  this 
state  he  has  since  made  his  home.  He  is  a  friend 
of  the  Republican  party  and  interested  in  its  suc- 
cess, but  has  never  cared  to  identify  himself  with 
public  affairs  or  seek  political  positions,  preferring 
to  devote  himself  to  his  private  business  affairs. 


(2fOL.  CHARLES  M.  SAMPSON,  of  Conejos 
1 1  County,  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Au- 
U  gust  15,  1842,  a  son  of  Charles  Sampson, 
member  of  the  publishing  firm  of  Philip  Sampson 
&  Co.,  of  Boston.  He  was  educated  in  private 
schools  in  Boston.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
war  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  First  Massa- 
chusetts Infantry,  as  a  private,  and  was  assigned 
to  the  third  army  corps,  army  of  the  Potomac, 
under  General  Hooker.  After  various  promo- 
tions he  was  finally  made  lieutenant-colonel  on 
the  staff  of  General  Sickles,  later  was  with  Gen- 
erals Ord  and  Gibbons.  After  General  Grant 
took  command  of  the  army  of  the  Potomac  he 
was  transferred  to  Butler's  command,  on  the 
James  River.  He  fought  in  all  the  battles  of  the 
McClellan  campaign  of  1862,  and  the  following 
year  took  part  in  the  battles  of  the  army  of  the 
Potomac  under  Generals  Hooker  and  Meade.  In 
1864  he  followed  Butler  in  all  the  battles  of  the 
James  River,  and  in  the  winter  of  1864-65  went 
to  Fort  Fisher  as  a  member  of  General  Terry's 
staff.  At  the  close  of  hostilities  he  was  stationed 
at  Richmond  as  staff  officer  until  1866  and  in 
January  of  the  latter  year  was  mustered  out  as 
lieutenant-colonel. 

Going  to  Chicago,  Colonel  Sampson  embarked 
in  the  mercantile  business  in  that  city,  where  he 
continued,  with  a  branch  house  in  Milwaukee, 
until  1878.  He  then  came  to  Colorado  and  en- 
gaged in  the  forwarding  business  at  Leadville, 
which  was  then  in  the  height  of  its  boom.  In 
1880  he  went  to  Alamosa  and  there  acted  as 
manager  of  the  forwarding  firm  of  Field,  Hill  & 
Co.,  until  1883,  when  the  railroad  was  built  to 
that  point.  Upon  his  election  as  clerk  of  Cone- 
jos County  in  1883,  he  moved  to  the  county-seat. 
He  laid  out  the  town  of  Antouito  and  has  devoted 
considerable  attention  to  the  sale  of  real  estate, 


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being  still  the  owner  of  several  acres  in  the  vil- 
lage. He  also  has  a  ranch  of  two  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  between  Conejos  and  Antonito,  where 
he  carries  on  stock-raising  and  farming.  Besides 
this  he  does  a  general  insurance  business,  repre- 
senting several  well-known  companies. 

Active  in  politics,  Colonel  Sampson  is  a  strong 
Republican  and  a  local  leader.  In  1893  he  was 
appointed  to  take  charge  of  the  office  of  assessor 
of  the  county  and  has  since  had  charge  of  all  the 
assessor's  books.  He  is  past  grand  of  Antonito 
Lodge  No.  63,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  a  member  of  the 
grand  lodge.  In  the  organization  of  Fifer  Post 
No.  36,  G.  A.  R.,  at  Alamosa,  he  took  a  warm 
interest,  and  for  four  years  he  served  as  its  com- 
mander. His  marriage  took  place  in  1871  and 
united  him  with  Nettie  E.  Wright,  of  Chicago, 
by  whom  he  has  two  children :  Cornelius  B.,  the 
present  county  surveyor;  and  Lyna. 


fDQlLLlAM  ASBURY  LOVE,  who  resides  in 
\  A  /  Colorado  City  and  is  a  pioneer  of  1859, 
YV  was  born  in  Crittenden  County,  Ky.,  No- 
vember 3, 1836,  a  son  of  Arthur  and  Ann  McShane 
(Stevens)  Love.  His  grandfather,  James  Love, 
who  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  emigrated  to  Ken- 
tucky and  there  married  and  engaged  in  farming 
in  Crittenden  County.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Methodist.  Arthur  Love  was  born  in  Livingston 
County,  Ky.,  October  6,  1812,  and  in  1853 
moved  to  Jasper  County,  Mo. ,  where  he  engaged 
in  farm  pursuits.  When  the  war  closed  he  re- 
turned to  Crittenden  County  and  engaged  in 
farming  on  his  father's  homestead,  near  the  Ohio 
River.  There  he  died  April  7,  1893. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  wafc  born  in  Cald- 
well  County,  Ky.,  June  29,  1811,  and  died  April 
23, 1849.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Elijah  Stevens, 
a  native  of  Caldwell  County  and  a  farmer  there. 
By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Stevens,  Arthur  Love 
had  seven  children,  namely:  James,  of  Colorado 
City;  William  Asbury;  Robert  F.,  who  is  repre- 
sented elsewhere  in  this  volume;  Harrington  E. , 
living  in  Louisiana;  Lucretia,  who  died  in  infancy; 
Arthur  B.,  of  Colorado  City;  and  Zadock  A., 
who  died  at  twenty  years  of  age.  After  the  death 
of  his  first  wife,  our  subject's  father  married 
again,  and  by  his  second  union  had  four  children; 
the  three  now  living  make  their  homes  in  Liv- 
ingston County,  Ky. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  was  a  pupil  in  private 
schools.  He  accompanied  his  father  to  Missouri 
and  settled  near  Carthage,  Jasper  County,  where 


he  resided  until  1859.  He  was  among  the  first 
who  determined  to  seek  for  gold  in  the  mountains 
of  the  west.  With  two  friends  he  joined  a  party 
of  twelve,  and  followed  the  Santa  Fe  trail  up  the 
Arkansas,  making  the  journey  by  ox -team.  On 
the  way  they  met  about  four  hundred  Indians, 
who  stole  some  of  their  provisions  and  threatened 
trouble,  but  finally  left  them  without  an  attack. 
They  reached  Pueblo,  then  a  small  Mexican  town, 
about  June  i,  1859,  then  came  up  through  the 
Fountain  Valley ,  followed  the  Jimmy  camp  trail  to 
Russellville  (where  the  first  gold  was  discovered 
on  Cherry  Creek),  proceeded  to  Auraria  (Denver) , 
then  to  Gregory  Gulch  and  down  Guy  Hill  to 
the  creek.  Mr.  Love  secured  work  at  the  Bob 
Tail  mine,  then,  with  two  others,  secured  a  claim 
at  the  mouth  of  Spring  Gulch,  and  sawing  some 
lumber,  made  sluice  boxes,  eight  feet  in  length. 
Afterward  he  bought  more  lumber  and  cut 
twenty-four  feet  lengths.  At  the  time  of  the 
Terryal  excitement,  one  of  his  party  went  there, 
and  later  was  joined  by  the  others,  but  their  work 
did  not  prove  profitable.  Returning  to  Spring 
Gulch,  they  found  their  claim  jumped.  He 
then  went  to  Georgetown,  where  he  assisted  in 
building  the  first  cabin.  He  and  a  partner  had 
claim  No.  7,  adjoining  the  Griffith  lode,  but  he 
was  unable  to  locate  the  lode,  so  returned  to 
Black  Hawk,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  until 
1864.  He  then  came  to  Colorado  City.  For  two 
years  he  engaged  in  ranching  on  Bear  Creek, 
after  which  he  became  interested  in  freighting, 
and  then  became  a  pioneer  miner  at  Ouray,  Sil- 
verton  and  Lake  City. 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1878  Mr.  Love  went  to 
Leadville,  where  he  and  his  brother,  Dr.  R.  F. 
Love,  located  the  Climax,  sinking  two  shafts  of 
one  hundred  and  eighty  and  one  hundred  and 
ninety-two  feet  respectively.  This  claim,  un- 
fortunately, he  sold  before  its  full  value  was  real- 
ized. He  was  also  interested  in  other  claims. 
In  1883  he  relinquished  his  mining  interests  and 
returned  to  Colorado  City.  Soon  he  and  a  part- 
ner bought  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  ad- 
joining the  city,  and  platted  Love  &  Quimby's 
addition  of  eighty  acres,  which  they  improved 
and  sold.  He  built  at  the  corner  of  Tenth  street 
and  Colorado  avenue,  and  owns  other  property 
here.  The  site  occupied  by  the  Philadelphia  and 
Colorado  Smelting  plant  was  furnished  by  him. 
His  real-estate  interests  take  much  of  his  time, 
but  he  still  gives  some  attention  to  mining.  He 
assisted  in  organizing  the  Colorado  City  and 


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Manitou  Mining  Company,  of  which  he  was  a 
director  from  its  inception  and  whose  property 
was  largely  located  through  his  efforts.  Among 
his  claims  are  the  Iron  King,  Red  Rock,  Genoa, 
Frank  Lee,  Little  Allie,  Maggie,  Good  Luck, 
Tom  Patterson,  M.  W.  S. ,  all  of  which  he  located 
except  the  Iron  King,  Red  Rock  and  M.  W.  S., 
and  he  is  also  interested  in  the  Good  Thunder 
mine  at  Aspen. 

In  politics  Mr.  Love  is  a  silver  Republican. 
For  some  years  he  was  president  of  the  school 
board,  and  for  several  terms  he  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  council  of  Colorado  City.  In  religion 
he  is  an  attendant  upon  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  The  El  Paso  County  Pioneers'  Society 
numbers  him  among  its  prominent  members.  He 
was  married  in  Pueblo  to  Miss  Sarah  MacFarland, 
who  was  born  in  Jay,  Essex  County,  N.  Y.,  and 
came  to  Colorado  in  January,  1872.  They  are 
the  parents  of  two  daughters,  Mary  M.,  a  gradu- 
ate of  Wesleyan  University  in  Nebraska,  and 
Allie  Maude,  who  was  educated  in  Colorado 
College.  Mrs.  Love  is  a  daughter  of  Michael  and 
Margaret  (Quinn)  MacFarland,  natives  of  the 
north  of  Ireland,  and  for  many  years  residents  of 
New  York,  where  they  died.  Her  father  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  In  his  family  there 
were  six  children,  of  whom  three  sons  and  Mrs. 
Love  now  survive. 

HON.  J.  MARTIN  WETZEL,  county  judge 
of  Conejos  County,  came  to  Alamosa  in 
May,  1881,  and  formed  a  connection  with 
Judge  C.  D.  Hayt,  with  whom  he  remained  for 
two  years.  He  then  opened  a  real-estate,  collec- 
tion and  law  office,  in  which  lines,  as  well  as  in 
mining,  he  has  since  continued.  Active  in  the 
Republican  party,  he  has  identified  himself 
intimately  with  local  affairs  during  the  entire 
period  of  his  residence  in  Alamosa.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  and 
magistrate.  In  1895  he  was  elected  county  judge, 
and  this  office  he  has  since  filled  with  efficiency 
and  intelligence.  The  cause  of  education  has  in 
him  a  firm  friend,  for,  from  his  own  experience, 
he  realizes  its  benefits.  As  secretary  of  the  school 
board,  which  position  he  has  held  for  eight  years, 
he  has  been  instrumental  in  promoting  the  wel- 
fare of  the  local  schools. 

A  son  of  John  and  Susan  A.  (Shafer)  Wetzel, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Perry 
County,  Pa.,  in  1840.  In  1852  he  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Ohio,  and  from  there  went  with 


them  to  Iowa,  where  his  father  died  at  the  age  of 
sixty-one;  he  had  followed  farming  and  was  also 
a  skilled  mechanic.  The  widowed  mother  is 
now  living  in  Iowa,  and  is  eighty-eight  years  of 
age.  Our  subject  is  the  third  of  eight  children. 
He  spent  his  youth  principally  in  Ohio  and  Iowa. 
In  1862  he  crossed  the  plains  with  an  ox-team,  go- 
ing to  the  Powder  River  in  Oregon,  and  from  there 
to  Idaho  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year.  Becoming 
interested  in  mining  and  the  stock  business,  he 
remained  there  until  the  summer  of  1866.  He 
then  went  to  Helena,  Mont.,  and  opened  a  mer- 
cantile store,  but  in  the  fall  of  1867  removed  to 
Fort  Benton,  Mont.,  and  engaged  in  merchandis- 
ing. In  the  fall  of  1868  he  was  elected  county 
judge  of  Choteau  County,  which  office  he  filled  for 
one  term.  From  there  he  went  to  Butte  City  and 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  until  1880,  at  the 
same  time  buying  and  selling  real  estate,  platting 
additions  to  the  city,  and  carrying  on  a  mercan- 
tile trade. 

After  a  visit  in  the  east  in  1880,  Judge  Wetzel 
came  to  Alamosa,  Colo.,  in  May,  1881,  hoping 
that  the  healthful  climate  might  be  of  benefit  to 
his  family.  He  was  married  in  1876  to  Mary  E. , 
daughter  of  Burton  R.  Ham,  of  Kansas  City, 
Mo.  Three  children  were  born  to  their  union: 
Hattie  A.,  who  is  the  wife  of  W.  W.  Blake; 
Budd  O.  and  Ella  Agnes.  He  has  always  been 
a  public- spirited  and  progressive  citizen,  one 
whose  desire  is  to  advance  the  resources  and  pros- 
perity of  his  community.  Personally,  he  has 
always  been  a  student,  and  after  coming  west 
into  the  mountain  districts  he  gained  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  German,  which  he  found  would  be 
of  benefit  to  him  in  his  work.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  Alamosa  Lodge  No.  96,  K.P. ,  and 
Sierra  Blanca  Lodge  No.  21,  Uniform  Rank,  K.P. 


[EORGE  JACKSON,  of  Pueblo,  was  born 
and  reared  in  Canada,  and  received  his 
education  in  the  schools  of  that  country.  At 
an  early  age  he  went  to  sea  with  his  father,  who 
was  a  sea  captain  during  the  most  of  his  active 
life.  For  a  number  of  years  he  led  the  advent- 
urous life  of  a  sailor,  after  which  he  went  to  New 
York  and  secured  employment  in  that  city.  In 
1879  he  came  west  to  Colorado  and  for  a  time 
made  Central  City  and  Denver  his  headquarters. 
In  1886  he  came  to  Pueblo,  where  he  opened  a 
cigar  and  liquor  store  in  the  old  Pueblo  hotel, 
but  later  moved  to  Main  street,  where  he  now 
has  a  branch  house.  He  carries  on  a  wholesale 


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business  at  No.  317  South  Union  avenue,  where 
he  has  a  large  business,  giving  employment  to 
eleven  hands.  He  represents  the  American 
Brewery  Company,  of  St.  Louis,  also  Coors' 
Golden  Brewery,  of  Golden,  Colo.,  and  acts  as 
agent  for  other  large  wholesale  firms  of  the 
country.  Since  coming  to  Pueblo  he  married 
Miss  Anna  Sutton,  of  this  city. 

Politically  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  on  that  ticket 
he  was  elected  alderman  in  Bessemer,  now  a  part 
of  Pueblo.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Elks,  Red  Men  and  Masons.  Associated  with 
him  in  business,  as  manager,  is  his  brother, 
Harry  B.,  who  spent  some  time  at  sea  in  boy- 
hood, later  resided  in  Boston  and  New  York,  and 
came  west  in  1890,  since  which  time  he  has  made 
Pueblo  his  home. 


(£J  EORGE  LANNON,  proprietor  of  the  Pueblo 

b  foundry,  machine  shop  and  boiler  works,  is 
at  the  head  of  one  of  the  leading  industries 
of  Pueblo  and  one  that  is  also  among  the  largest 
of  its  kind  in  the  state  of  Colorado.  The  plant 
is  located  at  the  foot  of  Santa  Fe  avenue  and 
comprises  a  number 'of  large  buildings,  among 
them  the  foundry,  pattern  shop,  forge,  machine 
shop  and  boiler  shop.  Among  the  products  of 
the  foundry  are  ten-ton  castings.  A  number  of 
pumping  engines  have  been  manufactured  here. 
The  products  of  the  factory  are  sold  throughout 
the  entire  western  country  and  in  Old  Mexico, 
and  are  considered  equal  and  even  superior  to  the 
best  manufactures  of  a  similar  kind  in  the  east. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch,  to  whose  energy  and 
determination  the  success  of  the  works  is  due, 
was  born  in  New  Hartford,  N.  Y. ,  in  June,  1844, 
a  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  (Johnson)  Lannon. 
His  father,  who  was  a  native  of  Pittsburg,  Pa. , 
was  for  years  employed  as  foreman  in  a  cotton 
factory  in  the  east,  but  is  now  making  his  home 
with  our  subject.  He  married  Miss  Johnson, 
who  was  born  in  New  Hartford,  N.  Y.,  and  died 
in  Troy,  that  state.  Her  father,  Rev.  John 
Johnson,  came  from  the  North  of  Ireland  to  New 
York  state,  where  he  held  pastorates  in  Baptist 
churches  until  his  death.  John  and  Rebecca 
Lannon  were  the  parents  of  five  sons  and  one 
daughter  who  attained  years  of  maturity,  and 
those  now  living  reside  in  Pueblo.  The  sons  are 
George,  John  M.,  F.  P.  (an  alderman),  and 
Charles  A.,  who  is  foreman  and  machinist  with 
his  brother. 

At  Schuylerville,  Saratoga  County,  N.  Y.,  the 


subject  of  this  sketch  served  an  apprenticeship  to 
the  machinist's  trade,  which  he  afterwards  fol- 
lowed in  different  states,  and  in  Cuba  from  1867 
to  1869,  his  special  work  being  the  putting  up  of 
machinery  on  plantations.  In  1875  he  went  to 
Clinton,  Iowa,  in  the  employ  of  the  Northwestern 
Railroad.  In  1880  he  came  to  Pueblo,  and 
bought  the  old  foundry,  which  he  enlarged  ma- 
terially, and  here  he  started  in  the  general  foundry 
and  machine  business,  making  a  specialty  of 
smelter  and  mining  machinery,  and  castings  for 
the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande,  and  the  Denver,  Rio 
Grande  &  Western  roads.  He  is  a  very  efficient 
and  capable  business  man,  and  the  success  of 
these  works  is  due  entirely  to  his  intelligence  and 
business  judgment.  He  has  little  time  for  public 
affairs,  and,  aside  from  voting  the  Republican 
ticket,  does  not  take  any  part  in  politics.  Soci- 
ally he  holds  membership  in  the  Minnequa  Club. 
He  was  united  in  marriage,  in  Pueblo,  with  Miss 
Mary  A.  Robinson,  who  was  born  in  North 
Adams,  Mass. ,  but  has  resided  in  this  city  since 
girlhood. 

EARLETON  M.  MCGUIRE,  M.  D.,  a  lead- 
ing physician  of  Walsenburg,  has  a  large 
private  practice,  in  addition  to  which  he  is 
local  surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
road, the  Victor  Coal  and  Coke  Company,  and 
the  Sunshine  Fuel  Company,  and  is  also  county 
physician  and  member  of  the  board  of  the  United 
States  pension  examiners  for  Huerfano  County. 
Interested  in  every  organization  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  medical  science,  he  has  identified 
himself  with  the  American  Medical  Society  and 
the  International  Association  of  Railway  Sur- 
geons. 

The  son  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  J.  (Axley) 
McGuire,  of  Iowa,  the  subject  of  this  article  was 
born  in  Lewisburg,  that  state,  in  1863.  He  re- 
ceived his  literary  education  in  the  public  schools 
and  an  academy  and  university.  The  study  .  of 
medicine  he  began  in  his  native  town  and  later 
entered  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1891.  Returning  to  Iowa, 
he  opened  an  office  in  Seymour,  and  engaged  in 
practice  there  for  three  years.  From  that  place, 
in  1894,  he  came  to  Walsenburg,  where  he  has 
since  built  up  a  valuable  practice  and  established 
a  reputation  as  a  skillful  and  successful  physician. 
As  his  assistant  in  all  of  his  professional  work  he 
has  his  wife,  who  is  a  woman  of  more  than  ordin- 
ary talent  and  herself  a  successful  physician. 


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She  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  in  Iowa,  and 
afterward  carried  on  the  regular  study  of  the 
Woman's  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  from 
which  she  graduated  in  1891,  five  years  after  her 
marriage.  She  was  in  maidenhood  Eva  M. 
Caldwell,  and  is  a  daughter  of  James  and  Mariam 
(Downs)  Caldwell,  of  Iowa.  Both  husband  and 
wife  are  devoted  to  the  medical  science,  and  by 
study  and  examination  of  all  improvements  in 
therapeutics,  have  kept  thoroughly  abreast  of 
the  times  in  every  respect. 

Fraternally  our  subject  is  connected  with 
Huerfano  Lodge  of  Masons,  Walsenburg  Chapter, 
R.  A.  M.,  and  Oriental  Commandery  No.  18, 
K.  T.  He  and  his  wife  are  actively  identified 
(the  latter  Worthy  Matron)  with  Naomi  Chapter 
of  the  Eastern  Star  and  have  passed  the  various 
chairs.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World.  An  advocate  of  Republican  princi- 
ples, he  has  stood  by  his  party,  voting  the  ticket 
in  every  local,  state  and  national  election.  Such 
plans  as  he  believes  will  conduce  to  the  prosperity 
of  his  town  and  the  welfare  of  the  people,  receive 
his  cordial  assistance,  and  he  has  shown  himself 
to  be  a  progressive,  public- spirited  citizen  and  a 
valuable  acquisition  to  the  professional  fraternity 
of  Huerfano  County. 


(5)  EORGE  I/.  WALKER.     South  of  the  beau- 

btiful  divide  pines,  about  fourteen  miles 
northeast  of  Colorado  Springs,  lies  the 
ranch  of  which  Mr.  Walker  is  the  manager.  Its 
location,  according  to  survey,  is  section  26, 
township  38,  range  65  west,  in  El  Paso  County. 
The  passer-by  is  attracted  by  the  beauty  of  the 
location.  Twelve  miles  away  are  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  which  tower  upward  toward  the  sky, 
with  Pike's  Peak,  the  highest  of  all  the  ranges, 
overlooking  the  others,  as  a  mother  her  children. 
The  majesty  of  the  view  is  uplifting,  and  those 
who  view  the  scene  with  an  artist's  eye  are 
charmed  and  awed  by  its  grandeur. 

Near  Troy,  Lincoln  County,  Mo.,  Decembers, 
1855,  our  subject  was  born  to  Daniel  H.  and 
Palmyra  (Craig)  Walker.  When  he  was  about 
two  years  of  age  his  father  died,  leaving  him,  the 
third,  among  four  children.  His  mother  married 
again,  and  he  was  six  when  she  moved  to  Cal- 
houn  County,  111.,  where  he  remained  with  her 
until  he  was  about  fifteen.  On  beginning  in  life 
for  himself  he  worked  by  the  month  on  a  farm. 
For  five  years  he  was  employed  as  a  farm  hand, 
being  in  Missouri  during  part  of  that  time.  In 

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1876  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  worked  in 
sawmills  in  different  parts  of  the  state  for  five 
years.  When  he  came  to  this  state  he  had  about 
$125  that  he  had  saved,  and  during  the  five  en- 
suing years  he  laid  up  about  $800. 

Returning  to  Illinois  in  1881  Mr.  Walker  spent 
nine  months  there.  In  1882  he  came  back  to 
Colorado  and  began  to  deal  in  horses,  buying 
and  selling  in  Colorado  Springs.  In  this  busi- 
ness he  continued  for  six  years,  and  with  the 
money  thus  gained  he  made  investments  in  prop- 
erty in  Colorado  Springs.  January  30,  1889,  in 
that  city,  he  married  Mrs.  Ruby  (Boulware) 
Jennings,  who  was  born  in  Virginia,  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  H.  and  Jane  Boulware.  One  year 
after  his  marriage  Mr.  Walker  removed  to  his 
present  home,  where  he  has  leased  eighteen  hun- 
dred acres.  The  beauty  of  the  location  of  his 
home  and  its  attractiveness  for  visitors  led  him 
in  1891  to  open  a  boarding  house,  which  he  has 
since  conducted,  and  he  has  gained  a  wide  repu- 
tation for  the  excellent  care  given  boarders.  In 
politics  he  has  always  been  a  Democrat,  in  which 
faith  he  was  reared.  He  is  interested  in  educa- 
tional matters,  and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
school  board.  Fraternally  he  is  connected,  as  a 
charter  member,  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  at 
Falcon. 


OHARLESJ.  HALLETT,  county  coroner  of 

1 1  El  Paso  County,  is  a  member  of  a  family 
\J  whose  first  representatives  in  America,  two 
brothers,  came  from  Barnstable,  England,  in 
1637,  and  settled,  one  on  Long  Island,  and  the 
other,  Andrew,  in  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  son 
of  Henry  Watson  and  Antoinette  L.  (Webster) 
Hallett,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Sheldon  Web- 
ster, a  lineal  descendant  of  Daniel  Webster.  Of 
the  father  mention  is  made  on  another  page.  Our 
subject  was  born  in  Springfield,  Mass.,  July  30, 
1862.  In  1880  became  to  Colorado  Springs  and 
began  in  the  undertaking  business  with  his 
father  and  uncle,  continuing  with  them  until 
1882.  He  then  formed  the  Leadville  Undertaking 
Company  and  opened  an  undertaking  business  in 
Leadville,  where  he  remained  until  1884.  Then, 
for  two  years,  he  was  with  H.  W.  Hallett  &  Co., 
in  Kansas  City,  Mo. ,  after  which  he  was  with 
the  Grand  Valley  Ranch  and  Cattle  Company  in 
Garfield  County  and  also  engaged  in  the  stock 
business  for  himself. 

In  March,  1892,  Mr.  Hallett  located  the  Hallett 
mine   and  organized  the    Hallett   &   Hamburg 


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Gold  Mining  Company,  of  which  he  was  presi- 
dent from  the  start,  and  which  was  organized  with 
a  capital  stock  of  $200,000.  The  company  owns 
two  claims  on  Battle  Mountain  and  was  incorpo- 
rated in  1895.  In  1893  he  again  embarked  in  the 
undertaking  business,  this  time  opening  a  store  in 
Cripple  Creek,  under  the  firm  title  of  Hallett  & 
Baker.  »In  the  summer  of  1898  he  disposed  of 
that  business  and  returned  to  Colorado  Springs. 
In  the  fall  of  1897  he  was  nominated,  on  the 
fusion  ticket,  for  county  coroner  and  was  elected, 
taking  office  January  i,  1898.  Politically  a  sil- 
ver Republican,  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
county  committee  and  the  executive  committee  of 
the  same.  He  is  a  man  of  great  business  energy, 
and  while  in  Cripple  Creek  assisted  in  improving 
the  town  by  building  up  a  fine  business  property. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Hallett  is  connected  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  in  Cripple 
Creek  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias  in  Kansas 
City.  In  religion  he  is  connected  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  November  24, 
1897,  in  Cripple  Creek,  he  married  Miss  Martha 
Scott  Miles,  a  niece  of  Gen.  Nelson  Miles, 
U.  S.  A.  She  was  born  in  Tyrone,  Pa. ,  and  is  a 
daughter  of  Caleb  Henry  Miles,  of  Pennsylvania. 


I.  THOMPSON,  county  superin- 
r*)  tendent  of  schools  of  Lincoln  County,  is  one 
|_  of  the  popular  officials  of  the  county.  The 
efficient  manner  in  which  he  has  promoted  the 
educational  interests  and  advanced  the  welfare  of 
the  schools  here  has  won  for  him  the  regard  of 
all.  He  is  a  young  man,  and  is  therefore  well 
posted  concerning  the  latest  and  most  approved 
.methods  of  teaching,  while  at  the  same  time  he 
has  the  advantage  gained  by  a  study  of  the 
methods  employed  by  teachers  in  former  genera- 
tions. He  came  to  Lincoln  County  in  1895,  im- 
mediately after  graduating,  and  has  since  been 
engaged  either  as  teacher  or  officer,  his  work  in 
both  lines  having  been  satisfactory. 

Near  Geneseo,  Henry  County,  111.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  born  in  1874.  His  father, 
Henry  L.  Thompson,  was  a  native  of  New  York 
state  and  in  early  life  removed  to  Illinois,  where 
he  followed  the  carpenter's  trade,  in  connection 
with  farm  pursuits.  He  is  now  engaged  in  the 
management  of  a  stock  farm  in  South  Dakota. 
Politically  he  favors  the  Republican  party,  and 
in  religion  is  a  Congregationalist.  His  wife  was 
Kate,  daughter  of  E.  K.  Decker,  owner  of  a  large 
farm  in  Hancock  County,  111.,  where  she  was 


born.  Our  subject  has  three  brothers  and  one 
sister,  namely:  Charles  H.,  who  is  employed  as 
express  messenger  on  the  Rock  Island  Railroad  at 
Pueblo,  Colo.;  Nellie  C.,  a  school  teacher  in 
South  Dakota;  George  W.,  a  stockman  in  Fre- 
mont County,  Colo. ;  and  Milo  E. ,  who  is  with 
his  parents. 

In  the  schools  of  Henry  County,  111.,  our  sub- 
ject acquired  his  primary  education.  He  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  South  Dakota,  and  for  a 
time  was  a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  there. 
Later  he  was  a  student  in  Cotner  University,  at 
Lincoln,  Neb.,  and  finally  graduated  from  the 
Bennett  Academy,  southeast  of  Lincoln,  in  1895. 
His  education  had  been  most  thorough,  and  since 
his  graduation  he  has  added  thereto  by  a  thought- 
ful study  of  current  events.  On  coming  to  Lin- 
coln County  he  secured  a  position  as  teacher.  In 
the  fall  of  1897  he  was  elected  to  his  present 
position  as  county  superintendent.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  public  affairs  and  always  advocates  Re- 
publican principles.  In  religion  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Christian  Church,  which  his  wife  also 
attends. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Thompson  took  place  in 
1897  and  united  him  with  Clara  Belle  Field,  who 
was  born  in  Papillion ,  Neb. ,  and  received  an  ex- 
cellent education  in  that  city.  She  is  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  W.  Field,  formerly  a  fanner  in  Ne- 
braska, but  now  deceased.  The  family  of  which 
she  is  a  member  consists  of  three  sons  and  four 
daughters.  Joseph  O.,  the  eldest  of  these,  is  a 
printer  in  Brokenbow,  Neb. ;  Charles  J.  is  em- 
ployed by  the  Rock  Island  Railroad  Company; 
Thomas  W.  lives  in  Omaha,  Neb. ;  Eliza  J.  is  the 
wife  of  William  Galloway,  of  Papillion,  Neb.; 
Mary  Ann  married  Martin  Boaz,  and  resides  at 
Fort  Scott,  Kan. ;  and  Hannah  Maria  is  the  wife  of 
James  Pfaffly,  of  Berthune,  Colo. 


0 LIVER  JACOBS,  a  prominent  ranchman  of 
Pueblo  County,  came  to  Colorado  in  the 
spring  of  1860  and  shortly  afterward  settled 
on  the  ranch  where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 
The  property  lies  near  Nyburg,  on  the  north  side 
of  the  Arkansas  River,  along  the  line  of  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific  and  Santa  Fe  Railroads.  Upon  the 
land  may  be  seen  large  numbers  of  cattle  and 
horses,  for  Mr.  Jacobs  has  made  a  specialty  of 
stock-raising.  There  are  also  fruit  orchards  in 
good  bearing  condition  and  the  usual  ranch  build- 
ings, all  of  which  improvements  he  has  made 
personally. 


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In  common  with  other  pioneers  of  Colorado 
Mr.  Jacobs  suffered  the  hardships  and  privations 
incident  to  frontier  life.  He  belongs  to  the  large 
class  which  came  from  the  east  to  Colorado  in 
early  days  and  assisted  in  developing  the  re- 
sources which  nature  had  bestowed  upon  it. 
Comforts  there  were  none,  and  even  the  very  ne- 
cessities of  existence  it  was  difficult  to  obtain. 
To  add  to  the  sufferings  of  the  pioneers  the  In- 
dians were  troublesome,  and  Mr.  Jacobs,  among 
others,  was  obliged  to  fortify  himself  against 
them.  Little  by  little  improvements  were  made, 
new  settlers  arrived,  the  Indians  retreated  to 
more  westernly  haunts,  and  finally,  in  1870,  the 
Santa  Fe  road  was  completed  through  this  coun- 
try, thus  forming  a  connecting  link  with  other 
sections  of  country,  and  from  that  time  onward 
progress  was  steady. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  Jacob  Jacobs, 
who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  a  descendant  of 
an  old  family  in  that  state.  His  life  was  devoted 
to  farming  and  the  lumber  business,  in  which  he 
continued  until  he  died  at  fifty  years  of  age.  He 
married  Nancy  Baker,  who  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania and  died  there  at  forty-five  years  of  age. 
They  were  the  parents  of  eight  sons  and  six 
daughters,  but  Oliver  alone  survives.  He  was 
born  in  Franklin,  Venango  County,  Pa.,  January 
10,  1835,  and  at  thirteen  years  of  age  he  went  to 
Illinois,  where  for  five  years  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  then  spent  one  summer  in  Minnesota, 
from  which  state  he  returned  to  Illinois,  thence 
went  to  Kansas,  and  in  the  spring  of  1860  came 
to  Colorado,  where  he  has  since  resided.  For 
thirty  years  (for  he  has  never  married)  he  made 
his  home  with  the  family  of  Senator  Chilcott, 
who  was  his  warm  personal  friend.  While  he 
has  never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics  he  is  a 
firm  friend  of  the  Republican  party  and  always 
votes  for  its  men  and  measures. 


HON.  CLARENCE  CLARK  HAMLIN,  ex- 
state  senator  of  Wyoming  and  now  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law  in  Colorado  Springs, 
as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Gunnell  &  Hamlin, 
was  born  in  Manchester,  Iowa,  January  7,  1868, 
a  son  of  Henry  F.  and  Harriet  (Clark)  Hamlin. 
His  paternal  grandfather,  Fayette  B.  Hamlin, 
who  was  a  member  of  an  old  Pennsylvania  family 
and  was  born  in  that  state,  removed  to  Belvidere, 
111.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law; 
his  last  days,  however,  were  spent  in  Iowa.  The 
maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  Oratio 


D.  Clark,  a  native  of  New  York  state  and  a 
blacksmith  by  trade.  He  removed  to  Iowa  and 
became  a  farmer  and  blacksmith  at  Belvidere,  but 
afterward  went  to  Iowa,  where  he  resided  upon  a 
farm.  He  was  a  descendant  of  an  old  family  of 
New  England,  some  of  whose  representatives 
participated  in  the  Re  volution. 

Henry  F.  Hamlin,  who  was  born  inSouthport, 
Pa. ,  grew  to  manhood  in  Illinois,  and  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  at  Manchester,  Iowa, 
where  he  is  still  living.  His  wife  died  in  Iowa. 
They  were  the  parents  of  three  children,  one  of 
whom  is  deceased.  Their  son,  Charles  F.,  is 
register  of  the  United  States  land  office  at  Gun- 
nison,  Colo.  Our  subject  attended  the  Man- 
chester public  school  when  a  boy.  In  1885  he 
went  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and  engaged  in  busi- 
ness there  for  a  time,  but  afterward  took  up  the 
study  of  law.  In  1888,  going  to  Evanston,  Wyo., 
he  -continued  his  studies  under  his  uncle,  now 
United  States  senator,  C.  D.Clark.  In  1890  he 
graduated  from  the  law  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Iowa  at  Iowa  City,  receiving  the  de- 
gree of  LL.  B.  He  at  once  opened  an  office  at 
Rock  Springs,  Wyo.,  and  began  the  practice  of 
law. 

On  the  Republican  ticket,  in  1892,  Mr.  Ham- 
lin was  nominated  for  state  senator  from  Sweet- 
water  County.  He  was  elected  by  a  fair  majority 
and  served  in  the  session  of  1893,  where  he  was 
chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee.  In  1894 
he  was  again  elected  to  the  senate  and  served  as 
a  member  of  the  third  session,  where  he  was 
chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee.  From  the 
governor  he  received  an  appointment  to  revise 
the  laws  of  the  state  and  with  the  commission  of 
which  he  was  a  member,  rendered  satisfactory 
work,  completing  the  duty  assigned  them.  While 
in  the  senate  he  supported  United  States  Senators 
Clark  and  Warren.  Resigning  his  seat  in  the 
senate  in  1896,  he  formed  his  present  partner- 
ship and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  law  in 
Colorado  Springs.  He  is  a  member  of  the  State 
Bar  Association,  and  socially  is  identified  with 
the  El  Paso  and  Country  Clubs.  He  was  made  a 
Mason  in  the  blue  lodge  at  Rock  Springs,  and 
afterward  became  a  member  of  the  chapter  and 
commandery  at  Green  River.  In  politics  he  has 
from  boyhood  been  a  firm,  pronounced  Republi- 
can. In  1896  he  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the 
national  convention  at  St.  Louis.  He  gives  his 
aid  to  all  public  measures  having  for  their  object 
the  promotion  of  the  welfare  of  the  people.  He 


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keeps  pace  with  the  current  history  of  the  world, 
and  has  strong  feeling  upon  public  questions, 
especially  such  as  affect  the  future  progress  of  our 
country.  In  November,  1898,  he  married  Miss 
Seddie,  daughter  of  Judge  A.  T.  Gunnell,  his 
law  partner. 

0RYDEN  JOHNSON,  M.  D.,  residing  at 
Antonito,  Conejos  County,  came  to  this 
village  in  1881  to  accept  the  position  of 
division  surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad  at  this  point,  and  at  the  same  time  he 
entered  upon  the  general  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion, which  he  has  since  conducted  successfully. 
He  is  now  local  surgeon  for  the  railroad,  which 
position  he  has  filled  for  years.  As  a  member  of 
the  Colorado  Medical  Society  he  takes  a  warm 
interest  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  professional 
work  throughout  the  state. 

Dr.  Johnson  was  born  in  Montgomery  County, 
Tenn.,  in  1850,  a  son  of  Rev.  A.  L.  and  Susan 
(Dryden)  Johnson.  His  father,  now  living  in 
Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  has  been  a  minister  in  the 
Christian  Church  for  more  than  fifty  years,  his 
pastorates  having  been  in  different  parts  of  the 
south,  principally  in  Tennessee,  Kentucky  and 
Texas.  By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Dryden,  a 
native  of  Christian  County,  Ky. ,  he  had  six  chil- 
dren, namely:  Dryden;  Frank  M. ,  who  is  a  pro- 
fessor in  the  University  of  Nebraska;  Robert  G. , 
an  attorney  of  Fort  Worth,  Tex. ;  Maude,  widow 
of  William  Henry,  of  Hopkinsville,  Ky.;  Eliza- 
beth and  Lena. 

Reared  in  northern  Tennessee  and  Kentucky, 
the  education  of  our  subject  was  mainly  obtained 
in  his  father's  private  school  and  the  University 
of  Kentucky.  In  1878  he  graduated  in  medicine 
from  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
after  which  he  spent  a  year  as  interne  in  Bellevue 
Hospital.  October  i,  1879,  found  him  in  Denver, 
Colo.,  where  he  practiced  for  eighteen  months; 
from  that  city  he  came  to  Antonito,  one  year 
after  the  town  had  been  started.  He  has  made 
medicine  his  life  study  and  has  attained  a  fair 
degree  of  success  in  his  chosen  profession.  In 
1887  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Minnie 
Richerson,  of  Franklin  County,  Va. 

As  a  local  leader  of  the  Democracy  Dr.  John- 
son is  well  known.  During  the  campaign  of  1884 
he  served  as  chairman  of  the  Democratic  county 
central  committee.  In  the  fall  of  1897  he  was 
elected  coroner  of  Conejos  County,  which  position 
he  has  since  filled  satisfactorily.  In  local  affairs 


he  has  been  active  and  has  given  his  support  to 
measures  for  the  benefit  of  the  people.  He  is 
identified  with  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  is  a 
member  of  its  blue  lodge. 


(3  EORGE  HAMMOND.     As  a  representative 

b  business  man  of  Rocky  Ford,  Mr.  Hammond 
is  well  known  throughout  Otero  County 
He  is  the  proprietor  of  a  store,  in  which  he  car- 
ries a  full  line  of  grain  and  alfalfa  seed,  and  in 
addition  to  this  business  he  is  an  extensive 
dealer  in  live  stock.  Interested  in  real  estate,  he 
has  a  business  house  which  he  rents.  As  a  busi- 
ness man  he  has  been  proved  to  be  energetic, 
capable  and  efficient,  and  the  prosperity  he  has 
gained  is  the  result  of  these  qualities,  backed  by 
sound  judgment. 

In  Columbia  County,  Wis.,  Mr.  Hammond  was 
born  August  26,  1852,  and  there  he  was  reared 
upon  a  farm,  receiving  such  advantages  as  the 
neighboring  schools  offered.  When  he  was 
twenty  years  of  age,  in  1872,  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado. His  first  location  was  Central  City,  where 
he  engaged  in  mining.  Afterward  he  remained 
at  Georgetown  until  1877,  and  then  went  to  Lead- 
ville.  He  was  in  the  latter  camp  at  the  time  of 
its  great  "boom,"  when,  lured  thither  by  the 
discovery  of  gold  in  large  quantities,  thousands 
flocked  to  the  camp.  He  met  with  success  in  his 
mining  ventures  there. 

Leaving  Leadville  in  1880,  Mr.  Hammond 
went  to  Elk  Mountains,  where  he  spent  three 
years  in  the  mines.  Afterward  he  engaged  in 
prospecting  in  the  Ouray  country,  thence  went  to 
the  Ute  reservation  in  Delta,  being  there  when 
the  Indians  were  removed.  He  engaged  in  the 
livery  business  at  that  point,  but  after  one  year 
left  Delta  and  went  to  Salida.  After  one  and 
one-half  years  spent  in  the  meat  business  in 
Salida,  he  returned  to  Delta  and  began  in  the 
grain  business.  This  he  conducted  until  he  came 
to  Rocky  Ford  in  1887.  His  first  business  ven- 
ture in  this  village  was  as  a  grocer,  and  for  five 
years  he  carried  on  trade  in  that  line.  On  sell- 
ing that  business  he  began  to  deal  in  seed  and 
grain,  which  line  of  trade  he  has  since  carried  on 
successfully.  He  has  given  his  attention  wholly 
to  business  matters,  and  has  not  been  active  in 
politics  or  public  affairs,  although  he  discharges 
in  the  fullest  manner  his  duties  as  a  loyal  citizen. 
In  the  casting  of  his  ballot  he  favors  Republican 
principles. 


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j— DWARD  F.  ELDRIDGE,  M.  D.,  who  has 
JO  resided  in  Grand  Junction  since  1890,  has 
built  up  an  extensive  practice  in  that  city, 
giving  especial  attention  to  surgery.  His  office 
is  provided  with  laboratory,  consulting  and  oper- 
ating rooms,  and  with  every  modern  equipment 
of  the  medical  profession.  In  the  science  to 
which  much  of  his  active  life  has  been  devoted  he 
has  gained  a  success  that  is  complete  and  gratify- 
ing, and  speaks  much  for  his  ability  and  perse- 
verance. 

A  son  of  William  F.  and  Vesta  (Ketchum) 
Eldridge,  the  subject  of  this  article  was  born  in 
Ketchumville,  Tioga  County,  N.  Y.,  December 
28,  1855.  He  was  educated  in  the  Weston 
(Mass.)  high  school  and  the  New  York  State 
Normal  at  Cortland.  Under  Albert  E.  Miller, 
M.  D.,  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  in  1876,  and  afterward  attended  Dart- 
mouth Medical  College,  from  which  he  graduated 
November  15,  1881.  Opening  an  office  in  Han- 
over street,  Boston,  Mass.,  he  remained  there  for 
two  years,  after  which  he  spent  seven  years  in 
New  London,  Wis.  Loss  of  health  compelled 
him  to  leave  his  home  in  the  east,  where  he  had 
built  up  a  large  practice  and  made  many  warm 
friends.  Seeking  the  genial  climate  of  Colorado, 
he  came  to  Grand  Junction,  and,  as  soon  as  able, 
he  began  to  practice  his  profession,  which,  with 
restored  health,  has  shown  a  constant  increase 
until  now  his  time  and  strength  are  often  taxed 
to  their  utmost  in  attending  to  his  practice. 

In  1887  Dr.  Eldridge  was  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Northwestern  Wisconsin  Medical  As- 
sociation, to  which  he  still  belongs.  In  1888  he 
was  city  physician  of  New  London;  surgeon  for 
the  Milwaukee,  Lake  Shore  &  Western  Railroad, 
1889;  and  surgeon  for  the  Green  Bay,  Winona 
&  Minnesota  Railway,  1888-89.  During  his  resi- 
dence in  New  London  he  was  alderman  in  1885 
and  1886  and  mayor  in  1888.  He  served  as  dele- 
gate from  the  Wisconsin  State  Medical  Society 
to  the  Ninth  International  Medical  Congress,  at 
Washington,  D.  C.,  in  1887;  also  as  delegate 
from  the  Wisconsin  State  Medical  Society  and  the 
American  Medical  Association  to  the  Tenth  Inter- 
national Medical  Congress,  at  Berlin,  Germany, 
.in  1890.  He  is  connected  both  with  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Association  and  the  American  Pub- 
lic Health  Association.  An  article  on  the  "Use 
of  Water  in  the  Treatment  of  Renal  and  Hepatic 
Diseases,"  read  before  the  Northwestern  Medical 
.Association,  January  10,  1888,  was  printed  in  the 


Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1888,  and  afterward  appeared  in  the 
Medical  Science,  eliciting  very  favorable  comments 
from  the  medical  fraternity  generally.  His  pro- 
fessional knowledge  has  been  enlarged  by  a  study 
of  methods  employed  in  hospitals  in  Holland, 
Germany,  Switzerland,  Belgium,  France  and 
England,  through  all  of  which  countries  he  has 
traveled  extensively. 

June  i,  1882,  Dr.  Eldridge  married  Miss  Jen- 
nie E.  McClary,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  They  have 
two  daughters  and  one  son:  Mary  C.,  Jennie  E. 
and  Edward  F.,  the  two  latter  being  twins.  Mrs. 
Eldridge  is  a  daughter  of  George  H.  and  Lucy  A. 
(Benton)  McClary,  of  Syracuse,  her  father  being 
descended  from  a  long  line  of  Scotch  ancestry. 
Fraternally  the  doctor  is  a  prominent  Mason, 
having  attained  the  rank  of  Knight  Templar, 
and  is  also  a  Shriner,  being  a  member  of  El  Jebel 
Temple,  Denver.  He  is  past  Eminent  Com- 
mander of  Temple  Commandery. 

Recreation  is  a  necessity  with  all  active  minds. 
The  doctor  has  found  his  greatest  recreation  in 
literature.  Not  only  has  he  been  a  wide  and 
thoughtful  reader,  but  he  has  written  much  that 
is  choice  and  interesting.  He  might  well  be 
called  the  "poet  laureate"  of  Colorado,  for  he  has 
chronicled  in  verse  many  of  the  incidents  in  the 
history  of  the  state  and  has  become  well  known 
among  its  people.  A  number  of  his  poems  have 
been  set  to  music,  in  which  form  they  have  gained 
added  prominence.  In  1898  he  published,  in  at- 
tractive booklet  form,  for  distribution  among  his 
friends,  two  poems,  one  of  which,  "The  Doctor's 
Reverie,"  was  a  chapter  of  his  own  life;  while 
the  other,  "Alkazar,  the  Moorish  Alchemist," 
depicted  a  Spanish  romance  of  the  sixteenth  cen- 
tury. A  volume  entitled  "Songs  from  the  Rock- 
ies," containing  about  one  hundred  poems  from 
his  pen,  is  now  almost  ready  for  the  press.  He 
is  also  completing  a  novel,  the  title  of  which  is 
the  "Sinbad  Mines,  A  Tale  of  the  Rockies," 
upon  which  he  has  spent  the  greater  part  of  six 
years.  One  of  his  poems,  "Colorado,"  is  so 
appropriate  to  the  present  work  that  we  insert  it 
herewith  in  full: 

Colorado,  the  Gem  of  the  Rockies, 

In  its  setting  of  silver  and  gold; 
The  home  of  both  winter  and  summer, 

And  climates  from  torrid  to  cold. 
With  mountains,  and  valleys,  and  rivers, 

And  mines  of  most  fabulous  wealth; 
With  sunshine  and  soft,  balmy  breezes 

Which  bring  a  perfection  of  health. 


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Thy  mountains — the  dream  of  the  miner, 

In  their  ledges  are  treasures  untold, 
Rare  gems,  for  the  decking  of  beauty, 

Great  veins  of  bright  silver  and  gold; 
The  birthplace  of  pure  crystal  fountains 

Which  sing  as  they  dance  on  their  way, 
The  wild  notes  of  Nature's  own  music, 

As  with  the  soft  breezes  they  play. 

Thy  valleys  are  like  unto  Eden, 

Fair  flowers  and  orchards  abound, 
And  fruits,  all  the  rarest  in  flavor, 

Are  bending  their  boughs  to  the  ground. 
Where  beautiful  homes  deck  the  landscape, 

And  great  busy  cities  have  grown — 
On  the  site  of  the  Indian's  wigwam, 

Which  he  left  with  a  sad,  weary  moan. 

Where  all  are  contented  and  happy 

And  each  finds  the  task  to  his  taste, 
Where  labor  is  richly  requited — 

Whate'er  be  the  calling  that's  traced. 
Where  he  who  is  heart-sick  and  weary 

And  nearly  cast  down  with  despair, 
May  come,  and  soon  win  a  fortune, 

As  well  as  the  rich  millionaire. 

For  the  wealth  locked  up  in  the  mountains 

And  hid  in  our  most  fertile  soil, 
Is  the  prize  of  him  who  may  win  it 

By  diligent,  pains-taking  toil; 
As  Nature  is  wonderfully  lavish 

In  all  that  pertains  to  her  wealth, 
Where  homes  may  be  had  for  the  asking, 

And  sickness  gives  place  to  good  health. 

But  e'en  should  he  fail  to  gain  riches 

There  are  yet  many  pleasures  in  life — 
Among  the  wild  beauties  of  Nature— 

Away  from  all  harassing  strife. 
Where  the  eye  may  feast  upon  pictures 

Which  outrival  the  old  masters'  skill; 
And  the  ear  is  filled  with  soft  music — 

Of  birds,  and  the  wild  mountain  rill. 

Where  Nature  is  fresh  from  its  Maker 

And  grand  in  its  beauty,  sublime; 
Where  God  is  as  near  to  His  children 

As  He  was  in  the  far  olden  time. 
Where  His  glory  is  seen  in  the  heavens, 

And  His  love  in  the  valley  below; 
His  beauty  in  sunshine  and  shower, 

And  His  care  in  the  breezes  which  blow. 

Grand  Junction,  Colo.,  January  29th,  1895. 


HENRY  HUNTER,  a  successful  practicing 
attorney  of  Walsenburg,   and   a  resident  of 
this  city  since  February,  1893,  was  born  in 
Bond  County,  111.,  June  2,  1864,   a  son  of  David 
F.  and  Nancy  I.  (Plant)  Hunter.     His  paternal 
grandfather,  James  Hunter,  who  was  a  native  of 
the    Carolinas,    removed    from  there  to  eastern 
Tennessee,  and  thence  went  to  Illinois  in   1825, 
becoming  a  pioneer  of  Bond  County.     He  and 


his  wife  were  the  first  to  associate  with  the  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  denomination  in  Illinois, 
and  through  their  efforts  was  organized  Mount 
Gilead  Church,  two  miles  west  of  Greenville. 
His  wife's  father,  Samuel  McAdow,  was  a  native 
of  Scotland,  and  on  emigrating  to  the  United 
States  settled  in  Dixon  County,  Tenn.  He  was 
one  of  the  three  men  who  seceded  from  the  old 
Presbyterian  Church  and  at  his  house  the  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  denomination  was  founded. 

At  the  age  of  seventeen  David  F.  Hunter  be- 
gan to  teach  school,  which  occupation  he  follow- 
ed for  fifteen  years.  Afterward  he  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  at  Van  Burensburg,  111. , 
for  one  year,  later  being  similarly  engaged  at 
Ramsey,  111.,  for  six  years.  In  1872  he  came  to 
Colorado,  settling  at  Denver,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  hay  and  grain  business,  but  in  April  of 
the  following  year  he  moved  to  Pueblo.  Later  he 
settled  in  the  Greenhorn  district,  at  what  is  now 
known  as  Rye,  and  here  he  still  resides,  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock-raising.  While  he  always 
maintained  an  interest  in  public  affairs,  he  has 
never  been  an  office  seeker.  In  1861  he  was  a 
delegate  to  the  convention  that  nominated  George 
B.  McClelland  for  president. 

When  our  subject  was  a  boy  of  eight  years  he 
was  brought  to  Colorado,  and  here  he  has  since 
resided.  When  his  father  bought  a  ranch  he  be- 
gan to  help  him  in  its  supervision,  and  until  he 
was  twenty-two  years  of  age  much  of  his  time 
was  spent  in  the  saddle.  Afterward  he  assisted 
in  carrying  the  mail  from  Pueblo  to  Rye.  Three 
years  later  he  entered  the  law  office  of  L.  B.  Gib- 
son, of  Pueblo,  where  he  continued  to  study  un- 
til he  was  admitted  to  the  Colorado  bar,  August 
28,  1890.  The  same  year  he  opened  an  office  in 
Pueblo,  but  soon  removed  to  Waltenburg,  where 
he  now  resides.  He  has  been  the  Democratic 
candidate  for  the  legislature  and  succeeded  in 
polling  a  larger  vote  for  his  party  than  usual. 
For  two  years  he  held  the  position  of  city  attor- 
ney, and  also  served  as  deputy  district  attorney 
for  the  third  judicial  district  for  three-  years.  In 
April,  1898,  he  was  again  chosen  to  serve  in  the 
latter  position,  which  he  later  resigned. 

Since  the  construction  of  the  Union  Pacific, 
Denver  &  Gulf  Railroad  to  Walsenburg,  Mr. 
Hunter  has  been  local  attorney  for  the  road.  In 
municipal  affairs  he  takes  an  active  part,  uphold- 
ing all  measures  that  will  benefit  the  town  and 
promote  the  prosperity  of  the  people.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  the  Ancient  Order 


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Foresters  of  America,  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  and  Diamond  Lodge  No.  49,  K.  P., 
in  which  he  is  past  chancellor,  and  has  served  as 
a  delegate  to  the  grand  lodge.  January  23, 
1895,  he  married  Minnie,  daughter  of  H.  G. 
Wycoff,  of  Walsenburg.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, Charles  H.  and  Thomas  W. 


(JOHN  C.  SUMMERS,  who  has  carried  on  a 
I  large  business  as  a  cement  sidewalk  con- 
©  tractor  in  Pueblo  since  1888,  was  born  in 
Shelby  County,  Ohio,  August  23,  1834,  a  son  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Summers.  His 
father,  who  was  born,  reared  and  married  in 
Lancaster  County, Pa.,  moved  to  Shelby  County, 
Ohio,  in  1828,  when  that  country  was  new  and 
its  nearest  supply  town  was  Dayton.  Establish- 
ing his  home  on  a  raw  tract  of  land,  he  improved 
a  farm.  In  1841  he  sold  out  and  removed  to  In- 
diana, settling  in  Dekalb  County,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  During  the  war  of 
1812  he  volunteered  in  the  service,  and  our  sub- 
ject has  in  his  possession  the  powder  horn  used 
while  in  service.  When  news  reached  him  of  the 
threatened  attack  on  Baltimore  he  was  plowing 
in  the  field,  but  he  left  his  team  and  plow  there 
and  hastened  to  join  the  men  marching  to  aid 
in  the  defense  of  the  city.  He  remained  for  some 
months  at  the  front,  being  discharged  when  the 
war  closed.  A  Democrat  in  politics,  he  served  as 
justice  of  the  peace  and  might  have  had  other 
offices  had  he  so  desired.  He  was  interested  in 
church  work  and  contributed  toward  religious 
enterprises.  His  death  occurred  July  3,  1873, 
at  eighty  years  of  age. 

The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  George  Sum- 
mers, was  born  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  and  in 
an  early  day  settled  in  Indiana,  but  later  removed 
to  Ohio,  where  he  died  (in  Shelby  County)  at  the 
age  of  seventy.  He  had  served  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  One  of  his  brothers,  Elisha,  who 
was  a  chaplain  in  the  colonial  army,  afterward 
settled  in  Kentucky,  where  he  was  prominent  in 
the  Baptist  ministry;  during  the  war  of  1812  he 
again  entered  the  service  of  his  country.  The 
great-grandfather  of  our  subject,  Henry  Sum- 
mers, was  born  on  the  James  River  in  Virginia, 
and  when  young  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  where  he  became  a  wealthy 
shipping  merchant.  During  the  Revolution  he 
entered  the  army  and,  under  General  Washing- 
ton, experienced  all  the  horrors  of  a  winter  at 
Valley  Forge.  His  father,  Capt.  George  Sum- 


mers, who  was  a  native  of  England,  came  to 
America  under  King  George,  and  received  from 
him  a  grant  of  land  on  the  James  River  in  Vir- 
ginia. With  him  came  his  brother,  Luther.  -At 
a  later  date  he  sailed  the  first  American  man-of- 
war  ever  on  the  Pacific  waters. 

The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject, 
Robert  Smith,  came  to  America  from  Scotland 
and  died  at  seventy-nine  years  of  age.  His 
daughter,  Mrs.  Summers,  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  died  in  Indiana  at  seventy-nine  years 
of  age.  She  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  Of  her  eight  children,  all  but 
one  are  still  living.  Our  subject  received  a  com- 
mon-school education.  When  fifteen  years  of 
age  he  began  to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade  in 
northern  Indiana,  where  he  remained  for  two 
years  at  his  chosen  occupation.  In  1854  he  went 
to  California,  via  the  ocean  route,  and  engaged 
in  mining  and  prospecting  and  afterwards  was  in 
the  British  possessions  for  some  years,  but  in 
1859  turned  his  attention  to  the  raising  of  vege- 
tables, in  which  he  engaged  for  five  years.  On 
selling  out  that  business  he  went  to  Idaho,  and 
afterward  engaged  in  freighting  from  Walla 
Walla  on  the  Columbia  River  in  Washington 
Territory  to  Boise  Basin,  four  hundred  miles 
away.  During  the  year  that  he  continued  freight- 
ing he  was  in  constant  danger  from  the  Indians. 
Finally,  from  San  Francisco,  he  took  passage  for 
home,  via  the  Panama  route.  In  1 864  he  resumed 
the  work  of  a  farmer,  stockman  and  real-estate 
dealer,  making  his  home  with  his  parents  in 
Indiana  until  they  died. 

In  February,  1881,  Mr.  Summers  went  to 
Arizona  and  Old  Mexico  on  a  prospecting  tour, 
looking  for  a  cattle  country.  During  the  same 
year  he  located  in  Pueblo,  where  he  worked  at 
his  trade.  Returning  to  California  in  1884,  he 
remained  one  year,  prospecting  and  putting  up 
machinery  for  mines.  Again,  in  1866,  he  went 
to  California,  where  he  erected  two  hydraulic 
plants  for  mines.  In  1887  he  went  to  Los  Ange- 
les, where  he  became  a  contractor  for  cement 
sidewalks.  On  account  of  his  family's  health, 
in  1888  he  thought  it  best  to  return  to  Pueblo, 
and  here  he  has  since  engaged  in  contracting. 

During  his  long  life  on  the  plains  Mr.  Sum- 
mers became  well  acquainted  with  Captain  Jack, 
of  the  Modoc  Indians,  also  many  of  the  famous 
scouts  of  early  days.  He  had  many  exciting  ex- 
periences with  the  Indians  and  more  than  once 
his  life  was  in  danger  at  their  hands.  At  one 


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time  Scar-faced  Charley,  a  bad  Indian,  came  very 
near  killing  him,  but  he  escaped,  almost  miracu- 
lously. In  spite  of  his  active  life,  with  all  its 
hardships  and  exposures,  he  is  still  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  health,  and  can  do  as  much  in  a  day  as 
most  men.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  loyal 
to  the  Democratic  party,  and  fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Masons.  January  10,  1869,  Mr. 
Summers  married  Matilda  A.  Fair,  of  Dekalb 
County,  Ind.  They  have  three  sons:  James 
Ellis,  a  railroad  man  now  employed  on  the  Santa 
Fe;  Alies  Treat,  who  is  a  member  of  the  engi- 
neering corps  of  the  Second  Colorado  Regiment, 
now  in  Honolulu;  and  Jesse  B.,  a  machinist, 
with  the  Iron  city  shops  of  Pueblo.  Mrs.  Sum- 
mers is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and 
a  contributor  to  its  works. 


(TEROME  E.  HARRINGTON,  deceased,  for- 
I  merly  one  of  the  leading  ranchmen  and  cattle- 
\~)  raisers  of  Park  County,  was  born  in  Niagara 
County,  N.  Y.,  August  15,  1835,  a  son  of  Daniel 
and  Martha  (Honeywell)  Harrington.  He  was 
one  of  seven  children,  three  of  whom  survive,  viz. : 
R.  M.,  a  ranchman  of  Nebraska;  Andrew  J., 
proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  Canada;  and  Mrs.  Baker, 
of  Albion,  N.Y.  The  father  was  born  and  reared 
in  Boston,  Mass. ,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years 
began  to  earn  his  own  way  in  the  world.  Going 
to  Canada  with  others  he  settled  with  them  on 
the  banks  of  the  Ottawa  River,  and  there  engaged 
in  the  lumbering  business.  On  the  outbreak  of 
the  war  of  1812,  his  sympathy  with  his  home 
country  caused  him  to  get  into  trouble  with  the 
government  and  he  was  thrown  into  jail  and  his 
goods  confiscated.  Making  his  escape  he  went 
to  Shelby,  N.  Y.,  where  he  secured  work  in  a 
flouring  mill.  Thence  he  went  to  Somerset,  Ni- 
agara County,  N.  Y.,  and  settled  on  a  tract  of 
unimproved  land,  where  he  set  himself  to  the 
task  of  clearing  from  the  wild  forest  a  good  farm. 
Under  his  constant  care  the  place  became  an-  im- 
proved and  valuable  one.  There  he  continued 
to  reside  until  his  death. 

Shortly  after  he  was  sixteen  years  of  age  our 
subject  began  to  support  himself.  For  three 
years  he  worked  on  farms  in  Michigan  and  New 
York.  With  his  accumulated  earnings  he  re- 
turned home,  gave  the  money  to  his  father  and 
entered  high  school  to  finish  his  education.  When 
twenty-one  years  of  age  he  went  back  to  Michi- 
gan and  resumed  farm  work.  In  the  spring  of 
1858  he  turned  his  face  further  westward,  and 


after  a  season's  work  in  Illinois  he  drove  a  team 
across  the  plains  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Denver 
June  25,  1859.  Going  to  Mountain  City  he  re- 
mained a  few  days,  when  he  went  to  Russell 
Gulch  and  engaged  in  mining.  The  only  time 
he  ever  worked  on  a  salary  since  coming  to  Colo- 
rado was  for  five  days  at  Russell  Gulch.  In  the 
fall  he  returned  east  and  spent  the  winter  at  Coun- 
cil Bluffs,  returning  to  the  mountains  in  the 
spring  and  remaining  at  Russell  Gulch  during 
the  summer.  The  next  fall  he  proceeded  to  Clear 
Creek  County,  and  soon  afterward  placed  the 
first  stake  in  Trail  River.  With  a  party  of  other 
men  he  went  to  North  Park  and  spent  the  winter 
engaged  in  hunting.  While  there  the  seven  men 
were  snowed  in  and  almost  starved  to  death.  Mr. 
Harrington  was  the  only  man  in  the  party  able 
to  shoot  a  deer,  and  his  marksmanship  alone 
saved  the  little  band  from  starvation.  Going 
back  to  Russell  Gulch  the  next  spring,  he  after- 
ward sold  his  claim  there  and  went  to  the  claim 
on  Trail  River,  where  he  remained  until  fall. 
His  next  location  was  on  Bear  Creek,  where  he 
spent  the  winter  hunting,  and  in  the  spring  took 
up  a  ranch  of  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres  ac- 
quired by  purchase. 

In  1864  Mr.  Harrington  purchased  the  old 
water  mill  at  Evergreen  and  embarked  in  the 
lumber  business,  in  which  he  was  prosperous. 
Afterward  he  built  a  mill  further  up  the  creek, 
and  continued  to  manufacture  lumber  for  ten 
years,  during  which  time  he  hauled  lumber  to 
Central  City,  Georgetown  and  Denver.  He  also 
hauled  many  loads  to  Cheyenne  when  the  con- 
struction of  that  city  was  beginning,  and  for  this 
he  received  as  high  as  $120  per  thousand  feet. 
In  1876  he  sold  his  Bear  Creek  ranch  and  cattle 
interests  and  came  to  Park  County,  settling  seven 
miles  below  Hartsel,  on  the  South  Platte.  Here 
he  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land. 
Three  other  parties  also  entered  a  homestead  for 
him,  making  his  ranch  one  of  six  hundred  and 
forty  acres.  His  business  ability  enabled  him  to 
push  forward  successfully,  where  another  might 
have  failed.  From  year  to  year  he  added  to  his 
possessions  until  at  the  time  of  his  death  his 
ranch  comprised  nearly  seven  thousand  acres, 
and  his  cattle  ranged  over  the  hills  for  miles  in 
every  direction.  With  one  exception  he  was 
the  largest  rancher  and  cattleman  in  Park 
County. 

During  his  residence  in  Jefferson  County,  in 
1876,  Mr.  Harrington  was  elected  county  com- 


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missioner  of  Jefferson  County  on  the  Democratic 
ticket.  After  removing  to  Park  County  he  was 
frequently  tendered  the  nomination  for  commis- 
sioner, but  always  declined  the  honor,  preferring 
to  devote  himself  to  his  private  business  affairs. 
In  July,  1873,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  V.  A.  Spinney,  who  was  born  in  Maine  and 
came  to  Colorado  in  1871.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  three  children,  namely:  Jerome  E.,  who 
assists  in  the  management  of  the  extensive  ranch 
interests;  Adelia,  who  is  a  student  in  Colorado 
College  at  Colorado  Springs;  and  Ralph,  who  is 
attending  the  high  school  in  Colorado  Springs. 

Mr.  Harrington  died  at  Colorado  Springs  Jan- 
uary 20,  1899,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years, 
five  months  and  five  days.  His  death  removed 
one  of  the  most  prominent  and  successful  of  the 
Colorado  pioneers  of  1859. 


(JOSEPH  PETERSON.  It  is  said  that  biog- 
I  raphy  yields  to  no  other  subject  in  point  of 
Q)  interest  and  profit,  and  it  is  especially  inter- 
esting to  note  the  progress  that  has  been  made 
along  various  lines  of  business  by  those  of  foreign 
birth  who  have  sought  homes  in  America — the 
readiness  with  which  they  adapt  themselves  to 
the  different  methods  and  customs  of  America, 
recognize  the  advantages  offered  and  utilize  the 
opportunities  which  the  new  world  affords.  Mr. 
Peterson  is  a  native  of  Sweden,  who  has  met  with 
well-deserved  success  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic, 
and  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  successful  stockmen 
of  Pueblo  County,  his  ranch  being  near  Rye. 
During  a  portion  of  the  time  he  has  resided  in 
Pueblo.  In  1892  he  built  a  house  in  the  city 
and  lived  there  for  a  time  to  educate  his  children. 
He  was  born  in  Halmstead,  Sweden,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1845,  and  was  reared  on  a  farm,  his  father 
being  an  extensive  agriculturist  of  that  country. 
He  early  became  familiar  with  every  department 
of  farm  work,  and  obtained  his  literary  education 
in  the  home  school.  He  was  twenty-three  years 
of  age  when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  and 
first  located  in  Elk  County,  Pa.,  east  of  the  Alle- 
gheny Mountains,  where  he  worked  in  the  lumber 
woods  and  in  a  saw  mill  until  1873.  Having  a 
brother  in  Holt  County,  Mo. ,  he  decided  to  come 
west,  and  in  that  year  took  up  his  residence  upon 
his  present  ranch  in  Pueblo  County,  Colo.  For 
a  short  time  he  conducted  a  store  near  his  ranch, 
and  was  also  engaged  in  the  freighting  business 
all  over  the  west  for  several  years,  but  in  1882 
he  located  permanently  upon  his  ranch  and  has 


since  given  his  attention  wholly  to  general  farm- 
ing and  stock-raising.  He  has  often  had  as  high 
as  one  hundred  head  of  stock  upon  his  place  at 
one  time,  and  that  branch  of  his  business  has 
proved  quite  profitable.  He  also  cuts  consider- 
able hay.  He  has  a  well-improved  place,  all 
under  fence;  a  good  orchard  has  been  set  out, 
and  substantial  buildings  erected.  He  also  owns 
some  valuable  property  in  Pueblo,  which  brings 
him  a  good  rent. 

August  25,  1875,  Mr.  Peterson  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Carrie  Peterson,  a  sister  of 
John  Peterson,  who  is  represented  elsewhere  in 
this  volume.  They  have  two  sons,  very  bright 
young  men:  WilkinsO.,  who  is  now  attending 
the  state  university  in  Boulder;  and  Scott  Roscoe, 
who  is  assistant  bookkeeper  in  the  Western  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Pueblo.  In  his  political  affiliation 
Mr.  Peterson  is  a  Republican,  and  he  has  most 
efficiently  filled  the  offices  of  road  overseer  and 
school  director  for  some  years. 


IT  F.  HALBERT,  attorney-at-law  of  Walsen- 
rj)  burg,  and  member  of  the  firm  of  Hunt  & 
L.  Halbert,  editors  and  publishers  of  the  Wal- 
senburg  World,  was  born  in  Benton County,  Mo., 
in  1868,  a  son  of  Rev.  Enos  N.  and  Elizabeth 
(Glanville)  Halbert,  and,  through  his  mother,  a 
direct  descendant  of  the  house  of  Glanville,  Eng- 
land. His  grandfather,  Joel  B.  Halbert,  removed 
from  Tennessee  to  Missouri  in  middle  life,  and 
settled  upon  a  large  farm,  which  was  operated 
by  slave  labor.  At  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war 
he  freed  all  of  his  slaves  and  entered  the  Union 
army,  becoming  surgeon  of  the  Eighth  Missouri 
Regiment.  Three  of  his  sons  also  enlisted  in  the 
army,  and  two  of  these  were  killed  in  battle.  The 
third,  Enos  M.,  was  sergeant  of  Company  B, 
Eighth  Missouri  Infantry,  and  remained  in  serv- 
ice until  the  close  of  the  war,  meantime  receiving 
several  wounds  in  engagements  with  bushwhack- 
ers. A  native  of  Tennessee,  he  resided  in  Mis- 
souri from  eight  years  until  middle  age,  in  1878 
removing  to  McPherson  County,  Kan.,  and  set- 
tling near  McPherson  Centre.  At  the  close  of 
the  war  he  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  and  has  since  been  prominent  in  his 
denomination.  By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Glan- 
ville, who  died  in  1870,  four  children  were  born, 
Gustavus,  Charles,  Puella  and  E.  F. 

At  the  time  of  removing  to  Kansas,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  about  eleven  years  of  age.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  afterward 


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engaged  in  teaching  school,  at  the  same  time 
studying  law  under  Charles  S.  Crawford,  of  Abi- 
lene. His  studies  were  completed  under  the  pre- 
ceptorship  of  Judge  O.  L.  Moore,  now  on  the 
bench  of  the  eighth  judicial  district  of  Kansas. 
In  May,  1895,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Kan- 
sas and  opened  an  office  in  Abilene.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  came  to  Walsenburg,  and,  being  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  Colorado,  commenced  to  prac- 
tice here,  since  which  time  he  has  become  known 
as  a  rising  lawyer.  In  the  fall  of  1896  he  was 
appointed  deputy  district  attorney  under  R.  R. 
Ross,  and  afterward  was  re-appointed  for  four 
years,  to  serve  until  1901. 

When  sixteen  years  of  age  Mr.  Halbert  began 
to  learn  the  printer's  trade  at  Carlton,  Kan.  In 
1 896  he  became  associate  editor  of  the  Walsenburg 
World,  and  in  August  of  1898  was  made  editor. 
In  the  publication  of  the  paper  he  is  associated 
with  W.  C.  Hunt.  In  his  editorial  work  he  sup- 
ports the  Republican  party  and  the  present  (Mc- 
Kinley)  administration,  with  which  he  is  in  the 
strongest  personal  sympathy.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Maccabees  in  Kansas.  In  the 
Presbyterian  Church  he  officiates  as  elder  and  for 
some  time  has  been  Sunday-school  superinten- 
dent. 

In  1 898  Mr.  Halbert  married  Miss  Cora  Delle 
Crain,  daughter  of  L.  L.  Grain,  who  is  a  leading 
citizen  of  Chapman,  an  active  Republican,  and 
fraternally  a  Knight  of  Pythias.  Mrs.  Halbert 
was  given  excellent  advantages  in  girlhood. 
Being  the  possessor  of  a  fine  soprano  voice,  whose 
purity  and  sweetness  attracted  general  admira- 
tion, she  was  afforded  the  opportunity  to  study 
vocal  music  under  the  best  teachers,  and  was  also 
trained  as  a  pianist.  At  this  writing  she  is  the 
leader  of  the  choir  in  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  is  in  constant  demand  as  a  vocalist  and  pian- 
ist at  social  functions.  She  is  besides  gifted 
along  literary  lines,  and  has  contributed  to  local 
papers  excellent  articles,  both  in  prose  and  poetry. 


EHARLES  H.  KNICKERBOCKER,  city  en- 
gineer of  Trinidad,  was  born  in  Onondaga 
County,  N.  Y.,  March  i,   1831.     He  is  a 
son  of  Frederick  and  Angeline  (Kneeland)  Knick- 
erbocker, also  natives  of  that  state.     His  father, 
who  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  moved  to  Mich- 
igan in  1835  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in 
the  locality  where  he  established  his  home.  How- 
ever, before  he  had  improved  his  land,  his  death 


occurred.  His  wife  survived  him  for  many  years, 
and  died  in  Missouri,  in  the  spring  of  1887,  aged 
seventy-four. 

After  the  death  of  the  father  the  family  moved 
to  a  farm  in  Lafayette  County,  Wis.,  and  there 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  passed  his  boyhood 
years.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  began  to  assist 
in  the  surveying  of  government  land  in  Wiscon- 
sin and  in  the  lay  ing  out  of  townships.  In  1850 
he  secured  employment  in  the  engineering  depart- 
ment of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad,  and  laid 
out  the  line  through  the  northern  part  of  Illinois. 
Afterward  he  was  engaged  on  the  Dubuque  & 
Union  Pacific  in  Iowa.  While  there  the  war 
broke  out.  He  returned  to  Wisconsin  and  en- 
listed in  Company  C,  Thirty-third  Wisconsin  In- 
fantry, becoming  color-bearer  of  his  company. 
Later  he  was  promoted  to  be  second  sergeant. 
He  was  with  General  Grant  at  Vicksburg,  was 
also  at  Mobile  and  Nashville,  and  participated  in 
nineteen  engagements,  besides  many  skirmishes, 
but  was  never  wounded.  At  the  expiration  of 
the  war  he  was  honorably  discharged. 

After  a  short  visit  in  Wisconsin  in  1865,  Mr. 
Knickerbocker  went  to  Kansas  City,  where  he 
was  employed  as  the  principal  engineer  in  build- 
ing the  bridge  over  the  Missouri  River,  it  being 
the  first  bridge  completed  over  that  river.  After- 
ward he  was  engaged  in  railroad  engineering  in 
Texas,  Indian  Territory,  Colorado  and  Old  Mex- 
ico. Among  his  contracts  was  that  for  nearly 
three  hundred  miles  of  roadbed  on  the  Denver, 
Texas  &  Fort  Worth  Railroad,  west  to  Folsom, 
N.  M.,  later  on  the  Union  Pacific,  Denver  & 
Gulf.  Upon  the  completion  of  that  road  he  was 
sent  to  Trinidad  to  locate  eight  miles  of  road  on 
the  Hastings  branch  of  the  Union  Pacific.  In 
1891  he  was  engineer  of  the  Fort  Worth  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad,  and  in  August,  1892,  he  located 
permanently  in  Trinidad,  where  he  has  since  en- 
gaged in  general  engineering.  In  1896  and  again 
in  1898  he  was  elected  city  engineer.  He  had 
the  contract  for  the  building  of  the  city  sewers, 
thirteen  hundred  and  seventy-seven  feet  long.  In 
addition  to  railroad  work  he  laid  out  several  irri- 
gating ditches  in  Las  Animas  County  and  in  Old 
Mexico.  His  contracts  have  extended  over  the 
entire  west  and  have  been  filled  to  the  satisfaction 
of  interested  parties. 

While  in  Kansas  City  Mr.  Knickerbocker,  in 
1879,  built  the  first  sewer  there,  and  for  a  number 
of  years  he  served  as  city  engineer.  He  also 
built  several  houses  and  churches  in  that  city, 


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and  is  still  the  owner  of  improved  property  there. 
For  one  year  he  was  a  member  of  the  school  board 
of  Kansas  City.  Fraternally  he  identified  him- 
self with  Temple  Lodge  No.  299,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
in  Kansas  City;  Kansas  City  Chapter  No.  28, 
R.  A.  M. ;  and  Kansas  City  Commandery  No.  10, 
K.  T. ,  and  during  his  residence  in  that  city  was 
very  active  in  Masonic  work.  He  belongs  to 
Abernathy  Post,  G.  A.  R.  In  1855  he  married 
Mary  E.  Horder.  Born  to  them  were  four  chil- 
dren: Edith,  Harry,  Ethel,  and  Kate  (deceased). 
The  family  still  reside  in  Kansas  City. 


LEXANDER  LEVY,  proprietor  of  one  of  the 
I  most  extensive  mercantile  establishments  in 
/|  Walsenburg,  Huerfano  County,  was  born 
in  Austria  in  1849,  and  spent  the  years  of  his 
early  childhood  in  his  native  land.  In  1866  he 
crossed  the  Atlantic,  landing  in  New  York  City, 
and  from  there  proceeded  to  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
where  he  remained  until  May,  1867.  Next  he 
went  to  New  Mexico  and  clerked  in  a  general 
store  in  one  of  the  towns  in  that  territory.  From 
there,  in  1871,  he  came  to  Walsenburg,  and  he 
has  since  been  a  resident  of  this  town,  with  the 
exception  of  a  few  years  in  Trinidad. 

Immediately  after  coming  here,  Mr.  Levy 
opened  a  general  mercantile  store,  but  in  Decem- 
ber of  the  same  year  he  sold  out  his  business- 
He  then  engaged  in  his  brother's  business  in 
Trinidad,  remaining  in  that  city  until  1875,  when 
he  returned  to  Walsenburg  and  here  he  has  re- 
sided continuously  since  that  time.  In  1875  he 
entered  into  partnership  with  Fred  Walsen  in  the 
general  mercantile  business,  but  in  1883  he 
bought  his  partner's  interest,  and  has  since  car- 
ried on  the  business  alone,  having  through  his 
energy  and  reliable  dealings  built  up  a  trade  that 
extends  through  all  the  surrounding  country.  In 
1875  he  became  interested  in  railroad  contracting, 
which  he  carried  on,  in  addition  to  his  other 
business.  He  had  contracts  in  Colorado  and 
New  Mexico,  and  built  sections  of  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande,  the  Santa  Fe,  and  the  Rio  Grande 
Southern  Railroads.  Up  to  the  present  time  he 
has  continued  to  take  contracts.  He  also  owns 
a  fine  ranch  and  has  stock  interests  in  Huerfano 
County,  besides  real-estate  in  Walsenburg. 

As  an  adherent  of  the  Democratic  party,  Mr. 
Levy  has  taken  an  active  part  in  local  politics  and 
is  a  leading  man  of  his  party  in  the  county.  Both 
in  1880-82  and  1890-92  he  served  as  county 
treasurer.  He  has  also  held  the  position  of  town 


treasurer  and  member  of  the  city  council.  Act- 
ively interested  in  the  cause  of  education,  he  has 
promoted  the  interests  of  the  local  schools  through 
his  efficient  service  as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
school  directors,  of  which  he  has  served  ably  as 
the  president.  In  this  position  it  has  been  his 
aim  to  do  all  within  his  power  to  promote  the 
standard  of  scholarship  and  benefit  the  schools, 
in  order  that  the  children  may  have  all  the  ad- 
vantages which  a  thorough  education  affords. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  blue  lodge 
of  Masonry  and  has  been  its  master;  he  is  also 
identified  with  Walsenburg  Chapter,  R.  A.  M. 
His  marriage  took  place  in  1880  and  united  him 
with  Lillie  Sporleder,  by  whom  he  has  four  chil- 
dren, Archie,  Ralph,  Walter  and  Earl. 


ELARENCE  P.  HOYT  was  born  at  Conquest, 
Cayuga  County,  N.  Y. ,  November  7,  1845. 
His  education  was  obtained  in  public  schools. 
Starting  west  in  1863,  he  arrived  in  Virginia 
City  in  what  is  now  Montana  (then  Idaho  Ter- 
ritory) about  July,  1864,  and  remained  there  for 
a  few  months,  working  in  the  mines.  He  left 
Virginia  City  October  4  of  the  same  year,  arriv- 
ing at  Denver  November  n.  At  that  time 
martial  law  was  in  force,  and  the  governor  called 
for  troops.  Mr.  Hoyt  enlisted  in  the  First  Colo- 
rado mounted  militia,  and  the  regiment  was 
ordered  out  to  open  up  the  stage  line  and  freight 
route  between  Denver  and  Julesburg,  and  for  the 
purpose  of  protecting  emigrants  from  the  Indians, 
who  were  very  hostile  at  that  time.  The  regi- 
ment was  mustered  out  in  the  spring  of  1865, 
and  Mr.  Hoyt  went  to  work  for  a  government 
contractor  who  was  putting  up  hay  at  Fort  Hal- 
lack,  two  hundred  miles  northwest  of  Denver. 
He  was  afterwards  employed  by  the  Overland 
Stage  Company,  and  in  April,  1866,  went  to 
Golden  (then  the  capital  of  the  territory)  and 
bought  a  body  of  land  near  the  town,  where  he 
engaged  in  stock-raising  and  mining.  This  land 
has  since  become  very  valuable,  as  on  it  were 
found  large  veins  of  fine  clay  and  coal.  In  the 
year  1892  he  shipped  over  sixteen  thousand  tons 
of  fire  and  plastic  clay. 

In  1871  he  was  elected  city  marshal  of  Golden, 
which  position  he  filled  for  nearly  three  years. 
During  this  time  and  the  following  two  years  he 
was  under-sheriff  of  Jefferson  County,  after  which, 
for  six  years,  he  was  deputy  United  States  mar- 
shal of  Colorado  Territory.  In  1879  he  was 
among  the  first  who  went  into  Gunnison  County, 


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and  was  one  of  the  locators  of  the  town  of 
Gothic,  on  the  headwaters  of  the  Gunnison 
River,  where  he  engaged  in  the  mining  and  mer- 
cantile business.  In  1883  he  was  appointed,  by 
Governor  Grant,  warden  of  the  Colorado  State 
Penitentiary,  which  position  he  held  for  two 
years.  The  following  two  years  he  continued 
his  mining  and  stock  industries,  and  in  1887  was 
again  appointed  warden  of  the  state  penitentiary 
by  Governor  Adams.  While  filling  this  position 
he  always  managed  his  home  place  at  Golden, 
where  there  is  a  steadily  increasing  demand  for 
the  products  of  his  mines. 

In  January,  1897,  he  was  appointed,  by  Gov- 
ernor Adams,  warden  of  the  Colorado  State  Re- 
formatory, located  at  Buena  Vista.  This  position 
he  held  until  1899,  when  he  was  for  the  third 
time  appointed  warden  of  the  Colorado  State 
Penitentiary  by  Governor  Thomas.  He  still 
owns  the  old  place  at  Golden,  which  he  considers 
his  home.  Besides  the  clay  and  coal  mines  al- 
ready mentioned,  his  stock  interests  there  have 
largely  increased. 

In  politics  Mr.  Hoyt  has  always  been  a  Demo- 
crat, adhering  with  faithfulness  to  every  principle 
of  his  party.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of 
Golden  Lodge  No.  10,  K.  P.  He  was  married 
in  1874  to  Miss  Ida  R.  Johnson,  daughter  of 
Judge  J.  M.  Johnson,  of  Golden,  Colo.  They 
have  three  children,  Mary,  Maurice  and  Ruth. 
In  personal  characteristics  Mr.  Hoyt  is  a  genial, 
whole-souled  man,  with  an  indomitable  will  that 
fits  him  for  his  responsible  position,  while,  at  the 
same  time,  he  is  kind  hearted,  liberal  and  gener- 
ous. His  character  is  such  that  he  has  won  not 
only  prominence,  but  popularity  as  well. 


EAPT.  SAMUEL  M.  HERD,  chief  of  the  fire 
department  of  Pueblo,  was  born  in  Belle- 
fonte,  Center  County,  Pa.,  January  12,  1851, 
a  son  of  John  R.  and  Margaret  (Morrison)  Herd, 
natives  respectively  of  Venango  and  Huntingdon 
Counties,  Pa.  His  paternal  grandfather,  An- 
drew Herd,  was  born  in  Scotland,  and  on  coming 
to  the  United  States  settled  in  Venango  County, 
but  later  removed  to  Center  County,  and  there  re- 
sided until  his  death.  The  paternal  grandfather, 
Samuel  Morrison,  a  farmer  and,  later,  a  hotel - 
keeper  in  Bellefonte,  afterward  removed  to  Ty- 
rone, where  he  died.  He  was  a  son  of  Samuel 
Morrison,  Sr.,  a  native  of  England  and  a  pioneer 
farmer  of  Pennsylvania,  also  a  soldier  in  the  colo- 
nial army  during  the  Revolution. 


John  R.  Herd  was  a  newspaper  man,  and  edited 
successively  the  Meadville  Courier,  Erie  Star 
and  Center  County  Democrat  (now  the  Democrat 
Watchman') .  During  the  Civil  war  he  engaged 
in  the  hotel  and  lumber  business.  At  one  time 
he  was  sergeant-at-arms  of  the  legislature  at  Har- 
risburg.  Politically  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  died 
in  Center  County  when  seventy-four  years  of 
age.  His  wife  died  in  the  same  county.  They 
were  the  parents  of  five  children,  of  whom  three 
sons  and  one  daughter  are  living.  Samuel  M., 
the  eldest  of  these,  was  reared  in  Bellefonte  and 
attended  St.  John's  Academy  in  Center  County, 
afterward  entering  the  Commercial  College  of 
Pittsburg,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1868. 
He  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Pennsyl- 
vania from  that  time  until  1873. 

Coming  west  to  Pueblo  at  that  time,  our  sub- 
ject was  employed  as  bookkeeper  for  Thatcher 
Brothers,  with  whom  he  remained  for  five  years. 
Afterward,  for  a  year,  his  time  was  divided  be- 
tween La  Junta  and  Las  Vegas,  and  he  then  ac- 
'cepted  a  position  in  a  dry-goods  store  in  Pueblo, 
where  he  remained  until  January  i,  1885.  He 
then  traveled  for  a  short  time,  after  which  he 
opened  a  restaurant  on  Union  avenue,  and  con- 
tinued its  management  until  he  was  appointed 
chief  of  the  fire  department  in  1896.  He  has 
twenty-two  men  altogether  in  the  department. 
The  equipments  are  large  and  include  two  hose 
companies  (one  in  Bessemer,  the  other  on  Broad- 
way) ,  one  chemical  engine  (in  the  city  hall),  one 
hook  and  ladder  truck  and  one  hose  company,  on 
Seventh  and  Main  streets,  one  steamer  (in  city 
hall),  and  a  hose  company  on  Victoria  street. 
From  boyhood  he  has  been  interested  in  the  work 
of  the  fire  department.  He  became  a  volunteer 
fireman  when  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  volun- 
teered in  the  first  company  organized  in  Pueblo, 
which  became  Pueblo  Hook  and  Ladder  Com- 
pany No.  i .  Afterward  he  was  a  member  of  dif- 
ferent volunteer  companies  in  the  city,  served  as 
foreman  of  the  Richardson  Hose  Company,  for 
one  year  was  assistant  chief  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment, and  in  1881-82  was  chief  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment. He  was  captain  of  the  first  running  team 
that  went  out  in  the  annual  tournament  of  Colo- 
rado, and  continued  active  in  that  work  until 
1884,  winning  some  of  the  best  prizes  in  the 
state.  At  Silver  Cliff,  September  9,  1882,  his 
team  of  sixteen  won  the  national  record  of  five 
hundred  feet  in  twenty-five  seconds.  After  the 
fire  of  July,  1898,  he  was  presented  with  a  medal 


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of  gold,  set  with  diamonds,  a  token  of  the  esteem 
in  which  he  was  held  by  his  friends.  For  four 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  National  Guard, 
and  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  of  Com- 
pany B,  Fourth  Battalion,  later  was  made  captain 
of  the  company,  and  at  the  time  of  his  resigna- 
tion was  senior  captain  and  acting  major  of  the 
battalion.  He  served  as  deputy  sheriff  for  two 
years,  receiving  his  appointment  from  Sheriff 
Anderson,  and  for  two  years  was  also  deputy 
United  States  marshal  for  the  district  of  Colo- 
rado under  Walter  Smith.  Politically  he  is  a 
Democrat.  In  the  local  lodge  of  the  Order  of 
Elks  he  served  as  secretary,  and  socially  he  is 
connected  with  the  Rovers'  Club. 


fi>C|lLLlAM  A.  LOCKETT,  M.  D.,  treasurer 
\  A I  °^  Saguache  County ,  was  born  in  Kentucky , 
V  Y  June  i,  1838.  The  family  which  he  rep- 
resents is  of  English  and  Scotch  descent,  but  has 
been  identified  with  American  history  for  many 
generations,  having  been  among  the  early  settlers 
of  Virginia.  His  father,  Lemuel,  son  of  William 
Lockett,  was  born  in  the  Old  Dominion,  but 
moved  to  Kentucky  and  bought  a  plantation 
there.  He  married  Margaret  Wood,  also  of  Vir- 
ginia, and  they  had  five  children,  viz.:  Mary  L-, 
widow  of  John  S.  Loving,  and  a  resident  of  Texas; 
Sarah  E.,  wife  of  Lafayette  Payne;  William  A.; 
James  K.,  a  farmer  in  Kentucky;  and  Margaret 
A.,  wife  of  George  W.  Freeman,  and  a  resident  of 
Kentucky. 

In  public  schools  and  Camden  Academy,  Dr. 
Lockett  obtained  his  literary  education.  In  the 
spring  of  1865  he  graduated  from  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Louisville  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D. ,  and  at  once  began  to  practice  at 
the  old  homestead  in  Barren  County,  Ky.  Six 
years  later  he  removed  to  Andrew  County,  Mo., 
where  he  established  a  good  practice  and  remained 
for  eighteen  years.  Owing  to  failing  health  he 
came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Saguache  County. 
Here  he  began  in  practice  and  purchased  land  in 
the  "4i-Country,"  a  section  of  the  county  noted 
for  the  excellence  of  the  grain  raised.  He  was 
also  interested  in  and  connected  with  the  man- 
agement and  construction  of  the  Farmers'  ditch, 
which  with  its  tributaries  is  between  sixty-five 
and  seventy  miles  in  length,  and  is  one  of  the 
finest  ditches  in  the  San  Luis  Valley.  Upon  this 
ditch  almost  $140,000  has  been  spent,  and  of  the 
company  owning  it  he  served  for  two  terms  as 
president.  In  the  same  section  he  took  up  land 


and  now  has  six  hundred  and  forty  acres,  devoted 
mostly  to  grain;  on  this  property  he  has  raised  as 
high  as  forty-seven  bushels  of  wheat  to  the  acre. 

That  the  services  rendered  by  Dr.  Lockett  to 
the  Populist  party  have  been  appreciated  is  evi- 
denced by  the  positions  to  which  they  have  elec- 
ted him.  In  1892  he  was  nominated  and  elected 
county  judge,  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term, 
in  1895,  he  was  chosen  county  treasurer,  to  which 
office  he  was  re-elected  in  1897.  In  his  position 
he  has  given  satisfaction  to  all  parties,  although 
it  was  only  after  considerable  solicitation  on  the 
part  of  his  friends  that  he  consented  to  accept  the 
nomination  for  the  office,  not  having  any  special 
desire  for  political  preferment. 

In  August,  1 86 1,  Dr.  Lockett  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany L,  First  Kentucky  Cavalry,  and  served  until 
ill  health  forced  him  to  resign.  During  the  time 
he  was  in  the  army  he  experienced  all  the  hard- 
ships of  forced  marches,  the  tedium  of  camp  life 
and  the  danger  of  the  battlefield.  His  service 
was  principally  in  Kentucky  and  parts  of  Ten- 
nessee and  Alabama.  In  April,  1862,  he  was 
promoted  to  be  a  second  lieutenant,  and  in  June 
of  the  same  year  was  made  first  lieutenant,  and 
upon  the  promotion  of  his  captain  succeeded  to 
that  office. 

Fraternally  Dr.  Lockett  is  treasurer  of  Olive 
Branch  Lodge  No.  32,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Saguache.  From  boyhood  he  has  been  identi- 
fied with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in 
which  he  has  held  every  office  that  a  layman  can 
fill.  At  this  writing  he  is  superintendent  of  the 
Sunday-school.  April  10,  1867,  he  married 
Mary  Crittenden  Yates,  who  was  named  for  the 
well-known  John  J.  Crittendeu,  of  Kentucky. 
Of  their  eight  children  six  are  living:  Harry  C., 
a  farmer  in  the  San  Luis  Valley;  Lemuel  S.,  also 
a  farmer;  William  C.,  who  is  deputy  in  the  treas- 
urer's office,  and  connected  with  the  abstract  busi- 
ness of  this  county;  Margaret,  a  teacher  in  the 
Saguache  public  school;  James  L. ,  a  ranchman 
of  this  county;  and  Archie  F. ,  who  is  attending 
school. 


NC.  HALL,  M.  D.,  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Hall  &  Landon,  physicians  and  sur- 
geons, at  Telluride,  is  justly  regarded  as  one 
of  the  most  skillful  practitioners  of  San    Miguel 
County.     His  knowledge  and  skill  in  all  matters 
pertaining  to  medical   and  surgical  science,  his 
intelligence  in  other  lines  of  study,    and   his   up- 
right character  alike  entitle   him  to  esteem,  and 


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he  is  held  in  the  highest  respect,  not  alone  in  this 
community,  but  in  other  places  where  he  is 
known. 

A  son  of  Augustus  A.  and  Sallie  (Henderson) 
Hall,  the  former  for  years  a  leading  resident  of 
Lexington,  Ky.,  but  during  the  latter  part  of  his 
life  living  on  a  farm  near  the  city,  where  he  died 
in  1881,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  born  in  Lexington,  in  1853,  and 
was  next  to  the  youngest  of  six  children,  the 
others  being  as  follows:  Belle;  William  A.,  a 
physician,  who  died  in  1879;  Samuel  B.,  a  mer- 
chant of  Telluride;  Mrs.  Benjamin  Gaines,  of 
Slater,  Mo.;  and  Kate,  wifeof  William  Goodwin, 
of  Fayette  County,  Ky.  The  mother  of  this 
family  died  in  1866,  when  fifty-five  years  of  age. 

In  the  Henry  Seminary,  at  Versailles,  Ky., 
the  subject  of  this  article  obtained  his  literary 
education.  Afterward  he  was  a  student  in  the 
Ohio  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1883,  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.  During  the  same  year  he  came  west  and 
settled  in  the  then  new  mining  camp  of  Telluride, 
where  he  has  since  devoted  himself  exclusively 
to  professional  work.  Not  only  is  he  the  oldest 
physician  of  the  place,  but  one  of  the  most  skill- 
ful as  well.  When  his  practice  became  too  large 
for  him  to  give  it  the  necessary  attention,  he  took 
in  Dr.  J.  P.  Landon  as  a  partner,  and  the  firm  of 
Hall  &  Landon  is  among  the  best  known  in  the 
county.  In  1896  he  built  the  Telluride  hospital, 
which  he  conducts  as  a  private  institution.  In 
1893  he  erected  the  block  on  Main  street  where 
he  now  has  his  residence  and  ofiice.  Besides 
this,  he  has  in  other  ways  promoted  the  building 
interests  of  the  town.  During  1889  he  made  a 
trip  to  Europe  and  traveled  over  the  continent, 
after  which  he  spent  six  months  in  the  study  of 
modern  theories  at  St.  Bartholomew's  College, 
thus  better  fitting  himself  for  his  large  practice 
at  home.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  re- 
turned to  America  and  resumed  his  practice. 

As  far  as  his  practice  will  permit,  Dr.  Hall  has 
identified  himself  with  local  politics,  and,  as  a 
Democrat,  takes  an  interest  in  the  success  of  his 
party  and  the  promotion  of  its  principles.  Since 
1886  he  has  held  the  ofiice  of  county  physician. 
He  is  a  member  of  Telluride  Lodge  No.  56,  A. 
F.  &  A.  M.;  Telluride  Chapter  No.  80,  R.  A.  M.; 
Ouray  Commandery  No.  16,  K.  T.,  at  Ouray; 
Denver  Consistory,  Scottish  Rite,  and  El  Jebel 
Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver,  which  makes  him 
a  thirty-second  degree  Mason.  Also  connected 


with  the  Odd  Fellows,  he  holds  membership  in 
Telluride  Lodge  No.  103,  in  which  he  is  past 
grand.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Bridal  Vail 
Lodge  No.  80,  K.  P.,  and  is  identified  with 
the  Uniform  Rank  of  that  order.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  1883,  his  wife  being  Rose  M.  Douglas,  of 
St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Having  given  years  of  thought  and  study  to 
his  profession,  Dr.  Hall  is  thoroughly  qualified 
for  its  practice.  Nature  endowed  him  with  the 
qualities  necessary  to  success  as  a  physician,  for 
he  is  calm,  sympathetic,  thoughtful  and  cour- 
ageous. Though  his  practice  engrosses  his  at- 
tention almost  wholly,  he  yet  finds  time  to  keep 
posted  upon  the  practical  details  in  the  improve- 
ment of  the  science  and  avails  himself  of  every 
improvement  in  remedial  agencies. 


HARRY  SCHIFFER.  The  life  of  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  has  been  largely  spent  in  Colo- 
rado. He  was  a  young  man  of  twenty-one 
years  when,  in  the  early  part  of  1871,  he  came  to 
Colorado,  and  this  state  has  since  been  his  home. 
A  pioneer  of  the  southern  and  southwestern  parts 
of  the  state,  he  came  to  Durango  in  the  fall  of 
1883,  when  the  town  was  new  and  the  population 
small.  With  the  subsequent  improvement  of  the 
place  he  has  been  closely  identified.  His  life  has 
been  an  active  and  industrious  one,  and  his  years 
of  toil  have  brought  him  prosperity  and  success, 
which  he  now  enjoys. 

Born  in  New  York  City  in  1849,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  is  a  son  of  Gabriel  and  Antoinette 
(Lessing)  Schiffer,  the  former  a  large  wholesale 
grocer  and  shipper  during  the  early  half  of  this 
century,  and  a  well-known  business  man  of  New 
York,  where  he  died  at  forty-eight  years.  Our 
subject  was  reared  in  New  York  City  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  public  schools  and  New 
York  College.  When  he  had  finished  his  studies 
he  sought  a  home  in  the  new  west,  where  he 
rightly  judged  the  opportunity  for  advancement 
would  be  better  than  in  the  east.  Settling  at 
Couejos  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business, 
being  one  of  the  first  business  men  in  the  town, 
where  he  remained  for  two  years.  When  Del 
Norte  was  started  he  went  to  that  town,  and 
opened  the  first  general  store  in  the  place,  re- 
maining there  from  the  fall  of  1873  until  1880. 
Meantime,  in  1878,  he  opened  a  branch  store  in 
Alaruosa,  of  which  he  continued  to  be  proprietor 
until  1883.  In  the  fall  of  1880  he  opened  a  branch 
store  in  Durango,  and  three  years  afterward  he 


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came  to  this  city,  taking  up  his  residence  here 
and  engaging  in  active  business  pursuits.  How- 
ever, in  1890,  he  disposed  of  his  store,  since 
which  time  he  has  been  interested  in  the  cattle 
business,  mainly  in  Conejos  County,  in  partner- 
ship with  Daniel  E.  Newcomb,  the  two  conduct- 
ing what  is  doubtless  the  largest  stock  business 
in  the  southern  part  of  the  state.  Besides  this 
he  is  the  owner  of  real  estate  in  Durango  and  the 
San  Luis  Valley.  In  all  matters  pertaining  to 
the  welfare  of  this  city  he  has  been  interested. 
He  was  especially  interested  in  the  securing  of 
electric  light  and  a  street  car  line  for  the  city, 
and  served  as  president  of  the  companies  that  had 
these  two  enterprises  in  charge. 

Mr.  Schiffer  has  given  considerable  attention 
to  the  great  questions  before  the  people  to-day, 
and,  being  an  advocate  of  free  trade  and  free 
silver,  naturally  supports  the  men  and  measures 
of  the  Democratic  party.  In  1895  President 
Cleveland  appointed  him  postmaster  at  Durango, 
and  this  position  he  filled  efficiently.  A  Mason 
in  fraternal  connections,  he  belongs  to  Durango 
Lodge  No.  46,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  1880  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Nannie  Duncan, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  A.Duncan,  ofDelNorte.  They 
have  three  children,  Nettie,  Edna  and  May. 


~  LOYD  W.  PIERCE,  general  contractor  and 
rQ  building  superintendent,  at  No.  631-33 
|  North  Commercial  street,  Trinidad,  was 
born  in  Kenosha,  Wis.,  April  17,  1856,  a  son  of 
J.  O.  and  Sarah  (Baker)  Pierce,  natives  of  New 
York.  His  father  removed  to  Wisconsin  from 
New  York  when  he  was  a  child  of  twelve  years, 
and  found  the  country  raw  and  unimproved,  in- 
habited almost  wholly  by  Indians  and  wild  ani- 
mals. There  he  engaged  in  farm  pursuits  amid 
the  frontier  surroundings,  and  clearing  land, 
made  it  his  home  for  years.  In  1878  he  moved 
to  Pawnee  County,  Kan.,  and  engaged  in  the 
grain  and  stock  business.  He  is  still  living  in 
that  county.  Of  his  four  children  who  attained 
mature  years,  Ada  L.  is  the  wife  of  Edward  E. 
Whipple,  a  farmer  of  Pawnee  County;  Ellsworth 
is  foreman  in  his  brother's  shop;  and  Lottie  L. 
married  Frank  Shay,  of  Pawnee  County. 

Under  the  instruction  of  his  father  and  uncle, 
both  of  whom  were  carpenters,  our  subject  gained 
a  knowledge  of  the  trade  in  his  youth.  Going 
from  Wisconsin  to  Kansas,  he  engaged  in  the 
builder's  trade,  and  also  engaged  in  farming  to 
some  extent.  In  1888  he  came  to  Trinidad, 


where  he  has  since  had  contracts  for  many  of  the 
important  and  substantial  buildings  in  the  city. 
He  is  one  of  the  best-known  and  most  reliable 
contractors  here.  In  his  employ  he  has  none 
but  skilled  mechanics,  and  to  this  fact  is  due  much 
of  his  success.  Among  the  buildings  for  which 
he  has  had  the  contracts  are  the  residence  of 
D.  W.  McCormick,  Henry  White's  home,  Method- 
ist Episcopal  parsonage,  bank  building,  etc.  He 
is  an  expert  architect  and  drafts  his  own  plans. 
His  success  is  due  to  the  reliable  character  of  his 
work,  which  is  always  as  guaranteed.  His  em- 
ployes he  hires  from  one  year  to  another,  with  few 
changes,  and  during  the  busy  seasons  he  has 
from  fifteen  to  eighteen  hands.  In  addition  to 
his  contracts  for  work  in  the  city  and  vicinity  he 
has  often  been  called  to  other  points  to  erect 
buildings,  among  contracts  of  this  kind  being 
those  for  a  public  school  building  at  Clayton, 
N.  M.,  and  a  high  and  public  school  at  Springer, 
N.  M.  In  connection  with  his  shop  he  has  a  plan- 
ing mill,  also  a  pattern  shop  (the  only  one  in  this 
part  of  the  state),  where  are  made  all  the  patterns 
needed  for  car  and  locomotive  work.  Mill  and 
mining  machinery  are  turned  out  on  short  notice. 
In  politics  Mr.  Pierce  is  a  Republican.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and 
a  contributor  to  its  support.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  Trinidad  Lodge  No.  1 7, 1. 0.  O.  F. , 
in  which  he  is  past  grand.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  encampment,  of  which  he  is  past  chief,  also 
lieutenant  of  Canton  No.  18,  Second  Battalion 
Patriarchs  Militant,  and  has  represented  his 
lodge  in  the  grand  lodge  of  the  state.  In  Wiscon- 
sin, May  2,  1876,  he  married  Sophronia  H.  Bai- 
ley, by  whom  he  has  three  children:  Orella  A., 
who  is  bookkeeper  for  her  father;  Leslie  L.  and 
Sarah  L. 


|"~  ILLMORE  HUBBARD,  a  well-known  stock- 
rft  dealer  and  dairyman  of  Park  County,  was 
|  ^  born  in  Princeton,  Scott  County,  Iowa, 
March  2,  1852,  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  J. 
(Greene)  Hubbard.  He  was  one  of  six  children, 
of  whom  himself  and  three  sisters  survive.  The 
latter  are:  Maretta,  wife  of  Rev.  J.  A.  Smith,  of 
Pekin,  111.;  Isabella,  who  married  G.  M.  Ohler, 
county  treasurer  of  Park  County,  Colo.;  and 
Emma,  whose  husband,  Thomas  Wilkie,  is  a 
ranchman  near  Jefferson,  this  county. 

Born  near  Louisville,  Ky.,  about  1820,  Thomas 
Hubbard  was  four  years  of  age  when  his  parents 
removed  to  Wisconsin,  and  a  few  years  later  they 


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made  settlement  in  Illinois,  thence  going  to  Iowa, 
where  he  was  married  to  Miss  Greene.  After- 
ward he  built  a  large  flour  mill  at  Princeton  and 
this  he  operated  in  connection  with  his  extensive 
mercantile  interests.  He  was  an  active  and  enter- 
prising business  man  and  met  with  success  for 
years,  but  the  financial  panic  of  1857  carried  him 
down  with  thousands  of  others.  In  1860  he 
started  across  the  plains  with  horse-teams,  and 
after  a  tedious  journey  reached  Denver  in  June. 
From  that  city  he  went  to  Summit  County  and 
began  to  mine.  In  1862  he  came  to  Park  County 
and  began  mining  in  Tarryall  Gulch. 

Returning  to  Iowa  in  1863,  Mr.  Hubbard 
brought  his  family  back  to  Colorado,  arriving  in 
South  Park  on  the  gth  of  September,  having 
made  the  trip  with  one  horse-team  and  an  ox- 
team.  On  his  return  he  resumed  mining  at 
Tarryall,  where  he  acquired  valuable  placer  mine 
property.  In  that  section  he  continued  to  labor 
until  his  death  in  1874. 

When  the  family  settled  in  Colorado,  our  sub- 
ject was  a  boy  of  eleven  years.  Educational 
advantages  were  meager,  and  the  information  he 
has  obtained  is  due  to  his  self-culture.  In  the 
winter  of  1872-73  he  had  charge  of  a  freighting 
outfit  for  other  parties,  which  he  drove  from  Colo- 
rado Springs  to  Fairplay.  Afterward  he  bought 
an  interest  in  his  father's  mining  property  in 
Tarryall,  and  until  the  fall  of  1875  he  gave  his 
attention  to  mining.  In  the  spring  of  1876  he 
came  to  his  present  location,  where  he  bought 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  for  his  mother  and 
shortly  afterward  took  up  a  homestead  of  the 
same  size,  also  pre-empted  another  quarter-sec- 
tion, and  there  began  in  the  cattle  business.  In 
later  years  he  purchased  two  hundred  and  eighty 
acres  of  land,  which  made  his  place  one  of  six 
hundred  acres,  while  he  also  controls  an  adjoin- 
ing tract  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
owned  by  his  mother,  making  his  ranch  one  of 
nine  hundred  acres.  He  has  devoted  consider- 
able attention  to  dairying.  In  company  with 
another  man,  he  operated  a  dairy  in  Leadville 
for  seven  months  in  1884,  but  sold  out  at  the  ex- 
piration of  that  time  and  returned  to  the  ranch. 
His  property  is  situated  twelve  miles  south  of 
Fairplay,  and  in  the  heart  of  a  fine  agricultural 
section. 

April  23,  1877,  Mr.  Hubbard  married  Miss 
Alice  Moore,  who  was  born  in  Indiana,  and 
reared  near  Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  is  a  daughter  of 
Irwin  Moore,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Lee  County. 


Iowa.  They  became  the  parents  of  eight  children, 
six  of  whom  are  now  living,  viz. :  Clarence  E. , 
Sarah  Isabella,  Irwin  F. ,  Thomas  M. ,  Basil  C. 
and  Ella  P.,  all  of  whom  are  with  their  parents. 
Fraternally  Mr.  Hubbard  is  a  member  of  Como 
Lodge  No.  17,  A.  O.  U.  W.  For  several  years 
he  held  the  office  of  school  director,  both  at 
Hamilton  and  in  his  present  district,  and  through 
his  good  judgment  he  has  advanced  the  educa- 
tional interests  of  his  community. 


EORGE  J.  KRAMER,  assessor  of  Bent 
County,  was  born  in  Terre  Haute,  Ind., 
December  15,  1866,  and  is  a  son  of  Philip 
and  Maria  (Geiger)  Kramer.  His  boyhood  days 
were  spent  in  his  native  city,  where  he  attended 
the  public  schools  until  thirteen  years  of  age. 
Afterward  he  was  employed  as  cash  boy  in  the 
dry-goods  store  of  Hoberg,  Root  &  Co. ,  and  was 
afterward  promoted  to  a  clerkship,  receiving,  by 
degrees,  a  raise  in  salary  from  $i  to  $g  a  week 
during  the  seven  years  he  remained  with  the 
firm.  Later  he  was  for  one  year  with  Espen- 
heim  &  Albright,  of  Terre  Haute. 

October  13,  1886,  Mr.  Kramer  married  Miss 
Mary  Slusser,  who  was  born  in  Marshall,  Clark 
County,  111.,  and  accompanied  her  parents,  Ben- 
jamin and  Hannah  Slusser,  to  Terre  Haute,  where 
she  was  married.  Soon  after  his  marriage  Mr. 
Kramer  came  to  Colorado.  For  a  time  he  lived 
upon  a  ranch,  but  later  opened  a  confectionery 
business  in  Las  Animas.  This,  in  a  few  months, 
he  sold  out,  and  removed  to  Denver,  but  soon 
returned  to  Las  Animas,  and  secured  employ- 
ment as  a  clerk  in  Jacob  Weil's  store,  where  he 
remained  for  four  years.  His  next  position, 
which  he  held  for  about  four  years,  was  that  of 
deputy  postmaster  under  Mr.  Weil.  In  Novem- 
ber, 1897,  he  was  elected  county  assessor  on  the 
Republican  ticket,  he  having  always  been  a 
strong  supporter  of  the  Republican  party.  In 
1894,  1895  and  1896  he  served  as  a  member  of 
the  city  council.  At  different  times  he  has 
served  as  a  member  of  various  conventions  and 
in  1898  was  a  delegate  to  the  state  convention  of 
his  party  in  Denver. 

In  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  Mr.  Kramer 
holds  the  office  of  trustee.  He  is  identified  with 
Elder's  Lodge  No.  n,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which  he 
is  a  trustee  and  also  served  as  a  member  of  the 
building  committee  that  had  charge  of  the  erec- 
tion of  the  lodge  hall  in  1898.  In  Las  Animas 
Lodge  No.  4,  United  Moderns,  of  which  he  is  a 


A.  W.  MAXFIELD. 


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charter  member,  he  has  served  as  secretary  and 
financier.  He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of 
one  son,  Harry,  who  was  born  in  Las  Animas, 
November  3,  1891. 

As  a  citizen  Mr.  Kramer  is  esteemed  by  his 
acquaintances.  Beginning  life  in  humble  cir- 
cumstances, his  first  work  paying  him  only  $i  a 
week,  he  has  steadily,  step  by  step,  by  persever- 
ance and  industry,  won  a  substantial  position  in 
the  world,  and  has  gained  a  place  among  the  best 
citizens  of  Bent  County. 


nBRAM  W.  MAXFIELD.  For  a  period  of 
nearly  fifteen  years,  from  the  time  of  his 
settlement  here  until  his  death,  Mr.  Max- 
field  held  a  place  among  the  prominent  men 
of  Garfield  County.  Especially  was  he  inti- 
mately associated  with  the  founding  and  growth 
of  the  village  of  Rifle,  on  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  and  Colorado  Midland  Railroads.  When 
became  to  this  county,  in  1882,  for  miles  around 
nothing  was  visible  to  the  eye  save  vast  stretches 
of  sage  brush.  Indians  still  lingered  in  the  val- 
leys. No  attempt  had  been  made  at  improve- 
ment. Where  now  stand  the  flourishing  towns 
of  Glenwood  Springs,  Carbondale,  Newcastle  and 
Rifle,  etc.,  were  then  a  few  tents,  or  perhaps 
nothing  but  the  lonely  clump  of  brush.  He  se- 
cured a  tract  of  land,  built  a  small  cabin  and  at 
once  began  the  work  of  clearing  and  cultivating. 
In  later  years  the  town  of  Rifle  was  platted  on  his 
ranch,  and  he  was  foremost  in  its  organization 
and  upbuilding.  Every  enterprise  for  its  devel- 
opment found  in  him  a  friend.  He  built  the 
Winchester  hotel,  and  carried  it  on  for  two  years. 
Other  local  improvements  received  his  active 
assistance.  In  1892  he  built  a  handsome  brick 
residence  for  his  family.  Here,  among  the  friends 
whom  his  upright  life  had  won,  and  in  the  ac- 
tive discharge  of  the  business  duties  he  has  as- 
sumed, he  spent  years  of  busy  labor.  While  still 
in  the  prime  of  his  usefulness  and  vigor  he 
passed  from  earth,  June  28,  1897,  mourned  not 
only  by  his  family,  but  by  every  one  to  whom  he 
was  known.  In  his  death  the  village  lost  its 
most  able  promoter,  and  each  citizen  felt  that  he 
had  been  bereaved  of  a  personal  friend. 

The  parents  of  Mr.  Maxfield  were  born  in 
England,  from  there  emigrated  to  Prince  Edward 
Island,  where  he  was  born  February  8,  1842. 
The  first  nine  years  of  his  life  were  spent  on  that 
island,  whence  he  accompanied  his  father,  Rjch- 

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ard  Maxfield,  to  the  western  part  of  Missouri. 
Two  years  later  his  father  died,  and  from  that 
time  on  he  was  self-supporting.  With  his  mother 
he  moved  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  and  there  he 
made  his  home  for  twenty-five  years,  meantime 
engaging  in  farming  and  also  in  the  manufacture 
of  bricks.  In  1880  he  came  to  Colorado  in  the  in- 
terest of  a  mining  company,  whose  members 
were  residents  of  Council  Bluffs.  For  two  years 
he  had  charge  of  their  mining  business  at  Battle 
Mountain,  Eagle  County.  Finding,  however, 
that  mining  was  then  not  profitable,  he  decided  to 
embark  in  agricultural  pursuits,  and  with  this 
object  in  view  he  pre-empted  the  land  in  Garfield 
County  upon  which  he  afterward  made  his  home. 

Just  before  coming  to  Colorado,  January  i, 
1880,  Mr.  Maxfield  married  Miss  Flora  A.  Ram- 
sey, a  lady  who  was  unusually  fitted  to  be  his 
helpmate  and  companion.  She  was  born  in  Prince 
Edward  Island,  of  which  her  father,  James,  son 
of  Malcolm  Ramsey,  was  also  a  native,  and  her 
mother,  Ann  (Maxfield)  Ramsey,  was  born  in 
Hull,  England.  The  records  of  the  Ramsey 
family  show  that  they  were  of  Scotch  origin .  The 
great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Maxfield  had  his  home 
on  the  banks  of  the  Clyde  in  Scotland  and  was 
well-to-do.  In  his  family  there  were  eight  sons. 
Deciding  to  emigrate  to  America,  he  sold  his 
property  and  put  his  possessions  into  gold. 
He  then  started  with  his  family  for  the  new 
world.  However,  the  agent  of  Prince  Charles 
proved  treacherous  and  through  his  instru- 
mentality the  shipload  of  emigrants  were  robbed 
and  put  ashore  to  shift  for  themselves.  Cast 
upon  an  unfriendly  shore,  among  a  strange  peo- 
ple, in  an  inhospitable  climate,  they  had  a  severe 
struggle  to  maintain  life,  but  after  years  of  cease- 
less labor  they  gained  a  foothold  and  later  gener- 
ations became  well-to-do. 

The  girlhood  days  of  Mrs.  Maxwell  were  spent 
in  her  native  province.  It  was  from  childhood 
her  ambition  to  become  a  physician,  but  this  de- 
sire was  sternly  checked  and  repressed  by  her 
relatives,  who,  in  common  with  the  usual  belief  of 
their  day,  considered  that  a  woman's  sphere 
should  be  limited  to  the  narrow  round  of  domes- 
tic duties.  She  came  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa, 
where  she  met  and  married  Mr.  Maxfield.  They 
became  the  parents  of  nine  children,  six  of  whom 
areliving,  namely:  Roy  Douglas,  a  talented  youth 
of  fifteen  years;  Merritt  Ramsey,  Junius,  Bennett, 
Clara  Louise  and  Gail  Hamilton,  who  are  bright 
and  talentedjchildren,  and  will  undoubtedly  be 


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successful  in  their  chosen  vocations.     The  three 
deceased  boys  died  in  childhood. 

A  Democrat  in  politics,  Mr.  Maxfield  was  for 
years  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  at  the  same  time 
his  wife  was  appointed  notary  public,  which 
office  she  has  since  filled.  Fraternally  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Personally 
he  was  a  genial,  companionable  man,  one  who 
believed  that  good  existed  in  every  heart  and 
truth  in  every  soul.  He  might  truly  be  called 
one  of  nature's  noblemen.  During  the  nineteen 
years  of  his  married  life  he  was  never  known 
to  speak  an  unkind  word  to  his  family,  but  was 
ever  kind,  tender  and  affectionate.  Since  his 
death  his  real-estate  and  business  interests  have 
been  in  charge  of  his  wife,  whose  business  ability 
fits  her  for  the  responsibility  of  this  work.  She 
is  interested  in  all  public  and  progressive  enter- 
prises. Active  in  local  politics,  she  has  been 
judge  of  elections  and  for  a  time  conducted  a  po- 
litical school  in  Rifle.  For  three  years  she  was 
president  of  the  school  board,  and  her  energy  and 
progressive  spirit  were  of  invaluable  assistance 
to  the  educational  interests  of  the  town. 


r~LLERY  W.  HUNT,  who  is  one  of  the  expert 
|^  mine  surveyors  of  Colorado,  holds  the  office 
L_  of  United  States  mineral  surveyor  and  since 
1889  has  been  resident  surveyor  for  the  Enter- 
prise Mining  Company.  Coming  to  Colorado  in 
1873  during  the  territorial  days,  he  has  since 
been  identified  with  the  development  of  its  min- 
ing resources,  through  which  he  has  himself  met 
with  fair  success.  In  1881-82  he  was'  one  of  the 
prime  factors  in  developing  the  Caribou  mine  at 
Ophir,  of  which  he  had  charge  for  one  year  and 
which  he  placed  upon  a  paying  basis.  Through 
his  efforts  the  Jumbo  mine  on  Newman  hill  was 
put  in  shape  for  operation,  and  in  other  ways  he 
has  done  much  to  promote  mining  interests.  He 
assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  San  Juan  Pio- 
neer Association,  of  which  he  is  a  charter  mem- 
ber and  in  which,  from  the  first,  he  has  served  as 
vice-president  for  Dolores  County. 

Born  in  Kennebec  County,  Me.,  in  1853,  our 
subject  is  a  son  of  Henry  N.  and  Josephine 
(Haines)  Hunt,  also  natives  of  Maine.  His  fa- 
ther followed  brick  contracting  and  building  in 
that  state  until  1856,  when  he  moved  to  Boston, 
Mass,  .engaging  in  mercantile  pursuits  and  becom- 
ing one  of  the  well-known  business  men  of  the 
city.  He  died  in  Boston  February  14,  1899,  'n 
his  seventy-sixth  year.  He  and  his  wife  were 


the  parents  of  seven  children,  of  whom  five  are 
living:  Dudley  F.,  Ellen  J.,  Edgar  N.,  Ellery  W. 
and  Ada.  From  the  age  of  three  years  our  sub- 
ject spent  his  childhood  days  in  Boston,  where  he 
received  a  public-school  education.  At  nineteen 
years  of  age  he  became  bookkeeper  for  the  com- 
mission house  of  Lombard  &  Co.  In  the  spring 
of  1873  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Kit 
Carson,  but  soon  removed  to  Las  Animas. 

With  Lieutenant  Ruffner,  U.  S.  A.,  in  the 
spring  of  1875  Mr.  Hunt  had  charge  of  the  en- 
gineering corps  that  built  a  government  road 
through  New  Mexico.  In  the  fall  of  1875  he 
began  mining  in  Silverton,  where  he  still  owns 
some  interests.  Since  the  spring  of  1882  he  has 
engaged  in  general  mine  surveying,  and  in  1886 
was  appointed  deputy  United  States  mineral  sur- 
veyor by  the  surveyor-general.  His  surveys 
have  been  made  through  the  entire  San  Juan 
country,  and  his  work  has  been  characterized  by 
accuracy  and  painstaking  care. 

For  eight  years  chairman  of  the  county  Repub- 
lican central  committee,  Mr.  Hunt  has  been  an 
active  worker  in  behalf  of  his  party.  In  1892  he 
was  a  member  of  the  town  board  of  Rico.  In 
1896  he  was  a  candidate  for  school  director,  but 
was  defeated  by  one  vote.  He  is  interested  in  all 
helpful  local  movements,  and  particularly  in  those 
relating  to  education.  He  was  married  in  1891, 
his  wife  being  Miss  Rea  H.  Ellsler,  of  Baltimore, 
Md.  In  Rico  Lodge  No.  79,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  he 
acts  as  secretary.  Lafayette  Council  No.  15, 
Junior  Order  United  American  Mechanics,  num- 
bers him  among  its  members  and  officers;  and 
in  Osage  Tribe  No.  56,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  he  is  senior 
past  sachem. 

r~RANCIS  LE  GRAND  CAPERS,  president 
Yy  and  general  manager  of  the  Standard  Fire 
|  Brick  Company  of  Pueblo,  was  the  origina- 
tor of  the  enterprise  with  which  his  name  has 
since  been  identified.  A  few  years  after  coming 
to  Colorado  he  interested  a  number  of  the  largest 
capitalists  in  the  state  and  established  the  com- 
pany of  which  he  is  now  the  head.  Besides  the 
main  plant  in  Pueblo,  a  plant  has  been  established 
in  Denver,  and  the  output  of  the  two  factories 
now  amounts  to  about  five  thousand  carloads  per 
annum,  shipments  of  the  products  being  made  to 
all  parts  of  the  world.  The  building  and  paving 
brick  and  sewer  pipe  manufactured  are  of  the 
highest  grade,  and,  in  addition,  fire  tile  of  every 
description  is  manufactured,  ore  is  assayed  and 


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chemical  and  photographic  supplies  are  turned 
out.  The  company  has  one  of  the  two  plants  in 
the  United  States  (and  one  of  four  in  the  entire 
world)  for  the  manufacture  of  assayers'  and  chem- 
ists' supplies.  They  have  a  resident  buyer  in 
Germany,  and  import  glass  and  porcelain  ware 
and  physical  apparatus. 

Mr.  Capers  is  a  member  of  an  old  southern 
family  that  descended  from  French- Huguenot 
ancestors,  who  settled  in  South  Carolina  in  1658. 
Through  his  maternal  ancestors  (the  Layton  fam- 
ily) he  traces  his  lineage  back  to  A.  D.  noo.  In 
his  possession  are  the  crests  and  coat  of  arms  of 
both  of  his  grandfathers  and  also  of  his  grand- 
mothers. His  paternal  grandfather,  William 
Capers,  a  native  of  South  Carolina,  was  next  in 
rank  to,  and  the  closest  personal  friend  of,  Gen. 
Francis  Marion,  under  whom  he  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.  One  of  his  sons,  William, 
held  office  as  bishop  of  the  southern  states  in 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South,  and  the 
latter's  son,  Ellison,  now  holds  the  same  position 
and  is  one  of  the  most  famous  bishops  of  that 
denomination.  The  family  has  been  prominent 
in  the  professions,  our  subject  having  been  the 
only  one  for  a  great  many  years  who  engaged 
in  business.  His  father,  Maj.  Le  Grand  G. 
Capers,  was  born  in  South  Carolina.  During 
the  Mexican  war  he  was  chief  of  General  Worth's 
staff,  and  that  distinguished  chieftain  died  of 
cholera  in  the  arms  of  Major  Capers  in  San  Anto- 
nio, Tex.  After  the  war  Major  Capers  was  ap- 
pointed United  States  military  judge  in  Mexico, 
which  position  he  filled  for  four  years.  After- 
ward for  many  years  he  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law  in  New  York  City,  and  there  his  death 
occurred  in  1868,  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years. 
He  was  a  typical  southern  gentleman,  hospit- 
able, courteous,  polished  and  generous,  one  who 
won  many  warm  personal  friends,  as  well  as  a 
high  position  in  the  legal  fraternity. 

The  wife  of  Maj.  Le  Grand  G.  Capers  was 
Amelia,  daughter  of  Henry  S.  Layton,  of  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.,  and  granddaughter  of  David  Lay- 
ton,  a  colonel  in  the  Revolution.  Her  mother 
was  a  Cornwall,  a  direct  descendant  of  the  Corn- 
wall family  of  England.  The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  at  Roslyn,  L.  I.,  May  21,  1853, 
and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.  After  completing  his  education  he  secured 
a  clerkship  with  A.  T.  Stewart,  and  when  the 
latter,  in  1874,  opened  his  wholesale  branch 
house  in  Chicago,  he  was  given  charge  of  a 


department,  at  the  head  of  which  he  continued 
for  four  and  one-half  years.  Later  he  spent  a 
similar  period  with  Marshall  Field  in  the  same 
capacity.  On  account  of  poor  health  he  was 
finally  obliged  to  leave  Chicago,  where  he  sold 
his  property  to  good  advantage.  In  1885  he 
went  to  Denver,  but  soon  bought  and  fenced  a 
ranch  of  fifty  thousand  acres  in  Costilla  County, 
Colo. ,  which  was  the  largest  and  finest  ranch  in 
the  state.  He  had  ten  thousand  head  of  cattle. 
After  having  engaged  in  the  management  of  his 
property  and  stock  holdings  for  two  years  he 
sold  the  ranch  at  a  large  figure  to  the  Mormon 
Church.  From  Costilla  County  he  came  to  Pueblo 
and  opened  a  wholesale  cracker  and  confectionery 
manufactory,  which  he  conducted  for  a  time.  His 
next  venture  was  the  establishment  of  the  Stand- 
ard Fire  Brick  Company,  which  is  the  largest 
concern  of  its  kind  west  of  the  Missouri  River. 
As  a  business  man  he  is  shrewd,  ke.en  and  dis- 
criminating, quick  to  see  a  favorable  opportunity, 
and  equally  quick  to  avail  himself  of  it.  The 
success  which  he  has  gained  proves  him  to  be  a 
man  of  splendid  business  ability. 

Firm  in  his  allegiance  to  the  old-school  Democ- 
racy Mr.  Capers  has  more  than  once  been  offered 
the  nomination  for  important  offices,  but  these  he 
has  invariably  refused,  preferring  to  give  his  en- 
tire attention  to  private  business  affairs.  While 
he  is  not  a  member  of  any  denomination  he  is  in 
sympathy  with  Christian  work  and  contributes  to 
the  support  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  with 
which  his  wife  is  identified.  On  the  3d  of  June, 
1880,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Emma  M., 
daughter  of  David  Cole,  of  Chicago,  and  one  son 
blesses  their  union,  Francis  Le  Grand,  Jr. 


R.  MATSON,  who  has  gained  a 
reputation  as  one  of  the  most  successful 
wool  buyers  in  Colorado,  is  the  present 
representative,  in  southern  and  western  Colorado, 
of  Charles  J.  Webb  &  Co. ,  of  Philadelphia,  and 
resides  at  Colorado  Springs,  having  his  office  at 
No.  27  Midland  block.  He  came  to  this  state 
in  1895,  establishing  his  headquarters  in  the  city 
where  he  now  resides,  and  from  here  he  has  de- 
veloped business  interests  throughout  Colorado, 
New  Mexico  and  Utah.  He  probably  handles, 
individually,  more  wool  than  any  buyer  in  Colo- 
rado. 

The  Matson  family  was  founded  in  America  by 
two  brothers  who  came  from  England  and  set- 
tled in  Haddam,  Conn. ,  early  in  the  eighteenth 


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century.  One  was  of  a  roving  disposition  and 
drifted  west  into  Kentucky.  The  other  was  the 
founder  of  this  branch  of  the  family.  The  great- 
grandfather of  our  subject  jwas  a  general  in  the 
continental  army  during  the  Revolutionary  war. 
The  grandfather,  Roderick  Matson,  was  born  in 
Haddam,  where  he  was  an  attorney  for  some 
years.  Removing  to  Port  Byron,  N.  Y. ,  he  was 
there  elected  to  a  judgeship.  His  next  location 
was  in  Utica,  Livingston  County,  Mo.,  where  he 
bought  new  land  and  platted  the  village  of  Utica. 
He  also  served  as  a  judge  in  Missouri.  His 
death  occurred  when  he  was  seventy-eight  years 
of  age.  Though  a  slave  owner,  when  the  war 
broke  out  he  gave  his  sympathy  and  support  to 
the  Federal  government,  and  served  in  the  Mis- 
souri state  militia.  While  the  law  was  his  chosen 
field  of  work,  yet  in  other  lines  he  was  equally 
successful,  and  his  large  stock  farm  adjoining 
Utica  was  one  of  the  finest  in  the  county.  The 
father  of  our  subject,  Abraham  W.  Matson,  was 
born  at  Port  Byron,  N.  Y.,  about  1823.  He 
moved  with  his  father's  family  to  Utica,  Mo.,  in 
1836.  He  assisted  on  the  home  farm,  gaining 
such  education  as  the  county  then  afforded.  In 
1854  he  married  Caroline  Judson  Pickslee,  who 
was  born  in  New  Castle,  Ky. ,  and  died  in  Mis- 
souri. She  was  a  daughter  of  William  Pickslee, 
who  settled  near  Liberty,  Mo.,  and  became  an  ex- 
tensive fanner  and  stock-raiser,  also  operated  a 
large  wool-carding  establishment. 

Of  three  children  who  attained  mature  years, 
two  of  whom  are  living,  our  subject  was  the  only 
son.  He  was  born  in  Utica,  Mo.,  April  i,  1857. 
In  1871  he  went  to  Omaha,  Neb.,  where  he  re- 
mained for  one  year.  He  then  spent  a  year  in 
Iowa,  after  which  he  entered  the  high  school  at 
Chillicothe,  Mo. ,  remaining  there  until  his  grad- 
uation. His  first  business  position  was  with 
Wells,  Buell  &  Co. ,  of  Chillicothe,  after  which 
he  was  in  the  produce  business  for  ten  years,  be- 
coming the  partner  of  his  former  employer,  with 
whom  he  carried  on  a  wholesale  grain  and  pro- 
duce business  at  Albany,  Mo.  Afterward  he  was 
with  various  wool  brokers  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. ,  and 
with  the  Springfield  woolen  mills  in  Springfield, 
111.  In  1895  became  to  Colorado  Springs,  where 
he  has  since  had  the  headquarters  of  his  business. 
As  a  business  man  he  is  exceedingly  capable  and 
efficient,  and  has  won  a  name  for  energy,  capa- 
bility and  determination  of  character. 

Though  not  active  in  politics,  Mr.  Matson  is  a 
firm  Republican.  In  religion  be  is  of  the  Episco- 


palian faith.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Athens 
Lodge  No.  127,  at  Albany,  Mo.  His  marriage, 
which  took  place  in  Pattonsburg,  Mo. ,  December 
18,  1879,  united  him  with  Miss  Ida  Rogers,  a  na- 
tive of  Pennsylvania.  They  have  an  only  child, 
Rita. 


(TJ  HRISTOPHER  HOENEHS,  known  as  one 
jl  of  the  enterprising  ranchmen  of  Lincoln 
U  County,  came  to  Colorado  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years  and  for  two  years  was  employed 
in  Central  City.  In  1882  he  removed  to  Lincoln 
County  and  settled  on  a  ranch  twenty  miles  east 
of  Hugo,  on  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad.  Here 
he  has  since  made  his  home.  From  time  to  time 
he  has  made  improvements  that  have  added  to 
the  value  of  the  place,  one  of  the  most  recent  of 
these  being  the  erection  of  a  substantial  frame 
residence. 

The  father  of  our  subject  is  Samuel  Hoenehs, 
a  farmer  of  Germany  and  for  years  a  prominent 
citizen  of  his  locality.  He  was  especially  active 
in  educational  work  and  served  for  a  long  time  as 
a  member  of  the  school  board,  besides  which  he 
held  numerous  local  offices.  In  religion  he  has 
always  been  a  Lutheran.  Now,  at  eighty  years 
of  age, .he  is  living  in  quiet  retirement.  He  mar- 
ried Anna  Catherine  Siegel,  who  was  born  in 
Wurtemberg,  and  died  there  in  1884.  Of  her 
children  Carl  Ludwig  is  a  farmer  in  Iowa;  Jacob 
is  engaged  in  farming  on  the  old  homestead;  Anna 
Catherine  is  a  widow  and  resides  in  Germany; 
Marie  is  the  wife  of  Wendel  Steck,  of  Germany. 
In  the  town  in  Germany  where  he  was  born 
in  1858  our  subject  spent  his  early  life.  At  the 
age  of  nineteen  he  started  out  for  himself  and  for 
one  year  worked  in  a  flour  mill.  At  twenty-one 
years  of  age  he  came  to  America  and  at  once  set- 
tled in  Colorado,  in  which  state  he  has  since 
resided.  He  is  engaged  in  the  raising  of  sheep 
and  cattle,  in  which  department  of  agriculture  he 
is  very  efficient  and  successful.  The  religion  of 
his  ancestors,  that  of  the  Lutheran  Church,  is  the 
one  to  which  he  has  always  adhered.  In  politics 
he  votes  the  Republican  ticket. 

In  1881  Mr.  Hoenehs  married  Miss  Maria 
Agnes  Kieser,  a  native  of  Germany,  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  Johannes  Kieser,  formerly  a  farmer  and 
carpenter,  but  now  deceased.  She  was  one  of  a 
family  of  five  children,  of  whom  Johannes  is  a 
carpenter  in  the  old  country;  Gottlob  is  engaged 
in  the  stock  business  near  Hugo;  Annie  Marie  is 
the  wife  of  Johannes  Hines,  of  Germany;  and 


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Katharine  married  Conrad  Schafer,  who  was  en- 
gaged in  the  stock  business  in  Colorado,  but  died 
in  1889.  Our  subject  and  his  wife  are  the  parents 
of  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  Gottlob  S., 
Conrad,  Anna  Katrina  and  Maria  Agnes. 


(JASPER  N.  BEATY,  principal  member  of 
I  the  firm  of  J.  N.  Beaty  &  Co.,  of  Manzanola, 
G)  and  one  of  the  prominent  stockmen  of  Otero 
County,  was  born  in  Carroll  County,  Mo.,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1845.  There  his  boyhood  days  were 
spent  on  a  farm  and  in  school.  When  sixteen 
years  of  age  he  entered  the  employ  of  a  cattle- 
dealer  and  engaged  in  driving  cattle  from  Mis- 
souri to  Illinois.  In  the  spring  of  1863  he  went 
to  Nebraska  City  with  his  brother,  James,  and 
from  there  drove  ox-teams  across  the  plain  to 
Fort  Hallett,  continuing  as  a  freighter  for  some 
time.  With  his  savings,  in  the  spring  of  1865  he 
bought  a  couple  of  ox-teams  and  engaged  in 
freighting  for  himself.  When  the  Union  Pacific 
road  was  building,  in  the  spring  of  1869,  he  sold 
out  his  freighting  business  and  came  to  Colorado. 
Early  in  1869  Mr.  Beaty  took  up  land  near 
where  the  village  of  Manzanola  now  stands, 
forty-three  miles  east  of  Pueblo.  All  around  him 
was  the  wild  plain.  No  attempt  had  been  made 
at  improvement.  Starting  with  a  small  herd  of 
Texas  cattle,  he  has  since  continued  in  the  stock 
business,  upon  an  increasing  scale,  but  in  the 
spring  of  1898  he  sold  thirteen  thousand  head, 
thus  reducing  his  stock  to  four  thousand  head. 
At  the  same  time  he  sold  his  ranch,  comprising 
eighteen  thousand  acres  of  land.  About  1878  he 
opened  the  first  store  in  Manzanola,  and  has  since 
carried  on  a  large  trade  in  general  merchandise, 
lumber  and  coal.  In  1897  he  erected  a  large  and 
suitable  store  room  and  at  the  same  time  added  a 
private  banking  business,  organizing  the  J.  N. 
Beaty  &  Co.  Bank,  January  i,  1898.  By  his 
marriage  to  Miss  Jennie  Ross,  of  Sterling,  111., 
he  has  two  children,  Robert  R.  and  Ruth. 

A  Democrat  in  politics,  Mr.  Beaty  has  been 
active  in  local  and  state  affairs.  In  1887  and  1888 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  state  legislature, 
where  he  ably  represented  his  constituents.  Years 
before  the  formation  of  Otero  County  and  during 
the  territorial  days  of  the  state,  he  served  for 
some  time  as  county  commissioner  of  Bent  Coun- 
ty. He  is  still  the  owner  of  six  thousand  acres 
of  land,  the  greater  part  of  which  is  in  the  Arkan- 
sas Valley,  surrounding  the  village  of  Manzanola. 
He  and  his  brother,  James,  have  worked  together 


in  partnership  since  boys,  when  they  began  to 
drive  ox-teams  across  the  country,  receiving  f 20 
a  month  as  pay.  Since  then  they  have  come  to 
be  known  as  the  leading  stockmen  in  this  part  of 
Colorado,  and  have  also  operated  largely  in  Kan- 
sas and  New  Mexico.  They  now  own  the  largest 
brick  block  in  Manzanola,  a  two-story  building, 
100x50  feet  in  dimensions,  and  carry  on  a  gen- 
eral wholesale  and  retail  mercantile  and  private 
banking  business.  Starting  without  capital,  they 
are  now  classed  among  the  wealthiest  men  in  this 
section,  and  have  gained  a  success  which  is  un- 
usual and  noteworthy. 

James  Beaty  was  born  in  Carroll  County,  Mo., 
and  from  boyhood  has  been  associated  with  his 
brother,  Jasper  N.  He  has  been  twice  married. 
His  first  wife,  who  was  Laura  M.  Good,  of  Car- 
roll County,  died,  leaving  two  children,  Ella  and 
William  C.  Ella  is  the  wife  of  H.  B.  Dye,  who 
is  connected  with  the  firm  of  J.  N.  Beaty  &  Co., 
and  William  C.  is  a  student  in  the  State  Uni- 
versity at  Boulder.  The  second  marriage  of  James 
Beaty  united  him  with  Miss  Fannie  B.  Cousins, 
of  Otero  County,  and  two  children  bless  their 
union,  Gladys  and  John.  Like  his  brother,  James 
Beaty  is  a  Democrat,  and  takes  pleasure  in  work- 
ing for  his  friends  in  politics,  but  cares  nothing 
for  office  himself. 

Manzanola  is  a  town  of  three  hundred  inhabit- 
ants, and  is  largely  owned  by  the  firm  of  J.  N. 
Beaty  &  Co.  It  is  situated  in  the  fruit  belt  of 
Otero  County,  on  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  forty 
miles  from  Las  Animas.  By  a  clause  in  deeds, 
prohibition  is  enforced  throughout  the  town.  The 
main  industries  of  the  town  are  directly  connected 
with  the  fruit  business,  which  has  assumed  great 
importance  and  has  led  to  the  investment  of  con- 
siderable capital  in  orchards  here,  the  results  in- 
variably proving  that  the  business  can  be  carried 
on  very  profitably  in  this  locality. 


STEPHEN  D.  CARLETON,  a  general  mer- 
chant of  Alamosa,  Conejos  County,  was  born 
in  St.  Clair  County,  Mich.,  in  1860,  a  son  of 
Albert  A.  and  Margaret  (Falkenbury)  Carle- 
ton,  natives  of  New  York.  His  father,  who  re- 
moved to  Michigan  in  young  manhood,  became 
a  leading  attorney  of  St.  Clair  and  for  forty  years 
practiced  his  profession  in  that  city.  Besides  the 
office  of  county  clerk  he  held  many  positions  of 
trust  and  responsibility.  He  died  in  1886,  when 
sixty-three  years  of  age.  His  wife  was  forty- 
nine  years  of  age  when  she  died.  He  had  a 


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brother,  Ezra  Carleton,  who  was  a  well-known 
business  man  and  for  several  terms  server!  as  a 
member  of  congress. 

One  of  a  family  of  nine  children,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  remained  at  home  until  sixteen 
years  of  age,  meantime  attending  public  schools. 
He  then  went  to  Kansas,  where  he  taught  in  pub- 
lic schools  for  twelve  years, /or  a  time  being  prin- 
cipal of  a  graded  school.  In  1889  he  came  to 
Alamosa  to  take  charge  of  the  public  school  here. 
After  one  year  in  the  position  he  resigned  as 
principal,  and  accepted  the  position  as  manager 
of  the  T.  C.  Henry  canal  commissary  depart- 
ment, which  place  he  held  for  eighteen  months. 
In  1892  he  opened  a  small  general  store  in  Ala- 
mosa, and  gradually  added  to  his  stock  of  goods 
until  he  now  owns  one  of  the  largest  general 
stores  in  the  town.  In  1895  he  organized  a  stock 
company  known  as  the  Carleton  Mercantile  Com- 
pany, of  which  his  wife  is  president  and  he  acts 
as  general  manager.  He  has  devoted  his  atten- 
tion exclusively  to  business  affairs  and  has  built 
up  a  large  and  profitable  trade. 

In  1890  Mr.  Carleton  assisted  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Alamosa  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion, of  which  he  was  chosen  secretary  and  gen- 
eral manager,  and  continued  as  such  during  the 
entire  existence  of  the  association,  until  1898. 
He  has  never  identified  himself  with  any  political 
organization,  but  is  independent  in  his  views. 
As  a  member  of  the  town  board  of  trustees  he 
favors  all  measures  for  the  benefit  of  the  people 
and  the  advancement  of  the  village.  Fraternally 
he  is  a  member  of  Alamosa  Lodge  No.  44,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  In  1884  he  married  Miss  Adella  E. 
Clayton,  of  Kansas.  They  are  the  parents  of 
two  children,  Albert  R.  and  Cecil  H. 


M.  HOUSTON,  who  is  engaged  in 

bthe  lumber  business  in  Colorado  Springs  and 
is  also  interested  in  a  number  of  successful 
mines,  is  of  eastern  parentage  and  Scotch  descent. 
His  grandfather,  Alexander  Houston,  was  born 
in  New  York  state  and  engaged  in  stock-raising 
in  Steuben  County,  whence  he  removed  to  Ohio 
in  an  early  day,  settling  in  Cincinnati  and 
engaging  in  milling  there.  He  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Mills,  from  Bucks  County,  Pa.  Their 
son,  Col.  George  Houston,  was  born  in  Steuben 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  spent  his  boyhood  years  in 
Cincinnati,  later  becoming  a  farmer  near  Hamil- 
ton, Butler  County.  During  the  Mexican  war 
he  was  colonel  of  an  Ohio  regiment.  In  the  fall 


of  1851  he  settled  in  Peoria,  111.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business,  but  after  a  few 
years  removed  to  a  farm  near  Galva,  that  state. 
There  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising 
until  his  death.  Politically  he  was  a  Democrat. 
Fraternally  he  was  prominent  in  the  Masonic 
order.  His  death  occurred  December  22,  1874, 
in  his  seventy-first  year. 

In  Butler  County,  Ohio,  in  1851,  Colonel  Hous- 
ton married  Nancy  Jane  Harr,  who  was  born 
there,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Catherine 
(Moudy)  Harr.  Her  father,  who  was  a  native  of 
Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  removed  to  Ohio  in  1814 
and  settled  on  unimproved  land  in  Butler  County. 
In  time  he  became  the  owner  of  several  farms. 
He  died  in  Butler  County  at  sixty-nine  years  of 
age.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in  Maryland,  died 
in  Indiana  at  seventy-five  years.  His  father, 
Rudolph  Harr,  was  a  fanner  of  Lancaster  County 
and  a  descendant  of  a  Swiss  family  that  settled  in 
Pennsylvania  several  generations  prior  to  his 
birth.  Mrs.  Houston  removed  to  Belleville, 
Kan.,  in  1890,  and  has  since  made  her  home 
in  that  city.  Since  nineteen  years  of  age  she 
has  been  a  faithful  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church. 

Our  subject  was  seventh  among  ten  children 
who  attained  mature  years,  one  other  having  died 
in  infancy.  They  are  named  as  follows:  Debo- 
rah, Mrs.  Cummings,  who  died  in  Galva,  111.; 
Delia,  who  died  at  Atlanta,  Ga.;  Mrs.  Jennie 
Richardson,  whose  husband  is  a  lumber  merchant 
at  Guthrie,  Okla. ;  Mrs.  Josephine  Guthrie,  wife 
of  a  large  stock  dealer  in  Formosa,  Kan.; 
Frankie,  wife  of  Albert  Stuckey,  who  is  a  miner 
and  resides  in  Colorado  Springs;  Alexander  C., 
a  lumber  merchant  of  Eureka,  Kan. ;  George  M. ; 
Samuel  J. ,  a  lumber  merchant  of  Neodesha,  Kan. ; 
Mills,  a  lumber  and  hardware  merchant  of  Miami, 
I.  T. ;  and  Mrs.  Laura  Dorherty,  whose  husband 
is  a  physician  in  Belleville,  Kan. 

Born  on  the  home  farm  near  Galva,  111. ,  Novem- 
ber i,  1863,  our  subject  attended  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  and  was  graduated  from  the  com- 
mercial college  in  Davenport,  Iowa.  His  brother, 
Alexander  C.,  having  left  home  when  young,  the 
management  of  the  farm  fell  upon  his  shoulders, 
and  from  the  age  of  eleven  years  he  was  practi- 
cally the  head  of  the  house.  In  1888  he  went  to 
Eureka,  Kan.,  where,  with  his  brother,  Alexan- 
der C.,  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  the 
firm  title  being  Houston  Brothers.  In  1891  he 
bought  out  his  brother's  interest  and  continued 


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the  business  alone,  besides  having  branch  yards 
for  a  few  years.  He  is  still  interested  in  the 
business  in  that  place,  which  is  conducted  under 
the  name  of  the  Houston  Lumber  Company.  His 
brother  has  an  interest  in  that  business  and  in 
ten  other  yards  in  Kansas  and  the  Indian  Terri- 
tory. 

Coming  to  Colorado  Springs  in  1896  Mr.  Hous- 
ton opened  a  lumber  yard  here,  of  which  he  is 
sole  proprietor,  and  which  occupies  forty  thou- 
sand square  feet  at  No.  17  West  Vermijo  street. 
Here  he  carries  on  a  large  wholesale  and  retail 
trade  in  lumber  and  all  kinds  of  building  mate- 
rial. Six  months  after  coming  here  he  incorpo- 
rated the  Pike's  Peak  Lumber  Company,  of  which 
he  was  president  and  the  principal  owner.  This 
business  subsequently  was  consolidated  with  his 
principal  lumber  yard.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Missouri  and  Kansas  Lumber  Dealers'  Associa- 
tion, and  the  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Wyo- 
ming Lumber  Dealers'  Association.  While  living 
in  Eureka,  Kan.,  he  was  made  a  Mason,  receiv- 
ing both  the  blue  lodge  and  Royal  Arch  degrees. 
In  religion  he  is  connected  with  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  in  politics  is  stanch  in  his 
adherence  to  the  Republican  party.  His  marriage 
took  place  in  Victoria,  111.,  and  united  him  with 
Miss  Agnes  Grace  Cook,  who  Was  born  there, 
and  is  a  daughter  of  James  Cook,  a  stockman 
there.  They  have  been  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren, but  one,  Marguerite,  died  in  1897,  at  Sve 
years  of  age.  Their  surviving  children  are  two 
daughters:  Agnes,  four  years  of  age;  and  an 
infant. 


(JONAS  NEUN,  a  well-known  and  prominent 
I  merchant  of  Boone,  Pueblo  County,  was  born 
G)  in  Marietta,  Washington  County,  Ohio,  in 
1850,  and  is  a  son  of  Jonas  and  Dorothy  (Grate) 
Neun,  who  are  now  living  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.  The 
father  was  one  of  the  brave  defenders  of  the  Union 
during  the  Civil  war,  a  member  of  an  Ohio  regi- 
ment, and  he  followed  merchandising  as  a  life 
work.  Of  his  three  sons,  George  was  a  member 
of  a  cavalry  company  in  Virginia  during  the  war, 
and  John  was  with  Sherman  on  his  celebrated 
march  to  the  sea.  In  his  family  are  also  five 
daughters,  all  of  whom  now  reside  in  Pittsburg, 
Pa. 

Our  subject  spent  his  boyhood  and  youth  in 
his  native  city,  his  education  being  obtained  in 
its  public  schools.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
learned  the  plasterer's  trade,  which  he  followed 


in  Ohio  for  eight  years,  and  was  thus  employed 
at  Arlington,  Colo.,  for  three  years,  having  come 
to  this  state  in  1888.  For  the  same  length  of  time 
he  worked  at  his  trade  in  Pueblo  and  then  re- 
turned to  Arlington,  where  he  established  a  store 
and  engaged  in  merchandising.  For  the  past 
three  years  he  has  been  a  resident  of  Boone,  hav- 
ing purchased  a  store  at  this  place.  He  carries 
a  large  and  well-selected  stock  of  general  mer- 
chandise, and  by  fair  and  honorable  dealing  he 
has  built  up  a  good  trade.  He  has  the  confi- 
dence and  respect  of  all  who  know  him,  and  has 
most  acceptably  filled  the  office  of  postmaster  dur- 
ing his  residence  here.  In  his  political  affilia- 
tions he  is  a  Republican,  and  socially  was  at  one 
time  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows. 

Mr.  Neun  has  been  twice  married,  first  in  Ohio, 
to  Miss  Lizzie  Haas,  by  whom  he  had  one 
child.  In  1886  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Josephine  Newbecker,  of  Iowa,  and  to  them 
have  been  born  three  children,  namely:  John  W., 
Alma  and  Ethel. 


^)EORGE  j.  ORTNER,  proprietor  of  the 

I—  Pueblo  brass  foundry,  came  to  Colorado  in 
Lj  the  spring  of  1882  and  in  July,  1884,  set- 
tled in  Pueblo,  where  he  at  once  opened  a 
foundry  business,  starting  what  is  now  the  only 
exclusive  brass  foundry  in  the  city.  Much  of  his 
first  work  was  for  the  Midland  Railroad  Com- 
pany, whose  brass  contracts  he  had  for  five  years, 
until  the  road  went  into  the  receiver's  hands. 
He  also  had  contracts  for  smelters  and  iron 
foundries.  A  man  of  inventive  ability,  he 
invented  and  patented  a  battery  zinc  electric 
battery,  the  special  feature  of  which  is  the  ease 
with  which  the  zinc  is  changed,  without  wasting 
a  particle.  He  also  manufactures  models  of  all 
kinds.  The  location  of  the  foundry  is  No.  122 
West  Third  street. 

The  parents  of  our  subject,  Leonard  and  Cath- 
erine (Graff)  Ortner,  were  natives  of  Germany, 
and  were  married  in  Newark,  N.  J.  For  some 
years  he  engaged  in  the  butchering  business  in 
Erie  County,  N.  Y.,  and  is  still  living  at  Buffalo, 
but  is  retired  from  active  business  cares.  His 
wife  died  in  Trinidad,  Colo.,  in  1894,  while 
visiting  in  that  city.  They  were  the  parents  of 
five  sons  and  one  daughter,  the  latter  being  the 
wife  of  a  physician  in  Florence,  Colo.,  while  four 
of  the  sons  are  business  men  of  Buffalo. 

Born  April  13,  1860,  our  subject  was  reared  in 


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his  native  city  of  Buffalo.  At  the  age  of  thirteen 
he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  brass 
and  iron  moulder,  and  remained  with  Pratt  & 
Letchworth  for  four  years  as  an  apprentice,  after 
which  he  worked  for  a  year  as  journeyman. 
Later  he  traveled  through  Canada,  Ohio,  Illinois 
and  Missouri,  following  his  trade,  and  spent 
eleven  months  in  Chicago.  From  Missouri  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  for  two  years  was  em- 
ployed on  heavy  iron  casting,  being  for  one  year 
with  F.  M.  Davis,  and  one  year  with  Hendy  & 
Meyer,  of  Denver.  For  seven  months  he  con- 
ducted an  iron  foundry  of  his  own,  at  the  foot  of 
Seventeenth  street,  in  Denver,  but  sold  it  and 
removed  to  Pueblo.  He  gives  his  entire  time  and 
thought  to  business  affairs,  and  has  had  little 
opportunity,  had  he  so  desired,  to  mingle  with 
other  citizens  in  public  affairs.  He  has  never 
allied  himself  with  either  of  the  prominent  politi- 
cal parties,  but  has  maintained  an  independence 
of  attitude  that  finds  expression  in  voting  for  the 
best  candidates,  irrespective  of  party  tickets. 
While  living  in  Denver  he  married  Miss  Emma  B. 
Pryor,  who  was  born  in  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  but 
has  resided  in  Colorado  from  girlhood.  Two 
children  bless  their  union,  Roy  and  Nina. 


EADY  R.  HALSEY,  the  leading  druggist  of 
Buena  Vista,  Chaffee  County,  was  born  in 
China,  December  7,  1870.  His  father,  John 
S.  Halsey,  was  born  in  Chenango  County,  N.  Y., 
and  after  the  age  of  seventeen  years  was  em- 
ployed on  a  whaling  ship  for  a  few  years.  Later 
he  settled  on  the  Sandwich  Islands  and  engaged 
in  the  sale  of  jewelry  and  musical  instruments, 
going  from  there  to  Manila,  where  he  remained 
for  some  time,  thence  to  China.  He  was  for 
twenty- two  years  connected  with  the  custom- 
house service  in  that  country,  but  finally  was 
obliged  to  resign  on  account  of  ill-health.  The 
company  in  whose  employ  he  had  been  for  so 
long  a  time  granted  him  a  two  years'  leave  of  ab- 
sence, hoping  that  by  change  of  climate  he  might 
be  permanently  benefited.  He  returned  to  the 
United  States,  and  while  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  was 
told  that  the  Haywood  hot  springs,  nine  miles 
from  Buena  Vista,  would  prove  helpful  in  freeing 
him  from  rheumatism.  He  at  once  came  to 
Colorado  and  tried  the  baths  at  the  springs,  the 
result  being  that  he  was  greatly  benefited.  At 
the  same  time  he  became  interested  in  the  mining 
business  and  invested  in  stock  in  the  Stonewall 


mine  at  Hancock,  which  he  sold  afterward.  He 
also  bought  a  large  sheep  ranch  in  the  vicinity 
of  Colorado  Springs. 

Returning  to  China,  Mr.  Halsey  disposed  of 
his  interests  in  that  country.  On  his  return  to 
Colorado,  he,  with  others,  bought  the  Jimmie 
Mack  mine  in  Tincup  and  built  a  large  mill  there. 
The  mine  continued  to  be  operated  successfully 
until  1893,  when  the  depreciation  of  silver  obliged 
him  to  close  the  mine,  but  it  is  still  owned  by  the 
family.  In  1885,  five  years  after  he  first  came  to 
Colorado,  he  built  a  business  block  in  Buena 
Vista,  and  in  this  building  his  son,  our  subject, 
now  conducts  a  drug  business.  In  politics  he 
continued  to  be  a  Republican  until  1896,  when 
he  identified  himself  with  the  silver  movement. 
For  two  terms  he  held  the  office  of  mayor.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  and  the 
Masonic  fraternity. 

The  success  which  Mr.  Halsey  attained  was 
truly  remarkable,  when  it  is  considered  that  he 
had  no  educational  advantages  in  youth  and  had 
to  begin  the  earning  of  his  own  livelihood  when 
he  was  twelve.  While  he  had  no  opportunity  to. 
attend  school,  he  gained  from  travel  a  knowl- 
edge more  valuable  than  is  to  be  derived  from, 
text-books,  and  by  observation  and  self-culture 
became  a  well-informed  man.  He  died  in  1895, 
when  sixty-four  years  of  age.  His  death  was 
felt  to  be  a  public  loss.  He  had  been  for  so  long 
identified  with  the  mining  and  public  interests  of 
Chaffee  County  that  he  was  recognized  as  one  of 
its  most  valuable  citizens,  and  wielded  a  large  and 
important  influence  among  his  fellow-citizens. 

Mr.  Halsey  is  survived  by  his  wife,  formerly 
Amelia  Ripley,  a  native  of  Chenango  County, 
N.  Y.,  and  now  a  resident  of  Buena  Vista.  In 
religion  she  is  an  Episcopalian.  Our  subject  was. 
four  years  of  age  when  he  left  China  with  his 
mother,  and  six  years  afterward  he  came  to 
Buena  Vista,  which  town  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  For  several  years  he  was  a  student  in 
Jarvis  Hall,  Denver,  after  which  he  spent  a  year 
in  Rutgers  grammar  school  at  New  Brunswick, 
N,  J.,  and  then  took  one  year  of  study  in  Den- 
ver University.  He  also  had  the  advantage  of 
study  under  a  private  tutor,  for  whom  his  father 
had  sent  east  and  who  remained  with  him  for 
two  years,  at  the  same  time  instructing  a  brother, 
John  S.,  Jr.,  who  is  now  engaged  in  the  mill 
business  in  the  City  of  Mexico. 

After  completing  his  education  our    subject 
worked  for  J.  W.  Yelton  and   Dr.  Bradley,  of 


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Buena  Vista,  in  a  drug  store.  When  Dr.  Brad- 
ley failed,  our  subject's  father  purchased  the 
store  and  placed  him  in  charge  of  the  same.  In 
order  to  fit  himself  for  the  work  of  a  pharmacist 
he  attended  the  Denver  College  of  Pharmacy  and 
passed  the  required  examination.  In  politics  he 
is  independent,  inclining  toward  the  Democratic 
party.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  In  1897  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Jennie  Butler,  of  Buena 
Vista,  where  they  have  established  a  pleasant 
home.  They  are  prominent  in  social  circles  and 
are  attendants  at  the  Episcopal  Church. 


""  RANK  DOLL,  who  is  a  member  of  the  firm 
rft  of  Doll  Brothers,  proprietors  of  a  ranch  situ- 
I  ated  four  miles  from  Gypsum,  in  Eagle  Coun- 
ty, was  born  near  Canton,  Ohio,  in  1851,  a  son 
of  George  and  Susan  (Meiser)  Doll,  natives  of 
Virginia  and  Pennsylvania  respectively.  His 
mother,  who  died  in  1893,  was  a  daughter  of  a 
wealthy  farmer  of  Stark  County,  Ohio,  who  set- 
tled there  a  few  years  after  his  marriage.  The 
Doll  family  was  represented  among  the  colonial 
settlers  of  Virginia.  George  Doll,  who  was  a 
veterinary  surgeon,  was  employed  by  the  govern- 
ment in  that  capacity  for  four  years  during  the 
Civil  war,  and  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
in  Ohio,  where  he  died  in  1883.  Of  his  sons, 
Samuel  is  connected  with  our  subject  in  the  ranch 
business  and  other  enterprises  in  Colorado  and 
Ohio,  including  a  large  coal  and  clay  business 
in  the  latter  state.  Hiram,  who  resides  in  Stark 
County,  has  served  as  county  treasurer,  and  was 
the  first  Republican  sheriff  of  that  county  after 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  is  now  president  of  a 
coal  company  in  Ohio,  which  his  other  brothers 
own  interests  in,  and  is  president  of  a  brick  and  tile 
company  ia  which  they  are  also  interested.  The 
third  brother,  Zachariah,  is  superintendent  of  the 
business  of  which  his  brother  is  president. 

In  1887  the  subject  of  this  sketch  came  to  Colo- 
rado, and,  with  his  brother  Samuel,  purchased 
the  land  where  their  ranch  is  located.  At  that 
time  it  was  raw  and  contained  nothing  but  sage 
brush.  The  sole  improvement  was  a  small  cabin. 
Under  their  supervision  a  great  change  has  been 
wrought.  The  location  of  the  property  is  fine, 
it  being  in  a  beautiful  valley  which  extends 
from  Gypsum,  a  small  town  on  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad,  to  the  mountains.  The 
ranch  contains  sixteen  hundred  acres,  of  which 
almost  every  foot  is  under  cultivation.  The  soil 


cannot  be  surpassed  by  any  in  the  entire  country. 
A  large  supply  of  mountain  water  furnishes  ade- 
quate facilities  for  irrigation  and  enables  the 
owners  to  raise  every  variety  of  grain  and  fruit 
and  vegetable  in  abundance.  From  fourteen  to 
twenty-one  men  are  kept  at  work  on  the  place. 
The  improvements  are  of  an  important  nature  and 
greatly  enhance  the  value  of  the  property,  which 
is  as  fine  as  can  be  found  in  the  United  States. 
The  elegant  residence,  which  stands  back  from 
the  road,  affords  a  splendid  view  of  the  valley 
below  and  the  mountains  beyond.  A  commodi- 
ous barn  with  water  in  every  part,  affords  ample 
accommodations  for  the  owners'  fine  blooded 
horses.  Another  large  barn  furnishes  stable  room 
for  the  work  horses,  and  it  also  has  running 
water.  All  of  the  buildings  on  the  place  are 
lighted  by  electricity,  the  power  being  furnished 
by  a  plant  on  the  ranch.  Every  kind  of  machin- 
ery that  would  be  of  assistance  in  the  cultivation 
of  the  land  may  be  found  here.  The  stock  on 
the  place  includes  a  herd  of  blooded  Hereford 
high-grade  cattle  and  some  of  the  finest  blooded 
horses,  both  running  and  trotting  horses,  to  be 
found  in  the  entire  country.  One  might  travel 
through  the  oldest  states  of  the  east  without  find- 
ing a  place  that  bears  a  better  class  of  improve- 
ments than  the  Doll  Brothers'  ranch. 

In  addition  to  this  property  the  firm  own 
ranches  containing  two  thousand  three  hundred 
and  eighty  acres,  on  which  they  keep  a  large 
number  of  horses  and  cattle  of  common  grades. 
They  have  done  much  to  improve  this  part  of  the 
state.  Among  the  improvements  they  have  made 
may  be  mentioned  the  building  of  stores  and  a 
roller  flouring  mill  with  every  modern  improve- 
ment, at  Gypsum.  Other  enterprises  have  re- 
ceived the  impetus  of  their  co-operation  and  as- 
sistance. The  brothers  are  highly  regarded  by 
all  who  know  them  and  are  recognized  as  able 
and  successful  business  men.  Those  having 
charge  of  the  business  interests  in  Ohio  have, 
through  their  sagacious  judgment,  accumulated 
valuable  property  and  built  up  a  business  that  is 
substantial  and  prosperous;  while  the  brothers 
who  have  given  their  attention  to  ranching  have 
improved  a  ranch  that  is  unsurpassed  in  the  state 
of  Colorado.  Three  of  the  brothers  were  soldiers 
in  the  Union  army,  and  all  served  from  the  open- 
ing to  the  close  of  the  conflict  except  Hiram,  who 
was  captured  by  the  enemy  and  held  in  Ander- 
sonville  prison  for  sixteen  months.  All  are  Re- 
publicans in  political  belief  and  keep  themselves 


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posted  concerning  national  issues  as  well  as  local 
affairs,  but  none  has  shown  a  desire  for  official 
responsibilities. 

In  1882  our  subject  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Lucy  Slusser,  who  was  born  in  Stark 
County,  Ohio,  and  is  a  daughter  of  D.  M.  and 
Lydia  (Holweck)  Slusser,  natives  of  Ohio.  They 
are  the  parents  of  one  son  and  three  daughters: 
Frank  J.,  Susan,  Gretchen  and  Dorothy.  Fra- 
ternally Mr.  Doll  is  connected  with  the  Masonic 
order  and  the  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  an  intelligent 
and  able  business  man,  identified  with  the  best 
interests  of  Eagle  County,  and  ever  read}-  to  aid 
in  the  promotion  of  such  enterprises  as  will  ad- 
vance the  general  welfare. 


0ANIEL  W.  TAFF,  manager  of  the  Reve- 
nue Tunnel  Company  of  Creede,  has  been 
identified  with  the  history  of  this  camp  from 
its  earliest  days  and  has  not  only  witnessed,  but 
also  contributed  to,  its  transition  from  a  rough 
miningcamp  to  a  businesscenterand  a  community 
of  law-abiding  citizens.  His  energy  and  business 
qualifications  fit  him  admirably  for  the  position 
beholds,  in  connection  with  one  of  the  promi- 
nent companies  of  Mineral  County,  and  in  his 
capacity  as  manager  he  has  rendered  most  effi- 
cient service  in  the  interests  of  the  Revenue 
Tunnel  Company. 

In  New  York  City,  February  18,  1847,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  article  was  born,  a  son  of  David  J.  and 
Mary  A.  (Gray)  Taff,  also  natives  of  New  York. 
He  descends  from  Adjutant-General  Taff,  a  na- 
tive of  France,  who  at  the  opening  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary war  was  commissioned  to  return  to 
his  native  land,  in  order  to  raise  funds  and  troops 
to  assist  the  colonists.  He  succeeded  in  his  un- 
dertaking, but  on  his  way  back  to  America  the 
vessel  was  wrecked  and  he  was  lost.  He  was  a 
co-worker  of  Lafayette,  and  occupied  much  the 
same  position  as  that  illustrious  man,  being  a 
wealthy  landed  proprietor  and  a  nobleman.  David 
J.  Taff  spent  his  life  in  New  York  City,  where  he 
was  a  shipbuilder  and  sparmaker,  and  took  an 
active  part  in  public  and  educational  affairs. 

In  a  collegiate  institute  at  Stafford,  Conn.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  acquired  his  education. 
For  ten  years  he  was  connected  with  the  Dry 
Dock  Savings  Bank  of  New  York,  now  a  large 
institution,  with  depositsaggregating$2o,ooo,ooo, 
and  of  which  his  father  was  one  of  the  founders. 
In  1877  he  left  New  York  and  went  to  the  north- 
west, where  he  spent  eight  years,  assisting  in  the 


construction  of  the  Northern  Pacific  and  Cana- 
dian Pacific  Railroads.  In  1885  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, settling  at  Colorado  Springs  and  accepting 
the  position  of  traveling  agent  for  the  Midland 
Railroad.  After  two  and  one-half  years  he  re- 
signed the  position  and  turned  his  attention  to 
mining  in  the  different  camps  of  the  state. 
During  the  boom  of  1892  in  Creede,  he  came  to 
this  camp,  where  he  has  held  a  number  of  posi- 
tions in  connection  with  different  mining  compa- 
nies. In  1894  he  became  a  promoter  of  the  Reve- 
nue tunnel,  of  which  he  has  since  acted  as  mana- 
ger. It  is  the  aim  of  the  company  to  complete  a 
tunnel  three  thousand  feet  into  Mammoth  Moun- 
tain, of  which  work  one  thousand  feet  have  been 
finished. 

Since  1896  Mr.  Taff  has  served  as  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  at  present  fills  the  office  of  city 
treasurer.  He  has  always  been  a  Republican  and 
is  now  an  adherent  of  the  silver  wing  of  the 
party.  Though  not  identified  with  any  denomi- 
nation, he  is  interested  in  church  work  and  con- 
tributes to  worthy  projects,  religious,  educational 
and  social.  In  the  administration  of  his  office  as 
justice  he  has  made  a  successful  record,  in  view 
of  the  fact  that  the  place  was  in  a  transitory 
period  from  camp  life  to  a  more  settled  basis. 
Much  of  his  time  not  devoted  to  the  tunnel 
work  is  devoted  to  the  development  of  extensive 
sulphur  lands  which  he  controls.  February  20, 
1879,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  N.  Anna 
Lair,  of  Cynthiana,  Ky. ,  and  they  have  a  pleasant 
home  in  Creede. 


RANSOM  A.  HAYES,  mayor  of  La  Veta, 
and  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  La  Veta 
flour  mill,  was  born  in  Caldwell  County, 
N.C.,in  1845.  At  three  years  of  age  he  was  taken 
to  Georgia  by  his  parents,  Alphan  and  Martha 
(Harrison)  Hayes,  both  natives  of  North  Carolina. 
His  father,  who  was  a  leading  Democrat  of  his 
locality,  did  all  in  his  power  to  prevent  Georgia 
from  seceding  at  the  time  of  the  Civil  war  and 
was  a  strong  Union  man.  On  the  other  hand, 
all  of  his  six  sons  were  strong  in  their  sympathies 
with  the  Confederacy  and  all  entered  the  southern 
army  and  fought  until  death  or  the  end  of  the 
war.  The  father  died  in  Georgia  at  sixty-three 
years  of  age.  His  wife  passed  away  in  1884, 
aged  seventy- five.  They  were  the  parents  of 
nine  children:  Rev.  Daniel  Hayes,  who  is  a 
Baptist  minister  in  Georgia;  Matilda  N.,  widow 
of  William  Kincaid;  John,  who  was  killed  in 


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battle,  while  serving  in  the  Confederate  army,  at 
thirty-one  years  of  age;  Joseph,  who  was  killed  in 
the  seven  days'  battle  and  was  buried  by  our  sub- 
ject on  the  battlefield;  Rufus,  who  died  from 
disease  while  in  the  army;  Martha,  wife  of  Aaron 
Thomas;  William  H.  H.,  who  was  killed  at 
Richmond,  Va. ;  Ransom  A. ;  and  Adeline,  wife 
of  Marion  Thomas. 

When  our  subject  enlisted  in  the  southern 
army  he  was  a  lad  of  sixteen.  He  became  a 
member  of  the  Beauregard  corps,  and  followed 
the  eastern  division  of  the  army  until  the  sur- 
render. He  was  wounded  at  Richmond,  his  arm 
being  broken,  and  two  shots  penetrating  his  body. 
From  the  effects  of  his  wounds  he  was  confined 
in  the  hospital  at  Richmond  for  six  weeks,  after 
which  he  returned  home  on  a  furlough  of  sixty 
days.  Rejoining  the  army  at  Petersburg,  Va. , 
he  took  part  in  the  engagements  at  Fredericks- 
burg,  Antietam  and  South  Mountain,  the  siege 
of  Petersburg,  at  the  time  of  the  mine  explosion, 
and  for  eight  months  was  stationed  at  Fort  Sum- 
ter.  He  was  wounded  September  30,  1864,  at 
Port  Harrison,  and  still  carries  in  his  limb  the 
rifle  ball  he  then  received.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  made  captain  in  his  old  regiment, 
but  never  accepted  the  commission.. 

Returning  to  his  home  in  Blairsville,  Ga. ,  Mr. 
Hayes  took  a  course  in  the  academy  at  that  place. 
In  1868  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  time  en- 
gaged in  mining  at  Black  Hawk  and  Central 
City,  from  which  places  he  went  to  the  N.  P. 
Hill  smelter  and  there  worked  for  six  months. 
In  1869  he  bought  a  saw  mill  on  the  Tyler 
Creek,  which  was  one  of  the  first  saw  mills 
erected  there,  and  for  some  time  he  engaged  in 
sawing  lumber  for  the  mines  and  for  building 
purposes.  After  the  mill  had  been  in  operation 
for  eighteen  months,  it  burned  to  the  ground, 
causing  almost  a  total  loss  of  all  he  had  previously 
made.  In  the  fall  of  1870  he  came  to  the  Cu- 
charas  Valley,  where  but  few  white  men  preceded 
him,  the  only  settlers  here  being  Colonel  Fran- 
cisco, R.  B.  Willis,  Judge  Daigre  and  James  G. 
and  William  Hamilton.  Locating  here,  he  im- 
mediately took  up  a  homestead,  -  and  began  its 
improvement.  At  first  he  engaged  in  farming 
only,  but  gradually  he  began  to  stock  his  place, 
and  after  a  time  became  the  owner  of  consider- 
able stock.  In  1891  he  rented  the  land  to  his  son 
and  bought  an  interest  in  the  La  Veta  flour  mill, 
which  he  has  since  conducted,  giving  his  atten- 
tion principally  to  the  outside  business  of  the 


mill.  He  also  owns  a  ranch  near  La  Veta,  which 
his  son  operates,  and  is  interested  in  residence 
property  in  town. 

Politically  Mr.  Hayes  is  inclined  to  be  indepen- 
dent, although  he  usually  votes  Democratic  on 
national  questions.  For  two  years  he  has  been 
a  member  of  the  town  board.  In  1899  he  was  a 
candidate,  on  the  citizens'  ticket,  for  mayor  of 
La  Veta  and  was  elected  April  4  by  a  majority 
of  forty  votes.  He  assisted  in  the  organization 
of  the  school  board  in  district  No.  15,  of  which 
he  was  a  member  for  several  years,  and  in  which 
he  has  been  deeply  interested.  Fraternally  he  is 
a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  La 
Veta  Lodge  No.  59,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  1872  he 
married  Miss  Louisa,  daughter  of  Jephtha  Own- 
bey,  of  North  Carolina.  They  have  an  only  son, 
James  F. 

fDQlLLIAM  TAYLOR  JOHNSON,  who  has 
\  A  I  occupied  a  ranch  near  Nyburg,  Pueblo 
W  County,  since  1881,  is  a  member  of  a 
southern  family.  His  father,  William  Johnson, 
was  born  in  Tennessee  and  removed  from  there 
to  Missouri,  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  and 
died  soon  after  the  close  of  the  war.  By  his  mar- 
riage to  Polly  Schultz  he  had  four  sons  and  six 
daughters.  Two  of  the  former,  Meredith  and 
Franklin,  are  deceased,  while  the  third  son, 
Henry  S.,  is  engaged  in  farming  in  Texas.  Of 
the  sisters  only  two  are  living,  Martha  Ann, 
whose  husband  died  during  the  Civil  war;  and 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Webb. 

InRipley  County,  Mo.,  William  Taylor  John- 
son was  born  in  1847.  After  his  father's  death 
he  was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  and  be- 
came self-supporting.  In  1870  he  went  to  Mc- 
Donough  County,  111.,  and  for  ten  years  engaged 
in  farming  there.  In  1880  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  settled  at  Fountain,  El  Paso  County,  but  one 
year  later  removed  to  the  ranch  he  has  since  oc- 
cupied. He  has  been  a  hardworking,  persever- 
ing man,  and  through  his  steady  persistence  has 
met  with  fair  success.  His  time  has  been  given 
so  closely  to  his  private  affairs  that  he  has  had 
no  leisure  for  participation  in  politics,  in  which, 
aside  from  castinga  Democratic  vote  at  elections, 
he  has  taken  no  part  whatever. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Johnson  took  place  in 
1866  and  united  him  with  Miss  Mary  A.  Davis, 
who  was  born  in  Bedford  County,  Pa.,  and  at 
the  age  of  two  years  was  brought  by  her  parents 
as  far  as  Canton,  111.,  thence  went  with  them  to 


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Missouri  in  1858.  She  was  one  of  a  family  of 
five  daughters  and  two  sons,  of  whom  she  and 
her  brother,  William  Davis,  alone  survive,  both 
being  residents  of  Pueblo  County.  Her  parents, 
John  and  Margaret  Davis,  were  natives  of  Penn- 
sylvania; her  father  died  in  Illinois  when  she 
was  eight  and  her  mother  died  in  Missouri  five 
years  later.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  became  the 
parents  of  three  sons  and  four  daughters.  Will- 
iam H. ,  who  is  a  farmer  in  Pueblo  County,  is 
married  and  has  three  children.  Lizzie  is  the 
wife  of  Sterling  Crawford,  a  farmer  of  this  coun- 
ty, and  they  have  six  children.  Lulu  married 
Louis  Sanders,  of  Pueblo,  and  they  have  four 
children.  Rosa  is  the  wife  of  W.  H.  Sanders,  a 
brother  of  her  sister's  husband;  they  have  one 
child.  Elmer  is  a  student  in  the  local  school. 
Daisy  Lee,  the  youngest  daughter,  died  in  Illi- 
nois. Arthur  M.  died  March  9,  1883. 


r~  DWARD  KRUEGER  is  the  proprietor  of  a 
|^  hardware  store  and  lumber  yard  at  Buena 
I  Vista,  Chaffee  County.  In  his  store  he  car- 
ries a  full  line  of  stoves,  agricultural  implements, 
wagons,  miners'  and  ranchers'  supplies,  bicycles, 
harness,  wall  paper,  in  fact,  everything  which 
can  be  found  in  a  first-class  village  store.  He 
has  a  large  trade,  which  is  not  limited  to  Buena 
Vista,  but  extends  throughout  the  surrounding 
country,  which,  with  its  rich  mines  of  gold  and 
silver,  has  attracted  a  large  number  of  miners 
and  made  possible  an  extensive  business  in  the 
handling  of  supplies  for  mines. 

In  Prussia,  Germany,  Mr.  Krueger  was  born 
December  20,  1860.  There  he  was  reared  and 
educated.  At  fourteen  years  of  age  he  left  school 
and  began  to  work  in  a  machine  shop,  where  he 
remained  for  a  year.  Subsequently  he  served 
an  apprenticeship  of  four  years  to  the  tinner's 
and  machinist's  trade,  for  which  he  was  given 
his  board  and  clothes  and  $100.  In  order  to 
escape  a  draft  into  the  German  army  he  came  to 
America,  landing  in  New  York  City  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1879.  After  six  months  there  he  went  to 
Omaha,  Neb.,  and  two  months  later  proceeded  to 
Old  Mexico,  intending  to  go  to  South  America, 
but  the  climate  was  intolerably  warm  and  un- 
pleasant, so  he  returned  to  the  United  States. 
Reaching  Colorado  without  any  money  he  started 
to  "beat"  his  way  to  Pueblo,  and  while  passing 
through  Buena  Vista  found  he  could  secure  em- 
ployment at  his  trade.  He  continued  in  the  same 
position  for  three  years,  meantime  taking  private 


night  lessons  in  English.  After  having  had 
charge  of  the  store  for  a  time  he  invested  his 
earnings  in  a  hardware  stock,  and  has  since  en- 
gaged in  the  business  here. 

The  success  which  Mr.  Krueger  has  gained  is 
in  many  respects  remarkable.  Coming  to  Buena 
Vista  in  1880,  penniless,  and  unfamiliar  with  our 
language  and  customs,  he  has  not  only  made  his 
own  way,  but  has  accumulated  a  fortune  of 
$20,000  or  more.  -  In  his  life  he  has  received  no 
assistance  from  anyone.  His  father  died  when 
he  was  only  five  years  of  age  and  six  years  later 
his  mother  passed  away,  so  that  he  was  thrown 
upon  his  own  resources  at  a  time  when  boys 
stand  most  in  need  of  loving  care  and  guidance. 
Notwithstanding  hardships  and  obstacles  "he  has 
attained  prosperity,  and  has  also  become  known 
as  an  honest,  honorable  man,  whose  dealings 
with  all  are  above  reproach.  Besides  his  busi- 
ness he  is  interested  in  a  number  of  mines.  By 
his  marriage  to  Miss  Sophia  Hilsinger  he  has 
one  son,  Edward,  now  eight  years  of  age.  In 
religion  he  favors  the  Lutheran  denomination,  in 
which  he  was  reared.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  in  which  he 
is  master  workman,  and  is  also  secretary  of  the 
local  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows. 


'HOMAS  A.  NICHOLS,  a  ranchman  of 
Rye,  Pueblo  County,  was  born  in  Towns 
County,  Ga.,  November  13,  1848,  and  is  a 
worthy  representative  of  one  of  the  old  and  highly 
respected  families  of  that  state.  He  had  several 
brothers  who  were  members  of  the  Confederate 
army  during  the  Civil  war  and  two  were  killed 
in  the  service.  His  father,  David  P.  Nichols, 
came  from  Georgia  to  Pueblo  County  with  our 
subject  and  died  here. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-six,  Thomas  A.  Nichols 
started  out  in  life  for  himself  and  continued  to 
engage  in  farming  in  his  native  state  until  1870, 
when  he  came  to  Pueblo  County,  Colo.,  locating 
first  two  miles  from  his  present  place,  but  the 
latter  has  now  been  his  home  for  a  quarter  of  a 
century.  Here  he  farms  two  hundred  and  eighty 
acres  of  land  which  he  has  placed  under  cultiva- 
tion and  improved  with  buildings.  In  connection 
with  general  farming  he  is  engaged  in  stock-rais- 
ing. 

In  1870,  at  the  age  of  twenty -two  years,  Mr. 
Nichols  married  Miss  Maggie  Duckworth,  a- 
native  of  Georgia,  whose  father  now  lives  on  the 
Greenhorn.  They  have  become  the  parents  of 


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three  daughters,  namely:  I/illie  Lee,  wife  of 
Charles  Dusenberg,  who  lives  near  our  subject; 
Ella  M.  and  Dora  Bell.  Mr.  Nichols  never  had 
the  advantages  of  schools  in  his  younger  years, 
but  is  greatly  interested  in  the  education  of  the 
young.  In  his  political  views  he  is  a  Democrat. 


(JOHN  E.  GAUGER,  one  of  the  first  settlers 
I  and  a  representative  citizen  of  what  is  now 
(2)  Otero  County,  resides  six  miles  west  of  La 
Junta,  where  he  is  improving  a  large  and  valu- 
able farm.  At  the  time  he  settled  in  Rocky  Ford 
it  had  but  one  store  and  a  very  small  population. 
The  school  district  was  thirty  miles  east  and 
west  by  ninety  miles  north  and  south,  yet,  in 
spite  of  the  vast  territory  covered,  there  was  an 
average  attendance  of  only  nine  pupils.  La 
Junta  was  also  a  very  small  town  at  the  time  he 
taught  the  school  there.  He  has  been  identified 
with  the  development  of  the  county  and  has  him- 
self been  a  large  contributor  thereto,  the  work  he 
has  accomplished  toward  the  improvement  of 
land  and  the  cultivation  of  agricultural  property 
being  of  a  most  important  nature. 

In  Louisville,  Ky.,  Mr.  Gauger  was  born  Oc- 
tober 28,  1855.  When  in  his  teens  he  removed 
to  Illinios  and  received  his  education  afterward 
in  the  high  school  of  Xenia,  that  state.  Later  he 
taught  school  and  then  engaged  in  reading  medi- 
cine. After  four  years  he  came  west,  expecting 
to  return  and  complete  his  medical  course,  but  his 
plans  were  changed  after  he  came  to  Colorado, 
and  he  did  not  return  east.  He  spent  two 
months  in  Leadville,  and  then  came  to  Rocky 
Ford,  where  he  taught  school  for  three  years, 
later  having  charge  of  the  La  Junta  school  for 
one  year.  Taking  up  land  near  Rocky  Ford,  he 
began  its  improvement  and  cultivation.  This 
property,  a  portion  of  which  he  entered  from  the 
government  and  which  is  one  of  the  best-im- 
proved farms  in  the  county,  he  sold  in  1896. 
With  it  he  sold  his  fine  orchard,  the  best  in  the 
county,  comprising  thirty  acres  set  out  in  valu- 
able fruit  trees.  Since  then  he  has  given  his  at- 
tention to  the  improvement  of  another  farm  near 
the  old  homestead.  His  brick  residence  is  one 
of  the  finest  in  the  county  and  is  supplied  with 
modern  conveniences,  such  as  bath  tubs,  closets, 
hot  and  cold  water,  etc.  He  is  improving  the 
place,  making  of  it  a  most  desirable  property. 
He  also  has  one  of  the  best  equipped  apiaries  in 
the  state,  consisting  of  four  hundred  colonies. 
In  the  fall  of  1889  Mr.  Gauger  was  elected 


county  clerk.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  he 
was  re-elected,  and  afterward,  with  an  interval 
of  one  term,  he  served  for  a  third  term  in  the 
same  office.  Always  a  Democrat,  that  party  re- 
ceives his  vote,  both  in  local,  state  and  national 
elections.  Frequently  he  has  served  as  delegate 
to  state,  congressional  and  local  conventions. 
August  26,  1880,  he  married  Miss  Ida  F.  Swift, 
daughter  of  J.  H.  and  Harriet  Swift,  of  Rocky 
Ford,  pioneers  of  Otero  County.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gauger  have  an  adopted  daughter,  Lillian  E. 
Gauger.  Fraternally  Mr.  Gauger  is  a  member 
of  the  Odd  Fellows'  Lodge  at  Rocky  Ford,  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  Lodge  at  La  Junta,  and  also 
belongs  to  St.  John's  Lodge  No.  75,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  of  Rocky  Ford;  La  Junta  Chapter  No. 
20,  R.  A.  M.;  and  Palestine  Commandery  No. 
22,  of  La  Junta. 

Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  he  has  sold  sev- 
eral hundred  acres  of  land,  Mr.  Gauger  still  owns 
two  hundred  and  forty  acres.  Besides  the  im- 
provement of  his  place,  he  gives  considerable 
time  to  other  matters,  and  is  secretary  and  man- 
ager of  the  Farimount  Melon  Growers'  Associa- 
tion, also  a  stockholder  and  director  in  the  La 
Junta  State  Bank,  which  he  assisted  in  organiz- 
ing; and  a  promoter  of  the  Rocky  Ford  Milling 
and  Elevator  Company.  He  is  a  very  enterpris- 
ing man  of  business  and  is  highly  respected  as  a 
citizen. 


61  NDREW  F.  HOOD.  Probably  no  man  in 
LJ  Durango  is  better  known  or  more  public- 
|  |  spirited  than  the  gentleman  whose  name  in- 
troduces this  sketch,  and  who  is  proprietor  of  an 
undertaking  establishment  in  this  city.  He  was 
born  in  Perry  County,  111.,  in  1856,  a  son  of 
Ruliff  Stevens  and  Annie  (McClure)  Hood.  His 
father,  who  was  born  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,  in  1812, 
grew  to  manhood  on  a  farm  and  was  given  excel- 
lent educational  advantages.  Upon  the  comple- 
tion of  his  college  course,  in  1831  he  came  west 
as  far  as  Perry  County,  111.,  where  he  taught 
school,  a  profession  for  which  his  scholarly  at- 
tainments admirably  qualified  him.  Some  years 
later  he  turned  his  attention  to  farming,  and  be- 
came the  owner  of  a  valuable  estate.  He  was 
one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  his  county.  Being 
a  man  of  superior  education,  his  advice  was  fre- 
quently sought  in  contested  points,  where  a 
rightful  decision  was  desired.  In  1860  he  was  a 
presidential  elector  at  the  first  election  of  Abra- 
ham Lincoln.  After  a  residence  of  thirty-five 


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years  in  Perry  County,  he  moved  to  Kansas  and 
settled  in  Ottawa,  where  he  died  in  March,  1897, 
aged  eighty-five  years.  His  wife  had  died  in 
1856,  at  forty-two  years  of  age.  They  were  the 
parents  of  five  children,  namely:  S.  J.,  of  La 
Plata  County;  Roger  Williams;  John  Milton; 
Kate,  wife  Capt.  Emory  Hughes;  and  Andrew  F. 
The  education  of  our  subject  was  begun  in 
public  schools  and  completed  in  the  Carbondale 
Normal  School  at  Carbondale,  111.  At  twenty- 
one  years  of  age  he  took  up  the  trade  of  painter 
and  paper-hanger,  which  he  has  since  followed. 
In  1883  he  came  to  Durango,  where  he  followed 
his  trade  for  some  years,  but  in  1894  opened  an 
undertaking  establishment,  which  he  has  since 
conducted,  besides  carrying  a  stock  of  wall  paper, 
paints,  glass,  etc.  For  a  time  he  made  his  head- 
quarters in  Rico,  and  while  tiiere  served  as  a 
member  of  the  city  council.  He  has  been  an 
active  local  worker  for  the  Democratic  party. 
He  is  a  member  of  Duraugo  Lodge  No.  46, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen  in  this  place.  By  his  marriage  to 
Mattie  J.  McClure  in  1883,  he  has  two  children, 
Josie  and  Ethel.  Besides  his  property  in  Durango 
he  owns  real  estate  interests  in  Rico  and  Monte- 
zuma  County,  all  of  which  he  has  accumulated 
by  perseverance  and  industry  since  he  came  to 
Colorado.  His  prosperity  has  certainly  been  well 
merited,  for  on  commencing  for  himself  he  had 
little,  but  through  the  exercise  of  good  business 
judgment  and  determination  he  has  placed  himself 
among  the  substantial  business  men  of  Durango. 


(I  AMES  W.  KERN,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil 
I  war  and  a  resident  of  Colorado  since  1878, 
CJ/  started  in  the  contracting  and  building  busi- 
ness in  1890,  forming  a  partnership  with  his 
brother,  A.  C.,  as  Kern  Brothers.  Since  then 
he  has  engaged  in  the  building  of  residences  and 
business  blocks,  and  has  had  contracts  for  some  of 
the  most  substantial  buildings  in  the  city.  He  has 
his  shop  at  No.  107  Nevada  avenue,  while  his 
residence,  built  and  improved  by  himself,  stands 
at  No.  714  South  Tejon  street. 

The  father  of  Mr.  Kern  was  Jacob  Kern,  who 
was  born  near  Pittsburg,  Pa. ,  and  in  young  man- 
hood removed  to  Virginia,  where  he  became  a 
planter,  owning  a  plantation  on  the  Roanoke 
River,  at  the  head  of  the  Shenandoah  Valley. 
He  died  in  Roanoke  County  when  seventy-eight 
years  of  age.  His  wife,  Hannah,  who  was  born 
in  Rockingham  County,  Va.,  was  a  daughter  of 


Albert  Shafer,  a  native  of  Virginia,  whose  parents 
emigrated  from  Germany  to  Virginia  and  engaged 
in  farming  in  Rockingham  County.  Mrs.  Kern 
died  at  the  old  homestead  when  sixty-seven  years 
of  age.  She  was  the  mother  of  ten  children, 
eight  of  whom  attained  maturity  and  five  are  now 
living.  Three  of  the  sons  took  part  in  the  Civil 
war,  George  and  James  W.  being  members  of  the 
Nineteenth  Virginia,  while  John  was  a  member 
of  the  Twenty-eighth  Virginia  Infantry  and  was 
wounded  three  times,  but  recovered. 

Educated  in  private  schools,  our  subject  con- 
tinued on  the  home  farm  until  the  outbreak  of 
the  war.  He  was  then  a  young  man,  having 
been  born  November  16,  1842.  In  July,  1861, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  Nineteenth  Virginia 
Artillery,  C.  S.  A.,  and  was  appointed  musician 
in  the  regular  band,  though  his  services  were 
also  called  upon  as  a  gunner  when  needed.  He 
participated  in  a  number  of  battles,  but  was  not 
wounded  nor  captured.  On  the  close  of  the  war 
he  returned  home.  In  1866  he  went  to  Clay 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  learned  the  carpenter's 
trade  and  then  engaged  in  the  building  business. 
Later  he  carried  on  a  hotel  business.  For  five 
years  he  was  in  Kearney,  Mo.,  and  for  three 
years  in  Rockport,  Atchison  County,  Mo. 

Hoping  that  a  change  of  climate  would  benefit 
his  health,  which  had  become  impaired,  Mr.  Kern 
came  to  Colorado  in  1878,  and  spent  some  time  in 
Manitou  and  Denver,  resuming  work  as  soon  as 
he  was  able  to  do  so.  About  1890  he  started  in 
the  contracting  and  building  business,  in  which 
he  has  since  engaged.  While  in  Clay  County, 
Mo.,  he  was  made  a  Mason  and  is  now  connected 
with  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
Politically  he  formerly  adhered  to  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  but  is  now  a  Prohibitionist.  He 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church, 
in  which  he  has  served  as  a  deacon  and  Sunday- 
school  superintendent  much  of  the  time  since  he 
was  a  young  man.  He  is  identified  with  the  El 
Paso  County  Builders'  Association. 

In  Clay  County,  Mo.,  Mr.  Kern  married  Mrs. 
Mary  (Pike)  Cole,  who  was  born  near  Elizabeth 
City,  N.  C.,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Pike, 
who  was  a  native  of  Perquimans  County,  N.  C., 
and  engaged  in  farming  there.  Prior  to  the  war 
he  removed  to  Hendricks  County,  Ind.,  and  there 
he  died  in  1862.  In  addition  to  being  a  farmer 
he  was  an  expert  engineer  and  machinist,  and 
possessed  considerable  mechanical  ability.  His 
wife,  who  was  Deborah  White,  was  born  in  North 


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Carolina  and  died  in  Virginia  when  Mrs.  Kern 
was  eighteen  months  old.  In  her  family  there 
were  six  children,  three  of  whom  attained  mature 
years  and  two  are  living,  Mrs.  Pugh,  of  Henry 
County,  Ind.,  and  Mrs.  Kern.  A  brother,  Joseph 
H.  Pike,  was  killed  in  the  Civil  war  during  the 
seven  days'  battle.  Mrs.  Kern  had  only  one 
child,  Daisy,  and  she  was  taken  away  by  death 
when  six  years  of  age.  Mrs.  Kern  was  a  mem- 
ber of  and  active  worker  in  the  Eastern  Star,  and 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church.  She 
has  a  host  of  warm  personal  friends  among  her 
acquaintances. 


WORTHINGTON  DARROW, 
1  attorney-at-law,  Glenwood  Springs,  descends 
\J  from  ancestors  who  were  prominent  in  the 
early  history  of  New  England.  His  father,  who 
was  a  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  Vermont, 
was  born  in  that  state  near  Lake  Champlain,  and 
for  years  engaged  in  the  dry  -goods  business  at 
St.  Albans,  where  he  built  the  Darrow  block,  then 
the  finest  business  building  in  the  city,  but  since 
destroyed  by  fire.  In  politics  he  affiliated  with 
the  Republicans.  His  wife,  Harriet  Buck  (Wheel- 
er) Darrow,  was  a  cousin  of  former  Vice-  Presi- 
dent Wheeler.  They  were  the  parents  of  three 
children,  of  whom  Merritt  Smith  Darrow  is 
division  train  dispatcher  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka 
&  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  with  headquarters  at  Chilli- 
cothe,  111.;  and  the  only  daughter,  Emma  H.,  is 
the  wife  of  Herman  B.  Chittenden,  principal  of 
the  public  schools  of  Burlington,  Vt. 

Orphaned  at  an  early  age  by  his  mother's 
death,  our  subject  began  to  be  self-supporting 
when  still  a  mere  boy.  At  thirteen  he  was  given 
charge  of  a  telegraph  office  on  the  Chicago  & 
Northwestern  Railroad  at  Chester,  Wis.  ,  and  he 
continued  with  that  company  until  he  was  nine- 
teen, his  last  work  for  that  company  being  as  a 
train  dispatcher  at  Chicago.  Meantime,  his  edu- 
cation had  by  force  of  circumstances  been  neg- 
lected. Realizing  his  need  of  broader  knowledge 
than  he  possessed,  he  entered  a  public  school  and 
later  took  a  course  of  four  years  in  the  North- 
western University  at  Evanston,  111.,  from  which 
he  graduated  in  1882.  While  in  college  he  was 
elected  city  clerk  of  South  Evanston,  111.,  and 
continued  to  serve  in  that  position  until  he  re- 
signed on  the  completion  of  his  college  course. 
He  then  became  private  secretary  to  Gen.  Arthur 
C.  Ducat,  general  western  manager  of  the  Home 
Insurance  Company,  at  Chicago.  After  a  short 


time  in  that  capacity  he  traveled  in  the  west  and 
later  turned  his  attention  to  the  study  of  law, 
entering  the  law  office  of  Paddock  &  Aldis,  of 
Chicago,  with  whom  he  remained  for  a  year  and 
then  was  appointed  private  secretary  to  L.  O. 
Goddard,  assistant  general  solicitor  of  the  Chi- 
cago, Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad,  at  Chicago. 
While  filling  that  position  Mr.  Darrow  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  the  supreme  court  of  Illinois. 
In  the  fall  of  1885  he  came  to  Glenwood  Springs, 
and  was  at  once  appointed  local  attorney  for  the 
Grand  River  Coal  &  Coke  Company  and  shortly 
afterwards  for  the  Colorado  Midland  Railroad 
Company  and  as  such  purchased  the  company's 
right  of  way  for  a  considerable  distance,  and  has 
since  represented  that  company  locally.  Ever 
since  coming  to  Glenwood  Springs  he  has  been 
actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  the  law.  For 
four  years  he  held  the  office  of  city  attor- 
ney here,  and  in  January,  1899,  was  appointed 
county  attorney.  Much  of  his  time  is  spent  in 
his  fine  library,  among  his  books,  which  include 
a  large  equipment  of  professional  works  as  well 
as  others  of  a  general  character.  That  he  pos- 
sesses will  power  and  determination  his  suc- 
cess shows,  for  in  spite  of  early  disadvantages,  in 
spite  of  the  necessity  of  earning  his  own  liveli- 
hood from  childhood,  he  has  attained  a  success 
that  does  not  come  to  all.  He  keeps  well  posted 
concerning  politics  and  gives  his  influence  to  the 
Democratic  party.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Knight 
Templar  Mason.  In  1885  he  married  Elizabeth 
G.  Morper,  of  Chicago.  Their  family  consists  of 
seven  children:  Helen,  Nicholas,  Alice,  Gretchen, 
Charles,  Horace  and  Leslie. 


f~RANCIS  A.  MCNEILL,  M.  D.,  of  Rico, 
r^  Dolores  County,  came  to  this  place  in  1891, 
I  when  the  mining  camp  was  in  the  zenith  of 
its  prosperity,  and  until  1894  ne  was  actively  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  During 
the  latter  year  he  was  elected  county  clerk  and 
recorder,  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term,  in  1896, 
was  again  chosen  to  fill  this  position.  At  the 
same  time  that  he  became  county  clerk,  Judge 
Russell  appointed  him  clerk  of  the  district  court, 
which  office  he  has  since  held.  In  1893  he  was 
a  member  of  the  town  board  and  mayor  pro  tern, 
and  in  1897  ^ie  was  elected  mayor  on  the  Popu- 
list ticket.  Since  coming  to  Rico  he  has  done 
perhaps  more  than  any  other  citizen  to  secure 
the  reorganization  of  Dolores  County  and  the 
town  of  Rico.  He  assisted  in  placing  the  latter 


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upon  a  cash  basis,  having  introduced  an  ordi- 
nance providing  for  the  transaction  of  business 
upon  a  strictly  cash  basis,  which  system  still 
stands. 

In  Sangamon  County,  111.,  in  1849,  Dr. 
McNeill  was  born,  a  son  of  William  and  Civilla 
(McNamee)  McNeill,  natives  of  Maryland.  His 
father  devoted  his  entire  active  life  to  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine,  in  which  profession  he  engaged 
in  Illinois  for  fifty  years,  being  a  leading  physi- 
cian of  Mechanicsburg.  Actively  interested  in 
politics  and  public  affairs,  he  nevertheless  al- 
ways refused  to  accept  office  for  himself.  He 
died  at  his  home  in  Illinois  in  1888,  aged  seventy- 
seven.  His  wife,  who  is  now  eighty-one,  is  liv- 
ing at  Grove  City,  111.  They  were  the  parents  of 
nine  children,  six  of  whom  are  living,  namely: 
Thomas;  Laura,  wife  of  S.  P.  Williams;  Robert 
B.;  Francis  A.;  Nellie,  Mrs.  P.H.Gallagher; 
and  Lutie.  The  second-born,  Richard  McNeill, 
M.  D.,  and  the  sixth  and  seventh,  Catherine  and 
Charles,  are  deceased. 

Upon  completing  the  studies  of  the  local 
schools,  our  subject  spent  a  year  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  after  which  he  taught  for  a 
year.  Under  his  father's  preceptorship  he  began 
the  study  of  medicine,  and  later  took  the  course 
of  lectures  in  the  Eclectic  Medical  Institute  at 
Cincinnati,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1874. 
He  practiced  his  profession  in  Pana,  111.,  for  three 
years.  He  then  established  himself  in  Sharps- 
burg,  111. ,  but  after  eighteen  months  he  returned 
to  his  native  town  of  Mechanicsburg,  taking  up 
his  father's  practice  and  continuing  there  until 
1888.  In  1887  he  served  as  county  physician  of 
Sangamon  County.  While  residing  in  Pana  he 
was  elected  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Fifth  Regi- 
ment, Illinois  National  Guard,  and  in  1879  was 
appointed  regimental  surgeon,  spending  eleven 
years  in  the  national  guard  service.  During  the 
encampment  of  1886  he  was  acting  brigade  sur- 
geon, and  was  post  surgeon  at  East  St.  Louis 
during  the  great  railroad  strike  of  that  year. 

The  year  1888  found  Dr.  McNeill  in  Montrose, 
Colo. ,  where  he  practiced  for  a  year.  He  then 
took  a  contract  as  railroad  surgeon  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
from  Sapinero  to  Lake  City.  Returning  to  Mon- 
trose on  the  completion  of  his  contract,  he  prac- 
ticed there  for  a  year.  In  1890-91  he  was  con- 
tracting surgeon  in  the  construction  of  the  Rio 
Gratide  Southern  Railroad  from  Ridgway  to 
Dolores.  Upon  completing  that  contract  he  set- 


tled in  Rico.  Here  he  has  been  one  of  the  lead- 
ers in  the  political  field,  and  a  supporter  of  the 
People's  party.  He  has  been  a  candidate  for  a 
number  of  offices  and  has  never  been  defeated. 
Besides  the  claims  which  he  owns  in  Rico,  he  is 
interested  in  mining  in  Mount  Wilson  district, 
where  he  has  a  fine  prospect.  Connected  with 
Rico  Lodge  No.  79,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Rico 
Lodge  No.  48,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  he  is  past  master 
workman  of  the  latter.  In  1877  he  married 
Sarah  A.  Sharp,  by  whom  he  has  a  son,  Harry 
S.  Mrs.  McNeill  is  a  daughter  of  John  Sharp, 
for  whom  the  town  of  Sharpsburg,  111.,  was 
named,  but  now  resides  in  Montrose,  Colo. 


HNDREW  J.  HOTTEL,  local  manager  of 
the  Lamar  Milling  and  Elevator  Company, 
has  had  charge  of  the  company's  mill  ever 
since  its  erection  in  1892,  and  addition,  superin- 
tends the  management  of  the  company's  ranches 
comprising  six  hundred  and  forty  acres.  The 
mill  is  one  of  the  most  important  and  nourishing 
enterprises  of  Lamar,  and  its  erection  was  an 
evidence  of  the  progressive  spirit  of  the  citizens, 
who,  realizing  the  need  of  such  a  plant,  combined 
together  and  rendered  the  enterprise  possible. 
The  plant  has  a  capacity  of  five  hundred  barrels 
in  twenty-four  hours,  and  the  quality  is  of  a 
very  superior  grade. 

From  earliest  boyhood,  Mr.  Hottel  has  been 
familiar  with  the  milling  business,  for  his  father, 
A.  S.  Hottel,  was  a  practical,  experienced  miller, 
and  operated  several  mills,  two  of  which  were 
burned  during  the  Civil  war.  Our  subject  was 
born  near  Woodstock,  Shenandoah  County,  Va. , 
August  7,  1852,  a  son  of  A.  S.  Hottel  by  his 
marriage  to  Mary  A.  Hockman.  When  he  was 
a  boy  the  war  raged  through  his  section  of 
country,  and  their  property  was  injured  by  the 
depredations  of  both  armies.  During  vacations  he 
assisted  in  the  mill  and  after  leaving  school  he 
gave  his  entire  attention  to  the  milling  business, 
in  which  he  has  since  engaged,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  two  years  spent  as  a  school  teacher  and  a 
few  months  in  Omaha,  Neb.,  in  1876,  as  book- 
keeper for  a  wholesale  grocery. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  the  fall  of  1876,  Mr. 
Hottel  took  charge  of  a  mill  at  Fort  Collins, 
which  he  conducted  for  sixteen  years.  From 
there  he  removed  to  Lamar  in  1892,  and  has 
since  managed  the  mill  and  land  owned  by  the 
Lamar  Milling  and  Elevator  Company.  He  is 
also  the  owner  of  real  estate  in  Lamar  and  two 


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ranches  on  which  he  raises  cattle.  A  Democrat 
from  boyhood,  he  was  elected  on  that  ticket  a 
member  of  the  town  council  of  Lamar;  and  in 
that  position,  as  well  as  in  the  capacity  of  a  private 
citizen,  he  has  been  helpful  in  promoting  the  in- 
terests of  the  town,  and  developing  the  material, 
educational  and  commercial  resources  of  the 
county. 

A  Mason  fraternally,  Mr.  Hottel  is  a  member 
of  Fort  Collins  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &A.  M., 
belongs  to  the  chapter  at  Lamar;  and  De  Molay 
Commandery,  K.  T.,  at  Fort  Collins.  His  mar- 
riage was  solemnized  in  Norwalk,  Ohio,  October 
14,  1890,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Fannie  B. 
Benedict,  with  whom  he  had  become  acquainted 
in  Fort  Collins,  but  whose  home  was  in  Norwalk. 
They  are  the  parents  of  three  children,  David 
Benedict,  Mary  Harriet  and  Agnes. 


f2f  EORGE  D.  BARDWELL.  During  the  years 

bof  his  residence  in  Lake  City  Mr.  Bardwell 
has  gained  a  high  reputation  among  the  at- 
torneys of  Hinsdale  County.  Through  his  in- 
terest in  professional  affairs  and  in  matters  affect- 
ing the  educational  and  general  welfare  of  his 
town,  he  rightly  deserves  to  be  classed  among  its 
public-spirited  citizens.  The  "Pearl  of  Colo- 
rado," as  the  mining  camp  of  Lake  City  was  long 
termed,  has,  by  reason  of  its  important  mining 
interests,  a  large  amount  of  law  work  necessi- 
tate'd  by  its  position  and  surroundings,  and  an 
attorney  must,  therefore,  be  well  versed  in  min- 
ing laws  in  order  to  meet  the  requirements  of  his 
profession.  In  this  respect  Mr.  Bardwell  is  well 
fitted  to  gain  success.  Having  engaged  both  in 
surveying  and  in  mining,  he  is  familiar  with  the 
details  of  each,  a  fact  that  has  assisted  him  in  his 
practice.  Besides  his  private  practice  he  has 
served  efficiently  in  various  offices  of  trust  and 
responsibility,  notable  among  which  are  the  offi- 
ces of  county,  city  and  district  attorney. 

Mr.  Bardwell  is  a  New  Englander  by  birth 
and  descent.  His  parents,  Hon.  G.  W.  and 
Anna  (Hussey)  Bardwell,  were  natives  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  after  their  marriage,  in  1859, 
made  their  home  in  Northampton,  that  state, 
where  the  father  followed  the  occupation  of  a 
teacher.  He  was  a  man  of  prominence  in  local 
affairs,  a  Republican  in  political  belief,  and  in  the 
office  of  state  senator  efficiently  represented  the 
people  of  his  district.  Of  three  children  compris- 
ing the  family,  the  third  forms  the  subject  of  this 
article.  He  was  born  in  Northampton  July  29, 
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1866,  and  was  reared  in  that  town  and  in  Spring- 
field, the  same  state.  His  education,  begun  in 
the  Springfield  public  schools,  was  supplemented 
by  a  course  of  study  in  the  Boston  Latin  School 
and  in  Amherst  College. 

When  a  youth  of  seventeen  years  Mr.  Bardwell 
commenced  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world, 
and  from  that  time  he  was  self-supporting. 
The  three  occupations  in  which  he  has  en- 
gaged are  surveying,  mining  and  the  profession 
of  an  attorney.  In  the  year  1883  he  came  west 
to  Colorado  and  since  then  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  this  state,  having  made  his  headquarters 
successively  in  Leadville,  Aspen,  Gunnison  and 
Lake  City,  in  which  last-named  city  he  has  re- 
sided since  1893.  He  has  been  actively  identified 
with  the  public  life  of  Lake  City,  and  haswielded 
an  influence  in  the  local  ranks  of  the  Democratic 
party,  whose  principles  he  stanchly  upholds.  He 
is  also  prominent  in  the  fraternal  organizations 
of  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  Various  plans  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  his  town  and  county  have  received 
his  co-operation  and  support,  and  he  is  always 
relied  upon  to  aid  in  progressive  enterprises.  He 
was  united  in  marriage  July  6,  1896,  with  Miss 
Hannah  Cunningham,  of  Pueblo, Colo.,  by  whom 
he  has  two  daughters.  He  and  his  wife  have 
many  friends  in  Lake  City,  and  stand  high  in 
he  most  select  social  circles  of  the  town. 


0ANIEL  W.  STONE,  clerk  of  the  district 
court  for  the  county  of  Las  Animas,  is  also 
president  and  editor  of  the  Chronicle-News 
Publishing  Company,  of  Trinidad.  From  an 
early  age  he  has  been  interested  in  the  printing 
business,  and  when  a  boy  he  learned  the  "art 
preservative,"  becoming  familiar  with  the  setting 
up  of  type  and  the  use  of  printing  presses.  Since 
he  established  his  home  in  Trinidad  he  has  been 
connected  more  or  less  intimately  with  the 
newspaper  business  in  this  city.  As  an  editorial 
writer  he  has  been  in  especial  demand,  his  articles 
showing  depth  of  thought,  quickness  of  appre- 
hension, terseness  of  expression,  with  an  occa- 
sional dash  of  humor  or  spice  of  sarcasm. 

Mr.  Stone  was  born  in  Jefferson,  Jefferson 
County,  Wis.,  January  1 8,  1859,  and  spent  his 
boyhood  years  largely  in  attendance  upon  public 
schools.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  went  to  Butler, 
Bates  County,  Mo.,  and  afterward  attended  the 
college  in  that  town.  From  there  he  went  to 
Marseilles,  111.,  and  entered  a  printing  office, 


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where  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  compositor.  Since 
then  he  has  been  connected  with  publishing  or 
editorial  work.  In  1887  he  came  to  Trinidad, 
where  he  became  reporter  and  business  manager 
of  the  Advertiser,  a  daily  paper.  In  1891  he  pur- 
chased the  business  of  the  Chronicle,  a  daily 
evening  paper,  and  continued  as  sole  proprietor 
until  August,  1898,  when,  by  consolidation  with 
the  Trinidad  News,  the  Chronicle-News  Publish- 
ing Company  was  organized,  with  himself  as 
president  and  editor,  the  paper  being  run  as  a 
straight  Republican  organ. 

Active  in  the  Republican  party,  Mr.  Stone  has 
been  influential  in  promoting  its  success  in  Las 
Animas  County.  In  1894  he  was  elected  clerk 
of  the  district  court,  which  office  he  has  since 
filled.  For  ten  years  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  central  committee.  While 
he  is  justly  prominent  in  his  party,  he  has  never 
displayed  any  unkind  partisan  spirit,  but  has 
been  fair  and  honorable,  evincing  the  same  up- 
rightness in  politics  that  has  characterized  him  in 
business. 

In  fraternal  connections  Mr.  Stone  is  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias;  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows;  Las  Animas  Lodge  No.  28,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.;  Trinidad  Chapter  No.  23,  R.  A.  M.; 
and  Oriental  Commandery  No.  18,  K.  T.  June 
7,  1882,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Lida  V., 
daughter  of  R.  T.  Alberty,  of  Marseilles,  111., 
and  they  have  one  child,  Kitty  M. 


l"~  RANK  TOMPKINS,  former  sheriff  of  Lin- 
rft  coin  County,  and  now  proprietor  of  a  hotel 
|  at  Limon,  this  county,  was  born  in  Elmira, 
N.  Y.,  in  1853,  a  son  of  Solomon  and  Cornelia 
(Baker)  Tompkins,  natives  respectively  of  Tomp- 
kins  and  Yates  Counties,  N.  Y.  His  father  spent 
the  most  of  his  active  life  as  a  contractor  and 
builder  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  respected 
as  a  man  of  worth.  In  politics  he  always  voted  the 
Republican  ticket.  He  was  the  son  of  a  Revolu- 
tionary soldier,  and  his  wife's  father  also  took 
part  in  that  struggle  for  independence.  Our  sub- 
ject had  one  brother  and  two  sisters.  The  for- 
mer, George  P.,  is  a  decorator  in  Akron,  Ohio. 
Ada  is  the  wife  of  William  S.  Dyer,  of  Elmira, 
N.  Y. ;  and  Sophia  married  L.  A.  Mallory,  of 
Olean,  that  state. 

The  public  schools  of  Elmira  afforded  our  sub- 
ject his  first  opportunity  for  an  education.  At 
the  age  of  nineteen,  starting  out  for  himself,  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Hugo,  Lincoln 


County.  In  1889  Governor  Cooper  appointed  him 
sheriff  of  Lincoln  County  and  three  years  later  he 
was  elected  to  the  same  office,  to  which  he  was 
re-elected  in  1894.  After  retiring  from  office  he 
came  to  Limon  in  1897.  In  1894  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Mary  A.  Bell,  of  Leavenworth, 
Kan.,  by  whom  he  has  three  children,  Lawrence 
R.,  Margaret  and  Nellie  C. 

Politically  Mr.  Tompkins  has  always  affiliated 
with  the  Republican  party,  in  the  faith  of  which 
he  was  reared.  He  is  actively  connected  with 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  takes  a  warm  interest 
in  the  order.  The  family  of  which  he  is  a  mem- 
ber is  one  of  the  oldest  in  New  York  state,  and 
for  generations  its  representatives  bore  a  part  in 
the  history  and  progress  of  that  state. 


(I  AMES  A.  HART,  M.  D.,  who  is  prominent 
I  in  both  the  professional  and  the  club  circles 
(2/  of  Colorado  Springs,  holds  a  high  position 
among  the  people  of  this  city  and  is  recognized 
as  an  able,  skillful  and  successful  physician.  He 
is  vice-president  of  the  American  Climatological 
Association,  a  member  of  the  American  Public 
Health  Association,  the  State  and  American 
Medical  Societies,  and  assisted  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  El  Paso  County  Medical  Society,  of 
which  he  officiated  as  president  for  several  terms. 
The  Hart  family  originated  in  England  and  on 
coming  to  America  settled  in  Nova  Scotia.  James 
'  Hart,  who  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  removed  to 
Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming. 
His  son,  Gilbert  B.  Hart,  also  a  native  of  Nova 
Scotia,  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Peeks- 
kill,  and  was  an  active  worker  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  He  married  Elizabeth  Tay- 
lor, a  native  of  Underbill,  Vt. ,  and  a  member  of 
an  old  Connecticut  family.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Capt.  James  Taylor,  a  farmer  of  Vermont  and 
a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  She  died  at  Peeks- 
kill,  leaving  two  sons,  James  A.  and  Coleridge 
A. ,  the  latter  an  attorney  in  New  York  City. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  a  son  of  Gilbert  B. 
and  Elizabeth  Hart,  was  born  at  Peekskill,  De- 
cember 19,  1849,  and  was  educated  in  the 
academy  in  his  native  town.  In  1873  he  was 
graduated  from  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  in  New  York,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
For  a  year  afterward  he  was  resident  physician  to 
St.  Peter's  Hospital  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  after 
which  he  engaged  in  practice  in  that  city.  On 
account  of  incipient  tuberculosis  he  came  to  Colo- 
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traveled  through  the  state,  recuperating.  When 
his  health  permitted  a  return  to  professional  duties 
he  selected  Colorado  Springs  as  his  home,  and, 
associated  with  the  late  Dr.  Reed,  began  in  prac- 
tice. In  1886  his  health  became  impaired  by 
neuralgia  and  severe  headaches,  and  he  went  to 
sea,  hoping  that  the  change  would  benefit  him. 
From  that  time  until  1889  he  was  surgeon  on  the 
Pacific  mail  steamer  line  from  San  Franciso  to 
Japan  and  China,  making  eight  voyages  between 
these  points,  besides  several  trips  to  Panama.  In 
1889  he  returned  to  Colorado  Springs  and  re- 
sumed his  practice.  The  following  year  he  was 
married,  in  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
(Slosson)  Morris,  who  had  one  son  by  her  for- 
mer marriage,  Truxton  Morris. 

In  the  organization  of  the  El  Paso  Club  Dr. 
Hart  took  an  active  part,  and  he  has  served  both 
as  secretary  and  vice-president,  besides  which  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  governors 
constantly  from  its  organization,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  his  years  at  sea.  He  is  also  a  charter 
member  of  the  Cheyenne  Mountain  Country 
Club.  In  national  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
but  in  local  matters  it  has  been  a  fixed  principle 
with  him  to  support  the  men  and  measures  that 
he  deems  will  conduce  to  the  welfare  of  the  peo- 
ple and  the  promotion  of  municipal  interests. 


|  OSES  J.  MARKS  is  one  of  the  pioneer  mer- 
chants of  Buena  Vista,  Chaffee  County. 
He  started  the  first  store  on  what  is  now 
the  main  street  of  the  town,  clearing  away  the 
rocks  in  order  to  secure  a  site  for  his  store  and  at 
the  same  time  opening  up  the  street.  In  his  es- 
tablishment, which  is  the  largest  double  store  in  the 
town,  he  carries  a  full  line  of  clothing,  hats  and 
caps,  boots  and  shoes,  and  also  a  complete  assort- 
ment of  dry  goods.  Besides  his  mercantile  busi- 
ness he  is  interested  in  several  mining  properties, 
among  them  the  Portland  and  Isabella  mines. 
He  was  president  of  the  company  owning  the 
Lucky  Gus  mine,  and  owned  one-sixth  interest 
in  the  mine,  which  was  sold  for  $100,000. 

Born  in  Prussia  in  1837,  Mr.  Marks  was  ten 
years  of  age  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
America  and  settled  with  them  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
In  1849,  when  thirteen  years  of  age,  he  went  to 
California  via  water,  and  there  purchased  goods 
which  he  peddled  among  the  mining  camps. 
After  a  few  months  he  and  two  brothers  opened  a 
clothing  and  dry-goods  store  in  Stockton,  Cal., 
and  continued  there  very  successfully  for  fifteen 


years.  When  he  returned  to  Missouri  he  was 
wealthy.  For  six  years  he  carried  on  business 
in  Boonville,  Mo.,  after  which  he  spent  five 
years  in  Carleton,  the  same  state,  but  the  pro- 
longed drought  and  consequent  hard  times  caused 
him  a  heavy  loss  in  business.  In  the  fall  of  1879 
he  came  to  what  is  now  Buena  Vista,  bringing 
with  him  a  small  stock  of  goods  that  represented 
his  entire  possessions.  He  opened  a  small  store 
and  has  since  engaged  continuously  in  business. 
In  1886  he  separated  his  stock  of  dry-goods 
and  clothing,  the  son  taking  charge  of  the  dry- 
goods  department  in  a  separate  building,  while  he 
turned  his  attention  to  the  clothing  business,  of 
which  he  has  since  made  a  specialty.  In  1889  he 
built  a  two-story  brick  building  that  is  the  largest 
business  block  in  the  town. 

By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Ella  Rosenblatt,  of  St. 
Louis,  Mr.  Marks  had  eight  children,  one  of 
whom,  a  son,  died  at  twenty-four  years  of  age. 
The  others  are:  Isaac  M.,  who  is  in  charge  of  his 
father's  dry-goods  store  in  Buena  Vista;  Jacob  A., 
who  clerks  in  the  store;  Simon,  a  private  in 
Company  H,  First  Colorado  Infantry,  now  sta- 
tioned in  Manila;  Rose,  who  has  attended  college 
at  Colorado  Springs;  Jessie,  Youir  and  Bertha,  at 
home.  In  politics  Mr.  Marks  is  a  Republican  and 
has  been  active  in  local  affairs.  He  has  twice 
been  elected  mayor  of  the  town  and  once  served 
as  president  of  the  school  board.  Fraternally  he 
is  a  charter  member  of  Mount  Princeton  Lodge 
No.  49,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Buena  Vista,  and  is 
also  connected  with  Buena  Vista  Lodge  No.  42, 
I.  0.0.  F. 


EHRISTIAN  N.  A.  HAHN,  proprietor  of 
the  Albany  hotel  at  New  Castle,  Garfield 
County,  and  a  well-known  real-estate  dealer 
of  this  place,  also  the  representative  of  five  lead- 
ing insurance  companies,  came  to  this  town  in 
1888  and  has  since  resided  here.  He  has  taken 
an  active  part  in  local  politics,  as  a  leader  of  the 
Democratic  party,  upon  which  ticket  he  was 
elected  mayor  and  alderman.  For  four  years  he 
held  the  office  of  postmaster,  which  responsible 
position  he  filled  with  efficiency.  Among  the 
citizens  of  New  Castle  he  holds  a  leading  place, 
his  ability  and  energy  having  won  from  his 
associates  their  regard  and  esteem. 

As  the  name  indicates,  the  Hahn  family  is  of 
German  origin.  Adolphus  Hahn,  our  subject's 
father,  was  born  in  Germany  and  at  an  early  age 
settled  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  where  he  engaged  in 


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business.  His  last  years  were  spent  in  Hanover, 
Pa.,  where  he  died.  He  married  Mary  A.  Cole- 
man,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  died  while  in 
middle  age.  Of  her  three  sons  and  two  daughters, 
the  only  survivor  is  our  subject,  who  was  born  in 
Baltimore  in  1843,  received  his  education  in 
public  schools  and  at  Glenrock,  Pa. ,  learned  the 
trade  of  a  carpenter.  When  he  was  eighteen 
years  of  age  he  responded  to  the  first  call  made 
by  President  Lincoln  for  volunteers.  April  20, 
1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  K,  Sixteenth 
Pennsylvania  Infantry,  and,  at  the  expiration  of 
his  term  of  service  enlisted  in  Company  K ,  Eighty- 
seventh  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  in  which  he  con- 
tinued until  he  was  mustered  out,  October  1 3, 1864, 
at  York,  Pa.  He  took  part,  altogether,  in  fifty- four 
prominent  engagements,  among  them  the  battles 
of  the  Wilderness,  Cold  Harbor,  Winchester, 
Monocacy,  Charleston,  siege  of  Petersburg,  Fisher 
Hill,  Cedar  Creek,  etc.  He  was  at  one  time 
poisoned  by  drinking  poisoned  milk  at  Beverly, 
W.  Va.  At  Winchester,  Va.,  January  19,  1862, 
he  was  wounded  by  a  shell  in  the  left  leg;  and  at 
the  same  place,  June  13,  1862,  the  heavy  can- 
nonading 'resulted  in  the  formation  of  an  ulcer  in 
his  right  ear,  causing  total  deafness  in  that  ear. 
At  the  fall  of  Petersburg  he  served  under  General 
Sedgwick. 

Returning  to  Baltimore  at  the  close  of  the  war, 
Mr.  Hahn  soon  went  from  there  to  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  and  thence  to  Omaha,  Neb. ,  where  he  was 
appointed  wagon-master  in  charge  of  a  govern- 
ment train  under  Quartermaster  Wood.  He  con- 
tinued in  that  capacity  for  one  year  and  three 
months.  Next  he  went  to  Fort  Kearney,  where 
he  had  some  experiences  with  the  Indians. 
Later  he  spent  seven  years  in  New  Mexico,  and 
from  there  in  1871  went  to  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  and 
from  Little  Rock  to  Elgin,  Kan.  In  iSjg'he  went 
to  Leadville,  Colo.,  thence  to  Alamosa,  Colo.,  in 
1880,  but  soon  proceeded  to  Pueblo,  where'  he 
was  made  chief  marshal  and  continued  in  that 
position  until  his  removal  from  the  city  in  1887. 
After  spending  a  year  at  Red  Cliff,  Eagle  County, 
in  1888  he  came  to  New  Castle,  his  present  home. 
Here  he  is  one  pf  the  most  influential  citizens  and 
business  men  of  the  place.  He  owns  consider- 
able property  here  and  is  well-to-do.  Besides  his 
other  interests  he  is  a  notary  public.  Since 
coming  here  he  has  organized  a  Grand  Army 
post,  and  was  elected  post  commander.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  blue  lodge  and  chapter  of  Masonry 
in  Pueblo,  and  is  also  connected  with  the  Ancient 


Order  of  United  Workmen.  In  1871  he  married 
Miss  Ellen  Urquhart,  of  Pennsylvania,  a  refined 
and  accomplished  lady  and  a  talented  artist, 
whose  work  has  taken  the  first  premium  at  the 
district  fair. 


HENRY  NICHOLS,  clerk  and  recorder  of 
Mesa  County,  also  secretary  of  the  Western 
Colorado  Academy  of  Science,  which  he  as- 
sisted in  organizing  at  Grand  Junction  in  1891, 
was  born  in  Ohio  in  1859,  and  in  1867  went  to 
Missouri,  remaining  in  that  state  until  eighteen 
years  of  age  and  receiving  a  fair  education  in 
public  schools.  In  1878  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  settled  fifty  miles  east  of  Denver,  where  he 
embarked  in  the  stock  business.  Disposing  of 
his  interests  there  in  1881,  he  went  to  the  mining 
regions  of  Gunnison  County  and  for  one  year 
engaged  in  mining  and  prospecting,  but  the  re- 
sults were  so  discouraging  that  he  was  completely 
cured  of  the  mining  fever. 

The  Grand  Valley  having  been  opened  for  set- 
tlement in  1 88 1,  Mr.  Nichols  came  here  the  fol- 
lowing year,  joining  his  brother,  J.  Clayton 
Nichols,  who  was  the  first  to  enter  land  in  this 
valley.  He,  too,  entered  land,  and  upon  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  postoffice  at  Grand  Junction 
he  was  appointed  chief  clerk  under  O.  D.  Rus- 
sell, which  office  he  filled  until  1884.  He  then 
became  foreman  of  the  Mesa  County  Democrat, 
and  continued  for  a  year  in  that  position,  after 
which  he  returned  to  Missouri,  there  purchasing 
the  Lee's  Summit  Journal.  He  continued  the  pub- 
lication under  its  old  name  for  eighteen  months 
and  then  sold  out.  His  next  work  was  as  book- 
keeper for  the  Star  nurseries,  in  which  capacity 
he  remained  for  three  and  one-half  years.  Re- 
turning to  Colorado  in  1890,  he  accepted  the 
position  of  bookkeeper  of  the  First  National 
Bank,  which  he  filled  for  three  years.  In  1894 
he  became  associate  editor  of  the  Grand  Junction 
News,  and  afterward,  for  three  years,  served  as 
manager  and  secretary  of  the  Mesa  County  Ab- 
stract Company. 

The  political  views  of  Mr.  Nichols  bring  him 
into  affiliation  with  the  People's  party.  By  the 
members  of  this  party,  in  the  fall  of  1897,  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  county  clerk  and  recorder, 
which  position  he  fills  with  efficiency.  His  long 
experience  in  clerical  work  adapts  him  well  for 
the  office,  whose  every  detail  he  superintends 
closely.  He  is  presiding  officer  of  Mesa  Lodge 
No.  58,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  a  member  of  the  en- 


HON.  AUSTIN  BLAKEY. 


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campment.  In  religious  belief  he  is  identified 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  was 
married,  in  1886,  to  Jessie,  daughter  of  W.  E. 
Boyer,  and  granddaughter  of  Dr.  E.  A.  Boyer, 
of  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  a  pioneer  of  the  medical  pro- 
fession in  Iowa  and  a  man  well  known  through- 
out the  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nichols  have  three 
children:  Winifred,  Raymond  and  Esther. 


HON.  AUSTIN  BLAKEY,  manager  of  the 
Little  Chief  Mining  Company  and  the  Seneca 
Mining  Company,  has  been  a  resident  of 
Leadville  since  January,  1879.    During  the  years 
that  have  since  passed  he  has  worked  his  way 
from  a  humble  position  to  one  of  influence  and 
importance,  and  has  become  known  as  an  ex- 
perienced   mining    man,    as  well  as  a  public- 
spirited  citizen  and  trustworthy  official. 

Born  in  Racine  County,  Wis.,  June  6,  1848, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  son  of  Rev.  Thomas 
and  Mary  (Stott)  Blakey.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, Thomas  Blakey,  was  a  farmer  and  stock- 
dealer  in  England,  where  he  died  at  ninety  years 
of  age.  Rev.  Thomas  Blakey  was  born  in  Lan- 
cashire, England,  and  emigrated  to  America  at 
the  age  of  twenty-two,  settling  in  Racine  County, 
Wis.  For  twenty  years  he  engaged  in  preach- 
ing, after  which  he  retired  to  a  farm  in  Racine 
County,  and  there  his  remaining  years  were 
passed.  He  was  a  strong  supporter  of  the  Union 
cause  and  at  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  left  the 
Democratic  party,  to  which  he  had  previously 
adhered,  and  allied  himself  with  the  Republicans. 
He  took  a  deep  interest  in  political  matters,  but 
always  refused  to  hold  public  office,  though 
urged  to  do  so.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
sixty-seven  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  was  a 
native  of  England,  died  in  Wisconsin  in  1888,  at 
sixty-seven  years.  Of  their  children  we  note 
the  following:  John  S.,  a  miller  by  trade,  is  now 
engaged  in  the  commission  business  at  Union 
Grove,  Wis.,  and  is  an  extensive  dealer  in  wheat 
and  cattle;  Darius  is  engaged  in  the  stock  and 
grain  business  at  Spirit  Lake,  Iowa;  Alvin  is  a 
real-estate  dealer  in  Chicago;  Charles  owns  and 
operates  a  farm  near  Spirit  Lake,  Iowa;  Emma, 
deceased,  was  the  wife  of  Eugene  Rice;  Harriet, 
Mrs.  John  Smith,  lives  on  a  farm  near  Rochester, 
Wis. ;  and  Jane  is  the  wife  of  Stephen  Golds- 
worthy,  a  farmer  and  carpenter  of  Union  Grove, 
Wis. 

The  early  days  of  our  subject's  life  were  spent 
on  the  old  homestead  in  Racine  County.  He 


was  among  the  youngest  of  the  children  before 
mentioned.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  he 
started  out  in  life  for  himself,  and  going  to  Minne- 
sota was  for  two  years  employed  as  a  stationary 
engineer.  In  1874  he  came  to  Colorado  and  set- 
tled in  Central  City,  where  he  engaged  in  mining. 
From  there,  early  in  the  year  1879,  he  removed 
to  Leadville,  where  he  secured  employment  as  a 
day  laborer.  From  that  inauspicious  beginning 
he  worked  his  way  to  be  superintendent  and 
manager  of  several  important  mining  concerns, 
among  them  the  Little  Chief  Mining  Company, 
of  whose  valuable  property  he  has  been  manager 
since  1892. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Blakey  took  place  in 
1880  and  united  him  with  Carrie  Shipley,  who 
was  born  in  Virginia  and  died  in  Colorado  in 
1891.  Afterward  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Edith  Carne,  who  was  a  native  of  Cornwall,  Eng- 
land, and  who  died,  leaving  one  son,  Austin,  Jr. 
The  present  wife  of  Mr.  Blakey  was  formerly 
Annie  M.  Goddard,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  daugh- 
ter of  a  Civil  war  veteran.  Two  children, 
Florence  and  Lincoln  A.,  are  the  issue  of  this 
marriage.  Politically  a  Republican,  Mr.  Blakey 
stands  high  among  the  members  of  the  party  in 
Leadville.  In  1882  he  was  elected  county  com- 
missioner of  Lake  County,  and  while  holding 
that  office  was  elected  state  senator  in  1884.  In 
the  latter  position  he  rendered  efficient  service  in 
behalf  of  his  constituents,  favoring  measures  for 
the  benefit  of  the  people,  and  taking  an  especial 
interest  in  laws  relative  to  mining. 


'HOM AS  MILLER,  one  of  the  representa- 
tive farmers  of  Pueblo  County,  is  the  sub- 
ject of  this  personal  narrative.  Added  to 
farming  he  unites  stock-raising,  and  believing 
that  "from  labor  health,  from  health  content- 
ment springs, ' '  he  has  bent  every  energy  toward 
perfecting  his  agricultural  projects,  and  has 
proved  himself  one  of  the  best  citizens  of  the 
community  in  which  he  lives. 

Mr.  Miller  is  a  native  of  West  Virginia,  born 
at  Kingwood,  September  n,  1830,  and  is  a  son 
of  David  Miller,  who  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion and  a  soldier  during  the  war  of  1812.  The 
mother,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Elizabeth 
Stewart,  was  of  Scotch  descent,  and  was  a  second 
cousin  to  one  of  the  Queens  of  England.  Her. 
mother's  grandfather  fled  to  this  country  after 
the  war  between  Scotland  and  England.  Our 
subject  has  one  brother,  Abraham  Miller,  who  is 


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now  living  in  Iowa  at  the  age  of  seventy-six 
years  and  has  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine for  many  years.  All  of  his  seven  sisters  are 
now  deceased. 

The  first  eighteen  years  of  his  life  Thomas 
Miller  spent  in  the  Old  Dominion,  and  pursued 
his  studies  in  the  common  schools  of  that  state. 
On  leaving  home  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  went 
to  Iowa,  where  he  was  engaged  in  contracting 
and  building  for  thirty  years.  He  then  spent  a 
short  time  in  Kansas  and  northwestern  Missouri, 
and  in  1882  came  to  Colorado,  locating  upon  his 
present  ranch  in  Pueblo  County  in  1885.  Here 
he  has  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  valuable 
land  which  he  has  placed  under  excellent  culti- 
vation  and  improved  with  good  buildings,  includ- 
ing a  comfortable  residence.  The  place  is  all 
under  fence. 

In  Iowa  City,  about  thirty-two  years  ago,  Mr. 
Miller  married  Miss  Lucy  Romp,  a  native  of  that 
state,  by  whom  he  has  had  ten  children,  namely: 
George,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one; 
David,  who  has  a  farm  two  miles  from  our  sub- 
ject, and  resides  at  home;  Edgar,  who  is  em- 
ployed at  the  smelter  in  Pueblo;  Charles,  a  farmer 
of  Pueblo  County;  Thomas  Jefferson,  John  and 
Albert,  all  at  home;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  William 
Shaw,  of  Pueblo;  Amy,  a  resident  of  Denver; 
and  Dela,  wife  of  Henry  Berry. 

In  his  political  affiliations  Mr.  Miller  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat. He  is  one  of  the  self-made  men  of  the 
county,  his  success  in  life  being  due  to  his  own 
industry,  perseverance  and  good  management, 
and  by  his  blameless,  upright  life  he  has  gained 
the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he 
has  come  in  contact. 


0AMUEL  JACKSON,  bishop  of  Manassa 
Ny  ward  in  Conejos  County,  was  born  in  Lan- 
Q)  caster,  England,  July  13,  1844.  He  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1856  and  settled  in  Nephi, 
Utah,  with  his  parents,  after  which  much  of  his 
boyhood  was  spent  in  guarding  the  farm  from 
attacks  by  Indians.  Familiar  from  early  youth 
with  the  frontier,  he  has  always  preferred  the 
west  and  has  had  no  desire  for  the  more  thickly 
settled  portions  of  our  country.  He  well  remem- 
bers the  long  ocean  voyage  on  a  sailing  vessel, 
which  after  five  weeks  landed  in  Boston,  and  from 
there  the  family  traveled  by  train  to  Iowa.  Out- 
fitting at  Florence,  near  Omaha,  they  crossed  the 
plains  with  hand  carts,  carrying  the  larger  part 
of  their  baggage  by  hand.  In  later  days  he  made 


a  trip  back  to  the  Missouri  River  via  ox-team 
from  Salt  Lake,  returning  to  Utah  the  same  sum- 
mer. His  time  was  given  largely  to  stock-rais- 
ing, farming  and  freighting  until  1886,  when  he 
came  to  Manassa  and  bought  a  ranch  near  town. 
The  property  was  unimproved;  he  introduced  a 
system  of  irrigation  and  made  other  improve- 
ments. Later  he  bought  one-half  section  north- 
west of  Manassa,  and  now  owns  four  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land,  the  greater  part  of  which 
is  under  irrigation  and  cultivation. 

For  two  years  Mr.  Jackson  engaged  in  mis- 
sionary work  in  Alabama  and  Tennessee,  and  in 
1896  he  was  appointed  bishop  of  the  Manassa 
ward.  By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Hannah  Jacques 
he  has  eight  children:  Samuel,  Jr.,  for  two  years 
a  missionary  in  the  south  of  Virginia;  William, 
of  Kansas;  Lafayette,  Berenice,  Mary,  Vida, 
Fannie  and  Jessie.  His  time  is  largely  given  to 
sheep-raising  and  feeding,  and  on  his  ranch  he 
keeps  about  sixteen  hundred  head  of  sheep.  In 
this  industry  he  has  been  quite  successful,  and  is 
now  one  of  the  well-to-do  stockmen  of  Conejos 
County. 

ROBERT  OWENS,  a  successful  stockman, 
and  highly  respected  citizen  of  Nepesta, 
Pueblo  County,  was  born  in  Wales,  and  is 
a  son  of  David  and  Jane  (Jones)  Owens,  also 
natives  of  that  country,  who  with  their  family  em- 
igrated to  the  New  World  in  1842,  when  our  sub- 
ject was  a  child  of  four  years.  They  settled  in 
Lincoln  County,  Ohio,  where  his  boyhood  days 
were  passed,  and  there  his  parents  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  their  lives,  the  father  dying  at  the  age 
of  seventy-nine  years,  the  mother  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two.  The  father  followed  farming  as  a 
life  work,  and  was  for  many  years  an  active  mem- 
ber and  deacon  in  the  Congregational  Church,  to 
which  the  mother  also  belonged.  Wherever 
known,  they  were  held  in  high  regard  and  their 
friends  were  many.  In  their  family  were  seven 
children,  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  namely: 
Thomas  J.,  a  stockman  of  Missouri;  David  D. , 
who  is  engaged  in  the  same  business  in  St.  Joseph 
County,  Mo.;  Jane,  wife  of  James  Evans,  of  Ohio; 
Owen,  a  resident  of  Santa  Cruz,  Cal.;  Catherine, 
widow  of  James  Thomas  and  a  resident  of 
Kansas;  Margaret,  wife  of  Elias  Davis,  of  Ohio; 
and  Robert,  our  subject. 

On  the  home  farm  in  Ohio  Robert  Owens  re- 
mained until  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  continued 
to  engage  in  agricultural  pursuits  in  that  state 


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until  1866,  which  year  witnessed  his  arrival  in 
Colorado.  Locating  at  Longmont,  he  engaged 
in  mining  there  for  a  year  and  a-half,  and  for  six 
months  at  Central  City,  but  in  1868  he  came  to 
Pueblo  County  and  settled  upon  his  present  ranch, 
taking  up  the  land  from  the  government.  His 
place  adjoins  the  village  of  Nepesta  and  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific  and  Santa  Fe  Railroads  pass  through 
it.  During  his  entire  residence  here  he  has  given 
some  attention  to  mining  and  now  owns  some 
good  mines  in  Gunnison  County,  but  has  given 
most  of  his  time  to  farming.  He  has  his  own 
private  ditch  upon  his  place,  known  as  the  En- 
terprise, or  New  Oxford  ditch,  and  besides  the 
property  already  mentioned  he  has  houses  and 
lots  in  Pueblo  at  the  corner  of  Ninth  and  Green- 
wood streets.  Wonderful  changes  have  been 
made  in  this  region  since  his  arrival,  as  there 
were  no  railroads  at  that  time  (the  Santa  Fe  road 
being  built  in  1876),  and  the  Indians  were  often 
very  troublesome  as  well  as  dangerous. 

In  political  sentiment  Mr.  Owens  is  a  Republi- 
can, but  in  1896  he  supported  William  J.  Bryan 
for  the  presidency.  He  started  out  in  life  for  him- 
self with  nothing  but  his  own  indomitable  energy, 
and  his  accumulation  of  this  world's  goods  is  at- 
tributable to  his  good  judgment  in  predicting  the 
future  development  of  the  country,  as  well  as  to 
his  industry,  enterprise  and  perseverance.  As 
a  citizen  of  the  community  in  which  he  has  so 
long  lived,  he  is  highly  respected,  enjoys  the  con- 
fidence of  his  neighbors,  and  is  regarded  as  a  man 
of  excellent  business  judgment.  For  many  years 
he  has  filled  the  office  of  school  director,  and  he 
helped  build  the  school  house  in  his  district. 


ROBERT  A.  MATHEW,  M.  D.,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  medicine  at  La 
Veta,  is  one  of  the  rising  and  prosperous 
physicians  of  Huerfano  County,  and,  while  he  is 
still  young  in  years,  he  has  acquired  a  profes- 
sional knowledge  and  experience  that  prove  him 
to  be  a  man  of  ability.  He  is  a  graduate  of  one 
of  the  best  medical  colleges  in  the  entire  country 
(Rush  Medical,  of  Chicago),  where,  under  the 
instruction  of  men  of  great  genius  and  recognized 
ability,  he  acquired  his  early  professional  train- 
ing. Shortly  after  graduating,  in  July,  1897,  ^e 
came  to  La  Veta,  where  he  has  since  engaged  in 
practice.  In  addition  to  his  private  practice  he 
acts  as  surgeon  to  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad  Company  at  this  point,  to  which  posi- 
tion he  was  appointed  in  May,  1898. 


At  Round  Grove,  Whiteside  County,  111.,  Dr. 
Mathew  was  born  August  14,  1872.  He  is  a  son 
Thomas  and  Anna  (Thompson)  Mathew,  natives 
of  Scotland.  His  father,  who  settled  in  Illinois  in 
1836,  devoted  the  remainder  of  his  life  to  farm 
pursuits,  and  became  the  owner  of  a  valuable 
property.  He  was  a  member  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian denomination  and  took  an  active  part  in 
church  work.  Twice  married,  his  first  wife  was 
Mrs.  Margaret  (Mathews)  Dumire,  the  widow  of 
William  Dumire.  Of  this  union  was  born  one 
child  now  living,  Thomas,  who  is  a  farmer  at  the 
old  homestead  in  Round  Grove.  By  the  second 
marriage  four  children  were  born:  Jean  B.,  wife 
of  Wilbur  Heath,  of  Morrison,  111.;  Archibald, 
who  cultivates  a  portion  of  the  old  homestead; 
Robert  A.;  and  Bessie  G.,  wife  of  J.  W.  Steiner, 
who  occupies  a  part  of  the  old  home  farm. 

In  the  high  school  of  Morrison  our  subject  re- 
ceived an  excellent  education.  When  twenty 
years  of  age  he  began  to  read  medicine  under  the 
preceptorship  of  a  prominent  physician  of  Morri- 
son. Soon  he  matriculated  in  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege, where  he  remained  until  the  regular  course 
was  completed  in  the  spring  of  1897.  He  then 
came  to  La  Veta  and  established  himself  in  prac- 
tice. In  December  of  the  same  year  he  returned 
to  Illinois,  and  on  the  2ist  of  that  month  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Gertrude  E.  Lewis,  who 
was  born  in  Morrison,  111.,  daughter  of  John  W. 
Lewis,  and  had  been  his  classmate  in  school. 
In  1898  Dr.  Mathew  built  a  fine  residence,  one  of 
the  best  in  the  city.  He  and  his  wife  are  the 
parents  of  one  child,  Lewis  Thomas,  born  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1899.  Fraternally  the  doctor  is  con- 
nected with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  for- 
merly served  as  physician  of  the  local  camp.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  alumni  of  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege. Politically  he  affiliates  with  the  Republi- 
can party. 

0ANIEL  H.  WILSON  came  to  Colorado  in 
1870,  arriving  at  Fairplay,  Park  County,  on 
the  2ist  of  May,  and  at  once  engaging  in 
mining.  For  two  years  he  was  interested  in 
placer  mining  at  this  point,  after  which  he  turned 
his  attention  to  lead  mining  at  Mount  Lincoln, 
and  has  since  engaged  at  San  Juan  and  Hall  Val- 
ley, still  owning  interests  in  the  latter  place.  In 
1893  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Park  County  on  the 
People's  ticket,  and  has  since  been  twice  re-elect- 
ed, his  present  term  being  his  third  in  succes- 
sion .  As  an  official  he  has  proved  himself  to  be 


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fearless,    determined  and  efficient,  and  he  has 
proved  a  terror  to  law-breakers. 

A  son  of  Tristram  and  Mary  (Cloutman)  Wil- 
son, our  subject  was  born  in  New  Hampshire, 
June  13,  1846,  and  was  one  of  five  children.  Be- 
sides himself,  three  are  now  living:  Silas,  a  busi- 
ness man  of  Boston,  Mass. ;  Mrs.  Jennie  J.  Simp- 
son, a  widow,  whose  husband  was  the  pioneer 
drydock  man  of  New  York;  and  Fannie,  widow 
of  Alvah  Cloutman,  of  Boston.  The  father  of 
this  family  was  born  in  Sanford,  Me.,  in  1816, 
and  was  reared  and  married  in  his  native  town, 
where  he  afterward  engaged  in  farming.  When 
in  his  thirtieth  year  he  removed  to  New  Hamp- 
shire and  settled  in  the  town  of  Waitfield,  where 
he  continued  to  reside  until  his  death,  in  1860. 
Active  in  military  affairs,  he  was  for  some  years 
captain  of  a  company  of  home  guard. 

After  the  death  of  his  father  our  subject,  then 
a  youth  of  fourteen  years,  went  to  Boston,  where 
he  served  for  two  years  as  an  apprentice  in  the 
sailmaker's  business.  September  21,  1862,  he 
enlisted  in  Company  K,  Fifth  Massachusetts  In- 
fantry, which  was  at  once  ordered  to  North  Caro- 
lina and  remained  at  the  front  for  eleven  months, 
although  the  period  of  enlistment  was  only  nine 
months.  Among  the  battles  in  which  he  took 
part  were  those  at  Kingston,  Whitehall  and  Golds- 
boro.  In  July,  1863,  he  was  mustered  out  of 
service  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.  Afterward  he  en- 
gaged in  the  commission  business  with  his 
brother  in  Boston,  where  he  remained  until  his 
second  enlistment,  in  August,  1864,  as  a  member 
of  Company  F,  Second  Massachusetts  Heavy  Ar- 
tillery. The  term  of  enlistment  was  three  years, 
or  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  sent  to 
North  Carolina,  and  at  Jonesboro  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Twenty-third  Corps,  under  General 
Schofield.  From  that  time  until  the  close  of  the 
war  he  was  in  continuous  fighting  and  also,  with 
his  regiment,  did  police  work  in  North  Carolina. 
In  August,  1865,  he  was  mustered  out  of  service 
at  Reedville,  Mass.  During  both  terms  of  his 
service  he  was  but  once  wounded,  and  that  was 
at  Plymouth,  N.  C.,  in  November,  1864. 

Upon  being  honorably  discharged,  Mr.  Wilson 
returned  to  Boston,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
commission  business  with  his  brother,  continuing 
in  that  city  for  four  years.  From  there  he  came 
to  Fairplay,  Colo.,  in  1870,  and  has  since  en- 
gaged in  mining  and  in  the  discharge  of  his  du- 
ties as  a  county  official.  He  is  one  of  the  repre- 
sentative men  of  his  town  and  has  a  host  of 


friends  throughout  the  county.  In  June,  1881, 
he  married  Miss  Mary  D.  Emery,  by  whom  he 
has  four  children:  James,  Agnes,  Clifford  and 
Frances. 


(lOHN  T.  HUGHES,  senior  member  of  the 

I  firm  of  Hughes  Brothers,  of  Trinidad,  is  a 
G)  pioneer  of '65  in  Colorado.  In  the  fall  of 
1878  he  opened  his  present  place  of  business,  and 
has  since  carried  on  a  large  trade  in  general  lum- 
ber, paints,  oils  and  builders'  supplies.  A  branch 
office  was  opened  in  Denver  in  1892  by  his 
brother,  Josiah,  and  later  one  was  started  in 
Raton,  N.  M.,  where  a  good  trade  has  since  been 
established.  The  business  at  Trinidad  is  in  the 
entire  charge  of  Mr.  Hughes  and  is  the  largest 
of  its  kind  south  of  Pueblo. 

John  T.  and  Josiah  Hughes,  and  their  sister, 
Miriam,  widow  of  Robert  Roberts,  together  with 
a  younger  sister,  Sarah,  wife  of  Rev.  John.Cad- 
wallader,  are  the  survivors  of  the  five  children 
comprising  the  family  of  John  and  Gwendolin 
(Gittings)  Hughes,  of  Wales.  His  father  came 
to  America  in  1852  and  settled  near  Racine,  Wis., 
where  he  cultivated  a  small  farm.  His  last  years 
were  spent  in  retirement  from  business  cares,  and 
he  died  in  1857,  aged  sixty-three  years.  His 
wife  had  died  the  year  before  he  left  his  native 
land.  Our  subject  was  born  in  Montgomery- 
shire, Wales,  May  5,  1839,  and  was  past  twelve 
years  of  age  at  the  time  of  coming  to  the  United 
States.  He  was  educated  in  public  schools  in 
Wisconsin,  the  preparatory  department  of  .Gran- 
ville  College,  in  Granville,  Ohio,  and  in  the  Iowa 
State  University,  where  he  was  a  student  for 
one  year. 

On  coming  to  Colorado,  Mr.  Hughes  settled 
near  Denver,  then  a  city  of  about  five  thousand 
inhabitants.  For  five  years  he  engaged  in  team- 
ing and  furnished  cord  wood  for  Denver  parties. 
In  1870  he  sold  out  his  teaming  business  and, 
with  his  brother,  embarked  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness in  Pueblo,  which  they  still  conduct.  While 
the  brother  attended  to  the  business  there,  Mr. 
Hughes  looked  after  outside  matters,  and  in  1873 
went  to  I/as  Animas,  where  he  carried  on  a  lum- 
ber trade.  Later  he  spent  a  short  time  at  Gar- 
land. In  the  spring  1878  he  opened  a  lumber 
yard  at  Alamosa,  but  remained  there  only  six 
months,  coming  to  Trinidad  in  September  of  the 
same  year. 

Besides  his  other  interests  Mr.  Hughes  is  a 
stockholder  and  director  in  the  Trinidad  National 


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Bank.  He  is  interested  in  real  estate  and  owns 
a  residence  in  Trinidad,  as  well  as  a  number  of 
other  houses.  Near  the  city  he  has  a  ranch  of 
three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  where  he  for- 
merly engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  but  the 
land  is  now  leased  to  tenants.  As  a  Republican, 
he  has  taken  part  in  local  politics.  For  two  years 
he  was  an  alderman  of  Trinidad,  and  in  1893  and 
1894  served  as  treasurer  of  Las  Animas  County. 
Educational  work  appeals  especially  to  his  inter- 
est; he  is  a  friend  to  the  public-school  system  and 
during  his  eight  years  of  service  as  a  member 
of  the  school  board  was  instrumental  in  securing 
many  improvements  in  the  schools.  He  is  a 
member  of  Trinidad  Lodge  No.  17,  I.  O.  O.  F. , 
in  which  he  has  passed  all  the  chairs.  In  1882 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  E.  Daven- 
port, daughter  of  C.  W.  Davenport,  of  Cam- 
bridge, 111.  They  have  two  adopted  children, 
George  V.  and  Delia. 


/q)EORGE  L.  KEENER,  superintendent  and 

ba  stockholder  of  the  Mary  McKinney  Min- 
ing Company  at  Anaconda,  was  born  at 
Lockhaven,  Clinton  County,  Pa.,  July  28,  1862. 
When  he  was  a  child  his  parents  removed  to 
Northumberland  County,  Pa.,  and  there  he  at- 
tended local  schools  and  became  familiar  with 
farm  work.  At  sixteen  years  of  age  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Clay  County,  Kan.,  where 
he  assisted  in  farm  work  for  two  years,  and  then 
entered  the  State  Agricultural  College  at  Man- 
hattan, Kan.,  where  he  took  the  regular  two 
years'  course.  Later  he  was  a  student  in  the 
Gem  City  Business  College  at  Quincy,  111.,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  the  spring  of  1884. 

Returning  to  Kansas  Mr.  Keener  secured  a 
position  as  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Wayne,  remain- 
ing there  for  eight  years.  His  next  business 
connection  was  as  owner  and  manager  of  a  flour 
mill  at  Lane,  Kan.  In  the  spring  of  1892  he 
leased  the  mill  and  came  to  Colorado,  where  he 
began  prospecting  in  the  then  new  camp  of  Crip- 
ple Creek.  At  that  time  he  made  two  locations, 
the  Mary  H.  and  Jewell  mines,  on  Straub  Moun- 
tain south  of  Victor,  but  these  did  not  prove 
profitable  and  after  eighteen  months  he  abandoned 
them.  He  then  bought  a  controlling  interest  in 
the  Nuggett  Mining  and  Milling  Company  prop- 
erty on  Raven  Hill,  near  the  Mary  McKinney 
and  Elkton  mines.  This  proved  to  be  valuable 
property,  and  he  has  since  continued  as  president 
and  general  manager  of  the  company  operating 


the  same.  He  is  also  president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Sunset  Consolidated  Mining  Company 
on  Battle  and  Squaw  Mountains,  which  mine, 
though  undeveloped,  occupies  a  good  location 
and  is  promising.  He  is  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  Autumn  Belle  Gold  Mining  Company  that 
owns  property  on  Squaw,  Mineral  Hill  and  Cow 
Mountain.  He  is  also  interested  in  many  small 
claims.  The  Mary  McKinney  Mining  Company, 
of  which  he  is  now  superintendent,  has  recently 
put  in  about  $45,000  in  improvements,  and  has 
proved  a  most  profitable  enterprise  for  the  eight 
men  connected  with  it. 

By  his  marriage  to  Ida  E.  May,  daughter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Conn)  May,  residents  of 
Marengo,  Iowa,  Mr.  Keener  has  two  children: 
George  H.  and  Annis  May.  He  is  active  in  the 
Republican  party,  but  has  never  accepted  official 
positions.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Lane 
Lodge  No.  339,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Lane,  Kan., 
and  is  also  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
at  the  same  place. 

fi>  QlLLIAM  F.  NEUMANN,  who  is  engaged 
\  A  I  in  farming  in  El  Paso  County,  resides  two 
V  Y  miles  north  of  Falcon,  on  section  3 1 ,  town- 
ship 12,  range  64  west.  On  coming  here  in  1884 
he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
land,  entered  a  timber  claim  for  another  quarter- 
section  and  later  bought  forty  acres,  making  the 
acreage  of  his  place  three  hundred  and  sixty. 
This  property  he  has  placed  under  cultivation, 
improved  it  with  buildings,  and  now  has  a  valu- 
able farm.  Recently  he  purchased  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  which  makes  his  property  hold- 
ings extensive  and  important. 

Mr.  Neumann  was  born  in  Prussia  June  22, 
1836,  a  son  of  Martin  F.  and  Mary  (Weyer) 
Neumann.  He  was  born  and  reared  on  a  farm 
and  received  a  common  school  education,  attend- 
ing school  until  he  was  fourteen,  when,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  German  custom,  he  was  ap- 
prenticed to  a  trade.  He  served  three  years  at 
the  miller's  trade  and  for  his  services  was  paid 
$50,  out  of  which  he  had  to  clothe  himself.  For 
a  time  he  worked  as  a  journeyman.  While  still 
in  the  old  country  he  was  married,  in  1859,  his 
wife  being  Miss  Henrietta  Gruenhagen,  and  of 
their  union  was  born  a  son,  Richard,  who  is  living 
in  Prussia,  and  is  a  miller  by  occupation.  The 
wife  and  mother  died  in  1864,  and  two  years  later 
Mr.  Neumann  was  again  married,  being  united 
with  Miss  Johanna  Schoenfeldt.  Five  children 


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were  born  unto  them,  namely:  Otto,  who  was 
born  in  Prussia  and  is  now  engaged  in  farming 
in  El  Paso  County,  owning  two  hundred  and 
forty  acres;  Wilhelm,  who  was  born  in  Prussia 
and  is  a  farmer  of  El  Paso  County;  Emil ,  also  a 
native  of  Prussia,  who  married  Jane  McCarty 
and  has  one  child;  Eliza,  who  was  born  in  Cook 
County,  111. ;  and  Carl,  whose  birth  occurred  on 
the  present  family  homestead. 

In  1872  Mr.  Neumann  came  to  America.  For 
a  time  he  lived  in  Jefferson  County,  Wis.,  and 
later  made  his  home  at  Washington  Heights, 
Cook  County,  111.,  meantime  engaging  in  any 
occupation  that  furnished  a  livelihood.  In  1873 
he  crossed  the  plains  to  Colorado,  where  for 
eleven  years  he  engaged  in  herding  sheep, 
and  then  turned  his  attention  to  farming,  set- 
tling upon  his  present  homestead.  He  was 
reared  in  the  Lutheran  faith  and  inclines  toward 
the  doctrines  of  that  church.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  He  is  a  loyal  citizen  of  his  adopted 
country,  and  is  interested  in  plans  for  public  im- 
provements. Always  a  hardworking  man,  he 
justly  deserves  the  prosperity  that  has  come  to 
him  of  late  years. 

(JOHN  K.  MILLER,  the  discoverer  and  loca- 
I  tor  of  the  Pharmacist  mine,  is  a  resident  of 
G)  Colorado  Springs,  to  which  city  he  came  in 
1886.  He  is  a  son  of  James  D.  and  Anna  (Har- 
din)  Miller,  natives  respectively  of  Uniontown, 
Fayette  County,  Pa.,  and  Butler  County,  Ohio, 
and  a  grandson  of  William  Miller  and  James 
Hardin.  His  paternal  grandfather,  who  was  of 
German  descent,  removed  from  Maryland  to  Fay- 
ette County,  Pa.,  where  he  spent  his  remaining 
years  upon  a  farm.  James  D.  Miller  was  a  young 
man  when  he  went  to  Ohio  and  settled  on  a  farm 
near  Hamilton,  Butler  County,  where  he  mar- 
ried, a  farmer's  daughter.  About  1867  he  left  the 
farm  and  embarked  in  the  grain  business  at  Ox- 
ford, later  removing  to  Eaton,  Ohio,  where  he 
continued  in  the  grain  trade  until  his  health 
failed.  The  last  year  of  his  life  was  spent  with 
our  subject  at  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  died 
at  sixty  years  of  age.  His  wife  died  in  1867. 
They  were  the  parents  of  three  children:  John  K., 
who  was  born  near  Hamilton,  Ohio,  November 
27,  1859;  Ada,  who  is  married  and  lives  in  Eaton, 
Ohio;  and  James  W. ,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
mining  business  and  lives  in  Colorado  Springs. 

At  the  age  of  seventeen  our  subject  began  the 
study  of  pharmacy  in  a  store  in  Eaton.     He  took 


a  course  of  lectures  in  the  Cincinnati  Pharma- 
ceutical College,  after  which  he  entered  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  completed 
his  studies  there,  graduating  in  1882,  with  the 
degree  of  Ph.  G.  He  began  in  business  for  him- 
self at  Eaton,  where  he  had  charge  of  a  pharmacy 
for  three  years.  In  1886  he  came  to  Colorado 
Springs  and  with  his  brother  carried  on  a  drug 
store  at  No.  107  South  Tejon  street,  but  this  es- 
tablishment they  sold  in  1893,  in  order  to  give 
their  entire  attention  to  their  mining  interests. 

In  July,  1891,  Mr.  Miller  became  interested  in 
Cripple  Creek  mines.  He  first  located  the  Phar- 
macist on  Bull  Hill,  and  at  once  began  its  devel- 
opment. In  October  he  found  some  paying  ore 
in  the  vein  and  formed  the  Pharmacist  Mining 
Company,  of  which  he  was  the  first  president. 
In  1892-93  the  company  paid  out  $84,000  in  div- 
idends. In  1894  he  sold  out  all  of  his  stock, 
since  which  time  he  has  engaged  in  developing 
other  mines.  He  is  largely  interested  in  the  Fa- 
vorite Gold  Mining  Company,  which  owns  a 
mine  on  Bull  Hill  and  of  which  he  is  secretary, 
treasurer  and  general  manager.  He  is  interested 
in  other  valuable  mining  properties.  From  1 894 
to  the  present  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
brokerage  business. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Miller,  in  Ohio,  united 
him  with  Miss  Clara  Young,  of  Eaton,  that  state. 
They  and  their  children,  Ralph  and  Justin,  re- 
side at  No.  1319  North  Nevada  avenue,  where  he 
built  a  comfortable  home.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. , 
Colorado  Consistory,  and  is  a  thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason.  In  the  Knights  of  Pythias  he  is 
past  grand  chancellor,  having  served  in  1892  as 
the  head  of  this  organization.  He  belongs  to 
Jabal  Aali  Temple  No.  76,  D.  O.  K.  K.  (of  which 
he  is  royal  vizier),  Myrtle  Lodge  No.  34,  K.  P., 
and  Colorado  Consistory,  A.  A.  S.  R.  In  former 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  State  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association.  Politically  he  casts  his  vote  in 
favor  of  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party. 


CjICHOLAS  K.  TROUT,  assessor  of  San  Mi- 
|y  guel  County  and  town  treasurer  of  Telluride, 
1/3  came  to  this  city  in  1884,  shortly  after  his 
arrival  in  Colorado,  and  two  years  after  the  town 
was  started.  Here  he  engaged  in  mining  and 
milling.  During  1889-90  he  was  employed  as 
bookkeeper  for  the  United  States  Gold  Placer 
Mining  Company.  In  1891  he  took  a  post-grad- 
uate course  in  the  University  of  Virginia,  return- 


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ing  to  Colorado  in  1892,  since  which  time  he  has 
been  interested  in  mining  and  milling  at  Telluride. 
On  the  People's  party  ticket,  in  1895,  he  was 
elected  assessor  of  San  Miguel  County,  and  two 
years  later  was  re-elected  to  the  office.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1897,  he  was  appointed  town  treasurer  to  fill 
an  unexpired  term,  and  was  regularly  elected  to 
the  office  in  April  of  the  ensuing  year. 

Born  in  Staunton,  Va.,  in  1860,  our  subject  is 
a  son  of  Nicholas  K.  and  Matilda  K.  (Stribling) 
Trout,  both  natives  of  the  Old  Dominion.  His 
father,  who  was  an  able  attorney  of  Staunton, 
was  a  man  of  much  influence  and  prominence. 
Several  times  he  was  elected  to  the  state  legisla- 
ture, and  he  served  as  county  clerk  and  as  mayor 
of  Staunton  for  twenty-three  years.  He  died  in 
1875,  when  fifty-seven  years  of  age.  Fraternally 
he  was  influential  in  the  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows, 
in  which  he  held  the  office  of  noble  grand.  His 
wife  died  in  1893.  Of  their  eight  children  five 
are  living,  our  subject  being  the  youngest  of  the 
family.  He  was  educated  in  public  schools  and 
the  state  university.  In  1878  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, settling  in  Custer  County,  where  for  several 
years  he  was  interested  in  mining  and  cattle-deal- 
ing. After  his  return  to  Virginia  he  took  charge 
of  the  M.  &  M.  Steamship  line  at  Savannah,  Ga., 
having  gone  to  the  latter  city  from  his  old  home 
in  Staunton.  For  a  year  or  more  he  was  in  full 
charge  of  the  Savannah  wharf.  In  1884  he  came 
to  Colorado  the  second  time,  and  has  since  en- 
gaged in  milling  and  mining  at  Telluride.  In 
the  affairs  of  the  town  and  county  he  has  given 
his  influence  to  the  advancement  of  worthy  proj- 
ects and  the  development  of  local  resources.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Chippewa  Tribe,  I.  O.  R.  M., 
in  which  since  1896  he  has  been  chief  of  records 
and  wampum. 


'HOMAS  I.  BRISCOE,  ex-county  judge  of 
Chaffee  County,  came  to  this  locality  before 
Chaffee  had  been  cut  off  from  Lake  County, 
and  has  since  been  closely  identified  with  local 
history  and  advancement.  Though  an  attorney 
by  profession,  since  living  in  Colorado  he  has 
given  his  attention  principally  to  mining,  and 
now  owns  interests  in  a  number  of  claims.  From 
1884  to  1886  he  served  as  under  sheriff  of  the 
county  under  J.  L.  Sallie,  and  in  the  fall  of  1895 
was  elected  county  judge,  which  office  he  held 
three  years. 

Near  Martinsburg,  Pike  County,  111.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  born  August  27,  1845.  In  1854, 


he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Texas,  but  after  a 
short  time  the  family  returned  to  Pike  County, 
where  the  father  died  in  August,  1855.  From 
that  time  until  he  was  seventeen,  our  subject  re- 
mained with  his  mother  on  the  home  farm,  but 
when  she  married  again  he  started  out  for  him- 
self. During  the  summer  months  he  worked  for 
farmers,  while  in  the  winter  he  attended  country 
schools.  In  the  fall  of  1868  he  began  to  teach  a 
district  school,  and  in  the  spring  of  the  next  year 
turned  his  attention  to  the  tilling  of  the  soil. 
After  two  years  spent  in  teaching  and  farming  he 
entered  the  scientific  department  of  McKendree 
College  at  Lebanon,  111.,  where  he  graduated  in 
June,  1873,  second  among  a  class  of  fifteen.  Re- 
turning home  he  taught  school  and  cultivated  a 
farm.  In  the  fall  of  1874  he  entered  the  law  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Michigan,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  March,  1876.  In  the  fall 
of  that  year  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Matthews, 
Wike  &  Higbee,  of  Pittsfield,  111.,  with  whom 
he  remained  for  eighteen  months. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  April,  1878,  Mr.  Bris- 
coe  located  in  the  Chalk  Creek  mining  district, 
in  what  is  now  Chaffee  County.  There  he  re- 
mained until  1895,  engaged  in  mining,  and  he 
was  one  of  the  first  to  build  a  house  in  the  town 
of  St.  Elmo.  In  the  fall  of  1879  he  was  elected 
county  commissioner,  being  one  of  the  first  to 
serve  in  this  capacity  after  the  organization  of  the 
county,  and  he  continued  in  the  office  until  Jan- 
uary, 1883.  During  his  time  of  service  he  was 
chairman  of  the  board  and  had  the  responsibility 
of  the  erection  of  the  courthouse  and  jail.  While 
filling  the  office  of  commissioner  he  resided  at 
St.  Elmo,  and,  as  it  was  necessary  for  him  to 
make  frequent  trips  to  Buena  Vista  during  the 
construction  of  the  buildings,  his  salary  for  the 
last  year  as  county  commissioner  ($500)  was  ex- 
hausted by  the  ist  of  July,  on  account  of  the  extra 
expense  resulting  from  his  many  visits  to  the 
county-seat  in  looking  after  the  construction  of 
the  buildings.  He  continued  to  perform  his  duty 
at  his  own  expense  and  without  further  pay,  to 
the  end  of  the  year.  In  recognition  of  his  fidelity 
to  the  public  interests  and  his  self  sacrifice,  the 
citizens  of  Chaffee  County  presented  him  with  a 
fine  gold  watch,  containing,  on  the  inner  case,  the 
following  inscription:  "Presented  to  T.  I.  Briscoe 
by  the  citizens  of  Chaffee  County.  We  honor  an 
honest  man.  January,  1883."  In  1881  he  was 
made  mayor  of  St.  Elmo,  in  which  position  he 
served  for  two  terms.  In  politics  he  has  always 


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been  an  adherent  of  the  Republican  party.  He  is 
married,  having  been  united,  July  21,  1895,  with 
Miss  Minnie  Oliver,  of  Pittsfield,  111.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen 
at  Buena  Vista,  and  is  master  of  Mount  Prince- 
ton Lodge  No.  49,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  is  also,  with 
his  wife,  connected  with  the  Eastern  Star.  The 
Pacific  Circle,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  has  his 
name  upon  its  roster  of  members.  While  his 
headquarters  are  in  Buena  Vista,  the  county-seat, 
much  of  his  time  is  spent  in  St.  Elmo,  where  he 
owns  valuable  interests.  He  is  a  man  of  intel- 
ligence, and  possesses  the  determination  of  pur- 
pose and  will  power  so  essential  to  success  in  any 
occupation. 

RJ.  MC  NUTT,  county  judge  of  San  Juan 
County,  was  born  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  August 
1 6,  1841,  a  son  of  James  and  Adaline 
(Waite)  McNutt,  both  natives  of  New  England 
and  descendants  of  old  Puritan  ancestry  that  were, 
on  her  side,  of  English  stock,  and  on  his,  of 
Scotch-Irish  lineage.  The  family  consisted  of 
four  children  who  attained  mature  years.  Of 
these,  Frances  Adaline  is  the  wife  of  Prof.  L.  F. 
Gardner,  who  is  connected  with  Eastman's  Busi- 
ness College,  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.;  Sarah  J. 
and  Julia  G.  are  prominent  physicans  of  New 
York  City,  and  are  connected  with  the  Woman's 
College  and  Bellevue  Hospital  of  that  city. 

The  first  twelve  years  of  our  subject's  life  were 
spent  upon  a  farm.  He  then  accompanied  the 
family  to  Albany,  where  he  attended  the  New 
York  State  Normal  School.  Shortly  afterward, 
in  1859,  he  made  the  long  voyage,  via  the  Isth- 
mus, to  California,  where  he  engaged  in  mining 
two  years.  In  1861  he  enlisted,  at  Placerville, 
Cal.,  in  Company  H,  Fifth  California  Infantry, 
and  took  part  in  the  frontier  service  under  Col. 
George  H.  Bowie  and  General  Carleton.  For 
more  than  three  years  he  continued  in  the  serv- 
ice, during  which  time  he  had  some  dangerous  and 
trying  experiences,  in  long  marches,  privations, 
fights  with  Indians,  etc.  He  was  mustered  out 
at  El  Paso,  Tex.,  in  November,  1864. 

Going  to  Kansas,  Mr.  McNutt  spent  three 
years  on  the  frontier  of  that  state  and  Nebraska, 
where  he  engaged  in  freighting  and  also  worked 
as  a  carpenter  for  the  government.  Returning 
to  his  old  home  in  1867,  he  remained  there  until 
1870,  and  then  returned  west,  settling  at  Eureka, 
Colo. ,  where  he  and  his  friend,  George  Howard 
(the  founder  of  Howards ville,  San  Juan  County), 


were  the  first  settlers.  In  1873-74  ne  took  an 
active  part  in  endeavoring  to  secure  the  organi- 
zation of  La  Plata  County  and  was  one  of  a  com- 
mittee of  six  appointed  to  go  to  Denver  and  push 
the  passage  of  the  bill  through  the  legislature. 
In  the  fall  of  1875  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  last  territorial  legislature,  and  during  his  term 
he  introduced  the  bill  providing  for  the  organiza- 
tion of  San  Juan  County  by  the  division  of  La 
Plata  County. 

For  twenty-five  years  mining  has  been  Mr. 
McNutt' s  principal  occupation.  In  1874  he  lo- 
cated Sunnyside  mine,  although  three  years  be- 
fore an  attempt  had  been  made  in  that  direction. 
He  also  located  Poughkeepsie  and  No  Name 
mines,  and  at  present  is  connected  with  the  Wash- 
ington and  Poughkeepsie  Nos.  i  and  2  mines. 
Through  all  the  years  of  his  activity  as  miner  he 
continued  to  make  his  home  in  Eureka.  In  the 
political  life  of  the  county  he  has  been  interested, 
his  influence  being  cast  for  the  success  of  Repub- 
lican principles.  He  has  served  as  county  com- 
missioner, and  in  1898  was  elected  county  judge. 
Sedgwick  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Durango,  has  num- 
bered him  among  its  members,  and  he  also 
assisted  in  the  organization  of,  and  suggested  the 
name  for,  the  Jim  Bowie  Post,  at  Creede,  of  which 
he  is  past  commander.  In  1880  he  married  Lilla 
Carson,  of  New  York,  by  whom  he  has  two 
daughters,  Anna  C.  and  Sarah  A. 


W.  HUNT,  a  pioneer  of  Cripple 

b  Creek,  built  the  third  business  house  at  this 
camp  in  the  fall  of  1891,  and  soon  afterward 
established  the  business  which  he  has  since  suc- 
cessfully conducted.  He  is  one  of  the  leading 
business  men  of  the  district,  and  has  a  large 
trade  in  coal,  feed,  hay,  grain  and  flour.  Ener- 
getic and  determined,  he  has,  from  a  small  be- 
ginning, built  up  a  trade  that  is  profitable  and 
growing. 

In  his  native  county  of  Delaware,  N.  Y. ,  Mr. 
Hunt  spent  the  first  twelve  years  of  his  life. 
He  then  accompanied  the  family  to  Cayuga 
County,  the  same  state,  where  he  was  reared 
upon  a  farm  and  educated  in  local  schools. 
When  twenty-four  years  of  age,  in  the  fall  of 
1885,  he  came  west  to  Colorado,  his  principal 
reason  for  making  this  change  being  the  hope 
that  the  western  climate  and  mountain  air  would 
build  up  his  failing  health.  For  two  years  he 
remained  in  Colorado  Springs,  and  was  so  greatly 
benefited  in  health  that  he  determined  to  locate 


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permanently  in  the  state.  Establishing  himself 
on  a  ranch  twenty  miles  north  of  Cripple  Creek 
he  engaged  in  cattle  ranching  for  some  years,  after 
which  he  disposed  of  his  ranch  and  came  to 
Cripple  Creek,  his  present  home. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Hunt  united  him  with 
Miss  Loa  Long,  of  El  Paso  County,  Colo., 
daughter  of  David  P.  Long,  who  was  a  pioneer 
ranchman  of  that  locality.  They  are  the  parents 
of  three  children,  namely:  Nina,  Neva  and  Leo 
S.  D.  The  political  affiliations  of  Mr.  Hunt 
are  with  the  Silver  Republican  party.  He  is  a 
public-spirited  citizen  and  favors  all  measures 
tending  to  benefit  his  town.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


QATRICKJ.  RYAN.  The  Mary  McKinney 
LX  Mining  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Ryan  is  one 
[3  of  the  owners,  directors  and  developers, 
owns  one  of  the  best  mining  properties  in  the 
entire  Cripple  Creek  district,  including  thirty- 
four  acres  in  one  body  adjoining  the  Anaconda 
properties,  which  lie  in  the  richest  mining  section 
of  the  entire  district  or  state.  They  have  four 
shafts  that  they  lease,  and  have  made  improve- 
ments on  the  Republic  costing  $45,000  when 
completed,  thus  making  the  property  among  the 
most  complete  in  the  camp. 

The  life  of  Mr.  Ryan  furnishes  a  striking  ex- 
ample of  success  in  spite  of  adverse  surroundings. 
He  was  born  at  Great  Bend,  Susquehanna  Coun- 
ty, Pa.,  August  23,  1853,  and  in  early  childhood 
was  taken  by  his  parents  to  New  Orleans. 
When  he  was  eight  years  of  age  his  father  died 
and  as  he  was  the  oldest  of  five  children,  whose 
mother  was  poor,  he  was  obliged  to  work  at  an 
age  when  most  boys  are  in  school.  He  began 
selling  newspapers  on  the  streets  of  New  Orleans, 
which  work  he  continued  for  some  time.  In 
1864  the  family  removed  to  Caledonia,  Minn., 
where  he  worked  on  a  farm  for  several  years,  re- 
ceiving his  board  and  $40  per  year.  His  next 
employment  was  that  of  night  clerk  in  the  Ash- 
ley hotel  at  Bloomington,  111.  At  Pontiac,  111., 
where  he  remained  for  two  and  one-half  years, 
he  began  work  as  baggage  master  on  the  Chicago 
&  Alton  Railroad.  After  three  months  with 
that  road  there  he  was  transferred  to  a  similar 
position  at  Fulton,  Mo.,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years.  During  this  time  he  familiarized 
himself  with  telegraphy.  For  five  years  he  acted 
as  agent  and  telegraph  operator  at  Cedar  City, 


Mo. ,  and  was  then  transferred  back  to  Fulton  as 
agent,  where  he  remained  two  and  one-half 
years. 

Poor  health  obliged  Mr.  Ryan  to  seek  a  change 
of  climate.  In  May,  1887,  he  came  to  Colorado. 
For  six  months  he  was  agent  at  Buena  Vista  for 
the  Colorado  Midland  Railroad.  His  next  lo- 
cation was  at  Florissant,  where  he  remained  as 
agent  until  August,  1896.  During  the  entire 
time  he  was  there  he  invested  every  dollar  of  his 
savings  in  prospecting,  and  in  1890  he  made  the 
first  public  assay  of  ore  that  was  made  in  the  dis- 
trict. In  1896  he  resigned  as  agent  in  order  to 
devote  his  entire  attention  to  his  mining  interests, 
although,  for  six  months  after  coming  here  he 
served  as  agent  for  the  Midland  Terminal  Rail- 
road. In  partnership  with  Frank  F.  Castello,  he 
located  the  American  Girl,  May  Queen,  Dead 
Horse,  Mayflower,  Le-Clair  and  Mary  McKinney 
No.  2,  afterward  consolidating  them  with  the  Re- 
public, now  owned  by  the  Mary  McKinney  Mining 
Company,  comprising  eight  men,  and  having  five 
shafts  that  are  producing.  The  deepest  of  the 
shafts  is  two  hundred  and  eighty  feet.  Mr. 
Ryan  also  owns  an  interest  in  the  Monitor  mine 
in  Poverty  Gulch.  In'  his  mining  operations  he 
has  been  remarkably  successful,  but  his  success 
has  not  made  him  less  genial,  companionable  and 
industrious  than  in  former  days.  He  is  as  clear- 
minded  and  level-headed  as  he  has  always  been, 
and  prosperity  has  not  in  the  least  injured  him, 
as  it  sometimes  does  those  who  meet  with  un- 
usual success. 

By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Mary  Keller,  daughter 
of  Jacob  Keller,  a  well-known  resident  of  Cedar 
City,  Mo.,  Mr.  Ryan  has  two  children,  Nellie,  a 
student  in  the  St.  Salistcas  Academy  at  Canon 
City,  Colo.,  and  Frank.  Politically  he  is  a 
Democrat  and  takes  an  active  part  in  local 
affairs.  In  religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Pike's  Peak 
Lodge  No.  38,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Colorado  Springs. 


[g)EORGE  MAHR,   manager  of  the  clothing 

b  store  of  B.  M.  Mahr  at  Telluride,  was  born 
in  Grant  County,  Wis.,  in  1857,  a  son  of 
Andrew  and  Kate  (Roser)  Mahr,  both  natives  of 
Germany.  His  father,  who  was  an  early  settler 
of  Platteville,  Wis.,  engaged  in  farming  pursuits 
and  also  followed  the  cooper's  trade,  being  in 
active  business  life  there  for  about  fifty  years;  but 
now,  at  eighty-four  years  of  age,  he  is  living, 
retired  from  business  cares,  on  his  old  homestead, 


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being,  in  spite  of  his  advanced  years,  a  well- 
preserved  and  robust  man.  Of  his  four  sons, 
John  and  Joseph  are  at  home,  and  Andrew  R.  is 
engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  in  Telluride. 
George,  who  was  second  in  order  of  birth,  was 
reared  in  Grant  County,  where  he  attended  the 
common  schools.  At  seventeen  years  of  age  he 
went  to  San  Francisco,  Cal. ,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  shoe  business,  remaining  until  1879.  He 
then  came  to  Colorado  and  opened  a  boot  and 
shoe  store  in  Central  City;  afterward  was  pro- 
moter, vice-president  and  general  manager  of 
the  Mahr  Merchandise  and  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, which  carried  a  full  line  of  general  mer- 
chandise, at  Black  Hawk,  Colo. 

In  the  spring  of  1882  Mr.  Mahr  removed  to 
Durango  and  engaged  in  business  until  1885.  He 
opened  a  boot  and  shoe  store  here  May  13,  1887, 
and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  foot- 
wear for  men,  women  and  children.  Since  then 
he  has  added  a  stock  of  men's  furnishings,  cloth- 
ing, etc. ,  and  at  present  has  the  largest  stock  of 
clothing  and  furnishing  goods  in  the  city.  In 
1892,  in  association  with  his  brother,  A.  K. ,  he 
erected  a  building  on  Main  street,  and  here  he 
has  since  carried  on  business.  In  addition  to  this 
building  he  owns  an  interest  in  the  Sheridan 
block  and  is  the  owner  of  numerous  other  build- 
ings and  real-estate  here;  of  all  of  this  property  he 
is  the  sole  manager. 

The  political  views  of  Mr.  Mahr  bring  him 
into  affiliation  with  the  Democratic  party,  and  he 
always  gives  his  support  to  the  regular  party 
ticket.  As  a  member  of  the  city  council  he 
has  been  instrumental  in  advancing  local  inter- 
ests, while  as  a  private  citizen  and  as  a  business 
man  he  has  also  been  helpful  in  promoting  the 
city's  prosperity.  May  22,  1883,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Belle  M.  Farmer,  daughter  of 
J.  J.  and  Mary  J.  Farmer,  Meadville,  Pa.  They 
have  four  children,  George  J.,  Zitta  P.,  Cecil  B. 
and  Ruth  F.  Various  fraternal  organizations 
receive  the  interested  support  of  Mr.  Mahr.  He 
is  a  member  of  Telluride  Lodge  No.  103, 
I.  O.  O.  F.;  Bridal  Vail  Lodge  No.  80,  K.  P.,  in 
which  he  has  served  as  master  of  exchequer  since 
1894;  and  is  also  connected  with  the  Ladies' 
Society  of  the  same  order.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  For  the  success  he 
has  secured  in  business,  due  credit  should  be 
given  him.  He  was  only  seventeen  years  of  age 
when  he  started  for  the  Pacific  coast,  determined 
to  achieve  success,  notwithstanding  his  lack  of 


money  and  influence.  He  is  now  numbered 
among  the  substantial  citizens  of  his  town  and 
county.  Endowed  by  nature  with  good  business 
ability,  he  has  made  the  most  of  his  opportunities, 
and  his  enterprise  and  good  management  have 
gained  for  him  a  well-deserved  prosperity. 


HERBERT  C.  DIMICK.  The  business  in- 
terests of  Leadville  have  an  able  representa- 
tive in  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  is  a 
leading  architect  and  builder  in  this  city.  Since 
entering  upon  this  line  of  labor  he  has  been  given 
contracts  for  many  of  the  important  buildings 
here,  among  them  the  American  National  Bank 
building,  the  residence  of  Horace  C.  Mitchell, 
and  others  of  the  substantial  business  blocks  and 
private  houses  of  the  place.  He  has  recently 
erected  for  himself  an  elegant  residence  occupy- 
ing an  eminence  overlooking  the  town  and  com- 
manding a  fine  view  of  the  surrounding  moun- 
tains. 

The  record  of  the  Dimick  family  can  be  traced 
back  to  the  days  of  William  the  Conqueror. 
Limon  Dimick,  who  was  a  contractor  and  builder, 
and  the  inventor  of  many  patents,  married  Sophia 
Spooner,  whose  ancestors  came  to  this  country  in 
the  "Mayflower."  Among  their  children  was  a 
son,  Erastus  H.  Dimick,  born  in  Burlington,  Vt. , 
and  also  an  architect  and  builder  by  occupation, 
residing  for  some  years  in  his  native  town,  thence 
removing  to  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  and  from  there  in 
1865,  to  Ottawa,  Kan.  In  1874  he  established 
his  home  in  Boulder,  Colo.,  where  he  remained 
until  1879,  and  afterward  lived  in  Leadville  until 
his  death  in  1882.  In  religion  a  Baptist,  he  lead 
the  music  in  almost  every  congregation  with 
which  he  was  identified,  and  built  a  Baptist 
church  in  every  town  where  he  resided.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican  and  fraternally  held 
connection  with  the  Masons.  He  married  Julia 
Nash  Kelsey,  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  where 
her  father,  Cybele  Kelsey,  was  a  farmer;  she 
survived  her  husband  eleven  years,  dying  in 
1893.  She  had  a  great-uncle,  James  Wither- 
spoon,  who  was  a  signer  of  the  declaration  of  in- 
dependence, and  her  husband  had  several  uncles 
who  fought  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Of  her 
children,  Wilbur  C.  is  in  his  brother's  employ; 
Ella  T.  died  after  becoming  the  mother  of  two 
children  by  her  marriage  with  H.  H.  Harris. 

In  Potsdam,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  born  in 
1853,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  spent  his  early 
years  in  the  home  of  his  father,  Erastus  H. 


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Dimick.  He  was  twelve  years  of  age  when  the 
family  moved  to  Ottawa,  Kan.,  where  the  ensuing 
nine  years  were  spent.  Coming  to  Boulder  in 
1874,  he  remained  there  until  1879,  when  he 
accompanied  his  father  to  Leadville,  and  for  three 
years  the  two  were  in  partnership  as  architects 
and  contractors.  Since  then  he  has  been  alone. 
He  gives  his  attention  closely  to  his  business 
affairs  and,  aside  from  voting  the  Republican  ticket 
at  elections,  takes  no  part  in  politics.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  educational  matters.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

In  1882  Mr.  Dimick  married  Sade,  daughter  of 
John  Ellingham,  a  farmer  of  Rock  Island  County, 
111.  In  the  family  of  which  she  is  a  member 
there  were  six  brothers,  and  two  of  these,  Robert 
and  John,  became  prominent  in  Boulder  County, 
where  Robert  served  as  county  treasurer  for  three 
years,  and  John  was  elected  sheriff.  Mrs. 
Dimick  is  a  lady  of  culture  and  broad  education, 
and  has  taught  with  success  in  the  schools  of 
Illinois,  as  well  as  in  Boulder.  The  only  child 
born  of  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Dimick  died  when 
three  years  of  age. 

JTDGAR  MC  DANIEL,  chief  of  police  of 
1^  Cripple  Creek,  was  born  in  Mount  Sterling, 
L  HI- 1  September  7,  1851,  and  in  that  town 
his  youthful  years  were  passed  and  his  education 
obtained.  His  first  employment  was  the  buying 
and  shipment  of  stock,  in  which  he  engaged  un- 
til the  fall  of  1884,  hoping  that  a  change  of  cli- 
mate might  benefit  his  health,  then  seriously  im- 
paired. Settling  in  Meade,  Kan.,  he  engaged  in 
the  real-estate  business.  This  was  prior  to  the 
organization  of  Meade  County,  and  as  he  had 
originally  planned,  when  organization  was  ef- 
fected, the  county-seat  was  located  at  Meade  Cen- 
ter. In  the  spring  of  1890  he  opened  a  restau- 
rant in  the  town  and  continued  the  business  for  a 
little  less  than  two  years. 

December,  1891,  found  Mr.  McDaniel  in  Crip- 
ple Creek,  where  he  engaged  in  the  hotel  busi- 
ness on  the  corner  of  Carr  and  Third  streets. 
This  property  he  still  owns,  but  now  rents.  In 
both  fires  that  devastated  the  city  he  was  burned 
out,  but  resumed  business  as  soon  as  possible 
afterward.  Politically  he  is  stanch  in  his  allegi- 
ance to  the  Democratic  party.  When  a  young  man 
he  was  for  two  terms  supervisor  of  Brown  County, 
111.  In  April,  1898,  he  was  elected  chief  of  police 
on  the  straight  Democratic  ticket,  and  has  since 
filled  this  position  with  characteristic  energy.  He 


is  interested  in  a  number  of  mining  enterprises 
that  are  leased,  some  of  them  being  quite  favor- 
able propositions.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men. 

While  living  in  Illinois  Mr.  McDaniel  mar- 
ried Miss  Hattie  Mobley,  of  Brown  County. 
They  became  the  parents  of  two  daughters:  Elma, 
who  is  the  wife  of  U.  G.  Danford,  of  this  city;  and 
Jessie  Leta,  who  died  February  25,  1898. 


(JOHN  HARVEY,  president  of  the  John  Har- 
I  vey  Fuel  and  Feed  Company,  and  one  of  the 
G/  successful  business  men  of  Leadville,  was 
born  in  Lanark,  Scotland,  in  1844,  a  son  of  John 
and  Anna  (Carmichael)  Harvey,  also  natives  of 
Lanarkshire.  His  father,  who  was  a  manufac- 
turer of  blankets,  spent  his  entire  life  in  Scot- 
land and  was  accidentally  killed  there  at  forty 
years  of  age.  In  religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian 
and  a  deacon  in  the  church.  His  wife  was  a 
daughter  of  Alexander  Carmichael,  a  prosperous 
merchant  of  Lanark.  Of  their  marriage  nine 
children  were  born,  those  besides  our  subject  be- 
ing Alexander,  who  has  been  connected  with  the 
board  of  public  works  in  Denver  and  is  now  a 
contractor  in  that  city ;  William,  also  a  contractor 
in  Denver;  Anna,  wife  of  Alexander  Day;  Eliza- 
beth, deceased;  Margaret,  who  lives  in  Scotland; 
Jane,  widow  of  James  Izett,  of  Denver;  Mary, 
Mrs.  Andrew  Walker,  of  Denver;  and  Catherine, 
whose  husband,  John  Clarke,  is  bookkeeper  for 
our  subject. 

The  early  years  of  our  subject's  life  were  spent 
in  Scotland,  where  his  education  was  acquired  in 
common  and  private  schools.  For  some  time  he 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  Caledonian  Railroad 
Company,  continuing  with  it  until  he  came  to 
Colorado  in  the  spring  of  1870.  He  was  then 
with  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad  Company  in 
Denver  for  a  year,  during  the  building  of  the 
road  to  Kit  Carson,  and  later  was  chief  clerk 
for  W.  W.  Borst,  superintendent  and  acting 
freight  and  passenger  agent  of  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad.  From  there  he  was  transferred 
to  the  treasury  department  of  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad  Company,  where  he  continued 
for  eight  years. 

Coming  to  Lead ville  in  1879,  Mr.  Harvey  was 
employed  in  the  Miners'  Exchange  Bank  for  a 
year.  In  July,  1880,  he  embarked  in  the  busi- 
ness which  he  has  since  conducted,  and  which  is 
one  of  the  large  wholesale  and  retail  enterprises 
of  the  city.  While  he  started  on  a  small  scale, 


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he  has  built  up  a  large  trade  in  coal,  grain  and 
fuel,  and  now  handles  all  the  coal  that  comes  over 
the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  road.  Beginning  life  for 
himself  with  little  or  no  capital,  save  a  pair  of 
willing  hands  and  a  stout  heart,  he  has  been 
prospered  financially,  and  is  now  well-to-do. 
His  life  has  not  only  been  prosperous  financially, 
but  successful  in  the  fact  that  he  has  maintained 
a  deputation  for  integrity  and  honor.  From 
youth  to  mature  years,  his  career  as  a  business 
man  and  citizen  has  been  distinguished  by  un- 
wavering honesty,  unfailing  kindness  and 
thoughtful  consideration  of  others  which  has  en- 
deared him  to  a  multitude  of  friends. 

In  matters  political  Mr.  Harvey  is  a  firm  Re- 
publican. For  years  he  has  been  president  of  the 
school  board  of  Leadville,  which  responsible  po- 
sition he  has  filled  efficiently.  Fraternally  he 
is  a  Knight  Templar  and  thirty -second  degree 
Mason.  His  marriage,  in  1866,  united  him 
with  Jennie  M.,  daughter  of  Alexander  Smith,  a 
glass  manufacturer  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  They 
are  the  parents  of  five  children:  John,  Jr.,  who 
is  a  lieutenant  in  Troop  A,  U.  S.  A.;  Alexander, 
who  is  connected  with  the  office  of  the  clerk  of 
Lake  County;  William,  who  is  employed  by  the 
Tompkins  Hardware  Company;  Annie,  and 
Madge,  in  Denver  attending  school. 


'HOMAS  ROBSON,  proprietor  of  a  whole- 
sale and  retail  grocery  at  No.  302  Harrison 
avenue,  Leadville,  is  of  English  birth  and 
parentage.  He  was  born  at  Newcastle  in  1850, 
a  son  of  William  and  Ann  Robson,  natives  of  the 
same  place,  the  former  being  a  merchant  and 
owner  of  a  large  farm,  conducting  both  his  store 
and  his  farm  until  he  passed  away  at  sixty- 
eight  years;  in  religion  he  was  a  faithful  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His  wife 
was  a  daughter  of  a  land  owner  and  farmer. 
They  were  the  parents  of  one  son  (our  subject) 
and  four  daughters:  Margaret  N.,  Dorothy,  Mary 
and  Elizabeth,  all  living  in  England. 

When  sixteen  years  of  age  our  subject  began 
to  earn  his  own  livelihood,  and  for  some  time  he 
was  connected  with  a  mercantile  establishment  in 
Yorkshire.  In  1875  he  came  to  the  United 
States  and  settled  in  Peabody,  Kan.,  where  for 
five  years  he  engaged  in  farming  and  the  grocery 
business,  being  connected  with  the  former  occupa- 
tion for  two  years,  and  the  latter  three  years. 
From  Kansas  he  came  to  Leadville  in  1880  and 
established  a  wholesale  and  retail  flour,  feed  and 


grocery  business,  which  be  has  since  conducted, 
meeting  with  success,  through  the  exercise  of 
sound  judgment  and  untiring  perseverance. 

In  1883  Mr.  Robson  married  Belle  McConnell, 
who  was  born  in  Canada  and  by  whom  he  has 
one  daughter,  Florence.  Politically  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, but  never  displays  a  partisan  spirit, 
being  too  liberal  in  his  views  to  permit  any 
narrowness  in  his  opinions.  Some  years  ago  he 
was  elected  mayor  of  Leadville,  which  position  he 
filled  with  credit  to  himself,  and  he  has  also  been 
a  member  of  the  city  council.  He  is  connected 
with  the  blue  lodge  of  Masonry  and  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  Besides  his  main  store  he 
owns  a  retail  grocery  in  Minturn,  and  he  also 
has  important  mining  interests. 


jo)EORGE  E.  BOWLAND,  clerk  of 

b  County  and  a  prominent  citizen  of  Red  Cliff 
since  coming  to  this  place  in  1880,  was  born 
in  Summit  County,  Ohio,  in  1852,  a  son  of  John 
and  Cordelia  E.  (Hoyal)  Bowland,  natives  re- 
spectively of  Ireland  and  Vermont.  His  father, 
who  settled  in  Ohio  in  early  life,  engaged  in  the 
commission  business  in  Akron,  Ohio,  until  1849, 
when  he  went  to  California  during  the  gold  ex- 
citement in  that  state.  He  remained  there  for 
eighteen  months,  after  which  he  returned  to 
Summit  County,  Ohio.  Afterward  for  five  years 
he  engaged  in  farming  in  Ohio,  and  then  removed 
to  Queenstown,  Canada,  where  he  carried  on  a 
mercantile  business  until  1874.  During  the 
latter  year  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Den- 
ver, where  he  resided  until  his  death,  in  1893. 
While  he  never  took  a  very  active  part  in  public 
affairs,  he  kept  informed  concerning  national 
questions  and  allied  himself  with  the  Republican 
party.  His  wife,  who  was  the  daughter  of  a 
merchant  of  Vermont  and  later  of  Ohio,  has 
made  her  home  in  Denver,  Colo.,  since  1874.  Of 
her  children,  John  H.  is  engaged  in  mining  in 
Colorado;  Frank  D.  and  Fremont  also  reside  in 
Colorado;  Henrietta  M.  is  the  wife  of  Jackson 
Wheeler,  a  mine  operator;  Florence  married 
Perry  Hines,  who  is  interested  in  mining  at 
Cripple  Creek;  William  and  Charles  also  live  in 
Colorado. 

When  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  child  of 
five  years  his  father  moved  to  Canada,  and  there 
he  spent  the  years  of  youth,  obtaining  his  educa- 
tion in  common  schools.  Upon  starting  out  to 
make  his  way  in  the  world  he  went  to  Chicago, 
where  he  was  variously  employed  for  five  years. 


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In  1874  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  spent  a  short 
time  in  Denver,  but  soon  went  to  Virginia  City, 
Nev. ,  where  he  remained  until  1880;  meantime 
he  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  for 
four  years.  He  then  came  to  the  camp  at  Red 
Cliff,  which  had  been  started  the  year  before,  and 
here  he  has  since  been  interested  in  mining. 
During  much  of  the  time  since  1884  he  has  been 
in  the  county  clerk's  office,  first  as  deputy,  and  in 
1889  was  first  elected  to  the  office,  which  he  still 
holds,  the  present  being  his  third  term.  He  is 
conscientious  and  faithful  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties,  and  is  a  popular  official. 

In  1889  Mr.  Bowland  married  Miss  Mary  A., 
daughter  of  Hon.  Andrew  Scanland,  an  influential 
attorney  of  Pittsfield,  111.,  and  for  years  judge  of 
a  district  court  in  Illinois.  To  this  marriage 
three  children  were  born,  Sue,  Florence  and 
Edward.  In  his  political  views  Mr.  Bowland  is 
a  strong  silver  Republican,  and  it  is  upon  this 
party  ticket  that  he  has  received  his  election  as 
county  clerk.  He  also  served  for  some  time  as 
under- sheriff.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  His  wife  holds  member- 
ship in  the  Christian  Church. 


EHARLES  WALDEN,  superintendent  of  the 
Last  Dollar  Gold  Mining  Company,  and  one 
of  the  most  popular  mine  operators  at  Victor, 
was  born  and  reared  in  Germany,  where  in  early 
life  he  was  connected  with  a  mercantile  business. 
In  1882  he  crossed  the  ocean  and  proceeded 
across  the  continent  as  far  as  Colorado,  where  he 
settled,  and  commenced  to  make  a  study  of 
mining.  For  a  few  years  he  was  at  Leadville 
and  other  camps.  Upon  the  start  of  the  camp  at 
Cripple  Creek  in  1891,  he  came  to  this  place 
when  it  had  but  four  or  five  houses,  and  the  sur- 
rounding hills  were  covered  with  native  forests. 
After  having  had  charge  of  some  prospecting  in 
this  district,  in  1894  he  became  connected  with 
the  Last  Dollar  mine.  Its  prospects  were  not  en- 
couraging, its  outlook  seemed  dark,  but  through 
his  energy  and  determination  he  has  made  a  suc- 
cess of  it,  and  recently  he  put  in  an  eighty-horse 
power  boiler  and  electric  lights. 

Besides  his  connection  with  this  mine,  Mr. 
Walden  has  interests  in  several  claims  in  this 
camp,  owning  two  patented  claims  and  an  interest 
in  several  patents.  He  is  also  interested  in  two 
patented  claims  in  Boulder  County  as  well,  these 
being  operated  by  the  Sboshone  Gold  Mining 

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Company,  of  which  James  Doyle,  of  Victor,  is 
also  a  member.  Politically  he  votes  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket,  and  frequently  attends  the  conven- 
tions of  his  party,  but  invariably  declines  nomina- 
tion for  office. 

The  Last  Dollar  mine  is  provided  with  a 
double  compartment  shaft,  six  hundred  and  fifty 
feet,  besides  one  of  four  hundred  and  another  of 
five  hundred  feet,  the  shafts  being  four  hundred 
feet  apart,  with  underground  connection  on  the 
third,  fourth  and  fifth  levels,  with  several  cross- 
cuts. As  the  depth  increases,  the  ore  increases 
in  richness  and  quantity.  Much  development 
work  has  been  done  and  the  mine  is  in  splendid 
condition.  That  his  management  has  been  satis- 
factory to  the  company  is  proved  by  his  long 
retention  as  its  superintendent. 

Mr.  Walden  was  married  in  May,  1886,  to  Miss 
Emily  Wise,  a  native  of  Germany. 


RTHUR  W.  SEABURY,  M.  D.,  one  of  the 

H  rising  young  physicians  of  Buena  Vista,  is  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Seabury  &  Gafford, 
well  known  throughout  Chaffee  County.  He  is 
recognized  as  a  careful  and  indefatigable  student 
of  his  profession,  and  has  attained  a  high  repu- 
tation for  learning  among  other  practitioners  in 
Buena  Vista.  The  ability  that  is  bringing  him 
to  a  position  in  the  front  rank  of  local  profes- 
sional men  is  always  at  the  service  of  his  com- 
munity for  the  promotion  of  meritorious  enter- 
prises, and  for  the  advancement  of  professional 
work.  For  one  year  he  held  the  office  of  coun- 
ty coroner  and  he  has  also  served  as  county 
physician. 

In  Yarmouth,  Cumberland  County,  Me.,  Dr. 
Seabury  was  born,  October  21,  1864.  He  at- 
tended an  academy  in  Yarmouth  for  some  years, 
and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  entered  the  Memphis 
Hospital  College,  of  Memphis,  Tenn,,  from  which 
he  graduated  in  1886.  Afterward  he  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  Bowdoin  College  at  Bruns- 
wick, Me.  Coming  to  Colorado  in  1887,  he  opened 
an  office  in  Durango,  and  for  five  years  he  car- 
ried on  a  practice  there.  During  much  of  that 
time  he  was  connected  with  Dr.  W.  R.  Winter's 
Sisters  Hospital  at  that  place.  From  Durango 
he  removed  to  River  Falls,  Wis. ,  and  after  two 
years  came  from  there  to  Buena  Vista,  in  May, 
1896,  and  in  August  of  the  same  year  forming  a 
partnership  with  Dr.  Gafford. 

By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Hattie  E.  Howser,  of 
Durango,  Colo. ,  Dr.  Seabury  has  one  daughter, 


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Verna.  In  politics  he  is  a  silver  Republican.  He 
is  a  vestryman  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  with 
which  he  and  his  wife  are  identified.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World, 
and  Aztec  Lodge  No.  94,  K.  P.,  in  Mancos,  Colo. 


(JOHN  L.  GAFFORD,  M.  D.,  member  of  the 
I  firm  of  Seabury  &  Gafford,  practicing  phy- 
G)  sicians,  of  Buena  Vista,  Chafiee  County,  was 
born  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  August  21,  1865. 
At  five  years  of  age  he  went  to  Hiawatha,  Kan. , 
where  his  education  was  primarily  obtained  in 
public  schools.  For  two  years  he  was  a  student 
in  the  Stansbury  Normal  School  at  Stansbury, 
Mo.  Learning  the  tinner's  trade,  he  followed 
that  occupation  for  three  years.  Later  he  turned 
his  attention  to  telegraphy,  which  he  had  learned 
in  boyhood.  He  secured  employment  as  oper- 
ator and  agent  at  Wymore,  Neb.,  where  he 
remained  for  two  years.  Afterward  he  managed 
a  hardware  business  in  Preston,  Neb. ,  for  eighteen 
months,  and  later  had  charge  of  a  similar  busi- 
ness in  Roseland,  Neb.,  for  one  year. 

Determining  to  enter  the  medical  profession, 
he  entered  the  Northwestern  Medical  College  at 
St.  Joe,  Mo.,  and  there  he  remained  for  three 
years,  and  afterward  was  a  student  in  the  Central 
Medical  College  of  St.  Joe,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated March  4,  1894.  Coming  to  Colorado  at 
once  after  graduation,  he  was  employed  as  as- 
sistant in  the  Salida,  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad  Hospital  for  some  months,  and  later 
practiced  in  Shawnee,  Okla.  In  August,  1896, 
he  came  to  Buena  Vista,  and  here  he  has  prac- 
ticed his  profession,  in  partnership  with  Dr.  Sea- 
bury.  They  have  been  physicians  for  the  state 
reformatory  at  Buena  Vista  since  1896.  They 
are  physicians  for  the  Golf  Mining  and  Milling 
Company  and  BuenaVista  Smelting  and  Refining 
Company,  of  this  place,  and  have  been  retained 
as  local  surgeons  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande, 
Colorado  Midland  and  Colorado  &  Southern  Rail- 
roads. They  are  also  conducting  a  private  sani- 
tarium at  Buena  Vista. 


0AVID    C.    MARKER,     principal    member 
of  the   firm  of  Marker  &  Co.,  dealers  in 
hardware  and  furniture   at  Lamar,  Prowers 
County,   was  born   near  Winchester,  Va. ,  Sep- 
tember 30,    1857,  a  son  of  W.  F.   and  Margaret 
(Larrick)    Marker.     When   he  was  quite  small 
the  Civil  war  broke  in  its  storm  of  fury  upon  the 
country,  and  he  was  in  the   locality   where  the 


fight  raged  fiercest,  but  was  too  young  to  be 
deeply  impressed  by  the  stirring  events  of  the 
times.  At  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  went  to 
Illinois,  where  he  worked  his  way  through  the 
freshman  class  of  Carthage  College.  When  a  boy 
he  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  under  his  father, 
and  after  leaving  college  he  went  to  Blooming- 
ton,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade  during  1884  and 
1885.  In  1 886  he  went  to  Wellington,  Kan.,  and 
from  there  to  Jetmore,  that  state.  In  November 
of  the  same  year  he  came  to  Lamar,  where  he 
worked  at  his  trade,  having  the  contract  for  the 
schoolhouse,  courthouse,  and  others  among  the 
first  buildings  erected  in  the  town. 

In  1890  Mr.  Marker  bought  the  stock  of 
Rabb  furniture  store  and  later  put  in  a  stock  of 
hardware,  since  which  time  he  has  carried  on  a 
large  trade  extending  through  this  part  of  the 
county.  Besides  his  furniture  business  and  in 
connection  with  it,  he  carries  on  an  undertaking 
business.  The  building  in  which  he  conducts 
his  store  is  owned  by  him,  and  he  also  owns  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land,  a  part  of 
which  is  under  irrigation.  He  is  a  Democrat  in 
his  political  belief.  As  a  member  of  the  village 
council  he  voted  for  those  measures  calculated  to 
advance  the  development  of  the  village  and  en- 
hance the  prosperity  of  the  people.  Since  the 
organization  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church 
in  Lamar  he  has  been  treasurer  of  the  congre- 
gation. Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Lamar 
Lodge  No.  90,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

In  January,  1890,  Mr.  Marker  married  Miss 
Mary  Maxwell,  who  died  in  September,  1896, 
leaving  an  only  child,  William  W.,  born  in  De- 
cember, 1890.  The  second  marriage  of  Mr. 
Marker  was  solemnized  in  January,  1898,  and 
united  him  with  Flora  Maxwell,  sister  of  his  first 
wife,  and  a  lady  of  estimable  character  and  ami- 
able disposition. 

Gl  LONZO  WELTY,  proprietor  of  the  Windsor 
LJ  livery  at  Cripple  Creek,  was  born  in  Tus- 
/  I  cara was  County,  Ohio,  May  26,  1852.  His 
father,  Levi,  a  native  of  the  same  county,  re- 
moved from  there  in  1854  to  Mendota,  La  Salle 
County,  111.,  and  after  three  years  settled  in  As- 
sumption, the  same  state,  where  he  was  proprie- 
tor of  a  hotel  until  the  spring  of  1861.  He  then 
came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Buffalo  Flats, 
Summit  County,  afterward  removing  to  the 
American  Gulch,  in  the  same  county,  where  he 
engaged  in  mining.  During  the  winter  of  1861- 


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62  he  was  in  charge  of  his  stock  on  Adobe  Creek 
south  of  Canon  City.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he 
rented  what  was  known  as  the  Hardscrabble 
ranch  in  Fremont  County,  where  he  carried  on  a 
general  farm  business  during  the  summer.  Re- 
turning to  Summit  County  in  the  spring  of  1863, 
he  kept  a  boarding  house  and  also  engaged  in 
mining.  In  the  fall  he  went  to  Black  Hawk, 
later  settled  in  Denver,  where  he  continued  until 
the  fall  of  1865,  and  then  returned  to  Mendota, 
111. ,  in  order  that  his  children  might  have  needed 
educational  advantages.  In  the  spring  of  1866 
he  settled  on  a  ranch  in  El  Paso  County,  Colo., 
near  Monument,  where  he  engaged  in  ranching 
and  the  stock  business.  From  that  place,  in  the 
fall  of  1871,  he  removed  his  stock  to  Four  Mile 
Creek,  ten  miles  west  of  Cripple  Creek.  In  the 
spring  of  1872  our  subject  opened  a  road  to  Pis- 
gah  Park  (now  Cripple  Creek),  which  was  at 
that  time  an  excellent  summer  range  for  cattle. 
He  and  his  brother  George  built  the  first  house 
erected  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district,  and  here 
they  made  their  headquarters  during  the  summer 
months,  while  their  cattle  pastured  on  the  range. 
After  five  years  the  brothers  sold  their  ranch  to 
Bob  and  Will  Womack,  who  put  the  patents  on 
the  land  in  order  to  hold  it  for  their  cattle.  After 
the  property  was  sold  our  subject  returned  to  the 
ranch  near  Monument,  where  he  raised  stock, 
farmed  and  operated  a  sawmill.  This  property 
is  still  owned  by  his  father,  who  rents  it  and 
makes  his  home  in  Colorado  Springs.  He  is  now 
about  seventy-five  years  of  age.  In  politics  he 
was  formerly  a  Republican,  but  is  now  a  Prohibi- 
tionist. 

In  1882  a  division  of  property  was  made  by  the 
brothers,  Alonzo,  George  and  Frank  Welty,  who 
had  been  partners,  and  in  this  division  our  sub- 
ject was  given  two  ranches  near  Monument. 
Here  he  carried  on  a  stock  business  until  1890, 
when  he  sold  out  and  afterward  spent  a  few 
months  in  Pueblo.  January  12,  1892,  he  came 
to  Cripple  Creek  and  for  six  months  was  in  part- 
nership with  S.  P.  Faulkner,  his  brother-in-law, 
in  the  livery  business,  at  the  expiration  of  which 
time  he  purchased  a  barn,  and  eight  months  later 
bought  an  interest  in  a  livery  business  with  Mr. 
Williams.  Four  and  one-half  years  later  he  pur- 
chased his  partner's  interest,  and  has  since  man- 
aged the  business.  After  the  great  fire,  in  which 
he  was  burned  out,  he  built  a  substantial  brick 
barn,  and  now  has  one  of  the  leading  liveries 
here.  He  is  interested  in  several  mining  claims, 


the  Crescent,  Bonanza  Queen,  etc.,  owning  prob- 
ably three  or  four  hundred  thousand  shares  in 
different  mining  stocks  in  this  district.  Besides 
the  barn  which  he  manages,  he  owns  two  other 
barns  in  the  city  and  residence  property  also. 
July  20,  1881,  he  married  Miss  Luella  Bidle,  of 
Husted,  Colo.,  and  they  have  two  daughters, 
Minnie  and  Lucy.  Politically  he  is  a  silver  Re- 
publican. He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World,  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  Lodge  No.  101,  I.  O.  O.  F.  (the  first 
lodge  started  here)  and  Gold  Hill  Rebekah  Lodge 
No.  i. 

In  the  spring  of  1872,  when  our  subject  and 
his  brother  George  were  building  their  log  house 
(the  first  building  erected  here) ,  George  fell 
from  the  roof  with  a  bundle  of  shingles  and  was 
injured  by  the  fall.  Two  days  later  one  of  their 
hired  men  was  thrown  from  his  horse  and  his  leg 
was  broken.  For  this  reason  one  of  their  work- 
men, Billy  Gibbs,  suggested  calling  this  stream 
Cripple  Creek.  Thus  originated  the  name  by 
which  the  most  famous  mining  camp  in  the  world 
is  now  known. 

ELAYTON  J.  S.  HOOVER,  county  clerk  and 
recorder  of  Garfield  County,  was  born  in 
Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  June  2,  1853,  a  son 
of  John  S.  and  Fannie  (Stehman)  Hoover,  natives 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  descendants  of  early  set- 
tlers in  the  state.  Seven  generations,  of  the 
Hoover  family  have  lived  in  this  country,  and 
they  have  been  known  as  industrious,  long-lived 
and  energetic  people.  His  father,  who  was  a 
farmer  and  stock-raiser,  moved  from  Lancaster 
to  Cumberland  County  in  early  life  and  there  en- 
gaged in  farming.  Politically  he  voted  the  Re- 
publican ticket.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Lan- 
caster County,  Pa. ,  and  spent  his  life  mostly  upon 
a  farm  there.  Our  subject  was  one  of  two  chil- 
dren, but  his  brother  died  in  childhood.  He 
spent  his  boyhood  years  in  Cumberland  County 
and  was  educated  primarily  in  public  schools, 
after  which  he  attended  the  State  Normal  School 
at  Millersville,  one  of  the  oldest  educational  insti- 
tutions in  Pennsylvania.  In  1878  he  graduated 
from  the  law  department  of  the  University  of 
Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  and  during  the  same 
year  he  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  where  he  spent 
a  short  time,  thence  coming  west  to  Kansas  City. 
In  August,  1879,  Mr.  Hoover  settled  in  Den- 
ver, Colo.,  where,  during  the  greater  part  of  the 
ensuing  four  years,  he  was  connected  with  Hon. 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


G.  G.  Symes  and  Judge  W.  S.  Decker,  a  promi- 
nent law  firm  of  that  city.  During  the  summer 
months,  however,  he  was  interested  mainly  in 
mining  and  practicing  law  in  the  Gunnison  coun- 
try, where  he  built  up  a  large  practice  in  mining 
and  patent  law,  having  an  office  at  Scofield  and 
one  at  Crystal.  Finally  he  turned  his  entire  at- 
tention to  his  practice  in  that  district,  where  he 
remained  until  1893.  Nine  years  prior  to  this 
he  had  become  interested  in  Garfield  County  prop- 
erty, having  located  near  Rifle  a  large  ranch,  in 
which  he  is  still  interested.  When  he  first  came 
to  Garfield  County,  on  business  connected  with 
his  property  here,  the  county  had  only  been  re- 
cently organized,  and  Glen  wood  Springs  con- 
tained nothing  but  a  few  tents.  When  he  set- 
tled here  permanently,  in  1893,  many  improve- 
ments had  been  made,  and  both  the  city  and 
county  were  on  a  substantial  basis.  In  1897  ne 
was  elected  county  clerk  and  recorder,  which 
office  he  still  holds  and  in  which  he  has  rendered 
painstaking  and  efficient  service.  He  is  a  be- 
liever in  the  silver  cause,  and  affiliates  with  the 
silver  branch  of  the  Republican  party.  Socially 
he  is  a  popular  man,  genial  and  pleasant  in  his 
disposition,  accommodating  and  helpful  in  spirit, 
and  kind  to  those  in  need. 


W.  MILLER,  who  is  engaged  in 
rV  general  farming  atrd  the  stock  business  in 
lls  Conejos  County,  his  ranch  lying  on  the  road 
between  Sanford  and  Manassa,  was  born  in 
Tennessee  in  1864,  and  is  a  son  of  Philip  Miller, 
a  native  of  Germany  and  by  trade  a  tanner.  In 
1 884,  one  year  after  his  son  had  settled  in  Colo- 
rado, the  father  came  to  this  state  and  settled  on 
a  ranch  near  La  Jara,  where  he  is  still  residing. 

In  public  schools  in  Tennessee  our  subject  ob- 
tained a  fair  education.  In  1883  he  removed  to 
the  west,  establishing  his  home  in  Conejos 
County,  Colo.,  and 'embarking  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness. After  having  had  his  headquarters  on  dif- 
ferent ranches  for  some  time,  in  1894  he  purchased 
two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land,  two  and 
one-fourth  miles  north  of  Manassa,  and  there  he 
established  his  home.  Here  he  has  since  resided. 
On  his  place  he  has  large  herds  of  cattle  and 
horses.  He  is  somewhat  of  a  speculator,  not  only 
in  lands,  but  also  in  stock,  which  he  buys  and 
sells,  and  in  his  various  enterprises  he  has  been 
more  than  ordinarily  successful. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Miller  united  him  with 
Angie  H.  Evans,  a  native  of  Alabama.  Nine 


children  were  born  of  their  union.  The  eldest  of 
these,  William  A.,  was  born  October  4,  1883,  and 
died  January  18,  1884;  the  next  to  the  youngest, 
Albert  P.,  was  born  February  23,  1897,  and  died 
October  20  of  the  same  year.  The  children  now 
living  are:  Mary  E.,  John  Milton,  Gertie,  Wal- 
lace, Delia,  Nicholas  and  Asa.  The  family  are 
connected  with  the  Mormon  Church,  for  which 
Mr.  Miller  engaged  in  missionary  work  in  the 
south  in  1892-93.  Besides  his  ranching  interests, 
he  was  formerly  for  a  short  time  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Sanford  and  also  owned  a 
sawmill  in  the  mountains. 


r"RANCIS  E.  PREWITT,  M.  D.(  came  to 
rft  Silverton  in  June,  1895,  and  has  since  been 
I  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  this 
city.  In  1896  he  became  associated  with  Dr. 
Rader,  with  whom,  on  January  15  of  that  year, 
he  established  the  Silverton  hospital.  This  in- 
stitution, which  has  proved  a  most  helpful  one, 
was  established  not  only  for  the  purpose  of  giving 
proper  medical  attention  to  injured  miners,  but 
also  for  the  benefit  of  those  suffering  from  chronic 
ailments.  All  the  facilities  for  surgical  operations 
may  be  found  here,  and  in  fact,  the  hospital  is 
one  of  the  most  completely  equipped  of  any  in 
southwestern  Colorado. 

The  son  of  Francis  and  Mary  C.  (Tinsley) 
Prewitt,  of  Kentucky  and  Virginia  birth  re- 
spectively, the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Missouri,  March  26,  1868,  his  father  having  re- 
moved to  that  state  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  at  Louisville.  He  and  his  wife  died  in 
1876.  Of  their  five  children  all  but  one  are 
living.  Our  subject  was  a  mere  child  when  his 
parents  died,  and  he  was  then  taken  into  the 
home  of  his  uncle,  William  C.  Prewitt,  formerly 
of  Clarksville,  Mo.,  but  later  well  known  in 
Colorado  history,  being  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Durango,  and  the  builder  of  the  Inter- Ocean  hotel 
and  I  street  lodging  house,  both  of  which  were 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1890. 

After  spending  two  years  in  Bowling  Green 
College,  Mo.,  our  subject  entered  the  office  of 
the  Bowling  Green  Times,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years.  In  1883  he  settled  in  Farmington, 
N.  M.,  joining  an  older  brother,  Joseph,  there. 
After  eighteen  months  in  New  Mexico  he  re- 
turned to  Missouri,  and  entered  the  medical  de- 
partttfent  of -the  State  University  of  Missouri  at 
Columbia,  where  he  was  a  student  for  two  years. 
He  completed  bis  course  from  the  College  of 


PETER  STEIN. 


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Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  St.  Louis.  After 
graduating  he  came  at  once  to  Colorado  and 
practiced  with  Dr.  W.  R.  Winters,  of  Durango, 
with  whom  he  remained  for  a  year.  He  then 
located  at  Farmington,  N.  M.,  and  continued 
there  until  June,  1895,  when  he  removed  to  Sil- 
verton.  In  the  winter  of  1897-98  he  took  a  post- 
graduate course  at  Gross  Medical  College,  Den- 
ver. He  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  State 
Medical  Society  and  takes  an  interest  in  every 
movement  or  organization  connected  with  his 
profession. 

In  politics  a  Democrat,  Dr.  Prewitt  was  active 
in  local  affairs  while  residing  in  New  Mexico. 
In  January,  1898,  he  was  elected  county  physi- 
cian of  San  Juan  County,  which  position  he  now 
holds.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  of  which  lodge  he  has  been 
physician;  the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  U.  M. 
and  A.  O.  P.  At  Farmington,  N.  M.,  in  July, 
1896,  he  married  Anna  Arrington,  of  that  place, 
a  daughter  of  T.  J.  Arrington,  a  prominent 
stockman  and  contractor,  and  also  a  well-known 
figure  in  public  affairs. 


n\ETER  STEIN  is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  in 
yr  the  fertile  valley  near  Gypsum,  Eagle  Coun- 
|*i>  ty,  and  besides  owns  at  Eagle,  the  best 
equipped  blacksmith's  shop  and  wagon  works  in 
the  entire  county.  When  he  came  here  in  1886 
he  purchased  a  ranch  one  mile  from  Gypsum  and, 
in  connection  with  its  cultivation,  carried  on  the 
blacksmith's  trade  in  the  same  neighborhood. 
In  1897  he  built  a  substantial  blacksmith's  shop, 
and  has  since  carried  on  business  at  Eagle. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Stein  occurred  in  1856  near 
Bezirka,  Coblentz,  on  the  Rhine,  about  twenty- 
five  miles  from  the  famous  old  town  of  Bingen. 
He  is  a  son  of  John  Stein,  a  farmer  in  the  old 
country,  and  Marie  (Fey)  Stein,  who  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Schneppenbach.  The  family  of 
which  he  is  a  member  consists  of  five  sons  and 
one  daughter.  Jacob,  Joseph,  John  and  Henry 
live  at  the  old  home  place  in  Germany,  and 
Catherine  is  the  wife  of  Jacob  Getz,  who  lives  in 
the  same  neighborhood  as  her  brothers.  The 
only  one  who  came  to  America  was  the  subject 
of  this  sketch.  He  was  reared  on  the  home  farm 
and  educated  in  German  schools.  Following  the 
time-honored  German  custom,  he  began  to  learn 
a  trade  when  fourteen  years  of  age.  He  served 
an  apprenticeship  to  the  blacksmith's  trade  for 
three  years,  after  which  he  followed  the  trade  as 


a  journeyman  for  the  same  length  of  time.  He 
then  entered  the  regular  army,  and  for  three 
years  lived  the  life  of  a  German  soldier. 

Coming  to  America  in  1882,  Mr.  Stein  settled 
in  Breckenridge,  Summit  County,  Colo. ,  but  after 
one  year  removed  to  Alma,  this  state,  where  he 
opened  a  shop.  For  four  years  he  engaged  in 
business  there.  In  1886  he  settled  in  Eagle 
County,  where  he  has  since  resided.  Besides  his 
business  and  ranch  interests,  he  was  one  of  the 
promoters  of  the  Eagle  Valley  Creamery,  in 
which  for  some  time  he  owned  an  interest.  His 
political  views  bring  him  into  affiliation  with  the 
People's  party.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

In  1883  Mr.  Stein  married  Miss  Louisa  Barth, 
a  native  of  Krebsweiler,  Germany,  a  town  that  is 
situated  near  our  subject's  native  place.  They 
are  the  parents  of  five  children,  William,  Harman, 
Pauline,  Louisa  and  Minnie. 


Gl  LBERT  T.  MOSELEY  has  resided  upon  a 
LJ  ranch  in  the  southern  part  of  Lincoln  Coun- 
/  1  ty  since  1886,  and  has  carried  on  an  in- 
creasing and  profitable  business  as  a  dealer  in 
horses  and  cattle.  He  was  born  in  Jessamine 
County,  Ky.,  in  1852,  being  a  son  of  James  L. 
and  Elizabeth  (Rice)  Moseley,  also  natives  of 
Kentucky.  The  latter  was  a  daughter  of  David 
Rice,  who  married  Elizabeth  Lincoln,  a  first 
cousin  of  President  Abraham  Lincoln.  The 
Moseley  family  was  identified  with  the  early 
history  of  Virginia,  from  which  state  our  sub- 
ject's grandfather  removed  to  Kentucky  in  an 
early  day. 

The  entire  life  of  James  L.  Moseley  was  spent 
upon  a  farm  in  Kentucky,  and  there  he  died  at 
seventy  years  of  age.  Of  his  family  of  five  sons 
and  two  daughters,  David,  the  eldest,  was  a  mer- 
chant and  farmer  in  Missouri;  Joseph  is  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business  in  Kentucky;  Alonzo  car- 
ries on  an  insurance  business  in  Kentucky;  James 
is  engaged  in  farming  in  Missouri;  Annie  E.  is 
the  wife  of  J.  T.  Truman,  a  farmer  in  Kentucky; 
Maggie,  the  widow  of  Charles  Truman,  lives  in 
Kentucky.  Our  subject  was  educated  in  local 
schools  and  grew  to  manhood  upon  the  home 
farm.  In  1879  he  came  to  Colorado  and  em- 
barked in  the  stock  business,  in  which  he  has 
since  been  interested.  He  began  life  without 
any  capital  or  assistance,  and  what  he  has  ac- 
cumulated is  the  result  of  his  individual  efforts, 
hard  work  and  good  judgment.  He  is  an  in- 


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dustrious  and  intelligent  stockman,  belonging  to 
that  class  of  men  who  form  a  country's  best 
citizens. 

In  1889  Mr.  Moseley  married  Miss  Mary 
Thompson,  daughter  of  Israel  Thompson,  a 
farmer  of  Ohio,  where  she  was  born.  Politically 
a  Democrat,  Mr.  Moseley  has  been  active  in  local 
affairs  and  has  served  with  efficiency  as  justice  of 
the  peace. 

(I  OHN  H.  HUNT,  undertaker,  embalmer  and 
I  dealer  in  furniture  on  the  corner  of  Diamond 
G/  and  Fourth  streets,  Victor,  was  born  in 
Potosi,  Wis.,  October  21,  1851.  His  father, 
John,  was  born  and  reared  in  England,  and  there 
married  Mary  Ann  Pain,  who  was  also  a  native 
of  England.  All  of  his  children  were  born  in 
America.  For  years  he  engaged  in  the  mercan- 
tile business  in  Wisconsin,  and  in  1872  moved  to 
Burlingame,  Kan.,  where  he  died  in  1876;  his 
widow  now  resides  at  Colorado  City.  When 
thirteen  years  of  age  our  subject  began  to  assist 
his  father  in  business,  for  which  he  early  showed 
an  adaptability;  before  he  was  sixteen  he  was 
the  buyer  not  only  for  the  store  in  which  he  was 
employed,  but  for  the  others  in  the  town.  When 
twenty  years  of  age  he  married  and  moved  to 
Kansas,  hoping  there  to  get  a  start  for  himself. 
He  engaged  in  business  in  Burlingame,  where  he 
built  up  a  large  trade  and  continued  for  fourteen 
years,  taking  an  active  part  in  the  business  and 
political  life  of  the  town. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1886,  Mr.  Hunt  started 
in  business  at  Colorado  City,  where  he  remained 
until  May,  1894.  He  then  came  to  Victor  and 
was  among  the  first  to  start  in  business  here.  At 
that  time  the  town  was  new  and  contained  only 
a  few  houses.  He  built  a  place  on  South  Fourth 
street  and  began  in  business.  During  the  strike 
of  that  year  he  was  less  affected  than  some  and 
maintained  his  credit  unimpaired.  At  the  start 
he  secured  the  confidence  of  the  miners,  so  that 
he  did  a  good  business  from  the  first.  By  No- 
vember of  the  same  year  his  trade  had  increased 
to  such  a  degree  that  he  required  larger  quarters, 
and  he  built  the  frame  store  building  adjoining 
Grove  Brothers,  on  North  Fourth  street.  After 
a  year,  his  business  outgrowing  that  place,  he 
erected  a  two-story  building  on  the  only  two  full 
corner  lots  in  the  business  portion  of  the  city.  In 
the  corner  room  he  has  his  stock  of  furniture, 
while  the  undertaking  establishment  is  in  the 
store  adjoining.  The  latter  is  fully  equipped  for 


the  business,  with  several  cabinets  for  the  display 
of  caskets,  with  a  cooling  room  adjoining  and  a 
storage  room  in  the  rear.  His  long  experience 
in  the  business  and  the  care  he  gives  to  all  cases 
have  established  him  firmly  in  the  esteem  of  his 
fellow-citizens,  who  appreciate  his  thoughtful 
care  in  every  detail  regarding  the  preparation  of 
the  dead  for  burial.  Due  credit  should  be  given 
him  for  the  fact  that,  when  his  services  as  under- 
taker are  requested,  he  never  stops  to  inquire 
whether  the  deceased  were  wealthy  or  poor,  well 
known  or  friendless,  it  being  a  rule  with  him  that 
the  poor  and  friendless  shall  not  be  neglected  in 
the  last  rites.  In  his  furniture  establishment  he 
carries  a  large  stock  of  furniture,  and  also  has 
crockery,  tinware,  carpets,  liueoleum,  stoves, 
etc. ,  these  occupying  a  storeroom  that  is  not  only 
large  and  airy,  but  also  the  best-lighted  in  the 
city. 

Mr.  Hunt  has  done  considerable  to  advance  the 
mining  interests  of  this  district.  He  is  part  owner 
and  the  manager  of  the  Hallett  and  Hamburg  Gold 
Mining  Company.  Politically,  since  1892  he  has 
affiliated  with  the  People's  party.  As  far  as  his 
business  will  permit,  he  is  active  in  politics.  At 
the  first  regular  annual  election  he  was  chosen 
member  of  the  council  for  one  year,  and,  as  mayor 
pro  tern,  had  charge  of  most  of  the  business  of 
the  office  and  signed  the  greater  part  of  the  war- 
rants. Though  since  urged  to  accept  the  nomi- 
nation for  mayor  he  has  declined  to  do  so.  He 
is  a  member  of  Victor  Lodge  No.  99,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  Victor  Lodge  No.  26,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men,  and  Benevolent  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks.  September  12,  1872,  he 
married  Miss  A.  E.  Doll,  by  whom  he  had  ten 
children.  Of  these  four  are  living:  Carrie,  wife 
of  David  Heaton,  of  Goldfield;  Ogilvie  H.,  Burt 
and  Neva.  Myrtle,  who  married  C.  A.  Guern- 
sey, of  Colorado  City,  died  April  24,  1899. 


K)ELS  H.  SORENSEN,  who  owns  a  well- 
|  /  improved  farm  situated  one  and  one- half 
\lS  miles  southwest  of  Falcon,  El  Paso  County, 
was  born  in  Meldtbeck,  Denmark,  March  15, 
1864,  and  is  a  son  of  Hans  and  Carrie  Sorensen. 
Upon  the  farm  which  his  father  still  owns  and 
occupies  our  subject  passed  the  years  of  boyhood 
and  youth.  Until  fourteen  he  was  a  pupil  in  the 
local  schools.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  began 
to  serve  in  the  army  and  was  stationed  at  a  fort 
on  the  seashore,  but  after  a  year  of  service,  of 
which  he  had  become  exceedingly  weary,  he  re- 


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solved  to  come  to  America.  In  the  fall  of  1882 
he  took  passage  on  a  steamer  and  after  a  voyage 
of  twelve  days  landed  in  the  United  States.  The 
voyage  was  a  very  stormy  one,  and  at  times  all 
gave  themselves  up  for  lost. 

From  New  York  Mr.  Sorensen  went  to  Spring- 
field, Ohio,  where  he  worked  on  a  farm  for  a 
year.  In  the  spring  of  1884  he  came  to  Colorado, 
where  for  six  years  he  was  employed  in  the  South 
Park  Railroad  shops.  In  the  employ  of  the  same 
company  he  was  sent  to  Colorado  Springs,  where 
he  worked  for  four  years.  Thence  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  Falcon  to  attend  to  the  transfer  busi- 
ness, and  later  was  transferred  to  Pueblo  and 
worked  in  the  car  department  for  a  year.  While 
living  at  the  Springs  he  was  married,  December 
23,  1893,  to  Miss  Frances  Curran,  of  Falcon.  She 
was  born  in  Nicholas  County,  W.  Va.,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Michael  and  Mary  (Reynolds)  Curran,  and 
in  1888  accompanied  a  sister  to  Kansas,  coming  to 
Colorado  two  years  later. 

While  Mr.  Sorensen  was  employed  in  Pueblo, 
the  great  strike  of  1894  occurred,  and  he  was 
actively  engaged  in  it,  and  his  railroad  work  was 
abruptly  terminated.  He  went  to  Denver,  but  a 
few  months  later  moved  to  Falcon  and  bought 
his  present  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres, 
where  he  has  made  improvements  and  built  up  a 
valuable  estate.  In  politics  he  is  inclined  to  be 
independent.  In  1888  he  voted  for  Benjamin 
Harrison,  and  eightyears later,  believing  the  silver 
cause  should  be  supported,  he  voted  for  Bryan. 
He  and  his  wife  have  two  living  children.  Their 
daughter,  Flora  Hazel,  who  was  born  in  Denver, 
died  at  the  age  of  ten  months  and  is  buried  in  Ever- 
green cemetery,  Colorado  Springs.  The  surviv- 
ing children  are:  Cora  Agnes,  born  November  3, 
1895,  aud  Harry  Hubert,  February  20,  1898. 


0AVID  L.  MACAFFREE,  manager  of  the 
Colorado  Springs  Rapid  Transit  Company 
and  a  resident  of  this  city  since  1890,  is  a 
member  of  an  old  family  of  New  Jersey.  His 
father,  Capt.  David  L.  Macaffree,  who  was  born 
in  Red  Oak,  that  state,  went  to  sea  when  a  boy 
and  worked  his  way  up  until  he  was  made  cap- 
tain, being  for  thirty-three  years  master  of  a  ship. 
He  continued  in  this  capacity  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  his  home.  He  was  then  sixty- 
four  years  of  age,  and  his  son,  our  subject,  was  a 
child  of  eight  years. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Mary  Hopkins, 
who   was   born   in   Norwich,   Conn.,  and  was  a 


daughter  of  Hezekiah  Hopkins.  The  majority 
of  her  ancestors  were  seafaring  people,  although 
a  number  became  prominent  in  public  life.  One 
of  them,  Sylvanus  P.  Hopkins,  of  Rhode  Island, 
was  a  man  of  great  prominence  and  was  one  of 
the  signers  of  the  declaration  of  independence. 
Another  representative  of  the  family,  Stephen, 
was  the  first  governor  of  Rhode  Island,  to  which 
state,  and  to  Connecticut,  the  family  emigrated 
from  England.  Mrs.  Macaffree  died  in  Fall 
River,  Mass.  Of  her  family  of  three  sons  and 
six  daughters  one  son  and  three  daughters  are 
now  living,  our  subject  being  the  youngest  of  all. 
One  of  the  sons,  William  Edward,  died  in  Fall 
River  at  thirty-nine  years  of  age;  and  another, 
George  W.,  who  was  a  member  of  the  fire  de- 
partment in  Fall  River,  died  when  twenty  seven 
years  old. 

Born  in  Fall  River,  Mass.,  August  27,  1866, 
our  subject  received  his  education  in  the  gram- 
mar and  high  schools,  graduating  from  the  lat- 
ter. In  1886  he  became  connected  with  the 
SpragueStreet  Railway  and  Motor  Company,  and 
assisted  in  the  equipment  of  the  road  to  Salem, 
later  helping  to  equip  the  West  End  Street  Rail- 
way Company  in  Boston,  Mass.  He  was  then 
sent  to  Brockton,  Mass.,  to  complete  the  construc- 
tion of  a  road,  which  he  did  successfully,  although 
others  had  failed.  April  i,  1890,  the  Sprague 
Street  Railway  and  Motor  Company  sent  him  to 
Colorado  Springs  for  the  purpose  of  completing 
the  power  house.  This  he  did,  starting  the  cars 
July  3,  1890,  after  which  he  remained  for  two 
weeks  in  order  to  perfect  the  mechanism  and 
leave  the  cars  in  good  running  order.  From  this 
city  he  went  to  Denver.  In  the  meantime  the 
Sprague  Company  had  been  merged  into  the  Edi- 
son General  Electric  Company,  and  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  omce  of  the  latter  in  Denver.  Un- 
der the  instructions  of  this  company  he  rebuilt 
the  Mount  Clair  electric  line,  which  had  run 
down  and  was  in  poor  condition.  Later  he  was 
in  charge  of  construction  of  the  new  line  for  the 
West  End  Street  Railway  Company. 

In  April,  1891,  Mr.  Macaffree  went  to  Sher- 
man, Tex. ,  where  he  rebuilt  stations  and  put  cars 
in  shape.  After  three  weeks  there  he  returned 
to  Colorado  Springs  and  rebuilt  the  power  house 
of  the  rapid  transit  road.  Then  going  to  Butte, 
Mont.,  he  rebuilt  the  station  and  doubled  the  ca- 
pacity. His  next  contract  was  the  putting  in 
shape  of  the  equipment  of  the  Virginius  mine  for 
the  Carolina  Mining  Company.  Returning  to 


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Denver  he  equipped  twenty  cars  for  the  Denver 
Tramway  Company,  and  also  superintended  some 
of  the  station  work.  Again  coming  to  Colorado 
Springs  he  put  on  six  new  equipments  here.  He 
then  went  to  Denver  and  resigned  all  connection 
with  the  General  Electric  Company.  In  July, 
1892,  he  accepted  his  present  position  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  Colorado  Springs  Rapid  Transit 
Company.  Since  he  assumed  the  management 
he  has  built  a  double  track,  enlarged  the  route, 
and  now  has  a  fine  system  covering  twenty-three 
miles.  He  is  interested  in  introducing  the  Rocky 
Mountain  fender,  which  is  a  valuable  adjunct  to 
cars. 

Politically  Mr.  Macaffree  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Street  Railway  As- 
sociation, and  fraternally  is  connected  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His  mar- 
riage was  solemnized  in  Brockton,  Mass.,  and 
united  him  with  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Tyler 
Cobb,  a  druggist  and  large  real-estate  owner 
there.  They  have  one  son,  Hector  W. 


HOHN  W.  WALTERS,  M.  D.,  the  pioneer 
I  physician  of  Wetmore,  Custer  County,  has 
O  engaged  in  continuous  practice  for  more  than 
forty  years,  and  during  a  portion  of  the  time  he 
has  also  carried  on  a  drug  business.  His  life  has 
indeed  been  a  checkered  one.  Without  any 
assistance  whatever  he  has  battled  his  way 
through  poverty  and  ill  health,  and  has  gained 
both  a  competency  and  restored  health.  By  his 
own  efforts  he  obtained  the  education  that  was 
necessary  to  successfully  carry  on  his  chosen  pro- 
fession. During  his  long  residence  in  this  lo- 
cality he  has  become  endeared  to  the  people,  and 
all  speak  of  him  in  the  highest  terms,  not  only 
as  a  physician,  but  as  a  man  as  well.  The  varied 
experiences  he  has  had  have  tended  to  make 
him  liberal  in  his  views  and  he  treats  all  matters 
with  cool,  deliberate  judgment,  not  from  an 
emotional  or  sentimental  standpoint.  Modera- 
tion, liberality  and  a  broad  charity  are  his  princi- 
pal mental  and  moral  attributes. 

The  doctor's  father,  Mark  Walters,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Stafford  County,  Va. ,  and  when  sixteen 
years  of  age  began-  in  life  for  himself.  Going  to 
Kentucky,  he  engaged  in  farming 'and  raising  to- 
bacco. In  1838  he  moved  to  Missouri  by  wagon, 
crossing  the  Mississippi  at  Quincy.  He  became 
a  pioneer  of  what  is  now  Scotland  County.  Indi- 
ans were  still  numerous  and  all  the  surroundings 
were  those  of  primeval  nature.  He  entered  a 


tract  of  wild  land,  which  he  began  to  cultivate 
and  improve.  Upon  it  he  continued  to  make  his 
home,  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits,  until  his 
death.  He  was  twice  married.  By  his  first  wife, 
who  was  Melinda  Abbott,  of  Kentucky,  he  had 
three  daughters  and  a  son.  After  her  death  he 
married  Sarah  Yeager,  of  Jefferson  County,  Ky., 
and  they  had  one  child,  who  died  young. 

Born  in  Shelby  County,  Ky. ,  in  1827,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  article  was  eleven  years  of  age  when 
the  family  moved  to  Missouri,  and  his  education 
was  mainly  obtained  there.  From  an  early  age 
he  had  a  desire  to  become  a  physician.  As  soon 
as  the  way  opened  he  began  to  read  medicine, 
and  in  1858  commenced  to  practice.  At  the 
opening  of  the  war  he  was  appointed  assistant 
surgeon  in  Price's  regiment,  but  before  reaching 
his  command,  was  captured  and  taken  to  the 
Gratiot  street  prison  in  St.  Louis.  He  was  at 
once  assigned  to  duty  in  the  hospital,  where  he 
remained  from  September,  1862,  to  March,  1863. 
He  then  escaped  and  went  to  Appanoose  County, 
Iowa,  where  he  practiced  until  1867.  Later  he 
carried  on  practice  in  Kansas.  In  1869-70  he 
took  a  course  of  lectures  in  Scudder's  Eclectic 
School,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  in  1874-75 
attended  the  American  Medical  College  in  St. 
Louis.  In  1876  he  returned  to  the  American 
Medical  College,  but  having  a  hemorrhage  of  the 
lungs  there,  he  went  to  Texas,  hoping  the  change 
might  benefit  him.  However,  although  he  re- 
mained in  the  state  for  two  years,  he  did  not  re- 
cover his  health.  Finally  he  came  to  Colorado. 
After  investigating  different  localities  he  decided 
to  settle  in  Custer  County.  Wetmore  was  a  small 
place  and  the  county  sparsely  inhabited.  He 
opened  a  drug  store,  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted, in  connection  with  his  practice.  Realiz- 
ing the  need  of  exercise  in  the  open  air,  he  re- 
sorted to  outdoor  sports,  and  spent  many  hours 
and  days  in  hunting  and  fishing.  In  the  course 
of  a  few  months  after  his  arrival  he  noted  a 
change  for  the  better,  and  within  three  years  he 
had  overcome  the  tendency  to  consumption, 
which  had  been  so  marked. 

In  the  success  of  the  Democratic  party  Dr.  Wal- 
ters has  ever  been  interested.  He  has  served  as 
county  coroner  and  has  been  postmaster  during 
most  of  the  time  since  the  town  started.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  Petroleum  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Florence.  In  1848  he  mar- 
ried Rhoda  Ann,  daughter  of  Edwin  T.  Hick- 
mon,  a  pioneer  of  Missouri.  She  died  in  1872, 


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and  of  her  nine  children  only  four  are  living. 
The  second  son,  who  showed  decided  literary 
and  scientific  ability,  was  cut  down  in  the  prime 
of  his  young  manhood.  Edwin,  the  oldest 
son,  is  a  civil  engineer  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.; 
he  received  a  splendid  education  and  has  at- 
tained considerable  prominence  as  a  scientist  and 
scholar.  Among  the  many  important  positions  he 
has  held  are  those  of  assistant  geologist  of  Mis- 
souri and  scientific  editor  of  the  Kansas  City 
Journal.  The  third  son  is  Warren,  of  Florence. 
William,  the  youngest  son,  has  a  ranch  in  the 
mountains  and  considerable  interest  in  town  prop- 
erty, and  runs  three  teams  hauling  from  Wetmore 
to  Florence.  The  only  daughter  is  Mrs.  Minerva 
Raybell,  of  Eureka,  Kan.  The  second  wife  of 
Dr.  Walters,  whom  he  married  in  February,  1875, 
was  Margaret  A.,  daughter  of  Dr.  P.  T.  Mat- 
thews, of  Kansas.  One  son,  Frederick,  blesses 
their  union. 


(JOHN  E.  SMITH  is  one  of  the  influential  mine 
I  operators  of  the  Cripple  Creek  district  and  re- 
O  sides  in  Anaconda.  No  one  has  done  more 
than  he  to  develop  the  mining  interests  of  the 
district,  and  he  also  has  important  interests  in 
other  parts  of  the  state.  He  is  now  operating 
the  Ida  B.,  Jennie  Sample,  Haboe  and  Rosamond 
mines,  which  are  good  producers.  Besides  his 
mining  properties  he  is  the  owner  of  the  Palace 
block  and  has  a  large  interest  in  the  Masonic 
block  in  Cripple  Creek. 

March  15,  1854,  Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  Logan 
County,  Ky.,  and  there  his  early  life  was  spent 
on  a  farm.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  started 
out  for  himself  and  drifted  through  the  south, 
working  at  any  occupation  that  offered  a  liveli- 
hood. He  finally  became  a  cowboy  near  Waco, 
Tex.,  where  he  remained  for  three  years.  Next 
he  spent  a  short  time  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.  In 
the  fall  of  1876  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  five 
months  worked  on  a  ranch  near  Pueblo.  His 
next  location  was  in  Georgetown,  Colo.,  where 
he  engaged  in  mining  for  a  year.  In  the  spring 
of  1878  he  was  among  the  first  at  Leadville, 
where  he  continued  as  a  miner  until  1882.  In 
all  his  transactions  he  has  been  strictly  honest 
and  has  observed  the  teaching  of  the  Golden  Rule. 
When  he  was  a  poor  man,  in  Leadville,  he  was 
once  offered  $25,000  if  he  would  "  salt"  a  mine, 
but  indignantly  spurned  the  proposal,  preferring 
to  remain  poor  in  he  could  not  obtain  riches  hon- 
estly. 


In  1882  Mr.  Smith  went  to  Independence, 
Colo.,  where  he  prospected  and  mined.  He  was 
at  Aspen,  Silver  Cliff  and  Red  Cliff  at  the  time  of 
the  "booms"  in  these  various  camps.  Both  in 
Leadville  and  in  Aspen  he  met  with  success.  In 
1890  he  removed  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he 
opened  the  Cryolite  mines,  remaining  there  for  a 
year  or  more.  In  the  spring  of  1892  he  came  to 
the  Cripple  Creek  district,  where  he  has  since 
made  his  home.  For  about  sixty  days  he  pros- 
pected the  camp  as  a  professional  prospector. 
He  then  bought  the  Moose  mine  for  $i  ,000.  This 
he  developed  and  a  year  later  sold  for  $80,000. 
Since  that  time  he  has  probably  spent  more  money 
in  developing  mines  than  any  other  man  in  the 
district.  Some  of  the  mines  that  he  owns  have 
proved  unprofitable,  but  on  the  other  hand  some 
have  brought  him  large  returns.  During  the 
first  year  of  his  residence  in  the  district  he  made 
his  home  in  Eclipse,  since  which  time  he  has  re- 
sided in  Anaconda.  He  is  a  self-made  man.  The 
success  that  he  has  gained  is  due  to  his  persever- 
ance. No  matter  how  adverse  his  ' '  luck ' '  he 
never  gave  up,  but  worked  with  a  persistence  that 
justly  earned  him  his  present  prosperity.  In  the 
midst  of  his  success  he  has  been  very  generous. 
Many  a  poor  miner  owes  his  start  to  him.  More 
than  one  discouraged  man  has  been  helped  by 
him  to  a  position  where  he  might  earn  a  liveli- 
hood. He  is  well  known  as  a  friend  to  the  labor- 
ing man.  The  fact  that  for  years  he  worked  pa- 
tiently, persistently  and  yet  unsuccessfully  makes 
him  sympathetic  with  those  who  have  met  with 
discouragements.  His  character  is  one  that  com- 
mands respect  and  wins  admiration.  He  has 
never  taken  an  active  part  in  politics  and  has  not 
identified  himself  with  any  political  party.  In 
addition  to  his  mining  interests  he  owns  a  large 
drug  store  in  Durango,  Colo.,  and  gives  some 
attention  to  this  business,  in  which  he  actively 
engaged  when  a  young  man. 

In  June,  1893,  he  married  Miss  Jettie  Finn,  ol 
Colorado  City.  They  have  one  daughter,  Elsie 
Alice. 


r~  RANCIS  I.  MESTON.    Born  in  Boston,  Oc- 
rrf  tober  26,  1864.     Birthplace  adjoining  Hollis 
|       street  Church,  the  pulpit  of  Rev.  Starr  King 
and  other  noted  divines.     Paternal  ancestry  from 
Scotland,  the  Mestons  of  Midmar  and  Aberdeen- 
shire.     Descended  on  his  mother's  side  from  Rev. 
John    Robinson,  the  pastor  of  the   Pilgrims  at 
Leyden.     Lineage  on  this  side  from  theEmmons, 


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Wendell  and  Bulfinch  families,  the  strain  of 
Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  Wendell  Phillips  and 
Charles  Wendell  Bulfinch,  the  designer  of  the 
capitol  at  Washington. 

Graduated  from  D wight  School  in  Boston, 
valedictorian  of  class.  Completed  education  in 
English  High  School,  Boston.  In  1881  em- 
ployed in  banking-house  of  George  William 
Ballou  &  Co.  January  i,  1883,  became  trust 
clerk  of  American  Loan  &  Trust  Company,  Bos- 
ton. Resigned  in  May,  1885,  and  embarked  in 
investment  business  on  his  own  account.  Officer 
and  director  in  several  corporations  engaged  in 
western  enterprises.  Moved  to  Pueblo,  Colo., 
in  1891,  still  maintaining  an  office  in  Boston. 

Promoted  numerous  enterprises  leading  to  con- 
struction of  Mechanics'  building,  Meston-Olmes 
building,  Pueblo  Dry  Goods  building,  Whitcomb 
building,  Pope  building,  King  warehouse,  Gray 
warehouse,  Ye  Market  Place,  Club  building 
for  R.  W.  &  A.  C.  Silver  Grill  Navajo  Sani- 
tarium, etc.,  etc.  Organized  the  Citizens'  Com- 
mittee and  its  president,  as  well  as  president 
chamber  of  commerce.  Unified  the  electrical 
interests  of  Pueblo;  launched  the  Park  and  Im- 
provement Society;  secured  site  for  city  park; 
built  residence  in  1893;  advocate  of  street  paving, 
and  pressed  it  into  consideration;  organized  Cal- 
edonia Land  Company,  and  started  erection  unique 
and  modern  dwellings  in  north  section  of  city  to 
develop  Dundee  addition  of  over  four  hundred 
lots;  advocate  united  water-system,  gravity-sup- 
ply and  clear  and  pure  water.  Candidate  for  lieu- 
tenant-governor Colorado  1894.  Married  in  1888 
by  Rev.  Phillips  Brooks,  D.  D.,  to  Alice  B.  Dean; 
has  had  six  children,  three  girls  and  a  boy  now 
living. 

Member  of  Silver  State  Lodge  No.  95,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.;  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men; Woodmen  of  the  World;  Minuequa  Tribe 
No.  17,  I.  O.  R.  M.  Member  Minnequa  Club, 
Rover  Wheel  and  Athletic  Club  and  other  organ- 
izations. 

GlNTON  MEHRLICH,  a  worthy  German- 
LJ  American  citizen  of  Cripple  Creek,  occupied 
I  I  the  position  of  register  of  the  United  States 
land  office  at  Central  City  from  1890  to  1894.  He 
was  appointed  to  the  post  by  President  Harrison 
and  served  to  the  satisfaction  of  everyone  con- 
cerned until  President  Cleveland  in  1894  consoli- 
dated the  office  with  the  one  at  Denver.  He  has 
always  taken  great  interest  in  the  proper  educa- 


tion of  the  young  and  for  one  term  served  as  sec- 
retary of  the  school  board  at  Black  Hawk,  Gilpin 
County.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  In  1881 
he  joined  the  Knights  of  Pythias  of  Black  Hawk 
and  afterward  passed  the  chairs  in  Black  Hawk 
Lodge  No.  4,  being  master  of  finance  at  the  time 
of  his  removal  from  the  town.  On  six  occasions 
he  represented  the  lodge  in  the  grand  lodge  of  the 
state.  He  became  identified  with  the  Masonic 
Order  here  and  served  as  senior  deacon  of  Black 
Hawk  Lodge  No.  n,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  When  in 
Central  City  he  was  several  times  made  president 
of  the  Rocky  Mountain  Turn  Verein. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Mehrlich  took  place  in  Bava- 
ria, Germany,  June  4,  1854.  His  father,  John 
Mehrlich,  who  was  a  native  of  the  same  locality 
as  himself,  held  a  government  position  as  chief 
forester  for  fourteen  years,  his  death  putting  an 
end  to  his  service.  His  widow  is  still  living  on 
the  old  homestead.  ShewasGenevieveBachman, 
daughter  of  John  Bachman,  a  farmer,  and  was 
born  in  the  town  where  our  subject's  birth  oc- 
curred. Besides  this  son,  she  had  but  one  other, 
Philip,  who  is  now  a  professor  in  a  school  in  Ger- 
many. 

When  he  was  five  years  of  age  our  subject  was 
taken  by  his  parents  to  the  town  where  his  father 
acted  as  chief  forester.  When  he  had  reached  a 
suitable  age  he  became  a  student  in  the  gymna- 
sium and  at  seventeen  he  graduated  from  a  col- 
lege. He  then  took  upYorestry,  and  for  a  year  and 
a-half  was  instructed  by  his  father.  In  December 
1 872,  he  sailed  from  Belgium  for  the  United  States. 
After  the  ship  had  been  on  the  ocean  for  a  few 
days,  it  sprung  a  leak,  and  caused  considerable 
anxiety  on  the  part  of  the  passengers,  who  were 
finally  transferred  to  another  ship  at  Queenstown. 
After  arriving  at  the  ship's  destination,  Halifax, 
our  subject  proceeded  to  Huron  County,  Mich., 
and  secured  employment  as  clerk  in  the  general 
store  owned  by  J.  C.  Likin  &  Co.  Subsequently 
he  was  for  two  years  a  clerk  in  the  drug  store  of 
John  Mullerweiss.  He  was  quick  to  learn  and 
readily  won  the  good  opinion  of  all  with  whom 
he  had  business  dealings. 

Twenty-one  years  ago  Mr.  Mehrlich  came  to 
Colorado.  Fora  few  months  he  was  at  Animas 
Forks,  San  Juan  County,  after  which  he  held  a 
position  as  clerk  in  the  Pennsylvania  house,  ot 
Denver,  for  three  years.  For  some  six  months 
he  was  employed  by  the  firm  of  Conrad  &  Co. ,  of 
Leadville,  and  in  1880  came  to  Black  Hawk.  For 
nine  years  he  was  manager  of  a  liquor  store.  In 


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1890  he  was  appointed  register  of  the  United 
States  land  office  at  Central  City,  and  upon  re- 
tiring from  the  office,  in  1894,  he  purchased  the 
drug  store  formerly  owned  by  J.  H.  Reid.  In  the 
spring  of  1898  he  disposed  of  the  business  to  S.  V. 
Newell,  and  later  in  the  same  year  he  removed  to 
Cripple  Creek. 

While  in  Denver,  Mr.  Mehrlich  married  Miss 
Antoinette  Wise,  a  native  of  Hanover,  Germany. 
Their  two  children  are:  Harry  C.,  who  is  the  pres- 
ent manager  of  the  Black  Hawk  Pharmacy ;  and 
Helen  A.,  wife  of  Charles  Stout,  also  of  Black 
Hawk. 

|~~DWARD  H.  TAYLOR.  There  is  in  the 
1^  business  world  only  one  class  of  men  who 
I  can  successfully  overcome  the  many  hard- 
ships to  be  met,  and  that  is  the  man  of  intelli- 
gence, possessing  energy,  perseverance  and  in- 
dustry. To  this  class  belongs  Mr.  Taylor,  who  is 
engaged  in  the  building  business  in  Ouray.  Com- 
ing to  this  city  in  1886,  he  afterward  had  the  con- 
tract for  the  building  of  the  Beaumont  hotel  and 
for  many  of  the  business  buildings  and  private 
residences  of  the  place,  his  business  in  this  line 
exceeding  that  of  any  other  contractor. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Taylor  occurred  in  Wisconsin 
in  1852,  his  parents  being  Edward  G.  and  Han- 
nah M.  (Evans)  Taylor.  His  father,  who  was  a 
native  of  England,  settled  in  Wisconsin  in  1836 
with  two  brothers  and  there  engaged  in  carpen- 
tering. He  now  makes  his  home  in  Milwaukee, 
where  he  owns  considerable  real  estate. 

After  completing  his  education  in  the  Milwau- 
kee schools,  our  subject  engaged  in  teaching: 
He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade  with  his  father 
and  uncles,  and  for  several  years  followed  that 
occupation  in  Milwaukee.  In  1879  he  accompa- 
nied a  Chicago  contractor  to  Colorado,  where  his 
first  work  was  on  the  Windsor  hotel,  in  Denver. 
When  the  town  of  Gunnison  had  just  been 
started,  in  1880,  he  went  there,  and  soon  had  a 
large  business  in  his  chosen  line,  furnishing  em- 
ployment to  many  assistants  and  during  the  boom 
building  an  average  of  one  house  a  day.  He  built 
over  two  hundred  houses  in  and  around  Gunni- 
son. Leaving  that  place  in  1883,  he  moved  to 
Grand  Junction,  then  a  new  town,  where  he  built 
many  of  the  first  houses  in  the  town.  After  a 
trip  east  in  1884,  he  settled  at  Juanita,  Hot 
Springs,  where  he  built  a  bath  house  and  hotel. 
The  following  year  he  went  to  Dallas,  Ouray 
County,  where  he  had  charge  of  practically  the 


entire  building  of  the  town.  Two  years  were 
spent  in  that  place,  and  in  1886  he  came  to  Ouray. 
In  addition  to  contracting  and  building  he  has 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  at  Gunnison  and 
Ouray,  and  opened  two  sawmills  in  Gunuison 
County.  He  has  also  been  interested  in  mining. 
Upon  the  Democratic  ticket  Mr.  Taylor  was 
chosen  to  serve  as  mayor  of  Ouray  in  1896  and 
1897.  During  his  term  of  office  he  devoted  con- 
siderable attention  to  the  improvement  of  the  cem- 
etery, upon  which  he  expended  considerable 
money  and  then  turned  the  property  over  to  the 
town.  He  was  also  active  in  remodeling  the 
present  water  system,  and  in  educational  matters, 
too,  took  a  warm  interest.  As  mayor,  he  proved 
himself  to  be  a  man  of  public  spirit,  ever  ready  to 
help  the  people,  and  thoroughly  in  sympathy 
with  progressive  plans.  In  1882  he  married  Miss 
Eva  Furman,  of  Gunnison.  He  is  identified  with 
the  Maccabees,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men and  fraternal  and  labor  unions. 


HANS  JOHANNSEN  came  from  Germany 
to  the  United  States  in  1867,  hoping  that 
this  country  might  offer  him  better  advan- 
tages than  were  possible  in  his  native  land.  In 
this  hope  he  has  not  been  disappointed.  He  is 
now  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  Conejos 
County,  where  he  owns  a  large  grain  and  stock 
ranch  on  the  Rio  Grande  River.  His  specialty 
has  been  the  raising  of  cattle,  and  in  this  de- 
partment of  agriculture  he  has  been  quite  success- 
ful. Altogether,  he  owns  fourteen  hundred  and 
eighty  acres  on  the  river  bottom,  where  he  has 
made  his  home  since  1877.  In  1890  he  erected 
one  of  the  finest  brick  houses  in  the  valley,  and 
in  it  he  has  since  resided.  He  is  also  the  owner 
of  real  estate  in  Alamosa.  In  the  organization  of 
the  Centennial  Ditch  Company  he  was  a  promi- 
nent factor,  and  he  has  since  held  the  office  of 
president  of  the  company. 

Our  subject  is  a  son  of  Hans  G.  and  Catharine 
(Buttenshon)  Johannsen,  natives  of  Germany. 
In  Holstein,  where  he  was  born  in  October,  1846, 
he  received  a  common-school  education.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  began  an  apprenticeship  to  the 
carpenter's  trade,  at  which  he  served  for  four 
years.  When  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  crossed 
the  ocean  to  America,  landing  in  New  York  City, 
where  he  followed  his  trade  for  two  years.  In 
1869  he  went  west  as  far  as  Omaha,  Neb.,  and 
there  was  employed  as  a  carpenter  until  1870. 
During  the  latter  year  he  came  to  Denver,  Colo. , 


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where  he  engaged  in  contracting  and  building, 
remaining  in  or  near  that  city  until  he  came  to 
the  San  Luis  Valley  in  1877. 

Here  Mr.  Johannsen  bought  a  tract  of  land  and 
later  took  up  additional  land,  upon  which  he  has 
carried  on  an  extensive  business  as  a  stockman, 
raising  a  sufficient  amount  of  hay  to  feed  his 
cattle.  He  has  worked  industriously  and  with 
satisfactory  results,  for  he  is  now  one  of  the 
successful  farmers  and  stockmen  of  the  county, 
and  by  the  various  improvements  made,  his  place 
has  become  valuable.  He  has  never  connected 
himself  with  any  political  organization,  but  has 
been  independent,  casting  his  vote  for  the  best 
man,  irrespective  of  party.  In  all  local  affairs, 
especially  such  as  pertain  to  stock  interests,  he 
is  deeply  interested,  and  as  a  citizen,  he  has 
proved  himself  to  be  loyal  to  his  adopted  country 
and  devoted  to  the  welfare  of  his  immediate 
locality. 

B.  MANDEVILLE,  D.  D.  S., 
Monte  Vista,  Rio  Grande  County,  was 
born  in  Austin,  Minn.,  January  n,  1868, 
a  son  of  William  T.  and  Mary  A.  (Davidson) 
Mandeville,  natives  respectively  of  New  York 
and  Illinois.  He  received  a  high  school  educa- 
tion in  Austin,  Minn.,  after  which  he  attended 
Carleton  College  at  Northfield,  and  in  this  way 
acquired  a  broad  and  thorough  education,  which 
fitted  him  for  the  responsibilities  of  life.  In  1887 
he  entered  the  dental  department  of  the  State 
University  of  Iowa  at  Iowa  City,  where  he  took 
the  complete  course  of  study  and  graduated  in 
1890  with  the  degree  of  D.  D.  S. 

The  practice  of  his  profession  Dr.  Mandeville 
commenced  in  Waverly,  Iowa,  but  he  remained 
there  for  a  few  months  only.  In  September, 
1890,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Monte 
Vista,  where  he  soon  became  known  as  an  ener- 
getic and  capable  young  professional  man.  He 
is  widely  known  throughout  Rio  Grande  County 
and  has  acquired  a  reputation  for  skill  and  effi- 
ciency. In  1896  he  built  an  office  building  of 
four  rooms  in  Monte  Vista,  and  this  he  has  since 
occupied.  He  is  the  only  dentist  in  the  village, 
and  has  been  so  successful  since  coming  here  that 
he  has  gained  a  merited  reputation  for  skill.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  State  Dental  Society. 

All  plans  looking  toward  the  development  of 
local  resources  receive  Dr.  Mandeville's  sympa- 
thy and  aid.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and 
fraternally  is  connected  with  Solon  Lodge  No. 


46,  K.  P.,  at  Monte  Vista,  of  which  he  is  past 
chancellor.  January  3,  1893,  he  married  Lida 
C.  Carton,  daughter  of  John  A.  Carton,  of  Ack- 
ley,  Iowa.  They  have  two  children:  William 
A.  and  Adella. 


OHARLES  H.  ROWLEY,  proprietor  of  the 
I  (  O.K.  livery  stables  at  Ouray,  embarked  in 
U  this  business  in  1895,  at  which  time  he 
opened  his  present  barns  on  Main  street.  Since 
then  he  has  established  an  increasing  and  profita- 
ble trade  in  livery,  besides  which  he  is  engaged 
in  freighting  and  packing.  He  is  the  owner  of 
considerable  real  estate,  as  well  as  a  number  of 
mining  prospects.  In  local  affairs  he  maintains 
an  interest,  and  when  representing  his  ward  in 
the  city  council,  has  given  his  support  to  all 
measures  for  the  benefit  of  the  place.  In  national 
issues  he  supports  Populist  candidates  and  prin- 
ciples. 

Born  in  St.  Joseph  County,  Mich.,  in  1855, 
our  subject  is  a  son  of  Austin  S.  and  Eleanor 
(Wade)  Rowley,  natives  respectively  of  New 
York  state  and  England.  His  father,  who  was  a 
farmer  and  stock-raiser,  removed  from  the  east  to 
Michigan  about  1830  and  settled  in  the  wilds  of 
St.  Joseph  County,  where  from  an  unimproved 
waste  of  land  he  evolved  a  finely  improved  farm. 
The  remainder  of  his  life  was  spent  on  his  home 
place,  where  he  died  at  seventy-four  years.  His 
wife  also  died  in  that  county.  They  were  the 
parents  of  eight  children,  of  whom  our  subject 
was  fifth  in  order  of  birth.  He  was  reared  in  his 
native  county,  where  his  summers  were  devoted 
•to  farm  work,  and  the  winter  months  to  attend- 
ance at  school.  In  1875  he  came  west  as  far  as 
Kansas,  settling  near  Kinsley,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming  for  four  years.  Afterward  he  was  em- 
ployed as  salesman  for  L.  Cahill  &  Co. ,  manu- 
facturers of  machines,  a  well-known  firm  of  Kal- 
amazoo,  Mich.  He  traveled  on  the  road  as  com- 
mercial representative  until  his  removal  to  Colo- 
rado in  1887. 

Coming  at  once  to  Ouray,  Mr.  Rowley  accepted 
a  position  as  foreman  for  John  Ashenfelter  in  the 
transportation  business.  Later  he  was  interested 
in  the  concentrating  of  milling  ore,  and  engaged 
in  that  business  until  1895,  when  he  opened  his 
livery  barn.  A  man  of  good  business  ability,  he 
has  secured  a  fair  degree  of  success,  although  he 
started  for  himself  without  capital.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Fraternal  Union  of  America,  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World,  and  the  Ancient  Order  of 


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United  Workmen.  In  1883  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Kate  Ashenfelter,  a  sister  of  John 
Ashenfelter,  of  this  city.  One  child  blesses  their 
union,  a  daughter,  Bessie. 


HORACE  RAYMOND  CARPENTER,  who 
came  to  Victor  in  the  spring  of  1895,  nas 
since  engaged  in  civil  engineering,  mining 
and  the  real-estate  business,  and  has  been  con- 
nected with  several  companies  in  the  develop- 
ment of  mines.  At  this  writing  he  holds  the  po- 
sition of  chief  engineer  of  the  Canon  City  and 
Cripple  Creek  electric  road,  and  is  also  employed 
as  chief  engineer  of  the  Proctor  electric  road  be- 
tween the  same  points.  Both  in  the  building  of 
residences  and  business  houses  he  has  been  iden- 
tified with  the  improvement  of  Victor  and  has 
contributed  to  its  growth.  In  the  spring  of  1898 
he  was  elected  on  the  Democratic  ticket  alder- 
man from  the  second  ward,  and  has  since  ren- 
dered efficient  service  in  behalf  of  the  city's  in- 
terests. 

Of  English  descent,  Mr.  Carpenter  was  born 
in  Chen ango  County,  N.  Y.,  a  son  of  Daniel  A. 
and  Sarah  (Williams)  Carpenter,  of  New  York 
and  Connecticut  respectively.  His  father,  who 
was  a  merchant,  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Republican  party,  and  during  the  war  served  as 
county  sheriff,  but  never  consented  to  accept  any 
other  office.  Of  his  five  children  two  daughters 
are  deceased.  The  three  sons  are:  Daniel  A.,  an 
attorney  on  Wall  street,  New  York;  Horace  R. ; 
and  Samuel  Frank,  business  manager  of  a  daily 
paper  at  Carbondale,  Pa.  Our  subject  was  edu- 
cated primarily  in  an  academy  at  Afton,  N.  Y., 
and  Wyoming  Seminary  at  Kingston,  Pa.,  grad- 
uating from  the  latter  in  1879.  The  next  year 
he  graduated  from  Williston  Seminary  at  East- 
hampton,  Mass.  In  1883  he  graduated  in  the 
scientific  course  from  Yale  College  at  New  Ha- 
ven, Conn. 

Coming  west  in  the  summer  of  1883,  Mr.  Car- 
penter was  with  the  Union  Pacific  engineering 
corps  until  1890,  engaged  in  construction  work. 
In  the  latter  year  he  went  to  Tacoma,  Wash., 
where  he  was  engaged  with  the  company  in 
dredging  and  piling.  In  November,  1890,  he 
became  locating  engineer  for  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad  Company.  While  with  that 
company,  in  the  fall  of  1891,  he  was  appointed 
one  of  the  three  engineers  selected  by  the  con- 
tractors and  the  officials  of  the  Rio  Grande  South- 
ern to  settle  the  differences  between  the  two  par- 


ties. The  three  engineers  made  an  entirely  new 
estimate,  and  their  decision  settled  the  suit  of 
$175,000,  which  had  been  started  by  the  con- 
tractors. He  remained  with  the  Rio  Grande 
until  the  fall  of  1893.  Meantime  he  located  and 
built  the  Crested  Butte  branch  into  the  coal  fields 
of  Gunnison  County.  In  the  summer  of  1892  he 
located  the  Rio  Grande  Southern  claim  through 
the  cliff  dwellers'  country,  and  through  the  San 
Juan  Valley  into  Arizona.  In  the  spring  of  1894 
he  assisted  in  locating  and  building  the  Florence 
&  Cripple  Creek  Railroad.  Having  acquired 
property  in  Victor,  he  came  to  this  place  in  the 
spring  of  1895,  and  has  since  engaged  in  making 
engineering  reports  and  doing  general  engineer- 
ing work.  A  Mason  in  fraternal  relations,  he  is 
connected  with  Oriental  Lodge  No.  87,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  of  Denver,  and  Denver  Chapter  No.  2, 
R.  A.  M.  September  14,  1898,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Sarah  Alliene  Mercer,  formerly  of 
Chicago,  but  more  recently  a  teacher  in  this  dis- 
trict. 


QAMES  MC  NEEN,  proprietor  and  owner  of 
I  the  leading  lumber  yard  of  La  Junta,  also  a 
(*/  dealer  in  paints,  glass  and  all  building 
material,  was  born  in  Oshkosh,  Wis.,  November 
29,  1851 .  He  was  reared  on  a  farm  near  Oshkosh 
and  received  his  education  in  public  schools.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  he  left  home  and  went  to 
Yankton,  S.  Dak.,  and  there  he  remained  for 
eighteen  months.  He  then  removed  to  Nebraska 
and  for  five  years  cultivated  a  rented  farm,  meet- 
ing with  only  fair  success  in  the  undertaking. 

In  1875  Mr.  McNeen  started  for  the  Black 
Hills,  but  stopped  for  a  time  at  the  Cheyenne 
Agency,  and  did  not  reach  the  Black  Hills  until 
the  following  year.  There  he  secured  employ- 
ment in  a  sawmill  near  Dead  wood,  where  he 
remained  for  two  and  one-half  years.  With  a 
desire  to  see  something  of  the  west  he  came  to 
Colorado,  and  was  so  pleased  with  business  pros- 
pects here  that  he  decided  to  remain.  Locating 
in  Pueblo,  he  was  given  charge  of  large  sawmills 
'in  that  locality  and  continued  in  the  sawmilling 
business  until  1884. 

Coming  to  La  Junta  at  that  time  Mr.  McNeen 
started  a  lumber  yard  on  a  small  scale,  but  by 
degrees  he  enlarged  the  business,  which  has  now 
assumed  large  proportions,  and  is  the  leading 
industry  of  its  kind  for  miles  around.  In  1892 
he  built  the  largest  brickyard  in  the  Arkansas 
Valley,  east  of  Pueblo,  Here  he  has  large  kilns, 


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which  have  a  capacity  for  about  five  millions  per 
annum.  With  his  wife,  formerly  Mary  J.  Pheas- 
ant, of  Beatrice,  and  their  children,  Helen  A.  and 
Gertrude,  Mr.  McNeen  has  established  a  pleas- 
ant home  in  La  Junta. 

Until  the  campaign  of  1896  Mr.  McNeen  was 
identified  with  the  Republican  party,  but  he  is 
now  affiliated  with  the  silver  branch  of  the  old 
party,  and  in  1898  was  a  delegate  to  its  state  con- 
vention. When  Otero  County  was  organized  and 
its  first  officers  appointed,  he  was  chosen  one  of 
the  county  commissioners  in  1889,  and  at  other 
times  was  chosen  to  fill  different  positions  of 
trust,  but  of  recent  years  has  declined  office,  pre- 
ferring to  give  his  time  wholly  to  business  affairs. 
He  is  a  member  of  Euclid  Lodge  No.  64,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  of  La  Junta.  In  the  organization  of  the 
Otero  County  Building  and  Loan  Association,  in 
this  place,  he  took  a  part,  and  he  has  aided  other 
local  enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  the  town. 
With  his  wife,  he  holds  membership  in  the  Baptist 
Church,  of  which  he  is  a  trustee. 


[""RANK  E.  SHERIDAN,  one  of  the  most 

r^  influential  residents  of  Rio  Blanco  County, 
|  *  is  its  present  representative  in  the  state  legis- 
lature, where  his  recognized  ability  has  won  for 
him  considerable  prominence.  For  the  past  few 
years  much  of  his  time  has  been  given  to  his 
legislative  labors,  but  he  still  maintains  a  gen- 
eral supervision  of  his  ranch  on  the  White  River, 
one  mile  from  Meeker,  where  he  has  made  his 
home  since  1883.  This  is  one  of  the  best  ranch 
properties  in  the  county.  It  is  divided  by  the 
river,  which  furnishes  an  abundance  of  irrigation 
for  the  four  hundred  or  more  acres  of  land.  The 
large  barns,  substantial  frame  residence,  excel- 
lent system  of  fencing,  and  various  other  improve- 
ments bespeak  the  energy  and  thrift  of  the  owner. 
Stock-raising  is  his  specialty,  and  on  his  place 
may  be  seen  large  numbers  of  cattle  and  horses. 
Born  in  Canada  in  1858,  Mr.  Sheridan  is  a  son 
of  James  and  Margaret  (Crotty)  Sheridan,  na- 
tives respectively  of  Ireland  and  Canada.  His 
father  was  but  a  child  when  taken  by  his  parents 
to  Canada  and  there  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
mining,  afterward  becoming  prominent  in  local 
affairs  and  serving  as  mayor  of  his  town.  He 
died  in  1873.  In  his  family  there  were  seven 
sons  and  three  daughters.  Thomas  is  a  farmer 
in  New  Hampshire,  as  is  also  William;  Michael 
is  engaged  in  the  hotel  business  in  Vermont; 
James  is  a  miller  in  New  Hampshire,  where  John 


is  proprietor  of  bottling  works;  Charles  is  em- 
ployed in  the  Washburn  mills  in  Minneapolis, 
Minn.;  Ellen  married  Anthony  Donahue,  of  Ver- 
mont; Mary  is  the  wife  of  William  Bagley,  a 
hotelman  in  Vermont;  and  Margaret  Ann  died 
young. 

With  but  a  limited  education,  our  subject  was 
obliged  early  in  life  to  become  self-supporting. 
At  sixteen  he  entered  a  sawmill  in  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  after  five  years  there  traveled  for  a  few 
months  in  Wisconsin  and  Pennsylvania.  In  the 
spring  of  1880  he  came  to  Colorado  and  engaged 
in  mining  and  milling  in  Gunnison  County  until 
1883,  when  he  settled  on  his  present  ranch  in  Rio 
Blanco  County.  This  was  then  unimproved;  no 
towns  had  been  established  for  many  miles,  save 
such  camps  as  formed  the  homes  of  Indians  who 
still  inhabited  this  region.  He  established  the 
first  lumber  yard  in  Meeker  and  this  he  carried 
on  for  twelve  years,  selling  out  in  1898.  For 
some  time  he  hauled  lumber  from  Rawlins,  Wyo. , 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  miles  distant. 

In  1891  Mr.  Sheridan  married  Miss  Nellie 
Wash,  of  Mount  Sterling,  111.,  and  they  have  two 
sons,  James  Wash  and  Francis  Hamilton.  In 
politics  Mr.  Sheridan  is  a  silver  Republican. 
While  Rio  Blanco  was  still  a  part  of  Garfield 
County  he  was  appointed  sheriff  and  later  was 
elected  to  the  office,  serving  for  sixteen  months. 
For  one  term  he  was  county  commissioner  of  Rio 
Blanco  County.  He  has  also  served  at  mayor  of 
Meeker,  member  of  the  school  board,  and  in 
various  minor  offices.  In  1896  he  was  nominated 
by  the  silver  Republicans,  endorsed  by  the  Demo- 
crats, to  represent  this  district  in  the  legislature 
and  was  duly  elected.  In  1898  he  was  again 
nominated,  but  was  not  elected  on  account  of 
being  ruled  off  the  regular  silver  Republican 
ticket.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Glenwood 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  while  in  Masonry  he  is 
connected  with  the  blue  lodge  and  Shriners. 


EHARLES  A.  MERRIMAN,  who  is  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law  in  Alamosa,  is  well 
known  throughout  this  portion  of  Colorado. 
He    has    been    prominently  identified  with   the 
Masonic  fraternity,  and  is  a  member  of  Denver 
Lodge  No.  5,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  San  Luis  Valley 
Chapter    No.     18,  R.  A.  M.;  Rio  Grande  Del 
Norte    Commandery    No.  15,  K.  T.,   and   has 
taken  the  thirty-second  degree,  Ancient  and  Ac- 
cepted Scottish  Rite,  of  Denver. 

Mr.  Merriman  was  born  in  Chesterville,  Mor- 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


row  County,  Ohio,  in  1854,  and  is  a  son  of  James 
H.  and  Emily  (Carey)  Merriman.  He  spent 
his  early  life  in  and  near  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio, 
where  his  parents  settled  when  he  was  a  boy, 
and  obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
and  academy  of  that  town.  On  completing  his 
education  he  began  to  teach  school,  and  at  the 
same  time  made  his  first  study  of  law.  In  1875 
he  matriculated  in  the  law  department  of  the 
University  of  Michigan,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1876.  Returning  to  his  home  town,  he  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  soon  became 
well  known  in  law  circles.  For  two  terms  (four 
years')  he  served  as  city  solicitor  of  Mount 
Vernon.  He  continued  there  until  1888,  when 
he  came  west  to  Colorado. 

Locating  in  Monte  Vista,  Mr.  Merriman  prac- 
ticed there  for  seven  years.  During  that  time 
he  was  elected  district  attorney  of  the  twelfth 
judicial  district,  which  position  he  held  for  three 
years.  As  county  attorney  of  Rio  Grande  Coun- 
ty, in  which  capacity  he  served  for  two  years,  he 
also  gave  satisfaction  to  all.  In  addition  to  these 
positions  he  was  engaged  as  city  attorney  of 
Monte  Vista,  and  was  local  attorney  for  the 
Travelers'  Insurance  Company.  From  Monte 
Vista  he  came  to  Alamosa  in  1894,  and  has  here 
continued  his  law  practice. 

In  Mr.  Merriman  the  town  of  Alamosa  has  an 
intelligent  friend,  who  is  ever  alert  to  serve  its 
best  interests,  and  generous  in  his  contributions 
towards  movements  tending  to  the  general  ad- 
vancement. In  politics  he  is  a  pronounced  Re- 
publican. As  above  mentioned,  he  is  actively 
identified  with  the  Masonic  fraternity.  In  both 
the  grand  lodge  and  chapter  he  has  been  "a  prom- 
inent member  and  has  served  on  important  com- 
mittees. He  is  also  connected  with  Alamosa 
Lodge  No.  96,  K.  P.,  and  Uniform  Rank  No.  21. 
His  marriage,  which  took  place  in  1878,  united 
him  with  Emma  Cleghorn,  of  Ohio,  by  whom  he 
has  one  daughter,  Elizabeth. 


(TfTEPHEN  R.  FITZGARRALD,  who  came 
?\  to  Telluride  in  1883,  is,  in  point  of  years  of 
VlJ/  active  practice,  the  oldest  attorney  of  this 
city  and  the  county  as  well.  Besides  the  practice 
of  law,  in  which  he  has  constantly  and  success- 
fully engaged,  he  has  been  interested  in  mining, 
and  now  owns  some  good  prospects  at  Rico  and 
Telluride.  He  is  a  stockholder  and  director  in 
the  Bank  of  Telluride,  a  stockholder  in  the  First 
National  Bank,  and  secretary  and  a  stockholder 


of  the  Telluride  Electric  Light  and  Power  Com- 
pany. For  several  years  he  held  the  offices  of 
city  and  county  attorney.  In  1892  he  was  elected 
to  the  state  legislature,  where  he  took  a  leading 
part  in  important  legislation,  and  served  as  a 
member  of  the  judiciary  and  railroad  committees. 
While  in  that  body  he  was  one  of  its  leading  mem- 
bers, and  was  actively  instrumental  in  securing 
the  passage  of  the  deed  of  trust,  redemption  bill 
and  other  important  measures  that  have  proved 
helpful  to  the  state. 

In  Center  Point,  Linn  County,  Iowa,  our  sub- 
ject was  born  in  1854,  a  son  of  George  and  Mi- 
randa (Holland)  Fitzgarrald.  He  attended  pub- 
lic schools  and  Cornell  College  at  Mount  Vernon, 
Iowa,  and  in  order  to  defray  his  expenses  while 
in  college  he  taught  school.  In  1877  he  began 
to  read  law  under  Col.  I.  M.  Preston  &  Son,  of 
Cedar  Rapids,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Iowa  bar 
November  15,  1879.  Meantime  he  spent  the  sum- 
mer of  1878  in  Colorado  at  Leadville.  In  1881  he 
again  came  to  this  state,  and  for  two  years  en- 
gaged in  practice  at  Ophir,  San  Miguel  County, 
from  which  place  he  came  to  Telluride.  Begin- 
ning without  money  he  has,  by  sheer  persistence 
and  determination,  worked  his  way  forward  to 
success,  and  attained  a  rank  among  the  leading 
lawyers  of  southwestern  Colorado.  In  1885  he 
married  Miss  Letha  McConnell,  of  Iowa,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Letta  Amelia. 

Actively  identified  with  the  Masons,  Mr.  Fitz- 
garrald is  a  member  of  Telluride  Lodge  No.  56, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Telluride  Chapter  No.  28, 
R.  A.  M.;  Ouray  Commandery  No.  16,  K.  T.; 
El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S. ,  of  Denver,  and  has 
attained  the  thirty-second  degree  of  Scottish  Rite. 
His  life  has  been  a  successful  one.  It  furnishes 
an  example  of  what  may  be  accomplished  by  a 
young  man  of  energy  and  determination,  pro- 
vided he  exercises  good  judgment  and  high  prin- 
ciple. He  has  been  favored  with  the  esteem  of 
his  associates,  the  affection  of  friends,  and  the 
respect  of  acquaintances,  and  his  power  for  good 
in  his  community  has  been  great. 


(lOHN  E.  WILLIAMS.  Among  the  pioneers 
I  of '59  was  the  subject  of  this  memoir,  for- 
\~J  merly  a  prominent  resident  of  Park  County, 
but  now  deceased.  He  lived  to  witness  wonder- 
ful transformations  in  Colorado.  Once  the  home 
of  the  Indians  and  wild  animals,  it  was  changed, 
under  intelligent  direction,  to  the  abode  of  pros- 
perous miners,  ranchmen  and  business  men,  Not 


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a  little  of  its  development  was  due  to  the  energy 
of  the  pioneers,  of  whom  he  was  one.  While  he 
did  not  reside  continuously  in  Colorado  from  1859 
to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1887,  yet  he  passed 
much  of  his  active  life  here  and  became  well  ac- 
quainted, especially  in  South  Park  and  vicinity. 
He  was  a  man  of  much  strength  of  character,  and 
of  a  kind  disposition,  who,  although  he  saw  his 
share  of  trouble  in  life,  always  bore  reverses 
cheerfully  and  was  disposed  to  help  others,  rather 
than  ask  them  to  help  him  bear  his  burdens.  His 
fellow-citizens  ever  found  him  sympathetic  and 
generous  where  charity  was  needed,  and  in  his 
family  he  was  a  devoted  husband  and  indulgent 
father. 

A  son  of  Robert  and  Winifred  (Edmunds)  Will- 
iams, the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  eight 
children,  three  of  whom  survive:  Robert,  of  Sa- 
betha,  Kan.;  Margaret,  wife  of  Daniel  Duff,  of 
Curran,  Kan.;  and  Hugh,  whose  home  is  in  San 
Francisco,  Cal.  His  parents  were  natives  of  the 
island  of  Anglesea,  Wales,  and  the  father  was  in 
early  life  a  farmer,  but  afterward  gave  his  atten- 
tion wholly  to  gardening.  John  E.  Williams  em- 
igrated to  America  at  twenty  years  of  age  and  for 
three  years  was  employed  in  coal  mines  in  Penn- 
sylvania, after  which  he  spent  one  year  in  coal 
mines  in  southern  Illinois;  later  was  similarly  en- 
gaged in  Missouri  for  three  years.  In  1859  he 
came  to  Colorado,  where  for  six  months  he  worked 
in  placer  mines  in  Tarryall  Gulch.  Returning  to 
Missouri,  he  spent  six  months,  after  which  he 
came  back  to  Tarryall  and  for  seven  years  fol- 
lowed mining.  Seven  years  were  then  spent  in 
Helena,  Mont.,  as  a  workman  in  placer  mines. 
Next  he  went  to  New  York,  where  he  spent  one 
year  in  the  schools  and  then  settled  in  Kansas, 
where  for  eight  years  he  engaged  in  raising  cattle 
and  carrying  on  a  farm.  There,  too,  he  met  and 
married  the  estimable  lady  who  survives  him  and 
who  was  long  his  efficient  helpmate.  In  1877  he 
migrated,  with  his  family,  to  Colorado,  and  for 
five  years  engaged  in  freighting  from  Colorado 
Springs  to  Leadville.  In  1882  he  purchased  a 
ranch  on  Tarryall  Creek,  four  miles  north  of 
Puma  City.  This  property  comprises  four  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres  and  is  one  of  the  most  de- 
sirable stock  ranches  on  the  creek.  Here  he  en- 
gaged in  haying  and  the  cattle  business  until  his 
death,  August  18,  1887. 

September  22,  1869,  Mr.  Williams  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  William  and  Dorothea  (Zilter) 
Zitcber.  She  was  born  near  Berlin,  Germany, 


April  22,  1849,  and  is  the  only  survivor  of  three 
children.  Her  parents  were  born  at  the  same 
place  as  herself.  When  a  young  man  her  father 
was  proprietor  of  a  stage  line  between  different 
German  towns,  and  later  he  engaged  in  farming, 
but  he  died  in  1853,  while  still  a  young  man. 
Three  years  afterward  the  mother,  who  had  mar- 
ried Christopher  Zimmerman,  came  with  her 
husband  and  children  to  America,  settling  in  1856 
in  Kane  County,  111.,  twenty  miles  from  Chicago. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  the  family  removed  to 
Nemaha  County,  Kan.,  and  there  the  mother 
died  at  seventy-three  years  of  age. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams  became  the  parents  of 
seven  children,  all  but  one  of  whom  are  living,  viz. : 
Winnie,  wife  of  Milford  E.  Derby,  a  prominent 
ranchman  of  Park  County;  William  Robert,  who 
has  charge  of  the  home  ranch;  Charles  E.;  Albert 
H.,  who  carries  the  mail  from  Jefferson  to  Puma 
City;  Edmund  D.  and  Victor  L,.  All  of  the  sons 
make  their  home  with  their  mother. 


f3  P.  O.  KIMBALL,  chairman  of  the  board  of 
j_  county  commissioners  of  Garfield  County, 
\^  came  to  this  county  in  1882  and  settled  on 
land  bordering  a  creek  that  bears  his  name,  Kim- 
ball,  and  that  isa  tributary  to  Roan  Creek,  in  the 
southwestern  part  of  the  county.  He  has  wit- 
nessed and  aided  in  the  transformation  of  the 
country  from  its  primeval  state  to  a  settled  com- 
munity, where  may  be  seen  valuable  ranches  and 
fine  fruit  farms.  A  pioneer  of  this  locality,  he 
maintains  an  interest  in  every  enterprise  for  the 
development  of  the  county,  and  since  his  election 
as  county  commissioner  in  1895,  ne  nas  been  es- 
pecially helpful  in  the  promotion  of  progressive 
projects. 

The  Kimball  family  was  among  the  first  to 
settle  in  Vermont  and  removed  from  there  to 
New  Hampshire.  Stephen  Kimball,  a  lawyer  of 
New  Hampshire,  had  a  son,  Joseph  H.,  who  was 
a  farmer  and  mill  owner  in  that  state  and  later  in 
Maine;  he  married  Margaret  Basdell,  who  was 
born  in  Maine,  the  daughter  of  a  sea  captain  who 
traced  his  ancestry  to  England.  During  the 
Civil  war  several  of  her  brothers  took  part  in  the 
Union  army.  Of  her  three  children  William  H. 
is  a  stockman  in  Colorado;  Miranda  H.  married 
H.  A.  B.  Keyes,  of  New  Hampshire.  Our  sub- 
ject was  born  in  Andover,  N.  H.,  in  1846,  and  at 
twelve  years  of  age  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Maine,  where  he  continued  to  study  in  private 


JOHN  A.  EWING. 


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schools.  At  twenty -one  years  of  age  he  started 
west,  but  stopped  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  lumber  business  for  three  years.  In 
1871  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Middle 
Park,  near  the  hot  sulphur  springs,  where  he 
embarked  in  the  stock  business.  After  remain- 
ing there  for  ten  years  he  removed  to  his  present 
ranch  near  Debeque,  in  the  southwestern  part  of 
Garfield  County. 

In  1888  Mr.  Kimball  married  Sallie  Frazier, 
who  was  born  in  Arkansas.  After  the  death  of 
her  father,  which  occurred  when  she  was  a  child, 
the  family  moved  to  Colorado,  and  her  mother  is 
still  living  in  this  state.  Various  local  offices 
within  the  gift  of  the  Republican  party,  to  which 
he  belongs,  have  been  held  by  Mr.  Kimball,  and 
in  each  of  these  he  has  given  good  service.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  blue  lodge  of  Masonry. 
Through  his  energy  and  good  management  he 
has  acquired  a  valuable  property,  notwithstand- 
ing the  fact  that  he  began  with  nothing  and  had 
many  obstacles  to  overcome  before  he  gained 
permanent  success. 


HOHN  A.  EWING,  one  of  the  leading  attor- 
I  neys  of  Leadville,  was  born  in  Kittanning, 
G/  the  county  seat  of  Armstrong  County,  Pa., 
in  1857,  a  son  of  James  H.  and  Eleanor  (Rhea) 
Ewing,  also  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  His  pater- 
nal ancestors  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  of 
the  Keystone  state,  where  the  family  now  has  a 
large  representation;  while  his  maternal  progeni- 
tors settled  in  New  Jersey  about  two  hundred 
and  twenty  years  ago.  His  grandfather,  John 
Ewing,  was  a  prosperous  farmer,  and  had  many 
friends  among  the  people  of  his  section  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 

A  life-long  resident  of  Kittanning,  James  H. 
Ewing  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army 
during  the  Civil  war  and  was  a  patriotic  citizen, 
alike  in  times  of  war  and  peace.  For  many  years 
he  served  as  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
Of  his  children  we  note  the  following:  Rev.  J.  C. 
R.  Ewing  is  at  the  head  of  Foreman  College,  at 
Lahore,  India,  an  institution  that  is  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Presbyterian  Church;  Ira  C.  is 
engaged  in  the  real-estate  business  in  Pittsburg; 
Rev.  Arthur  H.  is  a  minister  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  now  stationed  at  Lodianna,  India;  Rev. 
Joseph  L.  is  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Jamesburg,  N.  Y.;  Robert  M.  is  an  attorney  in 
Pittsburg,  Pa.;  W,  H.  is  engaged  jp  the  hard- 


ware business  in  a  suburb  of  Pittsburg;  and  the 
only  daughter,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Hawk,  lives  in  Pitts- 
burg. 

In  Salisburg  Academy  and  Washington  and 
Jefferson  College,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  re- 
ceived his  literary  education.  He  read  law  in 
the  office  of  Gen.  Harry  White,  of  Indiana,  Pa., 
and  in  1880  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  after  which 
he  opened  an  office  for  practice  in  that  state.  In 
1882  he  came  to  Colorado  and  has  since  carried 
on  professional  practice  in  Leadville.  It  is  his 
highest  ambition  to  be  a  good  lawyer,  and  noth- 
ing is  allowed  to  come  between  him  and  his  pro- 
fession. Public  position  does  not  tempt  nor  social 
life  allure  him;  his  heart  is  in  his  chosen  work, 
and  he  is  happiest  when  deeply  engaged  in  some 
law  technicality  or  unraveling  the  intricacies  of 
some  important  case.  However,  he  does  not 
evade  any  duty  of  a  public-spirited  citizen.  He 
takes  an  active  interest  in  party  affairs  and  is  a 
strong  Republican,  believing  the  principles  of 
this  party  best  calculated  to  promote  the  national 
welfare.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Knight  Templar 
Mason.  Besides  his  private  practice  he  is  re- 
tained as  attorney  for  a  number  of  banks,  smelt- 
ers, mining  companies,  and  other  large  corpora- 
tions, whose  interests  require  the  oversight  of  a 
man  of  keen  judgment  and  broad  professional 
knowledge. 

(TJlDNEY  M.  DERBY.  A  position  among  the 
?\  progressive  business  men  and  ranch  owners 
£/  of  Park  County  is  held  by  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  who  since  1896  has  been  proprietor  of  a 
grocery  and  meat  market  at  Puma  City.  In  his 
store  he  carries  a  full  line  of  staple  groceries, 
such  as  may  be  found  in  any  first-class  country 
establishment.  In  addition  to  the  management 
of  this  business  he  devotes  some  attention  to  the 
supervision  of  his  ranch  interests,  which  are  ex- 
tensive and  important. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Derby  occurred  in  Franklin 
County,  Vt.,  March  13,  1859.  Reference  to  his 
family  history  is  made  in  the  sketch  of  his 
brother,  Milford  E.  Derby,  which  appears  upon 
another  page.  He  spent  his  boyhood  years  upon 
the  home  farm  and  acquired  a  common-school 
education.  Upon  attaining  his  majority  he  de- 
termined to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  west.  The 
early  part  of  May,  1880,  found  him  in  Colorado 
Springs,  in  the  neighborhood  of  which  city  he 
prospected  for  two  years.  He  also  visited  the 
mines  of  the  Gunnison  country  and  South  Park. 


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In  1883  Mr.  Derby  took  up  a  ranch  near  Bord- 
enville,  in  South  Park,  but  this  property  he  soon 
after  sold,  and  began  ranching  near  Puma  City, 
in  partnership  with  Mr.  Wicks.  This  connection 
continued  for  seven  years,  during  one  year  of 
which  his  brother,  Milford  E.,  was  a  partner  in 
the  firm,  but  his  interest  was  later  bought  by  his 
brother.  In  the  fall  of  18.92  our  subject  home- 
steaded  his  present  ranch,  one  mile  north  of 
Puma  City.  Two  years  later  he  and  Mr.  Wicks 
dissolved  partnership.  He  had  previously  re- 
moved to  his  ranch  near  Puma  City,  where  he 
has  since  engaged  in  cattle- raising  and  feeding. 
From  1889  to  1896  he  had  charge  of  a  meat  mar- 
ket and  a  hay  and  grain  business  in  Florissant, 
and  when  he  sold  these  properties  he  established 
his  store  at  Puma  City. 

January  16,  1884,  Mr.  Derby  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Anson  A. 
Allen.  Five  children  were  born  of  their  union, 
namely:  Edwin  A.,  Walter  S.,  Charles  E., 
Charlotte  M.  and  Eleanor  C. 


I  AWRENCE  BONIS,  who  for  many  years  has 
1C  been  engaged  in  ranching  in  South  Park, 
12  was  born  in  Ireland,  August  2,  1839,  a  son 
of  James  and  Bridget  (McConnell)  Bonis.  Of  a 
family  of  nine  children,  he  and  two  others  sur- 
vive. His  older  brother,  Thomas,  resides  in 
Metuchen,  N.  J.;  the  younger  brother,  Michael, 
is  engaged  in  ranching  in  South  Park.  His 
father  was  born,  reared  and  married  in  Ireland, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in  County  Westmeath, 
where  he  continued  to  reside  until  the  time  of  his 
death. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  very  limited, 
for  the  family  were  poor  and  he  was  early  obliged 
to  support  himself.  For  four  years  he  was  em- 
ployed on  the  Broadstone  division  of  the  Midland 
Railroad.  In  1864  he  crossed  the  ocean  to 
America.  From  New  York  he  proceeded  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  arrived  June  15  of  that  year.  In 
that  city  he  secured  employment  as  hostler  and 
general  utility  man.  He  spent  four  years  with 
the  same  man;  then,  although  his  employer 
wished  to  retain  him  in  his  service,  he  decided  to 
come  west,  where  his  opportunities  would  be 
greater.  He  arrived  in  South  Park  May  28, 
1868,  and  at  once  began  mining  at  Tarry  all 
Gulch.  However,  after  a  short  time  he  went 
across  the  range  into  Summit  County,  and  until 
the  latter  part  of  October  mined  in  Gold  Run 
Gulch,  returning  to  Tarryall  in  the  fall,  and 


spending  the  winter  here.  In  May  he  went 
to  Buckskin  Joe,  and  remained  there  until  De- 
cember, when  he  returned  to  Tarryall  to  spend 
the  winter. 

March  10,  1870,  Mr.  Bonis  came  down  into 
the  Park  and  located  his  present  ranch,  sixteen 
miles  below  Jefferson,  on  Tarryall  Creek.  Re- 
turning to  Tarryall  Gulch,  he  spent  some  months 
there.  In  the  fall  of  1871  he  came  back  to  the 
land  and  built  a  cabin,  to  which  he  brought  his 
wife.  A  portion  of  the  summers  of  1872  and 
1873  he  spent  in  Tarryall  Gulch  and  Gold  Run, 
and  in  the  summer  of  1874  he  worked  in  Ameri- 
can Gulch  in  Summit  County.  After  this  he 
abandoned  mining  and  devoted  his  attention  to 
his  cattle  and  haying  interests.  He  owns  a  ranch 
of  four  hundred  acres  and  besides  has  two  hun- 
dred acres  which  since  1878  he  has  leased  from 
the  state.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial  ranchmen 
of  Park  County.  For  many  years  he  has  served 
as  secretary  of  the  school  board,  and  from  1883  to 
1898  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  election  board. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Bonis  took  place  in  Chi- 
cago on  the  27th  of  January,  1867,  and  united 
him  with  Miss  Rebecca  Taylor,  a  native  of  Chil- 
well,  Nottinghamshire,  England.  In  1865  she 
came  to  America  with  her  parents,  Samuel  and 
Ann  (Hall)  Taylor,  of  whom  mention  is  made  else- 
where in  this  volume.  Nine  children  were  born 
to  the  union  of  our  subject  and  wife.  Seven  of 
the  number  are  now  living,  viz.:  Julia  A.,  wife 
Lew  W.  Robbins,  whose  sketch  appears  in  this 
volume;  James  T.,  a  ranchman  residing  in  Lari- 
mer County,  Colo.;  Mary  E.,  Mrs.  Asa  Robbins, 
who  resides  upon  a  ranch  at  Howbert;  Isabelle, 
Harry  E. ,  Ellen  and  Rebecca  Daisy,  who  are  at 
home.  The  family  are  noted  for  their  hospitality , 
and  happy  is  the  friend  who  has  the  good  fortune 
to  pass  a  few  days  beneath  their  roof. 


(JOHN  ANGUS  KENNEDY,  who  is  engaged 
I  in  the  livery  business  at  Victor,  was  born  in 
Q)  Ontario,  Canada,  in  June,  1856,  a  son  of 
Angus  and  Margaret  (McDonald)  Kennedy,  be- 
ing the  youngest  of  their  four  children.  His 
father,  who  was  the  grandson  of  a  Scotchman, 
was  born  in  Canada  and  there  followed  agricult- 
ural pursuits.  When  seventeen  years  of  age  our 
subject  left  home  and  went  to  Michigan,  where 
he  worked  as  a  carpenter  in  the  government  em- 
ploy, assisting  in  the  building  of  harbors.  As  a 
boy  he  had  been  prevented  from  attending  school, 
and  on  starting  out  for  himself  he  was  unable 


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even  to  write  his  own  name,  but  he  soon  saw  the 
imperative  necessity  of  an  education,  and  with 
the  determination  so  characteristic  of  him,  he  set 
himself  to  work,  and  by  studying  nights  in  time 
he  became  well  informed.  Through  close  appli- 
cation and  his  unaided  efforts  he  gained  an  edu- 
cation. 

Attracted  by  the  advantages  offered  in  mining, 
Mr.  Kennedy  came  to  Colorado  in  1881.  For  two 
years  he  mined  at  Monarch,  after  which  he  en- 
gaged in  business  there  for  six  months,  and  then 
ran  a  dairy  for  one  year.  His  next  venture  was 
in  the  livery  business  and  ore  hauling,  in  which 
he  continued  until  1889.  Selling  out  his  busi- 
ness he  moved  to  Salida  and  started  a  livery 
business  there,  conducting  what  was  known  as 
the  Monarch  livery  for  five  years,  and  meeting 
with  gratifying  success;  but, owing  to  the  increas- 
ing general  use  of  the  bicycle  in  that  town,  he 
moved  his  business  to  Victor  in  November,  1893. 
He  was  a  pioneer  of  this  camp.  On  coming  here 
he  bought,  for  $200,  a  lot  on  South  Fourth  street, 
and  fifteen  months  later  bought  an  adjoining  lot, 
for  which  he  paid  $1,500.  On  these  lots  he  made 
the  necessary  improvements  and  has  since  con- 
ducted a  good  business.  At  one  time  he  kept 
seventy-five  horses  in  his  barns,  but  this  large 
number  is  no  longer  needed,  owing  to  the  intro- 
duction of  electric  cars  and  suburban  trains.  Be- 
sides his  livery  business  he  has  been  interested  in 
mining  to  some  extent,  although  most  of  his  time 
is  given  to  his  livery. 

Reared  in  the  Democratic  faith,  Mr.  Kennedy 
has  always  affiliated  with  it,  although  his  elec- 
tion in  the  spring  of  1896  as  a  member  of  the 
council  was  upon  the  Populist  ticket.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  and  fra- 
ternally is  connected  with  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen,  and  Victor  Lodge  No.  95, 
K.  P.  In  1895  he  erected  a  comfortable  residence 
for  his  family,  which  consists  of  his  wife  and 
three  children,  Margaret,  Donald  and  George 
Angus.  His  wife,  whom  he  married  February 
3,  1886,  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Mary  Kennedy, 
but  was  not  related  to  him  as  far  as  known. 


GJLFRED  T.  EDMONDSON.  The  Platte 
J  I  ranch,  of  which  Mr.  Edmondson  is  the  sole 
/  I  proprietor,  lies  three  miles  northwest  of 
Garo,  and  is  conceded  to  be  one  of  the  finest  hay 
and  stock  ranches  in  Park  County.  With  a  total 
extent  of  over  twenty-eight  hundred  acres,  it  fur- 
nishes ample  facilities  for  the  raising  of  hay  (of 


which  three  hundred  or  more  tons  are  usually 
cut)  and  also  for  the  ranging  of  stock,  large  num- 
bers of  which  may  be  seen  grazing  in  the  pas- 
tures. The  situation  of  the  land,  near  the  foot  of 
the  mountains,  prevents  the  stock  from  being  ex- 
posed to  the  severe  winds  that  might  at  times  be 
noticed  in  a  place  less  sheltered.  The  excellent 
condition  of  the  property  is  largely  due  to  the  ef- 
forts of  the  owner,  who  for  years  has  given  his 
attention  to  its  management. 

A  son  of  Alfred  and  Frances  (Diggles)  Ed- 
mondson, our  subject  was  born  in  Liverpool, 
England,  May  14,  1855,  being  the  eldest  of  eleven 
children,  nine  of  whom  are  now  living.  His 
father,  a  native  of  Keswick,  Cumberland,  Eng- 
land, born  in  1819,  was  a  member  of  one  of  the 
oldest  and  best-known  families  of  Cumberland. 
Upon  completing  his  education  he  went  to  Liver- 
pool and  engaged  in  the  banking  business,  which 
he  continued  for  many  years.  Some  time  prior 
to  his  death  he  became  a  share  and  stock  broker. 
He  died  September  4,  1892.  His  wife  was  born 
in  Bolton,  Lancashire,  in  1830,  and  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  and  Mary  Diggles,  who  were  descend- 
ants of  families  well  known  in  business  and  social 
circles  for  generations  back. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  largely  ob- 
tained in  the  Royal  Institute  of  Liverpool,  under 
the  tutelage  of  Prof.  Dawson  W.  Turner.  Upon 
leaving  school  he  secured  employment  as  clerk 
in  a  broker's  office  in  Liverpool.  He  remained 
there  for  five  years,  after  which  he  went  to  Bol- 
ton, Lancashire,  to  assume  the  management  of  a 
cotton  mill  belonging  to  his  grandmother,  Mrs. 
Diggles.  In  that  position  he  continued  until 
1883,  when  the  mill  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He 
then  decided  to  come  to  America.  His  decision, 
once  made,  was  soon  carried  into  execution.  In 
the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  shipped  for  the  United 
States.  Arriving  here,  he  joined  friends  in  Garo, 
Colo.  In  the  spring  of  1384  he  returned  to  Eng- 
land on  a  visit,  and  in  August  again  came  to 
Colorado,  at  which  time  he  purchased  an  interest 
in  his  present  ranch.  In  1898  he  became  the  sole 
proprietor  of  the  property,  which  he  has  since 
controlled. 

In  Jersey  City,  April  22,  1886,  Mr.  Edmondson 
married  Miss  Mary  Isabella  Edmondson.  Two 
children  bless  their  marriage:  Alfred  Derwent,  who 
was  born  January  4,  1887;  and  Harold  Dixon, 
born  March  16,  1889,  and  died  August  19,  1889. 
The  family  are  connected  with  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land. During  his  residence  in  England,  in  1873, 


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our  subject  joined  the  First  Volunteer  Battalion 
of  the  Manchester  Regiment,  and  rising  in  rank 
step  by  step,  he  was  made  captain  in  1877.  In 
that  capacity  he  continued  until  his  resignation 
in  1884,  upon  coming  to  America.  The  Battalion 
is  a  volunteer  soldiery,  similar  to  our  National 
Guard. 

HEMON  A.  BUMP,   member  of  the  firm   of 
Bump  &  Hill,  is  one  of  the  representative 
business  men  of  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  is 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  fruit,  produce  and  pro- 
vision trade.     He  came  to  this  city  July  20,  1896, 
and  at  once  opened  a  commission  store,  having 
as    his    partner  his  brother-in-law,   William   J. 
Hill,  who  at  this  writing  travels  for  the  firm  in 
this  section  of  the  state  and  as  their  representa- 
tive has  won  many  friends  for  the  company. 

The  first  eight  years  of  our  subject's  life  were 
passed  in  Honesdale,  Wayne  County,  Pa.,  where 
he  was  born  October  n,  1865.  In  1873  he  was 
taken  by  his  parents  to  Douglass,  Butler  County, 
Kan. ,  where  his  education  was  obtained  in  the 
public  schools.  Coming  to  Colorado  in  1886,  he 
settled  in  the  then  new  town  of  Lamar,  Prowers 
County,  where  he  opened  a  jewelry  store  and  en- 
gaged in  business  for  eighteen  months.  He  then 
sold  out  and  returned  to  Douglass,  where  he  was 
interested  in  a  jewelry  business  for  one  year.  His 
next  point  of  business -was  Mulvane,  Kan.,  where 
he  was  similarly  interested  until  his  removal  to 
Cripple  Creek. 

Since  coming  to  this  city  Mr.  Bump  has  built 
up  a  large  trade  in  the  provision  and  produce  line. 
The  genial  manners  of  himself  and  partner,  their 
unvarying  courtesy,  their  enterprise  and  persever- 
ance, and  their  recognized  business  ability,  com- 
bine to  place  them  among  the  rising  young  busi- 
ness men  of  the  town.  He  devotes  himself  closely 
to  business  pursuits  and  has  little  time  to  engage 
in  political  discussions,  although  he  is  a  stanch 
Democrat  in  principle.  By  his  marriage  to  Miss 
Florence  Hill,  a  sister  of  his  business  partner,  he 
has  two  daughters,  Vera  F.  and  Mary  T. 


r~  REDBRICK   GALLOWAY.      Of   English 
r^  birth  and  education  and  of  Scotch  descent, 
|       Mr.  Galloway  possesses  the  determination 
of  character  so  noticeable  among  the  people  of 
one  nationality,  while  he  has  the  rugged  honesty 
characteristic  of  the  other  race.     Upon  perma- 
nently settling  in  the  United  States  in  1890,  he 
formed  a  partnership  with   Harold  Chalmers  in 


the  ranching  business  in  Park  County,  and  with 
him  has  since  engaged  in  the  raising  of  hay  and 
in  the  cattle  and  sheep  business,  having  a  one- 
half  leased  interest  in  the  irrigated  ranch  of  about 
one  thousand  acres,  four  miles  north  of  Garo.  In 
1897  he  qualified  as  a  member  of  the  bar  of  Colo- 
rado, but  has  not  actively  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law. 

In  the  city  of  London,  England,  Mr.  Gallo- 
way was  born  April  5,  1858.  He  was  one  of 
eight  children,  six  of  whom  are  now  living, 
namely:  William  C.,  an  attorney's  managing 
clerk  in  London,  England;  Arthur  W.,  a  phy- 
sician and  surgeon,  also  of  London;  Mary  E., 
who  resides  with  her  father  at  Hampstead,  Lon- 
don; Rev.  James  F.,  vicar  of  Over,  Cambridge- 
shire, England;  Caroline  I.,  who  married  Henry 
Geare,  a  solicitor  of  the  supreme  court  of  Eng- 
land; and  Frederick.  The  paternal  grandfather 
of  this  family,  James  Galloway,  was  a  native  of 
Glasgow  and  a  graduate  of  law.  Later,  for  many 
years,  he  was  Lecturer  to  the  Faculty,  on  the 
law  of  conveyancing,  in  Glasgow,  his  native  city. 
He  was  one  of  the  elders  in  St.  Enoch's  Church 
in  his  home  town,  and  took  an  active  part  in  se- 
curing the  introduction  of  the  organ  into  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  a  measure  that  naturally 
aroused  considerable  opposition  among  the  con- 
servative element  of  the  church,  who  had  been 
trained  to  a  stubborn  dislike  of  instruments  in 
the  churches. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Rev.  William  Brown 
Galloway,  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  in 
1811.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Glasgow  Uni- 
versity and  the  university  at  Durham,  England, 
where  he  took  a  high  degree  in  mathematics  and 
the  classics,  and  the  prize  in  Hebrew.  During 
his  course  in  the  Glasgow  University  he  was  a 
classmate  of  Archbishop  Tait.  From  an  early 
age  he  showed  the  possession  of  unusual  mental 
gifts.  At  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  was  placed 
in  charge  of  the  moral  philosophy  class.  Soon 
after  he  was  ordained  a  clergyman  of  the  Church 
of  England  and  subsequently  became  vicar  of 
St.  Mark's  Church,  of  Regent's  Park,  England, 
which  position  he  held  for  over  forty-one  years. 
In  1880  he  retired,  since  which  time  he  has  de- 
voted his  attention  to  literary  and  scientific  re- 
search. He  has  published  many  works  on  science, 
geology  and  religion.  Though  now  an  aged  man, 
he  retains  possession  of  all  his  faculties,  and  his 
unusual  vigor  of  intellect  finds  expression  in 
articles  that  have  a  permanent  value  in  their  sev- 


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eral  departments.  His  natural  endowments,  his 
broad  education  and  his  literary  training  have 
made  him  a  man  whose  influence  has  been  pro- 
longed through  many  useful  years.  When  a 
young  man  he  studied  art,  and  his  home  in 
Hampstead  is  adorned  with  many  portraits 
painted  by  himself. 

In  the  North  London  Collegiate  School  and 
the  City  of  London  School  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  acquired  a  classical  education.  In  1875 
he  was  articled  to  the  law  for  five  years  and  in 
1880  was  admitted  as  a  solicitor.  He  practiced 
law  for  one  year,  after  which,  in  1881,  he  came 
to  America.  For  a  time  he  remained  on  the 
ranch  of  Dr.  Chalmers,  with  whose  son  he  is 
now  in  partnership.  In  1883  he  returned  to 
England  for  a  visit,  and  while  there  suffered  from 
severe  illness,  owing  to  which  he  practically 
abandoned  the  intention  of  returning  to  America, 
and  turned  his  attention  to  the  practice  of  law  in 
London.  In  1890,  however,  he  again  came  to  this 
country,  since  which  time  he  has  been  a  partner 
of  Mr.  Chalmers.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church  and  holds  the  bishop's  license  as 
lay  reader  of  this  district.  March  27,  1890,  in 
Ayrshire,  Scotland,  he  married  Miss  Mary  Gib- 
son, by  whom  he  had  two  children,  Colin  R.  (de- 
ceased) and  Mary. 

The  ranch  operated  by  Chalmers  &  Galloway 
is  run  principally  as  a  stock  ranch,  and  hay  is 
raised  with  a  view  to  feeding  cattle  and  sheep  for 
the  market,  almost  all  of  the  produce  being  fed 
on  the  place.  The  cattle  are  raised  and  fed  with 
a  view  to  their  value  in  the  general  market. 


OSCAR  LAMPMAN,  a  prominent  and  repre- 
K)\  sentative  business  man  of  Cripple  Creek, 
U  located  here  in  1891,  during  the  early  days 
of  the  history  of  this  camp.  The  pioneer  under- 
taker here,  he  had  charge  of  the  burial  of  the  first 
man  who  died  here,  and  has  buried  two-thirds  of 
those  who  have  died  since  the  camp  started.  On 
the  corner  of  Masonic  avenue  and  Third  street, 
he  built  the  largest  frame  structure  in  the  town, 
and  in  it  he  conducted  a  very  extensive  business, 
at  one  time  having  seven  carloads  of  furniture 
shipped  to  him.  In  the  summer  of  1892  he  sold 
a  one-half  interest  in  the  business  to  D.  B.  and 
C.  W.  Fairley,  undertakers,  of  Colorado  Springs, 
since  which  time  the  firm  title  has  been  Fairley 
Brothers  &  Lampman,  but  he  has  always  had  en- 
tire charge  of  the  business.  In  the  fi  re  of  1 896  the 
large  stock  was  destroyed,  causing  a  heavy  loss, 


but  immediately  afterward  he  erected  a  four-story 
building  that  is  by  far  the  largest  and  best  busi- 
ness block  in  Cripple  Creek,  and  the  entire  cost 
of  which,  $45,000,  has  been  met,  leaving  no  in- 
debtedness on  the  building. 

Mr.  Lampman  was  born  in  Sheboygan,  Wis., 
December  21,  1851.  His  father,  William  Lamp- 
man,  a  native  of  Oneida,  N.  Y.,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 14,  1814,  removed  to  Sheboygan  "when  a 
young  man,  and  followed  the  carpenter's  trade 
there.  Several  years  after  his  marriage  he 
moved  to  Kansas,  but  in  a  short  time  returned 
east,  settling  in  Winchester,  111.,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade  and  farm  pursuits.  His  wife, 
Mary  Ann  (Coyle)  Lampman,  who  was  born  in 
London,  England,  and  came  to  America  at  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  died  in  Winchester  when  fifty- 
two  years  old,  and  afterward  he  came  to  Cripple 
Creek,  joining  his  son  in  this  place,  where  he 
died  at  eighty  years  of  age.  While  in  Kansas  he 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  F,  Seventh 
Kansas  Infantry,  and  served  for  five  years  and 
six  months,  during  the  most  of  which  time  he 
was  with  the  Kansas  Jay  Hawkers.  Politically 
he  was  a  Republican.  In  his  family  there  were 
four  daughters  and  one  son. 

The  greater  part  of  the  boyhood  days  of  our 
subject  were  spent  on  the  home  farm  at  Winches- 
ter, 111.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  that 
place.  For  four  years  he  was  employed  as  deputy 
sheriff  of  Scott  County.  In  the  fall  of  1887  he 
came  to  Colorado,  and  for  three  years  clerked  in 
a  furniture  store  in  Pueblo,  also  engaged  in  the 
real- estate  business  for  two  years.  In  December, 
1891,  during  the  great  excitement  caused  by  the 
discovery  of  gold  at  Cripple  Creek,  he  came  here, 
and  until  February,  1892,  worked  at  carpenter- 
ing. From  his  former  employer  in  Pueblo  he 
purchased  $100  worth  of  furniture,  for  which  he 
paid  cash,  and  $150  worth  on  credit,  which  he 
hauled  on  two  wagons  to  Cripple  Creek,  and 
opened  up  business  in  a  tent.  Soon  he  put  up 
a  small  frame  building,  and  for  eleven  months  he 
did  all  the  business  without  aid,  at  night  de- 
livering the  goods,  which  he  carried  on  his 
back.  By  degrees  he  was  prospered,  and  in  time 
became  independently  wealthy,  through  the  ex- 
ercise of  sound  judgment  in  his  business  affairs. 
December  i,  1898,  he  became  interested  in  the 
opening  of  Shilling  Mercantile  Company,  which 
is  a  promising  business.  He  also  owns  consider- 
able mining  property. 

In  political  views  Mr.  Lampman  is  a  Republi- 


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can,  and  for  two  terms  he  served  as  an  alderman. 
He  is  connected  with  the  Elks,  and  is  a  charter 
member  of  Lodge  No.  101, 1.  O.  O.  F.,  the  first 
lodge  organized  in  Cripple  Creek.  By  his  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Lizzie  Winters,  of  Scott  County, 
111.,  he  has  one  daughter,  Cecil. 


IlLFORD  E.  DERBY.  Nine  miles  above 
Puma,  at  Montaindale,  stands  the  property 
which  Mr.  Derby  owns  and  occupies.  The 
land  is  watered  by  Tarryall  Creek,  which  it  bor- 
ders. On  coming  to  this  place  in  the  year  1887, 
Mr.  Derby  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  and  at  once  embarked  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness. Since  then  he  has  bought  three  adjoining 
claims,  which  makes  his  ranch  one  of  six  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres.  When  the  fact  is  con- 
sidered that  he  began  for  himself  without  money, 
his  present  substantial  position  is  especially  note- 
worthy. He  served  for  one  term  as  road  over- 
seer, but  with  that  exception  has  given  his  atten- 
tion principally  to  the  raising  of  cattle  and  gen- 
eral ranch  pursuits. 

A  son  of  Harvey  and  Huldah  L-  (Aseltine) 
Derby,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Swanton,  Franklin  County,  Vt.,  December  4, 
1853,  and  was  one  of  eleven  children,  eight  of 
whom  are  now  living.  They  are  named  as  fol- 
lows: Ann  Eliza,  Mrs.  Rodney  Foster,  of  West- 
field,  Vt.;  Seldon,  of  Sutton,  Canada;  Milford  E.; 
Wales,  who  lives  in  Broome,  Canada;  Sarah, 
Mrs.  Joseph  Parsons,  who  lives  in  East  Farnham, 
Canada;  Sidney,  of  Park  County,  Colo.;  William, 
a  ranchman  living  near  Como  in  South  Park;  and 
Charles,  of  Sutton,  Canada. 

A  native  of  Grand  Isle  County,  Vt.,  Harvey 
Derby  was  born  in  1823.  He  was  reared  on  a 
farm.  When  a  young  man  he  went  to  Franklin 
and  there  married  and  settled  upon  a  farm. 
About  1860  he  removed  to  the  town  of  Dunham, 
Dunham  County,  and  eighteen  months  later  set- 
tled in  Sutton,  Broome  County,  Canada,  where 
he  continued  to  reside  until  his  death,  in  1871. 
For  three  years  before  his  death  he  served  as  a 
bailiff.  His  father  was  a  pioneer  of  Grand  Isle 
County  and  one  of  its  prominent  agriculturists. 

At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  Mr.  Derby  be- 
gan for  himself  in  the  world.  For  two  years  he 
spent  some  time  both  in  Canada  and  at  farm  work 
in  Franklin  County,  Vt.,in  which  latter  place  he 
then  settled.  For  six  years  he  worked  diligently 
as  a  farm  hand.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time 
he  returned  to  Canada,  where  he  spent  one  year. 


In  the  spring  of  1880  he  came  to  Colorado,  ar- 
riving in  Colorado  Springs  in  the  early  part  of 
May.  He  spent  six  months  in  that  locality  and 
in  Saguache  County,  engaged  in  prospecting, 
after  which  he  came  to  Park  County  and  secured 
employment  on  a  ranch.  One  year  later  he 
returned  to  Canada,  bought  land  and  began  to 
farm,  but  after  conducting  the  place  for  three  and 
one-half  years,  he  went  to  Meckling,  S.  Dak., 
where  he  worked  on  a  farm  for  a  year.  In  the 
spring  of  1886  he  came  to  Colorado  for  the  sec- 
ond time.  Settling  in  Park  County,  he  leased  a 
ranch  in  partnership  with  his  brother,  but  after  a 
year  took  up  ranching  independently.  Since 
coming  here  he  has  established  domestic  ties,  his 
marriage  to  Miss  Winifred  Williams  having  oc- 
curred January  i ,  1889. 


(JOHN  WILSON.  In  order  to  attain  any  de- 
I  gree  of  success  in  life  a  man  must  possess 
Q/  industry  and  good  judgment.  It  is  of  such 
a  man  that  we  write,  a  man  who,  although  com- 
mencing for  himself  poor  and  without  friends, 
has  become  prosperous  and  well-to-do  through 
the  exercise  of  these  traits  of  character.  Mr. 
Wilson  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Colo- 
rado, having  first  come  to  this  state  in  the 
springof  1863.  Since  1874  he  has  made  his  home 
one  and  one-quarter  miles  northwest  of  Floris- 
sant, in  El  Paso  County,  where  he  is  engaged  in 
the  cattle  business. 

Mr.  Wilson  was  born  in  Fayette  County,  Ohio, 
December  22,  1831,  a  son  of  Lewis  and  Nellie 
(Bodkin)  Wilson.  He  was  one  of  eight  chil- 
dren, four  of  whom  are  living.  James  resides  at 
Round  Grove,  Mo. ;  Jane  is  the  widow  of  Robert 
Bird,  of  Kingspoint,  Mo. ;  and  Mary  E.  is  the 
wife  of  William  Bird,  and  lives  at  Yampa,  Colo. 
The  father,  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  moved 
to  Ohio  in  his  youth  and  settled  on  Paint  Creek, 
in  Fayette  County.  There  he  married  Miss 
Bodkin,  who  was  a  native  of  Virginia.  Some 
years  later  he  removed  to  southwestern  Missouri, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Dade  County,  where  he 
resided  from  1840  until  his  death  in  1863. 

When  seventeen  years  of  age  our  subject  re- 
turned to  Ohio  and  made  his  home  with  an  uncle 
in  Clark  County,  attending  a  neighboring  school. 
After  three  years  he  returned  to  his  home  in 
Missouri.  April  24,  1853,  he  married  Miss  Mary 
J.  Bates,  of  Dade  County,  a  native  of  Tennessee. 
After  his  marriage  he  entered  a  tract  of  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  acres  in  Lawrence  County  and 


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began  clearing  and  cultivating  his  tract.  In  the 
spring  of  1862  he  joined  the  state  militia,  in 
which  he  served  for  nine  months. 

The  spring  of  1863  found  Mr.  Wilson  crossing 
the  plains  to  Colorado.  He  reached  Denver  in  June 
and  soon  afterward  bought  a  small  ranch  at  the 
head  of  Coal  Creek,  where  he  remained  for  three 
years.  When  coal  was  discovered  on  his  land  he 
disposed  of  the  property  to  good  advantage.  In 
1866  he  returned  to  his  former  home  in  Missouri 
and  there  continued  to  till  the  soil  for  eight  years. 
On  coming  again  to  Colorado  in  1 874,  he  settled 
upon  the  ranch  property  that  he  still  owns  and 
occupies.  His  Missouri  farm  he  retained  until 
1895,  when  he  returned  to  the  state  and  sold  the 
place.  He  and  his  wife  became  the  parents  of 
nine  children,  but  only  three  are  now  living. 
Mary  A.  is  the  wife  of  Hank  A.  Watson,  super- 
intendent of  the  Taylor  Park  Mining  Company 
and  a  resident  of  Colorado  Springs.  The  sons  are 
John  C. ,  a  ranchman  on  Four-Mile  Creek,  El 
Paso  County,  and  George  W.,  who  remains  with 
his  parents. 

ROSWELL  A.  CARTER,  attorney-at-law 
and  notary  public  at  Lake  City,  also  repre- 
sentative in  Hinsdale  County  for  the  Spring- 
field Fire  and  Marine  Insurance  Company,  was 
born  in  Perry  County,  Ind.,  May  24,  1869,  a  son 
of  Homer  H.  and  Wealthy  (Rowley)  Carter,  na- 
tives of  Indiana  and  Massachusetts  respectively. 
His  father  has  spent  his  life  in  Perry  County  and 
is  an  influential  farmer  and  well-known  citizen. 
The  family  consists  of  thirteen  children,  all  of 
whom  are  living,  and  all  except  our  subject  reside 
in  Indiana. 

The  seventh  among  the  thirteen  children,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  grew  to  manhood  on  the 
home  farm  and  received  such  educational  advan- 
tages as  neighboring  schools  afforded.  At  eight- 
een years  of  age  he  left  home  and  began  in  the 
world  for  himself.  For  three  years  he  was  em- 
ployed at  mechanical  work.  Saving  his  wages 
he  entered  the  Jasper  (Ind.)  College,  where  he 
took  a  commercial  and  scientific  course  and  grad- 
uated in  1893.  During  the  same  year  he  entered 
the  junior  class  in  the  law  department  of  the  Val- 
paraiso Normal  School.  At  the  close  of  the  junior 
year  he  returned  home  and  began  to  teach  school 
in  order  to  earn  the  funds  necessary  to  complete 
his  course.  For  a  time  he  had  charge  of  a  nor- 
mal class  in  Don  Juan,  Ind.  In  the  fall  of  1894 
he  entered  the  senior  'class  of  the  Indiana  Law 


School  in  Indianapolis,  where  he  graduated  in 
May,  1895.  Shortly  afterward  he  was  admitted 
to  the  Indiana  supreme  court  and  the  United 
States  district  court. 

At  Cannelton,  Perry  County,  Mr.  Carter  em- 
barked in  the  practice  of  his  profession,  but  after 
spending  eighteen  months  in  that  town  in  1896 
he  came  to  Colorado.  For  a  year  he  carried  on 
a  general  practice  at  Cripple  Creek,  and  in  Janu- 
ary, 1897,  came  to  his  present  location,  Lake 
City.  Here  he  is  building  up  a  good  practice, 
and  a  reputation  as  an  able  and  enterprising  law- 
yer. In  September,  1897,  Governor  Adams  com- 
missioned him  a  notary  public,  which  office  he 
now  fills.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  connected 
with  Neoga  Tribe  No.  57,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  at  Lake 
City,  in  which  he  has  filled  a  number  of  the  im- 
portant offices. 

G|  J-  HOLMQUIST,  M.  D.,  who  is  building 
LJ  up  an  excellent  practice  and  at  the  same 
j  \  time  gaining  an  enviable  reputation  for  his 
skill  as  a  physician  and  surgeon,  is  one  of  the 
rising  young  professional  men  of  Park  County; 
and,  while  his  residence  in  Como  has  been  of 
comparatively  brief  duration,  he  has  already  be- 
come well  known  to  the  people  of  the  town  and 
county.  For  the  successful  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession he  is  admirably  qualified  by  his  natural 
ability  and  his  broad  fund  of  acquired  knowledge. 
A  son  of  E.  and  C.  S.  (Cronland)  Holmquist, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Burlington, 
Iowa,  March  20,  1872,  and  was  one  of  three  chil- 
dren, of  whom  himself  and  sister  Nettie  are  the 
survivors.  His  father,  who  was  for  many  years 
a  prosperous  merchant  tailor  of  Burlington,  in 
1890  removed  to  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  where  he 
has  since  been  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  busi- 
ness. Our  subject  acquired  his  early  education 
in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Burlington. 
Afterward  he  was  a  student  in  the  Augustana 
College,  and  later  took  the  regular  course  of  study 
in  the  State  University  of  Iowa  at  Iowa  City, 
from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  1894,  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.  His  medical  education  was 
obtained  in  the  medical  department  of  the  Den- 
ver University  at  Denver,  Colo.,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  April,  1897,  with  an  excellent  rec- 
ord as  a  student.  In  order  to  have  the  advan- 
tages for  professional  work  which  a  large  city 
affords,  he  remained  for  some  weeks  after  gradu- 
ation in  Denver,  and  then  came  .to  Como,  where 
he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  Since 


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coming  here  he  has  gained  the  confidence  of  the 
people,  and  is  gradually,  but  surely,  establishing 
a  reputation  as  a  reliable  physician,  whose  accu- 
racy in  diagnosis  and  care  in  treatment  of  disease 
entitles  him  to  a  high  position  in  professional 
ranks.  He  is  now  occupying  the  position  of 
division  surgeon  for  the  Colorado  &  Southern 
Railway. 

ITDMOND  MERCIER,  a  retired  business 
ry  man,  residing  at  No.  631  Willow  street, 
L.  Trinidad,  was  born  in  Lower  Canada,  in 
1847,  and  is  a  son  of  Edward  and  Olive  Mercier, 
natives  of  Canada.  His  father,  who  was  the  son 
of  a  Frenchman,  spent  his  entire  life  in  his  native 
province,  and  followed  the  tanner's  trade.  Es- 
tablishing a  tannery  at  Ste.  Anne  des  Plaines,  he 
conducted  it  for  thirty  years.  Later  he  was  pro- 
prietor of  a  hotel  in  the  same  place,  and  this  he 
carried  on  for  some  years,  until  he  retired  from 
active  business  pursuits.  His  death  occurred  in 
1898,  at  eighty-one  years  of  age.  Three  times 
married,  by  his  first  wife  he  had  no  children;  by 
the  second,  one  son  and  two  daughters:  Edmond, 
M6lodie  and  Cordelia,  the  latter  of  whom  is  mar- 
ried and  lives  in  Butte  City,  Mont.  By  a  third 
marriage  were  born  six  children,  all  living  in 
Canada. 

At  sixteen  years  of  age  our  subject  entered  the 
wholesale  house  of  a  prominent  grocer  of  Mon- 
treal. In  June,  1871,  having  resigned  his  posi- 
tion, he  went  to  Chicago,  and,  with  a  partner, 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  bricks  for  four 
years  or  more.  On  selling  out  that  business 
he  opened  a  grocery  on  the  corner  of  Twenty- 
fifth  and  State  streets,  and  this  he  conducted  for 
three  years.  Coming  west  in  1879,  he  spent  a 
few  months  in  Denver  and  then  settled  in  Trini- 
dad. Here  he  established  a  bottling  establish- 
ment, and  from  time  to  time  increased  the  busi- 
ness, soon  removing  the  plant  to  Main  street, 
where  he  carried  on  a  large  business  until  1889. 
He  then  retired  from  the  business,  in  which,  how- 
ever, he  retained  an  interest  until  1892.  In  1889 
he  erected  a  comfortable  and  commodious  resi- 
dence, which  is  furnished  with  the  elegance  in- 
dicative of  refined  tastes.  About  1884  he  built 
the  North  Side  hotel.  He  works  for  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Democratic  party  in  politics.  For  two 
years,  1893-94,  ne  served  as  alderman  of  the 
third  ward.  Since  July,  1898,  he  has  been  coun- 
ty commissioner. 
The  wife  of  Mr.  Mercier,  whom  he  married 


December  29,  1875,  was  a  daughter  of  John  B. 
and  Margaret  Valliquette.  Her  father,  who  was 
a  pioneer  of  Chicago,  became  an  extensive  dealer 
in  real  estate  in  that  city ,  and  for  years  resided 
in  a  house  erected  by  himself  on  the  corner  of 
Thirty-seventh  street  and  Grand  boulevard, 
which,  at  the  time  of  its  erection,  was  one  of  the 
finest  residences  in  the  city.  Mrs.  Mercier  was 
born  in  Chicago  and  received  an  excellent  educa- 
tion in  the  convent  congregation  Notre  Dame, 
of  Bourbonnais  Grove,  Kankakee  County,  111. 
She  was  one  of  four  children  that  attained  mature 
years,  the  others  being:  Clara,  wife  of  George 
Mitchell;  John  B.,  who  is  a  traveling  salesman; 
and  Emma,  who  married  A.  A.  Canavan,  attor- 
ney-at-law,  of  Chicago. 


r~DWARD  H.  POWELL.  To  the  one  who 
ry  applies  himself  diligently  to  any  line  of  busi- 
L_  ness,  a  fair  degree  of  success  will  almost 
invariably  come.  The  life  of  Mr.  Powell  fur- 
nishes no  exception  to  this  rule.  Beginning  for 
himself  without  capital,  he  has,  through  judicious 
effort  and  persevering  industry,  attained  a  posi- 
tion among  the  successful  business  men  of  Ouray. 
When  he  came  to  this  city  in  1884  he  purchased 
the  grocery  business  of  M.  S.  Corbett,  and  has 
since  increased  his  stock  of  goods,  until  at  this 
writing  he  carries  the  largest  stock  of  any  grocer. 
In  addition  to  groceries,  he  handles  miners'  sup- 
plies. In  1895  he  erected  the  business  block 
which  he  has  since  occupied  and  which  is  a  sub- 
stantial building,  well  adapted  to  its  present  use. 
The  father  of  our  subject,  Morton  C.  Powell, 
carried  on  a  large  tannery  at  Corinth,  Saratoga 
County,  N.  Y.,  but  spent  the  most  of  his  life  at 
Waterford.  For  some  years  he  was  active  in 
politics.  He  died  at  Waterford  in  1898,  when 
eighty-seven  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  bore 
the  maiden  name  of  Mary  Hall,  passed  away  in 
1894,  when  sixty-eight  years  of  age.  Their  son, 
our  subject,  was  born  in  Saratoga  County  in 
1846,  and  received  his  education  in  local  schools 
and  Jonesville  Academy.  For  some  time,  in  early 
manhood,  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
brushes  at  Waterford,  N.  Y.  In  1878  he  came 
west  as  far  as  Kansas,  where  for  three  years  he 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business,  and  then  settled 
in  Gunnison,  Colo.,  establishing  there  a  grocery 
that  he  conducted  until  1884,  in  a  building  that 
he  had  erected  for  that  purpose.  From  Gunnison 
he  came  to  Ouray,  where  he  has  since  built  up  a 
large  grocery  trade  and  has  also  become  inter- 


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ested  in  mining.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican 
and  for  two  years  served  as  city  alderman.  His 
marriage  united  him  with  Mary  Van  Kleeck,  of 
New  York  state,  and  three  daughters  blessed 
their  union:  Grace,  wife  of  R.  W.  Haskins; 
Blanche,  who  married  W.  C.  Fulton;  and  Mamie, 
who  is  living  at  home. 


I  YMAN  I.  HENRY.  Although  yet  on  the 
sunny  side  of  life's  prime,  Mr.  Henry  is  one 
of  the  prominent  attorneys  of  southwestern 
Colorado,  a  region  that  boasts  not  a  few  legal 
lights.  His  present  position  has  been  gained  by 
hard  study  and  a  strict  adherence  to  an  honorable 
course,  both  in  professional  and  private  life.  As 
senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Henry  &  Sigfrid  he 
is  well  known,  not  only  in  Ouray,  where  he  re- 
sides, but  throughout  the  neighboring  country. 
During  the  period  of  his  residence  in  Ouray  he 
has  contributed  to  the  progress  of  the  place,  and 
by  his  professional  ability  and  public  spirit  has 
been  a  potent  factor  in  local  affairs. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Hon.  G.  W.  Henry, 
was  born  in  Ohio,  and  removed  from  there  to 
Clay  County,  111.,  of  which  locality  he  became 
a  representative  citizen  and  influential  attorney. 
He  engaged  in  professional  work  there  until  1872, 
when  he  was  elected  to  represent  the  forty-fourth 
senatorial  district  of  Illinois  in  the  state  senate, 
a  position  that  he  filled  with  ability,  making  an 
excellent  record  as  an  official.  In  1877  he  re- 
moved to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Lake  City, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  and  in 
mining.  From  1879  to  1884  he  held  the  office  of 
judge  of  Hinsdale  County.  Since  1887  he  has 
made  his  home  in  Delta,  this  state,  where  he  prac- 
tices law.  By  his  marriage  to  Rebecca  A.  Mag- 
ner  he  had  four  children,  but  only  two  are  living, 
Lyman  I.  and  William  G. 

In  Clay  County,  111.,  where  he  was  born  in 
1860,  the  subject  of  this  article  received  a  public- 
school  education.  At  seventeen  years  of  age  he 
accompanied  his  father  to  Colorado,  where  for 
three  years  he  engaged  in  freighting  on  his  own 
account.  He  attended  school  in  Lake  City  for 
three  months,  and  in  1880  returned  to  Illinois, 
where  for  two  years  he  was  a  student  in  Eureka 
College.  In  1882  he  entered  Colorado  College  at 
Colorado  Springs,  and  with  the  year  spent  in  that 
institution  his  college  days  ended.  Afterward 
he  studied  law  in  Lake  City  under  his  father's 
supervision.  At  the  same  time  he  edited  the 
Silver  World,  of  which  H.  C.  Olney  was  pro- 


prietor. After  his  admission  to  the  Colorado  bar, 
in  1884,  he  did  not  at  once  engage  in  practice, 
but  for  a  year  held  the  position  of  principal  of 
the  Lake  City  school.  In  the  spring  of  1885  he 
began  to  practice,  in  connection  with  his  father. 
In  the  fall  of  1886  he  removed  to  Delta,  Delta 
County,  where  he  carried  on  a  general  practice 
until  the  spring  of  1890,  and  then,  coming  to 
Ouray,  entered  into  a  law  patnership  with  E.  I. 
Stirman,  but  the  partnership  was  dissolved  in  the 
fall  of  1891.  From  that  time  until  1895  he  served 
as  city  attorney  of  Ouray.  In  1894  he  was  elected 
district  attorney  of  the  seventh  judicial  district 
on  the  Populist  ticket,  and  served  with  recog- 
nized ability.  In  the  fall  of  1898  he  was  the 
Populist  candidate  for  district  judge,  but  was 
defeated.  He  has  been  fearless  in  advocating  any 
cause  in  which  he  believes.  Having  been  a  Re- 
publican, he  differed  with  that  party  on  the 
money  question  and  left  it.  He  is  especially 
diligent  and  earnest  in  anything  undertaken  by 
him,  and  for  this  reason  defeat  or  victory  does 
not  influence  him  either  in  friendships  or  political 
party.  Since  the  spring  of  1895  he  has  been  in 
partnership  with  Carl  J.  Sigfrid.  In  addition  to 
his  law  practice  he  is  interested  in  mining  at 
Ouray.  By  his  marriage,  in  1888,  to  Ermine 
Huston,  he  has  two  children,  Helen  and  Hardin. 


(I  AMES  B.  GASTON,  M.  D.,  who  is  engaged 
I  in  the  practice  of  the  medical  profession  at 
G)  Cripple  Creek,  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
January  26,  1851,  and  at  three  years  of  age  was 
taken  by  his  parents  to  Illinois.  The  years  of  his 
boyhood  and  youth  were  quietly  passed  on  farms 
in  Woodford  and  McLean  Counties,  that  state. 
He  was  educated  in  local  schools  and  the  State 
Normal  School  near  Bloomington.  On  the  com- 
pletion of  his  education  he  began  to  teach  school, 
going  to  Minnesota,  where  he  followed  that  occu- 
pation for  seven  years.  During  a  part  of  this 
time,  in  1877  and  1878,  he  was  employed  in  a 
drug  store  at  Redwood  Falls,  Minn.  Afterward, 
for  three  years,  he  was  employed  as  fireman  or  as 
engineer  on  the  Manitoba  &  Northern  Pacific 
road. 

With  the  intention  of  entering  the  medical  pro- 
fession, our  subject  applied  his  earnings  to  the 
study  of  medicine.  He  went  to  Chicago  and  en- 
tered that  famous  institution,  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege, where  he  took  the  regular  course  of  lectures, 
graduating  in  1888.  After  his  graduation  he 
went  to  the  lumber  and  iron  region  on  Lake  Su- 


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perior,  in  Michigan,  and  there  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession,  continuing  in  the  same  locality 
and  building  up  an  extensive  practice.  From 
there,  in  January,  1896,  he  came  to  Colorado, 
settling  in  Cripple  Creek,  his  present  location. 

In  1876  Dr.  Gaston  married  Miss  Ella  Cook, 
of  St.  Paul,  Minn.  She  was  the  first  white  child 
born  at  the  Little  Sioux  agency,  where  her 
parents  were  teachers.  Educated  in  Minnesota, 
and  trained  under  the  careful  supervision  of  her 
parents,  she  acquired  a  breadth  of  knowledge 
that  makes  her  a  cultured  woman,  fitted  to  adorn 
the  domestic  circle  or  society. 

Ever  since  he  was  a  child,  and  heard  older 
people  conversing  with  regard  to  the  war  and 
President  Lincoln's  attitude  concerning  slavery, 
Dr.  Gaston  has  been  a  strong  Republican.  In 
the  fall  of  1898  he  was  his  party's  candidate  for 
the  legislature  and  made  an  excellent  showing  at 
the  polls,  running  ahead  of  his  ticket  in  every 
precinct  in  the  district,  a  fact  that  showed  his 
personal  strength.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Crip- 
ple Creek  District  Medical  Society  and  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Association  and  takes  a  warm  in- 
terest in  everything  pertaining  to  the  profession 
in  which  he  is  so  deeply  interested.  Fraternally 
he  became  a  member  of  the  Cleveland  Lodge 
No.  211,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  while  in  Chicago,  and 
he  is  also  identified  with  the  Improved  Order  of 
Red  Men. 

|  ATT  BERTSCH,  who  is  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  No.  306  South  Second 
street,  Victor,  was  born  in  Baden,  Ger- 
many, in  1866,  and  was  a  youth  of  seventeen 
years  when  he  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  America. 
Proceeding  direct  to  Colorado  he  settled  in  Las 
Animas  County  when  it  had  but  few  inhabitants. 
For  a  few  years  he  was  employed  on  a  ranch 
there.  Later  he  clerked  in  a  store  in  Berwind 
for  a  short  time,  and  then  started  a  butcher  shop 
two  miles  west  of  Trinidad,  making  a  success-  of 
this  venture. 

March,  1894,  found  Mr.  Bertsch  in  the  new 
town  of  Victor.  There  was  apparently  little  to 
encourage  anyone  to  settle  here.  A  few  houses 
stood  on  the  main  street,  but  no  attempt  had  been 
made  to  improve  a  town.  He  was  fortunate  in 
being  among  the  first  to  settle  here,  for  he  was 
able  to  purchase  a  lot  at  small  cost  and  upon  it 
he  built  the  store  he  now  owns.  The  strike  that 
soon  followed  placed  him  in  a  peculiar  position, 
but,  undaunted,  he  continued  in  business.  He 


showed  good  judgment  in  locating,  and  as  the 
town  soon  took  on  new  life  he  had  the  advantage  of 
being  among  the  first  on  the  field.  He  has  built 
up  a  good  business  and  has  a  large  trade  among 
the  people.  It  has  been  his  rule  from  the  first  to 
buy  nothing  that  he  cannot  pay  for  at  once,  and 
so  there  has  been  little  or  no  risk  in  his  business 
transactions.  Besides  his  store  he  owns  three 
ranches,  all  in  Las  Animas  County,  and  bearing 
valuable  improvements. 

A  member  of  the  Democratic  party  and  active 
in  local  affairs,  Mr.  Bertsch  was,  in  the  spring  of 
1897,  elected  an  alderman,  without  seeking  the 
nomination;  he  was  the  first  Democrat  elected  to 
the  council,  and  has  given  excellent  satisfaction 
in  this  position.  One  of  the  most  important 
works  was  getting  the  sewer  system  established. 
Other  enterprises  have  received  his  active  sup- 
port. He  was  re-elected  alderman  in  the  spring 
of  1899.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Uniform  Rank,  and  is  also 
identified  with  the  Elks  and  the  German-Ameri- 
can and  Merchants'  Protective  Associations. 


(3  GJ ILLI AM  EDWARDS  came  to  Eagle  County 
I  A  I  in  1882  and  took  up  a  tract  of  land  in  the 
V  V  west-central  part  of  the  county.  Upon 
this  land  he  laid  out  the  village  of  Eagle,  the 
town  site  of  which  he  sold  to  B.  Clark  Wheeler, 
of  Aspen,  by  whom  it  was  afterward  sold  to  A.  M. 
McDonald,  owner  of  the  Allen  mine. 

The  Edwards  family  originated  in  Wales. 
From  that  country  M.  M.  Edwards  emigrated  to 
America  and  settled  in  Ohio,  where  he  afterward 
resided.  His  son,  William,  was  born  in  Ohio  and 
there  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  for  years, 
but  finally  moved  to  Keokuk,  Iowa,  where  he 
built  up  a  valuable  practice  and  also  became 
a  prominent  Mason.  When  he  died  in  1880  he 
was  fifty-two  years  of  age.  During  the  Civil 
war  he  served  as  captain  of  a  company  of  Iowa 
infantry.  His  wife  was  Isadore  Florence  Hime, 
of  Ohio,  daughter  of  a  captain  on  the  Ohio  and 
Mississippi  River  steamboats. 

The  only  child  of  his  parents,  our  subject  was 
in  youth  given  excellent  advantages.  He  was 
born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  was  quite  young 
when  the  family  settled  in  Keokuk,  Iowa.  He 
attended  public  schools  and  the  State  University 
of  Iowa,  where  his  education  was  completed.  In 
1876,  at  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  settled  in  Park  County,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  stock  business  until  1882.  Since 


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then  his  home  has  been  in  Eagle  County,  where 
he  owns  a  number  of  mines  and  is  also  interested 
in  raising  stock  and  ranching  on  Eagle  Creek. 

The  political  views  of  Mr.  Edwards  bring  him 
into  affiliation  with  the  Populist  party,  of  which 
party  he  is  a  stanch  adherent.  However,  he  has 
never  taken  an  active  part  in  public  affairs  nor 
has  he  desired  to  hold  official  positions.  He  is 
comfortably  situated  financially,  and  is  numbered 
among  the  prosperous  ranchmen  of  the  county. 


IV  A  EVER  B.  HAAS,  who  has  resided  in  Min- 
I  Y  I  turn  since  1886  and  is  the  owner  of  con- 
|0|  siderable  property  in  Eagle  County,  was 
born  in  Holland  in  1834,  a  son  of  Benjamin 
Philip  and  Christine  Haas,  who  spent  their  en- 
tire lives  in  Holland,  the  former  being  engaged  in 
business  there.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight- 
een children,  of  whom  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
is  the  only  one  in  Colorado.  He  was  only  seven 
years  of  age  when,  in  the  early  part  of  1842,  he 
left  his  native  land  and  took  passage  on  a  sailing 
vessel,  which  landed  him  in  New  York  after  a 
tedious  voyage.  From  a  very  early  age  he  has 
made  his  own  way  in  the  world,  and  while  this 
prevented  him  from  obtaining  an  education,  it 
developed  in  him  self-reliance  and  determination, 
qualities  that  assisted  him  in  his  business  life. 

Drifting  west  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  Mr.  Haas  was 
employed  there  for  a  few  years.  In  1853  he  left 
that  city  and  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  remained 
for  a  short  time.  His  next  removal  took  him  to 
Leavenworth,  Kan.,  from  which  state,  in  1858,  he 
came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Denver,  then  a 
small  town  of  tents,  giving  little  indication  of  its 
future  commercial  importance.  For  three  years 
he  carried  on  a  store,  after  which  he  returned  to 
Kansas  and  spent  several  years  in  Leavenworth. 
Under  Andrew  Johnson  he  was  appointed  post- 
master of  Fort  Leavenworth,  which  position  he 
held  for  some  time,  and  in  1866  was  appointed 
postmaster  in  Fort  Leavenworth.  In  his  pos- 
session he  has  a  passport,  signed  by  William  H. 
Seward,  in  1863. 

The  business  experiences  of  Mr.  Haas  in  Kan- 
sas were  less  fortunate  than  those  in  Colorado. 
He  lost  $40,000  in  Leavenworth,  and  was  a  poor 
man  when  he  returned  to  Colorado  in  1878.  Set- 
tling in  Leadville,  he  engaged  in  mining  there 
and  is  still  the  owner  of  valuable  mining  interests 
in  that  place.  For  four  years  he  held  the  office 
of  city  jailer  in  Leadville.  He  remained  in  that 
town  until  1886,  when  he  removed  to  Minturn, 


and  has  since  acquired  considerable  property  in 
this  section  of  the  state.  Since  the  organization 
of  the  Republican  party  he  has  always  voted  for 
its  principles  and  supported  its  candidates.  He  is 
connected  with  various  degrees  of  Masonry,  as 
well  as  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  In  Leavenworth, 
January  27,  1864,  he  married  Miss  Louisa  Segre, 
who  died,  leaving  two  daughters:  Matilda,  now 
the  wife  of  Curt  C.  Darrow,  an  attorney  of  Butte, 
Mont. ;  and  Charlotte,  wife  C.  A.  Ward,  who  is 
engaged  in  the  restaurant  business  in  Chicago. 
The  present  wife  of  Mr.  Haas  was  formerly  Lil- 
lian S.  Van  Hook,  and  was  born  in  Kentucky, 
member  of  a  southern  family  that  originally  re- 
sided in  Holland. 


(JOHN FRANKLIN  FLEMING.  Aninfluen- 
I  tial  position  among  the  business  men  of  Red 
Q)  Cliff  is  held  by  Mr.  Fleming,  who  is  one  of 
the  successful  merchants  of  the  town.  In  spite 
of  the  fact  that  he  came  here  with  only  a  few 
dollars,  he  has  built  up  a  business  that  is  worth 
thousands.  He  brings  to  the  details  of  his  busi- 
ness a  thorough  experience,  united  with  pride  in 
the  quality  of  goods  kept  at  his  stores,  and  the 
consequence  is  that  he  has  built  up  an  excellent 
trade  in  Eagle  County. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Timo- 
thy Fleming,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812 
and  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  British  at  Quebec. 
The  maternal  grandfather,  John  W.  Saviers, 
was  a  farmer  and  a  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of 
Ohio.  He  had  a  son,  George  W.  Saviers,  who 
was  for  years  a  leader  of  the  Democracy  in  Col- 
umbus, Ohio.  Our  subject's  father,  Benjamin 
Franklin  Fleming,  was  born  in  Tippecanoe,  Ohio, 
and  in  early  life  engaged  in  the  shoe  business, 
but  afterward  turned  his  attention  to  farming 
and  merchandising.  He  continues  to  reside  in 
Ohio.  In  early  manhood  he  voted  the  Democratic 
ticket,  but  during  the  past  twenty  years  has  been 
allied  with  the  Prohibitionists.  In  religion  he  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
By  his  marriage  to  Elizabeth  Saviers  he  had  six 
children:  John  Franklin;  George  M.,  a  business 
man  of  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio;  Nannie  E.,  Mrs. 
Henry  Bay  less,  of  Ross  County,  Ohio;  Maggie  T., 
wife  of  George  Allshotise,  a  fruit  dealer  in  Ross 
County,  Ohio;  Emma,  Mrs.  George  Bayfield,  of 
Ohio;  and  Eugenia,  wife  of  W.  F.  Johnston,  of 
Cumberland,  Ohio. 

The    early  years   of   our  subject's  life    were 
passed  in  Cambridge,    Ohio,  where  he  attended 


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the  public  schools.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he 
started  out  for  himself.  In  1882  became  to  Colo- 
rado, without  money  or  friends.  For  a  time  he 
worked  on  a  Democratic  paper  in  Leadville,  and 
later  was  assistant  cashier  in  the  dry-goods  house 
owned  by  Joel  W.  Smith.  He  came  to  Red  Cliff 
in  1885,  and  started  a  grocery  and  men's  furnish- 
ing business,  in  partnership  with  E.  M.  Borg, 
with  whom  he  continued  until  February,  1886, 
and  then  purchased  his  partner's  interest.  Soon 
afterward  he  formed  a  partnership  with  W.  H. 
Evans,  president  of  the  Leadville  Hardware 
Company,  with  which  organization  he  is  also 
connected,  owning  one-quarter  of  the  capital 
stock,  and  which  he  assisted  in  starting.  He  is 
now  the  owner  of  one-half  interest  in  two  stores 
in  Red  Cliff,  one  being  a  grocery,  and  the  other 
a  hardware  and  general  store.  He  also  assisted 
in  starting  a  bank  in  Red  Cliff,  but  the  venture 
did  not  prove  a  success.  In  national  politics  he 
has  always  favored  the  Democratic  party,  but  in 
local  affairs  votes  for  the  man  whom  he  deems 
best  qualified  to  represent  the  people.  Twice  he 
has  been  elected  mayor  of  Red  Cliff,  whose  in- 
terests he  has  assisted  materially. 

In  1891  Mr.  Fleming  married  Anna  McLeod, 
of  Quebec,  Canada,  daughter  of  John  C.  Mc- 
Leod, who  owned  a  farm  near  Quebec  and  as- 
sisted in  building  the  first  railroad  to  that  city. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fleming  have  three  children, 
Burnis,  Edna  and  Pearl. 


pC|AT  T.  BEALL,  register  of  the  United 
I A  I  States  land  office  at  Leadville,  was  born  in 
YY  Greene  County,  Ohio,  in  1846,  a  son  of 
William  T.  and  Isabella  (Alexander)  Beall,  na- 
tives respectively  of  Cumberland,  Md.,  and 
Xenia,  Ohio.  His  mother  was  a  descendant  of 
natives  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  who  emigrated  to 
America  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war  and  set- 
tled in  Georgia,  but  afterward  removed  to  South 
Carolina.  She  had  an  uncle  who  fought  in  the 
colonial  army  and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Cow- 
pens,  in  South  Carolina.  Her  father,  Hon.  John 
Alexander,  was  a  successful  lawyer,  and  for  many 
years  practiced  in  Greene  County,  Ohio;  active  in 
public  affairs,  he  served  for  one  term  as  a  member 
of  congress. 

John  Brook  Beall,  son  of  Thomas  Beall,  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  Capt.  William  Beatty.who  en- 
listed in  the  Revolutionary  service  in  December, 
1776,  as  lieutenant  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  as 
shown  by  the  records  in  the  land  office  of  Mary- 


land. The  same  records  show  that  Thomas 
Beall  enlisted  on  the  25th  of  July,  1776,  in  Raw- 
lings  Regiment  and  served  as  second  lieutenant, 
and  was  afterward  promoted  to  captain.  In  civil 
life  he  was  known  as  Thomas  Beall,  of  Samuel, 
the  affix  being  his  father's  Christian  name.  In 
1784  he  removed  to  Fort  Cumberland  from  one 
of  the  lower  counties,  perhaps  Montgomery.  He 
became  proprietor  of  two  tracts  of  land,  "Walnut 
Bottom"  and  "The  Brothers,"  and  in  1785  com- 
menced the  town  that  is  now  the  city  of  Cumber- 
land. Upon  his  petition  the  legislature,  in  1787, 
appointed  five  commissioners  to  lay  off  the  town 
of  Cumberland,  and  afterward  the  old  name  of 
Fort  Cumberland  was  dropped.  His  land  was 
laid  off  in  town  lots  and  sold  rapidly,  the  records 
showing  that  from  1790  to  his  death  in  1823, 
there  were  four  hundred  and  eighteen  convey- 
ances, besides  such  deeds  as  were  made  while  Al- 
legany  was  a  part  of  Washington  County.  In 
1 776  he  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  con- 
vention, and  in  1791,  1792  and  1793  was  elected 
to  the  legislature.  He  died  when  about  eighty 
years  of  age,  leaving  eight  children:  John  Brook 
(our  subject's  grandfather)  Beall,  Josiah,  Isaac, 
Lucky,  Eleanor,  Lizzie,  Mary  and  Priscilla. 

The  founder  of  the  Beall  family  in  America 
was  Ninean  Beall,  who,  it  is  said,  settled  in  the 
province  of  Maryland  in  1664.  The  records  of 
the  orphans'  court  of  Prince  George's  County 
show  that  his  will  was  probated  in  1717,  and  it  is 
probable  that  he  was  a  wealthy  man  for  that  day. 
He  left  three  sons,  George,  Ninean  and  Charles, 
and  two  daughters.  George  settled  at  what  later 
became  Georgetown,  upon  a  tract  of  land  called 
"Rock  of  Dunburton."  There  is  an  uncertain 
tradition  that  Georgetown  was  named  in  his 
honor.  Samuel  Beall,  father  of  Thomas  Beall  of 
S.,  died  in  Washington  County  in  1778,  and  left 
a  will, which  was  probated  January  10,  1778;  he 
had  a  large  family,  fourteen  or  fifteen  children. 
The  family  is  of  Scotch  lineage,  and  it  is  said 
that  Ninean  Beall  came  from  the  highlands  of 
Scotland. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  had  three  brothers 
and  six  sisters.  All  of  the  brothers  served  in  the 
Civil  war.  John  A.  was  a  lieutenant  in  the 
Ninety-fourth  Ohio  Infantry;  George  W.,  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Ohio 
Infantry,  and  E.  C. ,  a  sergeant  in  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Tenth  Ohio  Infantry,  and  later  sheriff 
of  Greene  County,  Ohio.  In  1864  our  subject 
enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth 


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Ohio  Infantry,  but  was  mustered  out  in  Septem- 
ber of  the  same  year.  He  studied  law  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  but  gave  his  attention  prin- 
cipally to  farming  until  1879.  He  then  came  to 
Leadville,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  for  four 
years,  and  then  returning  east,  spent  a  few  years 
on  a  farm.  In  1890  he  came  back  to  Leadville 
and  in  1897  was  appointed  to  his  present  office, 
which  he  fills  with  efficiency.  Politically  he  is 
a  pronounced  Republican. 


fpCOTT  ASHTON,  attorney-at-law,  of  Victor, 
?\  was  born  in  Mansfield,  Ohio,  February  17, 
V2/  1853,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  'Lizzie  (Whitford) 
Ashton,  and  a  great-grandson  of  a  Revolutionary 
officer.  His  boyhood  days  were  principally  spent 
in  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  and  his  education  was  re- 
ceived in  Notre  Dame  University,  Indiana. 
Upon  the  completion  of  his  literary  studies  he 
began  to  read  law  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  attended 
a  law  school  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  upon 
attaining  his  majority.  Returning  to  Leaven- 
worth,  he  opened  an  office  in  that  city  and  en- 
gaged in  a  general  practice  there. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1879,  Mr.  Ashton  settled 
in  Leadville,  where  he  formed  a  partnership  with' 
Pendery ,  Goddard  &  Taylor  (Judge  Goddard  now 
a  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  Colorado),  and 
afterward  he  was  connected  with  J .  W.  Taylor, 
now  of  Denver.  During  his  practice  in  that  city 
he  was  connected  with  many  important  cases 
bearing  upon  mining  law,  as  well  as  a  number  of 
commercial  cases,  both  in  Leadville  and  Aspen. 

From  1888  to  1894  Mr.  Ashton  engaged  in 
practice  in  Kansas  City.  In  the  latter  year  he 
settled  in  Cripple  Creek,  thence  came  to  Victor. 
In  April,  1895,  he  was  made  town  attorney  of 
Victor,  since  which  time  he  has  resided  here. 
He  was  also  employed  as  attorney  for  James 
Doyle  and  for  many  of  the  prominent  mining 
companies.  In  mines  at  Victor,  Leadville,  As- 
pen and  Caribou,  Boulder  County,  he  is  largely 
interested,  and  has  done  much  towards  the 
development  of  mining  interests,  while  at  the 
same  time  he  has  been  interested  in  most  of  the 
heavy  mining  litigations  in  Victor. 

The  Democratic  party  receives  the  allegiance 
of  Mr.  Ashton,  and  he  has  been  active  in  politics 
in  the  various  places  where  he  has  resided. 
While  in  Leadville  he  filled  the  office  of  district 
attorney,  and  twice  since  coming  to  Victor  he  has 
been  elected  city  attorney,  but  resigned  during 
bis  second  term-  While  in  L,eayenwortb,  Kan., 


when  twenty- two  years  of  age,  he  represented 
Judge  Goddard  as  deputy  county  attorney.  In 
March,  1880,  he  married  Addie  Stnithers,  of 
Kansas,  by  whom  he  has  three  sons  and  one 
daughter. 

£7ENO  FELDER,  who  is  engaged  in  the  drug 
I.  business  in  Lake  City,  and  is  one  of  the  pro- 
/^/  gressive  men  of  the  town,  was  born  in 
Madison  County,  111.,  in  1852,  a  son  of  Dr. 
Abraham  and  Catherine  Felder.  His  father,  who 
was  a  native  of  Switzerland,  received  excellent 
advantages  in  youth  and  was  a  student  in  some 
of  the  most  prominent  medical  universities  of  the 
old  world,  among  them  the  Heidelberg  Univer- 
sity. When  about  thirty  years  of  age  became  to 
America  and  for  a  year  engaged  in  professional 
practice  at  New  Orleans,  thence  removed  to 
Highland,  111.  There  he  built  up  an  extensive 
practice,  and  continued  to  make  his  home  until 
his  death,  in  1888.  He  was  a  man  of  upright 
character  and  large  influence,  and  took  an  act- 
ive part  in  local  affairs.  For  twenty  years  he 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  education, 
during  which  time  he  did  much  to  promote  the 
interests  of  the  schools  of  his  town. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  selected  pharmacy  for 
his  life  occupation.  With  this  profession  in  view 
he  entered  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy 
and  there  carried  on  the  regular  studies  of  the 
college.  After  completing  his  studies  he  engaged 
in  business  in  St.  Louis.  From  there  he  came  to 
Lake  City  in  1882,  and  has  since  built  up  a  good 
trade  in  his  chosen  line,  having  a  store  that  is 
neatly  arranged  and  well  equipped  with  a  full  line 
of  drugs,  etc.  In  1894  he  married  Ida  O'Bryan, 
who  was  born  in  Illinois,  but  at  the  time  of  their 
marriage  was  living  in  Cripple  Creek. 


HON.  GEORGE  PEARCE.  No  citizen  of 
Cripple  Creek  is  better  known  among  his 
fellow-townsmen  than  Mr.  Pearce.  In  local 
affairs  he  is  deeply  interested  and  justly  promi- 
nent, as  was  evident  by  his  election  to  the  mayor's 
chair,  April  6,  1897.  He  made  an  excellent 
record  in  his  office  and  is  known  for  his  champion- 
ship of  measures  having  for  their  object  the  bene- 
fit of  the  people  of  the  town.  For  some  years  he 
has  been  interested  in  the  drug  business,  and  in 
May,  1898,  accepted  the  management  of  the 
Central  Drug  Company,  whose  store  he  has  since 
conducted. 

Upon  a  farm  in  Madison  County,  111.,  0«r  sub- 


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ject  was  born  May  23,  1865,  a  son  of  M.  B.  and 
Martha  (Keown)  Pearce.  He  received  a  country- 
school  education.  At  sixteen  years  of  age  he 
became  an  employe  in  a  drug  store  at  Alhambra, 
where  he  obtained  his  rudimentary  knowledge  of 
the  drug  business.  In  a  short  time  he  became  a 
student  in  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy, 
where  he  took  the  complete  course,  graduating 
in  March,  1888.  Afterward  he  clerked  in  a  drug 
store  at  Staunton,  111.,  for  a  few  months.  In 
August  of  the  same  year  he  came  west,  settling 
at  Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  where  he  secured  a  clerk- 
ship in  the  business  with  which  he  was  most 
familiar.  February,  1894,  witnessed  his  arrival 
in  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business,  either  as 
clerk  or  proprietor.  The  business  which  he  first 
bought  he  disposed  of  in  January,  1896,  and 
afterward  clerked  for  eighteen  months;  then,  in 
September,  1897,  resumed  business  for  himself, 
and  since  May  of  1898  has  managed  the  store 
owned  by  the  Central  Drug  Company. 

As  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Pearce  has  taken  a  promi- 
nent and  active  part  in  local  politics,  and  it  was 
upon  the  Democratic  ticket  that  he  was  elected 
mayor.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Cripple 
Creek  Lodge  No.  96,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  a 
charter  member  and  exalted  ruler  of  the  local 
lodge  of  Elks. 

JAMUEL  D.  NICHOLSON,  former  mayor  of 
Leadville,  is  one  of  the  prominent  mine 
owners  and  operators  of  Colorado.  He  is 
manager  and  part  owner  of  the  Mab  mine,  which 
has  a  shaft  now  more  than  one  thousand  feet 
deep  and  turns  out  large  quantities  of  rich  ore. 
In  addition  he  is  interested  in  what  are  known  as 
the  Down  Town  mines  of  Leadville,  and  is  presi- 
dent, manager  and  owner  of  an  interest  in  the 
Ute  and  Ulay  mines  at  Lake  City  and  the  Colum- 
bia and  Monona  Milling  Company,  of  Savage 
Basin. 

The  Nicholson  family  is  of  Scotch  descent. 
D.  M.  Nicholson,  our  subject's  father,  was  born 
in  Scotland  and  in  early  life  emigrated  to  Prince 
Edward  Island,  Canada,  where  he  bought  land 
and  improved  a  farm.  He  is  still  living  on  the 
old  homestead,  though  now  to  a  large  extent 
retired  from  active  labors.  For  many  years  he 
has  been  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  married  Catherine  McKinsey,  daughter  of 
John  K.  McKinsey,  who  emigrated  from  Scotland 
to  Priuce  Edward  Island,  where  she  was  born. 


She  had  several  brothers  who  were  prominent  in 
politics  on  the  island.  Of  her  twelve  children, 
four  daughters  are  married  and  reside  in. Boston, 
and  one  son,  Mert,  is  superintendent  of  the  Ute 
and  Ulay  mines  at  Lake  City,  Colo. 

On  Prince  Edward  Island,  where  he  was  born 
in  1860,  the  subject  of  this  article  spent  his  boy- 
hood days.  Starting  out  for  himself  at  nineteen 
years  of  age,  he  went  to  Bay  City,  Mich.,  and 
there  engaged  in  mining.  In  1880  he  came  to 
Leadville,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 
At  first  he  was  employed  as  a  day  laborer  here, 
but  he  was  economical  and  saved  his  earnings, 
which  he  invested  in  mines.  He  was  made  ship- 
boss  of  the  Colonel  Sellers  mine,  and  later  was 
promoted  to  be  superintendent  of  the  A.  Y. 
and  Minnie  mines,  where  he  continued  for  three 
years,  resigning  to  accept  the  management  of  the 
Colonel  Sellers  mine.  This  he  superintended  for 
two  years,  and  then  commenced  to  lease  mining 
property,  since  which  time  he  has  given  his 
attention  wholly  to  his  private  mining  business. 

The  political  affiliations  of  Mr.  Nicholson  are 
with  the  Republican  party.  Formerly  he  voted 
with  the  Populists  and  was  active  in  their  ranks. 
He  served  as  permanent  chairman  of  the  Populist 
state  convention  in  1894  and  acted  as  state  dele- 
gate-at-large  to  the  St.  Louis  convention.  In  the 
spring  of  1893  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Leadville 
and  his  service  was  so  satisfactory  that  he  was 
re-elected,  serving  altogether  for  four  years. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Elks  and 
Masons  of  Leadville. 


iEORGE  A.  MONTAG  came  to  Corno,  Park 
County,  in  June,  1880,  and,  erecting  the 
first  building  of  any  importance,  he  became 
the  ruling  spirit  in  the  growth  of  this  now  enter- 
prising village.  Here  he  engaged  in  the  meat 
business  and  after  a  short  time  opened  a  general 
merchandise  store,  since  which  time  he  has  been 
closely  identified  with  the  business  interests  of 
the  town.  Besides  his  property  here,  he  is  the 
owner  of  a  ranch  of  six  hundred  and  forty  acres 
two  miles  west  of  town,  which  property  is  man- 
aged by  his  son,  William. 

In  Prussia,  Germany,  April  24,  1840,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  to  George  Adam  and 
Dora  (Kiessel)  Montag.  He  was  one  of  twelve 
children,  five  of  whom  are  living,  viz.:  George 
Christopher,  a  farmer  in  Illinois,  where  Henry, 
the  second  son,  also  resides;  Martha,  wife  of 
C.  Pfirnian,  of  Oregon;  Minnie,  Mrs.  Andrew 


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Baker,  of  Missouri;  and  George  A.  The  father, 
a  native  of  Prussia,  born  in  1796,  learned  the 
trade  of  a  carpenter  and  builder  and  became  one 
of  the  prosperous  business  men  of  his  section. 
He  took  part  in  the  famous  battle  of  Waterloo 
under  General  Blucher.  In  1850  he  brought 
his  family  to  America  and  settled  in  Quincy,  111., 
where  he  continued  to  reside  until  his  death,  in 
1884. 

When  the  family  emigrated  to  the  United 
States,  our  subject  was  a  boy  of  ten  years.  Six 
years  later  he  began  to  work  as  a  farm  hand  in 
Illinois.  In  1860  he  went  to  Louisiana,  where 
he  worked  in  a  sugar  refinery.  During  his  em- 
ployment there  the  election  of  President  Lincoln 
occurred  and  when  the  partisan  feeling  became 
too  strong  for  him  to  remain  longer  with  safety, 
he  went  to  New  Orleans  and  there  took  a  steamer 
for  St.  Louis.  From  the  latter  city  he  returned 
home.  August  21,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company 
F,  Third  Illinois  Cavalry,  and  was  sent  to  the 
front,  where  he  served  under  Fremont  and  took 
part  in  the  battles  of  Pea  Ridge,  Vicksburg  and 
Arkansas  Post.  From  Missouri  the  regiment  pro- 
ceeded to  Memphis  and  took  part  in  a  series  of 
skirmishes  near  the  Alabama  line.  He  was  mus- 
tered out  of  the  service  at  Springfield,  111.,  in 
June,  1865. 

Returning  home,  Mr.  Montag  engaged  in  the 
meat  business,  and  also  bought  and  sold  cattle, 
continuing  in  these  occupations  until  the  spring  of 
1849,  when  he  came  to  Colorado.  He  arrived  in 
Denver  on  the  25th  of  April.  For  a  short  time 
he  was  employed  in  teaming,  during  the  con- 
struction of  the  water  works.  In  June  of  the 
same  year  he  came  to  Park  County,  and  first  en- 
gaged in  prospecting  and  mining  on  Badger 
Creek.  Three  months  later  he  began  to  freight 
from  Denver  to  Leadville  and  other  mining 
camps.  In  June,  1880,  he  settled  in  Como,  of 
which  he  has  since  been  an  influential  resident. 
In  1885  he  was  elected  mayor  of  the  town,  and  in 
other  ways  the  people  have  shown  that  they  re- 
pose confidence  in  his  ability  and  integrity.  He 
is  identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  Tarryall 
Lodge  No.  64,  I.  O.  O.  F. ,  of  which  he  is  treas- 
urer, and  also  served  as  district  deputy. 

In  December,  1866,  Mr.  Montag  married 
Amelia  Heidenreich,  a  native  of  Quincy,  111., 
and  who  died  in  February,  1886.  They  became 
the  parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom  all  but  one 
are  still  living.  Emma  is  the  wife  of  James 


Talbert,  of  Como;  Dora  married  William  Wolff, 
of  Dodge  City,  Kan.;  William  is  manager  of  his 
father's  ranch  in  Park  County;  Edward  assists  in 
the  store  at  Como;  Ida  is  a  graduate  of  the  State 
Normal  School  and  a  teacher  in  the  Fairplay  pub- 
lic school;  Selma,  Clara  and  Lawrence  are  at 
home.  The  second  marriage  of  Mr.  Montag  took 
place  in  December,  1889,  and  united  him  with 
Mrs.  Kate  (Ross)  Thornton,  of  this  village. 


P  QlLLIAM  B.  PULLIN,  who  was  among  the 
\  A  I  first  to  embark  in  business  at  the  now 
V  V  famous  camp  of  Cripple  Creek,  is  one  of 
the  most  extensive  real-estate  owners  here  and 
has  also  identified  himself  with  various  import- 
ant mining  interests.  His  property  holdings  are 
very  valuable,  and  include  the  Pullin  block,  cor- 
ner of  Bennett  avenue  and  Second  street,  which 
was  erected  in  1896  at  a  cost  of  $20,000,  and  has 
since  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  sub- 
stantial business  buildings  in  the  city;  besides 
this  he  owns  a  number  of  dwellings  here. 

In  Augusta  County,  Va.,  where  he  was  born 
August  8,  1858,  the  boyhood  days  of  our  sub- 
ject were  passed  upon  a  farm.  His  education  was 
received  principally  in  a  private  school  at  Staun- 
ton,  Va.,  after  which  he  gave  his  attention  to 
farming  and  the  stock  business  in  his  home  coun- 
ty. In  1886  he  came  west,  settling  in  Helena, 
Mont.,  where  he  engaged  in  contracting,  carpen- 
tering and  building  for  three  years.  Coming  to 
Florissant,  El  Paso  County,  Colo.,  in  1889,  he 
engaged  in  the  feed  business,  meeting  with  fair 
success  in  his  enterprise.  When  the  camp  of 
Cripple  Creek  was  started,  in  February,  1891,  he 
came  to  this  district  and  began  to  mine,  but 
shortly  afterward  opened  a  grocery  and  hardware 
store.  He  erected,  on  the  corner  of  Bennett 
avenue  and  Second  street,  one  of  the  very  earliest 
buildings  put  up  at  the  camp,  and  some  years 
later  replaced  it  with  his  present  substantial  office 
block.  In  1893  he  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the 
store,  and  turned  his  attention  to  mining  and  the 
management  of  his  real-estate  holdings.  He  now 
owns  considerable  undeveloped  mining  property 
and  a  large  interest  in  thirty  acres  on  Battle 
Mountain,  besides  many  other  claims  throughout 
the  district. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Pullin  united  him  with 
Nannie  V.  Clark,  of  West  Virginia.  In  political 
views  he  is  a  Democrat  and  always  supports  this 
party  with  his  vote.  In  1897  and  1898  he  held 
the  office  of  alderman,  which  position  he  filled 


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with  efficiency  and  fidelity.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  Mount  Pisgah  Lodge  No.  96,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  and  Cripple  Creek  Chapter  No.  33, 
R.  A.  M.  He  is  also  a  Knight  Templar,  being 
a  member  of  the  Cripple  Creek  Commandery 
No.  26. 


|  RS.  CATHERINE  NOLAN,  who  is  one  of 
the  most  efficient  business  women  of  El 
Paso  County,  owns  valuable  placer  mine 
interests  at  Breckenridge  and  also  the  ranch 
where  she  resides,  two  miles  northwest  of  Floris- 
sant, besides  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
on  Four- Mile  Creek  in  this  county.  Not  only 
did  she  assist  in  the  acquirement  of  this  property, 
but  since  it  came  under  her  immediate  manage- 
ment, her  untiring  industry  and  persistent  effort 
have  enabled  her  to  superintend  it  successfully. 

Mrs.  Nolan  was  born  in  Blair  County,  Pa., 
June  27,  1843,  a  daughter  of  Christian  and  Erne- 
line  (Mouse)  Rhodes,  and  was  one  of  eleven  chil- 
dren, four  of  whom  are  living.  Of  these,  Eliza- 
beth is  the  wife  of  Joseph  Kennedy,  of  Blair 
County,  Pa.;  Abraham  makes  his  home  in  Al- 
toona,  Pa.;  and  William  lives  at  East  Freedom, 
that  state.  Mr.  Rhodes  was  born  in  Lancaster 
County,  Pa.,  in  1806,  and  in  early  manhood  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Blair  County,  where 
he  married  and  engaged  in  farming.  He  con- 
tinued to  reside  there  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1874.  Mrs.  Rhodes  was  born  near 
Paris,  France,  in  1813,  and  is  still  living  near 
Altoona,  Pa. 

Reared  to  womanhood  under  her  mother's  care- 
ful supervision,  Mrs.  Nolan  was  fitted  for  the 
duties  that  awaited  her  as  wife.  February  19, 
1865,  she  was  united  in  marriage  with  John  Sis- 
ler,  who  was  born  in  Center  County,  Pa.,  No- 
vember 8,  1819,  the  son  of  Michael  and  Mary 
(Butts)  Sisler,  the  former  the  owner  of  extensive 
mercantile  interests  at  Alexandria,  Pa. ,  also  the 
owner  of  a  line  of  packet  boats  on  the  canal,  and 
the  builder  of  the  first  canal  over  the  Allegheny 
Mountains,  where  he  ran  his  first  line  of  packet 
boats.  In  1852  he  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he 
lived,  quietly  but  busily  following  the  farmer's 
occupation,  until  his  death,  in  1879.  For  many 
years  his  son,  John,  was  identified  with  him  in 
business,  but  when  the  father  removed  to  Iowa, 
the  son,  with  his  brother-in-law,  George  Pank- 
hurst,  settled  in  Illinois,  engaging  there  in  the 
manufacture  of  plows.  After  two  years  the  busi- 
ness was  removed  to  Iowa  and  continued  in  Jack- 


son County  for  two  years.  Later  the  partners 
engaged  in  the  sawmill  business.  In  the  spring 
of  1 859  Mr.  Sisler  came  to  Colorado  and  engaged 
in  mining  in  Breckenridge,  where  he  continued  to 
operate  valuable  placer  property  until  his  death, 
Novembers,  1883.  Since  then  our  subject  has 
continued  to  operate  the  mines  with  the  assistance 
of  her  son. 

Five  children  were  born  to  the  union  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Sisler.  Of  these  four  survive,  viz.: 
Mary  A.,  wife  of  Harry  W.  Unsworth,  a  mine 
operator  in  Big  Horn,  Mont.,  but  a  resident  of 
Canon  City,  Colo.;  Ada  E.,  whose  husband, 
Christ  Olsen,  is  engaged  in  mining  at  La  Belle, 
N.  M. ;  Charles  H.,  at  home;  and  Henrietta  E., 
wife  of  Robert  C.  Duncan,  a  mine  operator  at 
Breckenridge. 

November  9,  1886,  our  subject  became  the  wife 
of  John  Nolan,  who  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland, 
in  1836,  and  came  to  America  with  his  parents  at 
thirteen  years  of  age,  settling  in  Michigan. 
When  he  attained  his  majority  he  went  to  St. 
Louis.  From  there,  in  1859,  he  crossed  the 
plains  to  Colorado  and  began  mining  in  Clear 
Creek  County.  A  short  time  afterward  he  went 
to  Summit  County,  where  he  engaged  in  mining 
until  his  death  in  1888. 


@J.  MAYNE,  M.  D.  The  professional  and 
private  life  of  Dr.  Mayne  furnishes  an  ex- 
ample of  what  may  be  accomplished  by  a 
young  man  who  possesses  energy  and  a  deter- 
mination to  win  in  the  great  struggle  for  success. 
He  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  rising  physicians 
of  Park  County,  and  is  especially  prominent  in 
Como,  where  he  has  engaged  in  a  general  prac- 
tice since  1891.  The  position  that  he  holds  as  a 
physician  and  surgeon  has  been  won  by  hard 
study  and  great  energy,  and  his  ability  is  such 
that  future  success  of  an  increased  character  may 
be  safely  predicted  of  him. 

The  doctor's  father,  John  R.  Mayne,  was  a 
prominent  civil  engineer  and  contractor  of  Keo- 
kuk,  Iowa,  and  was  one  of  the  principal  con- 
tractors in  the  building  of  the  government  canal. 
By  his  marriage  to  Julia  G.  Kremer  he  had  three 
children,  of  whom  the  doctor  and  his  sister,  Eu- 
genia, survive,  the  latter  being  the  wife  of  W.  T. 
Love,  a  member  of  the  bar  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
After  the  death  of  Mr.  Mayne  his  widow  became 
the  wife  of  Dr.  W.  S.  Grimes,  a  leading  physician 
of  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  To  this  marriage  three 
children  were  born,  namely:  William  S.,  a  grad- 


ADOLPH  GUIRAUD. 


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uate  of  medicine  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  Albert  K., 
who  lives  in  Denver,  Colo.;  and  Bessie  J.,  wife 
of  Alva  Leach. 

In  Keokuk,  Iowa,  the  subject  of  this  article 
was  born  July  24,  1863.  He  acquired  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Keokuk  and  Des 
Moines,  and  also  attended  the  college  at  Grin- 
nell,  Iowa,  for  a  term.  His  medical  studies  were 
carried  on  in  the  University  of  Denver,  from 
which  he  graduated  with  the  class  of  1890.  Af- 
ter his  graduation  he  spent  some  weeks  in  the 
Arapahoe  County  hospital,  and  then  began  in 
practice  in  Denver,  from  which  city  he  came  to 
Como  a  year  later.  He  is  a  member  of  Silver 
State  Lodge  No.  65,  K.  P. 


(S\  DOLPH  GUIRAUD.  In  this  gentleman 
|  I  South  Park  had  one  of  its  pioneers,  a  man 
|  I  who  passed  much  of  his  life  within  its  bor- 
ders, who  witnessed  its  development  and  bore  an 
influential  part  in  promoting  its  welfare.  By  a 
course  of  industry  and  prudence  he  accumulated 
valuable  property,  and  had  his  life  been  spared 
to  advanced  years  he  undoubtedly  would  have 
become  wealthy.  He  was  a  very  useful  citizen, 
and  one  whose  place,  when  made  vacant  by  death, 
could  not  easily  be  filled. 

The  Guiraud  family  is  of  French  origin.  The 
subject  of  this  memoir  was  born  in  France  in  1823, 
and  during  his  boyhood  he  assisted  his  father 
in  the  mercantile  business.  March  28,  1848,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Marie  Chabreat.  Directly 
afterward  he  embarked  in  business  for  himself. 
At  the  suggestion  of  his  brother,  a  prosperous 
merchant  in  New  Orleans,  he  decided  to  come  to 
America.  In  December,  1849,  he  took  passage 
on  a  merchant  vessel,  "Adair,"  accompanied  by 
his  family.  After  a  voyage  of  eight  weeks,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  passed  through  the  strait  of 
Gibraltar  and  touched  on  the  shores  of  the  Canary 
Islands,  he  landed  in  New  Orleans,  in  January  of 
1850.  He  spent  thirty  days  in  that  city  with  his 
brother,  through  whose  advice  he  went  to  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  and  established  himself  in  business 
as  a  dealer  in  imported  wines.  After  building 
up  a  fine  trade  he  was  burned  out  in  1853.  With 
what  money  he  had  he  went  to  Clermont  County 
and  purchased  a  farm,  but  the  surroundings  and 
life  were  not  congenial.  Eighteen  months  later 
he  sold  the  property  and  returned  to  Cincinnati, 
where  for  two  years  he  conducted  a  bakery  on 
Front  street.  Meantime  his  brother  in  New  Or- 

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leans  had  disposed  of  his  business  there  and  had 
removed  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  became  an  im- 
porter of  fine  woolens  and  silks. 

With  a  determination  to  come  west,  our  subject 
and  his  brother  closed  out  their  business  in  Cin- 
cinnati and  settled  in  Leavenworth,  Kan.  Adolph 
being  a  poor  man  and  his  brother  being  wealthy, 
they  could  not  agree  in  business,  and  the  former 
purchased  a  public  scales,  while  his  wife,  desir- 
ing to  assist,  opened  a  coffee  house  opposite  the 
public  market.  However,  on  account  of  poor 
health,  she  was  soon  obliged  to  give  up  the  busi- 
ness. While  her  husband  was  earning  a  good 
living  from  the  public  scales,  he  formed  the  ac- 
quaintance of  Frank  Mayhall,  a  wealthy  man  and 
one  who  possessed  a  scholarly  mind  and  broad 
education.  It  was  Mr.  May  hall's  proposal  that 
the  two  go  to  Pike's  Peak,  he  to  defray  all  ex- 
penses. Mr.  Guiraud  consenting  to  the  proposi- 
tion, they  started  for  Colorado  in  1860.  From 
Denver  they  went  to  Hamilton  and  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business. 

In  1862  Mr.  Guiraud  returned  to  Leavenworth 
for  his  family,  and  with  them  he  again  came  to 
Colorado.  In  the  spring  of  1863  he  and  Mr. 
Mayhall  dissolved  partnership,  and 'he  came  to 
Park  County,  where  he  located  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres.  With  a  yoke  of  oxen,  one  cow  and 
two  horses  he  began  the  life  of  a  ranchman.  He 
gave  special  attention  to  raising  hay,  and  as  it 
sold  for  $80  per  ton  in  Leadville,  he  prospered. 
In  1864,  having  lost  a  son  through  an  accident, 
and  his  wife  feeling  the  need  of  a  change,  he  took 
his  family  to  Denver  and  opened  a  meat  market 
there.  One  year  later  they  returned  to  the  ranch, 
but  soon  moved  to  Fairplay,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business.  However,  as  the  trade 
was  a  credit  business  and  money  difficult  to  col- 
lect, he  closed  the  store  and  returned  to  the  ranch, 
where  he  gave  his  attention  to  his  cattle  interests 
and  haying.  He  increased  his  ranch  to  six  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres  and  was  on  the  road  to  suc- 
cess when  he  died,  in  1875. 

After  the  death  of  her  husband,  Mrs.  Guiraud 
was  appointed  administratrix  of  the  estate.  Hav- 
ing the  property  appraised  (at  which  time  the 
value  was  estimated  at  $9, 559),  she  purchased 
the  interest  of  her  children  in  the  estate  and  took 
upon  herself  the  management  of  the  ranch.  Dur- 
ing the  years  that  followed  she  proved  herself  a 
woman  capable  of  overcoming  the  many  obstacles 
that  obstructed  her  path.  Through  her  business 
ability  and  wise  judgment  she  is  to-day  the  owner 


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of  about  five  thousand  acres,  all  of  which  is  fine 
hay  land,  producing  one  thousand  tons  of  hay 
annually.  She  is  one  of  the  extensive  cattle- 
raisers  of  Park  County,  and  is  also  the  owner  of 
valuable  mining  property.  She  is  well  known 
among  the  people  of  the  county,  where  for  so 
many  years  she  has  been  active  in  business  af- 
fairs. The  village  of  Garo,  near  her  ranch,  was 
named  in  honor  of  her  husband,  with,  however, 
a  change  of  spelling  from  the  French  to  the  Eng- 
lish form. 

Of  the  ten  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Guiraud  six 
are  now  living.  They  are  named  as  follows: 
Marie  Mathilde,  wife  of  P.  F.  Reinhardt,  of 
Steamboat  Springs,  Colo.;  Joseph  A.,  who  is 
manager  of  a  ranch  owned  by  his  mother;  Eu- 
genie, who  married  O.  P.  Spurlock,  of  Garo; 
Henry  L.,  who  manages  land  owned  by  his 
mother;  Antoinette,  Mrs.  James  Milligan,  of  Vic- 
tor, this  state;  and  Ernest  C.,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  cattle  business  in  this  county. 


HAMES  DILTS,  former  superintendent  of 
I  schools  of  Eagle  County,  and  now  engaged 
(2/  in  mining  and  also  in  the  practice  of  law  at 
Eagle,  was  born  in  Perry  County,  Ohio,  in  1848, 
a  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Miller)  Dilts,  na- 
tives of  New  Jersey.  His  father,  who  left  New 
Jersey  in  childhood,  spent  almost  his  entire  life 
in  Ohio,  where  he  cultivated  farm  land.  He  was 
a  strong  supporter  of  the  government  during  the 
Civil  war  and  gave  two  sons  to  fight  for  the 
Union.  In  religion  he  was  connected  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His  death  occurred 
in  1864,  when  he  was  fifty -six  years  of  age.  His 
wife  died  in  Ohio  at  fifty-two  years  of  age.  Of 
their  children,  Nathan  enlisted  in  the  Thirty-sec- 
ond Ohio  Infantry  and  died  during  his  service  in 
the  Civil  war;  Elizabeth  is  married  and  lives  in 
the  east;  Sarah,  the  widow  of  Judge  Webb,  lives 
in  Topeka,  Kan.;  Harriet  died  in  girlhood;  Fla- 
vins owns  a  large  ranch  near  Newton,  Kan.; 
Edith  is  living  in  Montana;  and  Austin  is  en- 
gaged in  the  stock  business  in  Montana. 

Upon  the  home  farm  in  Ohio  our  subject  was 
trained  to  habits  of  usefulness  and  industry.  He 
received  an  academic,  normal  school  ..business  and 
college  education.  He  took  a  business  course  at 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  attended  the  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan  University  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  and  studied 
law  in  the  Boston  University.  In  1880  he  came 
to  Colorado  and  opened  an  office  in  Denver, 
where  he  built  up  a  growing  practice.  While 


Eagle  County  was  still  new,  he  settled  here  in 
1883  and  began  professional  practice,  also  became 
interested  in  mining.  Five  years  after  coming  to 
Eagle  County  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of 
county  superintendent  of  schools,  which  office  he 
filled  efficiently  for  eight  years.  He  was  county 
attorney  for  two  years  and  represented  Eagle 
County  in  the  twelfth  general  assembly  of  the 
state.  From  boyhood  he  has  been  a  believer  in 
Republican  principles,  and  has  never  voted  any 
other  ticket  than  that  of  the  regular  party. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Masonic 
order. 


E.  FUNK,  M.  D.   At  the 

/.  njng  of  the  year  1896  Dr.  Funk  removed 
Z2  from  Trinidad  to  Cripple  Creek,  where  he 
has  since  engaged  in  practice.  He  had  been 
here  but  a  very  short  time  when  the  great  fire  of 
1896  occurred,  and  he  was  among  those  who  suf- 
fered considerable  loss  in  the  conflagration,  but 
the  disaster  did  not  discourage  him,  and  he  has 
since  more  than  retrieved  his  losses  at  that  time. 
In  the  Cripple  Creek  District  Medical  Society  he 
is  an  active  worker,  and  also  holds  member- 
ship in  the  American  Medical  Association. 

Born  in  Monticello,  Wis.,  June  5,  1855,  Dr. 
Funk  was  reared  and  educated  primarily  in  the 
schools  of  his  native  city.  He  was  a  diligent 
student  and  learned  readily.  Upon  completing 
the  studies  of  the  public  schools  he  entered  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Platteville,  Wis.,  where 
he  continued  the  higher  branches  and  classics. 
At  nineteen  years  of  age  he  began  to  teach  school, 
and  after  a  year  in  that  occupation  in  his  home 
neighborhood,  he  went  to  Montgomery  County, 
Kan.,  where  he  taught  for  three  years.  During 
the  evenings  and  on  Saturdays  he  read  medicine 
with  Dr.  John  Grass,  now  of  Trinidad,  in  which 
way  he  gained  a  thorough  rudimentary  knowledge 
of  the  profession.  Later  he  took  the  regular 
course  of  study  in  Rush  Medical  College,  Chi- 
cago, from  which  he  graduated  in  February,  1882. 
Opening  an  office  at  Spirit  Lake,  Iowa,  Dr. 
Funk  remained  there  for  four  years,  when  the 
opportunities  offered  by  Colorado  induced  him  to 
change  his  place  of  resi'dence  to  Trinidad.  In 
the  latter  city  he  remained  from  1886  to  1896, 
meantime  building  up  a  profitable  private  prac- 
tice, and  at  the  same  time  acting  as  surgeon  to 
different  coal  and  mining  companies,  and  the 
Colorado  Fuel  and  Iron  Company.  January  i, 
1896,  became  to  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  has 


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been  in  continuous  practice  since.  While  in 
Spirit  Lake,  Iowa,  lie  married  Miss  Mabel 
Nefzger,  the  daughter  of  C.  T.  Nefzger,  of  that 
city.  They  have  two  sons,  Norman  and  Ilo. 
In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Republican,  but  does 
not  take  an  active  part  in  local  affairs.  While  in 
Trinidad  he  became  a  member  of  Las  Animas 
Lodge  No.  28,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  that  place.  He 
is  identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  at  Cripple 
Creek,  and  has  been  medical  examiner  of  the  lat- 
ter in  this  city. 

|      GUIS  HOHL,  mayor  of  Ouray,  and  a  well- 

I  C    known  business  man  of  this  city,  was  born 

I 1  J  in  Germany  in  1854,  and  received  a  fair  ed- 
ucation  in  the  schools  of  his  native  land.     At 
twenty  years  of  age  he  came  to  the  United  States 
and  settled  in  St.  Louis,   Mo. ,  where  he  followed 
the  trade  of  a  baker  with  which  he  had  become 
familiar  prior  to  his  emigration.  In  1878  he  moved 
to  Kansas  and  took  up  a  tract  of  land.     From 
there,  in  1880,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  was  em- 
ployed at  his  trade  by   the  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
Company,  which  was  then  building  its  road  from 
Canon  City  to  Leadvllle.     He  spent  nine  months 
in  Colorado  and  New  Mexico   with  the  railroad 
company,  and  in    1881  settled  in  Conejos,  in  the 
San  Luis  Valley,  where  he  carried  on  a  restaurant 
and  bakery  business  for  a  year.     In  1882  he  went 
to  a  mining  camp  near  Silverton,   and  there  fol- 
lowed his  trade,  at  the  same  time  becoming  inter- 
ested in  mining  there  and  at  Telluride. 

The  year  1883  found  Mr.  Hohl  in  Ouray.  The 
next  year  found  him  embarking  in  business  here. 
Since  then  he  has  built  up  a  large  trade  as  a 
baker,  and  has  also  purchased  a  stock  of  gro- 
ceries, to  which  he  has  added  from  time  to  time, 
until  he  now  has  a  complete  assortment  of  staple 
and  fancy  groceries.  He  has  invested  quite  heav- 
ily in  mines  and  has  also  purchased  property  in 
Ouray.  His  success  is  commendable,  in  view  of 
the  fact  that  he  came  to  this  country  ignorant  of 
our  language  and  customs,  and  without  any 
money  to  aid  him. 

For  some  years  Mr.  Hohl  voted  the  Democratic 
ticket,  but  is  now  allied  with  the  Populists.  He 
has  served  as  a  member  of  the  town  board  for 
some  time.  In  1897  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
Ouray,  which  office  he  has  since  held, filling  it  with 
efficiency  and  proving  a  trustworthy  executive. 
In  1883  he  married  Martha  Duke,  by  whom  he 
has  one  child,  Abby.  He  is  a  member  of  the 


Woodmen  of  the  World,  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  since 
1888  has  been  treasurer  of  the  last-named  lodge. 


ITRNEST  L.  DANIELS,  sheriff  of  Lake 
fy  County,  and  a  well-known  resident  of  Lead- 
I  ville,  was  born  at  West  Union,  Iowa,  in 
1859,  a  son  of  O.  A.  and  Julia  A.  (Bishop)  Dan- 
iels. His  father,  who  was  born  near  Burlington, 
Vt.,  in  early  life  followed  the  trade  of  a  stone 
mason.  From  Vermont  he  removed  westward  to 
Iowa,  and  in  1869  settled  in  Olathe,  Kan., where 
he  still  resides.  He  owns  two  farms  which  are 
operated  by  tenants.  During  the  Civil  war  he 
traveled,  with  ox-teams  across  the  plains  to 
Colorado,  joining  the  band  of  gold-seekers  in  the 
mountains.  He  has  maintained  an  independent 
attitude  in  politics,  voting  for  the  man  rather 
than  the  party.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Odd  Fellows,  and  in  religion  is  an  active 
worker  in  the  Olathe  Baptist  Church.  He  had 
one  brother,  Truman  G.,  who  served  in  the  war, 
and  is  now  editor  of  the  Alameda  Argus  in  Cali- 
fornia. His  father,  who  was  a  farmer,  also  served 
in  the  Union  army,  being  first  lieutenant  in  an 
Iowa  regiment  that  was  known  as  the  "Gray- 
beards,"  and  remaining  in  the  service  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  The  Daniels  family  was  among 
the  early  settlers  of  Vermont. 

The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  R.A. 
Bishop,  was  born  in  New  York  state,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  crackers.  Remov- 
ing to  Iowa  he  enlisted  in  the  regiment  to  which 
Thomas  A.  Daniels  (our  subject's  other  grand- 
father) belonged.  His  father,  who  was  a  man 
of  scholarly  attainments  and  considerable  emi- 
nence in  literary  circles,  was  captured  by  the 
British  during  the  war  of  1812,  and  held  for  some 
time  in  captivity.  The  Bishop  family  was  rep- 
resented in  Massachusetts  in  an  early  day,  and  mi- 
grated from  there  to  New  York.  Our  subject  had 
two  sisters  and  one  brother:  Minnie  Blanche  and 
Maude  E. ,  both  of  whom  died  at  eighteen  years; 
and  Merton  W.,  who  died  January  17,  1899.  The 
latter  was  a  musician  in  the  Third  Missouri  (or 
Kansas  City)  Regiment. 

When  ten  years  of  age  our  subject  accompanied 
his  parents  from  West  Union,  Iowa,  to  Olathe, 
Kan.  In  the  latter  city  he  learned  the  printer's 
trade,  which  he  followed  for  some  time  in  Kan- 
sas. In  1879  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  three 
years  remained  in  Denver,  following  various  oc- 
cupations. Afterward  he  prospected  for  some 


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time  in  the  vicinity  of  Leadville.  In  1885  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Dora  Risling, 
who  was  born  in  Germany,  but  was  brought  by 
her  parents  to  America  at  the  age  of  six  weeks, 
settling  in  Johnstown,  Pa.,  but  later  removing 
to  Missouri  and  from  there  to  Colorado.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Daniels  have  oue  son  and  three  daughters: 
Alva,  Maude,  Minnie  and  Nina. 

Politically  Mr.  Daniels  favors  the  policy  of  the 
Republican  party.  On  that  ticket,  in  1894  and 
1895,  he  was  elected  county  assessor,  and  in  the 
spring  of  1896  was  chosen  chief  of  police  of  Lead- 
ville. In  the  fall  of  1897  he  was  elected  sheriff  of 
Lake  County,  and  resigned  the  office  of  chief  of 
police  to  accept  that  of  sheriff.  At  the  time  of  the 
great  strike  he  was  at  the  head  of  the  police  force 
of  the  city,  a  position  that  entailed  great  responsi- 
bility and  constant  danger.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Patriotic  Order  Sons  of 
America,  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks 
and  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


HARLES  A.  EDWARDS,  who  is  a  whole- 
sale  commission  merchant  of  Leadville,  was 
\J  born  in  Grant  County,  Wis.,  in  1872,  a  son 
of  John  and  Ann  (Hooper)  Edwards,  natives  of 
England,  but  residents  of  the  United  States  from 
early  life.  His  father,  who  settled  in  Wisconsin, 
and  engaged  in  the  mining  business,  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life  in  that  state,  dying  there  in 
1888.  In  religion  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His  widow  still 
makes  her  home  in  Wisconsin.  Of  their  five  sous 
and  four  daughters,  James  died  at  the  age  of  thir- 
ty-seven years;  Thomas  is  a  traveling  salesman  for 
the  Struby-Estabrook  Mercantile  Company,  of 
Denver,  Colo. ;  John  is  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  in  Denver;  Arthur  is  with  our  subject; 
Rosa  married  W.  W.  Williams;  Lillie  is  the  wife 
of  Angus  McFarland,  and  Mary  married  George 
Danforth,  all  of  Rockford,  111.;  Lola  is  with  her 
mother. 

In  the  high  school  at  Hazel  Green  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  obtained  a  fair  education.  At 
eighteen  years  of  age  he  went  to  Milwaukee  and 
from  that  city  came  to  Colorado,  first  settling  in 
Denver,  then  going  to  Aspen,  and  from  there,  in 
1893,  removing  to  Leadville.  Here  he  purchased 
the  wholesale  commission  business  of  Edwards  & 
Wick,  which  he  has  since  successfully  conducted. 
While  he  had  but  very  little  capital  when  he  em- 
barked in  business,  by  industry,  energy  and  the 
exercise  of  sound  judgment  in  all  dealings,  he 


has  increased  his  business  greatly  and  has  secured 
a  competency.  His  entire  time  is  given  to  his 
business,  and  he  has  neither  time  nor  inclination 
to  mingle  in  public  affairs.  In  politics  he  is  in- 
dependent, voting  for  the  man  rather  than  the 
party.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  In  1896  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Annie  McGourlick,  a  native  of 
Maryland,  and  they  have  one  child. 


(1  AMES  H.  BAXTER,  attorney,  and  register 
I  of  the  United  States  land  office  at  Del  Norte, 
Q/  Rio  Grande  County,  Colo.,  was  born  in 
Abingdon,  Jefferson  County,  Iowa,  September 
r3>  l855>  a  son  of  William  G.  and  Sarah  A. 
(Fish)  Baxter,  natives  of  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania 
respectively.  His  father,  who  after  marriage  re- 
moved to  Iowa,  became  a  well-known  citizen  and 
for  eighteen  years  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace.  Of  the  children  comprising  the  family 
four  are  still  living,  James  H.  being  the  young- 
est. The  others  are:  Lucretia  A.,  wife  of  An- 
drew Harrison,  of  Hedrick,  Iowa;  George  B., 
whose  home  is  in  Iowa;  and  Florence  L. ,  Mrs. 
John  C.  Halferty,  of  Monte  Vista,  Rio  Grande 
County,  Colo. 

At  the  age  of  eighteen  our  subject  began  in 
life  for  himself,  and  since  then  he  has  made  his 
own  way  in  the  world.  In  April,  1880,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  but  did  not  begin  practice 
immediately,  teaching  school  in  Iowa  until  1888, 
when  he  settled  in  Colorado.  Coming  to  Rio 
Grande  County,  he  secured  land  and  also  taught 
school.  In  November,  1889,  he  was  elected 
county  judge,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  was 
afterward  twice  re-elected  on  the  same  ticket,  serv- 
ing until  July,  1898,  when  he  resigned.  May  19, 
1898,  he  accepted  the  position  as  register  of  the 
United  States  land  office  at  Del  Norte,  Colo., 
which  he  now  holds.  Besides  this,  he  is  the 
owner  of  eight  hundred  acres  of  good  land, 
forming  a  valuable  ranch,  which  he  superintends. 
He  has  organized  a  school  district  in  the  locality 
where  his  ranch  is  situated,  and  has  acted  as 
secretary  of  the  school  board.  As  mayor  and 
member  of  the  town  council  of  Del  Norte,  Colo. , 
he  was  helpful  in  promoting  the  local  welfare. 
He  is  active  in  his  party  and  has  been  a  con- 
spicuous figure  in  various  conventions  both  in 
Iowa  and  Colorado. 

In  November,  1887,  Mr.  Baxter  married  Lizzie 
M.,  daughter  of  James  H.  Collins,  and  they  have 
one  son.  Fraternally  our  subject  is  past  grand 


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of  the  Odd  Fellows  lodge,  past  master  of  Del 
Norte  Lodge  No.  29,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  a 
member  of  Alamosa  Chapter,  K.  T.,  and  also 
connected  with  Coronado  Lodge,  K.  P. 


(JOB  KESTER  SWEET.  As  a  worthy 
I  representative  of  the  integrity  and  intelli- 
(2/gence  of  the  ranchmen  of  South  Park,  the 
subject  of  this  article  occupied  no  unimport- 
ant position.  While  his  immediate  object  in 
removing  to  Colorado  was  the  recovery  of  his 
health,  he  was  so  pleased  with  the  country  that 
after  he  again  became  strong  and  robust  he  had 
no  desire  to  return  east,  preferring  to  remain  iden- 
tified with  the  citizens  of  the  Centennial  state. 
By  a  course  of  industry,  prudence  and  good  man- 
agement, he  became  well-to-do  financially,  and 
the  valuable  estate  which  he  left  indicates  in  a 
marked  degree  to  what  good  purpose  he  labored. 
A  native  of  New  York  state,  born  March  4, 
1819,  Mr.  Sweet  was  a  boy  when  he  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Pike  County,  111.,  and  there  he 
grew  to  manhood  and  married  Miss  Clementine 
Abrams,  their  marriage  being  solemnized  March 
18,  1840.  Afterward  he  removed  to  Mason  Coun- 
ty, 111.,  where  he  spent  a  few  years,  later  settling 
at  Lewiston,  Fulton  County.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  mechanical  skill,  and  at  the  same  time  pos- 
sessed business  ability.  He  was  proprietor  and 
owner  oT  a  large  tannery,  and  from  the  tanned 
skins  he  manufactured  shoes,  having  charge  of 
the  shoe  factory  and  tannery  and  machine  shops. 
His  business  enterprises  were  extensive  and  im- 
portant. After  his  factories  had  been  destroyed 
by  fire  he  turned  his  attention  to  the  mercantile 
business,  in  which  he  accumulated  money  rapidly, 
but  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  forced  him  into 
bankruptcy.  Afterward  he  engaged  in  the  hotel 
business. 

Hoping  that  change  of  climate  would  benefit  his 
failing  health,  in  1872  Mr.  Sweet  came  to  Colorado. 
He  was  so  pleased  with  the  country  that  he  de- 
cided to  remain.  Returning  to  Illinois  he  dis- 
posed of  his  property.  Accompanied  by  his  fam- 
ily and  a  number  of  friends  and  neighbors,  in  the 
spring  of  1873  he  came  to  this  state  to  establish 
his  permanent  home.  His  first  home  was  in 
Fremont  County  on  Currant  Creek,  some  thirty- 
nine  miles  above  Canon  City.  There  he  regained 
his  health  by  exercise  in  the  fresh  air  and  as  a 
result  of  the  invigorating  climate.  He  engaged 
in  the  cattle  business  on  that  ranch  until  the 
spring  of  1883,  when  he  sold  his  stock  and  ranch 


and  removed  to  Park  County,  settling  on  the  South 
Platte,  thirteen  miles  south  of  Fairplay,  on  the 
main  road  from  Denver  and  Colorado  Springs  to 
Leadville.  Here  he  purchased  a  small  ranch  and 
some  cattle,  which  he  grazed  on  the  range.  As 
he  prospered  he  added  to  his  ranch  until  at  his 
death  his  estate  numbered  eight  hundred  acres 
of  fine  meadow  land. 

His  regard  for  the  welfare  of  his  community 
made  Mr.  Sweet  a  public-spirited  citizen.  He 
was  a  man  of  strong  moral  force  and  was  honored 
and  esteemed  by  his  acquaintances.  In  all  his 
circle  of  associates  he  was  without  an  enemy;  all 
united  in  respecting  him  for  his  manly  qualities. 
For  many  years  he  was  active  in  the  blue  lodge 
of  Masonry.  When  he  passed  from  earth,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1893,  it  was  felt  that  one  of  the  ablest 
citizens  of  the  county  had  been  taken  away,  and 
he  was  mourned  by  all  who  knew  him. 

The  lady  who  was  for  years  the  faithful  help- 
mate of  Mr.  Sweet  was  born  in  New  Jersey  April 
it,  1820,  and  in  childhood  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Illinois,  settling  in  Naples,  where  she 
grew  to  womanhood.  She  was  a  woman  of  a 
thousand,  and  possessed  a  most  marked  charac- 
ter and  an  amiable  disposition.  She  was  very 
largely  instrumental  in  assisting  her  husband  in 
the  attainment  of  success.  She  passed  away  De- 
cember 12,  1896,  leaving  a  daughter,  Alice  A., 
Mrs.  Hodgdon,  of  whom  mention  is  made  in  the 
following  sketch. 

f~  OYDYCE  HODGDON  was  born  in  theWhite 
|>)  Mountain  district  of  New  Hampshire,  Octo- 
I  *  ber  9,  1846,  and  there  the  years  of  his  youth 
were  passed.  On  reaching  manhood  he  chose 
railroading  for  his  occupation,  which  he  contin- 
ued to  follow  for  some  years.  October  9,  1872, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Alice  A.,  only 
child  of  J.  K.  Sweet,  and  a  native  of  Mason  Coun- 
ty, 111.  During  the  following  year  he  removed 
to  Colorado,  bringing  his  wife  with  him,  but 
after  two  years  they  returned  to  Illinois  and  he 
secured  employment  in  an  office  in  Chicago.  In 
1881  he  came  for  the  second  time  to  Colorado, 
where  he  first  engaged  in  railroading,  but  after- 
ward settled  in  Delta  County,  and  during  the  re- 
maining years  of  his  life  he  was  connected  with 
county  work. 

Mrs.  Hodgdon  was  given  every  advantage 
when  a  girl.  Evincing  considerable  musical  tal- 
ent, her  parents  secured  the  best  instructors  for 
her  in  this  art,  and  she  acquired  a  finished  mu- 


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sical  education  under  private  German  tutors  in 
Peoria,  111.  She  was  so  fond  of  music  and  so 
successful  in  it  that  she  turned  her  attention  to 
the  teaching  of  the  art,  and  for  ten  years  was  en- 
gaged as  an  instructor.  Besides  being  a  capable 
musician  she  is  also  an  excellent  business  mana- 
ger. After  the  death  of  her  husband  she  contin- 
ued to  reside  in  Delta  County,  where  she  owned 
a  fruit  ranch;  but  the  death  of  her  mother  made 
it  advisable  for  her  to  come  to  her  father's  ranch 
in  Park  County,  in  order  to  take  charge  of  its 
supervision.  Since  then  she  has  managed  the 
property  with  marked  ability.  She  has  not  only 
made  a  cozy  and  attractive  home,  but  has  guarded 
well  the  interests  of  the  ranch  and  has  proved 
herself  to  be  a  capable  businesswoman.  She  is 
the  mother  of  two  sons,  Ralph  Kester  and  Foy- 
dyce,  the  former  of  whom  is  married  and  has  one 
child. 


(JOHN  ASHENFELTER,  the  well-known 
I  transportation  dealer  of  Ouray,  came  to  this 
Q)  city  in  1886  and  began  in  the  packing  busi- 
ness. Having  no  money  with  which  to  start  in 
business,  he  secured  eight  small  burros  on  credit, 
and  in  that  way  was  enabled  to  begin  for  himself. 
After  one  winter  he  began  to  haul  ore  for  the 
Virginia  Mining  Company.  As  time  passed  by 
his  business  increased,  until  he  now  has  practi- 
cally the  entire  freighting  and  packing  business 
in  the  county,  and  keeps  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty  pack  animals,  besides  a  complete  freighting 
outfit.  He  also  deals  in  hay  and  grain,  and  has 
a  general  transfer  business,  which  is  the  largest 
of  its  kind  in  this  part  of  the  state.  During  1892 
he  purchased  a  tract  of  three  hundred  acres  at 
Montrose,  and  has  since  planted  twenty-seven 
hundred  trees  (winter  apples,  peaches,  etc.),  on 
the  farm,  which  is  one  of  the  finest  fruit  ranches 
in  this  section  of  Colorado.  He  is  also  interested 
in  the  development  of  some  good  mining  claims. 
In  Ouray  he  owns  a  blacksmith  shop,  large  barns, 
several  buildings  and  lots,  and  a  complete  set  of 
buildings  for  his  business. 

In  Dauphin  County,  Pa.,  our  subject  was  born 
in  1853,  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Caroline  (Naylor) 
Ashenfelter,  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  His  father, 
who  for  some  years  carried  on  farming  in  his  na- 
tive locality,  removed  to  Illinois  about  1853,  an(l 
for  four  years  lived  on  a  farm  in  that  state.  Five 
years  were  then  spent  in  Wisconsin,  after  which 
he  resided  in  Iowa  for  ten  years,  and  finally  set- 
tled in  Kansas,  where  he  died  at  seventy-two 


years  of  age.  His  wife  also  died  there,  and  both 
are  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Independence. 
They  were  the  parents  of  twelve  children,  eight 
of  whom  are  living. 

Accompanying  his  parents  in  their  various  re- 
movals, our  subject  assisted  in  farm  work  during 
the  summer  months  and  attended  school  in  the 
winter.  When  eighteen  years  of  age  he  went  to 
the  Indian  Territory  and  Texas,  where  he  was 
employed  in  the  government  land  survey,  and 
for  five  years  was  engaged  at  work  in  that  part 
of  the  country.  In  1876  betook  charge  of  the 
freighting  outfit  of  A.  Reynolds  &  Co. ,  at  Camp 
Supply  and  Fort  Elliott,  and  continued  with  the 
same  company  for  eight  years.  Going  to  Las 
Vegas,  N.  M.,  in  1884,  he  began  in  the  freight- 
ing business  for  himself,  but  he  soon  lost  all  he 
had  invested  in  the  venture,  so  that  when  he 
came  to  Colorado,  in  1886,  he  had  no  money.  He 
spent  a  short  time  in  Gunnison,  then  came  to 
Ouray,  where  he  has  since  built  up  an  unusually 
large  business.  He  gives  his  entire  time  to  his 
various  interests,  and,  while  he  has  served  as  a 
member  of  the  city  council,  he  found  that  it  took 
too  much  of  his  time  from  business,  and  therefore 
prefers  not  to  enter  public  life.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  He 
and  his  wife,  who  was  formerly  Miss  Lena  Smith, 
of  this  city,  have  established  a  pleasant  home, 
and  number  many  friends  among  the  people  of 
Ouray  city  and  county. 


HENRY  A.  AVERY,  judge  of  Hinsdale 
County,  and  since  1886  clerk  of  the  district 
court,  is  one  of  the  well-known  citizens  of 
Lake  City.  He  was  born  in  Huron  County, 
Ohio,  December  8,  1847,  and  is  a  son  of  Luther 
and  Susannah  (Ford)  Avery,  natives  respectively 
of  Connecticut  and  Lincolnshire,  England,  the 
former  of  whom  was  a  successful  farmer  and  offi- 
cial of  Huron  County.  The  six  children  com- 
prising the  family  are  all  living,  and,  with  the 
exception  of  Judge  Avery,  all  reside  in  their  na- 
tive county.  Mary  is  the  wife  of  Henry  C.  Rush- 
ton;  George  L.,  James  O.  and  Kdvvard  W.  are 
farmers;  and  Adaline  is  the  wife  of  S.  E.  Bemis. 
The  early  life  of  our  subject  was  passed  in  his 
native  county.  In  1871  he  came  to  Colorado, 
and  after  a  few  months  in  Denver,  in  1872  he  set- 
tled in  Pueblo,  where  he  was  employed  as  deputy 
postmaster  until  the  spring  of  1877.  He  then 
came  to  the  mining  camp  of  Lake  City,  where  he 
opened  a  news  and  stationery  store,  and  this  he 


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conducted  until  1891.  Meantime,  in  1886,  he 
became  interested  in  the  real-estate  business, 
which  he  still  conducts,  and  he  also  represents 
nine  of  the  leading  insurance  companies  of  Amer- 
ica and  Europe.  During  the  entire  period  of  his 
residence  in  Lake  City  he  has  been  active  in  local 
affairs.  Both  as  mayor  and  member  of  the  town 
board  he  has  been  helpful  in  promoting  local  en- 
terprises. In  1892  he  was  elected  county  judge, 
and  in  1895  was  re-elected  to  the  office,  which  he 
has  filled  with  marked  efficiency.  The  office  of 
county  clerk,  as  well  as  that  of  district  clerk,  he 
has  also  filled  successfully.  All  movements  for 
the  benefit  of  his  town  and  county  have  received 
his  sympathy  and  co-operation,  and  he  has  al- 
ways been  relied  upon  to  promote  them.  During 
the  several  terms  that  he  served  as  a  member  of 
the  school  board  he  was  most  useful  in  advancing 
the  interests  of  the  schools. 

April  5,  1884,  Judge  A  very  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wat- 
sou,  of  Wilmington,  111.  In  his  family  there  are 
five  children:  Charles,  William  W.,  Harriet  A., 
Charlotte  and  Helen. 


'HOMAS  A.  HOWES.  The  life  of  any  man 
is  of  great  benefit  to  the  community  in 
which  he  resides  when  all  of  his  energies 
are  directed  toward  advancing  its  interests  and 
when  he  is  honest  and  irreproachable  in  his  deal- 
ings with  his  fellow-men.  To  this  class  Mr. 
Howes  belongs.  He  is  a  general  merchant  of 
Eagle,  and  has  been  identified  with  all  enter- 
prises of  importance  there,  as  well  as  with  laud- 
able movements  for  the  progress  of  Eagle  County 
and  the  development  of  its  resources. 

The  only  child  of  T.  H.  Howes,  M.  D. ,  and 
Anna  (Atwell)  Howes,  natives  of  New  York  and 
Maryland,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Indiana  in  1841.  His  father,  who  graduated 
from  a  medical  college  in  Cincinnati,  was  the  son 
of  a  pioneer  physician  of  western  New  York,  and 
was  himself  a  pioneer  in  the  profession  in  Indiana, 
where  he  died  during  the  progress  of  the  Civil 
war.  His  wife  had  died  in  1852.  Their  son, 
our  subject,  was  reared  in  Indiana.  At  twelve 
years  of  age  he  became  errand  boy  in  a  general 
store  at  Rochester,  Ind.,  where  he  remained  until 
1856.  Afterward  he  was  employed  in  a  store  at 
Logansport. 

April  13,  1861,  two  days  before  the  call  was 
made  for  volunteers  in  the  Union  service,  our  sub- 
ject enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Indiana  Infantry  under 


Colonel  Melroy.  After  three  months  at  the  front 
he  was  discharged.  On  the  3ist  of  July  of  the 
same  year  he  enlisted  in  the  Forty-sixth  Indiana 
Infantry,  in  which  he  remained  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  meantime  taking  part  in  various  engage- 
ments. After  the  siege  and  fall  of  Vicksburg  he 
was  commissioned  first  lieutenant,  in  recognition 
of  meritorious  conduct. 

Returning  to  Indiana  at  the  close  of  the  war, 
Mr.  Howes  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile 
business  in  Carroll  County,  where  he  continued 
for  many  years,  meeting  with  fair  success.  In 
1892  he  came  to  Eagle  County,  Colo.,  and  estab- 
lished the  general  store  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted. In  1867  he  married  Miss  Mary  C. 
Dunkle,  who  was  born  in  Indiana,  daughter  of 
Peter  Dunkle,  a  business  man  in  that  state.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Howes  have  three  children,  viz.:  John 
P.,  who  is  engaged  with  his  father  in  business; 
May,  wife  of  Frank  D.  Butcher,  who  is  connected 
with  the  Vandalia  Railroad  in  Indiana;  and  June, 
wife  of  R.  M.  Johnston,  who  was  formerly  in  the 
drug  business  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  and  now  re- 
sides in  Palouse,  Wash. 

The  political  belief  of  Mr.  Howes  brings  him 
into  touch  with  the  Republican  party,  and  he  al- 
ways supports  the  candidates  of  this  organization. 
He  is  actively  connected  with  the  Masonic  order 
and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  His  at- 
tention, however,  is  principally  given  to  his  busi- 
ness interests.  Through  his  long  experience  in 
merchandising,  an  experience  that  dates  back  to 
his  boyhood,  he  is  enabled  to  conduct  his  busi- 
ness affairs  intelligently  and  successfully,  and  the 
Howes  Mercantile  and  Supply  Company  is  one 
of  the  nourishing  concerns  of  Eagle  County. 


{DQlLLIAM  F.  GREEN,  president  ofohe  Gold 
\Al  Quartz  Placer  Mining  and  Milling  Com- 
V  V  pany,  a  stockholder  in  the  Hinsdale  Elec- 
tric Light  and  Power  Company,  and  fireman  011 
the  Lake  City  branch  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad  under  Engineer  Ready,  was  born  in 
Platte  County,  Mo.,  July  23,  1866,  and  is  a  son 
of  William  A.  and  Anna  C.  (Nicol)  Green.  His 
grandfather,  Elisha  Green,  was  a  native  of  Ten- 
nessee, and  became  a  pioneer  of  Platte  County, 
Mo.,  having  settled  there  when  he  was  a  boy. 
In  time  he  attained  a  position  among  the  promi- 
nent and  wealthy  citizens  of  the  county,  where  he 
was  associated  with  D.  R.  Atchison  in  business 
and  was  a  large  land  and  slave  owner.  William 
A.  Green  was  a  native  of  Platte  County  and  spent 


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his  entire  life  there.  His  wife,  who  was  born  in 
Virginia,  was  a  daughter  of  David  Nicol,  the  lat- 
ter a  fanner  and  blacksmith.  They  were  the 
parents  of  two  sous,  William  F.,  and  Dr.  David 
E.,  of  Pleasanton,  Kan. 

In  the  common  schools  of  Missouri  our  subject 
received  his  education.  When  eighteen  years  of 
age,  in  1884,  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in 
Ouray  County,  where  he  remained  for  two  years, 
following  various  occupations.  In  1886  he  se- 
cured employment  as  a  fireman  on  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad.  His  first  run  was  between 
Gunnison  and  Grand  Junction.  Since  then  he 
has  fired  on  other  divisions  of  the  road.  In  1894 
he  settled  in  Lake  City,  and  has  since  been  fire- 
man on  the  Lake  City  branch.  Since  1895  he 
has  been  interested  in  mining  and  assisted  in  the 
organization  of  the  Gold  Quartz  Placer  Mining 
and  Milling  Company,  with  which  he  has  since 
been  connected.  He  has  also  assisted  in  the 
organization  of  the  company  organized  to  furnish 
electricity  for  power  to  different  mines,  particu- 
larly the  Gold  Quartz  mine.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Firemen.  Politi- 
cally he  is  independent. 


I  OUIS  KAFKA,  proprietor  of  one  of  the  large 
I  C  business  houses  of  Lake  City,  was  born  in 
[2  Prague,  Austria,  in  March,  1845.  The  first 
fourteen  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  his  native 
country.  Think'ing  he  would  be  able  to  better 
his  condition  in  the  new  world,  he  then  crossed 
the  ocean  and  settled  in  Baltimore,  Md.,  where 
he  had  friends.  During  the  three  years  that 
followed  he  spent  considerable  time  in  acquiring 
the  English  language  and  becoming  familiar  with 
the  customs  of  the  people.  At  sixteen  years  of 
age  he  entered  a  store  as  clerk ,  but  soon  entered 
the  army  as  clerk  in  the  sutler's  department  of 
the  Twenty-first  New  York  Infantry.  At  the 
battle  of  Winchester  he  was  captured  by  the 
Confederates  and  taken  to  Libby  prison,  where 
he  remained  in  confinement  for  eighteen  months, 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  experienced  all 
the  hardships  of  that  famous  prison,  and  felt  that 
he  was  fortunate  in  escaping  with  his  life. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Kafka  clerked  in  a  store 
until  1869,  when  he  came  to  Denver,  Colo. 
There  he  was  employed  by  W.  B.  Donald  &  Co., 
for  two  years.  His  next  position  was  with  Jacobs 
&  Co..  in  Central  City,  with  whom  he  continued 
for  eight  years  in  that  town,  and  afterward  for  a 
year  he  had  charge  of  a  branch  store  for  the  firm  at 


Caribou.  The  year  1877  found  him  in  Lake  City, 
where  he  established  the  business  which  he  has 
since  conducted.  In  1879  he  erected  his  present 
store  building,  where  he  carries  a  full  line  of 
clothing,  shoes,  hats  and  caps,  and  men's  furnish- 
ing goods.  He  has  also  given  some  attention  to 
mining  enterprises,  and  besides  this,  has  property 
in  town. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Kafka  is  a  Mason.  He  belongs 
to  Crystal  Lake  Lodge  No.  45,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
of  which  he  has  been  treasurer  for  eight  years. 
The  Republican  party  receives  his  franchise  in 
both  local  and  national  elections.  For  two  years 
he  served  as  a  trustee  of  the  town,  and  he  has 
also  held  the  office  of  alderman. 


Gl  LBERT  D.  MC  KENZIE,  who  owns  and 
LJ  occupies  a  ranch  five  miles  from  Eagle,  and 
/  I  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  board  of  com- 
missioners of  Eagle  County,  was  born  in  Essex 
County,  N.  Y.,  among  the  Adirondack  Mountains, 
in  1847.  His  father,  Mordecai  McKenzie,  who 
was  a  farmer,  died  in  1853,  and  afterward  the  boy 
was  given  a  home  with  his  grandfather,  Roderick 
McKenzie,  a  native  of  Scotland,  who  served  in 
the  war  of  1812  and  taught  school  for  some  years, 
also  carried  on  a  farm.  One  of  his  sons,  whose 
name  was  the  same  as  his  own,  served  through 
the  Civil  war.  The  mother  of  our  subject  bore 
the  maiden  name  of  Mary  Prescott  and  was  born 
in  New  York,  where  she  died  in  1878.  She  had 
five  brothers,  George,  John,  Luther,  Joseph  and 
Albert,  three  of  whom  fought  on  the  Union  side 
during  the  war.  In  her  family  there  were 
three  sons,  of  whom  Sanford  is  a  jeweler  at  Lake 
Placid,  and  Roderick  lives  at  the  same  place.  The 
oldest  son,  Sanford,  took  part  in  the  Civil  war  as 
a  member  of  a  New  York  regiment. 

At  twenty  years  of  age  our  subject  started  out 
for  himself.  He  learned  the  jewelry  trade,  which 
he  followed  for  some  time,  and  he  also  acted  as  a 
guide  to  visitors  to  the  Adirondack  mountain 
region.  On  leaving  New  York  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  1885  and  settled  in  Eagle  County,  pur- 
chasing property  near  Eagle,  where  he  has  since 
engaged  in  ranching.  He  has  also  been  inter- 
ested in  mines,  and  owns  a  number  of  houses  in 
Eagle.  In  1870  he  married  Miss  Amy  Paye, 
whose  father  was  a  farmer  in  New  York  and  who 
had  six  brothers  and  five  sisters,  all  in  the  east 
but  one.  Three  of  her  brothers  served  in  the 
Civil  war.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McKenzie  have  three 
daughters:  Minnie,  wife  of  George  Wilkinson,  a 


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ranchman  of  Eagle  County;  Agnes,  at  home;  and 
Carrie,  who  married  George  Stewart,  an  engineer 
on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  between 
Minturn  and  Grand  Junction. 

Politically  Mr.  McKenzie  is  a  Democrat.  Some 
years  ago  he  was  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  on 
the  board  of  county  commissioners,  and  in  1894 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  board,  in  which 
position  he  rendered  able  service.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  White  Face  Mountain  Lodge 
of  Masons,  in  New  York. 


(3  AMUEL  TAYLOR.  The  life  of  Mr.  Taylor 
?\  was  for  many  years  intimately  associated 
(y/  with  the  ranching  interests  of  Park  County. 
Coming  here  in  1864,  he  afterward  became  an  in- 
fluential and  well-known  resident,  and  was  con- 
nected with  various  local  enterprises.  In  July, 
1881,  he  settled  upon  a  ranch  three  miles  south- 
east of  Jefferson,  where  he  had  previously  bought 
two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land.  Upon  this 
place  he  began  haying  and  stock-raising.  As  he 
prospered  he  added  to  his  property,  until  the 
ranch  numbered  seven  hundred  and  sixty  acres. 
Since  his  tragic  death  in  1895  his  widow  has  con- 
tinued the  management  of  the  place,  which  she 
conducts  with  business  ability. 

The  family  of  which  Mr.  Taylor  was  a  mem- 
ber consisted  of  ten  children,  of  whom  three  sur- 
vive. He  was  born  in  Chilwell,  Nottinghamshire, 
England,  December  16,  1838,  a  son  of  Samuel 
and  Ann  (Hall)  Taylor.  His  father  was  born  in 
Barton,  England,  December  23,  1812,  and  there 
grew  to  manhood  and  married,  afterward  settling 
in  Chilwell.  Being  familiar  with  the  hosiery 
trade,  he  began  the  manufacture  of  hosiery  and 
knitted  garments  on  a  small  scale,  and  continued 
until  the  spring  of  1858,  when  his  failing  health 
caused  him  to  come  to  America.  He  joined  a 
brother  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa.  His  health  im- 
proved to  such  an  extent  that  he  decided  to  re- 
main, and  so  sent  for  his  family,  who  joined  him 
there.  He  engaged  in  the  dairy  business  and 
farming  until  his  death,  which  occurred  Decem- 
ber 6,  1868. 

It  was  in  1861  that  our  subject  accompanied 
his  two  brothers  from  England  to  the  United 
States.  He  arrived  in  New  York  City  on  the 
day  that  Fort  Snmter  was  attacked.  Going  di- 
rect to  Iowa  City  he  secured  employment  at  farm 
work  with  neighboring  farmers.  In  the  spring 
of  1864116  started  for  Colorado.  While  en  route 
across  the  plains  an  accidental  discharge  of  a  gun 


shot  off  the  end  of  his  right  thumb,  and'this  inca- 
pacitated him  for  work.  He  went  to  Central 
City,  thence  drifted  into  Park  County  and  settled 
at  Hamilton,  where  he  purchased  some  mining 
claims  in  Tarryall  Gulch.  Soon  afterward  he 
became  well  known  in  mining  circles.  The  latter 
part  of  his  life,  however,  was  devoted  principally 
to  ranching. 

In  Denver,  Colo.,  October  29,  1873,  Mr.  Tay- 
lor married  Miss  Julia  M.  Barber,  who  was  born 
in  Berkshire  County,  Mass.  For  four  years  after 
his  marriage  he  engaged  in  placer  mining  at  Tar- 
ryall, after  which  he  sold  his  mining  interests  and 
pre-empted  a  claim  a  short  distance  above  Tarry- 
all.  Soon  afterward  he  and  his  wife  visited  Eng- 
land, returning  to  their  ranch  in  May,  1878.  In 
February  of  the  following  year  they  removed  to 
Hamilton  and  opened  a  boarding  house,  which 
was  patronized  by  the  employes  of  the  railroad 
company  then  building  the  road  through  here. 
From  that  place  they  removed,  in  1881,  to  the 
ranch  where  Mrs.  Taylor  still  lives. 

It  was  while  prosecuting  his  duties  as  secretary 
of  the  school  board  that  Mr. Taylor  met  his  death, 
May  6,  1895.  On  that  day  he  met  the  president 
of  the  school  board,  Lincoln  F.  McCurdy,  and 
the  treasurer,  George  Douglas  Wyatt,  at  the 
Michigan  schoolhouse  for  the  purpose  of  consult- 
ing with  them  concerning  the  future  of  the 
school.  While  they  were  there  Benjamin  Rat- 
cliff,  a  ranchman  of  Park  County,  rode  up  to  the 
schoolhouse,  went  in  and  shot,  fatally  wounding 
the  three  men.  This  awful  crime  cast  a  gloom 
over  the  entire  county,  where  the  three  men  were 
well  known  and  highly  esteemed.  Mr.  Taylor, 
who  was  the  eldest  of  the  three  and  a  pioneer 
settler  of  the  county,  was  especially  mourned. 
He  was  so  honorable  and  upright  that  he  had 
won  many  friends.  He  had  taken  an  active  part 
in  measures  for  the  benefit  of  his  locality,  and 
had  assisted  in  public  projects.  Industry,  perse- 
verance and  determination  had  brought  him  pros- 
perity and  an  enviable  reputation  for  nobility  and 
true  worth  of  character. 


(JAMES  M.  LINK.  In  the  list  of  the  pioneers 
I  of  Colorado  mention  belongs  to  the  subject 
G/  of  this  article,  whose  active  life  was  largely 
passed  in  the  west  and  amid  the  usual  environ- 
ments of  the  frontier.  During  the  thirty  years 
that  he  made  his  home  in  Colorado  he  won  many 
friends  among  the  people  of  this  state  and  was 


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esteemed  by  all.  Shortly  after  coining  to  this 
then  territory,  he  settled  at  Hamilton  Park,  then 
a  famous  mining  camp,  nearComo,  Park  County, 
and  here  he  afterward  resided,  devoting  his  at- 
tention to  the  stock  business  and  also  to  some  ex- 
tent engaging  in  mining.  During  his  last  years, 
however,  his  impaired  health  rendered  it  im- 
possible for  him  to  retain  the  active  management 
of  his  business  interests,  although  he  continued 
a  personal  supervision  of  his  property. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Link  occurred  in  Adair  Coun- 
ty, Ky.,  in  1817,  his  parents  being  Andrew  and 
Mary  Link.  At  an  early  age  he  became  self- 
supporting.  While  still  in  his  teens  he  migrated 
to  Missouri  and  settled  near  St.  Louis  in  the  coun- 
ty of  that  name.  There  he  bought  land  and  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  stock-raising.  At  the  time 
of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  California  he  resolved 
to  seek  his  fortune  in  that  El  Dorado.  In  1850 
he  joined  the  great  procession  that  moved  west- 
ward across  the  plains,  and  on  his  arrival  in  Cali- 
fornia he  devoted  himself  for  a  year  or  more  to 
mining  and  the  stock  business.  However,  the 
hardships  were  so  great  and  the  returns,  in  pro- 
portion, so  small  that  he  decided  he  could  do  as 
well  in  his  old  home.  Accordingly  he  returned 
to  Missouri,  where  he  resumed  agricultural  pur- 
suits, continuing  in  Lincoln  County  until  1862, 
the  year  of  his  removal  to  Colorado. 

The  first  home  of  Mr.  Link  in  this  state  was 
near  Colorado  Springs.  In  1870  he  returned  to 
Missouri  for  his  family,  having  decided  to  estab- 
lish his  permanent  home  in  Colorado.  On  his 
return  he  settled  near  Como.  He  was  a  man  of 
energy  and  perseverance,  and  was  a  hard  worker 
all  of  his  life.  He  endured  the  hardships  of 
pioneer  existence,  with  its  long  journeys,  never- 
ceasing  labor  and  many  privations;  but,  in  return 
for  these  sacrifices,  he  gained  a  place  among  the 
honored  pioneers  of  Park  County. 

In  1844  Mr.  Link  was  married  to  Elizabeth  W. 
Martin,  who  was  born  in  St.  Louis  County,  Mo., 
in  1817,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  Martin. 
They  became  the  parents  of  eight  children,  six  of 
whom  are  now  living.  They  are  named  as  fol- 
lows: Lewis,  who  is  in  business  at  Helper,  Utah; 
Adelia,  wife  of  D.  M.  Angier,  of  San  Francisco, 
Cal. ;  James  A.,  who  is  engaged  in  railroading, 
with  headquarters  in  Florence,  Colo.;  Nannie  L. , 
who  married  E.  J.  Smith,  of  Colorado  Springs; 
William  L.  and  Celsus  P.,  whose  sketches  are 
presented  herewith.  James  M.  Link  died  at 
Helper,  Utah  (where  he  had  been  taken  for  the 


benefit  of  his  health) ,  March  28,  1899,  in  his 
eighty-second  year,  and  was  buried  at  ProvoCity, 
Utah,  with  Masonic  honors. 


[ILLIAM  L.  LINK,  who  has  been  a  county 
official  and  ranchman  of  Park  County,  was 
born  in  Troy,  Mo.,  February  27,  1860,  and 
is  a  son  of  James  M.  Link.  When  he  was  a  boy 
he  became  familiar  with  ranching  in  Colorado, 
and  his  assistance  was  most  helpful  to  his  father, 
who  owned  a  large  ranch  in  Park  County. 
Schools  being  few  and  poor,  his  education  was 
principally  acquired  at  home  under  private  tu- 
tors. 

When  only  eighteen  years  of  age  Mr.  Link 
practically  had  charge  of  his  father's  ranching 
and  cattle  interests.  He  continued  to  manage 
these  enterprises,  displaying  considerable  ability 
in  his  business  dealings,  until  the  fall  of  1891, 
when  he  was  elected  county  assessor  by  a  hand- 
some majority.  He  was  the  nominee  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic party,  whose  principles  he  has  always 
supported.  For  two  years  he  ably  served  in  the 
responsible  position  of  assessor.  He  was  then 
nominated  and  elected  to  the  office  of  county 
treasurer,  and  so  efficient  was  he  in  the  discharge 
of  his  duties  that  at  the  expiration  of  his  first 
term  he  was  re-elected  to  the  office,  which  he 
filled  for  four  years.  Since  the  expiration  of  his 
second  term  he  has  given  his  attention  to  his 
ranch  interests  at  Como.  He  is  a  capable  young 
man,  and  his  record  as  a  county  officer  is  of  the 
highest.  In  social  circles  he  is  popular.  He  is 
active  in  the  work  of  South  Park  Lodge  No.  10, 
•I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  which  he  is  a  member. 


EELSUS  P.  LINK,  clerk  of  the  district  court 
of  Park  County,  is  a  son  of  James  M.  and 
Elizabeth  W.  (Martin)  Link,  whose  life 
history  appears  on  a  preceding  page.  He  was 
born  in  St.  Louis  County,  Mo.,  March  10,  1871, 
the  youngest  of  six  children  comprising  the 
parental  family.  His  boyhood  years  were  spent 
upon  the  home  ranch  in  Park  County  and  his 
earliest  recollections  are  of  scenes  associated  with 
this  locality.  At  an  early  age  he  began  to  assist 
in  the  cultivation  of  the  home  estate.  During  the 
years  1878,  1879  and  1880,  he  assisted  his  father 
in  the  management  of  landed  and  mining  interests 
in  Chaffee  County,  and  in  this  way  he  early 
gained  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  business 
details.  The  years  1881  and  1882  he  spent  with 
his  parents  in  California,  which  his  father  then 


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visited  for  the  first  time  since  his  memorable  trip 
across  the  plains  during  the  days  of  the  gold 
excitement. 

On  his  return  to  Colorado,  our  subject,  with  a 
desire  to  broaden  his  knowledge,  turned  his  at- 
tention to  study.  In  1884  he  entered  Cutler 
Academy  at  Colorado  Springs,  and  he  continued 
his  studies  in  that  city  until  his  graduation.  He 
had  been  a  diligent  and  persevering  student  and 
stood  high  in  his  classes.  His  love  of  learning 
did  not  cease  with  the  putting  away  of  his  text 
books.  He  has  continued  a  thoughtful  student 
of  current  events,  and  by  the  reading  of  well- 
known  books,  prominent  periodicals  and  daily 
papers  keeps  posted  concerning  events  of  im- 
portance in  the  political  and  business  world. 

After  having  carried  on  a  livery  business  in 
Como  for  some  time,  in  the  fall  of  1893  Mr.  Link 
was  appointed  deputy  assessor,  and  from  1894 
until  1897  he  served  as  deputy  county  treasurer. 
While  serving  in  the  latter  position,  in  1897,  he 
was  appointed  to  the  office  he  now  holds,  that  of 
clerk  of  the  district  court.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  Doric  Lodge  No.  25,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  at  this  writing  is  senior  warden  of  the  lodge. 
He  is  a  young  man  of  genuine  ability,  with  the 
brightest  prospects  for  future  success  and  in- 
fluence. 


QENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  CUMMINGS,  M.  D., 

I^V  county  coroner  and  physician  of  Hinsdale 
\_J  County,  and  medical  examiner  for  the  Bank- 
er's Life  Insurance  Company  of  Des  Moines, 
is  one  o'f  the  rising  young  physicians  and  sur- 
geons of  Lake  City.  He  was  born  in  Ontario, 
Canada,  in  1871,  a  son  of  John  H.  and  Mary  M. 
(Boulter)  Cummings,  natives  of  Canada,  the  for- 
mer of  Scotch  parentage,  the  latter  of  English 
descent.  His  father,  who  was  in  early  manhood 
a  farmer,  afterward  turned  his  attention  to  mer- 
chandising, and  conducted  a  store  in  Wart  worth, 
a  town  named  by  George  D.  Cummings  in  honor 
of  his  old  home  in  Scotland.  He  continued  in 
the  mercantile  business  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  1879.  His  family  consisted  of  ten 
children,  of  whom  six  still  survive.  One  of  the 
sons,  George  D.,  is  a  practicing  physician  at 
Florence,  Colo. ;  another,  John  H. ,  died  in  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,in  1881;  and  Elhanan  W.,  who 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  Wells- Fargo  Express 
Company,  died  in  Nogales,  Ariz.,  in  1890. 

The  youngest  of  the  sons,  and  the  next  to  the 
youngest  in  the  family,  was  the  subject  of  this 


sketch.  His  education  was  begun  in  a  grammar 
school  and  afterward  continued  for  two  terms  in 
a  high  school.  At  seventeen  years  of  age  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  visited  the  different  parts  of 
the  state,  then  went  to  Old  Mexico  and  was  en- 
gaged in  railroad  work  in  the  western  part  of 
that  country,  on  the  Gulf  of  California.  From 
there,  in  Ma}',  1890,  he  went  to  Kalispell,  Mont., 
where  he  and  his  brother,  George  D.,  started 
the  first  drug  store  in  Flathead  County.  With 
a  desire  to  enter  upon  professional  work,  in  1892 
he  matriculated  in  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical 
College,  New  York,  where  he  remained  for  two 
years.  During  that  time  he  passed  the  regent's 
examination  with  high  honors  and  was  given  a 
diploma  which  entitled  him  to  admission  to  any 
college  in  the  United  States.  His  college  studies 
were  concluded  with  a  nine  months'  course  in  the 
University  of  Colorado,  from  which  he  graduated, 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  in  1895. 

After  practicing  for  a  short  time  in  Denver,  Dr. 
Cummings  went  to  Montague  County,  Tex.,  and 
there  engaged  in  practice  until  he  came  to  Lake 
City,  Colo.,  in  December,  1896.  Since  April, 
1898,  he  has  been  county  physician  and  since 
February  istofthat  year  has  acted  as  examiner 
for  the  Bankers'  Life  Insurance  Company,  while 
the  position  of  coroner  was  tendered  him  in  No- 
vember, 1897.  During  his  residence  in  Texas 
he  filled  the  position  of  examining  physician  for 
the  New  York  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company, 
and  since  coming  to  Lake  City  he  has  been  phy- 
sician to  the  New  York  Mutual  Life  and  the 
Union  Casualty  and  Surety  Company.  Politically 
he  is  a  Democrat,  and  fraternally  is  connected 
with  Silver  Star  Lodge  No.  27,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of 
Lake  City,  and  is  also  examining  physician  for 
Neoga  Tribe  No.  57,  I.  O.  R.  M.  He  was  mar- 
ried on  the  1 2th  of  December,  1897,  his  wife 
being  Ida  M.,  daughter  of  T.  L.  Beam,  of  Lake 
City. 

fl  AMES  W.  DECK,  sheriff  of  Hinsdale  Coun- 
I  ty,  and  since  1890  a  resident  of  Lake  City, 
Q)  was  born  in  Vermilion  County,  111.,  July  18, 
1854,  a  son  of  Hezekiah  and  Margaretta  (Robin- 
son) Deck.  His  father,  who  was  a  native  of 
Kentucky,  spent  most  of  his  active  life  in  Illinois 
engaged  in  farm  pursuits,  and  there  his  death  oc- 
curred in  1887.  In  the  family  there  were  eight 
children,  but  four  of  these  died  in  childhood. 
The  others  are:  James  W.,  who  was  the  eldest; 
Zachariah,  of  Bismarck,  111.;  Mary  A.,  wife  of 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


Grant  Killbury,  also  of  Bismarck;  and  Jennie, 
who  is  a  teacher  in  the  Bismarck  schools.  After 
the  death  of  our  subject's  mother,  his  father  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Anna  Johnson,  by  whom  he  had  two 
daughters,  Anna  and  Emma  P. 

Reared  upon  a  farm  and  educated  in  common 
schools,  at  twenty-two  years  of  age,  in  1876,  our 
subject  went  to  Kansas,  and  followed  the  occupa- 
tion of  a  stone  mason.  After  four  years  devoted 
to  that  work  in  Kansas,  in  1880  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, settling  at  Silver  Cliff,  where  he  located  and 
developed  a  claim  and  worked  for  four  months, 
but  unsuccessfully.  Afterward  he  engaged  in 
mining  for  others  for  a  year.  From  Silver  Cliff 
he  went  to  Gunnison  County  and  located  several 
claims  in  Whitepine,  but  after  mining  there  for 
three  years  he  sold  his  property.  His  next  place 
of  work  was  Ouray,  where  for  five  years  he  en- 
gaged in  prospecting  on  his  own  account,  and  at 
the  same  time  he  became  interested  in  mines  at 
Lake  City.  In  1890  he  took  up  his  residence  in 
the  latter  place,  where  he  has  since  engaged 
the  mining  business.  In  partnership  with  John 
Maurer,  he  owns  the  Neoga  mine,  within  one 
mile  of  Lake  City,  also  the  Pleasant  View  mines 
Nos.  i  and  2,  situated  five  miles  from  this  city. 

On  the  People's  party  ticket,  in  1893,  Mr. 
Deck  was  nominated  for  sheriff,  but  defeated.  In 
1898  he  was  again  a  candidate  for  the  office,  this 
time  being  the  nominee  of  the  Democrats,  en- 
dorsed by  the  Populists.  He  was  elected  without 
opposition  and  has  since  filled  the  office  in  a  most 
capable  and  trustworthy  manner.  Since  1893  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  John  Hough  Hose 
Company  of  Lake  City,  and  in  1897  he  was  made 
a  member  of  its  board  of  directors.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Silver  Star  Lodge  No.  27,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
in  which  he  is  past  noble  grand;  and  is  also  iden- 
tified with  the  Deborah  Order  No.  18,  Rebekahs. 


*V  S.  HARRIS,  city  clerk  of  Colorado  Springs, 
is  at  the  head  of  the  order  of  Elks  in  Colo- 
Jt.  rado.  He  is  a  member  and  past  exalted 
ruler  of  Lodge  No.  309,  B.  P.  O.  E. ,  and  received 
from  John  Galvin,  the  grand  exalted  ruler,  ap- 
pointment as  district  deputy  of  Colorado,  the 
highest  office  in  the  state.  He  is  also  identified 
with  the  Masonic  fraternity,  having  been  made 
a  Mason  in  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  At  one  time  he  served  as  president  of  the 
Pike's  Peak  Club,  of  which  he  is  an  active  mem- 
ber. In  politics  he  supports  Republican  prin- 
ciples, 


The  parents  of  our  subject,  Jacob  and  Eliza- 
beth Harris,  were  natives  of  England  and  were 
married  in  New  York  City,  where  the  elder  Har- 
ris engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  With  the 
exception  of  some  time  spent  in  Tarry  town,  West- 
chester  County,  N.  Y.,  he  continued  to  reside  in 
the  metropolis  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in 
1897,  at  seventy-six  years  of  age;  his  wife  passed 
away  in  1893.  Of  their  eight  children  two  sons 
and  five  daughters  are  living.  The  daughters 
reside  in  New  York  City  and  the  sons  in  Colorado 
Springs.  Our  subject,  who  was  the  fourth  in 
order  of  birth,  was  born  in  Tarrytown,  N.  Y., 
January  23,  1861.  At  twelve  years  of  age  he  ac- 
companied his  parents  to  New  York  City,  where 
he  attended  the  Thirteenth  street  school  and  the 
University  of  the  City  of  New  York.  At  the 
close  of  his  sophomore  year  he  left  college  and 
began  in  business,  engaging  first  as  a  merchant 
and  later  in  the  railroad  business.  For  two  years 
he  was  chief  clerk  in  the  passenger  department 
of  the  Trunk  Line  Association,  after  which  for 
seven  years  he  was  chief  clerk  in  the  passenger 
department  of  the  Erie.  About  1889  he  was 
caught  in  a  severe  blizzard  and  as  a  result  had 
a  severe  cold,  which  left  him  in  very  delicate 
health.  Acting  upon  the  physician's  advice,  he 
went  to  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  but  the  trip 
did  him  harm,  and  he  returned  in  poorer  health 
than  when  he  left.  After  a  consultation  with  Dr. 
Loomis  he  acted  upon  his  advice  to  come  west, 
and  in  June,  1891,  arrived  in  Colorado.  For  a 
year  or  more  he  was  unable  to  engage  in  busi- 
ness. On  recovering  his  health  he  engaged  in 
mining  in  Cripple  Creek  for  about  four  months. 
He  was  first  vice-president  of  the  Jefferson  Min- 
ing Company,  which  owns  a  mine  on  Gold  Hill, 
adjoining  the  Anchoria-Leland  mine.  On  coining 
to  Colorado  Springs,  Mr.  Harris  was  appointed 
to  examine  the  books  of  the  city  clerk,  whose  ac- 
count had  been  discovered  to  be  short.  While 
giving  this  work  a  thorough  examination  he 
drew  up  a  new  set  of  books  and  introduced  a 
system  that  is  still  in  vogue.  He  was  appointed 
to  fill  the  unexpired  term,  and  afterward,  in  1894 
and  1895,  he  was  employed  as  deputy  dis- 
trict clerk  of  the  district  court  of  El  Paso 
County.  Resigning  that  position  to  accept  a 
place  with  the  banking  house  of  W.  P.  Bon- 
bright  &  Co.,  he  was  given  charge  of  their  ac- 
counting department,  and  continued  in  that 
capacity  for  two  years.  Afterward  he  was  em- 
ployed, as  an  expert  accountant,  to  examine  the 


WILLIAM  B.  FOWLKR. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


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books  of  the  Portland  Gold  Mining  Company. 
He  introduced  a  new  system  of  keeping  the 
books  of  mining  companies,  which  is  largely  in 
use  at  present.  In  April,  1898,  he  was  elected 
city  clerk,  to  serve  for  two  years,  a  position  for 
which  his  former  experience  and  accepted  ability 
admirably  qualify  him. 


(ILLIAM  B.  FOWLER.  Some  lessons  of 
genuine  worth  may  be  gleaned  from  the 
life  of  every  man,  and  the  history  of  Mr. 
Fowler  has  been  marked  by  all  that  goes  to  make 
up  useful  and  noble  manhood.  Since  1880  he 
has  made  his  home  in  Como,  Park  County,  of 
which  thriving  village  he  is  a  representative 
business  man.  At  first  he  engaged  in  contract- 
ing and  building  and  had  charge  of  the  erection 
of  many  of  the  business  houses  and  residences  of 
the  town.  In  1890  he  turned  his  attention  to  the 
undertaking  and  fire  insurance  business.  From 
the  first  he  has  prospered,  and  at  this  writing  he 
is  one  of  the  best-known  undertakers  and  insur- 
ance agents  in  the  county.  In  addition,  he  has 
served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  over  twenty-five 
years.  In  1894  he  located  and  began  the  build- 
ing of  the  Fowler  tunnel  in  Silver  Heels,  one  of 
the  most  important  mining  undertakings  in  the 
state. 

A  son  of  W.  B.  and  Olive  (Calkins)  Fowler, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Steuben 
County,  N.  Y.,  August  16,  1831.  He  was  one  of 
six  children,  three  of  whom  are  now  living,  viz.: 
B.  F.,  a  practicing  physician  of  Galena,  111.; 
W.  B.  and  Henry  M.,  a  physician  and  druggist  of 
Scalesmound,  111.  The  father  was  born  in  the 
Black  River  country  of  New  York  in  1804  and  at 
an  early  age  accompanied  his  parents  to  Steuben 
County,  where  he  grew  to  manhood  and  gradu- 
ated in  medicine.  Afterward  he  practiced  his 
profession  in  that  county  until  1836,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Livingston  County  and  there  remained 
until  1844.  His  next  location  was  in  Cass  County, 
Mich.,  and  there  he  continued  to  reside  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  August  16,  1861.  In 
local  affairs  he  wielded  an  influence.  He  was 
held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all  who  knew  him, 
and  was  frequently  honored  by  election  to  local 
positions  of  trust.  He  held  every  local  office  up 
to  and  including  that  of  county  commissioner. 
His  father,  who  was  usually  known  as  "Deacon" 
David  Fowler,  was  a  prominent  Presbyterian  and 
successful  farmer  of  Steuben  County.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  represents  the  eleventh  gen- 


eration of  the  family  in  the  United  States,  the 
first  ancestor  in  this  country  having  been  Amos 
Fowler,  who  came  to  America  from  Warwick- 
shire, England,  near  London,  in  an  early  day, 
and  settled  in  the  wilds  of  New  York,  in  the 
Black  River  country,  where  many  generations  of 
his  descendants  continued  to  reside. 

At  seventeen  years  of  age  our  subject  went 
from  Michigan  to  New  York,  where  he  worked 
on  a  farm  during  the  summer  months,  and 
attended  school  in  the  winter.  For  four  years  he 
remained  in  that  state,  after  which  he  returned 
to  Michigan,  but  one  year  later,  in  1854,  he 
started  for  California,  going  via  the  isthmus  and 
lauding  in  San  Francisco  on  the  5th  of  May. 
Proceeding  to  Calaveras  County,  he  engaged  in 
mining.  In  1858,  during  the  Frazier  River  ex- 
citement, he  went  there,  remaining  from  June  of 
that  year  to  January  of  1859.  His  next  location 
was  Mariposa  County,  where  he  mined  for  one 
year.  Thence  he  went  to  Stockton  and  began 
the  cultivation  of  farm  land.  He  continued  on 
his  farm  until  1865,  when  he  turned  his  face  east- 
ward and  came  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Boulder, 
Colo.,  on  the  ist  of  May  of  that  year.  He  had 
made  the  trip  with  a  mule-team  and  wagon, 
which  belonged  to  a  train  of  forty  wagons  with 
some  one  hundred  and  eighty  men,  of  whom  he 
was  chosen  captain. 

After  his  arrival  in  Boulder,  Mr.  Fowler  began 
mining  in  that  section,  and  continued  there  for 
six  years.  His  next  enterprise  was  the  purchase 
of  a  planing  mill,  which  he  operated,  using  the 
lumber  to  fill  his  contracts  for  building.  He  did 
much  of  the  early  building  of  the  thriving  city  of 
Boulder.  After  having  engaged  in  that  business 
for  some  years  in  Boulder,  he  came  to  Como, 
where  he  was  similarly  engaged  for  a  time,  but 
finally  turned  his  attention  to  the  fire  insurance 
business  and  undertaking.  He  was  married  in 
1874,  his  wife  being  Miss  Cheresse  Canoll,  an 
estimable  lady  and  his  helpful  assistant  in  all  his 
work.  Fraternally  he  is  an  active  member  and 
the  present  secretary  of  Tarryall  Lodge  No.  64, 
I.  O.  O.  F. 


FT  DWARD  J.  MC  CARTY  is  the  senior  mem- 
re)  ber  of  the  firm  of  McCarty  &  Moore,  pro- 
|_  prietors  of  the  Excelsior  Iron  Works,  at 
Nos.  124-32  West  Fifth  street,  Leadville,  and 
owners  of  a  boot  and  shoe  store  at  No.  504  Har- 
rison avenue,  this  city.  When  he  came  to  this 
place,  in  1883,  he  secured  employment  as  foreman 


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for  Arthur  Falkner,  who  was  starting  a  machine 
shop,  and  after  he  had  occupied  the  same  position 
for  eight  years  he  purchased  the  large  plant,  in 
partnership  with  Mr.  Moore.  The  works  are  ex- 
tensive and  furnish  employment  to  as  many  as 
thirty-five  hands  during  busy  seasons. 

In  Clinton  County,  N.  Y.,  Mr.  McCarty  was 
born  November  3,  1847,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Ann 
(Dolland)  McCarty,  natives  respectively  of  Clin- 
ton County  and  Ireland.  His  father,  who  was  a 
chair  manufacturer  in  early  life,  came  west  in 
1850  and  spent  several  years  engaged  in  mining 
in  California.  Returning  to  New  York  state,  he 
went  from  there  to  Vermont  with  C.  N.  Nelson 
and  settled  in  Burlington,  in  1855.  For  twenty- 
five  years  afterward  he  was  connected  with  Mr. 
Nelson.  He  continued  to  make  his  home  in 
Burlington  the  most  of  the  time  until  he  died,  in 
1896.  During  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  for  serv- 
ice, but  was  rejected.  His  wife,  who  came  to 
the  United  States  in  girlhood  and  settled  with  her 
parents  in  New  York,  is  now  living  in  Burling- 
ton, Vt. ,  and  is  about  seventy-one  years  of  age. 
In  her  family  there  are  four  sons  living;  three 
daughters  are  deceased.  James  is  engaged  in  the 
hotel  business  in  Burlington,  Vt.;  Henry  is  with 
our  subject;  and  William  is  also  in  the  hotel  bus- 
iness in  Burlington. 

Educated  in  public  schools,  our  subject  began 
to  work  for  a  livelihood  when  he  was  thirteen 
years  of  age.  He  was  with  C.  N.  Nelson  in  the 
sawmill  and  lumber  business  until  1863.  When 
the  Civil  war  broke  out  he  determined  to  enlist. 
As  his  family  objected,  he  ran  away  from  home 
three  times,  finally  succeeding  in  securing  his 
acceptance  in  the  army.  He  was  a  youth  of  sev- 
enteen when  he  enlisted  in  Company  C,  Eleventh 
New  York  Cavalry.  On  being  mustered  out  at 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  in  October,  1865,  he  returned  to 
Burlington  and  continued  in  the  sawmill  there 
until  1866,  after  which  he  learned  the  machinist's 
trade  with  Edwards  &  Stevens.  For  twelve 
years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  Nicholas  &  Co. , 
in  Burlington.  Then,  going  to  Chicago,  he  was 
employed  by  the  Northwestern  Horse  Nail  Com- 
pany. Soon,  however,  he  went  back  to  Burling- 
ton, where  he  was  engaged  with  B.  S.  Nichols 
for  four  years;  then  engaged  in  the  grocery 
business  for  five  years.  On  selling  out,  in  1881, 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Georgetown, 
but  after  two  months  came  to  Leadville,  where  he 
has  since  made  his  home. 

A  Democrat  in  politics,  Mr.  McCarty  was  an 


alderman  in  Burlington  in  1880,  and  in  1896  he 
served  as  a  delegate  to  the  Chicago  convention. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Elks,  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen,  and  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic.  In  religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catho- 
lic. He  was  married  in  1871  to  Catherine  Corri- 
gan,  of  Clinton  County,  N.  Y.  They  became 
the  parents  of  twelve  children,  but  three  are  de- 
ceased. Those  living  are:  Edward,  manager  of 
the  McCarty  &  Moore  Shoe  Company;  Thomas, 
who  is  learning  the  machinist's  trade  with  his 
father;  William,  Henry,  Catherine,  Mary,  An- 
nie, Laura  and  Esther. 


(TAMES  PRINGLE,  who  is  engaged  in  min- 
I  ing  and  prospecting  in  Rosita,  Custer  Coun- 
G/  ty,  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1838,  a  son  of 
William  and  Janet  (Crozier)  Pringle,  the  former 
a  stock-raiser  and  farmer  by  occupation.  He  re- 
mained on  the  home  farm  during  boyhood  and 
obtained  his  education  in  the  local  schools. 
When  nineteen  years  of  age  he  came  to  America, 
and  after  spending  a  short  time  in  New  York 
state  and  Ontario,  in  1857  he  went  to  California, 
with  the  intention  of  mining  for  gold.  This  oc- 
cupation he  has  since  followed.  He  was  fairly 
successful  in  California  and  continued  there  until 
the  spring  of  1864,  when  the  mines  of  eastern 
Oregon,  Idaho  and  Montana  attracted  his  at- 
tention. He  visited  these  several  territories  and 
mined  in  different  places,  mainly  in  important 
gulches. 

In  1870  Mr.  Pringle  came  to  Colorado  and  was 
one  of  the  early  prospectors  in  the  San  Juan  coun- 
try. In  1872  he  came  to  Rosita  and  was  one  of 
the  first  to  develop  the  mineral  resources  of  this 
camp.  In  time  he  met  with  success  and  became 
one  of  the  most  prosperous  miners  of  this  section, 
but  owing  to  the  present  depreciation  of  silver, 
and  the  closing  of  many  of  the  silver  mines  here, 
he  has  of  late  years  spent  his  summers  in  other 
places,  being  for  several  summers  in  the  British 
possessions  north  of  Idaho.  The  summer  of  1898 
he  spent  in  the  Klondike,  but  to  avoid  the  severe 
winter  of  that  region  he  returned  to  Colorado  in 
the  fall.  His  party  took  the  first  pack  animals 
into  a  new  section  of  the  country,  and  some  of 
the  men  remained  in  that  locality  for  the  winter. 
While  they  struck  some  good  indications,  they 
were  not  what  he  considered  sufficiently  good  to 
pay  for  enduring  the  hardships  of  the  country. 

In  politics  Mr.  Pringle  is  an  ardent  silver 
Democrat,  and  is  firmly  convinced  that  biuietall- 


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ism  would  be  the  safeguard  of  the  country  and 
secure  the  only  prosperity  to  the  west.  Twice 
he  has  been  selected  to  serve  as  town  trustee. 
He  is  interested  in  the  welfare  of  Rosita,  which, 
since  it  was  started,  he  has  made  his  permanent 
home,  although  often  in  other  mining  regions  of 
the  country.  In  1884  he  married  Ellen  Swan- 
son,  of  Rosita.  Four  children  were  born  of  their 
union,  two  of  whom  are  living,  James  and  Jessie. 


IILLIAM  G.  LUCKETT.   since  coming  to 

Lake  City  in  1877,  Mr.  Luckett  has  been 
interested  in  mining.  This,  however,  has 
not  been  his  principal  business.  A  year  after  he 
came  here  he  bought  from  George  W.  Perkins  the 
establishment  of  which  he  has  since  been  the  pro- 
prietor and  in  which  he  carries  a  full  line  of  fur- 
niture, carpets,  queensware  and  glassware.  In 
1885  he  opened  a  branch  store  at  Montrose, 
which  he  carried  on  for  a  year.  He  also  estab- 
lished and  for  six  years  conducted  a  store  in 
Ouray,  but  now  concentrates  his  attention  upon 
his  business  house  in  Lake  City. 

A  son  of  Josiah  and  Mary  (Graham)  Luckett, 
natives  of  Virginia,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  in  Loudoun  County,  that  state,  and 
descended  from  ancestors  that  came  from  Devon- 
shire, England.  Josiah  Luckett  was  a  well-to- 
do  planter  and  slave  owner  before  the  war.  Dur- 
ing the  boyhood  days  of  his  son,  our  subject,  he 
removed  from  Loudoun  County,  Va. ,  to  Fred- 
erick County,  Md.,  and  remained  there  for  twelve 
years,  then  returned  to  Hamilton,  Loudoun  Coun- 
ty, where  he  died  in  April,  1897.  In  his  family 
there  were  four  children,  viz.:  Luther  C. ,  who 
died  in  Virginia;  William  G.;  Edgar  M.,  who 
holds  a  responsible  position  with  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  Company  at  Ogden,  Utah;  and 
Bettie,  who  resides  with  her  mother  in  Virginia. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained 
in  the  Union  School  near  Jefferson,  Frederick 
County,  Md. ,  and  at  a  private  school  conducted 
by  W.  H.  Hilleary,  of  Petersville,  Md.  In  1868 
he  came  to  the  west,  stopping,  however,  for  one 
season  in  Cass  County,  111.,  then  going  to  Kan- 
sas, where  he  established  a  lumber  business  at 
the  Sac  and  Fox  agency  in  Ottawa  County.  In 
1870  he  came  to  Colorado.  For  one  year  he  was 
employed  as  a  clerk  in  Denver,  for  a  similar 
period  was  in  the  employ  of  a  lumber  company, 
then  for  three  years  was  bookkeeper  for  G.  A. 
Newton,  a  lumber  merchant  of  Pueblo.  In  1877 
he  came  to  Lake  City  and  engaged  in  prospect- 


ing and  mining,  in  which  he  is  still  interested,  al- 
though since  1878  his  attention  has  been  mainly 
given  to  his  business.  He  takes  an  active  part 
in  local  affairs,  and  has  assisted  in  promoting 
progressive  projects.  In  politics  he  is  Demo- 
cratic. In  1895,  1896  and  1897  he  served  as 
county  commissioner.  His  interest  in  public  af- 
fairs is  one  of  the  commendable  traits  of  his  char- 
acter. He  may  always  be  relied  upon  to  assist  in 
movements  for  the  benefit  of  the  people  and  the 
progress  of  his  town  and  county. 


EHARLES  E.  DICKINSON,  mayor  of  Lead- 
ville,  and  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Williams  Lumber  Company,  was  born  in  St. 
Joseph  County,  Mich.,  in  1856,  a  son  of  Charles 
and  Josephine  (Rogers)  Dickinson,  natives  re- 
spectively of  Rutland,  Vt.,  and  Ohio.  His  father, 
who  was  a  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  Ver- 
mont, removed  from  that  state  to  Michigan  in 
early  life  and  settled  in  St.  Joseph  County,  where 
he  cleared  and  improved  a  large  tract  of  land. 
Agriculture  formed  his  life  occupation  and  re- 
warded his  efforts  with  a  fair  degree  of  success. 
In  religion  he  was  connected  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  and  in  politics  adhered  to  Re- 
publican principles.  His  death  occurred  when 
he  was  eighty.  His  wife,  who  was  a  farmer's 
daughter,  and  a  woman  of  gentle  character  and 
great  industry,  is  now  living  in  Michigan.  Of 
their  family,  George  cultivates  a  farm  in  Illinois; 
he  was  for  three  years  a  soldier  in  the  Union 
army  in  the  Civil  war,  serving  in  the  Eleventh 
Michigan  Infantry;  Densmore  is  a  lumber  mer- 
chant in  Wisconsin;  Eva  is  the  wife  of  T.  D. 
Cutler,  a  merchant  in  Michigan;  Frank  is  a  lum- 
ber merchant  in  Victor,  Colo. ;  Emma  is  the  wife 
of  Irving  Melville,  an  attorney  of  Durango,  Colo. ; 
William  is  a  partner  of  his  brother  Frank  in  the 
Victor  Lumber  Company. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
common  schools  and  the  high  school  of  Center- 
ville,  Mich.  At  twenty  years  of  age  he  started 
out  in  the  world  for  himself,  and  for  some  years 
carried  on  a  lumber  business  in  Wisconsin,  spend- 
ing three  years  at  Beaver  Dam.  In  the  spring 
of  1880  he  settled  in  Leadville,  Colo.,  where  he 
has  since,  with  the  exception  of  two  years,  made 
his  home.  For  years  he  has  been  connected  with 
the  Williams  Lumber  Company,  prior  to  which 
he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  alone.  De- 
cember i,  1892,  he  was  made  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Williams  Lumber  Company,  of  which, 


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in  1894,  he  was  elected  vice-president,  and  is  now 
vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the  company,  the 
stock  of  which  is  largely  controlled  and  owned 
by  himself  and  the  president,  William  H.  Beman. 
In  1894  Mr.  Dickinson  married  Elizabeth  Den- 
man,  of  Colorado,  by  whom  he  has  one  daugh- 
ter. In  politics  he  believes  thoroughly  in  Re- 
publican principles.  In  1897  he  was  elected  mayor 
of  Leadville  and  served  for  one  term.  In  1890 
and  1892  he  was  a  member  of  the  city  council.  In 
these  positions  he  was  instrumental  in  promoting 
enterprises  for  the  benefit  of  the  city  and  the  de- 
velopment of  local  resources.  In  Masonry  he  is 
connected  with  the  blue  lodge  and  shrine.  He  is 
absorbed  in  his  extensive  business  interests  and 
has  no  desire  to  occupy  public  office,  but,  intelli- 
gently posted  in  the  affairs  of  the  day,  is  ever 
ready  to  assist  in  local  improvements  and  con- 
tribute to  projects  of  known  value. 


(31  S.  LITTLE,  treasurer  of  Eagle  County,  and 
I  I  for  years  an  influential  business  man  of 
/  I,  Eagle  County,  was  born  in  1847  in  the 
province  of  Ontario,  Canada,  about  seventy  miles 
from  Niagara  Falls.  He  was  a  son  of  William 
and  Jane  (Scott)  Little,  natives  respectively  of 
Scotland  and  England.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, Andrew  Little,  removed  to  Canada  in 
middle  life  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Ontario,  in 
which  province  he  died  At-  the  age  of  ninety  years. 
The  maternal  grandfather,  Adam  Scott,  emi- 
grated from  Scotland  (after  a  short  sojourn  in 
England)  to  Canada,  where  he  settled  upon  un- 
improved land  and  cleared  and  cultivated  a  farm. 
William  Little  was  born  in  Scotland,  but  was 
brought  to  America  when  young.  In  youth  he 
learned  the  tailor's  trade,  but  did  not  follow  it 
to  any  extent,  giving  his  attention  to  farm  pur- 
suits. For  several  years  he  served  as  assessor 
for  his  district.  He  was  reared  in  the  faith  of  the 
Scotch  Presbyterian  Church  and  always  adhered 
strictly  to  its  teachings.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  about  eighty  years  of  age.  His  wife  is 
still  living  and  resides  on  the  old  homestead  in 
Brant  County.  Of  their  children  two  are  de- 
ceased; Andrew  cultivates  the  home  place;  John 
is  engaged  in  the  stock  business  in  Nevada;  James 
is  connected  with  the  New  York  Life  Insurance 
Company;  William  and  Byron  are  veterinary  sur- 
geons and  stock-dealers  in  Manitoba;  Agnes  is 
the  wife  of  William  Curry,  a  farmer  in  Canada; 
Jane  lives  with  her  mother;  Elizabeth  is  the  wife 
of  John  Steele.a  farmer  in  Canada;  Ellen  married 


Alexander  Christie,  of  Boston;  and  Belle  is  the 
wife  of  John  Archibald,  master  mechanic  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railroad  at  Stratford,  Ontario, 
Canada. 

In  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  Paris,  and  in 
Toronto,  our  subject  acquired  his  education.  At 
fourteen  he  became  clerk  in  a  general  store,  where 
he  remained  for  eight  years,  and  afterward  en- 
gaged in  clerical  work  for  four  years.  In  1872 
he  came  to  the  states,  settling  in  Indiana,  where 
he  carried  on  a  lumber  and  commission  business. 
Three  years  later  he  returned  to  Canada  and 
turned  his  attention  to  the  grain  business.  In 
1878  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  prospected 
for  two  years,  and  afterward  was  employed  in 
Martin's  lumber  office  in  Denver  for  six  years. 
The  year  1891  found  him  in  Eagle  County, where 
he  has  since  resided,  carrying  on  a  general  mer- 
cantile business.  He  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
the  work  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  of  late 
years  has  been  intimately  identified  with  the  Peo- 
ple's party.  To  the  office  of  county  treasurer  he 
was  elected  in  1897,  and  he  has  since  devoted 
himself  to  the  conscientious  discharge  of  his  du- 
ties in  this  responsible  position.  He  is  also  in- 
terested in  various  mines  in  this  section.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  belonging  to  Basalt  Lodge 
No.  83.  His  marriage  took  place  in  1872  and 
united  him  with  Mary  J.  Horr,  of  Dubuque, 
Iowa,  by  whom  he  has  two  daughters,  Harriet 
H.  and  Isabelle  M. 


BENJAMIN  F.  CUNNINGHAM,  M.  D., 
city  physician  of  Cripple  Creek,  and  a  gen- 
eral practitioner  of  this  place,  has  resided 
here  since  October  of  1895,  and  during  this  time 
has  made  many  friends.  The  practice  that  he 
has  built  up  is  a  growing  one,  and  his  reputation 
is  that  of  a  rising  young  physician,  whose  pros- 
pects for  future  success  may  be  judged  by  his 
devotion  to  his  profession  and  the  diligent  study 
that  he  gives  to  its  developments.  He  is  identi- 
fied with  the  Cripple  Creek  Medical  Society  and 
the  American  Medical  Association. 

Gloucester,  Mass.,  Dr.  Cunningham's  native 
town,  was  the  scene  of  his  early  educational  ef- 
forts. There  he  studied  in  the  grammar  and 
high  schools.  Afterward  he  took  the  regular 
course  of  study  in  Tufts  College  in  Massachusetts, 
which  he  entered  in  the  fall  of  1887,  and  from 
which  he  graduated  in  the  spring  of  1891.  His 
medical  education  was  obtained  in  the  medical 


W.  R.  HEAD. 


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department  of  Harvard  College,  where  he  took 
the  regular  three  years'  course,  graduating  in 
1894.  The  knowledge  there  acquired  in  theory 
was  given  a  practical  basis  by  his  study  and 
practice  in  a  hospital  in  Boston. 

Upon  coming  west,  Dr.  Cunningham  spent  a 
short  time  in  Denver,  but  did  not  engage  actively 
in  practice  there.  In  October,  1895,  he  estab- 
lished his  office  and  home  in  Cripple  Creek,  and 
here  he  has  since  engaged  in  continuous  practice. 
The  energy  he  displays  in  his  chosen  profession 
speaks  well  for  his  success  in  it.  He  is  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics  and  upon  the  regular  party  ticket 
was  elected  city  physician  in  1898.  In  fraternal 
relations  he  is  a  member  of  White  Cloud  Lodge 
No.  55,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  of  Cripple  Creek.  By  his 
marriage  to  Miss  Clara  Shaw,  a  native  of  Wood- 
stock, New  Brunswick,  he  has  two  sons,  Au- 
gustus F.  and  John  W. 


R.  HEAD,  who  is  one  of  the  most  ex- 
tensive and  prominent  ranchmen  of  Park 
,  County,  was  born  in  Nauvoo,  Hancock 
County,  111.,  November  28,  1842,  a  son  of  Norval 
and  Sarah  (Moore)  Head.  He  was  one  of  seven 
children,  of  whom  two  besides  himself  are  still 
living:  Norval,  Jr.,  who  owns  and  operates  a 
ranch  in  North  Dakota;  and  Sarah,  wife  of  New- 
ton Wilson,  of  Sanford,  Colo.  The  father,  a 
native  of  Howard  County,  Mo.,  there  grew  to 
manhood,  married,  and  engaged  in  teaming  and 
farming.  When  a  young  man  he  became  a 
preacher  in  the  Mormon  Church.  In  1841  he  re- 
moved to  the  Mormon  settlement  at  Nauvoo,  111., 
where  he  participated  in  the  eventful  history  of 
his  church  up  to  the  time  of  the  killing  of  the 
Mormon  leader,  Joseph  Smith,  at  Carthage. 
Afterward  he  established  his  home  in  Iowa,  set- 
tling in  Council  Bluffs  and  continuing  to  reside 
there  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1851. 
The  following  year'our  subject's  mother  took  her 
family  to  Utah,  where  she  died  two  years  later. 
Left  an  orphan  while  still  a  boy,  our  subject 
was  taken  into  the  home  of  his  maternal  grand- 
parents, and  there  he  remained  until  he  started 
out  for  himself  at  fifteen  years  of  age.  Going  to 
Camp  Floyd,  he  began  to  work  driving  teams  in 
the  employ  of  the  government.  In  the  spring  of 
1858  he  went  to  Fort  Bridger  and  became  night 
herder  of  cattle  for  the  government.  From 
there,  in  August,  he  started  for  Denver,  arriving 
in  that  city  early  in  October  of  the  same  year 
(1858).  The  prospects  of  discovering  gold, 


which  had  appeared  so  promising  before  and  had 
lured  him  and  his  two  companions  to  the  moun- 
tain regions  of  Colorado,  did  not  seem  so  brilliant 
when  he  came  face  to  face  with  actual  conditions; 
so  they  continued  their  journey  into  Nebraska. 
Stopping  at  Liberty  Farm,  he  worked  during  the 
haying  season.  Afterward  he  went  to  work  for 
the  Hockady  &  McGraw  Stage  Company,  with 
whom  he  remained  until  after  the  massacre  by  the 
Indians  on  the  Little  Blue.  Afterward  he  went 
to  Fort  Kearney,  and  drove  a  stage  for  Ben 
Holliday.  At  one  time  he  was  the  only  driver 
on  the  route  from  Fort  Kearney  to  Julesburg. 
The  Indian  depredations  had  been  so  disastrous 
that  the  other  drivers  had  either  been  killed  or 
had  refused  to  make  the  trips.  During  his  work 
in  this  position  he  had  many  thrilling  experien- 
ces, but  escaped  unhurt. 

Buying  an  outfit,  in  1866  our  subject  began 
freighting  from  Nebraska  City  in  the  government 
employ.  In  1866  he  took  a  contract  to  get  out 
ties  for  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  and  made  his 
headquarters  at  Fort  McPherson.  In  the  spring 
of  1867  he  went  to  Fort  Laramie  and  took  a  con- 
tract to  furnish  wood  for  the  government  post 
there.  With  his  wagons  loaded  with  hard  tack, 
during  the  summer  of  the  same  year  he  freighted 
to  Fort  Phil  Kearney.  On  his  return  he  loaded 
his  wagon  at  Julesburg  and  freighted  to  Denver, 
where  he  sold  his  outfit.  In  the  spring  of  1868 
he  settled  on  Bear  Creek  and  began  farming. 
The  next  year  he  bought  what  was  known  as  the 
old  New  York  ranch  on  the  Georgetown  road, 
and  there  he  had  a  stage  house.  When  the  stage 
line  was  taken  off,  in  the  fall  of  1872,  he  sold  the 
ranch  and  went  to  Bradford  Junction,  where  he 
carried  on  a  general  store  for  two  years  and  later 
engaged  in  farming.  In  the  fall  of  1875  he  re- 
moved to  Morrison,  where  he  ran  a  peddler's 
wagon.  During  the  building  of  the  South  Park 
Railroad,  in  1878,  he  took  a  contract  to  furnish 
ties  for  the  company,  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  he  invested  in  a  livery  outfit  and  started  in 
the  livery  business  along  the  line  of  the  railroad 
during  its  building,  while  at  the  same  time  his 
wife  had  charge  of  a  bakery  and  restaurant. 

Settling  upon  a  ranch  at  Jefferson,  Park 
County,  in  1879,  Mr.  Head  has  since  engaged 
in  raising  hay.  His  ranch  has  increased  to  one 
thousand  acres  and  the  town  plot  of  Jefferson, 
some  forty  acres,  is  also  his  property.  He  is  the 
largest  raiser  and  cutter  of  hay  in  South  Park. 
A  prominent  citizen,  he  was  in  1889  elected 


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county  commissioner  and  served  for  one  term,  fill- 
ing the  office  with  fidelity.  In  him  the  silver 
cause  has  a  strong  advocate,  and  he  has  done 
much  for  the  promotion  of  its  interests.  Frater- 
nally he  is  a  member  of  Queen  City  Lodge  No. 
56,  I.  O.  O.  F. 

March  10,  1867,  Mr.  Head  married  Miss 
Christie  Campbell,  of  Beatrice,  Neb.  To  this 
marriage  ten  children  were  born ,  four  of  whom 
are  living,  namely:  Lena  B.,  a  graduate  of  Ash- 
land College  in  Denver;  Mabel,  who  is  studying 
music  under  private  tutors  and  is  preparing  her- 
self for  a  course  in  the  manual  training  school  in 
Denver;  Archie  and  Ethel.  The  family  reside  on 
the  ranch  during  the  summer  months,  while  in 
the  winter  they  make  their  home  at  No.  3140 
Franklin  street,  Denver. 


(|OHN  M.  DIXON.  An  excellent  example  of 
I  the  sturdy  perseverance  and  unceasing  in- 
G/  dustry  characteristic  of  Colorado  pioneers 
was  given  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Dixon,  who  was 
among  the  large  number  of  those  gold-seekers 
that  crossed  the  plains  in  the  early  days  of  the 
mining  excitement  in  Colorado.  For  a  time  he 
engaged  in  freighting  from  Colorado  Springs  to 
California  Gulch,  but  his  attention  was  prin- 
cipally given  to  mining.  He  was  one  of  the  dis- 
coverers of  the  Leadville  mining  district,  where 
he  remained  until  1867.  In  after  years  he  fre- 
quently laughed  heartily  over  the  fact  that  he 
discarded  high-grade  silver  without  knowing  its 
value,  as  his  ambition  was  bent  on  finding  the 
yellow  metal. 

A  native  of  Virginia,  Mr.  Dixon  was  born  Au- 
gust 5,  1832,  a  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Harriet  (Mc- 
Cowin)  Dixon.  He  was  one  of  ten  children,  four 
of  whom  survive,  viz.:  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Henry 
Mitchell,  of  Sumner  County,  Kan.;  Anna,  widow 
of  Henry  Whisman,  of  Monterey  County,  Cal.; 
Polk,  a  farmer  of  Jackson  Count}',  Mo.;  and 
Mathew,  who  lives  in  San  Jose,  Cal.  The  par- 
ents were  natives  of  Virginia  and  members  of  old 
families  of  that  state.  Ebenezer  Dixon  was  born 
October  15,  1779,  and  was  married  August  7, 
1823,  in  Kanawha  County,  Va. ,  by  Rev.  Will- 
iam McCommis,  to  Harriet  McCowin,  who  was 
born  March  16,  1807,  and  died  February  5,  1894. 
After  his  marriage  he  settled  in  the  lumbering 
district  and  for  some  time  rafted  logs  down  the 
Kanawha  River.  In  the  spring  of  1838,  accom- 
panied by  his  family,  he  went  to  Missouri  and 
settled  in  Jackson  County,  where  he  cleared  a 


farm  and  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  In 
that  county  he  continued  to  reside  until  his  death , 
which  occurred  March  22,  1884. 

The  early  years  of  our  subject's  life  were  de- 
voted to  farm  work.  Upon  the  discovery  of  gold 
in  Pike's  Peak  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  some 
years  devoted  his  time  principally  to  mining.  On 
his  return  to  Missouri  in  1867,  he  shortly  after- 
ward married,  being  united,  December  24  of  that 
year,  with  Miss  Hannah  L. ,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Kimsey,  a  native  of  Alabama,  but  for  years  a 
farmer  of  Missouri.  After  his  marriage  our 
subject  settled  upon  a  farm  which  he  purchased. 
He  continued  successfully  engaged  in  farming  for 
some  years.  But  he  had  not  forgotten  his  pio- 
neer experiences  in  Colorado  and  his  inclinations 
constantly  attracted  him  toward  this  state.  Fi- 
nally he  and  his  wife  determined  to  settle  here 
permanently.  They  sold  their  Missouri  farm  in 
1878  and  in  April,  1879,  started  for  Colorado. 
At  Kinsley,  Kan.,  they  outfitted  for  thetrip,  and 
with  their  two  children  and  a  brother  of  Mrs. 
Dixon,  made  the  trip  in  sixteen  days,  bringing 
with  them  twenty-five  head  of  mules  and  horses. 
They  arrived  on  the  South  Platte,  thirteen  miles 
south  of  Fairplay,  on  the  26th  of  June.  Here 
Mr.  Dixon  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land,  built  a  log  cabin  and  began  ranch  life. 
His  cabin  was  not  a  comfortable  home,  for  it  had 
no  floor  and  was  without  chinking  in  the  cracks 
of  the  logs;  but  in  the  fall  he  finished  it,  so  that 
it  was  more  comfortable  during  the  winter.  From 
time  to  time  he  added  to  the  property  until  finally 
his  ranch  numbered  eight  hundred  and  forty 
acres,  upon  which  he  engaged  in  raising  stock. 
At  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  June  i, 
1891,  he  was  among  the  most  prosperous  farmers 
of  Park  County.  In  all  of  his  work  he  had  the 
assistance  and  co-operation  of  his  wife,  to  whose 
efficient  aid  not  a  little  of  his  success  was  due. 
They  reared  two  daughters  to  womanhood.  The 
older,  Emily  Harriet,  is  the  wife  of  Henry  L. 
Guiraud,  member  of  an  influential  family  of  Park 
County.  The  younger,  Martha  Anna,  is  the  wife 
of  James  W.  Rich,  who  is  engaged  in  ranching 
iu  this  county. 

RURIEO.  LACEY,  M.  D.,  of  Lake  City,  was 
born  in  Pope  County,  111.,  March  n,    1865, 
.a  son  of  Dr.  Royal  R.  and  Anna  A.  (Eison) 
Lacey.     His  father,  a  native  of  Connecticut,  was 
reared  in  Ohio  and  graduated  from   the  Eclectic 
Medical   College    of  Cincinnati,,  after  which  he 


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moved  west  to  Illinois,  and  for  forty  years  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Pope  and 
Hardiu  Counties.  Now,  however,  he  makes  his 
home  in  Carbondale,  Jackson  County,  where  he 
is  living  to  some  extent  retired,  although  he  still 
acts  as  professional  adviser  for  a  number  of  fam- 
ilies whose  physician  he  has  been  for  years  and 
who  have  been  reluctant  to  give  up  his  services. 
He  has  always  followed  the  eclectic  school  of 
medicine,  to  which  our  subject  also  adheres.  In 
local  affairs,  as  well  as  in  his  profession,  he  has 
been  influential  and  prominent,  and  for  two  terms, 
during  the  '8os,  he  represented  his  district  in  the 
state  legislature. 

The  only  child  of  his  parents,  our  subject  was 
in  boyhood  given  excellent  educational  advan- 
tages. In  1885  he  graduated  with  honors  from 
the  Southern  Illinois  Normal  School.  He  had 
previously  gained  a  considerable  knowledge  of 
medicine  by  study  with  his  father,  and  upon  con- 
cluding his  literary  studies  he  entered  the  Eclectic 
Medical  College  of  Cincinnati,  of  which  his  father 
was  a  graduate.  There  he  completed  the  regular 
course  in  1887,  and  was  given  the  degree  of  M.  D. 
Returning  to  Illinois,  he  began  to  practice  with 
his  father  at  Elizabethtown,  Hardiu  County, 
where  he  continued  until  1891.  Coming  to  Colo- 
rado during  the  latter  year,  he  had  been  at  Mont- 
rose  for  a  short  time  only  when  he  was  offered  the 
position  of  physician  and  surgeon  at  the  Ute  and 
Ulay  mines,  owned  by  Posey  and  Crawford,  of 
Lake  City.  Accepting  the  position,  he  came  to 
this  place,  where  he  continued  connected  with  the 
mines  for  five  years,  and  meanwhile  built  up  a 
general  practice. 

While  he  is  a  Republican  in  national  issues, 
Dr.  Lacy  believes  that  the  question  of  free  trade 
or  protection,  a  gold  or  silver  standard,  has  but 
little  to  do  with  local  affairs,  and  therefore,  in 
town  and  county  elections,  he  votes  for  the  man 
whom  he  deems  best  qualified  to  represent  the 
people  in  office.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  His  at- 
tention is  closely  given  to  his  profession,  and  he 
has  no  interest  in  outside  matters  except  in  pros- 
pecting and  mining,  in  which  he  has  to  some  ex- 
tent engaged. 

"IMOTHY  BORDEN.  Of  the  residents  of 
Park  County  few  are  better  known  and  none 
more  highly  esteemed  than  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  a  pioneer  of  South  Park.  Coming  here  in 
the  early  days,  he  has  lived  to  witness  the  develop- 


ment of  local  resources  and  has  himself  contributed 
thereto.  He  has  been  especially  helpful  in  pro- 
moting the  stock  business,  to  which  much  of  his 
time  has  been  given.  Throughout  the  county 
"Uncle  Tim"  has  a  host  of  friends  and  well- 
wishers,  and  while  his  life  is  to  some  extent  a 
lonely  one,  his  wife  being  dead  and  he  having  no 
children,  he  has  many  friends  whose  kindness  and 
affectionate  devotion  partially  compensate  for  the 
loss  of  his  wife. 

The  sketch  of  the  Borden  family  appears  in  the 
biography  of  Olney  A.  Borden,  our  subject's 
brother  and  a  prominent  ranchman  of  Park 
County.  Timothy  Borden  was  born  in  Sullivan 
County,  N.  Y.,  September  27,  1826.  He  grew 
toman's  estate  on  a  farm  and  received  common- 
school  advantages.  In  1849  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Adelia  A.  Williams,  whom 
he  had  known  from  childhood,  and  who  continued 
his  faithful  helpmate  until  she  passed  from  earth, 
February  4,  1892. 

Selling  his  interests  in  the  east  in  1858,  Mr. 
Borden  removed  to  Iowa  and  for  three  years  culti- 
vated farm  land  in  Clinton  County.  In  the  spring 
of  1 86 1  he  crossed  the  plains  to  Denver,  where  he 
arrived  during  the  latter  part  of  June.  Going  to 
the  mountains,  he  settled  in  Gold  Run  Gulch  in 
Summit  County,  where  he  bought  several  claims 
and  mined  very  successfully.  He  remained  there 
until  the  fall  of  1866,  when  he  sold  his  mining 
property  and  settled  on  his  present  ranch  at 
Bordenville,  which  he  had  taken  up  one  year  be- 
fore. Since  then  he  has  given  his  attention  to 
haying  and  cattle-raising,  and  his  ranch  now 
numbers  sixteen  hundred  acres. 

Local  interests  have  always  received  consider- 
able attention  from  Mr.  Borden.  For  five  years 
he  served  as  county  commissioner  of  Park  County. 
He  is  especially  interested  in  educational  matters, 
and  for  many  years  has  been  a  member  of  the 
school  board  and  has  endeavored  to  promote  the 
welfare  of  the  schools  of  the  district  and  county. 
Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows 
and  with  Doric  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Fair- 
play.  

GlLMER  W.  HENDRICKS,  member  of  the 
LI  firm  of  Cantril  &  Heudricks,  at  Westcliffe, 
I  I  Custer  County,  was  born  in  Denver,  Colo., 
August  9,  1864,  and  is  the  only  child  of  E.  G. 
and  Rhoda  C.  (Alumbaugh)  Hendricks,  the 
former  a  saddler  and  harnessmaker.  Owing  to 
the  death  of  his  father  be  was  early  in  life  thrown 


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upon  his  own  resources,  and  when  less  than  ten 
years  of  age  started  out  to  work  by  the  month. 
At  thirteen  years  of  age  he  began  to  work  for  his 
stepfather,  Mr.  Cantril,  on  the  divide,  and  con- 
tinued iu  that  capacity  until  he  became  a  partner 
in  the  business  at  Westcliffe  in  January,  1898. 

In  1888  Mr.  Hendricks  was  made  manager  of 
the  mill,  and  this  position  he  continued  to  fill  for 
five  years.  Owing  to  his  stepfather's  disability 
since  1893,  the  entire  business  has  fallen  largely 
into  his  hands,  and  his  thorough  experience  in 
the  sawmill  business  eminently  qualifies  him  to 
conduct  the  work  satisfactorily  and  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  secure  a  profit.  His  entire  life  has 
been  spent  in  Colorado,  and  he  has  resided  in 
Westcliffe  since  the  village  was  started,  coming 
here  with  Mr.  Catitril.  He  has  always  been  in- 
terested in  the  growth  and  development  of  the 
town,  and  has  contributed  to  its  prosperity. 

The  Democratic  party  receives  the  allegiance 
of  Mr.  Hendricks.  He  has  filled  the  offices  of 
constable  and  justice  of  the  peace,  and  is  now 
serving  his  third  term  on  the  town  board.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  member  of  Westcliffe  Camp  No. 
309,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  Rosita  Lodge 
No.  25,  A.  O.  U.  W.  He  was  united  in  mar- 
riage November  i,  1885,  with  Loremena  Ella, 
daughter  of  Hugh  Morrow,  of  Querida,  Custer 
County.  They  are  the  parents  of  four  children: 
Clyde  Earl,  Hugh  Burtral,  Ethel  Warren  and 
Hazel  Catherine. 

0ONALD  THOMPSON  MCLEOD,  proprie- 
tor of  the  Occidental  hotel  at  Lake  City, 
was  born  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1856,  a  son  of 
John  and  Annie  (McLeod)  McLeod,  natives  of 
the  highlands  of  Scotland.  He  was  named  in 
honor  of  his  maternal  grandfather,  Donald  Thomp- 
son McLeod.  When  eighteen  years  of  age  John 
McLeod  emigrated  from  Scotland  to  Canada  and 
settled  near  Whycocomah,  a  post- village  in  Nova 
Scotia.  There  was  much  in  the  ruggedness'of 
the  place  to  remind  him  of  his  native  highlands. 
At  the  rear  of  the  town  high  hills  rose  amphithea- 
tre-like, while  in  front  stretched  the  waters  of 
Whycocomah  Bay.  The  town  itself  was  a  mere 
hamlet,  with  a  few  houses  and  stores.  Amid 
these  surroundings  he  began  the  life  of  a  dairy  far- 
mer, and  in  the  same  place  he  still  resides,  re- 
tired, at  seventy-nine  years  of  age.  For  many 
years  he  served  as  alderman  of  his  town,  but  re- 
signed when  advancing  years  rendered  active  la- 
bors impossible.  In  the  Presbyterian  Church  he 


was  a  deacon  for  fifteen  years  or  more,  and  he  has 
ever  been  strict  in  his  adherence  to  the  doctrines 
of  that  denomination.  Of  his  children,  John  died 
in  New  Brunswick;  Donald  resides  in  Lake  City; 
Maggie  is  the  wife  of  John  Campbell,  a  carpen- 
ter and  fanner  in  Canada;  Donald  Thompson,  our 
subject,  was  fourth  in  order  of  birth;  Peter  con- 
tinues on  the  old  homestead;  Malcolm  C.  died  at 
the  home  of  our  subject;  Norman  is  engaged  in 
mining  at  Lake  City;  and  Murdoch  died  at  the 
age  of  thirty,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  children, 
Annie  and  Murdoch,  who  live  with  their  grand- 
father. 

When  a  boy  of  thirteen  years  our  subject  began 
to  learn  the  trade  of  a  shipbuilder,  but  after  two 
years  at  the  occupation  he  became  dissatisfied  and 
abandoned  it.  He  then  went  to  Troy,  N.  Y., 
where  he  secured  employment  in  the  Troy  iron 
works  as  a  pattern  maker,  remaining  there  for 
three  and  one-half  years.  Afterward,  for  six 
months,  he  worked  at  bridge-building  for  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  then  was  made  a 
bridge  foreman  on  the  same  road.  Later  he  en- 
gaged in  bridge-building  for  the  Canadian  Pacific 
road  as  foreman  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  district 
in  Winnipeg,  remaining  in  the  same  position  for 
three  years.  Next  he  became  foreman  in  pon- 
toon bridge-building  for  the  Milwaukee  &  St. 
Paul  road  between  McGregor  and  Prairie  du 
Chien,  which  work  occupied  four  months.  His 
next  move  was  to  Colorado.  Locating  at  Fair- 
play,  he  engaged  in  the  building  business  for 
six  months.  Next  he  went  to  Leadville,  where 
he  was  similarly  engaged,  also  being  interested 
in  mining.  For  about  four  years  he  worked  at 
mining  construction.  In  1886  he  accepted  a  po- 
sition as  foreman  of  bridge-building  on  the  Colo- 
rado Midland  road,  between  Leadville,  Aspen, 
Glenwood  Springs  and  Colorado  Springs.  Two 
years  later  he  took  a  position  with  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company  west  from  Salida, 
and  with  them  he  continued  for  one  and  a-half 
years,  having  charge  of  the  construction  of  all  of 
the  bridge  work  on  the  road.  His  next  position 
was  with  the  Northern  Pacific  from  Bozeman  to 
Butte,  Mont.,  where  he  had  charge  of  the  build- 
ing of  section  houses,  tanks,  etc. 

In  1891  Mr.  McLeod  came  to  Lake  City,  where 
he  bought  a  partnership  with  William  Patterson 
in  the  Pueblo  house.  After  three  years  he  sold 
out  to  his  partner  and  bought  the  Occidental, 
across  the  street  from  the  other  hotel.  In  Janu- 
ary, 1895,  he  returned  on  a  visit  to  Nova  Scotia, 


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and  when  he  came  back  in  April  he  began  the 
management  of  the  Occidental.  January  21,  1897, 
the  building  was  destroyed  by  fire,  causing  a  loss 
of  over  $5,000  to  him.  Since  February  14  of 
the  same  year  he  has  conducted  the  house  known 
as  the  Occidental,  owned  by  Leon  Le  Fevre. 

Politically  Mr.  McLeod  is  a  Republican,  which 
party  he  has  represented  as  delegate  to  conven- 
tions. He  is  a  member  of  Silver  Star  Lodge  No. 
27,  I.  O.  O.  P.,  is  past  master  workman  of  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  an  officer  in 
Nioga  Tribe  No.  57,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  and  in  1897  a 
delegate  to  the  convention  of  the  state  association 
at  Manitou.  January  28,  1892,  he  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Patrick  White,  a  native  of  Ireland. 
Our  subject  has  been  interested  in  mining  in  this 
section,  and  now  has  an  interest  in  the  Alpine 
Gulch  district  mines,  which  has  four  lodes  and 
has  produced  as  much  as  $104  of  gold  per  ton. 
These  mines  are  called  the  Sky  Mountain  group, 
which  produce  gold,  silver,  copper  and  lead. 
These  mines  are  owned  by  Mr.  McLeod,  together 
with  Joseph  Johnston  and  Edward  W.  Meyers, 
and  they  are  being  rapidly  developed. 


RATHMELL,  county  judge  of 
Ouray  County,  has  for  a  considerable  pe- 
riod  been  connected  with  the  educational 
interests  of  the  county  and  is  known  as  one  of 
its  most  experienced  and  successful  educators. 
In  June,  1880,  he  came  to  Colorado,  and,  after  a 
brief  sojourn  in  Silverton,  settled  in  Ouray 
County,  establishing  his  home  in  Ridgway, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  mining  for 
several  years.  In  1886  he  became  connected 
with  public-school  work,  and  is  now,  in  point  of 
years  of  actual  service,  the  oldest  teacher  in  the 
county. 

In  Lawrence,  Douglas  County,  Kan.,  Judge 
Rathmell  was  born  in  1861 ,  the  only  child  of  Will- 
iam and  Mary  Ann  (Stimel)  Rathmell,  natives 
respectively  of  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio,  and  who 
since  1859  have  resided  upon  a  farm  in  Kansas. 
William,  Jr. ,  was  educated  in  common  schools 
and  Poole's  College  at  Pleasant  Hill,  Mo.,  receiv- 
ing excellent  advantages,  and  afterward  adding 
to  his  college  training  by  self-culture  and  read- 
ing. Shortly  after  the  completion  of  his  educa- 
tion he  came  to  Colorado,  where,  as  before  stated, 
his  work  has  been  mainly  along  educational  lines. 
However,  he  has  also  had  some  important  min- 
ing interests  at  Ouray. 

Mingling  in  the  public  life   of  the  county,  and 


active  in  the  People's  part}',  in  the  fall  of  1898  he 
became  his  party's  candidate  for  county  judge, 
to  which  office  he  was  elected  by  a  fair  majority, 
and  in  which  position  he  is  proving  himself  to  be 
trustworthy,  able  and  judicious.  On  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Merchants'  and  Farmers'  Alliance 
he  became  one  of  its  charter  members  and  took 
an  active  interest  in  its  work.  He  is  a  member 
of  Centuride  Lodge  No.  100,  K.  P.  In  1893  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lottie  Smith, 
daughter  of  J.  N.  Smith,  one  of  Ouray  County's 
pioneers.  Mrs.  Rathmell  died  in  1895,  leaving 
one  child,  Mary  Ellen. 


|""RANK  WELTY,  a  pioneer  of  Colorado,  has 
r3  been  identified  with  the  history  of  this  state 
I  ever  since  its  early  territorial  clays,  and  has 
witnessed  its  growth  and  development.  In  1894 
he  came  to  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  has  since 
made  his  home.  He  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Welty  &  Faulkner,  who  recently  erected  a  large 
and  substantial  brick  livery  barn  on  the  old 
Palace  hotel,  corner  Bennett  and  Second  streets. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Welty  took  place  in  Williams 
County,  Ohio,  December  15,  1849.  When  he 
was  about  five  years  of  age  he  was  taken  by  his 
parents  to  La  Salle  County,  111.,  where  his  boy- 
hood days  were  spent  and  his  education  obtained. 
In  May,  1861,  he  arrived  in  Denver,  then  a  small 
frontier  town.  After  a  short  time  he  proceeded 
to  Summit  County,  where  he  remained  during 
the  summer  months,  engaging  in  mining  and  also 
keeping  a  boarding  house.  The  winter  of  1862-63 
was  spent  below  Canon  City,  and  in  the  spring 
he  returned  to  Summit  County.  His  next  loca- 
tion was  in  Black  Hawk,  Gilpin  County,  from 
which  point  he  returned  to  Denver  for  the  winter. 
In  the  spring  of  1865  he  again  returned  to  Sum- 
mit County,  where  he  mined  and  also  conducted 
a  grocery  and  boarding  house  at  Buffalo  Flats. 
The  following  winter  he  spent  in  Illinois,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1866  returned  with  his  family  to  El 
Paso  County,  settling  two  miles  south  of  Monu- 
ment and  being  the  fifth  family  to  locate  in  that 
section.  He  engaged  in  ranching  with  his  broth- 
ers, George  and  Alonzo.  The  latter's  sketch,  up- 
on another  page,  gives  the  record  of  the  family 
and  also  a  history  of  their  first  settlement  in  El- 
Paso  County  and  their  location  in  1872  of  the 
land  where  Cripple  Creek  now  stands. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Welty  followed  ranching, 
making  a  specialty  of  the  cattle  business.  In 
1894  he  left  the  ranch  and  came  to  Cripple  Creek. 


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He  and  his  brother,  George,  purchased  an  interest 
in  a  livery  business,  of  their  sister,  Mrs.  Faulkner, 
and  after  the  death  of  George  he  and  his  sister 
bought  the  latter's  interest.  Mr.  Welty  owns 
some  mining  property  in  this  district.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen  and  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  While  he  is  fairly  active  in  local  af- 
fairs, he  has  never  cared  for  official  positions  and 
has  never  identified  himself  with  any  political 
party,  being  independent  in  his  views.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Marion  Bennett,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Bennett  and  a  niece  of  Hon.  H.  P.  Bennett,  who 
settled  near  Denver  in  1862.  They  are  the  par- 
ents of  one  son,  Roy,  who  resides  at  home. 


fDGjlLLIAM  F.  ANDERSON,  president  of 
\  A  I  the  Bank  Building  Association  of  Colo- 
Y  V  rado  Springs  and  president  of  the  Jack  Pot 
Mining  Company  of  Cripple  Creek,  also  a  di- 
rector in  the  Anchoria-Leland  Mining  and  Mill- 
ing Company,  was  born  in  Frederick  County, 
Va.,  a  member  of  an  old  family  of  that  state. 
His  father.  Mason  Anderson,  was  born  in  Cul- 
peper  County  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Clarke 
County  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1878. 
He  had  married  Jane  Bayliss,  a  native  of  the  Old 
Dominion,  and  daughter  of  Henry  Bayliss,  who 
was  an  ensign  in  the  Revolutionary  war  and  car- 
ried the  flag  at  Bunker  Hill,  where  he  served 
with  General  Warren. 

The  eldest  of  five  children,  our  subject  was 
born  September  13,  1826.  He  was  educated  in  a 
primitive  school  building  of  logs,  where  the 
method  of  instruction  was  scarcely  superior  to 
the  building  itself;  and  after  completing  the 
district  school  studies  he  attended  Wickliffe 
Academy  in  Clarke  County.  From  the  age  of 
fourteen  until  twenty  he  clerked  in  a  general 
store  in  Winchester,  Va.  In  1848,  by  stage  and 
steamer,  he  came  west,  landing  in  St.  Louis  after 
a  voyage  of  ten  days  from  Pittsburg.  He  set- 
tled in  the  former  city,  which  then  had  only  about 
thirty-five  thousand  inhabitants.  He  at  once 
embarked  in  business,  becoming  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Wiggins  &  Anderson,  wholesale  dry- 
goods  and  grocery  merchants.  In  1849,  when 
fire  swept  away  twelve  business  blocks,  his  house 
escaped  by  reason  of  having  iron  shutters,  but 
some  years  later  he  was  less  fortunate  and  was 
burned  out.  At  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  he 
sold  out  his  interest  in  the  business,  and  after- 
ward sold  goods  along  the  Santa  Fe  trail  and  also 


in  Illinois,  Missouri,  Arkansas  and  Iowa.  For 
some  years  he  was  engaged  in  business  as  a 
wholesale  commission  man  and  financial  broker 
in  St.  Louis.  In  1883  he  came  to  Colorado 
Springs,  and  two  years  later  bought  the  site  of 
the  present  Bank  block.  In  the  spring  of  1888 
he  organized  the  Bank  Building  Association,  of 
which  he  has  since  been  president  and  manager. 
Under  his  supervision  was  erected  the  Bank  block, 
of  four  stories  and  basement,  which  was  the  first 
large  block  of  importance  built  in  the  city,  and 
still  ranks  as  one  of  the  best-equipped  office  build- 
ings here.  He  also  erected  the  house  where  he 
now  resides,  at  No.  1112  North  Cascade  avenue. 
The  marriage  of  Mr.  Anderson  took  place  in 
St.  Louis  and  united  him  with  Miss  Fannie  Stick- 
ney,  who  was  born  in  that  city.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Stickney,  a  native  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, but  for  years  a  resident  of  St.  Louis 
and  proprietor  of  the  Planters'  hotel  from  its  in- 
ception until  his  retirement  from  business.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Anderson  are  the  parents  of  five  chil- 
dren, viz.:  Mrs.  Josephine  Pearson,  of  Colorado 
Springs;  Fannie,  wife  of  Dr.  C.  F.  Gardiner,  of 
Colorado  Springs;  Mrs.  Jane  Joy,  of  Cripple 
Creek;  Marguerite,  who  is  with  her  parents;  and 
Amos,  who  is  connected  with  the  Anchoria-Leland 
Mining  and  Milling  Company  at  Cripple  Creek. 
Mrs.  Anderson  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,  to  which,  as  to  other  worthy  objects,  Mr. 
Anderson  is  a  liberal  contributor.  In  his  political 
views  he  is  a  pronounced  Democrat,  and  always 
votes  his  party  ticket.  Fraternally  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. 


(lOHN  MAURER,  a  pioneer  business  man  of 
I  Lake  City,  was  born  in  Canton  de  Vand, 
O  Switzerland,  February  27,  1851,  a  son  of 
Jean  and  Marianne  (Raymond)  Maurer,  the  for- 
mer a  manufacturer  of  linen.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  he  left  home  and  fatherland  and  crossed 
the  ocean  to  America,  proceeding  west  as  far  as 
Atchison,  Kan.,  where  he  served  an  apprentice- 
ship of  five  years  with  the  leading  jeweler  of 
that  city,  with  whom  he  afterward  formed  a  part- 
nership. Believing,  however,  that  he  would 
meet  with  greater  success  in  Colorado,  in  March, 
1877,  he  came  to  Lake  City  and  established  his 
present  business.  He  carries  a  complete  and  well- 
selected  stock  of  jewelry,  having  in  his  store  a 
much  higher  grade  of  goods  than  is  usually 
found  in  a  city  of  this  size.  His  skill  asa  work- 


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man  in  his  line  is  well  known  by  his  many  cus- 
tomers. In  the  repairing  of  watches  and  the 
other  delicate  work  in  his  line  of  business  he  has 
few  equals. 

Besides  his  jewelry  business,  Mr.  Maurer  hasen- 
gaged  in  mining.  At  one  time  he  was  interested 
in  the  Compromise  mine,  which  was  sold  to  the 
Golden  Fleece.  At  this  writing  he  is  interested 
intheNeoga,  Manhattan,  Red  Cloud,  Engineer, 
Placer  and  other  prospects.  He  has  also  been 
connected  with  local  politics,  and  during  the  early 
period  of  his  residence  in  Lake  City  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  town  council.  From  1883  to  1889  he 
served  as  county  commissioner,  and  was  chair- 
man of  the  board.  Since  1886  he  has  been  treas- 
urer of  the  school  board,  and  since  1892  he  has 
served  as  city  treasurer.  In  religion  a  Presbyte- 
rian, he  has  been  an  elder  of  the  church  since 
1883,  also  served  as  church  treasurer  and  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  Sunday-school  work.  The 
congregation  elected  him,  in  1893,  as  their  dele- 
gate to  the  general  assembly  at  Washington,  D.  C. 

All  enterprises  having  for  their  object  the  pro- 
motion of  local  interests  receive  the  unqualified 
endorsement  of  Mr.  Maurer.  He  has  been  in- 
terested in  real  estate,  and  has  erected  a  residence 
and  the  store  building  which  he  still  owns.  He 
is  also  the  owner  of  other  property  here.  During 
the  existence  of  the  board  of  trade,  as  a  member 
of  that  body  he  aided  materially  in  securing  the 
right  of  way  for  the  railroad  when  it  was  ex- 
tended to  this  place.  Fora  quarter  of  a  century 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows.  He 
is  now  a  past  grand  of  silver  Star  Lodge  No.  27, 
is  a  P.  C.  P.  of  Golden  Rule  Encampment  No.  12, 
and  member  of  Deborah  Lodge  of  Rebekahs  No. 
18,  and  is  grand  guardian  of  the  grand  lodge  for 
the  present  year.  His  interest  in  the  order  has 
continued  during  the  long  period  of  his  connection 
with  it. 

December  30,  1876,  Mr.  Maurer  married  Flora 
E.  Blood,  by  whom  he  has  five  children:  Eva, 
Anna,  John  F.,  Myrtle  and  Frederick. 


(JjEORGE  L.  WRIGHT,  who  is  engaged  in 
|_  mining  and  the  real-estate  business  at  Ou- 
VU  ray,  was  born  in  Canada  July  24,  1847,  the 
day  that  Salt  Lake  City  was  founded  by  the  Mor- 
mons under  the  leadership  of  Brigham  Young. 
His  parents,  George  L-  and  Frances  (Thorpe) 
Wright,  were  born  and  reared  in  Dublin,  Ireland, 
and  after  their  marriage  emigrated  to  Canada  in 
1832,  afterward  continuing  to  reside  in  that  coun- 


try, where  they  died,  the  father  when  sixty- 
seven  years  of  age.  Of  their  large  family  two 
sons,  C.  W.  and  J.  W.,  are  engaged  in  the  real- 
estate  business  in  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  Alfred  is 
a  business  man  of  New  York  City;  and  Gabriel, 
of  Chicago. 

At  eighteen  years  of  age  our  subject  came  to 
the  states,  and  for  two  years  was  employed  in  the 
coast  survey  of  Lake  Superior.  After  a  short 
visit  at  his  old  home,  in  1868,  he  went  to  Michi- 
gan, where  he  spent  two  years  in  the  Lake  Supe- 
rior copper  mines.  From  there  he  went  to  Coun- 
cil Bluffs,  Iowa,  where  he  carried  on  a  general 
mercantile  business  for  two  years.  Going  thence 
to  Cheyenne  he  took  a  government  contract  to 
supply  hay  to  Fort  Russell  and  Camp  Carlin,  at 
which  work  he  was  engaged  for  two  years.  In 
the  spring  of  1874  he  accompanied  his  brother, 
H.  E.,  to  Silverton,  Colo.  From  that  time  on 
his  brother  was  active  in  mining  operations  and 
business  pursuits,  and  was  a  prominent  and 
highly  esteemed  citizen,  beloved  by  a  large  circle 
of  friends;  he  died  July  7,  1895,  leaving  a  wife 
and  child,  who  now  make  their  home  in  Pueblo. 

On  coming  to  Silverton  our  subject  engaged  in 
mining  with  his  brother  until  1877,  when  ne 
came  to  Ouray,  which  camp  had  been  located  the 
previous  year.  Since  then  he  has  been  interested 
in  prospecting  and  mining.  In  August,  1875,  he 
located  the  Wheel  of  Fortune,  which  gave  this 
place  its  reputation  as  a  valuable  mining  camp, 
and  which  was  sold  to  the  governor  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, Hon.  Henry  M.  Hoyt,  in  1879.  He  was 
also  one  of  those  who  located  the  United  States 
Depository,  which  he  assisted  in  developing  and 
placing  upon  a  profitable  basis,  and  sold  to  St. 
Louis  parties  in  1887.  In  1894  he  became  in- 
terested in  the  development  of  the  Grizzly  Bear, 
which  he  brought  to  a  paying  basis  and  sold  in 
1896  to  George  R.  Hulbert.  After  the  death  of 
his  brother  he  pursued  the  same  line  of  business 
alone,  and  is  now  the  sole  owner  of  the  Chief  De- 
posit, and  also  interested  in  the  Little  Nora.  In 
1888,  with  his  brother,  he  erected  the  Wright 
opera  house  of  Ouray,  and  also  built  a  brick  busi- 
ness house  on  Third  street  and  Fifth  avenue.  He 
also  owns  a  comfortable  and  attractive  residence, 
which  is  hospitably  presided  over  by  his  wife, 
whom  he  married  March  25,  1879,  at  Leadville, 
and  who,  prior  to  that  time,  was  Leonora  Mat- 
thews, her  father,  Oscar  Matthews,  being  a  resi- 
dent of  Leadville. 

At  the  time  that  Mr.  Wright  took   up  his  per- 


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manent  residence  in  Ouray,  the  town  had  only 
three  hundred  inhabitants,  and  no  attempt  had 
been  made  to  introduce  modern  improvements. 
He  has  lived  to  see  it  grow  to  a  population  of 
three  thousand  people,  whose  energy  and  pro- 
gressive spirit  have  resulted  in  the  introduction  of 
electric  lights,  a  good  water  system,  sewerage, 
and  other  developments  of  a  material  nature, 
while  along  the  line  of  educational  and  religious 
growth  a  remarkable  advance  has  also  been 
made. 


|7JHARLES  H.  BRICKENSTEIN,  county 
1 1  treasurer  and  clerk  of  the  district  court  of 
U  Conejos  County,  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1860, 
and  spent  his  early  years  principally  in  Pennsyl- 
vania and  New  York  City,  receiving  an  academic 
education  at  Nazareth,  Pa.  In  1878  he  came  to 
Colorado,  settling  in  San  Luis,  Costilla  County, 
and  being  employed  by  the  United  States  Free- 
hold Land  and  Emigration  Company.  From 
there,  in  1880,  he  came  to  Alamosa  and  opened 
a  general  store,  which  he  conducted  for  nine 
years. 

Upon  his  election  as  county  treasurer,  in  1889, 
Mr.  Brickenstein  removed  to  Conejos,  the  count}7 
seat.  He  was  re-elected  to  the  office  in  1891, 
1893,  1895  and  1897,  and,  under  appointment 
from  Judge  Sunnier,  was  made  clerk  of  the  dis- 
trict court.  He  is  an  active  supporter  of  the  Re- 
publican party  and  has  been  a  local  leader  for 
some  years.  He  gives  his  support  to  all  meas- 
ures having  for  their  object  the  benefit  of  the 
people  or  the  development  of  the  county.  His 
entire  time  is  given  to  the  discharge  of  his  official 
duties,  and  his  life  is  a  busy,  active  existence. 
As  a  citizen  he  has  proved  himself  to  be  liberal, 
progressive  and  energetic.  In  February,  1899, 
he  was  appointed  surveyor  of  customs  for  the 
port  of  Denver. 

By  his  marriage  to  Miss  Lucy  McChesney, 
solemnized  in  1881,  Mr.  Brickenstein  has  an  only 
child,  Albert.  In  his  fraternal  relations  he  is 
connected  with  Alamosa  Lodge  No.  44.  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  He  and  his  family  are  esteemed  by  all 
who  know  them  and  are  welcomed  guests  in  the 
best  circles  of  society  in  Conejos  Count}'. 


by  any  native  son  of  America,  and  when  the  na- 
tion was  imperiled  by  the  Civil  war,  he  went  to 
the  defense  of  the  Union  and  protected  the  Fed- 
eral cause  on  more  than  one  southern  battle  field. 

Mr.  Schneider  was  born  in  Elling,  Germany, 
in  1833,  and  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  land.  At  the  age  of  twenty -one  he 
crossed  the  broad  Atlantic  and  settled  in  New 
York  City,  where  he  was  living  when  the  war 
with  the  south  broke  out.  In  the  fall  of  1861  he 
enlisted  in  the  Eighty-first  New  York  Infantry, 
and  was  sent  to  the  front.  He  participated  in 
the  seven  days'  battle  under  General  McClellan, 
was  present  in  the  engagement  before  Richmond, 
and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Cold  Harbor  and 
the  Wilderness.  He  was  with  Grant's  army  at 
the  time  of  Lee's  surrender,  and  temained  in 
the  service  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

In  1866  Mr.  Schneider  came  west  and  settled 
in  South  Park,  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in 
mining  for  one  summer.  Since  1867  he  has 
made  his  home  upon  his  present  ranch  in  Pueblo, 
where  in  that  year  he  took  up  land  from  the  gov- 
ernment. His  place  comprises  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  fine  land  lying  along  the  Ar- 
kansas River,  on  the  line  of  the  Santa  Fe  and  the 
Missouri  Pacific  Railroads.  Supplied  with  plenty 
of  water  and  timber,  and  improved  with  sub- 
stantial buildings,  it  is  to-day  one  of  the  most 
valuable  places  in  its  locality.  The  improve- 
ments on  the  place  stand  as  monuments  to  the 
owner's  thrift  and  energy,  as  the  land  was  raw 
and  unimproved  when  he  settled  here.  He  is 
successfully  engaged  in  farmingand  stock-raising. 
The  prosperity  that  has  crowned  his  efforts  in 
the  new  world  is  certainly  well  deserved,  for  he 
landed  in  New  York,  unable  to  speak  a  word  of 
English,  and  with  only  one  dollar  in  his  pocket. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 


Gl  1,'BKRT  SCHNEIDER  has  made  his  home 
I  I  upon  a  ranch  near  Nepesta,  Pueblo  County, 
/I  since  1867.  He  is  of  foreign  birth,  but  his 
duties  as  a  citizen  of  his  adopted  country  have 
ever  been  performed  with  a  loyalty  unsurpassed 


[~~  REDBRICK  C.  MO  YS,  manager  of  the  Moys 
|>)  wholesale  and  retail  hardware  establishment 
|  f  in  Cripple  Creek,  and  one  of  the  prominent 
and  energetic  business  men  of  this  district,  was 
born  in  Lawrence,  Kan.,  November  6,  1867,  and 
in  that  city  spent  the  days  of  childhood  and  youth. 
His  education  was  received  in  public  schools  and 
a  commercial  college,  and  was  of  a  practical  na- 
ture, fitting  him  for  the  responsibilities  of  busi- 
ness life.  In  his  native  city  he  learned  the  tin- 
ner's trade.  When  eighteen  years  of  age  he 
went  to  New  Mexico  and  for  one  year  worked  at 
his  trade  in  Socorro,  and  in  1887  went  from  there 


SILAS  A.  JACKSON. 


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to  Denver,  Colo.  For  two  years  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Tabor  Grand  opera  house,  after 
which  he  went  to  Pueblo  and  worked  at  his 
trade  in  that  city. 

During  the  early  days  of  the  Cripple  Creek 
mining  camp,  in  January,  1892,  Mr.  Moys  came 
to  this  place  and  opened  a  tin  shop  in  a  tent.  At 
first  he  carried  on  business  upoii  a  very  small 
scale,  and  after  a  few  months  he  sold  out  the 
business  to  H.  P.  Reiton,  with  whom  he  con- 
tinued as  manager  of  the  shop  until  Mr.  Reiton 
made  an  assignment  in  1897.  F°r  a  year  Mr. 
Moys  remained  as  assignee,  at  the  expiration  of 
which  time  he  incorporated  the  Moys  Hardware 
Company,  of  which  he  is  president,  treasurer  and 
manager. 

The  attention  of  Mr.  Moys  has  been  so  closely 
given  to  business  matters,  that  he  has  little  time 
for  participation  in  public  affairs,  nor  has  he 
cared,  as  so  many  of  the  citizens  of  the  place 
have  done,  to  identify  himself  with  any  of  the 
important  mining  interests  here.  He  has  not 
identified  himself  with  politics  or  political  parties, 
and  is  independent  in  his  vote.  He  is  looked  up- 
011  as  one  of  the  pushing,  energetic  young  busi- 
ness men  of  the  district,  in  which  his  firm  is  the 
largest  of  its  kind.  In  December,  1888,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Lena  Post,  ofBelding,  Mich.,  and  they 
have  one  daughter,  Adelaide. 


A.  JACKSON.  Whoever  labors  for  the 
?S  development  of  his  country,  striving  to  de- 
Q)  velop  its  latent  resources;  who  is  devoted  to 
the  general  welfare  of  the  people;  who  seeks  to 
promote  the  cause  of  justice  and  morality,  and  to 
advance  educational,  religious  and  agricultural 
interests,  such  a  man  is  a  public  benefactor  and  is 
worthy  of  special  mention  on  the  pages  of  his- 
tory. This,  in  brief,  was  the  character  and  this 
the  record  of  the  late  Silas  A.  Jackson,  of  El 
Paso  County,  who  from  the  time  of  settling  here 
in  1872  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  Colo- 
rado Springs,  September  26,  1891,  was  numbered 
among  the  most  enterprising  stockmen  and  farm- 
ers of  the  county.  His  original  homestead  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  on  which  the  house 
stands,  was  improved  under  his  energetic  efforts, 
and  from  time  to  time  he  made  additional  pur- 
chases, thereby  increasing  the  amount  of  his 
possessions. 

Near  Warren,  Trumbull  County,  Ohio,  Mr. 
Jackson  was  born  March  12,  1819,  a  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Maria  (Humason)  Jackson.  He  was 


reared  on  a  farm  and  received  a  common-school 
education,  his  earl}'  schooling  being  received 
from  a  Presbyterian  minister.  His  paternal  an- 
cestors were  connected  with  Andrew  Jackson, 
while  his  mother's  people  were  from  Connecticut. 
He  grew  to  manhood  in  Trumbull  County  and 
there  his  first  marriage  took  place,  July  i,  1840, 
uniting  him  with  Miss  Jerusha  Bartlett.  The  six 
children  of  that  union  were  born  in  Ohio  and  are 
still  living.  Milton,  who  is  a  machinist  in  Clin- 
ton, Iowa,  served  in  the  Union  army  and  was 
wounded  at  Vicksburg  in  the  head,  on  account  of 
which  he  was  honorably  discharged.  Mason, 
who  served  for  four  years  in  the  Civil  war,  is 
married  and  makes  his  home  near  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.,  being  interested  in  mines  there.  Julius, 
who  is  unmarried,  was  for  some  years  engaged  in 
the  drug  business  in  New  York  City,  but  is  now 
a  designer  for  wall-paper  patterns.  Leonard, 
who  lives  in  Colorado  Springs,  has  served  as 
sheriff  of  El  Paso  County  and  is  now  interested 
in  mining  at  Cripple  Creek.  Maranda,  who  mar- 
ried Edward  B.  Gaylord,  lives  in  Shelby,  Shelby 
County,  Mich,,  where  her  husband  is  engaged 
in  the  hardware  business.  William,  who  is 
married  and  lives  in  New  Orleans,  is  a  con- 
ductor on  a  railroad.  The  youngest  of  the  chil- 
dren by  his  first  marriage  was  three  years  old 
when  Mr.  Jackson  left  Ohio  in  1856  and  moved  to 
Clinton,  Iowa.  There  he  remained  twenty  years. 
Meantime  his  first  wife  died,  and  October  n, 
1865,  he  was  married  a  second  time,  his  wife  be- 
ing Miss  Anna  Quinn,  who  was  born  in  Kingston, 
Canada,  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Jane  (Barr) 
Quinn,  natives  of  Canada.and  of  Scotch  descent. 
She  accompanied  them  to  Iowa  and  was  living 
in  Clinton  at  the  time  of  her  marriage.  There 
were  three  children  born  of  this  union.  Jennie 
M.,  who  was  born  in  Clinton,  received  a  good 
education  and  is  a  woman  of  exceptional  business 
ability,  having  managed  the  estate  since  her  fath- 
er's death  in  a  manner  indicative  of  exceptional 
ability.  The  second  daughter,  Ida  G.,  was  also 
born  in  Clinton,  Iowa,  while  the  youngest  child, 
Walter  Silas,  was  born  in  Pueblo,  Colo. ,  April 
27,  1886. 

While  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Iowa 
Mr.  Jackson  was  unfortunate  and  lost  almost  his 
entire  property,  so  that  he  was  a  poor  man  when 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  near  Wigwam. 
However,  by  energy  and  perseverance  he  had  ac- 
cumulated a  valuable  property  before  his  death. 
Until  a  few  years  before  his  death  he  always 


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voted  the  Republican  ticket,  but  a  study  of  the 
evils  of  the  liquor  traffic  caused  him  to  become 
a  Prohibitionist.  While  in  Clinton  he  served  as 
justice  of  the  peace  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
was  identified  with  the  Congregational  Church 
and  was  a  warm-hearted  Christian  gentleman, 
who  did  many  a  kind  act  during  his  long  and 
busy  life. 

(JUDGE  HENRY  DAIGRE,  a  well-known 
I  pioneer  of  southern  Colorado,  was  born  in 
O  Lower  Canada  in  1832,  and  spent  the  first 
fifteen  years  of  his  life  in  his  native  locality.  Go- 
ing from  there  to  New  York  state  he  secured  em- 
ployment in  a  store.  As  he  was  of  French  line- 
age and  the  family  at  home  had  been  accustomed 
to  use  only  that  language,  he  was  unfamiliar  with 
English,  and  was  obliged  to  devote  considerable 
time  to  its  acquisition.  In  1853  he  went  to  Louis- 
iana, where  he  was  employed  on  railroad  con- 
struction for  a  year.  His  next  position  was  as 
brakeman  on  the  Ohio  &  Mississippi  Railroad, 
with  headquarters  in  St.  Louis,  which  position 
he  retained  for  two  years.  Intending  to  locate 
in  Nebraska,  he  went  to  that  state,  but  was  so 
little  pleased  with  the  prospects  that  he  remained 
only  one  season.  Afterward  he  was  employed  as 
a  deck-hand  on  a  boat  running  between  St.  Louis 
and  New  Orleans. 

The  first  experience  of  Judge  Daigre  with  the 
western  frontier  was  in  the  summer  of  1857,  when 
he  was  employed  by  freighters  to  drive  an  ox-team 
from  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  to  Fort  Bridge,  Utah, 
the  headquarters  of  troops.  The  employes  were 
given  the  option  of  remaining  or  returning,  and 
some  chose  the  former,  and  soon  organized  as  a 
battalion  of  volunteers  for  fighting  the  Mormons. 
In  this  capacity  he  served  the  government  for  seven 
months.  In  June,  1858,  the  trouble  having  been 
settled,  a  considerable  number  of  volunteers  were 
mustered  out  of  the  service,  and  he  was  among 
those  honorably  discharged.  Afterward  he  was 
employed  by  a  sutler.  In  1860,  when  the  troops 
were  ordered  to  New  Mexico,  he  drove  a  team  to 
Fort  Garland,  at  that  time  a  part  of  New  Mexico, 
and  there  he  remained,  engaging  with  Colonel 
Francisco,  until  1862.  In  1863  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  the  colonel  in  the  stock  business,  and 
locating  in  the  Cucharras  Valley,  raised  a  crop  of 
wheat  on  the  present  site  of  La  Veta.  The  part- 
nership continued  for  ten  years,  when  it  was  dis- 
solved. Since  then  the  judge  has  given  his  at- 
tention to  the  raising  of  sheep  principally,  al- 


though he  also  owns  some  cattle  and  has  raised 
grain  for  feed.  In  1896  he  spent  considerable 
time  in  Old  Mexico  in  search  of  health,  and  from 
there  proceeded  to  Florida,  but  the  change  of 
climate  and  travel  failed  of  its  desired  purpose, 
and  he  has  since  been  an  invalid. 

With  the  public  life  of  his  section  Judge  Daigre 
has  been  intimately  identified.  In  1873  he  was 
elected  county  treasurer  and  served  for  one  term. 
In  1877  he  was  chosen  county  judge  of  Huerfano 
County,  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  office.  He  also 
acted  as  deputy  sheriff  and  deputy  assessor  of  his 
county.  In  1886  he  was  elected  county  judge, 
and  at  the  expiration  of  the  term  was  re-elected 
to  the  office,  which  he  filled  for  six  years.  Twice 
he  has  been  elected  mayor  of  La  Veta,  and  in  mu- 
nicipal affairs  he  has  been  quite  active.  Inter- 
ested in  educational  matters  he  has  rendered  effi- 
cient service  as  member  of  the  school  board.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  La  Veta  Building 
and  Loan  Association.  All  enterprises  for  the 
benefit  of  his  locality  have  received  his  endorse- 
ment. When  the  Rio  Grande  road  was  building 
he  and  Colonel  Francisco  had  over  seventeen  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  and  donated  the  right  of  way, 
the  site  for  depots,  and  two  hundred  acres  for  the 
site  of  the  village  of  La  Veta. 

In  1875  Judge  Daigre  married  Mrs.  Martha 
Neal,  widow  of  Dr.  Neal.  She  died  about  two 
and  one-half  years  after  their  marriage.  June  2, 
1886,  he  married  Alice  Collins,  of  Iowa,  and  they 
have  a  daughter,  Eva  Marie.  The  judge  is  con- 
nected with  La  Veta  Lodge  No.  59,  A.  F.&  A.  M., 
of  which  he  is  a  charter  member  and  was  the  first 
master;  also  Hueifano  Chapter  No.  27,  R.  A.  M. 


0ALLAS  C.  WEYAND  is  one  of  the  promi- 
nent membersof  the  Democratic  party  at  Crip- 
ple Creek  and  has  been  active  in  his  support 
of  the  principles  for  which  the  party  stands.  In 
1895  and  1896  he  held  the  office  of  city  treasurer, 
and  in  1 897  was  elected  city  clerk,  to  which  office 
he  was  re-elected  in  1898  for  a  period  of  two 
years.  In  the  last  election  he  received  twenty- 
five  hundred  out  of  the  three  thousand  votes 
cast  here,  which  fact  proves  his  popularity  as  an 
official  and  as  a  man. 

In  Washington,  Washington  County,  Iowa, 
Mr.  Weyand  was  born  January  20,  1870,  and  there 
the  first  nine  years  of  his  life  were  passed.  In 
1879  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Beloit,  Kan., 
and  attended  the  public  school  of  that  town. 
When  fifteen  years  of  age  he  became  interested 


WILWAM  H.  LILLEY. 


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with  his  father  in  a  hardware  business  at  Burr 
Oak,  Kan.,  and  continued  in  that  place  for  some 
years.  He  came  to  Colorado  City,  Colo.,  in  1890 
and  opened  a  clothing  establishment,  which  he 
conducted  until  December,  1892.  From  that 
time  he  was  engaged  in  the  hardware  business 
at  Superior,  Neb.,  until  January,  1894,  when  he 
came  to  Cripple  Creek.  In  this  place  he  carried 
on  a  clothing  business  with  his  cousin,  A.  L. 
Funston,  under  the  firm  name  of  Weyand  &  Fun- 
ston,  the  two  continuing  together  until  their  store 
was  burned  down  in  the  disastrous  fire  of  1896. 
Since  that  time  Mr.  Weyand  has  given  his  at- 
tention principally  to  his  official  duties,  and  as 
city  treasurer  and  city  clerk  has  proved  himself 
to  be  a  most  trustworthy  public  official.  Since 
coming  to  this  city  he  has  married,  his  wife  being 
Miss  Sadie  Davis,  of  Cripple  Creek.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  local  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  which 
he  represented  in  the  grand  lodge  in  1898.  He  is 
also  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


QQlLLIAM  H.  LILLEY,  county  commis- 
\Al  s'oner  °f  Park  County  and  the  owner  of  a 
YY  ranch  comprising  about  eight  hundred 
acres  near  Jefferson,  came  to  this  county  at 
twenty-one  years  of  age  and  pre-empted  a  quar- 
ter-section of  land  one  mile  northeast  of  Jefferson. 
As  he  prospered,  he  added  to  his  original  pre- 
emption and  has  finally  accumulated  a  large 
landed  tract,  to  the  management  of  which,  and 
to  his  official  duties  as  commissioner,  his  time  is 
closely  given.  He  has  filled  the  position  of 
commissioner  since  the  fall  of  1895  ar>d  is  one  of 
the  most  active  members  of  the  board.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  strong  exponent  of  the  single  tax 
doctrine  and  a  warm  admirer  of  the  late  Henry 
George. 

Mr.  Lilley  is  of  English  descent.  His  grand- 
parents, John  and  Ann  (Buck)  Lilley,  were  na- 
tives of  North  Gillsboro,  England.  About  1847 
they  moved  from  there  to  Burkinhead,  Cheshire, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  laundry  business  until 
his  death  in  1886.  His  wife  had  passed  away  in 
1883.  Both  were  members  of  the  Church  of 
England.  Their  son,  John  G. ,  was  born  in 
Gillsboro  June  12,  1833,  and  after  the  family 
removed  to  Cheshire  he  worked  for  six  years  in 
the  Burkinhead  market.  At  the  age  of  twenty 
he  came  to  America  and  stopped  for  a  few  days  in 
Portland,  Me.,  then  shipped  for  Ireland  as  stew- 
ard on  a  vessel.  The  vessel  was  anchored  at 
Cork  for  six  weeks,  from  which  place  he  returned 


home  and  resumed  work  at  the  butcher's  trade. 
Again  crossing  the  ocean  at  the  expiration  of  a 
year,  he  went  from  Boston  to  LaCrosse,  Wis. ,  where 
he  remained  from  1854  to  1860,  and  then  came  to 
Colorado,  where  for  two  years  he  prospected  in 
the  mountains.  In  February,  1862,  he  purchased 
the  farm  where  he  now  resides.  This  place  is 
situated  near  Littleton  and  comprises  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres.  In  1868  he  was  one  of  the 
builders  of  the  Rough  and  Ready  grist  mill, 
which  for  years  shipped  its  products  as  far  east  as 
Boston  and  commanded  a  higher  price  on  'change 
than  almost  any  other  flour  in  the  country. 

While  living  in  LaCrosse,  in  1856,  John  G. 
Lilley  returned  to  England  and  on  Christmas  day 
of  that  year  was  there  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Louise  Ann  Hiller,  whose  father  was  a  civil 
engineer.  Ten  children  were  born  of  their 
union,  namely:  William  H.,of  this  sketch,  who 
was  born  in  LaCrosse  December  12,  1857;  Anna, 
deceased;  Maggie,  Mrs.  Frank  Soper,  of  Little- 
ton; Fred;  Lucy,  deceased;  Harry,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  livery  business  in  Littleton;  Marcia 
L.,  wifeof  Charles  Watlington,  of  Madison,  Ind.; 
Josephine,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Colo- 
rado and  now  teaching  at  Littleton;  Benjamin 
E-,  who  married  Maggie  Monahan  and  assisted 
his  father  in  the  management  of  the  home  farm; 
and  John  G.,  Jr.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  dairy 
business  at  Cripple  Creek.  The  wife  and  mother 
died  May  7,  1895. 

In  politics  John  G.  Lilley  is  a  Republican.  For 
nearly  thirty  years  he  has  been  president  of  the 
school  board  of  Littleton.  In  1872  he  was  elected 
to  the  legislature,  in  which  he  served  one  term. 
From  1879  to  1882  he  served  as  county  commis- 
sioner. He  was  captain  of  a  company  organized 
in  1864  for  protection  of  life  and  property  from 
Indians,  and  in  1868  the  company  was  called 
out  to  suppress  the  Utes  and  Cheyennes.  He 
was  connected  with  the  building  of  the  Kansas 
Pacific  Railroad,  having  a  contract  to  deliver  ties 
from  the  divide  to  the  territory  between  Littleton 
and  Sheridan. 

The  marriage  of  our  subject,  March  4,  1885, 
united  him  with  Mrs.  Flora  (Case)  Strickler,  a  na- 
tive of  Illinois  and  the  daughter  of  a  prominent 
ranchman  of  Park  County.  By  her  first  hus- 
band, Charles  Strickler,  she  had  two  children, 
Nora  and  Harry,  both  of  whom  have  been 
adopted  by  Mr.  Lilley  and  bear  his  name.  By 
her  marriage  to  Mr.  Lilley  two  children  have 
been  born,  Margaret  I.  and  Frank. 


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p  (WASHINGTON  IRVING  EVARTS.a  well- 
\  A  I  known  farmer  and  stock-raiser  residing 
y  y  near  Beulah,  Pueblo  County,  is  a  man 
whose  successful  struggle  with  adverse  circum- 
stances shows  what  can  be  done  by  industry  and 
economy,  especially  if  a  sensible  wife  seconds  his 
efforts  to  secure  a  home  and  competence.  Born 
of  poor  parents,  he  was  obliged  to  make  his  way 
in  life  without  any  of  the  aids  which  are  usually 
considered  essential  to  success,  and  on  leaving 
his  native  state  did  not  even  have  a  coat  to  wear. 

Mr.  Evarts  was  born  in  Killingworth,  Middle- 
sex County,  Conn.,  May  7,  1827,  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  that  state,  and  there 
learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen years.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  he  went 
to  Ohio,  where  he  worked  in  his  uncle's  black- 
smith shop  for  one  year,  and  then  proceeded  to 
Wisconsin,  where  he  assisted  in  putting  together 
the  iron  work  on  the  first  bridge  across  the  Wis- 
consin River.  For  twelve  years  he  resided  in 
that  state,  spending  several  of  the  winters  in  the 
pine  woods,  where  the  people  would  come  for 
hundreds  of  miles  for  lumber,  and  he  often  had 
as  high  as  one  hundred  ox-teams  to  shoe  in  one 
season.  His  next  home  was  in  Fillmore  County, 
Minn. ,  where  he  conducted  a  shop  for  three  years, 
and  then  removed  to  Junction  City,  Kan.,  and 
stayed  in  Kansas  about  one  and  a-half  years. 
From  there  he  went  to  Missouri.  For  eleven 
years  he  was  engaged  in  business  in  Missouri, 
and  about  twenty-three  years  ago  came  to  Colo- 
rado, locating  in  Beulah,  where  he  engaged  in 
blacksmithing  for  eight  years.  At  the  end  of 
that  time  he  settled  upon  his  present  ranch,  which 
at  that  time  was  all  wild  land,  and  he  has  made 
all  of  the  substantial  improvements  now  found 
thereon.  He  keeps  upon  his  place  a  fine  grade 
of  stock,  and  in  his  farming  operations  has  met 
with  a  well-deserved  success.  He  experienced 
all  the  hardships  and  trials  incident  to  pioneer 
life,  and  has  had  some  adventures  with  the  Indi- 
ans. In  early  days  he  took  one  trip  of  several 
hundred  miles  with  an  ox-team,  and  has  also 
visited  California. 

Mr.  Evarts  was  married  in  1861  to  Miss  Han- 
nah Kidder,  who  was  born  in  Maine,  her  parents 
having  gone  to  Maine  from  Vermont,  but  she 
was  reared  in  New  York  state.  Her  father  was 
a  farmer  of  the  Green  Mountain  state,  where  in 
early  days  his  mother  had  to  fight  the  Indians 
while  her  husband  was  fighting  for  the  freedom 
of  the  colonies  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Mrs. 


Evarts  deserves  great  credit  for  the  part  she  has 
taken  in  improving  the  farm.  With  the  money 
she  earned  as  nurse  in  Pueblo  she  bought  stock 
for  the  place,  and  paid  for  many  improvements 
upon  the  same.  She  has  ever  been  a  great 
worker,  and  is  a  most  excellent  woman,  highly 
esteemed  by  all  who  know  her.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Evarts  have  a  family  of  five  children,  as  follows: 
W.  I.,  who  is  married  and  lives  in  Silverton, 
Colo.;  Oliver  Leonard,  at  home;  Mary,  wife  of 
Albert  Wilford.who  lives  near  our  subject;  Capi- 
tola,  wife  of  James  Berg,  a  farmer,  stock-raiser 
and  owner  of  a  sawmill;  and  Jennette,  wife  of 
Calvin  Hercules.  They  have  lost  one  son,  Bert, 
who  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years.  They 
also  have  fourteen  grandchildren,  who  delight  to 
visit  at  the  home  of  their  grandparents. 

Politically  Mr.  Evarts  is  an  ardent  supporter 
of  the  Republican  party,  and  has  ever  taken  quite 
an  active  and  prominent  part  in  local  politics. 
He  has  served  as  constable  and  justice  of  the 
peace  for  some  time,  and  has  ever  been  found 
true  to  every  trust  reposed  in  him.  He  is  a  great 
temperance  worker,  and  has  been  a  member  of 
the  Sons  of  Temperance,  the  Good  Templars  and 
the  Recobite  Society. 


(pAMUEL  J.  HIGBEE.  Born  in  McDonough 
?\  County,  111.,  February  25,  1861,  the  subject 
Q/  of  this  sketch  is  the  son  of  John  and  Cather- 
ine (Ainstine)  Higbee.  When  he  was  about  four 
years  of  age  he  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Wayne 
County,  Iowa,  and  there  his  boyhood  days  were 
passed  upon  a  farm.  He  received  such  educa- 
tional advantages  as  the  local  schools  afforded. 
At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  went  to  Kansas,  and 
in  1884  settled  near  Dodge  City,  remaining  there 
about  three  years;  next  going  to  what  is  now 
Kearney  County  he  took  up  a  homestead  and  im- 
proved a  farm.  After  five  years  he  sold  the  prop- 
erty and  removed  to  Colorado,  where  he  engaged 
in  contracting  in  conjunction  with  farming,  which 
occupation  he  has  followed  up  to  the  present  time. 
Of  recent  years  he  has  devoted  himself  more 
closely  to  agriculture  and  stock-raising,  having 
purchased  in  1894  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land  near  Carlton,  Colo.,  irrigated  by  the  Bent 
ditch.  To  the  improvement  of  this  place  he  has 
since  given  close  attention. 

He  is  one  of  the  well-known  Democrats  of  his 
county,  and  upon  his  party  ticket  was  elected  in 
the  fall  of  1893  to  the  office  of  county  commis- 
sioner, and  was  re-elected  three  years  later,  his 


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home  precinct  giving  him  sixty-seven  votes  out 
of  the  seventy-nine  votes  polled.  During  his  in- 
cumbency of  the  position  the  Carlton  bridge  was 
built,  also  the  large  iron  bridge  that  spans  the 
Arkansas  River  at  Lamar.  He  is  a  man  of  en- 
terprise and  progressive  spirit  and  is  assisting  in 
the  work  of  developing  the  resources  of  Prowers 
County.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World. 

In  Hamilton  County,  Kan.,  July  5,  1891,  Mr. 
Higbee  married  Miss  Emily  Swords,  who  was 
born  in  Warren  County,  Ind.,  and  accompanied 
her  parents  to  Kansas  in  girlhood.  They  are  the 
parents  of  two  children,  Harry  and  Clara,  both 
of  whom  were  born  in  Colorado. 


|  ATHIAS  LOCK.  In  presenting  to  the  read- 
ers of  this  volume  the  biography  of  the  late 
Mr.  Lock,  we  are  perpetuating  the  life 
work  of  an  industrious,  persevering  and  success- 
ful farmer  of  El  Paso  County.  Coming  to  Colo- 
rado at  the  time  of  the  gold  excitement,  he  and 
his  wife  made  their  way  across  the  plains  in  1860, 
with  an  ox-team,  the  monotonous  journey  con- 
suming several  months.  June  2,  of  that  year, 
he  arrived  in  Boulder.  Naturally  his  first  at- 
tempts were  at  mining.  However,  as  he  did  not 
pay  expenses,  he  concluded  the  best  thing  to  do 
would  be  to  seek  another  occupation.  He  and 
his  wife  went  to  Denver,  where  both  worked  as 
they  found  opportunity.  In  1862  they  came  to 
the  valley  of  Fountain,  where  he  was  so  success- 
ful that  at  the  time  of  his  death,  March  6,  1888, 
he  owned  a  section  and  a-quarter  of  land.  Since 
then  Mrs.  Lock  has  added  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  by  purchase,  and  is  now  the  owner  of  ten 
hundred  and  twenty  acres,  besides  a  store  build- 
ing in  Fountain. 

Mr.  Lock  was  born  near  the  River  Rhine  in 
Germany,  October  23,  1829,  a  son  of  Anton  and 
Anna  Lock.  He  was  reared  in  a  small  village 
and  received  a  common-school  education.  Being 
one  of  thirteen  children  whose  parents  were  poor, 
the  necessity  of  earning  his  own  livelihood  was 
forced  upon  him  at  an  early  age.  He  learned  the 
baker's  trade  and  also  learned  to  grind  grain.  At 
the  age  of  twenty-three  years  became  to  America, 
and  settled  at  Ripley,  111. ,  where  he  learned  the 
potter's  trade.  While  there  he  became  acquain- 
ted with  Miss  Barbara  Gruber,  of  Mount  Sterling, 
111.  She  was  born  in  Germany  and  at  eleven 
years  of  age  accompanied  her  parents  to  America, 
spending  a  few  years  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  thence 


removing  to  Illinois.  They  were  united  in  mar- 
riage March  i,  1859,  and  the  following  year  came 
to  Colorado.  In  religion  they  were  reared  in  the 
Catholic  faith,  to  which  they  afterward  adhered. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  but  not  active  in 
public  affairs. 

In  1863  Mrs.  Lock  was  alone  at  the  house  on 
the  ranch  with  her  first-born,  a  boy  baby  less  than 
two  years  old,  when  five  or  six  Indians  came 
riding  toward  the  house.  Her  husband  was  out 
on  the  ranch  at  work.  She  became  frightened 
and  with  her  baby  began  to  run,  screaming  at  the 
top  of  her  voice,  while  the  Indians  followed  her. 
Her  husband  hearing  her  screams  came  running 
to  her  rescue,  and  reached  her  before  the  Indians. 
When  they  came  up,  they  laughed  and  said  they 
meant  no  harm  to  her. 

Nine  children  were  born  to  the  marriage  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Lock.  Of  these,  four  died  in  infancy 
and  five  are  still  living.  U.  K.,  who  lives  in 
Fountain,  is  married  and  hasonechild.  Howena 
is  the  wife  of  John  Spicer  and  the  mother  of  four 
children;  they  make  their  home  in  Fountain. 
Tena  is  the  wife  of  Henry  T.  Williams  and 
has  two  children.  William  Bismarck,  who  is 
a  lawyer,  resides  with  his  mother.  Irwin  is 
also  at  home.  For  eight  years  Mrs.  Lock  assis- 
ted her  sons  in  the  management  of  a  store  at 
Fountain.  Now,  however,  she  devotes  her  atten- 
tion entirely  to  the  oversight  of  her  large  landed 
interests.  She  is  a  woman  of  marked  capability 
and  has  superintended  her  estate  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  to  increase  its  value. 


gARNEY  EVANS,  a  highly  respected  citi- 
zen of  Pueblo,  now  serving  as  county  com- 
missioner of  Pueblo  County,  is  the  possessor 
of  a  handsome  property  which  enables  him  to 
spend  his  declining  years  in  the  pleasurable  en- 
joyment of  his  accumulations.  The  record  of 
his  life,  previous  to  1896,  when  he  retired,  is  that 
of  an  active,  enterprising,  methodical  and  sagaci- 
ous business  man,  who  bent  his  energies  to  the 
honorable  acquirement  of  a  comfortable  com- 
petence for  himself  and  family. 

Mr.  Evans  was  born  in  Andrew  County,  Mo., 
March  2,  1840,  and  is  a  son  of  John  and  Frances 
(Todd)  Evans.  The  father  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  but  most  of  his  life  was  devoted  to  the 
work  of  the  ministry  in  the  Baptist  Church. 
During  his  last  years,  however,  he  was  engaged 
in  the  stock  business  in  Pueblo  County.  He 
was  a  very  prominent  and  influential  citizen  of 


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the  communities  where  he  lived;  was  at  one  time 
an  honored  member  of  the  Missouri  legislature; 
and  when  Fort  Sumter  was  fired  upon  in  1861, 
was  serving  as  a  member  of  the  Kansas  legisla- 
ture. He  was  a  strong  Union  man  and  a  true 
Christian.  He  died  in  Pueblo  County  in  1896, 
at  the  ripe  old  age  of  seventy-nine  years.  His 
wife  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  a  blood  rel- 
ative of  the  wife  of  Abraham  Lincoln 

In  his  native  county  Barney  Evans  was  reared, 
his  education  being  obtained  in  its  common 
schools.  In  1855  he  moved  with  his  parents  to 
Johnson  County,  Kan.,  where  he  made  his  home 
until  1 88 1,  and  during  the  Civil  war  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Kansas  State  Militia,  which  most  of 
the  time  was  on  guard  duty  along  the  border. 
When  Price  made  his  famous  raid  through  Kan- 
sas, he  was  near  enough  to  the  scene  of  action  to 
hear  the  cannons  of  that  general's  army  at  Law- 
rence, and  two  days  after  the  engagement  he  visited 
the  battle  ground.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he 
engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising  in  that 
state  until  coming  to  Pueblo  County,  Colo.,  in 
1881.  He  first  located  about  twenty  miles  east 
of  the  city  of  Pueblo,  on  the  Fort  Reynolds  reser- 
vation, and  during  his  entire  residence  there  was 
extensively  interested  in  stock  raising  until  he 
retired  from  active  business  life  a  few  years  ago. 
He  subsequently  sold  his  ranches.  One  of  the 
ranches  on  which  he  spent  three  years,  is  located 
near  Vineland,  and  he  also  lived  for  a  few  years 
in  Vineland  and  on  the  St.  Charles  River,  but 
now  makes  his  home  in  East  Pueblo,  where  he 
has  a  very  pleasant  two-story  brick  residence  at 
No.  1004  East  Tenth  street. 

In  1861  Mr.  Evans  married  Miss  Minerva  J. 
Kenton,  a  native  of  Indiana,  and  a  descendant  of 
Simon  Kenton,  the  noted  Indian  fighter.  To 
them  were  born  seven  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters, all  living  with  the  exception  of  Hattie,  who 
was  married  and  left  two  small  children  who  now 
make  their  home  with  our  subject.  The  others 
are:  John  F.,  Charles  and  Harvey,  who  are  en- 
gaged in  ranching  and  the  stock  business  in 
Pueblo  County;  and  Taylor,  Arthur,  George, 
Floyd,  Etta,  Lucy  and  Stella  May,  all  at  home. 

Mr.  Evans  is  a  Master  Mason,  and  a  member 
of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks; 
while  politically  he  has  been  a  life-long  Demo- 
crat. In  1896  he  was  elected  county  commis- 
sioner of  Pueblo  County,  and  so  acceptably  did 
he  fill  the  office  that  he  was  re-elected  in  the  fall 
of  1898,  being  the  preseut  incumbent.  A  mail 


of  keen  perception,  of  unbounded  enterprise,  his 
success  in  life  is  due  entirely  to  his  own  efforts,  and 
he  deserves  prominent  mention  among  the  lead- 
ing and  representative  men  of  the  county.  His 
genial,  pleasant  manner  has  made  him  quite 
popular  in  both  business  and  social  circles,  and 
as  a  public-spirited,  enterprising  man,  he  is  rec- 
ognized as  a  valued  citizen  of  the  community. 


(\  ACOB  BEARD,  a  pioneer  of  '62  in  Colorado, 
I  operated  a  flour  mill  for  J.  B.  Doyle  during 
Q)  the  first  year  of  his  residence  in  this  state. 
In  1863  he  settled  in  Trinidad,  which  was  then 
a  small  town.  Here  he  built  a  French  bur-mill, 
which  was  the  first  flour  mill  in  the  town  and  is 
still  standing.  After  having  operated  the  mill 
until  1868,  he  sold  it,  and  with  his  family  re- 
turned to  visit  friends  in  his  former  home  city, 
St.  Louis.  One  year  later  he  came  back  to 
Trinidad,  and  bought  a  sawmill  six  miles  above 
the  town,  but,  after  having  operated  it  for  a  short 
time,  the  mill  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He  rebuilt 
and  operated  the  new  mill  for  a  year.  Afterward, 
for  three  years,  he  freighted  with  an  ox-team  be- 
tween Trinidad  and  points  in  New  Mexico.  Since 
stopping  that  work  in  1882  he  has  made  his  home 
in  Trinidad,  where  he  dealt  in  real  estate  and 
merchandise,  meeting  with  fair  successas  a  busi- 
ness man. 

The  first  ten  years  of  our  subject's  life  were 
passed  in  Rockingham  County,  Va.,  where  he 
was  born  January  18,  1828.  He  accompanied  his 
parents  in  1838  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  received  a 
common-school  education.  At  sixteen  years  of 
age  he  commenced  to  learn  the  miller's  trade,  at 
which  he  worked  in  St.  Louis  until  the  spring  of 
1850.  He  then  went  to  Mora,  N.  M.,  and  was 
employed  to  take  charge  of  the  Mora  mill  built 
by  Colonel  St.  Vrain.  There  he  manufactured 
flour  for  the  government  troops,  it  being  the  first 
flour  made  in  New  Mexico.  After  three  years 
he  accompanied  Kit  Carson  and  other  scouts  to 
California,  and  arrived  in  Sacramento  on  the  4th 
of  July,  1853.  He  engaged  in  freighting  with 
mule-teams  from  that  city  to  the  mining  districts. 
On  the  lothof  October  of  the  same  year  he  joined 
a  party  bound  for  Sante  Fe,  N.  M.,  and  after 
reaching  that  city  he  began  to  freight  with  oxen 
and  mule  teams.  Selling  out  in  1857  he  built  a 
saw  and  flour  mill  eighteen  miles  from  Mora, 
N.  M.,  and  this  he  operated  until  1862.  On  his 
arrival  in  Colorado  he  continued  working  in 


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mills.  During  his  long  life  on  the  frontier  he 
has  become  familiar  with  Spanish  and  speaks  the 
language  fluently. 

Politically  Mr.  Beard  is  a  Democrat.  In  1867 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  legislature  and 
before  Las  Animas  County  was  cut  off,  he  served 
as  sheriff  of  Huerfauo  County.  He  has  been 
commissioner  of  Las  Animas  County  and  super- 
intendent of  public  instruction,  and  in  these  as  in 
other  positions  of  trust,  he  has  served  intelligently 
and  with  fidelity.  His  wife,  who  shared  with 
him  many  of  the  hardships  of  frontier  existence, 
was  Isabel,  daughter  of  George  S.  Simpson. 
They  had  one  son,  Ernest  C.,  who  died  July  18, 
1898,  at  eighteen  years  of  age. 


[~~DWARD  B.  EVERETT.  From  the  early 
K3  days  of  the  history  of  Glenwood  Springs 
I  Mr.  Everett  has  been  connected  with  its 
business  interests.  He  came  here  in  1884,  when 
it  was  a  town  of  tents,  with  the  Ute  Indians  near 
by.  Opening  a  grocery  in  a  tent,  he  began  in 
business  under  many  disadvantages,  but  with  a 
determination  to  succeed.  In  1886  he  built,  on 
Cooper  avenue  and  Eighth  street,  the  store  build- 
ing in  which  he  has  since  carried  on  business, 
the  entire  building  being  occupied  by  his  stock  of 
staple  and  fancy  groceries.  On  Cooper  avenue,  in 
1892,  he  built  the  Everett  block,  which  he  still 
owns;  this  is  a  two-story  brick  structure,  and  is 
rented  out  for  offices  and  apartments  and  also  has 
a  store  on  the  first  floor.  Besides  this  place,  he 
owns  other  buildings  in  the  town. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Tillman  Everett,  was 
born  in  Kentucky,  and  was  taken  from  there  to 
Missouri  at  two  years  of  age.  Through  his  ac- 
tive years  school  teaching  and  farming  occupied 
his  attention.  For  twenty  years  he  resided  in 
Kansas,  after  which  he  came  to  Glenwood  Springs 
and  resided  here  until  his  death.  He  was  a  son 
of  Howard  Everett,  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  for 
years  a  farmer  of  Kentucky.  The  family  was 
prominent  in  the  early  days  of  the  Old  Domin- 
ion. Our  subject's  mother  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Mary  Spencer  and  was  born  in  Ohio,  where  her 
father  was  a  farmer.  Her  children  were  as  fol- 
lows: Osborne  and  Laura,  both  deceased;  Rev- 
erdy,  a  namesake  of  Reverdy  Johnson,  and  a 
teacher  in  Missouri;  Nathan,  deceased;  Edward 
B.,  our  subject,  who  was  born  in  Clay  County, 
Mo.,  September  21,  1851;  Mina,  who  was  a 
teacher  and  missionary  of  the  Baptist  Church  in 
South  America,  and  is  now  in  New  Mexico;  Mil- 


lard,  who  is  with  our  subject;  Kate,  wife  of 
Dr.  Thomas  Grantham,  of  Walsenburg,  Colo. ; 
Will,  a  traveling  salesman,  with  headquarters  in 
Denver;  Lee,  deceased;  Hattie,  wife  of  Frederick 
Walther,  of  Denver;  and  Mollie,  wife  of  B.  V. 
Barlow. 

From  1869  to  1879  our  subject  resided  in  Kan- 
sas. Fora  time  he  was  a  student  in  the  Commer- 
cial College  at  Olathe,  that  state.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-five  he  began  to  teach  school,  which  occu- 
pation he  followed  in  Kansas  for  six  years.  Com- 
ing to  Colorado  in  1879,  he  taught  for  a  short 
time  near  Pueblo.  In  1880  he  engaged  in  min- 
ing and  teaming  at  Leadville.  From  there,  in 
1884,  he  came  to  Glenwood  Springs,  of  which 
city  he  is  now  one  of  the  prosperous  business  men. 
In  1893  he  was  elected  county  commissioner  of 
Garfield  County,  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and 
served  in  that  position  for  three  years.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  six  years. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Everett,  in  1887,  united 
him  with  Clara,  daughter  of  Hon.  F.  A.  Barlow, 
who  has  been  a  prominent  citizen  of  Glenwood 
Springs,  and  built,  among  other  structures,  what 
is  now  known  as  St.  Joseph  sanitarium  and  hotel. 
Mrs.  Everett  died  in  1897,  leaving  one  son,  Ed- 
ward; her  other  son,  Harold,  died  when  fifteen 
months  old.  As  a  citizen,  Mr.  Everett  has  dis- 
played an  interest  in  measures  for  the  benefit  of 
his  home  town  and  has  encouraged  beneficial 
projects  by  his  helpful  assistance  and  sympathy. 


lARD  E.  FENTON,  M.  D.,  mayor  of  Rocky 
Ford,  is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  this  place  and  is  also  the  pro- 
prietor of  a  drug  store  here.  As  the  chief 
executive  of  the  town  he  is  deeply  interested  in 
local  enterprises,  and  every  movement  tending 
to  the  advancement  of  the  business  welfare  or 
the  promotion  of  the  common  prosperity  meets 
with  his  encouragement  and  active  support.  In 
politics  a  Republican,  he  advocates  with  en- 
thusiasm and  fidelity  the  platform  of  his  chosen 
party  and  supports  its  candidates  with  his  ballot. 
Born  in  Bloomfield,  Iowa,  July  23,  1861,  Dr. 
Fenton  has  been  from  early  childhood  familiar 
with  the  medical  profession.  His  father,  F.  M. 
Fenton,  M.  D.,  was  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  in  Bloomfield  for  thirty  years, 
and  under  the  wise  instruction  of  that  parent  he 
began  to  be  familiar  with  the  medical  science 
when  a  mere  child.  From  that  time  on  he  was 
permitted  to  study,  under  the  supervision  of  his 


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father,  and  thus  he  was  fitted  to  practice  some 
years  before  he  received  a  certificate  entitling  him 
to  do  so.  After  some  time  he  entered  the  Cin- 
cinnati College  for  Physicians  and  Surgeons, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1888. 

Returning  to  Bloomfield,  the  young  doctor  as- 
sisted his  father  in  practice,  but  after  three  years 
he  came  to  Rocky  Ford,  Otero  County,  Colo., 
where  he  has  since  carried  on  a  general  practice. 
In  connection  with  his  practice  he  has  a  drug 
business.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Odd  Fellows  and  its  auxiliary,  the  Rebekas;  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  of  Rocky  Ford,  and  St. 
John's  Lodge  No.  75,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Active 
in  politics,  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  city 
council  and  in  1898  was  elected  mayor  by  ac- 
clamation, without  opposition.  By  his  marriage 
to  Miss  Gussie  Caldwell,  of  Shelby  County,  Mo., 
he  has  four  children,  Eva,  May,  Blanche  and 
Ward  C. 

(""OREST  E.  DUNLAVY  is  the  senior  tuem- 
rt)  ber  of  the  firm  of  Dunlavy  Brothers,  of 
I  Trinidad,  dealers  in  groceries,  queensware, 
pianos  and  organs,  grain,  hay  and  feed.  The 
two-story  and  basement  building  now  occupied 
by  the  firm  was  erected  by  them  in  1896  and  is 
especially  adapted  for  the  storage  and  display  of 
the  large  stock  carried.  While  the  present  co- 
partnership is  of  comparatively  recent  date,  the 
business  itself  is  an  old  and  established  one,  and 
a  large  trade  has  been  built  up  in  the  various 
lines  represented. 

Mr.  Dunlavy  was  born  in  Harrison  County, 
Ohio,  October  7,  1863.  His  father,  A.  P.  Duu- 
lavy,  also  a  native  of  Ohio,  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  for  years  at  Bowerston,  Harri- 
son County,  but  in  1885  came  to  Colorado  and 
is  now  living  retired  in  Trinidad.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Democrat.  While  in  Bowerston  he  was  act- 
ive in  local  affairs  and  was  twice  elected  mayor 
of  the  city.  By  his  marriage  to  Jennie  A.  Snod- 
grass,  of  Pennsylvania,  eleven  children  were 
born,  all  now  living  and  all  residents  of  Trinidad 
except  Berdella,  who  is  now  Mrs.  E.  W.  Foster, 
of  Buena  Vista,  Colo.  They  are  named  as  fol- 
lows: F.  E.,  J.  P.,  William  P.,  who  comprise 
the  firm  of  Dunlavy  Brothers;  Frank  and  Wil- 
bur, who  are  employed  in  the  store;  Melvin,  in 
school;  Eva,  wife  of  Frank  Lackey;  Belle  J., 
wife  of  Charles  Hudson ;  Sarah,  Mrs.  John  Marty; 
and  Sylvia. 

Our  subject  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 


and  Hagerstown  Academy,  where  he  was  a  stu- 
dent for  two  years.  After  a  short  time  in  the 
railroad  business,  in  1881  he  accompanied  his 
sister,  Eva,  to  Colorado.  Securing  employment 
with  Cook  &  Davis,  grocers  of  Trinidad,  he  re- 
mained with  them  for  six  years.  In  1887  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  James  Audress  and 
opened  a  grocery  on  North  Commercial  street, 
but  after  two  years  bought  his  partner's  interest. 
In  1895  F.  Wardenburg  bought  a  half-interest  in 
the  business,  but  retired  the  following  year. 
Since  then  the  business  has  been  conducted  by 
Dunlavy  Brothers.  The  firm  also  own  a  general 
store  at  Labelle,  Taos  County,  N.  M.,  where 
they  have  established  a  trade  among  the  miners 
of  the  district. 

In  1892  Mr.  Dunlavy  married  Miss  Lillian  E. 
James,  daughter  of  Morris  James,  an  old  settler 
of  Trinidad.  They  have  three  children,  Eva  I., 
Louis  A.  and  Norman  E.  Fora  number  of  years 
Mr.  Dunlavy  has  been  a  steward  and  trustee  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  has  also 
acted  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  for 
some  time,  while  his  wife  is  one  of  the  teachers 
in  the  school.  Fraternally  he  is  past  chancellor 
of  Rocky  Mountain  Lodge  No.  3,  K.  P.  In  ad- 
dition to  his  business  property  he  is  the  owner 
of  a  fine  residence  and  some  building  lots  in 
Trinidad,  and  is  very  prosperous  in  business.  He 
was  reared  in  the  Democratic  faith  and  is  a 
friend  of  free  trade  and  free  silver.  He  is  deeply 
interested  in  temperance  work  and  has  taken  a 
strong  stand  against  the  licensing  of  saloons, 
being,  in  1896,  the  Prohibition  candidate  for 
mayor  of  the  city,  and  in  every  way  possible  ex- 
tending his  help  to  temperance  work. 


j^ELSON  A.  BALLOU,  a  partner  in  the  firm 
r7  of  O.  Ballou  &  Son,  whose  business  is  one 
|/3  of  the  largest  in  Silverton,  is  numbered 
among  the  reliable  young  business  men  of  his 
town.  Having  been  a  resident  of  the  place  since 
a  lad  of  nine  years,  he  has  been  identified  with 
its  growth  and  formed  a  large  acquaintance  among 
its  people.  As  might  be  expected  of  one  who  has 
spent  so  much  of  his  life  in  Silverton,  he  is  deep- 
ly interested  in  all  movements  relating  to  its 
progress  and  the  development  of  its  resources. 
In  all  of  his  work  it  has  been  his  aim  to  advance 
the  interests  of  the  town,  especially  along  com- 
mercial lines. 

A  son  of  Otis  and  Ellen  (Wickham)  Ballou, 
the  subject  of  this  article  was  born  in  Havana, 


COL.  F.  R.  FORD. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


N.  Y.,  November  20,  1868.  He  spent  his  boy- 
hood days  in  Havana  and  the  neighboring  town 
of  Watkins  until  nine  years  of  age,  when  he  ac- 
companied his  parents  to  Colorado  and  settled 
with  them  at  Silverton.  Here  he  grew  to  man- 
hood, receiving  his  education  in  the  local  schools 
and  at  Durango.  At  a  very  early  age  he  began 
to  show  a  decided  talent  for  business,  and  from 
the  age  of  fifteen  has  been  engaged  in  merchan- 
dising. In  1896  he  and  his  mother  bought  a 
wholesale  and  retail  grocery  business,  and  in 
their  store,  which  is  one  of  the  best  business 
rooms  in  the  town,  they  carry  on  a  large  and 
encouraging  trade,  which  extends  into  the  neigh- 
boring mining  camps.  The  assortment  of  goods 
is  large  and  complete,  while  the  proprietor,  by 
his  courteous  manners  and  gentlemanly  treat- 
ment of  all  customers,  has  gained  the  esteem  of 
those  with  whom  he  has  business  transactions. 
While  necessarily  much  of  his  time  is  given  to 
the  management  of  his  business,  he  has  not 
neglected  his  duty  as  a  citizen,  but  takes  an  in- 
terest in  local  affairs  as  well  as  national  issues. 
In  1897  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  county 
commissioner,  which  he  has  filled  with  fidelity. 


EOL.  F.  R.  FORD,  deceased,  formerly  one  of 
the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Monument, 
El  Paso  County,  was  born  in  Sunnier,  Me., 
May  6,  1819.  He  was  a  son  of  Joshua  Ford,  a 
Revolutionary  soldier  under  General  Washing- 
ton, and  descended,  through  his  mother,  a  Miss 
Cushman,  from  the  famous  Puritan  warrior,  Miles 
Staiidish.  When  a  boy  he  was  so  diligent  in  his 
studies  that  he  became  a  teacher  in  youth,  but 
after  a  short  time  devoted  to  that  occupation  he 
went  to  Abington,  Mass.,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes.  There 
he  became  acquainted  with  Miss  Henrietta  E. 
Bearce,  whom  he  married  May  n,  1844. 

Mrs.  Ford  was  born  in  Yarmouth,  Me.,  and 
was  a  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Sarah  (Jones) 
Bearce,  natives  respectively  of  Hebron  and  Fal- 
mouth,  Me.  She  received  an  excellent  education 
in  the  seminary  at  Yarmouth. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Ford  continued  for 
some  years  to  reside  in  Abington,  Mass.  In  1850 
he  went  to  California,  via  the  isthmus,  and  was 
detained  at  Panama  for  many  weeks,  owing  to 
lack  of  facilities  for  transportation.  Sickness 
broke  out  among  the  men,  both  small  pox  and 
cholera  taking  off  many  of  them.  He  assisted  in 
nursing  the  sick,  and,  in  spite  of  constant  expos- 
Si 


tire  to  both  diseases,  did  not  fall  a  victim  to 
either.  On  reaching  California  he  went  to  the 
American  River,  and  there  took  a  great  deal  of 
gold  from  the  bed  of  the  river.  Finding  that  he 
was  so  successful  he  sent  for  his  wife,  and  she 
left  her  three  children  in  the  east  and  set  sail  via 
Cape  Horn  for  California,  accompanied  by  her 
brother,  Gen.  Horatio  B.  Bearce,  later  a  pioneer 
of  Colorado,  and  well  known  throughout  the 
state.  After  being  out  eleven  days  the  vessel 
was  struck  by  lightning  and  burned;  the  passen- 
gers and  crew — there  were  but  three  ladies  on 
the  ship — escaped  in  open  boats,  and  after  being 
tossed  about  by  a  gale  of  wind  for  six  days  were 
picked  up  by  an  English  ship  and  landed  at  Bos- 
ton. 

This  happened  in  1855,  and  the  unfortunate 
experience  deterred  Mrs.  Ford  from  again  at- 
tempting to  reach  California.  During  the  same 
year  Mr.  Ford  left  California  and  went  to  Kan- 
sas, where  he  had  directed  Mrs.  Ford  to  meet 
him.  While  in  Kansas  he  was  engaged  in  the 
hotel  business,  but  in  1859  he  turned  his  face 
toward  the  Rocky  Mountains,  lured  by  the  bright 
reports  of  gold  at  Pike's  Peak.  His  field  of 
operations  was  in  Gilpin  County,  in  and  about 
Nevada  Gulch,  now  Nevadaville.  During  the 
'6os  he  organized  several  heavy  mining  compa- 
nies in  New  York  and  Boston,  and  was  among 
the  first  to  bring  mining  machinery  into  that  now 
prosperous  and  productive  section. 

Colonel  Ford  died  in  Denver  December  26, 
1883,  and  is  interred  at  Riverside  Cemetery.  He 
was  a  fine  type  of  that  hardy  class  of  pioneers 
who  led  the  way  and  blazed  the  trail  for  others. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  he  had  been  mining  for 
nearly  thirty  years,  and  had  passed  through  all 
the  rapid  changes  of  a  miner's  life.  The  pos- 
sessor of  an  ample  fortune  several  times  during 
his  life,  the  fascinations  of  the  work  seemed  to 
impel  him  on,  and  he  repeatedly  staked  his  for- 
tune on  new  ventures  and  eventually  lost.  His 
widow  and  one  son  survive  him.  The  former  is 
comfortably  fixed  at  Monument,  and  the  latter  is 
register  of  the  United  States  land  office  at  Denver. 


QOHN  W.  DRAKE,  whose  valuable  ranch 
I  is  situated  on  the  south  fork  of  the  South 
Q)  Platte,  eleven  and  one-half  miles  south  of 
Fairplay,  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Mo., 
November  n,  1856,  a  son  of  Andrew  J.  and 
Elizabeth  (Mitchell)  Drake.  He  was  one  of  eight 
children,  six  of  whom  are  living,  viz. :  Missouri  A. , 


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Mary  F.,  Virginia  W.,  Susan  A.,  Isaac  M.  and 
John  W.  His  father,  a  native  of  Howard  County, 
Mo.,  born  October  15,  1812,  removed  to  Jackson 
County  in  early  manhood  and  there  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  About  1842  he  bought 
the  first  carding  machine  ever  owned  and  operated 
west  of  St.  Louis,  and,  in  connection  with  fann- 
ing, continued  to  operate  his  wool  carding 
machine  until  1868.  He  was  a  man  of  consider- 
able force  of  character  and  was  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial men  of  his  community.  He  died  while 
on  a  visit  to  Topeka,  Kan.,  November  5,  1888. 
The  education  of  our  subject  was  limited  to  a 
brief  attendance  at  common  schools.  At  eighteen 
years  of  age  he  began  life  for  himself.  After 
working  for  one  season  on  a  farm  in  his  native 
county  he  went  to  Illinois,  and  for  one  year 
worked  as  a  farm  hand,  after  which  for  two  years 
he  farmed  on  shares.  He  owned  nothing  but  a 
horse,  and  was  furnished  the  needed  implements 
by  the  landlord,  also  another  horse,  and  when 
crops  were  harvested,  he  was  given  one-half  of 
the  products.  Returning  to  Missouri,  he  pur- 
chased agricultural  implements  and  began  to 
farm  rented  land.  In  1881  he  sold  his  personal 
property  and  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  South 
Park  and  securing  employment  as  a  ranch  hand 
on  the  place  he  now  owns.  During  the  winter 
he  spent  two  months  in  Leadville,  returning  to 
South  Park  in  the  spring.  In  connection  with 
Solomon  Michaels,  he  leased  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  state  land  near  the  Platte  River. 
One  year  later  he  bought  his  partner's  interest, 
and  for  eight  years  attended  to  his  crops  during 
the  irrigation  season.  After  the  crops  were 
harvested  in  the  fall,  he  worked  during  the 
winter  months  for  neighboring  ranchmen.  In 
1891  he  sold  the  improvements  on  the  ranch  to  the 
High  Line  Reservoir  Company.  March  28,  1892, 
he  purchased  his  present  property  of  six  hundred 
and  thirty  acres.  For  three  years  following  he 
was  superintendent  of  the  Sixty-three  ranch, 
where  he  and  his  family  resided,  but  at  the  same 
time  he  also  conducted  his  own  ranch.  Finally, 
although  the  owners  of  the  Sixty-three  ranch 
wished  to  retain  his  services,  he  felt  that  his  own 
interests  claimed  his  entire  time,  and  in  1895 
he  settled  upon  the  ranch  where  he  now  resides. 
He  has  been  a  successful  ranchman,  and  his  pros- 
perity is  especially  creditable  when  the  fact  is 
considered  that  he  began  without  capital,  coming 
to  Colorado  entirely  without  means.  By  means 
of  industry  and  perseverance  he  has  attained  a 


position  of  prominence  in  Park  County.  While 
he  gives  his  attention  closely  to  ranching  pur- 
suits, he  also  takes  an  interest  in  public,  and  es- 
pecially in  educational,  affairs,  and  for  several 
years  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  of 
his  district. 

February  7,  1889,  Mr.  Drake  married  Eliza- 
beth L. ,  daughter  of  John  Thompson,  a  prom- 
inent fanner  of  Jackson  County,  Mo.  Of  this 
marriage  two  children  were  born,  one  of  whom 
is  living,  Hattie  Belle,  whose  birth  occurred 
December  u,  1889. 


QGWATT  F.  FARRAR,  M.  D.  While  the 
I  A  I  residence  of  Dr.  Farrar  in  Garfield  County 
V  V  covers  a  comparatively  brief  period  only, 
yet  through  previous  residence  in  other  parts  of 
Colorado  and  by  practical  experience  in  the 
varied  departments  of  therapeutics,  he  has  be- 
come a  well-known  and  successful  physician;  and 
the  reputation  he  held  at  the  time  of  settling  in 
Carbondale  has  been  increased  by  his  success  as 
a  practitioner  here.  He  has  a  growing  and 
valuable  practice,  and  is  known  for  his  skill  in 
the  profession  he  has  adopted. 

Dr.  Farrar  was  born  in  Hillsboro,  Highland 
County,  Ohio,  August  29,  1853.  His  father, 
William  Farrar,  a  native  of  Virginia,  removed  in 
early  life  to  Ohio  and  there  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  at  eighty  years. 
During  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  Union 
service  as  a  member  of  an  Ohio  regiment,  in 
which  he  remained  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
His  political  views  were  in  harmony  with  Repub- 
lican principles.  Fraternally  he  was  an  Odd 
Fellow.  He  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  Farrar, 
whose  ancestors  settled  in  Virginia  in  an  early 
day.  The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Sarah  A. 
Fenner,  daughter  of  Dorsey  Fenner,  of  Hillsboro, 
Ohio.  During  the  war  she  had  three  brothers  in 
a  Union  regiment.  All  of  her  six  children  are 
still  living,  viz.:  our  subject,  the  eldest;  Will- 
iam H.,  who  is  engaged  in  railroading,  with 
headquarters  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.;  Arthur  L.,  a 
railroad  man  in  New  Mexico;  Emma,  the  wife  of 
Allen  Shook,  of  Hillsboro,  Ohio;  and  Hattie  D. 
and  Jennie  M.,  who  live  with  their  mother  at  the 
old  homestead  in  Ohio. 

From  the  high  school  of  Hillsboro  the  subject 
of  this  article  graduated  in  1873.  Later  he  took 
a  course  of  two  years  in  the  Ohio  University, 
after  which  he  matriculated  in  Starling  Medical 
College,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  he  carried  on 


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the  regular  studies,  graduating  in  1882.  He 
also  took  a  course  in  St.  Joseph  Hospital  Medical 
College  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  He  began  to  practice 
at  Burlington  Junction,  Mo.,  but  soon  removed 
to  Maryville,  the  same  state,  where  he  remained 
for  several  years.  In  1888  he  settled  in  Wray, 
Yuma  County,  Colo.,  but  after  eighteen  months 
removed  to  Glenrock,  Wyo.,  and  from  there  in 
1892  went  to  Denver,  Colo. ,  where  he  engaged 
in  active  practice  until  his  removal  to  Carbondale 
in  1897.  He  gives  his  attention  closely  to  pro- 
fessional work,  and  has  not  identified  himself 
with  politics  in  any  way.  The  fraternal  organiza- 
tions, Woodmen  of  the  World  and  Knights  of 
Pythias,  number  him  among  their  members.  His 
marriage,  October  6,  1891,  united  him  with  Miss 
Mary  L-  Hendrie,  daughter  of  Isaac  F.  and  Anna 
E.  (Barber)  Hendrie,  and  a  sister  of  Mrs.  W. 
Lloyd  Grubb,  of  Carbondale.  They  have  one 
child,  Helen  Kathleen. 


(TAMES  H.  HALLETT,  assessor  of  Archuleta 
I  County,  and  a  well-known  ranchman  and 
G/  stock-raiser,  came  to  this  county  in  1884  and 
homesteaded  a  tract  of  land  two  and  one-half 
miles  east  of  Pagosa  Springs.  Here  he  owns  a 
quarter-section  of  land,  and  is  engaged  in  raising 
beef  cattle  and  dairy  cows.  He  is  also  interested 
in  gold  and  silver  mines  at  Ehvood,  where  he 
owns  some  good  prospects.  For  three  years  he 
carried  on  a  mercantile  business  in  Pagosa 
Springs,  but  his  entire  stock  of  goods  and  fixtures 
were  destroyed  by  fire  in  1895,  entailing  a  heavy 
loss  upon  him.  Notwithstanding  this  and  other 
catastrophes  that  have  befallen  him,  he  has  per- 
severed with  earnestness,  and  is  counted  among 
the  substantial  men  of  his  county. 

Born  in  Sylvania,  Lucas  County,  Ohio,  in 
1855,  Mr.  Hallett  received  his  education  in  the 
grammar  and  high  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  near  that  place  engaged  in  farming  until 
1880.  He  then  came  to  Colorado,  and  spent 
some  time  at  Del  Norte  and  Summitville,  but  in 
1884  removed  to  Archuleta  County,  where  he 
has  since  made  his  home.  He  is  frequently 
referred  to  as  the  "father"  of  Pagosa,  for  it  was 
through  his  instrumentality  that  the  town  was 
incorporated  and  he  served  as  its  mayor  and  a 
trustee  for  several  terms.  Politically  he  is  a 
Republican  and  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of 
McKinley's  war  policy  and  administration.  In 
1890  he  was  elected  sheriff,  which  position  he 
filled  for  two  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the 


first  board  of  county  commissioners,  and  also 
served  as  deputy  treasurer.  In  1897  he  was 
elected  to  his  present  office  of  county  assessor. 

As  consul  commander,  Mr.  Hallett  stands  at 
the  head  of  Pagosa  Camp  No.  412,  Woodmen  of 
the  World,  in  which  he  is  actively  interested. 
In  1884  he  married  Theresa  Philips,  daughter  of 
James  Philips,  the  founder  of  Del  Norte.  They 
have  three  children,  Pearl,  Gale  H.  and  Will- 
iam H. 


0AVID  DEGRAFF  settled  in  El  Paso  County 
in  the  fall  of  1871  and  the  next  year  em- 
barked in  the  stock  business,  which  he  con- 
ducted upon  a  large  scale  for  fifteen  years.  Since 
1887  he  has  made  Colorado  Springs  his  home, 
and  owns  considerable  real  estate  in  this  city. 
On  two  lots  that  he  purchased  on  Tejon  street  he 
built  the  Degraff  building,  a  four-story  structure, 
55x140  feet,  with  stone  and  brick  front,  elevator 
and  every  modern  convenience,  being  one  of  the 
largest  and  best  equipped  business  blocks  in  the 
city. 

At  Esopus,  Ulster  County,  N.  Y. ,  four  miles 
from  Kingston,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  February  28,  1825.  He  is  a  descendant  of 
French-Huguenots,  who  fled  to  Holland  at  the 
time  of  the  persecution  in  France  and  from  Hol- 
land came  to  America,  settling  on  the  Hudson. 
Some  of  the  family  took  part  in  the  Revolutionary 
war.  James,  our  subject's  father,  was  a  son  of 
Solomon  Degraff,  a  farmer  and  lifelong  resident 
of  Ulster  County.  He  was  born  in  that  county 
and  followed  farming  and  the  stone  mason's  trade 
until  his  death,  at  sixty-five  years.  He  married 
Margaret  Van  Wagnen,  daughter  of  David  Van 
Wagnen,  a  large  farmer  near  the  Hudson  and  a 
descendant  of  a  Holland  family.  She  was  born 
in  New  York  and  died  at  the  old  homestead  in 
1868.  Of  her  five  children,  Solomon  died  on  a 
voyage  to  California.  The  others  are  living, 
viz.:  David;  James,  who  resides  in  Highland,  Ul- 
ster County;  Joseph,  formerly  in  California,  but 
now  in  Kingston,  N.  Y. ;  and  Benjamin,  a  farmer 
in  El  Paso  County,  Colo.  Our  subject  was  reared 
on  the  home  farm  and  was  obliged  to  work  from 
an  early  age.  His  entire  schooling  was  limited 
to  less  than  six  months.  After  working  as  a  farm 
hand  he  spent  three  years  on  the  North  River  as 
cook  and  hand  on  a  sloop,  and  then  served  an 
apprenticeship  of  five  years  to  the  carpenter's 
trade,  at  which  he  worked  for  three  years  in  his 
home  neighborhood. 


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In  the  fall  of  1852  Mr.  Degraff  sailed  from  New 
York  on  the  "Star  of  the  West"  to  Nicaragua 
and  crossed  the  isthmus,  afterward  sailing  on  the 
propeller  "S.  S.  Lewis"  to  San  Francisco.  While 
en  route  to  the  Pacific  coast  his  brother,  who  was 
with  him,  died  and  was  buried  at  sea.  For  a 
short  time  he  worked  at  his  trade,  after  which  he 
worked  in  the  mines  at  Greaserville.  On  his 
return  to  San  Francisco  he  became  interested  in 
the  carpenter's  trade  again,  which  he  followed 
there  for  six  years.  While  he  was  there  the 
vigilance  committee  was  organized  and  many 
exciting  incidents  occurred.  Afterward  he  en- 
gaged in  mining  on  the  Trinity  River  in  Trinity 
County,  where  he  and  his  five  partners  were 
reasonably  successful.  In  1865  he  returned  via 
the  Panama  route  to  New  York,  reaching  that 
city  in  July  on  the  steamer  "Golden  Gate,"  and 
proceeding  at  once  to  Esopus.  One  year  later 
he  bought  a  small  farm  at  Stone  Ridge,  which  he 
improved  and  cultivated,  but  the  venture  did  not 
bring  large  returns.  Learning  that  the  sheep 
business  was  proving  a  profitable  industry  in 
Colorado,  he  sold  out  in  the  east  in  the  fall  of 
1871  and  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  bought 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  eight  miles  southeast 
of  Colorado  Springs;  also  took  up  government 
land  adjoining,  and  became  in  time  the  owner  of 
eight  thousand  acres  in  one  body.  He  purchased 
two  ranches  on  the  Fountain  and  introduced  the 
raising  of  alfalfa  into  El  Paso  County,  being  the 
first  farmer  to  attempt  to  raise  it  here.  When  he 
sold  out  he  cut  about  four  hundred  tons  of  alfalfa 
on  his  home  ranch.  The  place  was  irrigated 
from  the  Fountain.  In  1872  he  stocked  his  land 
with  six  thousand  head  of  sheep.  He  began 
with  Mexican  sheep,  which  he  graded  with  Span- 
ish merinoes,  and  was  so  successful  that  he 
secured  from  five  to  ten  pounds  of  wool  from 
each.  His  largest  Spanish  merino  buck,  which 
was  brought  from  New  York  state  and  cost  him 
$75,  sheared  thirty-two  pounds  and  four  ounces 
at  a  shearing  match  in  Colorado  Springs.  In 
those  days  he  grew  the  sheep  for  their  wool  and 
at  times  had  as  much  as  thirty-five  or  forty  thou- 
sand pounds  in  a  year.  In  1884  he  sold  his  sheep 
and  turned  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business, 
buying  a  ranch  six  miles  northwest  of  Pueblo,  in 
San  Francisco  hollow,  where  he  had  six  hundred 
head  of  cattle  and  nine  thousand  six  hundred 
acres  under  fence.  Both  of  his  ranches  he  stocked 
with  cattle,  and,  besides,  he  put  some  on  ranges 
in  El  Paso  and  Pueblo  Counties.  His  specialty 


was  full-blooded  Shorthorns,  and  all  of  his  cattle 
were  high  grade.  His  cattle  were  bought  in 
Iowa  and  were  among  the  finest  ever  brought 
into  the  state,  many  of  them  taking  premiums  at 
county  and  state  fairs.  In  his  ranches  he  had 
seventeen  thousand  six  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  and  was  probably  the  largest  landowner  in 
the  state  at  the  time.  All  of  this  immense  tract 
was  fenced  with  four  wire  barbs.  Prior  to  pur- 
chasing his  San  Francisco  ranch  he  had  twenty- 
three  thousand  acres  of  government  land  fenced 
in  El  Paso  County,  but  this  fencing  was  removed 
after  President  Cleveland  issued  the  order  that  all 
government  land  be  left  unfenced.  Since  he 
came  to  El  Paso  County  he  has  built  about  one 
hundred  miles  of  fence.  In  1887  he  sold  his 
ranch  and  stock  to  parties  from  Denver.  He  is 
now  interested  in  mining  in  White  Oak,  N.  M., 
and  in  the  Monarch  mining  district  in  Colorado, 
and  has  been  president  and  a  director  of  different 
mining  companies. 

In  Ulster  County,  N.  Y.,  Mr.  Degraff  married 
Miss  Emily  V.  Voorhees,  who  was  born  in  Sulli- 
van County,  N.  Y.,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Re- 
formed Church.  They  have  three  daughters: 
Carrie,  wife  of  Fred  Ege,  of  Cripple  Creek; 
Frances  and  Flora.  In  political  views  Mr.  De- 
graff is  a  Republican. 


HAROLD  W.  CLARK,  who  has  rendered  able 
service  as  city  attorney  of  Aspen  and  is 
one  of  the  leading  practitioners  of  Pitkin 
County,  was  born  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  October 
10,  1861,  a  son  of  J.  Warren  and  Sophia  M. 
(Clapp)  Clark,  natives  of  Ohio.  His  paternal 
grandfather,  Hon.  George  Clark,  was  a  man  of 
far  more  than  ordinary  ability  and  served  with 
efficiency  as  judge  of  one  of  the  district  courts  in 
Ohio,  winning  a  wide  reputation  for  dignity, 
impartiality  and  broad  intelligence;  five  of  his 
sons  followed  in  his  footsteps  and  entered  upon 
the  practice  of  law,  one  afterward  sitting  upon  the 
bench  as  judge  of  the  court  of  appeals  in  Kansas, 
and  one  being  judge  of  the  district  court  of  Rice 
County,  Kan.  The  maternal  grandpareuts  of 
our  subject  were  Charles  and  Malinda  (Pomeroy) 
Clapp;  the  former,  who  was  born  at  Westhatnp- 
ton,  Mass.,  in  1797,  engaged  in  farm  pursuits  in 
Ohio,  and  died  in  1871,  was  a  lineal  descendant 
of  Roger  Clapp,  who  came  to  New  England, 
landing  at  Nantasket  May  30,  1630. 

When  a  young  man,  J.  Warren  Clark  removed 
from  Ohio  to  Iowa  and  there  he  engaged  in  the 


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mercantile  business.  During  the  Civil  war  he 
enlisted  in  the  Union  army  and  was  chosen  cap- 
tain of  a  company  of  Iowa  Infantry.  He  served 
during  the  war  and  was  a  gallant  soldier.  Fra- 
ternally he  was  a  prominent  Mason.  In  1865, 
while  he  was  still  in  the  prime  of  life,  he  passed 
from  earth.  He  left  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 
One  of  the  sons,  Charles  Clapp  Clark,  is  prose- 
cuting attorney  in  Burlington,  Iowa;  Elizabeth  is 
the  wife  of  John  J.  Seerley,  a  lawyer,  also  of 
Burlington,  Iowa;  and  Florence,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Shirley  Gilliland,  died  in  April,  1885. 
Mrs.  Clark,  mother  of  our  subject,  died  in  No- 
vember, 1884. 

The  education  of  Mr.  Clark  was  acquired  in 
common  schools  and  in  the  State  University  ot 
Iowa,  from  the  classical  department  of  which 
he  graduated  in  1885  and  from  the  law  depart- 
ment in  1888.  During  the  latter  year  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  and  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  which  he  has  since  continued.  In  the 
year  1889  he  opened  an  office  in  Aspen,  where  he 
now  occupies  rooms  in  the  Bank  building.  He  has 
built  up  a  good  practice,  and  is  retained  as  at- 
torney for  a  number  of  important  mining  corpo- 
rations. At  this  writing  (1899)  he  is  serving  his 
second  term  as  city  attorney.  In  politics  he  is  a 
silver  Republican. 

November  20,  1889,  Mr.  Clark  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Marietta  Vincent,  daughter  ot 
Mitchell  and  Mary  Jane  Vincent,  and  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania.  She  is  a  relative  of  Bishop  Vin- 
cent, of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  also 
prominent  in  connection  with  the  Chautauqua 
literary  and  scientific  movement;  another  mem- 
ber of  the  same  family  is  Boyd  Vincent,  bishop  of 
the  southern  Episcopal  diocese  of  Ohio.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Clark  are  the  parents  of  three  children:  Vin- 
cent, Catherine  and  Helen. 


Gl  UGUST  W.  GRUNDEL.  The  life  of  this 
.1  I  Swedish- American  citizen  of  Eagle  County 
/  I  has  been  one  of  perseverance  and  integrity, 
and  has  been  rewarded  with  the  success  that 
conies  to  men  of  energy  and  judgment.  When 
he  came  to  Colorado  his  entire  worldly  posses- 
sions consisted  of  $i  50,  with  which  small  capital 
he  began  for  himself.  Though  the  beginning 
was  small,  he  has  patiently  worked  his  way  for- 
ward, until  he  is  now  recognized  as  one  of  the 
prosperous  ranchmen  of  his  county,  and  Grundel 
Brothers',  ranch,  near  Gypsum,  is  one  of  the  best 
for  miles  around. 


A  son  of  Andrew  and  Mary  (Anderson)  Grun- 
del, the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Sweden 
in  1850.  He  was  one  of  six  children,  of  whom 
his  four  sisters  remain  in  Sweden,  and  his  brother, 
A.  F. ,  is  living  in  Leadville.  He  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  his  native  land,  and  at  twenty- 
three  years  of  age  started  for  America,  settling 
in  Michigan,  and  for  seven  years  engaging  in 
mining  in  Marquette  County.  In  1879  he  came 
to  Colorado,  and  for  four  years  he  engaged  in 
mining  at  Leadville,  where  he  was  employed  in 
the  Morning  and  Evening  star  mines.  In  1883 
he  came  to  Eagle  County  and  purchased  the  fine 
ranch  which  he  and  his  brother  own,  situated  in 
the  beautiful  and  fertile  valley  one  and  one-half 
miles  above  Gypsum.  At  the  time  of  purchase 
the  land  was  raw,  but  it  has  since  been  brought 
under  excellent  cultivation,  and  improved  with  a 
commodious  residence,  substantial  barns,  water 
works  and  irrigating  ditches. 

During  his  residence  in  Michigan  Mr.  Grundel 
served  as  magistrate,  but  since  coming  to  Colo- 
rado he  has  given  his  attention  strictly  to  mining 
and  farm  pursuits.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
His  marriage,  in  1882,  united  him  with  Kittie 
Nelson,  who  was  born  in  the  same  part  of  Sweden 
as  himself.  They  are  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren: Frederick  William,  Hilma  Amelia  and 
Edith  Marie. 

ITLLIOTT  C.  WAGER,  county  commissioner 
ry  of  Hinsdale  County  and  lessee  of  the  Silver 
L  Coin  mine,  came  to  Colorado  in  1876  and 
settled  at  what  is  now  known  as  Wager's  Gulch, 
Hinsdale  County,  twelve  miles  from  Lake  City; 
the  road  leading  from  this  place  to  Sherman. 
The  surroundings  were  of  a  primitive  character. 
Mining  was  the  only  industry,  and  comparatively 
little  had  been  done  even  in  that  line.  He  made 
the  first  trail  to  Carson's  camp  before  it  was  lo- 
cated, and  assisted  in  much  of  the  work  of  pio- 
neer days.  In  common  with  the  few  other  men 
then  in  the  county,  he  turned  his  attention  to 
prospecting  and  mining.  He  assisted  in  locating 
the  Black  Wonder  mine,  also  the  Uncle  Sam 
mine,  in  which  he  owned  a  one-third  interest. 

After  having  lived  at  Wager's  Gulch  for  nearly 
two  years,  Mr.  Wager  removed  to  Lake  City,  and 
established  the  Lake  City  House,  which  after- 
ward became  the  Occidental  and  was  burned  in 
1896.  This  hotel  he  conducted  for  one  year,  and 
then  went  to  the  mines  of  Rico,  where  he  spent 
the  summer  of  1879.  Among  the  mines  that  he 


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located  there  was  the  Petsite,  which  he  abandoned 
on  account  of  poor  assays,  but  which  afterward 
proved  to  be  a  very  valuable  mine.  In  1880  he 
located  the  Black  Wonder  and  Silver  Wave  mines, 
the  latter  of  which  he  still  owns  and  operates. 
In  1892  he  located  the  Lydia  M.,  the  Lime  Car- 
bonate and  the  Lydia  M.  Extension,  all  of  which 
he  and  ex-Governor  Adams  own  and  operate,  and 
which  are  large  producers  of  silver  and  lead  ore. 
In  1897  he  located  the  Kentucky  Boy,  a  mine 
bearing  silver  and  gold  ore,  and  now  leased  to 
other  parties.  In  the  spring  of  1898  he  located 
a  mine  bearing  copper;  this  he  named  the  Copper 
Coin  mine  and  of  its  future  value  he  has  the 
highest  hopes.  He  has  several  other  prospects, 
all  of  which  promise  to  become  valuable. 

Born  in  Norristown,  Pa.,  May  20,  1838,  Mr. 
Wager  is  a  son  of  John  and  Rachel  (Harrison) 
Wager,  both  natives  of  Pennsylvania.  His  fa- 
ther, who  was  a  miller  by  occupation,  went  from 
Pennsylvania  to  California  in  1852,  making  the 
long  trip  via  the  isthmus,  and  there  he  followed 
mining  for  fifteen  years,  after  which  he  settled  in 
Kansas  and  there  died.  He  had  five  children 
who  lived  to  maturity.  Of  these,  three  survive: 
Janett,  widow  of  William  Hunter  and  a  resident 
of  Clearfield  County,  Pa.;  Elliott  C.;  and  Rachel, 
widow  of  Thompson  Wiley,  of  Clearfield  County, 
Pa.  The  mother  of  Mr.  Wager  was  first  cousin 
to  William  Henry  Harrison,  President  of  the 
United  States. 

At  thirteen  years  of  age  our  subject  shipped 
before  the  mast.  From  New  Bedford,  on  board 
a  whaler,  the  "Sarah  Shief,"  he  went  to  the 
Arctic  regions,  where  he  remained  for  three. years 
and  six  months.  During  his  absence  his  father 
had  gone  to  California;  his  mother  had  died  when 
he  was  only  seven,  and  so  he  had  no  home  ties. 
After  his  return  to  the  United  States  he  shipped 
again,  this  time  going  to  Calcutta  and  various 
ports  of  South  America.  He  continued  a  sea- 
faring life  until  1858.  The  most  perilous  adven- 
ture he  ever  experienced  was  after  he  had  been 
out  for  two  years,  and  when  the  vessel  was 
rounding  the  Horn  en  route  to  the  United  States. 
In  a  storm  the  ship  was  wrecked  and  sank,  and 
the  crew  were  in  open  boats  on  the  ocean  for 
seven  days,  but  finally  landed  on  the  coast  of 
Patagonia.  After  two  weeks  on  that  dreary  coast 
they  were  rescued  by  a  whaling  vessel  westward 
bound.  They  were  taken  on  board  and  sailed  to 
the  Hawaiian  Islands,  where  the  crew  mutinied. 
Mr.  Wager  shipped  by  another  vessel  from  Hono- 


lulu and  proceeded  through  Bering  Strait  to  the 
Arctic  Ocean,  finally  returning  via  the  Atlantic 
to  New  Bedford. 

In  1858  Mr.  Wager  began  freighting  from 
Kansas  City,  but  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  re- 
turned east.  During  the  Pike's  Peak  excitement 
of  1859  he  came  west  and  engaged  in  prospecting 
on  Cherry  Creek,  also  in  California  Gulch  (Lead- 
ville).  He  spent  the  winter  in  Kansas  and  in  the 
spring  of  1860  engaged  in  freighting  from  Lea vt-n- 
worth  to  New  Mexico;  starting  out  as  a  driver, 
he  was  afterwards  promoted  to  be  assistant  wagon 
boss,  and  then  wagon  boss.  At  this  time  he  was 
known  to  the  Indians  with  whom  he  came  in 
contact  as  "The  big  war  chief,"  or  "Wow 
Haw."  In  July,  1 86 1,  he  enlisted  in  the  Tenth 
Kansas  Infantry,  becoming  a  member  of  Com- 
pany A.  His  regiment  was  assigned  to  duty  in 
Missouri,  Arkansas  and  Texas,  and  he  continued 
at  the  front  for  three  years  and  forty  days.  Dur- 
ing that  time  he  took  part  in  engagements  at  Lone 
Jack,  Mo.,  Newtonia,  Mo.,  Prairie  Grove,  Ark., 
aud  Oak  Hills.  When  his  term  of  service  ex- 
pired he  became  a  scout  and  followed  Price  in  his 
raid  through  Kansas,  taking  part  in  a  battle 
within  four  miles  of  Kansas  City.  He  served 
as  a  scout  for  twenty-one  days,  but  never  received 
any  remuneration  for  his  services.  He  was  sev- 
eral times  wounded  during  his  term  of  service. 
After  the  war  he  was  deputy  sheriff  of  Miami 
County,  Kan.,  and  marshal  of  Paola  for  four 
years. 

September  23,  1866,  at  Paola,  Kan.,  Mr.  Wager 
married  Nancy  J.,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  A. 
(Gentry)  Moudy,  who  were  Kentuckians  by 
birth.  Her  father  moved  from  Kentucky  to  In- 
diana, thence  to  Missouri  in  1856,  and  five  years 
later  settled  in  Kansas,  where  his  daughter  be- 
came acquainted  with  Mr.  Wager.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  Church  and  is  worthy  matron 
of  the  Eastern  Star  Lodge  No.  36,  at  Lake  City, 
to  which  her  husband  also  belongs. 

After  engaging  in  farming  for  a  few  years,  in 
1876  Mr.  Wager  came  to  Colorado.  Since  then 
he  has  made  Hinsdale  County  his  home.  In 
politics  he  was  until  recently  a  Democrat,  hut 
now  votes  with  the  People's  party.  During  his 
residence  at  Sherman  he  was  justice  of  the  peace. 
In  1897  he  was  mayor  of  Lake  City,  and  at  this 
writing  he  is  a  commissioner  of  the  county.  For 
one  term  he  served  as  town  marshal.  He  is  a 
master  Mason,  being  a  life  member  of  Paola 
Lodge  No.  37,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Paola,  Kan.; 


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also  a  member  of  Paola  Lodge  No.  n,  I.  O.  O.  F. ; 
and  John  A.  Rawlins  Post  No.  28,  at  Lake  City, 
of  which  he  is  the  adjutant.  In  the  fall  of  1893 
he  and  his  wife  attended  the  Midwinter  Fair  in 
California,  going  via  Salt  Lake  and  Ogden,  and 
then  proceeding  to  California,  where  they  spent 
the  winter  in  visiting  points  of  interest,  return- 
ing in  the  spring  to  their  home  via  El  Paso,  Tex. 


(JOHN  W.  DOLLISON,  county  attorney  of 
Garfield  County,  and  since  1885  a  practicing 
lawyer  of  Glenwood  Springs,  was  born  in 
Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  November  23,  1846. 
His  father,  J.  M.  Dollison,  a  native  of  Greene 
County,  Pa.,  accompanied  his  parents  to  Ohio  at 
an  early  age  and  settled  in  Muskingum  County. 
At  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the 
Sixty-second  Ohio  Infantry,  in  which  he  served 
for  three  years.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term  of 
enlistment  he  became  a  member  of  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Seventy- fourth  Ohio  Infantry,  in  which 
he  continued  to  serve  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
Returning  to  Ohio  he  continued  to  reside  there 
until  1880,  when  he  removed  to  Colorado.  His 
death  occurred  in  Boulder  in  1882.  During  the 
existence  of  the  Whig  party  he  adhered  to  its 
principles  and  upon  its  disintegration  became  a 
Republican.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic.  His  father,  James  Dol- 
lison, came  to  this  country  from  Scotland  and 
settled  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  improved  a 
farm. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Jeanette  Wiley, 
a  native  of  Ohio.  Her  father,  John  Wiley,  was 
born  in  Scotland  and  emigrated  to  the  United 
States,  first  settling  near  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  but 
latter  removed  to  Ohio,  where  he  cultivated  a 
farm.  She  had  one  brother  who  served  from  the 
beginning  of  the  Civil  war  until  its  close,  as  a 
member  of  the  Sixty-second  Ohio  Infantry.  Her 
sons  are:  William  T.  Dollison,  M.  D.,  who  resides 
in  Cambridge,  Ohio;  our  subject,  and  James  F. , 
an  attorney  in  Russell,  Kan. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  spent  his  boyhood 
days  upon  a  farm  in  Ohio.  He  was  educated  in 
the  high  school  at  Marysville,  that  state.  When 
twenty-three  years  of  age  he  went  to  Kansas,  but 
after  three  years  returned  to  Ohio,  where  he  read 
law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Going  to  New 
Mexico,  he  remained  there  for  a  short  time,  and 
in  1879  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in 
practice  in  Gunnison.  In  1885  he  located  in 
Glenwood  Springs,  where  he  has  built  up  a  large 


and  important  practice.  Since  1898  he  has 
served  as  county  attorney.  He  is  highly  es- 
teemed among  the  professional  men  of  his  city, 
and  this  part  of  the  state,  and  is  respected  by  all 
who  have  been  brought  into  business  or  social 
relations  with  him.  His  first  presidential  vote 
was  cast  for  General  Grant,  since  which  time  he 
has  continued  steadfastly  to  support  Republican 
principles. 

In  1877  Mr.  Dollison  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Laura  E.  Sapp,  who  was  born  in  Peru, 
111.,  but  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  was  living  in 
Ottawa,  111.  Mrs.  Dollison  died  August  9,  1890. 
The  only  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dollison  is 
Maude,  now  the  wife  of  W.  C.  Fusner,  an  engi- 
neer on  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  and  a  resident 
of  Allegheny  City. 


HENRY  BACKUS,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the 
San  Luis  Valley,  settled  on  Conejos  Creek 
after  he  was  mustered  out  of  service  during 
the  Civil  war.  For  five  years  he  engaged  in  the 
dairy  business  on  that  place,  after  which  Be  took 
up  a  squatter's  claim  on  the  Rio  Grande  River 
and  embarked  jn  the  stock  business,  in  which  he 
has  since  engaged,  having  been  at  one  time 
among  the  most  extensive  stock-raisers  in  the 
valley  and  keeping  about  fifteen  hundred  head 
of  cattle,  besides  two  hundred  head  of  horses. 
He  continued  to  reside  upon  his  ranch  of  one 
thousand  acres  until  1885,  when,  in  order  to 
secure  educational  advantages  for  his  children, 
he  removed  to  Alamosa,  and  has  since  resided 
here.  However,  he  still  owns  and  superintends 
his  ranch,  in  addition  to  which  he  has  real  estate 
in  town.  Besides  the  management  of  his  stock 
and  farm,  he  has  had  important  business  inter- 
ests. From  1868  to  1883  he  carried  on  a  butcher 
shop  in  Alamosa,  after  which  he  bought  and  con- 
ducted the  Perry  hotel  until  it  was  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1893.  He  assisted,  in  1874,  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  one  of  the  first  ditch  companies  in  the 
valley  and  of  this  he  served  as  treasurer  for  a 
number  of  years. 

A  native  of  Schleswig-Holstein,  Germany,  born 
in  1838,  Mr.  Bachus  received  a  good  education  in 
the  German  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
began  to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade,  at  which 
he  served  for  three  years.  He  then  came  to  the 
United  States,  landing  in  New  York  City,  and 
proceeding  thence  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  he 
worked  at  his  trade  for  four  years.  In  1860  he 
came  to  Colorado,  crossing  the  plains  with  a 


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party  of  men  who  made  the  trip,  by  mule-team 
from  Davenport  to  Denver  in  thirty  days.  After 
a  few  days  in  Denver  he  went  to  Central  City 
and  began  to  work  in  mines.  In  the  evening  he 
worked  at  his  trade.  He  was  busily  engaged  in 
this  way  until  the  fall  of  1861,  when  he  enlisted 
in  Company  I,  First  Colorado  Cavalry,  and 
accompanied  his  regiment  to  Mexico,  driving  out 
the  Texas  forces  from  there.  On  his  return  to 
Colorado  he  was  stationed  at  Fort  Lyon,  where 
he  remained  until  early  in  1862,  and  then  pro- 
ceeded to  Denver,  later  going  north  of  that  city 
to  assist  in  suppressing  the  Ute  Indians.  The 
winter  of  1862-63  was  spent  in  Denver,  after 
which  he  continued  to  assist  in  quelling  the 
Indians.  From  the  ranks  he  was  promoted,  in 
1861,  to  be  sergeant  of  his  company,  and  as  such 
was  mustered  out  of  the  service.  During  his 
entire  period  of  service  he  was  wounded  but  once. 
Politically  a  Republican,  Mr.  Bachus  has  been 
devoted  to  the  welfare  of  his  party  and  the 
advancement  of  his  adopted  country.  He  main- 
tains connection  with  the  Grand  Army,  and  is 
now  senior  vice-commander  of  Fifer  Post  at  Ala- 
mosa.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Alamosa  Lodge 
No.  44,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Energy  and  persever- 
ance have  been  his  main  characteristics,  and 
through  these  he  has  become  possessed  of  a  com- 
petency that  will  enable  him,  in  his  declining 
years,  to  enjoy  a  well-deserved  rest.  His  mar- 
riage, in  1866,  united  him  with  Mary  Simpkey, 
by  whom  he  has  eight  children,  viz.:  William, 
Henry,  Jr.,  James,  Emma,  Gertrude,  Mamie, 
Robert  and  Paul. 


(TjAMUEL  P.  DUFF,  president  and  general 
/\  manager  of  the  Cheyenne  Planing  MillCom- 
Q)  pany,  at  No.  16  West  Cucharras  street,  Colo- 
rado Springs,  has  been  connected  with  the  planing 
mill  business  since  1881.  From  that  year  until 
1 884  he  was  foreman  for  Wellington  Stewart  in 
Denver,  and  was  also  interested  in  the  firm  of 
Reynolds,  McConnell  &  Co.  In  1884  he  came  to 
Colorado  Springs  and  managed  the  firm's  busi- 
ness as  one  of  the  partners  in  the  concern,  but  in 
1891  disposed  of  his  interest.  Afterward  he  started 
the  Colorado  Springs  Planing  Mill  Company, 
which  was  incorporated  as  the  Cheyenne  Planing 
Mill  Company  in  the  fall  of  1895.  The  mill  is 
operated  by  steam  power  and  fitted  up  with  mod- 
ern appliances  of  all  kinds,  and  the  articles  man- 
ufactured, doors,  sash,  mouldings  and  interior 


decorations,  are  of  the  highest  grade.  A  specialty 
is  made  of  show  cases  and  store  fixtures,  and  the 
firm  has  had  contracts  for  the  equipment  of  the 
best  buildings  in  the  city.  A  large  stock  of  lum- 
ber is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  in  order  that  it 
may  be  seasoned  and  ready  for  use,  and  the 
company  has  the  principal  trade  of  the  city  in 
hardwood. 

Mr.  Duff  was  born  in  Jonesville,  Lee  County, 
Va.,  May  9,  1844.  His  grandfather,  Samuel 
Duff,  a  native  of  Scotland,  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  early  manhood  and  settled  in 
Lee  County,  Va.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
and  the  mercantile  business.  He  died  there  at 
fifty-two  years  of  age.  His  son,  Joseph,  was  born 
and  reared  in  Lee  County,  and  in  1856  settled  at 
Robinson,  111.,  where  he  bought  raw  land  and 
improved  a  farm.  There  he  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1859,  at  forty- 
seven  years  of  age.  He  married  Mary  Wynn, 
who  was  born  in  Virginia  and  died  in  Illinois  in 
1868,  aged  forty-nine  years.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Wynn,  a  planter,  %vho  died  in  the 
Old  Dominion  after  the  Civil  war,  when  he  was  one 
hundred  and  two  years  of  age.  Joseph  and  Mary 
Duff  had  five  children,  namely:  Margaret,  who 
died  in  Missouri  in  1870;  Robert,  a  fanner  near 
Kansas  City,  Mo. ;  Samuel  P. ;  Rebecca,  of  Iowa: 
and  Mary  J.,  who  died  in  Illinois. 

When  a  boy  of  eleven  years  our  subject  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Illinois.  He  was  educated 
in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Robinson, 
Crawford  County,  and  at  an  early  age  began  to 
cultivate  a  farm.  In  April,  1861,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  A,  Sixty-third  Illinois  Infantry,  and 
was  mustered  in  at  Springfield,  111.,  where  he 
was  transferred  to  Company  H,  of  the  same 
regiment.  After  three  months  of  service  he  was 
honorably  discharged.  Later  he  planned  to  en- 
list a  second  time,  but  his  relatives  prevented  it. 
In  1865  he  went  to  Olney,  111.,  and  thereengaged 
in  contracting  and  building  until  1869,  when  he 
removed  to  Lawrence  County,  Mo.,  and  erected 
the  first  house  in  Pierce  City.  He  continued  as 
a  contractor  until  1873,  when,  having  been  in- 
jured by  reason  of  heavy  lifting,  he  retired  from 
the  business.  Returning  to  Illinois,  he  opened  a 
store  at  Flat  Rock,  where  he  engaged  in  business 
until  1878,  and  then  came  west  to  Colorado.  In 
the  spring  of  1879  he  opened  a- grocery  store  in 
Denver,  but  two  years  later  sold  out  and  turned 
his  attention  to  the  planing  mill  business,  in 
which  he  has  since  engaged.  He  is  also  interested 


DAVID  F.  MILLER. 


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in  mining  in  Cripple  Creek,  and  operates  a  mine 
on  Raven  Hill. 

Politically  Mr.  Duff  is  a  Republican  and  in  re- 
ligion of  the  Universalist  belief.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Wyoming 
Lumber  Dealers'  Association.  While  in  Denver 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Etta 
Hockett,  a  native  of  Kentucky.  They  are  the 
parents  of  four  children:  William,  who  is  a 
partner  of  his  father;  Mrs.  Mary  Martin,  of  Colo- 
rado Springs;  C.  M.,  who  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
company  of  which  his  father  is  president;  and 
Nora,  Mrs.  Charles  Mayer,  of  Colorado  Springs. 


0AVID  F.  MILLER,  a  pioneer  of  Colorado, 
in  1873  settled  two  miles  east  of  Fairplay, 
Park  County,  where  he  took  up  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  embarked  in 
haying  and  cattle-raising.  As  he  prospered  he 
added  to  his  original  modest  possessions,  and  to- 
day is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  comprising  more 
than  eighteen  hundred  acres.  He  has  been  an 
exceedingly  industrious  man  and  the  prosperity 
he  has  attained  is  justly  merited  by  his  honest 
and  faithful  labors  during  the  long  period  of  his 
residence  in  Colorado. 

In  the  kingdom  of  Wurtemberg,  Germany, 
Mr.  Miller  was  born  December  26,  1826,  one  ot 
seven  children,  of  whom  he  and  Elizabeth,  Au- 
gusta and  George  are  the  survivors.  His  parents 
were  Adam  and  Augusta  (Riker)  Miller,  the 
former  a  native  of  Wurtemberg,  and  an  agricult- 
urist by  occupation,  making  a  specialty  of  rais- 
ing grapes  and  manufacturing  wine.  He  con- 
tinued to  reside  upon  his  farm  until  he  died.  Our 
subject  was  reared  on  the  home  place  and  re- 
ceived a  fair  German  education.  At  eighteen 
years  of  age  he  left  home  and  began  to  work  for 
himself.  His  father  being  a  poor  man,  it  was 
necessary  for  him  to  assist  in  the  support  of  the 
family,  and  he  became  one  of  their  mainstays. 
In  1854  he  came  to  America,  landing  in  New 
York  on  the  yth  of  September  with  a  single  five- 
franc  piece  ($i)  in  his  possession.  He  had  an 
uncle  in  New  York  City,  with  whom  he  remained 
for  three  days.  He  then  met  a  Connecticut  farmer, 
Calvin  Hoyt,  of  Stamford,  who  was  looking  for 
help  and  to  him  he  hired,  remaining  in  his  em- 
ploy for  two  years  and  receiving  $80  per  year. 
From  there  he  went  to  Cattaraugus  County, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  worked  in  a  sawmill.  In  the 
summer  of  the  following  year  (1855)  he  secured 
work  as  a  farm  hand  at  $15  per  month,  and  after 


another  winter  in  the  sawmill  he  leased  a  tract  of 
land  and  began  farming  for  himself.  This  was 
in  1856.  During  the  same  year  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Kessler,  a  native 
of  Germany. 

In  1858  Mr.  Miller  removed  to  Iowa  and  settled 
in  Clinton  County,  but  the  next  year,  upon  hear- 
ing of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Pike's  Peak,  he 
started  west,  joining  a  brother  in  Leavenworth , 
Kan.,  and  in  March,  1860,  proceeding,  with  an 
ox-team  and  supplies,  for  the  west.  He  arrived 
in  Denver  June  7.  Turning  his  cattle  out  on  a 
ranch  to  recruit  from  the  trip,  he  and  his  brother 
secured  employment  by  the  day.  August  i  they 
yoked  their  oxen  and,  with  necessary  supplies, 
went  to  Breckenridge,  where  they  began  pros- 
pecting. A  short  time  afterward  they  bought  a 
claim  in  Illinois  Gulch,  giving  for  it  a  sack  of 
flour.  Knowing  nothing  about  mining,  they 
soon  abandoned  the  claim  and  repaired  to  Geor- 
gia, where  the  excitement  was  then  at  its  height. 
There  they  prospected  and  teamed  until  the  snow 
drove  them  from  the  mountains  in  October.  Re- 
turning to  Denver,  from  there  in  December  they 
went  back  to  Leavenworth,  where  they  had  left 
their  families.  On  their  trip  out  they  traveled 
via  the  Platte  route,  and  on  their  return  took  the 
Smoky  Hill  route. 

Accompanied  by  his  family,  in  the  spring  of 
1 86 1  our  subject  again  started  for  Colorado,  this 
time  traveling  via  the  old  Santa  Fe  trail.  Ar- 
riving where  Pueblo  is  now  located,  he  remained 
there  for  a  short  time.  He  then  went  to  Breck- 
enridge, where  he  worked  by  the  day  in  the  mines. 
When  winter  set  in  he  went  to  Denver.  In  the 
spring  of  1862  he  came  to  Park  County  and  lo- 
cated at  Montgomery,  where  he  built  a  house  and 
kept  boarders;  also,  with  his  two  yoke  of  oxen, 
engaged  in  hauling  ore.  One  of  the  company  of 
three  men,  for  whom  he  hauled  ore  proposed  to 
sell  out  to  him,  and  he  bought  the  claim,  paying 
$1,000  for  it,  a  part  being  paid  in  cash,  while  the 
remainder  was  made  up  by  the  oxen.  He  began 
to  work  on  his  claim,  but  was  without  capital  to 
push  the  work.  Winter  was  beginning  and  the 
miners  were  being  forced  to  leave  the  mountains. 
His  boarders  left  and  he  was  without  means  of  sub- 
sistence. He  had  no  money  and  was  refused  credit 
for  a  sack  of  flour.  In  the  spring  he  went  to  Mos- 
quito, where  he  worked  by  the  day,  and  after- 
ward was  similarly  occupied  at  Horse  Shoe  until 
the  works  were  closed  on  account  of  the  assassin- 
ation of  President  Lincoln.  In  1866  he  went  to 


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Buckskin  Joe  and  worked  in  the  mines.  The 
next  year  he  returned  to  Park  County,  settling 
in  Fairplay,  where  he  built  the  first  house  that 
had  a  shingle  roof  in  the  town.  In  it  he  opened 
a  boarding  house.  In  1870  he  sold  that  place 
and  moved  to  Fremont  County,  where  he  bought 
a  ranch  on  Currant  Creek  and  began  raising  pota- 
toes. In  this  venture  he  met  with  splendid  suc- 
cess. From  there  he  moved  to  his  present  ranch 
near  Fairplay.  In  his  long  and  busy  life  he  has 
had  his  share  of  reverses,  and  has  not  found  the 
path  to  success  a  smooth  one,  but  he  has  pursued 
his  way,  undaunted  by  misfortune,  and  has  fin- 
ally attained  prosperity.  His  ranch  is  one  of  the 
best  and  largest  in  this  section,  and  he  is  in  in- 
dependent circumstances.  While  he  gives  his  at- 
tention closely,  to  private  business  matters,  he 
takes  an  interest  in  fraternal  organizations  and  is 
a  member  of  Doric  Lodge  No.  25,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  South  Park  Lodge  No.  10,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


(lAMES  T.  ESTILL,  M.  D.,  has  been  en- 
I  gaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Colo- 
Q)  rado  Springs  since  the  year  1890.  In  ad- 
dition to  his  private  practice,  which  has  con- 
stantly increased,  he  is  a  member  of  the  medical 
staff  of  St.  Francis  Hospital  and  acts  as  local  sur- 
geon for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad,  be- 
sides which  he  is  medical  examiner  for  a  number 
of  insurance  companies,  among  them  the  Etna 
of  Hartford  and  the  Bankers  of  Iowa.  He  is  one 
of  those  self-reliant  men  who  started  in  life  with- 
out means  and,  through  his  unaided  labors,  se- 
cured an  excellent  education,  thus  laying  the 
foundation  for  his  present  success  and  his  high 
standing  in  the  medical  profession. 

The  Estill  family  was  represented  in  this  coun- 
try in  an  early  day  and  its  members  bore  a  part 
in  the  various  colonial  wars.  The  doctor's  great- 
grandfather, who  took  part  in  the  Revolution, 
removed  to  Danville,  Ky.,  where  he  flourished 
contemporarily  with  Daniel  Boone.  The  grand- 
father, who  was  born  in  Kentucky,  was  a  planter 
by  occupation  and  served  in  the  war  of  1812. 
The  father,  William  Estill,  was  born  in  Danville, 
and  after  his  marriage  removed  to  Missouri,  set- 
tling upon  a  farm  near  what  is  now  Lathrop, 
Clinton  County.  There  he  died  in  1886,  when 
seventy-one  years  of  age.  His  first  wife  was 
Elizabeth  Hubbard,  who  was  born  near  Danville 
and  died  in  Missouri  at  thirty-five  years.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  a  colonel  in  the  war  of  1812 
and  a  pioneer  farmer  in  Clinton  County.  William 


and  Elizabeth  Estill  had  four  sons  and  three 
daughters,  all  of  whom  are  living  but  one  daugh 
ter.  John  S.,  who  was  for  three  years  in  a  Mis- 
souri" regiment  during  the  Civil  war,  resides  in 
Kansas;  Moses  makes  his  home  in  Missouri; 
Richard  is  in  Montana.  The  next  to  the  youngest 
son,  who  forms  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born 
at  Lathrop,  Mo.,  October  12,  1849.  Of  the  sec- 
ond marriage  of  William  Estill  two  sons  were 
born,  one  of  whom,  Dr.  William  G.  Estill,  is  a 
practicing  physician  of  Lawson,  Mo. 

When  quite  young  our  subject  began  to  teach 
school,  and  with  the  money  thus  earned  he  paid 
his  expenses  while  in  medical  college.  In  1875 
he  graduated  from  Westminster  College  at  Ful- 
ton, Mo.,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.  B.  Some 
years  later  the  degree  of  A.  M.  was  conferred 
upon  him.  He  retains  connection  with  his  alma 
mater  by' holding  membership  in  the  Alumni  As- 
sociation and  the  Philologic  Society.  On  con- 
cluding his  literary  education  he  resumed  work 
as  a  teacher.  From  boyhood  it  had  been  his  am- 
bition to  become  a  physician  and  all  of  his  studies 
were  directed  with  that  end  in  view.  Hence  he 
was  unusually  thorough  in  his  work  as  a  student. 
His  preliminary  medical  studies  were  conducted 
under  Dr.  James,  of  Lawson,  Mo.,  and  afterward 
he  took  the  full  course  of  lectures  in  the  Missouri 
Medical  College  of  St.  Louis,  from  which  he  grad- 
uated in  1879,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  By  his 
work  as  assistant  in  a  hospital  he  gained  the  prac- 
tical knowledge  of  his  profession  so  indispensable 
to  true  success.  In  1879  he  opened  an  office  at 
Turney,  Clinton  County,  near  his  old  home,  and 
there  he  continued  in  practice  until  the  spring  of 
1890,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs.  His 
residence,  built  by  himself,  stands  at  No.  218  East 
Willamette  avenue,  and  his  office  is  in  the  Mid- 
land block. 

Dr.  Estill's  marriage  occurred  in  Clinton 
County,  Mo.,  and  united  him  with  Miss  M.  E. 
Green,  who  was  born  there,  a  daughter  of  Cyrus 
Green,  of  Kentucky.  They  are  the  parents  of 
five  children:  Forest  L.,  a  member  of  the  high 
school  class  of  1899;  Virgie,  who  will  graduate 
from  the  high  school  in  1900;  Nellie,  Fay  and 
Cyrus.  Dr.  Estill  is  an  elder  in  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  to  the  support  of  which  he  con- 
tributes generously.  In  politics  he  casts  his  vote 
with  the  Democratic  party.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Missouri  Medical 
College  at  St.  Louis,  the  El  Paso  County  Medical 
Society  and  the  National  Association  of  Railway 


STEPHEN  J.  TANNER. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


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Surgeons.  While  in  Turney,  Mo.,  he  was  made 
a  Mason  and  held  the  office  of  master  in  the  blue 
lodge;  his  membership  is  now  with  El  Paso  Lodge 
No.  13;  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is  also  connected 
with  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 


(STEPHEN  J.  TANNER.  To  say  of  Mr.  Tan- 
?\  ner  that  he  has  risen  from  comparative  ob- 
\~)  scurity  to  rank  among  the  leading  and  in- 
fluential citizens  of  Florence  and  Fremont  County 
is  to  state  a  fact  well  known  to  his  acquaintances, 
as  is  also  the  added  fact  that  he  has  gained  suc- 
cess solely  through  the  exercise  ol"  good  judg- 
ment, indefatigable  energy  and  business  ability. 
When  he  came  to  Colorado  he  had  limited  means, 
but  an  unlimited  fund  of  energy  and  persever- 
ance, and  through  these  he  worked  his  way  to 
success.  The  residence  which  he  owns  and  occu- 
pies and  which  he  built  iu  1896  contains  twelve 
large,  light  and  cheerful  rooms,  conveniently  ar- 
ranged and  containing  all  modern  improvements; 
it  is  a  two  and  one-half  story  brick  structure  and 
stands  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  city. 

The  Tanner  family  was  founded  in  America  in 
the  colonial  days,  and  some  of  its  representatives 
served  in  the  war  of  1812.  Richard  Tanner, 
father  of  our  subject,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky. 
Throughout  life  he  followed  the  occupation  of  a 
farmer  and  the  tanner's  trade.  When  a  young 
man  he  bought  some  land  in  Kentucky,  which 
he  improved  and  cultivated.  In  1856116  removed 
to  Texas  and  settled  in  Paris,  where  he  engaged 
in  tanning  and  the  real-estate  business.  From 
there,  in  1870,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  located 
in  Fremont  County,  where  he  died  December  9, 
1873.  He  was  a  prominent  Mason  and  passed 
all  the  degrees  in  the  order.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Democrat  and  in  religion  was  connected  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  South. 

The  marriage  of  Richard  Tanner  united  him 
with  Minerva  Jennings,  of  Kentucky.  They  be- 
came the  parents  of  nine  children,  of  whom 
Stephen,  the  eldest,  is  the  sole  survivor.  One  of 
the  sons,  Erastus  H.,  who  was  educated  for  the 
law,  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Texas  Infantry  at  the 
opening  of  the  Civil  war  and  served  east  of  the 
Mississippi  under  Generals  Bragg  and  Johnson, 
taking  part  in  all  the  important  engagements  of 
his  command.  He  also  spent  about  eighteen 
months  in  war  with  the  Indians.  While  he  did 
not  receive  a  wound  in  battle,  he  died  within  four 
weeks  after  his  return  from  the  army.  Another 
son,  Virgil  R.,  was  a  physician  of  prominence, 


and  while  his  career  was  short,  it  was  brilliant 
and  promising.  He  died  in  Florence  January 
29,  1882,  after  having  engaged  in  practice  for 
three  years,  and  left  an  enviable  reputation  as  a 
physician  of  ability  and  worth. 

In  McLean  County,  Ky.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born,  January  28,  1837.  His  early 
education  was  obtained  in  the  subscription  schools 
of  Kentucky  and  Texas,  after  which  he  spent 
one  year  in  the  McKinzie  Institute  in  Texas. 
Beginning  to  work  in  his  father's  tanyard,  he 
was  afterward  engaged  in  various  business  enter- 
prises as  a  partner  of  his  father,  with  whom  he 
continued  until  the  latter' s  death.  When  his 
father  came  to  Colorado  our  subject  remained 
eighteen  months  in  Texas,  to  close  up  the  busi- 
ness there.  He  then  came  to  Florence,  which, 
however,  had  not  yet  been  started.  Nature  was 
in  its  primeval  condition.  No  railroads  had  been 
built  or  improvements  made.  Father  and  son 
bought  a  tract  of  four  hundred  acres  and  began 
to  improve  the  land,  upon  which  they  engaged 
in  general  farming. 

After  the  death  of  his  father,  Mr.  Tanner  de- 
voted his  attention  more  particularly  to  raising 
hogs  and  fattening  cattle.  He  continued  stock- 
raising,  farming  and  dairying  until  1895,  and 
gained  the  reputation  of  raising  the  finest  crops 
in  the  state.  During  this  time  he  was  interested 
in  various  enterprises.  While  to  a  certain  ex- 
tent he  was  interested  in  mining  for  years,  he  did 
not  engage  in  it  extensively  until  1897.  He  then 
became  interested  in  property  in  the  Cripple 
Cr^ek  district,  having  a  lease  on  parts  of  Mary 
McKinney  No.  i  and  No.  2,  where  they  are  now 
taking  out  a  fine  quality  of  ore  and  making  regu- 
lar shipments.  From  the  organization  of  the  Union 
Ditch  Company  he  was  identified  with  it,  serving 
as  secretary  during  the  building  of  the  ditch,  and 
for  some  time  afterward.  After  years  of  success- 
ful farming  he  sold  his  land  for  a  large  sum  to 
the  oil  interests  there,  and  has  since  given  his  at- 
tention largely  to  the  oversight  of  his  varied 
moneyed  interests. 

The  Civil  war  had  scarcely  begun  when  Mr. 
Tanner  determined  to  enlist  in  the  Confederate 
army.  In  July  of  1861  he  was  appointed  a  mem- 
ber of  General  McCullough's  bodyguard  in  Mis- 
souri, but,  owing  to  phy  sical  disability ,  he  received 
his  discharge.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he  joined 
the  Ninth  Texas  Infantry,  with  which  he  saw 
service  for  two  years  as  lieutenant,  participating 
in  the  engagements  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  Shiloh, 


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Murfreesboro  and  Chickamauga,  Tenn.,  and 
•many  battles  of  less  importance.  In  December, 
1863,  he  was  honorably  discharged  on  account 
of  disability.  He  had  before  been  urged  by  his 
superior  officers  to  resign,  as  his  health  rendered 
it  extremely  difficult  for  him  to  keep  at  the  front, 
but  such  was  his  determination  of  character  that 
he  remained  until  too  weak  to  longer  continue  in 
the  army. 

In 'politics  Mr.  Tanner  has  affiliated  with  the 
Democratic  party,  in  which  he  has  been  active. 
For  many  years  he  served  on  the  school  board 
and  he  has  also  been  county  commissioner.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  Mason.  February  9,  1865,  he 
married  Charlotte  Hushaw,  daughter  of  Peter 
and  Mary  (Boland)  Hushaw.  She  died  August 
29,  1873,  leaving  three  children:  William  E., 
who  is  engaged  in  the  dairy  business  in  Florence; 
Nellie  R.,  wife  of  Edward  Grant  Jagger,  of  Flor- 
ence; and  Mary  Estelle,  at  home.  August  6, 
1874,  Mr.  Tanner  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Mary  Harris  Smith,  daughter  of  Rev.  William 
M.  Smith,  of  this  county.  Nine  children  were 
born  of  the  union:  Lizzie  May,  widow  of  W.  F. 
Nix,  who  died  in  July,  1898;  Maud  Jennings 
(twin  of  Lizzie  May),  who  is  the  wife  of  T.  S. 
Williams,  of  Florence;  Frank  Harris,  R.  Waddy, 
Robert  E.,  Paul  Stephen,  Munson  A.,  Jennie  and 
Clifford. 


A.  YOUNG,  of  Leadville,  is  at 
the  head  of  a  large  wholesale  and  retail 
business,  in  the  sale  of  hay,  coal,  lumber 
and  flour.  Coming  to  Colorado  in  1882,  he  set- 
tled at  Villa  Grove,  but  two  years  later  removed 
to  Leadville,  and  shortly  afterward,  in  1885, 
opened  the  business  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted and  constantly  enlarged.  He  also  has 
other  interests  in  the  city,  the  most  important 
being  his  connection  with  the  Roberts  Lumber 
Company. 

A  son  of  David  and  Margaret  (Anderson) 
Young,  the  subject  of  this  article  was  born  in 
Mercer  County,  Pa.,  in  1858.  His  father,  also  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  born  in  1816,  devoted  his 
active  years  to  the  trade  of  a  carpenter  and 
builder,  but  for  some  time  has  lived  retired  from 
active  business  cares.  His  wife  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania  and  was  orphaned  by  her  father's 
death  when  she  was  a  child;  she  is  still  living. 
Of  her  three  sons,  John  A.  is  engaged  in  the  real- 
estate  business  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  and  D.  C. 
occupies  the  old  home  farm  in  Mercer  County. 


Reared  on  a  farm  and  educated  in  public 
schools,  our  subject  began  life  for  himself  at  six- 
teen years  of  age.  He  worked  at  different  oc- 
cupations as  opportunities  were  offered,  gladly 
doing  any  work  that  would  enable  him  to  gain  a 
livelihood.  From  Pennsylvania  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  1882,  and  this  state  has  since  been  his 
home.  Starting  out  with  nothing,  he  is  now  the 
owner  of  a  good  business  and  several  houses  in 
Leadville,  which  fact  proves  him  to  be  a  man  of 
business  ability. 

Politically  Mr.  Young  is  a  Republican.  In 
1888  he  served  as  an  alderman  in  Leadville. 
Since  1886  he  has  been  connected  with  Chloride 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  His  -first  wife  was  Kate 
Thompson,  who  died  soon  after  their  marriage. 
His  present  wife  was  Melissa  O.  Haughey,  a  na- 
tive of  Iowa,  and  a  sister  of  Mr.  Young's  busi- 
ness partner.  They  have  two  children  living, 
William  A.,  Jr.,  and  Ruth  Maude,  and  lost  one 
son  by  death. 

3 AMES  FREMONT  DIXON.  On  Grand 
River,  about  two  miles  from  Rifle,  may  be 
seen  one  of  the  fine  ranches  of  Garfield 
County.  This  place,  which  is  the  property  of 
Mr.  Dixon,  has  by  him  been  brought  under  cul- 
tivation and  improved  with  substantial  buildings. 
Since  he  came  to  this  county  in  1883  he  has  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  the  stock  business,  and  now 
owns  a  large  number  of  horses  and  cattle.  In 
order  to  dispose  of  beef  advantageously,  he  recent- 
ly opened  a  meat  market  at  Rifle,  where  he  has 
since  carried  on  a  good  trade. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  James  Dixon,  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  moved  from  there  to 
Iowa,  thence  to  Missouri,  where  he  purchased  a 
farm  and  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits. 
During  the  Civil  war  he  served  for  three  years  as 
a  member  of  the  Eighteenth  Iowa  Infantry,  going 
with  his  regiment  to  the  front  and  taking  part  in 
a  number  of  important  battles.  Upon  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Republican  party,  he  became 
identified  with  it  and  afterward  supported  its 
principles.  He  was  also  active  in  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic.  By  his  marriage  to  Betsy 
E.  Landers,  a  native  of  Indiana  and  daughter  of 
a  farmer  of  that  state,  he  had  seven  sons  and  two 
daughters,  namely:  James  F.,  who  was  born  in 
Grundy  County,  Mo.,  August  27,  1861,  and  is 
the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Thomas,  a  farmer  in 
Kansas;  John,  deceased;  Andrew,  of  this  county; 
George,  deceased;  Lee,  a  farmer  in  Colorado; 


J.  A.  JEANNOTTE,  M.  D. 


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J.  S.,  who  is  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  in 
Garfield  County,  this  state;  Mary,  who  is  married 
and  lives  in  Missouri;  and  Sarah  E.,  of  Colorado. 
At  eighteen  years  of  age  our  subject  started 
out  in  the  world  for  himself.  He  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  for  three  years  remained  in  Chaffee 
County.  From  there,  in  1883,  he  came  to  Gar- 
field  County,  of  which  he  was  a  pioneer  stock- 
man. Without  aid  from  any  one,  he  has  become 
the  owner  of  a  valuable  ranch  and  a  good  busi- 
ness. He  is  untiring  in  his  energy,  painstaking 
in  all  of  his  work,  and  deservedly  successful  in 
his  undertakings.  His  political  views  bring  him 
into  affiliation  with  the  Republican  party.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  Rifle  Camp,  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  In  1892  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Edna  Parker,  who  was  born  in 
Colorado,  daughter  of  William  Parker,  a  native 
of  Florida,  but  for  some  years  a  stockman  of 
Colorado.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dixon  are  the  parents 
of  two  children,  William  F.  and  Eva  E. 


(I  ADHEMAR  JEANNOTTE,  M.  D.  This 
I  well-known  physician  of  Leadville  established 
(*/  his  home  in  this  city  in  1895  and  has  since 
built  up  a  practice  that  grows  increasingly  more 
lucrative  and  important.  He  occupies  a  fine 
suite  of  rooms  at  No.  501  Harrison  avenue,  where 
he  has  an  office  equipped  with  every  facility 
known  to  the  medical  profession.  In  addition  to 
his  private  practice  he  acts  as  chief  surgeon  for 
St.  Vincent's  Hospital,  and  also  as  local  surgeon 
for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad. 

A  son  of  Joseph  and  Zoe  (Bernard)  Jeannotte, 
natives  of  Canada,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  in  Montreal,  Canada,  in  August,  1854. 
The  family  to  which  he  belonged  consisted  of  five 
sons  and  three  daughters.  Of  these,  Joseph  died 
when  a  law  student;  Alphonse  died  when  eighteen; 
Frank  X.  is  a  Roman  Catholic  priest  and  superior 
of  Ste.  Marie's  College  at  Marieville,  Canada; 
Malvina  married  Dr.  T.  A.  Dufort,  of  Canada, 
but  is  now  deceased;  Anaclet,  who  was  a  post- 
office  employe  in  Canada,  died  at  thirty-eight 
years;  and  Pantaleon  is  a  farmer  by  occupation. 
Educated  in  Canada,  our  subject  graduated  in 
classics  from  a  Montreal  institution  and  later  com- 
pleted the  medical  course  in  a  university  in  Que- 
bec. For  five  years  he  practiced  his  profession 
in  Canada,  after  which  he  settled  in  Clyde,  Kan., 
and  from  there  came  to  Leadville  in  1895.  In 
1877  he  married  Miss  Marie  Louise  D' Avignon, 
of  Montreal.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 


the  Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen.  Besides  his  practice  he  is 
interested  in  mining,  holding  stock  in  various 
mining  companies  of  this  locality. 


HARLES  CAVENDER  has  made  his  home 
in  Colorado  since  1872,  during  which  year 
\J  he  settled  in  Colorado  Springs,  and  there 
read  law.  After  his  admission  to  the  bar  he  be- 
gan practice  in  that  city,  but  in  1878  came  to 
Leadville  and  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
town.  While  still  in  Colorado  Springs  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  before  the  supreme  court  of 
the  state  at  Denver.  He  has  carried  on  a  general 
law  practice  in  Leadville,  where,  closely  identi- 
fied with  the  growth  of  the  city  and  an  unceasing 
contributor  to  its  development,  he  has  gained  an 
enviable  reputation,  both  as  an  attorney  and  as  a 
citizen. 

The  Cavenders  are  a  Pennsylvania  Quaker 
family.  Thomas  S.  Cavender,  our  subject's 
father,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  where  for  years 
he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law,  but  finally  re- 
moved to  South  Carolina  and  lived  retired  from 
active  cares.  He  was  a  firm  Republican  and  a 
man  of  strong  convictions.  In  the  Society  of 
Friends  he  was  a  leading  member.  He  died  in 
1896,  when  seventy-five  years  of  age.  His  father, 
who  was  a  native  of  Vermont,  spent  the  most  of 
his  life  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  a  lawyer 
and  conveyancer. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  James  Mott  and  a  native  of  Philadel- 
phia. Her  father,  who  was  born  at  Nantucket, 
settled  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  became  a  well- 
known  wool  merchant;  he  married  Lucretia  Cof- 
fin, who  descended  from  the  first  settler  of  Nan- 
tucket  and  who,  as  Lucretia  Mott,  wielded  a  pow- 
erful influence  in  the  days  of  anti- slavery  agita- 
tion. Mrs.  Elizabeth  Cavender  died  in  1865, 
when  forty  years  of  age.  Her  only  daughter, 
Mary,  is  the  widow  of  W.  J.  Wilcox,  and  lives 
in  Philadelphia;  one  of  the  two  sons,  Henry,  died 
when  a  young  man.  The  other  son,  our  subject, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1855,  and  when  a 
boy  attended  private  schools  and  Swarthmore 
College,  a  Quaker  institution.  His  mother  and 
father  both  being  quakers,  he  was  reared  under 
the  benign  influences  of  that  society  and  has  al- 
ways favored  its  teachings  and  doctrines.  In 
1872  he  came  to  Colorado  and  this  state  has  since 
been  his  home.  A  Republican  in  his  political  opin- 
ions, he  always  votes  for  the  men  and  measures 


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of  this  party.  He  is  a  strong  advocate  of  public 
schools,  and,  as  president  of  the  school  board  of 
Leadville,  did  much  to  promote  the  standard  of 
scholarship  in  this  city.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  Leadville  Lodge  No.  51,  A.  F.  &  A. 
M.,  and  Mount  of  Holy  Cross  Commandery  No.  5, 
K.  T.  His  life  is  a  useful  and  active  one  profes- 
sionally, and  the  success  he  is  gaining  is  one  of 
which  he  is  worthy. 


SCOTT  CLARK,  postmaster  of 
Aspen,  was  one  of  the  first  prospectors  in 
this  mining  camp,  and  has  witnessed  its 
growth  and  development.  He  was  born  in  Con- 
necticut November  12,  1850,  a  direct  descendant 
of  Thomas  Clark,  who  came  to  America  in  the 
"Mayflower."  His  father,  Griffith  Clark,  a  na- 
tive of  Connecticut,  settled  in  Wisconsin  in  1850, 
aud  afterward  engaged  in  farming  there.  He 
married  Sarah  Scott  Tillinghast,  a  native  of  Mas- 
sachusetts and  member  of  an  influential  old  Quaker 
family  of  that  state,  being  a  descendant,  through 
her  mother,  of  Stephen  Hopkins,  a  signer  of  the 
declaration  of  independence.  Of  her  children, 
John  Hopkins  Clark  resides  in  Madison,  Wis. ; 
George  T.  (deceased),  who  settled  in  Colorado 
in  1859,  was  very  active  in  public  affairs  and  held 
a  number  of  important  positions,  including  those 
of  mayor  of  Denver  and  state  treasurer;  James, 
who  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil 
war,  died  during  the  siege  of  Vicksburg  while 
serving  as  a  member  of  the  Second  Wisconsin 
Cavalry;  aud  Anna,  Mrs.  S.  L.  Sheldon,  makes 
her  home  in  Madison,  Wis. 

The  early  years  of  our  subject's  life  were  passed 
in  Wisconsin,  where  his  parents  settled  when  he 
was  an  infant.  After  completing  the  studies  of 
the  public  schools  he  entered  Kvansville  (Wis.) 
College,  where  he  remained  for  a  short  time,  later 
carrying  on  his  studies  in  Albion  College,  in  the 
same  state.  When  sixteen  years  of  age  he  .be- 
came interested  in  a  drug  business.  Five  years 
later  he  came  to  Colorado  and  began  in  the 
grocery  business  with  his  brother  George,  on  the 
corner  of  Fifteenth  and  Larimer  streets,  Denver. 
He  also  gave  considerable  attention  to  mining. 
As  the  years  passed  by  his  time  was  given  wholly 
to  the  development  of  mines,  and  lie  traveled 
through  the  states  investigating  and  developing 
mines.  July  8,  1879,  found  him  in  Aspen, which 
was  then  practically  unknown.  Since  1883  he 
has  made  this  place  his  headquarters,  and  is  in- 
terested in  a  number  of  properties  in  this  part  of 


the  state.  He  located  some  of  the  principal 
mines  in  Smuggler  aud  Aspen  Mountains  and 
gave  to  Aspen  Mountain  the  name  which  it  now 
bears.  Among  the  mines  he  located  were  the 
Smuggler,  The  Duraut  and  the  late  Acquisition 
group.  He  was  also  one  of  the  principal  factors 
in  locating  and  starting  the  town  of  Aspen,  among 
whose  citizens  he  has  long  been  influential.  A 
strong  advocate  of  the  silver  cause,  he  votes  with 
that  wing  of  the  Republican  party.  In  1897  he 
was  appointed  postmaster  of  Aspen,  which  posi- 
tion he  has  efficiently  filled.  In  Masonry  he  has 
been  very  active  and  has  attained  the  thirty- 
second  degree.  He  is  held  in  high  regard  in  his 
community,  and  has  many  friends  in  the  town  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  earliest  residents. 


0R.  STANTON  M.  BRADBURY,  a  practic- 
ing dentist  of  Grand  Junction,  and  president 
of  the  Western  Colorado  Academy  of  Science, 
was  born  in  Pike  County,  111.,  April  20,  1843. 
His  father,  Samuel  Bradbury,  was  for  years  a 
prominent  farmer  of  Pike  County,  but  in  1873 
removed  to  Canon  City,  Colo.,  where  he  engaged 
in  mining.  He  still  makes  that  city  his  home, 
and,  in  spite  of  his  almost  ninety  useful  years, 
he  is  active  and  well  preserved.  By  his  marriage 
to  Julia  Ann  Merris,  who  died  in  1880,  he  had 
four  children,  all  of  whom  except  our  subject  re- 
side in  Canon  City,  where  James  M.  is  a  physician 
and  surgeon  and  Daniel  A.  is  an  architect. 

Lured  westward  by  the  discovery  of  gold,  our 
subject  crossed  the  plains  in  1859,  at  which  time 
he  visited  several  of  the  camps  in  the  mining 
regions  in  this  state,  and  then  returned  to  Illinois. 
In  1861  he  again  started  for  the  west,  this  time 
accompany  nig  a  party  of  gold  seekers  who  pur- 
sued their  way  to  Montana  and  in  Bannock  City, 
in  the  fall  of  1861  were  among  the  first  to  locate 
mines.  For  two  years  he  was  connected  with 
producing  mines  in  that  section.  He  then  re- 
turned east,  and  soon  settled  in  St.  Louis,  where 
for  several  years  he  was  connected  with  railroad 
interests.  At  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  he  took  up  the 
study  of  dentistry,  where  he  remained  until  1871, 
and  then  removed  to  Canon  City,  Colo.,  there  en- 
tering upon  practice.  Afterward  he  was  engaged 
in  practice  in  different  parts  of  the  state,  finally 
settling  in  Grand  Junction  in  1889.  He  has  de- 
voted some  time  to  mining,  especially  in  Gunnison 
County,  but  now  gives  his  entire  attention  to  his 
profession.  For  some  time  he  was  a  member  of 
the  school  board  of  this  city.  In  the  local  lodge, 


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Knights  of  Pythias,  he  has  been  active,  and  has 
served  as  chancellor  and  grand  representative  to 
the  state  grand  lodge.  He  has  four  children: 
Cora,  wife  of  Edward  W.  Keller;  Asa  A.,  Ellery 
and  Arthur.  Mrs.  Bradbury  died  in  April,  1880. 
In  1891  Dr.  Bradbury  called  a  meeting  of  some 
friends  in  Grand  Junction  and  devised  plans, 
which  he  presented  to  them,  for  the  organization 
of  the  Western  Colorado  Academy  of  Science, 
for  the  study  and  advancement  of  the  natural 
sciences.  His  plans  were  cordially  approved,  the 
organization  was  perfected,  and  he  was  chosen 
its  president,  which  office  he  has  since  filled.  As 
the  head  of  the  academy,  he  has  led  the  members 
in  their  researches  in  geology  and  botany,' and  has 
himself  made  a  great  advance  in  his  acquaintances 
with  nature  in  its  varied  forms. 


(I  AMES  MILTON  ELLISON,  general  agent 
I  for  the  passenger  and  freight  departments  of 
Q)  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  at  Colo- 
rado Springs,  and  a  resident  of  Colorado  since 
May,  1872,  was  born  in  Knox  County,  111.,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1840,  being  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Nancy 
(Huddleson)  Ellison,  natives  respectively  of 
Madison  County,  Ky.,  and  near  Richmond,  Ind. 
His  grandfather,  Amos,  a  planter  of  Virginia, 
removed  in  an  early  day  to  Kentucky  and  there 
died.  Thomas,  who  was  born  in  1809,  was  a 
young  man  when,  in  1834,  ne  removed  to  Knox 
County,  111.,  and  settled  upon  a  tract  of  land,  out 
of  which  he  improved  a  fine  farm.  During  the 
Mexican  war  he  enlisted  as  captain  of  a  com- 
pany of  Illinois  men,  but  peace  was  declared  be- 
fore the  regiment  was  ordered  to  the  front,  and 
hence  he  did  not  see  active  service.  His  death 
occurred  in  1896,  at  eighty -seven  years  of  age. 
His  wife  died  in  Illinois  in  1880,  when  seventy 
years  of  age.  In  religion  they  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Of  their  seven 
children  all  but  two  attained  mature  years  and 
three  are  now  living,  one  sister  in  Montana, 
another  in  Illinois,  and  James  M.  in  Colorado. 

On  a  farm  adjoining  the  college  town  of 
Abingdon,  111.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
reared.  He  was  educated  in  Hedding  Seminary, 
a  Methodist  institution,  and  for  six  months  after 
leaving  school  taught  near  Canton,  in  Fulton 
County.  At  Prairie  City,  111.,  in  1861,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Lydia  A.  Sanford,  who  was  born  in 
McDonough  County,  111.  In  August  of  the  same 
year  he  volunteered  in  Company  H,  Thirty-third 
Illinois  Infantry,  known  as  the  Schoolteachers' 


regiment,  and  organized  by  the  president  of  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Bloomington.  He  was 
mustered  in  at  Springfield  and  ordered  to  Jeffer- 
son Barracks,  from  which  point  he  went  to  Iron- 
ton,  Mo.,  for  the  winter.  In  the  spring  of  1862 
he  took  part  in  engagements  in  the  south  and 
west,  skirmishing  all  the  way  to  Helma,  then 
moving  to  Vicksburg.  During  the  memorable 
siege  there  he  was  taken  ill,  and  was  sent  to  the 
hospital  at  St.  Louis,  and  later  to  the  hospital  at 
Quincy,  111.  On  account  of  physical  disability, 
he  was  honorably  discharged  in  1863. 

Returning  to  his  old  home  Mr.  Ellison  resumed 
work  as  a  teacher,  but  after  six  months  went  to 
Chicago,  where  he  attended  Bryant  &  Stratton's 
Business  College,  taking  a  commercial  course 
and  also  studying  telegraphy.  In  1864  he  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  Western  Union  telegraph 
station  at  Waukegan,  111.,  and  six  months  later 
was  transferred  to  Joliet,  where  he  was  in  charge 
of  the  Western  Union  city  office  for  five  years.  In 
1869  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific  Telegraph  Company , and  was  given  charge 
of  their  large  office  at  Ogden,  Utah.  While  he 
was  filling  that  position,  the  company  was 
bought  out  by  the  Western  Union  Telegraph 
Company.  In  the  fall  of  1870  the  latter  company 
sent  him  to  Salina,  Kan.,  where  he  was  operator 
and  also  station  agent  for  the  Kansas  Pacific 
Railroad.  In  May,  1872,  resigning  his  position, 
he  came  to  Denver,  and  applied  to  Colonel  Dodge 
for  employment,  and  by  that  gentleman  was  sent 
to  Colorado  Springs.  At  that  time  there  were 
only  about  a  dozen  houses  in  Colorado  Springs, 
and  the  place  was  then  known  as  Colorado  City; 
the  cars  were  small ,  of  the  narrow  gauge  stand- 
ard, [and  everything  was  of  a  primitive  charac- 
ter. At  present  there  are  seventeen  hundred 
miles  of  railroad,  and  the  cars  are  of  the  finest 
make.  In  1888  he  was  made  general  agent  of  the 
passenger  and  freight  departments,  and  this  po- 
sition he  still  holds,  having  his  headquarters  in 
the  First  National  Bank  block.  He  owns  a  resi- 
dence at  No.  704  Tejon  street  and  owns  other 
property  here.  He  and  his  wife  have  two  chil- 
dren: Mrs.  Minnie  Warden,  of  Cripple  Creek; 
and  Frank  G.,  a  conductor  on  the  Rio  Grande 
Western  Railroad,  with  headquarters  at  Grand 
Junction. 

While  at  Joliet,  111.,  Mr.  Ellison    was  made  a 

Mason,  and  he   is   now  a  member  of  the  grand 

'  lodge  of  Colorado;  past  officer  in  Colorado  Springs 

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mander  of  Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T.,  and  a 
member  of  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  in  Den- 
ver. In  politics  he  votes  the  straight  Republican 
ticket,  but  has  never  participated  in  public 
affairs,  nor  shown  a  partisan  spirit  in  his  opin- 
ions. He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. 


(1  ARTHUR  CONNELL,  of  Colorado  Springs, 
I  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Colorado 
Q)  Springs  Mining  Stock  Association,  and  is 
now  an  officer  in  and  director  of  the  Mining  Ex- 
change Building  Association.  He  has  his  office 
in  the  Postoffice  block  and  is  doing  a  large  busi- 
ness in  mining  stocks.  He  was  among  the  first 
to  enter  Cripple  Creek,  but  did  not  become  in- 
terested in  any  mines  there  until  the  fall  of 
1891,  when  he  bought  an  interest  in  the  Buena 
Vista  (now  the  Isabella)  Mining  Company,  but 
this  he  later  sold.  He  is  now  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Work  Mining  and  Milling 
Company,  which  owns  a  mine  on  Raven  Hill. 
For  a  time  he  served  as  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  Ingham  Company,  in  which  he  is  still  a 
stockholder,  though  not  an  officer.  Before  the 
fire  he  had  large  real-estate  interests  in  Cripple 
Creek,  but  these  he  has  mostly  sold,  retaining 
only  the  Ivanhoe  block. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  his  grandfather,  great- 
grandfather and  great-great-grandfather,  were 
all  named  Arthur  Connell.  The  great-grand- 
father, who  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  was, 
like  his  father,  interested  in  the  East  India  trade 
and  was  a  large  merchant.  He  was  prominent 
in  local  affairs  and  filled  the  office  of  provost  of 
Glasgow  (a  position  similar  to  that  of  mayor). 
The  Councils  originated  in  the  southwestern  part 
of  Ireland  and  settled  in  Scotland  about  1645. 
Our  subject's  father,  a  native  of  Glasgow,  was 
the  eldest  in  a  family  of  twelve.  For  some  years, 
in  early  manhood,  he  engaged  in  the  East  India 
trade,  but  it  declined  at  the  time  of  the  Crimean 
war  and  he  retired  from  business.  He  died  in 
Glasgow  in  1864,  at  seventy-two  years  of  age. 
In  religion,  like  his  forefathers,  he  was  a  strict 
Presbyterian. 

Our  subject's  mother,  'Jane  Carrick,  was  born 
in  Glasgow  and  died  near  there  in  1896,  aged 
seventy -eight.  Her  father,  James,  was  a  native 
of  Glasgow  and  a  manufacturer  there.  He  was 
a  well-known  yachtsman  and  won  the  first  prize 
ever  competed  for  on  the  Clyde,  in  1823.  The 
medal  that  was  then  presented  to  him  is  now  in 


the  possession  of  our  subject  and  is  in  the  form 
of  a  large  silver  anchor.  He  was  one  of  the  three 
original  founders  of  the  Royal  Northern  Yacht 
Club,  which  is  the  principal  yacht  club  in  Scot- 
land and  was  the  one  that  built  the  "Thistle." 
In  religion  he  adhered  to  Scotch  Presbyterian 
tenets.  His  death  occurred  in  Glasgow. 

In  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  where  he  was  born 
November  30,  1862,  the  boyhood  years  of  our 
subject  were  principally  passed.  He  attended 
the  high  school  and  took  a  course  in  English  and 
higher  mathematics  in  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh, after  the  completion  of  which  he  traveled 
over  the  continent  with  his  mother,  in  1882-83. 
In  the  fall  of  1884  he  crossed  the  ocean  to  the 
United  States  and  located  on  a  large  stock  farm 
near  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  and  bought  an  interest 
in  the  Rockford  farm,  where  were  kept  imported 
Clydesdale  horses  and  Galloway  cattle.  After  he 
had  been  there  about  six  months  two  men  from 
Colorado  purchased  some  cattle,  which  he  volun- 
teered to  deliver.  In  this  way  he  made  his  first 
trip  to  Colorado,  coming  in  February,  1885,  with 
a  cattle  train.  While  here  he  bought  a  ranch  on 
the  divide.  When  he  came  the  second  time  to 
Colorado  he  brought  with  him  three  car  loads  of 
thoroughbred  Galloway  cattle,  which  was  the 
largest  herd  of  that  grade  of  cattle  ever  in  the 
state.  With  a  partner,  James  Roxburgh,  he  in- 
corporated the  Colorado  Black  Cattle  Company, 
of  which  he  was  president  and  general  manager. 
He  continued  at  Black  Cattle  ranch,  or  "Scotch- 
man's Retreat,"  as  it  was  sometimes  called,  for 
three  years  and  then  sold  out.  He  came  at  once 
to  Colorado  Springs,  and  opened  a  real-estate 
office  here,  since  which  time  he  has  engaged  in 
the  real-estate  business,  although  since  1891  his 
attention  has  been  given  largely  to  mining.  He 
has  built,  not  only  in  this  city,  but  also  in  Colo- 
rado City,  Cripple  Creek  and  other  points,  among 
his  most  important  enterprises  being  the  building 
of  the  Clyde  block  here,  Argyle  block  in  Colorado 
City  and  Ivanhoe  block  in  Cripple  Creek. 

In  New  York  City  Mr.  Connell  married  Miss 
Mary  Adela  Byrne,  who  was  born  and  educated 
in  Liverpool,  England.  He  has  one  child,  Mad- 
eline. Socially  he  is  connected  with  the  El  Paso 
Club  and  has  been  a  member  of  its  board  of  gov- 
ernors for  the  past  six  years.  He  is  a  charter 
member  of  the  Cheyenne  Mountain  Country  Club. 
In  the  Colorado  Springs  Golf  Club  he  is  a  mem- 
ber and  a  director.  In  national  politics  he  gives 
his  support  to  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a 


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member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Colorado 
Springs.  Worthy  enterprises  receive  his  support 
and  active  assistance,  and  such  organizations  as 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  have  reason  to- feel  grateful  to 
him  for  the  interest  he  has  manifested  in  their 
success.  In  religion  he  is  connected  with  St. 
Stephen's  Episcopal  Church. 


0EORGE  A.  HENDERSON.     There  is  prob- 

bably  no  resident  of  northeastern  Colorado 
who  has  been  more  intimately  and  success- 
fully identified  with  its  business  interests  than 
the  subject  of  this  article,  who  since  1887  has 
made  his  home  in  Sterling.  He  is  the  proprietor 
of  a  large  business  establishment,  in  which  he 
carries  a  full  line  of  hardware,  vehicles,  farm  im- 
plements, grain  and  seed.  Upon  coming  to  the 
town,  he  erected  a  store  opposite  the  court  house, 
and  this  he  occupied  until  he  bought  his  present 
location  on  the  corner  of  Main  and  Second  streets. 
Year  by  year  he  added  to  his  stock,  until  it  now 
occupies  a  space  50x190  feet,  and  is  said  by  trav- 
eling salesmen  to  be  the  largest  stock  of  the  kind 
in  Colorado  carried  by  any  firm  in  the  retail  trade 
outside  of  Denver.  In  addition  to  the  large  hard- 
ware trade,  he  has  established  an  alfalfa  seed 
business  that  is  known  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlan- 
tic. For  a  number  of  years  he  has  handled  all 
the  seed  grown  in  Logan  County,  and  much  of 
this  he  ships  to  London,  Hamburg  and  other  for- 
eign ports. 

In  Delaware  County,  N.  Y. ,  the  subject  of  this 
article  was  born  September  19,  1860,  to  James 
and  Nancy  (McNealy)  Henderson.  He  was  the 
fourth  of  nine  children,  of  whom  all  but  one  are 
still  living.  His  brothers  and  sisters  are  as  fol- 
lows: Andrew  M.,postmaster  of  North  Courtright, 
N.  Y.;  EmmaE.,  wife  of  H.  H.  Mitchell,  a  far- 
mer of  East  Meredith,  N.  Y. ;  John  H.,  also  a 
resident  of  East  Meredith,  where  he  is  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business;  Jessie  A.,  wife  of  L.  L. 
Leonard,  M.  D.,  of  Bloomville,  N.  Y. ;  James  M., 
a  farmer  of  Delaware  County,  N.  Y.;  C.  Irving, 
who  occupies  the  old  homestead  in  Delaware 
County,  N.  Y.;  and  Florence,  who  resides  with 
her  mother  and  brother  on  the  old  farm . 

Born  in  Delaware  County  in  1822,  James  Hen- 
derson there  grew  to  manhood  and  married  Miss 
Nancy  Harkness,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  Will- 
iam H.,  who  is  connected  with  the  Courier-Jour- 
nal, of  Louisville,  Ky.  Seventeen  months  after 
the  birth  of  William  H.,  his  mother  died,  and 
afterward  Mr.  Henderson  married  Miss  McNealy. 

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In  addition  to  farming,  he  engaged  in  buying, 
selling  and  shipping  stock,  and  was  a  very  suc- 
cessful business  man.  He  continued  to  reside  in 
his  native  county  up  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1890.  His  father,  George 
Henderson,  was  a  native  of  the  south  of  Scotland 
and  accompanied  his  parents  to  America  when 
thirteen  years  of  age,  stopping  in  New  York  City, 
but  later  drifting  to  Delaware  County,  where  he 
married  Eliza  Smith,  and  settled  upon  a  farm. 
The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  An- 
drew McNealy,  a  native  of  Ireland,  where  he 
married  Elizabeth  Morrow,  and  from  that  coun- 
try they  emigrated  to  America  when  their  daugh- 
ter, Nancy,  was  a  child  of  ten  years. 

The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject's  life  were 
passed  on  the  farm  owned  by  his  parents.  Dur- 
ing the  summers  he  assisted  in  the  cultivation  of 
the  land,  while  in  the  winter  months  he  carried 
on  his  studies.  He  acquired  his  education  in  the 
common  schools,  the  academy  at  Walton,  N  Y., 
and  that  at  Delhi, N.  Y.  After  completing  his  edu- 
cation he  taught  in  the  district  schools  of  Dela- 
ware County.  In  the  spring  of  1883  he  went  to 
Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  the  drug  and  grocery 
business  at  Humeston,  in  partnership  with  his 
half-brother,  William  H.  From  there  he  came 
to  Colorado,  settling  in  Sterling,  May  i,  1887, 
and  establishing  his  present  lucrative  business. 
After  one  year  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  Iowa 
business  to  his  brother  and  purchased  his  broth- 
er's interest  in  the  Sterling  store,  since  which 
time  he  has  conducted  the  business  alone.  He 
is  a  progressive  and  enterprising  business  man, 
and  has  met  with  striking  success  in  his  under- 
takings, not  only  being  financially  prospered,  but 
at  the  same  time  winning  a  reputation  for  relia- 
bility and  enterprise.  His  shipment  of  seed,  dur- 
ing 1897,  aggregated  $50,000,  much  of  which 
went  to  foreign  ports.  He  has  had  other  inter- 
ests besides  those  directly  connected  with  his  pri- 
vate business  affairs.  Upon  the  failure  of  the 
Bank  of  Sterling  in  1893  he  was  made  the  as- 
signee, and  closed  up  the  business.  Several  times 
he  has  been  elected  to  serve  as  a  member  of  the 
Sterling  town  board  and  in  1895  was  chosen  to 
fill  the  office  of  mayor.  In  all  local  enterprises 
he  takes  a  warm  interest,  fostering  them  by  his 
influence  and  assisting  them  with  his  purse.  By 
his  connection  with  the  alfalfa  business  he  has 
done  much  to  promote  the  prosperity  of  the 
county  and  has  given  it  a  reputation  throughout 
the  country  through  his  large  shipments  of  seed. 


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He  himself  owns  one  thousand  acres  of  alfalfa 
land,  and  is  interested  in  the  business  personally, 
as  well  .as  for  others.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is 
connected  with  Logan  Lodge  No.  69,  I.  O.  O.  F. 
The  marriage  of  Mr.  Henderson  occurred  in 
Kirksville,  Mo.,  January  24,  1894,  and  united  him 
with  Miss  Phoebe  A.  Corbin.  One  daughter, 
Isabel  C.,  blesses  their  union.  The  family  own 
and  occupy  one  of  the  most  attractive  residences 
in  Sterling.  Among  the  people  of  this  city  they 
have  many  friends,  and  in  social  circles  their 
standing  is  the  highest. 


(AMTJEL  NEWTON  FRANCIS,  editor  of 
Facts,  an  illustrated  weekly  journal  published 
at  Colorado  Springs,  is  a  Pennsylvanian  by 
birth  and  comes  from  a  prominent  and  highly  re- 
spected family  in  the  eastern  part  of  that  state. 
His  maternal  grandfather  came  from  a  distin- 
guished and  honored  family  in  Germany,  and  his 
sons  were  all  professional  men  of  note,  either  phy- 
sicians or  attorneys.  The  representatives  on  the 
paternal  side  of  the  house  were  also  professional 
and  literary  men,  his  father  being  a  college-bred 
man  and  an  educator  of  considerable  prominence. 
When  Mr.  Francis  was  but  nine  years  of  age 
his  father  died  and  from  that  time  he  was  thrown 
upon  his  own  resources.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  a  country  school  and  subsequently 
worked  his  way  through  a  military  academy. 
After  having  completed  an  academical  course  of 
study,  he  learned  the  printer's  trade,  which  line 
of  business  he  has  followed  ever  since,  and  has 
filled  many  positions  of  importance  and  responsi- 
bility. He  was  business  manager  of  alarge  pub- 
lishing house  in  the  east  for  about  four  years,  but 
the  strain  of  responsibility  proved  too  much  for 
his  strength,  and  owing  to  ill  health  he  was 
obliged  to  make  a  change.  A  position  was  offered 
him  in  Colorado  Springs  and  he  at  once  removed 
to  this  place,  in  1882,  assuming  the  foremanship 
of  the  Daily  Republic  of  this  city.  Six  months 
later  he  became  proprietor  of  that  live  daily.  One 
year  afterward,  however,  desiring  to  travel,  he 
sold  the  paper  and  traveled  for  a  year  through 
many  of  the  western  states.  However,  his  first 
love  for  the  Springs  brought  him  back  to  this  city 
again. 

On  his  return  he  started  the  publication  Pike's 
Peak  Herald,  which  was  recognized  as  the  most 
attractive  and  readable  paper  published  in  the 
west  at  that  time;  and  in  connection  with  the 
paper  he  also  owned  and  conducted  a  large  job 


printing  office.  After  having  successfully  con- 
tinued this  business  for  several  years,  a  consolida- 
tion was  effected  with  two  daily  evening  papers, 
the  Telegraph  and  Republic.  Six  months  there- 
after he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  order  to  ac- 
cept the  business  management  of  the  Gazette  Pub- 
lishing Company,  which  position  he  held  for 
nearly  five  years,  until  the  paper  was  sold  to  the 
present  syndicate.  Soon  after  this  he  became 
identified  with  Facls,  a  high-class  journal.  Three 
months  later  he  purchased  his  partner's  interest, 
and  is  to-day  the  sole  proprietor  and  publisher. 
His  ability  as  a  business  man,  possessing  pro- 
gressive ideas  in  journalism,  is  well  known.  He 
is  a  close  observer  of  human  nature  and  has  keen 
perceptive  powers,  good  judgment  and  persistent 
energy,  which  have  always  assisted  him  to  attain 
success.  Although  still  young  in  years,  he  has 
had  a  checkered  career  and  a  wide  experience  in 
newspaper  work,  and  therefore  is  a  thoroughly 
practical  man.  He  is  public-spirited  and  gener- 
ous, and  has  given  liberally  to  everything  that 
has  appealed  to  him  as  worthy.  He  maintains  a 
charming  little  home,  over  which  presides  his 
wife,  a  lady  from  Philadelphia,  whom  he  married 
several  years  ago,  and  has  a  little  daughter  to 
whom  he  is  deeply  attached. 


[~~WING  C.  GUTHRIE,  M.  D.,  is  one  of  the 
1^  progressive  physicians  of  Aspen,  where  he 
|__  has  resided  since  1895,  meantime  building 
up  a  practice  that  is  not  limited  to  the  town  itself, 
but  extends  throughout  the  county.  He  was 
born  in  Galloway  County,  Mo.,  September  4,1864, 
and  is  a  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  that  state. 
His  paternal  grandfather,  Samuel T.,  who  served 
as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  acted  as  a  revenue 
collector  in  Missouri  during  its  territorial  days 
and  was  well  known  throughout  that  entire  sec- 
tion of  the  country.  He  was  interested  in  Ma- 
sonry, in  which  he  had  won  an  advanced  degree. 
Robert  E.  Guthrie,  the  doctor's  father,  was 
born  in  Calloway  County,  Mo.,  where  he  followed 
farm  pursuits  and  also  operated  a  mill.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  J.,  daughter  of  James  Chalfant,  M.  D., 
who  served  in  the  war  of  1812  and  for  years  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Calloway  County.  The  family 
of  Robert  E.  Guthrie  consisted  of  the  following- 
named  children:  EwingC.;  James  S.  and  George 
R.,  who  are  farmers  residing  at  the  old  home- 
stead in  Missouri;  Mary  C.  and  Matilda  R. 

The  boyhood  days  of  Dr.  Guthrie  were  passed 
on  his  father's  farm  in  Missouri.     His  education 


JAMES  E.  SMITH. 


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was  commenced  in  local  schools  and  supplemen- 
ted by  a  thorough  classical  course  in  the  State 
University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia,  from  which 
he  graduated  in  1886.  He  graduated  from  the 
St.  Louis  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in 
1888,  and  afterward  practiced  in  Camden,  Mo., 
six  years.  •  From  that  place  he  came  to  Aspen, 
in  1895.  He  stands  high  in  professional  circles 
and  is  regarded  as  a  rising  physician.  Besides 
his  private  practice  he  is  surgeon  for  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande  Railroad. 

In  1888  Dr.  Guthrie  married  Miss  Emma 
Hayes,  of  Columbia,  Mo.,  the  daughter  of  Titus 
and  Mary  Hayes.  He  has  two  sons,  Paul  Roy 
and  Robert  Lee.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat, 
but  has  not  identified  himself  actively  with  local 
affairs,  preferring  to  give  his  attention  to  his  pro- 
fession. He  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodges  of 
Masonry  and  Odd  Fellows. 


(1  AMES  E.  SMITH.  The  world  instinctively 
I  pays  deference  to  the  man  who  has  risen 
(2/  above  his  early  surroundings,  overcome  the 
obstacles  in  his  path  and  reached  a  high  position 
in  the  business  world.  This  is  a  progressive  age, 
and  he  who  does  not  advance  is  soon  left  far  be- 
hind. Mr.  Smith,  by  the  improvement  of  oppor- 
tunities by  which  all  are  surrounded,  has  steadily 
and  honorably  worked  his  way  upward  and  has 
attained  a  high  degree  of  prosperity. 

This  worthy  citizen  of  Pueblo  County  is  a  na- 
tive of  Virginia,  born  in  Montgomery  County 
in  1834.  'His  education  was  obtained  in  the  com- 
mon schools.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  began  the 
battle  of  life  for  himself  by  learning  the  black- 
smith's trade,  which  he  later  followed  in  Vir- 
ginia, Kentucky  and  also  in  Richardson  County, 
Neb.,  for  two  years. 

In  1860  Mr.  Smith  came  to  Colorado,  which 
was  then  still  called  Jefferson  Territory.  At  the 
time  he  crossed  the  plains,  and  subsequently, when 
engaged  in  mining  in  the  mountains,  the  Indians 
were  very  troublesome  and  at  times  exceedingly 
dangerous.  The  pioneers  of  those  days  were  ever 
on  the  alert  for  their  treacherous  foes.  Constant 
watching  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Smith  and  his  as- 
sociates prevented  sudden  surprises.  He  there- 
fore received  no  personal  injury  from  them,  but 
his  life  and  property  were  never  secure  until 
the  time  came  when  the  rednien  were  gathered 
into  and  confined  within  the  reservations  pro- 
vided by  the  government.  The  party  accom- 
panying Mr.  Smith  across  the  plains  consisted  of 


ten  persons,  who  traveled  by  ox-team,  but  before 
and  behind  them  wagons,  well  equipped,  were 
strung  out  along  the  plains  for  many  miles,  so 
that  the  danger  was  not  imminent,  although  some 
skirmishing  took  place  a  short  distance  ahead  of 
our  subject's  party.  Indians  were  spread  over 
the  prairie  in  every  direction,  and  nothing  but 
the  strength  of  the  white  party  held  them  in 
check. 

On  arriving,  July  4,  1860,  at  California  Gulch, 
near  where  Leadville  now  stands,  Mr.  Smith  and 
five  others  formed  a  party  for  the  purpose  of 
hunting  gold.  They  started  off,  full  of  hope  and 
expectation,  willing  to  endure  the  hardships  and 
dangers  of  pioneer  life  in  the  mountains.  They 
were  actually  with  the  party  that  discovered  the 
Putnam  lode  and  others,  but  he  never  realized  the 
expectations  with  which  he  started,  and  was  not 
sorry  eventually  to  return  to  the  comforts  of  home 
and  the  plains.  After  spending  some  time  in 
placer  mining  and  prospecting  near  Leadville,  he 
went  to  Canon  City,  and  prospected  in  the  moun- 
tains for  a  year.  In  1863  he  settled  at  Pueblo, 
which  then  had  only  about  ten  houses,  and  they 
were  small  shanties.  He  opened  a  blacksmith 
shop,  the  second  in  the  place.  There  he  carried 
on  business  for  eight  years.  In  1871  he  removed 
to  a  ranch  fifteen  miles  southeast  of  Pueblo,  and 
to  the  improvement  and  cultivation  of  this  place 
he  has  since  devoted  his  attention.  The  ranch 
comprises  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres,  through 
which  the  railroad  runs.  He  has  a  fine  orchard 
on  his  place  and  raises  fruits  of  all  kinds,  also 
deals  extensively  in  horses  and  cattle.  Besides 
the  ranch,  he  owns  some  valuable  property  in 
Pueblo. 

In  1863  Mr.  Smith  married  Miss  Catherine 
Rowe,  a  native  of  Iowa,  daughter  of  Adam  and 
Catherine  (Miller)  Rowe,  both  natives  of  In- 
diana. To  Mr.  Smith  and  his  wife  have  been 
born  six  children,  four  sons  and  two  daughters, 
namely:  Adam  Rayburn,  at  home;  Hugh  M., 
who  is  married  and  lives  in  Pueblo;  J.  E.,  Jr., 
and  Charles  Franklin,  both  at  home;  Clara  Ellen, 
wife  of  Frank  Conway,  of  Pueblo;  and  Dora  J., 
wife  of  Edward  Mitchell,  of  Pueblo. 

The  Democratic  party  has  always  found  in  Mr. 
Smith  a  stanch  supporter  of  its  principles,  and  he 
has  ever  taken  an  active  interest  in  political  af- 
fairs. He  has  most  creditably  and  satisfactorily 
served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  and  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  for  many  years,  and  has  assisted 
in  building[many  of  the  school  houses  of  his  lo- 


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cality.  He  is  prominent  in  Masonic  circles,  being 
a  Sir  Knight,  a  member  of  Lodge  No.  17,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.;  Chapter  No.  3,  R.  A.  M.;  and  Com- 
mandery  No.  3,  K.  T.,  all  of  Pueblo.  He  is 
widely  and  favorably  known  throughout  the 
county.  In  the  early  development  of  the  city 
and  county  of  Pueblo  he  bore  an  important  part, 
and  is  always  acknowledged  to  be  one  of  the  most 
public-spirited  and  enterprising  citizens  of  his 
community. 

(lOHN  GRAYBEAL.  The  well-appointed 
I  ranch  of  this  gentleman  is  pleasantly  located 
\~)  near  Rye,  Pueblo  County,  and  to  its  improve- 
ment and  cultivation  he  has  given  his  close  at- 
tention, with  results  which  can  hardly  fail  to  be 
satisfactory  to  himself.  He  has  made  a  specialty 
of  stock-raising,  and  in  his  undertakings  has  been 
uniformly  successful. 

A  native  of  North  Carolina,  Mr.  Graybeal  was 
born  April  19,  1826,  in  the  northwest  corner  of 
that  state,  between  the  Blue  Ridge  and  Stone 
mountains,  on  the  border  line  between  Tennessee 
and  Virginia.  There  his  early  life  was  spent  and 
he  was  educated  in  the  schools  near  his  boyhood 
home.  His  father,  David  Graybeal,  was  a  farmer 
of  North  Carolina,  and  spent  his  entire  life  in  the 
same  locality.  On  leaving  the  old  homestead  our 
subject  continued  to  engage  in  farming  in  his  na- 
tive state  until  1866,  and  then  removed  to  near 
Paola,  Miami  County,  Kan.,  thirty  miles  south 
of  Kansas  City,  where  he  followed  the  same  oc- 
cupation for  about  seven  years.  In  1873  he  came 
to  Pueblo  County,  Colo.,  and  first  settled  four 
miles  above  Rye,  but  soon  after  located  on  his 
present  ranch  near  Rye.  He  has  made  all  of  the 
improvements  upon  the  place,  including  the  erec- 
tion of  a  good  two-story  frame  residence,  large 
barn  and  other  outbuildings,  has  fenced  and 
ditched  it,  and  has  also  made  a  lake  upon  his 
land.  He  keeps  a  fine  grade  of  stock  and  has 
met  with  marked  success  during  his  residence 
here. 

In  the  year  1850  Mr.  Graybeal  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Jane  Perkins,  also  a  native 
of  North  Carolina,  and  to  them  were  born  seven 
children,  four  sons  and  three  daughters,  name- 
ly: Granville,  who  is  engaged  in  the  dairy 
business  in  Pueblo;  Wyler  W.,  who  was  acci- 
dentally killed;  George  Roby,  who  is  married 
and  lives  near  our  subject;  Troy  D.,  at  home; 
Joysa,  wife  of  Maj.  D.  L.  Sheats,  register  of  the 
land  office  in  Durango,  Colo.;  Laura,  wife  of 


C.  C.  Gaines,  a  resident  of  Pueblo;  and  Cora,  wife 
of  Edward  Ptolemy,  who  lives  in  Mancos,  Colo. 
The  mother  of  these  children  died  after  coming 
to  Colorado  in  October,  1873,  and  Mr.  Graybeal 
subsequently  married  Miss  Eva  C.  Young,  a  very 
intelligent  woman,  who  was  born  in  Virginia. 

The  Republican  party  finds  in  Mr.  Graybeal  a 
stalwart  supporter  of  its  principles,  and  he  cast 
his  last  presidential  vote  for  Major  McKinley. 
Being  a  great  reader,  he  is  well  informed  on  polit- 
ical affairs,  as  well  as  all  points  of  general  inter- 
est. Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  Grange, 
and  for  years  was  identified  with  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  until  the  lodge  was 
removed  from  Rye  to  Pueblo.  He  is  a  most  hos 
pitable,  genial  and  pleasant  gentleman,  who  is 
widely  and  favorably  known,  especially  by  the 
early  settlers,  and  stands  deservedly  high  in  the 
estimation  of  his  fellow-men. 


EAREY  K.  FLEMING,  M.  D.,  professor  of 
gynecology,  abdominal  surgery  and  clinical 
midwifery  in  Gross  Medical  College,  is  one 
of  the  prominent  and  successful  specialists  of 
Denver.  On  coming  to  Denver  in  1889  he  en- 
gaged in  general  professional  work,  but  he  now 
limits  his  practice  to  gynecology  and  abdominal 
surgery,  and,  in  addition  to  his  private  practice 
and  college  professorship,  he  is  attending  gynecol- 
ogist to  St.  Anthony's  Hospital.  In  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Denver  Clinical  and  Pathological  So- 
ciety he  took  a  very  active  part  and  is  now  presi- 
dent of  the  organization.  He  is  secretary  of  the 
local  committee  of  arrangements  of  the  Western 
Surgical  and  Gynecological  Association,  a  meeting 
of  which  was  held  in  Denver  in  December,  1897. 
At  the  meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Society, 
held  in  Denver  in  1898,  he  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  exhibits.  At  one  time  he  was  sec- 
retary of  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society  and 
also  served  as  chairman  of  its  executive  commit- 
tee. He  has  also  been  secretary  of  the  Denver 
and  Arapahoe  County  Medical  Society,  of  which 
he  is  an  active  member.  His  name  is  prominently 
associated  with  the  Rocky  Mountain  Inter-State 
Medical  Association,  of  which  he  is  a  charter 
member. 

In  addition  to  his  other  duties  in  Gross  Medical 
College  he  is  assistant  secretary  of  the  faculty  and 
chairman  of  the  dispensary  committee.  He  is 
also  assistant  surgeon  (with  the  rank  of  captain) 
to  the  Colorado  National  Guard,  this  appoint- 
ment having  been  tendered  him  by  Governor 


GEORGE  I.  TUTTLE. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


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Adams.  The  department  of  gynecology  and 
obstetrics  in  the  Western  Surgical  and  Medical 
Gazette  is  edited  by  him.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Alumni  Association  of  Northwestern  University, 
is  connected  with  the  University  and  Overland 
Park  Clubs  of  Denver,  holds  membership  with 
the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  and  in  religious  con- 
nections is  identified  with  Central  Presbyterian 
Church.  In  politics  he  is  a  silver  Republican. 


i.  TUTTLE,  one  of  the  most  ex- 

b  tensive  stock-growers  of  northeastern  Colo- 
rado, and  president  of  the  Washington 
County  Stock  Growers'  Association,  was  born 
in  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  February  26,  1848,  a 
son  of  William  and  Lydia  (Carr)  Tuttle.  He 
was  one  of  six  children,  of  whom  three  besides 
himself  are  now  living,  viz.:  Sarah,  wife  of  A. 
Shanks,  of  Nebraska;  Perry,  of  Idaho;  and  Ed- 
ward, whose  home  is  iri  Washington  state.  His 
father,  who  was  born  and  reared  in  New  York 
state,  engaged  in  business  in  Steuben  County  as 
proprietor  of  a  meat  market.  About  1851  he  re- 
moved to  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  where  he  established 
his  home  upon  a  farm.  Eight  years  later  he  re- 
moved to  Linn  County,  Mo.,  and  from  there,  in 
1864,  went  to  Nebraska,  where  he  engaged  in 
railroad  contracting.  For  two  years  he  was  en- 
gaged in  contracting  on  the  Union  Pacific  road 
from  Omaha  west.  Afterward  he  engaged  in 
farming  in  Gage  County,  Neb.,  where  he  con- 
tinued to  make  his  home  until  his  death,  in  1884. 
The  education  acquired  by  our  subject  was  such 
as  local  schools  afforded.  At  nineteen  years  of 
age  he  began  to  work  for  himself.  He  assisted 
his  father  during  the  latter's  contract  work  on  the 
Union  Pacific,  after  which  he  took  a  contract  to 
furnish  wood  for  the  same  road.  In  1870  he  went 
to  Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  in  Potta- 
wattamie  County.  After  two  years  he  returned 
to  Nebraska  and  settled  in  Gage  County.  For 
fourteen  years  he  was  interested  in  the  stock 
business,  with  which  he  became  familiar  in  all  of 
its  branches  and  in  which  he  prospered.  A 
chronic  asthmatic  affection  caused  him  to  remove 
to  Colorado,  the  climate  of  which  he  believed 
would  prove  helpful.  In  the  fall  of  1886  he  came 
to  Akron.  On  his  arrival  here  he  took  up  a 
pre-emption  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  eight 
miles  northeast  of  town  and  resumed  the  stock 
business,  in  which  he  had  previously,  and  with 
success,  engaged.  The  following  year  he  home- 


steaded  a  quarter-section  of  land  adjoining  his 
ranch,  which  increased  his  property  to  three  hun- 
dred and  twenty  acres. 

During  the  early  days  of  Akron  Mr.  Tuttle 
contributed  toward  the  development  of  its  inter- 
ests and  the  enlargement  of  its  resources.  At  the 
same  time  he  has  fostered  plans  for  the  pros- 
perity of  Washington  County.  He  is  numbered 
among  the  most  substantial  residents  of  the 
county,  as  well  as  one  of  its  most  enterprising 
stock-raisers.  He  has  rapidly  developed  his 
stock  interests,  and  now  has  eleven  hundred  head 
of  cattle  on  the  range.  Not  without  reason  he 
believes  that  this  section  of  the  state  is  well  adapted 
to  cattle-raising.  The  fact  that  he  himself  has 
been  successful  is  an  indication  that,  with  good 
judgment  and  energy,  others  could  also  succeed 
here,  and  gain  competencies  in  the  business. 

The  ma'rriage  of  Mr.  Tuttle  to  Miss  Jane 
Jones,  a  native  of  Indiana,  occurred  in  Mills 
County,  Iowa,  on  the  last  day  of  the  year  1866. 
The  children  born  of  their  union  are  named  as 
follows:  Frank,  a  cattleman  of  Washington 
County;  Emma  and  Clyde,  both  deceased;  Perry, 
who  is  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  in  this 
county;  Pearl,  Minnie  and  Jenett,  at  home.  Mr. 
Tuttle  is  a  member  of  Akron  Lodge  No.  74, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  At  the  time  that  Washington  and 
other  counties  were  separated  from  Weld  County 
he  was  appointed  sheriff  of  the  newly  organized 
county,  and  at  the  first  election  was  regularly 
chosen  for  the  office.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
term,  he  was  re-elected  to  the  office  and  served  a 
second  term,  after  which  he  refused  to  permit  his 
name  to  again  go  before  the  people  until  1895, 
when  he  was  again  elected  sheriff,  serving  two 
years,  and  making  a  total  of  six  and  one-half 
years  in  the  office.  In  his  political  faith  he  is  a 
stanch  adherent  of  the  silver  wing  of  the  Repub- 
lican party. 

(TEPHEN  GREGORY,  owner  of  the  granite 
and  marble  works  at  No.  123  North  Maple 
street,  Trinidad,  was  born  in  St.  Catharine's, 
Canada,  January  5,  1837,  a  son  of  Noah  and  Lu- 
cinda  (Hackett)  Gregory, -the  former  of  Scotch 
extraction,  the  latter  of  English  birth.  Born  in 
Connecticut,  Noah  Gregory  spent  much  of  his 
early  life  in  New  York,  where  he  followed  the 
trade  of  a  stone-mason  and  cutter.  After  a  few 
years  in  Canada,  in  1838  he  moved  to  Albion, 
Calhoun  County,  Mich.,  and  there  remained  until 
his  death  in  1843. 


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When  our  subject  was  eighteen  years  of  age  he 
suffered  a  great  affliction  in  the  loss,  by  accident, 
of  both  feet  above  the  ankle.  He  had  just  com- 
pleted his  apprenticeship  -at  the  marble  cutter's 
trade.  Supposing  he  would  be  obliged  to  give 
up  manual  labor,  he  decided  to  complete  his  edu- 
cation and  prepare  himself  for  professional  work. 
However,  after  he  had  been  in  the  Albion  school 
for  a  few  weeks  he  was  offered  the  supervision 
of  a  marble  works  in  Marshall,  Mich.,  and  ac- 
cepted the  position.  In  that  city  he  became  ac- 
quainted with  Miss  Jennie  West,  who  was  born  in 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.  They  were  married  in  1856,  and 
soon  afterward  removed  to  Vermont,  Fulton 
County,  111.,  where  an  uncle  of  his  wife  resided. 
The  business  outlook  being  unfavorable  there, 
he  returned  to  Michigan  and  opened  a  business 
of  his  own  at  Jonesville,  where  he  was  successful, 
accumulating  property  valued  at  $10,060.  How- 
ever, he  lost  much  of  his  money  afterward  through 
an  unfortunate  stone  quarry  venture. 

Compelled  to  start  anew  in  life,  Mr.  Gregory 
went  to  California,  in  search  of  a  suitable  location. 
There  he  found  no  favorable  opening  and  so  came 
further  east,  reaching  Trinidad  in  1887.  Through 
the  treachery  of  a  friend  he  had  lost  what  little 
had  remained  of  his  fortune,  so  that  he  com- 
menced in  Trinidad  with  an  indebtedness  of 
$1,800  hanging  over  him.  His  honesty  and 
straightforward  manner  of  doing  business  won 
him  friends  from  the  start,  and  by  the  pursuance 
of  an  upright  course  in  every  detail  of  business, 
he  has  attained  reasonable  success,  and  is  again 
in  prosperous  circumstances.  In  his  special  line 
of  work  he  is  recognized  as  a  man  of  superior 
ability,  and  receives  many  orders  of  a  most  im- 
portant nature.  Not  only  has  he  erected  monu- 
ments for  deceased  residents  of  his  own  town,  but 
orders  have  come  to  him  from  Colorado  Springs 
and  other  towns  in  the  state.  For  superiority  of 
work  he  has  received  many  diplomas,  and  also 
has  in  his  possession  two  silver  medals,  given  him 
by  the  Michigan  State  Agricultural  Society  in 
1867  and  1869,  for  superiority  of  his  exhibitions, 
these  being  the  only  medals  ever  bestowed  by  the 
society  for  similar  exhibitions. 

In  1894  Mr.  Gregory  erected  a  residence  in  one 
of  the  desirable  locations  in  Trinidad.  Politi- 
cally a  Democrat,  he  was  upon  that  ticket  elected 
county  commissioner  in  1898,  receiving  a  fair 
majority.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Trin- 
idad Lodge  No.  17,  I.  O.  O.  F.  As  a  pioneer  in 
the  stone  business,  he  is  well  acquainted  with 


every  detail  connected  therewith,  and  is  consid- 
ered an  expert  in  his  chosen  vocation.  In  1871 
he  furnished  the  stone  from  his  Michigan  quarry 
for  the  Times  building,  on  the  corner  of  Washing- 
ton street  and  Fifth  avenue,  Chicago.  His  suc- 
cess is  commendable,  especially  when  it  is  remem- 
bered that  he  has  overcome  many  obstacles  and 
labored  under  many  disadvantages.  In  his  fam- 
ily there  is  one  son,  Robert  S. ,  who  for  seven 
years  has  been  bookkeeper  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Trinidad  and  is  a  young  man  of  excep- 
tional business  qualifications,  respected  and  hon- 
ored by  all  who  know  him. 


|c)KORGE  H.  ADAMS.     One  of  the  most  re- 

bmarkable  instances  of  the  adaptation  of  Col- 
orado to  the  cattle  industry  may  be  found  in 
the  business  career  of  Mr.  Adams,  who  is  promi- 
nent'among  the  citizens  of  Denver.  Embarking 
in  business  as  a  stock- raiser  in  1869,  he  then 
bought  the  two  first  thoroughbred  Shorthorn 
bulls  ever  in  the  San  Luis  Valley.  He  has  been 
a  pioneer  in  the  introduction  of  Herefords,  to 
which  exclusively  his  ranch  has  been  stocked 
since  1878,  and  he  has  paid  as  much  as  $2,2Oofor 
a  bull  and  as  high  as  $1,500  for  a  two-year-old 
heifer  of  that  breed.  The  Adams  Hereford  ranch 
covers  more  than  four  townships  of  land,  em- 
braces twelve  and  one-half  miles,  and  in  extent 
comprises  one  hundred  thousand  acres,  watered 
by  eleven  streams  and  lakes,  and  bordering  on 
the  western  slope  of  the  Sangre  de  Cristo  Range. 
The  entire  tract  is  fenced  in  pasture  with  eighty 
miles  of  substantial  fencing,  while  one  hundred 
and  forty  miles  of  ditches  furnish  water  for  the  ir- 
rigation of  hay  and  the  range.  The  herd  consists 
of  four  thousand  head  of  pure-bred  and  high- 
grade  Hereford  cattle.  From  the  ranch  cattle 
are  sold  and  shipped  to  Old  Mexico,  Arizona, 
Texas,  Oregon,  Montana,  Wyoming,  New  Mex- 
ico, Idaho,  Kansas  and  Nebraska  for  breeding 
purposes. 

Mr.  Adams  was  born  in  Milwaukee,  Wis. ,  the 
only  child  of  George  and  Agnes  J.  (Lace)  Ad- 
ams, natives  of  Rochester  and  New  York  City 
respectively.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Milwaukee.  In  January,  1863,  when  only  sev- 
enteen years  of  age,  he  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army  as  a  private,  and  later  served  as  first  ser- 
geant and  sergeant-major  until  September,  1865, 
when  he  was  honorably  discharged  at  Nashville. 

Returning  to  Milwaukee,  Mr.  Adams  became 
money  receiving  clerk  for  the  United  States  Ex- 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


press  Company,  which,  in  1867,  sent  him  to 
Kansas  as  messenger  between  Kansas  City  and 
Fort  Ellsworth,  the  terminus  of  the  Kansas  Pa- 
cific. In  the  spring  of  1868  he  returned  to  Mil- 
waukee, where  he  was  superintendent  of  the 
Goodrich  Express  Company  until  1869,  when  he 
resigned  to  come  to  Colorado.  The  trip  to  the 
west  he  made  via  Cheyenne  to  Denver  and  from 
this  city  went  to  California  Gulch  (now  Lead- 
ville),  where  he  engaged  in  prospecting  for  two 
months,  but  in  December  went  to  San  Luis  Val- 
ley. A  pioneer  in  that  section,  he  entered  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  Rio  Alto  Creek  and 
embarked  in  the  stock  business.  In  1871  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  a  cattle  company  as  foreman 
on  Baca  Grant  No.  4,  and  later  became  proprie- 
tor. In  1878  he  brought  to  his  place  eighty  full- 
bred  Hereford  bulls  and  has  since  devoted  his 
attention  to  the  raising  of  pure-bred  and  high- 
grade  Herefords.  He  has  been  a  director  in  the 
American  Hereford  Association,  is  a  member  of 
the  Colorado  Cattle  Growers'  and  National  Stock 
Breeders'  Association,  and,  under  appointment 
by  Governor  Pitkin,  served  for  eight  years  as  a 
member  of  the  State  Cattle  Inspection  and  Round- 
up Boards.  In  April,  1895,  Governor  Mclntire 
appointed  him  president  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  the  State  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home,  to  serve 
for  six  years. 

IV  A  AJOR  A.  V.  BOHN,  one  of  the  well-known 
I Y I  mine  operators  in  Leadville,  was  born  in 
[(SI  Stark  County,  Ohio,  in  1835,  a  son  of  Judge 
Valentine  and  Susan  (Strickler)  Bonn,  natives 
of  Franklin  County,  Pa.  His  father  who,  was  an 
attorney,  moved  to  Ohio  in  1833  and  for  some 
time  held  the  office  of  judge  of  Stark  County, 
after  which  he  served  as  judge  of  the  district 
courts.  In  1850  he  moved  to  Carroll  County, 
111.,  of  which  he  was  soon  elected  county  clerk, 
and  later  became  county  judge.  At  the  time  of 
his  death  he  was  sixty-four  years  of  age.  He 
was  a  member  of  an  old  Pennsylvania  family 
that  came  to  this  country  from  Germany.  His 
wife,  who  died  in  young  womanhood,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Dunkard  society  and  had  a  brother 
who  was  a  prominent  preacher  in  that  sect;  her 
father,  Henry  Strickler,  was  a  farmer  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. Of  her  children,  Adam  was  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  in  Illinois  and  moved 
from  there  to  Iowa,  where  he  died;  John  H.,  an 
attorney,  was  an  officer  in  the  Ninety-second 
Illinois  Infantry,  and  died  from  the  effects  of 


wounds  received  at  Chickamauga;  Catherine,  de- 
ceased, married  David  Nelson,  who  for  thirty 
years  was  a  merchant  of  Carroll  County;  Mary  E. 
married  William  Barker,  a  contractor  and  builder 
living  at  Lyons,  Iowa. 

When  a  boy  of  fifteen  years  our  subject  ac- 
companied his  father  to  Illinois.  His  education 
was  completed  in  the  high  school  of  Mount  Car- 
roll. At  twenty  years  of  age  he  started  out  in 
life  for  himself,  and  at  first  was  agent  for  the 
Illinois  Central  Railroad  at  Amboy.  Later  he 
was  employed  in  the  construction  of  the  Hanni- 
bal &St.  Joe  Railroad,  and  after  its  completion  be- 
came a  conductor  on  the  line.  At  the  opening  of 
the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  Fifteenth  Illi- 
nois Infantry  as  a  private,  and  was  assigned  to 
the  western  army,  which  later  became  the  Army 
of  the  Tennessee,  and  he  participated  in  all  of  its 
battles.  In  October,  1865,  he  was  mustered  out 
as  major,  having  received  promotion  in  recogni- 
tion of  meritorious  service. 

Returning  to  Ohio,  Major  Bohn  entered  a  com- 
mercial college  at  Dayton.  For  two  years  he 
taught  in  that  institution.  In  1868  he  went  to 
Missouri,  where  he  engaged  in  the  coal  business 
in  Kansas  City,  and  later  purchased  coal  mines  on 
the  Vandalia  Railroad  in  Illinois.  Afterward  he 
located  in  St.  Louis,  engaging  in  the  coal  business. 
During  his  stay  in  St.  Louis  he  started  to  build  a 
railroad  extending  from  Cape  Girardeau  to  the  in- 
terior of  Missouri,  but  after  eighty  miles  had 
been  built  the  crash  of  1873  came  and  he  and  his 
partner  sank  beneath  it.  He  remained  there  for 
three  years,  later  went  to  Alabama  and  opened 
up  coal  fields  in  that  state,  where  he  remained 
three  years,  then,  in  1878,  came  to  Leadville, 
Colo.  Here  at  first  he  was  connected  in  a  small 
way  with  the  mining  interests  of  the  district,  but 
this  connection  has  grown  more  important  with 
passing  years.  He  has  for  years  been  mana- 
ger for  the  Tabor  and  owns  the  Bohn  mines 
in  the  city.  The  formation  of  the  land  in  this 
section  he  has  carefully  studied  and  has  located 
many  mines  of  great  value. 

While  in  the  army,  in  1864,  Major  Bohn  mar- 
ried Miss  Emma  Kneisley,  member  of  a  promi- 
nent family  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  daughterof 
John  Kneisley,  who  was  a  large  manufacturer  of 
flour  and  owner  of  a  distillery.  Their  marriage 
has  been  blessed  with  three  sons,  who  are  un- 
usually intelligent  and  talented.  The  oldest, 
Arthur  K.,  is  chemist  for  a  Mexican  firm  in  Sierra 
Majada,  Mexico;  John  W.  is  chemist  for  the 


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British  Columbia  Consolidated  Mining  &  Smelt- 
ing Company  in  Roslyn,  British  Columbia,  and 
is  married,  his  wife  being  a  daughter  of  Admiral 
Howell,  of  the  United  States  navy;  Charles  A. 
is  a  chemist  for  the  Bimetallic  Smelting  Company, 
of  Leadville.  Since  voting  for  Fremont  in  1856, 
Major  Bohn  has  always  supported  the  Republi- 
can party.  He  is  past  commander  of  Garfield 
Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  in  1885  served  as  department 
commander  of  Colorado  and  Wyoming. 


(JACOB  KOLLE,  one  of  Colorado's  pioneers 
I  and  a  substantial  ranchman  of  Park  County, 
O  was  born  in  Markbronn,  Wurtemberg,  Ger- 
many, October  14,  1833,  a  son  of  George  and 
Barbara  (Lohriuen)  Kolle,  of  whose  eight  chil- 
dren he  is  the  sole  survivor.  His  father,  who 
was  also  a  native  of  Markbronn,  there  engaged  in 
teaming  for  many  years,  and  he  also  filled  the 
office  of  sheriff  there.  He  coutinued  to  reside  in 
his  native  place  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1840. 

At  the  time  of  his  father's  death  our  subject 
was  but  seven  years  of  age.  At  the  age  of  four- 
teen he  began  to  earn  his  own  way  in  the 
world,  his  first  occupation  being  that  of  a  farm 
hand.  In  1856  he  determined  to  come  to  America 
and  early  in  the  year  took  passage  on  a  sailing 
vessel  for  this  country,  arriving  in  New  York 
about  the  middle  of  May.  Thence  he  went  di- 
rect to  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  where  he  secured 
work  in  the  coal  mines.  Directly  after  his  ar- 
rival he  met  with  a  great  misfortune;  his  travel- 
ing bag,  which  contained  $20  in  gold  and  all  of 
his  personal  effects,  was  stolen  from  his  room  in 
the  hotel,  and  he  was  forced  to  begin  life  in  a 
strange  country,  penniless  and  with  no  clothes 
save  those  he  wore.  He  worked  in  the  mines  at 
Wilkes-Barre  for  a  year  and  then  went  to  Scran- 
ton,  where  he  was  employed  at  general  work. 
In  1858  he  went  to  Independence,  Mo.,  where  for 
two  summers  he  worked  in  a  brickyard,  during 
the  winter  months  following  any  occupation  that 
offered. 

The  spring  of  1860  found  Mr.  Kolle  among 
the  hundreds  who  crossed  the  plains  to  Colorado. 
The  trip  was  made  with  a  team  of  oxen  and  he 
arrived  in  Denver  about  the  ist  of  May.  Going 
to  Hamilton,  he  engaged  in  mining  and  prospect- 
ing in  Tarryall  Gulch.  There  he  continued  un- 
til 1870,  with  the  exception  of  the  winters  of 
1 86 1  and  1868,  when  he  went  to  the  valley  near 
Canon  City  and  engaged  in  hunting  and  fishing. 


In  1870  he  settled  ten  miles  above  Lake  George, 
on  Tarryall  Creek,  where  he  built  a  cabin.  With 
two  yoke  of  oxen  he  began  freighting  from  Den- 
ver to  Breckenridge.  For  three  summers  he  en- 
gaged in  freighting,  while  during  the  winter 
months  lie  remained  on  his  ranch.  In  1873  he 
settled  upon  his  present  ranch,  and  during  the 
years  that  have  intervened  he  has  engaged  in 
haying  and  cattle-raising.  He  is  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial ranchmen  of  Park  County,  where,  by 
pre-emption  and  purchase,  he  has  acquired  five 
hundred  and  two  acres  of  land. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Kolle  to  Miss  DoraJ. 
Shepard  occurred  December  14,  1880.  She  was 
born  in  Lapeer  County,  Mich.,  a  daughter  of 
Abel  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Walters)  Shepard,  the 
former  a  cabinet-maker  and  carpenter  of  Michi- 
gan until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  Memphis, 
St.  Clair  County,  that  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kolle  became  the  parents  of  three  children,  but 
two  of  these  are  deceased.  Their  only  surviving 
child  is  George  A.,  who  was  born  November  18, 
1 88 1,  and  is  a  promising  young  man.  Since  1893 
Mr.  Kolle  has  acted  as  president  of  the  school 
board  of  his  district,  in  which  capacity  he  has 
been  instrumental  in  promoting  the  welfare  of  the 
school  and  advancing  the  interests  of  the  pupils. 


QOHN  WALTERS,  president  of  the  Standard 
I  Meat  and  Live  Stock  Company,  is  at  the 
O  head  of  one  of  the  largest  firms  that  do  busi- 
ness in  their  line  in  Denver.  Beginning  without 
capital,  he  worked  his  way  forward  until  now  he 
occupies  a  position  among  the  foremost  business 
men  of  the  west.  The  firm  is  interested  in  sheep 
raising  in  Wyoming,  where  they  are  engaged  in 
breeding  and  raising  sheep,  and  they  are  also 
buying,  ranging  and  breeding  sheep  in  Utah  and 
Colorado.  They  also  feed  sheep  in  A  linen  a,  Nor- 
ton County,  Kan.,  and  St.  Paul,  Neb.,  being  per- 
haps one  of  the  largest  sheep  dealers  and  raisers 
in  the  west.  They  are  also  engaged  in  cattle 
feeding  at  Almena,  Kan. 

In  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ,  where  he  was  born  in  1853, 
our  subject  passed  his  boyhood  days.  In  1870 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  few  months  worked 
in  the  employ  of  others,  but  in  the  fall  of  1870 
started  in  the  meat  and  live-stock  business  for 
himself,  beginning  on  a  small  scale  near  the  pres- 
ent location  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  yards. 
Several  months  later  he  embarked  in  the  sheep 
business,  buying  several  hundred  head  in  New 
Mexico  and  driving  them  up  to  Denver  market, 


HON.  JAMES  H.  JONES. 


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thus  laying  the  foundation  of  the  large  business 
of  the  present  time.  The  meat  business  was 
carried  on  as  Walters  &  Co.  for  a  time,  then 
changed  to  John  Walters  &  Co.,  later  became 
Walters,  Aicher  &  Walters,  and  finally  was  in- 
corporated as  the  Standard  Meat  and  Live  Stock 
Company  (close  corporation,  same  owners  only), 
with  our  subject  as  president,  Mr.  Aicher  vice- 
president,  and  Leonard  Walters  secretary  and 
treasurer. 


(TAMES  H.  JONES,  ex-county  judge  of  Mor- 
I  gan  County,  was  born  in  Putney,  Vt.,  Janu* 
Q)  ary  9,  1846,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  E. 
(Baldwin)  Jones,  he  and  his  sister,  Mary,  being 
the  survivors  of  three  children .  His  father  was 
born  in  South  Royalston,  Mass.,  June  21,  1821, 
and  when  ten  years  of  age  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Putney,  Vt.,  where  he  grew  to  manhood, 
married  and  settled  upon  a  farm.  For  twelve 
years  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  he  also 
held  other  minor  offices.  In  1871  he  settled  with 
the  colony  at  Greeley,  Colo. ,  to  the  growth  of 
which  he  contributed  until  his  death  five  years 
later. 

The  education  of  out  subject  was  mainly  ac- 
quired in  Powers  Institute,  at  Bernardston, 
Mass.  At  seventeen  years  of  age  he  went  to  New 
Hampshire  and  secured  employment  as  clerk  in  a 
general  store,  but  one  year  later  went  to  Boston, 
where  he  was  employed  by  a  wholesale  dry  -goods 
firm.  During  the  five  years  he  remained  in  that 
position  he  laid  the  foundation  of  his  subsequent 
success.  A  severe  attack  of  pneumonia,  in  the 
spring  of  1869,  caused  him  to  stop  work  in  Bos- 
ton and  return  home.  In  the  winter  of  1869-70 
he  spent  some  months  with  a  dry-goods  firm  in 
New  York  City,  returning  from  there  to  Ver- 
mont. In  April,  1870,  he  came  to  Colorado,  ar- 
riving in  Greeley  on  the  3oth  of  April,  in  com- 
pany with  a  number  of  colonists.  He  established 
himself  in  the  mercantile  business  and  was  suc- 
cessful in  this  undertaking,  but  in  1 874  disposed  of 
his  stock  of  goods,  after  which  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  sheep  industry. 

In  1875  he  came  to  what  is  now  Morgan 
County.  While  he  has  engaged  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness to  some  extent  here,  he  has  been  principally 
interested  in  raising  sheep,  of  which  he  owns  two 
thousand  head.  He  is  the  owner  of  four  hundred 
and  eighty  acres  of  farming  and  grazing  land. 
For  many  years  he  has  filled  the  position  of  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  serving  in  that  capacity  in  early 


days,  when  people  were  often  obliged  to  come  from 
distances  of  fifty  miles  or  more,  in  order  to  sub- 
scribe to  affidavits.  In  1890  he  was  elected  to  fill  an 
unexpired  term  of  two  years  as  county  judge  of 
Morgan  County.  In  1892  and  1895  he  was  re- 
elected  to  the  office,  which  he  filled  with  efficiency 
and  fidelity.  His  entire  service  in  office  has  cov- 
ered a  period  of  nineteen  years.  Upon  his  re- 
tirement from  the  bench  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners of  Morgan  County  adopted  resolu- 
tions commending  his  administration  as  "able, 
just  and  economic. ' '  His  political  affiliations  are 
with  the  Republican  party.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  Oasis  Lodge  No  67,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
in  which  he  has  three  times  been  honored  with 
the  office  of  worshipful  master.  He  is  identified 
with  Silver  Lodge  No.  60,  K.  P.,  in  which  he 
has  served  as  chancellor  and  in  other  offices.  He 
is  also  a  trustee  of  the  grand  lodge. 

February  19,  1871,  Judge  Jones  married  Miss 
Fannie  M.  Bucknam,  who  was  born  in  Maine, 
and  died  in  Greeley,  Colo.,  in  September,  1874, 
leaving  a  son,  Herbert  F. ,  who  is  acquiring  his 
education  in  Mount  Hermon,  Mass.  The  second 
marriage  of  Judge  Jones  took  place  April  27, 
1880,  and  united  him  with  Adelia  E.  Murray, 
by  whom  he  has  one  son,  Laurence  D.,  born 
January  i,  1887. 

0UANE  D.  FINCH,  proprietor  of  the  Finch 
livery  stable  at  Trinidad,  was  born  in  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  July  22,  1842,  a  son  of  James 
B.  and  Eunice  Finch.  His  father,  a  native  of 
New  York,  grew  to  manhood  in  Michigan,  and 
about  1834  made  settlement  in  Wisconsin,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming  and  trading.  Accom- 
panied by  his  family,  in  1852  he  went  to  Fayette 
County,  Iowa,  and  there  he  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death  in  1877.  In  his  family  there  were 
five  children.  Rebecca,  the  eldest  of  these,  mar- 
ried George  W.  Ward,  who  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army  and  died  while  in  the  service;  she  after- 
ward was  married  to  a  farmer,  living  in  Dela- 
ware County,  Iowa.  The  oldest  son  is  a  farmer 
in  Fayette  County,  Iowa.  Nancy  H.  was  first 
the  wife  of  E.  E.  Chandler,  of  West  Union,  Iowa, 
and  afterward  married  William  Cowles,  of  the 
same  place.  Burns  B.  is  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  in  Severy,  Kan. 

The  youngest  of  the  children  was  the  subject  of 
this  sketch.  He  was  ten  years  of  age  when  the  fam- 
ily moved  to  Iowa,  and  there  the  years  of  youth 
were  spent.  He  had  been  deprived  of  a  mother's 


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care  by  the  death  of  this  parent  when  he  was 
only  six  months  old,  but  his  older  sisters  minis- 
tered to  his  needs  until  he  was  old  enough  to  care 
for  himself.  In  April,  1861,  he  enlisted  for  nine- 
ty days  in  Company  F,  Third  Iowa  Infantry, 
and  re-enlisted  for  three  years.  During  his  pe- 
riod of  service  he  saw  much  hardship.  From 
Hannibal,  Mo.,  he  accompanied  General  Grant's 
command  to  the  south,  and  was  afterwards  trans- 
ferred to  Sherman's  command.  Among  his  prin- 
cipal engagements  were  Shiloh,  Vicksburg  and 
Atlanta.  In  the  latter  city  he  was  captured  July 
22,  1864,  and  spent  four  months  in  Andersonville 
prison.  During  much  of  this  time  he  was  en- 
tirely helpless,  as  he  had  been  wounded  in  the 
battle,  a  musket  ball  grazing  his  spine  in  such  a 
way  as  to  cause  paralysis,  and  for  two  months  he 
was  unable  to  move  without  assistance.  After 
he  was  released  from  prison  he  joined  his  com- 
mand, and  witnessed  the  surrender  of  Johnston 
at  Raleigh.  He  then  proceeded  to  Washington 
and  participated  in  the  grand  review. 

As  a  soldier,  his  army  record  is  a  brilliant  one, 
and  he  may  well  be  proud  of  it.  In  addition  to 
his  most  serious  wound  he  was  twice  wounded 
during  his  service.  For  meritorious  conduct  at 
Vicksburg  he  was  promoted  to  be  a  sergeant. 
At  Atlanta  he  was  made  a  lieutenant,  and  held 
that  rank  when  his  commission  expired.  As 
lieutenant  he  commanded  his  company  at  At- 
lanta, and  when  falling,  seriously  wounded  on 
the  battlefield,  and  later  being  captured  by  the 
enemy,  he  was  reported  killed. 

Going  to  Iowa,  Mr.  Finch  bought  a  farm,  but 
his  war  service  left  him  so  crippled  that  he  was 
unable  to  cultivate  the  land.  In  1866  he  went 
to  Kansas  City  and  became  agent  for  the  Over- 
land Mail  and  Express  Company,  which  ow-ned  a 
line  from  that  city  to  Fort  Scott  and  Junction 
City.  During  the  thirteen  years  he  continued  in 
their  employ  he  was  principally  engaged  as 
office  agent.  In  1871  he  was  sent  to  Trinidad  to 
open  an  office  at  this  place,  and  this  he  did,  con- 
tinuing at  the  head  of  the  office  until  1876,  when 
he  went  on  the  road  as  assistant  superintendent. 
In  July,  1879,  he  severed  his  connection  with  the 
company  and  opened  a  livery  stable  on  Com- 
mercial street.  In  April,  1883,  he  sold  the  busi- 
ness, and  for  one  and  one-half  years  afterward 
was  engaged  in  the  wagon  and  carriage  trade. 
Later  he  was  owner  of  the  livery  stable  known 
as  the  "  Red  Barn,"  on  South  Commercial  street. 
In  1888  he  opened  his  present  stable  on  the  cor- 


ner of  First  and  Beach  streets,  and  this  business 
he  has  since  conducted.  In  1872  he  built,  on 
Second  street,  the  first  brick  residence  in  Trin- 
idad. He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trade  of 
this  city. 

On  the  Republican  ticket  Mr.  Finch  was 
elected  city  treasurer,  which  office  he  filled  for 
two  terms.  In  1895  he  was  elected  sheriff  of 
Las  Animas  County  and  served  for  two  years. 
As  delegate  to  different  conventions  he  has  been 
active  and  prominent  in  party  matters.  Frater- 
nally he  is  a  member  of  Jacob  Abernethy  Post 
No.  29,  G.  A.  R.,  of  which  he  is  past  commander, 
and  he  has  also  served  as  junior  vice  department 
commander.  He  has  represented  his  post  in 
different  state  encampments  and  the  grand  en- 
campments in  Denver  and  St.  Louis.  Septem- 
ber ii,  1870,  he  married  Sarah  A.  Stewart,  who 
was  born  in  Wisconsin,  but  spent  her  girlhood 
principally  in  Kansas.  Three  daughters  com- 
prise the  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Finch.  Mabel 
A.  is  the  wife  of  Frank  E.  Scott,  a  photographer, 
at  No.  1610  Sixteenth  street,  Denver.  Minnie 
E.  married  H.  H.  Jones  and  is  living  in  Denver. 
The  youngest  daughter,  Maude  D.,  is  with  her 
parents. 

HON.  ELTON  T.  BECK  WITH.  On  Mount 
Desert  Island  Elton  T.  Beck  with  was  born, 
April  i,  1847.  He  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Cambridge  and  Boston.  In  1866  he 
embarked  in  the  wholesale  flour  and  grain  busi- 
ness in  Philadelphia,  but  in  1869  closed  out  the 
business  and  in  April  of  the  following  year  came 
to  Denver  to  engage  in  the  stock  business.  The 
previous  year  his  brother,  Edwin  F. ,  had  settled 
in  what  is  now  Custer  County,  and  the  two 
formed  a  partnership  and  have  since  carried  on 
a  large  and  profitable  business. 

While  residing  upon  his  place,  known  as  the 
Waverly  ranch,  Custer  County  was  established. 
In  1886  he  was  elected  upon  the  Republican 
ticket  to  represent  his  district  in  the  state  senate, 
and  served  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  edu- 
cation and  educational  institutions,  and  as  chair- 
man of  the  stock  committee.  Not  desiring  re- 
election, he  retired  to  private  life  at  the  close  of 
his  term.  He  has  been  a  delegate  to  county  and 
state  conventions  and  in  other  ways  has  been 
actively  identified  with  his  party. 

The  business  career  of  Mr.  Beckwith  has  been 
a  successful  one.  His  honorable  dealings  with 
all  men  have  become  proverbial  among  the  busi- 


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ness  men  of  Colorado,  who  look  upon  him  as  one 
of  the  most  substantial  and  enterprising  citizens 
of  the  Centennial  state. 


HORACE  ALDEN.  During  the  year  1879 
Mr.  Alden  came  to  Park  County  and  pur- 
chased from  his  father  five  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  situated  near  Garo.  Upon  this  prop- 
erty he  at  once  began  in  the  haying  and  cattle 
business.  From  time  to  time  he  made  additional 
purchases  until  the  ranch  became  one  of  seven 
hundred  and  twenty  acres.  While  he  commenced 
for  himself  without  resources,  equipped  only  with 
a  fair  education  and  the  qualities  of  industry  and 
perseverance,  he  has  gained  a  position  among  the 
successful  and  respected  citizens  of  his  county. 
In  January,  1890,  he  was  appointed  by  the  gov- 
ernor to  fill  a  vacancy  as  commissioner  of  Park 
County,  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  was 
elected  to  the  legislature,  serving  as  a  represen- 
tative in  the  eighth  general  assembly. 

In  the  province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  our  subject 
was  born  February  2,  1846,  a  son  of  Elisha  and 
Ruhamah  F.  (Turner)  Alden.  He  was  one  of 
eight  children,  of  whom  the  following  survive: 
Viola,  the  widow  of  William  Staples,  of  St.  Cloud, 
Minn.;  Rosetta,  wife  of  I.  S.  Staples,  also  of  St. 
Cloud;  Horace;  Lucinda  and  Lorinda  (twins), 
the  former  the  wife  of  Joseph  Rogers,  a  prominent 
ranchman  of  Park  County,  the  latter  married  to 
a  Mr.  Hill,  of  Rossland,  British  Columbia;  and 
Hiram,  who  lives  in  Glenwood  Springs,  Colo. 
George  Alden,  the  other  son,  died  in  April,  1896, 
at  Glenwood  Springs.  Mrs.  Matilda  Haff,  the 
other  daughter,  died  in  1881. 

Elisha  Alden  was  born  in  New  Hampshire  in 
1815.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Canada.  A  short  time  afterward 
he  left  the  parental  roof  and  went  to  Springfield, 
Mass.,  where  he  worked  in  a  factory;  he  was  also 
similarly  employed  in  Wilbraham.  After  five 
years  he  returned  to  Canada,  and  August  9,  1840, 
married  Miss  Turner,  after  which  he  engaged  in 
farming.  In  1855  he  migrated  to  Minnesota  and 
opened  a  meat  market  in  Louisville.  Three 
years  later  he  removed  to  St.  Cloud,  Minn., 
where  he  purchased  and  cultivated  farm  land. 
In  1860  he  formed  one  of  Colorado's  pioneers, 
leaving  Minnesota  March  12  and  crossing  the 
plains  with  an  ox-team.  From  Denver  he  pro- 
ceeded to  the  mountains  and  engaged  in  pros- 
pecting at  Fairplay,  Alma,  Buckskin  Joe,  Breck- 
euridgeand  other  points.  In  the  fall  he  returned 


to  Minnesota  to  spend  the  winter.  May  8,  1861, 
he  began  his  return  trip  to  Colorado,  being  ac- 
companied by  his  family,  and  arriving  in  Denver 
July  31.  Two  days  later  he  went  to  Mount  Ver- 
non,  Jefferson  Count}',  where  he  engaged  in  the 
hotel  business  and  remained  until  1870.  He  then 
came  to  Garo  and  located  the  land  now  owned  by 
our  subject.  After  sell  ing  the  property,  in  1879, 
he  purchased  a  ranch  two  miles  west,  and  there 
remained  for  two  years.  Now,  although  eighty- 
four  years  of  age,  he  is  active  and  robust,  and 
superintends  the  management  of  his  ranch  near 
Glenwood  Springs,  where  he  has  resided  since 
1881. 

While  a  youth,  our  subject  learned  the  black- 
smith's trade.  Shortly  after  finishing  his  ap- 
prenticeship he  began  freighting  for  his  father 
from  Denver  to  different  mining  camps.  Three 
months  after  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  his  fa- 
ther gave  him  his  time  and  he  engaged  in  freight- 
ing for  himself.  In  1872  he  sold  his  outfit  and 
went  to  Golden,  where  he  invested  in  real  estate. 
Unfortunately,  a  business  depression  soon 'settled 
upon  the  town,  and  his  investment  proved  a 
failure.  For  three  and  one-half  years  he  en- 
gaged in  the  express  business.  Upon  selling  out 
he  turned  his  attention  to  railroading,  which  he 
followed  until  he  came  to  Garo.  In  the  fall  "of 
1890  he  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature  on  the 
Republican  ticket,  serving  one  term  with  honor 
to  himself  and  his  constituents.  In  the  fall  of 
1898  he  was  again  tendered  the  nomination,  when 
it  was  equivalent  to  an  election,  but  he  refused 
to  be  considered  for  the  office.  While  in  Golden, 
February  2,  1873,  he  married  Miss  Dorothy  L- 
Turner,  daughter  of  Alfred  L.  Turner  and  a  na- 
tive of  Canada.  During  the  years  of  his  resi- 
dence in  Park  County  he  has  won  many  friends, 
who  esteem  him  highly  for  his  manly  traits  of 
character.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Doric 
Lodge  No.  25,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Fairplay. 


LLOYD  GRUBB,  a  prominent  ranchman 
of  Garfield  County,  came  to  Roaring  Fork 
Valley  in  1887  and  for  some  years  was  in 
partnership  with  his  brother,  Eugene,  in  the 
stock  business,  occupying  the  ranch  where  his 
brother  now  resides.  From  there  in  1893  ne  re' 
moved  to  the  ranch  known  as  Sunny  Side  four 
miles  north  of  Carbondale  on  the  Mesa,  upon 
which  he  has  since  built  a  substantial  residence, 
good  barns  and  other  farm  buildings,  and  has 
made  other  improvements.  The  land  is  under  a 


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high  state  of  cultivation  and  some  farm  products 
are  raised.  On  the  ranch  are  fine  meadows 
of  alfalfa.  His  attention  is  principally  given  to 
the  raising  of  cattle.  He  stands  high  in  the  com- 
munity and  in  1898  was  president  of  the  District 
Fair  Association  and  secretary  of  the  Roaring 
Fork  and  Eagle  County  Stock  Association. 

Near  Meadville,  Crawford  County,  Pa.,  our 
subject  was  born,  November  14,  1855.  His 
father,  Edmund  Grubb,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
was  an  extensive  tanner  and,  when  the  Civil  war 
began,  he  had  his  tannery  crowded  to  its  utmost 
capacity,  but  the  vats  were  at  once  emptied  and 
the  hides  hung  on  the  fence  to  dry.  He  then 
i  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Second  Pennsylvania 
Cavalry,  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Gettysburg,  An- 
tietam,  South  Mountain  and  all  the  important  en- 
gagements in  Virginia.  For  meritorious  conduct 
he  was  promoted  to  be  first  sergeant.  After  four 
years  of  service  he  was  honorably  discharged.  It 
is  a  fact  worthy  of  note  that  of  the  ten  brothers 
in  the  family  eight  served  in  the  Civil  war,  seven 
on  the  Union  side  and  one  as  a  Confederate 
soldier.  After  the  war  was  over,  he  moved  to 
Blue  Earth,  Minn.,  where'  he  engaged  in  the 
tanning  business  and  also  cultivated  a  farm.  He 
died  in  April,  1898,  at  seventy-eight  years  of  age. 
His  father,  Daniel  Grubb,  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, to  which  state  his  grandfather  had  come 
from  Switzerland.  By  trade  a  gunsmith,  he 
assisted  in  founding  a  large  business  of  that  kind 
in  Philadelphia,  which  still  continues  and  is  a 
large  concern. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Sarah  Jane 
Housel,  who  was  born  in  Crawford  County,  Pa., 
and  is  still  living  there.  She  is  of  English  ex- 
traction and,  through  her  mother,  is  connected 
with  Bishop  Vincent,  of  Chautauqua  fame.  Her 
father,  Joseph  Housel,  was  a  tanner  in  Pennsyl- 
vania; she  had  one  brother  who  died  in  Libby 
Prison.  Of  her  children,  E.  H.  is  a  farmer  in 
Garfield  County,  Colo.;  Anna  Belle  is  the  wife 
of  Charles  Armstrong,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn. ; 
Josephine  is  the  widow  of  Charles  Smith;  and 
Alberta,  widow  of  George  Winters,  is  postmis- 
tress at  Carbondale,  Colo. 

When  eleven  years  of  age  our  subject  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Minnesota.  Two  years 
later  he  began  to  work  out  on  farms.  From  that 
time  on  he  was  self-supporting.  For  several 
years  he  engaged  in  brick  making  in  Minnesota 
and  Montana,  and  later  spent  two  years  in  the  oil 


regions  of  Pennsylvania.  In  the  spring  of  1880 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Aspen,  where 
for  seven  years  he  was  interested  in  mining.  He 
then  came  to  Garfield  County,  his  present  home. 
In  May,  1894,  he  married  Jennie  V.  Hendrie, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Hendrie,  who  was  born  in 
Connecticut,  moved  thence  to  Ohio  and  from  there 
to  Iowa,  where  Mrs.  Grubb  was  born.  She  is  a 
lady  of  refinement,  a  devoted  wife  and  mother, 
whose  chief  happiness  is  in  ministering  to  the 
wants  of  her  husband  and  daughter,  Grace 
Louise.  In  politics  Mr.  Grubb  was  formerly  a 
Republican,  but  now  affiliates  with  the  People's 
party,  having  been  influenced  in  his  change  of 
politics  by  the  stand  taken  by  the  parties  upon 
the  silver  question. 


ROBERT  FINLEY,  a  pioneer  of  1860  and  a 
well-known  citizen  of  Colorado  City,  was 
born  in  Fayette  County,  Pa.,  May  29,  1830. 
He  is  of  Scotch  descent,  the  first  of  the  name  in 
America  having  emigrated  from  Scotland  to  Ire- 
land, and  thence  to  New  Jersey.  Rev.  James 
Finley,  who  was  born  in  eastern  Pennsylvania, 
was  the  first  Presbyterian  minister  west  of  the 
Alleghanies,  and  established  churches  in  Fayette 
and  Westmoreland  Counties.  His  son,  Ebenezer, 
was  twelve  years  of  age  when  the  family  settled 
in  Fayette  County,  and  there  he  spent  the  remain- 
ing years  of  his  life.  He  participated  in  the 
Indian  wars  and  had  many  narrow  escapes. 
Under  the  soil  that  he  tilled  large  deposits  of  coal 
were  afterward  found. 

Ebenezer  Finley,  Jr.,  our  subject's  father,  was 
born  in  Fayette  County,  Pa.,  in  1804,  and  owned 
two  farms  in  his  native  county,  one  of  which 
adjoined  the  old  homestead.  He  died  in  1891. 
His  wife,  Phoebe,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in 
1807  and  died  there  in  1897.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Caleb  Woodward,  who  was  born  in  Chester 
County,  Pa.,  and  removed  to  Fayette  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  also  followed 
the  blacksmith's  trade.  He  was  a  Quaker,  and 
his  wife,  who  was  a  Miss  Carter,  was  an  adherent 
of  the  same  society.  In  the  family  of  Ebenezer 
Finley,  Jr.,  there  were  twelve  children,  all  but 
two  of  whom  attained  maturity,  and  three  sons  and 
two  daughters  are  still  living,  Robert  being  the 
oldest  of  the  survivors.  When  a  boy  he  spent 
two  years  in  Dunlap  Creek  Academy  at  Merritts- 
town,  Pa.,  after  which  he  learned  surveying. 

In  1851  Mr.  Finley  went  to  Colesburg,  Dela- 
ware County,  Iowa,  via  fhe  Ohio  and  Mississippi 


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Rivers,  and  there  clerked  in  a  store  and  taught 
school  for  one  year.  He  then  engaged  on  the 
government  survey  for  a  time  near  Clear  Lake, 
Iowa,  and  afterward  accompanied  four  surveying 
expeditions  into  northern  Iowa  and  southern 
Minnesota.  At  the  time  of  the  first  settlement 
in  Kansas,  in  1854,  he  moved  there  via  the 
Mississippi  to  St.  Louis,  then  up  the  Missouri  to 
Leavenworth.  He  was  employed  in  subdividing 
the  townships  of  Johnson  County,  and  was  one  of 
the  six  original  proprietors  and  incorporators  of 
Olathe,  that  county.  Through  appointment  by 
the  county  commissioners  he  served  as  county 
surveyor.  When  the  territory  was  organized  he 
was  elected  to  the  office,  but  resigned  it  before 
the  expiration  of  the  term.  In  1859  he  bought 
an  interest  in  a  sawmill,  which  he  operated  until 
1860,  and  then,  at  the  request  of  his  partners, 
brought  it  to  Colorado,  expecting  at  the  time  to 
return  to  Kansas.  However,  his  plans  were 
changed,  and  after  the  war  he  sold  his  property 
in  Johnson  County. 

A  party,  consisting  of  William  Booth  (now  in 
Montana),  George  Smith  (who  was  later  killed 
in  Arizona  by  Indians),  Ambrose  Furnoy  (of 
Canon  City),  Mr.  Finley  and  a  man  who  was 
taken  into  the  partnership  in  Kansas,  started 
across  the  plains  with  forty-eight  head  of  cattle, 
eight  wagons,  a  large  supply  of  provisions  and  a 
sawmill  with  machinery.  They  spent  six  weeks 
in  coming  up  the  Arkansas,  and  arrived  in  Colo- 
rado City  June  16,  1860.  Their  sawmill  (which 
was  the  first  steam  sawmill  brought  to  El  Paso 
County  and  the  first  south  of  the  divide)  was  set 
up  on  Squirrel  Creek,  and  for  several  years  they 
manufactured  lumber,  which  they  hauled  to  Colo- 
rado City  and  Fountain. 

In  1862  Mr.  Finley  mined  in  the  mountains. 
The  next  year  he  assisted  Mr.  Sheldon  in  subdi- 
viding the  Fountain  Valley.  Later  he  surveyed 
at  La  Junta,  subdividing  the  land  into  lots.  In 
1862  he  was  elected  the  first  county  treasurer  of 
El  Paso  County  and  serv.ed  for  one  term.  Soon 
afterward  he  was  elected  county  assessor  and 
served  for  four  terms  of  one  year  each.  For  one 
year  he  served  as  county  clerk.  He  and  Mr.  Hill 
had  the  contract  to  build  the  first  frame  house 
put  up  in  Colorado  Springs,  after  which  he  erected 
one  hotel,  several  business  blocks  and  houses 
there  and  in  Colorado  City.  In  1866  he  entered 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  ninety 
acres  of  which,  after  it  was  patented,  he  deeded 
to  twenty-six  members  of  a  company  for  the  gov- 


ernment price  of  $1.25  per  acre,  in  order  that  the 
property  holders  in  Colorado  City  might  have  a 
good  title  to  their  property.  The  remainder  of 
the  land  (seventy  acres)  he  improved,  placed 
under  irrigation,  and  added  to  it  by  the  purchase 
of  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  acres,  on  which 
he  raised  hay.  His  surveying  contracts  have 
taken  him  throughout  the  entire  country  and 
have  been  in  the  interests  of  both  companies  and 
private  parties.  During  the  war,  in  1864,  he 
enlisted  in  Company  G,  Third  Colorado  Cavalry, 
and  served  as  commissary  sergeant  in  Company  G 
in  the  battle  of  Sand  Creek. 

By  his  marriage  Mr.  Finley  was  united  with 
Mrs.  Alvira  (Young)  Brown,  who  was  born  in 
Ohio.  She  was  first  married  to  John  C.  Brown, 
an  attorney  in  Colorado  City  and  a  member  of 
Company  G,  Third  Colorado  Infantry;  he  died 
here,  leaving  two  children,  Edward  A.  Brown,  who 
cultivates  the  home  place;  and  Mrs.  Mary  Barnes, 
of  Nebraska.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Finley  became  the 
parents  of  a  daughter,  Grace,  who  was  in  the 
high  school  graduating  class  and  was  a  talented 
young  lady;  she  died  in  January,  1898,  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years  and  eight  months.  In  re- 
ligion she  was  actively  connected  with  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  to  which  her  mother 
also  belongs. 

Mr.  Finley  was  made  a  Mason  in  El  Paso  Lodge 
No.  13,  A.  F.  &A.  M.,  of  Colorado  City.  During 
the  existence  of  the  Grand  Army  Post  here  he 
was  identified  with  it.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. The  nature  of  his  occupation  in  early  days 
brought  him  in  contact  with  Indians,  especially 
in  Minnesota  and  northern  Iowa. 


[""RANK  FULTON,  M.  D.,  a  practicing  phy- 
r«  sician  of  the  homeopathic  school,  residing  in 
|  f  Monte  Vista,  Rio  Grande  County,  was  born 
in  Monroe  County,  N.  Y. ,  March  24,  1829,  a  son 
of  Henry  L-  and  Emaline  (Castle)  Fulton,  na- 
tives respectively  of  New  York  and  Connecticut. 
His  father,  who  was  a  millwright  by  occupation, 
removed  from  New  York  to  Illinois  in  1837  and 
settled  in  La  Salle  County,  but  later  removed  to 
Chicago.  While  the  family  were  living  in  the 
country  our  subject,  then  a  boy  of  eleven,  began 
to  learn  the  printer's  trade,  and  this  work  he 
continued  when  two  years  later  removal  was  made 
to  Chicago.  After  some  years  he  established  a 
job  printing  office  on  Wells  street,  and  this  busi- 
ness he  continued  in  different  localities  for  ten 
years,  his  last  location  being  at  Clark  and  South 


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Water  streets.  During  this  time  he  printed  the 
first  report  of  the  supreme  court  of  the  United 
States  published  in  Chicago,  also  Robert  Black- 
well's  treatise  on  "Tax  Titles,"  together  with 
other  legal  works  that  were  the  first  of  a  certain 
class  ever  printed  in  the  city. 

After  abandoning  his  printing  office,  Dr.  Ful- 
ton was  interested  in  a  mercantile  enterprise  and 
a  livery  business,  but  both  of  these  proved  disas- 
trous. When  the  Civil  war  broke  out  he  en- 
listed in  the  marine  service,  in  which  he  contin- 
ued until  the  close  of  the  conflict,  being  on  Roan- 
oke  Island  much  of  the  time.  Returning  to 
Chicago  when  the  war  ended,  he  resumed  work 
at  the  printer's  trade,  but  very  soon  (in  1865) 
'  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Central  City, 
where  he  secured  employment  with  Frank  Hall. 
For  five  years  he  worked  at  printing  with  Mr. 
Hall,  during  which  time  he  assisted  in  printing 
the  revised  state  history  of  Colorado,  the  first 
work  of  the  kind  published  in  the  state.  In  1870 
he  went  to  California,  and  for  eighteen  months 
worked  at  his  trade  in  San  Francisco,  thence  re- 
turned to  Chicago.  There  he  entered  the  Hah- 
nemann  Medical  College,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  the  spring  of  1874.  His  first  location  for 
practice  wasat  Geneseo, Henry  County, 111., where 
he  carried  on  practice  for  five  years.  Returning  to 
Colorado  he  settled  in  Boulder,  but  soon  removed 
to  Denver,  and  in  1885  came  to  Monte  Vista, 
where  for  three  years  he  was  connected  with  the 
Graphic.  In  1889,  during  the  epidemic  of  ty- 
phus, he  turned  his  attention  again  to  medicine, 
and  was  so  successful  in  the  treatment  of  the 
disease,  that  upon  the  solicitation  of  many  of  the 
citizens  he  resumed  active  practice,  and  since 
then  he  had  devoted  himself  to  professional  work. 
Upon  the  organization  of  the  People's  party, 
Dr.  Fulton  left  the  Republican  party  and  has 
since  supported  Populist  principles.  On  this 
ticket  he  was  elected  county  coroner,  without.any 
opposition  from  the  other  parties,  but  after  serv- 
ing for  a  short  time  he  found  that  the  office  inter- 
fered with  his  practice,  and  he  therefore  resigned. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Homeopathic 
Medical  Society,  and  an  honorary  member  of  the 
Fraternal  Aid  Society,  of  which  he  was  physician 
for  some  time.  In  religion  he  is  of  the  Sweden- 
borgian  faith.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Odd  Fellows,  and  since  twenty-one  years  of 
age  he  has  been  a  Mason,  in  which  he  has  taken 
the  chapter,  council  and  commandery  degrees. 
During  his  residence  in  Central  City  he  was  one 


of  nine  (among  them  Senator  H.  M.  Teller)  who 
established  the  Knights  Templar  commandery  at 
that  place.  By  his  first  wife,  who  was  Amelia 
Schoch,  of  Chicago,  he  had  six  children,  five  of 
whom  are  living  (all  married  and  in  the  east). 
In  1886  he  married  Mrs.  Lydia  T.  Dailey, widow 
of  Charles  Dailey;  they  occupy  a  comfortable 
home  which  he  has  purchased,  remodeled  and 
improved. 

gURTON  B.  GROVER,  M.  D.,  has  engaged 
in  the  general  practice  of  medince  in  Colo- 
rado Springs  since  1892  and  is  recognized  as 
one  of  the  skillful  and  reliable  physicians  of  the 
city.  In  addition  to  his  private  practice  he  acts 
in  the  capacity  of  surgeon  to  St.  Francis  Hospi- 
tal, and  from  1893  until  the  spring  of  1898  served 
as  health  officer.  It  has  been  his  aim  to  keep 
himself  posted  concerning  every  advance  made  in 
the  science  of  medicine,  and,  with  this  object  in 
view,  he  has  been  a  thoughtful  reader  of  all  cur- 
rent medical  literature. 

Dr.  Grover  is  a  representative  of  the  third  gene- 
ration in  descent  from  the  founder  of  the  family 
in  America,  an  Englishman,  who  settled  in  Ver- 
mont; with  him  came  two  brothers,  one  of  whom 
was  killed  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Next  in 
line  of  descent  was  Jethro  Grover,  a  native  of 
Vermont,  who  settled  in  Wyoming  County,  N. Y. , 
and  took  up  land  on  the  Holland  purchase. 
Orson  S.,  son  of  Jethro,  was  born  near  Rutland, 
Vt.,  and  has  been  a  lifelong  farmer.  He  still  re- 
sides on  the  homestead  which  his  father  entered 
years  ago,  and  is  now  somewhat  retired  from  farm 
cares,  although  he  still  superintends  his  business 
affairs.  He  married  Arvilla  Carpenter,  who  was 
born  in  Portage,  N.  Y.,  a  member  of  an  old 
family  of  Vermont.  She  and  her  husband  are 
both  seventy-eight  years  of  age,  but  are  com- 
paratively strong  and  hearty.  Of  their  six  chil- 
dren three  are  living,  two  of  whom  are  farmers  in 
New  York  state.  Our  subject,  who  was  the 
youngest  of  the  family,  was  born  in  Eagle,  Wy- 
oming County,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1858.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  principally  in  Pike  Semi- 
nary at  Pike,  N.  Y.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
began  to  teach  school,  and  with  the  money  thus 
earned,  paid  his  academic  expenses  and  also  pro- 
vided for  his  medical  tuition. 

After  having  gained  a  fundamental  knowledge 
of  medicine  under  Dr.  F.  E.  Bliss,  of  Warsaw, 
N.  Y.,  our  subject  entered  the  Long  Island  Col- 
lege Hospital  in  1876  and  was  graduated  in  1879 


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with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  For  one  year  he  en- 
gaged in  practice  at  Sandusky,  N.  Y.,  after  which 
he  had  his  office  in  Rushford,  Allegany  County, 
the  same  state.  On  coming  west,  his  first  loca- 
tion was  at  Grimes,  Polk  County,  Iowa,  where 
he  built  up  a  lage  practice  and  remained  for  ten 
years.  From  there  in  1892  he  came  to  Colorado 
Springs,  where  he  has  his  office  in  the  Exchange 
Bank  block.  He  was  married,  in  Wyoming 
County,  N.  Y.,  to  Miss  Alice  Evans,  by  whom 
he  has  a  daughter,  Lulu,  a  member  of  the  high 
school  class  of  1899.  Mrs.  Grover  died  in  1896. 
In  the  ranks  of  the  Republican  party  Dr. 
Grover  has  been  quite  active.  The  various  or- 
ganizations connected  with  his  profession  receive 
his  sympathy  and  encouragement,  and  he  is  a 
member  of  the  El  Paso  County  and  the  Colorado 
State  Medical  Societies,  the  Iowa  State  Medical 
Association;  American  Public  Health  Associa- 
tion and  American  Medical  Association.  He  is 
examining  physician  to  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen,  the  Modern  Woodmen,  Mac- 
cabees, Woodmen  of  the  World,  and  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  which  he  was  a  char- 
ter member  and  the  first  exalted  ruler.  He  was 
made  a  Mason  in  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  to  which  he  still  belongs.  In  1897  he  was 
elected  high  court  physician  of  the  Colorado 
jurisdiction,  Order  of  Foresters,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  was  re-elected.  As  a  member  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  he  has  been  helpful  in  work  among 
young  men.  His  life  has  been  a  bus}'  and  active 
one,  and  he  stands  now,  in  the  prime  of  his  career, 
with  the  brightest  prospects  for  increasing  success 
in  future  years. 

(TOHN  M.  GRAY  is  treasurer  of  the  Mead 
I  Hay  Press  Company  and  proprietor  of  a 
G)  carriage  and  implement  store  in  Pueblo  that 
is  one  of  the  finest  establishments  of  its  kind  in 
the  entire  state.  He  is  a  member  of  an  old  Vir- 
ginian family  that  settled  in  Kentucky  in  an 
early  day.  His  father,  Robert  S.,  was  born  in 
Scott  County,  Ky.,  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  P. 
Gray,  a  farmer  and  dealer  in  fine  horses.  The 
former,  who  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
in  early  manhood,  later  turned  his  attention  to 
farming  and  stock-raising  and  on  his  farm,  one 
and  one-half  miles  from  Versailles,  Woodford 
County,  in  the  heart  of  the  blue  grass  region,  he 
had  a  number  of  horses  that  were  as  fine  as  any 
in  the  state.  On  that  place  he  died  in  1887. 
Fraternally  he  was  a  Master  Mason  and  in  reli- 


gion was  identified  with  the  Christian  Church. 
His  marriage  united  him  with  Maria  Ball,  who 
was  born  in  Kentucky  and  spent  her  entire  life 
in  that  state.  Her  father,  William  Ball,  a  native 
of  Kentucky  and  a  prominent  farmer  and  horse- 
raiser,  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia  family  to 
which  belonged  Mary  Ball  Washington. 

The  family  of  which  our  subject  is  a  member 
consists  of  five  sons  living  and  one  daughter  de- 
ceased. Benjamin  P.  is  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.; 
Dudley  M.  is  engaged  in  mining  in  Cripple 
Creek;  Roberts,  is  a  farmer  in  Kentucky;  and 
Joseph  resides  in  Pueblo.  Our  subject,  who  was 
next  to  the  youngest  of  the  sons,  was  born  No- 
vember 30,  1863,  near  Versailles,  Ky.,  and  was 
reared  on  the  home  farm,  receiving  his  primary 
education  in  the  Versailles  school.  His  educa- 
tion was  completed  by  his  graduation  from  high 
school.  In  1884  he  went  to  St.  Paul,  Minn., 
where  he  successfully  engaged  in  the  real-estate 
business.  After  five  years,  in  1889,  he  came  to 
Pueblo. 

Buying  a  ranch  of  three  hundred  and  thirty- 
five  acres,  twelve  miles  east  of  Pueblo,  on  the 
north  side  of  the  Kansas  River,  Mr.  Gray  en- 
gaged in  raising  hay  and  feeding  sheep.  He 
still  owns  the  land,  which  is  under  the  Excelsior 
djtch,  the  best  in  the  state.  In  the  spring  of 
1890  he  embarked  in  the  wholesale  and  retail 
carriage  and  agricultural  implement  business, 
being  at  first  in  partnership  with  his  brother. 
In  1892  he  bought  the  stock  and  succeeded  W. 
H.  Hyde,  after  which  he  was  the  recognized 
leader  of  the  business  in  southern  Colorado.  His 
first  house  was  on  the  corner  of  Third  and  Main 
streets,  where  he  had  one  floor  and  basement, 
22x1 10  feet  in  dimensions.  After  fourteen 
months  he  moved  to  a  three-story  brick  structure 
on  the  corner  of  Third  street  and  Grand  avenue, 
and  there  he  remained  for  five  years.  In  De- 
cember, 1895,  he  became  sole  proprietor  of  the 
business,  and  in  September  of  the  following  year 
removed  to  Nos.  215-219  West  Third  street, 
where  he  has  four  stories,  65x125  feet  in  dimen- 
sions. The  first  floor  is  utilized  for  the  storage 
of  heavy  stock  and  the  exhibition  of  carriages, 
the  second  and  third  floors  for  the  retail  business 
and  samples,  and  the  fourth  floor  as  a  stock  room. 
In  the  store  may  be  found  the  Studebaker  car- 
riages and  wagons,  the  Buckeye  Buggy  Com- 
pany (Columbus,  Ohio)  carriages,  traps,  spiders, 
etc.,  the  John  Deere  Plow  Company's  goods,  the 
Deering  Harvester  mowing  machines  and  rakes, 


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and  the  products  of  many  other  prominent  fac- 
tories of  the  country.  June  ii,  1895,  he  bought 
an  interest  in  the  Mead  hay  press,  and  the  next 
year  became  connected  with  its  manufacture.  In 
Pueblo,  February  5,  1897,  the  Mead  Hay  Press 
Company  was  organized  with  Mr.  Gray  as  treas- 
urer. Since  then  there  has  been  an  increasing 
demand  for  the  press  and  the  sales  are  growing 
constantly.  It  has  the  great  advantage  of  being 
the  only  direct  pull  press  manufactured  in  the 
world,  which  renders  it  especially  desirable. 

In  New  York  City  Mr.  Gray  married  Miss 
Sarah  M.  Timpson,  who  was  born  there.  They 
have  one  child,  Marion  Elise.  Mr.  Gray  is  a 
member  of  the  Minnequa  Club  and  is  actively 
connected  with  the  Business  Men's  Association 
of  Pueblo.  In  national  politics  he  has  always 
adhered  to  Republican  principles,  following,  in 
this  regard,  the  example  set  by  his  father  and 
grandfather,  who  were  first  Whigs  and  afterwards 
Republicans.  The  latter  was  a  personal  friend 
of  Henry  Clay,  and  the  father  was  so  strong  an 
Abolitionist  that,  shortly  before  the  Civil  war, 
he  gave  all  of  his  slaves  their  freedom,  believing 
that  the  institution  of  slavery  was  an  unjust  one 
and  determining  to  show  by  his  action  that  his 
sympathies  were  on  the  side  of  the  anti-slavery 
movement. 

r~  RANK  FINEGAN,  a  resident  of  Colorado 
rft  Springs  since  the  spring  of  1880  and  for- 
I  merly  an  alderman  of  this  city,  was  born  in 
Loughrea,  County  Galway,  Ireland.  His  grand- 
father, Michael,  and  father,  Martin,  were  natives 
of  the  same  place,  as  were  the  preceding  genera- 
tions as  far  back  as  the  records  can  be  traced, 
and  they  were  large  land  owners  and  millers 
there.  There  is  a  tradition  to  the  effect  that  the 
family  is  of  French  origin  and  that  the  name  has 
been  changed  from  its  first  form.  Martin  Finegan 
inherited  from  his  father  the  family  estate,  Maulin 
Baun  (meaning  White  Mill),  and  there  he  re- 
mained until  his  death  at  seventy- three  years. 
His  wife,  who  died  at  seventy-four  years,  was 
Ann,  daughter  of  Patrick  McGee,  who  was  born 
in  County  Donegal,  Ireland,  removed  from  there 
to  Galway,  and  remained  in  the  latter  county, 
employed  as  a  tradesman,  until  his  death. 

Of  a  family  of  thirteen  children  four  attained 
mature  years  and  Frank  is  the  sole  survivor.  He 
was  born  May  20,  1835,  and  was  reared  on  the 
home  farm,  receiving  his  education  in  the  national 
schools.  When  sixteen  years  of  age  he  was 


apprenticed  to  the  stone-cutter  and  mason's  trade 
in  his  native  town,  and  completed  the  trade  in 
Dublin.  In  1854  he  crossed  the  ocean  in  a  sail- 
ing vessel  from  Liverpool  to  New  York,  and 
from  the  latter  city  went  to  Hartford,  Conn., 
where  he  worked  at  his  trade  in  the  asylum 
almost  two  years.  In  1857  he  went,  via  Panama, 
to  California  and  engaged  in  mining  on  the 
American  River  near  Marysville,  Folsom  and 
Rockland.  After  one  year  he  went  on  a  sailing 
vessel  to  Australia,  landing  in  Melbourne  after  a 
voyage  of  thirteen  weeks,  and  going  thence  to 
Ballyrat,  two  and  one-half  miles  from  which  place 
he  engaged  in  farming.  With  three  partners  he 
located  the  Vindicator,  a  placer  mine  that  was 
one  of  the  most  famous  of  its  day.  This  they 
worked  until  1859,  when  they  sold  it  for  ,£7,000, 
almost  $35,000  each. 

Returning  to  California  in  1860,  Mr.  Finegan 
spent  a  few  months  there  and  then  went  to  New 
York  City.  In  April,  1861,  he  volunteered  in 
one  of  the  first  regiments  organized,  the  Sixty- 
ninth  New  York,  which  was  an  Irish  regiment, 
mustered  into  service  in  New  York  City  for  three 
months.  In  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run  he  was 
taken  prisoner  with  the  remainder  of  the  regi- 
ment, but  was  released  on  parole,  refusing,  how; 
ever,  to  sign  the  agreement  to  lay  down  arms 
which  the  Confederates  desired  to  force  upon 
himself  and  his  companions.  He  at  once  re- 
enlisted  in  the  same  regiment  for  three  years,  or 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  took  part  in  the 
battles  of  Alexandria  Bend,  Wilderness,  Spott- 
sylvania,  Gettysburg,  Fair  Oaks  and  the  siege  of 
Vicksburg.  May  12,  1864,  in  the  Cornfield 
battle  he  was  wounded  in  the  head  while  attempt- 
ing to  put  the  colors  in  place.  He  took  part  in 
the  grand  review  and  was  mustered  out  in  New 
York  in  June,  1865.  His  service  was  under  Gen- 
erals Cochran,  Meagher,  Hooker  and  Hancock. 

After  a  visit  of  six  months  in  Dublin,  Ireland, 
Mr.  Finegan  went  a  second  time  to  Australia  and 
engaged  in  contracting  and  building  in  Victoria. 
In  1874  he  sold  out  and  located  in  San  Francisco, 
where  he  worked  at  his  trade.  In  1880  he  came 
to  Colorado  Springs,  where  four  years,  later  he 
began  contracting  and  building,  and  this  he  has 
since  followed,  although  for  the  past  seven  years 
he  has  engaged  principally  in  mining  in  Cripple 
Creek.  One  of  the  first  men  to  enter  Cripple  Creek, 
he  located  the  Roman,  Trojan  and  Savage  mines, 
which  he  patented.  He  is  president  and  treasurer 
of  the  Requa  Savage  Company,  and  its  general 


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manager.  Besides  his  residence,  which  is  at  No. 
225  South  Cascade  street,  he  owns  other  prop- 
erty in  Colorado  Springs.  In  Melbourne,  Aus- 
tralia, he  married  Miss  Sarah  Dunn,  who  was 
born  in  Kings  County,  Ireland,  and  they  have 
one  daughter,  Nellie. 

Originally  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Finegan  has,  how- 
ever, adhered  to  the  People's  party  since  its 
organization,  and  has  been  an  active  worker  on 
its  various  local  committees.  In  1891  he  was 
elected  alderman  of  the  fourth  ward  and  two 
years  later  was  re-elected,  serving  four  years, 
after  which  he  refused  further  re-election.  In 
the  council  he  served  as  chairman  of  the  building 
committee  and  the  committee  on  public  grounds 
and  buildings,  and  always  advocated  the  securing 
of  a  large  water  supply  for  the  city.  In  the  work 
of  projecting  the  electric  railroad  to  Cripple 
Creek  he  took  an  active  part.  All  measures  for 
the  benefit  of  the  city  were  championed  by  him 
and,  as  far  as  possible,  he  gave  them  his  liberal 
support. 

HON.  FRANK  R.  MC  AUNEY,  one  of  the 
prominent  lawyers  of  Pueblo,  a  resident  of 
that  city  since  1889,  early  took  a  distin- 
guished place  at  the  bar.  He  is  recognized  as  a 
strong  advocate  before  court  and  jury,  and  is  elo- 
quent, logical  and  convincing  in  his  efforts.  He 
was  born  April  3, 1858,  at  Alton,  Ill.,ason  of  Peter 
and  Catherine  McAliney.  His  father  was  born 
in  County  Leitrim,  Ireland,  and  his  mother  in 
Airdrea,  near  Glasgow,  Scotland.  They  were 
married  in  Scotland  and  soon  afterward  emigrated 
to  America,  settling  in  Madison  County,  111.  For 
many  years  the  father  was  largely  engaged  in  coal 
mining.  Later  he  became  a  large  land  owner 
and  farmer  in  Macoupin  County,  111.  He  is  now 
a  resident  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Born  to  the  union 
of  Peter  McAliney  and  wife  were  four  sons  and 
four  daughters,  all  of  whom  are  living. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  the  rudi- 
ments of  his  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Illinois,  later  was  a  student  at  Blackburn  Univer- 
sity, Carlinville,  111.,  from  which  he  received  his 
diploma  in  1882.  Prior  to  this  he  had  read  law 
in  the  office,  of  Corn  &  Shirley,  two  noted  law- 
yers of  Carlinville.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  June,  1883,  and  immediately  began  to  practice, 
soon  gaining  a  lucrative  business.  He  was  city 
attorney  of  Staunton  for  several  years.  In  1884 
he  was  elected  on -the  Democratic  ticket  to  the 
legislature, and  participated  in  the  memorable  sen- 

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atorial  contest  between  John  A.  Logan  and  Will- 
iam R.  Morrison, which  lasted  nearly  five  months. 
During  his  attendance  on  the  legislature  he  fig- 
ured conspicuously  in  the  organization  of  the 
house  and  the  policy  of  his  party.  During  part 
of  the  years  1887-88  he  was  employed  as  attor- 
ney in  several  county  seat  contests  in  western 
Kansas,  winning  three  out  of  four. 

Coming  to  Pueblo  in  the  spring  of  1889,  he 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  J.  J.  McFeely, 
which  continued  until  January,  1892,  when  he 
became  a  partner  of  A.  W.  Arrington.  They 
enjoy  a  large  general  practice.  As  a  criminal 
lawyer  Mr.  McAliney  is  especially  well  known 
and  ranks  as  one  of  the  ablest  lawyers  in  that 
branch  of  the  practice  in  the  state. 

July  n,  1892,  he  married  Miss  Margaret  Ma- 
har,  of  Pueblo,  daughter  of  W.  C.  and  Elizabeth 
Mahar.  They  have  one  daughter,  Catherine. 
Their  comfortable  home  is  on  the  Mesa,  on  Mon- 
roe street.  Prominent  in  the  ranks  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic party,  Mr.  McAliney  was  chairman  of  the 
state  convention  at  Denver  in  the  spring  of  1896, 
and  has  twice  been  chairman  of  the  Democratic 
county  central  committee.  He  exercises  a  po- 
tential influence  in  the  policy  of  the  party  in  Colo- 
rado. 


(3  EORGE  GILBERT.     The  state  of  Colorado 

bowes  its  high  standing  among  the  sovereign 
commonwealths  that  make  up  the  United 
States  to  the  high  character  and  dauntless  spirit 
of  the  settlers  who  made  their  homes  within  her 
borders  in  the  early  days.  To  their  inspiration 
and  work  is  due  her  wonderful  progress  in  agri- 
culture, manufacturing  and  the  arts.  They 
opened  the  mines,  cleared  away  the  forests  and 
established  churches  and  schools,  laying  the 
foundations  for  the  grand  institutions  of  philan- 
throphy  and  learning  which  are  the  glory  of  the 
state  at  the  present  day.  Among  these  brave  and 
far-sighted  pioneers  is  Mr.  Gilbert,  whose  home- 
stead near  Boone,  Pueblo  County,  was  the  third 
filed  in  the  state.  At  that  time  there  were  no 
railroads  or  other  improvements  in  this  region; 
Denver  was  a  small  town ;  Pueblo  contained  but 
three  houses,  and  Colorado  Springs  and  Lead- 
ville  had  not  yet  been  dreamed  of. 

He  was  born  in  Ontario  County,  N.  Y.,  in 
1836, was  educated  in  its  public  schools  and  spent 
the  first  fifteen  years  of  his  life  there.  He  then 
accompanied  his  father,  Mathew  Gilbert,  who  re- 
moved to  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  there  remained 


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ten  years,  being  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits. 
In  1860,  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years,  our  sub- 
ject came  to  Colorado,  at  first  locating  in  Den- 
ver, and  in  1861  removed  to  Colorado  Gulch, 
near  Leadville,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  dur- 
ing the  winter.  The  following  winter  was  spent 
at  Fountain ,  but  since  1863  he  has  made  his  home 
upon  his  present  ranch  in  Pueblo  County.  Here 
he  has  erected  a  fine  residence,  large  barns  and 
substantial  outbuildings,  and  laid  out  ditches. 
He  is  engaged  in  general  farming,  stock-raising 
and  fruit-growing,  and  has  met  with  excellent 
success  in  his  undertakings.  Everything  about 
his  place  is  kept  in  excellent  repair,  and  his  is 
one  of  the  most  desirable  ranches  in  the  county. 

In  1866  Mr.  Gilbert  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Georgiana  Clark,  who  died  leaving 
two  children, a  son  and  daughter, Frank  and  Effie, 
both  at  home.  For  his  second  wife  he  married  Mrs. 
Thompson,  of  Iowa,  a  sister  of  James  F.  Zediker, 
a  prominent  man  of  Nebraska.  She  is  also  a 
relative  of  President  McKinley,  his  grandfather 
and  her  maternal  grandfather  being  brothers. 

The  Republican  party  has  always  found  in  Mr. 
Gilbert  an  ardent  supporter  of  its  principles,  but 
he  has  never  cared  for  official  honors,  preferring 
to  give  his  entire  time  and  attention  to  his  busi- 
ness interests.  The  prosperity  that  has  come  to 
him  has  been  obtained  through  his  own  well-di- 
rected efforts,  and  his  life  has  ever  been  such  as 
to  commend  him  to  the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
all  with  whom  he  has  come  in  contact,  either  in 
business  or  social  life.  His  wife  is  a  most  esti- 
mable lady,  and  they  have  a  large  circle  of  friends 
and  acquaintances.' 


H.  CLATWORTHY,  one  of 
the  early  settlers  of  Fort  Morgan,  is  the 
present  mayor  of  the  town  and  is  also  pro- 
prietor of  the  only  exclusive  hardware  store  here. 
Of  English  birth  and  lineage,  he  is  a  son  of 
Henry  and  Jane  H.  (Warner)  Clatworthy,  na- 
tives of  North  Petherton,  England,  where  he  was 
born  October  13,  1856.  He  is  the  second  of  three 
children,  of  whom  the  eldest,  Thomas  W.,  is  an 
electrician  in  Michigan  City,  Ind. ;  and  the  young- 
est, Anna  M.,  resides  with  her  mother  in  Fort 
Morgan.  The  father  of  this  family  was  born 
March  9,  1826,  and  in  youth  learned  the  tailor's 
trade,  which  he  followed  for  many  years.  In 
1856  he  emigrated  to  America  and  settled  in 
Penn  Yan,  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  for  five 
years.  He  then  removed  to  Wisconsin  and  es- 


tablished a  tailoring  business  in  Edgerton.  In 
1893  he  settled  in  Fort  Morgan,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death,  December  26,  1897.  His  wife 
was  born  November  22,  1824,  and  is  in  the  en- 
joyment of  excellent  health,  in  spite  of  her  ad- 
vanced years. 

At  the  age  of  fourteen  years  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  apprenticed  to  the  carriage-maker's 
trade,  at  which  he  served  for  four  years,  mean- 
time attending  night  school.  His  first  work  on 
salary  was  in  Columbus,  Wis. ,  where  he  became 
foreman  of  the  Columbus  wagon  works.  After 
six  months  the  firm  failed  and  he  secured  employ- 
ment at  painting.  About  that  time  he  met  J  R. 
Houghton,  who  was  engaged  in  the  poultry  busi- 
ness in  Boston.  He  secured  employment  as  pur- 
chasing agent  for  that  gentleman,  and  in  this  way 
laid  the  foundation  for  his  present  success.  At 
the  close  of  the  season  the  two  men  divided  profits, 
and  whileour  subject  received  only  $150,  he  had 
gained  the  confidence  of  his  employer  and  an  ex- 
cellent knowledge  of  the  business.  The  follow- 
ing seasons  he  was  rewarded  with  a  constantly 
increasing  success.  He  continued  in  the  busi- 
ness until  early  in  1884,  devoting  the  intervening 
summers  to  the  painting  business,  while  in  the 
winter  he  bought  poultry.  During  the  winter 
of  1883-84  he  was  especially  successful.  After 
settling  with  his  employer  he  came  to  Colorado, 
where  for  two  months  he  had  charge  of  a  camp 
in  the  building  of  the  Del  Norte  and  Sagnache 
state  canal,  working  under  A.  S.  Baker,  who 
held  the  contract.  About  the  ist  of  March  he 
came  to  Fort  Morgan  and  with  his  accumulated 
profits  in  the  poultry  industry  embarked  in  the 
hardware  business.  His  foresight  and  attention 
to  business  enabled  him  to  build  up  a  good  trade, 
and  he  is  now  numbered  among  the  substantial 
men  of  his  town  and  county. 

May  28,  1884,  Mr.  Clatworthy  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Fort  Morgan,  under  the  post- 
master-general, W.  Q.  Gresham,  and  this  office 
he  held  for  nine  successive  years.  During  that 
time  he  was  elected  town  trustee  and  served  for 
two  terras.  In  April,  1898,  he  was  honored  by 
his  fellow-citizens  with  the  election  to  the  mayor's 
office,  which  he  is  now  ably  filling,  having  been 
re-elected  in  April,  1899.  Since  1877  he  has 
been  connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows  and  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  lodge  at  Fort  Morgan. 
He  is  also  connected  with  Oasis  Lodge  No.  67, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Fort  Morgan;  and  Sih'er 
'Lodge  No,  60,  K.  P. 


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The  marriage  of  Mr.  Clatworthy  took  place  at 
Baraboo,  Wis.,  May  n,  1882,  and  united  him 
with  Miss  Kate  M.  Baker,  daughter  of  George 
R.  Baker,  agent  of  the  Northwestern  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Milwaukee,  and  an 
extensive  grower  of  cranberries  in  .  Wisconsin. 
Three  children  were  born  of  their  union,  viz.: 
Nina,  born  April  4,  1883,  died  May  20,  1894; 
Harry,  born  June  17,  1886;  and  Leah,  December 
17.  1892.  

REV.  EDMUND  LEY,  pastor  of  St.  'Igna- 
tius' Roman  Catholic  Church  in  Pueblo, 
was  appointed  to  his  present  parish  in  Sep- 
tember, 1890,  but  owing  to  illness  was  unable  to 
enter  actively  upon  his  duties  as  rector  until 
January  of  the  following  year.  Since  accepting 
the  position  he  has  labored  indefatigably  to  pro- 
mote the  welfare  of  his  parishioners,  and  with 
the  self-sacrifice  which  has  ever  been  dominant  in 
his  character,  he  has  labored  constantly  for  the 
good  of  others,  finding  in  this  his  greatest  hap- 
piness. His  church,  which  is  the  oldest  in  the 
city  in  his  denomination,  has  the  usual  sodalities 
that  furnish  avenues  of  work  for  the  members. 
It  has  a  boys'  parochial  school  presided  over  by 
the  Sisters  of  Loretto,  and  a  girls'  school  at  Lo- 
retto  Academy.  Since  he  became  pastor  the  par- 
sonage has  been  erected,  and  other  improvements 
have  been  made. 

The  father  of  pur  subject,  Sebastian  Ley,  set- 
tled in  Ohio  at  a  period  so  early  that  there  were 
but  few  Roman  Catholic  churches  in  the  entire 
state,  and  he  assisted  in  starting  the  first  in  that 
part  of  the  state  in  which  he  lived.  He  was  a 
native  of  Alsace-Lorraine,  France,  a  descendant 
of  a  long  line  of  French  ancestors.  When  twelve 
years  of  age  he  emigrated  to  America.  He  was 
married  in  1832,  in  Tiffin  (then  Fort  Ball),  Ohio, 
where  he  conducted  a  hotel,  braving  the  dangers 
of  pioneer  life  at  a  fort.  Afterward  he  settled 
upon  an  unimproved  farm  in  the  depths  of  Ohio 
forests,  and  therefrom  evolved  a  farm  (now  Lan- 
deck,  Ohio).  He  died  in  1883,  when  seventy- 
five  years  of  age. 

Our  subject's  mother  was  Magdalene  Burton, 
who  was  born  in  France,  but  was  brought  to 
America  at  four  years  of  age.  Her  father,  John 
Lewis,  who  was  an  officer  in  the  French  army 
under  Napoleon,  married  Barbara  Miiller,  a 
daughter  of  a  celebrated  German  musician  and 
composer.  With  his  family  in  1817  he  took  pas- 
Sage  on  the  ship  "Bubona1'  from  Amsterdam, 


On  reaching  this  country  he  settled  at  Fort  Ball 
(now  Tiffin),  Ohio,  where  he  followed  the  car- 
riage-maker's trade.  There  he  remained  until 
his  death.  On  the  4th  of  July,  1840,  he  was  di- 
recting a  local  celebration,  when  a  cannon  ex- 
ploded and  a  piece  of  a  shell  struck  his  forehead, 
killing  him.  His  daughter,  Mrs.  Ley,  is  now 
eighty-six  years  of  age,  and  makes  her  home  in 
Delphos,  Ohio.  Of  her  seven  sons  and  three 
daughters  we  note  the  following:  Louis  died  in 
Ohio;  Joseph  is  living  in  Minster,  that  state; 
John  died  in  Delphos  in  1872;  Edmund  was 
fourth  in  order  of  birth;  Philip  James  lives  in 
Middlepoint,  Ohio;  Francis  makes  his  home  in 
Gas  City,  Ind.;  Marcellus  died  in  Oregon;  Mrs. 
M.  Catherine  Davis  resides  in  McMinnville.Ore. ; 
Mrs.  Cecelia  Kalsch  makes  her  home  in  Hillsboro, 
Ore. ;  and  Elizabeth  is  with  her  mother  in  Del- 
phos. 

Father  Ley  was  born  in  Tiffin,  Ohio,  in  1845. 
He  was  educated  in  the  grammar  and  high 
schools  of  Delphos,  St.  Louis  College  at  Lewis- 
ville,  Ohio  (where  he  completed  the  classics), St. 
Michael's  College  at  Toronto,  Canada  (where  he 
studied  philosophy  and  theology),  St.  Mary's 
Seminary  in  Cincinnati,  and  St.  Meinrod's  Ab- 
bey in  southern  Indiana,  where  he  completed  his 
preparation  for  the  ministry.  In  February,  1882, 
he  was  ordained  in  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. ,  by  Bishop 
Dwenger,  and  soon  after  he  took  up  his  work  in 
Colorado,  to  which  field  he  had  been  assigned. 
After  a  short  time  as  assistant  to  Father  Robin- 
son in  Leadville,  in  the  fall  of  1883  he  went  to 
Boulder,  where  he  was  pastor  of  the  church,  also 
pastor  of  the  churches  at  Erie  and  Longmont.and 
in  the  latter  city  paid  off  the  indebtedness  on  the 
church.  In  the  early  part  of  1884  he  engaged  in 
missionary  work  at  railroad  points  from  the  Kan- 
sas line  westward,  and  was  then  assigned  to  Sil- 
verton  in  the  San  Juan  country.  He  rode  on 
horseback  to  his  new  field  of  labor,  making  his 
way,  with  saddlebags  and  other  equipments, 
through  the  deep  snow,  at  times  passing  by 
gulches  where  the  drifts  lay  fifty  feet  deep. 
When  he  passed  mining  camps  during  his  jour- 
ney he  stopped  and  held  services.  Reaching 
Silverton  he  established  his  headquarters  there 
and  completed  a  church  at  that  place,  but  in  ad- 
dition to  that  pastorate  he  had  charge  of  the  con- 
gregations at  Animas  Forks,  Lake  City,  Ouray 
(where  he  purchased  a  house  of  worship),  Tellu- 
ride  and  Ophir.  This  occupied  a  field  of  five 
counties,  where  now  four  priests  minister  to  the 


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spiritual  needs  of  the  people.  At  that  time  there 
were  no  railroads  in  that  section  of  the  state,  ex- 
cept the  road  to  Silverton.  In  going  from  one 
mission  to  another  much  of  the  year  he  traveled 
on  snow  shoes,  and  at  night,  wrapped  in  his 
blankets,  slept  in  the  snow.  To  minister  to  the 
wants  of  the  dying,  he  frequently  made  long  and 
lonely  trips.  On  one  occasion  of  this  kind  he 
started  Saturday  uight,  in  the  dead  of  winter,  and 
did  not  arrive  at  his  destination  until  Tuesday 
morning.  Each  night  he  camped  out  in  the 
snow,  and  in  the  morning  could  see  the  tracks  of 
the  mountain  lions  that  had  wandered  near  in  the 
night.  On  many  of  his  trips  he  was  obliged  to 
carry  provisions  with  him  for  several  days.  Many 
of  these  trips  were  exceedingly  hazardous,  but 
never  once  did  he  refuse  to  accept  a  request  for 
help,  and  the  gracious  Father  in  heaven,  to  ad- 
vance whose  work  on  earth  all  his  labors  were 
carried  on,  most  mercifully  carried  him,  un- 
harmed, through  perils  by  storm,  through  perils 
from  wild  beasts,  and  through  dangers,  known 
and  unknown,  that  surrounded  him. 

In  1887,  after  having  been  in  Silverton  for 
three  years,  Father  Ley  returned  to  Leadville, 
where  he  was  assistant  to  Father  Robinson  for  five 
months,  and  afterward  served  the  Georgetown 
church  (St.  Mary's)  for  two  years,  during  which 
time  he  built  an  addition  to  the  church  edifice, 
and  put  in  the  handsome  Roman  Cathedral  win- 
dows, also  paid  off  a  portion  of  the  indebtedness. 
Afterward  he  was  assistant  in  the  cathedral  at 
Denver,  but  in  September,  1890,  was  stricken 
with  typhoid  fever,  and  compelled  to  cease  tem- 
porarily from  work  of  any  kind.  On  recovering 
his  health  he  came  to  Pueblo,  where  he  has  since 
given  his  time  to  advancing  the  interests  of  St. 
Ignatius  Church,  and  ministering  to  the  spiritual 
welfare  of  his  large  congregation. 


EYRUS  MILLER.  The  Amethyst  mine,  of 
which  the  firm  of  Carver  &  Miller  are  the 
lessees,  is  one  of  the  best  known,  and  also 
one  of  the  oldest,  in  the  camp  at  Creede.  Its 
tunnels,  shafts  and  drifts  have  a  total  length  of 
twelve  thousand  feet, its  longest  tunnel,  the  Happy 
Thought,  being  one  thousand  feet.  One  of  the 
first  mines  developed,  it  was  for  some  time  the 
most  extensive  and  important  mine  in  the  entire 
camp,  and  the  company  operating  it  paid  its 
miners,  on  contract  work,  $5  and  $6  a  day,  this 
being  the  highest  wages  received  by  any  miners 
here.  To  conceive  an  idea  of  the  richness  of  its 


ore,  it  might  be  stated  that  the  mine  paid  $52,000 
of  dividends  in  one  week  to  its  owners  in  1892, 
notwithstanding  the  fact  that  it  had  to  be  packed 
on  burros  and  conveyed  to  Upper  Creede. 

In  1896  B.  F.  Carver  and  Cyrus  Miller  leased 
the  Amethyst,  since  which  time  they  have  suc- 
cessfully operated  the  mine  and  have  reaped  a 
fair  profit.  While  the  lease  was  only  for  one  and 
oue-halfyears,  the  privilege  of  indefinite  exten- 
sion was  granted.  Silver,  gold  and  lead  are  pro- 
duced, the  greatest  output  being  of  silver.  The 
ore  is  conveyed  by  tramway  to  Upper  Creede,  a 
distance  of  nearly  nine  thousand  feet.  All  mod- 
ern facilities  for  mining  have  been  introduced, 
and  the  equipment  is  complete  in  every  respect. 
In  the  future  of  the  mine  Mr.  Miller  has  the  great- 
est faith.  His  thorough  knowledge  of  it  causes 
him  to  predict  for  it  a  great  future,  and  he  is  con- 
fident that  it  will  again  be  as  great  a  producer  as 
it  was  in  its  earlier  days.  This  result  will,  in  part, 
be  accomplished  by  the  completion  of  the  Nelson 
tunnel,  which  will  drain  the  lower  workings,  and 
then  work,  which  has  been  abandoned  on  account 
of  water,  will  be  resumed. 

Mr.  Miller  was  born  in  Bavaria,  Germany, 
March  9,  1866,  a  son  of  Ulrich  and  Ursula 
(Schmidt)  Miller,  the  former  a  farmer  and  cabi- 
net-maker in  Bavaria,  where  he  still  lives.  The 
family  consisted  of  ten  children,  of  whom  seven 
are  living.  Narcissus,  who  came  to  America  be- 
fore our  subject,  is  now  shift  boss  of  the  Galena 
mine  at  Central  City,  Colo.;  Athanasius  is  con- 
nected with  placer  mines  at  Granite,  Colo. ;  Jos- 
eph is  a  miner  and  blacksmith  at  Robinson,  Colo. ; 
Benjamin,  or  Balthasar,  is  connected  with  the 
Amethyst  mine.  The  other  members  of  the  fam- 
ily are  Cyrus,  the  third  youngest  of  the  sons,  and 
Theodor  and  Sylvester,  both  of  whom  are  miners 
in  Bavaria. 

When  fifteen  years  of  age  our  subject  began  to 
work  in  coal  mines.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one 
he  came  to  America  and  joined  his  brother  in 
Central  City,  where  he  remained  from  September 
until  April.  From  there  he  went  to  Leadville, 
where  he  engaged  in  mining  for  three  years.  In 
Winfield,  Colo.,  June  27,  1888,  he  married  Annie 
Kainer,  who  was  born  in  Germany  and  grew  to 
womanhood  within  six  miles  of  our  subject's 
birthplace,  but  they  did  not  meet  until  he  began 
to  work  in  Winfield.  Afterward,  while  working 
at  Oilman,  Colo.,  he  met  with  a  serious  accident 
from  the  premature  discharge  of  a  blast,  and  from 
the  effects  of  this  accident  he  was  unable  to  work 


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for  six  months.  On  recovering,  he  went  to  Ouray 
County,  in  the  San  Juan  district,  and  for  two 
years  mined  at  Ironton.  In  January,  1892,  at 
the  commencement  of  the  Creede  boom,  he  came 
to  this  camp,  where  he  has  since  remained,  with 
the  exception  of  a  short  time  at  Carson,  and  ten 
months  at  one  time,  and  two  months  at  another, 
spent  at  Cripple  Creek.  He  was  at  the  latter 
camp  during  the  great  strike,  and  while  he  took 
no  part  in  it,  he  was  arrested  by  both  the  officers 
and  miners,  and  had  some  unpleasant  experiences 
there. 

Forming  a  partnership  with  B.  F.  Carver  and 
Isaac  May,  in  1895  Mr.  Miller  leased  the  apex 
of  the  mine,  which  they  operated  for  seven 
months,  making  some  over  $3,000.  When  the 
ore  gave  out  he  resumed  work  for  the  company, 
but  in  May,  1896,  leased  the  mine  from  the  fifth 
level  up,  which  he  has  since  operated,  and  in 
which  he  employs  about  twenty  men.  In  this 
rugged  mountain  camp  he  has  met  with  success, 
and  is  now  well-to-do.  His  wife  and  daughter, 
Elsie,  reside  on  a  farm  he  purchased  eight  miles 
west  of  Denver,  on  which  place  he  erected  a  com- 
fortable and  commodious  farm  house.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  independent,  supporting  the  man  rather 
than  the  party.  He  is  a  member  of  Columbian 
Lodge  No.  87,  K.  P.,  and  is  also  connected  with 
the  Sons  of  Herman. 


HENRY  C.  SHERMAN.  As  owner  and  pro- 
prietor of  the  Sterling  Weekly  Neu'S,  Mr. 
Sherman  is  well  known  among  the  people 
of  Logan  County.  His  attention,  however,  is  by 
no  means  limited  to  the  publication  of  his  paper, 
but  is  occupied  partly  by  other  important  inter- 
ests. Much  of  his  business  is  in  the  nature  of 
farm  loans,  warrants  and  bonds.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Sterling  Mercantile  Company  until 
January  i,  1899,  when  he  became  sole  proprietor. 
He  is  interested  extensively  in  an  irrigation  com- 
pany at  Fort  Bridger,  Wyo.  In  spite  of  these 
diversified  and  important  interests,  he  finds  time 
for  the  indulgence  of  his  "hobby,"  his  love  for 
fine  horses.  He  was  the  breeder  of  the  famous 
trotting  horse  "Jim  Elaine,"  and  has  owned,  at 
different  times,  other  fast  horses  and  fine  stock. 
While  Sterling  is  a  town  with  many  pretty  homes, 
his  residence  is  without  doubt  the  finest  in  the 
place,  and  is  admired  not  only  by  the  towns- 
people, but  by  visitors  from  other  points. 

A    son   of  Harvey  W.    and    Louisa    (Ferry) 
Sherman,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 


Palmer,  Mass.,  October  10,  1830.  He  is  the 
only  survivor  of  five  children.  His  father,  a  na- 
tive of  Connecticut,  born  in  1800,  accompanied 
his  parents  in  childhood  to  Palmer,  Mass.,  and 
there  grew  to  manhood,  married  and  settled  upon 
a  farm.  In  1847  he  removed  to  the  Connecticut 
Valley,  but  shortly  afterward  settled  at  Chicopee 
Street,  Hampden  County,  where  he  continued  to 
reside  until  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  an 
exceptionally  successful  farmer.  He  was  familiar 
with  the  subject  of  agriculture  in  all  of  its  phases, 
and  believed  that  a  small  farm  well  tilled,  would 
prove  far  more  remunerative  than  a  large  farm 
poorly  tilled.  He  was  a  strong  supporter  of  the 
old  Whig  party  and  did  much  to  advance  its  suc- 
cess in  his  county.  For  several  terms  he  served 
as  assessor  of  Hampden  County,  and  for  years 
was  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  his  district, 
whose  educational  interests  he  fostered.  His 
death  occurred  at  Chicopee  Street  in  1887. 

In  common  schools,  the  academy  at  Munson, 
and  the  State  Normal  School  at  Westfield,  Mass., 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  gained  a  good  educa- 
tion. At  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  began  his 
career.  His  first  employment  was  that  of  clerk  in 
a  general  store  at  South  Hadley  Falls,  where  he 
remained  for  eighteen  months.  Afterward  he 
rented  a  farm  and  began  gardening  on  quite  an 
extensive  scale,  supplying  most  of  the  vegetables 
sold  in  the  town  of  Holyoke,  Mass.  This  busi- 
ness he  continued  for  three  years.  In  1856  he 
removed  to  Waterloo,  Iowa,  where  he  built  a 
residence,  took  up  a  tract  of  land,  and  afterward 
accepted  the  management  of  a  general  store  for  its 
owner.  H"is  prospects  were  very  flattering  there. 
However,  his  parents  insisted  that  he  return  to 
Massachusetts.  He  did  so  in  1857,  thereby 
sacrificing  excellent  prospects;  but,  being  the 
only  son,  he  felt  it  his  duty  to  accede  to  their 
request.  They  had  offered  him  the  use  of  a  small 
farm  in  the  Connecticut  Valley  as  long  as  he 
wished  to  remain  upon  it.  He  settled  there,  be- 
ginning with  but  a  few  hundred  dollars,  but 
when  he  left,  at  the  end  of  fifteen  years,  he  had 
$15,000  clear.  His  greatest  success  on  the  farm 
was  in  the  breeding  of  fine  Jersey  cattle  and 
much  of  his  money  came  from  that  source. 

In  1872,  with  eight  head  of  the  finest  of  his 
registered  stock,  Mr.  Sherman  came  to  Colorado 
and  settled  at  Evans,  Weld  County,  where  he 
found  few  improvements  and  a  sparse  population. 
For  the  sake  of  his  children,  he  abandoned  the 
idea  of  farming  and  established  himself  in  the 


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mercantile  business  at  Evans.  In  1887  he  sold 
his  interests  there  and  removed  to  Sterling,  where 
he  had  established  his  present  business  some  five 
years  before;  and,  the  latter  having  outgrown  the 
business  at  Evans,  he  determined  to  give  his 
whole  time  to  it.  In  1895  he  became  proprietor 
of  the  Sterling  News  Company,  which  publishes 
the  Weekly  Neu's  and  is  the  leading  journal  of 
Logan  County.  Since  1897  he  has  served  as 
president  of  the  horticultural  board  of  Logan 
County.  Two  years  after  coming  to  Colorado 
he  was  nominated  for  county  treasurer,  but,  upon 
i  considering  the  matter,  he  decided  to  decline  the 
nomination.  For  years  he  has  been  a  member  of 
the  town  board.  In  1889  he  was  appointed  by 
Governor  Cooper  to  fill  an  unexpired  term  in  the 
office  of  commissioner  of  Logan  County.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  Sterling  Lodge  No.  54, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Sherman  to  Miss  Martha 
J.  Richardson,  a  native  of  Springfield,  Mass., 
occurred  in  1853.  Two  children  were  born  of 
their  union.  The  son,  Albert  H.,  is  deceased. 
The  daughter,  Anna  L.,  is  the  wife  of  Charles 
Davis,  an  attorney  of  Fort  Collins,  Colo.,  and  for- 
merly professor  of  chemistry  in  the  State  Agri- 
cultural College.  Mrs.  Sherman  is  the  daughter 
of  Rudolpho  and  Anna  (Gibbs)  Richardson,  na- 
tives of  Southbridge  and  Sturbridge,  Mass.  Mr. 
Richardson  was  a  machinist  by  occupation  and  a 
thorough  master  of  his  trade.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Sherman  are  strong  advocates  of  the  temperance 
cause  and  of  all  movements  for  the  welfare  of 
humanity  and  the  uplifting  of  the  race. 


RICHARD  M.  GARRETT  owns  five  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land  lying  on  La  Jara 
River,  in  Conejos  County,  and  here  he  is 
engaged  in  stock-raising  and  farming.  A  native 
of  Schuyler  County,  Mo.,  born  in  1851,  he  is  a 
son  of  Mancil  and  Sarah  Garrett,  the  former  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  who  removed  to  Missouri  at 
twenty-one  years  of  age  and  engaged  in  stock- 
raising  on  his  farm  of  twelve  hundred  fine  acres. 
Thence  he  went  to  Iowa,  later  to  Nebraska,  and 
afterward  to  Texas,  in  each  state  carrying  on  the 
work  of  a  stock -grower.  In  1874  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  took  up  a  squatters'  claim  on  La 
Jara  River,  where  he  followed  his  chosen  calling. 
On  his  ranch  he  established  the  postoffice  of  La 
Jara,  which  was  the  second  postoffice  in  Conejos 
County,  and  here  he  kept  a' wayside  inn.  A  pio- 
neer of  this  section,  he  has  witnessed  its  growth 


and  contributed  to  its  welfare.  After  a  life  of 
eighty-four  years,  he  is  still  active  and  robust. 
He  maintains  his  interest  in  local  affairs  and  na- 
tional issues,  and  supports  the  Democratic  party. 
After  having  made  his  home  on  his  ranch  for 
years,  in  1896  he  ceased  active  manual  work  and 
went  to  make  his  home  with  his  son,  our  subject. 

The  mother  of  our  subject,  who  is  now  sev- 
enty-five years  of  age,  was  Sarah  Ann  Fulcher, 
of  Boone  County,  Mo.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  Jefferson  Fulcher,  who  went  to  Missouri 
about  the  time  that  Daniel  Boone  removed 
there;  he  settled  in  Schuyler  County,  where  he 
died.  As  early  as  1830  he  made  two  trips,  with 
pack  animals,  to  Santa  Feand  Taos,  N.  M.,  car- 
rying freight,  etc.  Of  the  twelve  children  eight 
are  now  living,  and  our  subject  is  the  eldest  of 
the  sons.  His  early  years  were  spent  in  the  vari- 
ous states  (Missouri,  Iowa,  Nebraska,  Texas  and 
Kansas)  where  his  parents  resided,  and  he  re- 
ceived a  practical  education  in  common  schools. 
At  twenty-three  years  of  age  he  accompanied  his 
father  to  Colorado  and  has  since  engaged  in 
the  stock  business  and  general  ranching.  For  a 
time  he  also  mined  and  prospected  in  Ouray  and 
Leadville,  but  did  not  meet  with  sufficient  suc- 
cess to  encourage  him  to  continue  there.  In 
1886  he  went  to  California,  where  he  spent  two 
years  in  Oakland.  Since  his  return  to  Colorado 
he  has  resided  on  the  ranch  he  now  owns.  He  is 
a  stockholder  in  the  Union  Ditch  Company  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the  construction  of  the 
ditch. 

Though  liberal  in  his  views,  Mr.  Garrett  sup- 
ports the  silver  Democratic  party.  In  1879  he 
was  a  candidate  for  county  assessor.  He  has 
served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  in 
school  district  No.  i ,  and  has  been  active  in  educa- 
tional matters.  He  has  not  married,  but  has 
cared  for  his  parents  and  has  given  them  a  happy 
and  comfortable  home  with  him. 


'ANDY  ALLEN  HUGHES,  M.  D.,  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  pension  examiners  and 
head  physician  of  the  Pacific  jurisdiction 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  has  resided  in  Denver  since 
1867,  and  during  a  considerable  portion  of  this 
time  has  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine.  After 
a  three  years'  course  of  study  in  the  St .  Louis  Med- 
ical College,  he  graduated  in  1883,  with  the  degree 
of  M.  D.,  and  at  once  opened  an  office  in  Denver, 
where  he  has  since  built  up  a  large  private  prac- 
tice. In  1888,  during  the  first  term  of  Governor 


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Adams,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  state 
board  of  medical  examiners,  and  served  six  years. 
In  1896  he  was  again  appointed  by  Governor 
Mclntire  and  is  still  filling  the  position,  having 
been  secretary  during  the  larger  part  of  his  connec- 
tion with  the  board.  Under  President  Cleveland, 
in  June,  1893,  he  was  appointed  upon  the  board  of 
examining  surgeons  for  United  States  pensions 
and  has  since  been  president  of  the  organization. 
Actively  interested  in  the  establishment  of  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  he  now  has  the  distinc- 
tion of  being  the  oldest  member  in  the  Pacific 
jurisdiction.  In  1890  he  was  made  head  consult- 
ing physician  of  the  order,  and  three  years  later 
was  promoted  to  head  physician  of  the  jurisdic- 
tion, with  six  hundred  physicians  under  him,  his 
duty  being  to  pass  upon  all  the  applications  for 
membership  in  the  order.  He  is  local  surgeon 
for  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  Company  and 
chairman  of  the  Prudential  Insurance  Company 
of  New  Jersey.  In  Denver  Lodge  No.  41,  K.  P., 
he  is  examining  physician.  He  is  connected 
with  both  the  Colorado  State  and  American  Med- 
ical Associations. 


Cy  N.  BUNTING,  editor  and  manager  of  the 
Daily  Sentinel,  of  Grand  Junction,  was  born 
Jt,  in  Pottstown,  Pa.,  in  1862.  His  father, 
S.  M.  Bunting,  in  1850  established  theS.  M.  Bunt- 
ing Hat  &  Fur  Company,  one  of  the  oldest  firms 
in  Pennsylvania,  and  of  this  he  continued  to  be 
the  proprietor  until  his  death,  in  1885.  During 
all  these  years  he  built  up  a  wide  acquaintance  in 
the  business  world,  while  at  the  same  time  he 
became  well  known  in  social  circles.  By  his  mar- 
riage to  Hannah  Slonaker,  who  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania,  of  German  descent,  and  is  still 
living  in  Pottstown,  he  had  the  following-named 
children:  John  A.,  who  succeeded  to  his  father's 
business;  Howard  S.,  who  represents  the  Kelley- 
Goodfellow  Shoe  Company  of  St.  Louis,  and 
in  1887  served  as  a  member  of  the  Kansas  legis- 
lature; William  W.,  who  is  teller  of  the  National 
Iron  Bank  of  Pottstown,  and  treasurer  and  man- 
ager of  the  Keystone  Agricultural  works;  Anna 
M.,  wife  of  W.  H.  Maxwell;  and  Isaac  N. 

The  subject  of  this  article  was  educated  in  the 
Pottstown  schools  and  at  Pennington  (N.  J.) 
Seminary,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1882. 
Afterward  he  was  employed  as  traveling  sales- 
man for  the  Dunham  Manufacturing  Company, 
of  St.  Louis  and  New  York,  and  for  Dodge  & 
Seward,  confectioners,  of  St.  Louis,  for  four 


years.  In  1886  he  went  to  Kansas  and  embarked 
in  the  cattle  business  and  merchandising,  as  a 
partner  of  his  brother,  Howard  S.,  with  whom 
he  remained  until  1890.  In  the  latter  year  he 
came  to  Grand  Junction  to  take  charge  of  the 
Daily  Star,  an  Associated  Press  newspaper,  which 
he  managed  until  1893.  He  then  organized  the 
Daily  Sentinel,  with  Howard  T.  Lee  as  partner, 
Mr.  Bunting  assuming  full  charge  of  the  local 
and  business  departments  and  latterly  the  edito- 
rial. His  paper  has  become  very  popular,  and 
its  subscription  list  shows  a  constant  growth. 
Through  it  he  has  always  advocated  the  tenets 
of  the  silver  Republican  movements.  His  part 
in  political  affairs,  both  local  and  state,  has  been 
an  active  one,  and  his  paper  has  proved  a  promi- 
nent organ  of  his  party.  Positive  in  his  opinions, 
he  is  fearless  in  their  declaration,  and  under  all 
circumstances  possesses  the  courage  of  his  con- 
victions. 

Mr.  Bunting  is  past  chancellor  of  Grand  Junc- 
tion Lodge  No.  55,  K.  P.,  and  a  member  of  the 
grand  lodges  of  Pennsylvania,  Kansas  and  Colo- 
rado. H«  is  also  actively  identified  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  In  1886  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Maude  Stanley  Wilson,  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  they  have  a  family  of  three 
children,  Helen  S.,  Mark  R.  and  H.  Margaret. 


fDQlLLIAM  W.  HUNTINGTON,  a  well- 
\  A  /  known  mine  operator  residing  in  Gilman, 
VV  Eagle  County,  Colo.,  became  connected 
with  the  mines  of  Leadville  in  January,  1879, 
during  the  great  boom  in  that  camp.  He  was 
connected  with  the  Leadville  Consolidated  Min- 
ing Company  and  the  Small  Hopes  Mining  Com- 
pany until  the  spring  of  1884,  when  he  removed 
to  Gilman,  and  since  then  he  has  acted  as  super- 
intendent and  manager  of  the  Eagle  Bird  mines, 
the  Eagle  River  and  Tunnel  Mining  Company, 
the  Ground  Hog  Tunnel  Mining  Company,  and 
has  had  charge  of  the  mines  owned  by  D.  H. 
Moffat,  at  this  place. 

Near  Cooperstown,  Otsego  County,  N.  Y.,  Mr. 
Huntington  was  born  in  1853.  He  represents 
the  eighth  generation  of  an  old  English  family 
in  this  country.  His  grandfather,  Samuel,  who 
was  born  in  New  York  state  and  spent  his  entire 
life  there,  taught  his  son,  William  S. ,  the  trade 
of  a  last-maker,  which  both  father  and  son  fol- 
lowed as  long  as  they  lived.  Both  were  faithful 
adherents  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Will- 
iam S.  was  a  Mason  in  fraternal  relations  and  a 


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Republican  in  politics.  He  died  in  New  York 
state  in  1891.  His  wife,  Mary,  was  a  daughter 
of  William  Walker,  a  prosperous  fanner  of  New 
York  state,  where  she  still  makes  her  home.  She 
had  but  two  children,  our  subject  and  Frederick 
W. ,  who  is  now  professor  in  one  of  the  high 
schools  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
district  schools,  the  Brooklyn  Polytechnic  School, 
and  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute.  He 
graduated  in  civil  engineering  with  the  class  of 
1876,  after  which  he  was  employed  on  the  Chi- 
cago, Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railroad.  He  came 
to  Colorado  in  the  early  part  of  1879  and  has 
since  become  familiar  with  mining,  in  its  every 
detail.  He  has  never  identified  himself  with 
politics,  but  keeps  well  posted  in  the  same  and 
gives  his  ballot  to  Republican  candidates.  During 
the  year  of  his  settlement  in  Oilman  he  married 
Anna  Stroehle,  who  was  born  in  Rock  Island, 
111.,  but  has  made  her  home  in  Colorado  since  she 
was  a  small  child.  Two  children  bless  the  union, 
Walter  C.  and  Helen  L. 


Gl  LFRED  H.  SMITH,  one  of  the  best  known 
LJ  and  most  popular-stockmen  of  Pueblo  County, 
/  I  his  ranch  being  fourteen  miles  west  of  the 
city  of  Pueblo,  on  St.  Charles  Creek,  was  born  in 
Independence,  Mo.,  near  Kansas  City,  in  1856, 
and  is  a  son  of  Nathan  and  Eliza  (Woodruff) 
Smith,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Woodruff,  of 
Meadville,  Pa.  The  father  spent  his  early  life  in 
Independence,  Mo.,  where  he  was  extensively  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  wagons,  and  made 
the  first  narrow  gauge  wagon  ever  constructed  in 
that  state.  During  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in 
the  state  militia,  becoming  a  member  of  Company 
E,  Second  Battalion  Missouri  Cavalry,  under 
Captain  Nugent,  and  while  fighting  General 
Price's  army  he  was  killed  in  the  battle  at  Inde- 
pendence, August  15,  1862.  His wifedied in  1865. 
•At  the  early  age  of  nine  years  our  subject  was 
left  an  orphan.  He  had  accompanied  the  family 
on  their  removal  to  Lawrence,  Kan.,  where  after 
the  death  of  his  parents  he  lived  with  different 
people,  working  during  the  summer  months  and 
attending  school  through  the  winter  season.  He 
made  his  home  at  that  place  from  1859  until  1870, 
and  served  a  two  years'  apprenticeship  at  the 
printer's  trade  with  an  older  brother  who  was 
engaged  in  the  newspaper  business,  but  he  never 
followed  that  occupation  after  he  left  Lawrence, 
as  it  was  too  confining  for  his  active  disposition. 


In  1870  Mr.  Smith  came  to  Colorado  and  first  lo- 
cated in  Black  Hawk,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
mining  for  nineyears.  During  the  great  excitement 
at  Leadville,  in  1879,  he  went  to  that  place,  where 
he  followed  freighting  principally.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  located  in  Gunnison  County,  where 
he  was  again  interested  in  mining  until  1885, 
and  then  spent  three  years  in  Pueblo.  His  min- 
ing experience  was  not  very  profitable,  and  as 
the  result  of  the  same  he  has  only  two  gold  rings, 
the  gold  for  which  was  taken  from  his  own 
mines.  One  of  these  he  gave  to  his  wife,  while 
he  has  kept  the  other.  In  1888  he  embarked  in 
the  stock  business  on  Greenhorn  creek,  and  has 
found  this  far  more  profitable.  In  1890  he  pur- 
chased his  present  ranch,  which  is  justly  con- 
sidered one  of  the  most  beautiful  places  in  the 
county,  and  it  is  often  visited  by  people  from 
Pueblo  and  other  places  who  come  here  on  their 
vacations  or  camping  trips.  It  nestles  down  at 
the  foot  hills  on  the  beautiful  stream  known  as 
the  St.  Charles  creek,  in  sight  of  picturesque 
mountains  and  lovely  groves,  and  good  hunting 
and  fishing  add  to  its  other  attractions.  This  is 
one  of  the  oldest  places  in  the  locality,  having 
been  taken  up  from  the  government  in  1860,  and 
one  hundred  and  forty-five  acres  are  under  ditch, 
are  highly  cultivated  and  well  improved  with 
good  fences  and  buildings,  including  a  pleasant 
residence  and  large  barns.  Mr.  Smith  raises  con- 
siderable fruit  and  also  has  a  good  apiary,  but 
gives  the  greater  part  of  his  time  and  attention  to 
the  stock  business,  in  which  he  has  been  re- 
markably successful.  He  has  one  pasture  of  five 
thousand  acres,  and  at  present  is  putting  in  shape 
another  of  twenty-six  thousand  acres.  He  raises 
a  large  amount  of  alfalfa. 

In  July,  1885,  Mr.  Smith  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  M.  Emma  Johnson,  who  was 
born  not  far  from  Dayton,  Ohio,  and  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Johnson,  a  physician  of  that  state  for 
many  years.  She  is  a  thorough  business  woman, 
and  much  of  the  success  that  has  come  to  them  is 
due  to  her  good  management  and  sound  judg- 
ment. They  have  twin  daughters,  Fay  and  Fern, 
now  eleven  years  of  age,  who  are  the  delight  of 
the  parents'  hearts.  They  are  very  attractive 
girls,  who  look  alike,  dress  alike  and  have  ponies 
alike. 

Politically  Mr.  Smith  is  an  ardent  Republican, 
and  in  1896  supported  William  McKinley  for  the 
presidency.  He  served  as  water  commissioner  of 
his  district  from  1890  until  1895,  ai11'  nas 


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deputy  assessor  for  several  years.  Fraternally  he  is 
a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  is 
very  pleasant,  makes  friends  easily,  and  is  fa- 
miliarly known  as  Fred  Smith  by  a  large  circle  of 
acquaintances. 

^JEORGE    REX    BUCKkAN,    of    Colorado 

b  Springs,  is  a  representative  of  an  old  and 
honored  family  of  Pennsylvania,  whose 
various  generations  have  been  intimately  asso- 
ciated with  the  development  of  the  state.  His 
father,  Albert  Buckman,  who  was  a  son  of 
Phineas  Buckman,  a  farmer  of  Bucks  County, 
was  born  near  Philadelphia,  and  spent  his  entire 
life  within  a  radius  of  fifty  miles  from  the  place 
of  his  birth.  He  married  Miss  Emily  Rex, 
daughter  of  George  Rex,  Jr.,  and  granddaughter 
of  George  Rex,  Sr. ,  who  traced  his  lineage  to 
Germany.  Her  father,  who  was  born  in  the 
vicinity  of  Philadelphia,  started  the  town  of 
Willow  Grove,  on  the  famous  old  York  road, 
and  there  he  continued  to  live  the  life  of  a 
country  gentleman  of  leisure  and  cultured  tastes, 
known  for  miles  around  as  one  of  the  progressive 
and  public-spirited  citizens  of  the  town. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  and  his  brother, 
Harry  Sterling  Buckman  (the  latter  a  successful 
lumber  manufacturer  in  New  Mexico),  were  the 
only  children  of  their  parents.  The  former  was 
born  at  Willow  Grove,  November  26,  1853,  and 
in  youth  was  given  every  advantage  which  the 
excellent  schools  of  Philadelphia  afforded.  From 
an  early  age  he  evinced  considerable  mechanical 
ability,  and  in  the  spring  of  1871  he  entered  the 
employ  of  William  Sellers  &  Co. ,  large  machine 
tool  builders,  with  whom  he  learned  the  ma- 
chinist's trade  in  every  department.  He  remained 
in  the  same  house  until  the  fall  of  1878,  but  the 
confinement  incident  to  his  work  seriously  im- 
paired his  health  and  a  change  of  climate  and 
occupation  was  rendered  necessary. 

At  that  time  Colorado  was  beginning  to  attract 
public  attention  by  reason  of  its  climatic  influence 
as  a  remedial  agent.  Hoping  that  the  change 
might  benefit  him  Mr.  Buckman  came  to  Colo- 
rado Springs  in  the  latter  part  of  1878,  and  here 
for  a  number  of  years  he  gave  his  attention  to 
the  recuperation  of  his  health  and  the  enjoyment 
of  the  delightful  climate  and  scenic  beauties  of 
the  mountain  regions.  In  the  course  of  a  few 
years  he  became  interested  in  the  Cattle  business, 
owning  ranches  in  the  northeastern  part  of 
Wyoming.  When  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 


was  organized,  in  1890,  he  became  its  secretary, 
and  his  work  in  this  positron  proved  most  able 
and  acceptable  to  all.  Undoubtedly  it  was  largely 
due  to  his  energy,  ability  and  pleasing  address 
that  this  organization  obtained  the  prominent 
position  it  now  holds.  Accepting  an  invitation 
to  associate  himself  with  the  firm  of  William  P. 
Bonbright  &  Co.,  he  resigned  the  secretaryship 
which  he  had  so  ably  filled  and  in  which  he  had 
found  work  most  congenial  to  him.  He  has 
since  been  actively  engaged  in  the  brokerage  and 
banking  business  and  through  his  progressive 
spirit  and  rare  judgment  has  promoted  its  in- 
terests. He  is  also  interested  in  various  mining 
companies. 

A  noticeable  characteristic  of  Mr.  Buckman  is 
his  literary  ability.  Soon  after  coming  to  Colorado 
he  commenced  to  write  articles  for  eastern  papers, 
journals  and  magazines,  these  bearing  usually 
upon  the  climatic  advantages  and  landscape 
wonders  of  the  great  west.  Added  to  the  fact 
that  he  is  a  fluent  writer  are  his  broad  knowledge 
of  history  and  his  keen  discrimination  regarding 
current  events.  While  his  articles  were  exclu- 
sively literary,  yet  they  proved  to  be  of  the 
greatest  value  in  advertising  the  advantages  of 
the  Springs  as  a  health  and  pleasure  resort. 
Among  the  numerous  books  and  pamphlets  from 
his  pen  bearing  on  the  climatic  advantages  and 
scenic  charms  of  the  Pike's  Peak  region,  special 
mention  should  be  made  of  the  elegant  work 
entitled  "Colorado  Springs  and  its  Famous  Scenic 
Environs,"  which  ran  through  two  large  editions 
and  found  readers  in  almost  every  part  of  the 
world. 

Concerning  Mr.  Buckman,  the  following,  from 
"Facts,"  in  1898,  may  be  appropriately  quoted: 
"He  is  foremost  in  all  public  movements  for  the 
good  of  the  town,  and  a  man  of  that  degree  of 
prominence  almost  always  excites  the  envious 
dislike  of  some  people,  but  I  have  never  found 
man  or  woman,  resident  of  the  Springs,  speak  of 
him  in  any  words  but  those  of  admiration  and 
affection.  He  has  made  himself  a  slave  to  the 
interests  of  the  town  and  with  all  his  oppor- 
tunities, both  here  and  in  Cripple  Creek,  I  doubt 
if  he  has  gathered  a  decent  competency  for  him- 
self. This  beautiful  city  is  his  wife,  family, 
fortune, — his  very  life.  His  name  is  more  in- 
timately associated  with  Colorado  Springs  in  the 
minds  of  outside  barbarians  of  the  east  and 
Europe  than  is  that  of  Helen  Hunt  Jackson  or 
General  Palmer,  and  very  justly  so.  When  in 


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the  fullness  of  time  he  is  taken  from  us,  I  bespeak 
a  monument  for  him  that  will  show  to  all  others 
our  affection  for  him  and  the  inscription  on  it 
should  embody  the  fact  that  he  is  remembered 
with  love  for  his  devotion  to  the  interests  of  our 
city." 

During  the  past  twelve  years  Mr.  Buckman 
has  been  secretary  of  the  El  Paso  Club  and  has 
also  served  as  a  member  of  its  board  of  governors. 
He  is  fond  of  club  life  and  a  favorite  in  society, 
which  by  nature  and  acquired  knowledge  he  is 
admirably  qualified  to  adorn.  In  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Colorado  Springs  Golf  Club  he  took 
an  active  part,  and  has  since  been  one  of  its 
members.  Identified  with  the  St.  Stephen's 
Episcopal  Church,  he  has  officiated  as  a  member 
of  its  vestry.  He  has  rendered  acceptable  service 
as  a  member  of  the  boards  on  charitable  institu- 
tions, and  library  and  free  reading  room.  His 
interest  in  politics  is  that  of  the  private  citizen 
only,  and,  while  he  votes  the  Republican  ticket, 
no  display  of  partisan  spirit  has  ever  been 
apparent  in  his  life,  but,  on  the  contrary,  he  has 
cast  his  influence  in  behalf  of  every  progressive 
measure  for  the  benefit  of  the  community  and 
has  given  generously  of.his  time  and  means  to  aid 
projects  for  the  advancement  of  his  city  and  state. 


(1  WILSON  GARDNER  is  the  owner  and 
I  occupant  of  a  ranch  situated  on  Long  Branch, 
G/  fourteen  miles  southwest  of  Hugo,  in  Lin- 
coln County.  Here  he  has  made  his  home  since 
he  came  to  Colorado  in  1881.  While  he  gives 
some  attention  to  general  farming,  he  has  made 
a  special  feature  of  the  stock  industry,  and  has 
been  very  successful  in  the  raising  of  sheep.  He 
devotes  himself  closely  to  his  personal  affairs, 
and  has  never  identified  himself  with  public 
matters,  although  he  is  a  stanch  Republican 
and  always  supports  his  party  ticket. 

In  Palermo,  the  capital  of  the  island  of  Sicily, 
in  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  1853.  Three  generations  of 
his  family  have  been  identified  with  the  history 
of  that  island.  His  grandfather,  Benjamin  Gard- 
ner, was  appointed  United  States  consul  to  Sicily 
many  years  ago  and,  removing  to  that  island, 
there  spent  his  remaining  years,  occupying  the 
office  of  consul  until  his  death.  The  father  of 
our  subject,  Edward  E.  Gardner,  was  born  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  and  resided  in  Palermo  from  early 
childhood  until  his  death  at  forty-seven  years. 
When  a  boy  he  was  sent  back  to  Boston  to  obtain 


his  education.  On  his  return  to  Palermo  he 
opened  a  mercantile  store,  which  he  conducted 
until  his  death.  In  business  he  was  very  suc- 
cessful. He  was  a  man  of  liberal,  generous  dis- 
position, and  in  religion  was  identified  with  the 
Episcopal  Church.  He  married  Martha  Thomas, 
who  was  born  in  London,  England,  and  was  a 
daughter  of  Edward  E.  B.  Thomas,  a  native  of 
Wales,  and  for  years  the  British  consul  to  Sicily. 
Her  death  occurred  in  Florence,  Italy,  when  she 
was  sixty-three  years  of  age. 

The  family  of  which  our  subject  was  a  member 
consisted  of  seven  sons  and  six  daughters.  Of 
these  Benjamin  and  Edward  were  merchants 
in  Palermo;  Robert  Shaw  died  in  boyhood; 
Beaumont  is  engaged  in  business  in  Sicily;  Wal- 
ter makes  his  home  in  South  Africa;  Charlotte, 
who  is  the  Baroness  Bordanaro,  lives  in  Sicily. 
Mrs.  Martha  Rose  is  a  resident  of  London;  Annie 
is  unmarried  and  makes  her  home  in  Florence, 
Italy;  Lizzie  is  the  wife  of  M.  Rose,  of  Sicily; 
and  Sophia  also  lives  in  Sicily.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Eng- 
land, and  upon  completing  his  education  entered 
his  brother's  office,  where  he  spent  ten  years. 
In  1871  he  came  to  the  United  States  and  for 
some  time  was  employed  in  an  office  in  New 
York,  but  finally  went  to  Wyoming  and  embarked 
in  the  stock  business.  From  there  in  1881  he 
came  to  Colorado. 

In  1884  Mr.  Gardner  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Josephine  Perry,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander and  Lavinia  Perry,  and  a  member  of  the 
family  to  which  belonged  the  illustrious  hero  of 
the  naval  battle  on  Lake  Erie  during  the  war  of 
1812.  She  was  born  in  1853  and  has  resided  in 
Colorado  since  1884.  The  two  children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Gardner  are  Josephine  and  Lillie. 


(lAMES  B.  CUNNINGHAM,  the  lumber 
I  merchant  of  Victor,  is  one  of  the  early  set- 
Q)  tiers  of  this  camp,  having  come  here  in  1893, 
when  the  place  had  less  than  six  houses  in  it. 
Beginning  business  on  a  small  scale,  by  persever- 
ance and  sound  judgment  he  has  built  up  a  large 
trade  in  lumber  and  building  material,  and  is  now 
the  leading  man  in  his  line  in  the  district. 

In  New  Brunswick,  Canada,  where  Bradford 
G.  Cunningham  was  engaged  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits, his  son,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born 
June  21,  1850,  and  there  the  rudiments  of  his 
education  were  obtained.  Afterward  he  com- 
pleted his  studies  in  Maine.  He  engaged  in  farm- 


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ing  in  his  native  province  until  the  spring  of 
1880,  at  which  time  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
embarked  in  the  lumber  business  at  Leadville. 
From  there,  in  1893,  he  came  to  Victor,  where 
he  has  since  remained.  At  first  he  was  vice- 
president,  and  later  president  of  the  Williams 
Lumber  Company  in  Leadville,  and  after  coming 
to  Victor  he  started  in  business  alone,  his  trade 
for  a  time  being  mostly  confined  to  building  ma- 
terial. The  first  lumber  that  he  furnished  was 
for  the  construction  of  the  shaft  house  for  the 
noted  Independence  mine.  From  that  time  on 
he  steadily  increased  his  business,  until  the  sales 
now  average  about  $150,000  annually,  the  largest 
part  of  which  is  for  the  mining  trade.  In  1894 
he  erected  a  sawmill  and  a  framer  for  manufac- 
turing mining  timber,  and  this  he  operates. 

Politically,  as  a  Republican,  Mr.  Cunningham 
has  been  quite  active  in  local  affairs;  however, 
he  has  never  allowed  his  name  to  be  used  in  con- 
nection with  any  political  office,  preferring  to  de- 
vote himself  exclusively  to  business  affairs.  He 
has  assisted  materially  in  the  development  of  the 
mining  interests  of  this  locality,  though  his  as- 
sistance has  been  more  in  the  line  of  finances 
than  active  participation  in  the  work.  He  is  a 
stockholder  in  several  mines,  and  from  his  shares 
has  received  fair  dividends.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Victor  lodges  of  Masons  and 
Knights  of  Pythias.  In  June,  1887,  he  married 
Emma  Dailey,  who  was  born  in  Maine,  but  at  the 
time  of  their  marriage  was  living  in  Leadville. 
They  are  the  parents  of  three  children,  Vesta, 
Murray  and  Elva. 

.  LOTTIE  GRAHAM,  proprietor  of  the 
Gardner  House  in  Las  Animas,  was  born 
in  Ross  County,  Ohio,  a  daughter  of 
Christian  and  Hannah  (Heir)  Hess,  natives  of 
Germany.  Soon  after  their  marriage  her  parents 
came  to  America  and  settled  in  Ross  County, 
Ohio,  where  Mr.  Hess  bought  land  and  spent  a 
number  of  years.  However,  on  account  of  the 
settlement  of  a  large  number  of  colored  people  in 
the  county,  he  removed  to  Illinois  and  rented 
property  in  McDonough  County.  Later  he  re- 
moved to  Nebraska,  settling  near  Grand  Island 
in  1866.  A  year  later  he  went  to  Buchanan 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  for 
eighteen  years.  Going  from  there  to  Coolidge, 
Kan.,  he  made  his  home  with  a  daughter. 

When  her  parents  removed  to  Missouri  from 
Nebraska,  our  subject  went  to  Omaha,  and  there 


was  united  in  marriage,  May  21,  1869,  in  the 
Lutheran  Church  on  Dodge  street,  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Kuhns,  with  James  Gardner,  who  was  born  near 
Manchester,  England,  and  was  a  son  of  Thomas 
Gardner.  His  mother  died  when  he  was  about 
seventeen  and  soon  afterward  he  came  to  Amer- 
ica. At  the  opening  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted 
as  a  private,  but  received  promotion  for  meritor- 
ious action,  and  was  honorably  discharge  at  the 
close  of  three  years.  Prior  to  entering  the  army, 
he  had  been  engaged  with  an  uncle  in  the  manu- 
facture of  prints,  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  after 
he  left  the  service  he  was  for  some  time  in  the 
employ  of  the  government.  After  his  marriage 
he  remained  in  Omaha  for  two  years  and  then 
went  further  west  as  a  workman  on  the  Santa  Fe 
Railroad,  Mrs.  Gardner  at  the  same  time  going 
to  her  father's  home  in  Missouri,  where  she  re- 
mained for  ten  months.  She  and  her  oldest  son 
crossed  the  bridge  over  the  Arkansas  River  on 
the  first  train  that  ever  crossed  it.  They  joined 
Mr.  Gardner  at  Granada,  which  was  the  terminus 
of  the  Santa  Fe  road.  For  ten  years  he  worked 
for  H.  S.  Hawley  &  Co.  there,  being  thus  em- 
ployed at  the  time  of  his  death,  October  4,  1882. 
He  left  three  children,  the  oldest  of  whom,  T.  J., 
is  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in  Las  Animas. 
The  second  son,  Edward  Hess  Gardner,  who  was 
born  May  3,  1874,  in  what  is  now  Prowers  County, 
Colo.,  was  the  first  graduate  of  Las  Animas  high 
school  and  received  a  three  years'  scholarship  in 
Denver'University,  but  did  not  avail  himself  of 
it.  Hannah  Lillian  Gardner,  the  youngest  of 
the  family,  was  born  in  Granada,  Prowers  County. 
In  December,  1883,  Mrs.  Gardner  came  to  Las 
Animas,  where  for  five  years  she  kept  a  private 
boarding  house.  In  June,  1888,  she  commenced 
the  building  of  the  present  hotel,  into  which  she 
moved  in  August,  1888.  May  29,  1889,  she  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Millard  F.  Graham,  of 
Las  Animas,  who  was  born  in  Lexington,  Mo., 
December  15,  1856.  He -was  first  married,  in  his 
native  city,  to  Mary  Gordon,  by  whom  one  child 
was  born,  Gordon  Went  worth  Graham,  who  was 
born  June  8,  1883,  at  Lexington,  Mo.,  and  has 
made  his  home  there  since  his  mother's  death, 
when  he  was  sixteen  months  old.  Mr.  Graham 
came  to  Colorado  in  March,  1886,  and  settled  in 
Las  Animas,  where  he  followed  the  tinner's  trade 
in  the  employ  of  Rhodes  Brothers.  After  his 
marriage  he  started  a  tinshop,  having  at  the  time 
only  $22  worth  of  goods,  but  he  built  up  a  large 
business  and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  September 


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29,  1898,  had  a  valuable  stock.  In  1894  he 
erected  a  substantial  business  block.  Politically 
he  was  independent.  He  became  identified  with 
the  Baptist  Church  and  was  made  a  deacon  in 
the  spring  of  1898.  He  possessed  a  splendid 
bass  voice,  which  won  him  considerable  promi- 
nence as  a  singer,  and,  with  the  assistance  of  the 
band,  he  always  arranged  the  musical  program 
at  the  commencement  exercises  of  Las  Animas 
high  school. 

During  her  long  life  on  the  frontier,  Mrs. 
Graham  had  many  hardships  to  undergo  and 
many  obstacles  to  overcome.  It  was  difficult  to 
obtain  the  very  necessities  of  life;  its  comforts 
were  not  expected.  For  three  years  the  only 
meat  she  had  in  her  house  was  buffalo  meat. 
While  she  was  living  in  Granada,  the  Indians 
frequently  became  troublesome,  and  at  one  time 
they  drove  all  of  the  women  into  a  stone  build- 
ing. Mrs.  Graham,  with  her  oldest  child,  was 
among  the  others,  and  expected  every  moment 
to  be  massacred,  but  their  lives  were  spared.  At 
another  time  the  schoolteacher  refused  to  teach 
any  longer,  as  she  feared  an  attack  by  the 
Indians.  On  another  occasion  Mr.  Gardner  was 
kept  up  all  night  in  order  to  make  coffins  for  the 
victims  killed  by  the  Indians  in  an  attack  on  the 
whites.  After  all  of  those  years  of  hardship  and 
trial,  Mrs.  Graham  is  in  a  position  to  enjoy  the 
comforts  that  now  surround  her  and  the  privileges 
of  residence  in  a  town  where  church  and  school 
advantages  can  be  had  and  where  she  can  also 
enjoy  the  pleasure  of  association  with  people  of 
culture  and  refinement. 


gELA  M.  HUGHES.  The  Hughes  family 
was  represented  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Virginia  and  some  of  its  members  took  part 
in  the  Revolution.  Andrew  S.  Hughes  was  for 
some  years  a  resident  of  Kentucky,  but  removed 
from  there  to  Missouri  and  became  a  pioneer  of 
Clay  County,  where  he  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law.  His  son,  Bela  M.,  was  born  in  Nicholas 
County,  Ky.,  a  nephew  of  ex- Governor  Metcalf 
of  that  state.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Missouri,  where  he  practiced  for  years.  In  early 
days  he  went  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo. ,  and  later  located 
in  Atchison,  Kan.  With  his  cousin,  Benjamin 
Holliday,  and  others  he  started  the  overland 
stage  line  between  Atchison,  Denver  and  Salt 
Lake,  and  this  he  was  connected  with  for  some 
years  as  president  and  attorney.  In  1864  he 
came  to  Denver,  where  he  entered  upon  the 


practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  active  promoters  of  the  Denver  Pacific  Rail- 
road between  Denver  and  Cheyenne  and  was  the 
first  president  of  the  company.  While  in  Mis- 
souri he  was  general  of  the  state  militia,  and  he 
is  usually  called  by  that  title.  A  Democrat  in 
politics,  he  was  a  member  of  the  first  state  senate 
of  Colorado.  He  is  still  living  in  Denver,  which 
he  has  seen  grow  from  a  small  and  unimportant 
village  to  a  commercial,  railroad,  mining  and 
stock-raising  center,  the  metropolis  of  the  great 
Rocky  Mountain  region. 


HARRY  A.  LEE  was  appointed  commissioner 
of  mines  for  the  state  of  Colorado  May  1 1 , 
1895,  by  Governor  Albert  W.  Mclntire. 
The  Bureau  of  Mines  of  the  state  of  Colorado  was 
created  by  an  act  of  legislature,  approved  March 
30,  1895.  Owing  to  the  financial  distress  of  the 
state,  the  status  of  the  office  was  soon  attacked 
and  the  State  Board  of  Equalization  recommended 
that  the  state  auditor  suspend  payments  of  appro- 
priation provided  by  the  legislature.  Through 
legal  advice  sought,  it  became  clear  to  Mr.  Lee 
that  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  the 
office  was  commanded  by  the  constitution  of 
the  state.  Acting  upon  this  theory,  mandamus 
proceedings  were  had  by  the  commissioner  of 
mines  against  the  state  auditor  in  the  district 
court.  The  decision  was  in  favor  of  the  bureau 
and  was  later  affirmed  by  the  supreme  court  of 
the  state.  Both  courts  decided  "that  the  office  was 
created  in  pursuance  of  a  constitutional  man- 
date," and  that  its  status  was  the  same  as  any 
other  state  office.  Mr.  Lee  is  well  equipped  for 
the  duties  of  his  office  and  his  interest  and  zeal 
are  evidenced  by  the  progress  made,  having, 
among  other  things,  made  one  of  the  finest  min- 
eral collections  in  the  west. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  E.  A.  Lee,  M.  D., 
was  born  and  reared  in  Ohio,  graduated  from 
Rush  Medical  College  at  Chicago,  and  during  the 
Civil  war  served  four  years  as  surgeon  in  an  Illi- 
nois regiment,  with  the  rank  of  major.  After 
the  close  of  the  war  he  located  at  Du  Quoin,  111., 
and  followed  his  profession  for  several  years.  On 
account  of  asthma,  necessitating  change  of  cli- 
mate, California  and  other  places  were  visited  and 
settlement  finally  made  in  Colorado  Springs, Colo. , 
in  1875.  After  several  years'  residence,  another 
change  became  necessary  and  he  removed  to  Fort 
Collins,  Colo.,  and  is  still  practicing  his  profession 
at  that  place. 


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Born  in  Sparta,  111. , our  subject  was  there  reared 
and  educated  in  the  Du  Quoin  high  school,  com- 
pleting the  junior  studies  in  the  Illinois  Industrial 
University  at  Champaign,  111.  He  was  self  sup- 
porting from  an  early  age,  having  learned  the 
trade  of  printer  (which  was  dropped  on  account 
of  health)  and  later  the  trade  of  machinist.  In 
1877  he  began  mining  at  Joplin,  Mo.,  and  in  1879 
came  to  Colorado.  In  1880  he  went  to  the  Gun- 
nison  country,  and  has  since  that  time  followed 
mining  in  its  various  branches,  settling  at  Ouray, 
Colo.,  in  1887,  which  point  he  designates  as 
"home."  He  married  Teresa  M.  Killelea  at 
Ottawa,  111.,  and  they  have  three  children  living. 


0AVID  W.  BRUNTON.  Since  becoming 
identified  with  the  mining  interests  of  Aspen 
in  1887,  Mr.  Brunton  has  been  actively  en- 
gaged in  studying  the  geology  of  this  most  inter- 
esting field,  and  the  economic  value  of  his  work 
has  been  so  well  recognized  by  the  principal 
mine  owners  of  the  district,  that  he  is  now  man- 
ager of  the  Delia  S.  Consolidated  Mining  Com- 
pany, the  Alta  Argent  Mining  Company,  the 
Homestead  Mining  Company,  the  Free  Silver 
Mining  Company  and  the  Cowenhoven  M.  T. 
&  D.  Tunnel  Company.  The  latter  is  perhaps 
his  greatest  work,  and  is  a  double- track  tunnel 
two  miles  and  a-quarter  in  length,  which  was 
driven  the  entire  distance  without  an  accident, 
and  taps  all  the  mines  on  the  Smuggler  mountain 
side  of  the  district.  This  tunnel  furnishes  trans- 
portation and  drainage  to  mines  from  which 
nearly  half  the  output  of  Aspen  is  derived,  and 
has  been  the  principal  factor  in  reducing  the  cost 
of  production  and  enabling  the  mine  owners  to 
work  their  properties  at  a  profit,  despite  the  con- 
tinuous decline  in  the  price  of  silver.  Mr.  Brun- 
ton is  a  most  persistent  advocate  of  the  advanta- 
ges of  -electric  transmission  of  power,  and  has 
done  perhaps  more  than  anyone  else  to  increase 
the  use  of  electricity  in  all  the  departments  of 
mining.  His  work  in  this  direction,  as  well  as 
in  the  field  of  economic  geolog}',  has  brought  him 
into  special  prominence,  and  he  is  now  consult- 
ing engineer  to  some  of  the  largest  companies, 
both  in  the  United  States  and  Canada. 

Mr.  Brunton  was  born  in  Ayr,  Canada,  June 
ii,  1849,  and  is  the  son  of  James  and  Agnes 
Brunton,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Scotland 
and  came  to  Canada  about  1840.  The  family  of 
James  Bruuton  consists  of  one  son,  David  W., 
and  two  daughters,  Mrs.  Robert  J.  Devlin,  of 


Brantford,  Canada,  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  Copeland,  of 
Aspen,  Colo.  After  graduation  in  1871,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  began  engineering  work  on 
the  Toronto  &  Nepissing  Railroad.  In  1873  he 
came  to  the  states  and  settled  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
where  he  was  engaged  as  engineer  in  the  Kellogg 
Bridge  Works.  Since  June,  1875,  Mr.  Brunton 
has  resided  in  Colorado.  His  first  location  was 
in  Mineral  City,  San  Juan  County,  where  he  was 
engaged  as  mining  engineer  to  A.  Taylor,  the 
father  of  his  present  business  partner,  F.  M.  Tay- 
lor. In  1880  he  and  Mr.  Taylor  built  the  Taylor 
&  Brunton  mill  in  Leadville,  and  soon  afterward 
the  Colonel  Sellers,  Minnie  &  A.  Y. ,  Adams  and 
Dinero  concentrating  mills.  As  mining  engineer 
or  manager,  he  was  connected  with  the  Robert  E. 
Lee  Company,  the  Duncan  Mining  Company,  the 
Wolftone  Mining  Company,  and  the  Colonel  Sel- 
lers Mining  Company.  He  is  now  interested  in 
the  Taylor  &  Brunton  Sampling  Works  Company 
at  Aspen,  Colo. ;  the  Taylor  &  Brunton  Ore  Samp- 
ling Company  at  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  the  Tay- 
lor &  Brunton  Sampling  Company  at  Victor, 
Colo. ,  and  various  other  enterprises  throughout 
the  state. 

In  1885  Mr.  Brunton  married  Katharine  Kem- 
ble,  the  daughter  of  John  G.  Kemble,  of  New 
York,  a  descendant  of  a  family  that  came  to  New 
York  from  Holland  during  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury. Thejr  are  the  parents  of  three  sons  and  one 
daughter,  Frederic  Kemble,  John  David,  Harold 
James  and  Marion.  While  Mr.  Brunton  has  his 
headquarters  in  Aspen,  and  necessarily  spends 
part  of  his  time  there,  the  family  residence  is  at 
No.  865  Grant  avenue,  Denver. 

Politically  Mr.  Brunton  has  never  identified 
himself  with  any  party,  but  has  remained  inde- 
pendent. He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Institution 
of  Civil  Engineers  of  London,  and  is  a  past  vice- 
president  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Colorado 
Scientific  Society  and  of  the  Royal  Geographical 
Society. 

Fraternally  he  is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason, 
and  a  member  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  El  Jebel 
Temple. 


QHARLES  C.  GOODALE,  surveyor-general 
I  (  for  the  state  of  Colorado,  has  been  identified 
\J  with  the  history  of  Lamar  from  the  early 
days  of  its  settlement,  and  has  borne  an  active 
part  in  all  enterprises  for  the  advancement  of  its 


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interests.  When  he  came  west  in  January,  1887, 
he  filed  a  claim  on  a  tract  of  land  in  Prowers 
County,  adjoining  the  village  of  Lamar,  to  which 
he  removed  with  his  family  in  April,  1887. 
Afterward  he  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  and 
gained  a  large  portion  of  the  practice  of  south- 
eastern Colorado.  In  December,  1889,  he  re- 
ceived appointment  as  receiver  of  the  United 
States  land  office  at  Lamar,  and  served  for  a  term 
of  four  years  in  that  capacity.  In  January,  1899, 
he  was  appointed  surveyor-general  of  the  state  of 
Colorado  and  took  charge  of  that  office  February 
i,  1899. 

«  Born  in  the  state   of  Vermont  December  27, 

1844,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  youth  of 
almost  thirteen  years  when,  in  1858,  he  removed 
to  Iowa  and  settled  upon  a  farm  in  Clayton  Coun- 
ty. In  the  spring  of  1864  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany C,  Third  Iowa  Infantry,  and  remained  in 
the  service  until  the  close  of  the  war,  being  mus- 
tered out  in  June,  1865.  At  the  battle  of  Atlanta, 
Ga.,  July  22,  1864,  he  was  taken  prisoner  by  the 
Confederates  and  confined  in  Andersonville 
prison,  Georgia,  and  Florence  prison,  South 
Carolina,  and  from  the  latter  place 'was  trans- 
ported on  parole  to  Annapolis,  Md. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Goodale  re- 
moved to  Madison  County,  Iowa,  where  he 
farmed  during  the  summer  months,  and  taught 
school  in  the  winter  time,  continuing  in  this  way 
until  1873,  when  he  was  elected  county  auditor 
of  Madison  County  and  removed  to  Winterset, 
the  county -seat.  The  position  of  auditor  he  filled 
efficiently  for  three  terms.  In  1878  he  purchased 
a  half  interest  in  the  Winterset  Madisonian,  the 
leading  Republican  paper  of  Madison  County,  and 
continued  as  its  editor  until  1882,  when  he  sold 
his  interest.  Soon  after  removing  to  Winterset 
he  had  commenced  to  read  law,  and  in  1882  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  after  which  he  engaged 
in  general  practice.  He  continued  in  Winterset 
until  his  removal  to  Colorado  in  the  early  part  of 
1887. 

The  Republican  party  has  always  received  the 
support  of  Mr.  Goodale,  who  uniformly  supports 
its  men  and  measures,  and  casts  his  ballot  in  favor 
of  its  princfples.  In  1896  he  was  a  candidate  for 
elector  upon  his  party  ticket.  In  1898  he  was 
nominated  as  a  candidate  for  attorney-general  of 
the  state,  but  declined  the  nomination  upon  the 
consolidation  of  the  two  Republican  tickets.  Had 
the  office  fallen  to  his  lot  he  would  have  undoubt- 
edly discharged  its  duties  in  the  same  efficient 


manner  and  with  the  same  sound  judgment  that 
has  characterized  him  in  every  responsibility  of 
life. 

May  25,  1870,  Mr.  Goodale  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Sarah  J.  McManus.  They  are 
the  parents  of  six  living  children,  three  sons  and 
three  daughters.  The  eldest  of  the  family,  Sarah 
E.,  is  married  to  William  W.  Cooper,  assistant 
cashier  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  Lamar. 
The  other  children  are:  Samuel  W.,  Mary  E., 
Nellie  I.,  Henry  J.  and  Rollin  C.,  who  are  attend- 
ing school  in  Lamar. 


QETER  THOBORG  is  one  of  the  early  set- 
LX  tiers  of  Eagle  County.  When  he  came  here, 
|5  in  September,  1885,  little  improvement  had 
been  made  in  the  county,  the  town  of  Eagle  had 
not  yet  been  started  and  even  the  principal  in- 
dustry of  the  state,  mining,  had  received  but 
little  attention.  He  took  up  land  adjoining  the 
present  village  of  Eagle  and  here  he  has  carried 
on  general  ranch  pursuits,  working  industriously 
and  faithfully  to  place  his  property  under  first- 
class  improvement. 

In  the  province  of  Hanover,  Germany,  in  1855, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born,  a  son  of 
Wilhelm  Thoborg,  a  native  of  the  same  province, 
by  trade  a  blacksmith  and  in  religion  a  member 
of  the  Lutheran  Church.  The  wife  and  mother 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Anna  Stuehrke  and  was 
a  native  of  the  same  province.  She  died  in  1872, 
two  years  after  the  death  of  her  husband.  They 
were  the  parents  of  four  sons  and  one  daughter, 
of  whom  Wilhelm  died  in  the  old  country;  Kate 
is  married  and  lives  in  Davenport,  Iowa;  August 
and  Herman  are  engaged  in  mining  at  Aspen, 
Colo. 

The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject's  life  were 
passed  in  Germany.  Under  his  father's  instruc- 
tion he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  and  at 
sixteen  years  of  age  he  started  out  in  the  world 
for  himself.  In  pursuit  of  his  occupation  as 
blacksmith,  he  visited  many  towns  in  Europe. 
In  1873,  at  eighteen  years  of  age,  he  crossed  the 
ocean  and  settled  in  Davenport,  Iowa,  where  he 
remained  for  several  years.  From  there,  in  18.79, 
he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in  Leadville,  where 
he  had  charge  of  the  sampling  department  of  the 
Grant  smelter  for  three  years.  Afterward  he 
spent  two  years  or  more  in  South  Park,  coming 
from  there  to  his  present  home  in  Eagle  County. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Thoborg,  in  1880,  united 
him  with  Carrie  Kuehn,  of  Davenport,  Iowa,  and 


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by  her  he  has  three  daughters,  Mabel,  Alice  and 
Blanche.  In  politics  he  is  identified  with  the 
People's  party.  He  is  interested  in  educational 
matters  and  for  nine  years  served  as  president  of 
the  school  board  of  his  district.  He  assisted  in 
organizing  a  lodge  of  Woodmen  of  the  World  in 
Eagle,  and  was  its  first  consul  commander  and  is 
still  one  of.  its  most  active  members.  He  stands 
high  among  the  people  of  the  county  and  has 
many  friends  among  the  best  citizens  of  his  lo- 
cality. 

OEORGE  P.  SAMPSON,  M.  D.,  who  has 

b  built  up  an  extensive  practice  in  the  village 
of  Eagle  and  the  surrounding  country,  was 
born  in  Goderich,  Ontario,  November  9,  1854,  a 
sou  of  George  and  Charlotte  (Fiuley)  Sampson, 
natives  respectively  of  Londonderry  and  Wick- 
low,  Ireland.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Andrew 
Sampson,  emigrated  from  Ireland  to  Canada  in 
1831  and  died  soon  afterward;  the  maternal  grand- 
father, John  Finley,  was  a  farmer  of  Ireland,  and 
settled  in  Canada  in  1833.  George  Sampson  en- 
gaged in  farming  in  Canada  until  1871,  mean- 
time participating  in  the  Canadian  rebellion  of 
1837  for  the  government.  After  he  settled  in 
Kansas  in  1871  he  engaged  in  farming.  His 
death  occurred  in  Ohio  in  1883.  Of  his  children, 
John  S.  resides  in  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio; 
Anna  is  the  wife  of  Richard  Finley,  of  Manhat- 
tan, Kan.;  Lottie  married  Orville  P.  Jones,  of 
Ashtabula  County,  Ohio;  James  F.  resides  in 
Florence,  Colo. ;  Ezekiel  makes  his  home  in 
Ashtabula;  and  Lettie  H.  is  the  wife  of  John  F. 
Priest,  of  Oregon. 

The  first  sixteen  years  of  our  subject's  life 
were  spent  in  Canada.  After  settling  in  Kansas 
he  attended  the  State  Normal  School  in  Leaven- 
worth.  He  was  only  fourteen  years  of  age  when 
he  began  to  teach,  and  from  that  time  on  was 
practically  self-supporting.  In  1878,  at  Leaven- 
worth,  Kan.,  he  commenced  to  read  medicine 
with  Dr.  S.  F.  Neely,  a  prominent  physician  of 
that  city.  At  the  same  time  he  devoted  himself 
to  work  that  would  assist  in  defraying  his  ex- 
penses. His  medical  studies  were  prosecuted  in 
Miami  Medical  College,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1880.  Afterward  he  re- 
ceived an  appointment  as  acting  assistant  surgeon 
in  the  United  States  regular  army,  and  for  three 
years  was  engaged  in  Indian  service  in  Arizona. 
Later  he  carried  on  a  drug  business  at  Monte 
Vista,  Colo.,  until  1895,  and  during  the  same 


time,  for  two  years,  he  served  as  county  superin- 
tendent of  schools.  He  then  came  to  Eagle 
County,  where  he  established  a  general  practice. 
With  professional  skill  that  brings  him  patronage 
he  combines  the  ready  tact  that  makes  fast 
friends  of  the  patients  who  seek  his  professional 
advice.  He  is  conscientiously  devoted  to  the 
duties  of  his  profession  and  the  people  appreciate 
his  ability  and  earnest  efforts. 

In  politics  Dr.  Sampson  is  connected  with  the 
People's  party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  blue 
lodge  of  Masonry.  His  marriage,  in  1880,  united 
him  with  Nellie  A.,  daughter  of  George  B.  Cof- 
fin, of  Leavenworth,  Kan.  They  are  the  parents 
of  two  sons,  Ralph  C.  and  George  P.,  Jr.,  who 
are  bright  and  manly  boys. 

Since  the  above  was  written  Dr.  Sampson  has 
moved  to  Winslow,  Ariz  ,  and  is  now  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  medicine  there. 


C.  KING  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
in  what  is  now  Logan  County.  He  came 
to  Colorado  in  1873,  arriving  in  Greeley 
on  the  1 6th  of  August.  Leaving  his  family  at 
that  place  he  proceeded  to  Sterling,  and  by  home- 
stead and  pre-emption,  secured  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  land  four  miles  north  of  town. 
At  that  time  there  were  but  five  or  six  families 
in  this  section  of  the  country,  and  few  attempts 
had  been  made  at  the  improvement  or  cultivation 
of  land.  He  at  once  set  about  the  task  of  im- 
proving his  property.  He  erected  needed  build- 
ings and  in  the  winter  of  1874-75  moved  his  fam- 
ily to  the  farm.  He  has  since  resided  on  the 
place,  which  has  been  increased  to  four  hundred 
and  seventy  acres  and  upon  which  he  engages  in 
stock-raising. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  King  occurred  in  Obion 
County,  Tenn.,  May  20,  1840,  his  parents  being 
Benjamin  F.  and  Pamelia  King.  He  was  one  of 
eight  children,  five  of  whom  are  living,  viz. : 
James  M.,  of  Sterling;  Lucinda,  wife  of  S.  W. 
Leach,  of  Texas;  Martha  E. ,  the  widow  of  Isaac 
M.  Dooley,  and  who  makes  her  home  with  our 
subject;  M.  C. ;  and  Mollie,  who  married  G.  H. 
W'ilson,  of  Merino.  The  father,  a  native  of 
South  Carolina,  born  in  1801,  grew  to  manhood 
in  that  state,  where  he  married  and  engaged  in 
farming.  In  1833  he  established  his  home  in 
Kentucky,  but  five  years  later  went  to  Tennessee 
and  settled  in  Obion  County,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming  for  seven  years.  His  next  location 
was  in  Lafayette  County,  Miss,,  and  there  he 


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continued  to  reside  until  his  death,  in  1862.  For 
a  number  of  years  he  served  as  a  justice  of  the 
peace  in  Mississippi,  and  he  also  held  the  office 
of  county  assessor. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  our  subject, 
whose  sympathies  were  naturally  with  the  south, 
enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army.  August  7, 
1 86 1,  his  name  was  enrolled  as  a  member  of 
Company  F,  Nineteenth  Mississippi  Infantry. 
With  his  regiment  he  took  part  in  the  engage- 
ments at  Fredericksburg,  the  Wilderness,  Spott- 
sylvania  Court  House,  Fair  Oaks,  Gettysburg 
and  Weldon  Railroad.  He  was  mustered  out  at 
the  close  of  the  war,  April  5,  1865.  After  the 
close  of  the  war  he  farmed  for  one  year  in  South 
Carolina  as  a  renter,  after  which  he  returned 
home;  his  parents  had  passed  away  during  his 
absence  in  the  army,  and  the  children  had  scat- 
tered to  various  places.  For  two  years  he  worked 
at  such  occupations  as  he  could  find,  and  in  1869 
he  bought  a  farm  in  Lafayette  County,  settling 
down  to  agricultural  pursuits  there.  In  1870  he 
removed  to  an  adjoining  county  and  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business.  From  there  he  came  to 
Colorado  in  1873  and  has  since  made  his  home  in 
Logan  County.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cumber- 
land -Presbyterian  Church  of  Sterling.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  liberal,  voting  for  the  men  whom  he 
considers  best  qualified  to  represent  the  people  in 
office.  In  1869  he  married  Miss  Mary  Minter, 
who  was  born  in  South  Carolina,  her  father,  E. 
L.  Minter,  having  been  a  prominent  planter  of 
that  state.  Five  children  were  born  of  this 
union,  namely:  William  E.,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  real-estate  business  in  Sterling;  Ella  P.,  wife 
of  J.  W.  Wells,  of  Sterling;  Maud  E.,  John  C. 
and  Alfred  Alonzo,  who  are  attending  school  in 
Logan  County. 

GlVERY  B.  TUBES.  On  the  Blue  River, 
J  I  fourteen  miles  north  of  Dillon,  lies  one  of 
I  \  the  valuable  ranches  of  Summit  County. 
This,  since  1885,  has  been  the  property  of  Mr. 
Tubbs,  who  at  that  time  rented  his  ranch  near 
Colorado  Springs  and  bought  the  place  where  he 
has  since  resided.  Here  he  has  been  engaged  in 
the  raising  of  cattle  and  in  a  general  dairy  busi- 
ness. An  industrious  and  energetic  man ,  he  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  representative  ranchmen 
of  the  county. 

The  birth  of  our  subject  occurred  in  Des 
Moines  County,  Iowa,  May  9,  1843.  He  was 
the  eldest  of  three  children  born  to  the  union  of 


Thomas  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Babb)  Tubbs.  His 
brother,  Dennison,  who  served  in  the  Second 
Iowa  Cavalry  during  the  Civil  war,  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  the  police  force  of  Burlington,  Iowa. 
Clement  M.,  the  youngest  son,  resides  in  Dillon, 
Colo.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  in 
1818.  In  early  manhood  he  migrated  to  Iowa 
and  settled  in  Des  Moines  County,  where  he  de- 
voted himself  to  carpentering.  A  man  of  great 
mechanical  skill,  he  was  unusually  skillful  in  the 
construction  of  articles  for  household  or  business 
use.  During  middle  life  he  was  engaged  in  en- 
gineering and  sawmill  work.  In  1870  he  came 
to  Colorado  and  in  the  spring  of  that  year  settled 
at  Breckenridge,  where  he  became  interested  in 
sawmill  work  and  also  followed  the  carpenter's 
trade.  During  the  winter  he  made  his  head- 
quarters in  Colorado  City.  In  the  spring  of  187 1 
he  returned  to  Breckenridge,  where  he  had  charge 
of  the  Gold  Run  ditch.  Again,  during  the  win- 
ter, he  resided  in  Colorado  City,  returning  to 
Breckenridge  in  the  spring  and  resuming  the 
management  of  the  Gold  Run  ditch.  After  spend- 
ing the  next  winter  in  El  Paso  County,  he  re- 
turned to  Breckenridge  in  the  spring  of  1873. 
From  that  time  until  1883  he  resided  continu- 
ously in  Summit  County.  Failing  health  caused 
him  to  return  to  Iowa  in  1884,  and  in  that  state 
he  continued  to  reside  until  his  death  in  1895. 
During  the  war  he  enlisted  in  Company  K,  Four- 
teenth Iowa  Infantry,  and  went  to  the  front  with 
his  regiment,  taking  part  in  a  number  of  impor- 
tant engagements.  During  the  second  battle  of 
Bull  Run  he  was  wounded  by  a  shell. 

When  the  war  broke  out  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  fired  with  patriotic  ardor  and  deter- 
mined to  enlist.  His  father  and  older  brother 
both  enlisted  at  an  early  period  in  the  war,  and 
he  soon  followed  their  example.  He  had  pre- 
viously settled  in  Breckeuridge,  Colo.,  the  date 
of  his  arrival  here  having  been  June  17,  1862. 
In  August,  1864,  he  became  a  member  of  Com- 
pany K,  Third  Colorado  Cavalry,  and  partici- 
pated in  a  number  of  skirmishes  against  the  In- 
dians, who  were  very  troublesome  and  hostile. 
Among  his  battles  was  the  famous  engagement 
at  Sand  Creek.  On  his  return  from  the  front  he 
resumed  mining.  March  18,  1872,  he  estab- 
lished domestic  ties,  at  which  time  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  E.  Marshall. 
Shortly  afterward  he  removed  to  a  ranch  fourteen 
miles  north  of  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  began 
to  raise  cattle  and  enough  hay  to  supply  produce 


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for  the  stock.  He  continued  there  until  1885, 
when  he  rented  the  place  and  returned  to  Sum- 
mit County.  He  is  well  liked  in  his  locality  and 
is  now  serving  efficiently  as  secretary  of  the 
school  board  of  his  district.  He  and  his  wife 
are  the  parents  of  three  sons,  Arthur  T. ,  Harry 
E.  and  Avery  B. ,  Jr.,  all  of  whom  are  at  home. 


HIPPOLYTE  GIRARDOT,  a  pioneer  of  Colo- 
rado, and  now  a  resident  of  Fort  Morgan, 
was  born  in  France  April  10,  1844,  a  son  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  A.  (Minard)  Girardot.  He 
was  the  youngest  of  five  children,  of  whom  he 
and  his  three  sisters,  Maria,  Annette  and 
Hortense,  survive.  Marie,  the  youngest  sister, 
is  deceased.  His  father,  a  native  of  France,  born 
in  1812,  engaged  in  fanning  and  freighting  in 
hi's  native  land,  whence,  in  1856,  he  emigrated 
to  America.  With  his  son,  then  a  boy  of  twelve, 
he  crossed  the  ocean  in  December,  arriving  in 
New  York  early  in  January,  1857,  after  a  voyage 
of  thirty-five  days.  He  remained  at  Hoboken, 
N.  J.,  until  March,  when  he  went  to  Cincinnati, 
Ohio.  While  his  son  worked  in  a  restaurant,  he 
secured  employment  on  a  farm.  In  the  fall  the 
two  took  a  steamer  for  New  Orleans,  where  dur- 
ing the  winter  the  boy  was  employed  in  a  grocery, 
and  the  father  followed  gardening.  In  the  spring 
of  1858  they  started  back  north,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  going  to  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  but  on  reach- 
ing St.  Mary's,  Mo. ,  they  landed.  Dissatisfied 
with  that  section  of  country,  they  went  to  St. 
Louis,  and  there  meeting  a  number  of  French- 
men about  to  go  to  Sioux  City,  were  induced  to 
resume  their  journey  to  that  point.  However, 
on  arriving  in  Nebraska  City,  they  were  per- 
suaded to  stop  by  one  of  their  countrymen.  Both 
father  and  son  secured  employment  at  street 
work,  which  paid  them  good  wages.  Soon  the 
father  bought  lots  in  the  suburbs  and  began 
gardening.  Meantime  the  son  worked  in  a  con- 
fectionery store  until  his  employer  failed,  after 
which  he  was  employed  by  Joel  Draper,  a  nur- 
seryman, for  whom  he  agreed  to  work  three 
months  at  $8  a  month.  Before  the  expiration  of 
the  time,  his  father  died.  He  settled  up  the  busi- 
ness, disposed  of  the  products  of  the  garden  and 
then  returned  to  Mr.  Draper's  employ,  after 
which  he  remained  with  him  until  1863. 

In  the  spring  of  1863  Mr.  Girardot  was  em- 
ployed by  Alexander  Major  to  drivea  team  across 
the  plains.  During  the  summer  he  made  one 
trip  from  Nebraska  City  and  two  trips  from 

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Omaha  to  Fort  Laramie.  During  the  winter  he 
cared  for  the  cattle  that  were  wintered  at  the  fort. 
In  the  spring  of  1864  he  went  back  to  Nebraska 
with  the  outfit  and  there  met  Mr.  Draper,  who 
had  purchased  a  freighting  outfit  and  wished  him 
to  take  charge  of  the  train.  This  he  did,  and 
during  the  summers  of  1864  and  1865  made  six 
trips  across  the  plains  to  Colorado  for  his  em- 
ployer. In  1865  he  purchased  a  team  of  his  own, 
which  he  ran  with  the  train.  In  the  spring  of 
1866  he  and  his  employer  disposed  of  the  cattle 
and  wagons,  and  he  returned  to  France  to  visit 
his  mother  and  sisters.  On  coming  back  to 
America,  in  August,  1866,  he  bought  a  piece  of 
land  and  took  up  a  homestead  thirty-five  miles 
west  of  Nebraska  City,  near  what  is  now  the 
town  of  Palmyra,  Neb.  In  the  spring  of  1867  he 
built  a  house.  To  this  place  he  soon  brought 
his  bride.  He  was  married  April  29,  1867,  to 
Miss  Ellen  M.  Miner,  and  a  week  later  settled  in 
his  new  home.  Buying  some  cows,  he  engaged 
in  the  dairy  business,  continuing  in  the  same 
place  until  the  spring  of  1872,  when  he  mounted 
his  horse  and  started  across  the  plains  to  search 
for  a  new  location.  On  reaching  Cheyenne  he 
hired  to  J.  D.  McCann,  a  freighter,  to  make  a 
trip  from  that  town  to  the  Spotted  Tail  agency. 
This  had  the  advantage  of  permitting  him  to  look 
over  the  country  and  draw  a  salary  at  the  same 
time.  In  August  he  received  a  letter  from  his 
wife  stating  that  she  had  an  opportunity  to  sell 
their  Nebraska  farm.  At  once  he  returned, 
completed  the  sale,  and  with  his  family  and  cattle 
started  west.  When  winter  set  in  they  had 
reached  a  point  fifty  miles  west  of  Fort  Kearney. 
There  they  found  a  deserted  ranch  and  spent  the 
winter.  April  9,  1873,  they  started  out  on  the 
range  to  look  up  their  cattle, which  were  ranging 
about  eight  miles  from  their  cabin.  With  them 
they  had  a  two-horse  wagon  and  saddle  horse. 
After  they  had  gone  two  miles  they  were  sur- 
prised by  a  band  of  hostile  Sioux.  With  rare 
presence  of  mind,  Mr.  Girardot  wheeled  his 
horses  around  and  started  for  home.  The  horses 
being  fresh  outdistanced  the  tired  ponies  of  the 
Indians  and  he  reached  his  cabin  in  safety,  but 
not  before  many  shots  had  been  fired  at  him. 
Even  after  within  his  cabin  he  feared  a  fight, 
but  the  Indians,  seeing  him  under  shelter,  circled 
around  and  rode  off,  after  stealing  four  of  his 
horses.  He  then  moved  his  family  across  the 
river.  This  was  a  difficult  task,  as  the  river  had 
overflowed  and  quicksands  rendered  an  attempt 


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at  crossing  dangerous.  Telling  his  wife  to  pack 
such  things  as  were  necessary  they  started  on 
their  journey.  When  nearly  across  the  river  one 
horse  balked  and  another  became  stuck  in  the 
quicksand.  His  daughter,  now  Mrs.  Brink,  took 
the  baby  and  mounted  another  horse,  which  also 
went  down  in  the  icy  current.  Mr.  Girardot  suc- 
ceeded in  securing  them,  however,  and  they 
landed  in  safety.  The  Indians  witnessed  the 
narrow  escape  from  the  river  bank,  but  harassed 
them  no  further.  Soon  after  the  savages  re- 
turned to  the  ranch,  killed  over  forty  head  of 
cattle  and  stole  four  of  the  best  horses.  At  Plum 
Creek  Mr.  Girardot  told  his  story  to  about  fifteen 
men,  who  informed  him  they  were  about  to  sally 
forth  to  fight  this  marauding  band  of  Indians, 
but  when  they  found  the  savages  were  so  near, 
they  pleaded  that  it  was  dangerous  to  cross  the 
river  on  account  of  the  high  water,  and  not  a 
man  would  help  him  punish  the  redskins. 

Finally,  after  all  these  hardships  and  after 
having  two  more  skirmishes  with  Indians,  on 
the  25th  of  May,  Mr.  Girardot  started  for  Colo- 
rado. Reaching  Greeley  he  ranged  his  cattle  for 
a  short  time.  At  the  request  of  Captain  Gifford, 
of  Fremont's  Orchard  (now  Orchard),  Morgan 
County,  he  went  to  that  place  to  look  after  that 
gentleman's  sheep  and  take  charge  of  his  ranch. 
At  the  same  time  he  drove  his  own  cattle  to 
Orchard  and  took  up  his  home  there.  Eighteen 
months  later  he  built  a  house  on  a  homestead 
owned  by  his  wife's  mother,  and  there"  he  estab- 
lished his  family.  In  1879  he  bought  a  tract  of 
land  at  Orchard,  and  to  this  he  has  added  until 
his  ranch  property  now  numbers  thirteen  hundred 
acres,  nearly  all  under  ditch.  He  is  still  largely 
interested  in  the  cattle  business.  After  1889  he 
divided  his  time  between  his  ranch  and  Fort  Mor- 
gan, but  is  now  living  in  the  town,  in  order  that 
his  children  may  receive  educational  advantages. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Girardot  was  drowned  in 
the  Box  Elder  Creek,  near  Greeley,  March  i, 
1 88 1,  leaving  three  children:  Mattie,  wife  of 
Frank  Clifford,  of  Weldon,  Colo.;  Mabel,  Mrs* 
M.  H.  Brink,  of  Orchard;  and  Frederick, at  home. 
September  n,  1891,  our  subject  married  Miss 
Hattie  B.  Kemp,  a  native  of  Dixon,  111.,  and 
later  a  resident  of  Bennett,  Lancaster  County, 
Neb.  Her  father,  Benjamin  C.  Kemp,  was  a 
pioneer  of  Lancaster  County,  and  afterward  re- 
moved to  Kansas.  To  this  union  four  children 
were  born,  Louie  M.,  Hattie  B.,  Hippolyte  J. 
and  Josephine  M. 


0RVILLES.  GALBREATH,  attorney-at-law, 
and  former  county  judge  of  La  Plata  County, 
now  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Durango,  was  born  in  Davidson 
County,  Tenn.,  in  1846,  a  son  of  John  H.  and 
Martha  Galbreath,  also  natives  of  Tennessee. 
He  was  educated  in  common  schools  and  Cum- 
berland University,  from  which  latter  he  gradu- 
ated in  1868.  Admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar  of 
the  state,  he  opened  an  office  in  Nashville,  where 
he  remained  for  fourteen  years,  having  meantime 
built  up  a  large  clientele. 

Leaving  the  south  in  1882,  he  came  to  Durango 
and  associated  himself  in  practice  with  William  G. 
Bryan,  Jr. ,  with  whom  he  continued  for  some 
months.  In  1883,  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  he 
was  elected  judge  of  La  Plata  County,  which  po- 
sition he  filled  for  three  years.  On  the  expira- 
tion of  his  term  he  resumed  his  professional 
work,  which  he  has  since  conducted  successfully, 
being  now  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  local 
bar.  His  political  affiliations  were  with  the  Demo- 
cratic party  until  the  year  1884,  since  which  time 
he  has  been  a  Populist.  In  1885  he  established 
the  Durango  Wage  Earner,  a  weekly  publica- 
tion, which  he  continued  for  three  years,  selling 
out  in  1888.  For  three  years  he  held  the  office 
of  city  attorney  and  served  as  county  attorney 
for  five  consecutive  terms.  He  was  a  candidate 
for  the  legislature  in  1896,  but  was  defeated  with 
others  on  the  Populist  ticket  in  his  locality. 
From  Governors  Mclntire  and  Adams  he  received 
appointment  as  a  commissioner  to  represent  Colo- 
rado at  the  Tennessee  Centennial  in  1896. 

The  marriage  of  Judge  Galbreath,  which  took 
place  in  Tennessee,  in  1868,  united  him  with  Miss 
Bettie  Jackson,  a  sister  of  T.  J.  Jackson,  of  Du- 
rango. The  seven  children  born  of  their  union 
are:  William  H.,  Andrew  J.,  Orville  S.,  Jr., 
Charles  A.,  Bessie  U.,  Maude  H.  and  John  H. 
In  fraternal  connections  Judge  Galbreath  belongs 
to  Durango  Lodge  No.  46,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Sit- 
ting Bull  Tribe  No.  48,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  of  which  he 
is  sachem;  Pocahontas  Council  No.  20;  Aztec 
Camp  No."  30,  Woodmen  of  the  World;  the  Royal 
Arcanum,  of  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  and  Golden  Cross, 
of  Tennessee.  With  his  family  he  is  identified 
with  the  work  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
South,  in  which  he  serves  as  steward  and  Sunday- 
school  superintendent,  actively  assisting  all  en- 
terprises for  the  benefit  of  the  cause.  Interested 
in  all  local  matters,  he  has  been  prominent  in  city 
and  county.  One  of  his  most  helpful  works  was 


ROBERT  J.  PATTERSON. 


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in  connection  with  the  organization  of  the  pres- 
ent financial  system  of  Durango  and  La  Plata 
County,  with  which  he  was  intimately  associated 
and  the  success  of  which  was  largely  due  to  his 
wise  judgment. 

ROBERT  J.  PATTERSON.  A  remarkable 
instance  of  the  results  of  perseverance  and 
energy  is  shown  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Patterson, 
who  is  a  prosperous  ranchman  and  cattle-raiser 
of  Logan  County,  and  the  owner  of  a  ranch  com- 
prising eight  hundred  acres,  situated  three  and 
one-half  miles  northeast  of  Sterling.  At  the  time 
of  his  arrival  in  Colorado  he  had  an  invalid  wife, 
three  children  and  only  $10  in  money;  yet,  in 
ten  years  from  that  time  he  had  accumulated 
$13,000  by  good  management  and  hard  work. 
The  striking  success  with  which  he  has  met 
proves  him  to  be  a  man  of  excellent  judgment 
and  business  sagacity. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Patterson  occurred  in  Frank- 
lin County,  Va.,  July  16,  1842,  to  Robert  and 
Susan  (Boone)  Patterson.  He  was  one  of  seven 
children,  five  of  whom  are  living,  viz.  :  Martha 
J.,  wife  of  Joseph  Flora,  of  Kansas;  Mary  L., 
who  married  Stephen  Wray,  of  Franklin  County, 
Va. ;  Sarah  E.,  who  lives  in  Salem,  Va.;  Emily 
E. ,  wife  of  Joel  Kinzie,  of  Iliff,  Colo. ;  and  Robert 
J.,  of  this  sketch.  The  father  was  a  native  of 
Augusta  County,  Va.,  born  in  1813.  He  re- 
mained at  home  until  nineteen  years  old,  when  he 
went  to  Franklin  County  and  began  the  life  of  a 
farmer.  After  his  marriage,  in  1841,  he  con- 
tinued farming  in  Franklin  County.  To  that 
occupation  he  gave  his  entire  attention  through 
life,  with  the  exception  of  several  terms  as  a 
school  teacher.  His  father,  Robert  Patterson, 
Sr.,  was  a  prominent  farmer  of  Augusta  County, 
and  in  Fauquier  County,  Va. ,  he  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Walker. 

March  18,  1862,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  en- 
listed in  Company  F,  Fifty-seventh  Virginia  In- 
fantry, C.  S.  A.  With  his  regiment  he  took  part 
in  the  battles  of  Fort  Darling,  Manchester  Court 
House,  the  Wilderness,  Hanover  Court  House, 
Cold  Harbor,  Gaines'  Mills,  second  battle  of  Fort 
Darling,  and  the  battle  of  Five  Forks,  where, 
April  i,  1865,  he  was  captured  by  the  Federals. 
He  was  imprisoned  at  Hart's  Island  until  some 
time  after  the  surrender.  He  reached  home  on 
the  last  day  of  June,  1865,  three  months  from  the 
time  of  his  capture.  After  his  return  he  secured 
employment  as  a  farm  hand.  December  21, 


1865,  he  married  Miss  Frances  Wray,  a  native 
of  Franklin  County,  Va. ,  and  a  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel and  Naomi  (Johnson)  Wray,  her  father  being 
a  skilled  mechanic,  tanner  and  blacksmith,  as 
well  as  a  successful  farmer  of  Franklin  County. 

Accompanied  by  his  wife,  in  December,  1866, 
Mr.  Patterson  migrated  to  Iowa,  where  he  set- 
tled in  Marion  County.  At  first  he  worked  by 
the  month  as  a  farm  hand.  Finally  he  deter- 
mined to  settle  further  west.  July  4,  1873,  found 
him  in  Longmont,  Colo.,  where  he  worked  by 
the  month.  The  following  year  he  cultivated 
rented  land.  In  the  spring  of  1875  he  came  to 
what  is  now  Logan  County  (then  a  part  of  Weld) 
and  pre-empted  land  three  miles  east  of  the  pres- 
ent town  site  of  Crook.  There  he  remained  un- 
til May,  1877,  when  he  sold  the  place,  and  for  a 
year  worked  in  the  employ  of  a  neighboring 
rancher.  In  1878  he  purchased  his  present. prop- 
erty, buying  a  relinquishment  from  a  man  who 
had  pre-empted,  but  had  not  proved  up  on  the 
land.  Mr.  Patterson  allowed  the  pre-emption  to 
expire  and  homesteaded  the  land.  His  family 
had  been  in  Greeley  after  he  sold  his  place  near 
Crook,  but  in  January,  1879,  he  brought  them  to 
their  new  home,  and  here  they  have  since  resided. 
Closely  giving  his  attention  to  business  matters, 
he  has  little  leisure  for  participation  in  public 
affairs;  hence  he  leaves  public  offices  to  be  filled 
by  others.  However,  he  made  one  exception  to 
his  usual  rule  of  declining  office,  as  he  filled  the 
position  of  water  commissioner  of  his  district  for 
six  years.  Politically  he  adheres  to  the  silver 
wing  of  the  Republican  party. 

Seven  children  were  born  to  the  union  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Patterson,  namely:  James  R.;  Emma 
D.,  deceased;  John  Frederick,  Dewitt  C.,  William 
E.,  Bessie  L.  and  Charles  A.;  of  these  the  three 
eldest  sons  are  achieving  success  as  ranchmen  in 
Logan  County,  while  the  younger  children  are 
still  at  home. 


fDQAKEMAN  HULL  MC  INTYRE,  who  is 

\  A  I  recognized  as  one  of  the  influential  citizens 
V  V  of  Colorado  Springs,  was  elected  alderman 
from  the  first  ward  in  1896,  and  at  the  expira- 
tion of  his  first  term  was  again  elected,  in  April, 
1898.  Since  becoming  a  member  of  the  city 
council  he  has  been  instrumental  in  promoting 
many  plans  for  public  improvements,  and  has 
served  as  chairman  of  the  finance  and  fire  depart- 
ment committees  and  member  of  the  public 
grounds  and  building  and  street  committees. 


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Immediately  after  the  establishment  of  the  water 
system  in  1880  he  organized  Jackson  Hose  Com- 
pany No.  i ,  of  which  he  was  secretary  for  many 
years.  His  service  in  that  capacity,  as  in  other 
lines  of  public  enterprise,  tended  to  advance  the 
interests  of  his  city. 

Referring  to  the  Mclntyre  family  history,  we 
find  that  Samuel,  our  subject's  father,  was  born 
in  Canada,  of  Scotch -Presbyterian  parentage,  and 
removed  to  New  Jersey,  where  he  operated  tan- 
neries and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  leather 
near  Freehold,  Monmouth  County.  He  died  there 
at  forty-five  years  of  age.  He  had  married  Cath- 
erine Little,  who  was  born  near  Farmingdale, 
Monmouth  County,  daughter  of  William  Little 
and  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  the 
state.  She  died  at  Long  Branch  in  January,  1898. 
Of  her  four  sons,  Samuel  B.  is  in  Washington, 
D.  C.;  William  L.,  in  New  York  City;  and  H.  A. 
in  Denver,  Colo.  Our  subject,  who  was  the  young- 
est of  the  family,  was  born  near  Freehold,  Mon- 
mouth County,  N.J.,  February  22,  1854.  He 
was  twelve  years  of  age  when  his  father  died. 
Afterward  he  attended  the  State  Model  school  at 
Trenton,  and  on  completing  his  studies  went  to 
New  York  City,  where  he  engaged  in  the  whole- 
sale drug  business  for  two  years. 

Intending  to  spend  a  few  months  in  Colorado, 
Mr.  Mclntyre  came  to  this  state  in  October,  1876, 
and  visited  his  brother.  He  was  so  pleased  with 
the  prospects  here  that  he  resigned  his  New  York 
position,  and  accepted  a  position  as  assistant 
cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Colorado 
Springs.  After  three  years  he  resigned  and  ac- 
cepted the  position  of  acting  cashier  in  charge 
of  the  People's  Bank,  a  private  institution  on 
Huerfano  and  Tejon  streets,  which  he  man- 
aged from  1879  until  1888.  When  the  bank  was 
merged  into  the  El  Paso  Bank  he  retired  from 
business.  In  1889  he  organized  the  Colorado 
Springs  Electric  Light  Company,  of  which  he 
was  manager  for  two  years,  meantime  building 
the  plant  on  Huerfano  street  and  superintend- 
ing the  construction  of  the  works.  Starting  with 
a  capital  of  $25,000,  the  company  now  has  a 
capitalization  of  $500,000  and  pays  ten  per  cent, 
dividends.  Upon  selling  his  interests  in,  and  re- 
signing from  that  position,  he  engaged  in  the 
real  estate,  insurance,  mining  and  loan  business. 
He  was  interested  in  the  companies  that  platted 
the  Knob  Hill  and  Verona  Heights  additions  to 
Colorado  Springs.  He  owns  property  in  every 
ward  in  this  city,  as  well  as  in  Colorado  City  and 


Manitou.  In  insurance  he  represents  six  stand- 
ard companies.  For  two  years  he  was  state  agent 
and  adjuster  for  the  Hartford  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  for  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Wy- 
oming, but  the  business  grew  so  rapidly  that  it 
became  necessary  to  appoint  a  permanent  agent, 
and  Mr.  Mclntyre,  on  account  of  his  many  other 
interests,  was  unable  to  accept  the  position.  In 
connection  with  his  general  loan,  he  carries  on  a 
private  banking  business.  He  has  his  office  on 
the  ground  floor  of  the  Hagerman  block,  No.  in 
Kiowa  street. 

The  mining  interests  of  Mr.  Mclntyre  include 
the  presidency  of  the  El  Dorado  Gold  Mining 
Company  and  the  Underwriters  Gold  Mining 
Company,  which  he  has  promoted;  the  treasurer- 
ship  of  the  Rattler  Gold  Mining  Company,  which 
is  becoming  well  known,  the  presidency  of  the 
Ontario  Mining  Company,  and  a  directorship  in 
the  Des  Moines  Gold  Mining  Company.  He  is  a 
charter  member  of  the  El  Paso  Club,  which  was 
organized  soon  after  he  came  to  this  city,  and 
also  belongs  to  Pike's  Peak  Club,  and  member 
of  Colorado  Springs  Lodge,  No.  309,  B.  P.  O.  E. 
In  the  Colorado  Springs  Mining  Stock  Exchange 
he  is  an  active  member,  and  represents  many 
Colorado  and  eastern  clients.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  While  not 
identified  with  any  denomination,  he  is  an  at- 
tendant at,  and  a  contributor  to,  the  Grace  Epis- 
copal Church.  In  the  Republican  League  Club 
of  Colorado  Springs  he  is  an  influential  member. 
As  a  citizen  he  has  given  cordial  assistance  to 
progressive  movements  for  the  promotion  of  the 
city's  welfare,  exhibiting  in  public  affairs,  as  in 
private  business  matters,  the  individuality  and 
enterprise  of  character  that  have  brought  him 
success. 


HON.  GEORGE  W.  CROW,  who  represents 
the  thirteenth  district  (Grand  and  Summit 
Counties)  in  the  state  legislature,  was  elected 
to  this  office  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  in  1896,  re- 
ceiving a  majority  of  four  hundred  and  eighty- 
five  votes  out  of  a  total  of  twelve  hundred  and 
eleven.  This  was  the  largest  majority  ever  re- 
ceived by  a  candidate  for  the  house  in  this  district 
and  is  largely  attributed  to  the  fact  that  he 
received  almost  the  entire  vote  of  the  members  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  in  the  two 
counties  named. 

A  native  of  Missouri,  Mr.  Crow  was  born  in 
Paris,  Monroe  County,  July  3 1 ,  1 836,  and  is  a  son 


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of  Dr.  Samuel  and  Catherine  W.  (Smith)  Crow. 
He  was  one  of  nine  children,  six  of  whom  are 
now  living,  namely:  Samuel,  a  farmer  of  Shelby 
County,  Mo. ;  William  H.  H.,  M.D.,  a  practic- 
ing physician  of  Monroe  County,  Mo.;  John  S., 
a  retired  farmer  and  stockman  of  Monroe  County, 
Mo.;  George  W.;  Frank  D.,  proprietor  of  a  flour- 
ing mill  in  Randolph  County,  Mo.;  and  James  P., 
a  practicing  physician  in  Machalla,  Ecuador, 
South  America. 

The  father  of  this  family  was  born  in  Nelson 
County,  Ky.,  in  1796,  and  in  early  manhood 
studied  medicine,  after  which  he  engaged  in  pro- 
fessional practice.  Some  time  prior  to  1830  he 
migrated  to  Missouri  and  settled  in  Cole  County. 
Later  he  became  one  of  the  founders  of  Paris,  in 
Monroe  County,  where  he  built  up  a  lucrative 
practice  and  remained  until  his  death  in  1852. 
At  that  time  his  son,  our  subject,  was  attending 
Bethany  College,  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va. ,  but  one 
year  later  he  was  called  home  to  assume  the  man- 
agement of  the  extensive  farming  interests  left  by 
his  father.  This  he  continued  until  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  war.  In  July,  1861,  he  enlisted  in 
Captain  Rawlins'  company,  Colonel  Brace's  regi- 
ment, of  the  Confederate  army,  and  shortly  after- 
ward he  was  appointed  one  of  the  staff  officers 
under  Gen.  M.  M.  Parsons.  In  this  capacity  he 
remained  for  one  year,  when,  feeling  that  a  greater 
field  for  his  labors  might  be  found  in  some  other 
department  of  the  service,  he  resigned  his  rank  as 
captain,  and  asked  that  some  one  who  had  been 
crippled  and  rendered  unfit  for  active  service  in 
the  field  be  appointed  in  his  place  as  a  member  of 
the  staff.  Immediately  he  entered  Company  D, 
Shelby's  old  regiment  of  cavalry,  as  a  private. 
After  a  year  in  this  connection  he  recruited  a 
company  of  cavalry  in  M'onroe  County,  and  from 
that  time  on  he  commanded  his  company,  which 
finally  surrendered  at  Shreveport,  La.,  in  June, 
1865. 

Some  three  months  after  the  surrender,  Mr. 
Crow  returned  home  and  resumed  farming  on  the 
old  homestead.  In  1871  he  engaged  in  the  mule 
trade  in  Louisiana,  which  he  continued  until 
1875  and  then  established  a  flouring  mill  busi- 
ness in  his  native  town.  Prosperous  in  business, 
he  continued  successful  until  1882,  when  the  mill 
was  destroyed  by  fire.  He  then  decided  to  re- 
move to  Colorado  and  in  June  of  1882  arrived  in 
Colorado  Springs,  where,  and  in  Manitou,  he 
spent  six  weeks  or  more  recruiting  his  health. 
From  there  he  came  to  Breckenridge  to  look  after 


some  mininginterests  which  he  had  acquired  while 
in  Missouri.  In  this  town  he  gave  his  entire  atten- 
tion to  mining.  Among  his  numerous  properties 
is  the  Sundown  mine,  one  of  the  valuable  proper- 
ties of  Summit  County. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Crow  is  a  member  of  Paris 
Union  Lodge  No.  19,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Monroe 
Chapter  No.  16,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Percival  Coiii- 
mandery  No.  44,  K.  T.  As  a  citizen,  he  favors 
all  measures  for  the  benefit  of  the  people  of 
Breckenridge  and  Summit  County;  as  a  legisla- 
tor, his  district  is  ably  represented  by  him  in 
every  particular;  as  a  friend  and  companion,  he 
is  genial,  affable  and  entertaining,  a  man  of 
worth  in  every  relation  of  life. 


R>GJlLLIAM  A.  SCHLIFF.  In  the  list  of 
\A/  DUS'ness  enterprises  carried  on  in  the  vil- 
V  V  lage  of  Gypsum,  there  is  none  that  meets 
with  more  general  recognition  than  the  mercantile 
establishment  owned  and  conducted  by  Mr. 
Schliff.  He  has  established  a  reputation,  not 
only  as  an  energetic,  thorough-going  business 
man,  but  as  a  citizen  whose  honesty  and  upright- 
ness have  never  been  questioned.  In  addition  to 
the  management  of  his  mercantile  interests  he 
also  fills  the  office  of  postmaster.  By  judicious 
investments  and  careful  management  he  has  ac- 
quired a  considerable  amount  of  property  in  this 
(Eagle)  county.  His  record  in  all  the  relations 
of  life  is  that  of  an  honorable  man. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Hohen- 
heim,  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  in  1850,  a  son  of 
Jacob  and  Charlotte  (Stoll)  Schliff.  When  he  was 
fourteen  years  of  age  he  was  brought  to  America 
by  his  father,  who  had  been  a  teacher  in  his  na- 
tive land,  but  died  shortly  after  he  settled  in  New 
York.  There  were  but  two  sons  in  the  family 
and  one  of  these  died  in  childhood.  At  sixteen 
years  of  age  our  subject  came  to  Colorado,  and, 
as  his  health  was  poor,  he  traveled  for  sometime. 
When  able  to  engage  in  active  work  he  engaged 
in  ranching  and  merchandising.  He  was  the 
first  settler  of  Gypsum,  where,  in  1881,  he  built 
one  of  the  first  houses.  Here  he  has  since 
owned  a  good  ranch,  a  number  of  stock,  and  a 
mercantile  store,  the  latter  having  been  estab- 
lished in  1890.  In  1895  he  married  Eliza  Wiley, 
a  native  of  New  York,  and  by  her  he  has  one 
child.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  school  board, 
but  he  holds  no  office  except  that  of  postmaster, 
to  which  and  to  his  store,  his  time  is  closely 
given.  Politically  he  is  a  silver  Republican.  A 


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Mason  fraternally,  he  is  connected  with  Glen- 
wood  Lodge  No.  20,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ;  Glenwood 
Chapter  No.  22,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Glenwood  Springs 
Commandery  No.  20,  K.  T. 


(JOHN  FRANCIS  CAMPION,  of  Denver,  was 
I  born  on  Prince  Edward  Island  December  17, 
G)  1849,  a  son  of  M.  B.  and  Helen  (Fehan) 
Campion,  natives  of  that  island,  and  of  English 
and  Scotch  descent.  In  1862  his  parents  removed 
to  California,  but  being  desirous  to  give  their 
sons  good  educational  advantages,  he  was  sent 
back,  with  his  brother,  to  Prince  Edward  Island, 
where  he  attended  the  Prince  of  Wales  College  at 
Charlottetown.  While  in  school  the  boys  ran 
away,  in  order  to  enlist  in  the  United  States  navy. 
George  F.,  who  was  only  fifteen,  was  rejected; 
but  John  F.,  who  was  seventeen,  was  accepted  at 
Boston,  where  he  enlisted,  and  having  passed  a 
satisfactory  examination,  was  appointed  assistant 
quartermaster.  He  was  sent  to  the  United  States 
dispatch  boat,  ''Dolphin,"  and  on  it  carried  the 
first  dispatches  to  General  Sherman  at  Savannah, 
when  the  latter  had  just  completed  his  famous 
march  to  the  sea. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Campion  visited 
his  parents  in  Sacramento,  Cal.,'  and  from  there 
went  into  the  mountains  as  a  miner.  In  1868  the 
discovery  of  the  White  Pine  silver  mine  induced 
him  to  locate  there.  At  once  he  became  a  suc- 
cessful mine  operator,  but  after  his  good  luck  had 
continued  for  some  time  he  met  with  misfortune 
and  lost  his  all  (some  $5,000)  in  the  mine.  How- 
ever, he  soon  made  a  fortune  in  Eureka,  Nev., 
where  he  developed  and  sold  mines.  Later, 
going  to  Pioche,  Nev.,  with  his  father  and 
brother,  he  bought  a  valuable  silver  mine,  known 
as  the  Pioche  Phoenix  mine.  Soon  the  Pioche 
Phoenix  Mining  Company  was  organized.  There 
was  much  contention  over  the  possession  of  the 
mine,  of  which  others  tried  again  and  again  to 
gain  possession  by  force,  but  each  time  they  were 
repulsed  with  loss.  The  strife  was  finally  settled 
by  recourse  to  the  law,  and  Mr.  Campion  retained 
possession.  After  some  years  he  sold  the  mine. 
In  April,  1879,  he  went  to  Leadville,  Colo.,  then 
at  the  height  of  its  "boom."  He  immediately 
bought  several  producing  mines  and  claims,  of 
which  he  subsequently  disposed.  He  still  con- 
siders Leadville  his  home,  though  his  business 
interests  take  him  into  other  parts  of  the  state 
much  of  the  time.  At  this  writing  he  is  inter- 
ested in  the  Pison,  Elk,  Reindeer  and  Ibex  (bet- 


ter known  as  the  Little  Johnny)  mines,  all  of 
which  were  started  by  him  and  named  after  some 
animal;  also  properties  at  Breckenridge,  Summit 
County  and  Larimer  County. 

Many  exciting  experiences  have  occurred  in 
the  life  of  Mr.  Campion,  whose  name  and  success 
are  known  in  every  mining  camp  in  the  Rockies. 
In  his  operations  he  has  usually  been  alone,  re- 
lying on  his  own  resources  and  reaping  his  own 
reward.  His  varied  experiences  before  coming  to 
Leadville  aided  him  in  his  operations  here.  He 
is  fond  of  mining.  Its  continual  shifting  scenes 
and  its  rich  promises  of  reward  fascinate  him. 
When  he  was  still  a  young  man  his  name  be- 
came known  as  a  talisman  for  success  among  the 
miners  of  Nevada,  and  he  was  known  in  Lead- 
ville as  a  successful  miner  before  he  came  here. 
However,  he  has  had  his  share  of  reverses,  and 
the  ultimate  success  he  has  achieved  was  the  re- 
sult of  lessons  learned  in  the  stern  school  of  ex- 
perience. 

In  1896-97,  Mr.  Campion  built  a  palatial  home 
at  No.  800  Logan  avenue,  Denver.  His  summer 
months  are  spent  at  Twin  Lake,  fifteen  miles 
from  Leadville,  where  he  has  a  beautiful  summer 
home. 


ROBERT  LEVY,  M.  D.,  professor  of  physi- 
ology and  laryngology  in  Gross  Medical 
College,  is  also  secretary  of  the  faculty  and 
the  board  of  trustees.  Many  of  his  professional 
articles  have  been  published  for  distribution 
among  the  profession,  among  them  being  the  fol- 
lowing: "Inoperable  Sarcoma  of  the  Nose,"  re- 
printed from  the  New  York  Medical  Journal; 
"Treatment  of  Laryngeal  Phthisis,"  from  the 
Medical  and  Surgical  Reporter;  "Pharyngeal 
Tuberculosis,"  from  the  Denver  Medical  Times; 
"Medical  Education,"  president's  address  deliv- 
ered before  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society 
June  17,  1897;  "The  Treatment  of  Laryngeal 
Tuberculosis,"  with  a  report  of  cases,  reprinted 
from  the  New  York  Medical  Journal;  "Fatal 
Hemorrhage  from  the  Nose  and  Pharynx  from 
Unusual  Cause, ' '  read  before  the  Colorado  State 
Medical  Society  in  June,  1896;  "Exaggerated 
Arytenoid  Movement,  Anchylosis  of  the  Crico, 
Arytenoid  Articulation,"  reprinted  from  Annals 
of  Ophthalmology  and  Otology,  in  October,  1896; 
and  "Direct  Autoscopy ;  Kirstein,"  reprinted  from 
Gross  Medical  College  Bulletin. 

Dr.  Levy  was  born  in  Hamilton,  Ontario,  May 
30,  1864.  He  was  two  years  old  when  the  family 


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removed  to  Milwaukee.  In  1879  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  took  a  special  course  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Denver.  In  1880  he  entered  Prince- 
ton College,  but  after  a  short  time  he  left  and 
took  up  the  study  of  medicine  at  Bellevue  Hos- 
pital Medical  College,  graduating  in  1884,  with 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  While  in  college  he  made  a 
specialty  of  diseases  of  the  throat  and  nose. 

Returning  to  Colorado,  Dr.  Levy  engaged  in 
general  practice  in  Denver  for  five  years,  when 
he  limited  his  attention  to  the  practice  of  laryn- 
gology. He  has  been  very  prominent  in  the 
medical  fraternity  of  the  city  and  state.  He  as- 
sisted iu  the  organization  of  the  Denver  and  Ara- 
pahoe  County  Medical  Society,  of  which  he  was 
afterward  elected  president.  In  1896-97  he  was 
president  of  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society. 

He  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  Denver 
Pathological  Society  and  was  its  president  for  a 
time.  He  is  an  honorary  member  of  the  Pueblo 
County  Medical  Society,  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Public  Health  Association,  and  fellow  of  the 
American  Laryngological,  Rhinological  and  Oto- 
logical  Society.  In  the  Colorado  Dental  School 
he  is  a  professor  of  physiology,  and  he  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Dental  Club.  In  addition  to  his 
other  positions,  he  is  laryngologist  to  Arapahoe 
County,  St.  Luke's  and  St.  Anthony's  hospitals 
in  Denver. 

fD  GJlLLIAM  A.  SHEEDY,  the  leading  mer- 
\  A  I  chant  of  Yuma  and  one  of  the  enterprising 
YV  stockmen  of  Yuma  County,  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  March,  1886,  and  pre-empted  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land  four  miles  southeast  of 
Yuma.  Six  months  later,  after  having  proved 
up  on  his  claim,  he  came  to  town,  and,  in  part- 
nership with  W.  F.  Flynn,  bought  a  small  store 
which  was  the  foundation  of  his  present  mercan- 
tile establishment.  August  3,  1889,  he  purchased 
his  partner's  interest,  since  which  time  he  has 
conducted  the  business  alone.  His  ability  soon 
placed  him  at  the  head  of  the  mercantile  interests 
of  the  county  and  brought  him  the  confidence 
of  all  with  whom  he  had  business  relations;  and 
from  the  time  of  his  entrance  into  business  to  the 
present  time  he  has  proved  himself  to  be  reliable, 
efficient  and  honorable.  In  1896  he  embarked 
in  the  cattle  business  and  his  interests  in  this  in- 
dustry have  grown  so  rapidly  that  he  is  to-day 
one  of  the  prominent  cattlemen  of  his  county. 

Mr.  Sheedy  was  born  in  Clinton  County,  Iowa, 
March  3,  1858,  a  son  of  Michael  and  Johanna 


(Callahan)  Sheedy,  of  whose  eleven  children  all 
but  two  are  living.  They  are:  David,  a  farmer 
of  Kearney  County,  Neb.;  Margaret,  wife  of 
August  Rabou,  of  Cheyenne,  Wyo. ;  William  A.; 
James,  who  is  with  our  subject;  Anna,  Mrs. 
Thomas  F.  Magner,  of  Denver,  Colo. ;  Ella,  wife 
of  F.  W.  Reed,  of  Mankato,  Kan.;  John,  a  far- 
mer of  Clay  Center,  Neb.;  Dennis,  who  is  guard 
in  the  asylum  at  Hasting,  Neb.;  and  May,  who 
is  living  with  her  mother  in  Hastings,  Neb. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  born  in  County 
Cork,  Ireland,  March  25,1823,  and  grew  to  man- 
hood on  a  farm  there.  In  1850  he  emigrated  to 
America  and  settled  at  Rockport,  Mass.,  where 
he  engaged  in  railroad  work.  There,  in  1851, 
he  married  Miss  Callahan,  who  was  born  in 
County  Limerick,  Ireland,  June  23,  1832,  and 
came  to  America  with  a  brother  and  sister  in  1 849, 
settling  at  Rockport,  where  she  was  married  two 
years  later.  Shortly  after  his  marriage,  Mr. 
Sheedy  removed  to  Iowa,  settling  in  Clinton 
County,  where  for  ten  years  he  engaged  in  rail- 
road contracting.  1111871  he  removed  to  Clay 
County,  Neb. ,  and  turned  his  attention  to  farm 
pursuits.  There  his  death  occurred  March  6, 
1896. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired  in 
district  schools  and  the  Omaha  (Neb. )  Commercial 
College.  On  coming  west  he  was  for  one  year  in 
the  employ  of  Dennis  Sheedy,  at  that  time  an 
extensive  cattleman  of  Wyoming  and  Nebraska, 
and  now  president  of  the  Globe  Smelter  Company, 
president  of  the  Denver  Dry  Goods  Company, 
vice-president  of  the  Colorado  National  Bank  and 
one  of  Denver's  most  prominent  citizens.  After 
one  year  with  this  gentleman,  who  is  our  subject's 
uncle,  the  latter  returned  home,  but  soon  after- 
ward returned  west,  settling  permanently  in 
Colorado.  October  26,  1886,  he  married  Eliza- 
beth A.,  daughter  of  Michael  Flynn,  who  was  for 
twenty-five  years  foreman  of  a  large  quarry  at 
Wyandotte,  Mich.,  and  later  a  farmer  in  Clay 
County,  Neb.  Four  children  were  born  to  the 
union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sheedy,  three  of  whom 
are  living,  viz.:  Frances,  born  April  23,  1889; 
Marguerite,  November  20,  1891;  and  Charles 
Donald,  October  15,  1898. 

In  1895  Mr.  Sheedy,  in  partnership  with  F. 
W.  Reed,  opened  a  mercantile  business  in  Man- 
kato, Kan.,  where  now  the  firm  has  the  largest 
trade  in  the  town.  In  his  political  belief  he  is  a 
Democrat.  For  years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
town  council  of  Yuma,  holding  the  position  almost 


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continuously  since  coming  to  this  place,  and  since 
1896  he  has  held  the  office  of  mayor.  He  favors 
all  enterprises  for  the  advancement  of  the  town 
and  is  one  of  its  most  public -spirited  citizens.  In 
religion  he  is  of  the  Roman  Catholic  faith. 


P  GjELLS  COLE,  who  is  interested  in  the  sheep 
\  A  I  business  in  Logan  County,  was  born  in 
VV  Allegan  County,  Mich.,  July  3,  1857,  a 
son  of  Sterling  and  Lephemia  (Crum)  Cole.  He 
was  one  of  nine  children,  of  whom,  besides  him- 
self, six  are  now  living,  viz.:  Flora,  wife  of 
George  G.  Hutchins,  of  Lawrence,  Mich.;  Aaron 
A.,  a  stockman  of  Oregon;  Orren  O.,  a  miner  in 
Montana;  Lanford  L. ,  a  farmer  and  fruit-grower 
of  Michigan;  Mary  E.,  wife  of  Adrian  Neil,  of  Al- 
legan County, Mich.;  and  Charles  W.  The  father, 
a  native  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,born  about  1829,  came 
west  as  far  as  Michigan  at  the  time  the  Michigan 
Central  Railroad  was  built  through  to  Kalama- 
zoo.  He  accompanied  his  father  and  brother 
and  settled  at  Comstock,  a  village  three  miles  from 
Kalamazoo.  For  a  time  he  worked  in  the  lum- 
ber regions  and  also  spent  some  time  on  the  river 
and  lake.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  in  Van 
Btiren  County,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  and  en- 
gaged in  agricultural  pursuits.  During  his  after 
life,  the  lumber  interests  occupied  much  of  his 
time,  and  he  had  large  contracts  for  furnishing 
lumber.  He  got  out  the  timber  for  the  first  Mich- 
igan Central  depot  built  in  Chicago.  About  1885 
he  went  to  Florida  and  hunted  alligators  on  the 
St.  John  River.  Thence  he  went  to  Tallapoosa, 
Ga.,  where  lie  spent  two  years.  After  a  short 
time  spent  in  Tennessee,  he  settled  at  Holly 
Pond,  Ala., where  he  now  resides,  having  acquired 
extensive  farming  lands  which  he  leases  to 
tenants. 

Between  the  ages  of  sixteen  and  twenty  our 
subject  worked  in  the  lumber  woods  of  Michigan. 
In  the  summer  of  1877,  during  the  gold  excite- 
ment in  the  Black  Hills,  he  started  there,  but 
changed  his  plans  before  he  reached  his  destina- 
tion, stopping  at  Northfield,  Minn.,  where  he 
suffered  a  severe  illness.  In  the  fall  he  returned 
to  Michigan,  and  there  he  remained  until  1880, 
spending  his  time  in  the  lumber  woods.  In  the 
spring  of  1880  he  came  west,  landing  in  Cheyenne 
about  May  i.  At  first  he  worked  for  ranchmen 
near  Cheyenne,  but  in  the  spring  of  1882  secured 
employment  with  the  IlifF  Land  and  Cattle  Com- 
pany, of  whose  interests  he  had  charge  for  four 
years,  the  work  taking  him  all  through  Colorado 


and  the  western  part  of  Nebraska.  In  the  win- 
ter of  1882-83  he  had  charge  of  the  western  part 
of  the  range,  which  extended  from  Cheyenne  to 
Julesburg  and  up  the  Platte  to  the  mouth  of  Crow 
Creek.  In  the  summer  of  1883  he  rode  on  the 
range,  and  during  the  winter  took  charge  of  the 
horses  owned  by  the  company.  After  another 
summer  on  the  range  he  resumed  charge  of  the 
western  part  of  the  range.  In  the  summer  of 
1885  he  acted  as  an  outside  representative  and 
went  south  of  Las  Animas,  where  he  laid  out  the 
trail  for  the  cattle  to  Pine  Bluffs,  Wyo.  During 
the  fall  of  1885  he  gathered  and  shipped  beef  cat- 
tle. On  the  22d  of  November  of  that  year,  he 
severed  his  connection  with  the  company.  At 
the  same  time  he  pre-empted  and  took  up  a  timber 
claim  and  later  homesteaded,  which  gave  him 
three  adjoining  quarter-sections.  For  some  years 
he  gave  much  of  his  time  to  locating  other  par- 
ties on  claims.  He  engaged  at  first  in  farming 
on  his  ranch,  but  afterward  gave  his  attention 
largely  to  the  cattle  business  and  the  breeding  of 
horses.  In  1892  he  disposed  of  his  cattle  and 
horses,  and  engaged  in  the  sheep  business,  in 
which  he  has  since  continued  successfully.  He 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  county's  representa- 
tive ranchmen. 

February  12,  1891,  Mr.  Cole  married  Miss 
Isadora  McConaughy,  who  was  born  in  Goshen, 
Ind.  Her  father,  Alexander  McCouaughy,  was 
born  in  Ireland  in  1822  and  came  to  America  in 
1833,  settling  in  Indiana  in  1840.  There  he  en- 
gaged in  farming.  He  married  Jane,  daughter 
of  James  Frier,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  came  to 
America  in  1818,  spent  a  short  time  in  Quebec, 
thence  went  to  Vermont  and  there  married  in 
1823,  and  the  next  year,  with  his  wife,  migrated 
to  Indiana,  settling  on  the  east  side  of  Elkhart 
prairie,  of  which  he  was  one  of  three  settlers,  the 
first  on  the  prairie.  He  endured  many  hardships 
during  early  pioneer  days  and  worked  constantly 
to  develop  that  section  of  the  country. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cole  have  one  child  living, 
Eunice.  Hubert,  who  was  born  October  28, 
1893,  died  February  25,  1896.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Cole  is  a  member  of  Logan  Lodge  No.  69, 
I.  O.  O.  F. ,  Encampment  No.  37,  and  Star  of 
Jupiter  Lodge  No.  25.  His  possessions  include 
three  thousand  two  hundred  head  of  sheep,  and, 
besides  his  landed  property,  he  has,  under  lease, 
six  hundred  acres  of  land.  The  property  that  he 
owns  represents  a  lifetime  of  toil.  He  has  been  a 
hard-working  and  energetic  man  and,  without 


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assistance  from  anyone,  has  gained  a  position  of 
prominence  among  the  people  of  his  county,  by 
whom  he  is  respected  as  a  man  of  honorable 
character  and  sound  business  judgment. 


0AVID  MC  SHANE.  The  pioneers  of  '60 
have  a  worthy  representative  in  this  well- 
known  citizen  of  Colorado  Springs.  Mr. 
McShane  came  to  the  mountain  regions  in  early 
days,  thoroughly  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  west- 
ern enterprise  and  push.  Dangers  did  not  daunt 
him,  nor  hardships  discourage.  It  has  been 
his  privilege  to  witness  the  growth  of  Colo- 
rado from  a  territory  with  a  small  population, 
almost  wholly  miners,  to  a  state  that  ranks  in 
population  and  influence  among  the  greatest  of 
the  states  west  of  the  Mississippi  Valley.  To 
this  development  and  progress  he  has  himself 
been  a  large  contributor. 

As  the  name  indicates,  the  McShane  family  is  of 
Scotch  descent.  Daniel  McShane,  grandfather  of 
David,  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  and  became  a 
pioneer  farmer  of  Fayette  County,  Pa.  He  had 
a  brother,  Robert,  who  settled  in  Monongahela 
County,  Va. ,  and  served  through  the  Revolution- 
ary war,  afterwards  resuming  farm  work;  such 
was  his  physical  vigor  that  he  walked  fifteen  , 
miles  on  the  day  before  he  died,  when  ninety-four 
years  of  age.  Daniel  removed  to  Iowa  in  1850 
and  died  there  at  seventy-eight  years  of  age. 

Our  subject's  father,  Barney  McShane,  was 
born  in  Fayette  County,  Pa.,  and  for  twenty-five 
years  engaged  in  dealing  in  horses,  which  he 
sold  in  Baltimore  and  Washington,  D.  C.  The 
national  road  passed  through  Fayette  County, 
where  he  resided,  and  formed  the  principal  thor- 
oughfare between  Baltimore  and  Wheeling.  In 
1852  he  moved  to  Linn  County,  Iowa,  and  settled 
upon  a  farm  near  Marion.  There  he  died  at 
eighty-one  years.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth  Ro- 
mine,  a  native  of  Loudoun  County,  Va.,  and  of 
Scotch  descent.  In  girlhood  she  removed  with 
her  parents  to  Pennsylvania,  and  there  married; 
afterward  her  parents  went  to  Ohio.  At  the 
time  of  her  death  she  was  eighty-five  years  of  age. 
In  her  family  there  were  nine  sons  and  four 
daughters,  of  whom  eight  sons  and  one  daughter 
attained  mature  years.  The  eldest  of  the  family, 
Francis,  served  through  the  Civil  war  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Eleventh  Kansas  Infantry,  and  died  in 
Linn  County,  Kan.,  at  seventy-three  years  of 
age.  Luther,  who  died  in  California,  was  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  Ninth  Iowa  Infantry  during  the 


Civil  war  and  took  part  in  thirteen  battles  with- 
out receiving  a  wound.  Jacob  is  living  in  Linn 
County,  Iowa.  William  formerly  of  Fayette 
County,  Pa.,  is  now  deceased.  David,  of  this 
sketch,  was  next  in  order  of  birth.  John  C., 
who  came  to  Colorado  in  1 860,  is  a  wholesale  and 
retail  grocer  in  Central  City,  Gilpin  County, 
Colo.  Thomas  Porter  died  at  Helena,  Ark., 
while  serving  in  the  Twenty-fourth  Iowa  Infan- 
try. Mrs.  Eliza  J.  Horace  died  in  Iowa;  a  daugh- 
ter died  in  childhood;  Daniel  was  drowned  in 
Pennsylvania  when  a  boy;  and  Ashbel  died  there 
when  ten  years  of  age. 

Nine  miles  south  of  Uniontown,  Pa. ,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  October  3,  1830.  In 
boyhood  he  assisted  in  operating  a  small  coal 
mine,  with  a  fine  coal  vein,  that  was  on  the  home 
farm.  In  the  fall  of  1851  he  went  to  Linn  County, 
Iowa,  where  he  improved  a  farm  from  raw  prairie. 
Four  years  later  he  traveled  further  westward,  by 
team,  and  settled  at  Manhattan,  Kan.,  where  he 
assisted  in  building  the  first  house.  He  took  up 
land,  but  after  three  months  went  back  to  Iowa 
and  resumed  farming.  In  1860,  with  his  brothers, 
Francis  and  John  C.,  he  started  to  Colorado. 
They  outfitted  ox-trains  at  Kansas  City,  from 
which  point  John  C.  went  up  the  Platte  to 
Central  City,  and  the  others  went  to  Summit 
County.  May  6,  1860,  Francis  and  David  took 
dinner  at  Manitou,  which  at  that  time  had  only 
one  building,  a  small  log  cabin,  put  up  by  Dick 
Woolen.  They  crossed  the  mountain  at  the  base 
of  Pike's  Peak  and  went  down  on  the  other  side 
to  the  Fountain  Quibouille  ("River  that  Boils"), 
which  they  followed  to  the  head,  striking  across 
to  the  head  waters  of  the  Platte,  thence  to  Blue 
River  and  Breckenridge.  Theirs  was  the  first 
train  that  crossed  the  range  to  Summit.  For  four 
years  they  engaged  in  placer  mining  on  Humbug 
and  American  Gulch.  Meantime,  in  the  fall  of 
1860,  our  subject  went  to  the  San  Juan  country, 
with  the  first  party  that  entered  there.  The 
winter  was  cold  and  the  snow  deep,  and  when 
spring  rendered  possible  their  retreat  from  San 
Juan,  they  hastened  back  to  Breckenridge. 

In  the  fall  of  1864,  with  ox-teams,  Mr.  Mc- 
Shane returned  to  Iowa,  and  in  the  spring  of  1865 
returned  via  the  Platte.  At  that  time  Indians 
were  exceedingly  troublesome,  but  he  fortunately 
was  not  attacked.  In  the  spring  of  1865  he  took 
up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  three  miles  south 
of  Palmer  Lake.  Two  years  later  he  returned  to 
Iowa  and  brought  the  family  west,  settling  on 


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the  ranch,  where  he  engaged  in  the  dairy  and 
cattle  business.  He  still  owns  the  property, 
comprising  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  with 
suitable  buildings,  irrigation  facilities  and  other 
improvements.  In  the  summer  of  1868  the 
Cheyenne  and  Arapahoe  Indians  made  a  raid 
through  the  country  and  killed  several  people  in 
his  neighborhood,  besides  driving  horses  and 
cattle  away.  At  the  time  he  was  away  from 
home,  and  on  his  return  found  that  his  horses 
had  been  taken,  but  his  wife,  with  true  frontier 
pluck,  had  frightened  twenty-three  Indians  off 
with  her  gun,  so  that  the  family  were  safe.  Re- 
alizing the  great  danger  of  another  attack,  he  at 
once  built,  near  his  house,  a  stone  round  house, 
with  port  holes.  From  the  house  to  the  fort  he 
built  an  underground  passage,  so  that  the  family 
might  escape,  unseen  by  the  Indians.  This 
building  still  stands  and  is  one  of  the  few  remain- 
ing relics  of  pioneer  days.  He  continued  in  the 
cattle  business  and  also  raised  fine  horses,  resid- 
ing on  the  ranch  until  1888,  when  he  removed  to 
Colorado  Springs,  leaving  his  son  to  operate  the 
ranch. 

For  some  years  Mr.  McShane  has  been  a  con- 
tractor in  the  building  of  railroads  and  reservoirs. 
He  contracted  for  eight  miles  of  the  Colorado 
Midland,  from  the  vicinity  of  Cascade  to  Wood- 
land Park,  along  the  same  road  that  he  traveled 
in  1860;  also  had  contracts  on  the  Union  Pacific, 
Denver  &  Gulf,  and  other  railroads,  and  built 
ten  reservoirs  in  El  Paso  County.  During  all 
these  years  he  has  been  more  or  less  interested 
in  mining,  and  at  one  time  was  president  of  the 
Bison  Mining  and  Milling  Company  at  Cripple 
Creek,  he  having  discovered  and  developed  the 
Bison  mine.  He  now  owns  valuable  property  in 
Summit  County,  where  he  first  mined. 

In  Iowa  Mr.  McShane  married  Miss  Catherine 
Willyard,  daughter  of  Allen  Willyard,  and  a 
native  of  Fayette  County,  Pa.  She  was  a  woman 
of  brave,  noble  character,  admirably  fitted  for 
the  arduous  task  of  rearing  a  family  on  the  front- 
ier. She  died  April  10,  1898,  of  paralysis.  The 
seven  children  born  of  the,ir  marriage  are:  Laura, 
Mrs.  George  Mewbrough,  of  Monument;  Mary, 
wife  of  Alexander  Perrault,  of  Minnesota;  Albert, 
who  cultivates  his  father's  ranch;  Sarah,  wife  of 
Frank  Cotton,  of  Colorado  Springs;  Delia,  Lucy 
and  William,  at  home. 

Politically  a  Democrat,  Mr.  McShane  has  been 
a  delegate  to  the  various  territorial  and  state  con- 
ventions. In  1869  he  was  elected  county  com- 


missioner, overcoming  a  large  Republican  major- 
ity. In  1872  he  was  re-elected,  serving  until 
January,  1876.  Again,  in  1883,  he  was  elected 
commissioner  and  served  for  three  years.  During 
much  of  the  time  since  he  has  made  his  home  in 
El  Paso  County,  he  has  been  a  school  director. 
He  assisted  in  building  the  first  school  house  in 
Monument,  and  afterward  helped  to  erect  two 
others.  He  is  a  member  of  the  El  Paso  County 
Pioneers'  Association  and  the  Association  of 
Colorado  Pioneers.  While  in  Breckenridge  he 
was  made  a  Mason.  He  is  a  charter  member 
of  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13.  He  was  made  a 
Chapter  Mason  in  Colorado  Springs  Lodge  No. 
12,  R.  A.  M.  He  is  also  identified  with  Pike's 
Peak  Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T. ,  and  belongs  to 
El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver. 

In  taking  a  retrospective  view  of  the  life  of  Mr. 
McShane  we  find  a  man  who  started  out  for  him- 
self with  but  little.  However,  he  had  a  good 
constitution,  with  great  power  of  endurance; 
and  this,  with  his  energy  and  determination, 
enabled  him  to  succeed  where  another  of  less 
force  of  character  might  have  failed.  In  the 
midst  of  private  duties  he  has  never  neglected 
the  duties  of  a  citizen,  but  has  always  shown  an 
intelligent  interest  in  public  affairs,  and  has  never 
considered  his  personal  interests  when  the  pros- 
perity of  his  city  or  state  is  involved. 


iy/1  ILES  G.  SAUNDERS,  who  is  a  leading  and 
I V  I  successful  attorney  of  Pueblo  and  the  pres- 
|(^|  ent  incumbent  of  the  office  of  district  attor- 
ney, came  to  Colorado  in  1887,  immediately  after 
having  been  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar.  For 
a  year  he  was  connected  with  the  United  States 
land  office  at  Lamar,  Colo.,  and  from  therein 
June,  1888,  he  came  to  Pueblo,  where  he  has 
since  engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  law.  As 
an  attorney  he  has  the  broad  information  and  im- 
pressive manner  in  the  court-room  which  are  es- 
sential qualifications.  In  1891  he  was  elected 
city  attorney,  which  office  he  filled  acceptably  for 
two  years.  His  present  office  of  district  attorney 
he  has  held  since  1 897 ,  his  office  being  in  the  Opera 
House  block. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  W.  R.  Saunders, 
a  farmer  of  Kentucky  and  later  of  Nodaway 
County,  Mo.,  and  during  the  Civil  war  a  soldier 
in  the  Confederate  army.  He  married  Helen 
Sims,  of  Virginia,  who  died  when  her  seven  chil- 
dren were  small.  Of  their  sons,  O.  R.  is  a  farmer 
in  Missouri;  Thomas  is  engaged  in  the  rnercan- 


JOSEPH  PURCKLL. 


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tile  business  in  Oklahoma;  Robert  lives  in  Ne- 
vada and  W.  F.  in  California.  The  daughters 
are:  Ella,  wife  of  O.  W.  Swinford,  of  Missouri,  and 
Lucy,  wife  of  A.  H.  Vaughn,  of  Oklahoma.  Our 
subject  was  born  in  Maryville,  Mo.,  July  18, 
1867,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  school  of 
his  native  city.  He  studied  law  under  Judge 
Ramsey,  of  Maryville,  and  in  1887  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Missouri,  from  which  state  he  came 
to  Colorado.  He  has  been  an  energetic,  as  well 
as  an  able  man,  and  is  therefore  deserving  of  the 
"success  he  has  attained.  He  has  always  been  a 
student  and  much  of  his  leisure  time  is  spent  in 
his  fine  library,  where  he  gleans  from  standard 
law  books  the  best  thoughts  of  the  greatest  legal 
minds  of  all  ages. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Saunders  took  place  in 
December,  1891,  and  united  him  with  Laura 
Jackson,  daughter  of  Joseph  Jackson.  She  was 
born  in  Maryville,  Mo.,  and  had  been  his  school- 
mate in  the  days  of  childhood.  They  have  one 
child,  Esther.  Politically  Mr.  Saunders  is  a 
Democrat.  He  has  been  a  thoughtful  student 
of  public  affairs  and  national  problems,  and  has 
firm  convictions  upon  all  subjects  bearing  upon 
the  welfare  of  his  state  and  country.  By  his  abil- 
ity in  the  management  and  administration  of  his 
official  duties  he  has  made  himself  popular  with 
the  people,  and  is  regarded  as  an  efficient  district 
attorney.  In  his  fraternal  relations  he  is  connec- 
ted with  the  Order  of  Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  Odd  Fellows. 

(JOSEPH  PURCELL,  a  successful  ranchman 
I  of  Park  County  and  former  representative  of 
&  this  district  in  the  state  legislature,  was  born 
in  Chicago,  111.,  February  14,  1847,  a  son  of 
Edward  and  Ellen  (Downey)  Purcell.  He  was 
one  of  nine  children,  of  whom  the  others  are: 
Michael,  Thomas  and  Mark,  who  are  engaged  in 
ranching  in  Dakota;  Edward,  deceased;  Mary, 
wife  of  Michael  McNiff,  of  Chicago;  Mrs.  Cather- 
ine O' Mealy,  of  Chicago;  Margaret  and  Ellen, 
deceased. 

The  father  of  this  family  was  born  in  Cambria 
County,  Pa.,  in  1815.  In  youth  he  learned  the 
engineer's  trade,  which  he  afterward  followed. 
After  his  marriage  he  settled  in  Johnstown,  his 
native  place,  and  there  he  remained  until  1846, 
when  he  removed,  with  his  family,  to  Chicago. 
In  that  city  he  made  his  home  until  he  died  in 
1883.  The  first  fifteen  years  of  our  subject's  life 
were  passed  under  the  parental  roof.  He  then 


shipped  aboard  a  vessel  plying  between  Chicago 
and  Buffalo  in  the  grain  trade,  and  afterward  he 
followed  the  lakes  until  the  spring  of  1873. 
During  the  last  four  years  of  his  life  on  the  lakes 
he  was  mate  on  the  "Bismarck"  and  the  "Bay 
State." 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  gold  excitement  in  the 
Black  Hills,  Mr.  Purcell  joined  a  party  of  forty- 
eight  and  went  to  that  region,  but  the  govern- 
ment authorities  refused  to  allow  them  to  enter. 
The  party  disbanded  and  he,  with  fourteen  others, 
spent  the  summer  in  hunting  and  trapping,  go- 
ing as  far  as  Green  River,  Wyo. ,  where  the  party 
disbanded.  He  then  proceeded  to  Fort  Rawlins, 
thence  to  Middle  Park  and  finally  to  Denver.  In 
the  spring  of  1874  he  came  to  Fairplay,  but  in  a 
few  days  went  back  to  Denver,  returning  to  Park 
County  oh  the  4th  of  July.  At  first  he  worked 
in  the  Moose  mine  on  Mount  Bross.  When 
silver  was  discovered  at  Leadville  he  went  there 
and  engaged  in  mining  at  this  place,  where  he 
has  since  continued.  Among  his  mining  enter- 
prises is  an  interest  in  the  well-known  Modoc 
mine.  With  a  partner,  in  1880  he  purchased  his 
present  ranch  of  fourteen  hundred  and  forty 
acres,  one  and  one-half  miles  east  of  Fairplay, 
where  he  embarked  in  raising  hay  and  cattle. 
Since  1887,  when  he  purchased  his  partner's 
interest,  he  has  conducted  the  ranch  alone. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Purcell,  in  1888,  united 
him  with  Miss  Cornelia  Parks,  by  whom  he  has 
two  children,  Joseph  and  Kathleen.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  Leadville  Lodge  No.  31, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Ionic  Lodge  No.  35, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Leadville.  He  is  an  ardent  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican  party  and  has  been 
largely  instrumental  in  its  success  in  Lake 
County.  He  was  his  party's  nominee  for  the 
legislature  in  1888  from  Lake  County  and  was 
elected  by  a  fair  majority,  serving  in  the  seventh 
general  assembly,  and  as  a  legislator  acquitting 
himself  with  intelligence  and  dignity. 


(TOHN  R.  WILLIAMS,  county  judge  of  Wash- 
I  ington  County,  has  for  years  been  one  of  the 
(*/  prominent  residents  of  Akron.  It  was  in 
the  fall  of  1885  that  he  first  came  to  this  town, 
and  in  the  spring  of  the  following  year  he  re- 
moved his  family  to  his  new  home.  He  entered 
a  claim  three  miles  southwest  of  town,  but  in  the 
fall  of  1886  settled  in  town,  where  for  two  years 
he  conducted  a  feed  store.  Afterward  he  gave 
his  attention  to  the  duties  of  justice  of  the  peace 


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and  police  magistrate,  and  as  this  was  during  the 
"boom"  days  of  Akron,  the  business  of  his  offices 
kept  him  fully  occupied.  Upon  the  erection  of 
the  water  works  in  1890,  he  assisted  in  placing 
the  machinery  in  readiness  for  operation,  and 
afterward,  for  six  and  one-half  years,  he  had 
charge  of  the  pump  of  the  plant.  Following  this 
he  spent  a  summer  in  travel  through  the  moun- 
tains, after  which  he  returned  to  Akron  and 
opened  a  meat  market,  which  he  conducted  till 
the  fall  of  1898.  At  that  time  he  was  elected 
on  the  Republican  ticket  to  the  office  of  county 
judge,  and  has  since  given  his  attention  to  its 
duties,  as  well  as  to  the  office  of  town  clerk. 

In  Will  County,  111.,  Judge  Williams  was  born 
February  14,  1838,  a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Burr)  Williams.  He  was  one  of  eight  children 
and  the  second  among  the  four  now  living.  The 
others  are:  Richard  C.,  of  Illinois;  Leroy  S.,  of 
the  Soldiers'  Home  in  California;  and  Rebecca, 
wife  of  Abraham  Withroe,  of  Kentland,  Ind. 
His  father  was  born  in  Greenbrier  County,  Va., 
in  1802,  and  there  grew  to  manhood,  married  and 
engaged  in  farming.  In  1832  he  removed  to  Illi- 
nois, settling  in  what  was  afterward  Will  Coun- 
ty. Illinois  was  then  on  the  frontier  and  had 
few  white  settlers,  but  numerous  Indians.  He 
established  his  home  on  the  edge  of  the  forest,  his 
farm  embracing  some  prairie  and  some  timber 
laud.  He  was  a  sturdy  old  pioneer,  a  typical 
representative  of  the  early  days,  rugged,  honest, 
industrious  and  persevering.  For  sixty  years  he 
made  his  home  within  one  and  one-half  miles  of 
the  place  of  his  original  settlement,  and  there  he 
died  in  1892,  when  he  lacked  but  one  month  and 
twelve  days  of  being  ninety  years  old.  He  was 
an  earnest  Christian  and  a  sincere  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church. 

When  twenty-one  years  of  age  our  subject  left 
the  parental  roof  and  started  out  in  the  world  for 
himself.  He  migrated  to  Nebraska,  stopping  in 
Cass  County  for  one  season,  after  which  he  went 
to  Fremont  County,  Iowa,  and  for  three  and  one- 
half  years  worked  in  a  gristmill  there.  In  1863 
he  returned  to  his  native  county,  where  he  of- 
fered his  services  to  the  Union  cause.  In  Novem- 
ber of  that  year  he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  One 
Hundredth  Illinois  Infantry,  and  was  sent  with 
his  command  to  Tennessee,  serving  under  Gen- 
eral Sherman  in  1864.  For  four  months  he  took 
part  in  almost  daily  skirmishes,  which  continued 
until  the  army  reached  Atlanta;  then  they  turned 
back  to  Nashville.  Before  reaching  Nashville, 


and  during  the  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  he  was 
wounded  so  that  further  service  was  impossible. 
He  was  sent  to  Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  was  mustered 
out  of  the  service  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  in  the 
spring  of  1865,  under  the  general  orders  to  dis- 
charge all  volunteers. 

After  his  discharge  he  returned  home.  Soon 
he  settled  in  Fremont  County,  Iowa,  where,  from 
that  time  until  1879,  he  was  engaged  in  various 
business  enterprises.  February  14,  1871,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mary  C.  Rogers,  a 
native  of  New  York  state.  Her  father,  Almon 
Rogers,  removed  from  New  York  to  Fremont 
County,  Iowa,  in  an  early  day  and  afterward  re- 
sided there.  In  1879  our  subject  removed  to 
southwestern  Nebraska,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
milling  business  in  Furnace  County.  In  the  fall 
of  1885  he  came  to  Akron,  in  or  near  which  he 
has  since  resided.  He  is  one  of  the  prominent 
men  of  Washington  County,  and  as  an  official, 
has  proved  himself  capable,  efficient  and  faithful. 
He  is  connected  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  Both  in  times  of  war  and  in  peace  he 
has  been  a  patriotic  and  loyal  citizen,  ever  ready 
to  stand  by  his  country  and  his  state. 


(JOHN  S.  BOOKER.  In  the  life  of  this  prom- 
I  inent  business  man  of  Sheridan  Lake  are 
G)  illustrated  the  results  of  perseverance  and 
energy,  coupled  with  judicious  management  and 
strict  integrity.  He  is  a  citizen  of  whom  any  com- 
munity might  well  be  proud,  and  the  people  of 
Kiowa  County,  fully  appreciating  his  worth, 
accord  him  a  foremost  place  in  the  ranks  of  their 
representative  men  and  for  ten  consecutive  years 
have  elected  him  to  the  responsible  position  of 
county  assessor.  As  the  editor  of  the  Kiowa 
County  News,  he  wields  an  important  influence 
in  this  section  of  country,  while  through  his 
ranch  and  stock  interests  he  has  become  widely 
known  among  stockmen. 

Near  Hillsboro,  Montgomery  County,  111.,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  October  10,  1861. 
His  boyhood  days  were  spent  on  the  home  farm 
and  in  attendance  upon  local  schools.  In  the 
Northern  Indiana  Normal  School  at  Valparaiso, 
Ind.,  he  took  the  teachers'  and  the  junior  law 
courses,  after  which  he  taught  two  terms  of 
school.  For  three  years  he  studied  in  Congress- 
man Lane's  law  office  in  Hillsboro,  at  the  same 
time  acting  as  clerk  to  Mr.  Lane.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  practice  before  the  supreme  court  in 
1 886  and  the  same  year  went  to  southern  Kan- 


JOHN  .0.  VROMAN. 


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sas,  settling  in  Greensburg.  There  he  held  the 
position  of  deputy  county  treasurer  for  two  years 
and  was  also  bookkeeper  and  assistant  cashier  of 
the  Greensburg  Bank. 

In  the  fall  of  1887  Mr.  Booher  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  assisted  in  the  starting  of  the  village  of 
Arlington,  but  remained  there  for  a  short  time 
only.  When  the  county  of  Kiowa  was  organ- 
ized in  1889,  he  was  elected  county  assessor  and 
has  since  continued  to  hold  the  office,  making 
Sheridan  Lake  his  headquarters  and  home.  He 
is  the  owner  of  a  ranch,  on  which  he  has  about 
three  hundred  and  fifty  head  of  cattle,  and  through 
the  stock  industry  he  has  accumulated  a  valuable 
property.  In  October,  1896,  he  established  the 
paper  which  he  has  since  issued  weekly  at  Sher- 
idan Lake.  The  paper  is  an  organ  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  but  in  local  matters  favors  every 
project  for  the  common  good,  without  regard  to 
the  party  that  may  nave  fostered  and  promoted 
it.  When  the  question  of  currency  was  made  a 
national  issue,  he  ranged  himself  on  the  side  of 
the  silver  cause,  believing  that  no  permanent 
prosperity  can  come  to  a  country  under  the  pres- 
ent depreciation  of  silver.  In  political  matters  Mr. 
Booher  is  a  Democrat  and  has  represented  his 
party  as  a  member  of  the  Democratic  state  central 
committee  for  the  past  ten  years.  In  fraternal 
relations  he  is  connected  with  Kiowa  Lodge  No. 
293,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Greensburg,  Kan. 

In  1890  Mr.  Booher  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Edith  L.  Reed,  of  Howard  County, 
Ind.  By  this  union  three  children  were  born, 
Mildred,  Neva  and  Lane,  the  latter  being  named 
after  Congressman  Lane,  the  former  preceptor  and 
still  the  warm  friend  of  Mr.  Booher. 


(TOHN  C.  VROMAN,  one  of  the  pioneers  and 
I  leading  stock  men  of  Otero  County,  residing 
G)  three  and  one- quarter  miles  northeast  of 
Manzanola,  was  born  September  30,  1847,  in 
Schoharie  County,  N.  Y.  He  is  descended  from 
a  long  line  of  Dutch  ancestors,  who  settled  in  the 
Mohawk  Valley  on  a  grant  of  land  ceded  by 
Queen  Anne.  By  attendance  upon  public  schools 
and  an  academy  lie  gained  a  fair  education,  and 
at  nineteen  years  of  age  began  to  teach  school, 
continuing  in  that  work  in  his  native  count}'  for 
two  and  one-half  years.  From  there  he  Went  to 
St.  Clair  County,  111.,  and  for  three  years  taught 
school  in  Fayetteville,  that  county.  In  1872  he 
took  up  a  tract  of  government  land  that  he  still 


owns.  By  homestead,  pre-emption  and  tree 
claim,  he  secured  a  large  tract  of  land  comprising 
altogether  nearly  fourteen  hundred  acres. 

Upon  coming  to  Colorado  Mr.  Vroman  brought 
with  him  for  investment  $2, 200  that  he  had  saved 
by  years  of  frugality  and  perseverance.  The 
country  was  then  new.  There  was  no  railroad 
in  what  is  now  Otero  County,  and  his  nearest 
neighbor  was  four  miles  away.  However,  he 
believed  he  could  carry  on  a  stock  business  in 
this  section  with  profit,  and  minor  inconveniences 
did  not  weigh  with  him  in  the  least.  Buying 
a  herd  of  Texas  cattle,  he  began  in  business. 
From  time  to  time  he  made  purchases  of  other 
cattle,  which  he  had  on  the  range  south  of 
Manzanola.  At  times  he  had  five  or  six  thou- 
sand head  in  his  herd,  and  for  several  years  he  re- 
mained on  the  range,  looking  after  the  cattle 
personally. 

When  the  Catlin  canal  was  started,  in  1884, 
Mr.  Vroman  assisted  in  its  organization  and  took 
a  one-fourth  interest  in  the  same.  The  ditch  is 
thirty-five  miles  long  and  cost  about  $59,000, 
the  investment  of  this  money  having  done  more 
to  build  up  the  valley  than  any  other  enter- 
prise inaugurated.  He  is  now  the  owner  of 
nine  hundred  acres  in  the  home  place,  of 
which  about  six  hundred  acres  are  in  alfalfa. 
The  land  lies  on  the  south  side  of  the  Arkansas 
River  and  is  considered  to  be  one  of  the  best 
stock  farms  in  the  state.  In  addition  to  this 
property  he  owns  several  hundred  acres  in  this 
county.  For  his  brand  he  has  used  the  letter 
V  with  a  bar  under  same.  He  recently  sold  his 
entire  herd  of  about  thirty-six  hundred  head,  for 
which  he  received  a  large  amount.  He  is  among 
the  wealthiest  men  in  Otero  County,  and  has  now 
a  sufficient  income  to  satisfy  even  an  intensely 
ambitious  man.  That  he  has  been  successful 
proves  him  to  be  a  man  of  sound  sense  and  great 
enterprise,  for  he  has  received  no  assistance  in 
his  business  efforts. 

In  national  elections  Mr.  Vroman  votes  the 
Democratic  ticket,  but  in  local  matters  he  is  lib- 
eral, voting  for  the  man  rather  than  the  party. 
After  the  county  of  Otero  was  organized  he  was 
one  of  the  first  commissioners  elected,  although 
he  did  not  desire  the  office  and  only  accepted  it 
from  a  sense  of  duty.  For  three  terms  he  con- 
tinued in  the  office,  and  during  the  last  term 
served  as  chairman  of  the  board.  Other  offices 
he  has  steadfastly  refused  to  accept.  A  Mason 
in  fraternal  relations,  he  is  connected  with  St. 


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John's  Lodge  No.  75,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Rocky 
Ford,  and  Chapter  No.  20,  R.  A.  M.,  at  La 
Junta. 

June  26,  1889,  Mr.  Vroman  married  Miss 
Sallie  A.  Beaty,  who  died  May  i,  1890,  leaving 
one  son,  John  C.  Vroman,  Jr.,  now  a  student  in 
the  school  at  Rocky  Ford. 


G\  HNER  E.  WRIGHT,  M.  D.  Doubtless 
I  there  is  no  resident  of  Chaffee  County  who 
||  has  had  more  intimate  association  with 
pioneer  scenes  than  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
who  is  a  well-known  retired  physician  living  in 
Buena  Vista.  In  addition  to  his  invaluable  work 
as  a  pioneer,  stands  his  record  as  a  surgeon  in 
the  army.  As  pioneer  and  army  surgeon,  his 
work  was  of  the  most  hazardous  kind.  Upon  the 
tented  field,  amidst  its  hardships,  dangers  and 
grave  reponsibilities,  or  upon  the  lonely  frontier, 
beset  by  hostile  Indians,  he  proved  himself  a 
worthy  son  of  Mars.  He  has  shown  the  posses- 
sion of  great  powers  of  endurance,  patience  and 
courage,  without  which  he  would  years  ago  have 
given  up  discouraged  and  defeated;  but,  by  their 
aid,  he  has  gained  a  position  of  prominence 
among  his  fellow-men. 

Dr.  Wright  was  born  in  Ogdensburg,  St.  Law- 
rence County,  N.  Y.,  January  25,  1816.  He  was 
educated  in  public  schools  and  an  academy. 
When  eighteen  years  of  age  he  entered  the  Allo- 
pathic Medical  College,  of  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y., 
where  he  remained  a  student  for  three  years, 
graduating  in  1836.  Going  to  Detroit,  Mich, 
(then  a  small  trading  post) ,  he  practiced  there 
for  eight  months.  In  1837  he  went  to  Indiana, 
where  his  father  had  entered  land,  and  there  he 
practiced  for  a  'year.  In  1838  he  went  to  the 
present  site  of  Chicago,  111.,  and  engaged  in  prac- 
tice for  several  months.  Thence  he  went  to 
Marshalltown,  Iowa,  and  entered  land,  at  the 
same  time  engaging  in  practice;  but  after  a  year 
he  sold  out  and  went  to  Eldora,  Iowa,  where  he 
built  a  sawmill.  Later  he  practiced  his  profes- 
sion in  Steamboat  Rock,  Iowa,  and  also  carried 
on  a  store. 

In  the  ever  memorable  year  of  1849,  when  so 
many  rushed  from  all  parts  of  the  Union  to  the 
gold  fields  of  California,  infatuated  by  the  recent 
discovery  of  the  precious  metal  and  cheered  on 
by  visions  of  untold  riches,  Dr.  Wright,  with  a 
large  company,  left  his  home  in  Iowa  with  a  con- 
voy of  horses  for  the  El  Dorado  of  the  west. 
They  had  not  traveled  far  on  their  way  to  the 


Missouri  River  before  they  met  throngs  of  people, 
half  crazy  with  excitement,  and  traveling  in  all 
kinds  of  vehicles,  some  with  horses,  others  with 
mules  and  even  cows,  some  with  wheelbarrows 
and  hand  carts.  This  motley  throng  could  be 
seen  for  hundreds  of  miles  scattered  in  companies 
along  the  way,  and  many  of  them  destined  never 
to  see  their  homes  and  loved  ones  again.  Nothing 
unusual  occurred  until  they  reached  the  Missouri 
River,  which  had  overleaped  its  banks  and  spread 
over  miles  of  the  adjoining  country.  The  party 
had  one  hundred  and  twenty  horses  altogether, 
and,  as  they  could  find  no  bridges  or  fords,  they 
were  obliged  to  swim.  Dr.  Wright  was  chosen 
to  take  all  of  the  horses  across.  He  swam  behind 
a  black  horse  that  was  game  in  water.  The  horses 
followed,  single  file.  Had  a  single  mistake  been 
made,  it  would  have  meant  sure  death.  All 
crossed  as  silent  as  the  grave.  The  crossing 
place  was  the  scene  of  a  battle  between  the  Sioux 
and  Pawnees  the  day  before,  and  fifty-four  dead 
Indians  had  been  left  on  the  field,  presenting  a 
sight  that  was  by  no  means  pleasant. 

The  party  started  up  the  Platte  River,  which, 
in  a  week's  time,  they  had  to  swim  across,  the 
water  being  so  cold  that  they  were  benumbed 
and  scarcely  able  to  stand  after  crossing.  It  was 
at  Fort  Larimer,  and  the  soldiers,  seeing  Dr. 
Wright's  condition,  rubbed  him  down  like  a 
horse  and  gave  him  plenty  of  whisky.  On  the 
day  the  part}'  were  crossing  the  great  divide,  he 
was  out  after  antelope  and  was  belated,  so 
stopped  at  another  camp.  During  the  night  the 
cry  of  "Indians"  sounded  in  his  ears.  He 
sprang  up  and  rushed  out  of  the  tent,  with  one 
boot  on  and  the  other  filled  with  prickly  pear. 
He  saw  "Mr.  Shoshine"  in  the  act  of  sending 
an  arrow  through  one  of  the  white  men  and  im- 
mediately "plugged  him  with  a  chunk  of  lead." 
In  the  course  of  time  the  party  reached  Salt  Lake 
City,  where  he  heard  Brigham  Young  speaking 
in  the  streets.  When  they  reached  the  Hum- 
boldt  River,  they  had  a  fight  with  the  Indians; 
thirty  were  killed  (one  on  their  side)  and  one 
was  wounded. 

While  going  down  the  Humboldt  one  day,  ten 
miles  from  anyone,  Dr.  Wright  saw  a  head  that 
he  took  to  be  that  of  a  black  bear,  but  as  he  came 
nearer,  it  looked  like  something  else.  He  cocked 
his  old  trusty  gun,  advanced  on  a  charge,  and 
found  an  Indian  in  a  hole  in  the  ground,  armed 
with  bows  and  arrows.  The  Indian  pretended 
to  be  ill.  He  left  his  hole  in  the  ground  without 


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any  ceremony  and  jumped  into  the  river.  When 
the  doctor's  reliable  gun  went  off,  there  was  one 
less  Indian  to  massacre  women  and  children. 
The  day  afterward  he  saw  a  poor  Scotchman,  a 
fine  specimen  of  manhood,  one  of  a  Wisconsin 
company,  lying  on  the  bank  of  the  Humboldt  in 
the  last  agonies  of  death,  having  been  shot  by  an 
.  Indian.  After  that  the  doctor's  rifle  spoke  his 
sentiments  toward  the  cowardly  wretches  on 
every  occasion.  When  near  the  Humboldt  lake, 
contemplating  the  magnificent  scenery,  the 
waves  beating  against  the  adamantine  rocks,  he 
noticed  a  slip  of  paper  drifting  by  force  of  wind 
toward  him,  as  though  wafted  by  some  spirit 
power  to  inform  him  of  the  last  moments  of  a 
poor  dying  man.  He  was  overcome  with  tears 
on  reading  the  lines.  They  were: 

"Yes,  my  native  land,  I  love  thee  ! 
All  thy  scenes,  I  love  them  well  ! 
Friends,  connection,  happy  country, 
Shall  I  bid  you  all  farewell?  " 

After  crossing  the  desert,  the  party  took  a  rest 
of  several  days,  which  seemed  to  greatly  please 
the  poor,  surviving,  haggard  creatures  from 
Carson  River.  Then  they  crossed  the  divide 
into  California.  The  Indians  being  very  trouble- 
some, Dr.  Wright  was  chosen  captain  and  con- 
tinued the  war  against  them  until  they  were 
almost  annihilated.  They  were  four  months  and 
twelve  days  on  the  road,  and  were  not  at  all 
sorry  to  be  once  more  in  the  bosom  of  civilization. 

Reaching  California,  Dr.  Wright  engaged  in 
mining  and  practicing  his  profession  at  George- 
town, and  was  so  successful  that  in  1852  he  re- 
turned to  Iowa  with  $13,000.  While  in  Califor- 
nia he  had  a  desperate  encounter  with  a  grizzly 
bear,  the  story  of  which  we  will  give  in  his  own 
words: 

"  My  encounter  with  a  monster  grizzly  was  an 
almighty  interesting  affair  to  me  at  the  time,  but 
I  rarely  speak  of  it.  This  fight  happened  in 
March,  1850,  near  what  is  called  Main  Top.  I 
was  one  of  the  '49ers  who  went  to  lone  City  in 
search  of  the  root  of  all  evil.  Main  Top  was  a 
mining  camp  composed  of  a  few  shanties  and 
occupied  by  about  seventy-five  men  who  were 
engaged  in  placer  mining.  The  location  is 
between  the  north  and  middle  forks  of  the  Ameri- 
can River  in  Eldorado  County.  Of  course  wild 
beasts  at  that  time  were  more  plentiful  in  the 
mountains  than  now  and  often  made  visits  to 
isolated  claims  and  cut  up  antics.  One  day  news 
came  to  the  camp  that  a  grizzly  bear  had  attacked 


a  miner  and  killed  one  of  his  oxen  in  Humbug 
Canon.  On  hearing  this  a  party  of  us  organized 
for  the  purpose  of  avenging  the  loss  of  the  miner 
and  stopping  further  depredations  by  Mr.  Grizzly. 
There  were  five  of  us,  all  armed  with  guns  and 
pistols.  Accidentally  I  carried  a  long  sharp 
knife  two  and  a-half  feet  long  and  three  inches 
wide,  such  as  was  often  used  by  prospectors  for 
cutting  a  road  through  dense  chaparral.  We 
started  out  to  find  that  bear  if  it  took  all  summer. 
I  found  him  first  at  the  head  of  Shirt-Tail  Canon. 
When  I  first  sighted  the  bear  he  was  about  sixty 
yards  distant  lying  in  a  pine  thicket.  Upon  my 
approach  he  arose,  uttering  a  hoarse  growl  of 
warning.  He  looked  as  big  as  an  elephant  and 
it  made  things  kind  o'  creep  down  my  back  as  he 
smashed  his  teeth  together.  As  he  raised  up  I 
drew  a  bead  on  him  and  sent  a  slug  through  his 
body  just  behind  his  front  legs,  but  quartering, 
so  that  the  slug,  as  it  was  afterward  found,  came 
out  at  the  point  of  the  shoulder.  The  bear  did 
not  show  fight  but  plunged  deeper  into  the 
chaparral.  I  pursued  him,  and  while  struggling 
with  the  bear  the  rest  of  the  party  came  up  and 
began  firing  at  the  animal.  This  was  unfor- 
tunate for  me,  for  not  a  shot  hit  the  bear,  but  four 
clipped  me,  one  shot  going  through  the  base  of 
my  right  thumb.  Worse  still,  one  of  the  men, 
carried  away  by  excitement,  rushed  up  as  I  fell 
to  the  ground  and  fired  so  close  to  me  that  the  ball 
went  through  my  powder  horn,  which  was  slung 
over  my  shoulder  with  a  pound  of  powder  in  it, 
the  ball  going  into  my  right  arm.  Thus  I  was 
blown  up,  torn  up  and  shot  all  at  once.  This 
story  sounds  strange,  but  it  is  true.  You  can  see 
the  wounds  for  yourself.  The  stump  of  my  ear 
and  the  deep  depression  in  the  place  where  the 
skull  once  was,  now  covered  by  a  strong  cartilege; 
my  left  breast  is  deeply  sunken  and  scarred  from 
the  bear's  claws.  Below  the  arm  a  part  of  the 
third  rib  is  gone,  having  been  broken  several 
inches  from  where  it  joins  the  breast  bone.  A 
part  of  the  rib  was  sawed  off.  All  these  scars  I 
have  spoken  of  will  confirm  the  horrible  story 
without  affidavits.  It  "was  estimated  that  the 
bear  weighed  sixteen  hundred  pounds.  He 
certainly  was  a  monster  in  size  and  but  for  the 
fact  that  my  first  shot  had  weakened  him  I  never 
should  have  come  out  of  the  fight  first  best.  As 
it  was  it  was  a  tough  go  with  me.  My  comrades 
bound  a  piece  pine  bark  on  my  head  as  a  com- 
press to  stop  the  flow  of  blood  from  the  temporal 
artery;  I  was  taken  to  Main  Top  and  a  surgeon 


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secured.  For  twenty- one  days  Dr.  Ralph,  a 
graduate  under  Valentine  Mott,  of  New  York, 
never  left  my  side  for  any  length  of  time  and  I 
owe  my  life  to  his  skill  and  patient  nursing. 

"It  was  five  months  before  I  was  able  to  walk 
and  two  years  before  I  could  call  myself  well. 
Some  perhaps  think  that  the  bear  got  away  with 
a  part  of  my  brains,  but  when  it  comes  to  business 
I  think  I  am  about  as  clear  headed  as  my  neigh- 
bors, and  my  professional  success  goes  to  prove 
that  I  never  lost  all  my  brains  anyway.  I  sailed  for 
the  states  from  San  Francisco  in  the  "Isabella," 
a  whaling  vessel,  and  accidentally  I  left  the  jar 
containing  my  rib,  ear  and  piece  of  skull  (pre- 
served in  alcohol)  in  the  boat ;  afterward  I  learned 
that  they  had  been  given  by  the  captain  to  the 
Boston  Medical  Museum.  For  all  I  know  part 
of  myself  may  be  there  yet.  I  know  the  tale  I 
tell  is  almost  incredible,  but  the  scars  I  have 
are  proof  enough  and  will  exist  as  long  as  I  live. 
I  seldom  talk  of  the  affair.  The  whole  thing 
comes  to  me  almost  as  vivid  as  at  the  time  it 
happened.  I  had  been  in  five  different  tight 
scrapes  with  the  Indians  before  that  wrestle  with 
bruin,  but  I  never  had  as  close  a  call.  Consider- 
ing that  I  have  written  the  story  using  hunters' 
language  in  part  I  have  not  added  to  nor  taken 
from  the  truth  of  the  story  in  any  way.  This  was 
not  a  draw  game.  The  bear  got  my  scalp  and  I 
never  got  the  belt." 

In  1856  Dr.  Wright  went  up  on  the  Iowa  River 
to  get  the  numbers  of  some  lands  when  that  sec- 
tion was  wild  and  unsettled.  On  his  return 
he  was  shot  in  the  leg  by  an  Indian,  whom  he 
killed.  About  the  same  time  the  massacre  at 
Spirit  Lake  occurred  and  he  went  there  and 
assisted  in  burying  the  sixty-four  victims.  His 
partner  was  killed  by  the  Indians  while  buying 
fur  from  them.  In  1860  the  doctor  crossed  the 
range  to  Colorado  and  with  a  party  of  three 
wintered  at  what  is  now  Boulder.  At  that,  time 
the  Ute  Indians  were  very  numerous  in  the 
locality  and  more  than  once  he  had  altercations 
with  them.  In  1861  he  returned  to  Steamboat 
Rock,  and  assisted  in  organizing  the  Thirteenth 
and  Twenty-second  Regiments  of  Iowa  Infantry. 
He  had  inherited  the  patriotism  of  his  grand- 
father, Hezekiah  Wright,  a  Revolutionary  hero. 
For  eighteen  months  he  served  as  captain,  after 
which  he  was  made  surgeon.  He  continued  in 
the  service  for  three  and  one-half  years,  never 
asking  any  remuneration  for  his  services.  Re- 
tiring in  1864,  he  located  in  Johnson  County, 


Mo. ,  where  he  engaged  in  practice  for  two  years, 
after  which  he  spent  one  year  in  Topeka,  Kan. 
In  1871  he  located  at  Granite,  Chaffee  County, 
Colo.,  but  after  eight  months  went  to  Chalk 
Creek,  where  the  village  of  St.  Elmo  now  stands. 
In  addition  to  practicing  he  engaged  in  mining, 
and  sold  one  claim,  the  Mary  Murphy,  for 
$75,000,  also  developed  four  or  five  others  in  the 
same  locality,  which  he  sold  for  $10,000  to 
$15,000  each.  In  1878  he  came  to  the  present 
site  of  Buena  Vista,  and  here  he  carried  on  prac- 
tice until  1895,  when  advancing  years  caused  him 
to  retire.  His  professional  life  has  taken  him 
through  various  parts  of  this  country,  and  often 
he  has  walked  fifty  miles  a  day,  going  on  foot 
through  canons  where  a  horse  could  not  travel. 
In  spite  of  his  eighty-three  active  years  and  his 
many  hardships,  he  is  well  preserved  and  vigor- 
ous, and  maintains  a  deep  and  abiding  interest  in 
local  enterprises.  A  stanch  Democrat,  he  was 
for  eleven  years  county  coroner,  when  the  country 
was  full  of  outlaws,  and  he  was  instrumental  in 
driving  them  out.  He  is  officially  connected  with 
Sheridan  Post  No.  18,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Buena  Vista. 
He  still  owns  mining  property  at  Twin  Lakes, 
this  state. 

November  7,  1852,  Dr.  Wright  married  Miss 
Lucretia  Gordon,  of  Iowa.  They  have  five  chil- 
dren: George,  who  is  engaged  in  mining  in 
Arizona;  Abner  E.,  Jr.,  whose  sketch  appears 
in  this  work;  Laura,  whose  husband  is  engaged 
in  mining  at  Lake  City,  Colo.;  Edith,  wife  of 
Frank  Teachout,  of  Buena  Vista;  and  Charles, 
who  is  a  clerk  in  this  town. 


UJATHANIEL  w.  SAMPLE,  since  1871  Mr. 

rV  Sample  has  been  with  the  Denver  &  Rio 
\lS  Grande  Railroad  in  Denver,  and  his  steady 
advancement  to  positions  of  increasing  importance 
proves  the  efficient  character  of  his  services.  At 
the  time  he  came  west  he  expected  to  remain 
here  but  a  short  time,  instead  of  which  he  has 
remained  a  permanent  resident,  identified  with 
the  growth  and  interested  in  the  progress  of  the 
city  and  state.  He  was  made  general  superin- 
tendent of  the  road  January  i,  1892,  and  has  since 
held  that  responsible  position. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  near  Gor- 
donville,  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  August  14,  1843, 
the  same  day  and  month  on  which  were  born  his 
father,  grandfather  and  great-grandfather,  all  of 
whom  bore  the  same  name.  When  he  was  eight 
years  of  age  he  lost  his  father.  In  1858  he  went 


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to  Philadelphia,  where  he  was  apprenticed  to  the 
machinist's  trade  in  the  Baldwin  Locomotive 
works,  remaining  there  until  some  mouths  after 
the  Civil  war  opened. 

In  August,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  K, 
Fifteenth  Pennsylvania  Cavalry,  and  was  mus- 
tered in  at  Philadelphia,  being  assigned  to  the 
Army  of  the  Cumberland.  During  the  Atlanta 
campaign  he  was  a  non-commissioned  officer,  and 
afterward  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  of 
his  company  by  Governor  Curtin.  In  January, 
1865,  he  was  appointed  aid-de-camp  on  the  staff 
of  Gen.  W.  J.  Palmer,  commanding  the  First 
Brigade,  First  Cavalry,  Military  Division  of 
Mississippi.  In  July,  1865,  he  was  mustered  out 
and  honorably  discharged  at  Nashville.  He  then 
resumed  his  work  as  machinist  in  the  Baldwin 
shops,  Philadelphia,  where  he  remained  until 
1871.  In  that  year  he  came  to  Denver  with  three 
locomotives  from  the  shops,  which  he  was  to  set 
up  and  start  in  the  shops  of  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande,  intending  to  return  to  Philadelphia  as 
soon  as  his  work  was  ended.  However,  his  plans 
were  changed  and  he  remained  with  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande,  becoming  first  foreman  in  the 
company's  shops.  In  1877  he  was  appointed  mas- 
ter mechanic  and  superintendent  of  machinery  for 
the  company,  which  position  he  held  until  the 
last  of  1891,  and  then  resigned  to  become  general 
superintendent  of  the  road.  At  the  time  that  he 
was  superintendent  of  machinery  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  and  Rio  Grande  Western  were  under 
one  management,  the  line  extending  to  Ogden. 
He  built  the  shop  in  Denver  and  that  in  Salt 
Lake  City. 

(JOHN   A.    WHITING,    M.  D.      When  the 

I    famous  mining  camp  of  Cripple  Creek  was 

G/  in  its  infancy,  Dr.   Whiting  came  here  from 

Colorado  Springs  and,  opening  an  office,  began 
the  practice  of  the  medical  profession,  while  at 
the  same  time  he  also  became  interested  in  min- 
ing. These  two  lines  of  labor,  in  themselves  so 
widely  divergent,  he  has  since  conducted  with 
success,  gaining  meanwhile  a  reputation  as  the 
leading  physician  of  the  Cripple  Creek  district,  as 
well  as  a  successful  mine  operator. 

The  boyhood  days  of  Dr.  Whiting  were  spent 
on  a  farm  near  Brantford,  Ontario,  Canada,  where 
he  was  born  May  3,  1862.  He  was  educated  in 
common  schools  and  the  Brantford  Collegiate  In- 
stitute, and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  began  to 
teach  school,  which  occupation  he  followed  for 

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some  years.  In  1884  he  entered  the  Detroit  Col- 
lege of  Medicine,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
i88f ,  with  the  first  honors  of  the  class.  For  a 
year  afterward  he  was  connected  with  St.  Mary's 
Hospital  in  Detroit,  where  he  gained  a  broad 
fund  of  practical  experience.  From  Detroit  he 
came  west  as  far  as  Kansas,  and  engaged  in  prac- 
tice in  that  state  for  two  years,  after  which  he 
spent  several  months  in  the  New  York  Post- 
Graduate  School.  Coming  west  the  second  time, 
he  established  his  office  in  Colorado  Springs,  but 
soon  removed  to  Cripple  Creek,  his  present  home. 
His  wife  was  formerly  Eva  J.  Whiting,  of  Den- 
ver, and  they  have  a  daughter,  Ruth. 

Active  in  the  Democratic  party,  Dr.  Whiting 
was  in  1892  elected  mayor  of  Cripple  Greek  and 
two  years  later  was  re-elected.  At  the  close  of 
the  second  term  he  declined  further  nomination, 
and,  though  urged  to  become  a  candidate  at  each 
succeeding  election,  he  has  always  refused,  pre- 
ferring to  devote  himself  entirely  to  his  practice 
and  his  mining  interests.  Without  his  knowl- 
edge he  was  elected  president  of  the  Jeffersonian 
Democratic  Club,  which  office  he  now  holds.  He 
is  a  director  in  the  Gold  Dollar  and  Mabel  M. 
mines  at  this  place,  besides  having  interests  in 
other  mines.  However,  his  attention  is. given  to 
his  practice  more  closely  than  to  mining,  and  it 
is  doubtless  true  that  his  practice  is  among  the 
largest  of  any  physician  in  the  state,  it  being  not 
merely  the  general  practice  of  a  physician,  but 
including  a  large  practice  as  surgeon.  In  1893 
he  platted  and  laid  out  the  Capital  Hill  addition, 
commonly  known  as  the  Whiting  addition  to  the 
city.  In  fraternal  connections  he  is  identified  with 
the  Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Mount  Pisgah 
Lodge  No.  96,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  also  the  Knight 
Templar  Commandery  at, this  place. 


pGJlLLIAM  F.  MCCLELLAND,  M.  D.,  of 
\  A  /  Denver,  has  resided  here  from  an  early 
YY  day,  and  has  given  especial  attention  to 
the  effects  of  the  climate  upon  disease.  Through 
his  influence  many  people  in  the  east  suffering 
from  pulmonary  troubles  were  induced  to  come  to 
Colorado.  On  the  Other  hand  he  was  explicit  in 
stating  in  his  articles  that  people  suffering  from 
certain  types  of  disease  would  be  injuriously 
affected  by  the  high  altitude. 

In  early  life  Dr.  McClelland  studied  in  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  New 
York  City,  but  afterward  he  entered  Jefferson 
Medical  College,  from  which  he  graduated  March 


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27,  1849,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  He  prac- 
ticed for  one  year  in  Mount  Gilead.  Ohio,  and 
then  located  in  Mount  Vernon,  that  state,  \jhere 
he  opened  an  office  and  embarked  in  professional 
practice.  After  five  years  he  removed  to  Coun- 
cil Bluffs,  Iowa,  where  he  became  known  as  one 
of  the  most  skillful  surgeons  in  that  state.  While 
in  Council  Bluffs  he  successfully  performed  a 
remarkable  operation,  known  as  "Caesarean  Sec- 
tion." The  history  of  the  case  was  published  at 
the  time  in  the  Boston  Medical  and  Surgical  Jour- 
nal and  republished  by  European  medical  jour- 
nals, reflecting  great  credit  on  Dr.  McClelland' s 
judgment  and  skill.  Since  coming  to  Denver,  in 
June,  1862,  he  has  engaged  in  general  practice. 

With  the  various  associations  of  the  medical 
fraternity  Dr.  McClelland  has  been  intimately 
identified.  In  1873  he  was  president  of  the  Colo- 
rado State  Medical  Society,  and  three  years  later 
held  the  same  office  in  the  Denver  and  Arapahoe 
County  Medical  Society.  In  1876  he  was  chosen 
treasurer  of  the  State  Medical  Society ,  which  po- 
sition he  held,  by  re-election,  for  many  years. 
During  1864  he  was  surgeon  of  the  Denver  Mili- 
tary Hospital.  For  years  he  has  been  connected 
with  the  American  Medical  Association.  He  has 
served  as  medical  examiner  and  referee  of  the 
Equitable  Life  Assurance  Company  of  New  York 
for  the  district  composed  of  Colorado,  New  Mex- 
ico and  Wyoming.  Upon  the  incorporation  of 
the  Millionaire  Mining  &  Tunnel  Company  in 
1876  he  was  chosen  its  president.  He  was  also 
president  of  the  Denver  Mutual  Building  and 
Loan  Association  and  a  trustee  of  its  property. 
With  the  Denver  Consolidated  Tramway  Com- 
pany he  has  also  been  prominently  connected, 
and  is  at  present  a  director  and  member  of  the 
executive  board. 

f~  REDERICK  K.  NOBLET,  M.  D.,  who  is  a 
r^  practicing  physician  and  surgeon  of  Holyoke 
I  and  also  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  here,  was 
born  in  Bucyrus,  Ohio,  May  5,  1868,  a  son  of 
George  and  Maria  (Kissel)  Noblet,  natives  re- 
spectively of  Dauphin  County,  Pa.,  and  Mount 
Vernon,  Ohio.  He  and  his  brothers,  William 
(of  Wyandot,  Ohio)  and  Wesley  (of  Bucyrus, 
Ohio),  are  the  sole  survivors  of  a  family  of  nine 
children.  His  father,  who  was  born  in  1811, 
grew  to  manhood  at  Halifax,  Dauphin  County, 
and  from  there  went  to  Ohio,  settling  in  Bucyrus 
and  LMigaging  in  the  occupation  of  a  shoemaker. 
Some  years  later  he  also  opened  a  grocery,  which 


he  conducted  in  connection  with  his  shoe-making. 
About  1860  he  bought  a  farm  near  Bucyrus  and 
removed  to  the  place  where  he  afterward  resided 
until  his  death,  in  1887.  His  second  wife  was 
born  in  1826  and  died  in  1892.  He  had  previously 
been  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Sinn,  by  whom 
he  had  four  daughters,  three  now  living,  viz.: 
Laura,  wife  of  Henry  Albright,  a  farmer  of 
Bucyrus;  Sarah,  who  married  Francis  Fisher,  a 
farmer  of  Missouri;  and  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
William  Steward,  of  Bucyrus. 

After  completing  common-school  studies,  our 
subject  entered  Ada  (Ohio)  Normal  School, 
where  for  three  years  he  studied  during  the 
summer  terms,  the  intervening  winters  being 
spent  as  a  teacher  of  district  schools.  He  after- 
ward took  up  the  study  of  medicine  and  for  six 
months  read  medicine  with  his  brother,  Dr. 
Charles  H.  Noblet,  of  Bucyrus.  At  the  end  of 
that  time  he  entered  the  medical  department  of 
the  Western  Reserve  University  of  Cleveland, 
where  he  took  a  two  years'  course.  In  1893  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  entered  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  Denver  University,  from  which  he 
graduated  April  17,  1894.  After  his  graduation, 
in  company  with  his  brother,  Charles  H.  (who 
had  accompanied  him  to  Denver),  he  went  to 
Lincoln,  Neb.,  with  the  intention  of  locating. 
However,  not  being  pleased  with  the  prospect, 
his  brother  returned  to  Bucyrus  and  he  settled  in 
Wraverly,  Neb.  After  two  months  he  also  went 
back  to  Bucyrus  and  there  he  practiced  for  eight- 
een months  with  his  brother.  In  October,  1895, 
the  latter  again  came  to  Colorado,  this  time  set- 
tling at  Holyoke.  In  February  of  the  next  year 
our  subject  joined  him  and  purchased  the  drug 
store  of  G.  W.  Guinn,  which  he  has  conducted 
successfully  in  connection  with  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  His  brother  died  September  14,  1896, 
leaving  him  the  sole  representative  of  his  family 
in  the  west. 

Dr.  Noblet  is  a  progressive  physician.  He 
keeps  abreast  with  every  development  in  the 
science  and,  by  energy  and  thoughtful  study,  has 
built  up  an  excellent  practice  and  an  enviable 
reputation.  He  is  medical  examiner  for  the 
Bankers  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  New  York, 
and  the  New  York  Mutual  and  is  pension  ex- 
aminer for  this  district.  A  similar  position  he 
fills  in  Crescent  Lodge  No.  38,  K.  P.,  at  Holyoke, 
and  Holyoke  Lodge  No.  26,  Star  of  Jupiter,  of 
both  of  which  he  is  an  actj%fe  member.  In  his 
political  views  he  is  a  Democrat. 


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EALVIN  W.  GOSS.  No  state  in  the  Union 
can  boast  of  a  more  heroic  band  of  pioneers 
than  Colorado.  In  their  intelligence,  capa- 
bility and  genius  they  are  far  above  the  pioneers  of 
the  eastern  states  and  in  their  daring  and  heroism 
are  equal  to  the  Missouri  and  California  argonauts. 
Their  privations,  hardships  and  earnest  labors 
have  resulted  in  establishing  one  of  the  foremost 
commonwealths  in  America.  Among  these  hardy 
pioneers  must  be  mentioned  Mr.  Goss,  whose 
home  is  on  the  Greenhorn  River  in  Pueblo 
County. 

The  ranch  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Goss 
is  part  of  the  old  Alexander  Hicklin  ranch, 
which  was  a  grant  of  five  thousand  two  hundred 
and  eighteen  acres  to  Mr.  Hicklin,  one  of  the 
oldest  white  settlers  in  southern  Colorado.  It  is 
situated  on  the  old  Denver  &  Santa  Fe  stage 
route,  and  the  mail  comes  and  goes  every  other 
day  between  Crow  and  Graneros,  on  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad.  Under  the  first  administra- 
tion of  President  Cleveland  the  postoffice  of  Crow 
was  established,  and  was  named  in  honor  of  Matt 
Crow,  former  postmaster  of  Pueblo.  Our  subject 
was  appointed  first  postmaster  and  held  the  office 
for  six  years,  since  which  time  his  son,  William, 
has  been  the  incumbent  of  the  position.  The 
postoffice  is  located  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Goss. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Ashe 
County,  N.  C.,  in  1828.  At  the  age  of  fifteen 
years  he  moved  to  Tennessee.  He  was  educated 
in  the  common  schools  of  the  middle  Cumberland 
Mountain  district.  In  1850  he  went  to  Putnam 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock-raising  for  twenty  years,  and  in  1870 
came  to  Pueblo  County,  Colo.,  settling  on  the 
ranch  where  he  still  resides.  It  was  all  wild  land 
then,  and  the  improvements  now  found  thereon 
are  the  work  of  his  hands.  In  recent  years  he 
has  disposed  of  some  of  his  property,  being  un- 
able to  attend. tp  all  of  it,  but  he  still  owns  a  large 
tract,  and  carries  on  both  farming  and  stock- 
raising. 

In  1854  Mr.  Goss  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Sarah  Baker,  a  native  of  North  Carolina, 
who  died  leaving  three  sons:  Zachariah,  Morris 
and  Sanders.  For  his  second  wife  he  married 
Miss  Sarah  Parsons,  also  a  native  of  North  Caro- 
lina, and  by  this  union  has  three  children,  two 
sons  and  one  daughter:  William,  Melvin  and 
Lula,  all  at  home. 

During  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Goss  enlisted  in  the 
Eleventh  Kansas  Cavalry,  and  served  for  one 


year  in  western  Missouri,  where  the  regiment 
was  engaged  in  battle  with  Price's  army.  He 
also  took  an  active  part  in  the  Indian  troubles  at 
South  Pass,  Wyo. ,  and  during  his  life  in  Colo- 
rado has  had  many  thrilling  adventures  with  the 
Indians,  several  times  narrowly  escaping  death. 
In  early  days  the  Indians  would  often  come  to 
his  house  by  the  hundred  and  would  devour 
everything  eatable  they  could  find.  In  his  polit- 
ical views  Mr.  Goss  is  a  Democrat,  and  has  sev- 
eral times  been  the  choice  of  his  party  for  the 
office  of  county  commissioner.  For  many  years 
he  has  most  creditably  and  acceptably  served  as 
justice  of  the  peace,  and  has  been  a  member  of 
the  school  board  during  his  entire  residence  here. 
At  first  the  school  district  was  twenty  miles 
square  and  was  called  district  No.  9,  but  that 
territory  he  has  since  helped  to  divide  and  sub- 
divide, until  it  now  includes  many  districts.  He 
has  assisted  in  building  many  school  houses  and 
churches,  not  alone  in  the  country,  but  also  in 
the  city  of  Pueblo,  and  though  not  a  member  of 
any  religious  denomination,  he  always  gives  his 
support  to  those  enterprises  which  he  believes  are 
calculated  to  advance  the  moral,  educational  or 
social  welfare  of  the  county.  Fraternally  he  has 
for  years  been  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  has  accumulated  a 
handsome  property,  although  he  began  his  busi- 
ness career  in  Tennessee  by  working  for  twenty- 
five  cents  per  day.  His  life  illustrates  what  can 
be  accomplished  through  industry,  perseverance, 
good  management  and  a  determination  to  suc- 
ceed. Being  a  man  of  domestic  tastes,  he  finds 
his  chief  delight  in  his  home.  He  is  held  in 
high  regard  by  all  who  know  him. 


GILBERT  SHERWIN.  The  American  Na- 
LJ  tional  Bank  of  Leadville,  established  in 
f  I  1888,  is  one  of  the  solid  financial  institu- 
tions of  Colorado,  and,  through  the  ability  of  its 
officials,  has  gained  a  reputation  second  to  none 
in  this  section.  The  bank  building  is  a  three- 
story  brick  structure,  situated  on  the  corner  of 
Harrison  avenue  and  Fifth  street,  where  the  busi- 
ness of  the  bank  is  conducted  in  a  suite  of  rooms, 
elegantly  and  appropriately  furnished.  In  1892 
Mr.  Sherwin  was  chosen  vice-president  of  the 
bank,  and,  on  the  death  of  the  president,  Morgan 
H.  Williams,  he  became  its  president,  in  January, 
1893,  since  which  time  he  has  been  at  the  head  of 
its  affairs. 

The  Sherwin  family  was  among  the  early  set- 


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tiers  of  Massachusetts.  Timothy  Sherwin,  who 
was  born  in  that  state,  removed  in  earl}'  life  to 
Vermont  and  cleared  a  farm  out  of  the  dense 
forest,  through  which  Indians  and  wild  beasts 
still  roamed  at  will.  He  spent  his  remaining 
years  in  Vermont  and  became  prominent  in  his 
locality.  His  son,  Timothy,  Jr.,  was  born  in 
Vermont,  and  died  there  in  1830.  During  the 
same  year  occurred  the  death  of  his  wife,  Caroline 
(Akin)  Sherwin,  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  John  Akin,  who  was  judge  of  the 
district  court  in  Vermont  for  many  years  and  also 
followed  farming  and  stock-raising. 

The  only  child  of  his  parents,  our  subject  was 
born  in  Lowell,  Mass.,  in  1828,  and  was  two 
years  of  age  when  his  parents  died.  He  was  then 
taken  into  the  home  of  his  grandfather  Sherwin. 
His  education  was  obtained  in  the  district  schools 
and  Chester  Academy.  At  sixteen  years  of  age 
he  started  out  for  himself.  For  four  years  he 
clerked  in  a  general  store  in  Vermont,  after  which 
he  was  empV»yed  in  railroad  construction  in  New 
York  state,  Wisconsin  and  Illinois  for  ten  years. 
He  then  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  in 
Michigan,  having  his  headquarters  in  St.  Joseph 
County,  and  continued  in  that  occupation  for 
seven  years.  His  next  venture  was  as  a  dealer 
in  dairy  products  in  Elgin,  111.,  where  he  estab- 
lished a  profitable  business  that  is  now  conducted 
by  one  of  his  sons.  In  1879  ne  removed  from 
Elgin  to  Leadville,  Colo.,  and  built 'the  Elgin 
smelter,  which  he  operated  until  1895.  Some 
years  previous  to  this  he  had  become  connected 
with  the  American  National  Bank,  and  finally, 
on  being  made  an  officer  of  the  bank,  he  turned 
his  entire  attention  to  the  business,  in  which  he 
has  since  engaged.  In  common  with  the  majority 
of  Chaffee  County  residents,  he  owns  interests  in 
mines  here. 

In  December,  1849,  Mr.  Sherwin  married 
Louisa  M.  Davis,  who  was  born  in  Rockingham, 
Vt.,  and  died  in  1866.  Two  sons  and  one  daugh- 
ter were  born  of  this  union.  The  older,  son, 
William  W.,  is  conducting  the  dairy  products 
business  established  by  his  father  in  Elgin,  111. 
The  younger  son,  Albert  E. ,  carries  on  a  lumber 
business  in  Leadville.  The  daughter,  Susan  D. , 
who  was  one  of  the  most  popular  young  ladies  of 
Leadville  and  an  active  worker  in  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  died  in  1898,  mourned  by  a  host 
of  warm  personal  friends  to  whom  her  charming 
qualities  of  heart  and  intellect  had  endeared  her. 
In  1868  Mr.  Sherwin  married  Miss  Frances  M. 


Lang,  who  was  born  in  Hanover,  N.  H.,  and  was 
orphaned  by  her  father's  death  when  she  was  a 
small  child.  The  only  child  born  of  this  union  is 
Fred  L.  Sherwin,  a  rising  young  attorney  of 
Leadville.  In  politics  Mr.  Sherwin  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  has  done  much  for  the  upbuilding  of 
his  town  and  has  been  particularly  active  in 
establishing  its  credit  upon  a  sound  financial 
basis  that  is  far  more  healthful  than  the  "boom" 
of  early  days. 

f^ETER  PETERSEN  is  a  well-known  mer- 
yr  chant  of  Julesburg,  Sedgwick  County,  of 
f3  which  town  he  was  the  first  mayor.  When 
he  came  Colorado  in  1885,  he  settled  in  this 
place  and  established  the  business  which  he  has 
since  conducted  upon  an  increasing  scale.  Be- 
sides the  management  of  his  store  he  has  other 
important  interests.  He  owns  cattle  and  farming 
interests,  which  he  has  acquired  during  his  suc- 
cessful business  life  here.  With  E.  L.  Loveland 
as  his  partner,  in  1894  he  acquired  large  farming 
interests  under  the  ditch,  which  is  one  of  the 
principal  ditches  of  this  section  and  waters 
twenty-two  thousand  acres  of  land. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Petersen  occurred  in  Hanislee 
by  Fleusburg,  in  Schleswig,  Germany,  October 
4,  1849,  his  parents  being  Peter  and  Anna 
(Tychsen)  Petersen.  He  was  one  of  seven  chil- 
dren, five  of  whom  survive.  He  and  Hans,  a 
farmer  in  Sedgwick  County,  are  the  only  ones  in 
America;  Anna,  Lena  and  Johanna  remain  in 
their  native  land.  His  father,  a  native  of  Schles- 
wig, was  there  reared  and  married,  and  after- 
ward engaged  in  farming,  which  occupation  he 
followed  until  his  death  in  1866.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  acquired  his  education  in  common 
schools  in  Germany.  At  nineteen  years  of  age 
he  emigrated  to  America,  landing  in  New  York 
City  November  12,  1868.  Going  to  St.  Louis, 
he  remained  in  that  city  two  months  and  then 
went  to  Davenport,  Iowa,  near  which  place  he 
was  employed  on  a  farm  for  six  months.  In  the 
summer  of  1869  he  drove  through  to  Lincoln, 
Neb.,  and  afterward  inspected  different  parts  of 
the  state  with  a  view  to  locating.  He  selected 
York  as  his  most  available  point,  and  there  took 
up  a  homestead  of  eighty  acres,  upon  which  he 
began  the  task  of  clearing  and  improving  the 
land.  He  was  one  of  the  first  inhabitants  of  that 
now  thriving  village. 

After  spending  eight  years  on  the  farm,  Mr. 
Petersen  removed  into  the  village  where  for  eight 


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1251 


years  he  was  employed  as  a  salesman  in  different 
mercantile  establishments.  It  was  in  this  work 
that  he  laid  the  foundation  of  his  subsequent  suc- 
cessful career  as  a  merchant.  In  1885  he  sold 
eighty  acres  of  his  farm,  which  he  had  meantime 
increased  to  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  and 
with  the  money  received  from  the  sale  came  to 
Julesburg  and  opened  a  store.  He  has  since  con- 
tinued to  reside  in  this  town,  which,  from  its 
position  near  the  border  and  on  the  line  of  the 
railroad,  is  one  of  the  most  important  in  north- 
eastern Colorado.  For  some  years  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  here  and  has  also  held 
other  local  offices  of  trust.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  Julesburg  Lodge  No.  67,  I.  O.  O.  F. 
The  marriage  of  Mr.  Petersen  to  Miss  Harriet 
B.  Woolman,  of  York,  Neb.,  occurred  in  1878. 
They  are  the  parents  of  two  sons:  Charles,  who  is 
attending  a  preparatory  school  in  Lincoln,  Neb., 
and  Low,  a  student  in  the  Julesburg  public  school. 


HERMAN  LITMER,  postmaster  and  a  gen- 
eral merchant  of  Jefferson,  Park  County,  and 
one  of  the  reliable  German- American  citi- 
zens of  this  section,  was  born  in  Hanover, 
October  6,  1844,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth 
(Beinke)  Litmer.  He  was  one  of  seven  children, 
of  whom  four  are  now  living,  all  in  the  United 
States.  John  is  employed  as  foreman  of  a  stone 
quarry  in  Newpoint,  Ind.;  August  is  a  farmer 
living  in  Enochburg,  Ind. ;  and  Sadie  is  a  dress- 
maker in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

A  native  of  Rieste,  Hanover,  Germany,  born 
in  1812,  Henry  Litmer  passed  the  years  of  youth 
in  his  native  country,  whence  in  1847,  a  ^ew 
years  after  his  marriage,  he  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica, spending  sixty  days  upon  the  ocean  and 
landing  in  New  Orleans.  He  came  up  the  river 
direct  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  had  a  brother  en- 
gaged in  the  lard  and  oil  business.  He  settled  in 
that  city  and  became  an  employe  in  his  brother's 
store,  saving  his  earnings  from  year  to  year  until 
he  had  enough  to  enable  him  to  engage  in  busi- 
ness for  himself.  In  1 856  he  opened  a  grocery, 
and  this  he  conducted  until  1861,  when  here- 
moved  to  Franklin  County,  Ind.,  and  settled 
upon  a  farm.  In  that  place  he  continued  to 
reside  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1890. 

In  common  schools,  St.  Xavier's  College  and 
Bartlett's  Commercial  College,  our  subject  ac- 
quired his  education.  He  accompanied  the  family 
to  Indiana,  but  after  six  months  returned  to  Cin- 
cinnati, where  he  attended  business  college  and 


afterward  was  employed  at  clerical  work  in  his 
uncle's  office.  He  continued  in  the  same  posi- 
tion until  1870,  when  he  came  to  Kit  Carson, 
Colo.  From  there  he  went  on  a  surveying  ex- 
pedition into  New  Mexico  as  an  employe  of  the 
Maxwell  Land  Grant  and  Railroad  Company. 
After  some  three  years  upon  the  frontier  he  went 
back  to  Cincinnati,  but  soon  started  for  New 
Orleans  with  another  surveying  party.  This 
time  he  was  gone  for  some  two  years.  On  again 
going  back  to  Cincinnati  he  resumed  work  in 
his  uncle's  office,  and  continued  thereuntil  1883, 
the  year  of  his  first  permanent  settlement  in 
Colorado.  Establishing  his  home  in  Jefferson, 
Park  County,  he  spent  four  years  in  the  improve- 
ment of  ranch  property.  In  1887  he  returned  to 
Cincinnati,  where  he  was  employed  by  his  uncle 
for  more  than  a  year,  and  later  established  him- 
self in  the  general  merchandise  business  at  Elm- 
wood  Place,  a  suburb  of  Cincinnati.  He  engaged 
in  business  there,  having  charge  of  a  good  trade, 
until  Janua-ry,  1895,  when  he  disposed  of  the 
business  and  made  his  third  trip  to  Colorado. 
After  some  three  months  spent  in  Denver  look- 
ing for  a  business  opening,  he  came  to  Jefferson, 
and  purchased  the  mercantile  business,  February 
14,  1896,  which  he  has  since  conducted.  He 
received  the  appointment  of  postmaster  from 
Postmaster- General  William  L.  Wilson.  While 
in  Colorado  in  1883,  he  was  married  in  Denver  to 
Miss  Lena  Miller.  He  is  one  of  the  representa- 
tive business  men  of  Park  County  and  during  his 
long  and  active  business  career  has  visited  many 
points  and  come  in  contact  with  many  people. 
His  energy  of  character  and  honesty  of  purpose 
have  won  for  him  the  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of 
acquaintances. 

j  YMAN  C.  BAKER,  editor  and  proprietor 
I  iL  of  the  Fort  Morgan  Times,  is  a  member  of  a 
12  pioneer  family  of  Morgan  County,  whose 
members  have  been  inseparably  associated  with 
the  history  of  this  section  of  the  state.  He  was 
born  in  Auburn,  Ind.,  January  5,  1851,  a  sou  of 
George  R.  Baker,  and  brother  of  Abner  S.  Baker 
(deceased), Frank  E.  'Baker  and  Mrs.  William  H. 
Clatworthy,  of  whom  mention  is  made  elsewhere 
in  this  volume.  His  boyhood  years  were  passed 
principally  in  Baraboo,  Wis. ,  where  the  family 
resided.  March  26,  1867,  he  entered  a  printing 
office  in  that  town  and  there  learned  the  print- 
er's trade,  at  which  he  worked  in  the  composing 
room  of  the  Baraboo  Republic. 


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When  the  party  of  eastern  colonists  settled  in 
Greeley  in  1870,  our  subject  was  among  the 
number  who  sought  a  home  in  that  then  unset- 
tled and  unimproved  section  of  the  state.  He 
arrived  there  on  the  4th  of  November.  Prior  to 
his  removal  west  he  had  been  in  the  employ  of 
N.  C.  Meeker,  the  promoter  of  the  Greeley  colony 
and  founder  of  the  Greeley  J"ribune,  and  it  was 
in  this  way  that  he  first  became  interested  in  the 
proposed  settlement.  On  his  arrival  he  took 
charge  of  the  printing  department  of  the  paper, 
and  for  ten  years  was  connected  with  the  same 
work,  having  full  charge  of  all  the  press  work  for 
seven  years.  In  1880  he  returned  to  Baraboo, 
but  was  not  satisfied  to  remain  there,  and  two 
years  later  he  went  to  Crookston,  Minn.,  where 
he  had  charge  of  the  publication  of  the  Crookston 
Chronicle.  For  six  months  he  also  edited  and 
published  the  Carmen  Courier,  owned  by  the 
same  publisher. 

Returning  to  Greeley  in  January,  1883,  Mr. 
Baker  was  employed  on  the  Tribune  for  three 
months,  after  which  he  became  assistant  superin- 
tendent of  ditch  No.  2,  which  position  he  filled 
during  the  irrigating  season.  In  the  fall  he  re- 
turned to  Baraboo,  where  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Helen  U.  Bacon.  Accompanied 
by  his  wife,  he  again  settled  in  Greeley,  where 
he  was  employed  on  the  Tribune  for  a  few 
months.  About  the  same  time  he  took  up  a 
ranch  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  adjoin- 
ing Fort  Morgan.  In  March,  1884,  he  came  to 
this  tract  and  erected  a  frame  house,  among  the 
first  in  this  locality.  Here  he  commenced  ranch- 
ing. While  improving  his  home  place,  he  also 
took  charge  of  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  be- 
longing to  his  father  and  brother,  Abner  S. 
September  4,  1884,  he  published  the  first  issue  of 
the  Fort  Morgan  Times,  which  he  has  since  con- 
tinued to  publish,  and  which  is  recognized  as  the 
leading  paper  of  the  county.  At  this  writing  he 
owns  one  hundred  and  ten  acres  of  ranch  land  ad- 
joining town,  and  is  engaged  in  sheep-feeding  in 
addition  to  his  publishing  business.  He  and  his 
wife  have  a  neat  and  attractive  home,  and  are  so 
hospitable  and  genial  that  their  friends  delight  to 
visit  them.  They  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Florence,  born  March  17,  1886,  and  also  have 
in  their  home  Frances,  the  younger  daughter  of 
Abner  S.  Baker. 

From  the  organization  of  the  town  of  Fort 
Morgan,  Mr.  Baker  has  been  connected  with  its 
growth,  and  as  the  editor  of  a  bright  and  newsy 


paper,  he  has  wielded  an  immense  influence  in 
advancing  the  prosperity  of  the  town.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  first  town  council,  and  from  that 
time  to  this  has  never  failed  to  discharge  every 
duty  of  a  loyal,  progressive  citizen.  Fraternally 
he  is  a  member  of  Fort  Morgan  Camp  No.  193, 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 


(1 ACOB  M.  MEALES,  county  clerk  of  Pueblo 
County  and  president  of  the  Pueblo  Build- 
ing  and  Loan  Association,  has  made  his 
home  in  this  city  since  1880  and  has  been  promi- 
nently identified  with  a  number  of  local  enter- 
prises. In  the  fall  of  1895  he  was  elected  county 
clerk,  assuming  the  duties  of  office  in  February, 
1896,  and  so  satisfactory  was  his  service  that  he 
was  re-elected  in  1897;  and,  while  his  majority 
the  first  term  was  three  hundred,  this  was  in- 
creased to  twelve  hundred  majority  at  the  last 
election.  In  the  organization  of  the  Pueblo 
Building  and  Loan  Association  he  took  an  active 
part;  and  he  has  since  been  president  of  the 
same.  He  is  also  interested  in  several  mining 
enterprises. 

On  the  farm  near  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  where  he 
was  born  May  5,  1858,  our  subject  passed  his 
boyhood  days.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  and  the  Millersville  State  Normal 
School  at  Millersville,  concluding  with  a  term  in 
Eastman's  Commercial  College  at  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.  From  the  age  of  fifteen  he  engaged  in 
teaching  school  during  the  vacation  months  of 
his  own  school  work,  thus  securing  the  money 
that  enabled  him  to  complete  his  education.  He 
had  also  worked  on  a  farm  by  the  month,  to  aid  in 
raising  the  necessary  funds. 

After  completing  his  education,  Mr.  Meales 
went  to  Junction  City,  Kan.,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed as  clerk  and  bookkeeper  in  a  hotel  for  six 
months.  He  then  went  to  Enterprise  and  for 
six  mouths  carried  on  a  grain  business,  after 
which  he  taught  near  Abilene,  filling  an  unex- 
pired  term  in  the  Sand  Spring  school  that  two 
teachers  had  given  up  as  hopeless.  With  the  de- 
termination characteristic  of  him,  he  completed 
the  term  successfully.  In  1880  he  came  from 
Kansas  to  Pueblo,  and  first  secured  employment 
as  baggageman  at  the  Union  depot  for  the  Den- 
ver &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  and  afterward  for  the 
Union  Depot  Company,  remaining  there  for  al- 
most twelve  years.  He  resigned  to  accept  the 
position  as  deputy  assessor  of  the  county,  in 
which  capacity  he  served  for  four  years,  after- 


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ward  becoming  county  clerk.  Politically  he  is 
a  Republican  and  on  that  ticket  was  elected  to 
his  present  office. 

The  marriage  of  Harry  Meales  (for  by  this 
name  Mr.  Meales  is  usually  known)  united  him 
with  Carrie.  M.  Doyle,  of  Mount  Holly  Springs, 
Pa.;  one  son  blesses  the  union,  Jewell  Gibson. 
In  religion  the  family  are  connected  with  the 
Lutheran  Church.  Fraternally  Mr.  Meales  is 
identified  with  Silver  State  Lodge  95,  A.  P.  & 
A.  M.,  of  Pueblo;  Pueblo  Chapter  No.  12,  R.  A. 
M.;  Pueblo  Council  No.  6,  and  Chapter  No.  7  of 
the  Eastern  Star;  also  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  8,  and 
all  of  its  branches,  I.  O.  O.  F.;  Pueblo  Lodge 
No.  90,  B.  P.  O.  E.;  the  Improved  Order  of  Red 
Men,  Woodmen  of  the  World  and  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen. 


NDREW  J.  LANG,  M.  D.,  who  is  a  well- 

H  known  physician  and  surgeon  of  Sedgwick 
County,  is  also  the  proprietor  of  a  ranch  in 
the  old  Fort  Sedgwick  settlement,  five  miles 
southwest  of  Julesburg.  On  coming  to  Colorado 
in  1887  and  looking  around  for  a  suitable  loca- 
tion, he  decided  to  settle  on  the  reservation.  Ac- 
cordingly he  purchased  a  squatter's  claim  to  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres.  Here  he  has  since 
proved  up  on  the  place  and  made  his  home,  en- 
gaging in  farming  and  the  stock  business.  He 
has  increased  the  extent  of  the  ranch,  which 
now  numbers  four  hundred  acres.  Besides  su- 
perintending its  management,  he  carries  on  a 
general  practice  in  medicine  and  also  acts  as 
justice  of  the  peace. 

Dr.  Lang  was  born  in  Palmyra,  Somerset 
County,  Me.,  November  22,  1854,  a  son  of  Peter 
H.  and  Nancy  E.  (Farnham)  Lang.  He  was  the 
eldest  of  five  children,  all  but  one  of  whom  are 
living.  His  brother,  Benjamin  F.  Lang,  M.  D., 
is  a  practicing  physician  at  York,  Neb.;  the 
sisters  are:  Ella  N.,  wife  of  Charles  W.  Home- 
stead, and  Mary  E.,  who  married  W.  H.  Towle, 
of  Palmyra,  Me.  The  father,  a  native  of  the 
same  town  in  Maine,  was  born  February  25, 
1825,  being  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Sally 
(Smith)  Lang,  who  were  natives  of  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.  Samuel  Lang  was  the  grandson 
of  Samuel  Lang,  Sr. ,  who  came  to  America  in  an 
early  day  and  settled  at  Portsmouth.  Peter  H. 
Lang  was  one  of  six  sons,  all  of  whom  were 
highly  educated.  Two  entered  the  ministry,  one 
was  for  many  years  president  of  Waverly  College 
in  New  York,  and  all  were  prominent  in  public 


life  or  the  professions.  He  engaged  in  farming 
and  the  stock  business,  also  for  some  years  en-, 
gaged  in  merchandising.  The  property  acquired 
by  his  father  in  1803  is  still  his  home,  having 
been  in  the  family  almost  a  century.  For  four 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Maine  legislature, 
serving  with  Hon.  Thomas  B.  Reed.  With  Neal 
Dow,  of  Portland,  he  was  an  active  worker  in  the 
temperance  cause.  For  years  he  wielded  a  wide 
influence  in  his  state. 

The  literary  education  of  our  subject  was  ob- 
tained in  Pitt's  main  central  institute  at  Pittsfield, 
Me.,  and  the  Friends'  boarding  school  in  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.  Upon  the  completion  of  his  literary 
education  he  began  his  professional  studies, 
reading  medicine  under  Byron  Porter,  M.  D., 
of  Newport^  Me.,  with  whom  he  remained  for 
two  years.  He  then  entered  the  Cincinnati 
Homeopathic  Institute,  where  he  took  the  regu- 
lar course,  graduating  in  1883.  His  first  location 
was  at  Weeping  Water,  Neb. ,  where  he  carried 
on  a  drug  store,  while  his  brother  had  charge  of 
the  practice.  From  there  he  came  to  Sedgwick 
County,  Colo.,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  In  politics  he  is  liberal  and  has  never 
identified  himself  with  any  party.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows.  His  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Martha  E.  Beyer  occurred  Novem- 
ber 22,  1892,  and  is  blessed  by  one  child,  Frances 
Eleanor,  born  August  30,  1897.  Mrs.  Lang  was 
born  in  Ashland,  Pa.,  and  is  a  daughter  of 
Franklin  Beyer,  a  merchant  and  farmer  of  that 
place. 

EHARLES  W.  GIBBS.  During  the  years  of 
his  active  connection  with  civil  engineering 
pursuits,  Mr.  Gibbs  has  become  well  known 
in  the  west.  In  1893  he  received,  from  the  sur- 
veyor-general of  Colorado,  the  appointment  of 
United  States  deputy  mineral  surveyor  for  Colo- 
rado, and  in  1897  was  tendered  a  similar  appoint- 
ment for  Utah,  both  of  which  positions  he  now 
fills.  In  the  spring  of  1897  he  came  to  Telluride 
and  associated  himself  with  C.  L.  Greenwood  in 
general  engineering  and  surveying,  which  he  has 
since  continued.  He  is  interested  in  everything 
pertaining  to  his  chosen  occupation  and  takes 
a  warm  interest  in  the  work  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  to  which  he  belongs. 
Near  Bangor,  Me.,  in  1859,  our  subject  was 
born  to  Wingate  E.  and  Martha  (Cutler)  Gibbs, 
and  was  the  oldest  of  three  sons,  the  second  of 
whom,  D.  C.,  is  a  physician  in  Telluride,  Colo.; 


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and  the  youngest,  Bernard,  still  lives  in  Maine. 
His  father,  who  has  been  a  prominent  farmer  of 
his  locality  and  a  lifelong  resident  of  Maine,  is 
still  living  at  his  old  homestead.  He  has  been  a 
leader  in  political  circles  and  for  two  terms  served 
as  a  nember  of  the  state  legislature.  Reared  on 
a  farm,  our  subject  early  learned  to  be  helpful 
and  industrious.  He  was  educated  in  public 
schools  and  the  University  of  Maine  at  Orono, 
where  he  studied  civil  engineering.  After  graduat- 
ing in  1879,  he  taught  school  in  Orono.  In 
1 88 1  he  came  west  as  far  as  Burlington,  Iowa, 
where  he  secured  employment  as  an  engineer  on 
the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad. 
From  there  he  went  to  Knoxville,  Iowa,  and 
later  was  connected  with  the  Burlington,  Cedar 
Rapids  &  Northern  Railroad,  at  Spirit  Lake, 
Iowa.  From  the  fall  of  1881  until  the  fall  of 
1 883  he  was  in  Mexico  as  assistant  engineer  upon 
the  Mexican  National  Railroad. 

Returning  to  Maine  in  the  fall  of  1883,  Mr. 
Gibbs  spent  the  winter  at  his  old  home,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1884  went  to  Minnesota  and  en- 
gaged in  railroad  work  and  in  surveying  town 
sites,  after  which,  during  the  winter  of  1884-85, 
he  taught  school  at  Echo,  that  state.  In  the 
spring  of  1885  he  went  to  Pocatello,  Idaho,  and 
for  a  year  engaged  in  the  survey  of  the  Union 
Pacific  road,  after  which  he  was  connected  with 
the  resident  engineer's  office  at  Omaha,  Neb. 
In  July,  1886,  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  Colorado  Mid- 
land road,  and  upon  the  completion  of  the  work, 
in  July,  1887,  went  to  Utah,  where  for  a  short 
time  he  surveyed  for  an  extension  of  the  Colo- 
rado Midland  and  later,  in  the  spring  of  1888, 
worked  on  the  construction  of  the  Rock  Island  at 
Colorado  Springs.  In  the  spring  of  1888  he  com- 
menced the  Silverton  Railroad,  from  Silverton  to 
Ironton,  which  was  completed  in  the  fall  of  1889. 
During  the  same  fall  he  became  chief  engineer  of 
the  Rio  Grande  Southern  Railroad,  from  Durango 
to  Ridgway,  which  work  was  completed  in  1893. 
Afterward  for  two  years  he  engaged  in  general 
engineering  and  surveying  at  Durango,  later  spent 
two  years  in  Ophir,  where  he  was  general  en- 
gineer for  the  Suffolk  Globe  Mining  and  Milling 
Company,  miners  of  gold  and  silver.  From 
Ophir  he  came  to  Telluride  in  the  spring  of  1897. 
He  owns  considerable  real  estate,  besides  his 
other  interests.  One  of  his  important  works  was 
making  surveys  for  the  Meldrum  Tunnel  and 
Mining  Syndicate  (Limited),  of  which  company 


he  is  chief  engineer.  While  in  Maine  in  1883 
he  was  made  a  Mason;  has  demitted  from  his 
Masonic  lodge  in  Maine  and  affiliated  with  the 
lodge  at  Telluride.  Since  coming  to  Colorado 
he  has  been  identified  with  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World  at  Rico.  In  1889  he  married  Addie  Ham- 
mon,  of  Colorado,  by  whom  he  has  three  daugh- 
ters, Helen,  Martha  and  Eloise. 


flOHN  T.  ROSS,  cashier  of  the  State  Bank  of 

I  Fort  Morgan,  is  recognized  as  one  of  the 
G)  sagacious  financiers  of  northeastern  Colo- 
rado. In  1890  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of 
the  bank  with  which  he  has  since  been  identified, 
as  a  large  stockholder,  a  director  and  officer.  Re- 
cently, however  he  has  become  so  deeply  inter- 
ested in  the  cattle  business  that  he  has  transferred 
much  of  his  bank  work  to  his  assistant,  while  he 
gives  attention  to  the  buying  and  selling  of  stock. 

In  Indiana  County,  Pa.,  Mr.  Ross  was  born  on 
Christmas  day  of  1858,  a  son  of  Samuel  and 
Elizabeth  (Cowan)  Ross.  He  was  the  youngest 
of  eight  children,  of  whom  the  others  are  as  fol- 
lows: Robert,  a  farmer  and  stockman  of  Hanover, 
111.;  Richard,  who  is  proprietor  of  a  boot  and 
shoe  store  at  Grinnell,  Iowa;  Mary  A.,  who  mar- 
ried A.  S.  Work,  a  farmer  and  stockman  living 
at  Marion  Center,  Pa. ;  Samuel,  deceased;  George, 
who  is  engaged  in  fanning  and  stock-raising  in 
Audubon  County,  Iowa;  Sarah  J.,  wife  of  Samuel 
Work,  of  Indiana  County,  Pa.;  and  David,  who  is 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Chicago. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  born  in  Ireland 
about  1814  and  when  eighteen  years  of  age  came 
to  America.  For  some  years  he  resided  in  New 
York  City,  but  after  his  marriage  in  that  city  he 
settled  upon  a  farm  in  Indiana  County,  Pa.,  and 
there  engaged  in  farming  during  his  remaining 
years.  His  death  occurred  in  1894.  His  wife, 
who  was  born  in  Ireland,  accompanied  her  par- 
ents to  America  at  sixteen  years  of  age  and  is  still 
living  on  the  old  homestead  in  Pennsylania.  The 
boyhood  years  of  our  subject  were  spent  on  the 
farm  and  in  school.  As  he  approached  manhood 
he  devoted  his  energies  to  the  cultivation  of  the 
home  farm.  At  about  twenty-one  years  of  age  he 
assumed  fufl  charge  of  the  place,  which  he  con- 
tinued to  manage  until  1889. 

July  3,  1889,  Mr.  Ross  arrived  in  Fort  Morgan, 
where  he  worked  for  a  month  at  the  carpenter's 
trade.  He  bought  an  interest,  one  month  after 
his  arrival,  in  a  lumber  yard,  and  later  purchased 
his  partner's  interest  in  the  business,  which  he 


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conducted  successfully.  With  the  exception  of 
one  year,  when  he  had  a  partner,  he  continued 
alone  until  March,  1898,  when  he  sold  his  lumber 
interests  and  removed  to  the  ranch  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  near  town,  which  he  had  ac- 
quired during  a  visit  to  Colorado  in  1887.  For 
three  years  he  officiated  as  mayor  of  Fort  Morgan, 
in  whose  growth  and  development  he  has  main- 
tained a  deep  interest.  He  is  a  member  of  Fort 
Morgan  Camp  No.  193,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
November  10,  1892,  he  married  Miss  Leila  M. 
Hotchkiss,  daughter  of  Capt.  A.  Hotchkiss,  of 
Fort  Morgan.  To  this  marriage  four  children 
were  born:  Ada,  Laura,  Lucilla  and  Elizabeth. 


0ANIEL  WESLEY  FALL,  chairman  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  of  Summit 
County  and  a  prominent  assayer  and  mine 
operator  residing  in  Breckenridge,  was  born  in 
Thorntown,  Boone  County,  Ind.,  September  27, 
1847,  a  son  °f  Asa  and  Elizabeth  CDavis)  Fall, 
and  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  family  of  Daniel 
Boone.  He  was  one  of  a  family  of  seven  chil- 
dren, of  whom  all  but  two  are  living.  The  eldest, 
John  N.,  residing  in  Oakland,  Cal.,  is  a  wealthy 
capitalist  and  owns  extensive  farming  interests  in 
the  state  of  Washington;  Amos  D.,  a  prominent 
farmer  of  Tulare  County,  Cal. ;  Jackson  N. ,  who 
is  a  successful  farmer  residing  at  Walla  Walla, 
Wash.;  Catherine,  widow  of  J.  M.  McFarlane, 
also  of  Walla  Walla;  and  Daniel  Wesley,  complete 
the  list  of  surviving  members  of  the  family. 

Asa  Fall  was  born  in  Ohio  in  1808  and  there 
was  reared,  married,  and  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business.  Early  in  the  '303  he  removed  toBoone 
County,  Ind.,  where  for  many  years  he  carried 
on  a  lumber  business  and  farming.  Meantime 
he  acquired  extensive  farming  interests  and  his 
sons,  as  they  grew  toward  manhood,  were  given 
the  management  of  the  land,  while  he  gave  his 
attention  to  his  lumber  interests.  After  some 
years  he  disposed  of  the  lumber  business  and  re- 
tired to  his  farm.  With  his  family,  in  1853  he 
removed  to  Fremont  County,  Iowa,  where  he  es- 
tablished his  home  one  mile  north  of  Sidney  and 
acquired  extensive  farming  interests.  He  con- 
tinued to  reside  there  until  1874,  when  he  was 
persuaded  by  his  eldest  son  to  dispose  of  his  prop- 
erty in  Iowa  and  remove  to  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington. He  has  since  lived  in  retirement,  di- 
viding his  time  between  Dayton  and  Walla 
Walla,  in  both  of  which  towns  he  owns  a  resi- 
dence. His  first  wife  died  in  1854  and  afterward 


he  married  Mrs.  Mary  Williams,  by  whom  he 
had  two  children:  Findley,  of  Walla  Walla,  and 
Theodosia,  wife  of  J.  M.  Robinson,  of  Spokane, 
Wash. 

In  many  respects  Asa  Fall  is  a  remarkable 
man.  Though  now  more  than  ninety  years  of 
age,  he  is  quite  robust  and  has  full  possession  of 
his  faculties.  He  comes  of  a  long-lived  race  and 
it  is  possible  that  he  may  himself  become  a  cen- 
tenarian. Both  his  father  and  mother  were  in  the 
nineties  at  the  time  of  their  death,  and  his  grand- 
mother was  more  than  one  hundred  years  old  at 
the  time  of  her  death.  As  a  business  man  he  was 
unusually  successful  and  the  handsome  property 
that  he  accumulated  represented  his  unaided 
efforts. 

At  thirteen  years  of  age  our  subject  began  to 
work  on  a  farm  near  his  father's  home.  When 
past  sixteen,  in  1864,  he  started  for  Washington, 
then  a  sparsely  settled  territory  in  the  remote 
and  seldom-visited  west.  Indian  depredations 
were  unusually  numerous  at  the  time.  In  com- 
pany with  George  Liggett,  wife  and  sister,  he  be- 
gan the  journey  across  the  plains.  On  reaching 
Sand  Creek,  Colorado,  about  midday,  they 
stopped  and  prepared  their  dinner.  On  that  same 
spot,  the  following  night,  a  party  of  freighters 
were  massacred.  The  same  band  of  Indians, 
after  killing  that  party,  made  a  circuit  and  some 
two  hours  later  killed  a  ranchman  directly  in  front 
of  the  four  people  comprising  our  subject's  party, 
and  the  fact  that  the  latter  drove  one  hundred 
head  of  loose  cattle  renders  their  escape  from 
discovery  by  the  Indians  little  less  than  miracu- 
lous. They  arrived  in  Denver  June  28,  shortly 
after  the  great  flood.  As  the  Indian  depredations 
were  increasing,  they  decided  to  stop  in  Colorado. 
Going  to  Golden,  our  subject  engaged  in  herding 
cattle.  In  the  winter  he  was  a  page  in  the  legis- 
lature, while  in  the  summer  of  1865  he  worked 
as  a  farm  hand.  The  next  winter  he  was  the 
unanimous  choice  for  page  of  the  legislature,  in 
which  capacity  he  continued  for  several  months, 
until  the  session  was  adjourned.  The  spring  of 
1866  found  him  again  working  on  a  farm.  In 
June  he  was  asked  to  accept  a  position  as  sales- 
man for  C.  A.  Clark,  then  one  of  the  leading 
merchants  of  Golden,  but  now  living  in  Louis- 
ville, Colo.  After  three  years  the  store  changed 
hands.  Our  subject  continued  with  the  new  firm 
for  three  months,  and  then,  in  partnership  with 
John  Collins,  purchased  the  stock  of  James  Col- 
lins and,  under  the  firm  name  of  Collins  &  Fall, 


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began  in  the  general  mercantile  business.  He 
continued  in  the  business  for  three  years,  when 
he  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  store.  After  a 
visit  home  in  the  spring  of  1874  he  spent  three 
months  mining  in  Boulder  County. 

Through  the  advice  of  his  friend,  Prof.  Greg- 
ory Board,  then  the  principal  of  the  State  School 
of  Mines,  our  subject  entered  that  school  and  be- 
gan a  course  of  studies  in  assaying  and  chemis- 
try, devoting  himself  closely  to  his  studies  and 
winning  rapid  advancement.  In  the  fall  of  1875 
he  was  made  assistant  assayer  of  the  old  Golden 
smelting  works.  In  the  summer  of  1876  he  was 
made  assayer  and  chief  of  the  works,  which  im- 
portant position  he  held  until  the  fall  of  1879. 
i?or  a  few  months  afterward  he  was  in  the  employ 
of  E.  Burlingame,  who  held  out  strong  induce- 
ments in  order  to  retain  his  services,  but  he  had 
determined  to  come  to  Breckenridge.  April  16, 
1880,  found  him  located  in  this  city,  where  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Arthur  Nichols  and 
engaged  in  assaying.  The  partnership  was  dis- 
solved in  the  fall,  he  buying  his  partner's  inter- 
est in  the  business,  as  well  as  in  mines.  He  has 
continued  extensively  interested  in  assays  and 
mines. 

While  his  attention  has  been  closely  given  to 
his  private  business  interests,  Mr.  Fall  is  also  a 
loyal  citizen  and  neglects  no  duty  to  his  town, 
county,  state  or  country.  In  1886  he  was  elected 
town  clerk  of  Breckenridge,  which  position  he 
filled  for  a  term.  In  1896  he  was  chosen  com- 
missioner of  Summit  County,  and  in  January, 
1899,  became  chairman  of  the  board.  As  a  citi- 
zen he  is  popular  and  respected.  That  he  is 
making  a  success  of  life  is  generally  conceded, 
and  it  has  been  done  by  the  exercise  of  good  judg- 
ment, energy  and  determination.  Politically  he  is 
a  Democrat. 

HON.  O.  K.  GAYMON.  Not  only  has  Sum- 
mit County  gained  prominence  through  its 
rich  mines  of  gold  and  silver,  but  by  reason 
of  its  citizens  who  have  attained  distinction  in 
public  life  it  has  become  well  known  throughout 
the  state.  Among  its  most  prominent  men  is 
Mr.  Gaymon,  who,  as  a  member  of  the  state  sen- 
ate, has  become  intimately  identified  with  the 
best  interests  of  Colorado  and  has  been  especially 
interested  in  promoting  the  welfare  of  his  county. 
It  may  with  justice  be  said  of  him  that  as  a  legis- 
lator he  has  been  public- spirited  and  incorrupt- 
ible; while  as  the  editor  of  the  Summit  County 


Journal,  he  has  shown  himself  to  be  discriminat- 
ing and  full  of  resources;  and  as  a  writer,  terse, 
clear  and  entertaining. 

Now  a  resident  of  Breckenridge,  Mr.  Gaymon 
was  born  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  June  n,  1858,  and 
was  one  of  the  twelve  children  (eleven  still  living) 
who  comprised  the  family  of  Charles  and  Rosanna 
(Kimball)  Gaymon.  His  father,  who  was  born 
in  Dauphin  County,  Pa.,  in  1817,  in  youth 
learned  the  trade  of  a  cabinet-maker,  and  for 
some  years  after  his  marriage  he  followed  his 
chosen  occupation  in  Pennsylvania,  but  in  1846 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  Iowa  City,  Iowa, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  furniture  business  and 
also  worked  at  his  trade.  Disposing  of  his  busi- 
ness in  1858,  he  removed  to  a  farm  and  for 
twenty  years  cultivated  his  land.  Finally  retir- 
ing from  active  labors,  he  returned  to  Iowa  City, 
where,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two,  he  is  enjoying 
the  fruits  of  his  many  years  of  labor,  and  is  still 
a  hearty,  robust  man. 

The  education  of  Mr.  Gaymon  was  obtained  in 
the  common  schools,  the  commercial  college  and 
Hyatt's  Academy,  of  Iowa  City.  At  twenty 
years  of  age  he  entered  the  Journal  office  in  Iowa 
City  and  began  to  learn  the  printer's  trade. 
After  some  two  years  he  went  to  Marengo,  Iowa, 
and  secured  employment  in  the  office  of  the 
Marengo  Democrat,  later  being  made  manager  of 
the  publication.  Two  years  were  spent  in  that 
office.  In  1882,  having  decided  to  come  west,  he 
started  for  Colorado  and  arrived  in  Denver  in 
March.  Immediately  he  made  arrangements  for 
the  establishment  of  a  paper  in  Dillon,  Summit 
County.  May  i  of  the  same  year  the  first  issue 
of  the  Dillon  Enterprise  appeared.  In  the  pub- 
lication of  the  paper  his  strong,  vigorous  person- 
ality was  brought  to  bear,  and  he  prospered  from 
the  first. 

Having  purchased  the  Summit  County  Journal, 
of  Breckenridge,  May  i,  1898,  Mr.  Gaymon  con- 
solidated the  two  publications,  continuing  them 
under  the  title  of  his  more  recent  purchase.  In 
his  advocacy  of  measures  for  the  public  good  he 
has  been  energetic  and  indefatigable.  He  has 
been  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  silver  cause  and 
has  accomplished  much  in  its  behalf.  His 
editorials  have  attracted  widespread  attention, 
and  his  views  upon  political  questions,  while 
decidedly  pronounced  in  favor  of  the  silver  Re- 
publican movement,  have  not  only  won  the 
enthusiastic  endorsement  of  his  party,  but  the 
admiration  of  political  opponents.  While  in 


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Dillon  he  was  for  fourteen  years  a  member  of  the 
school  board,  and  also  served  as  town  clerk  and 
justice  of  the  peace.  In  1896  he  was  elected 
state  senator  on  the  fusion  ticket  and  has  since 
filled  the  office  with  ability  and  great  credit  to 
himself. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Gaymon  united  him  with 
Miss  Gussie  N.  Childress,  and  was  solemnized  in 
Denver  in  1884.  Mrs.  Gaymon  was  born  in 
Marengo,  Iowa,  and  has  become  the  mother  of 
two  sons,  Alva  E.,  born  in  1886;  and  Melvin  K., 
in  1892.  Fraternally  Mr.  Gaymon  is  connected 
with  Breckenridge  Lodge  No.  47,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
and  Golden  Nugget  Lodge  No.  89,  K.  P. 


(JOHN  FROST  came  to  Colorado  in  the  spring 
I  of  1886  and  took  up  a  pre-emption  and  a  tree 
(*/  claim,  also,  six  months  later,  a  homestead, 
each  comprising  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres, 
situated  eight  and  one-half  miles  west  of  Atwood, 
Logan  County.  For  ten  years  he  engaged,  in  the 
cattle  business  on  that  property.  In  the  fall  of 
1896  he  settled  upon  a  ranch  two  and  one-half 
miles  north  of  Atwood  and  here  he  now  resides. 
Besides  this  place,  he  still  owns  his  old  home  farm 
in  Ohio,  as  well  as  his  three  claims  in  Colorado. 
He  has  made  the  cattle  business  his  special  work, 
and  has  engaged  in  it  successfully. 

In  Kent,  England,  near  London,  Mr.  Frost  was 
born  May  20,  1837,  a  son  of  John  D,  and  Miriam 
( Latter)  Frost,  whose  other  child  is  Edward,  a 
farmer  living  twelve  miles  from  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
His  parents  were  natives  of  Kent,  the  father  born 
on  Christmas  day  of  1808,  and  the  mother  Janu- 
ary 17,  1816.  The  former,  who  was  a  gardener 
and  fanner  for  years  in  his  native  shire,  emigrated 
to  America  in  1850  and  settled  in  Oneida  County, 
N.  Y.  From  there,  in  i857,he  removed  to  Geauga 
County,  Ohio,  and  purchasing  a  farm,  continued 
to  make  it  his  home  until  he  died,  December  i , 
1876.  His  wife,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Lord  Ed- 
ward Latter, died  when  our  subject  was  three  years 
of  age,  and  the  latter  was  thus  deprived  of  a 
mother's  affectionate  oversight  when  too  young  to 
realize  his  loss.  He  was  thirteen  years  of  age  when 
he  accompanied  his  father  to  the  United  States, 
and  afterward  he  made  his  own  way  in  the  world. 
During  the  summer  months  he  worked  in  the  har- 
vest fields,  while  in  the  winters  he  did  chores  and 
general  work  to  pay  for  his  board,  while  he  at- 
tended school.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  se- 
cured work  in  a  grist  mill,  where  he  remained  for 
two  years. 


After  his  father  had  been  in  Ohio  for  a  year, 
our  subject  joined  him  there,  and  with  him  en- 
gaged in  the  sawmill  business  in  Chester,  Geauga 
County.  February  24,  1859,  he  married  Miss 
Pamelia  Corner,  daughter  of  William  Corner, 
who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania.  The  children 
born  of  their  union  are  as  follows:  Frank  A.,  who 
is  engaged  in  farming  and  the  cattle  business  in 
Morgan  County,  Colo.;  Willard  M.  and  John  B., 
who  are  stockmen  in  Morgan  County;  Lillian  D., 
wife  of  W.  M.  Tedwell,  a  stockman  of  Logan 
County;  and  Mary  A.,  who  married  Thomas  D. 
Pomeroy,  a  farmer  and  stock-dealer  of  Logan 
County. 

Shortly  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Frost  purchased 
his  father's  interest  in  the  sawmill  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  Edward  Morey.  They  added  to 
their  sawmill  business  a  box  factory,  continuing 
the  partnership  up  to  1870.  August  n,  1863, 
Mr.  Frost  enlisted  in  Company  M,  Second  Ohio 
Heavy  Artillery,  and  served  until  the  close  of  hos- 
tilities, being  mustered  out  of  the  service  August 
23,  1865,  at  Nashville,  Tenn.  In  1870  he  re- 
tired from  the  firm  of  Morey  &  Frost  and  for  six- 
teen years  afterward  he  engaged  in  farming  in 
Geauga  County.  From  there,  in  1886,  he  came 
to  Colorado,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home 
in  Logan  County.  He  is  connected  with  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  in  politics  has 
-  always  adhered  to  the  principles  for  which  the 
Republican  party  stands. 


ROBERT  J.  ROBERTSON,  who  has  ably 
served  the  people  of  Washington  County  as 
county  judge  and  in  other  positions  of  trust, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  August  23,  1842,  a 
son  of  James  and  Rachel  (Cunningham)  Rob- 
ertson. He  is  one  of  a  family  of  six,  the  others 
being  Joseph,  a  merchant  living  at  Farmington, 
111.;  Rachel,  wife  of  James  L.  Irwin,  a  farmer 
of  Lucas  County,  Iowa;  James,  who  is  connected 
with  his  older  brother  in  the  mercantile  business 
at  Farmington;  William  T.,  who  has  charge  of  a 
general  store  at  Farmington,  111.,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  mercantile  firm  of  Robertson  Brothers; 
and  Mary  E.,  who  married  Frank  F.  Crane,  a 
hardware  merchant  of  Farmington. 

A  native  of  County  Antrim,  Ireland,  born  in 
1818,  James  Robertson  grew  to  manhood  in  his 
native  country,  and  there  married  Miss  Cunning- 
ham, who  was  born  in  County  Derry  in  1818. 
In  his  youth  he  learned  the  weaver's  trade. 
Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  came  to  the  United 


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States  and  settled  in  Philadelphia,  where  he 
worked  at  his  trade  for  six  years.  Later  he  spent 
a  number  of  years  at  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  where 
he  was  connected  with  the  Sweeney  Glass  Manu- 
facturing Company.  About  1856  he  removed  to 
Farmington,  111.,  and  opened  a  general  store  in 
that  then  small  frontier  town.  By  industry  and 
good  judgment  he  was  enabled  to  build  up  an 
extensive  business,  and  this  he  continued  during 
the  remaining  active  years  of  his  life.  His  last 
years  were  spent  in  retirement,  and  he  died  in 
March,  1896.  A  quiet,  unassuming  man,  he 
avoided  public  life,  and,  although  repeatedly 
asked  to  accept  the  best  offices  in  the  county,  he 
always  refused.  His  wife  is  still  living  and  is 
now  in  her  eighty-second  year. 

After  the  completion  of  his  education,  our  sub- 
ject worked  in  his  father's  store  and  also,  at  other 
times,  was  employed  by  other  merchants  in 
Farmington.  In  1866  he  went  to  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  where  he  became  an  employe  of  Clark  & 
Drury,  a  large  wholesale  commission  firm.  After 
a  time  the  firm  became  D.  A.  Clark  &  Co.  With 
the  original  firm  and  its  successors  in  business 
he  remained  for  five  years.  He  then  went  to 
Texas  to  accept  the  position  of  surveyor  with  the 
Texas  Pacific  Railroad.  He  assisted  in  running 
the  first  line  from  Sulphur  River  to  Sherman,  via 
Texarkana.  The  town  of  Texarkana  had  not 
yet  been  platted  and  the  entire  town  site  could 
have  been  bought  for  $100.  After  the  survey 
was  completed  he  was  given  charge  of  the  bridge 
construction  from  Jefferson  to  Sulphur  River. 
When  the  road  was  completed  in  1873,  on  ac- 
count of  illness  he  returned  home.  In  Farming- 
ton  he  accepted  a  position  with  P.  P.  Chapman, 
a  prominent  merchant,  with  whom  he  remained 
until  1884,  when  failing  health  caused  him  to  re- 
sign. Two  years  later  he  came  to  Colorado,  seek- 
ing a  change  of  climate  that  might  prove  bene- 
ficial. Settling  at  Akron,  he  engaged  as  a  clerk 
for  George  E.  Black,  a  general  merchant,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  eighteen  months.  After- 
ward he  was  employed  by  John  F.  Dole,  a  mer- 
chant and  the  present  county  treasurer.  After 
more  than  two  years  in  his  store  he  resigned  the 
position  in  order  to  accept  the  position  as  cashier 
of  the  Washington  County  Bank,  where  he  re- 
mained for  two  years.  His  next  employment 
was  as  deputy  in  the  county  clerk's  office,  where 
he  remained  for  two  years.  He  was  then  again 
obliged,  through  failing  health,  to  seek  a  change 
and  outdoor  employment.  He  took  a  trip  to  the 


south,  and  traveled  through  North  Carolina  and 
Virginia,  being  greatly  benefited  by  the  three 
months  of  rest  and  travel.  In  the  fall  of  1895  he 
was  elected  judge  of  Washington  County,  being 
the  Democratic  and  Populist  candidate.  For  one 
term  he  served  his  constituents  faithfully  and 
with  zeal  and  discretion.  An  old -line  Democrat 
in  his  vkws,  he  was  practically  the  "  father"  of 
the  People's  party  in  Washington  County,  which 
he  organized  with  the  object  of  defeating  a  ring 
of  politicians.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Odd  Fellows. 

In  1875  Mr.  Robertson  married  Ida  C.,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Hunter,  a  farmer  of  Farmington, 
111.,  where  she  was  born.  They  have  an  only 
child,  Lillian  B. 


'HOMAS  K.  PROPST  was  an  early  settler 
of  Logan  County  and  is  now  one  of  its  sub- 
stantial ranchmen  and  stock-raisers.  He  is 
anative^of  the  south,  born  in  Pickens  County, 
Ala.,  October  10,  1858,  being  a  son  of  Michael 
V.  Propst,  to  whose  life  reference  is  made  in  the 
sketch  of  S.  R.  Propst.  Such  advantages  as  the 
common  schools  afforded  fell  to  our  subject  when 
he  was  a  boy.  Early  in  life  he  decided  to  seek 
his  fortune  in  the  great  west  and  selected  Colorado 
as  the  preferred  location.  April  7,  1876,  was  his 
first  day  in  Logan  County.  Settling  at  Merino 
(then  known  as  Buffalo)  he  began  riding  on  the 
range  and  for  seven  years  worked  among  the  cat- 
tle and  on  ranches,  receiving  fair  wages.  Not 
long  after  he  came  here  he  was  engaged  with  Mr. 
Nichols  in  capturing  and  breaking  wild  horses  on 
the  plains.  During  the  winter  of  1878-79  he  had 
charge  of  a  freighting  outfit  belonging  to  his 
brother,  S.  R.  Propst,  freighting  from  Sidney  to 
Deadwood.  During  the  severe  winter  of  1879-80 
he  and  his  brothers,  who  were  interested  together 
in  the  cattle  business,  lost  their  stock,  and  were 
left  with  nothing  to  show  for  their  years  of  hard 
labor. 

In  1882  Mr.  Propst  took  up  a  homestead  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  a  tree  claim  of  eighty 
acres.  The  following  year  he  settled  on  his  place 
and  began  its  improvement.  About  the  same  time 
he  began  to  invest  money  in  cattle  and  horses,  as 
his  limited  means  would  allow.  Gradually  he 
worked  up  a  large  business.  As  the  years  passed 
he  prospered,  and  his  farm  is  to  day  one  of  four 
hundred  acres,  while  he  owns  fifty  head  of  horses 
and  more  than  four  hundred  head  of  cattle.  He 
is  not  active  in  politics,  but  allies  himself  with  the 


ANSON  ALONZO  ALLEN. 


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Democratic  party  and  always  votes  that  ticket. 
Since  1895  he  has  held  office  as  a  member  of  the 
school  board,  in  which  capacity  his  work  has  been 
helpful  to  educational  interests.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Propst  to  Miss  Emma 
Landrum  occurred  in  1882  and  has  been  blessed 
by  five  children,  Ora,  Thomas,  Lewis,  Leon  and 
Allen.  Mrs.  Propst  was  a  daughter  of  Jerome 
Landrurn,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  settled  in 
Colorado  in  1875  and  is  now  living  at  Evans. 


<3|  NSON  ALONZO  ALLEN,  who  resides  six 
I  I  miles  from  Puma,  on  Tarryall  Creek,  in  Park 
/  I  County,  was  born  in  Port  Ontario,  Oswego 
County,  N.  Y.,  April  23,  1836,  a  son  of  Capt. 
Hosea  L.  and  Minerva  (Jones)  Allen.  He  was 
one  of  nine  children,  and  the  second  among  five 
now  living,  the  others  being:  Lydia  A.,  widow  of 
John  B.  Conant,  and  a  resident  of  Minnesota; 
Charlotte  A.,  the  wife  of  Edward  Boutan,  of  Bay- 
field,  Wis.;  Henry  L. ,  who  lives  in  Missouri; 
and  Mary  E.,  Mrs.  Patrick  Rooney,  of  Kewaunee, 
Wis.  The  parents  were  natives  of  the  Lake 
Champlain  region,  the  father  born  in  1807,  the 
mother  in  1808.  He  attended  West  Point  Mili- 
tary Academy  for  two  years,  after  which  he  en- 
gaged in  business  as  an  architect,  contractor  and 
carpenter  at  Port  Ontario,  remaining  there  until 
1842.  During  the  next  ten  years  he  made  his 
home  at  Racine,  Wis.  Afterward  he  resided  at 
Two  Rivers,  Wis.,  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred in  1883.'  While  in  Port  Ontario  he  was 
for  many  years  captain  of  a  company  of  state 
militia. 

At  fourteen  years  of  age  our  subject  went  to 
Racine,  and  for  two  years  worked  on  a  farm  near 
that  city.  Returning  to  Two  Rivers  he  began  to 
follow  the  carpenter's  trade.which  he  had  learned 
under  his  father's  instruction.  In  addition  to 
carpentering  he  engaged  in  fishing  with  gill  nets 
in  the  lakes.  In  1860  he  went  to  Watervliet, 
Mich.,  and  worked  for  two  years  on  the  construc- 
tion of  a  grist  mill  at  this  point.  On  going  back 
to  Two  Rivers  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  service, 
and  August  21,  1862,  his  name  was  enrolled  as  a 
member  of  Company  D,  Twenty-seventh  Wiscon- 
sin Infantry.  He  was  ordered  with  his  regiment 
to  the  front  and  took  part  in  a  number  of  import- 
ant engagements.  June  6,  1863,  he  was  present 
at  a  skirmish  in  Satartia,  Miss.  As  a  member  of 
the  Seventh  Corps,  under  General  Steele,  betook 
part  in  the  battle  which  resulted  in  the  capture  of 


Little  Rock,  Ark.,  September  10,  1863,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  battle  of  Jenkins  Ferry;  while  as 
a  member  of  the  Thirteenth  Corps,  under  Gen- 
eral Canby,  he  took  part  in  the  siege  of  Mobile 
from  March  27  to  April  9,  1865.  He  was  sun- 
struck  June  6,  1863,  while  marching  from  Satar- 
tia to  Vicksburg,  and  at  the  same  time  four  other 
soldiers  died  from  the  effects  of  strokes.  He  was 
mustered  out  of  service  at  Brownsville,  Tex., 
August  29,  1865. 

Returning  to  Two  Rivers  Mr.  Allen  worked  at 
his  trade  there  for  some  years.  In  1869  he  went 
to  McGregor,  Iowa,  where  he  worked  for  a  year. 
In  the  fall  of  1870  he  came  to  Colorado,  arriving 
in  South  Park  September  14  of  that  year,  and 
working  at  carpentering  for  seven  years.  In  1871 
he  located  his  present  ranch,  built  his  house  and 
has  since  made  his  home  in  Park  County,  engag- 
ing in  the  ranching  business.  For  fourteen  years 
he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace,  but  then  refused 
to  accept  the  office  further.  Since  1886  he  has 
served  as  secretary  of  the  school  board.  He  is  a 
member  of  Colorado  Springs  Post  No.  22, 
G.  A.  R. 

December  27,  1857,  Mr.  Allen  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Charlotte  S.  Farnum,  who 
has  been  postmaster  at  Mountaindale  since  1887. 
They  are  the  parents  of  seven  living  children  and 
have  lost  one  by  death.  The  oldest  daughter, 
Addie,  is  the  wife  of  Finley  Heap,  car  inspector 
of  the  Midland  Railroad, and  a  resident  of  Aspen. 
The  second  daughter,  Eleanor,  is  the  wife  of 
Sidney  M.  Derb}-,  a  merchant  and  ranchman  at 
Puma.  Alonzo,  the  oldest  son,  is  a  ranchman  on 
Tarryall  Creek  in  South  Park.  The  other  chil- 
dren are:  Erminie;  William,  who  is  ranching  on 
Tarryall  Creek;  Walter  and  Charlotte. 


G|  NTON  SORENSON,  who  is  among  the  pros- 
I  I  perous  Danish  settlers  of  Sedgwick  County, 
|  |  was  born  in  Denmark  April  4,  1867,  a  son 
of  Soren  Sorenson.  He  was  fourth  among  five 
children,  the  others  being  as  follows:  James,  a 
stone  mason  in  Howard  County,  Neb.;  Elsie; 
Soren,  a  carpenter  in  Sherman  County,  Neb. ; 
and  Christ,  who  occupies  the  old  homestead  in 
Denmark.  His  father,  a  native  of  Denmark, 
born  in  1819,  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits 
during  all  of  his  active  years,  and  since  retiring 
from  business  cares  has  made  his  home  with  his 
daughter. 

At  eighteen  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  came  to  America,  landing  in  New  York 


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earl}'  in  the  spring  of  1885.  Proceeding  west, 
he  secured  work  as  a  farm  hand  in  Howard  Coun- 
ty, Neb.,  where  he  remained  for  three  years.  In 
1888  he  came  to  Colorado  and  the  following  year 
worked  on  a  ranch  for  S.  H.  Carlson,  near  Jules- 
burg.  Afterward  he  worked  on  the  Union  Pacific 
section.  December  29,  1889,  he  married  Miss 
Lucy  L.  Green,  a  native  of  Harrison  County, 
Mo.,  and  a  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Lucy  A. 
(Hickson)  Green.  Her  father,  who  at  one  time 
was  a  prominent  farmer  of  Harrison  County,  set- 
tled in  Colorado  in  1885,  establishing  his  home 
in  Sedgwick  County,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the 
cattle  business. 

In  the  fall  of  1889  Mr.  Sorenson  again  worked 
for  S.  H.  Carlson.  After  his  marriage  he  took  a 
squatter's  claim  where  he  now  lives.  At  that 
time  the  property  was  a  part  of  the  old  Fort 
Sedgwick  reservation  and  was  not  open  for  settle- 
ment until  some  months  later.  When  the  reserva- 
tion was  opened,  he  proved  up  on  his  place,  and 
here  he  has  since  resided.  He  owns  one  hundred 
and  seventy-four  acres  of  ranch  land,  and  one 
hundred  head  of  fine  cattle.  In  politics  he  votes 
the  Republican  ticket.  Of  the  two  children  born 
of  his  marriage,  one  is  living,  Ethel  May,  who 
was  born  June  24,  1892. 


HORACE  H.  BAKER,  one  of  the  representa- 
tive ranchmen  of  Morgan  County,  was  born 
in  Cayuga  County,  N.  Y.,  May  i,  1838,  a 
son  of  Warren  and  Thirza  (Billings)  Baker,  of 
whose  six  children  all  but  one  are  now  living. 
They  are  as  follows:  George,  a  farmer  of  Cayuga 
County,  N.  Y.;  Rebecca,  wife  of  Eugene  Storm, 
also  a  resident  of  Cayuga  County;  Horace  H.; 
Louisa,  widow  of  George  Signer,  of  Cayuga 
County;  and  Hannah,  Mrs.  Edwin  Raymond,  of 
that  county.  The  third  child,  John,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  One  Hundred  and  Eleventh  New 
York  Infantry,  and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness. 

Warren  Baker  was  a  native  of  Dutchess  County, 
N.  Y. ,  where  he  was  reared  and  married.  Later 
he  removed  to  Cayuga  County  and  there  con- 
tinued to  reside  until  his  death,  at  sixty-eight 
years.  During  early  years  he  taught  school; 
but  his  life  occupation  was  that  of  farming.  He 
was  a  great  admirer  of  Horace  Greeley.  Our 
subject  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  and  the  academy  at  Moravia.  When 
twenty-three  years  of  age  he  secured  employment 
as  a  farm  hand,  which  work  he  continued  for 


seven  years.  Afterward  he  was  employed  in  a 
tannery  in  Moravia  for  two  years,  then  teamed 
for  one  year.  His  father  having  grown  old,  he 
was  given  the  management  of  the  home  farm  and' 
continued  to  reside  there  until  1882.  He  then 
came  to  Colorado  and  settled  five  miles  east  of 
Fort  Morgan,  but  -for  two  winters  following  he 
resided  in  Greeley,  in  order  to  give  his  son  the 
advantages  of  the  schools  of  that  place.  Since 
the  spring  of  1884  he  has  resided  continuously  on 
his  ranch,  where  he  has  given  his  attention  to 
general  ranching  pursuits. 

In  1860  Mr.  Baker  married  Mary  M.  Mead, 
who  was  born  in  Cayuga  County,  N.  Y.,adaugh- 
ter  of  Alexander  and  Harriet  (Avery)  Mead. 
Her  father  was  a  carpenter  in  early  life,  but  later 
gave  his  attention  to  farming.  In  his  family 
there  were  eight  children,  Of  these,  Gurden  L., 
a  pioneer  of  California  in  1849,  is  now  a  mine 
operator  at  Deadwood.  Elias  is  a  physician  and 
surgeon  at  Moravia,  N.  Y. ,  where  he  was  form- 
erly postmaster;  during  the  Civil  war  he  was 
lieutenant  of  a  company.  Angeline  is  the  wife 
of  Alpheus  Prince,  formerly  mayor  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  ex-member  of  the  assembly  and  ex-United 
States  marshal.  Maria  married  E.  N.  Smith,  of 
Greeley,  Colo.  Sidney  was  promoted  from  the 
captain's  rank  to  that  of  colonel  for  bravery  and 
gallantry  in  the  Civil  war,  and  afterward  settled 
near  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  where  he  founded  the 
town  of  Floresville;  he  was  the  superintendent 
of  construction  of  the  water  works  at  San  Anto- 
nio. For  years  he  was  principal  of  the  Moravia 
high  school,  and  also  held  the  position  of  sheriff 
of  Cayuga  County,  as  well  as  other  county  offices. 
His  death  occurred  some  years  ago.  Jennie  is  the 
wife  of  Tyler  Burnham,  in  the  commission  busi-' 
ness  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  Mrs.  Baker  was  next  in 
order  of  birth;  and  Alexander  is  a  fanner  living 
near  Greeley.  The  only  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Baker  is  Fred  M.,  whose  sketch  follows  this. 


[~  RED  M.  BAKER  was  born  in  Moravia,  N.  Y., 
rrf  September  15,  1868,  a  son  of  Horace  H.  and 
I  *  Mary  M.  (Mead)  Baker.  He  acquired  his 
education  in  the  Moravia  and  Greeley  high 
schools.  After  his  graduation  he  became  clerk 
in  the  store  of  W.  J.  Kram,  at  Brush.  Three 
years  later  he  settled  upon  the  home  farm,  of 
which  he  practically  has  charge.  January  i , 
1890,  he  married  Miss  Imogene  Daily,  who 
was  born  in  Longmont,  Colo.,  daughter  of  Den- 
nis Daily,  a  pioneer  of  '59.  They  are  the  par- 


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ents  of  three  children:  Carlton  H.,  Fred  Harri- 
son and  Edna  A.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of 
Fort  Morgan  Camp  No.  193,  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  in  which  he  has  served  as  clerk  since  the 
organization  of  the  lodge.  Politically,  like  his 
father,  he  is  a  believer  in  bimetallism  and  favors 
the  platform  of  the  silver  branch  of  the  Republi- 
can party.  He  is  one  of  the  rising  young  men 
of  Morgan  County,  and  is  respected  as  an  effici- 
ent and  enterprising  ranchman. 


BARNETTE  T.  NAPIER.  The  business  in- 
terests of  western  Colorado  have  an  able 
and  prominent  representative  in  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  who  is  well  known  as  the  pro- 
prietor of  mercantile  establishments  in  Glenwood 
Springs  and  Grand  Junction.  The  success  which 
he  has  attained  proves  that  he  possesses  ability  of 
no  common  order,  for  he  has  had  to  work  his 
way,  unaided,  from  an  early  age,  and  orphaned 
when  a  child,  he  lacked  the  advantages  and  op- 
portunities which  he  might  have  enjoyed  had  his 
father's  life  been  spared.  Notwithstanding  ob- 
stacles and  hardships,  he  has  become  well-to-do. 
He  came  to  Glenwood  Springs  in  1886,  about  the 
time  the  Ute  Indians  left  the  place.  Here  he  es- 
tablished the  store  he  has  since  conducted.  At 
first  he  conducted  business  upon  a  small  scale, 
but  as  the  town  grew  and  his  trade  increased  his 
stock  of  goods  was  enlarged,  and  he  now  carries 
a  full  assortment  of  dry  goods,  cloaks,  hats  and 
caps,  shoes,  etc,  etc.  He  has  also  established  a 
store  at  Grand  Junction,  and  divides  his  time  be- 
tween the  two  establishments. 

In  Independence,  Jackson  County,  Mo.,  the 
subject  of  this  article  was  born  March  17,  1858, 
a  son  of  John  E.  and  Tabitha  (Turner)  Napier, 
natives  of  Kentucky.  His  father,  who  settled  in 
Jackson  County,  Mo.,  in  1850,  owned  and  culti- 
vated a  large  farm  fifteen  miles  from  Independ- 
ence, and  was  a  well-known  citizen  of  that  com- 
munity. He  died  in  1865,  when  his  son  was  seven 
years  of  age.  The  latter,  who  was  an  only  child, 
was  six  months  old  when  his  mother  passed  away; 
she  was  a  daughter  of  Hon.  Barnette  Turner,  who 
served  as  circuit  judge  and  was  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Richmond,  Ky. 

After  the  death  of  his  father,  our  subject  was 
taken  into  the  home  of  Sidney  Me  Williams,  now 
a  prominent  banker  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.  He 
was  for  a  time  a  student  in  the  State  Uni- 
versity of  Missouri  at  Columbia,  but  left  there  on 
the  completion  of  the  junior  year,  in  1874,  and 


shortly  afterward  came  to  Colorado.  His  main 
object  in  coming  west  was  the  recuperation  of  his 
health,  which  had  been  seriously  impaired  by 
over  study  while  in  the  university.  He  settled 
at  Rocky  Ford,  where  he  taught  school  and  also 
herded  cattle  with  Wiley  Potter.  After  a  short 
time  he  went  to  Nederland,  and  taught  school 
there  for  two  years.  His  next  employment  was 
as  clerk  for  A.  L,.  Welch  &  Co.,  dry-goods  mer- 
chants of  Boulder,  with  whom  he  remained  for 
seven  years.  After  mining  at  L/eadville  for  a 
short  time  he  went  to  Aspen  and  engaged  in  the 
hay  and  grain  business  there  for  two  years,  thence 
removing  to  his  present  home  in  Glenwood 
Springs.  In  1896  he  married  Miss  Carrie  St. 
Clair,  of  Effingham,  111.,  who  presides  with 
hospitable  dignity  over  his  comfortable  and  at- 
tractive home.  Born  to  this  union  is  one  son, 
Barnette  T.  Napier,  Jr.  In  matters  political  Mr. 
Napier  adheres  to  the  policy  of  the  Democratic 
party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  in 
which  he  has  taken  the  various  degrees,  being  a 
Knight  Templar  and  also  a  Shriner. 


(2JAMUEL  RAUGH.  In  the  list  of  the  men 
?\  who  have  done  much  to  promote  the  cattle 
\~J  industry  in  Colorado,  especial  mention  be- 
longs to  Mr.  Raugh,  who  during  the  long  period 
of  his  residence  in  the  state,  has  not  only  ad- 
vanced his  personal  interests,  but  by  his  excel- 
lent judgment  and  great  enterprise  has  also  been 
helpful  in  promoting  the  welfare  of  the  people 
and  the  prosperity  of  the  agricultural  and  stock- 
raising  sections  of  the  state.  While  his  first  oc- 
cupation in  the  west  was  mining,  his  experience 
in  that  occupation  was  not  sufficiently  gratifying 
to  cause  him  to  continue.  From  1871  to  1873 'he 
was  employed  on  a  cattle  ranch  near  Snyder,  Mor- 
gan (then  Weld)  County,  where  he  gained  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  stock  business.  After- 
ward he  bought  a  bunch  of  cattle,  and  for  ten 
years  gave  his  entire  attention  to  the  breeding, 
purchase  and  sale  of  stock,  with  which  he  rode  on 
the  range.  In  1883  he  bought  a  ranch  six  miles 
south  of  Brush,  Morgan  County,  and  added  to  his 
cattle  business  that  of  breeding  and  raising  horses. 
In  1893  he  removed  to  the  ranch  where  he  now 
resides,  situated  three  miles  south  of  Brush. 

In  Sullivan  County,  Pa.,  Mr.  Raugh  was  born 
August  28,  1842,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Margaret 
(Henry)  Raugh.  He  was  one  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren, seven  of  whom  are  living,  viz.:  Egan,  wife 
of  Thomas  Shields,  of  Reynoldsville,  Pa.;  Re- 


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becca,  Mrs.  Samuel  Kelley,  of  Wyoming;  George 
W.,  whose  sketch  appears  in  this  volume;  Eliza- 
beth, wife  of  Richard  Williams,  of  Alexander, 
Neb.;  Samuel;  Margaret,  Mrs.  Thomas  DeKalb, 
of  Thayer  County,  Neb.;  and  Celinda,  widow  of 
W.  F.  Crawford,  and  a  resident  of  Des  Moines, 
Iowa. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  born  and  reared 
in  Pennsylvania.  After  his  marriage  he  pur- 
chased and  settled  upon  a  farm  in  Sullivan  County, 
in  the  midst  of  the  Allegheny  Mountains,  and 
there  he  continued  to  reside,  engaged  in  farming, 
until  his  death.  On  that  place  the  boyhood  days 
of  our  subject  were  passed  and  in  neighboring 
schools  he  obtained  a  good  education.  At  twenty 
years  of  age  he  began  life  for  himself,  and  for  two 
years  was  employed  on  farms  near  his  old  home. 
In  1864  he  came  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Den- 
ver on  the  nth  of  July..  From  that  city  he  went 
direct  to  Black  Hawk,  where  he  engaged  in  min- 
ing. For  seven  years  he  followed  this  occupation 
in  different  mining  regions,  and  afterward  turned 
his  attention  to  stock-raising,  in  which  he  has 
since  been  interested.  His  attention  has  been  so 
closely  given  to  his  cattle  business  that  he  has 
had  no  leisure  for  participating  in  public  affairs, 
nor  have  his  tastes  ever  inclined  him  toward  office- 
holding.  In  politics  he  is  independent,  voting 
for  the  man  rather  than  the  party.  In  1894  he 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Sarah  John- 
ston, a  native  of  Wisconsin,  where  her  father, 
Samuel  Johnston,  was  a  successful  farmer.  One 
child,  Mildred  D. ,  blesses  this  union. 


6)AMUEL  H.  CARLSON.  The  county  of 
?\  Sedgwick  has,  amongits  ranchmen,  the  sub- 
\~)  ject  of  this  sketch,  who  owns  a  portion  of 
the  land  on  which  the  old  town  of  Julesburg  was 
located.  He  was  born  in  Denmark  June  30,  1857, 
a  son  of  Carl  and  Mary  (Hansen)  Carlson,  and 
the  only  survivor  of  their  two  children.  His 
father  was  a  native  of  Denmark  and  there  learned 
the  potter's  trade,  which  he  afterward  followed 
until  his  death  in  1860.  He  had  been  twicemar- 
ried  and  by  his  first  wife,  Elsie  Carlson,  had  a 
son,  James  A.  After  his  death  his  widow  was 
married  to  R.  Petersen,  but  no  children  were  born 
of  that  union. 

In  boyhood  our  subject  worked  in  the  shop  of 
his  step-father,  who  was  a  contractor  and  builder. 
In  this  way  he  learned  the  practical  part  of  the 
carpenter's  trade.  In  1877  he  crossed  the  ocean 
to  America,  landing  in  New  York  City,  whence 


he  went  to  join  a  brother  in  Howard  County, 
Neb.  There,  for  three  months,  he  engaged  in 
farm  work.  Next  he  went  to  North  Platte,  Neb., 
and  engaged  in  railroad  work,  being  employed  on 
a  section  and  in  railroad  construction  work  for 
two  and  one-half  years.  In  the  spring  of  1880 
he  went  to  Leadville,  where  he  worked  at  char- 
coal burning,  and  for  two  months  worked  in  the 
smelter  at  Malta.  .  In  the  fall  of  1880  he  returned 
to  North  Platte  and  again  lookup  railroad  work. 
During  the  spring  of  the  next  year  he  went  to 
Salida,  Colo.,  where  he  was  employed  in  grade 
work  on  the  Gunnison  extension  of  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad.  After  a  month  spent  in 
blasting  rocks,  etc. ,  he  began  to  work  at  track 
laying,  his  duty  being  the  driving  of  spikes.  He 
spent  the  summer  in  that  almost  inaccessible  re- 
gion, east  and  west  of  Marshall  Pass,  which  the 
completion  of  the  narrow  gauge  opened  to  the 
people  and  which  contains  some  of  the  grandest 
scenery  in  the  entire  world. 

In  January,  1882,  Mr.  Carlson  went  to  Ne- 
braska, and  spent  a  month  visiting  friends,  re- 
turning to  Colorado  in  February.  On  the  com- 
pletion of  the  section  house  at  Sedgwick  he  took 
charge  of  the  west  section  at  this  point.  Three 
months  later  he  was  transferred  to  what  is  now 
Fort  Morgan,  where  he  took  charge  of  the  west 
section.  In  April,  1883,  he  removed  to  Jules- 
burg,  and  there  had  charge  of  the  section  for 
eighteen  months.  He  then  gave  up  railroading 
and  turned  his  attention  to  carpentering  and 
building  in  Julesburg.  At  the  same  time  he  had 
the  oversight  of  his  ranch,  two  miles  south  of 
town,  which  he  had  pre-empted  the  year  previous. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Carlson,  February  9,  1885, 
united  him  with  Miss  Hannah. Anderson,  a  native 
of  Norway,  who  came  to  America  with  her  par- 
ents at  nine  years  of  age,  they  settling  in  Ne- 
braska, where  she  was  reared.  In  the  fall  of  1885 
he  homesteaded  his  present  place,  which  adjoined 
the  ranch  he  formerly  owned.  In  the  spring  of 
1886,  with  his  wife  he  removed  to  his  new  home, 
and  there  he  has  since  engaged  in  farming  and 
the  stock  business.  During  the  intervening  years 
he  has  prospered,  and  is  to-day  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial men  of  Sedgwick  County.  His  ranch  of 
two  hundred  acres  contains  many  improvements. 

In  1889,  when  this  county  was  set  off  from 
Logan  County,  he  was  appointed  a  member  of 
the  first  board  of  county  commissioners  by  Gov- 
ernor Cooper.  In  the  fall  of  1889  he  was  the 
choice  of  the  Republican  county  convention  for 


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the  office  of  county  clerk,  but  in  the  election  was 
defeated  by  two  votes.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch 
Republican.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Jules- 
burg  Lodge  No.  67,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Julesburg 
Camp  No.  26,  Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  and 
his  wife  are  the  parents  of  seven  children,  viz.: 
Anna,  Emma,  Elsie,  Jessie,  Walter,  Victor  and 
William. 

(JOHN  M.  BAUMEISTER,  who  owns  and 
I  conducts  a  dry-goods  store  in  Minturn, 
Qj  Eagle  County,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
on  the  4th  of  July,  1853,  a  son  of  Jacob  and 
Josephine  (Buchinger)  Baumeister,  natives  of 
New  York  state.  His  father,  who  was  in  early 
life  connected  '  with  the  Western  Union  piano 
works  in  Buffalo,  removed  to  Canada  in  1857 
and  remained  there  for  three  years.  At  the 
opening  of  the  Civil  war  he  entered  the  Twelfth 
New  York  Cavalry  as  a  private  and  while  serving 
at  the  front,  died  in  South  Carolina  in  1863. 
His  wife  survived  him  for  many  years,  dying  in 
1893.  Of  their  children,  Jacob  L.  is  treasurer 
and  a  stockholder-  in  the  Queen  City  stone  works 
of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  Albert  J.  has  been  connected 
with  the  police  force  of  Buffalo  since  1883  and  is 
now  police  sergeant;  Frank  is  a  manufacturer  of 
and  dealer  in  cigars,  at  Rolla,  Mo.;  Edward  is 
manager- of  a  large  winter  hotel  in  Florida. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired  in 
public  school  No.  15,  in  Buffalo,  and  the  German 
schools  of  the  same  city.  At  the  age  of  nineteen 
he  left  home  and  began  to  make  his  own  way  in 
the  world.  For  three  years  he  was  employed  on 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  in  Nebraska.  In 
1876  he  located  at  Lake  City,  Colo.,  where  he 
was  an  employe  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph 
Company.  He  also  engaged  in  prospecting  in 
Park,  Lake  and  Summit  Counties,  and  located  a 
number  of  mines.  He  was  in  the  camp  at  Lead- 
ville  before  the  town  was  started.  In  1879  he 
went  to  Alma,  Park  County,  where  he  remained 
for  seven  years.  In  1886  he  came  to  Eagle 
County,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  at  Gilman 
and  worked  the  Ground  Hog  mine,  taking  out 
twenty-eight  pounds  of  solid  gold  in  one  day. 
Continuing  there  until  1890,  in  that  3Tear  he 
purchased  land  in  Minturn  and  embarked  in  the 
mercantile  business,  having  since  built  up  a  good 
trade  in  dry  goods  and  boots  and  shoes.  Mean- 
time he  has  continued  his  mining  interests.  Recent- 
ly he  opened  mines  in  Eagle,  Lake  and  Summit 
Counties,  in  the  development  of  which  he  is  con- 

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uected  with  some  of  the  most  prominent  men  in 
the  state.  In  addition  to  his  large  general  store 
in  Minturn,  he  owns  a  public  hall  in  this  place, 
which  is  used  by  societies  and  fraternal  organi- 
zations. He  is  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood  of 
Elks  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.  Politically  he 
is  in  accord  with  the  principles  of  the  Democratic 
party,  and  on  that  ticket  he  has  received  the 
nomination  for  county  treasurer  and  county  com- 
missioner. He  has  always  been  faithful  to  the 
interests  of  his  home  town  and  has  helped  ma- 
terially in  the  development  of  its  business  and 
educational  resources. 


0AVID  TOWNSEND  resides  on  a  ranch  five 
miles  west  of  Akron,  and  is  one  of  the 
prominent  cattlemen  of  Washington  County. 
A  native  of  New  York,  he  was  born  in  Wayne 
County,  April  i,  1847,  a  son  of  David  and  Sabrina 
(Pulver)  Townsend.  He  was  one  of  seven  chil- 
dren, and  the  fourth  among  five  survivors,  the 
others  being  Philip,  a  farmer  in  Wayne  County, 
N.  Y.,  Maryette,  wife  of  George  Burnett,  a  far- 
mer of  Berrien  County,  Mich.;  Samantha,  widow 
of  John  Fowler,  and  a  resident  of  Wayne  Coun- 
ty, N.  Y.;  and  Priscilla,  wife  of  Chelsea  Dem- 
mond,  a  farmer  of  Wayne  County.  The  father 
was  born  in  New  York  state  in  1807,  and  there 
grew  to  manhood  and  engaged  in  farming,  mak- 
ing his  home  in  Wayne  County  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  1882.  His  wife  was  born  in 
Dutchess  County,  N.  Y.,  December  7,  1808,  and 
makes  her  home  with  her  youngest  daughter  in 
Wayne  County. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  our  subject  became  self- 
supporting.  At  first  he  was  employed  by  neigh- 
boring farmers.  During  the  Civil  war  he  en- 
listed as  a  member  of  Company  A,  Ninth  New 
York  Heavy  Artillery,  but  upon  being  sent  to 
the  front  served  as  an  infantryman.  Among  the 
battles  in  which  he  participated  were  those  at 
Cold  Harbor,  Petersburg,  .  Winchester,  Cedar 
Creek  and  Monoxie.  He  was  mustered  out  of 
the  service  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  in  October, 
1865.  Afterward  he  returned  to  Wayne  County 
and  engaged  in  farming.  In  1878  he  came  as 
far  west  as  Kearney  County,  Neb.,  where  he 
took  up  a  homestead.  In  time  he  became  one 
of  the  most  prominent  farmers  of  his  locality.  In 
the  fall  of  1883  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Kearney 
County,  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  this  office 
he  filled  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  constituents 
during  1884  and  1885. 


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In  1886  Mr.  Townsend  came  to  Colorado  and 
settled  in  Akron,  where  he  conducted  a  livery 
business  for  two  years.  Following  this  he  was 
for  some  time  deputy  sheriff  and  under-sheriff, 
after  which,  in  1893,  he  was  elected  sheriff  of 
Washington  County.  He  held  the  office  during 
1894  and  1895,  filling  it  in  a  manner  that  was 
highly  satisfactory  to  the  people.  Upon  the  ex- 
piration of  his  term  of  office  he  returned  east  on 
a  visit,  and  upon  again  coming  to  Colorado,  turned 
his  attention  to  the  cattle  business.  He  has  taken 
up  a  pre-emption  and  timber  claim  since  the  com- 
ing to  Colorado,  and  since  1897  has  devoted  him- 
self wholly  to  cattle  raising,  in  which  he  has  been 
successful.  The  place  upon  which  he  makes  his 
home  he  purchased  in  1896,  and  has  since  im- 
proved, making  it  a  desirable  ranch  in  every  re- 
spect. Politically  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  has 
never  been  partisan  in  his  preferences  nor  nar- 
row in  his  views,  so  that  he  retains  the  respect 
of  men  of  all  political  beliefs;  this,  too,  in  spite 
of  active  and  exciting  campaigns  in  which  he  has 
borne  an  interested  part.  In  1868  he  married 
Miss  Etnogene  Stanley,  daughter  of  Isaac  Stan- 
ley, a  farmer  of  Wayne  County,  N.  Y.,  where 
she  was  born.  Five  children  were  born  of  their 
union,  and  four  of  these  are  now  living:  Flora; 
George;  Charles,  who  is  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  in  this  count}-;  and  Lura. 


pGjlLLIAM  LENNOX,  a  resident  of  Colo- 
\Al  ra^°  Springs  since  April,  1872,  and  repre- 
V  V  sentative  of  the  Colorado  Fuel  and  Iron 
Company  in  this  city,  is  the  manager  and  largest 
stockholder  in  the  Gold  King  Mining  Company, 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  Strong 
Gold  Mining  Company,  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Sangre  de  Cristo  Tunnel  Mining 
Company,  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
Cement  Creek  Gold  Mining  Company,  also  a 
director  of  the  Exchange  National  Bank  of  Colo- 
rado Springs. 

Mr.  Lennox  is  a  member  of  a  Scotch  family. 
His  father,  John,  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
and  there  learned  the  trade  of  a  print-cutter. 
After  his  marriage  he  came  to  America  in  1847 
and  settled  in  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  when  it  was  a 
village  with  few  houses.  He  entered  a  tract  of 
land  from  the  government  and  improved  a  valu- 
able farm.  Upon  selling  the  place,  in  April, 
1872,  he  brought  his  family  to  Colorado  Springs, 
making  the  journey  by  the  Kansas  Pacific  Rail- 


road to  Denver,  and  from  there  by  stage  to  this 
city.  He  bought  a  ranch  at  Monument  Park 
and  continued  there  until  his  death,  in  May,  1880. 
Actively  interested  in  educational  work,  he  was 
for  years  a  director  of  schools.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Presbyterian.  He  was  a  man  of  quiet, 
reserved  disposition,  whose  worth  of  character 
was  appreciated  only  by  those  most  intimately 
associated  with  him,  although  his  uprightness 
won  for  him  the  esteem  of  all.  His  wife,  Agnes 
(Houston)  Lennox,  who  was  born  in  Paisley, 
Scotland,  and  is  now  living  in  Colorado,  was  a 
daughter  of  Robert  Houston,  who  emigrated  to 
America  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Iowa,  but  at 
the  time  of  the  Pike's  Peak  gold  excitement  came 
to  Colorado.  In  a  short  time,  however,  he  re- 
turned to  Iowa,  where  he  died. 

The  eldest  of  a  family  of  two  sous  and  two 
daughters  (all  living)  William  Lennox  was  born 
near  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  on  Christmas  day  of  1850. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  and  the  Iowa 
State  University,  but  left  the  latter  institution 
before  the  completion  of  his  course.  On  deciding 
to  come  to  Colorado,  he  took  the  regular  busi- 
ness course  in  the  Iowa  City  Commercial  College. 
Previous  to  this  he  had  taught  three  terms  of 
school.  In  the  spring  of  1872  he  went  into  the 
mountains  near  Fairplay,  where  he  spent  three 
months  in  prospecting  and  mining.  The  follow- 
ing year  he  opened  a  feed  and  livery  business  in 
Colorado  Springs,  but  in  March,  1874,  sold  out 
and  opened  a  coal  yard.  The  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Railroad  Company  had  established  a  coal 
yard  here  in  1873,  and  in  March,  1874,  they 
appointed  Mr.  Lennox  their  agent.  When  they 
were  succeeded  by  the  Colorado  Coal  and  Iron 
Company,  and  later  by  the  Colorado  Fuel  and 
Iron  Company,  he  was  still  retained  as  agent, 
and  for  years  has  been  the  largest  coal  dealer  in 
El  Paso  County,  but  since  1893  has  given  very 
little  attention  to  this  business,  having  turned  its 
management  over  to  others. 

From  the  first  Mr.  Lennox  has  been  inter- 
ested in  mining.  He  was  president  of  the  Colo- 
rado Springs  Prospecting  Company,  which  car- 
ried on  mining  operations  near  Robinson,  Summit 
County,  and  he  still  owns  a  mine  there,  and  is 
also  interested  in  Gunnison  County.  In  1891  he 
bought  the  El  Paso  claim,  the  first  claim  dis- 
covered in  Cripple  Creek  by  Robert  Womack. 
Shortly  afterward  he  organized  the  Gold  King 
Mining  Company,  Incorporated,  which  owns 
about  sixty  acres  and  in  which  he  is  the  heaviest 


CARL  JOHNSON. 


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stockholder.     This  company  shipped  the  first  ore 
from  Cripple  Creek,  and  has  been  very  successful. 

%Mr.  Lennox  is  one  of  four  parties  interested  in 
the  Strong  mine  on  Battle  Mountain,  Cripple 
Creek,  and  has  other  mining  interests  in  the  same 
district.  He  with  others  bought  the  Sangre  de 
Cristo  tunnel  and  formed  a  company  that  dug  a 
tunnel  fifteen  hundred  feet  through  Tenderfoot 
Hill.  He  is  interested  in  mining  at  Silverton, 
where  the  Cement  Creek  Gold  Mining  Company, 
of  which  he  is  president,  owns  twenty  acres.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  Springs  Chamber  of 
Commerce.  In  everything  tending  to  advance 
the  interests  of  this  city  he  has  been  deeply  inter- 
ested. When  he  came  here,  the  streets  were  un- 
marked save  by  furrows,  and  he  and  his  brother 
assisted  in  planting  the  first  trees  that  were  set 
out  in  the  business  center  of  the  city.  In  the 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  of  which  he 
is  a  member,  he  serves  as  president  of  the  board 
of  trustees.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Woodmen  of  the  World. 

In  Iowa  City,  Iowa,  Mr.  Lennox  married  Miss 
Belle  Cowgill,  who  was  born  at  Martin's  Ferry, 
Ohio,  and  accompanied  her  parents  to  Iowa  in  girl- 
hood. They  have  four  children:  Jessie  B.,  who  is  a 
student  in  Mount  Vernon  Seminary  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.;  Loring  C.,  member  of  the  high  school 
class  of  1900  in  this  city;  William  G.,  who  is  also 
a  student  in  the  high  school;  and  Willabel. 


EARL  JOHNSON,  a  leading  mine  operator 
of  Cripple  Creek,  is  the  lessee  of  the  Half 
Moon  and  Vindicator  Mines,  both  well- 
known  mines  in  this  district.  He  is  also  the 
owner  of  the  Nada  mine  on  Gold  Hill,  which  is 
undeveloped  and  is  located  near  the  Half  Moon. 
To  the  development  of  this  claim  it  is  his  inten- 
tion to  devote  himself,  upon  the  expiration  of  his 
lease  of  the  other  property.  The  Half  Moon  is 
an  excellent  producer,  and,  while  he  worked  it 
for  six  months  before  he  struck  paying  ore,  he 
has  since  made  large  profits  from  its  operation  and 
may  be  termed  one  of  the  most  fortunate  mine 
operators  in  the  district. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Johnson  occurred  in  Sweden 
April  17,  1866.  He  is  the  son  of  Jonas  Anderson 
and  Fredreha  Johnson.  The  years  of  his  youth 
were  passed  in  Sweden.  At  twenty-one  years  of 
age  he  crossed  the  ocean  on  the  steamship 
"Spain,"  and  arriving  in  the  United  States  pro- 
ceeded immediately  to  Denver,  Colo.  A  few  days 
later  he  went  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  se- 


cured employment  on  the  Colorado  Midland  Rail- 
road. He  continued  with  the  same  company  for 
two  and  one-half  years,  meantime  making  Colo- 
rado City  his  home.  Later  he  was  employed  in 
the  glass  works  for  four  years.  In  the  spring 
of  1893  he  came  to  Cripple  Creek,  and  for  two 
years  prospected,  after  which  he  leased  the  Kiltie 
mine,  in  partnership  with  John  Anderson.  The 
partnership  was  discontinued  in  April,  1897.  He 
then  leased  the  Half  Moon  and  soon  secured  the 
controlling  lease  of  the  same.  In  October,  1897, 
.he  again  leased  the  Kittie  mine,  which  he  man- 
aged until  December,  1898,  when  the  lease  ex- 
pired. The  mine  did  not  prove  a  profitable  one. 
In  spite  of  some  reverses,  his  mining  ventures 
have  in  the  main  been  exceedingly  fortunate,  and 
he  is  one  of  the  successful  men  of  Cripple  Creek. 
Reared  in  the  Lutheran  faith,  Mr.  Johnson 
has  always  adhered  to  that  denomination.  Jan- 
uary 29,  1898,  he  married  Miss  Emma  Nelson, 
who  was  then  living  in  Fort  Collins,  Colo. 


(TAMES  R.  PATTERSON.  Almost  the  en- 
I  tire  life  of  Mr.  Patterson  has  been  spent  in 
G)  Colorado.  Although  a  native  of  Virginia 
(born  in  Franklin  County,  October  20,  1866),  his 
parents  removed  west  in  his  infancy  and  for  nearly 
seven  years  resided  in  Iowa.  He  remembers  the 
journey  from  there  to  Colorado  and  the  arrival  in 
Longmont  on  the  4th  of  July,  1873.  From  that 
day  to  this  he  has  been  identified  with  life  in 
northeastern  Colorado,  and,  reared  to  a  thorough 
and  intimate  knowledge  of  ranching,  it  is  not 
strange  that  he  selected  this  occupation  for  his 
life  work.  He  is  a  young  man  of  energetic  dis- 
position, and  has  already  secured  a  commendable 
degree  of  success. 

The  eldest  son  of  Robert  J.  and  Frances  (Wray) 
Patterson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  of  south- 
ern birth  and  southern  ancestry,  but  he  has  been 
so  constantly  associated  with  people  of  the  north 
and  west,  that  his  tastes  and  characteristics  are 
thoroughly  in  harmony  with  theirs.  He  was 
given  fair  educational  advantages  and  graduated 
from  the  Sterling  high  school  May  n,  1894.  For 
six  years  previous  to.  this  he  had  taught  in  dis- 
trict schools  in  his  neighborhood,  and  for  a  year 
after  graduating  he  was  similarly  occupied  in  the 
intermediate  department  of  the  Sterling  Grammar 
school.  During  1896  he  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  Greeley  Colony  Company,  having  charge  of 
their  Sterling  office. 

October  6,  1897,  Mr    Patterson   married  Miss 


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Irene  N.  Howe,  who  was  born  in  Illinois  and 
came  to  Sterling  in  company  with  her  father, 
Aaron  Howe.  One  child  blesses  this  union, 
Ruby  Viola,  born  in  1898.  After  his  marriage 
Mr.  Patterson  settled  on  his  present  home  farm, 
which  he  had  purchased  in  July,  1894,  and  which 
is  situated  five  miles  northeast  of  Sterling.  Upon 
the  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  comprising  the 
ranch  he  carries  on  a  growing  business  in  stock 
and  general  farm  produce.  He  is  a  thoroughly 
up-to-date  farmer,  and  is  meeting  with  success  in 
his  undertakings.  In  religion  he  is  of  the  Dunk- 
ard  faith.  Politically  he  is  a  silver  Republican. 


|~~  MMETT  N.  MC  PHERRIN,  county  treas- 
j^  urer  of  Phillips  County,  was  born  in  Wa- 
I  pello  County,  Iowa,  November  12,  1857,  a 
son  of  William  M.  and  Emma  (McWilliams)  Mc- 
Pherrin.  He  is  an  only  son  and  has  two  sisters, 
Suella,  wife  of  C.  W.  Durfee,  of  What  Cheer, 
Iowa;  and  Jeannette,  wife  of  James  C.  McCall,  of 
Sioux  Falls,  S.  Dak.  His  father,  a, native  of  New 
Philadelphia,  Ohio,  born  in  1825,  studied  law  in 
early  manhood,  but  after  his  removal  to  Eddy- 
ville,  Wapello  County,  Iowa,  in  1853,  he  for  a 
time  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  and 
served  as  postmaster.  Later  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  after  which  he  disposed  of  his  busi- 
ness and  gave  his  attention  to  the  practice  of  law. 
Ten  years  were  spent  in  practice,  and  he  then  re- 
sumed the  mercantile  business,  in  which  he  re- 
mained until  his  death,  July  29,  1878. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
Penn  College  at  Oskaloosa,  Iowa,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  commercial  law,  banking  and  book- 
keeping in  1877.  When  his  father  died,  he  had 
reached  his  twentieth  year.  Being  the  eldest  of 
the  family  and  the  only  son,  he  acted  as  the 
head  of  the  house.  In  1885  he  settled  in  south- 
western Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  real- 
estate  business,  organizing  the  town  of  West 
Plain.  Some  five  months  later  he  went  to  Oska- 
loosa, Iowa,  and  established  himself  in  the  mer- 
cantile business.  After  two  years  of  successful 
business  he  came  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Hoi- 
yoke  September  16,  1887.  Shortly  after  his  ar- 
rival he  secured  a  government  contract  to  carry 
the  mail  from  Holyoke  to  Julesburg,  over  what 
was  known  as  the  Star  route.  After  one  year  as 
mail  contractor  he  sold  the  contract  and  entered 
the  Fanners'  and  Merchants'  Bank  as  book- 
keeper, remaining  there  for  'a  year.  Later  he 
was  cashier  for  a  year.  In  March,  1890,  he  was 


made  deputy  county  treasurer,  and  continued  in 
that  capacity  until  a  vacancy  occurred  in  the 
office  in  January,  1897,  when  he  was  appointed 
to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of  one  year  as  county 
treasurer.  At  the  expiration  of  this  appointment 
he  was  candidate  on  the  Republican  ticket  for  the 
office  and  received  the  election  by  a  handsome 
majority.  During  his  residence  in  Phillips 
County  he  has  acquired  some  five  thousand 
acres  of  land,  and  since  1895  he  has  gradually 
worked  into  the  cattle  business.  He  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  the 
county,  as  well  as  one  of  its  able  and  trustworthy 
officials. 

On  the  6th  of  October,  1896,  occurred  the 
marriage  of  Mr.  McPherrin  to  Miss  Georgie  M. 
Mason.  Mrs.  McPherrin  was  born  in  Dixon,  111., 
a  daughter  of  H.  H.  Mason,  who  was  for  many 
years  a  farmer  of  that  locality,  but  removed  to 
Colorado  in  1886  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
serving  as  clerk  of  the  district  court  in  Holyoke, 
Colo.  Mr.  McPherrin  has  an  only  child,  Helen, 
born  October  12,  1897.  Fraternally  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Holyoke  Lodge  No.  81,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ; 
Hiram  Chapter  No.  6,  R.  A.  M.,  of  Oskaloosa, 
Iowa;  Akron  Commandery  No.  21,  K.  T.,  of 
Akron,  Colo.,  and  Holyoke  Lodge  No.  38,  K.  P. 


nOHN  FREDERICK  PATTERSON.  Among 
the  young  ranchmen  of  northeastern  Colo- 
rado,  mention  belongs  to  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  who  is  a  member  of  the  well-known 
Patterson  family,  long  inseparably  associated 
with  the  history  of  Logan  County  and  honored 
wherever  known.  He  is  a  worthy  representa- 
tive of  this  influential  family,  and,  if  the  excel- 
lent start  he  has  made  in  life  is  any  indication  of 
his  prospects  for  the  future,  he  will  certainly  be 
rewarded  with  prosperity  and  a  position  of  promi- 
nence. In  addition  to  his  ranch  interests  he  has 
a  threshing  machine,  which  he  purchased  in  De- 
cember, 1897,  and  this  he  now  operates  in  the 
season. 

During  the  residence  of  his  parents,  Robert  J. 
and  Frances  (Wray)  Patterson,  in  Marion  Coun- 
ty, Iowa,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  De- 
cember 22,  1870.  The  family  record  appears  in 
the  sketch  of  his  father.  He  acquired  his  educa- 
tion in  Colorado  schools.  In  1892  he  went  to  the 
Pecos  Valley  of  New  Mexico,  where  h£  spent  six 
months  in  looking  over  the  country.  On  his  re- 
turn home  he  continued  with  his  parents  until  his 
marriage,  which  event  took  place  October  8,  1898, 


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and  united  him  with  Miss  Mattie  E.  Shannon,  a 
native  of  Guernsey  County,  Ohio,  being  a  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  T.  Shannon,  who  is  now  a  resident 
of  Topeka,  Kan. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Patterson  took  his  wife 
to  their  present  property,  where  he  had  built  a 
house,  and  made  a  number  of  improvements.  He 
is  a  man  who  enjoys  the  respect  of  others  and 
assists  in  measures  for  the  benefit  of  his  commu- 
nity. In  religion  he  is  connected  with  the  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  Church.  His  political  opin- 
ions bring  him  into  affiliation  with  the  silver  wing 
of  the  Republican  party. 


0ANIEL  O'NEIL,  who  has  made  his  home 
in  the  west  since  early  manhood,  came  to 
Park  County  in  1876  and,  with  a  partner, 
took  up  a  ranch  two  miles  southeast  of  Como. 
After  a  time  he  purchased  his  partner's  interest 
and  became  sole  proprietor  of  the  place  of  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres,  to  which  he  added 
from  time  to  time  until  the  ranch  now  comprises 
ten  hundred  and  forty  acres,  devoted  to  haying 
and  extensive  cattle  interests.  Besides  his  ranch 
property  he  has  four  connecting  mining  claims, 
comprising  forty  acres,  in  Pennsylvania  Gulch, 
which  are  favorable  prospects. 

The  third  son  of  James  and  Ann  (Fullerton) 
O'Neil,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Hollidaysburg,  Blair  County,  Pa.,  June  9,  1845. 
He  was  one  of  six  children,  four  of  whom  are. 
now  living,  those  besides  himself  being  John,  a 
business  man  of  Altoona,  Pa.;  Cecelia,  wife  of 
Andrew  Buchberger,  a  contractor  of  Altoona; 
and  Arthur  H.  The  father,  a  native  of  County 
Derry,  Ireland,  emigrated  to  America  in  young 
manhood  and  settled  in  Philadelphia,  where  he 
married.  For  many  years  he  was  a  conductor  on 
the  Old  Portage  Railroad,  running  between 
Johnstown  and  Hollidaysburg,  and  while  em- 
ployed in  this  capacity  he  met  his  death  in  a 
wreck.  At  that  time  our  subject  was  a  small 
child,  and  as  soon  as  he  was  able  to  work  he  ap- 
plied himself  to  whatever  work  was  offered,  that 
he  might  in  a  measure  contribute  to  the  support 
of  the  family.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  ap- 
prenticed himself  to  the  trade  of  an  iron  moulder. 
In  1866  he  came  west  and  fora  short  time  worked 
in  a  foundry  in  Leavenworth,  Kan.  With  a  de- 
sire to  see  life  on  the  plains,  he  went  with  a  gov- 
ernment train  across  the  plains  to  Julesburg, 
where  Fort  Sedgwick  was  then  building. 

On  his  return  to  Leavenworth,  Mr.  O'Neil  re- 


sumed  work  in  the  foundry.  However,  he  soon 
left  that  city  and  started  on  another  trip  across 
the  plains,  this  time  going  with  an  ox-train  over 
the  Smoky  Hill  route,  in  the  employ  of  Ben  Hol- 
liday.  On  again  going  back  to  the  foundry  in 
Leavenworth,  he  continued  there  until  the  spring 
of  1868,  when  he  went  to  Elizabethtown,  N.  M. 
Until  the  fall  of  1870  he  engaged  in  mining  and 
prospecting  in  that  section.  He  then  went  to 
Denver,  Colo.,  where  he  secured  employment  in 
a  foundry.  In  the  spring  of  1871  he  began  min- 
ing at  Breckenridge,  but  soon  went  from  there  to 
St.  John's,  where  he  continued  mining  until  late 
in  the  fall.  From  that  time  until  the  spring  of 
1872  he  prospected  at  Galena  Gulch.  On  his  re- 
turn to  St.  John's  he  was  employed  as  engineer  for 
a  mining  company.  In  the  fall  of  1872  he  and  a 
partner  went  up  on  the  Arkansas  River  in  Pleas- 
ant Valley,  and,  taking  up  a  ranch,  they  built  a 
cabin,  but  after  two  months  abandoned  the  place, 
Mr.  O'Neil  returning  to  Denver.  Shortly  after- 
ward he  began  to  work  in  the  mines  at  George- 
town and  also  prospected  until  the  spring  of  1874, 
when  he  came  to  Hall's  Gulch,  and  spent  the 
summer  prospecting  at  Montezuma  and  St.  John's. 
In  the  fall  he  returned  to  Georgetown,  where  he 
spent  the  winter,  and  in  the  spring  came  back  to 
Hall's  Gulch.  He  then  took  a  contract  on  the 
Whale  mine,  where  he  worked  until  the  spring 
of  1876.  After  a  short  stay  in  Denver  he  came 
to  Park  County,  where  he  has  since  been 
closely  identified  with  ranching  and  mining  in- 
terests. He  has  been  a  hard-working  man.  His 
life  upon  the  frontier  had  its  reverses  and  hard- 
ships, but  he  is  now  well- to- do,  and  can  enjoy  the 
fruits  of  his  years  of  toil  and  effort.  Among  the 
people  of  Park  County  he  deservedly  ranks  high. 


HON.  D.  C.  BAILEY.  As  the  incumbent  of 
various  positions  of  honor  and  responsibility, 
Mr.  Bailey  has  discharged  faithfully  every 
trust  reposed  in  him  and  has  won  a  high  position 
among  the  public  men  of  Colorado.  While  a 
resident  of  Elbert  County,  in  1886,  he  was  elected 
representative  on  the  Republican  ticket  and 
during  the  session,  that  followed  he  served  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  federal  relations 
and  state  affairs.  On  the  expiration  of  his  term 
as  representative  he  became  the  Republican 
nominee  to  represent  Elbert,  Arapahoe  and  Bent 
Counties  in  the  state  senate  and  was  elected  by  a 
large  majority.  During  his  term,  from  1888  to 
1892,  he  rendered  much  able  service  in  behalf  of 


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his  constituents  and  his  influence  was  always 
given  to  measures  for  the  benefit  of  the  people. 
During  the  first  session  he  was  chairman  of  the 
printing  committee  and  the  committee  on  state 
affairs;  while  during  the  second  session  he  was 
a  member  of  the  committee  on  incorporations  and 
others  of  equal  importance. 

Mr.  Bailey  was  born  near  Coldwater,  Mich. , 
September  i,  1858.  At  the  age  of  about  thirteen 
he  began  to  study  telegraphy  on  the  Lake  Shore 
road  and  afterward  was  employed  as  an  operator 
and  agent  at  stations  on  the  road  between  Toledo 
and  Chicago.  Later  he  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  with  an  uncle  in  Vernon  County,  Mo. 
In  June,  1879,  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  estab- 
lished a  ranch  in  Elbert  County,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  cattle  business  for  nine  years.  In 
the  fall  of  1888  he  removed  to  Denver,  but  still 
continued  the  management  of  the  ranch  until  he 
sold  it  some  years  later.  Since  1888  he  has  been 
dealing  in  cattle  at  the  Union  stockyards,  having 
handled  over  ten  thousand  head  per  annum. 

Frequently  Mr.  Bailey  has  represented  the  Re- 
publican party  as  delegate  to  state  conventions. 
While  senator  he  introduced  and  was  largely  in- 
strumental in  the  passage  of  the  bills  establishing 
Kit  Carson,  Cheyenne,  Lincoln,  Provvers  and 
Otero  Counties,  the  names  of  which  were  decided 
upon  by  a  committee  of  whole  in  the  senate.  In 
1888  he  gave  his  influence  for  Hon.  Edward  O. 
Wolcott  as  United  States  senator  and  two  years 
later  voted  for  Hon.  Henry  M.  Teller.  Under  the 
administration  of  President  McKinley  he  received 
the  appointment  of  United  States  marshal  for  the 
Colorado  district.  While  residing  in  Elbert 
County  he  was  secretary  of  the  county  central 
committee  and  for  years  he  was  a  member  of  the 
state  central  committee. 


SEORGE  E.  GRAY,  M.  D.,  has  engaged  in 
continuous  practice  in  Pueblo  ever  since  he 
arrived  in  this  city,  September  15,  1881. 
As  a  physictan  he  has  met  with  success  in  his 
practice,  all  of  which  may  be  attributed  to  his 
thorough  professional  knowledge,  and  his  energy 
and  industry,  backed  by  a  good  share  of  sound 
common  sense.  While  he  has  made  no  specialty 
among  the  departments  of  professional  practice, 
yet  probably  he  has  been  most  successful  in  the 
treatment  of  diseases  of  women  and  children,  in 
which  he  has  a  reputation  for  skill  and  thorough 
knowledge. 

Born   April    15,   1852,  in  Pembroke,  Genesee 


County,  N.Y.,  Dr.Gray  was  quite  young  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Batavia,  in  the  same  county. 
There  he  was  educated  in  common  schools.  As 
soon  as  old  enough  to  be  granted  a  teacher's  cer- 
tificate, he  began  to  teach  school,  and  this  occu- 
pation he  followed,  in  different  parts  of  Genesee 
County,  for  about  nine  years.  Meantime  he  read 
medicine  during  the  vacation  months  and  even- 
ings, studying  under  Dr.  John  F.  Baker  for 
four  years.  In  1877  he  entered  the  homeopathic 
department  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  from 
which  he  graduated  July  i,  1880.  For  a  few 
months  he  engaged  in  practice  at  Tecumseh, 
Mich.,  and  from  there  removed  to  Colorado,  set- 
tling in  Pueblo. 

Politically  Dr.  Gray  has  always  voted  the  Re- 
publican ticket.  He  served  as  county  physician 
in  1884,  1891  and  1892,  and  for  two  years  was 
city  physician  of  Pueblo.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  Ancient  Order  of  United  Work- 
men. While  he  is  not  identified  with  any 
church,  he  attends  the  Roman  Catholic  Church, 
of  which  his  wife  is  a  member.  He  married, 
November  27,  1890,  Miss  Mary  McCarty,  of  Con- 
ception, Mo.  They  have  one  son,  Donald. 


(JOSEPH  B.  FARNSWORTH,  county  clerk 
I  of  Morgan  County,  was  born  in  Lower  Can- 
\y  ada  May  i,  1867,  and  was  third  among  six 
.children  comprising  the  family  of  John  H.  and 
Jane  (Anderson)  Farnsworth.  Of  the  family  five 
are  living.  Lizzie  is  the  wife  of  James  K .  Brown , 
who  is  engaged  in  the  stock  business  in  Morgan 
County;  Louise  married  G.  W.  Warner,  who 
lives  in  Fort  Morgan,  and  is  United  States  land 
receiver  at  Akron;  John  A.  is  a  practicing  phy- 
sician in  Fort  Morgan;  and  Sarah  is  the  wife  of 
J.  H.  Burke,  a  brick  contractor  residing  in  Fort 
Morgan. 

The  father  of  this  family  was  born  in  Ohio  in 
1839.  When  fourteen  years  of  age  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Canada,  where  he  grew  to 
manhood,  married  and  engaged  in  farming.  In 
1875  he  removed  to  Iowa  and  for  two  years  car- 
ried on  a  farm  there.  His  next  place  of  resi- 
dence was  in  Kansas.  In  1879  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, and  two  years  later  settled  in  what  is  now 
Fort  Morgan,  in  Morgan  County,  where  he  built 
the  second  house  in  this  now  thriving  village. 
Here  he  has  since  made  his  home. 

In  the  common  schools  and  Fort  Morgan  high 
school  the  subject  of  this  sketch  received  his 


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education.  In  1884  he  commenced  to  engage  in 
the  stock  business,  in  which  he  continued  until 
1892.  Afterward  he  was  connected  with  the 
mercantile  house  of  B.  M.  Warren,  of  Fort  Mor- 
gan. In  the  fall  of  1897  ne  was  elected  county 
clerk  by  a  handsome  majority,  and  has  since 
filled  this  office  to  the  satisfaction  of  all  con- 
cerned. He  is  a  member  of  Oasis  Lodge  No. 
67,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  ,  and  Fort  Morgan  Camp  No. 
193,  Woodmen  of  the  World.  April  28,  1891, 
he  married  Miss  Hattie  G.  Dershan,  a  native  of 
Iowa,  and  daughter  of  Henry  Dershan,  who 
came  to  Colorado  in  1889  and  is  now  living  re- 
tired in  Fort  Morgan.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Farnsworth 
have  three  sons,  Everett  C.,  Raymond  D.  and 
Chauncey  D. 


T.  NASH  is  secretary  and  manager  of  the 
_  Pueblo  Hardware  Company,  owners  of  the 
V_J  largest  hardware  establishment  in  southern 
Colorado.  He  came  to  Colorado  in  1886  and  the 
next  year  bought  an  interest  in  the  J.  A. 
Thatcher  Hardware  Company,  from  which  was 
formed  the  present  company.  The  location  of 
the  store  is  at  No.  402  Santa  Fe  street,  where 
three  floors  and  basement,  25x180  feet,  are  occu- 
pied by  general  hardware,  miners'  supplies,  ma- 
chinery for  smelters,  etc.  A  large  wholesale  and 
retail  business  is  carried  on,  and  in  addition  to 
the  main  store,  two  large  warehouses  are  filled 
with  the  various  articles  for  sale. 

Mr.  Nash  is  of  historic  New  England  descent. 
,  He  traces  his  ancestry  to  Peregrine  White,  and 
also  to  John  Alden  and  Priscilla  Mullins.  The 
first  of  the  White  family  in  America  was  William 
White,  a  native  of  Plymouth,  England,  who  ac- 
companied the  Pilgrims  to  Holland,  and  there 
followed  the  trade  of  a  wool  carder.  He  married 
Anna  (or  Susanna)  Fuller,  a  relative  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Fuller.  After  landing  in  Massachusetts 
a  son  was  born  whom  they  named  Peregrine,  in 
remembrance  of  their  peregrinations,  and  he  was 
the  first  white  child  born  in  New  England.  Will- 
iam White  died  the  year  following  his  arrival  in 
Massachusetts,  and  his  widow  afterward  became 
the  wife  of  the  first  governor  of  Massachusetts, 
Governor  Winslow,  and  their  son  Josiah  was  the 
first  American-born  governor  of  Massachusetts. 

In  1632  Peregrine  White  removed  to  Marsh- 
field  with  his  stepfather.  In  1636,  when  sixteen 
years  of  age,  he  enlisted  in  a  regiment  organized 
by  Miles  Standish  to  fight  the  Pequods.  In  1642 
he  was  ensign-bearer,  later  was  commissioned 


lieutenant,  and  in  1673  was  commissioned  cap- 
tain. In  1648  he  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
William  Basset,  and  of  their  six  children  one  was 
Peregrine  White,  Jr.  In  1665,  at  the  request  of 
the  king's  counsel,  the  crown  granted  Peregrine 
White,  Sr. ,  two  hundred  acres,  in  recognition  of 
the  fact  that  he  was  the  first  America-born  Eng- 
lishman. He  was  beloved  and  esteemed,  and 
filled  many  positions  of  honor  and  responsibility. 
His  middle  life  was  very  busily  passed,  but  when 
he  became  old  and  his  thoughts  turned  toward 
eternity,  he  recognized  the  value  of  the  church 
and  the  truth  of  its  teachings,  and  in  his  seventy- 
eighth  year  became  a  member  thereof.  He  was 
the  last  survivor  of  the  famous  Pilgrim  band. 

Capt.  Robert  White,  a  descendant  of  Peregrine 
White,  was  a  sailor  on  Lake  Champlain,  and 
owned  his  own  boats.  His  daughter,  Laura, 
was  born  at  Shelburne  Point,  Chittenden  County, 
Vt. ,  and  died  at  the  same  town  when  about  fifty 
years  of  age.  By  her  marriage  to  Reuben  Nash 
she  had  five  children,  all  of  whom  are  living,  our 
subject  being  the  third  in  order  of  birth.  Reuben 
Nash  was  born  in  Shelburne,  a  member  of  an  old 
Massachusetts  family  that  were  early  settlers  of 
Shelburne.  He  was  a  farmer  and  county  officer 
and  died  at  the  old  homestead  when  sixty -five 
years  of  age.  He  was  a  son  of  Truman  Nash,  a 
native  of  York  state,  and  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1812,  who  settled  on  a  farm  on  the  shore  of  Lake 
Champlain  in  Chittenden  County,  and  engaged  in 
its  cultivation,  also  held  a  number  of  township 
offices. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  October  2, 
1842,  on  a  farm  that  stood  on  the  present  site  of 
Dr.  Webb's  summer  residence  and  grounds  on 
Lake  Champlain.  He  was  reared  in  Shelburne 
and  Burlington,  and  graduated  from  Williston 
Academy  in  the  latter  city.  In  1862  he  enlisted 
in  Company  C,  Twelfth  Vermont  Infantry,  and 
was  mustered  into  the  Second  Vermont  Brigade 
at  Brattleboro.  He  served  under  General  Casey 
in  the  defense  of  Washington  for  one  year,  after 
which  he  was  assigned  to  duty  on  the  Potomac 
from  Centreville  to  the  mouth  of  the  river.  He 
took  part  in  the  three  days'  battle  at  Gettysburg, 
and  soon  afterward  was  mustered  out,  with  the 
regiment,  in  the  fall  of  1863.  He  arrived  in 
New  York  City  twelve  hours  before  the  riot  broke 
out,  and  his  regiment  there  volunteered  to  return 
to  service,  but  the  riot  was  quelled  and  so  they 
were  not  needed.  Returning  home  he  clerked  in 
the  general  mercantile  store  of  C.  L.  Hart  in  Bur- 


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lington.  In  1868  he  went  to  Kalamazoo,  Mich., 
where  he  clerked  for  four  years,  going  from  there 
in  1872  to  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa,  where  he  began  in 
the  hardware  and  agricultural  implement  business 
for  himself.  He  continued  in  the  same  place  until 
1886,  when  he  came  to  Pueblo.  Here  he  has 
taken  a  prominent  part  in  public  affairs.  He  was 
president  of  the  old  Board  of  Trade  and  one  of  its 
directors  at  the  time  of  the  erection  of  its  build- 
ing. When  the  Commercial  Club  succeeded  the 
Board  of  Trade,  he  was  made  its  first  president. 
Later  he  took  an  active  part  in  establishing  the 
Business  Men's  Club,  the  present  organization. 
In  national  issues  he  advocates  Democratic  prin- 
ciples, but  in  local  matters  he  has  made  it  his  aim 
to  vote  for  those  who  will  strive  to  advance  the 
welfare  of  the  city,  irrespective  of  political  affilia- 
tions. He  has  been  connected  with  several  fra- 
ternal organizations,  and  is  a  member  of  Upton 
Post  of  the  Grand  Army. 

In  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  Mr.  Nash  married  Miss 
Blanche  Fletcher,  who  was  born  at  St.  Catha- 
rines, Canada,  and  is  an  estimable  and  refined 
lady,  and  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 
The  two  children  comprising  their  family  are: 
Harry  Fletcher,  who  is  connected  with  his  father 
in  business;  and  Bessie  Anna,  a  student  of  the 
high  school  of  this  city. 


[EORGE  W.  GARLAND  came  to  Phillips 
County  in  1888  in  company  with  his  brother 
and  took  a  claim  near  Holyoke,  but  remained 

town,  while  his  brother  engaged  in  farming 
and  the  stock  business.  Shortly  afterward  he 
opened  a  wagon  shop,  with  material  for  building 
wagons,  and  while  the  town  was  booming  he 
made  money  rapidly,  but,  with  the  decadence  of 
the  boom,  he  and  the  other  active  spirits  who  had 
spent  money  in  the  upbuilding  and  improvement 
of  the  town  were  heavy  losers.  After  a  few 
years  his  brother  returned  to  Iowa  and  opened  a 
wagon  and  carriage  shop  at  Sheridan,  where  he 
is  now  doing  a  prosperous  business.  He,  how- 
ever, has  continued  to  make  this  county  his 
home.  In  the  fall  of  1895  he  disposed  of  his 
business  and  was  elected,  on  the  Republican 
ticket,  by  a  handsoriie  majority,  to  the  office  of 
county  assessor.  In  the  fall  of  1898  he  was  re- 
turned to  the  office,  which  he  has  filled  with 
efficiency  and  ability. 

Mr.  Garland  was  born  in  Iroquois County,  111., 
November  6,  1862,  a  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Jones)  Garland.  He  was  one  of  nine  children, 


seven  of  whom  are  living,  viz.:  William  S.,  a  sta- 
tionary engineer  at  Omaha,  Neb.;  Lewis  H.,  who 
is  engaged  in  horse-shoeing  and  the  wagon-repair 
business  in  central  Missouri;  James  F.,  proprie- 
tor of  a  repair  and  blacksmith's  shop  at  Canton, 
111.;  Tarplay  J.,  who  was  our  subject's  compan- 
ion in  the  first  years  of  his  residence  in  Colorado; 
George  W.;  Lydia  M.,  wife  of  Thomas  Good,  a 
harness  dealer  in  Kansas;  and  Hannah. 

A  native  of  Indiana,  born  in  1820,  our  sub- 
ject's father  grew  to  manhood  there  and  engaged 
in  farming.  Accompanied  by  his  family,  he  re- 
moved to  Iroquois  County,  111.,  and  settled  upon 
a  farm,  where  he  remained  for  twelve  years. 
Afterward  he  resided  in  Sheridan,  Iowa,  for  five 
years.  Since  then  he  has  been  retired,  and  is 
spending  his  declining  years  among  his  children. 
Our  subject  acquired  a  common-school  education, 
and  also  attended  the  Sheridan  high  school.  On 
approaching  manhood  he  apprenticed  himself  to 
the  trade  of  carriage-building,  applying  himself 
to  the  iron  part  of  the  business.  After  five  years 
he  and  his  brother,  Tarplay  J.,  engaged  in  busi- 
ness for  themselves,  opening  a  shop  in  Sheridan, 
but  in  the  spring  of  1888  they  disposed  of  their 
business  and  came  to  Colorado. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Garland,  May  8,  1884, 
united  him  with  Miss  Arpey  M.  Gillaspey,  who 
was  born  in  Mount  Pleasant,  Henry  County, 
Iowa,  a  daughter  of  William  Gillaspey,  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania  and  for  years  a  farmer  of  Iowa. 
Mr.  Garland  has  two  living  children,  Blanche  and 
George  F.,  and  has  lost  three  by  death.  He  is  a 
member  of  Holyoke  Lodge  No.  76,  I.  O;  O.  F. ; 
Encampment  No.  46,  of  Holyoke;  and  Holyoke 
Lodge,  A.  O.  U.  W.  Twice  he  was  elected  to 
the  office  of  mayor  and  for  four  years  served  as 
a  member  of  the  town  council.  He  was  the  first 
chief  of  the  fire  department  of  Holyoke,  and  filled 
the  position  for  six  years.  Since  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  band  he  has  been  its  leader.  In  many 
other  ways  he  has  aided  plans  for  the  benefit  of 
his  town  and  county,  which  have  in  him  a  public- 
spirited  and  enterprising  citizen. 


RICHARD  D.  MILLER,  the  owner  of  a  large 
cattle  ranch  in  Arapahoe  County,  was  born 
in  Cumberland  County,  Ky.,  July  28,  1826. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  started  out  in  life  for 
himself.    After  a  short  time  spent  in  Arkansas,  in 
1845  he  went  to  Texas,  where  his  time  was  prin- 
cipally spent  until  1866.     He  then  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  settled  upon  his  present  farm,  where  he 


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has  since  engaged  in  raising  stock.  He  has  wit- 
nessed the  improvements  of  the  county  and  has 
assisted  in  the  development  of  its  agriculural 
resources.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He 
served  in  the  Mexican  and  Civil  wars,  in  the 
latter  being  on  the  frontier  under  Gen.  Kirby 
Smith. 

In  1855  Mr.  Miller  married  Miss  Mary  J.  Cure- 
ton,  who  was  born  in  Franklin  County,  Ark. 
They  became  the  parents  of  two  sons  and  two 
daughters,  the  latter,  Ollie  and  Maud,  being  with 
their  parents.  The  older  son,  Warner  D. ,  is  a 
stockman  and  owns  land  adjoining  his  father's 
property.  The  younger  son,  William  B.,  who 
married  Ruth  M.  Van  Wormer,  daughter  of  I.  P. 
Van  Wormer,  had  one  child,  a  son,  named  Brax- 
ton  Miller.  He  was  engaged  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness until  his  death,  September  26,  1898. 


B.  UPSON,  who  is  one  of  Sedgwick 
yr  County's  most  influential  residents,  was 
\5  born  in  Medina  County,  Ohio,  June  14, 
1844,  a  son  °f  Reuben  A.  and  Jane  (Furber) 
Upson.  Of  nine  children  comprising  the  family, 
three  survive,  those  besides  himself  being  Benja- 
min L.,  a  farmer  of  Henry  County,  111.,  and 
Mary  L.,  wife  of  Joseph  U.  Barnes,  of  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.  His  father,  who  was  born  near 
Watertown,  Conn.,  in  1808,  in  childhood  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Ohio,  settling  in  Summit 
County,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  Afterward 
he  returned  to  Connecticut  and  worked  for  Seth 
Thomas  one  year,  later  going  back  to  Ohio, 
where  he  married  and  settled  upon  a  farm.  About 
1836  he  removed  to  Iowa,  going  down  the  Ohio 
and  up  the  Mississippi,  and  in  that  state  he 
homesteaded  a  tract  of  land.  However,  not  find- 
ing the  prospects  satisfactory,  he  returned  to  Ohio 
in  1837,  walking  from  Rock  Island  to  Chicago, 
where  he  took  a  steamer  to  Cleveland.  He  set- 
tled in  Medina  County,  but  later  returned  to 
Summit  County.  In  1869  he  traded  for  a  hotel 
in  the  town  of  Cuyahoga  Falls.  For  two  years 
he  was  proprietor  of  the  hotel.  In  1871  here- 
moved  to  Henry  County,  111.,  and  there  resided 
until  his  death, which  occurred  in  February,  1884. 
His  wife  was  born  in  1810  and  is  still  living,  her 
home  being  with  her  son  Benjamin  L. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  our  subject 
took  up  arms  for  the  Union.  He  enlisted  in 
July,  1862,  as  a  member  of  Company  G,  One 
Hundred  and  Fifteenth  Ohio  Infantry,  and  went 
to  the  front.  The  regiment's  first  service  was 


provost  duty  in  Cincinnati  and  Covington, which 
lasted  for  a  year.  Thence  they  went  to  Mur- 
freesboro,  and  during  the  winter  of  1863-64  did 
picket  duty.  In  the  summer  of  1864  Mr.  Upson 
was  one  of  thirty  men  detached  to  man  a  block 
house  on  the  Nashville  &  Chattanooga  Railroad 
near  Lavergne.  On  the  5th  of  December  the  men 
were  surrounded  by  General  Forest  and  were 
captured.  Twenty  days  later  he  escaped  at  Pu- 
laski,  Tenn.,  while  his  company  were  confined  in 
Andersonville  prison.  Later,  when  these  pris- 
oners were  paroled  and  were  returning  home, 
their  steamer  "Sultana"  was  blown  up  near 
Memphis  and  the  captain  and  many  of  the  com- 
pany lost  their  lives. 

After  his  escape,  Mr.  Upson  returned  to  Mur- 
freesboro,  where  he  rejoined  his  regiment.  A  few 
days  later  he  was  again  detailed  to  duty  at  the 
point  where  he  was  captured,  the  block  house 
having  been  destroyed  by  the  Confederates  at  the 
time  of  their  capture.  There  he  remained  on 
duty  until  he  was  recalled  for  his  discharge.  He 
received  an  honorable  discharge  at  Murfreesboro, 
Tenn.,  in  July,  1865,  and  from  that  city  returned 
to  Cleveland,  where  he  was  paid  off.  Returning 
home,  he  remained  there  until  1867,  when  he 
went  to  Illinois.  For  two  years  he  worked  as  a 
farm  hand  in  Henry  County.  During  that  time, 
March  12,  1868,  he  married  Sarah  A.,  daughter 
of  Stephen  Richardson,  a  farmer  of  Rock  Island 
County,  111.  She  was  born  in  Pleasant  Valley, 
111.,  and  received  fair  educational  advantages. 
Of  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Upson  eleven  children 
were  born,  and  of  these  all  but  one  are  living. 
William  G.  is  engaged  in  farming  and  the  stock 
business  in  Logan  County;  Clara  L.  is  the  wife  of 
E.  C.  Smith,  a  stockman  of  Sedgwick  County; 
Charles  B.  is  cashier  and  pay  ing  teller  of  the  Min- 
neapolis Title,  Insurance  and  Trust  Company,  of 
Minneapolis;  Joseph  Clinton  is  a  business  man  of 
Minneapolis;  John  E.  is  a  member  of  Company 
B, Thirteenth  Minnesota  Infantry,  now  in  Manila, 
he  having  left  the  State  University  of  Minnesota 
to  enlist  in  the  army ;  Chloe  Etta  is  a  teacher  in 
the  public  school  at  Sedgwick;  Jennie  E.,  Ray 
R.,  Daniel  D.  and  'Bessie  R.  are  students  in  the 
local  schools. 

In  1869  Mr.  Upson  rented  a  farm,  which  he 
carried  on  for  three  years,  and  then  bought  land 
five  miles  from  Geneseo,  which  place  he  owned 
and  cultivated  for  thirteen  years.  In  1885  he 
came  to  Colorado,  arriving  at  his  present  home, 
two  miles  west  of  Sedgwick,  in  the  spring  of  the 


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year.  He  homesteaded  his  place  and  was  the 
first  man  to  settle  in  the  township.  For  some 
years  he  was  engaged  in  the  cattle  business,  but 
in  1892  turned  his  interests  over  to  the  "manage- 
ment of  his  son  and  went  to  Wadena,  Minn.,  to 
take  charge  of  a  farm  loan  agency.  He  was 
made  vice-president  of  the  Wadena  State  Bank. 
One  year  later  he  went  to  Minneapolis,  where  he 
was  engaged  with  the  Minneapolis  Title  and 
Trust  Company  as  collector,  continuing  in  that 
place  until  August,  1895,  when  he  severed  his 
connection  with  the  company  and  returned  to 
Colorado,  once  more  taking  charge  of  his  cattle 
business. 

When  Sedgwick  County  was  cut  off  from  Lo- 
gan, in  1889,  Mr.  Upson  was  selected  by  Gover- 
nor Cooper  to  act  as  one  of  the  first  county  com- 
missioners. In  the  fall  he  was  formally  elected 
to  fill  a  term  of  three  years,  being  the  only  mem- 
ber of  the  first  board  who  was  returned  to  the 
office.  In  the  fall  of  1892  he  was  chosen  as  an 
alternate  delegate  to  the  national  Republican  con- 
vention, which  convened  at  Minneapolis  and 
nominated  Benjamin  Harrison  for  president.  In 
religion  he  is  identified  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church.  He  is  active  in  Grand  Army 
matters,  and  is  past  commander  of  Julesburg 
Post  No.  21,  G.  A.  R. ,  department  of  Colorado 
and  Wyoming. 

'HOMAS  WILSON  MC  CURDY,  assessor 
of  Morgan  County,  came  to  Colorado  for 
the  first  time  in  1880,  settling  in  Greeley, 
where  he  took  up  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
of  fertile  land  as  a  homestead  and  timber  claim, 
and  upon  that  tract  he  began  farm  pursuits.  In 
1886  he  disposed  of  his  landed  interests  and  re- 
turned to  the  east,  settling  in  Iowa,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  stock  business.  However,  one  year 
later  he  returned  to  Colorado  and  again  settled 
in  Greeley,  but  in  1888  came  to  Morgan  County, 
where  he  has  acquired  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  and  has  successfully  engaged  in  ag- 
ricultural pursuits.  In  November,  1897,  he  was 
elected  county  assessor,  and  this  office  he  has 
since  ably  filled. 

In  Coshocton  County,  Ohio,  our  subject  was 
born  July  10,  1851,  a  son  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
(Welling)  McCurdy.  He  was  fourth  among  six 
children,  the  others  of  whom  are:  Daniel,  who  is 
a  grocer  in  Muscatine,  Iowa;  Rebecca  J.,  widow 
of  Thomas  Jones,  of  Madison,  S.  Dak. ;  LouisC., 
of  Portland,  Ore.;  Minerva,  who  married  John 


Moffit,  a  traveling  salesman  of  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa;  and  Allen,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Musca- 
tine County,  Iowa.  The  father  was  born  in  Cosh- 
octon Count}1  March  19,  1821,  and  there  grew 
to  manhood,  married  and  settled  upon  a  farm. 
In  1868  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Musca- 
tine County,  Iowa,  and  there  he  is  now  living  at 
seventy-eight  years  of  age.  His  father,  Daniel 
McCurdy,  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  in  early 
life  settled  in  America,  where  he  devoted  his  time 
to  general  farmirig.  He  died  when  eighty-three 
years  of  age.  The  maternal  grandfather  of  our 
subject  was  Thomas  Welling,  a  native  of  Har- 
rison County,  Ohio,  and  by  occupation  a  farmer. 
During  early  life  he  assisted  in  the  building  of 
the  canals  in  his  section  of  the  country.  His 
death  occurred  when  he  was  eighty -seven  years 
of  age. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired 
principally  in  common  schools  and  the  West  Bed- 
ford (Ohio)  Academy.  After  reaching  his  ma- 
jority he  took  charge  of  the  home  place,  which 
he  farmed  during  the  summer  season,  while  the 
winter  months  were  devoted  to  teaching  in  local 
schools.  In  1878  he  married  Miss  Mary  L.  Ken- 
nedy, of  West  Bedford,  Ohio,  daughter  of  Philip 
Kennedy,  a  well-known  farmer  of  that  section. 
Two  years  after  his  marriage  he  brought  his  wife 
to  Colorado  and  has  since  made  his  home  in  this 
state,  with  the  exception  of  a  year  spent  in  Iowa. 
He  is  an  enterprising  and  popular  citizen,  and  is 
highly  esteemed  in  his  circle  of  acquaintances. 
He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of  four  children: 
Oscar,  who  was  educated  in  the  Fort  Morgan 
high  school;  Fred  and  Bernice,  who  are  pupils  in 
local  schools,  and  Ralph. 


RASMUS  NELSON,  county  treasurer  of  Mor- 
gan County,  was  born  in  Denmark,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1 847, being  third  among  the  four  chil- 
dren of  Nels  and  Christina  (Herickson)  Rasmus- 
son.     His  father  was  born  in  Denmark  in  1814 
and  was  early  initiated  into  farm  work,  which 
occupation  he  continued  to  follow  until  his  death 
in  1867;   his  wife  was  born  in  Denmark  in  1824 
and  died  in  America  in  1882. 

At  the  age  of  twelve  years  our  subject  began 
to  be  self-supporting.  At  first  he  worked  as  a 
farm  hand  on  farms  adjoining  his  father's  home- 
stead. Later,  realizing  that  his  education  was 
insufficient,  he  worked  during  the  summer  and 
applied  his  savings  during  the  winter  toward 
finishing  his  education.  Upon  attaining  his  ma- 


JOSEPH  PETERSON. 


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jority,  he  determined  to  seek  new  fields  for  his 
labor.  In  1868  he  embarked  for  America  and 
arrived  in  Boston  on  the  27 th  of  March,  from 
which  city  he  went  direct  to  Neenah,  Wis.  From 
that  time  until  1872  he  worked  as  a  farm  laborer 
in  different  parts  of  the  northwest.  In  1872  he 
came  to  Colorado,  locating  in  what  was  then 
Buffalo,  Weld  County,  where  he  took  up  land 
and  began  in  the  cattle  business. 

In  1882  Mr.  Nelson  came  to  what  is  now  Mor- 
gan County,  settling  at  Brush,  which  was  then  a 
mere  station.  He  built  the  first  house  in  the 
town  and  purchased  a  ranch,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  stock  business.  Through  his  efforts  the 
postoffice  was  established.  He  was  appointed 
postmaster,  but  shortly  afterward,  his  other  busi- 
ness requiring  his  attention,  he  turned  the  office 
over  to  Mrs.  Leavitt.  On  the  Populist  ticket,  in 
1895,  he  was  elected  county  treasurer,  and  so 
satisfactory  was  his  service  that  at  the  expiration 
of  his  term  he  was  again  elected,  in  1897.  As 
an  officer,  he  is  trustworthy,  efficient  and  pains- 
taking, and  his  attention  is  closely  given  to  the 
proper  discharge  of  his  official  duties.  Through 
honorable  character  and  business  ability,  he  has 
become  one  of  the  substantial  and  esteemed  citi- 
zens of  the  county.  He  is  a  member  of  Poudre 
Lodge  No.  12,  I.  O.  O.  F. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Nelson,  in  1872,  united 
him  with  Miss  K.  B.  Hendricks.  Four  children 
were  born  of  their  union,  viz.:  Gilbert,  a  student 
in  Lincoln  (Neb.)  University;  Frederick,  who  is 
attending  the  institute  at  Colorado  Springs;  Mabel 
and  Thomas,  who  are  with  their  parents. 


(1 OSEPH  PETERSON.  It  is  said  that  biog- 
I  raphy  yields  to  no  other  subject  in  point  of 
(•/  interest  and  profit,  and  it  is  especially  inter- 
esting to  note  the  progress  that  has  been  made 
along  various  lines  of  business  by  those  of  foreign 
birth  who  have  sought  homes  in  America — the 
readiness  with  which  they  adapt  themselves  to 
the  different  methods  and  customs  of  America, 
recognize  the  advantages  offered  and  utilize  the 
opportunities  which  the  new  world  affords.  Mr. 
Peterson  is  a  native  of  Sweden,  who  has  met  with 
well-deserved  success  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic, 
and  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  successful  stockmen 
of  Pueblo  County,  his  ranch  being  near  Rye. 
During  a  portion  of  the  time  he  has  resided  in 
Pueblo.  In  1892  he  built  a  house  in  the  city 
and  lived  there  for  a  time  to  educate  his  children. 
He  was  born  in  Halmstead,  Sweden,  Septem- 


ber 29,  1845,  and  was  reared  on  a  farm,  his  father 
being  an  extensive  agriculturist  of  that  country. 
He  early  became  familiar  with  every  department 
of  farm  work,  and  obtained  his  literary  education 
in  the  home  school.  He  was  twenty-three  years 
of  age  when  he  came  to  the  United  States,  and 
first  located  in  Elk  County,  Pa. ,  east  of  the  Alle- 
gheny Mountains,  where  he  worked  in  the  lumber 
woods  and  in  a  saw  mill  until  1873.  Having  a 
brother  in  Holt  County,  Mo.,  he  decided  to  come 
west,  and  in  that  year  took  up  his  residence  upon 
his  present  ranch  in  Pueblo  Count}',  Colo.  For 
a  short  time  he  conducted  a  store  near  his  ranch, 
and  was  also  engaged  in  the  freighting  business 
all  over  the  west  for  several  years,  but  in  1882 
he  located  permanently  upon  his  ranch  and  has 
since  given  his  attention  wholly  to  general  fann- 
ing and  stock-raising.  He  has  often  had  as  high 
as  one  hundred  head  of  stock  upon  his  place  at 
one  time,  and  that  branch  of  his  business  has 
proved  quite  profitable.  He  also  cuts  consider- 
able hay.  He  has  a  well-improved  place,  all 
under  fence;  a  good  orchard  has  been  set  out, 
and  substantial  buildings  erected.  He  also  owns 
some  valuable  property  in  Pueblo,  which  brings 
him  a  good  rent. 

August  25,  1875,  Mr.  Peterson  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Carrie  Peterson,  a  sister  of 
John  Peterson,  who  is  represented  elsewhere  in 
this  volume.  They  have  two  sons,  very  bright 
young  men:  Wilkins  O.,  who  is  now  attending 
the  state  university  in  Boulder;  and  Scott  Roscoe, 
who  is  bookkeeper  in  the  Western  National  Bank 
of  Pueblo.  In  his  political  affiliation  Mr.  Peter- 
son is  a  Republican,  and  he  has  most  efficiently 
filled  the  offices  of  road  overseer  and  school  di- 
rector for  some  years. 


'HOMASSPROULL,  who  has  made  Colo- 
rado his  home  since  the  fall  of  1865,  resides 
at  Badito,  on  the  old  government  trail  at  the 
base  of  the  mountains.  For  thirty-seven  years  he 
has  lived  in  Huerfano  County.  While  Colorado 
was  still  a  territory  he  served  as  sheriff,  assessor 
and  county  commissioner,  but  of  late  years  he  has 
preferred  not  to  mingle  in  public  affairs,  but  gives 
his  entire  attention  to  fanning  and  cattle-raising. 
He  was  born  in  Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio,  in 
1834,  and  left  home  at  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
going  first  to  Iowa.  In  the  fall  of  1856  he  went 
to  "bleeding"  Kansas,  in  order  to  assist  in  pro- 
tecting the  free  state  settlers;  he  found  that  region 
destitute  of  law  and  order,  and  its  residents  in  a 


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state  of  terror  on  account  of  the  many  perils  that 
surrounded  them.  In  1868  he  started  across  the 
plains  for  Salt  Lake  City,  where  it  was  thought 
there  would  be  war  with  the  Mormons.  Thence, 
when  it  was  found  there  would  be  no  war,  he 
proceeded  to  California  in  the  spring  of  1869,  and 
from  there  to  Old  Mexico.  From  there,  in  the 
spring  of  1862  he  journeyed  up  the  Gulf  of  Cali- 
fornia to  Fort  Yuma  on  the  Colorado  River,  where 
he  engaged  as  a  teamster  in  General  Carlton's  ex- 
pedition into  Arizona  and  Texas,  under  the  em- 
ploy of  the  government.  He  continued  a  gov- 
ernment employe  until  the  war  closed,  and  then 
came  to  Colorado.  He  was  first  a  teamster,  then 
a  wagon-master,  and  later  one  of  the  Carlton  ex- 
press carriers,  being  always  in  the  front  of  the 
command. 

Mr.  Sproull  has  the  greatest  faith  in  the  future 
of  the  Centennial  state  of  Colorado.  In  time,  it 
is  his  belief,  it  will  be  one  of  the  richest  states  in 
the  Union,  possessing  minerals  of  all  kinds  and 
fine  agricultural  lands  for  one  hundred  miles 
along  the  base  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.  As  a 
fruit  region,  it  is  unexcelled.  Alfalfa,  which  is 
a  fine  feed  for  cattle,  is  raised,  the  average  being 
from  three  to  six  tons  an  acre.  In  the  early  part 
of  the  settlement  of  Colorado,  the  country  south 
of  Denver  was  the  last  to  be  settled,  although 
possessing  superior  advantages;  the  reason  for 
this  was  because  eastern  immigrants  were  told, on 
arriving  in  Denver,  that  there  were  only  Mexi- 
cans to  the  south  and  the  country  was  not  safe; 
but  this  was  a  misrepresentation,  as  there  are  as 
good  citizens  among  the  Mexicans  as  among  any 
other  nationality.  There  is  more  undiscovered 
mineral  in  Huerfano  County  than  in  any  other 
part  of  the  state,  coal,  tin,  gold,  silver  and  cop- 
per being  found  there.  In  Huerfano  Canon  Sierra 
Blanca  they  are  finding  some  of  the  richest  mines 
in  America.  While  every  region  has  its  special 
advantages,  and  also  its  disadvantages,  yet  Mr. 
Sproull  is  firmly  convinced  that  Huerfano  has  as 
few  disadvantages  as  any  locality,  and  that  Colo- 
rado is  one  of  the  best  states  in  the  Union.  Wild 
animals,  such  as  coyotes,  wolves,  bears,  etc., 
that  formerly  endangered  the  cattle,  are  now  be- 
ing exterminated  and  -will  soon  entirely  disap- 
pear. Indians  have  disappeared  entirely  from 
this  region.  Churches  and  schools  have  been  es- 
tablished that  compare  favorably  with  those  in 
eastern  states.  There  is  a  large  amount  of  good 
farming  land  that  has  as  yet  remained  uncultiva- 
ted, for  the  reason  that  it  is  not  irrigated;  but 


ditches  are  being  built,  also  reservoirs  for  the 
storing  of  water,  and,  with  irrigation,  the  settler 
is  always  sure  of  a  crop.  The  free  grazing  lands 
for  cattle  and  sheep  have  proved  a  great  help  to  the 
stockman.  Formerly  cattle  were  wintered  on  the 
range,  but  it  is  being  found  that  the  best  way  is 
to  feed  them,  as  alfalfa  is  cheap.  Stockmen  are 
buying  better  grades  of  sheep,  cattle  and  horses, 
than  they  did  in  early  days,  and  there  are  now  in 
Colorado  as  fine  thoroughbreds  as  money  will 
buy. 

Now  is  a  good  time  for  a  young  man  to  come 
to  Colorado,  and  for  several  years  to  come  the 
man  who  conies  here  will  have  everything  in  his 
favor.  Employment  can  always  be  secured  in 
mines,  if  such  is  the  preference  of  the  settler;  but 
this  is  far  from  being  the  only  avenue  of  work. 
Resources  are  innumerable  and  prospects  excel- 
lent. Colorado  is  a  silver  state  and  Mr.  Sproull 
is  a  silver  Republican.  He  is  a  warm  admirer  of 
Henry  M.  Teller,  who  was  the  "backbone"  of 
the  Republican  party  in  Colorado  during  territo- 
rial days,  and  whose  influence  has  done  so  much 
for  the  upbuilding  of  the  state. 


EARL  J.  SIGFRID,  junior  member  of  the 
law  firm  of  Henry  &  Sigfrid,  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  law  at  Ouray  since 
1893,  and  in  connection  with  his  partner,  Lyman 
I.  Henry,  has  built  up  an  extensive  patronage 
and  an  enviable  reputation  as  an  attorney  and 
counselor.  Since  1894  the  firm  has  been  retained 
as  county  attorneys,  while  for  three  years  Mr. 
Sigfrid  held  office  as  city  attorney  and  for  a 
similar  period  he  was  retained  as  assistant  dis- 
trict attorney.  At  this  writing  he  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Seventh  Judicial  Bar  Association,  in 
the  work  of  which  he  has  been  active. 

Born  in  Chicago  in  1869,  the  subject  of  this 
article  is  a  son  of  John  Sigfrid,  who,  prior  to  the 
great  fire  of  1871,  operated  one  of  the  largest 
tailoring  establishments  in  Chicago,  but  in  1872 
came  west  to  Colorado,  settling  at  Del  Norte, 
where  he  became  interested  in  the  Little  Emma 
mine.  He  was  a  man  well  known  in  the  mining 
circles  of  the  San  Juan  country,  and  continued 
to  reside  in  this  section  of  the  state,  engaged  in 
mining,  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1888, 
at  forty-two  years  of  age.  By  his  marriage  to 
Ulrica  Ericson,  he  had  three  children,  but  Carl 
alone  survives.  His  wife  died  in  1873. 

The  early  years  of  our  subject's  life  were  spent 
in  Kansas,  where  his  education  was  commenced 


ABIA  G.  HOOPES. 


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in  public  schools.  The  study  of  law  he  carried 
on  in  the  law  department  of  the  University  of 
Michigan,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1890, 
with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  He  was  admitted  to 
practice  at  the  bars  of  Michigan,  Illinois  and 
Kansas,  and  opened  an  office  in  Topeka,  where 
for  some  time  he  was  with  Johnson,  Martin  & 
Keeler,  the  largest  law  firm  in  Kansas.  From 
Topeka  in  1893  he  came  to  Ouray  and  formed  a 
partnership  with  Mr.  Henry,  which  connection 
has  continued,  to  their  mutual  benefit,  up  to  the 
present  time.  In  political  views  he  is  in  thorough 
accord  with  the  Populist  party,  but  he  is  not  a 
politician  in  the  ordinary  usage  of  that  word, 
preferring  to  give  his  time  and  thought  to  pro- 
fessional work.  As  a  citizen  he  has  proved  him- 
self public-spirited  and  progressive,  ardent  in  his 
support  of  our  free  institutions,  and  generous  in 
the  aid  he  has  given  to  enterprises  having  for 
their  object  the  moral  and  material  welfare  of  the 
community,  state  and  nation.  He  has  been 
identified  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  in  the  former  belonging  to 
Lucerne  Lodge  No.  119,  in  Kansas,  while  in  the 
latter  order  he  is  a  member  of  Ouray  Lodge  No. 
38,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Kilwinning  Chapter  No. 
21,  R.  A.  M.  In  1893  he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Elice,  daughter  of  John  Svenson,  a  pioneer 
of  Ouray,  and  to  this  union  have  been  born  two 
daughters,  Alpha  Omega  and  Hester  Cecilia. 


(JjjlBlA  G.  HOOPES.  Due  credit  should  be 
I  I  given  the  pioneers  of  Colorado.  A  nobler 
/  I  band  of  men  there  never  has  been.  They 
were  steadfast  in  action,  bold  in  danger,  tireless 
in  industry  and  undaunted  by  hardships.  To 
this  class  belongs  Mr.  Hoopes,  long  a  resident  of 
Summit  County  and  one  of  Colorado's  pioneers 
of  1860.  He  has  been  intimately  connected  with 
the  development  of  the  mining  resources  of  the 
state,  and  particularly  with  those  of  Brecken- 
ridge,  which  is  known  the  world  over  for  the 
great  richness  of  its  ores,  those  on  exhibition  at 
the  World's  Fair  in  Chicago  having  been  un- 
equalled by  specimens  from  the  greatest  mines  in 
the  world.  Among  his  valuable  mining  prop- 
erties is  a  half-interest  in  the  Orthodox  group  of 
mines. 

A  native  of  Chester  County,  Pa.,  born  July  26, 
1833,  to  Joshua  and  Ann  (Malin)  Hoopes,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  is  one  of  three  sons,  the 
survivors  of  the 'original  family  of  five  children. 
His  older  brother,  E.  Malin,  is  a  merchant  of 


Westchester,  Pa.,  and  the  younger  brother, 
Ralston  R.,  is  engaged  in  the  coal  business  in 
the  same  town.  The  father  was  born  in  Chester 
County  and  there  engaged  in  the  cultivation  of 
farm  land  for  many  years.  A  Quaker  in  religious 
belief,  he  was  a  man  of  sterling  character  and 
was  honored  and  revered  in  his  section.  At  the 
time  of  his  dea'th  he  was  eighty-seven  years  old. 

When  a  youth,  our  subject  learned  the  car- 
penter's trade.  In  the  year  1854  he  began  life  for 
himself.  Going  to  Iowa,  he  settled  in  Muscatine 
and  engaged  in  work  at  his  trade.  In  1858  he 
went  to  Kansas,  and  in  the  spring  of  the  follow- 
ing year  made  arrangements  with  a  party  to 
accompany  it  to  Denver,  but  the  expedition  be- 
ing abandoned,  he  secured  employment  as  driver 
of  a  team  in  a  wagon  train  that  crossed  the  plains 
to  Salt  Lake  City.  In  the  fall  he  returned  to 
Leavenworth,  Kan.,  where  he  spent  the  winter. 
In  the  spring  of  1860  he  joined  a  party  of  young 
men  and  crossed  the  plains  with  them,  reaching 
Denver  in  May.  He  worked  at  his -trade  in 
that  city  for  a  year,  and  meantime  assisted  in 
the  building  of  the  first  Catholic  Church  in  Den- 
ver. From  there  he  went  to  Lincoln  City  and 
engaged  in  mining.  After  three  years  he  set- 
tled in  Breckenridge,  where,  in  the  intervening 
years,  he  has  done  much  toward  the  develop- 
ment of  the  mineral  interests  of  this  section.  He 
has  also  devoted  some  attention  to  prospecting 
at  Georgetown.  Politically  he  is  a  silver  Repub- 
ican,  and  in  religion  is  a  member  of  the  Orthodox 
Friends  Society. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Hoopes  to  Mrs.  Lydia  A. 
(Worth)  Marshall  occurred  in  1878.  No  chil- 
dren were  born  of  their  union,  but  by  her  former 
marriage  Mrs.  Hoopes  was  the  mother  of  a  son 
and  daughter.  The  son,  Edgar  R.  Marshall, 
is  a  ranchman  of  South  Park.  The  daughter, 
Jennie  S.,  was  a  student  for  a  time  in  the  New 
England  Conservatory  of  Music  in  Boston,  Mass., 
but  is  now  pursuing  her  studies  in  Philadelphia. 
Mrs.  Hoopes  died  in  Westchester,  Pa.,  August 
24,  1893,  while  on  a  visit  there  for  her  health. 


[T  AY  E.  WILLIAMS,  superintendent  of  pub- 
Tri  lie  instruction  of  Morgan  County,  has  been 
I  a  resident  of  Colorado  for  a  few  years  only, 
but  has  already  identified  himself  with  the  best 
interests  of  the  state,  and  especially  with  those 
tending  toward  the  development  and  advance- 
ment of  the  public-school  system.  He  taught 
one  term  of  school  in  Alamosa,  after  coraing  to 


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this  state  in  1895,  a"d  a^  *ne  close  of  the  term 
took  up  the  study  of  law  under  General  Bloom- 
field,  of  Monte  Vista.  However,  the  altitude 
proved  too  great  for  him,  and  in  the  spring  of 
1896  became  to  Fort  Morgan,  where  he  has  since 
made  his  home.  During  the  summer  he  was  em- 
ployed on  a  ranch,  after  which  he  taught  school 
in  this  district.  During  the  summer  of  1897  he 
read  law  with  W.  A.  Hill,  of  this  town.  In  the 
fall  of  that  year,  while  engaged  in  teaching,  he 
was  elected  county  superintendent  of  schools. 
While  serving  in  this  capacity  he  has  done  much 
toward  the  betterment  of  the  school  system  of 
Morgan  County;  at  the  same  time  he  is  continu- 
ing his  law  studies,  with  the  intention  of  becom- 
ing a  member  of  the  bar  in  the  near  future. 

lu  Bates  County,  Mo.,  April  10,  1870,  our 
subject  was  born,  the  second  among  four  chil- 
dren now  living,  whose  parents  were  Richard  F. 
and  Frances  A.  (Bowman)  Williams.  His  sister, 
May  E.,  is  the  wife  of  E.  J.  Gorham  and  lives  in 
southern  Michigan;  Jay  E.  holds  a  civil  service 
position  in  Omaha;  and  Iva  E.  is  a  college  stu- 
dent in  Hastings,  Neb.  His  father  was  born  in 
Niles,  Mich.,  in  1843,  and  grew  to  manhood  on  a 
farm.  During  the  war  he  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Union  army,  his  first  term  being  for  a  short  time 
only.  Afterward  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Company  L,  Second  Michigan  Cavalry,  and  after 
four  years  was  mustered  out  as  captain  of  his 
company.  While  on  a  furlough  he  was  married, 
and  after  the  close  of  hostilities  removed  with  his 
wife  to  Bates  County,  Mo.  At  first  he  engaged 
in  farming  there,  but  later  took  up  the  study  of 
law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession.  About  1877  he  removed 
to  Cass  County,  Mich.,  and  three  years  later, 
leaving  his  family  in  that  county,  he  came  to 
Colorado.  For  four  years  he  engaged  in  mining 
at  Breckenridge  and  other  camps,  after  which  he 
practiced  law  for  two  years.  In  1886  he  returned 
to  Michigan,  intending  to  bring  his  family  to 
Colorado,  but  changed  his  destination  and  settled 
at  St.  Edward,  Neb.,  where  he  has  since  carried 
on  professional  practice.  He  has  served  as  post- 
master of  his  town  under  Presidents  Harrison  and 
McKinley,  and  for  three  years  was  county  com- 
missioner. He  has  been  very  active  in  the  ad- 
vancement of  Republican  interests  and  is  one  of 
the  strongest  champions  of  his  party  there. 

In  common  schools  in  Michigan  and  the  Albion 
(Neb.)  high  school,  our  subject  received  his  edu- 
cation. At  fifteen  years  of  age  he  began  to  work 


as  a  farm  hand,  in  the  employ  of  neighboring 
farmers.  While  his  summers  were  spent  in  this 
way,  during  the  winter  he  attended  school.  At 
eighteen  years  of  age  he  began  to  teach  in  the 
public  schools  of  Nebraska.  In  1890  he  took  a 
trip  to  California,  wishing  to  investigate  for  a 
suitable  location  and  at  the  same  time  hoping  to 
regain  his  health,  which  had  failed.  After  a 
year  he  went  back  to  Nebraska  and  resumed 
teaching.  One  year  later  he  became  interested 
in  newspaper  work  and  bought  the  printing  plant 
of  the  St.  Edward  Sun,  which  he  afterward  edited 
and  published.  Selling  the  publication  in  1895, 
he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  has  since  been 
identified  with  educational  interests.  Fraternally 
he  is  connected  with  St.  Edward  Lodge  No. 
158,  K.  P.,  and  Fort  Morgan  Camp  No.  193, 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 


(ILLIS  P.  STANLEY,  proprietor  of  the 
Alma  lumber  yard,  and  a  member  of  the 
board  of  aldermen  of  this  town,  was  born 
in  Galesburg,  111.,  February  15,  1858,  a  son  of 
Benjamin  S.  and  Avis  P.  (Prentice)  Stanley, 
and  was  one  of  six  children,  three  now  living: 
Julian  G.,  of  Axtell,  Kan.;  Willis  P.;  and  Frank 
B.,  also  of  Axtell.  The  father,  who  was  a  native 
ofOneida  County,  N.  Y.,  born  in  1825,  was  a 
lad  of  twelve  years  when  his  father,  Levi  Stanley, 
removed  to  Illinois,  becoming  a  pioneer  settler  of 
Galesburg,  and  later  acting  as  overseer  of  the 
poor  for  several  years. 

After  his  marriage  Benjamin  S.  Stanley  en- 
gaged in  house-moving,  taking  contracts  for  the 
removal  of  buildings,  etc.  In  1868  he  embarked 
in  the  lumber  business  with  a  partner,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Hitchcock  &  Stanley.  From  the 
first  the  business  prospered.  In  a  short  time  a 
consolidation  was  effected  with  a  rival  yard,  the 
new  title  being  Stanley,  Mars  &  Co.  In  1875 
Mr.  Stanley  sold  his  interest  in  the  business  and 
disposed  of  his  property  in  Galesburg.  Remov- 
ing to  Dixon,  he  opened  a  lumber  yard  and  con- 
tinued there  successfully  for  some  years.  On 
account  of  the  poor  health  of  his  son,  our  subject, 
iu  1879  he  removed  to  Kansas,  hoping  that  the 
change  might  prove  beneficial.  He  settled  at 
Axtell  and  with  our  subject  as  a  partner  estab- 
lished the  lumber  firm  of  B.  S.  Stanley  &  Son. 
They  continued  to  do  a  prosperous  business  until 
our  subject's  health,  which  had  improved,  again 
began  to  fail,  and  another  removal  was  decided 
to  be  necessary.  In  December,  1885,  the  busi- 


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ness  at  Axtell  was  sold,  and  they  came  to  Colo- 
rado, settling  in  Alma,  where  they  opened  a  yard. 
In  1886  the  son  took  entire  charge  of  the  busi- 
ness, the  father  returning  to  his  home  in  Axtell, 
and  settling  down  to  enjoy,  in  retirement,  the 
fruits  of  his  labors  in  the  past.  He  continued  to 
reside  in  Axtell  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
the  following  year  (1887)  on  the  29th  of  March. 
As  above  intimated,  our  subject  was  in  early 
life  in  such  unfortunate  physical  condition  as  to 
render  protracted  effort  impossible.  For  this 
reason  his  education  was  not  completed,  his  stud- 
ies being  abandoned  in  the  hope  that  active  work 
and  exercise  might  be  of  benefit.  However, 
since  coming  to  Colorado  he  has  gained  renewed 
strength  and  is  able  to  meet  every  demand  of  his 
business.  He  is  one  of  the  many  thousands  who 
have  been  benefited  by  seeking  the  genial  climate 
of  this  state.  As  a  business  man  he  is  keen, 
shrewd  and  active,  and  the  business  which  he 
conducts  has  been  built  up  by  his  energy  and 
sagacious  oversight.  While  in  Axtell  he  became 
connected  with  Axtell  Lodge  No.  221, 1.  O.  O.  F. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been  connected 
with  the  board  of  aldermen  of  Alma,  and  in  poli- 
tics he  votes  the  Republican  ticket.  He  was  mar- 
ried March  25,  1886,  his  wife  being  Miss  Mary 
E.  Trout,  of  Axtell. 


©TEWART  W.  BEGGS,  county  clerk  of  Phil- 
2\  lips  County,  was  born  in  Mercer  County, 
Q)  Pa.,  May  3,  1 86 1,  a  son  of  William  and  Sarah 
(Hunter)  Beggs.  He  was  third  among  six  chil- 
dren, the  others  of  whom  are:  Anna,  wife  of  S.  N. 
Reagle,  an  oil  producer  living  near  Milton,  Pa.; 
Jennie  M.,  who  married  Hugh  White,  a  farmer 
of  Mercer  County,  Pa.;  Elmer  J.,  a  farmer  and 
stockman,  also  owner  of  a  factory  at  Franklin, 
Pa.,  for  the  manufacture  of  sucker  rods  used  in 
the  oil  districts;  Walter,  formerly  an  instructor  in 
Mcllwain  Institute,  now  taking  a  post-graduate 
course  in  Harvard  College;  and  Emma,  wife  of 
Frederick  Buckley,  of  Sandy  Lake,  Pa. 

William  Beggs  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1825,  of 
Scotch- Irish  parentage.  At  eighteen  years  of  age 
he  emigrated  to  America  with  his  parents,  but  on 
the  voyage  across  the  ocean  his  mother  died. 
His  father  settled  in  Mercer  County,  Pa.,  where 
he  bought  land  and  engaged  in  farming.  There 
William  married  Sarah  Hunter,  a  member  of  an 
old  Pennsylvania  family.  After  some  years  lie 
prospered  and  became  one  of  the  extensive  far- 
mers of  his  section,  owning  large  tracts  of  farm 


land.  He  died  in  1896.  His  wife,  who  was  born 
in  Mercer  County  in  1831  and  was  married  to 
Mr.  Beggs  in  1850,  is  still  living  on  the  Mercer 
County  homestead. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  begun  in 
common  schools  and  completed  in  the  State  Nor- 
mal School  at  Edinboro,  Pa.  He  became  a  part- 
ner in  his  father's  fanning  and  stock  interests,  and 
continued  with  him  until  twenty-five  years  of  age, 
when  he  came  west.  A  visit  to  Colorado  in  1882 
had  left  a  most  favorable  impression  upon  his 
mind  and  had  made  him  familiar  with  El  Paso, 
Park  and  Elbert  Counties.  In  the  spring  of  1886 
he  left  home  to  establish  himself  in  Colorado.  He 
arrived  in  Holyoke  on  the  i3th  of  June.  A  few 
days  later  he  entered  a  pre-emption  three  and 
one-half  miles  west  of  town  and  soon  afterward 
took  up  a  homestead  and  tree  claim  in  the  same 
section,  were  he  began  farming.  He  also  opened 
a  real-estate  office.  Being  the  first  settler  in  that 
section  of  the  country,  he  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  the  settlement  of  this  farming  district 
of  Colorado.  In  1888  he  became  the  agent  for 
Pierce,  Wright  &  Co.,  of  Yankton,  S.  Dak.,  and 
London,  England,  for  the  loaning  of  money  on 
farm  lands,  he  having  sub-agents  in  six  counties 
in  northeastern  Colorado.  From  that  time  until 
1895,  while  he  was  with  the  company,  he  placed 
over  $200,000  for  them,  meantime,  in  1888,  es- 
tablishing his  office  in  Holyoke  and  in  1889 
opening  the  first  set  of  abstract  books  in  Phillips 
County. 

In  the  fall  of  1892,  on  the  Republican  ticket, 
Mr.  Beggs  was  elected  county  clerk.  He  has 
been  twice  returned  to  the  office  and  is  now  serv- 
ing his  third  consecutive  term.  He  has  also  con- 
tinued his  real-estate,  abstract  and  insurance 
business,  and  places  a  large  part  of  the  insurance 
policies  in  the  town.  Recently  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  E.  J.  Wright  in  the  laud  and  live 
stock  business.  Since  189*1  he  has  been  immi- 
gration agent  for  the  Burlington  road.  He  is 
serving  his  third  term  as  mayor  of  Holyoke,  and 
is  one  of  the  town's  most  active  citizens  and  suc- 
cessful business  men.  He  has  done  much  toward 
building  up  this  part  of  the  state,  and  his  work 
in  that  line  of  labor  deserves  especial  mention. 

In  January,  1889,  Mr.  Beggs  married  Maggie 
G.  Clingan,  at  Sandy  Lake,  Pa.  She  died  in 
July,  1890,  leaving  one  child,  Thomas  G.  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1893,  he  married  Maggie  G.  Griffith, 
a  native  of  England  and  a  daughter  of  R.  B. 
Griffith,  formerly  of  York  County,  Neb.,  but 


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now  manager  of  a  mine  at  Idaho  Springs,  Colo. 
Two  sons  bless  this  union:  William,  born  July 
24,  1894;  and  Walter,  July  19,  1896.  Fratern- 
ally Mr.  Beggs  belongs  to  Holyoke  Lodge  No. 
76,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Crescent  Lodge  No.  38, 
K.  P.,  at  Holyoke. 


|~V:TER  SCHATTINGER  owns  a  ranch  of 

L/  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  situated  four 
1$  and  one-half  miles  west  of  Jefferson,  where 
he  is  now  successfully  engaged  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness and  in  raising  produce  for  his  stock.  He 
was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  September  5,  1853, 
a  son  of  John  and  Louisa  (Birry)  Schattinger. 
He  and  his  brother  Henry,  a  ranchman  of  Park 
County,  are  the  only  survivors  of  seven  children 
born  to  the  union  of  his  parents;  although  his 
father  by  a  previous  marriage  had  three  children, 
two  now  living:  Mary,  widow  of  Jacob  Ziegle,  of 
Peoria;  and  Louis,  living  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

In  Germany,  where  he  was  born  in  1818,  John 
Schattinger  learned  the  trade  of  a  bricklayer  and 
spent  the  first  eighteen  years  of  his  life.  In  1836 
he  came  to  the  United  States,  landing  in  New 
Orleans  after  a  voyage  of  fifty-six  days  on  the 
ocean.  Going  up  the  Mississippi  and  Ohio 
Rivers,  he  settled  in  Cincinnati,  where  he  engaged 
in  bricklaying  and  contracting,  and  was  employed 
in  the  construction  of  many  of  the  most  substan- 
tial and  imposing  buildings  in  the  city.  In  1880 
he  removed  to  Peoria,  111.,  and  there  resided  un- 
til his  death,  which  occurred  six  years  later. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  begun  in  com- 
mon schools  and  completed  in  Bartlett's  Commer- 
cial College  in  Cincinnati.  At  fourteen  years  of 
age  he  became  an  employe  in  a  wholesale  liquor 
house.  Three  years  later  he  entered  the  com- 
pounding department  of  the  establishment,  where 
he  continued  until  his  removal  to  Colorado  in 
1878.  In  this  state  for  one  year  he  worked  on 
the  divide  in  a  sawmill.  In  1879  he  returned  to 
Cincinnati  and  resumed  his  former  position. 
April  3,  1880,  he  came  back  to  Colorado,  and, 
with  a  brother  and  cousin,  started  from  Denver 
for  the  Republican  River  country.  On  reaching 
River  Bend  they  found  they  would  be  obliged  to 
carry  water  for  themselves  and  their  stock  for  a 
three  or  four  days'  trip,  so  they  decided  not  to  con- 
tinue on  the  journey.  Returning  to  Denver, 
after  a  day  in  that  city  they  started  for  South 
Park.  On  their  arrival  in  South  Park  our  sub- 
ject and  his  brother  bought  a  ranch  five  miles 
west  of  Jefferson,  and  there  they  engaged  in  hay- 


ing and  cattle-raising.  In  1889  our  subject  sold 
his  interest  in  the  ranch  to  his  brother  Henry, 
and  went  on  a  tour  of  inspection  through  Utah. 
Returning  to  South  Park  the  same  year,  in  the 
spring  of  1890  he  purchased  the  ranch  that  he  has 
since  owned  and  managed.  He  is  popular  among 
the  people  of  Park  County,  and  in  1898  was 
chosen  by  the  Republicans  to  serve  as  their  nom- 
inee for  county  commissioner,  but  refused  to  ac- 
cept the  nomination,  preferring  to  give  his  atten- 
tion to  his  ranch  interests.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  Como  Lodge  No.  17,  A.  O.  U.  W., 
and  Legion  No.  22,  Select  Knights,  A.  O.  U.  W. 
In  1885  Mr.  Schattinger  married  Miss  Lizzie 
Leseberg,  a  native  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Three 
children  were  born  of  the  union,  of  whom  two 
are  living,  Emma  and  Walter.  Mrs.  Lizzie 
Schattinger  died  in  1890.  Five  years  later  our 
subject  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Anna 
(Wagner)  Schneider,  who  was  born  in  Cincin- 
nati, November  26,  1859,  and  was  the  mother, 
by  her  first  marriage,  of  one  child,  Harry  Schnei- 
der, now  known  as  Harry  Schattinger. 


ROBERT  M.  GLASSEY  is  a  prosperous  and 
progressive  ranchman  of  Morgan  County, 
where  he  has  resided  for  a  number  of  years 
and  has  formed  many  friendships  among  the  peo- 
ple of  this  section.  Reference  to  the  family  his- 
tory and  a  sketch  of  the  life  of  his  father,  George 
Glassey,  will  be  found  in  the  sketch  of  the  life  of 
his  brother,  John  H.  Glassey,  presented  elsewhere. 
The  family  is  a  large  one  and  its  members  are 
universally  respected  for  their  energy,  persever- 
ance and  upright  character. 

Born  in  County  Armagh,  Ireland,  October  28, 
1859,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  child  of  ten 
years  when  the  family  sought  a  home  in  the 
United  States.  Much  of  his  life  has  been  passed 
in  Colorado  and,  early  made  familiar  with  ranch- 
ing in  this  state,  when  the  time  came  for  him  to 
select  an  occupation,  he  chose  the  one  with  which 
he  was  best  acquainted  and  in  which  he  could 
hope  to  be  most  successful.  In  1883,  before  his 
parents  had  come  to  Morgan  County,  he  home- 
steaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres, adjoining  the 
homesteads  of  his  father  and  brother,  John  II. 
The  improvement  of  the  property  was  at  once 
commenced.  Being  a  single  man,  he  continued 
to  make  his  home  beneath  the  parental  roof.  A 
few  years  before  the  death  of  his  father,  he  as- 
sumed the  management  of  the  home  place,  which 
he  superintended  in  addition  to  cultivating  his 


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own  place.  Since  1890  he  has  also  had  the  man- 
agement of  the  quarter-sections  owned  by  his 
sisters.  He  devotes  his  land  to  the  pasturage  of 
stock  and  to  the  raising  of  hay  for  winter  feed. 
His  stock  interests  are  extensive  and  constantly 
increase  in  value.  He  adheres  to  the  religious 
faith  of  the  family  and  holds  membership  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  In  politics  he  gives  his 
allegiance  to  the  People's  party. 


EHARLES  B.  TIMBERLAKE,  receiver  of 
the  Unite3  States  land  office  at  Sterling  and 
a  representative  resident  of  Logan  County, 
was  born  in  Wilmington,  Ohio,  September  25, 
1854,  being  a  son  of  Alfred  and  Phoebe  (Doan) 
Timberlake.  He  was  one  of  ten  children,  viz.: 
Mary  B. ,  Eliza  D. ,  Caroline  M. ,  Edward,  Susie  E. , 
Anna,  Charles  B. ,  Eva  H.,  Emma  and  Marietta. 
Of  these  all  are  living  but  Mary  B.  and  Caroline. 
His  father  was  born  in  Highland  County,  Ohio, 
in  1816,  and  in  early  life  settled  in  Clinton  County, 
that  state,  where  he  married  Miss  Phoebe  Doan, 
a  native  of  that  county.  The  parents  are  of  the 
Quaker  faith,  in  which  the  father  is  a  minister. 
For  a  few  years  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Timber- 
lake  farmed  during  the  summer  months,  while  in 
the  winter  he  taught  school.  His  wife  was  also 
a  teacher  in  early  life,  and  it  is  a  curious  coinci- 
dence that  each  of  their  children  has  taught  school 
at  some  time  in  life.  After  some  years  he  gave 
up  teaching  and  turned  his  attention  exclusively 
to  agriculture.  He  is  still  living  on  the  old 
homestead,  but  is  no  longer  able  to  actively  su- 
perintend its  management,  although  he  is  strong 
for  one  of  his  years. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  begun  in 
public  schools.  When  only  sixteen  he  began  to 
teach  school  and  with  the  money  thus  earned 
paid  his  tuition  in  Earlham  College,  at  Richmond, 
Ind.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1874.  He  then 
accepted  a  position  in  the  public  school  at  Thorn- 
town,  Ind.  After  he  had  been  there  for  two  years 
he  married  Miss  Marguerite  Fall,  of  that  town. 
He  taught  for  six  years  in  the  same  school,  during 
the  latter  two  of  which  he  was  its  principal.  At 
the  end  of  six  years  he  was  elected  township 
trustee,  the  duties  of  which  position  were  similar 
to  those  of  county  superintendent  of  schools  in 
Colorado.  When  his  term  of  two  years  had  ex- 
pired he  removed  to  Nebraska,  and  for  two  years 
engaged  in  farming  in  Clay  County. 

In  1886  Mr.  Timberlake  came  to  Colorado, 
where  be  was  made  the  first  principal  of  the 

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Holyoke  schools,  and  at  the  same  time  his  wife 
taught  in  the  school.  After  one  year  he  was 
elected  county  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion in  Phillips  County,  and  served  for  six  years 
(three  terms)  in  that  capacity.  At  the  expira- 
tion of  his  third  term  he  was  elected  clerk  of 
Phillips  County.  During  his  service  in  that 
capacity  he  was  appointed  receiver  of  the  United 
States  land  office  at  Sterling,  which  office  he  has 
since  ably  filled.  In  1892  he  was  the  Republican 
candidate  for  state  superintendent  of  public 
instruction,  but  during  that  year  Populism 
invaded  and  captured  the  state,  and  the  whole 
ticket  was  defeated.  In  1896  he  was  an  alternate 
delegate  to  the  national  Republican  convention  in 
St.  Louis,  which  nominated  William  McKiuley 
for  president.  He  has  frequently  served  as  a 
delegate  to  state  and  county  conventions.  His 
influence  in  his  party  is  great,  and  is  noticeable 
through  the  entire  northeastern  part  of  the  state. 
Fraternally  he  is  identified  with  Holyoke  Lodge 
No.  76,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which  he  has  filled  the 
various  chairs,  and  is  also  connected  with  Ster- 
ling Encampment  No.  37.  He  is  a  member  of 
Holyoke  Lodge  No.  81,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Hol- 
yoke, and  Holyoke  Lodge  No.  46,  A.  O.  U.  W. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Timberlake  have  had  two  chil- 
dren, but  the  son,  Edward  O.,  is  deceased;  the 
daughter,  Lucile  E.,  is  now  a  student  in  Denver 
University.  Mrs.  Timberlake  is  a  lady  of  more 
than  ordinary  ability  and  is  especially  successful 
in  educational  work.  At  this  writing  she  is  a 
teacher  in  the  Denver  schools.  In  1892  she  was 
engaged  as  an  instructor  in  the  Denver  Institute, 
and  she  has  also  been  similarly  employed  in 
numerous  district  institutes.  In  the  fall  of  1895 
she  had  the  honor  of  being  elected  state  president 
of  the  Order  of  Rebekahs,  in  which  organization 
she  has  for  years  been  a  prominent  worker. 


(OHN  H.  GLASSEY,  who  resides  two  and 
one-half  miles  east  of  Fort  Morgan  and  is 
one  of  the  prosperous  stockmen  of  Morgan 
County,  was  born  in  County  Armagh,  Ireland, 
Decemer  8,  1856,  a  son  of  George  and  Mary  S. 
(Hill)  Glassey.  His  paternal  grandfather,  James 
Glassey,  in  early  life  enlisted  in  the  regular  army 
in  Great  Britain  and  served  the  full  time,  retiring 
on  a  sergeant's  pay,  which  he  drew  for  fifty 
years.  After  he  left  the  army  he  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  for  some  years,  and  then 
retired  to  a  small  farm,  where  his  closing  years 
Were  spent.  He  was  an  earnest  member  of  the 


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Presbyterian  Church  and  did  much  to  advance 
the  welfare  of  the  congregation  with  which  he 
was  identified.  His  death  occurred  when  he  was 
seventy -four  years  of  age. 

Our  subject's  mother  was  born  in  County  Ar- 
magh January  1 6,  1825,  and  was  a  daughter  of 
William  and  Eliza  (Allen)  Hill.  Her  father,  a 
native  of  County  Armagh,  born  about  1792,  en- 
gaged in  fanning  and  became  the  owner  of  large 
landed  possessions.  For  many  years  he  served  as 
bailiff  of  his  county,  and  was  one  of  its  respected 
citizens.  In  religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian.  He 
died  when  ninety- three  years  of  age.  Our  sub- 
ject's father  was  born  in  County  Armagh  in 
1822  and  there  married  and  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business.  In  1869  he  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica and,  after  spending  two  years  in  St.  Louis,  he 
came  to  Colorado.  One  winter  was  spent  in 
Denver,  and  in  the  spring  he  settled  in  Jefferson 
Count}',  eighteen  miles  southwest  of  Denver, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  the  stock  busi- 
ness. In  1877  he  removed  to  Fort  Collins, 
where  he  spent  seven  years,  engaged  in  farming 
on  the  Cache  la  Poudre  River,  five  miles  southeast 
of  Fort  Collins.  In  1884  he  removed  to  Morgan 
County  and  settled  four  miles  east  of  Fort  Mor- 
gan, where  he  resided  until  his  death,  in  1895. 
In  politics  he  was  a  populist.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  a  tax  collector  in  Ireland,  and  during 
his  residence  in  Jefferson  County  he  served  as  a 
member  of  the  school  board.  He  was  a  faithful 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  In  his 
family  there  were  seven  children,  and  six  are 
now  living,  namely:  William  J.,  a  business  man 
of  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Eliza  H.,  who  lives  in  Morgan 
County;  John  H.;  Robert  M.,  a  ranchman  of 
Morgan  County;  Joseph  C.,  who  is  engaged  in 
the  cattle  business  here;  and  Anna  M.,  also  living 
in  this  county. 

Upon  reaching  manhood  our  subject  settled 
on  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  which  he-  home- 
steaded  and  upon  which  he  began  the  task  of  im- 
provement. From  time  to  time  he  added  to  the 
place,  which  now  numbers  four  hundred  acres. 
Here  he  has  engaged  successfully  in  raising  stock 
and  in  general  ranch  pursuits.  He  is  one  of  the 
well-known  residents  of  Morgan  County,  and 
from  1892  to  1894  filled  the  office  of  county  com- 
missioner, in  which  capacity  he  gave  efficient  ser- 
vice. In  1890  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Anna  J.  Camp,  a  native  of  New  York  City, 
and  daughter  of  J.  H.  Camp,  who  for  many  years 
was  a  business  man  of  that  city.  Shortly  after 


their  marriage,  Mrs.  Glassey  died.  The  second 
marriage  of  our  subject  took  place  December  28, 
1892,  and  united  him  with  Nellie  F.,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Allen  F.  Randolph,  a  Presbyterian  minis- 
ter, now  making  his  home  in  Boulder  County, 
Colo.  Three  children  bless  this  union,  namely: 
Mary  Josephine,  born  October  21,  1893;  John 
Randolph,  October  19,  1894;  and  Gertrude  Miller, 
February  28,  1897. 


fS  GJlLSON  A.  SKIFF.     During  the  year  that 

\  A  /  he  arrived  in  Colorado,   1*886,  Mr.  Skiff 

V  Y    settled  in  Eagle  County,   and  took  up  a 

pre-emption  claim  on  Gypsum  Creek.     In  July, 

1887,  he  took  up  a  homestead,  upon  which  was 
later  built  a  portion  of  the  village  of  Gypsum. 
In  1890  he  erected  the  first  hotel  in  the  town. 
Many  of  the  enterprises  of  the  infant  town  re- 
ceived his  assistance  and  to  more  than  one  of 
them  he  contributed  his  time  and  means.     The 
village  is  now  growing  and  bids  fair  to  become 
an  important  town  at  no  distant  day. 

The  Skiff  family  was  founded  in  America  by 
William  Skiff,  a  native  of  Scotland  and  a  farmer. 
He  was  connected  with  people  of  the  same  name 
who  settled  in  Massachusetts  from  Scotland  in 
1637,  but  he  was  the  first  of  his  branch  of  the 
family  that  crossed  the  ocean.  His  son,  Will- 
iam, Jr.,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  and  in 
youth  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming.  While  he  never  held  public  office, 
he  took  an  active  part  in  local  politics  and  always 
voted  the  Democratic  ticket.  He  died  in  1872, 
when  fifty-nine  years  of  age. 

The  marriage  of  William  Skiff,  Jr.,  united  him 
with  Miss  Lucinda  May,  a  native  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, born  in  1810.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Gilbert  May,  who  was  killed  by  the  falling  of  a 
tree  when  she  was  small.  Her  death  occurred  in 

1888.  Of  her  family,  Franklin,  now   a  lumber 
merchant  in  Pennsylvania,  served  for  four  years 
as  a  member    of  the    Eighteenth    Pennsylvania 
Cavalry;  Hiram,  a  farmer,  died  in  1878;  Silas  G.,' 
a  farmer  in  Pennsyli^nia,  died  in  1883;  Mathew- 
son  is  engaged  in  farming  in  Crawford  County, 
Pa.;  Francis  M.  came  to  Colorado  in  1878  ami  is 
engaged  in  mining;  William  A.,  of  Denver,  has 
been  connected  with  the  Consolidated  Ice  Com- 
pany of  that  city  since  1883;  Charles  E.  carries 
on   a  lumber  business  in  Warren  County,  Pa.; 
and  Fidelia  M.  is  the  wife  of  Russell  Harvey,  of 
Crawford  County,  Pa. 

When  twenty-one    years   of  age  our  subject 


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started  out  in  life  for  himself,  and  engaged  in 
farming  and  later  in  the  oil  business.  In  1876  he 
settled  in  Kent  County,  Mich.,  where  he  spent 
ten  years  in  farming.  He  then  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  settled  in  Eagle  County,  where  he  still 
resides.  He  gives  his  attention  closely  to  his 
business  affairs,  and  has  little  inclination  to 
mingle  in  politics,  although  he  never  fails  to  vote 
at  elections  and  uniformly  supports  Democratic 
candidates  for  the  presidency. 

In  1873  Mr.  Skiff  married  Miss  Dell  Alexan- 
der, who  was  born  'in  Pennsylvania,  but  was 
reared  and  educated  in  Lowell,  Mich.  Her 
parents,  Willard  and  Eunice  (Braisted)  Alexan- 
der, continued  to  reside  upon  a  farm  in  Michigan 
until  they  died.  They  had  a  family  of  three  sons 
and  four  daughters,  of  whom  one  daughter  died 
in  Colorado  in  1893.  Samuel  and  Willard  are 
farmers  in  Michigan  and  Charles  H.  is  a  mer- 
chant in  Lowell,  that  state;  Miranda  is  the  wife 
of  Samuel  Smith,  a  farmer  of  Pennsylvania;  and 
Mary  married  Joseph  Morgan,  of  Pennsylvania. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Skiff  have  two  sons,  Guy  and 
Harvey,  both  of  whom  are  in  school. 


gENJAMIN  MATTICE,  one  of  the  leading 
real-estate  owners  of  Pueblo,  was  born  in 
Schoharie  County,  N.  Y.,  April  8,  1830,  a 
son  of  Peter  and  Catherine  (Zeh)  Mattice.  His 
paternal  grandfather,  who  was  a  native  of  New 
York  and  a  private  in  the  Revolutionary  war, 
descended  from  German  ancestors  that  emigrated 
from  Saxony  to  New  York  in  a  very  early  day. 
The  maternal  grandfather,  Joseph  Zeh,  was  of 
German  extraction,  but  himself  a  native  of  New 
York.  During  the  raid  made  by  the  Indians  on 
the  white  settlers  near  the  Schoharie,  he  drove 
the  horses  back  of  the  mountains  and  thus  saved 
them . 

A  lifelong  resident  of  Schoharie  County,  Peter 
Mattice  was  fairly  prosperous  as  a  farmer.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  but  not  a  politician 
nor  a  partisan.  Following  the  faith  of  his  ances- 
tors, he  held  membership  in  the  Dutch  Reformed 
Church.  His  death  occurred  in  1860,  when  he 
was  seventy-six,  and  his  wife  passed  away  in 
1856,  at  sixty-three  years  of  age.  The  boyhood 
days  of  our  subject  were  spent  on  the  home  farm. 
After  attending  common  schools  for  some  years 
he  entered  Schoharie  Academy,  where  he  re- 
mained for  eighteen  months  as  a  student,  and 
afterward  was  employed  as  a  teacher  there  for 
two  terms.  He  later  took  the  complete  course  of 


study  in  Amherst  College,  graduating  in  1856, 
after  which  he  taught  for  six  terms  in  the  acad- 
emy at  Galliopolis,  Ohio. 

Desiring  to  read  law  Mr.  Mattice  entered  the 
office  of  Hon.  A.  G.  Chatfield,  of  Belle  Plaine, 
Minn.,  who  was  then  chief  justice  of  the  terri- 
tory. Mr.  Mattice  afterward  returned  to  his  na- 
tive town  in  New  York,  where  he  continued  his 
readings.  He  also  taught  for  two  terms  in  the 
Wainwright  Institute  at  Middleburg,  Schoharie 
County.  When  the  Civil  war  commencetl  he 
assisted  in  raising  two  companies,  and  was  offered 
a  captaincy,  but  could  not  accept  on  account  of 
poor  health.  In  recognition  of  his  active  part  in 
the  raising  of  troops  he  was  given  an  appointment 
in  the  United  States  treasury  department,  where 
he  remained  for  two  years  and  four  months, 
meantime  receiving  promotion.  During  the  cam- 
paign of  1860  he  "stumped"  his  native  county  in 
behalf  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  and  in  1864  came 
home  from  Washington  and  voted  for  him. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Mattice  resigned 
his  position  in  the  treasury.  Two  years  before 
he  had  been  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  in  1866  he 
located  in  Mascoutah,  St.  Clair  County,  111., 
where  he  engaged  in  practice  for  six  years.  In 
1867  he  was  appointed  register  in  bankruptcy 
under  Secretary  Chase  for  six  counties,  and  that 
position  he  held  until  he  removed  to  Pueblo, 
Colo.,  in  1871.  In  conjunction  with  his  nephew, 
John  C.  Vroruan,  in  1872  he  established  a  stock 
ranch  in  Otero  County,  which  Mr.  Mattice  left  to 
the  management  of  his  nephew,  while  he  turned 
his  attention  to  his  law  practice.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  constructors  of  the  Catlin  ditch  in 
Otero  County.  In  1894  he  sold  his  stock  ranch 
interests  to  his  nephew.  In  1884  he  retired  from 
practice  in  order  to  give  his  whole  time  to  his 
large  private  interests.  Since  then  he  has  platted 
Mattice's  addition  to  Pueblo,  consisting  of  about 
eighty  acres;  also  the  Mattice  and  Gibson  addi- 
tion on  the  east  side  of  the  city.  Many  of  these 
lots  he  has  sold,  while  others  he  has  improved  and 
built  upon  and  now  has  for  sale. 

As  a  member  of  a  company  of  five  Mr.  Mattice 
owns  an  interest  in  thirteen  hundred  acres  of  val- 
uable land,  with  mineral  and  marble  mines,  in 
Saguache  County,  Colo.  He  also  owns  large 
marble  quarries  at  Beulah,  Pueblo  County,  Colo., 
where  the  marble  has  been  obtained  for  use  in  the 
construction  of  the  capitol  building  in  Denver. 
Politically,  from  the  time  John  C.  Fremont  was 
a  presidential  candidate  until  the  campaign  of 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


1892,  Mr.  Mattice  was  a  Republican,  but  since 
then  he  has  affiliated  with  the  People's  party  and 
Democrats  on  .account  of  the  money  question.  He 
is  now  serving  his  third  term  as  alderman  of 
Pueblo,  which  position  he  accepted  largely  on 
account  of  his  valuable  real-estate  interests  that 
might  be  injured  by  adverse  action  of  the  city 
council.  At  an  early  age  he  united  with  the 
Presbyterian  denomination,  and  for  several  years 
officiated  as  elder,  and  was  a  commissioner  to  the 
General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  in  1883.  In  1888  he  became 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church,  in  which 
he  has  officiated  as  a  deacon. 

May  27,  1869,  Mr.  Mattice  married  Miss  Sarah 
Leonora  Rayhill,  of  St.  Clair  County,  111.  They 
have  six  children  living,  viz.:  May,  wife  of  John 
A.  Doolittle,  of  New  Haven,  Conn. ;  Charles 
Rayhill,  who  married  Lydia  Marshall,  of  Beth- 
lehem, Pa.,  and  resides  in  Pueblo;  Ida,  who  was 
a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Pueblo  and  is 
now  the  wife  of  Herbert  Thorp,  of  Marion,  Kan.; 
Benjamin,  Jr.,  who  is  an  assayer  in  this  city; 
Ruby,  who  is  a  student  in  the  high  school;  and 
Eugene,  a  student  in  the  public  school. 


fl  J.  S.  HARVEY,  county  commissioner  of 
Washington  County,  is  one  of  the  prosperous 
Q)  and  prominent  cattlemen  of  northeastern 
Colorado,  in  which  section  of  the  state  he  has 
made  his  home  for  a  number  of  years.  He  came 
to  Colorado  in  1888  and  on  the  igth  of  May  of 
that  year  he  filed  a  homestead  in  Washington 
County,  twenty  miles  northeast  of  Akron,  near 
the  postoffice  of  Burdett,  and  here  he  began  gen- 
eral farm  pursuits.  After  a  time,  however,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  the  cattle  business,  to 
which  he  now  devotes  himself  exclusively.  He 
is  an  industrious  and  energetic  man,  and  deserves 
success  in  his  undertakings.  The  main  industry 
of  his  county  is  the  cattle  business,  and  he  is  one 
of  its  leading  representatives.  Any  plan  for  the 
benefit  of  his  county,  whether  along  the  line  of 
the  development  of  its  principal  industry  or  in 
other  enterprises,  receives  his  stanch  support.  In 
November,  1897,  he  was  elected  on  the  Republi- 
can ticket  to  the  office  of  county  commissioner 
and  is  now  ably  serving  his  constituents  in  this 
capacity.  For  three  years  previous  he  had  served 
his  district  as  justice  of  the  peace. 

A  son  of  John  S.  and  Martha  (Geist)  Harvey, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Lancaster 
County,  Pa.,  January  2,  1848.  He  and  his 


brother,  Henry  T. ,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  are  the 
survivors  of  the  original  family  of  four  children. 
His  father,  who  was  a  member  of  an  old  family  of 
Lancaster  County,  spent  his  entire  life  there,  en- 
gaged in  farm  pursuits,  and  passed  from  earth  in 
1853,  while  in  the  prime  of  his  manhood.  His 
wife,  who  was  born  in  1817,  and  died  in  January, 
1899,  was  also  a  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of 
Pennsylvania  and  was  a  relative  of  J.  M.  W. 
Geist,  long  known  as  the  "Nestor  of  journalism" 
in  Lancaster. 

When  his  father  died  our  subject  was  but  five 
years  of  age.  Three  years  later  he  was  given  a 
home  with  a  neighboring  farmer,  Miller  Thomp- 
son, with  whom  he  remained  for  two  years.  Oh 
the  removal  of  his  mother  to  Ohio,  he  was  taken 
with  her  and  settled  in  Franklin  County.  After- 
ward, until  his  sixteenth  year,  he  spent  his  time 
on  a  farm,  doing  chores  and  attending  school 
during  the  winter,  while  in  the  summer  he 
assisted  in  the  tilling  of  the  soiF.  When  sixteen 
years  of  age  he  went  to  Columbus  and  appren- 
ticed himself  to  the  harness-maker's  trade,  serv- 
ing a  three  years'  apprenticeship,  and  afterward 
working  for  six  months  as  a  journeyman.  He 
then  returned  to  the  country  and  spent  one  season 
in  farm  work,  after  which  he  removed  to  Illinois, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  farming  in  Edgar 
County  for  four  years.  Going  from  there  to 
Chicago,  he  was  employed  on  a  propeller  that 
carried  on  a  freight  and  passenger  business  be- 
-  tween  Chicago  and  Port  Sarnia,  Canada.  For 
nine  months  he  was  engaged  in  the  lake  and 
river  service. 

Meantime  our  subject's  mother  had  married  a 
second  time  and  was  again  widowed.  He  re- 
turned to  Ohio  and  settled  up  her  business  affairs, 
after  which  they  moved  to  Indiana,  locating  in 
Newcastle.  During  the  six  years  spent  there  he 
was  interested  in  farming.  Believing,  however, 
that  he  could  do  better  in  the  west,  he  removed 
to  Nebraska  and  settled  in  Seward  County,  where 
he  bought  land  and  for  nine  years  carried  on  a 
farm.  From  Nebraska  he  came  to  Colorado  in 
1888  and  settled  upon  the  homestead  where  he 
has  since  resided.  During  his  residence  in  New- 
castle, Ind.,  he  was  married,  May  21,  1872,  to 
Miss  Dorcas  A.  Harvey,  daughter  of  Henry  B. 
Harvey,  who  was  a  farmer  and  blacksmith  in 
Henry  County,  Ind.  To  this  marriage  eight 
children  were  born,  but  only  three  are  living, 
viz.:  John  H.,  a  cattleman  of  Washington  County; 
Frank  H.  and  Flora  A.,  at  home,  In  the  spring 


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of  1897  Mrs.  Harvey  received  appointment  as 
postmistress  at  Burdett,  and  this  office  she  has 
since  filled,  the  same  being  located  on  the  ranch. 
The  family  are  highly  esteemed  throughout  the 
county,  where  they  have  many  friends  to  whom 
their  geniality,  high  honor  and  courtesy  have  en- 
deared them. 


(TAMES  L.  BE  AM  AN,  sheriff  of  Pueblo  Coun- 
I  ty,  and  a  resident  of  the  city  of  Pueblo  since 
G)  1890,  is  a  member  of  an  old  New  England 
family  of  American  and  Scotch  ancestry.  His 
father,  who  is  an  influential  attorney  of  Denver 
and  general  counsel  for  the  Colorado  Fuel  &  Iron 
Company,  was  born  in  Burlington,  Lawrence 
County,  Ohio,  being  a  son  of  G.  C.  Beaman.  In 
early  life  he  was  given  good  educational  advan- 
tages. He  was  a  student  at  Oberlin  and  after- 
ward studied  law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1869,  and  practiced  in  Keosauqua  and  Ottumwa, 
Iowa,  for  some  years.  In  1887  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, where  he  practiced  one  year  at  Glenwood 
Springs.  He  then  opened  an  office  in  Denver, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  By  his  marriage  to 
Luella  A.  Smith  he  became  the  father  of  three 
sons  and  one  daughter,  all  of  whom  are  living. 
The  grandfather  of  these  children  was  born  in 
Massachusetts  and  settled  in  Ohio  at  an  early 
day.  Afterward,  however,  he  became  a  pioneer 
of  Lee  County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  a  prominent 
citizen  and  an  influential  minister  in  the  Presby- 
terian Church.  He  continued  to  reside  in  Iowa 
until  his  death. 

The  oldest  child  of  D.  C.  and  Luella  A.  Bea- 
man, the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in 
Selma,  Van  Buren  County,  Iowa,  March  23, 
1862.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Keo- 
sauqua, Van  Buren  County.  At  the  age  of  eight- 
een he  began  to  learn  the  printer's  trade  in  the 
composing  room  of  the  Daily  Courier  of  Ottumwa, 
and  afterward  was  made  foreman  in  the  job  room 
of  that  paper,  which  position  he  held  for  six 
years.  Meantime,  for  two  years,  he  served  as 
deputy  county  auditor  of  Wapello  County. 

In  November,  1890,  Mr.  Beaman  came  to  Pu- 
eblo to  take  charge  of  the  real-estate  department 
of  the  Colorado  Coal  &  Iron  Company,  and  after- 
ward had  charge  of  their  real-estate  throughout 
the  entire  state  until  the  consolidation  of  the  com- 
pany with  another,  thereby  forming  the  Colorado 
Fuel  &  Iron  Company.  He  was  then  placed  in 
charge  of  the  Colorado  Coal  &  Iron  Develop- 


ment Company's  real-estate  department,  at  the 
head  of  which  he  continued  until  his  election  as 
sheriff.  He  has  for  years  been  actively  identified 
with  public  affairs,  and  from  the  time  of  coming 
to  Colorado  has  been  an  active  worker  in  the  Re- 
publican party  of  Pueblo  County.  In  the  fall  of 
1897  he  was  elected  sheriff  by  a  majority  of  three 
hundred  and  sixty-nine,  and  in  January  of  the 
next  year  took  the  oath  of  office  for  a  term  of  two 
years.  For  this  position  his  coolness,  determina- 
tion and  will  power  admirably  qualify  him,  and 
he  is  filling  it  in  a  manner  highly  creditable  to 
himself  and  satisfactory  to  the  people.  While 
his  attention  is  largely  given  to  his  official  duties, 
he  maintains  his  connection  with  the  Colorado 
Coal  &  Iron  Development  Company. 

In  Ottumwa,  Iowa,  Mr.  Beaman  married  Miss 
Nettie  R.  Bowman,  who  was  born  in  Illinois. 
Their  three  children  are  Crichton,  Helen  and 
Frank.  Mrs.  Beaman  is  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal Church,  to  the  support  of  which  our  subject 
is  a  contributor.  Politically,  as  before  intimated, 
he  is  a  stanch  adherent  of  Republican  principles 
and  an  advocate  of  the  platform  for  which  it 
stands.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  connected 
with  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen,  Improved  Order  of  Red 
Men,  Junior  Order  United  American  Mechanics, 
Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  Lodge 
No.  28,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Pueblo.  The  Pueblo 
Club  numbers  him  among  its  members.  In  1884 
he  became  a  member  of  the  International  Typo- 
graphical Union,  in  which  he  still  retains  his 
membership.  In  1888  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 
I.  T.  U.  convention  in  Kansas  City,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  attended  the  national  convention 
held  in  Denver.  During  his  residence  in  Ot- 
tumwa, in  1888-89,  he  held  the  position  of  state 
organizer  for  Iowa,  and  is  still  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  that  union. 


(lOHN  D.  MILLER,  president  and  manager 
I  of  the  J.  D.  Miller  Mercantile  Company  at 
G)  Nos.  120-124  First  street,  Pueblo,  was  born 
in  Danby,  Tompkins  County,  N.  Y.,  March  22, 
1836,  a  member  of  an  old  eastern  family.  In 
1854  he  entered  the  Syracuse  Institute,  and  two 
years  later,  while  still  a  student  there,  the  agita- 
tion regarding  Kansas  caused  him  to  determine 
to  go  there,  and  assist  in  obtaining  its  supremacy 
as  a  free  state.  With  a  double-barreled  gun, 
bowie  knife  and  other  adjuncts  which  he  snj  - 


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posed  would  be  necessary,  he  started  west  in 
1857.  Reaching  Kansas  he  pre-empted  a  claim 
near  Lawrence,  where  he  remained  for  a  year. 

In  the  spring  of  1858  he  joined  the  first  Law- 
rence expedition  of  gold  hunters,  bound  for  the 
Rockies.  They  traveled  up  the  Arkansas  River 
and  camped  on  the  Fountaine  qui  Bouille,  ten 
miles  from  the  present  site  of  Pueblo,  on  the  4th 
of  July.  They  then  went  up  to  and  camped  on  a 
stream  near  the  Garden  of  the  Gods.  Mr.  Miller, 
George  Peck  and  another  gentleman  went  up  to 
the  top  of  Pike's  Peak  on  the  8th  of  July,  and  he 
cut  his  name  on  a  piece  of  wood,  round  which  he 
piled  a  lot  of  rocks,  and  then  stuck  the  piece  of 
wood  in  the  midst.  On  the  i2th  one  of  the  party, 
Mrs.  Annie  Holmes,  ascended  the  peak  with  her 
husband,  James  H.  Holmes,  and  other  members 
of  the  party,  including  Mr.  Miller.  She  was  the 
first  woman  who  ever  reached  the  summit  of  the 
peak. 

John  Easter,  who  lived  near  Lawrence,  started 
to  organize  the  party  for  gold  hunting.  Fall 
Leaf,  an  Indian  chief  who  had  been  in  Colorado 
with  government  parties,  showed  him  a  handful 
of  gold  nuggets,  which  he  said  he  had  seen  when 
lying  down  to  drink  beside  a  brook.  He  agreed 
for  $5  a  day  to  pilot  the  party,  consisting  of  forty- 
seven  men  and  two  women,  to  the  place  where 
he  had  found  the  gold.  Trusting  him  implicitly, 
the  men  furnished  his  family  provisions  for  six 
months.  Then  the  party,  with  ten  ox-teams  and 
two  mule-teams,  started  west,  leaving  a  mule 
team  with  Easter  and  Capt.  J.  H.  Tourney,  who 
were  to  bring  Fall  Leaf  and  overtake  the  main 
party  at  Council  Grove.  However,  when  the 
two  men  arrived,  the  Indian  was  not  to  be  seen, 
he  having  refused  to  go  on  the  plea  that  the  In- 
dians at  the  mountains  would  kill  him.  A  vote 
of  the  party  was  taken  to  decide  whether  or  not 
to  proceed  to  the  mountains,  and  all  agreed  to  go 
on  without  a  guide.  J.  H.  Tourney  was  elected 
captain  of  the  company,  the  other  members  of 
which  were  as  follows:  John  Easter  (now  of 
Goldfield,  Colo.),  Roswell  Hutchins  (probably 
dead),  William  Mills,  "Pap"  Maywood,  John 
Turner  (now  of  Durango),  William  Prentiss, 
Peter  Halsey,  William  McAllister,  Giles  Blood, 
William  Regan,  Joseph  Brown,  James  White, 
Jason  T.  Younker  (now  of  Arkansas  Pass,  Tex.), 
Howard  Hunt,  William  Boyer,  Josiah  Hinman, 
William  Hartley,  Adnah  French,  George  W. 
Smith,  A.  J.  Bowen,  William  Parsons,  Robert 
Peebles,  J.  D.  Miller,  George  Peck  (now  of  Las 


Animas),  Augustus  Voorhees,  William  Copley, 
A.  C.  Wright  (of  Denver),  Albert  F.  Bercaw, 
William  (nick)  Smith,  Frank  M.  Cobb,  Charles 
Nichols,  James  H.  Holmes,  Mrs.  Annie  A. 
Holmes,  Robert  Middleton  and  wife,  Charles 
Runyan,  John  A.  Churchill,  Albert  W.  Archi- 
bald (an  attorney  at  Trinidad),  William  Chad- 
sey,  Messrs.  Cross,  McKay  and  Blackmail.  Of 
these  William  Hartley,  who  was  a  surveyor, 
went  north  toward  Denver,  and  sun-eyed  Mon- 
tana, a  town  on  the  Platte,  five  miles  above  Den- 
ver, in  the  vicinity  of  Petersburg.  With  him 
were  Roswell  Hutchins  and  John  Easter,  the 
former  of  whom  built  the  first  house  in  Auraria 
(now  West  Denver.) 

Others  of  the  company  hearing  of  the  discovery 
of  gold  in  the  Sangre  de  Cristo,  went  south  and 
some  remained  on  the  Platte  River.  Mr.  Miller 
was  a  member  of  the  party  that  journeyed  south 
to  Fort  Garland.  However,  he  found  no  gold. 
While  prospecting  he  learned  from  soldiers  that 
Green  Russell  and  party  had  found  gold  on 
Cherry  Creek.  Some  of  the  company  (among 
them  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Holmes)  remained  in  what 
is  now  New  Mexico;  Mr.  Miller  and  the  others 
returned  to  Cherry  Creek  in  August.  After 
prospecting  there  about  a  month  the  party  di- 
vided, and  fourteen  started  back  for  the  Missouri 
River,  among  them  being  Mr.  Miller,  taking  with 
them  four  teams,  via  the  Platte  route.  At  Fort 
Kearney  they  crossed  to  the  Republican  River, 
which  they  followed  down  to  Fort  Riley,  thence 
to  Lawrence. 

It  is  impossible  to  secure  accurate  information 
regarding  the  present  whereabouts  of  the  mem- 
bers of  this  pioneer  party.  James  H.  Holmes, 
who  lives  at  No.  412  West  Fiftieth  street,  New 
York,  endeavored  to  compile  a  history  of  the 
party,  but  was  unable  to  secure  the  needed  in- 
formation. Captain  Tourney,  who  with  Easter, 
led  the  expedition,  is  believed  to  be  dead .  Doubt- 
less many  of  the  others  have  also  taken  their  last 
long  journey. 

In  1859  Mr.  Miller  returned  to  Colorado  on  a 
prospecting  tour.  He  was  in  the  Deadwood  dig- 
gings, then  at  Central  City,  and  in  1860  went  to 
California  Gulch,  thence  to  Sulphur  Springs  and 
Georgetown.  In  August,  1861,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  F,  First  Colorado  Cavalry,  under  Capt. 
Sam  Cook.  In  the  battle  of  Apache  Canon,  his 
horse  was  shot  from  under  him.  He  assisted  in 
driving  the  Texas  ranger's  out  of  New  Mexico, 
and,  as  quartermaster  sergeant,  rendered  effective 


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service.  The  battle  of  Apache  Canon  was  in 
many  respects  the  most  remarkable  of  those  in 
which  he  engaged,  as  it  was  both  .rapid  and  se- 
vere. The  first  day  his  company  lost  eleven  men 
killed  and  three  wounded.  On  the  following  day 
a  more  severe  battle  was  fought,  where  there 
were  three  Texas  rangers  to  one  Colorado  soldier, 
but  the  latter  finally  threw  them  into  disastrous 
retreat  and  followed  them  to  Texas.  After  three 
years  and  two  months,  the  company  was  mustered 
out  in  1864. 

After  having  been  mustered  out  of  service,  Mr. 
Miller  returned  to  New  York  state,  intending  to 
remain,  but  he  found  himself  dissatified,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1865  returned  to  Colorado,  and  com- 
menced freighting  across  the  plains,  first  using 
an  ox-train  and  later  a  mule-train,  and  going  from 
Leavenworth  to  Denver.  Indians  were  trouble- 
some and  he  had  frequent  skirmishes  along  the 
Platte,  but  always  won  the  victory.  The  train 
of  which  he  was  captain  consisted  of  thirty 
wagons.  In  1866  he  settled  in  the  Arkansas 
Valley,  where  he  engaged  in  ranching,  but  in  the 
fall  of  the  same  year  came  to  Pueblo,  where  for 
two  years  he  hired  out  at  $25  a  month.  In  1868 
he  was  elected  county  clerk  and  recorder,  and, 
by  re-election,  held  office  for  four  years.  In 
1872  he  opened  a  grocery  withT.  W.  Sayles,  and 
from  a  small  retail  business  gradually  developed 
into  a  large  wholesale  trade,  and  since  1888  has 
been  exclusively  wholesale.  After  he  had  been 
in  business  for  four  years  he  bought  the  interest 
of  Mr.  Sayles,  and  continued  alone.  As  the 
city  grew  his  trade  expanded.  In  1880  he  built 
what  was  then  the  largest  and  finest  store  build- 
ing in  Pueblo,  and  added  a  wholesale  department, 
meantime  pushing  his  trade  through  Colorado 
and  New  Mexico. 

When  the  old  Pueblo  Board  of  Trade  was  or- 
ganized in  1888  he  was  one  of  the  incorporators 
and  later  was  elected  president.  This  organiza- 
tion was  active  in  promoting  local  interests,  suc- 
ceeding, among  other  things,  in  securing  the 
terminus  of  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad,  the  lo- 
cation of  the  Philadelphia  smelter,  and  in  obtain- 
ing ground  in  the  heart  of  the  city  where  they 
have  since  erected,  at  a  cost  of  $85,000,  the  Board 
of  Trade  building.  He  also  officiated  as  president 
of  the  Pueblo  Light,  Heat  and  Power  Company, 
which  was  organized  in  1888;  as  vice-president 
and  a  director  of  the  Stockgrower's  National 
Bank;  stockholder  and  director  in  the  Pueblo 
Grand  Opera  House  Association,  that  erected  the 


finest  building  in  the  city  and  one  of  the  finest  in 
the  state;  and  was  active  in  the  organization  of 
The  Standard  Fire  Brick  Company.  He  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Business  Men's  Associa- 
tion, the  outgrowth  of  the  old  Board  of  Trade. 
In  the  organization  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  he  took  an  active  part,  and  afterward 
was  a  liberal  contributor  toward  the  completion 
of  their  house  of  worship.  For  years  he  acted  as 
a  trustee  of  the  society  as  well  as  treasurer. 

Interested  in  mining,  Mr.  Miller  is  president  of 
the  Associate  Gold  Mining  Company  of  Cripple 
Creek,  which  owns  twelve  claims  on  Mineral  and 
adjoining  hills,  also  a  copper  claim  near  Coto- 
paxi.  He  is  interested  in  other  claims  in  Cripple 
Creek,  as  well  as  some  in  Aspen,  Eldora  and  in 
Gilpin  County.  He  is  a  stanch  advocate  of  the 
silver  standard,  and  has  identified  himself  with 
the  silver  wing  of  the  Republican  party.  While 
in  New  York  state  he  was  made  a  Mason,  and 
later  became  a  charter  member  of  Pueblo  Lodge 
No.  17,  A.  F-  &  A.  M.,  and  a  charter  member  of 
Chapter  No.  3,  R.  A.  M.  Upton  Post  No.  8, 
G.  A.  R.,  numbers  him  among  its  charter  mem- 
bers, and  in  the  Colorado  Pioneers'  Association 
he  is  a  well-known  member. 

In  Pueblo  County,  December  2,  1869,  Mr. 
Miller  married  Miss  Lizzie  Dotson.  She  was 
born  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  when  six  years  of  age 
went  with  her  parents  to  Salt  Lake,  Utah,  and 
soon  after  was  adopted  by  Peter  K.  Dotson  and 
wife,  and  took  their  name.  At  that  time  Mr.  Dot- 
son  was  United  States  marshal  there.  In  1860 
Mr.  Dotson  ca'me  to  Colorado,  being  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  this  state.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  are 
the  parents  of  three  daughters:  Mary  E.;  Btssie 
B.,  wife  of  F.  D.  Aller,  a  metallurgist  of  Perth- 
Amboy,  N.  J.;  and  Effie  F.,  a.  bright  child  often 
years. 


M.  CLARK,  county  attorney  of 
Summit  County  and  an  influential  lawyer 
of  Breckenridge,  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  September,  1883,  and  has  since  built  up  a 
valuable  practice.  For  a  time  he  had  his  office 
in  Robinson,  Summit  County,  where,  besides  his 
private  practice,  he  filled  the  office  of  justice  of 
the  peace,  also  served  as  -town  clerk  and  town 
attorney.  In  1886  he  was  appointed  to  fill  a 
vacancy  in  the  county  judge's  office,  and  at  that 
time  moved  his  headquarters  to  Breckenridge, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  At  the  expiration  of 
the  term  as  county  judge  he  was  elected  to  that 


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office  for  the  following  term.  Since  1895  he  has 
filled  the  office  of  county  attorney.  The  Repub- 
lican party,  whose  principles  he  has  always  up- 
held, placed  him  in  nomination  for  county  treas- 
urer in  1889,  and  in  1894  he  was  his  party's 
candidate  for  the  state  legislature.  Four  times, 
for  one  year  each,  he  has  been  appointed  town 
attorney  of  Breckenridge.  Besides  his  official 
duties  and  his  general  practice,  he  has,  since 
coming  to  Colorado,  been  largely  interested  in 
mining. 

Near  Sharon  Springs,  Schoharie  County, 
N.  Y.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born 
December  20,  1851,  a  sou  of  William  M.  and 
Martha  (Harrison)  Clark.  He  was  the  second 
among  four  children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Rev. 
Harrison  Clark,  is  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Coal  City,  111.;  Martha,  the  only 
daughter,  resides  with  her  father  and  mother  at 
Sharon,  Wis. ;  and  James  H.  Clark,  M.  D.,  is  a 
physician  and  surgeon  at  Unity,  Wis.  The 
parents  were  natives  of  County  Cavin,  Ireland. 
The  father,  who  was  born  in  1820,  grew  to  man- 
hood in  his  native  county  and  at  twenty-one 
years  of  age  emigrated  to  America.  Shortly 
afterward  he  settled  in  Schoharie  County,  where 
he  followed  the  blacksmith's  trade.  In  1864  he 
migrated  to  Illinois  and  settled  near  Harvard, 
McHenry  County,  where  he  engaged  in  farming. 
After  four  years  he  gave  up  farming  and  resumed 
work  at  his  trade  in  a  small  village,  three  miles 
from  Harvard.  Soon,  however,  he  removed  to 
the  town  of  Harvard  and  there  followed  black- 
smithing.  In  1883  he  returned  to  his  farm,  and 
ten  years  later  moved  to  Sharon,  Wis.,  where  he 
has  since  lived  in  retirement  from  active  business 
cares. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired  in 
Beloit  College  at  Beloit,  Wis.  During  the  vaca- 
tion months  prior  to  his  graduation  and  for  two 
years  afterward,  he  was  a  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  McHenry  County.  In  1880  he  deter- 
mined to  come  west  and  on  the  24th  of  July  he 
landed  in  Denver.  From  that  city  he  came  direct 
to  Summit  County,  and  settled  in  Robinson, 
where  he  connected  himself  with  two  gentlemen 
from  his  native  town.  With  them  he  began  in 
the  meat  business.  Later  he  was  interested  in 
mining  and  hotel-keeping.  In  the  winter  of 
1881-82  he  disposed  of  his  interests  here  and 
went  to  Denver,  where  he  studied  law  under 
France  &  Rogers.  In  the  spring  of  1882  he  re- 
turned to  Robinson,  where  he  spent  the  summer 


and  winter,  engaging  at  various  occupations.  In 
February,  1883,  he  resumed  his  law  studies,  read- 
ing with  W.  M.  Bickford,  who  was  afterward  a 
commissioner  from  Montana  to  the  World's  Fair. 
In  September  of  the  same  year  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  and  has  since  engaged  actively  in  gen- 
eral practice.  In  the  various  offices  which  he 
has  filled  he  has  proved  himself  trustworthy,  and 
has  ever  been  found  competent  in  the  fulfillment 
of  the  duties  which  devolved  upon  him.  He  is 
interested  in  the  county,  not  alone  as  a  lawyer, 
but  as  a  citizen  as  well.  For  his  public  spirit,  as 
well  as  his  personal  intelligence,  he  is  held  in 
esteem  by  his  fellow-citizens. 


HON.  JAMES  W.'SWISHER,  attorney-at- 
law,  of  Breckenridge,  and  clerk  of  the 
district  court,  was  born  in  Osceola,  Craw- 
ford County,  Ohio,  March  6,  1844,  being  a  son 
of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Minnerly")  Swisher. 
He  is  one  of  four  survivors  of  a  family  originally 
comprising  seven  children.  Of  these,  his  sister 
Lavina  is  the  wife  of  H.  H.  Eby,  of  Mendota, 
111.;  John  A.  is  a  prominent  farmer  near  Men- 
dota; and  Irene,  a  talented  musician,  is  the  wife 
of  S.  Higgins,  of  Clay  Center,  Kan. 

Samuel  Swisher  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in 
1821,  and  when  a  boy  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Ohio,  where  he  grew  to  manhood,  married, 
and  engaged  at  the  blacksmith's  trade.  In  1857 
he  removed  to  Illinois  and  settled  in  Bureau 
County,  where  he  followed  his  trade  and  also 
cultivated  farm  land.  From  there,  in  1864,  he 
went  to  La  Salle  County,  111.,  two  miles  east  of 
Mendota,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

Upon  completing  his  literary  studies  Mr. 
Swisher  took  up  the  study  of  law,  matriculating 
in  the  University  of  Michigan,  at  Ann  Arbor. 
Admitted  to  the  bar,  he  commenced  to  practice  at 
Mendota.  In  the  spring  of  1879  he  came  west 
and  settled  at  Montezuma, Colo., where  he  became 
interested  in  newspaper  work,  publishing  the 
Montezuma  Millnin  in  1882,  a  weekly  paper, 
with  Col.  J.  R.  Oliver  (a  pioneer  newspaper 
man  of  Colorado,  who  worked  on  the  Rocky 
Mountain  News  in  1859-60,  when  that  paper  was 
published  on  a  hand  press),  which  they  edited  and 
managed  for  six  years.  In  1889  he  came  to 
Breckenridge  to  look  after  some  mining  property. 
Here  he  opened  a  law  office  and  engaged  in  pro- 
fessional practice.  In  1892  he  purchased  the 
Sum  mil  CcHti/r  Journal,  which  he  published 
until  May,  1898,  and  then  sold  the  paper  to  the 


JOSKPH  CROCKETT. 


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present  editor  and  proprietor.  He  was  city  at- 
torney of  Breckenridge  in  1893,  1894  and  1895. 
His  appointment  as  clerk  of  the  district  court 
dates  from  1894,  and  since  his  retirement  from 
newspaper  work  he  has  given  his  attention  to 
the  duties  of  his  office  and  to  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  He  has  always  been  interested  in 
political  affairs  and  has  taken  a  prominent  place 
among  the  Democrats  of  his  locality.  In  1880, 
upon  the  regular  party  ticket,  he  was  elected  to 
the  legislature  and  served  in  the  third  general 
assembly. 

Identified  with  several  fraternal  organizations, 
Mr.  Swisher  is  numbered  among  the  members  of 
Brooklyn  Lodge  No.  282,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
Compton,  111.;  Industrial  Lodge  No.  5,  A.  O. 
U.  W.,  of  Rock  Falls,  111.;  and  Gold  Nugget 
Lodge  No.  89,  K.  P.,  at  Breckenridge.  At  Men- 
dota,  111.,  in  1870,  occurred  his  marriage  to 
Miss  Mary  E.  Howell.  To  this  marriage  three 
sons  were  born,  but  Sammy  D.  is  the  only 
survivor,  James  Charles  and  Harry  having  died 
in  childhood.  Mrs.  Swisher  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church. 


("JOSEPH  CROCKETT,  one  of  the  well-known 
I  men  of  Park  County,  came  to  Colorado  in 
G)  1869  and  after  one  year  in  Denver,  went  to 
Summit  County,  where  for  a  similar  period  he 
was  engaged  in  building  flumes  for  mining  com- 
panies. In  1871  he  settled  in  South  Park,  and, 
taking  up  a  tract  of  land  north  of  Como,  he  em- 
barked in  ranching,  continuing  in  that  place  for 
a  number  of  years.  During  1875  he  was  one  of 
the  contractors  who  built  the  flume  over  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  for  the  conveying  of  water 
from  this  side  to  the  western  slope  of  the  moun- 
tains, in  itself  a  vast  undertaking  and  one  which 
many  would  fear  to  enter  upon.  Coming  to  Jef- 
ferson in  1878,  he  bought  three  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land,  and  as  he  prospered  he  added 
to  the  original  purchase  until  the  ranch  is  now 
one  of  ten  hundred  and  sixty  acres. 

A  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  born  January  25, 
1840,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  nine 
children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living,  namely: 
James;  William;  Jennet,  wife  of  James  Eddy; 
Joseph,  Amelia,  Agnes  and  Robert.  All  of  the 
family  except  our  subject  and  Robert,  of  San 
Diego,  Cal.,  reside  in  their  native  country.  Their 
father,  William  Crockett,  was  born  in  Scotland 
and  when  a  young  man  came  to  America,  later 
settling  in  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  married  Eliza- 


beth McDonald.  In  his  early  life  he  followed 
milling,  but  afterward  turned  his  attention  to 
farming,  which  occupation  he  followed  until  his 
death.  His  wife  was  born  September  16,  1802, 
and  is  still  living,  a  very  remarkable  woman,  hale 
and  strong,  and  in  the  possession  of  all  her  facul- 
ties, in  spite  of  her  ninety-seven  years. 

In  the  schools  of  Nova  Scotia  our  subject  ac- 
quired a  fair  education.  At  sixteen  years  of  age 
he  apprenticed  himself  to  the  carpenter's  trade, 
and  after  finishing  his  term,  in  1860  he  came  to 
America  and  settled  in  Boston,  where  he  remained 
nearly  ten  years,  working  at  his  trade.  From 
there,  in  1869,  he  came  to  Colorado,  and  has 
since  made  his  home  in  this  state.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
For  several  years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
school  board  in  this  district.  In  1883  he  married 
Susan  M.  Ohler,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Ohler, 
a  prominent  farmer  of  Hancock  County,  111.  Two 
children  blessed  the  union:  Joseph  B.,  who  is 
attending  school  in  Denver;  and  Susan  E.,  de- 
ceased. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crockett  are  highly  es- 
teemed by  their  acquaintances  in  Park  County 
and  have  won  a  host  of  personal  friends  by  their 
uprightness  of  character  and  kindness  of  heart. 


GJLFRED  S.  TURNER,  postmaster  and  pro- 
LJ  prietor  of  a  general  store  at  Garo,  Park 
/  |  Count}1,  was  born  at  Fort  Plain,  Montgom- 
ery County,  N.  Y.,  February  8,  1849,  a  son  of 
Hiram  B.  and  Hannah  (Smith)  Turner.  His 
grandfather,  Solomon  Turner,  who  served  in  the 
war  of  1812,  was  a  son  of  one  of  three  brothers 
who  came  to  America  prior  to  the  Revolution 
and  settled  in  different  localities,  one  in  Maine, 
another  on  the  Hudson  River  and  the  third  in 
Virginia.  Afterward  all  took  part  in  the  war 
with  England,  each  holding  an  officer's  commis- 
sion. 

Hiram  B.  Turner  was  born  in  Maine  March  15, 
1815,  and  was  a  child  of  four  years  when  his  par- 
ents removed  to  Canada.  There  he  learned  the 
tanner's  trade.  When  twenty-one  years  of  ag€ 
he  went  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  in  search  of  work,  but 
finding  nothing  there,  he  went  to  Boston.  Being 
unable  to  secure  work  at  his  trade,  he  accompa- 
nied some  stone  cutters  to  the  stone  yards  at 
Milton,  and  there  he  made  an  agreement  to  work 
for  a  year  at  $1 1  per  month,  in  order  to  learn  the 
trade.  At  the  expiration  of  the  year  he  had  be- 
come an  expert  stone  cutter.  After  a  short  time 
in  Boston  he  returned  to  the  yards  and  worked  as 


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a  journeyman  for  more  than  four  years.  His  next 
location  was  in  Mongomery  County,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  took  a  contract  to  cut  the  stone  for  the  locks 
on  the  canal  at  Tribes  Hill.  Two  years  later  he 
went  to  Utica,  where  for  two  years  he  worked  on 
the  construction  of  the  lunatic  asylum.  Going  to 
Fort  Plain,  he  shortly  afterward  took  a  contract 
from  the  state  to  build  all  the  bridges  across  the 
Erie  canal  between  Mohawk  and  Schenectady. 
Some  six  months  later  the  state  stopped  the  work. 
He  then  engaged  in  building,  and  for  eighteen 
years  was  a  large  contractor,  employing  as  many 
as  three  hundred  men.  In  1837  he  was  one  of 
the  contractors  in  the  erection  of  the  Bunker  Hill 
monument  and  built  many  feet  of  this  famous 
structure. 

In  1854  Mr.  Turner  went  to  Iowa  with  the  in- 
tention of  taking  up  land  and  settling,  but  the 
land  offices  being  closed,  he  took  a  contract  to 
erect  a  number  of  buildings  on  the  Vermilion 
River  in  South  Dakota  for  a  trading  post  (now 
the  site  of  the  town  of  Vermilion).  The  follow- 
ing year  he  went  to  Nebraska  and  staked  a  claim. 
Buying  the  necessary  «eed  in  Missouri  and  also 
two  yoke  of  oxen,  he  settled  down  to  farming. 
His  first  crop  he  lost  through  the  grasshoppers, 
but  afterward  he  prospered.  In  1859  he  started 
for  Pike's  Peak.  After  forming  a  company  of 
forty-four  men,  the  journey  was  made  via  Forts 
Randall  and  Laramie,  and  Boulder  was  reached 
on  the  1 7th  of  June.  Going  to  Gold  Hill,  he  se- 
cured a  claim  on  Little  Gold  Run,  and  began  min- 
ing. After  a  short  time  he  went  to  Tarryall, 
thence  over  the  range  to  Blue  River,  locating 
where  Breckenridge  now  stands.  At  that  time 
there  were  but  four  men  in  the  camp.  During  the 
same  year  (1859)  he  and  his  partner,  a  French- 
man, discovered  French  Gulch  and  built  a  fort 
there.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  returned  east 
for  his  family  and  spent  the  winter  in  Oinahq,  in 
the  spring  of  1860  returning  to  Colorado,  where 
he  settled  his  family  in  his  cabin  at  Breckenridge. 
His  wife  was  the  second  white  woman  in  the 
county. 

After  having  mined  for  a  short  time  on  Blue 
River,  Mr.  Turner  went  to  Georgia  Gulch  and 
bought  a  half  interest  in  a  claim,  which  he  worked 
during  the  summer.  In  the  fall  he  returned  with 
his  family  to  Omaha,  where  he  wintered.  In  the 
spring  of  1861  he  again  came  to  the  mountains. 
He  took  a  contract  to  dig  a  ditch  into  Georgia 
Gulch,  and  later  bought  a  claim  in  Galena  Gulch, 
where  he  worked,  spending  the  winter  there.  In 


the  spring  he  bought  one  thousand  feet  more  of 
the  gulch,  and,  as  he  prospered,  he  added  to  his 
property,  for  twelve  years  continuing  to  takeout 
gold.  In  1882  he, sold  his  mining  properties  and 
his  ranch  in  Park  County  and  retired  from  active 
life.  His  prospecting  during  his  mining  experi- 
ence extended  over  much  of  the  mining  region  of 
Colorado  and  he  did  much  to  develop  the  mining 
industry  in  the  state.  Since  his  retirement  he 
has  made  his  home  during  the  summer  months 
with  his  children  in  Park  County,  while  his  win- 
ters are  spent  in  Denver. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  limited.  When 
a  boy  he  worked  in  the  mines,  and  recalls  the 
fact  that  he  often  made  as  much  as  $5  and  even 
$10  a  day  doing  odd  jobs  for  the  miners.  As  he 
approached  manhood  he  learned  the  trade  of  a 
stone-mason  and  this  he  followed  for  about  six 
years  in  Golden.  About  1870  he  began  freighting 
to  Leadville,  Breckenridge  and  other  prominent 
mining  towns.  In  1879  and  1880  he  was  located 
in  Leadville,  where  he  often  made $25  a  day  with 
his  teams.  In  1882  he  removed  to  his  ranch  on 
Tarryall  Creek  east  of  Como,  which  he  had  ac- 
quired while  freighting  in  1874.  Here  he  began 
ranching.  After  a  short  time  he  sold  the  land  and 
cattle  and  turned  his  attention  to  mining  at  Tarry- 
all  and  San  Miguel,  where  he  had  mining  inter- 
ests. In  1886  he  came  to  Garo  and  bought  a 
ranch  four  miles  southeast  of  the  village.  Upon 
the  nine  hundred  acres  comprising  the  estate  he 
engaged  in  raising  cattle  and  also  raised  grain  for 
feed.  In  1898  he  established  himself  in  the  vil- 
lage, where,  July  i,he  was  appointed  postmaster, 
and  in  addition  to  this  office  he  carries  on  a  gen- 
eral store. 

April  23,  1885,  Mr.  Turner  married  Miss  Lina 
Bunce,  a  native  of  Crawford  County,  Pa.,  and  the 
daughter  of  Valentine  M.  and  Cynthia  A.  (Pea- 
body)  Bunce.  They  have  had  five  children,  of 
whom  three  are  living,  Alfred  P.,  Frank  C.  and 
Clara  E. 


HAROLD  CHALMERS.      As  a   member  of 
the  firm  of  Chalmers  &  Galloway,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  is  engaged  in  the  stock 
business   in    Park    County.      Upon    coming  to 
America  in  1879  he  proceeded  direct  to  Colorado 
and  settled  upon  a  tract  of  land  four  miles  north 
of  Garo.     In   this  property  his  father  had  pur- 
chased an  interest  during  a  visit  in  the  United 
States  in  1877.     Settling  upon  the  land,  he  em- 
barked in  the  haying  business,  and,  as  hay  at 


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the  time  brought  a  good  price,  he  was  prospered. 
In  1885  Mr.  Chalmers  became  sole  proprietor  of 
the  ranch,  but  five  years  later  he  took  into  part- 
nership Mr.  Galloway,  with  whom  he  has  since 
engaged  in  the  cattle  and  sheep  business.  They 
are  among  the  most  extensive  stockmen  in  the 
county  and  have  ranching  interests  aggregating 
ten  hundred  and  eighty  acres,  all  under  ditch. 


HENRY  T.  SUTHERLAND,  who  is  the 
owner  of  a  ranch  of  two  hundred  and 
forty  acres  two  miles  northwest  of  Sterl- 
ing and  also  has  important  cattle  interests  in 
Logan  County,  was  born  in  Green  County, 
Wis. ,  November  19,  1849,  a  son  of  Martin 
and  Ellen  (Thompson)  Sutherland.  He  was 
an  only  son  and  has  but  one  sister,  Emma, 
wife  of  H.  H.  Heath,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
His  father,  a  native  of  Genesee  County,  N.  Y., 
born  _about  1819,  in  early  manhood  migrated  to 
Wisconsin  and  settled  in  Green  County.  There 
he  married  and  continued  to  reside  until  his 
death,  in  1854.  In  early  life  he  took  up  the 
study  of  civil  engineering  and  afterward  fol- 
lowed that  occupation,  in  connection  with  farm- 
ing. After  his  death  his  wife  was  married  to  his 
brother,  Solomon  Sutherland,  by  whom  our  sub- 
ject was  reared. 

The  grandfather  of  our  subject,  James  Suther- 
land, was  a  native  of  Scotland  and  came  to 
America  in  early  life,  settling  in  Genesee 
County,  N.  Y.  He  became  very  prominent 
in  public  affairs  in  his  section  and  was  also 
active  in  military  matters.  Some  time  during  the 
'303  he  settled  in  Wisconsin,  where  he  bought 
a  tract  of  forest  land  and  engaged  in  farming 
on  the  frontier.  His  abilities  soon  brought  him 
into  prominence  in  Wisconsin,  as  they  had  in 
New  York.  He  was  made  a  member  of  the 
territorial  legislature,  where  he  was  a  power 
in  the  framing  of  laws  for  the  state.  Both  as 
a  private  citizen  and  legislator  he  did  much  to 
advance  the  welfare  of  Wisconsin,  and  his  death, 
in  1848,  was  mourned  as  a  public  loss. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
public  schools  and  the  State  University  of  Wis- 
consin. At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  began  to 
cultivate  land  which  he  rented  from  the  estate 
for  two  years.  Afterward  he  worked  for  an 
uncle  in  the  lumber  regions  of  Wisconsin.  In 
that  way  he  saved  enough  money  to  pay  his 
expenses  in  the  university  one  year.  It  was 
his  ambition  to  study  medicine,  but  in  this 


purpose  he  was  dissuaded  by  his  relatives.  He 
went  to  Chicago  and  spent  one  year  with  an 
uncle  who  was  engaged  in  the  wool  commis- 
sion business.  At  the  end  of  the  year,  not  lik- 
ing city  life,  he  returned  to  Wisconsin,  where 
he  taught  one  term  in  a  district  school.  Early 
in  the  spring  of  1875  he  came  to  Colorado.  Ar- 
riving in  Denver,  he  began  to  look  around  for 
a  sheep  ranch,  but  instead  of  buying  such  prop- 
erty, he  and  an  uncle  purchased  the  Le3'den  coal 
mine  near  Golden;  however,  they  soon  sold  this 
without  developing.  Afterward  they  purchased 
the  ranch  now  known  as  the  Springdale  ranch, 
four  miles  west  of  Sterling.  In  the  summer  our 
subject  returned  to  Iowa  for  the  purpose  of  buy- 
ing sheep  to  stock  the  place.  On  the  nth  of 
September,  1875,  he  arrived  at  the  ranch  on  his 
return  from  Iowa,  bringing  with  him  twelve  hun- 
dred head  which  he  had  purchased  in  Cedar  Rap- 
ids and  which  he  had  trailed  through  from  Omaha. 
The  venture  was  a  disastrous  one,  for  at  the  close 
of  the  season  the  entire  bunch  was  lost.  This 
compelled  him  to  begin  again,  without  means. 
For  one  year  he  rode  on  round-ups  for  Mr.  IlifF, 
after  which  he  interested  some  Wisconsin  parties 
in  cattle,  and  he  began  the  cattle  industry.  For 
a  time  all  went  well,  but  the  severe  winter  of 
1880-81  caused  the  loss  of  almost  his  entire  herd, 
and  at  the  expiration  of  three  years  his  herd  only 
numbered  about  the  same  as  when  he  started. 
Selling  the  cattle,  he  had  only  enough  money  to 
pay  back  the  original  investments  to  the  parties 
who  had  advanced  it;  and  to  show  for  this  three 
years'  work  he  had  only  two  cows.  His  next  ven- 
ture was  the  homesteading  of  a  place  two  miles 
northwest  of  Sterling,  where  he  began  to  recup- 
erate his  losses  and  gradually  gathered  together 
another  bunch  of  cattle. 

In  1884  Mr.  Sutherland  was  made  deputy  as- 
sessor of  Weld  County  and  one  year  later  was 
elected  by  an  overwhelming  majority  to  fill  the 
office  of  county  assessor.  A  year  after  his  elec- 
tion Logan  County  was  incorporated  and  he  was 
appointed  by  the  governor  to  the  office  of  asses- 
sor of  Logan  County.  At  the  election  he  was  re- 
elected  to  the  office,  and  on  the  expiration  of  his 
term  he  became  a  deputy  in  other  county  offices, 
being  with  the  county  treasurer,  clerk,  superin- 
tendent of  schools  and  assessor  until  1896.  At 
the  same  time  he  was  very  active  in  educational 
matters,  and  for  twelve  successive  years  served 
on  the  Sterling  school  board.  In  1895  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  wholesale  commission  busi- 


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ness  at  Victor  and  built  up  a  prosperous  business 
in  a  short  time,  but  mining  ventures  caused  the 
loss  of  all  of  his  property.  He  then  returned  to 
ranching  and  cattle- raising.  Since  1897  he  has  had 
charge  of  a  ranch  of  seven  thousand  acres  for  W. 
C.  Harris,  and  at  the  same  time  has  continued  in 
the  cattle  business  for  himself.  Fraternally  he 
is  connected  with  Logan  Lodge  No.  69,  I.  O.  O. 
F.  In  politics  he  is  a  stalwart  Republican.  He 
is  a  man  of  great  determination  and  indomitable 
perseverance,  and  no  amount  of  bad  luck  has 
been  able  to  discourage  him;  adversity  only 
seems  to  make  him  more  determined  than  be- 
fore. As  a  result  of  this  quality  of  "stick-to-it- 
iveness"  he  is  now  regaining  his  former  pros- 
perous condition,  and  in  time  will  undoubtedly 
be  one  of  the  most  successful  cattlemen  of  his 
county. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Sutherland  to  Ettie, 
daughter  of  W.  H.  Harris,  of  Sterling,  occurred 
April  10,  1879.  The  four  children  born  of  this 
union  are  Earl  M.,  Ellen  J.,  Clara  B.  and  Ray  S. 


L.  GIRDNER,  manager  of  the 
ranch  and  stock  department  of  the  Dinkel 
Mercantile  and  Stock  Company,  settled  in 
Carbondale,  Garfield  County,  in  1885,  before  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Company  had  built  its 
railroad  through  this  county.  For  a  time  he  en- 
gaged in  railroad  contracting.  Afterward  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  W.  M.  Dinkel  and 
opened  a  store  at  Spring  Gulch,  but  soon  dis- 
posed of  that  business.  When  the  Dinkel  Mer- 
cantile and  Stock  Company  was  incorporated  in 
1891  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  is  now 
general  manager  of  its  ranch  of  twelve  hundred 
acres  lying  near  Carbondale. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  King  D.  Girdner, 
was  born  in  Kentucky,  but  settled  in  Mercer 
County,  Mo.,  in  1839  and  there  engaged  in  farm- 
ing; he  still  resides  on  the  old  homestead,  but  is 
now  retired  from  active  labors.  During  the  Civil 
war  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  army.  In  politics 
he  has  always  adhered  to  the  Democratic  party. 
His  father,  Joseph  Girdner,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, removed  in  early  life  to  Kentucky  and 
afterward  settled  in  Missouri;  he  was  a  soldier  in 
the  war  of  1812.  The  mother  of  our  subject  was 
Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Preston  Underwood,  a 
fanner  in  Tennessee,  where  she  was  born.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  two  of  her  brothers  served  in 
the  Union  army.  Of  her  children,  Albert  S.  and 
Edward  M.  are  farmers;  Harry  is  with  his  parents; 


Nettie  is  the  wife  of  Henry  Sisco;  Emma  married 
Harvey  Boyd;  Alice  is  the  wife  of  Edward  Wilson , 
now  a  resident  of  Florence,  Colo. ;  and  Maggie 
married  T.  J.  Laws.  All  but  William  and  Alice 
reside  in  Mercer  County,  Mo. 

In  Mercer  County,  Mo.,  where  he  was  born 
December  25,  1855,  our  subject  spent  his  early 
years  upon  a  farm.  At  seventeen  years  of  age  he 
started  out  for  himself,  and  afterward  engaged  in 
fanning  and  the  stock  business  in  Missouri  until 
1880.  He  then  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in 
Gunnison  County,  where  he  engaged  in  mining 
for  four  years.  Afterward  he  spent  a  year  in 
mining  in  Utah.  Coming  to  Garfield  County,  he 
settled  in  Carbondale  in  1885.  With  the  inter- 
ests of  this  village  he  has  since  been  intimately 
connected.  As  manager  of  the  company's  ranch 
he  does  a  general  farming  and  stock  business, 
and  displays  sound  judgment  in  his  oversight  of 
the  ranch.  They  raise  about  fifteen  hundred 
tons  of  alfalfa  per  annum, — six  thousand  bushels 
of  grain — and  four  thousand  bushels  of  potatoes, 
besides  an  abundance  of  berries,  small  fruits  and 
vegetables  for  table  use.  The  principal  business 
of  the  ranch,  however,  is  the  cattle  industry. 
Usually  they  have  about  five  hundred  head,  with 
an  unlimited  summer  range,  and  they  also  breed 
a  large  number  of  horses  for  use  on  the  ranch. 

Mr.  Girdner  votes  the  Democratic  ticket,  but 
does  not  take  an  active  part  in  politics,  and  has 
never  desired  office.  The  Masonic  and  Odd  Fel- 
lows' lodges  of  Carbondale  number  him  among 
their  members.  He  stands  high  in  the  com- 
munity and  is  respected  as  a  man  of  ability  and 
energy. 

(lOELW.  SMITH  is  the  owner  of  the  dry- 
I  goods  establishment  in  Leadville  formerly 
O  owned  by  the  firm  of  Daniels,  Fisher  & 
Smith.  The  store  is  conveniently  situated  on 
Harrison  avenue  and  is  a  three- story  and  base- 
ment structure,  with  a  depth  of  two  hundred  feet 
and  a  frontage  of  seventy-five  feet.  As  a  mer- 
chant he  is  reliable,  enterprising  and  capable, 
and  not  only  has  the  confidence  of  the  people, 
but  also  the  respect  of  his  employes,  some  of 
whom  have  been  with  him  and  his  predecessors 
in  business  for  twenty  years  or  more. 

Born  in  Tennessee  in  1854,  our  subject  is  a 
son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Jane  (Wheeler)  Smith, 
the  latter  a  sister  of  Gen.  Joseph  Wheeler,  and 
member  of  a  family  that  removed  from  Georgia 
to  Tennessee  in  the  early  '403.  His  father  was 


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a  member  of  the  staff  of  Governor  Thomas  dur- 
ing the  Civil  war.  In  early  life  he  was  a  tanner, 
but  after  he  settled  in  Golden,  Colo.,  in  1872,  he 
engaged  in  mining  and  the  real-estate  business. 
He  is  now  living  in  Denver,  retired  from  busi- 
ness cares.  Politically  he  was  a  Whig  during 
his  residence  in  the  south,  and  was  a  prominent 
Mason  and  Odd  Fellow.  In  his  family  there  are 
three  sons  and  one  daughter;  one  son,  B.  F.,  is 
engaged  in  the  real-estate  and  mining  business 
in  Boulder,  while  another  son,  William  P.,  car- 
ries on  a  real-estate  business  in  Denver. 

When  our  subject  was  a  boy  the  Civil  war  was 
raging  and  often  he  would  go  to  the  battlefield, 
watching  with  keenest  interest  the  struggle  be- 
tween the  blue  and  the  gray.  He  was  educated 
in  public  and  high  schools  and  completed  a  com- 
mercial course  in  a  business  college  in  St.  Louis. 
At  seventeen  years  of  age  he  entered  the  employ 
of  Daniels  &  Fisher,  in  Denver,  with  whom  he 
remained  for  three  years,  until  1875.  He  then 
opened  a  dry-goods  establishment  in  Golden  and 
built  a  large  store,  where  he  remained  for  some 
years.  During  the  great  excitement  in  Lead- 
ville,  Daniels  &  Fisher  sent  for  him  to  take 
charge  of  their  dry-goods  business  in  this  place, 
the  firm  being  styled  Daniels,  Fisher  &  Smith, 
with  Mr.  Smith  as  a  partner  and  the  active  man- 
ager. After  some  years  he  purchased  the  entire 
business,  which  he  has  since  conducted.  He  also 
gives  considerable  attention  to  his  mining  inter- 
ests and  to  the  superintendence  of  his  large  cattle 
and  horse  ranch,  ten  miles  from  Denver. 

A  charter  member  of  the  Elks  in  Leadville, 
also  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  Mr.  Smith 
is  active  in  the  various  fraternities  with  which  he 
is  connected.  Politically  he  votes  the  Democratic 
ticket.  In  1875  he  married  Fannie  Hoslet,  of 
St.  Louis,  member  of  an  old  southern  family. 
The}-  became  the  pareuts  of  three  children,  but 
one  died  at  five  and  another  at  thirteen  years,  the 
only  living  child  being  Fisher  E. ,  who  is  a  'stu- 
dent in  a  New  York  medical  college. 


(TOHN  D.  ROBY.  To  the  early  settlers  of 
I  Colorado  who  bore  the  hardships  and  over- 
O  came  the  obstacles  of  frontier  life,  we  should 
pay  all  honor.  Such  a  pioneer  is  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  a  man  who  is  familiar  with  the  growth 
and  upbuilding  of  Summit  County  and  who  has 
done  not  a  little  to  aid  in  its  upbuilding  and  ad- 
vancement. He  is  one  of  the  oldest  surviving 
settlers  of  Breckenridge,  where  he  has  made  his 


home  since  the  3d  of  July,  1864.  For  the  first 
two  years  his  principal  business  was  teaming,  but 
in  1866  he  established  himself  in  the  mercantile 
business,  in  which  he  continued  successfully  en- 
gaged until  1890,  and  then  disposed  of  the  busi- 
ness in  order  to  give  his  entire  time  to  the  devel- 
opment of  his  mining  properties,  which  he  had 
acquired  in  the  intervening  years.  Among  the 
most  valuable  of  his  mining  interests  is  that  in 
Ryan  Gulch,  a  placer  property.  The  Brecken- 
ridge mines  are  in  the  center  of  the  great  gold 
and  silver  belt  in  the  United  States,  which  ex- 
tends through  the  Rocky  Mountains  from  British 
Columbia  to  Mexico.  The  Breckenridge  placer 
mines  have  produced  $32,000,000  in  gold;  the 
lode  mines  many  millions  more,  and  the  output 
increases  annually.  While  the  mines  have  at- 
tracted hundreds  of  seekers  of  gold  and  silver, 
the  remarkable  scenery  of  this  region  has  at- 
tracted a  countless  number  of  admirers  of  scenic 
beauty,  who  gaze  in  wonder  upon  waterfalls, 
mountain  streams,  quiet  lakes,  canons,  precipitous 
peaks  and  lofty  cliffs,  the  whole  forming  a  pic- 
ture seen  no  where  else  in  the  entire  world. 

Mr.  Roby  was  born  in  Holstein,  Germany,  April 
3,  1836,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Magdaline  (Wiese) 
Roby.  He  was  one  of  four  children,  of  whom 
the  survivors  are:  Frederick  B.,  of  Grand  Island, 
Neb.;  John  D.;  and  Joanna,  wife  of  Frederick 
Strohbehn,  of  Davenport,  Iowa.  The  father  was 
born  and  reared  in  Holstein,  where  he  learned 
the  weaver's  trade,  but  he  died  in  middle  age, 
when  our  subject  was  only  a  boy.  Afterward 
the  mother  became  the  wife  of  Henry  Wolfe,  by 
whom  she  had  one  child,  Louisa,  now  deceased. 

When  a  lad  our  subject  learned  the  trade  of 
a  weaver,  which  he  followed  for  some  years.  In 
1858  he  came  to  America,  landing  in  New  York 
in  June  of  that  year,  and  going  direct  to  Daven- 
port, Iowa,  where  he  worked  as  a  farm  hand  for 
two  years.  Later  he  engaged  in  farming  for  him- 
self. The  year  1864  found  him  crossing  the  plains 
to  Colorado,  where  he  made  settlement  in  Breck- 
enridge. Since  then  he  has  been  identified  with 
the  business  interests  of  this  city.  A  few  years 
after  he  came  here  he  was  appointed  postmaster 
of  Breckenridge,  which  position  he  held  for  two 
years.  He  was  also  county  treasurer  of  Summit 
County  for  two  years  early  in  the  'jos.  Politically 
he  is  a  Republican.  A  Mason  in  fraternal  relations, 
he  belongs  to  Breckenridge  Lodge  No.  47,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Roby  to  Miss  Minnie  A. 


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Reniine,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Maggie 
(Burns)  Remiiie,  took  place  in  1875.  Mrs. 
Roby  was  born  in  Minnesota  and  at  an  early  age 
came  to  Colorado.  Her  father  settled  in  Central 
City  in  1859  and  the  family  came  in  the  spring 
of  1864.  He  was  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Central 
City,  where  he  died  August  23,  1869.  Her 
mother,  with  the  children,  moved  to  Brecken- 
ridge  in  the  spring  of  1875  and  there  grew  to 
womanhood.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roby  became  the 
parents  of  ten  children,  of  whom  the  following 
are  living:  Frank,  Clara,  Detlev,  Carl,  Albert 
and  Agues,  all  at  home.  Mrs.  Roby  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Episcopal  Church. 


flOHN  L.  ELHART.  Not  a  few  of  the  resi- 
I  dents  of  northeastern  Colorado  are  those 
Q)  who,  dissatisfied  with  prospects  in  Nebraska, 
have  crossed  the  line  into  this  state,  and  have 
here  met  with  encouraging  success.  One  of  this 
class  is  Mr.  Elhart,  who  in  1886  settled  at  Den- 
ver Junction  (now  Julesburg),  but  six  months 
later  removed  to  a  claim  in  the  old  Fort  Sedg- 
wick  reservation,  six  miles  west  of  town.  After 
two  years  he  changed  his  location  to  his  present 
home,  five  miles  southwest  of  Julesburg,  and 
here  he  has  since  carried  on  general  ranch  pur- 
suits. 

A  native  of  Ohio,  Mr.  Elhart  was  born  in 
Hancock  County,  January  18,  1852,  a  son  of 
Daniel  and  Magdalene  (Ritter)  Elhart.  Of  six 
children  comprising  the  family,  three  are  living, 
•viz.:  Christina,  wife  of  Jacob  Myers,  of  Love- 
land,  Colo. ;  John  L-,  and  Levy,  a  farmer  of  Ore- 
gon. The  father,  a  native  of  Germany,  born  in 
1813,  emigrated  to  America  in  early  manhood, 
accompanied  by  two  sisters,  and  settled  at  Erie, 
Pa.,  where  he  worked  at  the  shoemaker's  trade. 
A  year  or  more  later  he  removed  to  Sandusky, 
Ohio,  and  thence,  after  a  year,  to  Fremont,  Ohio, 
where  he  built  up  an  extensive  business.  Four 
years  later  he  removed  to  Findlay,  Hancock 
County,  where  he  remained  for  four  years.  He 
then  attached  himself  to  a  colony  formed  for  the 
purpose  of  establishing  a  settlement  in  Mercer 
County,  111.  Removing  to  the  new  location,  he 
turned  his  attention  to  farming,  securing  in  1851 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  to  the  im- 
provement of  which  he  gave  his  attention.  While 
en  route  from  Ohio  to  Illinois,  the  company 
stopped  in  Chicago  and  there  he  was  offered 
eighty  acres  of  land  two  miles  from  town,  at  his 
own  price  and  on  his  own  terms;  but  the  com- 


pany wished  to  proceed,  so  he  did  not  buy.  He 
continued  to  reside  in  Mercer  County  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  1884. 

At  seventeen  years  of  age  our  subject  went  to 
New  York  and  apprenticed  himself  to  the  trade 
of  cheese-making,  working  one  year  in  Wyoming 
County.  On  his  return  to  Illinois  he  worked 
in  Warren  County  for  a  year,  after  which  he  en- 
gaged in  farming.  Later,  with  a  brother,  he 
opened  a  shoe  store  in  the  village  of  Joy,  in  Mer- 
cer County,  where  he  remained  for  four  years. 
During  his  residence  there  he  was  married,  Octo- 
ber 23,  1878,  to  Miss  Hannah  Beyer.  The  next 
year  he  disposed  of  his  business  and  migrated  to 
Nebraska,  settling  in  Saunders  County,  where 
he  farmed  for  one  year  as  a  renter.  His  next  lo- 
cation was  in  Buffalo  County,  the  same  state, 
where  he  bought  eighty  acres  of  railroad  land 
and  engaged  in  farming.  In  the  spring  of  1885 
he  sold  that  place  and  went  to  Kearney,  Neb., 
where  he  followed  the  carpenter's  trade  for  a 
year.  From  that  city  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
has  since  made  his  home  in  Sedgwick  County. 
He  is  a  public-spirited  citizen,  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  a  man  whose  influence  may  be  relied 
upon  in  behalf  of  beneficial  measures.  Both  he 
and  his  wife  are  identified  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  She  is  deeply  interested  in 
educational  work  and  has  for  three  terms  ably 
served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board.  Eight 
children  were  born  to  their  marriage,  viz.:  Har- 
vey, deceased;  Burton,  Glen,  Homer,  Florence, 
May,  Earl  and  Carlton  D. 


fH  HARLES  WENIG,  who  has  made  his  home 
1 1  in  Washington  County  since  1888  and  is  in- 
vj  terested  in  general  ranch  pursuits,  is  a  native 
of  Prussia,  Germany,  born  January  16,  1854,  his 
parents  being  Adam  and  Marguerita  Wenig.  He 
was  one  of  six  children,  of  whom  Ferdinand, 
Wilhelmina  and  Charles  are  in  America,  while 
Wilhelm,  Frederick  and  Fredericka  remain  in  the 
old  country.  The  father  spent  his  entire  life  in 
Prussia  and  was  a  man  in  moderate  circumstances. 
When  fourteen  years  of  age  our  subject  crossed 
the  ocean  to  the  United  States,  landing  at  old 
Castle  Garden  in  New  York.  He  at  once  became 
an  apprentice  to  the  trade  of  brick  and  stone 
mason  in  Brooklyn,  where  he  remained  for  four 
years.  His  next  location  was  at  Lyon  Mountain, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  spent  one  year.  Thence  going 
to  Michigan,  he  worked  for  eighteen  months  in 
Manistee.  In  the  spring  of  1876  he  came  to 


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Colorado,  and  at  first  worked  on  the  St.  Louis 
Valley  ditch  in  Rio  Grande  County,  but  after 
three  months  went  to  Denver.  Soon  afterward 
he  secured  employment  in  the  plant  of  the  Bos- 
ton and  Colorado  Smelting  Company  at  Argo, 
where  he  was  employed  continuously  until  1888. 
The  year  last-named  found  him  in  Washington 
County,  where  he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land  fourteen  miles  southwest  of 
Akron.  He  made  his  home  there  for  six  years, 
meantime  erecting  necessary  buildings  and  mak- 
ing many  improvements.  In  1894  he  came  to 
his  present  ranch,  seven  miles  northwest  of  his 
former  home.  He  owns  both  of  these  ranches 
and  is  carrying  on  a  growing  business  as  a  ranch- 
man and  cattle-raiser.  He  always  votes  the  Re- 
publican ticket  and  takes  an  interest  in  matters 
pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  his  adopted  country. 
His  marriage,  February  16,  1887,  united  him 
with  Christina  I.,  daughter  of  Alexander  McKay, 
who  was  in  early  life  a  sailor,  but  later  a  well- 
known  farmer  of  Prince  Edward's  Island,  where 
she  was  born.  The  four  children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wenig  are:  Charles  B.,  George  Alexander 
Carl  (deceased) ,  Christina  Marguerita  and  Est- 
mere  Carl. 


(I  OSEPH  J.  CHEAIRS.  There  are  few  of  the 
I  ranchmen  of  Logan  County  who  have  met 
Q)  with  greater  success  than  has  rewarded  the 
judicious  efforts  of  Mr.  Cheairs.  That  this  is  so 
may  be  attributed  to  his  energy,  perseverance 
and  sagacious  judgment.  He  is  essentially  a 
shrewd  manager  and  a  tireless  worker.  The  out- 
come of  his  work  is  shown  in  the  extent  of  his 
possessions  and  the  magnitude  of  his  interests. 
His  landed  estate  aggregates  more  than  two  thou- 
sand acres,  upon  which  he  engages  in  raising 
cattle.  His  ranch  is  situated  one- half  mile  south 
of  Sterling,  where  he  erected  a  substantial  resi- 
dence in  1889  and  has  since  made  his  home. 
Besides  his  stock  interests  he  has  been  officially 
connected  with  the  various  ditch  companies  of 
the  county,  and  in  this  way  has  done  not  a  little 
toward  the  development  of  this  section.  At 
this  writing  he  holds  office  as  president  of  the 
Logan  County  Horse  and  Cattle  Protective  Asso- 
ciation. 

In  Marshall  County,  Miss.,  Mr.  Cheairs  was 
born  November  24,  1846,  a  son  of  Calvin  and  Ann 
E.  (Hamer)  Cheairs,  of  whom  mention  is  made 
in  this  volume.  He  grew  to  manhood  on  the 
home  plantation,  and  in  early  life  became  famil- 


iar with  the  institution  of  slavery,  for  his  father 
owned  many  slaves,  through  whose  help  the  land 
was  cultivated.  When  he  was  a  youth  at  school 
the  war  came  on  and  the  schools  were  discon- 
tinued. He  assisted  in  the  management  of  the 
place  through  all  the  trying  times  of  the  war. 
January  19,  1869,  he  married  Miss  Sarah  A. 
Jones,  and  they  settled  upon  a  tract  of  two  hun- 
dred acres  given  him  by  his  father.  There  he 
worked  with  a  will  and  prosperity  attended  him. 
Finally,  however,  failing  health  rendered  a  change 
of  climate  necessary,  and  having  heard  much 
concerning  the  advantages  of  Colorado  he  came 
to  this  state  in  1877.  He  was  so  greatly  bene- 
fited by  the  change  that  he  decided  to  locate 
here.  With  this  purpose  in  view,  he  returned 
home,  closed  up  his  business  affairs,  disposed  of 
his  property,  and  in  1878  removed  to  Colorado 
to  make  his  permanent  home.  On  his  arrival 
in  the  state  he  homesteaded  a  piece  of  land  three 
miles  northeast  of  Sterling,  where  he  settled  and 
embarked  in  farming  and  cattle- raising.  In  1881 
he  opened  a  store  in  Sterling,  but  indoor  work 
proved  injurious  to  his  health  and  in  six  months 
he  returned  to  his  ranch.  In  1889  he  settled 
upon  the  ranch  where  he  has  since  resided. 

Politically  Mr.  Cheairs  is  a  firm  Democrat, 
always  voting  with  his  party.  During  the  latter 
'8os  he  served  for  two  terms  as  surveyor  of  Logan 
County,  but  with  that  exception  he  has  not  held 
public  office.  His  business  enterprises  have  been 
remarkably  successful  and  he  is  ranked  among 
the  most  prosperous  ranchmen  of  northeastern 
Colorado.  To  the  union  of  himself  and  wife  ten 
children  were  born,  of  whom,  eight  are  living, 
viz.:  Minnie  L. ;  Maggie,  wife  of  John  Luton,  a 
cattleman  of  Merino,  Colo.,  Joseph  C.,  Samuel 
V.,  Oscar  W.,  Calvin,  Jr.,  Grady  and  Marcie. 


lEORGE  A.  SNOW,  a  prominent  merchant 
of  Byers,  Arapahoe  County,  was  born  in 
Currytown,  N.  Y.,  May  16,  1848.  His 
education  was  obtained  in  the  graded  schools 
of  Fairfield,  N.  Y.  He  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  from  1866  to  1879  at  Albany,  N.  Y., 
and  in  the  latter  year  came  to  Colorado,  settling 
in  Arapahoe  County  and  starting  a  sheep  ranch 
eight  miles  south  of  Byers.  After  several  years 
he  removed  his  flock  to  Trego  County,  Kan., 
remaining  only  one  year,  when  he  returned  to 
Albany,  N.  Y.  There  he  again  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  till  1887,  when,  on  account  of 
health,  he  returned  to  Colorado  and  engaged 


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in  the  stock  business.  He  bought  an  interest  in 
a  store  at  Byers  about  1890,  and  one  year  later 
bought  out  his  partners.  He  has  since  handled 
general  merchandise,  hay,  grain  and  farm  ma- 
chinery. In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  Under 
the  administration  of  President  McKinley  he  was 
appointed  postmaster,  which  office  he  still  fills. 


HIRAM  A.  SIMS,  M.  D.,  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Sims  &  Sims,  of  Cripple  Creek, 
is  a  descendant  of  an  early  settler  of  colonial 
America.     The  first  of  the  name  in  this  country 
was   Rev.   Zachariah   Symmes,    who   emigrated 
from  London  to  Massachusetts  in   1683,  crossing 
the  ocean  in   the  ship  "Griffin,"    and  settling 
among  the  Puritans  of  Boston,  where  he  attained 
considerable  prominence. 

The  doctor  was  born  in  Stanardsville,  Greene 
County,  Va.,  January  28,  1843.  His  education 
was  carried  on  in  his  native  town,  where  the 
seminary  furnished  him  excellent  advantages. 
In  1863  he  matriculated  in  the  Medical  College 
of  Virginia,  where  he  took  the  regular  course  of 
lectures,  graduating  in  1866.  Meantime,  during 
the  closing  year  of  the  Civil  war,  he  acted  as  as- 
sistant surgeon  in  Confederate  Hospital  No.  9, 
at  Richmond.  After  his  graduation  he  returned 
to  his  old  home  and  opened  an  office  for  general 
practice,  which  he  conducted  in  the  same  place 
for  seventeen  years.  He  then  removed  to  Roan- 
oke,  the  same  state,  where  he  built  up  a  fine  prac- 
tice and  became  well  known  as  a  skillful  physi- 
cian. February  29,  1896,  he  arrived  in  Cripple 
Creek,  and  in  June,  1898,  formed  a  partnership 
with  his  son,  Thomas  W.  Sims,  M.  D.,  the  two 
having  since  continued  together  as  advertising 
specialists. 

May  1 6,  1861,  Dr.  Sims  enlisted  as  a  private 
in  Company  F,  Seventh  Virginia  Infantry, 
C.  S.  A.,  and  was  assigned  to  General  Kempa's 
brigade  and  Pickett's  division.  He  took  part  in 
the  battles  of  Manassa,  Bull  Run,  Williamsburg, 
and  Seven  Pines,  or  Fair  Oaks;  in  the  latter  bat- 
tle he  was  wounded  in  the  left  elbow.  May  31, 
1862,  he  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  ser- 
vice. Through  the  influence  of  Governor  Kempa, 
who  was  his  personal  friend,  he  afterwards  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  Hospital  Steward  and 
acting  assistant  surgeon.  At  the  fall  of  Rich- 
mond he  was  captured,  but,  having  in  his  posses- 
sion a  pass  to  the  hospital,  he  was  paroled  twenty 
days  later.  During  his  residence  in  Virginia  he 
was  connected  with  the  blue  lodge  of  Masonry 


and  for  four  terms  was  worshipful  master  of  Pied- 
mont Lodge  No.  50.  He  was  also  past  grand  of 
the  local  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  member  of 
the  encampment  of  Odd  Fellows;  past  chancellor 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  a  member  of  the 
Uniform  Rank;  high  chief  in  the  Knights  of  the 
Golden  Eagle,  and  master  workman  of  the 
Knights  of  Labor  No.  4129,  at  Roanoke,  Va. 

The  marriage  of  Dr.  Sims  united  him  with 
Pamelia  W.  Yager,  of  Orange  County,  Va.  They 
became  the  parents  of  three  children.  The  eld- 
est of  these,  Thomas  W.,  was  educated  in  Roan- 
oke College  and  he  received  the  degree  of  M.  A. 
in  1889,  and  graduated  in  1893  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Virginia  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  After 
engaging  in  private  practice  for  a  short  time  he 
entered  the  Philadelphia  Polyclinic  College,  where 
he  tpok  a  special  course.  He  also  studied  in  the 
Chicago  Post-Graduate  School.  In  June,  1898, 
he  came  to  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided. April  19,  1899,  he  married  Miss  Gertrude 
Weidelins,  of  Cripple  Creek.  The  older  daugh- 
ter, Hasseltine,  is  the  wife  of  A.  R.  Bowdry,  a 
wholesale  and  retail  merchant  of  Roanoke,  Va. 
The  youngest  child  is  Anna  Kelly,  a  talented 
artist,  xvho  resides  with  her  parents. 


aARON  D.  CLEM.  Three  miles  east  of  Fort 
Morgan  lies  the  ranch  owned  by  Mr.  Clem, 
and  here  for  some  years  he  has  been  engaged 
in  farming  and  in  the  breeding  of  fine  cattle.  No 
one  in  Morgan  County  owns  finer  cattle  than  he 
and  no  one  has  met  with  greater  success  in  the 
breeding  of  high-grade  stock.  In  1885  he  pur- 
chased a  number  of  head  of  thoroughbred  cattle, 
and  has  since  given  considerable  attention  to  this 
industry,  while  at  the  same  time  he  raises  sheep. 
A  son  of  Bartlett  and  Nancy  (Osborn)  Clem, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Warren 
County,  Ind.,  May  5,  1854,  the  youngest  of  eight 
children,  five  of  whom  are  living.  Of  these, 
Henry,  a  stockman,  resides  in  Fort  Morgan; 
Samuel  is  a  stock-raiser  of  Sunset,  Mont.;  Israel, 
a  mine  owner  at  Princeton,  Mont.,  has  twice  been 
elected  to  the  Montana  legislature;  and  Mary  E. 
is  the  wife  of  Edmund  Lowe,  of  Sunset.  The 
father,  a  native  of  Butler  County,  Ohio,  born 
May  9,  1813,  in  boyhood  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Warren  County,  Ind.,  where  he  grew  to 
man's  estate,  married,  and  engaged  in  agricult- 
ural pursuits.  In  1856,  accompanied  by  his 
family,  he  removed  to  Iowa  and  settled  in  Fre- 
mont County.  There  he  continued  to  reside  un- 


HON.  JOHN  H.  CROWI.F.Y. 


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til  his  death,  which  occurred  February  17,  1873. 
His  wife  was  born  in  Warren  County,  Ind., 
February  8,  1820,  and  died  March  6,  1862. 

In  the  common  schools  of  Fremont  County, 
Iowa,  our  subject  acquired  a  fair  education.  One 
year  after  his  father's  death,  the  estate  having 
been  settled,  he  began  his  career  as  a  farmer. 
October  18,  1874,  he  married  Sibbie  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Myers,  who  was  a  native  of  Ohio 
and  for  years  a  prominent  farmer  of  Warren 
County,  Ind.  After  his  marriage  he  continued 
to  till  the  soil  in  Fremont  County  until  1880, 
when  he  sold  his  property  there  and  removed  to 
Nebraska.  In  that  state  he  farmed  as  a  renter 
for  three  years,  and  in  1884  come  to  Colorado, 
first  settling  fifteen  miles  southwest  of  Fort  Mor- 
gan, where  he  took  up  land  and  began  in  the 
sheep  business.  As  his  flocks  grew  in  size  he 
added  to  his  possessions  in  order  to  furnish  suit- 
able pasturage  for  his  stock.  Since  1885,  as  al- 
ready stated,  he  has  given  considerable  attention 
to  the  cattle  industry.  In  his  political  belief  he 
is  a  Populist  and  always  votes  with  his  party. 
He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of  five  children, 
viz.  :  Rolla  D.,  born  June  24,  1875;  Lora  B., 
March  6,  1878;  Nancy  E.,  December  13,  1880; 
Ruth  C.,  March  28,  1891;  and  Russia  F.,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1892. 

HON.  JOHN  H.  CROWLEY,  of  Otero  Coun- 
ty, is  widely  known  as  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful fruit-growers  in  Colorado.  He  owns 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  situated 
one  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  Rocky  Ford, 
and  of  this  tract  seventy  acres  are  planted  in  fruit. 
To  indicate  the  extent  of  the  business  it  may  be 
stated  that  on  his  farm  there  are  sixty  varieties 
of  apples;  peaches,  forty-four  varieties;  plums  or 
prunes,  forty-two;  grapes,  thirty;  cherries,  eight- 
een; strawberries,  twelve;  gooseberries,  two;  nec- 
tarines, five;  apricots  and  almonds,  one.  When 
preparations  were  being  made  for  the  World's 
Fair  he  acted  as  county  agent  for  the  collection 
of  fruit  and  grain,  also  agent  for  the  state  for  the 
collection  of  fruit  from  various  parts  thereof.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  State  Horticultural  Society 
and  perpetual  superintendent  of  the  fruit  depart- 
ment of  the  Arkansas  Valley  Fair  Association. 
In  April,  1899,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Thomas  as  member  for  the  southern  district  of 
the  State  Board  of  Horticulture  for  a  term  of  six 
years.  For  his  exhibition  of  the  fruits  grown  on 
his  farm,  exhibited  at  the  Omaha  Exposition  in 

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1898,  he  received  first  premium,  and  in  the  state 
fair  of  the  same  year  he  received  premiums  on 
his  peaches,  plums,  prunes,  grapes  and  apples. 
His  orchard,  though  still  young,  is  the  finest  in 
Otero  County,  and,  indeed,  in  this  part  of  the 
state. 

Near  Lexington,  Ky. ,  Mr.  Crowley  was  born 
June  22,  1849,  a  son  of  Timothy  and  Amanda 
(Devore)  Crowley.  His  father  died  in  1850,  and 
in  1856  his  mother  took  him  to  Lucas  County, 
Iowa.  There  he  remained  until  he  began  for 
himself,  in  1868.  His  first  work  was  in  the  con- 
tracting and  building  of  county  bridges  in  Iowa. 
When  the  neutral  strip  in  southeastern  Kansas 
was  sold  he  took  up  land  there,  but  soon  returned 
to  Iowa,  and  engaged  in  building  fences  for  the 
Kansas  City  &  Council  Bluffs  Railroad.  After 
two  years  he  went  to  Lincoln,  Neb.,  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Midland  Railroad  Company,  and  en- 
gaged in  running  construction  trains,  also  for  a 
time  had  charge  of  the  yards  at  Lincoln. 

His  wife's  poor  health  caused  Mr.  Crowley  to 
come  to  Colorado  in  1878.  For  six  months  he 
was  employed  as  section  foreman  for  the  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  at  Booneville,  Colo.,  and  six  months 
later  went  to  Larkspur,  Colo.,  where  he  worked 
in  the  same  capacity  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad.  He  then  returned  to  Nebraska,  where 
he  cultivated  a  farm,  but  again  came  to  Colorado 
in  1 88  r,  and  for  a  year  was  employed  in  laying 
steel  rails  and  side  track  for  the  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
road Company.  In  1882  he  started  a  general 
store  at  Nepesta,  Pueblo  County,  and  also  bought 
a  ranch  in  the  same  locality.  On  selling  out,  in 
1884,  he  went  to  southwestern  Missouri  to  en- 
gage in  the  fruit  business,  but  the  health  of  his 
wife  was  poor  and  he  decided  to  return  to  Colo- 
rado. In  1886  he  took  charge  of  the  section  at 
Rocky  Ford,  in  which  position  he  continued 
for  ten  months.  He  then  purchased  the  re- 
linquishment  of  a  claim  and  pre-empted  the  land 
he  now  owns.  The  first  improvement  made  here 
was  in  1887,  when  he  planted  an  orchard  of  two 
acres  and  started  a  small  nursery.  From  time  to 
time  he  has  put  out  more  trees  until  he  now  has 
seventy  acres  in  orchard. 

February  i,  1873,  he  married  Miss  Annie 
Gregory,  of  Fremont  County,  Iowa,  a  daughter 
of  William  and  Delinda  (Faune)  Gregory.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Crowley  have  five  children.  The  eld- 
est, William  Frank,  who  is  a  bright  young  man 
of  twenty-four  years,  married  Mary  Fullerton,  of 
Saguache,  Colo.,  and  has  a  farm  of  one  hundred 


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and  twenty  acres  at  Holly,  Colo.,  of  which  tract 
eighty-five  acres  are  in  fruit  trees.  He  is  also 
secretary  and  manager  of  the  Melon  Growers' 
Association  of  that  place.  Before  leaving  Otero 
County  he  had  charge  of  the  state  experimental 
station  for  about  a  year.  The  other  children  are: 
Belle,  Estella,  Amanda  and  John  H.,  Jr.,  the 
last-named  a  boy  of  eight  years. 

Formerly  a  Democrat,  since  1893  Mr.  Crowley 
has  been  a  member  of  the  People's  party  and  a 
stanch  silver  man.  In  1893  and  1894,  again  in 
1897  and  1898,  he  represented  his  district  in  the 
legislature.  As  a  rule,  however,  he  has  refused 
to  accept  nomination  for  office,  preferring  to  de- 
vote himself  to  his  fruit  industry,  which  requires 
his  constant  supervision.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


'HOMAS  F.  STOKES,  station  agent  of  the 
Burlington  &  Missouri  River  Railroad  at 
Akron,  came  to  Colorado  in  1890  on  busi- 
ness for  this  railway  company.  In  May  of  that 
year  he  opened  the  first  office  at  the  Denver 
stockyards,  and  in  August  he  was  sent  to  Akron 
on  local  business.  While  here  he  asked  to  be 
stationed  at  this  point  and  his  request  was  grant- 
ed. During  the  intervening  years  he  has  held 
the  position  and  has  become  known,  both  to  the 
trainmen  and  the  general  public,  as  one  of  the 
most  genial  and  accommodating  agents  on  the 
road. 

Mr.  Stokes  was  born  in  Fayette  County,  111., 
September  17,  1849,  a  son  of  Bird  and  Margaret 
(Casey)  Stokes.  He  was  one  of  eleven  children, 
of  whom  seven  are  living,  viz.:  Thomas  F. ;  J. 
Wade,  who  is  train  dispatcher  of  the  Texas  Mid- 
land Railroad,  stationed  at  Terrell,  Tex.;  Sarah 
E.,  wife  of  H.  S.  Short,  M.  D.,  of  Fillmore,  111.; 
Mary,  who  married  James  Wilson,  a  fanner  liv- 
ing near  Nokomis,  111.;  Campbell  A.,  a  physi- 
cian and  surgeon,  practicing  in  Edinburg-,  111.; 
Homer,  who  is  engaged  in  the  insurance  busi- 
ness at  Ramsey,  111.;  and  Walter,  who  is  con- 
nected with  the  Burlington  &  Missouri  River 
Railway  Company  at  McCook,  Neb. 

A  native  of  Tennessee,  our  subject's  father 
served  in  the  Mexican  war,  after  which  he  re- 
moved to  Illinois  and  settled  in  Fayette  County. 
There  he  married  and  engaged  in  farming.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  grew  to  manhood  on  the 
home  farm.  When  seventeen  years  of  age  he 
became  a  clerk  in  a  general  store  at  Ramsey, 
111.,  where  he  spent  three  years  in  learning  the 


rudiments  of  a  business  education.  At  the  ex- 
piration of  that  period  he  entered  the  office  of 
the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  at  Ramsey,  and 
there  studied  telegraphy.  In  1872  he  was  given 
an  office  on  the  Illinois  Central  road  at  Oconee, 
111.,  where  he  remained  until  1885.  He  then 
went  to  Nebraska  and  for  eighteeen  months  was 
cashier  of  the  office  of  the  Burlington  &  Missouri 
River  Railroad  at  Holclrege,  after  which  he  was 
extra  agent  for  three  and  one-half  years,  and 
until  coming  to  Colorado. 

In  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Stokes  is  connected 
with  Star  of  Jupiter  Lodge  No.  31,  at  Akron:  the 
blue  lodge  of  Masonry  at  Ramsey,  111.;  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  at  Holdrege,  Neb.  In  his 
political  belief  he  is  allied  with  the  Republicans 
and  always  supports  the  men  and  measures  for 
which  that  party  stands;  however,  his  interest 
has  been  that  of  a  private  citizen  only,  he  never 
having  cared  for  official  positions  or  honors.  His 
marriage,  May  28,  1876,  united  him  with  Miss 
Emma  L.  Jamison,  who  was  born  in  New  York 
City.  Her  father,  Alfred  Jamison,  was  at  one 
time  proprietor  of  a  slaughter  house  in  New 
York.  During  the  excitement  of  1849  he  joined 
the  emigrants  to  the  El  Dorado  of  the  west.  With 
a  party  he  chartered  a  vessel  and  sailed  around 
the  Horn.  He  spent  several  years  in  the  Cali- 
fornia gold  fields  and  met  with  reasonable  success, 
after  which  he  returned  to  New  York.  Later  he 
removed  to  Illinois,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
and  spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life. 


HENRY  W.  WITMER,  who  owns  and  occu- 
pies a  ranch  one  mile  northeast  of  Atwood 
in  Logan  County, is  a  native  of  York  County, 
Pa.,  and  was  born  March  10,  1862.  He  was  one 
of  five  children,  all  but  one  of  whom  are  living. 
They  are:  Kate,  who  is  the  wife  of  J.  Baldwin,  of 
Abilene,  Kan.;  Florence,  wife  of  David  Sughart, 
who  travels  for  the  Babcock  Boiler  Company,  of 
Denver;  Mrs.  Sadie  Heiges,  of  Pennsylvania; 
Henry  W.,  and  Jacob,  of  Pueblo.  The  father, 
John  Witmer,  was  born  in  York  County,  Pa., 
about  1818,  and  there  married  Rebecca  Kesler, 
after  which  he  engaged  in  farming.  Some  years 
after  his  marriage  he  removed  to  Adams  County, 
Pa. ,  where  he  engaged  in  fruit  culture.  About 
1880  he  settled  in  Abilene,  Kan.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  gardening  until  his  death,  some  four 
years  later.  His  father,  Jacob  Witmer,  was  a 
native  of  Germany  and  emigrated  to  America  in 
an  early  day  with  his  parents,  his  father  becoming 


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owner  of  one  of  the  largest  farms  in  York  County, 
which  property  passed  to  the  son  after  the  fath- 
er's death.  In  religion  they  were  of  the  Quaker 
faith. 

In  the  spring  of  1879  our  subject  left  home 
and  began  for  himself  in  the  world.  Going  to 
Kansas,he  spent  six  months  engaged  in  farm  work 
near  Abilene,  after  which  he  joined  a  wagon  train 
and  drove  a  team  of  horses  across  the  plains  to 
Denver.  His  first  work  in  Colorado  was  for  a 
placer  mining  company  on  the  south  fork  of  Clear 
Creek,  but  after  a  few  days  the  work  was  aban- 
doned. His  next  employment  was  on  a  steam 
drill  in  the  construction  of  the  South  Park  Rail- 
road. Following  this  he  spent  some  weeks  in  the 
mountains.  For  three  months  he  worked  for 
Rufus  ("Potato")  Clark.  In  the  spring  of 
1880  he  returned  to  Abilene,  where  he  worked  for 
two  years  as  a  farm  hand  and  afterward  operated 
rented  land.  In  the  spring  of  1887  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  after  one  year  farming  leased  land 
near  Atwood  he  pre-empted  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  where  he  now  resides.  He  has  en- 
gaged successfully  in  the  stock  business  and  is  now 
one  of  the  prosperous  ranchmen  of  the  county. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Witmer  occurred  October 
12,  1890,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Minnie 
Whelden,  a  native  of  New  York,  and  the  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  Whelden,  now  a  ranchman  of  At- 
wood, Colo.  Three  children,  Annie  May,  Rob- 
ert T.  and  Maude  E.,  have  been  born  of  this 
marriage.  In  political  belief  our  subject  is  a 
Populist.  Since  1894  he  has  filled  the  office  of 
constable.  For  three  years  he  was  superintend- 
ent of  the  Springdale  ditch,  and  is  now  superin- 
tendent of  the  Pawnee  ditch.  In  religion  they  are 
connected  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


(JOSEPH  H.  SINGLETON,  owner  of  the 
I  Alma  and  Fairplay  banks,  and  one  of  the 
Q~)  representative  business  men  of  Alma,  settled 
in  this  place  upon  coming  west  in  the  spring  of 
1880.  From  that  time  to  the  present  he  has  borne  a 
prominent  part  in  all  enterprises  for  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  town  and  the  development  of  local  re- 
sources. The  position  that  he  occupies  has  been 
gained  entirely  through  his  own  exertions.  He 
began  for  himself  without  capital  or  influence, 
and,  unaided,  has  worked  his  way  to  success. 
This  fact  alone  proves  that  he  possesses  abilities 
of  no  common  order. 

A   son 'of  George   and   Catherine   (Sparrow) 
Singleton,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 


Ontario,  Canada,  January  22,  1853.  He  was 
one  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living, 
viz.:  William  B.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  com- 
mission business  at  Lockport,'N.  Y.;  John  A., 
of  Toronto,  Canada;  George  F.,  of  Minneapolis, 
Minn.;  Joseph  H.,  of  this  sketch;  Walter,  who 
is  manager  of  the  Delta  County  Mercantile  Com- 
pany, at  Delta,  Colo. ;  and  Mary, who  died  at  Lock- 
port,  N.  Y.,  March  28,  1899.  The  father  of  this 
family  was  born  in  Brighton,  Ontario,  in  1815, 
and  there  grew  to  manhood,  married  and  en- 
gaged in  the  lumber  business,  also  for  some  time 
gave  considerable  attention  to  farm  pursuits. 
There,  at  an  advanced  age,  his  death  occurred 
May  12,  1892. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  was  an  invalid  and 
unable  to  attend  school,  but,  being  a  natural 
student  and  lover  of  good  reading,  he  obtained  a 
good  education  by  self-culture.  In  1871  he  be- 
came a  clerk  in  a  mercantile  house  at  Sarnia  and 
in  that  position  laid  the  foundation  for  a  success- 
ful business  career.  There  he  remained  for  ten 
years,  with  the  exception  of  a  summer  spent  in 
Lockport,  N.  Y.  In  1880  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  located  in  Alma,  Park  County.  For  some 
three  months  he'  had  charge  of  the  freighting 
business  of  Senator  Moynahan,  at  Red  Hill  sta- 
tion. After  the  destruction  of  this  station  through 
an  explosion,  for  several  months  he  worked  at 
various  occupations.  In  October,  1881,  he  as- 
sumed charge  of  a  branch  store  in  Fairplay  for 
Senator  Moynahan,  and  there  he  continued  until 
December  of  the  following  year.  In  January, 
1883,  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Single- 
ton Brothers,  general  merchants  of  Alma,  which 
partnership  continued  until  May,  1887.  At  that 
time  Senator  Moynahan,  who  had  been  a  silent 
partner,  became  the  sole  proprietor  of  the  busi- 
ness. In  the  fall  of  that  year  our  subject  be- 
came manager  for  the  senator  of  a  branch  house 
in  Leadville. 

In  March,  1888,  Mr.  Singleton  was  made 
cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Alma.  In  December, 
1897,  he  purchased  the  business,  and  became  sole 
proprietor  of  the  bank.  The  Fairplay  Bank  was 
established  by  him-in  May  of  1898,  and  is  con- 
tinued in  conjunction  with  the  Alma  banking 
business.  As  a  financier  he  is  keen,  discriminat- 
ing and  capable,  displaying  sound  judgment  in 
all  of  his  transactions  and  winning  the  confidence 
of  business  men  by  his  sagacity  and  conservative 
spirit. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Singleton  took  place  in 


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September,  1877,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Car- 
rie F.  Clark,  of  Sarnia,  Ontario.  To  this  union 
have  been  born  three  children,  namely:  John  C., 
who  was  born  October  14,  1878,  and  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Boulder  preparatory  school,  class  of 
1899;  Norma,  born  March  15,  1883;  and  Fred, 
January  27,  1887,  both  pupils  in  the  Alma  public 
school. 


EONRAD  DESCH,  who  has  for  some  years 
been  engaged  in  stock-raising  in  Logan 
County  and  occupies  a  ranch  three  miles 
southeast  of  Merino,  is  a  native  of  Germany  and 
was  born  near  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  September 
5,  1 86 1,  being  a  son  of  Frank  and  Barbara 
(Schumm)  Desch.  He  was  the  eldest  of  seven 
children,  of  whom  all  but  one  are  living,  those 
besides  himself  being:  Christian,  a  farmer  and 
stockman  at  Fairdale,  111.;  Anna  B.,  who  mar- 
ried Charles  Lundin  and  lives  at  Fairdale;  Frank 
J.,  who  continues  to  make  his  home  in  Germany; 
John,  who  acts  as  overseer  of  a  forest  belonging 
to  a  duke's  estate  in  Germany;  and  Benedict, 
who  resides  with  his  mother  on  the  old  home 
place  in  Germany.  The  father  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1829;  the  mother  May  18,  1830.  The 
former  made  agriculture  his  life  occupation,  con- 
tinuing in  it  until  his  death,  August  8,  1893. 

In  youth  our  subject  was  apprenticed  to  the 
shoemaker's  trade.  Upon  the  completion  of  his 
time  he  opened  a  shop  in  the  town  of  Wirtheim, 
( Kreis  Gelnhausen) ,  where  he  built  up  a  pros- 
perous business,  but,  anxious  to  find  a  larger 
field  for  his  labors,  he  decided  to  emigrate  to 
America.  September  20,  1881,  he  lauded  in 
Baltimore,  Md.  From  that  city  he  went  to  Chi- 
cago, where  he  secured  work  in  a  furniture 
factory  on  the  west  side.  After  thirty  days  he 
left  Chicago  and  went  to  Lee,  111. ,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade  four  months,  and  afterwards  en- 
gaged in  farm  work  for  three  years.  His  next 
location  was  at  Granville,  Putnam  County,  the 
same  state,  where  he  was  employed  at  farm  work 
for  eighteen  mouths.  Returning  to  Lee,  he 
opened  a  meat  market  and  built  up  a  good  trade, 
but  in  a  year  he  disposed  of  the  business  and  re- 
sumed farming.  He  became  interested  in  stock- 
dealing  and  bought  and  shipped  cattle,  also  en- 
gaged in  other  business  ventures  that  promised 
satisfactory  returns. 

February  20,  1889,  found  Mr.  Desch  in  Akron, 
Colo.,  where  he  pre-empted  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  with  a  view  to  establishing  a  home. 


He  also  entered  the  employ  of  H.  L.  Buck,  a 
prominent  dairyman,  for  whom  he  worked  one 
year.  He  then  spent  six  months  on  his  pre-emp- 
tion, after  which  he  began  to  work  for  cattlemen 
of  the  county,  and  for  six  months  rode  among  the 
cattle.  In  1891  he  came  to  Logan  County  and 
for  seven  months  rode  on  round-ups  for  T.  K. 
Propst,  after  which  he  worked  for  I.utin  Broth- 
ers. For  seventeen  months- he  was  employed  at 
sheep  herding  and  among  the  cattle.  April  3, 
1893,  he.  again  entered  the  employ  of  T.  K. 
Propst,  with  whom  he  remained  until  his  removal , 
in  1896,  to  his  present  ranch.  Here  he  has  en- 
gaged in  raising  cattle  and  hogs  and  has  pros- 
pered. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Desch,  April  27,  1896, 
united  him  with  Miss  Ada  A.  Logan,  a  native  of 
Missouri,  and  daughter  of  James  R.  Logan,  who 
came  to  Merino,  Colo.,  in  1893,  from  Nodaway 
Count}-,  Mo.  The  marriage  was  blessed  by  two 
children,  of  whom  one  is  living,  a  daughter, 
Audrye,  born  October  8,  1898.  In  politics  Mr. 
Desch  is  a  Democrat.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  Lodge  No.  498,  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America,  at  Lee,  111. 


DOLPH  WEDLICH  owns  a  ranch  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  five  miles  east  of 
Fort  Morgan,  in  addition  to  which  he  leases 
section  of  school  land  adjoining,  and  this 
place  he  has  stocked  with  cattle  and  sheep.  A 
native  of  Germany,  he  was  born  in  Waldeck, 
January  26, 1868, to  William  and  Minnie  (Vesper) 
Wedlich.  He  was  one  of  five  children,  the  others 
being  William,  Minnie,  Frederick,  and  Henry 
(deceased).  His  father  was  born  in  Waldeck  in 
the  year  1813  and  there  grew  to  manhood,  mar- 
ried, and  engaged  in  contracting  and  farming. 
He  continued  to  reside  in  his  native  town  until 
his  death,  in  1893. 

At  fourteen  years  of  age  our  subject  left  home 
and  from  that  time  to  this  he  has  been  self- 
supporting.  He  landed  in  New  York  City  in 
June,  1882,  and  from  there  went  to  Nebraska 
City,  Neb.,  where  he  secured  employment  on  a 
farm.  He  continued  there  until  the  fall  of  1886, 
when  he  went  to  Dundee  County,  the  same  state. 
In  the  fall  of  1887  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling 
at  Byers,  where  he  engaged  in  the  sheep  busi- 
ness for  himself.  Coming  to  Fort  Morgan  a  year 
later,  he  leased  a  ranch  below  town,  and  con- 
tinued in  the  sheep  business.  When  the  tariff 
was  taken  off  wool,  the  sheep  industry  suffered 


JOHN    W.  I-OVK. 


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and  he  was  one  of  the  many  injured  by  the  dis« 
continuance  of  protection.  Unable  to  continue 
in  the  face  of  this  reverse,  in  1893  he  disposed  of 
his  flock.  Afterward  he  worked  with  J.  P.  Curry 
until  1896,  when  he  again  embarked  in  business 
for  himself,  leasing  the  John  T.  Ross  ranch  one 
mile  east  of  Fort  Morgan,  and  there  beginning 
the  business  of  sheep  feeding.  He  remained  there 
until  the  spring  of  1898,  when  he  purchased 
the  ranch  he  is  now  improving  and  occupying. 
The  political  affiliations  of  Mr.  Wedlich  are 
with  the  Republican  party,  whose  tickets  he  al- 
ways votes.  He  is  a  member  of  Fort  Morgan 
Lodge  No.  72, 1. 0.  O.  F.,  in  the  work  of  which  he 
takes  an  interest.  A  genial,  companionable  gen- 
tleman, he  has  won  a  host  of  friends  in  the  county 
where  he  resides.  His  marriage  took  place  April 
7,  1897,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Libbie  Young, 
who  was  born  in  Schoharie  County,  N.  Y.  She  is 
a  daughter  of  Josephus  Young,  formerly  a  farmer 
of  Schoharie  County,  but  later  a  resident  of 
Nebraska. 

(lOHN  W.  LOVE,  commissioner  of  Eagle 
I  County  and  the  owner  of  a  valuable  ranch 
Qy  four  miles  from  the  village  of  Eagle,  was 
born  in  Canton,  Fulton  County,  111.,  April  3, 
1837,  a  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Collins) 
Love,  natives  of  Ohio.  He  had  two  uncles,  John 
Collins  and  William  Love,  who  served  in  the  war 
of  1812,  the  latter  being  a  captain  in  Hull's  com- 
mand. During  his  entire  active  life,  Samuel 
Love  followed  farming,  but  for  some  years  before 
his  death,  which  occurred  at  eighty-six  years, 
the  infirmities  of  age  prevented  him  from  engag- 
ing in  manual  work.  He  was  a  sincere  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

The  family  of  which  our  subject  is  a  member 
was  a  large  one.  Of  the  children,  Robert  W. 
owns  a  ranch  near  the  home  of  our  subject; 
Jesse  is  engaged  in  mining  at  Rico;  Edwin  is  a 
carpenter  in  Colorado  City  and  a  veteran  of  the 
Civil  war;  Mrs.  Sarah  Hames  lives  in  Webster 
County,  Mo.;  Polly  is  the  wife  of  J.  M.  Bunker, 
of  Monmouth,  111.;  Esther  is  a  widow  and  lives 
in  Rock  Island,  111.;  Elizabeth  L.  died  when 
seventeen  years  of  age;  Henrietta  is  also  deceased; 
Margaret  married,  but  is  now  deceased. 

Upon  farms  in  Illinois  and  Iowa  our  subject 
passed  the  days  of  boyhood.  At  twenty  three  he 
began  to  farm  for  himself,  cultivating  property 
in  Illinois,  where  he  remained  until  1859.  Dur- 
ing the  height  of  the  gold  excitement  in  Colo- 


rado, in  1860,  he  came  to  this  territory  and  set- 
tled at  Colorado  City,  but  soon  went  to  Brecken- 
ridge,  Summit  County,  and  began  mining.  In 
1882  he  settled  in  Eagle  County,  where  he  has 
since  been  interested  in  mining  and  stock-raising. 
He  located  a  ranch  four  miles  from  Eagle,  and 
this  property,  which  has  an  abundance  of  moun- 
tain water  for  irrigation,  is  improved  with  a  neat 
residence,  good  barns,  etc.  It  is  situated  in  a 
valley  that  is  seven  miles  long  and  one  mile  wide 
and  is  one  of  the  most  fertile  and  beautiful  in  the 
state.  When  he  came  here  the  land  was  raw, 
but  under  his  supervision  it  has  been  brought 
under  excellent  cultivation,  and  is  now  very 
valuable.  In  addition  to  this  ranch  of  six  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres  and  a  hay  ranch  of  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty  acres  near  the  camp  of  Fulford 
he  owns  several  other  farms  in  this  locality. 

In  1864  Mr.  Love  married  Mrs.  Ellen  (Frost) 
Eaton,  and  for  thirty-four  years  he  had  the  com- 
panionship of  this  devoted,  helpful  and  capable 
wife.  She  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  but  her 
girlhood  years  were  passed  in  Illinois,  where  her 
parents  settled  in  an  early  day.  By  her  first  mar- 
riage she  had  a  daughter,  Lizzie  May,  Mrs.  John 
C.  Metcalf,  who  makes  her  home  with  her  step- 
father. No  children  were  born  to  her  second 
marriage.  The  death  of  Mrs.  Love,  in  1898, 
was  the  heaviest  sorrow  of  her  husband's  life. 

During  earlier  days  Mr.  Love  was  a  Democrat, 
but  of  late  years  he  has  become  identified  with 
the  People's  party.  In  the  fall  of  1897  he  was 
elected  county  commissioner,  which  position  he 
still  holds.  As  a  member  of  the  school  board  he 
has  done  much  to  advance  the  schools  of  this 
district.  Since  1867  he  has  been  identified  with 
the  Red  Cliff  Lodge  of  Masons.  He  is  a  man 
highly  respected  in  his  community,  and  has  many 
friends  among  the  people  of  the  county. 


(JOHN  W.  SMITH,  M.  D.,  PH.  G.  The 
I  people  of  Colorado  may  with  justice  claim 
(•/  the  palm  over  many  of  the  other  states  of  a 
similar  population  in  the  number  of  first-class 
physicians  that  form  part  of  the  citizenship  of  the 
state.  Among  those  who  came  to  Colorado  with 
little  means  and  few  acquaintances,  mention  be- 
longs to  the  subject  of  this  article,  who  is  one  of 
the  well-known  physicians  and  druggists  of  Crip- 
ple Creek.  In  January,  1896,  he  came  to  this 
camp  and  opened  up  a  small  drug  store  in  the  old 
town,  but  a  year  later  came  to  his  present  loca- 


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tion  in  the  central  part  of  the  city,  where  his  es- 
tablishment, the  Mining  Exchange  Pharmacy,  is 
one  of  the  leading  and  best-equipped  stores. 

When  a  boy  Dr.  Smith  had  no  special  advan- 
tages, for  he  was  an  orphan  and  poor.  He  was 
born  in  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  June  5,  1857,  and 
was  a.  small  child  when  his  father  lost  his  prop- 
erty during  the  war.  His  mother  died  leaving 
thirteen  children, of  whom  he, the  youngest  son  and 
next  to  the  youngest  child,  was  a  lad  of  nine  years. 
With  his  younger  sister  he  was  sent  to  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  where  he  made  his  home  with  relatives,  as 
the  old  home  had  been  broken  up.  He  worked 
for  fifty  cents  a  day  and  used  the  money  to  buy 
books  for  his  sister  and  himself.  His  only  op- 
portunity to  study  was  in  the  night  school. 
While  still  a  mere  lad  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
worked  in  H.  M.  Orahood's  drug  store  in  Black 
Hawk.  On  his  return  to  St.  Louis  he  worked  in 
a  drug  store.  In  1877  he  graduated  from  the  St. 
Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  after  which  he  took 
charge  of  a  drug  store  in  that  city.  With  money 
that  he  had  saved  while  in  the  drug  store  he  be- 
gan to  study  medicine,  having  as  his  preceptor 
W.  B.  Outten,  M.  D.,  who  was  then  a  prominent 
St.  Louis  physician.  Soon  afterward  he  entered 
the  St.  Louis  Medical  College,  where  he  took  a 
course  of  lectures. 

In  1878  Dr.  Smith  came  to  Colorado  for  the 
second  time.  His  coming,  however,  was  different 
from  the  previous  time.  Then  he  was  young, 
friendless,  a  runaway  from  his  adopted  home; 
now  he  was  a  young  man  of  education,  with  fair 
prospects  for  the  future,  and  seeking  a  suitable 
place  for  a  location.  He  again  went  to  Central  City, 
where  his  father  was  interested  in  mining.  The 
latter  afterward  made  his  home  with  his  son  and 
there  died  in  January,  1898,  when  eighty-four 
years  of  age. 

During  the  excitement  at  Leadville,  Dr.  Smith 
went  there  in  January,  1879,  but  after  a  time  he 
removed  to  Gunnison  County,  where  a  similar 
boom  existed.  In  the  fall  of  1880  he  was  elected 
coroner  of  Gunnison  County,  and  was  the  first 
regularly  appointed  county  physician.  While 
carrying  on  his  practice  he  engaged  in  mining  at 
Pitkin,  Tincupand  Gunnison,  and  was  successful 
until  1886,  when  he  lost  all  of  his  money  through 
an  unfortunate  investment.  Removing  to  Aspen, 
in  1888,  he  began  to  clerk  in  a  drug  store.  The 
following  year,  with  $200  he  had  saved,  he  went 
to  Denver  and  opened  up  a  small  drug  store. 
From  that  meager  start  he  built  up  a  good  busi- 


ness. In  a  short  time  he  bought  another  store 
and  continued  to  conduct  both  until  1893,  when 
he  sold  out.  The  previous  year  he  had  visited  in 
the  east  and  while  there  married  a  former  school- 
mate, Miss  Ollie  J.  Moore,  of  St.  Louis,  daugh- 
ter of  W.  R.  Moore,  of  Oswego,  N.  Y.  In  1894 
he  devoted  his  time  to  study  in  hospitals  and  col- 
leges, and  the  next  year  graduated  from  the  med- 
ical department  of  the  University  of  Denver. 
Afterward  he  practiced  in  Creede  for  a  short  time, 
but  since  January,  1896,  he  has  carried  on  prac- 
tice and  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Cripple 
Creek,  where  he  is  a  leading  professional  and 
business  man.  He  and  his  wife  have  two  chil- 
dren, Harold  and  Gladys. 


fl  FRANK  WINN.  Though  a  resident  of 
Morgan  County  for  a  comparatively  brief 
G/,  period  only,  Mr.  Winn  has  already  gained 
recognition  among  the  representative  ranchmen 
of  this  part  of  Colorado.  In  the  fall  of  1895  he 
purchased  a  ranch  lying  six  and  one-half  miles 
east  of  Fort  Morgan,  and  the  spring  of  the  next 
year  found  him  settled  at  his  new  home.  Here 
he  has  since  engaged  in  general  farming  and  the 
stock  business,  and  is  placing  his  property  under 
first-class  improvements. 

A  son  of  Munroe  and  Phoebe  (Cox)  Winn,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Adair  County, 
Iowa,  March  15,  1859.  The  family  of  which  he 
is  a  member  is  composed  of  the  following  chil- 
dren: William  Lorenzo,  Evaline,  J.  Frank,  Alice, 
Charles,  Edward,  Harvey  (deceased),  Theodore 
and  Montie  (deceased) .  The  father,  who  was  a 
native  of  Indiana,  born  about  1830,  engaged  in 
farming  from  his  youth.  Two  years  after  his 
marriage  he  settled  in  Iowa  and  bought  land  in 
Adair  County,  where  he  is  now  living,  practically 
retired,  though  still  superintending  his  landed 
interests.  He  is  a  supporter  of  the  Democratic 
party. 

At  nineteen  years  of  age  our  subject  rented 
land  and  began  life  for  himself.  He  continued  to 
operate  rented  land  until  1892,  when  he  pur- 
chased a  place  with  the  savings  of  former  3-ears. 
He  continued  to  reside  in  Iowa  until  his  removal 
to  Colorado  and  his  settlement  in  Morgan  Coun- 
ty. Since  attaining  his  majority  he  has  always 
voted  the  Democratic  ticket,  but  has  not  cared  to 
hold  office  nor  to  identify  himself  with  public  af- 
fairs. September  28,  1880,  he  married  Miss 
Cora  Kepner,  a  native  of  Fountain  County,  Ind., 
and  the  daughter  of  Gideon  Kepner,  who  was  a 


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successful  farmer  in  that  county.  To  this  mar- 
riage seven  children  were  born,  viz.:  Jessie, 
Blanche  W.,  Emil  W.,  Kent  L-,  Clark  R.,  Ethel 
J.  and  Maysil  R. 


(TAMES  F.  SMITH,  a  representative  mining 
I  and  civil  engineer  of  Cripple  Creek,  and  one 
G)  of  the  stockholders  in  the  Hull  City  placer 
mine,  was  born  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  January  16, 
1860.  He  is  a  direct  descendant  of  James  Smith, 
who  emigrated  from  Ireland  to  America  during 
the  early  half  of  the  eighteenth  century,  and 
afterward  became  one  of  the  prominent  men  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence.  Although  too  old  to  enlist  in  the 
Revolutionary  service,  he  helped  the  colonial 
cause  in  many  ways.  James  F.  Smith,  Sr.,our 
subject's  father,  was  born  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  and 
there  grew  to  manhood.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  engaged  in  the  steamboat  business.  From 
Louisville  he  removed  to  Memphis  and  later  to 
New  Orleans,  while  during  the  war  he  resided  in 
Montgomery,  Ala.  During  the  greater  part  of 
his  life  he  was  engaged  in  steamboating,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  (the  result  of  yellow  fever), 
October  4,  1867,  at  forty-four  years  of  age,  he  was 
acting  as  chief  clerk  of  the  "Robert  E.  Lee." 

Of  the  town  where  he  was  born  our  subject  has 
little  recollection,  as  he  was  but  two  years  of  age 
when  the  family  moved  from  there.  After  1868 
(during  which  year  his  mother  died)  he  was 
reared  in  Louisville.  He  was  educated  in  a  pri- 
vate seminary  at  Brandenburg,  Ky.  In  the 
spring  of  1880  he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  a 
month  was  employed  as  mining  engineer  at  Lead- 
ville.  He  then  went  to  Fairplay,  Park  County, 
Colo. ,  where  he  was  similarly  engaged  until  the 
summer  of  1889.  After  a  short  visit  in  Branden- 
burg, Ky.,  he  began  engineering  in  Ohio  and 
later  was  employed  at  canal  building  in  New 
York.  He  acted  as  superintendent  on  the  "Rock 
Cut"  of  the  Harlam  ship  canal  during  the  build- 
ing of  the  same.  After  two  years  in  the  east  he 
again  came  to  Colorado,  establishing  his  head- 
quarters at  Fairplay.  He  followed  engineering 
until  April  13,  1892,  the  date  of  his  arrival  in 
Cripple  Creek.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  min- 
ers of  this  camp  and  has  become  prominently 
known  in  mining  circles.  In  this  place  he  con- 
tinued to  make  his  home  until  1896,  when  the 
family  moved  to  Denver.  However,  much  of  his 
time  is  still  spent  in  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  has 
his  business  headquarters.  In  January,  1893, 


the  Hull  City  placer  was  located,  and  in  the  fall 
of  the  same  year  he  purchased  an  interest  in  the 
mine  when  it  was  considered  worthless;  since 
then  it  has  developed  into  a  very  valuable  prop- 
erty. Formerly  he  prospected  considerably,  but 
since  the  Hull  City  placer  proved  a  paying  in- 
vestment, he  has  turned  his  attention  to  mining 
engineering. 

By  his  marriage  to  Edmonia  G.  Richardson,  of 
Brandenburg,  Ky.,  daughter  of  W.  C.  Richard- 
son. Mr.  Smith  is  the  father  of  three  children, 
namely:  William  G.,  who  is  a  student  in  the 
Louisville  (Ky.)  Medical  College;  Florence  W. 
and  Katie  M.,  who  are  students  in  Denver 
schools.  Mr.  Smith  is  not  active  in  politics,  but 
is,  nevertheless,  a  very  decided  Democrat  in  his 
political  opinions,  and  never  fails  to  cast  a  vote 
in  support  of  the  party.  He  is  connected  with 
the  Elks  of  Cripple  Creek;  Mount  Pisgah  Lodge 
No.  96,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Cripple  Creek  Chapter, 
R.  A.  M.,  of  this  city;  Cripple  Creek  Comman- 
dery  No.  26,  K.  T.,  and  the  Colorado  Consis- 
tory, being  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason. 


H.  CLARK,  who  has  resided  in 

b  Colorado  since  1888,  during  that  year  took 
up  a  homestead  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  and  at  the  same  time  secured  by  pre-emp- 
tion another  quarter-section  situated  eight  miles 
southwest  of  Akron.  Upon  this  land  he  settled 
down  to  a  farmer's  life.  At  first  he  had  a  few 
head  of  cattle,  but  purchased  other  head,  until 
he  has  become  one  of  the  leading  cattlemen  of 
Washington  County.  He  is  associated  in  busi- 
ness with  his  son-in-law,  E.  W.  Clark.  He  is 
well  posted  in  the  stock  business,  and  his  thor- 
ough familiarity  with  every  detail  of  the  occu 
pation  enables  him  to  engage  in  it  successfully, 
in  spite  of  reverses  which  all  stockmen  meet  at 
one  time  or  another. 

A  son  of  Rich'ard  S.,  the  youngest  son  of  John 
and  Abra  (Woods)  Clark,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Chester,  Rockingham  County, 
N.  H.,  April  14,  1827.  His  grandfather,  John 
Clark,  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Revo- 
lution, participating  in  the  battles  of  Concord  and 
Bunker  Hill.  His  service  covered  a  period  of  seven 
years,  ending  with  his  discharge  after  the  surren- 
der of  Lord  Cornwallis  at  Yorktown.  Our  sub- 
ject was  one  of  nine  children,  five  of  whom  are 
living,  viz.:  Josiah,  who  is  a  merchant  of  Nashua, 
N.  H.;  George  H. ;  Jane,  Mrs.  Brown,  of  Goffs- 
town,  N.  H.;  Richard  S. ,  a  farmer  residing  at 


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Auburn,  N.  H.;  and  Sylvania,  wife  of  John 
Davis,  also  of  Auburn.  The  parents  were  born 
in  Chester,  N.  H.,  the  father  in  1800,  the  mother 
a  year  later.  Both  were  members  of  old  families 
of  the  state,  where  they  continued  to  reside  dur- 
ing their  active  lives,  making  their  home  upon  a 
farm.  The  death  of  the  father  occurred  in  1866, 
and  that  of  the  mother  in  1879.  The  former  was 
active  in  military  matters  and  held  the  rank  of 
captain  in  the  state  militia,  after  which  he  was 
always  called  "Captain"  Clark. 

The  fact  that  his  father  had  met  with  business 
reverses  forced  our  subject,  when  fourteen  years 
of  age,  to  begin  the  battle  of  life  for  himself. 
From  that  time  he  was  self-supporting.  For  two 
years  he  was  employed  as  a  farm  hand  during 
the  summer,  while  during  the  winter  he  worked 
for  his  board  and  attended  school.  At  sixteen 
he  became  an  apprentice  to  the  brick-mason's 
trade,  at  which  and  at  plastering  he  served  a 
three  years'  term.  On  the  conclusion  of  his  ap- 
prenticeship he  commenced  to  work  as  a  jour- 
neyman. For  the  next  seven  years  he  was  em- 
ployed successively  in  Lowell  and  Lawrence, 
Mass.,  Bangor,  Me.,  Boston,  Mass.,  Manchester 
and  Concord,  N.  H.  Afterward  he  spent  a  short 
time  in  the  southern  states.  On  his  return  north 
he  settled  in  Muckwonago,  Waukesha  County, 
Wis. ,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade.  During  his 
residence  in  that  town  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Sophia  E.  Perkins.  Two  years  after  his  mar- 
riage he  removed  to  Indiana  and  settled  in  Clo- 
verdale,  Putnam  County,  where  he  continued  to 
make  his  home  until  the  outbreak  of  the  war; 
meantime  he  traveled  through  the  south,  visit- 
ing all  of  the  slave  states,  and  coming  in  contact 
with  slavery  in  its  every  form.  At  the  opening 
of  the  war  he  removed  to  Newport  News,  Va. , 
and  in  connection  with  his  brother,  John,  opened 
a  post  store,  where  they  conducted  a  prosperous 
business  during  the  entire  period' of  hos til i ties  be- 
tween the  north  and  south. 

In  October,  1865,  Mr.  Clark  settled  in  Living- 
ston County,  Mo.,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
merchandising  and  remained  for  a  number  of 
years.  Next  going  to  Florida,  he  was  employed 
for  four  years  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Jack- 
sonville by  his  brother  John.  On  his  return  to 
Missouri  he  located  at  Dawn,  where  he  opened  a 
hotel  and  also  carried  on  a  livery  business.  He 
continued  there  until  the  year  of  his  removal  to 
Colorado  and  his  settlement  on  his  present  ranch. 
He  and  his  wife  had  five  children,  but  only  one 


is  now  living,  Mary  A.,  wife  of  E.  W.  Clark,  a 
prominent  cattleman  and  the  county  surveyor  of 
Washington  County.  Since  1850  he  has  been 
identified  with  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  now 
holds  membership  in  Akron  Lodge  No.  74,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  He  has  given  his  vote  to  the  Repub- 
lican party  since  early  manhood,  and  has  always 
been  a  stanch  adherent  of  its  principles.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  connected  with  the  Christian  Church. 


(JAMES  A.  DAWSON,  one  of  the  early  set- 
I  tiers  of  the  old  Fort  Sedgwick  reservation 
(2/  and  a  well-known  farmer  and  stockman  of 
Sedgwick  County,  was  born  near  Industry, 
Beaver  County,  Pa.,  February  6,  1859,  a  son  of 
William  W.  and  Elizabeth  (Ewing)  Dawson. 
He  was  one  of  five  children,  of  whom  the  sur- 
vivors are  himself  and  his  sister,  Margaret 
Myrtilla,  wife  of  John  Ramsey,  of  Pennsylvania. 
One  of  the  family,  Benoni  W. ,  was  a  recruit  of 
Company  B,  First  Colorado  Infantry,  during  the 
Spanish  war  of  1898,  and  died  of  typhoid  fever  at 
Honolulu,  when  en  route  to  the  Philippines. 

A  native  of  Hancock  County,  Va.,  William 
W.  Dawson  was  born  May  27,  1830.  His  mother 
dying  when  he  was  an  infant,  he  was  reared  by 
his  two  aunts  and  an  uncle  in  Beaver  County. 
Under  the  care  of  these  relatives  he  grew  to 
manhood;  and  as  they  became  aged  and  infirm, 
he  took  charge  of  the  home  farm  and  cared  for 
them  until  they  died.  The  property  then  be- 
came his  by  inheritance,  and  he  has  since  made 
his  home  there.  He  was  the  son  of  a  physician 
of  Hancock  County,  Va.  (now  W.  Va. ),  and  his 
wife  was  the  daughter  of  Alexander  Ewing,  a 
farmer  of  Beaver  County,  whose  father-in-law, 
Lieutenant  Knight,  was  an  officer  in  the  war  of 
1812. 

After  attaining  his  majority  our  subject  spent 
two  and  one-half  years  in  farm  work  in  Iowa  and 
Kansas,  after  which  he  returned  to  Pennsylvania 
and  for  four  years  worked  on  the  old  homestead. 
In  1885  he  married  Miss  Maggie  Linda  Barclay, 
the  marriage  ceremony  being  performed  at  the 
home  of  the  bride's  parents  in  Beaver  County  on 
the  25th  of  June.  Her  father  was  R.  H.  Bar- 
clay, a  well-known  farmer*  of  that  section.  In 
February,  1886,  with  his  wife,  our  subject  came 
west,  settling  at  Kearney,  Neb.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  farming  for  one  year.  In  March,  1887, 
he  removed  to  Sedgwick  County  and  settled  five 
miles  southwest  of  Julesburg,  where  he  entered  a 
squatter's  claim  to  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 


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of  land  in  the  Fort  Sedgwick  reservation.  When 
the  reservation  was  opened  to  settlement  a  year 
later  he  proved  up  on  his  place;  but,  unfortunate- 
ly, he  had  settled  on  one  of  the  odd  sections,  and 
later,  when  the  railroad  was  attached,  the  section 
proved  to  be  railroad  land,  and  he  was  compelled 
to  buy  the  pla<5e.  He  has  been  prospered  in  his 
ranching  pursuits,  and  is  to-day  one  of  the  well- 
known  men  of  the  section.  Interested  in  educa- 
tional matters,  he  has  served  efficiently  as  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  of  his  district,  which  is 
justly  proud  of  the  fact  that  it  has  one  of  the  best- 
equipped  and  most  handsome  country  school- 
houses  in  the  county.  In  politics  he  is  an  ardent 
ally  of  the  Republican  pa'rty.  He  and  his  wife 
are  the  parents  of  two  daughters,  Myrtle  and 
Mary. 

f^ETER  STEIN  is  the  owner  of  a  ranch  in  the 
LX  fertile  valley  near  Gypsum,  Eagle  County, 
J5  and  also  owns,  at  Eagle,  the  best-equipped 
blacksmith's  shop  and  wagon  works  in  the  entire 
county.  When  he  came  here  in  1886  he  pur- 
chased a  ranch  one  mile  from  Gypsum,  and  in 
connection  with  its  cultivation  carried  on  the 
blacksmith's  trade  in  the  same  neighborhood. 
In  1897  ne  built  a  substantial  blacksmith's  shop, 
and  has  since  carried  on  business  at  Eagle. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Stein  occurred  in  1856,  near 
Bezirka-Coblentz  on  the  Rhine,  about  twenty-five 
miles  from  the  famous  old  town  of  Bingen.  He 
is  a  son  of  John  Stein,  a  farmer  in  the  old  coun- 
try, and  Marie  (Fey)  Stein,  who  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Schneppenbach.  The  family  of  which 
he  is  a  member  consists  of  five  sons  and  one 
daughter.  Jacob,  Joseph,  John  and  Henry  live 
at  the  old  homeplace  in  Germany,  and  Catherine 
is  the  wife  of  Jacob  Getz,  who  lives  in  the  same 
neighborhood  as  her  brothers.  The  only  one 
who  came  to  America  was  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  He  was  reared  on  the  home  farm  and 
educated  in  German  schools.  Following  the 
time-honored  German  custom,  he  began  to  learn 
a  trade  when  fourteen  years  of  age.  He  served 
an  apprenticeship  to  the  blacksmith's  trade  for 
three  years,  after  which  he  followed  the  trade  as 
a  journeyman  for  three  years.  He  then  entered 
the  regular  army,  and  for  three  years  lived  the 
life  of  a  German  soldier. 

Coming  to  America  in  1882,  Mr.  Stein  settled 
in  Breckenridge,  Summit  County,  Colo.,  but  after 
one  year  removed  to  Alma,  this  state,  where  he 
opened  a  shop.  For  four  years  he  engaged  in 


business  there.  In  1886  he  settled  in  Eagle 
County,  where  he  has  since  resided.  Besides  his 
business  and  ranch  interests  he  was  one  of  the 
promoters  of  the  Eagle  Valley  Creamery,  in  which 
for  some  time  he  owned  an  interest.  His  political 
views  bring  him  into  affiliation  with  the  People's 
party.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 

In  1883  Mr.  Stein  married  Miss  Louisa  Earth, 
a  native  of  Krebsweiler,  Germany,  a  town  that 
is  situated  near  our  subject's  native  place.  They 
are  the  parents  of  five  children:  William,  Har- 
man,  Pauline,  Louisa  and  Minnie. 


(JOHN  G.  HUDSON,  county  clerk  and  re- 
I  corder  of  Washington  County,  was  born  in 
G/  Oakland  County,  Mich.,  May  3,  1859,  a  son 
of  John  K.  and  Amanda  (Green)  Hudson,  and 
next  to  the  youngest  of  the  family  of  five  chil- 
dren now  living.  The  others  are:  Gilbert  R. ,  a 
ticket  broker  in  Denver,  Colo. ;  Maria  L. ,  wife  of 
Allen  Becker,  a  farmer  in  Hemlock,  N.  Y. ;  Le- 
men  W.,  who  is  engaged  in  business  in  Port  Hu- 
ron, Mich.;  and  Edward  A.,  a  business  man  of 
Oxford,  Mich.  His  father,  a  native  of  New  York, 
graduated  in  medicine  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  after 
which  he  practiced  his  profession  at  Rochester, 
Mich.  About  1853  he  was  crippled,  and  giv- 
ing up  his  outside  practice  he  opened  a  drug 
store,  and  at  the  same  time  carried  on  an  office 
practice.  His  death  occurred  in  1865.  After- 
ward his  widow  continued  the  drug  business  and 
reared  her  children. 

While  a  mere  youth  Mr.  Hudson  came  to 
Colorado,  arriving  in  Denver  August  12,  1876. 
On  his  arrival  he  secured  a  position  in  a  woolen 
mill,  where  he  worked  for  three  months,  after- 
ward joining  a  party  of  surveyors  engaged  in  the 
survey  of  the  South  Park  Railroad.  During  the 
building  of  the  Alpine  tunnel  he  was  a  member 
of  the  engineering  corps  and  was  employed  there 
during  the  entire  period  until  the  completion  of 
this  famous  engineering  feat,  which  occupied  two 
and  one-half  years.  Afterward  he  went  to  Idaho, 
and  during  1881-82  was  employed  by  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  as  a  civil  engineer  on  the  Oregon 
Short  Line.  In  1883  he  worked  on  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  in  Kansas.  The  following  year 
he  spent  some  months  among  relatives  and 
friends  in  Michigan.  December  12,  1885,  he  ar- 
rived in  Akron,  of  which  town  he  was  among 
the  earliest  settlers.  Here,  in  partnership  with 
his  brother,  Lemen  W.,  he  established  the  first 


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drug  store  in  the  town.  One  year  later  the  part- 
nership was  dissolved,  the  brother  returning  to 
Michigan,  while  he  turned  his  attention  to  paint- 
ing and  contracting.  Later  he  was  made  sur- 
veyor of  Washington  County,  a  position  that  he 
held  for  five  years.  At  the  same  time  (1892-93) 
he  was  clerk  of  the  district  court  and  also  town 
clerk  (1892-96).  In  the  fall  of  1895  he  was  the 
candidate  on  the  fusion  ticket  for  the  office  of 
county  clerk  and  recorder,  and  was  elected  by  a 
handsome  majority.  Two  years  later  he  was  re- 
turned to  the  office  on  the  same  ticket.  In  polit- 
ical belief  he  is  a  Populist,  stanch  in  his  adher- 
ence to  the  principles  for  which  his  party  stands. 
Fraternally  he  is  senior  warden  of  Akron  Lodge 
No.  74,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  secretary  of  Akron 
Tent  No.  2,  K.  O.  T.  M. 

September  i,  1892,  occurred  the  marriage  of 
Mr.  Hudson  to  Miss  Burtie  B.  Ball,  who  was 
born  in  Indiana  and  came  to  Akron,  Colo.,  in 
company  with  her  father,  George  W.  Ball.  Three 
children  were  born  of  this  marriage,  two  of  whom 
are  living,  namely:  John  G.,  Jr.,  born  April 
22,  1895;  and  Gilbert  R.,  July  24,  1896. 


/TJHARLES  I.  COLWELL,  county  commis- 
1 i  sioner  of  Morgan  County,  president  of  the 
\J  Lower  Platte  and  Beaver-  Ditch  Company, 
and  a  successful  ranchman,  was  born  in  Knox- 
ville,  111.,  February  n,  1 86 1,  a  son  of  Francis  M. 
and  Sarah  E.  (Cooper)  Colwell.  There  are  but 
two  children  in  the  family,  he  and  his  sister, 
Millicent  M.,  who  is  the  wife  of  J.  C.  Johnston, 
M.  D.,  of  Denver.  His  father,  a  native  of  Indi- 
ana, born  in  1834,  grew  to  manhood  near  Knox- 
ville,  111. ,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  car- 
penter. After  his  marriage  he  continued  to  fol- 
low his  trade  in  Knoxville.  Six  years  prior  to 
his  death  he  removed  to  Greenville,  Bond  County, 
111.,  where  he  died  in  1870.  His  wife,  a  native 
of  Knoxville  and  a  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Maria  (Hadley)  Cooper,  was  one  of  seven  chil- 
dren, the  most  famous  of  whom  was  Job  A. 
Cooper,  at  one  time  governor  of  Colorado. 

When  his  father  died,  our  subject  was  only 
nine  years  of  age,  and  one  year  later  his  mother 
passed  away.  He  was  taken  into  the  home  of 
his  uncle,  Thomas  Cooper,  his  guardian,  with 
whom  he  came  to  Colorado  in  1874  and  settled 
near  Greeley,  engaging  in  the  cattle  business  as 
an  assistant  on  the  ranch.  After  he  reached  the 
age  of  sixteen  his  uncle  paid  him  a  salary,  and  he 
continued  with  him  until  he  attained  his  majority. 


At  that  time  his  two  uncles,  Thomas  and  Job  A. 
Cooper,  who  had  been  partners  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness, dissolved  their  partnership,  the  latter  pur- 
chasing the  cattle,  which  he  placed  on  the  Trowel 
ranch.  He  gave  our  subject  the  management  of 
the  cattle,  and  the  latter  continued  for  fourteen 
years  to  have  the  management  of  his  uncle's 
stock  interests  in  this  section.  At  the  time  he  be- 
gan in  the  work  he  had  a  small  bunch  of  cattle, 
and  these  he  turned  in  with  his  uncle's,  looking 
after  both  herds.  In  1889  he  purchased  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres  five  miles  northeast  of 
Bnish,  and  at  that  time  turned  his  cattle  upon  his 
new  purchase.  In  1897  he  resigned  his  position 
in  order  to  give  his  entire  attention  to  his  per- 
sonal interests,  which  had  assumed  important 
proportions.  He  has  since  resided  on  his  ranch 
near  Brush  and  has  been  prosperously  engaged  in 
raising  and  selling  cattle. 

The  Republican  party  has  in  Mr.  Colwell  a 
stanch  adherent.  On  that  ticket  in  1895  he  was 
elected  commissioner  of  Morgan  Count}',  and  at 
the  expiration  of  the  term,  in  the  fall  of  1898,  he 
was  returned  to  the  office,  which  he  fills  with 
ability.  For  some  years  he  has  acted  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Lower  Platte  &  Beaver  Ditch  Com- 
pany. He  has  served  as  secretary  of  the  school 
board  and  has  been  helpful  in  promoting  educa- 
tional matters  in  his  district.  December  30, 
1886,  he  married  Miss  Mary  G.  Barnes,  by  whom 
he  has  five  children:  Olive,  Francis,  Charles  L. , 
Mary  A.  and  Millicent  M. 


IV^RS.  P.  P.  (LANDRUM)  HARGROVE, 
I  /  I  w'10  's  successful'y  engaged  in  ranching  in 
I  (9 1  Sedgwick  County,  is  a  member  of  a  pioneer 
family  of  northeastern  Colorado.  She  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Jerome  B.  and  Virginia  S.  (Brants- 
ford)  Landrum,  and  was  one  of  a  family  of  nine 
children.  They  are  named  as  follows:  Georgi- 
anna,  deceased;  John  W.,  a  farmer  and  stockman 
of  Sterling,  Colo. ;  Eugene  F.,  who  is  a  successful 
fanner  of  Greeley,  Colo.;  Pattie  P.,  Mrs.  Har- 
grove; Thomas  J.,  a  minister  in  the  Adventist 
Church;  Robert  P.  and  Lewis  (deceased),  twins;. 
Emma  E.,  wife  of  T.  K.  Propst,  a  prominent 
stockman  of  Merino,  Colo.;  and  Jerome  H.,  a 
farmer  and  stockman  of  Merino. 

The  father  of  Mrs.  Hargrove  was  born  in  Bar- 
ren County,  Ky.,  May  14,  1820,  a  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Page)  Landrum,  natives  of  Vir- 
ginia, who  settled  in  Kentucky  in  very  early 
times  and  continued  to  reside  there  until  they 


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died.  His  education  was  acquired  in  common 
schools.  On  reaching  manhood  he  began  for 
himself,  and  while  he  gave  considerable  attention 
to  farming  and  stock-raising,  he  also  devoted 
much  time  to  the  work  of  a  local  preacher.  He 
became  familiar  with  the  Scriptures  in  early  life, 
and  being  an  earnest  speaker,  met  with  success  in 
the  preaching  of  the  Gospel  in  the  Methodist 
Church.  Finally,  declining  years  incapacitated 
him  for  active  work  and.  obliged  him  to  give  up 
ministerial  work. 

In  the  fall  of  1873  Mr.  Landrum  visited  Colo- 
rado for  the  first  time.  He  was  pleased  with  the 
country,  and  in  the  spring  of  the  following  year 
returned  to  make  it  his  home.  However,  he  did 
not  bring  his  family  here  until  the  spring  of  1876. 
He  settled  at  South  Platte  (now  Merino),  where 
he  bought  state  land  and  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock-raising.  In  1882  he  removed  to  Evans,  and 
there  he  has  since  resided.  His  wife,  who  was 
born  in  1822,  is  also  living. 

Mrs.  Hargrove  was  born  in  Barren  County, 
Ky.,  and  her  education  was  obtained  in  local 
schools.  June  20,  1877,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years,  she  became  the  wife  of  Robert  P.  Har- 
grove, who  was  born  in  Barren  County,  and  had 
removed  to  Colorado  in  1875,  settling  near  Ster- 
ling. Later  he  engaged  in  ranching  near  Merino, 
where  he  took  up  a  tract  of  land.  The  three 
children  born  of  this  union  are:  Dora  Lee,  Beau- 
ford  M.  and  Elsie  Gladys,  the  eldest  of  whom  is 
a  student  in  the  Julesburg  school.  In  1885  Mrs. 
Hargrove  established  her  home  on  a  ranch  nine 
miles  southwest  of  Julesburg,  but  in  1897  she 
homesteaded  a  tract  of  land  where  she  now  re- 
sides. For  three  years  she  was  interested  in 
sheep-raising,  but  now  her  attention  is  mainly 
given  to  the  cattle  business.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  Church,  and  takes  an  interest 
in  all  matters  of  a  religious  and  charitable  nature. 
Among  the  people  of  Sedgwick  County  she  has 
many  friends,  and  all  esteem  her  for  her  energy 
of  character  and  her  kindness  of  heart. 


RICHARD  W.  CORWIN,  M.  D.    The  medi- 
cal profession  has  many  able  representatives 
in  Colorado,  men  who  stand  high  because  of 
native  ability  of  a  superior  order  and  because  of 
thorough  study  of  the  best  authorities  in   the 
science.     As  a  representative,  especially  of  the 
department  of  surgery,  prominent  mention  should 
be  made  of  Dr.  Corwin,  of  Pueblo,  who  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  most  eminent  and  successful 


surgeons  in  the  entire  state.  He  has  risen  to  a 
position  of  great  influence  solely  through  the 
exercise  and  development  of  his  native  powers  of 
mind,  and  his  career  affords  a  striking  example 
of  the  results  of  application. 

Born  in  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  May  24,  1852, 
Dr.  Corwin  was  two  years  of  age  when  his 
parents  removed  to  New  York  City  and  four  years 
old  when  they  settled  upon  a  large  tract  of  timber 
land  near  Narrowsburg,  Sullivan  County,  N.  Y. 
As  soon  as  large  enough  to  be  of  help,  he  assisted 
his  father  in  lumber  camps  and  in  rafting  logs 
and  lumber  down  the  Delaware  River.  He  was 
given  excellent  educational  advantages,  first  in 
Cornell  University,  and  later  in  the  State  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  where  he  after- 
ward taught  from  1874  to  1878.  Going  from 
there  to  Chicago,  he  remained  in  St.  Luke's 
Hospital  for  two  terms.  His  knowledge  of  medi- 
cine and  surgery,  gained  theoretically  in  Ann 
Arbor,  and  experimentally  in  the  hospital,  fitted 
him  for  successful  work  in  his  profession. 

In  the  spring  of  1881  Dr.  Corwin  came  to 
Pueblo  to  take  the  position  as  chief  surgeon  for 
the  Colorado  Fuel  and  Iron  Company,  which 
covers  the  steel  works  and  thirty  mines  located  in 
Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Wyoming.  He  has 
since  had  charge  of  their  hospital  in  this  city  and 
the  surgeons  at  their  mines.  That  the  position 
is  one  of  responsibility  is  shown  by  the  fact  that 
the  company's  medical  staff  treated  twenty-nine 
thousand  patients  during  the  year  1898.  He  is 
also  surgeon  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  and 
the  Union  Pacific  &  Gulf  Railroads  and  the  Colo- 
rado smelter.  For  four  years  he  has  acted  as  a 
member  of  the  state  board  of  health.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Normal 
School  in  Pueblo,  and  is  surgeon-general  of  the 
state,  also  surgeon  of  the  State  Asylum  for  the 
Insane,  located  in  Pueblo. 

For  the  purpose  of  study  under  the  best  instruc- 
tors, in  1889  Dr.  Corwin  went  to  Europe,  and  for 
a  year  studied  in  hospitals  in  Edinburg,  London 
and  elsewhere.  It  has  also  been  his  custom  to 
take  a  post-graduate  course  in  New  York  colleges 
at  intervals  of  three  years,  by  which  means  he 
keeps  abreast  of  the  latest  discoveries  and  develop- 
ments in  his  chosen  field  of  professional  labor. 
His  connection  with  various  asylums,  companies 
and  sanitariums  as  surgeon,  brings  many  respon- 
sibilities upon  him,  besides  which  he  has  a  large 
and  important  private  practice.  In  spite  of  his 
busy  life,  he  always  finds  time  for  a  genial  word 


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with  his  acquaintances  or  a  helpful  act  to  those  in 
need,  and  he  is  therefore  respected,  not  only  as  a 
surgeon,  but  also  as  a  gentleman.  Fraternally 
he  is  identified  with  South  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  31, 
A.  F.&  A.M.,  Pueblo  Chapter  No.  12,  R.  A.  M., 
and  Pueblo  Comtnandery  No.  3,  K.  T. ,  and  is 
now  grand  standard  bearer  of  the  state.  At  one 
time  he  was  president  of  the  Pueblo  County  Medi- 
cal Society.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  State 
Medical  Society,  the  Railroad  Surgeons'  Associa- 
tion and  the  American  Medical  Temperance 
Association. 

(3  AMUEL  D.  SHUMATE,  who  is  engaged  in 
?\  a  general  ranching  business  three  and  one- 
Q)  half  miles  east  of  Fort  Morgan,  was  born  in 
Clark  County,  Mo.,  on  Christmas  day  of  1859, 
a  son  of  George  W.  and  Hannah  (Dale)  Shumate, 
The  family  of  which  he  is  a  member  consists  of 
the  following  sons  and  daughters:  John  P.,  of 
Sacramento,  Cal. ;  George  William,  a  resident  of 
Saline  County,  Mo.;  Hannah  J.,  wife  of  Louis 
Gaume,  of  Sacramento,  Cal.;  Mary  E. ,  who  mar- 
ried Edward  Kelley,  and  lives  in  Saline  County, 
Mo.;  Samuel  D.;  James  O. ,  of  Saline  County, 
Mo.;  David  L. ,  of  Excello,  Macon  County,  that 
state;  and  Sarah  M.,  Mrs.  Warren  House,  of 
Saline  County. 

A  native  of  Virginia,  born  in  1818,  George  W. 
Shumate  was  five  years  of  age  when  his  parents 
moved  to  Kentucky.  Some  eight  years  later 
they  settled  in  Ohio,  but  after  a  year  moved  to 
Missouri,  where  he  grew  to  manhood,  married 
and  followed  carpentering1  and  farming  in  Clark 
County,  where  he  settled  after  his  marriage. 
In  1865  he  removed  to  St.  Louis  County,  and 
there  made  his  home  for  two  years.  The  remain- 
ing yearsof  his  life  were  passed  in  Saline  County, 
where  he  died  April  12,  1897. 

The  education  acquired  by  our  subject  was 
such  as  the  common  schools  of  his  county  af- 
forded. In  1880  he  "launched  his  ship  on  the 
sea  of  life."  In.  company  with  his  cousin  he 
came  to  Colorado  during  that  year.  The  old- 
fashioned  plan  of  crossing  the  plains  in  a  "prairie 
schooner"  had  been  superseded  by  the  modern 
steam  cars,  and  few  were  contented  to  resort  to 
the  slower  method  of  transportation.  However, 
wishing  to  see  the  country,  he  and  his  com- 
panion preferred  to  drive.  They  arrived  in 
Sterling  July  7,  1880,  and  remained  there  for  a 
time.  Soon  after  our  subject  entered  the  employ 
of  a  man  who  had  the  contract  to  carry  the  mail 


from  Sterling  to  Greeley.  That  position  he  held 
for  eighteen  months,  after  which  he  worked  at 
the  carpenter's  trade  for  six  months,  and  then 
formed  a  partnership  with  a  brother-iii  law  in 
the  sheep  business.  He  ranged  the  sheep  eight- 
een miles  west  of  Sterling  and  for  two  years  gave 
his  entire  time  to  the  management  of  the  busi- 
ness. Upon  disposing  of  their  stock  he  and  his 
brother-in-law  purchased  a  store  in  Sterling,  and 
this  property  they  sold  to  advantage  a  few  days 
later.  They  then  purchased  an  alfalfa  ranch  in 
Weldon  Valley,  where  they  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  and  met  with  success.  In  1888  Mr. 
Shumate  came  to  his  present  location,  purchasing 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  engag- 
ing in  farming  and  the  cattle  business.  He  has 
made  five  trips  to  California,  and  is  familiar  with 
nearly  every  part  of  that  state.  In  1892  he  went 
to  the  coast  and  remained  eleven  months.  In 
1894  he  again  went  west,  this  time  spending 
three  years  in  Los  Angeles,  during  which  time 
he  engaged  in  haying  and  the  raising  of  fruits. 
In  1895  and  1896  Mr.  Shumate  served  as  water 
commissioner  of  this  district.  He  is  a  member 
of  Silver  Lodge  No.  60,  K.  P.,  and  in  politics  is 
a  stanch  advocate  of  the  Populist  doctrines.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  and  a  con- 
tributor to  religious  and  philanthropic  projects. 
In  November,  1888,  he  married  Miss  Rosa 
Davidson,  who  died  December  31,  1894;  two  chil- 
dren were  born  of  that  union,  Beulah  and  Samuel 
(deceased).  The  present  wife  of  our  subject, 
whom  he  married  December  14,  1897,  was  Mrs. 
Mattie  (McPherson)  Wallace,  a  native  of  Ohio, 
and  a  lady  of  intelligence  and  refinement. 


f~RANK  S.  BARNHART  came  to  Colorado 
rft  in  the  spring  of  1888  and  settled  six  miles 
|  east  and  one  mile  north  of  Akron  in  Wash- 
ington County.  Here  he  pre-empted  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres,  homesteaded  a  similar  acre- 
age and  took  up  another  quarter-section  adjoin- 
ing as  a  tree  claim.  At  once  he  began  farm  pur- 
suits. However,  it  did  not  take  him  long  to  dis- 
cover that  farming  in  Colorado  without  irrigation 
is  a  failure.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  gar- 
dening and  has  since  practically  supplied  the  en- 
tire town  of  Akron  with  its  vegetables.  This 
business,  together  with  his  stock  interests  which 
he  has  been  acquiring  since  1893,  place  him 
among  the  substantial  citizens  of  the  county.  In 
November,  1895,  he  was  elected  county  commis- 
sioner on  the  fusion  ticket  and  served  his  constit- 


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uents  faithfully  during  his  term  of  three  years. 
He  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political  belief  and  a  sup- 
porter of  the  silver  cause.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  Akron  Lodge  No.  31,  Star  of  Jupiter. 

Near  Bloomington,  McLean  County,  111.,  Mr. 
Barnhart  was  born  November  24,  1856,  a  son  of 
David  and  Elizabeth  (Christbaum)  Barnhart,  and 
one  of  nine  children,  all  of  whom  are  living. 
George  N.  is  a  farmer  and  fruit-grower  at  Stutt- 
gart, Ark.;  Frank  S.  was  second  in  order  of  birth; 
William  D.  is  a  farmer  and  stock-grower  in  Val- 
ley County,  Neb. ;  Charles  L.  is  a  farmer  at  North 
Loup,  Neb.;  John  R.  and  James  D.  are  similarly 
engaged  in  that  county;  Benjamin  makes  his 
home  with  his  father  in  Valley  County;  Margaret 
A.  (Mrs.  Augustus  Whetzel),  lives  in  Indiana; 
and'Elvin  resides  with  his  father. 

David  Barnhart  was  born  in  Ross  County,  Ohio, 
and  there  grew  to  manhood  and  married.  Shortly 
after  his  marriage  he  moved  to  McLean  County, 
111.,  of  which  he  was  an  early  settler  and  with 
the  development  of  which  he  was  intimately  asso- 
ciated. Farming  and  stock-raising  furnished  him 
with  a  competency  and  enabled  him  to  surround 
his  family  with  every  comfort.  About  1885  he 
moved  to  Nebraska,  settling  in  Valley  County, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  His  wife  was  a  na- 
tive of  Ross  County,  Ohio,  and,  like  him,  was  of 
Pennsylvania- Dutch  ancestry,  the  descendant  of 
early  settlers  of  Pennsylvania.  She  died  in  1893. 

At  twenty  years  of  age  our  subject  left  home 
and  went  to  the  native  county  of  his  parents, 
where  he  visited  among  relatives  and  friends,  re- 
turning thence  to  McLean  County  and  embark- 
ing in  farm  pursuits  for  himself.  January  8, 
1880,  he  married  Miss  Julia  A.  Smith,  a  native  of 
Ross  County,  and  a  daughter  of  Daniel  B.  Smith, 
a  farmer  and  cattleman  of  Ross,  and  later  of  Mc- 
Lean County,  111.  In  1883  our  subject  and  his 
wife  removed  to  Valley  County,  Neb.,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming  until  his  removal  to  Colorado 
in  1888.  He  has  since  become  known  as  one  of 
the  enterprising  residents  of  Washington  County. 
He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of  four  children, 
Nora  X.,  Roy  Carl,  Bessie  Pearl  and  David  Adlai. 

In  1893  Mr.  Barnhart  began  to  experiment  in 
irrigation,  the  first  ever  undertaken  in  Washing- 
ton or  Yuma  Counties,  with  the  exception  of  a 
very  small  strip  in  the  northwestern  part  of  the 
former  county.  As  bringing  water  from  the 
mountains  or  adjacent  streams  was  impossible  he 
introduced  the  scheme  of  irrigating  by  means  of 
water  drawn  from  the  earth  by  windmill  power, 


the  only  place  in  Colorado  where  irrigation  is 
done  by  this  method.  He  now  has  about  ten 
acres  well  watered,  a  veritable  garden  tract.  He 
also  supplies  Akron's  inhabitants  with  ice 
and  has  built  a  fish  pond,  from  which  he  eventu- 
ally will  supply  his  customers  with  fresh  fish  the 
year  round. 

r~RANCIS  M.  PHILLIPS,  who  was  engaged 
ry  in  the  hardware  business  in  Sterling,  and  is 
|  filling  the  office  of  commissioner  of  Logan 
County,  is  one  of  the  representative  men  of  north- 
eastern Colorado.  A  native  of  southern  Illinois, 
he  was  born  in  Jefferson  County  May  5,  1859, 
being  a  son  of  Clarence  A.  and  Sarah  E.  (Tate) 
Phillips.  He  was  one  of  a  family  of  three  sons 
and  three  daughters,  of  whom  the  latter  are  de- 
ceased; one  son,  James  E.,  is  engaged  in  the 
drayage  business  in  Centralia,  111.,  and  the  young- 
est son,  Charles  A. ,  is  a  plumber  in  that  city.  The 
father  was  born  and  reared  in  St.  Clair  County, 
111.,  and  in  youth  served  an  apprenticeship  to  the 
trade  of  architect  and  builder.  After  his  marriage 
he  settled  in  Jefferson  County,  the  home  of  his 
wife.  He  erected  the  first  house  built  in  Cen- 
tralia, where  afterward,  with  a  partner,  he  built 
nearly  three  hundred  residences  and  business 
buildings.  In  1864  or  1865  he  removed  to  Mis- 
souri, where  for  three  years  he  made  his  home  in 
Johnson  County.  His  next  place  of  abode  was 
Liberty,  Montgomery  County,  Kan.,  and  there 
he  engaged  in  the  livery  business  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  January  12,  1872,  at  thirty-seven 
years  of  age.  After  his  death  his  wife  returned 
to  Illinois,  where  she  has  since  resided. 

When  sixteen  years  of  age  our  subject  began 
to  operate  a  threshing  machine,  in  which  employ- 
ment he  continued  for  three  years.  Afterward  he 
completed  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  he  had 
partially  learned  under  his  father.  From  that 
time  he  gave  his  attention  to  farm  work  in  the 
summer  and  carpentering  in  the  fall  and  winter. 
With  John  T.  Eskew  he  went  to  Nebraska  in 
1884,  and  for  five  months  he  worked  in  Hamilton 
County  as  a  farm  hand,  after  which  he  built  a 
house  for  his  employer.  March  8,  1886,  he  went 
to  Bromfield  to  "establish  a  lumber  yard  for  the 
National  Lumber  Company.  He  was  the  first 
man  in  the  town  and  remained  there  for  a  week 
before  he  was  joined  by  anyone.  There  he  estab- 
lished the  yard  and  erected  the  necessary  build- 
ings. The  completion  of  the  Burlington  &  Mis- 
souri Railroad  through  Bromfield  caused  the 


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establishment  and  growth  of  the  village.  After 
a  year  our  subject  worked  for  C.  N.  Diet/,  in 
the  lumber  business  for  a  year,  and  when  Mr. 
Dietz  bought  the  National  Lumber  Yards,  he  went 
to  Phillips  Station,  to  which  place  he  had  hauled 
the  first  load  of  lumber.  He  continued  there 
until  1888,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  and  in  May 
of  that  year  settled  in  Sterling.  His  first  occupa- 
tion was  that  of  contracting  and  building.  In 
the  fall  of  1894,  however,  he  met  with  an  ac- 
cident which  incapacitated  him  for  work,  and 
obliged  him  to  turn  his  attention  to  other  means 
of  livelihood.  In  January,  1895,  he  engaged  in 
the  butcher  business,  in  which  he  continued  for 
two  months.  Upon  selling  out  he  bought  the 
hardware  store  which  he  conducted  until  Febru- 
ary, 1899.  On  the  Populist  ticket,  in  the  fall  of 
1896,  he  was  elected  county  commissioner,  which 
office  he  has  efficiently  filled.  In  May,  1887,  he 
married  Miss  Ella  Wilson,  who  was  born  in  Bal- 
timore County,  Md. 

In  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Phillips  is  connected 
with  Logan  Lodge  No.  69,  I.  O.  O.  F. ,  and  is 
also  a  member  of  the  encampment.  Prairie  Camp 
No.  22,  Woodmen  of  the  World,  numbers  him 
among  its  members,  and  he  is  also  identified  with 
and  treasurer  of  Star  Jupiter  Lodge. 


flOSEPH  CAMPBELL,  commissioner  ofSedg- 
I  wick  County  and  also  one  of  its  enterprising 
Q)  stockmen,  was  born  in  County  Armagh,  Ire- 
land, June  9,  1843,  a  son  of  Nicholas  and  Judith 
(Nichol)  Campbell,  both  of  Scotch  descent.  He 
was  one  of  nine  children,  of  whom  five  besides 
himself  are  living,  viz.:  George,  a  stockman  of 
this  county;  Sarah,  who  married  Henry  Eng- 
land and  continues  to  reside  in  County  Armagh; 
Ann,  Mrs.  James  Livingston,  of  County  Armagh ; 
Mary,  widow  of  William  Jones,  of  Cheyenne, 
Wyo. ;  and  David,  a  business  man  of  Belfast,  Ire- 
land. The  father  was  born  in  County -Armagh 
in  1800  and  received  a  public-school  education 
there.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  upon  a 
farm,  and  afterward  engaged  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits until  his  death,  in  1880. 

When  sixteen  years  of  age  our  subject  secured 
a  position  with  a  provision  and  commission  firm 
in  the  town  of  Lurgan.  After  five  years  in  that 
place  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  for 
himself.  He  was  prosperous  and  made  consider- 
able money.  Eight  years  after  he  opened  his  store 
he  turned  his  attention  to  the  wholesale  business, 
but  this  venture  was  unsuccessful.  In  1880  he 


closed  out  his  business;  and,  while  the  mercan- 
tile trade  offered  to  give  him  another  start  he  re- 
fused. In  1881  he  went  to  Canada  and  settled  at 
Ingersoll,  where  he  worked  in  an  agricultural 
machine  shop  for  five  years.  The  year  1886 
found  him  upon  the  soil  of  the  states.  Coming  to 
Colorado,  for  two  years  he  worked  for  the  South 
Platte  Land  &  Lumber  Company,  having  charge 
of  their  milling  and  lumbering  business  in  the 
mountains.  Following  this  he  came  to  Sedgwick 
County  and  settled  on  his  present  homestead,  two 
miles  north  of  Sedgwick,  where  he  has  since  re- 
sided, engaging  successfully  in  the  cattle  business. 
He  is  one  of  the  influential  men  of  the  county 
and  is  highly  esteemed  for  his  energy  of  disposi- 
tion and  force  of  character. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Campbell  was  in 
1895  elected  on  the  party  ticket  to  the  office  of 
county  commissioner.  In  1898  he  was  re-elected 
to  the  office,  which  he  has  filled  to  the  entire  sat- 
isfaction of  the  people.  His  marriage  to  Mrs. 
Sarah  (Blakeley)  Geddis,  a  native  of  County 
Down,  Ireland,  occurred  in  1865.  The  only  child 
of  this  union,  Minnie,  married  Eugene  B.  Davis, 
who  isconnected  with  his  father-in-law  in  the  cat- 
tle business.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis  have  one  child, 
Joseph  Campbell  Davis,  born  August  2,  1892. 
In  religious  belief  Mr.  Campbell  is  identified  with 
the  Presbyterians.  His  life  has  been  character- 
ized by  uprightness  and  integrity,  and  he  merits 
the  high  position  he  holds  in  the  esteem  of  the 
people  of  his  county. 


eHRISTIAN  ANDERSEN,  of  Sedgwick 
County,  was  born  in  the  southwestern  part 
of  Denmark,  May  30,  1857,  a  son  of  An- 
dreas and  Karen  M.  Nelsen.  He  was  one  of  a 
family  comprising  four  daughters  and  two  sons, 
viz.:  Alvina,  Martina,  Minnie,  Frederick,  Gine 
and  Christian,  the  daughters  living  in  Denmark, 
and  Frederick  in  Ogden,  Utah.  Their  father  was 
born  in  Denmark  in  1828,  and  in  youth  learned 
the  blacksmith's  trade,  which  he  followed  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death  in  January,  1892.  The 
widowed  mother  is  now  making  her  home  with 
her  daughters  in  Denmark. 

Assisting  his  father  in  the  shop,  our  subject 
became  familiar  with  blacksmithing  while  he  was 
still  a  mere  child.  When  fourteen  years  of  age 
he  went  to  the  city  of  Frederick's  Harbor  and  ap- 
prenticed himself  to  the  trade,  at  which  he 
worked  as  an  apprentice  for  four  years,  becoming 
an  expert  journeyman.  On  his  return  home  he 


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worked  with  his  father  for  one  year,  after  which 
he  spent  four  months  in  a  large  shop  in  Alburg. 
Next  he  opened  a  small  shop  in  a  little  village 
built  on  an  island  in  the  north  of  Denmark. 
While  in  that  place,  November  23,  1878,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Matte  M.  Christensen,  who  accompa- 
nied him  to  America  two  years  later,  landing  in 
New  York  City  May  19,  1880.  Thence  they 
proceeded  to  Iowa,  where  Mrs.  Andersen  had 
relatives.  Being  ignorant  of  the  language  and 
the  locality,  they  were  carried  thirty-two  miles 
beyond  their  destination  before  the  mistake  was 
discovered,  and  on  paying  their  fare  back  to  Ca- 
sey, Adair  County,  they  had  but  fifteen  cents  left. 
In  a  strange  country, without  money,  the  outlook 
seemed  gloomy  indeed.  Nor  was  Mr.  Ander- 
sen's first  employment  such  as  to  encourage  him. 
He  secured  work  loading  corn  in  an  elevator, 
shoveling  the  corn  back  from  the  shute  as  it  ran 
in  the  car.  At  the  end  of  two  hours  he  and  his 
companion  were  almost  dead.  Drawing  their 
salary,  which  was  ten  cents  an  hour,  they  quit 
work. 

After  this  Mr.  Andersen  began  to  work  at  rail- 
road construction ;  but  after  three  weeks  of  hard 
work  at  $1.50  a  day,  he  had  difficulty  in  collect- 
ing the  money  due  him.  For  one  month  follow- 
ing-he was  employed  by  a  farmer  at  $15  a  month. 
Next  he  secured  work  at  his  trade  in  town,  where 
he  continued  for  a  year.  Then,  going  to  Carbon, 
Wyo.,  he  accepted  a  position  with  the  Union  Pa- 
cific Railroad  as  a  blacksmith  at  their  coal  mines, 
receiving  $75  a  month.  After  two  years  at  Car- 
bon, in  the  spring  of  1884  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  settled  at  Mineral  Point  in  San  Juan  County, 
where  his  wife  carried  on  a  hotel  until  late 
in  the  autumn.  Meantime,  in  July,  he  went  to 
Rock  Springs,  Wyo. ,  and  again  worked  for  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company  at  his  trade. 
After  three  years  of  steady  work  there  he  came 
to  Logan  County  and  took  up  a  pre-emption 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  ten  miles  east 
of  Holyoke.  He  proved  up  on  his  claim  and 
then  sold  it.  After  a  few  months  in  Julesburg, 
where  he  worked  at  his  trade,  he  went  to  Rock 
Springs,  and  for  one  year  was  with  the  railroad 
company.  Coming  back  to  Julesburg,  he  bought 
a  section  of  railroad  land  and  homesteaded  a 
quarter-section  adjoining.  Here  he  built  a  house 
and  made  other  improvements,  that  have  in- 
creased the  value  of  the  property.  In  politics  he 
is  an  ardent  Republican.  He  and  his  wife  attend 
the  Congregational  Church  and  are  very  highly 


esteemed  in  their  locality.  They  have  only  one 
child,  Carolyn  J.  M.,  a  graduate  of  the  Julesburg 
high  school,  and  now  a  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  this  place. 


IJN  ATHAN  ANDREWS.  There  is  perhaps  no 
V I  resident  of  Washington  County  who  has  met 
\lS  with  greater  success  than  that  attained  by 
Mr.  Andrews.  When  he  came  to  this  county  he 
homesteaded  a  quarter-section  twelve  miles  south- 
west of  Akron,  and  there  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business,  but,  after  five  years,  the  water  becom- 
ing very  scarce,  he  exchanged  his  claim  for  his 
present  ranch,  ten  miles  southwest  of  town.  Since 
then  he  has  prospered,  and  is  now  the  owner  of 
about  four  hundred  and  twenty-five  head  of  cat- 
tle, besides  other  important  possessions.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Colorado  Stockmen's  Protective 
Association,  and  favors  all  organizations  having 
for  their  object  the  benefit  of  the  stock  industry 
of  this  state. 

In  Vinton  County,  Ohio,  December  23,  1853, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  to  David  and 
Lucy  (Barker)  Andrews,  and  was  the  second  of 
ten  children,  all  but  one  of  whom  are  living. 
Harriet  is  the  wife  of  William  C.  Mayhew,  of 
Washington  County,  Iowa;  Sadie  married  Hiram 
Tripp,  of  Vinton  County,  Ohio;  Mehitable  is  the 
wife  of  Elmer  Johnson,  of  Vinton  County;  Mo- 
ses A.  is  a  cattleman  of  Arapahoe  County;  Jo- 
seph F.  is  engaged  in  sawmill  work  in  Vinton 
County;  Louis  is  a  farmer  of  Vermilion  County, 
111.;  Mary;  and  John  occupies  the  old  homestead 
in  Vinton  County. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire  in  1822,  and  for  years  engaged  in  the 
buying  and  selling  of  horses  and  cattle,  driving 
stock  through  to  Boston  market.  When  about 
twenty-eight  he  went  to  Ohio,  married  and  en- 
gaged in  farming,  also  operated  a  coal  bank  on 
his  place.  He  continued  to  reside  there  until  his 
death,  in  1898.  His  wife,  a  native  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, still  resides  on  the  homestead.  When 
nineteen  years  of  age  our  subject  began  life  on 
.his  own  account.  He  went  to  Osage  County, 
Kan.,  and  settled  in  Burlingame,  where  he  was 
employed  on  a  ranch  for  eighteen  months.  Mean- 
time he  contracted  chills  and  fever,  and  finding 
it  impossible  to  rid  himself  of  the  disease  there, 
he  returned  east.  For  eight  or  more  years  he  was 
employed  in  Illinois,  Ohio  and  Iowa,  the  greater 
part  of  the  time  being  spent  in  Iowa.  March  18, 
1883,  in  that  state,  he  married  Miss  Eva  R. 


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Sturdivan,  a  native  of  Keokuk  County,  and  the 
daughter  of  David  O.  Sturdivan,  who  then  en- 
gaged in  farming,  but  now  follows  the  trades  of 
wheelwright  and  carpenter  in  Massena,  Iowa. 

In  1885  Mr.  Andrews  settled  in  Nebraska,  pre- 
empting one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Hitch- 
cock County.  But  the  country  soon  became  too 
crowded  to  admit  of  cattle-raising;  for  that  rea- 
son, after  six  months  in  Nebraska,  he  came  to 
Colorado,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home  in 
Washington  County.  He  and  his  wife  are  the 
parents  of  five  children,  John  Franklin,  Maude  B., 
Delbert  P.,  Myrtle  A.  and  Harley  N.  The  family 
are  highly  esteemed  throughout  the  county  and 
have  many  warm  friends  in  this  part  of  the  state. 


(JUDGE  JULIUS  THOMPSON,  city  attorney 
I  of  Cripple  Creek,  has  been  one  of  the  promi- 
(2/  nent  men  of  Colorado  since  coming  to  this 
state  in  1880.  In  the  various  towns  where  he 
resided,  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law,  he  built 
up  an  excellent  reputation  as  an  attorney  and 
also  bore  an  active  part  in  public  affairs.  Since 
1895  he  has  had  his  headquarters  in  Cripple 
Creek,  where  he  is  engaged  in  a  general  practice 
and  besides  this,  he  retains  some  practice  in  Den- 
ver, where  he  formerly  resided. 

Near  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Mr.  Thompson  was 
born  June  5,  1839.  The  years  of  his  youth  were 
passed  on  the  home  farm,  five  miles  from  the 
city.  His  education  was  commenced  in  public 
schools  and  carried  on  in  the  Lawrence  Univer- 
sity in  Wisconsin,  where  he  acquired  a  broad 
classical  knowledge.  When  twenty-two  years 
of  age  he  began  to  study  law  in  Milwaukee,  but 
completed  his  course  in  Chicago,  where  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  For  nine  years  he  carried 
on  a  growing  practice  in  Chicago,  but  the  great 
fire  of  1871  destroyed  his  office  and  his  valuable 
law  library;  and,  discouraged  by  the  loss,  he 
determined  to  enter  another  line  of  business,  in 
a  different  location.  Going  to  Joplin,  Mo.,  he 
embarked  in  the  zinc  business,  building  the  first 
zinc  works  in  that  part  of  the  state.  After  five 
years  in  Missouri  he  returned  to  Milwaukee  in 
1876.  There  he  carried  on  a  law  practice,  hav- 
ing, in  addition  to  his  general  patronage,  the 
position  of  attorney  for  the  Northwestern  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company  for  three  years. 

The  condition  of  his  health  demanding  a 
change  of  climate,  in  1880  Mr.  Thompson  came 
to  Colorado  and  settled  in  the  San  Juan  country. 
He  remained  in  Durango  and  Rico  until  the  year 


1892,  when,  desiring  a  more  central  location  that 
would  give  broader  opportunities  for  professional 
work,  he  removed  to  Denver.  Law  and  politics 
engaged  his  attention  there  for  three  years,  after 
which  he  came  to  Cripple  Creek.  Politically  he 
adhered  to  the  Republican  party  until  the  sec- 
ond nomination  of  Benjamin  Harrison,  when  he 
transferred  his  allegiance  to  the  People's  party, 
and,  on  the  adoption  of  the  free-silver  plank  by 
the  Democrats  in  their  platform,  he  voted  with 
the  last-named  party.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  served  as  county  attorney  of  La  Plata  Coun- 
ty. In  the  fall  of  1894  he  was  a  candidate  for 
governor  and  lacked  only  four  votes  of  receiving 
the  nomination.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member 
of  White  Cloud  Lodge  No.  55,  I.  O.  R.  M., 
of  Cripple  Creek,  and  Rico  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. , 
at  Rico.  Like  the  majority  of  Colorado's  resi- 
dents, he  had  interests  in  mining.  In  these 
enterprises  he  has  both  lost  and  made  consider- 
able money.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  mining 
property  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district,  which, 
though  as  yet  undeveloped,  promises  to  be 
quite  valuable. 

HENRY  E.  AVERY,  commissioner  of  Wash- 
ington County,  and  the  owner  of  important 
cattle  interests  here,  came  to  Colorado  in 
1887  and  lookup  a  homestead  eight  miles  south- 
west of  Otis.  Here  he  has  since  made  his  home, 
giving  his  attention  to  farming  and  the  cattle  in- 
dustry and  meeting  with  encouraging  success  in 
his  enterprises.  In  the  fall  of  1898  he  was  elected 
commissioner  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  has 
served  in  this  capacity  with  fidelity  and  intelli- 
gence. 

A  native  of  Michigan,  Mr.  Avery  was  born  in 
St.  Joseph  County,  November  26,  1861,  and  is  a 
son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Salter)  Avery.  He  was 
one  of  nine  children  and  the  third  among  eight 
now  living.  Of  the  others  we  note  the  following: 
John  W.  is  a  blacksmith  at  Knoxville,  Iowa; 
Frederick  J.  is  sheriff  of  St.  Joseph  County, 
Mich.;  George  S.,  who  resides  in  Benton  Har- 
bor, Mich.,  is  employed  as  a  traveling  salesman; 
Mary  A.  is  the  widow  of  Joseph  White,  and  re- 
sides at  Three  Rivers,  Mich. ;  Charles  W.  is  a 
farmer  in  Buffalo  County,  Neb.;  Harvey  and 
Herbert  reside  with  their  parents.  The  father  of 
our  subject  was  born  near  Bath,  England,  No- 
vember 11,1830.  At  nineteen  years  of  age  he 
emigrated  to  America,  settling  at  Three  Rivers, 
Mich.,  and  engaged  in  farming.  After  many 


GEORGE  G.  BOOCO,  MRS.  EVA  M.  BOOCO 

AND 

FLORENCE  IRENE  BOOCO. 


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years  devoted  to  agricultural  pursuits,  in  the  fall 
of  1896  he  retired  from  active  cares  and  settled  in 
town,  where  he  is  now  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his 
former  labors. 

At  the  age  of  twenty  years  our  subject  left 
home  and  secured  employment  in  the  lumber 
woods  of  Michigan, where  he  worked  for  one  sea- 
son. In  the  spring  of  1883  ne  went  to  Dakota 
and  worked  on  a  farm  near  the  town  of  Eden. 
In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  became  employed 
on  a  farm  in  Buffalo  County,  Neb.,  and  there  he 
continued  to  make  his  home  until  he  came  to 
Colorado  in  1887.  He  devotes  his  attention 
closely  to  the  cattle  business,  and  is  gradually 
becoming  the  possessor  of  a  valuable  herd.  At 
the  same  time  he  raises  farm  products,  especially 
such  as  are  suitable  for  feed  for  his  cattle.  He  is 
a  capable  ranchman  and  is  deservedly  successful. 


(2JEORGE  G.  BOOCO,  the  owner  of  real-estate 

band  ranching  interests  in  Minturn,  Eagle 
County,  was  born  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  and 
reared  in  Anderson,  that  state.  In  early  man- 
hood he  was  for  a  short  time  at  West  Lancaster, 
Ohio.  At  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  came  to 
Colorado  and  settled  in  Leadville,  in  1879,  during 
the  boom  days  of  that  town.  For  several  years 
he  engaged  in  the  mining  business,  leasing  and 
bonding  many  well-known  mines  in  that  district, 
and  he  still  owns  shares  in  a  number  of  mines 
there.  Before  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
had  extended  its  tracks  to  Eagle  County  he  lo- 
cated a  ranch  at  what  is  now  Minturn,  and  it  is 
upon  his  land  that  the  town  is  built.  It  is  situ- 
ated in  a  small  valley  between  the  mountains, 
with  a  beautiful  stream,  Eagle  River,  running 
through  its  entire  extent.  There  are  rich  mines 
of  gold  and  silver  in  the  vicinity  and  many  mines 
waiting  for  capital  to  develop  their  valuable  re- 
sources. The  prospects  for  the  growth  of  the 
town  are  bright.  Mr.  Booco  has  realized  a  con- 
siderable amount  from  the  sale  of  his  lots  and  still 
owns  other  lots  that  are  advantageously  located, 
besides  which  he  has  a  fine  ranch  and  a  comfort- 
able home. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  William  Booco, 
came  west  in  1879  and  is  now  a  well-to-do  ranch- 
man at  Wolcott,  Eagle  County.  He  is  the  grand- 
son of  the  founder  of  the  family  in  this  country, 
a  Frenchman,  who  accompanied  Lafayette  to  this 
country  and  aided  that  famous  general  in  liberat- 
ing the  colonies  from  their  bondage  to  England. 
The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Margaret  G. 

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Gwinnup,  who  had  three  brothers  that  enlisted 
in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war  and  two 
died  while  fighting  for  the  government.  The 
paternal  grandmother  of  George  G.  Booco  was  a 
sister  of  General  Sherman. 

In  matters  of  politics  Mr.  Booco  was  a  Demo- 
crat until  the  People's  party  was  organized,  since 
which  time  he  has  voted  with  the  Populists  and 
worked  in  their  interests.  He  is  deeply  inter- 
ested in  educational  affairs  and  has  rendered  able 
service  as  a  member  of  the  Minturn  school  board. 


|  RS.  EVA  MYRA  BOOCO,  superintendent 
of  the  public  schools  of  Eagle  County,  and 
wife  of  George  G.  Booco,  was  born  in 
Keokuk,  Iowa,  a  member  of  a  southern  family 
that  owned  large  numbers  of  slaves,  besides  val- 
uable plantations.  Her  father,  Henry  Halloway 
Slaughter,  was  born  in  Virginia,  to  which  com- 
monwealth his  ancestors  had  emigrated  with  the 
colonists  of  Jamestown.  He  was  related  to  Gov- 
ernor Slaughter,  at  one  time  chief  executive  of 
New  York  state.  In  spite  of  the  fact  that  his 
family  were  mostly  southerners  and  slave-owners, 
he  took  his  stand  on  the  side  of  the  Union.  Re- 
ceiving a  number  of  slaves  as  his  share  in  the 
family  estate,  he  took  them  to  Iowa  and  set  them 
free.  For  this  act  he  was  severely  censured  by 
other  members  of  the  family.  The  freeing  of  the 
slaves  left  him  a  poor  man,  and  when  he  started 
in  business  it  was  without  capital.  He  opened  a 
dry-goods  store  in  Farmington,  Iowa,  and  by 
industry  and  good  management  accumulated  a 
competence. 

The  marriage  of  H.  H.  Slaughter  united  him 
with  Mary  Denny,  whose  ancestors  crossed  the 
ocean  from  Ireland  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and 
some  of  the  name  in  after  years  became  large 
slave  holders,  but  she  was  a  strong  believer  in 
the  Union  cause.  One  of  her  brothers  was  killed 
in  the  Civil  war.  She  is  still  living  and  makes 
her  home  in  Keokuk,  Iowa.  Of  her  children, 
Charles  Henry  is  a  wealthy  man  and  resides  in 
Iowa,  where  for  years  he  has  been  connected  with 
a  hardware  business;  Mrs.  C.  L.  Becker,  of 
Keokuk,  is  the  wife  of  a  wholsale  dealer  in  hard- 
ware; Mrs.  E.  V.  Nixon  is  the  wife  of  a  wealthy 
stockman  of  Arcata,  Cal.;  Mrs.  W.  F.  Dwight 
lives  in  Kansas  City;  Mrs.  William  Coombs  is  a 
resident  of  Lynn,  Mass.;  and  Mrs.  H.  A.  Becker 
is  the  wife  of  a  hardware  merchant  of  Keokuk. 

Upon  completing  her  education,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  taught  for  five  years;  after  which  she 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


traveled  in  California  and  the  west  for  two  years, 
and  then  taught  in  the  schools  of  Topeka,  Kan., 
for  two  years.  About  1885  she  came  to  Colorado, 
where  she  began  to  teach  in  Chaffee  County,  and 
for  a  time  was  employed  at  Poncho  Springs.  She 
caine  to  Mintuni  to  accept  a  position  in  the  school 
here,  and  in  this  town  met  Mr.  Booco,  who  was 
a  member  of  the  school  board.  They  were  mar- 
ried in  1891,  and  are  the  parents  of  a  daughter, 
Florence  Irene.  Mrs.  Booco  is  identified  with 
the  People's  party  and  it  was  upon  that  ticket 
she  was  elected  superintendent  of  schools  of 
Eagle  County  in  1897,  a  position  that  her  previ- 
ous experience  in  teaching  admirably  qualifies 
her  to  fill.  She  has  given  educational  work  con- 
siderable thought  and  attention  and  is  not  only 
gifted  intellectually,  but  is  also  a  logical  reasoner 
and  acute  observer,  and  labors  constantly  to  im- 
prove the  conditions  of  the  schools  under  her 
charge.  She  is  a  sincere  Christian  and  in  religi- 
ous belief  is  a  Congregationalist. 


P  G>ILLIAM  F.  MILLER,  a  successful  stock- 
\  A  /  raiser  residing  in  Sedgwick  County,  was 
V  V  b°rn  in  Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  Septem- 
ber 9,  1855,  a  son  of  George  and  Caroline 
(Achauer)  Miller.  He  is  of  German  lineage.  His 
parents  were  natives  of  Wurtemberg,  the  father 
born  April  27,  1822,  the  mother  April  5,  1828. 
When  a  boy  of  six  years,  the  former  was  brought  to 
America  by  his  parents,  who  settled  in  Maryland, 
but  afterward  removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Zanes- 
ville,  Muskingum  County,  Ohio,  where  he  grew 
to  manhood,  married,  and  afterward  settled  upon 
a  portion  of  the  old  homestead.  There  he  has 
since  made  his  home.  Nine  children  were  born 
of  his  marriage,  and  of  these  the  following  sur- 
vive: George  J.,  a  farmer  of  Neola,  Iowa;  Will- 
iam F. ;  Louisa  M.,  widow  of  John  J.  Kassell,  of 
Philo,  Ohio;  Anna  S. ,  who  is  with  her  father; 
Clara  Emma,  wife  of  John  W.  Waxier,  of  Duncan 
Falls,  Ohio;  and  Charles  A.,  who  is  still  with  his 
father,  whom  he  assists  in  the  management  of 
the  home  farm. 

After  serving  an  apprenticeship  of  four  years 
to  the  carpenter's  trade,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
in  the  spring  of  1882  went  to  Iowa  and  for  two 
years  engaged  in  farming  near  Walnut,  Potta- 
wattamie  County,  after  which  he  carried  on  a 
farm  at  Neola.  Two  years  later  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado, settling  in  Sedgwick  County  in  the  spring 
of  1886.  He  took  up  a  homestead  two  miles 
northwest  of  Sedgwick  and  during  1886  and  1887 


lived  on  his  claim,  meantime  working  at  his 
trade  in  and  around  Sedgwick.  In  the  spring  of 
1888  he  engaged  with  the  Union  Pacific  Railway 
Company  in  the  bridge  and  building  department. 
He  worked  for  them  until  the  spring  of  1891, 
when  he  returned  to  his  ranch.  During  the  years 
that  have  since  elapsed  he  has  engaged  in  the 
stock  business  and  has  been  so  successful  that  he 
now  ranks  among  the  substantial  men  of  the 
county. 

October  6,  1892,  Mr.  Miller  married  Miss  Jessie 
M.  Welch,  who  was  born  in  Marshall  County, 
Iowa,  a  daughter  of  Rezin  and  Martha  J.  (Crouch) 
Welch.  She  is  one  of  four  children  now  living, 
the  others  being:  Dwight  D.,  a  prominent  farmer 
of  Grinnell,  Iowa;  Enola  B.,  wife  of  D.  H.  Mc- 
Coy, of  Fremont,  Neb.;  and  William  F.,  a  stock- 
man of  Leslie,  S.  Dak.  Mr.  Welch  was  born  in 
Ohio  in  1830  and  in  1864  settled  in  Iowa,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming  in  Marshall  and  Powe- 
shiek  Counties.  From  Iowa,  in  1887,  he  came 
to  Colorado,  and  settled  one  and  one-half  miles 
north  of  Sedgwick,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death,  in  1889.  The  place  is  now  the 
home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Miller.  In  religious 
belief  Mr.  Miller  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  fraternally 
holds  membership  in  Julesburg  Camp  No.  26, 
Woodmen  of  the  World.  He  has  never  cared  to 
take  an  active  part  in  politics,  but  he  is  a  stalwart 
Democrat  and  believes  firmly  in  the  principles 
for  which  the  party  stands. 


I  EWIS  M.  PIPER,  sheriff  of  Morgan  County, 
was  elected  to  this  office  in  the  fall  of  1897, 
on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  has  since  effi- 
ciently discharged  the  duties  of  the  position.  In 
1896  he  purchased  a  ranch  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  two  miles  south  of  Fort  Morgan  and 
has  since  engaged  in  the  stock  business,  his  prin- 
cipal attention  being  given  to  the  breeding  of  fine 
hogs. 

In  Johnson  County,  Kan.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  November  20,  1865,  one  of  nine 
children,  of  whom  seven  are  living,  viz.:  Phoebe 
E.,  Lewis  M.,  Abraham  K.,  George  D.,  Mary  L., 
Harold  T.  and  Jennie.  His  father,  A.  M.  Piper, 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania  March  29,  1828,  and 
grew  up  on  a  farm.  In  1856  he  went  to  Kansas, 
where  he  engaged  in  freighting,  and  for  three 
years  he  was  one  of  the  well-known  freighters 
across  the  plains.  About  1860  he  returned  to 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  married  Elizabeth  J. 
Kay.  In  1864,  accompanied  by  his  family,  he 


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removed  to  Kansas  and  settled  in  Johnson  Coun- 
ty, where  he  has  since  engaged  in  farming  and 
the  cattle  business. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  acquired  his  educa- 
tion principally  in  the  Agricultural  College  of 
Kansas.  In  youth  he  learned  the  trade  of  a 
plasterer.  Deciding  to  come  west,  early  in  1888 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  arrived  in  Fort  Morgan 
on  the  ist  of  March.  At  first  he  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business,  but  after  a  year  sold  his  inter- 
ests to  advantage  and  turned  his  attention  to  his 
trade.  In  1894  he  bought  a  one-half  interest  in 
the  lumber  yard  of  John  T.  Ross,  and,  while  his 
partner  attended  to  the  business  of  the  firm,  he 
worked  at  his  trade.  One  year  later  he  disposed 
of  his  interest  in  the  business,  after  which  he  gave 
his  attention  exclusively  to  his  trade.  He  is  an 
enterprising  young  man,  capable  and  persevering, 
and  alike  in  his  official  capacity,  at  his  trade,  and 
in  ranching,  lie  has  proved  himself  trustworthy 
and  honorable,  a  citizen  of  whom  any  county 
might  well  be  proud. 


HOWE  RIDENOUR,  clerk  and  recorder  of 
Ouray  County,  was  born  near  Kirkersville, 
Ohio,  August  2,  1853,  a  son  of  Samuel  and 
Louisa  (Shull)  Ridenour,  both  natives  of  Ohio. 
When  he  was  ten  years  of  age  he  accompanied 
the  family  to  Iowa,  where  for  a  number  of  years 
his  father  held  office  as  superintendent  of  schools 
of  Marion  County.  There  were  in  the  family 
eight  children,  of  whom  five  are  living,  namely: 
Mary,  widow  of  Melvin  Marshall;  Howe;  Martha, 
wife  of  Charles  Livingston,  of  Iowa;  Charles  A., 
who  is  engaged  in  mining  at  Ouray;  and  May, 
wife  of  J.  M.  Jordan,  a  farmer  of  Monroe  County, 
Iowa. 

Reared  on  the  home  farm  and  educated  in  local 
schools,  the  first  experience  our  subject  had  of 
life  in  the  west  was  in  1879,  when  he  came  to 
Silverton,  Colo.,  and  engaged  in  mining.  In  the 
fall  of  1884  the  accidental  discharge  of  a  stick  of 
giant  powder  caused  the  loss  of  his  right  hand 
and  permanently  stopped  his  active  work  in 
mines.  Returning  to  Iowa,  he  remained  on  the 
old  homestead  for  two  years,  but  in  1886  came 
back  to  Colorado,  and  for  three  years  was  em- 
ployed in  the  Beaumont  hotel  in  Ouray,  after 
which  he  assumed  the  management  of  the  Dun- 
barton  bath  house  in  Ouray. 

On  the  Republican  ticket  in  1892,  Mr.  Ridenour 
was  elected  to  the  position  of  county  clerk  for 
two  years.  Meanwhile  he  also  acted  as  foreman 


of  the  Slide  mine.  His  first  election  as  clerk  was 
on  the  Republican  ticket,  his  second  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket  (to  serve  from  1897  to  1900),  with 
the  endorsement  of  the  silver  Republicans,  and 
the  second  time  his  majority  was  exceedingly 
gratifying.  Those  who  have  examined  his  books 
state  that  his  penmanship  is  a  marvel  of  beauty 
and  neatness,  resembling  steel  engraving  rather 
than  pen  and  ink  work;  this  is  especially  remark- 
able when  it  is  remembered  that  after  the  loss  of 
his  right  hand,  he  was  compelled  to  learn  to  use 
his  left  hand,  a  very  difficult  task,  but  one  in 
which  he  has  been  remarkably  successful. 

October  27,  1888,  Mr.  Ridenour  married  Anna 
McGregor,  of  New  York  City,  who  for  two  years 
had  been  employed  in  the  advertising  department 
of  the  Texas  Sif tings,  in  New  York,  and  from 
1892  to  1894  served  as  deputy  clerk  of  Ouray 
County.  Her  penmanship,  like  that  of  her  hus- 
band, is  noted  for  its  beauty,  symmetry  and  neat- 
ness, while  in  other  lines  of  business  work  she 
gave  evidence  of  unusual  ability.  They  were  the 
parents  of  two  children,  Earl  Stuart,  who  died  in 
infancy,  and  Carlisle  Howe,  while  they  have  an 
adopted  daughter,  Stella  M. 


HON.  WILLIAM  F.  FORMAN,  mayor  of 
Breckenridge  and  county  clerk  and  ex-offi- 
cio  recorder  of  deeds  of  Summit  County,  has 
been  identified  with  public  affairs  in  his  section 
of  Colorado  for  some  years.  His  first  election  as 
county  clerk  and  ex-officio  recorder  was  in  1885, 
when  he  received  a  fair  majority  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket.  From  that  time  to  this  by  re-elec- 
tion he  has  held  the  office,  and  is  now  serving  his 
seventh  consecutive  term.  Prior  to  his  election 
to  this  office  he  was  one  of  the  councilmen  of 
Breckenridge,  and  at  this  writing  is  serving  his 
third  term  as  mayor  of  the  city.  In  1890  he  was 
the  Democratic  nominee  for  the  office  of  secretary 
of  state  of  Colorado,  but  was  defeated. 

A  son  of  Harvey  W.  and  Susan  F.  (Pember- 
ton)  Forman,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born 
in  Monticello,  Lewis  County,  Mo.,  August  13, 
1853.  He  was  one  of  six  children,  all  but  one  of 
whom  are  still  Hying.  They  are:  Alice  E., widow 
of  Lewis  C.  McVay,  of  Denver;  W.  F. ;  Linnie 
P.,  who  married  R.  A.  DeForest,  of  Wetmore, 
Kan.;  Etta  R. ,  wife  of  Charles  S.  Lake,  a  con- 
ductor on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad, 
and  a  resident  of  Denver;  George  W. ,  an  attor- 
ney now  engaged  in  buying  ore  in  Black  Hawk. 
A  native  of  Bourbon  County,  Ky.,  Harvey  W. 


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Forman  was  born  September  24,  1823.  In  1844 
he  accompanied  his  father's  family  to  northeast- 
ern Missouri,  but  after  a  short  time  removed  to 
northeastern  Kansas,  settling  in  the  vicinity  of 
Atchison,  where  he  made  his  home  for  thirty 
years.  He  was  a  prominent  man  in  business  cir- 
cles, and  also  took  an  active  part  in  political  af- 
fairs. He  founded  a  number  of  towns  in  his 
locality.  When  trouble  arose  between  the  set- 
tlers and  Indians  he  was  sent  to  Washington, 
D.  C.,  as  the  delegate  of  the  settlers,  in  order  to 
intercede  for  their  rights.  In  this  difficult  task 
he  was  successful.  For  a  number  of  years  beheld 
the  position  of  government  farmer,  and  acted  as 
Indian  agent  at  Iowa  Point,  Kan.,  and  Salem, 
Neb.  The  Lecompton  constitutional  convention, 
to  which  he  was  a  delegate,  selected  him  as  its 
representative  in  Washington,  and  he  went  to  the 
national  capital  for  that  purpose.  The  lumber 
business  was  his  principal  occupation  in  Kansas. 
He  first  crossed  the  plains  in  1862.  The  next 
year  he  settled  permanently  in  Colorado.  For 
several  years  he  worked  the  Poor  Man's  mine  at 
Caribou.  Afterward  he  went  to  Black  Hawk, 
where  he  acted  as  agent  of  the  Golden  smelter. 
At  Black  Hawk  he  established  the  first  public 
sampling  works  in  Colorado.  For  twenty  years 
he  was  connected  with  smelters  in  the  capacity 
of  ore  purchaser.  He  was  manager  of  the  Miner 
smelter  in  Golden  when  those  works  were  in  op- 
eration. The  last  fifteen  years  of  his  life  were 
spent  in  Denver,  where  he  engaged  in  the  real- 
estate  business,  although  by  no  means  discon- 
tinuing his  interests  in  mines.  He  was  connected 
with  the  Masons,  and  for  thirty  years  held  mem- 
bership in  the  Baptist  Church.  His  death  oc- 
curred in  Denver  April  14,  1898. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  begun  in 
common  schools  and  completed  in  the  Manhattan 
Agricultural  College  at  Manhattan,  Kan.  In 
April,  1873,  became  to  Denver,  to  which  point 
he  had  shipped  a  number  of  horses  by  the  rail- 
road. On  their  arrival  he  proceeded  to  Boulder, 
where  he  began  freighting  to  Caribou.  After 
two  years  he  became  interested  in  the  stage  busi- 
ness and  ran  a  stage  line  between  Caribou  and 
Boulder,  Black  Hawk  and  Central  City.  Two 
years  later  he  went  to  Pine  Grove,  when  the  South 
Park  road  had  reached  that  point.  There  he 
was  given  charge  of  the  freight  forwarding  de- 
partment under  J.  D.  Best  &Co.  In  the  spring 
of  1878  he  resigned  the  position  and  turned  his 
attention  to  freighting  into  Leadville,  but  he 


soon  disposed  of  his  teams  and  outfit  and  resumed 
his  former  work.  Early  in  the  year  1879  he  went 
toComo,  and,  in  partnership  with  George  Wilder 
and  J.  D.  Best,  formed  the  firm  of  Wilder,  For- 
man &  Co.,  which  engaged  in  the  freighting  busi- 
ness from  Como  across  the  range  to  the  Brecken- 
ridge  district.  In  1882  Mr.  Forman  bought  his 
partners'  interest  and,  leasing  the  business,  he 
came  to  Breckenridge.wherehe  began  in  the  hay, 
grain  and  flour  business.  In  1882  he  was  made 
agent  of  the  Pacific  Express  Company  at  this 
point,  and  in.  connection  with  this  work  he  ran 
several  express  wagons,  continuing  until  1888, 
when  he  disposed  of  the  business.  He  has  since 
devoted  himself  to  official  duties. 

February  i,  1883,  Mr.  Forman  married  Miss 
Rosa  E.  Canoll,  daughter  of  D.  B.  Canoll,  of  New 
York  City,  by  whom  he  had  three  children:  De- 
ber  D.,  deceased;  Leona  L,.,  who  was  born  Sep- 
tember 22,  1888;  and  William  H.,  February  15, 
1893.  Mr.  Forman  is  a  member  of  Gold  Nug- 
gett  Lodge  No.  89,  K.  P.,  in  which  he  has  filled 
all  of  the  chairs  and  is  the  present  master  of 
finance.  He  has  filled  all  the  chairs  in  Kiowa 
Tribe  No.  6,  I.  O.  R.  M.,  in  which  he  is  now 
keeper  of  the  wampum. 


(JOSEPH  S.  REEF,  who  came  to  Leadville 
during  the  "boom"  days  of  the  camp,  has 
since  made  his  home  here  and  has  witnessed 
the  growth  of  the  place  and  the  development  of 
its  resources.  In  1880  he  embarked  in  the  whole- 
sale live  stock  business,  which  he  has  continued 
successfully  to  the  present  time.  Besides  this 
enterprise  he  has  been  intimately  associated  with 
other  projects  of  undoubted  value.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Carbonate  National  Bank 
of  Leadville,  of  which  he  has  since  acted  as  a 
director. 

In  Richland  County,  111. ,  Mr.  Reef  was  born  in 
1847,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  (Rhodes)  Reef, 
natives  respectively  of  Germany  and  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.  He  was  one  of  six  children,  the  others 
being  Rev.  John  R.  Reef,  a-  minister  in  the 
Illinois  conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church;  Catherine;  Keziah,  wife  of  Edward  Hill, 
of  Illinois;  Mary,  Mrs.  James  Kent;  and  Jacob, 
deceased.  His  father,  who  was  taken  to  Phila- 
delphia when  a  child  of  seven  years,  learned  the 
trade  of  a  wagon  and  carriage  maker,  and  in  1836 
settled  in  Richland  County,  111.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  his  chosen  occupation.  He  was  success- 
ful in  business  and  surrounded  his  family  with  all 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


of  the  comforts  of  life.  During  the  existence  of 
the  Whig  party  he  advocated  its  principles,  and 
afterward  became  a  Republican.  He  was  an 
active  worker  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
and  died  in  the  faith  of  a  glorious  resurrection, 
after  eighty-seven  useful  years. 

When  fourteen  years  of  age,  in  1861,  Mr.  Reef 
entered  the  Twenty-sixth  Illinois  Infantry,  for 
service  in  the  Civil  war.  He  took  part  in  many 
important  engagements,  was  in  the  siege  of  Vicks- 
burg,  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Corinth  and 
Lookout  Mountain  and  accompanied  Sherman  on 
the  march  to  the  sea.  At  the  close  of  the  war, 
in  July,  1865,  he  was  honorably  discharged. 
Returning  to  Richland  County,  he  spent  eighteen 
months  in  college,  after  which  he  went  to  Kansas 
and  for  some  time  herded  cattle  on  the  range. 
While  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railroad  was  building 
he  had  a  contract  for  furnishing  beef,  and  also 
had  a  contract  with  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad  Company  during  the  building  of  that 
road  from  Denver  to  Pueblo  and  Colorado  Springs. 
After  his  contracts  had  been  carried  out  he  went 
to  San  Juan,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  for  five 
years,  and  from  there  he  came  to  Leadville  in 
1879.  The  year  after  he  came  to  this  city  he 
married  Miss  Carrie  Freeman,  who  had  resided 
here  for  some  years,  and  they  are  the  parents  of 
two  children,  Harry  and  Helen.  In  politics  Mr. 
Reef  is  a  Republican.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Knight 
Templar,  Shriner  and  thirty-second  degree  Ma- 
son, and  is  also  identified  with  the  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen.  A  man  of  sterling  integrity 
of  character  and  excellent  business  ability,  he  and 
his  family  occupy  a  high  place  in  the  home  com- 
munity, and  enjoy  the  confidence  of  the  people 
among  whom  they  have  lived  for  so  many  years. 


REUBEN  OLDLAND.  The  development  of 
the  resources  of  Rio  Blanco  County  cannot 
be  attributed  entirely  to  the  efforts  of  native- 
born  Americans,  for  much  has  been  accomplished 
by  men  of  foreign  birth  who  have  sought  a  home 
in  America.  Among  this  class  mention  belongs 
to  Mr.  Oldland,  who  has  held  the  office  of  county 
treasurer  since  1895,  and  has  also  officiated  as 
mayor  of  the  town  of  Meeker,  and  as  alderman. 
While  Rio  Blanco  and  Garfield  were  one  county 
he  was  elected  county  clerk  and  recorder  in  1885 
and  filled  the  position  with  fidelity.  In  the  va- 
rious offices  to  which  he  has  been  elected,  it  has 
been  his  aim  to  promote  the  progress  of  his  town 
and  county  and  advance  the  welfare  of  the  people. 


Mr.  Oldland  was  born  in  England  in  1855,  a  son 
of  John  and  Caroline  (Rickard)  Oldland,  also  na- 
tives of  that  country,  where  they  lived  upon  a 
farm.  In  the  family  there  were  six  children,  of 
whom  the  daughters,  Emily  and  Elizabeth,  re- 
main in  England.  The  sons  came  to  the  United 
States,  Henry  and  William  settling  upon  farms 
in  Pennsylvania,  while  Reuben  and  Ambrose 
established  their  homes  in  Meeker,  Colo.,  and 
became  business  men  of  this  town.  Our  subject 
was  eighteen  years  of  age  when,  in  1873,  he 
crossed  the  ocean  to  America.  After  a  short  so- 
journ in  Pennsylvania  he  came  to  Colorado  and 
began  mining  in  the  Sunshine  district.  During 
the  boom  in  Leadville  he  removed  there  in  1879, 
and  engaged  in  mining  on  Friar  Hill.  From 
there,  in  1884,  he  came  to  Rio  Blanco  County 
and  settled  on  a  ranch,  where  he  has  since  en- 
gaged in  the  cattle  business.  He  is  also  inter- 
ested in  the  Oldland  Mercantile  Company  in 
Meeker. 

In  1882  Mr.  Oldland  married  Miss  Sara  Jones, 
who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  is  a  refined 
and  amiable  lady.  They  are  the  parents  of  four 
children,  Ernest,  Gerald,  Walter  and  Caroline. 
Ever  since  he  attained  his  majority  Mr.  Oldland 
has  voted  the  Democratic  ticket  at  local  and  na- 
tional elections,  and  it  is  as  the  candidate  of  this 
party  that  he  has  been  elected  to  various  town 
and  county  offices.  In  1895  he  was  first  elected 
county  treasurer,  and  the  high  estimation  in 
which  he  was  held  by  the  people  was  shown  by 
his  re-election  two  years  later.  Fraternally,  in 
Masonry  he  is  a  Knight  Templar. 


IVyiRS.  LILLIAN  COLCORD,  who  has  re- 
IV I  sided  in  Colorado  since  1885  and  has  been 
\(S\  successfully  engaged  in  teaching  during 
much  of  her  active  life,  was  in  1897  tne  nominee 
on  the  fusion  ticket  for  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  of  Summit  County  and  received  a  fair 
majority  at  the  election.  During  her  incumbency 
of  the  office  she  has  ably  discharged  every  duty 
and  has  won  the  esteem,  not  alone  of  those  who 
voted  for  her  at  election,  but  of  members  of  the 
opposite  party.  Her  work  in  the  building  up  of 
the  schools  of  the  county  has  been  important  and. 
extensive,  and  has  been  attended  with  commend- 
able success. 

The  family  of  George  and  Rose  Wise,  of  which 
Mrs.  Colcord  was  a  member,  consisted  of  four 
daughters,  all  born  in  Belfast,  Me.  The  eldest, 
Emma,  is  the  wife  of  Everett  Roberts,  of  Dor- 


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Chester,  Mass.;  Mrs.  Walter  Richard  resides  in 
Belfast;  Ethel  is  unmarried  and  resides  with  her 
parents.  The  grandfather,  George  Wise,  was  the 
first  member  of  the  family  to  settle  in  the  United 
States.  A  native  of  England,  he  crossed  the 
Atlantic  in  youth  and  settled  in  Maine,  where 
he  learned  and  followed  the  trade  of  a  shoemaker. 
George  Wise,  Jr.,  was  a  native  of  Freedom,  Me., 
born  in  1835,  and  when  a  boy  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Belfast,  the  same  state,  where  he 
learned  from  his  father  the  trade  of  a  shoemaker. 
His  active  life  has  been  devoted  to  his  trade  and 
he  still  makes  Belfast  his  home. 

In  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Belfast, 
and  the  Normal  School  at  Castine,  Me.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  received  an  excellent  education. 
She  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Maine  for  a 
few  years  and  in  1885  came  to  Colorado,  where 
for  three  years  she  taught  in  the  schools  of  Ko- 
koino,  Breckenridge  and  Frisco.  In  18.90  she 
became  the  wife  of  Albion  Colcord,  who  was  born 
in  Searsport,  Me.,  August  27,  1851,  and  in  1879 
came  to  Colorado,  where,  with  the  exception  of  a 
short  interval,  he  has  since  resided,  being  for  a 
number  of  years  connected  with  a  mining  mill  at 
Kokomo.  The  marriage  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Col- 
cord  has  been  blessed  by  two  children,  namely: 
Rex,  who  was  born  September  13,  1891;  and 
Ella,  November  29,  1894. 


MORRIS,  assessor  of  Logan 
County,  was  born  in  Rice  County,  Minn., 
May  30, 1 863 ,  son  of  John  and  Louisa  ( Chil- 
strom)  Morris.  He  was  one  of  two  children,  the 
other  being  Cassius  M.,  a  ranch-owner  and  stock- 
man of  Logan  County.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Indiana,  born  about  1838,  accompanied  his  parents 
to  Minnesota  in  childhood  and  settled  in  Rice 
County,  then  a  sparsely  inhabited  section,  in 
which  his  mother  was  the  first  white  woman. 
There  he  grew  to  manhood  and  married  Miss 
Chilstrom,  a  native  of  Sweden.  About  1863  he 
came  to  Colorado,  where  for  a  time  he  engaged 
in  the  cattle  business,  but  after  two  years  went 
back  to  Minnesota.  His  wife  had  died  when  our 
subject  was  only  a  year  old,  and  after  his  return 
to  Minnesota  he  again  married,  his  second  wife 
being  Miss  Mary  Russell.  Shortly  afterward  he 
settled  in  Duluth,  where  for  eight  years  he  was 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  In  1877  he  re- 
moved to  Otoe  County,  Neb.,  where  he  became 
interested  in  farming.  From  there,  in  1893,  he 
again  came  to  Colorado,  this  time  settling  upon  a 


farm  near  Fleming,  Logan  County,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  With  him  resides  his  mother,  who 
is  now  ninety-seven  years  of  age  and  is  the  oldest 
woman  in  Logan  County. 

In  public  schools  in  Minnesota  our  subject 
gained  a  fair  education.  At  twenty-one  years  of 
age  he  rented  a  farm,  which  he  cultivated  for  two 
years.  In  1887  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled 
in  Logan  County,  taking  up  a  homestead  near 
Fleming  and  shortly  afterward  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  J.  E.  Reed.  The  two  purchased  the 
printing  plant  of  the  county  paper  at  that  point 
and  began  the  publication  of  the  Fleming  Herald. 
They  also  established  a  mercantile  business.  One 
year  later  our  subject  sold  his  interests  to  his 
partner,  and  shortly  afterward  erected  a  building 
and  opened  a  hardware  store.  Two  years  later 
he  disposed  of  his  hardware  business,  having  in 
the  meantime  received  the  contract  from  the  gov- 
ernment to  carry  the  mail  on  the  Fleming  and 
Chenoa  route  for  four  years.  Upon  receiving 
appointment  as  road  overseer  of  the  county  in 
1892,  he  turned  his  contract  over  to  his  brother 
and  assumed  the  duties  of  his  office. 

In  1894  Mr.  Morris  was  the  Republican  can- 
didate for  county  clerk,  but  was  defeated.  The 
following  year,  on  the  same  ticket,  he  was  elected 
county  assessor.  At  the  end  of  the  first  term,  his 
service  had  been  so  satisfactory  that  he  was  made 
the  candidate  of  the  Republican,  Democratic  and 
silver  Republican  tickets,  and  was  re-elected  by 
the  largest  majority  ever  given  a  county  officer  in 
Logan  County.  While  in  Fleming  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  notary  public,  which  office  he  held  for 
four  years.  He  is  a  believer  in  the  silver  cause, 
and  votes  with  that  branch  of  the  Republican 
party.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Sterling 
Lodge  No.  69,  I.  O.  O.  F.  In  1888  he  married 
Miss  Anna  Warren,  of  Antelope  County,  Neb., 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  namely: 
Winifred,  Charles,  Leo,  Glen,  Louise  and  Dewey. 


Gl  BE  ROBERTS,  proprietor  of  a  leading  dry- 
Lj  goods  and  millinery  establishment  at  Mont- 
/  I  rose,  was  born  in  Dane  County,  Wis. ,  in 
1849,  a  son.of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Evans)  Rob- 
erts, of  English  birth.  His  father,  who  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  remained  in  Wisconsin 
until  his  death  in  1869.  Of  his  five  children,  Ar- 
thur O.  is  a  farmer  in  Mazomanie,  Wis.;  Ellen  is 
the  wife  of  John  Wilson,  a  farmer  of  Wisconsin; 
Maude  married  Frank  Linley;  and  Edith  is  the 
wife  of  J.  C.  Nelson,  of  Arena,  Wis. 


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The  eldest  of  the  family,  our  subject  received 
a  common  school  education,  among  his  class- 
mates being  Alva  Adams,  afterward  governor  of 
Colorado.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  years  he  went  to 
Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  he  followed  any  occu- 
pation that  offered  a  livelihood.  In  1870  he  en- 
tered the  Agricultural  College  at  Ames,  Iowa, 
where  he  carried  on  his  studies  for  two  years. 
Later  he  was  employed  in  a  store  and  printing 
office  at  Jefferson,  Iowa,  for  two  years.  Com- 
ing to  Colorado  in  1874,  he  remained  a  few 
months  in  Colorado  Springs,  and  in  1875  removed 
to  Del  Norte,  where  he  published  the  Prospector 
for  two  years.  In  1877  he  returned  to  Colorado 
Springs,  where  he  engaged  in  freighting  and  the 
stock  business.  In  1880  he  purchased  the  Moun- 
taineer, in  Colorado  Springs,  in  which  he  had 
previously  been  interested,  and  this  he  conducted 
for  two  years.  The  year  1882  found  him  in  Mont- 
rose,  where  he  established  the  Messenger,  the  first 
paper  published  in  the  Ute  reservation.  After 
conducting  it  for  three  years  he  sold  out,  and 
moved  to  land  three  miles  from  town,  which  he 
had  previously  taken  up  and  on  which  he  en- 
gaged in  stock-raising.  In  1888  he  returned  to 
Montrose,  and  purchased  the  Register,  the  name 
of  which  he  changed  to  the  Enterprise,  and  as 
such  continued  it  for  two  years,  when  he  sold  out. 
President  Arthur  appointed  him  postmaster  of 
Montrose  in  1883,  and  in  1889  he  was  tendered 
the  same  position  by  President  Harrison .  In  the 
fall  of  1893  he  embarked  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness, to  which  he  has  since  given  his  attention. 

Both  through  the  medium  of  the  various  papers 
he  has  conducted  and  through  his  personal  influ- 
ence, Mr.  Roberts  has  supported  the  Republican 
party.  In  1890  he  served  as  a  delegate  to  the 
state  convention,  of  which  he  was  chosen  secre- 
tary. He  is  a  member  of  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and 
Knight  Templar  Masons,  of  which  latter  com- 
mandery  he  officiates  as  recorder.  In  religion  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church,  of 
which  he  has  been  trustee  and  in  which  he  has 
served  as  Sunday-school  superintendent.  He 
was  secretary  of  the  school  board  at  the  time  the 
schoolhouse  was  erected. 

September  19,  1876,  at  Colorado  Springs,  Mr. 
Roberts  married  Kate  K.,  daughter  of  J.  R.  and 
Mary  E.  Kennedy,  who  established  the  Deaf 
Mute  and  Blind  Institute  at  Colorado  Springs  in 
1874  and  have  devoted  almost  their  entire  lives 
to  charitable  and  philanthropic  work.  While 


they  were  connected  with  a  similar  work  in  Law- 
rence, Kan.,  their  daughter,  Kate,  was  born,  and 
there  she  was  educated.  By  her  marriage  the 
following  children  have  been  born:  Pauline; 
Daisy,  a  student  in  the  Colorado  College;  Lloyd; 
and  Leslie  and  Hazel  (twins). 

For  a  time,  while  connected  with  the  Prospector, 
Mr.  Roberts  spent  an  entire  season  in  1876  in 
writing  up  the  San  Juan  district,  its  resources, 
products,  opportunities,  etc.,  and  he  did  much  to 
draw  the  attention  of  eastern  people  to  the  advan- 
tages offered  by  this  then  unknown  section  of 
country. 

I  EROY  A.  HOLLENBECK,  attorney-at-law, 
and  a  leading  citizen  of  Salida,  was  born  in 
Potter  County,  Pa.,  in  1856,  descending 
from  an  old  family  of  New  York  state.  His  pa- 
ternal grandfather,  Conrad  Hollenbeck,  moved 
from  New  York  to  Pennsylvania  about  1850  and 
there  died  when  one  hundred  and  four  years  of 
age.  The  father,  John  Hollenbeck,  a  native  of 
New  York,  followed  farm  pursuits  in  Pennsylva- 
nia during  his  entire  active  life  and  cleared  a  large 
tract  of  timber  land,  improving  a  farm  of  three 
hundred  acres.  He  is  now  eighty-three  years  of 
age,  and  his  wife,  Emily  (Parker)  Hollenbeck,  is 
eighty-two.  Of  their  sixteen  children  ten  are  liv- 
ing, four  brothers  being  in  Colorado;  one  of  these, 
A.  F.  Hollenbeck,  is  practicing  law  in  Trinidad; 
another,  G.  M.  Hollenbeck,  a  business  man  of 
Victor,  represented  Chaffee  County  in  the  tenth 
general  assembly;  the  third  brother,  J.  G.,  now 
editor  of  the  Salida  Record,  was  formerly  county 
superintendent'  of  schools  and  afterward  for  two 
terms  treasurer  of  Chaffee  County. 

The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject  were  passed 
on  the  home  farm.  He  attended  public  schools, 
an  academy,  and  Central  State  Normal,  from  the 
latter  of  which  he  graduated.  The  study  of  law 
he  commenced  under  Isaac  Benson,  of  Couders- 
•port,  one  of  the  ablest  lawyers  of  northern  Penn- 
sylvania. The  year  of  his  admission  to  the  bar, 
1883,  found  him  in  Colorado,  and  he  has  since 
resided  in  Chaffee  County.  For  three  years  he 
taught  school,  after  which  he  was  deputy  treas- 
urer of  the  county  and  in  1888  commenced  pro- 
fessional practice  at  Salida.  He  has  taken  an  ac- 
tive part  in  the  development  of  the  mining  indus- 
try in  this  section  of  the  state,  devoting  consider- 
able time  to  this  work. 

After  having  voted  the  Democratic  ticket  from 
his  early  manhood,  in  1892  Mr.  Hollenbeck  be- 


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came  a  supporter  of  the  People's  party.  In  1892 
he  was  elected  county  judge  of  Chaffee  County, 
being  the  only  one  elected  among  the  Populist 
candidates.  The  judge's  office  he  filled  credita- 
bly for  three  years,  but  declined  further  nomina- 
tion. As  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  he  ably 
represented  his  constituents.  He  has  always 
taken  an  active  part  in  political  matters  and  at- 
tends many  of  the  county  and  state  conventions. 
In  1883  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Lena 
Jackson,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  they  have  two 
children,  Nellie  and  Guy. 


(IOHN  W.  LOFTISS,  who  is  well  known 
I  throughout  Washington  County  as  one  of 
Q)  its  reliable  and  enterprising  ranchmen,  was 
born  in  Adair  County,  Mo.,  January  17,  1852,  a 
son  of  William  M.  and  Patience  (Bowley)  Lof- 
tiss.  He  was  the  eldest  of  three  sons,  the  others 
being:  Gideon  M.,  a  farmer  at  Kirksville,  Mo., 
and  Albert  M.,  of  Wadena,  Ind.  The  father,  a 
native  of  Ohio,  engaged  in  farm  pursuits,  also 
became  interested  in  real-estate  transactions  and 
various  other  business  enterprises.  After  some 
years  he  removed  to  Missouri,  settling  in  Adair 
County.  In  1859  he  started  on  a  trip  through 
the  west  and  spent  two  years  in  Nebraska  and 
Kansas.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he 
enlisted  in  the  Union  service  and  shortly  after- 
ward lost  his  life  in  fighting  for  his  country. 
Afterward  his  wife  was  married  to  Joseph  Baer, 
by  whom  she  had  one  son,  George  K.  Baer, 
D.  D.  S.,  who  resides  at  Watseka,  111. 

When  nine  years  of  age  our  subject  made  a 
contract  with  a  farmer  in  Fulton  County,  111.,  for 
whom  he  agreed  to  work  until  he  was  twenty- 
one;  but  after  a  time  the  farmer  became  much  ad- 
dicted to  drink  and  while  under  its  influence 
abused  our  subject  repeatedly,  so  that  the  latter 
left  him.  He  made  a  contract  with  another 
farmer,  William  Wooding,  to  work  for  him  until 
attaining  manhood.  This  contract  was  carried 
out,  and  for  one  year  after  attaining  his  majority 
he  continued  with  the  same  man,  working  by  the 
month.  Afterward  he  and  a  brother  cultivated 
a  farm  together.  He  then  learned  the  trade  of  a 
blacksmith  in  Pontiac,  111.,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed at  the  trade  for  ten  years. 

In  1887  Mr.  Loftiss  came  to  Colorado  and  on 
the  1 8th  of  October  he  arrived  in  Akron.  He 
pre-empted  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
eight  miles  southwest  of  town,  but  after  three 
years  he  re-leased  the  ranch  and  came  five  miles 


nearer  town,  where  he  homesteaded  a  tract  of 
land  and  embarked  in  the  cattle  business.  He 
is  now  the  owner  of  about  two  hundred  and  forty 
head  of  cattle.  In  1892  he  opened  a  blacksmith 
shop  in  Akron,  and  this  he  carried  on  for  three 
years,  but  his  stock  interests  became  such  that 
they  demanded  his  entire  attention.  He  gave 
up  the  town  shop  and  since  then  has  had  a  shop 
at  his  ranch,  where  he  does  his  own  blacksmith- 
ing  and  such  work  for  his  neighbors  as  his  busy 
life  permits. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Loftiss  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Ellen  Umphenour,  a  native  of  Livingston  Coun- 
ty, 111.,  occurred  September  6,  1876.  Four  chil- 
dren blessed  their  union:  Gideon,  deceased; 
Frank  W.,  Leona  Pearl  and  Arthur. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Loftiss  is  connected  with  Ak- 
ron Tent  No.  2,  K.  O.  T.  M.  He  is  a  strong 
Republican  in  political  belief.  In  November, 
1897,  he  was  the  nominee  of  the  Republican  party 
for  sheriff  of  Washington  County;  and  while  his 
opponent  was  also  a  Republican,  the  nominee  of 
the  silver  Republican  ticket,  Mr.  Loftiss  came 
within  nineteen  votes  of  being  elected.  He  is 
not  identified  with  any  denomination,  but  attends 
the  Presbyterian  Church  and  has  acted  efficiently 
as  its  chorister.  He  is  a  highly  respected  man 
and  has  a  host  of  personal  friends  in  his  county. 


{DQlLLIAM  HILL,  of  Park  County,  a  man 
\  A  I  who  has  done  much  toward  the  develop- 
Y  V  ment  of  the  mining  interests  of  the  state  of 
Colorado,  was  born  in  Ireland,  June  21,  1858,  a 
son  of  John  and  Anna  (Taylor)  Hill,  and  is  the 
only  survivor  of  two  children.  His  father,  who 
was  born,  reared  and  married  in  Ireland,  engaged 
in  fanning  there  until  1858,  when  he  emigrated 
to  the  United  States,  and  in  this  country  he  re- 
mained for  five  years,  most  of  which  time  was 
spent  in  Milwaukee,  Wis.  He  then  returned  to 
his  native  land,  where  he  passed  the  remainder 
of  his  life. 

The  boyhood  years  of  our  subject,  from  five 
years  of  age,  were  spent  in  Ireland.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1874,  he  arrived  in  Philadelphia.  Shortly 
afterward  he  went  to  the  Pennsylvania  coal  re- 
gions, where  some  two  years  were  spent  in  the 
mines.  Later  he  was  for  two  years  employed  in 
Maryland,  after  which  he  came  west,  stopping 
for  three  months  in  Kansas,  and  arriving  in  Den- 
ver in  the  spring  of  1878.  For  a  short  time  he 
was  employed  in  the  construction  of  the  water 
works  at  Golden.  Thence  he  came  to  Park 


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County,  settling  in  Alma,  where  he  began  pros- 
pecting and  mining.  He  worked  with  varying 
success  until  1888,  when  he  removed  to  Fairplay. 
In  this  town  he  has  been  a  moving  spirit  in  all 
affairs  that  appertain  to  the  people's  welfare.  For 
years  he  has  been  one  of  the  extensive  mine  opera- 
tors of  Park  County,  and  has  furnished  employ- 
ment to  many  of  the  laboring  men  here.  Among 
his  many  mining  enterprises  is  a  heavy  interest 
in  the  Hale  Mining  and  Milling  Company,  of 
which  he  is  vice-president,  and  which  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  valuable  mining  properties  in 
the  state. 

In  1 883  Mr.  Hill  married  Miss  Minnie  Rad- 
ford,  by  whom  he  has  two  children,  Mary  and 
Bernice.  He  is  a  member  of  Alma  Lodge  No. 
75,  K.  P.  Active  in  affairs  for  the  benefit  of  the 
town,  he  is  now  rendering  able  service  as  an  al- 
derman. 

HON.  N.  WALTER  DIXON  was  born  in 
the  town  of  Princess  Anne,  Somerset  County, 
Md.,  September  22,  1858.  His  father  was 
George  C.  Dixon,  M.  D.;  his  mother's  maiden 
name  was  Virginia  White.  On  his  mother's  side 
he  is  descended  from  Col.  William  Stevens,  one 
of  Lord  Baltimore's  council  and  deputy  governor 
of  the  province  of  Maryland,  Colonel  Stevens 
being  his  maternal  great-great-great-great-grand- 
father; he  was  born  in  1630  and  died  in  1687. 
His  tomb  is  yet  to  be  seen  at  Rehobeth,  Somerset 
County,  Md.  The  maternal  great-grandfather  of 
Judge  Dixon,  Capt.  William  White,  during  the 
Revolutionary  war,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  raised, 
equipped  and  maintained  at  his  own  expense,  a 
company  of  the  Virginia  line  which  he  com- 
manded during  the  war.  By  virtue  of  descent 
from  him,  Judge  Dixon  is  a  member  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution. 

The  Dixons  were  among  the  first  settlers  of 
Somerset  County.  The  ancient  records  of  that 
county  disclose  that  in  1665  Ambrose  Dixon  was 
an  attorney-at-law  and  practiced  in  the  court  over 
which  Colonel  Stevens  presided  as  commissioner. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  his  early 
education  in  Washington  Academy,  in  Princess 
Anne,  and  in  1872  entered  St.  John's  College, 
Annapolis,  Md.  He  was  graduated  in  1877. 
For  several  years  he  taught  school,  during  which 
time  he  read  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In 
1887  he  was  elected  state's  attorney  of  his  na- 
tive county.  This  position  he  held  until  March, 
1891,  when  he  resigned  and  moved  to  Colorado. 


Opening  an  office  in  Pueblo,  he  formed  a  law 
partnership  with  his  brother,  John  R.  Dixon, 
their  connection  continuing  until  the  fall  of 
1894,  when  he  was  elected  judge  of  the  tenth 
judicial  district  of  Colorado. 


FASTER  J.  READY,  who  makes  his  home  in 
yr  Lake  City  and  is  an  engineer  on  the  Lake 
\3  City  branch  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
Railroad,  was  born  in  Lexington,  Mo.,  August 
21,  1858.  His  father,  Patrick  Ready,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Ireland  and  in  early  years  came  to  Amer- 
ica, where  he  afterward  followed  farm  pursuits  in 
Missouri.  There  he  died  in  1871.  He  was  the 
father  of  four  children,  viz.:  Peter  J.;  Philip,  an 
engineer  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad, 
running  between  SalidaandLeadville;  Bridget  C. 
and  Mary  A.  (twins) ,  the  former  residing  with 
our  subject,  the  latter  with  her  brother  Philip. 

Shortly  after  the  death  of  his  father,  our  sub- 
ject came  to  Colorado  with  his  uncle,  Thomas 
Holleran.  He  remained  in  Denver,  engaged  in 
various  occupations,  until  1878,  when  he  secured 
employment  iu  the  round  house  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  at  Wallace,  Kan.  After  two 
years  in  that  place  he  went  on  the  road  as  fire- 
man between  Wallace  and  Denver.  In  a  short 
time  he  became  a  fireman  on  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  from  Denver  to  Pueblo.  In  1883  he  was 
given  an  engine  on  the  run  between  Gunnison 
and  Grand  Junction,  and  continued  in  that  capac- 
ity until  1889,  when  the  Lake  City  branch  was 
built,  and  on  the  i5th  of  August  he  began  on 
this  run.  He  has  the  only  engine  on  the  branch 
road,  which  is  said  to  be  the  slowest  and  the  most 
obliging  road  on  earth.  In  1892  the  train  stopped 
one  day  in  the  canon,  where  a  marriage  cere- 
mony was  performed,  the  bride  meeting  the 
groom  and  the  minister  at  the  track,  and  all  the 
train  employes  witnessing  the  ceremony.  One 
morning,  while  making  the  usual  run,  Mr.  Ready 
noticed  something  on  the  track.  He  stopped  the 
train  and  sent  the  fireman  ahead  to  make  an  ex- 
amination. He  proved  to  be  a  fox,  that  had 
evidently  stepped  on  the  rails  with  wet  feet,  and 
as  he  stood,  taking  a  survey  of  the  situation,  his 
feet  were  frozen  to  the  rails.  The  fireman  killed 
the  fox  and  its  skin  was  dressed  and  made  into 
a  rug. 

During  Mr.  Ready's  entire  period  of  service  on 
the  road  he  has  had  but  one  casualty.  Concern- 
ing this,  the  Denver  Republican  of  June  5,  1895, 
says:  "Freight  train  No.  352  coming  east  and 


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the  Lake  City  accommodation  going  west  had  a 
collision  at  Lake  Junction,  one  mile  west,  to-day. 
Seven  freight  cars  were  demolished,  one  engine 
wrecked  and  the  other  badly  damaged.  Engineer 
Thomas  Layden,  ofGunnison,  was  thrown  from 
his  engine  down  the  bank  almost  into  the  Gun- 
nison  River,  one  car  rolling  completely  over  him. 
When  found,  he  lay  beneath  two  large  rocks 
which  protected  him  so  that  he  escaped  with  a 
few  bruises.  Engineer  Ready  saw  the  freight 
when  within  a  few  rails  length  of  it,  reversed  his 
engine  and  jumped.  After  the  collision  the  Lake 
City  train  started  backwards  off  an  open  switch 
and  had  it  not  been  for  the  presence  of  mind  of 
Engineer  Ready,  who  jumped  on  the  engine  and 
shut  off  the  steam,  both  of  the  coaches  would 
have  been  thrown  into  the  Gunnison  River  and 
doubtless  many  lives  lost. ' ' 

Mr.  Ready  is  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood  of 
Locomotive  Engineers.  Politically  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat and  since  1896  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Lake  City  council.  Interested  in  mining,  he  is  a 
stockholder  in  the  Fidelia  group.  In  addition  to 
his  residence  here  he  owns  property  in  Salt  Lake 
City  and  Grand  Junction.  March  4,  1886,  he 
married  Mary  E.  Bates,  who  was  born  in  Iowa, 
a  daughter  of  Eli  Bates,  a  native  of  Ohio,  but  for 
years  a  resident  of  Jasper  County,  Iowa.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ready  have  four  children,  Margaret 
Winifred,  Sadie  C.,  Norman  and  May  E. 


|"~RANK  NICHOLAS  COCHEMS,  M.  D., 
rft  surgeon  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
|  road  at  Salida  and  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
hospital  at  this  place,  was  born  in  Ahnapee,  Wis. , 
June  24,  1868,  a  son  of  Mathias  and  Eliza 
(Wagener)  Cochems.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Cochem,  in  the  province  of -Mosel  on  the  Rhine, 
came  to  America  when  young,  settling  in  Wis- 
consin, and  spent  the  years  of  youth  in  Mani- 
towoc  County.  During  the  Civil  war  he  served 
for  three  years,  being  in  Kentucky  and  Tennes- 
see, and  taking  part  in  the  siege  of  Vicksburg, 
but  was  finally  discharged  owing  to  illness. 
Upon  his  recovery  he  engaged  in  the  grist-mill 
business  and  later  turned  his  attention  to  mer- 
chandising and  the  real-estate  business,  in  which 
he  still  continues.  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat. 
In  his  family  their  were  twelve  children. 

Dr.  Cochems,  who  was  one  of  twins,  was 
educated  in  the  high  school  of  Sturgeon  Bay, 
Wis.,  where  his  father  now  resides.  He  studied 
medicine  in  the  Northwestern  University  of  Chi- 


cago, from  which  he  graduated  in  1891 ,  and  after- 
ward he  was  engaged  for  twenty  months  as  an 
interne  in  the  Cook  County  hospital,  where  he 
had  a  large  and  helpful  experience.  April  i, 
1893,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  opened  an  office 
in  the  same  block  in  Salida  where  he  still  has  his 
headquarters.  His  ability  as  a  surgeon  attracted 
the  attention  of  the  officials  of  the  railroad  and  he 
was  appointed  local  surgeon  at  this  point,  where 
is  located  the  only  hospital  -of  the  company. 
While  he  engages  in  general  practice,  he  has  so 
many  cases  of  surgery,  in  which  he  is  without  a 
rival  in  the  state,  that  his  attention  is  mainly 
given  to  this  branch  of  the  profession  and  his 
reputation  for  success  in  this  line  is  remarkable. 
From  all  parts  of  the  state  he  has  cases  sent  to 
him,  and  he  has  been  unusually  successful  in  his 
operations.  His  mornings  are  spent  in  the  hos- 
pital, which  is  fitted  up  with  the  latest  appliances 
for  surgical  operations,  and  here  he  has  six  pro- 
fessional nurses  under  him  as  assistants.  The 
hospital  is  surpassed  by  none  in  the  entire  state 
for  cleanliness  and  for  painstaking  care  given 
each  patient.  Plans  are  under  way  for  an  en- 
largement of  the  building,  giving  three  large 
wards,  with  private  rooms,  the  total  accommoda- 
tions providing  for  sixty  patients. 

Intensely  engrossed  in  professional  work,  to 
which  he  applies  himself  with  all  the  ardor  and 
enthusiasm  of  his  nature,  Dr.  Cochems  has  little 
time  for  participation  in  public  affairs.  How- 
ever, he  is  posted  concerning  the  issues  before 
our  nation  to-day.  In  political  matters  he  is  a 
Democrat,  with  an  ardent  sympathy  for  the 
silver  cause.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Iron  Mountain  Lodge  No.  19,  K.  P.,  and 
the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men. 


0AMUEL  E.  HERR,  general  superintendent 
2\  and  manager  of  the  Porter  Fuel  Company  of 
\~y  Durango,  came  to  this  city  in  1884  and  loca- 
ted some  coal  property.  The  following  year,  in 
partnership  with  J.  A.  Porter,  of  the  San  Juan 
Smelting  Company,  he  organized  the  Porter  Coal 
Company,  of  which  he  became  the  principal  stock- 
holder, as  well  as  general  manager.  After  a  few 
years  the  concern  was  reorganized  as  the  Porter 
Fuel  Company,  with  Mr.  Herr  as  superintendent. 
A  pioneer  in  the  coal  business  in  La  Plata  County, 
he  has  done  much  to  develop  its  interests,  and  his 
company  now  owns  three  thousand  acres  of  coal 
lauds,  furnishing  employment  to  about  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  men  during  the  entire  year.  He 


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is  interested  in  other  property  in  La  Plata  Coun- 
ty, and  also  owns  stock  in  the  King  group  of 
mines  at  Silverton,  where  is  carried  on  a  large 
business  in  mining  silver  and  copper. 

A  son  of  Abraham  and  Mary  (Stutsman)  Herr, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Mont- 
gomery County,  Ohio,  in  1851.  His  father,  who 
was  a  leading  farmer  of  Montgomery  County, 
about  1858  removed  to  southwestern  Missouri, 
where  he  owned  a  large  plantation  and  farm  on 
an  extensive  scale.  A  stanch  Union  man,  when 
the  first  call  was  made  for  a  home  guard  infantry, 
he  enlisted  in  the  service  and  was  made  a  captain. 
For  his  sympathy  with  the  north  the  southern 
people  destroyed  his  property,  took  his  stock, 
and  finally,  just  after  the  battle  of  Wilson  Creek, 
one  of  his  nearest  neighbors  killed  him.  The 
family  afterward  returned  to  Ohio,  where  our 
subj  ect  was  reared  to  manhood .  At  eighteen  years 
of  age  he  accompanied  his  mother  to  Lawrence, 
Kan.,  where  he  attended  McCauley's  Commer- 
cial Institute,  graduating  in  1872.  His  first  em- 
ployment was  on  the  general  land  survey  of  west- 
ern Kansas.  Afterward  he  was  with  Wakefield 
&  Co.  of  Bloomington,  111.,  and  J.  H.  McLean 
of  St.  Louis,  as  traveling  salesman,  remaining  in 
that  connection  until  the  spring  of  1876. 

During  the  Black  Hills  excitement  of  1876, 
Mr.  Herr  came  to  Colorado  intending  to  proceed 
to  the  new  gold  mines,  but  meeting  some  friends 
he  changed  his  plans,  coming  to  Silverton  in- 
stead. After  prospecting  and  mining  for  some 
years,  in  1881  he  sold  a  claim  for  $27,000,  and 
later  engaged  in  the  wholesale  flour  and  grain 
and  forwarding  business  at  Silverton,  also  bought 
and  sold  coal,  and  had  charge  of  an  omnibus  and 
freighting  line.  He  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Herr,  Hodges  &  Herr,  commission  merchants. 
From  Silverton  he  came  to  Durango  in  1884. 

An  enthusiastic  and  lifelong  Republican,  Mr. 
Herr  was  a  member  of  the  committee  at  the 
Pueblo  state  convention  that  drafted  the  resolu- 
tion instructing  the  delegates  to  the  St.  Louis 
convention  of  1896  to  follow  the  leadership  of 
Senator  Teller.  Elected  to  the  legislature  in 
1892,  he  served  during  the  memorable  Waite 
administration,  including  the  special  session.  He 
was  the  author  of  the  bill  giving  the  state  its  first 
hatchery  (situated  near  Durango  on  the  Animas 
River) .  He  also  drew  up  other  bills  that  passed 
both  houses,  but  were  vetoed  by  the  governor. 
He  is  president  of  the  Durango  Club  or  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  and  a  director  of  the  Durango  As- 


sociation. During  the  early  days  of  his  residence 
in  Colorado  he  had  many  interesting  pioneer  ex- 
periences. He  was  given  the  mail  contract  from 
Silverton  into  all  the  southwestern  country,  and 
frequently,  during  the  winter  months,  made  the 
trip  on  snow  shoes.  In  the  days  when  Indians 
were  hostile  and  the  San  Juan  country  was  in- 
fested with  white  men  of  notorious  character,  he 
took  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  raising  the 
standard  of  citizenship  and  ridding  the  locality  of 
its  undesirable  residents.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  Aztec  Camp  No.  30,  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  In  1888  he  married  Annetta  Hewitt,  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  they  have  one  son,  Harry  H. 
Herr. 


Gl  LBERT  REICHENECKER.  The  life  of 
LJ  Mr.  Reichenecker  has  been  a  busy  one  and 
|  |  his  personal  efforts  for  advancement  were 
begun  at  an  early  age.  His  experience  has  been 
such  as  to  prove  that  he  possesses  energy  and 
untiring  perseverance.  His  character  and  busi- 
ness equipment  have  made  him  a  decided  acqui- 
sition to  the  citizenship  of  Como,  and  he  stands 
well  in  the  financial  circles  of  Park  County.  In 
1878  he  purchased  one  thousand  acres  of  land 
four  miles  southeast  of  Como  and  embarked  in 
the"  stock  business,  in  which  he  continued  until 
recently,  when  he  sold  his  stock  and  has  since 
used  the  land  as  a  hay  ranch.  In  1894  he  opened 
a  drug  store  in  Como,  of  which  he  has  since  been 
the  proprietor. 

In  Stuttgart,  Wurtemberg,  Germany,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  July  16,  1831,  a  son 
of  Martin  Reichenecker,  who  during  the  greater 
part  of  his  active  life  occupied  a  responsible  gov- 
ernment position.  Albert  being  designed  by  his 
father  for  the  ministry  was  given  a  four  years' 
course  in  the  seminary,  but  when  he  reached 
eighteen  years  of  age  and  had  thoughtfully  con- 
sidered the  future,  he  decided  that  he  was  not 
fitted  for  ministerial  work.  He  entered  the  Poly- 
technic school  at  Stuttgart,  which  he  attended 
for  four  years.  In  order  to  finish  his  education 
and  prepare  himself  for  a  civil  service  examina- 
tion, he  entered  the  University  of  Tubingen, 
where  he  took  the  studies  of  national  economy, 
finance  laws,  mineralogy,  etc.  After  he  had  passed 
a  civil  service  examination  he  became  an  employe 
of  the  government  and  for  some  nine  years  was 
assistant  superintendent  of  mines,  smelting  work 
and  rolling  mills. 

Resigning  his  position  early  in  1863  Mr.  Reich- 


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enecker  came  to  the  United  States  and  proceeded 
direct  to  Black  Hawk,  Colo.,  joining  a  cousin 
there.  He  secured  employment  at  mill  work  and 
soon  was  made  engineer  of  a  stamp  mill.  In  1865 
he  went  to  Breckenridge  and  opened  an  assay 
office,  but  in  a  few  months  went  to  Denver,  open- 
ing the  first  assay  office  in  that  city.  In  the 
spring  of  1866  he  was  employed  as  mining  expert 
by  a  man  in  Salt  Lake  City,  but  resigned  the  po- 
sition after  two  months.  Returning  to  Denver 
he  soon  went  from  there  to  Central  City  and 
opened  an  assay  office.  Shortly  afterward  busi- 
ness called  him  east,  and  while  in  New  York 
City  he  was  made  manager  of  the  properties  of 
the  Montana  Mining  and  Smelting  Company,  for 
which  he  had  previously  made  a  report  to  the 
company,  explaining  the  condition  of  the  prop- 
erties. While  he  was  in  Central  City  many  able 
articles  from  his  pen  appeared  in  the  leading  Ger- 
man papers  in  regard  to  Colorado;  and  the  United 
States  commissioner  of  mines  (Raymond)  in  his 
report  in  1870,  frequently  quotes  Mr.  Reichen- 
ecker  and  uses  many  of  his  drawings.  In  1868 
our  subject  became  prescription  clerk  in  a  drug 
store  at  Central  City.  A  few  months  later  he 
bought  the  stock  and  engaged  in  the  drag  busi- 
ness for  himself.  In  1873  he  left  Central  City 
and  since  that  time  has  been  engaged  in  the  drug 
and  assay  business  in  Fairplay,  Breckenridge  and 
(since  1894)  in  Como.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Odd  Fellows.  In  1866  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  Trefz,  by  whom  he  had  four 
children.  Three  are  now  living:  Jeanette,  Lou- 
ise and  Sophia. 

JLIVER  BEMEN,  county  commissioner  of 
Huerfano  County,  secretary  of  the  board 
of  school  directors  at  La  Veta,  and  owner 
of  the  sawmill  in  this  county,  was  born  at  Arrow 
Rock,  Saline  County,  Mo.,  May  12,  1848,  a  son 
of  Alfred  and  Maggie  (Sarpre)  Bemen.  His 
mother  was  a  daughter  of  Peter  A.  Sarpre,  who 
was  of  French  birth,  but  long  a  resident  of  Amer- 
ica and  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  American 
Fur  Company.  His  life  was  spent  on  the  frontier, 
engaged  in  hunting,  trapping  and  trading  with 
the  Indians,  on  the  upper  Missouri  River.  With 
him  worked  his  son-in-law,  Mr.  Bemen,  until  the 
latter's  death,  in  1855.  Previous  to  that  time 
Mrs.  Bemen  had  passed  away,  when  her  son  was 
so  young  that  he  can  scarcely  recall  her  features. 
He  was  taken  into  the  home  of  his  grandfather, 
Mr.  Sarpre,  in  St.  Louis,  but  the  latter  died 


shortly  afterward,  and  he  was  then  placed  in  the 
charge  of  the  French  consul  in  St.  Louis,  who, 
upon  returning  to  France,  placed  him  in  the  home 
<Jf  M.  F.  Schwoertz,  a  Hungarian  merchant  in 
Arrow  Rock,  Mo.  The  boy  was  taught  to  be 
useful  in  the  store,  and  at  the  same  time  was 
given  the  privilege  of  attending  school. 

In  1862  Mr.  Bemen  enlisted  in  Company  B, 
Fifth  Missouri  Cavalry,  of  which  regiment  he 
was  the  youngest  member.  He  was,  in  fact,  too 
young  to  be  admitted  to  the  army,  but  was  so 
eager  to  enter  the  ranks  that  he  fell  into  the 
temptation  of  prevaricating  as  to  his  age.  At  the 
expiration  of  three  years  of  service  he  re-enlisted 
in  Company  I,  Thirteenth  Veterans  Cavalry,  and 
served  until  July  3,  1866.  Among  the  engage- 
ments in  which  he  took  part  were  those  at  Pea 
Ridge,  Independence,  and  Big  Blue  (where  Major- 
General  Marmaduke  and  two  thousand  men  were 
captured);  in  that  battle  he  was  wounded  in  the 
head  by  a  musket  ball.  Much  of  his  service  was 
of  a  nature  that,  while  bringing  great  danger, 
does  not  give  corresponding  credit  or  reward. 
After  peace  was  declared  his  company  was 
ordered  to  the  frontier,  and  stationed  at  Fort 
Garland,  Colo.,  but  in  the  spring  of  1866  was 
ordered  from  there  to  Leavehworth,  Kan.,  where 
he  was  mustered  out  on  the  3d  of  July.  While 
on  the  frontier  he  saw  considerable  service,  in 
Indian  fights. 

On  being  mustered  out,  Mr.  Bemen  returned 
to  Missouri  and  bought  a  herd  of  cattle.  Then, 
in  company  with  his  former  captain,  William  C. 
Bangs,  and  the  latter's  wife  and  children,  he 
started  for  Colorado.  They  outfitted  with  an  ox- 
team  and  wagon,  and  started  on  their  long  jour- 
ney. During  the  first  night  out,  about  one 
o'clock,  a  band  of  twenty  or  twenty-five  men, 
under  command  of  the  James  boys,  attacked 
them.  The  first  intimation  of  danger  that  Mr. 
Bemen  had  was  when  he  was  shot  at  by  one  of 
the  gang,  from  the  side  of  the  wagon.  He  was 
not  injured  by  the  ball,  but  the  man  proceeded  to 
relieve  him  of  his  money  and  gun,  after  which  he 
struck  him  with  a  revolver.  As  he  lay,  stunned, 
he  saw  another  one  of  the  gang  pulling  a  revolver, 
but  jumped  in  time  to  avoid  the  shot.  Mean- 
time the  captain  had  shot  one  robber  in  the  side, 
and  the  rest  of  the  gang  fled,  after  riddling  the 
wagon  with  shot,  but,  fortunately,  without  hurt- 
ing the  woman  and  children.  An  investigation 
was  held,  but  the  robbers  were,  of  course, 
acquitted.  On  the  following  day  they  reached 


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Kansas  City,  where  they  replenished  their  store 
of  ammunition  and  rifles.  From  Kansas  City, 
they  proceeded,  without  any  striking  incident, 
until  they  approached  Cow  Creek,  Kan.,  where 
they  saw  in  the  distance  a  wagon  and  smoke.  On 
investigating,  they  found  three  wagons,  two 
dead  horses,  and  the  bodies  of  two  men  and  one 
woman,  scalped.  They  buried  the  bodies,  but 
never  learned  who  the  parties  were  nor  how  they 
had  met  so  sad  a  fate. 

At  Fort  Dodge,  the  government  officials  ordered 
them  to  wait  for  others,  and  finally  a  company  of 
twenty-five  wagons  was  formed,  which  proceeded, 
under  cavalry  escort,  to  Fort  Lyon,  and  thence 
went  to  Pueblo.  Mr.  Bemen  remained  in  that 
town  ten  days  and  then  followed  the  old  Santa 
Fe  trail  to  Fort  Garland,  where  he  took  up  a 
claim  and  started  in  the  stock  business.  He 
remained  there  until  1871,  and  then  moved  to  the 
Apishapa  River,  about  twenty-two  miles  from 
Trinidad,  then  a  small  village.  On  that  ranch  he 
made  his  headquarters  until  1876,  and  afterward, 
until  1882,  had  his  ranch  on  the  Santa  Clare,  in 
the  Santa  Clare  Valley,  of  which  he  had  entire 
control  during  the  time  of  his  occupation.  At 
that  time,  however,  great  numbers  of  cattle  were 
brought  in  from  Texas  and  encroached  upon  his 
pastures,  which  caused  him  to  sell  out.  Re- 
moving to  La  Veta,  he  took  contracts  for  furnish- 
ing lumber  to  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
road, and  at  the  same  time  assisted  in  the  con- 
struction of  the  road  from  Pueblo  to  Cucharas  and 
thence  to  Alamosa,  furnishing  his  lumber  used 
for  the  same.  In  order  to  secure  the  lumber,  he 
bought  a  mill  and  located  on  the  Apishapa  River, 
twenty-five  miles  southeast  of  La  Veta,  where  he 
has  operated  sawmills  from  that  time  to  the 
present.  He  also  owns  a  saw  and  shingle  mill 
on  Middle  Creek,  ten  miles  west  of  La  Veta,  on 
the  latest  survey  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
road.  Four  hundred  acres  of  land,  which  he 
owns  and  from  which  he  has  cleared  the  lumber, 
he  now  has  ready  for  cultivation  and  improve- 
ment. In  1890  he  erected  a  residence  that  is  one 
of  the  best  in  La  Veta;  he  still  retains  his  former 
residence. 

Politically  a  Republican,  Mr.  Bemen  has  been 
elected  on  that  ticket  to  numerous  local  offices. 
He  is  now  serving  his  third  year  as  county  com- 
missioner, and  has  been  chairman  of  the  board. 
For  fifteen  years  he  has  served  on  the  town  board. 
By  attendance  upon  local  and  state  conventions 
he  has  kept  in  touch  with  his  party  and  its  prog- 


ress. For  twelve  years  he  has  been  secretary 
of  the  school  board,  and  through  his  instrumen- 
tality schools  have  been  built  and  maintained. 
In  early  days  he  was  personally  acquainted  with 
Kit  Carson,  for  whom,  when  commander  of  the 
post,  he  was  accustomed  to  make  out  reports. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  La  Veta 
Building  and  Loan  Association  and  has  assisted 
other  local  projects.  A  liberal  and  enterprising 
man,  he  has  contributed  his  quota  to  the  advance- 
ment of  the  county.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member 
of  La  Veta  Lodge  No.  59,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of 
which  he  has  served  as  secretary  since  1888.  He 
is  also  connected  with  La  Veta  Post  No.  32, 
G.  A.  R.,  of  which  he  was  commander  for  six 
years,  and  also  served  on  the  department  staff  a 
number  of  times. 

On  Christmas  day  of  1868  Mr.  Bemen  married 
Maggie  J.  Collum,  daughter  of  Dr.  Robert  Collum, 
of  Costilla  County.  Her  father  .was  a  surgeon  in 
the  regular  army,  during  which  time  he  was 
stationed  at  Fort  Garland.  Upon  receiving  his 
honorable  discharge,  he  located  in  Costilla  County 
and  was  the  first  regular  practitioner  in  the  whole 
county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bemeii  are  the  parents  of 
one  son,  Louis  H.,  who  is  engaged  with  his 
father  in  business  and  is  also  road  commissioner 
of  his  district. 


HEODORE  B.  MAC  DONALD.  Upon  set- 
tling in  Alamosa  in  1892,  Mr.  MacDonald 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  Hon.  A.  W. 
Mclntire,  which  continued  until  the  latter  was 
elected  governor  of  Colorado  in  1895.  At  the 
same  time  the  former  was  chosen  to  serve  as  dis- 
trict attorney  of  the  twelfth  district,  in  which 
capacity  he  rendered  efficient  service,  retiring 
from  the  office  in  1898.  Since  1892  he  has  acted 
as  county  attorney  of  Conejos  County,  and  prior 
to  his  removal  to  Alamosa  he  had  served  as 
attorney  of  Saguache  County  for  one  year. 
Politically  a  Republican  he  has  been  a  prominent 
factor  in  local  politics,  and  has  also  been  con- 
spicuous in  public  affairs  in  the  state. 

Born  at  Mystic,  Conn.,  in  1859,  our  subject  is 
a  son  of  Alexander  MacDonald,  a  native  of  Scot- 
land, but  a  resident  of  Prince  Edward's  Island 
from  early  childhood  until  a  young  man,  and 
afterward  a  contractor  and  shipbuilder  of  Con- 
necticut. During  the  Civil  war  he  served  in  Com- 
pany I,  First  Connecticut  Cavalry,  and  being 
captured  by  the  enemy,  was  confined  in  Libby 
prison  for  some  time.  About  1868  he  went  to 


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Florida,  where  he  was  afterward  employed  as 
keeper  of  the  St.  John's  lighthouse  until  he  djed, 
at  the  age  of  forty-seven  years.  His  wife,  who 
was  Frances  Pecor,  was  born  in  Connecticut,  and 
is  living  in  Boston,  Mass.,  being  now  sixty  years 
of  age.  Of  their  four  children  two  are  living, 
Theodore  B.  and  Henry,  of  Boston. 

After  having  been  fitted  for  college  at  Barre, 
Vt. ,  our  subject  entered  Tuft's  College  in  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  remained  a  student  for  some 
time.  In  1885  he  graduated  from  the  Columbian 
Law  School  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  with  the 
degree  of  B.  L.  During  the  same  year  he  opened 
an  office  in  Medicine  Lodge,  Kan.,  but  in  1885 
came  to  Colorado  and  began  to  practice  in 
Saguache,  remaining  there  until  1892.  While 
he  devotes  himself  closely  to  his  profession,  he 
has  at  the  same  time  kept  thoroughly  posted 
concerning  advances  made  along  every  line  of 
development  in  his  state,  and  has  maintained  a 
special  interest  in  all  political  and  public  matters. 
The  various  state  conventions  he  has  attended, 
and  his  ability  and  excellent  judgment  have 
aided  their  progress.  He  is  gifted  as  an  orator, 
and  in  that  way  has  not  only  advanced  his  pro- 
fessional success,  but  has  also  wielded  a  power- 
ful influence  in  political  circles.  Besides  his 
private  practice  he  is  now  engaged  as  local 
attorney  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Saguache  Lodge, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  and  in  1895  was  elected  grand 
orator  of  the  grand  lodge.  His  marriage  took 
place  in  1886  and  united  him  with  Louisa  Mc- 
Pherson,  daughter  of  Simon  McPherson,  of  Cale- 
donia, N.  Y.  They  have  two  daughters,  Fay 
and  Don. 

I  EE  H.  PREWITT,  station  agent,  telegraph 
1C  operator  and  postmaster  at  Merino,  Logan 
l_2r  County,  and  also  the  owner  of  important 
cattle  interests  in  this  locality,  was  born  in'Harde- 
man  County,  Tenn.,  November  16,  1866,  being 
a  son  of  Joseph  H.  and  Mollie  (Hill)  Prewitt, 
of  whose  four  children  he  alone  survives.  His 
father  was  born  and  reared  in  South  Carolina, 
whence  in  early  manhood  he  moved  to  Tennessee. 
Shortly  afterward  he  married  Miss  Hill.  At  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the  Con- 
federate service,  in  which  he  continued  until  the 
close  of  hostilities.  On  his  return  home  he  began 
farming  on  land  which  he  had  acquired  prior  to 
the  war  and  which  was  situated  partly  in  Tennes- 
see and  partly  in  Mississippi.  There  he  remained 


until  1873,  when  he  migrated  to  Greeley,  Colo., 
and  a  year  later  settled  in  Sterling,  taking  up 
land  three  miles  north  of  town.  During  1874  he 
was  one  of  the  active  factors  in  the  building  of  the 
Sterling  ditch,  the  first  irrigating  ditch  taken  out 
in  this  section  of  Colorado.  He  continued  to 
manage  his  ranch  here  until  .1876,  when  his  ex- 
tensive farming  interests  in  Tennessee  rendered 
desirable  his  return  to  the  south.  He  went  back, 
but  two  years  later  he  and  his  wife  and  one  son 
were  stricken  with  yellow  fever  and  died  of  this  . 
fearful  scourge. 

After  the  death  of  his  parents  our  subject  was 
taken  into  the  home  of  an  aunt,  where  he  re- 
mained for  two  years.  He  then  entered  an  office 
on  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad  and  took  up  the 
study  of  telegraphy.  After  a  period  of  study  in 
various  offices  he  was  given  an  office  at  Way's 
Bluff,  Miss.,  and  there  remained  for  thirteen 
months.  Afterward  he  was  employed  for  eleven 
months  at  Vaughan's,  Miss.,  thence  was  trans- 
ferred to  Hickory  Valley,  Tenn.,  where  he  was 
operator  for  two  years.  While  at  that  station  he 
married  Miss  Pattie  Lee  Smith,  a  daughter  of 
Edward  Smith,  who  came  to  Colorado  with  the 
Prewitt  family.  She  was  reared  within  a  mile  o 
our  subject's  boyhood  home,  her  father's  ranch 
lying  just  across  the  line  in  Mississippi.  When 
the  Prewitt  family  returned  to  Tennessee  the 
Smith  family  remained  in  Sterling,  and  it  was 
during  a  visit  to  the  south  that  Miss  Smith  re- 
newed her  childhood's  acquaintance  with  Mr. 
Prewitt.  They  were  married  in  Bowling  Green, 
Ky.,  September  4,  1884. 

In  the  fall  of  1889  Mr.  Prewitt  and  his  wife 
came  to  Sterling,  where  for  a  year  he  was  em- 
ployed as  salesman  for  the  firm  of  R.  C.  Perkins 
&Co.  (the  "company"  being  our  subject's  mother- 
in-law).  At  the  expiration  of  the  year  he  pur- 
chased Mrs.  Smith's  interest  in  the  business, 
which  was  continued  under  the  same  firm  name 
for  a  year,  and  was  then  sold.  Afterward  he 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business  for  two  years, 
and  on  selling  that,  removed  to  a  ranch  which  he 
owned  two  miles  south  of  Sterling.  For  one 
year  he  was  engaged  in  improving  the  place  and 
starting  in  the  stock  business.  In  May,  1894,  he 
returned  to  Sterling,  and  was  at  the  same  time 
made  station  agent  for  the  Union  Pacific,  Denver 
&  Gulf  Railroad  at  Merino.  He  also  bought  the 
general  store  which  had  been  conducted  by  the 
former  agent  at  this  place,  and  this  he  carried  on, 
in  connection  with  his  duties  as  agent.  In  1896 


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he  became  interested  in  the  cattle  business  with 
Hugh  Davis,  and  since  then  they  have  prospered 
and  their  cattle  have  multiplied.  In  1898  he 
disposed  of  his  store.  He  owns  a  farm  of  two 
hundred  acres  three  miles  south  of  Merino,  be- 
sides his  stock  ranch,  and  is  one  of  the  prosper- 
ous men  of  Logan  County.  Since  he  came  to 
Merino  he  has  acted  as  postmaster.  He  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  but  his  business  connections 
are  so  many  and  so  important  that  he  has  never 
been  able  to  participate  in  public  affairs.  He 
has  been  successful  in  the  cattle  business  and  has 
acquired  a  herd  of  cattle  that  represent  a  large 
amount  of  money.  Personally,  he  is  a  very 
genial,  pleasant  man,  with  a  hearty  word  for 
everyone,  and  his  companionable  disposition  has 
won  him  many  friends. 


f^ETER  HANSEN,  one  of  the  oldest  and  most 
L/'  extensive  ranchmen  of  the  San  Luis  Valley, 
f^  residing  nine  miles  south  of  Alamosa,  Cone- 
jos  County,  was  born  in  Schleswig,  Germany,  in 
1836,  a  son  of  Claus  and  Mary  Hansen,  both  of 
German  birth.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  land  and  at  an  early  age  began 
to  learn  the  carpenter's  trade,  which  apprentice- 
ship he  completed  in  a  few  years.  In  the  spring 
of  1859  he  came,  alone,  to  the  United  States, 
landing  in  New  York  without  money,  excepting 
one  gold  dollar.  Securing  employment  at  his 
trade,  he  assisted  in  the  construction  of  a  church 
in  Brooklyn,  but  his 'ambition  was  greater  than 
his  physical  strength  and  he  soon  broke  down  in 
health.  Leaving  the  city,  he  went  ten  miles  into 
the  country,  where  he  worked  on  a  garden-farm, 
receiving  $8  a  month. 

After  two  months  there,  Mr.  Hansen  went  to 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  from  there  to  Trenton, 
where  he  worked  on  a  farm  for  a  short  time,  and 
then  returned  to  Cincinnati.  Working  in  a 
factory,  he  was  so  economical  that  he  soon  saved 
$200.  With  this  money  he  intended  to  pay  his 
passage  to  California,  but  on  reaching  St.  Louis' 
was  persuaded  to  come  to  Colorado  instead.  He 
traveled  across  the  plains  by  team  from  St.  Louis 
and  landed  in  Denver,  then  a  small  town,  whose 
houses  were  mostly  built  of  logs.  From  there  he 
went  to  Central  City,  where  he  worked  by  the 
day  in  mines,  but  soon  began  prospecting  for 
himself  in  what  is  now  Boulder  County.  The 
summer  of  1860  was  spent  in  this  way,  but,  not 
meeting  with  success,  he  returned  to  Central  City. 


In  August  of  1861,  upon  the  declaration  of 
war  between  the  north  and  south,  Mr.  Hansen 
enlisted  in  Company  I,  First  Colorado  Infantry, 
under  Major  Chivington,  and  was  sent  with  his 
regiment  to  New  Mexico,  where  there  was  a 
skirmish  with  the  Texas  rangers  at  Pitcher's 
Canon.  The  regiment  was  then  sent  to  Fort 
Union  to  be  recruited,  and  after  some  time  was 
ordered  to  Mexico.  After  a  fight  with  the 
Texans,  they  continued  down  the  east  side  of 
the  Rio  Grande  River  to  Fort  Craig,  in  New 
Mexico,  and  there  spent  the  summer  of  1862. 
Moving  forty  miles  down  the  Rio  Grande,  they 
then  returned  as  far  as  Fort  Lyon,  and  from  there 
went  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  the  regiment 
was  mounted  as  the  First  Colorado  Cavalry, 
Major  Chivington  commanding.  They  then  pro- 
ceeded to  Canon  City  in  search  of  the  gang  of 
outlaws,  afterward  killed  by  Tom  Tobin.  They 
were  stationed  at  Gaudaloupe  (now  Conejos  City) 
during  the  winter  of  1863-64,  and  cut  grass  on 
the  plains  for  their  horses. 

In  the  spring  of  1864,  while  at  Conejos,  Mr. 
Hansen,  by  permission  of  the  captain,  formed  a 
partnership  with  Henry  Bachus  and  James 
Schultz,  and  bought  thirteen  head  of  cattle.  Soon 
the  company  was  ordered  to  Fort  Garland,  but 
he  was  left  eighteen  miles  east  of  Conejos  on  the 
river  to  establish  a  military  post  and  notifty  the 
commander  of  the  fort  in  case  of  any  trouble.  He 
erected  an  adobe  house  and  lived  there,  mean- 
time looking  after  his  cattle.  October  31,  1864, 
he  received  an  honorable  discharge  from  the 
service.  With  his  two  partners  he  continued  on 
the  place  and  carried  on  stock-raising.  They 
had  few  white  visitors,  but  the  Indians  made  fre- 
quent calls  and  sometimes  threatened  them,  but 
the  white  men  treated  them  with  so  much  kind- 
ness that  after  a  time  a  firm  friendship  was 
formed.  After  a  year  Mr.  Schultz  sold  his  inter- 
est in  the  business  and  the  firm  was  changed  to 
Hansen  &  Bachus.  Not  having  enough  cows, 
they  rented  milch  cows  for  $4  a  month  and  made 
butter,  which  they  sold  for  $r  a  pound.  After 
eight  years  this  partnership  was  dissolved. 

Shortly  afterward  Mr.  Hansen  moved  his  share 
of  the  stock  to  La  Veta,  but  after  a  year  re- 
turned to  the  old  headquarters.  In  1873  he 
moved  his  stock  up  the  Rio  Grande  River  eight 
miles  and  made  a  location  at  his  present  home. 
Two  years  later,  when  the  government  survey  of 
the  country  had  been  made,  he  filed  a  pre-emption 
on  a  quarter- section  of  land.  Later,  at  different 


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times,  he  bought  other  tracts  of  land,  until  he 
now  owns  five  thousand  acres  of  range  laud.  He 
keeps  from  one  thousand  to  two  thousand  head 
of  cattle  and  about  two  hundred  head  of  horses, 
and  in  addition  to  stock-raising  he  carries  on 
general  farming  and  raises  some  of  the  finest  pota- 
toes in  the  valley.  In  1881  he  built  what  is  still 
one  of  the  finest  ranch  houses  in  this  part  of  the 
state.  At  one  time  he  raised  from  fifteen  hun- 
dred to  two  thousand  head  of  sheep,  but  now 
gives  his  attention  principally  to  cattle.  Alto- 
gether he  owns  three  ranches  in  Conejos  and 
Costilla  Counties.  In  1875  he  took  out  a  private 
ditch  from  the  La  Jara  River,  by  which  he 
waters  his  entire  property.  Each  year  he  cuts 
from  one  thousand  to  twelve  hundred  tons  of  hay, 
which  he  feeds  to  his  cattle  during  the  winter 
months.  In  1876  he  took  thirteen  hundred  head 
of  cattle  to  the  San  Juan  country,  but  lost  about 
four  hundred  and  twenty-five  fine  head  from 
storms.  In  stock-raising  his  specialty  is  the 
Galloway  cattle.  He  has  handled  more  stock 
than  any  man  in  his  section  and  is  constantly 
buying  and  selling.  His  success  is  remarkable, 
when  it  is  remembered  that  he  started  without 
money  and  has  had  many  obstacles  to  overcome. 
December  7,  1871,  Mr.  Hausen  married  Emelia 
Tessendorff,  by  whom  he  has  three  children: 
William,  a  stockman  of  Costilla  County;  Lizzie 
and  Emma. 

|~~  REDBRICK  M.  ALDRICH  is  the  owner  of 
rft  a  ranch  three  miles  east  of  Fort  Morgan, 
I  *  where  he  is  engaged  in  farming  and  raising 
cattle,  sheep  and  horses.  A  native  of  Rhode 
Island,  born  November  21,  1831,  to  Halsey  and 
Elmira  (Smith)  Aldrich,  he  was  the  fourth  among 
ten  children,  six  of  whom  are  living,  viz.:  Orrin, 
a  resident  of  Carolina  Mills,  R.  I.;  Frederick  M.; 
Halsey  A.,  of  North  Scituate;  Mial,  whose  home 
is  in  Foster;  Eliza,  wife  of  Edward  Hawk's,  living 
in  Burrilville;  and  Susan,  Mrs.  Gilbert  Aldrich. 
All  of  the  children,  excepting  our  subject,  still 
reside  in  Rhode  Island.  The  father,  a  native  of 
North  Scituate,  was  born  in  1801.  He  descended 
from  one  of  four  brothers  who  came  to  America 
in  early  days  and  settled  in  Rhode  Island,  where 
they  located  their  land  in  such  a  shape  that  for 
many  years  it  was  known  as  the  Aldrich  dia- 
mond. During  the  greater  part  of  his  life  Halsey 
Aldrich  followed  the  butcher's  trade,  in  addition 
to  general  farm  pursuits.  He  attained  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  ninety-seven  years,  and  always 


made  his  home  in  Rhode  Island.  Politically  he 
was  a  Whig  until  the  organization  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  to  which  he  afterward  adhered. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired  in 
the  common  schools.  At  eighteen  years  of  age 
he  entered  a  machine  shop  at  Burrilville,  R.  I., 
where  he  served  an  apprenticeship  of  four  years. 
From  that  place  he  went  to  Scituate  and  worked 
for  two  years  in  a  machine  shop.  His  next  em- 
ployment was  in  a  meat  market,  where  he  was 
employed  for  two  years.  Going  to  North  Provi- 
dence, he  opened  a  meat  market,  and  for  twenty 
years  carried  on  a  thriving  business.  While 
there  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  town  council 
and  was  one  of  the  local  Republican  leaders.  His 
first  visit  to  Colorado  was  in  1871,  when  he  en- 
gaged in  hunting  buffalo.  He  was  so  pleased 
with  the  country  that  he  finally  determined  to 
remove  here.  April,  1881,  found  him  settled 
near  Greeley,  where  he  began  the  life  of  a  ranch- 
man. Three  years  later  he  came  to  Morgan 
County  and  took  up  laud  one-half  mile  east  of  his 
present  property.  After  five  years  he  sold  his 
first  place  and  removed  to  the  ranch  he  now  owns. 
Here  his  life  is  being  quietly,  but  busily  and 
happily,  spent.  His  stock  interests  are  valuable, 
and  he  has  no  reason  to  regret  his  removal  to  the 
west. 

August  8,  1855,  Mr.  Aldrich  married  Miss 
Sarah  Reynolds,  a  native  of  Gloucester,  R.  I., 
and  a  descendant  of  early  settlers  of  the  state. 
They  became  the  parents  of  an  only  daughter, 
Mabel,  now  deceased. 


Q  ELSER  KNUDSON,  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of 
|C\  about  four  hundred  acres  in  Logan  County, 
d/  was  born  in  Denmark  July  17,  1862,  and 
was  one  of  six  children,  four  now  surviving, 
viz.:  Nels,  of  Logan  County;  Belser;  Peter,  also 
a  ranchman  of  this  county;  and  Keren.  The 
father,  Knud  Belser,  was  a  native  of  Denmark 
and  'there  spent  his  entire  life,  engaging  in  farm 
pursuits.  In  the  common  schools  of  that  coun- 
try our  subject  obtained  his  education.  When 
seventeen  years  of  age,  he  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica, in  company  with  his  brother  Nels.  They 
landed  in  Boston  and  from  there  came  directly 
to  the  west,  spending  a  week  or  more  with  friends 
in  Grand  Island,  Neb.,  and  thence  proceeding  to 
Colorado.  They  settled  at  Weir,  in  what  is  now 
Sedgwick  County,  and  worked  there  for  a  year, 
after  which  they  were  similarly  employed  at  the 
present  site  of  Julesburg.  They  then  determined  . 


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to  go  to  Omaha,  Neb.,  with  a  view  to  getting 
work  at  their  respective  trades,  Belser  being  a 
blacksmith  and  Nels  a  tailor.  On  reaching 
Omaha  they  found  no  opening  and  so  went  to 
Grand  Island,  where  they  visited  for  a  few  days. 
In  the  spring  of  1882  they  returned  to  Colorado, 
and  our  subject  spent  the  next  five  years  in  the 
employ  of  the  railroad  company,  working  in  the 
round  house  and  machine  shops  at  Sterling. 

In  the  fall  of  1886  he  took  up  a  homestead  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  Pawnee  Creek, 
where  he  moved  his  family  and  remained  until  he 
had  proved  up  on  the  land.  He  then  removed  to 
his  present  property,  four  miles  north  of  Sterling, 
which  he  and  his  brother  had  purchased  some 
time  prior  to  this.  For  one  year  after  settling  at 
his  present  place  he  continued  to  work  for  the 
railroad,  but  afterward  he  gave  his  attention 
wholly  to  ranching.  He  makes  a  specialty  of 
raising  cattle  and  hogs  and  is  to-day  one  of  the 
prosperous  ranchmen  of  the  county.  His  ranch 
originally  consisted  of  a  quarter- section  of  land, 
but  has  been  increased  to  four  hundred  or  more 
acres. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Knudson  to  Miss  Ellen- 
ora  Christensen  occurred  in  1883.  Seven  chil- 
dren were  born  of  the  union,  six  now  living, 
namely:  Anna,  born  August  22,1884;  Carrie,  May 
6,  1888;  Nora,  April  17,  1890;  Christopher,  Au- 
gust 2,  1892;  Nels,  March  20,  1894,  and  Han- 
nah, July  24,  1897.  The  family  are  connected 
with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  In  political  be- 
lief Mr.  Knudson  is  a  Populist  and  always  votes 
with  the  People's  party. 


(TOHN  S.  HOUGH,  county  treasurer  of  Hins- 
I  dale  County,  and  a  pioneer  of  Colorado,  was 
O  born  in  Philadelphia  on  Christmas  day  of 
1833,  a  son  of  Silas  and  Sophia( Formosa)  Hough. 
His  father  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  where  his 
ancestors  settled  during  the  days  of  William  Penn; 
he  was  a  first  cousin  of  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant.  The 
mother  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  where  her  par- 
ents had  emigrated  from  Athens,  Greece.  With 
the  exception  of  two  years  spent  in  Maryland, 
our  subject  spent  the  first  fifteen  years  of  his  life 
in  Philadelphia,  and  his  education  was  obtained 
principally  in  a  Quaker  school  in  that  city.  In 
the  spring  of  1849,  at  the  time  of  the  great  ex- 
citement caused  by  the  discovery  of  gold  on  the 
Pacific  coast,  he  started,  in  company  with  his 
father,  across  the  plains  for  the  west.  The  two 
had  reached  as  far  as  what  is  now  northern  Colo- 
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rado  when  the  father  was  taken  ill  and  died.  The 
son.  then  turned  back  and  returned  home  via 
Wheeling,  W.  Va.  His  family  were  very  anxious 
for  him' to  remain  at  home  and  engage  in  the 
mercantile  business,  but  his  tastes  were  for  the 
adventurous  life  of  a  pioneer,  and  the  little  he  had 
seen  of  the  west  made  him  desirous  to  return. 
His  mother  died  shortly  after  his  return,  and, 
feeling  that  it  was  no  longer  necessary  for  him  to 
remain,  in  1850  he  started  west  again.  He  went 
by  boat  from  Pittsburg  to  St.  Louis  and  from 
there  via  the  Missouri  to  Independence,  where  he 
engaged  with  a  fur  company  trading  with  the 
Indians. 

In  the  fall  of  1853  Mr.  Hough  joined  a  party 
en  route  to  New  Me'xico.  After  spending  some 
months  there  he  arranged  to  return  with  a  com- 
pany traveling  with  pack  mules.  He  started 
from  Fort  Union,  expecting  to  meet  the  party  on 
the  way,  but  for  three  days  he  rode  without  see- 
ing a  single  human  being.  Finally  the  company 
overtook  him  and  they  traveled  together  on  the 
way  to  the  Misspuri  River.  It  was  in  December, 
and  a  fierce  storm  arose  after  they  had  traveled 
for  ten  days.  Their  stock  perished  in  the  storm 
and  they  themselves  suffered  greatly.  They  had 
expected  to  secure  supplies  at  Fort  Atkinson,  but 
found  it  abandoned.  After  some  three  or  four 
hundred  miles  of  travel  on  foot,  through  dense 
drifts  of  snow,  they  reached  the  old  Council  Grove 
trading  post;  they  were  so  exhausted  from  cold 
and  hunger  (having  been  without  food  for  three 
days)  that  it  was  some  time  before  they  recovered. 

Remaining  on  the  frontier  until  1855  Mr. 
Hough  engaged  in  trading  at  different  posts.  In 
that  year  he  went  to  what  was  then  Westport 
Landing  (now  Kansas  City)  and  there  engaged  in 
merchandising.  In  1865  he  again  went  to  the 
frontier.  In  1867,  with  his  brother-in-law,  John 
W.  Prowers  (for  whom  Prowers  County  was 
named),  Kit  Carson  (the  famous  scout),  Tom  O. 
Boggs  and  Colonel  Bent,  he  settled  at  the  mouth 
of  the  Las  Animas  (or  Purgatoire)  River  where 
it  empties  into  the  Arkansas.  Soon,  afterward 
Fort  Lyons  was  established  four  miles  down  the 
Arkansas.  In  company  with  Colonel  Prowers 
he  started  a  general  mercantile  business,  also 
engaged  in  freighting  to  New  Mexico.  In  1869 
he  removed  to  Trinidad,  where  he  carried  on  a 
store  until  1873.  Returning  then  to  the  vicinity 
of  his  former  home  (at  what  is  now  Las  Animas) 
he  resumed  the  business  in  which  he  had  pre- 
viously engaged.  In  1876  he  sold  out  to  his 


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brother-in-law  and  came  to  Lake  City,  bringing 
with  him  a  stock  of  goods.  During  the  first  year 
he  was  in  this  mining  camp  he  freighted  his 
goods  from  La  Veta,  which  was  then  the  terminus 
of  the  railroad;  later  the  road  was  built  to  Fort 
Garland.  He  continued  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness until  1880.  In  that  year  he  erected  the 
Hough  block  and  the  store  north  of  it;  he  also 
built  the  First  National  Bank  building,  and  in 
other  respects  contributed  to  the  development  of 
the  town. 

Meantime  Mr.  Hough  had  become  interested 
in  mining.  He  was  one  of  the  locators  of  the 
Palmetto  mine,  which  he  operated  until  1880  and 
then  sold  it.  He  located  the  Frank  Hough  mine, 
which  he  named  for  his  son,  and  this  he  retained 
until  1883.  He  also  owned  the  Aubrey  mine, 
named  for  T.  X.  Aubrey,  the  pioneer  pathfinder, 
who  located  many  of  the  routes  through  the 
mountain  country. 

On  the  death  of  his  brother-in-law,  Colonel 
Prowers,  in  1885  Mr.  Hough  was  appointed 
executor  of  the  estate  and  renjoved  to  Las  Ani- 
mas,  where  he  remained  until  1896,  attending  to 
the  management  of  affairs  connected  with  the 
estate.  Meantime  he  also  served  as  clerk  of  the 
district  court  of  Bent  County.  Since  his  return 
to  Lake  City  in  1896  he  has  engaged  in  mining 
and  business  pursuits,  also  held  the  office  of  post- 
master, and  in  1897  was  elected  county  treasurer. 

Politically  Mr.  Hough  is  a  decided  Democrat, 
strong  in  his  party  convictions.  In  1869,  with- 
out his  knowledge,  he  was  nominated  as  a  dele- 
gate to  congress,  but  when  notified,  instructed 
that  his  name  be  withdrawn.  During  his  resi- 
dence in  Las  Animas  County  he  was  appointed 
(and  afterward  elected)  treasurer  of  the  county, 
which  position  he  held  until  his  removal  from  the 
county.  After  coming  to  Lake  City  he  was  made 
treasurer  of  Hinsdale  County.  In  1880  he  was 
his  party's  candidate  for  governor  of"  Colorado, 
but  was  defeated  by  Governor  Pitkin.  While  he 
has  never  sought  office,  his  party  has  recognized 
his  fitness  for  public  trusts  and  has  frequently 
honored  him  with  offices  of  responsibility.  In 
these  public  positions,  as  in  his  private  affairs,  he 
has  been  characterized  by  integrity,  energy  and 
perseverance.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Royal  Arch  Masons.  In  his  family  there  are 
two  children:  Anna,  wife  of  W.  H.  Carnahan,  a 
business  man  of  Chicago;  and  Frank  B.,  who  is 
deputy  in  the  treasurer's  office  at  Lake  City. 
During  his  long  period  of  residence  in  Colorado 


Mr.  Hough  has  made  many  friends,  especially 
among  the  early  settlers,  by  whom  he  has  always 
been  held  in  the  highest  regard.  The  work  that 
he  did  as  a  pioneer  entitles  him  to  distinguished 
mention  among  the  citizens  of*  the  Centennial 
state. 


FT  DWIN  R.  STARK  is  one  of  the  most  promi- 
ry  nent  and  influential  business  men  of  Colo- 
L_  rado  Springs,  where  he  has  made  his  home 
since  the  year  1886.  A  man  of  versatile  abilities, 
he  has  successfully  conducted  various  lines  of 
enterprise.  As  a  stockman,  he  has  built  up  a 
national  reputation  in  the  breeding  of  horses  and 
cattle,  while  his  connection  with  mining  inter- 
ests has  been  equally  profitable,  and  he  is  now 
treasurer  and  a  director  of  the  Raven  Gold  Min- 
ing Company,  a  successful  mining  company, 
which  has  its  headquarters  in  Colorado  Springs. 
He  is  also  president  of  the  Ideal  Refrigerating 
and  Manufacturing  Company,  at  No.  356  Dear- 
born street,  Chicago,  and  one  of  the  Denver  man- 
agers of  the  National  Refrigerator  Company,  at 
Nos.  1517-19  Eighteenth  street,  Denver.  He 
manufactures  a  refrigerating  machine  for  which 
he  holds  the  patents  in  the  United  States  and 
some  ten  foreign  countries.  From  a  health  stand- 
point, this  is  an  excellent  invention;  it  keeps  the 
air  cool,  but  perfectly  dry,  and  will  preserve  meat 
for  a  year.  Another  valuable  quality  is  the  fact 
that  it  is  automatic  and  therefore  cheap,  paying 
for  itself  within  a  few  months. 

The  Stark  family  is  from  Virginia  and  descends 
from  Gen.  John  and  Mollie  Stark,  of  Revolution- 
ary fame.  Our  subject's  grandfather,  James 
Stark,  was  born  in  Bourbon  County,  Ky.,  and 
when  less  than  twenty-one  years  of  age  settled 
seven  miles  south  of  what  is  now  Louisiana,  Mo., 
improving  a  farm  from  the  woods  and  starting 
there  the  Stark  nursery,  now  probably  the  largest 
in  the  world.  His  son,  John,  was  born  near  Louis- 
iana, Mo.,  and  was  successfully  engaged  in  the 
nursery  business  until  he  died,  at  fifty-four  years. 
During  the  Civil  war  he  served  in  the  Federal  army 
and  contracted  disease  which  afterward  caused  his 
death.  His  wife  was  Elizabeth  Fry,  a  native  of 
Pike  County,  Mo.,  where  her  father  had  re- 
moved from  Kentucky.  She  is  still  living  on  the 
old  homestead.  Of  her  ten  children  all  but  one 
are  living,  Susan  having  died  in  Missouri  when 
thirty  years  of  age.  The  others  are:  Mrs.  Maggie 
McElroy,  of  Louisiana,  Mo.;  Mrs.  Mollie  Barton, 
of  Lincoln  County,  Mo.;  Mrs.  Helen  Steward,  of 


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Monroe  County,  Mo.;  E.  R.,  who  was  born  near 
Louisiana,  Mo.,  February  3,  1849;  Henry,  who 
cultivates  the  home  farm;  Mrs.  Eliza  Smith,  of 
Colorado  Springs;  M.  F.,  a  mine  owner  residing 
in  Colorado  Springs;  Mrs.  Alice  Norton,  of  Mis- 
souri; and  Mrs.  Lulu  Smith,  of  Colorado  Springs. 

During  the  exciting  period  of  the  Civil  war 
our  subject  was  employed  in  hauling  corn  to  both 
Federal  and  Confederate  troops.  When  he  was 
only  nine  years  old  he  began  to  plow  on  shares, 
and  from  the  time  of  attaining  his  majority  he  en- 
gaged in  the  grain  and  stock  business.  His  wheat 
sold  for  $2,  while  his  cattle  also  brought  good 
prices.  In  1874  he  drove  his  herd,  to  Colorado 
and  established  a  ranch  twenty  miles  east  of 
Bijou  Basin  in  Elbert  County.  This  property  he 
sold  in  1882  and  bought  a  ranch  three  miles 
northeast  of  Bijou  Basin,  where  he  had  large 
fields  of  alfalfa  raised  by  irrigation.  In  1886  he 
sold  this  ranch  of  two  thousand  acres  to  Mary 
Anderson,  the  famous  actress.  He  then  estab- 
lished his  home  in  Colorado  Springs,  in  order  that 
his  children  might  have  necessary  educational 
advantages.  However,  he  has  continued  in  the 
stock  business,  having  from  fifteen  hundred  to 
four  thousand  head  of  cattle  at  his  ranch  on  Horse 
Creek,  in  Lincoln  County.  About  1888  the  firm 
of  Galloway  &  Stark  started  in  the  wholesale  and 
retail  meat  business.  They  were  succeeded  by 
Stark  &  Titus,  and  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Titus, 
the  firm  became  Stark  &  Siney,  but  in  1897  this 
business  was  sold. 

Often  Mr.  Stark  has  shipped  as  much  as  two 
trainloads  of  cattle  at  one  time,  and  some  of  the 
cattle  shipped  to  Chicago  have  weighed  sixteen 
hundred  pounds,  these  being  thoroughbred  Short- 
horn bulls.  At  the  head  of  his  herd  he  has 
George  Dixon,  half-brother  of  John  R.  Gentry. 
He  owns  a  fine  herd  of  horses,  and  has  colts  that 
show  a  pace  of  2:10;  also  owns  "  D.  D.,"  record 
2:16,  and  "Lenatier,"  a  mare,  record  2:16. 
Some  of  his  best  horses  have  been  entered  for 
races  in  different  parts  of  the  state,  and  have  won 
almost  invariably. 

Since  the  opening  of  the  Cripple  Creek  mining 
district,  Mr.  Stark  has  been  interested  there.  He 
was  one  of  the  discoverers  and  locators  of  the 
Raven  mine,  adjoining  the  Elkton  property,  aud 
incorporated  the  Raven  Gold  Mining  Company, 
which  has  developed  five  claims.  In  other  mines 
he  also  owns  an  interest.  Besides  his  property 
in  Colorado  Springs,  he  has  real  estate  in  Pueblo 
and  Denver.  For  years  he  has  been  a  member  of 


the  executive  committee  of  the  Colorado  Cattle 
Growers'  Association,  in  which  capacity  he 
assisted  in  hunting  down  cattle  thieves  and  secur- 
ing their  sentence  to  the  penitentiary.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  National  Stock  Growers' 
Association  and  was  a  delegate  to  their  conven- 
tion in  Denver  in  1898.  Politically  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat, but  has  never  identified  himself  actively  with 
public  affairs. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Stark  was  Belle  Ogden,  a 
native  of  Pike  County,  Mo.,  who  died  while  visit- 
ing at  her  old  home.  He  was  again  married,  in 
the  same  county,  his  wife  being  Miss  Belle  Hos- 
tetter,  daughter  of  Gabriel  Hostetter,  a  farmer. 
They  have  five  children,  Mabel,  Raymond,  Lela, 
Edith  and  Edwin. 


A.  HILLS,  whose  ranch  and  cattle  inter- 
ests are  near  Atwood,  in  Logan  County, 
,  was  born  in  Chautauqua  County,  N.  Y., 
October  14,  1862,  a  son  of  Truman  and  Nancy 
(Ireland)  Hills.  His  father,  a  native  of  the  same 
county  as  himself,  born  May  3,  1833,  was  mar- 
ried on  the  last  day  of  the  year  1858  to  Miss 
Ireland,  after  which  he  settled  upon  a  farm  and 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits.  In  1872  here- 
moved  to  York  County,  Neb.,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming,  and  from  there,  in  1888,  came  to 
Colorado.  He  pre-empted  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  and  took  up  a  timber  claim  of  like  amount, 
situated  eleven  miles  northwest  of  Sterling.  In 
1895  he  came  to  this  valley  and  settled  two  miles 
northwest  of  Atwood,  where  for  two  years  he 
rented  land.  Afterward  he  and  his  wife  took  up 
their  home  with  their  son,  our  subject,  for  whom 
his  mother  keeps  house.  Besides  him  they  have 
two  children:  Clara,  wife  of  James  Boynton,  of 
College  View,  Neb.,  and  Roscoe  T. ;  also  an 
adopted  daughter,  Ethel  I. 

Reared  upon  a  farm,  upon  arriving  at  man's 
estate  our  subject  selected  agriculture  as  his  occu- 
pation. For  two  years  he  cultivated  rented  land 
in  Nebraska.  On  his  arrival  in  Colorado  he  set- 
tled on  the  uplands  with  a  small  bunch  of  cattle; 
but,  not  feeling  satisfied  with  his  location,  he  left 
the  cattle  in  the  care  of  his  father  and  secured 
work  as  a  ranch  hand.  The  money  thus  earned 
was  spent  in  the  purchase  of  cattle,  and  in  this 
way  he  secured  a  start.  He  pre-empted  a  quar- 
ter-section and  also  a  timber  claim  of  equal  size, 
he  and  his  father  together  entering  a  whole  sec- 
tion. In  the  spring  of  1894  he  rented  land  two 
miles  northwest  of  Atwood,  and  began  farming 


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independently.  The  following  year  he  purchased 
the  place  where  he  has  since  engaged  in  stock- 
raising  and  general  farming.  He  gives  his  at- 
tention so  closely  to  his  ranch  interests  that  he 
has  no  time  for  public  affairs  or  local  politics, 
and,  aside  from  voting  the  Populist  ticket,  does 
not  participate  in  political  matters. 


Gl  LFRED  J.  MOREY,  one  of  the  most  success- 
f  I  ful  ranchmen  of  Morgan  County ,  was  born 
/I  in  Dane  County,  Wis.,  August  8,  1853,  a. 
son  of  William  and  Hannah  (Hicks)  Morey.  He 
was  one  of  four  children,  the  others  being  Har- 
vey N.,  who  is  baggage  master  on  the  Denver  & 
Rio  Grande  Railroad  at  Trinidad;  Orlando  E., 
president  of  the  Morey  Livestock  Company,  and 
a  prominent  sheep-raiser  of  Morgan  County;  and 
Norman  L. ,  deceased.  He  also  has  a  half-brother, 
(one  of  two  children  born  of  his  father's  first  mar- 
riage), C.  S.  Morey,  who  is  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful business  men  of  Denver  and  is  president  of 
the  C.  S.  Morey  Mercantile  Company  of  that  city. 

William  Morey  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and 
in  boyhood  accompanied  his  parents  to  Dane 
County,  Wis.,  where  he  married  Abigail  Beard. 
Some  years  after  her  death  he  was  united  with 
Miss  Hicks.  In  1862  he  removed  from  Dane  to 
Buffalo  County,  Wis  ,  and  was  there  drafted  into 
the  Union  service  in  1864,  becoming  a  member 
of  the  Twenty-fifth  Wisconsin  Infantry,  with 
which  he  served  under  General  Sherman  until  his 
death,  at  Savannah,  Ga., in  February,  1865.  Dur- 
ing the  uprising  of  the  Sioux  Indians  in  Wiscon- 
sin in  1862,  he  was  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  de- 
fense in  his  section  and  assisted  in  the  building  of 
block  houses,  in  which  white  settlers  took  refuge. 
He  was  active  in  all  public  matters  and  successful 
in  business  ventures. 

When  seventeen  years  of  age  our  subject  began 
to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  For  two 
years  he  worked,  during  winters,  in  the  lumber 
regions  of  Minnesota,  and  in  the  summers  rafted 
logs  on  the  Mississippi  River.  In  October,  1872, 
he  arrived  in  Colorado,  where  he  was  employed 
on  a  cattle  ranch,  thirty-seven  miles  south  of 
Pueblo,  until  December,  1873,  when  he  returned 
to  Wisconsin,  and  began  farming  there.  Febru- 
ary 6,  1875,  he  married  Miss  Mary  McKibben,  a 
native  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  daughter  of  Samuel 
McKibben,  who  was  a  fanner  in  New  York  state 
and  later  in  Wisconsin.  In  October  after  their 
marriage  our  subject  and  his  wife  removed  to 
Wichita,  Kan.,  where  he  remained  for  some  three 


years,  and  during  that  time  he  opened  up  and  im- 
proved three  farms.  In  December,  1878,  became 
to  Leadville,  Colo.,  where  he  became  interested 
in  a  storage  and  commission  business,  also  erected 
and  carried  on  the  Kansas  Boarding  House,  and 
had  charge  of  a  number  of  large  business  build- 
ings in  the  city.  However,  the  altitude  proved 
too  great,  and  he  was  obliged  to  move  to  a  lower 
point.  In  June,  1879,  he  took  his  family  to  Lar- 
amie  Plains,  forty- five  miles  west  of  Laramie  City, 
Wyo. ,  where  he  worked  for  the  Rock  Creek  Cat- 
tle Company.  In  December,  1880,  he  accepted  a 
ppsition  as  foreman  on  an  extensive  cattle  ranch 
in  Uinta  County,  Wyo.,  and  this  position  he  held 
for  two  years.  On  resigning  he  returned  to  Kan- 
sas, sold  his  landed  interests  there,  bought  a  span 
of  mules  and  a  wagon  and  started  across  the  plains 
through  the  Indian  Territory  into  the  Panhandle 
of  Texas  and  thence  to  Las  Vegas,  N.  M.,  on  the 
lookout  for  a  suitable  location  for  a  sheep  ranch. 
Not  finding  what  he  wanted,  he  sold  his  outfit  at 
Las  Vegas,  and  went  to  Green  River  City,  Wyo., 
where  he  bought  a  ranch,  seventy-five  miles 
south  of  the  river,  in  Brown's  Park,  Utah.  -  This 
place  he  stocked  with  sheep.  During  the  years 
he  remained  there  he  met  with  exceptional  suc- 
cess. In  1889  he  sold  the  ranch  and  stock  and 
removed  to  his  present  location,  four  and  three- 
quarter  miles  northwest  of  Brush,  in  Morgan 
County,  where  he  purchased  six  hundred  acres  of 
land  and  engaged  in  farming  and  sheep-raising. 
Upon  the  organization  of  the  Morey  Live  Stock 
Company  in  1892,  he  was  made  vice-president  of 
the  concern,  and  this  position  he  has  since  held. 

In  1891  Mr.  Morey  began  to  raise  fruit,  in 
which  industry  he  was  a  pioneer.  He  was  the 
first  to  demonstrate  that  fruit  can  be  successfully 
grown  in  this  section  of  the  state.  Old-timers 
attempted  to  discourage  him,  asserting  that  his 
time  was  being  thrown  away,  but  he  persisted 
and  as  a  result  of  his  judgment  and  perseverance 
he  to-day  has  one  of  the  finest  orchards  in  the 
state.  In  1898  he  went  to  Michigan,  where  he 
spent  five  weeks  in  selecting  and  purchasing 
stock,  and  returned  to  Colorado  with  two  hundred 
head  of  registered  thoroughbred  Shropshire  ewes 
for 'breeding  purposes.  It  is  his  intention  to  de- 
vote himself  largely  to  the  improvement  of  the 
quality  of  the  sheep  herds  of  this  county,  an 
effort  in  which  he  has  already  met  with  encour- 
agement. 

During  1892  Mr.  Morey  was  elected  county 
commissioner  and  in  this  office  he  served  for  three 


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years.  He  was  again  solicited  to  accept  the  po- 
sition, but  his  business  interests  were  such  that 
he  deemed  it  best  to  refuse  further  nomination. 
From  1891  to  1895  he  served  as  county  sheep  in- 
spector. For  many  years  he  has  been  a  member 
of  the  school  board  of  this  district.  His  political 
affiliations  are  with  the  silver  wing  of  the  Repub- 
lican party.  He  is  a  member  of  Brush  Lodge 
No.  69,  K.  P.,  in  which  he  has  filled  all  of  the 
chairs.  As  a  representative  citizen,  he  favors  all 
measures  for  the  benefit  of  the  people  and  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  county.  He  and  his  wife  are  the 
parents  of  two  children:  Anna,  who  acquired  an 
excellent  education  in  Wolfe  Hall,  Denver,  and 
is  now  teaching  in  Morgan  County;  and  Fred- 
erick, who  is  a  student  in  the  school  near  his 
father's  home. 


(lAMES  L.  KERBY,  who  is  engaged  in  ranch- 
I  ing  in  Logan  County,  was  born  in  Orange 
G)  County,  Ind.,  October  4,  1826,  a  son  of  Giles 
H.  and  Mary  (DePew)  Kerby.  His  sister,  Eliza- 
beth, wife  of  T.  J.  Crute,  of  Sutphen,  Kan.,  and 
his  brother,  Samuel  D.,  of  Clay  County,  Kan., 
are,  besides  himself,  the  only  survivors  of  the 
seven  children  comprising  the  family.  His  par- 
ents were  born  in  1801,  the  father  in  Kentucky, 
the  mother  in  Virginia.  The  former,  at  the  age 
of  twenty-one,  accompanied  his  parents  to  Or- 
ange County,  Ind.,  where  he  married  and  en- 
gaged in  farming.  In  1832  he  removed  to  Parke 
County,  where  heresided  until  hisdeath,  in  1841. 
His  parents,  Edward  and  Priscilla  (Butler) 
Kerby,  were  natives  of  Kentucky;  the  former,  a 
miller  from  early  manhood,  owned  a  large  mill  in 
Orange  County  and  in  it  was  accidentally  killed. 
At  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  fifteen  years  of  age.  Being  the 
eldest  of  the  children,  the  management  of  the 
home  farm  devolved  largely  upon  him.  His 
education  was  obtained  in  common  schools  and 
the  Bloomingdale  high  school,  a  Quaker  institu- 
tion in  Parke  County.  March  4,  1857,  he  mar- 
ried Lucy  J.,  daughter  of  John  Oldshue,  a  promi- 
nent farmer  of  Parke  County,  having  come  there 
from  Pennsylvania  in  1838,  and  being  a  descend- 
ant of  Pennsylvania-Dutch  stock.  After  his  mar- 
riage, Mr.  Kerby  engaged  in  cultivating  a  rented 
farm.  He  also  served  for  two  terms  as  county 
assessor.  In  1865  he  removed  to  Dickinson 
County,  Kan.,  and  bought  a  farm,  upon  which 
he  remained  for  twenty  years.  During  that  time 
the  postoffice  of  New  Chillicothe  was  established 


and  he  served  as  postmaster  for  ten  years.  He 
was  also  twice  elected  to  the  office  of  county  com- 
missioner. 

In  the  spring  of  1886  Mr.  Kerby  came  to  Colo- 
rado, and  purchased  land  in  Atwood,  Logan 
County,  where  he  settled.  However,  there  being 
a  lack  of  water  for  irrigation  purposes,  he  gave 
up  his  place  five  years  later  and  crossed  the  river 
to  his  present  property.  Here  he  has  since  re- 
sided. In  politics  he  is  independent.  Since 
coming  to  Colorado  he  has  taken  but  little  part  in 
political  matters  and  has  not  cared  to  accept  office, 
although  he  consented  to  fill  the  office  of  deputy 
water  commissioner  for  three  years.  Since  1852 
he  has  been  connected  with  the  blue  lodge  of 
Masonry.  He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of 
four  children,  namely:  Joseph  D.,  who  is  an 
equal  partner  with  his  father  in  their  farming  in- 
terests; Mollie  B.,  wife  of  Joseph  C.  Peyton,  of 
Sterling;  Edward,  deceased;  and  Sarah  P.,  wife 
of  David  Beatty,  of  Sterling. 


0SCAR  L.  HAMSHER  is  general  manager 
at  Yuma  of  the  hotel,  mercantile  establish- 
ment, farmers'  exchange  and  real-estate  in- 
terests owned  by  Dr.  R.  Von  Horrum-Schramm.of 
New  York  City.  He  was  born  in  Dansville, Living- 
ston County,  N.  Y.,  June  12,  1848,  a  son  of  John 
W.  and  Harriet  (Johns)  Hamsher.  He  was  one 
of  four  children,  of  whom  besides  himself  two 
are  living:  Byron  R. ,  a  farmer  of  Livingston 
County;  and  Emma  E.,  wife  of  L.  W.  Chasey, 
also  of  Livingston  County.  His  father,  a  native 
of  that  county,  born  in  1824,  learned  the  trade 
of  blacksmith,  which  he  followed  during  the  ac- 
tive years  of  his  life,  afterward  retiring  to  a  farm 
where  he  resided  until  his  death,  in  March,  1896. 
He  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Lutheran  Church 
and  a  man  who  stood  high  among  his  acquain- 
tances. His  wife  was  born  in  Sunbury,  North- 
umberland County,  Pa.,  in  1826,  and  is  now  liv- 
ing at  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  with  her  daughter. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
common  schools.  He  remained  at  home,  work- 
ing on  his  father's  farm,  until  his  marriage,  after 
which  he  removed  with  his  wife  to  Portageville, 
Wyoming  Comity,  N.  Y.,  and  began  independent 
work  as  a  farmer.  After  three  years  he  removed 
to  Ossian,  Livingston  County,  where  he  culti- 
vated a  farm  for  two  years.  Later  he  spent  two 
years  in  Allegany  County,  N.  Y.,  where  he  oper- 
ated .a  farm.  In  the  fall  of  1881  he  came  west 
and  settled  at  Hastings,  Neb.,  where  he  spent  one 


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season  in  farming  and  six  months  at  railroad  work. 
The  spring  of  1883  found  him  in  Colorado,  where 
for  six  months  he  held  the  position  of  assistant 
water  commissioner  in  Denver.  Afterward  he 
was  appointed  on  the  police  force  and  served  as 
an  officer  for  eight  years,  during  six  years  of 
which  time  he  was  a  sergeant  on  the  force.  In 
the  spring  of  1888,  on  account  of  the  poor  health 
of  his  wife,  he  came  to  Yuma  County,  where  he 
homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  north- 
west of  Yuma.  In  1889  he  returned  to  Denver 
and  resumed  his  duties  on  the  force.  Finally,  in 
January,  1893,  he  severed  his  connection  with 
the  police  force  and  returned  to  Yuma  County, 
where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 

In  the  fall  of  1893  Mr.  Hamsher  was  elected 
sheriff  of  Yuma  County  and  served  for  four  years 
(two  terms)  in  this  capacity.  At  the  expiration 
of  these  terms  he  began  investing  in  cattle  and 
has  since  gradually  been  working  into  the  cattle 
business.  In  November,  1896,  he  was  selected  by 
Dr.  Schramm,  who  was  practically  the  builder  of 
Yuma,  to  manage  his  extensive  business  interests 
at  this  place,  and  he  has  since  been  closely  occu- 
pied in  the  management  of  his  employer's  varied 
interests,  as  well  as  the  oversight  of  his  own  cat- 
tle business.  Politically  he  always  votes  the  Re- 
publican ticket.  He  is  identified  with  Keshequa 
Lodge  No.  299,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  at  Nunda,  N.  Y. , 
and  is  also  connected  with  Yuma  Tent  No.  6, 
K.  O.  T.  M.  In  religion  he  is  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian faith. 

At  twenty-six  years  of  age  Mr.  Hamsher  mar- 
ried Miss  Rose  E.  Traxler,  who  was  born  in 
Nunda,  N.  Y.,  her  father,  Philip  H.  Traxler, 
having  been  a  farmer  and  mechanic  in  that  part 
of  Livingston  County.  Two  sons  were  born  of 
this  union.  The  older,  Lloyd  E.,  is  his  father's 
assistant,  having  the  oversight  of  the  mercantile 
interests  of  the  Farmers'  Exchange.  The  younger 
son,  Scott  T.,  is  employed  in  the  office  of  the 
Burlington  Railroad  at  Yuma. 


(I  AMES  W.  CONYERS.  In  the  spring  of 
1887  Mr.  Conyers  came  to  Sedgwick  Coun- 
G)  ty  and  took  up  a  squatter's  claim  to  land  at 
old  Fort  Sedgwick.  Later,  when  the  reservation 
was  opened  for  settlement,  he  proved  up  on  his 
claim.  He  has  since  resided  on  this  place,  where 
he  is  engaged  in  general  ranch  pursuits,  giving 
his  attention  closely  to  the  improvement  of  his 
property  and  the  increasing  of  its  value.  He 
takes  an  interest  in  every  movement  tending  to 


enhance  the  welfare  of  his  locality,  and  the 
progress  of  its  schools,  churches  and  other  help- 
ful influences  and  agencies.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Church  and  a  man  of  charitable, 
kindly  disposition.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can. A  Grand  Army  post  in  Wyoming  and  one 
in  Colorado  number  him  among  their  members. 

A  son  of  Bartlett  and  Dorcas  (Williams) 
Conyers,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Menard  County,  111.,  September  5,  1835,  being 
the  seventh  of  nine  children,  seven  of  whom  sur- 
vive. Presley  R.  is  a  retired  fanner  of  Wilson 
County,  Kan. ;  Rebecca  is  the  widow  of  Lewis 
Matthew  and  resides  on  the  old  homestead  in 
Menard  County;  John  F.  is  a  farmer  of  Wilson 
County,  Kan.,  where  also  resides  Hannah  S., 
wife  of  David  Matthew;  Joshua  is  a  farmer  of 
Cass  County,  111.;  and  Page  W.,  a  merchant  of 
Garden  City,  Kan.  The  father  was  the  first 
white  child  born  in  Livingston  County,  Ky., 
where  his  birth  occurred  April  14,  1797.  In 
1805  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  the  present 
site  of  Cairo,  Alexander  County,  111.,  where  lie 
grew  to  manhood.  Afterward  he  spent  a  short 
time  in  Kentucky  and  in  1828  removed,  with 
his  family,  to  Menard  County,  111.,  where  he 
settled  in  the  midst  of  the  forest.  There  he  cleared 
and  improved  a  farm,  and  continued  to  reside  on 
the  same  place  until  he  died,  in  1887.  His  par- 
ents were  James  and  Mary  Conyers.  The  ma- 
ternal grandfather  of  our  subject,  James  Will- 
iams, was  born  in  Ohio,  but  at  an  early  age  set- 
tled in  Kentucky,  and  finally  removed  to  Mor- 
gan County,  111. ,  where  he  died. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  our  subject's 
sympathies  were  on  the  side  of  the  Union,  and 
on  the  nth  of  August,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany F,  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth  Illinois 
Infantry,  which  served  under  General  Sherman 
and  later  under  Gen.  A.  J.  Smith.  He  took  part 
in  the  following  engagements:  Vicksburg,  Jack- 
son and  Guntown,  Miss,  (in  the  last-named  of 
which  the  battle  began  with  forty-two  men  in  his 
company  and  closed  with  only  twenty-one  re- 
maining),Tupelo,  Miss. ;  Nashville,  Tenn.;  Mobile, 
Ala.,  and  various  minor  engagements.  He  was 
mustered  out  of  service  August  3,  1865,  with  a 
record  of  which  he  may  well  be  proud. 

Returning  to  Menard  County,  our  subject  set- 
tled on  a  portion  of  the  old  homestead,  and  there 
he  established  his  home  and  engaged  in  farming. 
In  1884  he  came  west,  stopping  a  short  time  in 
Nebraska,  and  taking  a  tree  claim  near  Chappell. 


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He  left  his  family  in  Kearney,  while  he  looked 
after  his  claim  in  what  was  then  Cheyenne  (now 
Deuel)  County.  For  three  years  he  labored  to 
make  the  place  a  suitable  home  for  his  family. 
Not  feeling  satisfied  with  the  results,  in  the 
spring  of  1887  he  sold  the  claim  and  came  to 
Colorado,  where  he  has  since  resided  in  Sedgwick 
County. 

August  15,  1866,  Mr.  Conyers  married  Miss 
Emily  J.  Arthalony,  a  native  of  Monroe  County, 
111.,  and  daughter  of  Patrick  Arthalony,  a  promi- 
nent farmer  of  that  county.  Five  children  were 
born  of  their  marriage,  four  of  whom  are  living, 
namely:  Arthur  W. ,  who  owns  a  ranch,  but 
gives  his  attention  principally  to  railroading; 
Luetta,  wife  of  William  McElroy,  a  ranchman  of 
Sedgwick  County;  Stella  and  Cora  J.,  who  keep 
house  for  their  father,  their  mother  having  died 
February  i,  1890. 

[TOWARD  S.  OSLER,  who  has  engaged  in 
1^  the  furniture  and  undertaking  business  at 
I  Fort  Morgan  since  1894,  was  born  in  Grundy 
County,  111.,  April  7,  1860,  a  son  of  George  W. 
and  Eunice  (Booth)  Osier.  He  was  one  of 
twelve  children,  nine  of  whom  survive,  namely: 
Charles  H.,  a  physician  of  Oakdale,  Cal. ;  Orpha 
O. ,  wife  of  A.  A.  Armitage,  ofKenesaw,  Neb.; 
Jennie,  Mrs.  D.  H.  Conger,  of  Prosser,  Neb. ; 
John  B. ,  who  lives  in  Kenesaw,  Neb. ;  Edward  S. ; 
Alvin,  a  farmer  living  in  Kenesaw;  Cora,  wife  of 
John  Pratt,  of  Prosser,  Neb. ;  Maude,  who  mar- 
ried Ned  Currier,  of  Kenesaw;  and  Clarence,  who 
resides  with  his  mother  at  Kenesaw. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  born  in  Ohio  in 
1815,  and  when  a  boy  accompanied  his  mother 
(who  was  three  times  married)  to  Illinois,  set- 
tling in  Grundy  County,  where  he  grew  to  man- 
hood and  married.  For  years  he  engaged  in 
farming  there.  In  1867  he  removed  to  Kanka- 
kee  County,  111.,  where  he  resided  until  1878. 
He  then  removed,  with  his  family,  to  Adams 
County,  Neb.,  and  there  died  two  years  after- 
ward. His  wife  was  born  in  Ohio  in  1833  and  is 
now  residing  on  the  old  homestead  at  Kenesaw, 
Neb.  Our  subject,  when  a  boy,  acquired  a  com- 
mon-school education.  He  remained  on  the 
home  farm  until  twenty-one  years  of  age,  and 
then  began  in  the  world  for  himself.  Going  to 
Kearney,  Neb.,  he  was  for  eight  months  em- 
ployed in  the  freight  department  of  the  Burling- 
ton &  Missouri  River  Railroad,  after  which  he 
was  engaged  as  a  salesman  in  the  Boston  shoe  store 


of  Kearney  for  a  year.  Later,  beginning  in  busi- 
ness for  himself,  he  opened  a  shop,  where  he  did 
turning,  scroll  work  and  general  cabinet  work. 
Prospered  in  his  undertakings,  he  built  a  neat 
home  and  invested  in  other  property.  He  be- 
came known  as  an  expert  turner  and  wood- 
worker. After  three  years  he  disposed  of  his 
shop,  and  then  for  two  years  worked  in  the  plan- 
ing mill  of  Goodman,  Bogue  &  Co. 

In  1888  Mr.  Osier  settled  in  Perkins  County, 
Neb. ,  where  he  took  up  a  homestead  two  miles 
from  Grant  and  at  the  same  time  he  ran  a  cabinet 
shop  in  the  town,  returning  to  his  home  in  the 
country  each  night.  He  continued  there  in  that 
capacity  until  1892,  when  he  established  himself 
in  the  furniture  and  undertaking  business  at 
Grant.  In  1894  ne  removed  to  Fort  Morgan, 
where  he  has  since  built  up  a  valuable  business. 
Since  the  fall  of  1895  he  has  filled  the  office  of 
county  coroner.  In  political  belief  he  is  inde- 
pendent, voting  for  the  man  rather  than  the 
party.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  a  member  of 
Grant  Lodge  No.  218,  A.  O.  U.  W.,  and  Fort 
Morgan  Camp  No.  193,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
He  takes  an  intelligent  interest  in  local  affairs  and 
is  a  public-spirited  citizen. 

In  Kenesaw,  Neb.,  December  17,  1881,  Mr. 
Osier  married  Miss  Angelina  L.  Powell.  To 
their  marriage  have  been  born  five  children,  four 
of  whom  are  living,  viz. :  Cecil  Pearl,  born  March 
3,  1883;  Claude,  August  20,  1887;  Raymond, 
October  5,  1892;  and  Harry,  March  21,  1896. 


gRUCE   MC  CAIN.      During  the  year    1887 
Mr.    McCain  came  to  Colorado  and  settled 
upon  a  tract  of  land  in  Eagle  County,  since 
which  time  he  has  given  his  attention  to  general 
ranching  pursuits  and  has  improved  a  valuable 
ranch,  situated  in  a  fine  valley,  near  the  village 
of  Eagle.     During  the  period  of  his  residence  in 
this  section,  he  has  seen  1113113'  improvements  and 
has  himself  contributed  to   the  development  of 
local  resources. 

Mr.  McCain  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1853 
and  in  the  same  state  occurred  the  birth  of  his 
parents,  S.  W.  and  Hadasah  (Henry)  McCain, 
His  father  engaged  in  farming  in  the  east  for 
some  years,  but  finally  removed  to  Iowa,  where 
he  carried  on  a  stock  farm  until  his  death.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian  and  in  politics  a 
Republican.  Both  he  and  his  wife  had  two 
brothers  who  were  soldiers  in  the  Civil  war. and 
their  oldest  son,  William,  also  served  through 


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the  war.  In  his  family  were  four  sons,  of  whom 
William  and  Robert  are  deceased,  and  James  is 
a  farmer  near  Boise  City,  Idaho.  The  daughters 
are:  Nancy  E.,  who  married,  but  is  now  d«ceased; 
Martha,  wife  of  Nicholas  Floyd,  a  farmer  in  Mis- 
souri; and  Isabella,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Folwell,  of  Iowa. 
In  an  early  day  our  subject  was  taken  by  his 
parents  to  Iowa,  settling  in  Onawa,  where  he  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools.  At  twenty-one 
years  of  age  he  started  out  for  himself  and  went  to 
Kansas,  where  he  took  up  a  tract  of  land  in  Rush 
County.  Finding,  however,  that  the  prospects 
were  not  favorable  in  Kansas,  he  came  further 
west,  and  in  1887  located  on  the  ranch  where  he 
has  since  made  his  home.  In  1890  he  married 
Sarah  Williams,  of  Kansas,  who  died  in  1895, 
leaving  two  small  children,  John  and  Edith,  the 
latter  only  one  week  old.  His  present  wife,  whom 
he  married  September  i,  1897,  was  Ada  Wolver- 
ton,  of  Missouri.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 
Among  the  people  of  Eagle  County  he  has  many 
friends  who  esteem  him  highly  for  his  integrity 
and  perseverance. 

IT  DMOND  BURKE,  who  is  recognized  as  one 
|^  of  the  representative  ranchmen  and  stock - 
|__  raisers  of  Logan  County,  is  of  Irish  birth 
and  descent.  He  was  born  in  County  Tipperary, 
October  15,  1850,  a  son  of  Edmoudand  Margaret 
(Shannahan)  Burke.  He  was  one  of  thirteen 
children,  of  whom  besides  himself  survive,  viz. : 
Mary,  wife  of  John  McLaughlin,  of  Leadville, 
Colo.;  John,  who  is  still  in  County  Tipperary; 
William,  who  lives  in  Boulder,  Colo.;  Patrick,  of 
Denver;  and  Kate,  who  married  James  Pryor,  of 
Leadville. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  a  native  of  County 
Tipperary,  where  he  was  reared,  married  and  en- 
gaged in  farming.  Accompanied  by  hjs  family, 
in  1879  he  crossed  the  ocean  to  New  York  City, 
whence  he  proceeded  to  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa. 
He  spent  a  month  visiting  relatives  and  friends 
there,  after  which  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling 
in  Boulder.  He  continued  to  reside  in  that  city 
until  a  year  prior  to  his  death,  when  he  came  to 
Logan  County  and  afterward  made  his  home  with 
his  son  here.  Our  subject  was  in  boyhood  a 
pupil  in  the  Irish  national  schools,  where  every 
educational  advantage  is  afforded.  On  reaching 
manhood  he  gave  his  attention  to  farming. 
About  1872  he  opened  a  general  store  in  the 
village  of  Upper  Church  and  this  business  he 
conducted  until  1879.  Meantime,  in  1878,  he 


was  united  in  marriage  with  Lizzie  Berkery,  a 
native  of  County  Limerick,  and  the  daughter  of 
James  Berkery,  a  farmer  there. 

When  his  father's  family  came  to  America  in 
1879,  our  subject  and  his  wife  joined  the  party 
and  crossed  the  Atlantic  to  New  York,  thence 
went  to  Iowa,  spending  a  month  at  Mount  Pleas- 
ant and  Albion,  later  coming  to  Colorado.  His 
first  home  was  in  Boulder,  where  he  worked  for 
three  months  as  a  farm  hand.  Next  he  rented  a 
farm  near  Ni  Wot,  where  he  began  farming  for 
himself.  Remaining  there  for  two  years,  he  then 
removed  to  Marshall,  this  state,  where  he 
worked  in  the  coal  mines  for  a  year.  Afterward 
he  returned  to  South  Boulder,  where  he  operated 
rented  land  for  four  years.  In  1886  he  came  to 
Logan  County,  and  after  one  season  on  a  rented 
farm,  three  miles  north  of  Sterling,  he  engaged 
in  ditch  work,  and  for  three  years  assisted  in  the 
construction  of  the  Springdale  ditch.  The  ensu- 
ing three  years  were  spent  in  ditch  building  and 
ranch  work  in  the  employ  of  George  H.  West,  of 
Greeley,  and  others.  In  1893  he  settled  three 
miles  south  of  Merino,  where  he  purchased  one 
hundred  and  twenty-six  acres  and  leased  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  school  land.  Here 
he  erected  a  substantial  residence,  made  suitable 
improvements,  and  has  since  resided.  In  his 
ranch  and  cattle  interests  he  has  prospered, 
which  fact  is  due  largely  to  his  energy,  persever- 
ance and  force  of  character.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat,  but  is  by  no  means  narrow  in  his 
belief,  his  tendencies  being  liberal  and  broad.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic. 

The  eight  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burke  are 
named  as  follows:  James,  Margaret,  Hannah, 
Edward,  Mary,  William,  Lizzie  and  Katie. 


ROBERT  ALPHONSE  CHACE,  who  is  one 
of  the  representative  stock  growers  of  Mor- 
gan. County,  was  born  in  Ottawa,  LaSalle 
County,  111.,  August  22,  1857,  a  son  of  Edward 
and  Elizabeth  (Lewis)  Chace.  Of  five  children, 
he  and  two  brothers  survive,  his  older  brother, 
Herbert  S.,  being  a  ranchman  and  stock  owner 
of  this  county;  while  the  younger  brother,  Ed- 
ward M.,  is  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church  at 
Weeping  Water,  Neb.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Fall  River,  Mass.,  born  in  1818,  was  a  farmer  by 
occupation.  Some  time  after  the  death  of  his 
first  wife  he  removed  from  the  east  to  Illinois  and 
became  a  pioneer  of  La  Salle  County,  where  he 
married  Miss  Lewis.  In  1868  he  removed  to 


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Livingston  Count}',  111.,  and  there  his  death 
occurred  in  1875.  His  wife  was  born  in  Wash- 
ington County,  Pa.,  in  1828,  and  is  now  living 
with  our  subject. 

It  had  been  the  intention  of  his  parents  that 
our  subject  should  receive  college  advantages, 
but  the  death  of  his  father  prevented  the  fulfill- 
ment of  the  plan.  The  course  of  events  was 
changed  and  on  him  devolved  the  duty  of  manag- 
ing the  home  place.  He  looked  after  the  affairs 
of  the  estate  and  cultivated  the  farm.  September 
13,  1882,  he  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Alfred 
Everett,  an  early  settler  of  Livingston  County. 
Continuing  to  reside  at  the  old  homestead,  he 
was  so  prospered  that  his  stock  became  too 
numerous  for  his  land  and  he  was  short  of  pas- 
ture. Believing  he  could  conduct  the  stock  busi- 
ness to  better  advantage  in  Colorado,  in  Febru- 
ary, 1888,  he  came  to  this  state.  At  first  he  set- 
tled in  Arapahoe  County,  eighty  miles  east  of 
Denver,  where  he  homesteaded  a  tract  of  land  and 
settled  upon  the  same.  From  there,  in  1893,  he 
removed  to  his  present  ranch,  two  miles  south  of 
Fort  Morgan,  where  he  has  since  resided,  using 
his  ranch  in  Arapahoe  County  as  a  summer 
range  for  his  sheep,  cattle  and  horses. 

In  the  fall  of  1898  Mr.  Chace  was  the  nominee 
of  the  Republican  party  for  the  state  legislature. 
In  spite  of  the  fact  that  his  opponent  was  nom- 
inated on  five  different  tickets,  he  was  defeated 
by  only  one  hundred  votes.  He  is  one  of  the 
substantial  men  of  the  county  and  is  highly 
esteemed  for  his  integrity  and  force  of  character. 
He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of  five  children, 
Alfred  E.,  Reno  E.,  Myra  E.,  Cora  E.  and 
Willard. 

IT  DWIN  M.  ROGERS,  who  came  to  Aspen  in 
rp  1891  as  manager  of  the  Franklin  Mining 
L_  Company  and  the  Deep  Mining  and  Drain- 
age Company,  and  who  is  now  the  manager  of 
the  Aspen  mine,  is  one  of  the  prominent  mine 
operators  of  Pitkin  County  and  is  also  well  known 
in  mining  circles  throughout  other  parts  of  the 
state.  He  was  born  in  Corning,  N.  Y.,  February 
13, 1859, a  son  of  Andrews  N.  and  Mary  (Seymour) 
Rogers.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Noah  Rogers, 
was  a  large  land  owner  in  Pennsylvania,  while 
his  maternal  grandfather,  James  Seymour,  a 
prominent  railroad  engineer,  was  connected  with 
the  early  history  of  railroading  and  took  an  active 
part  in  the  building  of  the  Delaware  &  Lacka- 
wanna  and  Erie  Railroads.  The  Seymour  family 


settled  in  Pennsylvania  and  New  York  in  a  very 
early  day,  and  from  there  descendants  removed 
to  other  parts  of  the  country. 

A  native  of  Wayne  County,  Pa.,  and  for  many 
years  a  resident  of  Corning,  N.  Y.,  Andrews  N. 
Rogers  was  engaged  in  railroad  construction  and 
management  in  both  states,  mostly  on  the  Bloss- 
burg  Road  and  Delaware  &  Lackawanua  Rail- 
road until  the  year  1866.  During  that  year  he 
removed  to  Colorado  and  took  charge  of  the 
Bob- tail  mine  in  Gilpin  County.  From  the  first 
he  was  successful  in  his  enterprises.  It  is  prob- 
able that  he  did  more  to  open  up  and  develop 
mines  in  that  county  than  anyone  else  there.  He 
was  also  prominent  in  mining  circles  in  other 
parts  of  the  state.  Among  the  famous  mines  with 
which  he  was  connected  were  the  Bob-tail  and 
Gregory  mines  in  Gilpin  County.  In  Masonry 
he  was  active  and  prominent.  He  had  no  desire 
to  hold  official  civic  positions,  but  nevertheless 
took  an  interested  part  in  public  affairs  and  al- 
ways supported  Republican  principles. 

From  the  time  of  his  settlement  in  Colorado 
until  his  death,  in  1889,  he  was  numbered  among 
its  progressive  and  enterprising  men.  He  did 
much  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  state.  When 
the  Santa  Fe  and  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Com- 
panies became  involved  in  a  bitter  controversy 
on  account  of  the  right  of  way  privileges,  he  was 
one  of  the  principal  factors  in  securing  a  settle- 
ment of  the  difficulties.  In  October,  1879,  Judge 
Hallett  appointed  him  umpire  commissioner  to 
settle  their  disputes,  in  which  was  involved  the 
right  of  way  through  the  famous  Royal  Gorge. 
As  a  citizen  he  left  his  impress  upon  his  locality 
and  upon  the  state. 

Of  the  sons  of  A.  N.  Rogers,  James  S.,  a 
graduate  of  West  Point,  became  a  captain  in  the 
regular  army  and  participated  in  the  war  with 
Spain,  being  in  the  engagement  before  Santiago; 
Fred  N.  is  connected  with  mining  interests  in 
Colorado;  and  A.  B.  is  associated  with  Edwin  M. 
in  the  mining  industry.  Our  subject  was  a  boy 
of  less  than  seven  years  when  his  parents  removed 
from  New  York  to  Colorado.  His  education,  which 
was  thorough  and  broad,  was  begun  in  the  public 
schools  and  completed  at  Yale,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1880.  On  the  completion  of  his 
studies  he  became  associated  with  his  father  in 
mining,  and  on  the  latter's  death  he  succeeded 
him  in  the  management  of  the  Gregory  and  Bob- 
tail mines  at  Central  City.  Subsequently  our  sub- 
ject became  manager  of  the  Amethyst  mines  at 


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Creede.  He  is  considered  one  of  the  successful 
mining  engineers  of  the  state.  Since  1891  he  has 
made  his  headquarters  in  Aspen.  Fraternally  he 
is  a  Mason.  Politically  he  has  never  identified 
himself  with  any  party,  but  votes  independently 
and  for  the  principle  involved. 


RICHARD  C.  PERKINS,  a  pioneer  of  Logan 
County,  where  he  owns  and  occupies  a  ranch 
near  Sterling,  was  born  in  Fayette  County, 
Tenn.,  March  8,  1842,  a  son  of  Richard  C.  and 
Martha  O.  (Gibson)  Perkins.  He  was  one  of 
eleven  children,  five  now  living,  namely:  Eliza- 
beth, the  widow  of  John  O.  Graves,  of  Grand 
Junction,  Tenn. ;  Sarah  E. ,  widow  of  R.  E.  Smith, 
of  Logan  County,  Colo.;  Richard  C.;  Catherine, 
wife  of  Dr.  Turner  Milan,  of  Texas;  and  Mattie, 
Mrs.  M.  S.  Smith,  of  Grand  Junction,  Tenn. 
The  father,  a  native  of  Middle  Tennessee,  born 
in  1801,  was  only  a  small  child  when  his  parents 
died;  he  was  reared  by  a  neighboring  fanner, 
who  cared  for  him  until  he  attained  manhood. 
He  then  went  to  Alabama,  where  he  married, 
shortly  afterward  returning  to  Tennessee  and  set- 
tling in  Fayette  County,  where  he  purchased  from 
a  Mr.  Gordon  a  farm  which  the  latter  had  bought 
from  an  Indian,  Beatty.  Here  he  remained  un- 
til his  death,  in  1854. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
district  schools,  the  Newcastle  (Tenn.)  Academy, 
(where  he  studied  for  one  term)  and  Bethel  Col- 
lege, at  McLemoresville,  Tenn.,  where  he  spent 
two  terms.  The  continuation  of  his  studies  was 
interrupted  by  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war, 
when  he  was  attending  the  Baptist  University  at 
Murfreesboro.  About  that  time  his  older  brother, 
who  had  been  in  charge  of  the  plantation,  died 
and  he  was  called  home  to  assume  the  manage- 
ment of  the  estate.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he 
went  to  Virginia  and  enlisted  in  the  Nineteenth 
Mississippi  Infantry,  C.  S.  A.  (having  a  brother 
who  was  a  member  of  this  regiment).  He  joined 
Company  H  at  Yorktown.  The  regiment  skir- 
mished there  for  some  days,  then  fell  back  to  Will- 
iamsburg,  where  his  brother,  John  C.,  was  killed. 
Thence  they  marched  to  Richmond,  where  he 
took  part  in  the  siege,  and  also  in  the  battle  of 
Malvern  Hill,  where  he  was  wounded  seriously. 
For  three  months  he  was  confined  in  the  hospi- 
tal at  Richmond,  after  which  he  was  given  a  fur- 
lough of  a  year.  Upon  the  expiration  of  the 
furlough,  he,  being  incapacitated  for  duty  in 
the  infantry,  joined  Forest's  cavalry  in  north- 


ern Mississippi.  Their  first  engagement  of  con- 
sequence was  the  capture  of  Fort  Pillow.  After 
many  minor  engagements,  in  which  he  bore  a  part, 
in  the  spring  of  1865  he  returned  to  Virginia 
and  joined  his  old  regiment,  then  located  in  the 
trenches  between  Richmond  and  Petersburg.  He 
was  just  to  the  right  of  the  point  where  General 
Grant  blew  up  the  Confederate  works  by  under- 
mining them.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  that  fol- 
lowed, in  which  the  Confederates  succeeded  in 
holding  their  lines.  Later  he  was  a  participant  in 
engagements  at  Weldon  Road. 

After  the  surrender  Mr.  Perkins  went  home, 
it  taking  about  one  month  for  him  to  walk  from 
Farmville,  where  Lee  surrendefed,  to  his  Ten- 
nessee estate.  There  he  found  nothing  but  deso- 
lation. All  was  laid  waste.  However,  he  was 
cheered  by  the  fact  that  many  of  his  former 
slaves  remained  to  welcome  him  home  and  they 
continued  with  him  as  long  as  he  was  on  the  old 
plantation.  After  his  mother's  death,  in  1866, 
he  purchased  the  interests  of  the  other  members 
of  the  family  in  her  share  of  the  estate,  with  the 
intention  of  making  his  permanent  home  amid 
the  scene  familiar  to  him  from  his  earliest  recol- 
lection. However,  in  1873  he  decided  to  come 
west,  so,  selling  his  place,  he  removed  to  Colorado, 
arriving  in  Greeley  April  i  of  that  year,  in  com- 
pany with  three  other  families.  He  rented  land 
in  the  vicinity  of  Greeley,  the  four  families  being 
in  partnership,  in  order  that  some  of  the  men 
could  look  after  the  farming  interests  while  others 
were  inspecting  the  country  for  a  suitable  per- 
manent location.  In  June  of  the  same  year  our 
subject  came  to  Logan  County  and  was  so  pleased 
with  prospects  that  he  decided  to  settle  here,  and 
the  other  families  came  with  him.  In  February, 
1874,  he  proved  up  on  his  present  home  ranch  as 
a  pre-emption  and  later  homesteaded  an  addi- 
tional one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  four  miles 
east  of  Sterling.  Upon  that  homestead  he  made 
his  abode  for  eight  years,  after  which  he  removed 
to  his  present  place,  one  and  one-quarter  miles 
southwest  of  Sterling.  Here  he  is  engaged  in 
farming  and  the  stock  business. 

During  the  early  days  of  his  residence  in  Lo- 
gan County  Mr.  Perkins  experienced  all  the 
hardships  and  privations  of  life  on  the  frontier, 
far  from  civilizing  influences.  It  was  difficult 
to  obtain  the  bare  necessities  of  life,  and  comforts 
were  not  expected.  During  the  long  period  of  his 
residence  here  he  has  always  worked  to  promote 
the  welfare  of  the  community  and  has  done  much 


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to  interest  strangers  in  settling  in  this  locality. 
He  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  building 
of  the  Sterling  Irrigation  Company's  ditch,  which 
was  the  first  ditch  taken  out  in  this  section,  and 
he  had  the  contract  to  build  the  first  six  miles  of 
the  ditch.  The  company  was  organized  in  1873, 
with  himself  as  treasurer,  and  from  that  time  to 
the  present  he  has  held  different  positions  on  the 
board  of  directors.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
acted  as  postmaster  here,  the  mail  route  being 
from  Greeley  to  Julesburg  and  trips  being  made 
twice  a  week.  In  politics  he  is  now  a  stanch  Pro- 
hibitionist, voting  with  that  party.  With  his 
wife  and  family  he  holds  membership  in  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church  of  Sterling. 

In  1868  Mr.  Perkins  married  Miss  Cornelia 
C.  Davis,  a  native  of  Marshall  County,  Miss., 
and  daughter  of  Hugh  Davis,  who  at  one  time 
owned  all  of  the  land  in  his  section,  including 
the  present  site  of  Michigan  City.  Nine  chil- 
dren were  born  of  this  marriage,  and  seven  are 
living,  namely:  SallieO.,  wife  of  Walter  I.  Brush, 
who  is  engaged  in  the  livery  business  at  Sterling; 
Hugh  R.,  who  is  engaged  in  the  drayage  busi- 
ness at  Sterling;  May  E. ,  a  graduate  of  the  Ster- 
ling high  school  and  now  a  teacher  in  the  public 
school  here;  Charles  A.,  Carrie,  Margaret  and 
Lester,  who  are  at  home. 


flAMES  NELSON,  a  pioneer  of  Leadville,  has 
I  been  engaged  in  the  undertaking  business  in 
Q)  this  city  since  1879  and  during  most  of  the 
time  has  also  acted  as  coroner.  His  undertaking 
establishment  is  situated  at  No.  715  Harrison 
avenue,  north  of  the  Vendome  Hotel,  and  is  a 
brick  structure,  with  spacious  rooms  and  large 
basement,  equipped  with  every  facility  for  the 
proper  conduct  of  his  business. 

The  Nelson  family  has  long  resided  in  Nova 
Scotia.  John  Nelson,  father  of  our  subject,  was 
born  three  months  after  the  death  of  his  father, 
who  was  a  sea-captain,  but  his  mother  is  still  liv- 
ing, and  is  now  one  hundred  and  one  years  of 
age.  John  became  a  large  lumber  merchant  of 
Trafalgar  and  also  carried  on  farming  in  the  same 
locality,  but  through  the  loss  of  his  sight  he  was 
obliged  to  relinquish  his  principal  interests.  He 
is  still  living  in  Nova  Scotia  and  is  now  seventy- 
nine  years  of  age.  He  married  Ellen  Comminger, 
a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  whose  father  was  a  large 
shipbuilder  of  New  York  state,  and  her  ancestors 
were  among  the  pioneers  of  that  state.  Our  sub- 
ject was  the  only  son  and  has  three  sisters:  Mrs. 


Matilda  McLane,  Mrs.  Asenath  McLane  (the 
former  living  near  the  old  homestead,  the  latter  a 
few  miles  from  Boston,  Mass.);  and  Agnes,  the 
youngest  sister,  who  is  also  married. 

Born  in  Nova  Scotia  in  1850,  our  subject  was 
nineteen  years  of  age  when  his  father  became 
blind,  and  afterward  he  took  charge  of  the  busi- 
ness, which  he  conducted  for  six  years.  He  then 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  his  home 
town,  and  continued  there  until  1879,  when  he 
settled  in  Leadville.  In  1874  he  married  Cath- 
erine Margaret  Crisholm,  who  was  born  of 
Scotch  parentage,  in  Nova  Scotia,  and  was  the 
oldest  of  four  sisters,  the  others  of  whom  are 
dead.  Two  children  bless  their  union,  Bessie 
Gray  and  Nellie  James,  who  are  talented  young 
ladies,  the  former  a  teacher  in  Nova  Scotia,  while 
the  latter  attends  school  there. 

During  the  great  strike  in  Leadville,  Mr.  Nel- 
son was  appointed  deputy  sheriff  and  while  act- 
ing in  this  capacity  he  was  constantly  endeavor- 
ing to  quell  riots.  More  than  once  he  took  his 
life  in  his  hands  when  he  went  among  a  mob  of 
angry  men,  but  he  was  brave  and  fearless,  and 
discharged  his  duty  regardless  of  personal  danger, 
making  all  of  the  arrests  during  that  time.  He 
has  always  favored  Republican  principles  and  is 
interested  in  politics.  In  Masonry  he  has  reached 
the  thirty-second  degree.  He  is  also  active  in 
the  lodge  of  Knights  of  Pythias  at  Leadville, 
which  he  founded  and  of  which  he  has  been  dis- 
trict deputy  grand  chancellor;  and  is  also  Past 
E.  R.  of  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of 
Elks. 


OHARLES  J.  PARR.  Stock-raising  has 
I  (  formed  the  chief  occupation  of  Mr.  Farr, 
\J  and  the  energy  he  has  exhibited,  together 
with  his  habits  of  economy,  industry  and  per- 
severance, has  had  considerable  to  do  with  his 
success  in  life.  A  successful  stockman,  his  opin- 
ion upon  all  matters  pertaining  to  this  industry 
carries  weight  among  the  people  of  Kit  Carson 
County,  where  he  makes  his  home. 

The  parents  of  our  subject,  John  and  Sarah 
(Williams)  Farr,  were  natives  of  Canada,  and 
died  at  the  ages  of  fifty  and  forty-five  respectively. 
The  father  came  to  Illinois  in  1857  and  settled  in 
Lee  County  upon  a  farm,  where  three  years  later 
his  son,  Charles,  was  born.  In  time  he  became 
a  prosperous,  successful  farmer,  and  had  his  life 
been  spared  to  old  age,  he  would  probably  have 
attained  wealth.  In  fraternal  relations  he  was  a 


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Mason.  In  bis  family  there  were  two  sons  and 
two  daughters.  Henry  is  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Brockville,  Ontario;  Eliza  is 
the  wife  of  Frederick  Farrier,  of  Labette  County, 
Kan. ;  and  Kate  is  also  married. 

The  early  years  of  our  subject's  life  were  spent 
in  Illinois  and  Kansas.  At  the  age  of  fourteen 
he  began  to  be  actively  connected  with  farm  pur- 
suits, and  for  two  years  he  tilled  the  soil  in  Kan- 
sas. In  1876,  when  sixteen  years  of  age,  he 
came  to  Bent  County,  Colo. ,  .where  he  was  em- 
ployed by  the  leading  stockmen.  For  years  he 
worked  as  a  cowboy  on  the  range,  and,  while  his 
comrades  spent  their  money  as  rapidly  as  they 
earned  it,  he  was  frugal  and  economical.  He 
commanded  large  wages  and  had  the  confidence 
of  his  employers.  From  year  to  year  he  invested 
in  stock,  and  about  1891  he  bought  his.  present 
ranch,  which  is  situated  a  few  miles  from  the 
village  of  Flagler,  on  the  Republican  River;  since 
that  time  he  has  engaged  in  raising  cattle  and 
horses. 

The  marriageof  Mr.  Farr,  in  1892,  united  him 
with  Elizabeth  Middlemist,  who  was  born  in 
York  state  and  in  1880  accompanied  the  members 
of  her  family  to  Colorado.  Two  children  have 
been  born  of  the  union,  Charles  William  and 
Margaret.  While  not  actively  interested  in  polit- 
ical affairs,  Mr.  Farr  maintains  a  deep  interest  in 
everything  calculated  to  promote  the  welfare  of 
the  country,  and  is  a  loyal,  law-abiding  citizen. 
At  elections  he  votes  the  Republican  ticket,  be- 
lieving the  principles  of  this  party  to  be  such  as 
will  best  conduce  to  the  prosperity  of  the  people. 


"HOMAS  STARK,  who  has  been  in  the  west 
since  1870,  and  came  to  Colorado  in  1873, 
went  into  the  Cripple  Creek  district  in  Janu- 
ary, 1892.  In  company  with  E.  M.  De  La 
Vergne.  he  discovered  the  Raven  mine,  located 
on  Raven  Hill,  and  subsequently  bought  the 
land.  The  company  now  owns  about  forty-eight 
acres.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Raven  Gold  Min- 
ing Company,  and  is  interested  in  the  Lofty 
mine  and  other  claims.  Since  selling  out  his 
cattle  business  and  disposing  of  his  ranch  in  Lin- 
coln County,  Colo.,  in  1898,  he  has  given  his  en- 
tire attention  to  mining,  in  which  he  has  been  in- 
terested more  or  less  since  1880.  Among  the 
first  claims  in  which  he  was  interested  were  those 
in  St.  Elmo,  Chaffee  County,  where  he  still  owns 
a  silver  mine.  The  home  of  the  family,  since 
1893,  has  been  in  Colorado  Springs. 


The  Stark  family  descends  from  General  Stark , 
of  Revolutionary  fame.  Our  subject's  great- 
grandfather, Thomas  Stark,  spent  his  entire  life 
in  Virginia.  The  grandfather,  Thomas,  removed 
from  the  Old  Dominion  to  Bourbon  County,  Ky., 
where  he  owned  a  plantation.  He  served  in  the 
war  of  1812  and  died  from  the  effects  of  a  wound 
received  in  battle.  The  father  of  our  subject, 
Thomas  (3d),  was  born  in  Bourbon  County,  Ky. 
When  nine  years  of  age  he  accompanied  his 
mother  to  Missouri,  where  she  took  up  land  in 
Pike  County.  After  he  attained  his  majority  he 
became  the  owner  of  a  farm  near  Frankford,  and 
in  time  had  other  lands  and  large  herds  of  stock. 
He  died  March  22,  1897,  when  eighty-one  years 
of  age.  Fraternally  he  was  a  Mason.  His  wife 
was  Elizabeth  Goldsberry,  a  native  of  Tennessee, 
whence  she  accompanied  her  father,  John  Golds- 
berry,  to  Pike  County,  Mo.,  settling  upon  a  farm. 
In  religion  she  was  identified  with  the  Disciples. 
She  died  in  December,  1897,  when  seventy-one 
years  of  age.  In  her  family  there  were  nine  chil- 
dren, all  but  one  of  whom  lived  to  manhood  or 
womanhood.  They  are  as  follows:  James  G.,  a 
farmer  in  Pike  County;  John  B.,  who  is  in  Crip- 
ple Creek;  Thomas,  who  was  born  near  Frank- 
ford,  Mo.,  July  10,  1848;  Susan,  wife  of  W.  H. 
Waddle,  of  Pike  County;  William  H.,  a  farmer 
in  Pike  County;  Mrs.  Lois  Reading,  of  Missouri; 
Mrs.  Lillie  Lee  Shy,  also  of  Missouri;  ard  Mrs. 
Minnie  M.  King,  who  lives  in  the  same  state. 

Earlj'  set  to  work  our  subject  had  few  advan- 
tages, and  his  education  was,  therefore,  limited. 
He  attended  school  for  two  or  three  months  in 
the  winter  until  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  when 
schools  were  suspended.  In  1870  he  went  to 
Cheyenne,  Wyo.,  where  he  was  employed  on  a 
government  survey  as  a  member  of  an  engineer- 
ing corps  for  two  years,  meantime  assisting  in 
running  the  first  line  of  survey  in  Wyoming. 
After  two  years  he  returned  home,  but  was  not 
satisfied  there,  and  as  soon  as  possible  was  on  his 
way  west  again.  Coming  to  Colorado  Springs  in 
1873,  he  became  interested  in  a  ranch.  The  fol- 
lowing year  he  returned  to  Missouri,  where  he 
bought  cattle,  shipped  them  to  Kansas  City,  and 
then  drove  them  overland,  via  the  Santa  Fe  trail, 
to  his  ranch  on  a  branch  of  the  East  Bijou.  He 
and  his  partners,  Edward  R.  and  E.  B.  Stark, 
pre-empted  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres.  In 
1882  E.  R.  Stark  was  bought  out,  and  the  other 
two  continued  together  until  1886,  when  the  cat- 
tle industry  declined  to  such  an  extent  as  to  pre- 


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cipitate  their  failure.  However,  two  years  later 
they  formed  another  partnership  and  bought  back 
their  old  ranch,  where  they  engaged  in  raising 
cattle.  They  bought  in  Texas,  Utah  and  New 
Mexico,  and  made  shipments  east,  selling  at 
handsome  profits.  Their  specialties  were  full 
blood  and  graded  Shorthorns,  which  they  ranged 
upon  their  ranch  of  one  thousand  acres,  and  then 
shipped  in  train  loads  to  the  Missouri  River. 
This  business  was  sold  in  1898. 

In  Buena  Vista,  ChafFee  County,  Colo.,  in  Oc- 
tober, 1883,  Mr.  Stark  married  Miss  Ella  Whit- 
ney, who  was  born  in  Fort  Fairfield,  Me.,  a  de- 
scendant of  the  Whitneys,  a  Puritan  family,  that 
came  over  in  the  "Mayflower,"  or  very  shortly 
afterward.  Her  father,  E.  P.,  who  was  a  son  of 
William  Whitney, was  born  in  Corinth,  Me.,  where 
his  father  was  a  farmer.  He,  too,  for  some  time 
engaged  in  farming,  but  ill  health  forced  him  to 
change  his  occupation.  In  1868  he  went  to 
Atchison,  Kan.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  hotel 
business.  In  1874  he  came  to  Colorado,  and 
spent  some  time  successively  in  Boulder,  Denver 
and  St.  Elmo.  He  died  in  St.  Elmo  when  sixty- 
six  years  of  age.  While  in  Maine  he  raised  a 
company  of  volunteers,  but  poor  health  obliged 
him  to  retire  from  the  company.  Fraternally  he 
was  a  Mason.  His  wife,  Harriet  I/.,  was  born 
near  Corinth,  Me.,  and  died  in  Elbert  County, 
Colo.,  in  1892.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph 
Ketchum,  a  farmer  of  Maine,  and  a  member  of  an 
old  family  of  New  England.  Mrs.  Stark  was  six 
years  of  age  when  her  parents  removed  to  Kan- 
sas, and  in  1874  she  accompanied  them  to  Colo- 
rado. She  has  only  one  sister,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Lowe,  who  is  living  in  Paonia,  this  state.  In  re- 
ligion she  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church, 
to  which  Mr.  Stark  contributes.  They  are  the 
parents  of  three  children,  Thomas  Roy,  Elizabeth 
W.  and  Louis  E.  In  political  views  Mr.  Stark  is 
a  decided  Democrat  and  always  votes  that  ticket. 
During  the  years  of  his  activity  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness he  was  identified  with  the  Colorado  Cattle 
(growers'  Association. 


n  AMES  L-  PARKER,  who  has  made  his  home 
I  on  a  ranch  fifteen  miles  southeast  of  Akron, 
Q)  in  Washington  County,  since  the  spring  of 
1887,  was  born  in  Delaware  County,  Pa.,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1855,  a  son  of  John  and  Nancy  (Potts) 
Parker.  He  was  one  of  a  family  of  eight  chil- 
dren, six  of  whom  are  living,  viz.  :  Margaret  A., 
wife  of  W.  E.  Lockhart,  of  Lawrence  County, 


Pa.;  John  W.,  of  Newcastle,  Pa.;  James  L. ; 
Sarah  E.,  wife  of  John  W.  Allen,  a  grocer  of 
Butler,  Pa.;  Robert  E.,  a  carpenter  and  builder 
residing  in  Fort  Morgan,  Colo.;  and  William  V., 
formerly  a  prominent  educational  worker,  man- 
ager of  Clark's  Business  College  in  Warren,  Pa., 
and  an  instructor  in  a  business  college  at  Butler, 
Pa.,  but  now  a  partner  of  his  brother-in-law,  Mr. 
Allen,  in  the  Butler  Produce  Exchange. 

John  Parker  was  born  in  County  Cavan,  Ire- 
land, March  18,  1828.  He  received  a  splendid 
education  and  was  long  known  as  one  of  the  best 
grammarians  in  his  section  of  Pennsylvania.  In 
his  early  manhood,  in  Ireland  he  was  employed 
at  bookkeeping  and  civil  engineering.  Emi- 
grating to  America  in  1846,  he  settled  in  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  applied  himself  to  the  work  of 
ingrain- carpet  weaving  and  became  a  finished 
workman  in  that  specialty.  At  other  times  he 
was  employed  in  various  woolen  mills.  After 
some  fourteen  years  he  removed  to  western  Penn- 
sylvania, and  resided  in  Butler,  Pittsburg  and 
Newcastle  during  the  remainder  of  his  life.  His 
death  occurred  September  19,  1897.  He  was  for 
many  years  bailiff  and  court  crier  and  filled  many 
minor  offices  in  his  district. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired  in 
district  schools.  At  twenty  years  of  age,  when 
living  in  a  small  town  in  Lawrence  County,  Pa., 
he  left  home  and  went  to  Lee  County,  Iowa, 
where  he  was  employed  at  farm  work  for  a  short 
time.  Later  he  apprenticed  himself  to  the  car- 
penter's trade.  After  nine  months  at  that  occu- 
pation he  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  and  for  a 
year  worked  in  the  oil  regions.  June  18,  1877, 
he  married  Miss  Sadie  A.  McKee,  who  was  born 
in  Lawrence  County,  Pa.,  her  father,  David  Mc- 
Kee, being  a  farmer  there.  Shortly  after  his 
marriage  he  accepted  a  position  with  the  Croton 
Limestone  Company,  and  continued  with  that 
firm  in  a  responsible  and  lucrative  position  for  ' 
three  years. 

In  1883  Mr.  Parker  came  to  the  west  and  set- 
tled in  Hall  County,  Neb. ,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  farming  for  four  years.  In  the  spring  of  1887 
he  came  to  Colorado,  and  during  April  of  that 
year  homesteaded  a  quarter-section  in  Washing- 
ton County.  After  making  his  improvements  he 
returned  to  Nebraska  and  harvested  his  crop 
there.  The  spring  of  1888  found  him  perma- 
nently located  in  Washington  County.  He  moved 
his  family  to  the  new  home  and  began  in  the  cat- 
tle business  and  in  farming.  He  has  since  met 


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with  success  &nd  is  now  one  of  the  well -to  do 
ranchmen  of  northeastern  Colorado.  Since  com- 
ing here  he  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board  and  for  two  years  he  acted  as  road  over- 
seer. Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Akron 
Lodge  No.  31,  Star  of  Jupiter.  He  and  his  wife 
are  the  parents  of  twelve  children,  viz.  :  Elsie 
G.,  L-  McKee,  J.  Charles,  Leon  D.,  David  L., 
Maud  L.,  Ernest  V.,  Bessie  M.,  Clarence  V., 
Edwin,  J.  Louis  and  Lloyd  F. 


PEMBROKE  R.  THOMBS,  M.  D.,  Superin- 
LX  tendent  of  the  state  asylum  for  the  insane, 
\3  ex-president  of  the  Colorado  State  Medical 
Society,  and,  in  point  of  years  of  practice,  the 
oldest  physician  in  southern  Colorado,  is  a  rec- 
ognized authority  in  the  treatment  of  nervous 
diseases  and  a  man  of  wonderful  gifts  in  his 
chosen  profession.  When,  in  April,  1879,  Gov- 
ernor Pitkin  appointed  him  to  take  charge  of  the 
insane  asylum,  he  found  a  few  old,  dilapidated 
buildings,  set  in  the  midst  of  forty  acres  of  a 
rolling  alkali  waste.  In  this  discouraging  field 
his  energy  found  a  fruitful  opportunity  for  its 
expenditure.  He  succeeded  in  securing  irriga- 
tion for  the  land,  and  is  thus  enabled,  in  his 
twelve  acres  of  garden,  to  raise  all  the  vege- 
tables needed  for  use  in  the  asylum.  The  entire 
tract  was  placed  under  cultivation  and  has  been 
doubled  in  acreage  and  improved  with  large  and 
substantial  brick  buildings.  While  he  has  dis- 
played remarkable  business  ability,  he  has  been 
no  less  successful  in  his  work  among  the  pa- 
tients, and  a  number  of  notable  cures  have  been 
effected.  Through  successive  appointments  by 
different  governors,  he  has  continued  to  hold 
the  position  to  the  present  time. 

The  life  which  this  narrative  records  began  in 
Yarmouth,  Me.,  December  i,  1840.  The  Thombs 
family  was  of  English  origin  and  was  represented 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Virginia.  -Captain 
Thombs,  who  was  a  seafaring  man  and  was  lost, 
with  his  vessel,  off  the  coast  of  Maine,  had  a  son 
Joseph,  a  native  of  Virginia,  who  after  the  close 
of  the  Revolutionary  war,  removed  to  New  Eng- 
land and  there  married  a  Miss  Watson,  of  a  pio- 
neer New  England  family.  Afterward  he  en- 
gaged in  manufacturing  near  Portland.  His 
son,  John  Robinson  Thombs,  who  was  born 
in  Yarmouth,  married  Miss  Prudence  Thoits, 
whose  relatives  were  very  prominent  in  the 
coasting  trade  and  in  the  United  States  navy. 
Their  son,  the  subject  of  this  review,  received 


his  literary  education  in  Waterville  College.  In 
the  spring  of  1859  he  entered  Rush  Medical  Col- 
lege, Chicago,  from  which  he  graduated  in  the 
spring  of  1862  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  Soon 
afterward,  entering  the  army,  he  received  ap- 
pointment, April  17,  as  acting  assistant  surgeon 
of  United  States  Volunteers,  and  was  ordered  to 
keokuk,  Iowa,  where  he  was  assigned  to  duty 
with  the  wounded  from  the  battle  of  Shiloh, 
Tenn.,  at  Hospital  No.  i.  February  12,  1863, 
he  was  transferred  to  the  department  of  the  Cum- 
berland, and  assigned  to  Hospital  No.  19,  at 
Nashville,  where  he  remained  until  May.  On 
the  27th  of  that  month  he  was  appointed  and 
commissioned  first  assistant  surgeon  of  the 
Eighty-ninth  Illinois  Infantry  ("Railroad" 
Regiment),  which  he  joined  at  Murfreesboro, 
Tenn.,  and  was  mustered  in  as  first  assistant 
surgeon  June  19,  1863,  attached  to  the  First 
Brigade,  Second  Division,  Twentieth  Army 
Corps,  army  of  the  Cumberland,  until  October, 
1863.  From  that  time  until  June,  1865,  he  was 
with  the  First  Brigade,  Third  Division,  Fourth 
Army  Corps,  and  participated,  among  other  en- 
gagements, in  the  battles  of  Lawrenceburg  and 
Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  June  24,  1863  ;  Liberty  Gap, 
June  25-27,  where  he  took  the  wounded  from 
the  field ;  occupation  of  Tullahoma,  July  i  ; 
Chattanooga  campaign,  August  to  September; 
Chickamauga,  Ga. ,  September  20,  on  which  day 
he  was  taken  prisoner  while  attending  to  the 
wounded  on  the  field.  He  remained  on  duty  in 
the  prison  hospital  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  until  Jan- 
uary, 1864,  when  he  was  sent  to  Libby  prison, 
at  Richmond,  and  from  there  was  exchanged 
February  24,  1864.  He  rejoined  his  regiment  in 
the  field  in  April  of  that  year  and  participated  in 
the  Atlanta  campaign  from  May  to  September, 
taking  part  in  the  march  on  Dalton  May  5-9  ; 
Tunnel  Hill  May  7  ;  Rock-Faced  Ridge  May  8- 
ii  ;  Resaca  May  13-15  ;  Adairsville  May  17-18  ; 
Cassville  May  19-22  ;  advance  on  Dallas  May 
23-25  ;  battle  of  Dallas  and  vicinity  ;  Pumpkin 
Vine  Creek  ;  Alatoona  Hills  May  25-Juue  4  ; 
Pickett's  Mills  May  27  (where  the  Eighty-ninth 
Regiment  sustained  a  loss  of  twenty-four  killed, 
one  hundred  and  two  wounded  and  twenty-eight 
missing,  a  total  loss  of  one  hundred  and  fifty- 
four)  ;  Kenesaw  June  9~July  2  ;  Pine  Mountain 
June  14;  Lost  Mountain  June  15-17;  Pine  Knob 
June  18;  Culp's  Farm  June  22;  assault  on  Ken- 
esaw June  27;  Marietta  July  4;  Chattahootchie 
River  July  6-17;  Vining  Station;  Peach  Tree 


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July  19-20;  Atlanta  July  22;  siege  of  Atlanta 
July  22-September  2;  Utoy  Creek  August  5-7; 
flank  movement  on  Jonesboro  August  25-30; 
battle  of  Jonesboro  August  3i-September  i; 
Lovejoy  Station  September  2;  pursuit  of  Hood 
to  Atlanta  October  3-26;  Nashville  campaign 
from  November  to  December;  Columbia,  Duck 
River  November  24-28;  Spring  Hill  November 
29;  Franklin  November  30;  Nashville  December 
15-16;  pursuit  of  Hood  to  the  Tennessee  River 
December  17-18;  on  duty  at  Huntsville,  Ala., 
until  March,  1865;  expedition  to  Bull's  Gap  and 
operations  in  East  Tennessee  from  March  15  to 
April  22;  on  duty  at  Nashville  until  June  10, 
1865,  when  he  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  in 
that  city,  and  was  honorably  discharged  at  Chica- 
go, 111.,  June  24.  During  the  Atlanta  campaign, 
from  May  5,  1864,  to  September  8,  1864,  the 
Fourth  Corps  was  under  fire  almost  constantly 
for  more  than  one  hundred  days.  At  Stone  River 
Dr.  Thombs  and  his  hospital  were  taken  by  the 
Confederates,  but  were  retaken  by  the  Federal 
soldiers  on  the  same  day.  For  twenty -two  days 
and  nights  after  the  battle  of  Chickamauga  he 
remained  on  the  battlefield,  caring  for  the  wound- 
ed soldiers. 

Lieut.-Col.  William  D.  Williams,  of  the  Eighty- 
ninth  Illinois  Infantry,  in  command  of  the  regi- 
ment, in  his  report  of  the  operations  of  his  regi- 
ment in  the  official  records  of  the  Civil  war,  Series 
i,  volume  38,  page  405,  says:  "I  cannot  let  the 
occasion  pass  without  bearing  testimony  to  the 
zeal  and  efficiency  of  Surgeon  'H.  B.  Tuttle  and 
Assistant  Surgeon  P.  R.  Thombs,  both  of  whom 
freely  exposed  their  lives  to  assist  the  wounded 
and  assauge  the  pains  of  the  dying.  Surgeon 
Tuttle  succumbed  to  the  arduous  toil  and  inces- 
sant devotion  opposite  Atlanta  and  is  still  sick  in 
the  hospital.  Surgeon  Thombs  continued  to  the 
final  end  and  has  won  a  name,  with  the  Eighty- 
ninth,  for  skill  and  humanity  second  to  none  in 
the  army  of  the  Cumberland." 

The  duties  of  his  position  obliged  Dr.  Thombs 
to  give  his  time,  day  and  night  to  the  care  of 
the  sick  and  wounded.  All  of  the  surgeons  in 
the  brigade  were  ill  except  himself  and  the  sur- 
geon of  the  Eighth  Kansas  Infantry,  and  it  de- 
volved upon  these  two  to  attend  the  sick  and  in- 
jured. The  strain  of  this  work  and  the  respon- 
sibility told  fearfully  upon  him,  but  he  never  gave 
up  for  a  moment,  continuing  at  his  post  of  duty 
until  the  war  came  to  an  end.  When  the  cam- 
paign closed  he  weighed  only  one  hundred  and 


twenty  pounds,  and  for  long  afterward  he  felt  the 
results  of  his  hardships  and  overwork  in  the  army. 
Soon  after  the  end  of  the  war  he  received  from  the 
government  a  staff  appointment  as  surgeon  of 
the  United  States  Volunteers  and  was  assigned 
to  Murfreesboro,  Tenn.,  as  post  surgeon,  remain- 
ing there  until  June,  1866,  when  he  retired  from 
the  service  and  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Maine. 

In  August,  1866,  Dr.  Thombs  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  shortly  afterward  opened  an  office  in 
Pueblo,  where  he  soon  acquired  a  large  practice 
in  medicine  and  surgery.  In  May,  1879,  the 
legislature  having  provided  for  a  state  asylum 
for  the  insane,  he  was  appointed  resident  physi- 
cian and  superintendent,  and  has  since  given  his 
attention  exclusively  to  the  supervision  of  the 
asylum.  Through  all  these  years  he  has  con- 
tinued a  painstaking  student  of  his  profession, 
which  has  in  him  an  honored  and  honorable  rep- 
resentative. Wishing  to  become  proficient  in 
French,  in  order  that  he  might  be  able  to  read 
the  medical  books  and  journals  of  that  language, 
he  studied  and  mastered  it,  so  that  he  can  now 
read  it  fluently.  His  contributions  to  medical 
literature  have  been  along  the  line  of  nervous 
diseases  and  are  valuable  additions  to  that  depart- 
ment of  therapeutics.  In  everything  pertaining 
to  the  medical  profession  he  takes  a  deep  interest. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, American  Medico-Physiological  Associa- 
tion, State  Medical  Association  (of  which  he  was 
president  in  1883),  and  the  Pueblo  County  Medi- 
cal Association,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  or- 
ganizers and  served  as  president  during  the  first 
two  years  of  its  existence. 

In  political  views  Dr.  Thombs  is  a  Republican. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  life  member  of  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks;  is  connected  with  the 
Colorado  Commandery  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States;  is  associated 
with  the  Eighty-ninth  Illinois  Veterans'  Associa- 
tion; and  Upton  Post  No.  8,  G.  A.  R.,  and  served 
as  colonel  on  the  national  commander's  staff 
in  1897.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Casco  Lodge 
No.  36,  Yarmouth,  Me.,  and  became  a  charter 
member  of  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  17,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. , 
of  whose  original  seven  members  three  are  living, 
Dr.  Thombs,  J.  D.  Miller  and  C.  J.  Hart.  This 
lodge  was  organized,  under  difficulties,  when 
Pueblo  was  a  mere  hamlet,  and  to  Dr.  Thombs 
is  due  not  a  little  of  its  succees,  for  he  has  assist- 
ed in  its  growth  to  the  leading  lodge  in  the  city. 

Dr.  Thombs  was  married  in  Pueblo  to  Miss, 


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Louise  Shaw,  who  was  born  in  Elmira,  N.  Y., 
and  is  an  accomplished  lady,  popular  in  social 
circles.  They  have  an  only  daughter,  Jennie. 


HENRY  N.  ROUSE,  who  was  one  of  the 
prominent  early  settlers  of  Morgan  County, 
and  is  now  numbered  among  its  leading 
ranchmen,  was  born  in  Litchfield  County, Conn., 
November  7,  1844,  a  son  of  Albion  C.  and  Mar- 
tha W.  (Whittlesey)  Rouse.  Of  three  children 
he  and  his  sister  Martha,  the  widow  of  Milton 
Duffield,  of  Chicago,  are  the  survivors.  His 
father,  a  native  of  Litchfield  County,  Conn. ,  was 
born  November  10,  1798,  and  grew  to  manhood 
in  his  native  locality,  where  he  married  and  re- 
sided until  1849.  He  then  disposed  of  his  farm 
and  removed  to  Illinois,  settling  in  Woodford 
County,  ten  miles  northeast  of  Peoria.  For  many 
years  he  continued  on  the  same  farm, which,  un- 
der his  management,  was  brought  under  a  fine 
state  of  cultivation.  January  21,  1882,  his  house 
was  destroyed  by  fire.  He  then  bought  property 
in  the  town  of  Metamora,  but  was  not  permitted 
to  enjoy  his  new  home,  as  his  death  occurred 
in  March  following.  Hewas'not  a  public  man  in 
any  sense  of  the  word.  His  tastes  were  domestic, 
his  inclinations  toward  private  life.  However, 
he  was  a  progressive,  patriotic  citizen,  and  always 
held  an  interest  in  local  affairs  of  a  beneficial 
nature.  For  some  years  in  Illinois  he  served  as 
justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  a  contributor  toward 
the  building  of  the  railroad  through  the  section 
of  Illinois  in  which  he  lived,  was  interested  in  the 
construction  of  the  Housatonic  Valley  Railway  in 
Connecticut,  and  other  enterprises  received  his 
encouragement  and  financial  support.  Hisdeath 
occurred,  as  above  stated,  in  March,  1882. 

Our  subject's  mother  was  born  in  Washing- 
ton, Litchfield  County,  Conn.,  October- 6,  1812, 
and  was  a  descendant  of  Eliphalet  Whittlesey, 
who  was  born  in  England  May  10,  1714,  and 
came  to  America  in  an  early  day,  settling  in 
Washington,  Conn.  Our  subject  was  educated 
in  common  schools  and  the  Michigan  State  Agri- 
cultural College  in  Lansing,  Mich.  For  four 
years  he  worked  on  the  home  farm,  but  repeated 
attacks  of  asthma  threatened  to  make  this  disease 
chronic,  and  to  escape  from  it  he  changed  the 
entire  course  of  his  life.  It  was  the  plan  that  the 
home  place  should  descend  to  him,  and  that  he 
would  care  for  his  parents  until  they  died,  but  his 


ill  health  forced  him  to  leave  for  a  more  conge- 
nial climate.  He  arrived  in  Denver  October  4, 
1870.  For  a  few  days  he  worked  in  the  employ 
of  a  carpenter  there.  Afterward  he  was  em- 
ployed on  construction  work  on  the  Boulder  Val- 
ley Railroad,  being  engaged  in  teaming.  When 
his  employer  disposed  of  his  teams  he  began  to 
freight  to  Canon  City  and  Pueblo,  hauling  coal 
from  Marshall  to  Denver,  and  later  freighting  to 
Denver.  In  April,  1871,  he  became  foreman  on 
a  ranch  eight  miles  east  of  Longmont  on  the  St. 
Vrain,  where  he  continued  for  three  seasons.  In 
the  fall  of  1873  he  hauled  hay,  with  a  six-horse 
team,  to  Denver,  where  he  disposed  of  it.  In  the 
summer  he  rode  on  the  range  with  cattle  owned 
by  George  Cole.  At  the. time  he  entered  the  lat- 
ter's  employ  an  agreement  was  made  permitting 
him  to  be  allowed  to  turn  in  one  hundred  head  of 
yearling  cattle  of  his  own,  but  he  turned  in  only 
sixty  five  head.  While  he  was  working  for  a 
salary  he  was  also  laying  the  foundation  for  a 
cattle  business  of  his  own.  In  the  spring  of  1876 
he  rented  a  hay  ranch  near  Brighton  from  Mr. 
Cole,  and  this  he  managed,  besides  looking 
after  the  cattle.  In  June  of  1877  he  returned  to 
Illinois  on  a  visit,  coming  back  to  Colorado  the 
latter  part  of  the  same  month.  During  the  re- 
mainder of  the  summer  he  rode  on  the  range 
with  his  cattle. 

On  Christmas  evening  of  1877  Mr.  Rouse  mar- 
ried Miss  Caroline  Gooding,  a  native  of  New  Jer- 
sey, and  daughter  of  Peter  Goodiug,  who  had 
been  for  many  years  a  prominent  farmer  of  Illi- 
nois. Prior  to  his  marriage  Mr.  Rouse  bought 
some  improvements  at  Lost  Springs  near  Rog- 
gen,  and  there  he  settled  with  his  wife,  at  the 
same  time  filing  a  pre-emption  on  a  tract  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres.  While  improving  his 
land  and  looking  after  his  cattle,  he  also  rode  on 
the  range  for  other  parties.  In  1 883  he  sold  some 
of  his  herd  and  removed  to  a  ranch  five  and  one- 
half  miles  east  of  Fort  Morgan,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  has  been  prospered,  becom- 
ing one  of  the  substantial  men  of  his  county.  His 
farming  land  numbers  four  hundred  and  eighty 
acres,  improved  and  valuable.  A  pioneer  in  the 
cattle  business,  he  has  done  much  toward  the  de- 
velopment of  this  industry,  and  has  had  varied 
experience  on  the  plains  during  the  long  years  of 
his  life  in  Colorado.  He  and  his  wife  became  the 
parents  of  four  children,  of  whom  two  are  living: 
Eva  L-,  born  October  24,  1878;  and  Ruby  N., 
June  i,  1887. 


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O.  REDDING,  who  is  engaged 
real'estate>  l°an  a"d  insurance  busi- 
ness  at  Montrose,  was  born  in  Westerville, 
Ohio,  July  15,  1860,  a  son  of  Charles  A.  and 
Mary  (Clark)  Redding.  His  father,  who  was  a 
native  of  New  York  state,  removed  to  Ohio  and 
became  a  prominent  merchant  of  Westerville,  of 
which  place  he  was  for  forty  years  a  business 
man.  During  the  Civil  war  he  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  band  of  the  Forty-sixth  Ohio  Regi- 
ment. Now  seventy-three  years  of  age,  he  makes 
his  home  in  Montrose.  Of  his  four  children,  John 
C.,  the  oldest  son,  is  connected  with  the  second 
son,  our  subject,  in  the  abstract  business  at  Mont- 
rose; Hattie,  the  wife  of  C.  F.  Dreher,  resides  in 
Montrose;  and  Frank  makes  his  home  in  Fre- 
mont, Ohio. 

The  first  twenty-eight  years  of  our  subject's 
life  were  passed  in  Ohio,  where  he  received  a  lib- 
eral education.  At  fifteen  years  of  age  he  began 
to  earn  his  own  livelihood,  and  the  schooling  he 
afterward  secured  was  obtained  through  his  own 
efforts.  For  two  years  he  was  a  student  in  Ot- 
terbein  University.  From  seventeen  until  twen- 
ty-one he  was  employed  as  clerk  in  a  general 
store,  after  which  he  opened  a  men's  furnishing 
store  at  Westerville,  Ohio,  continuing  there  until 
became  to  Montrose,  Colo. ,  in  1888.  For  one 
year  he  was  employed  as  manager  of  the  dry- 
goods  department  of  the  Montrose  Mercantile 
Company,  after  which  he  became  bookkeeper  for 
the  Montrose  Investment  Company,  and  two 
years  later  established  his  present  business.  In 
his  charge  he  has  some  twenty  thousand  acres  of 
land.  He  acts  as  general  agent  for  the  Equita- 
ble Securities  Company  of  New  York  City  in 
Colorado,  and  represents  fifteen  of  the  leading 
insurance  companies  of  America  and  Europe.  In 
the  placing  of  loans  on  farm  lands  for  eastern 
capitalists  he  has  done  a  large  business,  and  in 
negotiating  loans  has  been  unusually  successful. 
He  is  also  an  expert  accountant.  He  owns  one- 
half  interest  in  the  only  set  of  abstract  books  in 
the  county,  which  company  does  all  the  business 
in  this  line,  and  is  known  as  the  Montrose  Ab- 
stract Company.  In  1898  he  originated  the  pres- 
ent telephone  system,  which  he  now  owns  and 
manages,  having  about  one  hundred  instruments 
in  use,  and  connecting  most  of  the  business  houses 
and  a  large  number  of  residences. 

In  politics  a  Republican,  Mr.  Redding  has  been 
active  in  local  affairs.  Among  the  offices  he  has 
held  are  those  of  city  clerk,  treasurer  of  the  school 

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board  for  six  years,  and  in  1897  and  1898  mayor 
of  the  city,  being  re-elected  to  the  latter  office  in 
1898  without  opposition;  at  present  he  is  secre- 
tary of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  In  1895  he 
assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  Wheelmen's 
Club,  of  which  he  is  president,  an  organization 
whose  special  aim  is  to  secure  good  roads.  Fond 
of  music,  much  of  his  leisure  time  has  been  de- 
voted to  this  art.  In  1896  he  assisted  in  organ- 
izing the  Montrose  Choral  Union,  a  chorus  of 
seventy-five  voices,  of  which  he  is  director,  and 
which  prepares  concerts  and  entertainments  of  a 
high  class.  This  organization  has  become  fa- 
vorably known  throughout  the  state,  and  has 
given  concerts  to  immense  audiences  in  other 
cities.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Aeolian  Male 
Quartet,  organized  in  1896,  in  which  he  sings 
first  tenor.  While  in  Ohio  he  was  for  five  years 
a  member  of  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  band  of 
Columbus.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias. 

November  15,  1898,  Mr.  Redding  married  Mrs. 
Letitia  Guy  Crowl,  the  ceremony  being  solem- 
nized at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents  in  Pu- 
eblo. Mrs.  Redding  is  a  graduate  of  the  school 
at  Newark,  Ohio,  and  attended  the  Syracuse 
University.  She  possesses  a  liberal  education, 
gracious  hospitality  and  ready  tact,  combined 
with  abilities  as  a  musician,  and  especially  as  a 
whistler,  that  have  brought  her  national  promi- 
nence. She  has  assisted  in  concerts  in  nearly 
every  city  of  prominence  throughout  the  eastern 
states,  as  well  as  a  number  of  cities  in  Europe, 
South  America  and  Canada.  As  soloist,  she  re- 
cently assisted  in  concerts  at  the  St.  Louis  expo- 
sition with  Sousa'sband. 


HON.  JOHN  EVANS,  territorial  governor  of 
Colorado  1862-65,  was  for  years  the  leading 
citizen  in  Denver  and  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent men  in  the  west.  He  was  born  in  Waynes- 
ville,  Ohio,  March  9,  1814,  the  son  of  David  and 
Rachel  Evans,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Clermont  (Pa.)  Academy.  Select- 
ing medicine  for- his  profession,  he  carried  on  its 
study,  graduating  in  1838.  The  following  year  he 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Joseph  Canby, 
M.  D.,  of  Ohio.  Going  then  to  Attica,  Ind.,  he 
soon  became  known  as  a  skillful  physician  and 
progressive  citizen.  The  wretched  condition  of 
the  insane  wards  of  the  state  excited  his  sym- 
pathy and  he  bent  his  efforts  to  securing  a  build- 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


ing  for  them,  in  which  he  was  successful,  and 
upon  the  completion  of  the  insane  asylum  he  was 
made  its  superintendent. 

Accepting  a  position  as  professor  in  Rush 
Medical  College,  Dr.  Evans  went  to  Chicago  in 
1845  and  for  eleven  years  he  held  the  chair  of 
diseases  of  women  and  children  in  that  institution. 
During  the  cholera  epidemic  of  1848-49  he  urged 
congress  to  establish  a  national  quarantine,  demon- 
strating that  the  disease  was  contagious.  For 
several  years  he  was  an  editor  of  the  Northwest- 
ern Medical  and  Surgical  fournal.  In  1852-53 
he  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  public 
schools  in  the  Chicago  city  council,  during  which 
time  the  first  superintendent  of  public  schools 
was  appointed,  the  first  high  school  building 
erected,  and  a  number  of  lots  bought. 

While  in  Attica,  Ind.,  Dr.  Evans  was  con- 
verted under  the  preaching  of  Bishop  Simpson  and 
united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
How  much  he  did  to  advance  the  interests  of  that 
denomination,  even  its  own  members  dimly  under- 
stand. His  work  was  of  a  permanent  nature,  and 
its  value  increases  with  the  years.  He  was  largely 
instrumental  in  the  establishment  of  the  Method- 
ist Book  Concern  and  Northwestern  Christian  Ad- 
vocate in  Chicago,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the 
erection  of  the  Methodist  Church  block,  in  the 
business  center  of  Chicago.  To  him,  perhaps  more 
than  to  any  other  man,  was  due  the  founding  of 
the  Northwestern  University.  With  others,  he 
selected  a  tract  north  of  Chicago  for  the  site  of  the 
university  and  platted  a  town  that  was  named 
Evanston  in  his  honor.  For  the  benefit  of  the 
institution  he  bought  a  lot  across  from  the  board 
of  trade  in  Chicago,  and  this  still  belongs  to  the 
university,  the  rental  received  from  the  Illinois 
Savings  and  Trust  Company  being  the  source  of 
a  large  revenue.  The  chairs  of  Latin  and  mental 
and  moral  philosophy  he  endowed  with  $50,000, 
which  he  afterward  increased  to  $100,000.  He 
was  the  first  president  of  the  board  of  trustees 
and  occupied  the  position  for  forty-two  years.  In 
1855  he  moved  his  family  to  Evanston,  building 
one  of  the  first  houses  in  that  suburb. 

In  the  first  Republican  convention  in  the  United 
States,  held  at  Aurora,  111. ,  Dr.  Evans  was  one 
of  the  speakers.  At  that  convention  the  plat- 
form was  adopted  that  gave  the  name  to  the 
party.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  campaign 
of  1860,  supporting  Abraham  Lincoln.  The  fol- 
lowing year  he  was  offered  the  position  of  territo- 
rial governor  of  Washington,  but  declined.  In 


1862  he  was  offered  the  governorship  of  Colorado, 
which  he  accepted,  at  once  entering  upon  his  du- 
ties. When  the  first  state  organization  was  formed, 
in  1865,  he  was  elected  to  the  United  States  sen- 
ate, and  passed  the  winters  of  1865-66  and 
1866-67  in  Washington.  At  both  these  sessions 
the  state  was  admitted,  but  both  times  Andrew 
Johnson  vetoed  the  bill.  In  1868  he  was  a  dele- 
gate to  the  national  convention  that  nominated 
U.  S.  Grant  for  president.  During  the  same 
year  he  was  chosen  president  of  the  Denver 
Pacific  Railway  and  Telegraph  Company.  To 
his  influence  in  no  small  degree  was  due  the  fact 
that  the  railroads  were  secured  for  Denver,  thus 
giving  it  prestige  as  a  business  center.  In  1869 
he  secured  the  passage  of  the  Denver  Pacific  land 
grant  bill,  which  was  signed  by  President  John- 
son. In  1872,  with  others,  he  organized  the 
Denver,  South  Park  &  Pacific  Railroad  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  was  the  first  president. 

The  interest  which  Governor  Evans  took  in 
religious  affairs  in  the  east  was  maintained  after 
his  removal  to  Colorado.  On  his  addition  to  the 
city  of  Denver  he  erected  a  brown  stone  church, 
to  the  memory  of  his  daughter,  wife  of  Hon.  S. 
H.  Elbert.  This  building,  with  the  four  lots  on 
which  it  stood,"  was  deeded  to  the  church  by 
Governor  Evans  and  was  dedicated  in  1878  by 
Bishop  Simpson.  In  educational  matters,  too, 
he  continued  to  take  the  deep  interest  that  had 
characterized  him  in  the  east,  and  while  his  first 
attempt  to  establish  a  university  failed,  afterward 
the  project  was  revived,  and  under  the  old  charter 
of  the  Colorado  Seminary,  the  University  of  Den- 
ver was  organized. 


W.  RAUGH.       Not   only  in   the 

b  vicinity  of  his  ranch  in  Morgan  County,  but 
in  other  parts  of  the  state  Mr.  Raugh  has 
become  well  known,  especially  through  his  con- 
nection with  the  mining  industry.  Undoubtedly 
there  are  few  who  have  done  more  than  he  to- 
ward the  early  development  of  the  mining  in- 
dustry in  Colorado.  Coming  to  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tain region  in  an  early  day,  he  identified  himself 
with  its  mining  interests,  and  through  his  shrewd- 
ness and  sound  judgment  met  with  encouraging 
success  from  the  first.  While  investigating  for 
new  and  valuable  claims,  he  visited  all  the  camps 
of  the  state,  as  well  as  sections  which  at  that  time 
had  never  been  penetrated  by  man;  and  in  this 
way  he  gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  pos- 
sibilities of  Colorado's  mining  sections. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


1383 


The  record  of  the  Raugh  family  appears  in  the 
sketch  of  Samuel  Raugh,  presented  on  another 
page.  George  W.  was  born  in  Sullivan  County, 
Pa.,  January  10,  1833,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Mar- 
garet (Henry)  Raugh.  His  education  was  ac- 
quired in  common  schools  and  by  habits  of  close 
observation  and  thoughtful  reading.  In  early 
manhood  he  served  an  apprenticeship  to  the  car- 
penter's trade.  When  gold  was  discovered  in 
Pike's  Peak  he  joined  the  crowd  of  gold-seekers 
who  crossed  the  plains,  and  he  was  one  of  the 
first  to  arrive  in  Denver,  which  place  he  reached 
May  20,  1859.  This  now  prosperous  city  then 
contained  but  one  house,  and  that  a  mere  shanty. 
A  day  later  he  proceeded  to  the  mountains,  and 
with  the  aid  of  his  axe  he  traveled  through  re- 
gions hitherto  unseen  by  white  men.  He  endured 
all  the  hardships  of  pioneer  life,  its  vicissitudes 
and  privations,  but  in  spite  of  the  toil,  the  lack 
of  provisions  and  the  exposure  by  night  and  by 
day,  he  maintained  his  rugged  strength. 

After  spending  a  few  weeks  in  Idaho  Springs, 
Mr.  Raugh  went  to  Central  City,  where  he  re- 
mained for  a  short  time.  His  next  location  was 
in  the  Black  Hawk  district,  where  he  was  one  of 
the  locators  of  this  now  prosperous  mining  town. 
At  that  time  the  town  had  not  been  visited  by 
prospectors,  and  he  was  obliged  to  use  his  axe  to 
force  his  way  through  the  undergrowth.  There 
he  built  the  third  large  house  erected  at  the  camp, 
a  building  that  was  until  recent  years  the  largest 
house  in  the  place.  For  twenty-eight  years  he 
devoted  some  portion  of  his  time  to  carpentering, 
and  during  the  time  he  became  one  of  the  most 
prominent  mining  men  of  that  section.  In  1871 
he  was  the  builder  and  proprietor  of  a  stamp  mill, 
which  he  operated  seven  years,  and  then  sold  to 
other  parties.  Afterward  he  purchased  a  half- 
interest  in  a  placer  claim  in  Clear  Creek  Gulch, 
and  in  ten  years  took  out  over  $30,000,  panning 
some  days  as  much  as  $300.  One  nugget  alone 
was  valued  at  about  $175.  He  was  one  of  the 
locators  of  the  Running  lode  mines,  and  also  lo- 
cated many  properties  that  are  exceedingly  valu- 
able to-day.  In  1886  he  came  to  the  valley 
where  he  has  since  resided.  Here  he  purchased 
a  ranch  one  mile  south  of  Brush,  Morgan  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  the  stock  busi- 
ness. 

Returning  east  in  1869,  Mr.  Raugh  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Jennie  Hendy,  of  Goshen, 
N.  Y.,  the  ceremony  being  performed  December 
27  of  that  year.  After  some  four  months  spent 


in  visiting  in  New  York  and  Pennsylvania,  he 
and  his  wife  came  overland  to  their  Colorado 
home,  where  they  afterward  experienced  all  the 
vicissitudes  incident  to  frontier  life.  They  are 
the  parents  of  three  children,  viz.  :  May,  wife  of 
W.  G.  Hills,  of  Almina,  Kan.;  George  E.,  who 
was  born  January  15,  1872,  and  is  a  machinist 
by  trade;  and  Josephine,  born  February  n,  1887. 
Mrs.  Raugh  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church 
and  takes  an  interest  in  religious  and  charitable 
projects. 

The  political  affiliations  of  Mr.  Raugh  are  with 
the  People's  party,  but  his  business  duties  have 
been  such  that  he  has  never  identified  himself 
with  public  affairs.  He  is  still  the  owner  of  valu- 
able gold  and  silver  mining  interests  in  Black 
Hawk,  among  them  being  the  Smith  mine,  a  gold 
property,  and  the  Bay  State,  a  silver  mine,  both, 
of  which  are  valuable.  As  a  citizen,  he  main- 
tains an  interest  in  all  enterprises  for  the  benefit 
of  his  county,  and  is  always  to  be  relied  upon  to 
aid  measures  for  the  benefit  of  the  people. 


HON.  CHARLES  NICHOLAS  CROWDER, 
who  has  been  prominent  in  the  business  and 
political  life  of  Aspen  and  has  ably  repre- 
sented Pitkin  County  in  the  state  legislature,  was 
born  in  Dubuque,  Iowa,  September  21,  1857,  a 
son  of  John  and  Mary  (Liddle)  Crowder,  natives 
respectively  of  England  and  Pennsylvania.  His 
father  settled  in  Iowa  in  an  early  day  and  there 
engaged  in  the  hotel  business.  During  the  great 
excitement  in  1849  caused  by  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  California  he  went  to  the  Pacific  coast, 
where  for  some  time  he  engaged  in  mining,  and 
then  returned  to  Iowa.  He  continued  to  live  in 
that  state  until  his  death,  which  occurred  April 
16,  1893.  Politically  he  was  a  Republican  and  in 
fraternal  connections  a  Mason.  His  wife  was  the 
daughter  of  a  wealthy  farmer,  who  while  going 
down  the  Ohio  River  on  a  boat  mysteriously  dis- 
appeared when  she  was  a  child;  it  has  always 
been  believed  that  he  was  killed  for  his  money. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  a  large  fam- 
ily, of  whom  five  sisters  live  in  Iowa  and  one, 
Ella,  is  a  teacher,  in  Colorado;  J.  H.  is  engaged 
in  farming  in  Iowa,  and  Roy  is  with  his  brother 
Charles. 

In  Dubuque,  Iowa,  where  his  boyhood  days 
were  spent,  our  subject  received  the  educational 
advantages  afforded  by  the  public  schools.  At 
twenty-one  years  of  age  he  started  out  in  the 
world  for  himself.  Coming  to  Colorado  in  March , 


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1879,  he  settled  in  Leadville,  where  he  engaged 
in  mining.  His  first  visit  to  Aspen  was  in  1881, 
but  at  that  time  he  remained  for  only  a  few 
months,  returning  to  Leadville,  where  he  contin- 
ued mining  until  1883.  He  then  went  to  Gilpin 
County,  where  he  had  mining  interests,  and  was 
actively  engaged  in  prospecting  at  Creede,  Colo., 
during  its  boom  days.  In  1884  he  married  Miss 
Mary  McAllister,  of  Bangor,  Me.,  daughter  of 
David  and  Mary  McAllister.  Mr.  McAllister  was 
a  sea  captain. 

For  a  time  Mr.  Crowder  was  connected  with 
the  R  io  Grande  Western  Railroad  in  Salt  Lake 
City.  In  the  fall  of  1885  he  again  came  to  Aspen 
and  here  he  has  since  made  his  home.  For  two 
years  he  was  proprietor  of  a  general  store.  In 
1889  he  was  elected  city  marshal  and  was  again 
elected  in  1890.  Besides  his  other  interests  he 
has  also  engaged  actively  in  mining  and  at  this 
writing  controls  some  valuable  leases.  An  advo- 
cate of  the  silver  Republican  party,  he  has  always 
worked  to  secure  the  establishment  of  silver  upon 
a  just  basis.  In  1896  he  was  elected  a  member* 
of  the  state  legislature,  serving  two  years  as  a 
member  of  that  body.  December  i,  1898,  he 
was  appointed  state  mine  inspector  by  Governor 
Adams,  to  fill  a  vacancy,  serving  in  that  capacity 
until  June  i,  1899.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  Masonic  orders.  In  his 
family  there  are  three  sons,  Frank  E.  F.,  George 
A.  and  Charles  N. ,  Jr. 


HUBERT  WORK,  M.  D.  A  large  part  of 
the  active  life  of  Dr.  Work  has  been  given 
to  a  study  of  the  treatment  of  mental  and 
nervous  diseases,  in  which  he  has  been  most  suc- 
cessful. In  1894,  two  years  after  coming  to  Pu- 
eblo, he  opened  Mount  Pleasant  Sanatorium,  a 
private  institution  for  the  treatment  of  feeble- 
minded and  insane  patients,  to  which  work  much 
of  his  time  has  since  been  given,  although  he  also 
has  a  large  private  practice.  The  sanatorium 
has  accommodations  for  eighty-five  patients,  and 
is  well  filled  the  greater  part  of  the  time.  As  a 
complimentary  staff,  Dr.  Work  has  ten  of  the  lead- 
ing physicians  of  the  city  and  state. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  near  Marion 
Center,  Indiana  County,  Pa.,  July  3,  1860.  He 
was  educated  in  the  normal  school  at  Indiana,  Pa. , 
and  the  University  of  Michigan.  When  twenty- 
two  years  of  age  he  entered  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  carried  on  his  medical  studies 
there  until  graduating  in  1885.  Coming  west 


upon  the  completion  of  his  studies,  he  opened  an 
office  in  Greeley,  Colo. ,  but  one  year  later  re- 
moved to  Fort  Morgan,  where  he  remained  for 
five  years.  Since  1892  he  has  been  engaged  in 
practice  in  Pueblo.  By  his  marriage  to  Laura 
Arbuckle,  of  Madison,  Ind.,  he  has  three  living 
children,  Philip,  Dorcas  and  Robert  Van  Horn. 

Politically  a  Republican,  Dr.  Work  has  been 
active  in  both  local  and  state  affairs.  In  1888 
Governor  Cooper  appointed  him  a  member  of  the 
state  board  of  medical  examiners,  and  in  1895  he 
received  appointment  as  a  member  of  the  state 
board  of  health,  of  which  he  is  now  president. 
Interested  in  every  organization  connected  with 
his  profession,  he  holds  membership  in  the 
Pueblo  County  Medical  Society,  of  which  he 
has  been  secretary;  and  the  Colorado  State  Medi- 
cal Society,  of  which  he  was  in  1894  elec- 
ted president,  being  the  youngest  man  who 
ever  held  that  position.  His  administration  is 
remembered  as  one  of  the  most  successful  the 
state  organization  has  enjoyed.  For  a  number 
of  years  he  has  acted  as  consulting  physician  of 
the  State  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  located  in  Pu- 
eblo. He  is  also  similarly  connected  with  the 
Colorado  Fuel  and  Iron  Company's  Hospital.  In 
December,  1898,  during  the  investigation  of  the 
State  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  Governor  Adams 
appointed  him  temporary  superintendent  of  the 
same. 

Success  is  largely  a  relative  term;  but,  whether 
we  consider  it  from  the  standpoint  of  prominence 
professionally,  or  from  the  standpoint  of  a  high 
position  in  the  respect  and  regard  of  others,  Dr. 
Work  may  be  called  a  successful  physician .  He 
has  wisely  given  much  of  his  time  to  the  devel- 
opment of  that  line  in  which  he  is  most  interested, 
and  in  the  treatment  of  nervous  and  mental  dis- 
eases has  few  superiors  among  the  physicians  of 
the  state. 


HUGH  DAVIS.  Since  1882  Mr.  Davis  has 
made  his  home  one  mile  east  of  Merino, 
Logan  County,  where  he  has  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  devoted  to  general  ranch  pur- 
suits and  to  the-  cattle  business.  He  is  a  native 
of  Marshall  County,  Miss.,  and  was  born  October 
22,  1848,  a  son  of  Hugh  and  Elizabeth  (Jones) 
Davis.  He  was  one  of  twelve  children,  of  whom 
nine  are  living,  viz.:  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Cheairs,  of 
Sterling;  Mary  E. ,  widow  of  F.  G.  Ayres  and  a 
resident  of  Sterling;  Hugh;  Cornelia,  who  mar- 
ried R.  C.  Perkins,  of  Sterling;  Edward,  a  farmer 


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and  stockman  of  Logan  County;  Margaret,  wife 
of  D.  J.  Armour,  of  Sterling;  Elizabeth,  who  mar- 
ried J.  W.  Landrum;  Anna  S.,  wife  of  Alexander 
King;  and  Jacob  M.,  all  of  Sterling. 

A  native  of  Elizabethtown,  N.  C.,  born  in  1806, 
Hugh  Davis,  Sr. ,  learned  the  trade  of  a  carpenter 
in  his  native  place;  but,  feeling  dissatisfied  with 
what  he  had  learned,  on  reaching  his  majority 
he  went  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  served  another 
apprenticeship  of  three  years  at  the  trade.  He 
became  a  skilled  mechanic,  thoroughly  familiar 
with  every  detail  of  his  trade.  On  returning 
south  he  settled  in  Marshall  County,  Miss. ,  where 
he  engaged  in  contracting  and  building.  He  was 
the  first  man  to  run  a  steam  sawmill  in  northern 
Mississippi.  During  the  years  of  railroad  build- 
ing in  the  south  he  had  large  contracts  in  bridge 
building,  and  at  forty  years  of  age  had  acquired  a 
competence,  being  the  owner  of  extensive  planta- 
tions and  many  slaves,  while  at  the  same  time  he 
was  active  in  various  business  enterprises.  At 
the  outbreak  of  the  war  he  was  a  wealthy  man, 
but  the  strife  between  the  north  and  the  south 
swept  his  fortune  from  him.  While  he  was  a 
slave  holder  he  was  strongly  against  secession, 
and  used  all  his  influence  toward  healing  the 
breach  between  the  Confederates  and  the  gov- 
ernment. After  the  close  of  the  war  he  settled 
on  his  plantation,  where  he  remained  for  five 
years;  but  in  1870  he  sold  the  place  and  removed 
to  Bolivar,  Tenn.,  running  a  sawmill  there  for 
two  years.  However,  his  liberality  and  generous- 
hearted  spirit  led  him,  in  times  of  prosperity,  to 
place  his  name  on  many  papers  of  security,  which 
he  was  afterward  forced  to  meet,  obliging  him  to 
close  out  his  sawmill.  For  some  time  afterward 
he  made  his  home  with  a  daughter  at  Collierville, 
Tenn.  In  1878  his  sons,  Hugh  and  Edward, 
brought  him  to  Colorado,  and  he  afterward  made 
his  home  with  them  until  his  death,  which 
occurred  in  the  winter  of  1878-79. 

After  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  the  south,  bank- 
rupted and  laid  waste,  held  few  inducements  for 
an  ambitious  young  man.  For  this  reason  our 
subject  determined  to  seek  a  home  elsewhere. 
In  1872  he  removed  to  Colorado,  settling  in 
Greeley  in  the  spring  of  that  year.  There  he  en- 
gaged in  farming  in  partnership  with  Perkins  & 
Smith,  who  had  come  from  the  same  section  of 
the  south  as  himself.  For  two  years  they  com- 
bined their  efforts  in  raising  farm  produce  and 
during  the  year  1873,  when  not  working  at  their 
crops,  they  commenced  the  building  of  the  Ster- 


ling ditch.  After  its  completion,  in  1874,  they 
removed  to  Logan  County  and  took  up  land  three 
miles  north  of  Sterling,  under  the  ditch,  where 
they  afterward  engaged  in  ranching.  In  1882 
Mr.  Davis  sold  his  interest  in  the  property  and 
removed  to  his  present  home,  where  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  had  been  homesteaded  by  his 
mother  and  another  tract  of  similar  size  was  pur- 
chased later.  Here  he  has  successfully  engaged 
in  the  cattle  business.  He  is  interested  in  the 
public-school  system  and  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  school  board  since  1893.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church,  in  poli- 
tics a  Democrat  and  in  fraternal  relations  con- 
nected with  Logan  Lodge  No.  69,  I.  O.  O.  F. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Davis  to  Miss  Betty  D. 
Isom,  occurred  in  1881.  She  is  a  daughter  of 
Newton  A.  Isom,  who  came  to  Colorado  from 
Mississippi  in  1875  and  settled  at  Merino  (then 
known  as  Buffalo).  To  this  marriage  five  chil- 
dren were  born,  viz.:  Hugh  N.,  deceased; 
Lizzie  M.,  Avah  C.,  Webster  B.  and  Isla, 
deceased. 


RICHARD  J.  GWILLIM,  who  owns  and  oc- 
cupies a  ranch  on  section  3,  township  n, 
range  66  west,  six  miles  east  of  Monument, 
El  Paso  County,  was  born  April  30,  1850,  at 
Abernant  farm,  near  Neath,  Glamorganshire, 
South  Wales,  a  son  of  Gwillim  and  Sarah  (Jones) 
Gwillim.  His  boyhood  days  were  spent  on  a 
farm  and  he  attended  the  common  schools  and 
Neath-  Academy.  Afterward  he  clerked  in  a 
hardware  store  for  twelve  months.  In  April, 
1870,  he  arrived  in  New  York,  having  spent  ten 
days  on  the  voyage  on  a  steamer,  Inman  line, 
and  landing  in  this  country  on  the  twentieth  an- 
niversary of  his  birth.  In  New  York  he  was  met 
by  a  friend,  Richard  Thomas,  who  had  settled  in 
Murphysboro,  Jackson  County,  111.  Going  west 
to  that  town,  he  secured  a  position  as  clerk  for  a 
transportation  company  at  Mount  Carbon,  re- 
maining with  them  twelve  months,  and  afterward 
spending  a  few  months  as  clerk  in  the  store  of 
Frank  J.  Chapman,  of  Carbondale,  111.  The  cli- 
mate, however,  was  unhealthful,  and  he  was  con- 
stantly troubled  with  ague,  so  decided  it  would 
be  best  to  seek  a  more  healthful  location. 

In  October,  1871,  Mr.  Gwillim  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  joined  his  brother,  who  was  on  a  farm. 
Soon  he  commenced  to  farm  on  shares,  which 
proved  quite  profitable.  In  1873,  with  others, 
he  engaged  in  sheep-shearing  for  two  and  one- 


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half  months.  In  this  work  he  was  instructed  by 
the  Scotchmen  with  him,  who  were  experienced 
hands,  and  he  was  soon  able  to  earn  good  wages. 
In  the  fall  of  1873  he  bought  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  government  land,  and  at  once 
commenced  its  improvement.  Soon  afterward  he 
returned  to  Wales,  where,  March  12,  1874,  he 
married  Miss  Jeannette  Cartwright,  who  was 
born  in  Denbigh,  North  Wales,  and  with  whom 
he  had  been  acquainted  in  Neath.  With  his 
young  wife  he  came  back  to  his  Colorado  home, 
where  he  built  a  log  house  and  began  farming.  He 
now  owns  seventy-five  acres,  forty  acres  of  which 
is  in  one  body  and  comprises  timber  land,  while  the 
remainder  is  in  the  home  farm  and  is  well  im- 
proved. In  1874  he  planted  $320  worth  of  seed 
in  forty  acres  of  land,  but  the  grasshoppers  almost 
entirely  destroyed  it,  and  he  sold  only  two  sacks 
of  grain  that  fall.  For  three  successive  years  he 
suffered  from  these  pests.  Not  being  able  to  do 
anything  on  his  own  farm,  he  hired  as  superin- 
tendent on  the  ranch  owned  by  A.  B.  Daniels 
near  Greenland,  where  he  remained  for  seven 
months.  Afterward,  with  his  brother,  he  opened 
a  store  in  Monument  and  also  carried  on  a  cheese 
factory  in  the  same  place.  After  continuing  there 
for  two  years,  on  account  of  the  scarcity  of  milk 
he  sold  out  and  returned  to  his  farm,  which  he 
increased  by  the  purchase  of  additional  land. 
He  engages  in  the  dairy  business,  carries  on  gen- 
eral farm  pursuitsand  is  also  interested  in  mining. 
His  wife  has  taken  the  first  prize  at  the  state  fair 
for  the  best  butter,  while  he  took  the  first  prize 
for  the  best  potatoes.  With  others,  he  originated 
the  potato  bake,  which  was  held  in  Monument 
for  five  consecutive  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gwillim  are  the  parents  of  seven 
living  children,  and  have  lost  two  by  death. 
Claudia  and  Jeannette  died  about  the  same  time, 
one  being  five  and  the  other  four  years  of  age. 
The  surviving  children  are:  Mary  Evelyn,  who 
was  born  at  Greenland;  Margaret  Eleanor,  whose 
birth  occurred  at  Monument;  Gwillim  R.,  John 
Cartwright,  Gwladys  Gwalia,  Gwendolin  Alice 
and  Edward  Cecil  Cartwright,  all  of  whom  were 
born  on  the  home  farm.  Margaret  Eleanor  is 
now  the  wife  of  Gwillim  Howell  and  has  one 
child,  Vivienne. 

Politically  Mr.  Gwillim  is  a  Republican.  He 
has  served  efficiently  as  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
is  proud  of  the  fact  that  none  of  his  cases  was 
ever  appealed  and  that  all  of  the  couples  he  has 
united  in  marriage  have  been  happy  and  pros- 


perous. In  religion  he  is  in  sympathy  with 
Presbyterian  doctrines,  but  is  not  a  church  mem- 
ber. However  he  contributes  to  the  support  of 
the  neighborhood  church,  in  which  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Galley,  is  organist  and  leader  of  song. 


SEORGE  W.  WARNER.  Since  a  period 
antedating  the  organization  of  Morgan 
County  and  the  founding  of  the  village 
of  Fort  Morgan,  Mr.  Warner  has  been  identified 
with  the  history  of  this  part  of  Colorado.  He 
came  to  this  state  in  August,  1881,  settling  first 
at  Greeley,  and  entering  the  employ  of  Abner  S. 
Baker,  the  well-known  contractor,  for  whom  he 
remained  as  bookkeeper  and  in  charge  of  con- 
struction work  until  1884.  Upon  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  Fort  Morgan  Ditch  Company  in  1883 
he  was  made  its  secretary.  The  following  year 
he  severed  his  connection  with  Mr.  Baker  and 
opened  the  first  real-estate  office  in  Fort  Morgan, 
afterward  being  made  the  agent  of  the  town  site 
company.  When  Morgan  County  was  organized 
he  was  appointed  by  District  Judge  Downer  to 
the  office  of  clerk  of  the  district  court,  and  was 
the  first  county  official  installed  into  office. 
Largely  to  his  efforts  the  organization  of  the 
county  was  due.  He  labored  unweariedly  to 
secure  its  formation,  which  was  rendered  possible 
by  the  division  of  old  Weld  County  in  1888.  He 
was  the  first  insurance  agent  in  Fort  Morgan  and 
now  represents  ten  or  more  insurance  companies. 
Under  President  McKinley,  in  December,  1897, 
he  received  appointment  as  receiver  of  the  land 
office  of  the  Akron  district,  and  assumed  the 
duties  of  the  office  in  January,  1898.  Upon  a 
homestead  and  timber  claim  of  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres,  which  he  took  up  in  1882,  and 
which  adjoins  the  town,  he  has  resided  since  set- 
tling in  this  county. 

Like  many  others  of  Fort  Morgan's  progressive 
citizens,  Mr.  Warner  was  born  in  Wisconsin. 
His  birth  occurred  in  Baraboo,  May  22,  1855, 
his  parents  being  Chauncey  and  Ellen  (Tuttle) 
Warner.  He  was  one  of  four  children,  the  others 
of  whom  are:  Robert  T. ,  a  practicing  attorney  of 
Watertown,  S.  Dak.;  Mary  E.,  wife  of  Capt. 
S.  G.  Swain,  of  Winona,  Minn.;  and  Edwin  C., 
a  business  man  of  Webster,  S.  Dak.  His  father, 
a  native  of  Litchfield,  Conn.,  born  in  1810,  re- 
mained in  that  locality,  engaged  in  farming,  until 
1876,  when  he  removed  to  Dakota.  Upon  the 
organization  of  Day  County  he  was  appointed  a 
county  commissioner.  He  was  strong  in  his 


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Abolition  principles  and  always  supported  the 
policy  of  the  government.  His  death  occurred 
in  January,  1890.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  very  old  families  of  Connecticut,  their 
ancestors  having  come  to  this  country  early  in 
the  seventeenth  century,  and  some  of  the  mem- 
bers took  part  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 

After  completing  the  studies  of  the  Baraboo 
high  school,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  in  1874 
became  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Wis- 
consin, and  this  occupation  he  followed  for  six 
years  or  more.  In  1881  he  came  to  Colorado, 
where  he  has  since  been  identified  with  the 
development  of  the  northeastern  section  of  the 
state.  In  1886  he  married  Miss  Louise  Farns- 
worth,  daughter  of  J.  H.  Farnsworth,  of  Fort 
Morgan.  They  have  three  children,  Leona, 
Esther  and  Wyllys.  The  political  affiliations  of 
Mr.  Warner  are  with  the  Republican  party. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  charter  member  of  Oasis 
Lodge  No.  67,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Fort  Morgan 
Chapter  No.  25,  R.  A.  M.;  and  Silver  Lodge 
No.  60,  K.  P. 

Gl  GRANVILLE  LEWIS,  M.  D.,  president  of 
LJ  the  Sutherland  Mining  Company,  ex-presi- 
/l  dent  of  the  St.  Paul  Gold  Mining  and  Tun- 
nel Company,  and  for  two  terms  mayor  of  Mani- 
tou,  where  he  makes  his  home,  was  born  near 
Ottumwa,  Iowa,  May  24,  1845.  He  descends 
from  Revolutionary  ancestors,  who  took  an  active 
part  in  that  memorable  conflict.  His  great-grand- 
father, Col.  Charles  Lewis,  a  native  of  Virginia 
and  a  planter  there,  was  killed  in  battle  during 
the  Revolution,  and  his  heirs,  in  recognition  of 
his  service,  were  given  a  grant  of  six  thousand 
acres  of  land.  The  grandfather,  Gen.  Charles 
Lewis,  was  breveted  colonel  and  acting  brigadier- 
general  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  commanded  a 
brigade  composed  of  Tennessee  and  Kentucky 
volunteers,  under  General  Jackson,  in  the  battle 
of  New  Orleans.  After  the  war  he  engaged  in 
teaching  school  in  Logan  County,  Ky.,  where  he 
died  at  an  advanced  age.  He  was  a  descendant 
of  Welsh  ancestors,  who  were  early  settlers  of 
Virginia. 

Dr.  J.  M.  Lewis,  a  son  of  General  Lewis,  was 
born  in  Logan  County,  Ky.  He  graduated  from 
the  Louisville  Medical  College,  after  which  he 
practiced  his  profession  in  Henry  County,  Iowa, 
then  in  Wapello  County  and  practiced  in  Jeffer- 
son and  Keokuk  Counties,  traveling  over  the 
country  on  horseback,  with  saddle-bags,  etc. 


For  more  than  forty  years  he  continued  in  prac- 
tice, and  died  at  seventy-nine  years.  His  wife, 
who  was  Hester  Williams,  was  born  in  Clarks- 
ville,  Montgomery  County,  Tenn.,  and  resides  in 
Jefferson  County,  Iowa,  at  eighty -five  years  of 
age.  She  has  always  been  interested  in  church 
work  and  is  a  very  conscientious,  faithful  Chris- 
tian, and  a  member  01  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
denomination.  Her  father,  Capt.  Matthew  Will- 
iams, was  born  in  England,  the  son  of  wealthy 
parents,  but  ran  away  from  home  when  a  boy  and 
shipped  on  board  an  ocean  vessel.  In  time  he  be- 
came master  of  a  ship,  but  in  middle  life,  on  his 
marriage,  he  retired  from  the  sea  and  settled  in 
Clarksville,  Tenn.  He  was  a  large  planter  and 
slave  owner  and  at  his  death,  which  occurred  at 
sixty-five  years,  he  left  a  large  estate.  His  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Lewis,  received  for  her  share  about 
twelve  slaves,  but,  being  a  strong  Abolitionist, 
she  freed  all  of  them.  At  the  time  of  the  battle 
of  New  Orleans,  when  the  soldiers  started  north 
on  foot,  and  were  almost  starved,  her  brother, 
Philip  Williams,  heard  of  their  condition,  and 
packed  fifty  horses  with  provisions,  starting  at 
once  to  their  relief.  He  met  them  on  the  borders 
of  Louisiana.  They  were  for  lornand  hungry, 
with  nothing  to  eat  but  a  half  ear  of  corn  a  day 
each.  He  relieved  their  necessities  and  earned 
their  lasting  gratitude.  The  truth  of  this  incident 
comes  not  only  from  his  side  of  the  house,  but 
also  from  Gen.  Charles  Lewis,  representing  the 
other  side,  who  commanded  the  Tennessee  and 
Kentucky  troops  that  were  relieved. 

Dr.  Lewis  was  next  to  the  eldest  of  eight  chil- 
dren, five  of  whom  attained  maturity  and  four  are 
living,  Charles  having  died  in  Iowa.  William 
M.  is  living  in  Caldwell  County,  Mo. ;  Mary  E. 
and  James  M.  reside  in  Iowa.  The  doctor  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools  of  Iowa.  When 
about  seventeen  years  of  age  he  enlisted  in  the 
Union  army,  and  was  mustered  in  at  Keokuk, 
Iowa,  August  12,  1862,  continuing  to  serve  until 
the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged. During  the  entire  time  of  the  siege  of 
Vicksburg  he  took  part  in  skirmishing.  He  was 
then  sent  down  the  river  and  participated  in  the 
siege  of  Port  Hudson,  later  was  in  Banks'  expe- 
dition up  the  Red  River,  fought  at  Sabine  Cross 
Roads  (where  most  of  the  regiment  were  captured 
by  the  enemy,  but  he  was  one  of  the  twelve  or 
more  who  escaped)  and  then  went  back  to  New 
Orleans.  On  the  parole  of  the  other  men,  he 
crossed  the  gulf  to  Point  Isabel,  went  up  the  Rio 


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Grande  to  Fort  Brown,  near  Brownsville,  where 
he  guarded  the  frontier.  Thence,  'going  to  Peu- 
sacola,  Fla.,  he  re-einbarked  for  Mobile,  and  took 
part  in  the  last  battles  of  Fort  Spanish  and 
Blakeley.  He  was  mustered  out  in  Iowa  in  June, 
1865.  Three  months  after  his  enlistment  he 
acted  as  hospital  steward  and  acting  assistant  sur- 
geon, but  the  commission  promised  him  was  never 
received.  He  had  always  been  interested  in  med- 
cine  and  before  the  war  he  attended  consultations, 
post-mortem  cases,  etc.  The  only  times  he  was 
wounded  while  in  the  service  were  at  Morganza 
Bend,  or  Sterling  farm,  where  he  was  wounded  in 
the  left  hand;  and  at  Vicksburg,  in  the  left  knee, 
while  he  was  helping  to  carry  a  wounded  man 
away  from  the  field. 

After  the  war  our  subject  attended  Axline  Uni- 
versity, at  Fairfield,  Iowa.  Upon  completing  the 
academic  course,  he  matriculated  at  Missouri 
Medical  College,  St.  Louis,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1874,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  He 
was  so  thorough  in  his  work  that  he  was  twice 
publicly  complimented.  For  fifteen  years  he  prac- 
ticed in  the  vicinity  of  Chillicothe,  and  also  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business,  and  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Breckenridge  Savings  Bank.  When 
he  assumed  the  latter  position  the  stock  of  the 
bank  was  selling  at  sixty  cents  on  the  dollar,  and 
in  one  year,  under  his  management,  he  increased 
the  earning  capacity  so  that  stock  sold  at  $1.10. 
While  in  Breckenridge  he  was  elected  mayor  on 
the  Republican  ticket,  by  a  large  majority  over 
the  Democratic  candidate,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that 
the  city  has  always  gone  Democratic  by  over- 
whelming majorities.  In  1887  he  removed  to 
Colorado  and  selected  Manitou  as  the  most  de- 
sirable location  for  a  home.  After  practicing  his 
profession  for  a  time,  his  mining  interests  became 
so  large  that  he  abandoned  his  practice.  He  was 
president,  and  is  still  a  stockholder  and  director 
of  the  St.  Paul  Gold  Mining  and  Tunnel  Com- 
pany, and  he  is  now  president  of  the  Sutherland 
Mining  Company  and  its  general  manager.  Both 
mines  are  located  in  the  Cripple  Creek  district. 

Since  coming  to  Manitou  Dr.  Lewis  has  served 
as  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  twice  was  chosen  as 
mayor.  In  the  fall  of  1897  he  was  the  nominee 
of  the  fusion  ticket  for  sheriff  of  El  Paso  County, 
but  was  declared  not  elected.  He  is  a  man  of  un- 
blemished character,  with  the  broad  intelligence 
and  force  of  will  that  qualify  him  for  any  public 
office  of  trust.  He  is  a  stanch  believer  in  the  free 
coinage  of  silver,  at  the  ratio  of  sixteen  to  one, 


which  he  believes  will  be  the  only  way  to  restore 
prosperity  to  our  country.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Mason  and  a  member  of  Pike's  Peak  Post  No.  40, 
G.  A.  R.,  and  has  been  an  aid  on  the  department 
commander's  staff  almost  every  year  since  he 
came  to  Colorado.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Alumni 
Association  of  the  Missouri  Medical  College  of 
St.  Louis. 

In  1872  Dr.  Lewis  married  Clara  J.  Ross,  who 
was  born  in  Georgetown,  Ohio.  They  have  one  son 
living,  David  Franklin.  Mrs.  Lewis  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  David  Ross  and  great-great-granddaughter 
of  Elizabeth  Ross,  of  Philadelphia,  the  designer 
of  the  American  flag,  and  whose  husband  was  a 
signer  of  the  declaration  of  independence.  Their 
oldest  son  nailed  the  flag  his  mother  had  designed, 
on  the  mast  of  the  vessel  on  which  he  served, and 
when  it  was  shot  down,  he  jumped  into  the  water 
and  brought  it  up.  A  piece  of  this  flag  is  still  in 
the  family.  A  walnut  chest,  made  by  this  same 
son,  and  twice  captured  by  the  British,  and  re- 
taken by  the  Americans,  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  Dr.  Lewis. 

(ILLIS  D.  RUSSELL.  One  of  the  most  im- 
portant industries  of  Pueblo  County  is  the 
stock  business,  and  in  this  occupation  many 
well-known  citizens  are  successfully  engaged. 
Among  them  is  Mr.  Russell,  who  for  years  has 
owned  and  occupied  a  ranch  near  Nepesta,  and 
has  carried  on  general  agricultural  pursuits. 
Since  he  came  to  this  place  he  has  transformed 
the  land  from  a  barren  and  unattractive  stretch 
of  ground  to  a  ranch  containing  many  of  the  mod- 
ern improvements.  The  situation  is  excellent, 
being  on  the  Arkansas  River.  The  property  is 
improved  with  good  buildings,  and  is  supplied 
with  plenty  of  fruit  and  also  a  growth  of  timber, 
making  it  a  desirable  homestead. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Russell  occurred  in  1852. 
His  parents,  John  R.  and  Maria  (Carter)  Rus- 
sell, were  natives  respectively  of  Ohio  and  West 
Virginia,  and  the  latter  was  representative  of  a 
prominent  colonial  family  of  the  Old  Dominion. 
Besides  a  half-sister,  our  subject  has  three  broth- 
ers, namely :  John  T. ,  who  was  a  member  of  the 
Second  Iowa  Infantry  during  the  Civil  war  and 
is  now  living  in  La  Junta,  Colo. ;  Charles  F.,  de- 
ceased, who  was  a  member  of  an  Indiana  regi- 
ment during  the  Civil  war;  and  Frank  T.,  now 
of  Pueblo,  who  served  in  the  Ninth  Iowa  Cavalry 
in  the  Civil  war. 

When  four  years  of  age  our  subject  was  taken 


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to  Iowa  by  his  parents.  His  education  was  ob- 
tained in  the  public  schools  of  Fairfield.  In  1870 
he  came  to  Colorado,  spending  a  year  on  Foun- 
tain Creek.  Ten  years  after  he  came  to  this 
state  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  E. 
Wiggins,  daughter  of  W.  A.  Wiggins,  who  was 
a  Confederate  soldier  in  the  Civil  war  and  took 
part  in  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg,  Antietam 
and  Gettysburg;  he  is  now  making  his  home 
with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Ross,  in  Pueblo  Count}'. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Russell  have  two  sons,  Frank  E. 
and  Rufus  C.  In  politics  Mr.  Russell  was  for- 
merly a  Republican,  but  now  votes  with  the  Peo- 
ple's party.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World. 


0ANIEL  D.  SULLIVAN,  one  of  the  promi- 
nent and  most  successful  grocery  merchants 
of  Leadville,  was  born  at  Ulster,  N.  Y.,  on 
the  Hudson  River,  in  1863,  being  a  son  of  Thomas 
and  Margaret  Sullivan,  natives  of  New  York 
state.  His  father,  who  was  a  member  of  a  pio- 
neer family  of  his  state,  followed  the  tanner's 
trade  throughout  life,  and  continued  to  reside  in 
the  same  locality  until  he  died  in  1876.  In  poli- 
tics he  favored  Democratic  principles.  His  wife, 
who  was  also  a  descendant  of  a  pioneer  family  of 
the  state,  is  still  living  at  the  old  homestead,  and 
notwithstanding  her  seventy-nine  busy  years,  she 
is  strong  and  hearty. 

At  fourteen  years  of  age  our  subject  left  home 
and  went  to  Wisconsin,  where  an  uncle  lived  on 
a  farm.  He  made  his  home  with  the  uncle, 
whom  he  assisted  in  the  cultivation  of  the  land 
during  summer  months,  while  in  the  winter  he 
attended  local  schools.  At  eighteen  years  of  age 
he  went  to  Chicago  and  secured  employment  in 
the  commission  business,  thus  gaining  an  ex- 
cellent knowledge  of  dairy  products,  etc.  From 
Chicago,  in  1882,  he  came  to  Leadville.  His 
first  years  here  were  not  successful.  However, 
after  leasing  a  store  on  Sixth  street,  his  career 
was  one  of  constant  success  and  prosperity. 
While  he  had  very  little  money  to  commence 
with,  he  was  so  energetic,  persevering  and  hon- 
est that  he  won  the  confidence  of  the  wholesale 
houses,  from  Chicago  to  Denver,  and  was  trusted 
by  them  for  large  amounts.  For  three  years  he 
leased  a  building  on  Sixth  street.  In  1894  he 
purchased  the  corner  on  Seventh  street  and  erec- 
ted a  substantial  business  block,  two  stories  high, 
with  his  store  on  the  first  floor,  and  residence 
apartments  on  the  second.  His  store  is  one  of 


the  most  conveniently  arranged  in  Leadville  and 
his  stock  is  the  largest  carried  in  any  grocery 
here,  ten  clerks  being  kept  continually  busy  at- 
tending to  customers,  while  ten  horses  are  used 
in  the  delivering  of  orders  at  private  houses-.  In 
addition  to  the  retail  business,  there  is  also  a  large 
wholesale  trade,  whose  dimensions  are  constantly 
enlarging.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  since  he 
started  in  business  he  has  never  had  a  bill  pre- 
sented to  him  that  he  has  not  paid  promptly,  and 
he  has  never  borrowed  a  dollar  from  a  bank  or 
other  parties.  This  is  especially  remarkable  when 
we  consider  that  he  began  for  himself  without 
capital,  and  had  to  work  his  way  forward,  with- 
out assistance  from  anyone.  The  large  financial 
success  he  has  gained  proves  his  ability  as  a  busi- 
ness man.  In  beginning  in  business  for  himself 
he  gave  his  personal  attention  to  even  the  small- 
est details.  He  saw  that  every  department  of 
his  store  was  furnished  with  a  complete  line  of 
goods,  and  no  grocery  in  Leadville  offers  to  its 
customers  finer  stock  or  choicer  variety  of  goods 
than  that  of  D.  D.  Sullivan  &  Co. 

.  Numbered  among  the  substantial  business  men 
of  the  city,  Mr.  Sullivan  devotes  himself  un- 
tiringly to  the  demands  of  commercial  life,  has 
no  desire  for  political  prominence,  but  is  never- 
theless interested  in  national  issues,  voting  the 
Democratic  ticket,  while  in  local  matters  he  casts 
his  ballot  for  the  man  he  considers  best  fitted 
to  hold  the  office.  A  public-spirited  citizen,  he 
ardently  advocates  the  development  of  local  enter- 
prises and  improvements.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  Lodge  No.  5,  A.  O.  U.  W.  He  and 
his  wife  have  two  children,  William  A.  and  Mar- 
garet R. 


.  WILLIAM  HENRY  DAVIS,  M.  D., 
yr  of  Denver,  was  interested  in  the  organiza- 
[3  tion  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  University  and 
was  one  of  the  original  promoters  of  Gross  Medi- 
cal College,  of  which  he  is  treasurer  and  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  trustees,  also  professor  of 
dermatology  since  the  inception  of  the  institution. 
In  addition  to  his  private  practice  and  his  duties 
in  connection  with  the  college,  he  is  president  of 
the  Long's  Peak  Reservoir  and  Irrigation  Com- 
pany. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Vernon,  ' 
Ind.,  November  28,  1848.     In  1871  he  graduated 
from  the  Indiana  Medical  College,  now  the  medi- 
cal  department  of  the    Indianapolis  University, 
receiving  the  degree  of  M.  D.      After  a  short 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


period  of  practice  in  Indianapolis  he  went  to 
Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  and  in  1876 
he  graduated  from  there.  On  his  return  to  Indian- 
apolis he  was  superintendent  of  tbe  City  hospital 
for  two  terms,  1877-79.  The  severe  strain  caused 
by  his  professional  duties  was  too  much  for  his 
constitution,  and  his  health  broke  down.  He 
came  to  Colorado,  hoping  the  change  of  climate 
might  be  beneficial,  and  in  January,  1880,  opened 
an  office  in  Denver.  The  following  year  he  went 
to  Golden,  where  he  became  surgeon  for  the 
Colorado  Central  Railroad,  and  on  the  removal  of 
their  shops  to  Denver,  in  October,  1883,  he  re- 
turned here,  continuing  to  act  as  surgeon  for  a 
time,  until  he  resigned.  In  1887  he  took  a  post- 
graduate course  in  the  Polyclinic  and  Post-gradu- 
ate Hospital  Medical  Colleges  of  New  York,  where 
he  made  a  special  study  of  dermatology. 


IT  MILE  J.  RIETHMANN,  Swiss  consul  for 
fy  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona,  was 
L  born  in  Switzerland  in  1844.  He  was  four 
years  of  age  when  the  family  came  to  America. 
In  1859,  when^he  was  fifteen,  he  and  his  brother,, 
J.  J. ,  were  induced  to  come  to  Colorado  by  reason 
of  the  discovery  of  gold  in  Pike's  Peak.  His 
older  brothers  had  come  west  in  the  fall  of  1858 
and  L.  D.  remained,  but  J.  J.  started  back  and 
he  was  the  first  to  bring  the  news  of  the  discovery 
of  gold  dust  in  Colorado  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa. 
The  brothers  started  west  with  two  teams  and  a 
wagon  and  arrived  in  what  is  now  West  Denver, 
in  the  spring,  finding  only  a  few  log  houses  in 
this  place.  They  settled  on  the  east  side  of 
Cherry  Creek,  building  a  log  house  in  what  is 
now  East  Denver.  The  house  was  of  a  primitive 
character,  built  of  logs  and  covered  with  dirt, 
while  a  rude  chimney  of  mud  and  sticks  afforded 
an  outlet  for  the  smoke.  The  building  of  a  house 
entitled  a  settler  to  thirteen  lots,  six  of  which 
they  could  choose,  while  seven  were  drawn  by 
lot.  They  constructed  several  cabins  and  thus 
became  the  owners  of  some  forty  lots,  some  of 
which  in  time  became  very  valuable  property. 

In  May,  1859,  the  three  brothers  went  to  the 
mountains  at  South  Boulder,  then  called  Dead- 
wood  Diggings.  From  there  they  went  to 
Gregory's  Diggings  (Central  City)  and  Russell's 
Gulch,  where  they  struck  a  lead  and  mined  until 
they  received  news  of  their  father's  arrival  in 
Denver.  They  then  sold  their  claim  and  returned 
to  Denver,  soon  after  which  our  subject  began  to 
work  upon  the  farm  that  the  family  entered.  In 


1866  he  started  in  the  dairy  business  five  miles 
north  of  Denver,  and  later  began  to  raise  stock. 
He  called  his  place  the  Pioneer  dairy-  and  milked 
as  many  as  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  cows, 
selling  the  milk  in  the  city.  He  started  the  first 
dairy  wagon  in  Denver  (it  was  drawn  by  oxen) 
and  was  one  of  the  first  dairymen  in  the  state, 
having  had  charge  of  a  dairy  wagon  for  his  father 
as  early  as  the  fall  of  1859.  After  having  con- 
ducted the  dairy  business  for  twenty-two  years, 
in  1888  he  sold  out.  He  still  owns  the  old  home- 
stead, but  in  1890  removed  to  Denver,  where  he 
now  resides. 

C.  JONES,  member  of  the  legislature  from 
Colorado  Springs,  has  for  some  years  been 
a  successful  business  man  of  this  city, 
where  he  is  proprietor  of  the  Club  Coffee  restau- 
rant on  South  Tejon  street,  and  the  Blue  Front 
and  Annex  restaurants.  The  success  which  he 
has  attained  proves  that  he  possesses  exceptional 
business  ability  and  good  judgment.  When  he 
came  to  this  place  he  had  no  capital,  but  he  pos- 
sessed a  determined  will  and  industrious  habits, 
and  with  these  qualities  to  assist  him,  he  has 
worked  his  way  forward  to  an  assured  position 
among  the  business  men  of  his  city. 

The  Jones  family  originated  in  Wales.  The 
grandfather  of  our  subject  brought  his  family  to 
the  United  States  and  settled  in  Ohio,  but  after- 
ward became  a  pioneer  of  Emporia,  Kan.,  and 
engaged  in  farming  near  that  city.  He  died 
when  an  aged  man.  The  father  of  our  subject, 
Joshua  Jones,  was  born  in  Cardiganshire,  Wales, 
and  improved  a  farm  in  Kansas,  where  he  died  in 
1875.  He  married  Ann  Maddock,  a  native  of 
Carmarthanshire,  Wales;  she  accompanied  her 
parents  to  Virginia  at  six  years  of  age  and  after- 
ward, with  them,  settled  in  Emporia,  Kan.  One 
of  her  brothers  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war. 
During  the  early  days  of  her  residence  in  Kansas 
the  Indians  were  troublesome,  and  the  settlers 
lived  in  constant  danger  of  attacks,  but  as  the 
settlements  became  more  numerous,  the  red  men 
retreated  before  the  steps  of  advancing  civiliza- 
tion. By  her  first  marriage  she  had  two  sons,  of 
whom  our  subject  is  the  elder;  by  her  second  hus- 
band, Mr.  Davis,  she  had  three  daughters.  Twice 
widowed,  she  is  now  making  her  home  with  her 
elder  son. 

In  Emporia,  Kan. ,  where  he  was  born  August 
i,  1868,  our  subject  attended  the  grammar  and 
high  schools.  In  1887  he  went  to  Salt  Lake  City, 


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Utah,  where  he  spent  six  months,  being  inter- 
ested in  the  restaurant  business  during  part  of 
that  time,  and  later  employed  as  clerk  in  a  dry- 
goods  store.  In  the  fall  of  1887  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado Springs,  where,  with  the  exception  of  two 
years  in  Kansas,  he  has  since  resided.  Oncom- 
ing to  this  city  the  second  time,  he  bought  a  res- 
taurant business,  which  under  his  management 
was  transformed  from  a  losing  venture  to  a  prof- 
itable enterprise.  A  branch  business  was  started, 
which  also  met  with  success.  In  fact,  from  the 
inception  of  the  business  to  the  present  time,  he 
has  been  uniformly  successful.  This  is  due  to 
his  great  energy.  His  increasing  prosperity  did 
not  make  him  forgetful  of  those  less  fortunate 
than  himself.  Many  who  were  friendless  and  des- 
titute have  found  in  him  a  helpful  friend.  Dur- 
ing Christmas  holidays  he  has  provided  food  for 
as  many  as  five  hundred  poor  persons,  but  he  does 
this  without  display  or  ostentation,  and  few  are 
aware  of  the  extent  of  his  charities. 

Besides  the  management  of  his  restaurant  busi- 
ness, Mr.  Jones  was  for  a  time  engaged  in  the 
real-estate  business,  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Irvine  &  Jones,  and  he  has  also  been  interested 
in  the  building  of  residences  in  Colorado  Springs. 
In  the  spring  of  1897  he  was  nominated  and 
elected,  on  the  citizens'  ticket,  to  represent  the 
fourth  ward  in  the  city  council,  and  as  council- 
man he  has  been  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
streets,  alleys  and  lights,  and  a  member  of  other 
committees.  In  the  fall  of  1898, on  the  Democratic 
ticket,  endorsed  by  the  fusionists,  he  was  nomi- 
nated for  the  state  legislature,  and  was  elected. 
Politically  he  supports  the  Democratic  ticket  in 
national  issues,  being  a  stanch  friend  of  free  trade 
and  free  silver.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce. 

Mr.  Jones  was  made  a  Mason  in  El  Paso 
Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  to  which  he  now 
belongs.  He  is  connected  with  the  Benevolent 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  Knights  of  Pythias,  Knights  of  the  Ko- 
rahson  No.  r,  of  Colorado,  and  Pike's  Peak 
Club. 


0AVID  C.  HALL  is  a  well-known  and  suc- 
cessful farmer  of  El  Paso  County.     In  part- 
nership with  Mr.  Sitlington,  he  owns  what 
is  known  as  the  Hall  ranch,  comprising  nearly 
two  thousand  acres  of  land,  and  situated  in  town- 
ship 6,  range  65  west,   sixteen   miles  south  of 


Colorado  Springs,  and  four  miles  south  of  Foun- 
tain. Since  coming  here  in  1890  and  purchasing 
the  ranch  from  Mr.  Hall's  father,  the  partners 
have  erected  two  substantial  houses  and  have 
made  other  improvements  that  have  enhanced 
the  value  of  their  property.  As  agriculturists 
their  specialty  has  been  the  cattle  business,  in 
which  they  have  engaged  successfully.  On  their 
ranch  they  have  usually  about  two  thousand 
head  of  cattle,  buying  and  selling  in  large  quan- 
tities, and  making  shipments  from  the  ranch  to 
the  markets. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Craw- 
ford County,  Pa.,  August  15,  1857,  and  is  a  son 
of  B.  S.  Hall,  mention  of  whom  is  made  else- 
where in  this  work.  He  was  about  six  years  ot 
age  when,  in  1863,  he  was  brought  to  Colorado 
and  he  has  since  made  his  home  in  El  Paso  Coun- 
ty. His  education  was  such  as  the  common 
schools  afforded.  From  boyhood  he  has  been  in- 
terested in  the  cattle  business,  his  tastes  running 
in  that  direction  rather  than  toward  the  profes- 
sions. At  sixteen  he  secured  employment  in 
herding  cattle  for  others,  and  at  the  same  time  he 
started  a  herd  of  his  own,  which,  from  a  small 
nucleus,  has  grown  to  be  a  large  herd.  By  the 
time  he  was  twenty-one  he  had  an  excellent 
start  in  the  business,  and  also  owned  two  cow 
camps  of  deeded  land,  with  one  hundred  and  six- 
ty acres  each.  His  first  partner  was  a  Mr.  Rep- 
logle,  but  on  attaining  his  majority  he  formed  a 
connection  with  Mr.  Sitlington,  and  the  two  have 
been  together  ever  since.  For  several  years  they 
had  their  cattle  on  a  range  in  the  White  River 
country,  in  what  was  then  Garfield(now  Rio  Blan- 
co) County,  but  not  finding  the  business  profita- 
ble there  they  returned  to  El  Paso  County  in  1890, 
and  bought  their  present  property,  since  which 
time  they  have  met  with  unvarying  success. 

August  29,  1890,  Mr.  Hall  married  Miss  Nora 
B.  Atterberry,  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  a  native 
of  this  state,  where  her  parents  have  resided  for 
years.  They  are  the  parents  of  four  children: 
William  H.,  Theodore  Tuttle,  Ola  B.  and  John. 
Reared  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Hall  has  always  adhered 
to  that  party,  but  he  does  not  take  an  active  part 
in  public  affairs,  his  attention  being  concentrated 
upon  his  business.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Elks  and  El  Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  in  Colorado  Springs.  He  is  a  success- 
ful ranchman,  and  is  one  of  the  best  informed 
men  in  the  county  regarding  the  care,  value  and 
sale-of  stock. 


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HON.  RUFUS  CLARK.  Perhaps  there  is 
no  life  that  more  fully  exemplifies  what  it 
is  in  the  power  of  God  to  accomplish  than 
does  that  of  Mr.  Clark.  His  has  been  a  strange 
and  unusual  career.  When  a  lad  of  fifteen  he 
was  converted,  but  in  a  boyish  way,  that  resulted 
from  impulse  rather  than  reason.  He  became  a 
sailor  and  went  to  sea,  which  threw  him  into 
intimate  association  with  a  class  of  men  who 
were  rough  and  Godless,  and  naturally  he  soon 
fell  into  their  ways.  However,  he  says  it  took 
him  a  year  to  learn  to  swear  without  reluctance, 
for  the  oaths  of  the  sailors  at  first  sounded  very 
harsh  to  him.  From  swearing  he  took  another 
step  and  began  to  drink,  in  the  course  of  time  be- 
coming a  confirmed  drunkard.  These  habits 
became  so  imbedded  in  his  nature  that  when  he 
left  the^ea  they  clung  to  him.  He  came  to  Colo- 
rado, a  pioneer,  and  while  financial  success 
attended  his  every  effort  he  continued  a  seem- 
ingly hopeless  slave  to  drink.  His  appetite  for 
liquor  was  insatiable  and  demanded  constantly 
fresh  stimulants. 

It  seems  strange  that,  while  so  deep  in  the  mire 
of  sin  and  drink  that  he  contemplated  committing 
suicide,  he  still  retained  the  confidence  of  busi- 
ness men.  This  was  doubtless  because  his  word 
could  always  be  relied  upon,  even  when  he  was 
under  the  influence  of  whiskey.  Whenever  he 
made  a  promise  to  merchants,  they  knew  he 
would  fulfill  the  obligation.  At  any  time  he 
desired  the  bankers  gave  him  money  without 
security,  though  other  business  men  they  required 
to  furnish  an  additional  signer  as  security.  In 
all  of  these  years  he  was  never  arrested,  though 
looking  back  over  the  past  he  wonders  how  he 
escaped. 

In  the  spring  of  1873  the  noted  evangelist,  Rev. 
E.  P.  Hammond,  was  holding  a  great  revival  in 
Denver,  and  out  of  curiosity  he  attended  the 
meeting  on  the  23d  of  March.  His  sense  of  hon- 
or prevented  him  from  desiring  a  rear  seat,  where 
might  be  others  like  himself,  and  so,  thinking  in 
this  way  he  would  not  create  a  disturbance,  he 
asked  the  usher  to  take  him  as  far  forward  as 
possible.  He  was  given  a  seat  near  the  minister. 
The  meeting  was  enthusiastic.  Mr.  Hammond 
preached  what  was  called  the  gambler's  sermon. 
Sinners  wept  and  there  was  a  great  outpouring 
of  God's  spirit.  He  came  under  conviction  of  sin 
and  was  converted  the  same  night.  At  once  the 
desire  for  drink  was  taken  from  him,  and  during 
the  twenty-five  years  that  have  followed  he' has 


never  had  a  craving  for  liquor.  In  this  the  grace 
of  God  was  abundantly  manifested.  At  first 
people  said  it  was  one  of  his  jokes.  Three  days 
after  his  conversion  there  was  an  open  air  revival 
on  the  street  and  he  told  the  listeners  the  story 
of  his  conversion.  Those  who  heard  him  said 
his  conversion  was  genuine,  but  he  was  so  soaked 
with  whiskey  and  rum  he  would  never  be  able  to 
carry  out  his  reform  and  good  intentions.  As 
the  days  passed,  however,  the  power  of  God 
began  to  be  shown  in  his  life,  and  the  fruits  of 
his  conversion  were  evident  on  every  hand.  He 
united  with  the  United  Brethren  Church,  to 
which  his  benefactions  have  been  continuous. 
With  another  gentleman,  he  also  donated  the 
building  now  occupied  by  the  Salvation  army,  for 
he  is  a  thorough  believer  in  the  good  accomp- 
lished by  this  organization.  At  Shangay  Sherbro, 
Africa,  sixty  miles  from  Freetown,  on  the  west 
coast  of  Africa,  he  built,  in  1886,  a  college  that  is 
known  as  the  Rufus  Clark  and  Wife  Theological 
Training  School.  The  corner  stone  was  taken 
from  John  Newton's  slave  pen  in  Africa,  which 
had  been  built  a  century  ago.  John  Newton  later 
was  converted  and  became  a  noted  evangelist. 
The  building  was  dedicated  in  1887;  it  is  a  three- 
story  structure  of  granite,  and  at  present  has  two 
hundred  and  thirteen  students.  During  its  first 
year  he  paid  for  thirteen  scholarships  to  be  pre- 
sented to  worthy  young  men,  and  in  other  ways 
he  has  promoted  its  welfare. 

The  site  for  the  University  of  Denver  was  the 
gift  of  Mr.  Clark,  who  gave  it  to  the  institution 
together  with  $500  in  cash.  At  that  time  he  es- 
timated that  he  had  given  $16,000  to  the  college, 
figuring  that  the  eighty  acres  were  worth  $200 
per  acre,  but  the  rapid  rise  in  the  value  of  real 
estate  in  a  very  short  time  made  his  gift  worth 
$80,000.  He  has  since  been  a  trustee  of  the 
University. 

HON.  CLARK  WALKER,  who  has  resided 
in  Prowers  County  since  1891,  was  elected 
to  the  state  legislature  in  1896  by  a  majority 
of  one  hundred  and  eight.  He  was  the  nominee  of 
the  People's  party,  the  principles  of  which  he  has 
supported  for  some  years,  although  he  was  reared 
in  the  Whig  faith  and  in  early  manhood  voted 
the  Republican  ticket.  In  the  legislature  he  ad- 
vocated measures  for  the  advancement  of  local 
interests,  as  well  as  those  broader  measures  look- 
ing toward  the  development  of  the  state.  In  every 
respect,  his  representation  of  his  constituents  was 


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satisfactory.  He  held  the  chairmanship  of  the 
committee  on  public  buildings  and  served  as  a 
member  of  the  com  inittee  on  agriculture  and  ir- 
rigation. 

Seventeen  miles  west  of  Columbus,  in  Frank- 
lin County,  Ohio,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  November  8,  1844,  a  son  of  James  B.  and 
Margaret  (Warren)  Walker.  When  he  was  a 
very  small  boy  his  parents  removed  to  Appanoose 
County,  Iowa,  where  he  was  orphaned  at  sixteen 
years  of  age  by  his  father's  death.  In  February, 
1862,  he  enlisted  as  a  member  of  Company  G, 
Fourth  Iowa  Infantry,  and  was  assigned  to  the 
Fifteenth  Army  Corps,  commanded  by  General 
Sherman.  While  at  the  front  he  cast  his  first 
presidential  vote,  which  was  in  support  of  Abra- 
ham Lincoln,  from  the  time  of  the  organization  of 
the  corps  until  it  was  disbanded  he  was  engaged 
in  active  duty  at  the  front.  Soon  after  he  en- 
listed he  was  taken  sick  and  compelled  to  remain 
in  a  hospital  for  a  time,  but  afterward  was  able  to 
report  for  duty  almost  constantly,  although  at 
Lookout  Mountain  he  was  slightly  wounded.  Af- 
ter having  taken  part  in  the  grand  review,  he 
was  mustered  out  in  August,  1865. 

On  his  return  to  Iowa,  Mr.  Walker  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business.  March  7,  1867,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Margaret  Clark,  of 
Mount  Ayr,  Ringgold  County,  Iowa.  Mrs. 
Walker  was  born  in  Kentucky  and  in  childhood 
accompanied  her  parents  to  Indiana,  from  which 
state  her  father  went  to  the  front  in  the  Union 
army,  serving  until  he  lost  his  life  in  the  service. 
Afterward  she  removed  to  Iowa,  where  she  re- 
mained until  the  year  following  her  marriage. 
In  1868  Mr.  Walker  removed  to  Jackson  County, 
Kan.,  and  there  remained  for  two  years.  After- 
ward he  hotnesteaded  a  tract  in  Chautauqua 
County,  that  state,  and  engaged  in  clearing  and 
cultivating  the  land  for  ten  years.  In  addition 
to  farm  work  he  manufactured  grindstones  and  at 
the  same  time  became  familiar  with  the  black- 
smith's trade,  which  he  has  since  followed,  in 
connection  with  agricultural  pursuits.  The  ad- 
vent of  the  railroad  made  it  possible  for  grind- 
stones to  be  brought  from  other  points  cheaper 
than  he  could  manufacture  them,  so  he  closed  out 
the  business.  In  1891  he  removed  from  Kansas 
to  Prowers  County,  Colo.,  and  has  since  identi- 
fied himself  with  the  interests  of  this  section  of 
the  state.  He  is  an  energetic,  persevering  man, 
and  the  competence  which  he  possesses  repre- 
sents years  of  toil  and  unwearied  industry. 


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H.  GOSHEN,  who  is  a  well- 
known  business  man  of  Colorado  Springs, 
came  to  this  state  in  December,  1878,  and 
some  months  later  settled  in  the  city  where  he 
has  since  resided.  The  family  which  he  repre- 
sents is  of  remote  German  descent.  His  great- 
grandfather Goshen  was  a  soldier,  under  General 
Lafayette, in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Grandfather 
Goshen,  died  in  Juniata  County,  Pa.  The  father, 
George  Goshen,  who  was  born  near  Marietta, 
Lancanster, County,  Pa.,  was  a  plasterer  by  trade 
and  followed  the  occupation  until  the  opening  of 
the  Civil  war.  He  then  enlisted  as  sergeant  in  a 
Pennsylvania  regiment,  and  continued  at  the 
front  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Since  then  he 
has  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  near  Miff- 
liu,  Juniata  County,  Pa.,  where  he  still  lives,  at 
seventy-three  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  is 
seventy  years  of  age,  was  Anna  D.  Souders,  a 
native  of  Perry  County,  Pa.  They  became  the 
parents  of  eleven  children,  nine  of  whom  are 
now  living.  The  three  daughters  remain  in  the 
east;  Milton  is  a  farmer  in  El  Paso  County,  Colo. ; 
William  H.  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Howard 
is  a  printer  in  California;  Samuel  and  David  are 
interested  with  our  subject  in  business;  and  Frank 
resides  in  Pennsylvania. 

Near  Mifflin,  Pa.,  where  he  was  born  January 
20,  1854,  the  subject  of  this  article  remained  un- 
til sixteen  years  of  age,  when,  in  1870,  he  was 
apprenticed  to  the  plasterer's  trade, completing  the 
same  at  Altoona,  Pa.  Afterward  he  worked  as 
a  journeyman  in  different  parts  of  Pennsylvania. 
In  1877  he  went  to  Iowa,  where  he  worked  in 
Shenandoah  and  Council  Bluffs  for  one  year.  In 
the  latter  part  of  1878  he  came  to  Colorado,  and 
after  working  at  his  trade  in  Canon  City  until 
the  fall  of  1879,  he  came  to  Colorado  Springs. 
The  following  year  he  embarked  in  contracting 
and  the  manufacture  of  brick,  in  which  he  has 
since  continued,  having  built,  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  city,  brick  yards  with  a  capacity  of  three  mil- 
lion bricks.  Among  his  contracts  have  been 
those  for  the  Robertson,  Oriole,  El  Paso,  Durkee 
and  Gazette  blocks,  the  Garfield  and  Lowell 
schoolhouses,  many  of  the  finest  brick  residences 
here,  as  well  as  a  number  of  the  college  buildings. 
Ever  since  he  came  to  Colorado  he  has  been  in- 
terested in  mining,  his  first  experience  along 
the  line  having  been  in  Cripple  Creek.  He  is 
now  president  of  the  Marguerite  Consolidated 
Gold  Mining  Company  and  vice-president  of  the 
Rickway-Savage  Gold  Mining  Company,  besides 


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which  he  is  interested  in  numerous  other  mining 
companies. 

Aside  from  his  other  large  and  important  inter- 
ests, Mr.  Goshen  has  found  time  for  considerable 
work  in  the  development  and  improvement  of 
real  estate.  He  laid  out  Goshen's  addition,  some 
twelve  acres  lying  in  the  eastern  part  of  Colorado 
City.  Upon  this  property  he  built  a  number  of 
houses,  which  he  afterward  sold.  He  is  now 
laying  out  what  is  termed  Goshen's  second  sub- 
division, an  addition  that  will  contain,  about  one 
hundred  lots.  Politically  he  votes  the  Republi- 
can ticket  and  takes  an  interest  in  public  affairs, 
keeping  posted  concerning  the  great  questions 
before  the  nation  to-day.  Fraternally  he  is  iden- 
tified with  the  Knights  of  Honor. 


(AJOR  JACOB  DOWNING  was  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law  in  Denver  when  the 
Civil  war  began.  On  hearing  of  the  attack 
on  Fort  Sumter  in  1861,  he  organized  Company 
D,  First  Colorado  Cavalry,  of  which  he  was 
commissioned  captain  by  Governor  Gilpin.  He 
marched  with  it  to  New  Mexico  and  was  en- 
gaged in  all  the  battles  of  that  campaign,  being 
promoted  from  captain  to  major  for  gallantry  in 
these  actions. 

When  relieved  from  New  Mexico  duty  Major 
Downing  returned  to  Colorado.  On  arriving  at 
Fort  Lyon,  on  the  Arkansas  River,  he  was 
ordered  to  proceed  to  Fort  Larned,  Kan. ,  and  take 
command  of  that  post.  For  five  months  he  was 
stationed  there.  He  was  compelled  to  protect 
two  hundred  and  forty  miles  of  the  Arkansas 
stage  and  emigrant  route,  with  only  one  hundred 
and  fifty  men.  He  wrote  General  Schofield  for 
more  men,  but  they  could  not  be  furnished. 
Major  Downing  said  he  would  hold  the  post  if  he 
could,  and  General  Schofield  said  "Go  ahead." 
The  major  had  consultations  with  the  northern 
and  southern  chiefs  separately  and  managed  so 
as  to  have  them  fighting  each  other,  which  pre- 
vented them  from  molesting  the  whites.  When 
relieved  from  the  command,  he  was  highly  com- 
plimented by  Major-General  Curtis  for  the  able 
manner  in  which  he  had  performed  his  duties,  for 
during  his  term  of  management  not  a  life  was 
lost,  nor  were  the  stages  materially  molested. 
He  was  appointed  assistant  inspector- general  to 
inspect  Camp  Filmore,  Fort  Lyon,  Camp  Wyn- 
koop,  Fort  Garland,  Guadaloupe,  Forts  Laramine 
and  Halleck,  Camps  Collins,  Sanborn  and  Weld, 
embracing  an  immense  territory  inhabited  only 


by  Indians.  During  the  depredations  of -1864 
many  people  had  been  killed  by  the  savages  and 
supplies  seized.  Colonel  Chivington,  then  com- 
manding the  military  district  of  Colorado.ordered 
Major  Downing  to  take  such  troops  as  could  be 
spared  from  Camp  Sanborn  and  to  find  and  pun- 
ish the  Indians.  After  a  long  search  he  found 
them  camped  at  Cedar  Canon,  and  charged  upon 
them,  routing  them  with  a  loss  of  thirty-eight 
killed  and  many  wounded.  On  returning  to  Den- 
ver three  weeks  later,  he  was  placed  under  arrest 
for  causing  an  Indian  war  and  was  ordered  to  the 
states;  but,  upon  the  request  of  the  inspector- 
general  he  reported  that  the  cause  of  the  trouble 
was  the  action  of  the  Indian  agents,  who  were 
robbing  the  Indians  of  the  supplies  intended  for 
them;  the  Indians  knowing  what  they  ought  to 
have  would  take  revenge  by  killing  white  settlers. 
A  copy  of  this  report  reached  President  Lincoln, 
who  investigated  and  found  that  matters  were 
even  worse  than  reported,  and  had  his  life  been 
spared  the  disturbances  would  soon  have  been 
remedied. 

In  1865  Major  Downing  was  mustered  out  of 
service  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  practice 
of  law.  The  next  year  he  went  to  New  York 
City,  but  not  liking  the  place  he  returned  west. 
In  1867  he  was  elected  probate  judge  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket  and  held  the  position  for  two 
years.  Having  become  the  owner  of  two  thou- 
sand acres  five  miles  west  of  Denver,  in  1869  he 
began  the  improvement  of  the  tract  by  irrigating, 
fencing,  etc.  Here  he  has  since  engaged  in  rais- 
ing cattle  and  horses,  and  in  general  farming. 
He  laid  out  Downing's  addition  to  North  Denver, 
eighty  acres;  Downing's  addition  to  East  Den- 
ver, one  hundred  and  twenty  acres;  and  Down- 
ington,  three  hundred  acres,  on  Colfax  avenue 
near  City  Park.  In  land  and  money  he  gave 
$18,000  toward  the  building  of  the  Colfax  avenue 
street  car.  Some  years  ago  he  originated  the  bill 
providing  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  for  City 
Park,  which  passed  the  lower  house,  but  was  re- 
duced to  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  in  the 
senate.  With  the  assistance  of  other  property 
owners  he  improved  Mount  View  boulevard,  ex- 
tending from  the  park  six  miles  east,  running 
north  of  Downington;  the  street  is  one  hundred 
and  twenty  feet  wide  and  will  eventually  be  the 
finest  drive  in  the  city. 

In  the  introduction  of  improvements  Major 
Downing  has  been  a  pioneer.  In  1862  he  intro- 
duced alfalfa  into  Colorado,  bringing  the  seed 


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from  Old  Mexico  and  planting  it  on  his  farm. 
However,  he  raised  it  for  years  and  used  it  for 
feed  before  others  would  consent  to  use  it;  now 
it  is  considered  indispensable  and  every  farmer 
raises  it  in  large  quantities.  He  also  introduced 
some  of  the  first  fine  breeds  of  poultfy  raised  in 
the  state,  and  brought  fourteen  dozen  quail  to 
Colorado,  the  first  ever  in  the  state.  For  twenty 
years  he  has  raised  sugar  beets,  often  having  as 
much  as  five  hundred  tons  annually,  and  he  has  a 
machine  that  cuts  them  up  for  feeding  to  the  stock. 
In  cattle-raising  he  makes  a  specialty  of  Short- 
horns. He  brought  the  first  Herefords  ever  in 
Colorado,  buying  them  from  Erastus  Corning,  of 
Albany,  N.  Y.  This  was  considered  the  best 
herd  in  England  or  America.  He  paid$i,ooo 
for  three  calves  only  six  months  old.  By  impor- 
tation from  the  east  he  brought  fine  Arabian  stal- 
lions into  the  state,  and  in  the  recent  festival  of 
the  mountain  and  plain  his  horses  were  the  finest 
in  the  parade.  He  owned  the  celebrated  horse 
"South  Australian,"  sired  by  "West  Australian," 
a  thoroughbred  horse  on  both  sides,  and  the  finest 
of  its  kind  ever  in  England.  His  standard-bred 
and  blooded  horses  are  as  fine  as  can  be  found  in 
the  United  States. 


lEORGE  FAHRION,  judge  of  Elbert  Coun- 
ty, was  born  in  Wurtemberg,  Germany, 
April  16,  1836.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  country.  In  1853  he  emi- 
grated to  America.  Landing  in  New  York  City 
in  April,  he  immediately  went  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
where  he  secured  employment  in  a  factory.  One 
year  later  he  moved  into  the  country  and  en- 
gaged in  agricultural  pursuits,  making  a  spe- 
cialty of  gardening.  Subsequently  he  went  to 
Detroit. 

In  1859  he  decided  to  cross  the  plains  to  Colo- 
rado, but  upon  reaching Leavenworth,  Kan.,  he 
accepted  a  position  hauling  for  the  government 
to  Fort  Laramie,  and  in  the  summer  of  1860  con- 
tinued to  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  mining 
at  French  Gulch,  and  later  in  Gilpin  County. 
He  continued  until  September,  1861,  when  he 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  First  Colorado  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  and  served  for  three  years  and 
three  months. 

Upon  receiving  his  discharge  at  Denver  in 
November,  1864,  our  subject  settled  on  a  squat- 
ter's claim  in  Elbert  County,  and  after  the  sur- 
vey of  1866  he  secured  by  pre-emption  a  tract  on 
section  8,  township  8  south,  range  63  west.  Later 


he  homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and 
acquired  a  timber  claim,  having  in  all  four  hun- 
dred and  eighty  acres.  He  has  since  purchased 
other  lands  from  time  to  time,  and  at  present 
owns  about  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  eighty 
acres  of  valuable  land.  In  political  belief  he  is  a 
firm  Democrat,  but  prior  to  1872  was  a  supporter 
of  the  Republican  party.  In  1868  he  was  elected 
justice  of  the  peace  and  served  in  that  capacity 
for  nearly  four  years;  he  was  later  elected  judge 
of  Elbert  County,  which  office  he  has  since  held. 
July  19,  1865,  Judge  Fahrion  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Swena,  of  Denver,  who  was  born  in 
Whiteside  County,  111.  They  have  six  children. 


(I  GEORGE  BENKELMAN.  During  1862 
Mr.  Benkelman  came  to  Colorado.  Like 
(*/.  all  the  early  settlers,  he  experienced  many 
hardships  in  his  journey  westward.  He  joined 
an  ox  and  horse  train  at  Omaha  and  from  there 
followed  the  Platteto  Fort  Morgan,  then  crossed 
the  plains  to  Denver.  Nor  did  his  hardships 
cease  with  the  end  of  the  journey.  Colorado  was 
then  in  its  infancy.  Comforts  were  few  and  of 
improvements  there  were  none,  but  he  had  all  the 
dauntless  perseverance  of  his  race  and  remained 
undismayed  by  hardships  and  reverses.  Finally, 
as  a  result  of  his  judicious  efforts,  he  acquired  a 
fortune.  For  several  years  he  has  been  retired 
from  the  cattle  business,  giving  his  time  to  the 
supervision  of  his  moneyed  interests. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  in  Wurtem- 
berg, Germany.  In  1850,  at  the  age  of  twenty, 
he  left  Antwerp  and  arrived  in  New  York  after  a 
voyage  of  forty-six  days.  Locating  in  Lancas- 
ter, N.  Y.,he  worked  on  a  farm  for  four  years. 
In  1854  he  went  to  San  Francisco,  from  which 
place  he  proceeded  to  the  Yuba  River,  where  he 
engaged  in  prospecting  and  mining  for  eight 
years.  In  the  fall  of  1861  he  returned  by  Panama 
to  New  York  City,  then  went  to  Michigan,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1862  came'to  Colorado  with  a  view 
to  mining  here,  but  instead  turned  his  attention 
to  the  cattle  business. 

After  one  year  on  Turkey  Creek  Mr.  Beukel- 
man  located  in  Black  Hawk,  Gilpin  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  meat  business,  and 
he  also  had  a  market  in  Central  City.  In  1870  he 
located  in  Denver  and  at  the  same  time  started  a 
cattle  ranch  on  the  Middle  Kiowa,  in  Elbert 
County,  where  he  continued  in  business  until 
1876.  His  next  location  was  on  the  South  Fork 
of  the  Republican,  in  Cheyenne  County,  Kan., 


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where  he  first  leased  land,  but  subsequently 
bought  a  large  tract  situated  along  the  south  fork 
of  the  Republican  River.  The  most  of  this  he 
still  owns  and  now  rents.  On  this  ranch  he  had 
from  ten  to  twelve  thousand  head  of  cattle.  Ship- 
ments were  made  each  fall  to  Chicago,  often 
sending  two  trains  of  thirty-three  cars.  In  1883 
he  retired  from  business.  He  has  been  an  active 
member  of  the  Colorado  Cattle  Growers'  Asso- 
ciation, and  is  now  a  director  in  the  Colorado 
Packing  and  Provision  Company,  in  which  he  is 
financially  interested.  Politically  he  votes  the 
Republican  ticket. 


I  EWIS  H.  NELSON  came  to  Fort  Morgan 
1C  iti  the  spring  of  1884  during  the  early  days 
|_2J  of  the  town.  For  a  year  he  worked  at  team- 
ing, after  which  he  engaged  in  the  stock  business 
with  Charles  W.  Kinkel.  In  1886  he  purchased 
the  livery  business  which  he  has  since  success- 
fully conducted.  Two  years  later  he  established 
his  present  business  of  hay,  grain,  farm  imple- 
ments, wagons  and  vehicles  of  all  kinds,  in  the 
building  which  he  had  erected  for  the  purpose. 
As  a  business  man  he  is  enterprising  and  active, 
and  his  success  is  commensurate  with  his  zeal 
and  perseverance. 

In  Hamilton  County,  Iowa,  Mr.  Nelson  was 
born  November  28,  1857,  a  son  of  John  and  Car- 
rie Nelson.  He  was  the  sixth  among  ten  chil- 
dren, seven  of  whom  are  living,  viz.  :  Carrie; 
John  G.,  a  wealthy  land  owner  and -stockman  of 
Hamilton  County,  Iowa;  Jennie  (2nd);  Lewis  H.; 
Espen,  a  farmer  of  Hamilton  County,  Iowa; 
Hilda  and  Iver  (2nd),  who  is  engaged  in  raising 
stock  in  Hamilton  County.  Three  are  deceased; 
Jennie  (ist)  and  Iver  (ist)  and  the  firstborn 
child,  an  infant.  The  father,  who  was  born, 
reared  and  married  in  Norway,  was  a  man  of 
means,  owning  a  one-half  interest  in  a  bank,  a 
large  farm  and  many  head  of  stock.  On  coming 
to  America  he  settled  in  Webster  City,  Iowa, 
and  became  one  of  the  leading  farmers  and  stock- 
men of  his  section.  Later  he  removed  to  Hamil- 
ton County,  where  he  died  in  1869. 

When  eleven  years  of  age  our  subject  began  to 
be  self-supporting.  For  eight  years  he  worked 
for  a  neighboring  farmer  during  the  summer  and 
attended  school  in  winter.  In  1876  he  went  to 
Nebraska  in  company  with  the  man  to  whom  he 
had  bound  himself  until  his  twenty-first  year. 
For  one  year  he  represented  the  nursery  business 
of  F.  W.  Holderman  and  a  publishing  firm,  after 


which  he  rented  a  livery  barn  in  Columbus,  Neb., 
and  carried  on  that  business  for  a  year.  He  then 
came  to  Colorado,  where  he  engaged  in  railroad- 
ing at  Julesburg  for  a  year.  Next  he  went  to 
Denver,  and  for  five  years  followed  various  occu- 
pations, a  part  of  the  time  carrying  on  a  fruit 
store  on  Larimer  street.  In  1883  he  went  to 
Greeley  and  worked  on  a  ranch  for  one  season, 
after  which,  purchasing  a  team,  he  secured  em- 
ployment on  the  High  Line  ditch.  After  a  short 
time  he  came  to  Fort  Morgan,  where  he  has  since 
become  a  prominent  business  man.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Populist.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of 
Fort  Morgan  Camp  No.  193,  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  By  his  marriage,  in  1888,  to  Miss  Min- 
nie R.  Hill,  he  has  a  son,  George  H.,  who  was 
born  August  10,  1889. 


ARTIN  W.  HOHL.  The  fact  that  Logan 
County  furnishes  an  excellent  location  for 
those  desiring  to  engage  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness led  Mr.  Hohl  to  embark  in  the  cattle  indus- 
try here.  While  he  is  still  a  young  man,  he  has 
already  met  with  encouraging  success,  and  holds 
a  place  among  the  rising  young  ranchmen  of  this 
section  of  the  state.  He  resides  one  mile  west  of 
Sterling  upon  a  ranch  that  he  purchased  and  set- 
tled upon  in  the  spring  of  1896.  Since  then  he 
has  been  interested  in  the  breeding  and  raising  of 
cattle. 

A  son  of  Martin  and  Christina  (Smith)  Hohl, 
our  subject  was  born  in  Lee  County,  Iowa,  No- 
vember 10,  1864,  the  second  of  four  sons,  his 
brothers  being  Jacob,  a  merchant  of  New  Rock- 
ford,  N.  Dak.;  John,  a  fanner  in  Lee  County; 
and  Philip,  also  a  farmer  in  that  county.  His 
father,  a  native  of  Germany,  born  in  1833,  came 
to  America  with  his  parents  in  the  year  1845, 
and  settled  with  them  in  Lee  County,  Iowa. 
There  he  grew  to  manhood,  married,  and  settled 
upon  a  farm.  Being  industrious,  in  time  he  be- 
came one  of  the  substantial  farmers  of  his  neigh- 
borhood. He  is  still  living  in  that  county  and  is 
well-to  do  and  highly  respected. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  began  for  himself  by  renting  a  tract 
of  land.  In  the  summer  of  1886  he  farmed  as  a 
renter,  meantime  devoting  his  spare  days  to  work- 
ing for  his  father.  In  the  fall  of  1886  he  deter- 
mined to  come  west.  After  a  few  weeks  spent  in 
Gibbon,  Neb.,  he  came  to  Colorado  and  pre- 
empted one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in 
Logan  County,  eight  miles  southwest  of  Sterling. 


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A  few  days  later  he  returned  to  Gibbon,  Neb., 
where  he  spent  five  months,  and  then  again  came 
to  Colorado,  this  time  crossing  the  plains  with  a 
yoke  of  oxen.  Going  to  his  pre-emption  claim, 
he  devoted  the  summer  to  its  improvement  and 
broke  some  land.  The  following  year,  in  part- 
nership with  a  cousin,  he  rented  a  farm  in  the 
valley  one  mile  north  of  Sterling,  which  place 
they  farmed  in  conjunction  for  one  season.  Later 
he  rented  the  same  place  alone,  cultivating  it  for 
two  years,  after  which  he  spent  one  year  as  a 
renter  on  an  adjoining  farm.  He  then  returned 
to  his  pre-emption  claim.  In  the  meantime  he 
had  added  another  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
to  his  ranch  by  homesteading,  making  the  place 
one  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  There 
he  continued  to  reside  until  the  spring  of  1896, 
and  he  still  owns  both  the  homestead  and  the 
pre-emption  claim.  During  the  last  year  that  he 
rented  land  he  bought  a  small  bunch  of  cattle  and 
began  the  breeding  and  raising  of  cattle,  which  is 
now  his  principal  business. 

In  1894  Mr.  Hohl  married  Miss  Rosa  B. 
Hague,  who  was  born  in  Missouri  and  came  to 
Colorado  with  her  parents  in  1889.  The  only 
child  born  of  this  union  is  a  daughter,  Doris  M. , 
born  March  29,  1898.  Mr.  Hohl  is  one  of  the 
highly  esteemed  citizens  of  his  county.  Politic- 
ally he  votes  the  Democratic  ticket  usually,  al- 
though he  is  inclined  to  be  liberal  in  politics,  as, 
indeed,  he  is  concerning  other  matters  open  to  ar- 
gument and  discussion. 


(JOHN  H.  LUNDY,  treasurer  of  Elbert  Coun- 
I  ty,  is  also  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits 
O  and  stock-raising,  and  is  proprietor  of  a  fine 
farm  located  on  section  27,  township  8,  range  63 
west.  He  was  born  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  Decem- 
ber 1 6,  1845. 

He  was  about  three  years  of  age  when  his  par- 
ents left  their  native  land  and  emigrated  to  the 
United  States,  locating  in  Pawtucket,  R.  I.  In 
the  spring  of  1862  he  enlisted  in  Company  A, 
Ninth  Rhode  Island  Volunteer  Infantry.  Shortly 
after  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run  he  was  taken 
sick  and  was  soon  afterward  discharged.  Re- 
turning to  his  home  in  Rhode  Island,  he  began 
to  learn  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith. 

In  1865  he  started  for  Colorado.  From  St.  Joe, 
Mo.,  he  drove  an  ox-team  to  Denver,  arriving 
there  in  August  of  that  year.  He  began  work- 
ing in  the  mines  at  Russell  Gulch,  and  when  they 
were  closed  in  the  fall  he  went  to  South  Boulder, 
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where  he  spent  the  winter.  In  April  of  the  fol- 
lowing year  he  came  to  Elbert  County  and  for 
two  years  he  worked  in  a  sawmill.  The  next  few 
years  were  spent  in  farming  near  Kiowa  Creek. 
He  then  went  to  California  Gulch,  taking  with 
him  three  mules,  and  worked  at  setting  out  ties. 
After  his  return  to  Elbert  County  he  worked  in  a 
sawmill  for  a  year,  and  then  took  up  a  tract  of 
land  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  Comanche 
Creek.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  fourteen  hun- 
dred acres  of  land,  well  stocked  with  Shorthorn 
cattle.  Politically  he  is  a  firm  supporter  of  the 
Democratic  party,  and  in  1873  he  was  elected 
sheriff,  serving  two  consecutive  terms,  and  was 
elected  treasurer  of  Elbert  County  in  1883-85-95 
and  1897.  He  has  also  been  a  delegate  to  county 
and  state  conventions. 


CHARLES  F.  LUTIN,  who  has  resided  in 
1 1  Colorado  since  1872,  came  to  Logan  County 
\J  in  1882  and  pre-empted  land  four  miles  south 
of  Merino.  At  once  he  began  the  improvement 
of  the  place,  with  a  view  to  engaging  in  the  sheep 
business.  He  bought  a  small  flock,  from  which 
he  gradually  established  a  large  and  profitable 
business.  '  In  1887  he  invested  in  a  bunch  of 
cattle  and  has  since  followed  the  cattle  industry, 
to  which  he  now  devotes  his  entire  attention, 
having  disposed  -of  his  sheep  interests  in  1897. 
He  has  increased  his  land  holdings  until  he  now 
has  one  thousand  acres  of  ranch  land,  all  of 
which  is  under  ditch.  This  property  and  his 
herd  of  cattle  represent  his  judicious  and  con- 
tinued efforts,  and  cause  him  to  rank  among  the 
substantial  men  of  the  county. 

Mr.  Lutin  was  born  in  Avoca,  Wis.,  February 
i,  1853,  a  son  of  Lucas  and  Mary  Lutin.  He 
was  one  of  seven  children  and  the  fourth  among 
six  now  living,  the  others  being  Louis,  a  farmer 
and  stockman  of  Cozad,  Neb.;  Mary,  the  widow 
of  John  Carswell  and  a  resident  of  Dixon,  Wis.; 
Lucas,  a  real-estate  agent  of  Pueblo,  Colo. ;  John, 
a  ranchman  and  cattle-raiser  of  Logan  County; 
and  Elizabeth,  who  is  the  wife  of  Arthur  Ochs- 
ner,  of  Dixon,  Wis.  The  father  was  born  in 
Baden,  Germany;  in  1811,  and  was  there  reared 
and  married,  and  engaged  in  farming.  In  1851  he 
emigrated  to  America,  settling  at  Avoca,  Wis., 
where  at  that  time  few  improvements  had  been 
made,  the  surrounding  country  being  in  its 
primitive  wildness.  He  took  up  a  claim  and 
built  a  house,  after  which  he  cleared  and  culti- 
vated a  farm.  He  continued  to  reside  in  the  same 


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township  (though  not  on  the  same  farm)  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  1882.  His  wife,  a  na- 
tive of  Baden,  born  about  1819,  died  when  forty- 
two  years  of  age. 

When  nineteen  years  of  age  our  subject  came 
to  Colorado.  He  landed  in  Denver  July  7,  1872, 
With  thirty-five  cents  in  his  pocket.  Two  days 
later  his  brother  returned  to  Denver  from  a 
freighting  trip  and  with  his  assistance  our  sub- 
ject secured  a  team  of  mules  and  a  wagon  and 
engaged  in  freighting,  which  occupation  he  fol- 
lowed for  four  years,  freighting  between  Denver 
and  various  mining  camps  (Georgetown,  Fair- 
play,  Alma,  Como,  Montezuma,  Breckenridge, 
etc.).  lu  the  spring  of  1876  he  went  to  Sidney, 
Cheyenne  County,  and  from  there  freighted  to 
the  Black  Hills  and  the  Red  Cloud  agency  during 
the  next  two  years.  The  Indians  were  exceed- 
ingly troublesome  and  he  was  constantly  harassed 
by  them.  In  1877  a  party  of  red  men  drove  off 
his  stock,  but  he  succeeded  in  getting  them  back. 
In  the  spring  of  1878,  when  the  South  Park  and 
the  Rio  Grande  Railroads  were  building,  he  went 
to  Como  and  Colorado  Springs,  and  freighted 
from  these  points  to  Leadville.  While  still  con- 
tinuing as  a  freighter,  in  the  summer  of  1880  he 
and  a  partner  engaged  in  burning  charcoal,  secur- 
ing a  contract  to  furnish  three  thousand  bushels 
a  day.  They  built  extensive  furnaces  and  for 
eighteen  months  made  money  rapidly.  Mr. 
Lntin  then  sold  out  his  interest  to  his  partner 
and  in  1882  came  to  Logan  County,  settling  upon 
the  ranch  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  is  suc- 
ceeding in  the  cattle  business,  to  which  his  time 
and  thought  are  closely  given,  and  in  this 
industry,  the  most  prominent  in  northeastern 
Colorado,  has  acquired  a  reputation  for  soundness 
of  judgment  and  thorough  information. 


r~RED  W.  ARENBERG,  mayor  of  Salida, 
JM  Chaffee  County,  was  born  near  Milwaukee, 
|  *  Wis. ,  in  1858,  a  son  of  Henry  and  Sophie 
(Byers)  Arenberg,  natives  respectively  of  Ger- 
many and  Milwaukee.  His  father,  who  came  to 
America  in  youth,  conducted  a  brewery  and  also 
engaged  in  the  flour  mill  business  and  followed 
the  cooper's  trade.  Our  subject,  who  was  next 
to  the  eldest  of  four  children,  was  educated  in 
public  schools  of  Wisconsin,  and  attended  even- 
ing school  while  learning  the  trade  of  blacksmith 
and  wagonmaker.  For  a  time  he  followed  his 
trade  at  Hartford,  Wis.  At  nineteen  years  of  age 
he  went  to  Minnesota,  and  there,  and  later  in 


Iowa  and  Omaha,  Neb. ,  engaged  in  work  at  his 
trade. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  November,  1877,  Mr. 
Arenberg  spent  a  short  time  at  Colorado  Springs. 
In  1880  he  started  for  the  mountains,  but  stopped 
at  Maysville,  where  he  remained  for  three  and 
one-half  years.  Returning  to  Wisconsin,  he 
worked  at  his  trade  there  lor  eighteen  months, 
when  he  disposed  of  his  business  and  returned  to 
Colorado,  settling  in  Salida.  With  faith  in  the 
future  of  this  then  little  town,  he  determined  to 
establish  his  permanent  home  here,  and  the  re- 
sult has  proved  the  wisdom  of  his  judgment. 
Soon  after  his  arrival  here  he  bought  a  small 
building,  and  here  he  has  since  carried  on  busi- 
ness, building  up  a  good  patronage  and  gaining 
a  reputation  for  the  high  quality  of  his  work. 
He  gives  his  personal  attention  to  the  entire  busi- 
ness, but  employs  three  men  to  assist  in  the  work. 

Politically  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Arenberg  was 
chosen  on  that  ticket  as  a  member  of  the  town 
council,  and  in  the  spring  of  1898  was  elected 
mayor.  He  has  done  much  for  the  benefit  of  the 
town,  and  has  erected  a  number  of  buildings 
here.  In  mining  affairs  he  has  been  interested 
and  has  contributed  toward  the  development  of 
the  mines  of  Chaffee  County.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen  and  Lodge  No.  56,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
September  24,  1880,  he  married  Martha  Monroe, 
of  Lowell,  Mass.,  and  they  have  two  children, 
Earl  and  Edna. 


(TOSHUA  S.  BROWN,  county  commissioner 
I  of  Archuleta  County,  came  to  this  county  in 
C/  1883, and  after  a  few  years  in  Pagosa  Springs, 
homesteaded  and  pre-empted  on  a  half-section  of 
land  twelve  miles  southeast  of  the  village.  Set- 
tling upon  that  tract  he  embarked  in  the  business 
of  a  stock-raiser,  which  he  has  since  carried  on 
in  connection  with  general  farm  pursuits.  In 
the  raising  of  stock  he  has  made  a  specialty  of 
Shorthorn  cattle. 

A  son  of  George  and  Elizabeth  (Leach)  Brown, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Mahaska 
County,  Iowa,  in  1862.  He  was  educated  in 
public  schools  and  remained  in  Iowa  until  he  was 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  when  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  established  his  home  in  Archuleta  Coun- 
ty. He  has  led  an  industrious  life  and,  as  a  re- 
sult of  his  perseverance  and  energy,  has  become 
well-to-do,  his  possessions  in  stock  and  land 
bringing  him  in  a  fair  income.  He  has  not  mar- 


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ried,  but  has  been  content  to  keep  "old  bache- 
lor's hall." 

The  Republican  party  receives  the  allegiance 
of  Mr.  Brown.  Since  1890  he  has  served  as 
county  commissioner,  having  first  been  appointed 
to  fill  a  vacancy  from  July  up  to  the  fall  of  1889, 
and  was  elected  in  1892,  1895  and  1898.  In  this 
office  he  has  been  instrumental  in  promoting  local 
enterprises  and  has  worked  for  the  advancement 
of  the  county.  In  public-spirited  affairs  he  has 
been  a  prime  mover.  For  four  years  he  was  a 
member  of  the  state  committee,  and  in  his  county 
has  for  a  decade  been  a  leader  of  the  party.  In 
fraternal  relations  he  is  connected  with  Pagosa 
Camp  No.  412,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


(51  LMON  BURNS  is  one  of  the  honored  pio- 
|_1  neers  of  Colorado,  having  made  his  home  in 
|  I  this  state  since  1859.  He  formed  an  in- 
timate acquaintance  with  the  hardships  and  pri- 
vations of  frontier  life,  but  as  the  result  of  his  in- 
dustry and  resolution  he  now  has  a  fine  ranch 
situated  on  Fountain  Creek,  about  twelve  miles 
from  Pueblo,  in  Pueblo  County.  It  is  all  in  the 
creek  bottom  and  is  well  watered  and  fertile. 

Mr.  Burns  was  born  January  4,  1826,  in  New 
York  state,  where  he  was  reared,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of  twen- 
ty years  he  went  to  Wisconsin,  with  his  family, 
and  later  became  a  resident  of  Illinois.  He  had 
four  brothers,  but  all  are  now  deceased.  Of  his 
three  sisters  who  are  still  living,  one,  Mrs. 
Charles  F.  McCarty,  is  a  resident  of  Pueblo. 

In  1859  our  subject  came  to  Colorado,  where 
he  engaged  in  mining  and  prospecting  in  the 
mountains  for  some  years.  When  the  Civil  war 
broke  out  he  enlisted  in  the  First  Colorado  In- 
fantry, and  for  four  years  was  in  active  service, 
participating  in  many  battles  with  the  Indians, 
and  being  stationed  in  Mexico  a  part  of  the  time. 
By  his  comrades  it  is  said  that  he  was  a  valiant 
soldier,  always  at  his  post  of  duty,  and  that  he 
never  was  reprimanded  for  any  misdemeanor. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Burns  settled  upon 
his  present  ranch  in  Pueblo  County,  and  was  not 
long  in  transforming  the  wild  land  into  highly 
cultivated  fields.  During  these  years  he  has  al- 
ways dealt  in  stock,  and  has  made  a  specialty  of 
raising  fine  horses  and  cattle,  but  his  life  of  toil 
.has  told  upon  his  constitution,  and  he  is  now 
hardly  able  to  attend  to  his  business  affairs,  being 
afflicted  with  rheumatism.  He  is  an  honored 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  is  a 


good  neighbor,  and  stands  high  in  the  community 
where  he  has  so  long  made  his  home.  He  is  one 
of  the  few  now  living  who  settled  in  this  state 
as  early  as  1859,  and  his  name  belongs  on  the  roll 
of  honored  pioneers. 


GJAMUEL  H.  GOLDSMITH  is  engaged  in 
r\  farming  and  stock-raising  on  the  north  side 
\!~)  of  the  Arkansas  River,  three  miles  from 
Pueblo,  where  he  has  a  valuable  homestead,  with 
good  improvements  and  all  the  modern  acces- 
sories of  agriculture.  Almost  his  entire  life  has 
been  passed  upon  the  place  where  he  now  resides, 
and  he  is  therefore  familiar  with  the  methods  of 
farming  best  adapted  to  the  soil.  He  is  a  young 
man  of  energy  and  application  and  is  succeeding 
admirably  in  his  work  as  a  stock-raiser  and  gen- 
eral farmer. 

On  the  farm  which  he  now  owns  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  was  born  in  1866.  He  is  a  son  of 
Henry  Goldsmith,  who  was  born  on  the  Rhine 
River  in  Germany  and  in  1849  came  to  Colorado, 
settling  in  Denver.  From  there  he  removed  to 
Pueblo  County  in  1861  and  entered  the  land 
where  he  afterward  resided.  The  place  had  no 
improvements  whatever,  but  under  his  intel- 
ligent oversight  the  land  was  placed  under  culti- 
vation, a  substantial  house  and  barn  were  built, 
and  other  necessary  improvements  were  made. 
He  was  not  spared  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his 
labors,  but  died  in  1872,  while  in  middle  age. 
His  wife  was  born  in  the  same  place  as  himself 
and  died  on  the  home  farm  in  Pueblo  County  *n 
1894.  She  left  a  son  and  daughter,  the  latter, 
Mrs.  N.  Weil,  being  now  a  resident  of  New 
Mexico. 

Reared  on  the  home  farm,  Mr.  Goldsmith  re- 
ceived his  education  here  and  in  Denver.  For  some 
time  he  was  engaged  in  business  in  Denver,  but 
three  years  after  the  death  of  his  mother,  he  re- 
turned to  the  homestead,  where  he-  now  deals 
in  stock  and  engages  in  raising  various  farm 
products.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  is 
now  serving  as  deputy  county  assessor.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World.  He  was  married  in  1895  and  has  one 
son,  Ernest. 

CHARLES  H.  DEGRAFF.  Farming  and 
1 1  stock-raising  have  formed  the  chief  occupa- 
\J  tion  of  Mr.  Degraff,  and  the  energetic  man- 
ner in  which  he  has  taken  advantage  of  every 
method  that  would  enhance  the  value  of  his  prop- 


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erty,  proves  him  to  be  a  man  of  excellent  judg- 
ment and  great  enterprise.  In  1887  he  bought 
three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  on  section  30, 
township  1 6,  range  65  west,  near  the  city  of  Colo- 
rado Springs.  L,ater,  by  additional  purchase,  he 
became  the  owner  of  ten  hundred  and  twenty- 
seven  acres.  His  present  possessions  have  been 
accumulated  since  he  came  to  this  state,  as  at  that 
time  he  had  no  capital. 

Our  subject  was  born  in  Woodstock,  Ulster 
County,  N.  Y.,  August  13,  1861,  a  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Eliza  J.  (Hardenburg)  Degraff.  He 
was  reared  on  a  farm  and  received  a  common 
school  education.  In  1881  he  came  to  Colorado. 
For  four  years  he  worked  in  the  employ  of  his 
uncle,  David  Degraff,  after  which  he  rented  the 
latter' s  farm  for  a  year.  With  the  money  he 
saved  during  these  five  years  he  invested  in 
property,  comprising  a  part  of  his  present  ranch. 

In  Columbia  County,  N.  Y.,  March  3,  1886, 
Mr.  Degraff  married  Miss  Catharine  Elting,  who 
was  born  in  that  county.  Two  children,  Clyde 
and  Frank,  bless  this  union.  As  a  worthy  repre- 
sentative of  the  farmers  of  El  Paso  County,  Mr. 
Degraff  is  highly  respected  wherever  known.  By 
a  course  of  industry  and  good  management  he 
has  laid  the  foundation  of  a  very  valuable  prop- 
erty, and  his  land  indicates  to  what  good  pur- 
pose he  is  laboring. 


HON.  JAMES  F.  GARDNER,  of  Castle  Rock, 
Douglas  County,  was  residing  in  Nebraska  at 
the  time  of  the  discover)'  of  gold  in  Pike's 
Peak.  In  company  with  William  B.  Beck  and 
George  M.  Chilcott  (who  later  represented  Colo- 
rado in  congress  and  in  the  United  States  senate)  he 
spent  two  months  on  the  road  to  Colorado,  mak- 
ing the  trip  with  an  ox-team.  He  started  west 
March  15,  1859,  and  on  his  arrival  in  the  moun- 
tains engaged  in  prospecting  until  illness  tem- 
porarily interrupted  work  of  all  kinds.  In  Nov- 
ember, 1859,  he  came  to  what  is  now  Douglas 
County,  and  here  he  engaged  in  contracting  for 
logging  for  a  mill  until  August,  1864,  when  the 
mill  was  closed,  on  account  of  the  Indian  out- 
break. He  was  chosen  commander  of  a  military 
company  that  was  organized,  and  through  appli- 
cation to  the  governor,  secured  arms  for  the  men. 
A  stockade  of  logs  was  built,  in  which  the  settlers 
remained  from  August  to  November. 

While  there  Mr.  Gardner  was  sent  for  by 
Colonel  Shoup,  of  Denver,  who  made  the  proposi- 
tion that  if  he  would  enlist  the  men  into  a  regi- 


ment, such  as  preferred  to  go  could  do  so,  and  the 
others  could  remain  to  guard  their  homes.  Mr. 
Gardner  enlisted  the  men  and  took  them  tp  Camp 
Wheeler,  where  they  remained  until  December, 
serving  one  hundred  days,  with  himself  as  com- 
missary sergeant.  In  December,  1864,  on  being 
mustered  out,  he  returned  on  a  visit  to  New 
York  state,  where  he  remained  until  July  of  the 
following  year.  He  then  came  back  to  Cali- 
fornia ranch  and  bought  the  land,  with  the  large 
hotel.  The  travel  along  the  road  was  enormous, 
sometimes  as  many  as  one  hundred  teams  going 
by  in  a  single  day.  He  was  successful  in  the 
hotel  business,  which  he  followed  until  1867.  In 
the  meantime  he  acted  as  agent  for  the  Denver 
&  Santa  Fe  Stage  Company.  In  1882  he  received 
from  President  Arthur  a  commission  as  Indian 
commissioner  for  the  confederated  bands  of  Ute 
Indians,  and  was  one  of  five  who  settled  the  In- 
dians on  their  reservation.  The  work  was  com- 
pleted in  a  year.  In  October,  1883,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Indian  agent  with  headquarters  at  the 
reservation  in  Utah,  where  he  remained  for  three 
years. 

Though  reared  a  Democrat,  Mr.  Gardner  early 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  Republican  party.  In 
1862,  when  Douglas  County  was  organized,  -he 
was  appointed  the  first  county  clerk  and  served 
for  a  year.  In  1863  he  was  elected  county  treas- 
urer. At  the  expiration  of  his  term  he  was 
elected  to  the  territorial  legislature  and  served  for 
two  years,  after  which  he  served  one  term  as 
county  treasurer.  In  1872  he  was  again  elected 
to  the  legislature,  and  in  the  fall  of  1876  was 
chosen  state  senator,  which  position  he  filled  for 
four  years.  From  1888  to  1892  he  was  again  a 
member  of  the  senate  and  in  1896  was  elected  to 
the  lower  house.  During  his  service  in  the  legis- 
lature he  took  part  in  the  election  of  United 
States  senators  seven  times.  He  also  served  as 
chairman  of  a  number  of  important  committees 
and  as  a  member  of  others. 


f£)  ILBERT  H.  DOWNER,  clerk  of  the  district 

b  court  for  Prowers  County  and  for  some  years 
past  a  resident  of  Lamar,  holds  a  high  place 
in  the  regard  of  those  among  whom  he  has  made 
his  home.  The  education  which  he  obtained  was 
largely  acquired  through  his  own  exertions,  for 
by  his  own  industry  and  perseverance  he  defrayed 
his  college  expenses  and  secured  a  start  in  the 
world. 

A  son  of  T.   C.    and   Margaret  E.   (Holmes) 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


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Downer,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Ohio  County,  W.  Va.,  October  16,  1860.  Until 
fourteen  years  of  age  he  resided  in  Virginia  and 
Ohio.  In  1875  he  accompanied  the  family  to  Buf- 
falo County,  Neb.,  and  settled  upon  a  farm, 
where  he  made  a  heroic  effort  to  clear  and  culti- 
vate a  tract  of  land,  but  the  plague  of  grasshop- 
pers proved  too  great  an  evil  to  be  overcome. 
After  a  year  he  went  to  Page  County,  Iowa,  and 
with  his  parents  settled  upon  a  farm,  where  he 
remained  for  ten  years.  In  1886  he  came  to 
Lamar,  then  just  started.  In  a  short  time  he 
proceeded  to  La  Junta,  where  he  obtained  a  posi- 
tion as  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Commerce.  From 
there  in  1891  he  went  to  Denver,  and  was  em- 
ployed by  a  real-estate  firm  in  that  city  for  one 
year. 

At  Hutchinson,  Kan.,  April  7,  1892,  Mr. 
Downer  married  Miss  Josephine  Stahl,  a  native 
of  Ohio.  Five  children  comprise  their  family, 
Bonita,  Marguerite,  May,  Raymond  and  Marian. 
Since  his  marriage  Mr.  Downer  has  resided  in 
Lamar,  where,  in  1895,  he  was  appointed  to  the 
office  he  has  since  satisfactorily  filled. 

When  he  was  a  boy  he  had  such  advantages  as 
the  common  schools  afforded.  Desirous  of  ac- 
quiring a  more  extended  knowledge,  he  entered 
the  high  school  at  Shenandoah,  Page  County, 
Iowa,  and  continued  there  until  shortly  before 
the  time  for  graduation.  He  then  left  school  and 
entered  the  Western  Normal  College  at  Shenan- 
doah, where  he  took  the  regular  course  and  re- 
mained for  three  years,  graduating  in  1886,  as 
valedictorian  of  his  class.  In  order  to  assist  in 
the  defraying  of  his  college  expenses  he  taught 
for  two  years,  but  the  work  was  not  congenial, 
and  he  gave  it  up  for  other  enterprises.  In  fra- 
ternal relations  he  is  connected  with  Lamar  Camp 
No.  36,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


[~~DWARD  A.  THEOBOLD,  member  of  the 
rp  firm  of  Moon  &  Theobold,  dealers  in  meats 
I  and  market  produce  at  Breckeuridge,  Sum- 
mit County,  and  a  rising  young  business  man  of 
this  city,  was  born  in  Honesdale,  Wayne  County, 
Pa.,  September  25,  1873,  a  son  of  Adam  and 
Theresa  (Vogel)  Theobold.  He  was  one  of 
twelve  children,  all  but  three  of  whom  are  living. 
His  father  was  a  native  of  Germany,  born  in 
1833,  and  in  early  manhood  emigrated  to  the 
United  States,  settling  in  Honesdale,  Pa.,  where 
he  established  and  prosperously  conducted  a 
hardware  business.  After  a  long  and  active 


business  life  he  retired  in  1896,  disposing  of  his 
business  interests,  and  since  then  he  has,  in  leis- 
ure, and  surrounded  by  every  comfort,  been  en- 
joying the  fruits  of  his  many  years  of  business 
activity. 

Upon  the  completion  of  his  education,  at  eight- 
een years  of  age,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  left 
home  and  began  in  the  world  for  himself.  He 
had  no  capital,  but  was  so  energetic,  enterprising 
and  determined  that  success  could  safely  be  pre- 
dicted of  him.  Coming  to  Colorado,  he  arrived 
in  Denver  April  10,  1891.  In  that  city  he  se- 
cured employment  with  H.  E.  Potter,  a  market- 
man,  but  remained  in  that  market  for  only  thirty 
days.  He  accepted  a  position  in  Idaho  Springs, 
where  he  was  connected  with  a  meat  market  for 
more  than  six  months.  From  that  place  he  came 
to  Breckenridge  and  here  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  November  i,  1898,  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  George  E.  Moon^  in  the  meat  business, 
and  began  his  business  career  as  a  member  of 
this  enterprising  firm.  He  is  one  of  the  prom- 
ising young  men  of  Breckenridge  and  has  many 
friends  among  the  people  of  this  city. 


iEORGE  FIEDLER,  assessor  of  Summit 
County  and  since  1894  a  resident  of  Breck- 
enridge, was  born  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  June 
1855,  a  son  of  Moritz  and  Henrietta  (Korn), 
Fiedler,  natives  of  Germany.  He  was  the  eldest  of 
eleven  children,  of  whom  nine  besides  himself  are 
living,  viz.:  Mary,  Emma,  Caroline,  Charles  J., 
Henrietta,  Anna,  Frederick  H. ,  Theodore  P.  and 
Laura.  The  father,  who  was  born  in  1833, 
learned  the  trades  of  carpenter  and  cabinet-maker 
in  his  youth.  In  1854  he  emigrated  to  America 
and  settled  in  Rochester,  N.  Y. ,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade  of  carpenter,  continuing  to  reside 
in  that  city  until  his  death,  in  1886.  His  wife, 
who  was  born  in  1832,  came  to  America  on  the 
same  vessel  with  Mr.  Fiedler  and  shortly  after 
reaching  this  country  was  married  to  him.  She 
is  still  living  and  occupies  the  old  homestead  in 
Rochester. 

When  thirteen  years  of  age  our  subject  began 
to  earn  his  livelihood.  At  thirteen  years  of  age 
he  entered  a  paper  mill  in  Rochester,  where  he 
worked  hard,  receiving  in  return  a  small  salary. 
His  earnings  were  contributed  to  the  support  of 
the  family.  After  a  year  in  the  mill  he  became 
an  employe  of  one  of  the  shoe  manufacturers  of 
Rochester.  During  the  ten  years  that  followed 
he  was  employed  much  of  the  time  in  this  line  of 


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work.  With  a  desire  to  better  his  condition  he 
decided  to  come  west.  In  the  spring  of  1879  he 
went  to  Kansas,  where  he  spent  six  months  on  a 
stock  ranch  in  Coffey  County.  In  the  fall  of  the 
same  year  he  came  to  Colorado.  During  the 
winter  he  was  employed  in  the  Union  Pacific 
freight  depot  in  Denver.  From  there,  in  the 
spring  of  1880,  he  proceeded  to  Montezuma, 
where  he  began  prospecting.  The  winter  that 
followed  he  spent  in  Denver,  returning  in  the 
spring  to  Montezuma,  where  he  resumed  pros- 
pecting and  mining,  and  he  has  continued  inter- 
ested in  mining  to  the  present  time.  From  1886 
to  1890  he  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  Montezuma.  In  1884  he  was  appointed 
assistant  postmaster  and  afterward  was  given  the 
position  of  postmaster,  which  he  held  until  1891. 
In  1894  he  moved  his  place  of  residence  from 
Montezuma  to  Breckenridge. 

Interested  in  local  affairs,  Mr.  Fiedler  is  a  lead- 
ing representative  of  the  Democratic  party  in  his 
town.  Upon  the  party  ticket  he  has  been  elected 
to  various  offices.  For  two  terms  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  town  board  of  Montezuma.  For  twelve 
years  he  has  filled  the  position  of  notary  public, 
and  for  many  years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
school  board.  During  the  fall  of  1897  he  received 
election  to  the  office  of  assessor,  which  he  has 
since  filled  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  people.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Patriotic  Order  Sons  of  Amer- 
ica and  is  a  loyal  and  law-abiding  citizen  of  his 
country.  About  the  time  of  his  location  in 
Breckenridge  he  was  married,  August  i,  1894,  to 
Miss  Delia  Kostbahn,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


[""RANK  EDBROOKE.  The  farm  which  is 
rrf  owned  and  operated  by  Mr.  Edbrooke  lies 
|  on  section  22,  township  22,  range  50  west, 
and  is  six  miles  northwest  of  the  village  of  Cad- 
doa,  Bent  County.  Since  he  established  his  home 
here  in  1888  he  has  made  many  valuable  im- 
provements. A  portion  of  the  property  was  se- 
cured by  pre-emption,  the  remainder  by  pur- 
chase or  as  a  homestead,  and  at  the  time  of  set- 
tling on  the  place  no  .improvements  whatever 
had  been  made.  He  now  has  water  rights  under 
the  Fort  Lyon  ditch,  and  has  erected  the  build- 
ings that  are  necessary  for  the  proper  conduct  of 
the  farm.  In  connection  with  the  raising  of  farm 
products  he  has  given  considerable  attention  to 
stock,  and  has  a  fine  herd  of  Polled-Angus  thor- 
oughbred cattle,  in  the  raising  of  which  he  has 
met  with  encouraging  success. 


The  son  of  William  and  Sarah  (Clarke)  Ed- 
brooke, the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Somersetshire,  England,  July  n,  1861.  His 
boyhood  years  were  uneventfully  passed  in  his 
native  shire,  where  he  received  such  advantages 
as  the  common  schools  afforded.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-three,  having  resolved  to  seek  a  home  in 
America,  hecrossed  the  ocean  and  after  a  voyage 
often  days  landed  in  New  York.  From  there 
he  went  to  Texas,  where  he  was  employed  in  the 
stock  business  for  two  years.  He  first  saw  Colo- 
rado in  1886,  and  here  he  has  since  made  his 
home,  believing  that  no  state  in  the  Union  can 
surpass  the  Centennial  state  in  wealth  of  unde- 
veloped resources.  After  having  worked  for  two 
years  in  the  employ  of  others,  he  took  up  a  pre- 
emption and  homestead  and  also  bought  some 
land,  the  whole  comprising  his  present  ranch. 
He  is  a  hardworking  man,  with  the  perseverance 
that,  combined  with  good  judgment,  almost  in- 
variably brings  the  possessor  success. 

While  Mr.  Edbrooke  has  never  identified  him- 
self with  public  affairs  and  has  never  sought  nor 
desired  public  office,  he  is  nevertheless  interested 
in  all  matters  affecting  the  welfare  of  our  coun- 
try, and  especially  such  as  pertain  to  the  pros- 
perity of  the  farmers  of  southeastern  Colorado. 
He  gives  his  vote  in  support  of  the  principles  for 
which  the  Democratic  party  stands.  In  fraternal 
relations  he  is  connected  with  Elder  Lodge  No. 
ii,  I.  O.  O.  F. 

flOHN  B.  FRASHER,  treasurer  of  San  Miguel 
I  County  and  a  resident  of  Telluride  from  the 
Q)  time  of  its  organization  as  a  town,  has  been 
connected  with  frontier  life  from  an  early  age, 
and  has  many  an  interesting  story  to  tell  of  pio- 
neer days,  when  Indians  were  numerous  and  wild 
animals  roamed  through  the  trackless  forests  or 
across  the  plains.  When  he  was  less  than  twen- 
ty years  of  age  he  journeyed  by  team  over  the 
plains  from  Junction  City,  Kan.,  to  Elizabeth- 
town,  N.  M.,  a  distance  of  seven  hundred  miles. 
During  the  fall  of  the  same  year  (1868)  he  traveled 
by  ox -team  from  Elizabethtown,  N.  M.,  to  Cen- 
tral City,  Colo.,  covering  the  distance  of  four 
hundred  miles  in  twenty- five  days.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  miners  at  Georgetown,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  prospecting  during  its  "boom"  days. 
In  the  summer  of  1869  he  was  one  of  the  Adams 
party  that  left  Breckenridge  to  go  down  the  Colo- 
rado river  by  boat,  but  at  the  falls  of  the  Blue 
and  Grand  river  the  boats  were  lost  and  the  party 


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then  scattered,  he  returning  to  Georgetown.  For 
ten  years  he  prospected  and  rained  at  that  camp, 
after  which,  in  1881,  he  went  to  Chaffee  County, 
and  the  following  year  came  to  Telluride,  when 
this  place  was  just  being  started.  Here  he  en- 
gaged in  mining  until  1886,  after  which,  for  four 
years,  he  served  as  postmaster  under  Cleveland's 
administration.  In  1 893  he  was  elected  on  an  inde- 
pendent ticket,  treasurer  of  San  Miguel  County, 
and  in  1895  and  1897  was  re-elected  to  the  office, 
which  he  has  filled  with  great  credit  to  himself. 

A  son  of  Henry  and  Sarah  (Pearsall)  Frasher, 
our  subject  was  born  in  Fayette  County,  Pa.,  in 
1848,  and  in  1855  was  taken  by  his  parents  to 
Ohio,  where  he  was  educated  in  common  schools. 
From  there  in  1868  he  came  west,  making  a  trip 
to  New  Mexico,  where  he  prospected  and  mined 
for  a  few  months.  In  1868  he  came  to  Colorado, 
where  he  spent  two  years  in  Central  City,  and 
ten  years  in  Georgetown,  carrying  on  the  work 
of  a  miner  and  prospector.  He  is  one  of  the  old- 
est miners  in  the  state,  and  his  long  experience 
in  mining  makes  his  opinion  on  the  subject  valu- 
able. Like  most  miners,  he  has  had  his  share  of 
both  successes  and  reverses,  of  prosperity  and  ad- 
versity. His  attention  is  now  given  almost 
wholly  to  his  official  duties,  although  he  has 
other  interests  of  an  important  nature.  While 
living  in  Georgetown,  he  was  married  in  1877  to 
Miss  Ida  M.  Lowe,  who  died  in  1897,  leaving 
four  children. 

f"\AUL  MEIER,  county  commissioner  of  Chey- 
LX  enne  County  and  the  owner  of  a  ranch  situ- 
[3  ated  near  the  village  of  Kit  Carson,  was  born 
in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  1869.  He  is  a  son  of 
Simon  and  Magdeline  (Cook)  Meier,  natives  of 
Germany,  but  residents  of  the  United  States  from 
an  early  age.  His  father,  who  first  settled  in 
Rochester,  continued  to  reside  in  New  York  state 
for  some  years,  but  finally  removed  to  Kansas, 
and  has  since  carried  on  a  stock  business  in  that 
state.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  is  a 
well-informed  men  regarding  current  political 
events.  He  and  his  wife  were  the  parents  of 
three  sons,  of  whom  Peter  is  a  druggist  in  Grin- 
nell,  Kan.;  and  S.  J.  is  a  school  teacher  in  that 
state. 

The  first  thirteen  years  of  our  subject's  life 
were  passed  in  Rochester,  where  he  attended  the 
public  schools.  From  there  he  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Kansas,  where  he  grew  to  manhood. 
In  1887  he  came  to  Colorado  and  secured  em- 


ployment as  manager  of  a  ranch,  remaining  in 
that  position  for  six  years.  He  then  removed  to 
a  ranch  one  mile  from  Kit  Carson,  and  here  he 
has  since  conducted  a  stock  business,  raising 
horses  and  cattle  and  selling  them  for  shipment  to 
eastern  markets.  He  has  given  his  time  and  at- 
tention closely  to  farming  and  stock-raising,  and 
is  rapidly  accumulating  a  valuable  property. 

In  1897  occurred  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Meier  to 
Lena,  daughter  of  L.  F.  Rhodes,  a  farmer  and 
stockman  of  Cheyenne  County.  A  local  leader 
of  the  Republican  party,  on  that  ticket  Mr. 
Meier  was  in  1896  elected  commissioner  of  Chey- 
enne County,  and  in  addition  to  filling  this  posi- 
tion he  has  for  years  served  as  secretary  of  the 
school  board. 


ROBERT  R.  STERLING,  who  has  had  his 
business  headquarters  in  Breckenridge  since 
1891  and  whose  prominence  as  a  mining  and 
civil  engineer  is  not  limited  to  any  town  or  coun- 
ty, but  extends  through  the  state,  is  an  Ohioan 
by  birth.  He  was  born  in  Hamilton  County, 
March  9,  1858,  a  son  of  Samuel  G.  and  Eliza 
(Smith)  Sterling.  He  was  one  of  nine  children, 
five  of  whom  are  living.  The  eldest  ol  these, 
Henry  L.,  is  purchasing  agent  of  the  Standard 
Oil  Company  of  Kentucky,  with  his  headquarters 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Mary  F.,  the  older  daugh- 
ter, is  living  at  home,  and  the  younger  daughter, 
Ida  B. ,  is  a  professional  nurse.  The  youngest  of 
the  family  is  Winthrop  S. ,  vice-dean  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Music  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

A  native  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  born  May  14,  1819, 
Samuel  G.  Sterling  was  nine  years  of  age  when 
his  mother  removed  with  her  two  sons  to  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio.  His  father,  who  was  an  iron  founder, 
had  died  a  short  time  previous  to  their  removal. 
Samuel  grew  to  manhood  in  Cincinnati  and  ac- 
quired a  finished  education  in  Woodward  College. 
In  1842  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Eliza 
Smith,  a  native  of  Cincinnati.  With  his  young 
wife  he  settled  in  Clifton,  a  delightful  suburb  of 
Cincinnati.  There  he  was  president  of  Resor 
Academy  and  later  superintendent  of  public  con- 
struction of  the  board  of  public  works  in  Clifton, 
which  position  he  filled  efficiently  for  forty-five 
years.  He  continued  as  president  of  the  academy 
until  1868,  after  which  he  gave  his  attention  en- 
tirely to  official  duties.  Since  the  annexation  of 
Clifton  to  Cincinnati  he  has  lived  retired  from 
business  duties. 

In  the  academy  of  which  his  father  was  presi- 


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dent,  also  in  Woodward  high  school,  our  subject 
laid  the  foundation  of  his  education,  which  was 
further  extended  by  attendance  at  the  McMicken 
University  and  the  University  College  in  London, 
England.  On  his  return  to  the  United  States  he 
spent  a  short  time  at  his  father's  home.  In  1879 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  for  six  months  remained 
in  Georgetown.  From  there  he  went  to  the 
Gunnison  district,  where  he  began  mining  and 
civil  engineering.  In  1895  he  returned  east  and 
for  a  time  was  employed  on  the  public  works  of 
Clifton.  Since  1891  he  has  made  his  headquar- 
ters in  Breckenridge,  Colo. ,  although  his  occu- 
pation is  of  such  a  nature  as  to  cause  consider- 
able travel.  In  1895  and  1896  he  was  employed 
by  the  village  of  Clifton,  Ohio,  to  assist  in  pub- 
lic works,  and  in  1895  he  was  employed  by  the 
Standard  Oil  Company  in  the  construction  of 
storage  tanks  in  Indiana  and  Ohio.  As  an  en- 
gineer his  ability  is  recognized  throughout  Colo- 
rado and  the  contracts  given  him  are  of  an  im- 
portant nature  and  carefully  filled  under  his  per- 
sonal supervision. 

July  10,  1897,  Mr.  Sterling  married  Miss  Ade- 
laide Bunney,  who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and 
died  in  Leadville,  Colo.,  August  28,  1898,  leav- 
ing a  daughter,  Madaline. 


HENRY  HASLEY,  president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Leadville  Live  Stock  Com- 
pany, has  been  connected  with  this  firm  as 
manager  since  1891,  and  in  1897  was  elected  to 
the  presidency.  Under  his  efficient  supervision 
the  business  has  assumed  immense  proportions, 
and  the  company  have  become  the  owners  of  a 
large  number  of  cattle  on  the  range.  While  at 
times  these  are  sold  for  other  markets,  the  usual 
custom  of  the  firm  is  to  prepare  the  beef  for  sale 
to  butchers,  their  business  being  exclusively 
wholesale. 

Mr.  Hasley  was  born  in  Allegheny, -Pa.,  in 
1857,  a  son  of  Jacob  and  Annie  (Trimby)  Has- 
ley, natives  respectively  of  Switzerland  and  Ger- 
many, both  of  whom  came  to  the  United  States 
in  early  life.  The  father,  who  settled  in  Penn- 
sylvania, engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  soap  and 
owned  a  plant  which  is  now  operated  by  his 
nephews.  Later  he  engaged  in  the  meat  busi- 
ness, in  which  he  continued  until  his  retirement 
in  1893,  and  since  then  he  has  lived  quietly  in 
Allegheny,  having  no  business  cares  other  than 
the  oversight  of  his  property.  A  lifelong  Repub- 
lican, he  takes  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs. 


In  religion  he  is  connected  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  In  his  family  there  are  two 
sons  and  four  daughters,  namely:  Henry;  John, 
who  is  connected  with  a  coal  business  in  Denver; 
Maggie,  wife  of  C.  F.  Frazel,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
who  has  been  a  salesman  for  the  Arbuckle  Com- 
pany for  twenty  years;  Annie,  wife  of  Charles 
Cneis,  who  has  been  with  the  Arbuckles  for  six- 
teen years;  Rosie,  wife  of  Ernest  Walters,  a 
tailor  of  Allegheny,  Pa.;  and  Katie,  Mrs.  Will- 
iam Felter,  of  Pittsburg. 

When  nineteen  years  of  age  our  subject  began 
to  learn  the  butcher's  trade  under  his  father's 
instructions.  After  two  years  in  Pittsburg,  in 
1879  he  came  to  Leadville,  where  he  engaged  in 
mining  and  the  lumber  business,  being  with 
Tingley  S.  Wood  for  some  time,  and  later  with 
Pierce,  Reef  &  Co.  After  a  time  he  purchased  an 
interest  in  the  latter  business,  and  the  firm  name 
became  Hasley,  Pierce  &  Co.,  the  members  being 
Messrs.  Hasley,  Pierce,  Reef,  Nichols  and  Adams. 
Upon  selling  his  interest  in  the  concern  he  went 
to  Ogden,  but  soon  returned  to  Leadville,  and 
since  1891  has  been  connected  with  the  Leadville 
Live  Stock  Company.  Besides  his  interest  in  the 
business,  he  owns  a  large  ranch  in  Garfield 
County. 

While  not  actively  interested  in  politics,  Mr. 
Hasley  is  a  loyal  supporter  of  Republican  prin- 
ciples and  candidates.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Elks  and  the  Woodmen  of  the 
World.  In  1888  he  married  Zona  McCurdy,  who 
was  born  in  Ohio,  but  grew  to  womanhood  in 
Iowa.  He  is  a  public-spirited  and  progressive 
citizen,  in  whom  the  best  interests  of  the  com- 
munity find  a  friend. 


fipAMUEL  COHEN,  one  of  the  leading  mer- 
7\  chants  of  Park  County,  owning  stores  at 
\jj/  Fairplay  and  Leavick,  was  born  in  the  city 
of  Wloclawek,  state  of  Warsaw,  Poland,  in  1845, 
and  was  the  only  child  of  his  parents.  The  fam- 
ily being  poor,  it  was  impossible  for  him  to  attend 
school.  At  eleven  years  of  age  he  became  an 
errand  boy  in  a  mercantile  house,  where  he  laid 
the  foundation  of  his  subsequent  successful  busi- 
ness life.  Having  determined  to  come  to  Amer- 
ica, where  a  poor  man  would  have  better  oppor- 
tunities than  in  his  native  land,  in  August,  1866, 
he  arrived  in  New  York  City.  For  some  time  he 
met  with  varying  success.  Acting  upon  the  ad- 
vice of  a  mercaritile  friend,  he  decided  to  come 
west.  He  arrived  in  Denver,  Colo.,  in  the  fall  of 


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1873  and  from  that  city  went  to  Pueblo,  where 
he  had  friends  However,  he  found  a  small 
town,  with  little  prospect  of  success,  and,  as  his 
means  were  limited,  he  thought  best  not  to  re- 
main there.  Strapping  his  blankets  on  his  back, 
he  started  out  to  look  for  a  suitable  business  lo- 
cation. He  walked  the  entire  distance  from 
Pueblo  to  Fairplay.  On  his  arrival  here,  believing 
he  had  at  last  found  a  favorable  opening,  he  be- 
gan in  business  on  a  small  scale.  Possessing  an 
abundance  of  that  indomitable  will  and  self-reli- 
ance, given  to  those  who  are  early  in  life  thrown 
upon  their  own  resources,  he  prospered  from  the 
first.  Soon  he  became  recognized  as  a  leading 
merchant  of  his  town.  He  invested  heavily  in 
mining  property  and  devoted  his  earnings  to  the 
development  of  the  mining  industry  of  the  coun- 
ty. In  the  early  '8os,  when  there  was  a  lull  in 
mining  activities  and  labor  was  clamoring  for 
employment,  unlike  others  who  thought  only  of 
their  own  business  safety  and  suspended  opera- 
tions, he  considered  the  welfare  of  the  miners  and 
spent  his  money  even  more  freely  than  usual, 
continuing  the  active  development  of  his  prop- 
erty. He  has  done  as  much  as  anyone  toward 
the  development  of  Park  County's  mineral  re- 
sources and  deserves  much  of  the  credit  for  the 
present  prosperity  of  the  county. 

Mr.  Cohen  is  the  father  of  seven  children,  of 
whom  the  oldest  son  has  charge  of  the  mercantile 
establishment  at  Leavick.  For  twelve  years  he 
held  office  as  treasurer  of  Doric  Lodge  of  Masons, 
and  for  a  similar  period  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  town  council.  He  has  also  rendered  ef- 
ficient service  upon  the  school  board  of  Fairplay. 


|~~ZEKIEL  WESLEY  ST.  JOHN.  This  gen- 
re) tleman,  who  spent  his  early  manhood  in 
I  active  business,  is  now  living  retired  on  his 
ranch  in  Pueblo  County,  between  Buelah  and 
Rye.  A  man  of  great  energy  and  more  than 
ordinary  business  capacity,  his  success  has  been 
largely  due  to  his  own  efforts  and  sound  judg- 
ment, which  have  enabled  him  to  secure  a  com- 
fortable competence. 

Mr.  St.  John  was  born  in  Hubbardton,  Rut- 
land County,  Vt.,  in  1822,  a  son  of  Ezekiel  and 
Amy'(Needham)  St.  John.  His  father,  who  was 
a  school  teacher  in  the  Green  Mountain  state,  was 
born  on  Christmas  day,  1800,  and  died  on  Christ- 
mas day,  1840.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of 
1812,  as  was  also  the  maternal  grandfather  of  our 
subject.  When  only  four  years  old,  our  subject 


was  taken  by  his  parents  to  St.  Lawrence  Coun- 
ty, N.  Y.,  and  there  his  early  life  was  passed, 
his  education  being  obtained  in  its  district  schools. 
In  1849  he  removed  from  that  state  to  Davis 
County,  111.,  where  the  following  three  or  four 
years  were  spent.  He  worked  as  a  machinist  and 
engineer  throughout  the  greater  part  of  his  act- 
ive life,  being  thus  employed  for  some  years  along 
the  Mississippi  River,  both  in  Illinois  and  Iowa. 
In  1881  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  at  Pu- 
eblo, where  he  did  carpenter  work  and  contract- 
ing with  George  Lannon  for  some  years,  but  for 
the  past  ten  years  has  lived  retired  upon  his 
ranch  in  Pueblo  County. 

In  1856  Mr.  vSt.  John  married  Miss  Rhoda 
Clarissa  Mitchell,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  Her 
people  were  of  English  extraction  and  early  set- 
tlers of  the  Keystone  state.  She  had  four  broth- 
ers, all  of  whom  were  in  the  Union  army  during 
the  Civil  war.  The  children  born  to  our  subject 
and  his  wife  are  as  follows:  Thomas,  Josiah 
M.  S. ,  who  enlisted  in  the  Fifteenth  Infantry, 
U.  S.  A.,  and  went  to  Cuba  during  the  war  with 
Spain;  Clara  May,  wife  of  William  Fox;  Pearl, 
wife  of  Charles  Miller;  Louis  R.,  who  died  in 
Pueblo  in  1896;  and  Hattie  Miller,  who  died  in 
the  same  city.  Mr.  St.  John  has  given  to  each  of 
his  daughters  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
land,  and  owns  a  good  home  in  Pueblo.  Since 
the  organization  of  the  Republican  party  he  has 
been  one  of  its  stanch  supporters.  He  is  widely 
and  favorably  known,  and  is  held  in  high  regard 
by  the  entire  community  in  which  he  lives. 


I  ONE.  FOOTE ,  former  receiver  of  the  United 
It  States  land  office  at  Hugo,  Lincoln  County, 
LJ  and  now  proprietor  of  the  King  ranch,  ten 
miles  north  of  Hugo,  was  born  in  Lycorning 
County,  Pa.,  February  28,  1856,  a  son  of  Myron 
and  Amy  (Wilson)  Foote.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, Capt.  William  Foote,  was  an  officer  in  the 
Union  army  during  the  Civil  war.  He  spent  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
was  a  dealer  in  horses  and  proprietor  of  a  hotel. 
His  death  occurred  in  Pennsylvania  in  1872.  The 
maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Ira  Wilson, 
was  a  farmer  in  Pennsylvania,  and  had  several 
sons,  all  of  whom  took  part  in  the  Civil  war. 

Myron  Foote  was  born  in  York  state  February 
12,  1833,  and  in  early  life  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  in  Pennsylvania.  In  1870  he  removed 
to  Hall  County,  Neb.,  where  he  was  a  farmer 
and  stockman.  From  there  he  went  to  the  Black 


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Hills  in  1875.  Later  he  spent  a  short  time  in 
Colorado,  Oregon  and  Washington,  then  returned 
to  Colorado,  from  there  went  to  Idaho,  and  finally 
came  back  to  Colorado,  where  he  died  July  25, 
1896.  During  the  war  he  was  employed  by  the 
government  as  a  horse  inspector.  His  wife  died 
in  1863,  leaving  three  sons,  one  of  whom  is  a 
farmer  in  Elbert  County,  Colo.;  and  Willis  E., 
whowasengaged  in  farming  and  the  stock  business 
in  Elbert  County,  died  January  16,  1897. 

In  the  schools  of  his  native  county  our  subject 
obtained  a  fair  education.  He  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Nebraska  and  from  there  removed  to 
Colorado,  settling  near  Deertrail,  Elbert  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  stock  business  until 
1 890.  During  that  year  he  came  to  Lincoln  Coun- 
ty. May  25,  1890,  he  received  from  President 
Harrison  the  appointment  of  receiver  of  the 
United  States  land  office  at  Hugo,  which  position 
he  held  for  four  years  and  three  months,  and  re- 
tired under  the  Cleveland  administration.  He 
then  resumed  agricultural  pursuits.  For  three 
years  he  lived  on  the  John  Bent  ranch,  four  miles 
west  of  Hugo,  after  which  he  was  employed  at 
the  Lincoln  County  reservoir  for  a  year,  and  then 
settled  upon  a  ranch,  where  he  now  engages  in 
raising  sheep  and  horses. 

February  27,  1881,  Mr.  Foote  married  Miss 
Mary  A.  Knight,  daughter  of  James  Knight,  a 
farmer  of  Jefferson  County,  Kan.  She  died  Janu- 
ary 19,  1883,  leaving  an  only  son,  Marion  L. 
The  second  marriage  of  Mr.  Foote  united  him 
with  Susanna  Knight,  a  sister  of  his  former  wife. 
This  union  has  been  blessed  by  three  children. 
Fraternally  our  subject  is  identified  with  the  Ma- 
sonic Lodge  at  Burlington,  Elbert  Lodge  No.  86, 
I.  O.  O.  F. ,  and  the  Woodmen  of  the  World,  No. 
152.  In  politics  he  has  from  youth  been  stanch 
in  his  allegiance  to  the  Republican  party. 


(I  ACOB  A.  BETTS,  who  is  engaged-  in  farni- 
I  ing  and  stock-raising  on  Hardscrabble 
Q)  Creek,  near  Wetmore,  eleven  miles  south 
of  Florence,  Fremont  County,  came  to  his  pres- 
ent place  in  1873  and  was  one  of  the  early  set- 
tlers of  the  locality.  He  has  been  successful  in 
the  cultivation  of  his  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  and  has  carried  on  general  farm  pursuits 
extensively,  besides  which  he  has  a  number  of 
cattle  and  horses  and  gives  some  attention  to  the 
stock  business. 

The  Belts  family  has -lived  in  America  for  sev- 
eral generations.     The  grandfather  of  our  subject 


removed  from  Lancaster  County,  Pa.,  to  Boons- 
boro,  Md.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  David 
Betts,  our  subject's  father,  was  born  in  Maryland, 
and  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade  in  youth, 
afterward  carrying  on  a  large  shop  at  Funkstown, 
immediately  north  of  Hagerstown,  and  on  the 
main  thoroughfare  from  Baltimore  to  Wheeling. 
His  trade  was  large;  he  had  as  many  as  eight 
fires  and  gave  employment  to  a  number  of  men. 
In  addition,  he  also  conducted  a  hotel.  Politi- 
cally he  was  a  Democrat  and  upon  his  party 
ticket  was  elected  to  a  number  of  local  offices. 
By  his  marriage  to  Elizabeth  Macsilles  he  had 
five  sons  and  four  daughters  who  attained  ma- 
turity. Of  these  only  four  sons  are  now  living, 
viz. :  Daniel,  who  makes  his  home  in  Sterling, 
111.;  Luther,  of  Chewsville,  Md.;  Jacob  A.;  and 
Alfred  H.,  who  resides  in  Columbus,  Kan. 

Near  Hagerstown,  Md. ,  our  subject  was  born 
November  12,  1830.  In  boyhood  he  learned  the 
tailor's  trade,  which  he  followed  until  twenty- 
four  years  of  age.  Then,  going  west,  he  spent 
two  years  in  Illinois  and  from  there  settled  in 
Colorado.  The  gold  excitement  was  just  begin- 
ning when  he  crossed  the  Missouri  River  in 
1858.  He  reached  Denver  in  May,  1859,  and 
found  a  small  town  of  tents,  with  few  people, 
and  wholly  destitute  of  comforts.  Proceeding  to 
the  mines,  he  worked  during  the  summer  months 
as  a  miner.  In  the  fall  he  started,  with  his 
teams,  for  New  Mexico,  but  found  the  winter  too 
severe  for  his  cattle  there.  Returning  in  the 
spring,  he  resumed  mining.  Soon,  however,  he 
returned  to  New  Mexico,  where  he  prospected. 
At  the  time  the  Baker  excitement  started  in  the 
San  Juan  Valley  he  proceeded  toward  that  sec- 
tion of  the  country,  but  when  near  Pueblo  was 
taken  ill.  For  some  time  he  lay  ill  at  the  Hicklin 
ranch  and  upon  recovering  worked  for  Mr. 
Hicklin,  caring  for  his  stock  for  two  years.  He 
then  went  to  Denver,  with  the  intention  of  pur- 
suing his  way  to  the  Black  Hills  in  Montana,  but 
Indians  were  so  numerous  and  hostile  that  he 
concluded  it  would  be  unwise  to  go.  Returning 
to  Pueblo  he  engaged  in  the  grocery  business 
there.  After  four  years,  in  the  spring  of  1867, 
he  sold  out,  and  began  to  be  interested  in  the 
stock  business.  He  bought,  from  John  Dawson, 
a  large  bunch  of  cattle,  which  he  brought  to  Red 
Creek  from  the  St.  Charles  in  1868.  In  1873  he 
moved  to  the  ranch  where  he  now  makes  his 
home. 

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and  1865  he  served  as  sheriff  of  Pueblo  County, 
when  the  city  of  Pueblo  was  the  headquarters 
of  a  lawless  gang  and  the  work  of  sheriff  involved 
many  dangerous  duties.  For  almost  fifteen  years 
he  has  been  president  of  the  school  board,  and  it 
is  largely  due  to  his  efforts  that  eight  or  nine 
months  of  school  are  now  taught,  instead  of  four 
months,  as  in  former  days.  He  owns  a  half-in- 
terest in  the  Whistle  mine  at  Querida,  which, 
though  only  partly  developed,  shows  a  good 
assay.  Besides  his  farm,  with  its  handsome 
residence  of  stone,  built  in  1873,  he  is  the  owner 
of  real  estate  in  Canon  City. 

Novembers,  1866,  Mr.  Betts married  Sarah  E., 
daughter  of  Richard  Parker.  Her  father  was  a 
native  of  Tennessee,  where  for  years  he  owned  a 
plantation,  but  in  1833  he  removed  to  Illinois, 
and  in  1865  he  came  with  his  family  to  Canon 
City.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Betts  are  the  parents  of  two 
sons  and  seven  daughters,  viz.:  William  D., 
who  was  shot  and  killed  by  a  drunken  Mexican, 
when  he  was  a  lad  of  sixteen  years;  Rose  E. , 
Mrs.  John  A.  Kelly,  deceased;  Emma  M.,  who 
married  E.  R.  Tucker,  and  resides  on  the  home 
farm;  Alice  J.,  Mrs.  William  A.  Tribble,  de- 
ceased; Annie  E.,  wife  of  Fred  S.  Allen,  living 
near  {he  old  homestead;  Jacob  A.,  Mary  L., 
Eva  C.  and  Edith  Helen,  who  are  at  home. 


A.  ARBOGAST,  M.  D.,  of  Breckenridge, 
and  county  physician  of  Summit  County, 
was  born  in  Pocahontas  County,  Va.  (now 
Va.),  September  25,  1847,  a  son  of  John  and 
Margaret  (Yeager)  Arbogast,  being  the  second  of 
three  sons.  His  older  brother,  Joel,  is  a  promi- 
nent farmer  of  Kansas  and  formerly  served  as 
postmaster  of  Fontana;  the  younger  brother,  Eld- 
ridge  U.,  is  engaged  in  farming  near  Florence, 
Ala.  The  father  was  born  in  Pocahontas  County 
and  in  youth  studied  for  the  ministry  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church.  After  his  ordination  he 
gave  himself  wholly  to  the  preaching  of  the  gos- 
pel. Undoubtedly  his  life  would  have  been  a 
most  useful  one  and  he  would  have  attained  prom- 
inence in  his  denomination,  had  his  early  death 
not  terminated  his  career.  The  accidental  falling 
of  a  tree  upon  him,  in  1850,  left  his  three  sons 
fatherless  before  they  were  old  enough  to  realize 
their  loss.  He  left  three  thousand  acres  of  farm 
land,  which  his  wife,  being  a  woman  of  courage 
and  energy,  managed  with  success  after  his  death, 
until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  changed  their 
future. 


The  family  were  pronounced  Abolitionists,  while 
their  neighbors  were  southern  sympathizers.  It 
soon  became  unpleasant  and  even  dangerous  for 
them  to  remain  and  they  were  finally  compelled 
to  flee  from  their  home.  They  paid  a  man  $10 
a  day  to  harness  one  of  their  teams  and  drive 
them  through  into  the  Union  lines  at  Beverley, 
W.  Va.  They  took  with  them  nothing  but  the 
clothes  that  they  wore.  During  the  night  the 
older  brother,  Joel ,  fled  from  the  state,  having  been 
drafted  into  the  Confederacy,  with  which  he  was 
not  in  sympathy. 

At  Washington  Court  House,  Ohio,  where  the 
family  settled,  our  subject  attended  the  public 
schools.  Later  he  took  a  course  of  study  in  the 
Holbrook  Institute  at  Lebanon,  Ohio.  After  com- 
pleting his  education  he  taught  in  Fayette  Coun- 
ty, Ohio,  for  thirteen  years  and  in  Iowa  for  one 
year.  Having  determined  to  enter  the  medical 
profession,  he  entered  the  Ohio  Medical  College 
in  Cincinnati,  where  he  took  the  first  course  of 
lectures.  In  order  to  obtain  the  money  necessary 
for  the  continuation  of  his  studies,  he  came  to 
Colorado  in  the  spring  of  1880  and  secured  an 
appointment  as  "ditch  tender  on  the  Gold  Run 
ditch  near  Breckenridge."  In  the  fall  he  re- 
turned to  Cincinnati,  where  he  took  his  second 
course  of  lectures.  In  the  spring  of  1881  he  re- 
turned to  Breckenridge  and  resumed  work  as 
"ditch  tender."  During  the  winter  of  1882-83  ne 
finished  his  studies  in  the  medical  department  of 
Denver  University.  On  his  return  to  Brecken- 
ridge he  opened  an  office  and  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  His  skill  as  a  practitioner 
gained  him  a  constantly  increasing  number  of 
patients  and  he  prospered. 

In  1883  Dr.  Arbogast  was  appointed  to  fill 
an  unexpired  term  as  county  superintendent  of 
schools  of  Summit  County,  which  county  at  that 
time  embraced  all  of  Garfield,  Eagle  and  Rio 
Blanco  Counties,  and  parts  of  Grand  and  Routt. 
After  the  expiration  of  the  term  he  was  regularly 
elected  to  the  office  and  for  the  three  terms  fol- 
lowing this  (covering  a  period  of  nine  years)  he 
succeeded  himself  in  the  position.  His  experi- 
ence as  a  teacher  and  his  knowledge  of  schools 
was  of  the  greatest  value  to  him  in  his  work  as 
superintendent.  From  one  small  building  (now 
a  blacksmith  shop)  which  was  then  the  best  school 
in  the  entire  region,  the  schools  have  reached  a 
position  second  to  few  counties  in  the  state.  For 
two  terms  he  served  as  coroner  of  Summit  County, 
for  a  similar  period  of  two  elections  was  mayor  of 


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Breckenridge,  and  is  now  serving  his  seventh  term 
as  county  physician. 

By  the  Colorado  State  Medical  Society,  of  which 
he  is  a  member,  Dr.  Arbogast  was  appointed  a 
delegate  to  the  American  Medical  Association's 
convention  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  in  June,  1899. 
He  is  identified  with  the  Pan-American  Medical 
Congress,  comprising  the  United  States,  Canada 
and  Mexico.  He  is  also  connected  with  the  Rocky 
Mountain  Inter-State  Medical  Association  and  the 
International  Association  of  Railway  Surgeons, 
and  has  acted  as  surgeon  for  the  Denver,  Lead- 
ville  &  Gunnison  Railroad  (now  the  Colorado  & 
Southern)  ,ever  since  its  building.  For  thirty  years 
or  more  he  has  been  a  Mason,  and  for  years  has 
acted  as  secretary  of  Breckenridge  Lodge  No.  47, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  is  also  medicine  man  of 
Kiowa  Tribe  No.  6,  of  the  Order  of  Red  Men. 
In  Denver,  May  13,  1883,  he  married  Miss  Lillian 
A.  Smith,  a  native  of  New  Haven,  Conn.  They 
became  the  parents  of  three  children:  Minnie  L. , 
deceased;  Clio  L-  and  Clarence. 


ROBERT  H.  ASHWORTH,  member  of  the 
board  of  alderman  of  Colorado  Springs  and 
a  civil  engineer  of  this  city,  has  resided  here 
since  the  4th  of  July,  1890,  and  owns  a  comfort- 
able residence  at  No.  1028  Bluff  street.  He  was 
born  near  Pomeroy,  Meigs  County,  Ohio,  Au- 
gust 5,  1850,  a  son  of  Robert  and  Sarah  (Mur- 
ray) Ashworth,  natives  of  the  same  county  as 
himself.  His  grandfather,  David  Ashworth,  was 
born  in  Ireland,  of  English  descent,  and  settled 
in  Ohio,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  until  his 
death.  Robert  Ashworth  was  owner  of  a  tan- 
nery near  Pomeroy,  and  it  is  still  in  the  family, 
being  operated  by  a  son.  He  died  April  26, 
1897,  at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years.  His  wife, 
who  was  the  daughter  of  a  farmer,  died  in  March, 
1892,  at  the  age  of  seventy -nine  years.  She  was 
the  mother  of  four  sons  and  one  daughter  who 
attained  mature  years.  The  eldest  of  these, 
David,  was  a  member  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Fortieth  Ohio  Infantry  during  the  Civil  war  and 
is  now  living  at  the  old  homestead,  where 
Charles,  the  second  son,  also  resides.  Augustus 
is  with  the  Titus  Paper  Company  in  Middletown, 
Ohio,  and  Mrs.  Hoskins,  the  daughter,  also  re- 
sides in  Meigs  County,  Ohio. 

After  studying  in  the  public  schools  and  the 
National  Normal  School  at  Lebanon,  Ohio,  our 
subject  engaged  in  teaching,  and  for  a  time  was 
principal  of  the  Rock  Springs  school.  From 


early  youth  he  was  interested  in  surveying,  and 
was  three  times  elected  county  surveyor  of  Meigs 
County,  besides  which  he  served  as  city  engineer 
of  Pomeroy,  Ohio,  for  one  term.  On  resigning 
his  position  as  county  surveyor  he  went  to  Iowa 
in  1884,  and  was  chief  engineer  of  the  Des 
Moines  &  Kansas  City  Railroad  until  the  year 
1889,  when  he  embarked  in  the  manufacture  of 
furniture  at  Cainsville,  Mo.,  but  after  one  year,  on 
account  of  the  ill  health  of  Mrs.  Ashworth,  he  sold 
out  and  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  has 
since  engaged  in  surveying  and  civil  engineer- 
ing. In  1895  he  was  elected  county  surveyor  of 
El  Paso  County,  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and 
served  for  one  term.  He  is  now  chief  engineer 
of  the  Pike's  Peak  Power  Company.  For  a 
short  time  in  1892  he  was  employed  in  the  sur- 
vey of  the  Midland  Terminal  Railroad. 

In  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  in  October,  1882,  Mr. 
Ashworth  married  Miss  Ada  Chapman,  who 
was  born  in  Cincinnati,  the  only  child  of  Hon. 
O.  B.  Chapman  and  Louise  (Hamil)  Chapman. 
Their  two  children  are  Raymond  Chapman,  a 
member  of  the  high  school  class  of  1902;  and 
Frank  Carr,  of  the  class  of  1903.  Mrs.  Ashworth 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

On  the  Republican  ticket,  in  1897,  Mr.  Ash- 
worth was  nominated  as  alderman  from  the  fifth 
ward  and  was  elected,  taking  office  in  April  of 
that  year  for  a  term  of  two  years.  He  has  since 
served  as  chairman  of  the  fire  and  sewer  com- 
mittees and  member  of  the  street  police  and  ceme- 
tery committees.  While  in  Ohio  he  was  made  a 
Mason  at  Chester,  in  1872,  afterwards  serv- 
ing as  master  of  the  lodge  and  still  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  Pomeroy,  Ohio,  Chapter.  He  was 
also  made  a  Knight  Templar  there  and  is  now 
associated  with  Pike's  Peak  Commandery  No.  6. 


gOL.  H.  M.  FOSDICK.  The  records  of  the 
lives  of  our  forefathers  are  of  interest  to  the 
modern  citizen,  not  alone  for  their  historical 
value,  but  also  for  the  inspiration  and  example 
they  afford;  yet  we  need  not  look  to  the  past. 
Although  surroundings  may  differ,  the  essential 
conditions  of  human  life  are  ever  the  same,  and 
a  man  can  learn  from  the  success  of  those  around 
him  if  he  will  heed  the  obvious  lessons  contained 
in  their  history.  Turn  to  the  life  record  of 
Colonel  Fosdick,  study  carefully  the  plans  and 
nxethods  he  has  followed,  and  you  will  learn  of 
managerial  ability  seldom  equaled.  A  man  of 
keen  perception,  of  great  sagacity,  of  unbounded 


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enterprise,  his  power  nevertheless  lies  to  a  great 
extent  in  that  quality  which  has  enabled  him  to 
successfully  control  men  and  affairs. 

This  honored  citizen  of  Boone,  Pueblo  County, 
was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1822.  His  father  was 
a  prominent  merchant  of  that  city,  and  for  over 
thirty  years  an  influential  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts legislature.  Our  subject  was  educated 
in  the  best  academies  of  that  city  and  also  in 
Andover  College,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-two 
commenced  learning  civil  engineering  in  the 
office  of  Samuel  Felton,  ex-president  of  Harvard 
college.  Before  the  end  of  a  year  he  was  head 
engineer  in  the  office,  with  a  salary  of$i,8oo.  He 
located  a  part  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad  from 
Quebec,  Canada,  to  Richmond.  He  next  went 
to  Kentucky,  where  he  was  chief  engineer  of  a 
railroad,  but  the  officials  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
recalled  him  to  take  charge  of  special  work  on 
their  line.  He  returned  to  Quebec,  and  for  eight 
years  was  again  connected  with  that  road  as  chief 
engineer,  with  headquarters  at  Montreal.  Ap- 
preciating his  efficient  work  in  their  behalf,  the 
company  presented  him  with  $ 3,000  when  he  re- 
signed from  their  service. 

Returning  to  Boston,  Colonel  Fosdick  opened 
an  engineering  office  there  and  also  purchased  a 
sugar  refinery  eight  miles  from  the  city,  paying 
for  the  same  $80,000,  but  it  was  soon  afterward 
burned  to  the  ground.  In  1859  he  crossed  the 
plains  by  team  to  Denver,  Colo.,  meeting  Horace 
Greeley  on  the  way.  Afterward  he  laid  out 
Colorado  City,  and  became  the  owner  of  most 
of  the  town.  He  returned  to  Boston  in  the  year 
1860  for  his  wife  and  children,  bringing  them 
to  Colorado  City,  and  in  1863  he  located  at  his 
present  place,  near  Boone,  where  he  owns  a  fine 
ranch,  well  stocked  with  horses  and  cattle.  He 
has  also  done  considerable  engineering  since  com- 
ing to  the  state,  in  the  way  of  laying  out  ditches, 
etc.  He  has  also  been  prominently  identified 
with  public  affairs  in  his  community,  and  is  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  its  most  useful  and  valuable 
citizens. 

In  1847  he  married  Miss  Lucy  Hollis,  of 
Boston,  daughter  of  a  wealthy  merchant  of  that 
place.  They  became  the  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing-named children:  Henry  M.,  a  prominent 
stockman  of  Fowler,  Colo.;  Lucy,  a  resident  of 
Boston;  Susie,  wife  of  Albert  G.  Boone;  Samuel, 
Mary  Ellen  (familiarly  known  as  Pink)  and 
Frank,  all  at  home;  and  Willie,  who  died  when 
a  young  man. 


Politically  Colonel  Fosdick  was  originally  a 
Whig.  He  was  in  Faneuil  Hall,  Boston,  when 
Daniel  Webster  delivered  his  famous  address. 
Since  the  formation  of  the  Republican  party  he 
has  been  one  of  its  ardent  supporters,  and  for 
twenty-five  years  he  most  acceptably  served  as 
postmaster  of  Boone.  He  is  the  youngest  look- 
ing man  for  his  age  in  Pueblo  County,  is  pleasant, 
genial  and  sociable,  and  is  very  popular,  having  a 
most  extensive  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances, 
who  esteem  him  highly  for  his  genuine  worth. 


fi>G|lLLIAM  R.  MILLIGAN.  The  ranch 
I  A  I  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Milligan  is 
V  V  situated  three  miles  south  of  Jefferson 
in  Park  County,  and,  at  the  time  he  located 
upon  it,  consisted  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres, 
but  has  since,  under  his  energetic  business  man- 
agement, been  increased  to  ten  hundred  and 
twenty  acres.  Here  he  has  engaged  in  haying 
and  the  cattle  business,  and  has  become  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  substantial  men  of  his  county. 

Coitsville,  Ohio,  is  Mr.  Milligan's  native  home 
and  August  6,  1863,  the  date  of  his  birth,  his 
parents  being  W.  J.  and  Martha  T.  (Brownlee) 
Milligan.  The  eight  children  comprising  the 
family  are  all  living,  our  subject  being  second  in 
order  of  birth.  The  others  are:  N.  R. ,  a  contrac- 
tor of  stone  and  brick  work,  residing  in  Youngs- 
town,  Ohio;  Katie  McGuffey,  at  home;  Ada,  wife 
of  Oscar  Fosdick,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio;  Joseph  T. , 
who  is  connected  with  his  brother,  William  R., 
in  the  management  of  the  latter' s  ranch;  Ed  F. , 
a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Park  County; 
and  John  T.  and  Bessie,  at  home. 

A  native  of  Coitsville,  Ohio,  born  in  1834,  W. 
J.  Milligan  in  youth  learned  the  trade  of  a  stone 
and  brick  mason,  and  in  time  became  one  of  the 
leading  contractors  of  his  locality.  He  continued 
in  business  until  his  oldest  son,  N.  R.,  was  fitted 
to  succeed  to  it,  when  he  retired  from  active  la- 
bors. His  father,  James  Milligan,  was  a  native 
of  County  Tyrone,  Ireland,  and  came  to  America 
with  his  parents  at  twelve  years  of  age.  In  early 
manhood  he  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  after  which  he  engaged  in  practice.  He  be- 
came one  of  the  successful  attorneys  of  Mahoning 
County,  where  he  served  as  county  commissioner, 
probate  judge  and  in  many  other  offices  of  trust. 
He  married  Katie  McGuffey,  a  sister  of  Rev. 
William  McGuffey,  a  Presbyterian  minister  of 
Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  but  best  known  as  the  author 
of  many  text  books. 


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When  one  year  of  age  our  subject  was  taken 
into  the  home  of  his  maternal  grandfather,  Moses 
Brownlee,  who  was  a  native  of  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land, and  in  boyhood  accompanied  his  parents  to 
the  United  States,  where  he  settled  upon  a  farm 
near  Coitsville.  Under  the  loving  and  watchful 
care  of  his  grandparents,  our  subject  remained 
until  his  grandmother  died,  when  he  was  twelve 
years  of  age.  He  then  returned  to  his  father's 
home.  Under  the  instruction  of  his  father  he 
learned  the  trade  of  a  stone  and  brick  mason. 
At  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  left  home  and 
went  to  Pittsburg,  Kan.,  where  he  worked  for 
some  six  months  at  his  trade.  During  that  time 
he  cut  the  stone  for  the  tower  of  the  water  works 
at  Pittsburg.  Afterward  he  accepted  a  position 
on  the  civil  engineer's  corps  of  the  Burlington 
Railroad  system  and  continued  in  the  same  posi- 
tion for  three  years  and  three  months.  In  1889 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in  Park.  County, 
where  for  two  years  he  worked  on  the  ranch 
owned  by  William  McCartney.  His  next  step 
was  the  taking  up  of  the  land  he  has  since  owned 
and  managed.  He  has  been  a  hard-working 
man,  and  justly  deserves  the  prosperity  he  has 
secured.  In  fraternal  connections  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  blue  lodge  of  Masons.  Since  coming 
to  Park  County  he  has  established  domestic  ties, 
having  been  married,  August  12,  1891,  to  Belle, 
daughter  of  the  late  William  McCartney. 


0ANIEL  E.  NEWCOMB,  president  of  the 
San  Luis  Valley  Stock  Growers'  Association 
and  vice-president  of  the  San  Luis  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  is  one  of  the  largest  stock-raisers 
and  land-owners  in  Conejos  County.  He  was 
born  in  McHenry  County,  111.,  in  1844,  a  son  of 
Daniel  and  Mary  Ann  (Thomas)  Newcomb.  Af- 
ter the  Civil  war  opened,  in  1862,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  D,  Ninety-fifth  Illinois  Infantry,  in 
which  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  mean- 
time participating  in  the  siege  of  Vicksburg  and 
Mobile,  and  the  other  engagements  in  which 
General  McPherson  commanded.  He  was  mus- 
tered out  as  corporal  and  was  acting  sergeant- 
major  of  the  regiment. 

Returning  to  Illinois  in  1865,  Mr.  Newcomb 
entered  the  State  Normal  School,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1868.  For  four  years  he  was  prin- 
cipal of  the  Golconda  public  school.  In  1872  he 
came  to  Colorado  and  located  in  Pueblo,  where 
he  was  proprietor  of  the  old  Drovers'  hotel,  situ- 
ated on  the  corner  of  Third  street  and  Santa  Fe 


avenue.  After  one  year  there,  in  1873  he  settled 
at  Del  Norte,  and  accepted  the  position  of  princi- 
pal of  the  school,  at  the  head  of  which  he 
continued  for  four  years,  and  then  was  elected 
county  superintendent  of  schools,  being  the  first 
to  hold  the  position  after  the  admission  of  the 
state.  In  1877  he  settled  six  miles  west  of  La 
Jara,  but  at  that  time  there  was  no  village  nearer 
than  Del  Norte,  fifty  miles  away.  He  took  up  a 
pre-emption  and  homestead  and  embarked  in 
stock-raising.  In  1883  he  organized  the  La  Jara 
Creamery  Live  Stock  Association,  of  which  he 
was  elected  secretary,  treasurer  and  general 
manager,  and  since  then  he  has  given  his  attention 
to  the  management  of  this  company,  in  which  he 
is  the  largest  stockholder.  He  conducts  farming 
operations  upon  a  large  scale,  raising  forty  thou- 
sand bushels  of  grain  in  a  year,  and  keeping  be 
tween  two  and  three  thousand  head  of  cattle,  be- 
sides some  horses.  His  landed  possessions  aggre- 
gate ten  thousand  acres,  his  taxes  being  the  larg- 
est of  any  land  owner  in  the  county. 

Politically  Mr.  Newcomb  is  a  Republican  of 
the  silver  branch,  being  a  firm  believer  in  the 
merits  of  silver  and  the  need  of  a  change  in  the 
present  system  of  monometallism.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  mining  at  Good  Hope,  N.  M.,  where  he 
has  favorable  prospects.  Successful  in  his  enter- 
prises, he  is  numbered  among  the  substantial 
residents  and  prominent  pioneers  of  the  valley. 
In  1897  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
San  Luis  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  which  he 
was  chosen  vice-president.  For  three  years  he 
served  as  regent  of  the  Colorado  State  University 
at  Boulder.  All  the  leading  questions  of  the  day 
receive  thoughtful  attention  from  him,  and  the 
state  has  no  one  more  enthusiastic  than  he  in  all 
matters  bearing  upon  stock  or  mining  interest:-, 
or  the  general  welfare.  In  1879  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Alice  Russell,  of  Illinois. 
She  died  in  1887,  leaving  five  children,  of  whom 
four  are  living:  Daniel  E.,  Jr.,  who  isincharge 
of  the  ranch,  Alice,  Anna  and  Kate. 


I  ONNY  HORN,  a  well-known  stockman  re- 

I 1  siding    in    Trinidad,    was    born   in   Lamar 
l_3  County,  Tex.,  September  17,  1845,  and  was 

one  of  the  first  white  children  born  in  the  then 
republic  of  Texas.  He  was  a  son  of  Berry  and 
Martha  (Doss)  Horn,  natives  respectively  of 
Alabama  and  Virginia,  but  both  of  whom  died 
when  their  son  was  a  small  child.  The  father 
was  a  cotton  planter  by  occupation  and  owned  a 


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large  plantation,  which  was  operated  by  his 
slaves.  In  his  family  there  were  three  children, 
one  son  and  two  daughters. 

Until  twenty  years  of  age  our  subject  made  his 
home  in  Texas.  The  school  system  was  then  so 
defective  that  he  received  very  few  educational 
advantages.  His  parents  dying,  he  was  reared 
by  his  uncle,  S.  E.  Doss,  a  cattleman  in  Texas, 
and  about  1865  he  began  to  drive  cattle  to  Colo- 
rado, in  those  days  a  perilous  undertaking,  as 
Indians  were  hostile  and  numerous.  He  con- 
tinued thus  engaged  for  some  years.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1872, he  started  from  Texas  with  a  herd  of  fif- 
teen hundred  cattle.  While  still  in  that  state,  and 
following  the  Concho  trail  to  New  Mexico,  he  was 
attacked  by  Comanche  Indians,  who  stampeded 
the  horses.  There  were  nine  men  in  the  party 
of  whites.  The  Indians,  supposing  they  were 
sleeping  in  the  wagons,  fired  twenty-three  shots 
through  these  vehicles,  but  fortunately  the  men 
were  lying  on  the  ground,  and  as  the  Indians 
came  rushing  toward  the  wagons,  our  subject 
killed  one  with  his  musket.  This  so  frightened 
the  others  that  they  beat  a  hasty  retreat.  How- 
ever, the  following  night  they  again  made  an  at- 
tack, stampeded  the  entire  herd  and  took  five  hun- 
dred head  of  the  cattle  that  could  travel  most 
rapidly.  Proceeding  by  stage  to  Colorado,  our 
subject  found  that  the  Indians  had  taken  a  herd 
of  forty  horses  that  were  on  the  Chaquaqua. 
This  was  his  last  trip  as  a  driver. 

In  1872  Mr.  Horn  turned  his  attention  to  the 
stock  business  on  the  Chaquaqua,  having  as  his 
partner  George  W.  Thompson.  From  the  Cha- 
quaqua he  removed  his  herd  to  Colfax  County, 
N.  M.  For  six  years  he  remained  in  New 
Mexico,  during  which  time  he  sold  five  thousand 
beef  cattle  and  invested  $17,000  in  cows.  At  the 
expiration  of  the  six  years,  he  sold  his  herd  for 
$300,000  in  cash.  Re-investing,  he  bought  five 
thousand  head  of  cows,  which  he  drove  to  Utah, 
expecting  to  clear  a  large  fortune  from  the  in- 
vestment, but  the  heavy  snow  storm  of  1888 
caused  the  total  annihilation  of  the  herd  and  left 
him  without  means. 

After  his  disastrous  loss  of  his  herd  in  the 
storm,  Mr.  Horn  went  to  the  staked  plains,  where 
he  has  since  had  a  range,  with  a  herd  of  about 
six  thousand  head.  He  bought  a  private  bank 
and  organized  the  Trinidad  National  Bank,  of 
which  he  was  president  for.  six  years,  but  not 
liking  the  business,  he  sold  out.  Politically  he 
is  a  Democrat.  For  three  years  he  has  been 


chairman  of  the  board  of  county  commissioners. 
At  the  first  election  of  President  Cleveland,  he 
was  elected  as  one  of  the  presidential  electors, 
receiving  fifteen  hundred  more  votes  than  his 
ticket.  Though  not  caring  for  office,  he  has 
been  a  power  in  politics  and  has  wielded  a  large 
influence.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Knight  Templar 
Mason.  March  27,  1868,  he  married  Miss  Doss, 
of  Texas.  They  have  an  only  daughter,  who  is 
the  wife  of  G.  W.  Fuller,  of  Bonham,  Tex. 
For  his  namesake  and  only  grandchild,  Lonny 
C.  Fuller,  a  boy  of.  four  and  one-half  years,  our 
subject  has  started  a  private  herd  of  Herefords, 
numbering  about  fifty  head,  which  number  will 
be  increased  in  coming  years,  and  will  form  a 
valuable  herd  by  the  time  the  child  attains  his 
majority. 

0RVAND  E.  SPERRY,  M.  D.  In  this  age 
when  men  of  energy  and  ability  are  rapidly 
pushing  their  way  to  the  front,  those  who 
by  their  unaided  efforts  have  won  success  in  pro- 
fessional or  business  life  may  properly  claim  rec- 
ognition. Prominent  among  this  class  in  Custer 
County  is  Dr.  Sperry,  a  well-known  physician 
and  druggist.  Years  of  practical  experience  and 
success  in  his  useful  work  of  healing  have  given 
him  the  esteem  of  his  acquaintances  and  a  repu- 
tation as  a  skillful  physician.  He  is  an  exception- 
ally active,  energetic  man  and  has  a  very  extensive 
practice,  which  extends  into  Chaffee,  Huerfano, 
Pueblo,  Saguache  and  Costilla  Counties,  his  long 
residence  here  and  his  high  standing  as  a  physi- 
cian making  his  services  in  demand  throughout 
this  large  extent  of  territory. 

The  Sperry  family  is  of  Scotch  lineage.  The 
doctor's  father,  Philip  P.  Sperry,  emigrated  from 
Scotland  in  1818  and  settled  in  Warwick  County, 
Va. ,  where  he  became  a  prominent  physician. 
Early  in  the  "503  he  returned  to  Great  Britain 
and  in  1862  his  death  occurred  in  Wales.  By  his 
marriage  to  Margaret  Campbell,  of  Scotland,  he 
had  five  sons  and  two  daughters,  of  whom  three 
are  living:  Harlow  W.,  a  physician  in  Lincoln 
County,  Mo.;  Daniel  D.,  an  architect  in  Cali- 
fornia; and  Orvand  E.,  the  youngest  of  the  fam- 
ily. The  last-named  was  born  at  Warwick  Court 
House,  Va.,  October  25,  1838.  He  received  a 
classical  education  at  William  and  Mary  College, 
his  studies  from  an  early  age  being  directed  with 
the  medical  profession  as  their  objective  point. 
After  having  gained  a  rudimentary  knowledge 
of  medicine  under  his  father's  instruction,  he  en- 


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tered  the  Albany  (N.  Y.)  Medical  College,  from 
which  he  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1860. 
However,  before  completing  his  course  there,  he 
spent  eighteen  months  in  the  Edinburgh  Univer- 
sity in  Scotland. 

Opening  an  office  in  his  native  place,  Dr. 
Sperry  remained  there  until  the  breaking  out  of 
the  war.  He  then  went  to  Macon,  Ga.,  and  en- 
listed as  second  lieutenant  in  Company  F,  Ninth 
Georgia  Infantry.  He  was  wounded  in  the  shoul- 
der in  the  first  battle  of  Bull  Run  and  in  October 
was  discharged  on  account  of  disability.  Later 
he  entered  the  Richmond  artillery,  in  which  he 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  participating  in 
the  principal  engagements  prior  to  the  surrender 
at  Appomattox.  At  the  close  ot  the  war  he  came 
west  as  contract  surgeon  with  the  Eighteenth 
United  States  Infantry  and  was  in  the  service  for 
twenty  months,  after  which  he  began  to  practice 
in  Cheyenne,  Wyo.  In  1869  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  settled  at  La  Porte  on  the  Cache  la  Poudre, 
when  Fort  Collins  had  little  else  besides  the  gov- 
ernment buildings.  The  town  was  so  dull  and 
prospects  so  poor  that  he  decided  to  remove  to 
southern  Colorado.  For  nearly  two  years  he 
was  engaged  in  inspecting  ties  and  timber  for  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad,  in  the  Hard- 
scrabble  district,  when  the  road  was  building  from 
Pueblo  to  Florence,  and  the  temporary  track  from 
Monument  south  to  Pueblo  being  put  in  shape. 

At  that  time  there  were  but  two  physicians  in 
Pueblo  and  one  in  Canon  City.  The  doctor, 
therefore,  had  considerable  to  do  and,  liking  the 
country,  he  decided  to  remain.  In  1874  he  re- 
moved from  the  Hardscrabble  district  to  Rosita, 
then  the  only  town  in  the  Wet  Mountain  Valley. 
In  1892  he  settled  in  Westcliffe  and  in  1897 
opened  a  drug  store,  the  following  year  taking 
P.  Phelps  Collins,  M.  D.,  as  his  partner  in  prac- 
tice and  the  drug  business.  After  a  time  he  en- 
gaged in  practice  at  Querida,  his  present  location. 

In  politics  a  Republican,  Dr.  Sperry  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  seventh  general  assem- 
bly in  1889,  and  has  served  frequently  as  county 
commissioner,  but  the  demands  of  his  practice 
are  such  that  he  prefers  not  to  hold  public  office. 
As  a  member  of  the  town  board,  he  favored  the 
development  of  the  city  water  supply  as  well  as 
those  other  enterprises  for  the  advancement  of  the 
town.  In  the  development  of  the  mining  inter- 
ests of  the  county  he  has  been  active,  and  now 
holds  some  properties  that,  under  more  favorable 
prospect  for  silver,  will  be  paying  investments, 


but  at  the  present  low  price  of  silver  their  opera- 
tion would  not  be  profitable.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  he  has  been  a 
delegate  to  the  general  council  and  for  many 
years  a  vestryman.  Fraternally  he  is  connected 
with  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen; 
Westcliffe  Camp  No.  308,  Woodmen  of  the 
World;  and  Silver  Cliff  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
In  1863  he  married  Harriet  Scott,  daughter  of 
Dr.  J.  W.  Compher,  of  Bedford  Springs,  Pa. 
They  have  one  child,  Hazel,  who  is  now  a  stu- 
dent at  Wolfe  Hall,  Denver. 


UJATHANIEL  A.  RICH,  the  owner  of  vaiu- 

VI  able  mining  property  and  a  large  ranch  in 
1/5  Park  County,  was  born  in  Cartersville,  Bar- 
tow  County,  Ga.,  February  27,  1840,  a  son  of 
J.  W.  and  Charlotte  Rich.  He  and  his  older 
brothers,  James  W.  (a  merchant  in  the  Cherokee 
Nation)  and  Thomas  J.  (residing  in  Seattle, 
Wash.)  are  the  survivors  of* eleven  children  com- 
prising the  family.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Habersham  County,  Ga.,  born  about  1798,  was 
a  descendant  of  an  old  family  of  South  Carolina, 
and  married  Charlotte  Wofford,  a  native  of 
Georgia,  but  descended  from  one  of  the  pioneer 
families  of  Virginia.  He  engaged  in  farming  in 
Georgia  and  became  the  owner  of  a  plantation 
and  slaves.  During  the  Mexican  war  his  son, 
W.  W.  Rich,  enlisted,  rose  to  the  rank  of  captain 
and  later  held  the  commission  of  colonel  in  the 
Confederate  army.  He  himself  was  a  veteran  of 
the  Florida  war.  His  death  occurred  in  1848. 
He  was  a  son  of  William  Rich,  a  native  of  South 
Carolina,  and  one  of  the  substantial  planters  of 
that  state.  The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject, Nathaniel  Wofford,  was  a  native  of  Virginia 
and  a  member  of  one  of  the  F.  F.  V.'s;  after  his 
marriage  he  removed,  with  his  wife,  to  North 
Carolina  and  settled  at  Turkey  Cove,  being  the 
first  man  to  locate  in  that  district.  The  Wofford 
family  furnished  many  patriots  during  the  Revo- 
lutionary struggle. 

In  the  fall  of  1859  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
started  for  Colorado.  Reaching  Leaven  worth, 
Kan.,  he  spent  the  winter  there.  In  the  spring 
he  and  fifteen  others  hired  their  passage  and 
crossed  the  plains,  making  the  journey  with  ox- 
teams,  and  arriving  in  Denver  April  4,  1860. 
From  there  he  proceeded  to  Leavenworth  Gulch, 
where  he  engaged  in  mining.  On  the  15th  of 
July  he  went  to  California  Gulch.  He  was  the 
first  white  man  in  Pleasant  Valley,  to  which  he 


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gave  its  name.  He  also  named  Badger  Creek, 
Texas  Creek  and  Squaw  Creek,  the  name  of  each 
being  suggested  by  some  incident  connected  there- 
with. During  the  years  1862-65,  in  connection 
with  mining,  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness at  Canon  City  and  on  Cash  Creek,  while  the 
winter  months  were  spent  in  trading  with  the 
Ute  Indians.  He  took  up  and  located  the  first 
ranch  in  South  Arkansas  Valley  .where  he  arrived, 
on  his  wedding  trip,  in  a  wagon  that  had  but 
three  wheels  and  was  drawn  by  one  ox.  The 
place,  which  was  situated  near  Salida,  was  after- 
ward known  as  Punch's  Springs  ranch.  He  re- 
mained there  for  two  years  and  left  in  1867, 
going  to  Twelve  Mile  Park  in  Fremont  County, 
where  he  traded  with  the  Utes.  He  gained  the 
confidence  of  this  tribe  of  Indians  possibly  to  a 
greater  degree  than  any  other  white  man  ever 
possessed,  and  frequently  he  used  his  influence 
for  the  protection  of  his  white  brethren. 

In  the  summers  of  1868  and  1869  Mr.  Rich  had 
charge  of  a  mine  at  Washington  Gulch.  In 
1870  he  contracted  and  built  the  river  road  lead- 
ing from  Pine  Creek.  In  the  summer  of  1871  he 
mined  on  the  west  bank  of  Cash  Creek.  In  the 
fall  of  1871  he  finished  the  section  of  the  river 
road  from  Granite  to  Lake  City.  Afterward  he 
went  to  California  Gulch  and  worked  in  the 
Printer  Boy  Mine.  In  the  spring  of  1872  he  went 
down  near  Salida,  where  ten  years  before  he  had 
discovered  a  copper  mine,  and  there  for  eighteen 
months  he  worked  the  mine.  A  severe  attack  of 
pneumonia  incapacitated  him  from  working  in  the 
mine.  In  the  fall  of  1873  he  returned  to  Cash 
Creek  and  took  charge  of  the  night  shift  on  the 
placer  mine,  while  his  wife  carried  on  a  dairy. 
Here  he  spent  the  summers  until  1877,  the  in- 
tervening winters  being  spent  in  the  valleys.  In 
1877  he  and  his  wife  went  to  the  Black  Hills, 
starting  in  March  and  returning  in  July,  $140  in 
debt.  From  the  ist  of  August  until  October  he  _ 
was  employed  on  the  Weston  Pass  toll  road,  and 
then  came  down  to  his  present  location  at  the 
mouth  of  the  pass  and  began  gathering  logs  for 
the  building  known  as  Platte  station,  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  St.  Louis  Company.  In  1878,  1879 
and  1880,  he  had  charge  of  the  toll  road  and 
transfer  business  here  and  carried  on  the  stage 
hotel.  In  1880  the  toll  road  was  abandoned.  He 
then  purchased  from  the  company  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  land  and  all  the  buildings, 
and  soon  afterward  purchased  four  hundred  and 


sixty-eight  head  of  cattle,  with  which  he  engaged 
in  the  cattle  business.  Later  he  homesteaded 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  pre-empted  one 
-  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  making  his  ranch  a 
section  in  extent.  In  1881  he  began  to  invest  in 
and  develop  mining  property  in  Weston  Pass,  and 
in  the  following  years  he  spent  many  thousands 
of  dollars  in  the  development  of  the  mineral  re- 
sources of  this  district. 

January  2,  1865,  Mr.  Rich  married  Miss 
Loretta  Shields,  a  native  of  Davenport,  Iowa, 
and  a  daughter  of  Richard  and  Nancy  (McGuire) 
Shields.  Her  father,  a  native  of  County  Tip- 
perary,  Ireland,  came  to  this  country  in  time  to 
vote  for  President  Jackson.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Black  Hawk  war.  In  1859  he  crossed  the 
plains  with  ox-teams,  in  company  with  Dave  and 
Will  Stout,  brothers  of  Pink  Stout,  one  of  the 
founders  of  Denver.  His  wife,  on  account  of  her 
discovery  of  gold  in  Nevada  Gulch,  was  the  only 
woman  awarded  the  privilege  of  voting  in  the 
mining  camps  of  those  early  days.  She  was  of 
Scotch  parentage,  was  born  in  Nova  Scotia,  and 
is  now  making  her  home  in  Cripple  Creek.  Mr. 
Shields  was  one  of  the  typical  pioneer  miners  of 
Colorado.  He  owned  the  richest  claim  in  Nevada 
Gulch,  and  his  wife  panned  the  first  gold  ever 
taken  out  of  this  gulch.  During  the  sumjner  of 
the  discovery  he  took  out  $30,000  in  gold.  He 
had  valuable  mining  property  in  Gilpin  County. 
While  he  made  much  money  from  mines,  he  de- 
voted it  to  the  development  of  other  mining  prop- 
erty, and  in  that  way  assisted  largely  in  the  de- 
veloping of  the  state's  mineral  resources.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  at  Central  City  and 
for  a  short  time  served  as  recruiting  officer,  after 
which  he  was  honorably  discharged.  His  death 
occurred  in  Leadville  in  1893, when  ne  was  ninety- 
five  years  of  age.  This  is  especially  remarkable 
when  it  is  considered  that  on  starting  for  Colo- 
rado he  was  so  ill  that  he  had  to  be  carried  to 
the  wagon  and  it  was  supposed  by  everyone  that 
consumption  would  soon  terminate  his  life. 

In  all  of  Mr.  Rich's  enterprises  he  has  received 
the  cordial  co-operation  of  his  wife,  who  has  been 
a  most  efficient  counselor  and  helpmate.  They 
became  the  parents  of  two  sons,  the  elder  of 
whom,  Nathaniel  A.,  was  born  October  18,  1865, 
and  died  January  14,  1883.  The  younger,  James 
W. ,  was  born  September  19,  1867,  and  is  now 
engaged  in  mining  at  Weston  Pass. 


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R.  SMETHERS,  former  super- 
intendent  of  schools  of  Las  Animas  County 
and  a  successful  educator,  has  made  Trin- 
idad his  home  since  1894.  He  is  of  southern  birth 
and  parentage.  His  father,  Philip  Smethers,  was 
born  in  Tennessee  and  from  there  removed  to  In- 
diana about  1850,  settling  upon  a  farm  where  he 
spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life.  He  was  a 
man  of  great  energy  and  force  of  character,  and 
had  he  been  spared  to  old  age,  would  undoubt- 
edly have  attained  wealth;  but  he  died  in  1863, 
when  forty-two  years  of  age.  By  his  marriage  to 
Catherine  Welty,  of  Tennessee,  he  had  three 
children:  John,  of  Indiana;  William  R.,  who  was 
born  in  eastern  Tennessee  in  1845;  and  Barbara, 
who  is  the  wife  of  Thomas  Steele,  a  prosperous 
farmer  of  Kansas.  The  mother  still  occupies  the 
old  Indiana  homestead. 

In  1863  our  subject  enlisted  in  Company  E, 
Eighth  Indiana  Cavalry,  and  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war  under  Major-General  Kilpatrick, 
assigned  to  the  army  of  the  Cumberland.  He 
took  part  in  the  siege  of  Atlanta,  and  during  the 
southern  campaign  was  in  skirmishes  or  engage- 
ments almost  daily,  but  was  never  wounded.  He 
accompanied  Sherman  on  his  march  through 
Georgia  to  the  sea,  and  was  mustered  out  at  Dur- 
ham Station,  in  North  Carolina,  in  1865. 

Returning  home,  Mr.  Smethers  resumed  his 
studies  in  the  high  school.  After  graduating  he 
commenced  to  teach,  in  which  occupation  he  con- 
tinued in  Indiana  until  1886,  meantime  becoming 
known  as  a  successful  instructor  and  well-in- 
formed man.  On  coming  to  Colorado  he  accepted 
a  position  as  principal  of  the  public  schools  of 
Starkville,  where  he  remained  for  eight  years. 
In  1893,  upon  the  Republican  ticket,  he  was 
elected  county  superintendent  of  the  publicschools 
and  the  following  year  moved  to  Trinidad.  His 
administration  of  the  office  was  of  such  a  nature 
as  to  reflect  credit  upon  his  own  abilities,  and 
materially  advance  the  welfare  of  the  schools. 
Having  the  advantage  of  years  of  successful  ex- 
perience as  a  teacher,  he  was  especially  qualified 
to  understand  the  needs  of  schools  and  the  diffi- 
culties with  which  teachers  have  to  contend.  It 
has  been  his  aim  to  keep  posted  concerning  the 
latest  improvements  in  the  educational  world, 
and,  with  this  object  in  view,  he  has  been  a  close 
student  of  educational  journals  and  literature. 
He  has  also  kept  himself  informed  concerning  the 
world's  advance  along  every  line  of  thought  and 
discovery. 


In  1875  Mr.  Smethers  married  Miss  Kate  B. 
Barrett,  daughter  of  a  prominent  physician  in 
Franklin  County,  Ind.  She  is  a  lady  of  ability 
and  in  girlhood  had  excellent  school  advantages. 
Both  in  Indiana  and  Colorado  she  has  engaged  in 
teaching,  and  for  eight  years  was  employed  in 
the  schools  of  Starkville,  of  which  Mr.  Smethers 
was  principal.  They  are  the  parents  of  one  child, 
Gertrude  M.,  who  was  deputy  superintendent  of 
public  'schools  during  her  father's  term  of  four 
years.  Fraternally  Mr.  Smethers  is  connected  with 
Las  Animas  Lodge  No.  28,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
he  is  also  a  member  of  Canby  Post,  G.  A.  R. 


(TOSE  BENDICTO  MARTINEZ,  whose  stock 
I  ranch  is  situated  in  Archuleta  County,  was 
O  born  in  Taos  County, N.M., in  1853.  The  first 
nineteen  years  of  his  life  were  passed  on  a  ranch 
in  New  Mexico.  When  he  started  out  for  him- 
self he  had  no  money,  and  his  present  prosperous 
circumstances  are  due  to  his  energy  and  persever- 
ance. In  1874  he  settled  in  La  Plata  County, 
Colo.,  and  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising 
near  Durango,  also  freighted  from  that  city  to 
the  mines.  The  year  1879  found  him  in  Archu- 
leta County,  where  he  homesteaded  a  quarter- 
section  of  land  northwest  of  Pagosa  Springs,  and 
upon  that  place  he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock- 
raising.  In  1884  ne  rented  the  ranch  and  re- 
turned to  Durango,  where  he  remained  at  his 
former  homestead  until  1893.  During  that  year 
he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  La  Plata  County 
and  returned  to  Archuleta  County,  settling  on 
his  former  ranch,  and  also  buying  another  quarter- 
section  near.  He  is  now  the  owner  of  three  hun- 
dred and  twenty  acres  in  one  ranch,  and  here  he 
is  engaged  in  the  breeding  of  sheep,  cattle  and 
horses.  At  times  he  has  as  many  as  twenty- 
seven  thousand  sheep  in  his  herd. 

Since  coming  to  this  county  Mr.  Martinez  has 
been  active  in  the  local  Republican  party.  In 
1886  he  was  elected  county  commissioner  and 
two  years  later  was  elected  for  a  term  of  three 
years,  during  which  time  he  acted  as  chairman  of 
the  board.  When  Archuleta  was  cut  off  from 
Conejos  in  1885,  he  was  instrumental  in  securing 
the  division.  For  five  years  he  was  chairman 
of  the  county  Republican  committee.  He  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Farmers'  Alliance,  the 
Order  of  the  Golden  Chain  at  Durango,  and 
Pagosa  Camp  No.  412,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
The  marriage  of  Mr.  Martinez,  in  1870,  united 
him  with  Marie  L.  Valdez.  They  have  eight 


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children,  all  of  whom  have  been  given  good 
English  educations,  and  the  older  daughter, 
Jennie,  is  a  successful  teacher  in  the  Durango 
schools.  The  oldest  son,  Joseph  T. ,  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Jesuit  College  in  Denver.  The  sons 
are  energetic  ranchmen  and  have  been  dealing  in 
stock  with  success.  The  total  landed  posses- 
sions of  the  family  aggregate  eleven  hundred  and 
twenty  acres,  divided  into  seven  ranches,  the 
whole  forming  a  valuable  property. 


I  YNN  S.  ATKINSON,  one  of  the  rising 
It  young  business  men  of  Colorado  Springs, 
L.2?  has  been  familiar  with  contracting  and 
building  from  a  very  early  age,  and  under  the 
instruction  of  his  father  gained  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  business  which  he  now  successfully 
follows.  For  some  time  he  was  in  partnership 
with  his  father,  and  during  that  period  he  made 
all  estimates  and  managed  the  finances.  Among 
the  contracts  filled  by  the  firm  were  those  for  the 
State  School  for  Deaf  and  Blind,  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Greeley,  the  Alta  Vista  Hotel,  Rouse 
block,  Aurora  (Neb.)  courthouse,  Fullerton 
(Neb.)  courthouse,  Lancaster  (Mo.)  courthouse, 
DeGraff  building  in  Colorado  Springs,  Catholic 
Church  here,  high  school  and  a  business  block 
at  Pocotello,  Idaho,  and  Columbia  school  in  Colo- 
rado Springs.  Upon  the  different  jobs  as  many 
as  one  hundred  and  fifty  men  were  given  employ- 
ment. 

The  history  of  the  Atkinson  family  is  presented 
in  the  sketch  of  George  W.  Atkinson,  our  sub- 
ject's father,  upon  another  page.  Lynn  S.  was 
born  in  Freeport,  Armstrong  County,  Pa.,  Decem- 
ber 2,  1864,  and  received  a  public  school  educa- 
tion. In  1882  he  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Beatrice,  Neb. ,  where  he  attended  the  high  school, 
graduating  in  1884.  Meantime,  however,  he  had 
gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  mason  and 
bricklayer's  trade  and  was  drawing  good  wages 
for  his  work.  In  1885  he  entered  the  University 
of  Nebraska  in  Lincoln,  where  he  was  a  student 
for  a  year,  his  intention  being  to  complete  the 
regular  course,  but  he  became  interested  in  con- 
tracting and  decided  to  leave  college.  In  1886 
he  went  to  California  and  for  a  year  worked  in 
Los  Angeles,  San  Diego  and  Pasadena.  In  1887 
he  came  to  Colorado  Springs,  where  he  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  G.  W.  Atkinson  &  Sons, 
but  in  1893  the  partnership  was  dissolved,  and 
for  a  few  years  he  was  a  partner  of  his  brother, 


W.  W.     Since  1897  he  has  been  alone.     He  has 
his  office  at  No.  15^  East  Kiowa  street. 

In  Kokomo,  Ind.,  Mr.  Atkinson  married  Miss 
Mary  Marks,  who  was  born  in  Urbaua,  111.,  a 
daughter  of  J.  O.  Marks,  who  was  engaged  in 
the  agricultural  implement  business  at  Kokomo. 
Mr.  Atkinson  has  one  son,  Lynn  S. ,  Jr.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America, 
Tejon  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Chapter  No.  6, 
R.  A.  M.,  P.  P.  Commandery  No.  6,  K.  T.,  and 
El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of  Denver. 


(1  NESTOR  ORTIZ  resides  in  the  village  of 
I  Ortiz,  Conejos  County,  of  which  he  was  the 
(*/  founder  and  which  is  named  in  his  honor. 
He  was  born  in  New  Mexico  in  1843  and  contin- 
ued to  reside  there  until  1871,  at  which  time  he 
removed  to  the  San  Luis  Valley.  Settling  in 
Conejos  County,  he  built  up  the  little  town  of 
Ortiz,  where,  in  1874,  he  opened  a  general  store, 
and  this  business  he  has  since  successfully  con- 
ducted. He  is  also  the  owner  of  a  ranch  of  five 
hundred  acres,  where  he  raises  sheep,  cattle  and 
horses.  Not  only  is  he  one  of  the  largest  stock 
dealers  in  the  county,  but  he  is  also  extensively 
engaged  in  the  buying  and  selling  of  wool. 

When  the  postoffice  was  established  at  Ortiz, 
our  subject  was  made  postmaster  in  1891  and  this 
position  he  has  since  filled.  He  is  a  strong  Re- 
publican in  political  belief,  and  for  some  time 
served  as  county  commissioner,  but  has  usually 
refused  nomination  for  public  offices.  However, 
he  is  deeply  interested  in  everything  that  bears 
upon  the  local  welfare  and  is  the  leader  of  his 
community  in  all  public-spirited  enterprises.  In 
addition  to  his  other  interests  he  carries  on  a  real- 
estate  and  loan  business.  He  is  said  by  many  to 
be  the  wealthiest  man  in  Conejos  County,  and 
certainly  it  is  true  that  he  has  met  with  unusual 
success  in  all  of  his  undertakings. 


[~  REDBRICK  ORTIZ  is  engaged  in  the  mer- 
f^  cantile  business  at  Ortiz,  Conejos  County. 
I  In  1882  he  came  from  New  Mexico,  where 
he  was  born,  to-Colorado,  joining  his  brother,  who 
was  a  business  man  of  Ortiz.  Here,  in  1885,  he 
embarked  in  business  for  himself,  and  is  now  the 
proprietor  of  the  next  to  the  largest  general  store 
in  the  town.  Besides  this  he  is  the  owner  of  a 
ranch  of  five  hundred  acres  in  Conejos  County, 
upon  which  he  is  engaged  in  stock-raising.  On 
his  place  he  keeps  about  fifty  horses  and  four 


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thousand  sheep,  and  makes  a  specialty  of  sheep- 
raising.  He  is  also  interested  in  the  mercantile 
business  in  New  Mexico. 

A  believer  in  the  policy  of  the  Republican 
party,  Mr.  Ortiz  supports  its  candidates  by  his 
vote  and  lends  his  influence  to  all  beneficial  ob- 
jects. He  has  erected  a  number  of  buildings  in 
his  town,  among  them  being  the  neat  residence 
which  he  occupies.  In  1885  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Maria  Antonia  Salazar,  and  they  are 
the  parents  of  five  children. 


ROSWELL  P.  SHOEMAKER  is  intimately 
connected  with  the  ranching  interests  of 
Park  County,  where  he  owns  eight  hundred 
acres  of  land  and  devotes  his  attention  to  cattle- 
raising  and  haying.  He  is  a  man  of  progressive 
ideas,  of  more  than  ordinary  intelligence,  and 
possesses  a  nature  which  for  genial  kindness  is 
unexcelled.  By  reason  of  his  personal  qualities, 
he  is  one  of  the  successful  ranchmen  of  the 
county. 

Mr.  Shoemaker  and  his  brother,  Samuel  F., 
are  the  only  survivors  of  the  eight  children 
comprising  the  family  of  Asa  and  Elizabeth 
(Blodgett)  Shoemaker.  His  father  was  born 
and  reared  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  and  there  married 
Miss  Blodgett,  a  native  of  Connecticut.  About 
1829  he  removed  to  Ohio  and  settled  on  the  state 
road  near  Harrisburg.  From  there,  in  1852,  he 
removed  to  Indiana  and  settled  near  Columbia 
City,  where  he  engaged  in  lumbering  and  timber- 
ing, and  was  also  extensively  interested  in  trad- 
ing with  the  Indians.  His  death  occurred  shortly 
after  his  removal  to  Indiana.  At  that  time  the 
children  were  small,  our  subject,  who  was  born 
in  Ohio  March  20,  1849,  being  then  four  years  of 
age.  The  mother  kept  the  family  together  until 
she  passed  away,  nine  years  later.  Our  subject 
was  then  taken  into  the  home  of  a  sister,  with 
whom  he  remained  for  two  years,  and  while  there 
he  attended  the  public  schools.  Later  he  joined 
his  oldest  brother  in  Iowa  and  spent  one  season 
in  that  state. 

The  fall  of  1864  found  Mr.  Shoemaker  in  Den- 
ver, Colo.  He  secured  employment  at  sawmill 
work,  for  which  he  was  fitted  by  his  experience 
with  engines  in  his  boyhood.  As  he  grew  older 
and  stronger,  he  began  work  as  sawyer,  and  for 
fifteen  years  followed  that  business  through  New 
Mexico,  Wyoming  and  Colorado.  He  has  seen 
much  of  the  growth  of  the  west,  through  which 
he  has  traveled  extensively.  During  the  building 


boom  in  Leadville  he  was  employed  in  that  town. 
In  the  latter  part  of  the  '6os  he  was  in  Denver 
when  that  city  was  building  so  rapidly;  he  was 
near  Cheyenne  and  Fort  Russell,  Wyo.,  during 
the  building  of  these  places,  as  well  as  Elizabeth- 
town,  N.  M.,  during  its  boom  days. 

In  1872  he  settled  on  the  South  Platte  River, 
fifteen  miles  south  of  Fairplay.  From  that  time 
until  1885  he  was  closely  connected  in  his  ranch- 
ing interests  and  sawmill  business  with  that 
sturdy  pioneer,  J.  D.  Parmelee,  and  the  latter' s 
son.  In  1879  they  retired  from  the  sawmill  busi- 
ness and  afterward  conducted  a  shingle,  lath  and 
planing  mill  in  Leadville,  cutting  timber  from 
the  principal  streets  of  that  city,  which  they 
made  into  shingles.  Since  1885  Mr.  Shoemaker 
has  given  his  attention  to  raising  cattle  and  the 
haying  business.  He  is  a  friend  of  the  public- 
school  system  and  for  many  years  has  been  a 
member  of  the  school  board. 

In  1876  Mr.  Shoemaker  married  Miss  Emma 
Adeline,  daughter  of  J.  D.  Parmelee.  Five  chil- 
dren were  born  of  their  union,  three  of  whom  are 
living,  Anna  Maud,  Ralph  Parmelee  and  Bertha 
Adeline. 


(JOHN  RADFORD,  who  resides  twelve  miles 
I  south  of  Fairplay  and  owns  important  ranch- 
Q)  ing  interests  in  Park  County,  was  born  in 
Somersetshire,  England,  October  16,  1834,  a  son 
of  Francis  and  Jane  (Smith)  Radford.  He  and 
his  sister,  Louisa,  widow  of  Thomas  Day,  and  a 
resident  of  Somersetshire,  are  the  only  survivors 
of  a  family  of  ten  children.  His  father,  who 
spent  his  entire  life  in  Somersetshire,  was  a  sub- 
stantial farmer  and  a  highly  esteemed  man. 

Acquiring  his  education  in  common  schools  and 
spending  his  leisure  hours  on  the  home  farm,  our 
subject  grew  to  manhood.  For  years  he  assisted 
his  father  in  the  cultivation  of  the  estate.  At 
twenty-seven  years  of  age  he  rented  one  hundred 
and  fifty  acres  and  began  to  farm  independently. 
For  seven  years  he  cultivated  the  same  place, 
after  which  he  rented  a  farm  of  three  hundred 
and  fifty  acres.  He  prospered  until  1878,  when 
he  met  with  a  series  of  reverses,  and  gave  up  the 
farm,  afterward  buying  and  selling  cattle  and  en- 
gaging in  various  enterprises. 

In  1885  Mr.  Radford  came  to  America,  landing 
in  New  York  on  the  I4th  of  February  of  that 
year.  From  there  he  went  to  Milwaukee,  where 
he  visited  a  brother  for  a  week.  He  then  pro- 
ceeded to  Colorado,  and  settled  in  Park  County 


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near  his  present  home.  Here  he  has  since  given 
his  attention  to  cattle-raising.  His  ranch  is  one 
of  four  hundred  and  eighty  acres,  while  he  rents 
twelve  hundred  acres  of  additional  land,  over 
which  his  cattle  range. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Radford  united  him 
with  Miss  Salina  Lovelace,  by  whom  he  had  two 
children:  Francis  W.,  who  has  a  profitable  cleri- 
cal position  in  London,  England;  and  John  E. ,  a 
ranchman  of  Park  County,  Colo.  His  second 
marriage  took  place  in  1867  and  united  him  with 
Miss  Ellen  Harman,  by  whom  he  has  four  chil- 
dren, namely:  Henry  M.,  who  is  foreman  of  the 
Hock  Hocking  mine;  Emeline  E. ,  wife  of  Will- 
iam Hill,  of  Fairplay;  Rosalie  E.,  Mrs.  Joseph 
Clugston;  and  May  E.,  at  home.  All  of  the 
sons  and  the  two  eldest  daughters  were  educated 
in  London,  England,  and  were  given  excellent 
advantages,  it  being  the  desire  of  their  father  that 
they  might  be  fitted  for  responsible  and  honor- 
able positions  in  the  business  and  social  world. 


fTiHARLES  G.  VOLZ,  the  owner  of  a  ranch 
I  (  of  six  hundred  and  forty  acres  situated  near 
U  Jefferson,  Park  County,  was  born  in  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio,  August  27,  1852,  a  son  of  Philip 
and  Rosina  (Kern)  Volz.  Of  nine  children 
originally  comprising  the  parental  family,  only 
three  besides  himself  are  now  living.  His  father 
was  a  native  of  Baden,  Germany,  born  in  1818, 
and  in  1837  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  set- 
tling in  Cincinnati,  where  he  remained  until  his 
death  fifty-three  years  later.  Some  time  during 
the  '403  he  established  a  dairy,  which  he  con- 
ducted until  1864.  Afterward  he  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  until  about  1888,  when  he  re- 
tired from  active  labors. 

Until  twenty-three  years  of  age  our  subject  re- 
mained beneath  the  parental  roof.  When  a  young 
man  he  came  to  Colorado.  With  a  determina- 
tion to  succeed,  he  followed  any  occupation  that 
afforded  an  honest  livelihood.  During  his  first 
summer  here  he  worked  in  Denver,  Caribou,  and 
at  Georgia  Gulch.  Late  in  the  fall  he  went  into 
Platte  Canon,  where  he  worked  on  the  South 
Park  Railroad,  then  in  course  of  construction. 
During  the  latter  part  of  November  he  returned 
to  Denver,  from  which  city  he  proceeded  to  the 
foot  hills  near  Morrison  and  there  found  employ- 
ment on  a  ranch.  In  May  of  the  following  year 
he  went  to  Summit  County,  and  spent  much  of 
the  summer  at  Georgia  Gulch,  but  in  August 
began  to  work  on  the  Colorado  Central  Railroad 


near  Fort  Collins.  After  a  short  time  he  went 
back  to  Denver,  bought  a  team  and  began  haul- 
ing lumber  on  the  divide.  In  May,  1878,  he 
came  to  Park  County  and  took  up  a  portion  of 
his  present  ranch,  five  miles  west  of  Jefferson.  A 
month  later  he  began  freighting  from  Morrison; 
later  he  was  similarly  engaged  from  Pine  Grove 
to  Leadville  and  intermediate  points.  Returning 
to  his  ranch  in  the  spring  of  1879,  he  made  a 
number  of  improvements  preparatory  to  irriga- 
tion. His  next  place  of  work  was  Leadville,  and 
later  he  sank  a  tunnel  in  Tarryall,  also  gave  con- 
siderable attention  to  prospecting.  In  the  spring 
of  1880  he  returned  to  his  ranch  and  has  since 
devoted  himself  to  its  cultivation  and  improve- 
ment. 

Miss  Sophia  Cook,  a  native  of  Ripley  County, 
Ind. ,  became  the  wife  of  Mr.  Volz  May  i,  1883, 
and  two  children  bless  their  union,  Magdalene  R. 
and  Louisa  M.  In  fraternal  relations  Mr.  Volz 
is  identified  with  Como  Lodge  No.  17,  A.  O. 
U.  W. ,  and  Lincoln  Legion  No.  22,  Select  Knights 
of  the  Kansas  Division. 


C.  JOHNSTON,  a  well-known  citizen 
of  Colorado  Springs,  came  to  this  city 
,  in  1891  and  engaged  in  the  real- estate, 
building  and  contracting  business,  as  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Johnston  &  McClintock.  Since 
that  time  he  has  built  ninety  dwellings,  either  on 
contracts  for  others,  or  for  himself  to  be  placed 
on  sale.  Besides  the  residences  erected  by  him, 
he  has  had  contracts  for  many  large  public  build- 
ings, among  them  the  Temple  Theater,  Unitarian 
Church,  Country  Club  and  the  girl's  hall  at  the 
School  for  the  Education  of  the  Deaf  and  Blind. 
He  has  also  carried  on  a  loan  and  insurance 
business. 

Our  subject's  father,  Andrew  Johnston,  was 
born  in  Scotland,  and  in  early  life  emigrated  to 
the  United  States,  settling  in  Meigs  County,  Ohio, 
and  later  going  to  Cleveland,  where  he  bought 
and  sold  real  estate.  At  the  opening  of  the  Civil 
war  he  raised  a  company  of  which  he  was  made 
captain  and  which  became  a  part  of  the  Forty- 
fourth  Ohio  Infantry.  After  having  served  for  a 
short  time  he  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  major  in 
recognition  of  his  meritorious  service.  At  Gettys- 
burg he  was  in  command  of  a  regiment  on  the 
right  wing  of  the  army  and  was  ordered  to  take 
a  battery  belonging  to  the  enemy.  He  and  his 
men  made  a  heroic  assault,  but  in  the  attempt 
every  one  of  the  men  perished.  He  was  then 


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forty-eight  years  of  age.  His  wife,  Mary  (Clark) 
Johnston,  who  was  born  in  Ohio,  of  Scotch  de- 
scent, is  still  living  and  makes  her  home  at  Clin- 
ton, Iowa.  .The}-  were  the  parents  of  five  sons 
and  one  daughter,  as  follows:  James,  who  was  a 
member  of  the  regiment  his  father  commanded 
and  was  killed  at  Gettysburg;  George,  Andrew, 
Frank,  W.  C.,  and  Mrs.  Ross,  of  Clinton,  Iowa. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  August  24,  1861.  After  the  death 
of  his  father,  his  mother  returned  to  Meigs  Coun- 
ty, and  there  he  attended  the  public  schools.  In 
1872  he  accompanied  the  family  to  Iowa,  settling 
near  Dubuque,  where  he  was  apprenticed  to  the 
cooper's  trade.  At  the  expiration  of  three  years, 
upon  finishing  his  trade,  he  went  to  Minneapolis, 
where  he  worked  at  the  trade  and  also  attended 
the  high  school.  After  two  years  he  went  to 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  where  he  attended  school. 
Later  he  was  with  the  Morris  Bridge  Company, 
of  Youngtown,  Ohio,  and  assisted  in  the  con- 
struction of  bridges  in  their  western  division. 
He  was  with  this  company  for  eight  years,  the 
last  three  years  being  their  traveling  contract 
agent,  during  which  time  he  traveled  over  the 
entire  west,  with  the  exception  of  California.  At 
the  time  he  made  his  first  trip  to  Colorado  he 
visited  Leadville,  then  in  the  height  of  its 
"boom."  For  one  year  he  was  engaged  as  fore- 
man of  construction  of  bridges  between  Colorado 
Springs  and  Leadville  for  the  bridge  company, 
during  the  construction  of  the  Colorado  Midland 
Railroad.  While  filling  this  position  he  received 
injuries  that  caused  him  to  resign.  He  went  to 
Omaha,  where  he  recuperated,  and  from  there  in 
1891  removed  to  Colorado  Springs.  While  in 
Iowa  he  was  identified  with  the  Sons  of  Veterans. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  the  First  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  and  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


(JOHN  A.  FARNSWORTH,  M.  D.,  who  is 
I  a  rising  and  skillful  physician  and  surgeon 
G/  residing  in  Fort  Morgan,  was  born  near  To- 
ronto, Canada,  on  the  4th  of  July,  1869,  being  a 
son  of  J.  H.  and  Mary  J.  (Anderson)  Farnsworth, 
of  whom  mention  is  made  in  the  sketch  of  J.  B. 
Farnsworth,  presented  elsewhere.  The  common 
schools  afforded  our  subject  a  fair  education, 
which  was  increased  by  his  habits  of  careful  read- 
ing and  study.  Much  of  his  time  was  given  to 
the  management  of  the  stock  interests  on  his 


father's  ranch  in  Colorado,  and  it  was  not  until 
he  was  about  twenty-three  that  the  way  was 
opened  for  him  to  commence  the  study  of  medi- 
cine. For  some  time  he  carried  on  his  studies 
under  private  preceptorship.  In  1894116  matricu- 
lated in  the  medical  department  of  the  Denver 
University,  where  he  took  the  regular  course  of 
studies  for  two  years.  The  senior  studies  he  took 
in  the  State  University  of  Colorado,  from  which 
he  graduated  both  in  allopathy  and  homeopathy. 
Upon  completing  his  medical  education,  Dr. 
Farnsworth  went  to  Gilpiu  County,  where  he 
opened  an  office  and  began  to  practice  his  profes- 
sion at  Apex.  Some  six  months  later,  in  Febru- 
ary, 1898,  he  removed  to  Fort  Morgan,  and  es- 
tablished his  present  growing  and  important 
practice.  While  he  has  been  here  for  a  compara- 
tively short  time  only,  he  has  already  met  with 
success,  and  is  known  as  a  progressive  physician. 
In  his  practice  he  is  thoroughly  up-to-date,  and  it 
is  his  ambition  to  keep  abreast  of  the  times  in  the 
rapid  advancement  and  development  of  the  medi- 
cal profession.  Politically  he  is  a  believer  in  Re- 
publican principles,  and  fraternally  holds  mem- 
bership in  Fort  Morgan  Camp  No.  192,  Woodmen 
of  the  World.  June  16,  1898,  he  married  Miss 
Mary  J.  Dace,  daughter  of  J.  M.  Dace,  a  pioneer 
of  Colorado  and  a  business  man  of  Denver. 


HON.  JAMES  CASTELLO,  a  pioneer  of  Colo- 
rado, was  born  and  reared  upon  a  farm  in 
Pennsylvania  and  in  early  manhood  re- 
moved to  Missouri,  settling  near  St.  Louis,  and 
becoming  interested  in  the  mercantile  business. 
Later  he  engaged  in  lead  mining  at  Mineral 
Point,  Wis.,  and  vicinity.  He  was  married  in 
Wisconsin  in  1838  to  Catherine  Hughes,  a  native 
of  Ohio  and  in  girlhood  a  resident  of  Illinois.  In 
1846  he  returned  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming  near  the  city.  A  man  of  prominence 
in  his  community,  he  was  elected  sheriff  in  1857 
and  at  other  times  held  various  local  positions. 

During  the  summer  of  1858  one  of  Mr.  Cas- 
tello's  sons  had  come  to  Colorado,  and  in  1860 
he  crossed  the  plains,  intending  to  settle  in  the 
west.  Going  to  Nevadaville,  he  engaged  in  min- 
ing for  one  year,  after  which  he  was  similarly  in- 
terested in  Fairplay,  Park  County.  At  the  same 
time  he  carried  on  a  hotel  business  there  until 
1868.  His  family  had  joined  him  in  1863.  In 
1870  he  removed  to  El  Paso  County,  where  he 
founded  the  town  of  Florissant,  named  in  honor 
of  his  former  home  town  in  Missouri.  There  he 


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started  the  first  store,  which  he  conducted  in  con- 
nection with  ranching. 

For  one  term,  during  his  residence  in  Park 
County,  Mr.  Castello  served  as  county  judge.  In 
1865  he  was  a  member  of  the  first  state  senate  of 
Colorado,  which  met  in  Golden  in  December  of 
that  year,  and  then  adjourned  to  meet  in  Denver. 
However,  the  proceedings  of  the  convention  were 
not  ratified  by  President  Johnson,  and  hence  were 
rendered  null.  In  1868,  when  the  United  States 
land  office  was  established  at  Fairplay  for  the 
district  now  included  in  Leadville,  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  President  Johnson  receiver  for  the 
same  and  continued  in  that  capacity  until  1872. 
His  death  occurred  May  18,  1878.  His  wife  died 
in  Florissant,  Colo.,  October  27,  1898,  in  the 
eightieth  year  of  her  age.  They  were  the  parents 
of  nine  children,  six  of  whom  attained  mature 
years,  viz.:  Charles,  who  died  in  Missouri  in  1893; 
Joseph,  who  is  engaged  in  mining  in  Rico,  Colo.; 
John,  a  stockman  of  Florissant;  Lucy,  Mrs. 
George  W.  Barrett,  of  Park  County,  Colo. ;  Julia, 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Berry,  also  of  Park  County;  and 
Frank  F. ,  who  resides  in  Colorado  Springs  and 
is  president  of  the  Mary  McKinney  Mining  Com- 
pany. 

HAMES  P.  CURRY,  vice-president  andadi- 
I  rector  of  the  State  Bank  of  Fort  Morgan,  and 
Q)  an  extensive  ranchman  and  sheep-raiser  of 
Morgan  County,  was  born  in  Valparaiso,  Ind.  July 
22,  1855,  a  son  of  J.  G.  and  Elizabeth  (Hesser) 
Curry.  He  was  one  of  five  children,  all  but  one  of 
whom  are  living.  John  W.  is  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Trent,  Tex.,  of  which  town  he 
is  the  postmaster;  Julia  R.  is  the  widow  of  Ran- 
dolph Trinkle,  of  Denver,  Colo. ;  and  Fannie  J.  is 
the  widow  of  William  Kinnie,  of  Valparaiso,  Ind. 
A  native  of  Ohio,  born  in  1820,  our  subject's 
father  removed  to  Indiana  in  early  manhood  and 
settled  upon  a  farm  near  Valparaiso,  where  he 
continued  to  reside  until  his  death,  in  1886. 
During  the  Civil  war  he  served  his  country  as  a 
soldier,  showing  his  patriotism  during  those  try- 
ing times.  He  was.  a  man  -  of  intelligence  and 
high  moral  character,  and  had  many  friends  in 
and  around  Valparaiso.  When  our  subject  was 
seventeen  years  of  age  he  began  to  work  for  a 
neighboring  stock-raiser,  with  whom  he  con- 
tinued for  two  years,  and  then  came  to  Colorado. 
In  May,  1875,  he  arrived  in  what  is  now  Elbert 
County,  and  there  he  was  employed  on  a  stock 
ranch  for  two  and  one-half  years.  With  the 


money  saved  during  this  time  he  bought  a  ranch 
and  embarked  in  stock-raising  for  himself.  As 
the  years  passed  by  he  was  prospered;  and  while 
his  residence  has  changed  occasionally,  he  has 
continued  his  stock  on  the  same  range.  Since 
1882  he  has  made  Morgan  County  his  home. 
Here  he  has  ten  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  ranch 
property  and  is  the  largest  individual  sheep- 
grower  in  the  entire  county. 

When  the  State  Bank  of  Fort  Morgan  was  organ  - 
ized,  he  became  one  of  the  largest  stockholders, 
and  was  made  a  director  in  the  institution.  Two 
years  later  he  was  chosen  vice-president  of  the 
institution,  which  position  he  has  since  filled. 
His  success  has  truly  been  remarkable.  When 
he  came  to  Colorado  he  had  no  means,  nor  did 
he  have  any  friends  in  the  state.  In  spite  of 
poverty,  obstacles  and  hardships,  he  worked  his 
way  steadily  forward  until  he  is  now  ranked 
among  the  wealthiest  men  of  northeastern  Colo- 
rado, where  his  stock  and  ranch  interests  are  ex- 
ceedingly large  and  valuable.  He  has  given  his 
attention  so  completely  to  his  personal  interests 
that  he  has  had  no  leisure  to  participate  in  public 
affairs.  However,  be  discharges  his  duty  as  a 
citizen  and  supports  men  and  measures  that  he 
believes  will  assist  in  the  development  of  the 
state.  From  1893  to  1896  he  held  the  office  of 
county  commissioner,  in  which  position  he  was 
enabled  to  materially  promote  local  enterprises. 
His  political  affiliations  have  always  been  with 
the  Republican  party,  which  he  believes  to  be  the 
party  of  progress.  Every  project  for  the  benefit 
of  the  people  receives  his  hearty  sympathy  and 
active  co-operation.  To  those  less  fortunate  than 
himself  he  has  been  kind  and  generous,  and 
more  than  one  has  reason  to  remember  him  with 
gratitude.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
Oasis  Lodge  No.  67,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Akron 
Commandery,  K.  T. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Curry  in  1884,  united 
him  with  Miss  Alma  Herrendoerfer,  a  native  of 
Minnesota.  They  are  the  parents  of  two  daugh- 
ters, namely:  Flora  G.,  who  was  born  February 
28,  1887;  and  Vera  M.,  February  29,  1892. 


'INGLEY  S.  WOOD.  The  family  represent- 
ed by  this  well-known  citizen  of  Leadville 
has  been  identified  with  American  history 
from  a  very  early  period  of  colonial  settlement 
and  its  members  have  been  people  of  great  pa- 
triotism and  personal  energy.  In  a  very  early 
day  they  crossed  the  ocean  to  Massachusetts,  and 


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in  that  new  and  undeveloped  country  sought  to 
establish  homes.  In  the  affairs  of  Plymouth  col- 
ony they  were  active  and  influential.  Henry 
Wood  (from  whom  our  subject  represents  the 
seventh  generation  in  descent)  was  married  to 
Abigail  Jenney  April  28,  1644,  as  shown  by  the 
records  of  the  Plymouth  colony.  Miss  Jenney 
was  a  daughter  of  John  Jeuney,  who  came 
from  England  in  the  company  of  the  "Ann  and 
little  James,"  in  June,  1623,  and  his  name  ap- 
pears in  Governor  Bradford's  list  of  early  set- 
tlers. John  Jenney  was  an  assistant  governor  of 
Plymouth  colony  and  occupied  a  place  on  the  ju- 
dicial bench  with  William  Bradford,  Miles  Stan- 
dish  and  John  Alden.  Henry  Wood  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  grand  inquest  of  the  colony  from  1648 
to  the  year  of  his  death,  1670.  Numerous  men- 
tion of  both  Mr.  Jenney  and  Mr.  Wood  appears  in 
the  colony  records. 

That  branch  of  the  family  through  which  the 
subject  of  this  article  is  descended  lived  on  and 
near  the  original  grants  of  land  made  by  the  col- 
ony on  Namasakett  Creek,  afterward  known  as 
Middleborough,  Plymouth  County,  Mass.  From 
that  place,  early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  Syl- 
vanus  Wood,  our  subject's  father,  removed  to 
Ohio,  and  there  became  a  physician,  practicing 
at  Cadiz.  He  married  Amanda  Tingley,  of  Cadiz, 
who  descended  from  Palmer  Tingley,  who  came 
to  America  in  the  ship  "Planter,"  in  1635,  and 
served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Pequod  war.  His  name 
is  recorded  in  Sargent's  Dictionary  of  Early  Set- 
tlers of  New  England.  Six  generations  of  the 
Tingley  family  resided  in  Massachusetts  and  New 
Jersey.  Several  members,  including  Jeremiah 
Tingley,  Mrs.  Wood's  grandfather  (born  1755, 
died  1803),  took  part  in  the  Revolutionary  war, 
as  found  on  the  records  of  the  adjutant-general's 
office  of  New  Jersey.  William  Tingley,  father 
of  Mrs.  Wood,  migrated  from  the  east  to  Ohio 
early  in  the  nineteenth  century,  and  was  after- 
ward a  resident  of  Cadiz. 

On  a  farm  called  "The  Moccasin,"  owned  by 
Dr.  Sylvanus  Wood,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  January  20, 1845.  His  early  childhood 
years  were  passed  on  this  farm,  in  Guernsey 
County,  Ohio,  and  in  the  village  of  Cadiz.  At 
the  age  of  fifteen  he  entered  Allegheny  College  at 
Meadville,  Pa. ,  where  he  carried  on  his  studies 
for  two  years,  and  then  left  the  institution  in  order 
to  enter  the  pay  department  of  the  United  States 
army.  He  continued  in  the  government  service 
until  the  close  of  the  Civil  war.  Afterward  he 


engaged  in  the  banking  business  in  Ohio  and  later 
in  Illinois,  where  he  remained  until  1876.  From 
that  time  until  1880  he  was  assistant  state  auditor 
of  Illinois  and  secretary  of  the  State  Board  of 
Equalization. 

Early  in  1880,  mining  investments  which  he 
had  made  in  Colorado  demanded  his  attention, 
and  he  established  himself  in  Leadville,  in  which 
place  he  has  since  had  his  business  office.  From 
1880  to  1885  he  was  general  manager  of  the  Little 
Chief,  Big  Pittsburg  and  Silver  Cord  Mines. 
Since  the  latter  year  he  has  given  his  attention 
exclusively  to  his  personal  mining  interests.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Car- 
bonate National  Bank  of  Leadville  and  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Colorado  State  School  of  Mines 
at  Golden.  In  1869  he  married  Leonora  Chesnut, 
of  Springfield,  111.  They  have  three  sonsand 
three  daughters:  Tingley  C.,  Leonard  E.,  Ben- 
ton  G.,  Kathryn  B.,  Leonora  C.  and  Lilian  M. 


HON.  JAMES  DOYLE,  ex-mayor  of  Victor 
and  one  of  its  most  extensive  mine  owners 
and  operators,  has  made  a  wonderful  record 
in  the  development  of  this  most  marvelous  camp. 
His  discovery  of  the  immensely  rich  Portland 
mine,  named  after  his  birthplace,  Portland,  Me., 
gave  an  incentive  heretofore  unexampled  to  the 
development  of  the  mining  resources  of  this  dis- 
trict. So  intimately  is  his  name  associated  with 
the  growth  and  progress  of  this  camp  that,  as  one 
of  the  old  residents  well  said,  "As  long  as  Victor 
is  known,  the  name  of  James  Doyle  will  be  re- 
membered." 

A  descendant  of  a  family  for  generations  asso- 
ciated with  the  history  of  Massachusetts  and 
Maine,  Mr.  Doyle  was  born  August  20,  1868. 
He  had  no  broader  educational  advantages  than 
those  furnished  by  the  public  schools  of  Port- 
land. At  an  early  age  he  began  to  earn  his  live- 
lihood, and  proved  to  be  so  energetic  and  perse- 
vering that  a  successful  future  was  predicted  for 
him.  For  a  time  he  was  connected  with  a  coal 
company  in  Maine,  but  in  1887  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado. For  three  years  he  followed  carpentering 
in  Colorado  Springs.  In  1890  the  city  council 
elected  him  superintendent  of  irrigation  for  the 
city. 

The  first  time  that  Mr.  Doyle  visited  the  pres- 
ent site  of  Victor  was  in  December,  1891,  when 
he  located  at  what  was  known  as  Stratton's  camp 
and  prospected  on  Battle  Mountain,  in  this  im- 
mediate vicinity  and  into  Fremont  County.  Fol- 


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lowing  up  the  rich  float  which  he  found,  January 
22,  1892,  he  made  a  location  where  the  Portland 
mine  now  is.  However,  this  did  not  give  imme- 
diate returns,  as  the  reports  of  expert  miner- 
alogists and  mining  men  had  been  so  unfavor- 
able regarding  this  locality  that  it  was  difficult 
to  get  any  one  to  place  confidence  in  its  future. 
Even  after  he  had  an  assay  made  in  Colorado 
Springs,  which  showed  a  value  of  over  one 
hundred  and  thirty  ounces,  he  was  unsuccessful 
in  an  attempt  to  borrow  some  money  for  food, 
and  was  obliged  to  tramp  back  to  the  camp  hun- 
gry. But  he  was  positive  as  to  the  great  value 
of  his  discovery  and  did  not  grow  discouraged,  in 
spite  of  hardships.  When  it  came  to  be  realized 
that  his  find  was  a  great  one,  his  troubles  were 
greater  than  before,  though  of  a  different  nature. 
People  flocked  in,  and  he  was  overwhelmed  with 
law  suits,  but  he  never  gave  up;  in  connection 
with  W.  S.  Stratton,  of  the 'Independence  mine, 
he  fought  the  claims  that  were  advanced  to  harass 
them. 

During  the  great  strike  that  occurred  in  1892 
the  Portland  Was  the  only  mine  that  was  kept  in 
operation  in  this  section,  and  to  this  fact  is  due 
the  result  he  finally  attained,  as  the  mine  paid 
fully  $1,000  a  da)',  which  gave  sufficient  funds  to 
carry  on  the  litigation  made  necessary.  The  com- 
bination finally  formed  known  as  the  Portland 
Gold  Mining  Company,  which  was  incorporated 
at  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  included  Messrs.  Doyle, 
Stratton,  Burns  and  Harnan.  The  mine  has 
proved  to  be  more  valuable  than  any  other  in 
the  camp. 

Among  the  other  properties  which  Mr.  Doyle 
has  developed  in  the  camp  may  be  mentioned  the 
Uinta  tunnel,  which  he  drove  twenty-two  hun- 
dred feet  into  Battle  Mountain,  and  on  the  devel- 
opment of  which  he  expended  over  $100,000;  also 
the  Santa  Rita,  on  Squaw  Mountain,  of  which 
company  he  is  president;  the  Home  Run,  the 
Reform  and  the  Benny,  all  of  which  he  made 
shippers.  He  is  also  interested  in  Boulder  Coun- 
ty, where  he  has  some  promising  property. 

Politically  a  Democrat  from  youth,  in  1894  Mr. 
Doyle  was  his  party's  candidate  for  the  state  sen- 
ate. In  1896  he  was  elected  mayor  of  Victor  and 
two  years  later  was  again  elected,  this  time  by 
acclamation,  which  will  give  some  idea  of  the 
esteem  in  which  he  is  held.  He  has  always  had 
at  heart  the  welfare  of  the  city  and  has  been  most 
helpful  to  its  enterprises.  The  original  plant  of 
water  works  was  not  satisfactory  by  any  means, 


and  it  became  necessary  to  replace  the  pipes.  The 
bonds  issued  for  the  purpose  were  a  load  that  it 
seemed  impossible  to  dispose  of,  but  when  he 
heard  of  the  predicament  he  immediately  fur- 
nished money  enough  to  do  the  work,  thus  plac- 
ing the  credit  of  the  city  on  a  solid  foundation  and 
furnishing  the  start  to  prosperity  that  has  since 
been  maintained.  The  water  works  are  of  the 
gravity  system,  with  eight  and  a-half  miles  of 
heavy  cast-iron  pipe,  and  furnish  a  pressure  of  one 
hundred  and  ten  pounds  at  any  place  in  the  city. 
The  supply  is  from  a  storage  reservoir,  built  at 
a  cost  of  almost  $30,000.  December  13,  1898, 
Mr.  Doyle  introduced  a  bill  in  the  house  of  rep- 
resentatives granting  the  city  of  Victor  certain 
lands  for  water  reservoirs,  by  which  means  they 
will  have  sufficient  supply  for  all  time. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Doyle  is  connected  with  Mount 
Pisgah  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Cripple  Creek, 
and  Victor  Lodge,  B.  P.  O.  E.  His  beautiful 
residence  in  Denver  is  presided  over  by  his  wife, 
whom  he  married  December  6,  1894,  and  who 
was  Miss  Daphne  Belle  Sutton,  a  native  of  Louis- 
ville, Ky.  The  wealth  which  has  rewarded  Mr. 
Doyle's  efforts,  though  it  has  brought  him  many 
responsibilities,  has  not  rendered  him  less  ap- 
proachable, nor  changed  his  genial,  companion- 
able and  kind-hearted  disposition.  Now,  as  in 
the  days  when  he  was  poor,  he  is  ever  sympa- 
thetic, helpful  and  kind.  The  needy  have  in  him 
a  friend,  and  many  a  poor  boy  looks  up  to  him 
as  his  benefactor.  By  rich  and  poor  alike,  he  is 
respected  as  a  man  of  ability,  honor  and  integrity. 


0EWITT  C.  PATTERSON.  Throughout 
Colorado  it  is  a  noticeable  fact  that  many 
of  the  men  who  have  been  most  successful 
in  mining  and  in  ranching,  and  who  are  wielding 
the  greatest  influence  of  any  citizens  of  the  state, 
are  men  quite  young  in  years.  To  this  class  be- 
longs the  subject  of  our  sketch,  who  is  engaged 
in  ranching  in  Logan  County,  and  is  meeting 
with  an  increasing  and  encouraging  success  in 
his  efforts.  Born  December  15,  1874,  he  is 
scarcely  yet  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  the  pros- 
perity he  has  so  far  attained  may  be  taken  as  an 
index  of  greater  success  in  future  years. 

The  entire  life  of  Mr.  Patterson  has  been  spent 
in  Colorado.  He  was  born  in  Longmont  more 
than  a  year  after  the  arrival  in  this  state  of  his 
parents,  Robert  J.  and  Frances  (Wray)  Patterson, 
of  whom  extended  mention  is  made  in  this  vol- 
ume. He  was  given  such  advantages  as  common 


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schools  afforded,  but  as  he  was  quick  to  learn,  he 
acquired  a  broad  education.  He  was  a  student 
in  both  the  Berthoud  and  the  Sterling  high 
schools.  His  eighteenth  year  was  spent  away 
from  home,  and  was  devoted  partly  to  farm  work 
and  partly  to  attendance  at  school.  Returning 
home,  he  remained  with  his  parents  until  he  was 
twenty-one,  and  then  began  in  the  world  for 
himself. 

After  riding  on  the  range  for  six  months,  Mr. 
Patterson  purchased  his  present  ranch,  four  and 
one-half  miles  northeast  of  Sterling,  and  there  he 
embarked  in  general  farming  and  stock-rising. 
During  the  winter  months  he  gives  considerable 
time  to  feeding  stock  for  other  parties.  He  has 
never  identified  himself  closely  with  public  af- 
fairs, although  he  would  make  an  excellent  offi- 
cial, should  he  care  to  accept  local  positions.  He 
votes  for  the  candidates  of  the  silver  Republican 
party.  December  25,  1898,  he  married  Mary  E., 
daughter  of  Simeon  F.  and  Elmira  (Murry) 
Lent.  She  was  born  in  Faribault  County,  Minn., 
and  in  1896  came  to  Colorado  with  her  father, 
who  is  engaged  in  ranching  six  miles  northeast 
of  Sterling,  in  Logan  County. 


(EORGE  W.  GILL.  During  the  year  1895 
Mr.  Gill  purchased  a  farm  two  and  one-half 
miles  north  of  Atwood  in  Logan  County, 
and  here  he  afterward  resided,  engaging  in  the 
stock  business,  and  at  the  same  time  carrying  on 
general  farm  pursuits.  One  of  the  respected 
citizens  of  his  locality,  he  gave  his  aid  to  all 
measures  for  the  benefit  of  his  community,  espe- 
cially to  such  as  promote  the  general  prosperity 
and  mutual  welfare.  His  death,  March  6,  1899, 
was  a  loss  to  his  friends  and  the  citizenship  of  the 
county. 

The  birth  of  our  subject  occurred  in  Vintou 
County,  Ohio,  February  18,  1835,  and  he  was 
one  of  the  ten  children  of  Joseph  and  Margaret 
(Dunkle)  Gill.  His  father,  a  native  of  West 
Virginia,  born  about  1795,  in  early  manhood  mi- 
grated to  Ohio  and  settled  in  Vinton  County, 
where  he  purchased  a  farm  and  engaged  in  agri- 
cultural pursuits.  His  death  occurred  there  when 
he  was  sixty-one  years  of  age.  He  was  a  sincere 
Christian  and  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  After  settling  in  Ohio  he 
married  Miss  Dunkle,  who  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

July  25,  1861,  our  subject  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany K,  Fortieth  Illinois  Infantry,  and  served 


his  country  faithfully  during  the  dark  days  of 
the  war.  Among  the  engagements  in  which  he 
took  part  were  those  at  Shiloh,  Vicksburg,  siege 
of  Atlanta,  Missionary  Ridge  and  Sherman's 
march  to  the  sea.  He  was  mustered  out  of  the 
service  July  24,  1865,  at  Springfield,  111.  After- 
ward he  always  maintained  an  interest  in  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  enjoyed  meet- 
ing with  veterans  of  the  war.  March  4,  1866,  he 
married  Mrs.  Lucinda  (Coe)  Lake,  a  native  of 
Virginia,  where  her  father,  Sanford  Coe,  was  an 
influential  farmer,  and  her  first  husband,  James 
Lake,  was  also  a  farmer  there.  She  was  the 
mother  of  two  children  by  Mr.  Lake,  of  whom 
the  older,  Charles  L.  Lake,  is  deputy  county 
treasurer  of  Logan  County,  Colo.;  and  the 
younger,  Harvey  Lake,  is  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Atwood. 

After  his  marriage  Mr.  Gill  engaged  in  oper- 
ating a  rented  farm.  In  1872  he  removed  to  Ne- 
braska and  took  up  a  homestead  in  Clay  County, 
of  which  he  was  among  the  earliest  settlers.  He 
was  successfully  engaged  in  farming  there  and 
continued  to  make  that  county  his  home  until 
1895,  when  he  crossed  the  line  into  Colorado,  pur- 
chasing the  ranch  where  his  family  now  make 
their  home.  However,  he  still  continued  to  hold 
his  Nebraska  farm,  which  he  leased.  In  politics 
he  was  from  youth  a  stalwart  believer  in  Repub- 
lican principles,  and  always  voted  the  ticket  of 
his  party.  He  became  the  father  of  four  chil- 
dren, namely:  Addie,  wife  of  Wilder  Jones,  a 
stockman  of  Logan  County;  Samuel,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  farming  in  Lane  County,  Kan.;  Frank 
and  Ernest,  who  reside  in  Logan  County. 


r~  RANK  E.  BAKER,  postmaster  of  Fort  Mor- 
Ty  gan,  and  a  general  contractor,  was  born  in 
I  Aubuni,  Ind.,  October  14,  1853,  a  son  of 
George  R.  and  Hannah  A.  (Hicks)  Baker.  He 
was  one  of  seven  children,  the  most  prominent  of 
whom  was  Abner  S.,  now  deceased,  of  whom 
mention  is  made  elsewhere.  Five  of  the  family 
are  living,  viz.:  Elizabeth,  wife  of  J.  Max  Clark, 
editor  of  the  Greeley  Tribune,  and  a  member  of 
the  state  legislature;  Edwin  E.,  a  civil  engineer 
residing  in  Greeley;  Lyman  C. ,  editor  of  the  Fort 
Morgan  Times;  Frank  E.;  and  Kate  M.,  wife  of 
W.  H.  Clatworthy,  of  Fort  Morgan. 

The  father  of  this  family  was  born  in  New 
York  state  November  5,  1816.  When  he  was  ten 
years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Huron  County, 
Ohio,  where  he  grew  to  manhood  and  married. 


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Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  moved  to  Crawford 
County,  where  he  cleared  and  improved  a  tract 
of  forest  land.  From  there,  in  1844,  he  went  to 
De  Kalb  County,  Ind.,  and  embarked  in  the  mer- 
cantile business,  which  he  continued  until  1855. 
He  then  sold  his  interests  in  the  business  and 
town  removed  his  family  to  Sauk  County,  Wis. 
During  the  early  years  of  his  residence  in  that 
county  he  devoted  himself  to  farming,  but  after- 
ward he  became  agent  for  the  Northwestern  Mu- 
tual Life  Insurance  Company.  In  1883  he  came 
with  his  wife  to  Fort  Morgan,  to  spend  his  remain- 
ing days  among  his  children,  who  had  preceded 
him  to  Colorado  some  years.  He  took  up  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land,  a  portion  of 
which  afterward  became  the  town  site  of  Fort 
Morgan,  the  other  portion  of  the  town  covering 
land  belonging  to  his  son,  Abner  S.  Here  he 
continued  to  reside  until  his  death  in  1893.  His 
wife  is  still  living,  and,  though  now  over  eighty- 
three  years  of  age,  is  quite  robust  and  hearty. 
She  makes  her  home  with  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Clatworthy. 

April  15,  1873,  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
arrived  in  Greeley,  Colo.  There  he  spent  four 
years  with  his  brother,  Abner  S.,  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock-raising.  Returning  to  Wis- 
consin, in  January,  1877,  he  began  to  work  at 
bridge  building  on  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern 
Railroad,  which  work  occupied  the  principal  part 
of  his  time  until  1880.  In  the  fall  of  the  latter 
year  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mar- 
tha L.  Luce,  a  native  of  Baraboo,  Wis. ,  and  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  C.  Luce,  who  was  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  war  and  a  prominent  farmer  of  Bara- 
boo. After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Baker  worked  at 
coopering  until  August,  1881,  at  which  time  he 
determined  to  return  to  Colorado.  The  ist  of  Sep- 
tember found  him  again  in  Greeley,  where  he 
took  charge  of  a  crew  of  men  for  his  brother, 
Abner  S. ,  who  had  a  contract  on  the  Greeley, 
Salt  Lake  &  Pacific  Railroad,  as  well  as  a  con- 
tract on  the  Denver  &  New  Orleans,  now  a  part 
of  the  Union  Pacific,  Denver  &  Gulf  system. 
Upon  the  completion  of  the  contract,  he  superin- 
tended construction  work,  under  his  brother,  on 
theOgilvey  ditch,  east  of  Greeley;  thePlatte  and 
Beaver  ditches,  and  the  Fort  Morgan  ditch,  and 
later  he  had  under  his  supervision  the  building 
of  the  head  gates,  flumes  and  dams  of  these 
ditches.  During  this  time  he  was  also  largely 
interested  in  bridge  building.  In  1896  he  was 
the  contractor  and  builder  of  the  state  bridge  at 


Orchard.  In  1882  he  took  up  a  homestead  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  three  miles  east  of  Fort 
Morgan,  and  later  purchased  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  adjoining.  In  1884  he  removed  to  his 
ranch,  where  he  built  one  of  the  most  substantial 
houses  in  the  section,  and  began  the  improvement 
of  the  property,  now  conceded  to  be  one  of  the 
finest  ranches  in  the  county.  While  improving 
his  ranch,  he  also  engaged  in  the  cattle  business 
and  carried  out  contracts  for  building.  In  1884 
he  established  the  first  lumber  yard  in  Fort  Mor- 
gan and  was  largely  instrumental  in  the  building 
up  of  the  new  town. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  were  born  two  daugh- 
ters: Bessie  L.,  born  March  17,1883;  and  Alice  E., 
October  n,  1887.  They  also  have  charge  of  the 
only  living  son  of  Abner  S.  Baker,  Jr.,  a  bright 
boy  born  November  n,  1888,  and  named  for  his 
father.  Fraternally  Mr.  Baker  is  connected  with 
Oasis  Lodge  No.  67,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  Fort 
Morgan  Camp  No.  193,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 
He  was  appointed  to  the  office  of  postmaster 
March  30,  1898,  by  fourth  assistant  postmaster- 
general,  J.  L.  Bristow,  and  took  possession  of 
the  office  on  the  ist  of  May.  This  position  he  is 
filling  efficiently,  discharging  its  duties  with  the 
same  energy  and  faithfulness  noticeable  of  him  in 
every  sphere  of  activity. 


(JOSEPH  P.  DILLON,  member  of  the  firm  of 
I  Powell  &  Dillon,  stockmen  of  Logan  County, 
Q)  and  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  county 
commissioners,  was  born  in  Henry  County,  111., 
August  23,  1859,  being  a  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Gleason)  Dillon.  He  was  one  of  fourteen  chil- 
dren, of  whom  the  following  survive:  Kate,  wife  of 
Matthew  Renhan,  of  Davenport,  Iowa;  Thomas, 
who  is  engaged  in  the  insurance  business  at  Tam- 
pico,  111.;  Joseph  P.;  Belle,  at  home;  and  Alice, 
who  married  John  McKenzie  and  lives  in  York- 
town,  111.  The  parents  were  born  in  County 
Tipperary,  Ireland,  thefatherin  1817,  the  mother 
in  1827.  When  twenty-two  years  of  age  the  for- 
mer came  to  America,  stopping  in  Providence, 
R.  I. ,  and  securing  employment  in  the  woolen 
and  cotton  mills  of  Snow  &  Claflin,  of  that  city. 
By  his  strict  attention  to  his  duties  he  soon  won 
the  confidence  of  his  employers,  and  in  a  short  time 
was  made  foreman  of  the  mills,  which  important 
position  he  held  about  twenty  years.  Just  before 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  war  he  removed  to  Illi- 
nois and  settled  upon  a  farm  near  Yorktown. 
Two  years  before  his  death  he  sold  his  Illinois 


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estate  and  removed  to  Iowa,  settling  in  Daven- 
port, where  he  hoped  to  spend  years  in  the  enjoy- 
ment of  the  fruits  of  his  labors,  but  he  was  called 
from  earth  in  April,  1897.  His  life  had  been 
prolonged  to  a  good  old  age,  and  was  a  useful 
and  helpful  one.  His  wife  is  still  living  in 
Davenport. 

At  twenty  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  left  the  parental  roof.  For  four  years  he 
was  employed  by  a  neighboring  farmer  and  after- 
ward rented  the  home  farm.  In  1884  he  came 
to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Sterling  on  the  2ist  of 
February,  and  securing  employment  with  J.  H. 
Simpson,  then  a  prominent  cattleman  and  later  a 
county  commissioner.  For  three  years  he  con- 
tinued with  Mr.  Simpson.  In  the  summer  of 
1887  he  worked  on  the  construction  of  the  Bur- 
lington &  Missouri  River  Railroad,  driving  two 
teams.  In  the  fall  he  was  employed  on  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific  Railroad  building  into  Pueblo.  The 
winter  months  he  spent  working  in  coal  mines 
near  Trinidad.  During  the  spring  and  summer 
of  1888  he  was  engaged  at  ditch  work  and  in  rail- 
road construction.  In  the  spring  of  1889  he  be- 
gan to  work  for  E.  A.  Reaser  near  Iliff,  taking 
charge  of  the  ditch  and  ranch  property  belonging 
to  Mr.  Reaser,  who  was  a  prominent  broker  of 
Denver.  At  the  same  time  he  leased  land  for 
himself  and  began  to  buy  cattle,  his  object  being 
to  establish  himself  in  the  cattle  business.  In 
the  spring  of  1891  he  severed  his  connection  with 
Mr.  Reaser  and  formed  a  partnership  with  W.  J. 
Powell,  locating  five  miles  northeast  of  Iliff, 
where  they  conduct  their  present  business.  They 
have  been  prospered  and  rank  among  the  county's 
most  experienced  ranchmen. 

In  1896  Mr.  Dillon  was  elected  to  fill  the  unex- 
pired  term  of  J.  H.  Simpson  as  county  commis- 
sioner. At  the  expiration  of  this  term,  in  1897, 
he  was  re-elected  to  the  office,  which  he  has  ably 
filled.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is  connected  with 
Logan  Lodge  No.  69,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


GlUGUSTUS  G.  SHERWIN,  one  of  the  lead- 
LJ  ing  business  men  of  Sterling,  where  he  is  a 
/  I  dealer  in  lumber,  coal,  lime  and  cement,  was 
born  in  Clermont  County,  Ohio,  June  16,  1848, 
a  son  of  Eldredge  and  Mary  (Debruler)  Sherwin. 
He  was  one  of  six  children,  of  whom  himself  and 
his  brother  William,  a  contractor  and  builder  in 
Chicago,  are  the  survivors.  His  father,  who  was 
also  a  native  of  Clermout  County,  there  learned 
the  cooper's  trade  in  his  youth  and  afterward  fol- 


lowed that  occupation  for  years,  having  in  his 
employ  from  fifteen  to  twenty  workmen.  Dur- 
ing the  excitement  caused  by  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  California,  he  crossed  the  plains  in  1852 
and  engaged  in  mining  on  the  Pacific  coast,  but 
died  a  short  time  afterward.  His  widow  after- 
ward kept  the  family  together,  and  our  subject, 
from  the  time  he  was  eleven,  was  the  mainstay 
of  the  others.  When  he  was  seventeen  his 
mother  died.  He  then  determined  to  start  out 
for  himself.  Going  to  Minnesota  he  secured  em- 
ployment on  a  river  steamer  that  plied  the  Mis- 
sissippi between  Dubuque  and  St.  Paul,  but  the 
work  proved  too  heavy  for  him  and  he  resigned 
his  position. 

Returning  to  Ohio,  Mr.  Sherwin  settled  in 
Glendale,  which  place  he  reached  with  only  fif- 
teen cents  in  his  possession.  He  secured  employ- 
ment with  William  Coles,  a  prominent  business 
man  in  Cincinnati.  During  the  six  months  he 
continued  there  the  family  became  greatly  at- 
tached to  him  and  wished  to  adopt  him,  but  he 
had  determined  to  learn  a  trade.  He  had  been 
paid  a  salary  of  $25  a  month  and  board.  On 
leaving  that  place  he  began  to  work  in  the  pic- 
ture frame  house  of  Appleton  Brothers,  Cincin- 
nati, receiving  $4  a  week  and  boarding  himself. 
After  six  months  he  was  promoted  to  the  position 
of  joiner  at$i8aweek.  He  held  the  position 
for  four  months,  but  on  seriously  considering  the 
matter,  he  saw  there  was  no  possibility  of  further 
advance  and  decided  to  try  another  occupation. 
He  apprenticed  himself  to  the  carpenter's  trade, 
at  first  receiving  $3  a  week,  and  continuing  for 
six  months  with  the  same  employer.  On  leaving 
he  invested  his  savings  in  a  confectionery  busi- 
ness, but  the  location  was  a  poor  one,  and  he 
soon  disposed  of  the  business. 

Next  Mr.  Sherwin  went  back  to  Laurel,  Cler- 
mont County,  where  he  purchased  the  interests 
of  his  three  brothers  in  a  tract  of  sixteen  acres 
belonging  to  the  old  homestead.  While  superin- 
tending this  place  he  also  worked  for  a  neighbor- 
ing farmer  for  two  years,  after  which  he  culti- 
vated a  rented  farm  for  two  seasons,  meantime 
during  the  winter  months  carrying  on  a  grocery 
business.  A  year  later  he  and  a  cousin  ran  a 
wagon  to  Cincinnati,  where  they  disposed  of  their 
produce.  February  23,1873,  he  married  Leonora, 
daughter  of  Dixon  and  Louisa  (Simmons)  Bu- 
chanan, the  former  a  prominent  farmer  in  Cler- 
mont County.  For  one  year  after  his  marriage 
he  continued  to  farm.  In  1874  he  removed  to 


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Brazil,  Ind. ,  and  began  to  work  at  the  carpen- 
ter's trade,  in  which,  after  three  months,  he  was 
furnishing  employment  to  sixteen  men.  His  sec- 
ond year  was  an  unfortunate  one,  but  the  third 
year  was  so  successful  that  he  realized  $2,250 
in  clear  profits  at  its  close.  For  years  he  contin- 
ued contracting  and  building  with  marked  suc- 
cess. His  next  location  was  at  Point  Pleasant, 
Ohio,  where,  with  a  partner,  he  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business,  but  through  the  dishonesty 
of  his  partner,  he  lost  his  entire  investment  and, 
upon  closing  out  at  the  end  of  eighteen  months, 
was  obliged  to  borrow  $200  to  settle  up  the  busi- 
ness. Going  to  Butler,  Ky. ,  he  resumed  carpen- 
tering, but  work  was  scarce,  and  it  was  three 
years  before  he  cleared  himself  of  his  indebted- 
ness. In  1881  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled 
in  Pueblo,  where  his  ability  as  an  expert  me- 
chanic soon  became  recognized,  and  he  was  made 
foreman  in  the  erection  of  many  of  the  city's 
business  blocks. 

In  August,  1883,  Mr.  Sherwin  came  to  Ster- 
ling, arriving  here  on  the  igth  of  that  month.  A 
month  later  he  took  up  a  homestead  on  Cedar 
Creek,  seven  miles  north  of  town,  which  he  later 
changed  to  a  pre-emption,  and  also  took  up  a 
timber  claim.  From  that  time  he  devoted  him- 
self to  contracting  and  building  in  and  near  Ster- 
ling, and  also  invested  in  cattle,  stocking  his 
ranch  with  a  good  grade  of  cattle.  He  has 
erected  the  principal  buildings  in  Sterling,  in- 
cluding the  court  house  and  the  Broadway  school. 
In  1894  he  removed  into  Sterling,  and  in  Sep- 
tember established  the  business  he  has  since  con- 
ducted, having  practically  the  entire  lumber 
business  of  the  town.  He  also  deals  extensively 
in  coal.  Retaining  his  ranch  interests,  he  owns 
four  hundred  and  forty  acres  on  Cedar  Creek  and 
leases  seven  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  state% 
land,  much  of  which  is  in  alfalfa.  Since  the 
spring  of  1895  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  town 
council.  His  political  affiliations  are  with  the 
Republican  party.  A  loyal  citizen,  he  favors  all 
measures  that  will  benefit  the  town  and  county. 
He  is  patriotic,  and  when  a  mere  lad,  shortly 
after  his  mother's  death,  offered  his  services  to 
his  country  as  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  war,  but  be- 
ing under  the  stipulated  age,  he  was  rejected. 
He  is  temperate  in  his  habits,  avoiding  the  use 
of  whisky;  and,  although  for  twenty-three  years 
he  used  tobacco,  he  finally  came  to  see  the  evil  in 
the  moral  influence,  and  has  never  since  used  it 
in  any  form.  He  and  his  wife  are  the  parents  of 


four  children.  Claude  A.,  who  was  born  in  Cler- 
mont  County,  Ohio,  is  a  stockman  of  Logan 
County,  Colo.;  Leonard  W.,  who  was  born  in 
Brazil,  Ind.,  attends  to  his  father's  stock  inter- 
ests; Lida,  born  at  Butler,  Ky.,  and  Helen,  born 
in  Logan  County,  Colo.,  are  with  their  parents. 


HON.  CHARLES  W.  BOMGARDNER, 
mayor  of  La  Junta  and  member  of  one  of 
the  leading  business  firms  of  the  city,  was 
born  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  January  27,  1860,  a 
son  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Bomgardner.  His  fa- 
ther, who  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  removed 
to  the  vicinity  of  Indianapolis  in  1837  and  there 
purchased  and  improved  a  farm.  Through  his 
unaided  efforts  he  secured  a  competency,  and  now, 
at  seventy-five  years  of  age,  is  enjoying  the  pros- 
perity for  which  he  labored  in  his  younger  days. 
When  in  need  of  the  services  of  an  attorney,  dur- 
ing the  earlier  part  of  his  residence  in  Indiana, 
he  always  consulted  the  firm  of  Porter,  Fish- 
back  &  Harrison,  and  in  this  way  became  well 
acquainted  with  the  junior  member  of  the  firm, 
afterward  president  of  the  United  States. 

The  wife  of  Isaac  Bomgardner  was  born  in 
Ohio  and  is  now  seventy  years  of  age.  Of  a 
gentle  Christian  character,  she  has  long  been 
identified  with  the  Baptist  Church.  Of  her  thir- 
teen children,  eight  are  living.  Our  subject  spent 
the  years  of  his  youth  under  the  parental  roof.  In 
1882  he  'came  to  Colorado  and  for  a  year  clerked 
in  the  St.  J'ames  Hotel  in  Denver,  after  which 
he  followed  the  carpenter's  trade  in  that  city  and 
Grand  Junction.  In  1885  he  came  to  La  Junta. 
After  having  farmed  for  one  year,  he  entered  the 
grocery  business,  and  in  1889  embarked  in  the 
hardware  business  with  a  brother  and  Mr.  How- 
ard. Later  Mr.  O'Neil  succeeded  Mr.  Howard, 
the  firm  now  being  Bomgardner  &  O'Neil.  Their 
trade  is  the  best  in  the  line  in  Otero  County. 
They  carry  in  stock,  not  only  hardware,  but  also 
a  general  line  of  farm  implements,  harness,  etc. 

Active  in  local  politics,  in  the  campaign  of 
1896  Mr.  Bomgardner  changed  his  allegiance 
from  the  Republican  party  to  the  silver  movement. 
In  1888  and  iSSg.he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  town  trustees.  For  one  year,  while  the 
county  was  being  organized,  he  held  the  office  of 
county  judge  by  appointment.  He  is  now  serv- 
ing for  a  third  term  as  mayor  of  La  Junta,  in 
which  responsible  position  he  has  accomplished 
much  for  the  benefit  of  local  enterprises.  He  is 
a  member  of  Euclid  Lodge  No.  64,  A.  F.  &A.  M., 


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of  this  city,  and  is  also  connected  with  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World.  He  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Edith  Behymer,  of  Denver,  by  whom 
he  has  one  son.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bomgardner 
are  connected  with  the  Baptist  Church  of  La 
Junta. 

NON.  WEBSTER  BALLINGER.  The  du- 
ties of  legislator  and  newspaper  editor  have 
occupied  much  of  the  time  and  thought  of 
Mr.  Ballinger  during  past  years.  Three  times 
elected  a  member  of  the  Iowa  legislature,  since 
coming  to  Colorado  he  has  twice  been  elected  to 
represent  Park  County  in  the  state  legislature, 
and  during  the  entire  period  of  his  service  he  has 
proved  himself  to  be  a  progressive,  public-spirited 
man,  desirous  of  promoting  local  interests  and 
of  advancing  the  general  welfare  of  his  state. 

Born  in  Barboursville,  Ky.,  February  25,  1841, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  son  of  Frank  and 
Jane  (Adams)  Ballinger.  He  was  one  of  nine 
children,  six  of  whom  are  now  living,  viz.  :  Web- 
ster; William,  president  of  the  Keokuk  and  Quincy 
Canning  Company,  and  a  resident  of  Keokuk, 
Iowa;  Jennie,  wife  of  Loren  G.  Rowell,  a  prom- 
inent attorney  of  Kansas  City;  Madison,  a  prac- 
ticing attorney  of  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Mrs.  Lucy 
Lindsey,  who  is  the  only  ordained  lady  minister 
of  the  Christian  Church  in  Missouri;  and  Adam, 
who  is  clerk  and  bookkeeper  for  the  Keokuk  and 
Quincy  Canning  Company. 

A  native  of  Kentucky,  born  in  the  year  1801, 
Frank  Ballinger  was  a  drummer  boy  during  the 
war  of  1812  and  was  present  at  the  battle  of  New 
Orleans.  On  approaching  manhood  he  took 
up  the  study  of  law  and  met  with  success,  al  - 
though  he  did  not  have  the  advantage  of  a  colle- 
giate education.  At  the  age  of  twenty -seven  he 
began  the  practice  of  law.  He  was  a  man  of 
strong  moral  force,  and  when  an  amendment  to 
the  state  constitution  was  offered  in  the  Kentucky 
legislation,  providing  that  every  unborn  slave 
should  be  free  at  twenty-one  years  of  age,  in  be- 
half of  the  emancipation  amendment,  he  took  the 
stump  and  spoke  throughout  the  state  in  favor  of 
the  measure.  Prior  to  this  he  had  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Kentucky  legislature.  Bela  M. 
Hughes,  who  was  one  of  his  contemporaries  in 
Kentucky,  and  who  later  became  a  pioneer  of 
Denver,  declared  Mr.  Ballinger  to  be  the  great- 
est lawyer  in  Kentucky.  He  was  a  political  as- 
sociate and  personal  friend  of  Cassius  M.  Clay. 
His  death  occurred  in  Keokuk,  Iowa,  in  1871. 


Under  private  tutors  at  home  and  in  the  pri- 
mary department  of  Bacon  College,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  gained  much  of  his  education.  His 
studies  were  finished  under  Professor  Kimball. 
Prior  to  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  and  just  before 
the  call  was  made  for  seventy-five  thousand  men, 
he  went  to  Sandusky,  Iowa,  and  made  a  speech 
in  behalf  of  the  Union,  enlisting  seven  young  men 
for  service.  Going  to  Keokuk  the  next  morning, 
they  organized  a  company,  and  he  was  offered 
one  of  the  commissioned  offices  of  the  company, 
but,  not  feeling  qualified  for  the  work,  refused  a 
commission,  and  thereupon  officers  were  chosen 
from  among  veterans  of  the  Mexican  war.  He 
was  made  third  sergeant  of  Company  A,  Second 
Iowa  Infantry.  At  Fort  Donelson  his  regiment 
led  the  charge  and  he  was  one  of  the  first  men  on 
top  of  the  Confederate  breastworks.  Prior  to  the 
charge  he  and  some  forty  others  requested  from 
General  Smith,  who  commanded  the  division, 
permission  to  charge  the  works.  General  Smith 
refused  such  permission,  stating  to  General  Tut- 
tle,  the  colonel  of  the  Second  Iowa  Infantry,  Mr. 
Ballinger's  regiment,  that  if  he  wished  to  show 
his  personal  bravery  and  sacrifice  two  companies 
of  his  men  he  could  do  so,  but  not  a  whole  regi- 
ment. A  message  was  dispatched  to  General 
Grant,  however,  and  the  answer  came  back  that 
these  were  the  boys  he  was  looking  for.  The 
charge  was  made  and  twenty  minutes  later  the 
fort  was  taken. 

For  bravery  in  the  battle  of  Corinth  Mr.  Bal- 
linger received  special  mention.  He  also  took 
part  in  the  battles  of  Pittsburg  Landing  and  Shi- 
loh.  September  6,  1862,  he  was  commissioned 
second  lieutenant  and  was  mustered  out  of  serv- 
ice in  May,  1864,  at  Pulaski,  Tenn.  Returning 
to  Keokuk,  Iowa,  he  began  the  study  of  law  un- 
der Miller  &  Rankin.  In  the  fall  of  1865  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  began  the  practice  of  law. 
The  next  year  he  was  elected  to  the  legislature, 
and  again  in  1870  he  represented  his  state  in  the 
lower  house,  also  serving  in  an  extra  session  fol- 
lowing this.  In  the  year  1865  he  was  chairman  of 
the  soldiers'  state  convention,  which  nominated 
Thomas  H.  Benton,  Jr.,  for  governor. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1873,  Mr.  Ballinger 
settled  six  miles  northeast  of  the  present  site  of 
Como.  There  he  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  and  later  acquired  additional  prop- 
erty, until  his  ranch  numbered  nine  hundred  and 
forty  acres.  In  1881  he  was  appointed  to  the 
office  of  district  attorney.  Three  years  later  he 


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removed  to  Como,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
In  1889  he  was  the  Republican  nominee  for  the 
legislature  and  was  elected,  serving  in  the  sev- 
enth general  assembly.  In  1889,  purchasing  the 
Corno  Headlight,  he  reorganized  it  into  the  Como 
Record,  and  has  since  made  of  it  a  thorough,  up- 
to-date,  newsy  country  paper.  In  1892  he  ac- 
quired an  interest  in  the  King  Solomon  mine, 
which  has  proved  a  paying  property  from  the 
first.  In  November,  1898,  he  was  elected  to  the 
state  legislature  on  the  fusion  ticket,  and  is  the 
present  representative  from  Park  County.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  Como  Lodge  No. 
17,  A.  O.  U.  W. 

September  2,  1866,  Mr.  Ballinger  married  Miss 
Mary  L.  Morris,  a  native  of  Texas,  and  a  de- 
scendant of  Lewis  Morris,  one  of  the  signers  of 
the  declaration  of  independence.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Hon.  Richard  Morris,  who  was  judge 
of  the  courts  of  Galveston  and  Houston.  Of  the 
nine  children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ballinger  all 
but  one  are  living.  They  are  :  Webster,  who  is 
engaged  in  railroad  work;  Mamie;  Richard  M., 
who  is  the  publisher  of  the  Como  Record;  Sallie, 
Lucy,  Frank,  Randolph  and  Sidney. 


(JOHN  F.  DOLE,  county  treasurer  of  Wash- 
I  ington  County,  is  one  of  Akron's  leading  mer- 
Qj  chants,  and  also  a  successful  stockman.  In 
1896,  in  partnership  with  J.  M.  Gillette,  he  em- 
barked in  the  cattle  and  sheep  business  on  a  ranch 
seven  .miles 'northeast  of  Akron,  where  are  now 
some  one  hundred  and  fifty  head  of  cattle  and 
three  thousand  head  of  sheep. 

Mr.  Dole  was  born  in  Jefferson  County,  Iowa, 
November  19,  1857,  a  son  of  Joseph  R.  and  Maria 
Ellen  (Armacost)  Dole,  being  the  third  of  five 
children.  The  other  members  of  the  family  are: 
Charles,  proprietor  of  a  steam  laundry  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah;  Eva,  who  resides  in  Fairfield, 
Iowa;  Joseph  Wilbur,  a  teacher  in  the  Fairfield 
schools;  and  Frank,  who  is  deputy  treasurer  of 
Washington  County,  Colo.  The  father,  a  native 
of  Kentucky,  born  in  1825,  accompanied  his  par- 
ents to  Clermont  County,  Ohio,  at  eight  years 
of  age,  and  there  grew  to  manhood  and  engaged 
in  the  sawmill  business.  Shortly  after  his  mar- 
riage he  removed  with  his  wife  to  Jefferson  Coun- 
ty, Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  tilling  a  rented 
farm  for  twelve  years,  and  then  purchased  farm- 
ing land.  In  the  fall  of  1898,  retiring  from  active 
life,  he  established  his  home  in  Fairfield,  Iowa, 
where  he  now  resides.  His  wife  was  born  in 


Clermont  County,  Ohio,  in  1833,  and  was  united 
with  him  in  marriage  June  17,  1849. 

In  common  schools  our  subject  obtained  a  fair 
education.  In  1880  he  left  home  and  went  to 
Orleans,  Neb.,  joining  his  brother  Charles,  who 
had  preceded  him  there  some  six  years  and  was 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  The  two 
continued  the  business  in  partnership  until  1887, 
when  our  subject  came  to  Colorado,  arriving  in 
Akron  July  8,  and  establishing  a  branch  house 
in  this  town.  He  and  his  brother  dissolved  part- 
nership November  2,  1888,  he  taking  the  busi- 
ness here,  while  his  brother  became  sole  proprietor 
of  the  store  at  Orleans.  During  his  residence  in 
Orleans  he  was  married,  on  Christmas  day  of 
1884,  to  Mary  E.  Lapp,  who  was  born  near  Ply- 
mouth, Ind. ,  and  by  whom  he  has  three  sons, 
Earl,  Ray  and  Joseph. 

Since  coming  to  Akron  Mr.  Dole  has  been  one 
of  the  leading  factors  in  the  building  up  of  the 
town  and  in  the  development  of  this  section  of 
country.  In  1891  he  was  chosen  mayor  of  Akron, 
and  was  also  the  successful  candidate  for  the 
office  of  county  clerk,  running  on  an  independent 
ticket.  In  1895  he  was  the  candidate,  on  an  in- 
dependent ticket,  for  county  treasurer,  and  not- 
withstanding the  fact  that  both  the  Democrats 
and  Republicans  had  candidates  in  the  field,  he 
was  elected  by  a  handsome  plurality.  In  1897 
he  was  re-elected  to  the  office,  this  time  as  a 
Populist  candidate.  He  has  filled  the  office  with 
efficiency  and  in  a  most  trustworthy  manner.  In 
fraternal  relations  he  is  connected  with  Akron 
Lodge  No.  74,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Akron  Com- 
mandery  No.  21,  K.  T. ;  Akron  Chapter  No.  26, 
R.  A.  M.;  also  Akron  Lodge  No.  89,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


EALVIN  CHEAIRS  was  one  of  the  earliest 
colonists  of  Logan  County,  where  he  is  now 
living  retired.  He  was  born  in  North  Caro- 
lina September  23,  1819,  a  son  of  Joseph  and 
Tabitha  (Green)  Cheairs.  Of  eight  children 
comprising  the  family,  the  only  survivors  are  he 
and  his  sister,  Lively,  the  widow  of  Lemuel 
Smith  and  a  resident  of  Yazoo  County,  Miss. 
His  father  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  there  grew 
to  manhood  and  married,  after  which  he  engaged 
in  farming.  In  1830  he  removed  to  Bolivar  in 
western  Tennessee,  where  he  made  his  home  for 
nine  years.  From  that  place  he  went  to  Marshall 
County,  Miss.,  which  continued  to  be  his  home 
until  his  death,  in  1843. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  such  as  com- 


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mon  schools  afforded.  When  eighteen  years  of 
age  he  went  to  Texas  on  a  tour  of  inspection, 
seeking  a  suitable  location,  but  after  six  months, 
finding  nothing  satisfactory,  he  returned  home. 
He  continued  on  the  home  farm,  assisting  in  its 
cultivation,  until  the  death  of  his  father.  In  the 
fall  of  1844  the  estate  was  divided  among  the  chil- 
dren, and  about  the  same  time  (September  n) 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ann  E. 
Hamer.  With  his  wife,  he  settled  upon  a  tract  of 
land  inherited  from  his  father.  Being  a  thorough 
business  manager,  he  was  prospered  and  acquired 
an  extensive  property  in  Marshall  County.  At 
the  time  of  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  was  the 
owner  of  seventy  slaves,  through  whose  help  his 
large  plantation  was  conducted.  When  the  war 
closed  the  adjacent  counties  were  newly  sub- 
divided and  his  large  properties  in  laud  became  a 
part  of  Benton  County.  In  1877  his  son,  J.  J., 
came  to  Colorado  on  a  trip  for  his  health  and, 
being  deeply  impressed  by  the  country  and 
greatly  benefited  by  the  climate,  he  returned  to 
Mississippi  and  made  arrangements  to  settle  in 
Colorado.  At  the  same  time  our  subject  also 
decided  to  remove  to  this  state. 

June,  1878,  found  Mr.  Cheairs  located  two 
miles  northeast  of  Sterling  (then  a  town  of  but 
one  shanty,  in  which  the  postoffice  was  located). 
After  two  years  he  removed  to  this  town,  and 
with  the  first  carload  of  lumber  ever  shipped  into 
the  place,  he  built  the  first  house  in  Sterling, 
doing  all  the  work  himself;  for,  while  he  was  not 
a  carpenter  by  trade,  he  was  very  handy  with 
tools.  His  first  wife  had  died  in  1858,  and  July 
24,  1865,  he  married  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  (Davis) 
Jaratt,  widow  of  John  A.  Jaratt.  She  was  the 
mother  of  a  daughter  by  a  former  marriage,  Sarah 
A.  (Jones)  Cheairs,  the  wife  of  J.  J.  Cheairs.  By 
his  first  wife,  our  subject  had  seven  children,  all 
sons,  who  lived  to  be  men,  but  three  are  now 
deceased.  The  survivors  are:  Joseph  J.,  men- 
tioned elsewhere  in  this  volume;  William  H.,  a 
farmer  of  Beuton  County,  Miss.;  Benjamin  F. , 
who  is  engaged  in  farming  in  Coahoma  County, 
Miss.;  and  Calvin,  Jr.,  who  is  also  living  in  Coa- 
homa County. 

Since  settling  in  Colorado,  Mr.  Cheairs  has 
dealt  in  farm  loans,  warrants  and  real  estate,  and 
has  done  much  to  encourage  the  growth  of  Ster- 
ling. He  is  deeply  interested  in  religious  work, 
and  is  serving  as  a  trustee  in  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was  long  an 
elder.  When  the  building  of  a  new  house  of 


worship  was  being  agitated  in  1898,  he  took  an 
active  part  and  subscribed  the  largest  amount 
given  toward  its  construction  by  any  single  con- 
tributor. The  edifice,  when  completed,  was  one 
of  the  finest  in  this  part  of  the  state.  In  early 
life  he  was  a  supporter  of  the  Whig  party.  Prior 
to  the  war  he  opposed  the  secession  of  the  south- 
ern states.  In  later  years  he  became  an  adherent 
of  the  Democratic  party.  During  his  residence 
in  Mississippi,  he  was  actively  identified  with  the 
blue  lodge  of  Masonry,  but  has  never  transferred 
his  membership  to  Colorado.  He  and  his  wife 
have  man}'  friends  among  the  people  of  Logan 
County,  where  they  have  resided  for  so  many 
years  and  in  the  progress  of  which  they  have 
been  so  deeply  interested. 


W.  MCCOLLISTER,  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial professional  and  business  men  of 
,  northeastern  Colorado  and  an  influential 
citizen  of  Akron,  was  born  in  Atchison  County, 
Mo.,  December  21,  1859,  a  son  of  John  and  Jane 
(Kirkwood)  McCollister.  The  other  members  of 
the  family  besides  himself  are:  Belle,  wife  of  W.  T. 
Buckham,  a  business  man  and  public  official  of 
Rockport,  Mo.;  Clara,  wife  of  R.  E.  Goudy,  a 
ranchman  and  cattle-raiser  of  Tarkio,  Mo.;  Hat- 
tie,  at  home;  and  James  A.,  who  is  with  our  sub- 
ject. The  father,  a  native  of  Ohio,  born  near 
Chillicothe  in  1832,  was  a  son  of  Andrew  McCol- 
lister, a  prominent  farmer  of  Ross  County.  There 
he  grew  to  manhood  and  married.  Shortly  after 
his  marriage  he  removed  to  Missouri  with  his 
wife  and  his  parents,  both  families  settling  in 
Atchison  County,  where  they  secured  a  tract  of 
government  land  and  engaged  in  farming.  The 
father  and  his  parents  died  in  that  county  and 
there  the  mother  is  still  making  her  home.  Our 
subject's  maternal  grandfather,  James  Kirk  wood, 
was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  a  member  of  one  of 
the  old  families  of  that  state.  From  there  he  re- 
moved to  Sullivan,  111. ,  later  settled  iu  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  where  he  spent  the  closing  years  of  his  life 
in  retirement  from  business  cares.  He  died  in 
March,  1899,  at  eighty-nine  years  of  age.  His 
wife  was  in  maidenhood  Maria  Young,  and  was 
born  in  Ireland,  but  came  to  America  at  an  early 
age. 

At  sixteen  years  of  age  our  subject  entered  the 
Normal  School  at  Kirksville,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1879.  Afterward  he  became  a  stu- 
dent in  the  University  of  Missouri  at  Columbia, 
where  he  took  the  regular  course  of  studies,  grad- 


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uating  in  1883.  Next  he  matriculated  in  the 
University  of  Iowa,  from  the  law  department  of 
which  he  graduated  in  1884.  On  the  completion 
of  his  course  of  study  he  visited  his  home,  then 
went  to  California  on  a  tour  of  inspection  with  a 
view  to  location.  Returning  east  as  far  as  Colo- 
rado, in  1886  he  settled  in  Akron  and  opened  a 
law  office,  where  he  began  a  general  practice. 
His  broad  knowledge  of  his  profession  soon 
caused  him  to  become  an  authority  in  legal  mat- 
ters. As  the  town  prospered  he  met  with  success 
and  during  the  days  of  the  boom  he  was  one  of 
the  principal  factors  in  the  upbuilding  of  the 
town.  In  1893,  through  a  business  deal,  he  be- 
came proprietor  of  the  City  drug  store  of  Akron. 
In  1897  he  erected  a  substantial  building  at  Brush 
and  opened  a  branch  drug  store  in  that  place. 
In  1895  he  was  the  candidate  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  for  the  office  of  district  attorney;  and, 
while  the  district  is  largely  Republican,  he  was 
defeated  by  only  thirteen  votes.  In  1894  he  was 
elected  mayor  of  Akron,  which  office  he  filled  for 
one  term.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Akron 
Tent  No.  2,  K.  O.  T.  M.,  also  Star  of  Jupiter 
Lodge. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  McCollister,  June  16, 
1890,  united  him  with  Miss  Mary  C.  Wilson,  a 
native  of  Marion  County,  Iowa.  Their  two  chil- 
dren are:  John  W.,  born  April  2,  1891,  and  Hat- 
tie  Lee,  August  5,  1896. 


["RANK  H.  WHITHAM.    During  the  time 

rft  that  he  has  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  Holyoke,  Mr.  Whitham  has  estab- 
lished a  reputation  for  fair  dealing  in  every  trans- 
action and  has  built  up  an  important  trade,  that 
is  not  limited  to  his  town,  but  extends  through 
Phillips  County.  He  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Iowa, 
October  27,  1866,  a  son  of  James  M.  and  Emily 
Almira  (Munhall)  Whitham.  His  maternal 
grandparents  were  John  and  Mary  Ann  (Wells) 
Munhall,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Abraham  and 
Hannah  (Hoffman)  Wells;  Mr.  Wells  lived  to  be 
one  hundred  and  twelve  years  of  age.  Mr. 
Whitham  was  one  of  thirteen  children,  and  the 
fourth  among  nine  now  living.  Of  these,  Charles 
W.,  born  May  29,  1859,  is  in  Fairfield,  Iowa; 
Hannibal,  born  January  6,  1861,  is  in  Dawson 
City,  Klondike;  Martin  Luther,  born  January 
25,  1863,  lives  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo. ;  John  W.,  born 
October  29,  1868,  makes  his  home  in  Seattle, 
Wash.;  Emily,  born  March  5,  1873,  is  in  Hold- 
rege,  Neb.;  Grace,  born  December  12,  1874, 
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married  C.  Hilsebeck,  and  also  resides  in  Hold- 
rege;  Rollo  C.,  born  July  7,  1876,  lives  in  St. 
Joseph,  Mo.;  and  Nellie,  born  October  15,  1881, 
makes  her  home  with  our  subject. 

The  father  of  Mr.  Whitham  was  born  in  West 
Liberty,  W.  Va.,  June  29,  1823.  When  a  young 
man  he  went  to  Washington  County,  Pa.,  to 
establish  his  home.  November  18,  1846,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Catherine  Mount,  by  whom  he  had  four 
children,  but  the  only  one  now  living  is  Will- 
iam J.  (born  November  30,  1849),  of  Phillips 
County,  Colo.  In  1850,  accompanied  by  his  fam- 
ily, James  M.  Whitham  removed  to  Fairfield, 
Iowa,  and  there  his  wife  died  May  2,  1855.  His 
second  marriage  united  him  with  Mrs. 'Emily 
Almira  (Munhall)  Dravo,  February  20,  1856. 
She  was  the  widow  of  A.  A.  Dravo,  whom  she 
had  married  January  4,  1854,  and  by  whom  she 
had  one  son,  Samuel  A.  Dravo,  now  a  prominent 
lawyer  of  Holdrege,  Neb.  She  was  born  near 
Wooster,  Ohio,  January  13,  1837,  and  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Holyoke,  Colo. 

In  1880  James  M.  Whitham  and  his  family 
removed  from  Fairfield  to  Thayer  County,  Neb. , 
where  they  remained  until  1886,  and  then  set- 
tled in  Imperial,  Neb.  At  that  place  he  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business  with  a  son.  In  1887  he 
brought  his  family  to  Holyoke,  Colo.,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  hardware  business  and  resided 
until  his  death,  November  5,  1897.  While  in 
Washington  County,  Pa.,  he  united  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  When  he  removed 
to  Iowa  he  put  his  membership  in  the  Lutheran 
Church  of  Fairfield,  while  in  Nebraska  he  was 
connected  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  For 
more  than  fifty-three  years  he  was  a  member,  in 
high  standing,  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  From  the  time  of  his  settlement  in 
Holyoke  he  was  intensely  interested  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  town  and  was  actively  inter- 
ested in  all  undertakings  that  had  for  their  object 
the  bettering  of  the  condition  of  the  people. 

On  the  twenty-first  anniversary  of  his  birth, 
our  subject  entered  a  homestead  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  five  miles  southwest  of  Holyoke. 
For  two  years  he  worked  in  a  hardware  store 
owned  by  his  father.  In  1889  he  commuted  on 
his  homestead  and  went  to  Arickaree  City,  Colo., 
where  he  embarked  in  the  hardware  business. 
After  six  months  he  added  to  his  hardware  stock 
a  general  line  of  merchandise,  and  continued  in 
business  at  that  place  until  April  15,  1891,  when 
he  removed  his  stock  of  goods  to  Holyoke  and 


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established  himself  in  business  in  this  town. 
Jlere  he  built  up  a  prosperous  business.  In  1895 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  father  and 
brother  R.  C.,  and  a  general  mercantile  and  hard- 
ware business  was  conducted  until  the  death  of 
the  father,  after  which  our  subject  purchased  the 
interest  owned  by  his  father,  also  his  brother's 
interest,  and  has  since  conducted  the  store  alone. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

December  14,  1893,  Mr.  Whitham  married  Miss 
Emma  M.  Tipton,  who  was  born  in  Glenwood, 
Iowa,  August  20,  1874.  She  has  filled  the  office 
of  noble  grand  in  the  Rebekah  Lodge,  to  which 
and  to  Holyoke  Lodge  No.  76,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Mr. 
Whitham  also  belongs.  Their  wedding  was  an 
elaborate  social  affair,  two  hundred  invitations 
being  issued.  The  ceremony  was  performed  by 
Rev.  W.  E-  Collett.in  the  Baptist  Church  at  Hol- 
yoke, after  which  a  reception  was  given  in  the 
Odd  Fellows'  Hall  by  the  parents  of  the  groom, 
with  the  aid  of  the  members  of  the  Rebekah 
Lodge.  One  child  has  blessed  the  union,  Strayer 
Earl,  born  December  3,  1894. 

Mrs.  Whitham  is  a  daughter  of  Theodore  D. 
Tipton,  who  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  was  a 
stockman,  fruit-grower  and  grain-dealer  in  Glen- 
wood,    Iowa.     Mr.  Tipton  was  born  October   i, 
1841,  and  was  married,  in  Chicago,  111.,  in  1873, 
to  Miss  S.  E.  Strayer,  who  was  born  in  Ohio 
October  8,  1852,  and  whose  father,  S.  D.  Strayer, 
was  born  in  Maryland  in  the  year  1828,  and  her 
mother,   Nancy  Strayer,    in  Ohio  in    1834.     In 
1859  Mr.  Tipton  made  his  first  trip  to  Colorado. 
During  the  following  years  he  made  several  other 
trips  from  Nebraska  west.     July  4,  1862,  he  left 
Central  City  to  join  the  army  and  served  in  the 
Union  cause  for  fourteen  months  and  fourteen 
days.     Returning  to  Colorado  in  1864,  he  went 
on  to   Montana.      Indians  were  numerous  and 
hostile.      In  his    charge  he  had  the   wife  and 
daughter  of  Judge    Brown   of   Nebraska    City; 
when  they  reached  Soda  Springs,  the  party  with 
whom  he  traveled  determined  to  go  to  Boise  City, 
Mont.,  which  left  him  and  the  two  women  to 
make  their  way,  as  best  they  could,  in  the  midst 
of  many  dangers.     Highway   robbers  attempted 
to  capture  the  women  and  rob  Mr.  Tipton,  but  he 
succeeded  in  saving  the  women  after  they  had 
made  full  preparations  for  committing  suicide, 
believing  this  preferable  to  falling,  alive,  into  the 
hands  of  their  captors.     They  finally   arrived  .in 
Virginia  City,  Mont.,  after  six  months  and  nine- 
teen days  of  exhausting  and  dangerous  travel. 


In  that  place  Mr.  Tipton  kept  a  livery  for  six 
months,  after  which  he  went  to  Butte  and  built 
the  second  house  in  that  town.  He  was  in 
British  America  in  1866  and  in  1867  mined  at 
Unionville/in  Oraphena  Gulch,  three  miles  from 
Helena,  but  lost  his  mining  interest  through 
fraud.  Going  to  Red  Mountain  City  in  1868,  he 
located  a  number  of  mines,  and  later  located 
mines  at  Butte.  In  1870  he  started  for  California, 
but  while  spending  the  winter  at  Salt  Lake  City 
was  accidentally  crippled,  and  then  went  back  to 
Colorado,  and  from  there  to  Glenwood,  Iowa. 
During  1871-72  he  had  a  store  at  Nebraska  City, 
Neb.  On  selling  out,  he  went  to  Lincoln,  Neb. , 
and  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business.  In  1873 
he  came  to  Colorado  and  mined  in  Sherman 
Mountain,  and  at  other  times  he  visited  this  state. 
In  1886  he  located  southwest  of  Holyoke.  When 
this  town  was  first  started  he  moved  into  it,  and 
afterward  made  his  home  here  (meantime  engag- 
ing in  the  stock  business)  until  July  18,  1894. 
He  then  moved  to  Lebanon,  Mo.,  where  he  now 
resides. 


HON.  M.  B.  GERRY,  attorney-at-law  of  Tel- 
luride,  was  born  in  Hamilton  County,  Fla., 
November  27,  1843.  He  was  reared  on  a 
farm  and  enjoyed  the  meager  advantages  which 
that  frontier  portion  of  Florida  afforded.  Early 
in  1861  he  entered  the  Confederate  service,  in 
which  he  continued  until  1865,  meantime  being 
twice  promoted  in  recognition  of  gallant  action 
on  the  battlefield.  His  family  fortune,  which  had 
been  large,  was  swept  away  by  the  war,  and  at 
its  close  he  found  himself  penniless,  with  the  bur- 
den of  the  support  of  his  widowed  mother  and 
three  sisters.  At  once  engaging  in  the  lumber 
business,  he  followed  it  with  varying  success  for 
some  years.  In  1869  he  began  the  study  of  law 
at  Macon,  Ga.,  and  the  next  year  was  admitted 
to  the  bar.  Entering  upon  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, he  experienced  the  usual  obstacles  which 
young  and  inexperienced  lawyers  meet.  How- 
ever, perseverance  and  determination  won  the 
day,  and  in  time  he  prospered.  In  18^1  the 
governor  of  Georgia  appointed  him  judge  of  the 
city  courts  of  Macon,  which  office  he  held  for  one 
year. 

Removing  to  Colorado  in  January,  1873,  Judge 
Gerry  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Denver, 
but  in  the  fall  of  1874  went  from  there  to  Pueblo, 
where  he  soon  obtained  a  large  practice.  In  1877 
he  settled  in  Lake  City,  the  county-seat  of  Hins- 


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dale  County,  and  associated  himself  with  Adair 
Wilson  and  John  G.  Taylor  in  the  practice  of 
law.  All  the  members  of  the  firm  were  well 
known  and  they  soon  had  a  lucrative  law  prac- 
tice, extending  through  the  San  Juan  country. 
In  1878  he  was  chairman  of  the  Democratic  state 
convention,  which  met  in  Pueblo.  In  the  fall  of 
the  same  year  he  was  nominated  by  the  Demo- 
cratic party  for  senator  from  the  twenty-first  sena- 
torial district,  but  was  defeated  by  Hon.  Fred- 
erick Peck,  the  Republican  nominee.  In  1882  he 
was  the  Democratic  nominee  for  district  judge  of 
the  seventh  judicial  district,  and  was  elected  by  a 
large  majority.  The  district  was  largely  Repub- 
lican, and  his  election  was  attributed  to  his  per- 
sonal "popularity  and  well-known  reputation  as 
an  attorney.  The  seventh  was  then  the  largest 
district  in  the  state,  comprising  La  Plata,  Dolo- 
res, San  Juan,  San  Miguel,  Mesa,  Delta,  Mont- 
rose,  Gunnison  and  Hinsdale  Counties;  its  south- 
ern boundary  was  the  territory  of  New  Mexico, 
its  western  boundary  the  territory  of  Utah,  and 
its  proximity  to  these  territories,  as  well  as  its 
own  character  as  an  unsettled  mining  district,  at- 
tracted to  it  roughs  and  desperadoes,  thus  mak- 
ing the  office  of  the  district  judge  by  no  means  a 
sinecure. 

In  1887  Judge  Gerry  was  appointed  by  Gover- 
nor Adams  railroad  commissioner  for  the  state  of 
Colorado,  but  refused  to  qualify  under  the  then 
existing  laws  in  relation  to  railroads.  Septem- 
ber 13,  1888,  he  was  appointed  associate  justice 
of  the  supreme  court,  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused 
by  the  resignation  of  Judge  S.  H.  Elbert.  Dur- 
ing the  same  year  he  was  the  Democratic  nomi- 
nee for  judge  of  the  supreme  court,  but  was  de- 
feated. He  then  again  engaged  in  practice  in 
Pueblo,  but  subsequently  removed  to  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.,  where  he  practiced  his  profession  for 
some  years.  In  1895  he  returned  to  Colorado, 
locating  at  Durango  and  associating  himself  with 
C.  A.  Johnson,  under  the  firm  name  of  Gerry  & 
Johnson.  In  1896  he  came  to  Telluride,  where 
he  is  now  engaged  in  practice.  He  has  served 
as  county  attorney  for  San  Miguel  County.  Be- 
sides his  practice,  he  is  interested  in  mining  in 
San  Miguel  and  Hinsdale  Counties.  Fraternally 
he  is  a  member  of  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  7,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  and  Washington  Lodge  No.  15,8. P. O.E. 
In  1868  he  married  Hattie  F.,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Charles  T.  Ward,  of  Macon,  Ga.,  and  they  have 
an  only  child,  Lila,  who  is  the  wife  of  J.  J.  Ham- 
ilton, postmaster  at  Rome,  Ga.  • 


There  are  few  who  have  taken  a  deeper  in- 
terest in  politics  than  Judge  Gerry.  He  is  well 
informed  concerning  the  issues  before  the  people 
to-day,  and  not  only  has  opinions  of  his  own,  but 
possesses  the  courage  of  his  convictions,  and 
champions  Democratic  principles  with  a  firmness 
that  opposition  cannot  modify.  He  ranks  among 
the  attorneys  and  jurists  who  by  their  ability 
have  honored  their  chosen  vocations,  and  who  in 
turn  have  been  honored  by  their  fellow-citizens. 


[~~RANK  M.  SMITH,  M.  D.,  of  Holyoke, 
IW  Phillips  County.,  was  born  in  Erie  County, 
|  '  Pa.,  January  i,  1859,  a  son  of  Amos  and 
Catherine  (Roberts)  Smith.  He  was  one  of  nine 
children,  of  whom  four  besides  himself  are  now 
living.  Mary,  the  eldest  of  the  family,  is  the 
wife  of  Frank  M.  Cole,  of  Erie  County,  Pa.; 
Amos  R.  is  a  practicing  physician  and  surgeon 
at  Eddy,  N.  M.;  Belle  is  the  wife  of  Irvin  S. 
Knight,  who  is  engaged  in  the  elevator  and  mill- 
ing business  at  Hay  Springs,  Neb. ;  Ida  is  the 
wife  of  Frank  Crane,  a  farmer  of  Erie  County, 
Pa. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  born  in  the  Hud- 
son Valley  of  New  York  in  1821,  and  there  grew 
to  manhood  and  married.  For  some  years  he 
engaged  in  farming  in  his  native  place,  but  after- 
ward purchased  a  farm  in  Erie  County,  Pa., 
where  he  continued  to  reside  until  his  death,  in 
September,  1887.  His  wife,  also  a  native  of  the 
Hudson  Valley,  was  born  in  1821  and  died  June 
ii,  1897.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Welsh  par- 
ents, who  came  to  America  shortly  after  their 
marriage. 

In  Waterford  (Pa.)  Academy  our  subject  took 
a  college  preparatory  course.  He  then  entered 
the  college  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Mary- 
land at  Baltimore,  from  which  institution  he 
graduated  with  honors  in  March,  1887.  After 
graduating  he  went  to  Texas  and  engaged  in 
practice  with  his  brother,  who  was  located  in 
Colorado  City.  However,  he  spent  only  six 
months  in  that  state.  September  19,  1887,  he 
arrived  in  Holyoke,  where  he  settled  and  opened 
an  office.  Here  he  built  up  an  extensive  prac- 
tice. A  year  after  coining  he  engaged  in  the 
drug  business,  carrying  it  on  in  connection  with 
his  practice.  In  January,  1896,  he  was  appointed 
local  surgeon  of  the  Burlington  &  Missouri  River 
Railroad  at  this  point.  At  the  same  time  he  was 
appointed  examiner  for  the  Burlington  voluntary 
relief  department,  both  of  which  offices  he  still 


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holds.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Colorado  State 
Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation. Fraternally  he  is  connected  with 
Holyoke  Lodge  No.  81,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in 
which  he  has  twice  served  as  worshipful  master. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  Holyoke  Lodge  No.  76, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Holyoke  Lodge  No.  46,  A.  O. 
U.  W.  His  political  affiliations  are  strongly  in 
sympathy  with  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  town  council  and  in  this  position, 
as  well  as  in  other  ways,  has  been  helpful  to  the 
interests  of  the  town. 

May  14,  1888,  Dr.  Smith  married  Millie, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Bower,  who  was  for  many 
years  a  millwright  in  Canada  (where  she  was 
born),  but  later  made  his  home  in  Wattsburg, 
Pa.  Their  marriage  has  been  blessed  by  two 
sons:  Orville  Vernon,  born  November  27,  1891; 
and  Myron  H.,  January  10,  1895. 


QJlCTOR  GARDINER  HILLS.  The  name 
\  /  of  Mr.  Hills  stands  high  among  the  civil  and 
V  mining  engineers  of  Colorado.  The  position 
he  has  attained  with  those  of  his  own  profession 
proves  him  to  be  a  man  of  fine  intellectual  pow- 
ers and  excellent  judgment.  Various  organiza- 
tions bearing  upon  his  chosen  occupation  number 
him  among  their  members,  notably  the  National 
Geographic  Society  of  Washington,  D.  C.,the 
American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  (head- 
quarters, New  York  City) ,  the  American  Society 
of  Irrigation  Engineers  and  the  Colorado  Scien- 
tific Society.  For  some  years  he  has  acted  in  the 
capacity  of  consulting  engineer  of  the  Anchoria- 
Leland  Mining  and  Milling  Company,  of  Cripple 
Creek,  in  which  famous  mining  center  he  has  his 
headquarters. 

Born  at  Nunda,  Livingston  County,  N.  Y., 
in  1855,  Mr.  Hills  passed  the  first  fifteen  years 
of  his  life  in  the  east,  and  from  there,  in  1870, 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Highland,  Doniphan 
County,  Kan.  He  was  given  excellent  educa- 
tional advantages  and  from  an  early  age  dis- 
played especial  aptitude  for  engineering.  In 
1877  he  graduated,  with  the  degree  of  B.  S., 
from  Highland  University,  at  Highland,  Kan., 
and  received  from  that  institution,  three  years 
later,  the  degree  of  M.  S.  While  in  college  he 
devoted  considerable  attention  to  the  study  of 
civil  engineering.  After  the  completion  of  his 
university  course  he  was  for  two  years  employed 
as  principal  of  a  public  school. 

The  year  1879   found  Mr.  Hills  in   Leadville, 


which  was  then  the  most  famous  mining  camp  in 
the  world.  After  having  taken  a  course  in  assay- 
ing, he  became  manager  for  a  prospecting  com- 
pany, of  whose  surveying  and  assaying  he  had 
charge  for  one  year.  In  1880  he  began  engi- 
neering at  Kokomo,  Colo.  The  following  year 
he  received  a  commission  as  United  States  deputy 
mineral  surveyor,  and  had  charge  of  a  large  busi- 
ness in  Summit  County.  His  name  became  known 
as  that  of  an  efficient  and  judicious  'engineer, 
whose  judgment  was  wise  and  ability  unques- 
tioned. He  was  selected  to  write  the  mining  re- 
view and  statistical  article  for  Summit  County, 
published  in  the  1882  New  Year's  edition  of  the 
Denver  Republican,  and  the  article  was  one  that 
in  every  respect  did  justice  to  the  resources  of  his 
county,  while  at  the  same  time  it  deepened  the 
estimation  in  which  his  ability  was  held  by  the 
general  public  and  the  representatives  of  his  pro- 
fession. 

After  his  marriage  to  Miss  Maddie  Flick,  in 
1883,  Mr.  Hills  moved  to  Pueblo,  and  for  nine 
years  afterward  was  prominently  identified  with 
engineering  work  in  that  city  and  county.  In 
1886  he  became  the  first  city  engineer  of  the 
consolidated  city  of  Pueblo,  and  this  office  he 
filled  efficiently  for  two  terms.  As  engineer  of 
Pueblo  County,  which  position  he  held  from  1885 
to  1891,  he  had  charge  of  a  large  amount  of  iron 
bridge  construction  and  river  improvements;  and 
the  recognized  fact  that  no  county  in  the  state 
has  better  roads  and  bridges  than  Pueblo,  is  to  be 
attributed  not  a  little  to  his  indefatigable  energy 
while  acting  as  county  engineer.  Much  of  his 
time  while  in  Pueblo  was  given  to  hydraulic  en- 
gineering, canals  and  reservoirs,  as  an  expert  in 
river  channel  changes  and  ditch  damage  suits. 
He  was  also  extensively  engaged  in  mining  en- 
gineering, in  which  capacity  he  traveled  over 
Colorado,  and  also  went  into  Utah  and  New 
Mexico.  Since  1892  he  has  been  interested  in 
the  camps  of  Creede  and  Cripple  Creek,  and  acts 
as  consulting  engineer  for  the  Portland,  Anchoria- 
Leland  and  other  mines. 

The  attention  of  Mr.  Hills  has  been  so  closely 
given  to  professional  work,  that  he  has  had  little 
time,  even  if  he  had  the  inclination,  to  mingle  in 
politics  and  public  affairs.  However,  he  does 
his  duty  as  a  citizen  and  keeps  in  touch  with  the 
issues  before  our  nation  to-day.  He  has  been  es- 
pecially interested  in  educational  work,  realizing 
the  importance  of  a  good  education  as  the  found- 
ation for  all  business  and  professional  success. 


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0AVID  W.  MC  CORMICK.  The  visitor  in 
Trinidad  notices,  picturesquely  situated  in 
the  canon  between  "Prospect  Point"  and 
"Simpson's  Rest,"  one  of  the  most  elegant  resi- 
dences in  the  city.  Here,  in  the  house  he  erec- 
ted in  1889,  Mr.  McCormick  is  passing  the  twi- 
light of  his  years,  in  retirement  from  the  cares 
that  once  thronged  his  busy  life.  After  years  of 
activity,  he  can  now,  in  his  leisure,  look  back 
upon  the  past  without  regret  and  forward  to  the 
future  without  fear,  strong  in  the  knowledge  that 
he  has  done  all  within  his  power  to  make  the 
world  better  for  his  having  lived. 

Mr.  McCormick  was  born  in  Lewistown,  Pa., 
September  30,  1819,  a  son  of  David  and  Jane 
(Thompson)  McCormick,  both  natives  of  Penn- 
sylvania. He  was  the  youngest  and  is  now  the 
sole  survivor  of  a  family  of  five.  Of  these  one 
died  in  childhood.  John  C. ,  who  spent  a  short 
time  in  the  west,  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  work  of  a  mail  contractor. 
Jane  married  Theodore  Franks,  who  obtained  a 
position  under  the  government  and  moved  from 
Pennsylvania  to  Washington,  D.  C.  Eliza  T. 
married  Thomas  Stuart,  a  merchant  of  Lewis- 
town,  but  who  spent  his  last  years  in  Philadel- 
phia. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  assisted  in  his  father's 
store  in  Lewistown,  which,  his  father  having 
died,  was  conducted  by  the  mother  in  behalf  of 
the  estate.  When  twenty-two  years  of  age  he  ac- 
cepted a  clerkship  in  a  country  store,  and  there 
he  remained  for  five  years.  In  1855  he  started 
west.  At  that  time  the  Kansas  free  state  troubles 
were  just  beginning.  Arriving  in  Leavenworth, 
he  opened  a  general  store  and  for  two  years  en- 
gaged in  business,  but  lost  $60,000  by  being 
burned  out,  without  insurance.  -Building  an- 
other store  room,  he  gave  the  business  into  the 
hands  of  his  brother-in-law  and  returned  east, 
where  he  spent  one  year  in  visiting  different 
points,  among  them  Washington,  D.  C.,  the  home 
of  his  sister.  On  his  return  to  Leavenworth,  he 
became  connected  with  a  store,  but  after  a  year  a 
friend  in  the  quartermaster's  department  per- 
suaded him  to  come  west. 

In  May,  1860,  with  ox  and  horse  teams,  Mr. 
McCormick  started  across  the  plains,  going  via 
the  old  Santa  Fe  trail,  and  reaching  Las  Vegas, 
N.  M.,  in  June.  There  he  spent  two  years  as 
clerk  in  a  store.  In  the  latter  part  of  1 86 1  he 
opened  a  mercantile  store  in  Mora,  about  thirty 
miles  from  Las  Vegas,  and  there  he  was  inter- 


ested in  business  for  a  year.  In  1862  he  received 
a  government  contract  to  furnish  supplies  to  the 
troops  on  the  frontier.  Disposing  of  his  busi- 
ness, he  started  for  Kansas  City,  and  during  the 
journey  passed  through  what  is  now  Trinidad. 
He  arranged  with  a  Mr.  Baca  to  secure  a  mule 
train  of  twenty  mules,  and  also  arranged  with  a 
miller  at  Council  Grove,  Kan.,  for  flour.  Passing 
through  Lawrence  and  Topeka,  he  reached  Kan- 
sas City.  The  wildest  excitement  prevailed 
there.  The  war  frenzy  had  reached  its  height. 
He  made  fruitless  attempts  to  secure  some  one  to 
undertake  the  trip  across  the  plains,  butall  feared 
the  lawless  element  that  roamed  at  large.  Finally, 
George  Bryant,  of  Westport,  a  town  twenty  miles 
from  Leavenworth,  Kan. ,  agreed  to  make  the 
trip.  Four  hundred  head  of  cattle  were  bought, 
one  hundred  and  fifty  of  them  from  Russell  & 
Wadsworth,  who  were  going  out  of  the  cattle 
business.  The  supply  wagons  were  loaded  at 
Westport,  there  being  twenty  wagons  with  six 
thousand  pounds  of  flour,  and  four  to  six  yoke  of 
oxen  for  each  wagon.  April  20,  1862,  the  train 
began  its  long  journey,  pursuing  a  trail  a  little  to 
the  north  of  the  old  Santa  Fe  trail.  They  reached 
Fort  Union,  N.  M.,  May  22,  having  had  a  little 
delay  by  waiting  at  Council  Grove,  Kan.,  for 
some  repairs.  In  spite  of  the  many  perils  to 
which  they  were  exposed,  there  was  no  serious 
mishap  in  that  lonely  journey,  and  the  only  loss 
was  that  of  a  few  cattle  that  were  poisoned  by 
drinking  alkali  water.  A  part  of  the  train  was 
sent  from  Fort  Union  to  General  Canby,  com- 
manding at  Santa  Fe,  for  orders  regarding  the 
disposal  of  supplies.  By  him  the  order  was  given 
to  proceed  down  the  Rio  Grande  to  Fort  Craig, 
where  there  was  a  military  post.  There  a  part  of 
the  supplies  were  left,  the  remainder  being  dis- 
tributed among  various  posts.  The  cattle  were 
turned  out  on  the  range  near  Las  Vegas,  to  fatten 
for  beef. 

With  such  expeditions  as  these,  our  subject 
spent  his  time  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  then 
took  the  post  agency  at  Las  Vegas,  and  was  en- 
gaged in  delivering  supplies  from  there  to  sta- 
tions and  posts  below  on  the  Rio  Grande,  as  far 
as  Fort  Craig.  A  large  amount  of  dry  goods  had 
been  bought  by  the  company, which  they  expected 
to  dispose  of  in  New  Mexico,  but  failing  to  do  so, 
a  train  was  made  up  and  started  to  Chihuahua, 
Mexico,  Mr.  McCormick  going  ahead  to  see  as  to 
the  prospects  there  for  the  disposal  of  the  goods. 
Finding  it  unsatisfactory  (as  English  goods  could 


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be  sold  for  less  than  American  products),  he  sent 
an  unfavorable  report  back,  but  the  company  dis- 
regarded the  report  and  proceeded.  He  stopped 
the  train  and  took  the  merchandise  to  El  Paso, 
Tex.,  where  he  opened  a  store,  remaining  until 
October,  and  disposing  of  the  goods. 

After  a  visit  to  his  old  home  and  his  sister  in 
Washington,  D.  C.,  Mr.  McCormick  went  back 
to  Kansas  in  the  spring  of  1865,  and  there  found 
letters  from  his  former  employers,  requesting  him 
to  return  to  Las  Vegas  and  resume  his  old  rela- 
tions with  them.  Again  he  crossed  the  plains, 
this  time  accompanied  by  his  brother,  John. 
After  a  few  days  in  Las  Vegas  he  started  back  to 
Kansas  City,  to  fill  a  contract,  but  was  stopped 
by  the  government  authorities  at  Fort  Lyon,  on 
account  of  the  Indian  depredations.  He  then 
went  via  stage  to  Denver,  where  he  bought  a 
draft  on  New  York,  and  proceeded  to  Atchison, 
thence  to  Kansas  City,  where  he  outfitted  ten  or 
twelve  trains,  and  after  reaching  his  destination 
with  these  supplies,  was  obliged  to  go  to  St. 
Louis  to  fill  another  contract,  this  work  taking 
the  remainder  of  1865  and  part  of  1866. 

In  1867  Mr.  McCormick  came  to  Trinidad  and 
established  a  general  store.  The  town  was  then 
a  village,  with  a  few  hundred  people,  and  indica- 
ting to  a  stranger  little  promise  of  growth.  After 
two  years  he  sold  his  business,  and  began  to  buy 
and  ship  wool,  establishing  a  store  on  the  Cucha- 
ras,  above  what  is  now  Walsenburg,  and  remain- 
ing there  for  several  years.  From  there  he  went 
to  a  point  forty  miles  away,  where  he  engaged  in 
stock  raising  and  ranching,  and  continued  there 
until  1888,  when  he  returned  to  Trinidad.  Here 
he  became  interested  in  buying  and  improving 
real  estate.  To  replace  the  adobe  building  that 
stood  on  the  corner  of  Main  and  Commercial 
streets,  in  1888  he  erected  the  McCormick  block. 
He  has  improved  other  property  in  the  city.  He 
votes  the  Democratic  ticket,  but  the  nature  of  his 
business  has  been  such  that  he  could  not  as  a  rule 
accept  local  offices,  though  he  served  for  a  short 
time  as  justice  of  the  peace.  During  his  visit  to 
Washington  in  1865,  President  Lincoln  was  assas- 
sinated, and  he  well  remembers  the  excitement 
that  prevailed  in  the  city  when  the  dreadful  tid- 
ings spread  among  the  people. 

April  20,  1868,  Mr.  McCormick  married  Mrs. 
Helen  N.  Boice,  widow  of  Stephen  Boice,  and  a 
daughter  of  Alexander  and  Lucy  Hatch.  Her 
father  was  born  December  7,  1801,  and  her  mother 
in  March,  1805,  both  in  New  York  state,  and 


she  was  born  at  Le  Roy,  that  state.  During  the 
Civil  war  her  father  went  to  New  Mexico  and 
afterward  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
there.  He  also  had  extensive  mining  interests  in 
Colorado,  principally  near  Breckenridge. 


HON.  JOHN  LUDLOW  FENDER Y,  who  is 
one  of  the  most  public-spirited  and  liberal 
citizens  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  owns  and 
occupies  a  beautiful  residence  on  North  Nevada 
avenue,  was  born  in  a  log  cabin  in  the  woods,  in 
what  is  now  Wyoming,  Hamilton  County,  Ohio, 
December  20,  1823.  He  is  a  son  of  Alexander 
Pendery,  who  was  born  in  Greenbrier  County, 
W.  Va.,  and  a  grandson  of  Ralph  Pendery.  who 
accompanied  his  father  from  the  north  of  Ireland 
to  Virginia  and  settled  upon  a  plantation;  later  he 
removed  to  Ohio  and  settled  on  a  raw  tract  of 
land  at  Wyoming,  where  he  spent  his  remaining 
days.  The  place  is  now  occupied  by  Israel  II . 
Pendery,  a  brother  of  our  subject.  Upon  the 
same  homestead  Alexander  Pendery  spent  his 
life,  dying  there  at  eighty-five  years  of  age.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Whig  party  and  a  great  ad- 
mirer of  Henry  Clay.  His  life  was  that  of  an 
earnest,  sincere  Christian,  and  his  kind  heart  and 
great  generosity  brought  him  many  warm  friends. 
On  his  mother's  side  Judge  Pendery  descends 
from  John  Ludlow,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Springfield  Township,  Hamilton  County,  Ohio, 
and  the  first  clerk  of  the  town.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  a  New  Jersey  family  that  originated  in 
England.  Gen.  Israel  Ludlow,  son  of  John  Lud- 
low, was  born  in  New  Jersey  and  was  the  sur- 
veyor-general of  all  of  southern  Ohio,  settling 
near  Cincinnati,  at  what  is  now  Ludlow  Station. 
He  followed  civil  engineering,  together  with  the 
real- estate  business.  At  his  death  he  was  buried 
in  what  is  now  the  heart  of  Cincinnati,  Main  and 
Fourth  streets.  His  daughter,  Mary,  was  born 
near  Ludlow  Station,  Ohio,  and  was  a  most  esti- 
mable lady,  a  devoted  wife  and  mother,  and  a 
consistent  member  of  the  Christian  Church. 
She  was  fifty-six  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  her 
death.  Of  her  ten  children  three  are  living:  John 
Ludlow;  Israel,  who  is  now  sixty -eight  years  of 
age;  and  Mrs.  Gephart,  of  Ohio. 

After  attending  public  schools  for  some  years 
our  subject  attended  Carey's  Academy,  six  miles 
out  of  Cincinnati,  a  school  that  is  still  in  exis- 
tence. He  graduated  there  and  then  took  up  the 
study  of  law  with  Fox  &  Lincoln,  in  Cincinnati, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Columbus,  Ohio. 


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after  an  examination  by  Judge  Swain,  later  on  the 
supreme  bench  of  the  United  States.  In  1844, 
two  years  before  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  was 
sent  to  New  Orleans  and  Texas  to  secure  some 
necessary  evidence  for  an  important  case.  For 
eleven  years  he  practiced  in  partnership  with 
William  Garrard,  member  of  a  prominent  Ken- 
tucky family,  but  in  1857  he  determined  to  re- 
move to  Kansas.  His  main  reason  in  forming 
this  decision  was  the  condition  of  the  country 
in  regard  to  the  slave  question.  In  Cincinnati  he 
was  appointed  United  States  commissioner  and 
cases  under  the  fugitive  slave  law  came  before 
him,  it  being  his  duty  to  recognize  this  law, 
although  he  considered  it  the  most  infamous  law 
ever  passed  by  congress  and  sustained  by  the  su- 
preme court  of  the  United  States.  However,  it 
being  recognized  by  all  courts,  he  was  obliged  to 
give  it  recognition,  although  he  did  not  believe 
that  it  was  right  to  hold  men  as  slaves,  or  buy 
and  sell  them. 

In  the  celebrated  Rosetta  case,  which  was  tried 
before  Judge  Pendery  at  Cincinnati  after  the 
Dred  Scott  decision,  he  held  that  where  a  slave 
was  brought  into  a  free  state  by  his  master,  the 
latter  could  not  invoke  the  fugitive  slave  law  nor 
the  police  regulations  of  a  free  state,  to  take  the 
slave  back  into  a  state  of  bondage.  The  case  was 
contested  by  able  counsel,  but  the  learned  com- 
missioner decided  the  slave  was  free. 

Shortly  after  this  Judge  Pendery  resigned  and 
joined  his  influence  with  the  free  state  men  of 
Kansas.  Locating  in  Leavenworth,  he  formed  a 
partnership  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Pendery, 
Bailey  &  McCook.  Mr.  Bailey  was  afterward 
minister  to  Hong  Kong,  while  Mr.  McCook  was 
a  brother  of  Gen.  Alexander  McCook.  When 
the  war  broke  out,  his  junior  partner  entered  the 
army,  and  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Judge 
Brewer  (now  of  the  United  States  supreme  court) 
as  Pendery  &  Brewer.  He  also  had  as  his  part- 
ner for  a  time  I.  S.  Kalloch,  since  mayor  of  San 
Francisco.  When  Judge  Brewer  was  elected  to 
the  supreme  court  of  Kansas,  Judge  Pendery 
took  into  partnership  Luther  M.  Goddard,  who 
had  previously  been  in  his  office  and  is  now 
on  the  supreme  bench  of  Colorado.  During  his 
entire  period  of  residence  in  Leavenworth  he 
steadily  refused  official  positions.  In  1878  he 
went  toLeadville,  Colo.,  where  he  was  soon  joined 
by  his  law  partner,  Judge  Goddard.  In  addition 
to  the  practice  of  law,  he  engaged  in  mining. 
He  located  a  mine  that  no  one  else  would  have 


and  this  was  sportively  called  the  Judge  Pendery 
mine,  and  is  recorded  as  such  in  the  records.  At 
a  considerable  depth  he  unexpectedly  struck  a 
large  vein  of  silver,  and  in  less  than  a  year  sold 
the  mine  for  $200,000.  Since  then,  at  different 
times,  he  has  been  interested  in  more  than  one 
hundred  pieces  of  mining  property.  He  partly 
owned  Colorado  No.  2,  located  and  later  sold  the 
Rubie  mine,  and  was  connected  with  many  mining 
associations,  in  which  he  owned  interests.  In 
1884  he  returned  to  Leavenworth  and  afterward 
with  his  wife  traveled  all  over  the  country.  In 
1891  he  came  to  Leadville  to  look  after  his  prop- 
erty and  while  en  route  there  stopped  in  Cripple 
Creek.  He  was  familiar  with  mining  camps  and 
prospects,  and  became  convinced  this  region 
would  develop  into  a  fine  mining  district.  He 
located  the  Combination,  Rubie  and  Lafayette 
mines,  the  last-named  of  which  he  still  owns 
and  is  now  developing;  it  is  situated  on  the 
southern  slope  of  Bull  Hill,  adjoining  the  Lucky 
Gulch.  With  Judge  Goddard  he  has  been  inter- 
ested in  the  leasing  and  development  of  five  and 
ten-acre  lots  of  school  land. 

For  some  years  past  Judge  Pendery  has  spent 
considerable  time  in  travel.  Politically  he  is 
now  a  Democrat.  In  early  days  he  was  a  Henry 
Clay  Whig.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Clay 
Guard  of  Cincinnati,  who  attended  the  funeral, 
and  served  as  a  pall-bearer  of  that  famous  states- 
man and  followed  his  remains  to  the  grave.  He 
has  never  sought  political  honors.  Twice,  dur- 
ing the  war,  he  was  nominated  by  both  parties 
for  mayor  of  Leavenworth,  but  declined  the 
honor.  He  is  an  attendant  upon  the  religious 
services  at  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  gives  a 
liberal  support  to  that  denomination. 

In  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1847,  Judge  Pendery 
married  Miss  Catherine  Oliver  Rockey,  who  was 
born  in  that  city  and  died  in  Leavenworth.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Henry  Rockey,  a  pioneer  mer- 
chant of  Cincinnati.  The  son  of  Judge  Pendery 
by  this  marriage,  H.  R.,  graduated  at  Exeter 
and  in  1873  from  Harvard  University.  For  six 
years  he  was  receiver  of  the  United  States  land 
office  in  Leadville,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the 
law  firm  of  Phelps"&  Pendery,  of  that  city.  He 
has  two  children:  John  M.,  who  is  attending  the 
School  of  Mines  at  Golden;  and  Katie. 

The  second  marriage  of  Judge  Pendery  was 
solemnized  in  Denver  in  February,  1880,  and 
united  him  with  Mrs.  Rebecca  (Hensley) 
McNulty,  a  native  of  Cincinnati.  Her  father, 


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E.  Hensley,  who  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1810, 
was  a  member  of  an  old  family  of  that  state  and 
was  related  to  the  Benharns.  When  a  young 
man  he  removed  to  Cincinnati,  where  he  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Briggs,  Swift  &  Co., 
large  pork  packers  of  that  city.  In  1857  he 
went  to  Leavenworth,  where  he  was  a  wholesale 
commission  grocer  and  also  successfully  engaged 
in  the  real-estate  business.  He  died  in  that  city 
at  seventy-four  years  of  age.  His  wife  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Sarah  Friend  and  was  born  in 
Canada,  thence  accompanying  her  father,  Charles, 
to  Lockland,  a  suburb  of  Cincinnati.  She  died 
in  1851.  Of  her  two  daughters,  one  is  living  in 
Vancouver,  British  Columbia.  The  other,  Mrs. 
Petidery,  was  educated  in  the  Wesleyan  Female 
College  of  Cincinnati,  from  which  she  graduated. 
She  was  first  married  to  John  McNulty,  a  cattle- 
man of  California,  and  after  his  death  she  re- 
turned to  Kansas,  taking  her  two  children,  Frank 
and  Maude  McNulty. 

Personally  Judge  Pendery  is  a  man  of  many 
fine  qualities.  From  his  Virginian  ancestors  he 
inherits  the  large-hearted  hospitality  for  which 
the  Old  Dominion  was  once  so  famous.  In  dis- 
position he  is  genial  and  accommodating,  yet  firm 
and  determined  when  once  convinced  of  the  jus- 
tice of  any  cause.  Now  in  the  twilight  of  an 
honorable  career,  he  can  review  his  past  with 
just  pride,  feeling  that  he  has  done  all  within  his 
power  to  promote  the  welfare  of  his  fellow-men. 
He  is  held  in  high  esteem,  both  by  those  who 
are  honored  with  his  intimate  friendship,  as  well 
as  by  that  larger  circle  of  acquaintances  whose 
regard  he  has  won  by  his  integrity,  intelligence 
and  ability.  He  loves  the  mountains  of  our  state 
and  says  that  they  have  fed  him  when  hungry 
and  have  always  been  his  strong  friends.  It  is  his 
desire  that,  when  his  earth  life  shall  be  ended, 
his  remains  may  rest  beneath  the  shadows  of  the 
mountains  he  loves  so  well. 


RIENZI  E.  PENISTON,  who  is  engaged  in 
mining  enterprises  in  Hinsdale  County,  is 
treasurer  of  the  Gold  Quartz  Placer  Mining 
and  Milling  Company,  owners  of  an  immense 
body  of  rich  gold-bearing  quartz.  Since  coming 
to  Lake  City  in  1876  he  has  engaged  to  some 
extent  in  merchandising,  but  principally  in  min- 
ing, and  has  experienced  all  the  reverses  and 
successes,  the  "ups  and  downs"  of  a  miner's 
life.  The  Hinsdale  Electric  Light  and  Power 
Company  was  originated  through  his  instru- 


mentality. He  now  gives  considerable  attention 
to  the  construction  of  an  electric  power  plant  that 
will  furnish  power  to  the  different  mines,  but 
more  especially  to  the  Gold  Quartz  Placer  mine. 

The  first  of  the  Peniston  family  known  in 
the  English  lists  of  baronets  was  Sir  John  Pennis- 
tone,  eldest  son  of  Sir  John  de  Pennistone,  in  the 
fourth  generation  from  Sir  Giles  de  Pennystone, 
who  built  Penniston  in  the  West  Riding  of  York- 
shire, and  enjoyed  great  possessions  in  Cornwall. 
He  was  succeeded  by  a  long  line  of  sons  and 
grandsons,  all  of  whom  formed  distinguished  al- 
liances. The  immediate  branch  of  the  family  can 
be  traced  back  only  six  generations,  to  Anthony 
Pennistone,  "Gentleman  Adventurer"  to  the  Ber- 
mudas, who  was  allotted  six  shares  of  land.  The 
ground  where  the  old  hall  stood  was  strictly  en- 
tailed. In  it  seven  generations  of  the  family  were 
born.  The  Herald's  College  allow  the  family  the 
Pennystone  arms:  three  Cornish  chough,  parted 
pr  pale  on  a  field;  or,  crest  a  griffin  rampant. 

Richard  Tucker  Penniston  commanded  an 
American  privateer  during  the  war  of  1812,  and 
was  off  the  coast  of  France  at  the  time  of  the 
great  Napoleon's  fatal  step  of  giving  himself  up 
to  the  tender  mercy  of  the  English.  Mr.  Penni- 
ston staked  his  head  that  he  would  land  him 
safely  in  America,  but  his  offer  came  too  late. 
He  was  a  very  high  Mason.  Among  the  family 
heirlooms  are  a  knight's  signet,  or  thumb  ring, 
and  a  lady's  diamond  ring  set  solid,  in  an  em- 
erald back.  Coming  from  the  "distant"  side, 
there  is  a  very  old  silver  sword  hilt,  bearing 
marks  of  great  antiquity.  It  belonged  to  our 
subject's  great-great  grandfather  Kiel,  who  was 
supposed  to  be  a  refugee  of  the  Jacobite  war. 
From  its  armorial  bearings  its  original  owner 
was  of  a  Crusader  and  knight  baronet  ancestry. 
The  great-grandfather  on  our  subject's  mother's 
side  was  Joseph  Walker,  surveyor-general  of  the 
island  of  St.  Christopher.  The  grandfather  was 
Hon.  John  Walker,  who  inherited  the  estate  of 
Knapton  Hill,  and  built  Relief  on  the  Flats  and 
Victor,  the  residence  of  the  American  consul. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  Joseph  Vesey  Penis- 
ton,  was  named  for  a  great-uncle.  Joseph  Vesey, 
whose  body-servant,  Denmark,  headed  the  negro 
insurrection  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  Denmark  was 
a  Malay,  and  not  a  negro,  as  has  been  errone- 
ously stated.  Joseph  Vesey  Peniston  was  a  sea 
captain,  born  in  Bermuda,  and  for  years  resided 
in  Baltimore,  Md.,  where  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  1850.  His  mother  was  Jose- 


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phine,  daughter  of  John  Walker.  When  he  was 
five  years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Missouri 
and  settled  in  Platte  County,  but  the  father  was 
an  invalid  during  the  five  years  of  his  residence 
there  and  finally  returned  to  Baltimore,  where 
he  died.  He  left  two  daughters  and  one  son. 
The  older  daughter,  Frances,  married  Dr.  Sam- 
uel Rixey,  of  Platte  County,  Mo.,  where  she 
died.  The  younger  daughter,  Catherine  E.,  re- 
sides with  her  brother. 

After  the  death  of  the  father,  the  family  re- 
turned to  Missouri,  where  our  subject  received 
his  education  and  worked  on  a  farm.  In  1866  he 
went  from  Leavenworth  via  Denver  to  Fort  Saun- 
ders  with  a  freighting  expedition.  On  his  return 
to  Missouri  he  entered  an  academy  at  Platte 
City,  where  he  continued  to  study  until  1869. 
He  then  came  to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Las  Animas  with  his 
uncle,  Frank  M.  Walker.  For  seven  years  he 
also  held  the  office  of  postmaster.  In  1876  he 
came  to  Lake  City  and  established  a  mercantile 
business,  but  he  has  given  his  attention  princi- 
pally to  mining  since  his  removal  here.  From 
Independence  mine  he  shipped  the  first  five  car- 
loads of  ore  shipped  by  rail  from  Hinsdale 
County. 

Politically  Mr.  Peniston  was  a  Democrat  until 
1892,  when  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  organi- 
zation of  the  People's  party  and  was  a  member 
of  the  convention  held  by  the  Populists  and  silver 
advocates,  which  resulted  in  the  nomination  of 
David  H.  Waite  for  governor.  Several  times  he 
has  been  chosen  to  serve  as  mayor,  city  clerk  and 
member  of  the  city  council,  and  he  has  also  filled 
the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace.  In  1892  he  was 
a  candidate  before  the  convention  for  the  state 
legislature,  but  withdrew  in  favor  of  another  can- 
didate. He  and  his  wife  (formerly  Loretta  J. 
Hunt)  and  their  daughter,  Ruth  E.,  have  a 
pleasant  home  in  Lake  City  and  are  popular  in 
the  most  select  social  circles. 


[EORGE  A.  SCOTT,  one  of  the  very  earliest 
settlers  of  Ouray,  where  he  has  resided  since 
August,  1875,  was  born  in  Jackson  County, 
W.  Va.,  April  29,  1844,  a  son  of  James  F.  and 
Hannah  (Neff)  Scott,  both  natives  of  Ohio.  His 
father,  who  for  a  number  of  years  engaged  in 
steamboat  building  at  Murraysville,  Va.,  es- 
poused the  cause  of  the  Union  at  the  outbreak  of 
the  Rebellion,  and  during  the  war  served  as  high 
sheriff  of  Jackson  County,  Va.  Now  eighty-five 


years  of  age,  he  is  retired  from  active  labors  and 
makes  his  home  with  his  oldest  son,  our  subject. 
His  other  children  are:  Elizabeth,  widow  of  James 
A.  Hicks;  Winfield,  a  merchant  of  Sioux  City, 
Iowa;  Henry,  who  is  engaged  in  the  abstract 
business  at  Portland,  Ore.;  and  James  E.,  who  is 
similarly  engaged  in  Monona  County,  Iowa. 

July  17,  1861,  when  seventeen  years  of  age, 
our  subject  entered  the  Union  army  as  a  private 
in  Company  F,  Fourth  West  Virginia  Infantry, 
and  was  soon  promoted  to  first  sergeant,  then 
second  and  first  lieutenant  of  said  company.  He 
first  served  under  General  Rosecrans  in  West 
Virginia  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Beech 
Creek,  Fayetteville  and  Charleston,  and  later  was 
transferred,  with  his  regiment,  to  the  army  of  the 
Tennessee.  He  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Haines' 
Bluff,  Champion  Hills,  siege  of  Vicksburg,  Jack- 
son, Mission  Ridge,  Tuscumbia  and  other  en- 
gagements. Re-enlisting  with  his  regiment,  he 
was  transferred  to  the  Eighth  Army  Corps,  army 
of  Virginia,  and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Win- 
chester, Staunton,  Lynchburg  and  Snicker's 
Ferry,  in  which  latter  battle,  on  the  i8th  day  of 
July,  1864,  he  was  shot  five  different  times  and 
was  left  on  the  field  for  dead.  He  was  cared  for 
by  citizens  of  the  neighborhood  until  the  fourth 
day  after  the  battle,  when  a  detachment  of  Union 
soldiers  took  charge  of  the  wounded,  and  he  was 
sent  to  the  hospital  at  Annapolis.  There  he  re- 
mained until  August  28,  1 864, when  he  was  given 
leave  of  absence  for  sixty  days  on  the  surgeon's 
certificate  of  disability,  and  then  returned  to 
Wheeling,  W.  Va.  He  was  mustered  out  Octo- 
ber 3,  1864,  on  account  of  disability.  One  ball 
that  entered  his  body  in  the  battle  was  extracted 
from  his  thigh  in  1892;  another  ball  he  still  car- 
ries in  his  other  thigh;  while  a  ball  that  entered 
his  side  was  taken  out  from  beneath  his  shoulder 
blade  by  a  surgeon  in  the  Confederate  army.  He 
received  a  flesh  wound  in  the  left  leg  and  was 
shot  twice  in  the  right  hand. 

While  Mr.  Scott  was  in  the  army  his  parents 
had  removed  to  Iowa,  and  there  he  joined  them 
on  being  discharged  from  the  service.  He  was 
still  far  from  well,  and  his  wounds  troubled  him 
for  several  years.  With  a  desire  to  complete  his 
education,  he  entered  Cornell  College  at  Mount 
Vernon,  Iowa,  where  he  remained  for  two  years. 
Later  he  took  a  complete  course  in  a  commercial 
college.  From  1868  to  1873  ne  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  in  Iowa,  and  in  June  of  the 
latter  year  he  came  to  Colorado,  where  he  was 


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employed  in  a  Denver  dry  goods  house  until  the 
spring  of  1875,  the  time  of  his  removal  to  the  San 
Juan  country. 

Settling  at  the  present  site  of  Ouray  in  Aug- 
ust, 1875,  Mr.  Scott  erected  the  first  cabin  within 
the  town  limits  and  located  several  mining 
claims,  among  which  was  the  Grandview  and 
Ophir.  At  the  first  municipal  election  held  in  the 
town  of  Ouray  in  April,  1877,  he  was  elected 
town  clerk.  In  1880  he  was  made  a  commissioner 
of  Ouray  County.  He  has  made  mining,  ranch- 
ing and  merchandising  his  principal  pursuits.  In 
1 878  he  bought  a  ranch  ten  miles  from  Ouray, 
and  there  he  engaged  in  raising  hay  for  ten 
years,  when  he  sold  the  place.  From  1881  to 
1890  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Ouray, 
and  after  1890  was  interested  in  a  machine  shop 
for  the  repairing  and  sale  of  mining  machinery. 
He  owns  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  com- 
prising a  grain  and  stock  ranch  in  the  central  part 
of  the  county,  and  this  property  he  leases.  He 
is  also  largely  interested  in  real  estate  iu  the  city 
of  Ouray. 

Politically  Mr.  Scott  votes  the  Republican 
ticket  in  national  affairs,  but  is  independent  in 
local  elections.  He  was  elected  mayor  of  the  city 
of  Ouray  at  the  election  held  April  4,  1899.  He 
is  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  and  has  passed 
all  the  chairs  in  the  blue  lodge,  chapter  and  com- 
mandery.  October  24,  1882,  he  married  Alice 
L.,  daughter  of  A.  J.  Sparks,  of  Del  Norte.Colo., 
but  a  native  of  Bureau  County,  111.  They  have 
two  daughters,  Louise  and  Helen. 


0AMUEL  G.  PORTER  is  engaged  in  the 
?\  wholesale  flour,  grain  and  coal  business  at 
Q)  Victor,  being  general  manager  of  the  Victor 
Supply  Company,  which  was  incorporated  in 
March,  1896,  and  carries  on  a  large  business, 
aggregating  $200,000  in  annual  sales.  The 
officers  of  the  company  are  as  follows:  James  R. 
Porter,  president;  H.  E.  Johnson,  vice-president; 
J.  K.  Mullen,  of  Denver,  treasurer;  C.  L.  Smith, 
secretary;  and  Samuel  G.  Porter,  general  man- 
ager. 

The  president  of  the  company,  who  is  the 
father  of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Ohio  in  1828. 
During  the  California  gold  excitement  of  1849  he 
went  to  the  Pacific  coast,  where  he  remained  for 
a  time,  later  returning  to  Ohio.  In  1857  he  re- 
moved to  Nebraska  and  settled  at  Plattsmouth, 
where  his  son,  Samuel  G.,  was  born  March  15, 
1865.  In  an  early  day  he  engaged  in  freighting 


to  the  Rocky  Mountains.  At  the  time  of  his  re- 
moval to  Nebraska,  it  was  still  a  territory,  and 
no  railroad  had  as  yet  been  built  west  of  the 
Missouri.  His  experiences  in  those  pioneer 
times  were  thrilling.  When  he  began  freighting 
he  had  a  train  of  oxen,  with  which  he  hauled 
produce  into  Colorado  and  Wyoming.  After- 
ward he  also  established  a  mule  train,  in  addition 
to  his  ox  train,  and  was  one  of  the  largest  and 
most  successful  freighters  of  his  day.  While  he 
had  frequent  encounters  with  Indians,  he  never 
lost  a  white  man. 

In  1867  Mr.  Porter  successfully  carried  out  the 
relief  of  the  imprisoned  soldiers  at  Fort  Phil 
Kearney.  The  fort  had  been  attacked  by  Indians, 
who  had  killed  some  of  the  soldiers,  while  they 
besieged  the  survivors  of  the  garrison.  The  gov- 
ernment relief  trains  had  been  unable  to  reach  the 
fort,  and  the  Indians,  having  killed  many  and 
inflicted  a  great  deal  of  damage  upon  property, 
were  in  the  first  flush  of  victory,  and  ready  for 
any  desperate  deed.  After  the  failure  in  attempted 
relief  by  the  government  trains,  Mr.  Porter  went 
under  special  contract  with  the  government,  to 
secure  the  release  of  the  men  and  stock  at  the 
fort,  and  he  successfully  executed  the  difficult 
task.  Notwithstanding  their  number  Mr.  Por- 
ter forced  his  way  in  and  saved  the  day,  after 
numerous  engagements  and  being  corralled  for 
twenty-one  days  in  one  spot.  Although  his  con- 
tract provided  for  reimbursement,  his  loss  of 
$125,000  has  never  been  settled  by  the  govern- 
ment, although  he  accomplished  the  desired 
result.  In  this  engagement  he  used  repeating 
rifles,  he  having  been  the  first  to  equip  his  train 
with  this  style  of  rifle.  At  the  peace  conference 
at  North  Platte,  in  1876,  Red  Cloud,  who  was  in 
the  fight  at  the  fort,  told  Mr.  Porter  that  "The 
white  man  lay  on  his  belly,  fought  like  a  badger 
and  his  gun  was  loaded  all  the  time,"  it  being 
the  chief's  first  experience  in  fighting  against  a 
force  equipped  with  repeaters.  He  had  just 
cause  to  believe  in  their  results,  for  four  hundred 
Indians  were  killed  in  the  battle. 

After  having  successfully  accomplished  the 
relief  of  the  fort,  Mr.  Porter  was  requested  by 
the  government  to  leave  the  fort  in  good  con- 
dition for  the  winter.  He  made  a  contract 
to  supply  the  fort  with  wood  for  the  winter. 
During  the  fulfillment  of  this  contract  the  Indians 
assembled  in  great  numbers,  and  in  the  well- 
planned  battle  that  followed,  they  made  open 
cavalry  charges.  They  succeeded  in  taking  the 


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entire  train,  driving  off  all  of  the  stock  and 
destroying  the  property  belonging  to  the  train. 
However,  it  cost  them  no  less  than  four  hundred 
lives.  It  was  estimated  by  the  white  men  en- 
gaged that  there  were  no  less  than  three  thousand 
Indians  in  the  fight.  Though  they  were  forced 
to  abandon  their  property,  the  white  men  found 
shelter  in  the  fort  and  succeeded,  with  the  aid  of 
the  soldiers,  in  driving  off  the  Indians  with  small 
loss  to  the  whites. 

In  1872  Mr.  Porter  accompanied  General 
Crook  into  Arizona,  on  a  mission  to  pacify  the 
Navajo  Indians.  After  three  years  he  settled  in 
Omaha,  Neb.,  and  there  engaged  in  business 
until  1882,  when  he  moved  his  family  to  the 
southwestern  part  of  Nebraska,  adjoining  the 
Colorado  line,  establishing  a  ranch  where  he  has 
since  engaged  in  the  stock  business  and  in  mer- 
chandising. In  public  affairs  he  has  always  been 
interested  and  active,  voting  the  Democratic 
ticket  at  all  elections,  local  or  national.  When 
Nebraska  was  admitted  to  the  Union  he  was 
nominated  by  the  Democrats  for  governor  of  the 
new  state. 

Educated  in  Omaha,  our  subject  carried  on  the 
study  of  German  in  the  German  Catholic  school, 
and  gained  a  good  education.  When  the  family 
moved  to  western  Nebraska,  he  took  charge  of 
the  mercantile  business  in  which  his  father  en- 
gaged. In  1886,  in  connection  with  his  father 
and  Harmon  Brothers  of  Omaha,  he  built  a  manu- 
factory in  Denver.  In  1894  he  came  to  Victor 
and  started  his  present  business,  in  which  line  he 
was  the  pioneer.  He  was  among  the  first  to  buy 
property  in  this  part  of  the  town,  and  erected  a 
warehouse  at  No.  606  North  Fourth  street.  From 
time  to  time  the  business  ha.s  been  enlarged,  until 
it  is  now  the  most  extensive  of  its  kind  in  the 
place.  In  1895  a  branch  was  started  in  Cripple 
Creek. 

Following  his  father's  example,  Mr.  Porter 
takes  as  deep  an  interest  in  public  affairs  as  in 
business,  and  keeps  himself  posted  concerning 
national  issues,  voting  the  Democratic  ticket  in 
both  state  and  national  elections,  but  in  local 
affairs  supporting  the  best  man.  In  the  councils 
of  the  Democratic  party  he.  is  a  local  leader.  He 
is  a  young  man  of  superior  ability,  and  the  suc- 
cess with  which  he  has  already  met  is  but  the 
precursor  of  future  honors  and  successes.  In 
1889  he  married  LilHe  C.  Foote,  of  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Capt.  Ralph  C.  Foote,  and  they  and 
their  daughter,  Celeste,  reside  in  the  comfortable 


residence  at   No.  603  Granite  avenue,  which  he 
erected  in  1894. 

'HOMAS  R.  HOFFMIRE,  who  has  been  a 
member  of  the  bar  of  La  Junta  since  1890 
and  attorney  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
since  1894,  is  one  of  the  well-known  attorneys  of 
Otero  County.  Much  of  his  life  has  been  spent 
in  the  west.  Born  in  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1863,  he  was  a  child  of  seven  years  when 
the  family  removed  to  Abilene,  Kan.,  and  there 
his  boyhood  days  were  passed  in  the  acquirement 
of  an  education.  Graduating  from  school  in 
1 88 1,  he  came  at  once  to  Colorado,  where  for  two 
years  he  taught  in  La  Plata  County  near  Pagosa 
Springs.  In  1883  and  1884  he  held  the  position 
of  under-sheriff  of  La  Plata  County.  Going  to 
Durango,  Colo.,  he  was  there  employed  as  chief 
of  police  in  1885  and  1886,  while  1887  was  spent 
mainly  in  mining  in  or  near  Silverton. 

Meantime  Mr.  Hoffmire  had  devoted  consider- 
able time  to  the  study  of  law.  Coming  to  La 
Junta  in  1888  he  continued  his  readings  and  in 

1890  was  admitted  to  the  bar   in  Pueblo.     Since 
then  he  has  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.     In 

1891  he  received  appointment- as  deputy  prosecu- 
ting attorney  for  the  tenth  judicial  district,  which 
position  also  made  him   public   prosecutor  of  the 
county.     He  continued  in  this  capacity  until  Jan- 
uary  i,    1898.     He  is  attorney  for  the  La  Junta 
State  Bank  and  for  a  number  of  prominent  busi- 
ness men  of  his  town.     His  attention  is  largely 
given  to  criminal  law  practice.     In  1891  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Josephine  Patterson,  a  resident  of  La 
Junta,    and   sister  of  Captain  Patterson,  of  the 
Fourteenth   United  States   Regiment  of  Volun- 
teers. 

Politically  Mr.  Hoffmire  is  a  Republican.  The 
party,  recognizing  his  ability,  and  desiring  his 
services  in  offices  of  trust,  has  frequently  selected 
him  as  its  nominee  for  positions  of  honor.  For 
four  years  he  held  the  office  of  city  attorney,  and 
in  1896  he  was  nominated  to  represent  the  second 
congressional  district  in  congress.  During  cam- 
paign times  for  the  past  six  years  he  has 
"stumped"  the  state,  as  his  party's  standard- 
bearer,  and,  as  a  member  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  state  central  committee,  has  been 
one  of  five  to  plan  and  take  charge  of  political 
campaigns.  In  this  work  his  gift  of  oratory  has 
been  of  the  greatest  assistance  to  the  cause  he 
supports.  He  is  a  fluent  speaker,  with  the  tact 
to  gain  his  hearers'  attention  and  the  ability  to 


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arouse  their  attention  and  hold  their  interest  un- 
flagging. Nor  has  this  been  a  cultivated  art,  for 
when  in  school  he  alwa ys  won  the  prizes  for  speak- 
ing, and  he  can  scarcely  recall  the  time  when  it 
was  difficult  for  him  to  find  appropriate  words  in 
addressing  an  audience.  Fraternally  he  is  con- 
nected with  the  Elks  in  Pueblo,  and  is  a  member 
of  La  Junta  Lodge  No.  28,  K.  of  P.,  also  belongs 
to  the  grand  lodge  of  the  state.  He  owns  one  of 
the  oldest  ranches  in  the  county,  a  place  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres,  lying  four  miles  east  of 
this  place,  on  the  Fort  Lyon  canal,  and  upon 
which  good  improvements  have  been  made. 


(TOSIAH  F.  SMITH.  In  the  entire  city  of 
I  Pueblo,  with  its  thousands  of  inhabitants, 
(*)  there  is  no  one  (unless  possibly  one  gentle- 
man be  excepted)  who  has  resided  here  for  so 
long  a  period  as  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  It 
was  in  May,  1858,  that  he  arrived  on  the  present 
site  of  the  city,  in  company  with  eight  men.  At 
the  mouth  of  Fountain  Creek  he  established  a 
trading  post.  Indians  were  very  numerous  and 
roamed  at  will  over  the  surrounding  plains. 
There  were  also  many  Mexicans,  whose  language 
Mr.  Smith  soon  learned  to  use  with  fluency. 
During  the  months  that  followed,  much  of  his 
time  was  spent  in  hunting  game,  and  as  he  was 
an  expert  marksman,  he  succeeded  in  supplying 
himself  and  others  with  all  the  meat  necessary 
for  table  use. 

Almost  the  whole  life  of  Mr.  Smith  has  been 
spent  upon  the  frontier.  .However,  the  first  nine- 
teen years  he  spent  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  where  he 
was  born  September  3,  1829,  and  where  his 
father,  Oliver  Smith,  a  native  of  Vermont,  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  until  his  death 
in  1840,  at  fifty-four  years.  There  were  ten  sons 
in  the  family.  All  attained  years  of  maturity 
and  each  gained  prominence  in  his  own  commu.- 
nity.  On  coming  west,  our  subject  spent  one 
winter  at  Fort  Laramie,  Wyo. ,  where  he  engaged 
in  trapping  and  hunting.  From  there  he  went 
to  California  over  the  old  Spanish  trail,  and  en- 
gaged in  mining  at  Sherlock's  Gulch  and  Mari- 
posa  for  a  year.  Next  he  engaged  in  trapping 
and  trading  among  the  Indians  in  Washington 
Territory.  In  the  spring  of  1858  he  went  down 
the  Missouri  River  in  a  small  boat,  traveling 
thirty-five  hundred  miles,  to  St.  Louis.  From 
there  he  proceeded  to  Colorado  and  established  a 
trading  post  where  East  Pueblo  now  stands.  In 
1859  there  was  a  large  influx  of  immigration  to 


this  locality,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  he  sold 
his  trading  post  and  returned  east. 

After  his  marriage,  in  the  spring  of  1860,  to 
Annie  Badgley,  of  Piqua,  Miami  County,  Ohio, 
Mr.  Smith  again  came  west,  this  time  joining  the 
miners  at  California  Gulch  (now  Leadville), 
where  he  spent  the  summer  in  mining  on  Cash 
Creek.  Returning  to  Pueblo  County,  he  pre- 
empted one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  which  now 
forms  a  part  of  the  city  of  Pueblo.  Here  for  two 
seasons  he  farmed,  hunted  and  sold  game.  In 
1863  he  was  appointed  deputy  United  States 
marshal  under  A.  C.  Hunt,  who  was  United 
States  marshal,  and  this  position  he  filled  for  four 
years.  During  four  months  of  1865  he  had 
charge  of  the  United  States  prison  at  Denver. 
During  almost  the  entire  time  since  the  spring  of 
1859  he  has  served  as  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
from  1880  to  1886  he  was  police  judge,  it  being 
the  law  at  that  time  that  a  police  judge  must 
also  be  a  justice  of  the  peace.  When  not  occu- 
pied with  official  duties,  he  engaged  in  mining 
aud  prospecting  in  the  mountains,  where  he 
owned  some  good  claims.  In  1865,  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket,  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Pueblo 
County,  but  resigned  one  year  later,  in  order  to 
accept  the  position  of  foreman  of  a  large  ranch 
where  Mexican  help  was  employed.  In  the  spring 
of  1898  he  retired  from  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace  and  since  then  he  has  had  no  business  cares, 
except  those  connected  with  the  management  of 
his  property.  The  greater  part  of  his  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  he  sold  at  a  good  price,  but, 
unfortunately,  has  lost  a  large  part  of  his  money 
through  the  endorsement  of  notes  for  friends. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  became  the  parents  of 
four  children:  Hattie.F. ,  wife  of  A.  R.  Bartholo- 
mew, of  Pueblo;  Lois,  who  became  the  wife  of 
E.  A.  Bartholomew,  but  died  at  thirty  years  of 
age,  leaving  two  daughters,  who  reside  with  their 
grandparents  Smith;  Frank,  who  is  a  member  of 
the  First  Colorado  Regiment,  now  in  service  in 
Manila;  and  Solomon  P. ,  who  is  with  his  parents. 


RS.  ISABEL  MOORE.  The  influence 
which  woman  may  wield  for  good,  in  the 
advancement  of  educational  institutions,  in 
the  realm  of  literature  and  art,  as  well  as  in  the 
every  day  amenities  of  life,  finds  a  fitting  illustra- 
tion in  the  career  of  Mrs.  Moore,  who  is  one  of 
the  most  prominent  and  popular  women  of  Ouray 
County.  A  resident  of  the  city  of  Ouray  since 
1882,  she  has  become  well  known  for  her  wide 


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scope  of  knowledge,  her  acute  reasoning  powers, 
keen  discernment  and  business  ability,  as  well  as 
for  the  gentle  manners  and  sweet  womanliness 
that  are  usual  feminine  attributes. 

A  descendant  of  seven  generations  of  worthy 
New  York  state  ancestors,  and  a  daughter  of 
Israel  S.  and  Mary  (Andrews)  Lynch,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  narrative  was  born  in  Norwich,  N.  Y. 
When  she  was  eight  years  of  age  her  parents 
moved  to  Kansas,  where  she  was  educated  in 
grammar  and  high  schools,  and  later  was  a  stu- 
dent in  the  Normal  School  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  In 
1884  she  became  the  wife  of  Albert  Moore,  their 
marriage  being  solemnized  in  Ouray,  to  which 
city  she  had  come  in  the  early  part  of  the  same 
year,  while  Mr.  Moore  had  settled  here  in  1876. 
He  was  born  and  reared  in  Cincinnati,  a  son  of 
Hugh  Moore,  who  was  born  in  Scotland  and  was 
for  several  years  captain  of  a  steamboat  on  the 
Mississippi  River.  When  a  young  man,  Mr. 
Moore  came  to  Colorado,  after  a  brief  sojourn  in 
Lawrence,  Kan.  At  once  settling  in  Ouray,  he 
engaged  in  the  hardware  business  here  for  sev- 
eral years,  and  for  two  terms  served  as  post- 
master. In  this  place  his  death  occurred  August 
13,  1886.  He  left,  besides  his  wife,  a  daughter, 
Eleanor. 

In  1893,  on  the  Populist  ticket,  Mrs.  Moore 
was  elected  treasurer  of  Ouray  County,  and  filled 
the  office  for  two  terms.  Since  then  she  has  held 
the  position  of  county  superintendent  of  schools. 
For  this  office  she  is  well  qualified  by  natural 
gifts  and  by  education.  Her  practical  experience 
as  a  teacher  in  New  York  state,  where  every 
modern  equipment  has  been  adopted  and  the  best 
methods  of  instruction  used,  has  enabled  her 
to  work  in  educational  circles  with  commendable 
success.  She  labors  industriously  to  advance  the 
interests  of  the  county  schools,  to  increase  their 
usefulness  and  enlarge  their  equipments,  and  her 
work  in  this  line  has  met  the  approval  of  those 
best  qualified  to  judge  its  merits. 

In  the  organization  of  the  Woman's  Club  of 
Ouray,  Mrs.  Moore  took  an  active  part,  and  she 
has  since  been  enthusiastic  in  its  work.  Es- 
pecially has  she  been  active  in  securing  the  or- 
ganization of  a  public  library,  for  her  connection 
with  schools  has  shown  her  that  much  depends 
upon  the  quality  of  the  books  read  by  the  young. 
The  library  was  started  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Woman's  Club,  and  by  means  of  personal 
contributions  and  entertainments  has  been  sup- 
ported by  them,  Mrs.  Moore  acting  as  librarian. 


She  gives  careful  attention  to  the  works  chosen, 
selecting  that  which  is  loftiest  and  best  in  history, 
science,  fiction  and  romance,  and  endeavoring  to 
promote,  among  the  young,  a  love  for  good 
literature.  Mrs.  Moore  was  the  presiding  officer 
in  the  Woman's  Federation  of  Labor,  the  first 
organization  of  the  kind  in  the  United  States. 
In  addition  to  her  other  interests,  she  is  actively 
identified  with  the  Daughters  of  Rebekah,  and 
at  this  writing  is  an  officer  in  the  State  As- 
sembly of  the  order. 


Gl  NDREW  J.  THOMPSON,  county  judge  of 
Lj  Montrose  County,  was  born  in  Hamilton 
/  I  County,  Ohio,  December  9,  1815,  a  son  of 
Bernard  and  Mary  (Phillips)  Thompson.  His 
grandfather,  Bernard  Thompson,  Sr. ,  was  a  large 
land  and  mill  owner,  having  extensive  properties 
on  the  Potomac  River  in  Virginia,  and  during 
the  Revolutionary  war  he  served  as  colonel  of  a 
regiment;  his  brother,  Charles,  was  private  sec- 
retary to  George  Washington.  Our  subject's 
father,  who  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  was  given, 
in  part  return  for  his  services,  a  land  warrant  in 
Morgan  County,-  111.,  and  removing  to  Illinois  in 
1834,  engaged  in  farming  and  the  millwright's 
trade,  entering  upon  his  own  land  a  few  years 
later.  Of  his  ten  children  our  subject  is  the  sole 
survivor. 

When  the  family  moved  to  Illinois,  Mr.  Thomp- 
son was  a  young  man  of  nineteen  years.  Two 
years  before  this  he  had  been  apprenticed  to  the 
carriage-maker's  trade  at  Newton,  Ohio,  a  town 
eight  miles  from  Cincinnati.  At  the  same  time 
he  had  also  begun  to  read  law.  During  his  resi- 
dence in  Illinois  he  engaged  in  his  trade  and  also 
in  the  profession  of  law  for  some  years,  afterward 
also  acquiring  farm  interests,  and  carrying  on  a 
mill  and  a  store.  He  remained  in  Illinois  until 
1888,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  and  settled  in 
Montrose  County,  purchasing  a  farm  here. 

August  29',  1839,  Mr.  Thompson  married  Mary 
J.  Whittaker,  with  whom  he  has  passed  nearly 
sixty  years  of  happy  wedded  life.  They  became 
the  parents  of  ten  children.  Of  these,  Laura  is 
the  wife  of  Lev'  VVilmot,  a  fanner  residing  at 
Hotchkiss,  Delta  County,  Colo. ;  Emma  married 
Milton  Ingleman,  a  merchant  and  miner  living 
at  Canon  City,  Colo. ;  Lewis  C.  is  deceased ;  Julia  is 
the  wife  of  Samuel  A.  Ingleman,  of  Montrose; 
Eva  married  James  F.  Rogers,  a  merchant  at 
Canon  City;  Leona  is  Mrs.  John  R.  Miller,  of 
Ridgway;  Frank  L- ,  who  is  a  talented  musician, 


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is  also  a  mining  expert  and  has  recently  invented 
a  machine  for  reducing  and  separating  ores; 
Charles,  a  farmer,  resides  in  Montrose;  Edward 
is  an  instructor  in  music  at  Farmington,  N.  M.; 
and  Harry  is  an  attorney  at  the  same  place. 

The  first  vote  of  our  subject  was  cast  in  1836 
for  Martin  Van  Buren,  and  since  then  (a  period 
of  sixty -three  years)  he  has  never  failed  to  vote 
at  every  county  election.  During  his  residence 
in  Illinois,  he  was  an  active  worker  in  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  and  for  eight  years  he  was  a  justice 
of  the  peace  there.  In  1842  he  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Bethel,  111.,  and  was  continued  in 
that  position  under  thirteen  presidents,  with  only 
one  interval  of  three  years.  Upon  the  occasion 
of  his  final  retirement  from  the  office  he  was  no- 
tified that  there  was  over  J>ioo  due  him,  on  ac- 
count of  some  change  in  the  postal  regulations. 
For  four  years  he  was  judge  of  Morgan  County. 
In  1874  he  was  elected  to  the  Illinois  legislature 
and  served  for  one  term.  Shortly  after  coming  to 
Montrose  County  he  was  elected  county  judge, 
which  position  he  has  since  held,  a  period  of  nine 
years,  or  three  terms.  Since  1847  he  has  been 
connected  with  the  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  past  noble 
grand  of  the  lodge.  His  first  attendance  upon 
the  grand  lodge  of  Illinois  (which  was  held  in 
Springfield)  was  in  1851,  and  afterward  he  was 
fourteen  times  elected  a  delegate  to  the  grand 
lodge.  In  1851  he  received  the  Rebekah  degree. 


(£>  AMUEL  P.  VANATTA,  who  is  engaged  in 
?\  the  practice  of  law  at  Cripple  Creek,  was 
Q)  born  twelve  miles  west  of  Pittsburg,  Alle- 
gheny County,  Pa.,  March  5,  1831.  His  boy- 
hood days  were  spent  upon  a  farm  and  in  attend- 
ance upon  a  country  school.  At  eighteen  years 
of  age  he  secured  a  position  as  teacher  of  a  dis- 
trict school,  receiving  £12  per  month  in  compen- 
sation for  his  services.  After  teaching  in  his  na- 
tive county  for  one  term  he  went  to  Columbiana 
County,  Ohio,  and  there  taught  school.  During 
his  leisure  hours,  for  two  years,  he  read  law  with 
a  firm  in  New  Lisbon.  In  that  town  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  May  9,  1853.  He  opened  an 
office  and  began  to  practice  in  New  Lisbon,  but 
some  eighteen  months  later  removed  to  Logan, 
Ohio,  where  he  carried  on  a  general  practice  for 
four  ye,ars. 

In  1860  Mr.  Vanatta  removed  as  far  west  as 
Iowa,  settling  in  Vinton,  where  he  built  up  a 
good  practice  in  his  profession.  During  his  resi- 
dence there,  in  July,  1862,  he  enlisted  as  a  pri- 


vate in  Company  D,  Twenty-eighth  Iowa  In- 
fantry, and  was  at  once  elected  captain  of  his  com- 
pany. The  soldiers  were  mustered  into  service 
on  the  loth  of  October,  and  rendezvoused  at  Iowa 
City,  thence  went  down  the  Mississippi  and  were 
stationed  at  Helena,  Ark.  In  January,  1863, 
they  went  upon  the  White  River  expedition, 
thence  proceeded  to  Vicksburg  and  participated 
in  the  siege  of  that  city.  Afterward  they  were 
ordered  to  Black  River  to  meet  Gen.  Joe  John- 
ston, thence  marched  to  New  Orleans,  and  with 
General  Banks  took  part  in  the  Red  River  expe- 
dition. During  this  expedition  our  subject  was 
taken  ill  and  sent  to  a  hospital  in  New  Orleans, 
where  he  remained  for  three  months.  He  was 
then  honorably  discharged  on  account  of  disabil- 
ity. Returning  home,  six  months  later  he  was 
appointed  enrolling  commissioner  of  Benton 
County,  Iowa,  and  while  acting  in  this  capacity 
enlisted  between  six  and  seven  hundred  men  in 
the  county. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Vanatta  continued  to  prac- 
tice in  Vinton.  In  September,  1876,  he  removed 
to  Sioux  City,  the  same  state,  where  he  practiced 
in  connection  with  his  son,  John  K.,  and  gained 
a  wide  reputation  as  a  criminal  lawyer.  Four 
years  were  spent  there  and  a  similar  period  in 
Lincoln,  Neb.,  after  which  he  went  to  Cass 
County  to  look  after  a  large  tax-title  property. 
He  succeeded  in  winning  his  case,  although  he 
was  contested  for  seven  years.  He  was  recog- 
nized as  an  authority  on  tax-title  in  the  state. 
Going  to  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  he  looked  after  his 
property  interests  in  that  city  for  two  years,  after 
which  he  spent  eight  months  in  Nebraska  City, 
Neb.  In  December,  1896,  he  came  to  Cripple 
Creek,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home.  On 
account  of  deafness,  he  does  not  practice  in  the 
courts,  but  gives  his  attention  principally  to  his 
civil  and  real-estate  practice. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Vanatta,  September  4, 
1852,  united  him  with  Miss  Mary  H.  Jordan,  of 
Columbiana  County,  Ohio.  They  became  the 
parents  of  six  sons  and  four  daughters,  of  whom 
three  of  the  daughters  are  deceased.  The  oldest 
son,  John  K.,  a  prominent  attorney  of  Colorado 
Springs,  is  represented  elsewhere  in  this  volume; 
Edward  G.  is  a  lawyer  at  Eldora,  Colo.;  William 
D.  is  engaged  in  contracting  and  building  at  Gold- 
field,  this  state;  James  H.  is  a  contractor  and 
builder  in  Colorado  City;  Samuel  P.,  Jr.,  is  an 
extensive  farmer  of  Lincoln  County,  state  of 
Washington;  Charles  A.,  the  youngest  son,  is  cor- 


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poral  of  Company  M,  First  Colorado  Infantry, 
now  in  Manila;  Eva  is  the  wife  of  John  Carriher, 
of  Grand  Forks,  B.  C. 

Mr.  Vanatta  was  made  an  Odd  Fellow  in  Vin- 
ton,  Iowa,  in  1864.  He  was  first  identified  with 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  in  Lincoln, Neb. , 
and  is  now  connected  with  M.  W.  Anderson  Post 
of  Cripple  Creek.  He  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  While  he  has  never 
sought  office,  he  has  been  quite  active  in  local 
politics  and  has  always  supported  the  candidates 
of  the  Republican  party. 


(JOHN  UGLOW,  representative  of  Hinsdale 
I  and  San  Juan  Counties  in  the  state  legisla- 
G)  ture,  and  editor  of  the  Lake  City  Phono- 
graph, was  born  in  Palmyra,  Wis. ,  October  12, 
1859,  a  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Jolliffe)  Ug- 
low,  natives  of  England.  His  father,  who  came 
to  America  in  early  life,  settled  in  Wisconsin  and 
continued  to  reside  there  until  his  death  in  1873. 
By  occupation  he  was  a  merchant.  Of  his  family 
of  seven  children  all  but  two  are  still  living. 
Mary  is  the  wife  of  John  Garbutt,  of  Darien.Wis. 
John  was  second  in  order  of  birth;  Luther  is  a 
business  man  of  Palmyra,  Wis. ;  and  William  H. 
is  engaged  in  the  furniture  business  there;  Clara 
W.  is  a  teacher  in  the  seminary  at  Evansville, 
Wis. 

.  At  fourteen  years  of  age  our  subject  went  from 
Palmyra  to  Winneconne,  Wis.,  where  he  became 
an  apprentice  on  the  Winneconne  Item.  He 
learned  the  printer's  trade,  remaining  for  eight- 
een months  with  the  same  paper,  after' which  he 
was  employed  on  the  Oshkosh  Independent,  and 
later  was  connected  with  other  newspapers  in 
Wisconsin.  He  went  to  Minneapolis  in  1880 
and  for  fourteen  years  worked  in  the  composing 
room  of  the  Daily  Tribune.  In  December,  1894, 
he  came  to  Colorado.  After  a  short  sojourn  in 
Colorado  Springs  he  settled  in  Lake  City,  pur- 
chasing the  Phonograph,  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted. Under  his  control  the  paper  has  been  a 
stanch  Populist  organ,  supporting  the  men  and 
measures  of  that  party.  Established  in  1875,  it 
was  published  under  the  name  of  the  Silver 
World  until  1889,  when  the  title  was  changed  to 
the  Phonograph.  It  is  a  bright  and  newsy  sheet, 
filled  with  local  happenings,  as  well  as  matters 
of  general  interest. 

For  six  years  Mr.  Uglow  was  secretary  of  the 
Typographical  Union,  and  for  one  year  served  as 
its  president;  in  1893  he  was  chosen  its  delegate 


to  the  convention  of  the  International  Associa- 
tion held  in  Chicago.  For  years  he  has  been  a 
firm  friend  of  the  silver  cause  and  an  active 
worker  in  the  People's  party.  During  his  resi- 
dence in  Minneapolis  he  was  the  Populist  can- 
didate for  city  treasurer.  In  the. year  1895  he 
was  appointed  city  clerk  of  Lake  City,  which  of- 
fice he  has  since  held.  In  1898  he  was  elected 
justice  of  the  peace  and  police  magistrate,  and  in 
the  fall  of  the  same  year  was  elected  to  the  state 
legislature,  receiving  a  fair  majority  on  the  Pop- 
ulist ticket.  The  principal  industry  of  Hinsdale 
County  (mining)  has  received  more  or  less  atten- 
tion from  him  ever  since  he  came  to  the  west.  He 
has  not  only  kept  in  touch  with  mines  and  min- 
ing, but  has  invested  personally  in  them.  He  is 
connected  with  the  Gold  Pick,  Lode  Star,  and  or- 
ganized the  Pomeroy  Gold  Mining  and  Milling 
Company.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  and  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen. 
June  n,  1884,  he  married  Nellie  Beggs,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Beggs,  who  served  as  a  lieutenant 
during  the  Civil  war.  They  are  the  parents  of 
two  daughters,  Florence  and  Nettie. 


(^DDISON   MORRELL   WRENCH,   cashier 

Hof  the  First  National  Bank  of  Telluride,  was 
born  in  New  York  state  in  1867,  a  son  of 
B.  L-  and  Mary  E.  (Champion)  Wrench,  natives 
respectively  of  England  and  New  York.  His 
father,  who  during  his  active  life  has  been  a  suc- 
cessful business  man,  is  still  residing  at  York- 
ville,  the  old  family  home.  In  the  family  there 
are  five  children:  Bernard  L.,  living  in  Whites- 
boro,  N.  Y. ;  A.  M.;  Carrie;  George  P.,  a  busi- 
ness man  of  Cleveland,  Ohio;  and  Raymond  C., 
who  is  with  his  parents. 

Educated  in  public  schools  in  New  York,  in 
1886  Mr.  Wrench  came  west  and  for  one  year  was 
manager  of  the  St.  Paul  Rubber  Company,  of  St. 
Paul,  Minn.  From  Minnesota  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  1888,  and  settling  in  Telluride,  began 
the  study  of  law  under  L.  L.  Nunn.  In  1889  he 
took  a  course  in  Colorado  College.  Afterward 
he  returned  east,  where  he  visited  for  a  short 
time,  coming  back  to  Telluride  in  1890,  and  ac- 
cepting a  position  as  assistant  cashier  of  the  old 
San  Miguel  Valley  State  Bank.  In  the  latter 
part  of  the  same  year  the  bank  was  merged  into 
the  First  National  Bank,  of  which  he  has  been 
cashier  since  July  24,  1897.  Previous  to  accept- 
ing the  cashiership  he  engaged  in  the  real-estate 


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and  loan  business  in  Telluride,  and  this  he  still 
carries  on,  besides  discharging  his  duties  as  cash- 
ier. Since  the  organization  of  the  bank  he  has 
been  one  of  its  directors.  The  business  of  the 
bank  is  carried  on  in  a  building  erected  especially 
for  the  purpose,  and  the  finest  bank  building  west 
of  Pueblo. 

In  addition  to  his  position  as  cashier  and  his 
duties  in  connection  with  the  purchase  and  sale 
of  real  estate,  Mr.  Wrench  was  interested  with 
L.  L.  Nunii  in  the  erection  of  an  electric  plant  in 
Utah.  In  1894  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of 
the  Telluride  Board  of  Trade,  of  which  he  was 
afterward  treasurer  for  some  years.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  mining,  and  is  connected  with  the  Tellu- 
ride Power  and  Transmission  Company,  of  which 
L.  L.  Nunn  is  manager.  As  a  Republican  he 
takes  a  warm  interest  in  politics,  and  is  in  sym- 
pathy with  the  principles  for  which  his  party 
stands.  In  1892  he  married  Minnie  M.  Wood, of 
New  Hartford,  N.  Y.,  by  whom  he  has  a  son, 
Addison  W.  During  the  years  of  his  residence 
in  Telluride  he  has  witnessed  its  growth  from  a 
camp  of  one  thousand  people  to  a  prosperous  city, 
with  water  works,  electric  lights,  and  all  the  con- 
veniences of  modern  life. 


(JOHN  M.  MAXWELL,  who  is  recognized  as 
I  one  of  the  ablest  attorneys  of  Leadville,  also 
G/  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Leadville 
Abstract  Company,  was  born  in  Mansfield,  Ohio, 
in  1849,  a  son  of  George  M.  and  Martha  (Mills) 
Maxwell.  His  father  was  a  prominent  minister 
of  the  Presbyterian  denomination,  an  educator  of 
national  reputation  and  was  for  many  years  presi- 
dent of  the  Lane  Theological  Seminary  of  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio.  He  was  a  member  of  a  family  that 
removed  from  Connecticut  to  Ohio  in  an  early 
day. 

The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Col. 
John  Mills,  was  an  active  business  man  of  Mari- 
etta, Ohio,  for  many  years  president  of  a  bank  at 
that  place,  also  president  of  the  Marietta  chair 
factory  there,  and  one  of  the  builders  of  the  first 
railroad  from  Marietta  to  Cincinnati.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  Marietta  College,  from 
which  his  son  in-law,  Rev.  George  M.  Maxwell, 
and  the  latter's  three  sons  graduated.  Colonel 
Mills  married  Deborah  Wilson,  the  great-grand- 
daughter of  Maj.-Gen.  Joseph  Spencer,,  who 
was  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  was 
appointed  in  April,  1775,  by  special  act  of  con- 
gress, as  brigadier-general,  which  position  he 


held  until  promoted.  He  was  present  at  the  siege 
of  Boston  and  accompanied  the  troops  to  New 
York  City.  August  9,  1776,  he  was  commissioned 
major-general,  and  placed  in  command  of  a  divi- 
sion commanded  by  Parsons  and  Wadsworth. 
He  organized  an  expedition  of  nine  thousand 
state  troops  that  marched  against  the  British 
forces  at  Newport.  At  East  Haddani,  Conn., 
where  he  was  born  in  1714,  his  eyes  closed  to  the 
light  in  1789.  Martha  (Mills)  Maxwell,  the 
mother  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Deborah  (Wilson)  Mills,  the  granddaugh- 
ter of  Martha  Brainard  (Spencer)  Wilson,  the 
great-granddaughter  of  Gen.  Joseph  Spencer, 
a  surgeon  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  the 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Maj.-Gen.  Joseph 
Spencer,  an  officer  of  the  Revolutionary  war,  as 
above  stated. 

Rev.  George  M.  Maxwell  died  in  1897.  In 
his  family  there  are  five  sons  and  one  daughter, 
the  latter,  Mary  W. ,  being  with  her  mother  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Prof.  H.  Allen  Maxwell  has 
been  connected  with  the  high  schools  of  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  for  several  years;  N.  Wilson  is  con- 
nected with  a  paper  in  Hamilton,  Ohio;  and 
Joseph  F.  is  an  attorney  in  Denver.  The  educa- 
tion of  our  subject  was  begun  in  public  schools 
in  Cincinnati.  At  sixteen  years  of  age  he  entered 
Marietta  College,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1872.  Afterward  he  read  law  in  the  law  office  of 
Stevenson  &  Maxwell,  attorneys  in  Cincinnati, 
and  in  1875  was  admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar. 
For  two  years  he  engaged  in  professional  work 
in  Cincinnati,  after  which  he  came  to  Colorado 
and  settled  at  Boulder,  engaging  in  practice  in 
that  city  until  1879.  From  there  he  came  to 
Leadville  in  1879,  where  he  has  since  become 
known  as  an  able  and  successful  attorney. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Maxwell,  in  1880,  united 
him  with  Emma  C. ,  daughter  of  Rev.  L.  H. 
Long,  for  years  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Urbana,  Ohio,  and  at  the  present  time 
a  resident  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  but  retired 
from  professional  work.  For  one  of  his  years, 
(seventy-six)  he  is  hearty  and  robust.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Crumbaugh,  who  is  still  living. 
They  became  the  parents  of  one  son  and  two 
daughters.  Charles  T.  Long,  their  son,  is  a 
traveling  salesman  in  Ohio,  and  the  daughter, 
Mrs.  Warren  A.  Moore,  resides  in  Leadville. 
Mrs.  Maxwell  was  educated  in  a  ladies'  seminary 
in  Ohio,  and  is  a  highly  educated,  refined  and 
cultured  lady. 


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Besides  his  practice,  Mr.  Maxwell  is  largely 
interested  in  mining  in  Leadville.  Fraternally 
a  Mason,  he  served  as  grand  master  of  the  grand 
lodge  of  Colorado,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  during  1891- 
92,  and  Grand  Commander  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment, K.  T.,  of  Colorado,  1898-99. 


(DQlLLIAM  C.  HARRIS.  In  the  history  of 
\A/  northeastern  Colorado  there  are  few  in- 
V  Y  stances  of  greater  success  than  that  shown 
in  the  career  of  the  subject  of  this  article.  But  a 
comparatively  few  years  have  elaped  since  he 
established  his  headquarters  in  Logan  County, 
but  these  few  years  have  enabled  him  to  rise  from 
limited  means  to  a  position  among  the  most  ex- 
tensive and  prosperous  cattlemen  of  the  state. 
He  is  now  one  of  the  largest  cattle  dealers  in 
Colorado,  his  herd  numbering  four  thousand 
head,  in  addition  to  which  he  handles  about 
twelve  thousand  head  annually.  By  his  pur- 
chase, in  the  spring  of  1898,  of  the  old  Western 
Union  ranch  of  eleven  hundred  acres,  ten  miles 
northeast  of  Sterling,  on  the  Platte  River,  and 
adjoining  his  homestead,  his  ranch  possessions 
have  been  increased  to  twelve  hundred  and  sixty 
acres,  all  of  which  is  under  the  ditch;  and  he  has 
three  hundred  acres  in  alfalfa,  which  he  uses  in 
feeding  his  stock.  Besides  the  feed  raised  on  his 
ranch,  he  buys  large  quantities  for  his  stock, 
having,  in  1898,  paid  $8,000  for  hay  purchased 
during  that  year. 

In  Brownville,  Neb.,  the  subject  of  this  article 
was  born  May  22,  1870,  a  son  of  William  H.  and 
Jane  (Woodson)  Harris.  He  was  one  of  seven 
children,  three  of  whom  are  living,  his  sisters 
being:  Esther,  wife  of  H.  T.  Sutherland,  a  cattle- 
man of  Logan  County;  and  Belle,  who  resides 
with  her  father  in  Sterling.  William  H.  Harris 
was  born  in  St.  Joe,  Mo.,  in  1832,  and  there 
grew  to  manhood.  Shortly  after  his  marriage 
he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  and  served 
until  the  close  of  the  Civil  war.  Afterward  he 
engaged  in  freighting  across  the  plains  from 
Leavenworth,  Kan.,  to  Denver,  and  made  many 
trips  across  the  plains.  About  1866  he  settled  in 
Brownville,  Neb. ,  where  he  engaged  in  farming. 
Prior  to  his  service  in  the  army  he  made  his 
home  in  Kansas  for  four  years,  and  while  there 
served  as  county  judge  of  his  county.  After  set- 
tling in  Nebraska  he  gave  his  attention  to  agri- 
cultural pursuits.  In  1875  he  removed  to  Colo- 
rado and  settled  three  miles  north  of  Sterling, 
where  he  became  interested  in  the  stock  busi- 

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ness.  In  the  years  that  have  since  elapsed, 
while  he  has  made  several  moves,  he  has  re- 
mained in  the  vicinity  of  Sterling,  and  in  1898, 
retiring  from  active  labors,  he  settled  in  Sterling, 
where  he  now  lives,  surrounded  by  the  comforts 
secured  from  his  former  labors. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  completed  in 
the  high  school  of  Sterling.  After  his  graduation 
in  1891  he  became  a  teacher  in  the  district 
schools,  where  he  taught  for  two  terms.  Later 
he  was  employed  as  a  salesman  in  a  mercantile 
establishment  in  Sterling,  where  he  spent  one 
year.  He  then  turned  his  attention  to  the  buy- 
ing and  shipping  of  country  produce,  such  as 
poultry,  potatoes  and  general  farm  products. 
However,  this  did  not  prove  successful.  In  a 
short  time  he  began  the  business  of  buying  and 
gathering  bones,  which  he  shipped  to  market.  In 
1893  he  and  a  cousin  organized  the  Bravo  Ditch 
Company,  and  pushed  the  ditch  through  to  com- 
pletion, also  took  out  homesteads  under  the  ditch 
and  secured  water  for  their  property.  They 
traded  their  surplus  stock  for  work  from  neigh- 
boring farmers  in  the  improvement  of  their  home- 
steads. Shortly  after  this,  Mr.  Harris  had  a  con- 
test for  his  homestead,  but  after  some  months  of 
litigation  he  won  the  case.  From  that  time  he 
engaged  in  buying  and  shipping  cattle,  one  car- 
load at  a  time.  His  earnings  were  invested  in 
ranch  property.  In  1894  a  drought  in  Nebraska 
caused  a  short  crop  of  farm  products  there.  He 
was  a  heavy  shipper  of  alfalfa  to  that  state  and 
also  a  large  buyer  and  shipper  of  alfalfa  seed. 
He  made  money  rapidly  and  extended  his  busi- 
ness of  shipping  cattle,  alfalfa  and  seed  through 
1895  on  a  larger  scale.  Meantime  the  price  of 
cattle  had  gradually  risen  and  the  demand  for 
stock  had  increased  among  the  ranchmen.  Early 
in  1896  he  went  through  Idaho  and  Montana, 
buying  cattle,  which  he  shipped  into  Colorado 
and  disposed  of  among  ranchmen  in  this  section. 
He  also  bought  many  steers  and  shipped  to  Neb- 
braska  feeders.  In  1897  he  continued  to  buy  on 
an  increasing  scale  and  shipped  many  carloads  of 
cattle  into,  as  well  as  out  of,  the  state,  handling 
during  that  year  twelve  thousand  head  of  cattle. 
At  the  time  that  he  first  began  to  ship  cattle,  his 
second  car  was  consigned  to  an  Omaha  commis- 
sion house,  but,  before  returns  had  been  made 
for  the  cattle,  the  firm  failed  and  he  feared  there 
was  no  hope  for  payment;  the  loss  at  that  time 
would  have  been  a  heavy  blow  to  him.  How- 
ever, in  the  final  settlement  of  the  business,  he 


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received  a  check  in  full  for  his  stock.  During 
1897  he  began  running  cattle  on  the  range  and 
increased  his  herd  constantly.  He  buys  almost 
all  of  the  cattle  shipped  from  this  section  of  the 
country  and  is  considered  an  authority  in  the 
cattle  business.  In  the  transaction  of  his  busi- 
ness, he  has  traveled  over  sixty  thousand  miles 
by  rail.  In  1898  he  opened  an  office  in  Sterling, 
where  he  makes  his  headquarters,  but  necessarily 
much  of  his  time  is  spent  in  other  places.  His 
success  has  been  truly  remarkable.  Even  in 
Colorado,  where  instances  of  rapid  successes  are 
common,  it  is  not  often  that  a  man  is  found  who, 
in  a  short  space  of  five  or  six  years,  has  risen  to  a 
position  of  such  influence  and  prominence  as 
has  he,  and  his  standing  proves  that  he  is  a  man 
of  sagacious  judgment  and  great  energy. 


r\ETER  P.  KENNEDY,  who  has  been  en- 
ty  gaged  in  business  in  Lake  City,  was  born  in 
\3  New  York  February  27,  1834,  a  son  of 
James  and  Catherine  (Reynolds)  Kennedy,  na- 
tives of  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  respectively. 
His  father,  who  was  a  farmer,  removed  from  New 
York  to  Richland  County,  Ohio,  and  there  died 
when  his  son,  our  subject,  was  a  boy  of  fourteen 
years.  The  wife  and  mother  had  previously 
passed  from  earth.  They  were  the  parents  of 
six  sons  and  one  daughter. 

When  fifteen  years  of  age  our  subject  went  to 
Mount  Vernon,  Ohio,  to  learn  the  .shoemaker's 
trade.  Upon  completing  his  apprenticeship  he 
went  to  Flemington,  N.  J.,  and  established  a 
shop  of  his  own,  but  one  year  later  removed  to 
another  town  in  that  state,  where  he  remained 
about  eight  years.  Going  to  Illinois  he  worked 
at  his  trade  in  Galesburg  for  a  year,  then  went  to 
Rosetta,  Henderson  County,  where  he  carried  on 
a  store  for  two  years.  In  1863  he  went  to  Mon- 
tana, where  he  engaged  in  mining,  with  some 
success,  for  a  year.  On  his  return  east  he  spent 
six  months  in  Galesburg,  then  went  toKirkwood, 
111.,  and  established  a  shop,  erecting  a  building 
and  remaining  for  ten  years.  In  1874,  at  Minne- 
apolis, Kan.,  in  partnership  with  G.  H.  Justice, 
he  established  the  firm  of  Kennedy  &  Justice, 
and  built  up  an  extensive  business  in  the  repair 
and  manufacturing  line. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1876,  Mr.  Kennedy  en- 
gaged in  mining  for  two  years,  although  at  the 
same  time  he  retained  his  interest  in  the  Kansas 
store.  In  1878  he  settled  in  Lake  City,  where  for 
several  years  he  retained  his  interest  in  mines,  at 


the  same  time  working  at  his  trade.  In  1882  he 
disposed  of  his  business  interests  in  Kansas  and 
three  years  later  bought  a  store  in  which  he  car- 
ried a  full  assortment  of  boots  and  shoes,  cloth- 
ing, men's  furnishings  and  notions.  In  the  early 
history  of  the  Golden  Fierce  mine  he  was  owner 
of  a  one-third  interest  in  it,  and  he  is  still  one  of  its 
stockholders.  He  was  also  interested  in  the  Gov- 
ernor Pitkin  mine,  and  it  was  largely  through 
his  instrumentality  that  the  mine  was  sold  for 
$135,000.  He  is  still  interested  in  mining  stock. 
Mr.  Kennedy  is  a  Master  Mason,  belonging  to 
A.  Lincoln  Lodge  No.  518,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at 
Kirkwood,  111.  Active  as  a  Baptist,  he  was  in- 
strumental in  the  building  of  the  church  here,  and 
has  served  as  a  trustee  since  its  organization. 
For  ten  years  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  town 
board.  In  1881  he  erected  a  residence  that  is 
one  of  the  finest  in  the  town.  At  Rosetta,  111., 
in  1862,  he  married  Caroline  A.  Hildreth,  who 
was  born  in  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio,  but  did  not 
meet  Mr.  Kennedy  until  after  her  removal  to  Illi- 
nois; she  died  in  Kirkwood,  that  state,  in  1872. 
The  present  wife  of  Mr.  Kennedy,  whom  he  mar- 
ried in  1874,  was  Mrs.  Mildred  A.  (Taliaferro)  Mc- 
Farland,  who  was  born  in  the  city  of  Richmond, 
Va.,  member  of  a  prominent  southern  family, 
and  was  first  married  to  Capt.  John  McFarland, 
of  Ohio. 


(I  F.  SANDERS,  president  of  the  Farmers  and 
Merchants  Bank  of  Delta,  and  the  present 
G/,  mayor  of  the  town,  is  well  known  aniongthe 
people  of  western  Colorado.  His  interests  are 
inseparably  associated  with  the  growing  town  of 
Delta,  which,  situated  fifty-one  miles  east  of 
Grand  Junction,  in  the  center  of  a  fine  fruit- 
growing country,  has  before  it  a  future  of  impor- 
tance and  influence.  In  reviewing  the  history  of 
any  community  there  are  always  a  few  names  that 
stand  out  pre-eminent  among  others,  because 
those  who  bear  them  are  men  of  ability,  culture 
and  energy.  Such  men  increase  the  prosperity 
of  a  place  and  promote  its  commercial  importance, 
while  their  wealth,  put  in  circulation  in  the  neigh- 
borhood, becomes  a  factor  in  the  general  pros- 
perity. 

Such  a  man  is  the  subject  of  this  article.  It 
would  be  impossible  to  write  a  correct  history  of 
Delta  and  omit  his  name  therefrom;  for,  while 
he  has  not  been  a  resident  of  the  town  for  an  ex- 
tended period  of  years,  his  connection  with  its 
interests  has  been  very  intimate.  He  is  a  son 


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of  Henry  and  Catherine  (Sheare)  Sanders,  natives 
of  Pennsylvania,  where  the  latter  died  at  seventy- 
three  years  of  age.  The  former,  who  was  for 
some  years  a  farmer  of  Bucks  County,  moved  to 
New  York  state  in  1848,  settling  in  Broome 
County,  where  he  followed  merchandising  and 
farming.  In  1894  he  came  to  Delta,  and  has  since 
made  his  home  with  his  son,  our  subject. 

Born  in  Broome  County,  N.  Y.,  in  1854,  J.  F. 
Sanders  spent  the  first  fifteen  years  of  his  life  on 
a  farm  in  New  York,  but  from  there  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Luzerne  County,  Pa.  He  received 
a  public-school  education,  but  when  quite  young 
was  apprenticed  to  the  blacksmith's  trade,  whigh 
he  followed  for  some  years  in  Pennsylvania,  and 
on  that  account  his  educational  privileges  were 
limited.  In  1880  he  came  to  Alma  Park,  Colo., 
and  for  several  years  engaged  in  mining  and  pros- 
pecting, also  carried  on  the  blacksmith's  trade. 
In  iS86  he  went  toOuray,  where  he  in  1893  loca- 
ted the  Bachelor  mine,  now  one  of  the  largest  sil- 
ver producing  mines  in  the  San  Juan  country,  and 
in  this  he  still  owns  a  one-third  interest.  Asso- 
ciated with  G.  R.  Hulbert  and  C.  A.  Armstrong, 
he  brought  the  mine  up  to  its  present  producing 
point. 

Coming  to  Delta  in  1894,  Mr.  Sanders  embarked 
in  the  grocery  business,  which  he  carried  on  for 
a  few  years,  and  he  also  operated  a  canning  fac- 
tory. During  1894  he  purchased  the  controlling 
interest  in  the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank,  of 
which  he  has  since  been  president  and  which  is 
recognized  as  one  of  the  solid  financial  institu- 
tions of  this  section.  His  bank  and  mining  in- 
terests, however,  by  no  means  represent  the  limit 
of  his  activities.  He  is  connected  with  all  of  the 
leading  bridge  and  ditch  companies  of  Delta 
County  and  is  president  of  a  number  of  these. 
Other  projects  for  the  benefit  of  local  interests  re- 
ceive his  hearty  co-operation.  He  owns  a  grain 
ranch  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  and  a  fruit 
orchard  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  contain- 
ing about  fifteen  hundred  trees,  the  most  of  which 
are  apples.  In  the  town  of  Delta  he  has  impor- 
tant property  holdings.  In  1896  he  built  the 
Sanders  opera  house  and  the  following  year  erec- 
ted the  Farmers  and  Merchants  Bank  building, 
these  being  two  of  the  best  buildings  in  Delta.  In 
1894  he  built  his  residence,  the  finest  in  the  town, 
and  besides  this  he  owns  six  other  dwelling 
houses  here. 

With  so  many  important  business  interests  in 
his  charge,  it  might  be  supposed  that  Mr.  Sanders 


would  find  it  impossible  to  give  any  attention  to 
public  affairs,  but  he  finds  time  to  keep  posted 
concerning  the  great  problems  before  the  nation 
to-day.  In  politics  he  advocates  Democratic 
principles.  As  mayor  of  the  town,  he  has  used 
his  influence  for  those  measures  which  he  believes 
will  promote  the  prosperity  of  the  people  and  the 
welfare  of  the  town.  In  fraternal  relations  he  is 
past  grand  of  Delta  Lodge  No.  116,  I.  O.  O.  F. , 
and  Delta  Encampment  No.  36,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  state  grand  lodge  and  grand  assembly.  In 
1879  ne  was  united  in  marriage  with  Catherine 
Ferguson,  by  whom  he  has  five  children,  Dora 
M.,  Charles  H.,  Cora  B.,  Robert  R.  and  Mary  E. 


(JEROME  A.  WEIR,  a  pioneer  of  Colorado, 
I  is  the  owner  of  Beaver  ranch,  comprising 
O  two  hundred  and  sixty  acres  four  miles  south 
of  Colorado  Springs.  In  the  early  days  of  this 
city  he  operated  a  lumber  yard,  on  the  site  of 
which  he  afterward  built  Weir's  block,  compris- 
ing fourteen  rooms  in  one  story,  on  the  corner  of 
Tejon  street  and  Bijou  avenue.  He  is  also  the 
owner  of  large  interests  in  Dakota  and  has  prop- 
erty in  Glenwood  Springs.  Through  his  efforts 
a  postoffice  was  established  at  Weir's  Mill,  and 
he  was  appointed  the  first  postmaster. 

At  Wiretown,  Sussex  County,  N.  J.,  Mr.  Weir 
was  born  March  4,  1840,  being  a  son  of  George 
and  Elizabeth  (Kennedy)  Wire.  His  father, who 
was  of  German  descent  and  a  native  of  New  Jer- 
sey, engaged  in  wagon,  plow  and  carriage  manu- 
facturing, and  was  also  a  merchant,  justice  of 
the  peace  and  the  postmaster  at  Wiretown,  a 
town  named  in  his  honor.  The  family  name  was 
originally  Wire,  and  has  been  changed  to  its 
present  form  within  recent  years.  About  1847 
he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  and  eighteen  months 
later  came  as  far  west  as  Illinois,  where  he  spent 
one  Vinter  in  Peoria,  and  then  removed  to  Nau- 
voo,  111.  He  died  in  that  town  when  fifty-two 
years  of  age.  Twice  married,  he  had  seven  chil- 
dren by  his  first  union.  His  second  wife,  our 
subject's  mother,  was  Elizabeth  Kennedy,  a  na- 
tive of  New  Jersey.  Her  grandfather,  Dr. 
Samuel  Kennedy, -was  born  in  Scotland,  and  was 
a  member  of  a  noble  family  there.  During  the 
persecutions  of  those  days  a  price  was  set  upon 
his  head  and  he  fled  to  America,  settling  at  John- 
souburg,  N.  J.,  where  he  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  medicine.  Her  father,  Moses  Kennedy,  who 
was  born  at  Johnsonburg,  participated  in  the 
Revolutionary  war,  with  four  brothers,  all  phy- 


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sicians.  When  a  young  man  he  removed  to  the 
vicinity  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  making  the  long 
journey  with  an  ox-team  and  settling  in  the  wil- 
derness. Mrs.  Wire  was  twice  married  and  had 
seven  children,  three  of  whom  were  born  of  her 
marriage  to  George  Wire.  They  are:  Mrs.  Cath- 
erine Smith,  of  Muscatine,  Iowa;  Jerome  A.  and 
Austin  II.  The  last  named,  a  lumber  merchant 
and  twice  mayor  of  Lincoln,  Neb.,  and  past 
grand  master  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows  of  Nebraska,  during  the  Civil  war  was  a 
member  of  the  Third,  and  afterward  the  Second, 
Colorado  Infantry,  and  served  from  1862  until 
the  close  of  the  Rebellion.  He  is  a  prominent 
worker  in  the  Baptist  Church.  The  mother  of 
this  family  died  when  eighty-two  years  of  age. 

When  the  subject  of  this  sketch  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  the  spring  of  1861,  he  located  claim  No. 
28,  immediately  above  the  claim  owned  by 
H.  A.  W.  Tabor.  Securing  employment,  for 
which  it  was  agreed  he  was  to  receive  $2.50  per 
day,  he  worked  for  three  weeks,  but  as  he  failed 
to  be  paid  a  cent  of  his  wages,  he  proceeded  to 
Buffalo  Flats,  near  the  present  site  of  Brecken- 
ridge,  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  he  returned 
to  his  old  home.  It  was  his  intention  not  to 
come  back  to  Colorado,  but  when  he  reached  Mo- 
line  and  took  his  way  across  lots  to  his  home,  he 
found  the  lots  were  all  fenced  up,  and  he  then 
and  there  resolved  to  return  to  Colorado,  and  in 
reply  to  his  mother's  inquiry  if  he  was  going 
back,  he  promptly  answered  "Yes. "  In  1862, 
with  his  brother  Austin  and  George  Van  Horn 
and  George  W.  Kennedy,  a  cousin,  he  again 
came  west,  driving  a  two-yoke  ox-team  and  a 
wagon,  and  bringing  with  him  three  yoke  of  cows 
bought  in  Iowa.  The  party  proceeded  up  the 
Platte  River  and  at  Fremont's  Orchard  turned 
toward  Denver.  They  were  attacked  by  a  party 
of  seventy-five  Indians  and  had  a  running  fight, 
but  when  our  subject  showed  his  intention  of 
using  his  gun,  the  red  men  hastily  dispersed.  At 
that  time  they  were  within  seven  miles  of  Denver. 
He  prospected  in  Buffalo  Forks,  where  he  had  a 
cabin  above  the  timber  line;  but  as  it  took  much 
of  his  time  to  obtain  provisions  and  take  them  to 
his  remote  home,  he  determined  to  go  lower.  In 
January,  1863,  he  went  to  the  Little  Buttes  and 
obtained  work  as  a  carpenter,  which  trade  he  had 
learned  in  boyhood.  Learning  that  a  sawmill 
was  being  operated  at  Dead  Man's  canon  on  the 
Little  Fountain  he  started  there.  On  the  clay 
before  he  reached  that  place  Espanosa,  a  Mexi- 


can, had  killed  a  man  at  the  mill,  and  Mr.  Weir 
was  followed  at  some  distance  by  men  who  mis- 
took him  for  Espanosa,  but  fortunately  they  soon 
discovered  their  mistake.  During  the  summer 
he  was  employed  at  the  mill,  but  before  he  had 
received  any  pay  the  mill  burned  down  and  he 
lost  all  that  was  due  him.  He,  however,  con- 
tinued in  the  milling  business,  becoming  a  part- 
ner of  C.  T.  Judd  &  Co.,  and  locating  a  mill  on 
the  divide,  fifteen  and  one-half  miles  from  the 
present  site  of  Colorado  Springs.  Later  he 
bought  the  controlling  interest  in  the  mill,  which 
was  afterward  known  as  Weir's  mill.  A  letter 
to- different  forts  brought  him  orders  for  lumber 
and  he  soon  had  charge  of  a  flourishing  business. 
During  the  Indian  raids  of  1865  and  1868  he  nar- 
rowly escaped  with  his  life.  After  the  first  fire 
in  Denver  he  shipped  lumber  there  for  the  use  of 
carpenters  in  rebuilding.  Shingles  he  sold  at  from 
$15  to  $20  per  thousand,  and  lumber  at  $65. 
With  an  eight-yoke  ox-team  hitched  to  a  wagon 
he  hauled  $500  worth  of  shingles  to  Denver. 

On  selling  his  interest  in  this  mill  Mr.  Weir  lo- 
cated another  mill  sixteen  miles  below  Canon 
City,  where  he  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
lumber.  In  1868  he  again  went  to  the  divide, 
locating  a  mill  near  the  east  end  of  the  pinery  on 
Squirrel  Creek.  When  the  Indians  threatened 
the  life  of  the  settlers  in  1868,  and  in  fact  killed 
three  boys  and  a  man  near  his  place,  one  day 
from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  Indians  came 
to  the  mill  and  demanded  food,  but  he  refused  to 
permit  them  to  enter,  knowing  that  they  would 
destroy  everything  in  the  mill,  once  they  were 
permitted  to  enter.  Undoubtedly  they  must 
have  been  very  hungry,  as  he  saw  them  devour- 
ing a  pigeon  and  a  hawk,  raw.  A  party  of  set- 
tlers were  on  their  trail  and  they  soon  left. 

From  the  mill  on  the  divide  Mr.  Weir  furnished 
the  lumber  used  in  the  erection  of  the  first  build- 
ings in  Colorado  City  (now  the  Springs),  and  also 
the  lumber  from  which  was  constructed  the  first 
hotel,  a  building  afterward  used  as  an  annex  to 
the  beautiful  "Antlers,"  destroyed  by  fire  Octo- 
ber i,  1898.  When  the  sheep  business  became 
profitable  to  El  Paso  farmers  he  was  able  to  sell 
large  quantities  of  lumber  that  was  used  in  the 
building  of  sheds,  etc.  In  1882  he  removed  from 
the  divide  to  a  point  eighteen  miles  from  Mont- 
rose  toward  Ouray.  He  also  purchased  a  mill  at 
Gunnison  and  manufactured  lumber  for  the  Den- 
ver &  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  Since  the  burning 
of  his^mill  in  1883,  he  has  engaged  in  the  real- 


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estate  business  in  Colorado  Springs,  and  built  the 
Weir  block,  which  has  a  frontage  of  two  hundred 
feet  in  Bijou  avenue,  and  a  depth  of  one  hundred 
and  eighty  feet.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  El 
Paso  Lodge  No.  13,  in  Colorado  Springs,  and 
became  a  charter  member  of  Lodge  No.  6.  In 
the  El  Paso  Pioneers'  Society  he  is  a  prominent 
worker.  While  living  on  the  divide  he  served 
as  school  director  and  aided  in  building  the  first 
schoolhouse  there. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Weir  died  August  24, 
1886,  leaving  a  daughter,  Mrs.  Rouse,  of  Colo- 
rado Springs.  His  second  marriage  took  place 
in  Moline,  111.,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Mary 
H.  Huntoon,  who  was  born  in  Illinois.  Of  this 
union  two  children  were  born. 


LBERT   BARBEZAT  is  engaged  in  raising 

H  cattle  and  also  carries  on  a  general  farming 
and  threshing  business  in  Yuma  County. 
He  came  to  Colorado  in  1887  and  pre-empted  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  three  miles  north- 
east of  Yuma,  where  he  settled;  and,  with  a  few 
head  of  cattle  and  horses,  he  began  working  in 
the  stock  business.  To-day  he  is  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial ranchmen  of  the  county.  Besides  his 
farming  and  stock  interests  he  has  operated  a 
threshing  machine  since  1892  and  has  had  charge 
of  almost  all  of  the  threshing  done  in  this  section. 

A  son  of  Frederick  and  Louise  Barbezat,  our 
subject  was  born  in  Switzerland  September  9, 
1845.  He  and  his  sister,  Lise,  wife  of  William 
Hujuenin,  of  Switzerland,  are  the  survivors  of 
the  three  children  of  their  parents.  His  father 
was  born  in  Switzerland  February  20,  1818,  and 
in  youth  learned  the  watchmaker's  trade,  which 
he  followed  until  his  death.  His  wife  was  also 
a  native  of  Switzerland,  born  November  21,  1819. 
Our  subject  received  a  fair  education  in  the  in- 
dustrial school  at  Neufchatel,  Switzerland,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1863.  Immediately  after- 
ward he  came  to  the  United  States.  Landing  in 
New  York  City,  he  continued  his  journey  west- 
ward, arriving  in  McLean  County,  111.,  May  17, 
1863.  He  had  learned  the  trade  of  a  watch- 
maker in  his  native  land,  but  did  not  follow  the 
occupation  in  America.  Instead,  he  secured  em- 
ployment on  a  farm  in  McLean  County.  Work- 
ing for  others  for  some  years,  he  saved  his  earn- 
ings and  applied  them  to  the  purchase  of  prop- 
erty. In  the  fall  of  1868  he  married  and  after- 
ward settled  down  to  independent  farming. 

From  Illinois  Mr.  Barbezat  removed  to  Neb- 


raska in  1884  and  established  his  home  in  Seward 
County,  where  he  spent  three  years  in  farming. 
In  1887  he  came  to  Yuma  County,  where  he  has 
since  made  his  home.  He  and  his  wife  have  had 
nine  children,  and  all  but  two  are  living.  The 
political  belief  of  our  subject  brings  him  into 
sympathy  with  the  Populist  party.  During  his 
residence  jn  Illinois  he  was  tax  collector  for  one 
year,  and  since  coming  to  Colorado  he  has  served 
as  justice  of  the  peace  in  his  district  for  six  years. 
He  is  interested  in  educational  matters  and  for 
some  years  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Robert  Morris  Lodge  No.  247,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
of  Minonk,  111.,  and  Rutland  Chapter  No.  117, 
R.  A.  M.,  of  Rutland,  111. 


0IXON  BUCHANAN,  superintendent  of  Har- 
mony ranch,  the  largest  in  Logan  County, 
is  one  of  the  pioneer  ranchmen  of  this  part 
of  Colorado.  He  was  born  in  Clermont  County, 
Ohio,  March  21,  1856,  a  son  of  William  D.  and 
Louise  (Simmons)  Buchanan.  He  was  one  of 
fourteen  children  and  the  fifth  among  seven  now 
living,  the  others  being  :  George  M.,  who  is  en- 
gaged in  the  confectionery  business  in  Sterling, 
Colo.;  Laura  V.,  also  of  Sterling;  Leonora,  wife 
of  A.  G.  Sherwin,  a  dealer  in  lumber  and  coal  at 
Sterling;  Kossuth,  a  stockman  at  Iliff,  Logan 
County;  Eugene,  a  cattleman  living  at  Sterling; 
and  Ida,  wife  of  G.  W.  McClain,  of  Sterling. 

William  D.  Buchanan  was  born  in  Clermont 
County  in  1818,  and  there  grew  to  manhood, 
married  and  engaged  in  farming  throughout  his 
entire  active  life.  His  death  occurred  in  1871. 
His  wife,  also  a  native  of  Clermont  County,  born 
in  1819,  continued  to  reside  on  the  old  home- 
stead after  his  death,  but  in  1886  left  Ohio  and 
joined  her  three  sons  who  had  preceded  her  to 
Colorado.  She  pre-empted  land  eight  miles 
north  of  Sterling  and  there  she  and  her  daughter 
reside.  Our  subject  was  educated  in  common 
schools.  In  1876  he  came  to  Colorado  and  set- 
tled near  what  is  now  Iliff,  Logan  County,  en- 
tering the  employ  of  Hon.  J.  L.  Brush.  He  soon 
gained  the  confidence  of  his  employer,  by  whom 
he  was  made  foreman  of  a  large  cattle  ranch. 
He  continued  with  the  same  gentleman  for  twelve 
years.  When,  in  1887,  his  name  was  mentioned 
as  candidate  for  sheriff  of  Logan  County,  Mr. 
Brush  pressed  him  to  remain  as  foreman  and,  as 
an  inducement,  offered  him  an  increase  in  salary, 
although  he  was  already  receiving  large  wages. 


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However,  his  name  was  placed  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  as  candidate  and  he  was  elected  by  a  hand- 
some majority.  On  the  last  day  of  December, 
1887,  he  severed  his  connection  with  his  former 
employer  and  began  the  duties  of  his  new  office. 
For  two  terms  he  served  as  sheriff  of  the  county, 
and  during  that  time  (four  years)  proved  a  most 
capable  official. >  The  stealing  of  cattle  had  be- 
come so  common  that  cattlemen  were  constantly 
losing  their  stock,  and  he  set  about  to  break  up 
this  gang  of  pilferers.  The  result  was  the  arrest 
of  a  number  of  notorious  characters,  who  had 
sworn  never  to  be  taken  alive.  It  is  said  of  him 
by  his  acquaintances  that  he  has  never  known 
the  meaning  of  the  word  "fear."  The  difficult 
duties  devolving  upon  the  sheriff  of  a  county 
whose  principal  industry  is  the  cattle  business 
were  discharged  with  fidelity. 

Upon  the  expiration  of  his  second  term  in  1892, 
Mr.  Buchanan  resumed  the  cattle  business.  Two 
years  later  he  received  from  President  Cleveland 
an  appointment  as  receiver  of  the  land  office  at 
Sterling,  which  office  he  filled  for  three  years. 
Afterward  he  engaged  in  contracting  and  during 
1897  constructed  an  irrigation  ditch  for  Brown 
Brothers,  also  the  Harmony  ditch  for  McPhee  & 
Mullen.  In  the  fall  of  1897  he  was  employed  by 
McPhee  &  Mullen  to  take  charge  of  Harmony 
ranch  near  Crook  and  to  superintend  their  exten- 
sive cattle  interests  at  this  place,  where  they 
range  four  thousand  head  of  cattle.  To  this  work 
he  has  since  given  his  attention.  In  1892  he  was 
the  nominee  of  the  Democratic  party  for  state 
senator,  but  the  fusion  ticket  that  year  being  a 
strong  one,  defeated  the  "white  wing"  Demo- 
crats, as  his  ticket  was  designated.  He  is  con- 
nected with  Logan  Lodge  No.  69,  I.  O.  O.  F. 

October  22,  1882,  Mr.  Buchanan  married  Jen- 
nie, daughter  of  Lorenzo  Page,  a  large  farmer  of 
Clermont  County,  Ohio.  Three  children  were 
born  of  their  union,  Louise  D.,  Mary  C.  and 
Ruth. 

'HOMAS  J.  JACKSON,  city  attorney  of 
Durango,  is  known  throughout  La  Plata 
County  as  an  able  and  enterprising  lawyer. 
Such  has  been  the  energy  with  which  he  has  pros- 
ecuted his  professional  affairs  that  he  has  achieved 
a  large  degree  of  success.  Possessing  a  bright 
mind  and  a  genuine  love  for  the  best  in  literature, 
he  has  endeavored  to  foster  among  others  (and 
especially  among  the  young)  a  desire  to  acquire 
knowledge.  Through  his  efforts  a  library  was 


started  in  Durango  in  1885  and  for  some  time  he 
served  as  president  of  the  literary  association 
having  charge  of  this  work.  He  is  a  citizen  of 
whom  any  community  might  well  be  proud,  and 
the  people  of  Durango,  appreciating  his 'ability, 
accord  him  a  place  in  the  foremost  ranks  of  pro- 
fessional men. 

A  son  of  William  and  Nancy  A.  Jackson,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  near  Nashville, 
Tenn.,  July  27,  1851.  After  completing  common 
school  studies  he  entered  the  state  university  in 
1871  and  graduated  three  years  later.  He  had 
already  obtained  a  fair  knowledge  of  law,  and  this 
study  he  continued  while  teaching  school.  In 
1877  he  was  admitted  to  practice  before  the  su- 
preme bench  of  Tennessee,  and  afterward  prac- 
ticed at  Nashville  and  Gallatin,  Tenn.,  but  from 
there  in  1883  he  came  to  Colorado,  settling  in 
Durango,  where  he  has  since  carried  on  an  ex- 
tensive practice.  At  the  same  time  he  has  been 
interested  in  mining  in  the  San  Juan  country  and 
owns  a  claim  on  Bear  Creek. 

A  pioneer  of  the  Democratic  party  in  La  Plata 
County,  Mr.  Jackson  came  here  when  the  party 
was  greatly  in  the  minority  and  had  but  few  rep- 
resentatives. He  has  since  continued  to  be  one 
of  the  local  leaders.  In  1887  he  was  elected 
county  superintendent  of  schools,  in  which  posi- 
tion he  served  for  two  years.  In  1893  he  was 
county  attorney  and  since  1897  has  served  as  city 
attorney.  In  1894  ne  married  Mrs.  Henrietta 
Metcalfe,  widow  of  Dr.  Tom  •  Metcalfe,  of  Lead- 
ville.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World  and  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  His  attention  is  given  almost 
wholly  to  his  practice  in  the  various  courts, 
which  requires  his  close  thought  and  much  of  his 
time,  and  in  which  he  has  met  with  a  success 
that  justifies  the  effort.  . 


(IOHN  L.  DOWELL,  a  stock-raiser  of  Archu- 
I  leta  County,  is  in  partnership  with  his  broth- 
Q)  er,  J.  C.  Dowell,  the  two  owning  four  hun- 
dred acres  of  valuable  land  eight  miles  northeast 
of  Pagosa  Springs,  where  they  have  made  ex- 
tensive improvements,  including  a  substantial 
house,  barns  and  all  buildings  required  on  a  stock 
ranch.  The  nucleus  of  the  present  property  was 
formed  in  1883,  when  our  subject  homesteaded 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  and  to  this  he  and 
his  brother  have  added  until  the  ranch  has 
reached  its  present  proportions.  Since  coming 
here  they  have  devoted  much  of  their  time  to  the 


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raising  of  Shorthorn  and  Galloway  cattle,  of 
which  they  keep  from  three  to  four  hundred 
head. 

In  addition  to  ranching,  our  subject  is  also  in- 
terested in  coal-mining,  and  owns  a  mine  with  a 
ten-foot  vein,  which  he  operates.  In  town  and 
county  affairs  he  has  maintained  a  deep  interest, 
and,  closely  associated  with  the  development  of 
local  resources,  he  has  always  acted  the  part  of  a 
progressive  citizen.  Upon  the  formation  of  Ar- 
chuleta  County  in  1885,  he  was  appointed  county 
judge  and  served  until  the  first  general  election. 
In  1889  he  was  elected  county  treasurer,  which 
office  he  filled  for  two  and  one-half  years,  al- 
though elected  but  for  two  years.  Besides  these 
positions  he  has  served  as  justice  of 'the  peace  for 
precinct  No.  i.  The  Republican  nominee  for 
county  judge  in  1898,  he  was  elected  by  a  large 
majority,  and  is  now  filling  the  office  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  the  people. 

Judge  Dowell  is  a  son  of  Manley  and  Harriet 
(Lloyd)  Dowell,  the  former  of  Virginian  birth 
and  descent.  He  was  born  in  Monroe  County, 
Ohio,  in  1844.  His  education  was  obtained 
principally  in  an  old  log  cabin,  which  answered, 
in  a  crude  way,  the  purpose  of  a  school.  In  1859 
his  parents  moved  to  Martin  County,  Ind.,  and 
settled  on  a  farm.  While  living  there,  in  1862, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  Seventeenth  Indiana 
Infantry,  and  was  assigned  to  the  army  of  the 
Cumberland,  with  which  he  fought  in  the  battle 
of  Chickamauga.  During  a  part  of  his  service 
his  regiment  acted  as  mounted  infantry  under 
Colonel  Wilder.  In  1862  he  was  captured  by 
Confederates  at  Munfordville,  Ky.,  but  was  soon 
paroled.  While  he  was  discharged  from  the 
regular  service  in  April,  1864,  he  continued  in 
the  army  (with  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-sec- 
ond Illinois)  until  October  of  1865. 

On  being  honorably  discharged  and  returning 
home  from  war,  Mr.  Dowell  soon  went  to  Illinois 
and  from  there  to  Kansas  in  1869.  As  a  manu- 
facturer of  wagons,  he  continued  in  Kansas  until 
1876,  when  he  came  to  Del  Norte,  Colo.,  and  for 
two  years  was  engaged  in  freighting  from  that 
point  to  San  Juan.  In  1878  he  settled  in  what 
is  now  Archuleta  (then  Conejos)  County,  where 
he  took  up  a  squatter's  claim  and  began  farming 
and  stock-raising.  From  there,  in  1883,  he 
moved  to  his  present  ranch.  He  has  never  mar- 
ried. He  is  a  charter  member  of  Pagosa  Post, 
G.  A.  R.,  now  in  process  of  organization.  He 
has  many  warm  friends  among  the  people  of  this 


county  who,  during  his  long  residence  among 
them,  have  come  to  appreciate  his  worth  of  char- 
acter. 


EOL.  JOHN  FRANCISCO.  To  those  ac- 
quainted with  the  early  history  of  southern 
Colorado  the  name  of  Colonel  Francisco  is 
familiar.  A  pioneer  of  this  section,  no  one  has 
taken  a  deeper  interest  than  he  in  its  development 
and  growth,  and  few  have  done  more  to  advance 
its  welfare.  He  is  a  typical  frontiersman,  familiar 
from  youth  with  the  wild  scenes  of  the  west,  en- 
joying its  freedom,  experiencing  its  adventures, 
yet  retaining,  in  spite  of  his  long  life  far  from  our 
great  cities  and  their  refinements,  the  chivalrous 
tastes  and  unfailing  courtesy  of  his  Virginian 
ancestors. 

The  birth  of  our  subject  occurred  in  Bath 
County,  Va.,  in  1820.  In  1836  he  went  to  Mis- 
souri and  settled  in  Saline  County.  Three  years 
later  he  came  across  the  plains  from  Indepen- 
dence, Mo.,  with  a  freight  train  of  oxen  and 
horses,  the  trip  taking  from  May  to  October. 
During  his  absence  on  the  plains  his  father  died. 
As  soon  as  he  learned  this,  he  returned  home  and 
took  charge  of  the  plantation,  continuing  there 
until  1845.  On  account  of  poor  health,  in  1845 
he  went  to  Wisconsin,  hoping  that  the  change 
would  benefit  him.  For  three  years  he  pros- 
pected and  mined  there,  after  which  he  went  to 
Missouri,  and  thence  across  the  plains  to  Santa 
Fe  and  Chihuahua,  Mexico.  About  that  time  he 
established  a  mercantile  business  in  Rio  Riba 
County,  N.  M.,  where  he  continued  for  two 
years,  and  later  "was  in  business  at  another  point 
in  the  same  territory.  He  was  also  employed  as 
government  sutler  at  a  military  post  above  Fort 
Garland,  and  built  the  first  house  in  the  fort. 
He  continued  there  from  1851  to  1862,  and  mean- 
time established  branch  stores  at  other  points. 

In  1 86 1  Colonel  Francisco  was  elected  from 
Costilla  County  to'  the  first  territorial  legislature. 
The  next  year  he  was  nominated  for  congress, 
but  was  defeated.  About  the  same  time  he  sold 
out  his  business  and  removed  to  Pueblo,  where 
he  built  the  first  house  of  any  importance  in  the 
town.  He  also  located  an  old  Spanish  grant  now 
occupied  by  the  village  of  La  Veta,  and  there 
built  a  fort  for  defense  from  the  Indians.  The 
grant  comprised  seventeen  hundred  acres.  He 
improved,  irrigated  and  cultivated  the  land,  and 
there  he  engaged  in  ranching,  with  his  nearest 
neighbor  twenty  miles  away.  Gradually  he 


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brought  the  land  under  cultivation,  until  one 
thousand  acres  had  been  improved.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  kept  from  five  hundred  to 
one  thousand  head  of  stock  on  the  ranch,  and, 
as  there  was  an  abundance  of  range  and  water, 
the  industry  proved  a  profitable  one.  The  village 
of  La  Veta  has  been  built  on  the  original  tract, 
the  most  of  which  property  he  has  sold.  As  a 
pioneer,  he  has  prepared  the  way  for  those  of 
succeeding  generations.  His  mind  is  stored  with 
reminiscences  of  his  fellow-workers  (among 
them  Kit  Carson)  and  his  fund  of  information 
concerning  pioneer  days  makes  him  an  interest- 
ing and  genial  companion. 


|  ARY  F.  BARRY,  M.  D.,  who  is  a  success- 
ful practicing  physician  of  Pueblo,  came  to 

this  city  in   189 1 ,  being  influenced  in  the 

selection  of  a  location  by  the  hope  that  the  climate 
of  Colorado  might  prove  beneficial  to  her  sister. 
She  had  previously  met  with  success  in  LaCrosse, 
Wis.,  and  had  established  a  large  practice  and 
gained  an  excellent  reputation  among  the  people 
of  that  city.  On  coming  to  Pueblo  and  entering 
upon  practice,  she  confronted,  as  do  all  women 
physicians,  a  certain  amount  of  opposition,  but 
in  the  end  her  skill  and  ability  triumphed  and 
gained  for  her  a  good  practice  and  a  high  position 
in  the  medical  fraternity.  Without  solicitation 
on  her  part,  in  January,  1896,  she  was  appointed 
county  physician  of  Pueblo  County,  in  which 
capacity  she  served  for  two  years.  In  the  fall  of 
1898  she  was  nominated  by  the  fusionists  of 
Pueblo  to  represent  this  district  in  the  state 
legislature,  and  in  the  election  that  followed  was 
successful  in  winning  the  victory.  Since  then 
she  has  devoted  much  of  her  time  to  the  discharge 
of  legislative  duties,  which  require  her  presence 
in  Denver  a  few  months  of  each  year.  She  is 
actively  identified  with  the  Pueblo  County  Medi- 
cal Society,  in  which  she  held  the  office  of  sec- 
retary for  two  years.  The  Colorado  State  Medi- 
cal Society  also  numbers  her  among  its  active 
members. 

Dr.  Barry  was  born  in  Waukegan,  111.,  and  is 
a  daughter  of  William  and  Marcia  (Deming) 
Barry,  natives  respectively  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  and 
Salisbury,  Vt.  Her  paternal  grandfather,  John 
Barry,  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  was  a  repre- 
sentative of  an  old  Puritan  family  of  that  state. 
Her  father,  when  a  young  man,  settled  in  Lake 
County,  111.,  where  he  was  engaged  as  a  contract- 
ing painter,  and  there  he  died  when  sixty-six 


years  of  age.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Deming  and  a  member  of  an  old  family  of 
Vermont.  By  her  marriage  she  had  eight  chil- 
dren, but  only  three  of  these  are  now  living. 
The  doctor,  who  was  one  of  the  youngest  of  the 
family,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Waukegan,  111.,  and  the  normal  school  in  Osh- 
kosh,  Wis.  In  girlhood  she  taught  school  for 
one  year,  but  her  chosen  field  of  labor  lay  in  a 
different  direction.  It  had  been  her  ambition 
from  childhood  to  become  a  physician,  and,  while 
she  received  little  encouragement  in  the  develop- 
ment of  her  evident  talent  in  this  direction,  she 
persisted  with  the  determination  of  one  who 
realizes  that  true  success  can  alone  be  found  in 
following  the  bent  of  one's  native  talents.  For  a 
year  she  studied  with  Dr.  Clark,  of  Waukegan. 
Later  she  matriculated  in  the  Woman's  Medical 
College  of  Chicago,  where  she  took  the  complete 
course  of  lectures,  graduating  in  1887,  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  As  a  result  of  a  successful  com- 
petitive examination,  she  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  interne  in  the  Mary  Thompson  hospital 
for  Women  and  Children  in  Chicago,  where  she 
remained  for  a  year.  Afterward,  for  two  years, 
she  practiced  in  LaCrosse,  Wis.,  from  which 
place  she  came  to  Colorado. 

While  her  time  has  been  devoted  largely  to 
professional  work,  Dr.  Barry  has  found  leisure  to 
keep  posted  concerning  current  political  events 
and  matters  affecting  the  welfare  of  the  people. 
When  the  silver  wing  of  the  Republican  party 
was  organized  in  Colorado  by  Hon.  H.  M.  Tel- 
ler, she  at  once  entered  its  ranks,  for  she  is  a  firm 
adherent  both  of  protection  of  home  industries 
and  the  raising  of  silver  to  its  proper  standard. 
She  has  served  as  a  delegate  to  local  and  state 
conventions,  and  has  identified  herself  closely 
with  her  chosen  party.  In  religion  she  is  con- 
nected with  the  Congregational  Church. 


W.  WILCOX,  M.  D.,  who  has  made 
Pueblo  his  home  since  1878  and  is  en- 
,  gaged  in  the  practice  of  homeopathy,  with 
office  in  the  Pope  block,  is  of  New  England  birth 
and  parentage.  His  paternal  grandfather,  Jesse 
Wilcox,  who  was  born  in  England,  emigrated  to 
America  during  colonial  days  and  settled  in  Kil- 
lingworth,  Conn.,  opening  a  mercantile  store  in 
that  place.  During  the  entire  period  of  the  war 
with  England  he  served  in  the  army  of  his 
adopted  country.  Afterward,  with  a  party  of 
men,  he  followed  the  line  of  the  Connecticut 


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river  northward  to  old  Fort  No.  12,  now  Charles- 
town,  N.  H.,  and  from  there  to  Newport,  N.  H., 
of  which  he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers.  He 
continued  in  the  mercantile  business  until  he  died, 
when  two  sons  succeeded  him.  One  of  these 
sons  was  Albert,  who  was  born  and  reared  in 
Newport,  and  continued  in  business  there  for 
more  than  sixty  years,  dying  when  eighty-four. 
In  the  affairs  of  the  town  he  bore  an  active  part, 
and  was  esteemed  as  a  man  of  ability  and  honor- 
able character.  He  married  Caroline  Knowles, 
who  was  born  in  Ipswich,  N.  H.,  of  English  de- 
scent, and  died  in  Newport  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight.  Of  their  three  daughters  and  one  son, 
two  daughters  are  deceased. 

The  son,  who  forms  the  subject  of  this  notice, 
was  born  in  Newport,  N.  H. ,  on  Christmas  day 
1844,  and  was  reared  in  his  native  town.  He 
prepared  for  college  in  the  Kimball  Union  Acad- 
emy at  Meriden,  N.  H.  Choosing  the  profes- 
sion of  medicine  for  his  life  work,  he  studied  first 
under  private  instruction  and  then  entered  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan, from  which  he  graduated  in  1869,  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  Later  he  spent  one  year  in  the 
hospital  at  Detroit  and  at  the  same  time  took  the 
studies  of  the  senior  class  of  Detroit  Medical  Col- 
lege, from  which  he  graduated  in  1870.  Return- 
ing to  his  native  town  he  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  the  allopathic  school  for  two  years.  However, 
his  attention  had  been  directed  to  homeopathy, 
and  a  careful  investigation  caused  him  to  take 
up  its  study,  which  he  carried  on  in  Lawrence, 
Mass.  He  also  attended  lectures  in  the  Boston 
University  Medical  School.  On  completing  his 
studies  of  that  department  of  the  medical  science, 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.  Langee,  and 
continued  with  him  foi  four  years  in  Lawrence. 
When  Dr.  Lawrence  went  abroad  he  continued 
in  the  old  office,  but  finally  his  health  failed  and 
a  change  of  climate  became  necessary.  He  came 
to  Colorado,  where  he  recuperated  for  two  years, 
and  in  1880  commenced  to  practice  in  Pueblo. 
He  is  a  skillful  exponent  of  the  homeopathic 
school  of  medicine,  and  in  point  of  years  of  prac- 
tice, its  oldest  representative  in  Pueblo.  At  one 
time  he  was  active  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  but 
he  now  has  no  connection  with  fraternal  organi- 
zations. While  he  is  a  Republican  in  his  ad- 
vocacy of  national  issues,  he  is  not  interested  in 
or  identified  with  politics,  preferring  to  devote 
himself  exclusively  to  professional  work.  His 
marriage  took  place  inTiltou,  N.  H.,  and  united 


him  with  Miss  Mary  Brown,  who  was  born  and 
reared  in  the  Green  Mountain  state,  and  is  a  re- 
fined and  cultured  lady,  and  an  earnest  member 
of  the  Episcopal  Church. 


(2JIDNEY  R.  PROPST.  With  many  of  the 
?\  important  interests  and  industries  of  Logan 
Q)  County  Mr.  Propst  has  for  years  been  in- 
timately identified,  and  few  of  its  residents  are 
better  known  than  he.  With  two  others,  he 
bought  the  quarter-section  on  which  the  town  of 
Sterling  stands,  and  the  three  platted  the  land  in 
lots  and  did  much  of  the  first  building,  Mr. 
Propst  erecting  what  was  the  largest  house  in 
the  town.  In  1891  he  removed  to  the  suburbs  of 
Sterling,  where  he  has  since  owned  and  occupied 
a  very  desirable  homestead.  He  is  largely  in- 
terested in  the  cattle  and  horse  business,  and  has 
been  connected  with  other  important  business  en- 
terprises. 

Born  in  Pickens  County,  Ala.,  February  16, 
1846,  our  subject  was  a  son  of  Michael  B.  and 
Jane  (Smith)  Propst.  He  was  one  of  ten  chil- 
dren, of  whom  besides  himself  eight  are  living. 
They  are:  Belle,  wife  of  S.  D.  Clanton,  of 
Merino,  Colo.;  John,  who  lives  in  Pueblo;  Mary, 
wife  of  J.  J.  Weir,  of  Sterling;  Ferdinand  F.,  of 
Oakland,  Ala.,  and  William  C.,  of  Merino,  Colo, 
(twins);  Thomas  K.,  also  of  Merino;  W.  Edna, 
who  is  the  widow  of  A.  J.  Weir  and  holds  office 
as  clerk  of  Logan  County;  and  Lena  E.,  wife  of 
C.  M.  Woolmau,  of  Sterling.  The  father  was 
born  in  North  Carolina  January  8,  1821,  and 
there  grew  to  manhood  and  married.  Shortly 
after  his  marriage  he  removed  to  Pickens  Coun- 
ty, Ala.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  was 
an  extensive  land  owner  and  slave  holder,  but 
the  war  crippled  him  financially,  as  it  did  so 
many  other  southerners.  In  1876  he  disposed  of 
his  property  in  Alabama  and  came  to  Colorado, 
settling  in  Merino,  where  he  purchased  a  tract 
of  land  and  established  his  home.  From  that 
place,  in  1882,  he  went  to  Sterling  and  has  since 
made  his  home  in  town. 

When  sixteen  years  of  age  our  subject  en- 
listed in  Company  B,  Forty-first  Alabama  In- 
•fantry,  C.  S.  A.,  and  was  sent  to  the  front. 
With  his  regiment  he  took  part  in  the  following 
engagements:  Murfreesboro, Big  Black  nearVicks- 
burg,  Chickamauga,  siege  of  Knoxville,  and 
the  many  skirmishes  around  Petersburg.  In  one 
of  these  minor  battles  he  was  captured  by  Union 
soldiers  and  imprisoned  at  Point  Lookout,  Md., 


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where  he  was  retained  until  June  25,  1865.  The 
close  of  the  war  brought  him  release.  He  re- 
turned home  and  for  two  years  attended  the 
Summerfield  high  school,  after  which  for  two 
years  he  represented  the  interests  of  a  cotton-gin 
manufacturer  as  traveling  salesman.  He  resigned 
the  position  in  order  to  enter  the  Southern  Uni- 
versity at  Greensboro,  where  he  took  a  course  of 
two  years.  Afterward,  for  a  year,  he  again 
traveled  for  the  cotton-gin  manufacturer. 

In  the  fall  of  1873  Mr.  Propst  came  to  Colo- 
rado, traveling  by  train  to  Julesburg,  thence 
going  by  private  conveyance  to  Greeley,  and 
from  there  to  Denver.  Later  he  came  down  the 
river  to  Merino.  For  some  time  he  engaged  in 
hunting  buffalo  and  other  game,  after  which  he 
joined  what  was  known  as  the  Buffalo  colony, 
this  colony  founding  what  was  then  called  Buf- 
falo, now  Merino.  Here  he  took  up  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres.  Shortly  afterward  he  re- 
turned to  Alabama,  and  at  Tuscaloosa,  that  state, 
February  10,  1874,  he  married  Miss  Missouri  A. 
Powell.  With  his  wife  he  came  to  his  land  in 
Logan  County.  In  1876  he  took  a  government 
contract  to  carry  the  mail  from  Sidney,  Neb.,  to 
Greeley,  Colo.,  and  upon  taking  the  contract  he 
moved  to  Sidney,  where  he  remained  for  five 
years.  Meantime  he  homesteaded  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land  near  Sterling,  to  which 
he  removed  in  1881.  After  three  years  upon 
that  place  he  removed  to  town. 

During  the  early  days  of  Logan  County  Mr. 
Propst  did  much  to  foster  worthy  enterprises. 
In  1885  he  brought  the  first  imported  horses  into 
the  county,  and  it  is  due  in  no  small  degree  to 
his  influence  that  the  county  now  produces  some 
of  the  finest  horses  in  the  state.  He  represented 
the  Canon  City  nursery  in  this  section  and  did 
all  in  his  power  to  interest  people  in  the  planting 
of  trees,  realizing  that  in  this  way  the  county 
might  be  given  the  quiet  beauty  of  a  'rural  dis- 
trict in  the  east  or  south.  He  is  now  chairman 
of  the  school  board  and  his  work  in  the  interests 
of  the  schools  has  been  most  helpful.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Populist.  During  early  days  he  served 
as  justice  of  the  peace  for  several  years,  and  also 
as  notary  public.  In  1892  he  was  the  Populist 
candidate  for  the  legislature,  but  was  defeated. 
His  first  wife  died  October  7,  1892.  Of  the  six 
children  born  to  their  marriage  four  are  living, 
viz.:  Alice,  wife  of  J.  E.  Buchanan,  assistant 
principal  of  the  Sterling  high  school;  Sidney  R., 
Jr.,  clerk  in  the  general  store  of  Pettit  Brothers  at 


Iliff;  Frank  P.  and  Myron  L. ,  who  are  students 
in  the  Sterling  school.  In  February,  1894,  Mr. 
Propst  was  a  second  time  married,  his  wife  being 
Miss  Delia  M.  Hague,  of  this  county. 


fi>QlLLIAM  H.  EDWARDS  is  one  of  the 
I  A  I  well-known  and  highly-esteemed  ranch- 
V  Y  nien  of  Morgan  County.  A  native  of  Ken- 
tucky, he  was  born  in  Owen  County  April  24, 
1846,  being  a  son  of  Alfred  and  Sarah  (Beard) 
Edwards,  whose  family  consisted  of  six  children, 
all  but  one  now  living.  John  W.  lives  in  Gree- 
ley, Colo.;  Artamisa,  also  a  resident  of  Greeley, 
is  the  widow  of  Richard  Beatty,  who  was  killed 
in  the  Civil  war;  William  H.  was  fourth  in  order 
of  birth;  David  L.  lives  at  Globe,  Ariz.;  and 
James  A.  in  Eaton,  Colo.  The  father,  who  was 
born  in  Lexington,  Ky.,  in  1815,  was  a  child  of 
one  year  when  his  parents  removed  to  Shelby 
County.  There  he  grew  toman's  estate.  Going 
to  Owen  County  he  bought  a  farm  and  began  ag- 
ricultural pursuits.  Shortly  afterward  he  estab- 
lished domestic  ties.  In  1854  he  took  his  family 
to  Greenfield,  Hancock  County,  Ind.,  and  pur- 
chased a  farm  there,  but  not  feeling  satisfied,  re- 
turned one  year  later  to  his  Kentucky  homestead. 
On  that  place  he  resided  until  his  death,  in  1875. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  John 
Edwards,  was  born  in  Virginia,  of  Welsh  par- 
entage. Upon  reaching  manhood  he  went  to 
Kentucky,  of  which  region  he  was  a  pioneer. 
The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Wash- 
ington Beard,  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  to  which 
state  his  parents  had  emigrated  from  Scotland. 
He  enlisted  in  the  war  with  the  Indians  and  took 
part  in  the  famous  battle  of  Tippecanoe,  under 
General  Harrison. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  begun  in 
common  schools  and  completed  in  Owen  College, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1876.  At  sixteen 
years  of  age  he  went  to  Hancock  County,  111., 
where  for  four  years  he  was  employed  on  a  farm. 
Afterward  he  went  to  Keokuk,  Iowa,  where  for 
one  year  he  worked  as  an  apprentice  in  a  wagon 
shop.  During  the  following  year  he  worked  on 
the  construction  of  the  bridge  across  the  Missis- 
sippi River  between  Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  Hamil- 
ton, 111.  Returning  to  Kentucky  in  1868,  he  was 
employed  for  one  year  on  the  Louisville  &  Cin- 
cinnati Railroad.  Afterward  he  planted  and 
raised  a  crop  of  tobacco.  In  1872  he  entered 
Owen  College,  where  he  studied  for  two  consec- 
utive years,  then  engaged  in  teaching  school  for 


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a  year.  Later,  returning  to  the  college,  he  com- 
pleted the  course  and  graduated  in  1876.  The 
next  two  years  were  spent  as  a  teacher  in  district 
schools  in  Owen  County.  In  1878  he  went  to 
Boone  County,  and  for  two  years  rented  a  farm 
and  was  engaged  in  the  sheep  and  cattle  busi- 
ness. Finding  that  the  raising  of  sheep  was  a 
profitable  industry,  and  reading  of  the  extensive 
free  ranges  in  Colorado,  he  determined  to  come 
west  and  pursue  his  sheep  husbandry.  On  the 
I4th  of  February,  1880,  he  arrived  in  Greeley, 
and  from  there,  two  months  later,  he  came  to 
Morgan  County,  settling  across  the  river  from 
his  present  homestead.  There  he  engaged  in  the 
sheep  business  in  partnership  with  Quincy  Eaton, 
with  whom  he  also  had  the  contract  to  carry  the 
mail  from  Buffalo  to  Greeley.  In  1882  he  sev- 
ered his  connection  with  Mr.  Eaton  and  after 
their  sheep  were  divided  he  came  across  the  river 
to  his  present  location.  Here  he  owns  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  which  he  had  purchased 
while  in  Kentucky,  prior  to  his  removal  west. 
After  six  years  in  the  sheep  business,  he  disposed 
of  his  flock  and,  shipping  out  a  supply  of  regis- 
tered Shorthorns  from  Iowa,  he  embarked  in  cat- 
tle-raising. He  was  engaged  exclusively  in  this 
industry  until  1893,  when  he  disposed  of  his  cat- 
tle and  turned  his  attention  to  haying,  he  having 
some  one  thousand  acres  of  hay  land.  Since  then 
he  has  purchased  numerous  heads  of  cattle  and 
horses  and  has  quite  a  bunch  of  stock. 

May  25,  1887,  Mr.  Edwards  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Annie  B.  Tetsell.  They  have  four 
children:  Gracie,  Artie,  Owen  and  Viola.  In 
1892  Mr.  Edwards  was  the  Populist  candidate 
for  county  commissioner,  and  again  in  1895,  the 
latter  time  being  elected  by  a  small  majority; 
however,  the  election  was  contested,  and  he  and 
his  opponent  left  it  to  a  committee  of  three  to  ar- 
bitrate, b.ut  he  resigned  in  favor  of  his  opponent, 
although  he  had  already  taken  the  oath  of  office. 
Since  the  organization  of  the  school  district  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board.  In  re- 
ligious faith  he  is  a  Baptist. 


I  EOPOLD  KORF  has  made  his  home  in 
1C  Yuma  County  since  1886,  during  which  year 
1.2  he  came  to  Colorado  and  pre-empted  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres,  also  homesteaded  eighty 
acres  and  took  up  a  timber  claim  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  comprising  a  part  of  section  i, 
township  4,  range  48,  and  situated  eighteen  miles 
north  of  the  village  of  Yuma.  With  him  he 


brought  forty-five  head  of  cattle.  He  embarked 
in  the  stock  business  and  in  general  farm  pur- 
suits, which  he  has  since  successfully  conducted, 
devoting  especial  attention  to  the  raising  of 
horses  and  hogs. 

Mr.  Korf  was  born  in  Prussia,  Germany,  in 
1849,  a  son  of  Leopold  and  Charlotte  (Orns) 
Korf,  of  whose  thirteen  children  he  and  Gusta, 
his  sister,  of  Germany,  alone  survive.  His 
father,  a  native  of  Prussia,  born  in  1817,  grew  to 
manhood  there  and  engaged  in  farming.  His 
first  wife  died  in  1859,  and  afterward  he  married 
Catherine  Olthoege,  by  whom  he  had  five  chil- 
dren, four  now  living,  viz.  :  Mina,  Frederick, 
August  and  Henry.  About  1880  he  came  to 
America  and  settled  in  Gage  County,  Neb., 
where  his  son,  Leopold,  had  preceded  him  eight 
years.  From  there  in  1886  he  came  to  Colorado, 
establishing  his  home  in  Yuma  County,  where 
he  still  lives. 

Educated  in  the  common  schools  of  Germany, 
our  subject  on  leaving  school  determined  to  seek 
a  home  in  the  new  world.  In  the  spring  of  1870 
he  made  arrangements  to  start  for  America.  His 
capital  consisted  of$ioo.  In  securing  his  pass- 
ports he  was  obliged  to  pay  the  judge  $40  to  ar- 
range his  papers  so  that  he  would  be  freed  from 
compulsory  military  service.  In  April,  1870,  he 
arrived  in  New  York  with  a  young  friend  whose 
intention,  as  his  own,  was  to  push  on  to  the  west. 
However,  his  finances  were  such  that  he  told  the 
friend  to  go  on  alone,  while  he  remained  in  New 
York  and  earned  some  money  for  railroad  fare. 
His  friend  had  a  little  surplus  himself,  so  loaned 
our  subject  $20,  and  they  proceeded  to  Chicago 
together.  After  working  for  six  months  on  a 
farm  in  Cook  County,  they  went  to  Iowa  and 
during  the  following  year  were  employed  on  a 
farm  and  at  railroading  in  Floyd  County.  In 
the  fall  of  1871  Mr.  Korf  settled  in  Nebraska, 
while  his  friend  returned  to  Germany. 

On  arriving  in  Nebraska  our  subject  settled  in 
Lancaster  County,  where  for  two  years  he  worked 
as  a  farm  hand.  Meantime  he  homesteaded 
eighty  acres  of  land.  In  the  spring  of  1874  he 
removed  to  his  new  farm,  and  there  he  remained 
for  six  years.  He  then  traded  his  farm  for  a 
better  one  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in 
Gage  County,  giving  a  money  consideration  for 
the  same.  He  removed  to  his  farm  and,  being 
pleased  with  the  prospects,  persuaded  his  father 
to  come  to  America.  He  prospered  even  beyond 
his  expectations.  In  1886  he  came  to  Colorado, 


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believing  he  could  be  more  successful  in  the  stock 
business  here  than  in  Nebraska.  He  is  a  hard- 
working man  and  deserves  the  prosperity  with 
which  he  has  met.  Politically  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. For  several  years  he  served  as  a  member 
of  the  school  board.  He  is  one  of  the  substantial 
ranchmen  of  Yuma  County  and  has  many  friends 
here. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Korf  to  Miss  Caroline 
Schlak  occurred  in  1878  and  was  blessed  by  one 
child,  Gusta,  now  the  wife  of  William  Smalley,  a 
stockman  of  Washington  County.  Mrs.  Caro- 
line Korf  died  less  than  two  years  after  her  mar- 
riage. In  Hancock  County,  111.,  Mr.  Korf  mar- 
ried Miss  Sarah  Schwerre',  whom  he  brought 
with  him  to  Nebraska  and  later  to  Colorado.  Of 
the  eight  children  born  to  this  union,  four  are 
living,  all  of  whom  are  at  home. 


[""\ETER  J.  BAUGTSON.  The  ranch  and  cat- 
LX  tie  industries  of  Logan  County  have  a  repre- 
]3  sentative  in  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  who 
has  resided  here  since  1885  and  has  been  closely 
identi6ed  with  local  enterprises.  Immediately 
after  his  arrival  he  took  up  a  homestead  nine  and 
a-half  miles  northeast  of  Crook,  also  a  tree  claim 
of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  making  his  ranch 
one  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  The 
property  lying  at  the  foot  of  the  free  range  is  con- 
veniently situated  for  the  cattle  industry .  In  1 898 
he  assisted  in  the  building  of  the  Settlers'  ditch, 
and  is  one  of  the  stockholders  of  the  company, 
having  valuable  interests  in  the  laud  under  the 
ditch  controlled  by  the  company. 

A  native  of  Sweden,  Mr.  Baugtson  was  born 
December  14,  1847.  He  was  one  of  six  children, 
of  whom  four,  including  himself,  art  living.  The 
father  of  the  family,  Baugt  Peterson,  was  born  in 
Sweden  in  1822,  and  in  youth  learned  the  tailor's 
trade.  Afterward  he  divided  his  time  between 
tailoring  and  farming.  Accompanied  by  his  wife, 
Maria  (Nelson)  Peterson,  and  their  children,  in 
1 868  he  emigrated  to  the  United  States  and  set- 
tled in  Omaha,  Neb.,  where  he  secured  work  asa 
section  hand  on  the  railroad.  As  soon  as  he  was 
in  a  position  to  do  so,  he  went  to  Polk  County, 
that  state,  where  he  took  up  land  and  began  the 
improvement  of  a  farm.  On  the  same  place  he 
now  resides.  His  son,  our  subject,  accompanied 
him  to  America  and  settled  in  Nebraska,  where 
he  was  employed  at  bridge-building  and  construc- 
tion work  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad.  In  the 
employ  of  this  company  he  went  to  Montana  and 


Utah,  where  he  remained  for  some  time.  In 
1878  he  came  to  Colorado  and,  repairing  to 
the  mountains,  he  engaged  in  prospecting  for 
five  years.  His  mining  ventures  prospered  and 
extended  over  Lake  and  Eagle  Counties.  Dur- 
ing this  time  he  located  many  properties,  among 
them  the  valuable  Black  Iron  mine  in  Eagle 
County,  a  silver  and  lead  property.  However, 
the  failure  of  the  Leadville  National  Bank  in  1883 
swept  away  his  fortune  and  left  him  without 
means  of  any  kind.  He  continued  to  mine  as  be- 
fore, but  in  1885  abandoned  that  occupation  and 
came  to  Logan  County,  where  he  turned  his  at- 
tention to  the  stock  business.  Since  then  he  has 
become  known  as  one  of  the  prosperous  men  of 
the  county.  He  possesses  all  of  the  thrift  and 
honesty  for  which  the  Swedes  are  noted  the  world 
over.  He  is  upright,  conscientious  and  faithful 
to  every  duty.  Since  coming  to  this  country  he 
has  allied  himself  with  the  Republican  party,  for 
whose  candidates  he  votes,  both  in  local  and  na- 
tional elections.  In  religion  he  is  a  believer  in 
the  doctrines  of  the  Lutheran  Church. 


HD.  AYRES,  sheriff  of  Logan  County  and 
one  of  the  well-known  citizens  of  Sterling, 
,  was  born  in  Mississippi,  February  8,  1859, 
being  the  only  son  of  Felix  G.  and  Mary  E. 
(Davis)  Ayres.  He  has  an  only  sister,  Carrie, 
who  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  J.  N.  Hall,  of  Denver. 
His  father,  a  native  of  Mississippi,  was  there 
reared  and  married,  and  gained  prominence 
among  the  cotton  planters  of  his  state,  but  his 
life  was  a  short  one;  had  it  been  prolonged  to  age, 
doubtless  he  would  have  been  one  of  the  distin- 
guished men  of  the  south.  He  was  always  solici- 
tous to  secure  good  government  and  served  for 
one  term  in  the  legislature,  where  his  influence 
was  given  to  the  advancement  of  progressive 
enterprises  and  the  maintenance  of  justice  and 
the  law.  He  died  when  his  son  was  only  three 
years  of  age  and  the  latter  was  reared  by  his 
mother,  whom  he  accompanied  to  Colorado  at 
thirteen  years  of  age.  They  settled  in  Greeley, 
of  which  colony  they  were  among  the  pioneers. 
After  two  years  they  removed  to  Sterling. 

About  1884  Mr.  Ayres  established  himself  in 
the  drug  business  in  Sterling,  and  he  continued 
in  this  business  for  six  years.  Meantime,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Kate  Davis,  a  na- 
tive of  Iowa,  but  at  the  time  of  their  marriage  a 
resident  of  Sterling.  After  disposing  of  his  drug 
store  in  1890,  Mr.  Ayres  was  appointed  deputy 


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sheriff,  which  office  he  held  under  Sheriff 
Buchanan  for  two  years.  Afterward  he  was 
postmaster  of  Sterling  for  two  years.  In  1895, 
on  the  Democratic  ticket,  he  was  elected  sheriff 
of  Logan  County,  and  his  service  was  so  satis- 
factory to  the  people  that  at  the  expiration  of  fhe 
term  he  was  re-elected.  He  is  a  man  of  great 
force  of  will  and  strength  of  character,  and  is 
admirably  qualified  to  fill  his  office  acceptably. 
In  additon  to  the  offices  already  named,  he  served 
one  term  as  member  of  the  town  board  and  a 
similar  period  as  treasurer  of  the  board.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  Sterling  Lodge, 
I.  O.  O.  F.  He  and  his  wife  have  four  children, 
Felix  G.,  Margaret,  Carrie  and  Morris. 


HORACE  SIMPSON  HARP.  It  is  to  one  of 
the  most  prosperous  stockmen  of  Rio  Blanco 
County  that  we  call  the  attention  of  our 
readers  in  this  sketch.  Not  only  has  Mr.  Harp 
gained  a  reputation  for  success  in  the  raising  of 
stock,  but  he  has  also  built  up  a  reputation  as  a 
business  man.  He  is  proprietor  of  the  Meeker 
and  Rifle  livery  barns  and  also  proprietor  of  the 
stage  line  running  between  those  two  points,  as 
well  as  the  line  running  north  from  Meeker. 
The  success  he  has  gained  reflects  especial  credit 
upon  him,  for  he  started  in  business  without 
capital  and  has  worked  his  way  unaided  by  the 
gift  of  money  or  the  influence'of  friends. 

Years  ago  William  C.  Harp,  a  native  of  Ten- 
nessee, removed  to  Iowa  and  settled  in  Marion 
County,  where  he  was  a  drover  and  stockman  for 
thirty-five  years.  He  married  Hannah  Brouse, 
who  was  born  in  Ohio  and  had  several  brothers 
who  participated  in  the  Civil  war.  Of  the  family 
born  to  this  union,  Charles  is  a  farmer,  and  J.  F. 
a  physician  in  Iowa;  Thaddeus  is  interested  with 
his  brother  in  the  management  of  the  stable  at 
Rifle,  Colo.;  Sherman  is  employed  by  Swift  & 
Co.;  Isaac  is  a  farmer  in  Iowa;  Sarah  married 
A.  E.  Reece  and  resides  in  Kansas;  Maggie  is 
unmarried  and  lives  in  Iowa. 

In  Marion  County,  where  he  was  born  in  1860, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  spent  his  early  years 
and  received  his  education.  At  twenty  years  of 
age  he  came  to  Colorado  and  after  a  short  time 
in  Denver  started  in  the  cattle  and  livery  busi- 
ness in  Pitkin  County.  In  1884  he  came  to  Rio 
Blanco  County,  and  in  1887  started  a  stage  line 
from  Meeker  to  Rifle,  a  distance  of  forty-two 
miles;  this  he  has  since  operated.  For  a  time 
he  carried  on  a  hotel  in  connection  with  the 


livery  business.  In  1896  he  opened  a  stable  in 
Rifle,  where  he  has  since  conducted  a  livery,  in 
conjunction  with  that  in  Meeker.  On  the  White 
River,  near  Meeker,  he  owns  a  ranch  of  several 
hundred  acres.  He  also  owns  another  farm  and 
considerable  stock,  besides  the  horses  used  on 
the  stage  line  and  in  the  stables.  His  business 
consumes  his  entire  time  and  he  has  been  unable 
to  identify  himself  with  politics,  even  if  he  had 
the  inclination.  Politically  he  votes  the  Repub- 
lican ticket.  Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  Val- 
entine Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Harp,  in  1893,  united 
him  with  Charlotte 'Beamer,  of  Mesa  County, 
Colo.,  daughter  of  George  Beamer,  formerly  a 
farmer  in  Missouri.  They  are  the  parents  of  two 
children,  Horace  and  Margaret. 


(JEROME  H.  BOYD,  M.  D.,  surgeon  for  the 
I  Florence  &  Cripple  Creek  Railroad  at  Vic- 
Qj  tor,  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  August  22, 
1857.  He  is  a  descendant  of  a  family  that  came 
to  America  with  the  first  expedition  following 
the  "Mayflower."  They  finally  settled  in  Wheel- 
ing, W.  Va.,  and  at  one  time  owned  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  where  the  city  now  stands.  His 
father,  George  Austin  Boyd,  now  residing  in 
Denver,  was  born  in  Virginia,  and  shortly  after 
attaining  his  majority  removed  to  Missouri,  set- 
tling in  Franklin  County.  At  the  time  of  the 
great  gold  excitement  of  1849,  he  started  for 
California,  overland,  with  three  wagon  loads  of 
saddles.  He  remained  in  the  far  west  until  1853, 
returning  the  year  of  the  total  eclipse.  At  the 
time  of  the  Pike's  Peak  excitement  of  1859  he 
again  crossed  the  plains.  Opening  a  store  at 
California  Gulch,  he  remained  there  for  two 
years,  and  then  returned  to  St.  Louis,  where  he 
acted  as  live  stock  agent  for  the  Wabash  Rail- 
road and  conducted  a  hotel  as  well.  From  there 
he  went  to  Texas,  where  he  carried  on  a  stock 
business  until  1887;  but,  the  climate  not  proving 
healthful,  he  returned  to  Colorado  and  settled  in 
Denver.  He  has  been  especially  interested  in 
the  development  of  barren  lands  and  in  fruit 
growing.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
had  two  brothers,  John  and  Harmon,  who  served 
in  the  Mexican  war,  and  another  brother,  Elias, 
who  was  captain  of  a  Missouri  company  called 
into  service  during  Price's  raid  in  the  Civil  war. 
In  a  family  of  ten  children,  our  subject  is  the 
oldest  of  the  seven  survivors.  He  was  educated 


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in  public  schools  and  the  St.  Louis  University. 
For  a  short  time  he  was  employed  as  bookkeeper 
for  the  Bank  of  North  America,  but  resigned  in 
order  to  turn  his  attention  to  the  study  of  medi- 
cine. In  1878  he  graduated  from  the  American 
Medical  College  of  St.  Louis,  and  began  to  prac- 
tice at  Waxahatchie,  Tex.,  but  in  1880  settled  in 
Fort  Worth  and  while  there  acted  as  city  physi- 
cian. In  1883  he  came  to  Colorado,  hoping  that 
the  climate  would  benefit  his  health.  Open- 
ing an  office  at  Louisville,  Boulder  County,  he 
not  only  engaged  in  general  practice,  but  also 
acted  as  mayor,  postmaster,  proprietor  of  a  livery 
business  and  owner  of  the  only  drug  store  in  the 
town.  In  January,  1895,  Tie  came  to  Cripple 
Creek  and  Victor,  and  seeing  the  opportunity 
offered  him,  he  decided  to  settle  in  Victor.  Here 
he  has  since  made  his  home.  He  is  the  oldest 
surgeon  connected  with  the  Florence  &  Cripple 
Creek  Railroad,  and  has  also  acted  as  surgeon  for 
several  of  the  largest  mining  companies. 

During  the  first  administration  of  President 
Cleveland,  Dr.  Boyd  was  postmaster  at  Louis- 
ville. For  three  years  he  was  chairman  of  the 
Boulder  County  Democratic  central  committee, 
and  also  served  on  the  congressional  committee. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  State  and  Cripple  Creek 
District  Medical  Associations.  Fraternally  he  is 
connected  with  the  Foresters;  Victor  Lodge  No. 
367,  B.  P.  O.  E. ;  Camp  No.  125,  Woodmen  of 
the  World;  Hiawatha  Tribe  No.  25,  I.  O.  R.  M.; 
and  Calantha  Lodge  No.  66,  K.  P.,  at  Louisville. 

At  Waxahatchie,  Tex.,  November  27,  1878, 
Dr.  Boyd  married  Emma  Lee  Foard,  by  whom  he 
had  one  child,  Willie  Alice.  January  i,  1887, 
he  married  Catherine  Etta,  daughter  of  Anton 
Rosenbaum,  who  was  born  in  Germany  and  came 
to  America  when  young.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Boyd 
have  one  child,  Pearl  Elizabeth. 


HON.  ALBERT  N.  TURNEY,  of 
County,  is  one  of  the  prominent  public  men 
of  northeastern  Colorado.  After  having 
acceptably  filled  positions  in  his  county,  he 
was  chosen  to  represent  his  district  in  the  state 
legislature,  being  elected  to  the  assembly  in  the 
fall  of  1898  as  the  fusion  ticket  candidate  and  re- 
ceiving a  handsome  majority.  Since  entering 
upon  his  duties  as  a  legislator  he  has  stood  third 
in  amount  of  work  accomplished  in  the  house, 
only  two  members  having  secured  the  passage  of 
a  greater  number  of  bills  than  he.  The  measures 
which  he  has  advocated  have  been  of  a  kind  that 


would  benefit  the  cattlemen  whom  he  represented. 
His  efficient  service  has  given  him  a  high  place 
in  the  regard  of  his  constituents. 

Near  Galesburg,  Knox  County,  111.,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born  October  14,  1864,  a 
son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Nisley)  Turney, 
being  the  only  survivor  of  three  children.  His 
father  was  born  in  Somerset  County,  Pa. ,  and 
his  mother  near  Harrisburg,  Pa.  Both  were  ac- 
tive members  of  the  Lutheran  Church,  in  which 
for  many  years  the  father  was  an  officer,  being 
one  of  the  mainstays  of  the  church  at  Knoxville, 
which  he  attended.  In  1852  he  came  west  as  far 
as  Illinois,  settling  near  Galesburg,  where  he 
worked  as  a  farm  hand  for  two  years,  and  then 
purchased  a  tract  of  land.  Upon  the  farm  that 
he  cleared  and  improved  his  entire  active  life  was 
passed,  and  there  he  died  in  1885.  His  wife  had 
passed  away  six  years  previous  to  his  death. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mary  (Schwartz) 
Nisley,  who  were  of  German  extraction.  Our 
subject's  paternal  grandparents,  William  and 
Mary  Turney,  descended  from  English  ancestry. 

The  education  of  our  subject  was  obtained  in 
Knox  County,  111.  April  18,  1866,  he  arrived  at 
Wray,  Colo.,  where  he  was  employed  for  two 
months.  He  then  went  forty-five  miles  north- 
west of  Wray  and  pre-empted  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land  in  what  is  now  Phillips 
County  (at  that  time  a  part  of  Weld  County). 
He  proved  upon  his  claim,  and  in  January,  1887, 
homesteaded  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  two 
miles  south  of  the  other  quarter-section,  and,  re- 
moving to  the  homestead,  remained  there  until 
1889.  When  Yuma  was  set  off  from  Weld  County, 
he  was  appointed  county  treasurer  of  the  new 
county,  and  removing  to  Yuma,  assumed  the  du- 
ties of  his  office.  At  the  first  regular  election  he 
was  elected  to  the  office,  being  the  candidate  of 
the  Republican  party.  Twice  afterward  he  was 
returned  to  the  office,  which  he  filled  for  three 
full  terms.  At  the  last  two  elections  he  was  the 
candidate  of  the  People's  party.  In  1897  he  be- 
gan in  the  cattle  business,  and  has  since  become 
the  possessor  of  important  interests  in  this  in- 
dustry. In  religious  belief  he  adheres  to  the 
Lutheran  faith,  in  which  he  was  reared.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  connected  with  Yuma  Tent  No.  6, 
K.  O.  T.  M. 

January  n,  1888,  Mr.  Turney  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  Charles  Varney,  who  was  a  promi- 
nent manufacturer  of  Boston,  Mass.,  and  invented 
the  first  shoe- pegging  machine  ever  placed  on  the 


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market.  The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Turney 
are:  Albertine,  born  November  n,  1888;  Vera, 
July  6,  1890;  and  Edith,  June  8,  1892. 


EHARLES  JOHN,  of  Fort  Garland,  Costilla 
County,  was  born  at  Frankfort-on-the-Main, 
Germany,  January  1 1,  1835,  a  son  of  Conrad 
and  Agnes  (Trappe)  John.  He  received  a  mili- 
tary education  in  Marburg,  Hesse-Nassau,  Prus- 
sia. At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  entered  the  Ger- 
man army  and  continued  in  the  service  as  a  lieu- 
tenant of  hussars  until  1859,  when  he  resigned 
his  commission.  Coming  to  America  during 
that  year,  he  joined  his  step-brother,  pastor  of  a 
church  in  Lawrence  County,  Ohio.  April  15, 
1861,  at  the  first  call  made  for  volunteers  in  the 
Union  service,  he  enlisted  in  the  army,  becoming 
a  first  lieutenant  in  the  Ninth  Ohio  Infantry. 
Later  he  was  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel  of 
the  Second  Mounted  Militia,  and  continued  to 
serve  as  such  for  two  and  one-half-years.  During 

1865  he  was  connected  with  the  provost-marshal's 
office  in  Augusta,  Ga.,   and  in   October  of   that 
year  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  service. 
He  took  part  in  a  number  of  important  engage- 
ments, as  well  as  many  skirmishes  of  lesser  im- 
portance.    While  he  was    never   wounded,  he, 
suffered  extremely  from  the   exposure  of  army 
life  and  has  never  recovered  from  its  effects. 

After  the   war  was  over  Mr.  John  became  a 
street   railway    conductor   in    Cincinnati,  but  in 

1866  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  regular  army 
and  for  years  afterward  he   was  connected  with 
life  on  the  frontier.    He  had  received  an  appoint- 
ment as  captain  of  a  colored  regiment,  but  refused 
to  accept;  later,  however,  he  was  given  the  rank 
of  sergeant-major  of  the   regulars.     As  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Eighth  Wisconsin  Cavalry,  in  1866  he 
went  to  California,  where  for  three  years  he  was 
stationed  at  different  government  posts.   In  1869 
he  came  to  Fort  Garland  as   chief  clerk  of  the 
quartermaster's  department,   and  here   he   con- 
tinued with  the  army  for  five  years,  when  he  re- 
signed from  the   service.     Afterward  for  seven 
years  he  was  employed  in  the  store  of  Ferd  Meyer. 
In  1877  he  was  elected  county  superintendent  of 
schools  on  the  Republican  ticket  and  at  the  expi- 
ration of  the   term   was   re-elected.     In  1881  he 
was  chosen  county  clerk  and  subsequently,  by  re- 
election, was  continued  in  the  office  for  ten  years, 
since  which  time  he   has  been  clerk  of  the  dis- 
trict court.   Upon  retiring  from  the  county  clerk's 
office  he    was   appointed    right-of-way  agent  for 


the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  and  the  Florence  & 
Cripple  Creek  Railroads,  which  positions  he 
still  holds,  his  duties  being  to  locate  the  right  of 
way,  examine  titles,  etc. 

For  years  Mr.  John  has  been  interested  in  edu- 
cational matters  and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Fort  Garland  school  board.  He  is  largely  inter- 
ested in  real  estate  in  this  section,  and  has  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  three-quarters  of  a  mile 
from  the  village.  He  is  married  and  has  four  sons. 


fi>  GJILLIAM  J.  CHAMBERS,  M.  D.  One  of 
\  A  I  the  first  physicians  to  locate  permanently 
V  V  at  Cripple  Creek  was  Dr.  Chambers,  who 
has  since  built  up  An  extensive  practice  and  is 
now  recognized  as  one  of  the  skillful,  successful 
practitioners  of  the  place.  Of  eastern  birth,  born 
in  Alban}',  N.  Y.,  November  14,  1863,  he 
spent  the  years  of  boyhood  and  youth  in  his  native 
city  and  received  an  excellent  education  in  the 
New  York  State  Normal.  When  still  quite  young 
he  entered,  as  clerk,  a  drug  store  in  Philadelphia, 
where  he  continued,  a  trusted  employe,  until 
twenty-four  years,  and  then  resigned  in  order  to 
turn  his  attenion  to  the  study  of  medicine. 
He  entered  the  Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Phila- 
delphia, in  which  famous  institution  he  took  the 
regular  course  of  study,  graduating  in  April,  1889. 
At  once  after  completing  his  medical  studies, 
Dr.  Chambers  came  west,  and  for  a  year  engaged 
in  practice  at  Omaha,  Neb.  From  there  he  re- 
moved to  Denver,  where  he  built  up  a  good  prac- 
tice and  remained  for  two  years.  In  the  spring 
of  1892  he  came  to  Cripple  Creek,  where  he  has 
been  in  continuous  practice  since.  For  several 
years  he  was  extensively  interested  in  mining  in 
this  district,  but  has  sold  the  greater  part  of  his 
mining  stock,  although  he  still  retains  his  inter- 
est in  certain  properties.  Among  the  mines 
which  he  assisted  in  developing  are  the  Old  Calu- 
met, Iron  Duke  and  Golden  Age,  as  well  as 
many  smaller  leases.  In  1897  he  disposed  of 
much  of  his  mining  stock,  and  has  since  given 
his  attention  more  closely  to  his  practice.  For 
three  years  he  held  office  as  county  physician  and 
for  four  years  served  as  city  physician.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  an  active  worker  in  the  silver  Republi- 
can party  and  a  firm  believer  in  its  principles. 
He  is  a  blue  lodge  Mason,  connected  with  Mount 
Pisgah  Lodge  No.  96,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  every- 
thing pertaining  to  his  profession  he  maintains  a 
deep  interest,  and  by  thoughtful  reading  of  medi- 
cal periodicals  keeps  abreast  with  all  the  improve- 


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nients  in  the  science.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
held  office  as  treasurer  of  the  District  Medical 
Society,  with  which  he  is  actively  identified. 


'HOM AS' W.  LAWRENCE  came  to  Colo- 
rado in  1873  and  settled  in  Denver,  where 
he  has  since  been  engaged  in  contracting 
and  building,  his  city  address  being  No.  1328 
Washington  avenue.  In  1889  he  started  the  Lin- 
coln County  reservoir  and  irrigation  system, 
which  is  one  of  the  finest  in  this  part  of  the  state. 
The  reservoir  is  about  ten  miles  from  Hugo,  the 
county  seat  of  Lincoln  County,  and  will  furnish 
water  for  irrigating  thousands  of  acres  of  land, 
besides  affording  a  fine  place  for  fishing. 

Mr.  Lawrence  was  born  in  London,  England, 
in  1844.  His  father,  T.  S.  Lawrence,  was  born 
in  Kent,  England,  and  emigrated  to  America  in 
middle  life.  Prior  to  that  he  had  for  thirteen 
years  been  engaged  as  foreman  for  the  Central 
Gas  Company  of  London.  In  the  United  States 
he  became  interested  in  boats  on  the  Mississippi 
River  and  owned  the  Lord  Nelson  trading  boat. 
For  six  years  he  engaged  in  the  bacon  business 
in  New  Orleans,  and  later,  was  engaged  in  the 
building  business  in  Madison,  Wis.,  which  he  fol- 
lowed until  his  death  at  fifty-seven  years.  His 
father,  Robert,  was  captain  of  the  Lord  Nelson 
trading  boat. 

By  the  marriage  of  T.  S.  Lawrence  to  Char- 
lotte Stevens,  who  was  born  in  Kent  and  died  in 
Madison,  Wis.,  at  sixty  years,  there  were  born 
five  sons  and  two  daughters.  Of  these  John  T. 
served  through  the  entire  period  of  the  Civil  war, 
as  a  member  of  the  Ninth  New  York  Infantry, 
and  is  now  living  in  Madison,  Wis.;  R.  S.  is  a 
bookkeeper;  George  S.  is  a  builder  and  contrac- 
tor  in  Madison,  Wis. ;  Edward  is  county  clerk  and 
recorder  of  Dane  County,  Wis.,  which  position  he 
has  held  since  1886;  Hannah  is  the  wife  of  W.  C. 
Colby, of  Madison,  Wis.;  and  Charlotte  is  the 
wife  of  W.  G.  Hawkins  and  lives  in  Colorado. 

When  the  family  emigrated  to  America  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  three  years  of  age.  He 
received  his  primary  education  in  New  York  City, 
and  later  attended  the  schools  of  Madison,  Wis. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  began  to  learn  the  trades 
of  blacksmith  and  plasterer.  On  leaving  Madi- 
son he  went  to  Chicago,  where  he  was  employed 
for  two  years.  From  there  he  removed  to  Den- 
ver, where  he  has  made  his  home  for  more  than 
twenty-five  years.  He  owns  a  fine  home  in  Den- 
ver and  is  well  fixed  financially.  Politically  he 


is  independent,  voting  for  the  men  whom  he  deems 
best  qualified  to  represent  the  people,  irrespective 
of  their  political  affiliations. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Lawrence  took  place  in 
1880  and  united  him  with  Miss  Hannah  Barker, 
of  Denver.  She  is  a  daughter  of  A.  H.  Barker, 
who  put  up  the  first  house  built  in  Denver  and 
was  sergeant-at-arms  in  the  first  legislature.  By 
occupation  a  miner,  he  devoted  his  life  to  that 
business  and  located,  among  other  claims,  the 
Grant-Winnebago  mine.  His  death  occurred  in 
1895.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lawrence  became  the  parents 
of  three  children,  but  one  son  died,  unnamed,  in 
infancy.  The  others  are  Edgar  and  Lucille. 


CHARLES  W.  KINKEL,  county  commis- 
l(  sioner  of  Morgan  County,  owns  one  thou- 
U  sand  acres  of  ranch  property  twenty  miles 
south  of  Fort  Morgan,  which  property  he  pur- 
chased in  the  spring  of  1896,  and  upon  which  he 
has  since  engaged  extensively  and  successfully  in 
the  cattle  business.  He  is  one  of  the  representa- 
tive men  of  his  locality,  and  is  especially  promi- 
nent in  the  Republican  party,  of  which  he  is  a 
local  leader.  In  1891,  1892  and  1893  he  served 
as  a  member  of  the  town  board,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1896,  on  the  party  ticket,  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  commissioners,  in  which  posi- 
tion he  has  been  helpful  to  the  county's  interests. 

A  native  of  Prussia,  born  February  4,  1866, 
Mr.  Kinkel  was  one  often  children,  eight  of  whom 
are  living,  viz.:  Henry,  of  Boulder,  Colo.;  Will- 
iam, living  in  Denver;  Louise,  of  Frankfort,  Ger- 
many; Louis,  who  is  proprietor  of  a  meat  market 
in  Fort  Morgan;  Charles  W.;  George,  also  of 
Fort  Morgan;  Mattie  and  Augusta,  who  make 
their  home  in  Frankfort,  Germany.  George  Kin- 
kel, our  subject's  father,  was  born  in  Prussia 
about  1826,  and  in  youth  learned  the  shoemaker's 
trade,  which  he  followed  during  his  entire  active 
life.  He  died  in  1888,  and  is  survived  by  his 
widow,  who  is  now  (1899)  seventy  years  of  age. 
She  was  in  maidenhood  Minnie  Feisel  and  was 
born  in  Prussia. 

In  common  schools  in  Germany  our  subject 
acquired  his  education.  When  sixteen  years  of 
age  he  came  to  the  new  world,  landing  in  New 
York,  May  20,  1882.  For  ten  months  he  worked 
in  Carbon  County,  Pa.,  at  railroading,  after 
which  he  came  west,  arriving  in  Denver  in  the 
latter  part  of  February,  1883.  For  six  months 
he  worked  on  a  ranch.  In  the  fall  he  came  to 
Fort  Morgan,  where  for  more  than  a  year  he 


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worked  on  the  ditch.  Afterward  he  was  era- 
ployed  on  ranches.  In  1888  he  opened  a  meat 
market  in  the  town  and  afterward  conducted  a 
successful  business  until  the  spring  of  1896,  since 
which  time  his  attention  has  been  given  chiefly 
to  ranching  and  cattle-raising. 

In  1892  Mr.  Kinkel  married  Maggie,  daughter 
of  J.  H.  Farnsworth,  of  Fort  Morgan,  and  they 
had  one  child,  Elizabeth.  Mrs.  Kinkel  died  July 
15,  1896.  Fraternally  our  subject  is  a  member 
of  Oasis  Lodge  No.  67,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.;  Fort 
Morgan  Chapter  No.  31,  R.  A.  M.;  Akron  Com- 
mandery,  K.  T.;  El  Jebel  Temple,  N.  M.  S.,  of 
Denver;  also  Silver  Lodge  No.  60,  K.  P.,  and 
Fort  Morgan  Camp  No.  193,  Woodmen  of  the 
World. 


GJRTHUR  R.  BROWN,  ex-judge  of  Eagle 
LJ  County,  came  to  Colorado  in  1880  and  set- 
I  I  tied  in  Leadville,  where  for  two  years  he 
was  interested  in  mining  and  also  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law.  In  1882  he  removed  to  Red 
Cliff,  the  county-seat  of  Eagle  County,  and  a 
mining  camp  that  was  then  three  years  old.  He 
has  witnessed  the  growth  of  the  town  from  a 
small  camp  to  a  village  of  almost  fifteen  hundred 
people,  and  has  himself  contributed  to  its  develop- 
•ment.  For  some  years  he  has  devoted  himself  to 
mining  and  the  practice  of  law,  but  after  his  first 
election  to  the  office  of  county  judge,  much  of  his 
time  was  given  to  his  official  duties. 

Judge  Brown  was  born  in  Utica,  N.  Y.,in 
1850,  a  descendant  of  Peter  Brown,  who  crossed 
the  ocean  in  the  "Mayflower."  His  paternal 
grandfather,  a  native  of  Stonington,  Conn.,  and  a 
colonel  in  the  war  of  1812,  engaged  for  years  in 
the  manufacture  of  woolen  goods  and  in  the  dis- 
tillery business,  accumulating  a  small  fortune 
through  his  various  enterprises.  Politically  he 
voted  with  the  Democrats.  His  son,  the  judge's 
father,  Lorenzo  S.  Brown,  was  born  in  New  York 
state,  where  for  a  considerable  number  of  years 
he  followed  the  distillery  business.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  prominent  in  local 
affairs.  His  last  years  were  spent  in  retirement 
and  he  died  when  eighty-four  years  of  age,  his 
death  occurring  in  Utica,  of  which  city  he  had 
long  been  a  prominent  resident.  He  owned 
large  tracts  of  real  estate  there  and  also  had  an 
interest  in  the  banking  business  of  A.  H.  Brown 
&  Co.,  in  which  all  of  his  brothers  were  also 
interested.  Besides  this,  he  owned  stock  and 
lumber  interests.  He  married  Elizabeth  C. 
66 


Brainard,  a  native  of  New  York;  her  father, 
Maj.  Chauncey  Brainard,  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  and  the  manufacture  of  woolen 
goods,  having  mills  at  Cedarville,  N.  Y. ,  and 
was  a  major  in  the  war  of  1812.  Some  of  the 
money  he  received  when  he  was  paid  off  by  the 
government  is  now  in  the  hands  of  our  subject. 

In  the  family  of  Lorenzo  S.  Brown  there  were 
three  children.  Clara  B.  became  the  wife  of 
Timothy  E.  Wilcox,  M.  D.,  a  surgeon  in  the 
regular  army,  with  the  rank  of  major.  Susan  M. 
is  the  wife  of  Adelbert  J.  Rhodes,  who  is  engaged 
in  the  coal  business  in  New  York.  Our  subject, 
who  was  the  only  son,  spent  his  early  years  in 
his  New  York  home,  and  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Utica  and  the  military  school  at 
Clinton,  N.  Y.  On  leaving  school  he  went  to 
Michigan,  where  his  father  owned  large  tracts  of 
pine  land,  and  there  he  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  for  eight  years.  In  the  interests  of  rail- 
road bondholders,  he  went  to  Indiana,  where  he 
remained  for  seven  years.  Since  coming  to  Colo- 
rado, his  attention  has  been  largely  given  to  the 
practice  of  law  and  mining,  and  he  not  only  owns 
mining  interests  of  his  own,  but  manages  impor- 
tant properties  for  others.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
Mason,  connected  with  the  Knights  Templar  and 
Shrine.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Republican. 

In  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  Judge  Brown  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Florence  C.  Shaw, 
a  sister  of  Capt.  Charles  F.  Shaw,  who  was  an 
officer  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war, 
and  a  daughter  of  Frederick  P.  Shaw,  who  was 
a  wholesale  grocer  in  New  Bedford,  and  later  in 
Saginaw,  Mich. 

|"~  RANK  B.  WEBSTER,  district  attorney  of 
JW  the  twelfth  judicial  district,  is  an  able  and 
|  *  prominent  attorney  of  Alamosa.  The  prin- 
cipal part  of  his  life  has  been  passed  in  Colorado, 
for,  though  a  native  of  Schuylkill  County,  Pa., 
born  in  1863,  he  has  been  a  resident  of  this  great 
western  state  since  1872,  during  territorial  days. 
His  boyhood  days  were  spent  in  Denver,  where 
he  attended  the  public  schools  and  gained  a  fair 
education.  When  a  youth  of  fifteen  he  went  to 
Boulder  County,  and  following  the  occupation  so 
common  in  the  mountain  regions,  began  to  mine. 
For  nine  years  he  operated  mines  that  were 
leased. 

Abandoning  the  work  of  a  miner  in  the  fall  of 
1887,  with  a  determination  to  enter  the  profes- 
sional world,  Mr.  Webster  took  a  course  in  the 


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Denver  Business  College.  Upon  its  completion 
he  came  to  Alamosa,  May  17,  1888,  and  here  se- 
cured employment  as  stenographer  in  the  office  of 
C.  C.  Holbrook,  with  whom  he  remained  for 
some  time,  meanwhile  reading  law  during  such 
spare  moments  as  came  to  him.  In  j8gi  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  before  the  Colorado  bar. 
During  the  same  year  Judge  Holbrook  was  elec- 
ted to  the  district  bench,  and  Mr.  Webster  then 
opened  an  office  and  began  to  practice  for  him- 
self. In  the  years  that  have  intervened  he  has 
built  up  an  excellent  practice  and  become  well 
known  in  the  fraternity. 

A  Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Webster  was 
elected  district  attorney  for  the  twelfth  judicial 
district  on  the  straight  ticket  of  his  party,  and 
this  position  he  has  filled  acceptably  since  1897. 
Since  his  admission  to  the  bar  he  has  served  as 
county  attorney  for  Costilla  County.  He  is  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  the 
valley  and  as  a  young  man  whose  prospects  for 
the  future  are  most  promising.  In  matters  rela- 
tive to  Alamosa,  its  welfare  and  its  progress,  he 
is  always  interested.  From  1893  to  1897  ne 
served  as  attorney  for  the  city.  He  has  also  been 
attorney  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
for  a  number  of  years.  In  1892  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Mary  A.  Cowell,  by  whom  he 
has  one  child,  Bessie  E.  Fraternally  he  is  past 
chancellor  of  Alamosa  Lodge  No.  96,  K.  P.  ,  and 
captain  of  the  Sierra  Blancha  Division  No.  21, 
Uniform  Rank. 


IILLIAM  w.  HASSELL.    The 

Iron    Works    Company,    of    which    Mr. 

Hassell  is  president  and  general  manager, 
is  one  of  the  flourishing  business  concerns  of  Colo- 
rado Springs.  Their  first  foundry  was  erected  in 
Colorado  Springs  in  1893,  but  in  January,  1896, 
it  was  destroyed  by  fire,  and,  as  it  was  only 
insured  for  one-third  of  its  value,  the  -loss  was  a 
heavy  one  for  the  proprietors.  Removing  the 
business  to  the  Springs,  in  the  early  part  of  1896 
they  built  a  plant,  which  has  since  been  repeatedly 
enlarged,  as  every  six  months  it  has  been  found 
necessary  to  build  an  addition  equal  to  the  size  of 
the  original  building.  The  fire  in  Colorado 
Springs  during  the  latter  part  of  September,  1898, 
entirely  destroyed  the  office  and  warerooms  (then 
located  at  Nos.  18-24  Huerfano  street  west) 
entailing  a  severe  loss.  Fortunately  the  foundry 
and  machine  shops  were  located  below  the  burned 
district,  so  that  the  company  was  enabled  to  con- 


tinue its  business.  In  the  spring  of  1899  an  office 
and  store  room  were  opened  at  No.  19  East  Pike's 
Peak  avenue.  The  works  are  situated  at  the 
corner  of  Sierra  Madre  street  and  Mareno  avenue. 

Mr.  Hassell  was  born  in  Newark,  N.  J., 
August  17,  1860.  His  father,  John,  a  native  of 
Manchester,  England,  was  a  son  of  John  Hassell, 
Sr.,  also  a  native  of  that  city,  and  who  settled  in 
New  York  City,  where  he  became  a  successful 
physician  and  editor  of  Wood's  Matcria  Mcdica. 
John,  Jr.,  was  a  brass  manufacturer  for  a  time, 
but  took  up  the  study  of  dentistry  in  New  York 
City  and  afterward  followed  that  profession  in 
Newark,  N.  J.,  until  his  death.  Fraternally  he 
was  a  Mason.  His  wife,  who  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Mary  Gibb,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
member  of  an  old  family  there  and  of  remote 
Scotch  lineage;  she  is  now  living  in  North  Caro- 
lina. Of  her  four  living  children,  our  subject  is 
the  youngest  and  the  only  one  in  Colorado.  He 
spent  the  first  eight  years  of  his  life  in  Newark, 
after  which  he  lived  in  New  York  City,  near 
what  is  now  Riverside  Drive.  Becoming  inter- 
ested in  the  Van  Winkle  &  Weedon  School  Pub- 
lishing Company,  Mr.  Hassell  remained  with 
them  until  1884,  when  he  came  to  Colorado  for 
his  health.  He  was  so  decidedly  benefited  that 
he  concluded  to  remain.  In  1885  he  started  in 
the  manufacture  of  patent  woven  wire  fences,  and 
from  that  drifted  into  the  manufacture  of  iron 
fences,  and  in  time  developed  a  machine  shop  and 
foundry  from  his  original  business. 

For  a  time  the  firm  was  Hassell  &  Talcott.  In 
1893  the  Hassell  Iron  Works  Company  was 
organized,  with  himself  as  president  and  general 
manager.  They  manufacture  the  iron  work  and 
casting  for  the  Midland  Railroad  Company, 
bolsters  and  hoisting  machinery  for  miners, 
structural  iron  work,  columns  and  beams,  and 
ornamental  fence  work.  The  machine  shop  is 
modern  in  every  respect.  The  business  is  the 
largest  in  its  line  in  El  Paso  County,  and  employ- 
ment is  furnished  to  thirty-five  men.  They  have 
had  contracts  for  equipping  all  the  structural 
buildings  erected  during  the  past  eight  years,  and 
their  work  is  noted  for  its  substantial  character. 
Their  main  building  is  50  x  190  feet,  and  is  fur- 
nished with  three  electric  motors  for  power. 
There  is  a  separate  pattern  shop,  40  x  50,  also  an 
iron  room,  16x60,  besides  the  office  and  sales- 
room on  Pike's  Peak  avenue. 

In  Colorado  Springs,  in  1890,  Mr.  Hassell  mar- 
ried Miss  Catherine  Ott,  who  was  born  in  Albany, 


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N.  Y.  They  have  two  children,  William  Brad- 
ford and  Julia  Frances.  The  family  are  connected 
with  Grace  Episcopal  Church.  In  politics  Mr. 
Hassell  is  a  Republican  and  a  stanch  supporter  of 
the  present  (McKinley)  administration.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  takes 
an  interest  in  all  projects  for  the  advancement  of 
'the  city  where  he  resides. 


EHARLES  B.  NEWTON,  a  pioneer  of  Costilla 
County,  now  residing  near  Fort  Garland, 
was  born  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  in  1822, 
a  son  of  Jonah  and  Sa-rah  (Vanderveer)  Newton, 
natives  respectively  of  New  England  and  New 
Jersey.  When  he  was  a  child  his  father  died 
and  when  he  was  nine  years  of  age  he  went  to 
Steubenville,  Ohio,  to  make  his  home  with  Rev. 
Charles  Beatty,  for  whom  he  was  named  and  who 
was  president  of  a  ladies'  seminary  in  that  city. 
At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  left  his  foster  father's 
home  and  went  to  Alexandria,  Mo.,  where  a 
friend  lived.  After  a  year  or  more  in  Missouri, 
he  accompanied  Captain  Gordon  to  the  Rocky 
Mountains  in  1842.  Captain  Gordon  had  been 
an  officer  in  the  United  States  army  and  had 
spent  considerable  time  among  the  Sioux  Indians 
on  the  frontier. 

Going  up  the  Missouri  River  to  Fort  Pierre, 
the  company  of  three  men  traveled  on  horseback 
together,  but  at  the  fort  they  separated,  and  Mr. 
Newton  returned  to  Fort  Leaven  worth,  where  he 
enlisted  with  the  First  Dragoons.  For  two  years 
he  was  on  duty  at  the  fort,  meantime  making 
several  excursions  into  New  Mexico,  Colorado, 
and  as  far  west  as  Oregon.  When  the  Mexican 
war  broke  out,  he  served  under  Colonel  Kearney, 
and  went  to  Santa  Fe.  He  took  part  in  the  sup- 
pression of  a  Mexican  uprising  at  Taos  and  also 
participated  in  the  battle  of  Embudo,  N.  M.  From 
the  ranks  he  was  promoted  to  be  corporal,  and 
later  sergeant.  After  five  years  in  the  regular 
army ,  at  the  close  the  war  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged. 

In  1 849  Mr.  Newton  established  a  store  in  Taos 
County,  N.  M.,  which  he  carried  on  for  two 
years.  Afterward,  for  several  years,  he  engaged 
in  trading  with  the  Indians,  in  partnership  with 
Tom  Tobens.  Meantime  he  made  a  number  of 
expeditions  to  Fort  Laramie.  During  much  of 
the  time  until  1860,  while  he  was  thus  engaged, 
he  made  his  headquarters  in  Taos  and  Arroyo- 
hondo,  N.  M.  He  was  also  a  great  hunter  and, 
while  on  his  trading  expeditions,  always  carried 


his  gun  with  him.  Often  he  has  killed  antelope 
and  deer  on  the  land  where  Denver  now  stands, 
but  at  that  early  day  there  was  not  even  a  log 
hut  to  indicate  a  future  settlement.  From  1860 
to  1870  he  was  employed  as  clerk  for  Ferd  Meyer, 
of  Costilla.  About  1870  he  settled  on  land  near 
Fort  Garland,  and  later  purchased  a  claim  adjoin- 
ing, and  here  he  has  since  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock-raising.  The  place  is  situated  five 
miles  from  Fort  Garland  and  is  maintained 
under  his  supervision,  for  he  is  still  quite  active, 
in  spite  of  advancing  years.  Politically  he  has 
been  a  stanch  Democrat  from  youth.  He  is  mar- 
ried and  has  two  children. 


T.  WALKER  owns  and  occupies  a  stock 
j^  ranch  one  mile  east  of  Pagosa  Springs,  Ar- 
I  ,  chuleta  County.  This  tract  of  land  he 
homesteaded  in  1884,  but,  it  being  then  a  mili- 
tary reservation,  he  was  not  allowed  to  locate 
upon  it.  However,  two  years  later,  he  took  up 
his  residence  here  and  has  since  built  one  of  the 
most  substantial  ranch  houses  in  the  county. 
Giving  all  of  his  time  to  ranching,  he  raises  stock 
and  owns  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  head  of 
cattle,  for  which  he  cuts  hay  and  alfalfa  for  feed. 
A  son  of  David  H.  and  Caroline  (Skinnell) 
Walker,  our  subject  was  born  in  Bedford  County, 
Va. ,  in  1844.  At  sixteen  years  of  age  he  enlisted 
in  the  Second  Virginia  Cavalry,  from  which  he 
was  transferred  to  the  Thirty-fourth  Virginia  In- 
fantry, and  served  until  the  surrender  of  General 
Lee  at  Appomattox  Court  House.  During  the 
siege  of  Petersburg  he  took  an  active  part,  and 
when  the  fort  was  blown  up  he  was  near  the 
front  and  received  a  severe  wound,  the  scar  of 
which  he  will  always  carry.  After  the  close  of 
the  war  he  returned  home,  but  in  January,  1866, 
went  to  Boone  County,  W.  Va.,  and  for  three 
years  worked  in  a  sawmill  there.  From  that 
place  he  went  to  Kansas  and  engaged  in  the  saw- 
mill business  on  the  Osage  Indian  reservation, 
remaining  for  four  years  in  Kansas.  He  was  in 
the  town  of  Independence  before  it  was  built  up. 
On  account  of  the  fact  that  he  had  served  in  the 
Confederate  army,-  he  was  disfranchised  and  not 
permitted  to  take  any  part  in  political  affairs,  but 
in  the  spring  of  1871  a  petition  requesting  the 
legislature  to  remove  the  political  disabilities  by 
reason  of  his  having  served  in  the  southern  army 
was  voluntarily  drawn  up  by  the  citizens  of  the 
town  of  Independence.  This  bill  was  passed  in 
the  legislature  March  6,  1871. 


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After  having  conducted  a  sawmill  business  in 
Independence  for  some  time,  in  the  fall  of  1872 
Mr.  Walker  disposed  of  his  property  in  that  place 
and  went  to  Sherman,  Tex. ,  where  he  operated  a 
sawmill  for  a  year.  In  1873  he  removed  to  the 
Indian  Territory,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade. 
From  there,  in  the  spring  of  1879,  he  came  to 
Pagosa  Springs,  Colo.,  and  set  up  a  sawmill  on 
the  San  Juan  River,  two  miles  east  of  town,  where 
he  carried  on  a  sawmill  and  lumber  business  un- 
til 1890.  Meantime  he  homesteaded  his  present 
ranch  and  began  the  improvement  of  the  property 
where  he  now  resides.  His  attention  has  been 
given  almost  exclusively  to  the  sawmill  business 
and  ranching,  his  only  effort  at  mining  having 
been  in  connection  with  a  gold  mine, which,  how- 
ever, did  not  realize  his  hopes. 

At  the  first  election  in  the  new  county  of  Ar- 
chuleta,  in  the  spring  of  1886,  Mr.  Walker  was 
elected  county  assessor.  He  has  been  one  of  the 
local  workers  in  the  People's  party,  by  which,  in 
1895,  he  was  nominated  for  county  judge.  Meas- 
ures for  the  benefit  of  the  people  receive  his  hearty 
support.  He  is  a  member  of  Durango  Lodge  No. 
46,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  which  he  is  past  master. 
His  marriage,  in  1874,  united  him  with  Rose  V. 
Shelton,  by  whom  he  has  one  son,  Gladwyn. 


O  HARLES  NEWMAN,  president  of  theSwan- 
1 I  sea  Gold  and  Silver  Mining  Company,  oper- 
U  ating  in  the  prosperous  mining  camp  of  Rico, 
is  himself  a  resident  of  Durango,  where  he  ranks 
among  the  influential  citizens  and  mine  pwners. 
He  is  of  eastern  birth,  a  member  of  a  family  that 
has  been  long  and  honorably  associated  with  the 
history  of  Boston.  The  first  of  the  name  to  set- 
tle in  this  country  was  John  Newman,  a  native 
of  England,  and  for  years  connected  with  the 
marine  mercantile  business,  owning  a  trading 
vessel  that  engaged  in  traffic  between  England 
and  Boston.  John's  son,  Robert,  grandfather  of 
our  subject,  was  sexton  of  the  Salem  street 
Church  in  Boston  and  he  it  was  who  held  the 
lantern  on  the  night  that  Paul  Revere  made  his 
famous  ride.  He  was  one  of  the  well-known  and 
honored  citizens  of  Boston.  When  he  died  his 
remains  were  interred  in  the  famous  old  burial 
ground,  Copp's  Hill,  near  which  his  home  had 
been. 

Charles  Newman,  Sr. ,  our  subject's  father, 
was  born  in  Boston,  and  for  many  years  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  carriage  and  wagon-maker 
in  that  city.  His  last  years  were  spent  in  Read- 


ing and  Groton,  and  in  the  former  town  served  as 
selectman  for  some  years.  Like  other  members 
of  the  family,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic- 
fraternity,  belonging  to  St.  Andrew's  Lodge  No. 
32,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. ,  in  Boston.  His  death  oc- 
curred in  Groton  in  1871,  when  he  was  seventy- 
one  years  of  age. 

Born  in  1851,  a  son  of  Charles  Newman,  our 
subject  was  four  years  of  age  when  he  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Kansas,  and  in  1860  he 
returned  with  them  to  Massachusetts,  settling  in 
Groton,  where  he  was  educated  in  the  high 
school  and  Lawrence  Academy.  After  his  edu- 
cation was  completed,  in  1867  he  returned  to 
Kansas,  and  became  clerk  for  an  older  brother  in 
the  mercantile  business  at  Osawatomie.  In  1873 
he  removed  from  there  to  Colorado,  making  the 
trip  to  Denver  overland,  by  mule-team.  In  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year  he  went  to  Del  Norte  in 
the  San  Luis  Valley,  where  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship in  the  drug  business  with  M.  T.  Chestnut, 
W.  L.  Stephens  being  admitted  into  the  firm  in 
1875,  since  which  time  the  firm  of  Newman, 
Chestnut  &  Stephens  have  continued  in  active 
partnership.  In  1876  they  opened  a  branch  drug 
business  in  Silverton,  of  which  Mr.  Newman 
was  placed  in  charge,  and  in  1878  a  branch  was 
started  at  Alamosa,  with  Mr.  Chestnut  in  charge. 
In  1880  they  opened  a  branch  drug  store  at 
Chama,  N.  M.,  and  the  same  year  started  a 
wholesale  and  retail  branch  in  Durango,  Mr. 
Newman  taking  up  his  residence  here  at  that 
time.  In  1882  a  branch  house  was  opened  in  Pu- 
eblo, and  all  of  these  enterprises  they  conducted, 
with  success,  until  they  disposed  of  them  all  in 
1891 .  In  1875  tney  became  interested  in  mining, 
and  finally,  on  their  withdrawal  from  the  drug 
business,  they  gave  their  attention  wholly  to  this 
industry,  in  which  they  have  important  interests 
in  various  sections  of  the  San  Juan  country.  Mr. 
Newman  in  1879  located  the  Swansea  mine,  in 
Dolores  County,  near  Rico,  and  the  firm  con- 
tinued to  develop  the  mine  until  they  sold  it 
a  few  years  later.  Afterward  Mr.  Newman 
became  president  of  the  Swansea  Gold  and  Silver 
Mining  Company. 

A  stanch  Republican,  Mr.  Newman  is  active  in 
his  party.  From  1874  to  1879  he  was  post- 
master of  Del  Norte,  and  in  1892  he  was  elected 
to  represent  the  nineteenth  senatorial  district 
(comprising  La  Plata  and  Montezuma  Counties) 
in  the  state  senate,  where  he  rendered  able  ser- 
vice. He  is  the  owner  of  considerable  property 


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in  Duraugo,  besides  his  important  mine  interests. 
In  1875  he  married  Marion  L.  Chestnut,  a  sister 
of  M.  T.  Chestnut,  his  business  partner;  he  has 
two  daughters,  Edna  and  Velina.  Fraternally  he 
is  a  member  of  Durango  Lodge  No.  46,  A.  F.  & 
A.M.,  San  Juan  Chapter  No.  15,  R.  A.  M.,  Ivan- 
hoe  Commandery  No.  11,  K.  T.,  and  Colorado 
Consistory  of  Denver. 


(TOHN  W.  HORNER.     In  every  community 

I  there  are  a  few  men  whose  ability  makes 
G)  them  conspicuous  in  the  professional  or  busi- 
ness life  of  their  locality.  Such  a  man  is  the  sub- 
ject of  this  review,  who  has  long  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  the  law  in  Colorado,  for  years  in  Den- 
ver and,  since  the  latter  part  of  1895,  in  Cripple 
Creek.  In  addition  to  his  practice,  he  is  inter- 
ested in  mining  and  owns  stock  in  two  valuable 
claims  that  are  leased. 

The  boyhood  days  of  our  subject  were  passed 
in  his  native  village,  Baptistown,  Hunterdon 
County,  N.  J.  His  education  was  obtained  in 
common  schools  and  the  Trenton  (N.  J.) 
Academy,  also  in  Madison  University  at  Hamil- 
ton, N.  Y.,  where  he  graduated.  On  the  conclu- 
sion of  his  studies  he  turned  his  attention  to  edu- 
cational work.  He  became  proprietor  of  the  Clin- 
ton (N.  J. )  Academy,  and  remained  at  the  head  of 
that  institution  for  one  year.  Afterward  he  was 
for  three  years  principal  of  the  high  school  at 
Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.,  where  he  became  well 
known  for  his  successful  work  as  an  educator. 
For  one  year  he  was  employed  as  civil  engineer 
in  the  building  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  &  Susque- 
hanna  Railroad. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  1865,  Mr.  Horner 
spent  about  two  years  in  mining  in  Gilpin  and 
Boulder  Counties.  He  then  went  to  Denver  and 
completed  his  law  studies,  which  he  had  begun  in 
the  east.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Denver  in 
1868  and  at  once  began  to  practice  in  that  city, 
where  he  gained  a  large  and  valuable  clientage 
and  accumulated  considerable  property.  Unfor- 
tunately, through  the  failure  of  investments,  he 
lost  almost  all  the  fruits  of  his  years  of  labor, 
and  when  he  came  to  Cripple  Creek  his  means 
were  limited.  Since  then,  however,  he  has  gained 
a  good  financial  footing  and  is  prospering. 

In  December,  1870,  Mr.  Horner  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Tillie  Browning,  of  Wash- 
ington Heights,  N.Y.,  and  they  have  five  children 
living.  Politically  Mr.  Horner  votes  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket,  but  is  not  active  in  public  affairs. 


Had  he  chosen,  he  might  have  occupied  many 
positions  of  trust  and  responsibility ,  but  he  has  pre- 
ferred concentrating  his  attention  upon  his  busi- 
ness and  professional  interests.  In  1863  he  was 
made  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  in  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  Columbia  Lodge  at  Boulder,  Colo.  For 
many  years  he  has  been  identified  with  the  Pres- 
byterian denomination.  He  was  one  of  the  prime 
movers  in  the  building  of  the  first  large  church 
of  this  denomination  in  Denver  and  has  always 
been  interested  in  religious  work.  His  member- 
ship is  still  in  Denver,  where  his  family  reside,  in 
order  that  the  children  may  receive  the  educa- 
tional and  social  ad  vantages  of  that  city.  Though 
not  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Colorado,  he  is 
nevertheless  a  pioneer  of  the  state  and  has  been 
identified  with  its  development  for  many  years. 
A  genial,  whole-souled,  large-hearted  man,  he  has 
a  host  of  friends  among  his  circle  of  acquain- 
tances and  is  one  of  the  most  popular  lawyers  of 
the  town. 


EEORGE  R.  ELDER,  county  attorney  of  Lake 
County  and  since  1878  an  attorney  of  Lead- 
ville,  is  one  of  the  well-known  members  of 
the  bar  of  this  city.  He  is  a  member  of  a  family 
that  has  been  honorably  identified  with  American 
history  since  1782,  when  one  of  that  name  emi- 
grated from  Scotland  and  settled  in  Lancaster 
County,  Pa.  James  Elder  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolutionary  war,  serving  as  first  lieutenant  of 
a  company  made  up  of  Franklin  County  patriots. 
Afterward  he  made  his  home  in  Center  County, 
Pa.,  where,  in  1802,  he  was  nominated  for  sheriff 
on  the  Federal  ticket. 

George  W.  Elder,  our  subject's  father,  is  a 
man  of  superior  ability  and  splendid  endowments. 
After  graduating  from  Harvard  College  he  en- 
tered upon  the  practice  of  law,  and  won  merited 
distinction  in  the  profession.  Besides  his  large 
general  practice,  for  more  than  fifty  years  he  acted 
as  the  leading  counsel  for  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road. During  the  Civil  war  he  served  in  the 
Union  army  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Gettys- 
burg. Though  now  seventy-seven  years  of  age, 
he  retains  much  of  the  activity  of  younger  years, 
and  is  now  in  partnership  with  his  son,  RufusC. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Margaret  Scott 
Shaw,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  ofScotch 
descent.  Her  maternal  grandfather,  Capt.  John 
Little,  a  man  of  wealth  and  prominence,  was  an 
officer  in  the  Revolutionary  war;  her  paternal 


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grandfather,  William  Shaw,  was  an  intimate 
friend  of  Benjamin  Franklin  and  a  member  of  the 
committee  of  safety  during  the  Revolution.  Her 
father,  James  Shaw,  who  engaged  in  farming  in 
Northumberland  County,  Pa.,  served  as  county 
surveyor  for  more  than  forty  years,  and  was  su- 
perintendent of  the  Freedom  forges,  the  first 
foundry  in  Mifflin  County,  Pa.,  and  which  is  still 
in  operation. 

In  Lewistown,  Mifflin  County,  Pa.,  our  subject 
was  born  in  1856.  At  fifteen  years  of  age  he  ma- 
triculated in  Princeton  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1875.  He  was  a  member  of  the  col- 
lege football  team  and  stood  high  in  all  athletic 
sports.  After  completing  his  college  course  he 
studied  law  in  his  father's  office  and  in  1878  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  after  which  he  began  to  prac- 
tice in  Leadville,  and  has  since  resided  here.  In 
addition  to  his  practice  he  has  been  interested  in 
mining,  and  for  eight  years  was  a  director  and 
stockholder  in  the  Duncan  Mining  Company. 

In  early  manhood  Mr.  Elder  favored  Republi- 
can principles,  but  after  he  made  a  careful  study 
of  the  currency  question  he  transferred  his  alle- 
giance to  the  People's  party,  and  has  since  been 
prominent  in  its  councils.  In  1885  he  was  the 
Republican  candidate  for  district  attorney.  In 
1889  he  became  a  Populist,  since  which  time  he 
has  been  chairman  of  the  county  central  com- 
mittee. In  1895  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of 
county  attorney,  which  he  has  since  held.  He  is 
married  and  has  one  son,  Robert  D. 


(I  AMES  ROBERT  CURTIS,  manager  of  the 
I  Allen  Omnibus  and  Carriage  Company,  of 
(2/  Leadville,  and  a  resident  of  Colorado  since 
1880,  was  born  in  Brookfield,  Linn  County,  Mo., 
in  1860,  a  son  of  John  C.  and  Hester  Ann  (Moore) 
Curtis,  natives  of  Kentucky.  His  father,  who 
was  born  in  Louisville,  and  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation, in  1860  removed  to  Missouri,  .where  he 
engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits  until  his  death 
in  1891.  During  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  the 
Union  army  and  was  commissioned  an  officer  in 
Company  A,  Twenty-second  Missouri  Infantry, 
in  which  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
His  wife,  who  is  now  living  in  Nevada,  Mo.,  was 
a  daughter  of  John  C.  Moore,  a  farmer,  who  owned 
a  large  estate  two  and  one-half  miles  east  of 
Brookfield  and  died  there  when  our  subject  was 
a  small  child. 

When  seventeen  years  of  age  our  subject  began 
in    the  world  for  himself.      Going  to   Iowa,  he 


worked  on  a  farm  near  Corning  for  three  years. 
At  the  age  of  twenty  he  came  to  Colorado,  where 
he  engaged  in  teaming  at  Pueblo.  Returning  to 
his  old  home,  he  remained  there  for  a  year,  and 
then  came  back  to  the  west.  He  spent  a  short 
time  in  Gunnison  County,  and  from  there  came 
to  Leadville,  in  which  city  he  has  since  resided. 
At  first  he  engaged  in  mining  and  the  horse  busi- 
ness, and  for  two  years  was  foreman  of  barns,  but 
finally  abandoned  other  work  to  accept  the  posi- 
tion of  manager  of  the  'bus  line.  Politically  he 
is  a  Republican. 

OEORGE  NEIDHARDT,  the  first  white  set- 

btler  of  Saguache  County,  now  engaged  in 
stock-raising  and  ranching,  was  born  in 
Germany,  February  17,  1837,  a  son  of  Xavier 
and  Anna  Maria  Neidhardt,  representatives  of 
prominent  German  families.  In  the  possession 
of  our  subject  is  the  Neidhardt  coat-of-arms. 
One  of  the  members  of  the  family  came  to  Amer- 
ica at  the  time  of  the  Revolution  and  at  the  close 
of  the  war  assisted  in  the  re-organization  of  the 
American  army.  Our  subject's  father  was  con- 
nected with  the  official  life  of  Neiderstotzingen, 
and  was  mayor  for  fourteen  years,  and  a  man  of 
prominence  in  his  locality. 

It  was  his  mother's  ambition  that  our  subject 
should  become  a  priest,  but  his  tastes  did  not  lie 
*n  that  direction,  and  consequently  he  did  not 
improve  his  opportunities  for  study.  When 
seventeen  years  of  age,  having  secured  his  father's 
reluctant  consent  to  come  to  America,  he  crossed 
the  ocean  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
first  worked  on  a  farm,  later  in  a  saw  and  flour 
mill,  and  afterward  at  other  vocations.  In  May, 
1856,  he  went  to  Iowa,  where  he  learned  the 
baker's  trade.  From  that  state  he  went  to 
Kansas  in  November,  1859,  and  in  the  spring  of 
1860  came  to  Colorado,  walking  the  entire  dis 
tance  from  Kansas,  while  his  supplies  were  car- 
ried by  ox-team. 

After  working  in  a  bakery  in  Denver  for  more 
than  a  year,  November  4,  1861,  Mr.  Neidhardt 
enlisted  in  Company  I,  First  Regiment  Colorado 
Volunteers,  and  served  for  three  years,  receiving 
his  discharge  November  17,  1864.  March  23. 
1862,  he  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Pigeon's  ranch, 
through  which  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa 
Fe  Railroad  now  passes.  Here  his  regiment  de- 
feated thirty-five  hundred  Texans,  who  had 
whipped  the  regulars  and  Mexicans  at  Ford 
Creek.  •  In  this  battle  he  was  wounded  in  the 


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arm,  but  did  not  go  to  the  hospital,  as  he  was 
working  for  the  officers  and  they  needed  his  serv- 
ices. After  he  was  discharged  he  returned  to 
Fort  Garland  to  cook  for  the  officers,  at  their 
urgent  request. 

In  the  spring  of  1865  Mr.  Neidhardt  came  to 
his  present  location  and  took  up  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres,  far  from  any  human  beings  except 
Indians.  He  began  to  raise,  oats,  wheat,  barley 
and  potatoes.  While  in  the  army  he  had  saved 
$460,  and  with  four  other  men  who  came  to  this 
locality  after  their  discharge  from  the  army,  he 
bought  one  hundred  and  forty-three  head  of 
stock,  which  was  his  start  here.  To  his  original 
tract  he  added  until  he  now  has  three  hundred 
and  sixty  acres.  He  raises  as  much  as  two  thou- 
sand one  hundred  bushels  of  grain  annually, 
having  sixty  tons  of  hay  that  he  uses  for  feed. 
Besides  this  he  raises  twenty  tons  of  alfalfa,  and 
is  increasing  the  latter  so  that  he  can  keep  more 
stock,  for  he  believes  in  keeping  only  as  many 
head  of  stock  as  he  can  feed  during  the  winter. 
His  ranch  is  under  irrigation,  and  contains  other 
needed  improvements.  He  is  assisted  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  place  by  his  step-son,  John, 
who  is  a  son  of  his  wife  by  her  first  marriage. 

Ever  since  the  organization  of  the  county,  Mr. 
Neidhardt  has  been  active  in  its  affairs.  At  the 
first  election  there  were  but  eight  votes  in  the 
valley,  and  he  acted  as  judge  of  the  election. 
Always  a  Republican,  he  has  been  a  delegate  to 
county  and  state  conventions  for  many  years. 
From  1872  to  1881  he  served  as  county  commis- 
sioner. In  1891  and  1892  he  was  superintendent 
of  water  division  No.  3,  and  since  1894  he  has 
been  water  commissioner  for  district  No.  25.  For 
twenty  years  he  has  been  president  of  the  school 
board.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  Cen- 
tennial Lodge  No.  23,  I.  O.  O.  F.  Besides  his 
other  work,  he  has  done  considerable  toward  the 
development  of  the  mining  interests  of  this 
county,  on  the  Sangre  de  Cristo  range. 


iEORGE  S.  LOVETT.  The  ranch  of  six 
hundred  and  forty  acres  owned  by  Mr. 
Lovett  lies  in  Conejos  County,  near  La 
Jara.  Here,  since  1887,  he  has  engaged  in  the 
breeding  of  fine  trotting  horses.  He  owns  about 
one  hundred  head  of  horses,  among  them  being 
some  of  the  finest  saddle-bred  and  trotting  stock 
in  the  entire  valley.  Of  late  years  he  has  also 
given  considerable  attention  to  the  raising  of 
potatoes,  and  for  these  he  has  received  premiums 


at  the  La  Jara,  Alamosa  and  Monte  Vista  fairs. 
He  is  also  the  owner  of  mining  interests  in  Taos, 
N.  M.,  where  he  owns  mines  that  present  good 
prospects  in  gold  and  copper. 

Born  in  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  in  1857,  our 
subject  is  a  son  of  George  S.  and  Caroline  (Bee- 
len)  Lovett.  His  father,  who  removed  from  New 
Haven  to  Grand  Rapids  in  an  early  day,  became 
one  of  the  leading  attorneys  of  the  city,  where 
for  twenty  years  he  practiced  his  profession.  In 
1867  he  moved  to  Washington,  and  was  living 
there,  retired,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1882, 
when  fifty-five  years  of  age.  By  his  marriage  to 
Miss  Beelen,  who  was  a  native  of  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
he  had  six  children,  namely:  Anthony,  a  mer- 
chant at  Geneva,  N.  Y. ;  Louisa  D.;  George  S. ; 
Anna,  wife  of  George  H.  Beaman,  an  attorney, 
of  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Charlotte;  and  Caroline, 
wife  of  R.  S.  Bright,  an  attorney,  of  Philadelphia. 

In  the  Kenwood  school  at  New  Brighton,  Pa., 
our  subject  acquired  the  rudiments  of  his  educa- 
tion. Afterward  he  studied  in  an  academy  and 
from  there  entered  Swarthmore  College,  Phila- 
delphia, finally  completing  his  studies  in  the  Col- 
umbian University  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  and. 
then  took  a  business  course  in  the  Spencer  Busi- 
ness College.  In  1876  he  was  awarded  a  contract 
from  the  city  of  Washington  and  the  national 
government  to  furnish  material  for  the  paving  of 
Pennsylvania  avenue  and  the  foundation  of  the 
war  and  navy  building.  In  three  days  he  put 
in  thirty-six  hundred  cubic  yards  of  rock.  He 
also  furnished  the  foundation  for  the  national 
museum  and  many  private  residences.  For  four 
years  he  carried  on  a  large  and  profitable  busi- 
ness. 

Coming  to  Colorado  in  the  spring  of  1880,  Mr. 
Lovett  took  up  a  school  section  in  the  San  Luis 
Valley.  He  settled  in  Conejos,  where  he  en- 
gaged with  a  firm  of  railroad  contractors  to  do 
some  grading  for  the  Durango  branch  of  the  Den- 
ver &  Rio  Grande  Railroad.  At  the  same  time 
he  devoted  considerable  time  to  ranching,  and  on 
his  place  cut  about  three  hundred  tons  of  hay, 
which  he  sold.  In  1883  he  bought  his  present 
home  and  erected  one  of  the  finest  houses  in  the 
valley.  At  first  he  engaged  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness with  Hon  Alva  and  William  H.  Adams, 
and  kept  on  an  average  of  thirteen  hundred  head 
of  Galloways,  but  in  1887  the  partnership  was 
dissolved,  and  he  has  since  given  his  attention 
principally  to  horses. 

On  the  Democratic  ticket,  in  1886,  Mr.  Lovett 


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was  candidate  for  treasurer  of  Conejos  County, 
and  was  defeated  by  only  thirty-three  votes.  He 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  local  affairs  and  is  a 
progressive  and  liberal  citizen.  His  home  is  pre- 
sided over  by  his  wife,  Mary  (French)  Lovett, 
whom  he  married  in  1885  and  who  is  a  daughter 
of  Charles  S.  French,  of  Philadelphia. 


NON.  GEORGE  W.  SWINK.  Often  alluded 
to  as  the  "father"  of  Rocky  Ford,  Mr. 
vS wink's  life  has  been  inseparably  associated 
with  the  development  of  this  growing  town  of 
Otero  County.  The  oldest  settler  of  the  place 
and  owner  of  the  land  on  which  the  town  was 
built,  he  has  lived  to  see  what  was  in  years 
gone  by  a  barren  waste  transformed  into  a  popu- 
lous village  of  fifteen  hundred  or  more  inhabit- 
ants, situated  in  the  midst  of  a  fertile  section 
where  small  fruits  and  grains  are  raised  in  large 
quantities.  He  is  the  most  prominent  man  of  the 
village,  and  is,  indeed,  well  known  throughout 
this  part  of  the  state.  He  belongs  to  the  class  of 
pioneer  residents  to  whom  so  large  a  debt  of 
gratitude  is  due  for  their  labors  in  developing 
hidden  resources  and  in  opening  the  way  for  civil- 
ization in  the  wilderness. 

When  the  town  site  company  was  organized  by 
ten  men,  each  of  whom  owned  a  tenth  interest, 
Mr.  Swink  made  one  of  the  number  who  entered 
into  this  combination,  and  he  still  owns  a  great 
deal  of  land  adjoining  the  town  limits.  In  the 
development  of  horticultural  and  agricultural  in- 
terests he  has  been  a  leader,  having  done  more 
for  them  in  this  locality  than  any  other  man  in 
the  Arkansas  Valley.  He  was  also  the  first  man 
to  start  an  apiary  in  this  part  of  the  state.  Through 
his  bee,  fruit,  melon  and  land  enterprises  he  has 
become  the  possessor  of  ample  means;  this,  too, 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  he  never  attended  school 
thirty  days  in  his  life,  and  has  no  education  save 
that  which  all  may  obtain  in  the  great  school  of 
experience. 

Born  in  Breckenridge  County,  Ky.,  June  30, 
1836,  our  subject  was  taken  by  his  parents  to 
Schuyler  County,  111.,  when  he  was  four  years 
old.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  assisted  in 
"grubbing,"  clearing  and  improving  land. 
When  nineteen  years  of  age  he  purchased  the 
second  hand-sawmill  in  his  county  and  this  he 
operated  for  fifteen  years.  On  selling  it  he  pur- 
chased a  farm  near  Bardolph,  111.,  and  there 
fanned  for  four  years,  at  the  same  time  dealing 
in  stock.  In  November,  1871,  having  sold  his 


Illinois  property,  became  to  Colorado,  settling  at 
the  old  Rocky  Ford,  three  miles  northwest  of  the 
village  of  that  name.  Here  he  opened  the  first 
store  in  what  is  now  Otero  County,  having  as  his 
partner  Asa  Russell.  In  the  spring  of  1874  the 
partnership  was  dissolved  and  he  continued  in 
business  alone.  About  the  same  time  he  moved 
his  family  from  Illinois  to  Colorado.  Afterward 
he  carried  on  his  store  and  engaged  in  raising 
cattle  and  horses.  In  the  winter  of  1876  he  came 
to  what  is  now  Rocky  Ford,  and  after  the  rail- 
road had  been  built  through  here  in  1877  he 
opened  a  store  with  William  Beghtol  as  partner. 
In  1884  he  sold  his  interest  in  the  store,  after 
which  he  turned  his  attention  to  horticulture  and 
ranching.  In  order  to  secure  necessary  water  he 
assisted  in  building  the  Rocky  Ford  ditch,  in 
which  he  was  a  prime  mover  and  which  is  fifteen 
miles  long;  the  Catlin  ditch,  built  by  a  stock 
company,  and  thirty-five  miles  long;  Rocky  Ford 
High  Line  ditch,  eighty-four  miles  long,  in  all  of 
which  he  is  a  stockholder,  and  he  has  also  as- 
sisted in  the  construction  of  other  ditches.  In 
1874  he  grew  the  first  canteloupes  in  the  county, 
but  did  not  begin  to  market  melons  until  1878, 
since  which  time  he  has  been  the  largest  melon 
grower  in  the  valley,  having  about  two  hundred 
acres  planted  to  melons. 

The  landed  possessions  of  Mr.  Swink  aggre- 
gate two  thousand  acres,  all  lying  along  the 
ditches  and  all  under  cultivation,  but  operated 
by  renters.  He  assisted  in  the  organization  of 
the  State  Bank  of  Rocky  Ford,  of  which  he  was 
the  first  president  and  is  now  the  vice-president. 
During  the  campaign  of  1896  he  left  the  Repub- 
lican party,  of  which  he  had  always  been  a  mem- 
ber, and  allied  himself  with  the  silver  forces.  In 
1893  he  was  elected  to  the  senate  on  the  Repub- 
lican ticket,  and  in  1896  was  re-elected  on  the 
silver  Republican  ticket.  On  the  organization  of 
Otero  County,  in  1889,  he  was  appointed  by  the 
governor  as  one  of  the  first  county  commissioners. 
He  was  the  first  mayor  of  Rocky  Ford  and  con- 
tinued to  be  re-elected  to  the  office  until  he  re- 
fused to  serve  longer. 

By  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Swink  to  Mary  J.  Cook, 
of  Illinois,  eleven  children  were  born,  seven  of 
whom  are  living.  L-  "C.  is  an  attorney  in  Colo- 
rado Springs;  Louis  is  a  large  cattle  dealer  in  this 
state;  Edward  is  engaged  in  farming  and  the 
fruit  business  in  Otero  County;  Schnyler  is  also 
a  farmer  and  fruit  grower  in  this  vicinity;  Clem- 
entine died  at  twenty  years  and  Minnie  when 


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twenty-three;  Mattie  is  the  wife  of  Samuel 
Hulse,  of  Rocky  Ford;  Hannah  is  also  married; 
Belle  is  at  home;  Alonzo  died  in  1893;  and  Will- 
iam was  killed  by  being  kicked  by  a  horse.  The 
family  have  many  friends  through  this  section  of 
the  country,  and  occupy  a  high  position  socially 
in  the  locality  where  they  have  so  long  made 
their  home. 


HENRY  SCHATTINGER.  From  early  man- 
hood Mr.  Schattinger  has  been  a  resident  of 
the  west,  where  at  first  his  life  was  one  of 
travel  and  adventure,  but  for  some  years  past  he 
has  given  his  attention  to  ranching,  and  is  now 
the  owner  of  a  valuable  ranch  of  six  hundred  and 
forty  acres  situated  near  Jefferson,  Park  County. 
During  the  period  of  his  residence  in  South  Park 
he  has  been  identified  with  its  growth  and  prog- 
ress, and  has  made  many  friends  who  esteem  him 
highly  for  his  sterling  worth. 

The  family  history  of  our  subject  appears  in 
the  sketch  of  his  brother,  Peter,  who  is  a  promi- 
nent ranchman  of  Park  County.  Henry  was 
born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  July  i,  1851.  Like 
hundreds  of  others  he  acquired  his  education  in 
the  common  schools.  By  subsequent  travel,  ob- 
servation and  experience  he  has  become  a  well- 
informed  man,  possessing  a  general  fund  of  infor- 
mation that  enables  him  to  converse  intelligently 
on  almost  any  subject.  Devoting  his  attention 
to  the  potter's  trade,  he  worked  in  different  pot- 
teries in  Cincinnati  until  he  was  twenty-five  years 
of  age.  When  the  Black  Hills  gold  excitement 
began  in  1876,  a  company  was  formed  in  Cincin- 
nati, of  which  he  became  a  member.  In  May  of 
that  year  he  started  for  the  west.  They  met  with 
many  adventures  in  their  long  journey  and  lost 
two  or  three  men  of  the  company  in  fights  with 
the  Indians.  The  summer  was  spent  in  the  Black 
Hills,  prospecting. 

Returning  to  Cincinnati  in  the  fall,  Mr.  Schat- 
tinger resumed  work  at  his  trade.  In  1877  he 
and  his  brother,  Peter,  came  to  Colorado,  and 
spent  the  summer  and  fall  working  in  a  sawmill 
on  the  divide,  and  also  engaged  in  trapping  and 
hunting  for  a  time.  In  December  they  returned 
to  Denver,  sold  their  outfit  and  went  back  to  Cin- 
cinnati, for  the  purpose  of  settling  up  their  busi- 
ness affairs  in  that  city.  Soon  our  subject  se- 
cured a  government  position  as  mail  carrier  on 
the  Cincinnati  force,  in  which  capacity  he  con- 
tinued for  a  year,  but  resigned  on  again  start- 
ing, with  his  brother,  for  the  west  in  1879.  On 


arriving  in  Denver,  they  outfitted  for  the  Repub- 
lican River  country  and  started  on  the  journey, 
but  the  scarcity  of  water  caused  them  to  turn 
back  when  they  had  reached  River  Bend.  A  day 
after  they  went  back  to  Denver,  they  came  into 
Park  County  and  purchased  a  quarter-section  of 
land,  where  they  began  haying  and  the  cattle 
business.  Their  partnership  continued  until  1890, 
when  our  subject  purchased  his  brother's  inter- 
est in  the  ranch,  which  was  six  hundred  and 
forty  acres  in  extent.  Here  he  has  since  resided. 
Besides  his  ranching  interests,  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  mining  in  this  county  since  1880  and 
owns  some  valuable  properties. 

Interested  in  educational  matters,  Mr.  Schat- 
tinger has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  of 
his  district  and  has  acted  as  its  secretary.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  a  member  of  Como  Lodge  No.  17, 
A.  O.  U.  W.  His  marriage  took  place  May  17, 
1883,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Joanna  Place,  by 
whom  he  has  four  children:  George  F.,  Mary  L., 
Clara  JB.  and  Joanna  J. 


M.  COHN,  member  of  the  mercantile  firm 
of  Ittleson  &  Co.,  owners  of  a  large  dry- 
| ,  goods  store  at  Carbondale,  Garfield  Coun- 
ty, and  also  of  a  smaller  establishment  at  New- 
castle, was  born  in  Russia  in  1864,  a  son  of  Julius 
and  Rosa  Cohn,  also  natives  of  Russia.  He  was 
one  of  four  sons,  all  of  whom  are  in  Colorado, 
Abraham  being  a  merchant  of  Newcastle,  while 
David  and  Meyer  are  living  in  Denver,  where 
their  parents  also  reside.  The  father,  who  de- 
voted his  active  life  to  stock-raising  and  farming, 
is  now  quite  an  aged  man  and  is  living  retired 
from  business  cares. 

In  the  schools  of  Russia  our  subject  received 
his  education.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  came 
to  America  and  settled  in  Kansas,  where  he  be- 
came interested  in  a  mercantile  business.  In 
1888  he  removed  to  Denver,  Colo.,  but  after  a 
year  there  came  to  Carbondale,  where  he  has 
since  been  identified  with  the  firm  of  Ittleson 
&  Co.,  proprietors  of  a  dry-goods  and  clothing 
establishment  here,  and  a  store  in  Newcastle.  In 
1887  he  was  united,  in  marriage  with  Emma  Ittle- 
son. They  are  the  parents  of  four  children: 
Henry,  Rosa,  Freda  and  Etta. 

As  mayor  of  Carboudale,  Mr.  Cohn  was  help- 
ful in  advancing  needed  improvements.  He  has 
also  rendered  helpful  service  as  a  member  of  the 
city  council.  Educational  matters  receive  his 
thoughtful  attention,  as,  indeed,  do  all  measures 


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calculated  to  promote  the  local  welfare  and  pros- 
perity. Politically  he  adheres  to  the  Republican 
party,  the  principles  of  which  he  believes  will 
best  promote  the  permanent  prosperity  of  our 
country.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  also  takes  an  active 
part  in  the  work  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 


|"~  RANKLIN  E.  BROOKS.  In  January,  1898, 
r^  a  law  partnership  was  formed  and  the  firm 
|  of  Brooks,  Stimson,  Willcox  &  Campbell  or- 
ganized, with  Messrs.  Stimson  and  Campbell  rep- 
resenting the  firm  in  Cripple  Creek,  while  Messrs. 
Brooks  and  Willcox  have  charge  of  the  office  in 
Colorado  Springs.  They  have  a  large  practice 
in  civil,  mining  and  corporation  law  and  are  well 
known  throughout  this  part  of  the  state.  In  ad- 
dition to  their  private  clientage,  they  are  local  at- 
torneys, representing  the  Gulf,  Union  Pacific  and 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroads. 

A  resident  of  Colorado  Springs  since  June,  1 891 , 
the  subject  of  this  article  is  of  eastern  birth  and 
lineage.  The  first  of  his  familj-  in  this  country 
came  from  Chester,  England,  in  1635,  and  settled 
in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  our  subject  representing 
the  ninth  generation  in  descent  from  this  man. 
His  great-grandfather,  Edward  Brooks,  was  an 
officer  both  in  the  French  and  Indian  and  Revo- 
lutionary wars,  but  died,  at  Dorchester,  before 
the  latter  conflict  had  closed.  The  grandfather, 
Benjamin,  was  a  farmer  and  died  in  Massachu- 
setts. The  father,  E.  T.  Brooks,  was  born  in 
Sturbridge,  Worcester  County,  Mass.,  where  he 
engaged  in  farming.  Removing  to  Saginaw, 
Mich.,  he  put  in  a  large  plant  and  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  salt,  besides  which  he  also  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  lumber.  From  1866 
to  1874  he  resided  in  Saginaw,  then  returned  to 
Massachusetts  and  died  at  his  old  home,  when 
seventy-five  years  of  age.  His  wife,  who  was 
born  in  Sturbridge,  was  Annie  Elizabeth  Beniis, 
daughter  of  Samuel  F.  Bemis,  a  farmer  of  Wor- 
cester County.  The  Bemis  family  emigrated  from 
England  to  Watertown,  Mass.,  in  1636,  and  dur- 
ing the  early  wars  of  our  country  furnished  nu- 
merous soldiers  to  aid  in  the  subjection  of  enemies. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  only  sou 
among  his  father's  children,  five  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing. He  was  born  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1860,  and  in  boyhood  attended  the  South 
Bridge  high  school.  In  1883  he  graduated  from 
Brown  University,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and 
afterward  the  degree  of  A.  M.  was  conferred  upon 


him.  He  taught  in  the  Boston  Latin  school  until 
1 886,  when  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  Boston 
University,  and  in  1888  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  Boston.  He  opened  an  office  and  continued  in 
that  city  until  1891,  when  failing  health  caused 
him  to  seek  the  more  congenial  climate  of  Colo- 
rado Springs.  On  recovering  his  health  he  en- 
tered the  office  of  Lunt  &  Armit,  and  six  months 
later  was  admitted  to  the  firm ,  which  was  changed 
to  Lunt,  Armit  &  Brooks,  continuing  as  such 
until  the  senior  member  was  elected  to  the  bench 
in  1895.  The  firm  title  then  became  Brooks, 
Armit  &  Blackmer.  In  January,  1898,  Mr. 
Brooks  entered  the  firm  of  which  he  is  the  senior 
member. 

Besides  his  extensive  law  practice,  Mr.  Brooks 
is  interested  in  different  mining  companies,  being 
president  of  several,  a  director  in  twelve  or  more, 
vice-president  and  manager  of  the  Rattler  on 
Raven  Hill,  and  a  director  of  the  Last  Dollar  Gold 
Mining  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the  State 
Bar  Association,  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars, 
the  El  Paso  Club,  and  was  made  a  Mason  in  Hyde 
Park,  Mass.  In  religion  he  is  identified  with  the 
Baptist  Church,  while  in  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican, interested  in  his  party's  success.  He  was 
united  in  marriage,  in  Leicester,  Mass.,  with  Miss 
Sarah  B.  Coolidge,  who  was  born  in  that  city, 
graduated  from  Wellesley  College  in  1885,  with 
the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and  is  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 
They  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  Eli/.abeth 
and  Franklin  Coolidge. 


|7J  HARLES  T.  CARNAHAN,  manager  of  the 
1 1  Resurrection  Gold  Mining  Company  and  a 
\J  large  owner  of  its  stock,  has  his  office  in 
the  American  Bank  building  in  Leadville,  but 
makes  his -home  in  Denver.  He  is  a  member  of 
a  family  that  was  represented  among  the  early 
settlers  of  western  Pennsylvania,  where  his  great- 
grandfather settled  in  early  manhood.  Born  in 
Cadiz,  Ohio,  in  1861,  he  is  a  son  of  Andrew  Hen- 
derson and  Elizabeth  (Wood)  Carnahan.  His 
father,  a  native  of  Ohio,  has  spent  the  principal 
part  of  his  life  as  a  produce  dealer  and  at  this 
writing  is  still  actively  engaged  in  business.  He 
has  never  held  or  sought  public  office,  but  is 
nevertheless  interested  in  public  affairs  and  is  a 
stanch  Republican.  His  straightforward,  honest 
life  has  brought  him  the  respect  of  all  his  asso- 
ciates, and  he  is  highly  esteemed  in  his  home 
locality.  He  is  a  son  of  John  Carnahan,  who  re- 


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moved  from  Pennsylvania  to  Ohio  at  fourteen 
years  of  age  and  engaged  successfully  in  farm 
pursuits.  The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject, William  Wood,  migrated  from  Massachu- 
setts to  Ohio  when  a  young  man;  he  was  a  de- 
scendant of  an  English  family  that  was  repre- 
sented among  the  pioneers  of  New  England. 
Further  reference  to  the  family  appears  in  the 
sketch  of  T.  S.  Wood. 

The  family  of  which  our  subject  is  a  member 
consists  of  five  sons  and  three  daughters.  Of 
these,  Frank  W.  is  engaged  in  mining  in  North 
Carolina;  John  S.  is  interested  in  mines  in  Mon- 
terey, Mexico;  George  H.  is  connected  with  mines 
in  Mexico;  Lee,  the  youngest  son,  is  still  with 
his  parents;  Florence  is  the  wife  of  Percy  Ham- 
mond; Tempe  L.  and  Alice  are  at  home. 

After  having  received  a  fair  education  in  the 
high  school  of  his  native  town,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  came  to  Colorado,  arriving  in  Leadville 
in  January,  1881.  Since  that  time  he  has  de- 
voted himself  to  mining.  For  a  time  he  was 
assayer  of  the  Billy  Chief  mine.  Now,  as  before 
stated,  he  is  manager  and  part-owner  of  the  Res- 
urrection gold  mine,  and  has  been  connected  with 
this  company  since  its  organization  in  1893.  By 
giving  strict  attention  to  his  business"  he  has  met 
with  a  commendable  degree  of  success.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  but  is  not  active  in  public 
affairs  and  has  no  desire  for  prominence  in  muni- 
cipal matters,  preferring  to  devote  himself  to  the 
development  of  his  mining  interests  in  Leadville. 
In  1893  he  married  Cora,  daughter  of  Eben 
Smith,  who  resides  in  Denver,  and  has  been  en- 
gaged in  mining  at  Leadville  and  Cripple  Creek. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carnahan  have  two  children,  Har- 
old and  Doris. 

(TAMES  HENRY  HARRISON  LOW,  justice 
I  of  the  peace,  and  a  resident  of  Pueblo  since 
C/  January,  1891,  is  a  representative  of  a  New 
York  family  that  were  pioneer  farmers  of  Indiana. 
His  father,  Erastus  M.  Low,  was  born  in  Indiana 
and  was  orphaned  at  an  early  age.  He  was 
reared  in  Elizabeth,  Harrison  County,  and  in 
youth  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade,  which  he 
has  followed  through  his  entire  active  life.  He 
is  now  living  in  Gibson  County,  Ind.  His  mar- 
riage united  him  with  Martha  J.  Hubbard,  who 
was  born  near  New  Albany,  Ind.,  and  was  a 
member  of  a  Pennsylvania  family;  her  father, 
John  Hubbard,  was  a  merchant  and  engaged  in 
freighting  goods  down  the  Ohio  River. 


Of  six  children  (all  living)  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  next  to  the  oldest  and  is  the  only  one 
in  Colorado.  He  was  born  near  New  Albany, 
Ind.,  October  18,  1856,  and  in  youth  attended 
the  public  and  high  schools.  At  eighteen  years 
of  age  he  began  to  teach  school.  Three  years 
later  he  went  to  Bloomington,  111.,  and  in  March, 
1879,  entered  the  State  Normal  School  at  Nor- 
mal, 111.,  where  he  remained  for  three  years, 
teaching  during  vacations  in  order  to  defray  his 
expenses.  In  1882  he  became  an  employe  of  the 
Bloomington  Daily  Leader,  for  whom  he  traveled 
until  September,  1884,  and  then  resigned  in  order 
to  come  to  Colorado. 

As  principal  of  different  schools  in  Custer 
County,  Mr.  Low  spent  his  first  years  in  Colo- 
rado. At  the  same  time  he  continued  the  study 
of  law,  which  he  had  carried  on  in  Indiana  and 
Illinois.  He  also  served  as  deputy  assessor  of 
Custer  County.  In  1889  he  was  admitted  to  the 
Colorado  bar  and  engaged  in  practice  at  Silver 
Cliff,  remaining  there  until  his  removal  to  Pueblo 
in  January,  1891.  For  a  short  time  he  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Reeve  &  Low,  after  which 
he  practiced  alone.  In  1891-92  he  was  city  at- 
torney of  Bessemer,  and,  being  the  first  to  hold 
that  office,  he  has  in  his  charge  the  drawing  up 
of  the  city  ordinances. 

In  1896  Mr.  Low  was  nominated  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket  as  j  ustice  of  the  peace  of  precinct 
No.  i,  of  Pueblo,  and  was  elected  by  a  majority 
of  seven  hundred.  He  had  already  had  some  ex- 
perience in  the  office,  having  in  July,  1896,  re- 
ceived from  the  county  commissioners  an  ap- 
pointment to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the  position.  He 
took  charge  of  the  office  by  election,  in  January, 
1897,  and  in  the  fall  of  1898  was  again  nomin- 
ated by  the  Republicans  to  continue  in  the  posi- 
tion he  had  so  efficiently  filled. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Low  took  place  in  El  Paso, 
111.,  and  united  him  with  Miss  Ella  D.  Smith, 
who  was  born  in  Ohio  and  received  an  excel- 
lent education  in  the  State  Normal  School  of 
Illinois.  Four  children  comprise  their  family, 
Harold  Townsend,  Percy  Hubbard,  Sibyl  and 
James  Henry  Harrison,  Jr.  The  family  are  con- 
nected with  the  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  Mr. 
Low  has  been  a  vestryman.  While  in  Illinois  he 
was  made  a  Mason.  He  became  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  Silver  State  Lodge  No.  95,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
of  which  he  is  the  present  master.  He  is  also 
identified  with  Pueblo  Chapter  No.  12,  R.  A.  M. 
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him  among  their  members.  In  the  Independent 
Order  of  Foresters  he  is  high  secretary  for  the 
jurisdiction  of  Colorado,  which  includes  Colorado, 
Utah,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona.  He  was  a  char- 
ter member  of  Court  No.  79,  at  Pueblo,  the  first 
court  organized  in  the  state.  At  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  high  court  of  Colorado  he  became  the 
first  high  secretary,  and  has  held  the  position 
since.  At  the  session  of  the  high  court  in  1898 
he  was  elected  delegate  to  the  supreme  court  of 
the  order  and  in  August  of  that  year  attended  the 
triennial  session  at  Toronto. 


fDGJlLLIAM  H.  YOUNG,  M.  D.  No  resident 
\Al  in  Rio  Blanco  County  has  a  higher  repu- 
VY  tation  for  professional  skill  and  intellectual 
ability  than  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Since  he 
established  his  home  in  Meeker  he  has  built  up  a 
good  practice  in  medicine,  and  has  also  given 
considerable  attention  to  the  management  of  his 
ranch  and  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  a  county 
official. 

Dr.  Young  was  born  in  Ohio  in  1846,  a  son  of 
John  and  Lydia  (Booth)  Young,  natives  respect- 
ively of  Prussia  and  Ohio.  His  father  came  to 
America  in  boyhood  and  afterward  spent  the 
most  of  his  life  in  that  state,  where  he  followed 
his  father's  occupation  of  farming  and  milling. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812  and  the 
Mexican  war,  and  his  oldest  son,  Isaac,  rendered 
excellent  sen-ice  as  a  physician  and  surgeon  in 
the  Twenty-seventh  Ohio  Infantry  during  the 
Civil  war. 

Inheriting  from  his  father  a  patriotic  spirit,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  led  in  early  life  to  offer 
his  services  to  the  government  during  the  Civil 
war.  In  1864  he  entered  the  One  Hundred  and 
Ninety-seventh  Ohio  Infantry,  in  which  he 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  On  returning 
home  he  taught  school  for  a  short  time,  and  also 
carried  on  the  study  of  medicine.  He  attended 
medical  colleges  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  Keo- 
kuk,  Iowa.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  his  home  town,  and  continued  there 
until  1883,  when  he  removed  to  Kansas.  He 
became  prominent  in  his  community  in  Kansas. 
In  connection  with  his  practice  of  medicine,  he 
also  carried  on  a  drug  store.  But  business  af- 
fairs and  professional  interests  did  not  represent 
the  limit  of  his  activities.  He  served  two  terms 
in  the  state  legislature  and  was  most  helpful  in 
promoting  the  welfare  of  the  state  and  the  special 
needs  of  his  constituents.  On  account  of  poor 


health  he  was  obliged  to  dispose  of  his  property 
interests  in  Kansas  and  seek  a  climate  that  would 
prove  more  congenial.  Hoping  to  be  benefited 
in  Oregon  he  settled  at  Salem,  where  he  engaged 
in  practice  for  two  years.  From  there  he  returned 
as  far  east  as  Colorado,  where  he  has  engaged  in 
practice  since  1890.  He  has  erected  a  neat  resi- 
dence and  owns  a  fine  ranch  joining  the  village  of 
Meeker.  As  a  stock-dealer  he  has  been  quite 
successful,  and  this  industry  affords  a  relaxation 
from  his  professional  duties  and  official  cares. 

While  Dr.  Young  has  never  affiliated  with  any 
political  organization,  he  has  recently  acted  with 
the  People's  party,  whose  platform  more  nearly 
represents  his  views  than  any  other.  In  1890  he 
was  elected  county  superintendent  of  schools,  and 
has  been  re-elected  at  each  succeeding  election. 
For  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order,  and  he  is  also  connected  with  the  Odd  Fel- 
lows. In  1876  he  married  Miss  Eliza  J.  Taylor, 
who  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  by  whom  he  has  four 
children. 


P~  UAS  W.  KEARBY,  M.  D.  The  village  of 
ry  Rocky  Ford  was  started  in  1887  and  two 
I  years  later  the  county  of  Otero  was  formed 
from  Bent  "County.  During  the  latter  year, 
while  the  town  was  still  in  its  incipient  stages  of 
growth,  Dr.  Kearby  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession here,  at  the  same  time  carrying  on  a  drug 
store.  With  the  subsequent  growth  of  the  place 
he  has  been  intimately  connected.  Its  enter- 
prises have  received  the  impetus  of  his  encour-- 
agement  and  assistance.  Among  the  local  busi- 
ness enterprises  with  which  he  has  been  most 
closely  associated  is  the  canning  factory,  which 
he  assisted  in  organizing,  and  of  which  he  has 
since  been  president  and  a  director. 

Born  in  Paoli,  Orange  County,  Ind. ,  Septem- 
ber 17,  1853,  our  subject  was  only  one  year  old 
when  taken  by  his  parents  to  Madrid,  Iowa,  and 
in  the  latter  town  his  boyhood  days  were  spent. 
He  attended  local  public  schools  and  was  a  stu- 
dent in  the  college  at  Grinnell,  Iowa.  The  study 
of  medicine  he  began  under  the  preceptorship  of 
Dr.  G.  W.  Gwynn,  of  Madrid,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained for  three  years.  He  then  entered  the 
Louisville  (Ky.)  Medical  College,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  June,  1881.  His  first  place  of  prac- 
tice was  Elkhart,  Polk  County,  Iowa,  and  there 
he  remained  until  he  came  to  Colorado  in  1889. 
He  spent  a  month  in  Colorado  Springs  and  from 
there  came  to  his  present  location  in  Rocky  Ford. 


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As  a  worker  in  the  Republican  party,  Dr. 
Kearby  has  been  active  in  politics,  and  especially 
interested  in  local  issues.  During  his  connection 
of  seven  years  with  the  school  board  of  Rocky 
Ford,  he  rendered  most  efficient  service.  Since 
1891  he  has  held  office  as  secretary  of  the  board 
of  pension  examiners,  and  since  1890  he  has  been 
local  surgeon  for  the  Santa  Fe  Railroad.  Fra- 
ternally he  is  associated  with  the  Woodmen  of 
the  World,  the  Maccabees,  the  local  lodge  of 
Odd  Fellows  (in  which  he  has  passed  all  the 
chairs);  and  he  is  also  connected  with  St.  John's 
Lodge  No.  75,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  at  Rocky  Ford; 
and  the  chapter  and  commandery  at  La  Junta. 
He  is  married  and  has  one  son. 


Gl  B.  BOYLAN,  police  judge  of  Victor,  was 
LJ  born  in  Allegany  County,  N.  Y.,  July  21, 
/  1  1847,  a  son  °f  Firman  Boylan.  His  father 
and  grandfather  were  natives  of  New  Jersey;  on 
his  mother's  side  he  is  of  Revolutionary  stock.  En- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  and  lumber  business,  and 
also  heavily  interested  in  agricultural  pursuits,  Fir- 
man Boylan  was  a  prominent  and  influential  citi- 
zen of  his  locality,  and  a  village  near  his  home 
was  named  in  his  honor.  Our  subject  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  commercial  col- 
lege of  Elmira.  His  first  work  was  as  a  tele- 
graph operator  on  the  Erie  Railroad,  and  he  re- 
mained with  that  company  from  the  age  of  four- 
teen until  nineteen.  Then  going  to  Chicago,  he 
accepted  a  position  with  the  Western  Union  Tele- 
graph Company,  but  soon  resumed  his  connec- 
tion with  the  Erie  Railroad  Company  as  relief 
agent,  and  for  eighteen  months  continued  in  that 
position. 

Upon  resigning  his  connection  with  the  rail- 
road, Mr.  Boylan  went  to  Minnesota,  but  owing 
to  ill  health  soon  crossed  the  line  into  British 
America,  where  he  was  with  the  Hudson  Bay 
Company  for  two  years.  Later  he  was  with  the 
St.  Paul  &  Pacific  Railroad,  running  from  St. 
Paul  to  St.  Cloud,  at  which  latter  place  he  was 
cashier  for  two  and  one-half  years.  For  six  years 
he  was  agent  for  the  St.  Paul  &  Sioux  City  Rail- 
road. In  1873  he  removed  to  Kansas  and  set- 
tled at  Lincoln,  where  for  ten  years  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe 
Railroad. 

Finally  turning  his  attention  to  other  work, 
Mr.  Boylan  became  interested  in  the  stock  busi- 
ness, and  also  conducted  a  newspaper  in  Kearney 
County.  For  thirteen  years  he  served  as  trustee 


of  Lakin  Township.  In  1892  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado as  agent  for  the  Santa  Fe  at  Monument, 
where  he  remained  for  four  years.  In  Novem- 
ber, 1895,  he  settled  in  Victor,  and  embarked  in 
mining  and  the  real-estate  business,  since  which 
time  he  has  done  much  to  develop  the  interests 
of  this  district.  Active  in  the  Democratic  party, 
he  has  been  a  delegate  to  county  and  state  con- 
ventions, and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  state 
central  committee  ever  since  coining  to  the  coun- 
ty. In  April,  1898,  he  was  elected  police  judge, 
and  has  been  efficient  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason.  He  and  his 
wife  have  a  daughter  and  son:  Lenora  V., 
wife  of  Harry  Tate,  of  Lakin,  Kan. ;  and  Am- 
brose B.,  who  is  in  Albuquerque,  N.  M. 


IALTER  I.  BRUSH,  who  is  one  of  the 
well-known  residents  of  Logan  County  and 
carries  on  a  livery  business  in  Sterling,  was 
born  nearGreeley,  Colo.,  April  26,  1868,  beinga 
son  of  Hon.  J.  L.  Brush,  ex-lieutenant  governor 
of  Colorado,  and  a  man  of  great  influence  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  state.  In  his  boyhood  he 
was  the  recipient  of  excellent  educational  advan- 
tages, having,  in  addition  to  the  public  school 
course,  the  advantage  of  study  in  the  Denver 
University.  He  can  scarcely  recall  the  time  when 
he  was  not  interested  in  the  stock  business.  The 
cattle  industry  had  a  fascination  for  him,  and 
when  he  was  ten  he  began  working  on  the  round- 
ups. In  this  way  he  spent  the  summer  months 
for  some  years,  while  during  the  winter  he  at- 
tended school.  His  first  independent  venture 
was  at  sixteen  years,  when  he  secured  a  bunch 
of  horses  and  began  the  breeding  and  raising  of 
stock. 

In  1888  Mr.  Brush  came  to  Sterling  and  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Western  Union  Beef 
Company,  at  that  time  one  of  the  largest  cattle 
companies  in  northeastern  Colorado.  Two  years 
later  he  was  made  foreman  of  the  company,  and 
in  this  important  position  continued  until  the  ist 
of  January,  1897,  in  the  meantime  superintend- 
ing his  own  stock  interests  as  well.  When  the 
company  closed  out  their  cattle  business  he  rented 
their  ranch  and  conducted  it  for  himself  during 
the  summer  of  1897.  In  the  fall  he  sold  his  in- 
terests and  purchased  his  present  livery  business, 
thinking  in  this  way  he  could  handle  his  numer- 
ous horses  to  better  advantage.  Through  his 
superior  business  capacity,  combined  with  geni- 


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ality  of  manner  and  energy  of  character,  he  has 
built  up  a  remunerative  business,  and  stands 
high  among  the  business  men  of  the  town. 

For  four  years  Mr.  Brush  was  a  member  of  the 
town  council,  after  which  he  held  the  office  of 
mayor.  He  has  proved  himself  a  public-spirited 
citizen,  willing  to  foster  all  plans  for  the  benefit 
of  his  town  and  county.  Fraternally  he  is  a 
member  of  Logan  Lodge  No.  69,  I.  O.  O.  F.  He 
has  always  favored  the  men  and  measures  of  the 
Republican  party,  in  whose  principles  he  was 
reared,  and  to  which  he  steadfastly  adheres.  In 
1891  he  married  Miss  Sarah  Perkins,  a  daughter 
of  R.  C.  Perkins.  One  child  was  born  of  the 
union,  but  is  now  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brush 
are  identified  with  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church. 


0AVID  B.  DELZELL,  county  treasurer  of 
Logan  County,  is  one  of  the  leading  and 
representative  business  men  of  Sterling.  In 
January,  1898,  he  purchased  the  general  store 
of  L.  M.  Judd,  but  after  some  six  months  he  dis- 
posed of  the  business.  At  the  beginning  of  the 
year  1899  he  became  a  partner  in  the  grocery 
business  of  O.  E.  Smith  &  Co.,  which  firm  con- 
ducts the  only  exclusive  grocery  business  in  the 
town,  occupying  a  handsome  business  building 
which  he  erected  for  the  purpose.  He  is  serving 
his  second  term  as  county  treasurer,  in  which 
office  he  has  displayed  accuracy,  good  judgment 
and  fidelity  to  the  county's  interests. 

December  20,  1855,  Mr.  Delzell  was  born  in 
Richland  County,  111.,  to  James  Harvey  and 
Mary  E.  (Wilson)  Delzell,  and  was  one  of  three 
children,  his  sisters  being  Dorcas  A.,  wife  of  F. 
M.  Jackson,  agent  for  the  Continental  Oil  Com- 
pany and  also  engaged  in  the  express  business  in 
Sterling;  and  Mary  E. ,  wife  of  W.  H.  Conklin,  a 
general  merchant  of  Sterling.  His  father,  a  na- 
tive of  Tennessee,  born  in  1831,  accompanied  his 
parents  to  Illinois  in  youth  and  settled  in  Rich- 
land  County,  where  he  married  and  settled  on  a 
farm.  He  was  an  enterprising  man  and,  had  his 
life  been  prolonged,  would  undoubtedly  have  at- 
tained success,  but  he  died  when  only  twenty- 
nine  years  of  age.  His  wife  afterward  kept  her 
three  children  together  until  they  were  ready  to 
start  out  for  themselves,  and  in  1881  was  again 
married,  her  husband  being  John  Young,  with 
whom  she  came  to  Sterling,  Colo. ,  in  the  early 
'gos  and  here  died  in  1894. 

When  a  boy  our  subject  learned  the  carpenter's 


trade.  At  twenty  years  of  age  he  married  Miss 
Lavina  C.  Atkinson,  their  wedding  being  solem- 
nized January  30,  1876.  Afterward  he  engaged 
in  farming  in  his  native  county,  cultivating  a 
tract  of  fifty  acres  received  from  his  father's  es- 
tate and  also  an  additional  thirty  acres  which  he 
acquired  by  purchase.  While  cultivating  his 
farm  he  also  devoted  considerable  time  to  work- 
ing at  his  trade.  In  the  spring  of  1882  he  emi- 
grated to  Colorado  and  secured  employment  at 
his  trade  in  Denver,  where  he  also  engaged  in 
contracting  and  building.  From  Denver,  in  1885, 
he  came  to.  Sterling,  which  was  then  in  its  in- 
fancy. For  three  months  he  worked  at  carpen- 
tering here,  after  which  he  accepted  the  manage- 
ment of  the  lumber  yard  of  W.  F.  Thompson, 
which  position  he  held  for  nine  years,  until  the 
business  was  sold  to  the  present  owner,  A.  G. 
Sherwin.  The  latter,  being  unfamiliar  with  the 
business,  retained  Mr.  Delzell's  services  until  he 
had  gained  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  de- 
tails, after  which  our  subject  turned  his  attention 
to  his  trade.  He  was  elected  county  treasurer  in 
1896  and  is  now  serving  his  second  term  in  the 
office. 

The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Delzell  died  in  1883.  Of 
her  two  children,  one  is  living:  Daisy  D.,  wife  of 
John  B.  Garst,  of  Marshall,  Mo.  In  January, 
1886,  he  was  a  second  time  married,  his  wife 
being  Miss  Hattie  Isom,  a  native  of  Mississippi. 
One  child  blesses  this  union.  Fraternally  Mr. 
Delzell  is  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Pythias; 
Logan  Lodge  No.  69,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  which  he 
has  filled  all  of  the  chairs;  and  Sterling  Lodge 
No.  54,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  In  his  political  opinions 
he  is  in  sympathy  with  Republican  principles. 
He  is  an  active  worker  in  the  Cumberland  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  was  the  foreman  in  the 
construction  of  the  building  in  which  this  congre- 
gation worships. 

BYRON  H.  BRYANT,  general  superintend- 
ent of  the  Colorado  Midland  Railroad  Com- 
pany, is  a  member  of  an  eastern  family  that 
has  been  identified  with  the  history  of  our  coun- 
try from  an  early  day  and  has  borne  an  honorable 
part  in  the  development  of  its  resources.  Of 
English  and  Irish  extraction,  they  have  inherited 
from  one  race,  determination  of  character  and 
force  of  will,  and  from  the  other,  the  faculty  of 
making  the  best  of  every  circumstance.  The  old 
home  in  Swansea,  Mass.,  where  several  genera- 
tions were  born,  stood  seven  miles  from  Ihe  place 


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where  King  Philip  was  killed.  At  that  old 
homestead  Caleb  and  his  son,  Emory  D.  Bryant, 
were  born;  and  from  there  they  removed  to  a 
farm  near  Woonsocket,  R.  I. 

Emory  D.  Bryant,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Florida  or  Seminole  war. 
Prior  to  the  Civil  war  he  removed  to  Muskegon, 
Mich.,  and  opened  a  mercantile  store.  During 
the  war  he  raised  Company  H,  Third  Michigan 
Infantry,  of  which  he  was  commissioned  captain. 
Later  he  served  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Second 
United  States,  and  marched  with  Sherman  to 
Atlanta  and  the  sea.  The  hardships  and  expo- 
sure incident  to  army  life  injured  his  health,  and 
he  returned  home,  at  the  close  of  the  war,  an  in- 
valid. In  1867  he  passed  away,  at  forty-five 
years  of  age.  He  had  married  Samantha  P.  Bal- 
lou,  who  was  born  near  Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  and 
died  in  Milford,  Mass.,  in  1853.  She  was  a  mem- 
ber of  an  old  family  of  Rhode  Island.  Of  her  four 
children  two  died  at  twenty-four  years  of  age,  and 
one,  Mrs.  Julia  S.  Coon,  is  living  in  Ann  Arbor, 
Mich. 

At  Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  where  he  was  born  July 
25,  1847,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  acquired  his 
education  in  public  schools.  In  1863  he  removed 
to  Michigan,  and  the  following  year,  when  less 
than  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  enlisted  in  the 
Fifth  Michigan  Cavalry,  one  of  the  four  Michi- 
gan cavalry  regiments  which  made  up  Custer's 
brigade  of  Sheridan's  cavalry  corps.  He  served 
with  this  regiment  until  July,  1865,  when  he  was 
transferred  to  the  First  Michigan  Cavalry  at  Fort 
Leavemvorth,  Kan.  This  regiment,  together 
with  the  Sixth  and  Seventh  Michigan,  left  Fort 
Leavenworth  on  July  gth  for  the  Indian  coun- 
try to  protect  the  overland  stage  line  during  the 
Sioux  war  of  1865.  Early  in  August  the  regi- 
ment arrived  at  Fort  Collins.  The  soldiers  were 
stationed  at  the  various  stage  stations  in  the 
mountains,  his  assignment  being  at  Fort  Hallock. 
With  every  stage  that  crossed  the  plains,  six 
mounted  men  were  sent  as  guard.  Finally,  the 
Indians  ceased  to  harass  the  white  men  and  the 
troops  were  withdrawn.  After  spending  the 
winter  at  Camp  Douglas,  Salt  Lake  City,  our 
subject  was  mustered  out  and  honorably  dis- 
charged in  March,  1866.  He  returned  to  Michi- 
gan in  July  and  soon  afterward  matriculated  in 
the  college  at  Kalamazoo,  but  the  .death  of  his 
father  the  following  year  brought  his  college 
studies  to  an  end. 

Turning  his  attention  to  civil  engineering,  Mr. 


Bryant  secured  employment  on  a  survey  for  a  rail- 
road line  from  Litchfield,  Mich.,  to  Fort  Wayne, 
Ind.,  and  after  a  time  was  employed  at  Battle 
Creek  on  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  later  was 
assistant  division  engineer  at  Kalamazoo  on  the 
Grand  Rapids  &  Indiana  Railroad,  and  from  that 
position  was  promoted  to  be  division  engineer.  In 
the  spring  of  1871  he  accepted  the  position  of 
chief  engineer  of  the  Grand  Rapids  &  Holland 
Railroad,  in  which  capacity  he  continued  until  the 
completion  of  the  road.  At  Detroit  he  was  lo- 
cating engineer  and  division  engineer  on  the  De- 
troit and  Bay  City  Railroad,  after  the  completion 
of  which  he  went  to  Meadville,  Pa.,  as  locating 
engineer  on  the  Atlantic  &  Great  Western  Rail- 
road (now  the  New  York,  Pennsylvania  &  Ohio). 
On  his  return  to  Michigan,  in  July,  1873,  he  was 
employed  as  chief  engineer  on  the  Chicago,  Sagi- 
naw  &  Canada  Railroad. 

In  1879  Mr.  Bryant  came  to  Colorado  and  ac- 
cepted a  position  as  locating  engineer  on  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad  and  continued  as 
resident  engineer  in  charge  of  construction  until 
March,  1884,  during  which  time  he  had  charge 
of  the  construction  of  nearly  four  hundred  miles  of 
that  road.  On  resigning,  he  became  construc- 
tion engineer  with  the  Canadian  Pacific,  after 
which  he  was  locating  engineer  on  the  Montana 
Central.  In  December,  1886,  he  resigned,  and 
became  assistant  chief  engineer  with  the  Colorado 
Midland,  establishing  his  headquarters  in  Colo- 
rado Springs.  In  August  of  the  following  year 
he  was  promoted  to  be  chief  engineer,  and  in  July, 
1890,  was  also  made  chief  engineer  of  the  Busk 
Tunnel  Railroad,  during  the  construction  of  the 
Busk  tunnel.  The  position  of  superintendent  of 
the  Colorado  Midland  was  tendered  him  in  De- 
cember, 1892,  in  addition  to  that  of  chief  engi- 
neer, and  in  May,  1895,  the  title  was  changed  to 
general  superintendent.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Western  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  of  Chicago. 
In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Republican. 

In  St.  Louis,  Mich.,  Mr.  Bryant  married  Miss 
E.  A.  Kennen,  who  was  born  in  Coldwater, 
Mich.  They  have  one  son,  Walter  B. 


O|  HARLES  J.  ROBINSON,  who  is  engaged 
l(  in  ranching  near  Fort  Garland,  Costilla 
U  County,  was  born  near  Chattanooga,  Tenn., 
September  2,  1849.  The  years  of  his  boyhood 
and  youth  were  spent  in  that  state.  In  1875  he 
became  interested  in  the  cattle  business  on  the 
Arkansas  River  west  of  Fort  Dodge,  Kan.  In 


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1881  he  became  special  agent  in  the  United  States 
postal  service,  and  as  such  continued  until  1885. 
A  severe  blizzard  in  Kansas  killed  his  cattle  and 
destroyed  the  business  he  had  established.  In 
1887  he  came  to  Colorado.  For  a  time  he  served 
as  deputy  sheriff  under  Daniel  Gould. 

In  1892  Mr.  Robinson  went  to  the  new  camp  of 
Creede,  Colo.,  where  he  engaged  in  prospecting 
and  mining  for  two  years,  and  met  with  the  usual 
miner's  experiences  of  alternate  success  and  fail- 
ure. Returning  to  Costilla  County,  in  1894  he 
established  a  stock  ranch,  and  this  he  has  since 
conducted.  While  his  attention  is  largely  given 
to  the  management  of  his  place,  he  still  takes  an 
active  part  in  local  affairs,  and  is  a  well-known 
Republican.  He  has  frequently  represented  his 
party  in  county  and  state  conventions,  and  has 
kept  himself  posted  concerning  all  party  issues. 
Since  1895  he  has  been  secretary  of  the  school 
board. 

November  28,  1889,  Mr.  Robinson  married 
Mary  Brenneman,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and  daugh- 
ter of  John  Brennemau,  of  Fort  Garland.  They 
are  the  parents  of  five  children. 


f~  RANK  H.  WHITHAM.  During  the  time 
r^  that  he  has  engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
|  ness  in  Holyoke,  Mr.  Whithain  has  estab- 
lished a  reputation  for  fair  dealing  in  every  trans- 
action and  has  built  up  an  important  trade,  that 
is  not  limited  to  his  town,  but  extends  through 
Phillips  County.  He  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Iowa, 
October  27,  1866,  a  son  of  James  M.  and  Emily 
Almira  (Muuhall)  Whitham;  His  maternal 
grandfather,  John  Muuhall,  was  born  January  7, 
1805,  and  married  Mary  Ann  Wells,  who  was 
born  at  Wellsville,  Pa.,  March  21,  1807;  she  was  a 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Hannah  (Hoffman) 
Wells,  the  former  of  whom  lived  to  be  one  hun- 
dred and  twelve  years  of  age.  Mr.  Whithain 
was  one  of  thirteen  children,  and  the  fourth 
among  nine  now  living.  Of  these,  Charles  W., 
born  May  29,  1859,  is  in  Fairfield,  Iowa;  Hanni- 
bal, born  January  6,  i86i,is  in  Dawson  City, 
Klondike;  Martin  Luther,  born  January  25,  1863, 
lives  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.;  John  W.,  born  October 
29,  1868,  makes  his  home,  in  Seattle,  Wash.; 
Emily,  born  March  5,  1873,  is  in  Holdrege,  Neb. ; 
Grace,  born  December  12,  1874,  married  C. 
Hilsebeck.and  also  resides  in  Holdrege;  RolloC., 
born  July  7,  1876,  lives  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.;  and 
Nellie,  born  October  15,  1881,  makes  her  home 
with  our  subject. 


The  father  of  Mr.  Whitham  was  born  in  West 
Liberty,  W.  Va.,  June  29,  1823.  When  a  young 
man  he  went  to  Washington  County,  Pa.,  to  es- 
tablish his  home.  November  18,  1846,  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Catherine  Mount,  by  whom  he  had 
four  children,  but  the  only  one  now  living  is  Will- 
iam J.  (born  November  30,  1849),  of  Phillips 
County,  Colo.  In  1850,  accompanied  by  his  fam- 
ily, James  M.  Whitham  removed  to  Fairfield, 
Iowa,  and  there  his  wife  died  May  2,  1855.  His 
second  marriage  united  him  with  Mrs.  Emily 
Almira  (Munhall)  Dravo,  February  20,  1856. 
She  was  the  widow  of  A.  A.  Dravo,  whom  she 
had  married  January  4,  1854,  au<^  by  whom  she 
had  one  son,  Samuel  A.  Dravo,  now  a  prominent 
lawyer  of  Holdrege,  Neb.  She  was  born  near 
Wooster,  Ohio,  January  13,  1837,  and  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Holyoke,  Colo. 

In  1880  James  M.  Whitham  and  his  family  re- 
moved from  Fairfield  to  Thayer  County,  Neb., 
where  they  remained  until  1886,  and  then  settled 
in  Imperial,  Neb.  At  that  place  he  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business  with  a  son.  In  1887  he 
brought  his  family  to  Holyoke,  Colo. ,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  hardware  business  and  resided 
until  his  death,  November  5,  1897.  While  in 
Washington  County,  Pa.,  he  united  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  When  he  removed 
to  Iowa  he  put  his  membership  in  the  Lutheran 
Church  of  Fairfield,  while  in  Nebraska  he  was 
connected  with  the  Presbyterian  Church.  For 
more  than  fifty-three  years  he  was  a  member,  in 
high  standing,  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  From  the  time  of  his  settlement  in 
Holyoke  he  was  intensely  interested  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  town  and  was  actively  interested 
in  all* undertakings  that  had  for  their  object  the 
bettering  of  the  condition  of  the  people. 

On  the  twenty-first  anniversary  of  his  birth 
our  subject  entered  a  homestead  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  five  miles  southwest  of  Hulyokc. 
For  two  years  he  worked  in  a  hardware  store 
owned  by  his  father.  In  1889  he  commuted  on 
his  homestead  and  went  to  ArickareeCity,  Colo., 
where  he  embarked  in  the  hardware  business. 
After  six  months  he  added  to  hi.s  hardware  stock 
a  general  line  of  merchandise,  and  continued  in 
business  at  that  place  until  April  15,  1891,  when 
he  removed  his  stock  of  goods  to  Holyoke  and 
established  himself  in  business  in  this  town. 
Here  he  built  up  a  prosperous  business.  In  1895 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  father  and 
brother  R.  C.,  and  a  general  mercantile  and  hard- 


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ware  business  was  conducted  until  the  death  of 
the  father,  after  which  our  subject  purchased  the 
interest  owned  by  his  father,  also  his  brother's 
interest,  and  has  since  conducted  the  store  alone. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

December  14,  1893,  Mr.  Whitham  married  Miss 
Knima  M.  Tipton,  who  was  born  in  Glenwood, 
Iowa,  August  20,  1874.  She  has  filled  the  office 
of  noble  grand  in  the  Rebekah  Lodge,  to  which 
and  to  Holyoke  Lodge  No.  76,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Mr. 
Whitham  also  belongs.  Their  wedding  was  an 
elaborate  social  affair,  two  hundred  invitations 
being  issued.  The  ceremony  was  performed  by 
Rev.  W.  E.  Collett,  in  the  Baptist  Church  at  Hol- 
yoke, after  which  a  reception  was  given  in  the 
Odd  Fellows'  Hall  by  the  parents  of  the  groom, 
with  the  aid  of  the  members  of  the  Rebekah 
Lodge.  One  child  has  blessed  the  union,  Strayer 
Earl,  born  December  3,  1894. 

Mrs.  Whitham  is  a  daughter  of  Theodore  D. 
Tipton,  who  at  the  time  of  her  marriage  was  a 
stockman  and  grain  dealer  in  Holyoke,  Colo. 
Mr.  Tipton  was  born  October  i ,  1841,  and  was 
married,  in  Chicago,  111.,  in  1873,  to  Miss  S.  E. 
Strayer,  who  was  born  in  Ohio  October  8,  1852, 
and  whose  father,  S.  D.  Strayer,  was  born  in 
Maryland  in  1828,  and  her  mother,  Nancy 
Strayer,  in  Ohio  in  1834.  In  1859  Mr.  Tipton 
made  his  first  trip  to  Colorado.  During  the  fol- 
lowing years  he  made  several  other  trips  from  Ne- 
braska west.  July  4,  1862,  he  left  Central  City 
to  join  the  army  and  served  in  the  Union  cause 
for  fourteen  months  and  fourteen  days.  Return- 
ing to  Colorado  in  1864,  he  went  on  to  Montana. 
Indians  were  numerous  and  hostile.  In  his 
charge  he  had  the  wife  and  daughter  of  Judge 
Brown  of  Nebraska  City;  when  they  reached 
Soda  Springs,  the  party  with  whom  he  traveled 
determined  to  goto  Boise  City,  Mont.,  which  left 
him  and  the  two  women  to  make  their  way,  as 
best  they  could,  in  the  midst  of  many  dangers. 
Highway  robbers  attempted  to  capture  the 
women  and  rob  Mr.  Tipton,  but  he  succeeded  in 
saving  the  women  after  they  had  made  full  prepa- 
ration for  committing  suicide,  believing  this  pref- 
erable to  falling  alive  into  the  hands  of  their  cap- 
tors. They  finally  arrived  in  Virginia  City, 
Mont.,  after  six  months  and  nineteen  days  of 
exhausting  and  dangerous  travel.  In  that  place 
Mr.  Tipton  kept  a  livery  for  six  months,  after 
which  he  went  to  Butte  and  built  the  second 
house  in  that  town.  He  was  in  British  America 
in  1866  and  in  1867  mined  at  Unionville,  in  Ora- 


phena  Gulch,  three  miles  from  Helena,  but  lost 
his  mining  interest  through  fraud.  Going  to  Red 
Mountain  City  in  1868,  he  located  a  number  of 
mines,  and  later  located  mines  at  Butte.  In  1870 
he  started  for  California,  but  while  spending  the 
winter  at  Salt  Lake  City  was  accidentally  crip- 
pled, and  then  went  back  to  Colorado,  and  from 
there  to  Glenwood,  Iowa.  During  1871-72  he 
had  a  store  at  Nebraska  City,  Neb.  On  selling 
out,  he  went  to  Lincoln,  Neb.,  and  engaged  in 
the  real-estate  business.  In  1873  he  came  to  Colo- 
rado and  mined  in  Sherman  Mountain,  and  at 
other  times  he  visited  this  state.  In  1886  he  lo- 
cated southwest  of  Holyoke.  When  this  town 
was  first  started  he  moved  into  it,  and  afterward 
made  his  home  here  (meantime  engaging  in  the 
stock  business)  until  July  18,  1894.  He  then 
moved  to  Lebanon,  Mo.,  where  he  now  resides. 


(JOHN  W.  RAMSEY,  an  early  settler  of 
I  Logan  County,  and  one  of  its  leading  stock - 
O  men,  was  born  near  Bloomington,  111., 
March  25,  1849,  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah 
(Kimler)  Ramsey.  He  was  second  among  three 
children,  the  others  being:  Adaline,  wife  of 
Charles  Stitthammer,  of  Denver;  and  Nellie  E., 
who  married  Alexander  Hardy,  of  Chicago,  111. 
His  father  was  born  near  Columbus,  Ohio, 
December  15,  1820,  and  when  a  boy  of  nine  years 
was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Tazewell  County, 
111.,  where  he  passed  the  years  of  youth.  After 
his  marriage  he  settled  near  Bloomington,  where 
he  tilled  the  soil  of  a  farm.  From  there  in  1874 
he  removed  to  Colorado  and  purchased  land  near 
Greeley,  where  he  remained  for  eleven  years.  In 
1885  he  settled  at  Yates  Center,  Kan.,  where  he 
spent  six  years.  Osceola,  Iowa,  became  his 
home  in  1891.  After  his  wife's  death,  which 
occurred  in  1895,  he  returned  to  Colorado  and 
spent  the  remaining  years  of  his  life  among  his 
children.  His  death  occurred  in  June,  1897. 
His  wife  was  born  near  Bloomington,  111.,  in 
1829,  her  parents  having  been  among  the  early 
settlers  of  that  region. 

The.  education  of  our  subject  was  acquired  in 
common  schools  and  the  Illinois  Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity at  Bloomington.  His  health  being  poor,  he 
determined  to  come  to  Colorado,  and  March  13, 
1872,  found  him  at  Evans.  During  the  first  few 
months  he  worked  for  farmers  in  that  neighbor- 
hood, but  had  no  steady  employment.  In  the 
spring  of  1873  he  and  a  nephew  of  Hon.  J.  L. 
Brush  ran  a  dairy  in  the  interests  of  Mr.  Brush. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD. 


In  the  fall  of  1873  he  rode  on  the  range  for  the 
same  employer.  Beginning  for  himself  in  the 
spring  of  1874,  he  bought  a  few  head  of  cattle, 
which  he  ran  on  the  range  with  the  cattle  owned 
by  his  employer.  After  three  years  he  was  made 
foreman  for  Mr.  Brush.  When  finally  severing 
his  connection  with  his  employer,  he  sold  his, 
cattle  and  bought  a  bunch  of  sheep,  at  the  same 
time  settling  on  the  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
that  he  had  homesteaded  in  1876.  He  now  has 
almost  seven  hundred  acres,  with  his  own  private 
ditch. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Ramsey  to  Miss  Kva 
Knowles  occurred  March  20,  1879.  She  is  a 
daughter  of  Myron  B.  Knowles,  who  was  born  in 
Bangor,  Me.,  in  1823,  was  educated  for  the  law 
and  admitted  to  the  bar.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ramsey- 
are  the  parents  of  five  children:  Eugene,  Earl, 
Guy,  Adele  and  Helen. 

After  Logan  County  was  set  off  from  Weld, 
Mr.  Ramsey  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
county  commissioners  and  at  the  expiration  of 
his  term  of  one  year  was  re-elected  for  a  three- 
years  term,  serving  four  years  altogether,  and 
for  a  similar  period  he  was  a  notary  public.  He 
is  an  active  worker  in  the  ranks  of  the  Republi- 
can party  and  is  in  hearty  sympathy  with  every 
movement  tending  to  the  uplifting  of  his  com- 
munity and  the  welfare  of  the  people.  He  is  con- 
nected with  Occidental  Lodge  No.  50,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M. 


(SAMUEL  A.  PAWLEY,  an  extensive  stock- 
?\  man  of  southern  Colorado,  residing  at  No. 
C~/  350  Baca  street,  Trinidad,  was  born  in 
Breckenridge  County,  Ky.,  September  17,  1852, 
and  is  a  son  of  Nathan  and  Susan  (Robinson) 
Pawley,  natives  of  Kentucky. 

At  the  time  of  removing  to  Missouri  our  sub- 
ject was  a  lad  of  fourteen  years.  One  year  later 
he  left  home  and  went  to  Texas,  but  after  a  short 
time  proceeded  to  Kansas  with  a  herd  of  cattle, 
later  going  back  to  Missouri,  where  he  assisted 
his  father  on  the  home  farm.  At  twenty-one 
years  of  age  he  drove  a  herd  of  cattle  to  Colo- 
rado, and  then  for  the  first  time  saw  Trinidad, 
his  present  home.  It^was  then  a  small  town 
containing  a  few  houses  of  adobe.  For  some  time 
he  engaged  in  herding  on  the  range,  and  from 
the  fall  of  1873  until  1883  he  was  employed 
steadily  by  Samuel  Doss.  After  he  had  been  at 
work  for  four  years  he  began  to  invest  his  earn- 


ings in  cattle,  and  continued  to  invest  from  time 
to  time.  In  1882  he  sold  his  stock  and  for  two 
years  traveled  in  the  territories  and  Mexico,  look- 
ing for  cattle  and  for  a  suitable  range.  Buying 
cattle  in  1884,  he  engaged  in  the  stock  business 
on  the  Pecos  River,  remaining  there  until  1891. 
Then,  with  four  hundred  head  of  cattle,  he  moved 
to  the  Cimarron  River.  Later  he  bought  a  ranch 
one  hundred  miles  east  of  Trinidad,  where  he 
remained  until  1897,  and  then  removed  to  his 
present  elegant  residence,  one  of  the  finest  in 
Trinidad.  On  his  ranch  he  has  twenty  thousand 
acres  enclosed,  which  furnishes  a  range  for  his 
herd  of  eight  hundred  cattle  and  forty-five  hun- 
dred sheep. 

During  the  long  period  of  his  residence  in  the 
west  Mr.  Pawley  has  gained  a  thorough  insight 
into  the  stock  business,  and  is  therefore  able  to 
engage  in  it  with  confidence  of  success.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Democrat.  In  the  organization  of 
the  Imperial  Legion  at  Trinidad  he  took  an  act- 
ive part.  He  is  identified  with  Lodge  No.  28, 
A.  O.  U.  W.,  in  Trinidad,  and  the  Woodmen 
of  the  World. 

July  2,  1884,  Mr.  Pawley  married  Lucy,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  George  S.  Simpson,  a  pioneer  of 
Trinidad.  Mrs.  Pawley  was  born  in  Huerfano 
County,  Colo. ;  her  mother,  Juanita  (Suaso)  Simp- 
son, a  Spanish  lady,  is  now  making  her  home 
with  Mrs.  Pawley.  Our  subject  and  his  wife 
have  four  children:  John  S._,  who  is  a  student  in 
Denver;  Gladys,  Juanita  and  Robert. 


HUGHES,  a  prominent  stockman 
rV  residing  in  Pueblo,  was  born  in  Macon 
I  fo  County,  Mo.,  in  1845.  His  father,  who 
was  a  farmer  during  the  greater  part  of  his  active 
life,  gained  the  title  of  major  through  service  in 
Indian  wars;  the  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Garrett,  member  of  a  pioneer  family  of  Ken- 
tucky. 

In  Macon  County,  where  his  boyhood  days 
were  spent,  Mr.  Hughes  received  his  education. 
In  1883  he  removed  to  Pueblo,  where  he  bought 
a  comfortable  home  on  the  mesa.  In  1865  Mr. 
Hughes  married  Miss  Mary  J.  Harrison,  of  La- 
fayette County,  Mo.,  and  unto  them  were  born 
two  daughters  and  a  son,  but  the  latter  is  de- 
ceased. Politically  he  is  a  Democrat.  Frater- 
nally he  is  connected  with  Pueblo  Lodge  No.  31, 
A.  K.  &  A.  M.,  and  is  also  identified  with  Camp 
No.  29,  Woodmen  of  the  World. 


TRANSPORTATION 


The  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad. 

GEN.  W.  J.  PALMER,  while  manager  of  con- 
struction of  the  western  division,  Union  Pacific 
Railway,  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  war, 
visited  Denver  and  was  much  impressed  with  its 
geographical  position,  advancing  the  idea  that  in 
the  future  the  city  would  become  a  large  commer- 
cial center.  Shortly  after  his  first  visit,  and  while 
still  engaged  with  the  Union  Pacific  Railway,  he 
was  commissioned  by  the  company  constructing 
that  road  to  make  a  preliminary  survey  for  an  ex- 
tension between  Kit  Carson  and  the  Pacific  coast 
in  the  neighborhood  of  San  Diego.  With  this  ob- 
ject in  view,  he  traversed  on  horseback  the  coun- 
try between  Denver  and  the  Pacific  coast,  via 
Pueblo,  Trinidad,  Las  Vegas,  Santa  Fe,  Albu- 
querque, Fort  Wingate,  Mojave  and  Los  Ange- 
les to  San  Diego.  He  was  impressed  more  favor- 
ably than  ever  with  the  resources  of  the  country 
lying  to  the  east  of  the  range,  and  conceived  the 
idea  of  building  a  narrow  gauge  railroad  from  Den- 
ver south.  The  Festinoog  Railway  in  Wales, 
which  was  built  through  mountains  and  had  very 
sharp  curves  and  heavy  grades,  was  much  spoken 
of  at  this  time,  and,  as  it  was  of  narrow  gauge 
and  said  to  be  operated  cheaply,  General  Palmer 
doubtless  considered  that  such  a  road  would  be 
well  adapted  to  the  conditions  existing  in  Colo- 
rado. Accordingly,  in  1870,  he  organized  the 
Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railway  Company,  his 
principal  associates  being  Dr.  W.  A.  Bell,  of 
Manitou,  Colo.,  and  Ex-Governor  A.  C.  Hunt. 
Construction  was  commenced  out  of  Denver  April 
i,  1871,  and  the  first  section  (which  terminated 
at  Colorado  Springs,  seventy-five  miles,  with 
three-foot  gauge,  thirty  pound  rails,  thirty-two- 
degree  curves  and  ninety -foot  grades),  was  com- 
pleted and  opened  for  business  June  15,  1872. 
The  line  was  completed  to  Pueblo  August  i, 
1872. 

The  equipment  used  in  operating  the  road 
was  rather  light  in  comparison  with  the  present 
narrow  gauge  equipment,  The  passenger  loco* 


motives  had  four  wheels  connected  and  weighed 
twenty- five  thousand  pounds,  and  the  freight  lo- 
comotives had  six  wheels  connected  and  weighed 
thirty-five  thousand  pounds.  The  passenger 
coaches  were  built  with  but  four  wheels  and  were 
sixteen  feet  long,  with  four  rows  of  seats  running 
longitudinally  along  the  car,  one  on  each  side  and 
two  in  the  middle.  The  freight  cars  had  only 
four  wheels  and  were  twelve  and  sixteen  feet 
long,  weighing  about  four  thousand  pounds  and 
having  a  carrying  capacity  of  eight  thousand 
pounds. 

Before  the  close  of  1872  the  line  was  extended 
up  the  Arkansas  River  Valley  as  far  as  the  coal 
mines  near  Florence,  known  as  the  Canon  Coal 
Mines,  and  here  construction  rested  until  the 
summer  of  1874,  when  the  line  was  extended  as 
far  as  Canon  City,  at  the  eastern  end  of  the  Grand 
Canon  of  the  Arkansas  River,  now  known  as  the 
Royal  Gorge.  In  1876  an  extension  was  built 
south  from  Pueblo  to  El  Moro  with  a  view  to  de- 
veloping the  coking  coals  of  that  vicinity,  and 
a  branch  line  from  Cuchara  to  La  Veta  was  also 
completed  in  the  same  year.  No  more  building 
was  undertaken  until  1877,  when  the  branch  line, 
which  was  completed  as  far  as  La  Veta  the  pre- 
ceding year,  was  extended  west  over  Veta  Pass, 
with  its  two  hundred  and  eleven  foot  grades  and 
sharp  curves,  and  on  to  Alamosa  in  the  San  Luis 
Valley,  which  point  was  reached  July  4,1878.  This 
was  the  first  real  mountain  work  done  and  was 
much  commented  on  at  the  time  as  a  marvel  of 
engineering  skill  in  overcoming  the  steep  ascent 
of  what  was  considered  an  impassable  mountain. 
During  the  fall  of  1878  the  entire  line  was  leased 
to  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad, 
and  that  company,  took  possession  January  t, 
1879.  The  lease  was  abrogated,  however,  in  the 
latter  months  of  the  same  year,  and  the  line  again 
came  into  the  possession  of  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  Company. 

The  discovery  of  carbonate  silver  ores  in  the 
vicinity  of  what  is  now  called  Leadville,  in  1876 
and  1877,  had  by  this  time  become  of  such  im- 


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TRANSPORTATION. 


portance  that  it  was  decided  to  extend  the  line 
from  Canon  City  west  through  the  Canon  of  the 
Arkansas  River  and  on  up  that  stream  to  Lead- 
ville.  This  passage  of  the  Grand  Canon  was  an 
undertaking  considered  by  very  eminent  engi- 
neers to  be  an  impossibility,  though  the  right  to 
build  through  was  stoutly  contested  by  the  Atchi- 
son,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe.  The  courts  decided, 
however,  in  favor  of  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande, 
and  the  work  was  commenced  in  the  fall  of  1879 
and,  notwithstanding  the  seemingly  insurmount- 
able difficulties,  was  completed  as  far  as  Salida 
May  i,  1880,  and  into  Leadville  July  20  of  the 
same  year.  This  part  of  the  line  runs  almost 
wholly  in  the  Canon  of  the  Arkansas  River  and 
the  cost  of  construction  was  tremendous,  but  the 
work  was  quickly  executed. 

May  i,  1880,  the  line  from  Salida  west  over 
Marshall  Pass  to  Gunnison  was'  commenced. 
Gunnison  was  supposed  to  be  the  center  of  a  very 
large  and  rich  silver  and  gold  mining  district,  al- 
though the  bituminous  and  anthracite  coals 
found  in  that  vicinity  have  proved  of  most  value. 
This  line  was  completed  to  Gunnison  August 
6,  r 88 1,  and  to  Crested  Butte,  where  coal  mines 
and  coke  ovens  are  located,  October  20,  in  the 
same  year.  In  the  construction  of  this  line  the 
same  grade  and  curvature  as  on  the  Veta  Pass 
line  were  used,  though  the  length  of  the  Uncover 
Marshall  Pass  was  much  greater,  as  was  also  the 
altitude  of  the  mountain,  being  ten  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  fifty -eight  feet  at  the  top  of  the 
rail  on  the  summit. 

In  the  beginning  of  1880  an  extension  of  the 
San  Luis  Valley  line  west  over  the  Conejos  range 
to  Durango,  and  a  branch  leaving  that  line  at 
Antonito  and  running  south  ninety  miles  to  Es- 
panola,  were  projected.  The  Espanola  branch 
was  completed  December  30,  1880,  and  the  line 
was  completed  into  Durango  July  27,  1881,  a  dis- 
tance of  two  hundred  miles  from  Alamosa  and 
four  hundred  and  fifty  miles  from  Denver,  and 
was  continued  northwest  to  Silverton,  forty-five 
miles,  which  point  was  reached  July  8,  1882. 
June  13  a  branch  was  completed  from  Alamosa 
to  Del  Norte  and  was  further  extended  to 
South  Fork  November  20,  1881.  April  15, 
1 88 1,  a  branch  was  built  from  near  Canon 
City  up  the  Grape  Creek  Canon  to  Silver  Cliff, 
where  rich  silver  mines  had  been  discovered. 
On  account  of  the  great  difficulty  of  keeping 
this  branch  open,  occasioned  by  floods  which 
washed  the  roads  out  once  or  twice  every  year, 


it  was  finally  abandoned   entirely  after  the  flood 
of  1887. 

The  Villa  Grove  branch,  leaving  the  Gunni- 
son extension  at  Mears  Junction  and  running 
south  over  Poncha  Pass  into  the  north  end  of  the 
San  Luis  Valley,  was  completed  September  25, 

1881.  At  the  time  this  branch  was  built  the  ad- 
jacent camp  of  Bonanza  was   experiencing  quite 
a  boom,  and  Villa  Grove  was  the  nearest  railroad 
point.     The  building  of  this   branch   served  the 
purpose  of  developing  the  great    iron    mines  at 
Orient,  for  which  an  eight-mile   spur  was  built. 
About  this  time  the  mining  district  in   the  neigh- 
borhood of  Red  Cliff  began  to  attract  the  atten- 
tion of  mining  men.     The  necessity  for  a  branch 
to  that  point   developed   itself,  and  February  15, 

1882,  the  extension  was  completed  from  Leadville 
west  over  Tennessee  Pass  to  Rock  Creek.   During 
the  same  year  an  extension  was  undertaken  north 
from  Leadville  to  Dillon,  on   the   Blue  River  (as 
many  important  mines  were  opened  up  in  that  vi- 
cinity) and  was   completed   November  27,  1882. 
Fremont  Pass,  over  which   this  line  passes  at  an 
altitude  of  eleven    thousand   three    hundred  and 
thirty  feet,   is  the   highest    point   on  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande  Railroad. 

During  this  year  the  Gunuison  extension  was 
continued  west,  opening  up  the  vast  agricultural 
a.nd  horticultural  districts  of  Montrose,  Delta  and 
Mesa  Counties,  and  reached  Grand  Junction,  at 
the  confluence  of  the  Grand  and  Gunnison 
Rivers,  November  22  and  the  Colorado-Utah  line 
December  19,  1882. 

About  this  time  the  Pleasant  Valley  Railway  of 
Utah,  extending  from  Provo  to  Clear  Creek,  was 
purchased  by  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railway 
and  was  extended  east  via  Spanish  Fork  and  Price 
River  Canons  to  a  connection  with  the  Gunni- 
son extension  at  State  Line.  This  connection  made 
a  through  narrow  gauge  line  from  Denver  to  Salt 
Lake  City,  and  a  year  later  was  completed  on  to 
Ogden,  making  connection  with  the  Central  Pa- 
cific Railway  at  that  point.  This  line  was  oper- 
ated as  one  road  from  Denver  to  Ogden  until  the 
latter  half  of  1884,  \vhen  the  Rio  Grande  Western 
Company  commenced  the  operation  of  its  line 
from  State  Line  to  Ogden  under  separate  manage- 
ment, and  in  December,  1889,  the  latter  com- 
pany leased  from  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  that 
portion  of  the  road  between  State  Line  and  Grand 
Junction,  since  which  time  the  Rio  Grande 
Western  has  operated  under  separate  manage- 
ment from  Grand  Junction  west. 


TRANSPORTATION. 


1481 


In  July,  1883,  the  Del  Norte  branch  was  ex- 
tended from  South  Fork  to  Wagon  Wheel  Gap, 
at  which  point  are  located  well-known  mineral 
springs.  The  terminus  of  this  branch  was  but 
eleven  miles  from  Creede,  the  now  famous  silver- 
mining  camp.  Its  riches  were  unknown  at  the 
time  this  extension  was  made,  and  not  until  No- 
vember 23,  1891,  was  the  line  built  into  that 
camp.  Adjacent  to  this  branch,  however,  were 
the  mining  camps  of  Summitville  and  Platora. 

No  building  of  importance  was  done  between 
1883  and  1887,  though  during  the  year  1886  the 
Texas,  Santa  Fe  &  Northern  Railway  Company 
was  organized  and  a  narrow  gauge  line  built  from 
Espanola  to  the  city  of  Santa  Fe,  which  enabled 
the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  to  reach  the  latter  point. 
August  i,  1887,  the  El  Moro  line  was  extended 
to  Trinidad  to  a  connection  with  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  &  Santa  Fe.  Early  in  1887  a  great  min- 
ing excitement  prevailed  in  the  Aspen  district, 
and  the  extension  west  of  Leadville,  terminating 
at  Rock  Creek,  was  hurriedly  built  down  the 
Canons  of  the'  Eagle  and  Grand  Rivers  to  Glen- 
wood  and  up  the  Canon  of  the  Roaring  Fork  to 
Aspen,  which  point  was  reached  October  27, 
1887.  Ouray,  near  the  source  of  the  Uncom- 
pahgre  River,  had  by  this  time  developed  into  an 
important  mining  camp,  and  a  branch  line  was 
completed  from  Montrose  to  that  town  December 
12,  1887.  Construction  work  rested  for  two  years 
more,  when  rich  discoveries  at  Lake  City  caused 
a  branch  to  be  built  from  Sapinero,  on  the  Gun- 
nison  extension.  The  branch  was  finished  July 
20,  1889.  The  same  month  a  branch  was  built 
from  Glenwood  Springs  to  Rifle,  in  the  Grand 
River  Valley. 

Up  to  1 88 1  all  the  lines  of  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  were  narrow  gauge  (three  feet) .  It  then 
became  important  for  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande 
to  have  a  standard  gauge  line  between  Denver 
and  Pueblo,  in  order  to  compete  for  business  from 
the  Missouri  River,  and  a  third  rail  was  laid  and 
completed  December  23,  1881,  which  resulted  in 
a  traffic  arrangement  by  which  the  trains  of  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  were  run  through 
over  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  from  Pueblo  to 
Denver,  this  arrangement  continuing  until  about 
1887,  when  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe 
built  its  own  line  into  Denver.  The  Missouri  Pa- 
cific having  built  from  Kansas  City  to  Pueblo 
during  the  same  year  enabled  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  to  make  a  similar  traffic  arrangement 
with  that  road,  which  is  still  in  existence. 


During  1890  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  &  Pa- 
cific built  into  Colorado  Springs  and  secured  a 
trackage  arrangement  over  the  Denver  &  Rio 
Grande  line  between  Denver- and  Pueblo.  About 
the  same  time  the  importance  of  the  Rio  Grande 
system  as  a  trans-continental  line  became  appar- 
ent to  all,  and  the  standard -gauging  of  the  line  in 
order  to  avoid  the  transfer  of  freight  and  passen- 
gers became  a  necessity.  The  Rio  Grande 
Western  Railway  Company,  which  since  July, 
1884,  nacl  been  in  possession  of  the  line  west 
of  Grand  Junction ,  co-operating  with  the  Denver 
&  Rio  Grande,  the  work  was  commenced  and 
pushed  to  a  speedy  completion  in  the  fall  of  1890, 
from  Denver  over  Tennessee  Pass  to  Rifle,  from 
which  point  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande,  in  con- 
junction with  the  Colorado  Midland,  extended 
the  standard  gauge  to  Grand  Junction  (the  joint 
line  being  now  known  as  the  Rio  Grande  Junction 
Railway) ,  the  Rio  Grande  Western  continuing 
it  on  to  Ogden.  The  completion  of  this  standard 
gauge  line  from  Denver  to  Grand  Junction  gave 
the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  two  paths  over  the 
mountains — the  narrow  gauge  line  via  Marshall 
Pass  and  the  newly  completed  standard  gauge  via 

Leadville  and  Glenwood  Springs. 

*t.      wii      o  a^jOSg 

During  1890   the   Villa   Grove  MHWeifsron  was 

continued  south  to  Alamosa.  That  opened  up 
the  fertile  San  Luis  Valley  and  gave  two  lines 
from  the  east  to  that  point.  In  the  meantime 
the  line  south  of  Pueblo  to  Trinidad  had  been 
standard-gauged,  and  the  passengers  and  freight 
for  Alamosa  and  points  west  and  south  had  to  be 
transferred  at  La  Veta,  and  to  avoid  this  the  San 
Luis  Valley  extension  was  made.  The  line  over 
Veta  Pass,  being  expensive  to  operate,  was  then 
closed,  but  did  not  remain  so  for  long.  In  the 
latter  part  of  1891  the  Creede  mining  excitement, 
already  referred  to,  sprang  up,  and,  in  order  to 
put  points  south  of  Pueblo  in  close  communica- 
tion, the  Veta  Pass  line  was  re-opened  and  has 
remained  so  ever  since. 

The  development  of  the  vast  anthracite  coal 
fields  in  the  vicinity  of  Crested  Butte  made  neces- 
sary the  construction,  in  the  latter  part  of  1894, 
of  the  Ruby  Anthracite  Branch,  from  Crested 
Butte  to  Ruby,  a  distance  of  ten  and  one-half 
miles.  The  opening  of  this  extension  has  largely 
augmented  the  anthracite  coal  trade,  one  of  Colo- 
rado's greatest  industries,  which  has  proved  of 
vast  profit  to  the  railroad  company,  besides  sup- 
plying the  local  markets  of  the  state  with  an  ar- 
ticle of  fuel  surpassed  by  none  in  the  United 


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States,  and  a    market  for  this  commodity  is  also 
being  built  up  in  Utah  and  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

In  1896  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Company  be- 
came the  possessor  by  purchase  of  the  Santa  Fe 
Southern  Railroad,  formerly  known  as  the  Texas, 
Santa  Fe  &  Northern,  which  gave  it  a  line  over 
its  own  rails  between  the  capital  cities  of  Colorado 
and  New  Mexico  and  enabled  it  to  establish  a 
very  considerable  interchange  of  traffic  and  a 
good  outlet  into  New  and  Old  Mexico  for  the 
product  of  the  San  Luis  Valley. 

The  development  of  the  gold  mines  at  Leadville 
had  reached  such  proportions  by  the  beginning 
of  the  year  1898  as  to  make  it  essential  to  further 
increase  the  facilities  for  the  handling  of  the 
product  of  the  various  mines  contiguous  to  that 
city,  and  as  a  consequence  the  Rio  Grande  Com- 
pany found  it  necessary  to  build  the  Ibex  branch, 
seven  miles  in  length,  to  the  Ibex,  Resurrection 
and  other  important  mines  in  the  vicinity.  This 
branch  was  opened  for  traffic  November  i, 
1898,  and  has  proved  a  feeder  of  very  consider- 
able importance. 

It  having  been  demonstrated  that  the  line  over 
Veta  Pass,  being  broad  gauge  from  Pueblo  to 
La  Veta  and  narrow  gauge  from  La  Veta  to  Ala- 
mosa,  was  impracticable  to  operate  on  account  of 
this  broken  connection,  the  board  of  directors 
authori/ed  the  broad-gauging  of  the  line  from 
La  Veta  to  Alamosa  over  Veta  Pass,  taking  an 
entirely  different  route  from  the  old  line,  with 
very  much  easier  grades  and  consequently  less  ex- 
pensive to  operate.  This  work  was  commenced 
in  January,  1899,  and  is  in  process  of  construc- 
tion at  .the  time  this  article  is  written.  This 
change  in  gauge  will  very  much  facilitate  the 
handling  of  business,  both  passenger  and  freight, 
between  northern  and  southern  Colorado,  and 
must  eventually  operate  decidedly  to  the  ad- 
vantage of  the  two  sections  as  well  as  to  that  of 
the  railroad  company  itself. 

From  the  time  of  its  organization  the  growth 
of  the  Rio  Grande  Railway  was  remarkable. 
Experimental  and  necessitated  developments  re- 
sulted satisfactorily  to  the  owners,  and  the 
"baby"  road,  as  it  was  universally  called  in  Colo- 
rado, was  exceedingly  popular,  not  only  with  the 
residents  of  the  state,  who  looked  upon  it  as  the 
most  important  developer  of  the  Rocky  Mountain 
region,  but  with  travelers  and  tourists  from  every 
civili/.ed  people  on  the  face  of  the  earth,  who 
grew  enthusiastic  over  the  beauties  and  unparal- 


leled attractiveness  of  "The  Scenic  Line  of  the 
World,"  as  the  company  had  thoughtfully  ad- 
vertised it. 

The  Rio  Grande  was  one  of  the  first  railway 
companies  in  the  United  States,  if  not  in  the 
world,  to  present  its  scenic  attractions  to  the  pub- 
lic by  photographic  advertising.  This  system  of 
advertising  has  done  more  to  advance  the  interests 
of  Colorado  by  attracting  tourist  travel  resulting 
in  populating  the  state  with  desirable  settlers,  in 
developing  giant  industries,  and  in  establishing 
towns  and  villages,  than  any  other  agency.  The 
immense  quantities  of  most  attractive  books  and 
pamphlets  and  richly  mounted  photographic  pro- 
ductions presented  in  artistic  devices  every- 
where the  world  over,  always  attracting  attention 
to  the  vast  resources  and  scenic  grandeur  of  Colo- 
rado, proved  most  prolific,  and  corporation  and 
commonwealth  prospered  together,  the  growth  of 
one  being  a  reflection  of  the  expansion  of  the 
other. 

Consequently,  when  the  month  of  October, 
1891,  ushered  in  a  new  presidency',  the  board  of 
directors  having  wisely  elected  E.  T.  Jefiery  to 
that  important  and  responsible  position,  the  main 
line  of  the  system,  standard  gauged  and  properly 
equipped  for  trans-continental  traffic,  was  in  fit- 
ting condition  for  the  expert  management  fol- 
lowing the  induction  of  his  administration,  which 
has  been  most  pronounced  as  a  practical  busi- 
ness one  and  especially  remunerative,  when  it  is 
considered  that  he  took  control  of  this  line  on  the 
threshold  of  the  '93  panic,  carrying  the  company 
safely  through  that  trying  time,  when  other  cor- 
porations were  dropping  into  insolvency  and  re- 
ceiverships. Through  it  all  the  road  was  pre- 
served in  first-class  condition  and  kept  pace  with 
the  times  in  the  way  of  improvements,  in  both 
roadway  and  equipment,  at  the  same  time  con- 
tributing dividends  to  the  holdings  of  the  owner- 
ship. 

Unmarred  by  unpleasant  occurrences  and  oper- 
ating under  a  perfect  system,  each  department  is 
a  model  of  perfection  and  expertly  officered;  and, 
with  a  perfectly  satisfied  patronage  to  depend 
upon  regularly,  the  road  has  been  continually 
strengthened  and  the  equipment  elaborated  upon 
in  modern  magnificence,  until  this  mountain  road 
of  Colorado  stands  to-day  the  peer  in  perfection  of 
comfort,  safety  and  elegance  of  any  of  the  great 
railroad  systems  of  the  United  States. 

During    Mr.   Jeffery's   administration,   to   the 


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narrow  gauge  system  have  been  added  large  com- 
mercial and  traffic  interests,  by  the  ingrafting  of 
the  Rio  Grande  Southern  Railroad,  including 
one  hundred  and  seventy-two  miles  of  high  grade 
scenic  line,  extravagant  in  wild,  rugged  pictur- 
esqueness,  opening  up  the  great  mining  resources 
in  southern  Colorado  and  placing  the  extensive 
stock  and  agricultural  interest  of  the  great  Mon- 
tezuma  and  Paradox  valleys  and,the  contiguous 
country  in  direct  communication  with  the  main 
traffic  centers  of  the  state.  This  line  was  com- 
pleted in  February,  1892. 

In  addition  to  this,  another  most  important 
railway  has  been  added  to  the  system,  connecting 
with  the  main  line  at  Florence,  being  the  Flor- 
ence &  Cripple  Creek  Railroad,  which  pierces  the 
heart  of  the  richest  gold  producing  district  on  the 
American  continent,  if  not  in  the  world.  Hav- 
ing exclusive  trackage  arrangements  with  this 
company,  the  Cripple  Creek  line  is  practically  a 
part  of  the  Rio  Grande  system. 

Thus  by  its  late  acquirements  the  "baby" 
road  of  Colorado  now  operates  in  round  numbers 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of 
road,  not  including  the  Rio  Grande  Western  from 
Grand  Junction  to  Ogden,  with  which  it  forms  a 
great  through  trans-continental  line  to  the  Pacific 
coast,  reaching  all  important  points  in  Colorado 
and  Utah  and  distributing  at  the  most  popular 
society  and  health  resorts  the  wealth  and  fashion 
of  the  world. 


"The  Colorado  Road" 

'Colorado  &  Southern  Railway} 


For  a  quarter  of  a  century  it  has  been  a  dream 
of  prominent  men  of  the  west  that  a  north  'and 
south  railway  along  the  eastern  slope  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains  would  in  time  become  a  great 
highway  of  commerce.  The  dream  is  almost 
realized.  The  Colorado  &  Southern  Railway  in 
connection  with  the  Fort  Worth  &  Denver  City 
Railway,  extends  from  Northern  Wyoming  to 
one  of  the  most  energetic  and  thriving  centers  of 


Texas.  The  foundations  have  been  laid  for  a 
steady  movement  of  freight  and  passenger  busi- 
ness which  is  destined  as  the  years  pass  to  revo- 
lutionize lines  of  travel  and  assist  in  a  remark- 
able degree  in  the  development  of  a  vast  region 
which  awaits  the  hand  of  enterprise  to  make  it 
the  most  desirable  district  of  the  globe.  Each 
year,  under  the  fostering  care  of  the  Colorado  & 
Southern  management,  more  intimate  relations 
are  strengthened  between  the  people  of  Colorado 
and  Texas.  Every  summer  the  charming  resorts 
of  the  Rockies  are  more  numerously  visited  by 
Texas  people',  and  Coloradoans  are  turning  their 
eyes  to  Texas  as  the  winter  resort  of  people 
whose  home  the  greater  part  of  the  year  is  in  the 
higher  altitudes.  Experience  has  shown  that 
residence  in  the  mountains  for  a  few  weeks  each 
year  will  effectually  drive  miasma  out  of  the 
system,  and  that  nervous  disorders  of  persons  liv- 
ing for  years  at  an  altitude  of  one  or  two  miles 
above  sea  level  quickly  disappear  under  the  vivify- 
ing influence  of  the  Texas  sun. 

The  Colorado  line  offers  excellent  facilities  for 
travel  between  all  points  of  Texas  and  Colorado. 
It  reaches  all  the  principal  resorts  of  Colorado, 
and  the  scenery  along  this  route  is  by  all  com- 
petent judges  pronounced  the  grandest  on  the 
continent.  South  Park,  the  gem  of  the  moun- 
tains, nestling  in  a  mighty  basin  sixty  miles  b}- 
thirty  miles  in  area,  is  one  of  the  sublimest  at- 
tractions of  Colorado,  and  is  traversed  its  en- 
tire length  by  one  of  the  branches  of  the  Colorado 
road.  The  wonderful  Loop  trip  is  one  of  the 
charms  of  the  Colorado  road,  and  Platte  Canon 
and  the  marvels  of  Manitou  and  the  Pike's  Peak 
region  are  on  the  same  important  highway— 
the  Colorado  road. 

Of  the  fascinating  trip  through  picturesque 
Clear  Creek  Canon,  over  the  far-famed  Loop  and 
the  famous  switch-back,  the  following  will  give 
the  reader  a  vague  idea: 

THE  WORLD-FAMOUS  LOOP 

Passing  above  West  Clear  Creek,  with  just  a 
glimpse  of  the  picturesque  bridge  that  spans 
Devil's  Gate,  the  road  runs  under  the  great  via- 
duct, and  rises  and  rises  until  you  have  left  the 
city  hundreds  of  feet  below  and  to  the  north;  but, 
with  a  sudden  turn,  it  is  again  seen,  with  the 
train  this  time  rushing  toward  the  city  and  still 
climbing;  again  a  turn  to  the  east;  now  down 
ninety  feet  below  is  the  track  just  passed;  away 
again  on  the  farther  side  of  the  mountain,  again 
crossing  to  the  west  side;  suddenly  turning  to  the 


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east  until  the  "Big  Fill,"  seventy-six  feet  high— 
too  sharp  a  curve  for  a  bridge — has  given  another 
circle  to  the  track;  then,  with  a  turn  to  the  west, 
around  the  slope  of  McClellan  mountain,  still  an- 
other view  of  Georgetown ,  with  all  the  tracks  in 
view,  each  seeming  to  have  no  relation  to  its 
neighbor,  until  another  valley  in  the  mountains 
discloses  the  pretty  village  of  Silver  Plume,  the 
close  ally  and  best  friend  of  Georgetown.  But 
the  loop  is  a  railway  on  a  "bender" — it  is  the 
apotheosis  of  gyration,  the  supreme  luxury  of 
entanglement— yet  all  wisely,  clearly,  skillfully 
planned— a  wondrous  monument  of  fiuman  genius 
and  engineering  skill. 

Within  easy  reach  of  Georgetown  is  Green 
Lake,  two  and  a-half  miles  distant.  It  has  been 
many  times  called  the  "Gem  of  the  Mountains." 
In  soundless  calm  it  lies,  10,000  feet  above 
the  hum-drum  world.  Caught  up  and  held  by 
the  rugged  majesty  of  the  mountains,  its  beauty 
subdues  and  softens  the  great  heart  of  the 
Rockies,  and  gives  a  touch  of  tenderness  and 
watchfulness  to  the  great  peaks  that  guard  its 
loveliness.  On  the  near  shore  stand  comfortable 
and  convenient  houses,  a  good  wharf,  well  sup- 
plied with  boats,  while  its  serene  and  untroubled 
depths  give  a  home  to  thousands  of  mountain 
trout.  While  the  lake  is  clear  and  translucent — 
clearer  than  any  simile  of  crystal  can  express — 
the  basin  that  holds  it  is  green;  the  sand  is  green; 
the  moss  that  clings  to  the  rocks,  or  idly  floats  to 
the  sport  of  the  ripples,  is  green;  and  even  the 
tiny  drops  that  fall  from  the  feathering  oar  bear 
the  same  inexplicable  tinge  that  has  given  this 
wondrous  lake  its  name.  Always  beautiful,  yet 
it  is  only  in  the  declining  hours  of  the  day  that 
Green  Lake  gives  a  gleam  of  its  spectral  and 
wondrous  depths.  Then  through  its  clear  waters 
is  seen  the  buried  forest,  with  its  stately  trees, 
turned  to  stone,  still  erect,  but  the  tall  heads  and 
branches,  that  once  bended  only  to  the  mountain 
breezes,  now  lie  in  the  depths  of  the  lake  in  the 
unutterable  stillness  of  the  dead. 

The  lake  is  filled  with  mountain  trout,  and 
while  repaying  the  tourist  amply  in  itself  for  the 
time  of  a  visit,  it  is  within  easily  accessible  dis- 
tance of  other  points  in  the  mountains  of  equal, 
if  not  superior  interest.  One  need  go  but  a  short 
distance  from  the  lake  to  obtain  excellent  hunting 
and  fishing.  About  seven  miles  away  is  the 
famous  Argentine  Pass,  to  the  summit  of  which  a 
good  wagon  road,  the  highest  on  the  continent, 
extends.  From  the  top  of  this  pass  is  obtained 


one  of  the  finest  views  in  the  world.  Before  the 
eye  of  the  astonished  visitor  lies  spread  out  a 
great  panorama.  Range  after  range  of  snow- 
capped peaks  are  visible,  many  of  which  lift  their 
lofty  summits  far  above  timber-line.  Just  in 
front  is  Gray's  Peak,  one  of  the  loftiest  in  Colo- 
rado. Away  to  the  west  rises  the  Mount  of  Holy 
Cross;  while  far  toward  the  south,  seventy-five 
miles  distant,  Pike's  Peak  lifts  its  solitary  head 
to  an  altitude  of  more  than  14,000  feet.  Still 
nearer  at  hand,  seemingly  at  one's  feet,  but 
really  miles  away,  is  the  South  Park,  one  of  the 
great  natural  gardens  of  Colorado,  surrounded 
by  high  mountains;  while  off  toward  the  east,  in 
the  hazy  distance,  lie  the  plains,  stretching  away 
in  the  direction  of  the  Missouri.  Near  at  hand, 
just  off  the  Argentine  road,  are  the  famous  mines 
of  East  Argentine  district.  These  mines  are- re- 
markable from  the  fact  that  throughout  the 
entire  year  the  workings  are  covered  with  beauti- 
ful frost  crystals.  They  will  well  repay  the  tour- 
ist for  the  trouble  of  a  visit. 

About  four  miles  from  Green  Lake  is  the  beau- 
tiful Highland  Park,  a  favorite  picnic  resort,  to 
which  an  excellent  trail  already  exists. 

It  is  one  day's  staging  from  Georgetown  to 
Grand  Lake,  the  largest  body  of  water  in  Colo- 
rado, and  here  the  tourist  will  find  every  induce- 
ment for  spending  a  few  weeks  in  the  mountains. 
The  waters  of  the  lake  are  literally  alive  with 
trout,  while  its  numerous  tributaries  give  the 
"stream  fisherman"  abundant  opportunity  for 
the  display  of  superior  skill.  On  the  surround- 
ing hills  are  found  deer,  elk,  bear,  .grouse  and 
other  game.  Good  accommodations  at  very  reas- 
onable rates  can  be  found  at  the  lake,  and  rowing 
or  sailing  boats  secured. 

QRAYHONT  AND  GRAY'S  PEAK. 

Four  miles  beyond  Silver  Plume,  the  terminus, 
is  the  site  of  a  former  mining  camp,  Graymont, 
where,  fifty-eight  miles  from  Denver,  the  exalted 
altitude  of  nine  thousand  seven  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-one feet  is  reached.  There  is  not  much  of 
interest  to  the  tourist  at  Graymont  itself.  But  it 
is  in  this  vicinity  the  traveler  has  revealed  to  him 
a  vision,  the  memory  whereof  lasts  him  his  life- 
time, and  many  tourists  take  conveyances  or  go  on 
horseback  from  Silver  Plume  to  this  enchanting 
spot.  At  Graymont  the  trail  to  the  summit  of 
the  peak  commences,  and  the  journey  from  thence 
must  be  accomplished  on  horseback.  It  is  some- 
thing to  remember,  that  ride  on  horseback  through 
the  cool  mountain  air,  through  devious  trail  and 


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winding  path,  in  the  faint  light,  until  at  last  you 
stand  on  Gray's  Peak,  that  beacon  of  the  range, 
towering,  serene  and  cold,  fourteen  thousand 
four  hundred  and  forty -one  feet  above  the  level 
of  the  sea.  And  when  the  mountain  tops  begin 
to  flush  and  tremble  and  glow,  and  the  warm 
color  steals  down  into  the  valleys  lying  below 
you,  disclosing  unimagined  distances  all  aflame 
with  light,  you  will  have  known  what  it  is  to  see 
the  sun  rise  on  Gray's  Peak.  No  description  can 
give  any  idea  of  the  majestic  grouping  of  moun- 
tain light  and  snowy  range,  of  intermingling  val- 
ley and  cloud  rifts,  towering  pine,  and  the  gor- 
geous gushes  of  sunshine  suddenly  falling  like  a 
cascade  over  all.  The  vision  from  these  supreme 
heights  is  glorious  beyond  description — a  sight 
from  the  Delectable  Mountains  like  unto  that 
which  the  pilgrims  saw. 

Returning  to  Idaho  Springs,  the  possibility  is 
offered  of  a  stage  ride  of  six  miles  over  the  moun- 
tains to  Central  City.  It  takes  an  hour.  One 
has  to  go  three  miles  up  the  steep  mountain 
road,  across  the  summit,  and  down  to  Russell 
Gulch.  Gold  was  first  discovered  here  in  1858, 
by  Green  Russell,  of  Georgia,  and  the  gulch  was 
named  after  him.  It  is  a  noteworthy  fact  that  this 
was  the  first  discovery  of  gold  in  paying  quantity 
east  of  California.  Russell  Gulch  for  a  long  time 
was  rich  in  placer  diggings,  and  is  still  a  great 
center  for  quartz  mining.  The  visit  of  Horace 
Greeley  to  this  section,  in  the  early  sixties,  pro- 
duced beneficent  results,  and  his  strongly  con- 
gratulatory letters  drew  attention  to  the  un- 
bounded possibilities  of  Colorado  as  a  great  min- 
eral-producing state.  But  few  remain  of  the  many 
houses  which  made  this  a  great  "camp"  thirty 
years  ago,  Central  City,  as  she  grew,  being  a 
more  desirable  place  of  residence. 

Three  miles  more  from  Russell  Gulch  brings  us 
into  Central  City,  a  town  that  looks  as  if  the  great 
towering  mountain  heights  resented  its  being 
there,  and  brushed  it  off  when  it  attempted  to 
crawl  half  way  up  their  rugged  sides.  But  the 
town,  down  on  the  level,  is  strongly  and  solidly 
built  of  brick — the  dreadful  fire  a  few  years  since 
having  demonstrated  the  danger  of  wooden  build- 
ings. It  is  the  recognized  distributing  point  for 
the  county,  and  has  three  thousand  five  hundred 
population,  out  of  the  seven  thousand  of  Gilpin 
County.  Its  mainstay  and  support  are  the  min- 
ing industries  which  abound  in  every  direction. 
The  city  was  organized  in  1860,  and  the  produc- 
tion of  gold  from  that  date  to  1 896  has  been  up- 


ward of  $81,000,000,  the  annual  product  now  be- 
ing over  $3,000,000.  The  town  has  all  the  lux- 
uries and  conveniences  of  a  large  city — electric 
light,  good  hotels,  opera  house,  etc.  The  mines 
are  all  situated  within  a  radius  of  a  mile  from 
Central  City.  There  are  twenty-three  stamp 
mills  running  in  Gilpin  County,  with  782  stamps, 
a  large  proportion  of  the  entire  number  in  the 
state.  The  total  output  of  precious  metals  from 
Gilpin  County  for  1895  was  $3,000,000;  1896, 
$3,094,000. 

THE  GREAT  SWITCH-BACK. 

To  go  from  Central  City  to  Black  Hawk,  one 
can  either  walk  or  ride.  The  walk  will  take  only 
a  few  minutes  down  the  canon,  the  towns  merg- 
ing into  each  other  so  that  it  is  difficult  to  de- 
termine where  the  one  ends  and  the  other 
commences;  by  the  railway  it  is  four  and  one-half 
miles — and  with  good  reason,  for  in  that  distance 
the  road  has  to  descend  more  than  five  hundred 
feet,  over  what  is  well  known  as  the  "Switch- 
Back."  To  accomplish  this  the  track  winds 
around  the  side  of  the  mountain  to  the  very  edge, 
then  back,  down  a  steep  incline,  until  the  level 
of  Black  Hawk  is  reached.  While  clinging  to 
the  mountain  side,  the  track  skirts  the  edge  of 
the  steep  declivity.  Look  out  of  the  window, 
and  there  hundreds  of  feet  below,  is  the  winding 
canon  down  from  Central  City. 

From  Black  Hawk  we  run  eleven  miles  to 
Forks  Creek  and  connect  with  the  Denver  train. 


The  Missouri  Pacific  Railway  Company, 

St.  Louis,  Iron  Mountain  &  Southern  Railway 

Company,  and  Leased,  Operated  and 

Independent  Lines. 

This  great  trunk  line,  which  now  threads  its 
way  through  several  states  west  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  has  been  a  potential  factor  in  the  develop- 
ment of  Missouri  and  Kansas,  and,  with  its  ac- 
customed enterprise,  a  few  years  ago  penetrated 
with  its  lines  into  the  rich  agricultural  districts 
of  Nebraska,  to  compete  in  this  growing  state 
with  its  rapidly  accumulating  business.  It  was 
also  among  the  pioneer  roads  in  Kansas,  and  its 
many  branches  now  traverse  in  different  directions 
the  most  thickly  settled  portions  of  the  state.  It 
has  contributed  in  a  large  measure,  by  its  liberal 
and  aggressive  policy,  toward  the  rapid  develop- 
ment of  the  great  resources  of  several  of  the  west- 


INDEX 


Abbott,  Hon.  A.  J 193 

Abbott.  Jacob  J 1S7 

Abendschan,  John  J 795 

Adams,  Hon.  Alva 295 

Adams,  Francis  W 767 

Adams,  George  H 1172 

Adams,  Hon.  W.  H. 546 

Adsmond.  Henry  W 844 

Airheart.  Theodore  P 110 

Akin.  Myron  H 348 

Alden.  Horace 1183 

Aldrich,  Frederick  M 1384 

Alford,  Hon.  N.  C 339 

AlUrd,  Joseph  G 733 

Allen,  Anson  A 1265 

Allen,  J.Q.,  M.D 223 

Allen,  Miss  Lucretia  M.  .  557 
Allen,  W.  Carey.  M.  D. . . .  555 
Allen,  William  P.,  M.  D..  377 

Ammons,  Hon.  E.  M 428 

Andersen,  Christian 1342 

Anderson,  Samuel 816 

Anderson,  William  F. 84r. 

Anderson,  William  F 1116 

Andrew.  Joseph  W :!55 

Andrews,  Charles  B 365 

Andrews,  George  A 357 

Andrews,  Nathan 134S 

Ankele,  Charles 755 

Anthony,  Maj.  S.  J 340 

Arbogast,  B.  A.,  M.  D 1407 

Archuleta,  Hon.  A.  D 566 

Archuleta,  Jose  M.,  Jr..  .  797 

Arenberg,  Fred  W 1398 

Armstrong,  Lewis  M 858 

Arnold,  Dr.  W.  W 499 

Arthur,  Edward  P 215 

Ashenf elter,  John 1090 

Ashley,  W.  W.,  M.  D MO 

Ashton,  Scott 1077 

Ashworth ,  Robert  H 1408 

Atkinson,  George  W 866 

Atkinson,  Lynn  S  1415 

Atwood,  Joseph  T 317 

Austin,  John  G  602 

Avery,  Frank  C 328 

Avery,  Henry  A 1090 

Avery,  Henry  E 1344 

Ayres.H.  D 145ft 

B 

Babbitt.  K.  R 434 

Bachus,  Henry 1145 

Bacon,  Col.  John  H 483 

Badger.  Harry  S 91 

Bagot,  W  S..  M.  D 418 

Bailey.  Hon.  D.  C 1279 

Bailey,  Hon.  Morton  S —  573 
Baird,  Thomas  D.,  M.  D.. .  685 

Baker,  Abner  S 286 

Baker.  Frank  E 1422 

Baker,  Fred  M 1266 


Baker,  Horace  H 1266 

Baker.  James  H..  LL.  D. . .  861 

Baker,  Lyman  C 1251 

Baker,  Capt.  Seth 826 

Baldwin.  Charles  B 203 

Bales,  William  C 844 

Ball,  R.  S 81S 

Ballinger,  Hon.  Webster.  .1426 

Ballou,  Nelson  A 1132 

Bancroft,  F.  J.,  M.  D 12 

Barbezat,  Albert.'. 1449 

Bardwell,  George  D 1011 

Han-la.  Hon.  Casimiro 109 

Barksdale,  Dan  C 545 

Barnard,  Thomas  A 710 

Barnes,  David 540 

Barnes.  Hon.  G.  S 863 

Barnes,  Hon.  J.  W 426 

Barnes.  William  R 244 

Barnhart,  Franks 1340 

Barr,  George 875 

Barry,  Miss  M.  F..  M.  D.  .1452 

Bartlett,  Thomas  T 144 

Bateman.  George  C 873 

Bauer,  George 798 

Baugtson,  Peter  J 1456 

Raumeister,  John  M 1271 

Raxter,  Hon.  G.  W 48 

Baxter,  James  H 1086 

Baxter,  Hon.  O.  H.  P 125 

Beach,  Tom 395 

Beall,  Wat  T 1074 

Beaman.  James  L 1307 

Beard,  Jacob 1130 

Beaty,  Jasper  N 993 

Beckley,  George  W 766 

Beckwith,  Hon.  E.  T 1180 

Beerbohm,  Charles  A 840 

Beers,  Robert  H 822 

BeRgs,  Stewart  W 1295 

Behrens,  John  H 388 

Belknap.  Henry 580 

Reman,  William  H 122 

Bemen,  Oliver 13«0 

Bender,  John  J 871 

Benham,  Frank  H 670 

Benkelman,  J.  George 1395 

Benson,  Aaron  S 317 

Bent,  John  W 804 

Bernard,  George 79* 

Berrey,  Hon.  Reuben 1 11: 

Bertsch,  Matt 1072 

Beshoar,  Hon.  M.,  M.  I) 

Belts,  Jacob  A IKK, 

Black,  J.  A.,  M.  D 586 

Blakey.  Hon.  Austin 1017 

Boggs,  John  L 797 

Bohn,  Major  A.  V 251 

Bomgardner,  Hon.  C.  W.  .1125 

Bond,  Cornelius  H 359 

Bond,  Isaac  L.,  M.  D 320 

Bonis,  Lawrence 1060 

Booco,  Mrs  Eva  M 1347 

Booco.  George  G 1317 


Booher.JohnS 1236 

Boone,  Albert  G 525 

Booth,  Joseph  W 701 

Borden,  Olney  A 194 

Borden,  Timothy 1111 

Bossemian,  Elijah 425 

Bottom,  John  T 308 

Bowland,  George  E 1082 

Boyd,  JetomeH.,M.  D 1457 

Boylan,  A.  B 1473 

Boynton,  Hon.  W.  S 8S9 

Bradbury,  Dr.  S.  M 1158 

Bradley,  H.  N 318 

Brainerd.  Col.  Wesley 305 

Branson,  William  G 512 

Breath,  Hon.  S.  M 420 

Breen,  John  P 595 

Brickenstein,  Charles  H  .1118 

Brisbane,  Hon.  W.  H 273 

Briscoe,  Thoman  1 1025 

Britton,  Thomas  D 837 

Bromwell,  Hon.  H.  P.  H. .  387 

Bronaugh,  William  A 741; 

Brooks,  Franklin  E 147" 

Brown,  Arthur  R 14fil 

Brown,  Henry  C 69 

Brown,  Henry  w 714 

Brown,  Hon.  Hiram  R...    385 

Brown,  Joshua  S 1398 

Brown,  John  DeWitt..     .  487 

Brown,  J.  Sidney 65 

Brown,  Junius  F 315 

Browning,  John  W 838 

Brunton,  David  W 1211 

Brush.  Walter  1 1473 

Bryant,  B.  H 1474 

Buchanan,  Dixon 144!" 

Bnchtel,  W.  H.,  M.  D 297 

Buckey,  Charles  R 694 

Buckman.  George  R 12»5 

Bulette,  W.  W.,  M.D  130 

Bulkley,  Hon.  Frank 115 

Hull,  Heman  R.,  M.  I) 740 

Bump,  Hemon  A UKVJ 

Hunting,  I.  N 1201 

Hnrchinell,  William  K....  407 

Burgess,  Willard  N si  i 

Burke,  Edmond 1372 

Burkhard,  Frederick S77 

Burns,  Almon 1399 

Burton.  J.  Knox -J9ti 

Buzzard,  Sylvester  M BiiS 

Hyers,  Hon.  W.  N 15 

•  c 

Cahill.Luke :ui 

Cameron,  John IVI7 

Campbell.  Hon    U.  M 199 

Campbell,  Hon.  J.  0 117 

Campbell,  Joseph 1S42 

Campbell,  Leroy  M 477 

Campbell.  Norman  M 460 

Campion,  John  F 122t"i 

Cantrll,  William  W 715 


Capers.  Francis  I.e  Grand  988 

Carey.  Judge  M.  A 872 

Carleton,  Stephen  D 998 

Carlisle,  Hon.  J.  N 838 

Carlson,  Samuel  H 1288 

Carmack.J.  W 452 

Carman,  Henry  N 893 

Carnahan,  Charles  T 117(1 

Carpenter,  Horace  R 1053 

Carpenter,  Prof.  I..  C SBO 

Carr,  Gen.  Byron  I. 85 

Carr,  Ezra  T 405 

Carrigan,  Rev.  Joseph  P..  310 

--Carter,  George  M 75S 

Carter,  Roswell  A 1067 

Cary,  Ralph  W.,  M.  D 785 

Casey,  Prof.  W.  V.  C 89 

Castello,  Hon.  James 1418 

Cavender,  Charles 1157 

Cell,  David  W  

Cell,  Joseph  H »45 

Chace,  Robert  A 1372 

Chadsey,  Charles  E 825 

Chaffer,  Hon.  J.  B 29 

Chalmers,  Harold 1314 

Chamberlain,  Walter  A...  359 

Chambers,  James  R 249 

Chambers,  Robert  J 78» 

Chambers,  W.  J.,  M.  D 1459 

Chapman .  James  B 565 

Chapman,  N.  H.,  M.  D....  803 

Chase,  Albert  B 629 

Cheairs,  Calvin 1427 

Cheairs,  Joseph  J .-..1821 

Cheney,  Lewis 82 

Chetelat,  John 746 

Choury,  Armand 626 

Christopher,  D.  I.,  M.  D.. .  894 

Clark,  Doc  Franklin 801 

CUrk,  George  H 1333 

Clark.  Harold  W 1140 

Clark,  Leonard  H.,  M.  D. .  808 

Clark,  OziasT 646 

Clark,  Hon.  Rufus 1392 

Clark,  V.  G.,  M.  D 2S1 

Clark,  William  M 1309 

Clark,  Walter  Scott 1158 

Clat  worthy,  W.  H 1192 

Cleghorn,  John 470 

Clem,  Aaron  D 1322 

Clifford.  William 4»1 

Clinger,  J.  A..  M.  D 693 

Clough.  Richard 567 

Coats,  J.  B 21-.' 

Cochems,  F.  N.,  M.  D 1358 

Cohen.  Samuel 1404 

Cohn,  M.  M 1469 

Colcord.  Mrs.  Lillian 1351 

Cole,  Jud.-on  E 747 

Cole,  Wells 1228 

Colorado  College 96 

Colt,  MorrisB 875 

Colwell,  Charles  1 1338 

Connell,  J.  Arthur 1180 


INDEX. 


1489 


Couyers,J.  W 1370 

Cook,  John  C 807 

Cooper,  Capt.  D.  E 521 

Cooper,  Hon.  J.  A 55 

Corbin,  A.  A.,  M.  D 159 

Corbin,  Marcus  B 662 

Corlett,  Charles  M 786 

Cornwell,  George  L 56? 

Corwin,  R.  W.,  M.  D 1339 

Cotten,  Frank 446 

Cox,  William  J 102 

Coy,  Hon.  Nathan  B 120 

Craven,  Thomas  H.,  M.  D.  522 

Crissey.  Capt.  Giles 867 

Crites,  J.  F 633 

Crites,  Perry  M 804 

Crockett,  Joseph 1313 

Crosby,  Walter  F 435 

Crosier,  E.  R 143 

Crow,  Hon.'George  W....1222 
Crowder,  Hon.  Charles  N ..1388 

Crowell,  Hon.  B.  F 10.') 

Crowell,  J.  Reid 285 

Crowley,  Hon.  John  H 132Ti 

Culver,  William  E 727 

Cummings,  B.  F.,  M.  D.  ..1097 
Cunningham,  B.  F.,  M  D.1104 

Cunningham.  James  B 120B 

Cunningham,  William  B..  874 

Curry,  James  P 1419 

Curtis,  James  R 1466 

D 

Daigre,  Judge  Henry 1122 

Dailey,  John  I, 296 

Dall,  Thomas  N 'l53 

Danford,  Gen.  Addison  . . .  447 

Daniels,  A.  B 28 

Daniels,  Ernest  L 1085 

Daniels,  William  P 78 

Darrow,  Charles  W 1007 

Davie,  Robert  P 186 

Davis,  Edwin  L 809 

Davis,  Hugh 1384 

Davis,  W.  H..M.  U 1389 

Dawson,  H.  H.,  M.  D 807 

Uawson,  James  A 1334 

Day,  Edward  H 738 

Dean.  Marshall  H.,  M.  D..  768 

Deck,  James  W 1097 

Decker,  W.  S 397 

-DegrafT,  Charles  H 1399 

Degraff,  David 1139 

Delany,  Phil  S 498 

De  La  Vergne,  Edward  M.  713 

Deller,  Peter  A 762 

Delzell,  D.  B 1474 

Denness,  Isaiah 700 

Derby,  Milford  E .'..1066 

Derby,  Orin  A 241 

Derby,  Sidney  M 1059 

Desch,  C.  S 415 

Desch,  Conrad 1328 

Devine,  Thomas  H 159 

Dick,  Hon.  Fred 47 

Dick.JamesB 580 

Dickinson,  Charles  E 1103 

Dickinson,  John  P 545 

Dickson,  Hon.  Louis  H. ..  S46 

Diez,  John  Fred 887 

Dillon,  Joseph  P 1423 

Dilts,  James 1084 

Dimick ,  Herbert  C 1030 

Dinkel,  William  M 176 

Dixon,  James  F 1154 

Dixon,  John  M 1108 

Dixon,  Hon.  N.  W 275 

Dodge,  H.  O.,  M.  D 401 


Dole,  John  F 1427 

Doll,  Frank 999 

Dollison,  John  W 1145 

Donavan,  Joseph  B 670 

Donovan,  Dennis  C 395 

Doughty,  Hon.  James  K. .  486 

Dow,  William,  M.  D 739 

Dowell,  John  L 1450 

Downer,  Gilbert  H 1400 

Downing,  James  M 185 

Downing,  Major  Jacob. . . .  1394 

Doyle,  Hon.  James 1420 

Doyle,  John  H 778 

Doze,  JosephB 784 

Dozier,  Joseph 528 

Drake,  Hon.  James  F 287 

Drake,  John  W 1135 

Drake,  Martin 433 

Drake,  William  A 336 

Dressor,  James  R 601 

Dubois,  Bradford  H 38 

Dudley,  George  P 142 

Duff,  Samuel  P 1146 

Dulin,  George  D.,  M.  D..    773 

Dunlavy,  F.  E 1132 

Durbin,  L.  T.,  M.  D 91) 

Durnell,  James  R 816 

Dutcher.  J.  M 704 

Dyer,  Charles 227 

Dyer,  Warren  C 316 

E 

Eaton,  Hou.  B.  H 417 

Ebert,  Hon.  Frederick  J..  400 

Edbrooke,  Frank 1402 

Edgertou,  Washington  I. .  132 

Edmondson,  Alfred  T 1061 

Edsall,  Clarence 520 

Edwards,  Charles  A 1086 

Edwards,  William  H 1454 

Edwards,  William 1072 

Egger,  Daniel  L 653 

Elbert,  Hon.  S.  H 16 

Elder,  George  R 1465 

Eldredge,  Chailes  A 517 

Eldridge,  E.  F.,  M.  D 969 

Elhart,  John  L 1320 

Elliott,  Davids 466 

Ellis,  Alston,  LI,.  D 299 

Ellison,  James  M 1159 

Elmendorf,  William  J....  199 

Elwood,  A.  S.,  M.  D 389 

Enos,  Charles  W.,  M.  D.. .  412 
Epperson,  W.  J.  G.  Hardy  710 

Ervay,  Col.  H.  S 106 

Eskridge,  L.  D 193 

Eskridge,  J.  T.,  M.  D SI 

Estill,  James  T.,  M.  D 1150 

Etzel,  Jacob 755 

Evans,  Barney 1129 

Evans,  Hon.  James  C 427 

Evans,  Hon.  John 1381 

Evarts,  W.I 1126 

Everett,  Ancie 687 

Everett,  Edward  B 1131 

Ewing,  John  A 1059 


Fahriou,  George 1395 

Fairbanks,  Lee 762 

Fairley,  D.  B 831 

Falkenberg,  John  P 590 

Falkenburg,  Alfred  A 382 

Fall,  Daniel  Wesley 1257 

Farnsworth,  J.  A.,  M.  D.  .1418 

Farnsworth,  Joseph  B 1280 

Farr,  Charles  J 1375 


—  Farr,  Edward 795 

Farrar,  W.  F.,  M.  D 1136 

Farwell,  Marcus  Z 734 

Faulkner.  Samuel  B 722 

Fay,  William  W 768 

Felder,  Zeno 1077 

Fenton,  W.  E..  M   D 1131 

Fiedler,  George 1401 

Field,  Lewis  H 957 

Finch.  Duane  D 1179 

Finegan,  Frank 1188 

Fiuley,  Robert 1184 

Finn,  J.  Maurice 289 

Finuey,  Frank,  M.  D 445 

Fisher,  George  Rush 810 

Fitzgarrald,  Stephen  R...1055 

Fleming,  C.  K,  M.  D 1168 

Fleming,  John  F 1073 

Fonda,  George  F 358 

Foote,  Lon  E 1405 

Ford,  Col.  F.  R 1135 

Forman,  Hon.  W.  F 1319 

Forrester,  Dr.  H.  E 820 

Fosdick,  Col.  H.  M 1408 

Fowler,  William  B 1101 

Fox,  John  H 563 

France,  Hori.  Matt 257 

Francis,  Samuel  N 1164 

Francisco,  Col.  John 1451 

Francolon,  Rev.  J.  B  516 

Fraser,  John  J 302 

Frasher,  John  B 1402 

Freed.  George  D 538 

Freeland,  Francis  T 127 

Freeman,  Charles  H iU2 

Freeman,  John  W 722 

French,  Col.  S    M 623 

Prink,  Harry  C 614 

Frost.Johu 1261 

Fullertou,  James 774 

Fulton,  Frank,  M.  D  1185 

Funk,  Zalmon  E..  M.  D...1084 


Cafford,  J.  L..  M.  D 1036 

Galbreath,  O.  S 1218 

Gale,  JesseS 387 

Gale,  Robert 948 

Galloway,  Frederick 1062 

Garcia,  Celestino 840 

Garcid ,  Jose  A 815 

Garcia.  Jose  Victor 815 

Gardiner,  C.  F.,  M.  D 440 

Gardner,  Hon.  J.  F 1400 

Gardner,  J.  Wilson 1206 

Garland',  George  W 1282 

Garrett,  Richard  M 1200 

Garrigues,  James  E 345 

Gaston,  J.  B.,  M.  D 1071 

Gates,  JamesC 118 

Gauger,  John  E 1005 

Gaymon,  Hon.  O.  K 1258 

Gazin,  William  H .  733 

Gebhard,  Hon.  Henry 378 

Geiger,  Adam,  M.  D 606 

Gerry,  Hon.  M.  B 1430 

Gibbs,  Charles  W 1253 

Gibbs,  DennisJ "...  579 

Gibson,  J.  B.,  M.  D 533 

Gibson,  Hon.  J.  S 206 

Giffin,  L.  M.,  M.  D 77 

Gilbert,  George 1191 

Gill,  Frank  H 255 

Gill,  George  W 1422 

Gill,  John 715 

Gill,  Mark  B 274 

Gilmore.  James  R 291.' 


Gilmore,  Robert  A ft99 

Girardot,  Hippolyte 1217 

Girdlestone,  C.  W.,  M.  D. .  845 

Girdner,  William  L 1316 

Glassey,  John  H 1299 

Glassey,  Robert  M 1296 

Goldacker,  Robert  J 484 

Goldsmith.  Samuel  H 1399 

Goodale,  Charles  C 1211 

Goshen,  William  H 1393 

Goss,  Calvin  W 1247 

Graham,  Mrs.  Lottie 1207 

Grant,  Hon.  J.  B 59 

Grant,  Robert 905 

Grant,  W.  W.,  M.  D 52 

Gray,  George  E.,  M.  D . . .  1280 

Gray,  John  M 1187 

Graybeal,  John mat 

Green,  F.  D.,  M.  D 131 

Green,  William  F 1091 

Greenwood,  Curtis  L 912 

Gregory,  Stephen 1171 

Greve,  Frederick 291 

Griffiths,  David 81 

Grover,  B.  B.,  M.  D 1188 

_Crubb,  W.  Lloyd 1183 

Orundel,  August  W 1143 

Guilinger,  Albert 440 

Guiraud,  Adolph 1083 

Gunnell,  Hon.  A.  T 135 

Guthrie,  E.  C.,  M.  D 1164 

Gwillim.  Richard  J 1385 

H 

Haas,  Meyer  B 1073 

Hagerman,  James  J 119 

Hagerman,  Percy 120 

Hahn,  Christian  N.  A 1013 

Halbert.E.  F 975 

Hale,  Hon.H.  M 17 

Hale,  MosesT 639 

Haley,  Hon.  Ora 290 

Hall,  B.  S 720 

Hall,  David  C 1391 

Hall.  H.  C..  M.  D 981 

Halle,  W.  D 157 

Hallett,  Charles  J 063 

Hallett,  Hon.  H.W 483 

Hallett,  James  H 1139 

Hallett,  Ho.i.  Moses 71 

Hallett,  Samuel  1 929 

Halsey,  Cady  R 996 

Hames,  Noel  B 243 

Hamlin,  Hon.  C.  C 965 

Hammond,  George 966 

Hamsher,  Oscar  L 1369 

Handley,  Col.  J.  L..  M.  D. .  328 

Hauna,  John  Rowland 410 

Hanseu,  Peter 1363 

Harding,  George  L 312 

Hargrove,  Mrs.  P.  P 1338 

Harp,  Horace  S 1457 

Harrington,  Jerome  E. ...  972 

Harris,  I.  S 1098 

Harris,  William  C 1445 

Harrison,  J.  Henry 235 

Harrison,  Theophilus 558 

Hart,  C.  Joseph 681 

Hart,  James  A.,  M.  D 1012 

Hartenstein,  George  K...  128 

Hartsel,  Samuel 177 

Ha  rtsoe,  Daniel  B 765 

Harvey,  John 1031 

Harvey,  J.J.S 1304 

Haskins,  Roselle  W 218 

Hasley,  Henry 1404 

Hassell,  William  W 1462 

.   Hassenplug,  F.  A.,  M.  D. .  132 


1490 


INDEX. 


Hastings.  I1.  W :«l 

Hawkins.  D.  K 'J 16 

Hawking  William  I if.'. 

Hayes,  Ransom  A 1000 

Hayues,  George fillK 

Hay  TICS.  Harry  Neil 386 

Hays,  William  O KM 

Head.  W.  R 1107 

Heckart.  Jackson 822 

Henderson,  George  A Ilia 

llendrieks.  Alnu-r  W Ill] 

Henry,  Lyman  1 1071 

Herd.Capl.  S.  M 978 

Hi  I  r.  Samuel  K 18.V* 

Herring,  M.  S 721 

Higbee,  Samuel  J 1 126 

Higgin.s,  Henry  1 147 

Hill.  William 1354 

Hills,  Victor  Gardiner.  ...1432 

Hills,  W.  A 1367 

Hinch.  JohnC 703 

Hinktey,  Alexander 689 

Hitchings.  Rev.  H.  B 667 

Hively,  Edwin  W 773 

Hohson,  Charles  J 176 

Hodding.  Samuel  W 932 

•  Hodgdon.  Foydyce 1(189 

Hoenehs.  Christopher 990 

Hoffman,  D.  S.,  M.  D 200 

Hoffman,  Joseph 737 

HofTruire,  Thomas  R 1439 

Hohl,  Louis 1085 

Hohl,  Martin  W 1398 

Holbrook,  Hon.  C.  C 574 

Holden,  Daniel  M 463 

Hollenbeck,  Leroy  A i:«! 

Holmes.  Hrank  J 814 

Holmes.  Henry  J 13(1 

Holmes,  William 482 

Holmquist.  A.  J.,  M.  D 1067 

Hood,  Andrew  K 1005 

Hoopes,  Abia  G 1298 

Hoover,  C.  J.  S 1037 

Hopki.  s,  James  A 719 

Hopper.  Henry  C I..* 

Horn,  I. on  n  v .-..  .1410 

Horn.  Thomas  O.,  M.  D...  691 

Homer.  John  W 1  HIT, 

Hotchkiss.  Capt.  Arthur,.  217 

Hotel  Colorado 239 

Hottel.  Andrew  J 1008 

Hough,  John  S 1365 

Houle.  Richard 789 

Houser,  Walter  N Ti'i 

Houston,  George  M 994 

Howbert,  Hon.  Irving 99 

Howell,  Gwillim 669 

Howes,  Thomas  A 1091 

Hoyt,  Clarence  P 977 

Hubbard,  Fillmore 983 

Hnddleston,  Charles  C. . .    476 

Hudson,  John  G 1337 

Hughes,  Bela  M 1208 

Hughes,  John  T 102n 

Hughes,  Nathan 147s 

Hughes.  T.  A.,  M.D lllm 

Hulaniskl,  H.  J 

Humphrey,  Hon.  J.  F l.'il 

Hundley.  John  K WJ 

Hunt.KlleryW 988 

Hunt,  George  W 1026 

Hunt,  John  H 1042 

Hunt,  John  S 661 

Hunter,  Henry 970 

Hiintington,  Williiim  W  .1201 
llutrhinson,  Austin 702 

I 

Ifingcr,  Judge  John 837 


lliff.  John  W -J7 

Irvin,  George  W 537 

Irvine,  Milton  1) 951 


Jackson,  George 959 

Jackson,  Helen  Hunt 267 

Jackson,  Samuel 1018 

Jackson,  Silas  A 1121 

Jackson.  Thomas  J 1460 

Jackson.  William  S 2f.l 

Jacobs,  Oliver IN. I 

Jaramillo.Jose  M 855 

Jeaiinotte,  J.  A.,  M.  D...  1157 

Johanusen,  Hans 10-19 

John,  Charles 1  l.v.i 

Johnson,  Abijah.  M.  D.. . .  217 

Johnson,  Caleb  H 198 

Johnson,  Carl 127.". 

Johnson,  Dryden,  M.  D. ..  966 

Johnson,  Harry 262 

Johnson,  Herbert 261 

Johnson,!,.  C  ,  M.  D 952 

Johnson,  Norman  0 261 

Johnson,  William  E 192 

Johnson,  William  T 1001 

Johnsson,  Andrew  W 802 

Johnston.  Hon.  J.  G 597 

Johnston,  W.  C 1417 

Jones,  Albert  W 760 

Jones,  Allen  D 525 

Jones  David  M 680 

Jones,  Frank 332 

Jones,  Judge  J.  H 1179 

Jones,  John  D 372 

Jones,  Morton 436 

Jones,  Thomas  S 611 

Jones,  W.C 1390 


Kafka.  Louis 1092 

Kahn,  Lee,  M.  D 129 

Kearby,  E.W..  M.  D 1172 

Keener,  George  1 1023 

Kennedy,  John  A 1000 

Kennedy,  Matthew Mi 

Kennedy,  Peter  P II  Hi 

Kennicott,  Frank  I .VJ.'i 

Kerby,  James  L 1369 

Kern,  James  W 1006 

Kettle,  William 749 

Kidwell,  B.  F 911 

Kilbourn,  Jonathan  B.. ..  279 

Killian,  James  R 564 

Kimball.G.P.  O I06T> 

Kincaid.  Joseph  K Ml 

King.  M.  C 1213 

Kinkel,  Charles  W 1460 

Kinsman.  Wilmer  M 53'J 

Kirkland.  W.  J 688 

Kirkwood,  T.  C.,  D.D 459 

Klett,  Richard  F 619 

Kuapp.  Prof.  W.  K 67 

Knickerbocker,  C.  H 976 

Kmidson,  Belser 1364 

Kolle,  Jacob 1176 

Korf.  Leopold 1 1.V. 

Kramer,  George  J 984 

Kreybill,  Frank 732 

Krier.  William M5 

Krueger,  Edward 1002 


Lacey,  K.  o..  M.  D IMS 

Lacy.  Alexander  H M'.i 

Lambert,  Capt.  J.J T>7 

Lanibright,  Allen  M 750 


Lampman.  o*car lc»'>5 

.  Landes,  Martin  I 

Lanilon.  J.  P..  M.  D... 

Lang,  Andrew  J.,  M    l>.    .12.V3 

I.annon.  George 960 

Laurie,  Louis  M 552 

Lavington,  William   II....  635 

Lawless,  Joseph  T 491 

Lawrence,  John 185 

Lawrence,  Thomas  W 1480 

Lawton,  Andrew  L •'>!-'. 

I.awton,  Charles  S 074 

Layden.M.  J 7:,9 

Lee,  Harry  A 120« 

Leech,  M.  F 86 

I, emeu,  L.  F...  M.  I) :'JI 

LeMond.  R.  P '.22 

Lennox,  William 1272 

Levy,  Alexander. '.177 

Levy,  Robert.  M.  D   121V. 

Lewis,  A.  G..  M.D 1387 

Lewis,  Abner  J 642 

Lewis,  Jesse  H 568 

Lewis.  John  I) 917 

Ley,  Rev.  Edmund 1195 

Liggett,  C.  Frost 486 

Lilley,  William  H 1125 

Lindsey,  John  A 606 

Link,  Celsus  P 1096 

Link,  Henry 777 

Link,  James  M 109(1 

Link,  William  1 1095 

Litmer.  Herman 1251 

Little,  A.  S 1104 

Little,  Hon.  R.  S 76 

LitlleBeld.  W.  A 510 

Littrell,  R.  S.,  M.  I) IVM 

Lloyd.  Henry 600 

Lobach,  Edwin 509 

Lock.  Mathias 111".' 

Lockett.  W.  A  ,  M.  D 981 

Loftiss.  John  W ia>4 

Lombard,  W.  D'Arcy 286 

Long,  Charles  W 67'. 

Loomis,  Abner 329 

Love,  Charles  T 790 

Love,  John  W 1331 

Love,  Dr.  Robert  F 681 

Love.  William  A 9.\s 

Loveland.  Revilo 362 

Lovett.  George  S 14B7 

Low,  J.  H.  H 1171 

Lowell,  Hiram  A 484 

Luckett,  William  G 1103 

Lundy,  John  H 1397 

Lnt  in,  Charles  F 1397 

Lyster,  Theodore  G L'I>:; 

M 


MacDonald,  Thomas  B. . . 
MacMullan,  C.  P..  M.  D.. 
MacNeill,  Charles  M  .... 

McAliney.  Hon.  F.  R 

McAllister.  Henry,  Jr 

McCain,  Bruce 

McCandless.  James  A . 

McCarty,  Edward  J 

McCauley,  George  K 

McClelland.  W.  F..  M.D. 

McClung,  Joseph  S 

McClure.  George  M 

McClure,  William  H 

\IiVollistrr,  W.  W 

McCormick,  David  W 

McCracken,  Samuel  D... 
McCreery.  Hon.  J.  W.... 
McCnnly.  Thomas  \V  ... 
McCurdy,  William  C 


.  849 
.  183 

.11!!] 

Hi 
.1371 

.  4'.I7 
.1101 
.  466 

MI' I.-. 

I'M 
:uu 
.  .'.71 
1428 
1  K: 
44S 

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12*; 
viy 


McDanul.  I  clKar 1031 

McDonald.  W.  II..  M.  ]> 
McDonald,  \V.  J .,  M .  1>        'ill. 

McDowell,  John  A i;5i 

McKntyre,  William  A  ...  7*1 

McGarvey,  William  T '.i,| 

McC.irr,  Victor  C 57S 

McGuire,  C.  M..  M.  D...      960 
Mclntire.  Hou.  A.   W..'. ..     61 

Mclntyre.  Archibald .ViO 

Mclutyre.  James 

Mclntyre.  Waktman  II.     1221 

McKenna,  John  C 268 

McKenzie,  Neil  D 92 

McKen/ie,  Albert  D Hi-.ii1 

McKihbin,  Samuel.  M.  I)     '.'HP 

McLaue.  Louis  N 

McLean,  Hon.  Neil  N 17'J 

McLearn,  Kdwin 897 

McLeod,  Donald  T.. 1112 

McNeen.  James 

McNeill,   F.  A.,  M.  I) 
McNichols,  Michael  C 

McNlltt.  R.  J   1028 

McPherrin,  Emmet  t  N 1276 

McReynolds.  Bertial  B Hi5 

Me  Key  nolds.  Charles  W.    591 

McShane,   David r.':U 

Macaffree.  David  I. low 

Macalester,  R.  K..  M.  D  . .  148 
Machebeuf,  Rt.-Rev.  J    p      10 

Macky,  Andrew  J 

Maddox.  Samuel  S 833 

Mahr,  George KH".i 

Mandeville,  Dt.  W.  B.   ...1050 

M:\nn,  Frank  D 

Marbourg.  E.  M.,  M.  D        i:*> 

Marden,  George  N 116 

Marker,  David  C 1036 

Marks,  Moses  J 1013 

Marlman,  Christian 7S2 

Martin,  Charles! till 

Martin,  Fenton  L 631 

Martinez,  Jose  B 1414 

Mary  A. .Sister  Superior..  7«1 

Matheson.  Hector 

Mathew.  Robert  A..  M.  D.lOI'.i 

Mathews.  Jerome :{7i; 

Matson,  William  R 

Matthews,  Albert 176 

Mattice,  Benjamin 1303 

Maurer,  John 1116 

Maxcy,  Mrs.  Sadie  H l.'.i 

Maxfield.  Ahrum  W '.is; 

Maxwell,  Hon.  James  P..  319 

Maxwell,  John  M ...Ill  I 

Mayne.  O.  J.,  M.  D 1080 

Meales.  Jacob  M 1LT.J 

Mehrlich,  Anton 1048 

Meier,  Paul 1403 

Menefee,  William  A... 
Menzel,  Paul  August  H.  .  .   71" 

Mercier.  Edmond 1068 

Meredith.  Joseph 1st 

Meredith,  Capt.  William. .  598 

Merriaill.  Joseph  A 47". 

Merrill.  William  A 725 

Merriman.  Charles  A !"•! 

Meston,  Francis  1 1047 

Meyer,  Ferd 1112 

Meyer,  Hou.  William  II     .  216 

Miller,  Charles  J in:, 

Miller,  Charles  P.,  M.  D. . .  368 

Milli-r,  Cyrus 11% 

Miller,  David  F ...1149 

Miller,  David  *',    .'Oil 

Miller,  James  W  435 

Miller,  John  D 1307 

Milli-r.  John  K 1«_M 


INDEX. 


Miller,  NicholasW 1038 

Miller,  Richard  D 1282 

Miller,  Thomas 1017 

Miller,  William  F 13-18 

Milligan,  William  R 1409 

Milsom,  Joseph  W 828 

Miner,  William  B 349 

Mitchell,  Horace  C 273 

Mitchell,  John  J 711'. 

Mitchell,  Thomas  B >V,r, 

Mixsell,  Philip 419 

Moffat,.  David  H 35 

Motiash,  Edward 369 

Montag,  George  A  1078 

Montgomery,  Willis  S 673 

Moore,  Burton 802 

Moore,  Mrs.  Isabel 1140 

Moore,  Judge  R.  M 510 

Morey.  Alfred  J 13l« 

Morley,  Benjamin  F 751'. 

Morris,  Henry  0 620 

Morris,  Milton  T 907 

Morris.  Winfield 135'.' 

Morrow,  Maurice  E 939 

Morse,  Henry  M 222 

Moseley,  Albert  T 1041 

Mosier,  Albert  J 292 

Moynahan,  Hon.  James. ..    70 

Moys,  Frederick  C 1118 

Mniloy,  M.E 562 

Munro,  Edmund  D 953 

Munro,  William  Y 953 

Muntzing,  August 276 

Murfitt,  Hon.  J.  H 783 

Murphy,  John  A 488 

Murray,  M.  H 753 

Myers,  Eugene  L 640 

N 

Napier,  B.  T 1267 

Nash,  Guy  T 1281 

Neff,  Fleming 493 

Neher,  Benjamin 930 

Neidhardt,  George 1466 

Neikirk,  Hon.  Henry 70 

Nelson,  James 1375 

Nelson,  Lewis  H 139fi 

Nelson,  Rasmus 1286 

Nesmith,  Hon.  J.  W 49 

Neumann,  William  F 1023 

Neun,  Jonas 995 

Newcomb,  Daniel  E 1410 

Newcomb,  Silas  E 924 

Newell,  George  E.,  M.  D. .  777 

Newitt,  Joseph 813 

Newlon,  Henry  Bean 405 

Newman.  Charles 1404 

Newton,  Charles  B llli:; 

Newton,  George  A 169 

Newton,  Whitney 1611 

Nichols,  Andrew  T 638 

Nichols,  Henry 1014 

Nichols,  Thomas  A 1002 

Nicholson,  Samuel  D 107S 

Nicholson,  William 377 

Noblet,  F.  K.,  M.  D 124B 

Nolan,  Mrs.  Catherine 1080 

Noland,C.  P 942 

Noonan,  Hon.  J.  I, 172 

Norris,  Harrison 172 

North,  William 652 

Nowels,  Ezra  C 478 

o 

O'Brien,  William 917 

O'Connell,  John 852 

Oldland,  Reuben 1351 

O'Neal,  John  S MO 


O' Veil,  Daniel 1279 

O'Neil,  Johns '.til 

Orahoo<l,Col.H.  M 75 

Ord,  Thomas 567 

Orman.  Hon.  James  B....     lt"> 

Ortiz,  Frederick 1415 

Ortiz,  J.  Nestor 1415 

Ortiz,  Romualdo 951 

Ortner,  George  J 995 

Osier,  Edward  S 1371 

Ottaway,  Charles  K jiL'ti 

Overton  James  K 669 

Oviatt,  Albert  C 430 

Owens,  Robert 1018 


Painter,  Joseph  Edward.  .  370 

Palmer,  C.  E 4!):! 

Palmer,  Jewett 900 

Paquin,  Louis 869 

Parker.  Elias  I, 652 

Parker,  Gforge  W 888 

Parker,  James  L I:ff7 

Parker,  Nathan  E 534 

Parkison,  Will  S 772 

Parks,  Charles  D 694 

Pannelee,  Edward  C ...  327 

Parmelee,  George  S 209 

Parmelee,  John  D 209 

Parr,  Melvin  M 894 

Parrish,  W.  M..  M.  D 898 

Patrick,  Hon.  G.  F 607 

Patrick,  Marion  A 884 

Patterson,  Dewitt  C 1421 

Patterson,  James  R 1275 

Patterson,  John  F 1276 

Patterson,  Robert  J 1221 

Patterson,  Hon  R.  W 275 

Patterson,  Hon.  T.  M 160 

Patton,  Nathaniel  C 647 

Pawley,  Samuel  A 1478 

Pearce,  Hon.  George 1077 

Peasley,  George  K 365 

Pebbles,  Jerome  F 584 

Peck,  Arthur 526 

Peck,  Frank  G 433 

Pendery,  Henry  R 166 

Peudery,  Hon.  J.  L 1434 

Peniston,  R.  E ll:;ii 

Pennock,  Charles  E 428 

Penrose,  Spencer 182 

Perkins,  Richaid  C 1374 

Persone,  Rev.  S i'>55 

Petersen,  Peter 1248 

Peterson,  Abraham 499 

Peterson,  Eric 5(>:' 

Peterson,  John 849 

Peterson,  Joseph 1289 

Peterson    Laurence  M 883 

Pettingell,  Frank  H 878 

I'hilippi,  Hon.  J.  B 890 

Phillips,  Francis  M 1311 

Phillips,  George 58(1 

Phillips,  George  H 918 

Phillips,  George  W.,  M.  D.  •_'(.:! 

Phillips,  Rufus 264 

Pierce,  Floyd  W 983 

Pike,  Charles  A 129 

Pike,  Elwood  E 64 B 

Piper,  Lewis  M 1348 

Plenderleith,  Robert 687 

Plumb,  Hon.  J.  C 211 

Pochon,  W.  C 896 

Pollard,  Hammon »VU 

_Uorter,  Samuel  G 143S 

Porterfield,  Hon.  C.  1 245 

Potter,  Charles  F 2(15 

Powell,  Edward  H 1068 


Powell,  Joseph  R 350 

Pratt,  William  J 865 

Prewitt,  K.  E.,  M.  D 1038 

Prewitt,  Lee  H 1362 

Priest.  James  H 557 

Pring,  John  W 511 

Pringle,  James 1102 

Propst,  Sidney  R 1 153 

Propst,  Thomas  K 1282 

Prowers,  John  Wesley 13!) 

Pulliam,  James  A '.XX; 

Piillin,  William  B 1079 

Purcell,  Joseph 12:',5 

Pursley,  Joseph  C !M1 


Quillian,  Rev.  A.  H 888 

R 

Rader,  Jesse 585 

Rader,  William  II.,  M.  D.  906 

Radford,  John 1416 

Railey,  Mrs.  M.  L 881 

Ramsey,  John  W 1477 

Rantschler,  John  M 951 

Rathmell,  William 1115 

Kaugh,  George  W 1382 

Raugh,  S.imnel 1267 

Raverdy,  Rev.  J.  H 367 

Ready,  Peter  J 1357 

Redding.  William  O 1381 

Reed,  Charles  C 700 

Reed,  Hubbard  W 2(i2 

Reef.  Joseph  S 1350 

Reese,  Willis  A 887 

Reichenecker.  Albert 1359 

Reynolds,  Hon.  J.  E  655 

Rhodes,  Charles  F 890 

Rhodes,  Grant  E 821 

Rice,  David  H.,  M.  D 8S3 

Rice,  William  G 895 

Rich,  Nathaniel  A 1412 

Ricker,  William  H 886 

Rideuour,  Howe 1349 

Ridgway,  Robert  M 899 

Riedel,  George 900 

Riethmanu,  Emile  J 1390 

Robbins,  Lew  W 204 

Robbins,  Thomas  H 893 

Roberts,  Abe 1352 

Robertson,  George 908 

Robertson,  Robert  J 1261 

Rjobertson,  Thomas  H...1  371 

Robinson,  Charles  J 1475 

Robinson,  Judge  D.  W 1'27 

Robinson,  Very  Rev.  H...  39(1 

Robinson,  J.  Perry 617 

Robinson,  Thomas. .......  748 

Robson,  Thomas 1032 

Roby,  John  D 1319 

Rockwell,  Hon.  J.  E 163 

Rockwell,  Hon.  L.  C 164 

Rockwell,  Hon.  W.  S 165 

Rogers,  Edwin  M 1373 

Rogers,  Judge  H.  C 784 

Rogers,  John 897 

Rogers,  John  W 912 

Rogers,  Joseph ...  923 

Rohde.  Hon.  William  E..    151 

Rohling,  August  L 399 

Roller,  William  W 221 

Romero,  Bernardo ....  852 

Romero,  Jose  Bonifacio...  862 

Roof,  Frederick  0 566 

Ross,  James  W 787 

Ross,  John Oil 

Ross.John  T 1254 

Ross,  Robert  K 578 


I49I 

Ross-Lewin,  George  E 41 

Rothwell,  W.  J.,  M.  D 537 

Rothwell,  W.  J..  M.  D 317 

Rouse,  Henry  N 1380 

Rouse,  Va  n  Elbert 549 

Routt   Hon.  J.  I, 56 

Rowley.  Charles  H 1050 

Rucker,  Hon.  Thomas  A.I  IS 

Rudd,  Anson 930 

Russell,  Dexter  A 625 

Russell.  Harry  H 820 

Russell,  John  T «76 

Russell,  Willis  D 1388 

Ryan,  Patrick  J 102!) 


Sager,  Albert  M 531 

Sager,  Henry  B 861 

Salazar,  A.  A 654 

Sample,  Nathaniel  W 1242 

Sampson,  Col.  C.  M 957 

Sampson,  G.  P.,  M.  D 1213 

Sanborn.W.  R 224 

Sanchez,  Jose  E 929 

^Sanchez,  Manuel  A 574 

Sanders,  J.  F 1446 

Sanders,  William  H 703 

Saun   ers,  Elisha  M 897 

Saunders,  M.  G 1232 

Sawin,  Walter  D 454 

Schafer,  Conrad 939 

Schattinger,  Henry 1469 

Schattinger,  Peter 1296 

Schiff  er,  Harry 982 

Schliff ,  William  A 1225 

Schmidt  C.  B 257 

Schneider,  Frederick 835 

Schneider,  Henry 288 

Schneider,  Albett 1118 

Schoolfield,  William  J....  613 
Schroeder,  Theodore  P....  933 

Schweigert,  John  G 592 

Scott,  Alexander  D 630 

Scott,  George  A 1437 

Scott,  James  D 630 

Scott,  Walter 744 

Seabury,  A.  W.,  M.  D.   . .  .1035 

Sears,  George 601 

Seitz,  Jacob 821 

Seldomridge,  Hon  H.  H. .  108 

Shafroth,  Hon.  J.  F 20 

Shapcott,  Major  W.  G  ...  469 

Sharp.  Arthur  G 241 

Sheedy,  William  A 1227 

Sheldon,  Hon.  A.  Z Ill 

Shelton,  E.  K.,  M.  D 919 

Shepherd,  Mrs. Lois  Jones.  5li4 

Sheridan ,  Frank  E 1054 

Sherman,  Henry  C 1199 

Sherwin,  Albert 1247 

Sherwin,  Augustus  G 1424 

Shields,  James  W 850 

Shoemaker,  Roswell  P ....  1 416 

Shumate,  James  H 6*11 

Shumate,  Hon.  John  T 819 

Shumate,  Samuel  D 1340 

Sigfrid,  Carl  J 1290 

Simpson,  A.  N.,  M.  D 697 

Sims.'Hiram  A.,  M.  D....1322 

Singleton,  Joseph  H 1327 

Sipe,  Robert  G 942 

Sitlington,  John  R 731 

Sitton,  J.  W 68S 

Skiff,  Wilson  A 1300 

Skinner,  Col.  L.  C 504 

Slane,  James 24H 

Slocum ,  W.  F.,  LL.  D S)7 

Slusser,  Benjamin  F 827 


1492 


INDEX. 


Smethers,  William  K  .....  1414 

Smith,  Albert  R  ...........  914 

Smith,  Alfred  H  ...........  12H2 

Smith.  Charles  E  ..........   544 

Smith,  Hon.  Emri  A  ......  658 

Smith,  F.  M.,  M.  D  ........  1431 

Smith,  J.  Alfred  ...........   ~>77 

Smith.  James  E  ...........  1167 

Smith,  James  K  ...........  i:i:r. 

Smith,  Joel  W  .............  131H 

Smith,  John  E  ..........  1047 

Smith,  John  W.,  M.  D  ____  1:"U 

Smith,  Josiah  P  ..........   Ill" 

Smith,  Oscar  P  ...........  7> 

Smith,  Robert  M..  M.  D...  913 
Smith,  William  T  .........  «08 

Snider,  Charles  K  .........  917 

Sni.ler,  George  W  .........  925 

Snoddy,  William  H  ........  633 

Snow,  George  A  —  _.  ......  1321 

Snyder,  Benjamin  J  .......  7711 

Sopris,  Capt.  Richard  .....  391 

Sorensen,  Nels  H  ........  HH2 

Sorenson,  Anton  ..........  12li."» 

Southcotte.  George  B  ......  l'.7  1 

Spalding,  Basil  M  ..........  920 

Spalding,  kt.  Rev.  J.  K....     21 

Sperc,  Charles  I  .........  .V«l 

Sperry,  ().  E..  M.  D  1411 

Spicer,  Dr.  H.  W  ........  833 

Spicer,  u.  W.,  M.  I).  ... 

Spinney.  Benjamin  !•'  .....  8.V. 

Spronll.  Thomas  ..........  1289 

St.John.E.  W  ............  MOTi 

St.  John,  John  C  ..........  491 

Stanley,  Carl  L  ......... 

Stanley,  Willis  ]•  ..........  llf.H 

Stanton,  Col.  I.  W  .........  7i>7 

Stark,  Edwin  R  .........  1386 

Stark,  Thomas  ............  137tt 

Slauffacher,  Edward  ......   177 

Steen,  Robert  A  ...........  27" 

Stein,  Peter  ...............  lull 

Sterling,  Asa  ..............   12s 

Stcrling,  Robert  K  .......  MIC; 

Stevens,  Fred  P  .........     IM 

Stevens,  Isaac  N  ..........     !-'• 

Stevens.  Hon.  Therou  .....  231 

Stewart,  Hon.  A.  T  ......     I'.ll 

Stoitdard,  T.  A..  M.  D..         I'.'.i 
Stokes,  Thomas  !•'  .........  i:!2i; 

Stone,  Daniel  W  ..........  1(111 

Story,  Hon.  William..  ..     HI 

Stradley,  Dr.  Ayres  ......  108 

Stradley,  D.  N.,  M.  D  .....  409 

Strain.  Morton  .......... 

Stratton,  Hon.  T.  H  .......  'JH'.i 


Stratton,  Winfields 2:12 

strnthers,  Alexander 77* 

Sullivan,  Daniel  D I:!su 

Summers,  John  C 971 

Sutherland,  Colin  C T.t.i 

Sutherland.  Henry  T l:!l"> 

Sutherland,  M.  S 7»l 

Sweeney,  Judge  P.  W.  .1:1 

Sweet,  Job  Kester 1089 

Swink,  lion   <;.  W 116* 

Swisher,  Hon.  J.  W.   1310 

Swope.  Charles  H '»72 


Tabor,  Hon.'H.  A.  W ::c. 

Taff,  Daniel  W M»> 

Tague,  Francis  M 72o 

Talbot,  Ralph i'.2 

Tandy,  Edward  D 780 

Ta  n  ner,  Stephen  J 1 153 

Taylor,  Cyrus  F.,  M.  D. . . .  101 

Taylor,  Edward  H Hil'.i 

Taylor,  E.  M  9: 1". 

Taylor,  Samuel 1095 

Taylor,  Samuel 832 

Taylor.  William  A 2T,(i 

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